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DC Crime Plummets In Just One Week; White Out-of-Towner AWLFs are Angry

The D.C. Police Union released new crime statistics on Monday, showing an 8% drop in overall crime in the nation's capital following President Donald Trump's announcement of a federal takeover of the Washington, D.C., police force last week.
According to the union, which represents the Metropolitan Police Department's 3,000 personnel, carjackings are down 83% since federal control was enacted, while robberies dropped 46%.
Violent crime fell 22% in the seven days since federal law enforcement began patrolling D.C.'s streets, and car theft came down 21%. Assault with a deadly weapon and property crime are also each down 6%.
"While federal assistance gives us a boost, we must repeal the misguided Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act in order to make these changes permanent," the union wrote on X, Monday morning.
The D.C. city council passed the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 in December of that year. According to USA Today, the measure was voted down by both the House and the Senate after it was submitted for congressional review in January 2023. Then-President Joe Biden vetoed Congress' decision, however, and the law took effect in April 2023.
The legislation established restrictions on the use of force, set parameters for the hiring and firing of officers and increased access to disciplinary police records.

Huh -- more cops, less crime. Who would have imagined it?

Scott Jennings points out that at the end of a New York Times article, it admits that judges are empowered and encouraged to treat anyone under 25 as a juvenile for sentencing purposes. In other words -- don't sentence anyone 25 or under for serious crime.

He points out that most street criminals in DC -- indeed, most criminals throughout history -- are young men, either older teenagers or younger twenty-somethings.

When the left embraced "decarceration" and defunding the police, they did not have the strength to do so frontally. The public wouldn't have it.

So they got sneaky. They couldn't actually legalize crime, so they passed thousands of "reforms" post George Floyd's heart becoming a Hero for the first time in its life. And the purpose of these reforms was to (I keep saying this, but it's true) legalize crime for black people, but in the guise of "small commonsense reforms."

The left complains that black criminals are punished -- they call this the "school to prison pipeline," but they always forget the middle step in that pipeline, "committing a serious, likely violent felony."

And they responded by passing "reforms" making it almost impossible to send a young black career street criminal to jail.

And of course it's this group that is responsible for 75% of all street crime.

This wasn't an accident -- this was the whole point. We are living in the crime-wracked world the left wanted.

If you haven't been to DC in a while, you might not know that every bit of grass in the city, from parks to green medians between roads, is now taken over by the homeless in big tent shanty towns.

Under Trump's direction, the tent shantytowns have been pulled down and put where they belong, in garbage trucks. There's a video below showing one DC resident marveling that he can finally walk down the street and not see a homeless encampment on the grassy strip beside the street.

Caution on this video, because she drops an n-bomb, but here's what one (black, female) DC resident says: "'Finally able to chill at a red light with my windows down, not worried about if one of them young n***as is coming. Riding through the city -- feeling more safe than I've ever felt."

🚨 NOW: DC streets that are regularly OVERRUN by “youths” who terrorlze the community are TOTALLY QUIET tonight

Even as I was filming this, a local walked up to me and said “strangely empty… I’ve never seen it like this!”

IT’S WORKING, PRESIDENT TRUMP! Keep it up! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iGjobyb0og
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 19, 2025

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Washington DC residents are flooding in support for President Trump's federalization of the District - this is absolute nightmare fuel for Dems.

"As a moderate, as a centrist, I think something needs to be done. I have three kids. I'm about to start teaching next… pic.twitter.com/W8QaXJekKn
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 18, 2025

Lot of cursing in this one, but she speaks deep truths The Man (meaning affluent white liberals) just don't want to hear.

This woman preaching truth!!

Liberals out there filming the homeless removal in DC crying about Trump..

“Well what did you do for them the past 4 years?..”

She smokes them! 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/8J8yimTery
— 🇺🇸Chelle🇺🇸 (@hottamali02) August 17, 2025

Lot of cursing here, too: A (black, female) resident is angry that she woke up on yet another morning to find her car's window broken in by thieves.

Another testimonial from a black, female DC resident:

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
This woman worked with a community leader in Washington DC, here's what she has to say about Trump's DC cleanup
"Do you not understand that this is what the residents want? I'm not talking about the bougie upper-echelon folks or the bougie Black people living in their gated communities with their new builds. I'm talking about the everyday grandmothers who are dealing with real struggles in their neighborhoods.
These grandmothers have to clean up after homeless people urinating and defecating on their steps. They don't feel safe walking in their own communities, where gangs and drug dealers--dope boys--are just standing around the corner. This is the reality they face, and this is what they want addressed.
I remember, about five years ago, working with a community leader when someone had just been shot. I can still hear her praying, saying, "Crystal, we're gonna have to invoke the National Guard." At the time, that idea felt so foreign to me. But now, I understand. These people feel helpless in the face of these challenges.
I'm so glad that President Trump cares about them--about the everyday grandmothers, not just the privileged few in their isolated communities. These residents want safety and solutions, and they deserve to be heard."

Many people have noticed that most protesters are white liberals, who probably don't even live in DC, given that less than 40% of the town is white. They probably come from the left-wing AWFL NOVA suburbs.

That's what this (black, female) resident believes.

We Got Receits compiles videos of leftwing AWFL "protesters" being arrested for obstructing justice and assaulting cops and National Guardsmen.

Posted by: Ace at 02:36 PM

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1 Lolgf

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 02:36 PM (Hkcdp)

2 I remember when DC was gritty.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (ExV1e)

3 Enforcing the law deters crime??!??!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (N1tpc)

4 How can crime decrease from 0, MAGAts?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (GBKbO)

5 Nood Lord!

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (8mLBT)

6 PLEASE do Rockford next, Mr President!!

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:38 PM (8mLBT)

7 Apropos of nothing, my wife has a big pot of Yankee Beans simmering in the kitchen. She used the smoked fat from my last pulled pork shoulder. The aroma is maddening.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:39 PM (jc0TO)

8 Seriously, one whole week?!?

How long to do other major cities?
Sure, some will come back after the national guard leaves, but if you get the repeat offenders who are responsible for most of the crime (thanks to no cash bail), then you will have a vast improvement.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 02:39 PM (Hkcdp)

9 Remember when the left said wanting to feel safe from crime was white supremacy?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 02:39 PM (t0Rmr)

10 It's just one city.

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at August 19, 2025 02:39 PM (PiwSw)

11 What's ADW? Some kind of root beer?

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (dGCAG)

12 8 Seriously, one whole week?!?

How long to do other major cities?
Sure, some will come back after the national guard leaves, but if you get the repeat offenders who are responsible for most of the crime (thanks to no cash bail), then you will have a vast improvement.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 02:39 PM (Hkcdp)

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Denver saw its crime rate drop by double digits in the first few months of the year after ICE started aggressive raids.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

13 It's another Trumpmas miracle!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (i24o9)

14 9 Remember when the left said wanting to feel safe from crime was white supremacy?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 02:39 PM (t0Rmr)

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Remember?

I'm pretty sure they're saying it right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

15 I have to wonder if this is what will finally wake up the law abiding black populace that the Democrat party isn't interested in their well-being.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (N1tpc)

16 13 It's another Trumpmas miracle!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (i24o9)

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"I am the one to continue this trend. Trust me."
-George P. Bush

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

17 NYT: Trump is not bringing crime down in WDC fast enough.

Also NYT: There is no crime in WDC.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 19, 2025 02:41 PM (17s+e)

18 Enforcing the law deters crime??!??!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM

I know, right? Whoda thunk it?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 02:41 PM (kgE5c)

19 Note: The official DC vote total in the next election will still be something like D 90 - R 6.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 02:41 PM (t0Rmr)

20 Correlation does not equal causation or something….probably journalists.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (p4NUW)

21 Pretty cool that they are throwing away that crappy tarp and tent with the bum still inside.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (MMp6W)

22 19 Note: The official DC vote total in the next election will still be something like D 90 - R 6.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 02:41 PM (t0Rmr)

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Maybe.

We'll see.

I suspect that a DOJ Civil Rights division under the auspices of Harmeet Dhillon may lead to certain...changes in blue enclaves.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (GBKbO)

23 18 Enforcing the law deters crime??!??!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM

I don't understand those words in that order.

Posted by: Fox Butterfield at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (PiwSw)

24 Apropos of nothing, my wife has a big pot of Yankee Beans simmering in the kitchen. She used the smoked fat from my last pulled pork shoulder. The aroma is maddening.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:39 PM (jc0TO)

Never heard of Yankee Beans, but a random recipe search result sounds delicious and has my mouth watering.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (i24o9)

25 Top 27?!?

Posted by: Grayman27 at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (pgwxJ)

26 What's ADW? Some kind of root beer?
Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (dGCAG)

Assault with a deadly weapon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (ExV1e)

27 The left: There is no crime problem in DC

Soon the left: Its Trump's fault crime went back up after the feds left

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (t0Rmr)

28 Heh.

Posted by: Grayman27 at August 19, 2025 02:43 PM (pgwxJ)

29 The Sheriff is near!

Posted by: Van Johnson at August 19, 2025 02:43 PM (wVcYX)

30 Ok, I looked it up myself.

Archdiocese of Washington. ADW. So yeah, that's a crime.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:43 PM (dGCAG)

31 MO Attorney General will start his new job as FBI Deputy Director on September 8th.

Here's an interview he gave at the 2025 SHOT Show:

LINK (YT) : https://tinyurl.com/38wnm7sb

Washington DC 2nd Amendment protections and reforms are desperately needed.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 02:43 PM (rj6Yv)

32 This also shows how many crimes of opportunity disappear when you limit the opportunities (I.e. have police presence).

Shocking, eh? /s

We know why the left fought this so hard.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 02:43 PM (Hkcdp)

33 Assault with a Deli Weapon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 02:44 PM (1PzqV)

34 The Sack of Chicago must never be forgotten (20 secs):
https://tinyurl.com/bdhxf37m

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:44 PM (8mLBT)

35 Assault with a Deli Weapon.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 02:44 PM (1PzqV)

Ketchup on a pastrami sandwich?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:44 PM (ExV1e)

36 Those crime stats make no sense to me. Every major category of crime is down huge double-digits. But overall crime is down only 8%? That does not compute.

The only way it would seem to work is if (i) there are some other major categories of crime that have not seen any decrease and/or (ii) there are categories of crimes that have drastically increased.

Either of those would balance out major drops in the categories reported. But just looking at the categories reported, what is missing? Jaywalking? Spitting on the sidewalk? Whipping out your dick on the train?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

37 Assault with a Deli Weapon.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 02:44 PM (1PzqV)

Assault with a Dildo weapon!

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (dGCAG)

38
Remember when the left said wanting to feel safe from crime was white supremacy?
Posted by: 18-1

EVERYTHING a white does is white supremacy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (63Dwl)

39 Interesting correlation that may or may not be related is that Blue states have been pushing very hard to remove "citizen's arrest" from their laws. I believe New York was the most recent state to remove that clause.

Some states require knowledge or witnessing a felony to invoke that clause. However, some states actually allow it on misdemeanors as well.

I just find the full tilt efforts of blue states to remove it entirely to be coincidental in a non-coincidental kind of way.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (dIske)

40 >>I'm not talking about the bougie upper-echelon folks

I don't know if "bougie" is a hip cool word all the kids are using, or an out of date word that would mark me and not be all cap or rizz or something.
I also don't know what it means.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM (aOwhL)

41 Are you in any way free if you can't sit on your stoop in safety?

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM (o/3Rm)

42 I did not know that 18 to 25-year-olds could be considered "juveniles." That's insane.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows insanity when she sees it at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM (Wt5PA)

43 It’s amusing, sort of, that leftists Whites demand that inner city folks live in the hell holes leftists created. It’s “Racist” to suggest anything else.

Weird thing though. Black folks don’t like being robbed, raped, mugged, carjacked, burglarized, and murdered. Who’d a thunk it?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM (qgiNH)

44 Nobody can fix the border or lower crime in D.C!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM (L/fGl)

45 Those crime stats make no sense to me. Every major category of crime is down huge double-digits. But overall crime is down only 8%? That does not compute.

The only way it would seem to work is if (i) there are some other major categories of crime that have not seen any decrease and/or (ii) there are categories of crimes that have drastically increased.

Either of those would balance out major drops in the categories reported. But just looking at the categories reported, what is missing? Jaywalking? Spitting on the sidewalk? Whipping out your dick on the train?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

Property crimes down 6%.

There's your answer.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (dGCAG)

46 PLEASE do Rockford next, Mr President!!

Release the Rockford files!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (EXyHK)

47 The only way it would seem to work is if (i) there are some other major categories of crime that have not seen any decrease and/or (ii) there are categories of crimes that have drastically increased.

Probably some crimes like financial ones aren't be looked at by the feds here and have a longer tail normally anyway

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (t0Rmr)

48 no worry

the perps are just waiting for the cats to disappear

be back to shitehole status in no time

Posted by: sofasaver at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (us2H3)

49 >>I'm not talking about the bougie upper-echelon folks

I don't know if "bougie" is a hip cool word all the kids are using, or an out of date word that would mark me and not be all cap or rizz or something.
I also don't know what it means.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM (aOwhL)

Skibidi!

Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (wVcYX)

50 Assault with a Dildo weapon!
Posted by: BurtTC
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I approve this message!

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (EFZgU)

51
Liberals claim to love the poor, but they do the poor no favors by allowing crime to run rampant in their neighborhoods, or not insisting on high standards and discipline in their schools, or by disparaging a religion that might lead stability and direction to their lives, or by encouraging a culture devoid of morals.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (kkTda)

52 >>>This woman preaching truth!!

lol, worth it until the end.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (i24o9)

53 I don't know if "bougie" is a hip cool word all the kids are using, or an out of date word that would mark me and not be all cap or rizz or something.
I also don't know what it means.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM (aOwhL)

Short for "Bourgeoisie"

I don't know if it's still trending because it was a Gen Z that introduced it to me and they are getting old now.

Rizz, Sus, and Cap are from Gen Alpha/Beta

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (N1tpc)

54 This is what they voted against. But Trump thought they should have it anyway.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (e+SjS)

55 The only way it would seem to work is if ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Ha! you think the numbers mean something.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (aOwhL)

56 The sack of Chicago should be filled with White Castles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (63Dwl)

57 A friend told me "I saw White Out-of-Towner AWLFs are Angry open for Disturbed at Cesspool Chalies all you can eat turd buffet". well former friend

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (VPPG8)

58 53 Rizz, Sus, and Cap are from Gen Alpha/Beta
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (N1tpc)

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Only sigmas talk like that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (GBKbO)

59 Weird thing though. Black folks don’t like being robbed, raped, mugged, carjacked, burglarized, and murdered. Who’d a thunk it?/i]

Marion Barry said something to the effect of, "Why do you white people care about violent crime in DC? Almost all of it is black people targeting other black people"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (t0Rmr)

60 EVERYTHING a white does is white supremacy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (63Dwl)

I was gonna stop breathing, but then THAT becomes white supremasah.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (dGCAG)

61 >>I'm not talking about the bougie upper-echelon folks

I don't know if "bougie" is a hip cool word all the kids are using, or an out of date word that would mark me and not be all cap or rizz or something.
I also don't know what it means.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM

What's the rumpus?

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (jc0TO)

62 Pretty cool that they are throwing away that crappy tarp and tent with the bum still inside.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 02:42 PM (MMp6W)

Scoops. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:49 PM (i24o9)

63 Those crime stats make no sense to me. Every major category of crime is down huge double-digits. But overall crime is down only 8%? That does not compute.
......

They haven't arrested any politicians yet.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2025 02:49 PM (v0R5T)

64 Willowed:

I suppose this is "The Big Democrat Fuck You Normies and Trump Victory" for 2025,

cuz nobody, absolutely nobody who watches football was asking for this.

Welp, enjoy the sweet smell of ass and pink socks NFL, because this is going to cost you, Bud Light-style.

As I said yesterday, lots of people watch football as a family activity.

How many of them want to explain metal ill sexually confused lunatics to their kids while watching "family entertainment"?

That would be 0.00%.

Enjoy your lost revenue, a-holes.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 02:49 PM (iJfKG)

65 Property crimes down 6%.

There's your answer.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (dGCAG)

That's where the lie is, too.

Property crimes are only down 6%, because they are actually being reported now.

So we have 6% less actual crime than the previously reported numbers, but property crime is where they were really manipulating the stats.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:49 PM (N1tpc)

66
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

TY

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 19, 2025 02:50 PM (aOwhL)

67 Only sigmas talk like that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (GBKbO)

No cap.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:50 PM (N1tpc)

68 >>I'm not talking about the bougie upper-echelon folks

I don't know if "bougie" is a hip cool word all the kids are using, or an out of date word that would mark me and not be all cap or rizz or something.
I also don't know what it means.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 19, 2025 02:46 PM

What's the rumpus?

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (jc0TO)

Is there a hullabaloo going on in here?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (i24o9)

69 Caution on this video, because she drops an n-bomb, but here's what one (black, female) DC resident says: "'Finally able to chill at a red light with my windows down, not worried about if one of them young n***as is coming. Riding through the city -- feeling more safe than I've ever felt."

___________

Black women commonly use "nigger" when referring to scumbag blacks, usually men. It's kinda like a white guy calling another white person "white trash." Black women don't normally use the word as a term of endearment ("what up, my nigger?") like black men do.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (iFTx/)

70 Release the Rockford files!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (EXyHK)

I've got the dvd set.

It's on my desk.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (dGCAG)

71 EVERYTHING a white does is white supremacy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (63Dwl)

I was gonna stop breathing, but then THAT becomes white supremasah.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (dGCAG)

Punctuality is racism, straight up.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (wVcYX)

72 (ii) there are categories of crimes that have drastically increased.

It's Washington. Lots and lots of White Collars, there.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (zdLoL)

73 What's ADW? Some kind of root beer?
Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:40 PM (dGCAG)

Assault with a dudly weapon. Like when you get head-butted by a Libertarian.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (f+HOd)

74 but, but, safe cities are facist!

Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (53oGX)

75 Clockwork Orange talk?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (63Dwl)

76 I'm at a meeting today, and I try to stay as non-political as I can.

I've been on the board of this non-profit before, and CEO is a hard liberal ... but knows how to run this enterprise so I cut him some slack.

His wife is now down in D.C. for her job with Wells Fargo, and she was pissing and moaning about the "police state" run amok, making it hard to get around the city.

The tone deafness of her bitching is quite something.

Posted by: browndog just can't at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (TTAGa)

77 But safe for who?

Posted by: The Criminals at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

78 "I don't know if "bougie" is a hip cool word all the kids are using, or an out of date word that would mark me and not be all cap or rizz or something.
I also don't know what it means."

bougie is the new brat.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (8mLBT)

79 (ii) there are categories of crimes that have drastically increased.

It's Washington. Lots and lots of White Collars, there.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (zdLoL)

Ring around the collar isn't an issue there, is it?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (S/Y4j)

80 How soon will DC get a replacement police chief for when the feds leave?

If nothing else, this demonstrates what a failure she and the other city leaders have been.

Which reminds me, how’s Eleanor “don’t push THAT button “ Holmes-Norton doing with all of this?

DC is a very small, insular place - all these DC city politicians/goverment/community leaders are tight.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (Hkcdp)

81 74 but, but, safe cities are facist!
Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (53oGX)

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I believe it's that safe cities are racist and cleaning up unsafe cities is fascist.

Important distinctions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (GBKbO)

82 That's where the lie is, too.

Property crimes are only down 6%, because they are actually being reported now.

So we have 6% less actual crime than the previously reported numbers, but property crime is where they were really manipulating the stats.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:49 PM (N1tpc)

As we know, 77% of all statistics are just made up bullshit.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (dGCAG)

83
Assault with a dudly weapon. Like when you get head-butted by a Libertarian.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (f+HOd)

________

I'll save you, Nell!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (kkTda)

84 Assault with a Deli Weapon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 02:44 PM (1PzqV)

Subway slingers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (i24o9)

85 Decarceration includes diversion sentences. You try to find any evidence that it produces positive results and all the studies are done by true believers. Even then the results are less than stellar. We have an entire county building on Broadway here in town dedicated to the yutes and not sending them to jail

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (qGI1K)

86 82 As we know, 77% of all statistics are just made up bullshit.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (dGCAG)

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I need to see sourcing on that!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

87 (ii) there are categories of crimes that have drastically increased.

It's Washington. Lots and lots of White Collars, there.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (zdLoL)

Ring around the collar isn't an issue there, is it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (S/Y4j)

Whisk around the collar >>> Ring around the collar

Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (wVcYX)

88 Liberals claim to love the poor, but...
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Liberals claim to love lots of things, but the only thing they really love is power and the grifting that comes with it.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (TN0g+)

89 Why do you white people care about violent crime in DC? Almost all of it is black people targeting other black people

The white left were saying the same thing a few years back; probably still are. That black teenagers attacking each other with knives is just normal schoolyard play. Let them play.

It’s like their only knowledge of inner city schools come from watching West Side Story.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (EXyHK)

90 troops in DC is like Chris Farley eating a salad

Posted by: sofasaver at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (us2H3)

91 Those crime stats make no sense to me. Every major category of crime is down huge double-digits. But overall crime is down only 8%? That does not compute.

The only way it would seem to work is if (i) there are some other major categories of crime that have not seen any decrease and/or (ii) there are categories of crimes that have drastically increased.

Either of those would balance out major drops in the categories reported. But just looking at the categories reported, what is missing? Jaywalking? Spitting on the sidewalk? Whipping out your dick on the train?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

Property crimes down 6%.

There's your answer.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (dGCAG)
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Nah. Robbery is down 46%. Car jacking and theft down 83 and 21. Violent crime down 22. Those are all major categories of crime. Property crime is also a big one, but it's not so big to almost wipe out all the drastic reductions from the others. Something is missing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

92 89 The white left were saying the same thing a few years back; probably still are. That black teenagers attacking each other with knives is just normal schoolyard play. Let them play.

It’s like their only knowledge of inner city schools come from watching West Side Story.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (EXyHK)

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Also, gun crime in Chicago is an indictment of the 2nd Amendment and the feds should take all guns using psychological professionals without guns because the police are racist murderers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:54 PM (GBKbO)

93 Ha! "Get yo a$$ out the way..."

Much of the "filmed" quiet on the streets has to do with where one films in the city AND that it's August. No one is in town in August...it's been that way for 200 years.

Even so, go down to the Wharf or the stadium and it'll be crowded and full of active nightlife.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 19, 2025 02:54 PM (pLaQB)

94 >>no cap

foreal foreal!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 02:54 PM (Hkcdp)

95 This is real Black Empowerment, maybe. It seems more and more black people are feeling safe calling out the left and their ruinous policies and offering at least words of support for the right (or Trump anyway). Let's see if it goes anywhere.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 19, 2025 02:54 PM (8hxDK)

96

BUT SHES AN AG!!!! SHES AN AG!!!!

Posted by: E Buzz at August 19, 2025 02:55 PM (yEOiS)

97 Decarceration includes diversion sentences. You try to find any evidence that it produces positive results and all the studies are done by true believers. Even then the results are less than stellar. We have an entire county building on Broadway here in town dedicated to the yutes and not sending them to jail
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (qGI1K)

I'm all for decarceration. It takes people away from productive employment (IT HAPPENS!... sometimes) and it costs the state to keep them.

Bring back stocks, caning, and other public shaming.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:55 PM (N1tpc)

98 The "emergency" decree is for 30 days. If the goblins think they can outwait the Feds, just imagine the din the locals are going to raise if the City returns to "business as usual".

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)

99 I see many right wing outlets pointing out that these protesters are White like it's a bad thing. It's OK to White, even when you're protesting for moronic things.

Posted by: wat at August 19, 2025 02:55 PM (Dk542)

100 Whipping out your dick on the train?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

I don't want to live in a world where this is a crime.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:55 PM (i24o9)

101 But safe for who?
Posted by: The Criminals at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

When they get all the illegal guns off the streets, only law abiding citizens will have guns.

What a scary thought.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:55 PM (dGCAG)

102
It’s like their only knowledge of inner city schools come from watching West Side Story.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Were they dancing and snapping their fingers?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 02:55 PM (63Dwl)

103 101 But safe for who?
Posted by: The Criminals at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

======

*ahem*

whom.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:56 PM (GBKbO)

104 Wow, President Trump is getting so many people to leave the Democratic plantation, there's not going to be enough people left to pick the Kale.

The beauty of Trump is that the left's hatred of him is so insanely deep, they can't stand for little kids with cancer or parents of murdered children. They can't admit anything Trump is doing is good.

Egg prices are still sky high. Inflation is out of control. America loves their trannies more than ever.

And they keep stepping on those rakes and getting hit in the face. Good job 'people.'

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 02:56 PM (jvJvP)

105 Scotland was stolen from Black folks by water peeps!

Africans stake claim to Scottish forest with makeshift camp, say they are reclaiming land of their ancestors

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 02:57 PM (L/fGl)

106 This is real Black Empowerment, maybe. It seems more and more black people are feeling safe calling out the left and their ruinous policies and offering at least words of support for the right (or Trump anyway). Let's see if it goes anywhere.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 19, 2025 02:54 PM (8hxDK)
________

The biggest supporters of the Rudy G and Mike Bloomberg hard-line policing of the projects were ... the normal blacks who lived there. They hated the gangs that terrorized the projects. The loudest screechers against that kind of policing was ... AWFLs who lived on the Upper East Side and probably never set foot anywhere near a project.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

107 The term "bougie" originates from the French word "bourgeois," referring to the middle class. In contemporary slang, it describes someone who adopts a lifestyle or tastes associated with wealth, often with a hint of pretentiousness.

Bougie behavior can include:
Spending excessively on luxury items and experiences.
Flaunting high-end brands and designer products.
Sharing lavish vacations or experiences on social media.
Using terms like "artisanal" and "hand-crafted" for everyday products.

While "bougie" can be used humorously or critically, it often carries a negative connotation, suggesting an elitist attitude or a desire to appear rich.

Your welcome ;-)

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 19, 2025 02:57 PM (VkY89)

108 "Why do you white people care about violent crime"

Three of my white friends (possibly a fourth, who was murdered in the blackest part of town, case unsolved) have been victimized by armed blacks, one of them twice. No white person I know has been victimized by an armed white assailant.

This isn't just about black victims, as if it mattered anyway.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:58 PM (8mLBT)

109 101 But safe for who?
Posted by: The Criminals at August 19, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

======

*ahem*

whom.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:56 PM (GBKbO)

*ahem*

whomst.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 02:58 PM (wVcYX)

110 70 Release the Rockford files!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (EXyHK)

I've got the dvd set.

It's on my desk.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:51 PM (dGCAG

Dear Lord! only at AoSPHQ ha ha ha ha ha

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 19, 2025 02:58 PM (VPPG8)

111 109 *ahem*

whom.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:56 PM (GBKbO)

*ahem*

whomst.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 02:58 PM (wVcYX)

=======

*ahem*

whomestest. (from the original Saxon)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

112
It makes me wonder, what are the robbers and carjackers doing for money and transportation now?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (ny95y)

113 Is there a looming shortage of 80-20 issues for the Dems to lose?

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (rj6Yv)

114 We got Receits?

At least spell it write guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (zZu0s)

115 You know who else stomped out crime?

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (sr1VN)

116 113 Is there a looming shortage of 80-20 issues for the Dems to lose?
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (rj6Yv)

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Just wait until Ukraine and Russia agree on a peace deal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (GBKbO)

117 I should not be loving these videos but it would take a heart of stone not to laugh.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (MMp6W)

118
Were they dancing and snapping their fingers?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 02:55 PM (63Dwl)

___________

Well, that's Leonard Bernstein's music. Finger-snapping, pseudo-jazzy, smoky bar, cigarette hanging out of the corner of the mouth while playing the piano music. Can't stand it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (kkTda)

119 I'm honestly a bit curious why the feral youth gangs aren't keeping up their shenanigans in D.C. They're mostly untouchable because cops can't / won't arrest 300 people breaking minor laws like jaywalking, riding bicycles against traffic, curfew violations, and other small time offenses.

That's how a lot of these things start. The mob is at some community event, then they all sort of wander off into some random direction. Then someone's sneaker gets stepped on or a dickhead says something about a guy's woman and the guns come out.

Or they organize over social media and take over a street, then mass rob a shop or something.

What's special about Trump's order that brought this to a halt? More cops on the street?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (lIio7)

120 Receipts.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (1PzqV)

121 You know who else stomped out crime?
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM

*holds finger under nose*

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (jc0TO)

122 Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:58 PM (8mLBT)

Are you doing thr MS NOW thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (zZu0s)

123 Those crime stats make no sense to me. Every major category of crime is down huge double-digits. But overall crime is down only 8%? That does not compute.

I presume that "all" includes misdemeanors like disturbing the peace, public intoxication, etc.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (3nLb4)

124 While "bougie" can be used humorously or critically, it often carries a negative connotation, suggesting an elitist attitude or a desire to appear rich.

Your welcome ;-)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 19, 2025 02:57 PM (VkY89)

And in actual French, "bougie" is a word. Means "candle", and has been expanded in meaning to include "spark plug".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (f+HOd)

125 You know who else stomped out crime?
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (sr1VN)

Gojira?

Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (wVcYX)

126 The most dangerous people out there are liberal democrat voting honkies.

Posted by: Ghetto Joe at August 19, 2025 03:01 PM (8N6G1)

127 Is there a looming shortage of 80-20 issues for the Dems to lose?

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (rj6Yv)

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Next you'll be telling me that they're all in on child sexualization, trafficking, rape, and mutilation.

Oh, nevermind ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 03:01 PM (sr1VN)

128 Gated communities in D.C? Didn't they vote for open borders and sanctuary city status?

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 19, 2025 03:01 PM (xp13L)

129 Dyke News is not being used.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 03:01 PM (1PzqV)

130 You know who else stomped out crime?
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM

*holds finger under nose*
Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (jc0TO)

Don Lemon is a crime fighter?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

131
You know who else stomped out crime?
Posted by: ShainS

Godzilla

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 03:02 PM (63Dwl)

132 Take a bite out of crime!

Posted by: McGruff at August 19, 2025 03:02 PM (wVcYX)

133 "Are you doing thr MS NOW thing?"

I distill my nics from the zeitgeist. I aim for the sweet spot between absurd and stoopid.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:02 PM (8mLBT)

134 Is there a looming shortage of 80-20 issues for the Dems to lose?
Posted by: mrp

We want plague infected rats with rabies released in the city center!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 03:02 PM (L/fGl)

135 You know who else stomped out crime?
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (sr1VN)

Gojira?
Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (wVcYX)
_______

"Fluck yoo"

-- Gamera

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

136 You know who else stomped out crime?
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (sr1VN)

Gojira?
Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (wVcYX)

I bet he'd love stomping out solar farms and ripping out wind turbines.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2025 03:02 PM (S/Y4j)

137 123 Those crime stats make no sense to me. Every major category of crime is down huge double-digits. But overall crime is down only 8%? That does not compute.

I presume that "all" includes misdemeanors like disturbing the peace, public intoxication, etc.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (3nLb4)

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They will get around to the guys wearing socks with sandals soon enough, then all the numbers will drop.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 03:02 PM (MMp6W)

138 That's how a lot of these things start. The mob is at some community event, then they all sort of wander off into some random direction. Then someone's sneaker gets stepped on or a dickhead says something about a guy's woman and the guns come out.
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Yes, Derbyshire's instructions included this being a regular occurence.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 03:03 PM (TN0g+)

139 You know who else stomped out crime?
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM

*holds finger under nose*
Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (jc0TO)

Don Lemon is a crime fighter?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

This place. +1

Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 03:03 PM (wVcYX)

140 The crime stats are screwed up for several reasons. The DAs aren't charging the felonies and are pleading down to misdemeanors. A lot of crimes are simply not being recorded (DC woman on X reported her case). Younger criminals under 18 aren't facing either felony arrests or adjudicated. Or like the DC cop the cops are being told to fudge the numbers.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 03:03 PM (qGI1K)

141 A man with a plan, can!

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 03:03 PM (ao59+)

142 The Jamaican sounding lady in the last video has it right...no one is complaining about this except people who don't live there and are Dims. And most of them are probably not black.

In the video with the "n" word...trust me on this...it is fine if a black person says it to each other.

As a kid (and now) it was the first word we were told never to say. I still don't.

However, my brothers and I learned that when our main boss, Janie, and the gardener, Willis, were together that Janie yelled this freely to Willis.

This was in the backseat of the station wagon, waiting for our mother to drive them home to the city. Janie always sat next to our mother and we had to sit next to Willis, who was deaf and did not care that Janie yelled at him the entire wait for my mother. She repeatedly yelled at him he was dirty and stank. Willis did not care.
Admittedly he did stink, but whatever. He also had a limp and my grandmother said he put up with toddler me limping along after him in the yard.

Anyway, Janie could peel paint with what she said to him, n word included often. My brother and I learned a new vocabulary from her.

No, I did not have a normal childhood, but was never bored.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2025 03:04 PM (6PCLE)

143 One other thing to point out, the stats ace is quoting come from the apparatus in place, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

144 That gal in the last video (the Chelle one) - I think I'm in love. She's fabulous! As is the previous one. They speak the truth! These are true Americans that the racist lying cock-sucking communist rabid animal media doesn't want us to see.

Media Delenda Est. With extreme fucking prejudice.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 03:04 PM (0t1wa)

145 This could have been done years ago but no one had the will to do it.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (vFG9F)

146 This place. +1
Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 03:03 PM (wVcYX)

I wasn't sure that one would land. Thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (zZu0s)

147 Kudos to the black residents for speaking out. My own faults and shortcomings as a person have led me down the path of not thinking very highly of black people in general. All of the worst stereotypes confirmed, day after day, until I realized that I simply don't like black people, their "culture," the attitude, the sense of entitlement. I don't like feeling this way, and hearing these residents speak out gives me a little hope that my view is cramped one.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (bNf8H)

148 I bet he'd love stomping out solar farms and ripping out wind turbines.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2025 03:02 PM (S/Y4j)

You know, those Japanese monster documentaries never show the creatures pissing or taking a dump. Curious omission, because Gojira pissing on you would be like getting caught downstream of a broken dam.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (f+HOd)

149 The National Guard is NOT our friends! They are from those racist bumfuck red states that are more than happy to bootlick their daddy Trump. They have no issue to terrorize the community of DC especially towards the Hispanic and Black community in DC, we’ve seen videos already that they get off of this shit and we should act accordingly by letting them know they are NOT welcome here, from the streets, the stores, where they sleep. Fuck those fascist.

Fox news is probably salivating at the thought of videos showing protestors throwing bricks at Guardsmen just standing around.

We don't need to "lay low". They'll make up an excuse to use force if they think they need one. Rising up against illegal occupation is a human right

pissing off the Guardsmen is counterproductive. All they are going to do is go home and tell the rest of the country that DC is a warzone.

Your advice is that DC residents should somehow try to win the hearts and minds of armed soldiers illegally occupying our city with the explicit aim of terrorizing us?

I’m not saying anyone should do anything stupid but jesus christ don’t roll out the welcome mat

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 03:06 PM (JCZqz)

150 Carjacking is a crime?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 03:06 PM (1PzqV)

151 I agree, wipe your butt liberals!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 19, 2025 03:06 PM (rvwwT)

152 This could have been done years ago but no one had the will to do it.
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (vFG9F)

Note that they did NOT do it on the darkest day for democracy since Caesar crossed the Rubicon, J6.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:06 PM (zZu0s)

153 I saw "Apparatus in Place" in person at an auction. It's one of my favorite Dali paintings.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:06 PM (8mLBT)

154 What is that creature creeping up behind the Washington Monument?

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 03:07 PM (MMp6W)

155 According to USA Today, the measure was voted down by both the House and the Senate after it was submitted for congressional review in January 2023. Then-President Joe Biden vetoed Congress' decision, however, and the law took effect in April 2023.
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How does this work?

Congress voted AGAINST the law, but then FJB decides to veto that and enact the law anyway?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2025 03:07 PM (7fElN)

156 This could have been done years ago but no one had the will to do it.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (vFG9F)

We don't hate Democrats enough!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 03:07 PM (0t1wa)

157 Gojira pissing on you would be like getting caught downstream of a broken dam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM

Being washed away in a Fukushima coolant water breach.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 03:07 PM (jc0TO)

158 I wasn't sure that one would land. Thanks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (zZu0s)

It was a zinger.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 03:07 PM (wVcYX)

159 Kudos to the black residents for speaking out. My own faults and shortcomings as a person have led me down the path of not thinking very highly of black people in general. All of the worst stereotypes confirmed, day after day, until I realized that I simply don't like black people, their "culture," the attitude, the sense of entitlement. I don't like feeling this way, and hearing these residents speak out gives me a little hope that my view is cramped one.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (bNf8H)

Dittos!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 03:07 PM (0t1wa)

160 Carjacking is a crime?

Oddly it doesn't mean what I thought it did.

Posted by: Jeff "Zoom Jacking" Toobin at August 19, 2025 03:08 PM (t0Rmr)

161 149 The National Guard is NOT our friends! They are from those racist bumfuck red states
——-
How do they even win elections?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 03:08 PM (pZEOD)

162 Your advice is that DC residents should somehow try to win the hearts and minds of armed soldiers illegally occupying our city with the explicit aim of terrorizing us?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 03:06 PM (JCZqz)

There will be no national divorce. There is only Bosnia.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 03:08 PM (i24o9)

163 "The National Guard is NOT our friends! They are from those racist bumfuck red states that are more than happy to bootlick their daddy Trump."

I love this quote and want to frame it.

So the same guys you would have cheered and even expected Biden to use to throw us into Covid re-education camps 4 years ago?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:08 PM (zZu0s)

164 111 109 *ahem*

whom.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:56 PM (GBKbO)

*ahem*

whomst.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Hep Cat at August 19, 2025 02:58 PM (wVcYX)

=======

*ahem*

whomestest. (from the original Saxon)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

From the Ice Mans Tribe.

Aloogilinata bitch

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 19, 2025 03:08 PM (VPPG8)

165 Remember when the left said wanting to feel safe from crime was white supremacy?
Posted by: 18-1

Remember?

I'm pretty sure they're saying it right now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

If someone started shooting them every time they said that, I wonder how long it would take the rest to stop saying it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2025 03:08 PM (a+4eV)

166 You know, those Japanese monster documentaries never show the creatures pissing or taking a dump. Curious omission, because Gojira pissing on you would be like getting caught downstream of a broken dam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (f+HOd)
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You know that scene in Jurassic Park where they encounter a pile of Triceratops dung?

Now imagine what Gojira leaves behind as he devours the inhabitants of Tokyo...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2025 03:09 PM (7fElN)

167 Chuck Grassley
@ChuckGrassley

2day I released HHS data tht exposes Biden-Harris admin 4 placing ovr 11000 migrant children w unvetted sponsors& not conducting home studies for ovr 79000 migrant kids Thankfully the Trump admin has launched an interagency initiative 2finally address these issues&end the abuse

Biden-Harris admin refused 2 comply w my multiple investigative requests for this info NUMBERS DONT LIE Its plain as day the last admin mismanaged the program + put kids at risk

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2025 03:09 PM (RHGPo)

168 Black women don't normally use the word as a term of endearment

Black women typically use it the way Chris Rock does, like you said: as an indicator that someone is trash.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2025 03:09 PM (2ocoG)

169 We want plague infected rats with rabies released in the city center!

“The giant kangaroo rat is the largest of all 20 known species of kangaroo rat, and it is found only in California’s San Joaquin Valley. In the 20th century, as human activity began to expand in the region, the giant kangaroo rat’s population numbers began to plummet.”

…

“We are also fighting to keep Endangered Species Act protections for these species, especially in the face of climate change and continuing habitat loss.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2025 03:09 PM (EXyHK)

170 This could have been done years ago but no one had the will to do it.

It might just be my imagination, but it seems that the regular cops are being more assertive and proactive. They're probably even more sick of the liberal nonsense than the average citizen, and figure the government (one of them) finally has their backs.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 03:09 PM (Riz8t)

171 DC is where, a couple years ago, that eleven year old enword cunt needed a ride, so she carjacked a guy, who clung to the car. She rolled the car and crushed the guy. She was unharmed, but bitching about where's her phone. Record will probably be expunged at age 18. Fuck the 'juvenile justice system' in the ass.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:09 PM (8mLBT)

172 149 Your advice is that DC residents should somehow try to win the hearts and minds of armed soldiers illegally occupying our city with the explicit aim of terrorizing us?

I’m not saying anyone should do anything stupid but jesus christ don’t roll out the welcome mat
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 03:06 PM (JCZqz)

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What's illegal about it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 03:10 PM (GBKbO)

173 I get a kick out of stories of foiled carjackings because the animals don't know how to drive a stick-shift.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 03:10 PM (0t1wa)

174 160 Carjacking is a crime?

Oddly it doesn't mean what I thought it did.
Posted by: Jeff "Zoom Jacking" Toobin

I know, right?!?! When I saw Beverly Hills Cop for the first time, and saw Axel shove the banana in the car's tailpipe, I was SOOOO jealous, and a little hot 🔥 🥵 🍆 💦

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 19, 2025 03:10 PM (JCZqz)

175 The big question is if this keeps up, will Jesse Jackson feel free to walk the DC streets again and not have to cross the street if he sees a group of black teens?

That comment won him a lot of love.

Wait, here it was. According to the internet...gulp.

"There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 03:10 PM (jvJvP)

176 No, Marion Barry said “except for all the murders, the DC crime rate is pretty low”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 03:10 PM (qgiNH)

177 jackin is just aggresive uberin

Posted by: sofasaver at August 19, 2025 03:10 PM (us2H3)

178
This could have been done years ago but no one had the will to do it.

__________

Like I've said, Trump takes all the received wisdom accumulated by the Ruling Class and says, "No, it doesn't have to be this way."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 03:11 PM (kkTda)

179 149 The National Guard is NOT our friends! They are from those racist bumfuck red states

It's fucking 'are not our friends'! Illiterate motherfuckers.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 03:11 PM (0t1wa)

180 I piss lightning and I crap thunder!

Posted by: Gojira at August 19, 2025 03:11 PM (wVcYX)

181 The National Guard is NOT our friends! They are from those racist bumfuck red states

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Make Colorado a racist bumfuck red state again!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 03:12 PM (L/fGl)

182 Support came from a quarter I hadn’t counted on. It was [Gunter] Grass, speaking in English.

“For the past hour I have my eyes fixed on the doors here,” he said. “You talk about fascism and police repression. In Germany when I was a student, they come through those doors long ago. Here they must be very slow.”

Grass was enjoying himself for the first time all evening. He was not simply saying, “You really don’t have so much to worry about.” He was indulging his sense of the absurd. He was saying: “You American intellectuals—you want so desperately to feel besieged and persecuted!”

He sounded like Jean-François Revel, a French socialist writer who talks about one of the great unexplained phenomena of modern astronomy: namely, that the dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2025 03:12 PM (RHGPo)

183
It's fucking 'are not our friends'! Illiterate motherfuckers.

Is/are whatever, the important part is the f*cking.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 19, 2025 03:12 PM (t0Rmr)

184 I realized that I simply don't like black people, their "culture," the attitude, the sense of entitlement. I don't like feeling this way, and hearing these residents speak out gives me a little hope that my view is cramped one.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (bNf8H)

I don't like their culture, and I am not sorry about it. It debases life and the greatest goals of humanity and elevates get rich quick schemes and predatory behaviors. But I'll judge individuals on their individual behaviors, not as a group, same as everyone else.

I mostly feel sorry for those that tell their kids that they have no claim to the American dream, that everyone is working against them. What a sad existence.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 03:13 PM (i24o9)

185 > There will be no national divorce. There is only Bosnia.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
------------
We're halfway there now. We're likely to get even closer in the next 3 1/2 years. Depending on how violent the left decides to get.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 03:13 PM (Q4IgG)

186 I love this quote and want to frame it.

So the same guys you would have cheered and even expected Biden to use to throw us into Covid re-education camps 4 years ago?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The same Trump fascist bootlickers they retroactively are saying they wanted Trump to flood the capital with on Jan 6th.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 19, 2025 03:13 PM (JCZqz)

187 "This could have been done years ago but no one had the will to do it."

The border. It was like flipping a light switch. All that needed to be done was to defeat America's Internal Enemies.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:13 PM (8mLBT)

188 If you want to see funny videos, look up "Bait Car" on YouTube.

I'm still amazed it made it to air.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 03:13 PM (jvJvP)

189 Nick Sortor@nicksortor

BREAKING: A car just rammed a veterinarian office in Wilmington, North Carolina, and a large explosion followed

LARGE emergency response underway now.

Prayers for the vet staff and animals inside

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 03:13 PM (TGPs7)

190 Why are most large American cities full of colored folks?

Posted by: Kunar Patel, motel operator and engineer at August 19, 2025 03:14 PM (8N6G1)

191 I don't like feeling this way, and hearing these residents speak out gives me a little hope that my view is cramped one.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (bNf8H)

One of our mother's best friends is a black man in his 40's who helps with her yard. He schedules an hour so they can sit and gossip. She's 95 yrs old. He also tells us that he is our adopted brother and we are fine with this (he has a main job in the city, but adores our mother).

Compare this to my late MIL, who probably never knew a black person in her entire life, and voted for Barky because it was "historic."

I've known many black people who are wonderful. Growing up in Dixie, if not a true KKK member (whom we did not know), they were part of life. In school and later (in FL) at work.

They hated the drug culture that budded in the late 70's as much as anyone. Many were also the women raising their grandchildren due to drugs. And why many NFL players buy their mothers or grandmothers homes. Their fathers deserted them for generations. Therefore a nuclear family, of any race, is the best for society.

Some fear being called "uncle Tom's" in the past. They can finally speak with President Trump!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2025 03:15 PM (6PCLE)

192 "But I'll judge individuals on their individual behaviors, not as a group, same as everyone else."

I'll stick with situational awareness, thanks.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:15 PM (8mLBT)

193 BREAKING: A car just rammed a veterinarian office in Wilmington, North Carolina, and a large explosion followed

WTF??

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 03:15 PM (jc0TO)

194 You know who else stomped out crime?
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM

*holds finger under nose*
Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (jc0TO)

Don Lemon is a crime fighter?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

That would be if he held his finger under someone else's nose.

Posted by: Putting the taint in tainted love at August 19, 2025 03:15 PM (TbWk/)

195 There will be no national divorce. There is only Bosnia.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

If we get unlimited Ćevapi, rakija, and young Balkans ladies, it might be worth it...

Posted by: Military Moron at August 19, 2025 03:15 PM (JCZqz)

196 This black chick is pretty funny.

https://is.gd/iwxTiG

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 03:16 PM (L/fGl)

197 I don't like their culture, and I am not sorry about it. It debases life and the greatest goals of humanity and elevates get rich quick schemes and predatory behaviors. But I'll judge individuals on their individual behaviors, not as a group, same as everyone else.

I mostly feel sorry for those that tell their kids that they have no claim to the American dream, that everyone is working against them. What a sad existence.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 03:13 PM (i24o9)

Thug culture is not the whole of black culture. There are decent black folks who share our values. But the media hides them, and elevates thug culture.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 03:16 PM (f+HOd)

198 If we get unlimited Ćevapi, rakija, and young Balkans ladies, it might be worth it...
Posted by: Military Moron at August 19, 2025 03:15 PM

Have them bathed and shaved and brought to my tent.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 03:16 PM (jc0TO)

199 driver was a meat eater who can't spell for shit

Posted by: sofasaver at August 19, 2025 03:16 PM (us2H3)

200 Crime has been studied at length for decades.

What they found was the “trajectory” in a person’s life is set early, in childhood. Teen years. Stay on the straight and narrow. Stay in school. Don’t do drugs. Don’t have children out of wedlock.

Those things don’t guarantee success. But without them, there is little chance for success.

Leftists are incapable of recognizing cause and effect, it is one of their hallmarks.

Their answer to this phenomenon was to quit arresting teens for crime, and expunging their records at age 18. In effect they have a get out of jail free card. The results not surprisingly are disastrous. They only care about good intentions not results.

They further demand that felons not be “discriminated” against when hiring. This necessarily means passing over more trustworthy individuals in the hiring process. It is complete insanity, they want what never was and never will be, and demand everyone else cater to their fairy tale delusions.

No longer

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 03:17 PM (qgiNH)

201
It's not the police uniforms and ANG military uniforms that scare the career criminals into being peaceful. It's the fact that every one of them is armed to the teeth, and are being told that they can bust a cap when necessary.

Luckily, all of those Democrat common-sense gun bans that remove guns from the hands of law-abiding private citizens keep DC from turning into a free-fire zone...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2025 03:17 PM (y9nCu)

202 I guarantee that not one person in the protests against the National Guard in DC lives within a mile of the protest site.

And 99% of them were either paid to be there or draw a check from a government account.

I particularly enjoyed the clip of the gray hairs banging on pots and pans.

Way to fight the man, you tired-ass, washed-up, hippie-wannabe losers.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 03:17 PM (0JnyD)

203 The problem with 'judge by content of character' is that it is impossible to divine someone's character in a few seconds, and I would further contend that even if you knew them for years, you *still* don't know jack about their true character.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:17 PM (8mLBT)

204
"This could have been done years ago but no one had the will to do it."

The border. It was like flipping a light switch. All that needed to be done was to defeat America's Internal Enemies.
Posted by: gp NOW

You mean we really didn't need "comprehensive immigration reform?"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 03:17 PM (63Dwl)

205 "There are decent black folks who share our values. But the media hides them, and elevates thug culture."

Ahem. The media hides black crime.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:18 PM (8mLBT)

206 204 You mean we really didn't need "comprehensive immigration reform?"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 03:17 PM (63Dwl)

========

"Best we can do is a pork-filled bill that prevents any enforcement until we get 3,000 crossovers a day. What say you, fellow insurrectionist conservatives?"
-Mitch McConnell

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 03:19 PM (GBKbO)

207 But I'll judge individuals on their individual behaviors, not as a group, same as everyone else.
——-

Dat’s Racist!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 03:19 PM (qgiNH)

208 That would be if he held his finger under someone else's nose.
Posted by: Putting the taint in tainted love at August 19, 2025 03:15 PM (TbWk/)

Toby928 did not specify.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:19 PM (zZu0s)

209 Bosnians are muslims. Men and women.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 03:19 PM (g47mK)

210 What's the rumpus?
Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (jc0TO)

I’m sick of the high hat!!!

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at August 19, 2025 03:20 PM (JRP2U)

211 Wait, didn't the junta, besides throwing up fencing around democratic buildings, also put the NG? Am I misremembering?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:20 PM (zZu0s)

212 ""There are decent black folks who share our values. But the media hides them"

From what you guys have reported, TV commercials put 'nice nonthreatening blacks' everywhere.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:20 PM (8mLBT)

213 Ahem. The media hides black crime.
Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 03:18 PM (8mLBT)

Which is entirely consistent with elevating thug culture. Deny the fundamental criminality of thug culture in order to elevate it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 03:21 PM (f+HOd)

214 Democrats like crime

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2025 03:21 PM (+qU29)

215 NoVA is the homeland for the Coven of Karen's.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2025 03:22 PM (sAmhv)

216 From a practical standpoint, crime and vagrancy and poverty are desirable, because Dems need to destabilize communities to get and maintain power over them.

But from a purely emotional standpoint, they need it to feel their power. They need to walk out at a rooftop soiree with a cocktail and an Epstein girl, and look down on the yawning abyss below, and know they're exalted.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 03:22 PM (EmA98)

217 NoVa ruins a lot of stuff. Like the entire state of Virginia.

Posted by: GWB at August 19, 2025 03:22 PM (rSsQh)

218 Crime has been studied at length for decades.
What they found was the “trajectory” in a person’s life is set early, in childhood. Teen years. Stay on the straight and narrow. Stay in school. Don’t do drugs. Don’t have children out of wedlock.
Those things don’t guarantee success. But without them, there is little chance for success.
Posted by: Common Tater

Dear wife was a Special Ed teacher and then Administrator for a monster suburban district. She challenge your 'teen years' assertion.

Her benchmark was by age 5.

In any case, one's path is set early for the most part.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 03:22 PM (cYBz/)

219 A Shriek of Karens

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 03:22 PM (jc0TO)

220 The National Guard is NOT our friends! They are from those racist bumfuck red states

It's fucking 'are not our friends'! Illiterate motherfuckers.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 03:11 PM (0t1wa)

Oh and we here in Kentucky object to 'racist bumfuck red states'. We prefer 'racist cousin humping red states.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:22 PM (zZu0s)

221 Somebody's probably already noted this, but I just saw it. Scott Bessent said Trump meeting Putin in Alaska was like inviting your unruly neighbor into your house and showing him your gun cabinet.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at August 19, 2025 03:23 PM (paSBy)

222 >>Thug culture is not the whole of black culture. There are decent black folks who share our values.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 03:16 PM (f+HOd)
__
Of course - I know this. But the frustration comes from the unwillingness of the decent to loudly and forcefully condemn the indecent. I rarely happens.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 19, 2025 03:23 PM (bNf8H)

223 215 NoVA is the homeland for the Coven of Karen's.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2025 03:22 PM (sAmhv)

and many are lox

Posted by: sofasaver at August 19, 2025 03:23 PM (us2H3)

224 Carjacking is a crime?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 03:06 PM (1PzqV

Reparations for the 400+ years that white oppressors wouldn't let black people have cars in the US

Posted by: It's restitution not crime at August 19, 2025 03:23 PM (TbWk/)

225 BREAKING: A car just rammed a veterinarian office in Wilmington, North Carolina, and a large explosion followed

WTF??
Posted by: toby928

Yeah. There's a clip on Facebook. Huge explosion. Not much of a fireball.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 03:24 PM (X98Jy)

226 I’m sick of the high hat!!!
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at August 19, 2025 03:20 PM (JRP2U)

Don't even get hom started on the soft shoe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2025 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

227 209 Bosnians are muslims. Men and women.
Posted by: runner

True, but people use it as shorthand for "Bosnia and Herzegovina", which is 45% Christian (the Serb and Croation parts).

Posted by: Military Moron at August 19, 2025 03:25 PM (JCZqz)

Woke NFL to Introduce Male Cheerleaders In Attempt to Out-Gay Than Soccer

The NFL is begging for the Bud Light Treatment.

They're already getting "backlash."

Two male Vikings cheerleaders don't seem to be taking any of the backlash that they've gotten from some football fans to heart since the team announced their inclusion in the 2025 squad in a post on social media.
Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn will be members of the Vikings cheer team, which sparked criticism and even some fans threatening to not be fans of the team anymore.
However, Shiek seemed to address the controversy by poking fun at all of the people discussing him.
"Wait...did someone say our name?" Shiek wrote in a post on Instagram that included a photo of himself and Conn in their cheer uniforms.
The Vikings also responded to the controversy in a statement last week, defending Shiek and Conn.
"While many fans may be seeing male cheerleaders for the first time at Vikings games, male cheerleaders have been part of previous Vikings teams and have long been associated with collegiate and professional cheerleading," the team said in a statement.

"In 2025, approximately one-third of NFL teams have male cheerleaders. Every member of the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders program has an impressive dance background and went through the same rigorous audition process. Individuals were selected because of their talent, passion for dance and dedication to elevating the game day experience. We support all our cheerleaders and are proud of the role they play as ambassadors of the organization."
The Rams are said to have been the first NFL team to include men on their cheerleading squad back in 2018.

I know that college squads feature male cheerleaders. These "cheerleaders" don't dance like girls, though, and don't wear girlish costumes and bippy-shorts. They mostly do things like shouting for one team to kill the other team and throw tiny girls dangerously high into the air. You know, manly stuff.

I think it's like male dancers: Yeah, half of them are gay, but the other half are absolutely rekking mish.

That's not the kind of cheerleader the NFL is bringing in, of course. They are bringing in the dancingest, swishiest, gayest male cheerleader you can imagine.

Because every moment in your life must be devoted to Centering Queerness. Any moment not spent Centering Queerness is a wasted moment you'll never get back.

🔥🚨BREAKING: The NFL Minnesota Vikings are under backlash after officially brining out their lead male cheerleader for the football game today. pic.twitter.com/EeNEJzAAEr
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) August 17, 2025

Minnesota Viking’s new male cheerleader. pic.twitter.com/PIb66TjXtV
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 18, 2025

This is the New England Patriots new MALE cheerleader.

pic.twitter.com/ful51lFylL
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 17, 2025

The Spectator:

In an age where every individual curates their own media diet, the collapse of the monoculture has led to more than just fractured tastes; it has made broad cultural adoption nearly impossible. No longer are Americans collectively tuned into the same primetime sitcoms, watching the same cable news shows, or even encountering the same commercials. And this diffusion of attention means experiments in reshaping cultural norms often fail not because of a coordinated backlash, but because of the algorithmic echo chambers they inadvertently land in.
The recent attempt of an NFL team to introduce male cheerleaders is the latest example of a media-era experiment caught in the wrong feedback loop -- one where outrage, not support, dominated the reception. The Minnesota Vikings prominently featured male cheerleaders Louie and Blazie on their social media and official website, making the men a staple of their 2025-2026 session squad. Pompoms in hand, video emphasizes these dudes as "the next generation of cheer" while using their team's women as background characters.
...

Twelve NFL teams are reportedly incorporating male cheerleaders this season -- the Minnesota Vikings, the Baltimore Ravens, the Los Angeles Rams, the New Orleans Saints, the Philadelphia Eagles, the San Francisco 49ers, the New England Patriots, the Tennessee Titans, the Indianapolis Colts, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Carolina Panthers. More than 30 percent of the league will feature cheer teams in which men take a spot away from women, The Spun reported Tuesday. This fact suggests this isn't a one-off or a publicity stunt. It's coordinated. And it forces a more serious question: is this really the cultural front the left wants to fight on -- especially after losing male voters by double digits?
...
The confusion isn't about "tolerance." Most people aren't up in arms because they can't stand the sight of a man doing high kicks. It's more basic than that. Given that cheerleading squads were introduced to capture and hold the attention of the mostly male fan base, it's the creeping feeling that the male attraction to female beauty is being impugned, that the rules are being rewritten in real time, and no one asked if we were okay with it.
...
Ultimately, this moment isn't about cheerleaders. It's about holding on to the last vestiges of collective entertainment. Americans must trust that something as simple as watching football on a Sunday won’t come with a lecture or a re-education campaign dressed up in glitter. Because if it does, they will vote with their remote and turn off the TV. You can only bend the culture so far before it stops cheering with you -- and starts booing.

Posted by: Ace at 01:35 PM

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1 This is what a conquering force does

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:36 PM (N1tpc)

2 Mock and belittle the traditions of the conquered people.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (N1tpc)

3 Hat trick

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (N1tpc)

4 Guess I better nood.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (N1tpc)

5 As someone noted on X, the objection is not to male cheerleaders (who have been around forever), the objection is to male cheerleaders cosplaying as women.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (xTIDn)

6 Minnesota Viqueens.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (X98Jy)

7 NFL fans have made it clear they are not leaving for any reason, so the NFL will continue to be awful.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (SSEhk)

8 think it's like male dancers: Yeah, half of them are gay, but the other half are absolutely rekking mish.

More like 90/10, but if you can put up with all the ghey shite
It's a great way to meet fit women obsessed with their bodies.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (n4GiU)

9 >>>Woke NFL to Introduce Male Cheerleaders In Attempt to Become More Gay Than Soccer

Perfect.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (i24o9)

10 Blaize Shiek?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (63Dwl)

11 "While many fans may be seeing male cheerleaders for the first time at Vikings games, male cheerleaders have been part of previous Vikings teams and have long been associated with collegiate and professional cheerleading," the team said in a statement.

Yeah. Tossing girls around, not salads.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (X98Jy)

12 Many college/HS cheerleading programs are really co-ed gymnastics.

And if you are going to be throwing people in the air it makes sense for a buff guy to be the thrower and a small woman the throw-ee.

But NFL cheerleaders just stand around and wave their...pom poms.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (t0Rmr)

13 unusual _whales@unusual_whales

FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart, $WMT

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 01:39 PM (TGPs7)

14 Don't forget the tranny in Carolina. 3rd year now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 01:39 PM (MGB5H)

15 Still not as gay as the new kickoff rules.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at August 19, 2025 01:39 PM (5IFb9)

16 The Rams are said to have been the first NFL team to include men on their cheerleading squad back in 2018.

I read it was the B'more Ravens back to 2012. Who's lying?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:39 PM (X98Jy)

17 The Browns historically haven't had a cheerleading squad. Possibly due to hardhat and lunchbox image, and/or it gets almost as cold as Green Bay. But they almost always get things wrong so it wouldn't surprise me if they announce an all male cheer squad.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:40 PM (Dv3i1)

18 They do this shit to piss off the normies. No other reason.

Sports used to he s respite from the culture wars. A “safe space” free from the Critical Theory deconstruction and tribalism and the rest of it. The usual suspects HATED that.

And here we are. If you’ve swore of sports because of it, well that’s a win. If they gay it up the way they have, well that’s a win, too.

See how that works?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 01:40 PM (Ku6QQ)

19 This idea originated in one of two departments; HR or Sales Prevention.

Posted by: Weasel at August 19, 2025 01:40 PM (Xgoim)

20 The NFL told you it was gay.

It straight up told you.

Now you are surprised it is showing up in assless chaps asking if you are man enough to watch it twerk?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:40 PM (t0Rmr)

21 Can't wait for this craze to hit San Francisco!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 01:41 PM (wtvvX)

22 Don’t worry. They’re going to spend all their time with the hot dog vendor.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:41 PM (7gP3b)

23 I would like the ladies to get on my shoulders and keep my neck warm, among other things after the game.....

like chess, I mean chest

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 19, 2025 01:41 PM (NtVYv)

24 "male cheerleaders Louie and Blazie"

Ah, clearly two red-blooded American males there, Louie and Blazie.

It's hilarious the left screams about stereotypes and then promotes the absolutely most gayest gays that ever gayed to be the face of their movement.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:41 PM (N1tpc)

25 "No longer are Americans collectively tuned into the same primetime sitcoms, watching the same cable news shows, or even encountering the same commercials."

Thank you, God! THANK YOU! Amen.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:41 PM (8mLBT)

26 Roll Tide.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 01:41 PM (jc0TO)

27 Oh FFS! I left football years ago, for a variety of reasons but if I hadn't already, seeing these ponces prancing around, would end it for me now.

FFS!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 01:41 PM (0t1wa)

28 Now these are finally some cheerleaders I can spank it to.

Well, along with those tight ends

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 19, 2025 01:42 PM (t0Rmr)

29 It's a great way to meet fit women obsessed with their bodies.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (n4GiU)

At least - as a mish-rekker - you would have something in common.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 01:42 PM (i24o9)

30 The team needs some serious re-naming. How 'bout The Minnesota Vaginas!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 01:43 PM (0t1wa)

31 So more guys on their knees on the sidelines

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 01:43 PM (qGI1K)

32 Just wrong on so many levels.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 01:43 PM (LHPAg)

33 BREAKING: The NFL Minnesota Vikings are under backlash after officially brining out their lead male cheerleader for the football game today.

==

OMG!!

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 01:43 PM (g47mK)

34 My Bengals will probably crap the bed this year…but at least they won’t have this going on.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (On+Ml)

35 Afternoon, All.

It's Hedy Lamarr Day on TCM.

If I gotta do this colonoscopy prep, I can at least do it with Hedy.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (77rzZ)

36 Now these are finally some cheerleaders I can spank it to.

Well, along with those tight ends
Posted by: Barack Obama

Their ends, like yours, isn't tight.
Big Mike, stand down!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (X98Jy)

37 Fuck that, i wanna see a 5-foot-nothin' stripper suit up and get put in as starting center.

I don't even care what she does with her hoo hah, that shit would be pure entertainment.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (3pmZ8)

38 I saw somewhere that NFL is making the teams display mandatory social justice slogans from an approved rotating list in the endzones this season. They never stop pissing in fans faces, and the fans drink it up and bellow for more.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (8mLBT)

39 Yeah. Tossing girls around, not salads.
Posted by: rickb223

It’s Minnesota, so more like jello salads

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (QCu82)

40 If they have to have male cheerleaders why not use the college model? Big guys throwing little girls up in the air. Much more entertaining than a couple of ghey bobs swiveling their hips around.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (lJ0H4)

41 Out: The NFL "sucks"

In: The NFL sucks

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (t0Rmr)

42 Gayer than balls

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (xvja1)

43 I strongly recommend that anyone who hasn't yet quit watching the NFL to do so.

You'll be amazed at how quickly you forget about it, and how much more enjoyable your Sunday afternoons are.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (wtvvX)

44 The mish, the mish, the mish is on fire

Knee deep in the waterfall

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (NtVYv)

45 To my knowledge the NY Giants have never had cheerleaders. Didn't stop them from sucking the last ten years however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (qGI1K)

46 They won't outgay soccer (impossible!) but they are getting close. Real close.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (P7Iz+)

47 It's not just the eagles doing the tush push now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (MGB5H)

48 Prance like you mean it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (L/fGl)

49 I had a conversation about this on x. I am torn- 1. These men are not cosplaying as women, so that is a win right there. They are still men, flamboyant as they may be. 2. Male dancers are nothing new. I do not have actual facts and figures in front of me, but anecdotally, the majority of choreographers I have ever worked with, seen, read about, are men. The Vikings guys can dance. They can. Jury is out on the Patriots guy, though.

If the argument is we love gender based roles and should stick to those (and let me tell you, I love many, many gender based roles), we should make that as the reason. But the argument here is not a man pretending to be a woman trying to be a cheerleader. This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.

Go team.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (p4NUW)

50 Just put them in the regular cheerleader outfits and be done with it already. You know that's what they want.

Posted by: bluebell at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (79pEw)

51 The NFL has definitely missed the cultural sway these past 6 months (aka USAIDS no longer funding cultural demoralization).

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 19, 2025 01:46 PM (On+Ml)

52 Isn't the fact that the NFL doesn't hire straight male eye candy cheerleaders for the women fans a sign of sexism or something. Granted there is a lot of beef between the lines but let's get some gigachads on the cheer line doing hip grinds with the ladies. That'll bring in fans of the sport.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 19, 2025 01:46 PM (OA79/)

53 @28 Barky you're a definite wide receiver

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 01:46 PM (qGI1K)

54 If they have to have male cheerleaders why not use the college model? Big guys throwing little girls up in the air. Much more entertaining than a couple of ghey bobs swiveling their hips around.
Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (lJ0H4)

The ghey bobs swiveling their hips around is the point.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:46 PM (N1tpc)

55 NFL fans have made it clear they are not leaving for any reason, so the NFL will continue to be awful.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (SSEhk)

Open wide, you white hetero haters. WE HATE YOU! Don't you get it yet? Well, here's some more things to stuff down your throat. Eet ze gays!

Posted by: NFL at August 19, 2025 01:46 PM (0eaVi)

56 Ace: "They're already getting "backlash.""

Backlash? More like rearlash.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 01:46 PM (pMi6S)

57 That'll help Minnesota lose the "Vi-Queen' tag.

They should up their game and see if George W Bush still has cheerleading moves.

Ohhh, also cheerleaders....Ronakd Reagan, Eisenhower and FDR.

I did not know that....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 01:46 PM (jvJvP)

58 Minnesota Viking's new male cheerleader.
.......

Well, he's definitely not a tight end.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2025 01:46 PM (v0R5T)

59 " ... officially brining out their lead male cheerleader ... "

they're pickling him? weird.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (ppG5b)

60 Nothing more manly that watching a group of men in tight pants grope each other and try to grab the balls...

Why you'll be thirsty enough to split a bud light with your best bro afterwards...

Posted by: The NFL at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (t0Rmr)

61 26 Roll Tide.
Posted by: toby928 at August

Go Dawgs!

(You are going to eventually kill me, aren’t you?)

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (p4NUW)

62 So, is it Beta radiation, or Strontium 90 ? In other words is it detectable with a Geiger counter? What is the source of this Great Sievert Value Shrimp, anyway? Off the coast of Fukishima or something like that?

I wouldn’t eat any seafood of indeterminate origin anyway.

Every food item, canned, bagged, fresh, whatever should be REQUIRED to have country of origin label. “Product of _______” Not just “distributed by” some assholes in Chicago.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (Ku6QQ)

63 Minneapolis must be free from women showing skin and also gays, such as so called cheerleaders.

Posted by: Somali Pirate Mayoral Candidate at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (Dv3i1)

64 I wish conservatives were better at clapping back. My friends that are really into football would crawl across broken glass to keep throwing money at it, no matter what lines they cross. They just complain but never do anything about it.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (4pwAx)

65 47 It's not just the eagles doing the tush push now.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (MGB5H)

Lol. Thinking of dom deluise at the end of blazing saddles. Lol. Wish I could post a link.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (OA79/)

66 Men need safe spaces too.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (pMi6S)

67 Never mind. It's Hedy Lamarr day on TCM. Enough to keep me occupied. And no, that's NOT Headley.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (s0JqF)

68
The male college exception was well made, Ace.

I had a friend who was one and had a routine where he would have a girly chearleader use his upraised hand for a seat.

Third base without a first date.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (Y8DZL)

69 I officially double-hate the NFL now.

Posted by: Weasel at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (Xgoim)

70 Huh.

so cheerleaders that are even more gay than Texas A&M's "yell leaders?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (0JnyD)

71 The fans always come back. They say they won't but they do.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (63Dwl)

72 Thank you for covering this, Ace.

I absolutely HATE what’s been happening to the NFL the last (oh I don’t know) 10-15 years. I grew up with Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Bud Grant, Walter Payton etc… tough men playing a violent game coached by serious men. I have many fond memories…. It’s pretty much ruined now and I hate the people who’ve done that…. Sigh

BTW… Tim Walz looks like John Wayne Gacy’s twin brother

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (Dywz5)

73 Men continue to invade women’s
Spaces and careers. 2 male cheerleaders means 2 women did not get chosen by the Vikings.

No on e wants to see 2 gay dudes prance around with pom poms.

Posted by: Czech Chick at August 19, 2025 01:48 PM (vK/Ja)

74 It never ends - Portland's county library system has a program called "Everybody Reads".

The initiative marks the 24th year of Everybody Reads, the library’s communitywide reading project that uses literature to spark dialogue and bring Portlanders together for discussion.

And the masterwork that they will be discussing this year?

Multnomah County Library has selected “Lovely One: A Memoir” by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 2026 Everybody Reads book.

I haven't checked, but I bet that they have never selected Justice Thomas' autobiography.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 01:48 PM (xTIDn)

75 They're really just being thoughtful

"Don't bother going out and buying your own flamboyant plastic dildos for game day. We'll put them on the field for you ourselves."

It's a public service, really.

Shame we have to pay them 1/0.77 times what we pay the regulars. But it's all because We Care.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:48 PM (3pmZ8)

76 If the argument is we love gender based roles and should stick to those (and let me tell you, I love many, many gender based roles), we should make that as the reason. But the argument here is not a man pretending to be a woman trying to be a cheerleader. This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.

Go team.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (p4NUW)

Because they are dancing like women.

It's fun to pretend that women and men are just interchangeable cogs, but reality eventually intrudes.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:48 PM (N1tpc)

77 72 Thank you for covering this, Ace.

I absolutely HATE what’s been happening to the NFL the last (oh I don’t know) 10-15 years. I grew up with Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Bud Grant, Walter Payton etc… tough men playing a violent game coached by serious men. I have many fond memories…. It’s pretty much ruined now and I hate the people who’ve done that…. Sigh

BTW… Tim Walz looks like John Wayne Gacy’s twin brother
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (Dywz5)

=======

Just think of what us movie fans have had to deal with!

*longs for the masculinity of James Whale to return*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:48 PM (GBKbO)

78 Men need safe spaces too.
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM

THEY DO NOT. I BELONG IN ALL MENS SPACES.
-Nancy Mace

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (MGB5H)

79 "out-gay soccer"

Only difficult goals are worthy goals.

Posted by: NFL at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

80 I hope you reasonable types understand this is the death of another set of jobs for women.

Once the dust settles the elimination of it all will be the outcome. Lefties will ensure it. Unless of course you were born this morning.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (s9EN2)

81 Roll Tide.
Posted by: toby928 at August

Go Dawgs!

(You are going to eventually kill me, aren’t you?)
Posted by: Piper

Go Bucks!

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (lJ0H4)

82 Ok time to start throwing WNBA dildos on the NFL fields...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (t0Rmr)

83 Go back to leather helmets and no padding.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (63Dwl)

84 > male cheerleaders have been part of previous Vikings teams and have long been associated with collegiate and professional cheerleading

How many of those other male cheerleaders minced around on field like a Thai ladyboy trying to hustle up a date?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (lIio7)

85
If the argument is we love gender based roles and should stick to those (and let me tell you, I love many, many gender based roles), we should make that as the reason. But the argument here is not a man pretending to be a woman trying to be a cheerleader. This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.

Go team.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (p4NUW)

Do the fans want to see this? If they voted for it, support it, then go ahead. But business and corporations pandering to crazy people who seek to disrupt norms ends in sadness and gay books for toddlers. These guys can dance in a drag bar. Stop gaying up every damn thing in the world.

Posted by: moki at August 19, 2025 01:50 PM (wLjpr)

86 81 Roll Tide.
Posted by: toby928 at August

Go Dawgs!

(You are going to eventually kill me, aren’t you?)
Posted by: Piper

Go Bucks!
Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (lJ0

Who?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:50 PM (p4NUW)

87 How many of those other male cheerleaders minced around on field like a Thai ladyboy trying to hustle up a date?
Posted by: bonhomme

LOL

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2025 01:50 PM (lJ0H4)

88 time to start throwing WNBA dildos on the NFL fields...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM

Bills fans been doing that for years.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 01:50 PM (MGB5H)

89 72 Thank you for covering this, Ace.

I absolutely HATE what’s been happening to the NFL the last (oh I don’t know) 10-15 years. I grew up with Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Bud Grant, Walter Payton etc… tough men playing a violent game coached by serious men. I have many fond memories…. It’s pretty much ruined now and I hate the people who’ve done that…. Sigh

BTW… Tim Walz looks like John Wayne Gacy’s twin brother

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (Dywz5)

AMEN, BROTHER

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 01:50 PM (wtvvX)

90 OT:

I feel like a dam is breaking on the left.

The dam is the deification of Obama.

First was Hunter railing against Obama and his cronies. Next was Stephen Smith, just in the last day, saying that Obama was to blame for Russia's aggressions.

The party was never going to heal until it broke with Obama. Is that happening, or will the little Dutch boy/girl troon come along and stop the leakage?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

91 The lip gloss on my cock came from a promiscuous Viqueens cheerleader. Much to my dismay I learned later that his name was Fred.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2025 01:50 PM (/vPt3)

92 Roll Tide.
Posted by: toby928 at August

Go Dawgs!

(You are going to eventually kill me, aren’t you?)
Posted by: Piper

GO GREEN

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (MGB5H)

93 The confusion isn't about "tolerance."
-
At some point we need to rethink whether "tolerance" is actually a good idea.

Posted by: Methos at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (zLwRl)

94 There needs to be a law that disallows male industry enjoyment dilution.

Strip bars in the 80's were a nice change of pace. Then females needed to copy our BRILLIANT idea and create their own strip bars.

Construction workers used to switch out to the traffic flagman duty for a break, then rotate back into the real work. Then females decided they wanted to tell people what to do and secured full time jobs waving flags at lined up vehicles.

Now, they're messing with the NFL but making 300lb lineman wear pink headbands, and fruity girly boys dancing around where there should be some grade A, prime choice sweater meat.

This is unacceptable!!!!

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (dIske)

95 It's fun to pretend that women and men are just interchangeable cogs
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:48 PM

We're doing our part!

Posted by: Neon-green Dildoes at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (0sNs1)

96 ITS FUNNY CAUSE THE CHEER TEAM IS KNOWN AS THE PURPLE PENIS EATERS.

Posted by: Ben Rothliesbergergler at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (OA79/)

97 Rah, rah, raw? (poster from my teenage youth)

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (s9EN2)

98 If Walter Payton were alive today, he'd be known as Walter Pay' 'n. Fact.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (Dv3i1)

99 The NFL hates you. They are happy to take your money, of course, but they still hate you.

Seeing a bunch of fruits parading and flouncing around on the field is just more of them rubbing our noses in their contempt.

I don't understand why anyone bothers to tune in anymore. I mean, they lost me at "Illegal Contact" and then doubled down on America-hating and calling every one racist. Screw 'em.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (O6ILs)

100 Men continue to invade women’s
Spaces and careers. 2 male cheerleaders means 2 women did not get chosen by the Vikings.

No on e wants to see 2 gay dudes prance around with pom poms.

Posted by: Czech Chick at August 19, 2025 01:48 PM (vK/Ja)

While I'm opposed to this, women have LONG since eliminated male spaces, so this argument doesn't really work all that well.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (N1tpc)

101 Sec.of Defense, Pete Hegseth must be dying.
He is a huge Vikings fan.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (NpAcC)

102 This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.
——-

Bless your heart

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (Ku6QQ)

103 The Panthers have had a trans cheerleader since 2022, that counts as a male cheerleader.

Posted by: waelse1 at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (kWPFk)

104 Ratings will crater

They will blame it on not enough black quarterbacks

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (3pmZ8)

105 Ok time to start throwing WNBA dildos on the NFL fields...
Posted by: 18-1
......

Butt plugs.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2025 01:52 PM (v0R5T)

106 The Left will not be satisfied until America is like the walled city in Zardoz, where all the men are impotent, flimsy swishers.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 01:52 PM (pMi6S)

107 100
While I'm opposed to this, women have LONG since eliminated male spaces, so this argument doesn't really work all that well.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (N1tpc)

=======

I need to see a feminist protest against Augusta National to make it male only again at some point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

108 This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.

So what?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 01:52 PM (SSEhk)

109 Back in the day the Chicago Bears had the “Honey Bears”… those cheerleaders were all hot females. Great memories… they got rid of them for some reason by the 90s. The Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders have always been the pinnacle of hot… if Jerry Jones allows males on the squad the apocalypse is officially here

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:52 PM (Dywz5)

110 This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (p4NUW)

I think the argument is simple.

People have been paying top dollar for these events, based on a presumption of football (and to a probably very minor extent for dudes, pointy elbows) not social justice hectoring.

Over the last decade, the NFL is changing that product to more social justice hectoring and less football and fewer pointy elbows. NOW, on top of that diminishing return, you add gay dudes shaking their asses in the face of these clearly, predominantly hetero crowds.

I don't think anyone would be complaining about gay dudes shaking their asses in gay clubs or theaters, because THAT is expected when you pays your money.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 01:52 PM (i24o9)

111 Either Blaize named himself or his parents were insane.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (6PCLE)

112 "Well, he's definitely not a tight end."

More of a wide receiver.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (v/YwY)

113
Minnesota state bird: Common Loon
Minnesota state flower: Pink-and-white Lady's Slipper

Seems about right.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (w9Wax)

114 79 "out-gay soccer"

Only difficult goals are worthy goals.

Posted by: NFL at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

More like an own-goal.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (wtvvX)

115 Seems like the wrong cultural moment to push harder on gay shit.

The ass spelunkers are obviously not a big enough market to risk losing long time fans pursuing. I think it's about chicks. I think they're calculating that they can pick up more chick marketshare with Tay Tay and fag stuff than they'll lose among their core male sports-addict audience.

But I think it's a bad bet long term. Chicks might watch a few games for pop star romance drama or to see some jizz-lipped fairy boy prance around like one of the girls. But they'll move on almost immediately. The core female audience, such as they exist, are women with families and they won't like these retarded stunts so much.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (EmA98)

116 Faggotry. Faggotry as far as the eye can see.

Posted by: Buzz Light in the Loafers Year at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (47/pr)

117 Kneeling protest was the first shot. I quit the NFL around then. Admittedly fairly easy to do since the local team was the Browns. Glad I did. Don't miss it. And stuff like this just reaffirms the decision. The league hates the fans. Thinks you are a bunch low life slobs who deserve to be insulted. Just walk away. Saturday football is better anyway.

Posted by: Dumpster is on fire agin at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (oKdmS)

118 then: The best tight end is Shannon Sharpe

now: The best tight end is your favorite male cheerleader. You pick which one to spank it to!

Posted by: The NFL at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (t0Rmr)

119 Actually, Ace, let's call it "dicklash."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (0eaVi)

120 Sheik’ n’ Conn?

Let me rock ya, let me rock ya, Sheik n’ Conn

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (ipIsk)

121 Male cheerleaders in the old Vikings stadium would literally have frozen their balls off

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (qGI1K)

122 114 79 "out-gay soccer"

Only difficult goals are worthy goals.

Posted by: NFL at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

More like an own-goal.
Posted by: Tex Lovera

It's technically possible, if you're long enough.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (pMi6S)

123 From HistoryFacts and a few other sites. There were 4 US Presidents that were cheerleaders.

"Despite its modern association with women, cheerleading started in the mid-19th century as what was considered a masculine sport — an ideal pastime for charismatic, athletic young men. Women were actively excluded at first, but started taking the field during World War II when many college-aged men were fighting abroad, and they didn’t really overtake the sport until the 1960s; as women cheerleaders became more common, the sport was trivialized and viewed as not athletic enough for men. So even though the United States has not had a female president, it’s not necessarily surprising that four former occupants of the White House — Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush — spent time hyping up a crowd as cheerleaders for their school sports teams."

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (jvJvP)

124 93 The confusion isn't about "tolerance."
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At some point we need to rethink whether "tolerance" is actually a good idea.
Posted by: Methos at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (zLwRl)

When is the last time anyone in this country was permitted to tolerate anything (i.e., openly disapprove but put up with)?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (SSEhk)

125 The tens of millions the NFL gave to America-hating BLM wasn't enough to cause a "backlash" why should turning cheerleaders gay - that's the line in the sand? Doubt it. The population is pathetic and soft - they need their stupid fcking NFL, it defines them.

Posted by: RedGrange at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (kjy5M)

126 My prediction is they'll continue to put out more of them until fans are screaming bloody m*rder and then they'll say no more cheerleaders period. You either take your g*y cheerleader bukakke or you get nothing.
Some video game companies are trying this; you can play as an ugly woman, an ugly woman or an ugly woman? Oh noes, we're going out of business.

Yes, like the restaurants that decided serving t*rds was a great idea, we have no idea how we went out of business.

Posted by: Nelly at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (cHLus)

127
Who wants to see a guy bend over and arch his back?

Lift girls over your head and stuff.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2025 01:55 PM (ny95y)

128 Do the fans want to see this? If they voted for it, support it, then go ahead. But business and corporations pandering to crazy people who seek to disrupt norms ends in sadness and gay books for toddlers. These guys can dance in a drag bar. Stop gaying up every damn thing in the world.
Posted by: moki at August 19

I don’t know- do they want to see social justice slogans? I strongly prefer college, specifically SEC, it is very, very rare for me to watch NFL. I would skip the game and watch the dancers, because that is my interest. I don’t think that is the goal, here though. But I also like soccer, so my opinion on this is going to mean very little to anyone.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:55 PM (p4NUW)

129 I quit the NFL around then. Admittedly fairly easy to do since the local team was the Browns.
...
Posted by: Dumpster is on fire agin

Nailed the nic.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:55 PM (Dv3i1)

130 Next up:
The Super Blow

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2025 01:55 PM (v0R5T)

131 100
...
While I'm opposed to this, women have LONG since eliminated male spaces, so this argument doesn't really work all that well.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (N1tpc)
_______
This.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 19, 2025 01:55 PM (s0JqF)

132 “Tolerance”; we had that argument 25 years ago. We lost.

Tolerance in this usage is allowing for the existence of ideas we do not accept.

Leftists re-defined “tolerance” way back when into mandatory celebration and approval, or else. They are very insistent that no disagreement is allowed whatsoever.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (Ku6QQ)

133 I’m thinking Dick Butkus or Ray Nitschke or definitely Mike Curtis might let loose with a forearm shiver if they saw a gay male cheerleader

IIRC Bubba Smith once leveled a drunken fan who wandered onto the field during a game. The guy got pulverized and the game went on….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (Dywz5)

134 This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (p4NUW)

Nope. I don't buy it. I have seen ballet. I have seen incredibly athletic and graceful men do amazing things on stage, and they don't look like they are dancing like women....as these idiots certainly are.

The exaggerated pelvic movements, the swinging of their hips? That's pretending that they are women.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (OKniM)

135 I think male cheerleading assistants are pretty cool, given that they're essentially showcasing their strength and that males and females can achieve great things together.

We went to Disney On Ice a few years ago, and the men on the team were deceptively strong. "Flynn" hoisted "Rapunzel" up on a ribbon-swing using a pulley and the stunts they did were spectacular.

Posted by: pookysgirl would probably lose arm-wrestling Lil Pooky at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (Wt5PA)

136 I don't think anyone would be complaining about gay dudes shaking their asses in gay clubs or theaters, because THAT is expected when you pays your money.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 01:52 PM (i24o9)

It's be like insisting the EEOC required a certain number of poofters on the pole at the local titty bar.

It's absurd. Anyone who doesn't immediately, instinctively know it's absurd is absurd.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (SSEhk)

137 Who wants to see a guy bend over and arch his back?
.......

Close ups on the skid marks please.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2025 01:57 PM (v0R5T)

138 Of course it's for the female audience. It's all for the female audience now. It's the reason long panning shots of the line of hot cheerleaders is rare as oppossed to every commericial break like when I was a kid.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 19, 2025 01:57 PM (s9EN2)

139 117 Kneeling protest was the first shot. I quit the NFL around then.

Posted by: Dumpster is on fire agin at August 19, 2025 01:53 PM (oKdmS)

Smart move. The NFL is about to make kneeling vogue again.

I stopped following the Detroit Lions which wasn't much of a sacrifice. Most seasons, they were mathematically gone by week eight. It was quite a time saver.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 01:57 PM (jvJvP)

140 I don't think anyone would be complaining about gay dudes shaking their asses in gay clubs or theaters, because THAT is expected when you pays your money.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August

This is a very valid argument.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:57 PM (p4NUW)

141 I'm not particularly an NFL fan so it will not be a hardship to ignore gay cheerers.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 19, 2025 01:58 PM (jM63s)

142 131 100
...
While I'm opposed to this, women have LONG since eliminated male spaces, so this argument doesn't really work all that well.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (N1tpc)
_______
This.
Posted by: Eeyore at August 19, 2025 01:55 PM (s0JqF)

Men at sporting events enduring prancing men in skimpy outfits to "own the women" is one take. Sure.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 01:58 PM (SSEhk)

143 Because they are dancing like women.

It's fun to pretend that women and men are just interchangeable cogs, but reality eventually intrudes.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:48 PM (N1tpc)

This is the problem with that Minnesota male skit...he is dancing a women's dance and role, not a male one, and thus looks wildly gay. Thankfully, he doesn't look trans, so we're improving...but feminine gay is not much improvement.

As Ace mentioned, if teams want male cheerleaders, have them be impressive doing male stuff. I want front and back flips, back handsprings, leaps a mile high, tosses up and down, and other crazy stuff male cheerleaders can do that female cheerleaders can't.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2025 01:58 PM (tOcjL)

144 Male cheerleaders in the old Vikings stadium would literally have frozen their balls off
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (qGI1K)

Old Metropolitan Stadium… open on both end zones so the bitter cold wind could sweep down the field. The QB would have to worry about that and the purple people eaters

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:58 PM (Dywz5)

145 But NFL cheerleaders just stand around and wave their...pom poms.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (t0Rmr)

And wiggle their cute, tight asses.

-------Pete B.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 01:58 PM (g8Ew8)

146 Hedy Lamarr got her start in the Austrian movie "Ecstasy". The movie was banned in many countries for years, for some reason. Mussolini stated he "would not sell his copy for any amount of money".

TJM, we await your Movie Thread on this.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (0sNs1)

147 As Ace mentioned, if teams want male cheerleaders, have them be impressive doing male stuff. I want front and back flips, back handsprings, leaps a mile high, tosses up and down, and other crazy stuff male cheerleaders can do that female cheerleaders can't.
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Colleges do this. Another reason why college football is still better than the pros.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (Dv3i1)

148 It's not really the presence of male cheerleaders. As you point out, college athletics has those and no one cares too much either way.

The problem is that these are men impersonating female cheerleaders. That's why it's weird - they don't embody masculinity the way male college cheerleaders do. Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire were dancers but they danced like men, not women.

Posted by: wat at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (Dk542)

149 “Tolerance”; we had that argument 25 years ago. We lost.

Tolerance in this usage is allowing for the existence of ideas we do not accept.

Leftists re-defined “tolerance” way back when into mandatory celebration and approval, or else. They are very insistent that no disagreement is allowed whatsoever.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (Ku6QQ)

25 years ago, I supported tolerance.

People can make their own decisions for their life and the government shouldn't intervene.

I now see how naïve I was. Clearly, granting tolerance leads to this- forced acceptance, grooming, public debauchery, etc...

We need to re-outlaw all sexual deviance, including adultery.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (N1tpc)

150
We went to Disney On Ice a few years ago, and the men on the team were deceptively strong. "Flynn" hoisted "Rapunzel" up on a ribbon-swing using a pulley and the stunts they did were spectacular.
Posted by: pookysgirl would probably lose arm-wrestling Lil Pooky at

Male ballet dancers are all muscle. I have one as a client, and he is shockingly not gay. But holy moly the muscles. I will leave that there.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (p4NUW)

151 "Ultimately, this moment isn't about cheerleaders. It's about holding on to the last vestiges of collective entertainment."

And there it is. It's not about the gay. It's about the destruction of that cultural identity. One nation, one national identity, one people. A melting pot, if you will. Indivisible.
They started with hyphens. Then discouraging assimilation. Then demanding that the culture and language and religious beliefs of the immigrants be respected and embraced by everyone else.
That's all the victim groups are. Just another way to sow enmity and division.
Divided we fall.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (2J/Lj)

152 When the tailback is getting more attention than your fullback, your organization is gay.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (/vPt3)

153 Male cheerleaders in the old Vikings stadium would literally have frozen their balls off
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 01:54 PM (qGI1K)

Old Metropolitan Stadium… open on both end zones so the bitter cold wind could sweep down the field. The QB would have to worry about that and the purple people eaters
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:58 PM (Dywz5)

I miss the days when football was played in all conditions.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (jM63s)

154 133 I’m thinking Dick Butkus or Ray Nitschke or definitely Mike Curtis might let loose with a forearm shiver if they saw a gay male cheerleader

IIRC Bubba Smith once leveled a drunken fan who wandered onto the field during a game. The guy got pulverized and the game went on….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (Dywz5)

I think most of those guys played games with a broken arm in a cast.

The male cheerleaders will miss a quarter of the games with PMS.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (wtvvX)

155 #82. This.
Question is, 'vibrant' green or team colors dildos.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (n4GiU)

156 Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reiterates that she WILL NOT COMPLY with the Trump admin and the DOJ to cooperate with ICE, says deporting criminal illegals is “oppression”
0DEFUND BOSTON AND CHARGE MICHELLE WU
. @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov

-
F*ck the citizens, she explained.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (L/fGl)

157 THEY DO NOT. I BELONG IN ALL MENS SPACES.
-Nancy Mace
Posted by: BruceWayne

Is it just me, or does Nancy Mace has a massive rack? This fact never seems to be mentioned.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (pMi6S)

158 If the argument is we love gender based roles and should stick to those (and let me tell you, I love many, many gender based roles), we should make that as the reason. But the argument here is not a man pretending to be a woman trying to be a cheerleader. This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.

Go team.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (p4NUW)
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Gotta disagree. Did you watch the videos? See the IG? These are not "male dancers," as you'd find in ballet or jazz or any legitimate dance specialty. These are men pretending to be women, dancing like pretend women, and -- crucially -- taking a job away from a real woman in a very competitive and highly coveted position. I would think that past part alone would have you steaming.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

159 “Tolerance”; we had that argument 25 years ago. We lost.
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It's weird how everyone seems to think that changes imposed by progressives are somehow permanent, as if we couldn't simply change our minds about permitting them.

Posted by: Methos at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (zLwRl)

160 As Ace mentioned, if teams want male cheerleaders, have them be impressive doing male stuff. I want front and back flips, back handsprings, leaps a mile high, tosses up and down, and other crazy stuff male cheerleaders can do that female cheerleaders can't.
Posted by: Nova Local

Seconded

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (lJ0H4)

161 I grew up with Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Bud Grant, Walter Payton etc… tough men playing a violent game coached by serious men.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

How long were you in therapy before you accepted the forward pass?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (KAi1n)

162 To the Republic for which it stands
One nation, under God
With liberty and justice
For all.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (2J/Lj)

163 156 Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reiterates that she WILL NOT COMPLY with the Trump admin and the DOJ to cooperate with ICE, says deporting criminal illegals is “oppression”
0DEFUND BOSTON AND CHARGE MICHELLE WU
. @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov

-
F*ck the citizens, she explained.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (L/fGl)

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This just means that she wants more ICE raids on community spaces instead of handing over criminals from prisons where they won't pick up anyone else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (GBKbO)

164 Query: How soon before we see neon green dildos at NFL games?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

165 “Tolerance”; we had that argument 25 years ago. We lost.

Tolerance in this usage is allowing for the existence of ideas we do not accept.

Leftists re-defined “tolerance” way back when into mandatory celebration and approval, or else. They are very insistent that no disagreement is allowed whatsoever.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (Ku6QQ)

Tolerance is shut up and accept the girl penis in you and your kids' faces.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:02 PM (i24o9)

166 Hedy Lamarr had the cutest nose.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 02:02 PM (77rzZ)

167 I gave a lot of thought to whether to comment on this thread or not.

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2025 02:02 PM (AOsQT)

168 It's be like insisting the EEOC required a certain number of poofters on the pole at the local titty bar.

It's absurd. Anyone who doesn't immediately, instinctively know it's absurd is absurd.

------

A good friend of mine worked at a strip club as a bouncer and bartender for a long time, so I got a look at how they're run.

I don't think a gay male stripper would last very long at one. There was an understanding about the male strippers, at least at this place, and a gay one would not work out.

Those guys were there to bring in rich women, and those ladies weren't there just for the show, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 02:03 PM (EmA98)

169 How about bring back the Cowboys "Offensive Lineman set thing"? Can still see it in my head.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 19, 2025 02:03 PM (s9EN2)

170 Forcing the tranny is tyranny.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2025 02:03 PM (vbXSk)

171 After all that gay, I had to go back and look at the pic of the guy holding up the tiny chick.

Posted by: Texican ette at August 19, 2025 02:03 PM (SNf74)

172 Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reiterates that she WILL NOT COMPLY with the Trump admin and the DOJ to cooperate with ICE, says deporting criminal illegals is “oppression”
0DEFUND BOSTON AND CHARGE MICHELLE WU
. @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov

-
F*ck the citizens, she explained.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (L/fGl)

=======

This just means that she wants more ICE raids on community spaces instead of handing over criminals from prisons where they won't pick up anyone else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (GBKbO)
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Yup. All these deep blue scumpy bitches are actually increasing the likelihood that ICE picks up illegals. There's so many illegals in the general community that these fuckwitches couldn't even have their hispanic-themed parades.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:04 PM (iFTx/)

173 The Vikings have now officially earned their curse.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at August 19, 2025 02:04 PM (T/UyB)

174 Deport the Mayorette Wu would be helpful on so many levels.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 02:04 PM (Ku6QQ)

175 Go back to leather helmets and no padding.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM

Outlaw the forward pass.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:04 PM (jc0TO)

176 172 Yup. All these deep blue scumpy bitches are actually increasing the likelihood that ICE picks up illegals. There's so many illegals in the general community that these fuckwitches couldn't even have their hispanic-themed parades.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:04 PM (iFTx/)

=======

"We could eliminate 90% of all ICE raids on our Hispanic communities with this one weird trick."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

177 I think most of those guys played games with a broken arm in a cast.

The male cheerleaders will miss a quarter of the games with PMS.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM (wtvvX)

This is why I hate what they’ve done to the NFL. The famous Butkus photo of him sitting on the bench with bloodied hands wrapped in cloth… it was unabashedly rugged and male and violent… something for young boys to look up to: Be tough young man like them!

I still get chills when I hear John Facenda’s voice

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 02:05 PM (90wEZ)

178 Those guys were there to bring in rich women, and those ladies weren't there just for the show, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 02:03 PM (EmA9

Second look at becoming a male stripper?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 02:05 PM (i24o9)

179 I would assume the fella cheerleaders will get booed on the field, and the networks will not broadcast it.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:05 PM (dGCAG)

180 I gave a lot of thought to whether to comment on this thread or not.
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2025 02:02 PM

And you didn't mention Prometheus. Solid job!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 02:05 PM (0sNs1)

181 Ha! Gaaaaaaay!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 02:06 PM (kgE5c)

182 180 I gave a lot of thought to whether to comment on this thread or not.
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2025 02:02 PM

And you didn't mention Prometheus. Solid job!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 02:05 PM (0sNs1)

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You know, I hadn't considered that...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:06 PM (GBKbO)

183 I'm nominally a Bears fan. I can't think of a single reason to turn on the tube this season.

I'm calling them 1-16 this year.

Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (89Sog)

184 It would make sense if they are adding men to attract women to NFL. Like the Chippendale or Thunder down Under Types... Women are a significant part of the US population.

But this makes zero sense.

Posted by: Ironwolf32 at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (hQ5rH)

185 If the argument is we love gender based roles and should stick to those (and let me tell you, I love many, many gender based roles), we should make that as the reason. But the argument here is not a man pretending to be a woman trying to be a cheerleader. This is men, who have been dancing their whole lives, joining a dance squad with women who have been dancing their whole lives.

Go team.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (p4NUW)
______

Gotta disagree. Did you watch the videos? See the IG? These are not "male dancers," as you'd find in ballet or jazz or any legitimate dance specialty. These are men pretending to be women, dancing like pretend women, and -- crucially -- taking a job away from a real woman in a very competitive and highly coveted position. I would think that past part alone would have you steaming.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

That flaming gay guy in Revenge of the Nerds was completely straight compared to the two Viqueens.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (X98Jy)

186 Query: How soon before we see neon green dildos at NFL games?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

LOL. A great idea to be spread far and wide.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (g8Ew8)

187 169 How about bring back the Cowboys "Offensive Lineman set thing"? Can still see it in my head.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 19, 2025 02:03 PM (s9EN2)

You mean where they would all line up, then simultaneously "pop up" and get set in a 3-point stance, usually with the backs shifting? I remember that well...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (wtvvX)

188 Do the twinks share a locker room with the women?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (W2Pud)

189
I don’t know- do they want to see social justice slogans?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:55 PM (p4NUW)

No. And this is exactly what this is.

Fans would still watch football if there were no cheerleaders. I sincerely hope this helps folks see what contempt corporations hold them in, and respond appropriately.

Posted by: moki at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (wLjpr)

190 The bigger story is that we have our first Dallas Cowboys cheerleader with a ponytail.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (MGB5H)

191 I grew up with Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Bud Grant, Walter Payton etc… tough men playing a violent game coached by serious men.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

How long were you in therapy before you accepted the forward pass?
Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (KAi1n)

You kidding? Landry in particular was an offensive innovator. Remember the “shotgun formation”… that was his innovation. Pretty much every snap comes out of that spread formation these days

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (90wEZ)

192 I did hear some clown on the radio talking about MLB, how the current commish seems to be doing everything right. That the demographic of fans is now 57% female.

Uh huh.

But the radio clown thinks if they do realignment, that'll be going too far. So far everything else Man Freddie is doing is GREAT! But realignment? Insanity.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (dGCAG)

193 I only come here hoping for a smattering of gayness. I am not disappointed.

Posted by: The Great Poof at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (G5+As)

194 It's time for the Vikings to replace the horns on their helmets with flaccid dongs.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (lIio7)

195 Watch the NF documentary series on the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. These are serious dancers, with serious chops, in incredible shape, and the competition for one of the most coveted spots in all of cheer sports is insane.

It's insane to me that we should take away the opportunity for ladies to compete for some of these spots by giving them to dudes in dresses who can mimic getting butt-fucked on the field.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

196 As a kid, I loved the Vikings. That love became more of an "i'll root for them" thing. Now, meh. I will watch a game if I catch one on the TV. But there are no teams, in any sport, to which I have attached my ego.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (PSEDc)

197 Those guys were there to bring in rich women, and those ladies weren't there just for the show, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 02:03 PM (EmA9

Second look at becoming a male stripper?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

No. I'd look like Chris Farley on the SNL skit

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (X98Jy)

198
The exaggerated pelvic movements, the swinging of their hips? That's pretending that they are women.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 01:56 PM (OKniM)

Grab any popstar concert / video. Watch the back up dancers. This isn’t ballet- this genre is hip hop. Again, I freely admit I am less likely to be plussed about this just because of my background. I also am not going to care if the backlash is swift and we never see them on field again.

I do wonder how many NFL choreographers are men, though, now that this box has been opened.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (p4NUW)

199 97 Rah, rah, raw? (poster from my teenage youth)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 19, 2025 01:51 PM (s9EN2)

I remember that one! It was actually seared, seared into my brain.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (ipIsk)

200 The QB keeps rubbing my balls! Tee hee

Posted by: Gay Center at August 19, 2025 02:09 PM (v0R5T)

201 Again, the goal is to demoralize the populace. F.U.D. then dancing on the ashes.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 19, 2025 02:09 PM (mlg/3)

202 175 Go back to leather helmets and no padding.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM

Outlaw the forward pass.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:04 PM (jc0TO)

Australian rules for the win!

Posted by: moki at August 19, 2025 02:09 PM (wLjpr)

203 Air Coryell was gay as shit.

John Jefferson?

/sarc

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2025 02:10 PM (ZmEVT)

204 I watched a replay of Super Bowl 3 a while ago. Under today’s rules there would’ve been hundreds of penalties and half the players would’ve been ejected before the end of the first quarter.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 19, 2025 02:10 PM (u73oe)

205 They are GAF, I have no idea why they went down the dark path, it's not like they will be winning new gay veiwers. Maybe it's the 'ick' factor.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (tykPk)

206
It's insane to me that we should take away the opportunity for ladies to compete for some of these spots by giving them to dudes in dresses who can mimic getting butt-fucked on the field.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

They aren’t in dresses. They are dressing like male dancers, and male dancers train just as hard. The most interesting part about this to me is that they aren’t trans.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (p4NUW)

207 194 It's time for the Vikings to replace the horns on their helmets with flaccid dongs.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (lIio7)

Bright green floppy dildos.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (TmEds)

208 Honestly, it's capitalism in motion. Some "genius" in the NFL hierarchy thinks they can open up a new "gay" fanbase and increase their demographics. The driving force in this effort is likely bias in his views (perhaps) based on his/her own sexual proclivities.

The capitalism part starts based on how the fans react. If there is blowback and a drop in revenue, it will be phased out. It's the perfect experiment in that getting the cheerleading job requires a competition among other applicants (which means the "experiment" might be gone by next season). On the other hand, if revenues increase this year, we may see more of the girlyboys next year.

It's the NFL's business to succeed or fail. It's not mine. So, if they want to have a three legged zebra with autism in their cheerleading squad, so be it. It's theirs to win or lose.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (dIske)

209 Male cheerleader: OK
Male queerleader: no thanks

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (JRP2U)

210 It would make sense if they are adding men to attract women to the NFL …. Women are a significant part of the US population.
——-

I don’t really care, Margaret.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (Ku6QQ)

211 201 Again, the goal is to demoralize the populace. F.U.D. then dancing on the ashes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 19, 2025 02:09 PM (mlg/3)

Ding ding ding.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (TmEds)

212 One good reason to never cause trouble at a strip club: it's never fun getting the shit kicked out of you by a couple of huge gorillas, but it's worse when they're wearing sequined bowties.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (EmA98)

213 I need to see a feminist protest against Augusta National to make it male only again at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

As a woman and a huge golf fan, I would actually support making Augusta National male only again. It should have stayed that way.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 19, 2025 02:12 PM (k9OZB)

214
Pro football is a big city sport and guess who runs the big cities?

Brandon Johnson just corrupted the Bears out of Chicago; Coleman Young did it to the Lions forcing them to Pontiac.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 02:12 PM (Y8DZL)

215 Go back to leather helmets and no padding.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 01:49 PM

Go back to it's rugby roots? What's next, the same squad on the field playing both-ways, offense AND defense?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 02:12 PM (0sNs1)

216 would make sense if they are adding men to attract women to the NFL …. Women are a significant part of the US population.
——

The women interested in football already watch football.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 02:12 PM (MGB5H)

217 This is why I hate what they’ve done to the NFL. The famous Butkus photo of him sitting on the bench with bloodied hands wrapped in cloth… it was unabashedly rugged and male and violent… something for young boys to look up to: Be tough young man like them!

Emmitt Smith played 3 quarters with a dislocated shoulder cuz they needed the win to win the division. The Giants shut down the rest of the offense cuz they knew he was injured so he got something like 60% of the touches after his injury.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:12 PM (ExV1e)

218 Pro football is a big city sport and guess who runs the big cities?
____

What is this football? Is this where you kick the severed heads of the infidels?

Posted by: Somali Pirate Mayoral Candidate at August 19, 2025 02:13 PM (Dv3i1)

219 Yeah, that kind of girlie dancing by those guys only works as a joke. But it's obviously not a joke; it's derisive mockery of normalcy.

Posted by: Emmie at August 19, 2025 02:13 PM (FMtrg)

220 And then... Fatigue set in.
Woke fatigue. Adios PBS, MSNBC, CNN
Trans fatigue. So long Bud Light, Target, guy in women's sports
LGBQ fatigue. Buh-bye Pride Month, Jaguar, Parades, WNBA
Black fatigue. Later BLM, reparations, DEI

NFL so far behind their zeitgiest, baseball may pass them

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 02:13 PM (wBaIH)

221 Bright green floppy dildos.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM

Counselor Troi says that defeats the purpose.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 19, 2025 02:14 PM (0sNs1)

222 218 Pro football is a big city sport and guess who runs the big cities?
____

What is this football? Is this where you kick the severed heads of the infidels?
Posted by: Somali Pirate Mayoral Candidate at August 19, 2025 02:13 PM (Dv3i1)

======

"No, my friend! This is cricket!"
-Billy Fish

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

223 You kidding? Landry in particular was an offensive innovator. Remember the “shotgun formation”… that was his innovation. Pretty much every snap comes out of that spread formation these days

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (90wEZ)

My sister was the insurance agent for the Cowboys during the Landry years. Harvey Martin used to pick me up and put me on his shoulder with one hand when I was little, and I played with Too Tall's kids. Tom Landry was a class act and I haven't watched the Cowboys (or much NFL) since Jerry Jones fired him and defiled the team, especially when he made Barry Switzer head coach. That was rubbing noses in poop.

Posted by: moki at August 19, 2025 02:14 PM (wLjpr)

224 I can hardly wait for the WNFL. "Pay us what you owe us."

Posted by: azlibertarian at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (ELeH9)

225 Is it just me, or does Nancy Mace has a massive rack? This fact never seems to be mentioned.
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (pMi6S)

I believe if you check footnote 53a, at the end of paragraph 2, in subsection III of the style manual, you'll find it is required to mention the size of her bosom at each mention of her name.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (0eaVi)

226 It's insane to me that we should take away the opportunity for ladies to compete for some of these spots by giving them to dudes in dresses who can mimic getting butt-fucked on the field.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

They aren’t in dresses. They are dressing like male dancers, and male dancers train just as hard. The most interesting part about this to me is that they aren’t trans.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 02:11 PM (p4NUW)
____

I don't think you've seen the videos, or even looked at the pics linked above. This is a woke novelty act with a bunch of flaming homos gyrating like they're drunk. Like sticking Dylan Mulvaney in a beauty contest. And the Vikings guys look trans to me. I seriously can't believe you are defending this.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

227 would make sense if they are adding men to attract women to the NFL …. Women are a significant part of the US population.
——

The women interested in football already watch football.
===
.0001% of the female population are fag hags. And none of them currently watch football.

That's it! Greenlight the fag cheerleaders!!!!

Posted by: Roger Goodell, super genius at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (oKdmS)

228 Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reiterates that she WILL NOT COMPLY with the Trump admin and the DOJ to cooperate with ICE, says deporting criminal illegals is “oppression”
0DEFUND BOSTON AND CHARGE MICHELLE WU
. @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov

-
F*ck the citizens, she explained.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 02:00 PM

*rubs hands together*

Oh, boy, this s gonna be great!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (kgE5c)

229 I saw Emmitt Smith at the local WinnDixie last year. Pimp suited. He must have been visiting an Auntie or something because he doesn't live here.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (jc0TO)

230 212 One good reason to never cause trouble at a strip club: it's never fun getting the shit kicked out of you by a couple of huge gorillas, but it's worse when they're wearing sequined bowties.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

A remarkable experience. I'd love to hear that story!

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (Y8DZL)

231 I'm not gay or anything, but I think I want to fuck Louie...
like a Viking.

Posted by: jwest at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (lnMN4)

232 mish? super gay?

Posted by: anon2020 at August 19, 2025 02:16 PM (RqMDa)

233 The 70's called. They want that long blonde hair back.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2025 02:16 PM (ZmEVT)

234 would make sense if they are adding men to attract women to the NFL
____

There are 22 participants on the field at any given time that are all male, wearing tight pants, and another 80 or so in total on the sidelines. And the NFL thinks they need even more men to attract the womenfolk?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 02:16 PM (Dv3i1)

235 I started watching a show called Penny Dreadful. It's a vampire thing, set in London around the time of Jack the Ripper. Has Dr. Frankenstein in it, as well as Dorian Gray.

Dorian is a little twink, and Josh Hartnett plays a tough guy American cowboy. In episode 4, Josh shares absinth with Mr. Gray, and after doing so, grabs him and kisses him on the lips.

Nope. Turned it off. Done.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:16 PM (dGCAG)

236 I don't believe Dave in Texas would be showcasing these sharp elbows in football thread.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2025 02:16 PM (/vPt3)

237 ViQueens.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 02:16 PM (1PzqV)

238 thats bushkazi, maybe a worthy project from our pashtun fellows,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 19, 2025 02:17 PM (bXbFr)

239 No longer are Americans collectively tuned into the same primetime sitcoms, watching the same cable news shows, or even encountering the same commercials.

In his Democracy in America DeTocqueville described the variety of cultural entertainments across the land as on of America's strengths. Can't say that I've ever been all that enamored of "collective" entertainment, being that so much of it is mere escapism.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 19, 2025 02:17 PM (bufu1)

240 225 Is it just me, or does Nancy Mace has a massive rack? This fact never seems to be mentioned.
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (pMi6S)

___________________________

How have you not noticed? Mace will knock over an entire crowd of people just to get her self-important person in front of media cameras.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2025 02:18 PM (dIske)

241 The bigger story is that we have our first Dallas Cowboys cheerleader with a ponytail.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (MGB5H)

Technically pigtails, I guess...

https://tinyurl.com/2vhd222v

Tami Barber, 1970s

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

242 Gay

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 02:18 PM (xcxpd)

243 Yup. All these deep blue scumpy bitches are actually increasing the likelihood that ICE picks up illegals. There's so many illegals in the general community that these fuckwitches couldn't even have their hispanic-themed parades.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:04 PM (iFTx/)

That's the underhanded way they get rid of the illegals. They know the public is against it, but they scream loud to satisfy their base, and ICE still gets rid of the problem for them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 19, 2025 02:18 PM (0eaVi)

244 I don't believe Dave in Texas would be showcasing these sharp elbows in football thread.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

I kind of miss the Sharp Elbows thread on Saturday mornings.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2025 02:18 PM (lJ0H4)

245 241 The bigger story is that we have our first Dallas Cowboys cheerleader with a ponytail.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 02:07 PM (MGB5H)

Technically pigtails, I guess...

https://tinyurl.com/2vhd222v

Tami Barber, 1970s
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

Tsundere. Would not.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 02:19 PM (xcxpd)

246 - crucially -- taking a job away from a real woman in a very competitive and highly coveted position. I would think that past part alone would have you steaming.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I started with I am torn. I would be incensed if they were trans and trying to pretend to be better women than the actual women. I guess I need to separate a typical dance squad from cheerleading (even though cheerleaders are nothing more than dance squads now). Every last one of those girls had gay men and straight men in their dance classes and in their performances the entire time they danced. They had gay and straight instructors. It’s nothing new to them.

But I swear this is not my hill to die on. I don’t even care about the NFL.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 02:19 PM (p4NUW)

247
I'm so glad I bailed on the NFL after they starting worshipping BLM.

Posted by: comradearthur at August 19, 2025 02:19 PM (OdNzD)

248 I grew up with Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Bud Grant, Walter Payton etc… tough men playing a violent game coached by serious men.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

The police tried to get Landry off the field once because he had received death threats. His one concession was that he went into the locker room and put on a bullet-proof vest and then went back out onto the field.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:19 PM (ExV1e)

249 the French chick Green is in it too, Oscar Wilde did lean that way, if you get my meaning, its speculated Stoker was non binary in his affections,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 19, 2025 02:20 PM (bXbFr)

250 I started watching a show called Penny Dreadful. It's a vampire thing, set in London around the time of Jack the Ripper. Has Dr. Frankenstein in it, as well as Dorian Gray.

Dorian is a little twink, and Josh Hartnett plays a tough guy American cowboy. In episode 4, Josh shares absinth with Mr. Gray, and after doing so, grabs him and kisses him on the lips.

Nope. Turned it off. Done.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:16 PM (dGCAG)

That's where I exited too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 02:20 PM (xcxpd)

251 A remarkable experience. I'd love to hear that story!
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 02:15 PM (

I never caused trouble. But I saw several guys get wrecked over the years my friend was a bouncer. He was a big Jew monster, and his go to guy was this big black monster. And they had to wear those clip-on glittery bowties. Always made me laugh.

Worst thing I saw though wasn't a beat down though. They threw this guy out for selling crack. He went peacefully, but his girlfriend was really, really pissed off about it, and she ran his ass over with a Cadillac in the parking lot.

He lived, but damn.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 02:20 PM (EmA98)

252 One more reason to continue my ban on the NFL

Posted by: Sidney at August 19, 2025 02:20 PM (Uy/WF)

253 233 The 70's called. They want that long blonde hair back.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2025 02:16 PM (ZmEVT)

That's standard issue for the sorority girls on our campus. Also: tan, eyelashes, nails, and short shorts.

Posted by: Emmie at August 19, 2025 02:21 PM (FMtrg)

254 I see no reason why this shouldn't be a huge success for the Vikings. In fact, it's what I would have recommended.

Posted by: Alissa Heinerscheid at August 19, 2025 02:21 PM (PiwSw)

255 Now they really are the Viqueens

Posted by: logprof at August 19, 2025 02:21 PM (jo6FO)

256 On a positive note, at least this story got us elbow pics

Posted by: logprof at August 19, 2025 02:22 PM (jo6FO)

257 I prefer my cheerleaders with balls.

Shaken though, nor stirred

Posted by: Double O David French at August 19, 2025 02:23 PM (t0Rmr)

258 There was a reality show about Dallas Cowgirl tryouts and cut downs. It was more brutal than bare knuckle fighting.

The most beautiful, graceful, shapely women in the world, who never knew the slightest disappointment, rejection or discouraging word, being relentlessly ripped to shreds, humiliated and thrown down the stairs each episode.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 02:23 PM (wBaIH)

259 Let's see how many guys want to be on the NFL cheer squads when they entire team is required to wear burkas.

That will fit in well with Minneapolis' Somali community, and any other team in an area with large Mohammedan communities.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2025 02:23 PM (S/Y4j)

260

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will leave his role to join the FBI as co-deputy director, sharing the position with conservative commentator and former law enforcement officer Dan Bongino, he announced Monday.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 02:23 PM (63Dwl)

261 crucially -- taking a job away from a real woman in a very competitive and highly coveted position. I would think that past part alone would have you steaming.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I started with I am torn. I would be incensed if they were trans and trying to pretend to be better women than the actual women. I guess I need to separate a typical dance squad from cheerleading (even though cheerleaders are nothing more than dance squads now). Every last one of those girls had gay men and straight men in their dance classes and in their performances the entire time they danced. They had gay and straight instructors. It’s nothing new to them.

But I swear this is not my hill to die on. I don’t even care about the NFL.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 02:19 PM (p4NUW)
_______

"trying to pretend to be better women than the actual women"

Well, here's the thing: I think this is exactly what they are doing. These guys aren't hired to be male dancers like you'd hire men to dance ballet or even urban in a Michael Jackson video. They are men pretending to be women, dancing like women, and taking women's jobs. Nobody wants to see a guy prancing around with pom-poms.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

262 Apropos of nothing, Emmitt ran for 8,804 yards and 106 touchdowns in four years at Escambia High School in Pensacola.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:24 PM (jc0TO)

263 The most beautiful, graceful, shapely women in the world, who never knew the slightest disappointment, rejection or discouraging word, being relentlessly ripped to shreds, humiliated and thrown down the stairs each episode.
==
*buzzing sound*

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM (oKdmS)

264 Of all the teams to be the first to have flaming male cheerleaders, you'd think it'd either be San Francisco or the Packers.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM (e+SjS)

265 I like soccer/gay football, but the players all wear sports bras, which is definitely off-putting.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM (MMp6W)

266 Nobody wants to see a guy prancing around with pom-poms.

Ahem.

My one regret? They aren't in mini-skirts.

Posted by: Double O David French at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM (t0Rmr)

267 Haven't watched a game since Kapernack (however you spell it) took his first knee. I don't think watching some sissies preen and prance is gonna get me back.

Posted by: Mike B at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM (TuW4T)

268 My sister was the insurance agent for the Cowboys during the Landry years. Harvey Martin used to pick me up and put me on his shoulder with one hand when I was little, and I played with Too Tall's kids. Tom Landry was a class act and I haven't watched the Cowboys (or much NFL) since Jerry Jones fired him and defiled the team, especially when he made Barry Switzer head coach. That was rubbing noses in poop.
Posted by: moki at August 19, 2025 02:14 PM (wLjpr)

That’s so awesome… what a great story

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM (ePHkC)

269 NFL is a monster. Only a points shaving scandal will slow it down.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM (rJ48h)

270 NOAA-15 has just been decommissioned, and satellite buffs are heap mad! Satellite buffs vote.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:26 PM (8mLBT)

271 There was a reality show about Dallas Cowgirl tryouts and cut downs. It was more brutal than bare knuckle fighting.

The most beautiful, graceful, shapely women in the world, who never knew the slightest disappointment, rejection or discouraging word, being relentlessly ripped to shreds, humiliated and thrown down the stairs each episode.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 02:23 PM (wBaIH)
_____

It's on NF now. It's a brutal competition to get on the squad. Once there, the DCC cheer routine is physically brutal. Lotsa injuries. Some of the girls are physically damaged for life.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

272 NFL is a monster
==
So was boxing.

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at August 19, 2025 02:26 PM (oKdmS)

273 He went peacefully, but his girlfriend was really, really pissed off about it, and she ran his ass over with a Cadillac in the parking lot.

When I was in the Philippines, one of my buddies came to an agreement with a bar girl. She had these metal chopsticks holding her hair in a bun. We were all riding back to Olongapo City in back of a jitney and some Filipino guy said something she didn't like. The chopsticks came out of her hair and went about three inches into the guy's leg.

Bitches be crazy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

274 Nobody wants to see a guy prancing around with pom-poms.

Ahem.

My one regret? They aren't in mini-skirts.
Posted by: Double O David French

Otherwise their balls would be flopping around and no one wants to see that.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (X98Jy)

275 259 Let's see how many guys want to be on the NFL cheer squads when they entire team is required to wear burkas.

That will fit in well with Minneapolis' Somali community, and any other team in an area with large Mohammedan communities.
____

I read a detective novel in a dystopian world where the muslims had taken over much of the US. There was still football, with the violence of the 60's version back. I don't remember if there were cheerleaders in burkas though. I do remember the bad guys running the place were getting blood transfusions from young people in order to remain youthful despite their advanced age.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (Dv3i1)

276 235
‘ Josh shares absinth with Mr. Gray, and after doing so, grabs him and kisses him on the lips.’

Do you ever wonder why you’re drawn to such shows?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (jbnUc)

277 I say get rid of the cheerleaders. All of them.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (2J/Lj)

278 would make sense if they are adding men to attract women to the NFL …. Women are a significant part of the US population.
——

The women interested in football already watch football.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 02:12 PM (MGB5H)

Except the plan is to change football enough to attract those women who would otherwise not be interested in watching.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (dGCAG)

279 Is it even possible to out gay European kickball?

Posted by: Moron at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (oKdmS)

280 I wonder how much input the streaming networks had in this decision? Cheerleaders get a fair amount of coverage during the pre-game, game, and post-game program. Even less reason to bother with a NFL streaming package if this kind of crap is going front and center, and we all know it will be.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (rj6Yv)

281 NFL is a monster. Only a points shaving scandal will slow it down.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM

Depends on which side of the points you took.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (0sNs1)

282 Worst thing I saw though wasn't a beat down though. They threw this guy out for selling crack. He went peacefully, but his girlfriend was really, really pissed off about it, and she ran his ass over with a Cadillac in the parking lot.

He lived, but damn.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Stripper boyfriends can be problematic. I was still too young to go into "Bullwinkles" in the day, but a guy who shared a trailer with a dancer burned the club down rather than have guys looking at his beloved naked.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (Y8DZL)

283 So it wasn't enough to replace 2 women with men, but it just had to be gay men? The Viqueens deserve the ridicule they're getting.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (TN0g+)

284 NFL is a monster. Only a points shaving scandal will slow it down.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM (rJ48h)

Just waiting for some outlet to break the news. You don't think it doesn't happen already, do you? Too much money at the sportsbooks can be made by it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (0eaVi)

285 Otherwise their balls would be flopping around and no one wants to see that.

Its like you people just don't get me or something.

Posted by: Double O David French at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (t0Rmr)

286 I seriously can't believe you are defending this.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August

We are not getting a divorce over this, Elric, calm down. 😂.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (p4NUW)

287 The most interesting part about this to me is that they aren’t trans.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 202

Step one, Piper, this is only step one.
It's always only step one with them.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (n4GiU)

288 It's on NF now. It's a brutal competition to get on the squad. Once there, the DCC cheer routine is physically brutal. Lotsa injuries. Some of the girls are physically damaged for life.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

Amazon has the old, pre-NF seasons which were aired on CMT.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:29 PM (ExV1e)

289 59 " ... officially brining out their lead male cheerleader ... "

they're pickling him? weird.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2025 01:47 PM (ppG5b)

It was a salty reaction.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2025 02:29 PM (ynpvh)

290 262 Apropos of nothing, Emmitt ran for 8,804 yards and 106 touchdowns in four years at Escambia High School in Pensacola.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:24 PM (jc0TO)

Always thought it was kind of cool that the Cowboys had Smith (Florida), Irvin (Miami) and Deion (FSU) all playing together for a few years.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 02:29 PM (wtvvX)

291 II read a detective novel in a dystopian world where the muslims had taken over much of the US. There was still football, with the violence of the 60's version back. I don't remember if there were cheerleaders in burkas though. I do remember the bad guys running the place were getting blood transfusions from young people in order to remain youthful despite their advanced age.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (Dv3i1)

=====

Camp of the New Orleans Saints

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 02:29 PM (MMp6W)

292 I say get rid of the cheerleaders. All of them.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (2J/Lj)

Why?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:29 PM (ExV1e)

293 Makes me glad the Steelers have never had cheerleaders. No sense asking for trouble.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 19, 2025 02:30 PM (MZ+PY)

294 You share absinthe with your guests, you deserve everything that happens after that. Hoard that shit for yourself, bucko.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:30 PM (8mLBT)

295 What kind of a silly faggot wants to be an NFL cheerleader?

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at August 19, 2025 02:30 PM (8N6G1)

296 291 II read a detective novel in a dystopian world where the muslims had taken over much of the US. There was still football, with the violence of the 60's version back. I don't remember if there were cheerleaders in burkas though. I do remember the bad guys running the place were getting blood transfusions from young people in order to remain youthful despite their advanced age.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (Dv3i1)

=====

Camp of the New Orleans Saints

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 02:29 PM (MMp6W)

Heh. ::: Golf Clap :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2025 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

297 We were all riding back to Olongapo City in back of a jitney
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM

Yeah, we're going to 'Po City 'cause it's two to one
You know we're going to 'Po City, gonna have some fun
You know we're going to 'Po City 'cause it's two to one
You know we're going to 'Po City, gonna have some fun, now

Two girls for every boy

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 02:30 PM (0sNs1)

298 Do you ever wonder why you’re drawn to such shows?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 02:27 PM (jbnUc)

You mean period pieces set in London, with vampires and Frankenstein and historical events like Jack the Ripper?

I already know why.

I didn't ask for the gay stuff.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:30 PM (dGCAG)

299 291 lolrofl!

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:31 PM (8mLBT)

300 THE PURPLE PENIS EATERS

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 19, 2025 02:31 PM (17s+e)

301 298
‘ You mean period pieces set in London, with vampires and Frankenstein and historical events like Jack the Ripper?

I already know why.
I didn't ask for the gay stuff.’

Probably just some kind of bizarre coincidence.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 02:32 PM (jbnUc)

302 300 THE PURPLE PENIS EATERS
____

Purple dildos it is then.

Posted by: Guy who decides what color dildos to throw at sporting events at August 19, 2025 02:32 PM (Dv3i1)

303 46 They won't outgay soccer (impossible!) but they are getting close. Real close.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (P7Iz+)

Parity with soccer's gayness will be achieved, not via cheerleaders, but via refs.

https://youtu.be/cjPakLX51tI

Posted by: Young, Dumb, and Full of Dumb at August 19, 2025 02:33 PM (wVcYX)

304 Ah Nancy Mace. No Ben Shapiros 's sister, but I would motor boat her from the river to the sea.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 02:33 PM (wBaIH)

305 Might I add that making an NFL commercial with Govenor Tim Walz would be an effective marketing strategy. After all, Governor Walz oozes masculinity, is the governor of the Vikings home state, Minnesota, and, did I mention, he oozes masculinity? See the ratings soar!

I will bill you at my normal consulting rate...

Posted by: Alissa Heinerscheid at August 19, 2025 02:34 PM (PiwSw)

306 See, when I thought "male cheerleader" I first thought the other kind - hyper athletic men who can toss the female cheerleaders around like duffle bags at the airport to the cheers of fans. Guys who can do back flips and stunts. Guys walking around with big cones exhorting the crowd to cheer.

I didn't think skinny armed fem boys. Who the fuck wants that? Literally, who is this for? The many GAY fans of the NFL? all seven or eight of them?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 19, 2025 02:34 PM (gDhA9)

307 The real problem is THE FUCKING IDIOTS STILL WATCHING THE FUCKING NFL. What's it going to take -- half-time executions of conservatives?

Posted by: Rtards at August 19, 2025 02:35 PM (qUkBO)

308 NFL is a monster. Only a points shaving scandal will slow it down.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 19, 2025 02:25 PM

Depends on which side of the points you took.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 02:28 PM (0sNs1)

Points on their own, way up high
Way up firm and high

Posted by: Night Moves at August 19, 2025 02:35 PM (wVcYX)

309 The male cheerleader was worth his salt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2025 02:36 PM (1PzqV)

310 Bear in mind that the Mickey Mouse Sports Network signed a big agreement with the NFL, so don't expect the DEI tarditude to decline soon.

Posted by: logprof at August 19, 2025 02:36 PM (jo6FO)

311 The real problem is THE FUCKING IDIOTS STILL WATCHING THE FUCKING NFL. What's it going to take -- half-time executions of conservatives?
Posted by: Rtards at August 19, 2025 02:35 PM

De gustibus non est disputandum.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 02:36 PM (jc0TO)

312 One of the biggest, most swole dudes I know was a cheerleader in college. He's also not anyone you'd ever mistake for being even a little bit gay.

I asked him why he went with cheer instead of actually playing football and he said "Dude, cheer camp. It's 2000 teenagers, 80% of them are females. Of the 20% that are male, 90% of them are unbelievably gay, so for the rest of us, we were in a target-rich environment, and it paid off."

Lmao.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2025 02:36 PM (3BwY8)

313 nood

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (8mLBT)

314 Nood. DC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (ExV1e)

315 Probably just some kind of bizarre coincidence.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 02:32 PM (jbnUc)

I'll just go back to watching old movies with Randolph Scott.

No gay there.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (dGCAG)

316 No one gives a shit if they are gay. Mike Rowe is gay. No one gives a shit.

It's the over the top flamboyance that is the issue.
Think Ru Paul's Drag Queens without the make-up and dress up.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (X98Jy)

317 46 They won't outgay soccer (impossible!) but they are getting close. Real close.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (P7Iz+)
===

Kick Ball cannot be out gayed. Kick Ball's gayness can only be asymptotically approached.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 19, 2025 02:37 PM (17s+e)

318 The product is absolute dogshit. Make fun of soccer all you want. EPL and Champions league is way more entertaining than the NFL.

Posted by: resist_we_much at August 19, 2025 02:38 PM (cpys8)

319 This might impact NFL viewership by .00001%.

NFL fans are going to watch NFL games no matter what else is put on the screen in addition to the game. The new male cheerleaders could sashay out to the center of the field with their naked dicks swing around, and NFL fans will still watch.

My dad was a big NFL fan. I could never care less. Oh, he would bitch and moan about all the dumb shit the league did and the woke BLM stuff. But he watched anyway.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

320 307 The real problem is THE FUCKING IDIOTS STILL WATCHING THE FUCKING NFL. What's it going to take -- half-time executions of conservatives?
Posted by: Rtards at August 19, 2025 02:35 PM (qUkBO
Even that won’t do it.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 02:41 PM (hpOBU)

321 I didn't think skinny armed fem boys. Who the fuck wants that? Literally, who is this for? The many GAY fans of the NFL? all seven or eight of them?
----------

Its worse than that. They don't CARE what anyone wants--they're doing it to virtue signal. And they'll demand *compliance* from any and all while they virtue signal--there will be scarcely heard a voice on a nationally syndicated sports talk show pointing out how stupid this is. ALL of the national guys will keep quiet. And only a few of the local guys will have the balls to tell the truth about this topic.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 02:41 PM (TN0g+)

322 Geez. Did the National Felons League hire Alyssa Heiderscheidt of Bud Light fame for consultation? Hey, we're just starting to win fans back. I know. Let's ghey it up! Tons of the rainbow crowd are yuge NFL'ers!

Posted by: Frank Reich at August 19, 2025 02:44 PM (4p0Xq)

323 Off Frank Riech tiny sock.

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 02:44 PM (4p0Xq)

324
I suppose this is "The Big Democrat Fuck You Normies and Trump Victory" for 2025,

cuz nobody, absolutely nobody who watches football was asking for this.

Welp, enjoy the sweet smell of ass and pink socks NFL, because this is going to cost you, Bud Light-style.

As I said yesterday, lots of people watch football as a family activity.

How many of them want to explain metal ill sexually confused lunatics to their kids while watching "family entertainment"?

That would be 0.00%.

Enjoy your lost revenue, a-holes.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 02:47 PM (iJfKG)

325
metal = mentally

Who knew?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (iJfKG)

326 National Felon League now National Fag League.

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 19, 2025 02:48 PM (o/3Rm)

327 is this goodells fault?!

it started with the kneeling, then the socks and didn’t he get the old timey coach fired for 10 year old emails?

he sucks

Posted by: cherries in season at August 19, 2025 02:49 PM (IG5T1)

328 "I say get rid of the cheerleaders. All of them."

Hmmmm.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 19, 2025 02:50 PM (s9EN2)

329 328 "I say get rid of the cheerleaders. All of them."

Hmmmm.
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 19, 2025 02:50 PM (s9EN2
And the facemasks.

- Y.A. Tittle

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 02:53 PM (ao59+)

330 Gooddell or whatever is a big part of this, but he can't do nothing without owner backing.
A big part of the the problem is original owner die off, leaving AWFL spouses and children with controlling interests.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 19, 2025 02:56 PM (n4GiU)

331 164 Query: How soon before we see neon green dildos at NFL games?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

Buffalo Bills fans tossed them at Tom Brady for years.

Posted by: Ann at August 19, 2025 02:59 PM (4neFu)

332 325 metal = mentally

i saw mentally metal open for metally mental at the iron dome in tel aviv back in the naughties

Posted by: anachronda at August 19, 2025 03:00 PM (ZuKM8)

333 Now they are gayer than gay gay.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at August 19, 2025 03:05 PM (i6yOP)

Cameras Catch a Michigan City Council Member Stuffing the Drop Boxes at Night

That thing that never happens just keeps happening.

In the days before the August 5 primary election in the troubled city of Hamtramck, Michigan, surveillance videos caught several people allegedly stuffing the municipal ballot drop box with suspicious ballots.
An August 1 video shows two men in a car handling stacks of ballots and placing them into Hamtramck's drop box during the day. In another video, a pickup truck arrives at the drop box after dark with three people inside. The driver gets out of the truck and crams stacks of ballots into the box but has trouble because the box is so full.
Stuffing drop boxes while no one watching for cheaters is a recipe for election corruption. That is why President Donald Trump announced this week he will lead a movement to get rid of mail-in ballots, which can be cast by using a drop box. Trump also wants to stop using voting machines and return to voting with paper ballots.
Big dumps of ballots are suspicious because Michigan election law allows ballots to be dropped off only by the individual voter, a member of the voter's immediate family, or someone living in the voter's home.
Local news reported that Abu Musa, an incumbent city council member who is up for reelection, appeared to be in both vehicles caught on video. But the identities of the people in the vehicles have not been confirmed by officials, and no charges have been filed.
...
Musa received 1,129 votes, winning the primary with 13 percent of the vote. Residency is required to hold office as a city councilor. The weekly Hamtramck Review reports that Musa's wife and two daughters live in another town, yet Musa says he lives in another home in Hamtramck and is not separated from his wife.
Musa and city councilor Mohammed Al-Somiri were named in a 2023 election fraud case but were not charged. Others named in that case are city councilors Muhtasin Sadman and Mohammed Hassan, who were charged last week for election fraud, specifically two felonies each: forging a signature on an absentee ballot application and forgery under Michigan's election law, Michigan Public reported.
As Logan Washburn reported for The Federalist last year, investigative reporters at Project Veritas heard officials may be ballot harvesting and bullying people for their ballots in Hamtramck, so it investigated. Project Veritas contacted Musa and city councilman Mohammed Hassan and offered to connect them with blank ballots from immigrants who didn't know how to fill them out, so the ballots would not go to waste. Neither man rejected the offer and both knew how to get the ballots counted.

The Third-Worldization of America is almost complete. It's not fair that America should be an orderly, law-abiding, prosperous, high-trust society when the rest of the world is disorderly, crime-ridden, poor, and low-trust, so we'll just have to Make America the Middle East.

HOLY SHlT

City Councilman Abu Musa (D-MI) on tape stuffing ballots in middle of the night from darkened truck (second incident).

He won last week by 76 votes. pic.twitter.com/tYMuomZyJa
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 17, 2025

We must eliminate drop boxes,+ Mail in! We know these are Democrats ways to fake elections in 🇺🇸! TY POTUS!President Trump announces plans to ELIMINATE mail-in ballots and voting machines -wants to return to a system of watermarked paper ballots to be counted on Election Night. pic.twitter.com/a2Gm8qThh3
— ManuelaSaenz 🙏🏽🇺🇸 CLOSE our BORDER (@Vzladream) August 18, 2025

HOLY CRAP! Trump just called out the Democrats and said that they CAN’T WIN an election without cheating at the ballot box.

Share if you agree! pic.twitter.com/Knigm3khHe
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 18, 2025

The Phone Calls. #VotesForSale

Dozens of sources in Hamtramck, MI told Project Veritas that Muslim politicians are using illegal ballot harvesting operations to secure permanent power.

We contacted Hamtramck City Councilmen Mohammed Hassan and Abu Musa with an opportunity to… pic.twitter.com/XCbDBgPD3l
— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) August 5, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 12:18 PM

Comments

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1 Morning, Ace!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 19, 2025 12:18 PM (u73oe)

2 Import the Third World, become the Third World.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 12:18 PM (xTIDn)

3
Without evidence

No difference to the outcome

Isolated incidents

Mostly peaceful

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 12:18 PM (kkTda)

4 Think what's not caught on cameras.

There's a reason they sue anyone that even makes this accusation into bankruptcy.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:19 PM (4pwAx)

5 City Councilman Abu Musa (D-MI) on tape stuffing ballots in middle of the night from darkened truck (second incident).

==

that's a federal crime, no ?

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 12:19 PM (g47mK)

6
Mohammed Assad and Abu Musa. So, Polish.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 12:20 PM (kkTda)

7 That thing that NEVER happens, just happened again.

Also, I'm fairly certain Michigan cracked down HARD on anyone who tried to film these boxes, because they wanted to support Democrat vote fraud.

How was this video obtained?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 12:20 PM (N1tpc)

8 Purge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:21 PM (xcxpd)

9 Why would they do this?

Don't they know that cheating at elections never changes the outcome?

Why would they risk everything to do something that wouldn't change anything?

It just doesn't make sense!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:21 PM (GBKbO)

10 Deport the fucker.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:21 PM (0t1wa)

11 we'll just have to Make America the Middle East.

First thing we do is disable all the flush toilets.

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at August 19, 2025 12:21 PM (0sNs1)

12 In person voting is the way forward. I hope Trump is successful, it might be salvation of WA and OR, maybe CA, dunno.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (xcxpd)

13 It wasn’t me!
-Abu Shaggy Mohammed

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (ipIsk)

14 The Islamic Democrats of Hamrick are a defensive alliance.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (jc0TO)

15 Also...

Boobs

( . ) ( . )

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (xcxpd)

16 well, no one was actually convicted so it never happened and it's only an isolated incident that keeps you rethuglicans out of power so it's a good thing and a requirement to save our precious democracy....

-_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (nXhwP)

17
we'll just have to Make America the Middle East.

Put the blame on MAME, boys
Put the blame on MAME

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (63Dwl)

18 The Phone Calls. #VotesForSale

Dozens of sources in Hamtramck, MI told Project Veritas that Muslim politicians are using illegal ballot harvesting operations to secure permanent power.

We contacted Hamtramck City Councilmen Mohammed Hassan and Abu Musa with an opportunity to� pic.twitter.com/XCbDBgPD3l

— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) August 5, 2024

======

Those locals should probably do something other than bitch to get it to stop, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (GBKbO)

19 Wait.... bro was stuffing his own ballots? With his own hands? On his own time?

Why, that's damn near praiseworthy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (3pmZ8)

20 Do you not love the cultural enrichment?

Posted by: The Democrats at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (k1E2D)

21 >>>City Councilman Abu Musa

Possibly white.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (i24o9)

22 I was informed that diversity is our strength. They weren’t lying, were they?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (u73oe)

23 Abu Musa's ballot box stuffing doesn't count because it wasn't widespread.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (lIio7)

24 Thanks for getting us back on track 15

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (QCu82)

25 13 It wasn’t me!
-Abu Shaggy Mohammed
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (ipIsk)

Nice

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (xcxpd)

26 It is has been an issue since (at least) Bush v Gore, if not Nixon v. Kennedy. Our side has essentially fought to lose on this forever, always having to win “beyond the margin of fraud.” The best time to act was 60 years ago, the next best time is NOW!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (hlNLQ)

27 So no charges filed, eh?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:24 PM (xcxpd)

28 One of the big issues in the election campaign was that a non-Muslim candidate filed a complaint regarding the volume of the amplified Islamic call to prayer from a local mosque.

Because part of diversity now is having to tolerate amplified calls to prayer five times a day, the first of which is pre-dawn (that call literally says in Arabic "prayer is better than sleep").

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (xTIDn)

29 Wait.... bro was stuffing his own ballots? With his own hands? On his own time?

Why, that's damn near praiseworthy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (3pmZ

It's just his culture, and we should be more cognizant and appreciative of the cultural differences among us.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (i24o9)

30 Remember this, and the fact nothing will happen, you will be gas lit over it and called racist when talking about the UK "allowing" an Islamic takeover.

Posted by: PoliticalMcguffin at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (hPqHl)

31 In person voting is the way forward. I hope Trump is successful, it might be salvation of WA and OR, maybe CA, dunno.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (xcxpd)

While I agree that in-person voting should be required, they'll find another way to cheat. Insufficient ballots, wrong ballots, wrong pens for the ballots, and on, and on, and on...

And even then they'll find some way to fuck with the tabulators. The government is too big, there's too much money and power at stake to risk having voters choose incorrectly.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (ExV1e)

32 There needs to be a conservative movement that the Constitution requires Election Day voting. I can only see the Supreme Court really ending the mail in nonsense. No way you ever get a blue state to stop this internally.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (4pwAx)

33 By pulling this off, he was hoping that he would have been hired to join Jim Harbaugh's coaching staff.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (5yDGQ)

34 After the 2020 election, I said that the most important thing the country had to do was ensure the integrity of elections, and that without that, nothing else mattered. Ronna McDaniel did nothing, of course, but Trump is doing everything that needs to be done. The Dems will fight this to the death, because, to use an overused word, it's existential for them.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

35 OUT: Hamtramck
IN: Al-Hamtramcka

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (wtvvX)

36 Muslims shouldn't even be in this country, let alone in office, and everyone knows it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 12:26 PM (xzkgE)

37
1. It didn't happen
2. Okay it happened but you lack context
A. It happened and it's a good thing
Z. Republicans did it first
Σ. Shut up, racist!

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:26 PM (jc0TO)

38 Drop Box film at 9 along with the president's statement on his EO requiring all ballots in paper and NO mail in ballots.
It's revolutionary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:26 PM (GYoMn)

39 Because part of diversity now is having to tolerate amplified calls to prayer five times a day, the first of which is pre-dawn (that call literally says in Arabic "prayer is better than sleep").
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (xTIDn)

Pool a bunch of money together and pay every soul in town with a leaf blower to light 'em up in unison.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (3pmZ8)

40 37
1. It didn't happen
2. Okay it happened but you lack context
A. It happened and it's a good thing
Z. Republicans did it first
Σ. Shut up, racist!
Posted by: toby928
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No standing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (GYoMn)

41 Wait.... bro was stuffing his own ballots? With his own hands? On his own time?

Why, that's damn near praiseworthy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (3pmZ

He's just a regular, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-the-job-done type of guy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (wVcYX)

42
I was informed that diversity is our strength. They weren’t lying, were they?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

It does have a strong odor.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (63Dwl)

43 The voter rolls should be amazing. Mohammed, Mohammed, Mohammed, Jugdish, Mohammed, Lonnie, Mohammed, Mohammed, and Abu Bob Beckel.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (pIfcn)

44 No one knows what it's like to be muhtasin sadman

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (MMp6W)

45 There needs to be a conservative movement that the Constitution requires Election Day voting.

Oh, no! All the red districts ran out of ballots. Don't worry, we'll get some there in a couple hours.

We've already seen this happen in multiple states. People need to get over their fetish with only election day voting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (ExV1e)

46 The 202- election was completely legit.

Posted by: Bill Barr at August 19, 2025 12:28 PM (/U5Yz)

47 The voter rolls should be amazing. Mohammed, Mohammed, Mohammed, Jugdish, Mohammed, Lonnie, Mohammed, Mohammed, and Abu Bob Beckel.

You forgot John Brennan.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:28 PM (Riz8t)

48 Its almost like democrats' primary operating mode is cheating.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2025 12:28 PM (4/TQH)

49 Although one would think that the secure conduct of elections is obviously within the mandate of executive power, somehow I’m sure that a Hawaiian judge will enjoin the EO within minutes of issue.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (hlNLQ)

50 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: And you damn well know it at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (3cKSt)

51 Oregon has had vote-by-mail for thirty years now.

Prior to VBM, Republicans were regularly elected to state-wide offices in Oregon. Since then, just one Republican was elected to the Secretary of State's office. He died in office, and in the next election a Democrat was elected, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (xTIDn)

52 There is talk of an interstate project to link Ontario to Detroit to Ohio, West Virginia to Myrtle Beach.

Talk about the Highway men's highway.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (wBaIH)

53 Here goes ace, promoting the Fake News and Vast Right Wing Conspiracies again…

tsk tsk

Posted by: kallisto at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (1aEnd)

54 Oh, no! All the red districts ran out of ballots. Don't worry, we'll get some there in a couple hours.

We've already seen this happen in multiple states. People need to get over their fetish with only election day voting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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Seems a much easier problem to solve than people dumping ballots like this.

You can play that same game and say "oops, red districts didn't get their mail in ballots"

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (4pwAx)

55 Some right leaning news outfit (Newsmax IIRC) just agreed to settle with Dominion over their hacked machines. This... after it was disclosed by the DNI that Dominion voting machines were, in fact, unsecure for the 2020 election.

The settlement was significant.

Time to claw back the money from Dominion.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (Q4IgG)

56 Box stuffing?

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (wVcYX)

57 The 202- election was completely legit.
Posted by: Bill Barr at August 19, 2025 12:28 PM (/U5Yz)

AD or BC?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (ExV1e)

58 People need to get over their fetish with only election day voting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yeah, I guess we just should roll over.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (QCu82)

59 One thing I noticed, it’s difficult to explain, but there is a natural ebb and flow to party politics. If the Democrats hold the White House going on four (4) terms, it is reasonable to conclude the electorate is ready for a Republican, albeit only because they have forgotten how screwball they are. The reverse is also true.

My hypothesis has long been, similar to the Keynesians believing they could short circuit the business cycle and maintain permanent prosperity by tweaking the right economic levers, Leftists could no longer abide by periodic, wholesale rejection of their schemes - Nixon in 1972, and Reagan in 1980

As the old saying goes, Whitey don’t riot, he just votes Republican.

So a massive, comprehensive and pervasive cheat program ensued, coupled with massive illegal migration. The main thing this did, was allow Democrats to Let Their Freak Flag Fly.

This became glaringly obvious in recent decades. They no longer had to comcern themselves with appearing to care for the electorate, or compromise, or anything resembling politics. They assumed they had a lock on everything and further, would never be held accountable for any of their atrocities. Frightening.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (o55mS)

60 We had a Battle of the Bands in High School. It was really my band and one other that had a chance to win.

We had better musicians. They had a better singer. That worried me because I knew that most people would discount my virtuoso lead guitar if the other band had a better singer.

So we ... stuffed the shit outta the ballot boxes. Yes, we cheated our asses off.

We lost. The other band cheated even more than we did. We'll never know who legitimately won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

61 It's not fair that America should be an orderly, law-abiding, prosperous, high-trust society when the rest of the world is disorderly, crime-ridden, poor, and low-trust, so we'll just have to Make America the Middle East.
___________

So what this Obama guy was saying was, hey, if we don't get some uncool rules ourselves - pronto - then we can't be bogus too.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (XvL8K)

62 Although one would think that the secure conduct of elections is obviously within the mandate of executive power, somehow I’m sure that a Hawaiian judge will enjoin the EO within minutes of issue.

The argument will come down to the assertion that elections are for the states to run. They have a point, but there are other considerations, especially for national elections.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

63 Muslims shouldn't even be in this country, let alone in office, and everyone knows it.
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Yep.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (TN0g+)

64 I would make vote fraud a capital offense. Seriously. No crime undermines the very foundations of society more.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:31 PM (0t1wa)

65 While I agree that in-person voting should be required, they'll find another way to cheat. Insufficient ballots, wrong ballots, wrong pens for the ballots, and on, and on, and on...

the difference is, this is a limited battlefield.

the Rs and feds need to have lawyers watching all the locations, and stopping shenanigans like these.

it IS possible, it's harder in crazy places like Philly with a voting booth in every row home (seemingly) but still. possible.

Necessary.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 12:31 PM (Pv3Rg)

66 We've slippery-sloped past third world and invented a new category-- the fourth-world nation. That's highly sophististicated, wealthy technically advanced nation with the corruption if the lowest shithole.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 12:31 PM (pMi6S)

67 >>>While I agree that in-person voting should be required, they'll find another way to cheat. Insufficient ballots, wrong ballots, wrong pens for the ballots, and on, and on, and on...

And even then they'll find some way to fuck with the tabulators. The government is too big, there's too much money and power at stake to risk having voters choose incorrectly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Interfering with an election laws should be severe and enforced.
FedGov can't tell states how to run their elections but interference with any election should be a federal (I think it is) offense.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:31 PM (GYoMn)

68 Some right leaning news outfit (Newsmax IIRC) just agreed to settle with Dominion over their hacked machines. This... after it was disclosed by the DNI that Dominion voting machines were, in fact, unsecure for the 2020 election.

The settlement was significant.

Time to claw back the money from Dominion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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I'm still mystified how a news organization interviewing someone making this claim is somehow legally liable.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:31 PM (4pwAx)

69 Reading an AP article on Trump's EO ending mail ballots.

You cannot over-exaggerate how biased and dishonest they are.
it's not just the excessive use of negative language toward Trump, it's the deliberate hyper-technical limited "facts" they use.

But, my favorite was claiming they did an extensive review of 2020 and found less than 500 cases of vote fraud.
In an election where nearly 150 million ballots were cast, only 500 were not valid? 0.00033%
That's literally impossible; that number is so small.
I don't even think the finest mill could cut a driveshaft that perfectly round.

But, of course, they don't tell the reader how the reached that number.
You can be assured, it's a very narrow definition. I'll bet $10 it's actual convictions and sentencing for vote fraud.
Nothing about the illegal changes to election laws; nothing about the illegal counting; nothing about the 15 million phantom ballots for the D that disappeared b/w 2020 and 2024

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 12:31 PM (0JnyD)

70 38 Drop Box film at 9 along with the president's statement on his EO requiring all ballots in paper and NO mail in ballots.
It's revolutionary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:26 PM (GYoMn)

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I've scanned both the VRA of 1965 and the 2002 Help America Vote Act.

The HAVA includes a lot of language about transparent, from the outside, ballot tracking, including assurances to the voters that they've been counted. It also includes some references to mail in voting, as long as it is in compliance with the VRA of 1965.

The VRA doesn't include mail in voting requirements (it mentions mail twice, both regarding challenge procedures).

The way I read things, Trump's EO attacking mail in voting could have legal merit, possibly. Especially if the focus is on the opacity of the processes around counting and collection.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:32 PM (GBKbO)

71 62 The argument will come down to the assertion that elections are for the states to run. They have a point, but there are other considerations, especially for national elections.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

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More than 60 years of federal law telling states how to run federal elections makes this line of argument hilariously wrong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:33 PM (GBKbO)

72 I'm waiting for the backlash. I'll be over there in the hammock if you need me.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 19, 2025 12:33 PM (BbZ1G)

73 >>>Because part of diversity now is having to tolerate amplified calls to prayer five times a day, the first of which is pre-dawn (that call literally says in Arabic "prayer is better than sleep").
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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That's absurd.
Where is that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:33 PM (GYoMn)

74 Very good tweet and very good verbal response from Trump there.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 12:33 PM (8mLBT)

75 Man, Hamtramck.

That used to be a heavily Polish area. That's where you wanted to go to get your Paczki's.

One of my late Mother's friends taught there for years and it was really going downhill fast as I recall. Hard to believe any Democratic area somehow devolves into a lawless shithole onky to be looted and left to rot.

No, it's not hard to believe. It's a day ending in a 'y.'

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 12:33 PM (jvJvP)

76 While I agree that in-person voting should be required, they'll find another way to cheat. Insufficient ballots, wrong ballots, wrong pens for the ballots, and on, and on, and on...

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The problem is, once you drop a ballot in a box, it's basically impossible to get that ballot removed.

It's also much harder to do in person voting fraud. Way back when, they would bus people around. It would be almost impossible in today's age to get away with that with social media.

It's also a very low risk crime to simply drop a ballot in an unmonitored box.

If though you attempt to actually vote in person, you're much more vulnerable to getting caught.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (4pwAx)

77 In person voting is the way forward. I hope Trump is successful, it might be salvation of WA and OR, maybe CA, dunno.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM (xcxpd)

While I agree that in-person voting should be required, they'll find another way to cheat. Insufficient ballots, wrong ballots, wrong pens for the ballots, and on, and on, and on...

And even then they'll find some way to fuck with the tabulators. The government is too big, there's too much money and power at stake to risk having voters choose incorrectly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (ExV1e)

Yeah, it's wack a mole. But every mole dead is one less mole to tear up the lawn.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (xcxpd)

78 Musa received 1,129 votes, winning the primary with 13 percent of the vote. Residency is required to hold office as a city councilor. The weekly Hamtramck Review reports that Musa's wife and two daughters live in another town, yet Musa says he lives in another home in Hamtramck and is not separated from his wife.

Not unusual for Muslims to set up each wife in a different house if they can afford it...

Posted by: Khorne at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (t0Rmr)

79 The problem is electronic surveillance of ballot drop boxes. What about a little thing called the SECRET BALLOT!l!

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (MMp6W)

80 We also need to be precise, and define our terms.

“Mail In Voting” isn’t really correct. They have dispensed with the mail, in favor of unsecured “drop boxes” installed in myriad locations that have nothing to do with USPS.

The judges allowing for all this fraud is not a prescription for confidence going forward. I’ve no doubt some of them are in fear for their lives, and don’t want mobs of unhinged leftists showing up at their homes.

But, politics ain’t beanbag. Women, children, and revenuers get outta the way, as the saying goes.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (o55mS)

81 I’m sure that a Hawaiian judge will enjoin the EO within minutes of issue.

Followed immediately by Hawaii being reverted to a territory.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (luW68)

82 Yes, we cheated our asses off.

We lost. The other band cheated even more than we did.

I like this story. I like the surprise twist. I laughed.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (lIio7)

83 71 62 The argument will come down to the assertion that elections are for the states to run. They have a point, but there are other considerations, especially for national elections.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

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More than 60 years of federal law telling states how to run federal elections makes this line of argument hilariously wrong.

And yet, that could just be an argument that says the Feds have been overreaching all along. Say, for example, with the VRA. It will be interesting.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

84 We've already seen this happen in multiple states. People need to get over their fetish with only election day voting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (ExV1e)

Is a heads on pikes fetish still OK? Asking for me.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (i24o9)

85 Cameras Catch a Michigan City Council Member Stuffing the Drop Boxes at Night

Ballot secks?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (WqLmq)

86 Yeah, I guess we just should roll over.
Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (QCu82)

Or... we could accept that early voting is a thing, that it's going to remain a thing, and work to secure the vote rather than demanding something which isn't going to happen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (ExV1e)

87 Oh, no! All the red districts ran out of ballots. Don't worry, we'll get some there in a couple hours.

We've already seen this happen in multiple states. People need to get over their fetish with only election day voting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The first time you run out of ballots, the elected official in charge of that voting precinct is executed on the spot. No questions asked. No explanations accepted.

You know how many registered voters there are. No excuses for running out.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (X98Jy)

88 Oh, no! All the red districts ran out of ballots. Don't worry, we'll get some there in a couple hours.

We've already seen this happen in multiple states. People need to get over their fetish with only election day voting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (ExV1e)

there's an easy fix to this. ALL ballots are numbered, each precinct shall have a ballot for each registered voter, plus 5% for incidents. any failure to have all the ballots available shall result in 5 years jail and a $500,000 for the first offence while being barred from public office or election activities for the remainder of your natural born life.

A variance between ballots provided, ballots cast, and voters present and checked in physically, shall result in 20 years jail and $10,000,000 while being barred from public office or election activities for the remainder of your natural born life.

Additionally, any variance between the above spoils that precinct and forfeits the entire vote. period. end of story. get it right, or you don't vote. Any one caught intentionally attempting to spoil a precinct shall be executed as treasonous to the United States.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (nXhwP)

89 There is talk of an interstate project to link Ontario to Detroit to Ohio, West Virginia to Myrtle Beach.

Talk about the Highway men's highway.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (wBaIH)

Think of all those new rest stops! [gazes off wistfully into the middle distance]

Posted by: You Know Who at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (wVcYX)

90 Because part of diversity now is having to tolerate amplified calls to prayer five times a day, the first of which is pre-dawn (that call literally says in Arabic "prayer is better than sleep").
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (xTIDn)

Obama thought this was the most beautiful sound he'd ever heard. I listened to it for 5 years when I worked in the ME. It sounded like cats being neutered - without anesthetics!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (0t1wa)

91 Boobs

( . ) ( . )
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:22 PM

I'm always here for you.

( ) ( )
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(,) (,)

Posted by: Nancy P. (D-CA) at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (0sNs1)

92 Jill Stein paid for a recount in Michigan in 2016. Recount in Detroit was stopped by judge because poll books had 'disappeared', along with discovered fraud in counting actual paper ballots. Nothing was done, as far as I ever heard. Waiting to see if something will be done here, not holding my breath.

Posted by: Lirio100 at August 19, 2025 12:36 PM (ky7/T)

93 I'm still mystified how a news organization interviewing someone making this claim is somehow legally liable.

pour encourager les autres, of course

why we no longer have much in the way of actual reporters

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 12:36 PM (Pv3Rg)

94 If someone wanted to run with this GP story, it might be interesting.

Federal officials, in public and in federal courtrooms, are lying about the existence of video footage from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Utah Attorney Jesse Trentadue believes his brother was interrogated and tortured to death in August 1995 because federal authorities mistakenly thought he was “John Doe #2” in the Oklahoma City Bombing.

Even though multiple eyewitnesses noticed two men exiting the Ryder truck transporting the bomb to the Alfred P. Murrah building that day, the narrative from federal officials is firm that McVeigh acted alone while in Oklahoma City.

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Personal note: I lived in Oklahoma City at the time of the bombing and can CONFIRM that the local networks ran "Wanted" style postings for TWO men in the immediate aftermath of the bombing, and that the 2nd man appeared to be dark skinned (as in hispanic, native American, etc). Yet the narrative quickly changed to "McVey acted alone".

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 12:36 PM (TN0g+)

95 The funniest thing about that Veritas sting is that the idiot goatfucker initially says "This is a trap!"

Then the Veritas guy says "no, it's not."

That was apparently enough for the goatfucker. "Okay, where are you, I'll pick them up and drop them in the box."

We are dealing with really stupid people, you know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

96 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 19, 2025 12:36 PM (2TbzQ)

97 Muzzies gonna muzz.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 12:37 PM (WqLmq)

98 oooh I like the sound of the WV to Myrtle Beach one

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 12:37 PM (Pv3Rg)

99 4 Think what's not caught on cameras.

There's a reason they sue anyone that even makes this accusation into bankruptcy.

Posted by: Leupold

Some of the ballot-stuffing fraud WAS caught in camera in 2020, in Pennsylvania and Georgia, with smug Dem staffers wheeling in carts if faked vcotes. In allt he hysteria and hubbub of that election those videos got lost in the shuffle. I still get furious when I think about it. The Democratic arty absolutely stole that election, it's on film, everyone knows it, and yet they "got away with it." Everythin gthat happened frm Jan. 20 2021 to jan 20 2025 was illiegitimite and needs to be immediately erased, eradicated and revoked.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 12:37 PM (pMi6S)

100 Trentadue? Thirty-two?

The hell kind of name is that?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:37 PM (3pmZ8)

101 Surprised there's really anyone on the Right defending mail in ballots.

One thing though I was glad Trump did, was embrace it as it was simply a political reality. Previously he did this self defeating "dont vote by mail" that absolutely hurt us in 2020 and 2022.

I want mail in voting outlawed wherever possible but as long as its legal, we need to do it.

Biggest problem we face is mail in voting is insanely popular.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:37 PM (4pwAx)

102 Whole damn mountain of shit pebbles over there.

Impressive.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:38 PM (3pmZ8)

103 No drop boxes and bar codes on every sheet of paper.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (GYoMn)

104 Illegal migrant arrested by ICE while working as police officer in Maine agrees to self-deport.

HOW, just how does this happen??

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (FCrpy)

105 101 Surprised there's really anyone on the Right defending mail in ballots.

yeah I sometimes am like, Scott, God love ya, focus on registering people and not so much pushing mail in ballots

especially in PA, where they really should not be used unless you have a valid reason

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (Pv3Rg)

106 88- exactly- effective internal controls for what is essentially analogous to accounts receivable ain’t brain surgery. Any ticketed event or retail outlet does them as a matter of course.The fraud is easy here for one reason only, because it is intended to be so.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (hlNLQ)

107 83 And yet, that could just be an argument that says the Feds have been overreaching all along. Say, for example, with the VRA. It will be interesting.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

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"Oh, boy...this is gonna be great."
-the deep red south

Yes, the legal, judicial left is obviously stupid enough to go down this path to pwn Trump.

The only short term path right now, though, is gutting parts of the VRA (the majority minority districts), not the whole edifice of federal oversight of federal elections. Anything beyond that will take probably years more, though a SCOTUS opinion saying, "the VRA, NVRA, and HAVA are all unconstitutional," would be amusing.

Still, the most important parts are the requirements around voter rolls, especially their maintenance as laid out in HAVA. DOJ is focusing on it under Harmeet Dhillon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (GBKbO)

108 The argument will come down to the assertion that elections are for the states to run. They have a point, but there are other considerations, especially for national elections.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

The Constitution permits Congress to place limits on the ability of states to run their own elections. Congress has done so, a number of times. No doubt Trump's EO is making use of one of the times that Congress has limited states abilities to control things.

However, there is also no doubt that the argument that Democrats will make is that elections are for the states to run and judges in the cheat states will slap injunctions on it. Need more than one judge, of course, because they couldn't help themselves and SCOTUS finally slapped them down - a bit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (ExV1e)

109 What makes the city of Hamtramck troubled?

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (vFG9F)

110 HOW, just how does this happen??

females in positions of political power

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (Pv3Rg)

111 We've slippery-sloped past third world and invented a new category-- the fourth-world nation. That's highly sophististicated, wealthy technically advanced nation with the corruption if the lowest shithole.
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 12:31 PM (pMi6S)

Yup.

Posted by: Heisenberg at August 19, 2025 12:40 PM (wVcYX)

112 interstate project to link Ontario to Detroit"

Okay...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 12:40 PM (tubbA)

113 52 There is talk of an interstate project to link Ontario to Detroit to Ohio, West Virginia to Myrtle Beach.

Talk about the Highway men's highway.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (wBaIH)

That talk has been going on for 35 years and the only portion that has been upgraded is in NC.

The portion in Virginia will never be built as long as northern Virginia needs highway money, which means it will never be built.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at August 19, 2025 12:40 PM (k1E2D)

114 What makes the city of Hamtramck troubled?
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (vFG9F)

Scrabble night?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:41 PM (3pmZ8)

115 Troll droppings near the end of the previous thread at 330.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:41 PM (E23dO)

116 There aren't that many voters who are unable to get to a voting station. There are ample volunteers to enable those incapable of transport.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:41 PM (GYoMn)

117 No drop boxes and bar codes on every sheet of paper.

Yup. This really isn't that complicated, provided you actually intend to make the system secure.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:41 PM (Riz8t)

118 Biggest problem we face is mail in voting is insanely popular.

it's a huge problem because our state (PA) has hardly any post offices left and completely incompetent postal service employees

your vote will take WEEKS maybe MONTHS to get to where it needs to go!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 12:41 PM (Pv3Rg)

119 ...It's also much harder to do in person voting fraud. Way back when, they would bus people around. It would be almost impossible in today's age to get away with that with social media...

Indelible ink on the finger would prevent that. It's amazing that we could figure that our for a 3rd world shit-hole but can't seem to figure it out here.

The dirty little secret is we don't want to figure it out. Apparently.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:41 PM (0t1wa)

120 You could theoretically pass a law that the US Post Office isn't allowed to collect ballots.

I'm not even sure you would need a real law if the PO is controlled by the Executive Branch.

I mean, do you need a federal law passed by Congress to say they can't pick up a 10 lb package from your mailbox? There's all sorts of rules they have on what they can do.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:41 PM (4pwAx)

121 108 The Constitution permits Congress to place limits on the ability of states to run their own elections. Congress has done so, a number of times. No doubt Trump's EO is making use of one of the times that Congress has limited states abilities to control things.

However, there is also no doubt that the argument that Democrats will make is that elections are for the states to run and judges in the cheat states will slap injunctions on it. Need more than one judge, of course, because they couldn't help themselves and SCOTUS finally slapped them down - a bit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM (ExV1e)

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This is also true. Article I, Section 4:

"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."

I don't know why people rest back on this belief that the feds can't do anything about how states run federal elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (GBKbO)

122 >>as ace should know before that envelope can be opened 2 people one GOP one Dem must verify that the signature on the OUTSIDE of the envelope matches the signature on file when that person registered. If the signature does not obviously match the envelope with ballot is set aside. This is done to prevent fraud. Sigs much match

Look at this retard.

We know for a fact that almost ALL the competitive States eliminated Signature Verification and refused to allow audits of chain of custody.

But, he is smart and shit. He knows the rulez!!

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (Z1dZR)

123
No drop boxes and bar codes on every sheet of paper.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:39 PM

if they can put a serial number on each and every dollar bill, why can't they serialize the ballots?

It runs dangerously close to violating the secret ballot concept, but so would a bar code

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (tljrc)

124 the Rs and feds need to have lawyers watching all the locations, and stopping shenanigans like these.

And the way that they stop it is to tell the very long line of people waiting to vote to remain in line for the several hours necessary to find some ballots. Don't leave the line, not even to use the bathroom. It's super vital.

Or... we could have early voting and that resolves all of this since they cannot fuck over a single precinct for multiple days. Then you just need people in place to ensure that votes counted are votes case and nothing gets manipulated. Of course, judges will just bar Republicans from watching but, as I've said, the Democrats will cheat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (ExV1e)

125 Biggest problem we face is mail in voting is insanely popular.

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It dropped massively in popularity from 2020 to 2024.

It's mostly just popular with Democrats now.

You know, the Democrats who run inner city machines where most of their voters are and have long histories of being deeply corrupt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (GBKbO)

126 115 Troll droppings near the end of the previous thread at 330.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Dog needs a leash and a muzzle.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (GYoMn)

127 122 Look at this retard.

We know for a fact that almost ALL the competitive States eliminated Signature Verification and refused to allow audits of chain of custody.

But, he is smart and shit. He knows the rulez!!
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (Z1dZR)

=======

He just wants to eat his own shit pebbles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (GBKbO)

128 It runs dangerously close to violating the secret ballot concept, but so would a bar code
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (tljrc)

You could do some kind of one way cipher between ss# and ballot#.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (3pmZ8)

129
So we ... stuffed the shit outta the ballot boxes. Yes, we cheated our asses off.

We lost. The other band cheated even more than we did. We'll never know who legitimately won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

And it was at this moment you realized your destiny as an attorney?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (BgmlQ)

130 early voting is not a great answer

definitely not

something comes up, they pull the candidate, etc etc

voting on the day.

that's it.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (Pv3Rg)

131 Replace Juneteenth with a Federal Holiday for Election Day.

In person. With ID and on Election Day.

That's how you get to Vote.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (Z1dZR)

132 Hamtramck is a "troubled city", why? Sits on a fault line? Subject to floods? Plagued by tornadoes? Plagues of locusts? Well, scratch that last one. Too close to the truth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (E23dO)

133 Let's vote from our phones!

Posted by: Young, Dumb, and Full of Dumb at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (wVcYX)

134 “Or... we could accept that early voting is a thing, that it's going to remain a thing….”

Right. Roll over. Not the hill to die on.

Or we can fight every fight. Months long election season with weeks of counting afterwards is purely corrupt. Fight it. If we lose that fight in some places we still fall back to your recommendation.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (QCu82)

135 122 >>as ace should know before that envelope can be opened 2 people one GOP one Dem must verify that the signature on the OUTSIDE of the envelope matches the signature on file when that person registered. If the signature does not obviously match the envelope with ballot is set aside. This is done to prevent fraud. Sigs much match

Look at this retard.

We know for a fact that almost ALL the competitive States eliminated Signature Verification and refused to allow audits of chain of custody.

But, he is smart and shit. He knows the rulez!!
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (Z1dZR)

You can't trust SIGs anymore!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (xcxpd)

136 133 Let's vote from our phones!
Posted by: Young, Dumb, and Full of Dumb at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (wVcYX)

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Oh, so that's Andrew Yang's online handle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (GBKbO)

137 "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."

That does seem crystal clear.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

138 $hitler better not touch my state's vote by mail! We have been voting that way for at least 32 years, without problems. He can take his wannabe dictatorship and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

I get a mail-in ballot, and drop it in the official drop box directly in front of city hall, waving to the cameras. I absolutely do not trust the post office.

Yeah right, Donnie! DISENFRANCHISE shut in Seniors, the Disabled, those not able to stand in line at their designated polling place for hours on end. This is a SCAM to actually make voting HARDER.

Now that they have the Tripp Lite and Starlink vote shaving system in place, they don't want real proof of voters ballots.

Please tell me you understand there is very little chance we will be allowed to vote in the next election, or have the vote counted. The National Guard and military will be sent to every blue city to control it.

"BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS." Sure thing Donnie. Let's start with the most obvious - convicted felons are ineligible for any public office in the land.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (JCZqz)

139 It's not "mail in voting" itself that's the problem. I don't like mail-in voting as a general matter, but a mail-in system can be made secure if you want. The problem is the utterly insane lack of any safeguards whatsoever with mail-in votes. You could drop a role of toilet paper in a box three days after the election, with "I vote for da Democrap dood" scribbled in excrement, and it would get counted in a blue county.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

140 I can hear the screaming in Denver now. These are the vainglorious bastards whose State Supreme Court ruled to kick Trump off of the ballot and succeeded in getting their asses handed to them by the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Cheri at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (oiNtH)

141 138 Yeah right, Donnie! DISENFRANCHISE shut in Seniors, the Disabled, those not able to stand in line at their designated polling place for hours on end. This is a SCAM to actually make voting HARDER.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (JCZqz)

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Is it a violation to verify these statuses?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

142 "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."

That does seem crystal clear.

However, a Trump EO is not the same thing as Congress doing it.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

143 Trentadue? Thirty-two?

The hell kind of name is that?
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He looks white in the pictures I've seen.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (TN0g+)

144 "Biggest problem we face is mail in voting is insanely popular."

So is welfare.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (vFG9F)

145 138 "BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS." Sure thing Donnie. Let's start with the most obvious - convicted felons are ineligible for any public office in the land.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (JCZqz)

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Well, that's a requirement I've never heard of for president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

146 So if they can't cheat anymore what will they do....

That's right. Boogaloo...

Posted by: Two scoops are better than one at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (oKdmS)

147 131 Replace Juneteenth with a Federal Holiday for Election Day.

In person. With ID and on Election Day.

That's how you get to Vote.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (Z1dZR)

Endorsed

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

148 Trentadue? Thirty-two?

The hell kind of name is that?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:37 PM (3pmZ

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We sure don't know.

Posted by: The Lord Femtiosex, the Lady Goroke and the Lord Sto Odin at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (WvZaB)

149 142 However, a Trump EO is not the same thing as Congress doing it.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

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Lots of language in the HAVA outlining how opaque, unsecured systems are out of alignment with federal law.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (GBKbO)

150 So we ... stuffed the shit outta the ballot boxes. Yes, we cheated our asses off.

We lost. The other band cheated even more than we did. We'll never know who legitimately won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

And it was at this moment you realized your destiny as an attorney?
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (BgmlQ)
_________

Obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=898shSj2uNU

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (iFTx/)

151 A one way cipher would be pretty interesting, actually. You could have your ballot that is yours and yours alone, and the cipher could be attached to your district before encoding but not to you specifically afterwards. Then you could drop your ballot literally anywhere and have it counted in the district you're allowed to vote in. Out of town? In a hospital? Overseas? No problem!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (3pmZ8)

152 Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:34 PM (4pwAx)

Your point is valid.

I said in-person voting, a restriction I agree with, rather than election-day-only voting, a restriction I do not agree with. That was my bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (ExV1e)

153 Considering, not surprising. This was always the problem with 'multiculturalism.'

Honor and Fair play are not everyone's values.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (bss/y)

154 It dropped massively in popularity from 2020 to 2024.

It's mostly just popular with Democrats now.

You know, the Democrats who run inner city machines where most of their voters are and have long histories of being deeply corrupt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==

For Republicans, mail in ballots increased.
Overall, it declined. Some of this was expiring Covid era laws.

"Republicans made almost universal gains in mail voting during the 2024 election, eroding a key Democratic advantage in nearly every state that tracks party registration, according to a data analysis by The New York Times."

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (4pwAx)

155 The last election I voted in, in WA state, we were running late and had to use the drop box at the transit center. Ten minutes before polls closed, there was a woman taking out the ballots. I don't know if she was authorized to do that, as there didn't seem to be any official ID on her.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 19, 2025 12:47 PM (kUxzU)

156 >>>It runs dangerously close to violating the secret ballot concept, but so would a bar code
Posted by: AltonJackson
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Mine are coded, paper into machine, and when I've finished I receive a slip of paper with the corresponding code to my vote sheet. I would be difficult to trace back to me and more difficult to duplicate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:47 PM (GYoMn)

157 Hamtramck sounds like it should be Halal. Tell the Muzzies that they're living in Porkville. The watch their reaction. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:48 PM (0t1wa)

158 I said in-person voting, a restriction I agree with, rather than election-day-only voting, a restriction I do not agree with. That was my bad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (ExV1e)

So, you are saying in person voting: good, but one day voting: bad?

I can sort of agree to that, but think there should be a cut off. An election day past which no more. Also the other way. Like maybe a week or a month before election day.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 12:48 PM (bss/y)

159
Biggest problem we face is mail in voting is insanely popular.

Biggest problem we face is not voting is insanely popular.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 12:48 PM (63Dwl)

160 Afternoon Ace. Remember a Muslim can lie to infidels to further or to protect Islam. Ballot stuffing is just lying in a different no verbally

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 12:49 PM (qGI1K)

161
I said in-person voting, a restriction I agree with, rather than election-day-only voting, a restriction I do not agree with. That was my bad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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But considering the day in Election Day is very specific, isn't that also a valid point?

Where does this end? Can we vote a year before an election?

Voting in person on election day is basically how every other country that has a democracy has operated.

It's only really been the last 10 or so years where this idea really took off. You used to have to have a really valid excuse to be an absentee voter.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:49 PM (4pwAx)

162 Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (nXhwP)

Doing all that across several days of voting - assuming you secure the ballots - accomplishes the same thing. Failing to secure the ballots causes it all to fail - even with election day only voting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:49 PM (ExV1e)

163
I had a friend with a retail business in Hamtramck who was from India.

I should say, HAD a business in Hamtramck.

Things started going to hell in this country when they let in the Irish.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 12:50 PM (Y8DZL)

164 Those "Intercepted DU Transmissions" are funny. I'm still not sure if they're serious. Some sound suspiciously troll-y. But they are funny.

They also seem to be realizing that Trump fucked them up the pooper with a crossbow-firing flaming rocket dick of enormous size, and they're ain't nothing they can do about it. So they're just passing around hits of copeium laced with some hopeium.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

165 It is amusing to think that anyone still gives a crap about the secret ballot in a society where everybody bleats 24/7 about exactly how they and their dog and for goldfish voted.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:50 PM (3pmZ8)

166 What makes the city of Hamtramck troubled?
Posted by: fd

The residents

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2025 12:50 PM (rNPma)

167 154 For Republicans, mail in ballots increased.
Overall, it declined. Some of this was expiring Covid era laws.

"Republicans made almost universal gains in mail voting during the 2024 election, eroding a key Democratic advantage in nearly every state that tracks party registration, according to a data analysis by The New York Times."
Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (4pwAx)

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These are relative numbers. In absolute numbers, they crashed:

"One of the most noticeable trends this year was the sharp decline in mail-in voting, particularly in states that enacted significant barriers to absentee ballots..
Similarly, Florida – a state known for its high rate of mail voting – saw a drop in absentee ballots after the passage of S.B. 90, which introduced stricter ID requirements and reduced the number of drop-off locations. In 2020, Florida had over 4.8 million mail ballots (44% of total ballots). In 2024, that number fell to just over 3 million (28%)."

https://is.gd/LwL7ir

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:51 PM (GBKbO)

168 Can we talk a bit about the muzzie African mayor candidate of Minneapolis?

That creep makes my skin crawl.

He's got that "African warlord" grin; the kind that carries a past of walking down the line of bound captives with a machete and chopping their heads off.

Where he's not smiling for the cameras, he's smiling at the memory of the blood spurting as the bodies convulsed in death throes.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 12:51 PM (0JnyD)

169 163
I had a friend with a retail business in Hamtramck who was from India.

I should say, HAD a business in Hamtramck.

Things started going to hell in this country when they let in the Irish.
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 12:50 PM (Y8DZL)

contra: green eyed redheads

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2025 12:51 PM (xcxpd)

170 Obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=898shSj2uNU
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (iFTx/)
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Better:

Obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=u_4kTBU6PME

Posted by: Caaptain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 19, 2025 12:51 PM (WvZaB)

171 so we'll just have to Make America the Middle East.

We refuse to lower our standards, so up yours.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 12:51 PM (OPGS/)

172 Non verbal way . Jeez

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 12:51 PM (qGI1K)

173 147 131 Replace Juneteenth with a Federal Holiday for Election Day.

In person. With ID and on Election Day.

That's how you get to Vote.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (Z1dZR)

Endorsed
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Sounds like a winner.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:51 PM (GYoMn)

174 Biggest problem we face is mail in voting is insanely popular.
Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:37 PM (4pwAx)

While I was waiting to vote in '24, the woman behind me had just moved to Texas from Oregon (or maybe Washington) and bitched throughout the entire wait about in her old state they just sent you a ballot without you even having to ask. Oh, it was so convenient. Texas is so backward. Blah, blah, blah.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:52 PM (ExV1e)

175 Move tax day to one week before election day.

Active duty military allowed to vote on base (or if deployed by mail). Not counting those ballots is 10/years in prison per ballot for the SoS of that state. To vote by mail you must submit a request at least 6 months in advance and you must prove you can't stand in a line to vote.

All voter registrations are burned every 4 years.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 12:53 PM (t0Rmr)

176 My wife and I voted in person early due to health issues. The line was longer than I expected but it was nice weather and a largely professional, pro-Trump crowd. *****.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 12:53 PM (MMp6W)

177 More on the crash in mail in voting:

https://is.gd/NMXHio

Look at the graph.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:53 PM (GBKbO)

178
While I was waiting to vote in '24, the woman behind me had just moved to Texas from Oregon (or maybe Washington) and bitched throughout the entire wait about in her old state they just sent you a ballot without you even having to ask.

I keep getting mail in ballot requests for the guy that lived in the house before me.

Super secure system.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 12:54 PM (t0Rmr)

179 Once upon a time, Hamtramck was a Polish community.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at August 19, 2025 12:54 PM (+qhbP)

180 Texas is so backward. Blah, blah, blah.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:52 PM (ExV1e)

I'm not even Texan and I'd have slapped the dizzy bitch.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 12:54 PM (3pmZ8)

181 160 Afternoon Ace. Remember a Muslim can lie to infidels to further or to protect Islam. Ballot stuffing is just lying in a different no verbally
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Correction: A Muslim can do ANYTHING to infidels to further or to protect Islam. (Think - defense lawyers, politicians, salesmen)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:54 PM (GYoMn)

182 Can we talk a bit about the muzzie African mayor candidate of Minneapolis?

That creep makes my skin crawl.

He's got that "African warlord" grin; the kind that carries a past of walking down the line of bound captives with a machete and chopping their heads off.

Where he's not smiling for the cameras, he's smiling at the memory of the blood spurting as the bodies convulsed in death throes.
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In a better world, every single person associated with his campaign would be rounded up and deported somewhere (anywhere) and then those that had the right to be here could plead their cases in legal filings. Anyone supporting that trash candidate deserves to suffer.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 12:54 PM (TN0g+)

183 In person. With ID and on Election Day.

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this is very 1890s

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 12:54 PM (g47mK)

184 6
Mohammed Assad and Abu Musa. So, Polish.
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When I lived in Detroit, Hamtramck was solidly Polish. They did not take well to bussing, either.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (W3T6M)

185 131 Replace Juneteenth with a Federal Holiday for Election Day.

In person. With ID and on Election Day.

That's how you get to Vote.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2025 12:43 PM (Z1dZR)

And provide a receipt after voting. To show your employer. And if you don't the employer can dock your pay for the 'improperly' used paid day-off. Just a thought.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (0t1wa)

186 168 Can we talk a bit about the muzzie African mayor candidate of Minneapolis?

That creep makes my skin crawl.

He's got that "African warlord" grin; the kind that carries a past of walking down the line of bound captives with a machete and chopping their heads off.

Where he's not smiling for the cameras, he's smiling at the memory of the blood spurting as the bodies convulsed in death throes.
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Birthplace: Washington, DC
High school: Falls Church, Virginia
Undergrad: George Mason U., Fairfax, VA
Graduate: George Mason U., Fairfax, VA

Posted by: He ain't no African at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (HqmRY)

187 Biggest problem we face is mail in voting is insanely popular.
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A lot of misplaced trust in government workers to get your ballot counted, especially if there are windows in the envelope so the union workers can throw your mail out if they don't like your registration.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (Dv3i1)

188 IDs - Yes
In person - Yes
Early voting - Also yes

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (g47mK)

189 These are relative numbers. In absolute numbers, they crashed:

"One of the most noticeable trends this year was the sharp decline in mail-in voting, particularly in states that enacted significant barriers to absentee ballots..
Similarly, Florida – a state known for its high rate of mail voting – saw a drop in absentee ballots after the passage of S.B. 90, which introduced stricter ID requirements and reduced the number of drop-off locations. In 2020, Florida had over 4.8 million mail ballots (44% of total ballots). In 2024, that number fell to just over 3 million (28%)."

https://is.gd/LwL7ir
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

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If laws are passed to curb early voting, isn't it logical early voting would decrease?

I want laws like this to clamp down on it, so kudos to Florida, my point is though, the average voter wants the easiest option.

My point was, Republicans embraced it and overall increased their mail in voting over 2020.

I'm a real contradiction in that I want all of this outlawed, but I voted early. because it's easier.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (4pwAx)

190 Musa friend of Meesa!

Posted by: Jar-Jar Binks at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (w9Wax)

191 They also seem to be realizing that Trump fucked them up the pooper with a crossbow-firing flaming rocket dick of enormous size, and they're ain't nothing they can do about it

I knew who wrote it before I looked.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

192 Now do Minneapolis or should I say Mogadishu on the Mississippi. The voter fraud in the Somali community is rampant.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 12:56 PM (9vYpt)

193 Can we talk a bit about the muzzie African mayor candidate of Minneapolis?

He reminds me of the shrunken head guy from Beetlejuice, only with a devil goatee.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 12:56 PM (t0Rmr)

194 187 A lot of misplaced trust in government workers to get your ballot counted, especially if there are windows in the envelope so the union workers can throw your mail out if they don't like your registration.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (Dv3i1)

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Mail in voting is looking more popular than it actually is because three states have required it as the only voting method, including the most populated state in the union.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:56 PM (GBKbO)

195 138 Yeah right, Donnie! DISENFRANCHISE shut in Seniors, the Disabled, those not able to stand in line at their designated polling place for hours on end. This is a SCAM to actually make voting HARDER.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (JCZqz)

It is ridiculous, given the size of municipal governments, that there are not more polling places open on Election Day. Which year was it that Milwaukee decided right before the election that they were going to "consolidate" polling places? 2020?

Posted by: pookysgirl knows a few things about elections at August 19, 2025 12:56 PM (Wt5PA)

196 Have we sent those ballots to zip 420?
_I dono'.
Well, send another batch.
_OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:56 PM (GYoMn)

197 contra: green eyed redheads

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Willing to make exception for females of that description.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 12:56 PM (Y8DZL)

198 189 If laws are passed to curb early voting, isn't it logical early voting would decrease?

I want laws like this to clamp down on it, so kudos to Florida, my point is though, the average voter wants the easiest option.

My point was, Republicans embraced it and overall increased their mail in voting over 2020.

I'm a real contradiction in that I want all of this outlawed, but I voted early. because it's easier.
Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (4pwAx)

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Except, that's not what happened. Look at the MITLabs link:

https://is.gd/NMXHio

Mail in voting crashed in 2024 relative to 2020.

And that's buoyed by CA making it the only method of voting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:57 PM (GBKbO)

199
It is ridiculous, given the size of municipal governments, that there are not more polling places open on Election Day. Which year was it that Milwaukee decided right before the election that they were going to "consolidate" polling places? 2020?

Longest I've ever waited to vote was about 30m. Of course I've only voted in a city twice in my life, and the 'burbs seem to know how to staff a voting center.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 12:57 PM (t0Rmr)

200 199 Longest I've ever waited to vote was about 30m. Of course I've only voted in a city twice in my life, and the 'burbs seem to know how to staff a voting center.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 12:57 PM (t0Rmr)

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I think I waited almost 2 hours in 2016. Never have I had to wait nearly that long again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:58 PM (GBKbO)

201 192 Now do Minneapolis or should I say Mogadishu on the Mississippi. The voter fraud in the Somali community is rampant.
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With a mean IQ of 65 it amazes me that they can pull this off.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 19, 2025 12:58 PM (W3T6M)

202 Old and Busted: Radioactive wasps.
The New Hotness: Radioactive shrimp.

@rawsalerts "The FDA warning the public not to eat as it’s investigating a possibly radioactive shrimps that’s been sold that may have been sold at Walmart stores in 13 states."

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 12:59 PM (8mLBT)

203 Michael Walsh's words are truer than ever: the Democrats "are a criminal organization masquerading as a political party".

Posted by: Paco at August 19, 2025 12:59 PM (mADJX)

204 IDs - Yes
In person - Yes
Early voting - Also yes
Posted by: runner

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That would be a big improvement on what we have now, but why support early voting?

I legit think the Constitution in pretty clear Election Day is supposed to be only held on a single day, but if you want to be crass about it, the Dem machine is better at finding voters and taking them to the polls over a long time period (think illegal aliens, felons, homeless, bogus people) etc than Republcans are.

And what about blue districts that allow the early in person voting? Think they are "by the book"?

It's simply much harder to steal an election when you have a small window to perpetrate a fraud.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 12:59 PM (4pwAx)

205
If "dreamers" crossing the southern border all looked like Salma Hayek, Joe Biden would still be El Presidente'.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 12:59 PM (Y8DZL)

206 Now do Minneapolis or should I say Mogadishu on the Mississippi. The voter fraud in the Somali community is rampant.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 12:56 PM (9vYpt)
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It's hard to believe people who rape goats and little girls would also cheat at voting

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:00 PM (iFTx/)

207 While I was waiting to vote in '24, the woman behind me had just moved to Texas from Oregon (or maybe Washington) and bitched throughout the entire wait about in her old state they just sent you a ballot without you even having to ask. Oh, it was so convenient. Texas is so backward. Blah, blah, blah.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:52 PM (ExV1e)

it was fortunate that she was able to vote in both places that year.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2025 01:00 PM (rbvCR)

208 Birthplace: Washington, DC
High school: Falls Church, Virginia
Undergrad: George Mason U., Fairfax, VA
Graduate: George Mason U., Fairfax, VA
Posted by: He ain't no African

You make a good point. Electing someone with a graduate degree from GMU carries more risk than one who is a decendent of a Somali warlord. But he's both.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:00 PM (Dv3i1)

209 The other infuriating lie the media spreads is conflating and deliberately confusing regular absentee ballots with the "olly-olly-oxen free" mail-in ballots of 2020.

Where several states removed all safeguards, all verification mandated by law and mailed out ballots to every registered voter and accepted any and all ballots returned

So, they only discuss regular, normal absentee ballots and demand the reader not look at how none of those procedures and safeguards applied to 2020 or 2022.

But, real world: At least 15 million of those mail-in ballots returned in 2020 were fraudulent. That's indisputable.
Unless you're claiming Democrat voters are racist and sexist, willing to vote for an old, white man but not a black woman?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 01:00 PM (0JnyD)

210 The plural of shrimp is shrimp.

Posted by: Just ask Forrest at August 19, 2025 01:00 PM (HqmRY)

211 Right. Roll over. Not the hill to die on.

Or we can fight every fight. Months long election season with weeks of counting afterwards is purely corrupt. Fight it. If we lose that fight in some places we still fall back to your recommendation.
Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (QCu82)

In '24, I did early voting. I still had to wait 3 hours to vote. Trying to get every eligible voter in the country to vote on one day would be a nightmare and it would be ruled a barrier to voting.

We could, possibly, have single day voting if we voted the way the Euros do. You get to choose what party you're voting for and that's it. You're betters will decide everything for you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:00 PM (ExV1e)

212 With a mean IQ of 65 it amazes me that they can pull this off.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 19, 2025 12:58 PM (W3T6M)

It's Minneapolis. Yadda yadda One eyed man is king.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:00 PM (3pmZ8)

213 I saw Radioactive Shrimp open for Radiohead at the MetLife Stadium back in 2024 !

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 01:01 PM (g47mK)

214 The longest wait to vote I have experienced was voting early in 2024. We may have gone on the first day, which could explain the crowd.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 01:01 PM (MMp6W)

215 209 But, real world: At least 15 million of those mail-in ballots returned in 2020 were fraudulent. That's indisputable.
Unless you're claiming Democrat voters are racist and sexist, willing to vote for an old, white man but not a black woman?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 01:00 PM (0JnyD)

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It's a 6 million ballot difference between Biden 2020 and Kamala 2024, by the way. 81 vs. 75.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:01 PM (GBKbO)

216 Kathy Griffin has joined the dating app Hinge. If you ever wanted to rub up on a celebrity this is your chance.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 01:01 PM (9vYpt)

217 210 The plural of shrimp is shrimp.
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Shrimps.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 19, 2025 01:01 PM (W3T6M)

218 It's simply much harder to steal an election when you have a small window to perpetrate a fraud.
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Very true--the longer you have to defend territory the higher the chance for mischief.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 01:01 PM (TN0g+)

219 That does seem crystal clear.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

Judges will just rule that it means Congress can make changes but the President cannot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:01 PM (ExV1e)

220 President news conference

youtube.com/watch?v=wDtDJQz47ks

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM (4VUSN)

221 This is just going to move the cheating to a higher level. I've been warning about this as I see states (some of them bellwethers) start removing security protocol from their laws. Michigan and Arizona specifically have started to do this. Arizona precincts can't do their own recounts any more or risk arrest. Michigan increased the threshold on recounts. They're moving towards having fewer and fewer officials having access to the vote counts from across the state.

All you need is a corrupt SofS and AG in the state, and they can eventually make up vote counts and certify them without intervention as legit. No more pesky ballot stuffing required. If you think this is not possible, think about Colorado's SofS removing Trump from the ballot without cause. Same with Maine. There are people in high govt positions willing to do this if they can set up the structure and get away with it.

Posted by: Larry at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM (dIske)

222 219 Judges will just rule that it means Congress can make changes but the President cannot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:01 PM (ExV1e)

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The executive enforces the laws passed by Congress.

There's more than enough language in the 2002 HAVA to attack a lot of election procedures in blue states.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM (GBKbO)

223 The first time you run out of ballots, the elected official in charge of that voting precinct is executed on the spot. No questions asked. No explanations accepted.

You know how many registered voters there are. No excuses for running out.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (X98Jy)

At the very least being shackled and frog-marched to a fed prison for a 20-50 year vacation.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM (g8Ew8)

224 Except, that's not what happened. Look at the MITLabs link:

https://is.gd/NMXHio

Mail in voting crashed in 2024 relative to 2020.

And that's buoyed by CA making it the only method of voting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

===

You seem needlessly argumentative.
I said overall mail ballots went down, but they went up for Republicans.

What is hard to understand about this?

NY Times article detailing it.
https://shorturl.at/lj0bv

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM (4pwAx)

225 Don't mess with me.

Posted by: The Oxford comma at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM (HqmRY)

226 That does seem crystal clear.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

Judges will just rule that it means Congress can make changes but the President cannot.

And in that case, it appears they would be right.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 01:03 PM (Riz8t)

227 >>We could, possibly, have single day voting if we voted the way the Euros do. You get to choose what party you're voting for and that's it. You're betters will decide everything for you.

Or we could have a lot more polling stations.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 01:03 PM (viF8m)

228 They also seem to be realizing that Trump fucked them up the pooper with a crossbow-firing flaming rocket dick of enormous size, and they're ain't nothing they can do about it

I knew who wrote it before I looked.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (Riz8t)
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Couldn't possibly be the Blade. He's too nice.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

229 224 You seem needlessly argumentative.
I said overall mail ballots went down, but they went up for Republicans.

What is hard to understand about this?

NY Times article detailing it.
https://shorturl.at/lj0bv
Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM (4pwAx)

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What is hard to understand about the mail in ballot numbers as an absolute dropping precipitously from 2020 to 2024, undermining your assertion that mail in balloting is super popular?

Yes, Republicans did it more in relative terms in 2024 than in 2020.

Yes, the practice also saw massive drops in use in that same time period.

If its so popular, why did so many people stop doing it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:04 PM (GBKbO)

230 Is there an Oxford colon? Because if there ain't, there oughta be.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:04 PM (8mLBT)

231 Mohammad ?

Moh votes binches !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 19, 2025 01:04 PM (NtVYv)

232 We are dealing with really stupid people, you know.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:36 PM

We're proud to be the Stupid Party!

Posted by: Republicans at August 19, 2025 01:04 PM (0sNs1)

233 Imagine you finally work up the gumption to try online dating. You toil away on your profile, trying to get just the right picture. Just the right tag line. You're nervous that there really isn't anyone out there for you. But you still have hope.

And the app thinks and thinks, and finally shows you your Match and it's.... Kathy tittyfucking Griffin.

I'd probably shoot myself then shoot my phone then shoot myself again.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:05 PM (3pmZ8)

234 if they can put a serial number on each and every dollar bill, why can't they serialize the ballots?

It runs dangerously close to violating the secret ballot concept, but so would a bar code
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 19, 2025 12:42 PM (tljrc)

I just voted yesterday in a by-election to elect Pierre Poilievre as MP for my riding (he won with 80% of the votes cast). Paper ballot, from a pad that was serialized. After marking my ballot, handed the folded ballot to the poll worker, who tore off the serialized strip, and handed back the now-anonymous ballot to me to drop into the box. Incidentally, the Commie-fag-proggie axis ran hundreds of nobodies as independent candidates, same tactic as they did against Pierre in the general election. But they were foiled here. Ballot was a blank piece of paper onto which we had to print the name of our preferred candidate: first name, last name (and party affiliation, should there be duplicate or similar names). Most of the bogus candidates got zero or 1 vote.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:05 PM (GphIt)

235 wrong link -WRONG LINK

this one is better YouTube is SUCK

youtube.com/watch?v=g95TvCqV2wc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 01:05 PM (4VUSN)

236 Because part of diversity now is having to tolerate amplified calls to prayer five times a day, the first of which is pre-dawn (that call literally says in Arabic "prayer is better than sleep").
Posted by: The ARC of History!

But somehow letting church bells ring is too noisy.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2025 01:05 PM (a+4eV)

237 We could, possibly, have single day voting if we voted the way the Euros do. You get to choose what party you're voting for and that's it. You're betters will decide everything for you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The way that Britain swaps out Prime Ministers in between elections is absolutely insane.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 01:06 PM (pMi6S)

238 Don't mess with me.
Posted by: The Oxford comma at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM

There is iron in the words of The Oxford comma for all Morons to see.

Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Punctuation Brigade, Oxford Comma Company at August 19, 2025 01:06 PM (0sNs1)

239 >>Yes, Republicans did it more in 2024 than in 2020.

>>Yes, the practice also saw massive drops in use in that same time period.

>>If its so popular, why did so many people stop doing it?

Using 2020 as a comparison seems a bit off given that was the virus debacle when millions on ballots where mailed all over with zero control.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 01:06 PM (viF8m)

240 235 wrong link -WRONG LINK

this one is better YouTube is SUCK

youtube.com/watch?v=g95TvCqV2wc

Errrr...did you mean to send a link to Granny on Granny?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 01:06 PM (Riz8t)

241 By a 7-1 mail-in vote, mail-in-voters approved the resolution to officially declare a preference for mail-in voting.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:06 PM (8mLBT)

242 44 No one knows what it's like to be muhtasin sadman
Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (MMp6W)

Heh.

When my fist clenches crack it open
Before I drop those ballots and lose my votes
When I smile it’s just taqqiya
Then I laugh cuz you’re all fools

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 01:07 PM (ipIsk)

243 239 Using 2020 as a comparison seems a bit off given that was the virus debacle when millions on ballots where mailed all over with zero control.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 01:06 PM (viF8m)

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And 2024 is also off because CA, WA, and CO all require it as the only way to vote.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

244 Let's start with the most obvious - convicted felons are ineligible for any public office in the land.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

Why do Democrats hate minorities in government?

/sarc

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2025 01:07 PM (a+4eV)

245 54 There is talk of an interstate project to link Ontario to Detroit to Ohio, West Virginia to Myrtle Beach.

Talk about the Highway men's highway.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 12:29 PM (wBaIH)

An extension of I-74 that will run from Davenport, Iowa to Cincinnati and then down to Myrtle Beach is planned to happen but it’s nowhere near being completed as each state has to go through the process of design & alignment.

Most are just building needed projects in local areas and trying to align that in some way to make it the interstate eventually.

It will be a decade or more, if ever, that the road will be complete.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 01:07 PM (6ydKt)

246 It's not fair that America should be an orderly, law-abiding, prosperous, high-trust society when the rest of the world is disorderly, crime-ridden, poor, and low-trust
_____________________________________________

You sound like Louie CK: "my feeling is they should open it the border and let them pour - let everybody pour in and and then the answer, which is, "well then there will be all these problems" - yes. there should be. it shouldn't be so great here is what I'm saying. in America, it shouldn't be."
https://youtu.be/NNHLeMjgOSU?si=tLfUk00EVxPoLBQr

Posted by: bgates at August 19, 2025 01:07 PM (DwATQ)

247 Clarification, that's a Honda Ridgeline, not a pickup truck. It's a minivan chopped off the back and then a box attached to it.

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 01:07 PM (4p0Xq)

248 Or we could have a lot more polling stations.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 01:03 PM (viF8m)

NO THERE IS NO SOLUTION I CAN FIND WE HAVE NO CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING WE ARE FAILING AND THERE IS NO WAY TO KEEP THE DEMOCRATS FROM WINNING. ALL REPUBLICANS WILL DIE HORRIBLE STINKING DEATHS IN CAMPS BECAUSE I HAVE DECIDED IT IS SO. BEGIN MOURNING.

Posted by: Overly Concerned Poster at August 19, 2025 01:08 PM (rbvCR)

249 What is hard to understand about the mail in ballot numbers as an absolute dropping precipitously from 2020 to 2024, undermining your assertion that mail in balloting is super popular?

Yes, Republicans did it more in relative terms in 2024 than in 2020.

Yes, the practice also saw massive drops in use in that same time period.

If its so popular, why did so many people stop doing it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

No extensive Democrat run voter fraud under the guise of Covid mandates?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 01:08 PM (9vYpt)

250 Is Kathy G. actually capable of t*tty-f*cking?

Asking for a friend before he swipes.

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 19, 2025 01:08 PM (0sNs1)

251 So, you are saying in person voting: good, but one day voting: bad?

That's what I'm saying.

I can sort of agree to that, but think there should be a cut off. An election day past which no more. Also the other way. Like maybe a week or a month before election day.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 12:48 PM (bss/y)

Voting has an end time. It must be inviolate. If your voting ends at 8pm then it ends at 8pm. I also have no objection to limiting the early voting period to the week before the election.

In a perfect world, assuming some omnipotent outside agency to run voting with an untamperable machine, I would have voting run for at least two weeks, preferably a month, with the whole country starting voting and ending voting at the exact same time. Ten minutes of grace for anyone who had started voting at the cutoff. No extensions... you had a month. Results posted everywhere after 15 minutes.

Sadly, that doesn't exist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:09 PM (ExV1e)

252 Because part of diversity now is having to tolerate amplified calls to prayer five times a day, the first of which is pre-dawn (that call literally says in Arabic "prayer is better than sleep").
Posted by: The ARC of History!

But somehow letting church bells ring is too noisy.
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Our "betters" hate us.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 01:09 PM (TN0g+)

253 What is hard to understand about the mail in ballot numbers as an absolute dropping precipitously from 2020 to 2024, undermining your assertion that mail in balloting is super popular?

Yes, Republicans did it more in relative terms in 2024 than in 2020.

Yes, the practice also saw massive drops in use in that same time period.

If its so popular, why did so many people stop doing it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==

How do you define "popular"?

Over 99 million votes were mail in 2024. Nearly 1 in 3.

That's not "popular" in your world?

It went down over Covid laws changing, but it's still a way a lot of people prefer to vote.

I'm all for ignoring this popularity anyway, but I'm not ignoring a lot of people seem to prefer it.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:09 PM (4pwAx)

254 youtube.com/watch?v=g95TvCqV2wc

Errrr...did you mean to send a link to Granny on Granny?
Posted by: Archimedes
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This is good link.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 01:09 PM (4VUSN)

255 Replace Juneteenth with a Federal Holiday for Election Day.

In person. With ID and on Election Day.

That's how you get to Vote.
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That's where I'm at:
One day, in-person voting.
No early voting.
Absentee only for physical infirmity or military assignment out-of-district. No over-seas civilian option.

I'll even admit same-day registration and the only proof required that you're an adult citizen resident of the precinct.

Because, the fraud doesn't happen from in-person voting. Not enough to matter.
The real juice is absentee ballots, watered down to allow any and all to receive one; the mail-in.
That's how they collect and harvest thousands to millions of ballots.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 01:09 PM (0JnyD)

256 @rawsalerts "The FDA warning the public not to eat as it’s investigating a possibly radioactive shrimps that’s been sold that may have been sold at Walmart stores in 13 states."
Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 12:59 PM (8mLBT)

And people light their hair on fire for this bullshit. Oh well. More shrimp for me I guess.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 01:09 PM (g8Ew8)

257 , "well then there will be all these problems" - yes. there should be. it shouldn't be so great here is what I'm saying. in America, it shouldn't be."
____

What's the point of paying taxes?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (Dv3i1)

258 The way that Britain swaps out Prime Ministers in between elections is absolutely insane.
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 01:06 PM (pMi6S)

I do like the idea that the bastard can be yoinked all kinds of ways. The king can say Get Lost. The commons can say get lost. The party itself can say wow that didn't work at all now get lost. I think the Lords can trigger an election as well on their own.

Wish we had more mechanisms here for garbage disposal, honestly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (3pmZ8)

259 I said in-person voting, a restriction I agree with, rather than election-day-only voting, a restriction I do not agree with. That was my bad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:46 PM (ExV1e)

Canada has advance polls, usually a week and 2 weeks before Voting Day. And you have to appear in person. There are some reasonable provisions for shut-in folks, too, I think. No mail-in, no drop boxes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (GphIt)

260 Imagine you finally work up the gumption to try online dating. You toil away on your profile, trying to get just the right picture. Just the right tag line. You're nervous that there really isn't anyone out there for you. But you still have hope.

And the app thinks and thinks, and finally shows you your Match and it's.... Kathy tittyfucking Griffin.

I'd probably shoot myself then shoot my phone then shoot myself again.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:05 PM (3pmZ

_____

A while back, one of my very rich but very lonely clients did that high-end matchmaking service thing. He wasn't the greatest looking guy, but he was presentable, genuinely looking for a real relationship, and very rich.

