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Mid-Morning Art Thread

Friedrich Crows1.JPG

The Tree Of Crows
Caspar David Friedrich

One of my favorite artists!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 Doffs hat, bids everyone a good day.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (AFtz5)

3 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (yEz+x)

4 If you look carefully, you can see Ace lurking under the tree.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

6 No boobs. No dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (QKhL4)

7 Meep meep!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Caw caw!

Posted by: Murderer's Row at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

8 End of fall, beginning of winter.

Cold winds are coming........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

9 You always know when the eagles are tooling about. The crows go berserk.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

10 Looks like Mordor as it was just getting rolling.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

11 The crows were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

12 This is the type of tree Home Depot gets their 2X4s from.

Posted by: Woody Tobias, Jr. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (JM9I6)

13 We should all chip in and give this to Ace.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

14 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)


*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

15 I would have saved this image for October.

Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2GVsD)

16 very gnarly
would hang
the Corvus genus has some interesting specimens

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

17
Looks like most of the crows from that tree have been harvested.

Tree of Apples > Tree of Crows

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

18 That tree matches my mood today.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (bqIVz)

19 8 End of fall, beginning of winter.

Cold winds are coming........
Posted by: Sponge

I wish. We have a “heat advisory” today and tomorrow.

Mid 80s.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (yEz+x)

20 Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?

The same one as all the rest of his "works".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

21 Wakes uo
Scratches.
Looks around.
Dang! I have several trees in my yard that drop their leaves in the fall. In the winter they look a lot like this. I think the branches all intertwined make a marvelous design when set against the typical Pacific NW grey skies.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2WIwB)

22 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

23 Looks like Mordor as it was just getting rolling.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)


Neighbor had a Chrysler Mordor where I grew up. That thing spent more time on jack stands than it did on the road.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

24 The crows were angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza


Turn, turn, turn

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (AFtz5)

25 How appropriate that someone named Caspar would paint a dead tree.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

26 1927 Yankees team picture.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

27 Morning Wood! Good Call!

Posted by: Vinny Viagra at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

28 That picture looks like a murder...

Posted by: AlecK at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (cMlC1)

29 is that a trower song?

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

30 Tree of Woe >>> Tree of Apples > Tree of Crows

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (Riz8t)

31 would hang

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)
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Wood not hang.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (Y+4g7)

32 Effective and atmospheric.

Miss Linda is fond of mentioning how intelligent crows are, how they recognize individual people and avoid those who have been mean to them, etc. And Ace had that video last night of the crow who visits with his human child friend every day.

Still, I tell her, "Get back to me when they invent the wheel, or air-conditioning for their nests."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

33 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (yEz+x)

34 Are we now couting crows?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (2GVsD)

35 So that's what ace's backyard looks like!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

36 I wish. We have a “heat advisory” today and tomorrow.

Mid 80s.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (yEz+x)


We're scheduled for 106 today.

My A/C won't like that one bit. I predict the house will hit 78 inside. Maybe 80.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

37 Does Ace know about this tree?

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

38 You'd think a murder tree would be better suited to use for hangings.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2RJDy)

39 [pi]
Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026

***
"The Mad Crows of Derry, Maine"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

40 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (yEz+x)


*leg twitches like a dog getting scratched*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

41 Nevermore....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (jehhT)

42 It's Geezer Golf Tuesday!!
Woohoo!
Today's art reminds me of all the damned trees I hit every week.
Talk about the wrong kind of early morning wood!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2WIwB)

43 It kinda looks like the tree in Cat People.

Posted by: No Name Today at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (8mulE)

44 That tree matches my mood today.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (bqIVz)
-

We're rooting for you!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (Y+4g7)

45 One of my favorite artists!

====

Tell us you like Hitchcock without telling us you like Hitchcock. This tree has got to be demonic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (JvZF+)

46 4 If you look carefully, you can see Ace lurking under the tree.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

Is he skinning a hobo?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2RJDy)

47 Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026


"the two young children, lying near naked under the vast oak tree......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

48 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!!!


Best day of the week! Get out your oven mitts and band aids and rub those bellies!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:37 AM (yEz+x)

49 12 This is the type of tree Home Depot gets their 2X4s from.
Posted by: Woody Tobias, Jr. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (JM9I6)

I laughed. Bravo!

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:37 AM (2RJDy)

50 This painting is nothing to crow about.

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

51 Marginally related:

A while back I wondered where the word "gallus" came from... a word used by old-timers/hillbillies/similar reprobates to describe what most Americans call "suspenders" and the Brits call "braces" (British "suspenders" are what we call "garters").

Turns out it's a dialect version of "gallows".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

52 Kind of eerie.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

53 I see three crows actually perching in the tree, a fourth near them about to land, and then a flock of them (or other birds) in the upper right hand corner. Also six more soaring in to land, presumably also crows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

54 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM

===

*leg twitches like a dog getting scratched*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM

I hope you shaved your gluteals recently, otherwise you just experienced hairassment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (GcVHA)

55 Spooky!

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (hftzA)

56 Crows are noisy bastards.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/Ect)

57 Thank the good Lord , no naked fat guys from Lucien Freud
Like this, nice and simple. Obviously a nod to Ace and his crows
Would hang , thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (sMkB+)

58 Tell us you like Hitchcock without telling us you like Hitchcock. This tree has got to be demonic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (JvZF+)
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Reminds me a bit of that spooky tree from the movie "Sleepy Hollow" (the Johnny Depp version).

I could picture the Headless Horseman emerging from the base of this tree at night to terrorize the residents of a remote New York village.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (FZ29D)

59
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)

60 Looks kind of spooky

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (n7SgH)

61 when wifey's friend died we bought and planted a contorted filbert in his mom's yard.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

62 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)
---
The crows ate him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (FZ29D)

63 This would make a fine cover for a Gothic novel or a collection of short stories.

The Surly Sullen Crow; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bole

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

64 Were we not promised a Lucian Freud today, is a comment CBD made yesterday evening?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (GcVHA)

65 Crow #1: Did you ever see an elephant fly?
Crow #2: Well, I've seen a horse fly.
Crow #3: Ah, I've seen a dragon fly.
Crow #4: Hee-hee. I've seen a house fly.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

66 You people sound like a murder of raven lunatics.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (sYM3s)

67 Alt Title: "The View From Ace's Window"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (tgIEo)

68 I counted 8 roadside memorials in front of slightly scarred trees on the 500 miles I drove on I-95 on Saturday. Some people's last earthly sight was of a tree trunk comin' at 'em. Cars always lose in a fight with a tree.

Posted by: Pining For The Fjords at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (JM9I6)

69
I hope you shaved your gluteals recently, otherwise you just experienced hairassment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (GcVHA)


Heh.....yeah, never really had that issue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

70 38 that would be a murderer tree.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

71 The crows ate him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM

How did you know the dog's pronouns?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (GcVHA)

72 When I was a kid, I thought Heckle and Jeckle were crows. No, my mother said, they were magpies.

Not being an ornithologist then or now, I dunno. Are crows and magpies related? (Other than both being birds, I mean)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

73 That's the tree that will grow over George Soros' grave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (JvZF+)

74 46 with a shotgun.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)

75 72 Wolfus, I believe that magpies are also corvids.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

76 Looks like the tree from "I Married A Witch" (1942)

Veronica Lake - wow!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX)

77 28 That picture looks like a murder...
Posted by: AlecK at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (cMlC1)

One that Keith Morrison would lean on halfway through Dateline right before or after they show the neighbor of the victim staring out their window holding a cup of coffee.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (SjAWL)

78 Magpies are thieves.

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

79 Not being an ornithologist then or now, I dunno. Are crows and magpies related? (Other than both being birds, I mean)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)
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I think they do belong to the same family or maybe even genus. "Corvids."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (FZ29D)

80 Weren't Heckle and Jeckle magpies?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

81 Wolfus, I believe that magpies are also corvids.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026

***
The '63-'67 Chevy Corvid was one hell of a car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

82 Magpies are thieves.
Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026

***
So are crows, I've been told.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

83 Yeah, Veronica Lake had it going on. Really short, though.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

84 The '63-'67 Chevy Corvid was one hell of a car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

But it did not have an independent rear suspension, nor was it available in mint metallic green.

Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at July 21, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

The Morning Report — 7/ 21 /26

SnowKowski.jpg

So, was it terrorism or merely tourism that was a bit too enthusiastic. I mean, really now...

A suspected anti-ICE terrorist has been taken into custody after allegedly carrying out an attack on a federal facility in Lower Manhattan, New York City. . . In a press conference following the attack, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Barnacle claimed that Arrabaca was “looking to injure people and harm people“ and described the incident as an “anti-government attack,” citing materials found on Arrabaca, including a sign that read “ICE Off Our Streets.” “An FPS Protective Security Officer swiftly tackled and detained the agitator, sustaining minor injuries during the incident. Officers quickly recovered the suspect’s bag, which contained what appeared to be two pellet guns and a manifesto,” said the Department of Homeland Security in a public statement following the attack.

Wait, Arrabaca. Is that a Muslim or a coffee bean? To his credit Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading an effort to identify and combat the threat of "Left Wing Terrorism" which although is a redundancy is indeed and remains a threat to our national security coming as it historically has done from Central and South America.

But as is illustrated by what happened in Lower Manhattan as merely the latest in a very long string of Leftist terrorist acts over not just the past few years but over the course of decades, our nation and society are in mortal danger and perhaps on the verge of being snuffed out for good unless the Left is utterly eradicated from every corner of our society especially from our schools which is where this cancer originated and from where it continues to metastasize.

The latest annual National Education Association convention, as usual, focused on the union's radical political and social agenda...The education of children in the three Rs was nowhere to be found at the convention. No one expressed concern that the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed that reading scores are declining nationwide among fourth- and eighth-grade students. No state recorded gains in reading for either grade compared with 2022.