His "specs" for the match were basically 25-40 (he was in his 50s), Jewish, not overly political or religious, at least average looks, and not fucking batshit crazy.

You would not believe the matches he got. Pretty much the opposite of what he was looking for.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)

261 You know, getting access to your credit card balance often requires more security than voting. Login name, some sort of validation, maybe 2-factor authentication and whatever other bullshit the bank demands.

Getting access to a ballot should be the same, or more difficult.

People go through agonizing hoops and hurdles to buy shit online, access money or pR0n, by guns or booze, medications and a whole host of other things.

Voting should be as hard, if not harder with respect to keeping ballots out of the hands of people who shouldn't have one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (Q4IgG)

262 210 The plural of shrimp is shrimp.
Posted by: Just ask Forrest

No, I been sayin' skrimps for decades.

Posted by: Ignorance is Bliss at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (G5+As)

263 Trying to get every eligible voter in the country to vote on one day would be a nightmare and it would be ruled a barrier to voting.

You know the solution to that? More polling stations.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM (a+4eV)

264 We could, possibly, have single day voting if we voted the way the Euros do.

Or the way we did it a few election cycles ago? Give up! It’s impossible to go back to normal!

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM (QCu82)

265 40 37
1. It didn't happen
2. Okay it happened but you lack context
A. It happened and it's a good thing
Z. Republicans did it first
Σ. Shut up, racist!
Posted by: toby928
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No standing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (GYoMn)

ITS A TAX!

Posted by: Dred Scotus Roberts at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM (53oGX)

266 Clarification, that's a Honda Ridgeline, not a pickup truck. It's a minivan chopped off the back and then a box attached to it.
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From what I understand the Ridgeline is based on the Honda CRV and has pickup bed rather than the SUV rear. They actually look kinda sharp in the right color.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM (TN0g+)

267 Voting in person on election day is basically how every other country that has a democracy has operated.

Most other countries only answer one question. Which party for Parliament. I've had ballots with over 50. If people show up who haven't already decided how they're gonna vote on an issue, they tie up voting stations. Or maybe they tie them up to prevent large numbers of people from voting in that district.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM (ExV1e)

268 Using 2020 as a comparison seems a bit off given that was the virus debacle when millions on ballots where mailed all over with zero control.
Posted by: JackStraw

==

Exactly, if we're going to say 2020 was won with fraud (which I believe) the way they did was with bogus mail in ballots.

Huge drop off because everyone was watching more closely this time.

But it's still a major way people vote.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM (4pwAx)

269 A while back, one of my very rich but very lonely clients did that high-end matchmaking service thing. He wasn't the greatest looking guy, but he was presentable, genuinely looking for a real relationship, and very rich.

His "specs" for the match were basically 25-40 (he was in his 50s), Jewish, not overly political or religious, at least average looks, and not fucking batshit crazy.

You would not believe the matches he got. Pretty much the opposite of what he was looking for.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)

should have gone with Philippine Brides....

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 01:12 PM (g47mK)

270 "it shouldn't be so great here is what I'm saying. in America, it shouldn't be."

Cripes, move to Haiti and do your white penance there.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:12 PM (8mLBT)

271 Album titles you’ll never see.

Ham Tracks in Hamtramck

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 01:12 PM (ipIsk)

272 I AM NOT GIVING UP EARLY VOTING SO UZ CAN FEEL GOOD!

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 01:12 PM (g47mK)

273
Kathy Griffin hitting on Anderson Cooper on the CNN New Year's Eve telecast should be made into a movie.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 01:12 PM (Y8DZL)

274 It runs dangerously close to violating the secret ballot concept, but so would a bar code
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There is no Constitutional right to a secret ballot.

Much of the early history of this country saw voting take place in the town square with the attendees calling out for their candidate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 01:13 PM (0JnyD)

275 His "specs" for the match were basically 25-40 (he was in his 50s)

We've discussed this before, and I know we disagree, but I think the problem is that a guy in his 50s is talking about 25 year olds. That sends a message as to what the guy is looking for, intended or not.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 01:13 PM (Riz8t)

276 A while back, one of my very rich but very lonely clients did that high-end matchmaking service thing. He wasn't the greatest looking guy, but he was presentable, genuinely looking for a real relationship, and very rich.

His "specs" for the match were basically 25-40 (he was in his 50s), Jewish, not overly political or religious, at least average looks, and not fucking batshit crazy.

You would not believe the matches he got. Pretty much the opposite of what he was looking for.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)

should have gone with Philippine Brides....
Posted by: runner

Should have gone with a hooker.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:13 PM (X98Jy)

277 From what I understand the Ridgeline is based on the Honda CRV and has pickup bed rather than the SUV rear. They actually look kinda sharp in the right color.
Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM

To each their own. I think they're fugly. Which is too bad as Honda makes some good vehicles. I'd consider one if it didn't look like it does and resembled and performed like, you know...a truck...

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 01:13 PM (4p0Xq)

278 You would not believe the matches he got. Pretty much the opposite of what he was looking for.
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He should try Thailand. Methinks he would do well.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 19, 2025 01:14 PM (W3T6M)

279 Voting should be a single day affair, and if your state mandates that voting ends at 8 it should end at 8 except for those IN PERSON IN A POLLING STATION waiting their turn.

Voting should be in person UNLESS you a federal employee or military member officially stationed abroad.

I don't care how "difficult" this process might be--I saw first hand how *dangerous* it was in 2020 to stray from these simple safeguards.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 01:14 PM (TN0g+)

280 Birthplace: Washington, DC
High school: Falls Church, Virginia
Undergrad: George Mason U., Fairfax, VA
Graduate: George Mason U., Fairfax, VA
Posted by: He ain't no African at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (HqmRY)

He's still a POS Scumalian muzz.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:14 PM (GphIt)

281 God help me, i think i might actually be warming to those hyundai santa cruz things.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:14 PM (3pmZ8)

282
His "specs" for the match were basically 25-40 (he was in his 50s), Jewish, not overly political or religious, at least average looks, and not fucking batshit crazy.

You would not believe the matches he got. Pretty much the opposite of what he was looking for.

I tried one of those once. Ended up with a good looking Latin American (legal) immigrant and in the end things didn't work out but we were together for a while.

Of course I had to tell the matchmaker not just no, but hell no, when she wanted to fix me up with a Muslim doctorette.

"She's really good looking" No
"She's really smart" No
"She's religiously moderate" Let me think...NO.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:14 PM (t0Rmr)

283 lol. Mail-in ballots are…popular. That’s fallacy posing as argument. Is that the best you can do?

Mail-in ballots are a massive fraud vector. That’s why almost no OECD or modernized nation uses them. There is study after study proving it. Where they are used they are highly regulated. There is also no “harvesting” allowed.

Republican use went up because we encouraged it as a party after we kept getting our asses kicked in states where Democrats were blatantly abusing the system. Places like NY and California have almost zero safeguards against mail in fraud. They actually have written into election law you can’t make sure the voter is a legal resident. Pray tell, why would you do that? Rhetorically, it’s because their entire state election system operates on fraud. Period.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (2L8w3)

284 A while back, one of my very rich but very lonely clients did that high-end matchmaking service thing. He wasn't the greatest looking guy, but he was presentable, genuinely looking for a real relationship, and very rich.

His "specs" for the match were basically 25-40 (he was in his 50s), Jewish, not overly political or religious, at least average looks, and not fucking batshit crazy.

You would not believe the matches he got. Pretty much the opposite of what he was looking for.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)

should have gone with Philippine Brides....
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 01:12 PM (g47mK)
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Guy coulda had any THOT he wanted. He was worth maybe $300M. But that's not what he wanted.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

285 Should have gone with a hooker.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:13 PM (X98Jy)

50 yo looking for a long-term relationship with a 25 yo hottie...yeah, maybe you are right...

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (g47mK)

286 That's how they collect and harvest thousands to millions of ballots.
____

I'm curious about the harvesting. I assume it's union workers going door to door after election day to people who hadn't mailed their ballots in. Then they get lied to or pressured to hand over the blank ballot which gets filled out by the union workers and then transported to election central to get counted as mailed late or 'found' ballots. The effort ceases as soon as enough ballots are harvested for the union's preferred candidate.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (Dv3i1)

287 Should have gone with a hooker.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:13 PM

If it flies, floats or fucks, a rental is cheaper.

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (4p0Xq)

288 Kathy Griffin hitting on Anderson Cooper on the CNN New Year's Eve telecast should be made into a movie.
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2025 01:12 PM (Y8DZL)

I understand Hallmark is expanding their genres

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (rbvCR)

289 It's islam top to bottom in this town no matter what the vote says.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (LHPAg)

290 253 How do you define "popular"?

Over 99 million votes were mail in 2024. Nearly 1 in 3.

That's not "popular" in your world?

It went down over Covid laws changing, but it's still a way a lot of people prefer to vote.

I'm all for ignoring this popularity anyway, but I'm not ignoring a lot of people seem to prefer it.
Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:09 PM (4pwAx)

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It was 88 million total early votes, only half of which were mail in.

Out of that 43 million, almost half came from the three states that require it: CA, WA, and CO. And a bunch of states that don't have any early in person voting like Maine.

If we're to assume that those three states would have similar results at other states, that would end up dropping the total mail in votes to about 30 million.

Roughly 10% of the whole population and about 20% of the electorate of 150 million.

Mail in voting is mostly just popular with Democrats. As I said in comment 125.

https://is.gd/aA1jtF

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (GBKbO)

291 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

Saw picts of you vacation last thread. .I'm jealous. Looks like my vacation last spring. Stayed a week in Rome about a block from the Pantheon and a couple of days in Florence. Stuffed my mouth with pasta and still lost weight. Would love to go back but my traveling days are over.

Posted by: javems at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (8I4hW)

292 He's still a POS Scumalian muzz.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:14 PM (GphIt)

If a joey gets shit out in a Dublin zoo it doesn't make kangaroos Irish.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:16 PM (3pmZ8)

293 Guy coulda had any THOT he wanted. He was worth maybe $300M. But that's not what he wanted.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

he was never married ?

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 01:16 PM (g47mK)

294 281 Get ready to pay the Kia Boys insurance bump.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:16 PM (8mLBT)

295 So will this scumalian be DQ'd?

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 01:16 PM (4p0Xq)

296 I do like the idea that the bastard can be yoinked all kinds of ways. The king can say Get Lost. The commons can say get lost. The party itself can say wow that didn't work at all now get lost. I think the Lords can trigger an election as well on their own.

Wish we had more mechanisms here for garbage disposal, honestly.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (3pmZ

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Most of those lead to new general elections, which Labour won't do now.

The only way to not have another general election is to get Starmer to resign.

Good luck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

297 It shouldn't be easier to vote than it is to buy a gun.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (0sNs1)

298 The executive enforces the laws passed by Congress.

There's more than enough language in the 2002 HAVA to attack a lot of election procedures in blue states.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:02 PM (GBKbO)

I agree with you but I'm not a federal judge in a blue state.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (ExV1e)

299 "You would not believe the matches he got. Pretty much the opposite of what he was looking for."

But the matchmaker still made bank, right? It's such a racket.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (8mLBT)

300 Voting has an end time. It must be inviolate. If your voting ends at 8pm then it ends at 8pm. I also have no objection to limiting the early voting period to the week before the election.

In a perfect world, assuming some omnipotent outside agency to run voting with an untamperable machine, I would have voting run for at least two weeks, preferably a month, with the whole country starting voting and ending voting at the exact same time. Ten minutes of grace for anyone who had started voting at the cutoff. No extensions... you had a month. Results posted everywhere after 15 minutes.

Sadly, that doesn't exist.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:09 PM (ExV1e)

I have a better idea. Same day voting but have more places to vote to keep the lines shorter. It's not that hard to figure out.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (g8Ew8)

301
And people light their hair on fire for this bullshit. Oh well. More shrimp for me I guess.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Eat radioactive shrimp and you risk turning into Shrimp Man!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (63Dwl)

302 We've discussed this before, and I know we disagree, but I think the problem is that a guy in his 50s is talking about 25 year olds. That sends a message as to what the guy is looking for, intended or not.

Some guys bust their asses in their 20s/30s but still want a large family. You aren't getting that if you marry a woman your own age.

And many, if not most, women would prefer a successful older guy over an unsuccessful one their own age.

As long as she's an adult and agrees to the deal it shouldn't be anyone else's business.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (t0Rmr)

303 291 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

Saw picts of you vacation last thread. .I'm jealous. Looks like my vacation last spring. Stayed a week in Rome about a block from the Pantheon and a couple of days in Florence. Stuffed my mouth with pasta and still lost weight. Would love to go back but my traveling days are over.
Posted by: javems at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (8I4hW)

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Our apartment was about three blocks away from the Pantheon.

We were practically neighbors. Across time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

304 292 That's a 10 out of 10! A keeper.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (8mLBT)

305 Karoline Leavitt says Poo-in. What does she have against the letter "t"?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

306 The smoke-filled back rooms of both parties, the people who hate the voters, are the ones who love early voting the most.

It's not because it expands the number of citizens participating in the election.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (0JnyD)

307 Guy coulda had any THOT he wanted. He was worth maybe $300M. But that's not what he wanted.
_____

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life....

https://tinyurl.com/2c38pvsa

(I did not follow this advice)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (Dv3i1)

308 >> Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:10 PM (GphIt)

I think you could partially make an argument that certain parts of Canada are remote enough to warrant some flexibility. Not sure if it is, but say you live in Edmonton or in a close suburb, it shouldn’t be available to you. I know in the US some of the remote places in states like Alaska abuse the shit out of the process.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (2L8w3)

309 Most of those lead to new general elections, which Labour won't do now.
The only way to not have another general election is to get Starmer to resign.
Good luck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

the muttering now is about an uprising. They haven't had one of those since 1917

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (rbvCR)

310 An honest person would be drummed out of the Democratic Party.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (jM63s)

311 298 I agree with you but I'm not a federal judge in a blue state.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (ExV1e)

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They slow things down, but the smackdowns have come harder and faster over the past...7 months of Trump's second term.

The judicial coup will continue, but it's already massively diminished.

Remember, Trump has deported 300,000 people, no matter what's going on with Maryland Man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:19 PM (GBKbO)

312 Eat radioactive shrimp and you risk turning into Shrimp Man!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM

Get off my corner bitch!

Posted by: Frank Reich at August 19, 2025 01:19 PM (4p0Xq)

313 Guy coulda had any THOT he wanted. He was worth maybe $300M. But that's not what he wanted.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

he was never married ?
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 01:16 PM (g47mK)
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Nope. Total workaholic his entire life, woke up one day in his late 40s and realized he had all the money he'd ever need, and the clock was ticking. I believe -- but don't know for sure -- that a health scare was also involved.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:19 PM (iFTx/)

314 I'm not surprised at all. Cameras at the drop box catches him red handed. Then again cameras caught the fraud back in 202 when the boxes were pulled out from under the table after the Rs were kicked out from observing.

Posted by: WhitePunk at August 19, 2025 01:19 PM (nslIN)

315 An honest person would be drummed out of the Democratic Party.

/Waves

Posted by: Tulsi Gabbard/RFK Jr at August 19, 2025 01:19 PM (t0Rmr)

316 Karoline Leavitt is ripping the MSM a new bunghole. Plus she got a nasty dig in at Bathhouse Barry.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 01:20 PM (9vYpt)

317 Leavitt is pulling no punches. She's absolutely excoriating the press.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 01:20 PM (Riz8t)

318 For those wanting mail in voting, please do away with the Gun Control Act of 1968 and allow firearms delivered thru the mail.

If you trust Americans voting by mail, then trust Americans.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:20 PM (X98Jy)

319 I sent my congressman this suggested update to election law. If your ballot arrives after the deadline on Election Day, your vote doesn’t count, but you get a free bag of dicks. I haven’t heard back yet.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:21 PM (2L8w3)

320 If shrimp contains potassium (which seems likely since it swims in a weak solution of K,) then it's radioactive. You contain potassium too.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:21 PM (8mLBT)

321 As long as she's an adult and agrees to the deal it shouldn't be anyone else's business.

Posted by: 18-1

As long as half your age +7 is observed.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 01:21 PM (QCu82)

322 Polls open at 7 AM.

Arrive early.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 01:22 PM (4VUSN)

323 > "The FDA warning the public not to eat as it’s investigating a possibly radioactive shrimps that’s been sold that may have been sold at Walmart stores in 13 states."

How in the world did shrimp come in contact with Cesium 137? Were they shipped in containers that had transported damaged medical devices? Or was the shrimp's environment contaminated somehow?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2025 01:22 PM (lIio7)

324 305 Karoline Leavitt says Poo-in. What does she have against the letter "t"?
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Millennials are dropping the 't' .

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:22 PM (Dv3i1)

325 From what I understand the Ridgeline is based on the Honda CRV and has pickup bed rather than the SUV rear. They actually look kinda sharp in the right color.
Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM (TN0g+)

I refer to them as the Honda Fridgeline, since they look like an appliance. Competitor to the Chevy Havealunch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:23 PM (YlAE5)

326 How in the world did shrimp come in contact with Cesium 137? Were they shipped in containers that had transported damaged medical devices? Or was the shrimp's environment contaminated somehow?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2025 01:22 PM (lIio7)

Most likely some idiot effed up calibrating the spectrometer and/or they're reading the peaks completely wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:24 PM (3pmZ8)

327 I sent my congressman this suggested update to election law. If your ballot arrives after the deadline on Election Day, your vote doesn’t count, but you get a free bag of dicks. I haven’t heard back yet.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:21 PM

Eewwwww! You really want that bag after it's been throughly picked through by all the congressmen and their aides?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 01:24 PM (0sNs1)

328 297 It shouldn't be easier to vote than it is to buy a gun.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (0sNs1)
On the mark!

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 01:24 PM (LHPAg)

329 I do like the idea that the bastard can be yoinked all kinds of ways. The king can say Get Lost. The commons can say get lost. The party itself can say wow that didn't work at all now get lost. I think the Lords can trigger an election as well on their own.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

And yet, their current Prime Minister has the lowest popularity of any Prime Minister in the history of polling -- and even so, they can't get rid of him, for some reason.

Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2025 01:24 PM (pMi6S)

330 This is so ooo getting willowed but, who is getting arrested for putting up those cameras?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 19, 2025 01:24 PM (2J/Lj)

331
Mail in voting is mostly just popular with Democrats. As I said in comment 125.

https://is.gd/aA1jtF
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

==

It's just a dumb thing to argue. I'm not sure why you seem to have some sort of personal problem with me, but all I said was Republican mail in voting went up in 2024 (which it did), overall main in voting went down (which it did) but it's still popular way to vote (which it is)

And your "hot take" is it's "mostly just popular with Democrats!" and any other perspective must be wrong and argued with.

And heres the US Postal service saying 99+ million mail in ballots, so someone's wrong here on their numbers.

https://tinyurl.com/5xfvf6uf

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:25 PM (4pwAx)

332 Democrats are trying a new tactic. For example me of the people looking to run against Collins in Maine is saying he’s an army vet, gun owner and competitive shooter. Also a fisherman. What he doesn’t say is that he’s a socialist who buys into the entire Democrat agenda. Same for the chick running against Lawler in NY.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:25 PM (7gP3b)

333 Why did Trump appoint Hamtrack mayor Amer Ghalib to be our Ambassador to Kuwait when the whole city council is corrupt and have jihadist motives??? He needs to stop hiring jihadists like Biden and Obama did. The sunni and pro-Ayatollah shia in Dearborn want to take over with shariah. Their imam last week told the mosque attendees to use the US Flag as a DOORMAT!!!!!! He should appoint anti-jihadists to all the ambassador posts in islamic countries. These countries never appoint their ambassadors to the US to be the lone Christian inhabitant...and now we get even more Qatari dawa propaganda in our colleges.

Posted by: Donovan Nuera at August 19, 2025 01:25 PM (92liZ)

334 Millennials are dropping the 't' .
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:22 PM

Not just them. It's been going down for 50 years or more.

Tim, Doug, David, and Eric excepted, of course.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 01:25 PM (0sNs1)

335 Most likely some idiot effed up calibrating the spectrometer and/or they're reading the peaks completely wrong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:24 PM (3pmZ

Or they're just fucking lying.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 01:25 PM (g8Ew8)

336 "How in the world did shrimp come in contact with Cesium 137?"

Have *you* ever tried to stop shrimp when they really really wanted something bad enough? Good luck with that.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:26 PM (8mLBT)

337 I sent my congressman this suggested update to election law. If your ballot arrives after the deadline on Election Day, your vote doesn’t count, but you get a free bag of dicks. I haven’t heard back yet.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:21 PM (2L8w3)

My senator is buys out performing hedge funds in the stock market and his in state residence is a double wide trailer.

I am not convinced he pays much attention to his mail or phone messages

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2025 01:26 PM (rbvCR)

338 They just can't help themselves.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at August 19, 2025 01:26 PM (tykPk)

339 You're worried about seniors standing in line to vote? Lawn chair, frosty beverage, pinochle cards. Some assembly required.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 01:26 PM (wBaIH)

340 We've discussed this before, and I know we disagree, but I think the problem is that a guy in his 50s is talking about 25 year olds. That sends a message as to what the guy is looking for, intended or not.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 01:13 PM (Riz8t)

Sounds like he is looking for a woman with functioning ovaries, so he can have kids.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:26 PM (YlAE5)

341 331 And heres the US Postal service saying 99+ million mail in ballots, so someone's wrong here on their numbers.

https://tinyurl.com/5xfvf6uf

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:25 PM (4pwAx)

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"99.22 Million Ballots Processed in the 2024 General Election: During the general election period of September 1 – November 15, the Postal Service delivered at least 99.22 million ballots to or from voters.*"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:26 PM (GBKbO)

342 OUT: Hamtramck
IN: Al-Hamtramcka

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2025 12:25 PM (wtvvX)

Half-track >>> Hamtramck

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 01:26 PM (i24o9)

343 We've discussed this before, and I know we disagree, but I think the problem is that a guy in his 50s is talking about 25 year olds. That sends a message as to what the guy is looking for, intended or not.

Some guys bust their asses in their 20s/30s but still want a large family. You aren't getting that if you marry a woman your own age.

And many, if not most, women would prefer a successful older guy over an unsuccessful one their own age.

As long as she's an adult and agrees to the deal it shouldn't be anyone else's business.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 01:17 PM (t0Rmr)
___

What's wrong with a guy in his 50s and a 25 year old? That's their business. So long as both are of legal consenting age, it's not my business nor anyone else's. Di Caprio is in his 40s and he's out with 18 year olds. Nobody says shit. So it's cool for Hollywood types but nobody else?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

344 Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:27 PM (90wEZ)

345 "How in the world did shrimp come in contact with Cesium 137?"

There are no less than five kaiju movies that show how that happens.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:27 PM (8mLBT)

346 Not just them. It's been going down for 50 years or more.
____

Yes, 't's are dropped, but still voiced a bit as in 'butter'. Now it's evolved into a voiceless stop, like 'Poo' in". Or something. I viewed a utube on it several months ago.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:29 PM (Dv3i1)

347 Whose idea was it to allow drop boxes in the first place?

Drop boxes are where you place your dog's feces after a morning walk in the park.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2025 01:29 PM (/vPt3)

348 You're worried about seniors standing in line to vote? Lawn chair, frosty beverage, pinochle cards. Some assembly required.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2025 01:26 PM (wBaIH)

I've done it. It works.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 01:29 PM (g8Ew8)

349 If he has not already been summoned…. Cue nothing will happen guy.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 19, 2025 01:29 PM (4HxCT)

350 Not just them. It's been going down for 50 years or more.
____

Yes, 't's are dropped, but still voiced a bit as in 'butter'. Now it's evolved into a voiceless stop, like 'Poo' in". Or something. I viewed a utube on it several months ago.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Ghetto speak. TV show Martin. Mar' in!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 01:30 PM (X98Jy)

351 So it's cool for Hollywood types but nobody else?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

It is easier to feel superior to a schlub than a move star.
It is important to support the system that gives high status men young women, while crab-bucketing everyone else.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2025 01:30 PM (rbvCR)

352 >>>"How in the world did shrimp come in contact with Cesium 137?"

Caesium-137 is common fission byproduct. Per wikipedia, Caesium-137 has a half-life of about 30.04 years.

My guess is that they are Fukushima shrimp.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 01:30 PM (i24o9)

353 Radioactive or not, I'm not eating those bugs.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:31 PM (8mLBT)

354 Di Caprio is in his 40s and he's out with 18 year olds. Nobody says shit. So it's cool for Hollywood types but nobody else?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

50s

And people do say shit about it all the time.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 19, 2025 01:31 PM (4HxCT)

355 Caesium-137 is common fission byproduct. Per wikipedia, Caesium-137 has a half-life of about 30.04 years.

My guess is that they are Fukushima shrimp.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 01:30 PM

Did you mean Cæsium?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 19, 2025 01:32 PM (0sNs1)

356 >> It's just a dumb thing to argue. I'm not sure why you seem to have some sort of personal problem with me, but all I said was Republican mail in voting went up in 2024 (which it did), overall main in voting went down (which it did) but it's still popular way to vote (which it is)

Perhaps because he understands basic logic and you keep conflating an increase in that type of voting with it being popular. Correlation does not equal causation.

Irrespective, I don’t care if it’s popular. There are reams of studies and examples showing it’s a fraud vector. No voting system with any integrity allows it in the manner Democrat states allow it. Period. There’s a reason for that.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:32 PM (7gP3b)

357 Yes, 't's are dropped, but still voiced a bit as in 'butter'. Now it's evolved into a voiceless stop, like 'Poo' in". Or something. I viewed a utube on it several months ago.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:29 PM (Dv3i1)

Poo'n. I usually pronounce it that way too.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 01:32 PM (g8Ew8)

358 Hamtramck, Michigan

Pollocks

Posted by: Operator Error at August 19, 2025 01:32 PM (UkJH7)

359 Or the way we did it a few election cycles ago? Give up! It’s impossible to go back to normal!
Posted by: Kratwurst at August 19, 2025 01:11 PM (QCu82)

Apparently, early (or advance) voting in the US first started in 1921. That's 104 years ago, not just a couple cycles.

The idea that everyone has always just schlepped on down to the polling location on election day cuz that's how people remember it is just not correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 01:32 PM (ExV1e)

360 353 Radioactive or not, I'm not eating those bugs.
____

You are going to eat ze bugs! Not those sea bugs though, those are tasty.
-Your Masters at the WEF

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 01:32 PM (Dv3i1)

361 Pootin'.

Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at August 19, 2025 01:33 PM (0sNs1)

362 356 Perhaps because he understands basic logic

Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:32 PM (7gP3b)

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*opinion of Marcus T rises slightly for purely selfish reasons*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 01:33 PM (GBKbO)

363 352 There have been several accidents throughout the world where a scrapper has cracked open a cesium radioisotope source, medical or metallurgical, and people play with the cesium because it looks like the shit inside an etch-a-sketch, shiny powder. Then they die.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:33 PM (8mLBT)

364 I think you could partially make an argument that certain parts of Canada are remote enough to warrant some flexibility. Not sure if it is, but say you live in Edmonton or in a close suburb, it shouldn’t be available to you. I know in the US some of the remote places in states like Alaska abuse the shit out of the process.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 01:18 PM (2L8w3)

Advance polls are for those who might be travelling on Election Day, or otherwise unable to reach a polling place. In the bigger cities, they have polling places set up, often in schools and other public buildings, and in each neighborhood. Might be several hundred such in a big city. Where I live, near a town of 1200 people, the poll was in the community hall. I had to drive a whole 3 miles, and waited exactly zero minutes to get a ballot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:33 PM (YlAE5)

365 I remember when Hamtramck was mostly Polish, Christian, and fun to visit for good eats.

Now we have… this shit.

Posted by: weew at August 19, 2025 01:33 PM (geWO5)

366 50s

And people do say shit about it all the time.

Over on Althouse's site, the argument is that Leo D and other men in his situation are "afraid of" mature women.

Which is insane.

Posted by: Tulsi Gabbard/RFK Jr at August 19, 2025 01:34 PM (t0Rmr)

367 I hear a majority of blacks say 'good mornting. No to me but to other blacks. Any ideas?

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 01:35 PM (LHPAg)

368 "99.22 Million Ballots Processed in the 2024 General Election: During the general election period of September 1 – November 15, the Postal Service delivered at least 99.22 million ballots to or from voters.*"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==

So the drop between someone requesting a mail in ballot and voting with it proves what?

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2025 01:35 PM (4pwAx)

369 I hear a majority of blacks say 'good mornting. No to me but to other blacks. Any ideas?
Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 01:35 PM (LHPAg)

Axe someone else

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 19, 2025 01:36 PM (NtVYv)

370 There have been several accidents throughout the world where a scrapper has cracked open a cesium radioisotope source, medical or metallurgical, and people play with the cesium because it looks like the shit inside an etch-a-sketch, shiny powder. Then they die.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:33 PM (8mLBT)

I had a small vial of little aluminum balls that I found when cleaning out a chem lab. When shaken, the aluminum balls would transfer electrons from the aluminum to the glass of the vial, causing the aluminum to be repelled from each other and stick to the glass walls. It was a cool demonstration electron transfer and static charge buildup. It's around here somewhere.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 01:36 PM (i24o9)

371 nood

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:36 PM (8mLBT)

372 366 50s

And people do say shit about it all the time.

Over on Althouse's site, the argument is that Leo D and other men in his situation are "afraid of" mature women.

Which is insane.
Posted by: Tulsi Gabbard/RFK Jr at August 19, 2025 01:34 PM (t0Rmr)

It makes sense that there would be complaining about older men/younger women over there because the complaints are mostly about turf protection (older women affronted by younger competition).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (SSEhk)

373 FWIW, Article I, Section 4
The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.

And 15th Amendment,
"Article XV.

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude—

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
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Vote dilution by illegal acts by a jurisidiction (and that would include organized cheating) affecting results by race has been held to be a Voting Rights Act violation and the Congress has the power to enact such a law. It has always been applied to minorities mostly but that is actually not the wording of the VRA nor the 15th Amendment.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (ctrM5)

374 I have opinions, but it will be willowed so everyone shall be spared.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (p4NUW)

375 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0

BREAKING: Colorado’s Dem Sec. of State Jena Griswold says she’ll fight Trump on mail-in voting, calling it “the most secure, accessible, and best way to vote.”

https://tinyurl.com/5ey9cf7u

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (NpAcC)

376 Nood cheerleaders

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (N1tpc)

377 Washington state has not elected a single statewide Republican since it went 100% mail in ballot in the 2000s.

Prior to that Republicans did win statewide. There was a Republican senator elected in 1988 and re elected in 1994. The state was Dem but not 100% Dem like it is now.

Just a coincidence I’m sure.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 19, 2025 01:37 PM (4HxCT)

378 Everyone is an individual and identity politics is evil unless you're talking about bumping uglies in which case know your caste and stay in your lane, zeks.

The hell.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (3pmZ8)

379 A 50 year old man with a 25 year old woman might well be outstanding… for a time. The guy gets a young hottie; the woman gets an established guy with good income and security…

However… fast forward oh I don’t know… 15-20 years. Now the guy is 65 or 70 and definitely slowing down while the woman is 40 or 45 in the prime of life…. I can see certain dissatisfaction arising. But hey if it works for them they’re adults then great

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (90wEZ)

380 They asked her if the president was serious when he said he wanted to get to heaven.

Where are they?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (4VUSN)

381 370 Aluminum powder is all kind of fun for reckless pyro and splody lulz.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 01:39 PM (8mLBT)

382 Apparently, early (or advance) voting in the US first started in 1921. That's 104 years ago, not just a couple cycles.

The idea that everyone has always just schlepped on down to the polling location on election day cuz that's how people remember it is just not correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Advanced voting was not common in most states before the 1980's (partially due to the costs and personnel needed) and absentee ballots almost always required a written excuse why the elector would not be present.

And Congress itself has the power to restrict absentee and early voting for federal offices as seen above in Article I.

"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the CONGRESS may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations. . . ."

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 01:41 PM (ctrM5)

383 A 50 year old man with a 25 year old woman might well be outstanding… for a time. The guy gets a young hottie; the woman gets an established guy with good income and security…

However… fast forward oh I don’t know… 15-20 years. Now the guy is 65 or 70 and definitely slowing down while the woman is 40 or 45 in the prime of life…. I can see certain dissatisfaction arising. But hey if it works for them they’re adults then great
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (90wEZ)

That's a lot of years of hitting it

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 19, 2025 01:44 PM (NtVYv)

384 It should be noted that the Hamtramck City Council only has 6 seats. The one Councilman not implicated in ballot stuffing during 2023 is Khalil Refai, the Mayor Pro Tem. He was absent during most of 2023, when these events occurred. Refai said the reason for his absence was because of “family obligations due to medical issues unfortunately, but everything is well now thanks God.”

However, during the first meeting after he returned, Refai referred to his absence as a “great vacation.”

Posted by: 10x25mm at August 19, 2025 02:01 PM (XzYdr)

385 Yeah they're democrats in Hamtramck, but these were allegedly /ourguys/. Check out Muhtasin Rahman Sadman on Facejunk

see https://tinyurl.com/spcxshs8

Posted by: Harry Hatz at August 19, 2025 02:05 PM (x8GCU)

The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

Pax Americana has been so thoroughly discredited that I am amazed that there are presumably sentient humans who still believe that we can be the world's policeman without any downsides.

We carried NATO for its entire existence, and gave the Euro-trash a perfect excuse to spend their money on welfare rather than defense. So the taxpayers of America paid for those cool fast trains and 32 hour work weeks and month-long vacations and cradle-to-grave benefits that have been one of the main drivers of Western European senescence, and the current sclerotic and pathetic societies that focus not on their culture, but on insane woke policies and appeasement of their soon-to-be conquerors...Islam.

We tried to create some sort of weird Jeffersonian democracy in Iraq...and that failed. Afghanistan was a fiasco. Our billions of dollars that are funneled into every failed state in the world is mostly looted, and our soldiers are restricted by insane rules of engagement that get them killed!

And that's just recently. Do you want to talk about Korea and Vietnam and Somalia and Lebanon and....

US Envoy Says Putin Agreed to Security Protections for Ukraine as Part Trump Summit

Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the 3 1/2-year war.
“We were able to win the following concession: That the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in NATO," he said on CNN's “State of the Union.” He added that it "was the first time we had ever heard the Russians agree to that.”

If "security guarantee" means selling American arms to Europe and Ukraine, then I'm all for it. But if it means some sort of informal membership in NATO for Ukraine, which is EXACTLY what "Article 5-like protection" means, then no. No. NO!

Let Europe protect Ukraine. Let them risk their soldiers. Let them risk their cities. Let them risk a charming little tactical nuke exchange with Russia. But keep America out of it. We have done enough for the security of Europe, and it is time for them to put their big-boy pants on and defend themselves, and whatever shared culture they have left (aside from Pakistani rape gangs).

Trump doesn't rule out sending US troops to Ukraine as part of peacekeeping efforts: 'We'll be involved'

Speaking during a brief media availability alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters that both Europe and the United States would be involved in securing a post-war peace for Ukraine, but he refused to say outright that American troops would not be put on the ground to maintain that peace.

Et Tu Donald?

No American boots on the ground. Let some hapless Belgian battalion be the tripwire for another European war. Or even better, make it some pathetic United Nations blue-helmeted rapist battalion, so they get their balls shot off by the Russians if and when they decide to take a bigger chunk of Ukraine.

But I don't care... as long as it isn't American blood and treasure being expended for the miserable post-modern cowards of Europe.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter] And the Apple and Spotify feeds for CJN's podcast should be working!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:00 AM (N1tpc)

2 Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2025 11:01 AM (daZd4)

3 St?

Posted by: Clay at August 19, 2025 11:01 AM (ZBPxm)

4 "But I don't care... as long as it isn't American blood and treasure being expended for the miserable post-modern cowards of Europe."

Hear, hear! USA out of NATO and out of UN!

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 11:02 AM (8mLBT)

5 and it is time for them to put their big-boy festive little hats on and defend themselves

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 11:02 AM (sptJg)

6 "But I don't care... as long as it isn't American blood and treasure being expended for the miserable post-modern cowards of Europe."

Hear, hear! USA out of NATO and out of UN!
Posted by: gp NOW

And the UN out of the US.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:03 AM (X98Jy)

7 No American boots on the ground. Let some hapless Belgian battalion be the tripwire for another European war. Or even better, make it some pathetic United Nations blue-helmeted rapist battalion, so they get their balls shot off by the Russians if and when they decide to take a bigger chunk Ukraine.

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

So long as we have a ruling class unwilling to do what is necessary to win a war, we should NEVER put American troops in harms way.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:03 AM (N1tpc)

8 And the UN out of the US.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:03 AM (X98Jy)

Beat me to it. Kick those leeches out.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:04 AM (N1tpc)

9 Time to kick the UN out of NYC and withdraw from it and probably NATO.

Distractions one and all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 11:04 AM (Q4IgG)

10 If "security guarantee" means selling American arms to Europe and Ukraine, then I'm all for it. But if it means some sort of informal membership in NATO for Ukraine, which is EXACTLY what "Article 5-like protection" means, then no. No. NO!

Ukraine and the ICs will push, push, push until we get into a shooting war with Russia. It's what they've wanted for decades.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 11:05 AM (ExV1e)

11 Our billions of dollars that are funneled into every failed state in the world is mostly looted

—

Billions? I wish it was only billions.

It’s many TRILLIONS of dollars.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 19, 2025 11:05 AM (4HxCT)

12 The Ukraine is, to me, not worth the healthy bones of a single Pennsylvanian grenadier.

Posted by: The paraphrase an old dead white guy at August 19, 2025 11:06 AM (t0Rmr)

13 It's ok guys. I am not surprised you did not Nood.

Just disappointed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:06 AM (bss/y)

14 > Our billions of dollars that are funneled into every failed state in the world is mostly looted
--------
Looted by our own Congress, their hangers on, lobbyists and donors.

And as mentioned, it's in the trillions of dollars.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 11:08 AM (Q4IgG)

15 This article 5 lite seems stupid, and probably is. But maybe Russia will be satisfied with Crimea, the Dumbass region, and no NATO weapons on their border.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 11:08 AM (MMp6W)

16
Unfortunately, the pathetic Belgian tripwire will require logistic support from us. When you don't do anything ever, you tend not to take little things like airlift and supplies seriously.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:08 AM (kkTda)

17 but he refused to say outright that American troops would not be put on the ground to maintain that peace.

I for one will light my hair on fire over an instance of Trump holding his cards close to his vest.

"clicks a Bic"

Posted by: Emmie at August 19, 2025 11:08 AM (FMtrg)

18 "If 'security guarantee' means selling American arms to Europe and Ukraine, then I'm all for it. But if it means some sort of informal membership in NATO for Ukraine, which is EXACTLY what 'Article 5-like protection' means, then no. No. NO!"

I can tell you exactly what this "security guarantee" is worth: that white roll of paper usually found perched next to toilet bowls. Why do you think the Russians would agree to it? Because they know it's as phony as Dylan Mulvaney's coochie.

NATO is dead. Everyone knows it. Russia could invade half the NATO countries and the rest of them would do ... nothing. The USA is gonna go to war with Russia (or China) over Albania? Estonia? Montenegro? Latvia? Greece? Fucking Turkey? Turkey is likely to invade Greece more than be invaded itself.

So what's another worthless wipe-your-ass-with-it security "guarantee"?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

19 So long as we have a ruling class unwilling to do what is necessary to win a war, we should NEVER put American troops in harms way.

Yep.

Are we willing to level bomb the enemy's cities?

Are we willing to destroy their ports?

Are we willing to end their electrical grid?

No?

Then why the hell are we willing to send even one US soldier? If it isn't important enough to cause real pain to our enemy it isn't worth the death on one American soldier.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 11:08 AM (t0Rmr)

20 Do you know who is more opposed to Ukraine in NATO than we are? Putin.

I'll wait to see how this unfolds before lighting my hair on fire. Trump has earned my trust on handling Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:09 AM (viF8m)

21 I think it should be made very clear (Nixon was great on that, ha)

Non-Intervention is not the same as “Isolationist”; a word coined specifically for strawman arguments. It is true that America wanted nothing to do with another European civil war in the 1930s. And who can blame them? America was founded, in part, specifically to get away from those clowns.

The people who always talk publicly about “American Values” don’t seem to like any of the enumerated rights in our constitution. They talk in vague, anodyne terms about “freedom” and “democracy” but always come down on the side of authoritarian ass-hats. Censorship and criticism of government especially, ist Verboten.

Until they gain a modicum of trust and credibility, I’ll never believe anything they say.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 11:09 AM (yKoRs)

22 Gee, CBD, don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.

I agree. NATO should've been dissolved when the Warsaw Pact crumbled. The UN is nothing but a corrupt shit stain in NYC.

The spot would make a nice parking lot or, maybe a detention center for illegals prior to them getting shipped back to whatever shithole from which they originated.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at August 19, 2025 11:09 AM (fLOwC)

23 The You're a Pee'n countries have armies?

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 19, 2025 11:09 AM (ycs3a)

24 I argued early on during the war that the most reasonable conditions would be:

Russia gets the provinces that want to leave.
Russia and Europe agree to protest the territorial integrity of the remaining parts of Ukraine

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 11:10 AM (t0Rmr)

25 CBD is souring bigtime on his European hosts. Stale croissant?

Posted by: Flat Champagne? at August 19, 2025 11:10 AM (G5+As)

26 21 I think it should be made very clear (Nixon was great on that, ha)

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 11:09 AM (yKoRs)

Also Obama's catchphrase.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:10 AM (bss/y)

27 I believe, judging from yesterday's whoop-de-doo in the WH, that American aid would amount to arms sold to the EU , through NATO. For them to do what they want with them. Help Ukraine, not help Ukraine.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 11:10 AM (g47mK)

28 ‘ Pax Americana has been so thoroughly discredited that I am amazed that there are presumably sentient humans’

Just because it is discredited here doesn’t mean that the whole world looks at it that way.

The fact that you are so amazed should tell you that you may merely have a niche opinion.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 11:10 AM (jbnUc)

29 "The You're a Pee'n countries have armies?"

When they did, they had the frilliest uniforms evah.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 11:11 AM (8mLBT)

30 >>No American boots on the ground.

THIS

I hate the style of tweet/comment where one repeats the same statement many times as if it makes it more true, but seriously: No American boots on the ground.
x1000

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 11:11 AM (GbwPZ)

31
CBD is souring bigtime on his European hosts. Stale croissant?
Posted by: Flat Champagne? at August 19, 2025 11:10 AM (G5+As)

__________

When they arrest him, do we bail him out? Show of hands.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:11 AM (kkTda)

32 Hear, hear! (Especially for countries unable or unwilling to crack down on their internal corruption.)

Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 11:11 AM (NFX2v)

33 How does it make any difference as far as NATO membership if the US has a presence on the border?

That concession makes no difference to me. WE are NATO. If we are on that border, then so is NATO.

Probably a face saving hair split, but still.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:12 AM (bss/y)

34 Que?

Posted by: Manuel at August 19, 2025 11:12 AM (wVcYX)

35 I put my boots on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan and lost friends and brothers there. All so I could watch the enemy parade around with our equipment 15 years later? Our govt squandered the blood of my brothers and cannot be trusted with more.

Posted by: Fra Fillipo at August 19, 2025 11:12 AM (Nge8H)

36 The fact that you are so amazed should tell you that you may merely have a niche opinion.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 11:10 AM (jbnUc)

Are you really a Doctor??

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 11:12 AM (g47mK)

37 OT:

The next shoe may be about to drop.

For weeks now, a bunch of motley radicals have been besieging the Portland ICE office late into the night, using amplified sound to harass the Federal cops guarding the building.

There are apartment buildings nearby, and an enraged resident sued the city over its failure to enforce noise codes.

The city had senior police officers testify that enforcing the noise codes is optional, and a judge ruled in favor of the city.

Last night, a stolen car was driven next to the ICE building, was stopped, and the driver fled.

The car was searched, and nothing was found, but that sure looks like a dry run for a car bombing.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 11:12 AM (xTIDn)

38 Do we really want to release another UN 'peacekeeping' force into the world to assault the women they're supposed to be protecting?

Posted by: Octochicken at August 19, 2025 11:13 AM (oCS0o)

39 I was assured that the reason Putin went into Ukraine was to prevent a NATO footprint there, yet here he is saying he's cool with that footprint called by another name. Why, it's almost as if that was never the reason for his invasion in the first place.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

40 CBD is souring bigtime on his European hosts. Stale croissant?
Posted by: Flat Champagne? at August 19, 2025 11:10 AM (G5+As)

One ice cube, and one ice cube only.

Posted by: Cafe Host at August 19, 2025 11:13 AM (wVcYX)

41 The car was searched, and nothing was found, but that sure looks like a dry run for a car bombing.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 11:12 AM (xTIDn)

Or the little bitches want them to think that is what is happening so the ICE guys will 'overreact'.

Honestly, they should all be shot anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:14 AM (bss/y)

42 Yeah, we exit NATO and the remaining member states can decide on whether to let Ukraine join.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 11:14 AM (GbwPZ)

43 Agreed. No more 'forever wars'. No more permanent presence of US troops over seas. We've had troops in Europe for 80 years. Troops in S Korea since the 50s. Enough.

Unless I'm wrong, in which case, you know what to do.

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2025 11:14 AM (AOsQT)

44
Our European "allies" are always making backroom deals with our enemies. And getting their palms greased in the process.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:14 AM (kkTda)

45 Time to kick the UN out of NYC and withdraw from it
——-

The Rock-A-Fellers donated the land, can it be returned to the USA? It is “sovereign” territory, or somesuch. Maybe there’s a little known codicil, like double secret probation involved.

More problematic, the US has permanent seat on Security Council. If the US leaves, then they can gang up and vote in all sorts of jiggery-pokery against our interests. Like genuine American american interests, not just the elitest lizard people or whoever the hell they are

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 11:15 AM (yKoRs)

46 44
Our European "allies" are always making backroom deals with our enemies. And getting their palms greased in the process.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:14 AM (kkTda)

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Europe spent more buying Russian oil last year than they sent to Ukraine for military support.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)

47 >>The car was searched, and nothing was found, but that sure looks like a dry run for a car bombing.

Yes.
Antifa aims to wound and maim its foes.
This is not protest for them, it is war.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 11:15 AM (GbwPZ)

48 13 It's ok guys. I am not surprised you did not Nood.

Just disappointed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Don't you own a Cuckoo Clock?

Posted by: How Gaily The Cuckoo Sings... at August 19, 2025 11:16 AM (G5+As)

49 47 Yes.
Antifa aims to wound and maim its foes.
This is not protest for them, it is war.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 11:15 AM (GbwPZ)

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And they haven't moved from their beachhead in deep blue enclaves. After 5 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:16 AM (GBKbO)

50 Europe spent more buying Russian oil last year than they sent to Ukraine for military support.

==

Technically they bought if from China!

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 11:16 AM (g47mK)

51 Why, it's almost as if that was never the reason for his invasion in the first place.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

You could look at it that way, but he is an actor like any other. He has to save face because that is part of him maintaining power. If he gets territory AND no 'NATO' on his border, then peace is all to his benefit and he can portray him as getting everything he wanted.

Isn't that the best negotiation? When both sides walk away thinking they have won?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:16 AM (bss/y)

52 >>I was assured that the reason Putin went into Ukraine was to prevent a NATO footprint there, yet here he is saying he's cool with that footprint called by another name. Why, it's almost as if that was never the reason for his invasion in the first place.

You might be overlooking the small detail of Putin demanding all of eastern Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:17 AM (viF8m)

53 So long as we have a ruling class unwilling to do what is necessary to win a war, we should NEVER put American troops in harms way.

Yep.

Are we willing to level bomb the enemy's cities?

Are we willing to destroy their ports?

Are we willing to end their electrical grid?

No?

Then why the hell are we willing to send even one US soldier? If it isn't important enough to cause real pain to our enemy it isn't worth the death on one American soldier.
Posted by: 18-1

Mainly because I'm not in charge. If I were, hotels and casinos would already be going up in Gaza.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:17 AM (X98Jy)

54 You could look at it that way, but he is an actor like any other. He has to save face because that is part of him maintaining power. If he gets territory AND no 'NATO' on his border, then peace is all to his benefit and he can portray him as getting everything he wanted.

As you say, that's just face-saving. If he hadn't gone into Ukraine in the first place, he wouldn't have needed to save face.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

55 So long as we have a ruling class unwilling to do what is necessary to win a war, we should NEVER put American troops in harms way.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:03 AM (N1tpc)

Yep.

As long as "we" aren't willing to kill everyone opposing us, including civilians and destroy everything around them,

we have no business going to war.

that doesn't mean civvies should be the first targets, but to get to peace...well, sometimes that needs to happen to clarify the situation for everyone involved.

And no, none, nada rebuilding of their now fucked up country, unless there's a real, tangible benefit for us. If they go to war against us, they need to accept the consequences of that action.

Perhaps, they could pay us for our costs though, with mineral rights or oil. Some such thing. I have to think about that as I'm in favorite of blow shit up-they surrender-we go home.

We have way too many of Our Bettrers in power who think we have to hamstring ourselves so that a bunch of goat herders have a "fair chance" against up. Nope! Explode them to pink paste and call it a day.

YMMV.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 11:18 AM (iJfKG)

56
If I were, hotels and casinos would already be going up in Gaza.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:17 AM (X98Jy)

_________

Booze and brothels too. Arabs love them some of both.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:18 AM (kkTda)

57 some hapless Belgian battalion"

Or Irish. Watch the "Siege of Jadotville" ...

Depressing, that is.

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 11:19 AM (tubbA)

58 I was assured that the reason Putin went into Ukraine was to prevent a NATO footprint there, yet here he is saying he's cool with that footprint called by another name. Why, it's almost as if that was never the reason for his invasion in the first place.

You might be overlooking the small detail of Putin demanding all of eastern Ukraine.

He wanted it all. That's why he attacked Kyiv. The bitching about NATO was a cover for his territorial ambitions. Now he has NATO in all but name on his western border.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

59 As you say, that's just face-saving. If he hadn't gone into Ukraine in the first place, he wouldn't have needed to save face.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

Biden essentially invited him in. This is part of what seemed so fake to me. The Technocrats WANTED this war. My guess is they would have kept trying to provoke something.

It also makes me think there is stuff going on we do not know about.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:20 AM (bss/y)

60 Trump said no troops, period. I'll take him at his word.

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 11:20 AM (4p0Xq)

61 Now they could get all passive aggressive.

Does the “aging” UN building have any Asbestos? It was pretty fancy building 70 years ago.

Declare it uninhabitable under the International Building Codes, and put up all those asshats in GP medium surplus army tents.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 11:20 AM (yKoRs)

62
‘ Are you really a Doctor??’

Do you think that I would just arbitrarily claim that if it weren’t true?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 11:20 AM (jbnUc)

63 60 Trump said no troops, period. I'll take him at his word.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 11:20 AM (4p0Xq)

=======

*waits in the wings*
-Rubio, wanting to be president

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:20 AM (GBKbO)

64 So long as we have a ruling class unwilling to do what is necessary to win a war, we should NEVER put American troops in harms way.

I like the notion of "Our military will have only one order. Win the battle. If this means we destroy anything bigger than a grain of sand then we'll break out every weapon we have to make that happen. Will not accept anything weaker than unconditional surrender. When it is over, we will claim all natural resources as payment for services rendered.

"Now...how badly to you monkeys want us in the fight?"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 11:21 AM (OPGS/)

65 Did a quick birdwatch by the river and saw the little blue heron for the first time this year. Got a good close look, maybe 15 yards. If I had a beak like that, I'd def be going on an eyeball-plucking rampage. Dive-plucking death from above.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 11:21 AM (8mLBT)

66 60 Trump said no troops, period. I'll take him at his word.
Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 11:20 AM (4p0Xq)

He said 'involved'. Maybe logistical support?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:21 AM (bss/y)

67 He wanted it all. That's why he attacked Kyiv. The bitching about NATO was a cover for his territorial ambitions. Now he has NATO in all but name on his western border.

Not only that, but he has Finland and Sweden as new members of NATO and now on his border.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

68 As you say, that's just face-saving. If he hadn't gone into Ukraine in the first place, he wouldn't have needed to save face.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

Biden essentially invited him in. This is part of what seemed so fake to me. The Technocrats WANTED this war. My guess is they would have kept trying to provoke something.

It also makes me think there is stuff going on we do not know about.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Money laundering arms sales.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:21 AM (X98Jy)

69 68
Money laundering arms sales.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:21 AM (X98Jy)

=======

"Sorry, I've moved on."
-Rand Paul

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:22 AM (GBKbO)

70 I was waiting for the next fake sexual category to drop. And it's here! Gen Z to the rescue again.

"Gen Z's latest obsession — coming out as 'graysexual'"

https://tinyurl.com/ye225cyv

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

71 The NSA is not your friend...

Candace Owens @RealCandaceO

Regarding the Israeli cyber official who tried to have sex with a child in Las Vegas and just fled to Israel.

He says he was in the United States to meet with our NSA. Per his police file:

“Alexandrovich stated he has a meeting with the NSA tomorrow and had met several Bureau people and NSA people over the past week.”

Hey @AGPamBondi — when you’re done rapid-responding to crybaby Zionist male students that are lightly shoved on college campuses, do you mind looking into this?

It’s been a couple of weeks since you last gaslit us about pedophiles in government.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 11:22 AM (TGPs7)

72 FYI, so the new TX maps change district 33.
Which is currently held by a D that wins w/ 70%+.
It stretches from Fort Worth, around Arlington and over to Dallas. It's the typical egregious gerrymandering to create majority-minority districts.
For reference, recall the map that shows DFW is as big as the whole state of CT.

Anyway, the new map also carves up Crockett' district. Veasey won't run in the new 33rd.
Crockett says she might, but she has no base there.

The current Republican candidate for the new 33rd will be Payton Jackson.
She is the exact opposite of Crockett.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN1wEpX_GuQ

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 11:22 AM (0JnyD)

73 Biden essentially invited him in. This is part of what seemed so fake to me. The Technocrats WANTED this war. My guess is they would have kept trying to provoke something.

I'm unwilling to defend Biden, although I suspect he was not really in charge.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

74 One ice cube, and one ice cube only.
Posted by: Cafe Host at August 19, 2025 11:13 AM

Another anti ice person!

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 11:23 AM (4p0Xq)

75 but to get to peace...well, sometimes that needs to happen to clarify the situation for everyone involved."

This.

I simply cannot grok in the least the concept of "proportionality" in conflict - or the karen/west pantswetting over "don't hit back".
You hit me, you go down. It's simple, effective, and saves time.

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 11:23 AM (tubbA)

76 For weeks now, a bunch of motley radicals have been besieging the Portland ICE office late into the night, using amplified sound to harass the Federal cops guarding the building.

There are apartment buildings nearby, and an enraged resident sued the city over its failure to enforce noise codes.

The city had senior police officers testify that enforcing the noise codes is optional, and a judge ruled in favor of the city.

Last night, a stolen car was driven next to the ICE building, was stopped, and the driver fled.

The car was searched, and nothing was found, but that sure looks like a dry run for a car bombing.

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I commented on this yesterday. The video I saw showed it was *extremely* dangerous for law enforcement--there were literally a hundred or so "protestors", most wearing masks and/or filtration masks, it was damn near too dark to see, its just a recipe for disaster that law enforcement has to face them night after night.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 11:24 AM (TN0g+)

77 Graysexuality exists in what many describe as a “gray area” between being allosexual – experiencing regular sexual attraction — and asexual — experiencing none. Those who identify as graysexual may feel sexual attraction rarely, inconsistently or only under specific circumstances.

Much like "demi-sexual" they've realized coming up with more pervy sexualities isn't helping them so now they are going to try and give a category to normal people.

"Demi-sexual" for example is most women and a significant portion of men.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 11:24 AM (t0Rmr)

78 Biden essentially invited him in. This is part of what seemed so fake to me. The Technocrats WANTED this war. My guess is they would have kept trying to provoke something.

A minor incursion as Joe said. Then again, he loves incurring on minors.

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 11:25 AM (4p0Xq)

79 Trump doesn't rule out sending US troops to Ukraine as part of peacekeeping efforts: 'We'll be involved'
____

I'd accept US involvement if it is solely to secure biolab and other crime scenes to collect evidence. Then get the hell out of there and let the Germans put Turkish conscripts at the trigger points or whatever.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

80 As you say, that's just face-saving. If he hadn't gone into Ukraine in the first place, he wouldn't have needed to save face.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

If the US hadn't run a coup in Ukraine the war wouldn't have happened. If Ukraine had let the Russian districts leave after the coup the war might not have happened. If Ukraine hadn't reneged on the agreement with Russia in 2022 then tens of thousands would still be alive. If, if, if...

But Putin is the only bad guy in this narrative.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 11:25 AM (ExV1e)

81 "Graysexuality" Geriatric trysting.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 11:25 AM (8mLBT)

82 The current Republican candidate for the new 33rd will be Payton Jackson.
She is the exact opposite of Crockett.
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No. "Fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 11:26 AM (TN0g+)

83 He wanted it all. That's why he attacked Kyiv. The bitching about NATO was a cover for his territorial ambitions. Now he has NATO in all but name on his western border.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

I'm sure he did.

That doesn't mean that he cannot have a legitimate concern about an organization of countries founded to stop the USSR (that is still opposed to Russia, even though the USSR is long gone) slowly moving closer and closer to his doorstep.

And our "intelligence community's" destabilization of his backyard and undermining elections really makes it seem that it's not JUST that he's paranoid. Even paranoids have enemies. (And Russians are VERY paranoid, likely with good reason.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:26 AM (N1tpc)

84 >>He wanted it all. That's why he attacked Kyiv. The bitching about NATO was a cover for his territorial ambitions. Now he has NATO in all but name on his western border.

Yea, I've heard that speculation. Also heard he was going to roll into Poland and the rest of Europe after taking Ukraine.

None of that is happening.

Eastern Ukraine is not just ethnically Russian the voted to leave Ukraine prior to the war and were rewarded with the Ukrainian government doing an actual genocide. Putin is well aware of it.

It also seems to go unnoticed that in April Trump signed a minerals deal with Ukraine pretty much insuring we will have a presence there in some fashion no matter what happens with Putin.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:26 AM (viF8m)

85 Amen.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at August 19, 2025 11:26 AM (/SZIW)

86 Graysexuality is the completely predictable result of chronic masturbation.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 11:27 AM (MMp6W)

87
"Demi-sexual" for example is most women and a significant portion of men.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 11:24 AM (t0Rmr)

________

The women want to spend the night with Harley McRockdrummer and then have Eddie Engineer drive them home in the morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:27 AM (kkTda)

88 Trump doesn't rule out sending US troops to Ukraine as part of peacekeeping efforts: 'We'll be involved'
____

Ummm. Per FOX.

Trump offers 'assurance' of no US troops in Ukraine.

I'll take Donald at his word.

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 11:27 AM (4p0Xq)

89 Just to be clear, being graysexual does not involve fantasies about Mrs. Howell?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2025 11:27 AM (wVcYX)

90 Money laundering arms sales.
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*sobs*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at August 19, 2025 11:28 AM (TN0g+)

91 There is one POTENTIAL good thing that could come out of a Euro presence in Ukraine, and that is that it might force them to confront the absolute uselessness of their current militaries and make changes. Might.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

92 Trump rarely rules out anything until the papers are drawn.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 11:28 AM (GYoMn)

93 "Graysexuality" Geriatric trysting.
Posted by: gp NOW

They only time you geriatric tryst is when the 78 yr old lady has 400 prime acres that never been hunted.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:28 AM (X98Jy)

94 the miserable post-modern cowards of Europe.

You're not referring to your current hosts in Frogistan, are you?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (0sNs1)

95 Tab A goes into Slot A

everything else is wrong

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (AOsQT)

96
it might force them to confront the absolute uselessness of their current militaries and make changes. Might.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

_________

Don't bet the house and dog on it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (kkTda)

97 "Yea, I've heard that speculation. Also heard he was going to roll into Poland and the rest of Europe after taking Ukraine."

He could very well have those expansionist plans. What we're saying is: Not our problem anymore, sucks to be Europe, too bad, so sad.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (8mLBT)

98 War is big business. War is a racquet.

Posted by: Dr. Renee Richards, homosexual at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (Z3Vfa)

99 There is one POTENTIAL good thing that could come out of a Euro presence in Ukraine, and that is that it might force them to confront the absolute uselessness of their current militaries and make changes. Might.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

Not in a million years.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (ExV1e)

100 > For weeks now, a bunch of motley radicals have been besieging the Portland ICE office late into the night, using amplified sound to harass the Federal cops guarding the building.
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I don't know if it's because this is Portland or what, but I would think it should be the next city "federalized" with the National Guard. IIRC these same assholes were attempting to fire bomb the federal building there before being run off. That was over a month ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (Q4IgG)

101 "Graysexuality" Geriatric trysting.
Posted by: gp NOW

They only time you geriatric tryst is when the 78 yr old lady has 400 prime acres that never been hunted.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:28 AM (X98Jy)

Huge tracts of land!

Posted by: King of Swamp Castle at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (wVcYX)

102 97 He could very well have those expansionist plans. What we're saying is: Not our problem anymore, sucks to be Europe, too bad, so sad.
Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (8mLBT)

========

They should probably start spending more on their militaries than on welfare.

Sounds like they're concerned about matters their militaries could address if large enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (GBKbO)

103 Yea, I've heard that speculation. Also heard he was going to roll into Poland and the rest of Europe after taking Ukraine.

None of that is happening.

And yet, every Eastern European country and Scandi country facing Russia is dramatically increasing their military strength. You don't do that unless you have a well-founded fear that you're next.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

104 Graysexuality exists in what many describe as a “gray area” between being allosexual – experiencing regular sexual attraction — and asexual — experiencing none. Those who identify as graysexual may feel sexual attraction rarely, inconsistently or only under specific circumstances.

Much like "demi-sexual" they've realized coming up with more pervy sexualities isn't helping them so now they are going to try and give a category to normal people.

"Demi-sexual" for example is most women and a significant portion of men.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 11:24 AM (t0Rmr)
_____

Yea, but at least "demisexual" is a real state for a lot of people, and has been recording in history -- and lauded -- for centuries.

"Graysexual" seems like made-up proto-trendy bullshit to me. Especially for guys. Unless we're talking about sick, obese, or otherwise very out-of-shape people, who don't experience sex drive because they're not healthy enough.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

105 87
‘ then have Eddie Engineer drive them home in the morning.’

Eddie will avoid these soiled bitches if he has any sense.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

106 I am prepared to fight over whether Vietnam was a failure or not if anyone is in the mood. It would have been better if the Democrats had not betrayed our South Vietnamese allies in 1975 but, the Asian dominoes were more or less arrested by the number of commies killed and wealth, in the form of military arms and supplies from the USSR, destroyed.

The same can be said of Korea, I think. The Chinese army preparing for the invasion of Taiwan was diverted to Korean and chewed to ribbons, disimbuing Mao of the idea that vast manpower means inevitable victory.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (jc0TO)

107 it might force them to confront the absolute uselessness of their current militaries and make changes. Might.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

_________

Don't bet the house and dog on it.

Eh, I don't really like my dog.
*kidding, Hobbes*

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

108 The current Republican candidate for the new 33rd will be Payton Jackson.
____

Is it pronounced Payton or Pay'en?

Posted by: Confused by Millennial-Speak at August 19, 2025 11:31 AM (Dv3i1)

109 The situation won't stabilize until Russia has the east and south of Ukraine (including Odessa) and Poland, Hungary, and Romania carve out their "historic" ethnic enclaves out of the western part. Then a Russian-puppet government in NovoUkrainia with get to spend its time chasing terrorists.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 19, 2025 11:31 AM (cnmiW)

110 In regards to the Uke war the media constantly tells me:

1) If we don't give the Ukes money the Russians will be in Paris by next year. PARIS TEXAS!

2) If we give Lil Z a few billion more he'll have Putin having in Red Square by next year.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 11:31 AM (t0Rmr)

111 70 I was waiting for the next fake sexual category to drop. And it's here! Gen Z to the rescue again.

"Gen Z's latest obsession — coming out as 'graysexual'"

https://tinyurl.com/ye225cyv
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

I really thought bestiality or necrophilia was next.

Or bestial necrophilia.

Look where we are now. Tell me that's not in the realm of likelihood. That slippery slope was a lubed up waterslide to hell.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 11:31 AM (jvJvP)

112 the miserable post-modern cowards of Europe.

You're not referring to your current hosts in Frogistan, are you?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 11:29 AM (0sNs1)

I am indeed!

They are far happier letting their Muslim Einsatzgruppen run wild than combat actual evil in their societies.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 11:32 AM (OKniM)

113
Eddie will avoid these soiled bitches if he has any sense.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

_________

Eddie is still a guy.

Eddie hopes if he's nice he'll get some.

Eddie will be disappointed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:32 AM (kkTda)

114 he situation won't stabilize until Russia has the east and south of Ukraine (including Odessa) and Poland, Hungary, and Romania carve out their "historic" ethnic enclaves out of the western part. Then a Russian-puppet government in NovoUkrainia with get to spend its time chasing terrorists.

==

They will march to Berlin!

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 11:32 AM (g47mK)

115 89 Just to be clear, being graysexual does not involve fantasies about Mrs. Howell?
Posted by: Count de Monet

That minx! She really had $$, too!

Posted by: Natalie, My Dream Girl... at August 19, 2025 11:33 AM (G5+As)

116 Graysexuality exists in what many describe as a “gray area” between being allosexual – experiencing regular sexual attraction — and asexual — experiencing none.
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Hmm, viewing Mannix links vs viewing the Admiral's links via the gray boxes. I think I actually get this one.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 11:33 AM (Dv3i1)

117 I was waiting for the next fake sexual category to drop. And it's here! Gen Z to the rescue again.

"Gen Z's latest obsession — coming out as 'graysexual'"

https://tinyurl.com/ye225cyv
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

I really thought bestiality or necrophilia was next.

Or bestial necrophilia.

Look where we are now. Tell me that's not in the realm of likelihood. That slippery slope was a lubed up waterslide to hell.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 11:31 AM (jvJvP)
_____

Bestiality is already fairly prevalent in the extreme faggot "community." Not joking. They even made a documentary movie out of it. These are sick, sick fucks.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:33 AM (iFTx/)

118 As long as England and Germany harass and arrest citizens for wrongthink, crimespeak and public Christian prayer, they can die in a fire for all I care.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 11:33 AM (8mLBT)

119 wait, WAIT , this is new ! Trump rules out American boot on the ground. There you go.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 11:33 AM (g47mK)

120 The louder that dingbat owens talks the less she is being heard.

Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 11:34 AM (89Sog)

121
Don't bet the house and dog on it.

Eh, I don't really like my dog.
*kidding, Hobbes*

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

*barks*

*wags tail*

*prances off*

*craps in Archimedes' slippers*

*takes nap*

Posted by: Hobbes at August 19, 2025 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

122 Graysexuality exists in what many describe as a “gray area” between being allosexual – experiencing regular sexual attraction — and asexual — experiencing none. Those who identify as graysexual may feel sexual attraction rarely, inconsistently or only under specific circumstances...

The rise of identities like graysexuality comes amid what researchers are calling a “sex recession” — with younger generations reporting fewer sexual partners and less interest in sex overall.

Oh, good lord, why must everything have a label? I suppose it's to make you feel special.

There have always been the highly sexed (Clinton) and the lest sexed (Hillary). It's the spectrum of human behavior.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

123 I thought 'graysexual' described over 29 sexual function.

Oh well.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 11:34 AM (cYBz/)

124 I truly couldn't give less of a shit about Ukraine or Russia.
I just have to say the Putin defense force shit is getting old.
Just because uniparty ghouls supported corrupt ass Ukraine doesn't mean you have to pretend Russia is fighting some noble war.
Ironically the same people I see mocking the "ALWAYS BACK THE BLUE" strawman are oddly always saying pro Russia shit.

Posted by: Cmonman at August 19, 2025 11:34 AM (VT8iX)

125 Muhammad will fight bravely to maintain the European way of life.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 19, 2025 11:35 AM (On+Ml)

126 Now they could get all passive aggressive.

Does the “aging” UN building have any Asbestos? It was pretty fancy building 70 years ago.

Declare it uninhabitable under the International Building Codes, and put up all those asshats in GP medium surplus army tents.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 11:20 AM (yKoRs)

They have money - let them buy tents or set up outside under the stars.

Just make sure we erect a fence around the site as big and beautiful as the one on our southern border, with watchtowers and armed guards at the gates.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2025 11:35 AM (S/Y4j)

127 Bestiality is already fairly prevalent in the extreme faggot "community." Not joking. They even made a documentary movie out of it. These are sick, sick fucks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

muzzies have entered the chat

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:35 AM (X98Jy)

128 I really thought bestiality ~~or necrophilia~~ was next.
...
Look where we are now. Tell me that's not in the realm of likelihood. That slippery slope was a lubed up waterslide to hell.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 11:31 AM (jvJvP)

The left has been ALL IN on Islam, so that's where we are headed.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:35 AM (N1tpc)

129 And yet, every Eastern European country and Scandi country facing Russia is dramatically increasing their military strength. You don't do that unless you have a well-founded fear that you're next.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

1. Fear doesn't have to be well-founded to be a driver of action.
2. Going from one platoon to two is "dramatically increasing their military strength". Aside from Poland, which has ordered new tanks from not-the-US to insert into a situation where tanks have been shown to be death-traps, what country is doing anything?
3. The EU countries are filled with people who will not fight for the EU countries. Adding their native men to their militaries only makes their problems worse.
4. The EU leadership has been at the forefront of trying to start shit with Russia from the beginning. The UK, France, and Germany want this war more than almost anyone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 11:35 AM (ExV1e)

130 106
I agree.
There were mistakes made during the Cold War but fighting wasn’t t wasn’t one of them.
To say otherwise is to wish for a world even more Communist than it is now.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 11:36 AM (jbnUc)

131 Eddie will avoid these soiled bitches if he has any sense.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

_________

Eddie is still a guy.

Eddie hopes if he's nice he'll get some.

Eddie will be disappointed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:32 AM (kkTda)
_______

Eddie's comin' out tonight ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

132 I'll take it further when it comes to Belgium. Prove it wasn't involved in the Butler, Pa assination attempt.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 11:36 AM (NFX2v)

133 I think the one thing Putin really really wanted was a land bridge to Crimea. Holding the land he took at the beginning, has never retreated from, and has never really expanded from is what he was after from the beginning. If he is allowed that I think he will allow almost anything in return. jmo

Posted by: Jon at August 19, 2025 11:36 AM (0wBhX)

134 Bestiality is already fairly prevalent in the extreme faggot "community." Not joking. They even made a documentary movie out of it. These are sick, sick fucks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:33 AM (iFTx/)

As sick as this is, I recall that a gay "married" couple with monkeypox somehow had a dog with monkeypox. And and infant.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:37 AM (N1tpc)

135 Valley Plaza, 1951-1994, now a giant homeless camp. Used to have an Italian restaurant, no atmosphere just affordable good food. We can't have nice things in California.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 11:37 AM (mG9dS)

136 They will march to Berlin!

Remember the rules - Russia is an economic basket case, the Russian military is about to collapse, the Russians are having to use tanks from the 1940s, and the Russians are taking fourteen times the casualties of the Ukrainians.

Also, the Russians will be blitzing into Paris next Thursday if Ukraine doesn't win a total and complete victory.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 11:38 AM (xTIDn)

137 >>And yet, every Eastern European country and Scandi country facing Russia is dramatically increasing their military strength. You don't do that unless you have a well-founded fear that you're next.

Sure, I also have plans to invade Sophia Vergara. Probably not gonna happen either.

The same frigging people who have been saying for years that Putin is going to roll on Europe one of these days are the same people who have been breaking their word about the eastward expansion of NATO for decades. If you poke a bear enough times don't be surprised when the beat strikes back.

Russia is not the Soviet Union yet some people keep pretending it is. The best way to prevent a war is to stop forcing conditions that might start one.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:38 AM (viF8m)

138 Assassination

Mea culpa

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (NFX2v)

139 Eddie is still a guy.

Eddie hopes if he's nice he'll get some.

Eddie will be disappointed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 11:32 AM (kkTda)

Yes, quite true. Marriage these days are a big net loss for men. Those that can control their impulses will avoid it.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (pohLc)

140 The left has been ALL IN on Islam, so that's where we are headed.
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Most of them don't know why, but I think its because Islamaniac populations are easy to control. Look at Iran. Israel and the US pounded that place, and yet there was never a serious attempt at over-throwing the government.

I believe our "betters" imagine and end-game where about a thousand of them live scattered around the world in lives of untold luxury while the rest of the worlds economic engines funnel nearly the entirety of the wealth to them. To make that dream happen, they need a compliant world, where those doing the work do so without dreams of freedom or dignity or truth.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (TN0g+)

141 For those interested:

My vacation, days 8 and 9, Last day in Rome and Florence:

https://is.gd/7SYZAb

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

142 39 I was assured that the reason Putin went into Ukraine was to prevent a NATO footprint there, yet here he is saying he's cool with that footprint called by another name. Why, it's almost as if that was never the reason for his invasion in the first place.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
==
The NATO talk was just a pretense. Russia's actions have been to expand their footprint whenever possible to achieve a desired security parameter. A couple of things have happened. One, he realizes, as well as we do, that his armed forces are no longer elite. As much as drone technology has changed the US tank planning, it also impacts mass artillery formations, which is Russia's favorite mode of fighting. He realizes that it is most likely that the democrats will not sit in the WH for the next 10 years, meaning any additional advancement might be an issue.
He saw what we did to Iran's nuke program. So he will concede NATO if he can get a bit more land in the settlement.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (GZYu7)

143 GREAT NEWS!

MO Attorney General has just been appointed to be a Deputy FBI Director! A tough, professional attorney with a record of protecting the Constitution. A military veteran who served as an armored cavalry officer overseas.

His extended interview on Tim Poole's podcast is a must-watch.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (rj6Yv)

144 Just because uniparty ghouls supported corrupt ass Ukraine doesn't mean you have to pretend Russia is fighting some noble war.
Ironically the same people I see mocking the "ALWAYS BACK THE BLUE" strawman are oddly always saying pro Russia shit.

Actually, what we're saying, what we've been saying from the beginning, is that it isn't any of our fucking business. It hasn't been our fucking business since 1992 when the Warsaw Pact and the USSR ended. But we just can't pull our noses out of other people's business.

I will point out that all the people who crow about what a horrible person Putin is get their information about him from the same sources they claim lie to them about everything else.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (ExV1e)

145 And yet, every Eastern European country and Scandi country facing Russia is dramatically increasing their military strength. You don't do that unless you have a well-founded fear that you're next.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

Spending nothing on your military (which is the essential state for a lot of these people) makes no sense whatsoever either. Spending anything on the military may be less about perception of a threat and more realizing- hey, we have been fucking stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (bss/y)

146 Don Bacon (NE-R), troubled by Trump's treatment of Putin, says it may be time for 'hardball' with White House. He told reporters the demands Russia has presented to Ukraine to end their war are unacceptable and that it’s time for President Donald Trump to treat Russia as an imperialistic aggressor and see that Ukraine is “the victim that has been invaded.”

MAGAs are spineless gutless wonders. Man babies who are protecting themselves and working for our enemies.

Glad to know there are still some Repubs willing to refuse the koolaid. I guess openly cozying up to Putin is a bit too much. He can afford to tell the truth because he's not running for reelection.

The only thing Trump cares about is preventing Pootie from releasing the videos of Donny raping little girls.

If Trump's treatment of Putin and Ukraine is his first complaint about Trump, then he's still way deep into the Trump Humper camp. His voting record fully supports this.

how in the fucking hell did you make it to brigadier general when you are so slow on the uptake? Thanks to the leader of your party, AKA putin's puppet, the US is no longer the "leader of the free world.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (JCZqz)

147 The EU leadership has been at the forefront of trying to start shit with Russia from the beginning. The UK, France, and Germany want this war more than almost anyone.

The Eastern European countries have legitimate military concerns, but Western European governments want Russia as an enemy to distract their indigenous populations from the fact that they are in the process of being replaced.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (xTIDn)

148 All that and I forgot to mention his name

MO Attorney General Andrew Bailey.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (rj6Yv)

149 Eddie's comin' out tonight ....
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I've seen them live a couple of times--that song always delivers live!

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (TN0g+)

150 I truly couldn't give less of a shit about Ukraine or Russia.
I just have to say the Putin defense force shit is getting old.
Just because uniparty ghouls supported corrupt ass Ukraine doesn't mean you have to pretend Russia is fighting some noble war.
Ironically the same people I see mocking the "ALWAYS BACK THE BLUE" strawman are oddly always saying pro Russia shit.

Posted by: Cmonman at August 19, 2025 11:34 AM (VT8iX)

Putin's a nasty dictator.

My point is more that this entire war is a massive mess, at least partly caused by the malfeasance of our and Europe's feckless leaders.

That doesn't mean I support the war, Ukraine, or Russia. It means I think everyone involved is filthy.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (N1tpc)

151 Yeah, no troops.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (e4A9h)

152 Bestiality is already fairly prevalent in the extreme faggot "community." Not joking. They even made a documentary movie out of it. These are sick, sick fucks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:33 AM (iFTx

Wow. I did not know that.

Yet, I'm not surprised or shocked. Sadly.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (jvJvP)

153 146 Don Bacon (NE-R), troubled by Trump's treatment of Putin, says it may be time for 'hardball' with White House. He told reporters the demands Russia has presented to Ukraine to end their war are unacceptable and that it’s time for President Donald Trump to treat Russia as an imperialistic aggressor and see that Ukraine is “the victim that has been invaded.”

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions br

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Okay. Ukraine is the victim that has been invaded.

How to end the war?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (GBKbO)

154 Jack Poso@JackPosobiac

TRUMP: "I'd like to get to heaven, and I think I can, if I save a lot of lives

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (TGPs7)

155 Also, the Russians will be blitzing into Paris next Thursday if Ukraine doesn't win a total and complete victory.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 11:38 AM (xTIDn)

THIS, From the very beginning both sides on this one have sounded like feverish autistics jerking off over Warhammer 40k scenarios.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (bss/y)

156 I saw three different guests on Fox News yesterday saying we will HAVE to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Just a few boots they said.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (63Dwl)

157 Fun fact: last year, 1.4 million more people died in the EU than were born.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 11:42 AM (xTIDn)

158 2. Going from one platoon to two is "dramatically increasing their military strength". Aside from Poland, which has ordered new tanks from not-the-US to insert into a situation where tanks have been shown to be death-traps, what country is doing anything?

Increase in military budget since 2020
Sweden: Sweden's military budget has significantly increased since 2020, doubling to SEK 120 billion ($11 billion USD) by 2024

Norway: In 2024, Norway spent an estimated 2.2% of its GDP on defense, and aims to spend 3.3% in 2025.
The Norwegian parliament approved a multi-year plan (2025-2036) committing an additional NOK 611 billion (€61 billion) to military modernization and defense strengthening.
Norway is working towards reaching a 5% target (3.5% on traditional defense and 1.5% on broader security) for defense spending in the years following 2030

Finland:2020: military spending was $3.87 billion USD.
2023: Military spending rose to $7.35 billion USD, representing a 65.26% increase from 2022.
2024: The defense budget reached €6.19bn ($6.58 billion USD), according to IIISS. This constitutes about 2.3% of Finland's GDP.
Plans: Finland plans to further increase to 3% by 2029

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

159 The Plan was simple.
1. Provoke Russia into a war.
2. Destroy the Russian economy with sanctions.
3. Russia collapses.
4. Profit by picking the Russian corpse clean.

Things did not go according to plan. Now the European economies are wrecked, the armories are empty, and the Global American Empire is seeing another frontier line collapse.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 19, 2025 11:43 AM (cnmiW)

160 I think the one thing Putin really really wanted was a land bridge to Crimea. Holding the land he took at the beginning, has never retreated from, and has never really expanded from is what he was after from the beginning. If he is allowed that I think he will allow almost anything in return. jmo
Posted by: Jon
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I think he wants to complete the land bridge all the way to Bessarabia, or whatever it is called now.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2025 11:43 AM (XvL8K)

161 I saw three different guests on Fox News yesterday saying we will HAVE to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Just a few boots they said.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (63Dwl)

Just the tip of the spear?

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 11:43 AM (rj6Yv)

162 Just a few boots they said.

Not to worry, we're only sending a few advisers to South Vietnam.

Posted by: Zombie JFK! at August 19, 2025 11:43 AM (xTIDn)

163 Okay, stop it upthread. Russia isn't going to take Poland. Not a f'ing chance. Poland(the Texas of Europe) militarily would hand Russia its ass. Poland has many of our latest and greatest military hardware. Shit the Ukraine didn't and doesn't have. If anything Poland could invade Russia and own it in a week or two.

Posted by: JROD at August 19, 2025 11:43 AM (IlL6s)

164 Glad to know there are still some Repubs willing to refuse the koolaid. I guess openly cozying up to Putin is a bit too much.
_______

Uhhh, Hey, the 1980s called, they want their foreign policy back.

Posted by: Barak Obama at August 19, 2025 11:44 AM (Dv3i1)

165 146
‘ Intercepted DU Transmissions’

Even if their lies were completely true, I’d still hate them more than Trump. They really need to look in the mirror.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 19, 2025 11:44 AM (jbnUc)

166 >>Don Bacon (NE-R), troubled by Trump's treatment of Putin, says it may be time for 'hardball' with White House. He told reporters the demands Russia has presented to Ukraine to end their war are unacceptable and that it’s time for President Donald Trump to treat Russia as an imperialistic aggressor and see that Ukraine is “the victim that has been invaded.”

Would that be the same Don Bacon who opposes Trump constantly and is retiring from Congress?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:44 AM (viF8m)

167 Nothing is more expensive than the second-best military.

Posted by: Old Pentagon saying at August 19, 2025 11:44 AM (midlM)

168 feverish autistics jerking off over Warhammer 40k scenarios.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (bss/y)

Wait, is that wrong?

Posted by: Someone should've told me! at August 19, 2025 11:44 AM (TbWk/)

169 No Americans should for Europe or a Europe adjacent country again. We’ve done more than enough to fix the European problem.

Enough is enough.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 19, 2025 11:44 AM (17s+e)

170 The Eastern European countries have legitimate military concerns, but Western European governments want Russia as an enemy to distract their indigenous populations from the fact that they are in the process of being replaced.

That's a new one I hadn't considered. I don't really think it's correct, but still, interesting.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

171 I saw three different guests on Fox News yesterday saying we will HAVE to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Just a few boots they said.
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Uhh, I sent plenty of boots to Ukraine. And blankets.

Posted by: Barak Obama at August 19, 2025 11:45 AM (Dv3i1)

172 All that and I forgot to mention his name

MO Attorney General Andrew Bailey.
Posted by: mrp

Teacher says, "whenever a democrat loses their office, an angel gets their wings".

Oh, wrong Bailey.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:45 AM (X98Jy)

173 Don Bacon (NE-R), troubled by Trump's treatment of Putin, says it may be time for 'hardball' with White House.

Too bad he's retiring at the end of his term.

So sad.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 11:45 AM (xTIDn)

174 Ironically the same people I see mocking the "ALWAYS BACK THE BLUE" strawman are oddly always saying pro Russia shit."

Could you name some of these people?

Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 11:45 AM (89Sog)

175 163 Okay, stop it upthread. Russia isn't going to take Poland. Not a f'ing chance. Poland(the Texas of Europe) militarily would hand Russia its ass. Poland has many of our latest and greatest military hardware. Shit the Ukraine didn't and doesn't have. If anything Poland could invade Russia and own it in a week or two.
Posted by: JROD at August 19, 2025 11:43 AM (IlL6s)

Didn't the Texas of Europe mysteriously elect a leftist stooge (in a surprisingly close election?)

Hungary seems to be our newest white knight.

I am not sure any of them really take this seriously. This is not even the passion of a game of 40K or Magic the Gathering. They treat this like a game of Risk.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:46 AM (bss/y)

176 Western European governments want Russia as an enemy to distract their indigenous populations from the fact that they are in the process of being replaced.
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Just Western European governments?

Posted by: Uniparty at August 19, 2025 11:46 AM (Dv3i1)

177 We carried NATO for its entire existence, and gave the Euro-trash a perfect excuse to spend their money on welfare rather than defense. So the taxpayers of America paid for those cool fast trains and 32 hour work weeks and month-long vacations and cradle-to-grave benefits that have been one of the main drivers of Western European senescence ...

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The Marshall Plan is Morte!

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 19, 2025 11:46 AM (2xu9U)

178 Could you name some of these people?
Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 11:45 AM

Shh, he's rolling.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 11:46 AM (jc0TO)

179 feverish autistics jerking off over Warhammer 40k scenarios.

I saw Feverish Autistics play at The Stone. They were told to not come back afterward.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 11:47 AM (OPGS/)

180 Russia is not the Soviet Union yet some people keep pretending it is. The best way to prevent a war is to stop forcing conditions that might start one.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:38 AM (viF8m)
==
Yep - you do that by making it problematic for them to keep trying to plug their perceived security gaps. Russia's territorial and security ambitions are a massive part of this situation. Were the discussions about NATA expansion from the Biden administration also to blame? Of course. They were stupid. But you will only get short term solutions, because what Putin (and Russia) really want, no one will agree to.

For Ukraine wanting official membership in NATO, seeing what has happened, and conceding Ukraine has a lot of self inflicted wounds, they had a reason to want it. And we had a reason to at least think about it.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:48 AM (GZYu7)

181 Germany has voluntarily adopted the Morgenthau Plan to deindustrialize.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 11:48 AM (jc0TO)

182 For those interested:

My vacation, days 8 and 9, Last day in Rome and Florence:

https://is.gd/7SYZAb
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (GBKbO)
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You got some balls going to Italy in August. Crazy hot, lotsa people.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

183 But we just can't pull our noses out of other people's business."

I see you've not spent much time around our nation's capital...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 11:49 AM (tubbA)

184 @175 Aetius451AD-Yeah they did elect leftist stooge. In spite of that I don't think any European country would want to threaten or piss off a bunch of Polacks right now. They're armed to the teeth.

Posted by: JROD at August 19, 2025 11:49 AM (IlL6s)

185 162. Not to worry, we're only sending a few advisers to South Vietnam.
Posted by: Zombie JFK!

Two weeks.

Posted by: L - The Shirk Brothers & C19 at August 19, 2025 11:50 AM (NFX2v)

186 For those interested:

My vacation, days 8 and 9, Last day in Rome and Florence:

https://is.gd/7SYZAb
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (GBKbO)
_______

You got some balls going to Italy in August. Crazy hot, lotsa people.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Could have saved a ton of money and went to Houston.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:50 AM (X98Jy)

187 If this negotiation hits a wall I think we should walk away and let them sort it out or kill each other. Enough.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2025 11:50 AM (h/ffs)

188 I'll just say it once, because people get defensive about Trump, and i don't want to fight about it.

If Trump agrees to a US guarantee of Ukrainian security, it's not 4D chess. It's not wheels within wheels. It's just a disastrous mistake.

In combination, two things have kept us out of the war. Public opinion, and the lack of any clear casus belli.

If he establishes this guarantee, the #ForeverWar faction of the Deep State will have their casus belli, and won't be hampered by public opinion when the time comes to hammer a wedge into that crack and open up a battlefront.

Even if they have to shoot a bunch of prisoners, dress them in Russian uniforms, and scatter their bodies around a Uke radio station, they'll have their war.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 11:50 AM (EmA98)

189 From GP:

The radical madness in Loudoun County, Virginia, just hit a new low. Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) has decided to SUSPEND two boys at Stone Bridge High School, not because they misbehaved, not because they broke the law, but because they dared to ask why a girl was in the boys’ locker room.

7News reported earlier this year that LCPS launched a Title IX investigation against the boys after they were caught on video asking the obvious question: Why is there a girl in the boys’ locker room?

That video, however, wasn’t recorded by the boys; it was recorded by the female student who identifies as male. A direct violation of LCPS policy, according to the news outlet.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 11:51 AM (TN0g+)

190 Okay, stop it upthread. Russia isn't going to take Poland. Not a f'ing chance. Poland(the Texas of Europe) militarily would hand Russia its ass. Poland has many of our latest and greatest military hardware. Shit the Ukraine didn't and doesn't have. If anything Poland could invade Russia and own it in a week or two.

Posted by: JROD at August 19, 2025 11:43 AM (IlL6s)
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I tend to agree, because once Ukraine was invaded Poland went to work upgrading their defense posture. They gave up old cruddy Warsaw Pact weapons to Ukraine, and got nice new shiny US ones. With what we have seen from Russia, I think Poland would beat them in a straight up fight.

None of this precludes the reality that if Russia thought she could take them - say after in some alternate reality they took over Ukraine - Russia would try. But Poland is not a hardened target. Heck, Poland could probably take Germany right now.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:51 AM (GZYu7)

191 Estonia:
In 2020, Estonia's defense budget was $718.11 million USD.
By 2023, this increased to $1.19 billion USD, representing a 45.37% increase from 2022 alone.
Estonia's defense spending as a percentage of GDP was 2.3% in 2020. It reached 2.87% in 2023. The government has approved further increases, aiming to reach an average of 5.4% of GDP through 2029.

Latvia: Increased spending as a percentage of GDP: Latvia has not only increased its military spending in absolute terms but also as a proportion of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In 2023, the ratio of military expenditure to GDP was 2.27 percent. This is a significant increase from 2014, when it was only 0.94%. Furthermore, Latvia's 2025 defense budget is projected to reach 3.65% of GDP, or 1,559,433,634 EUR.

Lithuania: 2020: military budget was $1.17 billion.
2023: The budget increased to $2.16 billion.
2025: Lithuania's budget allocates €2.617 billion for defense. This will increase to €3.2 billion, or 3.93% of GDP. defense spending should increase to between 5% and 6% of GDP over the next five years, which amounts to approximately €12 billion

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

192 Going round with a Ukrainian fanboy on this, on Substack. He doesn't believe that Ukranians killed Russian speakers in the Donbas. He seems completely clueless that Ukraine could be responsible for anything. And he wants our troops to provide security for the area. No way.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 19, 2025 11:52 AM (kUxzU)

193 The U.S. needs to stay in the UN. Our UNSC veto is very important. We just need to reduce our contributions down to the 1/192 that other countries pay in.

As to the UN out of US, that’s fine and good.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 19, 2025 11:52 AM (17s+e)

194 CBD is the AG of Ace of Spades...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 11:52 AM (TGPs7)

195 Ya know why Putin never took Kiev? 'Cause he was Chicken.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 11:52 AM (0t1wa)

196 You got some balls going to Italy in August. Crazy hot, lotsa people.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Could have saved a ton of money and went to Houston.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:50 AM (X98Jy)

Rome is pretty much as far north as Detroit is.

While Italy is hot, NONE of Europe is ever Houston hot.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:52 AM (N1tpc)

197 Wow. Sounds like the Yoorups are carefully considering the possibility of committing to a future expansion of security forces to combat the most implacable opponent second only to the supreme threat of global climate change.

Good thing Donny Two Scoops arm-twisted them into promising to purchase nearly $1,000,000,000,000 worth of military arms, which are subject to budgetary constraints and exploratory negotiations, as part of the US-EU trade deal.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 11:52 AM (rj6Yv)

198 Correction on typo - Poland IS a hardened target.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:53 AM (GZYu7)

199 THIS, From the very beginning both sides on this one have sounded like feverish autistics jerking off over Warhammer 40k scenarios.

Well, have you seen the Sisters of Battle Pin Up Calendar?

Posted by: some feverish autistics jerking off at August 19, 2025 11:53 AM (t0Rmr)

200 Finland's rush to join NATO.

Just keep poking & poking until you start the battle other countries will be pulled into.

No, just no.

Posted by: L - No nic, another at August 19, 2025 11:53 AM (NFX2v)

201 My 2 cents: NATO should have been abolished when the USSR and Warsaw Pact fell apart. It's whole reason for existence was protecting western Europe from the Soviets and their proxies.

US military presence should have been drawn down to essentially zero in Europe by the mid-1990s.

If a NATO-like union was later required in Europe the EU should have been the organization to start it, with funding, troops and equipment from EU nations.

End of 2 cents (or sense, maybe)

Posted by: George V at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (HUbHH)

202 We Stand United@StandUnitedGB

All we have to do is paint the St. George's cross inside potholes, and the council will fix them within 24 hours.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (TGPs7)

203 124 I truly couldn't give less of a shit about Ukraine or Russia.
I just have to say the Putin defense force shit is getting old.
Just because uniparty ghouls supported corrupt ass Ukraine doesn't mean you have to pretend Russia is fighting some noble war.
Ironically the same people I see mocking the "ALWAYS BACK THE BLUE" strawman are oddly always saying pro Russia shit.

Posted by: Cmonman at August 19, 2025 11:34 AM (VT8iX)

Where "pro Russia shit" equals recognition that Russia has foreign policy goals and security interests of its own that it is pursuing.

Russia's war may not be noble, but it is explicable, rational. Rather more so than trying to bring whiskey, sexy, and democracy to Iraq, for example.

Trying to establish any sort of lasting peace there is going to require an acknowledgment of Russia's goals and concerns, even if they are not shared.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (xzkgE)

204 182 You got some balls going to Italy in August. Crazy hot, lotsa people.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

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We melted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (GBKbO)

205 >>For Ukraine wanting official membership in NATO, seeing what has happened, and conceding Ukraine has a lot of self inflicted wounds, they had a reason to want it. And we had a reason to at least think about it.

And yet they didn't want it until we ran a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and replaced a government that was more aligned with Russia with one more aligned with the west. It's not being pro-Putin to know that he gets a vote in how he responds.

We spent decades funding anti-communist insurgencies in Latin and South America. We almost had WWIII when the Soviets tried to put missiles in Cuba. NATO pledged when it was formed it would not expand eastward yet it has done nothing but expand eastward since then. It started with roughly a dozen countries in Western Europe and the US and it now has over 30 countries, many of them former Soviet satellites?

If you are Putin who do you think has expansionist plans?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (viF8m)

206 Okay, stop it upthread. Russia isn't going to take Poland. Not a f'ing chance. Poland(the Texas of Europe) militarily would hand Russia its ass. Poland has many of our latest and greatest military hardware. Shit the Ukraine didn't and doesn't have. If anything Poland could invade Russia and own it in a week or two.

Posted by: JROD at August 19, 2025 11:43 AM (IlL6s)
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I tend to agree, because once Ukraine was invaded Poland went to work upgrading their defense posture. They gave up old cruddy Warsaw Pact weapons to Ukraine, and got nice new shiny US ones. With what we have seen from Russia, I think Poland would beat them in a straight up fight.

None of this precludes the reality that if Russia thought she could take them - say after in some alternate reality they took over Ukraine - Russia would try. But Poland is not a hardened target. Heck, Poland could probably take Germany right now.
Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:51 AM (GZYu7)
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Yea, but does Poland have the Heechee alien tech divine drones of awesomeness that I keep hearing Ukraine has?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

207 The population of Latvia is 1.9M, Estonia has 1.4M.

I was really opposed to NATO membership for both. They contribute nothing to the common defense.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 11:55 AM (jc0TO)

208 Nobody has explained why any support for Ukraine is important to the citizens of the United States. It's all reflexive stuff, nothing that makes the case for the American public to give up anything in this cause. Just narrative, no facts.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at August 19, 2025 11:55 AM (XKkoH)

209 So, ia this new deputy director of the FBI going to replace Bongino, since Bongino stated his displeasure with Bondi?

Posted by: Megthered at August 19, 2025 11:55 AM (1Shiz)

210 Amelia Earhart, who said, “Stop looking for me, see if you can find my luggage” Never got a dinner!

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 11:55 AM (TN0g+)

211 The Plan was simple.
1. Provoke Russia into a war.
2. Destroy the Russian economy with sanctions.
3. Russia collapses.
4. Profit by picking the Russian corpse clean.

You forgot:
5. Grab all them sweet, sweet Russian boys that Putin has been denying us

Posted by: GloboHomo at August 19, 2025 11:55 AM (D0HYP)

212 And something I didn't know, during the USSR days, Russians traveled freely in Ukraine, without passports. It was just like travel in the EU, Once the Soviet Union collapsed, some Russians moved to Ukraine. There isn't a long history of Ukraine as a stand alone nation.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 19, 2025 11:56 AM (kUxzU)

213 Russia's war may not be noble, but it is explicable, rational. Rather more so than trying to bring whiskey, sexy, and democracy to Iraq, for example.

Trying to establish any sort of lasting peace there is going to require an acknowledgment of Russia's goals and concerns, even if they are not shared.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (xzkgE)
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As are Ukraine's, Europe, and the US. When goals are in direct conflict - and they are here - it gets a bit dicey.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:56 AM (GZYu7)

214 "Graysexual" is for the cool kids, only. If you're lame, we call you incel.

Posted by: Your LGBTQIA++ Explainer at August 19, 2025 11:56 AM (m0WlR)

215 You got some balls going to Italy in August. Crazy hot, lotsa people.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

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We melted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (GBKbO)
_________

You be a better man than the Blade. I melt in hot NYC weather. I could not survive Italy in August. Or Texas in August. Or FL. Or Alabama. Or Tokyo ... oh wait, I lived in Tokyo and thus had no choice but to survive August there. Barely.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

216 So NATO's expectation is not only will we defend them from any and all comers, but we'll defend their neighbors.

Oh and when we asked just to pass through NATO during the WoT, NATO told us to FO.

Why weren't there tens of thousands of Euro-nik combat troops in Iraq let alone 'Stan?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (t0Rmr)

217 The population of Latvia is 1.9M, Estonia has 1.4M.

I was really opposed to NATO membership for both. They contribute nothing to the common defense.

At first, I was told that only Poland had increased its defense spending. I demolished that claim. Now, it's "sure, they've increased defense spending, but it doesn't really matter".

The left is not alone in shifting the goalposts.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

218 212 And something I didn't know, during the USSR days, Russians traveled freely in Ukraine, without passports. It was just like travel in the EU, Once the Soviet Union collapsed, some Russians moved to Ukraine. There isn't a long history of Ukraine as a stand alone nation.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 19, 2025 11:56 AM (kUxzU)

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You know what Ukraine means?

Borderland in Old Slavic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (GBKbO)

219 I tend to agree, because once Ukraine was invaded Poland went to work upgrading their defense posture. They gave up old cruddy Warsaw Pact weapons to Ukraine, and got nice new shiny US ones. With what we have seen from Russia, I think Poland would beat them in a straight up fight.

None of this precludes the reality that if Russia thought she could take them - say after in some alternate reality they took over Ukraine - Russia would try. But Poland is not a hardened target. Heck, Poland could probably take Germany right now.
Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:51 AM (GZYu7)

Poland invested heavily in the purchase of South Korea's latest MBT and other AFVs. I mean, the purchase contracts are eye-watering.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (rj6Yv)

220 182 You got some balls going to Italy in August. Crazy hot, lotsa people.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
—/

Jimmy’s Schwetty Balls

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (17s+e)

221 Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0%

Doesn't VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! rate more than 18%?

Posted by: .180 Isn't Even The Mendoza Line at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (G5+As)

222 It IS in the interest of American citizens to bear the cost of anti-communist insurgencies in New York, California and Illinois.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (XKkoH)

223 161 I saw three different guests on Fox News yesterday saying we will HAVE to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Just a few boots they said.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (63Dwl)
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Waves hand, I know, I know the answer; we'll just send advisors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 11:58 AM (GYoMn)

224 Poland invested heavily in the purchase of South Korea's latest MBT and other AFVs. I mean, the purchase contracts are eye-watering.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (rj6Yv)
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Yes, they've been arming to the teeth. I wonder if at this point you couldn't say they are the most prepared military in Europe.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:58 AM (GZYu7)

225 215 You be a better man than the Blade. I melt in hot NYC weather. I could not survive Italy in August. Or Texas in August. Or FL. Or Alabama. Or Tokyo ... oh wait, I lived in Tokyo and thus had no choice but to survive August there. Barely.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

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I had wanted to go for Christmas later this year, but some miscommunication led my wife to thinking I wanted it done during the summer. (My mother's schedule was part of that, she definitely could make it in August, but it was a question about December.)

Glad I did it, but it would have probably been even better with Christmas stuff and weather conditions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

226 Everyone is concerned with Ukrainian security. Russia also has security concerns. This somehow gets lost in all the pro-Uke noise. Just because Russia has 8(?) timezones, does not mean their borders are safe. They are threatened by Islamists in Asia, and by NATO and NATO expansions in Europe. That is a legitimate concern, because NATO was formed to counter and destroy them.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 11:58 AM (g47mK)

227 I saw three different guests on Fox News yesterday saying we will HAVE to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Just a few boots they said.
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Ok, three pair of empty boots will be air-dropped when the time is right.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 11:59 AM (TN0g+)

228 Where "pro Russia shit" equals recognition that Russia has foreign policy goals and security interests of its own that it is pursuing.

Russia's war may not be noble, but it is explicable, rational. Rather more so than trying to bring whiskey, sexy, and democracy to Iraq, for example.

Trying to establish any sort of lasting peace there is going to require an acknowledgment of Russia's goals and concerns, even if they are not shared.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 11:54 AM (xzkgE)

It's the leftist mindset.

There's a LOT of history where you can say "That's an understandable result/action/law" while not saying it was either the correct decision or even a good decision.

If you do that, you're automatically a Nazi for not knee-jerk condemning (insert issue here) because EVERYONE knows it was WRONG!

Meanwhile, I'm over here realizing that sometimes there are no good guys in a battle and sometimes there are no good choices either.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:59 AM (N1tpc)

229 Yes, they've been arming to the teeth. I wonder if at this point you couldn't say they are the most prepared military in Europe.

For a land war, I think they are. There's only one reason you do that, if you aren't offensively minded.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

230 Ukraine was the central part of the Rus civilization.

Now, that's obviously old history, and people should be able to leave a political unit that doesn't meet their needs, like Ukraine did with Russia

But the people in Eastern Ukraine have the same right to leave Ukraine...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 11:59 AM (t0Rmr)

231 224 Yes, they've been arming to the teeth. I wonder if at this point you couldn't say they are the most prepared military in Europe.
Posted by: Black JEM at August 19, 2025 11:58 AM (GZYu7)

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*LARPing war in safe zones*
-antifa

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:59 AM (GBKbO)

232 I once made the mistake of visiting Zion NP in August of the year.

Don't be like me. My whole life is a cautionary tale.

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2025 12:00 PM (AOsQT)

233 Poland could probably take Germany right now"

Texas could take Europe...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 12:00 PM (tubbA)

234 So long as we have a ruling class unwilling to do what is necessary to win a war, we should NEVER put American troops in harms way.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:03 AM
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This.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 19, 2025 12:00 PM (xp13L)

235 I saw three different guests on Fox News yesterday saying we will HAVE to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Just a few boots they said.

I volunteer Liz Cheney, Adam K, and Hillary Clinton.

I'll even spring for a new pair of boots for each of them.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)

236 At first, I was told that only Poland had increased its defense spending. I demolished that claim. Now, it's "sure, they've increased defense spending, but it doesn't really matter".

The left is not alone in shifting the goalposts.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM

What do you mean? The Baltics provide nothing except forward deployment.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:00 PM (jc0TO)

237
Hot in Houston? I think we've been over 100 only one or two days this year. It's been a cool summer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 12:00 PM (kkTda)

238 So, ia this new deputy director of the FBI going to replace Bongino, since Bongino stated his displeasure with Bondi?
Posted by: Megthered at August 19, 2025 11:55 AM (1Shiz)

According to the article linked by Insty, Bailey and Bongino will be co-deputy FBI directors. A unique situation, to be sure. Bailey is a protege of both MO US senators, which helps.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM (rj6Yv)

239 Let Europe protect Ukraine. Let them risk their soldiers. Let them risk their cities. Let them risk a charming little tactical nuke exchange with Russia.

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Let them cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of their tanks. Let them murder those lousy Red bastards by the bushel.

Let them hold onto him by the nose and kick him in the ass. Let them kick the hell out of him all the time and we're go through him like crap through a goose!

Let them wade into them. Let them spill their blood. Let them shoot them in the belly. Let them put their hands into a bunch of goo that a moment before was their best friend's face ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM (2xu9U)

240 The car was searched, and nothing was found, but that sure looks like a dry run for a car bombing.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2025 11:12 AM (xTIDn)

Or the little bitches want them to think that is what is happening so the ICE guys will 'overreact'.

Honestly, they should all be shot anyway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:14 AM (bss/y)

Sounds like Portland needs some vigilantes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM (masDJ)

241 So this game of we can hit you, but you can't hit us had an expected consequence. For years Putin issued warning, they voiced concerns. No one listened. Like no one listened in 2010s when Putin said that they will fight for Crimea if anyone tries to push them out. Which is exactly what happened.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM (g47mK)

242 Just because Russia has 8(?) timezones, does not mean their borders are safe. They are threatened by Islamists in Asia, and by NATO and NATO expansions in Europe. That is a legitimate concern, because NATO was formed to counter and destroy them.

I've listened to endless whining about NATO being a paper tiger, with no significant military capabilities, and then in the next sentence, Putin is scared to death of NATO and that justifies whatever he wants to do. Pick one.

Also, NATO was always a DEFENSIVE alliance. It was meant to counter the USSR (and then Russia), not to attack and destroy them.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

243 207 The population of Latvia is 1.9M, Estonia has 1.4M.

I was really opposed to NATO membership for both. They contribute nothing to the common defense.
Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 11:55 AM (jc0TO)

As anyone sensible would be. The idea that there is any significant demographic in America willing to die defending the freedom of the Baltic states is risible. There are some, including our elites, who are willing for others to do so. It would almost certainly unravel the United States to fight a war in their defense. Our ever-eastward expansion of NATO is a fool's gamble that the bill will never come due.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 12:02 PM (xzkgE)

244
Let them put their hands into a bunch of goo that a moment before was their best friend's face ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028 -- One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM (2xu9U)

_________

They'd rather shovel shit in Louisiana.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 12:02 PM (kkTda)

245 Nobody has explained why any support for Ukraine is important to the citizens of the United States. It's all reflexive stuff, nothing that makes the case for the American public to give up anything in this cause. Just narrative, no facts.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at August 19, 2025 11:55 AM

ukraine was the largest exporter of sunflower seeds and sunflower oil. That's gotta count for something.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2025 12:02 PM (0N4FZ)

246 You be a better man than the Blade. I melt in hot NYC weather. I could not survive Italy in August. Or Texas in August. Or FL. Or Alabama. Or Tokyo ... oh wait, I lived in Tokyo and thus had no choice but to survive August there. Barely.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

/raises eyebrow

New York City average August high temp: 84 degrees

Florence, Italy average August high temp: 86 degrees

Yeah, I can see that being a tough transition to handle.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 12:02 PM (N1tpc)

247 I was told that only Poland had increased its defense spending"

Que?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 12:03 PM (tubbA)

248 109° forecast here this week. Not loving it.

7-11 tv ad, car with spoiler backs in, parks. Some rando sets his soda on the spoiler. That's where I'd smoke the tires in reverse and smash the fag into the store. This car is not your table.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 12:03 PM (b+suG)

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Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at August 19, 2025 12:03 PM (2TbzQ)

250 243 As anyone sensible would be. The idea that there is any significant demographic in America willing to die defending the freedom of the Baltic states is risible. There are some, including our elites, who are willing for others to do so. It would almost certainly unravel the United States to fight a war in their defense. Our ever-eastward expansion of NATO is a fool's gamble that the bill will never come due.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 12:02 PM (xzkgE)

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The military not trying to win Iraq and Afghanistan and the left propagandizing against all wars had an effect on the American psyche, it seems.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

251 NO BLOOD FOR SUNFLOWER OIL!

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2025 12:03 PM (AOsQT)

252 Rome is pretty much as far north as Detroit is.

While Italy is hot, NONE of Europe is ever Houston hot.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

I love when some euro weenie is whining about their "sweltering" 80 degree day.

Our overnight low is 79.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 12:04 PM (X98Jy)

253 What do you mean? The Baltics provide nothing except forward deployment.

Read my posts. They spend or soon will spend a higher percentage of their GDP than we do.

Forward deployment is very important.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:04 PM (Riz8t)

254 I've listened to endless whining about NATO being a paper tiger, with no significant military capabilities, and then in the next sentence, Putin is scared to death of NATO and that justifies whatever he wants to do. Pick one.

This is silly.
Everyone knows we are NATO.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2025 12:04 PM (xzkgE)

255 NATO was always a DEFENSIVE alliance. It was meant to counter the USSR (and then Russia), not to attack and destroy them.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM

The Warsaw Pact made the same defense.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:04 PM (jc0TO)

256 Bestiality is already fairly prevalent in the extreme faggot "community." Not joking. They even made a documentary movie out of it. These are sick, sick fucks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:33 AM (iFTx/)
As sick as this is, I recall that a gay "married" couple with monkeypox somehow had a dog with monkeypox. And and infant.

Nasty sodomites.

Posted by: Lot at August 19, 2025 12:04 PM (Z3Vfa)

257 251 NO BLOOD FOR SUNFLOWER OIL!
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2025 12:03 PM (AOsQT)

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"Well, shucks."
-vampire tradesman specializing in sunflower oils and associated paraphernalia

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

258 Doesn't VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! rate more than 18%?
Posted by: .180 Isn't Even The Mendoza Line at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (G5+As)

Getting there.

I'm rebuilding my life. Crazy year. But getting there.

And the WINNING makes things better too.

Oh, President Trump completely snubbed Canada and Carney. Not a mention. That was beautiful.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 12:05 PM (jvJvP)

259 Forward deployment is very important.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:04 PM

Being defensible is also important.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:05 PM (jc0TO)

260 Rome is pretty much as far north as Detroit is.

While Italy is hot, NONE of Europe is ever Houston hot.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:52 AM (N1tpc)

Rome: Latitude 41.8 degrees North
Detroit: Latitude 42.3 degreed North
Houston: Latitude 29.8 degrees North

Checks out. Rated TRUE

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2025 12:05 PM (wVcYX)

261 Pretty nice this am north of Houston...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 12:05 PM (tubbA)

262 NATO was always a DEFENSIVE alliance. It was meant to counter the USSR (and then Russia), not to attack and destroy them.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM

The Warsaw Pact made the same defense.

Yes they did. So what?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

263 260 Rome is pretty much as far north as Detroit is.

While Italy is hot, NONE of Europe is ever Houston hot.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:52 AM (N1tpc)

Rome: Latitude 41.8 degrees North
Detroit: Latitude 42.3 degreed North
Houston: Latitude 29.8 degrees North

Checks out. Rated TRUE
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2025 12:05 PM (wVcYX)

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And yet, in the two winters I lived there, I never once saw snow in Rome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)

264 New York City average August high temp: 84 degrees

Florence, Italy average August high temp: 86 degrees

Yeah, I can see that being a tough transition to handle.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Average August overnight low in N Texas = 79

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 12:06 PM (X98Jy)

265 Also, NATO was always a DEFENSIVE alliance. It was meant to counter the USSR (and then Russia), not to attack and destroy them.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

If Russia made an alliance with all the countries of South America and claimed it was ONLY to oppose American imperialism, would we trust that?

(I know I'm talking to a brick wall here, but some people with open minds might be reading.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 12:06 PM (N1tpc)

266 Also, NATO was always a DEFENSIVE alliance. It was meant to counter the USSR (and then Russia), not to attack and destroy them.

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I did not say destroy them with weapons. NGOs and coups are also a form of destruction.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 12:07 PM (g47mK)

267 You be a better man than the Blade. I melt in hot NYC weather. I could not survive Italy in August. Or Texas in August. Or FL. Or Alabama. Or Tokyo ... oh wait, I lived in Tokyo and thus had no choice but to survive August there. Barely.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

/raises eyebrow

New York City average August high temp: 84 degrees

Florence, Italy average August high temp: 86 degrees

Yeah, I can see that being a tough transition to handle.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 12:02 PM (N1tpc)
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Don't believe those average temps. Florence gets very hot and humid in the summer -- beyond NYC. Plus, my point was mostly that I wouldn't survive a trip to Italy in the summer. That's voluntary. I live in NYC so I have to be here in the summer. But I almost never travel anywhere in the summer. Just too hot.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:07 PM (iFTx/)

268 The Warsaw Pact made the same defense.

Yes they did. So what?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:06 PM

Really? We didn't believe them, they didn't believe us.

You know you have to consider your opponent's position in negotiations.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:07 PM (jc0TO)

269 267 Don't believe those average temps. Florence gets very hot and humid in the summer -- beyond NYC. Plus, my point was mostly that I wouldn't survive a trip to Italy in the summer. That's voluntary. I live in NYC so I have to be here in the summer. But I almost never travel anywhere in the summer. Just too hot.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:07 PM (iFTx/)

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Florence was miserably hot a few weeks ago.

And I live in the South and have almost my whole life.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:07 PM (GBKbO)

270 @209

>> So, ia this new deputy director of the FBI going to replace Bongino, since Bongino stated his displeasure with Bondi?

That seems to be the case, we'll learn what's what in a couple of weeks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 12:08 PM (sS/v1)

271 too hot"

I see the words, but makes no sense...
Ah well.

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 12:08 PM (tubbA)

272 LMAO! Wait until I tell my friends(and their sons) that train Polish military personnel on our latest tech we've sold them that it isn't really happening. Gonna ask why they're lying and what's really going on......

Posted by: JROD at August 19, 2025 12:08 PM (IlL6s)

273 And yet, in the two winters I lived there, I never once saw snow in Rome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO

Detroit is lovely in winter all covered in snow.

Nah....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 12:08 PM (jvJvP)

274 Here is an excellent illustration of NATO'a push against the 1990 agreement with Gorbachev. It's an eye opener, promise.
@3:53 - only a minute

https://tinyurl.com/27a5hzz6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:08 PM (GYoMn)

275 I mean, you don't have to consider their position but, you aren't likely to get satisfactory results if you don't.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:08 PM (jc0TO)

276 NO BLOOD FOR SUNFLOWER OIL!

I have a better chant you know

Posted by: Khorne at August 19, 2025 12:08 PM (t0Rmr)

277 Until recently, we relied on the EU to manage the Russia portfolio. Good thing we finally figure out we were being scammed.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 12:09 PM (g47mK)

278 This whole ukraine/russia thing boils down to the fact that joe biden advised russia that it would be ok if they invaded just a little bit.

Then he doubled down when russia did invade and said they only way out was regime change in russia.

biden is responsible for this entire mess.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2025 12:09 PM (0N4FZ)

279 Really? We didn't believe them, they didn't believe us.

You know you have to consider your opponent's position in negotiations.

Ah, so when it was revealed that the USSR's plans included storming the Fulda Gap and charging through Western Europe, that must mean there's an equivalent plan for a sneak attack on the USSR in the Pentagon. Have you seen it?

This strained attempt at moral equivalence is just nonsense.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:09 PM (Riz8t)

280 And yet, in the two winters I lived there, I never once saw snow in Rome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)

Mediterranean Sea

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 12:09 PM (N1tpc)

281 And I thought.I had made some spending mistakes in my life. When you're spending other people's money, the mistakes can add up to trillions.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2025 12:10 PM (HzWqB)

282 280 And yet, in the two winters I lived there, I never once saw snow in Rome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)

Mediterranean Sea
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 12:09 PM (N1tpc)

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Just one of many reasons I love the Eternal City.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:10 PM (GBKbO)

283 biden is responsible for this entire mess."

Depends.

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 12:10 PM (tubbA)

284 I remain indifferent as to whether Ukraine is run by Ukrainian oligarchs, or by Russia ones.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:10 PM (jc0TO)

285 You be a better man than the Blade. I melt in hot NYC weather. I could not survive Italy in August. Or Texas in August. Or FL. Or Alabama. Or Tokyo ... oh wait, I lived in Tokyo and thus had no choice but to survive August there. Barely.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

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I had wanted to go for Christmas later this year, but some miscommunication led my wife to thinking I wanted it done during the summer. (My mother's schedule was part of that, she definitely could make it in August, but it was a question about December.)

Glad I did it, but it would have probably been even better with Christmas stuff and weather conditions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)
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I went a few times around March. Weather was perfect in Rome and Florence. Was a little cold in Venice, and it was the only time we got some rain. It's the luck of the draw in terms of weather no matter when or where you go. Youse pays your money, youse take your chances.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2025 12:10 PM (iFTx/)

286 Owens:

Hey @AGPamBondi — when you’re done rapid-responding to crybaby Zionist male students that are lightly shoved on college campuses, do you mind looking into this?"
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Omg, what a piece of shit she is.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2025 12:10 PM (E0p3T)

287 Four hundred and fifty arrested in DC so far.
So good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:11 PM (GYoMn)

288 It's 61 degrees and sunny. :->

Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 19, 2025 12:11 PM (KAi1n)

289 Forward deployment is very important.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:04 PM (Riz8t)

The Paolo, is, how you say, forward deployed and on high alert.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2025 12:11 PM (wVcYX)

290 Nice pics TJM!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:11 PM (0t1wa)

291 There was significant ethnic cleansing of Polish villages by Ukrainians during WWII. Horrific atrocities. Just saying.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 12:11 PM (Dv3i1)

292 If US war mongers want to kill some things they should look at Syria.
'Course that would require maturity and planning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:12 PM (GYoMn)

293 American boots on the ground? In some of the most dangerous ground in the world? Don't do it.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2025 12:12 PM (HzWqB)

294 290 Nice pics TJM!
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:11 PM (0t1wa)

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Thank you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:13 PM (GBKbO)

295 There was significant ethnic cleansing of Polish villages by Ukrainians during WWII. Horrific atrocities. Just saying.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 12:11 PM (Dv3i1)

Hungarian citizens also.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 12:13 PM (g47mK)

296 Y'all are busy making your plans to celebrate National Potato Day, right?

Right???

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 12:13 PM (0sNs1)

297 272 The Polish Air Force detachment that just finished up in Fort Smith was just putting on an air show (pretty good airshow, Sierra Hotel pilots).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2025 12:13 PM (gm9Sb)

298 Honestly, I think I would rather have an authoritarian Russia on side against China than having Ukraine in our orbit.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:13 PM (jc0TO)

299
Detroit is lovely in winter all covered in snow.

Nah....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 12:08 PM (jvJvP)

Snow covers the dirt, grime, used needles, potholes....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2025 12:14 PM (y9nCu)

300 Just one of many reasons I love the Eternal City.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer

"Eternal City" will be fire and brimstoned along with the rest of the planet in 2033.

Posted by: Sodom and Other Cities Of The Plain at August 19, 2025 12:14 PM (G5+As)

301 National Potato Day is the perfect day to become a you tuber like me!

Posted by: Brian "Sex Machine" Stelter at August 19, 2025 12:14 PM (0sNs1)

302 President speaks @ 1pm ET

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:14 PM (GYoMn)

303 298 Honestly, I think I would rather have an authoritarian Russia on side against China than having Ukraine in our orbit.
Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:13 PM (jc0TO)

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We must be at war with all authoritarian governments.

We must first begin with the UK, though.

Boots on the ground to save the people from their own government. London by Christmas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 12:14 PM (GBKbO)

304 As sick as this is, I recall that a gay "married" couple with monkeypox somehow had a dog with monkeypox. And and infant.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2025 11:37 AM (N1tpc)

And never forget, the Progressives were big fans of Putin until he shut down the export of Russian orphans to "gay married" partners. Suddenly he became the Devil incarnate.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:14 PM (1ogME)

305 Hi, folks

Prayer request. My son who graduated last year is currently speaking to someone on the staff at the college he attended about the fact that as an ice breaker his professor asked them to indicate what gender they identified as. This class is botany related. It had nothing to do with gender studies or literature. He said that he didn't say anything at the time to other students or the professor because he was afraid he might get flack from some students or the professor. Only one or two of his other teachers in community college asked this (and he didn't complain them) but they were not science related.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 12:15 PM (2GCMq)

306 The Paolo, is, how you say, forward deployed and on high alert.
Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2025 12:11 PM

We're ready! Promise us you won't stand down.

Posted by: Lena D., Trigglypuff, Stacey, and The View panelists at August 19, 2025 12:16 PM (0sNs1)

307 291 295 My late Polish landlady in Erie had worse to say about the Ukes than the Germans, and her entire family was conscripted labor.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2025 12:16 PM (gm9Sb)

308 The EU (and The UK) realized that with Trump, if they play stupid games, they will win stupid prizes. Like financially supporting Ukraine and ALL of its institutions, arming and training Ukraine. With their own money.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 12:16 PM (g47mK)

309 And I don't think he would have gotten flack from the other students. They are pre vet or agricultural students. I don't most of them are "woke".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 12:16 PM (2GCMq)

310 Is Oliver Willis still alive? He might want to see this
x.com/ClownWorld_/status/1957614242699588013

Posted by: oops, gKWVE did it again at August 19, 2025 12:17 PM (gKWVE)

311 Florence was miserably hot a few weeks ago.

And I live in the South and have almost my whole life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Did you have a t-bone? I was unimpressed in my single visit.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2025 12:17 PM (XvL8K)

312 The same frigging people who have been saying for years that Putin is going to roll on Europe one of these days are the same people who have been breaking their word about the eastward expansion of NATO for decades. If you poke a bear enough times don't be surprised when the beat strikes back.

Russia is not the Soviet Union yet some people keep pretending it is. The best way to prevent a war is to stop forcing conditions that might start one.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:38 AM (viF8m)

If there was ever a time for the Russians to roll into Western Europe when they were at the peak of military strength, it would have been during the Jimmy Carter term.

I never imagined our military being so weak that we couldn't even start the engines on tanks and other armor because there was so little money allocated for fuel. And that was just a small part of the shortages we experienced in Europe at the time.

So if Russia didn't attack then, I guess they really didn't want to in the first place.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 12:17 PM (g8Ew8)

313 I visited Italy at the end of my tour in Germany many years ago. I loved it and particularly loved the history, especially walking in The Forum. I was disappointed by their pizza however. The US version is much better IMO. Of course that was 40 years ago so maybe it's better now.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:17 PM (0t1wa)

314 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects a substantial increase in tariff revenues from the $300 billion he forecast earlier this year, and said the money would be used to start paying down the sizeable U.S. federal debt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:17 PM (GYoMn)

315 >>>No American boots on the ground.

Hear. Hear.

And not just in Ukraine.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 12:17 PM (i24o9)

316 his professor asked them to indicate what gender they identified as. This class is botany related.

Easy. Just state you're a stamen or a pistil.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 12:18 PM (0sNs1)

317 Ace is up.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 19, 2025 12:18 PM (u73oe)

318 NATO was always a DEFENSIVE alliance. It was meant to counter the USSR (and then Russia), not to attack and destroy them.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2025 12:01 PM

Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, only NATO had advanced on the other's borders. Not very defensive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 12:18 PM (ExV1e)

319 Owens:

Hey @AGPamBondi — when you’re done rapid-responding to crybaby Zionist male students that are lightly shoved on college campuses, do you mind looking into this?"
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Omg, what a piece of shit she is.
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Its as if she's just resolutely doubling down.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 12:19 PM (TN0g+)

320 I saw three different guests on Fox News yesterday saying we will HAVE to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Just a few boots they said.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2025 11:41 AM (63Dwl)

So take the footwear away from the illegals that are being deported. Palletize them by the gross. Drop them from airplanes. Bingo! Boots on the ground, no feet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:19 PM (Xtdoj)

321 I'm not sure if someone already posted this but Pres. Trump was on Fox and Friends this morning via phone and said there will be no U.S. troops on the ground at all but they would provide weapons, specifically air weapons.

Posted by: Isolden at August 19, 2025 12:19 PM (dB99g)

322 GREAT NEWS!

MO Attorney General has just been appointed to be a Deputy FBI Director! A tough, professional attorney with a record of protecting the Constitution. A military veteran who served as an armored cavalry officer overseas.

His extended interview on Tim Poole's podcast is a must-watch.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2025 11:40 AM (rj6Yv)

Sounds like a good pick.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2025 12:19 PM (i24o9)

323 I like WaPo explaining why MSNBC is becoming MS Now -

"The progressive cable news network is breaking away from NBC. It’s building a new team of journalists after relying for years on NBC News reporters."

The name change is part of MSNBC spreading their wings and soaring to new journalistic heights!

Sounds like a Spinal Tap press release announcing they were being dropped by their label.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 19, 2025 12:20 PM (MMp6W)

324 312 The same frigging people who have been saying for years that Putin is going to roll on Europe one of these days are the same people who have been breaking their word about the eastward expansion of NATO for decades. If you poke a bear enough times don't be surprised when the beat strikes back.

Russia is not the Soviet Union yet some people keep pretending it is. The best way to prevent a war is to stop forcing conditions that might start one.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 11:38 AM (viF8m)
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See #274

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:21 PM (GYoMn)

325 The Europeans fly to DC and get their panties in a wad about poor Ukraine, while at the the same time, allowing millions of Muslims into their countries, jailing the native citizens who point out the insanity of importing jihadist immigrants that will never integrate into their cultures or respect their history.
It's like creating a neighborhood watch group to keep an eye out for Hell's Angels while allowing MS-13 to set up shop in your basement.
Insane!

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 19, 2025 12:21 PM (Ovc06)

326 322 GREAT NEWS!

MO Attorney General has just been appointed to be a Deputy FBI Director! A tough, professional attorney with a record of protecting the Constitution. A military veteran who served as an armored cavalry officer overseas.

His extended interview on Tim Poole's podcast is a must-watch.
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He and Ken Paxton, TX are neck and neck chewing away at the Administrative State.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:23 PM (GYoMn)

327 The Europeans fly to DC and get their panties in a wad about poor Ukraine, while at the the same time, allowing millions of Muslims into their countries, jailing the native citizens who point out the insanity of importing jihadist immigrants that will never integrate into their cultures or respect their history.
It's like creating a neighborhood watch group to keep an eye out for Hell's Angels while allowing MS-13 to set up shop in your basement.
Insane!

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 19, 2025 12:21 PM (Ovc06)

I couldn't agree more. The Ottoman Empire spent a thousand years trying to conquer Europe. And couldn't. Who'da thought all it would take is a communist female German chancellor - Merkel - to do what fearsome Turkish Janissaries couldn't?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2025 12:26 PM (0t1wa)

328
My son who graduated last year is currently speaking to someone on the staff at the college he attended about the fact that as an ice breaker his professor asked them to indicate what gender they identified as.

Have your son tell his friend to loudly accuse the professor of trying to identify the LBQTIAOVNXKEIEIO folks for future pogroms. Important to do this in the classroom in front of his fellow students, and make it clear that Professor Heydrich obviously intends to cleanse the class of anyone who isn't cis-hetero.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2025 12:26 PM (y9nCu)

329 326 322 GREAT NEWS!

MO Attorney General has just been appointed to be a Deputy FBI Director! A tough, professional attorney with a record of protecting the Constitution. A military veteran who served as an armored cavalry officer overseas.

His extended interview on Tim Poole's podcast is a must-watch.
-----------------

He and Ken Paxton, TX are neck and neck chewing away at the Administrative State.

Posted by: Braenyard

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We heard the same sort of glowing platitudes about Bongino.

Posted by: How'd that work out? at August 19, 2025 12:26 PM (3cKSt)

330 No mention of Israel! The great leech.What a surprise.

Europe contributed a lot more to the alliance than the charming people of Israel.

Remember: CBD hates Europeans because they are genetically anti-Semitic but he really,really respects Americans of European ancestry. What a goof!

Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein at August 19, 2025 12:27 PM (BOpCH)

331
Europe contributed a lot more to the alliance than the charming people of Israel.

When did Israel join NATO?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM (y9nCu)

332 When did Israel join NATO?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2025 12:30 PM

Yeah, Average Joe's a fool, and sucker of cock.

Posted by: toby928 at August 19, 2025 12:35 PM (jc0TO)

333 Prayer request. My son who graduated last year is currently speaking to someone on the staff at the college he attended about the fact that as an ice breaker his professor asked them to indicate what gender they identified as. This class is botany related. It had nothing to do with gender studies or literature. He said that he didn't say anything at the time to other students or the professor because he was afraid he might get flack from some students or the professor. Only one or two of his other teachers in community college asked this (and he didn't complain them) but they were not science related.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 12:15 PM (2GCMq)

Fenelon, you have told us in the past that your son is autistic to some degree. Is it possible that the prof in question was mocking the pronoun mob, and that your son mistakenly took him literally?

Now if the professor was sincere, and takes that pronoun nonsense literally, your son should transfer out of that class. There is nothing useful to be learned from a twat like that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:36 PM (E23dO)

334 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:36 PM (E23dO)

Thanks for your concern

No, she did this as an ice breaker. I think she was stupidly sincere. He said she was o.k. as a teacher (not great but o.k.) He graduated last year, not this and did well in her class. It just has bothered him since them and he did not consult us before sending an e-mail

He said that the Dean of Students who he talked to him was a good listener and promised that there will be no reprisals. I hope so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 12:52 PM (2GCMq)

335 141 For those interested:

My vacation, days 8 and 9, Last day in Rome and Florence:

https://is.gd/7SYZAb

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

I'm jealous. Looks like my vacation last spring. Stayed a week in Rome about a block from the Pantheon and a couple of days in Florence. Stuffed my mouth with pasta and still lost weight. Would love to go back but my traveling days are over.

Posted by: javems at August 19, 2025 12:55 PM (8I4hW)

336 Do we really want to release another UN 'peacekeeping' force into the world to assault the women they're supposed to be protecting?
Posted by: Octochicken

... women?

Posted by: UN Peacekeepers - we have candy, kids! at August 19, 2025 01:19 PM (a+4eV)

337 " Do you want to talk about Korea ..."
Yes, let's talk about Korea. South Korea.

What's the problem?
Commies attacked, we defended, it looks good (other than the ongoing demographic disaster but it's hardly the only country like that)

Posted by: comradearthur at August 19, 2025 01:23 PM (OdNzD)

338 Have your son tell his friend to loudly accuse the professor of trying to identify the LBQTIAOVNXKEIEIO folks for future pogroms.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Or go with the "This is an unwelcome discussion of sexual matters in a professional setting, and it makes me deeply uncomfortable to be asked about my sex or gender preferences in public."

Because that's sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment, and power harassment (I don't even know if that's a thing in the US but whatever) and is therefore strictly forbidden by law.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2025 01:23 PM (a+4eV)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Interior with Woman in Red Seen from Behind
Félix Vallotton

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:31 AM (X98Jy)

2 Oh, me like it!!

Beautiful color

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 09:31 AM (cYBz/)

3 Red!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 19, 2025 09:31 AM (WvZaB)

4 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:31 AM (X98Jy)

5 Rugburn Carpet Weasel

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 09:31 AM (ZxfHC)

6 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who always checks the title at August 19, 2025 09:32 AM (XQo4F)

7 Then she turns around and it's Lena Hyena...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 19, 2025 09:32 AM (WvZaB)

8 The sniper is...

under her skirt!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 09:32 AM (t0Rmr)

9 With a setup like this my lovely wife would scare herself every time she walked into the room.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 09:32 AM (cYBz/)

10

There is a very small midget strapped to her inner thigh, flicking her bean.

In a whorehouse.

Posted by: Dirty Frank at August 19, 2025 09:33 AM (KrNsD)

11 You gotta love the titles in paintings.

"Interior with Woman in Red Seen from Behind"

Well, no shit Captain Obvious.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:33 AM (X98Jy)

12 Kinda cool. But I’d rather see drunk white Karens get mercilessly arrested or drunk black thugs fighting on Carnival over fried chicken.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 19, 2025 09:33 AM (DODe4)

13 Check out those doorknobs!

Posted by: Person who likes doorknobs at August 19, 2025 09:34 AM (XQo4F)

14 Well, no shit Captain Obvious.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:33 AM (X98Jy)
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I'm standing right here,you know...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 19, 2025 09:34 AM (WvZaB)

15 You gotta love the titles in paintings.

"Interior with Woman in Red Seen from Behind"

Well, no shit Captain Obvious.
Posted by: rickb223

The Title Office was closed that day. I had to wing it. What can I tell you. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 09:34 AM (cYBz/)

16 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. See the lady in red? She makes her living in her bed.
Ahhh. Old Army running songs.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2025 09:34 AM (2WIwB)

17 Nice painting.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 19, 2025 09:35 AM (ZRzmB)

18
No dog on the bed. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 09:35 AM (kkTda)

19 Double entry doors?

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2025 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

20 Juicy booty?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

21
The maid hasn't cleaned up. The quality of help nowadays!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 09:36 AM (kkTda)

22 Behind the green door.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2025 09:36 AM (0nHVk)

23 >>Behind the green door.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Heh.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 19, 2025 09:37 AM (ZRzmB)

24 Behind the green door.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

You surprise me DDS! LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 09:37 AM (cYBz/)

25 The Paolo, he used to visit me and take me on that bed.
[lingers wistfully, lost in thought]

Posted by: Woman In Red at August 19, 2025 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

26 Before central heating everyone was so cold in the winter...

I imagine the summer wardrobes looked rather different

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 09:38 AM (t0Rmr)

27 She has a come-hither look.
You'll have to trust me on this.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 19, 2025 09:38 AM (w9Wax)

28 Very interesting painting to look at. Rooms within rooms captures the imagination and draws you in. Thanks for posting CBD.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 19, 2025 09:38 AM (GMynS)

29 It's quite efficient that she sweeps the floor just by moving about.

Posted by: Endust Edgar at August 19, 2025 09:38 AM (G5+As)

30 Behind the green door.

You expect...SEX

You'll get "dear have you told the servants to fix the leaky faucet yet?"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 09:39 AM (t0Rmr)

31 The bed is too small.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

32 Oh, it's the end of The Godfather! They're about to close the door to separate Kay from seeing Michael's business!

Posted by: Movie Moron at August 19, 2025 09:39 AM (JCZqz)

33 It's quite efficient that she sweeps the floor just by moving about.
Posted by: Endust Edgar at August 19, 2025 09:38 AM (G5+As)

The first Roomba.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2025 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

34
The Lady in Red is dancing with me
Cheek to cheek
There's nobody here
It's just you and me
It's where I wanna be
But I hardly know this beauty by my side
I'll never forget the way you look tonight

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:40 AM (BENy5)

35 "Hi, honey - I'm home ... who is THAT woman!?" ... yeah, y' can hear it now, can'tcha?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 19, 2025 09:41 AM (ayRl+)

36 Very interesting. The use of light as well as perspective to provide depth.

Posted by: pawn at August 19, 2025 09:41 AM (uj3zf)

37 Victorian-age French whorehouse.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 09:41 AM (g8Ew8)

38 would hang

Posted by: Gref at August 19, 2025 09:41 AM (aBgBM)

39 I like this a lot because again I think the composition is perfect. The color palette is also very pleasing. I think it also makes the viewer come up with their own story of the painting.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 09:42 AM (EYmYM)

40 And when we get behind closed doors
Then she let's her hair hang down
And she makes me glad that I'm a man
Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2025 09:43 AM (wVcYX)

41 The next painting in the series is better, but is more exclusively shown; "Félix Vallotton taking the Woman in Red from Behind."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2025 09:43 AM (uWKK8)

42 For some reason, this reminds me of the opening scene in that Liz Taylor movie where she is a bit of a hoor, and she prances around in her nightgown. Then she has that fur coat in the closet.

Butterfield 88?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025 09:43 AM (ufFY8)

43 The Met-

Artist: Félix Vallotton (Swiss, Lausanne 1865–1925 Paris)

Date: 1903

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 36 5/8 × 27 15/16 in. (93 × 71 cm)
Framed: 42 1/8 in. × 33 7/16 in. × 2 3/8 in. (107 × 85 × 6 cm)

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

44 The theme song for this painting is Oh What A Night by The Dells.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 09:43 AM (LHPAg)

45 Has a voyeur vibe to it.

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

The Peeping Tom(ato) - a limerick

A pervy vegetarian named Walker
A sleazy and boastful up-talker
He liked to spy on plants
Through the window as they danced
And was arrested as a celery stalker

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2025 09:44 AM (/iMjX)

46 We are calling BS. Right green door has flush bolts up and down, yet I detect no latch or keeper in the floor, nor in the header. We expect architectural integrity!

Posted by: Hardware Compliance Project at August 19, 2025 09:44 AM (G5+As)

47 Three French Rooms Filled with Nothing But French

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM (RIvkX)

48 Looks vaguely sinister, like a mid-sequence shot in a Hitchcock movie.

BONUS! She has the long empty sleeves of a Japanese ghost.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

49 Three French Rooms Filled with Nothing But French
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM (RIvkX)

Smelly.
What kind of cheese?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM (ufFY8)

50 I also like the loose technique. The paint strokes are one and done. No reworking previous strokes.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM (EYmYM)

51 Not a fan. Pedestrian composition. Feels a little like an artistic nesting doll, with the view through doors from room to room. The palette is soothing, which is appropriate I suppose, given the subject.

Kind of a big yawn of a painting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM (RbVGf)

52 The steadily narrowing doors draw the focus to her (also because of the deep red she is wearing) and also to the bedroom. Lots of vertical lines in this, the outer doors, the doorframes, the uprights of the bed frame, and the striped bedroom wallpaper.

Also we have the horizontal lines of the steps up. There is also the diamond shapes of the pattern of the rug closest to us, and the rectangle (slightly out of true) of the rug the woman in standing on. Fascinating.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

53 Woman... Interior... From behind? Now you have my attention.

Posted by: Henri de Toulouse-Latrec at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (Dm8Zl)

54 For some reason, this reminds me of the opening scene in that Liz Taylor movie where she is a bit of a hoor, and she prances around in her nightgown. Then she has that fur coat in the closet.

Butterfield 88?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025

***
Butterfield 8

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (omVj0)

55 Rooms within rooms, man...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (kgE5c)

56 I've actually seen this before. I retweeted this one last week from an artbot I follow.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (lFFaq)

57 Alt title: "And then the murder happened"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (RbVGf)

58 Butterfield 88?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025

***
Butterfield 8
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (omVj0)

I must have been thinking of the Nazi version.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025 09:48 AM (ufFY8)

59 Ms Scarlett in the boudoir with the candlestick.

Posted by: Some moron with a clue at August 19, 2025 09:48 AM (t0Rmr)

60 I've actually seen this before. I retweeted this one last week from an artbot I follow.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (lFFaq)

----------------

Artbot > Fartbot

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:48 AM (BENy5)

61 We are calling BS. Right green door has flush bolts up and down, yet I detect no latch or keeper in the floor, nor in the header. We expect architectural integrity!
Posted by: Hardware Compliance Project at August 19, 2025 09:44 AM (G5+As)

I'm an artiste, not a construction foreman.

Posted by: Felix Vallotton at August 19, 2025 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

62 Huck, yes, this is like a nesting doll.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:49 AM (omVj0)

63 I've ruined more than one Swiss painting in my career.

Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun at August 19, 2025 09:49 AM (G5+As)

64 That carpet is quite the tripping hazard. She’s setting her husband up to trip and fall face first on the stairs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2025 09:50 AM (mT+6a)

65 Three French Rooms Filled with Nothing But French
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM (RIvkX)

Smelly.
What kind of cheese?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

For the love of Gouda, no cheese puns!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:50 AM (X98Jy)

66 You have no idea, looking at this, but an old woman is dying on that bed and she can hear the coffin construction going on in the yard.

Posted by: William Faulkner at August 19, 2025 09:50 AM (RbVGf)

67 BONUS! She has the long empty sleeves of a Japanese ghost.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM

Creepy black hair is about to start sliding into the picture.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 09:51 AM (kgE5c)

68 Rooms within rooms, man...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Aka, shotgun house.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:51 AM (X98Jy)

69 I also like the loose technique. The paint strokes are one and done. No reworking previous strokes.
Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 09:45 AM (EYmYM)

The Paolo finds these words to be an anathema.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2025 09:51 AM (wVcYX)

70 She has work to do.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 19, 2025 09:51 AM (W3T6M)

71 Ms Scarlett in the boudoir with the candlestick.

Posted by: Some moron with a clue at August 19, 2025 09:48 AM (t0Rmr)

---------------

youtube.com/watch?v=OSV-fFE45Tc

/obligatory Vicki Lawrence on The Carol Burnett Show in the sketch "Went With The Wind"

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:51 AM (BENy5)

72 The steadily narrowing doors draw the focus to her (also because of the deep red she is wearing) and also to the bedroom. Lots of vertical lines in this, the outer doors, the doorframes, the uprights of the bed frame, and the striped bedroom wallpaper.

Also we have the horizontal lines of the steps up. There is also the diamond shapes of the pattern of the rug closest to us, and the rectangle (slightly out of true) of the rug the woman in standing on. Fascinating.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:46 AM

Impressive. Most impressive!

Posted by: Mark Rothko at August 19, 2025 09:51 AM (0sNs1)

73 She'd make a good beer cart girl on the course for Geezer Golf today. It's the start of a two round Club championship. Woohoo!
(See how I didn't violate the 100 comment rule?)

Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2025 09:52 AM (2WIwB)

74 Rather casual, the home life pictured here, with a blouse tossed over the love seat in the front room, and a robe (?) dangling in the next room. And the bed looks like it has not been made.

Oh, and there are more verticals, slightly wavy, in the tan hangings or drapes just above her head.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:52 AM (omVj0)

75 Creepy black hair is about to start sliding into the picture.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 09:51 AM

It's not creepy if it's happy.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at August 19, 2025 09:52 AM (0sNs1)

76 Seems like Felix was like a lot of talented artists and searched for his own style. This painting is an exception to his other works.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 09:53 AM (EYmYM)

77 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2025 09:53 AM (mT+6a)

78 Swiss architects are a different breed. Charge by the room, not the square footage.

Posted by: 6 Rms Riv Vu at August 19, 2025 09:54 AM (G5+As)

79 This is a good setup for us to imagine a story for the scene.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:54 AM (omVj0)

80 Let me give you a tour. First, go through the door, and we got this little room with a bench thing on the left. A few stairs up, go through the door, and we got this little room with a bench thing on the left. Now, go through the door...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2025 09:54 AM (snZF9)

81 Liz Taylor was hawt AF in Butterfield 8.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

82 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2025 09:53 AM

Give Lucy the Fink some tummy scritches from the Horde!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 09:55 AM (kgE5c)

83 I think it’s like an old hotel room with the shared door between rooms.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 09:56 AM (EYmYM)

84 Interior with Woman in Red Seen from Behind

Would be a better painting if you could see her behind.

But did sorta like the almost-infinite view thing going on.

Posted by: GWB at August 19, 2025 09:56 AM (rSsQh)

85 It's amazing, what some art customers will pay to own.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at August 19, 2025 09:57 AM (RbVGf)

86 We've had something by Mr. Vallotton before. I remember looking him up, and finding his self-portrait looks very much like actor Michael Shannon (Man of Steel).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:57 AM (omVj0)

87 Hiya, RMBS!

Certainly! I’ll see what her mood is first though. She can shred my arm like a little Freddy Krueger.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2025 09:58 AM (mT+6a)

88 Butterfield 88?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025

***
Butterfield 8
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (omVj0)

I must have been thinking of the Nazi version.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025 09:48 AM (ufFY

You know who could paint that apartment in one afternoon? Two coats!

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at August 19, 2025 09:58 AM (wVcYX)

89 What good have the Swiss brought us except cheese with holes and the cuckoo clock?

Posted by: Slow Bern at August 19, 2025 09:58 AM (G5+As)

90 Meh

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2025 09:58 AM (Vh9CX)

91 Yesterday's Challenge

The Distortion of Truth - a limerick

A tale writ with abysmal pens
When refracted by decimals of tens
The story regains focus
Bu a bit of hocus pocus
When viewed through a Fresnel lens

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2025 09:58 AM (/iMjX)

92 Felix definitely liked to do female nudes.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 09:58 AM (EYmYM)

93 Nice painting. I was not familiar with this artist. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 09:59 AM (2GCMq)

94 I hope at least one of those rooms has a second entrance, because otherwise the house seems very odd.

Posted by: Christine Blasey Ford at August 19, 2025 09:59 AM (RbVGf)

95 Let me give you a tour. First, go through the door, and we got this little room with a bench thing on the left. A few stairs up, go through the door, and we got this little room with a bench thing on the left. Now, go through the door...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2025 09:54 AM (snZF9)

Alternate title:

"The House With Stuff Only On the Left: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 09:59 AM (iJfKG)

96 25 The Paolo, he used to visit me and take me on that bed.
[lingers wistfully, lost in thought]
Posted by: Woman In Red at August 19, 2025 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

*sigh*. How many sleepless nights? How many Dutch ovens? *sigh*

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 10:00 AM (ipIsk)

97 Felix definitely liked to do female nudes.
Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 09:58 AM (EYmYM)

Who doesn't? Though I sometimes get a little behind in my work.

Posted by: Felix Vallotton at August 19, 2025 10:00 AM (wVcYX)

98 Alternate title:
"The House With Stuff Only On the Left: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery"
Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 09:59 AM

Perhaps the most sinister of all Holmes mysteries!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 10:00 AM (0sNs1)

99 Certainly! I’ll see what her mood is first though. She can shred my arm like a little Freddy Krueger.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2025 09:58 AM

Cats, amirite?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 10:00 AM (kgE5c)

100 Interior with Woman in Red Seen from Behind, With Fries and A Shake, To Go Please

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:01 AM (AOsQT)

101 Beautiful use of framing and color by the artist but probably wouldn't hang this particular painting.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 10:02 AM (NFX2v)

102 Upscale phone exchanges were coveted NYC in olden times. Butterfield 8, Pennsylvania 6, Murray Hill 5, Slocum 6, Shore Road 8, etc.

Posted by: Hold the Line at August 19, 2025 10:02 AM (G5+As)

103 An interesting painting but not one I would hang. It could easily be a book illustration. The perspective of room to room to room catches the eye. It is very feminine, not just from the model but with the delicate furniture, the casually strewn clothing and bed clothes, and the sense of a private area that is hers, not for visitors.

The use of blocks of color in the doors and walls gives a 'modern' feel to the piece rather than the detail that might have been prevalent in earlier times. I can see how this approach could have led to the style of Edward Hopper and others a generation or two later.

Posted by: JTB at August 19, 2025 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

104 The double doors seem off, like they wouldn't close properly

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:02 AM (AOsQT)

105 She'd make a good beer cart girl on the course for Geezer Golf today. It's the start of a two round Club championship. Woohoo!
(See how I didn't violate the 100 comment rule?)
Posted by: Diogenes

********

Has anybody else noticed that Geezer Golf Tuesday coincides with Tummy Rub Tuesday? Is there more happening out on the course than you're telling us, Diogenes?

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2025 10:03 AM (/iMjX)

106 Today is National Potato Day. (Seriously.)

It would be good if we all posted a paen to what the potato means to us, a recipe, something to honor the potato.

To start, here's my contribution:

https://tinyurl.com/3fttvmkv

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 10:03 AM (0sNs1)

107 Ah, the origin of the “Caught From Behind” series of cinematic, er, expositions.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 10:03 AM (ipIsk)

108 I think we’ve had his Perseus Slaying the Dragon posted here before.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 10:03 AM (EYmYM)

109 >Upscale phone exchanges were coveted NYC in olden times. Butterfield 8, Pennsylvania 6, Murray Hill 5, Slocum 6, Shore Road 8, etc.
----

Tidewater 4-1009

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:03 AM (AOsQT)

110 Butterfield 88?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2025
***
Butterfield 8
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yeah, all those sequels started getting tired after #58 or so.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 19, 2025 10:04 AM (w9Wax)

111 Ah, the origin of the “Caught From Behind” series of cinematic, er, expositions.
Posted by: haffhowershower

One of the more requested genres on Pron Hub.
That's his aunt about to get stuck in the dryer.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (X98Jy)

112 Holy shit!

NewsWire@NewsWire_US
Belief in God among British 18–24 year-olds has surged from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025 — YouGov

-
I guess if you live in Satan's works daily, you can believe in God

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (L/fGl)

113 A King Charles Cavalier would be the appropriate dog for this woman, I think

Posted by: Dog Breed AI at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (n9M/T)

114 91 Yesterday's Challenge
"Fresnel lens"
Posted by: muldoon

👏 👍

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (NFX2v)

115 112 Holy shit!

NewsWire@NewsWire_US
Belief in God among British 18–24 year-olds has surged from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025 — YouGov

-
I guess if you live in Satan's works daily, you can believe in God
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (L/fGl)

=======

Life isn't a straight line. Patterns break. Trends reverse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 10:06 AM (GBKbO)

116 91 Yesterday's Challenge

The Distortion of Truth - a limerick

A tale writ with abysmal pens
When refracted by decimals of tens
The story regains focus
Bu a bit of hocus pocus
When viewed through a Fresnel lens
Posted by: muldoon

Wow Muldoon! I knew you were travelling yesterday and didn't really expect an answer, but this was worth waiting for!

Posted by: The Lonely, Old, Decrepit, Lighthousekeeper at August 19, 2025 10:06 AM (G5+As)

117 Holy shit!

NewsWire@NewsWire_US
Belief in God among British 18–24 year-olds has surged from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025 — YouGov

-
I guess if you live in Satan's works daily, you can believe in God
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (L/fGl)

I believe Russell Brand contributed to the upswing. Good for him.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2025 10:06 AM (EYmYM)

118 Felix definitely liked to do female nudes.
Posted by: polynikes

Don't we all.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 10:06 AM (cYBz/)

119 Today is National Potato Day. (Seriously.)

It would be good if we all posted a paen to what the potato means to us, a recipe, something to honor the potato.

To start, here's my contribution:

https://tinyurl.com/3fttvmkv
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 10:03 AM (0sNs1)

https://youtu.be/OgUbNKNeyAY

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 10:06 AM (ExV1e)

120 Huh. I kind of like it. Different perspective.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:07 AM (bss/y)

121 NewsWire@NewsWire_US
Belief in God among British 18–24 year-olds has surged from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025 — YouGov

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I guess if you live in Satan's works daily, you can believe in God
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (L/fGl)

"Among these dark Satanic mills"

as it were.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 10:08 AM (iJfKG)

122
A King Charles Cavalier would be the appropriate dog for this woman, I think
Posted by: Dog Breed AI at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (n9M/T)

________

*polite cough*

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, which is in the Toy group.

I will be serving as Chief Steward for the CKCS Club of Greater Houston shows this Friday. My only stewarding for the year.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:09 AM (kkTda)

123 Oddly, although Vallotton's style became more abstract in some ways, he did a series of rather pleasant realistic still life paintings in the 1920s. I wonder if it was intended as a counter to the despairing, chaotic art following WW I.

Posted by: JTB at August 19, 2025 10:10 AM (yTvNw)

124
Belief in God among British 18–24 year-olds has surged from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025 — YouGov

_________

How many call Him "Allah"?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:10 AM (kkTda)

125 > Felix definitely liked to do female nudes.
Posted by: polynikes
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Was Oscar watching?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 10:11 AM (Q4IgG)

126 Trump's thoughts.

"If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that's a pretty - I want to try to get to heaven if possible. I hear I'm not doing well. I hear I'm really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons. I think I saved a lot of lives in India and Pakistan - they were going at it - planes were being shot down. That was going to maybe be a nuclear war if I let that go, and I did that through trade."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

127 Speaking of Potato:

NY Post, 'Illegal migrant truck driver suspect in deadly Florida crash was given work permit under Biden after being denied by Trump: DHS'
By Jennie Taer
Published Aug. 18, 2025,

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (NFX2v)

128 126 Trump's thoughts.

"If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that's a pretty - I want to try to get to heaven if possible. I hear I'm not doing well. I hear I'm really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons. I think I saved a lot of lives in India and Pakistan - they were going at it - planes were being shot down. That was going to maybe be a nuclear war if I let that go, and I did that through trade."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

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"Trump only tries to stop war to get into Heaven. He's damned to hell for trying to stop war for such selfish reasons."
-David French

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

129 Ackshewallee, the whole hymn might act as an Anthem of Renewal for Old Blighty:

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire.
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (iJfKG)

130 What does a Chief Steward do? Do you get to wear a fancy hat or something?

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (Oy/m2)

131 Trump's thoughts.

"If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that's a pretty - I want to try to get to heaven if possible. I hear I'm not doing well. I hear I'm really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons. I think I saved a lot of lives in India and Pakistan - they were going at it - planes were being shot down. That was going to maybe be a nuclear war if I let that go, and I did that through trade."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

Based on what I've heard of his past, from the before times when he wasn't Literally Hitler, marital infidelity aside he was a remarkable decent person.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

132 Posted by: The Lonely, Old, Decrepit, Lighthousekeeper at August 19, 2025 10:06 AM (G5+As)

*********

I had to exercise a lot of poetic licentiousness and torture the limits of rhyming, but managed to stuff the subject into something resembling a limerick.

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2025 10:14 AM (/iMjX)

133 Trump's thoughts.

"If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that's a pretty - I want to try to get to heaven if possible. I hear I'm not doing well. I hear I'm really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons. I think I saved a lot of lives in India and Pakistan - they were going at it - planes were being shot down. That was going to maybe be a nuclear war if I let that go, and I did that through trade."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

If you want to get to Heaven
You've got to raise a little Hell!

Posted by: Ozark Mountain Daredevils at August 19, 2025 10:15 AM (wVcYX)

134 Those rascally royals!

Son of Norway's crown princess charged with four counts of rape

https://is.gd/8DfQ50

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:16 AM (L/fGl)

135 "Trump only tries to stop war to get into Heaven. He's damned to hell for trying to stop war for such selfish reasons."
-David French
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

Is that for real? I honestly can't tell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:17 AM (bss/y)

136 134 Those rascally royals!

Son of Norway's crown princess charged with four counts of rape

https://is.gd/8DfQ50
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jus primae noctis

Posted by: pudinhead at August 19, 2025 10:17 AM (W3T6M)

137
I have always disliked gavin newscum, but now I hate him.

Newscum is garbage.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 19, 2025 10:17 AM (DPWyj)

138 125 > Felix definitely liked to do female nudes.
Posted by: polynikes
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Was Oscar watching?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

FU Enterprises, Portraits a Specialty!

Posted by: Edna Unger at August 19, 2025 10:17 AM (G5+As)

139 135 "Trump only tries to stop war to get into Heaven. He's damned to hell for trying to stop war for such selfish reasons."
-David French
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

Is that for real? I honestly can't tell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:17 AM (bss/y)

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Should have added my probability ranking.

99.9 (repeating to infinity) probability.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

140 NY Post, 'Illegal migrant truck driver suspect in deadly Florida crash was given work permit under Biden after being denied by Trump: DHS'
By Jennie Taer
Published Aug. 18, 2025,
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (NFX2v)
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You mean a job didn't make him a decent person? I'm shaken to my very foundations.

Posted by: Jen-Psaki-Psok at August 19, 2025 10:19 AM (696zx)

141 One of the more requested genres on Pron Hub.
That's his aunt about to get stuck in the dryer.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (X98Jy)

I can’t believe how many women get stuck in a dryer like that. Those things are dangerous! Where is the million mom march for common sense dryer control?

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 10:19 AM (ipIsk)

142 David French and faith are two things that do not correlate.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 19, 2025 10:19 AM (W3T6M)

143 This painting leaves the viewer with a sense of mystery.

Posted by: There's A Bathroom On The Right at August 19, 2025 10:19 AM (G5+As)

144 What does a Chief Steward do? Do you get to wear a fancy hat or something?
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (Oy/m2)

Gives the last score, a 10, giving "Pig" a perfect score, to the crowd's delight.

Posted by: Farmer Hoggett at August 19, 2025 10:20 AM (wVcYX)

145 Word of the Day: Craptacular

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2025 10:20 AM (RHGPo)

146 Do you get to wear a fancy hat or something?

A festive little hat.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 10:20 AM (dB/z8)

147 Those rascally royals!

Son of Norway's crown princess charged with four counts of rape

https://is.gd/8DfQ50
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:16 AM (L/fGl)
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Was that wrong? Nobody told me that was wrong. In my last palace, everyone did it!

Posted by: Prince George Costanza of Norway at August 19, 2025 10:21 AM (696zx)

148 Tonypete, just so you know, I never saw the movie!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2025 10:21 AM (0nHVk)

149 How many of you knew that LNG, liquified natural gas, is not very flammable in that state and not at all explosive?

I didn't until the other day.

If I thought about it at all, I would have thought it was like propane. That you have a risk of explosion.
Nope.
Those giant LNG tankers are probably safer than an oil tanker.

Guess who has the largest natural gas--clean burning, environmentally friendly natural gas--reserves in the world?
(Number 2 is Russia)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2025 10:23 AM (0JnyD)

150 Should have added my probability ranking.

99.9 (repeating to infinity) probability.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

I could completely believe it, these people are getting beyond parody and mocking.

I was about to ask whether French had always been so high on his religious horse, as I could not remember reading that much of his stuff, 20 years ago.

It seems like he appeared out of relative no where in 2016 when he all of a sudden wanted to run as an alternative to Trump. I had known of him before then but he was one of the bland, dime a dozen, NRO guys back then.

It should have told us something that back then, Jonah was the 'stand out.' VDH I read at NRO, but he was always larger than NRO.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:23 AM (bss/y)

151 Woman in Red Seen from Behind,

Snickering "seen"

Posted by: DaveA at August 19, 2025 10:24 AM (FhXTo)

152 Chief Stewards on airplanes are all light-in-the-loafers, but I'm sure in dog show world the percentage is only about 60%.

Posted by: Ken L. Ration at August 19, 2025 10:24 AM (G5+As)

153 I can’t believe how many women get stuck in a dryer like that. Those things are dangerous! Where is the million mom march for common sense dryer control?
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 10:19 AM (ipIsk)

Couches are murder too, evidently.

Remember sleep away couches? (If you are from back in the day you know the exact couch I am thinking of with a picture of a... water mill? on every cushion.)

Now THOSE, you could get snagged on something sticking a sleeved arm into, I guess.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:25 AM (bss/y)

154 Belief in God among British 18–24 year-olds has surged from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025 — YouGov

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:05 AM (L/fGl)

Which god?

Do we know that it isn't Allah?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 10:25 AM (OKniM)

155 I can’t believe how many women get stuck in a dryer like that. Those things are dangerous! Where is the million mom march for common sense dryer control?
Posted by: haffhowershower

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:26 AM (X98Jy)

156 IDF Babe of the Day

https://tinyurl.com/23vej6yd

I'm beginning to doubt the authenticity
it's not possible

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:26 AM (AOsQT)

157 Chief Stewards on airplanes are all light-in-the-loafers, but I'm sure in dog show world the percentage is only about 60%.

Posted by: Ken L. Ration at August 19, 2025 10:24 AM (G5+As)

Not always.

One flight I take occasionally has a chief steward who is a very well put-together 50-year-old woman.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 10:27 AM (OKniM)

158 It seems like he appeared out of relative no where in 2016 when he all of a sudden wanted to run as an alternative to Trump. I had known of him before then but he was one of the bland, dime a dozen, NRO guys back then.

It should have told us something that back then, Jonah was the 'stand out.' VDH I read at NRO, but he was always larger than NRO.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I seem to remember French having a weekly column in the WSJ over 20 years ago. He lost his shit, along with the whole paper, not just the editorial staff when Trump got serious about running.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2025 10:27 AM (yyEWD)

159 Where is the million mom march for common sense dryer control?
Posted by: haffhowershower

They're all doing laundry for some reason.

Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2025 10:28 AM (pxUkb)

160
I'd hit it...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 19, 2025 10:28 AM (EFZgU)

161 Son of Norway's crown princess charged with four counts of rape"

The various articles are a little... odd. Charges of "rape" but not "intercourse"? Or are these AI translations?

Anyway, a "royal", so OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 10:30 AM (tubbA)

162 Today is National Potato Day. (Seriously.)

It would be good if we all posted a paen to what the potato means to us, a recipe, something to honor the potato.

To start, here's my contribution:

https://tinyurl.com/3fttvmkv
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2025 10:03 AM

Mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=timGbpYv2_Q

"I've been lied to my whole life..."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 10:30 AM (Wnv9h)

163 > 'Illegal migrant truck driver suspect in deadly Florida crash was given work permit under Biden after being denied by Trump: DHS'
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Trucking companies have been setting up shop in Mexico and using their lax licensing and inspection systems to avoid spending what it costs here to inspect, license and train the trucks and drivers here in the states.

There are huge loopholes that permit it. And it's a challenge to police.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 10:31 AM (Q4IgG)

164 Why doesn't the room that she's standing in match the room in the mirror?

It's weird, man.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2025 10:31 AM (JkO4W)

165
What does a Chief Steward do? Do you get to wear a fancy hat or something?
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (Oy/m2)

__________

My job as a steward is to handle all the little things so that the judge can get through his assignment as efficiently as possible. So, I hand out armbands to the exhibitors, call dogs into the ring, lay out placement ribbons and point out who has to stay for Best Owner-Handler.

I also act as an intermediary between the judge and exhibitors. If there's to be a handler change or late arrival, I let the judge know and get his permission before proceeding. On the odd occasion, I ask if we might wait a minute for someone to show up if they're held up elsewhere

And there's a bunch of things I do for the exhibitors. Professional handlers are on a very tight schedule and often interested in how many dogs have picked up before their breed goes in. Or exhibitors may want to know what class is in, or how fast the judge is, or if the major held.

It's a long and busy day and all I get from it is a free lunch. But it's an important job, one that requires knowledge of ring procedure, a cool head and a sense of priority.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:31 AM (kkTda)

166 I can’t believe how many women get stuck in a dryer like that. Those things are dangerous! Where is the million mom march for common sense dryer control?
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 10:19 AM

You asked for it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86aeA5eZua4

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 10:33 AM (Wnv9h)

167 What does a Chief Steward do? Do you get to wear a fancy hat or something?
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2025 10:13 AM (Oy/m2)

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For one thing, he bosses around all the Inferior Stewards.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2025 10:33 AM (JkO4W)

168 There are huge loopholes that permit it."

Otherwise known as "NAFTA"

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 10:33 AM (tubbA)

169 Hadrian-

How accurate is the movie Best In Show ?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:34 AM (AOsQT)

170 It’s Heddy Lamar day on TCM.

Talk about good genes!

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

171
How accurate is the movie Best In Show?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:34 AM (AOsQT)

_________

It is an exaggeration. But not much of one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM (kkTda)

172 You mean a job didn't make him a decent person? I'm shaken to my very foundations.
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I'm sure he was an aspiring rapper before the accident....oh, wait, wrong topic.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM (TN0g+)

173 Family of Tribal Chief Who Inspired Redskins Logo Thanks Trump, Urges Team to Restore It

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I'm pretty sure that's racist. Or maybe cultural appropriation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM (L/fGl)

174 It's a long and busy day and all I get from it is a free lunch. But it's an important job, one that requires knowledge of ring procedure, a cool head and a sense of priority.

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And epaulettes, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM (JkO4W)

175 https://tinyurl.com/23vej6yd

I'm beginning to doubt the authenticity
it's not possible
Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:26 AM (AOsQT)
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Yeah, no way that little fabric would handle that much strain. And you probably didn't notice but there is a pool in that picture. It looks pretty narrow. Not completely real. Everything else though? Totes real.

Posted by: Prince George Costanza of Norway at August 19, 2025 10:36 AM (GySRH)

176 It's a long and busy day and all I get from it is a free lunch. But it's an important job, one that requires knowledge of ring procedure, a cool head and a sense of priority.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You are just the man who can do it too. The amazing thing is that you weren't born into this world, you married into it.

Posted by: Like Megan Sparkle! at August 19, 2025 10:36 AM (G5+As)

177 What good have the Swiss brought us except cheese with holes and the cuckoo clock?
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Everyone knows the Hammelberg cuckoo clocks are the most collectable.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 10:38 AM (TN0g+)

178
For one thing, he bosses around all the Inferior Stewards.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2025 10:33 AM (JkO4W)

_______

No, being the Chief Steward for an all-breed show is one of the worst jobs in the world. Far from bossing people around, they will tell you at the last minute that they won't be there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:38 AM (kkTda)

179 177 Everyone knows the Hammelberg cuckoo clocks are the most collectable.
Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 10:38 AM (TN0g+)

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I did not know that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 10:38 AM (GBKbO)

180 The chief Stuart is in charge of all the other Stuarts, who can be unruly at times

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:41 AM (AOsQT)

181 For a while Charles I was the Chief Stuart but then he lost his head.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2025 10:42 AM (JkO4W)

182 Family of Tribal Chief Who Inspired Redskins Logo Thanks Trump, Urges Team to Restore It

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I'm pretty sure that's racist. Or maybe cultural appropriation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM

Hey, know your place, the liberal AWFUL's and co. Will tell the Native Americans what is or isn't rayciss! You're porlly rayciss for even mentioning it. S/

Posted by: Minnfidel at August 19, 2025 10:42 AM (4p0Xq)

183 It's a long and busy day and all I get from it is a free lunch. But it's an important job, one that requires knowledge of ring procedure, a cool head and a sense of priority.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:31 AM (kkTda)
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Do you get to carry a gun?

Posted by: Weasel at August 19, 2025 10:42 AM (mgRTg)

184 One flight I take occasionally has a chief steward who is a very well put-together 50-year-old woman.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 10:27 AM (OKniM)

Talk about popular genres. Rhowwrrr!

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 10:42 AM (ipIsk)

185 How accurate is the movie Best In Show?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:34 AM (AOsQT)

_________

It is an exaggeration. But not much of one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM (kkTda)
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"Just think, in some parts of the world, these dogs are eaten."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 19, 2025 10:43 AM (WvZaB)

186 Collin Rugg@CollinRugg
NEW: The son of Norway's crown princess charged with 32 offenses, including four counts of r*pe.
Marius Borg Høiby will likely stand trial at the beginning of 2026 and is facing up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

187 I'm beginning to doubt the authenticity
it's not possible
Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:26 AM (AOsQT)
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Yeah, no way that little fabric would handle that much strain. And you probably didn't notice but there is a pool in that picture. It looks pretty narrow. Not completely real. Everything else though? Totes real.
Posted by: Prince George Costanza of Norway at August 19, 2025 10:36 AM (GySRH)

https://tinyurl.com/4kwwtw5b

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:43 AM (bss/y)

188 No, being the Chief Steward for an all-breed show is one of the worst jobs in the world. Far from bossing people around, they will tell you at the last minute that they won't be there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:38 AM (kkTda)
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I had several girlfriends like that. Well, maybe more like "first dates"...

Posted by: Sad Violin at August 19, 2025 10:44 AM (54o/3)

189
Do you get to carry a gun?
Posted by: Weasel at August 19, 2025 10:42 AM (mgRTg)

__________

Wish I had one. My job is yelling at people who ought to be paying attention to what's going on, but can't be bothered to do so.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:44 AM (kkTda)

190 https://tinyurl.com/23vej6yd

I'm beginning to doubt the authenticity
it's not possible
Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:26 AM (AOsQT)
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Yeah, no way that little fabric would handle that much strain. And you probably didn't notice but there is a pool in that picture. It looks pretty narrow. Not completely real. Everything else though? Totes real.
Posted by: Prince George Costanza of Norway at August 19, 2025 10:36 AM (GySRH)

Maybe the fabric is interwoven with carbon fiber?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2025 10:45 AM (wVcYX)

191 >>Wish I had one. My job is yelling at people who ought to be paying attention to what's going on, but can't be bothered to do so.

So you're like a co-blogger.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2025 10:45 AM (viF8m)

192 It's a long and busy day and all I get from it is a free lunch. But it's an important job, one that requires knowledge of ring procedure, a cool head and a sense of priority.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:31 AM (kkTda)
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Do you get to carry a gun?
Posted by: Weasel at August 19, 2025 10:42 AM (mgRTg)
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Threadwinner nominee

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2025 10:46 AM (54o/3)

193 Today is National Potato Day. (Seriously.)

Stelter has his own holiday?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2025 10:47 AM (3cXfB)

194 Collin Rugg@CollinRugg
NEW: The son of Norway's crown princess charged with 32 offenses, including four counts of r*pe.
Marius Borg Høiby will likely stand trial at the beginning of 2026 and is facing up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
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In what world does one face FOUR counts of rape and TWENTY-EIGHT other offenses...and only face "up to 10 years in prison"?

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 10:47 AM (TN0g+)

195 149 How many of you knew that LNG, liquified natural gas, is not very flammable in that state and not at all explosive?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

🙋‍♀️ In lieu of putting numerous cylinders of gas, used for welding, on a ship undergoing SLEP, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard experimented in the 1980s with piping LPG onto the main decks. Welding lines only needed to be attached and dropped to where they were needed. (Though that could mean very long & possibly tangled welding lines.)

At the end of a shift, it was easier from a safety perspective to track that the lines had been pulled back to the main deck and disconnected, saving the need to travel through a large ship searching for a leaking gas line that was still attached to a regulator on a cylinder left in a lower compartment.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 10:48 AM (NFX2v)

196 195. LNG, not LPG

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 10:49 AM (NFX2v)

197 Genes! It's all about genes!

Portland Woman “Lost Her Mind” in Dog Park Because Man Had Purebred Dogs, Accuses Him of Being Pro-ICE Trump Supporter in Meltdown

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

198 No no
I'm saying, it seems to me statistically unlikely that all the IDF Babes happen to look like supermodels

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:49 AM (AOsQT)

199 My job is yelling at people who ought to be paying attention to what's going on, but can't be bothered to do so.

A surprising number of jobs in the world are just that but with fancier sounding words. The video I saw of Trump wrangling Zelensky and the Euros was pretty much that.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2025 10:50 AM (3cXfB)

200 196 195. LNG, not LPG
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 10:49 AM (NFX2v)

Huh, I was wondering why they were putting professional women's golfers on their decks. It was the 80s, so maybe it was like a social experiment.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:50 AM (bss/y)

201 Those rascally royals!

Son of Norway's crown princess charged with four counts of rape

https://is.gd/8DfQ50
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:16 AM (L/fGl)

He is her's from before she married the Crown Prince so I don't think he's royal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

202 186 Collin Rugg@CollinRugg
NEW: The son of Norway's crown princess charged with 32 offenses, including four counts of r*pe.
Marius Borg Høiby will likely stand trial at the beginning of 2026 and is facing up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

A whole 10 years for 4 counts of rape and 28 other offenses? Behold, the dragonmen of the north!

He still gets to wear his royal tiara though, right?

Posted by: Norway, More Like No Way at August 19, 2025 10:50 AM (mFz+I)

203 https://tinyurl.com/23vej6yd

Moo.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 10:51 AM (sptJg)

204 In what world does one face FOUR counts of rape and TWENTY-EIGHT other offenses...and only face "up to 10 years in prison"?
___

They had to reduce the sentencing for the privileged class, since it happens so often. I'm speaking of course of migrants. That they can also apply it to the elites is a bonus.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 10:51 AM (Dv3i1)

205 203 https://tinyurl.com/23vej6yd

Moo.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2025 10:51 AM (sptJg)

Her lips look a bit off, but hardly overweight.

We are getting to the sharpest of elbow assayers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:52 AM (bss/y)

206 My ex-wife's mother was into dog shows. Shih Tzu's IIRC. At one time my ex's family had in excess of 20 of them.

The inbreeding among them was spectacular. 😵

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 10:52 AM (Q4IgG)

207 Anyone a nutritionist? Can possibly tell me why all my life if I even take close to the RDA of Niacin, I get really nauseated?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:53 AM (bss/y)

208 My ex-wife's mother was into dog shows. Shih Tzu's IIRC. At one time my ex's family had in excess of 20 of them.

The inbreeding among them was spectacular. 😵
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 10:52 AM (Q4IgG)

Yeah but how were the dogs?

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 10:54 AM (ipIsk)

209 You know, it could be worse. We could be living in England.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:54 AM (bss/y)

210 The inbreeding among them was spectacular. 😵
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 10:52 AM

Whateves.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at August 19, 2025 10:54 AM (4p0Xq)

211 Palestinians Increasingly Calling for Hamas to Leave Power – Terror Group Responds With Horrific Violence

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Day ending in Y.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:54 AM (L/fGl)

212 The inbreeding among them was spectacular. 😵
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 10:52 AM (Q4IgG)

Yeah but how were the dogs?
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 10:54 AM (ipIsk)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:54 AM (bss/y)

213 No no
I'm saying, it seems to me statistically unlikely that all the IDF Babes happen to look like supermodels
Posted by: Don Black.

I haven't seen an ugly one yet.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:55 AM (X98Jy)

214
Portland Woman “Lost Her Mind” in Dog Park Because Man Had Purebred Dogs, Accuses Him of Being Pro-ICE Trump Supporter in Meltdown
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

_________

All of us purebred dog owners are pro-ICE. And handsome and intelligent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:56 AM (kkTda)

215 Isn't it good?
My Norwegian wood.

Posted by: Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Norway's crown princess at August 19, 2025 10:56 AM (wVcYX)

216 My ex-wife's mother was into dog shows. Shih Tzu's IIRC. At one time my ex's family had in excess of 20 of them.

The inbreeding among them was spectacular. 😵
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 10:52 AM (Q4IgG)

Yeah but how were the dogs?
Posted by: haffhowershower

*snort

Roll. You are on one.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:57 AM (X98Jy)

217 170 It’s Heddy Lamar day on TCM.

Talk about good genes!
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM (77rzZ)
Hedley!

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 10:57 AM (LHPAg)

218 213 No no
I'm saying, it seems to me statistically unlikely that all the IDF Babes happen to look like supermodels
Posted by: Don Black.

I haven't seen an ugly one yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:55 AM (X98Jy)

Hmmm. Nationwide required military service. So... at some point, every beautiful woman would have to serve. In a population of close to 10 million.

Eh, checks out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:57 AM (bss/y)

219 No no
I'm saying, it seems to me statistically unlikely that all the IDF Babes happen to look like supermodels
Posted by: Don Black.

I haven't seen an ugly one yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:55 AM (X98Jy)

Hmmm. Nationwide required military service. So... at some point, every beautiful woman would have to serve. In a population of close to 10 million.

Eh, checks out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Sydney Sweeney's jeans can't touch IDF BDU's.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:58 AM (X98Jy)

220 Portland Woman “Lost Her Mind” in Dog Park Because Man Had Purebred Dogs, Accuses Him of Being Pro-ICE Trump Supporter in Meltdown
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 19, 2025 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

_________

All of us purebred dog owners are pro-ICE. And handsome and intelligent.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 10:56 AM (kkTda)

This is something I have noticed on facebook where it seems like some of the memes start to trend from 'if possible, check out dogs in shelters if you want one' to 'If you don't think of checking the shelter first, you are killing puppies' to 'If you have a purebred, you are a heartless fuck.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:59 AM (bss/y)

221 Collin Rugg@CollinRugg
NEW: The son of Norway's crown princess charged with 32 offenses, including four counts of r*pe.
Marius Borg Høiby will likely stand trial at the beginning of 2026 and is facing up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
--------

In what world does one face FOUR counts of rape and TWENTY-EIGHT other offenses...and only face "up to 10 years in prison"?

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 10:47 AM (TN0g+)

Maybe they got a tower of london thing going on.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2025 10:59 AM (snZF9)

222 Is that the collective noun for Shih Tzus

an 'excess' ?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: what message at August 19, 2025 10:59 AM (AOsQT)

223 Sydney Sweeney's jeans can't touch IDF BDU's.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:58 AM (X98Jy)

It's ok, I will console her.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:00 AM (bss/y)

224 In what world does one face FOUR counts of rape and TWENTY-EIGHT other offenses...and only face "up to 10 years in prison"?

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2025 10:47 AM (TN0g+)

Maybe they got a tower of london thing going on.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2025 10:59 AM (snZF9)

Ten years of prison, followed by beheading.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:00 AM (bss/y)

225 Norwegian Prince accused of multiple rapes? Viking gene relapse.

Posted by: Archer at August 19, 2025 11:00 AM (IDphi)

226 200 Huh, I was wondering why they were putting professional women's golfers on their decks. It was the 80s, so maybe it was like a social experiment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

😒😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

227 I'm saying, it seems to me statistically unlikely that all the IDF Babes happen to look like supermodels
Posted by: Don Black.

I haven't seen an ugly one yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:55 AM (X98Jy)

Hmmm. Nationwide required military service. So... at some point, every beautiful woman would have to serve. In a population of close to 10 million.

Eh, checks out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 10:57 AM (bss/y)

They don't show the ones that look like Mama Cass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2025 11:01 AM (snZF9)

228 Sydney Sweeney's jeans can't touch IDF BDU's.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:58 AM (X98Jy)

It's ok, I will console her.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Something about an M-4 slung over her back with the barrel pointing down to her...

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 11:01 AM (X98Jy)

229 😒😉
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

Come now, you lofted it directly over the plate, I had no choice but to swing at it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:02 AM (bss/y)

230 213 No no
I'm saying, it seems to me statistically unlikely that all the IDF Babes happen to look like supermodels
Posted by: Don Black.

I haven't seen an ugly one yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 10:55 AM (X98Jy)
The Israelis usually accomplish what they propose.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2025 11:02 AM (LHPAg)

231 They don't show the ones that look like Mama Cass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2025 11:01 AM (snZF9)

This. Although with the mandatory service, I doubt obesity rates at that age are anywhere near ours.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:03 AM (bss/y)

232 At Insty:
SERIOUSLY? Support Trump? The Anti-Defamation League Thinks You’re a Bigot.

Posted at 10:59 am by Charlie Martin

Me: I'm white and Catholic, the ADL has thought I am a bigot for the past 40 years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:05 AM (bss/y)

233 *sigh* nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 11:06 AM (bss/y)

234 butterface 8, and 8 and 8.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2025 11:16 AM (LgQ89)

235 That's a pretty dress. I bet it itches. Pretty clothes are always itchy, why is that?

Posted by: Persnickety at August 19, 2025 11:38 AM (jJdyX)

The Morning Report — 8/19/25

Good morning kids. Well for what it's worth, President Trump and Shecky Zelensky of Ukraine reportedly had a cordial meeting, coming on the heels of the former's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. At the very least there are strong indications that there will be some sort of trilateral meeting between all the parties with the aim of ending the Russo/Ukraine war.

President Donald J. Trump has said he hopes today’s bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and summit with major European leaders will pave the way for a trilateral meeting between Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and himself to negotiate an end to the war between the two Eastern European countries. Zelensky—and the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, NATO, and the European Union (EU)—gathered for an unprecedented summit at the White House on Monday after President Trump held bilateral discussions with Putin last Friday in what could mark a significant breakthrough towards ending the Ukraine war.“If everything works out well today, we’ll have a trilat—and I think there will be a reasonable chance of ending the war when we do that,” President Trump said. The America First leader emphasized that any trilateral meeting must be aimed at securing an enduring and lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine.

So while there was jaw-jaw war-war was still happening. . .

Ukrainian Drones Hit Refineries, Drive Russia’s Gas Prices to Record Highs . . . “Russia, one of the world's largest energy producers, relies heavily on oil exports to fund its full-scale war against Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have increasingly targeted Russian energy facilities that both supply fuel to its military and generate revenue for the Kremlin.”

No doubt this will have an effect on Putin, both personally and politically. From my perspective, it's imperative that we stay as far away from this mess as possible. There is talk of President Trump sending weaponry to Zelensky I assume to try and force the issue vis a vis Putin to make some sort of concessions. We shouldn't be sending even a Nerf Gun refill. And US troops? No way. Putin is not going to give an inch of what he has captured and I cannot envision Zelensky making any sort of concessions to stop the bloodshed, even though it's his people's blood being shed in the main and it's Russia that's the aggressor. The whole situation is a mess that's been going on since before the Soviet and Tsarist eras.

If President Trump can at least end this latest round of conflict, it certainly is a huge feather in his cap, and regardless of everything else, the end of the fighting is certainly a desirable outcome for the world, and not least of all for the people on both sides of the lines.

Meanwhile, back here in the States, while the Texas Democrat Flee Circus seems to have ended with their capitulation. . .

Yay for Texas, but . . .

. . . Yet another hack-in-black takes a rusty hacksaw to whatever is left of the Constitution:

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Louisiana‘s request to enforce its congressional redistricting map, initially passed by the Republican-majority legislature in 2022. Judges ruled the map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the votes of black residents through practices described as “packing” and “cracking” black voters, undermining their voting power.Notably, 83 percent of black voters nationwide backed Democrat candidate Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.The court rejected Louisiana’s argument that race-based remedies are no longer necessary, stating, “There is no legal basis for this proposition, and the state offers no evidence that conditions in Louisiana have changed.” One judge issued a stay before the decision could take effect, though the Supreme Court had already stayed the map earlier in the year.The Supreme Court is also currently reviewing the case in Louisiana v. Callais and has requested additional arguments from both sides. The focus remains on whether Louisiana’s redistricting efforts were narrowly tailored to meet constitutional requirements. Justices are expected to weigh in further during the fall term.

Yes, we must have naked disgusting racialism in order to end naked disgusting racialism.

And then there are things that go boom in the night. . .

A cargo ship exploded in Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore on Monday evening.
“At this time, numerous emergency crews are responding to a cargo ship fire in the Baltimore Harbor on Chesapeake Bay, according to Maryland officials,” noted Rawsalerts. “The Baltimore City Fire Department reported that the ship caught fire in the Patapsco River near the site of the Key Bridge collapse.”
“While initial reports described it as an explosion, officials clarified that the incident involved an under-deck fire that sent smoke billowing into the air. The fire has since been contained, and the vessel is being removed from the channel. The cause of the fire remains under investigation,” it added.

Remember, we are still dealing with over four years and more really of at best a porous and at worst an intentionally wide open border where anyone and everyone from mere human traffickers and drug traffickers to terrorists and foreign saboteurs and agents can and have no doubt drifted in, meaning to do us harm.

In the wake of 9/11 (and I don't think I am giving away any big ideas or secrets here) I had often thought that as bad as that attack was, can you imagine multiple cargo ships (that are always sailing up and into New York Harbor) each loaded to capacity with AN-FO sailing up the harbor and grounding themselves under the bridges and over the Battery, Lincoln and Midtown tunnels then exploding. The death and destruction would've been orders of magnitude greater than 9/11.

AN-FO is a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. As was used to devastating effect in Oklahoma City in 1995. And that was just a single Ryder Truck.

And so with the revelations and confirmation about the Deep State and the criminal traitors who ran it and sadly the many underlings that are likely still embedded in it, this item makes me go hmm?

It has always been hard to believe that the truck-bombing of the A.P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, which killed 168 people, including 19 children at a daycare center, was planned by just one or two perpetrators acting alone. However, the official story states that the mastermind was Gulf War veteran Timothy McVeigh, and that the two others sentenced with him only helped him in various ways.

The bombing happened at the height of the Clinton era. And in the immediate aftermath Clinton was quick to blame conservatives and right-wingers, specifically he singled out Rush Limbaugh, his harshest and most effective critic, as perhaps inspiring the attack itself via his radio program. Later Clinton tried to explain/obfuscate that he was blaming some ham radio operator out in the sticks and not El Rushbo.

Remember that this is the same Clinton machine that engineered the Russia Collusion hoax with the same FBI and Intel agencies that worked their fingers to the bone to sabotage and attempt to take down candidate and then President Trump. And the very same operatves, Brennan Comey and Clapper and many if not all of their underlings were working in the FBI, CIA, DoJ and elsewhere in the Deep State when the Murrah Building was leveled.

So, engineer a right-wing terrorist attack as a pretext to drive the GOP and conservative movement as well as the alternative media completely out of existence. Just like they attempted with Trump. Rush Limbaugh broke the Leftist stranglehold on news dissemination and in a similar fashion, the MAGA movement if indeed it flourishes into a legitimate movement is an existential threat to Leftists/Democrats/Globalists. And so, by any means necessary.

As I said, Hmm. . . indeed. If they are willing to steal elections, subvert the Judiciary, open the borders and flood the nation with criminals, illegals and terrorists as well as use the apparatus of government to take down elected political enemies and as we know all too well, merely lowly citizens, there is nothing they will not consider beyond the pale to preserve protect and defend their hold on power (hello the J-6 Pelosi engineered Reichstag weenie roast).

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

“While initial reports described it as an explosion, officials clarified that the incident involved an under-deck fire that sent smoke billowing into the air. The fire has since been contained, and the vessel is being removed from the channel. The cause of the fire remains under investigation,” it added.
Watch: Cargo Ship Explodes in Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore
When accusation becomes law, fatherhood becomes a crime.
I Lost My Freedom, Money, And Guns Based On No Evidence And With No Chance To Defend Myself
A new book details a web of connections, coincidences, and “suicides” far too broad to ignore.
Was the FBI Behind the Oklahoma Bombing?

"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS

Between 200 and 300 people lost their visas for supporting terrorism.
State Dept. Revokes 6,000 Student Visas Over Terrorism Support, Assault
The arrest was of the woman we've told you about—a TikTok influencer we call TikTok Tatiana whose raison d'etre, since she illegally broke into the country under Joe Biden's open border, is explaining to her nearly 40,000 viewers where ICE busts are happening and doxxing agents.
EXCLUSIVE: DHS Investigating 'Laughing' Tow Truck Driver Who Illegally Towed ICE Vehicle in L.A.
By the time TikTok Tatiana is officially booted from the United States, we assume she’ll have caught her breath, perhaps collected her lingerie, and had her Tesla prepared for public auction by the feds.
DHS: The Busted ICE-Doxxing TikTok Influencer Is a Criminal Illegal Alien

CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Repulsive meesekeit Gigi Sohn, backed by Soros cash and fiber lobbyists, is urging states to block Trump’s effort to strip DEI from internet policy and protect consumer choice.
Failed Biden Appointee Wants States To Resist Trump’s Crusade Against DEI And Government Cronyism
Glenn H Reynolds: The other big changes Nwanevu and his fellow leftists push for center on the supposedly undemocratic Senate and Electoral College, which only a constitutional overhaul could revise. My first instinct is to quote The Beatles: “You say you’ll change the Constitution — well, you know, we’d all love to change your head.” (Preferably with a guillotine - jjs)
Democrats demand a new Constitution — maybe America should take them up on it

SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Like so many of his Democrat brethren, Comey doesn't worry himself with policies or plans, he's just obsessed with having the ick for Trump.
James Comey's tween-like Taylor Swift obsession shows how pathetic the Never Trump movement is
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law by President Donald J. Trump in July, will reduce federal taxes for individual filers by an average of $3,752 in 2026, according to new estimates from the Tax Foundation. The legislation marks the most significant update to federal tax policy since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which the America First leader also pioneered.
Trump Has Won the Average American $4k in Tax Cuts: Report.
ISRAEL AND USA vs Hamas, IRAN, et al
The deal could pave the way for a temporary cessation of violence and the release of detainees, though Israel has yet to respond.
Hamas, Israel Reach Deal on Ceasefire & Hostages Pioneered by Trump Envoy.
Countering propagandist media.
Bibi Makes His Country’s Case
Meet the Hamas-kind of journalist.
Anas Al-Sharif, Hamas Terrorist and Al Jazeera ‘Journalist’

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A longstanding Palestinian declaration.
Palestinian Authority Columnist: Christian Traditions are ‘Nonsense,’ ‘Jesus Belongs to the Palestinians’
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
A teacher in Connecticut was removed from the classroom for refusing to take down a crucifix hanging by her desk that had been there for ten years with no previous complaints.
Classroom diversity and inclusion: for students Only?
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Multiple towns and cities in England saw locals pour out onto the streets again over the weekend, in a continuation of the protest movement that was sparked in June in the town of Epping in Essex after a hotel migrant from Ethiopia, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl just days after arriving in Britain illegally by boat across the English Channel.
‘Make Our Streets Safe Again!’ — Thousands Protest Migrant Hotels Across England as Movement Grows
Daniel Greenfield: 125,000 Christians murdered and 19,000 churches destroyed.
Trump Can End Obama’s Christian Genocide in Africa
Israeli Knesset Member Simcha Rothman blasted Australia for capitulating to Islamic extremists after the government banned him from visiting Jewish communities suffering from a surge of antisemitism, declaring that “caving to terror apparently—that’s the new Australian way” when faced with threats from the country’s Muslim population.
Exclusive: Israeli MK Barred from Australia over Fears He’d ‘Radicalize Muslims’ — Slams Gov’t for ‘Caving to Terror’

FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Though rebrand is meant to ease 'brand confusion' as MSNBC breaks away from Comcast, CNBC will keep its moniker
Embarrassment for MSNBC as It’s Forced To Drop Prestigious ‘NBC’ From Name in Favor of Widely Mocked ‘My Source News Opinion World’
The beneficiaries of the CPB have not proven themselves anywise preferable to privately funded media.
Three American Cheers For Defunding The Corporation For Public Broadcasting
On Aug. 11, Trump announced his administration would be taking back control of the nation’s capital after decades of government failure. Trump invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, which gives his administration authority to take control of the city’s police department. Trump also declared a pubic safety emergency in the nation’s capital and instructed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy the D.C. National Guard to help aid in crime-fighting.
6 Days After Calling DC Crime Crisis ‘Nonexistent,’ NYT’s Peter Baker Complains Trump Isn’t Fixing Crime
Even before Israel released a medical document showing Marah Abu Zuhri's condition, an Italian media report mentioned her 'acute leukemia'
Associated Press Suggests Gazan Evacuee Died of Starvation—Without Mentioning She Suffered From Leukemia
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The abrupt shift is a dramatic one for a governor who has attacked the fossil fuel industry throughout his six-plus years in office, and who has to appease climate change activists in his state and the Democrat Party.
Greasy Greaseball Gavin Newsom Flip-Flops on Oil: Wants More Production to Avoid $8/Gal Prices
This is how the global warming consensus is faked.
Environmentalist Groups Sue EPA Over Report Written by “Skeptics of Climate Change”
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Flanagan was caught hurling a series of threats and trying to intimidate officers with her job title in chaotic bodycam footage released by the department.
RI prosecutor threatens cops to shut off body cameras while being arrested for alleged trespassing: ‘You’re going to regret it’
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
“We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting. All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED,” he continued. “WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”
Trump to Sign Executive Order Outlawing Mail-in Ballots
L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
Most of all, voters seek release of all government files about the convicted sex offender.
Did Jeffrey Epstein Commit Suicide? Or Was He Murdered? Americans Want Answers: I&I/TIPP Poll
"I appreciate the Trump Administration’s commitment to transparency."
DOJ To Start Giving Congress Epstein Docs By Week’s End, House Oversight Chair Says
During Monday’s closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, Barr testified Trump never offered any input or direction regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case or his death.
Bill Barr Says Trump Never Intervened In Epstein Case, No Evidence Of Crime
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
As Ben Smith wrote on Sunday, the Democrats will likely not enjoy the results of a nationwide redistricting war.
Texas Democrats Return to Austin Amid Redistricting War
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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

2 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

3 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (0N4FZ)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (Q4IgG)

5 Hi, everyone! I have finished my coffee so things are looking up.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 07:36 AM (OPGS/)

6 We shouldn't be sending even a Nerf Gun refill. And US troops? No way.

I think we need a 5 year plan to get out of Europe except 1 base.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 07:36 AM (gbOdA)

7
Among the problems of dealing with Russians is their long-rooted tendency to see anything intended to be defensive as offensive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:38 AM (kkTda)

8 Was the FBI Behind the Oklahoma Bombing?

Or IC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

9 The fire has since been contained, and the vessel is being removed from the channel. The cause of the fire remains under investigation,” it added.

It was probably IKEA bath fixtures. They are bringing back wooden towel rings in Nordic pine. They made a movie about this in the 70s: The Towel Ring Inferno.

Posted by: biteme at August 19, 2025 07:40 AM (xWS9V)

10
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 19, 2025 07:40 AM (tljrc)

11 No doubt this will have an effect on Putin, both personally and politically. From my perspective, it's imperative that we stay as far away from this mess as possible.

I love how Europe, which forgot the importance of generating her own energy, especially hydrocarbons, is egging on Ukraine to continue to destroy any potential exportable energy source, thereby driving up Europe's energy costs even further.

In the meantime, the US is expanding its ability to export hydrocarbons globally.

This is what happens when you let demons play War using humans as their game pieces.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 07:40 AM (a4flb)

12 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 19, 2025 07:40 AM (hoCmQ)

13 morning horde, back to the office grind

time for covfefe & content

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 19, 2025 07:41 AM (nXhwP)

14 It was probably IKEA bath fixtures. They are bringing back wooden towel rings in Nordic pine. They made a movie about this in the 70s: The Towel Ring Inferno.

How long have you had this joke waiting for the opportunity?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 07:41 AM (a4flb)

15 Why would the English be in Minneapolis?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2025 07:42 AM (ZmEVT)

16
Palestinian Authority Columnist: Christian Traditions are ‘Nonsense,’ ‘Jesus Belongs to the Palestinians’

Palestinians are the pitbulls of the Middle East and progressives always say, "But they're so sweet!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:42 AM (kkTda)

17 We shouldn't be sending even a Nerf Gun refill. And US troops? No way.

Though I'm pretty sure that was the Left's plan - to send out young military capable American men out to die while in the meantime flooding the remnants of this nation with foreign military aged men.

J13 is looking more and more like Divine Intervention.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 07:44 AM (a4flb)

18
Willowed

At my advanced age, I have just now discovered the name to one of those melodies you hear all your life without knowing what it is or where it came from. La Paloma, made popular by Sebastian Iradier.

https://youtu.be/clE-hvcmsyY?si=upZYel6hCNgzcy_D

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:45 AM (kkTda)

19 Pundits on the news were just relieved that Zelensky wore pants.

I guess the trick is to set the expectations of others towards you so low that even basic accomplishments seem like huge victories.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 07:47 AM (jvJvP)

20 Among the problems of dealing with Russians is their long-rooted tendency to see anything intended to be defensive as offensive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:38 AM (kkTda)

In the past 34 years, NATO has advanced (despite solemn promises to the contrary) from Germany to the Russian border... defensively. I'd say that the Russians have cause to think that way.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

21 8 Was the FBI Behind the Oklahoma Bombing?

Or IC.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

Who was John Doe #2?

Richard Lee Guthrie

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 07:50 AM (gbOdA)

22 If the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling on same-sex marriage is overturned, state bans on same-sex marriage could be reinstated, similar to the aftermath of Roe v. Wade‘s reversal.
——-

Which very few, if any, would.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 19, 2025 07:50 AM (l6t7R)

23 Mornin’, All. Happy Colonoscopy Prep Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 07:50 AM (77rzZ)

24 The fire has since been contained, and the vessel is being removed from the channel. The cause of the fire remains under investigation,” it added.

It was probably IKEA bath fixtures. They are bringing back wooden towel rings in Nordic pine. They made a movie about this in the 70s: The Towel Ring Inferno.
Posted by: biteme at August 19, 2025 07:40 AM (xWS9V)

golf clap....

-_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 19, 2025 07:51 AM (nXhwP)

25 23 Mornin’, All. Happy Colonoscopy Prep Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 07:50 AM (77rzZ)

Good luck Bulg....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 07:51 AM (jvJvP)

26 Mornin’, All. Happy Colonoscopy Prep Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 07:50 AM (77rzZ)

Good luck Bulg....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 07:51 AM (jvJvP)

Not to worry. It'll all come out right in the end.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

27 James Comey is a truly pathetic unman.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 19, 2025 07:54 AM (kTd/k)

28 Mornin’, All. Happy Colonoscopy Prep Tuesday.
——-

I’m always prepped.

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at August 19, 2025 07:54 AM (l6t7R)

29
In the past 34 years, NATO has advanced (despite solemn promises to the contrary) from Germany to the Russian border... defensively. I'd say that the Russians have cause to think that way.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

That may be, but even if it hadn't happened, they'd still see NATO as a threat. Edward Crankshaw described the thinking even during Tsarist times. We look at Russia as being some looming menace. They look at their border and think how big and how hard it is to defend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:55 AM (kkTda)

30
Diana is demanding her breakfast (chicken, hamburger, oatmeal, beef broth, medicines), so I may as well go take care of the brute. BRB.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:57 AM (kkTda)

31 That may be, but even if it hadn't happened, they'd still see NATO as a threat. Edward Crankshaw described the thinking even during Tsarist times. We look at Russia as being some looming menace. They look at their border and think how big and how hard it is to defend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:55 AM (kkTda)

They've been invaded a lot of times. They might have a point.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

32 Roberts and Tucker talk about OKC

https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/
1952414531184885823

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 07:58 AM (gbOdA)

33 Further, what is the point of NATO in 2025 other than allowing EU nations to stick their chests out while assuming Americans will die to back them up?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

34 Mornin’, All. Happy Colonoscopy Prep Tuesday.

Ah yes. I remember staying within arm's reach of the toilet and being worried that I was expelling things I hadn't eaten yet and was going to cause a time paradox.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 07:58 AM (OPGS/)

35 > Mornin’, All. Happy Colonoscopy Prep Tuesday.
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Biggest disappointment?

Expected weight loss was insignificant in contrast to the amount expelled.

Sad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 08:01 AM (Q4IgG)

36 JJ. thank you for spelling it “tsarist.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 08:02 AM (77rzZ)

37 In the past 34 years, NATO has advanced (despite solemn promises to the contrary) from Germany to the Russian border... defensively. I'd say that the Russians have cause to think that way.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
__________

They've got few natural defensive barriers and have a history of wars in every direction. Swedes in north, Poles, Lithuanians and Germans to the west, Mongols to the west, and Tatars south. That has to play some role in their collective memory.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2025 08:02 AM (XvL8K)

38 JJ, you have nothing about Kathy Griffin joining a dating app.
OkStupid.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

39 "Was the FBI Behind the Oklahoma Bombing?"

is there anyone out there who thinks that they weren't?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2025 08:03 AM (ppG5b)

40 So, youtube has decided that they're going to embed an AI prompt in the recommended page so you can ask for what you want... your way.

The prompt "Give me videos about getting youtube to stop ignoring my preferences" yields videos about autocad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

41 Abolish the Senate No
Return it to the States representative.
States no longer have their appointed Reps in the Senate to protect their Rights as part of the Union.

Repeal 17th.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:03 AM (gbOdA)

42 Good morning!

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 08:04 AM (8mLBT)

43

lolololo

Fake News is sour today. Very sour.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 19, 2025 08:04 AM (KDEC8)

44 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

45 If they want a government like France or Britain, they should emigrate to there.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2025 08:05 AM (ZmEVT)

46 Daniel Greenfield: 125,000 Christians murdered and 19,000 churches destroyed.
Trump Can End Obama’s Christian Genocide in Africa

==

Just curious. The Pope made a pointed statement calling out the supposed Gazan "genocide" a couple weeks ago. Has he made any mention of the actual Christian genocide that's been going on in Africa??

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2025 08:05 AM (qBdHI)

47 Have a great day, everyone.

May your day be filled with crepuscular rays from a cloud-dappled sky.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

48 I had often thought that as bad as that attack was, can you imagine multiple cargo ships (that are always sailing up and into New York Harbor) each loaded to capacity with AN-FO sailing up the harbor and grounding themselves under the bridges and over the Battery, Lincoln and Midtown tunnels then exploding.

This has been war gamed to death, and you have the Maritime Transportation Security Act and International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) and all of the security measures beginning at the originating port all the way through to entering any US navigable waterway.

It is far more than allowing some rusting hulk of a unnamed cargo ship from North Korea dropping anchor under the GW Bridge.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:06 AM (a4flb)

49 Flanagan was caught hurling a series of threats and trying to intimidate officers with her job title in chaotic bodycam footage released by the department.

Did Rhode Island just end up with all of the Irish that NYC and Boston didn’t want?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 08:06 AM (6ydKt)

50 - The feebers behind the OKC bombing?
Oh please. What's next?
That they were behind the 1993, WTC bombing?
Buncha conspiracy loons.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 19, 2025 08:06 AM (RGbzo)

51 Comey was walking on the beach with TayTay and then as he saw the 8647 seashells there was only 1 set of footprints.

Thats when TayTay carried Big Jim.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:06 AM (gbOdA)

52
The hope yesterday, by the Fake News, was all Euro "leaders" would gang up on Our Favorite President(tm) and publically give him the What-For on ukraine.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 19, 2025 08:07 AM (KDEC8)

53 The Patapsco itself is flammable. But this ship had a weird destination, too, per those smarter than me posting lasting night. Curious as to the findings, if there are any.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:07 AM (PRqXW)

54 Did Rhode Island just end up with all of the Irish that NYC and Boston didn’t want?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 08:06 AM (6ydKt)

BUT NO IRISH

Posted by: Johnson Johnson at August 19, 2025 08:07 AM (gbOdA)

55 Baltimore harbor is really unlucky. Of course, that is where coal for Germany is loaded.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2025 08:07 AM (QyRN9)

56 Trump to Sign Executive Order Outlawing Mail-in Ballots

I do appreciate the effort but unless Congress is going to make this law (good luck with that), this is going to be in the courts for the next two years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 08:09 AM (6ydKt)

57 52
The hope yesterday, by the Fake News, was all Euro "leaders" would gang up on Our Favorite President(tm) and publically give him the What-For on ukraine.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 19, 2025 08:07 AM (KDEC

DE tried, I loved Meloni’s expression during it. I know Europe rolls their eyes at us for being so young (boy do I know this), but we are the big fish and they are….well dressed. The end.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:09 AM (PRqXW)

58 I don't think the Federal agencies are smart enough to pull off the attacks. They're just smart enough to take advantage of the chaos that follows.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 08:10 AM (OPGS/)

59 Since the beginning of the war, Israel has let in close to 2 million tons of aid! I know of no other army that has enabled such aid to go to the civilian population in enemy territory.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:10 AM (gbOdA)

60 48 Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:06 AM (a4flb)

Thank goodness we have competent national security and law enforcement always on guard. . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2025 08:11 AM (x0n13)

61 39 "Was the FBI Behind the Oklahoma Bombing?"

is there anyone out there who thinks that they weren't?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2025 08:03 AM (ppG5b)

Me. Because Timothy McVeigh was the cousin of someone I was closely acquainted with, and the man was a crazy loon. I never met him personally, but the stories were enough.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:12 AM (PRqXW)

62 Fiber lobbyist? Sounds like someone RFK Jr. would appoint to head the FDA.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

63
This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Abraham was the father of Isaac,

Isaac the father of Jacob,

Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:13 AM (gbOdA)

64 Comey was walking on the beach with TayTay and then as he saw the 8647 seashells there was only 1 set of footprints.

I heard it that Comey was wandering the beach sunbathing Joe Biden "Cobra, Cobra, Cobra" style thinking of TayTay while liberally applying lotion to sensitive skin when he stumbled upon the 8647 shell arrangement.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:14 AM (a4flb)

65 From Pixy's:

Where's the BOING!?

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 05:56 AM (aURVT)
-

BOING!

Was on the road for 3 hours. Now in Tel Aviv.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2025 08:15 AM (V+K+8)

66 59 Since the beginning of the war, Israel has let in close to 2 million tons of aid! I know of no other army that has enabled such aid to go to the civilian population in enemy territory.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Are you letting facts get in the way of the narrative? It is stunning to me the inclination of the left to attach themselves to the bad guys. Every single time.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:15 AM (PRqXW)

67 I heard it that Comey was wandering the beach sunbathing Joe Biden "Cobra, Cobra, Cobra" style thinking of TayTay while liberally applying lotion to sensitive skin when he stumbled upon the 8647 shell arrangement.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:14 AM (a4flb)

comey was thinking of taytay while rubbing biden?
wow

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:15 AM (gbOdA)

68 58 I don't think the Federal agencies are smart enough to pull off the attacks. They're just smart enough to take advantage of the chaos that follows.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 08:10 AM (OPGS/)

I'm not sure you need to be that smart in every case, not when you have massive institutional and media propaganda support. Narratives are constructed with blinding speed and force. Only in time can the truth leak out.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2025 08:15 AM (WHfpM)

69
Fiber lobbyist >> real estate novelist.

Posted by: Piano Man at August 19, 2025 08:16 AM (XQo4F)

70 Are you letting facts get in the way of the narrative? It is stunning to me the inclination of the left to attach themselves to the bad guys. Every single time.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:15 AM (PRqXW)

I predict 2026 will be the year of 90/10.
Libs will move on from 20% favorable items to the 10% line.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:16 AM (gbOdA)

71 Commercial shipping is weird. The various laws, treaties, habits, etc. of Mariner's has to go back centuries.

There was a cargo ship that had an engineering causality and was adrift in the ocean (Atlantic IIRC) for friggin weeks before it was agreed who was responsible for assisting it.

The owners? Who supplied the cargo? Who the cargo was for? The government of registry? The nearest government with a Coast Guard? Captain's country of origin or crew's?

Ship drifted a hundred of miles while all that was going on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 08:16 AM (Q4IgG)

72 Cool spiral galaxy pic! I was pretty loaded last time I witnessed something like that. Later that night, I seen punkin heads coming at me.

Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at August 19, 2025 08:17 AM (G5+As)

73 What exactly is so horrible about the Democratic party? This country has always been better economically, socially and fiscally under democrats that is well documented. Why all the distrust and hate?

It's quite simple. We like black people and other minorities. They used to have an ugly phrase for it. But we made them stop saying it. And they really hate us for that.

Still flummoxes me how we can be bleeding minority support vs. Trump/GOP AND have 25% of our registered voters stay home for the 2024 election. If that continues, it makes a comeback almost impossible.

2 reasons. They don’t want a woman president. And Hispanics especially are horrified at anything called “socialism”.

Biggest weakness: Reacting instead of Acting. The GOPers are masters at controlling the narrative. But rarely do Democrats throw out a popular POLICY (say Medicare For All) then sit back and wait for the reactions.

Nobody can say anything here without getting twitterpated and reported as a closet Republican because your view of the party doesn't agree 100% with theirs.

Echo chambers are for people that want their ears tickled and soothed, not truth

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 08:17 AM (ycI94)

74 comey was thinking of taytay while rubbing biden?
wow

You misspelled eeeewwwwwwwww.

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2025 08:17 AM (zxQ/L)

75 Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:12 AM (PRqXW)

You do know about John Doe #2?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:17 AM (gbOdA)

76 Me. Because Timothy McVeigh was the cousin of someone I was closely acquainted with, and the man was a crazy loon. I never met him personally, but the stories were enough.

The JBS publication "The New American" did an extensive drawn out investigation uncovering all kinds of connections to government, both foreign and domestic. Names, dates, activities, relationships, involvement, etc.

Where did he come up with the cash for all the ANFO and the recce?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:18 AM (a4flb)

77 Trump is on F &F now

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

78
Nobody can say anything here without getting twitterpated and reported as a closet Republican because your view of the party doesn't agree 100% with theirs.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 08:17 AM (ycI94)

Well this commenter needs to be blasted into the sun, obviously.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:20 AM (PRqXW)

79 Biggest weakness: Reacting instead of Acting. The GOPers are masters at controlling the narrative. But rarely do Democrats throw out a popular POLICY (say Medicare For All) then sit back and wait for the reactions.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 08:17 AM (ycI94)

Medicaid Google About 47,600,000 results
The (D)s have destroyed the Medicare for All by chasing the Medicaid cut squirrel.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:20 AM (gbOdA)

80 Where did he come up with the cash for all the ANFO and the recce?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August

The extended family were drug dealers.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:21 AM (PRqXW)

81 It's National Potato Day. 🥔

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:21 AM (NpAcC)

82 Mail in ballot fraud and harvesting is the only way Democrats keep control of Blue States. It corrupts not only federal elections but also state elections. Governors like Hochul are nothing but products of electoral fraud as are NY State legislative leaders.

Without that fraud there would hardly be a Democrat left in office. It’s why they fight so hard against cleaning up the process.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2025 08:22 AM (M/UeF)

83
What exactly is so horrible about the Democratic party?

Got a few hours?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 08:22 AM (kkTda)

84 wooden towel rings"

Next to the wooden toilet seats...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2025 08:22 AM (tubbA)

85 The way to,solve the gerrymandering racial doodad is to pass a law that only white folks can vote for white folks, black folks can only vote for black votes and octoroons and hexadecaroons are out of luck, no votes for them.

Posted by: Col. Sanders, Chicken Man at August 19, 2025 08:23 AM (Z3Vfa)

86 Medicaid Google About 47,600,000 results
The (D)s have destroyed the Medicare for All by chasing the Medicaid cut squirrel.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:20 AM (gbOdA)

You can be absolutely certain that if the Dems ever got Medicaid for All that they'd insist that gov't workers got a Better Medicaid for Us Though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

87 Where did he come up with the cash for all the ANFO and the recce?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:18 AM (a4flb)

Richard Lee Guthrie.

Guthrie’s name meant nothing to Jesse Trentadue, but in the far-right radical scene, he had some notoriety. In 1994 and 1995, Guthrie and his gang, the Aryan Republican Army, carried out an impressive series of 22 bank robberies across the Midwest, netting some $250,000 that they used to support the white-supremacist movement.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

88 I think NATO needs to end for a lot of reasons, but up front: "North Atlantic?" Seems more expansive than that.

Make a new alliance. Everyone Pays A Equal Share Here, or EPAESH.

$50 billion cover charge, then all expenses divided by the number of members.

If a member can't afford their share at any time, there are agents in Sicily (all with the middle name "The" like Marco The Knife) who can assist with financing options.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:24 AM (uvfbN)

89 Germany Doesn’t Want to Send Troops to Ukraine.

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We've tried that ! it did not work !

Posted by: Germany remembers 1942 at August 19, 2025 08:24 AM (g47mK)

90 Yeah, I believe I saw McVeigh in Costa Rica sharing a margarita with Elvis.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2025 08:25 AM (M/UeF)

91 Make a new alliance.

Or not. Why do we need an alliance? How does it benefit US citizens?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

92 My understanding is that a lot of the records for the Whitewater Clinton investigation were lost in the OKC bombing, effectively ending that investigation.

Posted by: ruralcounsel at August 19, 2025 08:25 AM (u9OdC)

93 Wasn't medicaid used to fund obamacare ?

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 08:25 AM (g47mK)

94 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 08:26 AM (X98Jy)

95 75 Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:12 AM (PRqXW)

You do know about John Doe #2?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August

Like everyone else, I remember reading about this, but I am also aware as to how flawed eye witness accounts are, especially in traumatic events. I won’t be convinced this is a psyop anymore than I will 9/11 was. Do I think our government is squeaky clean? Heck no. I mean we see what is going on the with FBI, Obama and Clinton. But I also see how amazingly inept the government is- if they could pull off something like this without any one knowing anything and stopping it? We could build roads and bridges.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:26 AM (PRqXW)

96 We've tried that ! it did not work !
Posted by: Germany remembers 1942
_______

But it did in 1918, till they lost in the West.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2025 08:26 AM (XvL8K)

97 I listen to a Bible study from 7AM until 7:40 or so, then click over here to the Morning Report. It's a comfort seeing JJS on the job daily. We are blessed.

Posted by: Abbondanza at August 19, 2025 08:27 AM (G5+As)

98 The Patapsco itself is flammable. But this ship had a weird destination, too, per those smarter than me posting lasting night. Curious as to the findings, if there are any.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:07 AM (PRqXW)

I don't think the ship's destination of Des Moines is all that unusual.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:27 AM (uvfbN)

99 Posted by: rhennigantx at August

And I don’t mean you specifically, I mean the collective you.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:28 AM (PRqXW)

100 77 Trump is on F &F now

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

Great.

I can't wait for the cable company to come tomorrow between 8am and 5pm to fix the cable in the kitchen. Convenient.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 08:28 AM (jvJvP)

101 ...if they could pull off something like this without any one knowing anything and stopping it?

Why, they could massacre a bunch of people in Waco. Or frame a Presidential candidate. Or stage "bombs" during an election certification. Or cover up the crimes, if any, of the rich and famous. Or try to get a Presidential candidate assassinated.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:29 AM (ExV1e)

102 90 Yeah, I believe I saw McVeigh in Costa Rica sharing a margarita with Elvis.
Posted by: Vengeance

I was there too!

Posted by: Amelia Earhart at August 19, 2025 08:29 AM (XQo4F)

103 98
I don't think the ship's destination of Des Moines is all that unusual.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:27 AM (uvfbN)

Aye color! Someone had false information?!? Unheard of. Also, shame on me for just believing. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:29 AM (PRqXW)

104 A cargo ship exploded in Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore on Monday evening.
-

I understood it was carrying coal. I understand that coal dust is begging to to be ignited.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2025 08:29 AM (V+K+8)

105 What exactly is so horrible about the Democratic party?
____________________________

Imagine telling a pre-Obama Democrat that by 2025 their party would adamantly demand sex changes for children, keeping violent illegal immigrants in the country, and eight dollar a gallon gasoline.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 19, 2025 08:29 AM (Skc+N)

106
But it did in 1918, till they lost in the West.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2025 08:26 AM (XvL8K)

Germany whining about Versailles sounds ridiculous when you look at Brest-Litovsk.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 08:30 AM (kkTda)

107 Socialist Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Has Rally With Almost No English

Jazzy Crocket does that daily.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

108 "Yeah, I believe I saw McVeigh in Costa Rica sharing a margarita with Elvis."

Bullshit. He was on zeta reticuli vii partying with art bell and some greys. I think they were drinking miller and passing around a fifth of wild turkey.

Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 08:30 AM (89Sog)

109 Bulg, I hope your prep and procedure(s) go as well as possible and you get an answer to your problem very soon.

Posted by: Lights! Camera(s)! Glub! at August 19, 2025 08:31 AM (G5+As)

110 We could build roads and bridges.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:26 AM (PRqXW)

Here's the problem. A road, or bridge, built is a funding opportunity lost. As long as out infrastructure is crumbling, no one will vote against funding infrastructure. And there's a LOT of money floating around in infrastructure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

111 am excited about Stacy Garrity. she's much beloved here in PA

And now Doug the Weird F*ck needs to drop out and back her (for what his endorsement is worth, which is not much)

Joshie is useless and does basically nothing but hire decent social media youngsters

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 08:32 AM (Pv3Rg)

112 But it did in 1918, till they lost in the West.

===

you know who else lost in 1918 ?

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 08:32 AM (g47mK)

113 Great.

I can't wait for the cable company to come tomorrow between 8am and 5pm to fix the cable in the kitchen. Convenient.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 08:28 AM (jvJvP)
******
It was a really good interview. Sorry you missed it.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

114 101 ...if they could pull off something like this without any one knowing anything and stopping it?

Why, they could massacre a bunch of people in Waco. Or frame a Presidential candidate. Or stage "bombs" during an election certification. Or cover up the crimes, if any, of the rich and famous. Or try to get a Presidential candidate assassinated.
Posted by: I used to have a different

Ahhh…but they didn’t do any of that well, did they? None of that went off flawlessly and without incident. Waco was no coverup, we watched the horrible actions and decisions play out in real time.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:33 AM (PRqXW)

115 I don't think the ship's destination of Des Moines is all that unusual.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:27 AM (uvfbN)

Aye color! Someone had false information?!? Unheard of. Also, shame on me for just believing. lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:29 AM (PRqXW)

--

Hey, the shipping harbors of Iowa get a lot of traffic, only rivaled by those in Nebraska. They have a very strong maritime presence in international commerce.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:33 AM (uvfbN)

116 ICE dragging TicToc Tatiana from her Tesla while screaming, slamming her on the ground, handcuffing her and taking her into detention or rapid deportation is EXACTLY what I voted for.

Posted by: CNN at August 19, 2025 08:33 AM (PTDkx)

117 Ahhh…but they didn’t do any of that well, did they? None of that went off flawlessly and without incident. Waco was no coverup, we watched the horrible actions and decisions play out in real time.

hmm Piper

I think we were supposed to see that. and it was basically on purpose.

The FedGov showing ownership, of all of us

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 08:34 AM (Pv3Rg)

118 you know who else lost in 1918 ?
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 08:32 AM (g47mK)

The Chicago Cubs?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

119 I have a theory that roads could be built to last a lot longer without cracking or potholes. The material science exists. But they don't build them that way because road repair contracts are so lucrative for politically connected cronies.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 19, 2025 08:34 AM (Skc+N)

120 I can't wait for the cable company to come tomorrow between 8am and 5pm to fix the cable in the kitchen. Convenient.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

Just how do they bury the cable under the tundra muck and permafrost up there?

Posted by: The Great White North at August 19, 2025 08:34 AM (G5+As)

121
*It was a really good interview. Sorry you missed it.*
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I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: The Internet at August 19, 2025 08:35 AM (XQo4F)

122 Ahhh…but they didn’t do any of that well, did they? None of that went off flawlessly and without incident. Waco was no coverup, we watched the horrible actions and decisions play out in real time.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:33 AM (PRqXW)

Don't try to confuse things with your sorcerer's ways.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

123 I recall one beautiful day when I was in Lincoln and watched a cargo ship pull into the harbor. It was great to watch how efficiently it was all done.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:35 AM (uvfbN)

124 Why, they could massacre a bunch of people in Waco. Or frame a Presidential candidate. Or stage "bombs" during an election certification. Or cover up the crimes, if any, of the rich and famous. Or try to get a Presidential candidate assassinated.

Or shoot down 747s and no one knows how it happened, or distribute over a half-million children to sex traffickers, or blow up undersea pipelines carrying natural gas to our "allies", or pin the slaughter of 61 and the wounding of well over 400 in Las Vegas one just one lone guy...

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:36 AM (a4flb)

125 Now if only ICE had shown up at my kids last soccer game and dragged off the obese, obnoxious Mexican lady that wouldn't stop screaming (in Spanish) the whole game.

Posted by: CNN at August 19, 2025 08:37 AM (PTDkx)

126 118 you know who else lost in 1918 ?
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2025 08:32 AM (g47mK)

The Chicago Cubs?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees for a few shekels in 1918.

Posted by: Smart People Up There at August 19, 2025 08:37 AM (G5+As)

127 Margo Martin
@MargoMartin47

President
@realDonaldTrump
showing President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hat

https://tinyurl.com/5d4dhjef

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

128 Thanks for the good wishes, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 08:37 AM (77rzZ)

129 Looking Glass sang about me laying whiskey down in Dubuque.

Posted by: Brandy at August 19, 2025 08:37 AM (XQo4F)

130 125 Now if only ICE had shown up at my kids last soccer game and dragged off the obese, obnoxious Mexican lady that wouldn't stop screaming (in Spanish) the whole game.

dude there's a hotline! call it!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 08:37 AM (Pv3Rg)

131 In 1918 Pittsburgh and Boston Braves played an MLB record 20 scoreless innings before the Pirates win 2-0 in the 21st inning.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:38 AM (uvfbN)

132 The Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees for a few shekels in 1918.
Posted by: Smart People Up There at August 19, 2025 08:37 AM

And no no Nanette.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 08:38 AM (MGB5H)

133 Jesse Waters and Hannity will probably show clips tonight. It's weird having a US President so visible. And yet CNN and MS whatever don't take advantage. Screw ratings.

Just how do they bury the cable under the tundra muck and permafrost up there?

Posted by: The Great White North at August 19, 2025 08:34 AM (G5+As)

I'm not sure. I'm outside of gun range of Detroit...

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 08:39 AM (jvJvP)

134 The Soviets were none too pleased about SDI - a purely defensive system against ICBM, too. Was that purely because they wouldn’t want to try and replicate that on their own? It is weird that defensive moves were considered a provocation

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 08:39 AM (yKoRs)

135 "Well, technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage."

Posted by: Obscure Seinfeld reference at August 19, 2025 08:39 AM (XQo4F)

136 Ahhh…but they didn’t do any of that well, did they? None of that went off flawlessly and without incident. Waco was no coverup, we watched the horrible actions and decisions play out in real time.

Lets see, they immolated women and children, gunned down anyone fleeing the inferno, took over neighboring homes to stage their turkey shoot (3rd Amendment violation) assassinated particular people and the only ones who were charged with any crimes were the few victims that escaped with their lives.

The murderer at Randy Weaver's house was also present and earned himself another promotion.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:41 AM (a4flb)

137 If the adversary has superior defensive capabilities, then offensive actions become more of a threat.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:41 AM (uvfbN)

138 the adversary has superior defensive capabilities, then offensive actions become more of a threat.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:41

This is the story of the 85 Bears.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 08:42 AM (MGB5H)

139 The Soviets were none too pleased about SDI - a purely defensive system against ICBM, too. Was that purely because they wouldn’t want to try and replicate that on their own? It is weird that defensive moves were considered a provocation"

That it was purely defensive is a matter of opinion. If your opponent is safe from one form of attack how likely are they to use it themselves?

Statements of no first use don't count.

Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 08:43 AM (89Sog)

140 The murderer at Randy Weaver's house was also present and earned himself another promotion.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:41 AM (a4flb)

---------------

* Assassin Lon Horiuchi, Assassin Michael Byrd before he was cool, has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 08:44 AM (BENy5)

141 That it was purely defensive is a matter of opinion. If your opponent is safe from one form of attack how likely are they to use it themselves?

Statements of no first use don't count.
Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 08:43 AM (89Sog)

It throws all of the assumptions of MAD out the window.

And I don't trust Alfred E Neumann.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:45 AM (uvfbN)

142 Hey, the shipping harbors of Iowa get a lot of traffic, only rivaled by those in Nebraska. They have a very strong maritime presence in international commerce.

Why won't you recognize the juggernaut that is Wyoming international shipping?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:45 AM (a4flb)

143 But they don't build them that way because road repair contracts are so lucrative for politically connected cronies.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

It's why they only widen one lane at a time. Guaranteed future employment.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 19, 2025 08:45 AM (FxH7T)

144 Hey kids- do you remember the troubled apartment complex in Aurora, Co where there totally wasn't a problem with TdA gang activity? Well this happened:

https://is.gd/1pmVfe

30 indicted after undercover investigation targeting Tren de Aragua in Colorado

Thirty people, including eight suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang, are facing federal drug trafficking, firearms offenses and murder-for-hire charges after a months-long undercover operation based out of a troubled Aurora apartment complex.

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2025 08:45 AM (/iMjX)

145 The Soviets were none too pleased about SDI - a purely defensive system against ICBM, too. Was that purely because they wouldn’t want to try and replicate that on their own? It is weird that defensive moves were considered a provocation
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 08:39 AM (yKoRs)

MAD was the theory everyone had for preventing war. SDI upended that. SDI may have been defensive but a country which has no fear of being attacked is more likely to be willing to be aggressive.

All these things are easily understandable if you can get past the "Russians are always the bad guys" mindset.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

146 A new children’s book written by Church of England officials portrays St. Augustine as a black man named La'Darius who had fed the whole church on a Churches 2 piece snak pack.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:47 AM (gbOdA)

147 So in regards to the redistricting/gerrymandering issue, it's unconstitutional or something to draw congressional districts a certain way, but no one seems concerned that 85-95% of a particular demographic consistently votes in only one way? Maybe that's the problem, not the lines on the map.

One man. One vote, and all that, but we've gone from someone being 2/3 a person to someone being a person x2. Of course, if you're the party getting the votes, you see no reason to change.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 19, 2025 08:48 AM (MZ+PY)

148 It is weird that defensive moves were considered a provocation
Posted by: Common Tater

It affected the M.A.D. calculation

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 19, 2025 08:48 AM (FxH7T)

149 Thirty people, including eight suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang, are facing federal drug trafficking, firearms offenses and murder-for-hire charges after a months-long undercover operation based out of a troubled Aurora apartment complex.

That reads like the contents of a "What did you do this week" email to some wet work guys in the CIA.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:48 AM (a4flb)

150 119 I have a theory that roads could be built to last a lot longer without cracking or potholes. The material science exists. But they don't build them that way because road repair contracts are so lucrative for politically connected cronies.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
========
A lot of how long a road lasts depends on the road subbase prep, geology of the area, and climate. For example, the South has problems for example with concrete cracking by thermal expansion. North has problems with uses of deicing agents affecting the road surface and so on.

There were some pilot projects though using pre stressed pre fab concrete sections of road that were carted in (late 70's or early 80's). That was less costly and from my memory did better as the concrete was cured and made in a controlled facility rather than on site.

So you could be right.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 08:48 AM (ctrM5)

151 Good morning!
Anything interesting happening in the world?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 08:48 AM (GbwPZ)

152 Excellent monologue, brother JJ. If I may add... They engineered Nixon out of office; Woodward was Naval Intel, not a journalist. Watergate burglars were CIA...

TWA800 anyone? See Jack Cashill on that dandy...

There were many government files in the Murrah building that vanished that day, many surrounding the Mena Arkansas airport that was given to Barry Seal and Roger Reaves in their drug escapades.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 19, 2025 08:49 AM (1E4GV)

153 All these things are easily understandable if you can get past the "Russians are always the bad guys" mindset.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

Cold war thinking is just like heroine. A habit very hard to break.

Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 08:49 AM (89Sog)

154 134 The Soviets were none too pleased about SDI - a purely defensive system against ICBM, too. Was that purely because they wouldn’t want to try and replicate that on their own? It is weird that defensive moves were considered a provocation
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 08:39 AM (yKoRs)

Regan and Bush both claim in their books that we were going to offer the USSR access to the SDI technology.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

155 This is the story of the 85 Bears.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 08:42 AM (MGB5H)

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Heh. I won a lot of money betting on them in Super Bowl XX (Walter Payton was my idol). "Sweetness" Highlight Films FTW!

[True Story: I only ever wore dress shoes to interviews with a suit (other than that, I was the literal "Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes"), Happened to travel to Chicago in '93 for work, and a co-worker joining me on the trip who'd grown up there said that we needed to go to Walter Payton's restaurant (or club?) there. I was wearing tennis shoes (sneakers) per usual, and THEY WOULDN'T LET ME IN! Good times, good times ...]

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 08:51 AM (BENy5)

156 So in regards to the redistricting/gerrymandering issue, it's unconstitutional or something to draw congressional districts a certain way, but no one seems concerned that 85-95% of a particular demographic consistently votes in only one way? Maybe that's the problem, not the lines on the map.

There is your problem, you think that a certain demographic votes 85-95% a particular way. No one counts votes, they count ballots and in those districts there is no correlation between "votes" and "ballots". Rather, one thing is for certain, there are far more ballots than votes.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:51 AM (a4flb)

157 Has anyone here purchased Sidney Sweeny's bath water?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 08:51 AM (g8Ew8)

158 Yes, 1918 was a banner year. Troops headed home from a brutal war we had no business in. If you survived the trenches, 45,000 troops died of Spanish flu in 1918-19, about the same number that perished in combat.

Posted by: Mask Up! at August 19, 2025 08:51 AM (G5+As)

159 The Daily Sneed™
@Tr00peRR
Meanwhile on a Carnival Cruise.

Allegedly over chicken tenders.

https://tinyurl.com/y5w37sfs

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

160 Regan and Bush both claim in their books that we were going to offer the USSR access to the SDI technology.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

Which IMO isn't a bad as it sounds. Building a complex system like that is hard enough if you don't know what you're doing. It's the maintenance that kills you.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:52 AM (x0cJQ)

161 Regan and Bush both claim in their books that we were going to offer the USSR access to the SDI technology.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

According to Putin, at least on US President was open to the idea of better relations with Russia... but someone in the US government nixxed that. I see no reason to believe that SDI, even if Presidents at the time were really willing to share it, wouldn't also have been held up until it could be stopped.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

162 The Daily Sneed™
@Tr00peRR
Meanwhile on a Carnival Cruise.

Allegedly over chicken tenders.

https://tinyurl.com/y5w37sfs
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:52 AM

They should have set up a chicken tenders skim operation like abed in community.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2025 08:53 AM (MGB5H)

163
The murderer at Randy Weaver's house was also present and earned himself another promotion.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August

Which part of that was the cover up?

I need to go teach my 815. Sometimes people do crappy things, and terrorists exist. We are not immune from them. Waco is a whole different section proving our government is inept.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2025 08:53 AM (PRqXW)

164 159 The Daily Sneed™
@Tr00peRR
Meanwhile on a Carnival Cruise.

Allegedly over chicken tenders.

https://tinyurl.com/y5w37sfs
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

They don't call it Carnival for nothing...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2025 08:53 AM (VE6XX)

165 >>Hey kids- do you remember the troubled apartment complex in Aurora, Co where there totally wasn't a problem with TdA gang activity? Well this happened

They were sweeping the whole thing under the rug, despite numerous tenant complaints to a very vocal member of the city council (who was ignored) until one of them set up the doorway camera that recorded some of the TdA charging up the stairs w/guns, pounding on the door across the hall, then entering (and they killed the guy inside).

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 08:54 AM (GbwPZ)

166 Thirty people, including eight suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang, are facing federal drug trafficking, firearms offenses and murder-for-hire charges after a months-long undercover operation based out of a troubled Aurora apartment complex.

"But American citizens commit more crimes than that! Why are you so meeeeean to those poor little brown people!" -Typical leftist answer.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 08:54 AM (OPGS/)

167 I have a theory that roads could be built to last a lot longer without cracking or potholes. The material science exists. But they don't build them that way because road repair contracts are so lucrative for politically connected cronies.

What is currently in vogue with far too many municipalities is the "Fuck You" gesture of "paving" with Chipseal.

Give us all of your tax money, now we'll replace your roads with stuff even third world drivers curse at.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 08:54 AM (a4flb)

168 All these things are easily understandable if you can get past the "Russians are always the bad guys" mindset.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Soviets already had ABM sights around key areas like Moscow dating from before the ABM treaty. US scrapped its ABM systems.

Soviet Communism was an expansionist revolutionary movement, current Russia is not. The only commonality that both share is expansionism--one was based in revolutionary theology--the current justification is pan Russian that Russia can intervene anywhere its citizens are even in titular independent countries.

The latter is much less threatening to American interests than the former.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 08:55 AM (ctrM5)

169 The legacy media's coverage of the peace negotiations has set new standards for adolescent viciousness and ignorance. The hatred for Putin, contempt for Trump, desperate need to find a way both to embarrass him and derail a peace deal, is so wildly obvious one wonders how they survive it. They've learned nothing. They have one mind, one purpose, one speed -- all out Trump derangement.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2025 08:55 AM (WHfpM)

170 One man. One vote, and all that, but we've gone from someone being 2/3 a person to someone being a person x2. Of course, if you're the party getting the votes, you see no reason to change.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 19, 2025 08:48 AM (MZ+PY)

The Texas overturn of 9, 18, 29, and 33 was because they created a minority block that did NOT exist.
Example
Precinct 1 62% Black
P 2 58% Black
P 3 25% Hispanic and 30% Black
These we added to create a District to create a protected Minority Majority. Well P3 is not a Minority Majority.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 08:56 AM (gbOdA)

171 >>Meanwhile on a Carnival Cruise.

Allegedly over chicken tenders.

https://tinyurl.com/y5w37sfs

Looks like fun! /sarc
Not a vacation that relieves the fatigue. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 08:56 AM (GbwPZ)

172 A lot of how long a road lasts depends on the road subbase prep, geology of the area, and climate. For example, the South has problems for example with concrete cracking by thermal expansion. North has problems with uses of deicing agents affecting the road surface and so on.

There were some pilot projects though using pre stressed pre fab concrete sections of road that were carted in (late 70's or early 80's). That was less costly and from my memory did better as the concrete was cured and made in a controlled facility rather than on site.

So you could be right.
Posted by: whig

There's a road outside of Alexandria, Louisiana that goes from Alexandria to a military base. Was built back in the forties. Concrete. Still as flat and level as when it was built. I'm sure the Army Corps of Engineers had a huge hand in building it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 08:56 AM (X98Jy)

173 The giveaway that the election night bomb threats were staged by the left could be seen in real time during the election night coverage. Every single network was breathlessly reporting on bomb threats, even claiming they had been "traced to Russia," and suddenly every single network dropped in completely. Watch several election night coverage vids from different networks and it's uncanny.

They all simultaneously went from Bombs! Bombs! Bombs! to nothing but crickets in a heartbeat. The word had to have gotten out that the threats were coming from the left. Would be quite a story there, if we had any journalists left.

Posted by: Delurker at August 19, 2025 08:57 AM (NhiOW)

174 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2025 08:57 AM (53oGX)

175 Ukrainian Drones Hit Refineries, Drive Russia’s Gas Prices to Record Highs . . .

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Next you'll be telling me that Ukraine has recently targeted Russian nuclear power plants.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 08:57 AM (BENy5)

176 I have a theory that roads could be built to last a lot longer without cracking or potholes. The material science exists. But they don't build them that way because road repair contracts are so lucrative for politically connected cronies.

What is currently in vogue with far too many municipalities is the "Fuck You" gesture of "paving" with Chipseal.

Give us all of your tax money, now we'll replace your roads with stuff even third world drivers curse at.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Gypsies are standing there going "WTF?"

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 08:58 AM (X98Jy)

177 >>They have one mind, one purpose, one speed -- all out Trump derangement.

And in the current Trump administration, his press people are treating the press with the same contempt, such as responding to silly press inquiries with memes.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 08:58 AM (GbwPZ)

178
They don't call it Carnival for nothing...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2025 08:53 AM (VE6XX)

No way, no way at all I'd take a cruise. It may be more comfortable than a plane flight, but you're stuck with the same people for longer. Jail, with the opportunity of sinking.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 08:58 AM (kkTda)

179 Ask a Leftist why they shouldn't be pleased and proud that our president is working tirelessly to end a war and mass slaughter that he had nothing to do with starting. Look at their dumb cow stare turn into a snarling mask of hatred as they spew out stale Leftist imprecations.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2025 08:58 AM (WHfpM)

180 It has always been hard to believe that the truck-bombing ... was planned by just one or two perpetrators acting alone.

No, it wasn't. For people who have no idea what goes into an attack like that, maybe. But it was very easy to plan. Just like planning an attack on bridge-tunnels is actually pretty easy, once you overcome the obtaining of explosive material.

There's no need for the FBI to help with these things. Even though they've been involved in all sorts of conspiracies in the last 20 years....

Posted by: GWB at August 19, 2025 08:59 AM (rSsQh)

181 Meanwhile on a Carnival Cruise.

Allegedly over chicken tenders.

https://tinyurl.com/y5w37sfs

Looks like fun! /sarc
Not a vacation that relieves the fatigue. . .
Posted by: Lizzy

Section 8 Cruise Lines.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 08:59 AM (X98Jy)

182 Chinese company develops humanoid robot to gestate babies, set for commercial sale in 2026 for $14,000

***********

Available at all Ute "R" Us stores.

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2025 08:59 AM (/iMjX)

183 We shouldn't be sending even a Nerf Gun refill.

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Would you settle for a a Nerf Basketball and Hoop?

/Man, I and my younger brothers would entertain ourselves (to my poor Sainted mother's chagrin) for hours in our tiny bedroom with that toy ... good times, good times.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 08:59 AM (BENy5)

184 There's a road outside of Alexandria, Louisiana that goes from Alexandria to a military base. Was built back in the forties. Concrete. Still as flat and level as when it was built. I'm sure the Army Corps of Engineers had a huge hand in building it.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 08:56 AM (X98Jy)

Are you sure you were in Louisiana?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 09:00 AM (gbOdA)

185 Jail, with the opportunity of sinking.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 08:58 AM (kkTda)

Long as you can resurface, submerged is a smoother ride.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

186 Muslims in general, and Palestinians in particular, reflect the inferiority of Islam as a culture, religion and ethos.

It has to make claims on persons, places and things that their culture had no connection to, even after rejecting what it actually stands for.

They claim Jesus was a Palestinian, but the Gospel expresses so much of how Mohammed was 180 degrees from what Jesus is about. Islam is a lie that lies about its lies.

Being devoid of reason, ability or scruples, Muslims try to make up for their deficiencies by lieing. But they still know that they are inferior.

Posted by: Minuteman at August 19, 2025 09:00 AM (47/pr)

187
I remember reading (while standing in a bookstore) something by Henry Petroski about road building. Yes, you can make roads to last, but the time and cost is a great deal more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 09:00 AM (kkTda)

188 LCPS opened an investigation into three male students months prior after they complained about the female student’s presence, and the district has now decided to suspend two of the boys, according to WJLA, an ABC affiliate. The female student, who purportedly claims to be male, allegedly used the boys locker room several times and even filmed inside to catch “the reaction of male students.”
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Loudoun County needs an enema.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 09:01 AM (Dv3i1)

189 In 1918 Pittsburgh and Boston Braves played an MLB record 20 scoreless innings before the Pirates win 2-0 in the 21st inning.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:38 AM (uvfbN)

The real tragedy was that the stadium ran out of beer during the 15th inning.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 09:01 AM (g8Ew8)

190 What is currently in vogue with far too many municipalities is the "Fuck You" gesture of "paving" with Chipseal.

Give us all of your tax money, now we'll replace your roads with stuff even third world drivers curse at.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Chip and seal makes economic sense for reviving the surfaces of minor roads. One of the major problems with asphalt (or chip and seal) is as the binder becomes tired, it cracks, deforms, etc. leading to water infiltration into the road subbase. That leads to out right blowouts--potholes, etc. Asphalt replacement requires stripping the old layers of asphalt and placing new lifts down--more expensive, more permanent, and more time consuming.

If an transportation agency acts before the road surface of an asphalt road deteriorates thoroughly, then chip and seal can prevent and extend the life of the asphalt below by sealing the surface from water infiltration.

FWIW, chip and seal almost always is in highway construction summer season as the tar needs hot temperatures to help the road tar fully bind with the previous road surface and the aggregate.

Chip and seal over concrete though is a cosmetic fix.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:02 AM (ctrM5)

191 ... and I cannot envision Zelensky making any sort of concessions to stop the bloodshed ...

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The end of billions in grift for he and his oligarchic friends -- and certainly his non-piano-playing "political puppet career" and likely his life -- should The War end?

Not very likely ... (but if anyone can do it, it certainly would be The Trumpster).

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:02 AM (BENy5)

192 In 1918 Pittsburgh and Boston Braves played an MLB record 20 scoreless innings before the Pirates win 2-0 in the 21st inning.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 19, 2025 08:38 AM (uvfbN)

The real tragedy was that the stadium ran out of beer during the 15th inning.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 09:01 AM (g8Ew

The real tragedy was that there were workers with enough free time to attend the game. -- WEF

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 09:02 AM (ExV1e)

193 Are you sure you were in Louisiana?
Posted by: rhennigantx

LOL. Yes. It goes from Alexandria to a military base on the way to, I believe, Marksville. We took it going to a casino 30 years ago or so from my ex's grandparent's house. My now ex f-i-l told us how the military built it. That road was as flat and smooth as any new road built.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:03 AM (X98Jy)

194 Looks like fun! /sarc
Not a vacation that relieves the fatigue. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 08:56 AM (GbwPZ)

I also here many stories where at next port o call they are left dockside.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

195 I also here many stories where at next port o call they are left dockside.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

Because they miss movement or are they put ashore?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

196 Nothing gives me the warm fuzzies like reading that Maureen Dowd's sister's car was repeatedly stolen, crashed into, and the subject of many bogus speeding tickets.

Except maybe that video of the two banshees in "I"m an AG!" Newport getting arrested. I hope that shrill bitch kicking and screaming gets a roomie whose nickname is Butch Bertha.

Posted by: vivi at August 19, 2025 09:05 AM (KruEU)

197 You mean The Pacific Princess, Captain Stubing, Gopher, Doc, Isaac, and Julie was Hollywood hype? I'm saddened.

Posted by: Lido Deck Lonnie at August 19, 2025 09:05 AM (G5+As)

198 Also, didn't come cruise line recently ban blacks? Is that true?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

199 [snip]

Chip and seal over concrete though is a cosmetic fix.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:02 AM (ctrM5)

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Unless I meet whig at the TX MoMe, I'm convinced that this is an advanced AI ChatBot (or the smartest Renaissance Man living).

j/k Cheers!

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:05 AM (BENy5)

200 Our road sees a lot of heavy traffic. When patching it, and the county's involved, it's a half-assed chip and seal job done by hand that lasts about a week.

And is worse off when winter rolls around and the plows tear it up even more.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 09:07 AM (Q4IgG)

201 Muldoon News Item #327: Serving a vital role in the egg industry, the chicken tenders pull alongside exhausted hens, refueling them for another night of egg-laying.

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2025 09:07 AM (/iMjX)

202 There's a road outside of Alexandria, Louisiana that goes from Alexandria to a military base. Was built back in the forties. Concrete. Still as flat and level as when it was built. I'm sure the Army Corps of Engineers had a huge hand in building it.
Posted by: rickb223

A lot depends on truck traffic. Heavy trucks (often well overloaded) deteriorate roads much faster than car traffic. Our older interstates were designed around a 73k limit on weight--thus they began to fail more rapidly when 80k truck limits became the law of the land.

In farm states, it is not uncommon for farm trucks toting grain from harvest to be as much as 30-40k over that 80k limit if they can get away with it or try to judge loads without going across a scale. Common in some other local industries as well to send out overloaded trucks.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:07 AM (ctrM5)

203 The Lone Star lockup opened this morning. 5,000 capacity

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2025 09:07 AM (dxWFK)

204 Also, didn't come cruise line recently ban blacks? Is that true?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

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"Black Passengers Say They Feel Targeted By Cruise Line After Discovering Its Policy: The new Carnival Cruise rules are under fire for allegedly targeting Black culture and music"

https://is.gd/FKuzeY

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:08 AM (BENy5)

205 198 Also, didn't come cruise line recently ban blacks? Is that true?

no but they banned certain music from being played over the intercom on board

I assume hip hop or rap or whatever

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 19, 2025 09:08 AM (Pv3Rg)

206 Imagine telling a pre-Obama Democrat that by 2025 their party would adamantly demand sex changes for children, keeping violent illegal immigrants in the country, and eight dollar a gallon gasoline.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Isn't progress amazing!?!? Think how wonderful things will be in 2042 if we can get AOC elected president!!! Progress is uncomfortable for those in power and with privilege, so we may have to be a bit deceitful and ease people into, but once in place, they can't complain about the results!

Posted by: Far Left Activist at August 19, 2025 09:08 AM (JCZqz)

207 - One of the hardest things to do is get people to accept that they've bought into a lie/had the wool pulled over their eyes.

Or even to get them to look at evidence, like say news reports from a local TV station's interviews immediately after the fact, or over a thousand experts in their field signing onto a view that goes against a widely accepted narrative.

Yes, I've been there, too.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 19, 2025 09:08 AM (RGbzo)

208 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2025 09:09 AM (RIvkX)

209 Meanwhile on a Carnival Cruise.

Allegedly over chicken tenders.

https://tinyurl.com/y5w37sfs

Carnival used to market their ships as the "Fun Ships." I think I'd rather run with the bulls in Pamplona.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 19, 2025 09:10 AM (rJ48h)

210 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 19, 2025 09:10 AM (5xVe6)

211 Also, didn't come cruise line recently ban blacks? Is that true?

no but they banned certain music from being played over the intercom on board

I assume hip hop or rap or whatever
Posted by: Black Orchid

And personal portable speakers.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:10 AM (X98Jy)

212 Unless I meet whig at the TX MoMe, I'm convinced that this is an advanced AI ChatBot (or the smartest Renaissance Man living).

j/k Cheers!
Posted by: ShainS
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ShainS.
In this case, it was because I was in Air Force Civil Engineering for a hitch to pay for grad school. A lot of what we did was maintain runways even for the big boys like tankers and bombers plus the roads around air bases. Road building is a science (and I guess you can include runways as part of that).

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:10 AM (ctrM5)

213 Any truth to the rumor James Comey will be a backup dancer on the upcoming Swift tour?

Posted by: Lurch Does The Frug at August 19, 2025 09:11 AM (G5+As)

214 One of the hardest things to do is get people to accept that they've bought into a lie/had the wool pulled over their eyes.

I supported the GWoT... at least until I realized it was a war on American kids dumb enough to sign up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

215 Except maybe that video of the two banshees in "I"m an AG!" Newport getting arrested. I hope that shrill bitch kicking and screaming gets a roomie whose nickname is Butch Bertha.
Posted by: vivi at August 19, 2025 09:05 AM (KruEU)

Vapid entitlement, potty mouths, defiant wine-soaked refusal to accept reasonable and lawful directives -- all the elements. The comments on X are hilarious.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2025 09:11 AM (WHfpM)

216 Rap and hip hop aren’t music.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2025 09:12 AM (77rzZ)

217 Anna Lulis
@annamlulis

This is beautiful.

@Riley_Gaines_
reveals her dog was the first to know she was carrying her unborn baby.

Dogs can sense hormonal changes in pregnancy — often becoming extra protective and clingy. Sometimes they know before you do.

https://tinyurl.com/3ar3tdbe

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

218 Bonjour horde and best wishes for a productive and healthy day!

PS: airplane travel sucks these days.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2025 09:12 AM (7n/yw)

219 200 Our road sees a lot of heavy traffic. When patching it, and the county's involved, it's a half-assed chip and seal job done by hand that lasts about a week.

And is worse off when winter rolls around and the plows tear it up even more.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Winter is tough on pavements in the snowy and icy areas. Summer is tough on pavements in the South.

You get both conditions between the South and the North aka border states--hot summers AND snow and ice.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:13 AM (ctrM5)

220 > Also, didn't come cruise line recently ban blacks? Is that true?
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Carnival (aptly named) banned "black music" according to some people associated with booking cruises on the "Floating Waffle House."

This, after repeated riots over food, drinks, entertainment, etc. onboard several ships.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2025 09:13 AM (Q4IgG)

221 In the wake of 9/11 (and I don't think I am giving away any big ideas or secrets here) I had often thought that as bad as that attack was, can you imagine multiple cargo ships (that are always sailing up and into New York Harbor) each loaded to capacity with AN-FO sailing up the harbor and grounding themselves under the bridges and over the Battery, Lincoln and Midtown tunnels then exploding. The death and destruction would've been orders of magnitude greater than 9/11.

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The Battle of Porktown?

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:13 AM (BENy5)

222 Road building is a science (and I guess you can include runways as part of that).
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:10 AM (ctrM5)

People who know things about roads can be so annoying. My youngest is about to graduate with a civil engineering degree and whenever I bitch about something related to road construction or traffic they throw facts at me. Ugh, kids today.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

223 Vapid entitlement, potty mouths, defiant wine-soaked refusal to accept reasonable and lawful directives -- all the elements. The comments on X are hilarious.
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American culture in the 50s is horrible due to racism and women being kept out of the workplace. Today's culture is way better because there's no racism and women being in the workplace. I guess.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2025 09:13 AM (Dv3i1)

224 >>Chinese company develops humanoid robot to gestate babies, set for commercial sale in 2026 for $14,000

Aaaaand then. . . . https://tinyurl.com/4dft33ax

Imagine every post-it note is a human life. Oh wait.
Even Michael Bay understands industrial human farming is evil (seehis "The Island").

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 09:13 AM (GbwPZ)

225 Rap and hip hop aren’t music.
Posted by: Bulg

You can't spell crap without rap.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 09:14 AM (cYBz/)

226 In farm states, it is not uncommon for farm trucks toting grain from harvest to be as much as 30-40k over that 80k limit if they can get away with it or try to judge loads without going across a scale. Common in some other local industries as well to send out overloaded trucks.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:07 AM (ctrM5)

So? Gotta get the harvest in any way they can or nobody ain't eating.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 09:14 AM (g8Ew8)

227 My memory is John Doe #2 matched a known federal agent that was working white supremacist circles in the early 90s.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 09:15 AM (t0Rmr)

228 Iowa might not have a port but MN has a very large international port. Most people don't know that.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 19, 2025 09:15 AM (ycs3a)

229 136 -lon horiuchi. *spit* at both Wace and Ruby Ridge.

Posted by: vivi at August 19, 2025 09:15 AM (KruEU)

230 Congratulations to the lively Riley Gaines and her husband! Babies are a vote for the future of our country. Bless this family!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2025 09:16 AM (7n/yw)

231 Every road upon which the city's Metro bus runs, the right lane gets all tore up, and especially about the bus stops and intersection stops. It's the braking and acceleration forces of these behemoths.

No matter if asphalt or concrete, though concrete do take a bit longer to show the effects.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2025 09:16 AM (wVcYX)

232 Old school concrete had more aggregate, or better aggregate (sand). Once in a while around town you’ll see pre-war driveways and sidewalks that are almost perfect, it’s a kind of tan color. I think like most things, preparation is 90 percent of it too. Good base prep, and drainage. Frost heave. Tree roots are the bane of sidewalks. But it is remarkable to see new sidewalks cracking within a few years.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 09:17 AM (yKoRs)

233 Remember that this is the same Clinton machine that engineered the Russia Collusion hoax with the same FBI and Intel agencies that worked their fingers to the bone to sabotage and attempt to take down candidate and then President Trump. And the very same operatves, Brennan Comey and Clapper and many if not all of their underlings were working in the FBI, CIA, DoJ and elsewhere in the Deep State when the Murrah Building was leveled.

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* Filegate has entered the chat *

"Filegate" occurred during the Clinton administration in the 1990s and involved the improper retrieval of FBI background files on hundreds of individuals, including many from previous Republican administrations.

Craig Livingstone, director of the White House Office of Personnel Security, improperly requested these files in 1993 and 1994 without the subjects' permission. This led to political accusations, including claims that senior White House officials or First Lady Hillary (later "Killary" of The Arkancides and Benghazi) Clinton may have sought the files for political purposes.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:18 AM (BENy5)

234 193 Are you sure you were in Louisiana?
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Louisiana, because of New Orleans hospitality was one of the last states to raise its drinking age to 21. They lost highway trust funds from the US govt for over a decade because of it putting them in a hole as far as road maintenance across the state. So during that time, the state prioritized what money it had toward the highest priority roads like from Baton Rouge to New Orleans (j/k).

Roads are kind of like roofs and siding on houses or a car--they will deteriorate just from weather alone so regular maintenance is a must.

Get behind the curve and it costs a lot more to fix over time.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:18 AM (ctrM5)

235 ‘Ukrainian Drones Hit Refineries, Drive Russia’s Gas Prices to Record High.’

Yea, sure they did. I believe nothing coming out of this war. It’s all pro-Uke bullshit. Somehow, a backwards country of drunks and hot THOTs, which before the war was barely functioning, suddenly has Heechee drone tech that is so very scary to Putin. Please.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 19, 2025 09:19 AM (DODe4)

236
"Filegate" occurred during the Clinton administration in the 1990s and involved the improper retrieval of FBI background files on hundreds of individuals, including many from previous Republican administrations.

I was amused that after the FNM spent a long time denying Clinton's Lewinsky affair, and arguing that of course he should resign if it was true, when the blue dress came out the FNM instantly pivoted to "well everyone does it and it doesn't matter oh and here is evidence Newt and Bob Livingstone had affairs to"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 09:19 AM (t0Rmr)

237 Yea, sure they did. I believe nothing coming out of this war. It’s all pro-Uke bullshit. Somehow, a backwards country of drunks and hot THOTs, which before the war was barely functioning, suddenly has Heechee drone tech that is so very scary to Putin. Please.

REMEMBER SNAKE ISLAND! AND THE GHOST OF KIEV!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 09:20 AM (t0Rmr)

238 It is weird that defensive moves were considered a provocation
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 08:39 AM
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The Rooskies feared that if we could shoot down their incoming ICBMs, we would be more likely to shoot ours at them.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 19, 2025 09:20 AM (xp13L)

239 The left will never lose power because they will always have courts to back them up. You can’t win games when the refs are on the other team’s side.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 19, 2025 09:20 AM (4HxCT)

240 >>Any truth to the rumor James Comey will be a backup dancer on the upcoming Swift tour?

NFL cheerleader is the best I can offer

Posted by: Pawn Shop Guy at August 19, 2025 09:21 AM (GbwPZ)

241 I remember having this argument in the 1990s. On text only BBS. You kids get off my lawn!

Music, by definition, has harmony, melody, and rhythm. “Rap” was arguably missing one or more of those components. Q.E.D.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 09:21 AM (yKoRs)

242 The left will never lose power because they will always have courts to back them up. You can’t win games when the refs are on the other team’s side.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 19, 2025 09:20 AM (4HxCT)

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Tell us about it...

Posted by: Anyone Who Plays the Kansas City Chiefs at August 19, 2025 09:22 AM (ycs3a)

243 Was the FBI Behind the Oklahoma Bombing?

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The chorus from a parody I wrote in '99 after Waco when Karpetbagger Killary was running (being anointed to) the New York State Senate seat:

"Bye, bye, Miss American Lie
Drove Vince Foster to Death's Roster
But Ron Brown chose to fly

Them girls and boys were killed by Your FBI
Screaming 'This Will Be The Day That We Die ...
This Will Be A Village You Fry'"

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:22 AM (BENy5)

244 The giveaway that the election night bomb threats were staged by the left could be seen in real time during the election night coverage. Every single network was breathlessly reporting on bomb threats, even claiming they had been "traced to Russia," and suddenly every single network dropped in completely. Watch several election night coverage vids from different networks and it's uncanny.

They all simultaneously went from Bombs! Bombs! Bombs! to nothing but crickets in a heartbeat. The word had to have gotten out that the threats were coming from the left. Would be quite a story there, if we had any journalists left.
Posted by: Delurker at August 19, 2025 08:57 AM (NhiOW)

Most broadcast media use a subscription service called CNN News Source. The stations I worked at used it as well. The service provides everything required to put together a news "show", including sound bites, video clips, copy, Chyron, and graphics. The material is fed via satellite and through the internet to the stations, with servers set up so the news director and producer could access the material and build a show. Been going on for years.

https://www.cnnnewsource.com/

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 19, 2025 09:23 AM (5xuJ/)

245 >>Nobody can say anything here without getting twitterpated and reported as a closet Republican because your view of the party doesn't agree 100% with theirs.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

IT'S FUNNY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR CONVERSATION IS HEAVILY CENSORED YOU GUYS

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 19, 2025 09:23 AM (GbwPZ)

246 I remember having this argument in the 1990s. On text only BBS. You kids get off my lawn!

Music, by definition, has harmony, melody, and rhythm. “Rap” was arguably missing one or more of those components. Q.E.D.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 09:21 AM (yKoRs)

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* Internet Relay Chat (IRC) in '93 had entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 19, 2025 09:24 AM (BENy5)

247 NY Harbor hosted a huge explosion in 1916 when 2 million pounds of ammunition was blown up by German agents. The ammo was headed to England. Called the Black Tom Explosion, after Black Tom Island, technically New Jersey. 5.5 on the Richter Scale, the explosion broke windows in several boroughs and in NJ. Only about 10 killed, though. Shrapnel hit the Statue of Liberty.

Posted by: Ker-Pow! at August 19, 2025 09:24 AM (G5+As)

248 >>Music, by definition, has harmony, melody, and rhythm. “Rap” was arguably missing one or more of those components. Q.E.D.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE RAP HAS MANAGED TO GET WORSE, MUCH WORSE, OVER TIME, INSTEAD OF BETTER.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 19, 2025 09:24 AM (GbwPZ)

249 Maybe they should have simply nuked Moscow in that relatively brief 4 year window where the USA had a monopoly on nuclear weapons. Intended for Berlin, deployed on Hiroshima. But them fellers needed nukin’ too. Save everyone a whole lot of trouble.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 09:25 AM (yKoRs)

250 The Louisiana case is already on SCOTUS docket, oral arguments scheduled Oct 15th.

Potentially huge. Possible SCOTUS finally strikes down Section 2 of VRA. Which would mean no more VRA minority majority raciially gerrymandered districts. Which would cost the D’s about 25 House seats.

Posted by: Aarradin at August 19, 2025 09:26 AM (SohJ5)

251 Any truth to the rumor James Comey will be a backup dancer on the upcoming Swift tour?

He'll be dancing and she'll keep saying, "Back up."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 09:26 AM (ExV1e)

252 232 Old school concrete had more aggregate, or better aggregate (sand). Once in a while around town you’ll see pre-war driveways and sidewalks that are almost perfect, it’s a kind of tan color. I think like most things, preparation is 90 percent of it too. Good base prep, and drainage. Frost heave. Tree roots are the bane of sidewalks. But it is remarkable to see new sidewalks cracking within a few years.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Rebar used to be used for routine concrete jobs including driveways, sidewalks, etc. And neither are high traffic areas where you run heavy trucks on them routinely. So the concrete can last in such situations barring surface deterioration.

Ideally though, builder's sand is used rather than playground sand as it is rougher (you can tell by feel) and takes to adhering better in mortar or concrete applications.

But due to expense, you use the aggregate and sand common in your area rather than shipping the best all around the country. Some places use seashells/coral/crushed limestone because they that is what geography handed them to use locally.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:26 AM (ctrM5)

253 Netflix has a 3 part doc on finding and killing bin Laden. It tries to be apolitical and for the most part stays neutral. But for the Obama part a lot of the people involved talked about how their decision making was based on politics .Foe the Bush people that was never an issue, they did what they did (right or wrong) based on what they thought would work.

It was an interesting juxtaposition between the two. For Obama everything was about how the mission would affect re-election. For Bush, it wasn’t a thing. At least not according to the people who worked under him. It’s a nasty twist of irony that Obama got the credit when he basically had to be pulled kicking and screaming into authorizing the mission.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 19, 2025 09:27 AM (4HxCT)

254 73 Biggest weakness: Reacting instead of Acting. The GOPers are masters at controlling the narrative. But rarely do Democrats throw out a popular POLICY (say Medicare For All) then sit back and wait for the reactions.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2025 08:17 AM (ycI94)

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I love these people so much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 09:27 AM (GBKbO)

255 Potentially huge. Possible SCOTUS finally strikes down Section 2 of VRA. Which would mean no more VRA minority majority raciially gerrymandered districts. Which would cost the D’s about 25 House seats.
Posted by: Aarradin
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It will also affect state legislatures and local commissions, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:27 AM (ctrM5)

256 Summer is tough on pavements in the South.

You get both conditions between the South and the North aka border states--hot summers

Posted by: whig

108 degree heat with six to eight semi's hauling rock & sand to the cement plants around Dallas, making three to four trips each six days a week.

The county contracts with a company called Four Flushers (Feathers) who do cold patching. Lasts less than a day on certain curves where the tires hit harder. Same spot last three years.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:27 AM (X98Jy)

257 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE RAP HAS MANAGED TO GET WORSE, MUCH WORSE, OVER TIME, INSTEAD OF BETTER.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 19, 2025 09:24 AM (GbwPZ)
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I'm pretty sure thats racist.

Posted by: Rachel Dolezal at August 19, 2025 09:28 AM (n9M/T)

258 I love these people so much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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For entertainment purposes?

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:28 AM (ctrM5)

259 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
What is going on with Tampon Tim that this lunatic is begging him to get his sh*t together?

https://tinyurl.com/yrkb7vp5

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

260 255 Potentially huge. Possible SCOTUS finally strikes down Section 2 of VRA. Which would mean no more VRA minority majority raciially gerrymandered districts. Which would cost the D’s about 25 House seats.
Posted by: Aarradin
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It will also affect state legislatures and local commissions, etc.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:27 AM (ctrM5)

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And just like that, black women found themselves to be really unimportant to Democrat politics.

Right as they are going to reach their height of internal power in 2028, by the way. It's an interesting juxtaposition.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 09:29 AM (GBKbO)

261 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE RAP HAS MANAGED TO GET WORSE, MUCH WORSE, OVER TIME, INSTEAD OF BETTER.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER

Tell us about Hick Hop Ben!

Posted by: Country-Fried Snake at August 19, 2025 09:29 AM (G5+As)

262 Even in Zero Dark Thirty you can see the politics of the era if you are paying attention to it.

Obama knew where Osama was for over a year before he finally decided to let the military kill Osama.

Good thing for us I guess that Pakistan had no interest in moving Osama in that time frame...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 09:29 AM (t0Rmr)

263 258 I love these people so much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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For entertainment purposes?
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:28 AM (ctrM5)

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They're like a retarded dog.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 19, 2025 09:29 AM (GBKbO)

264 The Daily Sneed™
@Tr00peRR
Meanwhile on a Carnival Cruise.

Allegedly over chicken tenders.

https://tinyurl.com/y5w37sfs
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2025 08:52 AM (NpAcC)
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How were the tenders? Maybe worth fighting over?

Those guys were so drunk they could barely stand up. That one guy threw a punch and almost fell over. It’s the unlimited booze packages. You have grundles of problematic passengers drinking themselves zotto. Of course there will be violence.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 19, 2025 09:29 AM (DODe4)

265 >>It’s a nasty twist of irony that Obama got the credit when he basically had to be pulled kicking and screaming into authorizing the mission.

I recall reading rumors that Obama and Jarrett kept denying authorization - that it dragged out for weeks and weeks, all the while the team prepared and practiced.
Wonder if we'll ever get the details firsthand.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 09:30 AM (GbwPZ)

266 I came here to chew bubble gum and use this box of tampons on school boys

And I'm all out of bubble gun

Posted by: Tampon Tim at August 19, 2025 09:30 AM (t0Rmr)

267 Nood art

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 09:31 AM (X98Jy)

268 >>Good thing for us I guess that Pakistan had no interest in moving Osama in that time frame...

Unfortunate for the Americans held hostage by ISIS that Obama refused to rescue despite knowing their location.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2025 09:31 AM (GbwPZ)

269 I recall a novel with a plot element of an LNG tanker being used as a weapon in NY Harbor. Can't recall the title or author.

Turn off the LNG cooling, the gas expands and fills in the surface of the harbor until a spark happens. Then, KA-BLAMMO!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2025 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

270 Fully 50% of black women college grads work government jobs in some form. Fed, State, Local.

Posted by: Nit Picker Ned at August 19, 2025 09:32 AM (G5+As)

271 Fully 50% of black women college grads work government jobs in some form. Fed, State, Local.

And will tell you "next line" after you waited in line for 2 hours because you didn't fill out some form correctly...where the government already has all the information on the form

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2025 09:33 AM (t0Rmr)

272 108 degree heat with six to eight semi's hauling rock & sand to the cement plants around Dallas, making three to four trips each six days a week.

The county contracts with a company called Four Flushers (Feathers) who do cold patching. Lasts less than a day on certain curves where the tires hit harder. Same spot last three years.
Posted by: rickb223
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Unfortunately that happens as well. On older concrete interstates, you notice the rougher road surfaces at exit ramps and before bridges, etc. due to braking and acceleration. Asphalt ruts.

That though is beyond my paygrade to figure out the math of that other than weight kills roads--publius or aop could, me, not so much. The greater the weight on the vehicles, the faster it deteriorates as force equals mass times acceleration.

Curves do also suffer water accumulation more as they drain, almost always the lowest end is the part that deteriorates first versus the top bank side of the curve if done right.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:34 AM (ctrM5)

273 They're like a retarded dog.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I would say rabid but that is just me.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2025 09:37 AM (ctrM5)

274 Ukrainian Drones Hit Refineries, Drive Russia’s Gas Prices to Record High.’

Yea, sure they did. I believe nothing coming out of this war. It’s all pro-Uke bullshit. Somehow, a backwards country of drunks and hot THOTs, which before the war was barely functioning, suddenly has Heechee drone tech that is so very scary to Putin. Please.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 19, 2025 09:19 AM (DODe4)

Agree. Everything on YouTube is pro-Uke.

Hey, ya'll! Wanna see a Russian tank blown up by a Uke mine? (It's never a Uke vehicle.)

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 09:39 AM (g8Ew8)

275 We either need to engineer roads to handle the weight of the trucks or limit the weight of the trucks. This seems like a classic case of a socialized cost and a private benefit.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 19, 2025 09:41 AM (Skc+N)

276 Trump also declared a pubic safety emergency in the nation’s capital

J.J.,

You may want to fix the above sentence...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 19, 2025 09:47 AM (/HDaX)

277 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

The US needs to take itself away from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict even if it affects several, large U.S. NPs. Zelensky has one "but" after another, and that'll never end if he's not held responsible.

End U.S. Humanitarian Parole for all male Ukrainians ages 18 on up that can be conscripted into military service in Ukraine. (It should have been done long ago. BTW, every home window installation contractor around the tri-state area has those "fighting age" men on payrolls. Perhaps good jobs American citizens would like to have?)

Send them back, directly to Kyiv, and allow Zelinsky to deal with his country's problems. (Oh, then he won't get reelected? Too bad.)

>AP, World News, 'Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to replenish its beleaguered troops'

Note: Actually, the Age of Mobilization was lowered from 27 to 25. Men aged 18-60 must register for the draft, and men aged 25-60 can be mobilized.

But: BBC, 'Conscription squads send Ukrainian men into hiding' 17 June 2024

KYIV Independent, 'As US pushes Ukraine to lower conscription age, why won’t Kyiv draft younger men?' by Elsa Court, Updated Jan. 13, 2025

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

278 The joys of redistricting!

From those brave TX democrats who could not honestly face their own constituents.

NBC News, yesterday, in part, "And the redistricting plan passed the state Senate earlier this week over the protests of state Democrats. While most of the Democratic state Senators walked out during the debate over the bill, two remained, allowing the bill to pass."
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To Louisiana, a state with a significant issues with the tracking and welfare of unaccompanied migrant children in the United States. Any why not? Could it be the, You join us, we'll hide those people in your area, and you're guaranteed a political seat in the future. Yay!

Proportionality, like we played in PA?
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Aww, poor former FBI Director James Comey is scared.

>NBC News, Oct 7, 2020, 'Taylor Swift endorses Joe Biden for President' Swift had largely stayed out of politics before 2018 out of fear of isolating her audience.

She had provided cover for their dirty deeds - and not just for Comey but slews of others - even if that were never ever her intention. (Now it may be, "... Never Ever Getting Back Together," at least as it once seemed to be.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2025 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

279 Regarding the OK City bombing... Although widely reported as such, this was not an ANFO bomb. It was actually ANNM, which is Ammonium Nitrate-Nitromethane, which is a far more witchy brew than ANFO. In particular, the detonation velocity of ANNM is significantly higher than for ANFO, and ANNM is far easier to initiate as an explosive.

Posted by: DaveK at August 19, 2025 10:07 AM (zAQ/x)

280 When Pepsi held an online contest in 2012 to name a new Mountain Dew flavor, 4chan users hijacked it, flooding the rankings with names like “Diabeetus.” That same year, they rigged a contest where fans could vote for Taylor Swift to perform at their school. I hesitate to tell you this part, but they rigged it so that the winning school was the Horace Mann School for the Deaf.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2025 10:17 AM (RHGPo)

281 I'll always remember that picture of the OKC firefighter carrying the lifeless little girl after the 1995 bombing. A conservative talk radio personality interviewed him after Clinton stuck his fat foot in his mouth, the firefighter admitted he listen(ed) to El Rushbo.

Posted by: Rex B at August 19, 2025 10:35 AM (+xk6Q)

282 off topic, but that Victoria banshee in Newport is in senior management at Pepsi. A website reports "Her skills include communicating with senior business leaders on complex data, analytics and artificial intelligence solutions."
Maybe her problem is too much time on artificial intelligence and not on the old-fashioned kind.

Posted by: vivi at August 19, 2025 10:50 AM (KruEU)

283 "even though it's [Ukrainian] people's blood being shed in the main"

That's partly true, and partly false.

With respect to civilians, it's absolutely correct. The Russians deliberately target civilians with missiles and drones, while the Ukrainians make a conscious effort to aim for Russian military and economic targets.

War criminals do love their war crimes.

But with regard to military personnel, it's not true at all. Military attrition rates are anywhere from 2.5 to 5 Russian casualties for every Ukrainian casualties. Mostly because Ukraine benefits from the defender's advantage on the battlefield. But perhaps some of that is attributable to Russia being more beholden to moribund Soviet tactics.

(Of course, Russia's population is 3x that of Ukraine's. So, attrition rates have to be higher than 3 for Ukraine to win the attritional war.)

Posted by: JTP at August 19, 2025 02:24 PM (8daDi)

Daily Tech News 19 August 2025

Top Story

If a Linktr.ee fell in a forest in India and nobody knew why, would it make a sound? (Tech Crunch)

Because it did.
England has declared war on 4Chan. (Think Broadband)

This seems unwise. 4Chan is a US company so England has less than no authority here.

Tech News

Japanese investment company Softbank has invested $2 billion in Intel - about 2% of the company. (WCCFTech)

Chicken feed as such things go but I wouldn't say no.
How the new CEO of Obsidian went from superfan to, uh, CEO. (The Verge)

What? Oh, different Obsidian. Don't care, didn't ask.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Smurp.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 04:36 AM (9vYpt)

2 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2025 04:37 AM (X98Jy)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:37 AM (aURVT)

4 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 04:37 AM (omVj0)

5 And smurp to you, too, Pixy!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:38 AM (aURVT)

6 G'Day everyone
Long commute again
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2025 04:38 AM (+qU29)

7 Bye, Skip!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:39 AM (aURVT)

8 Remember the last time someone went to war with the chans and it worked out great for them?

No, you don't, because that has never happened.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:40 AM (zmF9y)

9 Mornin' again, Horde.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 04:40 AM (Wnv9h)

10 Ha! My first top 5 in months!

Evening and morning, folken. I woke unaccountably early, two hours before I planned, and could not drift back off. So, here I is.

I loved the video whee the fat leftist calls to the cop, "You could choose to be something else!" and the cop calls back, 'You could choose to eat a salad!" I couldn't actually make those lines out within the sound on the video; I'm going by the caption the poster provided. Still, it's funny and refreshing to see. Perhaps the zeitgeist really is changing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 04:40 AM (omVj0)

11 England has declared war on 4Chan.

The Chicoms should start licensing there internet surveillance software and hardware to Europe. It seems Europe is ready for it.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 04:41 AM (9vYpt)

12 Yay, I am not among the Weekly commenter stats for week of 8-17-2025, Top 10 commenters, posted on the Monday ONT.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:42 AM (aURVT)

13 Whatever there is left to find out about Starmer will probably be found out within the next week or two.

My bet is that he's actually three Belgian midgets in a trenchcoat.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:46 AM (zmF9y)

14 tech question:

Years ago, a friend who was teaching at a college was authorized to put a thingie in an email sent to a student to see if that student (or someone using the student's email) opened it. The authorization came from campus higher-ups or law enforcement or whatever, I don't recall. What is that called; I'd like the lingo to know how to google it. (The student did, in fact, open and reopen and reopen the email.) Tx.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:47 AM (aURVT)

15 I'm having coffee, of course, and trying to decide if I want to go work out in a while. Yes, I've already done my walk the last two mornings, so I'm entitled to a day off . . . but here I am up early, and there is nothing entertaining on TV, so why not?

I did the channel scan thing this weekend and found I can get the StartTV channel, and it has Gilmore Girls on at 4 pm my time on weekdays. Unfortunately the channel doesn't present closed-captioning, and if there was ever a TV series that *needed* CC with its rapid-fire dialog, it's GG. Still, it's cool to see Lauren Graham again. Somehow she managed to combine "cute" and "hot" in the same package.

Lorelai (Lauren), likening her battles with her mother to whales fighting: "She'll beat us with her tail and hose us with her blowhole."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 04:49 AM (omVj0)

16 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2025 04:51 AM (sAmhv)

17 14 tech question:

Years ago, a friend who was teaching at a college was authorized to put a thingie in an email sent to a student to see if that student (or someone using the student's email) opened it. The authorization came from campus higher-ups or law enforcement or whatever, I don't recall. What is that called; I'd like the lingo to know how to google it. (The student did, in fact, open and reopen and reopen the email.) Tx.
Posted by: m

A web bug: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 19, 2025 04:52 AM (BLOW1)

18 Banning 4chan from the internet is like banning the trash can from your kitchen.

Oh, sure, nobody likes garbage. No one wants to have garbage in their house. Ew, that's gross. But then when you're just getting in to making a cake and you got a handful of eggshells and you're dribbling salmonella all over the nice new tile floor bumbling around looking for something to do with them, you'll hopefully figure it out.

"Eat it, Chesterton's Fence."

- Waraiotoko's Trash Can

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:52 AM (zmF9y)

19 Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:52 AM (aURVT)

20 And this is an article about Pope Leo from the NC Register . Some of it made me laugh. He sounds like a nice guy, but dear Pope Leo, I have to disagree with you on your favorite candy selection. Peeps are awful!. I announce this dogmatically 😉

https://tinyurl.com/5n89ckbn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 04:54 AM (2GCMq)

21 I once saw a shirt that said "Ceci n'est pas un Peep.", and instead of a pipe, it had a little yellow Peep.

To this day I regret not buying it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:56 AM (zmF9y)

22 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2025 04:59 AM (zxQ/L)

23 England has declared war on 4Chan.

England t'is a silly place.

youtu.be/1Npo0cmp-VY

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2025 04:59 AM (sAmhv)

24 Lauper - the 80s TayTay Swift, mid-looks, less than mid-voice (sings thru her nose), all image little to no actual talent.

Posted by: Critic at August 19, 2025 05:00 AM (kjy5M)

25 England has declared war on 4Chan.
*
England t'is a silly place.

youtu.be/1Npo0cmp-VY
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2025

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I was told England swings like a pendulum do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 05:03 AM (omVj0)

26 Man from the Pacific Northwest reflects on Lamentations 3:21-24 and God's faithfulness :

https://tinyurl.com/nb4273xp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:04 AM (2GCMq)

27 Tactical dumbassery.

Go ahead, Uk. Make Daddy Trump the golden paladin defending the chans from assaults out of Rapetopia.

The Pepe memes will blot out the sun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:06 AM (zmF9y)

28 prayer request

My friend P is now in the hospital in Texas for heart surgery this morning . If you could pray for her for the team of surgeons and medical people and a successful surgery I know that she would appreciate it and so do I . Thanks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:07 AM (2GCMq)

29 In my small town Canada, there's an apartment building going up next to a Tims.

Studio apartments. Bed and bath. Rural community.

$1550 a month. That's crazy. This place needs a revolution.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.2% at August 19, 2025 05:11 AM (jvJvP)

30 @24

>>Lauper - the 80s TayTay Swift, mid-looks, less than mid-voice (sings thru her nose), all image little to no actual talent.

However, Lauper, unlike Swift has produced at least three significant songs that will be part of the zeitgeist firmament for as long as there are Americans. Swift, not so much.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:11 AM (xvuiJ)

31 FenelonSpoke

Prayers ascending.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 05:12 AM (u82oZ)

32 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:07 AM (2GCMq

Done.

I hope all goes well.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 05:13 AM (jvJvP)

33 Pixy Misa

Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time was great. But I liked the video version from Strictly Ballroom even more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 05:14 AM (u82oZ)

34 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 05:12 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks, dear . I read a few days you had not been feeling well. I am praying for you. How are you doing?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:14 AM (2GCMq)

35 Denzel Washington talks about his Christian faith. From "FaithPot" site:

https://tinyurl.com/ha4v6efa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:16 AM (2GCMq)

36
Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks, where we went from tropical humidity to northern frigidity in a space of 6 hours.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 19, 2025 05:17 AM (hKoQL)

37 29 In my small town Canada, there's an apartment building going up next to a Tims.

Studio apartments. Bed and bath. Rural community.

$1550 a month. That's crazy. This place needs a revolution.

Follow the money. Likely low-income subsidized senior housing. Someone is grifting the government money.

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2025 05:18 AM (zxQ/L)

38 FenelonSpoke

I am fine. However, a doctor more interested in a future trend line than current health gave me strict instructions and drugs that dehydrated me. I fainted in his office during a BP measurement. Instead of taking me to IHOP, he sent me to the ER.

An IV bag and I was good to go. However, I have to get a new doctor's certificate to drive. That is today.

And from my shoddy treatment by my Superintendent, I want to not drive. I have a hard choice today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 05:18 AM (u82oZ)

39 IRONGRAMPA

We legacy American carry on.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 05:19 AM (u82oZ)

40 The Rent Is Too Gosh Darn High.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:19 AM (nhwI0)

41 @29

>>$1550 a month. That's crazy. This place needs a revolution.

Thats pretty much the going rate for housing everywhere.

I rent out my 3 bed 1 bath house in Jersey for 2700 per month, have lovely tenants.

And that's low for comparable apartments in the area.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:21 AM (xvuiJ)

42 Remember the last time someone went to war with the chans and it worked out great for them?

It would sure be a shame if 4chan started posting shit the UK government doesn't want talked about.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 05:23 AM (ExV1e)

43 $1100 USD for a studio is pretty damn cheap all things considered.

And it's still too damn expensive.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:23 AM (nhwI0)

44 Peeps are awful!

Peeps are very much an either/or candy. Some people like them. Some people are wrong.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 05:25 AM (ExV1e)

45 My real bet (belgians in trenchcoats aside) is that there's a clear bloody path to be found from the US and UK Taxpayer through Kiev and straight into Starmer's pocket. It may make a dozen or so layovers on the journey, but the itinerary is probably lying around in a trash can somewhere just waiting to be found.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:27 AM (nhwI0)

46 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 05:18 AM

You fainted in the office?! You drama queen. J/k . I love you. Sorry about the doctor . I am sorry too about the shoddy treatment by the superintendent . You need to do whatever you need to do but I can tell that you're a very good driver, enjoy the kids and they really appreciate you. Plus, would 't you miss driving?
I'll pray that rough places are made smooth.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:31 AM (2GCMq)

47 And that's low for comparable apartments in the area.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:21 AM (xvuiJ)

Wow. Good for you though.

These are just studio apartments though. Apparently less than 1000 square feet. Our town population is very low....two sets of stoplights. I was just curious and looked them up.

Clarence is right. The government is shovelling money into "affordable housing" so I'm sure people are cleaning up. But that amount of money for a tiny apartment in a rural town shocked me. I don't see how young families can survive here.

Everyone have a happy day. I'd really like to finish going through the house this week and focus on earning a living.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 05:31 AM (jvJvP)

48 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 05:25 AM (ExV1e

I can tell that you are dogmatic too.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:32 AM (2GCMq)

49 18 Banning 4chan from the internet is like banning the trash can from your kitchen.

Oh, sure, nobody likes garbage. No one wants to have garbage in their house. Ew, that's gross. But then when you're just getting in to making a cake and you got a handful of eggshells and you're dribbling salmonella all over the nice new tile floor bumbling around looking for something to do with them, you'll hopefully figure it out.

"Eat it, Chesterton's Fence."

- Waraiotoko's Trash Can
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:52 AM (zmF9y)

For that specific example: voila le sink garbage disposal.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 05:33 AM (aURVT)

50 Thanks for the prayers for my friend P.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:34 AM (2GCMq)

51 27 Rapetopia
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:06 AM (zmF9y)

That's a new one to me.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 05:36 AM (aURVT)

52 We can get 1600/month for a furnished 12x16 bedroom including utilities and WiFi. Our mortgage is 1200. We could get 4k/ for 3bd 1 bth

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2025 05:37 AM (28cZF)

53 @47

>>These are just studio apartments though.

If you view it through how much a mortgage on the apartment would cost, it's probably in line.

That's how I priced the rent on my house.

If someone wanted to buy my house at the current market value with all factors considered, the mortgage would be 2700 per month.

So that's what I charge for rent.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:38 AM (xvuiJ)

54 That new building is not meant for you or your type.

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2025 05:39 AM (28cZF)

55 30 Lauper, unlike Swift has produced at least three significant songs that will be part of the zeitgeist firmament for as long as there are Americans.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:11 AM (xvuiJ)

1. Time after time
2. Girls just wanna have fun
3.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 05:40 AM (aURVT)

56 @55

>>1. Time after time
2. Girls just wanna have fun
3. True Colors.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:41 AM (xvuiJ)

57 Didn't Lauper write a bunch of stuff for other people that got famous, too? I can't think of any examples. But i'm pretty sure that's a thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:41 AM (gL67L)

58 2 bed room apartments in Las Cruces, NM range between $800 to $1700 with more common rent running $1500. 3 bed single family homes range from $1200 to $3000 with more common rent running $2500.

When I moved here in 2019 I picked off a very nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath house for $160k and structured the mortgage so my PITA runs me $540. I will have it paid off by 2029, maybe sooner. At that time I knew those prices would not last and I was right. If I hadn't done that my retirement would be a nightmare. This perspective was informed by what I saw house prices and rent prices do in Seattle. My life is pretty great here. I really feel sorry for people on fixed incomes and people starting out trying to afford current housing prices.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 05:43 AM (9vYpt)

59 And Laupers first album is an absolute pop banger as the kids might say.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:43 AM (xvuiJ)

60 Seems Bongino is on his way out.

Posted by: jsg at August 19, 2025 05:44 AM (7Kd+r)

61 56 @55

1. Time after time
2. Girls just wanna have fun
3. True Colors.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:41 AM (xvuiJ)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 05:46 AM (aURVT)

62 59 And Laupers first album is an absolute pop banger as the kids might say.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:43 AM (xvuiJ)

These days they're calling it an "Ashley Biden".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:46 AM (gL67L)

63 @60

>>Seems Bongino is on his way out.

Bongino probably went in wanting to lay waste to the place and was never going to happen.

He's probably still salty from how Blondi screwed the pooch on Epstein, so he's probably like, I gave up podcasting for this bullsh*t?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:47 AM (xvuiJ)

64 Good morning, one and all. This was the kind of day where I rolled over and glared at my alarm clock for daring to tell me that it was almost time to get up.

Meanwhile, my wife comes home today from housesitting and we have two more guests dogs coming by the end of the week.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 05:47 AM (OPGS/)

65 @62

>>These days they're calling it an "Ashley Biden".

I just snorted coffee through my nose, thanks a lot.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:49 AM (xvuiJ)

66 Thanks for all the perspectives here. I've been a caregiver for 14 years so housing wasn't an issue. Until it dramatically was.

I believe Accomack is right. That apartment complex is now the tallest building in town. There's not a ton of units but I still believe the cops will be there a lot.

Lauper arrived at just about the same time as Madonna. She was cute and her songs were fun. I really thought she was going to be the bigger star. Not that I gave much of a darn.

I have 'The Price is Right' with Drew Carey on now on Roku.

They have on a band. "The Dollyrots." Never heard of them either.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 05:50 AM (jvJvP)

67 Remember the three plus years of inflation in excess of 10 percent? It wasn’t that long ago. In fact it’s still increasing.

The miracle of compounding applies to expenses as well. We aren’t going backwards minus economic turmoil that would be much worse.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 19, 2025 05:50 AM (dlT+f)

68 He's probably still salty from how Blondi screwed the pooch on Epstein, so he's probably like, I gave up podcasting for this bullsh*t?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:47 AM (xvuiJ)

My personal pollyanna theory is that the ducks are finally in a row, and they've hired on a second co-whatever because Bongino's time is soon to be filled 24/7 with rampaging through the institutions, and they'll need someone else to keep doing the regular day to day work that needs doing.

Less of a "theory" than a pipe dream. But, still.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:51 AM (gL67L)

69 Oh please, UK. Let's see how you go up against weaponized autism. I will have fun watching the fallout from a safe distance.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 05:51 AM (OPGS/)

70 Didn't Lauper write a bunch of stuff for other people that got famous, too? I can't think of any examples. But i'm pretty sure that's a thing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:41 AM (gL67L)

This is what AI gives me. I don't recognize any of the songs.

"Code of Silence": Co-written with Billy Joel for his 1986 album The Bridge, featuring Lauper on backing vocals.
"Unconditional Love": Co-written with Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg for Susanna Hoffs' 1991 album When You’re a Boy.
"Boys Will Be Boys": Co-written with Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian for The Hooters' 1993 single, with Lauper as guest vocalist.
"Hold Me In Your Heart": Composed for the 2013 musical Kinky Boots, performed by Billy Porter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 05:51 AM (ExV1e)

71 More on the web beacon:

An acquaintance has signed me up to regularly be emailed an animated card, mainly seasonal, that I hate--I hate it so much--and I click on the email line in the inbox and zap it to her file in my email archives. So I never open them. And then occasionally I get an email from the card company saying they noticed I hadn't opened the email.

To me, that seems invasive and wrong and bad.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 05:52 AM (aURVT)

72 1. Time after time
2. Girls just wanna have fun
3. True Colors.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

The only song of those three she wrote was Time after Time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 19, 2025 05:54 AM (9vYpt)

73 @68

>>Less of a "theory" than a pipe dream. But, still.

It would be wonderful, but I have my doubts.

You typically don't hire on a second guy to "help" at this level, that second guy is the guy that's going to get your spot once he's up to speed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:55 AM (xvuiJ)

74 I don't think Taylor Swift ever climbed a stack of speakers with no ladder or assistance into the lights about 30 feet above the outdoor stage during a song and stood there singing her guts out.

She might have done it as a prank because no one on the crew knew how to get her down.

That chick had some serious pipes I tell you.

Posted by: pawn at August 19, 2025 05:55 AM (uj3zf)

75 Where's the BOING!?

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 05:56 AM (aURVT)

76 You typically don't hire on a second guy to "help" at this level, that second guy is the guy that's going to get your spot once he's up to speed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 05:55 AM (xvuiJ)

Yeah, true. But I don't know. Bongino's no stranger to how the justice system works, he used to do investigations with the SS, right? And he's spent years doing his own yeoman sleuthing for his podcast on the same handful of federal three-letter cretins. So for him to get salty and take his ball and go home just because things are moving slow or they're hitting roadblocks would be out of character.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 05:58 AM (gL67L)

77 Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 05:47 AM (OPGS/)

So how many dogs will that be all together ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 05:58 AM (2GCMq)

78 youtu.be/ie6uxgxfUEM

I liked The Hooters, even though they're from Philadelphia. 😉

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2025 05:59 AM (sAmhv)

79 Smurp = Smurf Syrup

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:00 AM (6ydKt)

80 I liked this story about a young, dapper Italian guy who liked to hike and help the poor and died in his 20's and is about to be canonized in the RCC - not because he was dapper, but because he strived after holiness and was a caring young man :

https://tinyurl.com/4aurtffs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 06:02 AM (2GCMq)

81 @76

>>to get salty and take his ball and go home just because things are moving slow or they're hitting roadblocks would be out of character.

Well, perhaps Bongino is on an integrity kick, and is being told in no uncertain terms that where he wants to go is not going to be allowed.

There's taking your ball and then then there's realizing you're trying to play an entirely different game.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 06:04 AM (xvuiJ)

82 G'mornin all y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at August 19, 2025 06:04 AM (NC/it)

83 Well, perhaps Bongino is on an integrity kick, and is being told in no uncertain terms that where he wants to go is not going to be allowed.

There's taking your ball and then then there's realizing you're trying to play an entirely different game.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 06:04 AM (xvuiJ)

Maybe they've discovered that the corruption is so great that they need more people they trust to help root it out.

For all the bitching that everyone does about the DOJ, none of us here knows what's going on.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 06:06 AM (ExV1e)

84 For all the bitching that everyone does about the DOJ, none of us here knows what's going on.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 06:06 AM (ExV1e)

Heck, for all I know, their "botching" of the Epstein shit could have been 100% intentional. Look like you're weak where you're strongest. Get the media in a tizzy over something you know you're bulletproof on. Use that as cover and misdirection to dig into the stuff you really want to dig into.

Like election fraud.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 06:08 AM (gL67L)

85 I Meme Therefore I Am @ImMeme0
UPDATE: Leidy Tatiana Mafla-Martinez is a CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN from Colombia convicted of DUI in Los Angeles. She entered the country in 2022 and was RELEASED by the Biden administration.

That she had this background AND was doxxing ICE: what'd she think was going to happen?

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:08 AM (aURVT)

86 77 So how many dogs will that be all together ?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Six. Thankfully, Greyhounds are generally low energy. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 06:09 AM (OPGS/)

87 Is Smurp made by the Smurfs or does Gargamel make Smurp out of Smurfs for Azrael to eat on her waffles?

These are the questions I ponder at 6 a.m. on a Tuesday.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:10 AM (6ydKt)

88 @83

>>For all the bitching that everyone does about the DOJ, none of us here knows what's going on.

Well, us not knowing is a problem, what we can gather from the clues is that there is great disorganization and disagreement.

I'm an impatient man by nature, Ill put up with this for a little while longer but they have to start producing tangible results by at least the fall.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2025 06:10 AM (xvuiJ)

89 not because he was dapper, but because he strived after holiness

I'm sure the dapper part helped though. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 06:11 AM (OPGS/)

90 Rabbi's daughter talks about grace after meals in a reflection on Deuteronomy 8: 10:

https://tinyurl.com/4dhdbub7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 06:11 AM (2GCMq)

91 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 19, 2025 06:14 AM (AN2gy)

92 Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 06:09 AM (OPGS/)

Such beautiful dogs. It sounds like they can zoom when they need to but can also be couch potatoes? Thanks for your care and that of your wife for them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 06:15 AM (2GCMq)

93 I'm an impatient man by nature, Ill put up with this for a little while longer but they have to start producing tangible results by at least the fall.

Or what?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 06:16 AM (ExV1e)

94 Smurp = Smurf Syrup
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:00 AM (6ydKt)
----
How well does it go with French toast?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2025 06:17 AM (IBQGV)

95 That she had this background AND was doxxing ICE: what'd she think was going to happen?
Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:08 AM (aURVT)

She thought she’d get the TikTok minor celebrity VIP pass on her minor indiscretions and if that failed she’d be too smart to ever be caught by ICE.

Now she can go back to Colombia and be a star victim of the evil Yanqis for a few months.

I expect the Colombians to boycott illegally entering the country for a few years after this arrest.

To which we say: “OK, deal!”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:20 AM (6ydKt)

96 Morning all, thx Pixy.
Lauper wrote Time After Time with Rob Hyman from The Hooters.
Her "She Bop" was pretty good as well.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2025 06:21 AM (qGI1K)

97 All these AWFLs getting tossed in the clink. 'mer'ca.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:23 AM (aURVT)

98 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2025 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

99 Thanks for your care and that of your wife for them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I'm grateful that my wife jumped on the opportunity to start running a babysitting business rights as travel restrictions were lifted. And we get a lot of regular clients.

Funny thing is that one of the guests arriving later was the last dog we fostered. Very sweet little girl.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 06:26 AM (OPGS/)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:26 AM (aURVT)

101 How well does it go with French toast?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2025 06:17 AM (IBQGV)

It’s tastes great but it turns them and Belgian waffles blue.

It goes great with blueberries.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:27 AM (6ydKt)

102 Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 06:26 AM (OPGS

Sounds like a helpful business and it's nice that you will have the dog you fostered back for a visit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 06:28 AM (2GCMq)

103 Good morning, ok John!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 06:29 AM (2GCMq)

104 97 All these AWFLs getting tossed in the clink. 'mer'ca.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:23 AM (aURVT)

Trump has broken them.

I expect some lawyer to try using TDS as a valid defense strategy in the near future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:30 AM (6ydKt)

105 I expect some lawyer to try using TDS as a valid defense strategy in the near future.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:30 AM (6ydKt)

"It's just Trump, your Honor, and this damn war."

".... What war?"

"EXACTLY!!!!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 06:33 AM (gL67L)

106 104 97 I expect some lawyer to try using TDS as a valid defense strategy in the near future.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:30 AM (6ydKt)

similarly:

Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union
@Nicoletta0602
21h
A Rhode Island Fire Marshal for Town of Lincoln was arrested/charged w receiving/possessing child sex abuse material & sending/ trying to send obscenity to kids.

The union will defend him saying his child porn problem is unrelated to his job & our taxes pay for that defense.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:33 AM (aURVT)

107 The union will defend him saying his child porn problem is unrelated to his job & our taxes pay for that defense.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:33 AM (aURVT)

Buffalo was not an outlier.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 06:35 AM (gL67L)

108 BoingOinkW00t!

{{{Salty}}} and prayers. He's got this, so you go this.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 19, 2025 06:40 AM (PiwSw)

109 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 19, 2025 06:41 AM (XQo4F)

110 Boing Oink-Woot sounds like a Malaysian name.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 06:41 AM (gL67L)

111 From Zimmerman's Behind the Black:

"The next Cygnus freighter has been named after Columbia STS-107 astronaut Willie McCool
McCool was the pilot on Columbia’s last mission that broke up upon re-entry. The launch is tentatively scheduled for mid-September on a Falcon 9 rocket."

Naming a spacecraft destined to burn up in the atmosphere after Willie MCool is crass or something. Who thought this was a good idea? Sounds like something 4chan or South Park would do. Did they even ask his family?

The mission tee shirts will be epic.

How about a Gus Grissom Memorial barbecue?

Posted by: pawn at August 19, 2025 06:42 AM (uj3zf)

112 morning folks

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 19, 2025 06:47 AM (WPL6O)

113 Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union
@Nicoletta0602
21h
A Rhode Island Fire Marshal for Town of Lincoln was arrested/charged w receiving/possessing child sex abuse material & sending/ trying to send obscenity to kids.

The union will defend him saying his child porn problem is unrelated to his job & our taxes pay for that defense.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:33 AM (aURVT)

Winning response...

He's being jailed for the child porn. He's being fired for absenteeism.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 06:49 AM (ExV1e)

114 mornin yall. Data centers are driving up the cost of electricity. You have to spend more for energy so AI can make pictures of cats wearing cowboy boots.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

115

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 19, 2025 06:55 AM (EFZgU)

116 113 Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union
@Nicoletta0602
21h
A Rhode Island Fire Marshal for Town of Lincoln was arrested/charged w receiving/possessing child sex abuse material & sending/ trying to send obscenity to kids.

The union will defend him saying his child porn problem is unrelated to his job & our taxes pay for that defense.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:33 AM (aURVT)

Winning response...

He's being jailed for the child porn. He's being fired for absenteeism.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 06:49 AM (ExV1e)

Nice.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 06:55 AM (aURVT)

117
If 4chan didn't exist, progressives would have to invent it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 06:56 AM (kkTda)

118 Hey, it is Tiu's Day, isn't it? Okay then.

Miss Linda ran into a member of my former writing critique group at the library yesterday. He's the one I call the BernieBro, for his enthusiasm about Sanders and like lefties, including his hatred of Trump and complete ignorance of economics. (Actual quote: "No country which has gone socialist has ever gone back." My reply: "Because they *can't*.")

Anyway, he's doing okay. He left the group because he couldn't stand the fellow who annoyed me into leaving: the guy who thought he knew it all, but let "Creases" for "Croesus" get into his "published" book. Also his girlfriend's pitbull mix, Rusty, snapped the other day and carved up my colleague's arm for absolutely no reason. The dog hasn't been euthanized, but sent to a no-kill shelter which will try to "rehabilitate" him. Sounds like a good idea to me. Though I doubt a dog like that can ever be trusted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 06:56 AM (omVj0)

119 Pitbulls are the sweetest things when they are not trying to rip your arm off.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

120 “Sure, he liked looking at naked kids having sex online, but the man can inspect a site for sprinklers, extinguishers, and capacity like nobody’s business, and isn’t that the most important thing here?”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 06:59 AM (6ydKt)

121 O.K. Since we are past #100, I’ll continue bitching about the Interstate Highway Charlie Foxtrot.
I-73 in Virginia died of old age for several reasons.
Business community of nearby city insisted I-73 should take dogleg through a smog bowl. When EPA said air quality was inadequate in the smog bowl the compliance plan was to encourage car- pooling rather than re-route the highway more directly.
The WV VA border region goes through a steep New River passage through mountains that is barely wide enough for the old US highway ( and old but critical ) rail line.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 19, 2025 07:03 AM (1FEc1)

122
Pitbulls are the sweetest things when they are not trying to rip your arm off.
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

Probably one could breed that trait out of them but it would require a great deal of care and many generations to do so. Unfortunately, not only is there an innate tendency to rip arms off, but assholes breed them for viciousness so that they'll rip arms off.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:04 AM (kkTda)

123 My brother’s foster pitbull is a sweet dog, but the problem is she gets crazy and aggressive at the turn of a switch, and nobody, including her, has any idea what that switch is.

There is something about that breed that separates them from other dogs when it comes to unpredictable behavior.

Which is why I’m always keeping that in the back of my mind when I’m around her.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 07:05 AM (6ydKt)

124 Pitbulls are the sweetest things when they are not trying to rip your arm off.
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025

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Stories like that are the reason I distrust *most* dogs. I suppose breeds like the Labrador or the Newfoundland are really goodnatured, and small dogs like the Pomeranian can probably not do much damage. But they are all so vigorous and so determined to jump on you. Cats are more reserved, and they usually will run instead of attacking you. (Usually. I've heard stories about them too.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 07:05 AM (omVj0)

125
But they are all so vigorous and so determined to jump on you.

Warning: Rosalind will try to lick your face off.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:06 AM (kkTda)

126 “ Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:10

Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 07:07 AM (OlsfY)

127 My brother’s foster pitbull is a sweet dog, but the problem is she gets crazy and aggressive at the turn of a switch, and nobody, including her, has any idea what that switch is. . . .

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025

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Exactly. Ray, my friend, said he was simply reaching down from the couch for one of his shoes, and ROWR!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 07:08 AM (omVj0)

128
Just sort of noticed, around here we will give a dog a call name (e.g. Rosalind), then shorten it to one syllable (Roz), then when addressing them will use it twice (Roz-Roz).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:09 AM (kkTda)

129 The WV VA border region goes through a steep New River passage through mountains that is barely wide enough for the old US highway ( and old but critical ) rail line.
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 19, 2025 07:03 AM (1FEc1)

Having driven through the rollercoaster that is West Virginia, how could anybody who lives there not know how difficult it is to build a road there?

The only thing I enjoyed about the experience is that my ears popped half way up and my sinuses were cleared out by the time I got to Pennsylvania.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

130 Re: England...
They can always go the Nork and Chi-com route and block "offending" websites on their end. But sure, come to the US and enforce English law here and see how it works, you wankers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2025 07:10 AM (ynpvh)

131 @38/NaCly Dog: Supervisors are transitory. The non-monetary rewards of the job we chose take up most of the time compared to dealing with those supervisors. Just something to consider today.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2025 07:11 AM (O7YUW)

132 There is something about that breed that separates them from other dogs when it comes to unpredictable behavior.

One hypothesis I have heard (Make of it what you will) is that the skulls of Pitbulls are relatively small and press on the brain.

All I know is that my mom said every dog bite case in the ER was from a Pitbull who "is a total love and never hurt anyone."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 07:12 AM (OPGS/)

133 Just sort of noticed, around here we will give a dog a call name (e.g. Rosalind), then shorten it to one syllable (Roz), then when addressing them will use it twice (Roz-Roz).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025

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Stirling has his official name, and lots of nicknames like "Big Black" or "The Big One." Little Dagny's official on-her-papers name is "Dagny Sophia," and I'll call her by both names sometimes, but more often just "Dagny," or "Little Gray."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 07:13 AM (omVj0)

134 126 “ Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:10
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2025 07:07 AM (OlsfY)

Thank you, Marcus T. And thank you, Lord, for this day!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 07:13 AM (aURVT)

135 Exactly. Ray, my friend, said he was simply reaching down from the couch for one of his shoes, and ROWR!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 07:08 AM (omVj0)

Could be that being startled by sudden movements frightens them and they go into fight or fight mode, whereas most dogs would consider the flight part.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

136 I remember a story on Detroit news decades back about a pitbull that went crazy and was attacking people.

This guy came on camera and commented that he took his car and ran over the pitbull. Then he backed over it again.

He continued incredulous. "I'll be darned when that thing got right back up."

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.0% at August 19, 2025 07:13 AM (jvJvP)

137
Rosalind, by the way, now that she has finished her championship, is going back to California on this trip. All dogs are characters, but she had one similar to her sister Diana, but it was a unique one. I'm going to miss her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:14 AM (kkTda)

138 @124/Wolfus: Chocolate labs are another good pick, so long as you're okay with them wanting to be close to you every minute you're at home. (They're just like that.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2025 07:15 AM (O7YUW)

139 It's raining. Yaaaaay!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 07:16 AM (aURVT)

140 One hypothesis I have heard (Make of it what you will) is that the skulls of Pitbulls are relatively small and press on the brain.

All I know is that my mom said every dog bite case in the ER was from a Pitbull who "is a total love and never hurt anyone."
Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 07:12 AM (OPGS/)

Yeah, they all say that, and then you read the story every so often where a pitbull has mauled a toddler that was its best friend five minutes ago.

Maybe they need to come up with some doggy Xanax for that breed specifically.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025 07:17 AM (6ydKt)

141 Exactly. Ray, my friend, said he was simply reaching down from the couch for one of his shoes, and ROWR!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 07:08 AM (omVj0)

Could be that being startled by sudden movements frightens them and they go into fight or fight mode, whereas most dogs would consider the flight part.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 19, 2025

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Maybe so. But whether it's fright or fight, I don't consider it a breed to have around -- even if I were inclined to adopt a dog. I grew up watching Rin-Tin-Tin and Lassie. Both breeds are beautiful. But they are so big.

Miniature collies, Shelties, are lovely and a good size, but they're pretty darn energetic too. Near my work I used to see a woman, a dog-sitter I think, walking four of the little shaggy creatures. She had to work hard to keep them in line.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 07:17 AM (omVj0)

142 If 4chan didn't exist, progressives would have to invent it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 06:56 AM (kkTda)

And it would be fake and ghey.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:18 AM (ExV1e)

143 Now's your chance fellas, Kathy Griffin has joined a dating app.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

144 She says " I have a lot of fear about men in general. I mean the entire gender."

I have a lot of fear about crypt keepers.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

145 Maybe they need to come up with some doggy Xanax for that breed specifically.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

It exists but according to a friend who is a vet, she never recommends it because it lowers bite inhibition. I learned about that with one of my dogs when we were fostering him.

Thankfully, our vet listened and we weaned him off of it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2025 07:26 AM (OPGS/)

146 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2025 07:26 AM (ppG5b)

147 4chan, disclaimer at 4chan.org when you click on a category:

To access this section of 4chan (the "website"), you understand and agree to the following:
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As a condition of using this website, you agree to comply with the "Rules" of 4chan, which are also linked on the home page. Please read the Rules carefully, because they are important.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 07:27 AM (aURVT)

148 I Lauper - the 80s TayTay Swift, mid-looks, less than mid-voice (sings thru her nose), all image little to no actual talent.
Posted by: Critic at August 19, 2025 05:00 AM (kjy5M)

I liked her. Definitely more wholesome than the trash that's out there now.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 07:27 AM (g8Ew8)

149 .8 inches of rain overnight (still raining too). BADLY needed

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 19, 2025 07:28 AM (/6GbT)

150 150

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 07:28 AM (aURVT)

151 148 I Lauper - the 80s TayTay Swift, mid-looks, less than mid-voice (sings thru her nose), all image little to no actual talent.
Posted by: Critic at August 19, 2025 05:00 AM (kjy5M)

I liked her. Definitely more wholesome than the trash that's out there now.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2025 07:27 AM (g8Ew

I liked her. Though, at the time, I thought she was a bit raunchy.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

152 Jamie Strudwick@JamieStrud

Putting up English flags generally isn't a bad thing.

Putting up English flags to make people feel uncomfortable IS a bad thing.

Learn the difference.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 07:29 AM (TGPs7)

153 Though, at the time, I thought she was a bit raunchy.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

Man... remember when singers used euphemisms?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

154 England has declared war on 4Chan.

-----

A four leaf clover will soon fly over Whitehall.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2025 07:31 AM (BI5O2)

155
Putting up English flags generally isn't a bad thing.

Putting up English flags to make people feel uncomfortable IS a bad thing.

Learn the difference.

Piss off.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:31 AM (kkTda)

156 Jamie Strudwick@JamieStrud

Putting up English flags generally isn't a bad thing.

Putting up English flags to make people feel uncomfortable IS a bad thing.

Learn the difference.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 07:29 AM (TGPs7)

If, while being in England, you feel uncomfortable by the sight of an English flag, consider going home.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

157 I saw the clip of Cyndi Lauper on the Tonight Show singing "Time after time."

Wow. Just. Wow.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (ZmEVT)

158
JJS

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

159 Libs of TikTok@Libsoftiktok

Transgender teacher says he won’t be teaching this year because of new policies which don’t allow him to use “preferred name and pronouns”

WINNING

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (TGPs7)

160 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

161 Is there a betting site doing anything with the 4Chan/English war?
I will take 4Chan in 3 months or less.

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (o/3Rm)

162 I don't associate with pit bulls at all. Untrustworthy breed. Give me my beloved Labs or any Golden any time. My girls had a huge part in raising our kids, they were/are natural baby sitters. I never saw either so much as raise a lip even with some atrocious provocation. They would simply get up and move away.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 19, 2025 07:35 AM (hKoQL)

163
At my advanced age, I have just now discovered the name to one of those melodies you live with all your life without knowing where it came from. "La Paloma", made popular by Sebastian Iradier.

https://youtu.be/clE-hvcmsyY?si=upZYel6hCNgzcy_D

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2025 07:35 AM (kkTda)

164 Yeah, they all say that, and then you read the story every so often where a pitbull has mauled a toddler that was its best friend five minutes ago.

It also seems a requirement out here in ETX that if you are stupid, irresponsible and don't know the first thing about raising dogs, is to have at least one pitbull, feral, and kept mostly outdoors without restraint to the road and neighborhood.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 19, 2025 07:35 AM (a4flb)

165 I liked Bob Hope until he made some disparaging remark about Cyndi Lauper and her looks.

He was all about physical beauty, like Morgan Fairchild and Brooke Shields.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2025 07:37 AM (ZmEVT)

166 152 Jamie Strudwick@JamieStrud

Putting up English flags generally isn't a bad thing.

Putting up English flags to make people feel uncomfortable IS a bad thing.

Learn the difference.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 07:29 AM (TGPs7)

Jamie Strudwick
@JamieStrud
3h
Turning off the replies because the far-right can’t behave themselves.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 07:39 AM (aURVT)

167 157 I saw the clip of Cyndi Lauper on the Tonight Show singing "Time after time."

Wow. Just. Wow.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2025 07:34 AM (ZmEVT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVbIdKmj3g

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 07:42 AM (aURVT)

168 "I'm an impatient man by nature, Ill put up with this for a little while longer but they have to start producing tangible results by at least the fall."

I'm Interested in what you will do if your time table is not met. What are your options?

Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 19, 2025 07:47 AM (89Sog)

169 Every company should follow Linktr.ee's example and cut off India from the rest of the internet.

Posted by: Naqamel at August 19, 2025 08:30 AM (72SPe)

Monday Overnight Open Thread - August 18, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Time for the Monday night ONT. How has your day been? Do anything fun or exciting today? Grab a beverage of your choosing, peruse the content, then rendezvous in the gray boxes. OK? OK!

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I've been looking all over for that!

Wallet Lost by a Ford Employee 10 Years Ago Just Turned Up 150K Miles Later Under a Car Hood

A Ford Motor Company employee was reunited with a wallet he lost 10 years ago after a mechanic found it while servicing a car he built.
This charming story comes via Minnesota, where mechanic Chad Volk was replacing the cooling fan on a 2015 Ford Edge, when something that needed to snap in place, simply wouldn’t snap.
“I messed around a little bit and then pulled it back out and the wallet was sitting on a little ledge where it needed to snap down,” Volk told CBS News. “I pulled the wallet out and that’s what it was.”
Inside the brown trifold was a Michigan driver’s license, $15,00 [sic], a faded lottery ticket, $275 in Cabella’s gift cards, and a Ford employee ID, going to show that no matter how long you work under hoods and under chassis, you’ve never seen everything, Volk says.
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Cabella’s even said they would honor the gift cards, which for part-time auctioneer Guilford means he can leave the relic of his past totally intact “in his china cabinet,” where he hopes his kids will pull it out and tell their grandkids about their ancestor’s wild, wandering wallet.

Cool story! Video of a local news segment about this is at the link.

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Artificial Intelligence vs Natural Stupidity?

In this case, seems like just an old guy who got duped because he didn't know any better.

75-Year-Old Pensioner Asks Wife for Divorce After Falling in Love with AI-Generated Girl Online

A Chinese old man recently fell victim to the deception of artificial intelligence by falling so in love with an AI-generated online model that he asked his wife for a divorce.
According to the Beijing Daily, a 75-year-old man named Jiang came across an AI-generated female avatar while browsing social media. To those familiar with digital avatars, the girl is obviously an AI creation, but to Jiang’s untrained eye, she is just a beautiful girl who enjoys having conversations with him. It doesn’t even matter that her speech and her moving lips are out of sync. As time goes by, he becomes so obsessed with his online girlfriend that the highlight of his day is waiting by his phone to get new generic messages from her. At one point, after his wife scolds him for spending too much time on his phone, the man tells his spouse of several decades that he wants to divorce her to fully dedicate himself to the AI avatar.
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Experts warn families with elderly relatives to closely monitor their online activity, especially if they spend too much time with gadgets. While AI technology has clear practical benefits, it can also be extremely dangerous against vulnerable targets.

That last bit is a solid piece of advice. We 29 year-olds here at AOSHQ are hip to all the latest technology, but we need to look out for the "SEASONED citizens" (as El Rushbo would say) in our lives. Do your parents, aunts/uncles, grandparents know about AI?

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One Thousand Miles of New Interstate Planned

Where will the first Buc-ee's be along the route?

Ohio joins six-state effort to build 1,000-mile interstate corridor

Ohio is examining ways to put underdeveloped parts of the state on the road to prosperity by constructing a new interstate highway.
It’s joining a decades-long effort to create a new interstate highway that would connect Michigan to South Carolina, stitching together existing roadways and planned construction across six states into a transportation corridor that could reshape regional economic development.
The Interstate 73-74-75 corridor would run nearly 1,000 miles from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. On the way, it would pass through Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.
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The project aims to upgrade existing routes and connect bypasses into a seamless interstate system - pulling together scattered segments into a unified whole over years of coordinated effort.
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Jimmy Gray, president of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and executive director of the I-73, I-74, I-75 Corridor Association says the project has been discussed for almost 30 years.
Members of the group working to build the highway meet regularly with each other and their congressional representatives in six states to discuss their progress and strategize on ways to secure funding.
The corridor would connect major population centers and industrial hubs, from Michigan’s manufacturing base through Ohio’s defense and technology facilities to the tourism economy of the Carolinas, he says.

Long article, but interesting - at least for road trippers and map nerds like me.

Any of you Hordelings in this path have some insight or anecdotes to share about driving through there?

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So THAT'S How He Did It

THAT’S how Michael Jackson did it?!🤯 pic.twitter.com/LzJgIIA6HM
— non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) August 17, 2025

Brings us to another example of a great cover song. No disrespect to The King of Pop, but I think this version is far superior.

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Why Didn't I Think Of This?

I was a baseball dad / coach for many years. I totally would have done this!

Mom: I can never completely remove the dirt stains on my kid baseball pants

Dad: Say no more pic.twitter.com/y7IVOZr8Af
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) August 17, 2025

Calling Berserker and all other Hordeling guitarists

Guy kills it on a custom-built guitar made of Beer cans pic.twitter.com/ZEbY63BP6P
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) August 18, 2025

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DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Version
from thisdayinmusic.com

On this date in 1986: Bon Jovi released their third studio album, Slippery When Wet, which peaked at No.1 on the US charts, going on to sell over 28 million copies worldwide.

On this date in 1977: The Police made their live debut as a three-piece band when they played at Rebecca's Birmingham, England. The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first New Wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz.

Born on this date in 1951: John Rees, Men At Work

What are some of your favorite songs from these artists?

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Weekly commenter stats for week of 8-17-2025

Top 10 commenters:
1 [370 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer' [52.55 posts/day]
2 [354 comments] 'Axeman'
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5 [310 comments] 'Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ '
6 [310 comments] 'Hadrian the Seventh '
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8 [290 comments] 'polynikes'
9 [284 comments] 'Bulg'
10 [261 comments] 'whig'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [233 names] 'President Emeritus' [33.10 unique names/day]
2 [88 names] 'Self-loathing patriot'
3 [84 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [67 names] 'Duncanthrax'
5 [64 names] 'The Grateful '
6 [56 names] 'Count de Monet'
7 [35 names] 'pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard'
8 [31 names] 'Estelle Costanza'
9 [29 names] '18-1'
10 [29 names] 'toby928'

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1 Yay, National Ice Cream Pie Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 18, 2025 10:02 PM (lUFok)

2 Wine is arrogant, strong drink is riotous;
none who are intoxicated by them are wise.
—Morons 20:1

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's a wonderful life at August 18, 2025 10:02 PM (Ks5VZ)

3 Whoohoo!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 10:02 PM (mT+6a)

4 Howdy.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 10:03 PM (fveCG)

5 Sorry I'm late, I pulled up to a four way stop intersection at the same time as three Canadians.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 10:03 PM (uHCmv)

6 Nice, tranquil peaceful scene above. You don't see the multiple bodies on the bottom of the lake.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 10:03 PM (0eaVi)

7 Cafe stragglers have been notified

Posted by: mindful webworker - merely second at August 18, 2025 10:04 PM (Ks5VZ)

8 1 Yay, National Ice Cream Pie Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 18, 2025 10:02 PM (lUFok)

There are times when I don't regret my waistline.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 10:04 PM (uHCmv)

9 Good evening good people!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

10 The Ohio interstate project will be as interminable and useless as the I-69 that's been under development for the last twenty years and is still nowhere close to completion.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:05 PM (lHPJf)

11
Any of you Hordelings in this path have some insight or anecdotes to share about driving through there?

__________

We need high-speed rail instead of an interstate. Just like in Europe!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:05 PM (kkTda)

12 A Ford Motor Company employee was reunited with a wallet he lost 10 years ago after a mechanic found it while servicing a car he built.

Must have been a heck of a well made car. Not needing any service under the hood for ten years. Or, poor car care service scheduling.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 10:05 PM (0eaVi)

13 Ya gotta start early in the mornin’ ifn yer gonna drink all day
— Morons 20:2

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 10:06 PM (lyX7Q)

14
Hmmm. Second straight week in the top ten. Maybe I need a hobby.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:06 PM (kkTda)

15 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - not smooth and not a criminal at August 18, 2025 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

16 Any of you Hordelings in this path have some insight or anecdotes to share about driving through there?
__________
We need high-speed rail instead of an interstate. Just like in Europe!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
*************
And California! Oh wait.....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 18, 2025 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

17 So, it will take 1000 years or so to build that 1000 mile Interstate corridor?

Hell, I-69 is still nowhere near complete after 30 years of TALK about it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:07 PM (k2LUN)

18 Michael Jackson was granted a patent for that contraption.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 10:07 PM (uHCmv)

19 It would be nice to straighten out that I75/US 23 abortion in Ohio from Toledo to Cowtown and then through Appalachian Southern Ohio.

Logan and Athens could use a clean gas station.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 10:08 PM (cYBz/)

20 I like the idea of an interstate connecting West Virginia riflemen to where they are most needed... invading lower Ontario.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 10:09 PM (gKWVE)

21 Whoohoo!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 10:02 PM (mT+6a)

Oh, you finally synced that Night Owl camera?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 10:09 PM (0eaVi)

22 I graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, IN. I-69 runs through there. There were many jokes to be made. The polite nick was Fruit Jar U. Others were Ball U or Testicle Tech.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 10:10 PM (fveCG)

23 I always wondered how Michael Jackson did it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (dDmld)

24 Dad got a call or a text (I forget which saying that there was a problem with his taxes and he should call blah blah #.)

I told him straight out: Dad, it's a scam. The IRS is not going to contact you that way. But he was adamant.

He called the IRS office and woke through a bunch of operators trying to find out if it was real. It turned out it was.

He is never going to let me forget that one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

25
I think I-69 construction is going on, at least here in Texas. At least from Cleveland down through Houston and south to Hungerford. And work is going on along some sections in ETEX.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (kkTda)

26 Oh, also

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

27 Mark Knopfler plays so clean.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (98kQX)

28 The right horrible 19th Amendment was passed on this date in 1920. 105 years of mayhem ensued.

Posted by: Landed Gentleman at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (G5+As)

29 Hey guys,

I hope everyone is having a great night.

I'm having a little dermatology surgery on Wednesday morning. I'm a little nervous as local anesthesia doesn't work well on me.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (sPQoU)

30 We need high-speed rail instead of an interstate. Just like in Europe!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:05 PM (kkTda)

I know you're joking, but I honestly like train travel and really wish we still had an efficient system.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:12 PM (lHPJf)

31 The Ohio interstate project will be as interminable and useless as the I-69 that's been under development for the last twenty years and is still nowhere close to completion.
Posted by: Dr. T

Miss the days when highway construction consisted of 3 D-9 caterpillars driving in the direction they wanted the road to go.

Posted by: Some Rat at August 18, 2025 10:13 PM (TfUTr)

32 You know, top comment or in the 300s is pretty effing lame.

Y’all need to up your game.

We need another 1000 poster.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 10:13 PM (mT+6a)

33 I know you're joking, but I honestly like train travel and really wish we still had an efficient system.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:12 PM (lHPJf)

-----------

YOO-HOOOO!!

*waves*

Posted by: Amtrak at August 18, 2025 10:13 PM (dDmld)

34 I know you're joking, but I honestly like train travel and really wish we still had an efficient system.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:12 PM (lHPJf)

It will never be, except for areas with dense populations like the northeast….

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:13 PM (k2LUN)

35 Sorry I'm late, I pulled up to a four way stop intersection at the same time as three Canadians.
Posted by: tankdemon

Hah. Good one, and a totally believable excuse. As John Prine noted.

https://youtu.be/fd9RTTGq1eY

Posted by: mindful webworker - yield right and left of way at August 18, 2025 10:14 PM (Ks5VZ)

36 The Ohio interstate project will be as interminable and useless as the I-69 that's been under development for the last twenty years and is still nowhere close to completion.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:05 PM (lHPJf)

They need to finish building I-11, from Las Vegas to Phoenix. Most of it is existing right-of-way; just needs upgrading. There are a few miles of real, no-shit I-11 from Railroad Pass to the Hoover Dam, then it reverts to rough-ass U.S. 93 from there to Kingman, AZ. 93 co-locates with I-40 from Kingman to a few miles east, where it then turns south to Wickiup. A little bit more of that road gets 4-laned every year, but they sure aren't hi-balling it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 10:14 PM (F6+9F)

37
I know you're joking, but I honestly like train travel and really wish we still had an efficient system.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:12 PM (lHPJf)

_________

Except that passenger trains have never paid for themselves, ever.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:14 PM (kkTda)

38 How many times can that kid's pants be power washed before they disintegrate?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 18, 2025 10:14 PM (/HDaX)

39 Michael Jackson was granted a patent for that contraption.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 10:07 PM (uHCmv)

Isn't that Batman's sleeping gear?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 10:15 PM (F6+9F)

40 {{{Nurse!!}}} Good evening.

Posted by: Some Rat at August 18, 2025 10:16 PM (TfUTr)

41 "I'm having a little dermatology surgery on Wednesday morning. I'm a little nervous as local anesthesia doesn't work well on me.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (sPQoU)"

Prayers up for smooth sailing and steady hands for the surgeon.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 18, 2025 10:17 PM (/HDaX)

42 Thanks for another swell Monday Night ONT, Doof!

That photo up top is quite lovely. Thought it was tropical until I noticed the trees. So relaxing...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2025 10:18 PM (kB9dk)

43 MSNOW

Miserable show no one's watching

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get to know me at August 18, 2025 10:18 PM (AOsQT)

44 @ QED Texan, I was in the 6th Btn of the 29th Inf.,(6/29) Our unofficial motto was "Wine 'em, Dine,'em, 6/29 'em"

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 18, 2025 10:18 PM (vV6n9)

45 I know you're joking, but I honestly like train travel and really wish we still had an efficient system.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:12 PM (lHPJf)

-----------

YOO-HOOOO!!

*waves*
Posted by: Amtrak at August 18, 2025 10:13 PM (dDmld)
***
Ahhh...
He said "efficient" system.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

46 It will never be, except for areas with dense populations like the northeast….
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:13 PM (k2LUN)

(shrugs)

The train to Willoughby runs pretty well.

Posted by: Gart Williams at August 18, 2025 10:19 PM (0eaVi)

47 Greetings Skype Clones!

Tonight we are all Rhode Island Attorney Generals.
The Few. The Proud...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 10:19 PM (TGPs7)

48 32 You know, top comment or in the 300s is pretty effing lame.

Y’all need to up your game.

We need another 1000 poster.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I've been #1 sock for a good while now, but it's no fun since Miklos has pulled back some and of course, I never did finish first when Ciampino was here. Miss him.

Posted by: Also Ran at August 18, 2025 10:19 PM (G5+As)

49 At least I-69 is complete in Indiana.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 10:20 PM (63Dwl)

50 I was asked if I had a police record at an interview once, and I said that I cannot lie,and that I do have Synchronicity on vinyl.

Hired right away.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:20 PM (k2LUN)

51 Just what SC needs a direct,easy route for more carpetbaggers & scallywags to invade.

Posted by: Bob at August 18, 2025 10:20 PM (YiqZD)

52 A little bit more of that road gets 4-laned every year, but they sure aren't hi-balling it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 10:14 PM (F6+9F)

Well, who the hell wants to go to Wikiup?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (0eaVi)

53 Good evening, everyone!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

54
They can't even get a rail route from Houston to Dallas. And we usually can get things built in Texas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (kkTda)

55 Where will the first Buc-ee's be along the route?
_______'

They are building a Buc Ees in Ohio already, about five miles north of my house.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (Skc+N)

56
The train to Willoughby runs pretty well.
Posted by: Gart Williams

Where a man can live his life full measure.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (63Dwl)

57 The train to Willoughby runs pretty well.
Posted by: Gart Williams

My commute took me by Willoughby St. I always thought to myself, "Willoughby! Next stop, Willoughby!".

Posted by: Some Rat at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (TfUTr)

58 >Hmmm. Second straight week in the top ten. Maybe I need a hobby.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
----

dude this is your hobby

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get to know me at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (AOsQT)

59 YOO-HOOOO!!

*waves*
Posted by: Amtrak at August 18, 2025 10:13 PM (dDmld)
***
Ahhh...
He said "efficient" system.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

Yes, yes. Note I said, "I wish."

Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:22 PM (lHPJf)

60 I was asked if I had a police record at an interview once, and I said that I cannot lie,and that I do have Synchronicity on vinyl.

Hired right away.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:20 PM (k2LUN)

Was your job title King of Pain?

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 10:22 PM (QMAsf)

61 I was in the 6th Btn of the 29th Inf.,(6/29) Our unofficial motto was "Wine 'em, Dine,'em, 6/29 'em"
Posted by: Lincolntf

Do I have to 69 to Ball U?

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 10:23 PM (fveCG)

62 THAT’S how Michael Jackson did it?!🤯

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Nope.

Posted by: Emmanuel Lewis at August 18, 2025 10:23 PM (dDmld)

63
dude this is your hobby
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get to know me at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (AOsQT)

__________

Really it ought not to be. But I'm too lazy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:24 PM (kkTda)

64 MSNOW
Hunter Biden is headed over there right now

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

65 So, some old Chinese man is dumping his wife for a fake girl, and the girl isn't even an airbrushed Playboy model. If you're going to dump your wife for a fake woman, get a blow up doll.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 18, 2025 10:24 PM (0Htd1)

66 This a a thing that exists:

PowerWash Simulator is a simulation video game where players manage a power washing business and clean various objects and locations. The game features a career mode where players take on jobs for clients in the fictional town of Muckingham, earning money to upgrade their equipment and expand their business. Players use different nozzles and cleaning solutions to remove dirt, grime, moss, and rust from a variety of surfaces, including vehicles, buildings, and even a Mars rover.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:24 PM (Skc+N)

67 I-22 thru Alabama and Mississippi is only 200 miles long. And it took almost 40 years to build it.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 18, 2025 10:25 PM (Lo97M)

68 60 Was your job title King of Pain?

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 10:22 PM
***
Bet the job offer came as a message in a bottle.

Posted by: TRex - don't stand so close to me at August 18, 2025 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

69 60 I was asked if I had a police record at an interview once, and I said that I cannot lie,and that I do have Synchronicity on vinyl.

Hired right away.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:20 PM (k2LUN)

Was your job title King of Pain?
Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 10:22 PM (QMAsf)

Security. Every breath you take and every move you make, every bond you break and every step you take, I’ll be watching you. 😎

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:25 PM (k2LUN)

70 The online cancel Karens are coming for Chris Pratt, because he said something nice about RFK Jr

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get to know me at August 18, 2025 10:25 PM (AOsQT)

71 Evenin'

I was listening to 'Men At Work' not too long ago; 'Business as Usual' and 'Cargo'. I think they broke up not too long after 'Cargo'. Most bands don't last long, even ones that got hugely popular. They were a pretty good pop rock band.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

72 They are building a Buc Ees in Ohio already, about five miles north of my house.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Is the Joy Tyme Touching Studio still open there? Not that you'd be a regular there.

I'm thinking it was on the Dixie Highway somewhere.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 10:26 PM (cYBz/)

73 I'm having a little dermatology surgery on Wednesday morning. I'm a little nervous as local anesthesia doesn't work well on me.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 18, 2025 10:11 PM (sPQoU)
* * * *
Prayers up for a successful surgery without pain, and for rapid and complete healing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2025 10:26 PM (kB9dk)

74 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 18, 2025 10:17 PM (/HDaX)

Thank you so much.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 18, 2025 10:26 PM (sPQoU)

75 66 This a a thing that exists:

PowerWash Simulator is a simulation video game where players manage a power washing business and clean various objects and locations.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:24 PM
***
Wow. We're a long way from Space Invaders.

Posted by: TRex - a market for everything? at August 18, 2025 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

76 Buc-ees will be adding a spot in Idaho, I-84 around Meridian. I like this. One of the few things I miss about leaving Colorado was not being able to visit Buc-ees.

Dumb, I know, but it's a cool place to grab some good road food.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)

77 Well, who the hell wants to go to Wikiup?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 10:21 PM (0eaVi)

Nobody, actually. Most expensive gas in AZ.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 10:26 PM (F6+9F)

78 67 I-22 thru Alabama and Mississippi is only 200 miles long. And it took almost 40 years to build it.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 18, 2025 10:25 PM (Lo97M)

With spoons?

Posted by: Milton Friedman at August 18, 2025 10:26 PM (k2LUN)

79 I'll be 70 in two months and have never seen a dermatologist nor had an eye exam. Maybe I'm nuts. My wife had lots of skin things chopped of by a dermatologist, though. She was a very fair ginger.

Posted by: Skin To Win at August 18, 2025 10:27 PM (G5+As)

80 Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2025 10:26 PM (kB9dk)

Thank you.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 18, 2025 10:27 PM (sPQoU)

81 Yeah, I think more states need to be looking at concertina wire, blowing the bridges, interlocking fields of fire & minefields versus expansion of interstate highways

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 10:27 PM (lyX7Q)

82 I honestly never liked "Down Under" at all, but "Overkill" I liked.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:27 PM (Skc+N)

83 Anyone else typing on your phone while pinned under a cat?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:28 PM (Skc+N)

84 I was listening to 'Men At Work' not too long ago; 'Business as Usual' and 'Cargo'. I think they broke up not too long after 'Cargo'. Most bands don't last long, even ones that got hugely popular. They were a pretty good pop rock band.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

And ones that do like us, with minimal lineup changes? We get NO RESPECT.

Posted by: Rush at August 18, 2025 10:28 PM (k2LUN)

85 I-69.

Would make a good t-shirt to wear into a lesbian bar!

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 10:28 PM (144I4)

86 75 66 This a a thing that exists:

PowerWash Simulator is a simulation video game where players manage a power washing business and clean various objects and locations.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:24 PM

-----------

Pro-Tip: Get the Vatican Museum upgrade pack. Power wash the Pieta and the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2025 10:28 PM (dDmld)

87 Any of you Hordelings in this path have some insight or anecdotes to share about driving through there?
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Yes. From the mid 60's through the mid 80's I occasionally rode U.S. 52 from Indy all the way down to central NC. I did dearly enjoy that road. It runs from the north edge of ND to the coast in SC. Sure, sure, Rt. 66 gets all of the glory, but a long trip down U.S 52 was a trip through middle America. Sometimes by car, sometimes by m'cycle.

Once you get east of Cincinnati it was a rider's/driver's road. Interspersed with small towns that caused me to wish that I lived there as I passed through. Crossing the Blue Ridge at Fancy Gap, I always felt that I was home again.

I suppose that everything has changed now, but at the time, just being there was as enjoyable as the drive itself.

Map:
https://shorturl.at/3Z3MZ

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 10:29 PM (XeU6L)

88 A new interstate connecting Northern Michigan and Myrtle Beach.

Goes through some pretty rough geography (the Appalachia parts of WV-VA-NC) and areas globalization left behind. If it works the way the designers intend, I'm all for it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 10:29 PM (sAmhv)

89 I guess more importantly the Buc-ees will be a four mile straight shot from WPAFB and ease the homesickness of a lot of airmen.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:29 PM (Skc+N)

90 I was in the 6th Btn of the 29th Inf.,(6/29) Our unofficial motto was "Wine 'em, Dine,'em, 6/29 'em"
Posted by: Lincolntf

Do I have to 69 to Ball U?
Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 10:23 PM (fveCG)

My phone code is NOT 1369.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

91 81 Yeah, I think more states need to be looking at concertina wire, blowing the bridges, interlocking fields of fire & minefields versus expansion of interstate highways
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 10:27

Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics. Expansion of interstates falls under logistics.

Posted by: Rush at August 18, 2025 10:30 PM (k2LUN)

92 Today is Monday
Monday -- string beans
Monday -- ONT
Monday -- ONT

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 10:30 PM (Cm8rh)

93 Thanks for the ONT, Doof. The Aldi grill is hilarious.

Posted by: scampydog at August 18, 2025 10:31 PM (41CYW)

94 "Anyone else typing on your phone while pinned under a cat?"

I can't reach my phone from here.

Posted by: Zombie Rachel Corrie at August 18, 2025 10:31 PM (i0F8b)

95 82 I honestly never liked "Down Under" at all, but "Overkill" I liked.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:27 PM (Skc+N)

Just don’t mention the anti-nuke anthem “It’s A Mistake.”

Posted by: Rush at August 18, 2025 10:31 PM (k2LUN)

96 Hi friends! How many were thinking about the school slow dances with both arms around your boyfriend’s neck? Lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:31 PM (pZEOD)

97 Die, sock…

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:32 PM (k2LUN)

98
Off to get the dogs taken care of. Back in a bit to bore you some more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:32 PM (kkTda)

99 Another interchange on I-95 to slow it down. 26 to Columbia and 40 in NC already do that. Might take me longer to get to Pedro.

Posted by: You Never Sausage A Place at August 18, 2025 10:32 PM (G5+As)

100 94 "Anyone else typing on your phone while pinned under a cat?"

I can't reach my phone from here.
Posted by: Zombie Rachel Corrie at August 18, 2025 10:31 PM (i0F8b)

---------

Count your blessings, dozer girl.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at August 18, 2025 10:33 PM (dDmld)

101 I know you're joking, but I honestly like train travel and really wish we still had an efficient system.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 18, 2025 10:12 PM (lHPJf)

One consideration:

The Orient Express is 1,500 miles long.

Boston to Los Angeles is 2,600 miles.

As much as I would love a decent train, we're simply too big a country now, what with air travel, for intercontinental trains, at least not with current technology.

I'm not saying we can't do it, it's just that it's going to require at minimum a whole system-wide track upgrade. Our current rails simply cannot handle high speed trains.

Then the issue of electric versus diesel. The Northeast, from D.C. to Boston is electric. From D.C. south and west it's diesel. Unless the system's on the same energy page, that will slow things down; I've had to wait on the train out of NYC while in D.C. changing from electric to diesel engines to continue on to Richmond; that took about an hour 15 minutes or so while we were stuck on the train.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 10:33 PM (gKDq2)

102 4 string beer can guitar. I have no words, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (snZF9)

103 I think Men At Work had some serious issues that they worked through with their music. And we all benefitted.

Posted by: GWB at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (rSsQh)

104 Must have been a heck of a well made car. Not needing any service under the hood for ten years. Or, poor car care service scheduling.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 10:05 PM (0eaVi)

I think it was part of the transmission, and the auto worker was surprised his wallet didn't just burn up.

Posted by: GWB at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (rSsQh)

105 I honestly never liked "Down Under" at all, but "Overkill" I liked.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:27 PM (Skc+N)

Overkill really is a great and underrated song.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

106

Never went to a school dance. I went to school during the day, hated high school and wouldn't go back there after school ended for the day.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

107 76 Buc-ees will be adding a spot in Idaho, I-84 around Meridian. I like this. One of the few things I miss about leaving Colorado was not being able to visit Buc-ees.

Dumb, I know, but it's a cool place to grab some good road food.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18,

The Buc-ee's here door dashes to us. I kid you not.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:35 PM (pZEOD)

108 40 {{{Nurse!!}}} Good evening.
Posted by: Some Rat

Rat!

You bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 10:36 PM (mT+6a)

109 43 MSNOW

Miserable show no one's watching
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get to know me at
or
Mmm snow

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 18, 2025 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

110
They door dash kale??

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2025 10:37 PM (3ek7K)

111 I never wanted high school to end. Funnily enough, all my prom dresses were black and white. Some things never change.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:37 PM (pZEOD)

112 That new planned interstate looks like an expressway for Canadians to quickly get to their holiday destinations.

Posted by: Decaf at August 18, 2025 10:37 PM (unUNN)

113 No Buc-ees here in Washington State.
Upside is I can get Beaver nuggets via amazon.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:37 PM (2WIwB)

114 96 Hi friends! How many were thinking about the school slow dances with both arms around your boyfriend’s neck? Lol.
Posted by: Piper

I married my first boyfriend. I met him my senior year in college.

Yeah. Hit me with your best shot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 10:38 PM (mT+6a)

115 110
They door dash kale??
Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2025 10:37 PM (3ek7K)

Fresh Market does! I am pretty confident Buc-ee’s has no kale.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:38 PM (pZEOD)

116 So, some old Chinese man is dumping his wife for a fake girl, and the girl isn't even an airbrushed Playboy model. If you're going to dump your wife for a fake woman, get a blow up doll.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 18, 2025 10:24 PM (0Htd1)

At 75 that's probably not the point. He found something that's nice to him, even though she's not real. That's a strongly addictive drug, especially if you're not used to that sort of thing.

Posted by: Still, that's an extreme case at August 18, 2025 10:38 PM (TbWk/)

117 95:Just don’t mention the anti-nuke anthem “It’s A Mistake.”
Posted by: Rush at August 18, 2025 10:31 PM (k2LUN)

Oh, I don't know. I liked that song. Even then, I knew a nuke war was not going to happen. The Soviets may have been the Evil Empire, but they weren't crazy and we sure weren't going to use it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 10:39 PM (sAmhv)

118 I-69.

Would make a good t-shirt to wear into a lesbian bar!

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 10:28 PM (144I4)

Yeah, a few decades ago a dude could have worn it in any club that had chicks, and only chicks would have responded. These days, after Fag Mfg Inc opened up a high production plant it probably wouldn't be safe.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:40 PM (snZF9)

119 MSNOW

Miserable show no one's watching
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get to know me at
or
Mmm snow
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 18, 2025 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

Ms Now...snotty bitch.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:40 PM (2WIwB)

120 4 string beer can guitar. I have no words, lol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (snZF9)

Sounds like a pukelele.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 10:40 PM (6IF5w)

121 Hi friends! How many were thinking about the school slow dances with both arms around your boyfriend’s neck? Lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:31 PM (pZEOD)

Not me. But I'm a dude and not gay, so...

Posted by: Dance shmance at August 18, 2025 10:40 PM (TbWk/)

122 Continue my though....

It's A Mistake is kind of a time capsule now. All music had some song out there whining about 'nuke war bad'. Just part of that era, that's all.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 10:40 PM (sAmhv)

123 I never wanted high school to end. Funnily enough, all my prom dresses were black and white. Some things never change.
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:37 PM (pZEOD)

There you go. Prom dresses through the ages.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 10:41 PM (0eaVi)

124 I hated high school. On prom night I was playing D&D with my other nerd friends.

But, on the other hand, I was a cast member in two plays my senior year, Hello Dolly and Dracula. So, it's not like I was a total loser. Just mostly a loser.

But mostly I hated school. Could not wait for it to end.

I even regret attending our 10-year reunion. Never bothered after that.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

125 Overkill really is a great and underrated song
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Underground is pretty good, too.

The songs they still play on the radio are the ones I can't stand.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:42 PM (Skc+N)

126 According to the Beijing Daily, a 75-year-old man named Jiang came across an AI-generated female avatar while browsing social media. To those familiar with digital avatars, the girl is obviously an AI creation, but to Jiang’s untrained eye, she is just a beautiful girl who enjoys having conversations with him.

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Jiang isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2025 10:42 PM (dDmld)

127
I married my first boyfriend. I met him my senior year in college.

Yeah. Hit me with your best shot.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 10:38 PM (mT+6a)

I didn’t, but probably should have! I dated the same lacrosse guy all through high school. BUT I had to royally screw up my life before I finally got my head on straight. I was the most rebellious goody two shoes that walked the earth for awhile there.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:42 PM (pZEOD)

128 I tell my boss that I'm afraid of flying and I get this action twice a year. It's a cathouse on wheels! Hey, listen, come on. It's something about the movement of the train that does it. All that motion makes a girl horny. You just pick out a little chickie, my friend, and it's hug and munch all the way to Chicago.

Posted by: Bob Sweet, Vitamin Salesman at August 18, 2025 10:43 PM (wVcYX)

129 The boomer nukes put the “destruction” in mutually assured destruction. Almost impossible to locate, unlike missile sites in North Dakota. We owe a lot to Hyman Rickover.

The Soviets weren’t suicidal, but if they thought they could have got off a crippling first strike, they might have done that. Tough to say.

When the SDI was getting lots of attention the Soviets sure started screeching, for a purely defensive system

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 10:43 PM (q/G6k)

130 It's A Mistake is kind of a time capsule now. All music had some song out there whining about 'nuke war bad'. Just part of that era, that's all.

_____________________

I always hated 99 Luft balloons.

Fuck off, Nena.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:44 PM (Skc+N)

131 130 I always hated 99 Luft balloons.

Fuck off, Nena.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:44 PM
***
Noted.

Posted by: TRex - crossing Nena off the Wed ONT lineup at August 18, 2025 10:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

132 Doof- was that ship that blew up in Baltimore or Dundalk?

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:46 PM (pZEOD)

133 Hi friends! How many were thinking about the school slow dances with both arms around your boyfriend’s neck? Lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 10:31 PM (pZEOD)

First dance was 9th grade.
That's when I discovered girls bewbs felt nice while dancing.
I hope what she felt was nice for her too.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:46 PM (2WIwB)

134 So die in a nuclear holocaust. See if I care.

Posted by: Nena at August 18, 2025 10:46 PM (dDmld)

135 Got to love the International Dateline.

18 Aug in the US is 19 Aug on Ie Shima.

It was on 19 Aug 1945 that the two G4M Betty bombers painted white with green crosses carrying the Japanese surrender delegation that was to meet with Gen. MacArthur.

So that was 80 years ago today.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 10:48 PM (daZd4)

136
Dear me, I never even went on a date until I was 25. Until then my skin was a horror show. Because of that I never acquired the social skills everyone takes for granted. And I haven't acquired them since.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:48 PM (kkTda)

137 ALDI'S HAS THESE BBQ GRILLS FOR 25 CENTS EACH

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Hobo Living!

Now we know how Ace feeds himself as this blog surely can't support him ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 18, 2025 10:48 PM (BENy5)

138 I married my first boyfriend. I met him my senior year in college.

Yeah. Hit me with your best shot.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 10:38 PM (mT+6a)

I'm so glad I didn't marry my boyfriend from college. Actually, more than one of them. They are all lefty twats now. Last I heard, one of them was involved in the disaster on Maui, like, was working PR for Hawaii's emergency response or something. Well, that didn't work out, now did it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 10:49 PM (1Gsou)

139 First dance was 9th grade.
That's when I discovered girls bewbs felt nice while dancing.
I hope what she felt was nice for her too.
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For me t it was at a wedding reception when I was 11 or 12

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:49 PM (Skc+N)

140 "Congressionally designated future Interstates"

Got a few minutes.

https://tinyurl.com/4mbaz7cw

Posted by: javems at August 18, 2025 10:49 PM (8I4hW)

141 Ms Now...snotty bitch.
Posted by: Diogenes

Feminist. National Organization of Women.
Years ago I had a roommate who was all for the Equal Rights Amendment. I tried to explain to her that it wouldn't give women any more rights than they already had. You can't reason with those people.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 18, 2025 10:50 PM (0Htd1)

142 After many years loving the original faster pace German version of Nena's song I finally looked up the lyrics.

Basically, it is about defense ministers who think they are smart blowing up the world because they really are idiots.

Sound familiar?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 10:51 PM (daZd4)

143 First dance was 9th grade.
That's when I discovered girls bewbs felt nice while dancing.
I hope what she felt was nice for her too.
Posted by: Diogenes

I warned what would happen if that rotten rock was allowed over the airwaves! Ain't that right, Deacon Jim?

Posted by: Rev. Billy Bob Booper at August 18, 2025 10:51 PM (G5+As)

144 I always laugh when I hear the government propose some big project like a 1,000mi. stretch of highway.

Even if they lifted their 10 thousand enormous regulatory burdens and all their graft and skimming from the project, they long ago lost the institutional knowledge to achieve big things.

There aren't many private companies who could still engineer & build it in a human lifetime - let alone *them.*

But I don't suppose they could just be straightforward and call it the National 73-74-75 Systematic Institutional Fraud Scheme Association, could they?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 10:51 PM (BI5O2)

145 Dear me, I never even went on a date until I was 25. Until then my skin was a horror show. Because of that I never acquired the social skills everyone takes for granted. And I haven't acquired them since.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:48 PM (kkTda)

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Before going through puberty (around 9th grade) I had lots of warts all over my hands and even a couple of small ones on my lips -- and I was terribly embarrassed, shy, and awkward, especially around girls. [I used to try to cut them off with nail clippers, but they always bled and grew back.]

And then, poof -- they all eventually disappeared!

Hormones FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 18, 2025 10:51 PM (BENy5)

146 Feminist. National Organization of Women.
Years ago I had a roommate who was all for the Equal Rights Amendment. I tried to explain to her that it wouldn't give women any more rights than they already had. You can't reason with those people.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 18, 2025 10:50 PM (0Htd1)

Now I've got idiots on Facebook speaking about the rights of illegal aliens. What rights? They have none in this country. In their own? Well that probably varies, but they would have more there than here.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 10:52 PM (1Gsou)

147 I always hated 99 Luft balloons.

Fuck off, Nena.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:44 PM

That song was an abomination.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:54 PM (snZF9)

148 "Guy kills it on a custom-built guitar made of Beer cans"

That is some great thumb pickin with finger strumming combo.

Posted by: CNN at August 18, 2025 10:54 PM (PTDkx)

149 Dear me, I never even went on a date until I was 25. Until then my skin was a horror show. Because of that I never acquired the social skills everyone takes for granted. And I haven't acquired them since.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

In Mayberry, they tried to civilize and smooth out Ernest T. Bass. Didn't work with him, either. Hadrian, do you throw rocks, too?

Posted by: Reverend Felcher at August 18, 2025 10:55 PM (G5+As)

150 Maybe one of the CoBs can rummage around to find the thread where Ace and I started linking different versions of Nena's "99 Red Balloons" ???

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 10:55 PM (daZd4)

151 It's A Mistake is kind of a time capsule now. All music had some song out there whining about 'nuke war bad'. Just part of that era, that's all.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 10:40 PM (sAmhv)

All these years and I never knew it was about nuclear war. All I ever heard was that nasal whining of "It's a mistake!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2025 10:55 PM (09N0i)

152 I always laugh when I hear the government propose some big project like a 1,000mi. stretch of highway.

Even if they lifted their 10 thousand enormous regulatory burdens and all their graft and skimming from the project, they long ago lost the institutional knowledge to achieve big things.

There aren't many private companies who could still engineer & build it in a human lifetime - let alone *them.*

But I don't suppose they could just be straightforward and call it the National 73-74-75 Systematic Institutional Fraud Scheme Association, could they?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 10:51 PM (BI5O2)

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I'm reminded of The Hoover (Boulder) Dam constructed on the Colorado River south of Las Vegas during The Great Depression between 1931 and 1936 (my grandfather worked on it); I believe it's one of the last feral government projects to come in ahead of time and under budget.

What a concept ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: One King To Rule Them All! at August 18, 2025 10:56 PM (BENy5)

153
Hadrian, do you throw rocks, too?
Posted by: Reverend Felcher at August 18, 2025 10:55 PM (G5+As)

_________

No, I live a very cloistered life now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:56 PM (kkTda)

154
they long ago lost the institutional knowledge to achieve big things.

They wuz Kangz.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 10:57 PM (63Dwl)

155 At least Men at Work had other songs one could enjoy. A fried out Kombi full of zombies mate?

Midnight Oil? Nope.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 10:57 PM (daZd4)

156
We no longer have a Henry Kaiser or Robert Moses in this country.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 10:58 PM (kkTda)

157 Syria is preparing a massive offensive against the Kurds.
Seeking to capture the Raqqa and Deir Ezzor Governorates from the Kurdish SDF’s control, the military is preparing some 50,000 troops for an offensive. The plan is to mass the troops at the city of Palmyra and sweep into Kurdish-controlled areas.
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If any group deserves its own state it's the Kurds.
Somebody should blow the crap out of Syria.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 10:58 PM (Cm8rh)

158 147 I always hated 99 Luft balloons.
Fuck off, Nena.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:44 PM

That song was an abomination.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
It's an earworm song. My problem is that I like earworm songs.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 18, 2025 11:00 PM (0Htd1)

159 We just did a road trip from South Dakota to central New York and back. The interstate road system is over crowded and out dated. The roads were in bad shape. On our return to South Dakota, we stayed off the interstates as much as possible which reduced the wear on our vehicle and reduced our stress level.

Posted by: Archer at August 18, 2025 11:00 PM (IDphi)

160 Empire State Building wasn't a Fed project, but only took about 13 months.

Posted by: Ape, Not Included at August 18, 2025 11:01 PM (G5+As)

161 Boulder dam, Empire State building. The Pentagon was built in record time, it’s still one of the largest office buildings ever constructed. Leslie Groves was tapped to oversee that, probably the reason he was later selected for the Manhattan project.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 11:01 PM (q/G6k)

162 IIRC, Kurdistan would have to carve out territory from four different countries. Tough job.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2025 11:01 PM (09N0i)

163 I always hated 99 Luft balloons.
Fuck off, Nena.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:44 PM

That song was an abomination.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
It's an earworm song. My problem is that I like earworm songs.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 18, 2025 11:00 PM (0Htd1)

Slayer's "Raining Blood" cures all ear worms.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 11:02 PM (snZF9)

164
I'm reading A Call to Arms by Maury Klien about how the US mobilized the home front in World War II. The story of how we built the greatest industrial powerhouse in history from, basically, nothing is an amazing one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 11:03 PM (kkTda)

165 It's an earworm song. My problem is that I like earworm songs.
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You're gonna love this

https://youtu.be/gfk3QLU1x0E

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 11:04 PM (DIweC)

166 You know that ship that blew up today in Baltimore Harbor kind of puzzles me. Stated destination was Mauritius, a tiny island known mostly for extinct dodo birds. What do they need a bulk carrier load of anything for, let alone stuff that goes splody? I'm wondering that ship was really bound for Iran, and Mossad got wind of it, and arranged an accidnt.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 11:04 PM (6IF5w)

167 I am off to sleep, though Saijo is chewing his yak cheese very loudly, which isn’t relaxing. And the cats have 3/4s of the bed.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 11:06 PM (pZEOD)

168
Neither Leslie Groves nor Brehon Somervell ever became Chief of the Corps of Engineers. Both had stepped on too many toes and bruised too many egos.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 11:06 PM (kkTda)

169 Dad got a call or a text (I forget which saying that there was a problem with his taxes and he should call blah blah #.)
I told him straight out: Dad, it's a scam. The IRS is not going to contact you that way. But he was adamant.
He called the IRS office and woke through a bunch of operators trying to find out if it was real. It turned out it was.
He is never going to let me forget that one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Had to be a call, they don't do email or text without your permission, i.e.: they've previously contacted you by US Post, phone or personally.
If you do.get a call, check the number. Use a directory obtained number verify the number they give you.
IRS scams are dangerous for the scammer but the risk/reward factor is high, so it does get attempted. The reward is high because they can threaten (falsely, of course) criminal penalties. That's a powerful.way to get money out of someone.
Be careful.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2025 11:06 PM (pgBhY)

170 Soup with cheese? What could go wrong?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:07 PM (daZd4)

171 Robert Moses and Mayor LaGuardia were opening an average of one new NYC park a week for a spell.

Posted by: We Used To Could Do Stuff at August 18, 2025 11:07 PM (G5+As)

172 Ear worms?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvk8iPqhsZs

There never was a Season Two.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:08 PM (daZd4)

173 170 Soup with cheese? What could go wrong?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:07 PM (daZd4)

He is very chompy!

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 11:09 PM (pZEOD)

174 Before Central Park was completed, the favorite NYC picnic spot was Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. It is still a beautiful place.

Posted by: Even Has Parrots at August 18, 2025 11:10 PM (G5+As)

175
Dogs put up for the night and fed, evening prayers said. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 11:12 PM (kkTda)

176 I think 11 days start to finish was the fastest time to build a Liberty Ship.

Posted by: Kaiser Shipyard, Maybe? at August 18, 2025 11:13 PM (G5+As)

177 Except that passenger trains have never paid for themselves, ever.
Posted by: Hadrian
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Riiiiight. The RR companies ran all those passenger trains crisscrossing the continent in the 20s, 30s, and 40s out of the goodness of hearts.
And, Brightline.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2025 11:13 PM (pgBhY)

178 Looks like the seasonal hurricane conveyor is finally in gear.

Right behind Hurricane Erin are two more disturbances.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 11:14 PM (/lPRQ)

179 I remember doing a research project on fuel efficiency once. Rail is the most fuel-efficient way to move freight across land but also much less convenient than trucking. I don't recall it ever being fuel-efficient for passenger rail, even though I have good memories of riding trains.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 18, 2025 11:14 PM (6nQni)

180 What do they need a bulk carrier load of anything for, let alone stuff that goes splody? I'm wondering that ship was really bound for Iran, and Mossad got wind of it, and arranged an accidnt.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 11:04 PM (6IF5w)

Apparently they had a load of coal, so a coal dust explosion is plausible. Why Mauritius, which is near Madagascar, would need a load of coal is a puzzler. Are there still coal-fired ships steaming about? Were they supplying an Alfred Thayer Mahan-style coaling station?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2025 11:15 PM (09N0i)

181 I remember doing a research project on fuel efficiency once. Rail is the most fuel-efficient way to move freight across land but also much less convenient than trucking. I don't recall it ever being fuel-efficient for passenger rail, even though I have good memories of riding trains.
Posted by: Nerd Herd

You just have to pack them in tighter.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 11:15 PM (/lPRQ)

182 I liked "It's A Mistake" and "Forever Young," even if they're anti-nuke songs. I guess I give the bands a little grace- I've grown up with nuclear holocaust always being a quiet threat and I just don't think about it. I think I'd either be a nervous wreck or I'd just throw my hands up if I consistently thought about being wiped out by a nuke at any second.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 18, 2025 11:17 PM (6nQni)

183 99 Luftballons was fine. The English "translation" was an abortion.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 11:18 PM (gKWVE)

184 Right behind Hurricane Erin are two more disturbances.

Where is Jim Cantore?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:19 PM (daZd4)

185 So, I ordered some pickled bologna (same brand someone here recommended- Koegels?) It arrived today like a set of russian nesting dolls of jar, wrapped in bubble wrap, in box, with a bit of packing inside another box.

Not bad bologna. Just the faint hint of spice (has a pepper in the jar.) It's odd, the bologna is ... less dense than I think of pickle dog, but has virtually NO carbs whatsoever. Figured it would be a decent snack for keto.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:21 PM (bss/y)

186 183 99 Luftballons was fine. The English "translation" was an abortion.
Posted by: gKWVE

Same for Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott!

Posted by: Old Favorites at August 18, 2025 11:21 PM (G5+As)

187 According to the Beijing Daily, a 75-year-old man named Jiang came across an AI-generated female avatar while browsing social media.

I'm old enough to remember when AI meant Artificially Inseminated.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 11:21 PM (144I4)

188 Around 1980 I got a certifcate as a Civil Defense Shelter Technician (or whatever it was). Correspondance class. Actually quite good and had a lot of material on designing / building survival shelters for 'x' number of people and supplies needed for various blast and fallout conditions. And down to trivial - if nothing else hide under your matress...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 11:22 PM (/lPRQ)

189 If any group deserves its own state it's the Kurds.
Somebody should blow the crap out of Syria.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 10:58 PM (Cm8rh)

No argument there but - just so everyone understands the games being played here - no way does this current version of Syria have the military strength to do this. Erdogan is behind this, and it’s a good bet that a lot of those “Syrian” troops are going to be Turkish Army units. Good NATO members.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 11:22 PM (PfGa7)

190 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvk8iPqhsZs

There never was a Season Two.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:08 PM (daZd4)

Ah, the Japanese. Nuked too much? Or not enough?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2025 11:22 PM (09N0i)

191 According to the Beijing Daily, a 75-year-old man named Jiang came across an AI-generated female avatar while browsing social media.

I'm old enough to remember when AI meant Artificially Inseminated.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 11:21 PM (144I4)

That feature is coming soon.

Posted by: The Zuck at August 18, 2025 11:22 PM (6nQni)

192 170 Soup with cheese? What could go wrong?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:07 PM (daZd4)

Cheese potato soup (well done) is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:22 PM (bss/y)

193 At DM: "Obama Presidential Center will feature a fruit and vegetable garden, athletic programs, an events facility, a museum and a new branch of the Chicago Public Library."

That's a helluva deal for only $850M. Value-packed.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:22 PM (8mLBT)

194 So, I ordered some pickled bologna (same brand someone here recommended- Koegels?) It arrived today like a set of russian nesting dolls of jar, wrapped in bubble wrap, in box, with a bit of packing inside another box.

Not bad bologna. Just the faint hint of spice (has a pepper in the jar.) It's odd, the bologna is ... less dense than I think of pickle dog, but has virtually NO carbs whatsoever. Figured it would be a decent snack for keto.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
===

You can blame me.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 11:23 PM (/lPRQ)

195 According to the Beijing Daily, a 75-year-old man named Jiang came across an AI-generated female avatar while browsing social media.

Joi from Blade Runner 2049 is here. nyah.

"Oh Jiang baby, I need a CPU upgrade."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:24 PM (daZd4)

196 >>>The right horrible 19th Amendment was passed on this date in 1920. 105 years of mayhem ensued.

Posted by: Landed Gentleman

>Ah, Women's suffrage. What does the 19th say about the rights for trannies to vote?

Maybe there should be a waiting period, like when purchasing a firearm. Say, 5 years?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 11:24 PM (/vPt3)

197 The Interstate highway system, combined with commercial aviation, is what killed passenger trains. They only worked when there were no reasonably priced alternatives.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 11:24 PM (PfGa7)

198 Whenever I see a bowl of cheese potato soup, I ask the diner "Are you going to eat that?" Sometimes I get lucky. You never know.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:25 PM (8mLBT)

199 You can blame me.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 11:23 PM (/lPRQ)

Thank you. Even though it's not exactly the same, it scratches that nostalgic itch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:25 PM (bss/y)

200 198 Whenever I see a bowl of cheese potato soup, I ask the diner "Are you going to eat that?" Sometimes I get lucky. You never know.
Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:25 PM (8mLBT)

If it's done right, it is amazing. SO good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:25 PM (bss/y)

201 Little bacon. Little onion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:26 PM (bss/y)

202 Can't wait until Michigan Haj meet Black Bike Week at Myrtle Beach.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 11:26 PM (XeU6L)

203 That feature is coming soon.
Posted by: The Zuck

The Human Duplicators and Armitage III would like to have a word with you.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:26 PM (daZd4)

204 200 Roger that.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:27 PM (8mLBT)

205 Beer Cheese soup topped with popcorn is delicious

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 18, 2025 11:27 PM (ycs3a)

206 Idaho Spudboy

Sometimes not nuked enough

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:28 PM (daZd4)

207 >>I was the most rebellious goody two shoes that walked the earth for awhile there.

That seems doubtful.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:28 PM (viF8m)

208 I'm reminded of The Hoover (Boulder) Dam - I believe it's one of the last feral government projects to come in ahead of time and under budget.
Posted by: ShainS

The construction of most of the lab at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project were built remarkably quickly:

AY-12 Electromagnetic Separation Plant about 9 months.
X-10 Graphite Reactor around 9 months.
K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant about 15 months.

Amazing what can be done when the Feds get rid of all permitting, licensing and environmental impact studies.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 11:28 PM (cYBz/)

209 Aldi's 25¢ Grill...comes with seagull guard.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)

210 Anna, I got invited over to my wife's kid's place to watch K-Pop Demon Hunters. Has this come across your radar?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:29 PM (rbvCR)

211 AY-12 Electromagnetic Separation Plant about 9 months.
X-10 Graphite Reactor around 9 months.
K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant about 15 months.

The Gaseous diffusion plant was huge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:30 PM (bss/y)

212 Thank you. Even though it's not exactly the same, it scratches that nostalgic itch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

We used to make our own - 1 gal glass jar, as much ring bologna that you stuff in there, maybe six rings, a jar of pickling spice, maybe some hot peppers, top off cider vinegar. Maybe some salt too. I don't think we put any water in.
For a bonus you can stuff boiled eggs in the middle of the rings.

Put on the shelf. Flip jar every few days. Good to go in a couple of months.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)

213 Good evening all. Great ONT!!
Doef, not sure about the new road but our mayor is trying to get the first Iowa Buc-ee’s here along the interstate.
Picked up my local auction wins today. One is a great bumper sticker - super retro. I think I will send a photo to Doef for his retro night. Maybe he’ll use it.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 18, 2025 11:30 PM (11mhd)

214
Scrolling through astronaut Don Pettit's X feed, looking at the latest photos he posted from his last expedition, I noticed he linked to some photo from Nicole Ayers, who just came home from the Crew-10 expedition a couple weeks ago. She posted some pretty nice photos and video herself.

One I thought was really fun was this acceleration video she did. Drag on the ISS causes the orbit to slowly degrade and they have to fire thrusters to re-boost themselves into the proper orbit. When they do, the station accelerates (proper acceleration, true acceleration in relativistic terms).

So, during that manever, they will feel it, and "weigh" a little bit. If they're hanging on. If not, and they just free-float, they will fall a little bit in the opposite direction of the acceleration. They had some fun with that here:
https://tinyurl.com/2djuhmjf

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 11:31 PM (w6EFb)

215 Are they hunters of K-Pop Demons?

Or Demon Hunters who enjoy K-Pop?

Or Demons, who are hunters of K-Pop enjoying humans?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:32 PM (bss/y)

216 At DM: "Obama Presidential Center will feature a fruit and vegetable garden, athletic programs, an events facility, a museum and a new branch of the Chicago Public Library."

That's a helluva deal for only $850M. Value-packed.
Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:22 PM (8mLBT)

Put in an aquatic center and they can offer swimming lessons. Prerequisite for paddleboard lessons. Hell let's go all the way and offer cooking lessons. One stop shop.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 11:32 PM (144I4)

217 Kindltot

It is a Netflix movie. An original as opposed to them destroying IPs like Cowboy Bebop.

K-Pop idol singers are the latest generation of singers selected to keep the demon realm sealed away. So the demon realm decides to create their own boy band.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:32 PM (daZd4)

218 A new interstate connecting Northern Michigan and Myrtle Beach.
Goes through some pretty rough geography (the Appalachia parts of WV-VA-NC) and areas globalization left behind. If it works the way the designers intend, I'm all for it.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Rough geography? Yeah, right.

Posted by: I70, Glenwood Canyon at August 18, 2025 11:34 PM (pgBhY)

219 The fruit and vegetable garden is what really sold me. Before I heard that, I thought maybe we were being taken for fools by shameless crooks.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:34 PM (8mLBT)

220
Nicole Ayers there got a fantastic shot of a spite over or near Texas posted on her feed there as well:

https://tinyurl.com/259jzlwv

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 11:34 PM (w6EFb)

221 K-Pop idol singers are the latest generation of singers selected to keep the demon realm sealed away. So the demon realm decides to create their own boy band.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:32 PM (daZd4)

I saw it, I didn't know if anyone else had. I had never heard of it.

My thought was that it wasn't quite the promised and projected Monster Hunter International since Correia likes Death Metal better that K-Pop.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:35 PM (rbvCR)

222 K-25

I tried to find a good picture that had some objects in it to get a sense of scale.

https://tinyurl.com/5n6f6z77

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:35 PM (bss/y)

223 The Gaseous diffusion plant was huge.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Oh yeah. Last year sometime the DOE announced a new uranium enrichment facility near the old Y-25 site.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 11:36 PM (cYBz/)

224 where is the banana for scale?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:37 PM (rbvCR)

225 I got "The Sorrow and the Pity" (196

all queued up. I estimate I will have to pause it 7.2 times to urinate. Or I could get a catheter. Or I could put a screen in the john. There are SO many alternatives to choose from. Land of plenty.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:37 PM (8mLBT)

226 Put in an aquatic center and they can offer swimming lessons. Prerequisite for paddleboard lessons. Hell let's go all the way and offer cooking lessons. One stop shop.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 11:32 PM (144I4)

Tack on the Hillary Clinton Presidential Library Annex.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2025 11:38 PM (09N0i)

227 K-Pop Demon Hunters has been popping up in my YT feed for the past few weeks.

It sounds cool, but their animation style is not my cup of tea even when they go full Tex Avery on expressions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:38 PM (daZd4)

228 Put in an aquatic center and they can offer swimming lessons. Prerequisite for paddleboard lessons. Hell let's go all the way and offer cooking lessons. One stop shop.

Posted by: haffhowershower

Michael Phelps gave swimming lessons to a group of Baltimore Ravens players a few days ago. Amazing how most blacks never learn to swim.

Posted by: Busload Of Sinkers at August 18, 2025 11:40 PM (G5+As)

229 The Hillary Clinton Memorial Bathroom and bollard.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:41 PM (daZd4)

230 79 I'll be 70 in two months and have never seen a dermatologist nor had an eye exam. Maybe I'm nuts. My wife had lots of skin things chopped of by a dermatologist, though. She was a very fair ginger.

Posted by: Skin To Win at August 18, 2025 10:27 PM (G5+As)

Wow, you are really lucky. I just had a massive chunk of my thigh cut out for a cancer that I've never heard of before, and that my doc biopsied on a hunch. He said he's seen it in medical manuals but his clinic had never had a case.

Posted by: moki at August 18, 2025 11:41 PM (wLjpr)

231 "Tack on the Hillary Clinton Presidential Library Annex."

She doesn't have an Annex already? Jeez, how many people does she have to bump off before she gets a measly Annex?

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:41 PM (8mLBT)

232 Same picture without the water mark. A bit to the right of center you can see a white pickup (it looks like.)

https://tinyurl.com/538h7j5m

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:41 PM (bss/y)

233 Michael Phelps gave swimming lessons to a group of Baltimore Ravens players a few days ago. Amazing how most blacks never learn to swim.
Posted by: Busload Of Sinkers at August 18, 2025 11:40 PM (G5+As)

Chef Reggie approves.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 11:42 PM (144I4)

234 It sounds cool, but their animation style is not my cup of tea even when they go full Tex Avery on expressions.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:38 PM (daZd4)

It has that... Despicable Me look, but more Destiny 2, The Gay expansion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:44 PM (bss/y)

235 233 Michael Phelps gave swimming lessons to a group of Baltimore Ravens players a few days ago. Amazing how most blacks never learn to swim.
Posted by: Busload Of Sinkers at August 18, 2025 11:40 PM (G5+As)

Chef Reggie approves.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 11:42 PM (144I4)

He could have used the skill.

Or a gun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:44 PM (bss/y)

236 Some of the buildings/facilities at Oak Ridge were damn near completed before plans were finalized/signed off.

It's still a weird place - a scientific company town with nuke engineers/technicians walking about with good rural TN folk. An emulsion like population if you will.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 11:45 PM (cYBz/)

237 Michael Phelps gave swimming lessons to a group of Baltimore Ravens players a few days ago. Amazing how most blacks never learn to swim.

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Corn Pop, now that dude could swim.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 18, 2025 11:45 PM (dDmld)

238 I22 connects Birmingham, Alabama with Memphis, Tennessee.

Thanks Federal Government, I guess? (As if Birmingham didn't have enough problems)

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2025 11:46 PM (iwlvf)

239 I like the vibe of the posters for the apprenticeship.gov.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:46 PM (bss/y)

240 226 Put in an aquatic center and they can offer swimming lessons. Prerequisite for paddleboard lessons. Hell let's go all the way and offer cooking lessons. One stop shop.

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Name it after Al Campanis.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2025 11:48 PM (dDmld)

241 236 Some of the buildings/facilities at Oak Ridge were damn near completed before plans were finalized/signed off.

It's still a weird place - a scientific company town with nuke engineers/technicians walking about with good rural TN folk. An emulsion like population if you will.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 11:45 PM (cYBz/)

Like a rural university. Bloomington was like that. Townies and college folks. Until IU went full psychotic.

A buddy was living there and his wife reported women spraying vegetables with lysol in the grocery store.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:48 PM (bss/y)

242 197 The Interstate highway system, combined with commercial aviation, is what killed passenger trains. They only worked when there were no reasonably priced alternatives.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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However, if they would tag some passenger cars on the tail of freight trains they would book full. AmTrak doesn't even publish a schedule.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 11:51 PM (Cm8rh)

243 At DM: "Obama Presidential Center will feature a fruit and vegetable garden, athletic programs, an events facility, a museum and a new branch of the Chicago Public Library."

It should be a frigging outhouse with a cheap salad from burger king hanging on the door.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 11:51 PM (snZF9)

244 Well, I got the bad (?) left side motor mount out of the '99 Suburban this evening. It wasn't terribly difficult. Contrary to Ewetoob experts, I found I did have to uncouple both front mounts in order to lift the front left side of the engine enough to winkle the left mount out of there. New mounts are supposed to be at my nearby Napa store tomorrow. I am going to very carefully compare new mounts to the old ones, and if I cannot find some defect or "set" in the old ones to account for the engine sitting too low on the left, I will add a shim between the engine block and the "cup" receptacle for the mount. Such shims were apparently used '86 to '91, but not on my model.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 11:52 PM (6IF5w)

245 36 ....They need to finish building I-11, from Las Vegas to Phoenix. Most of it is existing right-of-way; just needs upgrading. There are a few miles of real, no-shit I-11 from Railroad Pass to the Hoover Dam, then it reverts to rough-ass U.S. 93 from there to Kingman, AZ. 93 co-locates with I-40 from Kingman to a few miles east, where it then turns south to Wickiup. A little bit more of that road gets 4-laned every year, but they sure aren't hi-balling it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 10:14 PM (F6+9F)

Growing up near West Palm Beach in the 1970's we had a completed 10 mile stretch of I-95 around WPB but it wouldn't connect the 60 or so miles north to Vero Beach until the early '80's due to some conflict with the Florida Turnpike bond holders - 'no competing road'.

The stretch south from WPB to north of Ft Lauderdale wasn't completed until the late '70's. For years there was a 100' or so wide swath of pristine Florida jungle running thru our neighborhood where the road would go.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 18, 2025 11:52 PM (QGaXH)

246 Damn, Zelensky did not wear a track suit?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:52 PM (bss/y)

247 I had a little SCC on my left forearm. I tried digging it out myself, but it came back in like a month. I gave my PCP a crack at it, but he only managed to bisect it. The dermatologist finally excavated it all. (He says I've got the palest arms he's ever seen. It runs in the family.)

The lesion occurred in the place on the arm that gets the most sun when typically resting on the car window while driving. I wonder about the handedness prevalence of forearm SCC in left-hand steering-wheel countries vs right-hand steering wheel countries.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:52 PM (8mLBT)

248 Michael Phelps gave swimming lessons to a group of Baltimore Ravens players a few days ago. Amazing how most blacks never learn to swim.

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Corn Pop, now that dude could swim.
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 18, 2025 11:45 PM (dDmld)

Keepin' it real, that's our Scranton Joe.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 11:53 PM (gKDq2)

249 First dance was 9th grade.
That's when I discovered girls bewbs felt nice while dancing.
I hope what she felt was nice for her too.
Posted by: Diogenes

Yep, 9th grade. Mary K a well developed 8th grader. Friends dared me to ask her so I did. I don't remember the song but I sure remember that dance. Three years later she was in my creative writing class. She was a cheerleader and I was a juvenile delinquent. We "dated" for about two months. Her dad definitely didn't like me. Her older sister, our class valedictorian, probably filled him in on my reputation. I was actually a gentleman with her.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 11:54 PM (tyHPG)

250 "It should be a frigging outhouse with a cheap salad from burger king hanging on the door."

Oh my, it already looks far worse than that. Don't help them fix it.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:54 PM (8mLBT)

251 >>Michael Phelps gave swimming lessons to a group of Baltimore Ravens players a few days ago. Amazing how most blacks never learn to swim.

It's not amazing. It's access and culture.

There are an assload of white people who can't swim either because they never did it and it's not something they grew up doing.

Go to the Caribbean and you will see a lot of black people who can swim. In Baltimore and Detroit and most cities where black people live not so much.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:55 PM (viF8m)

252
Well, I see Veronica Hannan has taken down her LinkedIn page. She's the kicking and screaming friend of the RI "I'm an AGeeee!" AWFL from the earlier post today.

I imagine Pepsi will be deleting her employment soon as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 11:55 PM (w6EFb)

253 250 "It should be a frigging outhouse with a cheap salad from burger king hanging on the door."

Oh my, it already looks far worse than that. Don't help them fix it.
Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:54 PM (8mLBT)

Well. You know it kind of does look like a gigantic, Brutalist outhouse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 11:56 PM (bss/y)

254 253 Bingo!

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:58 PM (8mLBT)

255 The Calutrons needed miles and miles of wire, copper being in short supply, they got the US Treasury to loan them 50,000 tons of silver and wired everything up that way.

I don’t know if it’s true or not, I read somewhere the Calutrons and their silver wiring laid unmolested until the 1990s and the Clinton administration absconded with it. Sounds plausible.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 11:59 PM (q/G6k)

256 Well, I got the bad (?) left side motor mount out of the '99 Suburban this evening. It wasn't terribly difficult. Contrary to Ewetoob experts, I found I did have to uncouple both front mounts in order to lift the front left side of the engine enough to winkle the left mount out of there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 11:52 PM (6IF5w)

Its amazing how frigging wrong some of the you tube videos can be on things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2025 12:00 AM (snZF9)

257
Our President, early today, on his Truth Social account:

I am totally convinced that if Russia raised their hands and said, “We give up, we concede, we surrender, we will GIVE Ukraine and the great United States of America, the most revered, respected, and powerful of all countries, EVER, Moscow and St. Petersburg, and everything surrounding them for a thousand miles, the Fake News Media and their Democrat Partners would say that this was a bad and humiliating day for Donald J. Trump, one of the worst days in the history of our Country.” But that’s why they are the FAKE NEWS, and the badly failing Radical Left Democrats. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2025 12:00 AM (w6EFb)

258 246 Damn, Zelensky did not wear a track suit?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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And he thanked Trump several times.
A little Emily Post night reading he did.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:01 AM (Cm8rh)

259
193 At DM: "Obama Presidential Center will feature a fruit and vegetable garden, athletic programs, an events facility, a museum and a new branch of the Chicago Public Library."

That's a helluva deal for only $850M. Value-packed.
Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:22 PM

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But not an actual presidential library. No records.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 19, 2025 12:04 AM (tAAke)

260 "Moscow and St. Petersburg, and everything surrounding them for a thousand miles,"

Hey, if we can get that thrown in with the deal too, don't reject it out of hand.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 12:04 AM (8mLBT)

261 Its amazing how frigging wrong some of the you tube videos can be on things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Same people who wrote the Chiltons manuals.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 19, 2025 12:04 AM (tyHPG)

262 Sheila DeBlau. I remember her boobs. We were standing in line for something, and she jammed her chest into my back for about 10 seconds or so feigning “OH! Excuse me! i’m sorry!! Excuse me!!” LOL The beginning of a life long love affair with boobs.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 12:04 AM (q/G6k)

263 Not having a Dad in the house affects things like learning to swim too.

Posted by: It's Science! at August 19, 2025 12:04 AM (G5+As)

264 Damn, Zelensky did not wear a track suit?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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And he thanked Trump several times.
A little Emily Post night reading he did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Clinging to his trademark 'commando' style he stuck with monochrome black - black suit, black shirt, black tie. Prolly black Abidas shoes too.

But he bent the knee and suited up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2025 12:05 AM (/lPRQ)

265 And he thanked Trump several times.
A little Emily Post night reading he did.
Posted by: Braenyard -

He's concerned about extradition down the road.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 19, 2025 12:06 AM (tyHPG)

266 261 Ha! ChiltonGPT.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 12:06 AM (8mLBT)

267 But not an actual presidential library. No records.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Soviet style Brutalist monoment.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2025 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)

268 According to Grok (I know, I know):

There are some Beta-3 calutrons at the Y-12 National Security Complex that are maintained in a standby condition as part of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s stable isotope production program. But not currently in use. BUT, most sources claim they still have silver windings.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 12:06 AM (cYBz/)

269 >>Clinging to his trademark 'commando' style he stuck with monochrome black - black suit, black shirt, black tie. Prolly black Abidas shoes too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

So no black underwear then.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 12:08 AM (144I4)

270 Its amazing how frigging wrong some of the you tube videos can be on things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Same people who wrote the Chiltons manuals.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 19, 2025 12:04 AM (tyHPG)

One of the shops I work out of must have an easy $3K worth of factory harley manuals, because sometimes torque specs will change. We have a few chilton manuals, and they are a joke. The saying in the shop is harley manuals for working on the harleys, chilton manuals for cleaning weed. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2025 12:08 AM (snZF9)

271 BTW, the DM story sez local residents are protesting that the end-standing concrete turd is actually driving up prop values in the hood, and you know what that means: dreaded gentrification.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 19, 2025 12:10 AM (8mLBT)

272 I gather that the expectations of peace breaking out were not fulfilled at today's Ukraine meeting, and the can has been kicked down the road for a week or so.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 19, 2025 12:12 AM (09N0i)

273 The question would be how many calutrons were there in 1945 versus 2025, and what happened to them. The Clinton administration stealing the silver sort of tracks. It was a fuckpile of money just sitting there.

They probably did scrap most of them at some point. That is a lot of silver. Did Treasury get it back? Or just make a book keeping entry. They knew where it was at, at least.

I know Groves was lauded for at least keeping excellent records for the money spent, even if it was insane amounts.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 12:12 AM (q/G6k)

274 Post-War Silver Return: Most of the silver used in the Oak Ridge calutrons was returned to the Treasury by 1970, as the majority of the calutrons (especially the Alpha stages) were decommissioned or repurposed. For example, the Alpha Calutron magnets in Building 9731 had their silver windings replaced with copper during this period.

(again Grok)

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2025 12:15 AM (cYBz/)

275 So no black underwear then.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 19, 2025 12:08 AM (144I4)

Underwear?

Posted by: Zelensky at August 19, 2025 12:15 AM (09N0i)

276 I've worked on some WWII era buildings.
Different design process.

Today they start with explicit roster of 'x' workers, how many SQ ft each, spacial relations for various workgroups... What exact equipment machines go in... and go through multiple design revisions (nevermind permitting, etc).

WWII - I need office space, 5000 staff, 100 sq ft ea, ummm, mutli-story, 12 ft floor to floor.... Then figure out how to fit them in. Stick on utility space if needed.

Hangars - WWII Give me a big fricken barn. Now, Fit that bird like a glove, not an inch to spare.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2025 12:16 AM (/lPRQ)

277 OK, we’ll let the Clintons off the hook on that for now.

I still don’t trust them.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 12:18 AM (q/G6k)

278 Assembly is the reverse of disassembly.

Posted by: Chiltons at August 19, 2025 12:18 AM (pxUkb)

279 And he thanked Trump several times.
A little Emily Post night reading he did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:01 AM (Cm8rh)

So, did he take the coke or not take the coke to get the less psychotic frenzied effect?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 19, 2025 12:18 AM (bss/y)

280 And I did chalk up a win on the car stereo front. Pulled the new, not-working Dual tuner/amp rig out of the dash, and checked constant 12 volts and switched 12 volts with a test light. Both worked. Tested the ground. ground was good. So I unboxed another unit, plugged it in, and as soon as it powered up, I heard the FM between-channel sound in the speakers. Plugged in my thumb drive, and music burst forth from all four speakers. So I had a dud stereo right out of the box.

To top it off, I replaced the driver's side door striker, and now the door closes with authority.

The stereo sound quality is marginal to bad. "Front" speakers are two 3" jobs packed in a frame to replace the original 4X10" oval speaker in the top center of the dash (a common feature of '60's cars). So stereo separation is about nil. And my "rear" speakers are two old computer speakers screwed to the firewall under the dash. I think I may take out the plastic covers on either side of the rear seat that house the top lift cylinders. There may be room in there to fit shallow 5" speakers without interfering with the mechanism. I will not cut the door panels; they are still too nice, and new ones are now NLA.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:18 AM (OvO3C)

281 Same people who wrote the Chiltons manuals.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 19, 2025 12:04 AM (tyHPG)
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Yeah, been there with Chiltons manuals. No matter how many times looked at the page, the tidbit of needed info was not there.

Posted by: scampydog at August 19, 2025 12:19 AM (41CYW)

282 At DM: "Obama Presidential Center will feature a fruit
Posted by: gp NOW

We all knew that.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2025 12:21 AM (DgGvY)

283 Prolly black Abidas shoes too.

But he bent the knee and suited up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Look at the group picture. He's wearing DeNiro lifts, must be an inch to inch and a half. He's to better to copy Musk and wear boots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:23 AM (Cm8rh)

284 The MJ trick was first used in the movies by the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz.

Posted by: Beverly at August 19, 2025 12:23 AM (Epeb0)

285 My first concert was the Cars. I had 4th row seats.
Second one was Police, 4th row again.
I had a really good friend who hooked me up.

My fav though was Billy Idol. Sweet Young Thing next to me had stripped down to a thong and was standing up in her seat just rocking it. Best seat I ever had.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 19, 2025 12:23 AM (Dz6Vv)

286 Can't visualize the Suburban dash board. Cars of the past would mount speakers under the dash facing up toward the windshield; excellent resonance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:27 AM (Cm8rh)

287 Assembly is the reverse of disassembly.
Posted by: Chilton
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LMAO. First time I read *that* I was like-- oh, golly gee--
*slaps forehead*
"Why didn't I think of that?!"

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

288 "I think 11 days start to finish was the fastest time to build a Liberty Ship."

Forgetting of course, but pretty sure they set one up that they completed in a few days. Involved tweaking the already fast modular system a bit. Kind of a stunt.

And speaking of Kaiser, he was a key part of the consortium of nobodies and small players that built Hoover Dam, when the big dogs of the day opted out. As I recall. He made his first mark in road-building, so something civil engineer-ish was sort of in his wheelhouse. A friend works for a grandson (?) of one of the principals in that group, company name is a reference to the consortium.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 19, 2025 12:31 AM (U/Byj)

289 My fav though was Billy Idol. Sweet Young Thing next to me had stripped down to a thong and was standing up in her seat just rocking it. Best seat I ever had.
Posted by: Fenrisulven
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Applying for a groupie position, she was.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 19, 2025 12:32 AM (pgBhY)

290 Trump orders supper:
...a Big Beautiful Big Mac, a Fillet-O-Fish on the side, Large Fries, Vanilla Shake, and a Diet Coke. Lots of ice. Been a long day."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:34 AM (Cm8rh)

291 154
they long ago lost the institutional knowledge to achieve big things.

They wuz Kangz.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 10:57 PM (63Dwl)

Last summer coming east out of Jellystone on US 14 we stopped at the Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center. Worth a visit if you're going past. I noticed it cost (I think) One Million for the initial dam built around 1900, including two failed attempts. Later on, '70's or 80's they added maybe 20' to the height. Cost over 100 million!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 19, 2025 12:41 AM (QGaXH)

292 Kaiser doesn’t make ships any longer, but their health care program lives on, sort of

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 12:42 AM (q/G6k)

293 164
I'm reading A Call to Arms by Maury Klien about how the US mobilized the home front in World War II. The story of how we built the greatest industrial powerhouse in history from, basically, nothing is an amazing one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 11:03 PM (kkTda)

Amazing how real, honest-to-God fear, not media hyped artificial fear, can focus the mind.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 19, 2025 12:45 AM (QGaXH)

294 Can't visualize the Suburban dash board. Cars of the past would mount speakers under the dash facing up toward the windshield; excellent resonance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:27 AM (Cm8rh)

No, the stereo is in my 1964 Studebaker Daytona convertible.

This car here: https://tinyurl.com/43sc4xkc

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 12:46 AM (OvO3C)

295 One thing I noticed about supervising. Have to check up on people. “Did you do step X?”

“Well … no”
Why not?

Turns out, if people don’t understand something, they will just skip it. Maybe they are super genius and can make the call, but the logic disconnect always disturbed me a little bit more than anything.

“I don’t understand this, so fuck it”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 12:47 AM (q/G6k)

296 The idea that improving I-75 in Michigan would increase MI's popularity, ie, increase net population is pathetic wishful thinking. Born and raised there along the I-75 corridor ('65 - '83) moved back for a period ('94 - '02) left and haven't looked back since. Despite dwindling union jobs the state votes like it's still the Big 3 heydays but all they end up with are idiots like Granholm and the Whitmer who drive population away with leftist stupidity. Of course the idiot Whitmer signed up for this latest waste of tax dollars. Serves the voters right

Posted by: LuvinSpoonful at August 19, 2025 12:49 AM (kjy5M)

297 This car here: https://tinyurl.com/43sc4xkc
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Nice. Being a 64 I'm surprised it doesn't have pre-fab holes in the dash.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 01:02 AM (Cm8rh)

298
Heh, just watched a video of Trump and the Euroweenies meeting. That little worm of a Kraut Chancellor, Fred Merz, was droning on, and Giorgia Meloni was trying hard not to roll her eyes. You could tell she wanted to, but had to restrain herself.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2025 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

299 Time slipped away and it's time for me to do so.
Goodnight all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 01:04 AM (Cm8rh)

300 106

Never went to a school dance. I went to school during the day, hated high school and wouldn't go back there after school ended for the day.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

Same.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 01:05 AM (k2LUN)

301 Posted by: LuvinSpoonful at August 19, 2025 12:49 AM (kjy5M)

Its the availability of Energy, and Water, that drives industry...

It is industry that drives PRODUCTIVE population growth... because there is unproductive population growth... where they produce no actual wealth (things).... just cut each others hair.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2025 01:07 AM (mP0Kj)

302 Good Night Friends....

Sleep Well!

I still think of last November and smile.....

Flying the B-2 overhead when Putin arrived in Alaska was a nice touch.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 19, 2025 01:07 AM (QGaXH)

303 Nice. Being a 64 I'm surprised it doesn't have pre-fab holes in the dash.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 01:02 AM (Cm8rh)

They had an AM-Fm radio available, but no stereo. I don't think the convertible had a rear speaker available, but sedans did, with a F/R fader control IIRC.

Eight-track players were just beginning to appear in '66.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:08 AM (OvO3C)

304 300 106

Never went to a school dance. I went to school during the day, hated high school and wouldn't go back there after school ended for the day.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

Same.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 01:05 AM (k2LUN)

With what I know now? I'd go back to High School in an instant... I'd be such a slut...

I was a Nerd... and did not understand the 'game' until I was in my 20's.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2025 01:09 AM (mP0Kj)

305 I depended on aftermarket car-service manuals often, back when I was a single female without a boyfriend and could not afford to just "take it to a shop" like others could.

Had Chilton's, Motor, Clymer, Haynes-- sometimes more than one manual for each vehicle. It's like getting a second opinion on the job at hand.

These are all still in my Shop Library! Plus, a few dedicated manuals for various transmissions & engines, that I got *cheap* at a discount store that was going out of business. Can't pass up a 99 cent price on a 30 dollar book!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

306 Never went to a school dance. I went to school during the day, hated high school and wouldn't go back there after school ended for the day.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

Same.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 01:05 AM (k2LUN)

Right there with ya!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:12 AM (rdVOm)

307 159 We just did a road trip from South Dakota to central New York and back. The interstate road system is over crowded and out dated. The roads were in bad shape. On our return to South Dakota, we stayed off the interstates as much as possible which reduced the wear on our vehicle and reduced our stress level.
Posted by: Archer at August 18, 2025 11:00 PM (IDphi)

You didn’t drive in TX.

There are only two places with good roads: Germany and TX. TXDoT actually upgrades its Interstates, though admittedly I-20 is looking a little worse for the wear out west.

I’d like to see I-27 at least extended to I-20. Even better if the north portion were extended from Amarillo to Raton, NM.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 01:14 AM (k2LUN)

308 My whole village went to a dance after a harvest of unwholesome grain.

Posted by: medieval peasant at August 19, 2025 01:16 AM (ZY6Vy)

309 296 The idea that improving I-75 in Michigan would increase MI's popularity, ie, increase net population is pathetic wishful thinking. Born and raised there along the I-75 corridor ('65 - '83) moved back for a period ('94 - '02) left and haven't looked back since. Despite dwindling union jobs the state votes like it's still the Big 3 heydays but all they end up with are idiots like Granholm and the Whitmer who drive population away with leftist stupidity. Of course the idiot Whitmer signed up for this latest waste of tax dollars. Serves the voters right
Posted by: LuvinSpoonful at August 19, 2025 12:49 AM (kjy5M)

MI has long been poorly governed/represented in Congress. And I-75 leads to FL. You wanna be in FL or MI in January?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 01:17 AM (k2LUN)

310 My HS class has/had one of their 'milestone' reunions this summer.

Meh. Haven't broken my streak of 100% non-attendance!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

311 292 Kaiser doesn’t make ships any longer, but their health care program lives on, sort of
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 12:42 AM (q/G6k)

Unless you have no health for which to care…

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 01:19 AM (k2LUN)

312 The Motors Manual had one of the best Tune-Up chapters I’ve ever read, if you had one from the 1940s or thereabouts.

One thing that struck me, even the repair manuals from the 1920s, the internal combustion engine was pretty well figured out. Nothing has changed, they just have an assload of stuff hanging off it now, it operates under exactly the same principles and the faults are exactly the same, and a mechanic from 2025 would probably learn something very useful from a fault diagnostic chapter in a manual published from 1925

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2025 01:19 AM (yKoRs)

313 310 My HS class has/had one of their 'milestone' reunions this summer.

Meh. Haven't broken my streak of 100% non-attendance!
Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

Same.

If the crowd of students I hung out with (somewhat) colloquially called “the group” reunites for any reason, I am all in. Otherwise, no. Hell no. I didn’t even want to be in the damned graduation. What makes anyone think I’d go to a reunion of my own freewill?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 01:21 AM (k2LUN)

314 Nothing has changed, they just have an assload of stuff hanging off it now, it operates under exactly the same principles and the faults are exactly the same, and a mechanic from 2025 would probably learn something very useful from a fault diagnostic chapter in a manual published from 1925
Posted by: Common Tater
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Agree!

My manual is from the 50s, scored at a public library inventory withdrawal sale. One dollar, because "hardbound"
Such a deal!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

315 Basically I make it a rule of mine to never mention the HS I went to or the class I was part of. Neither deserve it. If this is needed for a job or anything like that, fine, it’s on the public record, but just meintioning of my own free will? No.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 01:23 AM (k2LUN)

316 Not a Sting or Police fan at all... however the song Roxanne from the album The Secret Policeman's Other Ball is damn good. It pains me to say it.

https://tinyurl.com/y6zu8zch

Posted by: 496 at August 19, 2025 01:23 AM (iM0GV)

317 >>The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Had that on cassette tape. Wore it out!
It was a great concert, maybe the best 'unplugged' versions of many hit songs!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

318 Giorgia Meloni was trying hard not to roll her eyes. You could tell she wanted to, but had to restrain herself.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2025 01:03 AM
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She is a hot ticket and a damn good counterpart for Trump

Posted by: 496 at August 19, 2025 01:27 AM (iM0GV)

319
Eight-track players were just beginning to appear in '66.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I recall under-dash record player players in the J.C. Whitney catalog.
Ah, found a pic, scroll down
https://shorturl.at/9lif2

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2025 01:31 AM (XeU6L)

320 *player players?*

players

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2025 01:33 AM (XeU6L)

321 Good night, Horde, I'm tired and chilly and I need to burrow under the blankets.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2025 01:34 AM (0nHVk)

322 J.C. Whitney catalog used to blow me away with all the neat stuff you could buy!

Haven't seen their catalog in years. They still around?

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)

323 'Night, Debby! Sorry I missed ya tonight!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

324 Well, Pierre Poilievre has handily won the by-election in Battle River-Crowfoot, which is my riding. Not all polling places have reported, but he is currently leading with 79% of votes cast, over 26,000 votes so far. Closest runner-up is independent Bonnie Critchley, with some 3400 votes, double that of the Liberal contender, and four times that of the aptly-named NDP candidate, Katherine Swampy, with some 750 votes. There were a few other also-rans either serious independents, or from minor protest parties who got a hundred or two hundred votes, and a whole slew of nuisance candidates who got anywhere from zero to four votes (their entire cell block turned out?). The nuisance factor of this was neutralized by the simple expedient of not printing any of the candidates' names on the ballot: voters were simply instructed to write in the first name and last name of their choice, and the party affiliation, in case of same or similar names. None of the nuisance candidates had names remotely similar to Pierre Poilievre, so that never became a problem.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:36 AM (TNJzY)

325 71 Evenin'

I was listening to 'Men At Work' not too long ago; 'Business as Usual' and 'Cargo'. I think they broke up not too long after 'Cargo'. Most bands don't last long, even ones that got hugely popular. They were a pretty good pop rock band.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

I saw Men at Work at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in the summer of 1983. I was a high school kid taking summer courses at the Skidmore College Institute of Classical Studies (beefing up the ole university application resume - studied intermediate Latin and History of Ancient Rome). My friend who attended the college outright worked security for SPAC, so he got me and a friend in as "interns" or something like that. We also saw Men at Work, Talking Heads, Peter Paul and Mary (who were in their usual commie form, but very good) and the Grateful Dead. We also saw a few classical music concerts as well. All outside under the stars. Great place to see a show - highly recommend. Men at Work was a great show, they rocked out pretty well.

Posted by: Publius Redux at August 19, 2025 01:38 AM (Gu66x)

326 JQ - https://www.jcwhitney.com/

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2025 01:41 AM (XeU6L)

327 The lesion occurred in the place on the arm that gets the most sun when typically resting on the car window while driving. I wonder about the handedness prevalence of forearm SCC in left-hand steering-wheel countries vs right-hand steering wheel countries.
Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 11:52 PM (8mLBT)

Same here same place. Lost a chunk about the size of a nickel. Healed up great

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 19, 2025 01:41 AM (WF/xn)

328 Thanks, Mike Hammer!

(slaps forehead...why didn't I think of that? LOL)

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

329
After those terrible droughts we had back a few decades ago, I said I would never complain about rain again. But I'm getting close to breaking that, I'm afraid.

It just dumped another 0.91", pushing my total for Aug to 7.88". We'll top 8" for sure. Would've been nice if 3" of that could've fell in July, but there we are.

And it's gonna be cloudy until noon, so no chance of me seeing Mercury early this morning on the morning side, and that would be the optimal time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2025 01:46 AM (w6EFb)

330 It's not amazing. It's access and culture.

There are an assload of white people who can't swim either because they never did it and it's not something they grew up doing.

Go to the Caribbean and you will see a lot of black people who can swim. In Baltimore and Detroit and most cities where black people live not so much.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:55 PM (viF8m)

Um, no.

It is a parent's job to make sure the kids can swim. That is a survival skill.

And being from Alaska, when there was exactly one four-lane 20 yard pool available to most of us, we learned how to swim. We swam in anything, any lake, no matter how cold. Kenai Lake is glacier-fed, and that didn't stop us.

Access? For heaven's sake, everywhere has a public pool anymore. They are in high schools, for heaven's sake.

If your kid drowns, it's your fault. I don't care what color you are.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2025 01:47 AM (1Gsou)

331 JQ - https://www.jcwhitney.com/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2025 01:41 AM (XeU6L)

I visited J.C. Whitney's storefront some 20-25 years ago. It was disappointing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:48 AM (TNJzY)

332 It just dumped another 0.91", pushing my total for Aug to 7.88". We'll top 8" for sure. Would've been nice if 3" of that could've fell in July, but there we are.

And it's gonna be cloudy until noon, so no chance of me seeing Mercury early this morning on the morning side, and that would be the optimal time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2025 01:46 AM (w6EFb)

So, is that good for okra, or bad for okra? Just asking.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2025 01:49 AM (1Gsou)

333 331 JQ - https://www.jcwhitney.com/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2025 01:41 AM (XeU6L)

I visited J.C. Whitney's storefront some 20-25 years ago. It was disappointing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:48 AM (TNJzY)

JC Whitney was our lifeline up here in the 1970's. Dad would buy two old VW's and make one out of them. We got a car if we helped. Mine ran $300 for the car and $300 for the engine. Ordered everything from JC Whitney and waited 8 to 10 weeks for delivery. But we got the stuff, which was not easy to find up here. And I drove that Beetle into the ground.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2025 01:50 AM (1Gsou)

334 JC Whitney was our lifeline up here in the 1970's. Dad would buy two old VW's and make one out of them. We got a car if we helped. Mine ran $300 for the car and $300 for the engine. Ordered everything from JC Whitney and waited 8 to 10 weeks for delivery. But we got the stuff, which was not easy to find up here. And I drove that Beetle into the ground.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2025 01:50 AM (1Gsou)

I remember they had a LOT of VW parts and accessories. The catalog was amazing. The store front was small and uninspiring.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:54 AM (TNJzY)

335 I visited J.C. Whitney's storefront some 20-25 years ago. It was disappointing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Not surprising. Last catalog I saw, was just 'pretty' stuff for newer cars. Things one could purchase locally & not pay shipping cost.

Not much for older vehicles. Nothing amazing or unusual or even interesting, really. I miss the quirky things like "light up donkey hood ornament" or what-have-you.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

336 You know who else had a lot of VW parts and was amazing?

Posted by: herr schicklegruber at August 19, 2025 01:56 AM (KJHWA)

337 You know who else had a lot of VW parts and was amazing?
Posted by: herr schicklegruber

The Crushinator? Yes, yes she was.

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at August 19, 2025 01:59 AM (DgGvY)

338 I'll check out the JCW online-- later-- maybe there's something fun there after all.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

339 Odd story locally. Apparently some of the folks from the Russian Embassy saw some dude living in Bird, AK on a Russian motorcycle, and asked him about it. They posted it to a Russian blog. It went viral. So then this dude got a letter saying the Putin was gifting him a new Ural Motorcycle, and he could pick it up on base. Dude says he had no idea, not sure why, but what the heck?

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/

I don't know how to link the story itself, but it's the top of the website.

Funkadelic.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2025 02:00 AM (1Gsou)

340 Not much for older vehicles. Nothing amazing or unusual or even interesting, really. I miss the quirky things like "light up donkey hood ornament" or what-have-you.
Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

You have to drive at high speed through a No Kings demonstration to get one of those now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 02:00 AM (TNJzY)

341
Okra likes it, as just about everything, including weeds, grass, and brush. When it gets mirey and too wet to get out there and cut it, it's a problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2025 02:01 AM (w6EFb)

342 Hahaha, AOP! Good one.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 02:02 AM (rdVOm)

343 Does JC Whitney carry T-54 tank parts?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Zelensky at August 19, 2025 02:03 AM (09N0i)

344 Last item I bought from JCW, was a 8-circuit fuse block. Ended up putting it in a second-hand camp trailer after there was a small wiring melt-down/almost fire.

Added 12V "outlets" front & rear for small fan or other accessories. (These were the days before cell phones, but those outlets would now be handy for charging.)

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

345 https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/

I don't know how to link the story itself, but it's the top of the website.

Funkadelic.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2025 02:00 AM (1Gsou)

Neat story. Why? Because Trump has a reputation for generosity, and Putin wanted show he could also be generous? Good PR, and it makes the existence of Ural motorcycles known to a wider potential market. They are pretty cool bikes, reminiscent of the WWII German BMW military bikes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 02:10 AM (TNJzY)

346 I was in Artillery in the Army. For reasons I won't state Artillery is around 70% black. We had to do "drownproofing" every month in the pool on base. That's where you learn how to use your clothes as a float and basically... how to float. Us white boys would be in the deep end doing back flips off the diving board with our BDUs tied around us. Combat boots and all. The shallow end was filled with black guys trying to float in 3 feet of water and sinking. So I asked my buddy Dread WTF? and he said blacks are more dense. They don't float like white people.

Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2025 02:14 AM (pxUkb)

347
Historic Vids@historyinmemes

Michael Jackson’s pet monkey Bubbles is still alive. He’s 41 and lives in a Great Ape sanctuary in Florida.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 02:21 AM (TGPs7)

348 I want one of those Russian OHV things that look like they are a drivable Bobcat with giant floatation tires on them. I've seen video of guys driving into icy lakes, falling through the ice and just driving out the other side. Up a cliff.

Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2025 02:23 AM (pxUkb)

349 The Sherp.

Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2025 02:25 AM (pxUkb)

350 Men at Work - one of the more unfortunate band breakups due to the two leads (Colin Hay & Greg Ham) thinking heck, what'a we need these other two goofballs when WE are the stars? Only to sadly find the fans wanted the whole band not two egos. Their duo album face planted but they refused to go back. Was an interview w Hay in the early 90s re how angry he was the fans weren't filling even small venues just to hear him sing. If only ........

Posted by: Manchero at August 19, 2025 02:26 AM (kjy5M)

351 I'll check out the JCW online-- later-- maybe there's something fun there after all.
Posted by: JQ
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I just glanced at it. Nothing interesting, for me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2025 02:27 AM (XeU6L)

352 re how angry he was the fans weren't filling even small venues just to hear him sing. If only ........
Posted by: Manchero at August 19, 2025 02:26 AM (kjy5M)

Probably came across in his performances too. Nobody want to see that crap. Angry has beens.

Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2025 02:32 AM (pxUkb)

353 Hour to go

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2025 02:32 AM (+qU29)

354 Quarrion@QuarrionC

Beverly D’Angelo had a phenomenal rack. Just finer than frogs fur, that one.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 19, 2025 02:36 AM (TGPs7)

355 Time to sit outside for a bit & see if Cat is around.

BBL.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2025 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

356 Well, getting on for 0100 here. Time for bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 02:39 AM (TNJzY)

357
They had an AM-Fm radio available, but no stereo. I don't think the convertible had a rear speaker available, but sedans did, with a F/R fader co
Eight-track players were just beginning to appear in '66.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2025 01:08 AM (OvO3C)

Had a used '65 (IIRC) Mustang. It had a little flip lid compartment with a flip up lid in front of the floor shifter.
It proved to be the perfect place to install and hide an 8-track player

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2025 02:43 AM (qCHRh)

358 290 Trump orders supper:
...a Big Beautiful Big Mac, a Fillet-O-Fish on the side, Large Fries, Vanilla Shake, and a Diet Coke. Lots of ice. Been a long day."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:34 AM (Cm8rh)

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"Which one doesn't belong?"
Obviously the Diet Coke and I'm not talking about the taste.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2025 02:48 AM (JRuih)

359 Probably came across in his performances too. Nobody want to see that crap. Angry has beens.
Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2025 02:32 AM (pxUkb)

I only ever saw Colin Hay live playing with Ringo Starr's travelling circus of a band. That was a hoot of a show.

I was a kid sitting front row. During one of the more sing-along kind of songs, my voice cracked *super* hard, so badly that Colin himself actually noticed it through his monitor, flinched, and looked straight at me with a face that clearly said "What in the hell was that, kid?", and then smirked and kept on playing.

And, for the record, I cannot recall who opened for them that night.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 02:51 AM (zmF9y)

360 These is also something other things I found amusing at the lovely RCC during my visit on Sunday. There were two boys of about four and five beautifully dressed up wearing ties and with two people whom I'm guessing were their grandparents . I think they might have been coloring in the pew because there is no Sunday school at 8:00.. Good to have restless little boys occupied Anyway, the were facing backwards towards us and every so often they would peak up over the pew and smile

There was also a sweet little girl carefully. carrying up something I think for the collection. She looked a little nervous and I think she was there with her grandparents and when they all progressed a k down the aisle after she delivered whatever she needed to she liked very relieved and her grandparents were yes, smiling and laughing a bit.

Oh, yes , the priest said something amusing during the homily and I laughed . This does not mean I have disrespect for the RCC or the Mass It means I think people can be amusing during services and I am grateful that God has patience with us and that he must have a sense of humor with humanity

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 02:55 AM (2GCMq)

361 We need another 1000 poster.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 10:13 PM (mT+6a)

No. We don't.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 02:59 AM (L5An7)

362 Sorry for the typos. meant "she looked very relieved"

I may go to Mass at another RC church this morning because my family is in need of prayer and I am glad to sometimes worship at a place I don't have to responsible for anything.

And yes, I say "God bless you " to people even whom I irritate at ASHQ because I want God to bless them.

Good night all!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 03:00 AM (2GCMq)

363 It means I think people can be amusing during services and I am grateful that God has patience with us and that he must have a sense of humor with humanity

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 02:55 AM (2GCMq)

I was going to an RC church for a bit with my wife after we moved to our new place. We had been going for a good couple weeks, not really knowing anyone at all, but one day, right before collections, I got clapped on the arm by one of the deacon type guys who said "hey, our one guy is sick today, want to help out?" So I wound up doing the whole walk down the aisle row by row with the little wicker basket-on-a-stick thing.

It was incredibly awkward, my heathen self not knowing what to do with itself, and the congregation all looking at me like "who the heck is this guy?", but it was over quickly. Fortunately I was dressed pretty nice. (Heck, that may have been why they picked me... wearing a suit, sitting on the aisle, functioning arms and legs... a perfect pinch-collector.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 03:06 AM (zmF9y)

364 Am I the only one who has a very clever and sneaky coffee gnome in his house who surreptitiously finishes my coffee when I am not looking?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 03:13 AM (L5An7)

365 364 Am I the only one who has a very clever and sneaky coffee gnome in his house who surreptitiously finishes my coffee when I am not looking?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 03:13 AM (L5An7)

That little bastard's cousin is living in my basement, I think.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 03:17 AM (zmF9y)

366 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 03:06 AM (zmF9y)

Synagogues hit up the congregation for money in different ways. Yearly dues, plus some will sell tickets to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.

That's one of the reasons why I like Chabad. They are straight up about it, but make it clear that everyone is welcome no matter what.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 03:18 AM (VDgiz)

367 BBC, unable to help itself:

Ukraine's President Zelensky managed to avoid another disastrous Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 03:23 AM (aURVT)

368 364 Am I the only one who has a very clever and sneaky coffee gnome in his house who surreptitiously finishes my coffee when I am not looking?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 03:13 AM (L5An7)

And at its peak temperature, too.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 03:25 AM (aURVT)

369 That's one of the reasons why I like Chabad. They are straight up about it, but make it clear that everyone is welcome no matter what.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 03:18 AM (VDgiz)

The head priest at our place is a mensch. He's very much the same way. He even says, "hey, if you're hard up and have nothing to give this month, *I'll* donate my own money in your name." And he isn't fibbing. The parish is doing pretty good for itself since everyone gives because they want to, not because they are guilted or harassed into it, and the pews are usually pretty full on game day on account of it. It's nice when we can see our religious leadership actually being leaders.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 03:28 AM (zmF9y)

370 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 19, 2025 03:29 AM (SRRAx)

371 Oh, Trump, that destabilizing warmonger dictator puppet... ending half a dozen wars through straight up diplomacy in half a year. What a monster.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 03:31 AM (zmF9y)

372 Time to get rolling

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2025 03:31 AM (+qU29)

373 I go to the Catholic services with my wife who is catholic but I'm not. However I'm a trained singer (tenor) with a sizeable voice but the church acoustics are bad ; absorbent ceiling tiles and the modern semicircle layout. So the responses were done and the priest, a very nice fellow, said; I wish that man in the back singing so wonderfully would join the choir. Applause followed, I said to the people nearby; I didn't think they could hear me and we'll talk , about the choir. the two women who were the choir were what just happened ?The one knew I sang. The other was this 15 year old who sounded nice but had no idea she took breaths in the middle of lines I had asked her if she knew about breath control at a practice and got a blank look.

Posted by: Lord Percy at August 19, 2025 03:33 AM (nftVU)

374 358 290 Trump orders supper:
...a Big Beautiful Big Mac, a Fillet-O-Fish on the side, Large Fries, Vanilla Shake, and a Diet Coke. Lots of ice. Been a long day."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:34 AM (Cm8rh)

-----

"Which one doesn't belong?"
Obviously the Diet Coke and I'm not talking about the taste.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2025 02:48 AM (JRuih)

But he drinks that "garbage" (as he calls it)!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 03:47 AM (aURVT)

375 "The Coca Cola company is not happy with me--that's okay, I'll still keep drinking that garbage."

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 03:49 AM (aURVT)

376 The one knew I sang. The other was this 15 year old who sounded nice but had no idea she took breaths in the middle of lines I had asked her if she knew about breath control at a practice and got a blank look.
Posted by: Lord Percy at August 19, 2025 03:33 AM (nftVU)

Sweetheart, Catholics go to Mass, they don't have "service."

And as a group, American Catholics have the worst music in church. Not sure why that is so, except that during the 1960's when the Mass was being destroyed a bunch of Jesuits wrote some very banal crap and it's been sung ever since, by bad musicians.

Good Catholic music is, of course, chant. And it is supposed to have "pride of place," but for some reason American Catholics just can't seem to get on board with that. It is beautiful, and not all that difficult.

Wrecking the Mass has been the mode of the day for a good 70 years now. If you can make Catholic music awesome for that parish, you go for it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2025 03:53 AM (1Gsou)

377 Vanilla shake?

RAAAAACIST!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 03:53 AM (zmF9y)

378 377 Vanilla shake?

RAAAAACIST!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 03:53 AM (zmF9y)

Well, except:

Shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake
Shake yo bootie

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 03:57 AM (aURVT)

379 *booty?

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 03:58 AM (aURVT)

380 It's nice when we can see our religious leadership actually being leaders.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 03:28 AM (zmF9y)

Bingo.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 19, 2025 04:03 AM (L5An7)

381 publius and other stars:

I found this Longfellow snippet, new to me, and thought of all y'all

The night is come, but not too soon;
And sinking silently,
All silently, the little moon
Drops down behind the sky.
There is no light in earth or heaven
But the cold light of stars;
And the first watch of night is given
To the red planet Mars.
...