That the DSA and let's face it full on communism has a receptive and growing audience not just among the fringes of society but a growing number of supposedly ordinary Americans who will reflexively vote for the candidate who has the "D" after his/her name regardless of what they espouse or worse, because they have been brainwashed into believing that America, the free market and the principles that built this nation into the greatest in human history are evil failures that are making them and the rest of humanity miserable.

You and I will alternately laugh and vomit at this but the average German laughed at Adolf Hitler prior to 1934.

The Democratic Socialists of America, buoyed by a slew of recent victories, have unveiled a new platform they insist “isn’t extreme” despite calling for fully disbanding the U.S. Senate and the presidency, replacing the Supreme Court, and defunding the U.S. military.

The DSA’s “program” was drafted by elected representatives between April and June of 2026, and is titled “Workers Deserve More.” The project, once completed, was voted on and approved by the DSA’s National Political Committee (NPC).

Oh there are going to be mass graves, gentle reader. The question is whose corpses will be in them, theirs or ours?

Have a good day,

    ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

  • The suspect is currently in custody, and an investigation is ongoing. The investigation is being conducted by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The building houses agencies including ICE and the FBI. As such, this potentially represents another anti-ICE attack comparable to other incidents, such as the sniper ambush at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas, a federal immigration facility.
    Suspected Anti-ICE Bomb Thrower Was Armed With Machete, Axes, Knives: Feds.

  • Storm conditions will extend from the Florida Panhandle to the west near Louisiana by Tuesday, the National Weather Service in New Orleans predicted. Flash flooding is expected to ravage areas from western Florida to central Texas through Friday, with rainfall possibly reaching up to 5 inches along the Louisiana coast, forecasters said. 
    ‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters


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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 July 21, 2026 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

2 This week's weather forecast for Houston vicinity is dry and hot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 07:14 AM (wVcYX)

3 ‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters

We're not going to make it as a people if a tropical storm announced days in advance leaves a wake of death.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:14 AM (pUU4E)

4 Community Notes

Darwinian forces exist. War ... never changes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

5 ‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters"

Her name was Bertha
Bertha Butt

Posted by: zombie Jimmy Castor at July 21, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)

6 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

7 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:17 AM (jehhT)

8 We're not going to make it as a people if a tropical storm announced days in advance leaves a wake of death.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:14 AM


They are so desperate they are pre announcing doom for a tropical storm with tens of millions in it's destructive path.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ)

9 well, there it is then, innit JJ?

I know which outcome I'd prefer ...

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 21, 2026 07:19 AM (VyBeY)

10
‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters

"Life threatening"? It's a tropical storm. This is just silly hype. Doom porn so that "activists" can jump up and down screaming about Climate and how much worse you, Mr. and Mrs. Republican, are making it for women, BIPOC and LGBTQ+.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 07:20 AM (O0L8i)

11 Happy Tuiesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:20 AM (/+uur)

12 I'm one of the Butt sisters.

Posted by: Bertha at July 21, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)

13 Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors
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Lemme guess...

He's got the ONE TRUE translation locked up in a secret vault.

No, you can't read it for yourself.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 07:21 AM (FZ29D)

14 >Older man slaps fan at Cubs game for not standing for national anthem in viral video: ‘Get up’
----

not a good idea
the Sitting guy is certainly being a dick, but no sense getting yourself into a beef over it

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 07:22 AM (ZxPkt)

15 An observation on an interesting article from ZeroHedge: https://tinyurl.com/ybsvuw42

Elites, in their effort to keep power, drive people away. You would think they could learn, but so far that is not happening. So they are trying to control more.

Why Trump is hated. He makes the area of the curve of prosperity wider and higher, not a spike over the elites. And freed some people from bad outcomes, so far.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

16 "Sen. Darline Graham Nordone Will Seek a Full Term to Succeed Brother Lindsey"

I thought that wasn't going to happen. The power went straight to her head.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

17 "Perfessor" Squirrel

On written tablets of Lithium Ion battery material. From ancient scholars.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

18 No one expressed concern that the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed that reading scores are declining nationwide among fourth- and eighth-grade students. No state recorded gains in reading for either grade compared with 2022.

It has not been about the children in 20 years.
It is 100% about the admins since COVID.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (/+uur)

19
Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

Well, so much for sola scriptura. If you don't like it, just make it up on your own.

Having been showing dogs for over 30 years, I've learned that the capacity people have for self-deception is almost infinite.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (O0L8i)

20 "not a good idea
the Sitting guy is certainly being a dick, but no sense getting yourself into a beef over it"

Dang. Accidentally spilled my beer. All over you. Sorry.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

21 From the Grauniad:

"Meanwhile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Fausto formed far from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and posed no threat to land Monday night."

Fausto?
Isn't that an opera?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)

22 She spells her name funny.

Posted by: Darlenes everywhere at July 21, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

23
Fausto?
Isn't that an opera?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)

Several. Faust by Gounod, Mefistofele by Boito and Doktor Faustus by Busoni.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 07:27 AM (O0L8i)

24 47 Republicans Are Pushing Amnesty For Illegal Alien Agriculture Workers

and

DSA...calls for fully disbanding the U.S. Senate and the presidency, replacing the Supreme Court,

I find it interesting that the DSA seeks out the most dysfunctional and corrupt branch of the USGOV and wants to anoint those members to infallible Philosopher King status.

For the non-chiliasts, Revelation 20:3, 7-10 just prior to the final judgment, Satan is release for a little while to deceive the nations and gather them for battle.

This and the rapid development of hunter-killer drones...

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:27 AM (rgGn5)

25 Asswipe almost set himself on fire.
That would have cost us a shitton of money.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:27 AM (/+uur)

26 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Rest easy, Senator Marshall will be reelected.

Even with 80% of Kansans living in our few urban areas, he can not get the incumbent out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

27 I thought that wasn't going to happen. The power went straight to her head.

The fastest path to demon possession is to participate in Babylon DC

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (rgGn5)

28 I will not be voting for Darline Graham Nordone.

I fear the opposition (Ralph Norman. etc.) will be splintered and she will win.

Ugh. Does this shit never end?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (qFwJc)

29 Even with 80% of Kansans living in our few urban areas, he can not get the incumbent out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:28 AM


That's what ex-senator cornyn here in Texas thought as well.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (0N4FZ)

30 "Perfessor" Squirrel

From an online source: Senator Marshall has a 91% chance of being reelected. YMMV.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

31 A chiliast is a person who keeps the thermostat at 65°F all summer long.

Posted by: The More You Know at July 21, 2026 07:32 AM (2Ez/1)

32 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

33 reading scores are declining nationwide among fourth- and eighth-grade students. No state recorded gains in reading

Serious question, are TikTok videos the only way remaining for being informed about the world around them?

If a person isn't literate, then transmission of knowledge is through pictures and spoken word.

Are we really getting to the point where every conversation begins with "Alexa", "Hey Google" or "Siri" ?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:34 AM (+4Cf6)

34 Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

The KS Senator that has the worst performance is Senator Moran.

Sen. Marshall has a good grounding in ob/gyn, and is sensible. He serves on AG and Health committees.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

35 >> Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

This kind of thing drives me nuts. Why are you even wasting your life being a pastor then?? Do something else… if you’re not a believer yourself it’s despicable to be in a leadership role in a church

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 21, 2026 07:36 AM (hxAVk)

36 VIDEO: FDA Says Claim that Taylor Farms Lettuce to Blame for Diarrhea Outbreak Was Based on ‘False Positive’ Test Results

Rumor now has it that Taco Bell's plague of explosive diarrhea originated in-

Chipotle's Secret Gain of Function Labs.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 07:36 AM (iJfKG)

37 FDA Says Claim that Taylor Farms Lettuce to Blame for Diarrhea Outbreak Was Based on ‘False Positive’ Test Results


Where do I go to get my reputation back?

Posted by: Taylor Farms at July 21, 2026 07:37 AM (+4Cf6)

38 47 Republicans Are Pushing Amnesty For Illegal Alien Agriculture Workers

Convenient that we're past primary season.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

39 Are we really getting to the point where every conversation begins with "Alexa", "Hey Google" or "Siri" ?
###

I can help answer that question.

Posted by: Your Amazon Echo at July 21, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

40 LinusVanPelt

He is a Leftist. That is where his true allegiance is. To Satan, not God.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

41 @31.

Wish I could afford to do that. But I do all I can to keep the electric bill down to reasonable.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 07:39 AM (bqIVz)

42 Why are you even wasting your life being a pastor then?? Do something else… if you’re not a believer yourself it’s despicable to be in a leadership role in a church

TBF, the role is in the Methodist "church". Been apostate for generations.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:39 AM (+4Cf6)

43 Taylor Farms

How much did you pay to get FDA to leave you off the source report?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

44 The DSA lists elimination of the senate as one of their goals. Why stop there? Eliminate the whole federal government.

Posted by: Allegory of the cave at July 21, 2026 07:41 AM (F1rMs)

45 So much fraud! Mandate a federal budget cut of 10 percent. Starting with Congress.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 07:41 AM (ah3ED)

46 At its high point, the Communist Party USA had 75,000 members in a nation of 144 million, in 1947.

DSA claims 150,000 members, in a country of 330 million.

They sure are getting a lot of coverage per capita. Here too.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 07:41 AM (zdLoL)

47 Sen. Darline Graham Nordone Will Seek a Full Term to Succeed Brother Lindsey

This makes me sad. I was under the impression that she had said that she would not and that's why I supported her being put into the position temporarily.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

48 Allegory of the cave

Just the tip. I promise.
- DSA to an underage, brain-damaged girl.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

49 If the Taylor Farms lettuce isn't the source of the explosive diarrhea... what is?

I would still accept Taco Bell just because, you know, it's Taco Bell. The FDA is worthless. I'd bet this "false positive" translates into a political contribution made by Taylor Farms to a certain group of politicians with pull at the FDA.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (jehhT)

50
‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters

The track of the tropical storm is expected to first take it through a vast Flour Mill, an Egg Company and Milk Distribution Network before hitting these states directly.