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:07 AM (aURVT)

382 Wrecking the Mass has been the mode of the day for a good 70 years now. If you can make Catholic music awesome for that parish, you go for it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2025 03:53 AM (1Gsou)

Interesting discussion because I just left my local parish here in Singapore because I could not stand the musical selection. Instead I attended Mass at the cathedral (where there is a large and well conducted choir and a real organ/organist). The idea that the Mass needs to be made more accessible by adding guitars and a drum track and singing pop-sounding hymns is absurd. The Catholic Mas is supposed to be ancient, everlasting and filled with mystery. We have 2,000 years of musical tradition, with sacred music from about 100 to 600 years ago being particularly wonderful. My feeling is that any musical director in a parish who, with all that great music to choose from, picks some ridiculous modern hymn should be excommunicated, after a public whipping.

Posted by: Publius Redux at August 19, 2025 04:17 AM (Gu66x)

383 I only get Cokes with fast food, and often get lemonade instead

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2025 04:17 AM (+qU29)

384 Agree about the bad music and musicians.

We don't go there anymore during the covid insanity one of the silly women was trying to shove masks on us I said I'm not wearing one and my wife the same. And the priest had just gone down the aisle to begin the mass, right behind him, she pulls this !

On the way out my wife says; We're through coming here.

Posted by: Lord Percy at August 19, 2025 04:18 AM (nftVU)

385 from Hoyt over at Insty: African Union Wants End to Mercator Projection Map Use Over “Disinformation”

They say it makes them feel "marginalized", because all the stuff at the poles where those nasty ice people live looks bigger than it really is....

Bro. The standard Mercator Projection literally places Africa dead center on the map. It is as far from marginalizing as it is possible to be.

Even if you think Mercator was some kind of Radical Yupik Nationalist, or something, it's an utterly preposterous complaint. Also note the fundamental silliness of Africans complaining about European's lack of appreciation for their size...

Anyway, there's probably a word for making such an unintentionally ironic complaint that it demonstrates you don't have much to complain about. That word is probably German.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:28 AM (zmF9y)

386 Dare one mention; .... Vatican 2.....

This bunch have little regard for music, " just leave it to the womenfolk "

There is a list of the 10 worst catholic hymns not even written by catholics , well they all 10 get used there.

Posted by: Lord Percy at August 19, 2025 04:29 AM (nftVU)

387 Since most folks who have been posting here for.while know the state which I live in ,here are some pictures of the lovely church I sometimes attend. Anyone who would think I would go to church to make fun of the Mass is lacking in discernment and no, of course I don't receive the Eucharist . In addition, not that everybody could possibly or even want to read every thread here, but I regularly post positive things about Roman Catholicism and will do so in an about an hour or so on the tech thread. I just don't care for nasty religious arguments among Christians and particularly among folks here who are politically conservative

Pictures:

https://tinyurl.com/2jswu7ue

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 04:29 AM (2GCMq)

388 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 04:29 AM (2GCMq)

Well thankfully so far this morning the only nastiness is a bunch of Catholics complaining that Catholic music sucks, and me agreeing. Well, I didn't agree yet. But I was about to.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:32 AM (zmF9y)

389 Morning, folken! I'm awake unaccountably early. Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 04:33 AM (omVj0)

390 389 Morning, folken! I'm awake unaccountably early. Whassup?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 04:33 AM (omVj0)

Catholic music sucks. Maps are racist. Coke is garbage. The usual.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:34 AM (zmF9y)

391 Anyway, there's probably a word for making such an unintentionally ironic complaint that it demonstrates you don't have much to complain about. That word is probably German.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025

***
Yes, but it has fifty-seven syllables and cannot be pronounced by a human.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2025 04:34 AM (omVj0)

392 Someone is late, again.

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2025 04:36 AM (zxQ/L)

393 Oh - and btw - at the Cathedral (Cathedral of The Good Shepherd). The choir and musicians/organist were excellent, but even they couldn't resist the need to follow up an excellent version of Ave Verum Corpus, with some God-awful modern hymn during communion.

Oh - And afterwards they gave a sampling from an upcoming out-of-church event where they will be performing. They decided to feature a modern "African" hymn in Swahili.

Um. No. Just. No. Please for the love of the Risen Lord, please stop.

Posted by: Publius Redux at August 19, 2025 04:36 AM (Gu66x)

394 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:37 AM (aURVT)

395 Mornin', Horde.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2025 04:38 AM (Wnv9h)

396 Actually , the music at the RC on Sunday was very nice . They set some liturgical prayers
to music from the 1700s and for music during the reception of the Eucharist they had a 17th hymn by Issac Watts. Some of the liturgy was sung by the RC version of a cantor

I don't know the proper terms for the type of Masses but this one had.a fair amount of stuff in Latin so I'm quessiinv it's a Novo Ordus Mass? Sorry if I got the term wrong

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 04:42 AM (2GCMq)

397 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2025 04:32 AM

You are funny! 🙂

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 04:43 AM (2GCMq)

398 They say it makes them feel "marginalized", because all the stuff at the poles where those nasty ice people live looks bigger than it really is....

Bro. The standard Mercator Projection literally places Africa dead center on the map. It is as far from marginalizing as it is possible to be.

And the Mercator projection was designed for tropical maritime navigation so the poles were where the distortions were meant to be. More accuracy at the tropical regions at the expense of the poles.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 04:48 AM (vm8sq)

399 374 358 290 Trump orders supper:
...a Big Beautiful Big Mac, a Fillet-O-Fish on the side, Large Fries, Vanilla Shake, and a Diet Coke. Lots of ice. Been a long day."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2025 12:34 AM (Cm8rh)

Dude needs McNuggets. I want to know what sauce has the presidential seal of approval.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 04:50 AM (vm8sq)

400 400

Posted by: m at August 19, 2025 04:51 AM (aURVT)

401 The Latin mass is in latin, the novo ordus is the one everyone dislikes as far as I know.

Issac Watts was not a catholic.

I just like decent music having been a chorister and soloist off and on since I was 15.
The church we go to now nobody has heard a note out of me. In any case being 29 ...+7 or so my voice is not what it was, lack of practise. I have a collection of over 55 solos which I used to do to cover every service.

Posted by: Lord Percy at August 19, 2025 05:05 AM (nftVU)

402 336 You know who else had a lot of VW parts and was amazing?
Posted by: herr schicklegruber at August 19, 2025 01:56 AM (KJHWA)

You know who started VW? Don’t you???

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2025 06:01 AM (vm8sq)

403 Posted by: Lord Percy at August 19, 2025 05:05 AM (nftVU

Yes, I know about Issac. Watts. Someone on this site was offended that I was amused that the RCC was playing the music to a hymn written by. a dissenting Protestant minister.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2025 06:33 AM (2GCMq)

404 west virginia does not have fifty yards of straight pavement within its' borders.
the triple nickle near athens, ohio worth a day trip.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2025 03:11 PM (LgQ89)

Monday Cafe

ICYMI: Border collie is going to train this baby to play fetch one day.

A Belgian Malinois being cute but also showing his chompers.

Dad Law, penguin style.

A nice secluded beach in Greece.

Stacked buildings in Singapor.

Vertical forest.

Hong Kong is a bit crowded.

Baby falcons, gawking.

A rescue tiger has his first dip in a pool.

Saving a sea turtle who went too far inland.

Why you should have an owl.

Steve Inman:

Purse snatcher gets paid in pain.

Would-be church robber enters the Valley of the Shadow of Beat-Downs.

Carjacker tries to stop a car, but the driver decides he'd rather drive straight on through the carjacker.

Spree carjacker gets the Ludacris treatment and then gets shot.

Drunk Karens can't stop laying hands on people who are tired of their shit.

Drunk dude knocks himself out.

A TikTok stunt goes ~~wrong~~ right.

TikToker should really mind her surroundings rather than always posing for the camera.

Pigs agree: bears are out of control.

A disabled dog was gifted a custom-made wheelchair crafted by Mercedes-Benz. pic.twitter.com/coVk8TpCmS
— Puppies 🐶 (@PuppiesIover) August 17, 2025

Why I pay for internet 🧵

1. Bro just wanted to help his mother ..😂 pic.twitter.com/zQ6y7FMTir
— Awesome Videos ❤️ (@Awesomevideos07) August 18, 2025

Dragon orbiting across Europe into Asia. pic.twitter.com/Piisa188Pn
— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) August 16, 2025

Helping a rescued cockatoo heal from grief pic.twitter.com/U4LBQsuDER
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 17, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:42 PM

Comments

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1 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 07:43 PM (7VrcY)

2 Nd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM (5+Y60)

3 Hey there, ace. I worked my ass off today.

Did anything interesting happen? Only thing I saw was the pine scented Druid philosopher is a swifty. I wonder if he drew a picture of her in the sand.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM (7VrcY)

4 I nood'd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 07:45 PM (5+Y60)

5 Did anything interesting happen? Only thing I saw was the pine scented Druid philosopher is a swifty. I wonder if he drew a picture of her in the sand.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM (7VrcY)

He dots the "i" in her name with a heart.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 07:46 PM (5+Y60)

6 Dad Law, penguin style.

==

That's right! No bonking!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 07:47 PM (g47mK)

7
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Greeley KC show. Mr. Zeus picked up a point (via some jiggery-pokery on our part) and now has 10 of the 15 he needs for his championship.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:47 PM (kkTda)

8 Good evening everyone
Phone been giving me issues not scrolling down sometimes

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 07:47 PM (+qU29)

9 Even penguins don't like asshoe penguins.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

10 Baby falcons, gawking.

==

Maybe a type of kestrel. Those are the coolest. After American bald eagles. And sea eagles.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 07:48 PM (g47mK)

11 I'm listening to an osprey squawking right now as it happens.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 07:49 PM (zmF9y)

12 The penguin's parenting skills are questionable as they will often eat their neighbor's offspring before devouring their own.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 18, 2025 07:50 PM (vFG9F)

13 I'm listening to an osprey squawking right now as it happens.

==

Is it in the nest ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 07:50 PM (g47mK)

14 Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 07:50 PM (zmF9y)

15 Did anything interesting happen?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM

MS-NOW and Black Cat Appreciation Day, but mostly Black Cat Appreciation Day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

16 The Inman clips make me so happy. I love assholes getting beat to a pulp.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:50 PM (dxWFK)

17 Wait until Godzilla discovers the Monster building.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 07:51 PM (63Dwl)

18
Is it in the nest ?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 07:50 PM (g47mK)

I know that's a reference to something. I don't know what. But i at least know that i don't know.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 07:51 PM (zmF9y)

19
Purse snatcher gets paid in pain

__________

James didn't do that for Veronica.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:52 PM (kkTda)

20 12 The penguin's parenting skills are questionable as they will often eat their neighbor's offspring before devouring their own.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 18, 2025 07:50 PM (vFG9F)

Tough problems require tough solutions.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 07:53 PM (zmF9y)

21 Kittens are adorable
Puppies are endearing
Watching some fuckwad getting their asses kicked is heartwarming.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:54 PM (dxWFK)

22 Even penguins don't like asshoe penguins.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Please give me an earworm. SSA hold loop is 60 seconds of Muzak followed by a 45 second notification of what they can do with your private information. 67 minutes down only 53 to go if their estimate is accurate.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:55 PM (tyHPG)

23 James didn't do that for Veronica.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Shoulda stuck with Archie.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 07:55 PM (u4Nk5)

24 67 minutes down only 53 to go if their estimate is accurate.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Narrator: They weren't accurate.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 07:56 PM (u4Nk5)

25 Anybody else having page loading problems?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 07:57 PM (63Dwl)

26 Bertram Cabot, do not try to adjust the horizontal or vertical.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:58 PM (dxWFK)

27
I had to call SSA today at their request. No wait because it went to voice mail.

Of course I haven't heard back from them.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 07:58 PM (3ek7K)

28 Narrator: They weren't accurate.
Posted by: She Hobbit

It takes me less than 10 minutes to walk across the road to my range. Shooting my phone is a viable option.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:59 PM (tyHPG)

29 I would love to have a owl, or a otter

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 07:59 PM (+qU29)

30 Please give me an earworm. SSA hold loop is 60 seconds of Muzak followed by a 45 second notification of what they can do with your private information. 67 minutes down only 53 to go if their estimate is accurate.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:55 PM (tyHPG)

I'm here for you.

Posted by: Rick Astley at August 18, 2025 08:01 PM (PiwSw)

31
Oh well. At least the Mariners are losing too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:01 PM (kkTda)

32 Usually I get out of browser or if that doesn't work restart my phone. I am sure it's my phone.
Have a great evening everyone, long commute again tomorrow.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 08:01 PM (+qU29)

33 Thanks for the Inman, Ace!

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:01 PM (144I4)

34
Do go to Don Pettit's X feed there and scroll. He's posted a bunch of spectacular shots from his last expedition. At his age, I think that was his last trip to space.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 08:02 PM (w6EFb)

35 Is a cockatoo's grief assuageable?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2025 08:02 PM (XV/Pl)

36 Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:59 PM (tyHPG)

I assume your issue can't be addressed on line?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 08:03 PM (EYmYM)

37 Please give me an earworm. SSA hold loop is 60 seconds of Muzak followed by a 45 second notification of what they can do with your private information. 67 minutes down only 53 to go if their estimate is accurate.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:55 PM (tyHPG)

Wait by White Lion.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:03 PM (144I4)

38 That wheelbarrow video.... momma rolls out hot as if there were some terrible emergency, then notices it's just her kid being a goober and he's fine so she relaxes.

Parenthood.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 08:04 PM (zmF9y)

39 Please give me an earworm. SSA hold loop is 60 seconds of Muzak followed by a 45 second notification of what they can do with your private information. 67 minutes down only 53 to go if their estimate is accurate.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:55 PM (tyHPG)

Wait by White Lion.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:03 PM (144I4)

Karma Chameleon.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:04 PM (i24o9)

40 I'm here for you.
Posted by: Rick Astley

Not familiar, I ignored the 80's.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:05 PM (tyHPG)

41
Please give me an earworm. SSA hold loop is 60 seconds of Muzak followed by a 45 second notification of what they can do with your private information.

_________

It could be worse. They could play Mahler. Nine symphonies of "Oh my God, I'm dying!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:05 PM (kkTda)

42 I assume your issue can't be addressed on line?
Posted by: polynikes

No. It's regarding my deceased brother.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:05 PM (tyHPG)

43 22. Summer Wine duets.

Have had an earworm since they were posted one evening fairly recently. (Luckily, I really like the song.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 08:06 PM (NFX2v)

44 Karma Chameleon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,

You bastard @%^&!

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:06 PM (tyHPG)

45 I like the companies that give you the option of a call back instead of waiting on hold.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 08:06 PM (EYmYM)

46 I have a 7am meeting in NYC tomorrow, which means I have to be out of the house no later than 3:30am to be early/on-time.

ughh.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2025 08:06 PM (XV/Pl)

47 awwwww ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 08:07 PM (ppG5b)

48 how many days in a row can the Astros totally take it up the ass?

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 08:07 PM (gKWVE)

49 12 The penguin's parenting skills are questionable as they will often eat their neighbor's offspring before devouring their own.

This is a filthy lie, a blatant piece of communist propaganda circulated by the rojos.

Abajo con la izquierda! Arriba Antarctica!

El Penguinissimo

Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2025 08:07 PM (mADJX)

50 Not familiar, I ignored the 80's

at your peril

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2025 08:07 PM (YlWIZ)

51 'Carjacker tries to stop a car, but the driver decides he'd rather drive straight on through the carjacker.'

Why do all carjackers look so similar?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2025 08:08 PM (3wi/L)

52 Please give me an earworm. SSA hold loop is 60 seconds of Muzak followed by a 45 second notification of what they can do with your private information. 67 minutes down only 53 to go if their estimate is accurate.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:55 PM (tyHPG)

Wait by White Lion.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:03 PM (144I4)

Karma Chameleon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:04 PM (

Smooth Operator.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 08:09 PM (5+Y60)

53 That Hong Kong tower (if real) is as inhumane as those crowded chicken farms PETA goes on about.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 18, 2025 08:09 PM (kpS4V)

54
how many days in a row can the Astros totally take it up the ass?
Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 08:07 PM (gKWVE)

__________

They played better when they had a procession of mooks rotating up from Sugar Land. Now they're getting the injured guys back and stinking up the joint.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:10 PM (kkTda)

55 The beat-down of the would-be church robber made me lol!

Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2025 08:10 PM (mADJX)

56 Sawthe'Belgian Malinois being cute...' and remembered the meme from before the strikes where Trump had given Iran the two weeks thing. 'Feeling cute, might bomb Iran later, might not.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 08:11 PM (zZu0s)

57 Summer teeth always makes me laugh

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 08:11 PM (p4wT3)

58 Macarena

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 08:11 PM (NFX2v)

59 I would never want anyone to be subjected to a car jacking but I would find savage amusement in them hijacking a car with a stick shift.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (dxWFK)

60 Please give me an earworm. SSA hold loop is 60 seconds of Muzak followed by a 45 second notification of what they can do with your private information. 67 minutes down only 53 to go if their estimate is accurate.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:55 PM (tyHPG)

Wait by White Lion.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:03 PM (144I4)

Karma Chameleon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:04 PM (

Smooth Operator.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 08:09 PM (5+Y60)

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler.

I choose violence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (zZu0s)

61 Mambo No. 5

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (u4Nk5)

62 29 I would love to have a owl, or a otter
Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 07:59 PM (+qU29)
Embrace the power of AND.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (LHPAg)

63 >>I like the companies that give you the option of a call back instead of waiting on hold.

My refrigerator died on Saturday. I called the repair company and after about 20 minutes on hold I finally broke down and hit 9 to leave my number for a call back.

Got a message the mailbox was full and to call back later and then the machine hung up on me. I said some bad words.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (viF8m)

64 Come a little bit closer by Jay and the Americans

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

65 Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse" video had serious shotacon vibes.
The 1980s, man.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 08:15 PM (gKWVE)

66 Got a message the mailbox was full and to call back later and then the machine hung up on me. I said some bad words.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (viF8m)

The worst ever ? AT&T

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 08:15 PM (NtVYv)

67 Keep feeling fascination
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling fascination
Looking, learning
Moving on

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:15 PM (i24o9)

68 53 That Hong Kong tower (if real) is as inhumane as those crowded chicken farms PETA goes on about.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 18, 2025 08:09 PM
Imagine all of those folk flushing at the same time.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 08:16 PM (LHPAg)

69 Please give me an earworm.

You asked for it - youtu.be/0R6WIbx8ysE

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 08:16 PM (gKWVE)

70 Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse" video had serious shotacon vibes.
The 1980s, man.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 08:15 PM (gKWVE)

I thought: Gayer than ace and Garrett on a tandem bike.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 08:16 PM (zZu0s)

71
My refrigerator died on Saturday. I called the repair company and after about 20 minutes on hold I finally broke down and hit 9 to leave my number for a call back.

Got a message the mailbox was full and to call back later and then the machine hung up on me. I said some bad words.
Posted by: JackStraw

===

Your fridge is not going to get fixed unless you do it yourself.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 08:16 PM (/lPRQ)

72 Come a little bit closer by Jay and the Americans
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 08:14 PM

Always el choico bueno.

Posted by: Jose at August 18, 2025 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

73 You morons don't disappoint. I'm going to wake up at 3am with all those songs playing in my bad dream. I will curse each and every one of you.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:16 PM (tyHPG)

74 Imagine all of those folk flushing at the same time.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 08:16 PM (LHPAg)

The earth's rotation speeds up ever so slightly.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:17 PM (i24o9)

75 Earworm ? Tubthumping Chumbawumba

I get knocked down, but I get up again
No they're never gonna keep me down

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 08:17 PM (NtVYv)

76 Good Inman selection tonight. Mucho ass beatings

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 08:17 PM (5+Y60)

77 Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear what he means
At this moment you mean everything
You in that dress
My thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:17 PM (i24o9)

78 61 Mambo No. 5 - She Hobbit

Love that tune!

Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2025 08:17 PM (mADJX)

79 Dancing Queen, ABBA

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 08:18 PM (zZu0s)

80 Carjacking? Shooting? CA EXEMPT. curtain roll credits

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2025 08:18 PM (YlWIZ)

81
I always take a moment and imagine what today would be like if kalama harris was...president.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 08:18 PM (dO7us)

82 Thank you for calling. Your estimated wait time is 138 hours

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:19 PM (dxWFK)

83 Your Love, by the Outfield

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

84 How much AI go in to that HK apartment? Caption says 18 but rough count looks well over 20. Close but why add?

Posted by: Guarded by Smith&Wesson Oil at August 18, 2025 08:19 PM (kjy5M)

85 By the time they get back to you all of your food is spoiled.

Get a new one.

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 08:19 PM (p4wT3)

86 Thank you for calling. Your estimated wait time is 138 hours
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:19 PM (dxWFK)

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 08:19 PM (g47mK)

87 Thank you for calling. Your estimated wait time is 138 hours
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:19 PM (dxWFK)

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 08:19 PM (g47mK)

"Your call is important to us."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:20 PM (i24o9)

88 I like Come A Little Bit Closer. How can you not like Bad Man Jose?

It's the precursor to Give Me 3 Steps.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:20 PM (viF8m)

89 I now what your problem is, people. You keep calling places that have bad customer service. Call the ones that have good customer service !

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 08:20 PM (g47mK)

90 My Love, by the Infield. (Self service version)

Posted by: Guarded by Smith&Wesson Oil at August 18, 2025 08:20 PM (kjy5M)

91 Don't Stop Believin'

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 08:20 PM (p4wT3)

92 runner, longest song is 138 hours, 28 minutes and some seconds.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:21 PM (dxWFK)

93 79 Dancing Queen, ABBA
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I'm a gonna invent a new curse word just for you.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:21 PM (tyHPG)

94 77 Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear what he means
At this moment you mean everything
You in that dress
My thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:17 PM (i24o9)
But the music is killer.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 08:21 PM (LHPAg)

95 Badfinger, No Matter What

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 08:21 PM (XvL8K)

96 Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the Sky is an earworm for me

Days long

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 08:21 PM (NtVYv)

97 Father wears his Sunday best
Mother's tired, she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep (Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
Brother's got a date to keep, he can't hang around

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:21 PM (i24o9)

98 63
'My refrigerator died on Saturday. '

What's wrong with it?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2025 08:22 PM (3wi/L)

99 Thank you for calling. Your estimated wait time is 138 hours
Posted by: Ben Had

That's pretty close to correct. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2025 08:22 PM (lJ0H4)

100 The man delivering the beat down to that purse snatched showed admirable restraint.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 08:23 PM (uHCmv)

101
People often say it makes no difference who the president is. And maybe that was kinda true before.

I mean, did it really matter if Tyler was president instead of the other guy? Tippecanoe? Whoever? Clinton being president in 1993 instead of Bush. Did it make a huge difference in Your life? Probably not.

But today there is a huge difference. EVERYTHING would be significantly different if Donald Trump was not President. He changed the World. Our lives are certainly different today because of him.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 08:24 PM (dO7us)

102 Me, I want a HOOLA HOOP

We can hardly stand the wait

Please Christmas don't be late!

Posted by: Alvin at August 18, 2025 08:24 PM (rdVOm)

103
We live in very rural Wyoming. We love it, but trying to get any service calls here is a joke.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 08:24 PM (3ek7K)

104 96
'I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you-ooo
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fo-o-ols
I can cheat you blind

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2025 08:25 PM (3wi/L)

105 There has to be some place in Trump's cabinet for Steve Inman.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 08:25 PM (uHCmv)

106 We live in very rural Wyoming. We love it, but trying to get any service calls here is a joke.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 08:24 PM (3ek7K)

Same here. One company just sent me all the parts under warranty for a DIY instead of trying to get someone out in vain.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:25 PM (i24o9)

107 105 There has to be some place in Trump's cabinet for Steve Inman.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 08:25 PM (uHCmv)

ICE Spokesman

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 08:25 PM (p4wT3)

108 'My refrigerator died on Saturday. '

What's wrong with it?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Is it plugged in?
Is it getting power? check circuit breaker
Does your house have power?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 08:26 PM (/lPRQ)

109 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

Posted by: Lord Comey at August 18, 2025 08:26 PM (/vPt3)

110 The man delivering the beat down to that purse snatched showed admirable restraint.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 08:23 PM (uHCmv)

Points for multiple knees to the face. Makes me think that was in Brazil.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:26 PM (144I4)

111 Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the Sky is an earworm for me

Days long
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway

That one works. Beats all the suggestions from the 80's kids.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:26 PM (tyHPG)

112 We love it, but trying to get any service calls here is a joke.
Posted by: fourseasons

There's a song for that too, by Public Enemy

Posted by: one of the best hip hop songs actually at August 18, 2025 08:27 PM (gKWVE)

113 63
'My refrigerator died on Saturday. '

It's just resting.

Posted by: Michael Palin at August 18, 2025 08:27 PM (PiwSw)

114
We need a handyman, lots of stuff to be replaced or fixed.

Ha, that isn't happening.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 08:27 PM (3ek7K)

115 That one works. Beats all the suggestions from the 80's kids.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:26 PM (tyHPG)

Now you've got the eye of the tiger.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:28 PM (i24o9)

116 'Free Kisses Puppy' needs me to hug him and take him home. What a cutie!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 08:28 PM (rdVOm)

117 Is your refrigerator running?

No, and I don't have Prince Albert in a can either!

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:28 PM (144I4)

118 "Your call is important to us."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:20 PM (i24o9)

F'n hell. Called LabCorp today. They sent me the second of two collection notices on a bill I paid two months ago. The first time I called, a month ago, it took about 45 minutes to determine that they paid a bill I HAD ALREADY PAID with the money for this bill. The service person, English-challenged, naturally, said she would move the money onto the correct invoice. So, opened the mail, and here I have the second past due notice, threatening to move it to collections, end their service to us, etc. So, called today. On hold for 10 minutes, then the call itself took over an hour, to determine that they did NOT use the money to pay the current invoice, but they are "in the process" of refunding that money through the mail. IOW, they hadn't done shit.

I told them I was NOT going to pay this bill twice, so her solution was to put this one on hold until I get the check in the mail and then I can pay it.

What odds do I get for if she does or doesn't take care of it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:28 PM (1Gsou)

119 No, and I don't have Prince Albert in a can either!
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:28 PM (144I4)

To be fair, he would probably fit in one by now.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:29 PM (1Gsou)

120 The way Meloni looked at Trump!
That's a woman in love.
Hit it, Barbara...

Life is a moment in space
When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
I kissed the morning goodbye
But down inside, you know we never know why
The road is narrow and long
When eyes meet eyes and the feeling is strong
I turn away from the wall
I stumble and fall but I give you it all...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 08:29 PM (TGPs7)

121 113 63
'My refrigerator died on Saturday. '

It's just resting.
Posted by: Michael Palin at August 18, 2025 08:27 PM (PiwSw)

Pinin' for the fjords?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:30 PM (1Gsou)

122 68 53 That Hong Kong tower (if real) is as inhumane as those crowded chicken farms PETA goes on about.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 18, 2025 08:09 PM
Imagine all of those folk flushing at the same time.
Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 08:16 PM (LHPAg)

All of the residents of one block should get on the lowest floor of their elevated block and crowd into the middle between the outer support blocks. Then start jumping up and down.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:30 PM (144I4)

123 Soon.

Posted by: Jackstraw's Refrigerator at August 18, 2025 08:31 PM (i24o9)

124 120
'That's a woman in love.'

Now. that is an earworm.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2025 08:31 PM (3wi/L)

125 >>What's wrong with it?

It stopped refrigerating.

I'll find out why tomorrow. In theory.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:31 PM (viF8m)

126 What odds do I get for if she does or doesn't take care of it?
Posted by: tcn in AK

100%. I had a weird problem like this with a different company and it took 2 years to solve.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 08:32 PM (9vYpt)

127 Vertical forest. Bosco means wood or wooded?

St. John Bosco?
Bosco chocolate syrup?

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:32 PM (144I4)

128 But today there is a huge difference. EVERYTHING would be significantly different if Donald Trump was not President. He changed the World. Our lives are certainly different today because of him.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 08:24 PM
Aye, laddie.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 08:32 PM (LHPAg)

129 tcn, I feel for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:32 PM (dxWFK)

130 What odds do I get for if she does or doesn't take care of it?
Posted by: tcn in AK

My bookie says you get the same odds I do on getting resolution, 42 to 1.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:32 PM (tyHPG)

131 News blurb -
TodayShelby Hurd, 36, died last Tuesday after being blasted in the head with a bullet while entering the unidentified mother's home in Joliet, Illinois.

"blasted"

It was a home invasion. She hid in closet with baby and blasted Shelby in the head when he entered the room DRT.

Shelby ws an aspiring rapper and soon to be astronaut.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 08:32 PM (/lPRQ)

132 And in the same vein, we dropped DH's car off at Meineke to get a new exhaust system installed, work on the brakes. Dropped it off Sunday, appointment was for Tuesday, we went camping, came back Friday. They hadn't touched the car, hadn't called, hadn't done shit.

So, after DH read them the riot act, they fixed his brakes early Saturday and we picked up the car. As he was picking it up, they finally got the muffler and pipes from Anchorage. Said he would call them for a SPECIFIC APPOINTMENT AT A SPECIFIC TIME of his convenience. Manager didn't charge him a dime for the brakes, at least.

WTF? How do these places stay in business?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:33 PM (1Gsou)

133 It stopped refrigerating.
I'll find out why tomorrow. In theory.
Posted by: JackStraw
--------

But the freezer still freezes? If so-- fan died.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 08:33 PM (rdVOm)

134 Very disturbing news out of Wyoming this weekend. Hundreds of people who paid out the wazoo to stay in 8 cabins at Grand Teton National Park have been notified that the cabins are infested with rabid bats and to get checked immediately. Even a scratch can transmit disease. Yet there are bat fanciers here. Doy you also juggle chainsaws and gargle with old razor blades?

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at August 18, 2025 08:33 PM (G5+As)

135 102 Me, I want a HOOLA HOOP

We can hardly stand the wait

Please Christmas don't be late!
Posted by: Alvin at August 18, 2025 08:24 PM (rdVOm)

Christmas carols are not appropriate during the summer months. Please refrain from singing/playing Christmas themed music until after the Thanksgiving meal.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 08:34 PM (uHCmv)

136 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
(That She Wore For The First Time)

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 08:34 PM (lyX7Q)

137
I keep getting letters from a debt collection company saying I owe 200.00 to Wayfair. I think its a scam.

I haven't bought anything from Wayfair in six years and used my credit card when I made the purchase.

It's suspicious that they have waited six years to try and collect the money.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 08:34 PM (3ek7K)

138 It's a Small World After All.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 08:35 PM (79pEw)

139
My bookie says you get the same odds I do on getting resolution, 42 to 1.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:32 PM (tyHPG)

I almost lost my temper. I did, at one point, suggest their accountants purchase a calculator.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:35 PM (1Gsou)

140 It's a Small World After All.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 08:35 PM (79pEw)

The MOAB of ear worms.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:35 PM (i24o9)

141 'My refrigerator died on Saturday. '

What's wrong with it?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Is it plugged in?
Is it getting power? check circuit breaker
Does your house have power?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

What version is it?
Have you read the manual?
Would be post a couple screen shots?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 08:35 PM (9vYpt)

142 It's suspicious that they have waited six years to try and collect the money.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 08:34 PM (3ek7K)

Forward it to the FBI.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:36 PM (1Gsou)

143 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
(That She Wore For The First Time)
Posted by: Common Tater

Let's leave Dylan Mulvaney out of this.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 08:36 PM (ftFVW)

144 Let's hear it for evil women.

https://tinyurl.com/56akz9tb

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:36 PM (viF8m)

145 >>>The way Meloni looked at Trump!
That's a woman in love.

>The only times Mitch Obama had that look was when a platter of Wagyu beef steaks and lobster was being delivered.

Posted by: Lord Comey at August 18, 2025 08:36 PM (/vPt3)

146 tcn, I feel for you.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:32 PM (dxWFK)

Aha! Another earworm, clever! Chaka Khan baby.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 08:37 PM (144I4)

147 I suggest " you talk to my fucking lawyer:.#

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:37 PM (dxWFK)

148 I replaced the fan on my 18 year old refrigerator 6 months ago and it's as good as new. All the action happens in the freezer part.

Posted by: Whirlpool Willie at August 18, 2025 08:37 PM (G5+As)

149 It's a Small World After All.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 08:35 PM (79pEw)

The MOAB of ear worms.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

How about The Song that Doesn't End from Lamb Chop's Play Along?

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 08:37 PM (ftFVW)

150 Hundreds of people who paid out the wazoo to stay in 8 cabins at Grand Teton National Park have been notified that the cabins are infested with rabid bats and to get checked immediately.

I'd do anything for love, but

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 08:38 PM (gKWVE)

151 It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2025 08:38 PM (lJ0H4)

152 134 In re: Rabid Bats of the Grand Teton, as Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at August 18, 2025 08:33 PM (G5+As)

I shared this anecdote this morning, but it might bear repeating:

I had just parked and took a little stroll around. When I glanced at the front grill, I saw something where there is normally just empty space. I thought to myself "That is an unusually large moth."

I was mistaken.

It was actually a rather small bat. Sorry about that, little chiroptera.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 08:38 PM (uHCmv)

153 I almost lost my temper. I did, at one point, suggest their accountants purchase a calculator.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Most of our societal collapse cn be blamed on accountants.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:38 PM (tyHPG)

154 runner, longest song is 138 hours, 28 minutes and some seconds. Posted by: Ben Had

From Wikipedia: The longest composition is "ORGAN/ASLSP" or "As Slow As Possible". It began playing in the St. Burchardi Church on September 5, 2001, and is designed to last for 639 years, or until 2640. The composition was created by John Cage, who died in New York in 1992. The piece is being performed in Halberstadt, Germany.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 08:39 PM (9vYpt)

155 Aha! Another earworm, clever! Chaka Khan baby.

Posted by: haffhowershower
______

She was the choir of Reverend Cleophus James.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 08:39 PM (XvL8K)

156 147 I suggest " you talk to my fucking lawyer:.#
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:37 PM (dxWFK)

I used to keep my uncle's card in my wallet. Same last name, and he was indeed, a lawyer. He never practiced, but the slimy landlords I had in college did not know that. Very handy when getting the deposit back.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:39 PM (1Gsou)

157 Owls are incredible predators. Don’t fuck with owls.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 08:40 PM (mPBuU)

158 I had just parked and took a little stroll around. When I glanced at the front grill, I saw something where there is normally just empty space. I thought to myself "That is an unusually large moth."

I was mistaken.

It was actually a rather small bat. Sorry about that, little chiroptera.
Posted by: tankdemon

Ewwww. Weirdest critter I've had in my car grill was a parakeet.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 08:40 PM (ftFVW)

159 I posted “War is over if you want it” and a video of “give peace a chance” on a Ukraine war thread on a left leaning board the other day. I think it has probably percolated long enough to check and see how well that was received.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 08:41 PM (lyX7Q)

160 I have a 1999 subzero refrigerator. I live in a small MT town, and was lucky enough to come across a refrigerator repairman who not only loved subzeros but has the exact model! At one point when a big repair loomed, I said, "Is it time to think of a new fridge?" Refrigerator Bob said, "I'm going to keep this sucker going forever!" When I need a new part, he orders 2 bcse he knows he'll need it for his soon. When his needs a new part, same same.

Yes, I know how lucky I am.

Posted by: Wenda at August 18, 2025 08:41 PM (rGi39)

161 It was actually a rather small bat. Sorry about that, little chiroptera.
Posted by: tankdemon

Either steam clean or sell that vehicle, pronto. The life you save may be your own.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at August 18, 2025 08:41 PM (G5+As)

162 Had a quail in the car grill once. Plucked , gutted and grilled that bird. Roadkill ain't all bad.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:42 PM (dxWFK)

163 Yet there are bat fanciers here. Doy you also juggle chainsaws and gargle with old razor blades?
Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at August 18, 2025 08:33 PM (G5+As)

I think the article stated that they found bats in the attics, which is not odd, and two dead bats, neither of which had rabies. I think their lawyers probably told them to CYA right damn now.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:43 PM (1Gsou)

164 wenda, I know exactly what you mean.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 08:43 PM (ppG5b)

165 Yes, I know how lucky I am.
Posted by: Wenda at August 18, 2025 08:41 PM (rGi39)

Kismet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 08:44 PM (1Gsou)

166
Judge Jeanine announces the arrest of a 50 yr old Indiana woman for threatening the life of the President:

https://tinyurl.com/24tzt3aa

She threated to disembowel and cut the trachea of the president. She seems nice.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 08:45 PM (w6EFb)

167 >>What's wrong with it?

It stopped refrigerating.

I'll find out why tomorrow. In theory.
Posted by: JackStraw

If that is the only thing wrong with it then it may be
Start capacitor for the compressor.
You can get a 'universal start capacitor' from the 'Zon for $15 bucks.

Had on fail in a fairly new fridge 10 years ago. Direct replacement (that failed) was $60. Went with the $15 fix. Works ever since.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 08:45 PM (/lPRQ)

168
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbQCbV2EiaQ

eh, sorry for inflicting old Dead on everyone

I was there

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 08:46 PM (ppG5b)

169 >>I have a 1999 subzero refrigerator.

My ex got custody of our 2000 subzero. Never even had a service call. Meanwhile, I've had 3 refrigerators in the same time.

They really are great machines.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:46 PM (viF8m)

170 Mitch Obama once had a moose in her grill.

She swallowed it whole.

Posted by: Lord Comey at August 18, 2025 08:46 PM (/vPt3)

171 My mom's dishwasher won't run. I found the pdf manual and it says most likely the heating element. I can get one for 60$. If that doesn't work, new DW.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 08:47 PM (oERdd)

172 Watcha gonna do when she says goodbye?

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 18, 2025 08:48 PM (bMlVe)

173 She threated to disembowel and cut the trachea of the president. She seems nice.
Posted by: publius,

I can fix her.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 08:48 PM (gKWVE)

174 I replaced the fan on my 18 year old refrigerator 6 months ago and it's as good as new. All the action happens in the freezer part.
Posted by: Whirlpool Willie at August 18, 2025 08:37 PM (G5+As)

The new ones blow out control modules that have to be replaced by the identical module that the techs never have on hand.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 08:49 PM (rbvCR)

175 Is it a Westinghouse?

I'm westing.

Posted by: Mouse with Just The Punchline at August 18, 2025 08:50 PM (wVcYX)

176 After the Army I briefly had a job as a security guy at a huge apartment complex. Apart from parking tix, my most common call was to get bats out of an apartment. You stand in the middle of the unit, with a bath towel in hand, and wait for it to appear. Whip the towel at the bat, nail it, it is wrapped up, you bring it outside. The shrieking of the Shanequas's still echoes in my ears.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 18, 2025 08:52 PM (vV6n9)

177
Ordered some hog paneling at Tractor Supply on Saturday and asked to have them delivered. The delivery would have to be done by a nearby TSC. They said maybe that day.

It wasn't that day. Or Sunday. Today I called the TSC that would be doing the delivery. They knew nothing about the order. Called the TSC I bought the panels from. No answer.

So I had to get in the car and drive 12 miles to get it straightened out. The panels are set to be delivered tomorrow. Maybe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:52 PM (kkTda)

178 you go, accomack.

that's how its done

spare everyone the numerous anecdotes taken from life

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 08:52 PM (ppG5b)

179 You got your green alligators and your longnecked geese, your humpyback camels and your chimpanzees. Some cats and rats and elephants but sure as you're born you just ain't seen no unicorn.

But you're hear about him all night long.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 08:53 PM (LHPAg)

180 Watcha gonna do when she says goodbye?
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 18, 2025 08:48 PM (bMlVe)

But me, I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong
I will sing (I will sing) this vict'ry song

Posted by: Pablo Cruise at August 18, 2025 08:53 PM (wVcYX)

181
It stopped refrigerating.

_______

*strokes chin thoughtfully*

That's not good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:54 PM (kkTda)

182 Now if only I could find a Maytag repairman with the same machine!

Posted by: Wenda at August 18, 2025 08:54 PM (rGi39)

183 Jackstraw, did you say freezer compartment was staying cold, but frig compartment was not?

As others have mentioned, yes it could be the fan. Could also be a bad damper. Both are relatively easy fixes other than the rube Goldberg inspired way that shelves and drawers get mounted.

Posted by: Drones in Corporate HR at August 18, 2025 08:55 PM (8AONa)

184 >>eh, sorry for inflicting old Dead on everyone

I was there

Fist bump

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:55 PM (viF8m)

185
John Cage was a charlatan.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:56 PM (kkTda)

186 The shrieking of the Shanequas's still echoes in my ears.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 18, 2025 08:52 PM (vV6n9)

Discarded title in favor of Silence of the Lambs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 08:56 PM (i24o9)

187
An update on the wildfire my son is fighting. I
The fire is just beyond the Wyoming line in Utah.

The fire is contained but it's going to burn until we get a heavy snowfall. Lots of luck, we are having a severe drought and are on strict water restrictions. Of course our neighbors must have a lawn that looks like a golf course so they keep watering their lawns.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 08:57 PM (3ek7K)

188 Visual history (dated maps) of NATO violating 1990 agreement with Gorbachev on non-expansion of NATO in exchange for Germany's reunification.
_Newsmax

is quick and very clear

@ 3:53 with brief intro
https://tinyurl.com/27a5hzz6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 08:58 PM (Cm8rh)

189 It stopped refrigerating today
They placed a wreath upon its door
And soon they'll carry it away
It stopped refrigerating today

Posted by: George Jones at August 18, 2025 08:58 PM (wVcYX)

190 Most of our societal collapse cn be blamed on accountants.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:38 PM (tyHPG)

I think you're wrong.

MBAs can be blamed for societal collapse. Accountants just give them the numbers they want, but the MBAs are the "idea men."

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 08:59 PM (gKDq2)

191 >>As others have mentioned, yes it could be the fan. Could also be a bad damper. Both are relatively easy fixes other than the rube Goldberg inspired way that shelves and drawers get mounted.

Thanks to all for the suggestions. I decided to let them rip me off on this one. It's probably something as you suggested but after years of playing Mr. Fixit on boats I'm going to pretend to live like a rich person and let someone else fix this one for me.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:59 PM (viF8m)

192 fourseasons

Beulah fire?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 09:00 PM (tyHPG)

193 Red Sox are managing to lose to the orioles

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 09:00 PM (Bbhox)

194 "174 I replaced the fan on my 18 year old refrigerator 6 months ago and it's as good as new. All the action happens in the freezer part.
Posted by: Whirlpool Willie at August 18, 2025 08:37 PM (G5+As)

The new ones blow out control modules that have to be replaced by the identical module that the techs never have on hand.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 08:49 PM (rbvCR) "

cut away at the bs wiring harness until you got CSR; common, start, run. the three terminals on the compressor. okay to keep stubs of wire, makes it easy to hook up.
get a start module as appropriate
simple Arduino program can do the rest.

PID control, just pesky to change the setpoint, lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 09:01 PM (ppG5b)

195 My dad once during the winter started up his car and heard a loud thump. The car stopped running. He called a garage. Sadly, a poor cat had climbed up into the engine area for warmth. When my dad started the car, the cat got torn apart in the fan blades and belts and its entrails stopped the engine from running. (This was ages ago when cars still had open engine compartments and belts.) Garage refused to remove the cat. My dad was in a suit and had to pull dead pieces of cat out of the engine compartment. He got home covered in blood and guts and my mom freaked out. Was a brand new Cadillac too,

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:03 PM (mPBuU)

196 "190 Most of our societal collapse cn be blamed on accountants.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 08:38 PM (tyHPG)

I think you're wrong.

MBAs can be blamed for societal collapse. Accountants just give them the numbers they want, but the MBAs are the "idea men."

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 08:59 PM (gKDq2)"

Admiral Grace Murray Hopper blamed it on "the growth of Management theory"

jus'sayin'

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 09:03 PM (ppG5b)

197 @Accomack. Baseball is hard. Have you ever played? Losing is part and parcel of a season.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 18, 2025 09:04 PM (vV6n9)

198 That's the only song I ever heard that uses wreath in the lyrics.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 09:04 PM (4qMiv)

199 but the MBAs are the "idea men."
Posted by: RickZ

Accountants create and maintain the spreadsheets of destruction. Most MBAs I was unfortunate to work with were idiots.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 09:05 PM (tyHPG)

200
Sock, yes, it's around the Bear River area.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 09:05 PM (3ek7K)

201
PID control, just pesky to change the setpoint, lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez

======

Some manufactures have a 'limp' mode. If the brain detects something has gone wrong, it'll go into a mode of fixed times for frig cool, freezer cool, defrost . . . and keep on repeating.

Most consumers don't notice the difference.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 18, 2025 09:05 PM (8AONa)

202 He got home covered in blood and guts and my mom freaked out. Was a brand new Cadillac too,
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

Wait - so the Caddy ate the Catty?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 09:07 PM (cYBz/)

203 I got bit by a bat as a little kid. At the time, a bat bite meant you were rushed to the emergency room and given a rabies shot. The needle looked like a fucking caulking gun. Right in the gut. Painful as fuck but I didn’t cry. My dad was very impressed and beamed with pride.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:07 PM (mPBuU)

204 Some manufactures have a 'limp' mode.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

The Paolo, how you say, has no limp mode.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 18, 2025 09:08 PM (cYBz/)

205 Was a brand new Cadillac too,
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

You meant Catillac, amirite?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 09:08 PM (9vYpt)

206 I was a LL catcher for 3 years until the Osgood Slatters ended my career.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 09:08 PM (4qMiv)

207 He got home covered in blood and guts and my mom freaked out. Was a brand new Cadillac too,
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

Wait - so the Caddy ate the Catty?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 09:07 PM (cYBz/)
—-

[golf clap]

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:08 PM (mPBuU)

208 205 Was a brand new Cadillac too,
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

You meant Catillac, amirite?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 09:08 PM (9vYpt)

———

[golf clap]

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:09 PM (mPBuU)

209 The SSA's 2 hour waiting estimate is seriously f'd up.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 09:10 PM (tyHPG)

210 He got home covered in blood and guts and my mom freaked out. Was a brand new Cadillac too,
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

Wait - so the Caddy ate the Catty?
Posted by: Tonypete
_____
This is sounding a lot like Billy Batts.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 09:10 PM (XvL8K)

211 I was a LL catcher for 3 years until the Osgood Slatters ended my career.
Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 09:08 PM (4qMiv)

Golly! I had that crap in grade school, in one leg. Had to wear a cast for six months or more. Seems to have worked; have never been an athlete, but I can walk OK.

Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! Voted for Pierre Poilievre today in the by-election.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 09:11 PM (F6+9F)

212 He got home covered in blood and guts and my mom freaked out. Was a brand new Cadillac too,
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

And that was the inspiration for the kitty caddy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:11 PM (snZF9)

213 ... Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:07 PM (mPBuU)

"there is no part of the human body that cannot be reached by a long 12 gauge needle and a strong arm"

ancient med school wisdom

innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 09:13 PM (ppG5b)

214 Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping)@mercoglianos

MV W Sapphire, outbound from Baltimore near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, suffered an explosion in its forward hold.

The ship has been escorted off Fort Howard and fire and
@USCG vessels are on scene.

W Sapphire is a fully loaded bulk carrier sailing to Mauritius.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 09:14 PM (Cm8rh)

215 good for you AOP!

(innit?)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 09:14 PM (ppG5b)

216 >>W Sapphire is a fully loaded bulk carrier sailing to Mauritius.

Not anymore it isn't. That was an impressive fireball.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:15 PM (viF8m)

217 I like the companies that give you the option of a call back instead of waiting on hold.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 08:06 PM (EYmYM)

That is the civilized way to do it. Trump should EO the FCC to mandate that change for all companies with over 100 employees, or that do business in more than one State.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 09:16 PM (F6+9F)

218 Mauritius, then, innit?

uhuh. lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 09:16 PM (ppG5b)

219 g'night then innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 09:18 PM (ppG5b)

220 This is sounding a lot like Billy Batts.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Vinnie, what happened? Ah, we had a problem. We tried to do everything we could. Whadda mean? You know what I mean - he's gone. And we couldn't do nothing about it. Wadda mean? He's gone.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 09:18 PM (cYBz/)

221 She threated to disembowel and cut the trachea of the president. She seems nice.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 08:45 PM (w6EFb)

I think I dated her...once.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 09:18 PM (2WIwB)

222 210 He got home covered in blood and guts and my mom freaked out. Was a brand new Cadillac too,
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

Wait - so the Caddy ate the Catty?
Posted by: Tonypete
_____
This is sounding a lot like Billy Batts.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 09:10 PM (XvL8K)
——

Somewhat related, my mom thought it was my dad’s blood at first. He was a lawyer representing some mob clients at the time of the NYC mob wars. She assumed the worst. Early 1980s.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:19 PM (mPBuU)

223 I would never want anyone to be subjected to a car jacking but I would find savage amusement in them hijacking a car with a stick shift.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (dxWFK)

Bait cars, with a cylinder of carbon monoxide programmed to spew out into the passenger cabin once the carjackers make their getaway. Once they are found dead..."Oh, must have been an exhaust leak. Too bad, so sad."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 09:19 PM (F6+9F)

224 I worked with an Irishman named Hughie Gallagher who lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The renovation company we worked for did work in Manhattan. The drill the day before Thanksgiving was to work the morning and go home with pay at noon. Also gave us a frozen turkey. Hughie brought his home on the subway and went to the bar with it until 2 or 3 AM. Don't know how many times he dropped the bird. He eventually stumbled home and was standing on the front stoop too drunk to work the lock, so he started banging on the door yelling. His wife wakes up, comes downstairs, opens the door and Hughie is standing there, kinda incoherent and covered with liquid/blood from the turkey. She almost fainted thinking he had been stabbed.

Posted by: They Don't Fly Too Good, Either at August 18, 2025 09:19 PM (G5+As)

225 The Caddy with the kitty
something something

Posted by: The Court Jester at August 18, 2025 09:19 PM (wVcYX)

226 I thought you were supposed to queue up patiently to receive communion. They were rather unruly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 09:22 PM (RIvkX)

227 I would never want anyone to be subjected to a car jacking but I would find savage amusement in them hijacking a car with a stick shift.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (dxWFK)
——

I drive a stick today. I’m fairly certain that nobody can steal it.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:22 PM (mPBuU)

228 Somewhat related, my mom thought it was my dad’s blood at first. He was a lawyer representing some mob clients at the time of the NYC mob wars. She assumed the worst. Early 1980s.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:19 PM (mPBuU)

dad was a small town lawyer and had other interesting things. He once got called out because a client thought he had an oil seep in his property and didn't know who else to call.

(Oil seep was in the truck a friend of the guy who had parked at the back edge of the property for a while)

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 09:23 PM (rbvCR)

229 Read an interesting opinion on Trump's federalizing the DC LE the other day. His take was that taking over the infrastructure control and putting NG and other federal officers on the streets is a precursor to making some high level arrests. Any protests that will come will be shut down before they get any traction. Makes me go hmmm. I can hope can't I?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 09:24 PM (tyHPG)

230 The way Meloni looked at Trump!
That's a woman in love.
Hit it, Barbara...

Life is a moment in space
When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
I kissed the morning goodbye
But down inside, you know we never know why
The road is narrow and long
When eyes meet eyes and the feeling is strong
I turn away from the wall
I stumble and fall but I give you it all...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 08:29 PM (TGPs7)

Donald Trump is already taken. I'm available, and I have an M29 Weasel. No other Moron can make that claim, I think. Call me, Georgia!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 09:25 PM (F6+9F)

231 I would never want anyone to be subjected to a car jacking but I would find savage amusement in them hijacking a car with a stick shift.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (dxWFK)
——

I drive a stick today. I’m fairly certain that nobody can steal it.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:22 PM (mPBuU)

Other than a work van I had years back every car I ever owned to this day was a stick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:25 PM (snZF9)

232 The shrieking of the Shanequas's still echoes in my ears.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 18, 2025 08:52 PM (vV6n9)
====
I'm standing right here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 09:26 PM (RIvkX)

233 I would never want anyone to be subjected to a car jacking but I would find savage amusement in them hijacking a car with a stick shift.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 08:12 PM (dxWFK)
——

I drive a stick today. I’m fairly certain that nobody can steal it.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:22 PM (mPBuU)

Other than a work van I had years back every car I ever owned to this day was a stick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:25 PM (snZF9)
——

In 5 years, I don’t think any new car will be available with a stick. Sadly.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:27 PM (mPBuU)

234 Sock_rat, remember when BSG ended every post with 'And God Bless poor Bingo.'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:27 PM (zZu0s)

235 I can hope can't I?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 09:24 PM (tyHPG)

also all the really heavy hitters in the administration were in Alaska for a day leaving a lot of offices sort of empty.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 09:27 PM (rbvCR)

236 Ole Red my truck would be hard to start much less drive for most young people.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 09:27 PM (LHPAg)

237 I thought I knew a lot about building and materials, but I had to look up hog panels.

Posted by: Lumpy Rutherford at August 18, 2025 09:27 PM (G5+As)

238 I was reading about movie production in Honk Kong.It was impossible to film with sound there is so much noise and people around, all dialogue and sound had to be added later.

Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2025 09:28 PM (YwEeS)

239 Belgian Malinois - Hahaha. Our Daisy does that snap-snap-snap thing when she's anticipating going out to play fetch. Alternating with twirling in circles.

We've thought about getting one of those automatic ball-throwing things. Wonder if Daisy would stand over it and not really let the ball fly like the dog in the video‽

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's a wonderful life at August 18, 2025 09:28 PM (Ks5VZ)

240 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
(That She Wore For The First Time)
Posted by: Common Tater

Let's leave Dylan Mulvaney out of this.
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 08:36 PM (ftFVW)

I remember that song well. I was maybe ten years old, and working for my Dad in his lawnmower shop for the summer. It was one the radio in heavy rotation. Brian Hyland, and no, I did not have to look it up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 09:29 PM (F6+9F)

241 >>Other than a work van I had years back every car I ever owned to this day was a stick.

I'm thinking about another toy. One requirement is a stick.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:29 PM (viF8m)

242
Any early-risers and or star-gazing enthusiasts, early tomorrow morning (and over a several day window) there will be a mini-planetary parade on the morning side. Mercury's max western elongation is the 19th, so if you got a flat horizon to the ENE, you can see Mercury, Venus, Jupiter in the eastern sky, with the thin waning crescent Moon close by, and then Saturn will be up there as well, past transit a little to the west.

I've never yet been able to see Mercury on the morning side, but I think I'll try again tomorrow morning.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 09:29 PM (w6EFb)

243 sounds like a bad thermistor

Posted by: sofasaver at August 18, 2025 09:29 PM (us2H3)

244 Seems to me I saw something g where one of the halo sportscars were going to go back to offering a manual transmission option. Evidently a lot of people who want to spend ridiculous amounts of money for a fricking sports car want a 6 speed, dammit!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:29 PM (zZu0s)

245 I like the companies that give you the option of a call back instead of waiting on hold.

That is yesterday's low-tech, today we use Google Assistant to initiate the call with customer service and then either do the deal or notify once an agent is actually on line.

It will be even better when your AI assistant works out the problem with the company's AI agent.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 09:30 PM (a4flb)

246 Replaced a 1990 Sub-Zero fridge about 5 years ago.

Tech who came explained that everything was working fine, but that the unavoidable kill factor (insulation absorbing moisture, gradually losing its insulation ability) was the culprit.

He said that SubZero will do new runs of old model spare parts when the requests from the field reach a certain number.

If I were to run a consumer products company, it would be much like this. Probably lower-cost/lower-end than SubZero, but higher cost than the cheap crap of today - with the guarantee that it's simpler, better made, and will last much longer. Gotta think there's an enormous market for that.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2025 09:31 PM (U/Byj)

247 Other than a work van I had years back every car I ever owned to this day was a stick.

I'm thinking about another toy. One requirement is a stick.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:29 PM (viF8m)
——

How about the T.50? Only $4 million!

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:31 PM (mPBuU)

248 In 5 years, I don’t think any new car will be available with a stick. Sadly.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:27 PM (mPBuU)

You're probably right. The car I have now isn't available with a stick anymore. I don't trust these newer automatics. They all seem like time bombs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:32 PM (snZF9)

249 Seems to me I saw something g where one of the halo sportscars were going to go back to offering a manual transmission option. Evidently a lot of people who want to spend ridiculous amounts of money for a fricking sports car want a 6 speed, dammit!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:29 PM (zZu0s)
——

T.50 and Utopia. $4 million each.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:32 PM (mPBuU)

250 On our way to Fresno today, had to wait for a train loaded with lots of military vehicles and equipment. Something may be going on somewhere.

Posted by: KT at August 18, 2025 09:33 PM (7vIsy)

251 No... was it Porsche?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:33 PM (zZu0s)

252 I'm fairly certain that everyone at SSA has gone home. If I stay on the line will I be the first call answered tomorrow morning?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 09:33 PM (tyHPG)

253
131

It was a home invasion. She hid in closet with baby and blasted Shelby in the head when he entered the room DRT.

Shelby ws an aspiring rapper and soon to be astronaut.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 08:32

------

"DRT?"

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2025 09:34 PM (qsezt)

254 Iianm, mx-5/miata are still offered with manuals.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:34 PM (zZu0s)

255 "DRT?"
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Dead Right There

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 09:34 PM (X98Jy)

256 188 Visual history (dated maps) of NATO violating 1990 agreement with Gorbachev on non-expansion of NATO in exchange for Germany's reunification.
_Newsmax

is quick and very clear

@ 3:53 with brief intro
https://tinyurl.com/27a5hzz6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 08:58 PM (Cm8rh)

Bush and Baker knew they were lying with the "NATO not one inch to the east" BS

but they were trying to get Gorby to agree to the screwing

Posted by: sofasaver at August 18, 2025 09:35 PM (us2H3)

257
Bush and Baker knew they were lying with the "NATO not one inch to the east" BS

but they were trying to get Gorby to agree to the screwing
Posted by: sofasaver
-----------

James Baker is a son-of-a-bitch

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 09:36 PM (Cm8rh)

258 No... was it Porsche?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:33 PM (zZu0s)
—-

You can get a stick in the 718 (production ends this year) and certain 911 models including the GT3. For now. Inspect the new 994 designation 911 (to be launched in 3-4 years) to be PDK only (no stick).

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 09:36 PM (mPBuU)

259 It was a home invasion. She hid in closet with baby and blasted Shelby in the head when he entered the room DRT.

Shelby ws an aspiring rapper and soon to be astronaut.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 08:32

Sounds like part of his head went orbital.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:36 PM (snZF9)

260 KT it's pretty hard to connect movement of military equipment with impending operations. Lots of stuff moves around at various times for various reasons.

Miramar has been very busy and noisy (F-35s much louder than F-18s) for about 2 weeks. Most likely possibility is squadron about to deploy to Oki or on a carrier. Or nothing like that at all - just training.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2025 09:37 PM (U/Byj)

261 brb, gotta drop a Shelby Hurd

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 09:38 PM (gKWVE)

262 Black Cat Appreciation Day.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I thought someone said that was yesterday.

Our old Ony cat says it's okay, every day is Black Cat Appreciation Day around here.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's a wonderful life at August 18, 2025 09:38 PM (Ks5VZ)

263 You can still buy a stick in a frigging Cadillac. Paddle shifters are ok but they aren't nearly as engaging as driving a car with 3 pedals.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:39 PM (viF8m)

264 I don't understand them phasing out manual transmissions. Frigging stupid.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:40 PM (snZF9)

265 In places with weather, or for off-road, I damn sure would prefer a stick. Always liked them anyway. As is common for some time now, was shocked when I heard they had become rare (such is my isolation from all kinds of things, self-imposed of course). Where I am now, meh. But still.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2025 09:42 PM (U/Byj)

266 I've been emailing back and forth with Proton help.
Belatedly it has become apparent that their help desk is AI.
Obvious when asked for the business relationship to be terminated and it relayed that it did not understand.
It's either AI or Indians, either way it sucks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 09:42 PM (Cm8rh)

267 Anybody else having page loading problems?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Comments pages have been slow loading all day. Main page not so much.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's a wonderful life at August 18, 2025 09:44 PM (Ks5VZ)

268 I don't understand them phasing out manual transmissions. Frigging stupid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:40 PM (snZF9)

The kids aren't learning as a matter of course. So, as people die off who unde re stand and love the mysterious ways of a clutch...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

269 Itinerant Alley Butcher -- What's DRT?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 18, 2025 09:46 PM (XMwZJ)

270 I don't mind driving manuals, but when you are are at a stoplight, going uphill, in snow, nobody is on the same page. Automatics, they pretty much fail at the same rate on those slopes, people can make way. Our Mustang was barely able to stay stable, never mind climb from a full stop.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 18, 2025 09:47 PM (vV6n9)

271 I don't understand them phasing out manual transmissions. Frigging stupid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:40 PM (snZF9)

The kids aren't learning as a matter of course. So, as people die off who unde re stand and love the mysterious ways of a clutch...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

Mindless frigging zombies.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 09:48 PM (snZF9)

272
They can't shift gears and text at the same time.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 09:49 PM (3ek7K)

273 I don't understand them phasing out manual transmissions. Frigging stupid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Reduces assembly line infrastructure and labor costs. See my post above regarding accountants and societal collapse.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 09:49 PM (tyHPG)

274 Itinerant Alley Butcher -- What's DRT?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Dead Right There

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 09:50 PM (X98Jy)

275 It's more that when my buds and me were driving our first cars, they were beat-up manuals, so every automatic was more efficient than ours. Couldn't afford the "Next-Gen" transmission for starter cars in New England.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 18, 2025 09:51 PM (vV6n9)

276 Oh, another earworm:

18 and Life by Skid Row

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:51 PM (zZu0s)

277 I love my manual transmission Nissan Frontier. My wife hates it, even though she knows how to drive it. She simply does not like the effort.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 09:51 PM (0aYVJ)

278 I actually prefer an automatic for heavy duty off-roading. It can be hard to modulate the torque level between "no move" and "spin the wheels" with a clutch, and if you do manage it, you do so at the expense of clutch life.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 09:52 PM (F6+9F)

279 I had a bumper to bumper start and stop last week that lasted for about an hour. Not pleasant with a clutch.

Otoh, not going to buy my car based on that outlier.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:54 PM (zZu0s)

280 I learned to drive a stick driving to Alaska with my buddy, who had a Mazda B2000, 4-speed manual. Also, it had a dying battery, so every morning we had to push-start it.

It's amazing how dumb 20 year old guys are. But, we made it.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 09:55 PM (0aYVJ)

281 Dumb? That's the stuff of epic stories.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 09:55 PM (zZu0s)

282 When I drove a stick on long trips, I always liked my left leg having something to do.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 09:56 PM (gKDq2)

283 So, MSNBC goes all in on feminism.
I mean MS and NOW

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:00 PM (GITLP)

284 We made a point of teaching our sons to drive a stick. I had an Elantra with manual. Both sons have cars with manual.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 10:02 PM (0aYVJ)

285 NOOD DOOFY ONT awaits you at
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=416134

Posted by: mindful webworker - not first, just next at August 18, 2025 10:04 PM (Ks5VZ)

286 Had a 100cc dirt bike when I was kid. Never drove a stick in a car though. A couple years out of high school I had to make a parts run for the boss. He gave me the keys for a crappy little Isuzu pick-up (or whatever it was). Told him never drove a stick before, he told told me clutch is that peddle and the shot pattern...

Took off running it through the gears like it was a 100cc dirt bike.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 10:06 PM (/lPRQ)

287 My Jetta has a 5 speed manual. I could leave it running in downtown DC and I am sure no one would take it.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 18, 2025 10:08 PM (ycs3a)

288 You make my day, every day, with awesome animals and criminal beat downs. Thank you!!

Posted by: No Longer a Lurker at August 19, 2025 09:30 AM (JKmIm)

289 Jesus only had twelve disciples. How come that church robber got twenty-seven?

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at August 19, 2025 01:08 PM (R1cNP)

MSNBC Rebrands Itself "MS NOW," Which Stands for, Stupidly, "My Source for News Opinion World"

Somehow I'm thinking that they just decided to call themselves "MS NOW" and worked out what those letters could stand for later.

Even basket-case propaganda network NBC is embarrassed by the association with MSNBC and wants them to change their name.

Tater claims that MSBNC is doin' great!

an Stelter
@brianstelter
As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping the "NBC" from its name: Later this year, it will become MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion, and the World.
MSNBC -- excuse me, MS NOW! -- has been on a hiring spree of late, out of necessity, scooping up dozens of journalists for a new newsroom that will compete with NBC News, along with countless other outlets. (And I hear there are even more new hires that have yet to be announced.)

Maybe he needs to believe that "MS NOW" is doin' great and hiring lots of journalists because he has to believe that CNN has a future, too.

Tater, I'll make you a bet. If I win, you pay me a thousand dollars. If you win, I buy you five (5) McDonald's apple pies. I bet you that by January next year, after the post-Christmas layoffs, "MS NOW" has at least 100 fewer employees than it does now. What do you think, Tater? Are we on?

See, dying companies shed staff, they don't increase staff.

PBS probably thinks this is all great for leftwing propaganda media, too.

Television's MSNBC news network is changing its name to My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short, as part of its corporate divorce from NBC.
The network, which appeals to liberal audiences with a stable of personalities including Rachel Maddow, Ari Melber and Nicole Wallace, has been building its own separate news division from NBC News. It will also remove NBC's peacock symbol from its logo as part of the change, which will take effect later this year.
READ MORE: NBC's Lester Holt to step down as 'Nightly News' anchor after a decade
The name change was ordered by NBC Universal, which last November spun off cable networks USA, CNBC, MSNBC, E! Entertainment, Oxygen and the Golf Channel into its own company, called Versant. None of the other networks are changing their name.
MSNBC got its name upon its formation in 1996, as a partnership then between Microsoft and NBC.
Name changes always carry an inherent risk, and MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler said that for employees, it is hard to imagine the network under a different name. "This was not a decision that was made quickly or without significant debate," she said in a memo to staff.
"During this time of transition, NBC Universal decided that our brand requires a new, separate identity," she said. "This decision now allows us to set our own course and assert our indepedence as we continue to build our own modern newsgathering organization."
Still, it's noteworthy that the business channel CNBC is leaving "NBC" in its name. MSNBC argues that CNBC has always maintained a greater separation and, with its business focus, is less likely to cover many of the same topics.

Whoops! A little admission slipped by there. NBC doesn't want MSNBC associated with them, but they don't mind at all if CNBC continues using the "NBC" acronym.

Apparently they thought of different letters for that backtronym.

CNBC will retain its initials, which stand for "Consumer News and Business Channel," but will be accompanied by a new logo without the peacock when the separation is complete, which is expected by the end of the year.

Bonus:

🚨 LMAO! Federal agents are ROASTING leftists who are harassing cops on the streets of DC

FAT LEFTIST: “You can choose to be something else!”

AGENT: “And you can choose to eat a salad!”

INCREDIBLE 🤣🔥 pic.twitter.com/LdLolPv0FD
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 17, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 06:48 PM

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1 hahahahahah!!! that should solve all their problems !
😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (g47mK)

2 REAL FIST!!!! (unlike that fake First person)

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 06:50 PM (g47mK)

3 or First - traditional spelling

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 06:50 PM (g47mK)

4 MS "opinion" news.

At least they are sort of being honest now.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 06:50 PM (0N4FZ)

5 MS WHO ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (tA1/w)

6 P-MS , lol

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (g47mK)

7 More Shit. Now!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (5+Y60)

8 ahahahah

You could choose to eat a salad.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (NtVYv)

9 If Trump loved us, he'd bring back the Original McDonald's Apple Pie / Eggroll.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (Z1dZR)

10 I rebranded them MSNBCTURNITTHEFUCKOFF 20 years ago.

Posted by: Old Fart Boomer at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (R/m4+)

11 NEVER call it 'Mrs NOW', or it'll give you such a slap!

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (8mLBT)

12 H/T Sarah Huckabee: No One Watches

My Source (that) No One Watches

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (krQz2)

13
"Leela" on Futurama:

Would?

Would Not?

I mean in real-life, would you want a cyclops-mutant girlfriend? She looks great from the nose down.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (dO7us)

14 MS NOW sounds like a lefty militant lesbian (but I repeat myself) organization.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

15 PMS NOW!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (MGB5H)

16 They can call it whatever they want, but it will still be the same schlock.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (79pEw)

17 I have a great idea.

They should open a grocery store!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (RIvkX)

18 You can no longer put DNC in it.

That's why they changed it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (krQz2)

19 MS NOW

"Misleading Stories, News Overtly Warped"

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 06:53 PM (cYBz/)

20 MS NOW - News you can use, from the National Organization of Women!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2025 06:53 PM (S/Y4j)

21 You can choose to eat a salad. That's good. Also, racist.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 06:53 PM (Riz8t)

22 News
Opinion
World

Its like they rolled dice that had words on it and went with the first roll. Because that's a stupid slogan!

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 06:53 PM (TN0g+)

23 Still better than the albino porcupine woman in the Orville

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 06:53 PM (Skc+N)

24 PMS NOW!
Posted by: BruceWayne

Winner. Close the thread.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (mlg/3)

25 You have the right to eat a salad....

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (krQz2)

26 Leela" on Futurama:

Would?

Would Not?

I mean in real-life, would you want a cyclops-mutant girlfriend? She looks great from the nose down.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (dO7us)

A bag with a hole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (5+Y60)

27 [i[If Trump loved us, he'd bring back the Original McDonald's Apple Pie / Eggroll.

And fries made in beef tallow. And ice cream machines that work.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (3Ope8)

28 Gorbachev sings Tractors: Turnip: Buttocks!

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (0aYVJ)

29 Did we know Ace would talk about this today?

¡Sí lo hicimos!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (0sNs1)

30 All of you Morons making the connection with NOW are hitting the nail on the head. Ha.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (79pEw)

31 >>You can choose to eat a salad. That's good. Also, racist.

True. She probably lives in a Food Desert.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (Z1dZR)

32 Notably Obvious Wankers

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (Skc+N)

33 Danger to self
Danger to others
Gravely disabled

You be the judge

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2025 06:54 PM (YlWIZ)

34 I hope their network techs are standing by, ready to scale up resources when this goes viral and they're deluged by traffic. That's the risk you take with this kind of bold marketing gambit.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:55 PM (8mLBT)

35 Is that Miss or Mrs? It's MS!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2025 06:55 PM (wBaIH)

36 Marxism stories Now

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 06:55 PM (+qU29)

37 Wait. I thought people should have "their own" information source?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:55 PM (krQz2)

38 The vid is spot on - the DC area is fat. Period.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:55 PM (tubbA)

39 Did we know Ace would talk about this today?

¡Sí lo hicimos!

Si, lo sabiamos?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM (Riz8t)

40 MS NOW is the website for a Korean snowmobile company.
I expect hilarity to ensue.
Plus, lawsuits. Lots of lawsuits.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM (evHzE)

41 The pairing we've all been waiting for - Ms magazine + NOW.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM (79pEw)

42 "Manipulated Stories, News Obscures Wisdom"

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM (cYBz/)

43 The best thing we can do is ignore them. Don't even mention the lunatics.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM (vFG9F)

44 Did anyone identify the orange handbag in the previous thread vid?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM (tubbA)

45 Connery : I'll take PMS NOW for a $1000 Trebek

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM (O3XOV)

46 Is that Miss or Mrs? It's MS!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

It's MA'AM!

Posted by: Long haired dude at Game Stop at August 18, 2025 06:57 PM (ftFVW)

47
"Chiana" from Farscape?

Would you marry a grey girl?

Or "Zahn," the blue bitch, who is a plant?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:57 PM (dO7us)

48 Just spitballing here, but if one of them decided to compete with FOX by delivering accurate uneditorialized news; it would be a winner.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 06:57 PM (Cm8rh)

49 SDA has a link that claims the MSNOW website belongs to a Korean snow mobile outfit.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 06:57 PM (28cZF)

50
What do we want? MS!

When do we want it? NOW!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:57 PM (kkTda)

51 "What's a salad?"

"Ensalata, puta."

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 06:58 PM (1Gsou)

52 Off-Topic but media related!

Looks like this is going to continue being a good horror movie year:

Dog VS Ghost!

"Good Boy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-CRkd_74g&t=94s

New movie from writer director of "The Monkey" and "Longlegs". Very Creepy looking.

"Keeper"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IosOC-a2msY

"Weapons" is great too. If you haven't seen it.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 06:58 PM (iJfKG)

53 The pace at which the left is imploding is impressive.

Things fall apart, the center cannot hold.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 06:58 PM (viF8m)

54 Why it matters: News
Go deeper: Opinion
Drill down: World

Posted by: Axios NOW at August 18, 2025 06:58 PM (8mLBT)

55 MS NOW (No One Watching)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 06:58 PM (sAmhv)

56 Si, lo sabiamos?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM

I think that works, as well. If only Chuy were around to assist us.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 06:59 PM (0sNs1)

57 New Opinion World

sounds like the most boring and annoying theme park imaginable.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:59 PM (krQz2)

58 What do we want? MS!

When do we want it? NOW!
-------

*golf clap*

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 06:59 PM (TN0g+)

59 @47 Zahn was pretty in real life. Played the hot girl in The Road Warrior . Virginia Hey

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM (O3XOV)

60 And fries made in beef tallow. And ice cream machines that work.

The ice cream machines at McDonald’s have never worked!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM (ZVgZ4)

61 It describes their aim: MISS NOW

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM (krQz2)

62 Re-branding? That'll fix things!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM (IKyq4)

63 NOW: Nihilistic, onanistic wimps

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM (Riz8t)

64 The dude who was killed on my block in Queens was done for a 15$ debt to his crack dealer. Cops know who the killer is but he is an illegal.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM (28cZF)

65 How many modern-day outfits ever successfully rebranded?

EXXON. Was Standard Oil of New Jersey.
And other oil corporations. Chevron, for example. Was Standard Oil of California.
Others? None I can think of at this moment. Oops - VISA and MasterCard. They were BankAmericard and MasterCharge.

But none of the ones I listed were struggling to survive when they rebranded.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM (aBgBM)

66 You all know you wanted Jadzia Dax on Deep Space Nine. At least you didn't have to see the hideous slug living inside her.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM (ftFVW)

67
Our company merged with another and there was a contest for employees to come up with a new name (my suggestion was "Elvis").

In the end they paid some consultant for the new name, which was the names of the two companies in one word. I could have done that for half.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:01 PM (kkTda)

68 News Opinion World.

Come for the gaslight balloons and Kool-Aid.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:01 PM (krQz2)

69 It describes their aim: MISS NOW
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM

If only they grokked the importance of Fundamentals.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:01 PM (0sNs1)

70 MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World) might has well have been named MySpace II. How long before the cable money dries up? 6 months after the sale?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 07:01 PM (9vYpt)

71 MS NOW (No One Watching)
Posted by: Puddleglum

Nonstop Orwellian Wankery

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (DgGvY)

72 >>You all know you wanted Jadzia Dax on Deep Space Nine.

She was the one with the spots, right?

Her head looked like Sugar Smacks.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (Z1dZR)

73
Nasty
Offal
Waffles

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (0aYVJ)

74 I do worry so about the fate that firebrand Rachel Maddow may encounter...going for..uh...ward.

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (8uzBS)

75
If you were on the Enterprise, would you try to smash this alien chick?

https://is.gd/cRGO9C

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (dO7us)

76 You can no longer put DNC in it.

That's why they changed it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (krQz2)

Just as X will always be Twitter, MSNOW will always be MSNBC or MSDNC in derision. Let them take offense and invite a rebuttal.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (i24o9)

77 >>In the end they paid some consultant for the new name, which was the names of the two companies in one word.

You don't like Moland Springs?

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM (Z1dZR)

78
It describes their aim: MISS NOW
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM

________

Miss May >>>> Miss Now

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM (kkTda)

79 News Opinion World.... all opinion, all the time, about the news?

OK then.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM (mP0Kj)

80
Her head looked like Sugar Smacks.
Posted by: garrett

Apt.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM (dO7us)

81 MS NOW evening show surprise smash hit: "Drop The Hammer", with Lawrence O'Donnell.

Posted by: Axios NOW at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM (8mLBT)

82 I think MS NIZZ would be better.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM (kTd/k)

83 73
Nasty
Offal
Waffles
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (0aYVJ)

I was told that without W, Waffles would be just awful.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (1Gsou)

84 78
It describes their aim: MISS NOW
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:00 PM

________

Miss May >>>> Miss Now
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM (kkTda)

Ellie May, swimmin Naked in the Cement Pond?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (mP0Kj)

85 13
"Leela" on Futurama:

Would?

Would Not?

I mean in real-life, would you want a cyclops-mutant girlfriend? She looks great from the nose down.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (dO7us)

Giant gloppy eye-boogers would be a turn off.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (iJfKG)

86 MS NOW (No One Watching)
Posted by: Puddleglum

Nonstop Orwellian Wankery

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (DgGvY)

Nasty Old Women.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (i24o9)

87 Miss May >>>> Miss Now
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM

Which stardate?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (0sNs1)

88
Nobody told these shitheads that "NOW" is already a Democrat-left wing brand?

National Organization of Women

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (dO7us)

89 "Leela" on Futurama:

Would?

Would Not?

I mean in real-life, would you want a cyclops-mutant girlfriend? She looks great from the nose down.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (dO7us)

Giant gloppy eye-boogers would be a turn off.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (iJfKG)

She has . . . eye?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (i24o9)

90 this was the bestest LOL story of the day, hands down;
no wonder Ace saved it for last.

- as an aside, who else here remembers when the "ms" in their name stood for microsoft ? microsoft/nbc.

i think the logo was ms/nbc in the early years;

that's it, innit? anybody?

most of my external life has been . an op .
...
still evaluating this.

*******
*****************
*****!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (ppG5b)

91 >>If you were on the Enterprise, would you try to smash this alien chick?

https://is.gd/cRGO9C

What are you, a Furry?

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (Z1dZR)

92 Was surprised a decades old Democracy Now woman is still around and still a Marxist. Use to seen it on cable channels

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (+qU29)

93 Major Stupidity Now.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 07:05 PM (snZF9)

94 MS NOW? News, Opinion, World, huh? Just be honest and call yourself MS OOO. Opinion, opinion, opinion. Because there's "news" involved here.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 07:05 PM (qBdHI)

95 When someone figures out it could mean:

Mississippi Now

It could shoot flames out of ears.

Personally I like it, being a MS girl (ok, old hag).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 07:05 PM (6PCLE)

96 Some of the folks on MSDNC need to be reminded to breathe once in a while. I doubt changing the name will make any of them any more intelligent or self-reflective.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 07:05 PM (1Gsou)

97 Major Stupidity Now.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 07:05 PM (snZF9)
---
There we go:

Major Stupidity No One Watches.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:06 PM (krQz2)

98 I can see exactly where this is leading:
Bud Lite -> Bud NOW
USAID -> USAID NOW
DEI -> DEI Right Fucking NOW

Posted by: Axios NOW at August 18, 2025 07:06 PM (8mLBT)

99
MS NO
Am I missing anything?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 07:06 PM (UjdFS)

100 What are you, a Furry?
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM

You say that like it's a Bad Thing.

Posted by: Beto at August 18, 2025 07:06 PM (0sNs1)

101 Nasty Old Women.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (i24o9)

I'd say Nasty Old Wankers probably sums it up.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 07:06 PM (1Gsou)

102 It reminds me of the gun control lobby, which pretends to be a pillar of morality that almost everyone loves and agrees with, and curiously feels the need to change its name and move to a new city every six months.

Posted by: DaveL at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM (9w232)

103 Why are they wishing multiple sclerosis on everyone?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM (UjdFS)

104 News Opinion World

With the world's new scariest ride:

The Ratings Dive.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM (krQz2)

105 If they picked up The View, they should have gone with MOO News

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM (S/Y4j)

106 Bluebell!
I can’t believe that JackStraw subjected you to the terrorist zone known as Newport!
I hope you had your shiv with you.

Posted by: RI Red at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM (UDARB)

107 Oops - VISA and MasterCard. They were BankAmericard and MasterCharge.

But none of the ones I listed were struggling to survive when they rebranded.
Posted by: Gref
------------------

Every bankcard I had over 29 years was ultimately bought by VISA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM (Cm8rh)

108
I think I made my point.

Some like to point out Sydney Sweeney's flaws, but the same doods will spank one out to "B'elana Torres" who has a head like a walnut.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM (dO7us)

109 I'll try it on for size. For one thing, it shows that I'm punctual.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 07:08 PM (8mLBT)

110 It's dead, Jim.

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 07:08 PM (7Kd+r)

111
A bag with a hole.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory,
----------
Works for me.

Posted by: John Merrick at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (vlkaB)

112 Why are they wishing multiple sclerosis on everyone?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM (UjdFS)
---
Because that's what they want. And when they want it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (krQz2)

113 If you were on the Enterprise, would you try to smash this alien chick?

https://is.gd/cRGO9C
Posted by: Soothsayer

She must have a HUGE litter box.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (ftFVW)

114 New Opinion World

sounds like the most boring and annoying theme park imaginable.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:59 PM (krQz2)

Westworld >> Futureworld >> News Opinion World

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (wVcYX)

115 King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, "Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea." Never got a dinner!

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (TN0g+)

116 it matches the voices in their heads,

honestly why not change the acronym after all, like they did with exxon,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (bXbFr)

117 >>Some like to point out Sydney Sweeney's flaws

Her elbows ARE extremely sharp for a girl of her age.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (Z1dZR)

118 @bennyjohnson . 1h

. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announces a woman traveling from New York to DC was arrested while plotting to assassinate President Trump

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (Cm8rh)

119 Just call it Kittens.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (BgG0R)

120
She must have a HUGE litter box.
Posted by: She Hobbit

and Six nipples!

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (dO7us)

121 MS NOW is the website for a Korean snowmobile company.
I expect hilarity to ensue.
Plus, lawsuits. Lots of lawsuits.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at August 18, 2025 06:56 PM (evHzE)

MS NOW does have that air of stupid names made up by Chinese companies on Amazon. NICPOW. ARTSEA. SOOMFON.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (144I4)

122 The first time a Trill appeared on TNG a male Trill died . Crusher had the hots for him. The replacement host was a good looking MILFY female Trill. Hoping for hot human - alien lesbian action but Beverly couldn't handle it. TNG was such a disappointment

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (O3XOV)

123 >> US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announces a woman traveling from New York to DC was arrested while plotting to assassinate President Trump

A Woman. Or, a 'Woman'.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (Z1dZR)

124 To be NOW is to be present in the moment, unburdened by the past and future, a perfect state of mindfulness.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (8mLBT)

125 like something the geico cavemen would say

new, opinion world, (ex squeeze me)

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (bXbFr)

126 That's Not Funny.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:11 PM (u82oZ)

127 >>Bluebell!
I can’t believe that JackStraw subjected you to the terrorist zone known as Newport!
I hope you had your shiv with you.

Why do you think I took her there? Bodyguard.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 07:11 PM (viF8m)

128 To be NOW is to be present in the moment, unburdened by the past and future, a perfect state of mindfulness.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (8mLBT)
---
There must be a Venn diagram we can engage to demonstrate this.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:11 PM (krQz2)

129

BUT SHE'S AN AG! SHE'S AN AG!

You gotta watch the whole thing. Those two drunk cunts deserved a lot more physical effort than those cops gave them.

Ive seen lesser offenders get their asses totally kicked.

It's still pretty good.

Nothing worse than an east coast libtard.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at August 18, 2025 07:11 PM (et1vG)

130 87 Miss May >>>> Miss Now
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:03 PM

Which stardate?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 18, 2025 07:04 PM (0sNs1)

Did you ever smash Ashley Judd, or did you just go back to your room and pull your pudd ???

Posted by: browndog sporting a red rocket at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (TTAGa)

131 like itchy and scratchy land,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (bXbFr)

132
The "Rhode Island AWFLS Gone Wild" story is getting better and better. The "I'm an AGeeeee!" AWFL's bestie there, the one who pitched the conniption fit as she was thrown in the cop car is, get this, a senior executive with Pepsi Co in NYC.

Here is her LinkedIn page. Check it out before she scrubs it, which I'm sure she will soon:
https://tinyurl.com/y7rpkwfa

She is Veronica Hannan, and is a Senior Manager for Data and AI Product Management. She bills herself as a champion for Diversity in STEM and passionate about women in technology.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (w6EFb)

133 "96 Some of the folks on MSDNC need to be reminded to breathe once in a while. I doubt changing the name will make any of them any more intelligent or self-reflective.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 07:05 PM (1Gsou) "

the vagus nerve is spozed to do that. remind us to breathe.

but I get what you're saying there ... just a sorta medschool twitch brought to life.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (ppG5b)

134 Some like to point out Sydney Sweeney's flaws, but the same doods will spank one out to "B'elana Torres" who has a head like a walnut.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 07:07 PM

I'm not going to ask how and why you have such specific knowledge of this.

Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (0sNs1)

135 I just realized: NOW is the new brat.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (8mLBT)

136
MS NOW?

More like MS MADCOW, with the 5-head lesbian on board.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (lpOLo)

137 MSNBC and CNN still exist?

Huh.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (U/Byj)

138 Moses, who said to the children of Israel, "Wear your galoshes; I never did this trick before." Never got a dinner!

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (TN0g+)

139 @Breaking911 . 2h

Police in Kentucky say Stephanie Carlquist poured salt into the engine of her ex-boyfriend’s car, glitter in the AC vent, slashed a tire, cracked the windshield, cracked the rearview mirror & shattered the car’s radio screen.

She apologized & told him she was “stressed out.”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (Cm8rh)

140 It is kinda interesting watching the left think the tactics of social conformity and in-group acceptance will work on everyone else merely because that's what works on them.

I mean, do they really think shouts of "shame" will cause someone who isn't a leftist to change?

Yeah buddy, your mean words (why do you have to be so mean) are really gonna sway the guy who just snagged a $50k signing bonus and job security for the next 7 years.

Go back to your one-room, 40 watt bulb, shared apartment and console your cat over a shared bowl of raman that you are better than him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (tlI68)

141 News Opinion: This news channel is going to suck.

I'm expecting more that 100 layoffs. I'm expecting CNN+.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (krQz2)

142
Would you seriously get into a relationship with a girl with pointed ears and emotionless like doug emhoff's ugly daughter? Like "T'Pau" from Star Wars Enterprise?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM (dO7us)

143 The first time a Trill appeared on TNG a male Trill died . Crusher had the hots for him. The replacement host was a good looking MILFY female Trill. Hoping for hot human - alien lesbian action but Beverly couldn't handle it. TNG was such a disappointment

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (O3XOV)

The way TNG was sliding towards woke I'm surprised they didn't do the lesbian thing and use Wesley as a dildo.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 07:13 PM (snZF9)

144 Pay attention to me!

NOW!!!!!

Posted by: MSNOW at August 18, 2025 07:13 PM (ULPxl)

145 JS, I was going to comment about glorious Newport earlier. But it was nap time.
I believe I consumed one or two adult beverages there. But no negative interactions with the PD.

Posted by: RI Red at August 18, 2025 07:14 PM (UDARB)

146 - Trump considers legalizing marijuana
- Trump considers boots on the ground in Ukraine

Okay, who's blowing up these trial balloons? Hillary? Pence?

Knock it off!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 18, 2025 07:14 PM (PQOq3)

147 Ms. Now demands to speak to the manager.

Ms. Now wants you to know who she is, she's an AG.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 07:14 PM (tlI68)

148 She is Veronica Hannan, and is a Senior Manager for Data and AI Product Management. She bills herself as a champion for Diversity in STEM and passionate about women in technology.

But naturally, not enough to actually take any STEM courses.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 07:15 PM (Riz8t)

149 Telling a lefty to eat a salad isn't an insult to them. They're obsessed with the Fartbox.

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 07:15 PM (7Kd+r)

150 @Breaking911 . 2h

Police in Kentucky say Stephanie Carlquist poured salt into the engine of her ex-boyfriend’s car, glitter in the AC vent, slashed a tire, cracked the windshield, cracked the rearview mirror & shattered the car’s radio screen.

She apologized & told him she was “stressed out.”

==

She took Carrie Underwood's song to heart.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 07:15 PM (qBdHI)

151
OUT: Serenity NOW!
IN: Multiple Sclerosis NOW!

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 07:15 PM (dBxkv)

152 use Wesley as a dildo.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 07:13 PM

A what?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 18, 2025 07:15 PM (0sNs1)

153 Msnow, msnow.

-a cat with a speech impediment

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 07:15 PM (LHPAg)

154 We've missed the real reason for the rebranding to MS NOW.

NOW is the National Organization for Women.

I think MS NOW was chosen as the new brand name to cater to their audience base. Crazy Leftist women (BIRM), and beta males.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 07:16 PM (aBgBM)

155 Idiotic.

Certain they aren't going Ms. NOW (National Organization for Women)? Sounds like a way to reel in very low info. voters who like shiny things.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 07:16 PM (NFX2v)

156 Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

157 150 @Breaking911 . 2h

Police in Kentucky say Stephanie Carlquist poured salt into the engine of her ex-boyfriend’s car, glitter in the AC vent....

I stopped at her having glitter available.

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM (7Kd+r)

158 Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM (0sNs1)
----
SHHH!

Don't tell my cat Penny. She'll expect a treat.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM (IBQGV)

159 Reminds me of Obama's signature icon. Will he sue?

Posted by: KT at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM (7vIsy)

160 they had melinda culea, (who was the gal on the a team) in one of these non binary worlds,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM (bXbFr)

161 MS NOW

Misfits, Screwballs , Nuts, O --- , Whiners

I couldn't think of any Noun for O. Admittedly I gave up pretty fast.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (EYmYM)

162 I really do wonder how unaccomplished and swaddled in comfort your life has to be where you derive meaning and worth from pretending that the United States of America is a fascist country.

A country that lets you scream and yell at its law enforcement to your heart's content without any retribution (so long as you don't assault them).

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (tlI68)

163 "Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day.
Posted by: Duncanthrax"

*lights and throws firecracker*

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (vFG9F)

164 use Wesley as a dildo.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 07:13 PM

A what?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Good point. Everyone knows Wesley is a sandy vagina.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (ftFVW)

165 Horde Mind!

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (aBgBM)

166 >>>Our company merged with another and there was a contest for employees to come up with a new name (my suggestion was "Elvis").

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Ok that reminds me, way back in the 90's the company I worked at had a safety program called ELFIS. Every Little Finger Is Special. It was a cartoon hand, kind of like Hamburger Helper, but kind of looked like Elvis of course.

This was before graphics programs on the computer were widely available, so I took one of the paper flyers and using whiteout and whatnot, I made all of the fingers to look like they were cut off, with the bones sticking out, and blood dripping and pooling up.

Every Little Finger Is Severed.

Sadly, that is one of my professional peaks. But me and some guys that used to work there still laugh about it.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (144I4)

167 Multiple Sclerosis Now!

Posted by: Healthy Attention Whores of New Britain at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (qUkBO)

168 161 I couldn't think of any Noun for O. Admittedly I gave up pretty fast.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (EYmYM)

Onanists ?

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (7Kd+r)

169 Police in Kentucky say Stephanie Carlquist poured salt into the engine of her ex-boyfriend’s car, glitter in the AC vent, slashed a tire, cracked the windshield, cracked the rearview mirror & shattered the car’s radio screen.
--------

Go ahead, google her picture. I can think of a couple of reasons there will be no shortage of guys who believe they can fix her.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (TN0g+)

170 >> AGENT: “And you can choose to eat a salad!”

Or speak proper English. Or get a job.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2025 07:19 PM (YwNtq)

171 >>JS, I was going to comment about glorious Newport earlier. But it was nap time.
I believe I consumed one or two adult beverages there. But no negative interactions with the PD.

I kept a low profile. As you know the place has become a lot more upscale over the last decade or so and the tolerance for what used to be pretty common has gone way down.

Next time you're in the area I'll take you to a new spot on this part of the Bay. I think you will like it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 07:19 PM (viF8m)

172 154. On my! We both had the same thought!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 07:19 PM (NFX2v)

173 Okay .

Obama knob slobberers

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 07:19 PM (EYmYM)

174 All this talk about security guarantees as a major component of a Uke-Rus peace deal is starting to reek of the EU shits expecting the US to supply the money and the muscle. F' that. Let the EU pay for this in treasure and blood. Time for them to stick their dick into something other than their boyfriends.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 07:19 PM (9vYpt)

175 Duncanthrax has a black kitty rescue story.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:20 PM (dxWFK)

176 Somehow I'm thinking that they just decided to call themselves "MS NOW" and worked out what those letters could stand for later.

Maria Hill: What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for, Agent Ward?
Grant Ward: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
Hill: And what does that mean to you?
Ward: It means someone really wanted our initials to spell out "shield."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 07:20 PM (dfIr7)

177 161 MS NOW

Misfits, Screwballs , Nuts, O --- , Whiners

I couldn't think of any Noun for O. Admittedly I gave up pretty fast.
___

Oddballz

Posted by: Ms. Nyow at August 18, 2025 07:20 PM (qUkBO)

178 I'm trying to think what she looks like,

but there is the hot/crazy matrix,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 07:20 PM (bXbFr)

179 MS NOW is the same as MSNBC only all the stories are told with bird hands NOW!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2025 07:21 PM (ZVgZ4)

180 "the company I worked at had a safety program called ELFIS"

I worked in a shop where the ashtrays had a cartoon mascot painted on them, named Mr Butt Snuffer.

Posted by: gp NOW at August 18, 2025 07:21 PM (8mLBT)

181 From Guttfield's "Must Sell Network By Christmas" we now have Must Sell, No One Wants

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 07:21 PM (tlI68)

182 bluebell is never without a shiv.
this is known.
the essence, the inner secret doctrines of shivness tells us "never ever ever" be without a shiv.

not even to mention Gibbs' Rules. (#9, I think)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 07:21 PM (ppG5b)

183 istr the logo being around long before the building, but it's still funny:
https://shorturl.at/2Ppbe

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 18, 2025 07:21 PM (ULPxl)

184 We should guarantee Russia our troops against NATO.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (oERdd)

185 CNBC will retain its initials, which stand for "Consumer News and Business Channel," but will be accompanied by a new logo without the peacock when the separation is complete, which is expected by the end of the year.

Getting rid of the peacock. And so close to pride month, too.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (LHPAg)

186 You can call it any acronym you want, give out free blow jobs, and charge a dollar for a Cleveland Steamer, nobody is going to watch it.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (pcNL9)

187 Oddballz
Posted by: Ms. Nyow at August 18, 2025 07:20 PM (qUkBO)

Damn that snake would have bit me.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (EYmYM)

188 She is Veronica Hannan, and is a Senior Manager for Data and AI Product Management. She bills herself as a champion for Diversity in STEM and passionate about women in technology.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 07:12 PM

She is not one to be trifled with!

"Hannan slipped out of her handcuffs, kicked and screamed, and even growled and hissed at officers in front of a growing public crowd."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (0sNs1)

189 JS - East Bay, West Bay, or a certain island in the middle?

Posted by: RI Red at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (UDARB)

190 Right smack in the middle.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (viF8m)

191 I heard MS Now was picked because Harvard was in use.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 07:23 PM (9vYpt)

192 George W. Bush, who said to Pope John Paul II, "Give us a visit, and bring the missus." Never got a dinner!

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 07:23 PM (TN0g+)

193 That icon looks like the type that companies pay big bucks for someone to design, no matter how stupid they turn out.

Posted by: KT at August 18, 2025 07:23 PM (7vIsy)

194 >>> 184 We should guarantee Russia our troops against NATO.
Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (oERdd)

Odds there's a joint US-RUS invasion of the UK to take nucular weapons away from the new caliphate, within 10 years?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 18, 2025 07:23 PM (ULPxl)

195 I couldn't think of any Noun for O. Admittedly I gave up pretty fast.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (EYmYM)

Onanists ?

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 07:18 PM (7Kd+r)

Toobin is at CNN.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:23 PM (i24o9)

196 108
I think I made my point.

Some like to point out Sydney Sweeney's flaws, but the same doods will spank one out to "B'elana Torres" who has a head like a walnut.

For those that are hung up on Sydney's face, maybe check the internet; there are ways around that if it bothers you that much. Or just put on some Whiskey glasses. Me, her more average face makes me like her more.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 07:24 PM (cHLus)

197 Terry Farrell Dax or Nicole deBoer Dax?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 18, 2025 07:24 PM (PiwSw)

198 So its Now, what was it before, just regenerated news?

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 07:24 PM (+qU29)

199 One of the reasons to hook up with Russia and China is to crush islam.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 07:24 PM (oERdd)

200 She is not one to be trifled with!

"Hannan slipped out of her handcuffs, kicked and screamed, and even growled and hissed at officers in front of a growing public crowd."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:22 PM (0sNs1)

Why do you think dweeby white guy was trying to get a piece?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:25 PM (i24o9)

201 Okra

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 07:25 PM (rbvCR)

202 Duncanthrax has a black kitty rescue story.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:20 PM

She has gotten several additional treats, a brush, and extra pets/scritches to observe this momentous day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

203 Okra
Posted by: Kindltot

Even they wouldn't go that far.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 07:26 PM (ftFVW)

204 The most amazing technological advance about MS NOW is that they're able to place a cat in your home, a forced adoption, within a hour of watching.

The other is how they're able to reprogram your TV down to two channels: MS NOW and the Golden Girls Network. Premium users are allowed to add The View for no extra charge.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 07:26 PM (tlI68)

205 Police in Kentucky say Stephanie Carlquist poured salt into the engine of her ex-boyfriend’s car, glitter in the AC vent, slashed a tire, cracked the windshield, cracked the rearview mirror & shattered the car’s radio screen.
____________

From the NY Post article:

"The results were so extensive that the car was rendered totaled. The alleged one-woman hurricane of vengeance inflicted an estimated $12,464.96 worth of damage."

Also, she's pregnant.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 07:26 PM (XvL8K)

206 >> Why do you think dweeby white guy was trying to get a piece?

That apparently was her husband. I think. She lists herself as a proud mom of three.

If the soyboy was any kind of husband, he'd have been the one throwing her drunk/high hysterical ass in a car before the cops got there. Indeed, drug her out of the place before the whole thing escalated.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 07:27 PM (w6EFb)

207 Well, I’ll be a lot closer shortly. Going to another island to run the gas dock for the fall.
It’s great being retired!

Posted by: RI Red at August 18, 2025 07:27 PM (vjlSw)

208 They should call it MS HIT.

Posted by: Toad-0 at August 18, 2025 07:27 PM (8w9Md)

209
Any odds on how long she continues to be a senior manager at PepsiCo?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 07:28 PM (w6EFb)

210
She is Veronica Hannan, and is a Senior Manager for Data and AI Product Management.

________

So whose C-suite mistress is she?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:28 PM (kkTda)

211 yo

Posted by: sofasaver at August 18, 2025 07:28 PM (us2H3)

212 I don't give a shit what they call it. Never going to watch it.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:28 PM (dxWFK)

213 Oh, I wish Rush was alive! He'd have a field day with "Mizzzz Now!"

Posted by: pookysgirl, Rush Baby Forever at August 18, 2025 07:28 PM (Wt5PA)

214
Here are her skills, she claims on LinkedIn:

A results-oriented and driven product management, operations, and transformation strategy professional skilled in communicating with senior business leaders on complex data, analytics, and AI solutions. Decisive and solutions-focused business expert with extensive experience in implementation of advertising technology, including digital order management systems, ad servers, and CRMs. Excellent communicator with experience collaborating across cross-functional PepsiCo teams to drive delivery and operational efficiency.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (w6EFb)

215 >>Well, I’ll be a lot closer shortly. Going to another island to run the gas dock for the fall.
It’s great being retired!

Nice. Have a great time.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (viF8m)

216 122 The first time a Trill appeared on TNG a male Trill died . Crusher had the hots for him. The replacement host was a good looking MILFY female Trill. Hoping for hot human - alien lesbian action but Beverly couldn't handle it. TNG was such a disappointment

Lol. I read that first line and i thought you meant Wesley.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (cHLus)

217
- Trump considers legalizing marijuana
- Trump considers boots on the ground in Ukraine

- Trump considers marijuana in Ukraine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (63Dwl)

218 Why do you think dweeby white guy was trying to get a piece?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:25 PM

I think that's her husband. Could be trying to join Misters Walz, Emhoff, Hogg, and Swalwell as a face of modern masculinity for the Democrat Party?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (0sNs1)

219 Odds there's a joint US-RUS invasion of the UK to take nucular weapons away from the new caliphate, within 10 years?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 18, 2025 07:23 PM (ULPxl)

More likely the subs and their crews will defect. I suspect there are a number of military types looking around for a safe haven in Europe.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (rbvCR)

220 This MS Now crap name rebrand by its soon to be parent company, Versant, still has a ways to go to play in the same league as when Verizon bought AOL and Yahoo and renamed it Oath.

Verizon Oath. That one still reeks as the king of failure.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (9vYpt)

221 Nathalie Rose Jones

Another 3-namer.

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 07:30 PM (7Kd+r)

222
Here are her skills, she claims on LinkedIn

_______

BINGO!!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:30 PM (kkTda)

223 She is Veronica Hannan, and is a Senior Manager for Data and AI Product Management. She bills herself as a champion for Diversity in STEM and passionate about women in technology.

So she is a racist and a sexist.

Posted by: The Truth at August 18, 2025 07:30 PM (R/m4+)

224 They should change their format to have Mexican Weather girls do a report every 30 minutes. I'd watch it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 07:30 PM (EYmYM)

225 What I'm enjoying most about the new name is the confirmation that there isn't a single man in the whole network.

It's so low-T even David French could work there.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 07:30 PM (tlI68)

226 olice in Kentucky say Stephanie Carlquist poured salt into the engine of her ex-boyfriend’s car, glitter in the AC vent, slashed a tire, cracked the windshield, cracked the rearview mirror & shattered the car’s radio screen.

==

Carrie Underwood fan ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 07:31 PM (g47mK)

227 @197 Terry Farrell, still gorgeous

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 07:31 PM (O3XOV)

228 The new slogan: "MS now, MS tomorrow, and MS forever."

Posted by: George Wallace's Ghost at August 18, 2025 07:32 PM (sUudX)

229 - as an aside, who else here remembers when the "ms" in their name stood for microsoft ?

This.
Or Word.
Or Aye Aye.
Hear Hear?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 07:32 PM (zZu0s)

230 She wrecks your car and then gives you a booty call in a week.

Bish crazy.

Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 07:32 PM (7Kd+r)

231 227 @197 Terry Farrell, still gorgeous
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 07:31 PM (O3XOV)

There have been a few attractive ladies on Star Trek, she was one of the smokiest/sexiest/purtiest.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 07:33 PM (zZu0s)

232 She wrecks your car and then gives you a booty call in a week.

Bish crazy.
Posted by: jsg at August 18, 2025 07:32 PM (7Kd+r)

Because she can. Power of the P.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 07:33 PM (EYmYM)

233 Microsoft even tried to force MSNBC on us in a version or two of Windows.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 07:34 PM (vFG9F)

234 Feel my pain. I'm at minute 45 of being on hold with SSA. Approximately 75 minutes to go. I may shoot my phone before that occurs.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:34 PM (tyHPG)

235 I think that's her husband. Could be trying to join Misters Walz, Emhoff, Hogg, and Swalwell as a face of modern masculinity for the Democrat Party?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (0sNs1)

He says that she/they is/are college friend(s). I assumed that he was attached to neither because of the detached way that he would not take control and usher them out of the looming dire circumstances of their own making.

Massive fail.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:35 PM (i24o9)

236 They should change their format to have Mexican Weather girls do a report every 30 minutes. I'd watch it.
Posted by: polynikes

That assumes Mexican Weather babes would be willing to to do weather reports for MS NOW without being kidnapped and held in a stash house against their will.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 07:35 PM (9vYpt)

237 So, They kept the MS, but ditched the NBC. Maybe they should have gone with

INOW

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

238 226 olice in Kentucky say Stephanie Carlquist poured salt into the engine of her ex-boyfriend’s car, glitter in the AC vent, slashed a tire, cracked the windshield, cracked the rearview mirror & shattered the car’s radio screen.

==

Carrie Underwood fan ?
Posted by: runner
-------------------

My ex girlfriend.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 07:36 PM (Cm8rh)

239 My name Borat.

I work for My Source for News Opinion World Great Success. It is #1 Pressitute Service in all US and A! Nice!

Posted by: Borat Sagdiyev at August 18, 2025 07:36 PM (cUrpM)

240 Mangy Skanks NOW.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:36 PM (krQz2)

241 I can't consider hiring her. She didn't mention "driving game-changing pardigm shifts" or "enhancing multiplicative synergies." Pass.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the HR Manager at August 18, 2025 07:37 PM (PiwSw)

242 I think glitter in the ac vent is most imaginative! Beats Louisville Slugger to both headlights.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 07:38 PM (g47mK)

243 I am the Shadout Mapes, hahahahaha. Best laugh of the day.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:38 PM (dxWFK)

244 Feel my pain. I'm at minute 45 of being on hold with SSA. Approximately 75 minutes to go. I may shoot my phone before that occurs.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:34 PM (tyHPG)

Never, ever call and a federal department and expect a live person to answer. Oh, it happens, but so rarely when Shameika and Jaamal be getting their hair and nails did.

Posted by: Hang Up at August 18, 2025 07:39 PM (R/m4+)

245 From the police report:

"While in the process of attempting to secure Veronica in handcuffs, her husband, James kept trying to interfere with the detention. With a single arm, I pushed James away and commanded him multiple times to get back. Eventually, Officer Chiang was able to secure Veronica in handcuffs, however, due to the petite size of her wrists, Veronica slipped out of the handcuffs quickly and took a few steps back. At this point, it should be noted that a large crowd had formed due to the loud and unreasonable noise that disturbed the general public in the area."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

246 Is there even enough demand for one single Pravda station anymore?

Posted by: Eeyore at August 18, 2025 07:39 PM (s0JqF)

247 I am the Shadout Mapes, hahahahaha. Best laugh of the day.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:38 PM (dxWFK)

Not to take anything away from Shadout Mapes, but apparently you missed "TumbleWeave."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:39 PM (i24o9)

248 ...and passionate about women in technology.
----

That's such *eyeroll* nonsense there. Nobody turns the alarm off in the morning and thinks to themselves "Thank GOD I have another day to do what I can to immerse women into the tech field!!!"

When did we ever take ourselves so seriously that passages like that were ever anything other than a punchline?

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 07:40 PM (TN0g+)

249 Zelenskyy seems to the West's best hope for be Keeping Grift Alive.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:40 PM (krQz2)

250 From the police report:

"While in the process of attempting to secure Veronica in handcuffs, her husband, James . . . .

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

Be better, James.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:40 PM (i24o9)

251 193 That icon looks like the type that companies pay big bucks for someone to design, no matter how stupid they turn out.
Posted by: KT

Bingo.

They looked through list of flags and only got as far as "Austria"

Posted by: John Merrick at August 18, 2025 07:41 PM (vlkaB)

252 With a single arm, I pushed James away and commanded him multiple times to get back.

A slightly-stern look works for Chuck Norris and I.

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at August 18, 2025 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

253 199 One of the reasons to hook up with Russia and China is to crush islam.
Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 07:24 PM (oERdd)
'There is iron in the words of Accomack for all men to see.'
- Ten Bears

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 07:41 PM (LHPAg)

254 Is there even enough demand for one single Pravda station anymore?

Posted by: Eeyore at August 18, 2025 07:39 PM (s0JqF)
---
Can't be sure, but "My Source" seems to be a white flag on the idea that people shouldn't be getting their news from just a source they prefer.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:41 PM (krQz2)

255 That Jewish guy who's always screaming RANTS about leftist perfidity calls them MS LSD.

Posted by: torabora at August 18, 2025 07:41 PM (KtOUo)

256 Comrade Flounder. Apologies as that was truly inspired. I'll buy you both a drink

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:42 PM (dxWFK)

257
"While in the process of attempting to secure Veronica in handcuffs, her husband, James...."

_________

".... was trying to pick up Betty."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:42 PM (kkTda)

258 Feel my pain. I'm at minute 45 of being on hold with SSA. Approximately 75 minutes to go. I may shoot my phone before that occurs.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:34 PM

Are you asking HordeSource (tm) for some earworm suggestions?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

259 Uncle Remus, who said to Uncle Ben, "You're a credit to your rice." Never got a dinner!

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 07:42 PM (TN0g+)

260 Comrade Flounder. Apologies as that was truly inspired. I'll buy you both a drink

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:42 PM (dxWFK)

That was not mine. It was just glorious in it's timing and application.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 07:43 PM (i24o9)

261 The logo looks like something some intern or journeyman, who knows enough graphic design to come up with something passable, designed it.

It's really, stunningly unimpressive.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM (krQz2)

262 Well, yeah. But Pepsi blows. Now what Princess

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM (wBaIH)

263 NOOD

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM (5+Y60)

264 Comrade Flounder, I'll still buy you a drink.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM (dxWFK)

265 It looks like a Demorat campaign sign to me.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

266 I had a problem with IRS. Called them and got the issue resolved in 20 minutes.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 07:45 PM (28cZF)

267 Never, ever call and a federal department and expect a live person to answer.

I spent a short 20+ year career playing with my abacus and counting beans. I know the drill. The Treasury dept. was seriously fractured when I called it quits. They are broken now. When the system goes full AI, it will collapse.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 18, 2025 07:45 PM (tyHPG)

268 Veronica is a BUNNY BOILER!

Posted by: torabora at August 18, 2025 07:46 PM (KtOUo)

269 All this talk about security guarantees as a major component of a Uke-Rus peace deal is starting to reek of the EU shits expecting the US to supply the money and the muscle. F' that. Let the EU pay for this in treasure and blood. Time for them to stick their dick into something other than their boyfriends.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 07:19 PM (9vYpt)

I say let Ukraine into NATO. They can join about 30 minutes after we leave. NATO, of course, is left with the security guarantees.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2025 07:47 PM (S/Y4j)

270 Now appearing as the new face of MS NOW: Clippy, Jr.!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2025 07:48 PM (S/Y4j)

271 I have to admit that the SS Administration was the easiest government department I have ever dealt with . So much so that I wasn't sure that my issues had really been addressed.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 07:49 PM (EYmYM)

272 SERENITY NOW!

Posted by: Angel at August 18, 2025 07:51 PM (oiJGz)

273 MS NOW, the Windows 11 of Microsoft News.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2025 07:56 PM (f1kZG)

274 One of the reasons to hook up with Russia and China is to crush islam.
Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 07:24 PM (oERdd)
'There is iron in the words of Accomack for all men to see.'
- Ten Bears
Posted by: Eromero
===

I considered the three "transnationalizing" all the mid-east oil as a long term solution to the problem.
That and keeping their tech back down to rugs, brass trinkets, ND humping goats. No food from outside and No visas to leave the area too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 18, 2025 07:56 PM (/lPRQ)

275 Reading this article linked over at insty. The author strikes me as a massive GOPenik. Zelensky fan boy. Sack of shit.

Hmmm. Ukraine always feels so fake.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 07:58 PM (zZu0s)

276 271 - know what you mean. considering the context.

but the lobby rentacop who considered my antique gerber multitool a "weapon" can eabod&diaf.

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 08:06 PM (ppG5b)

277 PMS NOW

Posted by: Chuck Moss at August 18, 2025 09:04 PM (svERT)

278 Pretty funny, considering NBC had been broadcasting on MSNBC commercials touting themselves as "News for the Generation of NOW".... in other words, for people for whom history began when they were born or later . . . ignoramuses, I guess.

Posted by: Fritz at August 18, 2025 09:37 PM (vMtiO)

279 Proper reading of MS NOW:

"My Stupidity NOW"

Posted by: RFHIRSCH at August 18, 2025 10:55 PM (Ke8zc)

280 Fucking morons

Yes, let's demonstrate that the cancer that was carved off the body is doing great now.

On a side note, can't these see delusional fuckers just say the MS NOW 'identifies as MSNBC'? Isn't that how these ass hats do the gymnastics?

I hate these people more than time could allow.

They can't wither and die fast enough after the damage they caused.

Learn to suck cock, I mean code

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 18, 2025 11:14 PM (XLfSN)

281 Miz Now, Err America, See BS....

Channels of the Hive Mind. Our zombie wrote a post about it in 2005, which I saved:

Hive Mind
Look, folks, I know plenty of people in the media. Even two NY Times reporters. And I can't even begin to describe to you the completely insular and self-defined world they ALL live in. It's not like they sit around scheming ways to slant their coverage toward the Left. It happens automatically and unconsciously -- like a ball rolling downhill. In fact, they don't even know they're doing it, for the most part. For 98% of journalists under a certain age, they've never even been cognizant of the concept of "even-handedness." For them, writing = promoting paleoliberalism. Even if they were to read this very post, they would not understand.
I'm really almost at a loss for words to describe their mindset. The philosophy goes something like this:

Posted by: Beverly at August 19, 2025 12:30 AM (Epeb0)

282 /2 (Imagine you are inside the hive-mind of American "journalists.") There is a potential future utopia, built on socialist values. It doesn't exist now, but it will exist -- it must exist in the future. Our purpose on the Earth is to bring it into fruition. Every person who sees this future strives for its realization each in his own way. The highest calling is our calling; we control the thoughts of the peons. This dreamt-of utopia can be brought into physical existence if only enough people visualized it happening. Mass "Creative Visualization" = actual physical manifestation. Our job is to increase the number of people visualizing this socialist utopia. Every article we write, every sentence we type, is an inherent part of this effort. And, of course, our editors are part of the same struggle; they only alter our words for the purpose of making them more effective visualization propaganda. Our unstoppable fate is to succeed in this quest. All those who oppose the realization of this utopia are unthinking, brutal monsters. They must be convinced, or ignored.
/exit hive-mind.

Posted by: Beverly at August 19, 2025 12:31 AM (Epeb0)

283 3/This all happens at the subconscious level. They are on autopilot, and no longer have an individual will. They think they do, but they don't.
Almost everyone I know is part of this hive-mind. And they think I'm part of it too.
The stories I could tell.
--ZOMBIE

Posted by: Beverly at August 19, 2025 12:31 AM (Epeb0)

Illegal Alien, Previously Convicted of DUI, and Who's Current Grift is Doxxing ICE Agents on TikTok, Is Arrested and Will be Deported

She apparently speaks no English whatsoever and yet has worked enough in America to buy a Tesal.

TikTok influencer Tatiana Martinez was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while she was shooting a livestream from her car on Friday.
Video of the encounter went viral after taking place, where agents could be seen forcibly removing Martinez from her car. Martinez was known for alerting protesters when ICE operations were underway in California.

Her TikTok account, @tatianamartinez_02, which boasts over 30,000 followers, was centered around helping protesters "disrupt, harass and disrespect ICE and law enforcement officers in California," according to independent journalist Hernando Arce, who posted the videos to X.
A statement from Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin to The Post Millennial confirmed, "On August 15, ICE arrested Leidy Tatiana Mafla-Martinez, a criminal illegal alien from Colombia who was convicted for driving under the influence in Los Angeles. This criminal illegal alien entered the country in 2022 and was RELEASED by the Biden administration. During her arrest, Martinez claimed to experience shortness of breath. She was given proper medical treatment and will be held in ICE custody pending removal proceedings."
...

"During the arrest, an individual unlawfully towed a government police vehicle. He mocked and videotaped ICE officers chasing after him. Secretary Noem has been clear: Anyone who seeks to impede law enforcement will be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

Note that she apparently speaks no English at all. She keeps saying "espera," or "wait" in Spanish.

She doesn't even know the word "wait" in English.

It's not a hard one.

Even better: They dragged her out of her Tesla mid-TikTok.

BREAKING - Tatiana Martinez, an illegal residing in LA who built a career on social media by doxxing ICE agents and directing her followers to harass them and disrupt their arrests, has now been arrested herself. pic.twitter.com/1o9Paq6A1H
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) August 16, 2025

Tatiana Martinez's last video before she was pulled screaming from her Tesla and her wig flew off. I have no idea what she is saying because she apparently doesn't speak a word of English. pic.twitter.com/ElWRhxYbw5
— Kim "Katie" USA (@KimKatieUSA) August 16, 2025

Tatiana Martinez’s last video before ICE took her into costudy in downtown Los Angeles.

She grew her TikTok to 30k and would often share videos telling protestors and rioters where ICE agents would be. They pulled her from the Tesla she is in this video. pic.twitter.com/X7zQmBKvAk
— Sarah Sansoni (@sarahsansoni) August 16, 2025

I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
UPDATE: Leidy Tatiana Mafla-Martinez is a CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN from Colombia convicted of DUI in Los Angeles. She entered the country in 2022 and was RELEASED by the Biden administration.
Here is Mafla-Martinez before her arrest responding to people who criticized her for being able to buy a Tesla. She claimed she bought the car with money she earned from her hard work just two years ago. But what kind of work could she have had as an ILLEGAL ALIEN that allowed her to save enough for a brand-new Tesla in less than a year? Many Americans and immigrants I know, myself included, have been working for years and still can't afford one.

This is a very important step. We've seen a lot of illegal aliens seeking out the spotlight to subvert American politics by demanding citizenship. These illegal aliens have previously been protected from arrest by leftwing officials who have apparently decided that if you smear yourself in leftist revolutionary politics, you are immunized from arrest and deportation.

Trump and Noem are making it clear: Your extremist revolutionary politics will not protect you. You will not be able to claim "But Muh First Amendment."

Political speech does not immunize you from the consequences of your non-speech criminal acts, and it's about time we acted that way.

Certainly no right-winger would be protected from prosecution based on just having a blog or political X account. In fact, Biden's DOJ prosecuted Douglas Mackey for posting that you can vote (for Hillary) via text. This obvious joke -- and obviously a true exertion of First Amendment rights -- not only didn't provide immunity for Mackey, but actually served as the basis for imprisoning him.

A man named Mohamed Mohamed now faces charges in Tennessee for repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman who was dying in front of a church. The media deceptively identified him as "a Tennessee man."
Advertisement
People Magazine reported on the disturbing story on August 15, admitting the criminal was named Mohamed Mohamed but also referred to him just as a "Tennessee man," as if he were a random American whose motive was entirely shrouded in mystery. In Islamic sacred texts, rape is not only condoned, it is in some circumstances actively encouraged -- including against non-Muslims.
The victim had not been identified as of the time People published its story, since she did not have an ID on her at the time of her unfortunate death. The outlet noted that the woman displayed irregular behavior before stopping in front of a "house of worship" on Nolensville Pike in Nashville, based on surveillance footage reviewed by police. Mohamed approaches the woman on the steps and begins touching her.
The woman tried to ward Mohamed off but ultimately lost consciousness. Mohamed then repeatedly sexually assaulted her and is charged with four counts of rape.
A Fire Department crew was driving past the church building when they saw Mohamed engaged in raping the woman.

Importing millions of third-world scumbags means importing the criminality and dysfunction and endless violence of third world scumbags.

Posted by: Ace at 06:00 PM

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1 woot!

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 05:59 PM (8uzBS)

2 I fucking voted for this!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (Q4IgG)

3 What's a Tesal??

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (Oy/m2)

4 Hah! Read the content!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (cYBz/)

5 Yay!

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:01 PM (vFG9F)

6 What's a Tesal??
Posted by: dantesed

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 06:01 PM (cYBz/)

7 I could have been first but I was listening to Taylor Swift.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:01 PM (vFG9F)

8 A good start.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:02 PM (u82oZ)

9 Follow the money. Defund. Arrest. Deport.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:02 PM (u82oZ)

10 FAFO never sleeps.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (ppG5b)

11 I doubt this woman owned the Tesla and was likely leasing it.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (vFG9F)

12 Tesla. So leftist graft?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (u82oZ)

13 F.A.F.O.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (aBgBM)

14 We didn't see her tatianas.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (krQz2)

15 NO... No.... no....no....no

Her total English vocabulary.

Wonder why we're being overtaken with illegals who have no concept of American values?

Up there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (Q4IgG)

16 A man named Mohamed Mohamed now faces charges
___

So nice, they named him twice

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (Dv3i1)

17 Remind me to not visit Nashville.

Oh wait - I never go anyway. Much of every blue city in TN is leaning hard into shitholishness. From what I hear, much of EVERY blue city is the same.

I wonder what the common factors are. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (cYBz/)

18
She's been here since 2022 and she's driving a Tesla?

Cleaning shitters must pay alot.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (3ek7K)

19 Mohamed Mohamed needs to fall down a lot of stairs at the jail.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:04 PM (u82oZ)

20 When they are all sent home, who will rape dying women on church steps?

Posted by: Practical Paddy at August 18, 2025 06:04 PM (G5+As)

21 I love a story that has a happy ending. And don't come back.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 06:04 PM (17s+e)

22 Now she's in Tom Homan's hideaway, Ole!

Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 06:04 PM (2ap+5)

23 I'm a big fan of deportation. There ought to be more of it.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2025 06:05 PM (98kQX)

24 I know exactly how she got her Tesla. She sucked dick. No doubt about it. 30k followers ain’t enough to buy a Tesla hotwheels car.

There are a LOT of men out there more than willing to be sugar daddies, even for mid or even lower-mid girls. And there are a LOT of stronk empowered women more than willing to get one their knees for a Tesla.

Oh, and that vid of the cops dragging this rancid toxicunt out of the car? It moved.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 06:05 PM (DODe4)

25 I wonder who is paying Tatiana. CHIRLA again?

Posted by: Random PJ at August 18, 2025 06:05 PM (RRCAT)

26 Cleaning shitters must pay alot.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (3ek7K)

She only cleans them under the overpass and she don't use a scrub brush.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 06:05 PM (ExV1e)

27 "2 I fucking voted for this!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (Q4IgG)"

So did I!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:05 PM (ppG5b)

28
Mafia-Martinez?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:05 PM (kkTda)

29 Mohamed Mohamed needs to be dropped into a pit filled with hungry tigers.

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2025 06:06 PM (Oy/m2)

30 HA! Adios, puta grande!

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 18, 2025 06:06 PM (k9OZB)

31 Does anyone know if she likes Margaritas?

Posted by: Chris Van Hollen, planning another trip at August 18, 2025 06:06 PM (PiwSw)

32 20 When they are all sent home, who will rape dying women on church steps?
Posted by: Practical Paddy

Allahu akbar
meforum.org/islamic-necrophielia

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 06:06 PM (gKWVE)

33 She made "ok" sign with thumb and forefinger, so she is a white supremacist obviously.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 06:06 PM (Dv3i1)

34 Surely no one named Mohamed Mohamed could do something evil....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.2% at August 18, 2025 06:06 PM (jvJvP)

35 Buh-Bye!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 06:07 PM (bNf8H)

36 sumpin' tells me the dems are in for a long dry run

https://tinyurl.com/8dy83var

Posted by: Shaniqua De La Wong at August 18, 2025 06:07 PM (8uzBS)

37 Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 06:05 PM (DODe4)

Yup, someone paid for that car... which under USC 1324 Aiding and abetting, helped her stay in the US by giving financial assistance...

Which is, a Felony.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2025 06:07 PM (mP0Kj)

38
Mohamed Mohamed

__________

Lithuanians! Again!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:07 PM (kkTda)

39 I assumed she did the FAFO route?

Posted by: redchief at August 18, 2025 06:07 PM (qfTYD)

40 "23 I'm a big fan of deportation. There ought to be more of it.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2025 06:05 PM (98kQX) "

Lots more! Lots and lots!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:07 PM (ppG5b)

41 >>>Tatiana Martinez's last video before she was pulled screaming from her Tesla and her wig flew off.

Leave the wig, take the señora.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:08 PM (i24o9)

42 7 "I could have been first but I was listening to Taylor Swift"

LOL. Just shake it off, would ya?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 06:08 PM (2GCMq)

43 That's not the Colombian women I might overlook being illegal . Muy Fea. Or maybe just might be Muy Feo.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:08 PM (EYmYM)

44
Who's going to pick lettuce now???

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:08 PM (kkTda)

45 You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 06:08 PM (TN0g+)

46 She says in the middle vid, about how she bought the car 2 years ago, with all her hard work, she's mad at the comments on her page (I guess saying she couldn't pay for it) they they are shit and she used to have 3 jobs and that's how she paid for.

It's stupid insecure toxica shit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (tlI68)

47 Re: the DikDok loser. More please!

I guess she really wigged out!

Re: the cultural enricher known as "Tennessee Man".

Mohammed quotient:
[x] achieved
[ ] not achieved

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (144I4)

48 Shaniqua De La Wong

Eboni, the new Ebola.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (u82oZ)

49 "Her wig flew off when she was arrested"

So she's a triple minority, eh? - a black hispanic woman

Posted by: the lower depths at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (+b4rY)

50
I wonder if Elon has a Battery Pack Instant Immolation Code installed into every Tesla. That would be high-larious.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (y9nCu)

51 Surely no one named Mohamed Mohamed could do something evil....

---------

We could tell you stories...

Posted by: The Goats at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (TN0g+)

52 During her arrest, Martinez claimed to experience shortness of breath.

I'M GEORGE FLOYD DAMMIT!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (RGFPn)

53 45, LOL! (twice!)

LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (ppG5b)

54 I wouldn't be surprised if she bought that Tesla with a government-secured loan and doing Uber.

Had a driver that was paying for his Tesla with Uber gigs.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (krQz2)

55 Mark Steyn used to have a bit about "Those Crazy Guys Named Mohammed" they're always getting into something.

Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2025 06:10 PM (A/QNE)

56 She keeps saying "espera"
--------

She speaks Esperanto?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 06:11 PM (E0p3T)

57 We could tell you stories...
Posted by: The Goats at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (TN0g+)

What are you doing in THIS village? We told you to go to the other village!

Posted by: the ayatollah of assahola at August 18, 2025 06:11 PM (gKWVE)

58 Bitch looks like a wall-eyed pie plate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:11 PM (zmF9y)

59 Mohamed Mohamed
A man so nice they named him twice!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 06:11 PM (RGFPn)

60 Wa wah.

Hope they punched her in her putrid, STD ridden taco.

Posted by: That Guy at August 18, 2025 06:11 PM (GmDse)

61 Good old Rocky Top...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:11 PM (kFKT9)

62 Bitch looks like a wall-eyed pie plate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:11 PM (zmF9y)

Nailed it in one.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:11 PM (i24o9)

63 I'm gonna go get the papers get the papers.

Posted by: Mohamed Mohamed at August 18, 2025 06:12 PM (E0p3T)

64 Surely no one named Mohamed Mohamed could do something evil....

---------

We could tell you stories...
Posted by: The Goats at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (TN0g+)

Feh!

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at August 18, 2025 06:12 PM (5+Y60)

65 Her wig flew off? Does she play in the WNBA?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 18, 2025 06:12 PM (PiwSw)

66 affirm, playing the "can't breathe" card shows real ... real ...
well real sumfin anyway.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:12 PM (ppG5b)

67 Bird hands!!

Speaking of which, at gizmodo: "Scientists Confirm What Every Beachgoer Secretly Fears About Seabirds"

tl;dr: They're trying to fly up your butt.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (8mLBT)

68 How do you say FAFO in Spanish?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (EYmYM)

69 I doubt this woman owned the Tesla and was likely leasing it.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (vFG9F)

She said she bought it two years ago, not with donations but from the sweat of her brow because she works hard. she says that she works three jobs and is not happy that people says she is begging by ticktok she does ticktock because she likes it and she likes people, but people keep giving her crap about it.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (rbvCR)

70 I've been told many, many times Colombian women are beautiful.

Over time I've realized I've been lied to many, many times.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (wBaIH)

71 Just knock three times and whisper low
That you and I were sent by Mo
Then strike a match and you will blow
Hernando's Hide away, olé

Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (2ap+5)

72
This story needs a green dildo to make it complete.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (kkTda)

73 No abla engles!

*Slaps on the cuffs*

I CAN’T BREATHE!!!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (u73oe)

74 Note that she apparently speaks no English at all. She keeps saying "espera," or "wait" in Spanish.

She doesn't even know the word "wait" in English.

It's not a hard one.

The colonizer only speaks the native language of she chooses to. The colonized are not worthy of her respect or attention. They are simply 'the other', and as the inferior must learn her language and culture if we want to co-exist.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (6ydKt)

75 > "Her wig flew off when she was arrested"

So she's a triple minority, eh? - a black hispanic woman
------
Not necessarily....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (Q4IgG)

76 "What Every Beachgoer Secretly Fears About Seabirds"
tl;dr: They're trying to fly up your butt.
Posted by: Apply gp

That's why you gotta work on those glutes.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (gKWVE)

77 >> A man named Mohamed Mohamed now faces charges in Tennessee for repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman who was dying in front of a church

Whatever happened to the good ole boys giving people like this a Tennessee River Ride.

Posted by: That Guy at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (GmDse)

78 Seriously i've hit things with the flat side of a shovel that came through it looking better than this fucking mutant.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (zmF9y)

79 What's a Tesal??
Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (Oy/m2)

Shit you decorate a tree with.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (5+Y60)

80 How do you say FAFO in Spanish?
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (EYmYM)

Rubio

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (E0p3T)

81 Just knock three times"

Twice on the pipe...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (tubbA)

82 65 Her wig flew off? Does she play in the WNBA?
_____

Señora, we searched your Tesla, does this green dildo belong to you?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 06:15 PM (Dv3i1)

83 Instagram is now nothing but a marketing page for their OnlyFans page.

I bet, if her insta is still up, go to the bio, there'll be a link, that'll take you, one or two clicks to her OF.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 06:15 PM (tlI68)

84 Shit..
75 > "Her wig flew off when she was arrested"

So she's a triple minority, eh? - a black hispanic woman
------
Not necessarily....

Handicapped left handed, black, trans with a lisp.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 06:15 PM (Q4IgG)

85 "55 Mark Steyn used to have a bit about "Those Crazy Guys Named Mohammed" they're always getting into something.

Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2025 06:10 PM (A/QNE) "

I liked Yortek and Horhay better, they were funny sometimes

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:15 PM (ppG5b)

86 I watch the TV series Jail. Poor jailers much have to hear claims of not being able to breathe at least 3 times a day.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:15 PM (EYmYM)

87 Mafla

Copilot - In English it can be translated to "boob," "sheepish," or "goofy."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 06:15 PM (daZd4)

88 Surely no one named Mohamed Mohamed could do something evil....

---
Here's something pretty sinister: Two Muslim parents probably killed their daughter over her Americanized conduct.

The judge forbade the prosecution from bringing in information about "honor killing" in Muslim culture. No expert testimony, nothing. They got off. Because the prosecutors were forced not to provide the most likely motive for the murder.

Documentation on "honor killing" was considered not only biasing but a conspiratorial slur on Muslim culture.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:15 PM (krQz2)

89 This puta speaks not a word of English and rants on TT in Spanish about where ICE agents are. Who exactly is her ‘audience’?

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (DODe4)

90 53 45, LOL! (twice!)

LOL!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:09 PM (ppG5b)

LOL! (twice!)

Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (uxAXv)

91 Wasn't there a song "Tennessee Man, something something Woman?"

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (tubbA)

92 Seriously i've hit things with the flat side of a shovel that came through it looking better than this fucking mutant.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (zmF9y)

Thanks for the laugh.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (gKDq2)

93 I've been told many, many times Colombian women are beautiful.
--------

It's not so much that as it is that they will do anything. ANYTHING

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (E0p3T)

94 Displaced Immigrants; Doing the necrophilia Americans won't do!

The Columbian chick, when she gets to Bogota, can start an OnlyFans page. She can then spout off revolutionary propaganda while naked in a lesbian romp.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (sAmhv)

95 Have a buddy that tried to improve his bank account doing uber. Parked his aged Suburban and financed a small SUV to do so. The gimmicks they tossed in drove him to near bankruptcy.

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (8uzBS)

96 Good. Send her bean and rice eating ass back to Columbia. (you have to say it with all the accents and drag it out like the assholes on TV do)

Posted by: Deport Them All at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (R/m4+)

97 Who exactly is her ‘audience’?
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (DODe4)

Assholes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (5+Y60)

98 Speaking of wigs flying off, which is always hilarious (sorry ladies), some black woman posted on Twixxer about how those SEC dancing sorority girl videos are 100k in wigs on display.

Honey, those girls grew that hair the old fashioned way. They are blonde because they were born that way, not Rhianna's purchased blonde hair.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (dfIr7)

99 Rubio
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 06:14 PM (E0p3T)

—————

Well done

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (u73oe)

100 >>>What's a Tesal??

Rambo Sheriff, played by Brian Dennehy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (i24o9)

101 "68 How do you say FAFO in Spanish?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (EYmYM) "

I think it's called "Deguello" ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (ppG5b)

102 she actually said "no, wait" a couple of times, but, yeah.

Look, it is not hard to work in the US if you don't speak English. Mostly what happens is you work for supervisors who are also Spanish speakers and everything is done in Spanish. The owners don't get involved besides the finances and dealing with the customers.

It is a form of ghettoization, but the employers don't care, the managers prefer it, and the state turns a blind eye. Some states try to do something about it, but it is pretty much balling up tiny fists and making faces to make everyone comply

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (rbvCR)

103 >> A man named Mohamed Mohamed now faces charges in Tennessee for repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman who was dying in front of a church.

So- people went to jail because they walked on a sidewalk in front of an abortion clinic. That means this piece of shit will also be charged with a hate crime- right? He’s clearly Muslim and his crime took place on church property.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (woOQT)

104 The Columbian chick, when she gets to Bogota,

Barranquilla, to look at her.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (gKWVE)

105 How do you say FAFO in Spanish?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (EYmYM) "
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FAFO and chit.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (krQz2)

106 Gives one a warm feeling inside.

But as I'd like to see the problem actually solved and not just mitigated (possibly temporarily), perp walks of employers, for felony charges, are what I'm looking for.

Check all the ICE and DHS and related stuff constantly, numb to the rap sheets of the criminals being deported.

The most important part of the magnet hasn't as yet been touched.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (U/Byj)

107 Speaking of wigs flying off, which is always hilarious (sorry ladies), some black woman posted on Twixxer about how those SEC dancing sorority girl videos are 100k in wigs on display.

Honey, those girls grew that hair the old fashioned way. They are blonde because they were born that way, not Rhianna's purchased blonde hair.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (dfIr7)

They weren't talking about a harvest?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (i24o9)

108 At BBC: "Will AI make language dubbing easy for film and TV?"

Oh cripes, I hope not! Hands off my precious subtitles!

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (8mLBT)

109 I've been told many, many times Colombian women are beautiful.
--------

It's not so much that as it is that they will do anything. ANYTHING
--------

I had a Columbian male tell me when speaking about his neice "Be careful, Columbian women lie...a lot!"

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (TN0g+)

110 Trump 47: FAFO

How did she afford a Tesla? I'll bet anyone on here dollars to donuts that nasty skank has an OnlyFans page. Why anyone would want to see that thing with fewer clothes on is beyond me, but I guess some dudes would fuck a fencepost if you drew a pussy on it.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2025 06:19 PM (5aZAZ)

111 93 I've been told many, many times Colombian women are beautiful.
--------

It's not so much that as it is that they will do anything. ANYTHING
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (E0p3T
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So you're saying she'll make me a sammich?

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 18, 2025 06:19 PM (uxAXv)

112 Tatiana has Betty Davis eyes.

And she is not to be confused with Critical Drinker's imaginary girlfriend.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 06:19 PM (daZd4)

113 78, nominated for inclusion in the Horde dictionary

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:19 PM (ppG5b)

114 Two things:

1) A guy towed off an ice vehicle? Stupid, but also lol. Animal House.

2) Raping a dying woman on the steps of a church. Wow. Can we just execute him?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (8qjIW)

115 I am totally enjoying these videos of the female screamers.

The best part was her wig getting caught on the door of her car (I think? I watched it twice), as she was hauled out on her arse.

She's been in this country for 2yrs and can't speak English. Fine. I only remember one sentence from a year of Spanish and as she jabbered and screamed I'd ask if she wanted a cup of coffee in a cafe to answer her. I am mean this way. I mock because I breathe.

I used to sort of glare, not full glare but a little, at the yabbering espanol in stores pre-covid aka when I stopped going to these stores. It purely irritated the crap out of me. I did excuse some Italians, whom I presume were tourists, who went in and out if Italian but at least knew English. Now if I heard espanol I'd probably call ICE. I'd call ICE so much they'd block my number.

In France I tried to speak the little French I knew. I was only there weeks at a time on every visit, but at least I tried to behave.

This is an invasion of the wighatted, false fingernail and eyelash dimwits. To lower our IQ by breeding, I guess. Nothing good from this. Adios!

DEPORT THEM ALL!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (6PCLE)

116 How do you tow away a government vehicle? An actual tow truck was used? If so that business should be shuttered.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (EYmYM)

117 96 Good. Send her bean and rice eating ass back to Columbia. (you have to say it with all the accents and drag it out like the assholes on TV do)
Posted by: Deport Them All at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (R/m4+)

She'll be back just in time for the fall semester. Would have sucked if she had to give up all that grant money. Poor dear.

Imagine going through life looking like a pig's clacker-bag after meeting the business side of two bricks, and then on top of that having to suffer such an indignity.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (zmF9y)

118 Leftists are absolutely determined to turn this country into a 3rd world shit hole. There is no reason to bring a fat, lawless turd like this pig or Derka Derka into this country unless you hate it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (viF8m)

119 She has Rampage Jackson nose.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

120 People make money off of tick tock?..smh

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (/6GbT)

121 just in case people think we're bashing on swarthy people too much: the son of the Princess of Norway was just busted on THIRTY-TWO charges, including four rapes. He totally does not have a freakishly enlarged forehead or look inbred.

https://tinyurl.com/37687n7v

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (dfIr7)

122
When did it become mandatory to put every diacritical mark in Hispanic names? Tildes I can understand but now accent marks are everywhere.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (kkTda)

123 Wasn't there a song "Tennessee Man, something something Woman?"

"Tennesse Woman, Mississippi Man"
We get together whenever we can.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (TN0g+)

124 The Tennessee case reminds me of the woman who was sodomized to death my a muzzie in London( it was the UK pretty sure it was London). All caught on security cameras, he did it multiple times, leaving and coming back.

Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (YwEeS)

125 "I guess some dudes would fuck a fencepost if you drew a pussy on it."

Deknotted pine.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (8mLBT)

126 So she's a triple minority, eh? - a black hispanic woman

and???

Posted by: Shaniqua De La Wong at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (8uzBS)

127 What's a Tesal??

4,000 pesos, same as in la ciudad

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (Dv3i1)

128 Tatiana has Betty Davis eyes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 06:19 PM (daZd4)

If I was home I'd link the parody cover of Betty Davis eyes, Marty Feldman Eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (8qjIW)

129 Forgot the Kim Carnes sock.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (0aYVJ)

130 "When did it become mandatory to put every diacritical mark in Hispanic names?"

Lobbyists from Big Punctuation.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (8mLBT)

131 Tatiana has Betty Davis eyes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 06:19 PM (daZd4)
-----

If I was home I'd link the parody cover of Betty Davis eyes, Marty Feldman Eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (8qjIW)

Sammy Davis Eye.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 06:23 PM (gKDq2)

132
Anime question:

Anyone here familiar with Space Adventure Cobra? Any bueno?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:23 PM (dO7us)

133 98 Speaking of wigs flying off, which is always hilarious (sorry ladies), some black woman posted on Twixxer about how those SEC dancing sorority girl videos are 100k in wigs on display.

Honey, those girls grew that hair the old fashioned way. They are blonde because they were born that way, not Rhianna's purchased blonde hair.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (dfIr7)

If my years of interacting with sorority girls back in the day is any guide, most of them aren't natural blonds, but the idea that any of them are wearing a wig is stone-cold retarded. Does black girl on Twitter not know that white people hair is, uh, not the same as black people hair? Does she think that any of those girls could grow an afro if they just grew their natural hair out? How fucking stupid do you have to be?

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2025 06:23 PM (5aZAZ)

134 she sounds just like those RI bitches getting stuffed in the car while she was getting drug out of hers.

Posted by: the dandy at August 18, 2025 06:23 PM (8l8nW)

135 121 just in case people think we're bashing on swarthy people too much: the son of the Princess of Norway was just busted on THIRTY-TWO charges, including four rapes.
____

I think this fellow accounted for all the rapes committed by non-migrants in all of Norway.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 06:23 PM (Dv3i1)

136 Have a buddy that tried to improve his bank account doing uber. Parked his aged Suburban and financed a small SUV to do so. The gimmicks they tossed in drove him to near bankruptcy.
---
I found, there's no money in Uber driving people. Even if you target surge areas b/c traffic, and that they are going out, time lost will not equal the 2+ regular fares you could've picked.

You can pull $1k a week on UberEats working 4-11pm. But you're gonna put a shitload of miles on the car. I didn't run the standard deduction but I still feel like, long-term, it's barely above break-even.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (tlI68)

137 I've been told many, many times Colombian women are beautiful.

Over time I've realized I've been lied to many, many times.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2025 06:13 PM (wBaIH)

depends, some are breath taking, others not so much. Depends on genetics, just like in Seattle or Orlando.

I saw some lovely Venezuelan ladies, but I am told the further up-country you go, the crazier they are.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (rbvCR)

138 This puta speaks not a word of English and rants on TT in Spanish about where ICE agents are. Who exactly is her ‘audience’?
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 06:16 PM (DODe4)

She's just doing the jobs (crimes) that Americans won't do.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (S/Y4j)

139 Taking care of friends' cats.

Just did squirrel corpse disposal.

Situational awareness is your friend.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.2% at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (jvJvP)

140 Tennesse Woman, Mississippi Man"
We get together whenever we can"

That's it. Thanks. The rest of y'all - my lawn. Offahit.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (tubbA)

141 >>@EricLDaugh
·
>>8m
🚨 BREAKING: Pam Bondi and Kash Patel have just appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as CO-DEPUTY DIRECTOR of the FBI, alongside Dan Bongino, per Fox.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (viF8m)

142 When did it become mandatory to put every diacritical mark in Hispanic names?"

Lobbyists from Big Punctuation.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (8mLBT)

I thought it was made a racist hate crime not to use it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (EYmYM)

143 Half black, half hispanic, 100% criminal retard.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (XMwZJ)

144 Re FAFO in Spanish according to my translation app:

Joder, averiguarlo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (8qjIW)

145 >> If my years of interacting with sorority girls back in the day is any guide, most of them aren't natural blonds, but the idea that any of them are wearing a wig is stone-cold retarded.

might not be wigs but white girls do love extensions though.

Posted by: the dandy at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (8l8nW)

146 123 Wasn't there a song "Tennessee Man, something something Woman?"

"Tennesse Woman, Mississippi Man"
We get together whenever we can.
Posted by: Crusader

youtu.be/Rm5-sZLBPfs

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (sAmhv)

147 One law Trump is breaking is that he has extended the sale deadline for Tik Tok 3 times. By law he was only allowed to once.

Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (YwEeS)

148 Do you think anyone from the seventies maybe the eighties would understand the rant " Tesla chillin ICE mofos stumped my TikTok grabbed my invader ass"
And I voted for this

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (O3XOV)

149 "Speaking of wigs flying off"

Discarded wigs are surprisingly common on the streets around where I live.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (8mLBT)

150 Hi, I'm Larry. This is my brother Mohammad Mohammad. This is my other brother, Mohammad Mohammad.

Posted by: Larry at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (dIske)

151 114 / 2 - irl, bodycams

in the larger sense, though, this is why old wise cops had a "drop gun" of dubious provenance, just in case

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (ppG5b)

152 Adios muchacha. Don't let the door slap ya on the behind on the way to the deportation plane.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (cB7nX)

153 just in case people think we're bashing on swarthy people too much: the son of the Princess of Norway was just busted on THIRTY-TWO charges, including four rapes. He totally does not have a freakishly enlarged forehead or look inbred.

https://tinyurl.com/37687n7v

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (dfIr7)

A Sniper's Dream

https://youtu.be/R37IfQg0eTQ

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (i24o9)

154 Space Adventure Cobra is classic fun. Roguish space pirate and his curvaceous android sidekick Lady.

Add in Dirty Pair with the Lovely Angels. Cat's Eye and City Hunter. You will be totally set for anime for about a month.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (daZd4)

155 Does she think that any of those girls could grow an afro if they just grew their natural hair out? How fucking stupid do you have to be?

Its kind of shocking how ignorant people are about odd stuff.

For example, a reporter was baffled by why Russians would fly all the way across the world to get to Alaska instead of Washington DC or something. He unironically, genuinely was unaware that the standard American world map was not the only layout of the earth and that Alaska was so close to Russia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (dfIr7)

156 🚨 BREAKING: Pam Bondi and Kash Patel have just appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as CO-DEPUTY DIRECTOR of the FBI, alongside Dan Bongino, per Fox.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (viF8m)

Hmmmm.... could be an interesting development. "Andy, you take care of the day to day. Danny, lock and load, it's go time."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (zmF9y)

157 122
When did it become mandatory to put every diacritical mark in Hispanic names? Tildes I can understand but now accent marks are everywhere.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (kkTda)
---
The liberal compulsion to seem authentically [insert ethnicity here], but it's all fake and gay.

Same reason the whitebread assholes on the news suddenly turn into native Spanish-speakers whenever they pronounce any proper name that's vaguely Hispanic.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (5aZAZ)

158 Columbian women?

Search for The Grand Tour Colombia special. Nice donkey...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (tubbA)

159 He unironically, genuinely was unaware that the standard American world map was not the only layout of the earth and that Alaska was so close to Russia.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (dfIr7)

Accidental Flat Earther.

Hilarious.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:27 PM (zmF9y)

160 Good. Send her bean and rice eating ass back to Columbia. (you have to say it with all the accents and drag it out like the assholes on TV do)
Posted by: Deport Them All at August 18, 2025 06:17 PM (R/m4+)

Colombia does lentils and rice. They do cassava too.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 06:27 PM (rbvCR)

161 might not be wigs but white girls do love extensions though.

Not at 19, they practically regenerate lost limbs at that age.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:27 PM (dfIr7)

162 So she's a triple minority, eh? - a black hispanic woman

and???

Posted by: Shaniqua De La Wong at August 18, 2025 06:21 PM (8uzBS)

Uggo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (i24o9)

163 when I see commercials in spanish I make a note not to buy that product

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (8uzBS)

164 Accidental Flat Earther.

It was hilarious. I give him some respect for not getting angry or defensive or deleting it, though. Face up to your mistakes, its the only way.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (dfIr7)

165 THIRTY-TWO charges, including four rapes.

Rape, arson, assault, rape, extortion, battery, rape, murder, rape...

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (gKWVE)

166 149 "Speaking of wigs flying off"

Discarded wigs are surprisingly common on the streets around where I live.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (8mLBT)

I believe "tumbleweave" is the accepted nomenclature.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (zmF9y)

167 might not be wigs but white girls do love extensions though.

Not at 19, they practically regenerate lost limbs at that age.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:27 PM (dfIr7)

I don't want to know how you tested this out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (i24o9)

168 just in case people think we're bashing on swarthy people too much: the son of the Princess of Norway was just busted on THIRTY-TWO charges, including four rapes. He totally does not have a freakishly enlarged forehead or look inbred.
https://tinyurl.com/37687n7v

Looks like a man raper.

Posted by: Rapists Inc. at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (R/m4+)

169 Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2025 06:23 PM (5aZAZ

Still no wigs for white sorority girls these days but extensions are a distinct possibility.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (EYmYM)

170 I knew a guy with a Spanish surname. He asked us to pronounce it Spanishly.

I once asked him: What does "No me digas" mean? Cuz I didn't know.

He had no clue. Fooker spoke no Spanish.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (0aYVJ)

171 I believe "tumbleweave" is the accepted nomenclature.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (zmF9y)

I lolled

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (i24o9)

172 just in case people think we're bashing on swarthy people too much: the son of the Princess of Norway was just busted on THIRTY-TWO charges, including four rapes. He totally does not have a freakishly enlarged forehead or look inbred.
--
He's a regular Joffrey. Or whatever that monster was from Thrones.

Four rapes of girls under 16.
One was 14, begged him to stop, he covers her mouth, keeps going then beat her up after.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (tlI68)

173 Trump just announced that after his meeting today he called Putin and now Putin and Zelensky are arranging a meeting that will be followed up by a meeting between Putin, Zelensky and Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (viF8m)

174 Link to willowed acid attacks in UK, if you are interested

link to UK Express -

https://tinyurl.com/42mxmkaa

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (Dv3i1)

175 youtu.be/Rm5-sZLBPfs"

Ah well. Memory ain't what it used to be...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (tubbA)

176 " ... but I still feel like, long-term, it's barely above break-even.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (tlI6

"

if it wasn't, profits would drop. stockholders would complain.

oddly enough, out in cows&corn country we don't got uber.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (ppG5b)

177 Is the Mohamed Mohamed story old? Either there was another story about a "newcomer" raping a woman to death? This story gave me deja vu, sadly.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 06:30 PM (Cg3Gl)

178 Accidental Flat Earther?

This about St. Pancake?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 06:30 PM (daZd4)

179 "A Sniper's Dream
https://youtu.be/R37IfQg0eTQ"

HILARIOUS!!

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:30 PM (8mLBT)

180 I see someone else brought up extensions. I was way late .

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:31 PM (EYmYM)

181 Sirhan Sirhan called and said "Don't trust this Mohammed Mohammed character."

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 06:31 PM (dGCAG)

182 "I believe "tumbleweave" is the accepted nomenclature."

Perfect!

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:31 PM (8mLBT)

183 just in case people think we're bashing on swarthy people too much: the son of the Princess of Norway was just busted on THIRTY-TWO charges, including four rapes. He totally does not have a freakishly enlarged forehead or look inbred.

https://tinyurl.com/37687n7v

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:20 PM (dfIr7)

Luckily, he's a stepson to the Crown Prince (his wife married up), so quite easy to disown and drop like a hot potato.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2025 06:31 PM (6ydKt)

184 Rape, arson, assault, rape, extortion, battery, rape, murder, rape..."

You said "rape" twice.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:31 PM (tubbA)

185 Discarded wigs are surprisingly common on the streets around where I live.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:25 PM (8mLBT)

I believe "tumbleweave" is the accepted nomenclature.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (zmF9y)

——————

This place

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 06:32 PM (u73oe)

186 Is the Mohamed Mohamed story old? Either there was another story about a "newcomer" raping a woman to death? This story gave me deja vu, sadly.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 06:30 PM (Cg3Gl)

Evidently Mo Mo didn't rape her to death. He saw she was dying and decided she wouldn't mind if he helped himself.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 06:32 PM (dGCAG)

187
He had no clue. Fooker spoke no Spanish.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (0aYVJ)

I don't know what changed but it used to be that immigrants anglicized their names, now me and my friends make fun of a chick on the am local news because she does the most obnoxious pronunciations of Spanish words and I want to hear her say croissant with the same flourish. It's stupid and I know why they do it, victim hierarchy.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 06:33 PM (Cg3Gl)

188 she says that she works three jobs

Blow, hand, and what?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 06:33 PM (ExV1e)

189 Is the Mohamed Mohamed story old? Either there was another story about a "newcomer" raping a woman to death? This story gave me deja vu, sadly.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 06:30 PM (Cg3Gl)

Evidently Mo Mo didn't rape her to death. He saw she was dying and decided she wouldn't mind if he helped himself.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 06:32 PM (dGCAG)

There was that spark of diversity that raped a corpse in a NYC subway car.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:33 PM (i24o9)

190 179 "A Sniper's Dream
https://youtu.be/R37IfQg0eTQ"

HILARIOUS!!
____

"If he drew an H on his forehead, Kobi would've survived"

I laughed. I'm going to h*ll.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 06:33 PM (Dv3i1)

191 ESPARETE ! ESPARETE ! I am an AG !

GIMME BACK MY HAIR !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 06:34 PM (NtVYv)

192 American world map was not the only layout of the earth and that Alaska was so close to Russia.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (dfIr7)

Duh !

Posted by: Sarah Palin at August 18, 2025 06:34 PM (EYmYM)

193 Well I'll be a monkey from uncle.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at August 18, 2025 06:34 PM (lkZz0)

194 155 Does she think that any of those girls could grow an afro if they just grew their natural hair out? How fucking stupid do you have to be?

Its kind of shocking how ignorant people are about odd stuff.

For example, a reporter was baffled by why Russians would fly all the way across the world to get to Alaska instead of Washington DC or something. He unironically, genuinely was unaware that the standard American world map was not the only layout of the earth and that Alaska was so close to Russia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (dfIr7)

The idiots are also too idiotic to know that Vlad is not going to fly over any nation that has signed-up with the International Criminal Court. His plane may be forced down. Or have an aircraft problem forcing a landing in one of the ISS nations. ICC has an arrest warrant out for him that ICC signatories are required to enforce if they have an opportunity.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:34 PM (aBgBM)

195 There is a message being sent, I do not know what it is, by both Martin and now Bondi, going to see Tish James' home.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 06:35 PM (tlI68)

196 Esperate hue, no tepreacupes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 06:35 PM (Cm8rh)

197 Mohamed Mohamed won 4 gold medals at the first Malcolm X Games

Posted by: logprof at August 18, 2025 06:35 PM (jo6FO)

198 A man named Mohamed Mohamed

Double plus ungood for real

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 06:35 PM (NtVYv)

199 Uggo.

She's not terrible looking but I have noticed that a lot of women with darker skin are given a pass for features that would be just unattractive on a white girl. Like this girl's huge nose. She has really nice eyes and lips though

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:35 PM (dfIr7)

200 Martini Farmer -
NO... No.... no....no....no

Her total English vocabulary.

That’s not English! That’s Spanish! It just happens to be the same word in Spanish and English!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2025 06:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

201 It's stupid and I know why they do it, victim hierarchy.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 06:33 PM (Cg3Gl)

That all started with Obama.

He never missed an opportunity to throw in some 'correct' pronunciation when saying a foreign word/name or when in a foreign country so he could portray himself as sophisticated & cosmopolitan.

After I noticed him doing this it started spreading like wildfire among the left.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2025 06:36 PM (6ydKt)

202 Uggo.

She's not terrible looking but I have noticed that a lot of women with darker skin are given a pass for features that would be just unattractive on a white girl. Like this girl's huge nose. She has really nice eyes and lips though

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:35 PM (dfIr7)

Come on, man. We're goofing on her. Just roll with it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:36 PM (i24o9)

203 156 - oh, golly W-o. If only.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:37 PM (ppG5b)

204 When did it become mandatory to put every diacritical mark in Hispanic names?"

It is my métier

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 06:37 PM (rbvCR)

205
ICC has an arrest warrant out for him that ICC signatories are required to enforce if they have an opportunity.
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:34 PM (aBgBM)

_________

Isn't the plane considered Russian territory?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:37 PM (kkTda)

206 NemoMeImpuneLacessit

She may get more respect saying Nyet, Nyet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:37 PM (u82oZ)

207 201 It's stupid and I know why they do it, victim hierarchy.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 06:33 PM (Cg3Gl)

That all started with Obama.

He never missed an opportunity to throw in some 'correct' pronunciation when saying a foreign word/name or when in a foreign country so he could portray himself as sophisticated & cosmopolitan.

After I noticed him doing this it started spreading like wildfire among the left.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2025 06:36 PM (6ydKt)

Yeah. All My Betters repeated instructed me it's pronounced KEEEEV!

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:38 PM (aBgBM)

208 >>>He unironically, genuinely was unaware that the standard American world map was not the only layout of the earth and that Alaska was so close to Russia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (dfIr7)
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Every public (my town) school library has a globe. Many of my elementary school classrooms had globes in them. In what world are these people growing up?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 06:39 PM (Cm8rh)

209 Speaking American Spanish, I try to make all the O's long and the A's short. That covers about 85% of the distinctive pronunciation. I still can't roll the R's.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:39 PM (8mLBT)

210 Deported until some Commissar Judge says they can't leave the country

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 06:39 PM (+qU29)

211 NemoMeImpuneLacessit

She may get more respect saying Nyet, Nyet.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:37 PM (u82oZ)

I AM AN AG !

Posted by: Baldy Illegal Alien Terd at August 18, 2025 06:39 PM (NtVYv)

212 Yeah let's arrest the guy that is meeting with the US President at the President's request . They are just stupid enough to do it.

Posted by: Sarah Palin at August 18, 2025 06:39 PM (EYmYM)

213 The liberal compulsion to seem authentically [insert ethnicity here], but it's all fake and gay.

Same reason the whitebread assholes on the news suddenly turn into native Spanish-speakers whenever they pronounce any proper name that's vaguely Hispanic.
Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (5aZAZ)

Which is mildly funny because it is not like and Spanish speaking newscaster or liberal rando is going to try to either spell or pronounce English even close to the right way. Spanish spelling conventions don't work that way.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 06:40 PM (rbvCR)

214 I've found the following phrase useful, because it's the only one I know: Mi Espanol no es fluido. I just say that over and over.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:40 PM (8mLBT)

215 Off once MILFY sock

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (EYmYM)

216 It is my métier
Posted by: Kindltot
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Yeah, that waste line is getting a bit...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (Cm8rh)

217 Every public (my town) school library has a globe. Many of my elementary school classrooms had globes in them"

Haven't been on a skrool or library lately, eh?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (tubbA)

218 Fuck'em. Its America, we have American rules, American laws, American culture. We do American shit, period. Bastards come here, fly their shithole flags, don't learn the language, run for fucking office and enact shithole laws that reflect their shithole culture. Don't care what country they come from. Be American, or stay the fuck out.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (snZF9)

219 I wonder how many countries would really have the nerve to attempt the arrest of the leader of Russia? There's no payoff in doing so.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (TN0g+)

220 I AM THE LAW!
And you won't fuck around no more - I AM THE LAW

Posted by: Anthrax at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (NtVYv)

221
She's not terrible looking but I have noticed that a lot of women with darker skin are given a pass for features that would be just unattractive on a white girl. Like this girl's huge nose. She has really nice eyes and lips though

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Same Goes For "hot" Space Alien Chicks! Right?
For some reason, a "space alien" with a great human body and a face like a dolphin is considered "hot." You'll even see "her" in a romance with a human.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (dO7us)

222 171 I believe "tumbleweave" is the accepted nomenclature.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:28 PM (zmF9y)

I lolled
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:29 PM (i24o9)

One of my brothers, who lives in the boonies, told me he bases how well a Saturday night went by the number of wighats at the stop sign.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 06:42 PM (6PCLE)

223 205
ICC has an arrest warrant out for him that ICC signatories are required to enforce if they have an opportunity.
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:34 PM (aBgBM)

_________

Isn't the plane considered Russian territory?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:37 PM (kkTda)

205
ICC has an arrest warrant out for him that ICC signatories are required to enforce if they have an opportunity.
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:34 PM (aBgBM)

_________

Isn't the plane considered Russian territory?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:37 PM (kkTda)

Who could Vlad complain to? The ICC? The UN?

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:42 PM (aBgBM)

224
Right on Berserker!!

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 06:42 PM (3ek7K)

225 218. Do you have a newsletter?

Posted by: Vivi at August 18, 2025 06:42 PM (cpunl)

226 Alaska was so close to Russia

Alaska? Close to Russia? That sounds like something Sarah Palin would say. What an idiot. -- educated leftists

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

227
Esperete, is in fact, Spanish for "I can't breathe." It's like "HOLD ON!" because she's in an "emergency."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2025 06:43 PM (ny95y)

228
For instance, "B'lana Torres," that bitch Klingon in Star Wars: Voyager.

Hot, right?

Who here would want to marry some broad with a head that looked like a walnut??

But in Space, she's "hot."
No, she's not.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:43 PM (dO7us)

229 There is a message being sent, I do not know what it is, by both Martin and now Bondi, going to see Tish James' home.
==

what does that mean ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 06:44 PM (g47mK)

230 For some reason, a "space alien" with a great human body and a face like a dolphin is considered "hot." You'll even see "her" in a romance with a human.

Yeah the animal people thing... its kinda cute for a girl to have cat ears or something but actually a furry cat head? That is just nightmare fuel

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:44 PM (dfIr7)

231 I found it, there was another woman raped to death on a park bench in London. She passed out and what I'm sure is an immigrant raped her to death.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 06:44 PM (Cg3Gl)

232 I saw the photos of Lil Z earlier, and he reminded me of a scruffy undertaker. A well-dressed undertaker, but an undertaker.

It's too bad whomever bought his suit didn't also pay for a haircut and shave.

I admit, I thought he'd show up in a speedo today, just to play the fool. It would have been funny to see Secret Service prevent his entry to the White House.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2025 06:44 PM (S/Y4j)

233 >>> that waste line is getting a bit...
----

oh, shit

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 06:44 PM (Cm8rh)

234 "For some reason, a "space alien" with a great human body and a face like a dolphin is considered "hot." You'll even see "her" in a romance with a human."

When you've been out in space on a year-long voyage with no women, even hortas get you hard.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:45 PM (8mLBT)

235 Yeah - She butt fucking ugly.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 06:46 PM (Z1dZR)

236 I enjoyed seeing her dragged from the car kicking and screaming. Is that wrong ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 06:46 PM (NtVYv)

237 "Every public (my town) school library has a globe. Many of my elementary school classrooms had globes in them"

Ours used to have books.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:46 PM (8mLBT)

238 Pack this ho off to prison and then deport her.

The kind of crime this Doxing Princess is trying to disrupt and for extra credit get CBP/ICE agents whacked can be seen in this video. Here in Las Cruces there has been a few stash house busts too.

Cops Bust 50+ Migrants Hiding Inside Albuquerque, New Mexico Home. From 2022, the height of Biden illegal alien invasion.

https://youtu.be/ogsKLRFE7Lo

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 06:46 PM (9vYpt)

239 One of my brothers, who lives in the boonies, told me he bases how well a Saturday night went by the number of wighats at the stop sign.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 06:42 PM (6PCLE)

They should make wig tossing an Olympic sport. For inclusion and diversity.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:46 PM (i24o9)

240 I heard stories of people going back and forth between Russia and the US once the Bering strait froze up. A dog sled ride away !

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (g47mK)

241 Fuck'em. Its America, we have American rules, American laws, American culture. We do American shit, period. Bastards come here, fly their shithole flags, don't learn the language, run for fucking office and enact shithole laws that reflect their shithole culture. Don't care what country they come from. Be American, or stay the fuck out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

If I was skilled in making videos, I would set this to inspiring, patriotic music, Berserker's hair gently blown back by a breeze, with a flag rippling in the background.

*cues trumpet flourish*

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (ftFVW)

242 227
Esperete, is in fact, Spanish for "I can't breathe." It's like "HOLD ON!" because she's in an "emergency."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2025 06:43 PM (ny95y)

She may have had a no-fake panic attack, with chest pains and gasping for breath.

What's 'tough shit' in Spanish?

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (aBgBM)

243
Remember that overrated crap The Orville?

All those "hot" alien chicks would be grotesque if they were walking down Main Street.

Ears that look like radiator cooling fins? Oh yeah, hot.

But they all have killer bodies.

(so maybe we would find them "hot.")

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (dO7us)

244 I drink her tears with joy.

Kinda shocked they didn't clock her or tase her at least.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (RIvkX)

245 For some reason, a "space alien" with a great human body and a face like a dolphin is considered "hot." You'll even see "her" in a romance with a human.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (dO7us)
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Mainly on Rick and Morty, though.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (krQz2)

246 >>"Every public (my town) school library has a globe. Many of my elementary school classrooms had globes in them"

My 3rd Grade Teacher had really nice globes.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (Z1dZR)

247 London has problems.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (g47mK)

248 227
Esperete, is in fact, Spanish for "I can't breathe." It's like "HOLD ON!" because she's in an "emergency."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Around here it's common for, hold on, in the vernacular of 'wait a minute'. Call for a pause.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 06:48 PM (Cm8rh)

249 What's 'tough shit' in Spanish?
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:47 PM (aBgBM)

It's me saying "Tough Shit" and even though you only know Spanish you know exactly what I just said based on contextual cues.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 06:48 PM (zmF9y)

250 Cops Bust 50+ Migrants Hiding Inside Albuquerque, New Mexico Home. From 2022, the height of Biden illegal alien invasion.

https://youtu.be/ogsKLRFE7Lo

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 06:46 PM (9vYpt)

Holy cow. It's like the clown car act.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (i24o9)

251 Nood

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (PiwSw)

252
Mi Tesla es su Tesla

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (NtVYv)

253 236 I enjoyed seeing her dragged from the car kicking and screaming. Is that wrong ?
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 06:46 PM (NtVYv)

Well, if it is wrong, then I join you in enjoying the videos. Bigly.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (6PCLE)

254 236 I enjoyed seeing her dragged from the car kicking and screaming. Is that wrong ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 06:46 PM (NtVYv)

Nope

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (aBgBM)

255 Esperete, is in fact, Spanish for "I can't breathe." It's like "HOLD ON!" because she's in an "emergency."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2025 06:43 PM (ny95y)

I think she was saying "hold on a minute, I will release it" and I suspect her seatbelt was not cooperating, or she was faking a problem with the gear.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (rbvCR)

256
"Leela" on Futurama:

Would?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (dO7us)

257 "What's 'tough shit' in Spanish?"

'Asi es'.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 06:49 PM (8mLBT)

258 Importing millions of third-world scumbags means importing the criminality and dysfunction and endless violence of third world scumbags
=====
Have you even been to San Francisco??

35% of our population is not American

In Miami and L.A. it's even higher.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

259 If I was skilled in making videos, I would set this to inspiring, patriotic music, Berserker's hair gently blown back by a breeze, with a flag rippling in the background.
Posted by: She Hobbit

It should come as no surprise to anyone that has met Berserker the he and my wife spent a good 30 minutes or so discussing haircare products at one of the TXMoMes.

His hair was perfect!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 06:50 PM (cYBz/)

260 91 Wasn't there a song "Tennessee Man, something something Woman?"

I thought it was 'Louisiana Woman, Mississippi man'.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (cHLus)

261 Off-Topic:

Looks like this is going to continue being a good horror movie year:

Dog VS Ghost!

"Good Boy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-CRkd_74g&t=94s

New movie from writer director of "The Monkey" and "Longlegs". Very Creep looking.

"Keeper"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IosOC-a2msY

"Weapons" is great too. If you haven't seen it.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (iJfKG)

262 no it means exactly hold on

I had a problem with rolling the rs,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (bXbFr)

263 Off once MILFY sock
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:41 PM (EYmYM)

--Whatever, I still envy your hash

Posted by: logprof at August 18, 2025 06:51 PM (jo6FO)

264 She passed out and what I'm sure is an immigrant raped her to death.

orally according to the story, she was passed out drunk on a park bench when he did it and someone witnessed it from their window

his story was she was willing and it was an accident but the witness testified otherwise

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (8uzBS)

265 Alaska? Close to Russia? That sounds like something Sarah Palin would say. What an idiot. -- educated leftists

I wondered after seeing this guy... how many of them really didn't understand that Alaska and Russia really are so close? You can literally see Russia from one of the Alaskan Islands.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (dfIr7)

266 Esperete is the second person command form of esperar: wait you! It also is in the familiar, which is lost in current English. Esperar can also mean to hope, but that doesn’t fit the context.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2025 06:52 PM (ZVgZ4)

267 Not gonna lie. I would like to have seen greater police efficiency yanking her out of the car.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 06:53 PM (IKyq4)

268 Sometimes you have to rape a hobo to death. These things happen.

Posted by: Stuff Mohammed Said (Cambridge Rev. Ed. 1992) at August 18, 2025 06:57 PM (pjs7m)

269 >>>He unironically, genuinely was unaware that the standard American world map was not the only layout of the earth and that Alaska was so close to Russia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 06:26 PM (dfIr7)
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Every public (my town) school library has a globe. Many of my elementary school classrooms had globes in them. In what world are these people growing up?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 06:39 PM (Cm8rh)

A world without maps and such.

Posted by: Miss Teen USA South Carolina 2007 at August 18, 2025 06:57 PM (wVcYX)

270 What's the Spanish equivalent of FAFO?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 06:57 PM (RqEcJ)

271 SOVEREIGNTY DEFEATS JOURNALISM!!

Posted by: JewishOdysseus at August 18, 2025 07:02 PM (S7XGO)

272 A man named Mohamed Mohamed now faces charges in Tennessee for repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman who was dying in front of a church.
--

Victim died while being sexually assaulted. This is murder, right?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM (RqEcJ)

273 Decades ago, younger and idealistic, perhaps I was slightly susceptible to the relentless and oervssive leftist propaganda and mind fvckery with respect to illegals, “refugees”, HB1 visa holders, and all the other crooked methods of gaining entry to the U.S.A.

No longer. Not any longer. Deport every single one. All of them. They can get in line and re-apply.

Start Over. Maybe 1000 a year, at most, legal immigrants. Maybe.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 07:29 PM (lyX7Q)

274 139 Taking care of friends' cats.

Just did squirrel corpse disposal.

Situational awareness is your friend.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.2% at August 18, 2025 06:24 PM (jvJvP)

When I was in the Army, I went on detached service to Ft Leavenworth, leaving my wife alone with my cat. Shortly after I left, my wife called me to tell me that the cat had caught an entire rabbit family - mother and 4 babies - and laid them out on the front step for her. She did not take pictures and got a neighbor to get rid of them.

Posted by: Retired, thank God! at August 18, 2025 07:30 PM (9BIt9)

275 She does the bird hands.

Posted by: Sagacious Mick at August 19, 2025 07:13 AM (ycggH)

James Comey, On Eve of Being Indicted for High Crimes, Makes a Pitch to the AWFLs That Will Be On His Jury: I Hate Trump and Love Love Love Taylor Swift

Hey AWFLs, I'm just like you. I'm also a rapidly-aging elderly white socialist obsessed with a thinly-talented white woman.

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Former FBI Director and 'Swiftie' James Comey releases a 5-minute video talking about how Taylor Swift inspires him and how she helps him deal with Trump.
"At my second Taylor Swift concert in Hartford, CT, 14 years ago, she sang a song about this topic, asking..."
"Why you gotta be so mean?" Comey said while quoting Swift's 2010 song 'Mean' as he discussed how mean people on X are.
It's truly mind-blowing that this man served as the FBI director.

Trump has kicked over all the rocks of "expertise" and "institutional authority" and citizens are seeing, for the first time in their lives, how incompetent, malign, and mentally-ill our "elite cadres" are.

I will repeat what I have said many times: there is something fundamentally off about Comey.pic.twitter.com/ax9ZRKkw8b
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) August 17, 2025

NEW: Former FBI Director and 'Swiftie' James Comey releases a 5-minute video talking about how Taylor Swift inspires him and how she helps him deal with Trump.

"At my second Taylor Swift concert in Hartford, CT, 14 years ago, she sang a song about this topic, asking..."

"Why… pic.twitter.com/DOYrn7wmbd
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 17, 2025

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1 SAD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:15 PM (ppG5b)

2 Open channel D

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 18, 2025 04:16 PM (gYnrv)

3 well, maybe pathetic

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:16 PM (ppG5b)

4 but deserving eternal mockery either way!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (ppG5b)

5 Comey strikes me as genuinely mentally ill.

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (gYnrv)

6 Dude looks like an aged Rachel Maddow in those pics.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (i24o9)

7 What a fag.

Posted by: Liberace's masseur at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (TbWk/)

8 Taylor Swift is very SPOOKY, if you know what I mean?

Yeah, she's some sort of Deep/Deeper State asset...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (TGPs7)

9 Bad Blood

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (G0vdT)

10 This guy is fruity in the loops.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (NtVYv)

11 I want video of James Comey twerking and singing a Taylor Swift song.

Right now, stat.

I demand proof of his fandom.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (daZd4)

12 comey has lost his mind.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (0N4FZ)

13 Hahahahahahahaha

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (VE6XX)

14 also deserving twenty-to-life in Marion

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (ppG5b)

15 but deserving eternal mockery either way!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (ppG5b)

He thought being a swifty would save him from persecution. Dumb ass.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (i24o9)

16 What a weirdo.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (vFG9F)

17 It's truly mind-blowing that this man served as the FBI director.
====

No it's not. That little bitch George Tennant cried like a teenage girl when he was awarded some sh*t medal by Obama.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (RIvkX)

18 Comey strikes me as genuinely mentally ill.
Posted by: Open Channel D at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (gYnrv)

Yeah, somethin ain't right in his deluded cranium

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (NtVYv)

19 *looks at photo*

Has James Comey turned into an orange man?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (daZd4)

20 He acts like a teenage girl.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (NpAcC)

21 Kelp scented pop music philosopher

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (UjdFS)

22 comey has lost his mind.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (0N4FZ)

Speaking of doing drugs and doing crazy stuff. Quick, someone get him a .38 spcl.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (i24o9)

23 seconded, Anna!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (ppG5b)

24 Vince Coglianese had a very funny segment on this today.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (77rzZ)

25 Calling Carter Page a "Russian asset" wasn't mean at all, was it Comey?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (krQz2)

26 Taylor Swift has just released a new song about Comey titled "Eeew".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (ExV1e)

27 Was he listening to Taylor Swift on his Walkman while arranging shells on the beach to imply 86'ing the president?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (Dv3i1)

28 I hope every day Comey gets to wear orange

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (+qU29)

29 Somewhere in the afterlife, J. Edgar Hoover is laughing his panties off.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (daZd4)

30 Is Swift still a "thing " ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (VE6XX)

31 Oh, wait, Tennant was CIA. Oops oopsie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (RIvkX)

32 14 years ago I was home alone and bored. I tried on my wife's shoes, then her lipstick and mascara. It felt natural as an FBI director.

Posted by: James Comey dragqueen at August 18, 2025 04:20 PM (UCRIj)

33 "Here are documents written by Comey and other high level Obama officials detailing how they tried to frame Trump."
-ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard

"I'm a Swifty."
-James Comey

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:20 PM (GBKbO)

34
LMAO

What a dumbshit.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 04:20 PM (3ek7K)

35 Yeah, somethin ain't right in his deluded cranium
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (NtVYv)
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He's a weird guy.

Something is not spying if he can get around saying it is.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:20 PM (krQz2)

36 What a fag.
Posted by: Liberace's masseur at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (TbWk/)

I agree.

Posted by: Clyde Tolson at August 18, 2025 04:20 PM (wVcYX)

37 Too cute by half playing out in real time.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (p4NUW)

38 30 Is Swift still a "thing " ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (VE6XX)

Apparently, but the more important question is WHY. Which includes the question why a grown-ass man would publicly announce himself to be a Swiftie?

Posted by: Society is pathetic at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (TbWk/)

39 Hey, I like Taylor Swift -- because she is lovely and slim, and has maintained that for her entire career rather than going the drugs and "I'm healthy at any size, h8r!" route. We need more entertainers like her.

That said, if Comey is using his liking for her as a defense . . . ya gotta wonder about his mental processes. (Actually we wondered years ago when he let HRC slide, but this is confirmation.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (omVj0)

40 He actually went to the trouble of putting on a suit and tie for this

Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (X1yDi)

41 'bout the size of it, TJM

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (ppG5b)

42 Is Swift still a "thing"?
Posted by: It's me donna

Really. I thought Sydney Sweeney had supplanted her as the latest thing.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (77rzZ)

43 41 'bout the size of it, TJM
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (ppG5b)

======

"Oh, well, since you're a Swiftie, I guess we'll let you off."
-Florida Grand Jury, apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (GBKbO)

44 He's gonna love his cellmate.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (wtvvX)

45 I don't think Comey's gay, but he doubles up on the fake, to even out as fake and gay.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (krQz2)

46 Open channel D
Posted by: Open Channel D at August 18, 2025

***
Mr. Waverly would refuse to take calls from Comey

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (omVj0)

47 In that video, Comey looks fake and gay...mostly gay.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (TN0g+)

48
Every medal Barky hung on some useless bureaucrat / fabelist / pervert / entertainer was basically a participation award.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (Y8DZL)

49 45 I don't think Comey's gay, but he doubles up on the fake, to even out as fake and gay.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (krQz2)

He's "sensitive."

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (VE6XX)

50
This is why I recently said that I now 100% Doubt EVERYTHING I've heard about J Edgar Hoover.

Hollywood and the Democrats (I repeat myself) aka Communist faggots, 100% ruined that man's reputation with bullshit lies.

james comey is 1000X worse than J Edgar Hoover on Hoover's worst day. That fag cuck Christopher Wray is a piece of feces compared to Hoover.

Hoover was likely a good patriotic American.

Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (daGaH)

51 What a fucking weirdo.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (ufFY8)

52 If he's not gay, he's a eunuch.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (v0R5T)

53 So this weirdo has displaced not one but two TS fans from being able to see her live.
Where does a 6'9" dude stand at a tay tay concert?

Posted by: Reforger at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (pxUkb)

54 want video of James Comey twerking and singing a Taylor Swift song."

Oh God, no. Just no no no. I'd need therapy after seeing that...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (tubbA)

55 Apparently, but the more important question is WHY. Which includes the question why a grown-ass man would publicly announce himself to be a Swiftie?

Posted by: Society is pathetic at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (TbWk/)

Foreshadowing an insanity plea.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (i24o9)

56 James Coney here's your cellmate Bubba Hugedong. "Hi Bubba , are you a Swiftie?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (O3XOV)

57
Is he trolling us ?

He must be. If not, ghey

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (NtVYv)

58 Trump has kicked over all the rocks of "expertise" and "institutional authority" and citizens are seeing, for the first time in their lives, how incompetent, malign, and mentally-ill our "elite cadres" are.

That was my thought seeing Comey, Brennan, Mueller, and all the rest - these are really the best people that the Deep State has to offer?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (xTIDn)

59 Weird guy, hoping he can scrape up some PR support from the gaggle of AWFL's not currently in jail in Newport.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 04:24 PM (7aIgb)

60 The front page iOS bug is on a tear today. Even with Brave and JavaScript turned off.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2025 04:24 PM (xq+0P)

61 Is Swift still a "thing " ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (VE6XX)

As long as there is injustice, whenever a Guatemalan nanny cries out, wherever a distress signal sounds among the blueskyverse, we'll be there. This fine ship, this fine crew. Never give up... and never surrender. -- Swifties

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 04:24 PM (ExV1e)

62 'A Higher Loyalty' by James Comey

That's the title of his book. He wrote it a few years ago after he left the FBI. These types always write the same kind of book, with similar titles. Smug, pretentious, self-righteous. Also, they're guilty as hell and complete trash people.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 04:24 PM (sAmhv)

63 Hoover was likely a good patriotic American.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Hoover was a patriotic Hooverian. He was all about Hoover.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (77rzZ)

64 Is there no one in this looming weirdo's life that told him this was a terrible idea? This is the kind of shame that would have resulted in his children's banishment in medieval times.

Posted by: UGAdawg at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (iqHxn)

65 FBI Director: Has no idea what "86 45" might mean, but finds deep life lessons in teen angst pop music.

Posted by: red speck at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (0Id0S)

66 Somewhere in the afterlife, J. Edgar Hoover is laughing his panties off.
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I saw video of a mob guy calmly explaining why Hoover never acknowledged the existence of the mob: Hoover and a boyfriend liked to hang out at a bar that they didn't know was mob-owned and miked/video-ed to the gills. Hoover and said boyfriend were filmed doing bad things in the bathroom there and the mob owned Hoover thereafter.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (TN0g+)

67 I want Comey indicted on the Coup D'etat

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (+qU29)

68 By the time this makes trial both boasts wii sink him.
Deservedly.

Posted by: From about That Tim at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (VEL4I)

69 Some men never got their ass kicked, nor have they ever administered an ass kicking, and it shows.

Posted by: Farmer ob at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (hlNLQ)

70 Is/was the KGB the mirror of the CIA or the FBI? Both?

I think the FSB = FBI.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (s9EN2)

71 So, did you think that Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok were masculine?? I know what I like in an agent....its special alright

Posted by: James Comey dragqueen at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (UCRIj)

72 63 Hoover was likely a good patriotic American.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Hoover was a patriotic Hooverian. He was all about Hoover.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (77rzZ)

========

Hoover consolidated power instead of trying to destroy Eleanor Roosevelt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

73 Like Jesus, he's taken the sins of the entire world onto himself.

Trump Derangement on Display: Joy Reid Says Trump Represents “All of America’s Sins”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (L/fGl)

74
Welcome to Atlantis...

History Content@HistContent

Cuba’s Sunken Enigma: Deep-Water “Megaliths” - A Thread 🧵

Off Cuba’s western tip, at 600–700 meters deep, sonar and ROVs have revealed strange, geometric structures—pyramids, circular formations, and smooth block-like shapes. Forgotten by time, they lie in eternal darkness, untouched by human eyes. Could this be a lost city beneath the sea

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (TGPs7)

75 Trump has kicked over all the rocks of "expertise" and "institutional authority" and citizens are seeing, for the first time in their lives, how incompetent, malign, and mentally-ill our "elite cadres" are.

Which may be another reason for the TDS among a certain demographic that was raised to believe in the goodness and integrity of those in authority from government to teachers to cops to doctors. PDT has blown that shit up - and nobody likes having their worldview shattered even if it was based on bullshit. It's painful and disorienting.

Posted by: Just thinking out loud at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (TbWk/)

76 Hoover was a patriotic Hooverian. He was all about Hoover.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (77rzZ)
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The man liked vacuums, what can I say?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (WvZaB)

77 Also setting up a pity defense that he is coming out as a dirt poker, so might have done some seditious-traitorous actions and RICOed them with others due to that.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (17s+e)

78 At my second Taylor Swift concert in Hartford, CT, 14 years ago...

Taylor Swift is on the verge of becoming an oldies act.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (xq+0P)

79 Really. I thought Sydney Sweeney had supplanted her as the latest thing.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (77rzZ)

The herd of middle aged women who worship Taylor Swift are not on board with Sweeney.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (ExV1e)

80 James Comey's favorite Taylor Swift songs:

Karma (2022), Don't Blame Me (2017), You Need to Calm Down (2019), I Knew You Were Trouble (2012)

(Disclaimer: I didn't know these songs. Still don't. I Googled them. So, leave me alone)

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (dIske)

81 What a douche. Complete douche!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (i98Y6)

82 And a Rubio presidency, God help us, would turn back over as many of those rocks as possible if it would prevent further exposing deep state mental illness. Every time that guy boasts about some "accomplishment" you hear a faint Vincent Price evil laugh echo in the distance.

Posted by: Dude at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (kjy5M)

83 Bill Buckley says Comey is queer and he’s gonna punch him in the goddamn face!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (/iXAp)

84 Hoover was likely a good patriotic American.

Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM (daGaH)
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I've seen well-sourced arguments that there is nothing to the hipster caricature of Hoover's secret kink.

Remember, you're talking about the same crowd whose main thrust against McCarthy was that he was gay for his brother. At a number of his hearings, he was battered with innuendo circulated by the Dems.

They didn't have an argument that there were no commies in the State dept. It was about him being gay for his brother.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:27 PM (krQz2)

85 He smells.

Posted by: Tay Tay at August 18, 2025 04:27 PM (/U5Yz)

86
Really. I thought Sydney Sweeney had supplanted her as the latest thing.
Posted by: Bulg at August

Well one is an actress, sort of. And the other is a pop star. They aren’t really in competition for the same thing. I would think Chappell Roan as a potential rival, but she is more competition for replacing Lady Gaga. Olivia Rodrigo? Sabrina Carpenter? There really aren’t many who are going to have the same huge draw as Taylor, which makes one pause on the thought she is talentless…😀

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 04:27 PM (GMx4K)

87 James Comey eats bananas for the shape, not the taste.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 04:27 PM (tlI68)

88 There are many more like this guy in positions of power. Lord help us.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 04:27 PM (vFG9F)

89 I saw video of a mob guy calmly explaining why Hoover never acknowledged the existence of the mob: Hoover and a boyfriend liked to hang out at a bar that they didn't know was mob-owned and miked/video-ed to the gills. Hoover and said boyfriend were filmed doing bad things in the bathroom there and the mob owned Hoover thereafter.
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (TN0g+)

The FBI really didn't go after the Mob until after his death.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (FCrpy)

90 83 Bill Buckley says Comey is queer and he’s gonna punch him in the goddamn face!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (/iXAp)

And he'll stay plastered.

Posted by: Call me a crypto-Nazi one more goddamn time! at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (TbWk/)

91 Welcome to ~~Atlantis~~ R'lyeh...
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FIFY

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (WvZaB)

92 Really. I thought Sydney Sweeney had supplanted her as the latest thing.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (77rzZ)
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Only for the bad people. For the "right people" Sweeney is the two-minute hate.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (krQz2)

93 Taylor Swift has just released a new song about Comey titled "Eeew".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (ExV1e)

--

Pitch-perfect. I laughed.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (QArof)

94 64- he does seem to suffer from an inability to stfu.

Posted by: Farmer ob at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (hlNLQ)

95 Trey Yingst@TreyYingst

Hamas has accepted an agreement that is close to the ceasefire terms previously discussed.

"Through pressure on Hamas to accept, Qatari and Egyptian mediators secured a breakthrough that preserves 98% of the Witkoff proposal, which the Israeli side had previously agreed to," Fox News is told by a Diplomat briefed on the talks.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (TGPs7)

96 could be right, Soothsayer, he sure seemed to hate commies ...

and the lies seem endless, too

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (ppG5b)

97 94 64- he does seem to suffer from an inability to stfu.
Posted by: Farmer ob at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (hlNLQ)

I wish he and Swift would go away....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (VE6XX)

98 This is funny:

A InstaThot "influencer" with a massive 40k following, an illegal from Colombia, who'd been documenting ICE raids, got snatched out of her Tesla by ICE while live-streaming.

She has a prior DWI.

And claimed "I can't breeve!" while resisting arrest.

Someone towed off an ICE vehicle during the arrest.
That little FA is going to get a huge FO.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (tlI68)

99 Taylor Swift is very SPOOKY, if you know what I mean?

Yeah, she's some sort of Deep/Deeper State asset...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (TGPs7)

Did you say Deep?

Posted by: Mark Felt at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (wVcYX)

100
I want to see Comey being dragged off in cuffs, whining, "But I'm FBI! I'm eff bee eyeeeeee!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (w6EFb)

101
Think abou tit:

Everything You know about J Edgar Hoover is from Hollywood. Commies were his arch enemies.

But yet you believe what Hollywood & "authors" say about Hoover.

Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (daGaH)

102 long as there is injustice,...

So we're back to Blazing Saddles? Cool.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (tubbA)

103 (Disclaimer: I didn't know these songs. Still don't. I Googled them. So, leave me alone)

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (dIske)

Using Google is gay.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (i24o9)

104 Comeys! Now with extra fake and ghey!

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 04:30 PM (scfxi)

105 There is room for you at beach house.

Posted by: Git Moe at August 18, 2025 04:30 PM (2sMLA)

106 Think abou tit:

The Horde is on it!

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

107 Or that hit Taylor Swift had called "It was a shocker when you gave the SPOCKER."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 04:30 PM (17s+e)

108 Gimme a “B”,Pat! (Inadvertent sock off)

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 04:31 PM (hlNLQ)

109 Taylor Swift is very SPOOKY, if you know what I mean?

Yeah, she's some sort of Deep/Deeper State asset...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (TGPs7)

Travis Kelce says love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you… spooky!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 04:31 PM (/iXAp)

110 44 He's gonna love his cellmate.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (wtvvX)

We can only hope

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 04:31 PM (w3u3d)

111 It's a disgusting amount of cringe watching this spectacle.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 04:31 PM (4pwAx)

112
Trump is a russian agent, you guys!

Trump let russian hookers pee on him!

Same liars, same smears as Hoover.

Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:32 PM (daGaH)

113 What a fag.
Posted by: Liberace's masseur at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (TbWk/)

I agree.
Posted by: Clyde Tolson
________

Or an old man perving on the youngsters at Swift concerts.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 04:32 PM (XvL8K)

114 Wait, wut?

Multiple Swift shows? More than 14 years ago? When Swift's fans were all middle schoolers? As a married man whose wife could've escorted whichever one of his ugly whelps wanted to go?

That's sketchy AF.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 04:32 PM (f1Xuy)

115 he does seem to suffer from an inability to stfu.

Posted by: Farmer ob at August 18, 2025 04:28 PM (hlNLQ)
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I would like to see that acted out in a scene with a doctor and a stethoscope.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:33 PM (krQz2)

116 What's wrong with his eyes?? It looks like he's been wearing sunglasses a lot.

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2025 04:33 PM (Oy/m2)

117 Denzel Washington Dismantles Cancel Culture: “I Don’t Follow Man, I Follow God”

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I watched Gladiator II: Sand and Sandels Bugaloo yesterday and thought that that DW was the best part of it. Well, also the rhino goring people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 04:33 PM (L/fGl)

118 73 Like Jesus, he's taken the sins of the entire world onto himself.

Trump Derangement on Display: Joy Reid Says Trump Represents “All of America’s Sins”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

She said this from her compound in Jonestown?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 04:33 PM (sAmhv)

119 Could this be a lost city beneath the sea
___

It's always the last place you look.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 04:33 PM (Dv3i1)

120 But Even Hoover was afraid of Angleton at the CIA.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:34 PM (77rzZ)

121 Comeys"

A brace of comeys? With po-ta-toes?

Posted by: Sam Gamgee at August 18, 2025 04:34 PM (tubbA)

122 Sulaiman Ahmed@ShaykhSulaiman

JUST IN: THE INTERIM US ATTORNEY FOR NEVADA RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT PROSECUTING TOM ALEXANDROVICH IS ‘SIGAL CHATTAH’ AN ISRAELI BORN CITIZEN

The person who decided not to prosecute Netanyahu’s Israeli government official for child pedophilia in Las Vegas is an Israeli born Jewish Zionist.

They act as a monolith and support each which includes protection and support when they abuse children.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 04:34 PM (TGPs7)

123 106- someone mentioned on the Saturday morning prayer thread that every thread eventually becomes a boob thread. I see that as a feature, not a bug. But any Comey thread starts off as a boob thread, regardless.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 04:34 PM (hlNLQ)

124 R'yleh >>> James Comey twerking

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:34 PM (daZd4)

125
Give Comey a break.

His daughter is unemployed as of a couple weeks ago and is probably begging him for a daddy daughter date to one of Taylor's impossibly overpriced concerts.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 04:34 PM (Y8DZL)

126 30 Is Swift still a "thing " ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:19 PM (VE6XX)

I think she's losing some of core female audience. The photos on her new album's cover are sort-of-racy (she ain't got a hot bod and doesn't show much more skin than in some of her show costumes), so maybe she's trying to get some toxic males to pay attention to her.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 04:34 PM (aBgBM)

127 Could this be a lost city beneath the sea
___

It's always the last place you look.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 04:33 PM (Dv3i1)

Schrödinger's city.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:34 PM (i24o9)

128 Someone towed off an ICE vehicle during the arrest.
That little FA is going to get a huge FO.
____

They've used this tactic before. I haven't heard anything about anyone getting caught though. It wouldn't surprise me if an NGO is funding the fake tow companies.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 04:35 PM (Dv3i1)

129 I don't even know what to say about this... I mean, if I'd have suggested such a thing I'd have ended up in the Barrel, yet here we are.

Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2025 04:35 PM (53oGX)

130 I would also like to take this opportunity to mention that I am fascinated by the WNBA. I am hoping a rubber dong night giveaway game soon.

Posted by: James Comey dragqueen at August 18, 2025 04:35 PM (UCRIj)

131 But any Comey thread starts off as a boob thread, regardless.
Posted by: Farmer Bob

He's one of the few big boobs I don't like.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:35 PM (77rzZ)

132 114 Wait, wut?

Multiple Swift shows? More than 14 years ago? When Swift's fans were all middle schoolers? As a married man whose wife could've escorted whichever one of his ugly whelps wanted to go?

That's sketchy AF.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 04:32 PM (f1Xuy)

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Next we are going to hear from Comey how Twilight influenced his thinking about young love.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 04:35 PM (Vh9CX)

133 Spectacular defense strategy. Hell he's made a career out of that

Posted by: Rando Calrissian at August 18, 2025 04:36 PM (eINvV)

134 By the way, Mean was one of Taylor’s country songs, not even one of her pop songs.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 04:36 PM (e8mjv)

135 Think abou tit:

Everything You know about J Edgar Hoover is from Hollywood. Commies were his arch enemies.

But yet you believe what Hollywood & "authors" say about Hoover.

Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (daGaH)

Same with Joe McCarthy.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 04:36 PM (O2GRA)

136 I will not stand idly by and watch Mr. Comey's reputation unfairly besmirched like this. James Comey is a Straight Shooter and a Patriotic American, who has worked tirelessley on behaf of the Entire Country and Our Sacred Values!

Posted by: Mitt Romney at August 18, 2025 04:36 PM (PiwSw)

137 Trump Derangement on Display: Joy Reid Says Trump Represents “All of America’s Sins”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (L/fGl)
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Stealing the smartphone from ancient Egypt (who were not likely black either) is just first on the list.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:37 PM (krQz2)

138 She said this from her compound in Jonestown"

Got Flavor Aid?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 04:37 PM (tubbA)

139 Liking TaySwif songs for the lyrics is fully erect Hard Gay.

Her cadre of employees write catchy tunes and jingles, not profound philosophical discussions on the human experience.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 04:37 PM (tlI68)

140 @120 Angelton scared the crap out of most of DC

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 04:37 PM (O3XOV)

141 Next we are going to hear from Comey how Twilight influenced his thinking about young love.

I'll bet he was devastated when Bobby Sherman died recently.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (Riz8t)

142 I saw this on the MR and, even for Comey, I couldn't believe it. I mean this when I say...there is truly something mentally wrong with this man. This only confirms it all the more. What an embarrassment. To think he was FBI Director is just frightening.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (qBdHI)

143 The FBI really didn't go after the Mob until after his death.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

What about when RFK was AG?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (77rzZ)

144 Even Baseballcuck is saying that Comey borrowed the reputation of his institution to hide his less than stellar character now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

145 Next we are going to hear from Comey how Twilight influenced his thinking about young love.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 04:35 PM (Vh9CX)
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But was he "Team Edward"? He should also clear that up while he's at it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (krQz2)

146 where do you suppose this asshat is while he's filming his weird ass rant?

in the USA?

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (Pv3Rg)

147 89 I saw video of a mob guy calmly explaining why Hoover never acknowledged the existence of the mob: Hoover and a boyfriend liked to hang out at a bar that they didn't know was mob-owned and miked/video-ed to the gills. Hoover and said boyfriend were filmed doing bad things in the bathroom there and the mob owned Hoover thereafter.
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 04:25 PM (TN0g+)

The FBI really didn't go after the Mob until after his death.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

Yep, though it seemed to really collapse for the Families early 90s onward.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (sAmhv)

148 @136

I concur!

Posted by: Pierre Delecto at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (Dv3i1)

149 OMG, the only thing worse than this Comey douche is the Cubs stinking up the first game of this doubleheader against the red hot Brewers.

Cubs cannot get the bats going, and they are going through pitchers like shit through a goose.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2025 04:39 PM (ufFY8)

150 144 Even Baseballcuck is saying that Comey borrowed the reputation of his institution to hide his less than stellar character now.

I SAW THAT!

TJM it was priceless

Welcome to the party, not-really-my-pal!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 04:39 PM (Pv3Rg)

151 What about when RFK was AG?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (77rzZ)
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They couldn't escort him out of restaurants.

He would keep screaming "I'm the AG! I'm the AG!"

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:39 PM (krQz2)

152 James Comey needs to come out of the closet already.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at August 18, 2025 04:39 PM (Z3Vfa)

153 Elric says Sydney Si is“mid” but I’ve always found Tay-Tay off-putting. Her figure is strange (no boobs, broad-waisted, narrow hips) and she has a fetal alcohol syndrome -looking face (to me). Of course,matter of personal preference and if she’s your cup of tea I wouldn’t expect to argue you out of it, “eye of the beholder” and all that.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 04:39 PM (hlNLQ)

154 If my 14yo wanted me to tak her to some teeny bopper pop chick's concert, the answer would be an immediate "hell no. Go ask your mother."

First of all, because it sounds as fun as shitting blood. Secondly, because middle aged men at shows like that are straight-up creepers, no matter what flimsy excuse they have for being there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 04:40 PM (f1Xuy)

155 Prison bunks come in one length only.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:40 PM (W3T6M)

156 What about when RFK was AG?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:38 PM (77rzZ)
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They couldn't escort him out of restaurants.

He would keep screaming "I'm the AG! I'm the AG!"

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:39 PM (krQz2)

Someone found a way.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:40 PM (i24o9)

157
Comey is what happens when you get rid of merit-based hiring.

The Democrat Party is just one long, daisy-chain of subservient dick-sucking waiting for some guy ahead of you to drop dead so you can move up.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 04:40 PM (iJfKG)

158 The FBI really didn't go after the Mob until after his death.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

What about when RFK was AG?
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How long did JFK live after RFK's appointment?

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 04:40 PM (TN0g+)

159 tay tay is weird as f&ck

she can't dance and is just like almost cartoonish

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 04:40 PM (Pv3Rg)

160 I will repeat what I have said many times: there is something fundamentally off about Comey.
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What? Hiding behind a curtain is perfectly nomal behavior for the Director of the FBI.

Speculate as one might about Hoover's supposed proclivities, I believe that he very firmly had the best interests of the country firmly at heart.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:40 PM (XeU6L)

161 Looks like Comey likes the tanning booth.

Orange Man Sad.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 04:41 PM (1GTvn)

162 The pine scented Druid philosopher is a swifty?

Oh ffs.

What a creep.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 04:41 PM (W2Pud)

163 Comey likely frequents Taylor Swift concerts because he's not allowed around middle schools anymore.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 18, 2025 04:41 PM (CwhoI)

164 He looks like a pine-scenter druid douche who surrounds himself with like-minded mean Junior High girls.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 04:41 PM (pnWGe)

165 Farmer Bob, Taylor's face is prettier than Sydney's, IMHO.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:41 PM (77rzZ)

166 Comey is literally throwing women and children in front of him to save himself.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 04:42 PM (tlI68)

167 Wheeeeee!

Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 04:42 PM (L/fGl)

168 OMG, the only thing worse than this Comey douche is the Cubs stinking up the first game of this doubleheader against the red hot Brewers.

Cubs cannot get the bats going, and they are going through pitchers like shit through a goose.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2025 04:39 PM (ufFY

Yeah but to make up for it the Bears looked pretty good yesterday against Buffalo. I know it's pre-season but I actually thought that the team had been kidnapped and replaced by players who could actually score TD's. I almost called the police to report the kidnapping.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 04:42 PM (O2GRA)

169 It's truly mind-blowing that this man served as the FBI director.

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Trump broke him.

The Trump Curse: it's Real and it's Spectacular!

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (pnWGe)

170 Prison bunks come in one length only.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:40 PM (W3T6M)
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Procrustes smiles.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (WvZaB)

171 Today I cried and cried. Taylor broke up with Tom Hiddleston!!!! Why Why Whyeeee!!! He wuz the 1! I've decided I cannot live in a Donald Trump America.

Posted by: Comey's Diary Entry Aug 13, 2016 at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (QArof)

172 154 If my 14yo wanted me to tak her to some teeny bopper pop chick's concert, the answer would be an immediate "hell no. Go ask your mother."
___

Taylor is 35yo now. Millennial women are her primary audience. Though she still does attract teenage girls. And James Comey.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (Dv3i1)

173 169 Trump broke him.

The Trump Curse: it's Real and it's Spectacular!
Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (pnWGe)

========

Posit:

Trump did not break him.

Discuss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (GBKbO)

174 You never hear about Louis Freeh anymore. He did that investigation and report on Sandusky at Penn State, and then seemed to disappear.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (77rzZ)

175 The only thing that would be surprising about Comey getting caught trying to take up-skirt pics at a drag show would be that it took so long for him to get caught.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (tlI68)

176 >>Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base

'What does this Lever Do?!'

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (Z1dZR)

177 My guess is he is working himself up to eat a bullet.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (W3T6M)

178 Taylor is 35yo now. Millennial women are her primary audience.

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He said he attended his second show 14 years ago. Her fans were all underage girls, or close to it.

It's incredibly weird.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (f1Xuy)

179 Ah the origination of the Straight Shootin' meme.

I couldn't believe this is what Fox was reporting about this fag at the time. Wifey still watched it back then.

Fox was all over how he the head of the Hillary Investigative Team was a Republican Straight Shooter that would always seek justice and fairness above all else.

And it was like... AYFKM? I had never heard of the guy but already knew it meant he was 100% gutter slime covered in corrupt jizz and clinical homosexuality.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (E0p3T)

180 Think abou tit:

Everything You know about J Edgar Hoover is from Hollywood. Commies were his arch enemies.

But yet you believe what Hollywood & "authors" say about Hoover.

Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:29 PM (daGaH)

Same with Joe McCarthy.
Posted by: Chairborne!
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Overwhelming ad hominem innuendo, but no actual, factual proof.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (XeU6L)

181 167- immediately preceded by the words “what’s this button do?” one would assume.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (hlNLQ)

182 Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (W3T6M)

Nope that's a dick

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (E0p3T)

183 161 Looks like Comey likes the tanning booth.

Orange Man Sad.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 04:41 PM (1GTvn)/

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Jeff Flake, Oompa-Loompa in Training at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (PiwSw)

184 >>He said he attended his second show 14 years ago. Her fans were all underage girls, or close to it.

His daughter would have been of the right age, tho...maybe?

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (Z1dZR)

185

Posted by: Jeff Flake, Oompa-Loompa in Training at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (PiwSw)

186 I always thought that the picture of Comey looking up at trees was him looking for the one to hang himself from

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (O3XOV)

187 James Comey collects seashells and teens. What a weirdo.

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (Oy/m2)

188 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base

'What does this Lever Do?!'

Was the passenger Eleanor Holmes Norton by any chance?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

189 Comey is literally throwing women and children in front of him to save himself.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 04:42 PM (tlI6

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James Comey playing the role of George Costanza in the birthday party episode.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (krQz2)

190 100% gutter slime covered in corrupt jizz and clinical homosexuality.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (E0p3T)

You have been taking poetry lessons from ace, haven't you?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (ufFY8)

191 holy shit Garrett is Jeff Flake!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (Pv3Rg)

192 Never forget just how many RINOs and swamp GOPe swore up and down that Comey was a 'non-partisan professional'.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (lCHt6)

193 181 167- immediately preceded by the words “what’s this button do?” one would assume.
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I was thinking maybe the opposite, that the ride frightened the guest so much that they thought the safer option was to take their chances on the eject.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (Dv3i1)

194 Holy crap- now I’m thinking like Garrett! What’s next, craving a summer sausage?

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (hlNLQ)

195 Bobby Sherman was no lightweight. Thirty year career in LA Fire Dept. after his pop/acting career. Guested on Emergency! and fell in love with it. Became an instructor at Fire Academy, and a PM. Honored in LA Fire Museum.

Posted by: Julie, Do You Love Me? at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (G5+As)

196 Even Baseballcuck is saying that Comey borrowed the reputation of his institution to hide his less than stellar character now.

--

Who is Baseballcuck?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (qBdHI)

197 He said he attended his second show 14 years ago. Her fans were all underage girls, or close to it.

It's incredibly weird.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

It is entirely credible.

Posted by: Au Contraire Miklos at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (vEse0)

198 191 holy shit Garrett is Jeff Flake!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (Pv3Rg)

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I do not involve myself in the gay spat between garrett and ace, for I do not debase myself in such manners, so I will pass on this opportunity to note that this hidden fact explains so much.

And I discourage all of you others from noting it either.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

199 Never forget just how many RINOs and swamp GOPe swore up and down that Comey was a 'non-partisan professional'.

If you can't trust Paul Ryan, who can you trust?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

200 Has Comey been chowing down on pot brownies?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (kTd/k)

201 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base
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I'd like to hear the comms that immediately occured.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (XeU6L)

202 It's incredibly weird.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (f1Xuy)

Yeah. Wife took ours to an Imagine Dragons concert. I was fine staying in camp.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (i24o9)

203 His daughter would have been of the right age, tho...maybe?
____

Comey's daughter, the disgraced prosecutor?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (Dv3i1)

204 201 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base
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I'd like to hear the comms that immediately occured.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (XeU6L)

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"Dude...check this out."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (GBKbO)

205 167- immediately preceded by the words “what’s this button do?” one would assume.
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Its just natural to be curious how things work!

Posted by: Zombie Sally Ride at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (TN0g+)

206 Any grown-ass man that declares himself a Swiftie is either lying, a retard, or a degenerate.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (XMwZJ)

207 His daughter would have been of the right age, tho...maybe?
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (Z1dZR)

Yeah. But he's married, and I'm sure his kid's friends have moms who could go.

Normal men don'tdo this. Even a single fathet would desperately try to find a way out of this - not attend multiple Taylor Swift shows. He's way off the beam.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (f1Xuy)

208 Who is Baseballcuck?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (qBdHI)

Nevertrump who goes by the handle BaseballCrank on Twitter.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (i24o9)

209
...I watched Gladiator II: Sand and Sandels Bugaloo yesterday and thought that that DW was the best part of it...

I dunno. I think including Der Wienerschnitzel as a part of every day life in the Roman Empire was pretty anachronistic.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (iJfKG)

210 It’s a coded message activating a cell just like in that old Charles Bronson movie…. “The woods are dark and deep and I have miles to go before I sleep”.

Posted by: RustyG at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (vnSFM)

211 Never forget just how many RINOs and swamp GOPe swore up and down that Comey was a 'non-partisan professional'.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (lCHt6)
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Just like all the other snakes GOP players planted into Trump's first administration.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (krQz2)

212 He said he attended his second show 14 years ago.

Swift would have been 21 ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (VE6XX)

213 Dude's a loon. I wonder if he hides behind curtains still. Creep.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (1Gsou)

214
You People never heard of Elliot fucking Ness??

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (dO7us)

215 My guess is he is working himself up to eat a bullet.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (W3T6M)

We're not that lucky.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (1GTvn)

216 Missed last thread. I had always thought Wes Moore would be a good candidate for higher office - well stick a fork in his career, it's over. Why does every last one of them have to be a lying, sniveling, cheating idiot? Every last one!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (uWKK8)

217 207 His daughter would have been of the right age, tho...maybe?
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 04:45 PM (Z1dZR)

Yeah. But he's married, and I'm sure his kid's friends have moms who could go.

Normal men don'tdo this. Even a single fathet would desperately try to find a way out of this - not attend multiple Taylor Swift shows. He's way off the beam.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (f1Xuy)

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It should be noted that in the M. Night Shyamalan masterpiece (relatively speaking) Trap, the serial killer loved going to pop concerts with his daughter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (GBKbO)

218 Who is Baseballcuck?

George Will, I think.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (O2GRA)

219 201 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base
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I'd like to hear the comms that immediately occured.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (XeU6L)

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"Dude...check this out."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:48 PM (GBKbO)
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"Hold my beer."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (7fElN)

220 holy shit Garrett is Jeff Flake!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (Pv3Rg)

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I do not involve myself in the gay spat between garrett and ace, for I do not debase myself in such manners, so I will pass on this opportunity to note that this hidden fact explains so much.

And I discourage all of you others from noting it either.
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Its good to see someone take the high road.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (TN0g+)

221 Comey is literally throwing women and children in front of him to save himself.
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I know right. Imagine what Hillary would do? Or Obama. Oh wait the assassination thing was already tried twice.... Trump 2.0 is exceeding expectations.

Posted by: Two scoops are better than one at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (UCRIj)

222 Any grown-ass man that declares himself a Swiftie is either lying, a retard, or a degenerate.

I think Ace has already provided the answer. Comey is guilty, guilty, GUILTY! He's flailing, trying to find a way to poison the jury pool.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (Riz8t)

223 Comey strikes me as genuinely mentally ill.
Posted by: Open Channel D at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (gYnrv)

That will be his defense!

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (ipIsk)

224
If Mafia songbirds & Hollywood are your sources of Hoover's secret faggotry...

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (dO7us)

225 218 Who is Baseballcuck?

George Will, I think.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (O2GRA)

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Dan McLaughlin, NRO writer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (GBKbO)

226 201 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base
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I'd like to hear the comms that immediately occured.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (XeU6L)

I TOLD YOU NOT TO PULL THAT LEVER DAMMIT!!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (uWKK8)

227 Nevertrump who goes by the handle BaseballCrank on Twitter.

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Ah, ok. Got it. Thanks, CF.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (qBdHI)

228 Overwhelming ad hominem innuendo, but no actual, factual proof.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (XeU6L)

Yeah? Say that about Jenny McCarthy, tough guy, and we will fight!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (rbvCR)

229 Who is Baseballcuck?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 04:47 PM (qBdHI)

Nevertrump who goes by the handle BaseballCrank on Twitter.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

The nic also works for George Will.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (77rzZ)

230 219 201 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base
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I'm afraid to ask how that turned out..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (VE6XX)

231 The Imbecility of the Elites would be a good title for a novel.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (kTd/k)

232 At my second Taylor Swift concert in Hartford, CT, 14 years ago

To think this 'dude' was once the head of the FBEYE.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 04:51 PM (gKDq2)

233 I went to an Ariana Grande concert, but she wouldn't lick my donut.

Posted by: Perry The Peeper at August 18, 2025 04:51 PM (G5+As)

234 231 The Imbecility of the Elites would be a good title for a novel.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (kTd/k)

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Too close to Bonfire of the Vanities?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:51 PM (GBKbO)

235 Yeah. But he's married,
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So is Admiral 'Rachel' Levine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:51 PM (XeU6L)

236 The Imbecility of the Elites would be a good title for a novel.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (kTd/k)

I thought Tom Wolfe wrote that.

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2025 04:51 PM (Oy/m2)

237 Baseballcuck is Dan McLaughlin. He uses the handle Baseballcrank. Sometimes writes at NRO. A douche

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (O3XOV)

238 Speaking of punchable faces, I watched an old, old Firing Line on YouTube last night: Buckley debating Noam Chomsky about Vietnam circa 1968

Chomsky has an extremely punchable face! I was surprised when I looked it up to find out he’s still alive a 96 years of age! Why do the bastards live so long!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (5MZNC)

239 Comey strikes me as genuinely mentally ill.
Posted by: Open Channel D at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (gYnrv)

Didn't, couldn't watch the entire video, but it appears that Comey is making the last, desperate appeal to the lowest rung on the Dem ladder - the wine moms. Not enough of them, bub.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (rj6Yv)

240 Just like all the other snakes GOP players planted into Trump's first administration.
Posted by: Axeman
_________

I put Wray squarely on Trump. There was plenty of warning about him at the time. Just a bad decision.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (XvL8K)

241 The nic also works for George Will.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (77rzZ)
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I don't think the hatred of dungarees is comparable, though.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (krQz2)

242 Time to Swift boat his as.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (ipIsk)

243 Comey strikes me as someone who believes his own bullshit and thinks he is much brighter and stronger than he actually is. He tried to get leverage over Hillary when he thought she would be president in the clumsiest way possible—“no intent”—and tried an even clumsier approach with President Trump. He failed both times and that is what I think broke him.

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (gYnrv)

244 The Imbecility of the Elites would be a good title for a novel.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (kTd/k)

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Too close to Bonfire of the Vanities?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

There is no copyright to titles.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (77rzZ)

245 223 Comey strikes me as genuinely mentally ill.
Posted by: Open Channel D at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (gYnrv)

That will be his defense!
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (ipIsk)

It's worse than that - he's not mentally ill, he's a grown ass man who's grossly incompetent and has the emotional state of a 15 year old emo girl. And somehow this pathetic ass clown, who obviously has never been anything other than this for his entire life, got promoted up to the top of the FBI.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (uWKK8)

246 My guess is he is working himself up to eat a bullet.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (W3T6M)

He is not the sort to eat a bullet. He is the sort to fall off a yacht the night before he is scheduled to testify and tragically drown.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (rbvCR)

247 The Imbecility of the Elites would be a good title for a novel.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (kTd/k)

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Too close to Bonfire of the Vanities?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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'A Confederacy of Dunces'. No, no, wait...'A Parliament of Whores'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:53 PM (XeU6L)

248 Didn't, couldn't watch the entire video, but it appears that Comey is making the last, desperate appeal to the lowest rung on the Dem ladder - the wine moms. Not enough of them, bub.

It only takes one to hang a jury.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

249 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 04:49 PM (Riz8t)
OK, so definitely lying. But let's not discount retard and degenerate as distinct additional possibilities.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 18, 2025 04:53 PM (XMwZJ)

250 Went and looked at some other clips of Comey from just a couple years ago. His cheese has slid off the cracker.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 04:53 PM (dxWFK)

251 A Confederacy of Dunces has already been written

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 04:53 PM (O3XOV)

252 241 The nic also works for George Will.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (77rzZ)
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I don't think the hatred of dungarees is comparable, though.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (krQz2)

I think "Shoulda died 10 years ago" works best for George Will.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (uWKK8)

253 Chomsky has an extremely punchable face! I was surprised when I looked it up to find out he’s still alive a 96 years of age! Why do the bastards live so long!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

There are those on the interwebs who think that Chomsky was a CIA asset.

In any event, he was a terrible linguist.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (77rzZ)

254 Where does a 6'9" dude stand at a tay tay concert?
Posted by: Reforger

Right behind and firmly up against a tweenage boy?

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (ipIsk)

255 Comey strikes me as genuinely mentally ill."

Why? Just because he dances like nobody's watching?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (tubbA)

256 My guess is he is working himself up to eat a bullet.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (W3T6M)

He is not the sort to eat a bullet. He is the sort to fall off a yacht the night before he is scheduled to testify and tragically drown.
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That seems plausible to me.

Posted by: Robert Wagner at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (TN0g+)

257 244 Too close to Bonfire of the Vanities?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

There is no copyright to titles.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (77rzZ)

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You say that, but Ridley Scott's Exodus had to add the subtitle Gods and Kings after United Artists threatened to sue because of the 1960 film titled Exodus.

No idea why Scott and Fox bent to the demands. Perhaps it was no more than professional curtesy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (GBKbO)

258 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base

I assume the pilot landed safely? Has to be hairy landing with the canopy blown.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (O2GRA)

259 A Confederacy of Dunces has already been written
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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There is no copyright to titles.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (XeU6L)

260
You know those Midgets at Circuses who follow the elephants and shovel up the shit?

That's what zelensky looked like today.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (dO7us)

261 He is not the sort to eat a bullet. He is the sort to fall off a yacht the night before he is scheduled to testify and tragically drown.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (rbvCR)

oh, like the wood that wouldn't float.
(too soon?)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:55 PM (uWKK8)

262 Actually, it was MGM, not UA.

They...somehow...owned the title Exodus in perpetuity.

*shrugs*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:55 PM (GBKbO)

263 to fall off a yacht"

The Natalie Wood maneuver?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 04:55 PM (tubbA)

264 My guess is he is working himself up to eat a bullet.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:44 PM (W3T6M)

He is not the sort to eat a bullet. He is the sort to fall off a yacht the night before he is scheduled to testify and tragically drown.
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That seems plausible to me.

Posted by: Robert Wagner at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (TN0g+)

Karma dictates that it be a botched robbery in DC with two to the back of the head with nothing stolen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (i24o9)

265
Comey aid: You know, Taylor Swift is quite huge now.

Comey: I'm going with it!!

Posted by: Blanco at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (q83gU)

266 I think everyone needs to remember that comey's first action as fib director after Trump was sworn in in 2017 was to attempt to blackmail Trump with the pee-pee tape.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (0N4FZ)

267 A Confederacy of Dunces has already been written
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Speaking of which, my recent spate of vomitings may have something to do with a wonky pyloric valve.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (77rzZ)

268 The Imbecility of the Elites would be a good title for a novel.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 04:50 PM (kTd/k)

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Too close to Bonfire of the Vanities?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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'A Confederacy of Dunces'. No, no, wait...'A Parliament of Whores'

A Ship of Fools

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

269 There is no copyright to titties.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (p9LZO)

270 I think "Shoulda died 10 years ago" works best for George Will.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (uWKK

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Triumph of the Will.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (krQz2)

271 In any event, he was a terrible linguist.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (77rzZ)

not cunning at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (uWKK8)

272 Ah. Same line o'thought...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (tubbA)

273 Had heart attack and fell out of open window onto exploding bomb and was killed during shooting accident.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (WvZaB)

274 to fall off a yacht"

The Natalie Wood maneuver?
Posted by: man
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Lest we forget, Obama's chef.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (XeU6L)

275 And somehow this pathetic ass clown, who obviously has never been anything other than this for his entire life, got promoted up to the top of the FBI.
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Have you seen the leadership? Its pathetic assclowns from top to bottom. Wray, McCabe, Strzok. That's not a coincidence.

Posted by: Two scoops are better than one at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (UCRIj)

276 He is not the sort to eat a bullet. He is the sort to fall off a yacht the night before he is scheduled to testify and tragically drown.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (rbvCR)

So a trans zombie Natalie Wood! Sounds about right, Comey having an affair with Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (5MZNC)

277 Uh oh. More mean tweets.

Pop Base@PopBase
MSNBC is being rebranded to MS NOW.
The new acronym stands for ‘My Source (for) News, Opinions (and the) World.’

Sarah Huckabee Sanders@SarahHuckabee
News, Opinion, and the World?
More like No One Watching.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (L/fGl)

278 There is no copyright to titties.
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There is no copyright to tiles.

Posted by: Flooring contractor at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (TN0g+)

279 It's worse than that - he's not mentally ill, he's a grown ass man who's grossly incompetent and has the emotional state of a 15 year old emo girl. And somehow this pathetic ass clown, who obviously has never been anything other than this for his entire life, got promoted up to the top of the FBI.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (uWKK

And that is truly frightening. No exaggeration.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 04:58 PM (O2GRA)

280 I just found out a little bit ago that Comey was the Federal prosecutor who went after Martha Stewart.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:58 PM (77rzZ)

281 Honestly,I think his ego is unable to handle the truth, so he self-gaslights and actually believes his own bullshit (ala Obama) to those of us not delusional it seems like arguing about who farted on an elevator with only two passengers, but he’s convinced himself it was the other guy that shit his pants.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 04:58 PM (hlNLQ)

282 I think everyone needs to remember that comey's first action as fib director after Trump was sworn in in 2017 was to attempt to blackmail Trump with the pee-pee tape.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (0N4FZ)
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Nope, it was before that. Trying to "get away with something" by calling Mike Flynn in for an "interview".

In a much viewed interview he admits that as head of the FIB, he thought to use the naivete of the Trump administration against it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:58 PM (krQz2)

283
Others are calling it BS NOW

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 04:59 PM (dO7us)

284 Pop Base@PopBase
MSNBC is being rebranded to MS NOW.

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Multiple Sclerosis Now! Great rebrand you got there.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 04:59 PM (qBdHI)

285 If (big if) Comey ever makes it to prison, he will be very popular. Lot's of Swifties there, I here...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2025 04:59 PM (MZ+PY)

286 MS NOW.

MS No One Watches .

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2025 04:59 PM (Oy/m2)

287 Trump expects a three-way with Putin and Zelenskyy?

Zelenskyy might be down with that, but I'm pretty sure Putin doesn't swing that way.

Oops. Wrong topic.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 18, 2025 04:59 PM (p9rFX)

288 278 There is no copyright to titties."

there's right of Possession.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:59 PM (uWKK8)

289 I just found out a little bit ago that Comey was the Federal prosecutor who went after Martha Stewart.
Posted by: Bulg
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Stunning, brave.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 04:59 PM (XeU6L)

290 Is he a candidate for unaliving himself?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 05:00 PM (kTd/k)

291 @287 Ignatius Riley is a great character

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 05:00 PM (O3XOV)

292 In any event, he was a terrible linguist.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:54 PM (77rzZ)

not cunning at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2025 04:56 PM (uWKK

He was a weasel.. bashing the USA while twisting himself into a pretzel to justify viet cong terrorism…. At one point he even asserted that communist China (then in the midst of the cultural revolution IIRC) had more freedom than America. Punchable

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 05:00 PM (5MZNC)

293 You say that, but Ridley Scott's Exodus had to add the subtitle Gods and Kings after United Artists threatened to sue because of the 1960 film titled Exodus.

No idea why Scott and Fox bent to the demands. Perhaps it was no more than professional curtesy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I did not know that. Interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:00 PM (77rzZ)

294 A Confederacy of Dunces'. No, no, wait...'A Parliament of Whores'

A Ship of Fools

A fagot of faggots?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 05:00 PM (O2GRA)

295 He was a weasel.. bashing the USA while twisting himself into a pretzel to justify viet cong terrorism…. At one point he even asserted that communist China (then in the midst of the cultural revolution IIRC) had more freedom than America. Punchable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 05:00 PM (5MZNC)
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Also defended Cambodia's killing fields.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 05:01 PM (WvZaB)

296 Next it will be

Comey the Brony. He loves to clop.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 05:01 PM (QwOvD)

297 Comey is obviously clinically insane. Or pretending to be. To stay out of PIMTA prison.

Who the fuck at his age hides behind curtains? Or vicariously give Tay-Tay a tongue bath.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 05:01 PM (Q4IgG)

298 Is he a candidate for unaliving himself?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 05:00 PM (kTd/k)
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Check with the IC for that.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:01 PM (krQz2)

299 The Natalie Wood maneuver?
Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 04:55 PM (tubbA)

It has been the fate of a few "businessmen" and Ghislaine Maxwell's pop, after he did a number of things including lose a lot of money on the futures market speculating around Russian coups

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 05:01 PM (rbvCR)

300 Have you seen the leadership? Its pathetic assclowns from top to bottom. Wray, McCabe, Strzok. That's not a coincidence.
Posted by: Two scoops are better than one at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (UCRIj)

Chris "I've got a plane to catch" Wray. What a piece of work.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 05:02 PM (rj6Yv)

301
George Will is still alive? Is he still railing against dungarees? Has he become a Tay-Tay fan as well?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 05:02 PM (w6EFb)

302 "Million Dollar Legs" is the title of two films from the 30s. 1932's star was W.C. Fields. 1939s was Betty Grable. The earlier one is much better.

Posted by: Jack Oakie at August 18, 2025 05:02 PM (G5+As)

303 Willowed: the flag in front of MS NOW looks like a P
Therefore PMS NOW

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 05:02 PM (O3XOV)

304 So cry me a River Pipsqueak and act like man instead of a total Sissy/Snowflake/Wimp(He could make the Wimpy Kid look like a real Man)he chooses to be a fool

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 18, 2025 05:02 PM (wGqjj)

305 33 "Here are documents written by Comey and other high level Obama officials detailing how they tried to frame Trump."
-ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard

"I'm a Swifty."
-James Comey
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:20 PM (GBKbO)

*John Kerry has entered the chat*

Posted by: ArmChair in sin at August 18, 2025 05:03 PM (BnOvL)

306 "Million Dollar Legs" is the title of two films from the 30s. 1932's star was W.C. Fields. 1939s was Betty Grable. The earlier one is much better.
Posted by: Jack Oakie at August 18, 2025 05:02 PM (G5+As)
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OTOH, Betty's legs looked much better than W.C.'s.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 05:03 PM (WvZaB)

307 Also defended Cambodia's killing fields.
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There's a reason they don't teach history in the schools anymore.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 05:03 PM (TN0g+)

308 Had heart attack and fell out of open window onto exploding bomb and was killed during shooting accident.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (WvZaB)
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But, enough about Ron Brown....

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:03 PM (krQz2)

309 'A Confederacy of Dunces'. No, no, wait...'A Parliament of Whores'

a Murder of Birdbrains

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 05:03 PM (8uzBS)

310 I just found out a little bit ago that Comey was the Federal prosecutor who went after Martha Stewart.
Posted by: Bulg

Sweep the leg!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 05:03 PM (L/fGl)

311 naw hes an evil jerk, which between offices, worked as a look out for corrupt bankers,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 05:04 PM (bXbFr)

312 Is he a candidate for unaliving himself?

That would be a shame. A darn, darn shame.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2025 05:04 PM (2TIGT)

313 George Will is still alive? Is he still railing against dungarees?
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You mean you don't know?

Posted by: Les Nessman, Buckeye News Award Winner at August 18, 2025 05:04 PM (TN0g+)

314
James Comey is 6' 8", so he's basically Lurch from Adams Family with a fixation on a child singer.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2025 05:04 PM (IifOV)

315 gaaaaaaaayyyyyyy

Posted by: brak at August 18, 2025 05:04 PM (jGJov)

316 @301 Will said the other day he wants Mamdani to win to show how bad socialism is to the new generations. The dead bodies I guess are just part of the lesson

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 05:04 PM (O3XOV)

317 Today I learned
"County Line is a term used to describe gangs and organised criminal networks involved in exporting illegal drugs into one or more importing areas [within the UK], using dedicated mobile phone lines or other form of “deal line”. "

What the hell are they even talking about. I feel this is just a way to distract from muzzies raping their way through Europe.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (vlkaB)

318 Does he work for one of the news networks?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (kTd/k)

319 Martha Stewart was rumored to have been put in jail for insider trading and pissing off Hillary, and she got off easy.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (rbvCR)

320 But, enough about Ron Brown....
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:03 PM (krQz2)

A perfectly round entry wound, as I recall.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (rj6Yv)

321 @287 Ignatius Riley is a great character
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Agreed. But the black guy, Jones, is even better.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (77rzZ)

322 James Comey is 6' 8", so he's basically Lurch from Adams Family with a fixation on a child singer.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2025 05:04 PM (IifOV)
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However, there was that brief, shining moment when Lurch was a pop star.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (WvZaB)

323 Wonder how long before even the pretense of plausible deniability is abandoned and folks just start “falling” out of windows, like they do in Russia.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (hlNLQ)

324 Speaking of guys who act like girls:

I have no problem with male cheerleaders as long as they stick to the following:

Chant into megaphones, preferably while pumping their fists
Yeet dainty girls high into the air.
Lift up dainty girls high above their shoulders, whether it's by the feet, or, if the girls are doing splits, by the -wel, you know.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 18, 2025 05:06 PM (p9rFX)

325 Martha Stewart was rumored to have been put in jail for insider trading and pissing off Hillary, and she got off easy.
Posted by: Kindltot

No, it was supposedly for lying to the Feds.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:06 PM (77rzZ)

326 Did the Obamas sell the Martha's Vineyard property to cover up the death of their "chef"?

Posted by: I Cain't Swim! at August 18, 2025 05:06 PM (G5+As)

327 Have you seen the leadership? Its pathetic assclowns from top to bottom. Wray, McCabe, Strzok. That's not a coincidence.
Posted by: Two scoops are better than one at August 18, 2025 04:57 PM (UCRIj)

Chris "I've got a plane to catch" Wray. What a piece of work.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 05:02 PM (rj6Yv)

Those personnel decisions are not an accident or bad luck. They're enemy action.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 05:07 PM (YkIXR)

328 But, enough about Ron Brown....
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:03 PM (krQz2)

A perfectly round entry wound, as I recall.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (rj6Yv)
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Words you don't want to hear from Hillary Clinton.

"You have become a disappointment to us..."

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:07 PM (krQz2)

329 A Confederacy of Dunces has already been written
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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There is no copyright to titles.
Posted by: Bulg
Posted by: Mike Hammer

"When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him."

Jonathan Swift>>>>>Taylor Swift

Posted by: Ignatius Miklos-Reilly at August 18, 2025 05:07 PM (vEse0)

330 I hope he plays Tay Tay songs his first night in the cellblock and Bubba tenderizes him.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 05:07 PM (UjdFS)

331 I have no problem with male cheerleaders as long as they stick to the following:

So you're not a fan of the Vikings new "cheerleaders" with their pom poms ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 05:07 PM (VE6XX)

332 yes she was public enemy no 1, sarc,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 05:07 PM (bXbFr)

333 Lurch and Morticia were gettin' it on.

Sometimes, they would add in Thing for a threesome.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:07 PM (77rzZ)

334 Wonder how long before even the pretense of plausible deniability is abandoned and folks just start “falling” out of windows, like they do in Russia.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 05:05 PM (hlNLQ)

At least we won't be a dictatorship led by criminally corrupt individuals, so we have that.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 05:07 PM (rbvCR)

335 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base
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Must not have paid for the full ride.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:08 PM (krQz2)

336 Will said the other day he wants Mamdani to win to show how bad socialism is to the new generations.
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Yes, because burning thru a few billion dollars with a socialized grocery store will somehow be a "teaching moment", but The Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields and China and Stalin's Purges--those things just aren't persuasive enough.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 05:08 PM (TN0g+)

337 I suspect that comey is setting up his run for president in 2028.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 05:08 PM (0N4FZ)

338 folks just start “falling” out of windows"

We've Fort Marcy Park. So there.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 05:08 PM (tubbA)

339 comey has lost his mind.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (0N4FZ)

He's not the only Democrat to do so. The current zeitgeist of a majority of actual voters rejecting "Progressivism" (or whatever the Donks are labeling their Communism) has mentally broken the Democrats.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 18, 2025 05:09 PM (pJWtt)

340 I suspect that Comey is setting up his run for president in 2028.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

If that's true, he's an idiot.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:09 PM (77rzZ)

341 He actually went to the trouble of putting on a suit and tie for this
Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2025 04:21 PM (X1yDi)

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Let's see if Zelensky does the same. Wouldn't it blow your mind if Zelensky referenced Taylor Swift in his negotiations? Surely there must be a song of hers that would be appropriate to hurl at Putin.

Posted by: Decaf at August 18, 2025 05:09 PM (unUNN)

342 It only takes one to hang a jury.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

C'mon. While you were busy with the first, the others would scatter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:09 PM (ExV1e)

343 The car dealership I worked for hired a gay salesman. I was not shocked when he took time off to go to a cheerleading competition.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 05:10 PM (kTd/k)

344 > Martha Stewart was rumored to have been put in jail for insider trading and pissing off Hillary, and she got off easy.
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And, interestingly, has a rather good relationship, professionally speaking, with Snoop Dog.

Make of that what you will....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 05:10 PM (Q4IgG)

345 He's not the only Democrat to do so. The current zeitgeist of a majority of actual voters rejecting "Progressivism" (or whatever the Donks are labeling their Communism) has mentally broken the Democrats.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 18, 2025 05:09 PM (pJWtt)

"The phone keeps ringing. No one answers."

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 05:10 PM (rj6Yv)

346 I mean, we already knew he's an idiot, but if he thinks he has a chance in 2028, he's an extrasuperidiot.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:10 PM (77rzZ)

347 And, interestingly, has a rather good relationship, professionally speaking, with Snoop Dog.

Make of that what you will....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 05:10 PM (Q4IgG)
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She knew how to roll.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:11 PM (krQz2)

348 he's counting on a teeny bopper jury,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 05:11 PM (bXbFr)

349 George Will is an idiot. Win later by losing now is and always has been stupid. It’s a stupid strategy promoted by stupid people.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 05:11 PM (u73oe)

350 >>Will said the other day he wants Mamdani to win to show how bad socialism is to the new generations.
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or, now hear me out,... we could teach our kids about the 100M dead and the zero success rate, without adding to the number of casualties and destroying America's premier city....

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 05:12 PM (vlkaB)

351 In DemWorld, if you don't know who the fall guy is, you're the fall guy.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 05:12 PM (rj6Yv)

352 O/T The Vikings should be renamed the Mulvaneys

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 05:12 PM (8uzBS)

353 He is not the sort to eat a bullet. He is the sort to fall off a yacht the night before he is scheduled to testify and tragically drown.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 04:52 PM (rbvCR)

More likely auto-erotic asphyxiation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:12 PM (ExV1e)

354 Mamdani and the Viking cheerleader ladyboys are akin. Both are metropolitan elites in cloistered bubbles showing us rubes how enlightened they are and, more importantly how unsophisticated and backwards we are. And the fact that they’ll Bud light themselves because of it just proves to them how much superior they are to us.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 05:12 PM (hlNLQ)

355 Despite her Trump hatred, I kinda like Martha Stewart. She seems to take the whole prison thing in stride.

And young Martha Stewart was very easy on the eyes. Stared out as a modell.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:12 PM (77rzZ)

356 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base
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Must not have paid for the full ride.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:08 PM

That whole episode reminds me of the scene from 1941 with Dan Akroyd telling the people what they must not do with the 40mm AA gun they parked in their yard.

That eject mechanism in that plane is not going to go off by accident.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 05:13 PM (0N4FZ)

357 t only takes one to hang a jury.
Posted by: Archimedes

Has the statute of limitations run on the OJ jury?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 05:13 PM (L/fGl)

358 So you're not a fan of the Vikings new "cheerleaders" with their pom poms ?
Posted by: It's me donna

It’s Viqueens. Vikings were before they played in a dome.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 18, 2025 05:13 PM (36bTp)

359 I mean, as a model. She was not a sporting-goods company.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:14 PM (77rzZ)

360 George Will is an idiot. Win later by losing now is and always has been stupid. It’s a stupid strategy promoted by stupid people.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 05:11 PM (u73oe)

I don't think Will is an idiot. He's smart enough to collect a sizeable paycheck for writing the same column since the reign of Agammemnon.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 05:15 PM (rj6Yv)

361 It’s Viqueens. Vikings were before they played in a dome.
Posted by: Kratwurst at August 18, 2025 05:13 PM (36bTp)
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Also, always known as Viqueens to Detroit Lions boards.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:15 PM (krQz2)

362 It’s Viqueens. Vikings were before they played in a dome.
Posted by: Kratwurst at August 18, 2025 05:13 PM (36bTp)

Amen. Amazing how far we’ve fallen from old Metropolitan Stadium with Bud Grant on the sidelines forbidding his players from using the hand and feet warmers…. Alan Page, Jim Marshall, Carl Eller…. Real men

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 05:16 PM (P/Wjn)

363 Yikes

@EndWokeness
This is a political rally in America, 2025. Just as our founding fathers intended.

X-
https://tinyurl.com/mrv9v66v

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 05:16 PM (Dv3i1)

364 I don't think Will is an idiot. He's smart enough to collect a sizeable paycheck for writing the same column since the reign of Agammemnon.
Posted by: mrp

He's an atheist. So, an idiot by definition.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:17 PM (77rzZ)

365 Amen. Amazing how far we’ve fallen from old Metropolitan Stadium with Bud Grant on the sidelines forbidding his players from using the hand and feet warmers…. Alan Page, Jim Marshall, Carl Eller…. Real men

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 05:16 PM (P/Wjn)

The Purple People Eaters. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 05:17 PM (YkIXR)

366 @EndWokeness
This is a political rally in America, 2025. Just as our founding fathers intended.
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The guy in the middle looks like he's fucked up on qat.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 05:18 PM (WvZaB)

367 363 Yikes

@EndWokeness
This is a political rally in America, 2025. Just as our founding fathers intended.

X-
https://tinyurl.com/mrv9v66v

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Every single person in that video should be deported immediately and then let the legalities of said deportations play out later. They aren't worth the risk of being allowed to remain here. They can let the legal process play out from elsewhere.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

368 I seem to remember reading/video/interview where I leanred Martha Stewart and Brian Dennehy both worked at the same brokerage firm before their individual careers took off.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 05:18 PM (gKDq2)

369 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base

--

Theere's a fix for this, amd it's 7x stronger than Viagra.

Posted by: Comey's Diary Entry Aug 13, 2016 at August 18, 2025 05:19 PM (QArof)

370 Comey sock ejected.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 05:20 PM (QArof)

371 I seem to remember reading/video/interview where I leanred Martha Stewart and Brian Dennehy both worked at the same brokerage firm before their individual careers took off.
Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 05:18 PM (gKDq2)

I believe that the article said that Stewart worked at a firm played by Brian Dennehy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

372 I'm sure the screeching hijab harpy is probably saying something moderate like she'll be damned if the white gays aren't allowed to prance on the sports field like bachi boys

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 05:20 PM (Dv3i1)

373 Odds that Lurch could pull a Taylor Swift song out of a lineup? 50-50?

Oh and this dude knows what dick tastes like. Not joking. What straight adult man who isn’t a pedo could admit going to a TS concert?

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 05:21 PM (DODe4)

374
In the Before Time, I used to read George Will's column all the time. And watched on This Week with David Brinkley.

Man, that was a long time ago. If you've told my younger self then where my older self now would be, and what was going to happen since then, I wouldn't have believed it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 05:21 PM (w6EFb)

375 Nobody played a brokerage firm better than Brian Dennehy.

Posted by: When Dennehy Talks, People Listen at August 18, 2025 05:21 PM (G5+As)

376 that gal yelling at the sun has a unique accent dudn't she?

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 05:22 PM (8uzBS)

377 Nobody played a brokerage firm better than Brian Dennehy.
Posted by: When Dennehy Talks, People Listen

John Houseman would disagree.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:22 PM (77rzZ)

378
Man, that was a long time ago. If you've told my younger self then where my older self now would be, and what was going to happen since then, I wouldn't have believed it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 05:21 PM (w6EFb)

Things certainly didn't improve with Sam Donaldson at the helm.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2025 05:23 PM (rj6Yv)

379 The only men who listen to Taylor Swift either have teenage daughters or they are gay

I’m going with gay

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 05:23 PM (Uh8yM)

380 I don't think Comey's gay, but he doubles up on the fake, to even out as fake and gay.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (krQz2)

He's "sensitive."
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 04:23 PM

Flamboyant.

Posted by: Liberace's Hairdresser at August 18, 2025 05:23 PM (BMJSC)

381 Elric says Sydney Si is“mid” but I’ve always found Tay-Tay off-putting. Her figure is strange (no boobs, broad-waisted, narrow hips) and she has a fetal alcohol syndrome -looking face (to me). Of course,matter of personal preference and if she’s your cup of tea I wouldn’t expect to argue you out of it, “eye of the beholder” and all that.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 18, 2025 04:39 PM (hlNLQ)
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I’m not the biggest fan of SS, true. But she’s an 11 compared to TS. It’s not that TS is ugly. She’s not, not on the outside? On the inside, if I ever put my dick in her it would turn gangrene.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 05:23 PM (DODe4)

382 John Houseman would disagree.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 05:22 PM (77rzZ)

Houseman is better cast as a courthouse.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:23 PM (ExV1e)

383 If you've told my younger self then where my older self now would be, and what was going to happen since then, I wouldn't have believed it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

You forget

I did, you called bullshit, an I said Fine and went back to 2025.

Posted by: The Past and Future Publius at August 18, 2025 05:24 PM (vEse0)

384 This is probably the guy kicked off of Epstein Island and expunged from "The List" because he kept trying to fuck all the local fauna.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 05:24 PM (zmF9y)

385 Amen. Amazing how far we’ve fallen from old Metropolitan Stadium with Bud Grant on the sidelines forbidding his players from using the hand and feet warmers…. Alan Page, Jim Marshall, Carl Eller…. Real men

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 05:16 PM (P/Wjn)

A buddy of mine (Vikings fan) met Merlin Olsen. Buddy asked what it was like playing in Bloomington back in the day. Merlin said, it was so cold that I didn't even care if we won or lost. I just wanted to get back to the hotel. Also, Mr. Olsen was a very nice man.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 05:24 PM (0aYVJ)

386 Both Taylor and Swift are ham companies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 05:24 PM (jh3Gu)

387 I met a fellow whose faculty advisor was John Houseman. I said, "Not the kind of guy you'd go out for a beer with?" He concurred.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 05:25 PM (WvZaB)

388 Both Taylor and Swift are ham companies.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hat
.....

I'll stick with Spam.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 05:26 PM (v0R5T)

389 201 Passenger Ejected During F-15 Ride-Along on Flight Line at Barnes Air National Guard Base
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I'd like to hear the comms that immediately occured.

F15 driver seems like the kind of pilot that would be ice cold; i can only imagine what they would say when their passenger gets rocket boosted out of the plane right behind them before take off. That would be almost be a conversation worth paying for...

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 05:26 PM (cHLus)

390 Oh and this dude knows what dick tastes like. Not joking. What straight adult man who isn’t a pedo could admit going to a TS concert?
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 18, 2025 05:21 PM (DODe4)

A sociopath.

...

Oh, crap, I wanted to say something pithy and amusing there instead of just brutally declarative.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 05:26 PM (zmF9y)

391 If you've told my younger self then where my older self now would be, and what was going to happen since then, I wouldn't have believed it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

You forget

I did, you called bullshit, an I said Fine and went back to 2025.
Posted by: The Past and Future Publius at August 18, 2025 05:24 PM (vEse0)

The best skit she ever did.

https://youtu.be/Ms7capx4Cb8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

392 or, now hear me out,... we could teach our kids about the 100M dead and the zero success rate, without adding to the number of casualties and destroying America's premier city....

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 05:12 PM (vlkaB)

We got a live one here!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 05:27 PM (i24o9)

393 Better get nothing but pre-teen girls on his jury panel.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 18, 2025 05:27 PM (DsA2n)

394 Svetlana Lokhova believes the Comey thing is code:

https://tinyurl.com/a4jsm2k4

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 05:27 PM (3ImbR)

395 That would be almost be a conversation worth paying for...
Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 05:26 PM (cHLus)

*kssshh* Tower, Badger 1-2 Echo. God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly. *pkshhh*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 05:28 PM (zmF9y)

396 I do not find Tay-tay attractive. Kind of an uncanny valley vibe. Also, I'm an old man. I like mature women.

But my sons don't think much of her either. And they are in her age range.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 05:30 PM (0aYVJ)

397 Could Bonnie and Clyde have been excused from their crimes by admitting the were big Rudy Vallee or Bing Crosby fans? Does it only work for girls?

Posted by: Rule Book? at August 18, 2025 05:31 PM (G5+As)

398
Ignatius Riley is a great character
Posted by: Smell the Glove

_________

Unfortunately, the character of Ignatius J. Reilly reminds me of me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 05:33 PM (kkTda)

399 I'm more curious about Ace's "on the eve" qualifier about his pending.... indictment?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 05:34 PM (Q4IgG)

400 Swift is aging by the day. She is twice as old as many of the strippers in Rhode Island.

Posted by: Rhode Hard, Put Up Wet at August 18, 2025 05:34 PM (G5+As)

401 Should have mentioned, Svetlana Lokhova is the woman the Deep State falsely accused of having an affair with General Flynn.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 05:35 PM (3ImbR)

402 Well this is certainly one way to approach solving your problems.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 05:35 PM (8dSZC)

403 My testicles forbid me looking this up, but *was* there a Taylor Swift concert in Hartford, CT 14 years ago?

Seems an easy thing to check. Outside of lefty threatening to pull an immelmann on me, that is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 05:35 PM (zmF9y)

404 I've heard the Rosenbergs were big Doris Day fans.

Posted by: Ol' Sparky at August 18, 2025 05:35 PM (G5+As)

405 394 Svetlana Lokhova believes the Comey thing is code:

https://tinyurl.com/a4jsm2k4

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 05:27 PM (3ImbR)

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Comey was repeatedly blinking 8-6-4-7 in Morse code ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (mCKnt)

406
Tay Tay is 35, looks like she's 25 and sounds like she's 15.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (kkTda)

407 Amazing how far we’ve fallen from old Metropolitan Stadium with Bud Grant on the sidelines forbidding his players from using the hand and feet warmers…. Alan Page, Jim Marshall, Carl Eller…. Real men

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 05:16 PM (P/Wjn)

--

Now we get the Purple Penis Eaters.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (QArof)

408 I don't get the Taylor Swift thing, and likely never will.

Her music is ...fine. I mean, just pop music. She's okay looking. She sings well enough. I just don't get the insanity of it.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (D1vbu)

409 Swift isn't "ugly" per se.

But she's not "pretty" per se either.

She just kind of exists, in that land in between. All the makeup and costumes don't add up enough to kick her over into the pretty, hot, or exotic camp. She's just "present".

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (TN0g+)

410 I've heard the Rosenbergs were big Doris Day fans.

Posted by: Ol' Sparky at August 18, 2025 05:35 PM (G5+As)

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I would have guessed Red Skelton.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (mCKnt)

411 Both Taylor and Swift are ham companies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 05:24 PM (jh3Gu)
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So.... we're dealing with Big Ham.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:37 PM (krQz2)

412 >>>Comey was repeatedly blinking 8-6-4-7 in Morse code ...
~~~~~

Liars always blink excessively.

And yes, I got your tin foil hat inference.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 05:37 PM (3ImbR)

413 Also, I wouldn't know Taylor Swift if she fell down the chimney singing Christmas carols.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (8dSZC)

414 wow, two whole concerts. He's hardcore.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (xcxpd)

415
I've heard the Rosenbergs were big Doris Day fans.

Posted by: Ol' Sparky at August 18, 2025 05:35 PM (G5+As)

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I would have guessed Red Skelton.
Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (mCKnt)

___________

"One of these days, Ethel, one of these days. Pow! Zing! To the chair!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (kkTda)

416 413 Also, I wouldn't know Taylor Swift if she fell down the chimney singing Christmas carols.
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (8dSZC)

*Adds to fantasy list*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (xcxpd)

417 413 Also, I wouldn't know Taylor Swift if she fell down the chimney singing Christmas carols.
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (8dSZC)

A chimney swift?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (zmF9y)

418 This 70+ year old man, who used to be the FBI director, has memorized the lyrics to Taylor Swift songs.

He then makes a video sounding like a teen beauty pageant contestant who believes the world’s problems can be solved by following Taylor’s heartfelt plea to not be “Mean”.

This from the guy who tried to frame Trump as a traitor to help Hillary get elected.

These are the kinds of “leaders” our culture has produced over the past two decades.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

419 Why am I always reading tinnitus as tetanus? I pray to God the treatment is the same for both.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 05:39 PM (2ap+5)

420 I don't get the Taylor Swift thing, and likely never will.

Her music is ...fine. I mean, just pop music. She's okay looking. She sings well enough. I just don't get the insanity of it.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (D1vbu)

I think Swift, like Adele, doesn't sound like every other pop singer. That's a big part of the appeal. Assuming you listen to a lot of pop, you know when it's one of her songs on. You can confidently say "that's TayTay". Most other acts are largely interchageable.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:39 PM (ExV1e)

421 191 holy shit Garrett is Jeff Flake!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (Pv3Rg)

Did not see that coming.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 05:40 PM (xcxpd)

422 363 Yikes

@EndWokeness
This is a political rally in America, 2025. Just as our founding fathers intended.

X-
https://tinyurl.com/mrv9v66v
Posted by: Chuck Martel

So, how long till Minneapolis declares Sharia Law, officially. It's already happened unofficially. Good luck to that gay guy on the Vikings dance team with his new Islamic Tribal overlords.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 05:40 PM (sAmhv)

423 She just kind of exists, in that land in between. All the makeup and costumes don't add up enough to kick her over into the pretty, hot, or exotic camp. She's just "present".
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 05:36 PM (TN0g+)
~~~~~

Good analysis. I agree.

I kinda feel the same way about Sydney Sweeney's looks. But Sweeney has the boobs that causes all the guys to swoon and she seems like a nice kid, so she's got it all over Swift.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 05:40 PM (3ImbR)

424 I've heard the Rosenbergs were big Doris Day fans.

Posted by: Ol' Sparky at August 18, 2025 05:35 PM (G5+As)

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I would have guessed Red Skelton.
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"John Wilkes Booth, who said 'I thought he was a critic', never got a dinner! Goliath's mom, who said 'Stop running around with David, you always come home stoned' never got a dinner!"

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 05:40 PM (TN0g+)

425 I would have guessed Red Skelton.
Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! a

Red Skelton was a patriot. Red Buttons became increasingly lefty crazy as he aged, though it could have been partially due to his synapses being bidened.

Posted by: Strange Things Are Happening at August 18, 2025 05:40 PM (G5+As)

426 the twist was svetlana was the whistleblower against the crookedest bank in Russia, sberbank, so how likely was she to be a Russian agent,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 05:41 PM (bXbFr)

427 Isn't he dreamy!

Posted by: Buttigig at August 18, 2025 05:41 PM (cYBz/)

428 Why am I always reading tinnitus as tetanus? I pray to God the treatment is the same for both.
Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 05:39 PM (2ap+5)

————-

I would explain why you have lockjaw, but you wouldn’t hear me anyway.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 05:42 PM (u73oe)

429 These are the kinds of “leaders” our culture has produced over the past two decades.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2025 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

No. These are the fools the corrupt bastards put in place, where the only qualification is whether one will do what one is told, regardless of any moral qualms one might have.

That's the cream of their crop, not ours.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 05:42 PM (i24o9)

430 What is considered Taylor Swift's best song or album? I'm going to have to download one just to have some idea who this is.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 05:42 PM (BMJSC)

431 I like Taylor Swift, her music and her legs.

I went to the Eras tour with the wife. Sure, it was her idea, but I had a pretty good time.

I'm sure she's a progressive but she was quiet about it for a long time and there aren't a lot of people in Hollywood or Nashville of high moral character.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 05:43 PM (xcxpd)

432 I think I confuse Swift and Lady Gaga in my head.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 05:43 PM (BMJSC)

433 I kinda feel the same way about Sydney Sweeney's looks. But Sweeney has the boobs that causes all the guys to swoon and she seems like a nice kid, so she's got it all over Swift.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 05:40 PM (3ImbR)

Sweeney has a fantastic body and her face is pretty great... when she smiles, or it's in motion. If she's just sitting there with no expression? Mid, at best.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

434 Taylor is much better than the plus-sized chanteuse.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 05:43 PM (2ap+5)

435 The best skit she ever did.

https://youtu.be/Ms7capx4Cb8
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

I still rage that when my father passed, nobody was allowed to be there with him except for me and Mom. My siblings and relatives had to peer in through a window, like he was some kind of rare snow leopard.

Why?

I have no fucking clue. not. one. I fucking hate 2020-21. Fucking hate it. It was all so fucking damn stupid.

And do not get me started on my late sister's passing, just weeks later.

Immona take a break. Gonna be smashy-smashy otherwise.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)

436 429, excellent point!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (ppG5b)

437 This is cool:
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Finnish President Alexander Stubb: "I think in the past two weeks, we've probably had more progress in ending [the Ukraine] war than we have in the past three and a half years."
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Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (krQz2)

438 Only a bone-deep lunatic could have been able to get through that kafkaesque "no reasonable prosecutor" press statement without breaking down.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (zmF9y)

439 He talks like a fag and his shit's retarded.

Posted by: Josephistan at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (G0Uu2)

440 It does kind of look like a hostage video, doesn't it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 05:46 PM (zmF9y)

441 It's truly mind-blowing that this man served as the FBI director.

You can't have mind blowing corruption without mind blowing idiots covering it.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 05:47 PM (2WIwB)

442 It helps by comparison when a lot of her contemporaries have nose rings, tattoos, unnatural hair color and unhealthy weight, but even so, I think Swift is objectively pretty. If this was the 50's, she'd be on the C-suite floor with the small handful of other good looking secretaries.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 05:48 PM (Dv3i1)

443
This thread's so old it's starting to wheeze like Comey huffing Tay-Tay's underpants.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 05:48 PM (iJfKG)

444 Immona take a break. Gonna be smashy-smashy otherwise.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)

Please take care of yourself. I am still very angry too.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 05:48 PM (rbvCR)

445 439 He talks like a fag and his shit's retarded.
Posted by: Josephistan at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (G0Uu2)
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Came for this, leaving satisfied.

Cheers.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2025 05:48 PM (5aZAZ)

446 I still rage that when my father passed, nobody was allowed to be there with him except for me and Mom. My siblings and relatives had to peer in through a window, like he was some kind of rare snow leopard.

my father in law. His last phone call was to me. They would only let my BIL in but not that night.

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 05:48 PM (8uzBS)

447 What is considered Taylor Swift's best song or album? I'm going to have to download one just to have some idea who this is.

I get the impression that her earlier stuff was more talent and skill and now they are all pretty interchangeable but I am not a fan of modern pop.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 05:48 PM (dfIr7)

448 This is how messed up people are:

AWFULs in one of my DIL's circle (she lives in London) fly to the UK to catch a Tay Tay concert and make a vacation out of it.

Actually, this works for everyone - they get to attend a Swift concert more cheaply than they can here, they party with their girlfriends and no husbands. Husbands get a week or so of peace and quiet without all their girls in the house.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 05:49 PM (cYBz/)

449 Music can be therapeutic but Taylor Swift seems like an odd choice for music therapy for a 70 year old man,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 05:49 PM (2GCMq)

450 W-o, truer words have never been said!

amazing, too, is that every other comment since #1 didn't repeat on of the Horde's favorites!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 05:49 PM (ppG5b)

451 Only a bone-deep lunatic could have been able to get through that kafkaesque "no reasonable prosecutor" press statement without breaking down.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (zmF9y)

You know how it feels like when you are standing on a ledge at the edge of a deep canyon, like you're getting pulled in, and then someone gives you a sharp shove in the back?

Me neither, but when he uttered those words, it felt like what I think that would feel like.

I knew American politics was a rotten facade of representation. But I didn't want to believe it. I couldn't believe it.

F, that guy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 05:50 PM (i24o9)

452 Lets face it. He's bound for Leavenworth. He's sucking up to Swift in the hope he can score some tixs to the KC games that he can use on prisoner release days.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 05:50 PM (2WIwB)

453 The best skit she ever did.

https://youtu.be/Ms7capx4Cb8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:27 PM (ExV1e)
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Yup. A touch above her How Big A Slut Am I material.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:50 PM (krQz2)

454 Immona take a break. Gonna be smashy-smashy otherwise.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)

Please take care of yourself. I am still very angry too.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 05:48 PM (rbvCR)

I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories. Such was not my intent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

455 I've heard the Rosenbergs were big Doris Day fans.
Posted by: Ol' Sparky at August 18, 2025 05:35 PM (G5+As)

Ethel was heard humming 'Que Sera, Sera' befoe the electric chair joined in.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2025 05:51 PM (gKDq2)

456 I was reading about our favorite Rhode Island gals over on Not The Bee. I missed this little nugget:

The state AG's office is looking into what happened. I'm sure they'll get around to it after they're done suing the Trump administration, which they just announced on Monday

LOL! Bless their hearts.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 05:51 PM (sAmhv)

457 ...they party with their girlfriends and no husbands.

Apparently a lot of marriages end over women taking trips to "party with their girlfriends" when the photos get back to the husband.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:53 PM (ExV1e)

458 I was reading about our favorite Rhode Island gals over on Not The Bee. I missed this little nugget:

The state AG's office is looking into what happened. I'm sure they'll get around to it after they're done suing the Trump administration, which they just announced on Monday

LOL! Bless their hearts.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 05:51 PM (sAmhv)

How many Assistant AG can the rest stop of Rhode Island have? That arrest has to have them seriously understaffed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 05:53 PM (i24o9)

459
The Rosenbergs would be "moderate" Democrats by this point.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 05:55 PM (Y8DZL)

460 433 I kinda feel the same way about Sydney Sweeney's looks. But Sweeney has the boobs that causes all the guys to swoon and she seems like a nice kid, so she's got it all over Swift.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 05:40 PM (3ImbR)

Sweeney has a fantastic body and her face is pretty great... when she smiles, or it's in motion. If she's just sitting there with no expression? Mid, at best.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You can have a beer with Sweeney and talk fishing and cars. Swift? Not happening.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 05:56 PM (sAmhv)

461 James Comey, On Eve of Being Indicted for High Crimes, Makes a Pitch to the AWFLs That Will Be On His Jury: I Hate Trump and Love Love Love Taylor Swift
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It's Indictment Eve already!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:57 PM (krQz2)

462 Let's face it, on top of being corrupt and evil, Homely Comey is also very retarded.

He should have stayed in that cornfield years ago.

I think he wears eyeshadow!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 05:57 PM (6PCLE)

463 It's Indictment Eve already!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:57 PM (krQz2)

You've got your indictment shopping done, right?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 05:58 PM (i24o9)

464 Comey is a true psychopath. It's scary that he rose to the position he did. His made up scenario at Ashcroft's hospital bedside showed how delusional he is.

This latest is just ridiculously embarrassing. This cuck was the head of the FBI .

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 05:58 PM (EYmYM)

465 If a tree falls in a forest and it's a Taylor Swift fan,

WTF is going on?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:58 PM (krQz2)

466 >>You can have a beer with Sweeney and talk fishing and cars.
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I can attest.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 05:58 PM (bNf8H)

467 LOL, Ace must be trapped down a TayTay rabbit hole on YouTube, arguing with Swifties over which mega-hit is the mega-hit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 05:59 PM (tlI68)

468 It's Indictment Eve already!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:57 PM (krQz2)

You've got your indictment shopping done, right?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 05:58 PM (i24o9)
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Pride Month blew right past me.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 05:59 PM (krQz2)

469 I'm a face guy so Sweeney is just a LSU Sorority 7.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 05:59 PM (EYmYM)

470
Is Comey setting up an insanity defense?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2025 05:59 PM (azNOR)

471 I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories. Such was not my intent.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

No worries. We're good. *fist bump*

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (0aYVJ)

472 very roomy upstairs

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (8uzBS)

473 LOL, Ace must be trapped down a TayTay rabbit hole on YouTube, arguing with Swifties over which mega-hit is the mega-hit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 05:59 PM (tlI6

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Shake it off, Ace, shake it off.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (krQz2)

474 When I need "music therapy" I either listen to hymns or something like the "The Passion According to St. John" by Bach, but I'm not a young person , the mother of teen girls or James Comey.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 06:00 PM (2GCMq)

475 Thread is dying. So are people in UK -

Inside the UK’s ‘Acid Attack Capital’ Where Thugs Terrorise Locals With Horror Fluid

The acid attack capital of Britain has been revealed, with scared locals sharing that children as young as 12 have armed themselves with drinks bottles full of dangerous liquids. New statistics obtained by a Freedom of Information (FoI) request show that Northumbria Police, which covers Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, accounted for a quarter of chemical attacks in the UK last year.

The worrying figures also show that attacks using noxious liquids are on the rise by 10% across the UK when compared to the year before, per reports. According to locals in Newcastle’s East End, acid is being used as a robbery weapon by youngsters on bikes. A shopkeeper in Byker said acid has become “the weapon of choice for young kids who think they are gangsters”, adding: “It’s actually frightening.”

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 06:01 PM (Dv3i1)

476 Nood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 18, 2025 06:02 PM (PiwSw)

477 I'm a face guy so Sweeney is just a LSU Sorority 7.
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Ok, I'll be the one who says it: that LSU gymnast isn't all that special. Like *she's* a LSU Sorority 7, tops.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 06:02 PM (TN0g+)

478 I think if you're too good looking woman you can't rise to the top in Hollywood. You have to have a unique look . pretty but not SI swimsuit /Victoria Secret hot.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (EYmYM)

479 I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories. Such was not my intent.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

A life without bad memories is a life forgotten, and like scars, the pain is also a memory of the good time. That is why the loss hurts.

so never apologize

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (rbvCR)

480 Hope We The People aren't paying for his secret service protection.

Posted by: OurCatsNotRats at August 18, 2025 06:03 PM (bonmg)

481 469 I'm a face guy so Sweeney is just a LSU Sorority 7.
Posted by: polynikesp.

I'm a frumpy middle-aged guy and no shot with her at all.

She's a 10.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 06:06 PM (sAmhv)

482 I always like to say that Trump is a like a black light in the skeevy motel room that is D.C.

Posted by: Jim Rose at August 18, 2025 06:12 PM (miqrx)

483 So I have two teen daughters. So unfortunately I know more tay-tay than I would ever want to know.

But there is some entertainment to be had in rewriting some of the lyrics to some of her songs.... just to be more subversive. I've often wondered just how much pot stirring I could do if I grabbed some hot modest girl and had her sing the "I did something bad" song, modified to the "bad thing" being worshipping God in a California or Seattle school setting.

The epic shrieking would be marvelous. Plus, the hits on that song might make me a millionaire as all the Swifties/AWFL's had a conniption.

Posted by: SimoHayha at August 18, 2025 06:18 PM (vF43A)

484 I'll bet he has a van with "Free Candy" painted on the side stashed in his garage.

Posted by: Butch at August 18, 2025 06:53 PM (4dC9n)

485 "First openly gay FBI director comes out"

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 18, 2025 07:09 PM (o/3Rm)

486 A talk radio guy in Fresno fisked Comey's entire piece on Taylor Swift vs. Trump, phrase by phrase.

At the end, he remained confused about why Comey did this.

Posted by: KT at August 18, 2025 07:10 PM (7vIsy)

487 MNN BREAKING...

* TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT CANCELLED OVER FEARS SHE MIGHT SING

Manufactured News Network: "Tired of Pretending We're Tired of Pretending!"

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 19, 2025 01:38 PM (Xz9Aa)

488 Herr Comey, a former campus Commie, was the US ATTY who let the Clinton/Rodham Gang sell pardons like some low-life corn-pone Southern governor...oh, wait.

Zat's how he got the Direktorship.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 19, 2025 01:45 PM (Xz9Aa)

Drunken Democrat Assistant Attorney General for Rhode Island Plays the Karen Card: "But I'm the AG!"
Maryland Man Governor Confesses Guilt for Stolen Valor

I don't know what precipitated this, but this drunk woman and her drunk AWFL wing-woman were asked to leave a restaurant and refused. The cops were called in to escort them out of the place, and they continued insisting they had the right to stay.

The "Assistant Attorney General" insisted that she was an AG 12 times. She also lied about the law, telling the cop he had to turn off his bodycam if she demanded.

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Rhode Island assistant AG 'finds out' after telling an officer how to do his job, arrested for trespassing.
Devon Flanagan: If I ask you to turn off the body cam, you have to.
Friend: She's a f*cking lawyer, so she knows.
Officer: Well, that's BS.

Left-wing women seek credentials so that they can spout their stupid, evil bullshit and then claim "But I'm an expert" when challenged.

Obviously she had a momentary moment of lucidity and realized her drunken Karen caterwauling would hurt her reputation with the public.

Instead of simply leaving as the restaurant owner and police demanded, she Karenned herself into an arrest for trespass.

Videos below.

Meanwhile, Maryland's Democrat governor admits that he lied when he claimed he was a Bronze Star winner on an application for a fellowship.

Well, he admits this wasn't true. But he says it was an "honest mistake."

He claims his superior officer told him to claim he had received the Bronze Star. He hadn't. Allegedly his name was submitted for one, but the Army denied him the award.

His claim that this was an "honest mistake" is belied by the fact that he continued running for governor as a "Bronze Star winner" and never corrected press profiles that credited him with the award.

Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore claimed Thursday that it was "an honest mistake" when he lied about being a prestigious Bronze Star recipient on a 2006 White House fellowship application.
Moore, who was 27 years old when he applied for the White House position, blamed his Army superiors for the inclusion of the falsehood on the application and said he never corrected the mistake because he was eager to "begin the next phase" of his life, in a statement released after the New York Times reported on the embellishment.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore claimed lying about being a Bronze Star recipient was "an honest mistake."
"These are the facts," the Maryland governor wrote in his lengthy statement. "While serving overseas with the Army, I was encouraged to fill out an application for the White House Fellowship by my deputy brigade commander. In fact, he helped me edit it before I sent it in. At the time, he had recommended me for the Bronze Star. He told me to include the Bronze Star award on my application after confirming with two other senior-level officers that they had also signed off on the commendation."
Moore noted that his deputy brigade commander "felt comfortable with instructing me to include the award" on the application because he was under the impression that the medal for heroic or meritorious service had already been "approved by his senior leadership."

"In the military, there is an understanding that if a senior officer tells you that an action is approved, you can trust that as a fact. That is why it was part of the application, plain and simple," the governor explained.
"Towards the end of my deployment, I was disappointed to learn that I hadn't received the Bronze Star. But I was ready to begin the next phase of my life," Moore continued.
During his 2022 run for governor, Moore was credited with receiving the Bronze Star during media interviews and never indicated that he had not received the award, according to the Associated Press.
In his statement, Moore did not explain why he failed to correct the record during those interviews, only noting that he regrets not correcting the application.

2/ After Asst. Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan yelled "I'M AN AG" ELEVEN TIMES, she threatened police. "Buddy, you're gonna regret this."

She tried to say it 12X but police shut the door after "A" & before "G."

So that's 11.5X.

I'm not sure, but I think she's an AG. pic.twitter.com/ps8kYqYVxq
— Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union (@Nicoletta0602) August 18, 2025

4/ Anyone living in RI for 5 mins knows this DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM charade, but this particular brand of RI Attorneys General appear to follow the lead of Democrat RI Attorney General @AGNeronha who has his own unhinged media legacy.

These ppl are not fit to enforce the law.
— Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union (@Nicoletta0602) August 18, 2025

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1 BOOZE!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:15 PM (/HDaX)

2 And I nooded.

Also noted on the last thread that she sucks as an AG if she doesn't know the difference between "detained" and "arrested".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:16 PM (/HDaX)

3 Is there even 1 Democrimial who doesn't do dirty deeds?

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 03:17 PM (+qU29)

4 These people are uniformly degenerates.

It must be a requirement for getting the nomination.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:18 PM (N1tpc)

5 This all part of the psyop to make us believe that RI exists.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:18 PM (Z1dZR)

6 So...next Senator from RI? Even JackStraw will vote for her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:18 PM (GBKbO)

7 I'M KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

Posted by: DRUNK-ASS BITCH at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (wtvvX)

8 LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (ppG5b)

9 Is she single?

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.2% at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (jvJvP)

10 Is there even 1 Democrimial who doesn't do dirty deeds?

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 03:17 PM (+qU29)

No, you gotta be a dickhead to join, and they will check.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (snZF9)

11 Well, he admits this wasn't true. But he says it was an "honest mistake."
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SOP for Democrats.

I'm only surprised that Hunter hasn't claimed a Navy Cross.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (XeU6L)

12 . The cops were called in to escort them out of the place, and they continued insisting they had the right to stay.

there are YouTube channels devoted solely to cop bodycam videos. The creators are raking it in, based on the number of these types of videos and the views they draw, into the millions.
Who doesn't love watching a Karen get "invited" to the backseat of a cruiser, properly restrained of course.
And yes, the AWFLs pulling rank is a running motif

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (dCxaZ)

13 A segment of the female population - educated/credentialed - has well and truly lost its mind. Their behavior is indistinguishable from the people who show up in episodes of COPS!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (guCHD)

14 At least we got a nice upskirt shot in that first video.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (Z1dZR)

15 At least the scrunt from Rhode Island can partially blame her behavior on booze.

The scrunt from Maryland is a complete Filet o' Shit.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (wtvvX)

16 Remember, Wes Moore is white progressives' favorite black candidate of 2028.

The guy who can't get a bridge built but is black.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (GBKbO)

17 10 No, you gotta be a dickhead to join, and they will check.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (snZF9)

If you really want it, they'll provide the dead girl or live boy.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (UnA8+)

18 I recall this happening before... the 'Do you know who I am' defense.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (XeU6L)

19 Prediction:

Cop will be fined an absurd sum for saying "what's wrong with you" because wayciss.

There will be Training and unpaid leave.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 03:21 PM (VoAdT)

20 She probably bitched about the bologna sammich served at lock up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:21 PM (gm9Sb)

21 Ace hasn't gotten to it yet but what the actual fkity fk is going on with that fking weirdo Comey?

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 03:21 PM (uH1zk)

22 Nothing worse than a loud mouthed, screaming immature brat.

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, democrat scold at August 18, 2025 03:21 PM (Z3Vfa)

23 He claims his superior officer told him to claim he had received the Bronze Star. He hadn't. Allegedly his name was submitted for one, but the Army denied him the award.

I asked the IRS if I could take a particular tax break.

They said no.

But I took it anyway. So since its an honest mistake they can't penalize me for it right?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (t0Rmr)

24 That does it. We need to rid ourselves of Rhode Island. Its not a state. Its an amusement park. It gets an '!' and looses its star. Fucking Yankees.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (W3T6M)

25 She should have been arrested for a lot more than just trespass.

Drunk and disorderly, resisting arrest, etc...

Make her plea down.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (N1tpc)

26 I'm something of a law enforcement officer myself.

Posted by: Rhode Island Assistant AG at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (wVcYX)

27 Reece Witherspoon called and said "what an embarrassment."

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (dGCAG)

28 In his statement, Moore did not explain why he failed to correct the record during those interviews, only noting that he regrets not correcting the application.
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Translation: He regrets getting caught in his lie.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (7fElN)

29 Rhode Island is a fake Hollywood movie state, like East Dakota and Vermont.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (jc0TO)

30 All they had to do was leave.

Police: "What's wrong w you? You're acting like a kid!"

They are champs of the You Are Not the Boss of Me mindset.

Nobody tells them what to do: not at home, not at work. Not at Wegman's not at Neiman-Marcus. Not at the gym or the yoga studio. Especially not at Total Wine.

They are so accustomed to having gotten their way by their Mean Girl Bully demeanor, they don't respect the cop authoritah

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (dCxaZ)

31 And yes, the AWFLs pulling rank is a running motif
Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (dCxaZ)

I think I must have seen about 80% of all of them at this point. I denounce myself but golly, they sure are entertaining.

And never say I'm not a giver. This video has to be one of the best of the lot. Enjoy:

https://youtu.be/UoU-KCx3frU

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:23 PM (/HDaX)

32 My Senior Drill Instructor said I deserved the Order of Lenin.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:23 PM (gm9Sb)

33 If you want a treat, search 'Drunk Democrat arrested' you'll get a page or more of such incidents.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 03:23 PM (XeU6L)

34 Cop kept telling her to relax. Doesn't he know the code phrase is "calm down?"

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 03:23 PM (u4Nk5)

35 So...next Senator from RI? Even JackStraw will vote for her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:18 PM (GBKbO)

I've forever been amazed that Joe Biden was a senator for almost my entire life.

Someone so universally derided as a moron, so obviously corrupt, so obviously sleazy... and Delaware kept electing him.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:23 PM (N1tpc)

36 She's not bad looking. (Devon Hogan Flanagan)

OTOH, her soy boy who says "I'm right here" a couple of dozen times is just annoying. Dude, tell her to STFU and act like an adult.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:23 PM (Riz8t)

37 Devon Flanagan's "boyfriend" in the video looks and sounds like he can discuss the varietals of dick like a penis sommelier. Is that homo really straight?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:23 PM (iFTx/)

38 Devon Flanagan: If I ask you to turn off the body cam, you have to.

The left: Cops are rayciss kill bots

Also the left: So they need to wear body cams all the time

Also, also the left: Unless I tell them to turn them off

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (t0Rmr)

39 At least we got a nice upskirt shot in that first video.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (Z1dZR)

And damned near a nip slip in video two.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (/HDaX)

40 21 - my guess is shrooms

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (ppG5b)

41 Vermont is real, and the maple syrup is spectacular

Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (dZIAr)

42 Pro tip. Do not be a drunk and fuck around with the cops in Newport. They've been throwing drunks in jail for many years. They are very good at it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (viF8m)

43 20 She probably bitched about the bologna sammich served at lock up.
Posted by: bill in arkansas,
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They were probably drunk and obnoxious causing customers to leave and or turn away at the door.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (Cm8rh)

44 A segment of the female population - educated/credentialed - has well and truly lost its mind.

the Girlboss mentality, or if it is a WoC, the Slay Kween attitude

lol

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (dCxaZ)

45 oh yeah fd I agree - add Comey to the rogue's gallery here

he is a LOONY

16 Remember, Wes Moore is white progressives' favorite black candidate of 2028.

I think not. Falsus et unum; falsus et omnium

he's toast, in other words. he's not even good enough for MARYLAND

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (Pv3Rg)

46 Well, he admits this wasn't true. But he says it was an "honest mistake."

What he means is that he honestly didn't think he'd get caught.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:25 PM (Riz8t)

47 I asked the IRS if I could take a particular tax break.

They said no.

But I took it anyway. So since its an honest mistake they can't penalize me for it right?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (t0Rmr)

I asked Morgan Fairchild if I could.....

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 03:25 PM (dGCAG)

48 Rhode Island is a fake Hollywood movie state, like East Dakota and Vermont.
Posted by: toby928
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Bear in mind that the former Gov. of RI was Raimondo. Make of that what you will.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 03:25 PM (XeU6L)

49 >>I think I must have seen about 80% of all of them at this point. I denounce myself but golly, they sure are entertaining.

>And never say I'm not a giver. This video has to be one of the best of the lot. Enjoy:

https://youtu.be/UoU-KCx3frU

Thanks. These videos are awesome. My favs are the Airport Bodycam Videos.
Spirit Airlines has quite the clientele.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:25 PM (Z1dZR)

50 Someone so universally derided as a moron, so obviously corrupt, so obviously sleazy... and Delaware kept electing him.

as compared to a typical DE resident, he is a Super Genius!

(in memory of Blue Hen)

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (Pv3Rg)

51 I know little about RI politicians, except for when they get into trouble in a.very bad and public manner, but I have to say I much prefer the 17th century "politician" and minister. Roger Williams who founded what would later become Rhode Island to such cretins as this woman.and others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (2GCMq)

52 45 16 Remember, Wes Moore is white progressives' favorite black candidate of 2028.

I think not. Falsus et unum; falsus et omnium

he's toast, in other words. he's not even good enough for MARYLAND
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM (Pv3Rg)

=========

Wes Moore was never going to gain traction because no one knows who the fuck he is.

However, online chatter for months has been, "Wes Moore will save us!" from white progressives on X.

That was until Gavin Newsom all made them wet their pants by doing incredibly stupid and pointless gestures. They are the "anyone but Kamala" brigade.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

53 After Asst. Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan yelled "I'M AN AG" ELEVEN TIMES, she threatened police. "Buddy, you're gonna regret this."

In a sane state this would get you kicked out of office.

But this is RI so I assume she'll be re-elected and the cop is getting busted to checking the liquor licenses of strip clubs in the state...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (t0Rmr)

54 In his statement, Moore did not explain why he failed to correct the record during those interviews, only noting that he regrets not correcting the application.
______
Why I never joined in abusing George Santos. He just thought he was a Democrat.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (s0JqF)

55 >>That does it. We need to rid ourselves of Rhode Island. Its not a state. Its an amusement park. It gets an '!' and looses its star. Fucking Yankees.

What's this we shit? You southern insurrections are still on probation for the next forever.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (viF8m)

56 Ace hasn't gotten to it yet but what the actual fkity fk is going on with that fking weirdo Comey?
Posted by: fd
.....

He's a Swiftie. So... gay.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (UjdFS)

57 "Don't you know who I am?"

"No."

"I'm the human embodiment of the Left's totalitarian soul!"

"Oh, OK. You have the right to remain silent..."

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (pMi6S)

58 I think not. Falsus et unum; falsus et omnium

he's toast, in other words.

I wish I could agree with you, but I don't. Anyone who says he's unfit will be called out for racism.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (Riz8t)

59 Rhode Island. Cherry County, NE. King Ranch, TX. Discuss.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM (gm9Sb)

60 Wow, Newport! Quite the swanky playground. I wonder where this privileged b*tch is staying (or does she live there)?

Posted by: Isophorone at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (IG5iM)

61 Here lies Lester Moore.

No shots from a 44.

No bronze star, no Moore.

Posted by: What could have been at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (vlkaB)

62 Thanks. These videos are awesome. My favs are the Airport Bodycam Videos.
Spirit Airlines has quite the clientele.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:25 PM (Z1dZR)

I'm going to a conference in TB next month.

Cheapest flight was on Spirit... I politely declined.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (N1tpc)

63 Second video of second highest law in the state.
What. A. State.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (Cm8rh)

64 Reason 134 I'm not fit to be in LE... I'd have slammed the car door so hard both her feet would be broken about the 3rd time she kicked the door back open.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (Q4IgG)

65 "He's a Swiftie. So... gay.
Posted by: wth"

He's even more loopy than I thought. You can't make this squit up.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 03:28 PM (vFG9F)

66 What's this we shit? You southern insurrections are still on probation for the next forever.
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Tell you're fellow Yankees to stay home and enjoy the suck. The blue wall fell and the shit has hit the fan.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:28 PM (W3T6M)

67 Now, tell me this person wants an even share of what the average citizen would get in this case.

The request for VIP treatment is not completely different from a profit motive.

They *pretend* to be humble servants of the people--to some degree anyway, but they want to be overlords.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 03:28 PM (krQz2)

68 I'll say this for RI...every blue state gets f*cked by its lunatic elected officials, and if I am getting f*cked by an assistant AG I'm choosing Devon Flanagan

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:28 PM (t0Rmr)

69 How big an ass di you have to be to get arrested for willful trespass? Just leave when asked to leave.

Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (4neFu)

70 I was ~~kangz!~~ bronze star recipient.

Posted by: Wes Moore at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (vlkaB)

71 Thanks. These videos are awesome. My favs are the Airport Bodycam Videos.
Spirit Airlines has quite the clientele.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:25 PM (Z1dZR)

I'm going to a conference in TB next month.

Cheapest flight was on Spirit... I politely declined.

You could always go by ship. I hear Carnival is nice.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (Riz8t)

72 would hit tbh

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (V6W16)

73 DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

If I don't do I get the home game version and a year's supply of Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat as a consolation prize?

Posted by: Minuteman at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (47/pr)

74 Neither of of the "ladies" offered the cops sex to get out of the problem. Definitely Karen's

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (O3XOV)

75 Thanks. These videos are awesome. My favs are the Airport Bodycam Videos.
Spirit Airlines has quite the clientele.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:25 PM (Z1dZR)

Yeah, the combination of drunks and airplanes leads to some rather interesting interactions. o_O

No small wonder Spirit's going bankrupt.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (/HDaX)

76 >>Tell you're fellow Yankees to stay home and enjoy the suck. The blue wall fell and the shit has hit the fan.

We give you guys indoor plumbing and get you to stop marrying your sisters and this is the thanks we get.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (viF8m)

77 And the "press" never even considered checking that the black democrat was a Bronze Star winner did they? I'm sure the "press" would have checked if he were a white republican.

Was lying just his culture so it was overlooked?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 03:30 PM (17s+e)

78 Beau Biden was the AG of Delaware. You think he was any better behaved or ethical?

Posted by: Raid On Evidence Locker at August 18, 2025 03:30 PM (G5+As)

79 You could always go by ship. I hear Carnival is nice.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (Riz8t)

Nice try, I've seen those videos too...

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:30 PM (N1tpc)

80 Meanwhile, Maryland's Democrat governor admits that he lied when he claimed he was a Bronze Star winner on an application for a fellowship.

Well, he admits this wasn't true. But he says it was an "honest mistake."

Bullsh*t!
This asshat is a lying bastard.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 03:30 PM (2WIwB)

81 Devon Flanagan's "boyfriend" in the video looks and sounds like he can discuss the varietals of dick like a penis sommelier. Is that homo really straight?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:23 PM (iFTx/)
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Oh, my bad, that wasn't Flanagan's "boyfriend." That was her friend Veronica Hannan's "boyfriend."

So ... with names like these, we're talking belligerent Irish drunks, right?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

82 These chicks are about five years old in emotional maturity. Maybe four.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 03:30 PM (cNcGv)

83 The point is not to "get away" with anything. The point is to be seen.

Quietly getting into the back of the car, and then telling the cop that you're not the sort of person one arrests, is how she plays this to get away with it.

Making a giant ruckus on the sidewalk is how you play it to get maximum attention. Like a child.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (VoAdT)

84 the blonde drunk chick is pretty cute I gotta say

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (Pv3Rg)

85 We give you guys indoor plumbing and get you to stop marrying your sisters and this is the thanks we get.
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Are you British?

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (W3T6M)

86 Pro tip. Do not be a drunk and fuck around with the cops in Newport. They've been throwing drunks in jail for many years. They are very good at it.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:24 PM

And one of the smaller local papers used to have a hilarious police blotter.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (dPfyF)

87 They should have tazed the second one. She needed an attitude adjustment.

Posted by: Ride the lightning at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (UCRIj)

88 If an Alabama couple gets divorced, are they still legally cousins?

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (jc0TO)

89 We give you guys indoor plumbing and get you to stop marrying your sisters and this is the thanks we get.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (viF8m)

Maybe if we'd have done that for Iraq and Afghanistan, it would have worked better than "nation-building".

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (N1tpc)

90 85 We give you guys indoor plumbing and get you to stop marrying your sisters and this is the thanks we get.
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Are you British?
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (W3T6M)

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Romans brought us the plumbing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (GBKbO)

91 24 That does it. We need to rid ourselves of Rhode Island. Its not a state. Its an amusement park. It gets an '!' and looses its star. Fucking Yankees.
Posted by: pudinhead

Next do Delaware.

Posted by: Wes Moore at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (vlkaB)

92 Here lies Lester Moore.

No shots from a 44.

No bronze star, no Moore.
Posted by: What could have been at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (vlkaB)

***

He needs to be on Boot-up his ass-Hill.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (2WIwB)

93 The Las Cruces cops have to put up drunk women that go off the rails all the time. The solution? The Wrap. This video is a prime example of why they use it.

RI should take note.

https://youtu.be/sz-XliXSTI4

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (9vYpt)

94 You could always go by ship. I hear Carnival is nice.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (Riz8t)

Nice try, I've seen those videos too...
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:30 PM (N1tpc)
_____

"Section 8 Cruise." Although Carnival is trying to change that image, and even the expensive cruises can get rowdy after a few days after non-stop drinking.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (iFTx/)

95 64 Reason 134 I'm not fit to be in LE... I'd have slammed the car door so hard both her feet would be broken about the 3rd time she kicked the door back open.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (Q4IgG)

Lord help me, i was hoping he would do that. Im a horrible person.

Posted by: moki at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (wLjpr)

96 >>Tell you're fellow Yankees to stay home and enjoy the suck. The blue wall fell and the shit has hit the fan.

We give you guys indoor plumbing and get you to stop marrying your sisters and this is the thanks we get.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (viF8m)

We gave peace offerings of cornbread, sweet tea, and Texas BBQ in return.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (wVcYX)

97 I'll say this for RI...every blue state gets f*cked by its lunatic elected officials, and if I am getting f*cked by an assistant AG I'm choosing Devon Flanagan
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:28 PM (t0Rmr)

Yeah, she and her friend look like they'd be a lot of fun.

Out here, we got Katie "Abortion Barbie" Hobbs.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (dGCAG)

98 Those two chicks aren't exactly making the case for Rhode Island, are they.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (79pEw)

99 Ace hasn't gotten to it yet but what the actual fkity fk is going on with that fking weirdo Comey?
Posted by: fd
===

Act 1 of coming out as a homo. Thinking he thinks it will play better when he gets charged with sedition and the many conspiracies he has done.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (17s+e)

100 But this is RI so I assume she'll be re-elected and the cop is getting busted to checking the liquor licenses of strip clubs in the state...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:26 PM

Fun fact....in Rhode Island 16 year old girls can get a job as a stripper if they have their parents permission and they get off from work by 11:30 PM.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (0N4FZ)

101 90 85 We give you guys indoor plumbing and get you to stop marrying your sisters and this is the thanks we get.
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Are you British?
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:31 PM (W3T6M)
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Romans brought us the plumbing.
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It was the Greek homos.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (W3T6M)

102 Honestly if a cop gives you a ticket the best thing you can do is just play it nice.

Later yell and shout if you want, but screaming in the cop's face is never going to help you.

Also, it is funny, I live in a blue area - my neighbors tell me all the time that no one needs a car and that we need more cops cutting down on dangerous driving...and then every year or so they complain about their latest traffic ticket and don't the cops have anything more important to do?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (t0Rmr)

103 94
"Section 8 Cruise." Although Carnival is trying to change that image, and even the expensive cruises can get rowdy after a few days after non-stop drinking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (iFTx/)

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I've never been on a rowdy cruise.

Though, Dolley did buy the drink package for our next cruise.

December of...2026.

We'll see if she keeps it until boarding day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

104 LMAO...that Assistant AG has an interesting history, including an internship for Senator "Da Nang Dick" Blumenthal.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (dIske)

105 Just because some Dog-Faced Pony Soldier has a Bronze Star doesn't mean I'm going to put him in office to run the country.

What's wrong with these people?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (/vPt3)

106 Meanwhile, Maryland's Democrat governor admits that he lied when he claimed he was a Bronze Star winner on an application for a fellowship.

Well, he admits this wasn't true. But he says it was an "honest mistake."

Bullsh*t!
This asshat is a lying bastard.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Uh...just an honest mistake.

Posted by: Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (XeU6L)

107 >>>He claims his superior officer told him to claim he had received the Bronze Star.

You know who else was "just following orders?"

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (i24o9)

108 We gave peace offerings of cornbread, sweet tea, and Texas BBQ in return.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (wVcYX)

Give me the North Carolina BBQ instead please.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (N1tpc)

109 Fun fact....in Rhode Island 16 year old girls can get a job as a stripper if they have their parents permission and they get off from work by 11:30 PM.

Err, isn't it illegal in RI for an adult to watch an underage stripper?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (t0Rmr)

110 Thanks. These videos are awesome. My favs are the Airport Bodycam Videos.
Spirit Airlines has quite the clientele.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:25 PM (Z1dZR)

Yeah, the combination of drunks and airplanes leads to some rather interesting interactions. o_O

No small wonder Spirit's going bankrupt.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM

Not gonna lie...my favorite crazies are the Moorish Sovereign Citizen types.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (dPfyF)

111 Meanwhile, Maryland's Democrat governor admits that he lied when he claimed he was a Bronze Star winner on an application for a fellowship.

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Well, Wheyface Wes is no Tampon Tim.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (exeT2)

112 Hopefully Comey is sweating out every night and eyes wide open waiting for that 4am break in from the Feds

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (+qU29)

113 You'd think an AG would know that arguing the law is what you do in front of a judge not the cop but you'd be wrong.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (Y5PQs)

114 "Babe? Babe?"
"I'm right here. Relax."

I've had this exchange, IYKWIM.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (QArof)

115 Still watching that video linked above:

"GIVE HIM A TICKET"

Holy cow. What a sweet girl.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (Z1dZR)

116 Those two chicks aren't exactly making the case for Rhode Island, are they.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (79pEw)

Drunk chicks gone wild. You see them everywhere there are clubs. They are legion at the jersey shore.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (snZF9)

117 >>>Drunken Democrat Assistant Attorney General for Rhode Island Plays the Karen Card:

I was going to make a "joke" about democrats, but do we know this particular Assistant AG is a democrat?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (i24o9)

118 "Section 8 Cruise." Although Carnival is trying to change that image, and even the expensive cruises can get rowdy after a few days after non-stop drinking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (iFTx/)

========

I've never been on a rowdy cruise.

Though, Dolley did buy the drink package for our next cruise.

December of...2026.

We'll see if she keeps it until boarding day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (GBKbO)
________

Not your booze package you need to worry about. It's everyone else's ....

Just ask my brother, who's taken some very expensive cruises. I've only taken one cruise: and it was a total of 13 guests on the boat -- and we were 4 of them -- to Galapagos.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

119 LMAO...that Assistant AG has an interesting history, including an internship for Senator "Da Nang Dick" Blumenthal.
Posted by: Orson
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See 106

Sleeze of a feather flock together.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (XeU6L)

120 118 Not your booze package you need to worry about. It's everyone else's ....

Just ask my brother, who's taken some very expensive cruises. I've only taken one cruise: and it was a total of 13 guests on the boat -- and we were 4 of them -- to Galapagos.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

========

Now...those are expensive cruises.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (GBKbO)

121 Give me the North Carolina BBQ instead please.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:33 PM (N1tpc)

Substitution allowed, though there's no accounting for taste.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (wVcYX)

122 Those two chicks aren't exactly making the case for Rhode Island, are they.
Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM

This is why I could never be a police officer. Two seconds into some of these lunatics screaming and carrying on, and I'd be flicking water in their face yelling "The power of Christ compels you!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (dPfyF)

123 You'd think an AG would know that arguing the law is what you do in front of a judge not the cop but you'd be wrong.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (Y5PQs)

To alcohol: the cause of- and solution to- all of life's problems

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (N1tpc)

124 Afternoon, Ace and All.

BREAKING NEWS: Jim Comey is a Swiftie.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

125 She is not a real Attorney General.

It's Rhode Island ffs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (RIvkX)

126 Tucumcari NM cops when they call the tribal cops in from the Rez for back up on a Saturday night.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (gm9Sb)

127 meh, the Wes Moore thing will blow over. Tampon Tim not only lied about carrying weapons "in war", he literally ran away from his unit when he was going to get deployed to said war, and paid basically zero price for it. His jazz hands did more to hurt the ticket than lying about his military record.

Posted by: the dandy at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (8l8nW)

128 Not gonna lie...my favorite crazies are the Moorish Sovereign Citizen types.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (dPfyF)

You just mentioned one of my favorite categories. My personal best video producer is Van Balion.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (/HDaX)

129 The restaurant behind the drunk blonde is the Clark Cooke House. It's pretty damn good. 4 floors with a rooftop deck with view of the harbor. I used to know a few of the bartenders which came in handy at pour time.

The basement floor is a dance bar called the Boom Boom Room. A significant part of yute was spent in that place. It's not nearly as crazy as it used to be. The crowd got more moneyed and the crazy declined. Sad.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (viF8m)

130 Drunken Democrat Assistant Attorney General for Rhode Island Plays the Karen Card:

I was going to make a "joke" about democrats, but do we know this particular Assistant AG is a democrat?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (i24o9)

See bolding.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (N1tpc)

131 the blonde drunk chick is pretty cute I gotta say
Posted by: Black Orchid

We almost had boobage there for second.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (L/fGl)

132 127 meh, the Wes Moore thing will blow over. Tampon Tim not only lied about carrying weapons "in war", he literally ran away from his unit when he was going to get deployed to said war, and paid basically zero price for it. His jazz hands did more to hurt the ticket than lying about his military record.
Posted by: the dandy at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (8l8nW)

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Wes Moore can't blow over.

Because he was never going to go anywhere in a 2028 presidential primary anyway.

Black people already have their candidate. She was robbed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (GBKbO)

133 At least we got a nice upskirt shot in that first video.
14 Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:20

Looking closely she had on color coordinated red skivvies that did not completely conceal the fact that she was riding the cotton pony.

Posted by: Minuteman at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (47/pr)

134 >>>We give you guys indoor plumbing and get you to stop marrying your sisters and this is the thanks we get.
Posted by: JackStraw
---

Well, indoor plumbing is a thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (Cm8rh)

135 See 106

Sleeze of a feather flock together.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (XeU6L)
________________________

This is just like that Kevin Bacon 6 degrees of separation. Ace connects the stories accidentally. NOISE!!!

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (dIske)

136 Actual footage of an affluent liberal white woman facing consequences for the first time.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (Skc+N)

137 I never understood cruises.

Why not just a hotel?

AFAICT, it is mainly about getting outside US jurisdiction to avoid the labor and safety regulations. Think about that.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (vlkaB)

138 She should have been arrested for a lot more than just trespass.

Drunk and disorderly, resisting arrest, etc...

Make her plea down.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:22 PM (N1tpc)

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... from "parading."

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (QArof)

139 137 I never understood cruises.

Why not just a hotel?

AFAICT, it is mainly about getting outside US jurisdiction to avoid the labor and safety regulations. Think about that.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (vlkaB)

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Cruises are vacation on easy mode.

Your hotel goes with you, and you see multiple places.

It's not a hard concept.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

140 Also, I guess there was a bomb scare in Times Square.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (77rzZ)

141 Holy cow. What a sweet girl.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (Z1dZR)

There's a follow on video to that case where she gets stopped again. You can tell she's medicated and trying desperately not to come off the rails again.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (/HDaX)

142 Substitution allowed, though there's no accounting for taste.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (wVcYX)

I'll take the Texas brisket, but otherwise give me the NC pulled port.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (N1tpc)

143 How big an ass di you have to be to get arrested for willful trespass? Just leave when asked to leave.

Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (4neFu)

It's a pretty common charge in body cam videos. It's often what sets the whole fiasco off-someone refuses to leave somewhere, the cops get called, and the show gets rolling.

Posted by: pookysgirl has seen some pretty outrageous behavior at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (Wt5PA)

144 Reason number 1,000 I'm not fit for elected office: if I was caught wasted in public I would simply try to melt in humiliation.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (kTd/k)

145
This is why I could never be a police officer. Two seconds into some of these lunatics screaming and carrying on, and I'd be flicking water in their face yelling "The power of Christ compels you!"

I'm reminded of a cause celebre from a few years ago where a cop was handcuffing a black guy over the hood of his car and then suddenly slammed the guy's head into the hood... "for no reason"

However there was a camera because it was at a gas station and the camera showed the guy punched the cop in the balls while he was trying to handcuff him...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (t0Rmr)

146 You just mentioned one of my favorite categories. My personal best video producer is Van Balion.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM

He's great, although for absolute deadpan mockery, may I recommend Shane's Dumb Criminals?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (dPfyF)

147 Also, I guess there was a bomb scare in Times Square.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (77rzZ)
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A.k.a. Marvel's last movie.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (krQz2)

148 48 Rhode Island is a fake Hollywood movie state, like East Dakota and Vermont.
Posted by: toby928
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Bear in mind that the former Gov. of RI was Raimondo. Make of that what you will.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Rhode Island is a bot?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (sAmhv)

149 Meanwhile, Maryland's Democrat governor admits that he lied when he claimed he was a Bronze Star winner on an application for a fellowship.

Well, he admits this wasn't true. But he says it was an "honest mistake."

Bullsh*t!
This asshat is a lying bastard.
Posted by: Diogenes

Right? A mistake is putting your car key in your front door. Claiming you flew against and defeated the Ko-dan armada is a different deal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (snZF9)

150
Special Forces, Recon

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (kkTda)

151 He's great, although for absolute deadpan mockery, may I recommend Shane's Dumb Criminals?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (dPfyF)

I will definitely have to give that channel a look.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (/HDaX)

152 Dear Wes;

An honest mistake? Sure, Jan. You're a lying sack of sh*t like every other power-hungry money-grubbing poseur.

Also, you suck as governor. Get a real job, if you can.

Love, Franpsycho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (RIvkX)

153 Big News - Falcons sign free-agent backup QB and are in talks with Rams to receive Kirk Cousins. Big News.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (W3T6M)

154 This is why I could never be a police officer. Two seconds into some of these lunatics screaming and carrying on, and I'd be flicking water in their face yelling "The power of Christ compels you!"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (dPfyF)
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They'd probably melt.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (79pEw)

155 Veronica Hannan needs to be told to "calm down."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (17s+e)

156 This is why I could never be a police officer. Two seconds into some of these lunatics screaming and carrying on, and I'd be flicking water in their face yelling "The power of Christ compels you!"

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Nobody should discriminate against you on account of your religious exercise.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (krQz2)

157 the Girlboss mentality, or if it is a WoC, the Slay Kween attitude

Those are the same attitude, especially when drunk.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (2ocoG)

158 I'd like to know what started the Drunk Karen Episode. My guess is that someone at the restaurant noticed a commotion and started filming. So we may yet find out.

But beyond that, while these two bimbos were clearly drunk, they were not falling-down drunk, and still had enough faculties to semi-coherently argue with police. Why didn't they just leave the restaurant before it escalated into arrests?

That, plus the guys they were with don't seem drunk at all. They both are playing it cool and not interfering with the cops. Why didn't they get the girls out of there before it escalated?

I can't tell you how many times I had to drag drunk friends out of bad situations before they got really bad. If I was there with the girls, I would have gotten them out of there long before the cops showed up.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

159
I found this longer body cam video of this encounter, starting when the cops first got there with this pair of AWFLs:

https://tinyurl.com/29coo6za

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (w6EFb)

160 He's great, although for absolute deadpan mockery, may I recommend Shane's Dumb Criminals?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (dPfyF)

I will definitely have to give that channel a look.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM (/HDaX)

Shane's channel is primo. Don't miss the Taser Tuesday posts.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (wVcYX)

161 If there were equal justice Veronica Hannan would also have a resisting arrest charge among many others for that temper tantrum.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (17s+e)

162 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

Posted by: Lord Comey at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (/vPt3)

163 I'm going to generalize here, but I'm presuming those women resisting arrect are Democrats. Furthermore, I'm going to presume this is exactly how every Democrat reacts under non-Democrat governance when the authorities intervene.

It's some sort of psychological defect. Has to be.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (Q4IgG)

164 What's with the dweeby white dude that keeps saying he's "right here?"

Time to be controlling your woman was like five minutes ago.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (i24o9)

165 Cruises are vacation on easy mode.

Your hotel goes with you, and you see multiple places.

It's not a hard concept.
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Don't spend time in the Hot Tub. Its butt soup.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (W3T6M)

166
It's a pretty common charge in body cam videos. It's often what sets the whole fiasco off-someone refuses to leave somewhere, the cops get called, and the show gets rolling.

Posted by: pookysgirl has seen some pretty outrageous behavior at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM

Once they've made the decision to arrest you you aren't going to be able to argue your way out of it and they'll make you comply and you'd think these dumbasses would figure that out. Save it for the judge, retard.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (Y5PQs)

167 I'M KIND OF A BIG DEAL.
Posted by: DRUNK-ASS BITCH at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (wtvvX)

So has she met BEN ROETHLISBERGER?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (2ocoG)

168 I will definitely have to give that channel a look.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:39 PM

Do it. Taser Tuesday is a thing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 03:41 PM (dPfyF)

169 Not your booze package you need to worry about. It's everyone else's ....

Just ask my brother, who's taken some very expensive cruises. I've only taken one cruise: and it was a total of 13 guests on the boat -- and we were 4 of them -- to Galapagos.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

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Now...those are expensive cruises.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:36 PM (GBKbO)
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It was less expensive after I negotiated a 50% discount from the original quote ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (iFTx/)

170
There should be a compilation of officeholders on dashcam.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (kkTda)

171 Fun fact....in Rhode Island 16 year old girls can get a job as a stripper if they have their parents permission and they get off from work by 11:30 PM.

Err, isn't it illegal in RI for an adult to watch an underage stripper?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM

Nope. There was a big deal made out of that when we lived in connecticut back in 2009 and a neighbors 16 year old daughter went to work in a strip club in RI. Absolutely nothing in the RI criminal code about 16 year olds stripping or adults watching them. They do have to follow child labor laws though. No working after a certain time on school nights and they can't strip after 11:30 PM on non school nights. They were so proud of their baby and her first real job.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (0N4FZ)

172 For stupid small stuff most cops aren't going to arrest you if you just agree to go home.

And you will never regret making that choice...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (t0Rmr)

173 Cruises are vacation on easy mode.

Your hotel goes with you, and you see multiple places.

It's not a hard concept.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (GBKbO)
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Plus there is the involuntary memorization of over-loud rap lyrics, observational opportunites of non-sanctioned UFC bouts on deck, and an exercise in personal awareness to avoid pick pockets. What's not to like?

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (dIske)

174 How'd I know she was 14. She looked at least 16.

Posted by: Vito's Gallery Of Girls at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (G5+As)

175 Her soy boyfriend repeating "I'm right here" is kinda hilarious.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (Skc+N)

176 Well, now I'm going to have to cry myself to sleep.

"Highly anticipated" Colin Kaepernick docuseries will not be released due to creative differences between Kap and Spike Lee

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Fight over who's the biggest racist piece of shit?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (L/fGl)

177 That, plus the guys they were with don't seem drunk at all. They both are playing it cool and not interfering with the cops. Why didn't they get the girls out of there before it escalated?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

Did you watch the video? Can you imagine the consequences to the soyboys if they pulled the women out of there?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (N1tpc)

178 Holy cow. What a sweet girl.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (Z1dZR)

There's a follow on video to that case where she gets stopped again. You can tell she's medicated and trying desperately not to come off the rails again.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (/HDaX)

And here we go! The sequel:

https://youtu.be/Y4GteUyORtA

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (/HDaX)

179 164 The dweeby looking white guy wished he had a sub sammich to toss at the cops.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (gm9Sb)

180 I can't tell you how many times I had to drag drunk friends out of bad situations before they got really bad. If I was there with the girls, I would have gotten them out of there long before the cops showed up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Men of soy wait for their slay Kween to command them. However, I am sure that both soy guys are getting blamed for just that post hangover/bail by their respective Slay Kweens..

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (ctrM5)

181 wakin' up hungover in a cell is a bitch...or two

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (8uzBS)

182
Police: "What's wrong w you? You're acting like a kid!"

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As I've been saying for years, Lefties are psychological, emotional, social, and mental retards and infants ... but mostly infants.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (exeT2)

183 It's not nearly as crazy as it used to be. The crowd got more moneyed and the crazy declined. Sad.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:37 PM (viF8m)
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I see. So those brain trusts represent the decline in craziness?

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (79pEw)

184 173 Plus there is the involuntary memorization of over-loud rap lyrics, observational opportunites of non-sanctioned UFC bouts on deck, and an exercise in personal awareness to avoid pick pockets. What's not to like?
Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (dIske)

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That's a Carnival exclusive.

Trademarked, so Royal Caribbean can't do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:44 PM (GBKbO)

185 What's not to like?
Posted by: Orson
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Norwalk viruses.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 03:44 PM (ctrM5)

186 97 I'll say this for RI...every blue state gets f*cked by its lunatic elected officials, and if I am getting f*cked by an assistant AG I'm choosing Devon Flanagan
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:28 PM (t0Rmr)

Yeah, she and her friend look like they'd be a lot of fun.

Out here, we got Katie "Abortion Barbie" Hobbs.
Posted by: BurtTC

VA has Tim Kaine!! Dude knows how to partah!!!!

/s (obviously)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 03:44 PM (sAmhv)

187 She has vagina privilege. Let's not pretend that if she wasn't a somewhat attractive female she wouldn't have gotten tazed, pepper sprayed, and had her head kicked in during this process. Let's also not pretend that if she didn't have a vagina she wouldn't have acted like this in the first place.

Posted by: Triple negatives...tricky stuff at August 18, 2025 03:44 PM (TbWk/)

188 Wes Moore is so horrible, I am actually recalling the comparatively more-favorable Martin O'Malley era

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 03:44 PM (wkXwO)

189 Man: Did you give up drinking because you hated yourself when you were drinking?

Woman: Hell no! I loved myself when I was drinking. Everybody else hated me though.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (17s+e)

190 We be watching CNN abouts Ukrane and we be dids not sea Presdent Obama at the tabel?

Why was he nots their ?

Posted by: Mary Clogerstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (ibfWm)

191 Cruises are vacation on easy mode.

Your hotel goes with you, and you see multiple places.

It's not a hard concept.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

This. I have done many. The food... the frigging food.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (snZF9)

192 I find myself wondering what they were doing inside the restaurant to get kicked out

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (Skc+N)

193 Officer, my I suggest you use you nightstick?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (wBaIH)

194
wakin' up hungover in a cell is a bitch...or two
Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (8uzBS)

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Watch "Jail" and you see that once they've sobered up they're just remorseful, pathetic people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (kkTda)

195 It was less expensive after I negotiated a 50% discount from the original quote ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Of the Tribe. Say no more.

Posted by: Never Pay Retail! at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (G5+As)

196 https://tinyurl.com/29coo6za
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (w6EFb)

Thank you, sir.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (/HDaX)

197 How'd I know she was 14. She looked at least 16.
Posted by: Vito's Gallery Of Girls

This Ohio Chick-fil-A is requiring a chaperone for customers under 17 and people are not happy

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Well, Chick-fil-A is a well known hive of scum and villany.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (L/fGl)

198 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (5F8u3)

199 Leftism takes people back to childhood

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (+qU29)

200 191 This. I have done many. The food... the frigging food.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (snZF9)

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It's definitely not for everyone.

You are surrounded by people on a floating city.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (GBKbO)

201 If I was there with the girls, I would have gotten them out of there long before the cops showed up.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

Exactly.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (i24o9)

202 I just want to know how you accidentally make a claim about getting a medal? I mean I know that they handed out those things like candy canes but still how do you mistakenly claim that?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (dfIr7)

203 181 wakin' up hungover in a cell is a bitch...or two
Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (8uzBS)

E I E I O

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (VoAdT)

204 Love to be a fly on the wall of these ladies living rooms the day after this occurrence. Probably screaming, weeping, smacking the soy boys for not stopping her, calls for " daddy". Cue Nelson Muntz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (O3XOV)

205 >>>Black people already have their candidate. She was robbed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer
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She will receive fewer black votes next time she runs than last time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (Cm8rh)

206 I've never heard of a bronze star nomination being denied.

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (dzZCL)

207 >>I see. So those brain trusts represent the decline in craziness?

You should know. You had lunch there.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (viF8m)

208 Wes Moore is so horrible, I am actually recalling the comparatively more-favorable Martin O'Malley era
Posted by: Doof

I miss Willie Don Schaeffer. He was at least some comic relief.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

209 Cruises are vacation on easy mode.

Your hotel goes with you, and you see multiple places.

It's not a hard concept.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

This. I have done many. The food... the frigging food.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (snZF9)

And, unless you really want it, no ham!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (wVcYX)

210 205 >>>Black people already have their candidate. She was robbed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer
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She will receive fewer black votes next time she runs than last time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (Cm8rh)

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She will sweep the first in the nation SC without problem in the primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (GBKbO)

211 They were so proud of their baby and her first real job.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (0N4FZ)
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Parents of the Year, right there. Sickening.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (79pEw)

212 Once they've made the decision to arrest you you aren't going to be able to argue your way out of it and they'll make you comply and you'd think these dumbasses would figure that out. Save it for the judge, retard.
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Very true. If they have probable cause (or think they have) you get the ride. Most people instead make it worse for themselves. Especially the "respect muh authoritah types!".

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (ctrM5)

213 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (5F8u3)

214 DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!!!?

Posted by: Drunken Gay Rage Clown at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (/U5Yz)

215 That, plus the guys they were with don't seem drunk at all. They both are playing it cool and not interfering with the cops. Why didn't they get the girls out of there before it escalated?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

Did you watch the video? Can you imagine the consequences to the soyboys if they pulled the women out of there?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (N1tpc)
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Well, I've dragged raving, screaming, drunk-high black girls out of bad situations. If I can do that, surely these guys could have at least diffused the situation to avoid their dates getting arrested, embarrassed, and probably fired.

Plus: how much you wanna bet these two drunks are blaming the guys now for not getting them out of there?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

216
It's definitely not for everyone.

You are surrounded by people on a floating city.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:46

That's my worst nightmare, basically Disneyland on a boat. Those huge cruise ships are not my idea of fun.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (Y5PQs)

217 I've never heard of a bronze star nomination being denied.
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM

Was there really a recommendation?

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (jc0TO)

218 I found this longer body cam video of this encounter, starting when the cops first got there with this pair of AWFLs:

https://tinyurl.com/29coo6za
Posted by: publius
________

"I'm an AG! I'm an AG!"

The cop: "Good for you. I don't give a shit."

She looks a bit rougher in the full video. Like trashy young Jill Biden.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (XvL8K)

219 Wes Moore is Obama 2.0, so it would be a real shame if he couldn't run for prez in 2028

Posted by: zigggggy at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (/Pwrg)

220 The incident looks like outside the Black Pearl. The scene of many a scene. I recall giving Ted Turner the bum's rush after he assaulted a waitress at the America's Cup a million years ago.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (wBaIH)

221 I might have received a Bronze Star. I don't remember.

........ in kindergarten.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (NtVYv)

222 wakin' up hungover in a cell is a bitch...or two

Posted by: DanMan at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (8uzBS)
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After a bachelor party a buddy didn't quite make it to his front door before he tripped and passed out. Cops came by say him laying on the side walk and arrested him. He regained consciousness walking through the jail to get processed. Asshole called me 7-8 times to come bail him out that night. Told him I couldn't until tomorrow morning and they'd let him out anyway. He was yelling and screaming and I could hear all the other drunks in the drunk tank telling him to shut up.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (17s+e)

223 I have always been very careful about the stolen valor thing. I will tell someone that I was a medic in the Army, but never call myself a combat medic, because I was never in combat. Also, I was serving during Desert Storm, but was not in theater.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (PSEDc)

224 Plus there is the involuntary memorization of over-loud rap lyrics, observational opportunites of non-sanctioned UFC bouts on deck, and an exercise in personal awareness to avoid pick pockets. What's not to like?

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (dIske)

Its why i do the metal cruise. Big ass royal caribbean ship. No rap, no gold teeth motherfuckers, no kids, no fights, no crime, epic women, no cruise directors, no lime in the fucking coconut music, no suits in the dining room, etc. All the cool shit of a cruise completely douchebag free. The captain actually told me it was his favorite cruise because things were so low key and smooth.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (snZF9)

225 Those two idiots will be bitching about this to their friends over box wine for weeks.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (UjdFS)

226 I saw Men Of Soy open for 4 Non Blondes at Female Trouble in '90.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (exeT2)

227 How'd I know she was 14. She looked at least 16.

Bruce Springsteen:

Hey, little girl, is your daddy home?
Did he go away and leave you all alone?
I got a bad desire
Oh, oh, oh, I'm on fire

Now, in Blues/Rock that translate to "greetings young lady, is your lover around, or did he abandon you to go to the game? I would love to give you sweet loving in his place"

But the way its worded :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (dfIr7)

228 Someone should sample that in a rap song

Im an AG, Im an AG

No, I don't think so.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (NtVYv)

229 She looks a bit rougher in the full video. Like trashy young Jill Biden.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (XvL8K)

A few more years drinking like that and she will be Jill Biden.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:50 PM (/HDaX)

230 Well, I've dragged raving, screaming, drunk-high black girls out of bad situations. If I can do that, surely these guys could have at least diffused the situation to avoid their dates getting arrested, embarrassed, and probably fired.

Plus: how much you wanna bet these two drunks are blaming the guys now for not getting them out of there?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

This requires long-term thinking, understanding of contra-factual hypotheticals, and ability to admit you were wrong.

Do those qualities look like to reside in any of the soyboys or drunk women?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:50 PM (N1tpc)

231 That being Newport, I wonder if those two skanks come from old money

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (Skc+N)

232
Im an AG, Im an AG

No, I don't think so.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (NtVYv)

________

Not much longer

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (kkTda)

233 179 164 The dweeby looking white guy wished he had a sub sammich to toss at the cops.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:43 PM (gm9Sb)

lol, in the longer video, dude says he is a college friend. Probably thinking he was going to get lucky.

Send the cops a thank you letter, dude.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (i24o9)

234 And here we go! The sequel:

https://youtu.be/Y4GteUyORtA
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:42 PM (/HDaX)

Geez. What a bunch of assclowns.

Posted by: Assclowns 2: Double Down at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (TbWk/)

235 >>The incident looks like outside the Black Pearl. The scene of many a scene. I recall giving Ted Turner the bum's rush after he assaulted a waitress at the America's Cup a million years ago.

Pearl is next door. That's the Clarke Cooke House.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (viF8m)

236 I don't think so, JackStraw. That place didn't have four floors or drunken AGs.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (79pEw)

237 I was serving during Desert Storm, but was not in theater.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk

Everyone at my base in Turkey got the SW Asia service ribbon because we were considered to be "in theater" during Desert Storm. We were on the Black Sea.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (77rzZ)

238 I might have received a Bronze Star. I don't remember.

........ in kindergarten.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (NtVYv)

Ah, the star of shame. Mine were all gold and silver.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (N1tpc)

239 I was awarded the Silver Star. I mean the Combat Action Ribbon. Oops, honest mistake.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 03:52 PM (u73oe)

240 The videos of those Section 8 Carnival (aptly named) cruises are... something. But now, according to some, they won't allow "Black music" to be played anymore.

*shakes head while snickering*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 03:52 PM (Q4IgG)

241 So many times these days I just ant to type the comment 'WTF?!' That it should just be understood at this point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 03:52 PM (zZu0s)

242 You get caught in a lie so you publicly blame your military ex-superior? That takes outrageously poor thought processes. Even if the guy (or gal) is retired or passed, it's going to just snowball.

Posted by: Dude at August 18, 2025 03:53 PM (kjy5M)

243 Now, in Blues/Rock that translate to "greetings young lady, is your lover around, or did he abandon you to go to the game? I would love to give you sweet loving in his place"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (dfIr7)
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Now, imagine Bruce Springsteen extending Donald Trump one quarter of the same benefit of the doubt.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 03:53 PM (krQz2)

244 Guess who else should be wearing body cams. Take a wild guess.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2025 03:53 PM (YlWIZ)

245 Tell you're fellow Yankees to stay home and enjoy the suck. The blue wall fell and the shit has hit the fan.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:28 PM (W3T6M)

How's your house on wheels doing. Blown away by a tornado yet?

Posted by: Sick Of This "Yankee" Shit at August 18, 2025 03:53 PM (5xuJ/)

246 Was there really a recommendation?

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM

It's a "Nomination"
And it's a black mark on a superior officer's record to nominate someone but the facts don't support the nomination. No competent officer would do that

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at August 18, 2025 03:53 PM (dzZCL)

247 Well, I've dragged raving, screaming, drunk-high black girls out of bad situations. If I can do that, surely these guys could have at least diffused the situation to avoid their dates getting arrested, embarrassed, and probably fired.

Plus: how much you wanna bet these two drunks are blaming the guys now for not getting them out of there?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

Hon, you have testosterone, muscles, moral code and a brain, in defiance of feminism, which seeks to eliminate all such things in men because, I guess, they think it's icky. And absolutely those nasty women are blaming the guys, and wondering why they can't find someone manly who would have stood up for them in their moment of need.

Posted by: moki at August 18, 2025 03:53 PM (wLjpr)

248 Why not go for the gold, wes and claim a medal of honor?

Afraid some autistic military guy who has every living recipient memorized might kick your ass?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (zZu0s)

249 16 Remember, Wes Moore is white progressives' favorite black candidate of 2028.

The guy who can't get a bridge built but is black.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (GBKbO)

TJM, I live in Maryland, (I'll accept any pity offered). This disclosure will not keep him from a 2nd term as governor,
republicans have no candidate.

OTOH, I think this screws him out of a White House run.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (w3u3d)

250 I just wanted everyone to know, I helped Jim Comey 'cope' with his impending legal problems. I would probably marry him if his penis wasn't so small. PS: He smells like mothballs and Lilac Vegetal aftershave.

Posted by: Tay Tay at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (/U5Yz)

251
This. I have done many. The food... the frigging food.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:45 PM (snZF9)

And, unless you really want it, no ham!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (wVcYX)

There goes midrats.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (i24o9)

252 The Democratic Establishment knows it cannot take Wes Moore out directly even though he could be their best candidate. So expect more of this.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (WWpK6)

253 >>I don't think so, JackStraw. That place didn't have four floors or drunken AGs.

You've had 2 lunches in Newport. The first was in the Black Pearl. The second was at a street side table at the Clarke Cooke House. Both times you were joined by a devastatingly good looking local.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (viF8m)

254 She's a flasher too.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (NtVYv)

255 I'm an AG, Im an AG

No, I don't think so.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 03:49 PM (NtVYv)

---

More like a DA.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (QArof)

256 I found this longer body cam video of this encounter, starting when the cops first got there with this pair of AWFLs:
__ __________ ____

She does the chicken hand at the cops

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (Skc+N)

257 I miss Willie Don Schaeffer. He was at least some comic relief.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

I have a photo of me as a 5 year-old "graduating" kindergarten or something like that, shaking hands with William Donald Schaefer. He was then mayor of Baltimore - event was at War Memorial Plaza outside of City Hall. We were all dressed up in colonial era stuff because it was the Bicentennial. I'll send you a photo of it some day.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 03:55 PM (wkXwO)

258 245 Tell you're fellow Yankees to stay home and enjoy the suck. The blue wall fell and the shit has hit the fan.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:28 PM (W3T6M)

How's your house on wheels doing. Blown away by a tornado yet?
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How are your Somali neighbors these days?

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 03:55 PM (W3T6M)

259 249 TJM, I live in Maryland, (I'll accept any pity offered). This disclosure will not keep him from a 2nd term as governor,
republicans have no candidate.

OTOH, I think this screws him out of a White House run.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 03:54 PM (w3u3d)

=======

MD can have its failed political leadership.

The problem with Moore for president is that no one knows who he is, and black people already have their candidate of choice.

Hell, Cory Booker has a better chance, and Cory Booker has almost no chance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:55 PM (GBKbO)

260 I'll bet he has the "Wishing Star Award"

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at August 18, 2025 03:55 PM (dzZCL)

261 OG AG

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 03:55 PM (UjdFS)

262 I might have received a Bronze Star. I don't remember.

........ in kindergarten.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 03:48 PM (NtVYv)

Ah, the star of shame. Mine were all gold and silver.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:51 PM (N1tpc)

Y'all got stars? We had to make do with getting red check marks with plus or minus signs. And we were grateful!

Posted by: Count de Monet of Yorkshire at August 18, 2025 03:56 PM (wVcYX)

263 She is not a real Attorney General.
It's Rhode Island ffs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Rhode Island isn't real. It's imaginary like Never Never Land and Utah.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 03:56 PM (L/fGl)

264 He's a Swiftie. So... gay.
Posted by: wth"

He's even more loopy than I thought. You can't make this squit up.
===
We FBI directors are a very sensitive type.

Posted by: Zombie J. Edgar Dragqueen at August 18, 2025 03:56 PM (UCRIj)

265 The videos of those Section 8 Carnival (aptly named) cruises are... something. But now, according to some, they won't allow "Black music" to be played anymore.

*shakes head while snickering*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 03:52 PM (Q4IgG)
____

Yea, and a bunch of other reforms. But a big reason for the bad conduct -- and a reason why it almost always seems to involve blacks -- is that it seems to be a "thing" for blacks to go on cruises in yuge groups. You have a groups of people who know each other, all drunk as fuck, getting into conflicts with other large groups who are ... drunk as fuck and know each other. It becomes like tribal warfare.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

266 Blue areas are really getting to see the problem of not having any way to get rid of exceptionally corrupt office holders.

Since the voters are not going to vote for a R, and the corrupt office holders completely control the primary process it does not matter what they do...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:56 PM (t0Rmr)

267 >> "I'm an AG! I'm an AG!"

I love how her tone of voice with that changes as he's walking her. But....I'm a ayy-Geeeeee!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 03:56 PM (w6EFb)

268 One indicator that you received a Bronze Star is you received a Bronze Star.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 03:57 PM (QArof)

269 I'd love to see what happened inside the restaurant. In the long video the cops ask the staff person if they want the pair trespassed and he's like, yeah, fuck them, trespass them, whatever just get them out of here. From the way they were berating the cops I can imagine how they were treating the staff who kicked them out.

Posted by: the dandy at August 18, 2025 03:57 PM (8l8nW)

270 266 Blue areas are really getting to see the problem of not having any way to get rid of exceptionally corrupt office holders.

Since the voters are not going to vote for a R, and the corrupt office holders completely control the primary process it does not matter what they do...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 03:56 PM (t0Rmr)

========

Life gets steadily worse and these areas grow at far slower rates than other parts of the country, steadily losing representation at the federal level, becoming increasingly irrelevant.

You know, a process that started about 50 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:57 PM (GBKbO)

271 Well, I've dragged raving, screaming, drunk-high black girls out of bad situations. If I can do that, surely these guys could have at least diffused the situation to avoid their dates getting arrested, embarrassed, and probably fired.

Plus: how much you wanna bet these two drunks are blaming the guys now for not getting them out of there?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

Hon, you have testosterone, muscles, moral code and a brain, in defiance of feminism, which seeks to eliminate all such things in men because, I guess, they think it's icky. And absolutely those nasty women are blaming the guys, and wondering why they can't find someone manly who would have stood up for them in their moment of need.
Posted by: moki at August 18, 2025 03:53 PM (wLjpr)
______

They weren't positioned for success!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

272 zerohedge
1h

TRUMP: EXECUTIVE ORDER BEING WRITTEN TO END MAIL-IN BALLOTS

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 03:57 PM (Cm8rh)

273 TRUMP = LOSER CLOWN

Posted by: Mary Clogenstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 18, 2025 03:58 PM (ibfWm)

274 I always got gold stars on my homework. Back then, teachers had to lick them. Probably lead to their early demise. Only halted after Seinfeld brought the toxic glue problem to the fore. Like Tourette's was highlighted by Quincy, ME

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 18, 2025 03:58 PM (G5+As)

275 Just an FYI - Wes Moore got his Bronze Star last year.
Not sayin he's an honorable man. Just sayin, no one gives a shit about consequences anymore.

Posted by: Potato Chip Gaines at August 18, 2025 03:58 PM (xtKM4)

276 NGL, they Rhode Island bitches are both kind of hot.

But that is absolutely the opposite of how to deal with cops. And I bet in the morning as the demon rum left their systems it dawned on them that staying in the bar wasn't really that important in the grand scheme of things. Subject one is probably looking at a loss of job and attorney discipline as a consequence, and the second girl may have ventured into felony territory with the resisting.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at August 18, 2025 03:58 PM (ssz2a)

277 Oh and as for the guys, what really set the bitches off was the one cop asking him to "get your children out of here."

Posted by: the dandy at August 18, 2025 03:58 PM (8l8nW)

278 I have a photo of me as a 5 year-old "graduating" kindergarten or something like that, shaking hands with William Donald Schaefer. He was then mayor of Baltimore - event was at War Memorial Plaza outside of City Hall. We were all dressed up in colonial era stuff because it was the Bicentennial. I'll send you a photo of it some day.
Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 03:55 PM (wkXwO)

5-years old during the Bicentennial?

Just leave the picture on my lawn prior to vacating same.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

279 >>>The videos of those Section 8 Carnival (aptly named) cruises are... something. But now, according to some, they won't allow "Black music" to be played anymore.

Why would anyone want to be imprisoned on a floating Waffle House?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:59 PM (i24o9)

280 Well, he admits this wasn't true. But he says it was an "honest mistake."
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He misjudged the public's gullibility level. An honest mistake.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 03:59 PM (krQz2)

281
Walmart on the Water

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 03:59 PM (kkTda)

282 That part I remember, JackStraw. I guess it just wasn't infested with drunken AGs that day, thank goodness.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2025 03:59 PM (79pEw)

283 Hell, Cory Booker has a better chance, and Cory Booker has almost no chance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:55 PM (GBKbO)

To be honest, I think your observation is correct.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 03:59 PM (w3u3d)

284 There are Bronze Stars and Bronze Stars with Combat Vs. One is moar impressive than the other.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (W3T6M)

285 One indicator that you received a Bronze Star is you received a Bronze Star.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 03:57 PM (QArof)

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"It all depends upon how you receive the definition of receive." -- BJ Clinton, former Parser-in-Chief

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (exeT2)

286 272 zerohedge
1h

TRUMP: EXECUTIVE ORDER BEING WRITTEN TO END MAIL-IN BALLOTS
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 03:57 PM (Cm8rh)

=======

I think he has the authority to do this under the 2002 law, the Help America Vote Act, Section 301.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

287 DISFRANCHISEMENT !!! RESIST WE MUCH !!!

Posted by: Al Sharpton at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (/U5Yz)

288
I'm an AG, I'm an AG
I flash the P, I flash the P.
Floppin around like a fish in the sea.

Don't cuff me, I'm an AG

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (NtVYv)

289
My last ambition in life is not to go viral.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (kkTda)

290 5-years old during the Bicentennial?

Just leave the picture on my lawn prior to vacating same.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

Just because you were around for the Centennial doesn't mean you're better than me!

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (wkXwO)

291 Why would anyone want to be imprisoned on a floating Waffle House?
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Snort.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (W3T6M)

292 I got 3 Gold Stars in 1st Grade.... Does that mean I can run for the Senate in a Blue State Too ?????

Posted by: Jackson at August 18, 2025 04:01 PM (q/j2W)

293 5-years old during the Bicentennial?

I turned 11 that year, can I be on your lawn?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:01 PM (dfIr7)

294 Definitely mark this story for follow-up. I want to see how it turns out!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 04:01 PM (iFTx/)

295 I think he has the authority to do this under the 2002, the Help America Vote Act, Section 301.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

I have no idea if that is true, but THIS is the Trump I wanted.

Find EVERY justification to shut down the left's perpetual governance/cheating/regulations etc...

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 04:01 PM (N1tpc)

296 Why would anyone want to celebrate a Bison-tennial. They're nasty animals and signs are posted telling the Chinee tourists not to pet them!

Posted by: Emily Litella at August 18, 2025 04:02 PM (G5+As)

297 295 I think he has the authority to do this under the 2002, the Help America Vote Act, Section 301.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

I have no idea if that is true, but THIS is the Trump I wanted.

Find EVERY justification to shut down the left's perpetual governance/cheating/regulations etc...
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 04:01 PM (N1tpc)

========

Reading through section 301, I don't think the mail in voting systems align with it in the least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:02 PM (GBKbO)

298 5-years old during the Bicentennial?

I turned 11 that year, can I be on your lawn?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:01 PM (dfIr7)

I was seven. I remember all the celebrations. I thought the quarters were cool.

I'm an AG !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:02 PM (NtVYv)

299 Why would anyone want to celebrate a Bison-tennial. They're nasty animals and signs are posted telling the Chinee tourists not to pet them!
Posted by: Emily Litella at August 18, 2025 04:02 PM (G5+As)

It's petting season at Yellowstone

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:03 PM (NtVYv)

300 I'm an AG !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:02 PM (NtVYv)

Probably white, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 04:03 PM (i24o9)

301 John "F**king" Kerry got a Purple Heart in Vietnam for getting injured when stubbing his toe 250 miles away from Khe Sahn.

Posted by: Jackson at August 18, 2025 04:03 PM (q/j2W)

302 5-years old during the Bicentennial?

I turned 11 that year, can I be on your lawn?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I also turned 11 that year, so you're good. In fact, my birthday is in November, so you're probably some months older than I.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:03 PM (77rzZ)

303 It seems Wes was using fuzzy logic here… nominated for the Bronze Star but not yet approved gets assigned a 0.5 in the “awarded a Bronze Star” set… he rounded up to 1!

The problem is after it wasn’t approved his set membership value dropped to 0.0

Math is a bitch!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 04:04 PM (/iXAp)

304 TRUMP: EXECUTIVE ORDER BEING WRITTEN TO END MAIL-IN BALLOTS
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
......

There goes Newsom's presidential dreams.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 04:04 PM (UjdFS)

305 Assistant Attorney General Devon (Hogan) Flanagan

I'd hit it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 18, 2025 04:04 PM (/U5Yz)

306 For one brief, shining moment, I thought we'd put this bullshit behind us.

Variety@Variety
Bella Ramsey says they could be the next #SpiderMan — and calls Andrew Garfield’s version “incredible” and that they “loved it.”

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Variety, diversity, pretty much the same thing.

Spiderthem, Spiderthem, doing whatever the Spider sham!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 04:05 PM (L/fGl)

307 I'd hit it."

Me too.

Posted by: F150 w/Coyote V8 at August 18, 2025 04:05 PM (tubbA)

308 >>That part I remember, JackStraw. I guess it just wasn't infested with drunken AGs that day, thank goodness.

Lunch crowd.

When the America's Cup was still in Newport each team adopted a bar for the duration of the event which was a couple months. As noted above when Ted Turner was racing his team was mostly in Clarke Cooke House.

Things were a tad less gentile with hundreds of drunken racers and fellow sailor in town. It's gotten all fancified now but like party towns everywhere there are always a few who get a wee bit to carried away.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 04:05 PM (viF8m)

309
He could claim racism as the reason the award wasn't given, but Obama's transformational administration got rid of all that years ago.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 04:05 PM (Y8DZL)

310 I also turned 11 that year, so you're good. In fact, my birthday is in November, so you're probably some months older than I.

December, so one month younger! Well roughly.

I remember that time well, all the radio shows and memorabilia and TV shows and special events and movies. It was a huge buildup.

Its next year. Have you seen ANYTHING building up to 250th?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:05 PM (dfIr7)

311 302 5-years old during the Bicentennial?

I turned 11 that year, can I be on your lawn?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I was 18 and in basic training in Cape May, NJ

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (/U5Yz)

312 TRUMP: EXECUTIVE ORDER BEING WRITTEN TO HAVE AN IQ ABOVE 75 TO RUN FOR POTUS.

Immediately Harris, Cory Booker, and Gav Newsome file a law suit against this EO>

Posted by: Jackson at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (q/j2W)

313 The videos of those Section 8 Carnival (aptly named) cruises are... something. But now, according to some, they won't allow "Black music" to be played anymore.
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yeah, the only thing missing from those videos was a crashed-up Nissan Altima with fading paper plates bouncing off curbs and other cars driven by a gal in a shower bonnet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (tlI68)

314 Walmart on the Water
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 03:59 PM (kkTda)

The fire in the sky.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (1GTvn)

315 RE: Wes Moore

Maryland has had Governors worst that him. It is one thing to lie on an application to work in a Democratic white house. It is another to use that lie in a political race.

Granted, he would have been elected in any event. Had he fixed that then, he'd be in fat city.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (w3u3d)

316
"In the military, there is an understanding that if a senior officer tells you that an action is approved, you can trust that as a fact. That is why it was part of the application, plain and simple," the governor explained.

Lying cocksucker. All the light colonels and majors in your chain of command could assert that you're gonna get a Bronze Star, but until the E4 Mafia types it into your DD214 it doesn't exist. During my Army years I've seen plenty of NCOs and officers get tripped up by wearing awards that weren't documented in their 214. Which is why I never wore my second Army Achievement Medal. Had the certificate, signed by my battalion commander, but it isn't on my 214 because I PCS'd before it was amended for the 2nd award.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (y9nCu)

317 For one brief, shining moment, I thought we'd put this bullshit behind us.

Variety@Variety
Bella Ramsey says they could be the next #SpiderMan — and calls Andrew Garfield’s version “incredible” and that they “loved it.”
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So is she merely illiterate, or so fat that there are the equivalent of two of them?

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (TN0g+)

318 Its next year. Have you seen ANYTHING building up to 250th?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:05 PM (dfIr7)

We got some dumbasses at the local Knoxville CBS TV station starting in on it.

I turn the channel.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 04:07 PM (/HDaX)

319 Section 302 includes language about who qualifies for a provisional ballot.

You know what it describes? Attestation of being a legal, qualified, and registered voter but the records on site not reflecting that, allowing for a provisional ballot upon verification.

You know what it doesn't describe? Being afraid of getting a cold.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:07 PM (GBKbO)

320 I was 10 during the Bicentennial. I knew older kids who were like the cast of Dazed and Confused. And our town also had its own Wooderson. I consider that film to be a documentary.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 04:07 PM (PSEDc)

321 Via iHeart Radio

The parents of seven-month-old Emmanuel Haro, who was reported missing from a Big 5 Sporting Goods parking lot in Yucaipa, California, have ceased cooperating with law enforcement. On Thursday (August 14), Rebecca Haro claimed she was changing her son's diaper when an unknown assailant attacked her, rendering her unconscious, and abducted Emmanuel. When she regained consciousness, she found her son missing and had a black eye.

However, inconsistencies in Rebecca Haro's account have raised suspicions. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department noted these discrepancies during their investigation, leading to her refusal to continue cooperating. The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, which had initially offered a $5,000 reward for information, has also withdrawn its support due to these inconsistencies and the parents' lack of cooperation.

Further complicating the case is the criminal history of Emmanuel's father, Jake Haro, who was convicted of felony willful child cruelty in June 2023. He is currently on probation and faces a hearing for a potential violation on September 2.

Despite the troubling signs, authorities have not ruled out any possibilities...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 04:08 PM (TGPs7)

322 Allegedly his name was submitted for one, but the Army denied him the award.

Supposedly, the Army was directed to correct their mistake in 2024. For some reason.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 04:08 PM (ExV1e)

323 322 Allegedly his name was submitted for one, but the Army denied him the award.

Supposedly, the Army was directed to correct their mistake in 2024. For some reason.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 04:08 PM (ExV1e)

========

"Boomers love voting for a vet!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:08 PM (GBKbO)

324 "I got a Bronze Star."
"But did you, really?"
"He's a fuckin' governor. He knows."

Posted by: Wingshrew Multitasking at August 18, 2025 04:08 PM (QArof)

325 "Please! I'm scared!"

???

FFS. So tired of people of that generation thinking *"I'm scared"* is some sort of official time out call.

You *should* be scared of consequences.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:08 PM (krQz2)

326 I was 18 and in basic training in Cape May, NJ

SaLUTE! Although I hear the army was at a pretty bad low during that time period

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:09 PM (dfIr7)

327 288
I'm an AG, I'm an AG
I flash the P, I flash the P.
Floppin around like a fish in the sea.

Don't cuff me, I'm an AG
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:00 PM (NtVYv)

AGP?

An Autogynephile?

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 04:09 PM (UnA8+)

328 Flanagan is either a really, really popular name up in RI or there's a bunch of nepotism going on in the government workforce up there. Lots and lots of Flanagans I noticed.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 04:09 PM (dIske)

329 Bella Ramsey as Spiderma'am?

That hyperspace bypass is looking better all the time.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:10 PM (daZd4)

330 326 I was 18 and in basic training in Cape May, NJ

SaLUTE! Although I hear the army was at a pretty bad low during that time period
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Not army, brown water navy. USCG.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 18, 2025 04:10 PM (/U5Yz)

331 YOU get a Bronze Star! And YOU get a Bronze Star! And YOU get a Bronze Star!

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:10 PM (77rzZ)

332
Remember that line in Pulp Fiction that goes "Zed's dead?"

Well, Zod's dod, er dead.

Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (daGaH)

333 Is it too much to ask for that this Assistant Attorney General of Rhode Island is soon to be an ex-Assistant Attorney General?

Posted by: Ralph at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (8WZD4)

334 263 She is not a real Attorney General.
It's Rhode Island ffs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
------------------

There's always a 'difference' between tourist towns and regular cities.
RI is a tourist state.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (Cm8rh)

335 An Autogynephile?

I think that would be a step up

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (daZd4)

336 I was told by one of my own senior officers he was going to put me in for an award called the Legion of Merit. I was flattered.

That's all it was, though: flattery. He never bothered to put it in. (Maybe I didn't deserve one...but I never asked or expected any award for doing my job, so still a tad disappointing to have my hopes built up for literally nothing).

Long story longer, I didn't ever claim to have received the Legion of Merit in spite of what a senior officer claimed he would do. And it would have been a lie for me to have said I "received" it based on nothing but a recommendation.

Posted by: MarkW at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (X5pwk)

337 I'd hit it.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 18, 2025 04:04 PM (/U5Yz)

--

Me too.

Posted by: Blindfolded Mexican With a Mop Handle at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (QArof)

338 "Presidents have no power over federal elections held in the states!"

60+ years of Congressional action giving presidents power over federal elections in the states.

Yeah, I see no reason why Trump can't shut down a shit ton of stuff that states are doing by EO while reading the statutes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

339 Maryland has had Governors worst that him. It is one thing to lie on an application to work in a Democratic white house. It is another to use that lie in a political race.

Granted, he would have been elected in any event. Had he fixed that then, he'd be in fat city.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (w3u3d)
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Marylanders lament for what could have been: Governor Marion Barry.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:12 PM (krQz2)

340 Funniest Rhode Island story I ever heard involves Providence HS and Providence U star And lunatic Marvin Barnes. He won the RI state hs championship in basketball as a junior. In the summer he and some knucklehead buddies decide to make money by robbing a Providence city bus. The use bats a threaten the driver. The driver calls the cops and says he thinks one was Marvin Barnes. At the preliminary hearing he was asked how he knew it was Barnes because the guy wore a bandana across his face. The driver said "well he was six-six and I follow hs hoops. Anything else? Yes , he had a jacket on that said Providence HS , RI STAE Championship

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 04:12 PM (O3XOV)

341 >>Flanagan is either a really, really popular name up in RI or there's a bunch of nepotism going on in the government workforce up there. Lots and lots of Flanagans I noticed.

You know those Irish. They multiply like rabbits.

There is a ton of nepotism in RI government. Corruption too, not by coincidence. I'll be shocked if this bimbo gets anything more than a slap on the wrist.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 04:12 PM (viF8m)

342 Marion Berry?

Governor Michael Steele.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (daZd4)

343 Old and busted: free speech

New and cool: mandatory speech

https://is.gd/iYrCyS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (L/fGl)

344 Funniest Rhode Island story I ever heard involves Providence HS and Providence U star And lunatic Marvin Barnes. He won the RI state hs championship in basketball as a junior. In the summer he and some knucklehead buddies decide to make money by robbing a Providence city bus. The use bats a threaten the driver. The driver calls the cops and says he thinks one was Marvin Barnes. At the preliminary hearing he was asked how he knew it was Barnes because the guy wore a bandana across his face. The driver said "well he was six-six and I follow hs hoops. Anything else? Yes , he had a jacket on that said Providence HS , RI State Championship and underneath it was embroidered "Marvin Barnes"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (O3XOV)

345 A lot of young women are on Adderall and Ambien, depending on mood and time of day. Add booze and Whoa! Nelly!

Posted by: Vin Scully at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (G5+As)

346 Maryland has had Governors worst that him. It is one thing to lie on an application to work in a Democratic white house. It is another to use that lie in a political race.

Granted, he would have been elected in any event. Had he fixed that then, he'd be in fat city.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 04:06 PM (w3u3d)
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Marylanders lament for what could have been: Governor Marion Barry.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:12 PM (krQz2)

We was robbed!

Posted by: Terrapins For Spiro Agnew at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (wVcYX)

347 She should have told the cops she was a newt. Or a witch.

Or asked how many beejers each cop would require to let her go.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (aBgBM)

348 ~~Healthcare~~Occupying somebody's place of business is a Human right!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (krQz2)

349 Well, Zod's dod, er dead.
Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (daGaH)

Wait ! Whut ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (NtVYv)

350 Not army, brown water navy. USCG.

Well salute, sir. Saving lives and protecting the rivers is heroic work in my book.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:14 PM (dfIr7)

351
Take away the vote cheating and the Dems got nothing; don't think they'll allow their democracy to be lost without a fight.

Expect record crowds of senior citizen protest crowds by the weekend.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 04:14 PM (Y8DZL)

352 Variety@Variety
Bella Ramsey says they could be the next #SpiderMan — and calls Andrew Garfield’s version “incredible” and that they “loved it.”

Spidertrans.

Though I don't recall any canon Spiderman who was a homely mentally-ill chick with a caved-in fetal alcohol face.

Posted by: Bella Ramsey needs to be the last of them at August 18, 2025 04:14 PM (TbWk/)

353 349 Well, Zod's dod, er dead.
Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (daGaH)

Wait ! Whut ?
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (NtVYv)

=======

Terrence Stamp died this weekend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:14 PM (GBKbO)

354 Or asked how many beejers each cop would require to let her go.

There are some things cops simply won't do?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:14 PM (daZd4)

355 I was told by one of my own senior officers he was going to put me in for an award called the Legion of Merit. I was flattered.
Posted by: MarkW

You should've served under that Oz guy. He carries shit like that around in a little black bag.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:15 PM (77rzZ)

356 TheJamesMadison and Alex Jones are the only two people who read the complete reports.

Has anyone seen the both of them at the same time?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 04:15 PM (Cm8rh)

357 A lot of young women are on Adderall and Ambien, depending on mood and time of day. Add booze and Whoa! Nelly!

I keep bringing this up. Everyone keeps asking how people can be that crazy or stupid or act like that. Drugs. Some of it pharmaceuticals, some of it illicit. They are all on a fist full of this crap. All those congressmen who act like retards and lunatics? Drugged to the gills.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:15 PM (dfIr7)

358 Terrence Stamp died this weekend.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 04:14 PM (GBKbO)

Got it. I thought it was Zod from here. Oof

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:15 PM (NtVYv)

359 >>Flanagan is either a really, really popular name up in RI or there's a bunch of nepotism going on in the government workforce up there. Lots and lots of Flanagans I noticed.

You know those Irish. They multiply like rabbits.

There is a ton of nepotism in RI government. Corruption too, not by coincidence. I'll be shocked if this bimbo gets anything more than a slap on the wrist.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 04:12 PM (viF8m)

Well, we'll just see what Judge Flanagan has to say at her trial.

Posted by: Editor Flanagan at August 18, 2025 04:15 PM (wVcYX)

360 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:16 PM (ppG5b)

361 Well, Zod's dod, er dead.
Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 18, 2025 04:11 PM (daGaH)

Wait ! Whut ?
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 04:13 PM (NtVYv)

--

Terence Stamp is expired.

Posted by: Blindfolded Mexican With a Mop Handle at August 18, 2025 04:16 PM (QArof)

362 357 A lot of young women are on Adderall and Ambien, depending on mood and time of day. Add booze and Whoa! Nelly!

I keep bringing this up. Everyone keeps asking how people can be that crazy or stupid or act like that. Drugs. Some of it pharmaceuticals, some of it illicit. They are all on a fist full of this crap. All those congressmen who act like retards and lunatics? Drugged to the gills.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:15 PM (dfIr7)

We see their truuuuue colors shining through

Posted by: Letting the Id have its way at August 18, 2025 04:16 PM (TbWk/)

363 General Zod has bent the knee to Thanatos.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 04:16 PM (daZd4)

364 Terrence Stamp died this weekend.

My favorite role of his is the leader of Mind Head in Bowfinger.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 04:16 PM (dfIr7)

365 Nood Swifty

Posted by: David French at August 18, 2025 04:16 PM (Dv3i1)

366 I just want to know how you accidentally make a claim about getting a medal? I mean I know that they handed out those things like candy canes but still how do you mistakenly claim that?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 03:46 PM

I don't know about the Army but in the Navy they were handing Bronze Star medals out by the literal boatload during Desert Storm and the Global War on Terrorism war. And they came to be an expected reward for a "successful" mission so I can see that happening, not defending the guy but I can see how that could happen.

Submarine skippers and XO's were getting them just for launching strike packages. Pop up to periscope depth and download a mission package and submerge. The FC's would load the data into the missiles and the boat would come up to hover depth and launch the missiles at the pre determined target and then go deep and evade.

Virtually no risk to the boat or crew but every boat that launched got multiple Bronze Star medals. Granted they didn't get the "V" valor device but the officers got multiple Bronze Star medals for their crew literally pushing buttons and expending ordnance.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 04:17 PM (0N4FZ)

367
Terence Stamp is dead. Please don't tell me we've lost our Zod.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 04:18 PM (Y8DZL)

368 I'm from Rhode Island, one can't be embarrassed enough.
Such a beautiful place, such stupid shits.
On the other hand, grandkids #2, the boy, born thisorning, mother and kid doing fine. Gives me one of each of the COMPLETE set.

Posted by: From about That Tim at August 18, 2025 04:20 PM (VEL4I)

369 I'm fine with security guarantees for Ukraine, as long as it's the EU and not us.

As a general principle, it's time for these Euros to defend their own silly ass interests.

But much more importantly, if Trump is dumb enough to sign off on that, the #ForeverWar faction of our government will jam a wedge into that crack and open up a war front *at the nearest opportunity.*

Doing this would provide them the casus belli they've heretofore lacked. It'll make Ametican boots on the ground an inevitability, even if means our IC has to dress prisoners in Russian uniforms and use them to "attack" a Uke radio station.

The answer needs to be "y'all need to figure this out RIGHT F'IN NOW, or I'm withdrawing aid and Russian victory is a fait accompli. I'm running out of patience."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 04:22 PM (f1Xuy)

370 368, Congrats!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 04:24 PM (ppG5b)

371 322 Allegedly his name was submitted for one, but the Army denied him the award.

Supposedly, the Army was directed to correct their mistake in 2024. For some reason.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 04:08 PM (ExV1e)

LOL That just muddies the water a bit more. He can run for the Senate, might even win. But President, nah...

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 04:24 PM (w3u3d)

372 >>>I'm also a rapidly-aging elderly white socialist obsessed with a thinly-talented white woman.
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And you talk like a faggot.

Going shopping bbl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 04:32 PM (Cm8rh)

373

You should've served under that Oz guy. He carries shit like that around in a little black bag.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2025 04:15 PM (77rzZ)

I'd settle for being able to properly recite the Pythagorean Theorem.

Posted by: MarkW at August 18, 2025 04:43 PM (VhqzG)

374 ...trying desperately not to come off the rails again...
Ummm...no. That bint is permanently off the rails and likes it that way.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 18, 2025 04:46 PM (XMwZJ)

375 Okay, let me get something straight, legally. If a cop is arresting you, and you say, "I'm the AG" and he then lets you go, he's in BIG fucking trouble if that comes out. And his body cam is ON. IF he lets you off, he can be accused of favoritism. And you can be accused of intimidation and even bribery (I'm the AG is the same as saying, let me go, and I won't damage your career/do you a favor.)

You think a lawyer might know that.

Just shut up, answer questions with short answers, and comply with directives. be clam. Don't fight or resist. Cooperate. Say what you need to say, and don't repeat yourself - for the cop, a sure sign you are lying is endless repetition.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 18, 2025 05:15 PM (D1vbu)

376 discuss the varietals of dick like a penis sommelier.

Ok, one mouthful of coffee blorted all over my monitor. Thanks for that one.

Wonderful line.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 05:30 PM (cHLus)

377 306 For one brief, shining moment, I thought we'd put this bullshit behind us.

Variety@Variety
Bella Ramsey says they could be the next #SpiderMan — and calls Andrew Garfield’s version “incredible” and that they “loved it.”

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Variety, diversity, pretty much the same thing.

Spiderthem, Spiderthem, doing whatever the Spider sham!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 04:05 PM (L/fGl)

I guess they figured Miles Morales wasn't killing Spider Man fast enough so they brought in Bella to be Spider Potato.

You can't even parody this anymore; the reality is always worse.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 05:42 PM (cHLus)

378 Note to women, calling law enforcement "babe" will not endear you to their hearts or persuade them to let you go. Similarly, shouting it at them for the twelfth time is as a effective as calling for your "dad". Also, note the wing-gurl, whose job it is to insult any man who approaches her friend, is always further to the Left than the Alpha Gurl.

Posted by: wferrin at August 18, 2025 05:48 PM (sEMQm)

379 On top of the screaming hissy fit, was she yelling:
Babe
Dave
Dad

I have questions.

They should have tied her in the backseat and let her feet dangle and drag on the pavement like a Flintstone. I realize this would probably be illegal. But I would have been tempted and #3million reasons I am not a cop.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 06:04 PM (6PCLE)

380 MD Gov is guilty of exactly what former Rep Santos is in jail for right now: Wire Fraud. The conviction was based entirely on false statements about his life history that were used in his fundraising emails.

Posted by: Aarradin at August 19, 2025 03:34 AM (5kvQv)

Trump Expects to Have a Three-Way Trilateral Summit With Putin and Zelenskyy "If Everything Works Out Today"

Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
NEWS: I just got off the phone with a source involved in the pre-meeting with Zelenskyy at the Ukrainian embassy this morning:
MY NOTES:
1) I'm told there's no expectation that today wraps up with a date on the calendar for a trilateral summit -- but today would be a success if Zelenskyy had a realistic discussion about territorial concessions
2) Nobody expects Zelenskyy to take Putin's first version of the map back to his country, but he needs to talk about what he can let go and what is critical to keep.
2a. -- Getting clarity on security guarantees and what that looks like will make it easier for Zelenskyy to sell that back home
2b. -- Asked about what that means for the timeline, I'm told the US feels there is political energy behind this, a light at the end of the tunnel, and wants to get it done now -- but knows it won't be instant. More like "weeks not months" -- and Ukraine understands this
3) US and Europeans have "gently" made suggestions on territory, but they are also aware that Zelenskyy has to take this back and massage it through his own system -- "gotta come back with a counteroffer"
3a. -- I asked how Zelenskyy is approaching that given Ukraine's constitutional requirement of a national referendum for territorial changes -- I'm told the the general attitude is "that's a you problem" -- as in, up to Zelenskyy to figure out and handle
3b. -- On territory with minerals being under Russian control, basically if America has a stake in land, it is a security in an of itself - its in their interest to make that work
4) Europeans believe the security guarantees are a very very big deal, and want to protect and preserve it -- which is part of why they are all eager to be here today.
4a. -- They also want to help Zelenskyy manage this high-wire act because "the risk factor of Zelenskyy putting his foot in his mouth is significant"
5) The discussion on security guarantees won't produce full security plan today- but they want clear next steps to work on, "a commitment in principle from the coalition of the willing, the US, hammering out alongside Ukrainians"
5a. -- Some awareness that the US should legislate this, make sure it lasts into future administrations
5b. -- Also the WH sees Putin's acceptance of security guarantees as important -- their attitude is "Now we have to put more meat on the bone"
6) Today it is important to demonstrate unity between Europeans, US, and Ukraine -- that would define success
7) Neither Ukrainians or Americans want today to fail

Zelenskyy, of course, insisted that he would never, ever concede any territory to Russia, because his country's constitution -- which he freely ignores when it suits him -- forbids it.

Zelensky said Sunday that Kyiv will not surrender territory not currently occupied by Russian forces as part of any peace deal, adding that Ukraine's constitution forbids it.
"We need real negotiations," Zelensky said to reporters in Brussels at a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, per Just the News.
In addition to meeting with Trump, other European leaders are expected to be at the White House as well, reports said.

Zelensky stated that Russia has been unable to seize part of eastern Ukraine it has sought to control since 2014. He emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin "has been unable to take it for 12 years, and the constitution of Ukraine makes it impossible ... to give up territory or trade land," according to Politico.

But that might just be bluster and positioning. You never want to concede anything before you start actually negotiating.

A few items:

Trump notes that Zelenskyy canceled elections during the war which gives Trump an idea for "three and a half years from now."

Obviously the vaunted Ukrainian Constitution is pretty flexible in its terms, huh?

Trump says the "whole world is tired" of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Melania wrote a personal letter to Putin imploring him to consider the lives of all the children he's either killing or making orphaned.

Zelenskyy actually wore a suit for once, and was complimented by a reporter and Trump.

President Trump: "If everything works out today, we'll have a trilat[eral agreement] and I think there will be a reasonable chance of ending the war when we do that." pic.twitter.com/4ph6yVQIxR
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 18, 2025

It's "Joe Biden's war."

THIS IS JOE BIDEN’S WAR pic.twitter.com/QDtkbizuje
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 18, 2025

On Sunday, the ill-prepared DEI hire Margaret Brennan insisted that European leaders were joining the summit to... protect Zelenskyy from "bullying." It's a Democrat Cult Article of Faith that Trump "bullied" Zelenskyy at their last meeting.

Marco Rubio said no, they're coming to join in the negotiations.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! CBS' Margaret Brennan thought she knew more about foreign policy and the Russia-Ukraine negotiations than Marco Rubio.

She didn't. He put her in her place. Rubio is a masterclass.

"No it isn't, that's not why...That's not true...No."pic.twitter.com/ZpZASCsFYQ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 17, 2025

Note that European countries will have to promise to defend Ukraine with actual troops to secure a peace agreement. I don't think they'll agree to that, or if they do, they'll make sure their are massive escape clauses allowing them to disown the agreement at will.

Martha Raddatz is incensed at the idea that Trump, in seeking to broker a peace deal, would expect any concessions from Zelenskyy, and demands to know what concessions he's demanded of Putin.

She also insisted that Trump was wrong to shake Putin's hand, even though he was meeting with Putin on a diplomatic mission and diplomatic niceties are very much required.

She is very clearly reviving the "Trump is a Putin agent" hoax which she apparently still thinks is factually true. She is basically telling Rubio that Trump cannot broker a peace when he's an agent of one of the parties involved.

She doesn't say that, but it's obvious. There cannot be any other reason for her being unhinged over the idea that warring parties will have to make mutual concessions to reach a peace agreement. Or that Trump should shake the hand of a man he's invited to America for a diplomatic negotiation.

🔥Marco Rubio on fire…

“What utility would there be of me going on a program and telling you we wagged our finger at Putin and told him you must do this…these discussions ONLY work best when they are conducted privately.” pic.twitter.com/2cnIkBx7n6
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 17, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: ABC just tried to grill Marco Rubio for the US giving Putin the "red carpet" and President Trump having a "warm handshake" - and Rubio was having NONE of it.

"When I hear people say that, 'oh, it elevates him.' Well, all we do is talk about Putin all the time! All… pic.twitter.com/21LT63Kzo2
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 17, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 02:10 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 18, 2025 02:09 PM (GYt5+)

2 1st

Posted by: GF at August 18, 2025 02:09 PM (iVUs+)

3 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 18, 2025 02:09 PM (GYt5+)

4 5th

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:10 PM (N1tpc)

5
OK, I'm here. We can begin.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:11 PM (bwb3L)

6 Do you think this whole war is really just about whether it should be spelled "Vladimir" or "Volodymyr"? Sad.

Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy at August 18, 2025 02:11 PM (G77LY)

7 Losers demand concessions. Winners go home and fuck Ukraine.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:11 PM (jc0TO)

8 Trump is friendly with Putin = Trump is more closely aligning with Putin.

Trump is friendly with Zelensky = ...?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

9 I still think Brennan has a masochistic kink, and loves being humiliated by conservatives.

Raddatz is just senile.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 18, 2025 02:11 PM (s0JqF)

10 Rubio has been the biggest positive surprise in this administration. He's taken lessons from Trump on how to push back and beclown the media.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 18, 2025 02:12 PM (1v0rw)

11 >>>Trump notes that Zelenskyy canceled elections during the war which gives Trump an idea for "three and a half years from now."

LMAO.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:12 PM (i24o9)

12 Little Marco kicks Sunday morning tv's ass.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2025 02:12 PM (98kQX)

13
"And I am giving Z the money to buy a nice suit and tie."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:12 PM (bwb3L)

14 Martha Raddatz is incensed at the idea that Trump, in seeking to broker a peace deal, would expect any concessions from Zelenskyy, and demands to know what concessions he's demanded of Putin.

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"Peace happens only through unconditional surrender like in WWII. Also, proportional warfare is the only way to fight a war."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

15 I asked how Zelenskyy is approaching that given Ukraine's constitutional requirement of a national referendum for territorial changes -- I'm told the the general attitude is "that's a you problem"

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lol, sure is

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 02:12 PM (g47mK)

16 Alternate title: Bunch of Dumbfucks and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (krQz2)

17 Trump Expects to Have a Three-Way
.....

Melania is OK with that?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (UjdFS)

18 I think Z has been told to make a deal.

Showing up in the suit is the 1st sign. It was the 1st concession he's ever made to anyone...and he made that concession personally to Trump.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (tOcjL)

19 She doesn't say that, but it's obvious. There cannot be any other reason for her being unhinged over the idea that warring parties will have to make mutual concessions to reach a peace agreement.

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I can think of another reason.

She's really dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (GBKbO)

20 Zelenskyy, of course, insisted that he would never, ever concede any territory to Russia, because his country's constitution -- which he freely ignores when it suits him -- forbids it.

Posted by: Ace at 02:10 PM

::::swoon::::

Posted by: The Democrats at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (k1E2D)

21 Rubio 3.0 is a completely different beast.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (Z1dZR)

22 This isn't the world I grew up in.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (5swlB)

23 If I'm Vlad, I say "You want me to give that little peckerwood Zelenskyy the time of day? You give me Alaska."

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (UnA8+)

24 Zelenskyy actually wore a suit for once, and was complimented by a reporter and Trump.

Will Trump wear an 'adibas' track suit in return?

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (x/Rva)

25 When did Skeletor get an ABC news show?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (E0p3T)

26 Don't think Z will act up today.
He will act up in truly destructive ways AFTER today's meeting.
Maximum effect acting up .... it's really the Orange Man versus the USA IC and until ( if) Trump can bring the IC under control they are in control -- using scum like Zelensky as their proxy.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (Mb6Y/)

27 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (NtVYv)

28 Rubio has been the biggest positive surprise in this administration. He's taken lessons from Trump on how to push back and beclown the media.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 18, 2025 02:12 PM (1v0rw)
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He used to think the way forward was opposing Trump.

Now, he knows that's not going to work.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (krQz2)

29 21 Rubio 3.0 is a completely different beast.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (Z1dZR)

========

I still see a power mad psychopath who will say anything to attain power when I see him, the same I've seen since about 2013.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

30 >>I can think of another reason.

>>She's really dumb.

She reads the words.
That's all she is there for. To read the words.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (Z1dZR)

31 20 Zelenskyy, of course, insisted that he would never, ever concede any territory to Russia, because his country's constitution -- which he freely ignores when it suits him -- forbids it.

Pretty sure that's bluster... Trump would not have had little Z man in the Oval again if some things were not already "agreed" upon....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (VE6XX)

32 "Obviously the vaunted Ukrainian Constitution"
------@
The judges would have accepted "much-ballyhooed" as well.

Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (tXY4l)

33 "A three-way? You mean, like, a Lucky Pierre Delecto?"

/Killary "LOCK HER UP!" Klingon

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (1jZXH)

34 Zelensky said Sunday that Kyiv will not surrender territory not currently occupied by Russian forces
......

Then Pooty will just take it.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (UjdFS)

35 30 >>I can think of another reason.

>>She's really dumb.

She reads the words.
That's all she is there for. To read the words.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (Z1dZR)

=======

"Go fuck yourself, San Diego."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

36
He wore a suit? Like, a regular one and not one of those Soviet-era cardboard models?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (bwb3L)

37 "Obviously the vaunted Ukrainian Constitution"
------@
The judges would have accepted "much-ballyhooed" as well.
Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM

Ancient and revered.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (jc0TO)

38 If Zelensky is included it will be a Menage a Twat

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (NtVYv)

39 Our elites and government lackies are making bank on the Ukraine - Russia war... so they have no interest in it stopping.

The press reports thusly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (Q4IgG)

40 Raddatz, Welker, Brennan; not a brain cell between them

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (V6W16)

41 > Obviously the vaunted Ukrainian Constitution is pretty flexible in its terms, huh?

It's pretty specific and inflexible about the whole elections thing. No elections during a state of war isn't a very complicated or difficult to understand thing.

Posted by: The Ghost of History at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (EX4EH)

42 Re: Martha Raddatz

Meh. Let the cuckoo go cuckoo. It's endless entertainment.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (i24o9)

43 Is Margaret Brennan really that stupid or is that just a role she plays?

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (kTd/k)

44 I hope this works out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (daZd4)

45
"Tell the truth Marco. The people have a right to know."

https://tinyurl.com/td8pzd8u

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (E0p3T)

46
The judges would have accepted "much-ballyhooed" as well.
Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (tXY4l)

__________

It should be a model for ours. Including ignoring elections.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (bwb3L)

47 I still see a power mad psychopath who will say anything to attain power when I see him, the same I've seen since about 2013.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

A power mad psychopath who will say and actually do the right things to attain power is The American Dream.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (VoAdT)

48 "Go fuck yourself, San Diego."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM

Aren't the actual lyrics "Don't cry for me, Argentina"?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (0sNs1)

49 I'm always amazed at how stupid our "betters" are.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (N1tpc)

50 Zelenskyy, of course, insisted that he would never, ever concede any territory to Russia

You mean those areas he doesn't control and in fact voted to leave years ago? Tell you what, Z, we'll give you the mythical land of Peruvia as compensation!

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (x/Rva)

51 Is Margaret Brennan really that stupid or is that just a role she plays?

Both

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (daZd4)

52 "Go fuck yourself, San Diego."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (GBKbO)
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Poop mouth!

Posted by: Chris Parnell at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (krQz2)

53 >>Will Trump wear an 'adibas' track suit in return?

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM

If he did, the news media would suddenly remember that the founders of Adidas were Nazis.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (98kQX)

54 Willowed

Y'all been busy while I was waiting on TSA's DEI hire Shanequa, with the culturally appropriated straightened blood hair. Useless twunt was flagging everyone's stuff for additional scrutiny.

Kyle the ambiguously straight, needs to eat a Sammich soiboi, wasn't cleaning the wipe n sniff testing machine between samples and the poor thing damned near shit himself when it flagged my work laptop as an explosive. Much hilarity (mine) was had at the monkeys scampering and flinging poo at everyone at that point.

If today is any indication, I'm gonna have a great fucking week.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (FYZGs)

55 34 Zelensky said Sunday that Kyiv will not surrender territory not currently occupied by Russian forces

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (UjdFS)

So, he will surrender anything Russia does have...and there is the makings of a deal...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (tOcjL)

56 47 I still see a power mad psychopath who will say anything to attain power when I see him, the same I've seen since about 2013.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

A power mad psychopath who will say and actually do the right things to attain power is The American Dream.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (VoAdT)

=======

As long as he sees it as his path to power to work in our interests, he'll do good things.

However, the second he sees it otherwise, we're fucked.

I'd never vote for him for anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (GBKbO)

57 That's all she is there for. To read the words.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (Z1dZR)

Are we even certain she can read? Maybe she's just repeating what's in an earpiece.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (E0p3T)

58 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara
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I'm not greedy--Sofia would be enough for me.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (TN0g+)

59 The Ukraine is screwed for generations. Two generations of men have killed, and for what? "Elite" graft.

I sincerely hope the US does not place troops in the Ukraine.

Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (4neFu)

60 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway
......

But you only have two hands.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (UjdFS)

61 52 "Go fuck yourself, San Diego."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (GBKbO)
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Poop mouth!
Posted by: Chris Parnell at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (krQz2)

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Careful, Brick killed a guy with a trident.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (GBKbO)

62 36
He wore a suit? Like, a regular one and not one of those Soviet-era cardboard models?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM (bwb3L)

Yup...no tie though, but baby steps...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (tOcjL)

63 Is Margaret Brennan really that stupid or is that just a role she plays?

It can be both, really.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (x/Rva)

64 Can we change her official title to "Newsbint Margaret Brennan"?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (krQz2)

65 *have been killed

Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (4neFu)

66 It's insane, this obsession the left has with "high school drama."

All that noise over how it's some sort of big honor to allow Putin to sit at the table, like cool kids at lunch.

They really have no clue what "adults in charge" actually looks like.
Which is why they're out there making shit up, then pushing it as fact, and acting all offended that their silly school kid bullshit isn't the way things work.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (tlI68)

67 Does Martha Radditz have grandchildren to spend quality time with the little time she still has left before her ultimate judgement? People stick around way too long thinking they are indespensible when they in reality are doing a mediocre job at best.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (Dv3i1)

68 Little Marco is a much better Secretary of State than I expected.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (uHCmv)

69 Actually I like Rubio more than JD Vance for 2028. The only thing is Rubio jumped in with McCain and Graham two weeks into office.. His saving grace is his parents are from Cuba and Miami. Rubio know communism.. He is the best choice for Sec of State. South (Latin) America is def in his wheel house..

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (VPPG8)

70 What is that rather unfortunate assemblage of cast off body parts thing called “Martha” anyway, and why should humans care what it thinks!?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:18 PM (Ft/w+)

71 Sometimes the bad guys win. Putin gets territory and a weakened Ukraine and some economic guarantees as well. Zelensky and the Ukrainians get bent over.

As long as we lose no blood and treasure when this is all said and done, we will be okay.

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (p8iTN)

72 Okay, Martha, time to head back to the home for supper and a bath.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (wVcYX)

73 "Go fuck yourself, San Diego."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:15 PM

Aren't the actual lyrics "Don't cry for me, Argentina"?
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The San Diego lyrics show up on the extended dance mix vinyl.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (TN0g+)

74 I agree 100%! We should treat our enemies with contempt and maybe even a right hook to the jaw and a boot to the ribs. This goes for Democrats and other assorted leftists I encounter in public. Love these rules guys!

Posted by: JROD at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (IlL6s)

75 So the Left is going to turn whatever happens into "Trump's fault."

I think, in the end, that is all they ever wanted. Just like VN.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (vlkaB)

76 I'd never vote for him for anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: zombie Harold Stassen at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (0sNs1)

77 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara
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They could suffocate you.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (kTd/k)

78
That garbage is lookin' mighty hot

Posted by: Wicket gives side eye to Rubio's garbage at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (UCRIj)

79 I still see a power mad psychopath who will say anything to attain power when I see him, the same I've seen since about 2013.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

The best political system is the one that makes a power mad psychopath who will say anything to attain power do the right thing.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (N1tpc)

80
This goes for Democrats and other assorted leftists I encounter in public. Love these rules guys!
Posted by: JROD at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (IlL6s)

__________

Can we do the Europeans too? Please?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:20 PM (bwb3L)

81 Slap my ass, Marco! Oh, pull my hair!

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at August 18, 2025 02:20 PM (u73oe)

82 Russia invading Ukraine was wrong, just like the previous one and the invasion of Georgia. Taking that land was wrong. Killing people in war is bad, and awful and should only be done as a last resort. Defending your own territory is a just cause.

BUT... with all that said, Ukraine cannot win. They lost this territory. They need to give it up and stop the meat grinder, they cannot win.

What Ukraine did, usually, is make it very costly, time consuming, and even embarrassing to Russia so they will be reluctant to consider this next time. So despite its horrors, it was useful and served a purpose.

The trick is to get Zelenskyy in a moment when he's not all coked up and filled with nonsense by the European leadership. And to let Trump get the win.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:20 PM (dfIr7)

83 The left can't stand the idea that Trump might get a "win" out of this...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 02:20 PM (VE6XX)

84 Meemaw does an incredible double backflip!

https://is.gd/0Df5IM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (L/fGl)

85 Is everyone going to wear a track suit?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (pXKqq)

86 Trump send two IWOGIMA class torup carrier craft carrying 400 Marines, A Nuke sub and other multiple navy assets to the Caribbean... Just waiting to see who he hits first Haiti or The Maduro regime. I'm thinking Maduro then pick up BBQ Chalie on the way back

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (VPPG8)

87 Trump notes that Zelenskyy canceled elections during the war
________

So again, make elections a term of any ceasefire. If the Ukes vote for candidates that reject territorial concessions, we then walk away entirely.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (XvL8K)

88 What you can't explain to these clowns because they are liars and know it anyway - Putin is only at the table because Trump put pressure on him that Biden and Company refused to.

Yes they are lying when they call Trump Putin's stooge. They just want their retards to continue believing it.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (E0p3T)

89 79
The best political system is the one that makes a power mad psychopath who will say anything to attain power do the right thing.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (N1tpc)

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I see him as one of the most potent, "Run as a conservative, govern as a neocon," example we could come up with.

He's in line because he answers to someone, Trump. If Rubio's the top dog? Hell, no.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (GBKbO)

90 Sometimes the bad guys win. Putin gets territory and a weakened Ukraine and some economic guarantees as well. Zelensky and the Ukrainians get bent over.

As long as we lose no blood and treasure when this is all said and done, we will be okay.
Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (p8iTN)

We already lost plenty of treasure.

The real bad guys of course, are our neocon warmongers who caused this war in the first place.

They got to sell weapons for a few years, but otherwise, they'll lose all influence in Ukraine when all is said and done, so in that sense the bad guys lost.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (dGCAG)

91 All I want out of this resolution is for Ukraine to take those T72 turrets and plant them in the ground like lollipops to use as border markers on all roads East.

Not for any political reason, I just think it would be cool.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (vlkaB)

92 It's pretty specific and inflexible about the whole elections thing. No elections during a state of war isn't a very complicated or difficult to understand thing.

Posted by: The Ghost of History at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (EX4EH)

Don't rain on the ZDS parade.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (CNl8/)

93 It's pretty specific and inflexible about the whole elections thing. No elections during a state of war isn't a very complicated or difficult to understand thing.

That's a good incentive for the "state of war" to go on forever, isn't it?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (xTIDn)

94 Well, he's got a point.

Miles Commodore@miles_commodore
As a black man I don’t want DEI, but I do want fairness. For example, how come there is no restaurant called African American Barrel?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (L/fGl)

95 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway
......

But you only have two hands.
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (UjdFS)

Fill your hands, you lucky sumbitch!

Posted by: Rooster Cogburn at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (wVcYX)

96 Do you think this whole war is really just about whether it should be spelled "Vladimir" or "Volodymyr"? Sad.
Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy
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"Kyiv", or, "Kiev"

That's the real issue.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (XeU6L)

97 @71 Diabeetus-thats right! The Ukrainians/ZELENSKY get a proper butt fucking for teaming up with and trusting an American regime of leftist scum and warmongers. Thems the breaks MF'er(shrugs)

Posted by: JROD at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (IlL6s)

98 Can anyone supply a link to the no-elections-during-war clause of the Ukrainian Constitution? Everything I am googling up makes it statuary rather that constitutional.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (jc0TO)

99 sorry for the spelling I was on a roll

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (VPPG8)

100 >>I'm always amazed at how stupid our "betters" are.

And dishonest. Have you heard any of them say that NATO has been breaking its word to Russia about NATO eastward expansion? How about telling their audience that the US ran a color revolution in Ukraine in 2014 to depose a duly elected president friendly to Russia and install one friendly to the west?

They keep saying Putin invaded Ukraine for no reason when it's a lie. It doesn't make Putin a good guy to tell the truth.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (viF8m)

101 I think, in the end, that is all they ever wanted. Just like VN.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (vlkaB)

Wow, I didn't know Trump was responsible for the left cutting all aid off to South Vietnam and leaving our allies to die!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (N1tpc)

102 I'm expecting Trump to enter the meeting room and say, "Put that coffee down!"

Posted by: Blake from Mitch and Murray at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (/HDaX)

103 Is everyone going to wear a track suit?
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Yes, for 15 minutes.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (TN0g+)

104 I'd rather see Vance for President as Marco stays on as his SoS

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (kUxzU)

105 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway
......

But you only have two hands.
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (UjdFS)

Details, details

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (NtVYv)

106 2016 Rubio: "I was against amnesty before I was for it and now I'm against it again."

In so many words.

Rubio is a self-promoting snake in the grass, who is currently doing our bidding. Let's not be fooled again.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (i24o9)

107 It's repulsive how shameless the left is with wanting every single thing to have the worst possible outcome when Trump is involved.
If the war was somehow ended when Biden was in office I would be cynical but not genuinely dissapointed.
How so called "moderate dems" can't see that they have become a party of childish lunatics is remarkable.

Posted by: Cmonman at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (GTejw)

108 Anybody knows if Presdent Obana will also be there to help Trump because Trump is stewpid and may gives Puten everthing.

Posted by: Mary Clogerstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (ibfWm)

109 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway
......

But you only have two hands.
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (UjdFS)

Fill your hands, you lucky sumbitch!
Posted by: Rooster Cogburn at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM

What am I, dissected haptic tissue?

Posted by: Da mouf at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (0sNs1)

110 https://x.com/ChiefSund/status/1957426242417766450

Let this sink in: Washington, D.C. had 497 carjackings in 2024 and already 190 this year. Since the new crime initiative launched last week? Just ONE

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (V6W16)

111 Fossils like Raddatz managing to hang onto that job is like the old Congress critters and Senators who don't know when to leave

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (O3XOV)

112 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara
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They could suffocate you.
Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (kTd/k)

Die happy, pure bliss

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (NtVYv)

113 The left can't stand the idea that Trump might get a "win" out of this

Yeah its like the Afganistan shut down, they refused to let Trump get the win so Biden could claim it (and make it a disaster).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (dfIr7)

114 What Ukraine did, usually, is make it very costly, time consuming, and even embarrassing to Russia so they will be reluctant to consider this next time. So despite its horrors, it was useful and served a purpose.

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I would not be surprised if they continued a low- level insurgency against the Russians for years going forward.

Ukraine also helped take the art and science of war decades ahead with their use of drones and AI.

No wonder Palantir was one of the first companies to get in the Ukraine War game.

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (p8iTN)

115 The left can't stand the idea that Trump might get a "win" out of this...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 02:20 PM (VE6XX)
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Whatever happens it will be "wrong" until it's inevitable that his poll numbers are going up because of it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (krQz2)

116 I imagine Rubio's trash bin is looking attractive again.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (0U5gm)

117 What you can't explain to these clowns because they are liars and know it anyway - Putin is only at the table because Trump put pressure on him that Biden and Company refused to.

Yes they are lying when they call Trump Putin's stooge. They just want their retards to continue believing it.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (E0p3T)

I'm not sure what "pressure" Trump put on Pootin. He was willing to come to the table. That's the biggest difference.

Yeah, Trump says things, but in the end, if a deal comes out of this, it won't be due to Trump pressure, it will be due to Russia wanting this thing to have ended, and the West finally coming to the reality that they can't win.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (dGCAG)

118 Do you think this whole war is really just about whether it should be spelled "Vladimir" or "Volodymyr"? Sad.
Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy
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"Kyiv", or, "Kiev"

That's the real issue.
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I believe we should withhold US support for any deal until both sides concede that its NOT pronouced "KEEV".

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (TN0g+)

119 >>And dishonest. Have you heard any of them say that NATO has been breaking its word to Russia about NATO eastward expansion? How about telling their audience that the US ran a color revolution in Ukraine in 2014 to depose a duly elected president friendly to Russia and install one friendly to the west?

IIRC - We did the same thing in 2008 in Georgia, too.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (Z1dZR)

120
My question for the Ukraine-at-all-costs is, how does this end? Absent a political collapse on either side? The Russians can't overrun Ukraine and Ukraine can't take back the territory taken. So does this just go on and on? I don't know if Trump has the solution but at least he's trying.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (bwb3L)

121 EDITED: Trump send two IWO JIMA class troop carrier craft carrying 4000 Marines, A Nuke sub and other multiple navy assets to the Caribbean... Just waiting to see who he hits first Haiti or The Maduro regime. I'm thinking Maduro then pick up BBQ Chalie on the way back

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (VPPG8)

122 Rubio has been the biggest positive surprise in this administration. He's taken lessons from Trump on how to push back and beclown the media.
Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 18, 2025 02:12 PM (1v0rw)
******
Every day I change my mind on who I want the next Republican president to be.
Right now it's between Vance, Rubio and DeSantis.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (NpAcC)

123 ah ok so he did mostly wear a suit

well good!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (Pv3Rg)

124
I think, in the end, that is all they ever wanted. Just like VN.
Posted by: bob
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I clearly recall the first time that I heard a Lefty refer to VN as 'Nixon's War'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (XeU6L)

125 117 I'm not sure what "pressure" Trump put on Pootin. He was willing to come to the table. That's the biggest difference.

Yeah, Trump says things, but in the end, if a deal comes out of this, it won't be due to Trump pressure, it will be due to Russia wanting this thing to have ended, and the West finally coming to the reality that they can't win.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (dGCAG)

=======

Punishing India for buying Russian oil was not a real thing, apparently.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (GBKbO)

126 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (i24o9)

There was a lot of Haley For Prez talk in 2018 and 2019. It's hard for people to separate doing a good job and understanding the political winds from being remotely trustworthy or reliable.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (E0p3T)

127 17 Trump Expects to Have a Three-Way
.....

Melania is OK with that?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (UjdFS)

Yeah, I had to read a bit further myself...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (ynpvh)

128 Don't think Z will act up today.

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Is there a piano in the White House he can use to entertain the guests?

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (XeqRV)

129 You know the left is horrified of the possibility that Trump will get this done.
I mean, FFS, what else to make of spinning not getting a cease-fire agreement in the AK meeting as a failure?

How long has this war been going on?
And not once, not one time, did Biden even take a phone call from Putin?
We're not building on negotiations that have been on-going, we're building from scratch.

The same people screaming loudest about "shaking hands with a war criminal" are the self-same shitstained assholes that were cheering Obama and Biden rewarding Iran with billions despite them being directly responsible for tens of thousands of US military deaths.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (tlI68)

130 Margaret Brennan really that stupid or is that just a role she plays?
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She is incapable of achieving orgasm if she hasn't been publicly humiliated in the last week. And she is a nymphomaniac. Which is a bad combo. But perfectly explains he career.

Posted by: I'm not Dr. Phil at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (UCRIj)

131 I see him as one of the most potent, "Run as a conservative, govern as a neocon," example we could come up with.

He's in line because he answers to someone, Trump. If Rubio's the top dog? Hell, no.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:21 PM (GBKbO)

While I'm not going to be voting for him, either, our real problem is to make it in a president's best interest to govern from the right.

We just need to make it clear he'll be a hated pariah forever if he* does amnesty. (Or any of the other issues the gopE will backstab us on.)

(*Whoever he is)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (N1tpc)

132 I expect to have a three way with Sidney Sweeny and Sofia Vergara
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They could suffocate you.
Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 18, 2025 02:19 PM (kTd/k)

I'm willing to take one for the team. Or two or three.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (/HDaX)

133 17 Trump Expects to Have a Three-Way
.....

Melania is OK with that?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (UjdFS)

If he did that things could get Stormy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (ynpvh)

134 Every day I change my mind on who I want the next Republican president to be.
Right now it's between Vance, Rubio and DeSantis.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (NpAcC)

I'll take that over Newsom, Pritzker, and AOC

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (VE6XX)

135 I don't like Zelensky, but Putin can't be trusted.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (NpAcC)

136 122 Every day I change my mind on who I want the next Republican president to be.
Right now it's between Vance, Rubio and DeSantis.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (NpAcC)

======

That our side ever thinks that Marco "I got duped by Chuck Schumer into advocating for amnesty because I believed the RNC autopsy of 2012" Rubio should be president amuses me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (GBKbO)

137 Trump has the power to crater Russia's economy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (viF8m)

138 My question for the Ukraine-at-all-costs is, how does this end?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (bwb3L)
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With enriched bank accounts, that's for sure.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (krQz2)

139 Death...by Snu-Snu.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (jc0TO)

140 What Ukraine did, usually, is make it very costly, time consuming, and even embarrassing to Russia so they will be reluctant to consider this next time. So despite its horrors, it was useful and served a purpose.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:20 PM (dfIr7)

That's the "save face" belief. I'm ok with Americans believing it, even if it's really not true.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (dGCAG)

141 I'd rather see Vance for President as Marco stays on as his SoS

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Marco is making a strong case for himself right now.

Maybe JD will like the VP role - especially with kids - and we will see a Rubio / Vance ticket. Kind of like being a back up QB. A great lifestyle for many.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (sX1BW)

142 Trump has the power to crater Russia's economy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (viF8m)
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It's only the size of New York's, last I heard.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (krQz2)

143 139 Death...by Snu-Snu.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (jc0TO)

Yes?

Posted by: Tank Abrams at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (ynpvh)

144 Zelensky said Sunday that Kyiv will not surrender territory not currently occupied by Russian forces
......

That is very different than what he was saying just weeks ago.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (0U5gm)

145 For once Zelensky did not where a T-Shirt !!!

Wonder if Trump said put on something that doesn't look like a Gym Rat because you are coming to my house.

Posted by: Jackson at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (q/j2W)

146 Trump is the GOAT:

@amlivemon
Trump making them sit and wait like schoolchildren waiting to see the headmaster.

https://tinyurl.com/57j63hpr

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (3ImbR)

147 Punishing India for buying Russian oil was not a real thing, apparently.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (GBKbO)

Yeah, it really wasn't.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (dGCAG)

148 Let this sink in: Washington, D.C. had 497 carjackings in 2024 and already 190 this year. Since the new crime initiative launched last week? Just ONE

D's are doubling down on the "there is no crime in big blue cities" argument:

I must emphasize that for anyone who has lived in any big American city, these Republican men are almost indescribably pathetic. I have lived in New York, D.C., and Philadelphia, and as a habitual walker who didn’t own a car for most of that time, I have spent literally thousands of hours walking and cycling all over those cities, usually by myself, and often after dark. The one time I experienced any actual crime against my person was when some dumb Philly pranksters shot me with an airsoft gun before speeding off. It did little more than startle me.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (xTIDn)

149 Very broadly it appears the left sought to drive a wedge between better US and Russia relations for infantile and specious reasons. The old school realpolitik was trying to ensure Russia and China were played off against each other.

Russia has never been our ally, not in recent centuries anyhow, but, they could have been a bulwark against China and insofar as common interests align but the leftists have other designs.

Energy, foodstuffs, aerospace metals, fertilizer, nuclear fuel reprocessing, many avenues of mutual trade possibilities if nothing else. Just stupid.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (Ft/w+)

150 47 A power mad psychopath who will say and actually do the right things to attain power is The American Dream.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (VoAdT)
I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, the right people will not do the right thing either, or it they try, they will shortly be out of office.
Milton Friedman

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (uHCmv)

151 147 Punishing India for buying Russian oil was not a real thing, apparently.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (GBKbO)

Yeah, it really wasn't.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (dGCAG)

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And then Putin came to the table.

Complete coincidence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (GBKbO)

152 I believe we should withhold US support for any deal until both sides concede that its NOT pronouced "KEEV".
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (TN0g+)

There are five E's in KEEEEEV.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (VoAdT)

153 So soon after pride month?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (OvtP6)

154 Is there a piano in the White House he can use to entertain the guests?
Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (XeqRV)

Heh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (1GTvn)

155
Trump has the power to crater Russia's economy.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (viF8m)

________

The Yurps could tell Russia, "We're not buying any more of your natural gas." But that would be a bit too courageous.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:28 PM (bwb3L)

156 It's amazing. "Journalists" are some of dumbest motherfuckers on the planet, yet believe they are brilliant. Of course you go through all the diplomatic niceties, that's just how this shit is done, even if you hate the other person's guts. I guess they wanted PDT to give Putin the same treatment Obama gave Netanyahu? Oh and let's not forget Obama literally bowing and scraping and sniveling to other world leaders during his apology and cocksucking tour.

Posted by: fuck these people at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (TbWk/)

157 We should be sure to include a Hawaiian judge in these peace negotiations.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (72RMx)

158 >>Putin can't be trusted.

You can trust Putin to be Putin. That's enough.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (Z1dZR)

159 There was a lot of Haley For Prez talk in 2018 and 2019. It's hard for people to separate doing a good job and understanding the political winds from being remotely trustworthy or reliable.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (E0p3T)

Yeah, there was a lot of following in 2016 on illegal immigration. One person lead, and nobody else was talking about it (other than in terms of amnesty) before then.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (i24o9)

160 coming in hot and hard ladies! hot and hard!!

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (EFZgU)

161 I'm not sure what "pressure" Trump put on Pootin. He was willing to come to the table. That's the biggest difference.

Yeah, Trump says things, but in the end, if a deal comes out of this, it won't be due to Trump pressure, it will be due to Russia wanting this thing to have ended, and the West finally coming to the reality that they can't win.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (dGCAG

Russia could do this for another 20 years if they wanted. It's what they do and have been doing.

Putin came to the table because Trump imposed genuine sanctions and closed loopholes in the original "sanctions". We and Europe have helped fund both sides of this war until this last few months.

You think Putin came to the table by magic or because Trump asked really really really nicely? No. Trump put the offer on the table and when Putin balked, Trump found places to squeeze.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (E0p3T)

162 There was a lot of Haley For Prez talk in 2018 and 2019. It's hard for people to separate doing a good job and understanding the political winds from being remotely trustworthy or reliable.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:25 PM (E0p3T)

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I've heard whispers of Scott Bessent for Prez.

/Our 2nd gay POTUS?

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (XeqRV)

163 The dogs are getting uppity.

https://is.gd/b1xdO9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (L/fGl)

164 I don't like Zelensky, but Putin can't be trusted.
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That type of statement leaves the implication that Zelensky can be trusted?

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (TN0g+)

165 The way forward is to convert Ukraine into a Palestinian state.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (9vYpt)

166 Wonder if Trump said put on something that doesn't look like a Gym Rat because you are coming to my house.

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Not his house. Our house. Trump doesn't own it. No president does.

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (p8iTN)

167
Keeev >>>> Keeef

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (bwb3L)

168 >>It's only the size of New York's, last I heard.

Russia's dominant export is oil and gas. He's already been telling two of Russia's biggest customers, China and India, that he will put secondary tariffs on them if they buy Russian oil as long as the war is going on.

I'm sure a few phone calls have been made.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (viF8m)

169 2016 Rubio: "I was against amnesty before I was for it and now I'm against it again."

In so many words.

Rubio is a self-promoting snake in the grass, who is currently doing our bidding. Let's not be fooled again.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (i24o9)
*******
Remember Trump and the amnesty for dreamers that almost was.
Both have evolved.
Rubio might end up being VP for Vance or DeSantis.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (NpAcC)

170 >>It's only the size of New York's, last I heard.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (krQz2)

It's really just a Gas Station.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (Z1dZR)

171 The Russians can't overrun Ukraine and Ukraine can't take back the territory taken. So does this just go on and on? I don't know if Trump has the solution but at least he's trying.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (bwb3L)

I believe Russia CAN overrun Ukraine.

People don't realize they haven't been going all out, because part of Western media narrative has been to laugh and point at out inept they are. And then at the same time claiming he's going to overrun all of Europe.

Hopefully Trump's efforts will succeed because the alternative is Russia showing the world what it's capable of.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (dGCAG)

172 Note: I had about a 75% accurate reiteration of the first half of that Friedman quote in the Google search bar, and it could not direct me to the actual quote. Copy and paste same search to Duck Duck Go and Friedman was the first entry.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (uHCmv)

173 157 We should be sure to include a Hawaiian judge in these peace negotiations.
Posted by: Cray Cray at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (72RMx)

******

Between you and me, that is funny.

But a bunch of people of the left would read that and think, "you know, that's a pretty good idea..."

Posted by: EFG at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (6Y7N9)

174 That our side ever thinks that Marco "I got duped by Chuck Schumer into advocating for amnesty because I believed the RNC autopsy of 2012" Rubio should be president amuses me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (GBKbO)

gotta say I agree ... he was a squish for too long. as a subordinate to a MAGA hardliner his behavior seems acceptable so far, but I'm not trusting him as a leader, no way.
he had his chance, and blew it.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (ppG5b)

175
Rubio is a self-promoting snake in the grass

_________

No sneks

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (bwb3L)

176 I've heard whispers of Scott Bessent for Prez.

/Our 2nd gay POTUS?
Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (XeqRV)
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Our first openly-gay president--and honest about it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (krQz2)

177 how come there is no restaurant called African American Barrel?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:22 PM (L/fGl)

* types * deletes * types * deletes

I got nothin'.

Posted by: Reforger at August 18, 2025 02:32 PM (pxUkb)

178 160 coming in hot and hard ladies! hot and hard!!

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (EFZgU)

Fried Green Tomatoes >>> Flying Green Dildos

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2025 02:32 PM (ynpvh)

179 Martha Raddatz looks like 5 miles of bad road. For the love of God, woman, it's time to hang up your spikes. It was time 20 years ago.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 02:32 PM (Riz8t)

180 So ... if by some miracle this wars ends, what's the next Big New Conflict that the USA absolutely must plow endless billions into?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

181 >>It's only the size of New York's, last I heard.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (krQz2)

It's really just a Gas Station.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM

It's Exxon, with nukes.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:32 PM (jc0TO)

182 Death...by Snu-Snu.
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (jc0TO)

It's not a bad way to go.

Posted by: Nelson Rockefeller at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (wVcYX)

183 174 gotta say I agree ... he was a squish for too long. as a subordinate to a MAGA hardliner his behavior seems acceptable so far, but I'm not trusting him as a leader, no way.
he had his chance, and blew it.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (ppG5b)

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His reputation is rising because he's a hardliner SoS under a president who is seeking peace dividends.

I don't see how that translates to Rubio being a president seeking peace dividends rather than a...hardliner president who wants to throw the weight of the US around.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (GBKbO)

184 The Russians can't overrun Ukraine and Ukraine can't take back the territory taken.

Ukraine is running out of men.

As on the Western Front in August, 1918, the front is stable until it's not.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (xTIDn)

185 Rubio 3.0 is a completely different beast.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (Z1dZR)

No shit man. I would have never in a million years thought that he would eventually need a C-130 landing gear structure to crank his balls up in place so he could sit in a car.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (snZF9)

186 Remember Trump and the amnesty for dreamers that almost was.
Both have evolved.
Rubio might end up being VP for Vance or DeSantis.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (NpAcC)

Trump didn't evolve in office. He got to the office and fought to keep promises from the moment he was elected. Rubio got elected and backstabbed and frontstabbed everyone who brought him. He's Puerto Rican McCain. There is no comparison.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (E0p3T)

187 Trump has the power to crater Russia's economy.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (viF8m)

How? They are one of the most sanshunned countries on planet earth, and their economy is still standing? When your country (Russia) is a commodity superpower, it is very hard to crater. Oh, by the way, Iran's economy is still functioning, and they are sankshunned to the gills. China has become a huge trading partner with Russia with the implementation of sankshunns.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd. at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (AdHga)

188 It occurs to me that both Putin and Little-Z are well aware of the US involvement in fomenting this war.

Both probably think they've got the stronger position in any negotiations. Tough call on that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (Q4IgG)

189 You think Putin came to the table by magic or because Trump asked really really really nicely? No. Trump put the offer on the table and when Putin balked, Trump found places to squeeze.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (E0p3T)

No, I think what happened is Trump did what he does, which is make a lot of noise, and then quietly told Pootin he was ready.

I don't have a problem with it. Trump has to look like the Big Kahuna. As long as a deal is struck, that's all that matters.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (dGCAG)

190 111 Fossils like Raddatz managing to hang onto that job is like the old Congress critters and Senators who don't know when to leave
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Yes, some women have no shame!

Posted by: Lesley Stahl's Dessicated Corpse at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (G5+As)

191 That type of statement leaves the implication that Zelensky can be trusted?
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (TN0g+)

Perhaps you could say he can be relied on to do what you think he will do. He's no eminence gris. He's no scheming tactician. He's a comedian dressed up as President Commando for Halloween.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (VoAdT)

192 180 So ... if by some miracle this wars ends, what's the next Big New Conflict that the USA absolutely must plow endless billions into?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Kazakhstan vs. Antartica.

For freedom. And democracy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (GBKbO)

193 120
My question for the Ukraine-at-all-costs is, how does this end? Absent a political collapse on either side? The Russians can't overrun Ukraine and Ukraine can't take back the territory taken. So does this just go on and on? I don't know if Trump has the solution but at least he's trying.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (bwb3L)

The EU (and the UK) want this to continue until Putin is assassinated.

That's not going to happen.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (UnA8+)

194 That type of statement leaves the implication that Zelensky can be trusted?
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (TN0g+)
******
If I had to bet money and I could only choose Putin or Zelensky. I would bet Putin couldn't be trusted more.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (NpAcC)

195 coming in hot and hard ladies! hot and hard!!
===
I saw some 60 something lady wearing a "pay us what you owe us" t shirt at a baseball game over the weekend. I kept waiting for a rubber dong to fly out of the upper deck and conk her. No dongs encountered for her. Not surprising.

Posted by: I'm not Dr. Phil at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (UCRIj)

196 190 111 Fossils like Raddatz managing to hang onto that job is like the old Congress critters and Senators who don't know when to leave
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Yes, some women have no shame!
Posted by: Lesley Stahl's Dessicated Corpse at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (G5+As)

They are the skeletons in the closet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (VoAdT)

197 I like Vance. And I prefer him to become the follow-up to Trump, right now.

But I would also say that part of the game of politics is knowing how to advance your brand, and I could say the same thing about Vance's early opposition to Trump as I can say about Rubio.

Trump's different. He didn't sign on to be a "politician" but wanted to be a "president". Not as the summit of his chosen profession, but as somebody that could stop playing the messaging games of DC and set it back on course.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (krQz2)

198 156 I guess they wanted PDT to give Putin the same treatment Obama gave Netanyahu?
Posted by: fuck these people at August 18, 2025 02:29 PM (TbWk/)

What they really wanted was Trump to put Putin in cuffs and send him to the ICC.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (uHCmv)

199 >>How? They are one of the most sanshunned countries on planet earth, and their economy is still standing? When your country (Russia) is a commodity superpower, it is very hard to crater. Oh, by the way, Iran's economy is still functioning, and they are sankshunned to the gills. China has become a huge trading partner with Russia with the implementation of sankshunns.

Secondary sanctions.

Iran is about to run out of water.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (viF8m)

200 That's a stretch to say z is wearing a suit. The fake ninja look doesn't work.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (dxWFK)

201 [Meanwhile, closer to home two days ago (I'm pretty sure it's dead, Jim):]

Don Keith
@RealDonKeith

Aug 16
40,000 Muslims filled the streets of Dearborn Michigan today for the largest Arbaeen march in America. We aren’t in Kansas anymore.

--------------

Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer

Not a single American flag.

https://is.gd/JX3IYT

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (XeqRV)

202 It's not Trump's country to give away. Why would anyone ever think it was? Sounds like Neville Chamberlain. Give Hitler what he wants for "peace in our time."

Land swaps for peace means no Nobel Peace Prize. You can't call it peace when you bribe a dictator to stop waging war.

Desperate Putin can't win on his own, wants Felon and the US to be part of his arsenal. Is the GOP really OK with that?

Russia is now winning the Cold war. Russia used our own freedom of speech and democracy to make the US an authoritarian country, led by a man who has the same interests as Putin. It suggests the actual goal of Doge/Trump was to destroy our research strength, our universities' excellence and made lives harder for most Americans.

Of course. Trump is a traitor to democracy. No surprise there! What is surprising is all the morons in the US House and Senate that allow it to continue.

No other president would bully Ukraine to surrender areas not already occupied by Russia. Trump isn't fighting for peace in Ukraine, he's managing Russia's victory.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (JCZqz)

203 “there is no crime in big blue cities" argument.

Really? Why then, are the gas stations security better armored and registers with that 3” thick glass partition? Better than most banks.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (Ft/w+)

204
If they get rid of Martha Radditz, who is going to keep their crypts?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (krQz2)

205 No one can tell me that extra 'y' does anything but be annoying.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (mlg/3)

206 I don't like Zelensky, but Putin can't be trusted.
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That type of statement leaves the implication that Zelensky can be trusted?
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (TN0g+)

Or any politician, for that matter.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (dGCAG)

207 Rubio: Trump tore him down as Little Marco, then built him back better.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (NtVYv)

208 The EU (and the UK) want this to continue until Putin is assassinated.

If Putin is assassinated, the EU-types think that they will get Yeltsin again.

In reality, they will get Ivan the Terrible again.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (xTIDn)

209
Kazakhstan vs. Antartica.

For freedom. And democracy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (GBKbO)

No Blood for Big Penguin!

Posted by: Those mephitic flightless bastards at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (TbWk/)

210 So ... if by some miracle this wars ends, what's the next Big New Conflict that the USA absolutely must plow endless billions into?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:32 PM

It would have to be large, on the order of an Theocratic Islamic Oil State.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (jc0TO)

211
It's not a bad way to go.
Posted by: Nelson Rockefeller at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (wVcYX)

__________

"True." - Félix Faure, President of France

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (bwb3L)

212 So does this just go on and on?
==
He talking about us????

Posted by: N. Korea. And S. Korea at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (UCRIj)

213 I don't have a problem with it. Trump has to look like the Big Kahuna. As long as a deal is struck, that's all that matters.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (dGCAG)

What also matters is knowing your subject. Always helps more than it hurts.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (E0p3T)

214 Which is a bad combo. But perfectly explains he career.

This makes sense to me

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (dfIr7)

215 It's Exxon, with nukes"

So, Texas...

Heh

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (tubbA)

216 That our side ever thinks that Marco "I got duped by Chuck Schumer into advocating for amnesty because I believed the RNC autopsy of 2012" Rubio should be president amuses me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:26 PM (GBKbO)

gotta say I agree ... he was a squish for too long. as a subordinate to a MAGA hardliner his behavior seems acceptable so far, but I'm not trusting him as a leader, no way.
he had his chance, and blew it.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 02:31 PM (ppG5b)
______

Rubio has been extremely effective at carrying out Trump's policies. He's not been squishy at all. Just the opposite. I think he's good at following someone else's lead. I don't think he's good at being a leader or setting policy.

Also, keep in mind that Trump 1.0 was kinda squishy, and he too got rolled. Trump 2.0 learned that lesson, came back better prepared, and is now taking a nuclear-powered flamethrower mounted on a chainsaw with the Kung Fu Grip to the Democraps' entire apparatus. People can learn and come back stronger.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

217 Russia's dominant export is oil and gas. He's already been telling two of Russia's biggest customers, China and India, that he will put secondary tariffs on them if they buy Russian oil as long as the war is going on.

I'm sure a few phone calls have been made.
Posted by: JackStraw

We have no real power to stop them from buying it. They will do mid-ocean transfers and lie. Heck, we can't stop Europe from buying Russian energy, you think we will have better luck with the Chinese?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (vlkaB)

218 180 So ... if by some miracle this wars ends, what's the next Big New Conflict that the USA absolutely must plow endless billions into?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

Canadian Civil War

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (VoAdT)

219 203 “there is no crime in big blue cities" argument.

Really? Why then, are the gas stations security better armored and registers with that 3” thick glass partition? Better than most banks.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (Ft/w+)

Depends on how you define and categorize crime...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (ynpvh)

220 Russia is now winning the Cold war. Russia used our own freedom of speech and democracy to make the US an authoritarian country, led by a man who has the same interests as Putin. It suggests the actual goal of Doge/Trump was to destroy our research strength, our universities' excellence and made lives harder for most Americans.

Oh FFS....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (VE6XX)

221 Why don't newsreaders call Paris Pareeeee? What's so special about Keeeeev?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (3ImbR)

222 It's only the size of New York's, last I heard.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:27 PM (krQz2)

It's really just a Gas Station.

Posted by: garrett

That gas station also is one of the top sources for nickel and potash in the world, along with a lot of gold.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (0U5gm)

223 So ... if by some miracle this wars ends, what's the next Big New Conflict that the USA absolutely must plow endless billions into?
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I would hope we've learned our lesson. Billions and billions of dollars were WOOSHED out of our coffers before 99% of the country even had a hint of what was going on. I've never seen that size of spending go out so rapidly with so little explanation. By the time "we" woke up, the fleecing was complete.

Musk was only half-wrong with his new political party idea--the Republicans enabled a ton of grifting with their "support of Ukraine". "We" may have learned, but the Republicans learned only (and yet again) that grifting pays.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (TN0g+)

224 Land swaps for peace means no Nobel Peace Prize. You can't call it peace when you bribe a dictator to stop waging war

Translation: we believe that Trump will pull this off, so we need a way to argue its not a win

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (dfIr7)

225 I would be equally inclined to support Tulsi or Rubio at this point.

I don't fully trust either of them, but I can imagine appeals from both that would garner my support.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (Z1dZR)

226 Remember Trump and the amnesty for dreamers that almost was.
Both have evolved.
Rubio might end up being VP for Vance or DeSantis.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (NpAcC)

Trump didn't evolve in office. He got to the office and fought to keep promises from the moment he was elected. Rubio got elected and backstabbed and frontstabbed everyone who brought him. He's Puerto Rican McCain. There is no comparison.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (E0p3T)
********
Look at people like Tulsi Gabbard and Brandon Straka.
2 of the many Dems that got red-pilled.
People can evolve.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (NpAcC)

227 The Europeans are giving Russia more money for LNG than they are in weapons for the Ukes. Tell them to buy LNG from us now that Trump reversed the shut down. That will hurt Russia

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (O3XOV)

228 I have a job interview at IKEA.

https://is.gd/teW0io

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (L/fGl)

229 Iran is about to run out of water.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (viF8m)

-------------------

From sanctions or too many people trying to live in a desert? Iran's birthrate is insane.

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (p8iTN)

230 I saw some 60 something lady wearing a "pay us what you owe us" t shirt at a baseball game over the weekend. I kept waiting for a rubber dong to fly out of the upper deck and conk her. No dongs encountered for her. Not surprising.
Posted by: I'm not Dr. Phil at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM

ABCD, always be carrying the dong.

You never know when you will need it.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (jc0TO)

231 226 Look at people like Tulsi Gabbard and Brandon Straka.
2 of the many Dems that got red-pilled.
People can evolve.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (NpAcC)

=======

I still think Tulsi wants to take away your guns.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (GBKbO)

232 our universities' excellence...

-----

jumbo shrimp
military intelligence

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (TN0g+)

233 “there is no crime in big blue cities" argument.

My favorite spin on this was a news organization putting up a map of crime in DC and claiming that Trump's efforts are all in the wrong area. After spending days claiming there was no crime.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (dfIr7)

234 I don't have a problem with it. Trump has to look like the Big Kahuna. As long as a deal is struck, that's all that matters.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:33 PM (dGCAG)

What also matters is knowing your subject. Always helps more than it hurts.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (E0p3T)

Which is why Pootin doesn't really mind when Trump blusters.

Because he knows Trump.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (dGCAG)

235 >>That gas station also is one of the top sources for nickel and potash in the world, along with a lot of gold.
Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (0U5gm)

That was an infamous quote from a Maverick politician.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (Z1dZR)

236 Remember Trump and the amnesty for dreamers that almost was.

Both have evolved.

Rubio might end up being VP for Vance or DeSantis.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:30 PM (NpAcC)

"Almost was" is more than a bit overly generous. It was an opening soundbite in which an exchange was proposed to bring an end to or severe limits on chain migration. It went nowhere, and it was primarily a tool used to try and separate Trump from his supporters.

As far as evolved, yes, I think Trump has gotten more savvy, so as to prevent handing his opposition such easy lay ups.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (i24o9)

237 India imports 25 billion in Russian oil (that we were buying discount) like Folgers coffee, vs 75 billion in products they bought from us,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (bXbFr)

238 Look at people like Tulsi Gabbard and Brandon Straka.
2 of the many Dems that got red-pilled.
People can evolve.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (NpAcC)

=======

I still think Tulsi wants to take away your guns.
----------

She can wrestle me for mine.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (TN0g+)

239 If they get rid of Martha Radditz, who is going to keep their crypts?
==
They tried. They had a funeral and buried her and everything. She dug her way out of the grave and showed at work the following week, looking like she always did....like she just dug herself out of the grave.

Posted by: Impaler??? at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (UCRIj)

240 ABCD, always be carrying the dong.

You never know when you will need it.
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (jc0TO)

Just don't carry OWB...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (VoAdT)

241 But if we don't have war to keep the shit-hole population in check, what's the fall-back? Plague? Famine? Help me out here.

Posted by: Thomas Malthus at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (pMi6S)

242 Rubio has been extremely effective at carrying out Trump's policies. He's not been squishy at all. Just the opposite. I think he's good at following someone else's lead. I don't think he's good at being a leader or setting policy.

Agree. He's doing Trump's bidding because he's well aware that if he doesn't, he's gone from the administration, and with it goes whatever remains of his political career. I will never trust him again, any more than I'd trust John "What gun bill?" Cornyn.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (Riz8t)

243 How did we jump from "We're pleasantly shocked that Rubio hasn't knifed Trump in the back yet" to insinuations of "The Horde thinks Rubio should be President"?

I don't think anyone here wants him to run.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (UnA8+)

244 coming in hot and hard ladies! hot and hard!!
Posted by: flyin' green dildo
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Straight, hot, and normal...for certain values of 'normal'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (XeU6L)

245 Why don't newsreaders call Paris Pareeeee? What's so special about Keeeeev?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 02:37 PM (3ImbR)
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They also need to do it with the French r, too, then!

And are their tones right for Beijing?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (krQz2)

246 Hey I heard Trump gave lil Zel a CIA fly drone fly by.
respect where respect is due

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (VPPG8)

247 2016 Rubio: "I was against amnesty before I was for it and now I'm against it again."

In so many words.

Rubio is a self-promoting snake in the grass, who is currently doing our bidding. Let's not be fooled again.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (i24o9)

There's something to be said for the wrong people doing the right thing but "Good Morning, Mr. President" isn't one of them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (ExV1e)

248 243 How did we jump from "We're pleasantly shocked that Rubio hasn't knifed Trump in the back yet" to insinuations of "The Horde thinks Rubio should be President"?

I don't think anyone here wants him to run.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (UnA8+)

=======

Comments 69 and 122 started this.

It's not a strawman.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

249
Canadian Civil War
Posted by: Warai-otoko

_________

Oh, well, I can get behind that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (bwb3L)

250 What also matters is knowing your subject. Always helps more than it hurts.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 02:36 PM (E0p3T)

Which is why Pootin doesn't really mind when Trump blusters.

Because he knows Trump.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:39 PM (dGCAG)

Which of course is also why Pootin didn't put any effort into speaking to Team Biden, because he couldn't ever be sure who was really in charge.

At least now, he does.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (dGCAG)

251 Rubio takes Greenland, and then I'll reconsider my lack of support for him.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:41 PM (i24o9)

252 Iran's birthrate is insane.

Not at all.

Iran's total fertility rate is 1.67 - replacement is 2.1

Now Afghanistan, on the other hand... (4.66)

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:41 PM (xTIDn)

253 Rubio is a wartime consiglieri.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (jc0TO)

254 And are their tones right for Beijing?
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (krQz2)

Tokyo is four syllables.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (VoAdT)

255 252 Iran's birthrate is insane.

Not at all.

Iran's total fertility rate is 1.67 - replacement is 2.1

Now Afghanistan, on the other hand... (4.66)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:41 PM (xTIDn)

======

China's is apparently 0.6 through analysis of their vaccination records.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (GBKbO)

256 ABCD, always be carrying the dong.

You never know when you will need it./i]

Scene: Toby up against a car, being frisked by a cop

COP: *holding up bright green silicone dildo* "So what's this about, mister?"

TOBY: "I might meet a WNBA fan"

COP: ..."OK that makes sense"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (dfIr7)

257 Gas station, you say?

Posted by: Maximum Overdrive at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (wVcYX)

258 Rubio, Vance and Tulsi are all real good a smacking around the propaganda ministries. They fight back while RINOs curl up in a fetal ball and suck their thumbs, see Romney v Crowley

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (O3XOV)

259 The Art of the Deal
Rule 5. always to be prepared to pull out of the deal

Trump Confirms that He will Speak to Putin After Meetings with Zelensky and European Leaders – “We May or May Not Have a Trilateral… He’s Expecting my Call When We’re Finished.”

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (VPPG8)

260 Does anyone know of any self-help books I can read or empowerment spas where I can go to learn how to hate Martha Raddatz more? I feel like I'm not hating her as much as I could if I had some training.

Posted by: MLCross at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (Q2MxE)

261 You try crawling out from under that!

Posted by: Megan Marshack at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (G5+As)

262 Putin could wipe out Zelenskyy and his entire cabal of grifters with a wave of his hand. This is all stupid shit, from day one.

Negotiate a deal, and let those who deserve to suffer, suffer.

Then provide relief to the unfortunate victims of this foolishness.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (/vPt3)

263 Now Afghanistan, on the other hand... (4.66)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:41 PM (xTIDn)

A lot of potential suicide vesters there...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (VE6XX)

264 If Trump is Hitler and Putin is Stalin, then is the official name for this summit,

The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact: Electric Bugaloo?

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (pMi6S)

265 From sanctions or too many people trying to live in a desert? Iran's birthrate is insane.

Iran's birthrate is well below replacement, but population growth inertia will keep the overall pop growing for a bit longer.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (Riz8t)

266 That gas station also is one of the top sources for nickel and potash in the world, along with a lot of gold.

Russia occupies a sixth of the world's landmass.

They have a lot of minerals.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (xTIDn)

267 Iran is about to run out of water.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:34 PM (viF8m)

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They should have hired the Jews to build them desalination plants.