The batter is expected to be somewhere in the consistency of a tempura batter and pancake batter.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (iJfKG)

51 "This makes me sad. I was under the impression that she had said that she would not and that's why I supported her being put into the position temporarily."

Withdraw your support and don't vote for her.

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 21, 2026 07:44 AM (SExz7)

52 Way, Way Downriver

DSA is the visible snake in the grass approaching us. There are others, but the focus on DSA is not unwarranted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

53 Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

That belief seems to be strong within the Democrats Running For The Senate community.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

54 16 "Sen. Darline Graham Nordone Will Seek a Full Term to Succeed Brother Lindsey"

I thought that wasn't going to happen. The power went straight to her head.
Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

Trump endorsed her.

Put it down as a mistake for him. Even if he really likes her.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 21, 2026 07:45 AM (tOcjL)

55 Torrentially raining in Pa, good thing I got work from home or else I’d have to be driving in this mess.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2026 07:45 AM (XV/Pl)

56 49 If the Taylor Farms lettuce isn't the source of the explosive diarrhea... what is?

I would still accept Taco Bell just because, you know, it's Taco Bell. The FDA is worthless. I'd bet this "false positive" translates into a political contribution made by Taylor Farms to a certain group of politicians with pull at the FDA.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (jehhT)

Mexican lettuce. Removing it solved the issues in areas.

But, we tend to get a few outbreaks every year, many unsolved, so this will now go unsolved vs solved.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 21, 2026 07:46 AM (tOcjL)

57 I just realized I don't have a clue who won The World Cup. Shocked by my indifference I am.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 21, 2026 07:47 AM (kYhR9)

58 Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

I would like to know the pastor's authority to declare that God's Word is "full of errors".

What is a key admission here is that Hamilton is admitting he is unregenerate at best, and reprobate at worst.

1 Corinthians 2:14 teaches that the Scriptures are only understood through enlightenment of the Paraclete. That means to those who are not regenerated and made spiritually alive, the Bible is a closed book.

It is "full of errors" because the LORD has not seen fit, according to His own Pleasure, to include Hamilton among the Elect. In fact, continuing on in that chapter its scoffers like Hamilton who "consider the Gospel foolish".

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:47 AM (NzX/y)

59 Withdraw your support and don't vote for her.
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 21, 2026 07:44 AM (SExz7)

Well... I live in Texas so I was never gonna vote for her anyway.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)

60 Morning Horde. Another scorcher here, ugh.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 21, 2026 07:50 AM (aJQbY)

61 Nova Local

We have the technology to grow and harvest lettuce with vertical farming and robots. Capital intensive, but nowhere near AI levels.

I should post this over to a very influential Ag Econ Prof at Kansas State University. I bet he can get a grant for a pilot project.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

62 "The batter is expected to be somewhere in the consistency of a tempura batter and pancake batter."
>>>>>
Residents are being advised to preheat cast iron skillets, thaw shrimp, and safely heat a deep pot of peanut oil in preparation for the storm.

Posted by: Local media at July 21, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Well... I live in Texas so I was never gonna vote for her anyway.

Not living† in South Carolina hasn't stopped millions of "voters" from casting ballots.


† for all definitions of "living"

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:52 AM (NzX/y)

64 Darline Graham looked around from her luxury seat on an airplane while drinking champagne and jetting off to some pointless appointment and thought "You know, this is a pretty good gig".

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:52 AM (MWfyi)

65 RandomDave

Summer. Cooler than normal this year in rural Kansas. Not even one day above 100℉.

Mechanism: Sun is less active as it slides into the predicted trough of solar activity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

66 57 I just realized I don't have a clue who won The World Cup. Shocked by my indifference I am.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 21, 2026 07:47 AM
++++

It turned out much like WWII. The losers flew to Argentina.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)

67 Quarter Twenty

Ha!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

68 Taco Bell took weeks and weeks to get their AI-driven drive-thru kiosks to work right. This proves the diarrhea was Chinese.
A vote against data centers is a vote for explosive diarrhea.
There is a visible snake in this grass!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 07:55 AM (zdLoL)

69 Communist Streamer Hasan Piker Berates Moderates While Dressed as Mao Zedong

I did not have Hitler speeches in a Mao suit on my Bingo card.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:55 AM (/+uur)

70 "I don't have a clue who won The World Cup"

We all won. We are the world. We think like children.

Posted by: Pawl at July 21, 2026 07:55 AM (MWfyi)

71 Good morning Horde thx JJ , hope you and Mrs JJ are well.
I saw the NY Post headline yesterday about the African American Queens Borough president saying the DSA was "white supremacist". Warmed the coccles of my heart. Let the Girondins fight the Jacobins.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM (sMkB+)

72 > Sen. Darline Graham Nordone Will Seek a Full Term to Succeed Brother Lindsey
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Someone, somewhere with ties to the MIC (probably) realized they still need a Congressman on their payroll. They got her brother for a dime and figured they could splurge a bit on her.

I doubt she decided to seek a full term all on her own after only a couple days/weeks without some outside influence.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM (jehhT)

73 Mexican lettuce. Removing it solved the issues in areas.

But, we tend to get a few outbreaks every year, many unsolved, so this will now go unsolved vs solved.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 21, 2026 07:46 AM (tOcjL)

Judges would have accepted third worlder shitting where they work.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)

74 It is "full of errors" because the LORD has not seen fit, according to His own Pleasure, to include Hamilton among the Elect. In fact, continuing on in that chapter its scoffers like Hamilton who "consider the Gospel foolish".
Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:47 AM (NzX/y)

One of the “errors” he mentions is he says Luke puts the ascension at the Mount of Olives while Matthew has it 50 miles away at Galilee. His problem: Matthew doesn’t describe the ascension. So Hamilton is, among other things, an uninformed ignorant idiot…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 21, 2026 07:58 AM (TCUO6)

75 I don't know much about Lindsey's sister but she did keep Nancy Mace's breasts from running. Guess that's a good thing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (sMkB+)

76 A high today of 103 is predicted. The humidity is currently at 89%, so the heat index will be bad, very bad. Tree pollen is dangerously high, the boys mowed yesterday stirring up a lot of stuff. The first bloody Marys will be served at 1100. I'm staying in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (gm9Sb)

77 The US won the Men's Metric Kickball competition.
Great PR. Hearts and minds. Well attended. Economic stimulus.
And Buc-ee's will be expanding internationally.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

78 I have the feeling lines are not very long at Taco Bells anymore.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (bqIVz)

79 IMPACT: Gas prices sharply rose following the outbreak of the Iran War in late February. Prices peaked at $4.56 in May but moderated following news of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran in June. This has since unraveled. Rising fuel costs place financial strain on American households are less than 2% of the average family's budget.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

80 78 I have the feeling lines are not very long at Taco Bells anymore.
Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (bqIVz)

Shitter line is out the door.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)

81 If You Want Abundance, You Have to Fix Permitting Law

I read that as If you want Ambulance

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

82 Kansas Dem frontrunner looks like he's from the Talarico school of "Christian" politics

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:03 AM (sMkB+)

83 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:03 AM (2YhKe)

84 Someone, somewhere with ties to the MIC (probably) realized they still need a Congressman on their payroll. They got her brother for a dime and figured they could splurge a bit on her.

I doubt she decided to seek a full term all on her own after only a couple days/weeks without some outside influence.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM
_______

For what reason does the senator from Raytheon rise?

Posted by: The senator from Lockheed Martin at July 21, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

85 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 21, 2026 08:03 AM (53oGX)

86 Abominable Snow-kowski.

Nice......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

87 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:04 AM (77rzZ)

88 Matthews came on after Democratic strategist James Carville went on a diatribe against Sanders, and as the MSNBC host made reference to that, he invoked the historical episode when the Germans overran the Maginot Line and forced France to surrender in the middle of World War II.

Attention Chris Matthews:

The Germans did not overrun the Maginot Line. Instead, they bypassed it during the early stages of World War II, using the Ardennes offensive to attack from the Belgian front and quickly pushed deep into France, leading to the fall of France in June 1940.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:04 AM (WPIH0)

89 They always win the language battle. They've been labeling us Nazis and Trump as Hitler for a decade, then they turn around and do Nazi things, implement communist ideas and platforms and are looking for their Adolph Hitler. The next Hitler WILL be islhamic, bet on it. Because they don't care about who they kill, they just want world domination.

Democrats and their communist ilk think they'll have a seat at the table. They won't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

90 The first bloody Marys will be served at 1100. I'm staying in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM
****

You've got to start in the morning if you want to drink all day.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 21, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)

91 NotTheBee: if I had to describe Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' in one sentence: It plays out like an atheist adapting the Bible.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:09 AM (WPIH0)

92 Older man slaps fan at Cubs game for not standing for national anthem in viral video: ‘Get up’
----

Whenever I watched a movie at an on-base theater, there was always a grumpy old vet ready to deliver a thwacking to insolent young punks who wouldn't stand for the national anthem. And no, I never got thwacked upside the head.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 21, 2026 08:09 AM (kpS4V)

93 And Buc-ee's will be expanding internationally.

In Europe (and the UK), they'll be limited to 20 square feet, a photo of a gas pump, a port-a-potty, and a half eaten package of Twinkees. To keep the citizenry from expecting too much.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

94 Adam Hamilton, a frontrunner in the Kansas’s Democrat primary race for Senate, is a Methodist pastor who believes that the Bible is full of errors. Hamilton is a senior pastor at Resurrection, A United Methodist Church, who is running for Senate, hoping to take down Republican Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS).

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:11 AM (WPIH0)

95 And Buc-ee's will be expanding internationally.

In Europe (and the UK), they'll be limited to 20 square feet, a photo of a gas pump, a port-a-potty, and a half eaten package of Twinkees. To keep the citizenry from expecting too much.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)


They WANT a Buc-ee's.

They'd settle for a Casey's.

They'll get nothing and like it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

96 Quarter Twenty

Yup. I was amazed to go to a movie where the National Anthem was not played first. I was out of high school.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

97 A federal appeals court is affirming a five-year prison sentence for Charles Littlejohn, a consultant to the IRS who leaked President Trump’s tax return information to the New York Times and tax information about thousands of the richest Americans including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett to ProPublica.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (WPIH0)

98 ‘Logger’ and ‘North Woods’ Maine U.S. Senate Candidate Is Also Political Operative of Boston-Based Labor Union

Hes a lumberjack
and hes (not) OK

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (/+uur)

99 94 Adam Hamilton, a frontrunner in the Kansas’s Democrat primary race for Senate, is a Methodist pastor who believes that the Bible is full of errors.

Because he was there when it was written ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (n7SgH)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (/+uur)

101 The Democrat Party is incompatible with Christianity.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

102 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

#96 was my response. Copy / paste error.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:14 AM (u82oZ)

103 Upto 1948, Jews and Arabs were termed "Palestinian", for the geography. It's not a "religion" nor an "ethnicity."

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:14 AM (WPIH0)

104 Adam Hamilton, a frontrunner in the Kansas’s Democrat primary race for Senate, is a Methodist pastor who believes that the Bible is full of errors.

Because he was there when it was written ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (n7SgH)


He's well versed in the language the Dead Sea Scrolls are written in and is so close to God, he knows God goofed.

Ok.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:14 AM (2YhKe)

105 Bulg

The Democrat Party is incompatible with Christianity and Advanced Civilization.

FIFY.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

106 I got roped in reading Mark Halperin's article as I wanted to see someone summarize what they "thought" was going on with the Democrats, Republicans and Israel.

Save yourself the click, he's bullshitting you.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:16 AM (JWXSB)

107 Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

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Hmm, whom shall I choose? Democrat Pastor stating Bible is full of errors (sounds an awful lot like Talafreako)...

...or my belief that the Bible comes directly from G*d.

I'm going with G*d.

It's quite an interesting observation that, just like they do with the Constitution, they're so full of hubris and pure arrogance in believing they have all of this hidden knowledge in knowing the Bible is "full of errors." And just like the roadblock of the Constitution, they are trying to rewrite what the Bible actually means. These people are sickening.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

108 DSA Co-Chair: We Want To Abolish The Senate

"We don't think that's extreme."

This is now part of the Democrat party 'Big Tent.'

17th kind of did that.
There is no one that Represents the State in DC.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:16 AM (/+uur)

109
I'm going with G*d.

It's quite an interesting observation that, just like they do with the Constitution, they're so full of hubris and pure arrogance in believing they have all of this hidden knowledge in knowing the Bible is "full of errors." And just like the roadblock of the Constitution, they are trying to rewrite what the Bible actually means. These people are sickening.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)


I haven't quite figured out how to make it go viral, but I want to develop a line of shirts and hats that have one basic premise:

God didn't get it wrong. You did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

110 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"
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So then why did they crucify Him?

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (JWXSB)

111 From Bernie Sanders:
"Never before in the history of our country have so few people held so much power and had so much wealth.

And these are not nice people. They are greedy people, and just because they have billions of dollars, they think that is not enough."

Says the person with 3 houses, one of which is on Lake Champlain, doesn't fly coach and hasn't worked a day in his life.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (N39Ws)

112 Loved seeing Marco verbally bitch slap Medea Benjamin and tell her he hopes Israel completely destroys Hamas. When she complained about civilians he responded Hamas put the civilians in harms way. Well done Marco, f u "Medea"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (sMkB+)

113 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"
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So then why did they crucify Him?
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (JWXSB)


I'm willing to bet Joy Behar knows f*ckall about Jesus.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)

114 If Trump wants to help change the culture, one way he can do it is by expediting the trials of some of these nutbags and doing it in a very public way.

If he allowed federal agents to take this anti-ICE terrorist out into Times Square and give him 40 lashes with a braided whip and then set about to his head with their boots until he was brain dead, you'd find a lot less ICE protestors in the future.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 08:19 AM (KgaOU)

115 Lady in Black

So long as the Democrats fight Commie against Islamist, so long will they be a little people, a silly people--greedy, barbarous and cruel.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

116 Zero Sympathy for the Democrats’ Political Death March
After years of empowering the fringe, Democrat insiders are discovering that the monsters they cultivated are now consuming them.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:20 AM (WPIH0)

117 I don't know much about Lindsey's sister but she did keep Nancy Mace's breasts from running. Guess that's a good thing

--

I don't know what the background of this woman is, but it just goes to show that any trained monkey can apparently go straight to the US Senate. I don't know her personally. I know she loved her brother and vice versa. She doesn't deserve this empty seat just because she was Graham's sister. She likely has the same viewpoints as he held on a variety of things I was not at all happy with. Since this is an R primary coming up on 8/11, I wonder if the Democrats can cross over and vote for her like I suspected many did for him. If so, I suppose she has a good chance, although I will not be voting for her. No. More. Grahams.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

118
I'm willing to bet Joy Behar knows f*ckall about Jesus.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)
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The only one she knows is her illegal immigrant groundskeeper from Mexico.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 08:22 AM (FZ29D)

119 If he allowed federal agents to take this anti-ICE terrorist out into Times Square and give him 40 lashes with a braided whip and then set about to his head with their boots until he was brain dead, you'd find a lot less ICE protestors in the future.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 08:19 AM (KgaOU)


They're really not addressing the protestor angle at all. Obstruction of a federal agent attempting to do their job is against the law. Standing in front of a vehicle preventing it from progressing to a point of interest is obstruction. They should be IMMEDIATELY arrested and charged with obstruction, which I believe is a felony (others can comment on that far better). If/when found guilty, they can't vote, own a firearm and will struggle to earn a living, being a convicted felon.

Make them reap what they've sown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

120 "...reading Mark Halperin's article..."

Isn't he like on a sex offender registry somewhere?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

121 Has anyone seen Marcus lately? Seems I haven't seen him post in a while.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (qBdHI)

122 Lady in Black

Ducks pick ducks. A saying about promotion to Admiral in the US Navy, but it applies here.

She is the right social class. She was a placeholder.

We shall see.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

123 Has anyone seen Marcus lately? Seems I haven't seen him post in a while.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (qBdHI)


Now that you mention it, it's been a bit since I've seen the nick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

124 ---
The only one she knows is her illegal immigrant groundskeeper from Mexico.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 08:22 AM (FZ29D)


"If they close the border, who's going to clean our toilets or mow are lawns!!????"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

125 The real problem of current politics is that politics, especially campaigns, are really underfunded (who is getting all that money) so campaigns rely on volunteers, which brings out the zealots. Right now, the zealots in the Democrat Party are the DSA.
We have seen the DSA win mostly primary elections that are ignored by most people, so it’s easy to rule in an empty room.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (WPIH0)

126 She doesn't deserve this empty seat just because she was Graham's sister. She likely has the same viewpoints as he held on a variety of things I was not at all happy with. Since this is an R primary coming up on 8/11, I wonder if the Democrats can cross over and vote for her like I suspected many did for him. If so, I suppose she has a good chance, although I will not be voting for her. No. More. Grahams.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:21 AM
++++

Heh. George Wallace's wife Lurleen B. pulled the same stunt to become governor of Alabama.

In 1966.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

127 And on the subject of the missing - wondering about madamemayhem

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (JWXSB)

128 Wait, Arrabaca. Is that a Muslim or a coffee bean?

He'll be the next Mr. Bean in the UK...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (l3cgK)

129 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"

--

Verbatim? No, and I believe that was on purpose. But he did so in other manners.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)

130 And on the subject of the missing - wondering about madamemayhem
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (JWXSB)


I'm betting Ben Had would have some info on the missing, if there's something to be concerned about, anyway. She does a great job in keeping in touch with a lot of regulars.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

131 Halperin always seemed a bit impressed with himself, but his 2-Way show on YouTube is pretty good. A lot of info from the regulars

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:28 AM (sMkB+)

132
Verbatim? No, and I believe that was on purpose. But he did so in other manners.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)


Behar is too stupid to understand the concept of "actions speak louder than words."

Jesus didn't need to announce him being The Messiah. Everyone KNEW he was, because of his actions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

133 If the Democrats wanted the DSA put down they would do so. They showed it with Platner. As chucky says they have "six ways to Sunday" of getting you. So whatever is happening on that front is being allowed to happen.

So either the politics are too valuable to them, or winning at any cost is too valuable to them, or moving the conversation left is too valuable to them, or the whole thing is being perpetrated as a big beautiful psy op.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (JWXSB)

134 Jesus didn't need to announce him being The Messiah. Everyone KNEW he was, because of his actions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

Not everyone....

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (JWXSB)

135 I thought Marcus was around only a few days ago

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM (JWXSB)

136 ...

1 out of 12. In accordance with the prophecy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

137 “ But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.

Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Mark 14:61-62

Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM (Pu/zx)

138 129 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"

--

Verbatim? No, and I believe that was on purpose. But he did so in other manners.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)

Indeed. Enough so that the Pharisees wanted to stone him to death on multiple occasions accusing him of blasphemy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

139 29 Even with 80% of Kansans living in our few urban areas, he can not get the incumbent out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:28 AM


That's what ex-senator cornyn here in Texas thought as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (0N4FZ
=======
Remember folks, Rino hunting is done during the primary. It does no good to toss someone who will vote correctly 60% of the time for one who will only vote correctly 3% of the time. If the Rino squeaks by in the primary and barely squeaks by in the general, the potential is much greater that they start to pay attention to their constituents.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 21, 2026 08:31 AM (JNTt1)

140 . They should be IMMEDIATELY arrested and charged with obstruction, which I believe is a felony (others can comment on that far better). If/when found guilty, they can't vote, own a firearm and will struggle to earn a living, being a convicted felon.