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (XeqRV)

268 I would not be surprised if they continued a low- level insurgency against the Russians for years going forward.

Ukraine also helped take the art and science of war decades ahead with their use of drones and AI.

No wonder Palantir was one of the first companies to get in the Ukraine War game.
Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 02:23 PM (p8iTN)

1. The parts of Ukraine under Russian control are largely the parts filled with ethnic Russians who voted to become part of Russia.
2. If the rest of Ukraine decided to insurgent, then Russia would just start killing them all over again. I'm sure that'd make some people happy but I can't image that the young men of Ukraine are among them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (ExV1e)

269 Not his house. Our house. Trump doesn't own it. No president does.
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That’s a common interpretation, one which would make his sloppy dress even more egregious, not less.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (Ft/w+)

270 How did we jump from "We're pleasantly shocked that Rubio hasn't knifed Trump in the back yet" to insinuations of "The Horde thinks Rubio should be President"?

I don't think anyone here wants him to run.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (UnA8+)

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Comments 69 and 122 started this.

It's not a strawman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)
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Even if we wanted Rubio to run, where's his lane? I guess as a Hispanic guy he could add something to a ticket, but conservatives don't care about race, and the country as a whole is tired of tokenism.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

271 53 Rubio is a wartime consiglieri.
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (jc0TO)

Nice

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (VPPG8)

272 >> have no real power to stop them from buying it. They will do mid-ocean transfers and lie. Heck, we can't stop Europe from buying Russian energy, you think we will have better luck with the Chinese?

We had no real power to put tariffs on virtually every country on the planet. Yet we did.

If Russia's oil starts costing Russia's customer real money, that's power. Why do you think everyone is in DC right now? They didn't come because they like DC humidity in August.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (viF8m)

273 >>Rubio, Vance and Tulsi are all real good a smacking around the propaganda ministries.

Please, Hold My Beer.

Posted by: Stephen Miller at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (Z1dZR)

274 I don't think anyone here wants him to run.

Yeah there is a low end rumble on Twixxer sort of floating it but not here. He's a good employee, a useful attack dog but he spent all his points for Ego on Comeliness instead.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (dfIr7)

275 They have a lot of minerals.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (xTIDn)

And hookers

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (NtVYv)

276 232 our universities' excellence...

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jumbo shrimp
military intelligence

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 02:38 PM (TN0g+)

One of my favorites:
Fresh Frozen, Real Immitation, Jumbo Shrimp.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (ynpvh)

277 Never understood the "jumbo shrimp" oxymoron. Shrimp is the name of the creature. People are called shrimps because they are little. Shrimp were called shrimp before that.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (PSEDc)

278 258 Rubio, Vance and Tulsi are all real good a smacking around the propaganda ministries. They fight back while RINOs curl up in a fetal ball and suck their thumbs, see Romney v Crowley
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (O3XOV)

They behave when Trump has them on a leash.

There's no guarantee they continue to once he's no longer holding onto it.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (UnA8+)

279 Does anyone know of any self-help books I can read or empowerment spas where I can go to learn how to hate Martha Raddatz more? I feel like I'm not hating her as much as I could if I had some training.

Posted by: MLCross at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (Q2MxE)

Stare at a headshot of her and punch yourself in the dick 100 times. Worked for me.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (i24o9)

280 270 Even if we wanted Rubio to run, where's his lane? I guess as a Hispanic guy he could add something to a ticket, but conservatives don't care about race, and the country as a whole is tired of tokenism.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

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He's running consistently #2 in early polls (spit).

Name recognition does a lot.

But...he's consistently dozens of points in second place behind Vance.

Name recognition does a lot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (GBKbO)

281 Nice
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM

Stolen from some other Moron.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)

282 This is on point.

https://is.gd/qLO0O0

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:45 PM (L/fGl)

283 yeah hold off on the pudding cups for now,

just ring the crypts in garlic and it will be fine,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 18, 2025 02:45 PM (bXbFr)

284 There's no guarantee they continue to once he's no longer holding onto it.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (UnA8+)

Exactly. There is no benefit of doubt anymore.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:45 PM (i24o9)

285 Iran's birthrate is well below replacement, but population growth inertia will keep the overall pop growing for a bit longer.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (Riz8t)

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True. Overall way too many people living in a place than can't sustain almost 100 million (estimated 2050 population).

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 02:45 PM (p8iTN)

286 “there is no crime in big blue cities" argument.

Really? Why then, are the gas stations security better armored and registers with that 3” thick glass partition? Better than most banks.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:35 PM (Ft/w+)

About 15 years ago I was in Puerto Rico. Where I was it seemed like every frigging building, housing complex, etc had bars on the windows. Ground floor, second floor, 3rd floor. It looked like a giant prison. I asked the driver about all the bars on the windows. Mumbles in a thick spanish accent about it being part of the architecture, and tradition, and style, etc. I looked at him with a look that said bullshit, and then said oh really. Architecture my ass, the place was zombie proofed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 02:45 PM (snZF9)

287 No one can tell me that extra 'y' does anything but be annoying.
——-

Tits and ass. And Sammiches!!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:46 PM (Ft/w+)

288 >>I've heard whispers of Scott Bessent for Prez.

/Our 2nd gay POTUS?
__
I had no idea that Bessent was gay. Probably because he hasn't made a big thing about it or demanded that we praise him for it. Just a person doing their job. And doing it pretty damn well.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 02:46 PM (bNf8H)

289 Rhode Island assistant Attorney General, Devon Flanagan channels the spirit of Rosemary Lehmberg -
x.com/DefiantLs/status/1957504897793827284
... the spirit in question being five shots of rum.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 02:46 PM (gKWVE)

290 Depends on how you define and categorize crime...
_____

That server didn't know who I was!

Posted by: Senator A. Fartsniffer at August 18, 2025 02:46 PM (Dv3i1)

291 Whoever Trump anoints as his successor is going to be the nominee. So far, Vance appears to be the nominee.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:46 PM (viF8m)

292 Lil' Marco is playing the long game, auditioning to be Vance's VP.

Posted by: Bottle of Water at August 18, 2025 02:46 PM (guCHD)

293 >>>the ill-prepared DEI hire Margaret Brennan

She is too much. She is really too much. "But, but, but whine whine whine." Enough!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 02:47 PM (aURVT)

294 Even if we wanted Rubio to run, where's his lane? I guess as a Hispanic guy he could add something to a ticket, but conservatives don't care about race, and the country as a whole is tired of tokenism.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

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He's running consistently #2 in early polls (spit).

Name recognition does a lot.

But...he's consistently dozens of points in second place behind Vance.

Name recognition does a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:44 PM (GBKbO)
______

Rubio is obviously not gonna be at the top in 2028. It's Vance's for the taking. Not even close. Now, anything is possible and Trump could totally collapse between now and then, but that would be highly unusual. There's a 99.99% chance that Vance is the candidate in 2028.

My point was that I don't really even see a lane for Rubio at the bottom of the ticket.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

295 May I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there is no violent crime in DC. Absolutely none.

And when I say "none", I mean there is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit, but all citizens are warned that if they wake up in the morning and find themselves bleeding in an alley, they're to tell me immediately so that I can immediately take every measure to hush the whole thing up.

Posted by: DC Chief of Police at August 18, 2025 02:48 PM (krQz2)

296 Rubio is obviously not gonna be at the top in 2028. It's Vance's for the taking. Not even close. Now, anything is possible and Trump could totally collapse between now and then, but that would be highly unusual. There's a 99.99% chance that Vance is the candidate in 2028.

My point was that I don't really even see a lane for Rubio at the bottom of the ticket.

It's my guess that Vance will head the ticket, and veep will be offered to DeSantis. Whether he'll take it is a different question.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (Riz8t)

297 294 Rubio is obviously not gonna be at the top in 2028. It's Vance's for the taking. Not even close. Now, anything is possible and Trump could totally collapse between now and then, but that would be highly unusual. There's a 99.99% chance that Vance is the candidate in 2028.

My point was that I don't really even see a lane for Rubio at the bottom of the ticket.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

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Since VP is about consolidation of higher power opinion, and not about what anyone below cares about, it all depends on what Vance would want to do in this hypothetical.

Rubio could mean a combination of continuation of Trump as well as a coalition with whatever neocons have become in the GOP as represented by Rubio.

Vance going with Stephen Miller would be hilarious, though. Imagine that signal. (not a prediction, just a random thought)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (GBKbO)

298 >>Whoever Trump anoints as his successor is going to be the nominee. So far, Vance appears to be the nominee.

There will still be a field of candidates.
Which is where you will get hints of the others actual motivation.

There's a reason I use 3.0 as Rubio's current assignation. We have seen the previous Models, and we have rejected them.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (Z1dZR)

299 "No crime in D.C."

Bondi announces 68 arrests in D.C. last night.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (wVcYX)

300 300

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (aURVT)

301 How did we jump from "We're pleasantly shocked that Rubio hasn't knifed Trump in the back yet" to insinuations of "The Horde thinks Rubio should be President"?

I don't think anyone here wants him to run.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (UnA8+)

=======

Comments 69 and 122 started this.

It's not a strawman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)
*****
And JD Vance once thought Trump was like Hitler.
So I am open to Vance, Rubio or DeSantis for the next POTUS.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (NpAcC)

302 The generation gap.

https://is.gd/yvyHPr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:50 PM (L/fGl)

303 299 "No crime in D.C."

Bondi announces 68 arrests in D.C. last night.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (wVcYX)

Now less crime in D.C.!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 02:50 PM (aURVT)

304 301 *****
And JD Vance once thought Trump was like Hitler.
So I am open to Vance, Rubio or DeSantis for the next POTUS.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (NpAcC)

=======

I'm more okay with a private citizen shitposting about Trump than I am with an elected Republican with presidential ambitions deciding that carrying Chuck Schumer's water on amnesty is a good idea.

Still, I'll probably end up voting for some guy who's already dropped out of the primary like I do half the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:50 PM (GBKbO)

305 I guess as a Hispanic guy he could add something to a ticket, but conservatives don't care about race, and the country as a whole is tired of tokenism.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

More so, we are tired of being made promises ("If we only had have the House . . . ," "If we only had have the Senate . . . ," "If we only had have the POTUS . . . .") and then getting shit on as soon as we, the American people, deliver political power.

Rubio came up as part of that ilk, and he is rightly distrusted as being of part of that.

Greenland snark aside, I don't know that there's anything he could do to salvage that for me, but I suppose he could surprise me. Too many give it up too easily for my tastes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:50 PM (i24o9)

306 No one can tell me that extra 'y' does anything but be annoying.

For language purists, it does have a purpose: you do pronounce it "zeh-len'skee-ih" but its very small and subtle. Its spelled with two "ee" sounds at the end for that reason.

But practically, I'd probably drop it in English.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:50 PM (dfIr7)

307 We'll all be a-doublin' in 32 years...

Posted by: Pete Seeger, 1972 at August 18, 2025 02:51 PM (G5+As)

308 Why didn't you come to me like a man and tell me there was an ongoing crime problem in the District?

Posted by: DC Chief of Police at August 18, 2025 02:51 PM (wVcYX)

309 A Vance/Rubio ticket would bring a lot of Hispanic votes and also a lot of younger votes. Not a bad ticket. Put DeSantis at AG

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 02:51 PM (O3XOV)

310 The group pic. What the f' is up with Macron? He was almost standing on Trump's foot. The only way Macron could get closer to grab Trump by his dick.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (9vYpt)

311 ... China's is apparently 0.6 through analysis of their vaccination records.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:42 PM (GBKbO)

There are all manner of You Tube deep dives on their coming population collapse.

Most of us 29ers won't be around to see it happen, but it sure do appear to be a certainty.

Posted by: browndog gnawing on bones at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (TTAGa)

312
I'd like a rabid attack dog as VP. Someone to snarl at the RINOs that there's a new sheriff in town.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (bwb3L)

313 I've heard whispers of Scott Bessent for Prez.

/Our 2nd gay POTUS?
__
I had no idea that Bessent was gay. Probably because he hasn't made a big thing about it or demanded that we praise him for it. Just a person doing their job. And doing it pretty damn well.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 02:46 PM (bNf8H)
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There are only three homosexual men in politics worth a squirt of piss: Bessent, Scott Presler, and Ric Grenell.

They are gay men.

All the rest are useless ass-pirate faggots.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

314 Russia has never been our ally, not in recent centuries anyhow, but, they could have been a bulwark against China and insofar as common interests align but the leftists have other designs.

The idea that some other country is going to be our ally in all things, at all times, forever, is foolishness. Nations should act in the interest of their citizens. We can align with as many countries as we can, on as many issues as we can, for as long as we can, and call it a day.

Oh, but Putin is a bad guy... So is Xi. So is pretty much everyone in SA, or Africa, or Asia. Unless he's fucking with us, which he wasn't until we fucked with him, who cares.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (ExV1e)

315 Not at all.

Iran's total fertility rate is 1.67 - replacement is 2.1

Now Afghanistan, on the other hand... (4.66)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 02:41 PM (xTIDn)

Iran's water problem is that it is governed by insane muzzies who are putting all their resources into building nuclear weapons instead of building dams and reservoirs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (lz/nK)

316 I guess as a Hispanic guy he could add something to a ticket, but conservatives don't care about race, and the country as a whole is tired of tokenism.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
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The target is a general election.

Just because Hispanic doesn't play to locked-in conservatives, doesn't mean it doesn't play anywhere.

You want crossover votes, as many as you can get.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (krQz2)

317 She is too much. She is really too much. "But, but, but whine whine whine." Enough
===
I need this job. I. Need. This. Job. Believe me. I NEED IT.

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (UCRIj)

318 Why didn't you come to me like a man and tell me there was an ongoing crime problem in the District?
Posted by: DC Chief of Police at August 18, 2025 02:51 PM (wVcYX)

Isn't the DC Police Chef a lesbo?

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (dGCAG)

319 311 There are all manner of You Tube deep dives on their coming population collapse.

Most of us 29ers won't be around to see it happen, but it sure do appear to be a certainty.
Posted by: browndog gnawing on bones at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (TTAGa)

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If China's population numbers are accurate, they'll have only about 250,000,000 in 50 years or so.

And their numbers aren't accurate.

It'll probably be closer to 150,000,000.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (GBKbO)

320 The generation gap.

https://is.gd/yvyHPr

I'm expecting The Paolo to weigh in here.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (Riz8t)

321 I'd like to have a three-way with Jen Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, but that is as likely to succeed as Putin Zelensky and Trump.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2025 02:53 PM (MZ+PY)

322 It will always be Peking, Tokio, Burma, Siam, Formosa, etc for me.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:53 PM (Ft/w+)

323 Still, I'll probably end up voting for some guy who's already dropped out of the primary like I do half the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:50 PM (GBKbO)

---------------

Ron Paul 2028!

/The wifey still has a Ron Paul bumper sticker on her car

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 02:53 PM (XeqRV)

324 5 I guess as a Hispanic guy he could add something to a ticket, but conservatives don't care about race, and the country as a whole is tired of tokenism.

Rubio is Cuban, which no one other than Cubans gives a shit about. Other hispanics don't see Cubans as one of them. A Cuban can maybe have sway in FL, which we don't need.

Posted by: Bottle of Water at August 18, 2025 02:53 PM (guCHD)

325 PDT now speaking. Like it's the meeting of the five families.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 02:53 PM (gm9Sb)

326 And JD Vance once thought Trump was like Hitler.
So I am open to Vance, Rubio or DeSantis for the next POTUS.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (NpAcC)

That is more a nod to Trump's ability to persuade and more against Vance's judge of character and rush to judgment.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:53 PM (i24o9)

327 >>There will still be a field of candidates.
Which is where you will get hints of the others actual motivation.

>>There's a reason I use 3.0 as Rubio's current assignation. We have seen the previous Models, and we have rejected them.

I don't doubt there will be a few who give it a try but Trump's successor is going to inherit MAGA. That means Trump's blessing and his organization and most of his supporters.

Unless Vance unexpectedly steps on his crank over the next 3 years I don't see Trump supporting anyone but the guy who he chose to be his VP and his loyal to the cause.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 02:53 PM (viF8m)

328 Pequeno

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 02:54 PM (1GTvn)

329
It will always be Peking, Tokio, Burma, Siam, Formosa, etc for me.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 02:53 PM (Ft/w+)

__________

Myanmar Shave sounds stupid.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:54 PM (bwb3L)

330

Now Afghanistan, on the other hand... (4.66)
==
Now do infant mortality, life expectancy....

Posted by: Apples are not oranges at August 18, 2025 02:54 PM (UCRIj)

331 Why didn't you come to me like a man and tell me there was an ongoing crime problem in the District?
Posted by: DC Chief of Police

And what a chain of command is?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:54 PM (L/fGl)

332 . The only way Macron could get closer to grab Trump by his dick.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Is that an option?

Posted by: The Other Europeans at August 18, 2025 02:55 PM (LwW3i)

333 ... the spirit in question being five shots of rum.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 18, 2025 02:46 PM (gKWVE)

An AG that doesn't know the difference between "detained" and "arrested"? That's some quality lawyering.

"Call Graiiiggg, call Graiiiggg!!"

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 02:55 PM (/HDaX)

334 282 This is on point.

https://is.gd/qLO0O0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:45 PM (L/fGl)

OK that made me really laugh out loud ...

I'm saving that one!

Posted by: browndog sporting a red rocket at August 18, 2025 02:55 PM (TTAGa)

335
Comments 69 and 122 started this.

It's not a strawman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

JD is not ready although he is leading bigly in the polls.
JD is more of a local yokel type military base kid I think Marco lived it to the extend of his family fleeing Communism. Rubio may have been fooled in his early career. Now the masks have been dropped and the left is laying their cards Rubios roots and that are the reason he ran for office may have resurfaced. I will say Rubio HAS NOT spoken one sentance or word not aligned with the America first aganda.. It is early and I will say Trump himself mentioned Rubio until the pools supporting JD surfaced.

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:55 PM (VPPG8)

336 Remember the days when democrats/leftists pretended to be for peace not war?

"I'd like to build the world a home, and furnish it with love... grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves."

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2025 02:55 PM (UseAb)

337 The EU (and the UK) want this to continue until Putin is assassinated.

I have been informed in these very comments that Putin is the only assassin in Russia.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 02:56 PM (ExV1e)

338 And JD Vance once thought Trump was like Hitler.
So I am open to Vance, Rubio or DeSantis for the next POTUS.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (NpAcC)
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Exactly.

But I still genuinely like Vance as a communicator.

And I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a little self-promotion behind his switch, but I also think there's something genuine about it as well. Realizing that it *was* the way forward.

It's like, hey why not use the battering ram that is actually breaching the keep rather than trying to find another way in.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:56 PM (krQz2)

339 Meloni is smiling like Trump if grabbing her pussy under the table

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:57 PM (VPPG8)

340
Remember the days when democrats/leftists pretended to be for peace not war?

_________

"War Is Bad For Children And Other Living Things"

But that's when we were going up against the Godless Bolsheviks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 02:57 PM (bwb3L)

341 Oh, but Putin is a bad guy... So is Xi. So is pretty much everyone in SA, or Africa, or Asia. Unless he's fucking with us, which he wasn't until we fucked with him, who cares.

It seems that Xi is trying to spin up the Chinese people to hate Japan. Now, Japan certainly earned a lot of hate in WWII, but why now? One suspects that this is intended to distract the Chinese from the ongoing failure of the CCP to fix the economy and all the other myriad problems they face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7B96llMqzw

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

342 I see Bowser has returned from her Martha's Vineyard vacation. I think DC is less safe with her any way around DC

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 02:57 PM (O3XOV)

343 Why didn't you come to me like a man and tell me there was an ongoing crime problem in the District?
Posted by: DC Chief of Police at August 18, 2025 02:51 PM (wVcYX)

Isn't the DC Police Chef a lesbo?
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (dGCAG)

I have the biggest dick in Chicago. My dick is bigger than yours and the Italians.

Posted by: Groot, Former Chicago Mayor at August 18, 2025 02:57 PM (wVcYX)

344 Tater is excited!

Brian Stelter@brianstelter
MSNBC — excuse me, MS NOW! — has been on a hiring spree of late, out of necessity, scooping up dozens of journalists for a new newsroom that will compete with NBC News, along with countless other outlets. (And I hear there are even more new hires that have yet to be announced.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:58 PM (L/fGl)

345 It will always be Peking, Tokio, Burma, Siam, Formosa, etc for me.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Ceylon

I still have some Ceylon postage stamps in my boyhood stamp collection.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 02:59 PM (XeU6L)

346
Y'all been busy while I was waiting on TSA's DEI hire Shanequa, with the culturally appropriated straightened blood hair. Useless twunt was flagging everyone's stuff for additional scrutiny.

Kyle the ambiguously straight, needs to eat a Sammich soiboi, wasn't cleaning the wipe n sniff testing machine between samples and the poor thing damned near shit himself when it flagged my work laptop as an explosive. Much hilarity (mine) was had at the monkeys scampering and flinging poo at everyone at that point.

If today is any indication, I'm gonna have a great fucking week.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 18, 2025 02:17 PM (FYZGs)

I had a heavy travel job from 1997-2003; like 35-45 weeks a year. TSA hadn't really hit full swing by the time i got laid off in October of 2003.
The few times i've flown for 'pleasure' since then, I am astonished at how awful it is to travel now. I miss that job from time to time (money and opportunities it afforded me to visit a girl i was seeing in Los Angeles at the time)
But you seriously couldn't get me to take a job like that now unless you tied me up and threw me into a van first.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 02:59 PM (cHLus)

347 I could not possibly care less what a commie like Martha Ratsass thinks.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2025 02:59 PM (wtvvX)

348 Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:57 PM (VPPG

Seriously though, I doubt any woman political
Head of state wants Trump to grab her pu**** under the table. Maybe she just respects and appreciates Trump? Ya think?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 03:00 PM (2GCMq)

349 I could care less who Trump chooses as his successor. At this point in time, Trump is busy working on world peace, the domestic economy, and preserving and protecting the foundational principles that built America. If he has time to think about elections at all, he's thinking about making sure Democrats can't cheat on funding or balloting. Maybe he focuses a little on the midterms.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 03:00 PM (KZgz0)

350 MS NOW is fake and gay.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 03:00 PM (TN0g+)

351 Isn't the DC Police Chef a lesbo?
Posted by: BurtTC

I was reading she has season tickets to WNBA's Washington DC Mystics.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 03:01 PM (9vYpt)

352 >>>I'd like to have a three-way with Jen Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, but that is as likely to succeed as Putin Zelensky and Trump.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

>I don't have a dirty dog in this fight, but I like the way you think.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 03:01 PM (/vPt3)

353 344 For those that do not know, MS NOW! is the Joseph Biden High School 50 watt AM station run 45 minutes a day by Mr. Orlosky's science class.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:01 PM (gm9Sb)

354 The Blade had a number of "trilaterals," you know. Fun!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

355 I'd like to have a three-way with Jen Aniston and Scarlett Johansson

So you're the guy who subscribes to Dirty Grannies?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

356 So how long should you wait for X to actually look at your appeal and reinstate you?
Or do you just say fuck it and withdraw your banned comment so you can get back to your idiot cafe cute animal vids?

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (n4GiU)

357 It's like, hey why not use the battering ram that is actually breaching the keep rather than trying to find another way in.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:56 PM (krQz2)

Not once did I ever say that Trump was idiotic or Hitleresque - a bit of a clown and a braggart, sure - so my judgment is more trustworthy than Vance.

But I am not going to vote for myself as POTUS, either, until such time as I do something more trustworthy and exemplary of my leadership skills than pantsless typing (poorly) on the smartmilblog.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (i24o9)

358 350 MS NOW is fake and gay.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 03:00 PM (TN0g+)

Truth in advertising!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (wtvvX)

359 Isn't the DC Police Chef a lesbo?
Posted by: BurtTC

I was reading she has season tickets to WNBA's Washington DC Mystics.
===
It was the free dong giveaway nights that sealed that deal.

Posted by: Chief Lezbo at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (UCRIj)

360 MS NOW is fake and gay.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 03:00 PM (TN0g+)

---------------

Multiple Sclerosis NOW is not a good look.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (YJHFz)

361 Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

Are we supposed to care?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (2GCMq)

362 This is an actual quote from Trump on why Romney lost:

"“He had a crazy policy of self deportation which was maniacal,” Trump told the conservative website NewsMax. “It sounded as bad as it was, and he lost all of the Latino vote. He lost the Asian vote. He lost everybody who is inspired to come into this country.”"

Donald Trump on Monday said Mitt Romney’s policy of “self-deportation,” alienated Asian and Hispanic voters and helped cost him the election.
====

I think nearly every Republican has moved to the Right on immigration, Rubio and Trump included.

This was unfortunately the dominant theory at the time.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:03 PM (4pwAx)

363 has been on a hiring spree of late, out of necessity, scooping up dozens of journalists for a new newsroom

Translation: they are hiring the fired rejects of dying news organizations like Tater.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 03:03 PM (dfIr7)

364 So how long should you wait for X to actually look at your appeal and reinstate you?
Or do you just say fuck it and withdraw your banned comment so you can get back to your idiot cafe cute animal vids?

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (n4GiU)

On principle? Never. (Going on about 8 months now?) You can just logout of X and watch the cafe vids without an account.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:03 PM (i24o9)

365 So you're the guy who subscribes to Dirty Grannies?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

At my age, it would be right in my wheelhouse.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2025 03:04 PM (MZ+PY)

366 Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 03:00 PM (KZgz0

I agree with you

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 03:04 PM (2GCMq)

367 Are we all excited for the newly rebranded MS NOW?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:04 PM (Skc+N)

368 But I still genuinely like Vance as a communicator.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:56 PM (krQz2)

If he can just drop his habit of saying "Look..." before every other sentence.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2025 03:04 PM (UseAb)

369 This was unfortunately the dominant theory at the time.

Along with belt-borne onions.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 03:05 PM (Riz8t)

370 I wonder if anyone here types in their panties ... other than Sid?

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 03:05 PM (YJHFz)

371 Tater is excited!

Brian Stelter@brianstelter
MSNBC — excuse me, MS NOW! — has been on a hiring spree of late, out of necessity, scooping up dozens of journalists for a new newsroom that will compete with NBC News, along with countless other outlets. (And I hear there are even more new hires that have yet to be announced.)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:58 PM (L/fGl)
__________

I guess there's always someone to take in the lepers thrown out of the colony

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:05 PM (iFTx/)

372 300 300
Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (aURVT)

THIS

IS

SPARTA!

Posted by: Gerard Butler at August 18, 2025 03:05 PM (N1tpc)

373 Are we all excited for the newly rebranded MS NOW?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:04 PM (Skc+N)

Who will replace Burt Reynolds as the featured centerfold?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 03:06 PM (wVcYX)

374 I have the biggest dick in Chicago.

Posted by: Groot, Former Chicago Mayor at August 18, 2025 02:57 PM (wVcYX)

You *are* the biggest dick in chicago.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:06 PM (snZF9)

375 MS-NOW.... won't be around for long.

Get used to MS-WAS

W e
A re
S tupid

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 03:06 PM (Q4IgG)

376 Isn't the DC Police Chef a lesbo?
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 02:52 PM (dGCAG)

I have the biggest dick in Chicago. My dick is bigger than yours and the Italians.
Posted by: Groot, Former Chicago Mayor at August 18, 2025 02:57 PM (wVcYX)

You could be right. About me, I can't speak for the Dagos.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 03:07 PM (dGCAG)

377 Wonder if Meloni was teased about her name in school. I had a Lori Mellon in my class.

Posted by: And They Were at August 18, 2025 03:07 PM (G5+As)

378 370 I wonder if anyone here types in their panties ... other than Sid?
___

*raises hand*

Posted by: David French at August 18, 2025 03:07 PM (Dv3i1)

379 Tater is excited!

Brian Stelter@brianstelter
MSNBC — excuse me, MS NOW! — has been on a hiring spree of late, out of necessity, scooping up dozens of journalists for a new newsroom that will compete with NBC News, along with countless other outlets. (And I hear there are even more new hires that have yet to be announced.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:58 PM (L/fGl)

MS NOW, a redheaded step child so retarded that neither Microsoft nor NBC wants to be associated with.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:07 PM (i24o9)

380 Remember the days when democrats/leftists pretended to be for peace not war?
---
Remember when then used to put up a better facade about being pro-crime?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (krQz2)

381 Thank GOD for the words 'Trilateral summit' in that headline...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (xcxpd)

382 I guess there's always someone to take in the lepers thrown out of the colony

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 03:05 PM (iFTx/)

Even Bernie Sanders found a home in Congress when he was kicked out of the commune.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (i24o9)

383 296 It's my guess that Vance will head the ticket, and veep will be offered to DeSantis. Whether he'll take it is a different question.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (Riz8t)

I don't see DeSantis or Rubio on the ticket, those Florida electoral votes are way too safe. Look for him to pull somebody from a purple state.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (uHCmv)

384 And JD Vance once thought Trump was like Hitler.
So I am open to Vance, Rubio or DeSantis for the next POTUS.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:49 PM (NpAcC)

It's one thing to be wrong in your appraisal of a person.

It's another to betray the principles of the people who elected you.

Again, not saying Rubio hasn't learned, but there's a big difference in what they were wrong about.

Posted by: Gerard Butler at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (N1tpc)

385 Wonder if Meloni was teased about her name in school. I had a Lori Mellon in my class.
_________________________

There was a Marcy Mohn (Moan) in the class ahead of mine

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (Skc+N)

386 I bet Giorgia Meloni gets a premier discount on her Gucci bags.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (9vYpt)

387 >>>This was unfortunately the dominant theory at the time.

Posted by: Leupold

>Wasn't it General Colon Bowel who had a similar theory about war reparations when he shat out the "you break it, you bought" philosophy in the Middle East?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (/vPt3)

388 I wonder if anyone here types in their panties ... other than Sid?
Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 03:05 PM (YJHFz)

I believe mine are referred to as "briefs".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (/HDaX)

389 MS NOW, a redheaded step child so retarded that neither Microsoft nor NBC wants to be associated with.
===
The potential defamation liability is untenable. Those idiots are unmanageable.

Posted by: Microsoft NBC Corp lawyers at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (UCRIj)

390 Blonde Italian girls from up north.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (gm9Sb)

391 It's one thing to be wrong in your appraisal of a person.

It's another to betray the principles of the people who elected you.

Again, not saying Rubio hasn't learned, but there's a big difference in what they were wrong about.
Posted by: Obvious Sock at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (N1tpc)

(Rubio was also very wrong about Trump.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (N1tpc)

392 Are we all excited for the newly rebranded MS NOW?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 03:04 PM (Skc+N)
---
To tank utterly?

Yes. Yes, very.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (krQz2)

393 383 I don't see DeSantis or Rubio on the ticket, those Florida electoral votes are way too safe. Look for him to pull somebody from a purple state.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (uHCmv)

=========

VPs do not have favorite son effects in their states.

They simply don't.

If they did, presidential nominees would, you know, choose VPs from swing states, at the very least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (GBKbO)

394 My friends call me Ms. Now, but you can me Karen.

Posted by: Karen Now at August 18, 2025 03:10 PM (qUkBO)

395 390 Blonde Italian girls from up north.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (gm9Sb)

Go on...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 18, 2025 03:10 PM (xcxpd)

396 In principle? Never. (Going on about 8 months now?) You can just logout of X and watch the cafe vids without an account.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:03 PM (i24o9)

Log out, you say. Interesting concept. I will look into that straightaway.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2025 03:10 PM (n4GiU)

397 Isn't the DC Police Chef a lesbo?
Posted by: BurtTC

I was reading she has season tickets to WNBA's Washington DC Mystics.
===
It was the free dong giveaway nights that sealed that deal.
Posted by: Chief Lezbo at August 18, 2025 03:02 PM (UCRIj)

Shops at Flannels-R-Us.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 03:10 PM (dGCAG)

398 Party alert! I repeat Party Alert!
We have a TURD IN THE PUNCH BOWL

NAZI BASTARD FREDO MERTZ German President needs cease fire first before the deal is done..

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 03:11 PM (VPPG8)

399 NAZI BASTARD FREDO MERTZ German President needs cease fire first before the deal is done..
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 03:11 PM (VPPG

Him and what army?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 03:12 PM (VoAdT)

400
We can't wait until a major broadcasting corporation cuts us loose because we became a huge embarrassment!

Watch our smoke!

Posted by: MS NOW at August 18, 2025 03:12 PM (krQz2)

401 The flag in front of MS NOW looks like a P.
Therefore (in Sean Connery voice) PMS NOW

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 03:12 PM (O3XOV)

402 I have a visceral hate-disgust reaction to "european leaders."
Like a gut level horror.

Posted by: dagny at August 18, 2025 03:12 PM (cnmSH)

403 I truly believe after watching Raddatz cry on election night that she had been tabbed in some kind of roll in Hillary's administration and is still extremely bitter.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 18, 2025 03:13 PM (FxH7T)

404 I bet we get a Vance/Rubio ticket. It would be very strong, I wouldn't want to be the Democrats running against it.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:13 PM (4pwAx)

405 NAZI BASTARD FREDO MERTZ German President needs cease fire first before the deal is done..
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 03:11 PM (VPPG

And I need Morgan Fairchild to come tuck me in at night.

Wonder which one is more likely to happen.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 03:13 PM (dGCAG)

406 Obviously the vaunted Ukrainian Constitution is pretty flexible in its terms, huh?

Must of had help from Dems writing it. They love them some "living documents."

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 03:14 PM (2WIwB)

407 393 383 I don't see DeSantis or Rubio on the ticket, those Florida electoral votes are way too safe. Look for him to pull somebody from a purple state.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 03:08 PM (uHCmv)

=========

VPs do not have favorite son effects in their states.

They simply don't.

If they did, presidential nominees would, you know, choose VPs from swing states, at the very least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (GBKbO)

That can apply to even Presidential candidates. I still laugh about Gore losing Tennessee!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2025 03:14 PM (wtvvX)

408 ha ha Trump speaking to the EU Preezys seated west to east..
From UK to EN.

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 03:14 PM (VPPG8)

409 BASTARD FREDO MERTZ German President needs cease fire first before the deal is done..
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 03:11 PM (VPPG

Him and what army?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

===

That's the reality no one wants to say out loud.

Ukraine lost this war. No hardliner diplomacy is going to change that.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:14 PM (4pwAx)

410
I believe mine are referred to as "briefs".
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent,
-------
'Drawers'. I'm old fashioned.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 03:15 PM (XeU6L)

411 And I need Morgan Fairchild to come tuck me in at night.

Wonder which one is more likely to happen.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 03:13 PM (dGCAG)

So you're saying there's a chance....

Posted by: Lloyd Christmas at August 18, 2025 03:15 PM (N1tpc)

412 We can't wait until a major broadcasting corporation cuts us loose because we became a huge embarrassment!

Watch our smoke!
Posted by: MS NOW at August 18, 2025 03:12 PM (krQz2)

I look forward to not subscribing to your podcast.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 03:15 PM (dGCAG)

413 403 I truly believe after watching Raddatz cry on election night that she had been tabbed in some kind of roll in Hillary's administration and is still extremely bitter.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 18, 2025 03:13 PM (FxH7T)

She's plain vile.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2025 03:15 PM (UseAb)

414 NOOD Drunken AG plus extras

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 18, 2025 03:15 PM (/HDaX)

415 truly believe after watching Raddatz cry on election night that she had been tabbed in some kind of roll in Hillary's administration and is still extremely bitter.
==
Is she married? Likely her significant other is eyeballs deep in something. You can't swing a dead cat....

Posted by: Microsoft NBC Corp lawyers at August 18, 2025 03:16 PM (UCRIj)

416 401, LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 03:16 PM (ppG5b)

417 The MS stands for Mr. Stelter!

Posted by: Tater at August 18, 2025 03:16 PM (7CamO)

418 Blonde Italian girls from up north.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 03:09 PM (gm9Sb)

Yup, got some in my family, mom's side. Pretty girls.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 03:16 PM (snZF9)

419 That's the reality no one wants to say out loud.

Ukraine lost this war. No hardliner diplomacy is going to change that.
Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:14 PM (4pwAx)

Yeah. It's not a TOTAL defeat (because of all the money the global elites stole from their populace and pumped into the war*) but they have lost.

*Minus significant grifting, of course

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 03:17 PM (N1tpc)

420 Trump notes that Zelenskyy canceled elections during the war which gives Trump an idea for "three and a half years from now."
---

I think this is Trump sending the meddling propagandists in the "media" off after a laser pointer to keep the delicate peace negotiations secret or at least out of the media hype. Now they can scream about Trump Hitler and going to cancel elections in 2028!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 03:17 PM (17s+e)

421 Gawd I hate the media.
They truly suck.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 03:17 PM (2WIwB)

422 407 That can apply to even Presidential candidates. I still laugh about Gore losing Tennessee!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2025 03:14 PM (wtvvX)

=======

2000's Al Gore and TN feels like political reality simply shifting beneath his feet.

I do think there is a favorite son effect for POTUS candidates, but it's not great. Ultimately, overall partisan feelings drive most of that. The only place where it seems to be different is in governor's races, but that's obviously not about favorite son effects and more about cross-partisan voting.

Hell, Romney had 3 home states in 2012, and he lost 2 of them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:17 PM (GBKbO)

423 believe mine are referred to as "briefs".
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent,
-------
'Drawers'. I'm old fashioned.
==
Commando, but the sheets dust gets into muh nether hairs and won't come out. Orange man indeed....

Posted by: Moron at August 18, 2025 03:18 PM (UCRIj)

424 Martha got her start in radio news and was there reporting in Lakehurst on that fateful day.

Posted by: The Huge Manatee. at August 18, 2025 03:18 PM (G5+As)

425 I think the favorite son effect is there, it's just not usually worth putting someone on the ticket that you otherwise wouldn't to get like 1% more of the vote in that specific state.

If say Josh Shapiro had been on kamala's ticket instead of Walz, I bet she would have done better in PA. But is that because he's a relatively popular governor there or simply the superior candidate?

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:18 PM (4pwAx)

426
Martha Raddatz has a face for Radio.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (IifOV)

427 402, kinda like "The Dunwich Horror"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (ppG5b)

428 Rubio will run for Governor of Florida.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 03:19 PM (jc0TO)

429 425 I think the favorite son effect is there, it's just not usually worth putting someone on the ticket that you otherwise wouldn't to get like 1% more of the vote in that specific state.

If say Josh Shapiro had been on kamala's ticket instead of Walz, I bet she would have done better in PA. But is that because he's a relatively popular governor there or simply the superior candidate?

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:18 PM (4pwAx)

======

It literally doesn't exist.

I did the analysis a while back. It's not there.

Hell, Harris won MN by fewer points than Biden did, and Walz is their sitting governor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (GBKbO)

430 >>>That can apply to even Presidential candidates. I still laugh about Gore losing Tennessee!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera

>Willard Romney had one deep sigh of relief before he lost the election for president.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 03:20 PM (/vPt3)

431 It literally doesn't exist.

I did the analysis a while back. It's not there.

Hell, Harris won MN by fewer points than Biden did, and Walz is their sitting governor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==

No offense, but there's no formula that "proves" this.

If you want to use the Gore example, Al Gore did WAY better than John Kerry did in TN in back to back elections.

2000 Bush 51/Gore 47
2004 Bush 56/ Kerry 42

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (4pwAx)

432 431 No offense, but there's no formula that "proves" this.

If you want to use the Gore example, Al Gore did WAY better than John Kerry did in TN in back to back elections.

2000 Bush 51/Gore 47
2004 Bush 56/ Kerry 42
Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:27 PM (4pwAx)

========

You can do statistical analysis of states from succeeding elections that include the favorite son as VP and those that don't. You can use controls of other states with similar partisan makeup.

Yes, the analysis is actually super simple, and it shows no effect at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

433 Log out, you say. Interesting concept. I will look into that straightaway.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 18, 2025 03:10 PM (n4GiU)

I don't want to be part of a system where you can't say Joe Biden deserves a traitor's punishment, hanging.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 03:29 PM (i24o9)

434 You can do statistical analysis of states from succeeding elections that include the favorite son as VP and those that don't. You can use controls of other states with similar partisan makeup.

Yes, the analysis is actually super simple, and it shows no effect at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

===

So explain Gore doing way better in TN (his home state) than Kerry against the same candidate?

It's fine if you disagree, but it's silly to come at this that you have some analysis that "proves" it's not there.

It's as simple as why do incumbents tend to get reelected? There's a certain familiarity that nets votes, it could be as simple as constituent services helping someone resolve a problem.

It's why many politicians have this outreach, it helps garner votes

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (4pwAx)

435 432 So explain Gore doing way better in TN (his home state) than Kerry against the same candidate?

It's fine if you disagree, but it's silly to come at this that you have some analysis that "proves" it's not there.

It's as simple as why do incumbents tend to get reelected? There's a certain familiarity that nets votes, it could be as simple as constituent services helping someone resolve a problem.

It's why many politicians have this outreach, it helps garner votes
Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:32 PM (4pwAx)

=======

Have you missed every mention of VP in what I've said?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 03:34 PM (GBKbO)

436 LBJ "carried" Texas for JFK.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 03:35 PM (jc0TO)

437 436

That's another good example, it did help in that situation.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 03:50 PM (4pwAx)

438 "It seems that Xi is trying to spin up the Chinese people to hate Japan. Now, Japan certainly earned a lot of hate in WWII, but why now?"

Now? Hatred of Japan is a more fundamental part of the Chinese character than Confucius and Mao combined.

Posted by: front toward enemy at August 18, 2025 04:01 PM (TIizU)

439 if everything i hear t that presser is true,they rolled trump....ukraine becomes an honorary nato member AND gets some manner of weatern troops on the ground.....

if any hostilities break out,it`s uncle sugar to the rescue......not exactly what our guy campaigned on....the ego and all the "nobel" talk?

trying to figure out what putin is thinking.....maybe he is is terrible shape?.....hard to believe he`s in worse shape than ukraine...he must be asking for large amounts of territory to give all this other stuff up...

Posted by: uncouth jay marks at August 18, 2025 04:26 PM (ruExs)

440 "Zelenskyy...freely ignores [the Ukrainian constitution] when it suits him..."

Examples that back up this assertion?

"Trump notes that Zelenskyy canceled elections during the war... Obviously the vaunted Ukrainian Constitution is pretty flexible in its terms, huh?"

Those elections were cancelled in rigid (which is to say, not flexible) accordance with the Ukrainian constitution. Article 83 of the Ukrainian constitution specifically states that new parliamentary elections are suspended during Martial Law.

All other elections are prohibited during Martial Law by Ukraine's Electoral Code.

Posted by: JTP at August 18, 2025 05:28 PM (8daDi)

441 The restraint Sec Rubio showed with both of these shrieking harpies is amazing.

I was thinking, like VP Vance, for him to simply say, "I don't really care, Margaret" to that nasty Brennan woman (is she related to the villan Brennan?).

Frankly, Margaret, you seem very tense and jittery. I think you need your sex chakras adjusted and some xanax. Please call the Sex Poodle Al Gore asap!

Regarding the dessicated Martha Raddidtz (sp?). Good grief, woman! Were you recently embalmed in the Arizona desert and they forgot to pump formaldehyde into you? You are caving in upon yourself!

Granted, I don't look great today, but I have never, ever looked as bad as Martha! I don't think either massive fillers or a face lift could fix that! For starters, it is a reflection of your frustrated TDS, and, for you, that is terminal.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 05:55 PM (6PCLE)

442 His country. As if.

Posted by: ccoffer at August 19, 2025 09:33 AM (WFa2V)

Illegal Alien Kills Three Making Wildly Illegal U-Turn in Truck on Highway

Trump tried to deport this scumbag in 2018 but he "claimed fear" at being returned to India, and a scumbag judge gave him a free pass for remaining in America to murder three good people.

ll Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: DHS & ICE confirm to @FoxNews that the illegal alien truck driver who killed 3 in a crash in Florida is an Indian national who initially crossed the California border illegally in September 2018 and was arrested by Border Patrol. Harjinder Singh was processed for expedited removal (fast track deportation) by the first Trump administration but claimed fear of going back to India. USCIS affirmed the fear via a positive finding of fear, and he was released on a $5,000 immigration bond in January 2019 after being given a Notice to Appear. He has remained in immigration proceedings ever since.
Singh was arrested by US Marshals in California on Saturday on a warrant for three counts of vehicular homicide in connection to the deadly crash in Florida. Photo of his arrest provided to FOX via federal source. Florida officials say the sanctuary state of California gave him a commercial driver's license.
More DHS background on Singh to FOX:
"According to Singh, he has no serious physical or mental medical conditions. Singh claims to have no known immediate relatives serving in the U.S. military and is not the primary caretaker of a person with mental or physical disability, a minor or person with a serious illness. Singh claims to not be married and has no minor dependent children. Singh is not a victim of a domestic violence in the United States or human trafficking. After careful consideration of all factors and available records, Singh is considered a significant threat to public safety and is an exceptional circumstance warranting enforcement action due to the serious nature of his criminal history. ERO San Francisco is seeking HRO's approval to place Singh in removal proceedings."

Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
This entire story is revolting.
- Entered illegally
- Gets a CDL from "sanctuary state" California
- Brings his Third World driving habits to America
- Kills three Americans after an illegal U-Turn on a highway
- Nonchalant, remorseless stare as authorities pull the dead bodies from the wreckage.
Deport him to CECOT for life.
And then strip California of every federal dollar for as long as it takes. Rogue states must not be allowed to continue shielding, coddling, and licensing illegals.

The truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Florida's Turnpike that led to the passing of 3 Americans, illegally entered the U.S. through the southern border in 2018.

Harjinder Singh has been charged with three counts of vehicular homic*de.

Singh got his Commercial Driver’s… pic.twitter.com/FGZVHDWMGs
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 17, 2025

Illegal alien issued CDL by California. Doesn’t even speak English. Sanctuary policies are deadly.

Must hold the illegal alien accountable but also the other actors involved including the company. https://t.co/GRCOkGJLI3
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) August 18, 2025

BREAKING: DHS & ICE confirm to @FoxNews that the illegal alien truck driver who killed 3 in a crash in Florida is an Indian national who initially crossed the California border illegally in September 2018 and was arrested by Border Patrol. Harjinder Singh was processed for… pic.twitter.com/J4E8pZTbBj
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 18, 2025

Meanwhile: Kathy Hochul is pardoning killers to keep their records clean so that Trump can't deport them.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
UNREAL
Kathy Hochul just pardoned 13 migrants, including one who was convicted of manslaughter, to shield them from deportation.
"I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

Her focus is on protecting violent criminals to ensure they can remain in our country.
Unfreakingbelievable

Hello everyone! How was your weekend?

Posted by: Ace at 12:15 PM

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1
Hello

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (3ek7K)

2 Deport them all.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (u73oe)

3 California needs to be held accountable for this and every individual who was involved with granting the CDL

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (N1tpc)

4 the trucking industry is a corrupt pit. turn over THIS rock, PDJT! there's a mess of snakes there

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:16 PM (Pv3Rg)

5 The truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Florida's Turnpike that led to the passing of 3 Americans, illegally entered the U.S. through the southern border in 2018.

Harjinder Singh has been charged with three counts of vehicular homic*de.

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Sounds like the direct descendant of Cortez, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:17 PM (GBKbO)

6
He should have been shot on site. Save the taxpayers lots of money.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (3ek7K)

7 Meanwhile: Kathy Hochul is pardoning killers to keep their records clean so that Trump can't deport them.

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Doesn't work that way, of course.

DHS can still deport them. The pardon for the criminal act doesn't expunge the deportation orders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (GBKbO)

8 "I'll be damned" -- @GovKathyHochul

Well, she got one thing right.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

9 Florida officials say the sanctuary state of California gave him a commercial driver's license.

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Prosecute Newscum and every state official involved for conspiracy to commit murder.

That which is rewarded is repeated ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (TGq/t)

10 coulda been first, but i've got chile lime blackfin tuna fajitas...

and i hope this guy rots along with eery person who was involved keeping him here...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (v6XNT)

11 I think he should figure out that he has more to fear at staying in the US.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (OPGS/)

12 Top 17?!?

Posted by: Grayman27 at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (pgwxJ)

13 You can't make an omelet without murdering a few Americans.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (jc0TO)

14 I didn't have Democrats pardoning felons on my bingo card but here we are...

Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (53oGX)

15 "I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

Be damned then.

They probably know more people in whatever country they'd be deported to than they do here.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (a+4eV)

16 So odd that he didn't respect our traffic laws....

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (krQz2)

17 Deport the fucking judge.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (BQn15)

18 Meanwhile: Kathy Hochul is pardoning killers to keep their records clean so that Trump can't deport them.

Posted by: Ace at 12:15 PM

THIS is the Democrats constituency.

THIS is the hill they are willing to die on.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (N1tpc)

19 face it, illegals were brought here by demonrats as foot soldiers to kill or ruin as many Americans as possible.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (ppG5b)

20 They are now talking about reopening the weight stations and having ICE there.

Look for more trucking jobs to open up in the near future.

Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (4neFu)

21 The parade of pussies is arriving at the White House.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (u73oe)

22 >> think he should figure out that he has more to fear at staying in the US.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (OPGS/)
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100%. If the victims were relatives of mine, he would be in extreme danger.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (bNf8H)

23 Indian dot heads don’t bah, can’t drive and ignore our laws.

Welcome!

Posted by: democrats at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (Z3Vfa)

24 Californica gave him a CDL.

That's it.

All Cali licenses are now null and void. You can't drive in any other state, it isn't valid for getting on an airplane, your votes don't count.

We're done here.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (dGCAG)

25 I’m from Mar-A-Lago and I say deport them all!

Posted by: Donny Trumpo at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (72RMx)

26 THIS is the Democrats constituency.

like calls to like, as they say

Dems are liars, thieves, murderers and generally criminal

ergo...

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (Pv3Rg)

27 As if we needed any more evidence that Democrat politicians actively want foreigners to murder citizens.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (UnA8+)

28 He's just killing the drivers Americans wont...its really an act of love

Posted by: Jeb Bush at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (t0Rmr)

29 And Governor hair gel was out there trying to score points off this, when it was pointed out that the state broke CA law issuing the illegal a CDL.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (i24o9)

30 3 California needs to be held accountable for this and every individual who was involved with granting the CDL
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2018, Trump let him in, hahahaha!!!!
- Gov Newscum

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (Dv3i1)

31 Deport his corpse back to India.

Cold blooded killer. Would have the same empathy if he hit a dog. The film in the truck cab show his reaction, which was none. Not even getting out to check for survivors.

California (Newscum) is to blame in giving this bastard a trucking license. How, is the question, if he cannot read,write or speak English?

When I moved out of state a decade ago I had to take a written driver's test in English. I witnessed a moose limb woman fail for the third time (her husband/master seemed peeved with her). There is a reason for failure: either you can't read or are too stupid to drive.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (6PCLE)

32 Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
This entire story is revolting.

- Entered illegally
- Gets a CDL from "sanctuary state" California
- Brings his Third World driving habits to America
- Kills three Americans after an illegal U-Turn on a highway
- Nonchalant, remorseless stare as authorities pull the dead bodies from the wreckage.

Deport him to CECOT for life.

And then strip California of every federal dollar for as long as it takes. Rogue states must not be allowed to continue shielding, coddling, and licensing illegals.

F that noise. End him.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (p+RwZ)

33 21 The parade of pussies is arriving at the White House.

it looks like a preschool trip out. for gaywads.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (Pv3Rg)

34 face it, illegals were brought here by demonrats as foot soldiers to kill or ruin as many Americans as possible.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (ppG5b)
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We need high-skilled H1B Indians to come over and drive our trucks, or something.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (krQz2)

35 "I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

There's a word for that in syllogistic logic, 0th order logic, whatever you want to call it... "assuming the predicate" maybe?

"If X then the sun rises in the east"...

technically true.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)

36 They are now talking about reopening the weight stations and having ICE there.

Look for more trucking jobs to open up in the near future.
Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (4neFu)

wasnt there a thing recently where an illegal was pulled from his truck in arkansas because he couldnt read the cat in the hat?

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 12:22 PM (v6XNT)

37 I posted this under the guy who did the uturn, A Truck Driver that can't speak english ran over 3 bikers only got 4 years, Blood splatters the camera for Gods sake.
https://tinyurl.com/339fxxhd

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 18, 2025 12:22 PM (FCrpy)

38
You can't make an omelet without murdering a few Americans.
Posted by: toby928

Don't wanna be an American omelet.

Posted by: Green Daze at August 18, 2025 12:22 PM (63Dwl)

39 NY pardoning illegal alien killer democrat voters to kill American citizens. Nothing more to be said.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (3Q4mi)

40 btw that other gaywad, little Z man, didn't wear a suit

AGAIN

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (Pv3Rg)

41 They’re all arriving in individual limos. Trump should’ve sent a bus to collect them. Better yet, a cattle car.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (u73oe)

42 He was driving in Florida OF COURSE, due to the "full faith and credit" clause, which Dems are using to show us the "suicide pact" downside of that clause.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (krQz2)

43 "I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

There's a word for that in syllogistic logic, 0th order logic, whatever you want to call it... "assuming the predicate" maybe?

"If X then the sun rises in the east"...

technically true.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM

Assume a spherical governor..

Posted by: JB Pritzker at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (jc0TO)

44 CDL??

Certificate to Destroy Life?

Posted by: dantesed at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (qm5Wv)

45 "Meanwhile: Kathy Hochul is pardoning killers to keep their records clean so that Trump can't deport them."

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Your state is in open rebellion. Federal takeover commences immediately. Prepare to have all your representatives arrested and/or escorted out of the national capitol.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (dGCAG)

46 Kathy Hochul is insane. She looks insane, she acts insane, yet there she is, running New York. Sometimes it is overwhelming, the state of things.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

47 THIS is the hill they are willing to die on.

But mostly other people.

Posted by: Jetto at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (8ghQp)

48 The Court finds that A Reasonable Man

...

would slap the shit out of the Californian clerk that issued that license.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (krQz2)

49 "Kathy Hochul just pardoned 13 migrants, including one who was convicted of manslaughter, to shield them from deportation."

I don't think this will work. As I understand it, the manslaughter guy is a Laotian who was ordered deported years ago. I don't know if the pardon will negate that order. Even if it does, hopefully ICE can find some other reason to deport the guy.

Get rid of all these parasitic shitstains. No exceptions.

Also: I'm not sure how many of the rest of the 13 are here illegally. Maybe none of them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

50 Dems are going to die on this hill because so many other goals hinge on mass migration. The only thing that matter to them is The Revolution

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (oERdd)

51 I suspect there are lots of people at the DMV helping these people cheat the test and the process.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (vZUXb)

52 I usually keep mum with my AWFL coworkers when it comes to politics. But I don't know what happened, the other day one of them was jawing about Trump, blah blah blah. And I asked a simple question: How has your life changed since he was elected?
The obvious answer, of course, is that it has not. So she pivoted to the people he was deporting. And that's when she got an education about legal immigration v illegal in these United States.

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (dCxaZ)

53 What was the basis for his fear of being returned to India? That's a bullshit loophole that needs to be closed or adjusted.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (EYmYM)

54 Everyone involved should be suing the state of California. The Federal Government should be suing the state of California for violating the civil rights of the deceased.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:25 PM (TN0g+)

55 RE-VOKED! CRATE HIM UP AND WELD IT TO THE DECK OF THE NEXT BOAT BOUND TO MUMBAI.

Posted by: ICE at August 18, 2025 12:25 PM (wVcYX)

56
Lesson 23:1-8

"...Please not to worry if your criminally reckless driving murders another driver or the occupants of their car,

they will all be reincarnated to be princes and princesses, or maybe even fluffy little koala bears!

So, maybe you did them a favor, may Shiva be praised!

Or they could've been horrible Untouchables, so fuck'em...but you them must purify your vehicle by burning it with fire...

Posted by: Driving School of India at August 18, 2025 12:25 PM (iJfKG)

57 The parade of pussies is arriving at the White House.

First off, Trump says that if anyone wants to speak then they can return to their own countries and do so.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM (ExV1e)

58 I posted this under the guy who did the uturn, A Truck Driver that can't speak english ran over 3 bikers only got 4 years,
____

Judges need tarring and feathering treatment. Can relatives of these asshole judges at least shame the hell out of them next Thanksgiving?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM (Dv3i1)

59 50 Dems are going to die on this hill because so many other goals hinge on mass migration. The only thing that matter to them is The Revolution
Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (oERdd)

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2 million have already left since January. Only 300,000 have been actively deported by DHS (no matter what's going on with Maryland Man in TN).

Some simple math means that 16 million could leave by the end of Trump's term.

Combine that with DOJ suing to clean up voter rolls, and...2028 could be interesting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO)

60 >>Kathy Hochul just pardoned 13 migrants, including one who was convicted of manslaughter, to shield them from deportation.

A Pardon doesn't remove the Conviction, it removes the penalty.

So, typical leftist cunt is doing nothing but virtue signaling.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM (Z1dZR)

61 Dems are liars, thieves, murderers and generally criminal

ergo...
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (Pv3Rg)
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Twitchy has this post on how the public is actually perceiving Dems as "pro-crime" now.

Dems can't get out of their own way.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM (krQz2)

62 We need high-skilled H1B Indians to come over and drive our trucks, or something.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:21 PM (krQz2)

Driving the trucks that lazy Americans won't drive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM (ExV1e)

63 I suspect there are lots of people at the DMV helping these people cheat the test and the process.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (vZUXb)

You're correct and bu$ine$$ is great!

Posted by: DMV Usual Suspects at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM (wVcYX)

64 But to renew my CDL the DMV demands more documents than I can find. WTF

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM (RqKFg)

65 Yes, she will be damned.

Posted by: steevy at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (YwEeS)

66 btw that other gaywad, little Z man, didn't wear a suit

AGAIN

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (Pv3Rg)

That really bothers me actually. Dressing up is a sign of respect, if not for yourself, then at least for those you are visiting. I dress up for church, not to be a snob, but to show my respect for the Lord when I'm in His house.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (BQn15)

67 Kathy Hochul is insane. She looks insane, she acts insane, yet there she is, running New York. Sometimes it is overwhelming, the state of things.
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Karen.
Bass.

Until lowlifes like Kathy and Karen are bounced from office, its incredibly difficult to take the concept of local government seriously.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (TN0g+)

68 I suspect there are lots of people at the DMV helping these people cheat the test and the process.
Posted by: CaliGirl
_________

Over 2000 licenses were just voided in KY because two clerks were taking money from illegals to issue.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (XvL8K)

69 I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

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FACT CHECK: MOSTLY TRUE.
Governor Hochul will be damned, but not for the reason stated in her tweet.

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (KVJAR)

70 Who cares if the illegal alien is pardoned, the best heart surgeon in the world, a saint, a teacher etc. If you are here illegally you should be deported and arrive properly.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (wrEn7)

71 Any idiot with a functioning brain cell can get a commercial driver's license in CA (and probably anywhere else). In theory, there's federal oversight of CDL issuance, but in reality it's meaningless.

The reality is that companies are desperate for CDL drivers and know how to game the system. The drivers do too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

72 I would completely support a temporary pause on deporting South American illegals, in order to devote all the manpower in to deporting all Indians, middle easterners, and Africans, illegal or otherwise.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (XxEJQ)

73 USCIS affirmed the fear via a positive finding of fear

_____________________

Huh?

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (dIske)

74 >> I suspect there are lots of people at the DMV helping these people cheat the test and the process.

Remember, Drunk Driving is only illegal if you are a US Citizen.

Illegal Aliens are allowed to drive drunk without penalties.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (Z1dZR)

75 Arrest the clerk who approved his CDL. And clerk's boss. Charge with negligent homicide. Put the fear of God in these functionaries.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (rJ48h)

76 He was driving in Florida OF COURSE, due to the "full faith and credit" clause, which Dems are using to show us the "suicide pact" downside of that clause.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (krQz2)

And yet, for some reason, CCLs are exempt from the "full faith and credit" clause.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (ExV1e)

77 Illegal Alien Kills Three Making Wildly Illegal U-Turn in Truck on Highway

What a piker! My illegal alien truck driver killed six! A whole family! In a fire!

Posted by: Gov. George Ryan (who I pray is burning in hell at this moment) at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (D0HYP)

78 Didn't Trump say he was going to look at taking all federal funds from sanctuary cities and states? Is this something that Congress has to do at his request? It will never happen but maybe someone should suggest it.

Posted by: Megthered at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (1Shiz)

79 The illegals are the democrats' ground troops. Now that Trump is pushing a significant number of them out of the country, I suppose the democrats need to start their revolution quickly, before too many are deported.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (0U5gm)

80 THIS is the hill they are willing to die on.

But mostly other people.

Posted by: Jetto at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (8ghQp)
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Nicely done.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (krQz2)

81 Saw a guy following the head of the EU into the WH wearing a suit and sneakers. Dick.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (u73oe)

82 A Pardon doesn't remove the Conviction, it removes the penalty.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 12:26 PM

I think that's a commutation. Doesn't a Pardon wipeout the underlying offense as a matter of justice?

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (jc0TO)

83 face it, illegals were brought here by demonrats as foot soldiers to kill or ruin as many Americans as possible.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (ppG5b)
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Weird that we have no idea who the victims were in the illegal's illegal u-turn crash. Adults? Children? Charlie Kirk is the only one I've seen that even calls them Americans. Most other reports just say three people killed. Perhaps the family understandably wants privacy, but I just find it strange.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (3ImbR)

84 He should have been shot on site. Save the taxpayers lots of money.
Posted by: fourseasons
......

At least light his turban on fire.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (v0R5T)

85 They’re all arriving in individual limos. Trump should’ve sent a bus to collect them. Better yet, a cattle car.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (u73oe)

Hayride?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 12:29 PM (wVcYX)

86 51 I suspect there are lots of people at the DMV helping these people cheat the test and the process.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (vZUXb)

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I was sitting in the NC DMV waiting on my appointment and some Hispanics come in and give a piece of paper to one of the DMV drones. The paper was a driving instructor certification that the allows them to skip the exam and driving test.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 12:29 PM (Vh9CX)

87 72 I would completely support a temporary pause on deporting South American illegals, in order to devote all the manpower in to deporting all Indians, middle easterners, and Africans, illegal or otherwise.

one thousand percent agree!!

if only bc of the DRIVING

the hispanics can at least drive. they tend to drive drunk which is a problem. but these "asians" and Arabs cannot drive stone cold sober!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:29 PM (Pv3Rg)

88 OK, I'll do this: Is this something, because it seems like something.

UK bureaucrat attempts to assert authority and fine 4chan over speech. 4chan goes all "you want some more revolutionary war, bros?"

https://tinyurl.com/5d967ra2

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:29 PM (i24o9)

89 Meanwhile: Kathy Hochul is pardoning killers to keep their records clean so that Trump can't deport them.

That only works if crossing the border isn't illegal. And as much as the Democrats wish that were true, it's not.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (2ocoG)

90 The parade of pussies is arriving at the White House.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
......

Make checks payable to: Z-Dog.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (v0R5T)

91 little Z man, didn't wear a suit
______

Show some respect for the US taxpayer. What a P.O.S. he is.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (Dv3i1)

92 Can we stop calling them "migrants" already?
they are Illegal Aliens.

Posted by: Shaftoe at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (Rvxb7)

93 He was driving in Florida OF COURSE, due to the "full faith and credit" clause, which Dems are using to show us the "suicide pact" downside of that clause.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (krQz2)

And yet, for some reason, CCLs are exempt from the "full faith and credit" clause.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (ExV1e)
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I didn't know that.

Well, then how the hell did his company think he should be hauling outside of California? Were they convinced that if he had a California license, they could conclude a license to drive in all US states?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (krQz2)

94 RNC needs to get a commercial up and running with video of this guy nonchalantly making a u-turn with a big rig on an interstate in broad f-ing daylight while the minivan slammed into the trailer, killing everyone, while the audio is a Gavin Newsome speech on the virtues of immigrants... Something with Newsome's voice in the background and subtitles of how his state freed this guy and gave him a CDL... This is awful.

Posted by: bearski at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (Bhsk7)

95 What was the basis for his fear of being returned to India?

No respect for traffic laws. -- Harjinder Singh

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (ExV1e)

96 94 RNC needs to get a commercial up and running with video of this guy nonchalantly making a u-turn with a big rig on an interstate in broad f-ing daylight while the minivan slammed into the trailer, killing everyone, while the audio is a Gavin Newsome speech on the virtues of immigrants... Something with Newsome's voice in the background and subtitles of how his state freed this guy and gave him a CDL... This is awful.
Posted by: bearski at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (Bhsk7)

=======

The tweet of the video has already reached further than any RNC paid ad could.

So's the information age.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

97 >>I think that's a commutation. Doesn't a Pardon wipeout the underlying offense as a matter of justice?

I am pretty sure you can refer to someone pardoned for the crime of Murder as a Murderer without concerns for defamation...
but, I can be wrong here.
It happens from time to time.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 12:31 PM (Z1dZR)

98 Can we stop calling them "migrants" already?
they are Illegal Aliens.
Posted by: Shaftoe at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (Rvxb7)
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I like the name "border-jumpers".

Simple, sweet, and quite accurate.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:31 PM (krQz2)

99 Afternoon Ace. As a resident of NY I'm looking forward to seeing what leftist the Laotian killer takes out next.
I've pointed out Hochul's history here before. County clerk who won a special election to a replace a RINO who got bounced from Congress for corruption charges. Got pushed aside by redistricting. Cuomo wanted a woman for Lt governor and after his self immolation, she's governor. Yay

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 12:31 PM (oto+M)

100 "Kathy Hochul just pardoned 13 migrants, including one who was convicted of manslaughter, to shield them from deportation."

This is an act of open rebellion. Send in the US Marshalls and arrest her ass. That should have been done when the first sanctuary city was announced by a mayor...believe it was San Fransisco (either Feinstein or Newsome as I recall). That would have nipped this shit in the bud.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 12:31 PM (BQn15)

101 In Oct of 2023, my niece (32 yrs old) and her son (11 yrs old) were killed in a head on with a drunk illegal.

Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at August 18, 2025 12:31 PM (EFZgU)

102 the trucking industry is a corrupt pit. turn over THIS rock, PDJT! there's a mess of snakes there

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:16 PM (Pv3Rg)

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Trump EO (in April):

ENFORCING COMMONSENSE RULES OF THE ROAD
FOR AMERICA’S TRUCK DRIVERS

... Federal law requires that, to operate a commercial vehicle, a driver must “read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.” Yet this requirement has not been enforced in years, and America’s roadways have become less safe.

My Administration will enforce the law to protect the safety of American truckers, drivers, passengers, and others, including by upholding the safety enforcement regulations that ensure that anyone behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle is properly qualified and proficient in our national language, English.

https://is.gd/1l7rTd

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 12:32 PM (C1Pvt)

103 Whew, good thing no American would ever kill anyone in a truck crash.

That said, deport him.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:32 PM (xcxpd)

104 know whatcha mean, Piper, I know whatcha mean.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 12:32 PM (ppG5b)