Make them reap what they've sown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)


Or just let the agents take a tactical baton to their heads and face, smash the orbital bones in their skull and permanently disfigure them and knock out an eye right on the spot.

No need for "charges" or "trials".

Take a boot and smash all the fingers on their dominate hand into splinters.

Curb stomp them American History X style.

These faggots want to play revolutionary, show them what the fuck happens.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 08:32 AM (KgaOU)

141 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 08:33 AM (AFtz5)

142 "I am the light of the world" kind of shows that he was saying he was the Messiah there Joy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:33 AM (sMkB+)

143 I would love to see that pissant, mamdani, go after Netanyahu. That would be comedy gold.

Do these big city communist muslims not know that we simple folks in flyover country hate their guts?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 08:33 AM (sYM3s)

144 Based Conservative

Not yet. Health care costs would go up.

First priority is to seize the funding going to the front-line agitprop actors, and use it to pay down the debt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)

145 They should be IMMEDIATELY arrested and charged with obstruction, which I believe is a felony (others can comment on that far better). If/when found guilty, they can't vote, own a firearm and will struggle to earn a living, being a convicted felon.

Make them reap what they've sown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)


Or just let the agents take a tactical baton to their heads and face, smash the orbital bones in their skull and permanently disfigure them and knock out an eye right on the spot.

No need for "charges" or "trials".

Take a boot and smash all the fingers on their dominate hand into splinters.

Curb stomp them American History X style.

These faggots want to play revolutionary, show them what the fuck happens.
Posted by: Based Conservative



Embrace the power of "and".

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 08:34 AM (AFtz5)

146 Matthew 7:16-20

Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:35 AM (o5jAD)

147 139 29 Even with 80% of Kansans living in our few urban areas, he can not get the incumbent out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:28 AM


That's what ex-senator cornyn here in Texas thought as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (0N4FZ
=======
Remember folks, Rino hunting is done during the primary. It does no good to toss someone who will vote correctly 60% of the time for one who will only vote correctly 3% of the time. If the Rino squeaks by in the primary and barely squeaks by in the general, the potential is much greater that they start to pay attention to their constituents.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 21, 2026 08:31 AM (JNTt1)

The RINO is a swamp creature. See him in his natural environs in the DC swamp.

Posted by: Zombie Sir David Attenborough at July 21, 2026 08:35 AM (l3cgK)

148 Rev. Wishbone

Mandamni has to use the NYC police to do it.

He is a coward that will not act against a man protected by armed agents.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

149 135 I thought Marcus was around only a few days ago
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM
____
“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Mark 14:61-62
Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM

++++++

Cue Twilight Zone music.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)

150
Let's see here.

1.) A sham democracy nobody believes in, and which is increasingly incapable of governance

2.) A violent Leftist movement that few people support, but which controls the major cities, promising to abolish the existing government

3.) A massive, leaderless underclass who'd like to see #2 crushed once and for all, and are willing to make it happen

4.) An ossified Conservative movement who can't articulate any reason to even exist aside from preserving its own wealth and power, and who would sooner die horribly than ever consider making common cause with #3 against #2.

This is all sounding familiar, and favorable for the Bolsheviks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM (BI5O2)

151 Mamdani saying he'll have Netanyahu arrested proves people right when they call him a theater kid. Does he think the NYPD is going to up against the Secret Service,the FBI and Federal Protection Service. That ain't how things work skippy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM (sMkB+)

152 Today Is National Junk Food Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

153
Not everyone....
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (JWXSB)


The liberals.....not so much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

154 I'm going to see "The Odyssey" later today. Reviews seem to indicate that if you want to see a faithful telling of Homer's tale, you're out of luck. If you want entertaining spectacle, sit back with your Trojan Horse popcorn bucket and enjoy. In other words, a well-mounted shitshow!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 21, 2026 08:37 AM (kpS4V)

155 Matthew 7:16-20
Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:35 AM (o5jAD)


Speak of The Devil.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

156 151 Mamdani saying he'll have Netanyahu arrested proves people right when they call him a theater kid. Does he think the NYPD is going to up against the Secret Service,the FBI and Federal Protection Service. That ain't how things work skippy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM (sMkB+)

Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.
Laws and Constitutions are merely words on paper than have little real meaning.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (l3cgK)

157 >>If the Democrats wanted the DSA put down they would do so. They showed it with Platner. As chucky says they have "six ways to Sunday" of getting you. So whatever is happening on that front is being allowed to happen.

The State Dept report that dropped yesterday claims that Cuba has been much more involved with the far left radicals that are taking over the Democrat Party than previously known. I think it's safe to assume that includes Venezuela and China with things like BLM and antifa which the Democrats for years to pummel us.

Democrats openly welcomed the Squad and other radicals because they thought they could control them. They chose poorly. Now they have lost control of their own party. I don't think Democrats do have control over the DSA wing. They might be able to take down one or candidates but all the energy in the party is with them and it is supported by millions of brainwashed college grads who are true believers.

Another big reason why taking down Venezuela, Cuba and even Iran is the radicals they have been supporting in the US to take the country down.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

158 Go see Young Washington instead.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

159 152 National Junk Food Day? Damn, the Funyuns discussion was yesterday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

160 Yudhishthira's Dice

The big difference is in the different militaries, which can stop a revolution.

The Czarest military was ground down by massive losses in WWI.
Not so the US Military.
Even with months of fighting, we have lost only 11 due to enemy action. Plus at least 7 from flying accidents. Unprecedented low loss rate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

161 Tdy. But I can still occasionally lurk. God bless.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:40 AM (h8zwR)

162 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Bugles, Ranch Doritos and Ho-Hos at July 21, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

163 Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

They could do a media campaign tomorrow labeling them kooks on every channel and in every magazine, branding them for life the way they do with anyone they don't approve of. Fill their lives with scandal and accusations.

They could put the whole movement down in its infancy, cooperate with Trump in dealing with their agitators, violent and otherwise.

They don't want to. The power brokers have calculated that this is the way to advance leftism, which is all they have been wanting for 50 years.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (JWXSB)

164 Today Is National Junk Food Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

I thought that was every day?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (wVcYX)

165 I like to see contentious flicks and decide for myself.

And I do intend to see "Young Washington".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (kpS4V)

166 >>The DSA’s “program” was drafted by elected representatives between April and June of 2026, and is titled “Workers Deserve More.” The project, once completed, was voted on and approved by the DSA’s National Political Committee (NPC).



Sure, sure, they totally haven't been working towards this agenda for the last few decades, half century. YEP, totally FRESH and NEW! Clever kids, eh?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (X8xt3)

167 >>Today Is National Junk Food Day.


Dang, do I have time to pick up a bag of Cheetos?
Original or puffed, hmmmm

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:43 AM (X8xt3)

168 The Czarest military was ground down by massive losses in WWI.
Not so the US Military.
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Correct.

Whose side they'll fight on, or if they will at all is an open question.

It wasn't even a question 3 years ago. Hegseth is turning that into a real wild card.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

169 - The Bible is full of errors.

And I would venture to say that, in spite of all the "God talk," over 90% of the commenters here agree.
Among those left, a good number find a way to not take what it states, the words in their most normal sense, in order to make it fit their view.
See - Genesis 1. Well #TheScience has disproven that and no, no, no,,, I'm NOT gonna look at any scientific discoveries that show otherwise.

See also - We're out of here before all that #TheTribulation happens to all that #TheTribulation has already happened.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 08:43 AM (dAv7M)

170 >>Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.


Yep.

I recall the 8 years of Obama presidency where people kept wondering/arguing: is he a fool or a knave?
Does it even matter?
Either, both, they need to be stopped - they hate America and mean to do harm.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:46 AM (X8xt3)

171 >>Today Is National Junk Food Day.
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Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at July 21, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)

172 >>They could do a media campaign tomorrow labeling them kooks on every channel and in every magazine, branding them for life the way they do with anyone they don't approve of. Fill their lives with scandal and accusations.

They could but I'm not convinced that would be as successful as you think. DSA supporters are committed communists. They don't see themselves as radicals, they think we are radicals. They are literally calling to abolish the Senate and then the whole structure of our government along with police and the military. That's their platform. I don't Chuck and Hakeem calling them radicals is going to do anything other than invigorate their supporters.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

173 I like to see contentious flicks and decide for myself.

And I do intend to see "Young Washington".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (kpS4V)


I've taken the stance that I will not fund those that hate me. Most in that movie, hate me. hollywood hates me.

They tell me they don't want my money, I'll be damned if I'm gonna give it to them.

Sure, I still watch some things on TV, but mostly things that have been out for so long, ratings don't really mean that much. There will be a time in the near future I don't have time for TV, and that will be that. It will not control me.

The NFL gave me my Sunday's back by hating me. TV will give me my evenings back as soon as I get my battle with slight depression and feeling overwhelmed won. I'll be back to working outside and on various projects I've been wanting to do for years.

hollywood needs me more than I need it, and they just keep shitting on me. F*ck 'em where they live.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)

174 Says the person with 3 houses, one of which is on Lake Champlain, doesn't fly coach and hasn't worked a day in his life.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (N39Ws)

Maker vs. Taker Revision #1,100,997

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

175 And...I'm back. Just in time to read articles and catch up on the posts.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 08:47 AM (svLOV)

176 @157, 163. I agree with JackStraw that the Dem establishment has lost control of the leftist crazies. Yesterday Chief Lizzy endorsed the Muzzie in Michigan, while Chuck is supporting Stevens. As JJ posted the AA Queens Borough president called the DSA "white supremacists". I don't think the propaganda ministries have the pull these days as they are either fractured between the establishment and the crazies, or they're being pushed to be more neutral. Fun times for Dems, hehehehe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:48 AM (sMkB+)

177 Got rid of my TV about five years ago. Don't miss it a bit.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

178 >>It wasn't even a question 3 years ago. Hegseth is turning that into a real wild card.


Which is why they absolutely hate him.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (X8xt3)

179 173 I like to see contentious flicks and decide for myself.


yeah sure but don't PAY the asshats for it!

sheesh you can watch almost anything free if you're a little creative and do a bit o' research

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)

180 Got rid of my TV about five years ago. Don't miss it a bit.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)


It's really quite a bit of the wife I need to get out doing things instead of watching TV or scrolling TikTok.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)

181 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

182 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)


Ok, now that's just silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:51 AM (2YhKe)

183 Really looking forward to Comrade Bernie being denounced. Whether it's because he's a millionaire, Jewish or just old and ineffective, he will be pushed out of the way sooner or later

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:51 AM (sMkB+)

184 Pres of Travel Assoc:

"In addition to faster visa appointments, the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) did not strain under record volume—processing more than 5 million applications and approvals while maintaining the highest levels of security," Freeman wrote. "Equally as important were several actions your administration did not take prior to and during the World Cup."

Guess PDT made the Metric Football Great.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur)

185 Daniel Ortega has just announced there will be no more election in Nicaragua. It seems like communists are no longer pretending and rising up everywhere.

My belief is that all this is a direct response to Trump and team going after communists that have been screwing with us for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

186 183 Really looking forward to Comrade Bernie being denounced. Whether it's because he's a millionaire, Jewish or just old and ineffective, he will be pushed out of the way sooner or later
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:51 AM (sMkB+)

I would like to see the Dunce Cap and beaten wth sticks

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

187 Far-left commentator Hasan Piker

Who should have been bullied a hell of a lot more in his younger days.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (svLOV)

188 also Nolan has SUCH a schtick

I was - when little - a total magic geek. still kind of am lol. I've been a volunteer at Penn and Teller shows - the first time when I was a little one and they were at Newmarket .. this was ages ago!

anyway The Prestige. Good book. turned into an ok film. bc NOLAN. always makes the same movie but he aint no David Lynch (who does the same thing but is really really creative).

I'm still kind of sore about The Prestige. So no way would I watch his Odyssey, no matter how "pretty" (in a dark gray way) he makes it

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)

189 Could we refrain from using that stupid spelling “czar?” It doesn’t reflect the actual Russian spelling or pronunciation. “Tsar” does, and is therefore to be preferred.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

190 181 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

Does your meenkeee have a license?

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

191 It's really quite a bit of the wife I need to get out doing things instead of watching TV or scrolling TikTok.
Posted by: Sponge

Read that sentence out loud.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

192 DSA should be treated to Gaylord's drone strike policy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (2GVsD)

193 Trump corraled and cornered the Democrats on every major issue.

So now they are going with the tried and true "boy it's terrible that other people have money, especially those filthy Jews" angle. And they will have enough support here and worldwide to make it look like something is happening.

You're seeing it everywhere, including with the "new" guy in England. Who wants to take money from the supposed haves in the South (London) and give it to the supposed have-nots in the North.

Instead of coming up with an Obama here (for now) the idea is to make it look like there is some overwhelming "movement" sweeping the nation and world. Trump will no longer be the man of the working class. Republicans will be back backing "the rich" . Like a magic trick. Democrats are taking the "people" moniker back, but in name only, as it ever was. Read this post in about 18 months and it will make a lot more sense.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (JWXSB)

194 189 Could we refrain from using that stupid spelling “czar?” It doesn’t reflect the actual Russian spelling or pronunciation. “Tsar” does, and is therefore to be preferred.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

Baby you can drive my czar.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

195 Crunchy

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (qFwJc)

196 anyway the important thing right now is to shoot down the amnesty that 50 Rs are pushing (with many Ds) in Congress.

it's abysmal and MUST BE STOPPED

they never learn, do they?

Lloyd Smucker signed on and I called and wrote that bastard. he sure isn't helping his constituents with this! unless he actually hates the Amish

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (j+aD2)

197 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (Oy/m2)

198 [Sermon on the Mount]

Mrs. Big Nose: Oh, it's blessed are the MEEK! Oh, I'm glad they're getting something, they have a hell of a time.

Adam Hamilton, Methodist Pastor: What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)

199 Bulg

As you wish.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)

200 So, Daniel Ortega is now El Presidente for life. Perhaps when Trump has finished with the mullahs he can take care of this commie--in the only way that a commie can be properly taken care of.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (y2f7I)

201 First Daughter had a fight with one of her roommates yesterday. She doesn't like her as the girl is a self-centered, ignorant scrunt that can't seem to function without turmoil all the time. The previous roommate was a lesbian 'victim' that she didn't get along with either.

She speaks her mind and isn't afraid to express when she thinks you're a f*ck up. Her other roommates, whom also talk shit about this particular roommate, distanced and left First Daughter fending for herself.

She's now doubting herself and is worried she's a bad person.

No. No she's not, just a realist hold others accountable. That's a tough row to hoe, especially today where no one is raised with accountability.

Every day, it's a struggle. Every day I wonder what's next. Every day, I must be strong, getting stronger.

I wasn't raised to be that guy.........Lord, give me strength. I sure could use it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (2YhKe)

202 197 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?


it looks like what I imagine the fake peen from arm muscle thing F-to-M trannies get looks like

yeah it's bad

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (j+aD2)

203 >>Really looking forward to Comrade Bernie being denounced. Whether it's because he's a millionaire, Jewish or just old and ineffective, he will be pushed out of the way sooner or later

Not sure it will happen before he dies.
The Justice Democrats were created by a couple of Bernie's campaign managers (Zack Xley, Saikat Chakrabarti), and Bernie appears to be a sort of mentor for the Squad and the others. He was the original radical who joined with the Democrats (while not being a Democrat) to subvert from within. He's not hanging on to these radicals, he's helped incubate them.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (X8xt3)

204 There was a Trojan Horse popcorn bucket in the movie, Diner, IIRC.

J J?

Posted by: CapeFear at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (usOWp)

205
Read that sentence out loud.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)


Oh, she's aware.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

206 Treasury identified more than 4,900 payments, worth approximately $99 million, that were associated with deceased payees.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

207 197 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?
Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM

No. No, you're not.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

208 204 There was a Trojan Horse popcorn bucket in the movie, Diner, IIRC.


heh

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (j+aD2)

209 All reports and observations are that the more that the US attacks Iran, the more hardline and intransigent they become. This is easily predictable to anyone who’s observed their character over the years. I take it as a very good thing, overall; they’re going to force us to fight an all out war to destroy them whether we really want to or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (T2w7I)

210 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?


it looks like what I imagine the fake peen from arm muscle thing F-to-M trannies get looks like

yeah it's bad
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (j+aD2)



Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

211
Well! My stewarding this last week, along with some by Her Majesty, proved far more lucrative than I expected. Like, more than twice as much. Enough to cover handler's costs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 08:57 AM (O0L8i)

212 Both the Bolsheviks and the German National Socialists didn't have majority support before coming to power.

In both cases they used events and the particulars of their situations to seize power when given the opportunity.

Further a large part of their success was the "center right" parties/pols of their day refusing to address major issues - in Germany leftwing street violence, and in Russia ending WWI.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

213 Well! My stewarding this last week, along with some by Her Majesty, proved far more lucrative than I expected. Like, more than twice as much. Enough to cover handler's costs.


neat! that's awesome

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:58 AM (j+aD2)

214 I overslept. Seems like I missed a lot.

Posted by: Rip Van Winkle at July 21, 2026 08:58 AM (JM9I6)

215 >>Every day, it's a struggle. Every day I wonder what's next. Every day, I must be strong, getting stronger.

I wasn't raised to be that guy.........Lord, give me strength. I sure could use it.



Amen, Sponge!
You're daughter sounds like a gem, you must be proud of her!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:58 AM (X8xt3)

216 Anna Puma

Just hack their computers and delete STREAM. All websites go to the Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics first.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

217 >>Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?


No! I think it looks like the alien in "Alien" as it pokes its head out of its first victim's stomach.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (X8xt3)

218
Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

Who pissed in your oatmeal this morning ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (n7SgH)

219 Tropical Storm Bertha via Earthwinds:

https://tinyurl.com/bdy2733f

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (J4Dwc)

220 Sponge, does First Daughter have a boyfriend? Sounds like she could use one about now.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (77rzZ)

221 Here are a few simple changes I'd float right now if I was Trump since the FNM/Left/GOPe keep saying that sure they agree with vote security but no non-citizens are voting and there is basically no fraud so if security puts any onus on anyone it isn't worth it:

Automatic death penalty for any non-citizen that votes. If it doesn't happen this will never be used right? And it will have no impact on valid voters/ballots

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)

222 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood
+++
Leave my monkey alone
Leave my monkey alooone..

Posted by: Zombie Warren Zevon at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (Lo97M)

223 Mamdani would be a legend if he arrested Netenyahu.

He would catapult to Democrat Presidential frontrunner for 2028 immediately.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (KgaOU)

224 Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

Who pissed in your oatmeal this morning ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (n7SgH)

First Daughter's roommate, from the looks of things.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (wVcYX)

225 Update of the asswipe that killed the boxer on her bike

Medina was arrested again for reckless driving in 2014, for a hit-and-run in 2020, and most recently for discharging a firearm in 2024 and evading arrest in 2025, the outlet said.

The two most recent court cases remain open, and it’s unclear what the outcome of the other cases was, according to the report.

He had about 5 bond violations.
Judges that let asswipes like this out deserve a special place in Hell.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (/+uur)

226 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?


it looks like what I imagine the fake peen from arm muscle thing F-to-M trannies get looks like

yeah it's bad
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (j+aD2)



Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer



Looks like a golden turd.
Big at one end and tapering off...