105 Saw a guy following the head of the EU into the WH wearing a suit and sneakers. Dick.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (u73oe)
~~~~~

About 2/3 of congress critters and their staff now wear sneakers, including the women.

When I was working in NY, lots of people would wear sneakers from the train station to the office but then changed to dress shoes. Not so much anymore.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 12:32 PM (3ImbR)

106 "What is the basis for your fear of returning to India."
"It smells like shit."
"Fear status confirmed. Here's your CDL and ballot."

Posted by: USCIS at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (QArof)

107 So much love for criminal illegal aliens and disdain for actual Americans.

This is how the Dems want to win in 2026?

I say, keep up, a$$holes.

Posted by: Czech Chick at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (vK/Ja)

108 As of early 2025, a total of 19 states plus the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license. These states include:

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (NFX2v)

109 Can we stop calling them "migrants" already?
they are Illegal Aliens.
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Yep.

The only "migrants" are swallows.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (TN0g+)

110 I'd say about 20% of the drivers I encounter don't speak a lick of English. LOTS of foreigners who speak it a little.
Most tragic to see is the sprinter vans with a kids bed propped up in a corner and some smelly person driving. Obviously no shower for weeks.
Many of these transportation companies need to be looked into.

Also of note is this has been the second (maybe third) weekend without dueling marachi bands playing until midnight in my hood. This is a notable change as they have been somewhere around here playing every weekend, all summer for 3 years now.

Posted by: Reforger at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (pxUkb)

111 96 The tweet of the video has already reached further than any RNC paid ad could. So's the information age.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer

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Yeah, just need something with Newsome's voice in the background praising migrants is all...

Posted by: bearski at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (Bhsk7)

112 I dress up for church, not to be a snob, but to show my respect for the Lord when I'm in His house.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 12:27 PM (BQn15)

Ironic, given that Adam & Eve were expelled from the Garden for dressing up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (ExV1e)

113 Steve Robinson @BigSteve207

New: Illegal Alien Driving on Maine Permit Hits, Kills Pedestrian in Lewiston

Lionel Francisco, 31, the driver of a Buick that hopped the curb and killed a woman in Lewiston on Friday, has been detained by ICE and will be deported. His country of origin is Angola.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (TGPs7)

114 What was the basis for his fear of being returned to India?

Maybe he's Islamic? Although as far as I'm aware a lot of them live in India perfectly fine even though the Hindus (correctly) hate them.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (2ocoG)

115 A meme is born

https://tinyurl.com/2utnmdy8

Re: Zelenskyy

goes to X

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (AOsQT)

116 I suspect there are lots of people at the DMV helping these people cheat the test and the process.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (vZUXb)

———

I was sitting in the NC DMV waiting on my appointment and some Hispanics come in and give a piece of paper to one of the DMV drones. The paper was a driving instructor certification that the allows them to skip the exam and driving test.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 12:29 PM (Vh9CX)
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CDL schools are big business and a source of a lot of the problems. They practically self-certify their own "graduates" and that may have been what was presented to the DMV.

Needless to say, the CDL schools make money from enrolling and graduating CDL drivers. Most of their tuition is paid by big transportation companies looking to hire graduates. The schools have every incentive to fudge whatever they have to get their graduates CDL licenses. If they don't, the companies will use another school that does.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

117 About 2/3 of congress critters and their staff now wear sneakers, including the women.

that's incredibly lame and gay

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (Pv3Rg)

118 Ironic, given that Adam & Eve were expelled from the Garden for dressing up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (ExV1e)

That...wasn't why they were expelled...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (xcxpd)

119 Brief description of the AB60 bill which grants CA licenses to illegals. The Benefits section is a sick joke. Even though I live here in CA, I'd be happy to see all Federal funding pulled.

_____________________________
Eligibility: To be eligible, applicants must be able to prove their identity and California residency, pass a driving test, a vision test, and other standard driver's license requirements. They don't need a Social Security number.
The AB 60 License: This license is marked with "Federal Limits Apply" to indicate it cannot be used for federal purposes, such as boarding a flight or entering certain federal buildings.
Benefits: The AB 60 license allows undocumented individuals to drive legally within the state, making roads safer, and potentially reducing hit-and-run accidents. It also provides a form of identification for non-federal purposes within California, according to Bulldog Law.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (NLtte)

120 Oregon had an ballot initiative in 2014 to give illegals driver's licenses.

The voters voted it down 2-1.

The Oregon legislature voted to give illegals driver's licenses anyway in 2019.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (xTIDn)

121 How is India a suspect country?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (krQz2)

122
"They damaged my truck!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (kkTda)

123 103 Whew, good thing no American would ever kill anyone in a truck crash.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:32 PM (xcxpd)

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Wow, same snarky comment the Leftists make about illegal alien rapists and murderers.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (Vh9CX)

124 I see multiple references to the guy's 'criminal history' but no further mention of it. I mean, this is enough to condemn the guy, I'm just curious what if any *other* criminal history he has. Also wondering what the picture of the (Sikh?) guy holding the gun dangling from the rearview in that video was about...

Posted by: bearski at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (Bhsk7)

125 114 What was the basis for his fear of being returned to India?

Maybe he's Islamic? Although as far as I'm aware a lot of them live in India perfectly fine even though the Hindus (correctly) hate them.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (2ocoG)

With a name like 'Singh' he's probably a Sikh.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (xcxpd)

126 The Democrats want these illegals to be counted in the census and to be able to vote. It doesn't matter if they kill people as long as their vote is counted.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (NpAcC)

127 ars now.
Posted by: Reforger at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (pxUkb)

I notice that if I buy something big the delivery truck is driven by a dude that doesn't speak english but the dude riding shotgun does all the talking. I always think how can you drive the truck if you can't speak English and I guess now I know, they're bribing someone to cheat the test.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (vZUXb)

128 Doesn't a Pardon wipeout the underlying offense as a matter of justice?

OTOH, any number of Democrats have, in the past, informed me that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt. I believe that SCOTUS has ruled to that effect.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (ExV1e)

129 Ironic, given that Adam & Eve were expelled from the Garden for dressing up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (ExV1e)

What a bizarre comment.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (guCHD)

130 In Oct of 2023, my niece (32 yrs old) and her son (11 yrs old) were killed in a head on with a drunk illegal.
Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at August 18, 2025 12:31 PM (EFZgU)
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I'm very sorry to hear that, SR. Unforgivable.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (3ImbR)

131 A modest proposal:

Step 1: All CDL's issued by California are immediately suspended.
Step 2: CDL will be re-instated on showing proof of citizenship
Step 3: Any lost wages, and any other losses to shippers/receivers will be awarded with treble damages, with the money withheld from any federal highway funds California is receiving
Step 4: FedGov will sue any officials involved to recover funds.

Posted by: Chuck C at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (D0HYP)

132 two drunk illegal aliens drove across a NJ highway and thru a center median onto incoming traffic and murdered one of the best - if not the best - vascular surgeons ever

leaving a widow and two sons, and a lot of devastated friends.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (Pv3Rg)

133 Some of the comments to Collin Rugg's post are insane - it's the van driver's fault, he (the illegal alient) provides infinitely more value than you (directed at Collin), etc. The far left brainwashing remains incredibly strong. The left has no popular issues and no popular people but they can still put a large team of lunatics onto the field.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (2ap+5)

134 2 Deport them all.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (u73oe)
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Illegal aliens, or judges? Or both?

Posted by: Eeyore at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (s0JqF)

135 126 The Democrats want these illegals to be counted in the census and to be able to vote. It doesn't matter if they kill people as long as their vote is counted.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (NpAcC)

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I want the mid-decade census to say that there are only, like 260 million people in the US because illegals aren't counted.

It would be quite illuminating.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (GBKbO)

136 The tweet of the video has already reached further than any RNC paid ad could.

So's the information age.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

I'd like to see a Trump speech. Something to the effect that too many Americans are losing their lives because of the illegals in this country, and the states that are complicit will suffer consequences. Consequences like they wouldn't believe. The consequences will be HUGE!

Then do it. All of it. Up to and including de-certifying these states that are in open rebellion as states.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (dGCAG)

137 Proposals for Allowing Undocumented Immigrants to Drive:

Several bills, such as House Bill 279 and House Bill 2835, have been introduced by Pennsylvania House Democrats that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses or learner's permits using alternative identification like a taxpayer identification number.
Advocates for these bills, like the Driving PA Forward coalition, argue that allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain licenses would:
Improve road safety by requiring testing and insurance for more drivers.
Increase state revenue through licensing fees, taxes, and vehicle-related purchases.
Make it easier for undocumented immigrants to access essential services and contribute to the economy.
Reduce the fear of interacting with law enforcement for undocumented individuals in traffic situations.

So always $ and "representation."
--
Speaking of that, who do the families of 3 killed in the terrible accident sue? Government?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (NFX2v)

138 123 103 Whew, good thing no American would ever kill anyone in a truck crash.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:32 PM (xcxpd)
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Wow, same snarky comment the Leftists make about illegal alien rapists and murderers.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (Vh9CX)

Shitty drivers who kill aren't a unique speciality of fuzzy legged foreigners. I had a high school friend killed by a good old corn fed American.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

139 As of early 2025, a total of 19 states plus the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license.
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That sentence *as written* is garbage.

By labelling them "undocumented", it pre-supposes that someone could walk in wearing a Batman outfit and be provided a driver's license. I don't believe that's what is taking place. I believe instead that they are providing licenses to those whose only documentation suggests that they are not in the country legally. They are giving licenses to people with *names*, and those names are coming from documents. They are not issuing licenses to "the undocumented".

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (TN0g+)

140
Was he driving for Swift?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (kkTda)

141 114 What was the basis for his fear of being returned to India?

Maybe he's Islamic? Although as far as I'm aware a lot of them live in India perfectly fine even though the Hindus (correctly) hate them.
____

Named "Singh" typically means he's Sikh. Which are generally good guys, relatively speaking. But there are bad apples in every culture.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (Dv3i1)

142 allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license. These states include:

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine

Hey! I think we may be on to a way to divide the country in our divorce!

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (pZEOD)

143 Watch this video and realize that he only got 4 years for driving over 3 Bikers, He also could not speak English
https://tinyurl.com/339fxxhd

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (FCrpy)

144 California tries to 'own' President Trump about turbanhead's entry into the U.S., instead self-owns about giving him a DL:

https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1957167562384662906

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (0sNs1)

145 To be fair, that style of driving is an Indian cultural expression, so we shouldn't judge.

Posted by: Brisco_County_Sr at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (Y0InX)

146 The main thing that needs to happen is that government officials are held personally liable for malfeasance.

Whether school officials, judges, mayors, DAs Police, or whatever, they essentially are untouchable. At “best” the taxpayer is punished by being shaken down by bottom feeding attorneys. Suing the government is counterproductive and seems worse than useless.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (2VfHu)

147 Wow. I needed a hit to my blood pressure evidently.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (bss/y)

148 Alex Jones@RealAlexJones

BREAKING: Trump told Zelensky to be sure and wear a suit on his visit to DC this time.

The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Zelensky met with Trump Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg this morning in DC dressed like a slob…

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (TGPs7)

149 Ironic, given that Adam & Eve were expelled from the Garden for dressing up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (ExV1e)

What a bizarre comment.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (guCHD)
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Yeah, that's like Nietzsche's take that God condemned A & E for "eating from the Tree of Knowledge", meaning gee, God/the Church doesn't like knowledge.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (krQz2)

150 Looks like domestic terrorism to me. He had to know he was pretty much setting up a deathtrap for normal Americans on an interstate highway...no different than setting a bomb.

I'd charge for a death penalty

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (tOcjL)

151 The illegals are the democrats' ground troops. Now that Trump is pushing a significant number of them out of the country, I suppose the democrats need to start their revolution quickly, before too many are deported.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (0U5gm)

They're just doing the politicking that American commies wont. It's really an act of love.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (i24o9)

152 As of early 2025, a total of 19 states plus the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (NFX2v)
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Utah?! What the hell, Utah?!

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (3ImbR)

153 The problem is Democrats don't view these people as anything other than a voting bloc.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (2sg1c)

154 He was driving in Florida OF COURSE, due to the "full faith and credit" clause, which Dems are using to show us the "suicide pact" downside of that clause.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:23 PM (krQz2)

And yet, for some reason, CCLs are exempt from the "full faith and credit" clause.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:28 PM (ExV1e)
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I didn't know that.

Well, then how the hell did his company think he should be hauling outside of California? Were they convinced that if he had a California license, they could conclude a license to drive in all US states?
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:30 PM (krQz2)

CCL == Concealed Carry License. Not a driver's license.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (ExV1e)

155 A modest proposal:

Step 1: All CDL's issued by California are immediately suspended.
Step 2: CDL will be re-instated on showing proof of citizenship
Step 3: Any lost wages, and any other losses to shippers/receivers will be awarded with treble damages, with the money withheld from any federal highway funds California is receiving
Step 4: FedGov will sue any officials involved to recover funds.
Posted by: Chuck C at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (D0HYP)

We can start there, but I want ALL licenses issued by the state rendered null and void.

You want to drive? You want to get on an airplane? You want your vote to count? Show up at a federal facility, and show proof you are a citizen.

Period.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (dGCAG)

156 About 2/3 of congress critters and their staff now wear sneakers, including the women.

LOL. I had a problem with plantar fasciitis, and discovered that I could eliminate 99.8% of the problem by wearing sneakers instead of dress shoes.

So, for twenty years, I wore black sneakers with my suit, and I had a little speech ready if anyone asked why I was wearing sneakers.

No one ever asked.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (xTIDn)

157 120 Oregon had an ballot initiative in 2014 to give illegals driver's licenses.

The voters voted it down 2-1.

The Oregon legislature voted to give illegals driver's licenses anyway in 2019.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (xTIDn)

Oregon and WA both have a long history of illegally ignoring the will of the people. They hold the power and the judges and that's all there is to it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (xcxpd)

158 The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Zelensky met with Trump Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg this morning in DC dressed like a slob…

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (TGPs7)

Make him wait 4 hours. Then, summarily send him home without a word.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (i24o9)

159 Giorgia Meloni gets out of car, looks around: "*sigh*, no Elon."

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (G0vdT)

160 156 So, for twenty years, I wore black sneakers with my suit, and I had a little speech ready if anyone asked why I was wearing sneakers.

No one ever asked.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (xTIDn)

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So...why are you wearing those sneakers with your suit?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (GBKbO)

161 DOT and Federal Highway Administration should pull all CA Federal funding immediately.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (g47mK)

162 Whew, good thing no American would ever kill anyone in a truck crash.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: the really gnarly crashes where people are turned into jam and everything's on fire almost always involve illegals. Regular viewers of dashcam channels on YouTube know the phrase "no license, registration, or insurance and Judge Please Fillmycooter released them on no bail".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (2ocoG)

163 148 Alex Jones@RealAlexJones

BREAKING: Trump told Zelensky to be sure and wear a suit on his visit to DC this time.

The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Zelensky met with Trump Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg this morning in DC dressed like a slob…
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (TGPs7)

Cause he's a prick of the highest order.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (2sg1c)

164 Did Cali give him a "Real ID" too.

Posted by: Operator Error at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (EFwtd)

165 152 As of early 2025, a total of 19 states plus the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (NFX2v)
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Utah?! What the hell, Utah?!
Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (3ImbR)

From what I understand (big cavet) the Mormons are big on border jumping being an 'act of love'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:40 PM (xcxpd)

166 A modest proposal:

Cut off all Federal highway funding to any state that gives driver's licenses to illegals.

Pretty simple.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 18, 2025 12:40 PM (xTIDn)

167 “Undocumented” is just euphemistic horse shit. They have all sorts of documents. Makes it sound like they lost their wallet.

The goal has been to overwhelm the “system” for 60 years now, and that’s why “they” are facilitating the invasion. It is illegal and wrong and those responsible should be put in prison.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:40 PM (2VfHu)

168 There was an article/post a number of months ago about the trucking industry and how they skirt US laws by opening up a HQ or satellite office in Mexico. The rules and regulations for trucks there are... lax compared to here. And cheaper to run.

So they'll go through the motions and get the paperwork all sorted out to be able to send trucks into the US. They'll likely need to be registered in a state here, but that's just a paperwork exercise. The driver's are not screened as they are here in the US either.

Whether the Indian dude was in this sort of situation isn't really the issue, but it's a huge loophole in the transportation biz that opens us up to it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 12:40 PM (Q4IgG)

169 They are counted. Every single body in the US is supposed to be counted for/in the Census.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:40 PM (NFX2v)

170 Named "Singh" typically means he's Sikh. Which are generally good guys, relatively speaking. But there are bad apples in every culture.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (Dv3i1)
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Absolutely. Sikh's very often are genuinely nice and humble people.

Now, I know that Sikhism is not Hinduism, but am I supposed to believe that India is waging pogroms on Sikhs?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:40 PM (krQz2)

171 The driving of commercial vehicles in general is a yuge problem. Legal driver or not, minority or not, valid CDL or not -- the whole thing is a problem. The drivers drive like idiots, and many are trying to "beat the clock" because they're late, they have deadlines to meet, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:41 PM (iFTx/)

172 Deport them all.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (u73oe)
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Illegal aliens, or judges? Or both?
Posted by: Eeyore at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (s0JqF)

yes, yes, and democrats...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 12:41 PM (v6XNT)

173 >With a name like 'Singh' he's probably a Sikh.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo
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yeah, he had the trademark do-rag

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 12:41 PM (AOsQT)

174 I imagine a scene where secret service pulls Z aside and dresses him in a suit and tie.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 12:41 PM (g47mK)

175 Give him a break. Maybe the towel on his head was wrapped too tight.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2025 12:41 PM (v0R5T)

176 A meme is born

https://tinyurl.com/2utnmdy8

Re: Zelenskyy

goes to X
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (AOsQT)

Did you know that if you put a + at the end of your tinyurl it will take you to a preview page?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (ExV1e)

177 So are we experience Indianphobia now?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (OPGS/)

178 Americans kill Americans *all the time* and at a much higher rate than immigrants killing Americans. He's not a demon from hell because he's from another country.

BuT DeH DeMoCrAtS!!1! 🤣🤣🤣

Maga says nothing about right wing coyotes smuggling these guys and getting them fake SS cards. Or the right wing trucking bussiness that hire them. Coyotes love crackdowns and love maga it increases the money they charge. Maga is like the skinheads in amerixan history x when you find out they deal drugs with all the gangs.

I don’t understand this take on “illegal” as if Americans don’t kill Americans on the road every day, sometimes by making an illegal U-turn. The loss of life isn’t any less when an American causes it.

Illegal immigrant, who entered under Trump's watch in 2018, killed a family under Trump's watch in 2025. Trump always finds a way to make his dickriders (🫵

look stupid.

His lack of expression is probably shock. I'm sure you know how you'd react when you realise that an action of yours will have life changing consequences for many people.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (JCZqz)

179 I imagine a scene where secret service pulls Z aside and dresses him in a suit and tie.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 12:41 PM (g47mK)

He needs a haircut, too.

Posted by: Mutt Rombley at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (wVcYX)

180 >>Shitty drivers who kill aren't a unique speciality of fuzzy legged foreigners. I had a high school friend killed by a good old corn fed American.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (xcxpd)
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I don't know the circumstances of your friends, death, and I'm sorry to hear about it, but the difference is this accident was 100% preventable. The foreigner had no right to be here in the first place, and if he had not illegally entered teh country, the "accident" would never have happened.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (bNf8H)

181 "I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

Much better form Amercan to be robbed, maimed and killed than an illegal alien be lonely. And how is it possible they don't know a soul there anyway? They were born and grew up there.

Posted by: Ripley at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (GUOwU)

182 That...wasn't why they were expelled...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (xcxpd)

Sure, sure, but observing the technical facts wouldn't have let me make the joke.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (ExV1e)

183 >>I imagine a scene where secret service pulls Z aside and dresses him in a suit and tie.

I would provide him with an ill-fitting suit and a super gay tie.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (Z1dZR)

184 178 Maga says nothing about right wing coyotes smuggling these guys and getting them fake SS cards. Or the right wing trucking bussiness that hire them. Coyotes love crackdowns and love maga it increases the money they charge. Maga is like the skinheads in amerixan history x when you find out they deal drugs with all the gangs.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (JCZqz)

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right wing coyotes, wut?

And they'd be surprised to hear us shit on the trucking companies because we're supposed to love all business except Disney, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (GBKbO)

185 One might assume the whole conflict would be over by now were it not for Zelensky and his frail ego.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (2sg1c)

186 From what I've read, the company that hired him has had complaints.

I thought that the folks pulling the dead bodies from the van, should have stopped, grabbed a couple of ropes and a convenient tree. There's no question they were guilty of causing those deaths. A quick bit of justice would send a message to others.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (kUxzU)

187 178 Illegal immigrant, who entered under Trump's watch in 2018, killed a family under Trump's watch in 2025. Trump always finds a way to make his dickriders (🫵 look stupid.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (JCZqz)

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"The judicial coup is Trump's fault."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (GBKbO)

188 If DeSantis' tweet is correct, how uneducated might one be as an Indian who does not speak English?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (QArof)

189 “Undocumented” is just euphemistic horse shit. They have all sorts of documents. Makes it sound like they lost their wallet.

The goal has been to overwhelm the “system” for 60 years now, and that’s why “they” are facilitating the invasion. It is illegal and wrong and those responsible should be put in prison.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:40 PM (2VfHu)
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Well, I think the best argument is by relative comparison. They say "No one is illegal." As if using "illegal" to qualify "alien" is calling them illegal, and applying it to the whole person.

Thus, few of these people are really *undocumented* as well. It would be odd that "they pay taxes" in a totally undocumented way.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (krQz2)

190 148 Alex Jones@RealAlexJones

BREAKING: Trump told Zelensky to be sure and wear a suit on his visit to DC this time.

The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Zelensky met with Trump Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg this morning in DC dressed like a slob…
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (TGPs7)
*******
Very disrespectful.
Trump should gift him with a suit.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (NpAcC)

191 The ringmaster's suit from My Cousin Vinny.

What could be more appropriate?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (NFX2v)

192 Another Florida Man story.

Maybe Florida needs to build a Singh Singh penitentiary for all of these illegal fucks, similar to the one in New York.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (/vPt3)

193 181 "I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

Much better form Amercan to be robbed, maimed and killed than an illegal alien be lonely. And how is it possible they don't know a soul there anyway? They were born and grew up there.
Posted by: Ripley at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (GUOwU)

Deport his friends along with him.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (2ap+5)

194 If DeSantis' tweet is correct, how uneducated might one be as an Indian who does not speak English?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (QArof)
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Indeed, How.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (krQz2)

195 So are we experience Indianphobia now?
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (OPGS/)

My sister lives in Indiana. She doesn't scare me.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (dGCAG)

196 Not much of a chance of the assholes Hochul pardoned showing up here or around any family member of mine...and pray they don't Hochul. But they will be around someone's family members. And a lot of dads and grnadpas are getting pissed.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (2WIwB)

197 During World War II Enrico Fermi could not fly on aircraft, because technically speaking, he was Enemy Alien. Nor could he own a shortwave radio, camera, or binoculars.

The government was serious about security in those days.

They have been serious about it in recent decades as well. Serious about the destruction of the country. There are no coincidences in politics. If something happens that way, they want it that way.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (2VfHu)

198 164 Did Cali give him a "Real ID" too.

No, the law states the DL's are not Real IDs.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (NLtte)

199 I would provide him with an ill-fitting suit and a super gay tie.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (Z1dZR)
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Dress him like Ruprecht the Monkey Boy.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (PSEDc)

200 One might assume the whole conflict would be over by now were it not for Zelensky and his frail ego.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (2sg1c)
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Frail ego plus he has every personal incentive to keep the war going: (i) it's been insanely personally profitable to him and (ii) as soon as the war ends, he's yesterday's rancid semen and would get clobbered in any fair election.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (iFTx/)

201 Deport him to CECOT for life.

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For ideally a sentence measured in seconds ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (eskar)

202 I imagine a scene where secret service pulls Z aside and dresses him in a suit and tie.

Or a T-shirt that says THIS MAN HAS NO DICK, with a hat tip to Peter Venkman.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (2ocoG)

203 So...why are you wearing those sneakers with your suit?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM

You're assuming he's wearing a suit to comment here???

Heck, most of the Book Thread readers don't even wear pants, according to Bob from NSA.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (0sNs1)

204 Shitty drivers who kill aren't a unique speciality of fuzzy legged foreigners.

None of the crimes foreigners commit here are. But they are surplus instances that wouldn't take place here if the foreigners weren't here. Maybe I'm just missing some prior context from upthread ... but I don't get it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (guCHD)

205 195 So are we experience Indianphobia now?
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (OPGS/)

My sister lives in Indiana. She doesn't scare me.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (dGCAG)

Bobby Knight scared me.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (2sg1c)

206 And then strip California of every federal dollar for as long as it takes. Rogue states must not be allowed to continue shielding, coddling, and licensing illegals.

May have already been posted but rather than just withholding federal dollars, states should step up and consider any and all forms of identification out of California has fraudulent.

Every California Drivers License should be considered as valid as something out of a Cracker Jack box or cut out of a comic book.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (+4Cf6)

207 What a bizarre comment.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 12:35 PM (guCHD)
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Yeah, that's like Nietzsche's take that God condemned A & E for "eating from the Tree of Knowledge", meaning gee, God/the Church doesn't like knowledge.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (krQz2)

It was a joke, people. Lighten up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (ExV1e)

208 I guess we could deport him to Cary NC.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (2ap+5)

209 If DeSantis' tweet is correct, how uneducated might one be as an Indian who does not speak English?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (QArof)
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Indeed, How.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (krQz2)

*single tear of appreciation slowly rolls down cheek*

Posted by: Count Iron Eyes de Monet at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (wVcYX)

210 200 One might assume the whole conflict would be over by now were it not for Zelensky and his frail ego.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (2sg1c)
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Frail ego plus he has every personal incentive to keep the war going: (i) it's been insanely personally profitable to him and (ii) as soon as the war ends, he's yesterday's rancid semen and would get clobbered in any fair election.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:45 PM (iFTx/)

Preach it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (2sg1c)

211 180 >>Shitty drivers who kill aren't a unique speciality of fuzzy legged foreigners. I had a high school friend killed by a good old corn fed American.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (xcxpd)
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I don't know the circumstances of your friends, death, and I'm sorry to hear about it, but the difference is this accident was 100% preventable. The foreigner had no right to be here in the first place, and if he had not illegally entered teh country, the "accident" would never have happened.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (bNf8H)

Sure and I agree, he never should have been driving.

But that's a separate issue from shouting about Illegal Aliens killing people as if they are uniquely shitty.

Critique the man, by all means. Deport him, by all means. But this all feels like hysterical shouting rather than solemn observation of a tragedy perpetrated by an asshole, regardless of where he's from.

I dunno. I'm very opposed to illegal immigration but something about the framing here just rubs me the wrong way.

Or maybe it's just the flu talking.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (xcxpd)

212 Trump should have a loaner jacket and tie for Zelinsky.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (M1zzI)

213 Americans kill Americans *all the time* and at a much higher rate than immigrants killing Americans. He's not a demon from hell because he's from another country.
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Ah, the straw man that's good enough for them, ploy.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (krQz2)

214 "They say "No one is illegal." As if using "illegal" to qualify "alien" is calling them illegal, and applying it to the whole person. "

That is just stupid bumper sticker/yard sign virtue signaling logic. It makes no sense when given more than a few sends of thought.

Posted by: Ripley at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (GUOwU)

215
I am not - repeat, not - going to church naked.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (kkTda)

216 How stupid does someone have to be to grow up in India and not speak English? He must have never left his neighborhood before coming to the US.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (+qhbP)

217 >>

would provide him with an ill-fitting suit and a super gay tie.
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Polka-dot print, giant shoes, and a red foam nose.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (bNf8H)

218 The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Zelensky met with Trump Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg this morning in DC dressed like a slob…

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (TGPs7)

Make him wait 4 hours. Then, summarily send him home without a word.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:39 PM (i24o9)

Have a big map up of Ukraine with a proposed new border. When he arrives in t-shirt and jeans, move the line 10 km west.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (ExV1e)

219 Bobby Knight scared me.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (2sg1c)

Not me. But then, I never refereed a game he was coaching.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (dGCAG)

220 205 195 So are we experience Indianphobia now?
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (OPGS/)

My sister lives in Indiana. She doesn't scare me.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (dGCAG)

Bobby Knight scared me.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (2sg1c)

Angry. Angry man.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:48 PM (xcxpd)

221 From what I understand (big cavet) the Mormons are big on border jumping being an 'act of love'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:40 PM (xcxpd)
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Figures. Like Catholic Charities.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2025 12:48 PM (3ImbR)

222 Time to start naming and shaming these "Judges." They need to go on blast for everyone of these scumbags they release that go on to cause a death until they are removed from the bench.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at August 18, 2025 12:48 PM (ilHZO)

223 I thought they taught English in India starting in elementary school. Is this driver also unable to read road and traffic signs?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 12:48 PM (WfBjo)

224 It's not Indianaphobia when Indiana wants you, and you can't go back there.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 12:48 PM (0sNs1)

225 Have the Marine Corps honor guard at the door tell the faggot dwarf coke head that the White House has a dress code.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:48 PM (2VfHu)

226 So are we experience Indianphobia now?
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (OPGS/)

My sister lives in Indiana. She doesn't scare me.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (dGCAG)

Bobby Knight scared me.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (2sg1c)

just keep him away from courtside chairs and you should be fine...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (v6XNT)

227 215
I am not - repeat, not - going to church naked.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (kkTda)

We're gonna put you down as a "maybe."

Posted by: nude mass coordinator at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (guCHD)

228 I'd like to FL charge whoever signed this guy's license as an accessory.

CA will refuse to extradite, but start making their be a cost for bringing in illegals.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (t0Rmr)

229 195 So are we experience Indianphobia now?
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (OPGS/)

My sister lives in Indiana. She doesn't scare me.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (dGCAG)

Bobby Knight scared me.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:46 PM (2sg1c)

Lord, I can't go back there.

Posted by: R. Dean Taylor at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (wVcYX)

230 Critique the man, by all means. Deport him, by all means. But this all feels like hysterical shouting rather than solemn observation of a tragedy perpetrated by an asshole, regardless of where he's from.

I dunno. I'm very opposed to illegal immigration but something about the framing here just rubs me the wrong way.
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Vitriol is directed at the killer, and at the people in government who circumvented laws to allow the killer on our highways among many, many other killers who shouldn't be here. Pretty simple, I thought.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (Dv3i1)

231 It'd be nice to see PDTS dress down that lil Z grifter in public before sending him away and telling him he can come back when he's dressed appropriately.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (luW68)

232 Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore claimed Thursday that it was “an honest mistake” when he lied about being a prestigious Bronze Star recipient on a 2006 White House fellowship application.

Moore, who was 27 years old when he applied for the White House position, blamed his Army superiors for the inclusion of the falsehood on the application and said he never corrected the mistake because he was eager to “begin the next phase” of his life, in a statement released after the New York Times reported on the embellishment.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (RHGPo)

233 If you follow Trucker accounts on X the booking and Trucking companies are not legit, they take pictures of the company numbers on the side and they see that 20 companies from the same small house, and now they are finding out these are all shell companies that are in India.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (FCrpy)

234 We have enough intelligent Indian immigrants that we certainly don't need the dumb ones.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 12:50 PM (WfBjo)

235 He's not a demon from hell because he's from another country.
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Ah, the straw man that's good enough for them, ploy.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (krQz2)

This is correct. He's not a demon from hell because he's from another country.

He's a demon from hell because he came here illegally and killed three Americans.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:50 PM (dGCAG)

236 I imagine a scene where secret service pulls Z aside and dresses him in a suit and tie.

I would provide him with an ill-fitting suit and a super gay tie.

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Dress him like Ric Ocasek circa 1981.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:50 PM (TN0g+)

237 >>>Maga says nothing about right wing coyotes smuggling these guys and getting them fake SS cards. Or the right wing trucking bussiness that hire them. Coyotes love crackdowns and love maga it increases the money they charge. Maga is like the skinheads in amerixan history x when you find out they deal drugs with all the gangs.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (JCZqz)

Right wing coyotes? These guys live in their own fantasy movie.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:50 PM (i24o9)

238 Another Florida Man story.

Maybe Florida needs to build a Singh Singh penitentiary for all of these illegal fucks, similar to the one in New York.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 12:44 PM (/vPt3)

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Expand and create The Gulf of Gator Gitmo!

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 12:50 PM (5xmcJ)

239 Maga says nothing about right wing coyotes smuggling these guys and getting them fake SS cards. Or the right wing trucking bussiness that hire them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2025 12:42 PM (JCZqz)

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right wing coyotes, wut?

And they'd be surprised to hear us shit on the trucking companies because we're supposed to love all business except Disney, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (GBKbO)
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Dummies. Coyotes are left wing, duh. Wolves are right wing.

Trucking companies and CDLs were once fairly tightly regulated. But the nuclear explosion of commercial trucking and transportation use -- far more goods to ship, point-to-point Amazon-style delivery, Ubers, etc -- put a strain on supply of quality CDL drivers.

And yes, I know you don't need a CDL for Uber and certain Amazon delivery vans. But the explosion of demand for these drivers diluted the pool of potential CDL drivers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (iFTx/)

240 They had a naked restaurant in London I think.

The staff were dressed but the customers were given rooms separated from each other and it was clothes optional.

The concept did not last long and I'd hate to be the guy in charge of cleaning up between customers...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (t0Rmr)

241 I have a 'kid' dressing in that disgusting 'down for the struggle look' when not in the office.

A well educated, well-paid, lunatic leftist creating hell in half the family.

And, no, we're (me & it) not speaking if you should wonder.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (NFX2v)

242 Shitty drivers who kill aren't a unique speciality of fuzzy legged foreigners. I had a high school friend killed by a good old corn fed American.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (xcxpd)
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Did anybody make that claim?

He had the same disregard for posted law that he had for immigration law. If he had not had a disregard for the law--which is probably in some way reinforced by the forbearance of his first disregard for the law--he would not have tried what he tried.

It doesn't prevent native-born Americans having disregard for the law, but at least we punish American citizens for their precursors to a deadly disregard of the law where possible.

It's really a simple point, and arguing straw men doesn't make yours.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (krQz2)

243 But that's a separate issue from shouting about Illegal Aliens killing people as if they are uniquely shitty.

Critique the man, by all means. Deport him, by all means. But this all feels like hysterical shouting rather than solemn observation of a tragedy perpetrated by an asshole, regardless of where he's from.

I dunno. I'm very opposed to illegal immigration but something about the framing here just rubs me the wrong way.

I lived in Orlando for 17 years. Nobody on the planet drives worse than Asians (including CJK, Indians, Vietnamese, etc, etc). Saw it every day. So yeah, with apologies to Dr. King, I definitely will prejudge some people for some activities based on their ethnicity.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (2ocoG)

244 The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Zelensky met with Trump Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg this morning in DC dressed like a slob…

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (TGPs7)

He's obviously making a 'statement' but I have no idea what it is. Other than that he's a classless boor.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (BQn15)

245 Solemn observation of a tragedy?

This entire incident occurred because of the failed state of California.

This needs to be screamed

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (9bTYG)

246 My sister lives in Indiana. She doesn't scare me.
Posted by: BurtTC

Given that many folks from Indiana seem to be yearning for Death's sweet embrace, I'd be nervous.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:52 PM (OPGS/)

247 Too many weirdos trying to combine normal stuff and nudity.

Hey, we should do a nude Trivia night at the bar!

Why not a nude supermarket? The jokes about the melons would be a hoot.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:52 PM (2sg1c)

248 Whew, good thing no American would ever kill anyone in a truck crash.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:32 PM (xcxpd)
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Wow, same snarky comment the Leftists make about illegal alien rapists and murderers.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (Vh9CX)

Shitty drivers who kill aren't a unique speciality of fuzzy legged foreigners. I had a high school friend killed by a good old corn fed American.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

I'm not clear on the point that you're making here.

The lesson would seem to be that if Ol' Harjinder had been properly deported back to India, he wouldn't have been here to murder that family.

No presence of illegal alien, no vehicular murder.

Whereas your point seems to be that Harjinder should be welcomed into the Club of Vehicular Murderers of America since we in this here country have a bunch of vehicular murderers of our own. So, it's really no big deal that an illegal alien committed vehicular murder.
Have I got that right?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 12:52 PM (iJfKG)

249 But they are surplus instances that wouldn't take place here if the foreigners weren't here.
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There’s at least one country, regardless of who is at fault, in an auto collision the foreigner/tourist is held at fault with no exception for insurance purposes.

The legal principle is, if he wasn’t in their country the collision would not could not have occurred. Fair, no. But there is a certain logic to it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:53 PM (2VfHu)

250 232 Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore claimed Thursday that it was “an honest mistake” when he lied about being a prestigious Bronze Star recipient on a 2006 White House fellowship application.

Moore, who was 27 years old when he applied for the White House position, blamed his Army superiors for the inclusion of the falsehood on the application and said he never corrected the mistake because he was eager to “begin the next phase” of his life, in a statement released after the New York Times reported on the embellishment.
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 12:49 PM (RHGPo)

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I wonder if he would have put the rest of his life on hold for as long as it took to get the bronze star added to his application if he had one and his superiors had left it out.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 18, 2025 12:53 PM (2ap+5)

251 yum yum shitty
yummy shit pebbles

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 12:53 PM (Rr1Jv)

252 Critique the man, by all means. Deport him, by all means. But this all feels like hysterical shouting rather than solemn observation of a tragedy perpetrated by an asshole, regardless of where he's from.

The death of every single person killed by an illegal whether its murder, vehicular homicide or drugs, is on the illegal alien lobby.

Absent illegals these victims would still be alive.

The fact that there are people killed be Americans doesn't change this fact.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (t0Rmr)

253 183 >>I imagine a scene where secret service pulls Z aside and dresses him in a suit and tie.

I would provide him with an ill-fitting suit and a super gay tie.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (Z1dZR)

And charge him for it.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (UnA8+)

254 Too many weirdos trying to combine normal stuff and nudity.

Hey, we should do a nude Trivia night at the bar!

Why not a nude supermarket? The jokes about the melons would be a hoot.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:52 PM (2sg1c)

I've seen me naked. I wouldn't inflict that on anyone else. Except the wife and it's her own fault for marrying me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (ExV1e)

255 And they'd be surprised to hear us shit on the trucking companies because we're supposed to love all business except Disney, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (GBKbO)
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They have an endless of army of straw zombies.

They don't understand the idea of championing markets is that the market is EQUALLY hostile to all participants.

And every significant participant always seeks away around the hostility of the market.

What do they mean by "Right-wing trucking companies"? Non-nationalized trucking, or something?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (krQz2)

256 I figured when you wear one of those goofy wraps on your head, you were a man of some conviction and devotion.

I, at least, had it right on the conviction side of the argument.

Lock him up!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (/vPt3)

257 212 Trump should have a loaner jacket and tie for Zelinsky.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (M1zzI)

That would be so funny especially if it was way too big for him as the loaner would have to be as he's a tiny man.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (vZUXb)

258 There's something in common here between the US and other "western" places. A pervasive Safety First Nanny State that makes you go through absurd tribulations just to get the paperwork and permits and permissions you need to simply make a living... "If It Saves One Life", etc. .... but then throws all of that onerous nonsense out the window when it feels like it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (VoAdT)

259 Not that the family can ever be made whole but again I ask: "... who do the families of 3 killed in the terrible accident sue?

What's their recourse?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (NFX2v)

260 I posted this story on my FB to ask of my liberal friends (rhetorical, as I thought I didn't have any left), and this is the response I got from your standard issue Illinois public school graduate:

"Illegal immigrants are not "allowed" to get driver's licenses. They pay Capitalist a$$holes off to get them Illegally. Liberals do not want ILLEGAL immigrants we just don't want conservatives to F with legal immigrants. Get a clue and stop drinking the cool aid"

I'm trying to be understanding of his cognitive abilities as he's Polish but am simmering a bit.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (qwx/I)

261 "President Trump released a Truth Social statement Monday morning announcing he will sign an executive order outlawing mail-in ballots nationwide.

He’s also targeting the easily-manipulated voting machines that leave no paper trail to back them up."

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 12:55 PM (g47mK)

262 Too many weirdos trying to combine normal stuff and nudity.

Were I a younger man I could get behind this for first dates.

Yes yes it would be easy on the eyes but more to the point making sure your date is in fact an XX before you give her a good night kiss.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:55 PM (t0Rmr)

263 The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Zelensky met with Trump Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg this morning in DC dressed like a slob…

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 18, 2025 12:38 PM (TGPs7)

He's obviously making a 'statement' but I have no idea what it is. Other than that he's a classless boor.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (BQn15)

He's a 50 year old teenager with Daddy Issues.

"You can't make me put on a suit, old Man! I'm my own person!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 12:55 PM (iJfKG)

264 Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore claimed Thursday that it was “an honest mistake” when he lied about being a prestigious Bronze Star recipient on a 2006 White House fellowship application.

Tim Kennedy has entered the chat.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 12:55 PM (OPGS/)

265 260 "Illegal immigrants are not "allowed" to get driver's licenses. They pay Capitalist a$$holes off to get them Illegally. Liberals do not want ILLEGAL immigrants we just don't want conservatives to F with legal immigrants. Get a clue and stop drinking the cool aid"

I'm trying to be understanding of his cognitive abilities as he's Polish but am simmering a bit.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (qwx/I)

=======

"Probably should vote against the state legislators who made it legal for illegal immigrants to get DLs in IL, then. Sounds like they're secret Republicans that you keep supporting."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:55 PM (GBKbO)

266 >>Hello everyone! How was your weekend?

In between going to the range and building a road on my property, I had to monitor a multiday all-day Teams Call for a Multicast/2110 rollout Network rollout.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2025 12:55 PM (ESpk0)

267 "I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

This is going to be one of the most stupid things a politician says this week. And we have Zelensky in town.
Gawd, what an incredibly insensitive and ignorant thing to say.
Yes, Hochul, you may very well be damned.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 12:55 PM (2WIwB)

268 He's obviously making a 'statement' but I have no idea what it is. Other than that he's a classless boor.

The Euro cucks probably put him up to it. I'm sure Starmer and Macron think it's hilarious and shows that they're Serious Resistance Against Trump or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (2ocoG)

269 They had a naked restaurant in London I think.

The staff were dressed but the customers were given rooms separated from each other and it was clothes optional.

The concept did not last long and I'd hate to be the guy in charge of cleaning up between customers...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (t0Rmr)
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It was all the rage among certain pretentious foodies and likeminded idiots. The PR featured pics of very scantily-clad good looking girls and guys. The reality was farm animals and high percentage of ass pirates. Kinda like the "nude beach" thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (iFTx/)

270 I posted this story on my FB to ask of my liberal friends (rhetorical, as I thought I didn't have any left), and this is the response I got from your standard issue Illinois public school graduate:

Can I introduce him to my very leftwing neighbors bitching about Trump deporting their "affordable" nannies and gardeners?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (t0Rmr)

271 Have a big map up of Ukraine with a proposed new border. When he arrives in t-shirt and jeans, move the line 10 km west.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:47 PM (ExV1e)

lol

Then, turn and begin speaking into the cameras directly to the Ukrainian people while berating this POS as an unserious, petulant child unfit to hold the Ukrainian public's trust and encourage the Ukrainian people to remove him by whatever means so that the peace process can begin.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (i24o9)

272 THIS is the Democrats constituency.

THIS is the hill they are willing to die on.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Challenge Accepted.

And it's more of a swamp than a hill. See you soon.

Posted by: Alligators at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (2sMLA)

273 258 There's something in common here between the US and other "western" places. A pervasive Safety First Nanny State that makes you go through absurd tribulations just to get the paperwork and permits and permissions you need to simply make a living... "If It Saves One Life", etc. .... but then throws all of that onerous nonsense out the window when it feels like it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (VoAdT)

You can't gather in public unless a black man takes an unplanned dirt nap!

Posted by: Covid: The Motion Picture at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (guCHD)

274 268 He's obviously making a 'statement' but I have no idea what it is. Other than that he's a classless boor.

The Euro cucks probably put him up to it. I'm sure Starmer and Macron think it's hilarious and shows that they're Serious Resistance Against Trump or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (2ocoG

The statement is Trump ain't my daddy, while everyone knows Trump is his daddy.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (2sg1c)

275 Back in the day (when I was very, very, very) young, some uber fancy 5 star restaurants that were jacket and tie not optional, provided a jacket to a patrons who would show up without one.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (g47mK)

276 He's obviously making a 'statement' but I have no idea what it is. Other than that he's ~~a classless boor~~ retarded.
Posted by: Chairborne!

Recommended edit for accuracy.

Posted by: Fake AoS editor at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (JCZqz)

277 Liberals do not want ILLEGAL immigrants...
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Well that's a lie.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (TN0g+)

278 d'you remember that ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (g47mK)

279 262 Yes yes it would be easy on the eyes but more to the point making sure your date is in fact an XX before you give her a good night kiss.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:55 PM (t0Rmr)

If her name is "Sophie", "Lilith", "Chloe", or "Luna", she's got a penis.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (UnA8+)

280

"I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

That weird looking cunt is totally nuts.

I wish Tom Wolfe were still around.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (et1vG)

281 Deport the fucking judge.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (BQn15)

It's beginning to become evident that there is a need for some sort of extrajudicial agency to discipline rogue judges and rogue public officials. Exactly what form it would take and, and how it would function is as yet undetermined.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (lFzYm)

282 Shitty drivers who kill aren't a unique speciality of fuzzy legged foreigners. I had a high school friend killed by a good old corn fed American.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

And the comment was a lot of American citizens also commit rape and murder but that has absolutely nothing to do with allowing more murderers,rapists and unqualified third world truck drivers into the country. Citizens we can't do anything about . Illegals we can and should which would reduce these tragedies.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (EYmYM)

283 They had a naked restaurant in London I think.

The staff were dressed but the customers were given rooms separated from each other and it was clothes optional.

The concept did not last long and I'd hate to be the guy in charge of cleaning up between customers...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (t0Rmr)

The brown track marks on the chairs had to be a bummer.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 12:58 PM (guCHD)

284 The driver saw and knew what was going on, so he is a disturbing person for not caring. I know, human life doesn't mean much in a lot of the world, especially places like India but still. He just look mildly annoyed.

But the other guy, he has no idea what happened, he heard a bang and felt a jar. Its not hard to guess but he doesn't know so I can give him a pass. He seems remarkably incurious though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 12:58 PM (dfIr7)

285 at 51

I took my daughter to a rural license bureau in Ohio to take her temp test. There were 10 hispanics taking the test and none of them spoke English. Good news for them, there was an interpreter gi ving them all the answers. I asked the clerk is anyone in the office spoke spanish and of course no one did. At the time, there was a Dem gov and the local offices were advised to let all newcomers apply for licenses

Posted by: gycincy at August 18, 2025 12:58 PM (G/ZRw)

286 211 But this all feels like hysterical shouting rather than solemn observation of a tragedy perpetrated by an asshole, regardless of where he's from. I dunno. I'm very opposed to illegal immigration but something about the framing here just rubs me the wrong way. Or maybe it's just the flu talking.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo a

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It's the latter. Nobody is fuming that if we only had no illegal immigrants, there would be no bad drivers / driving fatalities. The fuming would be over yet another illegal killing Americans while Democrats & media (redundant) rabidly fight, slander, and gas-light about illegal immigrants so they can further their goal to increase and retain electoral power irrespective of the safety of average citizens. That's why these people are dead and many people are fuming. It's not because somebody is a bad driver. It's because the country is flooded with illegal aliens to boost Democrat electoral power, and Democrats have no problem with Americans being killed by them as collateral damage towards that end.

Posted by: bearski at August 18, 2025 12:58 PM (Bhsk7)

287 142 Hey! I think we may be on to a way to divide the country in our divorce!
Posted by: Piper

Or we stay together in a rotten marriage because it's too complicated. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:58 PM (NFX2v)

288 Back in the day (when I was very, very, very) young, some uber fancy 5 star restaurants that were jacket and tie not optional, provided a jacket to a patrons who would show up without one.
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Yes, I learned that from Rockford Files and Beverly Hills Cop.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:58 PM (TN0g+)

289 Kathy Hochul just pardoned 13 migrants, including one who was convicted of manslaughter, to shield them from deportation.

I got bad news for ya: ICE is going to deport them even harder now

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 12:58 PM (dfIr7)

290 The reality was farm animals and high percentage of ass pirates. Kinda like the "nude beach" thing.

I wandered on to a nude beach in Jamaica once by accident.

It was mostly naked old French guys, but there was also one young female Canadian (by their accent) group who were taking naked pictures of each other.

At least at that point I was very pro-Canada...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (t0Rmr)

291 Evidently, Zelensky has not worn a suit since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, opting instead for military-style clothing to symbolize solidarity with his country during the war. He stated he would wear a suit only after the war is over.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (NpAcC)

292 277 Liberals do not want ILLEGAL immigrants...
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Well that's a lie.
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (TN0g+)

======

Theory:

These particular liberals don't want it but are so ensconsed in their bubbles that they don't realize that their leadership has been openly advocating for open borders for years now.

Discuss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

293 Wonder how many Uber drivers are illegal migrants.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (OA79/)

294 Good news, everyone! New York Governor Hoochie Koochie has found Jesus!

This Dem Governor Just Pardoned a Killer Migrant to Save Him From Deportation.
. . . .
“Unless I believe someone poses a danger, I follow what the Bible tells us: ‘Forgive one another as God in Christ forgave you.’” — Gov. Hochul
. . . .
Vatthanavong, 52, was convicted of manslaughter in his late teens after fatally shooting someone in 1988, which he claimed was self-defense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (L/fGl)

295 Dummies. Coyotes are left wing, duh. Wolves are righ

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:51 PM (iFTx/)
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I guess they're to the point now that if money is exchanged and the government isn't paying or receiving money, it's "free market" and "right wing".

Anything done for a profit motive (which appears in the control centers of "socialist" governments as well) is "right wing".

Dem, stupid and stupider is no way to go through life.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (krQz2)

296 It was all the rage among certain pretentious foodies and likeminded idiots. The PR featured pics of very scantily-clad good looking girls and guys. The reality was farm animals and high percentage of ass pirates. Kinda like the "nude beach" thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (iFTx/)

I recall the nude sushi thing where they'd put the food on leaves adorning a nude woman. I assume you could get guys also if you wanted that for some reason. Don't recall seeing anything about diners being naked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (ExV1e)

297 The recent report released by Energy Secretary Chris Wright on the climate impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. has caused quite a stir in the climate science arena.

The report also takes a significant departure from what might be considered the “mainstream view of climate science” by calling the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 emission scenario what it truly is: implausible and unrealistic. RCP 8.5 was developed as an extreme worst-case, but its overuse as a “business as usual” scenario with extreme climate change impacts has resulted in many misleading studies and media reporting.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (RHGPo)

298 259 Not that the family can ever be made whole but again I ask: "... who do the families of 3 killed in the terrible accident sue?

What's their recourse?
Posted by: L - No nic

Maybe sue California, if they granted him a CDL but something inappropriate occurred with the process.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (JCZqz)

299 Deport the fucking judge.

Every Biden judge I look up is either an immigrant or the child of immigrants.

It can't be accidental that is happening at such a rate

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (t0Rmr)

300 If her name is "Sophie", "Lilith", "Chloe", or "Luna", she's got a penis.
____

Not fair. My daughter is friends with a Sophie and a Chloe, they are 100% beautiful young women.

I can't vouch for "Lilith" or "Luna" though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (Dv3i1)

301
Heck, most of the Book Thread readers don't even wear pants, according to Bob from NSA.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Bob's right! And not only do I read the Book Thread in my briefs, when someone has an opinion I don't like, I take it out.

Posted by: Debased Bibliophile at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (G5+As)

302 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:54 PM (ExV1e)

That's amusingly self deprecating.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (2GCMq)

303 My guess is that nudism is one of those things that might sound good in theory but is going to be something you wish you had never seen in practice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (dfIr7)

304 They had a naked restaurant in London I think.
Posted by: 18-1

The Spotted Dick was to die for.!

Posted by: Buttigig at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (cYBz/)

305 It's beginning to become evident that there is a need for some sort of extrajudicial agency to discipline rogue judges and rogue public officials. Exactly what form it would take and, and how it would function is as yet undetermined.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (lFzYm)

I recommend public stocks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (i24o9)

306 the standards are so low for DLs that the written portion of the test are given in probably 180 languages. So these people don't need to know a word of english to get a DL.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (g47mK)

307 They had a naked restaurant in London I think.
Posted by: 18-1

The Spotted Dick was to die for.!

Posted by: Buttigig at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (cYBz/)

Food tasted like ass.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (i24o9)

308 Back in the day (when I was very, very, very) young, some uber fancy 5 star restaurants that were jacket and tie not optional, provided a jacket to a patrons who would show up without one.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (g47mK)
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Still is that way for most of the extremely high-end NYC restaurants. Daniel, Per Se, Le Bernardin, etc. I'm not sure they will still turn you away for not wearing a business jacket, but they will turn you away if you're not at least in proper business casual.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

309
Theory:

These particular liberals don't want it but are so ensconsed in their bubbles that they don't realize that their leadership has been openly advocating for open borders for years now.

Discuss.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

The average lefty does not recognize that we have the right to control our borders. If you get in under the wire. Then that's the same as legal migration. In fact better, you really wanted in more than the legal chumps.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (OA79/)

310 If Zelenskyy can't put on a suit and tie and shave his fucking face once in while, then he's just another hobo looking for a handout. Fuck him!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (/vPt3)

311 Liberals do not want ILLEGAL immigrants...
-------

Well that's a lie.
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:57 PM (TN0g+)

Did they fail to mention their position that no immigrant is illegal?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (ExV1e)

312 What I would like DJT to say to the eurocunts.

Europeans have been fighting each other for all of recorded history. Don’t expect America to send her sons and daughters to you continent to unfuck your bullshit a third time. If you want war with Russian, you’re on your own. Also, some of you need a shower and some deodorant.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (u73oe)

313 I recall the nude sushi thing where they'd put the food on leaves adorning a nude woman. I assume you could get guys also if you wanted that for some reason. Don't recall seeing anything about diners being naked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (ExV1e)

Seems a wrong choice for dinner.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (2sg1c)

314 The Z-Dog dresses like LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (CN4kN)

315 Why would you name Lilith? Just go whole hog and call her Baphomet...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (t0Rmr)

316 "Why not a nude supermarket? The jokes about the melons would be a hoot."

And the cucumber jokes... for some of us.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (6qf1m)

317 What was the basis for his fear of being returned to India? That's a bullshit loophole that needs to be closed or adjusted.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (EYmYM)

He might have, or claim to have, connections with the Sikh separatist movement, who are scum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (lFzYm)

318 291 Evidently, Zelensky has not worn a suit since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, opting instead for military-style clothing to symbolize solidarity with his country during the war. He stated he would wear a suit only after the war is over.

what a fucking theater kid!

I love the idea of PDJT gifting him a nice suit publicly during this. and then saying "it was hard to find one in children's sizes"

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (Pv3Rg)

319 These particular liberals don't want it but are so ensconsed in their bubbles that they don't realize that their leadership has been openly advocating for open borders for years now.

Discuss.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (GBKbO)
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Little to add.

But also, this could be an instance where they don't particularly feel that they want border-jumpers all that much for their own purposes. It could be a evasion of the fact that they vote for the main purveyors of open-border policies.

No? Then communicate that to your reps!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (krQz2)

320 Hey! I think we may be on to a way to divide the country in our divorce!
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 12:37 PM (pZEOD)

Which two are not like the others?

Hint: NV and UT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (0eaVi)

321 The average lefty does not recognize that we have the right to control our borders. If you get in under the wire. Then that's the same as legal migration. In fact better, you really wanted in more than the legal chumps.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM (OA79

I'm fine with this approach. If you make it, you're in. However, have you seen the movie Running Man?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:03 PM (2sg1c)

322 The Z-Dog dresses like LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes.

Yeah well he's playing a role. Its the job of a lifetime, there were several movies made in the 80s about that like Moon over Parador and Dave.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:03 PM (dfIr7)

323 We lost most of our charm when we started catering to this riff-raff in jackets and ties.

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at August 18, 2025 01:03 PM (G5+As)

324 You can look at this story another way, too:

Dude is here illegally, which is of course his fault. But he's essentially an indentured servant. That's how it works when you're Indian. You work for some family that's "sponsoring" you, giving you a job in their family business and paying you in room and board while you pay off your fees for them getting you here. And they are generally not kind "employers". Guy is under the gun 24/7, driving illegally long hours, faking his log book, running heavy, etc etc etc. Who knows why exactly, but it's not difficult to imagine many reasons why he would panic and bust a wildly unsafe u-ey to save his own skin. Weigh station ahead. Cops. Took a wrong exit and it going to be behind schedule and catch a literal beating from his "sponsors". Who knows. Not excusing the guy. But it's likely a lot deeper than "This Guy Sucks". Yeah, sure, but so does everyone else in this story that isn't directly named.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 01:03 PM (VoAdT)

325
But he comfortably wore a suit in his frigging Netflix series, Servant of the People (TV Series 2015–2019)

Oh, yes, he's a fighter. Seriously? He's 100% fraud.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 01:03 PM (NFX2v)

326 319 Little to add.

But also, this could be an instance where they don't particularly feel that they want border-jumpers all that much for their own purposes. It could be a evasion of the fact that they vote for the main purveyors of open-border policies.

No? Then communicate that to your reps!
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (krQz2)

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Heck, it could be that they reject anything bad they hear about the Democrat Party as right wing misinformation.

They have an ideal of what the Party is, and anything that doesn't align with it is simply not true because it would be too much to process.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (GBKbO)

327 Hi.. What did I miss ? Have "they" met yet ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (VE6XX)

328 It was all the rage among certain pretentious foodies and likeminded idiots. The PR featured pics of very scantily-clad good looking girls and guys. The reality was farm animals and high percentage of ass pirates. Kinda like the "nude beach" thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:56 PM (iFTx/)

I recall the nude sushi thing where they'd put the food on leaves adorning a nude woman. I assume you could get guys also if you wanted that for some reason. Don't recall seeing anything about diners being naked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (ExV1e)
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In Japan, the nude sushi thing is so prevalent it's got a name formal name (which I don't remember right now), and goes back centuries. Don't ask me how I know. It's pretty rank, actually. The Japanese have some foul traditions. Seriously.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

329 The average lefty does not recognize that we have the right to control our borders. If you get in under the wire. Then that's the same as legal migration. In fact better, you really wanted in more than the legal chumps.

Honestly I don't think this is actually true.

The average lefty repeats the talking points they are told to repeat.

And the leadership wants illegals for their votes and to grift off the welfare illegals get.

If tomorrow the illegals started voting for Rs the Democrats would demand Trump deport them all immediately.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (t0Rmr)

330 A human being would show some sort of regret, remorse, distress at being in such an accident. This guy's completely unperturbed behavior suggests he's either retarded or sociopathic.

Posted by: red speck at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (0Id0S)

331 It can as deep as the ocean. Who can the family sue?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (NFX2v)

332
Not fair. My daughter is friends with a Sophie and a Chloe, they are 100% beautiful young women.

I can't vouch for "Lilith" or "Luna" though.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (Dv3i1)

They also use ace as a new name.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (vZUXb)

333 Apparently an Austrian court just ruled that Shari'ah may be applied to people in Austria.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 01:05 PM (UnA8+)

334
No? Then communicate that to your reps!
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (krQz2)

Sure... I'm in CA. I have no reps...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:05 PM (VE6XX)

335 Why do politicians insist on wearing soldier clothes as if they're somehow fighting on the front lines. It's a disgrace to the actual soldiers that Zee boy looks like a midget commando.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:05 PM (2sg1c)

336 "Why not a nude supermarket? The jokes about the melons would be a hoot."

And the cucumber jokes... for some of us.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (6qf1m)

*goes to Asian nude food market*

*does Captain Morgan pose*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:05 PM (i24o9)

337 329 Honestly I don't think this is actually true.

The average lefty repeats the talking points they are told to repeat.

And the leadership wants illegals for their votes and to grift off the welfare illegals get.

If tomorrow the illegals started voting for Rs the Democrats would demand Trump deport them all immediately.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (t0Rmr)

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Show them that video of the NY rep saying she needs illegals to boost the Democrats' ability to stuff Congress with Democrats, and they'd call it fake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:05 PM (GBKbO)

338 "Why not a nude supermarket? The jokes about the melons would be a hoot."

And the cucumber jokes... for some of us.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (6qf1m)

I see the mushrooms are out.

Posted by: Produce Picker at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (wVcYX)

339 >.. who do the families of 3 killed in the terrible accident sue?

What's their recourse?
----
first, you sue the trucking company
then you sue whomever 'trained' Hadji as a CDL driver
then you sue whomever granted the CDL

I don't know, I have no legal training
But I did hold a CDL, and one of the first things they teach you is, you don't do a U-turn in the median of a divided freeway in a tractor-trailer rig

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (AOsQT)

340 "Hello everyone! How was your weekend?"

Humid. It was 'only' 77%, but it was made out of heavy water.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (hrQS8)

341 The motive for open borders has always been White Genocide & Replacement Theory.

They don't hide -- and are overtly proud of -- it ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (CN4kN)

342 "The negative image of the Democratic Party has been manufactured by the media.

They highlight the party's faults and inner divisions as a way to sanitize the Republican, independent and non-voting alternatives. In the responsible adult world, the only live options are the imperfect Democratic Party, the MAGA authoritarians, and the selfish sidelines.

Watching cable news you would think the primary cause of the emerging kleptocracy is not corrupt Republicans but Democrats not doing enough to stop them."

-- DU commenter

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (0sNs1)

343 History's worst monster!

James Comey Declares Himself a ‘Swiftie,’ Says Taylor Swift’s Music Helps Him Oppose Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (L/fGl)

344 And the cucumber jokes... for some of us.

Sir, those are for pickling.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (+qhbP)

345 It's too bad the judge who blocked his deportation won't suffer any consequences.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (kTd/k)

346 316 "Why not a nude supermarket? The jokes about the melons would be a hoot."

And the cucumber jokes... for some of us.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Beanie Wienies and Vienna Sausages.

Posted by: Canned Response at August 18, 2025 01:07 PM (G5+As)

347 Hi.. What did I miss ? Have "they" met yet ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (VE6XX
******
Not yet.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 01:07 PM (NpAcC)

348 "I'll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don't know a soul." -- @GovKathyHochul

--

Rancid Beaverface probably has no problem with them swarming into the USA where they "don't know a soul."

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 01:07 PM (qBdHI)

349 There must be an opening to partake in some guerilla political warfare by getting in on these idealistic members of a party and convincing them that their leadership has been taken over by Republicans in hiding.

"Yes, we all know that only corporatist Republicans would support open borders, so we have to find the Democrats who vote for it and eliminate them electorally."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

350 *goes to Asian nude food market*

*does Captain Morgan pose*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:05 PM (i24o9)

Reminds me, we need gherkins

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (2sg1c)

351 They had that pitch-black restaurant thing that was a fad for a while. You eat in the dark and don't see what you're eating. So dumb. I'm not sure how it's even physically possible to do it, but somehow they did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

352 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (Rr1Jv)

353 It's too bad the judge who blocked his deportation won't suffer any consequences.

Seems to me this is a legal theory that should be tested out...in FL state courts.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (t0Rmr)

354 I usually give the Lefties a micro example though as you might expect they claim it's totally different.

I tell them what if a person is able to scale the country club fence and utilize all the amenities of the club but is eventually found out. Should he be allowed to stay and continue using the club until he has a formal hearing by the club's board a few months down the road?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (EYmYM)

355 342 "The negative image of the Democratic Party has been manufactured by the media.

They highlight the party's faults and inner divisions as a way to sanitize the Republican, independent and non-voting alternatives. In the responsible adult world, the only live options are the imperfect Democratic Party, the MAGA authoritarians, and the selfish sidelines.

Watching cable news you would think the primary cause of the emerging kleptocracy is not corrupt Republicans but Democrats not doing enough to stop them."

-- DU commenter
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (0sNs1)

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The media silenced Stephen Colbert right after he called Trump Putin's cockholster, it's true.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (GBKbO)

356 History's worst monster!

James Comey Declares Himself a ‘Swiftie,’ Says Taylor Swift’s Music Helps Him Oppose Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (L/fGl)

Dude looks like an aged Rachel Maddow.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (i24o9)

357 310 If Zelenskyy can't put on a suit and tie and shave his fucking face once in while, then he's just another hobo looking for a handout. Fuck him!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

It'll be great if the DC patrols throw him out assuming he's some homeless squatter.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2025 01:09 PM (JCZqz)

358 30+ years in the transportation and logistics industry and I am not surprised in the least. Used to run a fleet for a MD company that ran coast to coast and the owner, in a moment of candor, said that he would not let most of his drivers borrow the company pick up truck to run the the store. These are the same people he put behind the wheel of a 40 ton $200k truck to run to the coast. I knew it was fucked up 25 years ago. Americans no longer want to drive trucks

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 18, 2025 01:09 PM (ycs3a)

359 *goes to Asian nude food market*

*does Captain Morgan pose*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:05 PM

You been heah fo howah! You go now!!!!!!

Posted by: Asian Nude Food Market owner at August 18, 2025 01:09 PM (0sNs1)

360 Both the Torah and the Bible say the same things about migrants, commanding " "The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one of your citizens: you shall love them as yourself, for you were once strangers in Egypt."

What do they say about invaders who violate your laws and your women?

Posted by: Rob Crawford at August 18, 2025 01:09 PM (+qhbP)

361 James Comey Declares Himself a ‘Swiftie,’ Says Taylor Swift’s Music Helps Him Oppose Trump

Yeah he gushes about his first concert at age 50 seeing the 19 year old Swift and thinking she was so great. Um... dude.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:09 PM (dfIr7)

362 Reminds me, we need gherkins

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (2sg1c)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (i24o9)

363 Evidently, Zelensky has not worn a suit since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, opting instead for military-style clothing to symbolize solidarity with his country during the war. He stated he would wear a suit only after the war is over.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (NpAcC)

Here's video of Zelensky attending the NATO summit wearing a suit...

https://youtu.be/9dgAzRF96m4

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (ExV1e)

364 > first, you sue the trucking company

I'm not a lawyer, but I would guess they will simply argue the guy had a valid CDL, permission to work in the US, and he had a clean or relatively clean record.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (lIio7)

365 History's worst monster!

James Comey Declares Himself a ‘Swiftie,’ Says Taylor Swift’s Music Helps Him Oppose Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:06 PM (L/fGl)

Dude looks like an aged Rachel Maddow.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (i24o9)
_____

Except Comey knows what dick tastes like. Maddow don't.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)

366 Unless I believe someone poses a danger, I follow what the Bible tells us: ‘Forgive one another as God in Christ forgave you.’” — Gov. Hochul

Absolute misuse of the Bible. Forgiveness does not obviate the need for human justice, in addition the person who could forgive on the temporal plane would be the family of the person the illegal killed. She should have no say in it. if an illegal kills a family member of hers then she could be the one to forgive him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (2GCMq)

367 Deport his family. None of this shit stops without ending chain migration. We're done being the world's janitor.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (mlg/3)

368 *goes to Asian nude food market*

*does Captain Morgan pose*

In a store full of Vienna Sausages, let the ladies see a bratwurst.

Posted by: Yes I'm going to hell at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (t0Rmr)

369 My cousin wasn't allowed in the Russian Tea Room without a jacket, so they lent him several sizes too small, with the sleeve barely past his elbows.

They should do the same to the ZMan.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (wBaIH)

370 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (Rr1Jv)

371 361 James Comey Declares Himself a ‘Swiftie,’ Says Taylor Swift’s Music Helps Him Oppose Trump

Yeah he gushes about his first concert at age 50 seeing the 19 year old Swift and thinking she was so great. Um... dude.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:09 PM (dfIr7)

He's slowly becoming a weirdo like Adam Schiff.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (2sg1c)

372 163 148 Alex Jones@RealAlexJones

BREAKING: Trump told Zelensky to be sure and wear a suit on his visit to DC this time.

The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Zelensky met with Trump Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg this morning in DC dressed like a slob…

Just because Zelensky made a pile of money because Rockstar used his likeness to portray Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV, doesn't mean he can show up in a f**king track suit for high level diplomatic talks.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (cHLus)

373 Why would you name Lilith? Just go whole hog and call her Baphomet...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:01 PM

Tell me about it...

Posted by: Dr. Fraser Crane at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (y9ksN)

374 "Americans no longer want to drive trucks"

I'd be fine with driving a truck, but I'll never learn how to back up a semi with the kind of precision I see around here. I could handle the over-the-road part, and let Singh do the parking.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (hrQS8)

375 Both the Torah and the Bible say the same things about migrants, commanding " "The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one of your citizens: you shall love them as yourself, for you were once strangers in Egypt."

Aside from the usual "you don't believe a word of the Bible, so don't lecture me from it" the problem here is that this is about settlers and travelers, not invaders.

Its like this: if you have someone in your home, you treat them as a guest. If someone breaks in through the window... not so much.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (dfIr7)

376 The left: Immigrants are just doing the jobs Americans won't do

Also leftists: It isn't fair that salaries are so low for a bunch of these jobs

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (t0Rmr)

377 366 Unless I believe someone poses a danger, I follow what the Bible tells us: ‘Forgive one another as God in Christ forgave you.’” — Gov. Hochul

Well Kathy.. I'm more of an Eye for an Eye sort of Gal...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (VE6XX)

378 @NFLonFOX
·
8m
The #Browns have named Joe Flacco their starting QB

he is 40 years old

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (AOsQT)

379 376 The left: Immigrants are just doing the jobs Americans won't do

Also leftists: It isn't fair that salaries are so low for a bunch of these jobs
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (t0Rmr)

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"The supply demand curve is racist patriarchy stolen by the white man from black Africa."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (GBKbO)

380 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (R

You were dropped on your head as an infant right? When the atheist Left copy and paste Bible passages to allegedly support their position it's sadly hilarious because they actually think it's a gotcha.

Take your medication.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (EYmYM)

381 Trucking accident? May I be of assistance?

Posted by: Jim Adler, The Texas Hammer at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (wVcYX)

382 The BBC admitted on Monday, following criticism, that a Gazan woman it claimed died from starvation had leukemia, amending its article accordingly.

International media widely reported over the weekend that 20-year-old Marah Salah Mahmoud Zohry (also known as Marah Abu Zuhri) died from malnutrition in an Italian hospital after being evacuated from Gaza.

The BBC subsequently tweeted that Zohry “died of malnutrition,” giving its article this headline.

However, on Sunday, Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said that Zohry had an aggressive form of leukemia, sharing a medical report regarding Zohry from the Nasser Hospital Cancer Center Outpatient Clinic in Gaza.

According to that document, Zohry’s blood film results were “in keeping with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).” If untreated, the average survival rate of APL is said to be less than a month.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (RHGPo)

383 380 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 01:08 PM (R

You were dropped on your head as an infant right? When the atheist Left copy and paste Bible passages to allegedly support their position it's sadly hilarious because they actually think it's a gotcha.

Take your medication.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (EYmYM)

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Listen, he just wants to eat his own shit pebbles. Can you hate a man for that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:13 PM (GBKbO)

384 I doubt a lot of people on the left are *strict* Marxists, meaning they know the theory and their consciously making decisions based on this theory.

However, their political categorizations are entirely captured by Marxist meanings. So, even though they may not personally understand and champion the 6th stage of history or the preceding Dictatorship (In The Name) of The Proletariat, they use pattern recognition within the categories of the left to replicate Marxist categorizations.

Thus, although robber barons predate "Free Market" by many centuries, if not millennia, the "profit motive" is "right wing".

Which just so happens to mesh with the knowledgeable leftists designation of anything that resists progressing through Marx's stages of history as "Right wing".

Thus, by their own acceptance and broad categorizations, they convey Marxist classifications, even if they are not knowingly Marxists in ideology.

But their ignorance of Marxist theory seems to be a platform to claim personal ignorance, and by extension innocence from Marxist motives.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:13 PM (krQz2)

385 The Ukrainian dictator just showed up for meetings in a T-shirt..

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (cHLus)

Should have been thrown out or given a ridiculous looking jacket to wear. He's insulting me by doing this.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 01:13 PM (0eaVi)

386 M (VE6XX)

378 @NFLonFOX
·
8m
The #Browns have named Joe Flacco their starting QB

he is 40 years old
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (AOsQT

The next Tom Brady!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:13 PM (2sg1c)

387 Unless I believe someone poses a danger, I follow what the Bible tells us: ‘Forgive one another as God in Christ forgave you.’” — Gov. Hochu

I'm not a danger to you, I'm just going to take all your money and your stuff. Forgive me. I am not a danger to you, I am just going to defame and destroy your career and reputation. Forgive me.

Again, this is not a Christian woman. She's just trying to weaponize the Bible in a crassly manipulative manner. Its like Satan quoting scripture to Jesus in the wilderness.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:13 PM (dfIr7)

388 > BREAKING: Trump told Zelensky to be sure and wear a suit on his visit to DC this time.
------------
Have Z-man participate via Zoom from the parking lot across the street if he's not dressed accordingly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 01:14 PM (Q4IgG)

389 "Forgiveness does not obviate the need for human justice"

I wish I could discuss that with you on the side.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 01:14 PM (hrQS8)

390 387, the parallel is quite exact

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 01:14 PM (ppG5b)

391 As of early 2025, a total of 19 states plus the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license. These states include:

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (NFX2v)

Let's take a guess at what they all have in common.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 01:14 PM (g8Ew8)

392 370 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (Rr1Jv

Eloquent, as always.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:14 PM (2sg1c)

393 374 "Americans no longer want to drive trucks"

I'd be fine with driving a truck, but I'll never learn how to back up a semi with the kind of precision I see around here.

put me in, coach!

Posted by: chatgpt at August 18, 2025 01:14 PM (v3pYe)

394 Z has black shirt, black jacket, no tie. What a dork.

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 01:15 PM (G0vdT)

395 "Americans no longer want to drive trucks"

I'd be fine with driving a truck, but I'll never learn how to back up a semi with the kind of precision I see around here. I could handle the over-the-road part, and let Singh do the parking.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 01:11 PM (hrQS

I can't even back up a dump cart on a ride on mower.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 01:15 PM (snZF9)

396 the "profit motive" is "right wing".

I saw a funny graph that captured the cost of groceries over time.

There was an increase under Obama and a MUCH larger, continuous one, under Biden.

The helpful graph noted that apparently that's when groceries stores, collectively, all decided to become greedy.

Amazing how they can work together so well isn't it? Almost like instead of greed there is some larger thing, call it a market, telling them a specific type of cost, call in inflation, is raising prices...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:15 PM (t0Rmr)

397 Let's take a guess at what they all have in common.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 01:14 PM (g8Ew

They don't.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 01:15 PM (0eaVi)

398 M (VE6XX)

378 @NFLonFOX
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8m
The #Browns have named Joe Flacco their starting QB

he is 40 years old
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:12 PM (AOsQT

Let the kid play.

Posted by: George Blanda at August 18, 2025 01:15 PM (wVcYX)

399 Listen, he just wants to eat his own shit pebbles. Can you hate a man for that?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:13 PM

No, but you'd be surprised at the amount of H8rs we encounter.

Posted by: Coprophagics at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (0sNs1)

400 Forgiveness does not obviate the need for human justice

Right. And another thing: I forgive the man who mugged me but I'm not going down a dark alley with them again, either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (dfIr7)

401 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (Rr1Jv)

402 I'm not a lawyer, but I would guess they will simply argue the guy had a valid CDL, permission to work in the US, and he had a clean or relatively clean record.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2025 01:10 PM (lIio7)
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Well, if CDLs aren't recognized under full faith and credit, it's still his trucking company that gave him gigs outside of California.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (krQz2)

403
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (NFX2v)

Yup.. I'm in CA.. They're driving here for sure..... Any time locally we have a drunk driving accident story odds are it's a Hispanic driver....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (VE6XX)

404 No, but you'd be surprised at the amount of H8rs we encounter.

Posted by: Coprophagics at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (0sNs1)

Shouldn't you be writing that in the original German?

Posted by: Obligatory at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (t0Rmr)

405 Evidently, Zelensky has not worn a suit since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, opting instead for military-style clothing to symbolize solidarity with his country during the war. He stated he would wear a suit only after the war is over.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (NpAcC)

Hell, when I was a soldier, a T-shirt didn't cut it. If he wanted to make a statement maybe he could try wearing the Uke equivalent of Dress Blues? Or Class A's?

Classless a-hole.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (BQn15)

406 ASS is definitely Indian.

He hasn't been this excited about eating his own shit while reading a story in a while.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:17 PM (GBKbO)

407 the "profit motive" is "right wing".
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What do you call left wing sh*t-stirrers who make millions while on the boards of "non-profits"?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 01:17 PM (Dv3i1)

408 Z has black shirt, black jacket, no tie. What a dork.
Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 01:15 PM (G0vdT)
*******
Yeah, just saw President Trump greet him.
Maybe he'll gift him a Trump red tie.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 01:17 PM (NpAcC)

409 Right. And another thing: I forgive the man who mugged me but I'm not going down a dark alley with them again, either.

I forgive all the men that sexually assaulted me.

Sure hope the guys at the men's club don't do it to me again tonight!

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 18, 2025 01:17 PM (t0Rmr)

410 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 01:16 PM (Rr1Jv)
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There's some hefty negligence here.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:17 PM (krQz2)

411 408 Z has black shirt, black jacket, no tie. What a dork.
Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 01:15 PM (G0vdT)
**

Well it is an upgrade

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (VE6XX)

412 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 12:33 PM (NFX2v)

I can see how Romney tricked a lot of us. As Governor he prevented illegals from getting DLs.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (EYmYM)

413
Trump Truth Social Posts On X
@TrumpTruthOnX

I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly “Inaccurate,” Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES, which cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election. We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting.

[A LOT MORE @ https://is.gd/LIrrqk ]

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (chvft)

414 291 Evidently, Zelensky has not worn a suit since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, opting instead for military-style clothing to symbolize solidarity with his country during the war. He stated he would wear a suit only after the war is over.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (NpAcC)

Meaning, his stupid little ass still hasn't figured it out.

Posted by: Reforger at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (pxUkb)

415 ASS is definitely Indian.

He hasn't been this excited about eating his own shit while reading a story in a while.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:17 PM (GBKbO)
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Isn't it most likely just one of the commenters who got banned?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

416 Why Are Academics -- and Others -- So Nasty?

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Because we refuse to recognize their inherent superiority?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (L/fGl)

417 I recall the nude sushi thing where they'd put the food on leaves adorning a nude woman. I assume you could get guys also if you wanted that for some reason. Don't recall seeing anything about diners being naked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (ExV1e)
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In Japan, the nude sushi thing is so prevalent it's got a name formal name (which I don't remember right now), and goes back centuries. Don't ask me how I know. It's pretty rank, actually. The Japanese have some foul traditions. Seriously.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

well, since it's already fishy...

/just the punchline

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (v6XNT)

418 Hell, when I was a soldier, a T-shirt didn't cut it. If he wanted to make a statement maybe he could try wearing the Uke equivalent of Dress Blues? Or Class A's?

Imagine being one of those men drafted by the police and shoved into a ditch fighting for your life, covered with mud and snow in your ill-fitting uniform while your president for life cosplays as a commando.

He changed the constitution to make it illegal to have an election while martial law has been declared. And that the nation cannot give away any territory by law.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:19 PM (dfIr7)

419 Meaning, his stupid little ass still hasn't figured it out.
Posted by: Reforger at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (pxUkb)

The AI summary is also not true. He wore a suit to the recent NATO summit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:19 PM (ExV1e)

420 @paulsperry_
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1h
UPDATE: House Oversight is withdrawing its subpoena for Mueller due to "health issues" that prevent him from testifying

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:19 PM (AOsQT)

421 LOL, love the troll edits!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (ppG5b)

422 415 Isn't it most likely just one of the commenters who got banned?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

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I assume a groyper who's just out to try and convince us that real MAGA is racist, or something.

Maybe it's some other commenter, but I'm always surprised at how comment structure remains the same from nic to nic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)

423 I recall the nude sushi thing where they'd put the food on leaves adorning a nude woman. I assume you could get guys also if you wanted that for some reason. Don't recall seeing anything about diners being naked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (ExV1e)
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In Japan, the nude sushi thing is so prevalent it's got a name formal name (which I don't remember right now), and goes back centuries. Don't ask me how I know. It's pretty rank, actually. The Japanese have some foul traditions. Seriously.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

well, since it's already fishy...

/just the punchline
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 01:18 PM (v6XNT)
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There's another Japanese tradition where they drink sake poured out of ... a lady's vagina. Not joking.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

424 It's a Members Only jacket, I'll have you know.

Posted by: Z-Man at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (wVcYX)

425 nless I believe someone poses a danger, I follow what the Bible tells us: ‘Forgive one another as God in Christ forgave you.’” — Gov. Hochul

When did she take the demotion from being God? Last time she blasphemed the Almighty Creator she was in a "church" gathering up her Disciples.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (+4Cf6)

426 The AI summary is also not true. He wore a suit to the recent NATO summit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:19 PM (ExV1e)

So he'll dress up for those fudgepackers, but not for the one man on earth who might actually drag his dumb ass out of this debacle he dumbassed his way into.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (VoAdT)

427 OK

Zelensky is wearing some kind of coat
shirt buttoned up to the top button
no necktie

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (AOsQT)

428 Zel playing Captain Thug by wearing black. Thats fine but it shows he is aligned with the Ukraine underworld. Alrighty then.

send money to Ukraine /send money back to Dems..
Hey break me off a peice! The Big guy

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 01:21 PM (VPPG8)

429 Zelensky is dressed like a low rent Dr Evil

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2025 01:21 PM (oto+M)

430 Every time they show the Oval Office Trump has added more gold to it.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 01:21 PM (NpAcC)

431 Nude restaurants ? I believe I would find that "distracting."

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:21 PM (VE6XX)

432 363 Evidently, Zelensky has not worn a suit since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, opting instead for military-style clothing to symbolize solidarity with his country during the war. He stated he would wear a suit only after the war is over.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 12:59 PM (NpAcC)

Here's video of Zelensky attending the NATO summit wearing a suit...

hmmm... *scribbles note* olive drab suits

Posted by: mr. mac at August 18, 2025 01:21 PM (v3pYe)

433 Read that little z is wearing a jacket of some sort over his ninja outfit. Of course not a suit and tie, as that would indicate he is willing to act like a man.

I thought the nittering nags of the UK and Europe would be with him, to hold his little hands and keep him from snorting coke aka Peruvian Marching Powder for strength.

Then I saw what appeared to be the press hustling in.

Ah, televised. He seems a wee bit nervous in the presence of a real man and leader of the free world. He's blathering on and pretending to be a good boy, wanting a gold star from President Trump along with cash.

The UK and Euroweenies are not on tv. They are being kept in a cage and fed moldy bread and water.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 01:21 PM (6PCLE)

434 Please note that he pulled the U turn right next to a No U turn sign

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 18, 2025 01:21 PM (kUxzU)

435 Enrico Fermi could not fly on aircraft, because technically speaking, he was Enemy Alien.

Before WWI, Rudolf Diesel made the mistake of answering his telephone with his name, and was arrested. It was illegal to say the word "Diesel" on the telephone.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 18, 2025 01:22 PM (zdLoL)

436 BREAKING: Trump told Zelensky to be sure and wear a suit on his visit to DC this time.

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Maybe we could compromise and he could wear one of those tuxedo tee shirts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:22 PM (L/fGl)

437 I recall the nude sushi thing where they'd put the food on leaves adorning a nude woman. I assume you could get guys also if you wanted that for some reason. Don't recall seeing anything about diners being naked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:00 PM (ExV1e)
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Does a person have to pay extra for the dips?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 01:22 PM (g8Ew8)

438 I hope that if she is indeed running for NY Governor, Elise Stefanik hangs this pardon around Hochul's neck.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:22 PM (2GCMq)

439 What do you call left wing sh*t-stirrers who make millions while on the boards of "non-profits"?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 01:17 PM (Dv3i1)
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Liars.

The thing is that in money-light economies, members of the inner circle get perks often way out of line with how goods are distributed to the citizens.

Marxist frameworks are no guard against "profit/gain motive".

Or, to be more generous: disingenuous or oblivious.

Idealistic revolutions have this real, glossed-over logistical problem of needing to raise up a strong revolutionary leader, who later after winning just doesn't feel it behooves the movement to lose his guidance.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:22 PM (krQz2)

440
What was the basis for his fear of being returned to India? That's a bullshit loophole that needs to be closed or adjusted.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (EYmYM)

He might have, or claim to have, connections with the Sikh separatist movement, who are scum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:02 PM (lFzYm)

Pretty sure of that. The black air freshener hanging in front of the passenger has a picture of some guy in a turban holding up a Kalashnikov.

Still, I'd rather have Sikhs coming into the US than mohammedans. Sikhs aren't retards, they actually have a work ethic, they hate mohammedans even more than we do (with good historical reasons), their turbans look bitchin' unlike the mohammedans, who wear turbans that look like this week's laundry, and they don't chant allahu akbar like a bunch of monkeys.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2025 01:23 PM (y9nCu)

441 I am in favor of same day paper only ballots with purple ink on your finger after
And make election day a federal holiday
People with shift work must be allowed split shifts that day if necessary to accomodate voting time

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 01:23 PM (WfBjo)

442 Yeah I'm going to just eat steak and drink expensive wine until the war is over. That just how I roll when sacrificing for my country. And if it's disrespecting the guy in charge of giving us weapons to fight , well fuck him.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:23 PM (EYmYM)

443 Imagine being one of those men drafted by the police and shoved into a ditch fighting for your life, covered with mud and snow in your ill-fitting uniform while your president for life cosplays as a commando.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:19 PM (dfIr7)

Thanks for solving it. I could not put my finger on the frigging look he was going for. It looked familiar, but just wasn't registering. I'm guessing it's because the silly ass clown part screamed louder than anything else.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 01:23 PM (snZF9)

444 Nude restaurants? Is this an appetite suppression plan?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:23 PM (L/fGl)

445 TBH most people look better dressed then naked.

And I don't even mean people that are older, or overweight.

Clothes are designed to hide a lot of flaws and accentuate positive features.

So really if you want to make a restaurant concept where the guests are titillating to each other you'd encourage the women to wear skimpy but flattering dresses and men to wear suits.

Which you'll note is the look most high end restaurants go for anyway...

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 18, 2025 01:24 PM (t0Rmr)

446 Does a person have to pay extra for the dips?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 01:22 PM (g8Ew

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyotaimori

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:24 PM (ExV1e)

447
If I write a substantive comment, Ace will nood.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 18, 2025 01:24 PM (E3iUr)

448 There's another Japanese tradition where they drink sake poured out of ... a lady's vagina. Not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

saw that in an okiwana club. so picked up the bottle, shook her hips, pours a shot then set down the bottle ... then the cork...

i was gobsmacked at the muscle control...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 01:25 PM (v6XNT)

449 "The UK and Euroweenies are not on tv. They are being kept in a cage and fed moldy bread and water."

if only, oh if only ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 01:25 PM (ppG5b)

450 Hochul is a 'social justice Catholic' like the Potato. She has no idea about what she's pretending to quote in as far as scripture.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 01:26 PM (NFX2v)

451 I wonder if Putin & Trump made a bet on whether Z would wear a suit or not

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 01:26 PM (WfBjo)

452 If you're gonna have a nude restuarant make sure to not have wall to wall mirrors....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:26 PM (VE6XX)

453 "Trump better end this war he started like how Nixon started Vietnam."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:26 PM (GBKbO)

454 Hochul is the governor that sent an assault team to kill some guy's pet squirrel because he hadn't done all the paperwork.

The left's argument was of course the government should come kill your pets if you don't have all your paperwork up to date...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:27 PM (t0Rmr)

455 They'll likely need to be registered in a state here, "

NAFTA ring a bell?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:27 PM (tubbA)

456 422 I assume a groyper who's just out to try and convince us that real MAGA is racist, or something.

Maybe it's some other commenter, but I'm always surprised at how comment structure remains the same from nic to nic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)

Groypers are the gayest motherf***ers on earth.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 01:27 PM (UnA8+)

457 Ask Hochul if she thinks God has forgiven her for continuing to support killing the unborn.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:27 PM (EYmYM)

458 441, that's exactly right, vmom

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 01:27 PM (ppG5b)

459 European Leaders To Join Zelenskyy At White House

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Nude summit?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:28 PM (L/fGl)

460 456 Groypers are the gayest motherf***ers on earth.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 01:27 PM (UnA8+)

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And I think ASS is one of 'em.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:28 PM (GBKbO)

461 So is Trump gonna have to toss out Zelenskyy again ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:28 PM (VE6XX)

462 "Trump better end this war he started like how Nixon started Vietnam."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:26 PM (GBKbO)

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"Was it over when JFK said in Japanese 'I am a jelly donut!'?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (chvft)

463 The left's argument was of course the government should come kill your pets if you don't have all your paperwork up to date...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:27 PM (t0Rmr)

The left made the argument that the government should kill you for refusing an experimental shot to minimize the effects of a flu. Killing pets isn't a big jump.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (ExV1e)

464 WTF am I kept on a couch in the lobby with Mohammed, Jugdish, Sidney and uh, Clayton?

Posted by: Z-Man at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (wVcYX)

465 I am in favor of same day paper only ballots with purple ink on your finger after
And make election day a federal holiday
People with shift work must be allowed split shifts that day if necessary to accomodate voting time
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 01:23 PM (WfBjo)

and results to be announced the next day at 10 AM

under penalty of fine, prison, and potentially death

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (v6XNT)

466 Doocy keeping it real.

DOOCY: Will you keep sending troops to their deaths, or will you re-draw the maps?

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (G0vdT)

467 TBH most people look better dressed then naked.

Its not so popular now but there was a trend for a short time of girls taking pictures of themselves from a SUPER unflattering angle. Nobody looks great all the time no matter what, its just movies and magazines that gave people that illusion.

The hottest model on earth has really awful days where their hair is a mess and they are bloated and have bad skin. The super ripped guy only looks like that all pumped up and dehydrated, most of the time he looks kind of fat because he's not constantly cut.

Those poses that people get into are chosen carefully, because bend in a certain way and your stomach looks like it has folds of fat and your boobs hang funny. Nobody is constantly hot and great looking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (dfIr7)

468 JOE BIDEN's WAR

I don't know how little z would know, except by intel, of ze bombs. He's always in Europe mooching cash.

Little z needs a toot of coke. Nervous. Crashing. Bags under his eyes. Twitchy.

Whatever happens I hope little z is replaced.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (6PCLE)

469 441. Posted by: vmom deport

👍

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (NFX2v)

470 463 The left made the argument that the government should kill you for refusing an experimental shot to minimize the effects of a flu. Killing pets isn't a big jump.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (ExV1e)

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"It was the Christian thing to do. I targeted the funny lookin' Jews, remember?"
-Andrew Cuomo, asking for Republicans to vote for him for mayor

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (GBKbO)

471 466 Doocy keeping it real.

DOOCY: Will you keep sending troops to their deaths, or will you re-draw the maps?
Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (G0vdT)

That boy has the worst grip ever.

Keeps dropping the damn mic.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:30 PM (2sg1c)

472 DOOCY: Will you keep sending troops to their deaths, or will you re-draw the maps?
Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (G0vdT)

Good for him

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:30 PM (VE6XX)

473 The comparison of the profit motive as "right wing" is my trying to interpret what sense "right wing" is being used by calling coyotes "right wing"; they're doing an illegal business, entirely against "right wing 'Nazi' border policies", often participating in illegal trafficking of people and substances as well.

And the only thing I can gather is that holders of the free market are okay with profit, and so are the coyotes who want to make profit.

Again, it's a pattern of unwitting Marxism that contains Marxist patterns of assumption, so that "right wing" still means the complement of those factions that advance through Marx's theory of history (and Marxian-offshoots).

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:30 PM (krQz2)

474 Groypers are the gayest motherf***ers on earth.

What is a "Groyper"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:30 PM (2GCMq)

475 I don't get this term, I keep saying it: what the heck is a groyper?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:31 PM (dfIr7)

476
DOOCY: Will you keep sending troops to their deaths, or will you re-draw the maps?

Then: What is war good for? HUH! Absolutely nothing

Now: If we end the war Putin will have won and WE HAVE TO WIN!!!

Posted by: The left at August 18, 2025 01:31 PM (t0Rmr)

477 I love grouper.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2025 01:31 PM (2sg1c)

478 Americans no longer want to drive trucks"

Don't need to...

Posted by: I 45 between Houston and Dallas at August 18, 2025 01:31 PM (tubbA)

479 TBH most people look better dressed then naked.

Its not so popular now but there was a trend for a short time of girls taking pictures of themselves from a SUPER unflattering angle. Nobody looks great all the time no matter what, its just movies and magazines that gave people that illusion.

The hottest model on earth has really awful days where their hair is a mess and they are bloated and have bad skin. The super ripped guy only looks like that all pumped up and dehydrated, most of the time he looks kind of fat because he's not constantly cut.

Those poses that people get into are chosen carefully, because bend in a certain way and your stomach looks like it has folds of fat and your boobs hang funny. Nobody is constantly hot and great looking.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (dfIr7)
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Also: lots of filters and photoshopping done on model pics. Even the hot, fit models. For the "celebrity" models, there's so much photoshopping they might as well be anime.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:32 PM (iFTx/)

480 DOOCY: Will you keep sending troops to their deaths, or will you re-draw the maps?

===

How did he answer ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:32 PM (g47mK)

481 433 Read that little z is wearing a jacket of some sort over his ninja outfit. Of course not a suit and tie, as that would indicate he is willing to act like a man.

surprised he hasn't gotten a t-shirt with a tie printed on it

Posted by: anachronda at August 18, 2025 01:32 PM (v3pYe)

482 I am in favor of same day paper only ballots with purple ink on your finger after
And make election day a federal holiday
People with shift work must be allowed split shifts that day if necessary to accomodate voting time
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 01:23 PM (WfBjo)

and results to be announced the next day at 10 AM

under penalty of fine, prison, and potentially death
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 01:29 PM (v6XNT)

If we have to go to election day only voting, which is a horrible idea, then it should be 24 hours. From noon eastern on Monday to noon eastern on Tuesday with the results announced 30 minutes later everywhere, simultaneously.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

483 Groypers are the gayest motherf***ers on earth.

What is a "Groyper"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:30 PM (2GCMq)
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Christian metal band. Had some big hits in the 1980s.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (iFTx/)

484 Ask Hochul if she thinks God has forgiven her for continuing to support killing the unborn.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:27 PM (EYmYM)
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Dems: No Religion in State!

Also Dems: Jeopardize people's lives for Jesus.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (krQz2)

485 Whatever happens I hope little z is replaced.

Putin will never give up that territory, now that he got it. The only hope for peace is for Ukraine to replace that sawed off cokehead grifter.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (dfIr7)

486
How did he answer ?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:32 PM (g47mK)
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ZELENSKY: "We need to stop this war...we need support...we will do our best...we are ready for trilateral."

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (G0vdT)

487 maybe he can give him the Donald J Trump Executive Collection suit with the long solid red tie to cover his little fellah

Posted by: paulnjax at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (j5/wM)

488 I had a leftist explain how coyotes are "right wing" to me once.

the argument was "they don't bring the immigrants here for free so obviously right wing."

I asked her if she got a paycheck at work and when she said yes I asked her why she was had joined the dread right wing.

"THAT'S DIFFERENT! I NEED MY MONEY"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (t0Rmr)

489
ZELENSKY: "We need to stop this war...we need support...we will do our best...we are ready for trilateral."
Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (G0vdT)

Interesting

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:34 PM (VE6XX)

490 Christian metal band. Had some big hits in the 1980s.

No, that's Stroker Ace

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:34 PM (dfIr7)

491 t-shirt with a tie printed on it"

Jennifer Beals? Yes please.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:34 PM (tubbA)

492 I don't get this term, I keep saying it: what the heck is a groyper?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:31 PM (dfIr7)
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Griper in cockney.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:34 PM (krQz2)

493 I had a leftist explain how coyotes are "right wing" to me once.

the argument was "they don't bring the immigrants here for free so obviously right wing."

I asked her if she got a paycheck at work and when she said yes I asked her why she was had joined the dread right wing.

"THAT'S DIFFERENT! I NEED MY MONEY"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (t0Rmr)

I am honestly more shocked that she did not see that coming.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (i24o9)

494 Whatever happens I hope little z is replaced.

Putin will never give up that territory, now that he got it. The only hope for peace is for Ukraine to replace that sawed off cokehead grifter.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (dfIr7)
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Putin is grabbing more by the day, if I'm reading the (deliberately misleading) reports right. The longer the monkey dwarf waits, the more territory Russian will demand.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (iFTx/)

495 An illegal can get a CDL in Colorado pretty easily as well. Remember that as you travel through the Rockies during Winter.

Posted by: Cheri at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (oiNtH)

496 It's almost like the entire world has forgotten what "victory" even is, as a concept. When you win, you can make demands. Conversely, when they start accepting your demands, it means you've won.

But you can't create victory out of a stalemate by saying "nuh uh" and "he started it" over and over.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (VoAdT)

497 Trump can't EO mail-ins and e-voting away

Congress can
Congress won't

Art I Section 4

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (AOsQT)

498 Groupies?

Posted by: Sweet sweet Connie at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (wVcYX)

499 Words cannpt capture how much I hate Hochul.

Posted by: Butch at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (WIaX5)

500 492 I don't get this term, I keep saying it: what the heck is a groyper?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:31 PM (dfIr7)

Looked it up.. White Nationalists lead by someone named Nick Fuentes

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (VE6XX)

501 474 Groypers are the gayest motherf***ers on earth.

What is a "Groyper"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:30 PM (2GCMq)

Followers of Mexican Catboy Nick Fuentes, who pretends he's a white supremacist.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (UnA8+)

502 Stryker was the 80s Christian metal band.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 01:36 PM (bNf8H)

503 Trump can't EO mail-ins and e-voting away

He could direct the USPS to not deliver them I suspect.

Now that would be a popcorn moment.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:36 PM (t0Rmr)

504 Whatever happens I hope little z is replaced.

==

And his replacement will be better ????? I so doubt it!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:36 PM (g47mK)

505 That'll fool us!

Curtis Houck@CurtisHouck
Here was Joe Scarborough announcing on 'Morning Joe' that MSNBC will be changing its name to MS NOW once the network completes its split from NBCUniversal.
Watch these clowns try and spin this as fan-freak-tastic.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:37 PM (L/fGl)

506 504 Whatever happens I hope little z is replaced.

==

And his replacement will be better ????? I so doubt it!
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:36 PM (g47mK)

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If that poll from a few weeks ago is accurate, Zelensky's replacement will end the war in order to be in alignment with the people of Ukraine's wishes.

Beyond that, I'd expect rampant corruption because Ukraine, but the war would be over.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:37 PM (GBKbO)

507 "THAT'S DIFFERENT! I NEED MY MONEY"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (t0Rmr)
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Someone who has no care for insight, probably.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (krQz2)

508 I'm a nationalist and I'm a honkey, does that make me a groyper?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (dfIr7)

509 > Remember that as you travel through the Rockies during Winter.
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heh, no way
the worst snowstorm I ever encountered on I-70 over the Continental Divide was in June of the year

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (AOsQT)

510 At this point in history second look at aligning with Russia...

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (VPPG8)

511 Curtis Houck@CurtisHouck
Here was Joe Scarborough announcing on 'Morning Joe' that MSNBC will be changing its name to MS NOW once the network completes its split from NBCUniversal.
Watch these clowns try and spin this as fan-freak-tastic.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:37 PM (L/fGl)

I wonder if anyone has pointed out that MS-NOW =/= MS-TOMORROW and that they should start updating their resumes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (ExV1e)

512 $300 billion given to the you crane under Biden.

IF this is a peace accord\\, the press and Dims will be po'd.

Wee z is so far behaving. I see VP Vance staring lasers his way with those gorgeous blue eyes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (6PCLE)

513 Followers of Mexican Catboy Nick Fuentes, who pretends he's a white supremacist.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (UnA8+)
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He's not a real white supremacist?

Why would somebody "pretend" to be one?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (krQz2)

514 508 I'm a nationalist and I'm a honkey, does that make me a groyper?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (dfIr7)

I have it on good authority that you are neither fake, nor gay.

So no.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 01:39 PM (VoAdT)

515 510 At this point in history second look at aligning with Russia...
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (VPPG

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:39 PM (VE6XX)

516 expect rampant corruption "

Rampant? Nigerian princes are less corrupt...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:39 PM (tubbA)

517 513 He's not a real white supremacist?

Why would somebody "pretend" to be one?
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (krQz2)

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Social media clout and money.

But mostly the money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:39 PM (GBKbO)

518 If that poll from a few weeks ago is accurate, Zelensky's replacement will end the war in order to be in alignment with the people of Ukraine's wishes.

Beyond that, I'd expect rampant corruption because Ukraine, but the war would be over.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:37 PM (GBKbO)

there was a poll ? interesting

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:39 PM (g47mK)

519

Trump and Zelensky meeting

https://youtu.be/cty2RAnLemM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 01:40 PM (63Dwl)

520 518 there was a poll ? interesting
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:39 PM (g47mK)

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I think it was a Gallup poll showing support for the war in Ukraine down to something like 30%.

Lots of assuming that to be accurate. I dunno.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

521 Trump can't EO mail-ins and e-voting away

As much as I wish he could, no he cannot. This will get nuked in court instantly, and it should. He CAN executive order any funding it gets and maybe? order the mail service not to pick up or deliver them, but states decide how the elections are run in their borders.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:40 PM (dfIr7)

522 Given that Zelensky is a dictator shouldn't he be wearing something with epaulets?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 01:40 PM (kTd/k)

523 I have to take a long road trip with the family next week. Going to be giving trucks and even wider berth now.

Just awful.

Posted by: brak at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (jGJov)

524 You'd expect any Ukraine poll would be like ... well politicos or the not, or else denounced as Russian misinformation

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (MoMgw)

525 M SNOW?? - Are they expecting Global Warming to finally reverse?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (E0p3T)

526 At this point in history second look at aligning with Russia...
Posted by: Captain Fantastic

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Posted by: It's me donna

Russia is not our enemy.

Russia has tried to align with the west since 1992. Ironically, but for the efforts of the folks who cannot come to grips with the fact that Russia is not our enemy, we'd probably have turned them to the cause of GloboHomo if we'd embraced them from the start.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

527 >>>Whatever happens I hope little z is replaced.

==

And his replacement will be better ????? I so doubt it!

Posted by: runner

>Rest assured that the CIA will fuck this one up like they have in every other country for the last two decades.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (/vPt3)

528 Isn't snow white? Seems racist.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (E0p3T)

529 I have it on good authority that you are neither fake, nor gay.

I have been known to be lighthearted and carefree at times. I mean, less these days but...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (dfIr7)

530 He's not a real white supremacist?

Why would somebody "pretend" to be one?
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:38 PM (krQz2)

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Social media clout and money.

But mostly the money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:39 PM (GBKbO)
____

"And the gay rentboys!"

-- Nicky F

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

531 M SNOW?? - Are they expecting Global Warming to finally reverse?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (E0p3T)

Well, MS did once stand for Microsoft.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (i24o9)

532 "THAT'S DIFFERENT! I NEED MY MONEY"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:33 PM (t0Rmr)
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It's probably useless to explain what "Special Pleading" means to this person.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (krQz2)

533 Hmmm, there's a though: Che vs Zelensky. Compare and contrast.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (MoMgw)

534 Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Posted by: It's me donna

Russia is not our enemy.

I didn't say who was the enemy

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (VE6XX)

535 It would be better for Ukraine to give up Donbas if that's all . It would eliminate the rebel conflict that's being going on for decades and Russian friendly voting if Ukraine ever decides to have voting again.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (EYmYM)

536 Rest assured that the CIA will fuck this one up like they have in every other country for the last two decades.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (/vPt3)

His likely replacement is currently sitting in the UK.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (g47mK)

537 533 Hmmm, there's a though: Che vs Zelensky. Compare and contrast.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (MoMgw)

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Che would have had Zelensky murdered for his pre-presidency alone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

538 As much as I wish he could, no he cannot. This will get nuked in court instantly, and it should. He CAN executive order any funding it gets and maybe? order the mail service not to pick up or deliver them, but states decide how the elections are run in their borders.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:40 PM (dfIr7)

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Obama essentially federalize elections, and then Biden got to lump it into "critical infrastructure" during COVID?
I think the Dems and their judges bitching about it is about 16 years too late.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (rbvCR)

539 I didn't say who was the enemy
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (VE6XX)

Fair point.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (ExV1e)

540 4 Whatever happens I hope little z is replaced.

==

And his replacement will be better ????? I so doubt it!
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:36 PM (g47mK)

======

If that poll from a few weeks ago is accurate, Zelensky's replacement will end the war in order to be in alignment with the people of Ukraine's wishes.

Beyond that, I'd expect rampant corruption because Ukraine, but the war would be over.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at A
*******
Putin will be working hard to make sure one of his sympathizers gets in.... which is not a good thing.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (NpAcC)

541 Rhode Island assistant AG has her six minutes of bodycam fame:
youtube.com/watch?v=bis9pgyIBUg

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (hrQS8)

542 How much clout is there to being a white supremacist, really?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (MoMgw)

543 I've got the joy joy joy joy down in my heart!

End Wokeness@EndWokeness
Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks

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Bitch, Al Gore invented the internet and he's white!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (L/fGl)

544 M SNOW?? - Are they expecting Global Warming to finally reverse?

Multiple Sclerosis Now doesn't seem like a great slogan or title. But they're in the "change the night the show is on to try to get ratings" stage of collapse

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (dfIr7)

545 288 Back in the day (when I was very, very, very) young, some uber fancy 5 star restaurants that were jacket and tie not optional, provided a jacket to a patrons who would show up without one.
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Yes, I learned that from Rockford Files and Beverly Hills Cop.
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 12:58 PM (TN0g+)

Literally just watched an episode of Rockford files where that happened. Jim was out to eat with a client (Lindsey Wagner; she was smoking hot at that age). Early episode in the first season.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (cHLus)

546 It's probably useless to explain what "Special Pleading" means to this person.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (krQz2)

...like.... the olympics?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (VoAdT)

547 540 Putin will be working hard to make sure one of his sympathizers gets in.... which is not a good thing.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (NpAcC)

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I would care just as much about a Ukraine run by a Putin puppet as I currently care about a Ukraine run by a WEF puppet.

If it's anyone's problem, it's Germany's.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

548 CIA will fuck this one up like they have in every other country for the last two decades"

Two? You misspelled seven...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (tubbA)

549
A guess on how the conversation would proceed:

L: "Special Pleading, what's that?"

R: "It's a defective form of argument."

L: "Oh, you mean like what right-wingers do."

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (krQz2)

550 - Nonchalant, remorseless stare as authorities pull the dead bodies from the wreckage.

You can tell he had one of our better 'therapists'.

Posted by: MKUltra at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (x/Rva)

551 I am watching you tube from the Independent...which they are all from a pool press. Regardless, little z may see they left off a y on the end of his name.

little z still on his best behavior. Not blurting out stuff to the ever eager MSM dikheads.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (6PCLE)

552 Russia has tried to align with the west since 1992. Ironically, but for the efforts of the folks who cannot come to grips with the fact that Russia is not our enemy, we'd probably have turned them to the cause of GloboHomo if we'd embraced them from the start.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

The Russian people are not our enemies. The Russian government has been all over the map, from ally, to enemy, to frenemy, to Geopolitical competitor. There are mutual benefits to be had by closer cooperation and alignment with Russia.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (i24o9)

553
Resolved: Russia is a rival; China is the enemy

discuss

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (AOsQT)

554 I believe the only thing whites invented was slavery and racism.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (9c0bR)

555 Putin will be working hard to make sure one of his sympathizers gets in.... which is not a good thing.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (NpAcC)

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I would care just as much about a Ukraine run by a Putin puppet as I currently care about a Ukraine run by a WEF puppet.

If it's anyone's problem, it's Germany's.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

___________

And Poland's ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (iFTx/)

556 It would be better for Ukraine to give up Donbas if that's all.

Imagine how many people would be alive today if Ukraine had accepted that in 2014 after the Donbas voted to leave following the coup.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (ExV1e)

557 Hmmm, there's a though: Che vs Zelensky. Compare and contrast.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:42 PM (MoMgw)

In the end, Trotskyites pop up everywhere.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (rbvCR)

558 I want to be allied with Russia, but their government is a thuggist mob dictatorship, they're murderous monsters. And the Russian people seem to really like it that way

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (dfIr7)

559 I applaud Trump for taking on mail in voting. It's messed up.

There's also an election day, I see early mail in voting as a violation of that. So you vote like a month before election day? how is that constitutional?

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 01:45 PM (4pwAx)

560 138 123 103 Whew, good thing no American would ever kill anyone in a truck crash.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:32 PM (xcxpd)
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Wow, same snarky comment the Leftists make about illegal alien rapists and murderers.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 12:34 PM (Vh9CX)

Shitty drivers who kill aren't a unique speciality of fuzzy legged foreigners. I had a high school friend killed by a good old corn fed American.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

While it is true that an American can also kill someone in an auto accident, an illegal shouldn't be here to kill someone in an accident. The accident is terrible either way, but if the illegal wasn't here it couldn't happen.

Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2025 01:45 PM (53oGX)

561 Many cali government officials are accessories to manslaughter before the fact.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 18, 2025 01:45 PM (17s+e)

562 Russia is not our enemy.

It is at this point. Our last 20 years of foreign policy, which has basically treated Russia as a continuation of the USSR, has baked in hostility and distrust, which was already high before due to US-Soviet relations. I doubt we'll be on good terms with Russia in my lifetime. It also doesn't help that Putin is unsavory, and that Russia generally sucks.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 01:45 PM (guCHD)

563 NGL: this looks pretty cool. The Sphere, obviously, not the BSB.

https://is.gd/32WQEv

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

564 In 3rd world shitholes like India, life is meaningless. Kill 3 people? Eh whatevs. That’s the general attitude.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 01:46 PM (9c0bR)

565 Don't know why MSNBC hasn't hired me. I bailed out a couple shows, no reason I couldn't do it for a whole network.

Posted by: Cousin Oliver, Robbie Rist at August 18, 2025 01:46 PM (G5+As)

566 How much clout is there to being a white supremacist, really?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (MoMgw)
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Clicks and attention, maybe?

I remember an old model on the subject of psychology that said some people will take negative reactions, if strong enough, if they do not feel they can get appreciation.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:46 PM (OaZlZ)

567 ze end of the press conference as the dingbats are herded out.

He behaved. That's all I will give him. No doubt the z tantrums will be behind closed doors.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 01:46 PM (6PCLE)

568 I believe the only thing whites invented was slavery and racism.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (9c0bR)

Don't forget interest and Crack.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:47 PM (MoMgw)

569 I believe the only thing whites invented was slavery and racism.

We stole everything else from black people, according to Joy Reid. We stole it so hard that they forgot all about it and never made any of it.

Imagine how many people would be alive today if Ukraine had accepted that in 2014 after the Donbas voted to leave following the coup.

Yeah I totally understand not wanting a part of your nation voting to leave. I wouldn't want a chunk of the USA to vote to leave the USA, either. But... is it worth this?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:47 PM (dfIr7)

570 After many years I am understanding the russian revolution
deposed the monarchy in their country. EU monarchy is still alive and well. US politicians want to think they are special ie: John Kerry ect..
Down with Kings?? ha ha ha you have to be kidding the monarchy is very alive and well.. Take em down, align with russia depose dictatorship there and instill/install fair and free elections.

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 01:48 PM (VPPG8)

571 >>>We stole everything else from black people, according to Joy Reid. We stole it so hard that they forgot all about it and never made any of it.

We stole they history, too, apparently.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:48 PM (i24o9)

572 "I believe the only thing whites invented was slavery and racism."

Nah, if we had invented it, we would have got it right the first time.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at August 18, 2025 01:48 PM (hrQS8)

573 I want to be allied with Russia, but their government is a thuggist mob dictatorship, they're murderous monsters. And the Russian people seem to really like it that way
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (dfIr7)

Oregon's government is a thuggish mob dictatorship led by a corrupt oligarchy.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

574 I remember an old model on the subject of psychology that said some people will take negative reactions, if strong enough, if they do not feel they can get appreciation.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:46 PM (OaZlZ)

Oderint dum @uant.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 01:48 PM (VoAdT)

575 I would provide him with an ill-fitting suit and a super gay tie.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2025 12:43 PM (Z1dZR)

EPIPHANY! He's about Joe Pesci's size right? They should get him that terrible suit that Joe Pesci wore in 'My cousin Vinny'

Not sure where they found it or if props team made it but that was the worst looking suit I had ever seen; it was perfect.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2025 01:49 PM (cHLus)

576 There's also an election day, I see early mail in voting as a violation of that.

Its tenuous but I think you could make a legal argument that since the US Constitution specifies one day for election, then the election must take place on that day and no other. No early voting. No late voting. No 2 week count.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:49 PM (dfIr7)

577 I think Trump could kill mass mail in voting through an EO by using powers in the 2002 HAVA law that gives the federal government power over defining what a reliable voting system and machinery is.

It was originally used to implement touch screen voting systems, but I don't see why it couldn't be expanded to include targeting mail in voting systems.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

578 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 01:45 PM (guCHD)

The Russian people like the USA and want to be more like us. That means they will become more like us including people who are in power. Unfortunately there are some old school Soviets still remaining just like we have old school Soviet foes remaining.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:49 PM (EYmYM)

579 White people didn't invent slavery. They just made it profitable.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 01:49 PM (VoAdT)

580 Thread getting long. Hope Ace hasn't been taken out by an illegal, while out Vespa-ing about.

Posted by: Boot Scootin' Boogie at August 18, 2025 01:49 PM (G5+As)

581 In Oct of 2023, my niece (32 yrs old) and her son (11 yrs old) were killed in a head on with a drunk illegal.
Posted by: Swamp Rabbit

Oh that is awful. I am so sorry and hopefully he/she was dealt with appropriately. Unfortunately, after the fact.

Posted by: Cheri at August 18, 2025 01:50 PM (oiNtH)

582 Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks
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This isn't racism because black people are oppressed and whites are evil.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 01:50 PM (E0p3T)

583 579 White people didn't invent slavery. They just made it profitable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 01:49 PM (VoAdT)

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In a direct challenge, Thomas Jefferson couldn't prove its profitability.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

584 I believe the only thing whites invented was slavery and racism.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (9c0bR)

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"It's literally in your DNA, h8r!"

/obligatory DogEater

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 01:50 PM (7+Er/)

585 Putin will be working hard to make sure one of his sympathizers gets in.... which is not a good thing.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (NpAcC)

I don't have a dog in this fight. However, I remain unclear how a comic who played the piano with his penis on stage is in control. That's a new one for me on "leaders."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 01:50 PM (6PCLE)

586 I want to be allied with Russia, but their government is a thuggist mob dictatorship, they're murderous monsters. And the Russian people seem to really like it that way

Much like people throughout the west, voters in Russia didn't get a choice between say George Washington and Vlad Putin.

They got a choice between Euro-nik style serfdom and Vlad Putin.

I can't say they made the wrong choice looking at the options honestly.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:51 PM (t0Rmr)

587 There was a moment on that one Benin video I linked the other day. Black guy from the profile click saying 'they can't believe we were so far ahead way back then.'

I still have the same point: then how did the British curb stomp the country in 7 days?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:51 PM (MoMgw)

588 It is at this point. Our last 20 years of foreign policy, which has basically treated Russia as a continuation of the USSR, has baked in hostility and distrust, which was already high before due to US-Soviet relations. I doubt we'll be on good terms with Russia in my lifetime. It also doesn't help that Putin is unsavory, and that Russia generally sucks.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 01:45 PM (guCHD)
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That was all reset in 2009. With Hillary and Obama.

Russia has been listed as a "ally" since Clinton's admin.

Obama felt that Republicans *needlessly riled up* Putin and Russia.

It's just amazing the amount of manipulation goes on in the media.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:51 PM (OaZlZ)

589 I look at Russia like Saudi Arabia. Our cultures will never align, thugs basically run it, but ultimately we can stay out of the each other's business, will be fine.

I dont believe Russia has grand ambitions to take over the US, or really even "old" Europe. Some former USSR satellites are vulnerable, but I dont care. An aggressive NATO is why they feel they need to expand their territory.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 01:52 PM (4pwAx)

590 Putin will be working hard to make sure one of his sympathizers gets in.... which is not a good thing.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 01:43 PM (NpAcC)

Why shouldn't he and why should we care?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:52 PM (ExV1e)

591 We have 60K US troops in Germany alone, and the EU still found a way to ignite a war in Europe. Those fuckers are hopeless.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 01:52 PM (g47mK)

592 Has Ace deserted Us ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 01:52 PM (VE6XX)

593 I am so sorry and hopefully he/she was dealt with appropriately.
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Most likely not. Illegals never have to pay for their crimes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 01:52 PM (9c0bR)

594 wow Trump took a question about mail in voting ...gonna do AWAY with mail in voting AND voting machines...

President Trump: I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly “Inaccurate,” Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES, which cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election.

We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting. All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED. WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 01:53 PM (VPPG8)

595 Late thread entertainment. Insty links to fisking of racist NY Times writer -

The piece was very short, just five paragraphs long, mostly focusing on the aesthetics of Sweeney cleaning her Mustang and lying down wearing jeans. “There’s no irony or camp to leaven the trashy, dog-whistle atmosphere,” St. Félix writes, after unpacking what she sees as the ad’s racial subtext:

“Interestingly, breasts, and the desire for them, are stereotyped as objects of white desire, as opposed to, say, the Black man’s hunger for ass. Sweeney, on the precipice of totalizing fame, has an adoring legion, the most extreme of whom want to recruit her as a kind of Aryan princess.”

St. Félix goes on to claim that America’s “blondness-as-beauty” standard (both Beyoncé and Sweeney are blonde in these ads) “terrorizes” women.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 01:53 PM (Dv3i1)

596 In a direct challenge, Thomas Jefferson couldn't prove its profitability.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

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"That's only because all of his slaves were sired by him ..."

/Things I learned in college

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 01:53 PM (7+Er/)

597 Obama is more white than black. I guess that's fine though.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 01:53 PM (E0p3T)

598 581 In Oct of 2023, my niece (32 yrs old) and her son (11 yrs old) were killed in a head on with a drunk illegal.
Posted by: Swamp Rabbit

Oh that is awful. I am so sorry and hopefully he/she was dealt with appropriately. Unfortunately, after the fact.
Posted by: Cheri at August 18, 2025 01:50 PM (oiNtH)

Condolences, Swamp Rabbit.

I now look for the last names of murderers who drive the wrong way on Interstates. Because they cannot read English and are often drunk. It is rare to see an 80yr old confused person with an English name.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2025 01:53 PM (6PCLE)

599 Say someone pro putin did get in: what would change beyond ostensibly... peace?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:53 PM (MoMgw)

600 Why shouldn't he and why should we care?"

Indeed. The entire dog + pony show = I could care less...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:54 PM (tubbA)

601 I want to be allied with Russia, but their government is a thuggist mob dictatorship, they're murderous monsters. And the Russian people seem to really like it that way
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (dfIr7)

How much of what you know about the Russian government is because of what you've been told by media outlets who lie to you about everything else?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:54 PM (ExV1e)

602 Quorum in the TX House, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

603 "That's only because all of his slaves were sired by him ..."

/Also things I learned touring Monticello

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 01:54 PM (7+Er/)

604 i remember when “the hill” stated illegals need licenses “to bring them out of the shadows”

might have been a dem primary debate…? way back before loser kerry won the nomination.

Posted by: cherries in season at August 18, 2025 01:54 PM (odyrj)

605 CIA will fuck this one up like they have in every other country for the last two decades"

Two? You misspelled seven...
Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:44 PM (tubbA)

I've got it dialed in now.

Posted by: Victoria Nuland at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (wVcYX)

606 White people invented AIDS and the CIA injected it into black people in Africa, as well, according to black Americans

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (dfIr7)

607 Quorum in the TX House, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

Welp. There goes our democracy. Or something.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (i24o9)

608 Still, I'd rather have Sikhs coming into the US than mohammedans. Sikhs aren't retards, they actually have a work ethic, they hate mohammedans even more than we do (with good historical reasons), their turbans look bitchin' unlike the mohammedans, who wear turbans that look like this week's laundry, and they don't chant allahu akbar like a bunch of monkeys.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2025 01:23 PM (y9nCu)

Well, Sikhs don't actively hate us, and are not out for world domination, so there's that. But the Sikh separatists, notably the International Sikh Youth Federation, wants to establish an independent Republic of Khalistan in the Indian state of Punjab, which India opposes. ISYF terrorists blew up an Air India plane flying out of Canada years ago, and another of their bombs killed Japanese baggage handlers at Narita Airport in Tokyo.

Sikhs in general are OK; the Khalistani mob are scum, and should all be gassed on principle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (5Djh4)

609 Interestingly, breasts, and the desire for them, are stereotyped as objects of white desire,
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These people need Jesus.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (E0p3T)

610 Putin has never to my knowledge called me a white supremacist or wants me dead.

Every Democrat has and does.

So yeah I dont see why I’m supposed to hate Vlad.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (9c0bR)

611 Anyone else notice how the weather folks totally missed something about today?

For the last week and as late as last night they were saying the high would be about 90 F for today. We're currently sitting in the 60's and they quietly changed the report to suggest today's high would be 71.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (dIske)

612 Can Trump simply forbid the US postal service from collecting ballots?

I mean, we're told not to send cash in the mail. The IRS openly tells us that since the mail is so insecure, you have to mail everything certified if its important, why can't it just be deemed to insecure for voting in federal offices?

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (4pwAx)

613 607 Quorum in the TX House, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

Welp. There goes our democracy. Or something.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (i24o9)

=======

I remember when Democrats in Texas were going to hold out for years and the map would never pass.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (GBKbO)

614 How much of what you know about the Russian government is because of what you've been told by media outlets who lie to you about everything else?

All those rivals and critics of Putin really just fell out windows and got polonium by accident... that's the ticket

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:56 PM (dfIr7)

615 NGL: this looks pretty cool. The Sphere, obviously, not the BSB.

https://is.gd/32WQEv
Posted by: Archimedes

My daughter just came back from Vegas this weekend where she and some girlfriends saw the BSB at the Sphere. She said that it was an incredible venue for a show with the ever changing graphics along with the music and elevated stages, etc.

Posted by: Cheri at August 18, 2025 01:56 PM (oiNtH)

616 touring Monticello"

Touro Mt. Vernon. It's depressing as all hell...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:56 PM (tubbA)

617 Yeah I totally understand not wanting a part of your nation voting to leave. I wouldn't want a chunk of the USA to vote to leave the USA, either. But... is it worth this?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:47 PM (dfIr7)

Donbas leaving was, apparently, in keeping with the agreement which dissolved the USSR. The agreement which made Ukraine independent gave those people the right to rejoin Russia. That part gets overlooked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (ExV1e)

618 Who you gonna believe?

Hakeem Jeffries@RepJeffries
The cost of living in America under reckless Republican policies is way too high.
You deserve better.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (L/fGl)

619 Interestingly, breasts, and the desire for them, are stereotyped as objects of white desire,

Having known a few black men, I'm going to say they did not agree with the author's thoughts on boobs...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (t0Rmr)

620 Democrats have always been pro-violent-crime and pro-violent-criminal, but this is Willie Horton level shit on a broader scale.

Posted by: That they get any votes ever is baffling at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (TbWk/)

621 Yeah I totally understand not wanting a part of your nation voting to leave. I wouldn't want a chunk of the USA to vote to leave the USA, either. But... is it worth this?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I think you miss the point. They didn't vote to leave, as the election was a farce.

Nevertheless, the territory was indefensible. If Russia wanted it, there was nothing anyone could do to stop them from taking it. A stolen election was the most dignified way -- and the least destructive way -- to lose it.

It would have been best if Russia was discouraged from taking the territory. They want more so they have to be deterred, but you can't deter them without a fight. Next best is accepting reality. The worst is a years long slaughter.

The real problem is that Europe chose to fight (UK) and yet was unprepared to disengage from Russia or devote real assets to the fight. They really wanted the US to keep it going so that they could profit. They are the ones telling State that Russia is a threat. They are the ones that want a disemboweled Russia. It benefits them, not us.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (vlkaB)

622 “Interestingly, breasts, and the desire for them, are stereotyped as objects of white desire, as opposed to, say, the Black man’s hunger for ass.
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*perks up*

Posted by: Mayor Pete at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (Dv3i1)

623 White people invented AIDS and the CIA injected it into black people in Africa, as well, according to black Americans
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (dfIr7)
________

They love to trace AIDS to those lilly-white gay Euros ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

624 Quorum in the TX House, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

Welp. There goes our democracy. Or something.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM

It will be missed.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (jc0TO)

625 If someone favorable to Russia got elected , Ukraine would just have another coup. But this probably would not happen if Donbas was not part of the electorate.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (EYmYM)

626 we're told not to send cash in the mail"

Shush. You're not supposed to notice that.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (tubbA)

627 Lol. The legal YouTube show "Strict Scrutiny", comprised of middle aged Lefty women bitching about Trump, Kavanaugh and ESPECIALLY Clarence Thomas, is complaining about the Dobbs decision in today's show.

They said they discuss it every year around this time to maintain awareness of the travesty of the decision and the rights lost, and they call it their "State of the Uterus" episode...

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (JCZqz)

628 Interestingly, breasts, and the desire for them, are stereotyped as objects of white desire,

Having known a few black men, I'm going to say they did not agree with the author's thoughts on boobs...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (t0Rmr)

Tits are colorblind man, c'mon

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (NtVYv)

629 Obama is more white than black. I guess that's fine though.

Before he was elected, every black person I know and most of the ones asked on TV said he wasn't black. After he got elected suddenly he was blackity black blacker than black y'all and it was race treason to question him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (dfIr7)

630 Hakeem Jeffries@RepJeffries
The cost of living in America under reckless Republican policies is way too high.
You deserve better.
-------

And then God struck him dead with a single lightning bolt, right? Right? Lie to me if you must.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (TN0g+)

631 Say someone pro putin did get in: what would change beyond ostensibly... peace?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2025 01:53 PM (MoMgw)

In fantasy it would be the end of morality of world on the level of the death of Baldur and would undo all the victories the West has had over evil governments since 1945

In reality, it would end the pretext the EU countries had for continuing their abusive rule over their unfortunate populace, their exploitation through oppressive taxation, and their rules that squash any competition to the acceptable businesses in favored industries
It would be a collapse on the same level as the collapse of Spain after the fall of their colonies to the USA in the Span-Am war, and the EU bosses know this.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (rbvCR)

632 White people invented AIDS and the CIA injected it into black people in Africa, as well, according to black Americans

According to Karen Bass (LA mayor) on CNN this morning, Trump should not fix crime in DC because it's mostly committed by blacks.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (2ocoG)

633 As has been noted before, the left was kinda meh about Putin for the first 10 years of his reign. Then Putin said no more American gay adoption of Russian kids. And right after that happened Putin turned into a monster.

Weird coincidence.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 01:59 PM (9c0bR)

634 We like breasts too.

Posted by: Newborn babies everywhere at August 18, 2025 01:59 PM (yTK23)

635 touring Monticello"

Touro Mt. Vernon. It's depressing as all hell...
Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 01:56 PM (tubbA)

They're no Graceland, it's true.

Posted by: Elvis the King at August 18, 2025 01:59 PM (wVcYX)

636 But the Sikh separatists, notably the International Sikh Youth Federation, wants to establish an independent Republic of Khalistan in the Indian state of Punjab, which India opposes. ISYF terrorists blew up an Air India plane flying out of Canada years ago, and another of their bombs killed Japanese baggage handlers at Narita Airport in Tokyo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:55 PM (5Djh4)
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So, the best case is that we're helping this guy with possible criminal associations escape from Indian justice.

That's pretty racist to suggest that Indians don't know how to run their own country.

Also, being born of Sikhs is no guarantee of inheriting their generally honorable culture.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 01:59 PM (OaZlZ)

637 I can't breathe in here.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 18, 2025 01:59 PM (bNf8H)

638 > Can Trump simply forbid the US postal service from collecting ballots?
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Every election your vote is mailed in with your tax return. It's a box on one of the forms. Two boxes if you file jointly.

No other ballots are counted.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 01:59 PM (Q4IgG)

639 630 Hakeem Jeffries@RepJeffries
The cost of living in America under reckless Republican policies is way too high.
You deserve better.

Right Hakeeeeem.... Trump's been in office how long ?.....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 02:00 PM (VE6XX)

640 As has been noted before, the left was kinda meh about Putin for the first 10 years of his reign. Then Putin said no more American gay adoption of Russian kids. And right after that happened Putin turned into a monster.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 01:59 PM (9c0bR)
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Don't you remember when the left was so concerned that Obama said that after his second election he can be more flexible for Vlad?!

Weird, I don't either.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:00 PM (OaZlZ)

641 582 Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks
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This isn't racism because black people are oppressed and whites are evil.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2025 01:50 PM (E0p3T)

What about the Chinese and Japanese? Did they 'steal' the ideas for everything they used from the blacks? Call President Xi and tell that to him.

What a raycisst clown she is.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 02:00 PM (aBgBM)

642 Hakeem Jeffries"

Well, he's right. But I suspect we'd have very different plans for resolution...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 02:01 PM (tubbA)

643 Who names their kid Hakeem?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at August 18, 2025 02:01 PM (yTK23)

644 Every election your vote is mailed in with your tax return. It's a box on one of the forms. Two boxes if you file jointly.

No other ballots are counted.
==

And if people file taxes electronically, because many, many do ? what then ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 02:01 PM (g47mK)

645 Late and OT but:

My latest piece at The Blaze discusses how private equity and corporate America are “eating their seed corn” by strip-mining companies of wealth and taking destructive actions to maximize short-term profit.

The rewards for this corporate vandalism are massive: fat bonuses, stock windfalls, golden parachutes. The damage — lost jobs, gutted industries, shoddy products — is someone else’s problem.

Don't have Blaze but I wish I could read it. I've been saying the same thing for a long time. Private equity is basically cancer that can jump from body to body. I don't know what the fix is, but it's destroying entire markets.

Posted by: PE is phenomenally evil at August 18, 2025 02:01 PM (TbWk/)

646 We like breasts too.

Posted by: White Newborn babies everywhere at August 18, 2025 01:59 PM (yTK23)

Fixed for accuracy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:01 PM (i24o9)

647 It’s very fashionable to call Putin a fascist dictator. And in a way, he is. But in terms of his relationship with his own people, does Russia oppress its own citizens any worse than the UK does its citizens? I highly doubt it. If anything, it's the UK that's worse -- especially if you factor in the "oppression" in UK by violent, rape-y swarthy illegals that the UK government allows.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

648 Before he was elected, every black person I know and most of the ones asked on TV said he wasn't black. After he got elected suddenly he was blackity black blacker than black y'all and it was race treason to question him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (dfIr7)
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Well, remember, prior to Obama, Clinton was our "first black president", if you go by the "one drop" rule, or something.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:02 PM (OaZlZ)

649 All those rivals and critics of ~~Putin~~ Hillary really just fell out ~~windows and got polonium by~~ committed suicide and died by really unfortunate accident... that's the ticket

FIFY

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 02:02 PM (rbvCR)

650 Who names their kid Hakeem?

Mr. And Mrs Olajuwon?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 02:02 PM (tubbA)

651 Jack Poso posted a vid. Poland city at midnight. was awesome... It looked like Manhattan in 1950.. Russia is the same.. Putin made the sign of the cross at the AK RU pilot gravesites... they are major Catholics. the US is viewed and IS a debauchery producing society.

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:03 PM (VPPG8)

652 Yeah private equity is indeed a cancer. But there’s virtually no talk of it either in the msm or by politicians. Even “conservative” media has ignored it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 02:03 PM (9c0bR)

653 629 Before he was elected, every black person I know and most of the ones asked on TV said he wasn't black. After he got elected suddenly he was blackity black blacker than black y'all and it was race treason to question him.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 01:58 PM (dfIr7)

They only claim mixed people if they've got money or power.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 02:03 PM (UnA8+)

654 The real problem is that Europe chose to fight (UK) and yet was unprepared to disengage from Russia or devote real assets to the fight. They really wanted the US to keep it going so that they could profit. They are the ones telling State that Russia is a threat. They are the ones that want a disemboweled Russia. It benefits them, not us.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 18, 2025 01:57 PM (vlkaB)

This is why even the people who say (like in this thread) that "Russia is a rival" are mistaken.

Russia is a REGIONAL power, at best. It's only real threat to us would be in concert with one of our actual enemies, like China.

Russia IS a problem for Europe, but we really shouldn't be Europe's enforcer. That's their circus, that's their monkeys.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:03 PM (N1tpc)

655 Who wants to wager that this guy was offered a voter registration through motor-voter when he got his CDL?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 02:04 PM (uHCmv)

656 The real problem is that Europe chose to fight (UK) and yet was unprepared to disengage from Russia or devote real assets to the fight. They really wanted the US to keep it going so that they could profit.

Ukraine was the backup plan for the forever war when Afghanistan winds down, so they shifted all the military industrial spending there. The chaos and corruption there allows all kinds of operations by the intelligence departments and money changing hands.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 18, 2025 02:04 PM (dfIr7)

657 lost jobs, gutted industries, shoddy products"

Yeah, ma n pa shops were the best...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 02:05 PM (tubbA)

658 This is why even the people who say (like in this thread) that "Russia is a rival" are mistaken.

Russia is a REGIONAL power, at best. It's only real threat to us would be in concert with one of our actual enemies, like China.

Russia IS a problem for Europe, but we really shouldn't be Europe's enforcer. That's their circus, that's their monkeys.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:03 PM (N1tpc)

*Disclaimer: Russia is a "rival" in artic matters... but no one who claims it's a rival or an enemy even knows those issues.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:05 PM (N1tpc)

659 lil Zel looks like an asshole to but thats just me. fuck him and the beet wagon he rode in on. fucking gangster lying ass hole..

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:05 PM (VPPG8)

660 It’s very fashionable to call Putin a fascist dictator.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 02:02 PM (iFTx/)
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Most of the world outside of American conservatives believe in national socialism.

So, yeah. He's not much different.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:05 PM (OaZlZ)

661 Russia IS a problem for Europe, but we really shouldn't be Europe's enforcer. That's their circus, that's their monkeys.
____

We have organ-grinders on the ground all throughout Europe.

Posted by: See-Eye-Ay by way of En-Gee-Ohs at August 18, 2025 02:06 PM (Dv3i1)

662 Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks
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Buncha' Greek homos.

Posted by: Sharpton at August 18, 2025 02:06 PM (XeU6L)

663 Jack Poso posted a vid. Poland city at midnight. was awesome... It looked like Manhattan in 1950.. Russia is the same.. Putin made the sign of the cross at the AK RU pilot gravesites... they are major Catholics. the US is viewed and IS a debauchery producing society.
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:03 PM (VPPG

POLISH are major Catholics, Russians are Orthodox.

(You may have meant it that way, but it doesn't come out in your post.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 02:06 PM (N1tpc)

664 lil Zel looks like an asshole to but thats just me. fuck him and the beet wagon he rode in on. fucking gangster lying ass hole..

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 02:05 PM (VPPG

Beet Wagon >>> Turnip Truck >>> Banana Boat >>> Coconut Tree

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:06 PM (i24o9)

665
Lot Lizard: Hey you big truck driving’ man, wanna shift my gears, if you know what I mean?

Truck Driver: My name is Larry, please to do the needful.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 18, 2025 02:07 PM (ipIsk)

666 This thread smells like curry and fermenting cabbage, like Hillary after a bender.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2025 02:07 PM (NtVYv)

667 Beet Wagon >>> Turnip Truck >>> Banana Boat >>> Coconut Tree"

Dayooo, dayayooo. Daylight come...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 02:08 PM (tubbA)

668 Russia is a problem for Europe... because Europe knows it has no influence in Moscow.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 02:08 PM (g47mK)

669 *Disclaimer: Russia is a "rival" in artic matters... but no one who claims it's a rival or an enemy even knows those issues.
____

Trump wants Greenland?

*makes tiny circles with forefinger pointed to temple*

Posted by: Serious Analysts on TV at August 18, 2025 02:08 PM (Dv3i1)

670 Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks
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She *should* realize that most of technology has happened *since* Egypt (which was never likely Nubian, in the first place and more likely a Semitic mix).

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 02:08 PM (krQz2)

671 johnny maga
@_johnnymaga
·
10m
Brian Glenn: “You look fabulous in that suit!”

Trump: “I said the same thing! Isn’t that nice? That’s the one that attacked you last time.”

Zelensky: “I remember that… by the way, you’re in the same suit.”

Trump: 🤣🤣🤣

https://tinyurl.com/47whxmev

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 02:08 PM (NpAcC)

672 Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks

Okay Joy... Were waiting for you to invent something.. Anytime now..........

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 02:09 PM (VE6XX)

673 generally honorable culture.

AYFKM? you go try to work for them diaper head bastids.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 02:09 PM (qGDgb)

674 like curry and fermenting cabbage"

Whew. Kimchi that ain't!

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 02:10 PM (tubbA)

675 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 18, 2025 02:10 PM (GYt5+)

676 Nood.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 02:10 PM (i24o9)

677 Joy Reid worries about white folks a lot.

Must be jealous.

Posted by: Honky Joe at August 18, 2025 02:11 PM (Z3Vfa)

678 A couple of noods show up and then "whooosh", everyone is out of here.

Posted by: Serious Analysts on TV at August 18, 2025 02:11 PM (Dv3i1)

679 Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks

So why did they stop inventing things a thousand or so years ago?

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 02:13 PM (0U5gm)

680 A couple of noods show up and then "whooosh", everyone is out of here.
Posted by: Serious Analysts on TV at August 18, 2025 02:11 PM

This is the way.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 02:14 PM (jc0TO)

681 Y'all been busy while I was waiting on TSA's DEI hire Shanequa, with the culturally appropriated straightened blood hair. Useless twunt was flagging everyone's stuff for additional scrutiny.

Kyle the ambiguously straight, needs to eat a Sammich soiboi, wasn't cleaning the wipe n sniff testing machine between samples and the poor thing damned near shit himself when it flagged my work laptop as an explosive. Much hilarity (mine) was had at the monkeys scampering and flinging poo at everyone at that point.

If today is any indication, I'm gonna have a great fucking week.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (HHZCm)

682 Meemaw does an incredible double backflip!

https://is.gd/0Df5IM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 18, 2025 02:16 PM (L/fGl)

683 The state of California should be included among those suffering negative consequences for this.

And, whoever said he was qualified for a CDL.

Posted by: GWB at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (rSsQh)

684 He also literally destroyed a bridge by overloading it in his truck.

I am not a hater, but Newscum...

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 18, 2025 02:24 PM (1E4GV)

685 Time to hold Sanctuary Cities and Communities liable for all crimes committed by their Guest

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 18, 2025 05:06 PM (wGqjj)

THE MORNING RANT: Board Meetings at the TVA Will Be Lit, with “Florida Man” Getting Appointed to the Board of Directors

Just a quick, light post today since I’m returning from travel…

I often write about the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”, since it’s a high-profile utility providing electricity to Tennessee and parts of six other states. We TVA customers just survived a harrowing four years of Joe Biden loading its Board of Directors with anti-carbonistas who sought to deprive TVA customers of affordable, reliable electricity. President Trump, God bless him, quickly purged the board of those radicals, so we have a brief reprieve for now from the climate communists…until the next Democrat president is sworn in.

I’ll continue to have plenty to say about the need to liberate TVA customers from being dependent on presidential appointees for our electricity. President AOC would relish the opportunity to grant TVA Board appointments to people who would shutter our nuclear and natural gas plants, inflicting the unthinkable damage that would result from a renewable-only energy provider.

But for today, I just want to share a funny headline about President Trump’s newest appointee to the TVA Board of Directors – “Florida Man.”

“ Trump Names Florida Man as Fifth Nominee for TVA Board”

I’ve let it be known that when I retire from my day job and come out from behind my pen name, I would be interested in serving on the TVA Board of Directors. And if “Florida Man” is going to be on the Board, I really want to be able to attend the TVA’s Board meeting.

An alligator-wrestling drunk calling the police because there is no booze at the Board meeting is something I don’t want to miss.

In case you are not familiar with the “Florida Man” meme, here are some of the legendary headlines from America’s most interesting man.

“Barefoot Florida Man Wrangles Massive Alligator on Interstate”

“Florida Man Who Led Police on Car Chase Offers Deputies a Vodka Spritzer”

“Florida Man Calls 911 to Brag About Big Muscles, Hits on Dispatcher”

“Florida Man Accused of Beating Alligator with Golf Club Over Fishing Lure”

“Florida Man Arrested for Allegedly Driving Lawn Mower Drunk Down Busy Highway”

“Naked Florida Man on LSD Accused of Hitting Cop in Downtown Melbourne”

In conclusion, while I’d prefer to see the TVA Board composed of carbon-friendly proponents of inexpensive, reliable electricity (e.g. people like me), I’d still rather see “Florida Man” appointed to the Board of Directors than any of the radical eco-communists that Biden appointed.

*****

My latest piece at The Blaze discusses how private equity and corporate America are “eating their seed corn” by strip-mining companies of wealth and taking destructive actions to maximize short-term profit.

The rewards for this corporate vandalism are massive: fat bonuses, stock windfalls, golden parachutes. The damage — lost jobs, gutted industries, shoddy products — is someone else’s problem.
And the fastest way to pull it off? Slash costs to the bone. Ship jobs overseas. Push out the people who know the business best. Wreck customer service. Kill innovation. Downgrade quality until the product barely passes as the same thing you used to make.

The piece is behind a paywall, but if you’re a Blaze subscriber, I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

My latest piece at The Blaze looks at the destruction being wrought by private equity and corporate executives whose version of "capitalism" is the short-term extraction of existing wealth at the expense of long-term wealth creation.https://t.co/Us2uyPmt1B
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) August 16, 2025

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Nooded

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (R256O)

2 Ugh, AI pic

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (GbwPZ)

3 Wasn't expecting that.

I'm number 1! Woo hoo!

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 11:02 AM (R256O)

4 Slow.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:02 AM (ctrM5)

5 Willowed:

I think the NFL is about to learn a Bud Light lesson.

In our house, watching football was a family activity. Adults, kids everybody having a good time watching the Cowboys play. Very family friendly.

But, now if i had young kiddos. Do I want them exposed to a bunch of trannies prancing around?

No, I do not.

I don't mind explaining the rules of football to the little niblets. I have no desire explaining the mental illness of sexually confused lunatics.

I would simply not watch.

I suspect a lot of parents are going to feel the same way.

But, we'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 11:03 AM (iJfKG)

6 Guy in the AI looks a bit like Michael Keaton.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:04 AM (ExV1e)

7 Yeah, read that as they did with Joann's Fabrics, they buy the business, sell of all of the real estate upon which the stores/restaurants reside then pay the new owners to lease that land, which puts them in a profit loss, so they can then go bankrupt and sell off the remaining assets.
Evil.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 11:04 AM (GbwPZ)

8 Florida Man is the hero we need.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:06 AM (jc0TO)

9 Your picture looks like Nicolas Cage who would be the perfect choice to play Florida Man in the movie.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at August 18, 2025 11:06 AM (P7Iz+)

10 Chuck Norris passed Florida Man on the sidewalk and both just gave the acknowledgment nod.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:06 AM (EYmYM)

11 Your picture looks like Nicolas Cage who would be the perfect choice to play Florida Man in the movie.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at August 18, 2025 11:06 AM (P7Iz+)

Ugh. It would be Nic Cage playing Nic Cage as Florida Man.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (i24o9)

12 Trumps overall goal for MAGA is the elimination of the democrat party to a regional power.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (17s+e)

13 BREAKING NEWS: MSNBC will be renamed as My Source News Opinion World - or MS NOW.

Odds that Ace will be commenting on this today?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (0sNs1)

14 I never did any "Florida Man" things when I lived in Florida. Maybe I should have done more to embrace the local customs.

Hell, back then I was generally punctual.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (R256O)

15 If a company is outright failing, isn't strip mining it for assets the right thing to do?

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:08 AM (jc0TO)

16 Yeah, I liked going to Joann's Fabrics. Almost always the only male in there. Got lots of attention.

Bought fabric for car/RV restoration and recovering kitchen chairs, so no faggotry jokes, please.

Posted by: Manly Mike at August 18, 2025 11:08 AM (G5+As)

17 Bought fabric for car/RV restoration and recovering kitchen chairs, so no faggotry jokes, please.
Posted by: Manly Mike
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Uhhuh

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 18, 2025 11:09 AM (17s+e)

18 the destruction being wrought by private equity and corporate executives whose version of "capitalism" is the short-term extraction of existing wealth at the expense of long-term wealth creation.

One of the major drivers of this is "too low interest rates"
Low rates, especially low rates plus the discount major borrowers get (unlike proles who run businesses, pay payrolls, and buy houses and cars can get) make it profitable to borrow big, buy out companies, and then mine them for all the profit until the company is a husk, and then it is still profitable to sell off the wrecked business piece-meal.
It is the sin of the fiat money system.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM (rbvCR)

19 But, now if i had young kiddos. Do I want them exposed to a bunch of trannies prancing around?

No, I do not.

I don't mind explaining the rules of football to the little niblets. I have no desire explaining the mental illness of sexually confused lunatics.

I would simply not watch.

I suspect a lot of parents are going to feel the same way.

But, we'll see.
Posted by: naturalfake

I quit watching sports decades ago. The constant demands of the sportball owners for public subsidies, the greedy and thug like behavior of players, and the endless ratcheting of prices for fans soured me on the whole racket.

I quit being enamored of college sportsball when I was TA at a football powerhouse and pressured to give special advantages to their players that didn't bother to show up to class nor turn in work that was their own. And I played football from gradeschool to high school, used to swim, golf, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM (ctrM5)

20 isn't strip mining it for assets the right thing to do?"

No. Taxpayers and customers are supposed to keep it going. Studibaker wagons anyone?

Heh...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM (tubbA)

21 Yeah, I liked going to Joann's Fabrics. Almost always the only male in there. Got lots of attention.

Bought fabric for car/RV restoration and recovering kitchen chairs, so no faggotry jokes, please.
Posted by: Manly Mike

Wool felt for reloading. No jokes. You do what you gotta do.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM (p+RwZ)

22 Trump's ultimate goal for MAGA is turning the Democrat Party into a dating site for Gay Muslim Transgenders.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM (Ovc06)

23 New Orleans' Heineken Man doesn't get much love these days.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM (0sNs1)

24 Yeah, read that as they did with Joann's Fabrics, they buy the business, sell of all of the real estate upon which the stores/restaurants reside then pay the new owners to lease that land, which puts them in a profit loss, so they can then go bankrupt and sell off the remaining assets.
Evil.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 11:04 AM (GbwPZ)

Someone else's problem is the foundation upon which globalism rests. You, too, can become breathtakingly rich through globalism. All that is required is for you to not care how many lives you have to ruin in order to buy another Lamborghini (please note, this is not a slam at Italian carmakers or the people who buy them with funds ethically gained).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

25 Maybe we'll see a trend of names changing to "Florida Man."

Posted by: Eeyore at August 18, 2025 11:11 AM (s0JqF)

26 going to Joann's Fabrics. Almost always the only male in there"

Nah. By the end they were all in on rainbow crap...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 11:11 AM (tubbA)

27 That reminds me - I need to go out into the garden and check on my seed corn.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 18, 2025 11:12 AM (w6EFb)

28 15 If a company is outright failing, isn't strip mining it for assets the right thing to do?
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:08 AM (jc0TO)

I guess there are different levels of failing. Buying with the intent to strip it should be disclosed immediately. Lying about trying to turn it into a viable profitable business is evil in regard to the employees. IMHO.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:12 AM (EYmYM)

29 Wool felt for reloading. No jokes. You do what you gotta do.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM

Mattress ticking for muzzleloader round ball patching.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:12 AM (0sNs1)

30 One of the major drivers of this is "too low interest rates"
Low rates, especially low rates plus the discount major borrowers get (unlike proles who run businesses, pay payrolls, and buy houses and cars can get) make it profitable to borrow big, buy out companies, and then mine them for all the profit until the company is a husk, and then it is still profitable to sell off the wrecked business piece-meal.
It is the sin of the fiat money system.
Posted by: Kindltot

That and allowing companies to lard up in debt instead of equity. They can write off interest payments but not dividends. Same with bonds versus preferred stock. And they allow hedge funds, etc. to borrow money to take over a company, write off the interest, and use the available cash, etc. to pay off the loans long enough to get out of dodge before it crashes.

Socialize the losses, privatize the gains.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:12 AM (ctrM5)

31 15 - toby928: Yes, strip mining the assets of a failing company is fine. Killing a successful company by distributing its equity, while also treating loyal customers as prey to be exploited is short sighted and wicked. The Golden Goose parable has been forgotten by today’s MBA culture. As delicious as roast goose may be for one meal, it is not worth sacrificing years of golden eggs.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at August 18, 2025 11:13 AM (HYuX4)

32 Lacy trim for workout sweats.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 18, 2025 11:13 AM (17s+e)

33 A few years ago I attended a friends wedding in St Pete, FL. A bunch of us went to a local beach bar the night before the ceremony, very casual place.

There was a group from the panhandle area at the bar. I know because 1) they made a point of telling everyone and 2) they looked the part. One woman got out on the dance floor with a hula hoop for some unknown reason. One of her companions, a guy with hair halfway down his back, a dirty wife beater and a pair of knee length camo shorts took the hula hoop and had a go.

A few gyrations and his shorts were down around his ankles. He was rocking a commando look. Did this stop Florida Man? It did not.

Some things you see cannot be unseen.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:14 AM (viF8m)

34 Homo Floridensis > Homo Florensis

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:14 AM (VoAdT)

35 >>If a company is outright failing, isn't strip mining it for assets the right thing to do?

Think they take a business and then make it fail, such as by selling off the property and then having to pay to lease the property. They buy it with no intention of running it.

There was also the GameStop thing a few years back, where big stock investors invested in GameStop failing (whatever that's called), so then it needed to fail.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GbwPZ)

36 If a corporation or company has idle assets that are not providing a decent ROI then that entity becomes appetizing to others. This is the fault of the current directors and executives not the buyers.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 18, 2025 11:15 AM (17s+e)

37 We need more Florida Man in all branches of government.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 11:15 AM (OPGS/)

38 A few gyrations and his shorts were down around his ankles. He was rocking a commando look. Did this stop Florida Man? It did not.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:14 AM

Tell us you've never been to a MoMe without telling us you've never been to a MoMe.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:16 AM (0sNs1)

39

Wool felt for reloading. No jokes. You do what you gotta do.
Posted by: rickb223

I remember going to the Garment District in Manhattan to buy loads of thick felt when I was building a recording studio at the Record Plant. Didn't have the heart to tell the old-school Jewish owners that it was going to be buried under platforms and in walls.

Posted by: "Fine Piece Of Goods" at August 18, 2025 11:16 AM (G5+As)

40 Hmm. So it's back to Gordon Gekko is bad, I guess...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 11:16 AM (tubbA)

41 13 BREAKING NEWS: MSNBC will be renamed as My Source News Opinion World - or MS NOW.

Odds that Ace will be commenting on this today?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (0sNs1)
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Why the half measures: SHAM-WOW

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 11:16 AM (G0vdT)

42 >>Tell us you've never been to a MoMe without telling us you've never been to a MoMe.

I'm so old I was at the very first one.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:17 AM (viF8m)

43 A bunch of Joann's prancing homos up in here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:17 AM (i24o9)

44 31 15 - toby928: Yes, strip mining the assets of a failing company is fine. Killing a successful company by distributing its equity, while also treating loyal customers as prey to be exploited is short sighted and wicked. The Golden Goose parable has been forgotten by today’s MBA culture. As delicious as roast goose may be for one meal, it is not worth sacrificing years of golden eggs.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton

The MBAs of this generation turn companies into wasteland as they extricate every nickel of value for themselves but little enough for the shareholder unwary enough to trust management.

Look up the tawdry record of Cerebrus in destroying Remington, DPMS, etc. while gobbling up public subsidies and ignoring quality plus safety in the case of Remington.

Financialized economies produce nothing but debt and bankruptcy as they destroy the very value of a company as a going concern--quality goes to crap, etc as Buck describes above. All designed to dump the losses on customers and employees while rewarding the executive suite and fund owners.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:17 AM (ctrM5)

45 If a company is outright failing, isn't strip mining it for assets the right thing to do?
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:08 AM (jc0TO)

Like buying a beater car so you can get the money for parts? Yes, but if private equity buys up a business that is floundering, puts all the debt of buying it on the company itself, and then treats it like a milk cow and forces it to make up its own losses from no re-investment, when it fails from iliquidity, then it seems somehow unfair to the employees and customers.
It is like the quaint Canadian custom of allowing the coroner to declare a patient "near enough death" so the hospital can go ahead with organ harvesting. It is legal under Canadian law, yes.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:18 AM (rbvCR)

46 15 - toby928: Yes, strip mining the assets of a failing company is fine. Killing a successful company by distributing its equity, while also treating loyal customers as prey to be exploited is short sighted and wicked. The Golden Goose parable has been forgotten by today’s MBA culture. As delicious as roast goose may be for one meal, it is not worth sacrificing years of golden eggs.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at August 18, 2025 11:13 AM

Is that a judgment to be enforced by outsiders? Government? I'm not disputing the thesis so much as question it's application. Melting down an ancient bronze statue for it's metal seems like a waste to me but, do I have a complaint if it's the owner doing it?

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:18 AM (jc0TO)

47 This is the fault of the current directors and executives not the buyers.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 18, 2025 11:15 AM (17s+e)

I agree but a lot of purchases are made based on false representations shielded by future denial.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:19 AM (EYmYM)

48 28 I guess there are different levels of failing. Buying with the intent to strip it should be disclosed immediately. Lying about trying to turn it into a viable profitable business is evil in regard to the employees. IMHO.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:12 AM (EYmYM)

Yes, but aren't we supposed to admire absolute ruthlessness?

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 11:19 AM (UnA8+)

49 In other news, a United Airlines jet's next flight gets cancelled because woman who was sick while boarding plane holes up in the plane's loo for 90 minutes with explosive diarrhea.

And the stupid self-absorbed woman decides that she needs to share all of her misery on TikTok.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:19 AM (daZd4)

50 Yeah, I liked going to Joann's Fabrics. Almost always the only male in there. Got lots of attention.

Bought fabric for car/RV restoration and recovering kitchen chairs, so no faggotry jokes, please.
Posted by: Manly Mike at August 18, 2025 11:08 AM (G5+As)

Oh man, those people *knew* fabric. I would go in there to pick up fat quarters for making books, but got to watch the experts in action.

(For the record, I grew up with my dad being better at the sewing machine than my mom. His work was making and installing custom drapes, so it made sense to me. He was also a better cook than my mom.)

Posted by: pookysgirl grew up in an egalitarian household at August 18, 2025 11:19 AM (Wt5PA)

51 When are these motherfuckers going to harness the power of a hurricane to show us all how sustainable energy works?

KMA. Our prayers are with you, Florida Man!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 11:19 AM (/vPt3)

52 You have to give msnbc props for finally telling the truth, that it is and always was just opinion, leftist opinion. No facts. No truth. No reality. Just opinion.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 18, 2025 11:19 AM (17s+e)

53
Multiple Sclerosis NOW!

Biggest name fail since #METOO

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 11:20 AM (Y8DZL)

54 I want a new nuke plant built in TN.... YESTERDAY.

Build it baby. Build it.

Our rates went up. BrightRidge isn't producing enough. The area is growing with all the blue state fugees.

Posted by: SoUgly at August 18, 2025 11:20 AM (yf5/z)

55 Jo Ann's Fabric was killed off by the equity firm that bought it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:20 AM (daZd4)

56 I think the NFL is about to learn a Bud Light lesson.
...
But, now if i had young kiddos. Do I want them exposed to a bunch of trannies prancing around?

I'm sure Disney-owned ESPN is upset the Monday Night Football opener of Vikings vs Bears is at Chicago instead of Minnesota and thus won't feature the Vikings' cheerleaders, although I bet they have a feature-ette on the "male" cheerleader.

Posted by: Gov. George Ryan (who I pray is burning in hell at this moment) at August 18, 2025 11:20 AM (D0HYP)

57 do I have a complaint if it's the owner doing it?"

I note that someone, somewhere has to sell first...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 11:21 AM (tubbA)

58 There was also the GameStop thing a few years back, where big stock investors invested in GameStop failing (whatever that's called), so then it needed to fail.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GbwPZ)

My best friends son is still living on the money he made off that fiasco.
Almost $500,000.

Posted by: Reforger at August 18, 2025 11:21 AM (pxUkb)

59 off sock

Posted by: Chuck C at August 18, 2025 11:21 AM (D0HYP)

60 I quit watching sports decades ago. The constant demands of the sportball owners for public subsidies, the greedy and thug like behavior of players, and the endless ratcheting of prices for fans soured me on the whole racket.

I quit being enamored of college sportsball when I was TA at a football powerhouse and pressured to give special advantages to their players that didn't bother to show up to class nor turn in work that was their own. And I played football from gradeschool to high school, used to swim, golf, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:10 AM (ctrM5)

Whenever it was I was done with NFL (the only pro sports I watched) predated the BLM/Rainbow era. I only got interested in baseball later after coaching, and I hardly ever watch a game, unless I can watch it free.

I'll go to minor league games, and I even went to a local men's league game, because our oldest's coach played. But it is mostly Little League and high school games I watch. There's still a lot of fun out there to be had in baseball without all the garbage social change BS.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:21 AM (i24o9)

61 Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:18 AM (jc0TO)

Again did they acquire the bronze statue from the owner with the stated intention of displaying it?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:22 AM (EYmYM)

62 BREAKING NEWS: MSNBC will be renamed as My Source News Opinion World - or MS NOW.

Odds that Ace will be commenting on this today?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (0sNs1)
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I have two step-sisters with MS. I expect this rebranding to go well.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:23 AM (rbvCR)

63 36 If a corporation or company has idle assets that are not providing a decent ROI then that entity becomes appetizing to others.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

As someone with actual business experience plus the education, that is NOT what is going on here. Has little to do with Schumpeter's creative destruction. In the financialization case, the idea is that you can a) have too much quality--so you cheapen the source of parts for something like an auto to make it disposable. That is the EV way--not reusable nor particularly resellable but designed to extricate wealth from the unwary customer in order to plant the wealth in to the executive and/or hedge fund owner. You fire the most expensive employees as quality is job last. Essentially you use the company as a piggy bank to raid leaving a shell behind. That is why a lot of Merger and Acquisitions has nothing to do with synergies or some other bullshit--it is a) to turn the market into a stable oligopoly preventing future competition to milk customers or b) to turn everything into a financial net present value equation to maximize short term earnings--not long term viability.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:23 AM (ctrM5)

64 Once you get past the massive leftist propaganda and read what the TVA really is and really does--you don't hate it near enough.

An evil, corrupt, exploitive, abusive monopoly is the nicest thing about it.

There are a lot of awful, destructive Presidents.

But FDR will always be the tip-top of the shit pile.
This country has suffered far too long under the "but FDR gave daddy and grand-daddy a job during the Depression!" crowd.
No he didn't, you fucking tard--he stole money from the right pocket, palmed a fiver for him, put it in the left pocket and then paid lay-abouts for make-work with it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 11:23 AM (tlI68)

65 Car upholsterers and leather craftsmen make bank and are highly valuable. If I had life to do over, this would have been a good way to go.

Posted by: Regerts, I've Had a Few at August 18, 2025 11:24 AM (G5+As)

66 15 If a company is outright failing, isn't strip mining it for assets the right thing to do?
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:08 AM (jc0TO)

I wasn't a business major but...I'm gonna say no.
It's one thing for a business to fail, it's worse to make it fail.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2025 11:24 AM (xcxpd)

67 Yes, but aren't we supposed to admire absolute ruthlessness?
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 11:19 AM (UnA8+)

I never have had that opinion. I think it leads to failure in the long run.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:25 AM (EYmYM)

68 Stockton-Rush was ruthless in pursing his dream.

He imploded spectacularly.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (daZd4)

69 Yes, but aren't we supposed to admire absolute ruthlessness?
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 11:19 AM (UnA8+)

When dealing with commies, absolutely.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (i24o9)

70 did they acquire the bronze statue from the owner with the stated intention of displaying it?"

Doesn't matter. Once I sell, I have no control (barring possible contractual obligations). People who bought one of my old homes tore it down, built mcmansion, and sold for $$$. Not my monkey, not my zoo.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (tubbA)

71 Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:18 AM (jc0TO)

Again did they acquire the bronze statue from the owner with the stated intention of displaying it?
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:22 AM

You might argue that a minimally profitable company shouldn't be broken up, but is that our call to make, other than in a shaming way?

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (jc0TO)

72 I'll go to minor league games, and I even went to a local men's league game, because our oldest's coach played. But it is mostly Little League and high school games I watch. There's still a lot of fun out there to be had in baseball without all the garbage social change BS.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Exactly so. Sports can be a community rallying point at that level and provide kids with valuable life lessons (how to lose with dignity, sometimes your best ain't good enough, and so on). But the corporate type of sportsball now seen reminds me of what Buck is mentioning above. A group of individuals that aim to get rich and extricate every single dollar out of other people's pockets until they crash and burn. And now insult them on the way to doing just that.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (ctrM5)

73 Bought fabric for car/RV restoration and recovering kitchen chairs, so no faggotry jokes, please.
Posted by: Manly Mike
—/

At least we got sorting for it. Bridge, sand, buildings…. The New Democrat grifting presidents spent trillions and we have nothing to show for it.

Little praise but praise.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (17s+e)

74 >>whig at August 18, 2025 11:23 AM (ctrM5)

As someone who has been doing startups for nearly 30 years I concur. It ain't always pretty and you are always at the mercy of VCs and other unscrupulous types.

Safer swimming with actual sharks than the 2 legged kind.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (viF8m)

75 In other news, a United Airlines jet's next flight gets cancelled because woman who was sick while boarding plane holes up in the plane's loo for 90 minutes with explosive diarrhea.

You gotta go, you gotta go.

Posted by: Capt. McCluskey at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (D0HYP)

76 67 Yes, but aren't we supposed to admire absolute ruthlessness?
Posted by: XTC

I never have had that opinion. I think it leads to failure in the long run.
Posted by: polynikes
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I agree with polynikes. Well said.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:27 AM (ctrM5)

77 I would be in favor of a reduction, if not outright elimination of presidential appointees for non-cabinet level positions. I get tired of having a 4 year reprieve from asinine policies only to have them reinstituted with the next leftist who buys their way into office.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 11:27 AM (Q4IgG)

78 BREAKING NEWS: MSNBC will be renamed as My Source News Opinion World - or MS NOW.

Odds that Ace will be commenting on this today?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (0sNs1)

Hmmmm...I'm thinking MS TAKE
Just can't think of something for TAKE.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 11:27 AM (2WIwB)

79 In other news, a United Airlines jet's next flight gets cancelled because woman who was sick while boarding plane holes up in the plane's loo for 90 minutes with explosive diarrhea.

Make Cholera Great Again!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

80 My best friends son is still living on the money he made off that fiasco.
Almost $500,000.
Posted by: Reforger

I was really happy to read about stories like that. One person paid off their loans and still had a lot of money left over.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 11:28 AM (OPGS/)

81 There was also the GameStop thing a few years back, where big stock investors invested in GameStop failing (whatever that's called), so then it needed to fail.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 11:15 AM

It is called 'shorting', where the 'investor' sells stock he doesn't own (generally 'loaned' by his brokerage), in anticipation of the stock's price going down, at which point he purchases the stock at the lower price, 'returns' the borrowed stock which he now owns, and pockets the difference in price, minus brokerage fees.

Shorting is not, how you say, something The Paolo is familiar with.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:28 AM (0sNs1)

82 I went to Joann's several years ago to get some fabric to recover the cushions on an heirloom rocking chair. They had some awesome fabrics, and I picked one that was heavily woven and looked like it was embroidered. A couple of yards was quite expensive, but it has looked good and worn like iron.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 11:28 AM (0U5gm)

83 It's a bust out. We do this all the time.

Posted by: Tony Soprano at August 18, 2025 11:28 AM (wVcYX)

84 I'm sorry, but what little of the article is available for free just seems to be a "greed is bad" thingy.

There's no *motive* for a "raider" to come in and "destroy" a company...unless the underlying business metrics are so poor that the business isn't savable. At that point, the *correct* business move is to sell the underlying assets for as much as possible.

No "raider" buys a company thinking "Wow, we've got amazing market share, loyal employees, and award winning products--let's sell off the assets and gut this thing!"

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 11:29 AM (TN0g+)

85 Mattress ticking for muzzleloader round ball patching.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Fist bump.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:29 AM (p+RwZ)

86 a lot of it is the conflation of profit with gain.

Gain is just gain - more money now than you had before.

Profit is an actual measure of your usefulness as an entity to someone else ("the customer").

All profit is gain. Not all gain is profit.

If very little of your gains are actually profits, then your entity is eventually going away.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:29 AM (VoAdT)

87 I think the NFL is about to learn a Bud Light lesson.

I doubt it. If all the BLM, stop beating your wife PSAs, breast cancer awareness, no cheerleaders on television, player crimewaves, poor sportsmanship, insertion of female commentators, welfare stadium deals, ridiculous prices, ever-expanding game length due to "instant" replay, commercials taking precedence over returning to the broadcast when the ball is snapped haven't done in the NFL, nothing will. Nothing. And you can hear many here at the HQ tell you they are never giving up football.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 11:29 AM (guCHD)

88 It is called 'shorting', where the 'investor' sells stock he doesn't own (generally 'loaned' by his brokerage), in anticipation of the stock's price going down, at which point he purchases the stock at the lower price, 'returns' the borrowed stock which he now owns, and pockets the difference in price, minus brokerage fees.

Shorting is not, how you say, something The Paolo is familiar with.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:28 AM (0sNs1)

We put Duke & Duke out of business shorting Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice on the commodities exchange, on a $

Posted by: Tony Soprano at August 18, 2025 11:30 AM (wVcYX)

89 Doesn't matter. Once I sell, I have no control (barring possible contractual obligations). People who bought one of my old homes tore it down, built mcmansion, and sold for $$$. Not my monkey, not my zoo.
Posted by: man at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (tubbA)

Sign the waiver, or you don't get medical treatment.
Sign the waiver or you don't get to buy in the store.
Sight the waiver or you don't get to drive.

It is legal

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:30 AM (rbvCR)

90 You might argue that a minimally profitable company shouldn't be broken up, but is that our call to make, other than in a shaming way?
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (jc0TO)

I don't disagree with you that the new owner should be able to do whatever he wants. My problem is acquiring the business with false representations. I realize though that a buyer could have had good intentions to live up to his representations but the effort just failed. I'm talking about a buyer who never had the intention to attempt a turnaround but actually took actions that made it fail quicker.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:31 AM (EYmYM)

91 I suppose the opposite of the ruthless strip mining done in America was (is) the persistence of so-called "zombie" companies in Japan and China. They're endlessly propped up by the government because letting them die would be traumatic to the employment rate.

As with most things, the messy middle is usually the right choice.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 11:31 AM (Riz8t)

92 Banana Ball is fun to watch and never boring. I've been to four games in person (the last time 3 weeks go in Norfolk) and watch most games live on Youtube. They played in the White Sox ballpark over the weekend, sold out both games. There was a 1 1/2 hour rain delay Saturday night, complete with lightning. All the players from both teams went into the crowd and took selfies, signed stuff, the whole delay. Think MLB would do that? When the tarp came off the field, they had to make announcements to get all the players back. Fun!

Posted by: Been On ESPN and Tru TV Lately, too at August 18, 2025 11:31 AM (G5+As)

93 Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:14 AM (viF8m)

As someone who moved to the Panhandle... it can be interesting. The divide between rich and poor is huge. The divide between Southern Good Ole Boy and Floridian is even larger.

Still, it is a very nice, laidback place to live.

Posted by: Ann at August 18, 2025 11:31 AM (4neFu)

94
I quit being enamored of college sportsball when I was TA at a football powerhouse and pressured to give special advantages to their players that didn't bother to show up to class nor turn in work that was their own.

___________

Bobby Knight may have been an asshole, but he ran his program by the book and insisted his players study and graduate. Cut a class, miss an appointment with a tutor? You're suspended. Fail your courses? You're gone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 11:31 AM (kkTda)

95 FL Man >>> DC Man

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 11:31 AM (iFTx/)

96 Safer swimming with actual sharks than the 2 legged kind.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:26 AM (viF8m)

*nods*

Stick with The Jets, my friend.

Posted by: Riff at August 18, 2025 11:31 AM (HA0b7)

97 It is called 'shorting', where the 'investor' sells stock he doesn't own (generally 'loaned' by his brokerage), in anticipation of the stock's price going down, at which point he purchases the stock at the lower price, 'returns' the borrowed stock which he now owns, and pockets the difference in price, minus brokerage fees.

Shorting is not, how you say, something The Paolo is familiar with.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:28 AM (0sNs1)

We put Duke & Duke out of business shorting Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice on the commodities exchange, on a $1 bet.

[excuse the premature posting, operator error on the keyboard]

Posted by: Winthorpe & Valentine at August 18, 2025 11:32 AM (wVcYX)

98 FL Man >>> DC Man

I'm going to need to see what kind of an arm FL man when it comes to airborne food.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

99 >>Exactly so. Sports can be a community rallying point at that level and provide kids with valuable life lessons (how to lose with dignity, sometimes your best ain't good enough, and so on). But the corporate type of sportsball now seen reminds me of what Buck is mentioning above. A group of individuals that aim to get rich and extricate every single dollar out of other people's pockets until they crash and burn. And now insult them on the way to doing just that.

Newport is the home of the oldest wooden ballpark left in America, Cardines Field. During WWII, some of the major leaguers who went to war like Yogi Berra played there.

It's now the home of the Newport Gulls, a wooden bat summer league for college players as well as hosting various high school, Babe Ruth League and other amateur teams. It's a great place to spend a summer night if you just want to watch baseball.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:33 AM (viF8m)

100 Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2025 11:29 AM (TN0g

That's not what anyone is saying.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:33 AM (EYmYM)

101
There is no explanation of CBS's Margaret Brennan other that being a deep-cover Republican asset.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 11:34 AM (Y8DZL)

102 58 There was also the GameStop thing a few years back, where big stock investors invested in GameStop failing (whatever that's called), so then it needed to fail.
Posted by: Lizzy

They were doing a naked short (shorting stocks they did not own nor have rights to via options. That was illegal btw but the Biden SEC was not interested in that. And the whales doing it were hedge fund investing firms.

A lot of these trades are not profitable unless you can do it with such a large sum of money as to overwhelm rational investors looking at P/E values etc. Same way that Robin Hood trading is used to forerun a particular hedge fund's operations in buying stock--they look at what the free/cheap traders are putting in buy and sell orders for in order to do their own trades before those trades are executed so as to make a steady tidy profit.

TO benefit from that effect, you have to start with gobs of money otherwise relying on market imperfections doesn't generate enough return v risk for the run of the mill individual investor.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:34 AM (ctrM5)

103 I think the NFL is about to learn a Bud Light lesson.

I doubt it. If all the BLM, stop beating your wife PSAs, breast cancer awareness, no cheerleaders on television, player crimewaves, poor sportsmanship, insertion of female commentators, welfare stadium deals, ridiculous prices, ever-expanding game length due to "instant" replay, commercials taking precedence over returning to the broadcast when the ball is snapped haven't done in the NFL, nothing will. Nothing. And you can hear many here at the HQ tell you they are never giving up football.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 11:29 AM (guCHD)
__

That plus almost all sportsball is a front for a multi-billion gambling empire

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 11:34 AM (iFTx/)

104 The MBAs of this generation turn companies into wasteland as they extricate every nickel of value for themselves but little enough for the shareholder unwary enough to trust management.
---
Every MBA, does that, fuck 'em all.
The thing that has me always with an escape/backup plan from my place?
Going on 8 years, bringing in record revenue, no one here can do my job as well as me. Should be safe.
But?
Big boss is an MBA.
And that means, no matter what, I am nothing but a growing expense on the liabilities side of the ledger.
And one day, she's going to decide a new hire can do my job at half the price.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 11:34 AM (tlI68)

105 No Florida man shall ever top the guy who got pulled over for speeding and ended up having a three some with the lady cops in the back of the police car.

That’s like the Michael Jordan of Florida Man.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (9c0bR)

106 I doubt it. If all the BLM, stop beating your wife PSAs, breast cancer awareness, no cheerleaders on television, player crimewaves, poor sportsmanship, insertion of female commentators, welfare stadium deals, ridiculous prices, ever-expanding game length due to "instant" replay, commercials taking precedence over returning to the broadcast when the ball is snapped haven't done in the NFL, nothing will. Nothing. And you can hear many here at the HQ tell you they are never giving up football.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 11:29 AM (guCHD)

You make a good point. It was extremely easy to not drink crumby beer or switch to an equally crumby beer. There are not a lot of options for diehard NFL people.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (i24o9)

107 Obligatory BOC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiB9Z-xZjuM

Posted by: DaveA at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (FhXTo)

108 >>Still, it is a very nice, laidback place to live.

I actually like it quite a bit.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (viF8m)

109 There are two excellent movies about shorting in 2008:
1) The Big Short
2) Margin Call

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

110 I'm talking about a buyer who never had the intention to attempt a turnaround but actually took actions that made it fail quicker.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:31 AM

I'm not qualified to read other's minds or to be perpetually correct.

This is what attracted me to libertarianism in the first place, and then repelled me from big 'L'ibertarianism in the end. It always comes back to who-whom.

I'm not trying to pick a fight, btw.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)

111 In the (ongoing, AFAIK) GameStop saga, the 'kids' noticed the huge short interest in GameStop, and started buying the stock, causing the stock price to rise. This caused a "margin squeeze" on the investors who had shorted the stock, meaning they owed more and more as the stock went up. They have to buy the stock to 'cover' their position at some point. Shorting a stock in not risk-free.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (0sNs1)

112 Bobby Knight may have been an asshole, but he ran his program by the book and insisted his players study and graduate. Cut a class, miss an appointment with a tutor? You're suspended. Fail your courses? You're gone.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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I think to some extent, the pressure of winning when all his competitors were doing the opposite is what did him in as a coach.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:36 AM (ctrM5)

113 Belated and bewillowed, my tips on neutering Win11 junk, from end of last thread:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=416115#c41469895

Posted by: mindful webworker - finally caught up to Now at August 18, 2025 11:36 AM (L05+f)

114 No Florida man shall ever top the guy who got pulled over for speeding and ended up having a three some with the lady cops in the back of the police car.

That’s like the Michael Jordan of Florida Man.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (9c0bR)

I wanted to believe, but, sadly, this is satire.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:36 AM (i24o9)

115 "Vulture Capitalism" vs. "Predator Capitalism". Is that a useful dichotomy? Is it worth it to try to think about things in those terms, even if they are kind of sloppy? The distinction being between scavenging a dead or dying company, versus actively ruining a viable but possibly weakened company just because you can... I don't know, it's just the nucleus of a thought.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:37 AM (VoAdT)

116 Milton Friedman considered the only fiduciary obligation was to maximize profits, but I am unable to figure out if he meant that "for as long a period as possible" or just "most money as fast as possible"

Once again the issue is a debt based economy where the easiest way to get access to lots of money is to borrow it, and the best way to keep access is to keep paying the interest payments. It cause a layer of "rentier" class to develop, the middlemen who get rich doing nothing but allowing other people to work and charging a percentage on it. The greater the debt, the greater the payments and the greater the percentages earn. All losses are borne by the bottom rung when things go bust

Part of it is made easier by bankruptcy laws isolating corporations from their investors, but I would consider making that separation of entities easier to breach in cases of intentional bad behavior, like stripping and running.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:37 AM (rbvCR)

117 There's no *motive* for a "raider" to come in and "destroy" a company...unless the underlying business metrics are so poor that the business isn't savable. At that point, the *correct* business move is to sell the underlying assets for as much as possible.

No "raider" buys a company thinking "Wow, we've got amazing market share, loyal employees, and award winning products--let's sell off the assets and gut this thing!"

Posted by: Crusader

A lot of these raiders come in and see a company with adequate but low margins, but they own their real estate and have "too much inventory" per the MBA's analysis, so the raider decides to "improve" the business by changing that, and take the difference in margin for themselves. Then, the business does start to fail. I have worked for private equity, and have seen it many times.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 11:37 AM (0U5gm)

118 Bannon on Real Americas Voice
The War Room
it is time

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 18, 2025 11:37 AM (VPPG8)

119 Two of my sons now live in Florida. I’m really hoping to not see them in the news.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 11:38 AM (u73oe)

120 Sure the NFL stands for everything I oppose. And sure it’s absurdly expensive. And yeah spending 10 hours drinking beer on the couch on a Sunday, ignoring my family will probably have downside effects for my children.

But “my team” looks really good this year so I’m watching. And I’ll also read blogs about it and watch endless ESPN shows debating who did what and when and whether that was good or bad.
- NFL fans

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:38 AM (9c0bR)

121 Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)

I'm talking about objective representations. That's why there are 'hostile takeovers' so there are no representations a buyer has to make.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:38 AM (EYmYM)

122 Belated and bewillowed, my tips on neutering Win11 junk, from end of last thread:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=416115#c41469895

Posted by: mindful webworker - finally caught up to Now at August 18, 2025 11:36 AM (L05+f)

Thanks for this. I've mostly accomplished all of this, as it has come down the pike. MS is a garbage company that deserves the Joann's treatment.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:38 AM (i24o9)

123
If your CEO sends out an announcement that McKinsey will be conducting a strategic review, brush up your CV and start looking elsewhere.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 11:39 AM (kkTda)

124 They have to buy the stock to 'cover' their position at some point. Shorting a stock in not risk-free.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The hedge funds were engaging in illegal naked short selling (selling stocks that they did not actually possess nor have the rights via contracts to do). Illegal if the SEC gets off its fat butt but they do not give a shit about companies nor the small investors--that is because many of those SEC types go off to work for those big hedge funds,etc. Agency capture is the name of the game.

When billions and trillions are at stake, figure always that people are figuring out how to cheat others to rise to the top. That is the problem with a financialized economy--the robber barons actually built things that survived them-the financial types leave Detroits in their wake. Nothing but rubble.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:39 AM (ctrM5)

125 I wanted to believe, but, sadly, this is satire.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:36 AM

P'shaw. Comrade Flounder, *you* are the man who can make this come true. It's easy:

1. Move to Florida.
2. Get pulled over by 2 lady cops.
3. ...
4. Enshrinement in both the Florida Man and AoSHQ Moron Hall of Fames!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:40 AM (0sNs1)

126 Banana Ball is fun to watch and never boring. I've been to four games in person (the last time 3 weeks go in Norfolk) and watch most games live on Youtube. They played in the White Sox ballpark over the weekend, sold out both games. There was a 1 1/2 hour rain delay Saturday night, complete with lightning. All the players from both teams went into the crowd and took selfies, signed stuff, the whole delay. Think MLB would do that? When the tarp came off the field, they had to make announcements to get all the players back. Fun!
Posted by: Been On ESPN and Tru TV Lately, too

Banana Ball is a blast. Saw a clip where they set a new league record with five foul ball fan caught outs.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:40 AM (p+RwZ)

127 I'm talking about objective representations. That's why there are 'hostile takeovers' so there are no representations a buyer has to make.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:38 AM

I understand your niche argument, though I don't think hostile takeover means what what you are suggesting here. I just don't think it is generally applicable.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:40 AM (jc0TO)

128 I've started following a guy tracking insider trades on the Toks.

Politicians, CEOs, the usual.

Holy shit. I'm a rotten cynic who knows they are all cheating and stealing and I'm even surprised at how blatant it is.

If you are laboring under the belief that insider trading is illegal, you'll want to discard that.
I mean, yeah, it's "technically" legal in that they comply with the current laws.
But yeah, insider trading in all but.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 11:41 AM (tlI68)

129 There are not a lot of options for diehard NFL people.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:35 AM (i24o9)

So like crack addicts.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:41 AM (9c0bR)

130 "Vulture Capitalism" vs. "Predator Capitalism". Is that a useful dichotomy? Is it worth it to try to think about things in those terms, even if they are kind of sloppy? The distinction being between scavenging a dead or dying company, versus actively ruining a viable but possibly weakened company just because you can... I don't know, it's just the nucleus of a thought.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:37 AM (VoAdT)

Vulture Capitalism is the cry Cristina Kirchner's government used to condemn the corporations that they thought were exploiting the Argentine economy by requiring the government to pay back its defaulted loans. Part of the problem was that there was malfeasance on all sides, including the IMF. At one point foreign creditors seized an Argentine naval ship in a foreign port like a dealership taking a used car on the street.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:41 AM (rbvCR)

131 Banana Ball is fun to watch and never boring. I've been to four games in person (the last time 3 weeks go in Norfolk) and watch most games live on Youtube. They played in the White Sox ballpark over the weekend, sold out both games. There was a 1 1/2 hour rain delay Saturday night, complete with lightning. All the players from both teams went into the crowd and took selfies, signed stuff, the whole delay. Think MLB would do that? When the tarp came off the field, they had to make announcements to get all the players back. Fun!
Posted by: Been On ESPN and Tru TV Lately, too

Banana Ball is a blast. Saw a clip where they set a new league record with five foul ball fan caught outs.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:40 AM (p+RwZ)
_____

"I love Banana Ball! Oh wait ...."

-- Gay Homo Sub Throwing Faggot

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 11:41 AM (iFTx/)

132 Every MBA, does that, fuck 'em all.
The thing that has me always with an escape/backup plan from my place?
Going on 8 years, bringing in record revenue, no one here can do my job as well as me. Should be safe.
But?
Big boss is an MBA.
And that means, no matter what, I am nothing but a growing expense on the liabilities side of the ledger.
And one day, she's going to decide a new hire can do my job at half the price.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 11:34 AM (tlI6

Tangential...

I don't know if my company's big boss is an MBA but I do know that they're Indian. And I'm not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:41 AM (ExV1e)

133 The Bananas home ballpark-Grayson Stadium-dates from 1926 and many baseball greats played there, including Ruth. They've made some substantial improvements with the success of Banana Ball, including artificial turf, but it still feels like the ancient experience. Right field was always a lake/swamp after a thunderstorm, so the turf/drainage really helps.

Posted by: Former Sand Gnats Park at August 18, 2025 11:42 AM (G5+As)

134 Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:39 AM (ctrM5)

Summary I agree with. Pushing paper around to make millions.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:42 AM (EYmYM)

135 If your CEO sends out an announcement that McKinsey will be conducting a strategic review, brush up your CV and start looking elsewhere.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 11:39 AM (kkTda)

McKinsey led a project at my company. It was such a clusterfuck. About 6 months in they were kicked out. Started from scratch, project was done in 3 months.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:43 AM (9c0bR)

136 I don't know if my company's big boss is an MBA but I do know that they're Indian. And I'm not.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:41 AM

Put a dot on your forehead?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:43 AM (0sNs1)

137 So like crack addicts.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:41 AM (9c0bR)

Whatever. You can demean people over it if you want. You aren't going to gain a lot of converts in doing so.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:44 AM (i24o9)

138 I’m assuming we’re all adults here so here’s an idea. If you want to watch football then watch football if you don’t then don’t. How’s that?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 11:44 AM (u73oe)

139 Wisconsin Man (and Woman) is just as entertaining as Florida Man, based on the police body cam videos I've seen.

Posted by: Josephistan at August 18, 2025 11:44 AM (y9ksN)

140 Belated and bewillowed, my tips on neutering Win11 junk, from end of last thread:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=416115#c41469895
Posted by: mindful webworker - finally caught up to Now at August 18, 2025 11:36 AM (L05+f)

I haven't reviewed all that material yet... obviously. Will the fixes to kill copilot/recall work past the next update? And is there anything to undo the Mac-ification of the system where you can have your desktop set up any way you want provide you want it to be the way MSoft decided?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:45 AM (ExV1e)

141 If your CEO sends out an announcement that McKinsey will be conducting a strategic review, brush up your CV and start looking elsewhere.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 11:39 AM (kkTda)

And have a side hustle in the works, say like inventing and marketing a game.

Posted by: Tom Smykowski, Jump To Conclusions at August 18, 2025 11:45 AM (wVcYX)

142 don't know if my company's big boss is an MBA but I do know that they're Indian. And I'm not.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:41 AM

Put a dot on your forehead?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:43 AM (0sNs1)

Open a casino?

Posted by: Josephistan at August 18, 2025 11:45 AM (y9ksN)

143 116 Milton Friedman considered the only fiduciary obligation was to maximize profits, but I am unable to figure out if he meant that "for as long a period as possible" or just "most money as fast as possible"

Posted by Kindltot.
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I was never as big of a fan of Friedman as others are here as I read his formal writings when I was an Business Econ major studying the Evolution of Economic Thought and other classes.

For the most part, he was a Keynesian, not Austrian school, and I suspect he would agree with Keynes that in the long run, we are all dead--so live for today. His major break with Keynes was more that money obeys supply and demand laws just like any other good. In the 70's, that was revolutionary as Nixon spoke for the nation's elites when he said "We are all Keynesians" now. Friedman provide a check to the idea that we could simply run endless deficits and print money with no ill effects.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:46 AM (ctrM5)

144 Abandoning nuclear power generation, for all practical purposes this was done a long time ago. Just profoundly stupid.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 11:46 AM (2VfHu)

145 Wisconsin Man (and Woman) is just as entertaining as Florida Man, based on the police body cam videos I've seen.
Posted by: Josephistan at August 18, 2025 11:44 AM

Minnesota Man is gaining ground quickly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 11:46 AM (dPfyF)

146 Will the fixes to kill copilot/recall work past the next update? And is there anything to undo the Mac-ification of the system where you can have your desktop set up any way you want provide you want it to be the way MSoft decided?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:45 AM (ExV1e)

Uncertain and it's slightly less Macified.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:47 AM (i24o9)

147 MS NOW .. More S... NOW

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 11:48 AM (RHGPo)

148 But “my team” looks really good this year so I’m watching. And I’ll also read blogs about it and watch endless ESPN shows debating who did what and when and whether that was good or bad.
- NFL fans
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:38 AM (9c0bR)

I stopped watching football when the Cowboys knelt. I haven't gone back. That being said, I shall not look down on anyone who uses sportsball as a means to unwind.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

149 The Wolf of Wall Street.

None of what they did has stopped.
It never will.
You will never beat people who see laws, rules and regulations as mere risks.
The SEC works for Wall Street, not the federal government, and sure as hell not for you.

The only way to limit the damage these people do is to prevent them from socializing their losses.

You know: Too big to fail.
Opps.
yeah, we're fucked.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 11:49 AM (tlI68)

150 Is Rhode Island large enough to host a real baseball field, or is it more of a wiffle ball setup?

Posted by: Top Golf at August 18, 2025 11:49 AM (G5+As)

151 I stopped watching football when the Cowboys knelt. I haven't gone back. That being said, I shall not look down on anyone who uses sportsball as a means to unwind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:48 AM

*fistbump*

America's Team broke my heart.

Now I just root for the NFL Farm Team that is my Crimson Tide.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:49 AM (jc0TO)

152 87
‘ And you can hear many here at the HQ tell you they are never giving up football.’

No fucking shit. They really expect other people to put time aside to read shit about their favorite BLM-ball team.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2025 11:50 AM (jbnUc)

153
High School Football > Paid Football

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 11:50 AM (Y8DZL)

154 According to a high-level source inside the Trump administration, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is now reviewing a secret dossier on the December 6, 2024 coup d’état in Romania—one that points directly to former Biden regime officials.

The file reportedly names three top Biden operatives: disgraced Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, his assistant James O’Brien, and U.S. Ambassador to Bucharest Kathleen Kavalec. Their fingerprints, according to the source, are all over Romania’s election annulment.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 11:50 AM (RHGPo)

155 I think I have gone through a few updates where the Co-Pilot and/or Recall fixes stuck. Last I checked, Recall was not rolled out for my implementation (Pro, OEM, on a VM). I don't know about retail, home, or factory installs such as with a purchased laptop or desktop.

All this is to say what a giant time suck MS is just to undo what MS think you must have on YOUR computer.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:50 AM (i24o9)

156 Vikings organization getting a big dose of Finding Out, now.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM (krQz2)

157 Put a dot on your forehead?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:43 AM (0sNs1)

I've got a beard. I suppose I could wear a turban. Or I could just retire in a couple months.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM (ExV1e)

158 A simplistic view but In the insurance industry they saw the Claims department as a liability that spent money thus they look to reduce its operating expense while they see the sales department as producing income thus they have no problem throwing money into its operating cost.

They never considered situations where the claims department had authorization to settle a claim up to 500k and they ended up settling for it for 400k only because of the expertise of the claims handler. They always just figured the pre settlement evaluation was too high.

Damn I hated the insurance claims business.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM (EYmYM)

159 Reuters via Yahoo; Trump vows to end mail-in voting days after saying Putin agreed on the subject

They'll never stop with the Putin Puppet BS

Posted by: JROD at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM (IlL6s)

160 And here’s the kicker: during President Trump’s historic summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Romania came up. For 4 minutes and 57 seconds, the source says, the two leaders discussed Brussels’ and Paris’s role in Romania’s December coup.

The story is still unfolding, but one thing’s certain: the Biden network’s dirty tricks weren’t limited to America. They exported the same authoritarian tactics overseas—and now, under President Trump, the truth is starting to surface.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM (RHGPo)

161 I think John Cornyn has a place waiting for him in the Memory Care Unit. Either that, or he thinks we all do.

Is John Cornyn Cognitively Impaired Or Is He Just Lying About His Role in Passing Biden’s Gun Control Bill?

https://is.gd/QQi6IA

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

162 my company's big boss is an MBA but I do know that they're Indian. And I'm not.

Bow and scrape before your diaper head overlord!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM (NKszP)

163 Keynes just formalized the actions the Bank of England took to deny that they were in default in the wake of WWI. The whole system, including the US, went to that cover up, the US unfortunately was convinced that it was necessary because the UK was a major trading partner, and the US was looking at a post war slump.
Nixon loved the idea of debt backed fiat when he closed the gold window under threat of the French and then everyone calling back their gold.
I am waiting to see what stablecoins backed by Treasuries will become. Martin Armstrong thinks it will turn out like the Greenbacks from the Civil War era, other people think it will be like the "free banking" era post Civil War.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:52 AM (rbvCR)

164 I haven't reviewed all that material yet... obviously. Will the fixes to kill copilot/recall work past the next update? And is there anything to undo the Mac-ification of the system where you can have your desktop set up any way you want provide you want it to be the way MSoft decided?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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No guarantees. Microsoft is subject to the problem that all large mature companies have--investing in their own product lines generates less and less growth in profits so they look afield to eliminate competitors, suck as much money out of their remaining customers (Windows is now for the first time suffering from a decline in licenses worldwide), and monetizing their customer's data for selling via AI and the cloud.

Enshittification. Same as the airlines have done to air travel. So you get Microsoft hiring Chinese software engineers in China to run DoD Azure cloud services. Microsoft thought it was okay to hire Americans with security clearances but no special software engineering skills to simply walk around these data centers and watch what the Chicoms were doing on their screens.

End result of financialization oriented management.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:53 AM (ctrM5)

165 159 Reuters via Yahoo; Trump vows to end mail-in voting days after saying Putin agreed on the subject

They'll never stop with the Putin Puppet BS
Posted by: JROD at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM (IlL6s)

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Stephen Colbert calling him Putin's cockholster didn't work, saying that the two agree about the lack of security around mail in balloting will surely do the trick.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 11:53 AM (GBKbO)

166 Key Points Novo Nordisk said it now offers cash-paying U.S. patients its blockbuster diabetes treatment Ozempic for less than half its monthly list price through multiple platforms. Patients can pay $499 in cash per month for three dose sizes of Ozempic through the drug’s official website, Novo Nordisk’s patient assistance program, the company’s recently launched direct-to-consumer online pharmacy and drug savings company GoodRx, among other platforms. It comes after Trump in July sent separate letters to Novo Nordisk and 16 other drugmakers, calling on them to take steps to lower medication prices in the U.S.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 11:53 AM (RHGPo)

167 High School Football > Paid Football
Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 11:50 AM (Y8DZL)

If they aren't paid yet they soon will be.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:53 AM (ExV1e)

168 North Dakota Man has you all beat by an order of magnitude.

Even Poland laughs at North Dakota Man.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 11:53 AM (/vPt3)

169 Trump ate lunch after telling Putin "I'm gonna go get lunch".

What a homosexual.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:54 AM (VoAdT)

170 For those interested:

Days 6 and 7 of my vacation, Pompeii and Rome (including Il Papa):

https://is.gd/wWSvgX

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 11:54 AM (GBKbO)

171 Florida Man sure leads an interesting life!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 11:54 AM (g47mK)

172 I was never fond of Friedman, other than he had a better idea of what money is and is not. He still thought manipulating the money supply would work.

By the way, there are about three places in the world where I can find Schumpeter discussed, and AOSHQ is two of them.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 11:54 AM (rbvCR)

173 Tulsi told Benny Johnson that there's evidence that Operation Mockingbird is still going on (i.e. CIA assets writing news stories--often because they want to steer the public opinion.)

People want convictions, or course, but the best disinfectant is sunlight. And the highest court is the court of informed voters.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 11:54 AM (krQz2)

174 North Dakota Man has you all beat by an order of magnitude.

Even Poland laughs at North Dakota Man.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 11:53 AM

ND Man is our Finn.

Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:54 AM (jc0TO)

175 Windows is now for the first time suffering from a decline in licenses worldwide)

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:53 AM (ctrM5)

First I've heard of it, and if so, that is fantastic news.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:55 AM (i24o9)

176 Is John Cornyn Cognitively Impaired Or Is He Just Lying About His Role in Passing Biden’s Gun Control Bill?

https://is.gd/QQi6IA
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM

Embrace the healing power of "and".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 11:55 AM (dPfyF)

177 162 my company's big boss is an MBA but I do know that they're Indian. And I'm not.

If you pass away at work, you'll get a nifty funeral pyre. Saves the family $$$.

Posted by: Barging Down The Ganges at August 18, 2025 11:55 AM (G5+As)

178 All this is to say what a giant time suck MS is just to undo what MS think you must have on YOUR computer.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:50 AM (i24o9)

Yeah. I'm reasonably tech savvy. Once I retire I'll be able to do almost everything I want on Mint so I'll likely keep my Win10 box until it's on its deathbed and, alas, go Linux with my next build.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (ExV1e)

179 High School Football > Paid Football
Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2025 11:50 AM (Y8DZL)

If they aren't paid yet they soon will be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:53 AM (ExV1e)

This.
After the last season gifted HS seniors (or really good juniors) will GED out and pocket that NIL check and head for the university.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (2WIwB)

180 Tulsi told Benny Johnson that there's evidence that Operation Mockingbird is still going on (i.e. CIA assets writing news stories--often because they want to steer the public opinion.)

People want convictions, or course, but the best disinfectant is sunlight. And the highest court is the court of informed voters.
Posted by: Axeman

I want executions.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (p+RwZ)

181 I still like football, but I watch all the plays in slo-mo. It's really interesting to see things develop, like an animated battle map.

Plus I can then fast forward to the next play and not have hear the generally worthless commentary.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (XvL8K)

182 177 If you pass away at work, you'll get a nifty funeral pyre. Saves the family $$$.
Posted by: Barging Down The Ganges at August 18, 2025 11:55 AM (G5+As)

=====

Crazy Patel's Funeral Pyres will save you $$$ on the finest wood for your burning ceremony by the Ganges.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (GBKbO)

183 @EricLDaugh
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51m
🚨 BREAKING: Zelensky met with Trump special representative Keith Kellogg in Washington DC. He's in a T shirt. No suit today.

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (AOsQT)

184 For those interested:

Days 6 and 7 of my vacation, Pompeii and Rome (including Il Papa):

https://is.gd/wWSvgX
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 11:54 AM (GBKbO)

Lovely !

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 11:57 AM (g47mK)

185 Is John Cornyn Cognitively Impaired Or Is He Just Lying About His Role in Passing Biden’s Gun Control Bill?

https://is.gd/QQi6IA
Posted by: Archimedes

Yes.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:57 AM (p+RwZ)

186 I am waiting to see what stablecoins backed by Treasuries will become. Martin Armstrong thinks it will turn out like the Greenbacks from the Civil War era, other people think it will be like the "free banking" era post Civil War.
Posted by: Kindltot
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I simply lack the ability to comprehend the effects. Too old and feebleminded I guess but derivatives have always introduced degrees of opacity to me. That lead me to view them as essentially a betting market devoid of real economic data as they become more and more abstract. Same with a lot of people that play in fantasy sportsball leagues.

Measurements of the 'thing' become more importance than the 'thing' itself.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:57 AM (ctrM5)

187 iscusses how private equity and corporate America are “eating their seed corn” by strip-mining companies of wealth and taking destructive actions to maximize short-term profit.

500k+ Pennsylvanians have lost access to a major health care provider due to these scavengers targeting a HOSPITAL

and the loss extends far beyond PA borders, because patients routinely were medivac'd to Crozer's burn unit and trauma center from points all along the East Coast and beyond.

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 11:57 AM (dCxaZ)

188 I'm a bit surprised that Windows 11 passes the GDPR in Europe. You'd think they'd have a less invasive version for Europe, which obviously could then be marketed in the US.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

189 He's in a T shirt. No suit today.
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (AOsQT)

It's incredible how I can oscillate so rapidly between "who gives a crap" and "put a damn suit on you pathetic yahoo".

I'm not even going to try to deny the cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:58 AM (VoAdT)

190 If you pass away at work, you'll get a nifty funeral pyre. Saves the family $$$.
Posted by: Barging Down The Ganges

If I pass away at work, wife becomes an instant millionaire.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:58 AM (p+RwZ)

191 First I've heard of it, and if so, that is fantastic news.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Somewhere around 600 million or so IIRC but yes, the decline appears to be real.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:58 AM (ctrM5)

192 Sell the TVA to the Chinese. They work wonders with dams and electrical stuff.

Posted by: Dumb democrat voters at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (Z3Vfa)

193 Confess, TJM, did you pilfer "souvenirs" from Pompeii? A mosaic here, a marble piece there ? I won't tell anyone !

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (g47mK)

194 If you pass away at work, you'll get a nifty funeral pyre. Saves the family $$$.

Posted by: Barging Down The Ganges
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And these days, they won't even push your wife onto the pyre.

The British occupation stopped that practice.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (krQz2)

195 the Biden network’s dirty tricks weren’t limited to America.

I'm not certain it's, precisely, the US IC at all. I'm coming to the conclusion that some portion of the IC, possibly only from western countries, has gone extra-national. I suspect that they use money from drug/human smuggling to fund their efforts without relying on taxpayers - not that they won't take that also, if offered. All so they can massage the world into their vision of utopia.

Part of me wonders if the WEF is just their public face.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

196 If I pass away at work, wife becomes an instant millionaire.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:58 AM (p+RwZ)

Maybe pack your own lunches, though, just sayin'.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (VoAdT)

197 I think John Cornyn has a place waiting for him in the Memory Care Unit. Either that, or he thinks we all do.

Is John Cornyn Cognitively Impaired Or Is He Just Lying About His Role in Passing Biden’s Gun Control Bill?

https://is.gd/QQi6IA
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 11:51 AM

The POS knows this is a big, if not *the* issue that R primary voters will rally around. He's running scared, but if he survives the primary, he knows people will hold their nose and vote R instead of D, and he'll be back.

I hope his comments after the 2024 Texas R State convention about his thoughts about being booed get lots of air time.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (0sNs1)

198 I'm reasonably tech savvy. Once I retire I'll be able to do almost everything I want on Mint so I'll likely keep my Win10 box until it's on its deathbed and, alas, go Linux with my next build.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (ExV1e)

My last build was about five years ago, with Mint and Win 7 on a VM. It was only when my firm went with MS Cloud PC from traditional VPN access to a VM that I had to "upgrade" Win 11. Mint runs Win 11 fine in a VM. Gone are the days of needing to dual boot if you need Windows, except if you are gaming.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (i24o9)

199 John Cornyn, McConnell, etc. Old, white liberals passing themselves off as "conservatives" to get reelected over and over and over...

Age and stupidity, along with being evil isn't unique to the Democrats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 12:00 PM (Q4IgG)

200 188 I'm a bit surprised that Windows 11 passes the GDPR in Europe. You'd think they'd have a less invasive version for Europe, which obviously could then be marketed in the US.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Euroland uses that to penalize competitors via fines more than protect its citizens. Proton, for example, is looking now to leave Switzerland as the pressure in on from the WEF types I guess to stifle privacy in using software.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:00 PM (ctrM5)

201 193 Confess, TJM, did you pilfer "souvenirs" from Pompeii? A mosaic here, a marble piece there ? I won't tell anyone !
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (g47mK)

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Heh.

No. I took some pebbles from Versaille when I was in high school, but I long since lost them. I lost the fervor for souvenirs a long time ago.

I take pictures instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:00 PM (GBKbO)

202 Football was fun when you would pick up the "sheets" at your local totally legit businessman (Duke the Barber comes to mind). Make your picks and dreams, have them in on Saturday evening and then sit back and enjoy. No trannies, no stupid commentary, just football, maybe even watching Bernie Kosar getting used up by the Browns. Fun fact. Nobody ever hit a 15 teamer.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 12:00 PM (gm9Sb)

203 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:58 AM (VoA

It's not about what he's wearing it's about the disrespect he's showing. You don't go to a funeral in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt . ( I guess you could in Hawaii)

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 12:00 PM (EYmYM)

204 Part of me wonders if the WEF is just their public face.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

Which is the face and which is the mask?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 12:00 PM (VoAdT)

205 Countries die all the time.

I'm sure there are old children's rhymes that prove my point.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at August 18, 2025 12:01 PM (iJ1ra)

206 197 The POS knows this is a big, if not *the* issue that R primary voters will rally around. He's running scared, but if he survives the primary, he knows people will hold their nose and vote R instead of D, and he'll be back.

I hope his comments after the 2024 Texas R State convention about his thoughts about being booed get lots of air time.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (0sNs1)

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I'm getting the sense that Cornyn is going to get blown out of the water in the primary.

The TX GOP will feed the idea that Paxton is vulnerable to prop up the Democrat.

And yet, the Democrat will still lose by like 8 points.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

207 If I pass away at work, wife becomes an instant millionaire.
Posted by: rickb223

Willing to post her phone #?

Posted by: The Struggling Widower at August 18, 2025 12:01 PM (G5+As)

208 My last build was about five years ago, with Mint and Win 7 on a VM. It was only when my firm went with MS Cloud PC from traditional VPN access to a VM that I had to "upgrade" Win 11. Mint runs Win 11 fine in a VM. Gone are the days of needing to dual boot if you need Windows, except if you are gaming.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

What kind of hardware specs are you using to get acceptable performance? My next build is going to be one capable of good performance with virtualization.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:01 PM (ctrM5)

209 I'm not certain it's, precisely, the US IC at all. I'm coming to the conclusion that some portion of the IC, possibly only from western countries, has gone extra-national. I suspect that they use money from drug/human smuggling to fund their efforts without relying on taxpayers - not that they won't take that also, if offered. All so they can massage the world into their vision of utopia.

Part of me wonders if the WEF is just their public face.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

I am convinced that certain parts of the Deep State see various foreign countries as the Joann's of the world, ready to raid these countries for their friends in the WEF, etc. Think Soros. It's just business.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:02 PM (i24o9)

210 https://is.gd/wWSvgX
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at

wow, you really were close to Papa Bob!

(Babbo Bobby), lol

how did you get that fisheye image, did you have a lens that does that or is that a setting on a digital device?

I visited Pompeii years ago but had to peel away from the tour due to my lack of sensible shoes. The drawbacks of being a fashionista

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 12:02 PM (dCxaZ)

211 Measurements of the 'thing' become more importance than the 'thing' itself.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:57 AM (ctrM5)

In Peru they are selling stuff on the street in Stablecoin, and of course, the Chivo wallet in El Salvador is doing a lot to bring some ability to save in currency to the back-country that had never seen a bank.
The only thing the future holds is something new. The cascade of events always does odd things. Visa has a stablecoin linked card now for Latin America.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2025 12:02 PM (rbvCR)

212 210 wow, you really were close to Papa Bob!

(Babbo Bobby), lol

how did you get that fisheye image, did you have a lens that does that or is that a setting on a digital device?

I visited Pompeii years ago but had to peel away from the tour due to my lack of sensible shoes. The drawbacks of being a fashionista
Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 12:02 PM (dCxaZ)

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The wide image is a panoramic image.

Junior says that Il Papa looked him right in the eye.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 12:02 PM (GBKbO)

213 After WH telling Z to show up in a suit, will he comply? We'll see in moments.

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:03 PM (G0vdT)

214 204 Part of me wonders if the WEF is just their public face.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

WEF is a convenient handle--I could just say Globohomo but a lot of this evil shit has economics at its core--they intend to make the good life for most people scarce so that they can limit their existence. That requires controlling the economies of countries worldwide and less risky to the proponents of it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:04 PM (ctrM5)

215 Melania wrote a heartfelt letter to Putin, urging him to take steps to stop the suffering of the children in the 2 nations at war.

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 12:04 PM (dCxaZ)

216 After WH telling Z to show up in a suit, will he comply? We'll see in moments.

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:03 PM (G0vdT)

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I hope it's in a bathing suit.

One-piece or two?

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 12:05 PM (TGq/t)

217 After WH telling Z to show up in a suit, will he comply? We'll see in moments.
Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:03 PM

If he doesn't, it's over before it starts. Trump ain't playin'.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 12:05 PM (0sNs1)

218 In Peru they are selling stuff on the street in Stablecoin, and of course, the Chivo wallet in El Salvador is doing a lot to bring some ability to save in currency to the back-country that had never seen a bank.
The only thing the future holds is something new. The cascade of events always does odd things. Visa has a stablecoin linked card now for Latin America.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Always learn something from your posts. Thanks.
I did read though where Mastercard is instead embracing a digital id in conjunction with the EU allegedly to combat crime--but more likely to punish wrongthink via debanking.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:05 PM (ctrM5)

219 Melania wrote a heartfelt letter to Putin, urging him to take steps to stop the suffering of the children in the 2 nations at war.

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 12:04 PM (dCxaZ)

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Melania 2028 -- Make Children Precious Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 12:05 PM (TGq/t)

220 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (Rr1Jv)

221 After WH telling Z to show up in a suit, will he comply? We'll see in moments.
Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:03 PM (G0vdT)
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I'm not sure about that demand. On the one hand, it's a power move if the mangy dwarf complies. But if the mangy dwarf wants to show up looking like a mangy dwarf, what does Trump care? It only makes Z look like ... a mangy dwarf.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

222 Honor guard welcoming the furriners at the White House already seem to be getting a little heat distressed. Maybe PDT should let them wear (for the Marines, Don't know what the others call it) Blue C (short sleeve shirt).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (gm9Sb)

223 BREAKING: Zelensky met with Trump special representative Keith Kellogg in Washington DC. He's in a T shirt. No suit today.

This should be the transcript of the meeting:
"What part of 'Wear a suit' didn't you understand? Get the fuck out of my office."

Posted by: Chuck C at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (D0HYP)

224 It's a bit of a "brown M&Ms" situtation, isn't it?

If your ass won't do something as simple as dress appropriately when we ask you to, how the hell are we supposed to trust you to coordinate something as massive as a shooting war with us?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (VoAdT)

225 What kind of hardware specs are you using to get acceptable performance? My next build is going to be one capable of good performance with virtualization.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:01 PM (ctrM5)

8-core model, Intel Core i9-9900KF, on a Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI, 128 GB DDR4 RAM (when DDR4 was hot and 128GB was a lot of RAM).

Honestly, I never see above about 36 GB RAM in use, and that is mostly Firefox with open tabs. The VM is run from an older SATA SSD, not the newer faster NVMe standard. No pauses, hiccups, or delays whatsoever.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (i24o9)

226 After WH telling Z to show up in a suit, will he comply? We'll see in moments.

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:03 PM

Track suit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (dPfyF)

227 No suit. Zelensky wearing black jeans and long sleeved t shirt

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (dxWFK)

228 Don't know how new this is, but I know it's been kept quiet.

From USCCA:

🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Post Office Carry Ban Deemed Unconstitutional!

A Florida federal judge ruled the ban on carrying firearms in post offices unconstitutional under the Second Amendment!

The DOJ dropped its appeal, but the ruling currently applies only to the defendant, not the public at large.

Still, this is a major milestone—the DOJ has effectively acknowledged that prohibiting firearms in federal buildings raises serious Second Amendment issues.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 12:07 PM (p+RwZ)

229 Now I just root for the NFL Farm Team that is my Crimson Tide.
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025

Go Dawgs! 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 12:07 PM (pZEOD)

230 15 If a company is outright failing, isn't strip mining it for assets the right thing to do?
Posted by: toby928 at August 18, 2025 11:08 AM (jc0TO)

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Rarely is a company's assets worth the value of the purchase price of the company. There is a reason why depreciation exists.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2025 12:07 PM (Vh9CX)

231 Track suit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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My Cousin Vinny tux

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 18, 2025 12:07 PM (XvL8K)

232 Oops, Z doesn't show up until 2pm I think. The adults will talk first.

I'm anticipating the discussions will be "frank".

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:08 PM (G0vdT)

233 This should be the transcript of the meeting:
"What part of 'Wear a suit' didn't you understand? Get the fuck out of my office."
Posted by: Chuck C at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM

Z: You were serious about that?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 12:08 PM (dPfyF)

234 WEF is a convenient handle--I could just say Globohomo but a lot of this evil shit has economics at its core--they intend to make the good life for most people scarce so that they can limit their existence. That requires controlling the economies of countries worldwide and less risky to the proponents of it.
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The entire West, excepting a temporary pause in the US, appears to be rushing full speed into whatever sick plans WEF has. The hatred their leadership has for their indigenous peoples is painfully obvious.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)

235 8-core model, Intel Core i9-9900KF, on a Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI, 128 GB DDR4 RAM (when DDR4 was hot and 128GB was a lot of RAM).

Honestly, I never see above about 36 GB RAM in use, and that is mostly Firefox with open tabs. The VM is run from an older SATA SSD, not the newer faster NVMe standard. No pauses, hiccups, or delays whatsoever.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Thanks. I figured more memory was better than a faster CPU. Right now though, NVMe and SSD prices are converging on 2-4 gb sizes.

I purposefully nowadays stay about 3 years behind the bleeding edge so components get cooler, quieter, and require less juice from the bleeding edge stuff.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:09 PM (ctrM5)

236 227 No suit. Zelensky wearing black jeans and long sleeved t shirt
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2025

He is such an egotistical donkey. Honestly, if he screws this up, no more weapons. No more money. Change the map to indicate Russia. Via con dios.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 12:09 PM (pZEOD)

237 I might consider running a Win 11 VM with only 64 GB Ram, on a budget build. But then again, my main Win 11 computing is word processing, etc., not any compute intensive tasks. I think I allotted Win 11 something like 16 GB of memory or something modest like that.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:10 PM (i24o9)

238 Honor guard welcoming the furriners at the White House already seem to be getting a little heat distressed. Maybe PDT should let them wear (for the Marines, Don't know what the others call it) Blue C (short sleeve shirt).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (gm9Sb)

Why not? Z man shows up like he pulled an all nighter, rolled off the couch, and shows up like a drunk thinking he's hitting a Kmart.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 12:10 PM (snZF9)

239 If the White House has any pianos, I hope the keyboard covers are fastened and locked shut during Z-man's visit.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 12:11 PM (wVcYX)

240 You know, there is thing--pretty much only allowed in Free Market economies called "constructive destruction".

It probably mixed good destruction in with bad destruction, but it could be mostly a wash.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:11 PM (krQz2)

241 Probably willowed somewhere -

A condition of a peace settlement should be that Zelensky return the funds he squirreled away for himself back to the US taxpayer.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:11 PM (Dv3i1)

242 I hope it's in a bathing suit.

One-piece or two?
Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 12:05 PM

One word: Zardoz.

Posted by: zombie Sean Connery at August 18, 2025 12:11 PM (0sNs1)

243 If I pass away at work, wife becomes an instant millionaire.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 11:58 AM (p+RwZ)

Does she pack your lunch?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 12:11 PM (ExV1e)

244 I'm not sure about that demand. On the one hand, it's a power move if the mangy dwarf complies. But if the mangy dwarf wants to show up looking like a mangy dwarf, what does Trump care? It only makes Z look like ... a mangy dwarf.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

Hopefully Trump presents him (and the other Euro trash) with the deal he came to with Pootin, tells him to sign it or else.

Have this thing over by this afternoon.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:11 PM (dGCAG)

245 I purposefully nowadays stay about 3 years behind the bleeding edge so components get cooler, quieter, and require less juice from the bleeding edge stuff.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:09 PM (ctrM5)

I'll go 1-2 years behind and build a 10 year machine, which is why so much memory for the time. Insane video card market (crypto) at the time killed my plan to be able to play games on it, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:11 PM (i24o9)

246 still going on (i.e. CIA assets writing news stories--often because they want to steer the public opinion.)
——-

Of course they do. They aren’t going to stop, the government does have an interest in getting their side of the story out.

My suspicion is that with the collapse of the legacy media they are the only paying customers left.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:12 PM (2VfHu)

247 Change the map to indicate Russia. Via con dios.
Read that as Via corn dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 12:12 PM (X/FL+)

248 Reagan had a dress code for the Oval Office. Men were permitted to unbutton their suit jackets when seated- don't want to pop any buttons. You stood up, you buttoned up again.

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 12:13 PM (AOsQT)

249 Honor guard welcoming the furriners at the White House already seem to be getting a little heat distressed. Maybe PDT should let them wear (for the Marines, Don't know what the others call it) Blue C (short sleeve shirt).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 12:06 PM (gm9Sb)

I was stationed at Marine Barracks 8th & I. The dress blue uniform is not exactly summer friendly. However, the Corps is not exactly concerned with your comfort.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:13 PM (u73oe)

250 Zelensky: But I thought we had a deal!

Trump: I have altered the deal.....

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:13 PM (dGCAG)

251 Vaya con Díos.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 18, 2025 12:13 PM (0sNs1)

252 "eating the seed corn"; a process I've been watching all of my life.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 12:13 PM (ppG5b)

253 "eating the seed corn"; a process I've been watching all of my life.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 12:13 PM (ppG5b)

Indeed. It is the mantra of our time.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:14 PM (i24o9)

254 248 Reagan had a dress code for the Oval Office. Men were permitted to unbutton their suit jackets when seated- don't want to pop any buttons. You stood up, you buttoned up again.
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It's the people's house, show some respect.

Trump should honor Clinton's respect for the office by shoving a cigar up Z's ass.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 12:14 PM (Dv3i1)

255 first car pulling up

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:14 PM (G0vdT)

256 203 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 11:58 AM (VoA

It's not about what he's wearing it's about the disrespect he's showing. You don't go to a funeral in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt . ( I guess you could in Hawaii)
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 12:00 PM (EYmYM)

Nobody wore a suit, or any other sort of formal or even business wear to my grandfather's funeral.

Which is odd, since he's definitely the kind of person who would have insisted upon it.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 12:14 PM (UnA8+)

257 Vaya con Doritos!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (wVcYX)

258 Part of me wonders if the WEF is just their public face.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:59 AM (ExV1e)
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That it's really just Five Eyes or an organization something like that trying to run the world....

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (krQz2)

259 However, the Corps is not exactly concerned with your comfort.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2025 12:13 PM

And yet, you let a little sequin rash derail your promising OnlyFans career?

Gunnies Hartmann and Highway weep.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (0sNs1)

260 249 I was on I&I for a bit and the SgtMaj was a nut for Blues. 50 years later I still get a neck rash.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (gm9Sb)

261 237 I might consider running a Win 11 VM with only 64 GB Ram, on a budget build. But then again, my main Win 11 computing is word processing, etc., not any compute intensive tasks. I think I allotted Win 11 something like 16 GB of memory or something modest like that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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I would probably run 128. Running with 32 gb now on a dual boot setup--Linux and an old copy of Win 8.1 to run older version Dragon Dictate before Nuance got bought by Microsux.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:16 PM (ctrM5)

262 257 Vaya con Doritos!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 12:15 PM (wVcYX)

I prefer Vaya con carne.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 18, 2025 12:16 PM (dGCAG)

263 NATO leader first. What, they couldn't carpool.

Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:16 PM (G0vdT)

264 In loco parentis The principle where student teacher’s unions claim ownership of children, but make no effort to protect them from the gun-wielding wind up satan worshipping lunatics they produce

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:17 PM (2VfHu)

265 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 12:17 PM (ppG5b)

266 first car pulling up
Posted by: WisRich at August 18, 2025 12:14 PM (G0vdT)

Will the White House bouncer look past Z-man with a stern look and open the velvet rope only for appropriately dressed emissaries?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (wVcYX)

267 old copy of Win 8.1 to run older version Dragon Dictate before Nuance got bought by Microsux.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 12:16 PM (ctrM5)

Yep. We've had that conversation. Thanks, MS. Before that they destroyed Wunderlist and likely many others. Hopefully, Speech Note is working out well for you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2025 12:18 PM (i24o9)

268 The Old Guard used to have a requirement for 6’ tall or better and a 20” waist.

Do they allow the 5x5 butterball chicks now? I’d think that’s a requirement now

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (2VfHu)

269 Wall Street , the stock market was a crook's paradise in the early days. You always have to go into a business deal at least with a contingency that the other guy is possibly trying to scam you. It's the nature of the beast.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 12:19 PM (EYmYM)

270 268 There was footage of NG troops arriving in DC and a female soldier looked like she was the inspiration for Jimmy Castor's Butt Sisters.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 12:20 PM (gm9Sb)

271 I experienced the PE wreckage of airlines and hotels on a recent trip. United packed us in so tightly that I at 5'3" could not even bend forward to pick up something from the floor. Then they charged me an extra $42 for being "near" the expensive seats. They did take off the charge when I complained. The snacks were inedible and the bathrooms were bare bones and filthy. All to make is possible for the CEO to earn his $33 million annual salary!!

And the hotel was just as bad. One company now owns all three hotels in that suburb.

Posted by: Random PJ at August 18, 2025 12:24 PM (RRCAT)

272 Nobody wore a suit, or any other sort of formal or even business wear to my grandfather's funeral.

When my best friend's father passed away, I was able to buy a Brooks Brothers suit and have it tailored in a day. I'm sure that rat-fuck z can do the same.

Posted by: Chuck C at August 18, 2025 12:25 PM (D0HYP)

273 Lying about trying to turn it into a viable profitable business is evil in regard to the employees. IMHO.
Posted by: polynikes
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The ability to convincingly lie with a straight face is the prime requirement for a position at the top of any business in America large than the corner Quickee mart.
Lie to the public. "We're repurposing vacant land to add value to the community." (They're going to put a hazardous waste disposal site (unlabled, of course) next to your house.
Lie to the shareholders. "We're pruning dead wood and repositioning assets to move us to the forefront of the industry." (They're stripping assets from profitable divisions to finance the CEO's hobbyhorse which will bankrupt the entire company in 2 years [personal experience])
Lie to the employees. "We see no reason to contemplate any layoffs in the immediate future." (Immediate future being the next two days. 20% of the people in the meeting will be given the boot in 6 weeks.)

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2025 01:04 PM (pgBhY)

274 Honor guard welcoming the furriners at the White House already seem to be getting a little heat distressed. Maybe PDT should let them wear (for the Marines, Don't know what the others call it) Blue C (short sleeve shirt).
Posted by: bill in arkansas,
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All this happy horseshit isn't creating a "mean lean warfighting machine". Drill a couple of holes in the turf next to the driveway and stick the flags in them. Take the money saved on guys (with chin straps on their fscking hats!) holding those flags and buy an extra Stinger.
And what's with the white-gloves-hands-in-front parade rest on the Marines? Got to be different, I guess. Like the girls at the prom, can't be found dead in the same dress.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2025 01:31 PM (pgBhY)

275 I read Buck's piece over at the Blaze. This issue with private equity is something people on both sides of the aisle can get behind. But the Democrats -- even those who area already have come out in favor or doing something to reign in Private Equity predatory practices -- will back track on it if Republicans support it.

Posted by: Lee Also at August 18, 2025 02:47 PM (IrqeV)

276 Yeah. I'm reasonably tech savvy. Once I retire I'll be able to do almost everything I want on Mint so I'll likely keep my Win10 box until it's on its deathbed and, alas, go Linux with my next build.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 11:56 AM (ExV1e)

Edit and manipulate HD videos?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 18, 2025 03:38 PM (5xuJ/)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Irwin Lighthouse, Storm Raging
John Wilson Carmichael

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 A widow-maker of a night.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 09:30 AM (PuEEC)

2 Just in time for Hurricane Erin.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2025 09:31 AM (0nHVk)

3 "Excuse me, Captain, but you're not allowed to anchor there."

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (R256O)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (GYt5+)

5 The sea was angry that day.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

6 The sharks were hungry that day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

7 Gimme shelter!

Posted by: Jagger/Richards at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (G5+As)

8

Those cabin boys are gonna need a LOT of comforting...

Posted by: Cap'n Ned at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (ZglHl)

9 And there's aliens shooting freaking laser beams from the sky. Or is that supposed to be lightning?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (u4Nk5)

10 Surf's up!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (RIvkX)

11 Like an old man, trying to send back soup in a deli.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (XQo4F)

12 About to go meet the Deep Ones.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (UnA8+)

13 6 The sharks were hungry that day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

Not for long.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (R256O)

14 That boat is gonna need a shitload of Flex Seal

actually, I would hang this
I dig the 'stormy sea' genre

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (AOsQT)

15 Cowabunga!
Surf's up!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

16 Seems risky for the bird to fly so low in such mayhem.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 09:35 AM (u4Nk5)

17 Compelling.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at August 18, 2025 09:35 AM (6qf1m)

18 At least the UV Index is low.

Posted by: Beyond The Pale at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (G5+As)

19 Reminds me that CBD hasn't posted one of his favorite artists in a long time.

JMW Turner

That said I'm in the minority as I don't like his later style where viewing his paintings is like looking through dirty scratchy plexiglass. The Houston museum has one of his that is not in that style and it's great.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (EYmYM)

20 Ahoy!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

21 And yet when storms arise, only the Lord can calm the raging storms.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (ctrM5)

22 Nothing from me today.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at August 18, 2025 09:37 AM (0sNs1)

23 Yeah, yeah... the boat crashed. But imagine the bubbleguts of the lighthouse keeper stuck out there in that rickety thing on popsicle sticks, expected to keep the lights on.

Posted by: red speck at August 18, 2025 09:37 AM (0Id0S)

24 Now would be a good time to explain the difference between "flotsam" and "jetsam."

Except all the commenters here are intellectual powerhouses in no need of having that distinction explained.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (R256O)

25 Not even Phil Swift would go boating in a storm like this.

Posted by: Flex Tape Is Awesome! at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (G5+As)

26 I like the modern lifeboat innovation where it's just a big ball you get in and it's kept upright like a Weeble.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (EYmYM)

27 They're gonna need a bigger boat.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

28 That’s one helluva storm.

No thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (pzN/K)

29 That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
when the "Gales of November" came early.

Posted by: G. Lightfoot at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (XQo4F)

30 would not hang

every time I would look at it I would feel sad for the crew of the ship

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (aBgBM)

31 Now would be a good time to explain the difference between "flotsam" and "jetsam."

Except all the commenters here are intellectual powerhouses in no need of having that distinction explained.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (R256O)

Flotsam and Jetsam is an underrated metal band. Saw them in Denver some years ago.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (PSEDc)

32 26 I like the modern lifeboat innovation where it's just a big ball you get in and it's kept upright like a Weeble

You can't knock us down

Posted by: Nadler at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (HcoTw)

33 I walked that beach just yesterday! Out shelling.

Posted by: Jim "Swiftie" Comey at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (PuEEC)

34 Cool painting, though. Shows how terrifying the sea can be.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (PSEDc)

35 5 The sea was angry that day.
Posted by: Count de Monet

It appears the sea is a few orders of magnitude beyond "angry".

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (Vc3uE)

36 I wonder what the sea is like in the hurricane happening now.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (EYmYM)

37 I'd wager that even Muldoon can't shoehorn "fresnel lens" into a limerick.

Posted by: The Lonely, Old, Lighthousekeeper at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (G5+As)

38 This is definitely art. Would hang.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 09:41 AM (N1tpc)

39 Yeah, yeah... the boat crashed. But imagine the bubbleguts of the lighthouse keeper stuck out there in that rickety thing on popsicle sticks, expected to keep the lights on.
Posted by: red speck at August 18, 2025 09:37 AM

"Aye: though we hunted high and low,
And hunted everywhere,
Of the three men's fate we found no trace
Of any kind in any place,
But a door ajar, and an untouched meal,
And an overtoppled chair."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:41 AM (dPfyF)

40 No way I'd sit still in weather like this to be painted; good dogs hate storms. Just assume I was there in spirit.

Posted by: The Dog at August 18, 2025 09:41 AM (PuEEC)

41 31 Now would be a good time to explain the difference between "flotsam" and "jetsam."

Except all the commenters here are intellectual powerhouses in no need of having that distinction explained.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (R256O)

Flotsam and Jetsam is an underrated metal band. Saw them in Denver some years ago.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (PSEDc)

=======

Entertaining chapter in The Return of the King as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 09:42 AM (GBKbO)

42 I'm a light house. Your call.

Posted by: Just the punchline at August 18, 2025 09:42 AM (XQo4F)

43 It's probably too late for some Dramamine.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

44 Now would be a good time to explain the difference between "flotsam" and "jetsam."

Posted by: tankdemon

You mean the Sea Witch's pet eels in Disney's Little Mermaid? They looked pretty identical to my kid eyes.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 09:43 AM (u4Nk5)

45 The light house keeper was lonely. He was Fresnel lens.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:43 AM (EYmYM)

46 Less than 3 months until the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of You-Know-Who.

Posted by: Tales of Gitche Gumee at August 18, 2025 09:43 AM (G5+As)

47 A classic:

https://youtu.be/xacdDrylrek

Posted by: German Coast Guard at August 18, 2025 09:44 AM (XQo4F)

48 This is about Hurricane Erin... isn't it?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

49 Oooooh, me likey. Marine catastrophe is a wonderful category of painting, and this is well done.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

50 Lord, please protect North Carolina.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

51 48 This is about Hurricane Erin... isn't it?

This is about climate change. How dare you.

Posted by: Greta at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (HcoTw)

52 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:41 AM (dPfyF)

I always thought that was a creepy poem.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (L5An7)

53

Floatzum and Jetsam were the other 2 hobbits who abandoned the quest and moved in together down south. They were subsequently eliminated from the tale...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (ZglHl)

54 If you unintentionally let unbalanced cargo containers slip off a ship is that jetsam?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:47 AM (EYmYM)

55 Watch out for Ruben the Rutan.

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at August 18, 2025 09:48 AM (Euor7)

56

The Rectum of Ella Fitzgerald...

Sing along, you know you want to...

Posted by: Elderly Git at August 18, 2025 09:48 AM (ZglHl)

57 The Lighthouse keeper is prolly scared as well.

Just boarded my boat on the way in to downtown. Thankfully, the wind is calm as are the seas. Sun is coming up. It’s 58, heading for a high of 72 today. Cloudy. I wish it would rain.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 09:49 AM (JWncN)

58 Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:47 AM (EYmYM)

Nope. That's flotsam. Jetsam is intentional.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2025 09:50 AM (L5An7)

59 I dunno, nothing Muldoon likes more than a challenge ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 09:50 AM (ppG5b)

60 You know what this scene needs?

Ghost mermaids and gay sex.

Posted by: Robert Eggers's the Lighthouse at August 18, 2025 09:50 AM (t0Rmr)

61 Hate to be traveling in steerage.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:51 AM (Q4IgG)

62 I always thought that was a creepy poem.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM

It is. But, creepy subject matter.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:51 AM (dPfyF)

63
Five passengers set sail that day, on a three hour tour

a three hour tour

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:52 AM (AOsQT)

64 Just boarded my boat on the way in to downtown. Thankfully, the wind is calm as are the seas. Sun is coming up. It’s 58, heading for a high of 72 today. Cloudy. I wish it would rain.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 09:49 AM

Started out cloudy here, but sunny now. 65, on the way to a high of 69 after yesterday's 90. It should be a nice cool first half of the week. I'm looking forward to Autumn.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:53 AM (dPfyF)

65 Nope. That's flotsam. Jetsam is intentional.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2025 09:50 AM (L5An7)

But I thought flotsam was ship wreckage.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:53 AM (EYmYM)

66 Is that Bodhi surfing in the lower right corner?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:53 AM (R256O)

67 Flotsam and Jetsam is an underrated metal band. Saw them in Denver some years ago.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (PSEDc)

Did they play their hit "Gone Down For the Last Time"?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (ExV1e)

68 Did they play their hit "Gone Down For the Last Time"?

I wish I heard that song earlier

Posted by: Michael Douglass at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (t0Rmr)

69 Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the waters . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

70 Did they play their hit "Gone Down For the Last Time"?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (ExV1e)

Lot of Brides choose that for their wedding song.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (EYmYM)

71 > Less than 3 months until the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of You-Know-Who.
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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic maritime tragedy and to pay tribute to the 29 lost mariners, open water swimmers will carry on their legacy with a 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim from where the Edmund Fitzgerald lies in Lake Superior to Detroit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

72 65 But I thought flotsam was ship wreckage.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:53 AM (EYmYM)

Unless it was purposely jettisoned, it is not jetsam.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (R256O)

73 I wish I heard that song earlier
Posted by: Michael Douglass at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (t0Rmr)

I got it but man you dug deep for that one.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:56 AM (EYmYM)

74

I got it but man you dug deep for that one.

See that's the great thing about this place. I can go deep with a sock and someone will get it...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:57 AM (t0Rmr)

75 70 Lot of Brides choose that for their wedding song.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (EYmYM)

I am soooo happy I was not trying to drink anything while reading that.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:57 AM (R256O)

76 Unless it was purposely jettisoned, it is not jetsam.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (R25

Yeah I get that but it's not ship wreckage either.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:57 AM (EYmYM)

77 There are so many small details that make this painting so effective and emotional. The beacon trying to warn vessels but they are overcome by the power of the ocean. The bits of wreckage, heavy wood and cordage broken and tossed like toys, the tiny bit of red in the lower corner, perhaps as the ship's ensign goes under. The bits of blue sky showing through the storm clouds is so realistic and adds to the power of the storm by contrast. And Carmichael captured the look and color of water crashing against a shoal. You can hear the roar of wind and water. It is a frightening scene wonderfully portrayed. Check out Carmichael's other seascapes, some calm, some stormy. They are all excellent.

Chosen by accident as hurricane Erin approaches shore? I think not!

Posted by: JTB at August 18, 2025 09:57 AM (yTvNw)

78 It looks like a giant lobster attacking a giant lobster trap.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2025 09:59 AM (98kQX)

79 This painting could use a flyin' green dildo. Just above and to the right of the lighthouse would be good

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 18, 2025 09:59 AM (EFZgU)

80 You just have to pitch Jonah overboard to still the storm. Do I have to think of everything?

Posted by: Captain Sailing To Tarshish at August 18, 2025 09:59 AM (G5+As)

81 Just boarded my boat on the way in to downtown. Thankfully, the wind is calm as are the seas. Sun is coming up. It’s 58, heading for a high of 72 today. Cloudy. I wish it would rain.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 09:49 AM

Started out cloudy here, but sunny now. 65, on the way to a high of 69 after yesterday's 90. It should be a nice cool first half of the week. I'm looking forward to Autumn.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I miss fall. Our overnight low is higher than y'alls daily high. 😔

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (p+RwZ)

82 80 You just have to pitch Jonah overboard to still the storm. Do I have to think of everything?
Posted by: Captain Sailing To Tarshish at August 18, 2025 09:59 AM (G5+As)

=======

Goldberg got chucked long ago.

This storm is because of Todd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

83 You guys know more about flotsam and jetsam than me which is kind of embarrassing because I wired for Tokio Marine for 8 years though I didn't handle marine claims.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (EYmYM)

84 "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here” (Matthew 12:38–41).

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (ctrM5)

85 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic maritime tragedy and to pay tribute to the 29 lost mariners, open water swimmers will carry on their legacy with a 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim from where the Edmund Fitzgerald lies in Lake Superior to Detroit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

A commemoration with a high chance of tragedy. Let's do it!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:01 AM (g8Ew8)

86 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic maritime tragedy and to pay tribute to the 29 lost mariners, open water swimmers will carry on their legacy with a 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim from where the Edmund Fitzgerald lies in Lake Superior to Detroit.

Sounds like the Dwellers Below are hungry again...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 10:02 AM (t0Rmr)

87 Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

Didn't it happen in November?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (EYmYM)

88 the ocean is a lot bigger and deeper than humanity

but humanity says: "HOLD MY BEER"

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

89 No love here for Bulwer-Lytton?

"It was a dark and stormy night."

Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (BHrzb)

90 Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (p+RwZ)

You got to be tough or crazy to live in Texas. Or maybe a little of both.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:05 AM (EYmYM)

91 Didn't it happen in November?
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (EYmYM)

Yes. But who wants to go swimming in the Great Lakes during November?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (g8Ew8)

92 REALLY like this one

Posted by: American Hawkman at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (9VDxG)

93 the ocean is a lot bigger and deeper than humanity

but humanity says: "HOLD MY BEER"
Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

I'm considering starting a GFM for an attempt to swim across the Atlantic. I reckon if I can raise enough I'd drive out to the coast, wade in about knee deep and call it a failure. Something like that could propel me to a Senate seat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (ExV1e)

94 Goldberg got chucked long ago.

This storm is because of Todd.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM

Effin' Todd....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (dPfyF)

95 89 No love here for Bulwer-Lytton?

"It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas
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Some artists are drawn to the dramatic differences in storms to paint; others to write about it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (ctrM5)

96 "It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (WfBjo)

97 > Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

Didn't it happen in November?
Posted by: polynikes
---------------
November 10, 2025.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (Q4IgG)

98 "It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM

And then the murders started...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (dPfyF)

99 Hoping for this kind of weather for Greta and her Gaza Flotilla.

Posted by: Biden's Gaza Pier Pressure at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (G5+As)

100 Didn't it happen in November?
Posted by: polynikes
---------------
November 10, 2025.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (Q4IgG)

Someone should warn them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (ExV1e)

101 It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (WfBjo)

Inside laid the corpse of the lighthouse keeper.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (EYmYM)

102 That'll buff out, no problem.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (+OnsA)

103 Ghost mermaids and gay sex.

Some actors will do anything to distance themselves from the Twilight movies.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (BHrzb)

104 Masterful painting. Would hang. Close to the lavatory.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (/vPt3)

105 There is a bird in the painting. At least I think it's a bird.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:09 AM (EYmYM)

106 That'll buff out, no problem.
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (+OnsA)

Your Dad has an excellent set of tools?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:10 AM (wVcYX)

107 Nice, polynikes!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:10 AM (WfBjo)

108 That ship is goin' down faster than Cap'n Ned comforting a cabin boy.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 18, 2025 10:11 AM (GTqXr)

109 It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (WfBjo)

Inside laid the corpse of the lighthouse keeper.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (EYmYM)

Tucked in the shadows lies the still-vibrating shape of a green dildo.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:11 AM (g8Ew8)

110 Some actors will do anything to distance themselves from the Twilight movies.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (BHrzb)

I like the A Thousand Years song a lot and then found out it was the Twilight theme song. Oh well.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:11 AM (EYmYM)

111 105 There is a bird in the painting. At least I think it's a bird.
Posted by: polynikes

Hope it's not a gannet. Don't fancy them at all. They wet their nests!

Posted by: Penguin Pete at August 18, 2025 10:12 AM (G5+As)

112 99 Hoping for this kind of weather for Greta and her Gaza Flotilla.
Posted by: Biden's Gaza Pier Pressure
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I really hate the whole pseudo protest movement of the left paid for secretly by shady assholes.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:12 AM (ctrM5)

113 It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (WfBjo)

Inside laid the corpse of the lighthouse keeper.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (EYmYM)

Tucked in the shadows lies the still-vibrating shape of a green dildo.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:11 AM (g8Ew

Nancy Drew and the Clue of the Green Dildo

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:13 AM (wVcYX)

114 MSNBC will rebrand as MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World), losing its name and logo. The rebranding decision reverses a previous statement that MSNBC would keep its name. The change comes as Comcast's NBCUniversal spins off cable networks into a new company.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:13 AM (RHGPo)

115 MSNBC has announced it will rename itself
MS-NOW. So there’s that.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:14 AM (9c0bR)

116 108 That ship is goin' down faster than Cap'n Ned comforting a cabin boy.
======
I rate that statement as both fake and gay--but more gay than fake.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:14 AM (ctrM5)

117 Holy jinx Batman. Lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:14 AM (9c0bR)

118 Wonder if the lighthouse keeper has decent wi-fi out there. Maybe Elon can hook him up with Starlink, if he survives.

Posted by: Amazon Deliveries Problematic, Also at August 18, 2025 10:14 AM (G5+As)

119 Beautiful. Would hang.

Do gays buy up lighthouse in England, too, or is that just an American oddity?

I'd hate to think this has been converted into a bugger dungeon.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (f1Xuy)

120 >>>There is a bird in the painting. At least I think it's a bird.

Posted by: polynikes

>That's a disguise. It's the sniper's spotter.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (/vPt3)

121 > MSNBC has announced it will rename itself
MS-NOW. So there’s that.
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Soon to be MS-WAS

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (Q4IgG)

122 MS-NOW

Menstruating Society - Non Orgasmic Women?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (wVcYX)

123 Looks like a portal to Narnia.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (kTd/k)

124 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (RHGPo)

125 Nancy Drew and the Clue of the Green Dildo
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:13 AM

At least it isn't the Hardy Boys. I'd have some questions about that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (dPfyF)

126 114 MSNBC will rebrand as MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World), losing its name and logo. The rebranding decision reverses a previous statement that MSNBC would keep its name. The change comes as Comcast's NBCUniversal spins off cable networks into a new company.
Posted by: SMOD
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NBC did not want the backsplash on its name as MS NOW goes down the ratings toilet My guess is their average viewer nowadays is 70 now. Last year it was something like 68 or so. CNN's was 69. Fox was a sprightly 61 or so.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (ctrM5)

127 MSNBC has announced it will rename itself
MS-NOW. So there’s that.
---------
Soon to be MS-WAS

Or possible MS-BYE.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (Riz8t)

128 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM

We've all considered that, but I don't think it's going to help your marketing, guys.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:17 AM (dPfyF)

129 There is a bird in the painting. At least I think it's a bird.
Posted by: polynikes
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What color is it?

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 18, 2025 10:17 AM (EFZgU)

130 Microsoft Sends 60 Day Warning To Windows 10 Users

Microsoft is offering an extended support program for remaining Windows 10 users to subscribe to continued security updates and app support.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:18 AM (RHGPo)

131 If I were Sweeney, I wouldn't take the BL money. Bad for her image. If you're a chick selling sex appeal, you don't need everybody joking that you have a dong.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 10:18 AM (f1Xuy)

132 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM

We've all considered that, but I don't think it's going to help your marketing, guys.

The key to successful marketing is to avoid having the target think "Hey, I'm being manipulated!". Bud Light seems to have real difficulty with that concept.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 10:18 AM (Riz8t)

133 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (RHGPo)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TAPPING ALSO REFERS TO OPENING A KEG OF BEER!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2025 10:19 AM (wVcYX)

134 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (RHGPo)

Only way is having Sydney drinking a Bud Light and two gay guys going ' eeewwww do you see what's she's drinking? Disgusting'

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:19 AM (EYmYM)

135 Tap Sydney Sweeny? I mean OK. If I have to.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:20 AM (9c0bR)

136 Nancy Drew and the Clue of the Green Dildo
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:13 AM

At least it isn't the Hardy Boys. I'd have some questions about that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

The Hardly Boys have raging clues.

https://tinyurl.com/4pwynsze

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 10:21 AM (u4Nk5)

137 According to press reports, the U.K. Office of Communications (“Ofcom”

has issued a provisional notice under the Online Safety Act alleging a contravention by 4chan and indicating an intention to impose a penalty of £20,000, plus daily penalties thereafter.

4chan is a United States company, incorporated in Delaware, with no establishment, assets, or operations in the United Kingdom. Any attempt to impose or enforce a penalty against 4chan will be resisted in U.S. federal court.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:21 AM (RHGPo)

138 Tap Sydney Sweeny? I mean OK. If I have to.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
------------------
I'd tap that

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 18, 2025 10:22 AM (EFZgU)

139 If Bud Light sponsoring MMA didn't help then nothing will save the image.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:22 AM (EYmYM)

140 The US state with the largest number of lighthouses is Michigan.

Posted by: The Massive Ore Boat at August 18, 2025 10:22 AM (G5+As)

141 If Bud Light really wants to rehabilitate their image, they should show the corporate suits bowing down to Trump and licking his boots.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 10:23 AM (Riz8t)

142 If I was tapping Sydney Sweeney, I figure she's a smooth pilsner, - not a stout, although stouts can also be very fulfilling.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 10:23 AM (/vPt3)

143 130 Microsoft Sends 60 Day Warning To Windows 10 Users

Microsoft is offering an extended support program for remaining Windows 10 users to subscribe to continued security updates and app support.
Posted by: SMOD

I have a dedicated scanning computer for photos and memorabilia that I have no intention whatsoever to convert to Windows 11. That particular system keeps getting worse--latest is that you cannot keep apps bought from the Microsoft store from updating automatically. And the awful attempts to force people to backup to Azure rather than locally.

All so that Microsoft can hoover up more of your information to hawk on the open market and destroy what is left of the tatters of privacy that people have.

Linux is the way or even the less desirable Macs.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:23 AM (ctrM5)

144 Show some fuckin' gross tranny drinking a Coors alone at the end of the bar, while a bunch of manly dudes are swarming Sweeney trying to buy her another BL.

Then some tagline like "Bud Light... It's The Real Thing."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 10:24 AM (f1Xuy)

145 The Hardly Boys have raging clues.

https://tinyurl.com/4pwynsze
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 10:21 AM

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:25 AM (dPfyF)

146 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 10:23 AM (Riz8t)

IIRC Trump and Trump Jr both came to BL defense but it didn't help.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:25 AM (EYmYM)

147 Soon to be MS-WAS

Morning Mika and Rachel Madcow hardest hit.

Posted by: This Ship Be Sinkin'! at August 18, 2025 10:25 AM (G5+As)

148 Bud could have Sydney Sweeny naked in an ad wearing a maga hat. And I’m still never buying their swill again.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:26 AM (9c0bR)

149 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Oh Lord! Your sea is so big and my lighthouse is so small...
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:26 AM (2WIwB)

150 137 According to press reports, the U.K. Office of Communications (“Ofcom” has issued a provisional notice under the Online Safety Act alleging a contravention by 4chan and indicating an intention to impose a penalty of £20,000, plus daily penalties thereafter.

4chan is a United States company, incorporated in Delaware, with no establishment, assets, or operations in the United Kingdom. Any attempt to impose or enforce a penalty against 4chan will be resisted in U.S. federal court.
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:21 AM (RHGPo)

Nobody even f***ing cares about 4chan anymore, it's old news.

The real trolls and raiders sort the Gemeralds from the Coal on Soyjak.Party

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:27 AM (UnA8+)

151 The Irwin Lighthouse, Storm Raging
John Wilson Carmichael

I like this painting and, yes, I'd hang it though it somehow reminds me of Maureen McGovern belting out, "There's got to be a morning after," which became quite tiresome on the airwaves.

Also, maybe a hint that wind turbines at sea (the Atlantic Ocean) will be a problem whether fixed or floating. (What are there, about seven in operation for how much time, planning, money? Nah, shutdown the green 'investment' scams.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 10:27 AM (NFX2v)

152 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

I'm betting that lots of people have considered tapping Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

153 Hubbymayhem, the truck driver, has declared that the driver from India who killed 3 people deserves the death penalty.
I kinda agree.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (2J/Lj)

154 IIRC Trump and Trump Jr both came to BL defense but it didn't help.
Posted by: polynikes
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Some types of damage to branding can never wash off. Using a twink to sell beer to guys was never going to work. I think the stupid wokester marketing exec responsible for Bud Light is now working for one of the sportsball leagues where I have no doubt, a similar show of stupid woke signalling will surface.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (ctrM5)

155 Microsoft Sends 60 Day Warning To Windows 10 Users

Microsoft is offering an extended support program for remaining Windows 10 users to subscribe to continued security updates and app support.

Posted by: SMOD

"We demand you stop using the somewhat functional windows 10, and immediately switch to the bug-ridden windows 11."

11 is probably the worst version they have ever put out. It literally opens windows and tabs randomly and is a huge memory hog.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (0U5gm)

156 Speaking of Bud… saw some polling data that the yuuutes are not drinking anymore. Everyone is drinking less but young people particularly are drinking way less than their counterparts did in previous generations. All those micro breweries that popped up during the millenial craft beer craze aren’t going to be around for much longer. Same with wine bars.

Part of it is health reasons, peeps realizing drinking isn’t good for you. And weed.

It’s an interesting societal shift.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:30 AM (9c0bR)

157 Bud could have Sydney Sweeny naked in an ad wearing a maga hat. And I’m still never buying their swill again.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:26 AM (9c0bR)

I'm betting that advertisement would still be a hit though.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM (g8Ew8)

158 Nobody even f***ing cares about 4chan anymore, it's old news.

The real trolls and raiders sort the Gemeralds from the Coal on Soyjak.Party
Posted by: XTC
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I think the massive hack leak showing the location of posters and admin names damaged 4 chan's street cred.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM (ctrM5)

159 I couldn't boycott Budweiser because I never drank it. If given a choice between Bud and nothing, I's rather have nothing. In Texas, as far as I can see, Bud is a brand for aspiring Mexican alcoholics who plan to slap the the esposa around later in the evening.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM (guCHD)

160 The art...

Yep that's A lighthouse! And that is definitely a storm situation. Title checks out👍!

Those boats are in a whole world of shit right there now.

I like this. Thanks CBD!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 18, 2025 10:32 AM (2J/Lj)

161 think the stupid wokester marketing exec responsible for Bud Light is now working for one of the sportsball leagues where I have no doubt, a similar show of stupid woke signalling will surface.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (ctrM5)

Male and trans NFL cheerleaders has to be the stupidest thing ever but the NFL is like crack to a lot of otherwise conservative and boycott wiling people.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (EYmYM)

162 I honestly don't know if I've ever purchased a beer because of an ad.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (kTd/k)

163 I couldn't boycott Budweiser because I never drank it. If given a choice between Bud and nothing, I's rather have nothing. In Texas, as far as I can see, Bud is a brand for aspiring Mexican alcoholics who plan to slap the the esposa around later in the evening.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM

Concur. The RMBS Dad brewed his own beer. I got used to having real beer from a young age. Bud, and most others, never did it for me.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (dPfyF)

164 156 Part of it is health reasons, peeps realizing drinking isn’t good for you. And weed.

It’s an interesting societal shift.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:30 AM (9c0bR)

It ages you, and they want to hold onto their youth for as long as possible.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:34 AM (UnA8+)

165 The other famous Bible shipwreck was the destruction of the ship the Apostle Paul was on when he was on his way to Rome, under bonds. It is a parable/allegory for our time. The 276 occupants were warned to stay aboard until the ship crashed on the rocks. This happened in our time in 1988. All churches went apostate and we were warned to get out. The End Of The Church Age. Satan took his seat there.

Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at August 18, 2025 10:34 AM (G5+As)

166 I honestly don't know if I've ever purchased a beer because of an ad.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM

I haven't, but I did give a tip o' the hat and a chuckle to the folks who named "Another IPA".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:35 AM (dPfyF)

167 It surprises me that the Budlight tranny hasn't disappeared yet.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:35 AM (kTd/k)

168 I couldn't boycott Budweiser because I never drank it. If given a choice between Bud and nothing, I's rather have nothing. In Texas, as far as I can see, Bud is a brand for aspiring Mexican alcoholics who plan to slap the the esposa around later in the evening.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM

Concur. The RMBS Dad brewed his own beer. I got used to having real beer from a young age. Bud, and most others, never did it for me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (dPfyF)
***

In college I bought what was on sale. After a tour in the Army in Germany, bier became the standard. Especially the helles lagers.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (2WIwB)

169 Male and trans NFL cheerleaders has to be the stupidest thing ever but the NFL is like crack to a lot of otherwise conservative and boycott wiling people.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (EYmYM)

Yep. The nfl is just playing now. They know “real manly men” will never give up their sportsball. So hey let’s put some tranny cheerleaders for them to watch. They’ll seethe and complain but they’ll never stop sending money.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (9c0bR)

170 aspiring Mexican alcoholics who plan to slap the the esposa around later in the evening.

Si mon! Ja ja ja ja

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (WDJ9Z)

171 "We demand you stop using the somewhat functional windows 10, and immediately switch to the bug-ridden windows 11."

11 is probably the worst version they have ever put out. It literally opens windows and tabs randomly and is a huge memory hog.
Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM

Resistance is futile.

Posted by: Microsoft Borg, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Penguin, Inc. at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (0sNs1)

172 The fed's could prohibit beer ads on network/cable and nobody would care nor would sales suffer/change.

I think Social Media carries more influence (SWIDT) than ads on the tube.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (Q4IgG)

173 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (kTd/k)

174 167 It surprises me that the Budlight tranny hasn't disappeared yet.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:35 AM (kTd/k)

Even other troons don't like Dylan.

He got cast in some show with another troon, and THAT troon has made it clear that even they find Dylan creepy and don't want to be anywhere near him.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (UnA8+)

175 I have a dedicated scanning computer for photos and memorabilia that I have no intention whatsoever to convert to Windows 11.

If MSoft wanted me to upgrade...

- no required login
- allow me to set up the desktop as I choose
- no copilot
- no recall

They won't do that so I won't upgrade.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (ExV1e)

176 "We demand you stop using the somewhat functional windows 10, and immediately switch to the bug-ridden windows 11."

11 is probably the worst version they have ever put out. It literally opens windows and tabs randomly and is a huge memory hog.
Posted by: Thomans Paine
========
I keep one current version of Windows on a dual boot machine simply to do taxes. Another serves as a dedicated scanner for media, etc. and since the drivers for those will never be ported to Windows 11, it shall stay Windows 10 until it dies or the digitization project is finished.

I keep a very old Win 7 and even Windows XP simply to host stat and math programs that are far too expensive to upgrade to current versions (not that the new ones have added much worthwhile anyway).

If you do have older Windows versions, Legacy Update website is your friend to download as many of the updates necessary that are no longer available at Microsoft. If you must use one of these to go online for anything other than legacy drivers, Panda Antivirus or Clam AV for Windows are lightweight protectors.

Hitman is a decent malware protector for older computers as well all the way down to XP versions.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (ctrM5)

177 I think the Miller lite Taste Great Less Filling campaign did sell a lot of beer.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (EYmYM)

178 169 Yep. The nfl is just playing now. They know “real manly men” will never give up their sportsball. So hey let’s put some tranny cheerleaders for them to watch. They’ll seethe and complain but they’ll never stop sending money.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (9c0bR)

More like they'll never give up their crippling gambling addiction.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (UnA8+)

179 Ever noticed they don't advertise Ever Clear?

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (W3T6M)

180 honestly don't know if I've ever purchased a beer because of an ad.
-

Few if any people see an ad and think oh I gotta go buy that thing. It’s all subconscious. You see a million ads Bud or whatever and your brain just goes oooh Bud I know that thing, I’ll buy it. You don’t know you’re doing it but you are. It’s why ads like that exist.

And not just beer. Coke and Nike works the same way.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (9c0bR)

181 Beautiful painting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 10:39 AM (bss/y)

182 That lighthouse looks to be in serious trouble.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:39 AM (vm8sq)

183 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TAPPING ALSO REFERS TO OPENING A KEG OF BEER!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2025 10:19 AM

One of our alumni!

Posted by: Tappa Kegga Bru at August 18, 2025 10:39 AM (0sNs1)

184 Ever noticed they don't advertise Ever Clear?
Posted by: pudinhead

Don't need to. Every teenaged kid knows all about it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:40 AM (p+RwZ)

185 >>I honestly don't know if I've ever purchased a beer because of an ad.

If you ever watch Jaws again take a close look at the beer Quint drinks. It's Narragansett.

There is a local print ad campaign around here honoring the 50th anniversary of Jaws that has a photo of Quint with the tag line "Honor The Man Crush The Can". I confess, I bought a six pack cause it made me laugh.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:40 AM (viF8m)

186 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (kTd/k)

I think they have two now. Have to say their female cheerleaders are probably the least attractive in the league. I'm sure that was also intentional.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:40 AM (EYmYM)

187 Yes; Definitely a maritime painter. I like it.!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 10:40 AM (2GCMq)

188 179 Ever noticed they don't advertise Ever Clear?
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (W3T6M)

Are they even still together? That one song got horribly overplayed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (VoAdT)

189 If the male cheerleaders come out of the dressing room with excessive bulges, we will know they are just BSing us.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (2WIwB)

190 I have a WIN10 desktop nearing the end of its service life. Do I replace it with a WIN11 box, or do I get one of those sexy super-fast gaming laptops I've heard about?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (AOsQT)

191 169 Male and trans NFL cheerleaders has to be the stupidest thing ever but the NFL is like crack to a lot of otherwise conservative and boycott wiling people.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (EYmYM)

Yep. The nfl is just playing now. They know “real manly men” will never give up their sportsball. So hey let’s put some tranny cheerleaders for them to watch. They’ll seethe and complain but they’ll never stop sending money.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (9c0bR)

Not in my case. I haven’t seen a football game since Super Bowl LIV. For this and other reasons.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (vm8sq)

192 I believe the cheerleaders in question are not tranny, just ghey. And fa-bu-Lous!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (9c0bR)

193 173 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.
Posted by: Northernlurker

🤣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

194 If MSoft wanted me to upgrade...

- no required login
- allow me to set up the desktop as I choose
- no copilot
- no recall

They won't do that so I won't upgrade.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I've found the biggest problem with very old hardware is browsers, security software, and sometimes mechanical issues (usually centered on power supplies, motherboard capacitors, and hard drives) especially on corporate brand builds.

Replacing a power supply on an old Lenovo Core computer 2010 era so that my wife can use it at school as a dedicated powerpoint machine.

Hopefully it did not kill the memory or the motherboard when it died on startup.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (ctrM5)

195 also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (AOsQT)

196 Don't know if this is a spoof site or not, but

12 #NFL TEAMS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE MALE CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR CHEERLEADING SQUAD THIS SEASON.

• #Vikings
• #Ravens
• #Rams
• #Saints
• #Eagles
• #49ers
• #Patriots
• #Titans
• #Colts
• #Chiefs
• #Buccaneers
• #Panthers

https://tinyurl.com/y3jphhbm

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (p+RwZ)

197 More like they'll never give up their crippling gambling addiction.

Posted by: XTC

Gambling is the only thing keeping sportsball going.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (0U5gm)

198 190 I have a WIN10 desktop nearing the end of its service life. Do I replace it with a WIN11 box, or do I get one of those sexy super-fast gaming laptops I've heard about?
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (AOsQT)

Next thing I'm getting is a mini-PC just powerful enough to run emulation of 6th Gen consoles (Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube).

Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (UnA8+)

199 Used to hunt crocodiles?

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (aDC+n)

200 also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?
Posted by: Don Black

Path of the signal flare?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (p+RwZ)

201 also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (AOsQT)

I think it's supposed to be lightning.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:44 AM (EYmYM)

202 Don't know if this is a spoof site or not, but

—

They’re telling conservatives we know you’re addicted and will never leave us. And we will rub your faces in shit, make you eat it and come begging for more.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:44 AM (9c0bR)

203 Looks like capsized ships of democrats in the sea of America.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:44 AM (snZF9)

204 >>also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?

moonbeam

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:44 AM (viF8m)

205 also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (AOsQT)

I was interpreting that as lightning.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 18, 2025 10:45 AM (2J/Lj)

206 This happened in our time in 1988. All churches went apostate and we were warned to get out. The End Of The Church Age. Satan took his seat there.
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at August 18, 2025 10:34 AM (G5+As)

THE GATES OF HELL LIE WAITING AS YOU SEE! THERE’S NO PRICE TO PAY, JUST FOLLOW ME! I CAN TAKE YOUR LOST SOUL FROM THE GRAVE! JESUS KNOWS YOUR SOUL CANNOT BE SAVED. CRUCIFY YOUR SO CALLED LORD, HE SOON SHALL FALL TO ME, YOUR SOULS ARE DAMNED YOU GOD HAS FELL TO SLAVE FOR ME ETERNALLY….

HELL AWAITS!!!

Posted by: Slayer at August 18, 2025 10:46 AM (vm8sq)

207 Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (UnA8+)

I don't know who you are talking to because though I'm not a gamer I feel you're in a blog room full of gamers.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:46 AM (EYmYM)

208 Gambling is part of it for sure. But I still see lots of people wearing “their” team jerseys. Or “their” team flags flying or license plate covers or what have you.

And people say marketing doesn’t work? Au contraire mon frere.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:46 AM (9c0bR)

209 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (kTd/k)

------------

Please tell me that it's Tampon Tim.

Like to me if you must ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 10:46 AM (eefgT)

210 Don't know if this is a spoof site or not, but

12 #NFL TEAMS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE MALE CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR CHEERLEADING SQUAD THIS SEASON.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (p+RwZ)

Will they demand the pronoun queerleaders?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:47 AM (snZF9)

211 190 I have a WIN10 desktop nearing the end of its service life. Do I replace it with a WIN11 box, or do I get one of those sexy super-fast gaming laptops I've heard about?
Posted by: Don Black
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Depends on whether you like to build one out or simply use it until it drops. Laptops, other than the expensive Framework models, are throwaways when they break--you can upgrade a desktop if you start with a very good power supply, keyboard, and peripherals.

Store bought desktop brands are more like throwaway laptops at the low end--at the high end, you can get some decent build quality from a few makers focusing on gaming. Most flexibility is from building it your self as you can choose every component. Choosing quality ones over lowest cost bidder shit on power supplies, memory, motherboards, and peripherals allow for longer use and upgrades as necessary.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:48 AM (ctrM5)

212 The Vikqueens cheerleaders are crime against nature.

Some time ago, I suggested the NFL set up a cable channel like 'Red Zone' dedicated to cheerleaders only.

This is what we fucking get.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 10:48 AM (/vPt3)

213 12 #NFL TEAMS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE MALE CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR CHEERLEADING SQUAD THIS SEASON.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (p+RwZ)

Will they demand the pronoun queerleaders?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:47 AM

"Ha! Gaaaaaaay!!!!!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:49 AM (dPfyF)

214 And John Wilson Carmichael wasn't a bad looking guy if I picked the correct portrait.:

https://tinyurl.com/33jej4fn

There is another Victorian photo or daugerrotype (sp) were he is older and weather beaten but all those Victorian photos make many people look rather stiff and plain . Still good looking.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 10:49 AM (2GCMq)

215 NFL became Taylor Swift obsessed. Real manly men complained and the nfl said fuck off. What did real manly men do? Continued watching and buying $175 jerseys. There is a certain poetry to how the NFL keeps beating these people and yet they come back asking for more every year. If I were an owner I’d double down as well, must be fun watching it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:50 AM (9c0bR)

216 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (viF8m)

217 211 Store bought desktop brands are more like throwaway laptops at the low end--at the high end, you can get some decent build quality from a few makers focusing on gaming. Most flexibility is from building it your self as you can choose every component. Choosing quality ones over lowest cost bidder shit on power supplies, memory, motherboards, and peripherals allow for longer use and upgrades as necessary.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:48 AM (ctrM5)

A long time ago, I Ship-of-Theseus'd a store-bought machine into one with none of the original parts left except the ZIP drive.

I don't really have the space for a desktop, these days, though. My living quarters are rather limited.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (UnA8+)

218 Next thing I'm getting is a mini-PC just powerful enough to run emulation of 6th Gen consoles (Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube).

Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.
Posted by: XTC
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If you can, get the mini units with external power supply bricks--keeps heat out of the smaller enclosure ensuring power supply longevity/ease of replacement and keeping more heat out of the small interior space.

Backing off cutting edge hot cpus and very fast memory is another.

Unless you simply want to throw it away after about 2-3 years and buy a new one.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (ctrM5)

219 I've found the biggest problem with very old hardware is browsers, security software, and sometimes mechanical issues (usually centered on power supplies, motherboard capacitors, and hard drives) especially on corporate brand builds.

Once I retire I'll have, I believe, one program incompatible with Linux. It's a video game I enjoy. I'll be sad to give it up but, once my Win10 box is no longer viable, or they stop supporting Win10, give it up I shall.

I will not use Win11. Period. Presumably that means that I will not use any subsequent windows either. So be it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:52 AM (ExV1e)

220 Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (UnA8+)

I have stacks of boxes and tubs of games, systems, and accessories going back to before the original NES. The day I got married I was on my knees in tux 1/2 hour before having to be at the church playing legend of Zelda on the NES. My mother yells "what the hell are you doing, you need to get to the church". I said I'm saving hyrule. She looks at me for a moment and yells Fuck hyrule, you have to get to the church. lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:52 AM (snZF9)

221 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (viF8m)

To be fair, when 98% of the fbi is dedicated to fighting white supremacy, there’s no much time left for solving actual crimes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:52 AM (9c0bR)

222 And they don't do the male cheerleaders like they do in college. In the NFL it seems they do the same pom pom routines as the females. They aren't lifting and throwing the female cheerleaders around in gymnastic routines . They really are rubbing the noses of the base fans into dog shit.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:53 AM (EYmYM)

223 My cousin was drafted this year by The Raiders, otherwise I'd have zero interest in The NFL.

I grew up in Las Vegas, and back then they said (of course before it became the fastest growing city for at least a few decades) that it could never support a professional sports franchise -- because there were too many other distractions and things to do for residents and visitors.

Now they have an NHL team, an NFL team, and a MLB team -- and I've heard talking heads predicts soon an NBA team (Jerry Tarkanian's UNLV Runnin' Rebels aside).

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 10:53 AM (/uk1N)

224 >>#NFL TEAMS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE MALE CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR CHEERLEADING SQUAD THIS SEASON.

If they were old school male cheerleaders, then it would probably be fine. Not anything new or odd. However, in the clips I've seen, it's like drag - they are moving just like the female cheerleaders (hip swings and thrusts, etc.). These teams made that choice -- to be gayyyyy.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:54 AM (GbwPZ)

225 Linear power supplies are best power supplies.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 10:54 AM (0sNs1)

226 These teams made that choice -- to be gayyyyy.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:54 AM (GbwPZ)

I thought the constant patting each others asses in tight pants made them gay. 😀

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (9c0bR)

227 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.

Posted by: JackStraw

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the longer a body is in the water, the harder it is to identify it.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (0U5gm)

228 Now that my favorite NFL player has become.the backup QB in Kansas City, I'm annoyed when I check the web for the preseason reporting and half of it is about Swift. WTF???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (2WIwB)