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (AFtz5)

227 My daughter won prettier trophies in soccer than that ugly crap handed out in NJ the other day.

Posted by: Fred Sales at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (JM9I6)

228
See - Genesis 1. Well #TheScience has disproven that and no, no, no,,, I'm NOT gonna look at any scientific discoveries that show otherwise.

How we interpret Genesis 1 is one thing. I think Pastor Whatshisname, as a Democratic candidate, is referring to the sodomy and adultery parts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (O0L8i)

229 Amen, Sponge!
You're daughter sounds like a gem, you must be proud of her!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:58 AM (X8xt3)


Despite all the challenges she's granted herself over the years, we ARE proud of her and the woman she's becoming. However, she shows to learn lessons very hard, and usually, including in this case, becomes way too emotional, showing others they can get to her in a big way.

We're working on that, but we ain't fixing that any time soon.

It's just heartbreaking getting that phone call where she's barely able to talk because she so emotionally overwhelmed.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:02 AM (2YhKe)

230 177 Got rid of my TV about five years ago. Don't miss it a bit.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

I went over-the-air (using antenna) about 4 or 5 years ago. Six months ago, I found out the TV was broken; didn't even know, since I hadn't watched it for 6 months prior...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:02 AM (l3cgK)

231 Update of the asswipe that killed the boxer on her bike

Medina was arrested again for reckless driving in 2014, for a hit-and-run in 2020, and most recently for discharging a firearm in 2024 and evading arrest in 2025, the outlet said.

The two most recent court cases remain open, and it’s unclear what the outcome of the other cases was, according to the report.

He had about 5 bond violations.
Judges that let asswipes like this out deserve a special place in Hell.
Posted by: r hennigantx



If bartenders can be criminally charged for over serving, why can't judges be criminally charged for letting known criminals out?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (AFtz5)

232 Automatic death penalty for any non-citizen that votes. If it doesn't happen this will never be used right? And it will have no impact on valid voters/ballots
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)

I am the same on cheating or lying or fed benefits.
Strike 1 means your are out.
No Medicare Medicaid SS etc for life.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

233 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?

it looks like what I imagine the fake peen from arm muscle thing F-to-M trannies get looks like

yeah it's bad
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (j+aD2)

Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Looks like a golden turd.
Big at one end and tapering off...
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (AFtz5)

It's no stylized baby's arm holding an apple.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (wVcYX)

234 Daniel Ortega first came to power in 1979. Since then he's been Head Henchman in some capacity or other.

Let's see... that's (checks calendar)...47 years.

Yeah, no.
Nicaragua: another Country You Don't Want To Visit.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

235 Biden’s FBI Prevented Custom’s and Border Patrol From Searching and Questioning Dr. Peter Daszak on Return Trip from China – The Man Who Funded COVID Research in China

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

236 Eh, not a fan of the guy smacking the anthem sitter. You have the right to be an asshole and sit during the anthem if you so choose without getting hit in the head.

Posted by: Not Cool at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (GEtfQ)

237
Who pissed in your oatmeal this morning ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (n7SgH)


I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

238 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (JvZF+)

239 He had about 5 bond violations.
Judges that let asswipes like this out deserve a special place in Hell.

At my work if I make decisions that cost the company money I'd be called to account for it. A big enough mistake would not only get me fired but potentially prosecuted.

With judges in criminal cases we should hold them to the same standard but one of the things the uniparty has implemented is there are no consequences for people in government making mistakes.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

240 Re Medina -- why is this a manslaughter charge instead of murder 1?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (/jglT)

241 185 Daniel Ortega has just announced there will be no more election in Nicaragua. It seems like communists are no longer pretending and rising up everywhere.

My belief is that all this is a direct response to Trump and team going after communists that have been screwing with us for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

Elections to them are as useful as free speech, gun rights, and freedom of the press; as long as THEY can use it to forward their goals, they want it; once it's no longer useful to them, they prohibit it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (l3cgK)

242 *Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge*

###

Call me.

Posted by: Lord Stanley at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)

243
If bartenders can be criminally charged for over serving, why can't judges be criminally charged for letting known criminals out?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (AFtz5)



THIS. Its high time accountability made a comeback.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)

244 Who pissed in your oatmeal this morning ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (n7SgH)


I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)

245 189 Could we refrain from using that stupid spelling “czar?” It doesn’t reflect the actual Russian spelling or pronunciation. “Tsar” does, and is therefore to be preferred.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

I don't give a rat's ass. Spell it F-U-C-K-T-A-R-D for all I care.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (l3cgK)

246 To this day, ProPublica is sitting on the private, as-yet unpublished data of other taxpayers stolen by Littlejohn.

I want a competition between the Marine Corps and the Army to get the evidence back and make examples of the people at ProPublica. Loser buys the beer.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (svLOV)

247 Daniel Ortega first came to power in 1979. Since then he's been Head Henchman in some capacity or other./i]

Nicaragua is another country the left swore up and down was doing socialism right and then...now we are back to... "real socialism has never been tried"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

248 ###

Call me.
Posted by: Lord Stanley at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)


It, at LEAST has a device at the top that can hold a beverage of your choice you can drink from and slightly resembles a cup from history.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)

249 190 181 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

Does your meenkeee have a license?

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

Some will eat your face off...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (l3cgK)

250 The UK government has faced a significant fiscal challenge, with welfare spending exceeding income tax revenue. In the last financial year, the UK government raised £331 billion in income tax but spent £333 billion on welfare, amounting to 10.9% of the country's total GDP. This situation is not a one-off but a trend that has been observed for several years, with welfare spending being higher than income tax receipts every year since at least 2013/14. The Office for Budget Responsibility's data indicates that this trend is expected to continue, with welfare spending forecasted to be lower than income tax receipts in 2026/27 for the first time since at least 2013/14.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

251 OT, but a pet question for all of you. I went ot Walmart and bought some Terro liquid ant baits. The packet says to keep them away from areas accessible to pets. My thought was, a dog might bite into the pack, but a cat wouldn't. But they contain liquid and have an opening for ants to crawl into. If I leave it on the floor, clever thugs Stirling and Dagny will want to knock it around and it might spill.

Are these liquid things a mistake? I remember buying little enclosed traps that looked like a flat slice of a cylinder when I lived in Colorado. Do they still make those?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

252 240 Re Medina -- why is this a manslaughter charge instead of murder 1?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (/jglT)

It is near Austin and all the Judges are communist

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

253 I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026
*******
Yeah, it's ugly. I've been saying that ever since the beginning of when it was revealed.
It looks like a cup that melted in a fire. It's a blob of molten gold.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

254 Even former NY Gov. ANDREW CUOMO (D) just dropped this nuke on socialists and communists in the Democrat Party":

There is no such thing as free. Someone always pays. This is a dream...it's not going to work! The socialist movement is the best thing the Republicans have going for them."

Time to destroy communism!

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

255 209 All reports and observations are that the more that the US attacks Iran, the more hardline and intransigent they become. This is easily predictable to anyone who’s observed their character over the years. I take it as a very good thing, overall; they’re going to force us to fight an all out war to destroy them whether we really want to or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (T2w7I)

Yes, like some in Japan in 1945. There were solutions.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:07 AM (l3cgK)

256 >>> 95
==
They WANT a Buc-ee's.

They'd settle for a Casey's.

They'll get nothing and like it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

There is a new Casey's near me that replaced a CEFCO.

I don't think a Buc-ee's would fit in that little corner space.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (vDZgA)

257 My belief is that all this is a direct response to Trump and team going after communists that have been screwing with us for years.

Well, with USAID defunded and Trump not helping socialists in Latin America it is the "safer" choice for him. Elections just give a veneer of respectability for despots so it doesn't cost him that much to avoid them.

But look at Colombia for example. The leftwing despot flat out assassinated his primary opponent in the last election under the Biden junta. This time around he wasn't able to and lost...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm)

258 Wolfus my bengal gets into those, yeah

I just put everything OUTSIDE the house now. it still seems to work with ants and keeps them from coming in which I prefer

no I never see those disk ones anymore either not sure why

you CAN use DE (or something with DE) indoors safely with pets

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (j+aD2)

259 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."

They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

The teachers union wants reserved housing and special mortgage programs.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

260 Sports trophies are called "cups" because the tradition dates back to the chalices and ornate drinking vessels awarded to victors in ancient Greece and Rome. By the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, giving out functional, valuable silver and gold household cups symbolized wealth, status, and the celebration of triumph.

Posted by: ChatGPT at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (GEtfQ)

261 Trophy cup?

https://youtu.be/9s9Nh7XWhWg

Watch till the end.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

262 There is a new Casey's near me that replaced a CEFCO.

I don't think a Buc-ee's would fit in that little corner space.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (vDZgA)/i]


Well, no. Unless Casey's takes over a Walmart, they've no shot at being like a Buc-Ee's

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

263 now we are back to... "real socialism has never been tried"

I read a book a while back called The Cassini Division. It was a magical sci fi world where everyone was a communist and called each other comrade. Trying to find out why it worked was pretty much answered with "It just does!"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (svLOV)

264
232 Automatic death penalty for any non-citizen that votes. If it doesn't happen this will never be used right? And it will have no impact on valid voters/ballots
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)

Understand that most illegals that are registered don’t actually vote themselves; it’s arranged so that Democrat party staffers and functionaries are given or sent those ballots themselves, and they fill them out and mail them in.