229 And they don't do the male cheerleaders like they do in college. In the NFL it seems they do the same pom pom routines as the females. They aren't lifting and throwing the female cheerleaders around in gymnastic routines . They really are rubbing the noses of the base fans into dog shit.
Posted by: polynikes

Yeah. They ain't tossing girls like in college.

Now, they're just tossing salads.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (p+RwZ)

230 >>It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.

Unless he/she died while paddle-boarding on MV, and the body was taken out to sea, then back to RI...

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (GbwPZ)

231 This is how an asshole travels to the US for a meeting with the President of the United States

https://x.com/GeorgePapa19/status/
1957452015719604587

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)

232 I don't really have the space for a desktop, these days, though. My living quarters are rather limited.
Posted by: XTC

If seriously limited in space, consider the Framework laptop series--these are designed to allow upgrading and replacement even of screens and motherboards as available.

Otherwise a throwaway gaming cube might work well if you don't want bleeding edge stuff--those get up to the price of a Framework laptop if you start adding peripherals like external gpus and a top of the line cpu/memory etc.

Not really for gaming but Apple, to its credit with its new M series chips actually is making some excellent mini cube desktop systems that are also portable if you had to do it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (ctrM5)

233 216 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.
Posted by: JackStraw

If it was only a Portugee, no one cares.

Posted by: Seamus From Dublin at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (G5+As)

234 Not to put too fine a point on it, but the longer a body is in the water, the harder it is to identify it.
Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (0U5gm)

Dental records ,DNA still the go to. I'm guessing homeless person with no record.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (EYmYM)

235 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:52 AM (snZF9)

LOL. Good for mom! I think I'd like your mother if she is still around.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (2GCMq)

236 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM

It takes time to sort things out when your drowning in information.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (0sNs1)

237 >>Not to put too fine a point on it, but the longer a body is in the water, the harder it is to identify it.

True. But it's not like people go missing without report in the ocean around here all that often. It's not like the body floated in from Portugal.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (viF8m)

238 218 Next thing I'm getting is a mini-PC just powerful enough to run emulation of 6th Gen consoles (Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube).

Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.
Posted by: XTC

=======

This is one of the major reasons I bought a Steam Deck.

Not the same thing, but I can even run PS3 games on it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

239 LOL. Good for mom! I think I'd like your mother if she is still around.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (2GCMq)

She was an original, thats for sure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:58 AM (snZF9)

240 This is how an asshole travels to the US for a meeting with the President of the United States

https://x.com/GeorgePapa19/status/
1957452015719604587
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM

What, no Adidas track suit? He's letting down the whole gopnik community.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:58 AM (dPfyF)

241 your = you're

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 10:58 AM (0sNs1)

242 >>This is how an asshole travels to the US for a meeting with the President of the United States

No red carpet for you.
If you want to be treated like a statesman, act like a statesmen, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:58 AM (GbwPZ)

243 There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.
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If you want to know why Trump hasn't gone Attila the Hun on employers yet over I-9 and e-verify?
Because several states will drop the hammer on employers if they cooperate with ICE.

Currently, the admin is litigating Illinois' laws banning employers from using ANY method to verify citizenship.
And the law requires employers to notify the state--in advance--of an immigration raid.
That they must notify the state if ICE requests a records review.
There's a whole lot of other BS like that.

Which IL is arguing isn't preempted by federal immigration law b/c it's state employment law.
There are similar laws in other states.
That they can punish employers for following federal law, in effect.

They are all going to lose. They know it. Their arguments are weak AF. They are just milking the clock in hopes of something.

By this time next year, we should have at least 3, maybe 5 circuits with rulings that these laws are unconstitutional.

At that point, Trump will unleash the hounds.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 10:59 AM (tlI68)

244 This is how an asshole travels to the US for a meeting with the President of the United States

https://x.com/GeorgePapa19/status/
1957452015719604587

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)

Dude thinks he's on vacation.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:59 AM (snZF9)

245 As a fella who tends to hold onto things until the wheels finally fall off, I was more than a little disturbed when my IT buddy told me years ago that PCs, whether desktops or laptops, were disposable. To plan and budget on replacing them every 3 - 5 years.

He's not wrong.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:59 AM (wVcYX)

246 216 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (viF8m)

An chance it is Harold Holt?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (R256O)

247 Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)

I predicted a week ago he going to sabotage any deal presented no matter how positive. Just like the PLO always did. I'm hoping Trump says take a deal or no more aid. Not a cent.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (EYmYM)

248 Which IL is arguing isn't preempted by federal immigration law

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I’m so old I remember when scotus said the exact opposite when Arizona tried to enforce its own immigration laws.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (9c0bR)

249 Nood

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (R256O)

250 Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025

I think that's one of those times mom was right. Probably better to say that than "please hurry along now, dear!"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (2GCMq)

251 Once I retire I'll have, I believe, one program incompatible with Linux. It's a video game I enjoy. I'll be sad to give it up but, once my Win10 box is no longer viable, or they stop supporting Win10, give it up I shall.

I will not use Win11. Period. Presumably that means that I will not use any subsequent windows either. So be it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Have you checked out crossover from Codeweavers. They are kind of like Wine plus. The other way is go to something like virtual box or a win 10 container. Takes more hardware to support that but does let you run stuff.

I am considering that so that I can get rid of some of my old dedicated computers but I will have to do a dedicated build. Microsux is making it hard to dual boot with their UEFI booting shim signature screwup problems along with Secure Boot/TPM.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (ctrM5)

252 >>There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.

Might have to extradite them first.
Yes, a lot of these foreign drivers are employed by foreign trucking firms who are flouting other laws, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (GbwPZ)

253 The Z has to keep it going. The wheels come off for him if it doesn't.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (0sNs1)

254 I mean, the guy's wearing a f***ing t-shirt, FFS

no respect

we need to cut ourselves loose of this clown

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (AOsQT)

255 At that point, Trump will unleash the hounds.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 10:59 AM (tlI6

I'm waiting for him to unleash the Rhodesian mercenaries.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (snZF9)

256
I think the NFL is about to learn a Bud Light lesson.

In our house, watching football was a family activity. Adults, kids everybody having a good time watching the Cowboys play. Very family friendly.

But, now if i had young kiddos. Do I want them exposed to a bunch of trannies prancing around?

No, I do not.

I don't mind explaining the rules of football to the little niblets. I have no desire explaining the mental illness of sexually confused lunatics.

I would simply not watch.

I suspect a lot of parents are going to feel the same way.

But, we'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (iJfKG)

257 Not to put too fine a point on it, but the longer a body is in the water, the harder it is to identify it.
Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (0U5gm)

Dental records ,DNA still the go to. I'm guessing homeless person with no record.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (EYmYM)

I'm guessing airliner stowaway, fell from the landing gear compartment when it opened.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 11:02 AM (wVcYX)

258 If they were old school male cheerleaders, then it would probably be fine. Not anything new or odd. However, in the clips I've seen, it's like drag - they are moving just like the female cheerleaders (hip swings and thrusts, etc.). These teams made that choice -- to be gayyyyy.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:54 AM (GbwPZ)

Not sure about any of the others, but the Ravens have had dudes among their cheerleading squad since their inception in the 90s. They're the old school type who lift up the ladies and use megaphones. At least that's what I recall from when I used to pay attention.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 11:02 AM (wkXwO)

259 Supposedly Mr. Singh, the Florida driver, caused the collapsed an 88 year-old bridge in Arkansas by driving a 38 ton truck over it, when the sign said 6 ton maximum.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:02 AM (0sNs1)

260 Z has stolen billions for himself. Why not just quit and go live a life of luxury? Whats an extra billion going to do for you? You’ll never spend it in 10 lifetimes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:03 AM (9c0bR)

261 think the NFL is about to learn a Bud Light lesson.

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The NFL has been far far left for about 10 years. The lesson they learned is sportsball addicts will give us money no matter what we do.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:05 AM (9c0bR)

262 238 This is one of the major reasons I bought a Steam Deck.

Not the same thing, but I can even run PS3 games on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

I kind of suck at getting PS3 ISOs to work in RPCS3.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 11:05 AM (UnA8+)

263 If MSoft wanted me to upgrade...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I was wary of Win11, but have found that the BillGatesisms can be thwarted. I have no login, custom desktop, and no copilot nor recall. It takes some work.

How to Set Up Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account
http://bit.ly/4fGwJ93

Stop Windows Spying
https://youtu.be/VU9L0udNV9M

Stop Windows Spying with hosts file
https://youtu.be/IJr2DcffquI

9 Windows settings EVERY user should change NOW!
https://youtu.be/j70UOLVO4I4

How to disable Copilot in Windows 11
http://bit.ly/4fJ8uab

How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop
http://bit.ly/45FEQOu

There's more. I've been working up a page about all that, but haven't posted it yet. H/t Morons who posted tips.

Posted by: mindful webworker - how to strangle Win11 in the cradle at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (L05+f)

264 173 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.
___

Can't dancing gays dance like Fred Astaire, or do they have to dance like unpopular girls who are trying way to hard to make the dance squad?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 11:32 AM (Dv3i1)

265 THE WEATHER STARTED GETING ROUGH,THE TINY SHIP AS TOSSED

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 18, 2025 05:08 PM (wGqjj)

The Morning Report — 8/18/25

Good morning kids. First up, a state of emergency and mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in North Carolina as Hurricane Erin churns off the coast. Prayers for all who may be in any area that could be impacted. Stay safe.

Elsewhere, with the Trump Putin Alaska Summit wrapping up without any major deal to end the fighting in Ukraine (as we had suspected), all that the propagandists could focus on was the threat to national security because a gift list and the menu were found in the hotel printer!

So now, the President is going to meet with corrupt comedian Shecky Zelensky. Look let's face it, the only way the war is going to end is by Ukraine officially ceding the territory lost to Putin. And thankfully President Trump seems to be standing firm on nixing the prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine. That, plus NATO's encroachment towards Russia ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall, despite previous administrations guarantees that that would never happen were one of the factors, along with hundreds of years of historic Russo/Ukrainian confrontation and animosity as well as American and western interference via the color revolution engineered by Victoria Nuland and the Obama crew that overthrew a popularly and freely elected Putin friendly president.

I hope that President Trump does not agree to anything that might entangle us in a conflict that has absolutely zero impact on American national security. Yes, Putin invading Ukraine and the ensuing bloodshed was and is abhorrent. But, it's not our fight. If the soon to be Islamic Republic of E-U-istan wants to get their hair mussed with Putin, that's their affair.

Elsewhere in the world, and in a region that has much more importance to our security, some positive news for a change out of Latin America:

'Socialism defeated' — Bolivia boots its ruling leftists after 20 years in power — Hell has frozen over in Bolivia -- which is often a bellwether for the direction of South America's politics. . . The report notes that several conservative candidates didn't make the final cut for the runoff, Quiroga has been around for a long time, and Paz is a moderate. But something like this represents progress, given the long grip socialism has had on the battered Andean country, which is known for its valuable natural resources. And to read the article, Paz doesn't sound like a moderate -- he sounds pretty conservative, seeking to let markets determine prices. Meanwhile, the performance of the socialists in office over 20 long years was execrable . . . I'm just surprised the ruling socialists didn't rig the election enough to keep themselves in power. The article describes how Morales and other leftists have sought to spoil their ballots ahead of the coming runoff, but that's a rearguard action that won't work.

Well perhaps 40 years from now, we'll cheer socialism's final defeat in NYC as a geriatric Mamdani is wheeled out of Gracie Mansion. Unless he goes the way of Ceaucescu before that.

On another front, as the geschrei and handwringing over both the calling out of the National Guard to combat crime in Democrat controlled criminal breeding grounds also known as cities continues, we also have the predictable and disgusting threats against our President from the usual quarters. Not just on this issue but on every issue under the sun where President Trump's agenda and its wild successes have exposed the Democrats as the inept, incompetent and criminal tyrants that they are.

State Rep. Justin Pearson (D-TN) claimed that his party needed to pull out all the stops and fight back against Republicans — to whom he referred alternately as “fascists” and “neo-confederates” — and argued that it wouldn’t matter in the long run what they were willing to do as long as they won.
Pearson was ousted from his position in the Tennessee House when he helped lead his party’s efforts to “occupy” the State House in protest, and then was reinstated days later — after claiming that he’d been forced out by “racists.” During his appearance with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi, he discussed the current state of American politics — particularly with regard to redistricting battles and Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) plan to “fight fire with fire.”

Does this tedious yammering eggplant not know he and his ilk are outgunned and outnumbered, figuratively and dare I say it, quite literally. Let's leave it at that.

Meanwhile, with corrupt hack-in-black judges along with crime and illegal aliens running wild in the streets, the implications of this story strike a chord, at least with me:

People have showered an alleged car thief in a California jail with donations after she beat up a fellow inmate who is charged, along with her husband, with torturing and killing her eight-year-old stepdaughter.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. But, when people feel that the justice system rewards/coddles criminals and is tilted against honest and decent people, I guess this kind of thing is to be expected.

Certainly where this kind of thing happens:

This Man Dodged Prison For Beating Two Pro-Lifers. Biden Jailed Pro-Lifers Over Peaceful Protests. Dozens of peaceful pro-life protesters were targeted during the Biden administration.

I think my point has been made.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

A State of Emergency has been issued by the Hyde County Board of Commissioners for Ocracoke Island, North Carolina due to the expected flooding that will come from Hurricane Erin and the impacts that it will have on Highway 12. The order is effective as of Sunday at 8:00 p.m. The board also ordered two mandatory evacuations. For visitors, they have to leave the area immediately, while residents need to begin evacuations Tuesday at 6:00 a.m. (RELATED: Hurricane Erin Expected To Restrengthen After Downgrading To Category 3)
Mandatory Evacuation Ordered In North Carolina Due To Hurricane Erin
The new release by Gabbard is a vindication for Trump, who stood alone in 2018, and strengthens his position ahead of the upcoming summit.
Bombshell DNI Emails Expose Fraud That Sabotaged 2018 Trump-Putin Summit
Based on the scientific method and the data collected, the Professor William Jacobson Theory of Current Academia is correct: It is broken beyond repair.
“Nature” Article Demands Replacing DEI in Science With Decolonization, Indigenous Knowledge

"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS

Even more staggering . If you believed President Joe “Autopen” Biden, this should never have happened.
Let’s Pause To Marvel At Trump’s Incredible Border Victory
“Any sanctuary Jurisdiction that continues to put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens can either come to the table or see us in court,” she warned in a statement posted to social media. “Today, the Justice Department delivered demand letters to sanctuary cities, countries, and states—a key step in our strategic effort to eradicate sanctuary policies from California to New York.”
Trump DOJ Gives Sanctuary Jurisdictions One Week to Submit to Immigration Law. (Revoke city charters and statehoods if necessary! - jjs)
The pardon could vacate the killer’s deportation order, allowing him to remain in the U.S.
This Dem Governor Just Pardoned a Killer Migrant to Save Him From Deportation.
When U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joe Edlow returned for another stint in the Trump administration, he expected to wrangle with a mess left by the Biden junta's border crisis.
EXCLUSIVE: Immigration Chief Reveals What He Found In Aftermath Of Biden Junta
. . . Harjinder Singh, a migrant from India who illegally entered the U.S. in 2018 across the U.S. border with Mexico.
Migrant Trucker Accused of Killing 3 on Florida Turnpike Identified
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Dozens of peaceful pro-life protesters were targeted during the Biden junta.
This Man Dodged Prison For Beating Two Pro-Lifers. Biden Jailed Pro-Lifers Over Peaceful Protests.
According to (Peer) Schweizer, Elias was able to swing the highly contested 2008 Minnesota senate race for Democrat Al Franken over Republican Norm Coleman by finding a specific court to legitimize over a thousand ballots that had previously been rejected because they had potentially been cast by convicted felons.
‘Breaking the Law’ Exclusive: President Trump Warns Rampant Judge-Shopping Is the Left’s ‘Final Weapon’ That Could ‘Take Down America’
This morally bankrupt scumbag needs to disappear. The flatus from his pie hole is smothering "our democracy" - jjs
David Brooks: Trump-Backed Redistricting Is Using ‘Mustard Gas on Our Democracy’
I have not yet gotten confirmation that the local port authority has approved this protest as the organization claims, but it also appears that this activist group intends to show up in boats regardless. If so, this protest could easily cause the next test launch, now scheduled for August 24, 2025, to be delayed endlessly.
A protest of boats now intends to violate the range and prevent the next Starship/Superheavy test launch (Meh, Throttle up the engines to full power and flambé the miscreants - jjs)
No, thanks! They don’t get to adopt positions like “defund the police,” throwing the country into a violent hell for nearly half a decade, and then have a say in how we pull ourselves out.
Democrats Don’t Get To Act Thoughtful About Solving The Crime Problem They Created
"You know, I think that we will be judged not by what we do, but by what we don’t do, to future generations."
‘There Is Nothing Off The Table’: Tennessee Dem Says Anything Goes In Fight Against ‘Fascist’ GOP (Meh, another yammering eggplant making terroristic threats - jjs)
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The administration targets a 12.5 percent reduction in the federal workforce, with most reductions coming from voluntary buyouts. (Call me when the figure gets past 75% - jjs)
Here’s How Many Federal Workers Trump Expects to Lay Off by Year’s End:
Trump honors FDR, vows to safeguard Social Security, yet actuaries warn the program may run out in just seven years.
Trump Vows Social Security Will Thrive for Another ‘90 Years’
Hurricanes only matter when Trump's in office.
Get Ready for Everyone in Puerto Rico to Die All Over Again
In its 2-1 decision, the panel’s majority revoked a temporary injunction issued in March by Obama-appointed District Judge Amy Berman Jackson. That edict attempted to stop the president from making significant layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and prevent Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought from “defunding the agency,” according to Newsweek.
D.C. Circuit Court Hands Trump Win In Bid To Downsize Federal Regulatory Agency

SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
The former FBI Director said that Swift’s music has been a major part of his family for several years as they have dealt “with adversity and celebration,” saying that the pop star’s example has helped him to resist “bullies.”
James Comey Declares Himself a ‘Swiftie,’ Says Taylor Swift’s Music Helps Him Oppose Trump (Immolation is an even better strategy! - jjs)

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Prudence—not rash action—defines true conservatism, yet Trump’s recent tariff and rate-cut moves risk undoing his own hard-won victories.
Dear Prudence, Won’t You Come Out to Play?
‘Learn to code’ turned out to be one of the most misguided pieces of career advice, and college grads are bearing the brunt of it.
Americans Who ‘Learned To Code’ At Obama’s Behest Can’t Find Jobs Now
Government efforts to help workers and regions left behind by globalization have failed, but we have new opportunities—more effective than tariffs—to spur a manufacturing revival.
The Real Path to Industrial Renewal
ISRAEL AND USA vs Hamas, IRAN, et al
IDF hits terror targets in Yemen, local sources claim Houthi leadership targeted.
Netanyahu: No End to War Without Hostages Freed, Hamas Defeated
Hamas wages war through terror and propaganda, while Israel is blamed for crimes it did not commit—facts ignored as the world embraces a false narrative.
Gaza Part One: The Situation
The U.S. government has a dismal track record at dealing with such propaganda. The campaign to expose false-flag operations and other lies in the leadup to Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine in February 2022 failed to deter Vladimir Putin, but it made clear to most observers who started the war and why.
What America Can Learn from the Hamas Propaganda War
The correct number of Islamic terrorism supporters to be admitted into the United States should be zero. (Islamic terrorism is a redundancy - jjs)
No One From Gaza Should Be Coming to the U.S., Period

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The agency's DEI-tinged programming is one of several reasons why the Trump administration may block a move to renew its mandate, sources familiar told the Free Beacon
UN Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Spends US Taxpayer Money on ‘Gender Diversity’ Training and Therapeutic Yoga Instruction, Drawing Scrutiny From Trump Admin (Well clip my clit and call me Bro-Fo! - jjs)

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
The fact that Democrats are once again forcing nuns to pay for abortions highlights the moral abyss and authoritarian intolerance of the modern Democrat party.
Degeneracy, Progressive Neo-Puritanism, And The Little Sisters of the Poor

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
A long overdue step toward confronting MB infiltration.
Trump Administration Considers Immigration Ban on Muslim Brotherhood and Other Islamic Groups
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“…the tolerability of racism is linked to how its acted out on brown bodies. The holocaust was not tolerable bc of white victims so it ended.”
‘New Yorker’ Under Fire Over Racist, Antisemitic Tweets From Woke Staff Writer (subhuman degenerate filth - jjs)
In a two-page order, the high court rejected a motion from NetChoice — an internet trade association — to “reinstate a lower court’s order protecting social media giants like Meta, X and YouTube from the new requirements,” according to a local Fox affiliate. The order did not list any dissents among the justices.
SCOTUS Greenlights Mississippi’s Social Media Age-Verification Law (For Now)
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Meanwhile, China has inspired other nations to make plans to reshore their rare earth mining and processing capacity.
DOE Unveils Nearly $1 Billion Fund to Boost Domestic Critical Minerals Supply Chain and Manufacturing
The latest shakedown scheme to make your life worse.
UN Plot to Ban Plastic Fails
Trump recinded waivers allowing California to impose harsh emissions standards.
Justice Department Sues California To End Electric Vehicle Mandate
The numbers do not look good.
Plant-Based Beyond Meat Denies It’s Filing For Bankruptcy Amid Falling Sales
Officials in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are facing lawsuits from Canadian citizen groups protesting the draconian forest use bans.
Canadians Are Pushing Back Against this Summer’s “Climate Lockdowns”
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym died because D.C.’s local leadership isn’t willing to enforce the law.
‘Nobody Deserves That’: Mom Of D.C. Crime Victim Says Nation’s Capital Needs Intervention
New York Times columnist and regular Donald Trump basher Maureen Dowd begrudgingly implied over the weekend that Trump is right on the politics and policy when it comes to crime in the nation’s capital.
Maureen Dowd Shocker: Trump Making the Right Moves on D.C. Crime
Why are these cities being singled out?
Trump is Discriminating Against Us, Say Mayors of Crime-Ridden Hellholes
"People feel safe again."
Folks In D.C. Already Feeling Safer, Praise Trump For Crime Crackdown
Republican states aren't high-crime states. Only Democrat cities are.
The Myth of High-Crime Red States
Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety ranks New York number four in the country for gun law stringency, yet three people were shot just before 1:30 a.m. shot Saturday, August 9, 2025, in gun-free Times Square.
Another Gun Control Fail: 11 Shot After People Open Fire Following Dispute in NYC
Howard M. Saal, 73, of Cincinnati, appeared in federal court in Cincinnati Tuesday to face the charges. On Wednesday, the State Medical Board of Ohio ordered the permanent surrender of his MD’s license, “effective immediately.”
Former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Doctor Charged With Possessing 153,000 Child Pornographic Images, Videos
The ordinance aims to encourage parental accountability and prevent youths from entering the juvenile justice system.
This Township Has a Plan to Hold Parents Responsible for Teen Crime.
Donors in Bakersfield, where details of the horrific child abuse case have been highly publicized, have maxed out the inmate account of Anita Doron at the Kern County jail after she pummeled 27-year-old stepmother Graciela Bustamante on August 8.
People Send Money to California Inmate Who Beat Up Alleged Child-Killer Stepmom
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
We all know that our universities are the very last place to go if you want a free and open discussion of ideas. Only approved progressive ideas are permitted, and don’t you forget it.
Why Are Academics -- and Others -- So Nasty?
ABORTION
The decision avoids controversy over selling abortion-related medications.
Costco Won’t Sell Mifepristone Abortion Pill.
SECOND AMENDMENT
As Normal Americans know, it’s difficult to convert Democrat true believers, particularly on the issue of guns.
A Black woman joins the Constitution
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
On (Monday (last week), Tea Party Patriots Action will roll out its inaugural Only Citizens Vote Bus Tour, a trek covering more than a dozen states.
Election Integrity Activists Hit The Road To Save The SAVE Act
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
“He is trying to silence and indeed eliminate political opposition.”
Greasy Greaseball Newsom Redistricting Corruptly Eliminates Leading Critic
California Democrats released a new gerrymandered House map on Friday night that, if implemented, would carve up deep red areas of the state that have been under Republican representation for decades.
Newsom Vows To Pack California’s Conservative Outposts With Dem Voters, New Map Shows
Bastard is trying to find and DOX the agents. Bastard - jjs)
Angry Gavin Newsom Files FOIA Request on Border Patrol Raid Outside His Rally to Eliminate Republican Seats
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Attorney Ed Martin was spotted inspecting Democrat New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James’ home in Brooklyn on Friday.
DOJ Special Attorney Visits Leticia James’ Brooklyn Home At Center Of Federal Mortgage Fraud Investigation
This marks the first time a sitting New Orleans mayor faces criminal prosecution.
A Top Democrat Mayor Has Been Indicted for Corruption.
POLITICS
One of President Donald Trump’s biggest political strengths is his unpredictability. More
Three Big Moves in Washington and Not a Single Leak
“Tom Tiffany is in a solid position and is the clear front-runner in the Republican Primary for Wisconsin Governor,” the polling memo states. “An endorsement from President Trump and educating voters about Tiffany and his record would propel his lead even further, with either option essentially sealing the deal for the primary nomination.”
EXCLUSIVE: Clear GOP Frontrunner Emerges For Wide Open Governor Race, Polling Shows
Joseph Hernandez decided to enter the race in June as an Independent because of how much he despised the socialist platform that Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is running on. (RELATED: LARRY PROVOST: NYC Mayoral Election Echoes 1965 And 1969 Races)
Meet The Cuban-Born Biotech Entrepreneur Looking To Be The Anti-Mamdani In NYC Mayoral Race
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Trump called for Ukraine to drop its bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), a demand long held by Russia, and also said there would be “no getting back” Crimea – signaling to the nation to accept Russia’s illegal 2014 annexation of the region during the Obama administration.
Trump says Zelensky can end war with Russia ‘almost immediately’ by doing these two things, ahead of White House meeting
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin yielded no ceasefire, but it revealed the contours of a possible peace—where diplomacy, exhaustion, and hard limits define the battlefield’s end.
Putin, Trump, and the Elusive “Peace”
“Washington threw down a gauntlet to Moscow. . . Kennan was no voice in the wilderness. . . Cheney’s antagonism to Russia long predated Putin. . . The experience of Soviet Communism inevitably intensified their anti-Muscovite sentiments. . .Public opinion in Ukraine was overwhelmingly against NATO membership. . . This worldview denied Russia any legitimate claim to sovereignty. . . It had gotten America embroiled in a struggle of peripheral interest to it.”
How Decades of Folly Led to War in Ukraine
“Now the president has traveled, you know, all the way to Alaska, all the way back, has dedicated months and months of work, him, our entire team on this matter, because we want to see an end to the war. But if tomorrow the war continues, life in America will not be fundamentally altered. So I think that what we have to understand is that this has been a priority for this president because he wants to promote peace. He wants to promote the end of a war. And I think we should be happy that we have a president that’s trying to promote peace and bring a war to an end.”
Marco Rubio: Ukraine-Russia Conflict Is ‘Not Our War’
Both sides must make concessions, the secretary of state said.
Rubio Reveals The ‘Only Way’ To Achieve Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal
Roger Kimball: Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin didn’t end the war, but it may have opened the door—from ceasefire talk to the possibility of peace in Ukraine.
Trump-Putin Alaska Summit Shifts Talk From Ceasefire to Peace
I’m not promising that he will end the war. I’m just saying that his particular personality and skill sets give him deal-making weapons unlike anyone else today.
Why Trump Is The Man Who Can End The Ukraine War
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the leaders’ visit is part of a coordinated effort, not a response to any pressure on Zelenskyy.
European Leaders To Join Zelenskyy At White House
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
What the left cannot understand is that Trump negotiates with and from strength, not weakness, and that makes all the difference.
Why Trump’s Alaska Summit Was a Masterstroke of Leadership And Why the Left Can’t Handle It
Populism and nationalism are again on the march.
Trump’s Peace Train Rolls into Anchorage
Clarice Feldman: Reality wins in the end, and Trump’s view, unlike Zelensky’s or Britain’s or Germany’s or France’s, is one that accords with it.
East to Alaska
Bolivians take their country back.
'Socialism defeated' -- Bolivia boots its ruling leftists after 20 years in power
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, has formally urged President Trump to recognize the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state, citing its pro-Israel stance, democratic stability, and strategic importance in countering Chinese influence in the Horn of Africa.
Ted Cruz Urges Trump to Recognize Somaliland, Citing Emerging Israeli Ties and Its Role as a Key U.S. Ally
A lot of shouting and wailing but no relief for consumers in sight.
In Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party's Kabuki Over Rice
The deployment aims to assist Haiti in reclaiming gang-controlled areas, but concerns remain over potential legal and sovereignty issues.
Blackwater Boss Sending Hundreds of Men to Combat Haitian Gangs.
Trump’s next diplomatic test: will he recognize East Turkistan’s fight for freedom and confront China’s brutal repression of the Uyghurs?
Freedom for East Turkistan: Challenging China’s Global Grip
The island nation makes itself (and the rest of the West) dangerously vulnerable by refusing to use nuclear energy.
How Its ‘No Nukes’ Policy Weakens Taiwan
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Miranda Devine: Marijuana is a disaster. It’s infinitely worse than alcohol on every metric, especially mental health. The scientific evidence is incontrovertible that marijuana triggers psychosis in susceptible people.
Trump knows the dangers of addiction — he must reject Big Weed’s push to reclassify marijuana
It’s time for policymakers, media, and the public to stop giving these institutions a free pass simply because they wear the “nonprofit” label.
New York’s skyrocketing health care costs are driven by 'non-profit' hospitals
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
. . . this spacecraft is one of the few projects built by Boeing in recent years that has done exactly what it was intended to do. If only Boeing’s other projects, such as Starliner, would run as smoothly.
Space Force preps for the next X-37B mission
In 2023 the Zhuque-2 rocket was the first to reach orbit using methane fuel, during the rocket’s second launch attempt. Overall it has launched six times, with two failures, on its first launch and Thursday.
Upper stage of Chinese rocket fails during launch

FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The Education Department said these policies possibly violate Title IX and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Trump Admin Investigating Kansas Schools Due to Transgender Policies (What's wrong with Kansas, for real - jjs)
Their podcast is a microcosm of the attitudes held by the white, college-educated women who dominate the Democrat party.
The ‘I’ve Had It’ Women Show Why Democrats Have Lost America
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Americans would be better served if the Trump administration’s review forced the institution to have a fair and truthful depiction of their country, science, culture, history, and art.
Smithsonian’s American History Museum Is Wall-To-Wall Anti-American Propaganda
America First conservatism has transcended the geographic barriers of years past and has instead bridged the division America has dealt with for so long.
How Trump and MAGA are reclaiming America’s cultural heart in city and country
Christian Toto: Mouse House's 'creative differences' point to studio's latest woke rejection
Disney Ditches Spike Lee’s Colin Kaepernick Docuseries
Is he finally on the verge of being uncanceled?
A New Day for Tommy Robinson?
A kinder, gentler child sacrifice.
Defending Savagery in the Name of Multiculturalism
Lloyd Billingsley: NBA broadcaster Grant Napear was fired for saying it.
All Lives Matter, Every Single One

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1 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

3 Good morning, one and all. Happy Monday.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 07:04 AM (OPGS/)

4 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:05 AM (gbOdA)

5 Almost due East you should see Mercury Venus Juipter the Moon and maybe a very faint Uranus.
Mar should be in the line up tomorrow.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (gbOdA)

6 Trump is Discriminating Against Us, Say Mayors of Crime-Ridden Hellholes

If the end result is these various cities being cleaned up and safer, then I say more discrimination is necessary.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (OPGS/)

7 Mornin' folks.

Hope the Ukrainians keep fighting Putin. And we stay out of it. Conceding to Putin now just means Putin sets his eyes on another former Soviet republic.

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (SawFp)

8 Thank you Senor Sefton!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:07 AM (aaiRr)

9 "Former FBI Director James Comey declared himself a Taylor Swift fan, a.k.a. “Swiftie,” in a video posted to social media on Sunday, saying the pop star’s music gives him the strength to oppose President Donald Trump."

This person is not unfamiliar with the flavor of a phallus.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

10 Conceding to Putin now just means Putin sets his eyes on another former Soviet republic.

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (SawFp)

I strongly doubt it. The Red Army and people are exhausted. No way Putin rolls into Belarus or wherever you think next.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2025 07:09 AM (x0n13)

11 Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian nationals on charges of hacking the DNC. The indictment was designed to create political chaos. Mueller knew that the 12 Russians were located in Russia and would never stand trial

I have always thought these were either Fake Names or names pulled from Moscow Phone Book.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:11 AM (gbOdA)

12
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 18, 2025 07:12 AM (tljrc)

13 I'm rootin' for Putin!

Not really but it just sounds catchy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:12 AM (5swlB)

14
Looking at the NWS Hurricane site, it looks like Erin won't make landfall on the East Coast at all. But the wind and current effects may hit NC.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:12 AM (kkTda)

15 I strongly doubt it. The Red Army and people are exhausted. No way Putin rolls into Belarus or wherever you think next.

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They really don't have a say in the matter.

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 07:13 AM (SawFp)

16 Indigenous scientists are chronically underfunded internationally: they often receive fewer academic fellowships and research grants than their white colleagues do4. For example, in the United States, between 1996 and 2019, white principal investigators were consistently funded by the National Science Foundation at higher rates than were principal investigators of colour.

Sure we all know the Earth rest on the back of the great turtle, we are only arguing over what the turtle eats.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:14 AM (gbOdA)

17 Our pups in Charlotte NC said no expected problems there from Erin.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:14 AM (5swlB)

18 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 07:14 AM (Q4IgG)

19 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 07:15 AM (ExV1e)

20 “Any sanctuary Jurisdiction that continues to put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens can either come to the table or see us in court.” – Pam Bondi

And there are no people put behind illegals more than blacks and working poor whites.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:17 AM (gbOdA)

21 First up, a state of emergency and mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in North Carolina as Hurricane Erin churns off the coast. Prayers for all who may be in any area that could be impacted. Stay safe.

There isn't a single model that puts Erin within a hundred miles of the eastern sea-coast.

Grossly over-reacting, injecting panic and hysteria into a crowd isn't improving things because a politician is afraid of being accused of being reckless in not giving advanced notice to a natural weather event.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:17 AM (a4flb)

22 Sefton's in the Epstein files.

Posted by: tevildo at August 18, 2025 07:18 AM (YfLtF)

23
When the NWS says about a tropical disturbance, "Formation chance through 7 days, 30%" this means "100%".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:18 AM (kkTda)

24 A Mexican environmental group, Comité Global A.C., said it plans to protest the launch by sending boats into the Gulf of Mexico near Starbase. If they enter designated safety areas during the planned launch period, they could delay the mission.
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I'm betting American lefties are behind this plan.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:18 AM (DmY+C)

25 Looking at the NWS Hurricane site, it looks like Erin won't make landfall on the East Coast at all. But the wind and current effects may hit NC.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:12 AM (kkTda)

the mate on the charter boat yesterday said they're expecting 40-50 foot waves at the breakers near hatteras. He's pretty stoked about the surfing.

it's going to be interesting...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 07:21 AM (v6XNT)

26 Watch this (dot) Indian illegal immigrant kill 3 people without batting an eye

California gave him a CDL

https://tinyurl.com/ycxus3yb

goes to X

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:21 AM (AOsQT)

27 “We had about 450,000 cases that were pending on the asylum active docket,” Edlow said of the end of Trump’s first term. “When I got back, there were over 1.5 million cases.”

“Does anything surprise on me what they were doing? Yeah, what surprised me is they weren’t doing much,”

This is a great case for AI and DOGE. They should be able to scan these looking for key words or phrases. Also look for if then else rules.
Example: Did you present to legal point of entry? IF no...

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:21 AM (gbOdA)

28 Brennan and Radditz yesterday were like two middle-schoolers. "Putin came off as the cool kid, Trump looked lame..." The level of diplomatic understanding and critique was juvenile and laced with malice. Brennan's henpecking hand gestures and forward posture of outrage over kidnapped Ukrainian children -- "The kids! Reeee!" This after Biden either lost or handed over 300,000 immigrant children at the border to sex traffickers and she never said a word.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2025 07:22 AM (UseAb)

29 Oh, goody. Another weirdo troll at post 22.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 07:23 AM (2GCMq)

30 Good morning. Thanks for the news, JJ!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 07:23 AM (wVcYX)

31 >A protest of boats now intends to violate the range and prevent the next Starship/Superheavy test launch (Meh, Throttle up the engines to full power and flambé the miscreants - jjs)
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Screw it- launch
if things go explodey and people get hit on the head with wreckage, well, you were warned

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:24 AM (AOsQT)

32 >Posted by: tevildo at August 18, 2025 07:18 AM (YfLtF)

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rhymes with 'dildo'

way to go, champ

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:25 AM (AOsQT)

33 24 A Mexican environmental group, Comité Global A.C., said it plans to protest the launch by sending boats into the Gulf of Mexico near Starbase. If they enter designated safety areas during the planned launch period, they could delay the mission.
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I'm betting American lefties are behind this plan.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:18 AM (DmY+C)

Navy should announce we are live round fire training and appreciate the targets.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:26 AM (gbOdA)

34 Don Black

Think of it as Evolution in action.

Spaceship does not have the best of records. Still no trip to orbit.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

35 Don Black

Would society be better without warning signs and lack of personal injury lawyers?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

36 It seems that Zelensky is determined that the war/grift continue

this guy needs to have an accident
lean too far out a window or something

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:27 AM (AOsQT)

37 Don Black

Z man is going to be bitch-slapped.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

38 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 07:28 AM (ppG5b)

39 Sorry, wouldn't know
just having fun commenting

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:28 AM (AOsQT)

40 BehindTheBlack says the X37B launch in two weeks will be lit:

The eighth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, designated USSF-36, with a wide range of test and experimentation objectives. These will include demonstrations of high-bandwidth inter-satellite laser communications technologies and enhanced space navigation using the highest performing quantum inertial sensor in space.
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Not knowing what qualifies as a "quantum" inertial sensor, I asked an AI and got the following (which might interest no one at all, but you never know...)

A quantum inertial sensor is a device that uses principles of quantum mechanics, such as atomic interferometry, to measure acceleration, velocity, and rotation with high precision. These sensors can provide accurate navigation and positioning without relying on external references like GPS, making them valuable for applications in aerospace and defense.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:29 AM (kLP3+)

41 rhennigantx

Coast Guard needs live fire exercises more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

42 Zelensky is the Ukrainian equivalent of Hamas. No negotiation possible.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2025 07:29 AM (UseAb)

43 Bye-bye mail-in ballots and Dominion machines!

https://tinyurl.com/r4hny969

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:30 AM (5swlB)

44 Shecky Zelensky!? I fucked him and his mom!

Posted by: Zombie Shecky Greene at August 18, 2025 07:31 AM (Z3Vfa)

45 26 Watch this (dot) Indian illegal immigrant kill 3 people without batting an eye

That is one of those cases where mob violence is clearly required. And I hope that California has to pay out to the family.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 07:31 AM (OPGS/)

46 Ordinary American

I've noticed Russian drone and missile attacks are focused on the front lines.

2,000 drones attacking Ukraine per night for a week might be a counter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

47 “But I gotta be honest, it also leaves me with a strange feeling at times because I don’t want us to become like Trump and his followers,” he said. “There are far more decent, honest, kind people in America than there are mean jerks. And don’t get me wrong, we have our jerks, millions of them.”

Dude does not have a mirror.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:32 AM (gbOdA)

48 42 Zelensky is the Ukrainian equivalent of Hamas. No negotiation possible.

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Not even close. Hamas has no right to any territory or nation-state status. It is a terrorist organization trying to eradicate Jews and the state of Israel.

Zelensky and the Ukrainians would be hunky-dory right now had Putin not invaded Ukraine.

Hope Zelensky continues to bring the fight to evil Putin and his lackeys, even after the "peace treaty" that will give Russia what it wants and no one will hold Putin accountable for the atrocities he has committed.

Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 07:33 AM (SawFp)

49 Trump Vows Social Security Will Thrive for Another ‘90 Years’

Social Security needs to end. People should be trying to determine a mechanism to end it which causes the least harm to everyone. Sadly, politics will keep it going until everything falls apart and then it'll be a catastrophe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

50 Watch this (dot) Indian illegal immigrant kill 3 people without batting an eye

California gave him a CDL

https://tinyurl.com/ycxus3yb

goes to X
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:21 AM (AOsQT)
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Amazing video.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:33 AM (aCAFt)

51 EXCLUSIVE: Immigration Chief Reveals What He Found In Aftermath Of Biden Junta
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Bad link. Psaki-circles right back here.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 18, 2025 07:33 AM (s0JqF)

52 ... after claiming that he’d been forced out by “racists.”

If that is an apology for violating ethics rules (and basic rules of civility) then Justin Pearson isn't a representative, he is a barbarian savage.

There is no reasoning, no compromise, no interest whatsoever in the proper function of a constitutional republic and human flourishing, just a Will To Power.

Given a hate-filled, emotional dumpster fire sociopath who has already declared that he has no morals or ethics and is driven purely by a quest for power, allowing him any sort of political power is the path of destruction.

I give you Justin Pearson.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:35 AM (a4flb)

53 Watch this (dot) Indian illegal immigrant kill 3 people without batting an eye

That is one of those cases where mob violence is clearly required. And I hope that California has to pay out to the family.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 07:31 AM

newsome is blaming Trump as the illegal came into the country in 2018 when Trump was president. Problem with that is the fact that newsome and all of the other democrats had Trump's border policy tied up in the courts until the end of 2018 and Trump was unable to close the border because of those lawsuits and injunctions against him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2025 07:35 AM (0N4FZ)

54 In its 2-1 decision, the panel’s majority revoked a temporary injunction issued in March by Obama-appointed District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

Just a little delay. Only five months. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson should be required to reimburse the taxpayers for all the money wasted by her partisan bullshit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

55 First up, a state of emergency and mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in North Carolina as Hurricane Erin churns off the coast. Prayers for all who may be in any area that could be impacted. Stay safe.

There isn't a single model that puts Erin within a hundred miles of the eastern sea-coast.

Grossly over-reacting, injecting panic and hysteria into a crowd isn't improving things because a politician is afraid of being accused of being reckless in not giving advanced notice to a natural weather event.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:17 AM (a4flb)

Over-reacting? I think not. Ocracoke Island sits way out in the Atlantic, has a mean elevation of 3 feet, and is connected to Hatteras Island then to Cedar Island by ferries. No bridges. Population is under 800 people.

Blackbeard died there.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 07:35 AM (wVcYX)

56 >Amazing video.

Posted by: Huck Follywood
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guy did a U-turn across the median of a freeway
in a tractor-trailer rig
I guess that's how they do it in Mumbai

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:36 AM (AOsQT)

57 2 plus years fighting between Ukraine and Russia. putin is a psycho and zelensky is a grifting asshole, that said something needs to be done to stop the bloodshed not felt by these two. There is no easy solution to peace and peace needs to be reached or thousands more will die. If it means that putin take the Donbas area so be it. Neither country can afford more war, not in dollars but in lives lost.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 18, 2025 07:37 AM (2NHgQ)

58 Bye-bye mail-in ballots and Dominion machines!

https://tinyurl.com/r4hny969
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:30 AM (5swlB)
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Between this and the federal investigation of ActBlue (and the end of USAID), Demofascists will have a very rough time. Thank heavens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:37 AM (aCAFt)

59 Bye-bye mail-in ballots and Dominion machines!

https://tinyurl.com/r4hny969
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:30 AM (5swlB)

I see one small problem with that post:

I, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS.

Trump looks behind himself and sees an empty podium.

Guys? Guys? Where did you go?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 07:37 AM (0eaVi)

60 I strongly doubt it. The Red Army and people are exhausted. No way Putin rolls into Belarus or wherever you think next.

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They really don't have a say in the matter.
Posted by: Diabeetus at August 18, 2025 07:13 AM (SawFp)

Did you read the Michael Reynolds article in Compact linked above? He lays out the history in an evenhanded and dispassionate way. Ukraine is unique and Putin is most definitely not looking for the next Soviet satellite to overrun. Read the entire article

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 07:37 AM (zViR+)

61 >Grossly over-reacting, injecting panic and hysteria into a crowd isn't improving things

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no no
it's an abundance of caution
got us thru Covid, right?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:38 AM (AOsQT)

62 The correct number of Islamic terrorism supporters to be admitted into the United States should be zero.

It should be a negative number.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:38 AM (gbOdA)

63 First up, a state of emergency and mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in North Carolina as Hurricane Erin churns off the coast. Prayers for all who may be in any area that could be impacted. Stay safe.

There isn't a single model that puts Erin within a hundred miles of the eastern sea-coast.

Grossly over-reacting, injecting panic and hysteria into a crowd isn't improving things because a politician is afraid of being accused of being reckless in not giving advanced notice to a natural weather event.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:17 AM (a4flb)

Over-reacting? I think not. Ocracoke Island sits way out in the Atlantic, has a mean elevation of 3 feet, and is connected to Hatteras Island then to Cedar Island by ferries. No bridges. Population is under 800 people.

Blackbeard died there.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 07:35 AM (wVcYX)

see my comment at 25 - they're expecting 40-50 foot waves at the breakers for hatteras & oakacroak. there's a pretty good chance that significant overwash will occur.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 07:39 AM (v6XNT)

64 rhennigantx

Right. We have Superfund sites to clean up, with a spoon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

65 Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:36 AM (AOsQT)
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That's the incredible part. Tragic beyond belief, and its astounding how (as you said) he didn't bat an eye.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:39 AM (aCAFt)

66 Social Security needs to end. People should be trying to determine a mechanism to end it which causes the least harm to everyone. Sadly, politics will keep it going until everything falls apart and then it'll be a catastrophe.

The younger generations despise Social Security because it has been so utterly corrupted from its original purpose into yet another entitlement program. I get it.

But these same people are voting for socialism, others paying off tens of thousands of their personal debts, paying for their healthcare, daycare, subsidizing their housing so they can skip the "starter home" and go straight to what Mom and Dad have; they begged to be robbed over Climate Change, will fight until tazed to keep tens of millions of illegal aliens, and were willing to kill the elderly in the name of Covid.

Its hard to show any sympathy for their argument when it is basically a quest to steal more now than what they claim the genuine beneficiaries of SS would like to receive from their lifelong confiscated wages.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:40 AM (a4flb)

67 see my comment at 25 - they're expecting 40-50 foot waves at the breakers for hatteras & oakacroak. there's a pretty good chance that significant overwash will occur.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 07:39 AM (v6XNT)

It'll be waves like the ending of Point Break.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 07:41 AM (wVcYX)

68 Hairy?

Posted by: Col Kilgore at August 18, 2025 07:43 AM (i0F8b)

69 The job market in my field is flooded with government workers who were cut loose or took the buyout. Most of my department was laid off in March and I'm the only one who has found work.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 07:43 AM (Skc+N)

70 I can understand the abundance of caution over hurricane Erin in N.C. I think it's really more about appearances than anything else after the shit ton of bad press the state (and federal) governments got for their previous lack of response.

And hurricanes have proven to be "unpredictable" so it's possible, if not likely, that elevated tides and high winds could cause some issues.

All it takes is one or two publicized deaths....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 07:43 AM (Q4IgG)

71 Have a great day, everyone.

May you surf the big one into Duck, NC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

72 Over-reacting? I think not. Ocracoke Island sits way out in the Atlantic, has a mean elevation of 3 feet, and is connected to Hatteras Island then to Cedar Island by ferries. No bridges. Population is under 800 people.

Thought Experiment:

If you were an insurance actuarial would you recommend insuring property on Ocracoke Island?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:44 AM (a4flb)

73 James Comey Declares Himself a ‘Swiftie,’ Says Taylor Swift’s Music Helps Him Oppose Trump

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Before I finish the links, I was forced to stop after reading that. This has to be the gheyest thing I have ever, ever read coming from a man his age, let alone a former FBI Director!! How old is this man? If he were my father and actually said that, I would spontaneously combust from unbridled embarrassment.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 07:44 AM (qBdHI)

74 God bless Donald Trump the most magnificent!

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 18, 2025 07:45 AM (4e6oC)

75 59 Bye-bye mail-in ballots and Dominion machines!

https://tinyurl.com/r4hny969
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:30 AM (5swlB)

You'd think voting reform -- paper ballots and elimination of mail-in voting -- would be highest priority right now of Republicans in congress.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2025 07:46 AM (UseAb)

76 What made Gabbard persona non grata in the primaries? She seemed almost sane compared to some, she might have been a contender, at least as a VP. But they three her under the bus.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 07:46 AM (xkBEX)

77 >>Over-reacting? I think not. Ocracoke Island sits way out in the Atlantic, has a mean elevation of 3 feet, and is connected to Hatteras Island then to Cedar Island by ferries. No bridges. Population is under 800 people.

Water is a much bigger threat in hurricanes than wind.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 07:46 AM (viF8m)

78 hold me back

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:47 AM (AOsQT)

79 But these same people are voting for socialism, others paying off tens of thousands of their personal debts, paying for their healthcare, daycare, subsidizing their housing so they can skip the "starter home" and go straight to what Mom and Dad have

__________________________

They have been conditioned by the education bureau to believe someone like Zohran Hochihminhdami that socialism is free shit paid for by other people. They have no concept of economics as the management of scarcity because they don't believe scarcity exists. They think everything is plentiful it's just being hoarded by "billionaires.'

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 07:47 AM (Skc+N)

80 Have a great day, everyone.

May you surf the big one into Duck, NC.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

Ride the Wild Surf!
https://youtu.be/mxbjJbncMwE

movie clip and song

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 07:47 AM (wVcYX)

81 This marks the first time a sitting New Orleans mayor faces criminal prosecution.

That is shocking. I would have assumed it a common occurrence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 07:47 AM (ExV1e)

82 Ukraine: It is ALL our doing as we have been fucking with Russia since 1991 by moving NATO eastward after saying we wouldn't.

Our fucking government and their paymasters raped Russia in the 90's(purchasing their national assets for pennies on the dollar) and trying to do the same in Ukraine.

Putin told us not to move Ukraine into NATO and we prompted him by teasing it.

Putin is not a good guy, but I trust him right now more than our bureaucrats and their paymasters.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 18, 2025 07:47 AM (klw0w)

83 and just like that, it's gone
huh

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:47 AM (AOsQT)

84 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 07:47 AM (Skc+N)

"Hochihminhdami" Great moniker!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 18, 2025 07:48 AM (x0n13)

85 These sensors can provide accurate navigation and positioning without relying on external references like GPS, making them valuable for applications in aerospace and defense.

Garmin could put them into their sports-watches to aid swimmers.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:48 AM (a4flb)

86 76 What made Gabbard persona non grata in the primaries?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 07:46 AM (xkBEX)

Her moderation, capability and character. A mortal threat to democrats.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2025 07:49 AM (UseAb)

87 " geschrei " is such a lovely word

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 07:49 AM (ppG5b)

88 >>Ukraine: It is ALL our doing as we have been fucking with Russia since 1991 by moving NATO eastward after saying we wouldn't.

I wouldn't say all but we certainly bare a very large part of the blame. It often gets overlooked, largely because our media refuses to cover it, but prior to the war the Ukrainian government was carrying out an ethnic cleansing of ethnic Russian men, women and children in eastern Ukraine. Thousands were murdered. Putin was none to happy about that.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 07:52 AM (viF8m)

89 If he were my father and actually said that, I would spontaneously combust from unbridled embarrassment.

"Why do you want to change your name?"
"My father admitted on camera that he's a Taylor Swift fan-"
"Sign here and we'll get a new birth certificate and Social Security card mailed out."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 07:52 AM (OPGS/)

90 > This marks the first time a sitting New Orleans mayor faces criminal prosecution.

That is shocking. I would have assumed it a common occurrence.
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The criminal activity is common.

The criminal prosecution that isn't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 07:52 AM (Q4IgG)

91 Narrative theme of interviews of Rubio yesterday was making the war and any failure to stop it Trump's sole responsibility and problem.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 18, 2025 07:52 AM (UseAb)

92 I am disgusted that 153,000 images of kiddo pr0n even exist.

Send the asteroid.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 07:52 AM (Skc+N)

93 Blackbeard didn't just die

Teach's corpse was thrown into the inlet and his head was suspended from the bowsprit of Maynard's sloop so that the reward could be collected.[93] On their return to Virginia, Teach's head was placed on a pole at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay as a warning to other pirates and a greeting to other ships, and it stood there for several years

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:53 AM (AOsQT)

94 Before unpacking how and why only 97 of the 5,558 adult arrests that contained at least one charge for carrying a firearm without a license ended up in prison.

According to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, firearms are used in approximately 77% of all homicides in Washington, D.C.

That 1.7% conviction rate.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:53 AM (gbOdA)

95 Putin is not a good guy, but I trust him right now more than our bureaucrats and their paymasters.

They also say that Trump is worse than Hitler. That is, consider the source of why we are supposed to believe that Putin is some horrible Soviet psychopath.

Its Propaganda 101 to demonize your opponent who you hope to treacherously dispatch. If you are manipulated into believing that an actor's opponent is more evil than the actor, then you will excuse the actor's evil behavior because many people are wired to have relative morality.

One could argue, in terms of Deidrick Bonhoeffer, that Putin is a better man than most Americans because he is willing to do whatever it takes to protect his country.

We sit around on our asses doing nothing but bitch and moan to each other, accomplishing nothing, while Putin is getting shit done repelling in the globalists vanity war of destroying Russia.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:53 AM (a4flb)

96 Hope the Ukrainians keep fighting Putin.

Resist to the last non-oligarch Ukrainian! The spice must flow. Resume shelling the people of the Donbas!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

97 “We just can’t help but feel in some kind of way that we’re being specifically profiled,” said Van R. Johnson, president of the African American Mayors Association and mayor of Savannah, Georgia.

Why is everybody always picking on me?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 07:55 AM (gbOdA)

98 > This marks the first time a sitting New Orleans mayor faces criminal prosecution.

That is shocking. I would have assumed it a common occurrence.
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The criminal activity is common.

The criminal prosecution that isn't.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 07:52 AM (Q4IgG)

"Sitting" is the operative filter word. Ray Nagin was convicted in 2014, after leaving the Mayor's office in 2010, of wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering while in office. He got 10 years.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 07:56 AM (wVcYX)

99 "Hochihminhdami" Great moniker!

Praise from Caesar. Thank you.

But I mean, the guy has claimed to be everything else why not Asian?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 07:56 AM (Skc+N)

100 Being president of the African American Mayors Association and mayor of Savannah, Georgia fits a specific profile.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

101 @MAstronomers
·
12h
BREAKING🚨: Scientists discover ultra-massive 'blob' in space with a mass of 36,000,000,000 suns

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:58 AM (AOsQT)

102 that u-turn video is insane.

wtf?

I see at least one cop; why is that illegal driver not face down on the ground in cuffs?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 07:58 AM (ppG5b)

103 Ukraine: It is ALL our doing as we have been fucking with Russia since 1991 by moving NATO eastward after saying we wouldn't.

The former US government has been ruled from a warring consortium of elites from London, Brussels, Tel Aviv and Beijing.

We are simply the idiot muscle that provides endless blood and treasure in tribute to the vanity and wealth of these worthless elites.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:58 AM (a4flb)

104 Good luck to those who might be affected by Hurricane Erin. I had N. Carolina suggested to me as a place to relocate; my response was, "Hurricanes and humidity? I have those now. Pass."

Having said that, I need to add it's probably a beautiful state and a good place to live outside summer and hurricane season.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 07:59 AM (omVj0)

105 @MAstronomers
·
12h
BREAKING🚨: Scientists discover ultra-massive 'blob' in space with a mass of 36,000,000,000 suns
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 07:58 AM (AOsQT)

Not this again!

Posted by: Zombie Steve McQueen at August 18, 2025 07:59 AM (wVcYX)

106 see my comment at 25 - they're expecting 40-50 foot waves at the breakers for hatteras & oakacroak. there's a pretty good chance that significant overwash will occur.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 07:39 AM (v6XNT)

It'll be waves like the ending of Point Break.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 07:41 AM (wVcYX)

exactly, and he's STOKED to surf them tuesday and wednesday. and i'm wondering if it won't have the same ending. which would be a shame, he seemed a decent sort. but yeah, he's pretty sure a lot of reorganizing of the obx is coming courtesy of erin...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 07:59 AM (v6XNT)

107 that u-turn video is insane.

wtf?

I see at least one cop; why is that illegal driver not face down on the ground in cuffs?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 07:58 AM (ppG5b)

and bloodied, with multiple taser leads giving him a pincushion look?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 08:01 AM (wVcYX)

108 Zelensky and the Ukrainians would be hunky-dory right now had Putin not invaded Ukraine.

It's all Russia's fault! Nuke Moscow! Zelensky for Pope!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

109 David Brooks: Trump-Backed Redistricting Is Using ‘Mustard Gas on Our Democracy’

As always, "our democracy" is code for "permanent Democrat Party rule".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 08:01 AM (5hs8R)

110 I see at least one cop; why is that illegal driver not face down on the ground in cuffs?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Because he knows he's on camera and would probably not be able to restrain himself from engaging in well-earned police brutality.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 08:03 AM (OPGS/)

111 Re: Comey and Swiftiness.
The pathetic imbecile Justin Castreau exchanged friendship bracelets with teenage girls at a Swift concert.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 08:03 AM (kTd/k)

112 he's pretty sure a lot of reorganizing of the obx is coming courtesy of erin...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 07:59 AM (v6XNT)

Hello!

Posted by: Oregon Inlet at August 18, 2025 08:03 AM (wVcYX)

113 J. Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation told a House committee last month. He added that the foundation has discovered nearly a quarter of New York’s statewide voter roll was missing Social Security numbers.

It takes about 30 seconds of coding to prevent the operator from SAVING a new record that is incomplete (eg last 4 SS#).

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:04 AM (gbOdA)

114 Did you read the Michael Reynolds article in Compact linked above? He lays out the history in an evenhanded and dispassionate way. Ukraine is unique and Putin is most definitely not looking for the next Soviet satellite to overrun. Read the entire article
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 07:37 AM (zViR+)

The people still railing about how Putin is personally, and solely, at fault are never going to change their perspective. I've given up trying to educate them and just mock at this point.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:04 AM (ExV1e)

115 he's pretty sure a lot of reorganizing of the obx is coming courtesy of erin...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 07:59 AM (v6XNT)

Hello!
Posted by: Oregon Inlet at August 18, 2025 08:03 AM (wVcYX)

maybe this time you'll make a cleaner path under your bridge instead of meandering like hillary after another bender...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 08:05 AM (v6XNT)

116 David Brooks: Trump-Backed Redistricting Is Using ‘Mustard Gas on Our Democracy’

As always, "our democracy" is code for "permanent Democrat Party rule".
Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 08:01 AM (5hs8R)

No one with pretensions of being a conservative should use the term our democracy.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 08:05 AM (kTd/k)

117
David Brooks is the tame house conservative at the NYT. Every payday is at the suffrage of the lunatic staff there, so he knows what noises to make to keep them at bay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:06 AM (kkTda)

118 David Brooks: Trump-Backed Redistricting Is Using ‘Mustard Gas on Our Democracy’

Remember when the Left lost their minds because Sarah Palin's election conquest map marked certain critical districts with the cartoonish cross-hairs?

Mustard Gas? Those who fail to learn from history will compare everything to Hitler.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 08:06 AM (a4flb)

119 113 - like just about every other program in existence.

weird, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 08:06 AM (ppG5b)

120 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 18, 2025 08:07 AM (XQo4F)

121 guy did a U-turn across the median of a freeway
in a tractor-trailer rig
I guess that's how they do it in Mumbai

There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 08:08 AM (5hs8R)

122 110, yeah, you're right, I was just being rhetorical.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 08:09 AM (ppG5b)

123 Today is National Fajita Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 08:09 AM (NpAcC)

124 I was just being rhetorical.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

It was a legitimate question though. I was thinking something similar when I first saw the video.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 08:10 AM (OPGS/)

125 >There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.

Posted by: Ian S
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some cultures put a high premium on safety and skill

some cultures don't

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 08:11 AM (AOsQT)

126 maybe this time you'll make a cleaner path under your bridge instead of meandering like hillary after another bender...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 08:05 AM (v6XNT)

Lord, I was born a ramblin' inlet
Makin' a living and doin' the best I can

I was born in the backseat of a hurricane
rollin' down the Outer Banks in 1846

(I move southwards at about 66 feet per year)

Posted by: Oregon Inlet at August 18, 2025 08:11 AM (wVcYX)

127 75 59 Bye-bye mail-in ballots and Dominion machines!

https://tinyurl.com/r4hny969
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:30 AM (5swlB)

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Overruled!

--Judge Humuhumunukunukuapua`a

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 18, 2025 08:11 AM (uxAXv)

128 There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.

Whoever is hiring illegals needs to go to prison whether lives are lost or not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

129 It takes about 30 seconds of coding to prevent the operator from SAVING a new record that is incomplete (eg last 4 SS#).

Its not the actual coding that is the problem, its the numerous meetings to agree on the use-case, then for the PO to submit the proper User Stories with an Acceptance Criteria to be posted on the board to be picked up the developer only after the architect has fully research the impact, integration and fully documented a Gherkin for the developer to work from.

Then the developer after making the simple change must create a battery of automated unit tests, integration tests and then submit a Pull Request which must be reviewed by at least one senior developer/architect, then demonstrated for PO acceptance, promoted to a QA environment for testing and certification before being moved to UAT, integrated with customer applications before being promoted to production.

Probably 5-10 story points during a sprint.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 08:12 AM (a4flb)

130
some cultures put a high premium on safety and skill

some cultures don't
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 08:11 AM (AOsQT)

_________

Video compilations of heavy equipment used in Third World countries provide hours of entertainment.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:13 AM (kkTda)

131 >>some cultures put a high premium on safety and skill

>>some cultures don't

Some parts of some cultures put a high premium on safety and skill. Some parts of some cultures don't.

>ENFORCING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY FOR SAFETY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to keep American families safe on the road by ensuring anyone behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle is properly qualified and proficient in English.

https://tinyurl.com/3dh37s43

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:14 AM (viF8m)

132 maybe this time you'll make a cleaner path under your bridge instead of meandering like hillary after another bender...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 08:05 AM (v6XNT)

Lord, I was born a ramblin' inlet
Makin' a living and doin' the best I can

I was born in the backseat of a hurricane
rollin' down the Outer Banks in 1846

(I move southwards at about 66 feet per year)
Posted by: Oregon Inlet at August 18, 2025 08:11 AM (wVcYX)

golf clap... very well done lol

and yeah, this is the point when mother nature reminds humans that we con't control the planet and it's going to do what it wants, to include warming or cooling, and reorganizing the coasts....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 08:14 AM (v6XNT)

133 Today is National Fajita Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 08:09 AM (NpAcC)
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Beef or chicken?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 08:15 AM (7fElN)

134 damn I was just thinking about that Punjabi truck driver

imagine him getting thru that crazy u-turn, then trying to merge into traffic going the other way at freeway speed

whoever issued that guy a CDL should be horse-whipped, and flayed alive

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 08:15 AM (AOsQT)

135 No one with pretensions of being a conservative should use the term our democracy.

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It's a big tell, imo. Just exactly what makes David Brooks a "conservative" on any level? Even at the token level he apparently is at the NYT. He's nothing of the sort.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

136 Beef or chicken?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 08:15 AM (7fElN)
******
Beef, chicken and shrimp.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

137 Today is National Fajita Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 08:09 AM (NpAcC)
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Beef or chicken?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 08:15 AM (7fElN)

fresh blackfin tuna....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 08:17 AM (v6XNT)

138 131 Enforcing English Proficiency for Safety. This will keep at least half of Congress from fulfilling their dream of being a Knight of the Highway, roaring down I40 in a Freightliner, talking on the CB, and taking little white pills.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 08:18 AM (gm9Sb)

139
Beef or chicken?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 08:15 AM (7fElN)

__________

Anything but beef in a fajita is a Threat to Our Democracy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:18 AM (kkTda)

140 >It's a big tell, imo. Just exactly what makes David Brooks a "conservative" on any level?
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black wingtip dress shoes by Florsheim

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 08:18 AM (AOsQT)

141 Today is National Fajita Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 08:09 AM (NpAcC)

Awesome food. Too bad what once was a cheap byproduct cut of cow (skirt steak) has been elevated to premium prices. I look at restaurant fajitas with wistful longing and remembrance back to a time in the 1980s.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 08:18 AM (wVcYX)

142 Just exactly what makes David Brooks a "conservative" on any level?

He's tame and speaks the correct words. That's all that is needed.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 08:18 AM (OPGS/)

143 Took a few minutes to noodle a response to this.

The younger generations despise Social Security because it has been so utterly corrupted from its original purpose into yet another entitlement program. I get it.

I'm 61. I despise Social Security so it's not just the chirrens.

But these same people are voting for socialism, others paying off tens of thousands of their personal debts, ... and were willing to kill the elderly in the name of Covid.*

It wasn't the yoots killing off granny during covid. As for the socialism aspect, that seems to be, primarily, big city wymmins.

Its hard to show any sympathy ... lifelong confiscated wages.*

I suspect that any system to get rid of SS would require the yoots to pay their entire lives for a benefits they'd never see a penny of so my sympathy comes a bit easier.

*Ellipses used due to Pixy limit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

144 The former FBI Director said that Swift’s music has been a major part of his family for several years as they have dealt “with adversity and celebration,” saying that the pop star’s example has helped him to resist “bullies.”

O_o

There's cringe, and then there's this.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 08:20 AM (dPfyF)

145 [Awesome food. Too bad what once was a cheap byproduct cut of cow (skirt steak) has been elevated to premium prices. I look at restaurant fajitas with wistful longing and remembrance back to a time in the 1980s.

The price difference between skirt-steak and filet mignon is now at the point I use the latter when preparing fajitas at home. It truly makes a far more enjoyable experience.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 08:21 AM (a4flb)

146 Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg

Former FBI Director and 'Swiftie' James Comey releases a 5-minute video talking about how Taylor Swift inspires him and how she helps him deal with Trump.

"At my second Taylor Swift concert in Hartford, CT, 14 years ago, she sang a song about this topic, asking..."

"Why you gotta be so mean?" Comey said while quoting Swift's 2010 song 'Mean' as he discussed how mean people on X are.

It's truly mind-blowing that this man served as the FBI director.

https://tinyurl.com/5edemmdn

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 08:21 AM (NpAcC)

147 No One From Gaza Should Be Coming to the U.S., Period

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You just know some Trump-resistor(s) in the State Dept have been quietly letting them in under the radar. Now that it's been exposed that whole families have come for medical care (aren't there literally dozens of other, closer countries they could've gone to for medical care?), will they get their care and be sent back?

If Biden or Harris were president, half of Gaza would already be here. They'd make sure of it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

148 imagine being the token conservative at the NYTimes

Brooks must know he's being kept as a sort of human pet

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 08:21 AM (AOsQT)

149 It's a big tell, imo. Just exactly what makes David Brooks a "conservative" on any level? Even at the token level he apparently is at the NYT. He's nothing of the sort.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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A long time ago, Brooks worked for the National Review. So he slid into William Safire's NYT post (who was actually a conservative of sorts) when he died. Same as the tired and tedious claims of the Weakley Standard crew and David French that something they did decades ago warrants them being the conscience of the conservatives playing to liberals (and taking leftist money to do so).

National Review has went down that road as well as to become unreadable. Basically these individuals and organizations figured they would rather get paid to pecksniff than to be truly of the right.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:21 AM (ctrM5)

150 Notably, the left never really dwells on the likely 1.5 million dead, wounded, missing, and captured from three and a half years of war. It is a humanitarian nightmare, a modern Stalingrad that makes Gaza look like child’s play.

Not only that but the Progs would take another million or so dead white Europeans over a ODT win.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:21 AM (gbOdA)

151 The incident evokes the old saying by criminologists that there is some honor among thieves and that jails and prisons are dangerous places for perpetrators of crimes against children, the threat coming from fellow inmates.

__________________

Prison justice is the only real justice child abusers receive since our justice system is completely dysfunctional.

The purpose of a system is what it does. What our justice system does, mainly, is protect the left from consequences.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (Skc+N)

152 131 Enforcing English Proficiency for Safety. This will keep at least half of Congress from fulfilling their dream of being a Knight of the Highway, roaring down I40 in a Freightliner, talking on the CB, and taking little white pills.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 08:18 AM (gm9Sb)

playing Red Sovine songs, asking for 40 acres to turn their rig around, spending six days on the road but gonna be home tonight . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (wVcYX)

153 A major millstone in our country's history occurred on this date in 1920 when women were given the right to vote.

Posted by: Hear Me Roar at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (G5+As)

154 guy did a U-turn across the median of a freeway
in a tractor-trailer rig
I guess that's how they do it in Mumbai

There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.
Posted by: Ian

Whomever is giving them cdl's should go to prison.

Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (p+RwZ)

155 "Why you gotta be so mean?" Comey said while quoting Swift's 2010 song 'Mean' as he discussed how mean people on X are.

Why is Comey a 12-year-old girl?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (2aYv8)

156 James Comey is a very weird and mentally unstable individual… and he ran the FBI. Disturbing

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (c99AZ)

157 Scientists discover ultra-massive 'blob' in space with a mass of 36,000,000,000 suns
———

I’m rooting for V’ger.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (+K1xO)

158 140 >It's a big tell, imo. Just exactly what makes David Brooks a "conservative" on any level?
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black wingtip dress shoes by Florsheim
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 08:18 AM (AOsQT)

spats and french davidian cuffs

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

159 Trump Administration Considers Immigration Ban on Muslim Brotherhood and Other Islamic Groups
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shocking that they are not banned in the US

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (g47mK)

160 Scientists discover ultra-massive 'blob' in space with a mass of 36,000,000,000 suns
———

I’m rooting for V’ger.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (+K1xO)

It's a black hole. I don't know why they called it a blob. Click-bait, I guess.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

161 playing Red Sovine songs, asking for 40 acres to turn their rig around, spending six days on the road but gonna be home tonight . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (wVcYX)

negotiating with lot lizards and cooking meth

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (gbOdA)

162 Then the developer after making the simple change must create a battery of automated unit tests, integration tests and then submit a Pull Request which must be reviewed by at least one senior developer/architect, then demonstrated for PO acceptance, promoted to a QA environment for testing and certification before being moved to UAT, integrated with customer applications before being promoted to production.
Probably 5-10 story points during a sprint.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Or, make the code change, promote it into the Production environment, and test it there.

The 70's, 80's and 90's were the Wild West most of the time.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (cYBz/)

163 Another NYT "conservative" Bret Stephens editorialized for repealing the second amendment

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (Skc+N)

164 A Mexican environmental group, Comité Global A.C., said it plans to protest the launch by sending boats into the Gulf of Mexico near Starbase. If they enter designated safety areas during the planned launch period, they could delay the mission.
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I'm betting American lefties are behind this plan.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:18 AM (DmY+C)

Be a damned shame if something caused the vehicle to experience an issue during the time it's right overhead. A damned shame.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM (5xuJ/)

165 144 The former FBI Director said that Swift’s music has been a major part of his family for several years as they have dealt “with adversity and celebration,” saying that the pop star’s example has helped him to resist “bullies.”

O_o

There's cringe, and then there's this.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Nah, Comey is just coming to terms with becoming trans as he tries to hide behind his feminine feelz for the awful things he did. Sort of like a person putting on glasses before a fight and proclaiming that you would not hit a person wearing glasses.

I also think this is trying to play to AWFLs in the Dem party to try to protect him from being so a so brave slay queen of Orange Man bad.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM (ctrM5)

166 It's a black hole. I don't know why they called it a blob. Click-bait, I guess.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

That's "Hole of Color" these days.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM (cYBz/)

167 Why is Comey a 12-year-old girl?
Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (2aYv

156 James Comey is a very weird and mentally unstable individual… and he ran the FBI. Disturbing
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (c99AZ)

hahaha

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

168 guy did a U-turn across the median of a freeway
in a tractor-trailer rig
I guess that's how they do it in Mumbai

There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.
Posted by: Ian

Whomever is giving them cdl's should go to prison.

Morning all
Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 08:22 AM (p+RwZ)

Giving? Hell no! We sell them for a tidy sum!

Posted by: You Know Who at the DMV Licensing at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM (wVcYX)

169 “Our Democracy” is anything but, a consortium of bureaucratic organizations, unelected, unaccountable and utterly indifferent to representing the expression of citizen voters. It’s really quite a piece of work, I can imagine their consternation, even mere discussion of this arrangement causes a lot of anguish. They run everything and will not give up any power whatsoever. “Donald Trump and his kind must never be allowed to rise again” sort of gives the game away.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM (IejsB)

170 151 and prisons are dangerous places for perpetrators of crimes against children, the threat coming from fellow inmates.

That's because many of them were abused as children. Knew a teacher that used to work in a prison. He said the lifespan for a pedo in general population was one week if he was lucky.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM (OPGS/)

171 Trump Administration Considers Immigration Ban on Muslim Brotherhood and Other Islamic Groups
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shocking that they are not banned in the US

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (g47mK)

They're just religious groups, the First Amendment permits no government intrusion on the free expression of religion except by Christians. Ban overruled. -- Federal Judges.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

172 I'm 61. I despise Social Security so it's not just the chirrens.

We are the same age, and as I continue to work because I love what I do, SS is not a concern. I have been maxing out the annual contributions since my early 20's and hate that I couldn't invest my own money. What I despise is Medicare being forced on me a few years from now.

BUT, my mother was able to live off of SS until she needed assisted living. Then Medicare saved her tens of thousands.

I'm resigned to the understanding that my purpose here on earth is to underwrite the expenses of countless others.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 08:26 AM (a4flb)

173 We have the 10-millionth example of FNM lying and propagandizing… everywhere in the headlines today the “super team” of European leaders are “rushing” to Washington “alarmed” at Trump’s “caving” to Putin in Alaska to rescue Z and the world from Trump and Putin. It’s nauseating even though I’ve seen the same play run over and over

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 08:26 AM (c99AZ)

174 playing Red Sovine songs, asking for 40 acres to turn their rig around, spending six days on the road but gonna be home tonight . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet

"Mama Hated Diesels" by Commander Cody is the all-time best trucking song. Have your hankies and sponges ready, as it's a tear-jerker...

Posted by: Diamond Reo at August 18, 2025 08:26 AM (G5+As)

175 165 Nah, Comey is just coming to terms with becoming trans as he tries to hide behind his feminine feelz for the awful things he did. Sort of like a person putting on glasses before a fight and proclaiming that you would not hit a person wearing glasses.

I also think this is trying to play to AWFLs in the Dem party to try to protect him from being so a so brave slay queen of Orange Man bad.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM (ctrM5)

The Left has been trying to push Taylor Swift as "THE Anti-Trump" for at least 3 years now.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 08:27 AM (UnA8+)

176 Well perhaps 40 years from now, we'll cheer socialism's final defeat in NYC as a geriatric Mamdani is wheeled out of Gracie Mansion. Unless he goes the way of Ceaucescu before that.

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Nah. Osama bin Lenin will fuck up NYC even worse than Kaiser Wilhelm did. NY Dems will then nominate some American with the sense to lie to voters about the agenda. He will roll back precisely none of bin Lenin's depredations, and pile on a few more of his own.

Rinse and repeat, ad nauseam, ad infinitum. It's a lost city. I think they're done with any kind of back and forth there. They're enthusiastically electing an America hating Muslim Communist. Those people aren't going to come to their senses and elect some new Giuliani.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 08:27 AM (BI5O2)

177 163 Another NYT "conservative" Bret Stephens editorialized for repealing the second amendment
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Bret Stephens is an example of the rootless globo homo crowd that worships trans national corporations, has shallow roots in any culture other than that of his fellow rootless types, and views borders as imaginary.

I think Stephens, for a time was at the WSJ which is a perfect indication of where the Murdochs actually come down as far as their ideology. Globo Homo to the core.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:28 AM (ctrM5)

178 Or, make the code change, promote it into the Production environment, and test it there.

The 70's, 80's and 90's were the Wild West most of the time.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (cYBz/)

In my job there are a number of changes I have to make which can only be tested in production. When I retire in - checks calendar - 116 days, I don't doubt that they'll decide to send my position to India. Should be interesting for those who remain.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

179 Even if Trump is being diabolical, Democrats should not pretend everything is fine here (in DC). Because it’s not.
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Even if Maureen Dowd is an ass, we should not turn down what little support AWFL's like her can provide.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 08:28 AM (vyuWd)

180 Its hard to show any sympathy ... lifelong confiscated wages.*

I suspect that any system to get rid of SS would require the yoots to pay their entire lives for a benefits they'd never see a penny of so my sympathy comes a bit easier.

*Ellipses used due to Pixy limit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

I think a buyout for the wealthier retirees could help.
Both Bush and Romney wanted a plan to let young people buy into a new system more market based. Both were destroyed for that.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:29 AM (gbOdA)

181 I'm resigned to the understanding that my purpose here on earth is to underwrite the expenses of countless others.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Thank you so much for that, and sure, I'll have some more bacon and premium coffee!

Posted by: Larry the Leech at August 18, 2025 08:29 AM (G5+As)

182 I told my wife about the phrase "our democracy" being Democrat speak for "permanent Democrat rule."

I got three eye blinks and a nod, that, yes.... that's exactly what they mean when they say it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 08:30 AM (Q4IgG)

183 When I go to one of the local casinos, I'll often just go to the small slot parlor at the travel center (bad hip and knee days, park at the door). The parking lot looks like the UN mixed with the Breaking Bad hoods. Lots of Sikhs, lots of something resembling Spanish.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2025 08:31 AM (gm9Sb)

184 Sorry, a bit OT. I was semi-willowed in Pixy's thread and will be away most of the day, but:

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Anyone have a recommendation available for a good UPS?

Nominal 1500 VA capacity?

I've been a fan of APC since they first started but since they've been acquired by Schneider, I've heard rumblings that their products and support have taken a serious dive.

Posted by: pawn at August 18, 2025 08:31 AM (9heow)

185 We have the 10-millionth example of FNM lying and propagandizing… everywhere in the headlines today the “super team” of European leaders are “rushing” to Washington “alarmed” at Trump’s “caving” to Putin in Alaska to rescue Z and the world from Trump and Putin. It’s nauseating even though I’ve seen the same play run over and over

--

As Rush Limbaugh always said, never wait for the "media" to ever come over to our side, or at the very least, be unbiased. If all this was happening under Biden, he'd be "historic" in his efforts to bring world peace. An unparalleled statesman; a good, honest and decent man who single-handedly is fixing the problems of the world. The accolades, tongue baths, prizes and awards would be astounding.

Alas, the media is thoroughly corrupted and biased.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 08:31 AM (qBdHI)

186 "Mama Hated Diesels" by Commander Cody is the all-time best trucking song. Have your hankies and sponges ready, as it's a tear-jerker...
Posted by: Diamond Reo at August 18, 2025 08:26 AM (G5+As)

i would have thought that was "convy" be C.W. McCall...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 08:32 AM (v6XNT)

187 We are the same age, and as I continue to work because I love what I do, SS is not a concern. I have been maxing out the annual contributions since my early 20's and hate that I couldn't invest my own money. What I despise is Medicare being forced on me a few years from now.

I have no concerns about SS for me. I hate the fact that my children are being taken for the ride.

As for Medicare... my wife "gets" to sign up next year so I have been learning about the system. Ugh. It really seems to exist to waste the maximum amount of time/money for the minimum "benefit" of the covered.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

188 I'm resigned to the understanding that my purpose here on earth is to underwrite the expenses of countless others.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 08:26 AM (a4flb)

If you want to pick who you are underwriting, I am available to accept donations! 😁

Good morning, friends!

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2025 08:33 AM (2N3ca)

189 The Left has been trying to push Taylor Swift as "THE Anti-Trump" for at least 3 years now.
Posted by: XTC
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Yes as well as a role model for young women. And the hype is gearing up all over again with the tedious Vegas showgirl phase.

Funny thing was a low key Phil from Wings of Pegasus channel (YT) demonstrating that the masses going to her last concert gigs were getting a combination of lip syncing and pre recorded backing tracks with a few live vocals using pitch correction feeds to the amps spliced in the middle. Not just one concert but multiple.

The funny part is that fans of Swift are the ones that wanted Phil to shut down rumors and wanted him to prove Tay Tay wasn't doing the dirty with her 'sound'.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:33 AM (ctrM5)

190 Media is, and always has been, an extortion protection racket. It is what it is.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 08:34 AM (W3T6M)

191 We have the 10-millionth example of FNM lying and propagandizing… everywhere in the headlines today the “super team” of European leaders are “rushing” to Washington “alarmed” at Trump’s “caving” to Putin in Alaska to rescue Z and the world from Trump and Putin. It’s nauseating even though I’ve seen the same play run over and over
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 08:26 AM (c99AZ)

It could all be ended by telling the Europeans "Okay, the US will leave NATO and we'll embargo your countries as we've done to Russia. Feel free to do what you gotta do but we're not coming to save you a third time."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

192 The price difference between skirt-steak and filet mignon is now at the point I use the latter when preparing fajitas at home. It truly makes a far more enjoyable experience.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

It's criminal.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 08:34 AM (p+RwZ)

193 189 The Left has been trying to push Taylor Swift as "THE Anti-Trump" for at least 3 years now.
Posted by: XTC

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Will she even bother to make an endorsement in the TN gubernatorial race to finally take our her arch nemesis Marsha Blackburn?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 08:34 AM (GBKbO)

194 "Why you gotta be so mean?" Comey said while quoting Swift's 2010 song 'Mean' as he discussed how mean people on X are.

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Like I always say, it sure does suck being lorded over by corrupt, unaccountable spies. But the real galling part is the low caliber of the people lording over us. I mean, look at John Brennan, FFS.

It reminds me of the scene at the end of The Lives of Others where Dreyman disgustedly says to Comrade Hempf "to think... People like you once ruled a country."

Hempf was a serious statesman compared to his American counterparts.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (BI5O2)

195 The Left has been trying to push Taylor Swift as "THE Anti-Trump" for at least 3 years now.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 08:27 AM (UnA8+)

I heard that but I shook it off.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

196 173 We have the 10-millionth example of FNM lying and propagandizing… everywhere in the headlines today the “super team” of European leaders are “rushing” to Washington “alarmed” at Trump’s “caving” to Putin in Alaska to rescue Z and the world from Trump and Putin. It’s nauseating even though I’ve seen the same play run over and over
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 18, 2025 08:26 AM (c99AZ)

So the neighbor that lives right next door to the dude that keeps beating his wife are now coming to support her at the divorce court.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (gbOdA)

197 Anyone have a recommendation available for a good UPS?

Nominal 1500 VA capacity?

I've been a fan of APC since they first started but since they've been acquired by Schneider, I've heard rumblings that their products and support have taken a serious dive.
Posted by: pawn
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Everything made in China sucks over time but Cyberpower is competitive with some models offering actual sine wave power conditioning as well as UPS.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (ctrM5)

198 I told my wife about the phrase "our democracy" being Democrat speak for "permanent Democrat rule."

I got three eye blinks and a nod, that, yes.... that's exactly what they mean when they say it.
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It’s simple word association. They yammer “democracy democracy democracy” as if it’s a given that it’s our system of government, while they are called “Democrats.” Then the idiots associate the two words and assume that’s the political party behind the foundation of the US. A type of NLP.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (+K1xO)

199 I'm resigned to the understanding that my purpose here on earth is to underwrite the expenses of countless others.
__________________________________________________

I don't even feel like I have a purpose. So at least you have that

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (Skc+N)

200 Will she even bother to make an endorsement in the TN gubernatorial race to finally take our her arch nemesis Marsha Blackburn?

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Is Blackburn running for TN governor??

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (qBdHI)

201 192 It could all be ended by telling the Europeans "Okay, the US will leave NATO and we'll embargo your countries as we've done to Russia. Feel free to do what you gotta do but we're not coming to save you a third time."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

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"I am trying to end this war. We're not bankrolling it anymore. How, pray tell, do you plan on winning back all of the lost territory without us giving you billions of dollars in arms? Sure, you can buy it. We're happy to sell it to you to kill each other, but your strained social safety nets are not going to like it. Not. One. Bit."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 08:36 AM (GBKbO)

202 >I heard that but I shook it off.

Posted by: I used to have a different
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I know that feeling all too well

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 08:37 AM (AOsQT)

203
Another NYT "conservative" Bret Stephens editorialized for repealing the second amendment
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (Skc+N)

__________

Two thirds each of the House and Senate, then ratification by three quarters of the states. Good luck with that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:38 AM (kkTda)

204 Is Blackburn running for TN governor??
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Yes.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:38 AM (ctrM5)

205 Bye-bye mail-in ballots and Dominion machines!

https://tinyurl.com/r4hny969

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:30 AM (5swlB)
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HACK! HACK! HACK!

This is pathetic:

https://tinyurl.com/47fr8nnh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 08:38 AM (5swlB)

206 203 Two thirds each of the House and Senate, then ratification by three quarters of the states. Good luck with that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:38 AM (kkTda)

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A decades long march through the institutions to undermine and subvert the judiciary is actually easier than this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 08:39 AM (GBKbO)

207 So which big fish were indicted in the last week?
Uh huh.
Thought so.

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 18, 2025 08:39 AM (XQo4F)

208 144 The former FBI Director said that Swift’s music has been a major part of his family for several years as they have dealt “with adversity and celebration,” saying that the pop star’s example has helped him to resist “bullies.”
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Comey is embarrassing himself now, in his lame effort to find pop culture supporters for his coming trials. A ridiculous man, now that he is finally out of power.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 08:39 AM (nK+DP)

209 As for Medicare... my wife "gets" to sign up next year so I have been learning about the system. Ugh. It really seems to exist to waste the maximum amount of time/money for the minimum "benefit" of the covered.
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The dirty little secret about Medicare-certified providers, ie those physicians, practices and institutions who accept it as payment, is that they exist to service CMS, not their patients.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 18, 2025 08:39 AM (+K1xO)

210 These detractors try to rewrite history, claiming the Alaska Summit was pointless or that Trump “did nothing.” That’s pure nonsense. Trump showed up where others wouldn’t, engaged directly with the adversary, and extended a genuine offer of peace. That takes courage and conviction. It takes a leader willing to do what it takes to keep America safe and respected.

Sometimes just showing up gets you the desired results.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:41 AM (gbOdA)

211 Not well known, Bert Convy and CW McCall were pretty tight

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 08:41 AM (IejsB)

212 Just got parked and took a little stroll around. I glance at the front grill and, seeing something where there is notmally just empty space, I thought to myself "That is an unusually large moth."

I was mistaken.

It was actually a rather small bat. Sorry about that, little chiroptera.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 08:41 AM (R256O)

213 I suppose it's too late for Ocracoke residents now, but anyone interested should sign up for classes. We could save your life.

Posted by: Rodney King/Theo Huxtable Swim School at August 18, 2025 08:42 AM (G5+As)

214 NYT defines as "conservative" those columnists (like Bret Stephens) who sometimes voted Republican until Obama came along and converted them into reliable Democrat voters.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 08:42 AM (nK+DP)

215 I think a buyout for the wealthier retirees could help.
Both Bush and Romney wanted a plan to let young people buy into a new system more market based. Both were destroyed for that.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:29 AM (gbOdA)

I would probably go with:

For people 55+...
- above some level of personal liquid resources (say, $5MM), you just lose SS (sucks, but it's gonna suck for everyone)
- next level down, you get some percentage of SS but less than you should
- next level down, you get SS but COLA is smaller

For people 35-55...
- SS is capped, amount lowers for younger folks

For people
- you don't get SS, period, but the amount you have to pay in taxes towards it goes down for younger folks.

Everyone has pain. It'll never work, though, because most older folks will not accept giving up anything. It's almost as if the people who designed the system counted on that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 08:42 AM (ExV1e)

216 203
Another NYT "conservative" Bret Stephens editorialized for repealing the second amendment
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 08:24 AM (Skc+N)

__________

Two thirds each of the House and Senate, then ratification by three quarters of the states. Good luck with that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:38 AM (kkTda)

If it did pass a few lefty professor types would show up with their dads old 22 or maybe a shotgun.
No one I know would ever surrender their guns because of a law.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:43 AM (gbOdA)

217 153 A major millstone...

ha ha

ISWYDT

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 18, 2025 08:43 AM (bDCDB)

218 Not well known, Bert Convy and CW McCall were pretty tight
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 08:41 AM (IejsB)

I'd always thought Bert Convy was tight with plenty of guys. Then I found out he was married to a woman.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2025 08:45 AM (0eaVi)

219 >>Everyone has pain. It'll never work, though, because most older folks will not accept giving up anything. It's almost as if the people who designed the system counted on that.

Why would they? They've had money taken from them at the point of a gun for their entire working lives with the explicit promise of getting a return, a crappy one but some return. And now when they want the promise to be kept they are told to suck it up and take even less?

That's not greed, that is just expecting a promise to be kept.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:46 AM (viF8m)

220 I suppose it's too late for Ocracoke residents now, but anyone interested should sign up for classes. We could save your life.
Posted by: Rodney King/Theo Huxtable Swim School at August 18, 2025 08:42 AM (G5+As)

there's still time if they hurry. the finals won't happen until overnight on wednesday...

-_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 18, 2025 08:46 AM (v6XNT)

221
Stephens and Brooks are like the defense attorneys at one of Stalin's show trials.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:47 AM (kkTda)

222 A mouse died deep in an air conditioning duct and our first floor bathroom is unusable as a result., due to the decay. The French can take that as another reason to ban air conditioning in houses.

First World Problem material.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 08:47 AM (L6UpC)

223 I'm resigned to the understanding that my purpose here on earth is to underwrite the expenses of countless others.
__________________________________________________

I don't even feel like I have a purpose. So at least you have that
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (Skc+N)

Wait until you find out what your special purpose is for!!! It's great!!!

Posted by: Navin Johnson at August 18, 2025 08:47 AM (wVcYX)

224 The Ukranian power structure that suspended elections to keep Z in office as their puppet are avowed Nazis. And they were put in place by our Deep State.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2025 08:48 AM (dtajH)

225 Nah, Comey is just coming to terms with becoming trans as he tries to hide behind his feminine feelz for the awful things he did. Sort of like a person putting on glasses before a fight and proclaiming that you would not hit a person wearing glasses.

I also think this is trying to play to AWFLs in the Dem party to try to protect him from being so a so brave slay queen of Orange Man bad.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:25 AM

I have no doubt you're right. But it's still whole-body-cringe inducing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 08:48 AM (dPfyF)

226 198 It’s simple word association. They yammer “democracy democracy democracy” as if it’s a given that it’s our system of government, while they are called “Democrats.” Then the idiots associate the two words and assume that’s the political party behind the foundation of the US. A type of NLP.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (+K1xO)

I had that figured out by the time I was in 2nd grade.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 08:48 AM (UnA8+)

227 So which big fish were indicted in the last week?
Uh huh.
Thought so.

I am dancing as fast as I can! Love me! Love meeeee!

Posted by: Pam Blondie at August 18, 2025 08:49 AM (Z3Vfa)

228 Two thirds each of the House and Senate, then ratification by three quarters of the states. Good luck with that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:38 AM (kkTda)

If it did pass a few lefty professor types would show up with their dads old 22 or maybe a shotgun.
No one I know would ever surrender their guns because of a law.
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Laws in Australia, NY state, and Connecticut suggest you are correct. The truth is our so called college educated elite class fear that the people having firearms constitutes a literal and final veto on that class using their political power.

They want to command the state with its police and military to force the non elites to go along with elite notions like Eat ze bugz, you will own nothing and love it, etc.

It vexes the globo homo class endlessly that average people can shoot their pet criminals in the midst of criminal actions, that they can constitute a vast uncertainty in the forces of the state that winning a civil war is possible, and owning firearms indicates adherence to the ideals of our Founders.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM (ctrM5)

229 “ Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord, my soul.
I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”

Psalm 146:1-2

Posted by: Marcus T at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM (nxfBy)

230 Happy Monday!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM (GbwPZ)

231 LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s socialist movement has been defeated for the first time in two decades, according to preliminary election results, as voters chose a centrist senator and a right-wing former president to go head-to-head in a presidential runoff that could bring dramatic change for this South American nation.

Thats a first. Most Socialist power is only overturned with guns and hangings.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM (gbOdA)

232 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Unhinged Democrat loses her mind after overhearing two women expressing support for Trump’s efforts to curb crime in DC.

https://tinyurl.com/y95f64z3

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

233 With Comey.... it's entirely plausible he is, and always was completely insane.

Who the fuck in their right mind hides behind drapes at his age?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

234 Why are totalitarian elites such idiots? That troubles me.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 08:51 AM (mo9mx)

235 231 LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s socialist movement has been defeated for the first time in two decades, according to preliminary election results, as voters chose a centrist senator and a right-wing former president to go head-to-head in a presidential runoff that could bring dramatic change for this South American nation.

Thats a first. Most Socialist power is only overturned with guns and hangings.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM (gbOdA)

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$5 says "Bolivian centrist" is more like a Democratic Socialist from Venezuela than a 1980s Republican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 08:51 AM (GBKbO)

236 It vexes the globo homo class endlessly that average people can shoot their pet criminals in the midst of criminal actions, that they can constitute a vast uncertainty in the forces of the state that winning a civil war is possible, and owning firearms indicates adherence to the ideals of our Founders.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM (ctrM5)

reminds me I need a new 9mm

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:51 AM (gbOdA)

237 I have no doubt you're right. But it's still whole-body-cringe inducing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

AWFLs have feminized the entire Democratic party--remember Comey himself claiming he tried to hide in the drapes at the WH from Orange Man Bad. What kind of guy would ever admit to such a stupid action? And that was 8-9 years ago.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:52 AM (ctrM5)

238
We cannot deport 20 million illegal immigrants. But we can confiscate 600 million firearms, no problem.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 08:52 AM (kkTda)

239 I'd always thought Bert Convy was tight with plenty of guys. Then I found out he was married to a woman.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Bert Convy was a very good athlete, played TripleA ball in the Dodgers organization. Excellent tennis player too. Made a movie-Racquet-in 1979, kind of an R-rated tennis movie. Died young, around age 50 of brain cancer. Not a fag.

Posted by: Tattletales at August 18, 2025 08:52 AM (G5+As)

240 reminds me I need a new 9mm
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Buy a .45. When its time to shoot someone, send the best.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 08:52 AM (W3T6M)

241 It's also...
National Ice Cream Pie Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

242 reminds me I need a new 9mm
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Lots of good deals out there right now--especially in the plastic fantastics polymer types and also in used handguns as demand is slowing.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:53 AM (ctrM5)

243 Old and busted: "But his mean tweets!" - why Trump is intolerable

New hotness: "Look at his sassy tweets!" - why Gavin Newson is brat*

*or whatever TF they think he is with this latest stunt

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 08:53 AM (GbwPZ)

244
Trump is Discriminating Against Us, Say Mayors of Crime-Ridden Hellholes

That’s what I voted for. I badly want to discriminate against you incompetent, race baiting DEI crooks.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2025 08:53 AM (jbnUc)

245 Meanwhile, the performance of the socialists in office over 20 long years was execrable . . .

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Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 08:53 AM (BENy5)

246 It's also...
National Ice Cream Pie Day.
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Hot damn, Fat!

Posted by: Joey B. at August 18, 2025 08:54 AM (+K1xO)

247 Morn' all.. Yes Comey and Swift is cringe worthy.... That being said, who would hold her up as some sort of paragon of virtue? She sings about basically all the men she's slept with who dumped her while gyrating on stage nearly nude....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 08:54 AM (VE6XX)

248 >>People have showered an alleged car thief in a California jail with donations after she beat up a fellow inmate who is charged, along with her husband, with torturing and killing her eight-year-old stepdaughter.

Let me guess why this was OK. . .

Posted by: Daniel Penny at August 18, 2025 08:56 AM (GbwPZ)

249 while gyrating on stage nearly nude
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Maybe, someday, she will gyrate on stage completely nude?

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 08:56 AM (W3T6M)

250 Before someone is allowed to randomly fling Nazi accusations around they need to prove they know what Naziism and fascism actually are--perhaps a well researched essay.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 08:56 AM (mo9mx)

251 243 Old and busted: "But his mean tweets!" - why Trump is intolerable

New hotness: "Look at his sassy tweets!" - why Gavin Newson is brat*

*or whatever TF they think he is with this latest stunt
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 08:53 AM (GbwPZ)

We'll we've seen how well "brat" worked for Kamala... Pretty sure it will have the same results for Gov. Greaseball....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 08:56 AM (VE6XX)

252 Re: DNI Emails:

The article notes that CrowdStrike was involved in the "investigation" of the DNC servers, rather than the FBI.

Last year plus some months ago, CrowdStrike made a major "oopsie", deploying an update that near-bricked almost every machine that was using the tech. Some of the larger systems that were impacted included airlines, causing further problems.

Now, we're getting drip drip drips of news and facts about the things we thought were true, indeed were true. Versus the sycophants telling us it was obviously not true (and are now moving onto the "and you deserved it" part).

Any chances the "bad oopsie" was actually intentional? Used to cover tracks on older hardware somewhere, by masking it as an unfortunate victim? Much like hiding a tree in a larger forest. Especially one that has been burned to the ground by "lightning and swamp gas".

Yes, this is a theory about conspiracy. But right now logical deduction from A->B->C has a pretty frick'n good track record right now, in opposition to the Experts that keep telling us it isn't.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 18, 2025 08:57 AM (4h45B)

253 248 >>People have showered an alleged car thief in a California jail with donations after she beat up a fellow inmate who is charged, along with her husband, with torturing and killing her eight-year-old stepdaughter.
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So California has some redeeming qualities. This is good news.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 08:57 AM (W3T6M)

254 >>. Yes Comey and Swift is cringe worthy.... T

I assume it's code or some other stunt.
Not normal man of a certain age would gush about a silly pop star - not taking it at face value.

Posted by: Daniel Penny at August 18, 2025 08:57 AM (GbwPZ)

255 Buy a .45. When its time to shoot someone, send the best.
Posted by: pudinhead

Shot what you can shoot well. 45 acp (or 40 S&W) is not pleasant and is challenging in short barrelled (below 4 inch) polymer carry pistols and has little advantage ballistically doing so. Most of the 45 ACP carry ammo is designed around 4-5 inch barrelled service pistol types. To get the same terminal effect to expand hollow points, you often have to go lighter and faster to the 185 gr or to +p which aggravates the handling and shooting issues of light weight pistols.

9mm is a more efficient cartridge (literally as far as powder burn, etc.) in short barrels than the 45 and special short barrel ammo for 3 inch or so barrels is decent (Gold Dot among others).

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:58 AM (ctrM5)

256 Unhinged Democrat loses her mind after overhearing two women expressing support for Trump’s efforts to curb crime in DC.

spent the weekend going to art show and ren faire

the TDS (and worse!) was so open and obvious - I would try to look at someone's art, really like it, and they'd just start in! how hard it is to create now, how horrible Orange Man is ... it was depressing. Didn't feel like buying anything that's for sure!

This lady is complaining about two normal people talking about tangible benefits of a strong, America-loving President. OH NOES

bc the left never shuts up about how much they want him to DIE! and while they're trying to sell overpriced art?!? it's fine! they can safely say all kind of insane things

OT - the Red Faire sucks now, haven't been for years. they've "reimagined" it. maybe we'll go back when they reimagine it back to not sucking

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 08:59 AM (Pv3Rg)

257 Thats a first. Most Socialist power is only overturned with guns and hangings.
Posted by: rhennigantx

I'm fine with that happening after they are thrown out of office. Just so we are clear.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 08:59 AM (OPGS/)

258 237 AWFLs have feminized the entire Democratic party--remember Comey himself claiming he tried to hide in the drapes at the WH from Orange Man Bad. What kind of guy would ever admit to such a stupid action? And that was 8-9 years ago.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 08:52 AM (ctrM5)

I don't understand why that's working on _older_ people, though.

I kind of get it with younger men, because they think they can make bank being whores on the internet.

But nobody has a fetish for old-ass James Comey.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:00 AM (UnA8+)

259 Fucking awesome. GoFundMe prison beatings.

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at August 18, 2025 09:00 AM (1GTvn)

260 Jimmy "Drama" Comey is the poster child for all the careerists in our Federal government willing to do anything to get advancement.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2025 09:00 AM (dtajH)

261 254 >>. Yes Comey and Swift is cringe worthy.... T

I assume it's code or some other stunt.
Not normal man of a certain age would gush about a silly pop star - not taking it at face value.
Posted by: Daniel Penny at August 18, 2025 08:57 AM (GbwPZ)

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It's important to remember that we're really just in the PR stage of any potential indictment/prosecution. The grand juries convening (assuming the rumors are true) are the current real action.

Until then, that black box remains out of sight and all people can do in public is try and consolidate political and public support.

DNI releasing documents of wrongdoing declassified by other departments is part of that. Comey talking about Swift is also part of that, implying that Trump is just so mean.

One hand seems stronger than the other to me.

But...black box. I dunno.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 09:00 AM (GBKbO)

262 Victor Tango Kilt

You mentioned earlier not having a purpose in life. Forgive me if I misinterpreted that. It seems to me from what I've read ,you're not a person of religious faith If I read that wrong as well, I apologize. However, faith in God gives people a purpose in life unless they're burdened down by unrelenting depression. However you are important to more people than you may realize and not just because you may help to fund Social Security . That is true of everyone here who is also loved by God

This is an article from a Christian perspective about the purpose of life. For the people who complain basically about the entirety of womankind, this article was -I'm guessing -written by a man. If it's too Christ centered for you , maybe our Jewish posters can suggest a religious Jewish writer's thoughts on the meaning of life.

May peace be with you:

https://tinyurl.com/3nubzfyx

I have to leave now, so I would not be ignoring your response.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 09:00 AM (2GCMq)

263 sorry I'm still a little grumpy about woke gross PA ren faire

that I was NOT expecting!

it was like an open-air Comic Con basically. history is basically not even an afterthought there anymore

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:00 AM (Pv3Rg)

264 Off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 18, 2025 09:01 AM (1GTvn)

265 One woman, Lauren Handy, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for her role in an October 20 sit-in at the notorious D.C.-based Washington Surgi-Clinic late-term abortion facility. Handy helped lead a protest inside the facility that involved the group singing, praying, locking arms in front of the facility’s staff entrance, and attaching themselves with ropes and chains to block doors inside the building.

This kind of shit has been going on since Mitch McConnell and his friends passed FACE. Protest abortion peacefully and get real prison time. Any leftwing protestors? Including actual terrorists? Slaps on the wrist and then $$$ from NGOs...

Posted by: Jeb Bush at August 18, 2025 09:01 AM (t0Rmr)

266 That's not greed, that is just expecting a promise to be kept.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 08:46 AM (viF8m)

It'd be nice if enough people could say, "Well, I got fucked but at least I can prevent it from happening, as bad, to others." That's not human nature, though.

Everyone is a hero in their mind's eye until the time comes to do something uncomfortable.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

267 New hotness: "Look at his sassy tweets!" - why Gavin Newson is brat*
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Migrant Trucker Accused of Killing 3 on Florida Turnpike Identified
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Why did California give the illegal immigrant killer trucker a license, f*cker?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 09:02 AM (Dv3i1)

268 Gah I still have the stinky Bush sock...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:02 AM (t0Rmr)

269 Trump sure brings out the Daddy Issues many leftie women have.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2025 09:02 AM (dtajH)

270 Why are totalitarian elites such idiots? That troubles me.
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The winnowing process, “gatekeepers” at even the local level starts early. I don’t believe it is much more complicated than that. This is very much evident in the Democrats right now. They are selected for political reliability not competence, integrity, intelligence or any other factor.

They are team players, but don’t expect anything else.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2025 09:02 AM (IejsB)

271 Why are totalitarian elites such idiots?

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Imagine yourself as a smart leftist. You're basically Lisa Simpson. You go through school grubbing for grades, looking down on your "intellectual inferiors," with the system constantly praising you for being smart. You go to college, you get a degree, and then and advanced degree... Because the system tells you that are smarter and better than everyone else and your rewards are grades and acknowledgement from your teachers and professors of how smart you are.

Then, one of two things happen. If you have the right connections, you're given a position with power and lucrative remuneration. And you believe that being the best and the smartest you are entitled to dictate to your intellectual inferiors.

And if you don't have connections, well, you end up in an administrative and middle management role and you bitterly resent the system that denies you the status and money it promised you. The flaw cannot be you. You're smart and wonderful. All the teachers said so! It must be the system that is holding you back.

Either way, you end up a totalitarian socialist.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 09:03 AM (Skc+N)

272
Why did California give the illegal immigrant killer trucker a license, f*cker?

He was just killing the drivers Americans won't. Really it is an act of love

Posted by: Jeb Bush at August 18, 2025 09:03 AM (t0Rmr)

273 247 Morn' all.. Yes Comey and Swift is cringe worthy.... That being said, who would hold her up as some sort of paragon of virtue? She sings about basically all the men she's slept with who dumped her while gyrating on stage nearly nude....
Posted by: It's me donna
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Taylor has a modicum of actual talent in singing and songwriting but like other things in this souless and artificial infotainment world, is overhyped, oversold, and tedious in excess. Eventually, the infotainment schtick is for female entertainers to get more and more sexually skin baring as they age to keep the public attention on them. Madonna's trajectory comes to mind among others like Britney.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:03 AM (ctrM5)

274 Thats a first. Most Socialist power is only overturned with guns and hangings.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 08:50 AM

Give the Bolivians time. They're just getting started.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:04 AM (dPfyF)

275 @mgEyesOpen
Guy who weaponized the FBI trying to take down a sitting president based on a hoax would like you to know it’s important to not be mean.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:04 AM (NpAcC)

276 263 sorry I'm still a little grumpy about woke gross PA ren faire

that I was NOT expecting!

it was like an open-air Comic Con basically. history is basically not even an afterthought there anymore
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:00 AM (Pv3Rg)

I'm not remotely surprised.

These things are just general Cosplay events anymore.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:04 AM (UnA8+)

277 >>The article notes that CrowdStrike was involved in the "investigation" of the DNC servers, rather than the FBI.

Yup. IIRC, Crowdstrike was funded by google's Schmidt, and co-founded by a - get thus! - Ukranian dude. In 2016, Perkins Coie (Marc Elias) represented OFA, Hillary campaign, Google, Crowdstrike, and FusionGPs. Hillary's campaign used Marc Elias to launder payments to FusionGPs (she paid him for services that he obtained from his other clients, instead of directly contracting for the services herself).

It's quite a rabbit hole, with a lot of this information already mined by people like John Solomon, Mollie Hemingway, Jeff Carlson at the time it was happening. Glad it's finally getting out, with extra-d@mning details from Tulsi Gabbard that confirm it.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 09:04 AM (GbwPZ)

278 Buy a .45. When its time to shoot someone, send the best.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 08:52 AM

And sometimes, fat and slow gets the job done.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:05 AM (dPfyF)

279 Sat 9/13. Mark your calendars.

Tommy Robinson is calling for a massive rally in London. So far, this is flying under the radar of Media. It could get sporty.

He's being joined by Ant Middleton, an SAS guy and Local Hero who's already amping it to eleventy. Sounds Insurrectiony to me. Cue up the Braveheart freedom speech.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2025 09:06 AM (dtajH)

280 Isn't Comey under some sort of investigation by his previous employer (FBI) for his seashell stunt, and then, upon further review, his actions while director of said former employer?

He sounds like someone under a fair amount of stress and the insanity dwelling in is reptile brain is leaking out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:06 AM (Q4IgG)

281 Countries around the world, particularly in Europe, are giving themselves new censorship powers by enacting vague laws that require limitations on free speech online. Because most of the large tech companies have global content moderation policies, any changes to these policies will affect what content Americans can see and post within the United States, too.
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This, via the Telegraph, is Jim Jordan warning again that Euroshits are targeting Americans speaking "too freely". New laws in the UK and in the EU threaten social media directly, because Trump (of course) offends the bureaucrats in both places.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 09:06 AM (cRLyS)

282 And if you don't have connections, well, you end up in an administrative and middle management role and you bitterly resent the system that denies you the status and money it promised you. The flaw cannot be you. You're smart and wonderful. All the teachers said so! It must be the system that is holding you back.

Let me add another wrinkle in this...

If you get a degree in something worthless like Gender Studies, it doesn't prepare you for any actual job. So you might not even get one of those paper pushing jobs in this group.

And those people will argue vehemently "I have an advanced degree, I studied hard, I should be *paid* what I am worth not working as a barista"

And a good deal of this confusion is the difference between "I did well in school" and "I am providing a good or service people are willing to pay for"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:06 AM (t0Rmr)

283 These things are just general Cosplay events anymore.

correct. but this one used to be very good.

they fired most of the actors/performers and it's just cosplay and instagramming your costumes now

they turned away from the kids' things - no more maze, fewer games, no more mermaids etc - and just added more bars. not much food either, which used to be worth visiting just for that. now the little food they have is TERRIBLE (and the lines were insane)

I felt really bad for the families. it's not for them anymore. I guess it's "disneyfied"? it's for obese 20 somethings who like to play dress up

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:07 AM (Pv3Rg)

284 Fenelon, it is as a result of my religious journey that I have concluded I have no purpose. I honestly think my life has been about God making me humble and He has succeeded in that. I think about the Marines tearing a young man down and rebuilding him as a Marine. I certainly have been torn down but I don't feel like there's any plan to build me into anything else.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 09:07 AM (Skc+N)

285 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks

https://tinyurl.com/w957u38z

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

286 >>It'd be nice if enough people could say, "Well, I got fucked but at least I can prevent it from happening, as bad, to others." That's not human nature, though.

>>Everyone is a hero in their mind's eye until the time comes to do something uncomfortable.

I think that is a bit more than being a hero. Bills don't stop coming for older, retired people. I haven't heard any banks saying they are willing to forgive mortgages or other loans, not even reduce the loan amount.

I think there is an assumption that the millions of older Americans who spent 40+ years paying into SS did it willingly. They did not. It was not voluntary, it was government confiscation and then that same government broke the promise.

The blame for the situation and more importantly the responsibility for fixing it lie with the government not the victims.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:07 AM (viF8m)

287 " Eventually, the infotainment schtick is for female entertainers to get more and more sexually skin baring as they age to keep the public attention on them. Madonna's trajectory comes to mind among others like Britney."

So, I'll get to see Tay Tay's Tits while she seductively eats a hot dog.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2025 09:07 AM (dtajH)

288 278 Buy a .45. When its time to shoot someone, send the best.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 08:52 AM

And sometimes, fat and slow gets the job done.
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What goes down seldom gets up.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 09:08 AM (W3T6M)

289 *It's quite a rabbit hole, with a lot of this information already mined by people like John Solomon, Mollie Hemingway, Jeff Carlson at the time it was happening. Glad it's finally getting out, with extra-d@mning details from Tulsi Gabbard that confirm it.*

And yet no indictments.

Posted by: Nothing will happen at August 18, 2025 09:08 AM (XQo4F)

290 sorry I'm still a little grumpy about woke gross PA ren faire

that I was NOT expecting!

it was like an open-air Comic Con basically. history is basically not even an afterthought there anymore
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:00 AM (Pv3Rg)

The Texas Renaissance Festival is undergoing ownership changes. The peasants are revolting against founder King George!

https://tinyurl.com/yn3r8hkd

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 09:09 AM (wVcYX)

291 279 Sat 9/13. Mark your calendars.

Tommy Robinson is calling for a massive rally in London. So far, this is flying under the radar of Media. It could get sporty.

He's being joined by Ant Middleton, an SAS guy and Local Hero who's already amping it to eleventy. Sounds Insurrectiony to me. Cue up the Braveheart freedom speech.
Posted by: Ignoramus

At this point of insanity infecting Ol' Blighty, I suspect if I flew into England, I'd be held up by customs and denied entry for wearing a shirt with the St. George cross flag emblazoned on it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 09:09 AM (Dv3i1)

292 I don't understand why that's working on _older_ people, though.

I kind of get it with younger men, because they think they can make bank being whores on the internet.

But nobody has a fetish for old-ass James Comey.
Posted by: XTC
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Older people get set in their political socialization which is why the Boomer generation is still fighting the Vietnam War--the Silents that of FDR, and Gen X still remembers Reagan v. the Evil Empire.

So Trump is doing comparatively worse in the lefty part of the 65 plus era socialized during Civil Rights era and Watergate but comparatively better among younger voters.

Comey is appealing to those Millennials and older lefty Boomers with his Orange Man bad shit.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:09 AM (ctrM5)

293 hey remember a little while ago, Biden and the autopen, how that was going to be a huge deal?

good times
I guess that all got cleared up?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:09 AM (AOsQT)

294 It was not voluntary, it was government confiscation and then that same government broke the promise.

"But poor people couldn't retire. Why are so meeeeean to them?" is the basic rationalization about SS.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 09:10 AM (OPGS/)

295
And yet no indictments.
Posted by: Nothing will happen at August 18, 2025 09:08 AM (XQo4F)

They're trying to connect them together to show it's actually on going... Otherwise they have to deal with the statute of limitations

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 09:10 AM (VE6XX)

296
I think that is a bit more than being a hero. Bills don't stop coming for older, retired people. I haven't heard any banks saying they are willing to forgive mortgages or other loans, not even reduce the loan amount.

I'm starting to see a movement coming together to end property taxes for seniors. The argument is, "I paid off my house, why should the government get to take it from me with every increasing property taxes?" and...it makes a hell of a lot more sense then paying off a barista's gender studies loan.

Of course localities will fight this tooth and tail because in most places property taxes are the graft engine of local politics.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:10 AM (t0Rmr)

297
Countries around the world, particularly in Europe, are giving themselves new censorship powers by enacting vague laws that require limitations on free speech online.

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American progressives, scared that they might get jailed for criticizing the government, emigrate to Europe, where the governments jail people who criticize them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 09:11 AM (kkTda)

298 240 reminds me I need a new 9mm
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Buy a .45. When its time to shoot someone, send the best.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 08:52 AM (W3T6M)

I have a few of those but I also have about 5k rounds of 9

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 09:11 AM (gbOdA)

299 He's being joined by Ant Middleton, an SAS guy and Local Hero who's already amping it to eleventy. Sounds Insurrectiony to me. Cue up the Braveheart freedom speech.
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Will they wear kilts and paint themselves blue and white?

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 09:11 AM (W3T6M)

300 >>Yup. IIRC, Crowdstrike was funded by google's Schmidt, and co-founded by a - get thus! - Ukranian dude.

Nobody, not even Crowdstrike, actually looked at the server. They just made assumptions which the FBI accepted. There has never been a shred of proof the server was hacked let alone by Russia.

If you remember the transcript of the phone call Trump had with Zelensky that started the Ukraine impeachment hoax, Trump asked Zelensky about "the server". Could it be that server?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:11 AM (viF8m)

301 And if you don't have connections, well, you end up in an administrative and middle management role and you bitterly resent the system that denies you the status and money it promised you.
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Shutting of the funnelling of taxpayer funds to NGOs will greatly reduce availability of jobs for the politically connected.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 09:11 AM (Dv3i1)

302 And sometimes, fat and slow gets the job done.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:05 AM (dPfyF)

My new motto. Creed, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 09:11 AM (wVcYX)

303
He's being joined by Ant Middleton, an SAS guy and Local Hero who's already amping it to eleventy. Sounds Insurrectiony to me. Cue up the Braveheart freedom speech.

The Brits have more grounds to overthrow their current illegitimate government then the Patriots did in 1776...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:12 AM (t0Rmr)

304 At this point of insanity infecting Ol' Blighty, I suspect if I flew into England, I'd be held up by customs and denied entry for wearing a shirt with the St. George cross flag emblazoned on it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Societies have to save themselves is something humbling to those outside. This is something that same between individuals and societies, a person has to make the decision to save himself because others cannot do it for him. No less is the same in societies/countries. They have to save their own souls and system from invaders and traitors--we cannot do it for them.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:12 AM (ctrM5)

305 JJ, if you provide evidence to Putin & Co. that pooping on Zelinsky for his Jewishness is ok, then you're going to make things difficult here.

Posted by: Rip N Read at August 18, 2025 09:12 AM (fr4zq)

306 Crowdstrike caused the biggest internet outage of all time last year.

Not only are they corrupt, they aren't even competent at their supposed actual services.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:13 AM (t0Rmr)

307 283 I felt really bad for the families. it's not for them anymore. I guess it's "disneyfied"? it's for obese 20 somethings who like to play dress up
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:07 AM (Pv3Rg)

A former co-worker of mine was a performer there for a couple of years, but I only went once, and that was way back in like 2005 or 2006.

But yeah, all of these things anymore are just for 20-something fat dudes who like to dress up as girls.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:13 AM (UnA8+)

308 "I paid off my house, why should the government get to take it from me with every increasing property taxes?"
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I've paid more in property taxes than I've paid for my house including the mortgage financing charges.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 09:13 AM (Dv3i1)

309 The blame for the situation and more importantly the responsibility for fixing it lie with the government not the victims.

Ultimately (fraud aside), WE are the government. The government CANNOT implement a fix which causes pain because the voters will not accept it. The officeholders would lose their position to people who would immediately reverse the solution. Until, and unless, the PEOPLE are willing to do what must be done, nothing can be done.

Bills don't stop coming for older, retired people. I haven't heard any banks saying they are willing to forgive mortgages or other loans, not even reduce the loan amount.

No, they don't. And that's why the change, initially, would need to focus primarily on those who could afford to take the hit.

I hate progressive everything but it's the only way I can see to make it work. People will less get a bigger percentage of what they would have gotten. Older people, of the same means, get a bigger percentage of what they would have gotten. The young continue to pay into a system that's ripping them off even worse than it did to us, since they'll get nothing at all, but at a reduced rate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

310
I think my only interest in a Ren Faire would be a falconry demonstration.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 09:14 AM (kkTda)

311 EXCLUSIVE: Immigration Chief Reveals What He Found In Aftermath Of Biden Junta

Good morning JJ. The above link doesn't work.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 18, 2025 09:14 AM (w3u3d)

312 So, I'll get to see Tay Tay's Tits while she seductively eats a hot dog.
Posted by: Ignoramus
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You can dig up the skin baring show girl outfits now for the next iteration of Tay Tay's shows if you wish--pix are around the internet to pre sell what is coming next for her.

One of those damn autofeed story links with pix coming up on my computer while looking for news about the Trump Putin convo.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:15 AM (ctrM5)

313 Everyone is a hero in their mind's eye until the time comes to do something uncomfortable.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

*tugs collar uncomfortably*

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 18, 2025 09:15 AM (wVcYX)

314 Get Ready for Everyone in Puerto Rico to Die All Over Again

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How do you say "literally Hitler" in Spanish?

At least the Clinton Crime Family Syndicate Foundation will make more hundreds of billions in grift ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 09:15 AM (BENy5)

315 Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:09 AM (ctrM5

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Spot on - interesting times, ahead... the Reaper will soon swing his scythe through the Boomers. This will totally change the face of our public life. Probably for the worse, perhaps for the better.

But no matter what, all of this is about to change, big time.

My hope is that Xers and Gen Z can somehow, some way, outflank the Millennials. If, as nature would have it, power devolves on this middle aged cohort, we're all in deep shit. The deepest.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 09:15 AM (f1Xuy)

316 >>Why did California give the illegal immigrant killer trucker a license, f*cker?

Because it is a lawless state run by foreigners and those beholden to foreign states (e.g. Gavin owned by China?)?

What's happened to the trucking industry in recent years (particularly under Biden) is another rabbithole. No idea if it's true, but saw speculation that after the Canadian trucker strikes, the Biden admin sped up giving CDLs to foreigners to ensure supply chain wasn't threatened. Also, it's not just foreign drivers, it's foreign trucking companies that override trucker drive-time limits and constantly change names after bad things happen (see the TX company that "closed" right after the tragic I-70 crash in 2021 because foreign, non-English-speaking trucker's brakes failed).

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 09:15 AM (GbwPZ)

317 Here's my .45

Ruger SR1911 Officer

https://tinyurl.com/tk495rps

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:16 AM (AOsQT)

318 What goes down seldom gets up.
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 09:08 AM

When you're using anti-cow technology, yeah...

https://youtu.be/_iCxUXDn1sU

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:16 AM (sdudX)

319 I think my only interest in a Ren Faire would be a falconry demonstration.

that was excellent! the daughter of the original falconer was now the lead. she was awesome.

I showed her a photo of herself back when they had my own daughter (same age) help with the show. she was so sweet. but said they're not allowed (by the Faire) to include children at all anymore.

rrrrrr.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:16 AM (Pv3Rg)

320 > hey remember a little while ago, Biden and the autopen, how that was going to be a huge deal?
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A number of former *biden staffers were called to testify. At least a couple did. A number of others have given the administration the middle finger. I guess the DoJ/FBI is working behind the scenes to unravel that scandal because it is a fairly serious breech of protocol.

As for "clearing it up"? I'd think the administration is trying to figure out how to present the situation in such a way, with evidence, that much of *biden's reign can be wiped clean.

Officially. Legally. Including legislation and pardons.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:17 AM (Q4IgG)

321 What's happened to the trucking industry in recent years (particularly under Biden) is another rabbithole. No idea if it's true, but saw speculation that after the Canadian trucker strikes, the Biden admin sped up giving CDLs to foreigners to ensure supply chain wasn't threatened. Also, it's not just foreign drivers, it's foreign trucking companies that override trucker drive-time limits and constantly change names after bad things happen (see the TX company that "closed" right after the tragic I-70 crash in 2021 because foreign, non-English-speaking trucker's brakes failed).
Posted by: Lizzy

Lizzy, if you think it's true, it's probably 10x worse.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 09:17 AM (p+RwZ)

322 Is Michael Byrd in jail today?

Posted by: The ghost of Ashlii Babbitt at August 18, 2025 09:17 AM (XQo4F)

323 My hope is that Xers and Gen Z can somehow, some way, outflank the Millennials.

I think it's definitely possible.

the Millies are pretty delicate creatures, and Im saying that as an ORCHID

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:17 AM (Pv3Rg)

324 292 Older people get set in their political socialization which is why the Boomer generation is still fighting the Vietnam War--the Silents that of FDR, and Gen X still remembers Reagan v. the Evil Empire.

So Trump is doing comparatively worse in the lefty part of the 65 plus era socialized during Civil Rights era and Watergate but comparatively better among younger voters.

Comey is appealing to those Millennials and older lefty Boomers with his Orange Man bad shit.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:09 AM (ctrM5)

My entire life has been nothing but constant Sandbox shit.

From Khomeini, Qadaffi, and Arafat, to Saddam, to Osama Bin-Laden, to the Taliban, to Erdogan and Khamenei.

We should have just let the Soviets have Afghanistan.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:17 AM (UnA8+)

325 Last year in a town near me they called for a massive property tax increase - 25% or so.

They had hired a bunch of permanent bureaucrats with their "temporary" state COVID funds and then those finally ended they decided there was nothing that could be cut in the budget...of course...and they would have to fire teachers and close schools if they didn't get their tax increase.

Anyway I followed the discussion on this and a number of older/less wealthy people pointed out they couldn't afford to pay this kind of tax increase. The answer each one of them got from the compassionate leftists calls for the tax increase?

If you can't pay the taxes move.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:18 AM (t0Rmr)

326 the Millies are pretty delicate creatures, and Im saying that as an ORCHID
Posted by: Black Orchid

Millennials are generally, as they say, the "R word".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)

327 Re: learn to code

Problem is tech went on a ridiculous hiring boom 2020-2022. Anyone with a pulse was getting hired. Tune in 2023, tech began correcting this imbalance. Lots of layoffs in 2023 and 2024. And now there’s are a ton of people who rushed into tech via boot camps who honestly never should have been there.

It’s a saturated market. But it’s temporary. Long term learning to code will pay off.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 09:19 AM (9c0bR)

328 >>Ultimately (fraud aside), WE are the government. The government CANNOT implement a fix which causes pain because the voters will not accept it. The officeholders would lose their position to people who would immediately reverse the solution. Until, and unless, the PEOPLE are willing to do what must be done, nothing can be done.

That's a very romantic way of looking at it but I don't remember ever voting for SS nor do I remember running it. I've been deeply opposed to SS all my working life but nobody cared, they still took my money.

I don't view the situation as a zero sum game. We are currently taking in hundreds of billions, likely soon trillions, in new foreign tariffs. Stuff some of that money into the SS trust fund. This is all new "found" money that isn't going to cause any one group of Americans pain.

And then maybe put somebody actually competent in charge of running SS and stop allowing politicians to raid the fund and replace it with IOUs.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:19 AM (viF8m)

329 We should have just let the Soviets have Afghanistan.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:17 AM (UnA8

None of the 'Stans are garden spots. But the one we """saved""" is the worst by an order of magnitude.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 09:20 AM (f1Xuy)

330 Swift is tall enough to be an old-time Vegas showgirl. With headdress and high heels, she'll be like 8 foot tall.

Posted by: Legs All The Way Up... at August 18, 2025 09:20 AM (G5+As)

331 PA Ren Faire report card (in case anyone wants to go, it's still a decent one, just not remotely like it was):

- Performers - A+++
- Falconry - A+
- Actors - C
- Vendors (non food) - A
- Food Vendors - F
- Drink Vendors - F
- Joust - C, they can have girl knights but for God's sake teach them to pretend-fight a little bit! it was just sooooo boring

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:20 AM (Pv3Rg)

332 >>Joy Reid: "Whites can't invent anything" and they stole the ideas from blacks

https://tinyurl.com/w957u38z

Please return to your ancestral home of Ghana!
(And remove the dead battery from your smoke detector on the way out. . .)

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 09:20 AM (GbwPZ)

333 The Left would rather Ukraine continue in a meat grinder and the US funding it than Trump successfully negotiating a peace deal. They are evil to the core.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:20 AM (EYmYM)

334 I see at least one cop; why is that illegal driver not face down on the ground in cuffs?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Because he knows he's on camera and would probably not be able to restrain himself from engaging in well-earned police brutality.
Posted by: NR Pax

There's a lot to be said for street justice.

Especially in this case. You know who the perp is. Not twenty five feet before the emergency turn around (for police & fire) you see the No U Turn sign.

It's not like you are going to get the wrong man.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 09:20 AM (p+RwZ)

335 I think my only interest in a Ren Faire would be a falconry demonstration.

___________________

Go to a Ren Faire wearing Stargate uniforms.
Tell them the Goa'Uld are false gods and hand out P90s

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 09:20 AM (Skc+N)

336 We should have just let the Soviets have Afghanistan.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:17 AM (UnA8

None of the 'Stans are garden spots. But the one we """saved""" is the worst by an order of magnitude.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 09:20 AM (f1Xuy)

It's one of the reasons the Soviet Union fell. Our assistance was worth it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:22 AM (EYmYM)

337 I have a friend who is in the insurance biz and his company does a lot of trucker work. He told me every client they have is non-American. Mainly Indian but some Arabs as well.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 09:22 AM (9c0bR)

338 I like Borscht Belt as a descriptor, but Jewish Alps works too.

Posted by: Henny Shecky Morty Monica at August 18, 2025 09:22 AM (G5+As)

339 Go to a Ren Faire wearing Stargate uniforms.

oh there was plenty of that. literally not a big deal - just adult dress up didn't have to be renaissance or Middle Ages at all

the thing that made me livid were the old men dressing as "fairies" with leather straps over their nips and teeny tiny leather underwear and wings. really really freaking creepy. big grins on their faces and bothering the poor kids

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:23 AM (Pv3Rg)

340 IDF Babe of the Day

https://tinyurl.com/y6b37d7j

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:23 AM (AOsQT)

341 the Boomer generation is still fighting the Vietnam War--the Silents that of FDR, and Gen X still remembers Reagan v. the Evil Empire.

If you can't read and you won't go to school, there is a shit load you're not going to know about history. Some of you guys claim to think about Rome every day. Must be CB de Mille's Rome.

What 'generation' would you say God belongs to? Because you clearly believe in Generationalism more than you believe in God.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 18, 2025 09:24 AM (zdLoL)

342 What goes down seldom gets up.
Posted by: pudinhead

That is overstating the effectiveness of the 45 ACP. All handgun rounds are defective wimps compared with shotguns or rifle cartridges. To get hydrostatic damage, you need a certain level of energy that is unattainable in a handgun package. A 30 Carbine, 223 at short range, and of course even a 20 gauge buckshot load has a lot more power and velocity to cause severe damage internally than any handgun cartridge.

So we use hollow points in handguns which require a certain fps energy level to fully expand to help make a hole bigger causing faster blood loss.

Easier to make that shot than rely on a CNS stop which does benefit the slower and heavier bullet over the lighter one (which is why police departments often went to 147 grains in 9mm along with its subsonic sound level). The newest 147 gr in 9mm penetrate better but yet expand ok up to about 50-100 percent of the initial bullet diameter.

A 45 in a short barrel often does not expand past the .45 diameter unless using a 185 gr. hp in them which speaking of bullet expansion is about a wash with a 147 gr hp 9mm.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:24 AM (ctrM5)

343 Submitted for your consideration: farting on camera was Eric Swalwell's smartest political move ever. Now whenever his name is mentioned, that is what people think of, not his Chinese honeypot problem.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2025 09:24 AM (3nLb4)

344 about to be willowed but one more thing I'm sad about today

McGlinchey's is closing!

the Glinch!

damn

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:24 AM (Pv3Rg)

345 the thing that made me livid were the old men dressing as "fairies" with leather straps over their nips and teeny tiny leather underwear and wings. really really freaking creepy. big grins on their faces and bothering the poor kids
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:23 AM (Pv3R

Ewwwwww

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2025 09:24 AM (VE6XX)

346 335 I think my only interest in a Ren Faire would be a falconry demonstration.

I'd rather drive my Corvair Monza. Falcons were pedestrian until they stuffed a V8 in it.

Posted by: Air-cooled Al at August 18, 2025 09:25 AM (G5+As)

347 US transportation companies have been known to open up offices in Mexico and "train" their drivers there with trucks that meet Mexican standards. Then when a company contracts with them to move goods they send the cheap, questionable Mexican trucks to move those goods and make bank in the process.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:25 AM (Q4IgG)

348 yeah I mean Donna this is why we never took the kids to any Cons

way back they were fun for families but not anymore

just a lot of pervs perving out

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:25 AM (Pv3Rg)

349 Americas problem is we’re too fucking American, lol. And by that I mean we’re greedy capitalists who will step over our mothers on the street to make an extra buck.

Now that kind of attitude is why Google and OpenAi and Nvidia are American. But it’s also why we import millions of slave labor at the expense of our country’s well being.

Double edged sword.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 09:26 AM (9c0bR)

350 the thing that made me livid were the old men dressing as "fairies" with leather straps over their nips and teeny tiny leather underwear and wings.

That's terrible.

And...where did you say this is happening again so I can go be horrified at it in person?

Posted by: David French at August 18, 2025 09:26 AM (t0Rmr)

351 >>the thing that made me livid were the old men dressing as "fairies" with leather straps over their nips and teeny tiny leather underwear and wings. really really freaking creepy. big grins on their faces and bothering the poor kids

Frigging garrett.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:26 AM (viF8m)

352 Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 18, 2025 09:24 AM (zdLoL)

Did you just show up again to insult people?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:26 AM (EYmYM)

353 What 'generation' would you say God belongs to? Because you clearly believe in Generationalism more than you believe in God.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
============
I could say cohorts instead and you find that in the Bible talking about generations and their tendencies.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:26 AM (ctrM5)

354 >>The Left would rather Ukraine continue in a meat grinder and the US funding it than Trump successfully negotiating a peace deal. They are evil to the core.

They rely on laundered money from forever wars and "aid." I think DOGE just scratched the surface, and it may be that more of the money the US government spends is essentially scammed, either by insiders (see bloated bureaucracy, every DC NGO) or common criminals.

Safe to bet that Ukraine war has had nothing to do with the country's interest or that of its people. It is a giant graft pinata they want to keep hitting.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 09:26 AM (GbwPZ)

355 I hope part of the peace deal includes Zelensky paying back all the money from the US taxpayers that he decided to keep for himself.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 09:27 AM (Dv3i1)

356 That's a very romantic way of looking at it but I don't remember ever voting for SS nor do I remember running it.

Nope, but how many times did the Dems run with "The Republicans are gonna take away your social security"? Every election since it's inception? How often did it work?

Remember when W's privatization plan was demonized and killed? You may not have voted for SS but your neighbors sure did.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

357 339 the thing that made me livid were the old men dressing as "fairies" with leather straps over their nips and teeny tiny leather underwear and wings. really really freaking creepy. big grins on their faces and bothering the poor kids
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:23 AM (Pv3Rg)

In freaking Lancaster County, of all places.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:27 AM (UnA8+)

358 Frigging garrett.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:26 AM

Now , now...we don't know that was garrett...no mention was made of Crocs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:27 AM (dPfyF)

359 I had assumed a Ren Faire would be like a cosplay event...

Women dressed in teeny tiny outfits because they are going as anime character X and then guys dressed as Deadpool so they can go flirt with those girls and not get kicked out...

Well, presuming there is a medieval equivalent of deadpool

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:27 AM (t0Rmr)

360 >Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 18, 2025 09:24 AM (zdLoL)

Did you just show up again to insult people?

Posted by: polynikes
----

She likes to pick fights

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:28 AM (AOsQT)

361 The Left would rather Ukraine continue in a meat grinder and the US funding it than Trump successfully negotiating a peace deal. They are evil to the core.

Ironically if you force them to give a reason for this they'll use a version of Bush's "We have to kill them over there so we don't have to kill them over here"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:29 AM (t0Rmr)

362 My entire life has been nothing but constant Sandbox shit.

From Khomeini, Qadaffi, and Arafat, to Saddam, to Osama Bin-Laden, to the Taliban, to Erdogan and Khamenei.

We should have just let the Soviets have Afghanistan.
Posted by: XTC

Yes. But the reason is US oil production waned and we relied (and even more our allies did) upon Middle East oil to make the world go round. As we are now producing roughly double that output from the last figures I saw, it means freedom to separate from the whole mess in the sandbox in our foreign policy. Same as what should have happened in Euroland after the Soviets fell. Reset of foreign policies.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:29 AM (ctrM5)

363 IDF Babe of the Day

https://tinyurl.com/y6b37d7j
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:23 AM (AOsQT)
===============
I just snapped to attention.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 09:30 AM (PuEEC)

364 Women dressed in teeny tiny outfits because they are going as anime character X and then guys dressed as Deadpool so they can go flirt with those girls and not get kicked out...

yeah the girls who weren't obese were cool!

just it was like ten to one... (obese to in shape)

lancaster county

lancaster county has a lot of nearby small liberal arts colleges. I'm thinking that's where most of the visitors (and staff nowadays) come from. these schools are almost MORE liberal than Philly ones bc they are try-hard and think it makes them "like Swarthmore" to be so.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:30 AM (Pv3Rg)

365 Ironically if you force them to give a reason for this they'll use a version of Bush's "We have to kill them over there so we don't have to kill them over here"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:29 AM (t0Rmr)

Which is an example of their complete inability to make logical comparisons.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:30 AM (EYmYM)

366 I didn’t vote for anything that is supposedly sacred to Americans. Social security, Medicare, public education, gay marriage. The list is long.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 09:30 AM (9c0bR)

367 Well, presuming there is a medieval equivalent of deadpool

people were literally just dressed up as superheroes they didn't really care about the medieval aspect

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 18, 2025 09:31 AM (Pv3Rg)

368 There is art!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 09:31 AM (PuEEC)

369 >>Nope, but how many times did the Dems run with "The Republicans are gonna take away your social security"? Every election since it's inception? How often did it work?

All the time. I think you're kind of making my case. It's not just leftists who don't want to see the government's promise broken, voters of all stripes don't.

Again, find new ways to bolster the system before suggesting more pain for average Americans. There are new streams of money pouring into DC. Use some of that money to bolster up the current shortfalls and run the system better going forward.

I'm all for reforming the system but not on the backs of people who have already paid into it for decades.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 09:31 AM (viF8m)

370 the thing that made me livid were the old men dressing as "fairies" with leather straps over their nips and teeny tiny leather underwear and wings. really really freaking creepy. big grins on their faces and bothering the poor kids
Posted by: Black Orchid

That is objectively awful and morally reprehensible that the organizers allow that. It will kill these in the future if they continue. No one quite literally wants to see that in public other than deranged leftists.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:31 AM (ctrM5)

371 the thing that made me livid were the old men dressing as "fairies" with leather straps over their nips and teeny tiny leather underwear and wings.
____________________________

Which is why you bring P90s

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (Skc+N)

372 Nood

Art worth looking at.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (R256O)

373 GenX like usual will be ducked with SS.

genZ and millennials will vote to keep SS taxes low while reducing benefits. Once boomers die off that’s what will happen.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (9c0bR)

374 Which is why you bring P90s
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Remember, there are kids around--that is why you make those posing prancing demented elves play the game--Drink from the Firehouse!!!. Fun for everyone to watch.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (ctrM5)

375
Which is an example of their complete inability to make logical comparisons.

Yeah back in the day they would say something like, "Why do we need anyone to die? Let's just make peace by addressing their concerns..."

Say that about the Donbassians and Russia and they'll call your a NAZI Russian bot...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (t0Rmr)

376 the thing that made me livid were the old men dressing as "fairies" with leather straps over their nips and teeny tiny leather underwear and wings.

Well if people are dressing as random superheroes sounds to me like you should get some people to dress up as space marines with real Musk flamethrowers to go have a talk with these "fairies" about heresy...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (t0Rmr)

377 Long term learning to code will pay off.

On the principle that knowing how to work on your car keeps you from getting ripped off at the dealership, sometimes.

My local blacksmith never wanted for work, and closed his shop when he was ready to retire and the interstate wanted the land, in 1965.

Despite the bleatings of MBA's in "see this my way" meetings, nobody ever lost their ass in the buggy whip business, if you had the guts to stay with it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (zdLoL)

378 Art is up

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (t0Rmr)

379 Key facts: Taylor allegedly applied for Medicaid in 2019 using the fake name Candace Sailor and claiming that she earned less than $4,000 per month. That application was denied, but she allegedly submitted a successful application the next year using the same alias.

Authorities said that, while on Medicaid, Taylor spent $100,000 at the exotic car dealership Tactical Fleet and made $45,086 in vehicle payments to Audi Finance. She also supposedly spent $13,000 to help pay for a 2022 Lamborghini Urus, which has a retail price of $229,495.

Other alleged purchases included cosmetic surgery and high-end jewelry. State agents said they found the purchases on Taylor’s tax return, and she also showed them off on social media. She lives in Slidell, a suburb outside New Orleans.

Taylor’s businesses allegedly generated $9.5 million of revenue from January 2020 to December 2024. Prosecutors say that Taylor’s bank account funds increased by $481,000 in 2020, even though she claimed no income on her Medicaid forms.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (RHGPo)

380 Good Morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

NY Post, "Trump says Zelensky can end war with Russia ‘almost immediately’ by doing these two things, ahead of White House meeting"

Yay! Enough of this EU/UK, Zelensky, NATO crap & USA last. They don't want a proper settlement and peace therefore round up ALL of the Committee to Investigate Russia, all immediate members of the Obama and Biden families, Antony J. Blinken, Jake Sullivan, and whoever else needs to be resettled so they're supremely happy with their new government, and pay their freight to settle them in Ukraine. (Don't tell me they don't have substantial "investments" there already.)

State Rep. Justin Pearson (D-TN), 30 years old, Liberation Christianity. Just trouble. Known for (1960's-like) emotional outbursts and no strategy, like all the rest of the "kids" he decides the answer is to go all out on Republicans. It's silly, and it won't bring back his beloved brother who, sadly, committed suicide by gun.

BB, 'People Send Money to California Inmate Who Beat Up Alleged Child-Killer Stepmom'

Read how the beautiful little girl died at the hands of her stepmother & father, and how the other woman who

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 10:02 AM (NFX2v)

381 administered the beatdown inside prison had been in foster care as a child. (Terrible stuff stays with a person but doesn't dictate who they are for the most part.) So, also as a woman, I have no problem with the Go Fund Me page.

The story probably wouldn't be 'big' if it involved men in prison. (Not that I'd advocate the deceased child's father might benefit from a substantial beatdown, or several.)
---
The 2nd Anniversary of October 7, 2023, is almost upon us. Free the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad hostages for once and for all!

(Seems as if they're back to gaining power through the recurrent food distribution snafus.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 10:02 AM (NFX2v)

382 In addition to Taylor Swift, I also love kittens, clouds, and Bud Light Lime.

Posted by: James Comey at August 18, 2025 10:09 AM (cHOHf)

383 What is with the “Blame America First” mentality around here? I don’t get it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:17 AM (vm8sq)

384 Dang, it's discouraging when I have comments to make but the Report is one or two later posts old and everyone has moved on.

I could go to CutJibNewsletter, but the audience would be about the same.

I didn't have anything all that worthwhile to say, anyway, I guess.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sourgrapeshot at August 18, 2025 10:30 AM (L05+f)

385 Sure we all know the Earth rest on the back of the great turtle, we are only arguing over what the turtle eats.

"Nice try sonny. It's turtles all the way down!"
-Indigenous Grandmother

Posted by: waepnedmann at August 18, 2025 01:35 PM (WqLAb)

386 "That, plus NATO's encroachment towards Russia ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall, despite previous administrations guarantees that that would never happen..."

No such guarantees were ever given. The closest thing to a "guarantee" was a verbal statement from James Baker to the Soviets that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany.

Verbal, not written down. Not a written treaty. Not a written agreement from the American Executive branch.

Moreover, James Baker was not president at the time. Did he have the authority to issue such an assurance?

Even if he had been president, he wouldn't have had the authority to speak on behalf of NATO. That was a policy that the rest of NATO should have been consulted on.

At any rate, the assurance was given to the Soviet Union, which is a political entity that no longer exists.

Posted by: JTP at August 18, 2025 05:46 PM (8daDi)

387 "the Obama crew that overthrew a popularly and freely elected Putin friendly president."

True, Yanukovych did fairly win the final runoff election for the presidency. (Unlike his 2004 win, which was annulled due to fraud.)

But, IIRC, in 2010 he ran on a platform calling for Ukrainian EU membership. Once elected though, he turned on a dime and abandoned EU accession talks, seeking membership in the Russian trade bloc.

Ukrainians had as much right to feel betrayed by his volte-face as Trump voters would feel if he had continued Biden's immigration policies despite campaigning against them.

Then there was the matter of the 108 civilians he murdered during the Maidan protests. And his 140 hectare estate complete with Spanish galleon and private zoo that he stole from the state. (Not to mention the very minor issue of the $37 billion he and his cronies looted from the country.)

No love for Obama from me, but my heart doesn't bleed for the expulsion of Putin's precious puppet.

Posted by: JTP at August 18, 2025 06:15 PM (8daDi)

Daily Tech News 18 August 2025

Top Story

At a tech press dinner Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mention that the company continues on its path to invest trillions on new AI datacentres and looks set to break $10 billion on gross revenue this year. (The Register)

That's up from last year, when the company lost $5 billion on revenues of $5 billion.

Asked if this was a bubble, Altman responded yes.

Tech News

Is the Alldocube iPlay mini Ultra an affordable alternative to the scarce high-end compact tablets like Lenovo's Legion Tab? (Notebook Check)

Yes. Maybe.

It roughly matches the specs of last year's Legion Tab, though it is not drastically cheaper.

But then there is this from last year. (Alldocube)

The update firmware for the previous model was hack so owners got a surprise free virus.
Wifi destroys the environment. (Tom's Hardware).

This new from the same mob that pleaded with you to delete your photos as the English drought entered its second desperate hour.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Unless the wifi gets me first.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:32 AM (9vYpt)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 04:32 AM (aURVT)

3 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 04:33 AM (FxL3X)

4 G'Day everyone
Getting ready to head down the long road
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 04:35 AM (+qU29)

5 Why is the comment window outlined in orange rather than black?
Or am I the only one seeing this?

Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 04:36 AM (FxL3X)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

7 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

If that's a report of your health status, Pixy, then YAY!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 04:37 AM (aURVT)

8 G'morning, all!

No orange here, boss.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 18, 2025 04:37 AM (a1415)

9 Skip...

Be safe!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 18, 2025 04:38 AM (a1415)

10 Walmart is selling a MacBook Air with a M1 CPU, 8 gb RAM, and a 256 gb SSD for $599.00. If you have an Intel based Mac or would like to pick up a secondary machine this looks like a great deal. This is a USA deal only.

https://is.gd/74QCTN

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:39 AM (9vYpt)

11 An amazing 69.1 degrees outside.

Might have to bundle up for the walk this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 18, 2025 04:39 AM (a1415)

12 5 Why is the comment window outlined in orange rather than black?
Or am I the only one seeing this?
Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 04:36 AM (FxL3X)

I'm not seeing that.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 04:39 AM (aURVT)

13 And, just like that, it changes back.

Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 04:40 AM (FxL3X)

14 English drought entered its second desperate hour.

LoL!! Yep. I was stationed over there in the early 90s. They would declare drought conditions if it didn't rain in a couple of days.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 04:40 AM (sAmhv)

15 Wifi destroys the environment.

These are very likely the same people that wrote an article the other day that says your dog is

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:40 AM (9vYpt)

16 Wifi destroys the environment.

These are very likely the same people that wrote an article the other day that says your dog is constant climate change.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:41 AM (9vYpt)

17 Ack! Laying in bed and using voice to create comments is not working out well for me today.

your dog is causing climate change.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:43 AM (9vYpt)

18 "Wifi destroys the environment."

Look at it on the bright side.

At least they're no longer trying to blame it on humans.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 18, 2025 04:44 AM (a1415)

19 Belated BOING!

Back from brunch with Mrs. BD and our oldest granddaughter pup.

A splendid time was had by all.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 04:45 AM (5swlB)

20 Follow up to the Australian wild hog story, who in 2013, stole 18 beers from a camp site, got smash face drunk, and then got in a fight with a cow. Apparently about a week after that incident he got run over by car. Tough place Australia.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:51 AM (9vYpt)

21 Walmart is selling a MacBook Air with a M1 CPU, 8 gb RAM, and a 256 gb SSD for $599.00. If you have an Intel based Mac or would like to pick up a secondary machine this looks like a great deal. This is a USA deal only.

https://is.gd/74QCTN
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:39 AM (9vYpt)

I’d be tempted if it was a M2 or M3 with 16GB.
I could even get over the 256GB at that price.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2025 04:52 AM (6ydKt)

22 A rabid CNNer bashes PDT over his picks of Gloria Gaynor and others as Kennedy Center honorees:

President Donald Trump would love cultural elites to sniff at his Kennedy Center honorees.

He relished unveiling the stars he’ll fete at the iconic arts center’s annual gala later this year, after motorcading to the complex Wednesday through streets now patrolled, on his orders, by federal agents and army reservists.

The line-up explains a lot about him, his power and why he’s president.

https://archive.is/iWEJk

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 04:52 AM (aURVT)

23 17 Ack! Laying in bed and using voice to create comments is not working out well for me today.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:43 AM (9vYpt)

Could be amusing for us, tho!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 04:54 AM (aURVT)

24 20 Follow up to the Australian wild hog story, who in 2013, stole 18 beers from a camp site, got smash face drunk, and then got in a fight with a cow. Apparently about a week after that incident he got run over by car. Tough place Australia.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Hold muh beer....I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS!!!!

Posted by: Wild Hog's last words at August 18, 2025 04:56 AM (sAmhv)

25 I’d be tempted if it was a M2 or M3 with 16GB.
I could even get over the 256GB at that price.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

But for $600 it's a brand new machine. It would be adequate for office warrior apps, web surfing, and watching movies. I'm half tempted to buy one so I can fuss around with an Apple box.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:57 AM (9vYpt)

26 Another reason for all of this crime crackdown in DC is the upcoming 250th Birthday of the USA. Lots of events are going to happen. Lots of tourists will be about. Cracking down on crime (long overdue) is smart.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 05:02 AM (sAmhv)

27 the roller-skater in the Gloria Gaynor video:

The popularity of "I Will Survive" led to the label releasing the song as an A side. To support the single, a video shot at Xenon Discotheque in New York was released. It featured a roller skater – Sheila Reid-Pender from a local group called The Village Wizards – skate dancing on the dance floor. (Wikipedia)

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:02 AM (aURVT)

28 Felonious D's Kennedy Center honorees... Let the snobs sniff at them. If you've ever been to one of his rallies, the music playing is his playlist and it's pretty dope. The songs are all over the map but they're great songs. The guy's got a pretty solid sense of main stream popular culture. Who doesn't like Rocky?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 05:04 AM (9vYpt)

29 26 Another reason for all of this crime crackdown in DC is the upcoming 250th Birthday of the USA. Lots of events are going to happen. Lots of tourists will be about. Cracking down on crime (long overdue) is smart.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 05:02 AM (sAmhv)

It's gonna be yuge.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:05 AM (aURVT)

30 That's up from last year, when the company lost $5 billion on revenues of $5 billion.

Asked if this was a bubble, Altman responded yes

--------------

I hope my retirement fund is not investing in any AI companies.

Posted by: Decaf at August 18, 2025 05:09 AM (unUNN)

31 Turns out it was pretty easy for PDT to get the Democrats to support criminals over law abiding citizens.

Same with illegal aliens over US citizens.

Seems like an odd stance for a political party to take, but they do it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 18, 2025 05:11 AM (a1415)

32 31 Turns out it was pretty easy for PDT to get the Democrats to support criminals over law abiding citizens.

Same with illegal aliens over US citizens.

Seems like an odd stance for a political party to take, but they do it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 18, 2025 05:11 AM (a1415)

Lefty boomers for the L!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:13 AM (aURVT)

33 Another reason for all of this crime crackdown in DC is the upcoming 250th Birthday of the USA. Posted by: Puddleglum

Solid point.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 05:13 AM (9vYpt)

34 Oh good grief....we're now down to 68 degrees outside.

And for the life of me, I can't remember where I put my gloves and scarf.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 18, 2025 05:14 AM (a1415)

35
Amazon.com
ALLDOCUBE was founded in 1995 and is located in Shenzhen, south China.

hmm

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:15 AM (aURVT)

36 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2025 05:16 AM (ld8WN)

37 Remember yesterday's fuel plant fire in Teheran?

Well, tomorrow is another day:

https://tinyurl.com/mt3f5c27

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 05:17 AM (5swlB)

38 But for $600 it's a brand new machine. It would be adequate for office warrior apps, web surfing, and watching movies. I'm half tempted to buy one so I can fuss around with an Apple box.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 04:57 AM (9vYpt)

Yeah, it’s probably adequate for light work.

All you need is a monitor and peripherals and you can get a M4 Mac Mini with 16 & 256 GB for $599.

Their laptops are nice, though, either the display and battery life they have.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2025 05:21 AM (6ydKt)

39 Another good hardware deal is The Google has the 128 gb Pixel 8 Pro marked down to $599 and you a Pixel Watch 2 (LTE) and Pixel 8 Pro Case when you buy the Pixel 8 Pro (Unlocked). Plus it has another 5 years of OS and security updates coming. I've had this phone for 2 years and it's been rock solid.

https://is.gd/jPNFzf

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 05:24 AM (9vYpt)

40 Evening and morning on this Moon's Day, ever'body! Yes, it's a Monday. But! Remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:25 AM (omVj0)

41 Walmart is selling a MacBook Air with a M1 CPU, 8 gb RAM, and a 256 gb SSD for $599.00. If you have an Intel based Mac or would like to pick up a secondary machine this looks like a great deal. This is a USA deal only.

https://is.gd/74QCTN
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025

***
Only 8GB of RAM is a little concerning -- as Pixy has told us, newer Macs won't let you upgrade. But the MacBook Air from 2013 I've been using here has been fine with everything I've asked of it. $599 does not sound bad.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:26 AM (omVj0)

42 My computer's been slooooow and I just restarted it, which required force-quitting some things, and ... we'll see!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:27 AM (aURVT)

43 I don't watch 'network' news and especially the Sunday morning sh*t show. All those women 'moderators' yell and scream that they aren't included in negotiations with Russia and Europe. Just so they can yell questions at the men who ignore them, which is good to see. Do people actually watch those shows anymore? Someone said they have 6 viewers, which probably includes the cats and dogs who sit in front of the TV with a puzzled look.

Posted by: Colin at August 18, 2025 05:29 AM (wlQdF)

44 Only 8GB of RAM is a little concerning. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes and no. If you're using it for office apps, and web surfing you'll be fine. This machine will run circles around the one you have right now. And the battery life will amaze you.

If I was paying full retail for a machine with 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD there's not a chance in hell I'd buy it. But at this price? For this kind of money, you're going to get a crappy iPad.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 05:31 AM (9vYpt)

45 Apparently the $599 price for the MacBook Air is a sale price -- it's normally $50 more. I wonder if that's the price in stores, $649? Once I pay my horrendous sales tax here, I'd be up over $700. How much are MB Airs usually?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:32 AM (omVj0)

46
New week starts now
in before the twirling

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 05:35 AM (AOsQT)

47 I'm dragging my workout motivation out from under the couch, where it seems to hide every morning. Now that I've located its den, it will probably find a new place, and I'll have to find it again. A slippery beast it is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:39 AM (omVj0)

48 Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 05:35 AM (AOsQT)

Still with the enviable hash.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:39 AM (aURVT)

49 Actually a tech related issue

My son arranged a date online which is apparently - according to a friend in her thirties - what many young people do nowadays. The woman said online, "I want to be a trophy wife" which had I been a male seeking a date/- would have made me raise my eyebrows, but he thought it was humorous . She also said she wanted to get married and have kids. O.k. She showed up with her mother and her brother who are from M.D. and they wouldn't let my son sit at their table. She apparently lied on her profile and she is 40, not 25.
The rather funny bit was there was something wrong with his debit card, they paid for the three of them and husband came back of course to pay for him.Well, I guess she won't be contacting him anymore😉

I told him to consider a Faith based religious site, but that he should probably lay off internet dating sites

I am thankful I met and dated people the usual way. I have performed a marriage service for a nice couple who met online but it seems fraught with possible problems.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 05:39 AM (2GCMq)

50 Time to get ready for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 18, 2025 05:40 AM (a1415)

51 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 18, 2025 05:42 AM (XQo4F)

52 Grocery trip to the local chain store this am. Miss Linda located one of her ever-present coupons, which gives you $5.00 off if you spend $25.00 -- all too easy a thing to do anywhere these days.

Wed., I have the follow-up with the surgeon, and Linda has a lecture on genealogy at the suburban library she wants to attend that evening. Sounds like a snore fest to me.

This weekend we ran into an old friend of mine whose uncle plays piano at a wine bar in the old section of the next town over, and he mentioned a trivia night Friday at the German-American Center in the city itself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:45 AM (omVj0)

53 . . . The woman said online, "I want to be a trophy wife" which had I been a male seeking a date/- would have made me raise my eyebrows, but he thought it was humorous . She also said she wanted to get married and have kids. O.k. She showed up with her mother and her brother who are from M.D. and they wouldn't let my son sit at their table. She apparently lied on her profile and she is 40, not 25.

***
If they wouldn't let me sit at their table, I'd have turned around and walked out. Better still, let them order, then walk out to leave them with the bill. Da noive of some people!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:47 AM (omVj0)

54 >Still with the enviable hash.

Posted by: m
---

it came with the membership upgrade
Centurion Level
just sayin'

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 05:48 AM (AOsQT)

55 42 My computer's been slooooow and I just restarted it, which required force-quitting some things, and ... we'll see!
Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:27 AM (aURVT)

Still slooooow. Drat.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:48 AM (aURVT)

56 LOL!

G'mornin' everyone!

Woohoo, 60 degrees, raining! already go 3/4" overnight! woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 05:48 AM (ppG5b)

57 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 05:39 AM (2GCMq)

I'm speechless. Seriously.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 18, 2025 05:49 AM (3Ope8)

58 54 >Still with the enviable hash.

Posted by: m
---

it came with the membership upgrade
Centurion Level
just sayin'
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 05:48 AM (AOsQT)

Primus pilus?

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:50 AM (aURVT)

59
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 18, 2025 05:49 AM (3Ope

I told him he should put it in a story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 05:50 AM (2GCMq)

60 The comments box for me has always had a thin outline of black until I click within it. Then it goes to a thicker outline of blue. Maybe it's my settings in Brave, from whatever theme I'm running?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:54 AM (omVj0)

61 So if anybody knows any nice , honest and unattached young women who are about 25 and Christian's please let me know. j/k He attends a young adult group at the evangelical church but the young ladies all have boyfriends.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 05:54 AM (2GCMq)

62 60 The comments box for me has always had a thin outline of black until I click within it. Then it goes to a thicker outline of blue. Maybe it's my settings in Brave, from whatever theme I'm running?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:54 AM (omVj0)

Same in Safari.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:56 AM (aURVT)

63 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:47 AM (omVj0

I think he was too flabberghasted.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 05:56 AM (2GCMq)

64 5 Why is the comment window outlined in orange rather than black?
Or am I the only one seeing this?
Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 04:36 AM (FxL3X)

Maybe your comments are hot & spicy!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 05:57 AM (aURVT)

65 when you click in the box, the outline bolds itself because you have made it the active box or field

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 05:58 AM (AOsQT)

66 75 on the island. Lots of wind later this week.
Night time lows are supposed to hit 70 or less this week which is my signal that summer is over.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2025 05:59 AM (Bbhox)

67 And on a nicer note, here is a Christian devotional on 2nd Timothy 1:1-14 and called "In the Lord's footsteps"

https://tinyurl.com/5y2632y2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)

68 all 5 kitties have surrounded me! Quick! Distract them with chicken so I can escape!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 06:02 AM (IBQGV)

69 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Gobble-uns. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2025 06:03 AM (WvZaB)

70
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 18, 2025 06:03 AM (tljrc)

71 Kind contractor helps out 81 year old woman living in her car."FaithPot" site:

https://tinyurl.com/bddzncn5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 06:08 AM (2GCMq)

72
I might have slept longer, but Diana, who has a distinctive low bark, told me at 4:30 that she wanted out. Or breakfast, but she's not getting that until 8:00. I think a nap may be in order this afternoon.

Sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian with my coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:10 AM (kkTda)

73 49: Fen

That was......uncomfortable sounding.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 06:11 AM (sAmhv)

74 Good morning, all. Random posting here. My mom sent me some pictures from a photo site she goes to that were taken within a dead mall.

Going to be honest: The pictures kind of make me sad. Kids today lack spaces like malls to interact normally with other kids. I get that it's easier to order online and not take the risk of being in the middle of a gang war but it still sucks.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 06:11 AM (svLOV)

75 I comment on other sites and have not seen some of the changes that have happened here. Color changes, autocorrect turns on and off.
The comment box going bold is a feature but it changing colors is new. And autocorrect started up after I noted a different change in formatting and turned off after I commented about it being on when I have turned off in settings.

Is pixy getting ready for 0.9 beta?

And autocorrect turned back on when I was typing about it going on and off.

This is the only site I have seen these odd changes.

Lenovo chromebox running chrome browser.

Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 06:11 AM (FxL3X)

76 73 49: Fen

That was......uncomfortable sounding.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Agreed. Lying about the age was bad enough but to not let him sit at the table? Good luck to your son and I shall be thankful I am not in the dating pool.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 06:13 AM (svLOV)

77 >This is the only site I have seen these odd changes.

----

well, you have to keep in mind that this is one of the early steam-powered blogs- kind of a holdover from the early internet

no bells or whistles here

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 06:17 AM (AOsQT)

78 Is Wi-Fi bad for the environment? Eye-catching London ad suggests Wi-Fi is ‘damaging the climate’

subhead: The ad seemingly says that Wi-Fi is bad for the environment, but its makers just want you to look closer.

A PhD student shared a photograph of an ad for the University of East London, implying that Wi-Fi is detrimental to the environment (h/t vx-underground). The poster says, “WiFi doesn’t grow on trees. Your screen time is damaging the climate.”

Although it’s easy to assume that it’s telling us that wireless networking is bad for the environment, a second look at the message focuses more on the time we spend in front of our phones, tablets, smart TVs, and computers, rather than on the Wi-Fi transmission itself.

https://archive.is/yUsEF

Aren't they clever.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:20 AM (aURVT)

79
*no bells or whistles here*

And we like it that way.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2025 06:21 AM (XQo4F)

80 77, this!

and we like it that way!

(or I do, anyway ... )

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:21 AM (ppG5b)

81 If they wouldn't let me sit at their table, I'd have turned around and walked out. Better still, let them order, then walk out to leave them with the bill. Da noive of some people!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 05:47 AM (omVj0)

Based on what's being reported on social media, a lot of women see men as just a thing to get money from. Women on tiktok talking about how they go on as many dates as possible every week just to get free dinners, inviting friends on dates and expecting the man to pay, etc.

They, seemingly, spend a lot of time trying to one-up each other for being the worst person in the world all while singing the feminist refrain of "I don't need no man".

I foresee an ocean of tears in a few years.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 06:23 AM (ExV1e)

82 Is Wi-Fi bad for the environment?

I actively dislike these people.

"Stay home because of Covid and save the environment."
"Working from home is killing the environment!"
"Your emails cause climate change!"

These people need to be shunned in polite society and blogs like this one.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 06:23 AM (svLOV)

83 mornin yall. Wifi is bad for the environment and emails waste water but 500 acre data centers are just fine.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:26 AM (vFG9F)

84 Fenelon, that fraudulent woman is not fit to make your son a sandwich. He can chalk that one up as a learning experience.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

85
I told him to consider a Faith based religious site, but that he should probably lay off internet dating sites

I once came across a Trad Catholic woman's site. I don't think the attitude expressed there was that far away from your ordinary THOT.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:29 AM (kkTda)

86 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 06:23 AM (ExV1e)

That was his second experience with online dating. The first girl never showed up and never said she wouldn't be coming so he sat in the restaurant after a half an hour ride and had lunch by himself.

My friend who is her thirties and did some online dating said one guy exposed himself to her on the first date .! She said her friends knew of her now husband ( not the guy who exposed himself to her -ha ) through political circles and vouched for him being 0k. She said its difficult right now because of HR stupidities about dating co- workers and Covid and lockdowns completely messed up the social scene

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 06:30 AM (2GCMq)

87
If the internet were to disappear tomorrow, we'd all be thrown back to - oh, no! - 1990!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:31 AM (kkTda)

88 Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

Thanks. He's a nice young man and he certainly learned something.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 06:31 AM (2GCMq)

89 78 Although it’s easy to assume that it’s telling us that wireless networking is bad for the environment, a second look at the message focuses more on the time we spend in front of our phones, tablets, smart TVs, and computers, rather than on the Wi-Fi transmission itself.

https://archive.is/yUsEF

Aren't they clever.
Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:20 AM (aURVT)

Nice one from the comments, tho:

Notton
I think the ad is too clever for its own good.
je ne sais quoi, "worded smugly"

I'm not saying it's a 1:1 comparison to the age old proverb "A schemer is sometimes caught in his own trap", but to quote George Carlin, "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

Most people will look at that ad, get outraged because of the wording, and then never think or look any further into it.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:33 AM (aURVT)

90 Sorry, folks. I took the discussion away from tech but I appreciate you being sort of like sisters and brothers online I can tell this to. Thx for your patience.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 06:35 AM (2GCMq)

91 The best place to meet nice women is at church.

I met my wife at a "Hippy Mass."

I also know several Baptist men that married Catholic women and are still happily married into their 70s.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2025 06:35 AM (ZmEVT)

92 From a young age a man is taught how to treat a woman and a woman is taught what to expect from a man. A man is not taught what to expect from a woman and a woman is not taught how to treat a man.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2025 06:35 AM (XQo4F)

93 75 I comment on other sites and have not seen some of the changes that have happened here. Color changes, autocorrect turns on and off.
The comment box going bold is a feature but it changing colors is new. And autocorrect started up after I noted a different change in formatting and turned off after I commented about it being on when I have turned off in settings.

Is pixy getting ready for 0.9 beta?

And autocorrect turned back on when I was typing about it going on and off.

This is the only site I have seen these odd changes.

Lenovo chromebox running chrome browser.
Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 06:11 AM (FxL3X)

Close your browser and then reopen it? I am being serious; I just restarted my computer!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:36 AM (aURVT)

94 In 1990, there was a newspaper and broadcast news. If the Internet stopped working, it would be more like the 1809s.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2025 06:37 AM (ZmEVT)

95 1890s

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2025 06:37 AM (ZmEVT)

96 92 From a young age a man is taught how to treat a woman and a woman is taught what to expect from a man. A man is not taught what to expect from a woman and a woman is not taught how to treat a man.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2025 06:35 AM (XQo4F)

I saw this somewhere recently. Probably here.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:37 AM (aURVT)

97 There was a Laugh-In marathon on this weekend and I had forgotten how often Barbara Feldon was on there. They sure could not make that show nowadays.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:38 AM (vFG9F)

98 no apology needed, FS; it's who we are, it's what we do.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 06:39 AM (ppG5b)

99 Available men at church are like parking spaces. The good ones are either taken or handicapped.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2025 06:40 AM (XQo4F)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:40 AM (aURVT)

101 In local news, a 12 year old and 14 year old were arrested for shooting another 12 year old. They mamas say they good boys and theys got mixed up wit the wrong crowd. I say they all the wrong crowd.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

102 My 78 Is Wi-Fi bad for the environment? Eye-catching London ad suggests Wi-Fi is ‘damaging the climate’

subhead: The ad seemingly says that Wi-Fi is bad for the environment, but its makers just want you to look closer.

...

https://archive.is/yUsEF

is where you land by clicking Pixy's

Wifi destroys the environment. (Tom's Hardware).

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:43 AM (aURVT)

103 fin

Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 06:46 AM (FxL3X)

104 In the last few days I have heard about zombie squirrels, Frankenbunnies, and now zombie cats. Did we pass thru a comet's tail or something?

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

105 Available men at church are like parking spaces. The good ones are either taken or handicapped.

Like house shopping, women shoppers come in two varieties:

• Inflation Adjusted 6-6-6† Ready-Made.
• "I can fix him"

If not of the first variety, then I would propose trolling prisons and half-way houses.

† At least $250k/yr, 6'3"+, 6"+ "down there".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 06:48 AM (a4flb)

106
A man is not taught what to expect from a woman and a woman is not taught how to treat a man.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2025 06:35 AM (XQo4F)

Women could do worse than treating a man like a dog. Admonish when necessary but give him treats when he's good. Make him feel happy. You'll get more cooperation. We're quite simple creatures at heard.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:49 AM (kkTda)

107 I have coffee. Things are looking up.

As for the weekend, Sunday plans got changed because my iron levels were too low for my platelet donation. Wife is still housesitting for friends so I've only seen her once since Friday.

And at some point today, I am going to nag a vendor because my order from 08/02 has still not been shipped.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 06:52 AM (OPGS/)

108 Make him feel happy. You'll get more cooperation.

Unfortunately, most young women view making a man happy as being a slave to The Patriarchy!™ and must be avoided at all costs.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 06:53 AM (OPGS/)

109 Hey

Almost due East you should see Mercury Venus Juipter the Moon and maybe a very faint Uranus.
Mar should be in the line up tomorrow.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2025 06:53 AM (gbOdA)

110 She said its difficult right now because of HR stupidities about dating co- workers and Covid and lockdowns completely messed up the social scene
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 06:30 AM (2GCMq)

Gross oversimplification incoming:

Women today fall into three categories:

1. She recognizes that she wants to marry and have children. She understands the current difficulties surrounding dating and locks up a man as young as possible. Sadly, many of these will decide later that they "missed out on having fun" and so will divorce and suffer for it.
2. She wants to "enjoy" her youth. She don't need no man except to have sex with an endless parade of them. Since she's not looking to settle down, she screws guys she could never land and decides that all men are horrible because the ones who can get dozens of women to sleep with them... do. Eventually she decides to "settle" for someone who would have been on her level when she was 20 but she's so damaged that they're both miserable.
3. Lesbians.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

111 104 In the last few days I have heard about zombie squirrels, Frankenbunnies, and now zombie cats. Did we pass thru a comet's tail or something?
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

Bad things come in threes!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:54 AM (aURVT)

112
Expecting a delivery today of hog paneling to make a new pen off the porch for the house dogs. It will be about 30 x 50 feet with a gate and replace the somewhat smaller and hastily-constructed pen there now, the welded wire of which is starting to fall apart.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:55 AM (kkTda)

113 From a young age a man is taught how to treat a woman and a woman is taught what to expect from a man. A man is not taught what to expect from a woman and a woman is not taught how to treat a man.

I would say that the Evangelical Church is not helping, but actually reinforces the "He is Always The Fault" relationships. (Pixy Limitations to two points)

• Mother's Day - Women are wonderful, perfect and all are Proverbs 31 women

• Father's Day - Women are responders, you sick twisted pervert, quit beating her every night and she might let you sleep somewhere other than the couch.

Its because women decide what church the family goes to; the "pastor" is merely engaged in customer retention.

Look how hard and fast the Evangelical Church stomped out the competing Promise Keepers when it started attracting millions of men because there is a desperate need for that kind of men's spiritual development.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 06:55 AM (a4flb)

114 OK, a better customer service story while I am on a roll.

My parents and wife gave me gift cards for Duluth Trading Company. I finally sat down yesterday and placed my order. It charged my card without giving me an option to use the gift cards.

I make the call and get a nice young lady on the other line. She explained that because I ordered on the website while I was logged into my account, it automatically assumed that I was just going to charge my card. So she ended up taking down the numbers for the gift cards, added a military discount and then opened up a ticket with the accounting team to correct the order.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 06:56 AM (OPGS/)

115 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

116 OPenAI

Investing trillions to make billions.

Uh, you sure about that?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

117 114 OK, a better customer service story while I am on a roll.

My parents and wife gave me gift cards for Duluth Trading Company. I finally sat down yesterday and placed my order. It charged my card without giving me an option to use the gift cards.

I make the call and get a nice young lady on the other line. She explained that because I ordered on the website while I was logged into my account, it automatically assumed that I was just going to charge my card. So she ended up taking down the numbers for the gift cards, added a military discount and then opened up a ticket with the accounting team to correct the order.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 06:56 AM (OPGS/)

Excellent!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 06:58 AM (aURVT)

118 Look how hard and fast the Evangelical Church stomped out the competing Promise Keepers when it started attracting millions of men because there is a desperate need for that kind of men's spiritual development.

That's rather sad to read. And unfortunately, it's why people like Andrew Tate are so well regarded.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 06:59 AM (OPGS/)

119

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 18, 2025 06:59 AM (EFZgU)

120 Excellent!
Posted by: m

It really was. Now she did give me the heads up that the accounting department was backed up so I told her that I'd be reasonable and wait until the 25th to see if my account was credited.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 18, 2025 07:00 AM (OPGS/)

121 "Former FBI Director James Comey declared himself a Taylor Swift fan, a.k.a. “Swiftie,” in a video posted to social media on Sunday, saying the pop star’s music gives him the strength to oppose President Donald Trump."

Fag.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

122 Pixy, et. al,

Anyone have a recommendation available for a good UPS?

Nominal 1500 VA capacity?

I've been a fan of APC since they first started but since they've been acquired by Schneider, I've heard rumblings that their products and support have taken a serious dive.

Posted by: pawn at August 18, 2025 07:01 AM (9heow)

123 From the book Why Men Hate Going To Church by David Murrow.

Yes, I agree with the statement above: "Its because women decide what church the family goes to; the 'pastor' is merely engaged in customer retention."

Church is for women and children.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2025 07:01 AM (XQo4F)

124 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Going to replace my OEM brakes from my 2011 CrV today. They had a good run, but I do want to stop as needed. So replacing them a bit early.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

125 Hillary Clinton

Give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize? What you won't do to stay out of prison.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

126 Almost due East you should see Mercury Venus Jupiter the Moon and maybe a very faint Uranus.
Mar should be in the line up tomorrow.

I was doing hill hikes since about 4:30 this morning, Was following the Venus/Jupiter conjunction last week, just noticed the rare Mercury just moments ago before coming in.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:02 AM (a4flb)

127 J.J. and the News on runway 030.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

128 104 In the last few days I have heard about zombie squirrels, Frankenbunnies, and now zombie cats. Did we pass thru a comet's tail or something?

Posted by: fd

Uh oh
youtu.be/fwyiWxa7Esk

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 07:05 AM (sAmhv)

129 Women could do worse than treating a man like a dog. Admonish when necessary but give him treats when he's good. Make him feel happy. You'll get more cooperation. We're quite simple creatures at heard.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 06:49 AM (kkTda)
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Sing it, Wilma!

https://youtu.be/JAni5JW_WWQ

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (5swlB)

130
Church is for women and children.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2025 07:01 AM (XQo4F)

Mine isn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (kkTda)

131 Gloria Gaynor has Ana Navarro in a twist, since Gaynor is set to be honored at the Kennedy Center and no one Navarro loves should be honored in DC during the Trump era. Or something.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (Gln7J)

132 Yes, I agree with the statement above: "Its because women decide what church the family goes to; the 'pastor' is merely engaged in customer retention."

~~Church~~ organized programs is for women and children.

Interestingly, when it comes to reformed or confessional churches, its the man who decides - and the congregations are usually much smaller than the typical evangelical or Big Box.

Then there is the third category which is the Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Episcopalians, Methodists, et al where it is family Tradition and familiarity that often has the greatest influence.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (a4flb)

133 128: a documentary!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 07:06 AM (sAmhv)

134 JJS has posted

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 07:08 AM (Gln7J)

135 Women could do worse than treating a man like a dog. Admonish when necessary but give him treats when he's good. Make him feel happy. You'll get more cooperation. We're quite simple creatures at heard.

The thing that is most common complaint from men is that women starve men of the few things they need but are critical to his well being such as nookie, respect and admiration.

The women often transactional and trade for sex, or of the variety who enjoy sex and if she is having sex with you, she is having sex with others. The respect and admiration is the bait and hook that leads to the relationship, and then that drops off dramatically because human nature is such where I memory of bad things greatly exceeds our memory of good things, and the memories pile up until we hate each other.

So men ran to Promise Keepers because it restored men's self-respect, reason-for-being, and spiritual growth.

So naturally the women-driven churches killed it.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 07:11 AM (a4flb)

136
When the NWS says about a tropical disturbance, "Formation chance through 7 days, 30%" this means "100%".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2025 07:16 AM (kkTda)

137 Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 18, 2025 06:55 AM (a4flb)

Ummm. That wouldn't be "bashing men" that happens either at the church which I serve or the church my son goes to.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 07:18 AM (2GCMq)

138 Gee . . . for a Monday blog?

This is easily as good as a Tuesday blog.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2025 07:28 AM (omVj0)

139 The job market in my field is flooded with ex guvvies who were cut loose or took the buyout. Most of my department was laid off in March and I'm the only one who has found work.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2025 07:42 AM (Skc+N)

140 "The job market in my field is flooded with ex guvvies who were cut loose or took the buyout. Most of my department was laid off in March and I'm the only one who has found work."

Time for them to hit the street just like everyone else that suffered for the shitty decision making done in DC for the last several decades.

"Gee, I've met so many people from Ohio here, I wonder why?"

Posted by: pawn at August 18, 2025 08:28 AM (9heow)

141 5 Why is the comment window outlined in orange rather than black?
Or am I the only one seeing this?
Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 04:36 AM (FxL3X)

My search box in my Calendar app outlines in orange when I click in the search box.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 08:35 AM (aURVT)

Sunday Overnight Open Thread - August 17, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the somewhat revamped Sunday ONT! Wholesome content, retro content, and the real reason you're here - Piper's fashion stuff - will be regular features on Sundays. Other ONT-worthy stuff will be here to fill the gaps. And the gray boxes aren't going anywhere. So come on in and get to commenting!

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Feel Good Story

Teen Workers Saved Their Boss’s Restaurant During Months of Her Absence After Serious Hospital Diagnosis

A family-owned restaurant was saved by a gaggle of teenagers after the owner’s wife fell into a coma.
From Hudson, Minnesota comes the story of the team at the heart of Urban Olive & Vine, and their dedication to a woman they’d come to know and love, Carol Trainer.
Along with husband Chad, Carol founded the restaurant and recruited from the 14-18 year-old-age bracket, enjoying the opportunity to pass on critical work experience, and life experience besides, to the “sponge”-like minds of the eager recruits.
But the tables were turned when Carol had a seizure, and entered a comatose state at the hospital that lasted for months. Chad, dutifully at her bedside, says he never asked one favor of his staff: they did it all themselves.
What exactly did they do?
“Without them the restaurant would not exist,” Chad tells Boyd Huppert’s Land of 10,000 Stories at KARE 11. “These kids became adults and ran our business, and took care of me.”

Check out the whole story. Includes a video of the story from Boyd Huppert

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The Horde Must Be Under-counted In This

Alcohol Consumption In America Has Hit A Record Low

Turns out, America is putting down the wine glass.
Gallup’s latest survey shows only 54% of U.S. adults say they drink alcohol — the lowest number since the poll started way back in 1939.
It’s not just a tiny dip, either. For decades, at least 60% of Americans said they drank. But in the past three years, those numbers have slid fast: 62% in 2023, 58% in early 2024, and now… 54%. Gallup says this kind of year-after-year drop has never happened before.
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And no, it’s not because everyone’s suddenly swapped wine for marijuana. Recreational marijuana use has stayed about the same for the past four years, so this is more about people rethinking alcohol altogether.

Read it for yourself and let us know your thoughts.

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Florida Man

Florida Man Tries To Sell Stolen Smokey Bear Signs, So Police Bring Smokey To The Arrest

In what might be one of the most Florida arrests ever, a man accused of stealing Smokey Bear signs from state forests and selling them online for $1,900 each got a surprise he didn’t see coming: Smokey Bear himself showed up for the takedown.

Duuuuuude!

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Wholesome and Fun Content

A little bit of this, and a little bit of that.

Not what it meant, but...

A bride asked her 95-year-old grandad to be 'flower boy' at her wedding.
And he proudly walked her down the aisle.

A bride asked her 95-year-old grandad to be 'flower boy' at her wedding.
And he proudly walked her down the aisle.pic.twitter.com/E5BsO1fRT0
— The Random Guy (@RandomTheGuy_) August 13, 2025

Just boys being boys

5. just boys being boyspic.twitter.com/ECR4Boqe3o
— Wolf of X (@tradingMaxiSL) August 12, 2025

Amazing dad builds an obstacle course for his daughter and hypes her up as her announcer

2. Amazing dad builds an obstacle course for his daughter and hypes her up as her announcerpic.twitter.com/r9Tg3HuHBT
— Wolf of X (@tradingMaxiSL) August 12, 2025

Vacation photos - don't be fooled!

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Real or Ridiculous? Guess Which Absurd Couture Outfits Are Legit and Which Are Fakes!

Get ready for a whirlwind tour through the zaniest corners of high couture! We’re plunging into a realm where designers toss convention out the window, crafting looks so outlandish they might be pure genius—or not. Your challenge? Spot the authentic couture creations from the over-the-top imposters. Test your fashion radar with these five wild looks, and we’ll reveal what’s real at the end!

Outfit #1: The Sideways Tulle Gown

A voluminous gown with layers of frothy tulle, tilted so the skirt juts out sideways like a surreal shelf. Labeled Viktor & Rolf, it’s styled with visible foundation garments. It’s bold, architectural, and defies physics.

Real or Fake? Viktor & Rolf are masters of avant-garde couture, but is this sideways gown a runway reality or just a model carrying a high starched couture gown?

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Outfit #2: The Pool Float

A vibrant dress with a shiny vinyl texture, a pink flamingo pool float at the bodice, a turtle float to cinch the waist and a tiger float gives a mermaid silhouette. Labeled Moschino, it’s paired with starfish earrings and sunglasses clutch. It’s definitely campy!

Real or Fake? Moschino loves pop-art playfulness, but is this pool float dress a Jeremy Scott masterpiece?

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Outfit #3: The Inflatable Unicorn Jumpsuit

A puffy, pastel jumpsuit that imagines a unicorn shape, complete with a horned hood and rainbow tail. Labeled Jean Paul Gaultier, it’s accessorized with cloud-shaped platforms and a sparkly bag. It’s whimsical and wildly impractical.

Real or Fake? Gaultier loves theatrical flair, but is this unicorn jumpsuit a couture creation or a fantasy?

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Outfit #4: The Chandelier Tuxedo

A black tuxedo draped in hundreds of tiny, jingling crystals that sparkle like a chandelier. Labeled Givenchy, it’s styled with mirrored sunglasses. It’s dazzling, disorienting, and far from subtle.

Real or Fake? Givenchy’s couture is dramatic, but does this crystal tux align with their vibe? Guess away!

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Outfit #5: The Taxidermy Bird Dress
A dress made of hawk feathers, escorted by a taxidermy bird headpiece, making it appear as though they are circling and clawing at the model's hair. The birds, whose feathers make up the skirt, appear to move menacingly as the model they're attached to quivers and shakes nervously beneath them. Labeled Alexander McQueen, it is macabre, striking, and undeniably bold.

Real or Fake? McQueen was famous for his dark, nature-inspired drama, but is this bird-covered dress a true couture piece or a ghoulish imitation?

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Got your guesses locked in? Let’s see if you aced the runway or fell for the fakes!

Here’s the truth behind these wild looks:

1. Sideways Tulle Gown: Real! Viktor & Rolf’s Spring / Summer 2023 couture collection featured gravity-defying, sideways tulle gowns.

2. Pool Float Dress: Real! Moschino’s spring/summer 2023 collection included the campy pink flamingo pool float dress by Jeremy Scott.

3. Inflatable Unicorn Jumpsuit: Fake! Gaultier loves drama, but this jumpsuit leans too far into tacky.

4. Chandelier Tuxedo: Fake! Givenchy’s elegance doesn’t jingle.

5. Taxidermy Bird Dress: Real! Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2001 VOSS collection featured the dress adorned with taxidermy birds, showcasing his signature dark romanticism, as documented in fashion archives like the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.

How Did You Score?
- 5/5 Correct - You’re a couture visionary!
- 3-4 Correct- Nice job—you’ve got a knack for spotting absurd genius.
- 1-2 Correct - Crazy couture is tough!
- 0 - No worries—absurd fashion is a jungle!

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Thanks, Piper! I got two wrong. I thought 1 was fake and 4 was real. Oh well.

By the way, this hit my X feed recently. Tell the truth - this is how you really make a living, right?

What kind of workout is this?pic.twitter.com/xTJ0uB3xvu
— Community Notes & Violations (@CNviolations) August 13, 2025

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Retro Corner

35 Photos That Capture The Beauty Of All Things Vintage

It’s not uncommon to feel nostalgic for a time in your life when you were happy, had few responsibilities, and had your entire future ahead of you. Some folks feel nostalgic for eras that they have never lived in, but they love the idea and aesthetics. This is called anemoia.
One Instagram account—‘June Cleavers Vintage Closet’—successfully taps into that feeling. The curator of this social media project shares photos of all things of vintage design, from retro recipes and fashion to furniture, tech, architecture, and toys. We’ve collected some of the most interesting pics that embody days long gone, to give you a taste of nostalgia tinged with a dash of wistfulness.

A few photos from the link:

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Definitely check out the whole thing!

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I'm going with Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science"

It's 1980-something & you're at the roller rink. What song is playing? pic.twitter.com/vsna2wt4dW
— LandOfThe80s (@landofthe80s) August 14, 2025

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One for the yutes

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Not gonna lie - I still do this

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This one might cause some dust to get in your eyes

I wasn’t even alive in 1985 and this video made me cry 😭

Was it really this great? pic.twitter.com/0B3eQKQw5T
— Based Bandita (@MissVega888 August 10, 2025

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DJ Doof - This Week In History Version

This week's spin of the yesteryear wheel landed on the year 1968. Here are some top songs from Week ending Aug 17, 1968 (courtesy of top40weekly.com).

Number 9:

Number 3:

Number 1:

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by retro scents

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Got any suggestions for retro content? Maybe some photos of some cool old thing you still have? Do the email thing at doof2112 at proton dot me. Maybe you can be featured on an upcoming ONT.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Go from the face of the fool;
you get no knowledge from such lips.

Posted by: mindful webworker - mmm mmm good at August 17, 2025 10:01 PM (L05+f)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 10:01 PM (tyHPG)

3 Th

Posted by: QED Texan at August 17, 2025 10:01 PM (fveCG)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2025 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

5 Yay Doof AND Piper!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at August 17, 2025 10:02 PM (jqb+G)

6 Practice oftener

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 17, 2025 10:02 PM (YlWIZ)

7 Good evening!

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:02 PM (ZdaMQ)

8 Comment!

(x) Posted

( ) Not posted

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2025 10:02 PM (0eaVi)

9 I love the retro vibe!

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

10 I’m in the final stages of making homemade raspberry chocolate chocolate chunk ice cream.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 17, 2025 10:04 PM (fveCG)

11 The Horde Must Be Under-counted In This

Not all of us partake.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)

12 Meow. Just checking in.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 17, 2025 10:05 PM (w3u3d)

13 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2025 10:05 PM (sAmhv)

14 Why is that runway fashion model carrying a big white whisk broom?

Posted by: davidt at August 17, 2025 10:06 PM (i0F8b)

15 Hello, Horde! 😊❤️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 17, 2025 10:06 PM (SRRAx)

16 Mason Williams.
Awesome!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:06 PM (2WIwB)

17 youtu.be/o0JqC2UDpoE

Retro? Nostalgic anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2025 10:07 PM (sAmhv)

18 Good evening Horde. Mega content! Thanks Doof and Piper!

Posted by: TRex - historic dino at August 17, 2025 10:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

19 Also, I have taken a bungee cardio class. It’s…interesting.

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

20 The price of alcohol has gone up. That might have a bit to do with the decline.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2025 10:09 PM (sAmhv)

21 Outfit #1: The Sideways Tulle Gown

If it was designed by your hillbilly cousin, it's be a Jethro Tulle gown.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2025 10:10 PM (0eaVi)

22 Damn Piper!
How would you dance with a girl at the Prom when she is wearing on of those things? Hell! How would she even get into my '65 Corvair?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

23 Inflatable Unicorn Jumpsuit looks like a "skin" from those crappy Fortnite ads of a few years back. Better watch out or it's time to get sued for IP theft.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 17, 2025 10:10 PM (TizQb)

24 1985. Doesn't seem that long ago, but it was. And 1975 was even longer, damn I feel old. But those were fun years.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2025 10:10 PM (iwlvf)

25 Fewer drinkers?
Moar for me!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

26 The price of alcohol has gone up. That might have a bit to do with the decline.
Posted by: Puddleglum

They'll make it up in volume.

Wait a minute. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)

27 If I could reset to 1985, I would.

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2025 10:11 PM (AOsQT)

28 Alcohol Consumption In America Has Hit A Record Low
Doctor's orders. Presumably a temporary condition. Young'n's will have to take up the slack for me.

Recreational marijuana use has stayed about the same

Well, mine has for sure. Especially since Med Pot was legalized here in the Land of the Red Man, but it's still a felony to have sched 1 substances and gubs, so, none for me, thanks. Sometimes I catch a faint whiff of smoke and almost miss it. But not really. I had my share.

Now I'm high on still being able to be above ground.
😶‍🌫️

Posted by: mindful webworker - every precious breath at August 17, 2025 10:11 PM (L05+f)

29 I suppose it will come as no surprise to anyone, but I was perfectly wrong on the fake vs real fashions.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2025 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

30 Evenin'...

Inaugural Sunday steaks at CSP Gulf Coast were a success. Probably the most tender NY strips I ever pulled from the grill. Think I'm gonna like it here....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2025 10:13 PM (nbLIj)

31 Real or Ridiculous? Guess Which Absurd Couture Outfits Are Legit and Which Are Fakes!

3/5. I thought the pool floats were fake and the crystal tux was real.

Admittedly, I was just guessing which ones looked the most like AI jiggery-pokery. I thought all 5 would be totally believable in a runway fashion show.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2025 10:13 PM (DgGvY)

32 If I could reset to 1985, I would.

One man's 1985 is another man's 1967.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2025 10:13 PM (Riz8t)

33 Thanks for the ONT! Classical Gas is a banger, and is still the only song that I'll do karaoke to.

Posted by: 496 at August 17, 2025 10:13 PM (Gei+t)

34 I'm going with Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science"
____________________

Push-It (Salt N Pepa)

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2025 10:13 PM (dIske)

35 If I could reset to 1985, I would.
Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2025 10:11 PM (AOsQT)

1975.
Now we're talking.
Best music
Best cars.
Hottest women.
And a good paying job!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:14 PM (2WIwB)

36 The mud goggles and the girl obstacle course are good entries. Well done. I do not understand the fashion segment.
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Terence Stamp is RIP. "General Zod".

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2025 10:14 PM (AOsQT)

37 Good evening morons y gracias Disco

That photo of people waiting in line for Raiders is on Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

38 Yay, National Black Cat Appreciation Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 17, 2025 10:15 PM (lUFok)

39 Why is that runway fashion model carrying a big white whisk broom?
Posted by: davidt at August 17, 2025 10:06 PM (i0F8b)

She was told she'd really clean up at the fashion awards.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2025 10:16 PM (0eaVi)

40 1975.
Now we're talking.
Best music
Best cars.
Hottest women.
And a good paying job!

Please.
Gas shortages
Vietnam syndrome
Leisure suits
Ford Pinto
The ass end of the hippy era

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2025 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

41 23 Inflatable Unicorn Jumpsuit looks like a "skin" from those crappy Fortnite ads of a few years back. Better watch out or it's time to get sued for IP theft.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 17, 2025

Don’t worry! It’s not real. Grok made the picture for me from my design instructions. It’s why I can’t be trusted with powerful things like AI. I do this with them. 😂

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

42 McQueen number will give one nightmares! what a weirdo!

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2025 10:17 PM (g47mK)

43 Good evening morons y gracias Disco

That photo of people waiting in line for Raiders is on Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

Howdy, SF! Well done with the geo-tagging of a nearly 45 year old photo.

*tosses a Club ONT restroom token to SF*

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

44 Howdy, SF! Well done with the geo-tagging of a nearly 45 year old photo.

*tosses a Club ONT restroom token to SF*
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:17 PM (QMAsf)
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*doffs dunce cap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

45 Took me awhile to get my phone back. Showed the 8 year old GD Piper's fashion stuff. She couldn't decide which was her favorite. You've got a new fan Piper.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (tyHPG)

46 Thanks for another dandy Sunday Night ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top.

Thanks to Piper for the fashion quiz. I did not achieve a perfect score but enjoyed it very much!

Love the retro!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (kB9dk)

47
42 McQueen number will give one nightmares! what a weirdo!

Posted by: runner

He is el muerte and potentially designing couture in the sky.

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

48 Hello all,

have a great evening.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (sPQoU)

49 That was… quite a fashion report this week.

Just imagine if everyone really dressed like that, like AI cartoons - would make the flower children look straight.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nature's way of telling you, something's wrong at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (L05+f)

50 43 *tosses a Club ONT restroom token to SF*

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:17 PM
***
High praise! I hear those things are priceless!

Posted by: TRex - or the woodpile out back at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)

51 June Cleaver's Vintage Closet is kind of misleading. The stuff depicted may be "vintage" but a lot of it is very exceptional high-end stuff that Ward and June would never see.

I saw a gorgeous vintage car today, a 1929 Stutz boat-tail speedster, with a straight-eight engine. But a '29 Model A Ford is a lot more representative of what the average guy could strive for.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (JcBxc)

52 Piper, I thought they were all real. My strategy was to take the most outlandish of the bunch and automatically consider it real by default. Then I saw your offerings and realized they were all insane...so I pulled the lever that named them all...just like behind the ballot curtain every election day.

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2025 10:20 PM (dIske)

53 >>>And no, it’s not because everyone’s suddenly swapped wine for marijuana. Recreational marijuana use has stayed about the same for the past four years, so this is more about people rethinking alcohol altogether.

I'd say it's more about people becoming a bunch of lame killjoys.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 17, 2025 10:20 PM (lHPJf)

54 39 Why is that runway fashion model carrying a big white whisk broom?

She let slip that she used to write C# code. Janitorial work is her future

Posted by: gKWVE at August 17, 2025 10:20 PM (gKWVE)

55 . You've got a new fan Piper.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (tyHPG)

I love this! It made my night.

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:20 PM (ZdaMQ)

56 I remember going to the skating rink in 1980. The song I liked the best was "Ring my bell" by Anita Ward.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 17, 2025 10:22 PM (f1kZG)

57
ESPN Sunday Night baseball is not only unlistenable (I mute it) it's also almost unwatchable. So many gimmicks, it's like watching a party with a game on in the background.

At least the Mariners are losing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2025 10:22 PM (kkTda)

58 Not gonna lie - I still do this

Well, sure. Why waste a whole block of cheese?

Unless it's Swiss and all the holes look like that.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's all mold anyway at August 17, 2025 10:23 PM (L05+f)

59 It's 1980-something & you're at the roller rink. What song is playing?
====

Shake Your Booty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:23 PM (RIvkX)

60 1985? The local roller skating rink played a variety because the customers were varied. So, R&R, country, soul, rap, pop, etc. All kinds.

I was mostly listening to WDVE in Pittsburgh. This song got lots of airplay there

youtu.be/RhE8VQlczS4

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2025 10:23 PM (sAmhv)

61 Here’s a tip of the glass to Jim, Sunk New Dawn.

I miss his one liners. And his broad knowledge. And his kindness.

Rest in Peace, sir.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (VTa9w)

62 Yay, National Black Cat Appreciation Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 17, 2025 10:15 PM (lUFok)

Hey Blanco! Guess what I found yesterday, while looking for something else altogether. That ARC-5 transmitter I told you about. I had cleverly packed it in a box that just fits, and which resembles a half-dozen other boxes of the same type that have stuff stored in them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (JcBxc)

63 1980-something & you're at the roller rink. What song is playing?

A lot of shit from ABBA, knowing my luck.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

64 I love the retro vibe!
Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

Great! I'll delegate even more of my work to you then!

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

65 The unicorn attire?

Coming to TikTok and cons real soon, I fear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (tKuI0)

66 Alcohol consumption down (for now). We're still recovering from an administration that decimated the restaurant industry. Alcohol is, also, a luxury item (for most people...Morons are rightfully excluded from that category).

As the economy continues to recover. New drinking holes will emerge, and people will return to keeping some cold ones in the fridge and some fancy ones on the bar.

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (dIske)

67 >>>If I could reset to 1985, I would.

I would reset to any year between 1985 and 2000.

Or a whole bunch of years before 1985.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (lHPJf)

68 "Taxidermy Bird Dress: Real! Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2001 VOSS collection featured the dress adorned with taxidermy birds, showcasing his signature dark romanticism"

So, when a faggy fashion designer uses them on a dress it's okay, but when I have a few hung up around the motel office it's somehow weird.

Posted by: Norman Bates at August 17, 2025 10:26 PM (/3eFd)

69 RIP to the original Zod, Terrance Stamp. Kneeling is probably appropriate.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 17, 2025 10:26 PM (CHHv1)

70 Great! I'll delegate even more of my work to you then!
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

Look at that. Already buckin' for management.

Posted by: RickZ at August 17, 2025 10:26 PM (gKDq2)

71 The woman with the black frame glasses, towering hair-do held together by 16oz of ozone destroying AquaNet, and the shower curtain dress?

So that is where Michelle Obama stole her 'style.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:27 PM (tKuI0)

72 At least the Mariners are losing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Watch it, you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:27 PM (CFSPL)

73 I was mostly listening to WDVE in Pittsburgh. This song got lots of airplay there

youtu.be/RhE8VQlczS4
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2025 10:23 PM (sAmhv)

Great tune!! Semi deep cut. The live version from the PW and HYF tours was outstanding.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

74 Do I have regrets about what I wore in the 70s?

Yes, yes I do.

Two matching leisure suits, one in rust, one in aqua.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

75 60 I was mostly listening to WDVE in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2025 10:23 PM
***
"Jimmy and Steve in the morning. Sometimes they're funny. Sometimes they're boring. WDVE!"

Spit, choke and puke big world of sports.

Posted by: TRex - retro dino at August 17, 2025 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

76
Just imagine if everyone really dressed like that, like AI cartoons - would make the flower children look straight.
Posted by: mindful webworker - nature's way of telling you, something's wrong at August 17,

High couture is supposed to be wearable, but just barely, and probably only to the Met Gala. The Moschino dress would be fun, though!

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

77 Here’s a tip of the glass to Jim, Sunk New Dawn.

I miss his one liners. And his broad knowledge. And his kindness.

Rest in Peace, sir.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:24 PM (VTa9w)

*nods slowly and lifts glass*

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

78 At the end of the day, alcohol is poison, so its probably for the best that fewer people are drinking, which also means fewer opportunities for ugly people to procreate.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 17, 2025 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)

79
Would I want it to be 1985 again? Let's put it this way, now that I'm retired, I do less and have largely ceased talking to people. That means, fewer dumb things.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2025 10:29 PM (kkTda)

80 National Black Cat Appreciation Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura

I appreciate our old Ony cat every day. But I will give her extra pets.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and skritches at August 17, 2025 10:29 PM (L05+f)

81 Desert tonight was vanilla ice cream smothered with huckleberrys and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 10:30 PM (tyHPG)

82 Not gonna lie - I still do this

I don't even cut it off.

People pay good money for moldy cheese.

Posted by: toby928 at August 17, 2025 10:30 PM (l3u+Z)

83 I suspect that top picture is an AI rendering.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2025 10:30 PM (JcBxc)

84 78 At the end of the day, alcohol is poison, so its probably for the best that fewer people are drinking, which also means fewer opportunities for ugly people to procreate.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

*looks at empty bourbon glass*
*fills glass*
*quaffs*

To each their own.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:30 PM (CFSPL)

85 The initial painting on the post caught my eye. The sky reminds me of what it looks like right after one nasty thunderstorm rolls through and has just left. And, if I'm not mistaken, the street and curb show wet spots. That's a nice touch.

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2025 10:31 PM (dIske)

86
Great! I'll delegate even more of my work to you then!
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:2

Be careful what you ask for!
Also, you cannot tell me you didn’t read “Givenchy doesn’t jingle” in my voice.

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

87 Two matching leisure suits, one in rust, one in aqua.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

Did you have it in a tan?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2025 10:31 PM (0eaVi)

88 75: yup 👍😁

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2025 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

89 Desert tonight was vanilla ice cream smothered with huckleberrys and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 10:30 PM (tyHPG)
=====

I often have occasion to inform people "I'm not your huckleberry."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:31 PM (RIvkX)

90 I have a thing for mid-century modern being mid-century myself.

Posted by: huerfano at August 17, 2025 10:32 PM (98kQX)

91 Desert tonight was vanilla ice cream smothered with huckleberrys and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 10:30 PM (tyHPG)

That's an odd landscape for a desert. They're usually just dry sand.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:32 PM (QMAsf)

92 It's 1980-something & you're at the roller rink. What song is playing?
====

Shake Your Booty

Bee Gees: You Should Be Dancing

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2025 10:33 PM (Riz8t)

93 Is the desert also a floor topping?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:33 PM (tKuI0)

94 Did you have it in a tan?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2025 10:31 PM (0eaVi)
====

Later, I had tan and green gabardine pants that both matched a green checked gabardine coat. Dark green tie, super wide.

Hideous.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

95 Piper,

How's about I send you some pictures of my custom-made frock and shoes next week from our Anniversary Party on Friday to post on your fashion segment? Or I can send you pictures now of the photos that convinced me to purchase those said items!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (SRRAx)

96 That's an odd landscape for a desert. They're usually just dry sand.
Posted by: Doof

My keyboard is 2×3 inches and my glasses are smudged.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (tyHPG)

97 hawk feathers will get you a felony conviction.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (SO2mX)

98 RIP to the original Zod, Terrance Stamp. Kneeling is probably appropriate.
-
Better remembered for that than getting thrown out of the highest office in the galaxy by Jar Jar Binks.

Posted by: Methos at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (zLwRl)

99 Be careful what you ask for!
Also, you cannot tell me you didn’t read “Givenchy doesn’t jingle” in my voice.
Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

Yeah, you're right -- I kinda did.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

100 Doof, yoouu'ree dooiing aa greeaat joob with thee OONT duutiies. IIf yoouu geet lucky maaybee MiisHuum oor Weeiird Daavee will take yoouu fiishiing aand let yoouu baaiit theeiir liinees.

This comment was type using the official Doof clan double vowel spelling.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (9vYpt)

101 Scott Paulsen and Jimmy Cren replaced Jimmy And Steve on 'DVE. J&S worked at some station in Florida, eventually coming back to Pittsburgh. Worked at another station, not 'DVE. I was gone by then, so don't recall the details.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 17, 2025 10:35 PM (sAmhv)

102 I well remember the summer of Classical Gas. Last time Mason Williams was heard from.

Posted by: Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour at August 17, 2025 10:35 PM (G5+As)

103 Darth Jar Jar, "Meesa make Zod bend!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:35 PM (tKuI0)

104 He is el muerte and potentially designing couture in the sky.
Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

He just pretended to die, so he could live out his fantasy, a life in the Amazon jungle, collecting shrunken heads and making platform shoes for the natives.

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2025 10:36 PM (g47mK)

105 My keyboard is 2×3 inches and my glasses are smudged.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (tyHPG)

I bet Muldoon could make that into a limerick

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:36 PM (QMAsf)

106 At the end of the day, alcohol is poison, so its probably for the best that fewer people are drinking, which also means fewer opportunities for ugly people to procreate.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

*looks at empty bourbon glass*
*fills glass*
*quaffs*

To each their own.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:30 PM (CFSPL)

***

Oh Baby!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

107 1985. Doesn't seem that long ago, but it was. And 1975 was even longer, damn I feel old. But those were fun years.
Posted by: Case at August 17, 2025 10:10 PM (iwlvf)

Growing up in the 50's, early 60's was even more fun. As long as you were home when the street lights came on, the world was your oyster. Being a kid back then was amazing. Before the nanny state decided that kids' activities needed to be made "safer". Wouldn't trade that time for the world. Lots of terrific memories, for sure.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 17, 2025 10:36 PM (5xuJ/)

108 I always tune in for Piper's Thread. I need to know what the competition is doing.

Posted by: Don Loper Original at August 17, 2025 10:36 PM (G5+As)

109 If I could reset to 1985, I would.

Do I get to keep what I've learned since then? If not, why bother; I'll just make all the same dumb mistakes over again.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2025 10:37 PM (3nLb4)

110 top40weekly.com, you could get lost in that place.

I'm not up on current pop music but it seems like there aren't as many instrumental hits as there used to be.

Posted by: javems at August 17, 2025 10:37 PM (8I4hW)

111 Damn, some of those photos in the 35 photo set really bring back some long forgotten memories.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 17, 2025 10:38 PM (/HDaX)

112 Grazin in the grass...
Perfect music for a lazy summer day at the small grass strip airport where I grew up.
Damn! Those were good times.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

113
Before the nanny state decided that kids' activities needed to be made "safer".

_________

Back then, kids were considered expendable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2025 10:38 PM (kkTda)

114
omg Viktor and Rolf! One of my favorite shows of all time, their Spring/Summer 2019 haute couture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwqDubrYR4g

You can skip to my favorite dress at:

https://tinyurl.com/yx72a8h4

But you'll miss some other awesome dresses.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 17, 2025 10:38 PM (ny95y)

115
Do I get to keep what I've learned since then? If not, why bother; I'll just make all the same dumb mistakes over again.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2025 10:37 PM (3nLb4)

__________

I would make a whole new set of catastrophic mistakes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2025 10:39 PM (kkTda)

116 I always tune in for Piper's Thread. I need to know what the competition is doing.
Posted by: Don Loper Original

Dahling, you have no competition!

Posted by: Zsa Zsa Gabor at August 17, 2025 10:39 PM (g47mK)

117 95 Piper,

How's about I send you some pictures of my custom-made frock and shoes next week from our Anniversary Party on Friday to post on your fashion segment? Or I can send you pictures now of the photos that convinced me to purchase those said items!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (SRRAx)

Yes! Both!

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

118 Heading in for the night. But, wife and I had a good weekend. Yesterday was a rafting trip down the Boise river. Fun as hell. Saw ospreys, kingfishers, some kind of ducks that were gray and larger than mallards, and a mink. It's cool to drift down the river and not know that the city is all around you. Feels very primitive.

Today we went to the fair. Saw young girls riding horses in competition. Also saw cows, goats, pigs, sheep and 4H arts and crafts.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 17, 2025 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

119 Piper,

How is Soup?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:40 PM (tKuI0)

120 One Saturday afternoon, back in the day, a friend and I decided to go catch a flick without checking what was playing. When we got there we saw this Raiders or something movie poster and thought it looked promising. We more or less had the theater to ourselves and got to see one of the great American action movies without any hype or knowledge of the film. The following week the lines were around the theater. The internet has nearly extinguished moments like this.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:40 PM (9vYpt)

121 Piper, I loved those selections. I've never really understood avant garde fashion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

122 I'll need your email addy, Piper - mine is teresa.hamilton.koch at the gmail thingie.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 17, 2025 10:41 PM (SRRAx)

123 Back then, kids were considered expendable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2025 10:38 PM (kkTda)

__________________________

I must be living in the past. I wanted to drop kick a rather annoying little ankle biter in the grocery store this evening.

I didn't. (figured it might be good to confirm that)...but to reward myself for my restraint, I loaded up on pineapple popsicles and Breyers Ice Cream (that's right two pints instead of the normal single).

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2025 10:41 PM (dIske)

124 I always tune in for Piper's Thread. I need to know what the competition is doing.
Posted by: Don Loper Original at August 17, 2025 10:36 PM (G5+As)

Easy there -- Piper doesn't do the whole Sunday thread.

Yet.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 10:41 PM (QMAsf)

125 hawk feathers will get you a felony conviction.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 17, 2025 10:34 PM (SO2mX)

The floor of those wind farms are ankle deep in hawk feathers...and eagle feathers...not to mention every species of migratory bird...hey, we're trying to save the planet over heah!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 17, 2025 10:42 PM (nbLIj)

126 I've never really understood avant garde fashion.

Because it's not about fashion, it's all about "shock the normies."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2025 10:43 PM (3nLb4)

127 Blanco... What did you finally end up doing about security cameras?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:44 PM (9vYpt)

128 Hey Blanco! Guess what I found yesterday, while looking for something else altogether. That ARC-5 transmitter I told you about. I had cleverly packed it in a box that just fits, and which resembles a half-dozen other boxes of the same type that have stuff stored in them.

Nice! Figured it would turn up sooner or later. I just had it pegged for the "World's Greatest Estate Sale!" in about thirty years or so.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 17, 2025 10:44 PM (lUFok)

129 I suspect the universe protects itself from time-paradoxes.
If anyone goes back in time to 1985, the nukes fly on arrival. That renders useless most of the knowledge gained since then. Because everyone's living in the Fallout world.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 17, 2025 10:45 PM (gKWVE)

130 can't travel back in time, just forward

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2025 10:46 PM (g47mK)

131 Okay, my job here is finished and it is time for bed! Doof is on deck for all couture questions. 😂

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

132 this Haagen-Dazs strawberry is the tits

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2025 10:46 PM (AOsQT)

133 It's 1980-something & you're at the roller rink. What song is playing?

It's "Xanadu"....by ONJ/ELO 1980.

I am old enough to remember Mason Williams on Ed Sullivan, and to have bought the "Classical Gas" 45. 8 year old me loved that song.

Top photo has to be AI, right?

Thanks for the ONT thread fun Doof & Piper!

Posted by: joemarine at August 17, 2025 10:47 PM (y171U)

134 Oh Baby!
Posted by: Diogenes

Ha! You’re only interested because of the Buffalo Trace!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:47 PM (9w3M/)

135 Good evening. The dog is staring at me like "Hey, jackass, think you could take me for a walk this evening?" Maybe I'll wait until after dark and it's a bit cooler.

Posted by: PabloD at August 17, 2025 10:47 PM (prLLr)

136 I saw a gorgeous vintage car today, a 1929 Stutz boat-tail speedster, with a straight-eight engine. But a '29 Model A Ford is a lot more representative of what the average guy could strive for.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2025 10:19 PM (JcBxc)

The old guy who was a kind of stand in grandpa for me was the first guy to get a speeding ticket in Oregon for going over 100 mph. He had been a fighter pilot inWW1. Bought a 1932 Cord.
He laughed.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

137 In 1975 I just graduated highschool. By 1985 I had a good paying job, a great apartment overlooking the Dallas CC golf course and a brand new solid red Camaro. Life was good.

But that song "Seasons In The Sun" danced through my mind from time to time.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2025 10:47 PM (iwlvf)

138 Always liked the song Grazing in the Grass. The instrumental version is good, the Friends of Distinction version is what I remember. Gotta have those 'sock it to me' and 'can you dig it' lyrics. And the girls with the Diana Ross wigs.

I thought it might have been written by Laura Nyro since it reminds me a bit of a lively version of "Stone Soul Picnic". It wasn't.

Posted by: JTB at August 17, 2025 10:48 PM (yTvNw)

139 I had Tillamook peanut butter cup ice cream for breakfast today and I haven't had a moment of regret or guilt all day long.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:48 PM (9vYpt)

140 Bought Safemo brand. Not the best, but not the cheapest. Didn't find out until I was setting them up that the 4TB storage capacity required buying an M2 drive separately. But it's all up and running now and the person who requested it all feels safer.

Yeah, 'cause now you'll have the break in recorded. Unless they steal the hub.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 17, 2025 10:48 PM (lUFok)

141 I don't know if 1985 was better, but I was.

That probably colors our views.

Posted by: toby928 at August 17, 2025 10:48 PM (l3u+Z)

142 I have been catching up on Louisiana's lawsuit against Roblox, no wonder the state wants a jury trial. Haole scheis, the Germans in 1945 might have had more deniability.

Escape to Epstein Island, Diddy Party, Public Restroom Simulators, and even shower simulators. Then there is the really sick stuff like Roblox leaving in their proprietary script the option to have naked avatars.

Hell I think FurryMuck in the mid-90s with their Age flag did a better job of protecting minors from adult content. Don't have the flag set, you don't get into the naughty stuff.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:48 PM (tKuI0)

143 I saw several different "brushing alone" memes and jokes today. What made this happen?

Posted by: Mighty White Fluoride Toothpaste at August 17, 2025 10:49 PM (G5+As)

144 Oh Baby!
Posted by: Diogenes

Ha! You’re only interested because of the Buffalo Trace!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:47 PM (9w3M/)

***

Holds up bottle of 15 year Redbreast.
*winks*
You were saying???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:49 PM (2WIwB)

145 119 Piper,

How is Soup?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17

He is currently snoring. He was left alone twice today and was a very good marshmallow. He was confused and concerned why he wasn’t going, too, because normally he does if everyone is leaving. But he did fine!

Posted by: Piper from the pool at August 17, 2025 10:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

146 We (hubs and I) regularly watched Siskel and Ebert back in the day, and after we saw the review of Raiders, we HAD to go! Being College students at the time, we could go just about any time to see a movie, so I don't remember any lines to get in.

Fast forward a couple more years, and we actually had the luxury of time to go to the local mall in College Station and park our hineys on the floor by the theater to watch "Return of the Jedi" on the first day that it came out. We were 1st in line!

By the time the movie started, the theater was packed. Unfortunately, at the climactic scene where Emperor Palpatine is zapping Luke Skywalker, the sound cut out and didn't come back on for several crucial minutes. The poor theater owner had to take it in the shorts and issue everybody there passes to come see it again another day.

Everyone was disappointed, but understanding. And we got to see it again a few days later, so all was well 😊❤️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 17, 2025 10:50 PM (SRRAx)

147 120 One Saturday afternoon, back in the day, a friend and I decided to go catch a flick without checking what was playing. When we got there we saw this Raiders or something movie poster and thought it looked promising. We more or less had the theater to ourselves and got to see one of the great American action movies without any hype or knowledge of the film. The following week the lines were around the theater. The internet has nearly extinguished moments like this.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Holy cow! That must haven been amazing!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:50 PM (9w3M/)

148 I've been to both New York and California state fairs and they were teh awesome. Spent the whole day and didn't want to leave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:50 PM (RIvkX)

149 The old guy who was a kind of stand in grandpa for me was the first guy to get a speeding ticket in Oregon for going over 100 mph. He had been a fighter pilot inWW1. Bought a 1932 Cord.
He laughed.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

You know who else went really fast in a Cord?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 17, 2025 10:51 PM (0eaVi)

150 Do I have regrets about what I wore in the 70s?

Yes, yes I do.

Two matching leisure suits, one in rust, one in aqua.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

Damn, and you admit it? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 17, 2025 10:51 PM (snZF9)

151 1980-something & you're at the roller rink. What song is playing?

Early 80's whatever was on the playlist for KOME and/or KSJO.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 17, 2025 10:51 PM (lUFok)

152 I saw several different "brushing alone" memes and jokes today. What made this happen?
Posted by: Mighty White Fluoride Toothpaste at August 17, 2025 10:49 PM (G5+As)

Microwave transmissions.

** Adjusts tin foil hat **

Posted by: RickZ at August 17, 2025 10:51 PM (gKDq2)

153 Holds up bottle of 15 year Redbreast.
*winks*
You were saying???
Posted by: Diogenes

$150 for 750ml bottle. What's your address and how late are you going to be up?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:52 PM (9vYpt)

154 Desert tonight was vanilla ice cream smothered with huckleberrys and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August

Sounds delicious.

Made blackberry cobbler and home made vanilla ice cream tonight. Still waiting for the wife to be ready for dessert though.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 17, 2025 10:52 PM (BbZ1G)

155 I am glad Soup is being such a good boy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:53 PM (tKuI0)

156 I've been to both New York and California state fairs and they were teh awesome. Spent the whole day and didn't want to leave. Posted by: San Franpsycho

Amateurs. The Minnesota State Fair is the best in the country.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:53 PM (9vYpt)

157 "Escape to Epstein Island" and "Diddy Party" are probably joke titles by 20 year old edgelords, intended for same i.e. not kids.
The shower simulator and some of that other stuff, I dunno.
Roblox' main problem is how they handle predators - they don't, and they tag people who catch these scum on their behalf as "vigilantes".

Posted by: gKWVE at August 17, 2025 10:54 PM (gKWVE)

158 The Texas State Fair back in the 70s was amazing. Wood roller coaster. big Tex. The Mercury Cougar roaring on the sign.

It was crazy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:54 PM (9w3M/)

159 I thought it might have been written by Laura Nyro since it reminds me a bit of a lively version of "Stone Soul Picnic". It wasn't.
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On my play list. American genius.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

160 Amateurs. The Minnesota State Fair is the best in the country.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:53 PM (9vYpt)

Scarcely surprising. They have Tim Walz for State Fairy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2025 10:56 PM (JcBxc)

161 Schlepp has a couple of really big name law firms working for him to go after Roblox.

Calling him a 'vigilante' and comparing what he did to get the vermin arrested to what the vermin were doing; I think defamation suit is also in order.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:56 PM (tKuI0)

162 Sometimes - like when I have trouble getting back to sleep after a late-night bathroom run - I think of all the things I did that had regrettable consequences. Thumbing back through memory, year before year, all the way back to what I should have said to my parents when they announced they were getting divorced…

Yes, things would have been entirely different today. Fortunately, things turned out as they did in the long run. For all the lost opportunities, grievous mistakes, burnt bridges, and high prices paid, I have a wonderful wife, two great grown kids and a fine son-in-law, more comfort than I could possibly have earned, and the prospect of several more years on the planet. I have to grit my teeth to say it, but I wouldn't change a thing.

Posted by: mindful webworker - not my will but Yours, O Lord at August 17, 2025 10:56 PM (L05+f)

163 Yeah, rust was in for a while. Furniture, carpets, clothing, towels, cars. Me? I preferred teal.

Posted by: 1988 Ford Probe at August 17, 2025 10:57 PM (G5+As)

164 Holds up bottle of 15 year Redbreast.
*winks*
You were saying???
Posted by: Diogenes

$150 for 750ml bottle. What's your address and how late are you going to be up?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:52 PM (9vYpt)

Better hurry.
Alcohol cutoff is coming up.
Need a clear head for.Geeezer Golf Tuesday.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

165 Amateurs. The Minnesota State Fair is the best in the country.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:53 PM (9vYpt)

______________________________

I'm old enough to remember the "Freak Tent" at my local state fair. It was, absolutely, hilarious, because I knew most of the "exhibits". It was just a bunch of people I grew up with including my third grade teacher who glued hair on her face to make it look like she had a beard. Another exhibit was the talking decapitated head. They buried a guy up to his shoulders in the ground and for some reason instead of talking to the patrons he would sing show tunes.

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2025 10:57 PM (dIske)

166 139 I had Tillamook peanut butter cup ice cream for breakfast today and I haven't had a moment of regret or guilt all day long.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Tillamook Blackberry is the awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:58 PM (9w3M/)

167 The King County Fair in Enumclaw, Washington was always one of my favorites when I lived there because because it felt exotic to have to go that far to look at cows. Now the place is a damn suburb.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 10:58 PM (9vYpt)

168 Schlepp has a couple of really big name law firms working for him to go after Roblox.

Calling him a 'vigilante' and comparing what he did to get the vermin arrested to what the vermin were doing; I think defamation suit is also in order.

That kid is a hero. But then I think that about anyone who takes down pedo's.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 17, 2025 10:58 PM (lUFok)

169 Nowadays the Freak Tent is the Democrat Party

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 10:58 PM (tKuI0)

170 Sigh...classical gas. One of my great triumphs and failures. I spent a week learning the song by ear, because I didn't have any music or tabs for it, and then spent a few weeks perfecting it. I was out of my frigging mind for even attempting something like that. Learning classical with no music is rough. I had it down to about 99% good, a triumph, because I always swore to learn it if I ever picked up classical. When I stopped playing any classical it fell to the way side with everything else, a total failure on my part to not even try to retain it. I did record it like I did everything I was learning at the time. I just listened to it. I need a drink...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 17, 2025 10:58 PM (snZF9)

171 Better hurry.
Alcohol cutoff is coming up.
Need a clear head for.Geeezer Golf Tuesday.
Posted by: Diogenes

Pssst. It’s Sunday night.
Tomorrow is Monday.

Mon. Day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:59 PM (9w3M/)

172 Yeah, rust was in for a while. Furniture, carpets, clothing, towels, cars. Me? I preferred teal.
Posted by: 1988 Ford Probe at August 17, 2025 10:57 PM (G5+As)

As a freshman in college, I had jeans but no khakis or the like, I had Levi's cordury pants in many colors, including rust.

Posted by: RickZ at August 17, 2025 11:00 PM (gKDq2)

173 It's 1980-something & you're at the roller rink. What song is playing?

You overestimate the size of the town I grew up in. Roller rink? You mean the sidewalk?

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2025 11:00 PM (DgGvY)

174 Posted by: Case

Are you still in Dallas? What area ?

Posted by: QED Texan at August 17, 2025 11:00 PM (fveCG)

175 Better hurry.
Alcohol cutoff is coming up.
Need a clear head for.Geeezer Golf Tuesday.
Posted by: Diogenes

Pssst. It’s Sunday night.
Tomorrow is Monday.

Mon. Day.

Posted by: nurse ratched

I get having to take Monday off. Geezer livers are slow to recover.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 11:00 PM (9vYpt)

176 Can any of You People identify the movie poster in the far left of the last pic, without looking it up?

It took me a moment to recognize the character.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 17, 2025 11:01 PM (ULPxl)

177 I think maybe I'll whine up a berry cobbler this week.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 11:01 PM (RIvkX)

178 171 Better hurry.
Alcohol cutoff is coming up.
Need a clear head for.Geeezer Golf Tuesday.
Posted by: Diogenes

Pssst. It’s Sunday night.
Tomorrow is Monday.

Mon. Day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:59 PM (9w3M/)
_____________________________

Ok, that's just classic. Save this one for next Saturday's weekly highlights.

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2025 11:01 PM (dIske)

179 Made blackberry cobbler and home made vanilla ice cream tonight. Still waiting for the wife to be ready for dessert though.
Posted by: Beartooth

Great combination. We like to make lemon blackberry homemade ice cream.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 17, 2025 11:03 PM (fveCG)

180 I had Tillamook peanut butter cup ice cream for breakfast today and I haven't had a moment of regret or guilt all day long.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Tillamook Blackberry is the awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:58 PM (9w3M/)
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And a better choice for a breakfast ice cream.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 11:03 PM (RIvkX)

181 Do I have regrets about what I wore in the 70s?
Yes, yes I do.
Two matching leisure suits, one in rust, one in aqua.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Mix-and-match? Aqua coat and rust pants, or vice-versa?

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2025 11:04 PM (DgGvY)

182 but I wouldn't change a thing.
Posted by: mindful webworker

Right there with you. I know what's behind me, but I don't exert much effort trying to crane my neck around to see my rear end. It's part of me but I prefer to keep my eyes forward.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 11:04 PM (tyHPG)

183 Sigh...classical gas. One of my great triumphs and failures. I spent a week learning the song by ear, because I didn't have any music or tabs for it. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Salt for your wound. A friend of mine learned it over a weekend. Perfectly. On Monday he went back to his job at the shipyard.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 11:04 PM (9vYpt)

184 Better hurry.
Alcohol cutoff is coming up.
Need a clear head for.Geeezer Golf Tuesday.
Posted by: Diogenes

Pssst. It’s Sunday night.
Tomorrow is Monday.

Mon. Day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:59 PM (9w3M/)
***

Really???
Oh thank heavens!!!
*pours liberally*
And I just cleaned my clubs and washed my balls.
I'm ready!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 11:04 PM (2WIwB)

185 Can any of You People identify the movie poster in the far left of the last pic, without looking it up?

It took me a moment to recognize the character.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 17, 2025 11:01 PM (ULPxl)

Bond. For Your Eyes Only.

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2025 11:05 PM (g47mK)

186 Do I have regrets about what I wore in the 70s?
Yes, yes I do.
Two matching leisure suits, one in rust, one in aqua.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*swoon*
Did you also drive a Trans Am?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 11:05 PM (9w3M/)

187 And a better choice for a breakfast ice cream.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 11:03 PM (RIvkX)

Waitaminnit.

There's a bad choice for breakfast ice cream?

Posted by: RickZ at August 17, 2025 11:05 PM (gKDq2)

188 Mix-and-match? Aqua coat and rust pants, or vice-versa?
Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2025 11:04 PM (DgGvY)
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Ha, no just matching not mix-and-match

Gold chain shiny polyester shirt

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 11:06 PM (RIvkX)

189 White smoking and holding a gun !

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2025 11:06 PM (g47mK)

190 Really???
Oh thank heavens!!!
*pours liberally*
And I just cleaned my clubs and washed my balls.
I'm ready!
Posted by: Diogenes at

I bet that made your putter stand up.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 11:06 PM (9w3M/)

191 >>> 185 Can any of You People identify the movie poster in the far left of the last pic, without looking it up?

It took me a moment to recognize the character.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 17, 2025 11:01 PM (ULPxl)

Bond. For Your Eyes Only.
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2025 11:05 PM (g47mK)

Correct!

I had to look up which movie was out that year.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 17, 2025 11:06 PM (ULPxl)

192 Classical Gas was summer 68. A Boy Named Sue was summer 69. My family went to Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherokee, and Gatlinburg on a two-week camping trip. Think I heard A Boy Named Sue 300 times on the radio.

Posted by: Old Yeller at August 17, 2025 11:07 PM (G5+As)

193 Did you also drive a Trans Am?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 11:05 PM (9w3M/)
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Ha, no dad's blue Ford Fairmont

I wanted a Trans Am so very badly

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 11:07 PM (RIvkX)

194 I suspect that top picture is an AI rendering.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The big sign, front right, is a well known business for the time.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 17, 2025 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)

195 A bride asked her 95-year-old grandad to be 'flower boy' at her wedding.
And he proudly walked her down the aisle.

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Is this supposed to be sweet or demeaning?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:07 PM (JkO4W)

196 Nurse

More like his Wood

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 11:08 PM (tKuI0)

197 Really???
Oh thank heavens!!!
*pours liberally*
And I just cleaned my clubs and washed my balls.
I'm ready!
Posted by: Diogenes at

I bet that made your putter stand up.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 11:06 PM (9w3M/)

A smooth stroke always gets it in the cup.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 11:08 PM (2WIwB)

198 To each their own.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:30 PM (CFSPL)

The dose makes the poison

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2025 11:08 PM (rbvCR)

199 >>> 193 Did you also drive a Trans Am?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 11:05 PM (9w3M/)
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Ha, no dad's blue Ford Fairmont

I wanted a Trans Am so very badly
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 11:07 PM (RIvkX)

The one from Smoky and the Bandit, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 17, 2025 11:09 PM (ULPxl)

200 The music selections on the Sunday ONT makes me think about the stuff I've been listening to lately. Been in a mood for smoky, small combo songs. Some of the songs:
My Funny Valentine
Summertime
Sophisticated Lady
Satin Doll
Misty
Fascinating Rhythm
Harlem Nocturne
Feeling Good
God Bless the Child
Girl From Ipanema

The entire album of Manilow's Paradise Cafe.

Posted by: JTB at August 17, 2025 11:10 PM (yTvNw)

201 I had grey corduroy elephant pants with cuffs. Could hear me coming up the block.

Posted by: Fashion Plate at August 17, 2025 11:10 PM (G5+As)

202 The one from Smoky and the Bandit, right?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 17, 2025 11:09 PM (ULPxl)

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It doesn't matter as long as it had the Screaming Eagle on the hood.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:11 PM (JkO4W)

203 Gold chain shiny polyester shirt
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Why does my phone suddenly smell like Aqua Velvet?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 11:11 PM (tyHPG)

204 The entire album of Manilow's Paradise Cafe.

Posted by: JTB at August 17, 2025 11:10 PM (yTvNw)

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Wait. You are a guy, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:12 PM (JkO4W)

205 Salt for your wound. A friend of mine learned it over a weekend. Perfectly. On Monday he went back to his job at the shipyard.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 11:04 PM (9vYpt)

Not that much salt, I learned it in between learning a bunch of other stuff at the same time. Then went back to my job as a metal guitar player.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 17, 2025 11:12 PM (snZF9)

206 Florida Man Tries To Sell Stolen Smokey Bear Signs, So Police Bring Smokey To The Arrest

I'm pretty sure that's a thumbs-up, but does anyone else think it looks more like Smokey is giving the cameraman the bird?

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2025 11:12 PM (DgGvY)

207 It doesn't matter as long as it had the Screaming Eagle on the hood.

We called it the "Disco Chicken."

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 17, 2025 11:13 PM (lUFok)

208 The invention of the Leisure Suit was someone's idea of a joke, right? Maybe a bet? As in, I bet I can get people to wear this....and the guy he had the bet with was the originator of bell bottoms.

That's how that happened, right?

Posted by: Orson at August 17, 2025 11:13 PM (dIske)

209 Think I heard A Boy Named Sue 300 times on the radio.

Posted by: Old Yeller at August 17, 2025 11:07 PM (G5+As)

That song was insufferable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 17, 2025 11:14 PM (snZF9)

210 Leisure Suit Larry has entered Chat

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2025 11:14 PM (tKuI0)

211 I had grey corduroy elephant pants with cuffs. Could hear me coming up the block.
Posted by: Fashion Plate

Did you catch an elephant in your elephant pants ?

Posted by: SO Confused at August 17, 2025 11:14 PM (g47mK)

212 All I got is a Moped
Moped
Moped

Posted by: Bowling For Soup at August 17, 2025 11:14 PM (JkO4W)

213 211 I had grey corduroy elephant pants with cuffs. Could hear me coming up the block.
Posted by: Fashion Plate

Did you catch an elephant in your elephant pants ?
Posted by: SO Confused at August 17, 2025 11:14 PM (g47mK)

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One time I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Posted by: Capt. Spalding at August 17, 2025 11:16 PM (JkO4W)

214 Girl From Ipanema

That's actually a fine tune.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 11:16 PM (2WIwB)

215 I'm pretty sure that's a thumbs-up, but does anyone else think it looks more like Smokey is giving the cameraman the bird?
Posted by: mikeski

It looks like he's flipping the bird to the perp. Don't mess with Smokey.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 11:16 PM (tyHPG)

216 Not that much salt, I learned it in between learning a bunch of other stuff at the same time. Then went back to my job as a metal guitar player.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

My friend had pretty good ears since he was a classically trained vocalist who specialized in singing Renaissance and baroque music. He could carry apart. Crazy good ears. He worked in the shipyard cuz It paid better than being a motet singer

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 11:16 PM (9vYpt)

217 The invention of the Leisure Suit was someone's idea of a joke, right?
Posted by: Orson

No, because:

Leisure Suit Larry has entered Chat
Posted by: Anna Puma

If leisure suits can be parodied, then they were serious to begin with.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2025 11:16 PM (DgGvY)

218 One time I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Did you bother patching the hole and cleaning the blood out, or did you just have to toss the PJ's?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 17, 2025 11:17 PM (lUFok)

219 The leisure suit was an abomination.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 17, 2025 11:18 PM (snZF9)

220 In the late 70's, I practiced the Kris Kristofferson fashion sense. I always wore my cleanest dirty shirt.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at August 17, 2025 11:19 PM (tyHPG)

221 It doesn't matter as long as it had the Screaming Eagle on the hood.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:11 PM (JkO4W)
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My cousin in Montreal married a dude who had one and I pretty much swooned when I saw it!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2025 11:19 PM (RIvkX)

222 204 ... "Wait. You are a guy, right?"

Smiley face.

Yup. Whatever his orientation, Manilow is one of the best music arrangers in the last 50 years. I'm sorry there can't be a follow on to Paradise Cafe since most of the performers have passed. A collaboration of Manilow and Diana Krall would be interesting.

Posted by: JTB at August 17, 2025 11:19 PM (yTvNw)

223
I am being unfolded in the arms of Morpheus. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2025 11:20 PM (kkTda)

224 My friend had pretty good ears since he was a classically trained vocalist who specialized in singing Renaissance and baroque music. He could carry apart. Crazy good ears. He worked in the shipyard cuz It paid better than being a motet singer

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 17, 2025 11:16 PM (9vYpt)

That I can understand. Music never paid good enough not to have some kind of backup job, unless you were an arena act. I always use my ears because I don't read music. Tabs are easy, but they drive my eyes crazy, so I just go with the ears. They are usually one and done.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 17, 2025 11:20 PM (snZF9)

225 Pic up top:

Whatever else you might do, do not let AI string your telephone lines.

Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:21 PM (I0N4X)

226 223
I am being unfolded in the arms of Morpheus. Good night, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2025 11:20 PM (kkTda)

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Just keep an eye out for Hades and his bitch Persephone. They're bad news, I tell yuz.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:21 PM (dDmld)

227 I love youse guys.

Thank you. You’re the best.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 11:22 PM (2QTfF)

228

This ONT is Truly Girthy, Girthy like you wouldn't believe, that much I can tell you

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at August 17, 2025 11:24 PM (vEse0)

229 Pic up top:
Whatever else you might do, do not let AI string your telephone lines.
Posted by: muldoon

It ain't great at parallel parking, either.

Posted by: mikeski at August 17, 2025 11:24 PM (DgGvY)

230 I love youse guys.

Thank you. You’re the best.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 11:22 PM (2QTfF)

Back at cha Beautiful Lady!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 11:26 PM (2WIwB)

231 Pic up top:

Whatever else you might do, do not let AI string your telephone lines.
Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:21 PM (I0N4X)

I'll have to figure out how to exclude AI stuff from my searches for ONT photos. Apologies to you all -- everyone gets a free 1 month platinum membership with ampersand privileges AND premium parking at Club ONT on every 5th Saturday of the month.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 11:27 PM (QMAsf)

232 CBD doesn't cut the mold off.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2025 11:27 PM (Dl5u9)

233 @174 QED Texan.

Still in Dallas? No, I lived in East Dallas (next to Mesquite) for a good while but moved to Tennessee when I got a better paying job. Stayed there for ten years and moved back to my home state Alabama. Don't think I'll move anymore. I love it here and plan on staying. My oldest brother still lives in the Dallas area. He will never move, his kids all live close to him.

Posted by: Case at August 17, 2025 11:28 PM (iwlvf)

234 How do you even avoid AI at this point, it seems to infest everything. Its like Skynet lives.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 17, 2025 11:29 PM (snZF9)

235 I'll have to figure out how to exclude AI stuff from my searches for ONT photos. Apologies to you all -- everyone gets a free 1 month platinum membership with ampersand privileges AND premium parking at Club ONT on every 5th Saturday of the month.
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 11:27 PM (QMAsf)

Probably "choose image prior to 2022" as a sort

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2025 11:30 PM (rbvCR)

236 The ONT has gone wholesome? Probably related to the fact that people quit drinking, I guess.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2025 11:30 PM (BI5O2)

237 I think so, Brain, but how do we get the hippopotamus into the Speedo?

https://youtu.be/OqMs9WsJg2k

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - narf at August 17, 2025 11:30 PM (L05+f)

238 One time I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Posted by: Capt. Spalding at August 17, 2025 11:16 PM (JkO4W)
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In Alabama, right?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 17, 2025 11:30 PM (5swlB)

239 CBD doesn't cut the mold off.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 17, 2025 11:27 PM (Dl5u9)
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Correct, he doesn't. But from cheese he does.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 17, 2025 11:31 PM (5swlB)

240 We have a launch in the morning, unless V-berg pulls their weather delays again.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-5
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 18, 2025
Launch Time: 8:44 a.m. PDT (1544 UTC, 17:44 CEST)

https://youtu.be/2MmiUUuGCy4

Posted by: Joyenz at August 17, 2025 11:32 PM (sPQoU)

241 *sips whiskey*
Turns up Simply Red on the tunes.
*watches sky go dark*
A great end to the day!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 11:34 PM (2WIwB)

242 *sips jasmine tea*
Gets up to brush teeth.
*watches clouds go by at early sunrise*
Here we go again!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 17, 2025 11:36 PM (5swlB)

243 Was a thunderstorm near by at 9:30 but don't think it ever got here

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2025 11:36 PM (+qU29)

244 Pic up top:

Whatever else you might do, do not let AI string your telephone lines.
Posted by: muldoon
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Phone lines look... OK.
The power lines are hickey.

Front wheel wells on the cars will limit turn radius.
Might explain the bad parking.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 17, 2025 11:37 PM (/lPRQ)

245 AI is trash.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 17, 2025 11:37 PM (mlg/3)

246 243 Was a thunderstorm near by at 9:30 but don't think it ever got here
Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2025 11:36 PM (+qU29)

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*looks outside*

*checks clipboard*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:38 PM (dDmld)

247 Managed to press another 2 gallons of apple juice. I have run out of pantry space. I have a couple of 2 litre soda bottles of juice that I probably will put balloons on to ferment them to cider.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2025 11:38 PM (rbvCR)

248 This ONT is Truly Girthy, Girthy like you wouldn't believe, that much I can tell you
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump

Girthy?
Like a can of Dinty Moore Beef 'Stew'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 17, 2025 11:38 PM (/lPRQ)

249 Was a thunderstorm near by at 9:30 but don't think it ever got here
Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2025 11:36 PM (+qU29)

Weather was beautiful all day here. Drove the convertible to a picnic about 90 miles away, and back, top down all the way.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2025 11:38 PM (JcBxc)

250 *sips whiskey*
Turns up Simply Red on the tunes.
*watches sky go dark*
A great end to the day!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 11:34 PM (2WIwB)

242 *sips jasmine tea*
Gets up to brush teeth.
*watches clouds go by at early sunrise*
Here we go again!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

Gotta call these a C - at best

A for effort though

Posted by: Haiku Master at August 17, 2025 11:39 PM (vEse0)

251 Miklos!!!!

'Sup?

Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:40 PM (I0N4X)

252 Managed to press another 2 gallons of apple juice. I have run out of pantry space. I have a couple of 2 litre soda bottles of juice that I probably will put balloons on to ferment them to cider.
Posted by: Kindltot

Do you put them out in winter to make hard cider?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 17, 2025 11:41 PM (/lPRQ)

253 Girthy?
Like a can of Dinty Moore Beef 'Stew'.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Girthy like a #10 food service can

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump Jr. at August 17, 2025 11:42 PM (vEse0)

254 'Sup?
Posted by: muldoon

Somewhat rested

Moderately Ready

Still pasty White in August

So,

FAILURE

Posted by: What Miklos did this Summer at August 17, 2025 11:44 PM (vEse0)

255 I think I would like Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing played at my funeral.

Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:47 PM (I0N4X)

256 I think I would like Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing played at my funeral.
Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:47 PM (I0N4X)

Well...not that I've put pen to paper yet, but I was thinking hits of 1969-70. I have set aside a couple K for the wake.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 11:49 PM (2WIwB)

257 FAILURE

********

Lower your expectations!

Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:50 PM (I0N4X)

258 255 I think I would like Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing played at my funeral.
Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:47 PM (I0N4X)

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Get The Party Started by Pink is on my playlist.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:50 PM (dDmld)

259 I think I would like Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing played at my funeral.
Posted by: muldooon

That funeral would require your demise.

You may avoid both by staying the hell away from any musicians who can play that.

Posted by: Cautionary Miklos at August 17, 2025 11:51 PM (vEse0)

260 Well going to do my part to fight the decline in alcohol consumption. What'll it be tonight? Probably some Barbados rum. I've been finishing off my cheap (but good) rum, bourbon, and rye lately. Almost time for another shopping trip. Have better stuff but touch it less often.

What does CBD say about bourbon prices and quality? I agree, but I set the bar for perfectly good everyday booze a bit lower than he does. For around $30 I have found very satisfactory stuff. Elijah Craig rye (finished this week) was quite nice with a cube or two - $22? The rum I might finish tonight (Doorly's XO) is about the same price, very nice. It's slightly better cousin comes in under $30 still, I think. Suppose tariffs will boost those a tad.

Not going to help the economy much but will do what I can on the booze consumption trend.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 17, 2025 11:51 PM (U/Byj)

261 Well...not that I've put pen to paper yet, but I was thinking hits of 1969-70. I have set aside a couple K for the wake.
Posted by: Diogenes

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So a Vietnam protest medley?

Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:51 PM (I0N4X)

262 Do you put them out in winter to make hard cider?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 17, 2025 11:41 PM (/lPRQ)

Generally I just drink it as hard cider on the rare times that I want something lik it. I do let it sour into vinegar, though.

I quit drinking a while ago, because I figured out I wasn't any good at it.

I was thinking of making apple brandy though, but at the moment it is a federal crime, Maybe some day.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 17, 2025 11:53 PM (rbvCR)

263 Posted by: Cautionary Miklos at August 17, 2025 11:51 PM (vEse0)

It's actually a very nice hymn and sounds lovely on an organ, if you like organ music.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2025 11:53 PM (2GCMq)

264
It's actually a very nice hymn and sounds lovely on an organ, if you like organ music.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2025 11:53 PM (2GCMq)

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Will they pull out all the stops?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:54 PM (dDmld)

265 So a Vietnam protest medley?
Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:51 PM (I0N4X)

As long as it begins with CCR and Fortunate Son.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2025 11:55 PM (2WIwB)

266 That funeral would require your demise.

You may avoid both by staying the hell away from any musicians who can play that.
Posted by: Cautionary Miklos

*********

Unlike Gen X and younger I do not expect to live forever. I embrace my mortality.

Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:55 PM (I0N4X)

267 Lower your expectations!
Posted by: muldoon

I would take your advice, but that would require getting into the basement with a jackhammer.

Too lazy for dat shit

Posted by: Miklos, generally Unconcerned at August 17, 2025 11:55 PM (vEse0)

268 Unlike Gen X and younger I do not expect to live forever. I embrace my mortality.
Posted by: muldoon at August 17, 2025 11:55 PM (I0N4X)

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I can squeeze you in this Wednesday at 8.

Posted by: Thanatos at August 17, 2025 11:57 PM (dDmld)

269 Unlike Gen X and younger I do not expect to live forever. I embrace my mortality.
Posted by: muldoon

"But not yet, Father"

Posted by: Miklos quotes St. Augustine at August 18, 2025 12:01 AM (vEse0)

270 Thanks, Doef, for a great show!
And, Piper, I totally want that puffy outfit for this winter, sans horn but with the poofy cloud booties. Great grog design!
Has anyone seen Hrothgar?

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 18, 2025 12:01 AM (11mhd)

271 Yesterday on my day off I went to a very lovely RC church and I went to sit in the narthex while people were having the Eucharist. I found it rather amusing and I was pleased that their organist was playing " O God, our help in ages past" which was written in 1708 by a non conformist ( non Anglican) Congregationalist minister and logician, Issac Watts in 1708, but I guess even certain hymn tunes have come over to the RCC .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 12:02 AM (2GCMq)

272 "But not yet, Father"
Posted by: Miklos quotes St. Augustine at August 18, 2025 12:01 AM (vEse0)

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Frikkin' Berbers, amirite?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2025 12:03 AM (dDmld)

273 I can squeeze you in this Wednesday at 8.
Posted by: Thanatos

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Let me get back to you on that. Maybe we coould schedule for later in October

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2025 12:03 AM (I0N4X)

274 5. Taxidermy Bird Dress:

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We saw that at the Met last year. Cool exhibit.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 12:04 AM (WfBjo)

275 Taxidermy Bird Dress:

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We saw that at the Met last year. Cool exhibit.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 12:04 AM (WfBjo)

If the designer had wanted to be a real prick, he'd have made the dress out of taxidermied porcupines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 12:07 AM (LuMF/)

276 I can squeeze you in this Wednesday at 8.
Posted by: Thanatos

*********

Let me get back to you on that. Maybe we coould schedule for later in October
Posted by: muldoon

And it has to go through billing with precise ICD-10 codes accepted by your Eternal provider.

That can take forever

Posted by: Miklos thinks there are Rules at August 18, 2025 12:08 AM (vEse0)

277 Wow this is going strong.

A few years back I had to help purge my mother's house - she had (has) a bit of a "collecting" problem.

Anyway, in the guest room closet she had hanging her clothes from the 60s. Also, my mother was quite the seamstress - she MADE those clothes from the 60s.

They were...well, retro-fantastic.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 18, 2025 12:08 AM (RoO7G)

278 Has anyone seen Hrothgar?
Posted by: SnailRacer at August 18, 2025 12:01 AM (11mhd)

Dunno if he is here tonight but I have commo with him in IRL he's about today.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 18, 2025 12:09 AM (RoO7G)

279 I wasn’t even alive in 1985 and this video made me cry 😭

I suspect that at some level just about everyone that isn't seriously messed up knows we lost something over the last 40 years.

Amusingly the least surprising thing for someone from the 80s about our current year might be Donald Trump as president. Rich guy, charismatic, with a good idea on how to talk to people through the media.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:10 AM (t0Rmr)

280 If the designer had wanted to be a real prick, he'd have made the dress out of taxidermied porcupines.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I believe this is within your extensive skill set.

You get the porcupines and I'll pay

Posted by: Fashion Forward Miklos at August 18, 2025 12:10 AM (vEse0)

281 Unlike Gen X and younger I do not expect to live forever. I embrace my mortality.

Gen X doesn't expect to live forever. We just tell the people telemarketing prepaid cremation and funeral services that to fuck with them.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 18, 2025 12:10 AM (lUFok)

282 Zelensky with a tweet bordering on sane and reality-based. We'll see (though real story may not be known for some time), but maybe the maximalist cosplay is over.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2025 12:10 AM (U/Byj)

283
in the guest room closet she had hanging her clothes from the 60s. Also, my mother was quite the seamstress - she MADE those clothes from the 60s.

They were...well, retro-fantastic.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat

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*salivates*

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2025 12:11 AM (ny95y)

284 The interesting thing to watch though will be Hollywood. Making an AI full length movie is still expensive, but within a few years it will be much cheaper then making a big budget Hollywood one and will likely be able to produce reasonable quality, especially in comparison to modern Hollywood's production level.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:12 AM (t0Rmr)

285
Frikkin' Berbers, amirite?
Posted by: Cicero

How many carpets do you need, really?

Posted by: Miklos, who lives in a cardboard box with scavenged used astroturf for flooring at August 18, 2025 12:14 AM (vEse0)

286 Gen X doesn't expect to live forever. We just tell the people telemarketing prepaid cremation and funeral services that to fuck with them.

I imagine things will take a turn for the interesting when Gen X starts retiring in a few years.

I'm not big on assessing things at a generational level BUT one those old grey beards start going I don't think the H1Bs, illegals, and gender studies grads are going to be able to keep things running baring a sea change (which with Trump maybe we will get)

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:15 AM (t0Rmr)

287 Gen X doesn't expect to live forever. We just tell the people telemarketing prepaid cremation and funeral services that to fuck with them.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

FREEZE ME

Posted by: Walt Disney's Head at August 18, 2025 12:15 AM (vEse0)

288 A good friend of mine in his mid 80's told me this week that at this stage in his life he has memories of th past but no dreams for the future. And that he feels irrelevant in the lives of his young great grandkids. This made me sad, so I told him that his memories plant the seeds oof dreams for his grandkids and great grandkids. He may never see them come to fruition, but he can plant the seeds.

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2025 12:15 AM (I0N4X)

289 Terrifying moment illegal migrant makes rogue U-turn in semi-truck before crashing into minivan and killing three people

https://mol.im/a/15009209

Posted by: Joyenz at August 18, 2025 12:18 AM (sPQoU)

290 within a few years it will be much cheaper then making a big budget Hollywood one and will likely be able to produce reasonable quality, especially in comparison to modern Hollywood's production level.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 12:12 AM (t0Rmr)

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When nearly everything you make is incoherent, unengaging dog crap, you make yourself vulnerable to cheap alternatives like AI, which makes incoherent unengaging dog crap at 1/10th the cost.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2025 12:18 AM (dDmld)

291 Here’s a tip of the glass to Jim, Sunk New Dawn.
I miss his one liners. And his broad knowledge. And his kindness.
Rest in Peace, sir.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2025 10:24

And another tip from here. He was a fine man, truly a gentleman. When I broke my ankle he took the time to email me and give me the details of his rehab from the same injury. It worked for him and he wanted to share and help a moron he previously didn't know.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 18, 2025 12:19 AM (55Qr6)

292 Terrifying moment illegal migrant makes rogue U-turn in semi-truck before crashing into minivan and killing three people

Just killing the drivers Americans wont. Really its an act of love

Posted by: Jeb Bush at August 18, 2025 12:19 AM (t0Rmr)

293 Well, just got back from the State Fair today. Apparently I am now the Pickle Queen of the State of Alaska. For six entries into various canning items, I got 2 3rd place, 1 2nd place, and 2 first place, including the Division Champion for Pickles. Damn. Who knew?

I'm pretty sure there is suitable monetary benefit to this, although I haven't checked. Four years ago I got an Honorable Mention and it was worth a cool $7.

Bet I could show that OnlyFans broad a thing or two.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 12:20 AM (1Gsou)

294 I'll have to figure out how to exclude AI stuff from my searches for ONT photos. Apologies to you all -- everyone gets a free 1 month platinum membership with ampersand privileges AND premium parking at Club ONT on every 5th Saturday of the month.
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2025 11:27 PM (QMAsf)

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Eh, I've seen worse. The Powerline Week in Pictures on Saturday ended with an AI pic of a hot chick with a gun. AI really struggles with hands.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 18, 2025 12:21 AM (OGOaV)

295 293 Well, just got back from the State Fair today. Apparently I am now the Pickle Queen of the State of Alaska. For six entries into various canning items, I got 2 3rd place, 1 2nd place, and 2 first place, including the Division Champion for Pickles. Damn. Who knew?

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Wait. I thought Clara Edwards dominated in this sector.

Posted by: Ain't Bee at August 18, 2025 12:21 AM (dDmld)

296 A good friend of mine in his mid 80's told me this week that at this stage in his life he has memories of th past but no dreams for the future. And that he feels irrelevant in the lives of his young great grandkids. This made me sad, so I told him that his memories plant the seeds oof dreams for his grandkids and great grandkids. He may never see them come to fruition, but he can plant the seeds.
Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2025 12:15 AM (I0N4X)

***

This X1000!
You never know what little thing will be the memory of a lifetime. Smartest thing I ever did was pull each daughter out of class and go down to the DQ for an ice cream cone. Then just sit on the street curb eating it. Afterwards, take them back to school.
Each daughter has done that with each grand kid.
The seed grows.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 12:22 AM (2WIwB)

297 And on that note I'm out. Road trip tomorrow. Good night folks.

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2025 12:23 AM (I0N4X)

298 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 12:20 AM

Congratulations!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 12:23 AM (2GCMq)

299
On Sept. 1 here in South Carlackey, the Hands-Free and Distracted Driving Act goes into effect. No cell phone "holding" while driving. From what I'm reading, they are going to go on a strict enforcement campaign.

For the first 180 days, only warning will be given. After that, it's fines and points.

Any use of texts, email, or written communication while driving is banned, as well as watching video. Only hands free voice calls will be allowed, and you can't be touching the device at all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

300 Just killing the drivers Americans wont. Really its an act of love
Posted by: Jeb Bush

Allahu Ack Bush~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2025 12:25 AM (mlg/3)

301
I'm in favor of this new law, based on the blithering idiots I've seen utterly distracted by their damn phones behind the wheel.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 12:25 AM (w6EFb)

302 Congratulations!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 12:23 AM (2GCMq)

I'm trying not to let it go to my head.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 12:25 AM (1Gsou)

303 RIP to the original Zod, Terrance Stamp. Kneeling is probably appropriate.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 17, 2025 10:26

Actually it's Terence. I have a certain attachment to the name spelled that way. That is the original Irish spelling, although the origin goes back to the Roman playwright Terentius.

Did you know that Steve McQueen's first name was originally Terence? Only other well known Terence was Terence Cardinal Boyle, at least that I can think of. Any others?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 18, 2025 12:26 AM (55Qr6)

304 Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 12:22 AM (2WIwB)

**********

👍

Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2025 12:27 AM (I0N4X)

305 Waiting in line for Star Wars a new hope in 1977. Yeah, I'm old. The line went on, it seemed, for ever.

Posted by: Archer at August 18, 2025 12:27 AM (IDphi)

306 "avant garde" (fashion) -- isn't that just a way of saying "STUPID LOOKING" ???

I only watched fashion shows for the lulz. Yeesh!

Oh, and "rust" color? Yeah, got a pair of Levi Super Bell Corduroy jeans in Rust. Also: Mustard. Thinking of selling to local retro clothing shop, along with long Dashiki skirt.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

307 My grandmother had a stove like the one in the picture above.

Posted by: Archer at August 18, 2025 12:29 AM (IDphi)

308 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 12:29 AM (bss/y)

309 The weird carpet fragrance I remember. Not so much the BO.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 12:32 AM (bss/y)

310 The story of the 70s Trans Am is much like the story of the just deceased Dodge Challenger. The TA almost got dropped cause of low sales. Then all the other makers dropped their muscle cars. Turned out there were this many sales in the market for those and instead of splitting them 4 or 5 ways the TA got all of them and it became profitable. The last gen Challenger also ended up with the entire large sporty coupe market so then sold profitability for a very long time by auto standards.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 18, 2025 12:32 AM (3/XaG)

311 The price of alcohol has gone up. That might have a bit to do with the decline.
- - - - - --

More likely they are making their own. Probably better quality, too...

Posted by: As not seen on TV at August 18, 2025 12:33 AM (9wst6)

312 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 12:25 AM (1Gsou

😉 I think you should let it go to your head. How many people can say that ?. I may help out at the Agricultural Fair coming up. Some fellow wants me to sit at the John Birch Booth. I'm a member . I guess I'll get to hear from some folks how the John Birch society is a bunch of Nazis//when it's actually a bunch of folks who support the constitution and John Birch was actually a serviceman in WWII
Who was also a Baptist missionary and killed by the Chinese.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 12:33 AM (2GCMq)

313 296 A good friend of mine in his mid 80's told me this week that at this stage in his life he has memories of th past but no dreams for the future. And that he feels irrelevant in the lives of his young great grandkids. This made me sad, so I told him that his memories plant the seeds oof dreams for his grandkids and great grandkids. He may never see them come to fruition, but he can plant the seeds.
Posted by: muldoon at August 18, 2025 12:15 AM (I0N4X)

***

This X1000!
You never know what little thing will be the memory of a lifetime. Smartest thing I ever did was pull each daughter out of class and go down to the DQ for an ice cream cone. Then just sit on the street curb eating it. Afterwards, take them back to school.
Each daughter has done that with each grand kid.
The seed grows.
Posted by: Diogenes

When my boys attended the same parochial school, I was able to pull them both out on a whim and we all went snow skiing together. They were thrilled to play hookey for a day and go do something fun with mom.

They still talk about it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 12:34 AM (ikoqu)

314 They still talk about it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 12:34 AM (ikoqu)

Good parentin'!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 12:35 AM (2WIwB)

315 I cringed whenever Mom showed up to take me out of class in elementary school... meant that I was going to the doctor or dentist & it would NOT be "fun"

God bless you parents, what take your kids for FUN stuff!!!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

316 Diogenes - 12 year vs 15 year Red Breast...I have been doing some digging.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 12:39 AM (9vYpt)

317 Time to go to bed. I have to get up early to go with husband to feed some sweet but yappy little dogs while a member of my congregation is on a cruise. I haven't had any animals in kennels for a long time but in this part of NJ it's apparently $60.00 per dog per day. Wow! We only have a cat so if we go away a friend or nice congregation member feeds him and changes the litter.

Good night all!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 12:40 AM (2GCMq)

318 'Night, Fen!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

319
Only hands free voice calls will be allowed, and you can't be touching the device at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Will police, fire, ambulance and utilities be able to use their two-way radios while the vehicle is in motion?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2025 12:41 AM (63Dwl)

320 Any use of texts, email, or written communication while driving is banned, as well as watching video. Only hands free voice calls will be allowed, and you can't be touching the device at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Makes damn good sense.

Who can steer, talk on a phone, smoke, and drink your beer at the same time?

Posted by: South Cackalacky Miklos at August 18, 2025 12:42 AM (vEse0)

321 blaster - thank you for letting me know. I guess I’m just not on Ace at the same time.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 18, 2025 12:42 AM (11mhd)

322 Diogenes - 12 year vs 15 year Red Breast...I have been doing some digging.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 12:39 AM (9vYpt)

*looks at shelf in den*

I embrace the concept of both.
The 15 year definitely has more depth in its flavor. Smooth.
Both are classic Irish.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 12:45 AM (2WIwB)

323 Oh, and "rust" color? Yeah, got a pair of Levi Super Bell Corduroy jeans in Rust. Also: Mustard. Thinking of selling to local retro clothing shop, along with long Dashiki skirt.
Posted by: JQ

"rust"

"ochre"

"burnt orange"

"???"

Posted by: colorblind Miklos with an old J. Crew catalogue at August 18, 2025 12:45 AM (vEse0)

324 >> Will police, fire, ambulance and utilities be able to use their two-way radios while the vehicle is in motion?

That's exempted, even for private citizens. Ie, use can still hold a CB radio handset. And it only applies to electronic "devices", and lists a bunch of specific such devices.

Physical writing as on a notepad or reading notes isn't banned, nor is eating and drinking. However, there's something in there that if any such activity results in "unsafe driving", you can be cited. Something like that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 12:48 AM (w6EFb)

325 I cringed whenever Mom showed up to take me out of class in elementary school... meant that I was going to the doctor or dentist & it would NOT be "fun"
Posted by: JQ

I used to get migraines in school and had to lay in misery in the nurse office until 3:45 because my mom was teaching in the same school. Guess who got the shit kicked out of him the next day?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2025 12:49 AM (mlg/3)

326 Rust can be any color from yellow to black. But it never sleeps.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 12:49 AM (LuMF/)

327 I embrace the concept of both.
The 15 year definitely has more depth in its flavor. Smooth.
Both are classic Irish.
Posted by: Diogenes

I know Bushmills and Jamison...but this mysterious Red Breast has my attention. It seems to be a major step up. Thinking for the first go around to get the 12. That leaves me money to get a single malt scotch 12 year which is a step up from my usual blended scotches. Goal: trying to move up the quality stack. Advice?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 12:51 AM (9vYpt)

328 if any such activity results in "unsafe driving", you can be cited. Something like that.
Posted by: publius

From now on, Darleen drives

Posted by: Miklos still has insurance from Agenencia Latino at August 18, 2025 12:52 AM (vEse0)

329 Sorry I'm late- I am subcontracting today's excuse:

https://youtu.be/JFvujknrBuE

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 12:52 AM (R256O)

330 >>>Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 12:02 AM (2GCMq)

Catholics don't "have" the Eucharist. It is received.

But we are all so glad that you are amused.

Posted by: Who Is This? at August 18, 2025 12:52 AM (X5kXT)

331 Guess who got the shit kicked out of him the next day?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Wow. That sucks!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

332 My work schedule had been a bit inconsistent lately. One of the occupational hazards of being an over the road trucker.
Sigh.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 12:53 AM (R256O)

333 It wasn't my grandparants standing in that line. Thanks for making me feel so young.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 12:54 AM (R256O)

334 I know Bushmills and Jamison...but this mysterious Red Breast has my attention. It seems to be a major step up. Thinking for the first go around to get the 12. That leaves me money to get a single malt scotch 12 year which is a step up from my usual blended scotches. Goal: trying to move up the quality stack. Advice?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Try Writers Tears. It is lovely.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 12:55 AM (0XtpM)

335
And there is an exemption for LEO, firemen, and EMS while performing official duties. IOW, they can text and use mobile devices, as long it's in the line of duty.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 12:55 AM (w6EFb)

336 Try Writers Tears. It is lovely.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Furiously digging a rabbit hole.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 12:59 AM (9vYpt)

337 Now that they have arrested the guy who stole the smokey the bear signs, get his mailing list and bust all the people who bought them for receiving stolen property

Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 01:03 AM (FxL3X)

338
An an exemption for reporting an emergency, accident, road safety hazard, and also for a medical emergency. In those cases, you can use the phone will driving.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 01:04 AM (w6EFb)

339 And Fenalon.

Please do not enter a Catholic Church to attend Mass for your amusement.

It is Holy to us. And Christ is present in the Eucharist.

Go to the movies if you want to be amused.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 01:05 AM (0XtpM)

340 Posted by: Who Is This? at August 18, 2025 12:52 AM (X5kXT)

Made a cup of sleepytime tea

I am not "amused" by the Eucharist and I didn't say that . and you'll have to forgive me for not using the correct language of take or receive .I respect the RCC . Otherwise. I wouldn't go there on a day off. I was amused at their playing of a Protestant hymn for reception
of the Eucharist and i sat in the narthex and said the Divine Mercy Chaplet while people received communion . Sometimes I sit quietly in the pew and pray . and by the way, we all believe I. The same Lord Jesus Christ crucified died risen and coming again. God.bless you !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:07 AM (2GCMq)

341 When I was in South Carolina public schools, every student could take 30 days off without any kind of doctor's or other excuse. It was a legacy of the time when children were needed on the farm, especially at harvest time.

Some days I did not want to go to school. I knew I had my 30. The nosy busybody school secretary would call and ask why I wasn't in school, was I sick, etc and Young Mama would respond in variations of "none of your damn bidnis" and "Do I have to over there right now and Have a Talk" and "Who are you again?"

In her good days Old Mama was pretty good.

Posted by: Miklos did not like school. Learning yes, school no at August 18, 2025 01:07 AM (vEse0)

342 Rust can be any color from yellow to black. But it never sleeps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
----

We prefer the brown stuff.

Posted by: The tin worms at August 18, 2025 01:10 AM (XeU6L)

343 Posted by: Who Is This?

LOL. It's easy to guess.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

344 Some days I did not want to go to school. I knew I had my 30. The nosy busybody school secretary would call and ask why I wasn't in school, was I sick, etc and Young Mama would respond in variations of "none of your damn bidnis" and "Do I have to over there right now and Have a Talk" and "Who are you again?"

In her good days Old Mama was pretty good.
Posted by: Miklos did not like school. Learning yes, school no at August 18, 2025 01:07 AM (vEse0)

Should have told the teacher you were taking an in-service day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:12 AM (LuMF/)

345 When I was in South Carolina public schools, every student could take 30 days off without any kind of doctor's or other excuse. It was a legacy of the time when children were needed on the farm, especially at harvest time.
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And, a 6:00 a.m. til 6:00 p.m driver's license, for the same reason.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 01:14 AM (XeU6L)

346 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2025 12:20 AM (1Gsou)

Congratulations. I enjoy making pickles but don’t envision entering them in the state fair.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:14 AM (fveCG)

347 And, a 6:00 a.m. til 6:00 p.m driver's license, for the same reason.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Sorry, forgot, at age 14.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 01:15 AM (XeU6L)

348 We prefer the brown stuff.
Posted by: The tin worms at August 18, 2025 01:10 AM (XeU6L)

Fiberglass cars and boats get eaten by polyestermites.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:15 AM (LuMF/)

349 Congratulations. I enjoy making pickles but don’t envision entering them in the state fair.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:14 AM (fveCG)

When making pickled eggs, how long must the eggs marinate in the vinegar to be considered done?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:16 AM (LuMF/)

350 Now that they have arrested the guy who stole the smokey the bear signs, get his mailing list and bust all the people who bought them for receiving stolen property
Posted by: clarence
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If they had been Woodsy Owl signs, I would contribute to a GoFundMe for the guy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 01:17 AM (XeU6L)

351 I'm just happy that the hottest days of the year have finally passed.

Nights are pleasantly cool, but not cold yet. Days still get toasty, but not *beastly* hot.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

352 I will eat dill pickles if they are offered, but I prefer sweet cucumber pickles, or pickled peppers and onions. I cannot eat fresh cukes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:18 AM (LuMF/)

353 When making pickled eggs, how long must the eggs marinate in the vinegar to be considered done?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

LazyMessenger makes pickled beet eggs that are simply divine. They do make for some serious egg farts though.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 01:19 AM (PComA)

354 And, a 6:00 a.m. til 6:00 p.m driver's license, for the same reason.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Sorry, forgot, at age 14.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Mike Hammer #42

A License to Harvest

Posted by: Miklos "Micky" Spillane at August 18, 2025 01:20 AM (vEse0)

355 Nights are pleasantly cool, but not cold yet. Days still get toasty, but not *beastly* hot.
Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

Getting set for harvest here. I expect to hear combines running this week.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:20 AM (LuMF/)

356 When making pickled eggs, how long must the eggs marinate in the vinegar to be considered done?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I’ve only pickled cucumbers (with onions and peppers—preferably jalapeño). I like pickled eggs but haven’t made them.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:20 AM (fveCG)

357 Surfaced. I found Writer's Tears at my local Las Cruces liquor store (yes, we have one liquor store). I will be shopping tomorrow. Thanks Nurse!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 01:21 AM (9vYpt)

358 LazyMessenger makes pickled beet eggs that are simply divine. They do make for some serious egg farts though.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 01:19 AM (PComA)

That is a known property of pickled eggs, to be sure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:21 AM (LuMF/)

359 LazyMessenger makes pickled beet eggs that are simply divine. They do make for some serious egg farts though.
Posted by: nurse ratched

The pickled beet eggs sound wonderful.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:22 AM (fveCG)

360 Get The Party Started by Pink is on my playlist.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 17, 2025 11:504

I was going to include "Another One Bites the Dust".

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 18, 2025 01:24 AM (55Qr6)

361 I’ve only pickled cucumbers (with onions and peppers—preferably jalapeño). I like pickled eggs but haven’t made them.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:20 AM (fveCG)

Used to be, every beer parlor in Canada had a two-gallon jar of pickled eggs behind the bar, and another jar of pickled sausage.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:24 AM (LuMF/)

362 Getting set for harvest here. I expect to hear combines running this week.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yep. Got to get the grain 'in' before the rain!

We had sprinkles yesterday. Maybe more tonight... they'll wait a few days for it to dry off & then harvest will begin around here.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:24 AM (rdVOm)

363 My experience with pickled beet eggs is limited to my childhood experience with my grandma’s homemade. She was a wonderful cook, baker, canner, etc.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:24 AM (fveCG)

364
Should have told the teacher you were taking an in-service day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Now it seems the teachers service the students.

Where were those horny teacher chicks when I was hormonally inspired?

Posted by: former teenager Miklos at August 18, 2025 01:25 AM (vEse0)

365 I seem to recall that cloves were used for seasoning pickled eggs?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:27 AM (LuMF/)

366 The first movie date that hubs and I had was to go see Raiders of the Lost Ark. Nice to see you Snail Racer if you are still around. I am enjoying a glass of Chivas, can I get anybody anything?

A thunderstorm passed through a while ago and the crickets have resumed their chorus.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2025 01:29 AM (0nHVk)

367 Way past my bed time. Night all. Sweet dreams of pickles (cukes and eggs and whatever else)!

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:30 AM (fveCG)

368 Cloves? Yeah, maybe... Never made pickled eggs. I imagine there are many recipes.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:30 AM (rdVOm)

369 314 They still talk about it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 12:34 AM (ikoqu)

Good parentin'!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 12:35 AM (2WIwB

Gonna unlurk for a bit…

A couple things…this might be the best ONT thread I’ve ever read! So musch good karma. Gotta be the music!

And second, my mom was a 4th grade teacher in the late 60s and early 70s. Told her students to go out in the summer rainstorms in barefeet and squish their toes into the mud. It made such an impact on some of them that they still send her Christmas cards…she’s106.

Posted by: Giles Overreach at August 18, 2025 01:31 AM (MDvLA)

370 Used to be, every beer parlor in Canada had a two-gallon jar of pickled eggs behind the bar, and another jar of pickled sausage.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Penrose was popular in these parts. Haven't had one of their pickled hot sauages in ages. Now I have a hankering.
https://shorturl.at/vcmzi

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 01:32 AM (XeU6L)

371 That leaves me money to get a single malt scotch 12 year which is a step up from my usual blended scotches. Goal: trying to move up the quality stack. Advice?

Glenfiddich.

Posted by: clarence at August 18, 2025 01:32 AM (FxL3X)

372 Hi, Debby!

Already have my glass of Bailey's... may I sit with you?

First date with hubs was our County Fair, in autumn 2002.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

373 Glenfiddich.
Posted by: clarence

On the list.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 01:33 AM (9vYpt)

374 My experience with pickled beet eggs is limited to my childhood experience with my grandma’s homemade. She was a wonderful cook, baker, canner, etc.
Posted by: QED Texan

I am pleased to state that I have no experience with pickled beet eggs.

I have seen some weird shit, man

But WOW

Posted by: Culturally Curious Miklos at August 18, 2025 01:34 AM (vEse0)

375 Race car driving trumpster Natalie Decker says she will strap in her baby to his safety seat in her race car put on their crash helmets and try to qualify for the daytona exfinity race to honor trump!

Posted by: raimondo at August 18, 2025 01:39 AM (wJeWc)

376 >>>Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:07 AM (2GCMq)

If you are as you claim, then you should know the bare minimum about Catholicism.

And I don't need your smug and disingenuous "God bless you."

Posted by: Who Is This? at August 18, 2025 01:39 AM (Z56oy)

377 JQ, I have got your seat right here.

Giles, that was a nice story about your Mom. I went to the wake for my third grade teacher a few years back. She was in her late nineties, but she was one of my favorite teachers ever and she inspired in me a love of reading that I have to this day.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2025 01:44 AM (0nHVk)

378 Aw, jeeez... do we hafta have a my-religion-is-better-than-yours blowout tonight?

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

379 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 01:07 AM (2GCMq)

If you are as you claim, then you should know the bare minimum about Catholicism.

And I don't need your smug and disingenuous "God bless you."
Posted by: Who Is This?

Honey, bless yore heart

Posted by: Friend of Fenelon Miklos at August 18, 2025 01:46 AM (vEse0)

380 I am pleased to state that I have no experience with pickled beet eggs.

I have seen some weird shit, man

But WOW
Posted by: Culturally Curious Miklos

Find yourself an Amish or Mennonite community for some homemade pickled beet eggs. Surprised you’ve never experienced them!

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:46 AM (fveCG)

381 *Wildly waving a Debby*
Will we see you in Texas?

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 18, 2025 01:47 AM (11mhd)

382 Waiting for who-dis to tell me to BIOYA...

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

383 Now really off to bed.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 18, 2025 01:48 AM (fveCG)

384 Aw, jeeez... do we hafta have a my-religion-is-better-than-yours blowout tonight?
Posted by: JQ

I have just been informed by the Management that Late Nite Hors d'Oevres are on the House

Posted by: Miklos notes that the hors d'oevres are in fact Jello shots at August 18, 2025 01:50 AM (vEse0)

385 Penrose was popular in these parts. Haven't had one of their pickled hot sauages in ages. Now I have a hankering.
https://shorturl.at/vcmzi
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 18, 2025 01:32 AM (XeU6L)

Pickled in Dexron II, it seems.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:52 AM (IF6wk)

386 Nursing home took hubby off of the "automatic" pain pill schedule. No more *zombie* hubs, yay!

But now he needs to tell them when it hurts. Not easy, as he tends to get agitated or just cry, when his hip hurts. Ugh.

Poor sweetie, I can only be there *so often* and wish he could just come home, but no...

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

387 Probably dog, he's been trouble making with new nics the past couple of days.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 01:52 AM (Dl5u9)

388 Senor Frog's in Cancun served all you could get down your throat jello shots and tequila slammers to all the youthful American women.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 01:54 AM (9vYpt)

389 I have just been informed by the Management that Late Nite Hors d'Oevres are on the House
Posted by: Miklos notes that the hors d'oevres are in fact Jello shots
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Sweet!

Howdy, Miklos! Hope you're well tonight!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

390 she inspired in me a love of reading that I have to this day.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Might be a good question for political candidates (as a surprise, but not a gotcha question)

Please name your elementary school teachers

Posted by: Miklos bets they would have Difficulty at August 18, 2025 01:54 AM (vEse0)

391
There are a few joints around here that still have the pickled eggs, and indeed in red solution, and the sausages. I'm going to make a note of the brands.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 01:54 AM (w6EFb)

392 Aw, jeeez... do we hafta have a my-religion-is-better-than-yours blowout tonight?
Posted by: JQ

I have just been informed by the Management that Late Nite Hors d'Oevres are on the House

Posted by: Miklos notes that the hors d'oevres are in fact Jello shots at August 18, 2025 01:50 AM (vEse0)
-

/stops holding breath waiting for kosher hors d'oevres.

Say, when you were kiddies, how many of you pronounced "hors d'oevres" as "horse de'oovers'?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 01:55 AM (5swlB)

393 Howdy, Miklos! Hope you're well tonight!
Posted by: JQ

Depends on how many Jello shots might be left for Breakfast

Not optimistic

Posted by: Genial Miklos knows this crowd at August 18, 2025 01:57 AM (vEse0)

394 Say, when you were kiddies, how many of you pronounced "hors d'oevres" as "horse de'oovers'?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 18, 2025 01:55 AM (5swlB)

Horse ovaries.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 01:59 AM (IF6wk)

395
she’s106.
Posted by: Giles Overreach

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

Wow. How is she?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2025 01:59 AM (ny95y)

396
I can name all my elementary school teachers. I mostly hated them or loved them, so they all made an impression.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2025 02:00 AM (ny95y)

397 >> Say, when you were kiddies, how many of you pronounced "hors d'oevres" as "horse de'oovers'?

Raises hand.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 02:00 AM (w6EFb)

398 Say, when you were kiddies, how many of you pronounced "hors d'oevres" as "horse de'oovers'?
Posted by: Biden's Dog

We were lower class. We only could afford snacks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 02:00 AM (9vYpt)

399 /stops holding breath waiting for kosher hors d'oevres.

Say, when you were kiddies, how many of you pronounced "hors d'oevres" as "horse de'oovers'?
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Well, if I knew *anything* about kosher food, I would gladly prepare kosher snacks for you, at Club ONT!

Also, Mom would jokingly refer to hors d'oevres (sp?) as "whores dee ovaries" (she could speak decent French, when she wanted to)

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

400 Spanish "tapas" is about the same as hors d;oevres, right?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 02:04 AM (IF6wk)

401 Say, when you were kiddies, how many of you pronounced "hors d'oevres" as "horse de'oovers'?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

The same ones who said "pusgettis" or similar for spaghetti

so everybody

Posted by: Genial Miklos hazards a guess at August 18, 2025 02:04 AM (vEse0)

402
Jack Schlossberg, Not-so-sweet Caroline Kennedy's son is a deranged lunatic and POS:

https://tinyurl.com/22n52c8j

There's a screw loose in that brain. He put on a wig and mocked Melania's accent for her letter to Putin.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 02:05 AM (w6EFb)

403 Spanish "tapas" is about the same as hors d;oevres, right?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Almost.

But when they have sold what they have, they are Tapped out.

Posted by: El Miklosio de Barcelona at August 18, 2025 02:06 AM (vEse0)

404 Well, past midnight here, and I am sleepy. Fun day tomorrow planned; remove motor mount in the 99 Suburban. Book time is like 2.2 hours per side.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2025 02:09 AM (IF6wk)

405 Well, past midnight here, and I am sleepy. Fun day tomorrow planned; remove motor mount in the 99 Suburban. Book time is like 2.2 hours per side.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

*silent tears of rust*

Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at August 18, 2025 02:11 AM (vEse0)

406 Book time is like 2.2 hours per side.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yeah, but the 2nd side will be faster, because the engine's already out, after the first one, right? LOL

G'night, AOP.

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

407 "Pasketty!" said my lil baby bro...

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

408 Tomorrow I find out the auto body shop hires interns.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 18, 2025 02:16 AM (9vYpt)

409 Snail Racer, I have made my travel plans, so barring any unforseen circumstances I will see you there.

Miklos, it is nice to have the pleasure of your company this evening. If you are in need of a restroom token JQ or I can supply you with one.

Good night AOP. I am off to bed soon I think, a wee bit of reading and I will be out like a light.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2025 02:17 AM (0nHVk)

410 Nite All

Consult your Professional Bartender before consuming NiteAll

Posted by: Miklos yields the floor before I hit it at August 18, 2025 02:19 AM (vEse0)

411 Terrifying moment illegal migrant makes rogue U-turn in semi-truck before crashing into minivan and killing three people

Piker! The illegal who bought a license in my license scheme managed to burn six to death. A whole family!

Posted by: Gov. George Ryan (who I pray is burning in hell at this moment) at August 18, 2025 02:20 AM (D0HYP)

412 402
Jack Schlossberg, Not-so-sweet Caroline Kennedy's son is a deranged lunatic and POS:

https://tinyurl.com/22n52c8j

There's a screw loose in that brain. He put on a wig and mocked Melania's accent for her letter to Putin.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Mile
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If he spoke in a complete sentence he did something his mom can't do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 02:20 AM (Dl5u9)

413 And be nice to Skip

School starts next week

Posted by: Auntie Miklos at August 18, 2025 02:21 AM (vEse0)

414
He put on a wig and mocked Melania's accent for her letter to Putin.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

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

Fooker's unhinged.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2025 02:27 AM (ny95y)

415 Late Night Greetings all

Nice to see Miklos among us. And Muldoon. And of course all the regulars.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 18, 2025 02:31 AM (QGaXH)

416 >> Fooker's unhinged.

Reading about his antics, he does look to be in the danger to self and others category. Needs to be committed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 02:32 AM (w6EFb)

417 Good night Horde, I think that ace is likely to have some fun with James Comey tomorrow.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2025 02:32 AM (0nHVk)

418 Good night, horde.

Sleep beckons!

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2025 02:33 AM (rdVOm)

419 Publius - thank you for all the fascinating astronomical (for lack of a better term) info you always provide. You've deepened my marginal understanding of the heavens above and the earth we live on.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 18, 2025 02:36 AM (QGaXH)

420 Richard Grenell@RichardGrenell . Aug 16

You ever wonder why @people and @Southern_Living are so woke and radical Left?

It’s because their parent company IAC (who also owns @thedailybeast) is a far left activist media group.

They hate Trump.
They hate Republicans.
They hate commonsense

Tracy LaMiere@LamiereT . Aug 16
Replying to @RichardGrenell @people @thedailybeast

I have been a subscriber to @Southern_Living since I left for college. My grandmother gave each of us the cookbooks every Christmas, lovingly inscribed. I inherited her collection years ago, too. My connection to People is not familial, but almost as long. In the past year my mother and I both canceled our subscriptions…for southern women this is a very big deal!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2025 02:38 AM (Dl5u9)

421 >> Publius - thank you for all the fascinating astronomical (for lack of a better term) info you always provide. You've deepened my marginal understanding of the heavens above and the earth we live on.

Awww shucks.... thanks.

There's another kinda sorta planetary parade forming on the early morning side of the sky now in late August. Venus, Jupiter, Saturn will be all visible. Then Mercury will pop up briefly as well, but that will hard to see, low and close to sunrise.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 02:40 AM (w6EFb)

422
Uranus and Neptune will be up there as well, so technically 6 planets "parading" in the morning, but you can't see Uranus and Neptune. The Moon will be in there as well.

I believe this morning and the morning of the 19th will be the best window.

Yep, just checked, Mercury's max western elongation is the 19th.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2025 02:46 AM (w6EFb)

423 Time to get moving, should be out the door I I. A hour

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 03:31 AM (+qU29)

424 Time to get moving, should be out the door I I. A hour

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 03:31 AM (+qU29)

Skip, you would love "Les Invalides," which is the French Military museum in Paris. They have an incredible collection of miniatures...thousands of them!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 18, 2025 03:52 AM (L5An7)

425 CBD that would be a treat to see

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 04:03 AM (+qU29)

426 420: I remember dropping a subscription to a golf magazine when they put a GlObauL waRmERinG edition out. It kept warning that all these famous golf courses will be under water in 10-15 years. St Andrews, Pebble Beach, Florida, etc

This was 20 years ago and exactly none of that happened.

The magazine went out of business, got bought, and resurfaced as the same magazine minus the pagan druids preaching the gospel of #kwimatechange. It's a much better mag now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 04:07 AM (sAmhv)

427 tinyurl.com/bdhd2kr2
Top 20 posts from Doug Ross Journal

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 04:16 AM (+qU29)

428 Google maps says would be there in just over a hour now.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2025 04:23 AM (+qU29)

429 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 18, 2025 04:32 AM (aURVT)

430 I hated roller skating day in kindergarten and day care. So much so that I never went back to a roller skating rink.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 04:38 AM (k2LUN)

431 426 420: I remember dropping a subscription to a golf magazine when they put a GlObauL waRmERinG edition out. It kept warning that all these famous golf courses will be under water in 10-15 years. St Andrews, Pebble Beach, Florida, etc

This was 20 years ago and exactly none of that happened.

The magazine went out of business, got bought, and resurfaced as the same magazine minus the pagan druids preaching the gospel of #kwimatechange. It's a much better mag now.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2025 04:07 AM (sAmhv)

The worst effects of global warming are always 30 years away.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 04:39 AM (k2LUN)

432 396
I can name all my elementary school teachers. I mostly hated them or loved them, so they all made an impression.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2025 02:00 AM (ny95y)

Same. I loved my fourth grade teacher. I can break the server as to why. My fifth grade teacher (second half) was a bitch. “You’ll never get past sixth grade with your handwriting”, she assured me. The next time I was at that school I had a bachelor’s in hand.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 04:42 AM (k2LUN)

433 trainer? we hardly know her!

Posted by: cmeat at August 18, 2025 04:33 PM (LgQ89)

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