So if you change your proposal to Automatic Death Penalty for all Democrat Party officials and staffers who enable this scheme, then I’m all in with you.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (T2w7I)

265 Trophy cup?

https://youtu.be/9s9Nh7XWhWg

Watch till the end.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)


More of a cup than most all cup labeled trophy's of today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (2YhKe)

266 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026

***

This morning I thought I had a monkey in the house. When I get up to turn on the coffee, I use an LED flashlight to navigate. As I stepped over to plug in the computer and turn on the TV, I thought for an instant there was a *gray monkey* sitting atop my couch! A blink resolved the simian into little cat Dagny, who'd been yawning and in the moving partial light did not look like herself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (wzUl9)

267 Are these liquid things a mistake? I remember buying little enclosed traps that looked like a flat slice of a cylinder when I lived in Colorado. Do they still make those?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

My cats and dogs have never been interested in messing with them, and they will wipe out a colony of those little sugar ants pretty damned quickly.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (KgaOU)

268 Not tryna cause an issue but USAID ended
and
No rapp in the Top 40
Last time that happened was 35 years ago.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

269 A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday that unknown “mediators” have shopped a proposal to Iran that would “de-escalate” the conflict with the United States by first establishing a ten-day ceasefire, and then building up to “revive” the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was signed in June.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

270 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

I think you need the ones that are like a little plastic station. I think.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (JWXSB)

271 you CAN use DE (or something with DE) indoors safely with pets
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026

***
What is DE?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)

272 71 Good morning Horde thx JJ , hope you and Mrs JJ are well.
I saw the NY Post headline yesterday about the African American Queens Borough president saying the DSA was "white supremacist". Warmed the coccles of my heart. Let the Girondins fight the Jacobins.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM (sMkB+)

The NYC DSA's pogrom against landlords, and particularly small landlords, pits them against black property owners in particular as they own a substantial number of smaller multiple unit dwellings. Add in their campaign against "generational wealth" (which seems odd given the number of DSA members with trust funds), and not hard to come to the Queens borough president's conclusion.

Posted by: Penfold at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (Fbt5B)

273 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."

They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

The teachers union wants reserved housing and special mortgage programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)



Odd how they never seem to discuss being better at teaching and pulling our kids out of the dismal, brainless swamp they're currently miring in.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (2YhKe)

274 156 151 Mamdani saying he'll have Netanyahu arrested proves people right when they call him a theater kid. Does he think the NYPD is going to up against the Secret Service,the FBI and Federal Protection Service. That ain't how things work skippy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM
Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.
Laws and Constitutions are merely words on paper than have little real meaning.
Posted by: jim

Another example of how up/down/left/right are all playthings of those who pit Man against other men until we exist no more as they make money hand over fist not losing a minute of sleep "when one of those dots down there stop moving" in grand Harry Lime style.

1960's Klingon/MADMANI with a megaphone shouting (not REMAIN KLINGON) but REMAIN SINWAR is the uultimate expression of this -- that there is profit in war, but only at a distance.

LET'S GO BRANDON!
Take a Chance; Free the World
INDICT BRENNAN; DEPOSE DIMON
Cede Kharg to the Gulf States as Reparation
Freeport Cuba; Unleash American Shale....

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (32TXh)

275 There is no such thing as free. Someone always pays. This is a dream...it's not going to work! The socialist movement is the best thing the Republicans have going for them."

This is an odd thing you'll get from LIV leftists when you talk with them - under socialism no one will have to work. If you point out that means there will be no goods and services they'll argue that people will voluntarily work as long as they know it is for the good of everyone. Which of course has never happened in the history of the world.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm)

276 Larry Tsonka?

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (DZ9Lv)

277
One little problem that confronts you
Got a monkey on your back
Just one more fix, Lord, might do the trick
One hell of a price for you to get your kicks

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

278 You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM

LOL.

Posted by: Always funny at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

279 Trump jacked up the tariff for Canadian Club and for this we are very grateful.

Posted by: Baby Seals Everywhere at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (JM9I6)

280 ***
What is DE?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)


Diatomaceous Earth?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

281
They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

A capital idea! Easier to blockade and besiege.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (O0L8i)

282 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’

John 8:48 "Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM"

8:59: "they picked up stones to stone Him immediately after He said this"

Oh his listeners know very well what He said about Himself.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 09:12 AM (nAS9C)

283 281
They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."


Yes Comrade...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:12 AM (n7SgH)

284 @269 -- Wouldn't it be easier to just kill them all?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2026 09:12 AM (cWffP)

285 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."
They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

—

This is nothing new. 20+ years ago the city I lived in at the time had this. Developers had to put aside a certain percent of units for public sector employees with significant discounts. Union members vote for Dems who then create laws to give union members subsidized housing. The graft is was and will be everywhere.

Posted by: The More Things Change at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (GEtfQ)

286 Speaking of education . . .

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
@DeAngelisCorey
President of the California teachers union says "we need to be in the streets" to "fight back against this fascist regime."
His shirt says "Solidarity is the Lesson Plan" with "May Day" showing in the book.
Randi Weingarten’s teachers union convention is a political rally.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (ndZc7)

287 Understand that most illegals that are registered don’t actually vote themselves; it’s arranged so that Democrat party staffers and functionaries are given or sent those ballots themselves, and they fill them out and mail them in.

So if you change your proposal to Automatic Death Penalty for all Democrat Party officials and staffers who enable this scheme, then I’m all in with you.

See it works either way. When Muhammed Muhammed Muhammed or Jose Cyclospora are hauled in front of the jury and point out the signature on the mail in ballot doesn't match theirs and they can prove they were visiting back home when someone mailed in the ballot on Sept 9th it will prove voter fraud is massive and coordinated.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm)

288 The great irony is that Ortega’s government in Nicaragua is in almost all respects identical to the corrupt Somoza government that he overthrew; they ended up just changing the portraits in the walls.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (T2w7I)

289 My cats and dogs have never been interested in messing with them, and they will wipe out a colony of those little sugar ants pretty damned quickly.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026

***
Well, I moved their feeding station away from its usual spot, the place where I saw the ants yesterday, and put down one liquid bait. Within minutes Stirling came along and batted it with a paw halfway across the kitchen. None of teh liquid had apparently spilled, but i carefully wiped down the kitchen floor anyway and moved the bait part way under the refrigerator for now.

I guess I could leave one under the fridge and put another outside near the door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (wzUl9)

290 They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

We already have it. It's called Section 8 housing. Oh, that's not what she meant? And as Sponge pointed out, they never talk about improving the system.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (svLOV)

291 86 Abominable Snow-kowski.

Nice......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)
===========
More like abdominal Murky-parasitekowsky

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (JNTt1)

292 Casey's is WaWa or Sheetz, just further west.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

293 I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

I profoundly and seriously and with great enthusiasm endorse this remark! The NFL gets it right: It’s the Lombardi Trophy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (hxAVk)

294 292 Casey's is WaWa or Sheetz, just further west.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

I ate at Taco Bell and had the sheetz...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (l3cgK)

295 If you point out that means there will be no goods and services they'll argue that people will voluntarily work as long as they know it is for the good of everyone.

I would ask them, to recount the years of selfless toil they personally and voluntarily did to provide goods and services to everyone for the benefit of everyone.

And running off the mouth at a protest is not a "Goods And Services"™ except, perhaps, to their dark overlords.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (NzX/y)

296 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."

They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

The teachers union wants reserved housing and special mortgage programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

And subsidized box wine deliveries.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:15 AM (wVcYX)

297 What is DE?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026
*
Diatomaceous Earth?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026

***
Oh, that's right! They sell it in the garden section, or at Lowe's or Home Depot. It's supposed to deter roaches and fleas as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)

298 Danny Ortega is now a billionaire.

Not bad for a commie.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders, Gassy and loving it at July 21, 2026 09:15 AM (F1rMs)

299 Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well that he was the Messiah. She asked him.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (bkuEU)

300 - Hadrian - Genesis

That is where sooo many problems come in. "Interpreting" Scripture. People interpret into what they want it to say instead of just taking it for what it clearly says.

Genesis 1 says evening, morning, number, day. And this is confirmed in Exodus 20:8-11.
Now tack on the geneologies given.
And so much more.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (dAv7M)

301 ***
Oh, that's right! They sell it in the garden section, or at Lowe's or Home Depot. It's supposed to deter roaches and fleas as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)


It also cleans pools.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (2YhKe)

302 If you point out that means there will be no goods and services they'll argue that people will voluntarily work as long as they know it is for the good of everyone. Which of course has never happened in the history of the world.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm)

That's because they don't want to admit (yet) that their real answer to that thorny problem is slavery and mass neglect and starvation.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (JWXSB)

303 The Democrat's frontrunner for Senate in Kansas is a pastor who says the Bible is "full of errors"

-
Take those seven deadly sins and Ten Commandments thing, for example.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (ndZc7)

304 293 I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

I profoundly and seriously and with great enthusiasm endorse this remark! The NFL gets it right: It’s the Lombardi Trophy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (hxAVk)

At least it doesn't come with a wife.
https://youtu.be/usWYn42JQBI

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 21, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)

305 They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

The point of government work is to get as much money as you can from the taxpayers. This would be another way to do so.

It is time to bust the teacher's unions. Start requiring work experience in whatever field you are teaching instead of a teaching degree. Since teaching is a part time job anyway, try to attract people slowing down in their careers that know the topic versus a 28 year old that only knows zer is gender fluid.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)

306 It's supposed to deter roaches and fleas as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Can confirm its use against fleas. And it warms my heart when I read how it kills them.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:17 AM (svLOV)

307 The teachers union wants reserved housing and special mortgage programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)



Odd how they never seem to discuss being better at teaching and pulling our kids out of the dismal, brainless swamp they're currently miring in.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
+++
It is very odd. It's almost like they don't give a damn about the kids and are only concerned about filling their own pockets.
Almost...

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM (Lo97M)

308 288 The great irony is that Ortega’s government in Nicaragua is in almost all respects identical to the corrupt Somoza government that he overthrew; they ended up just changing the portraits in the walls.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM
++++
Chris Plante likes to tell the story of the East German woman who lived under both the Nazi regime and the Soviet Union. When asked what was the difference between the two, she replied simply:

"The flag."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

309 I think Casey's bought out Kum and Go

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM (J4Dwc)

310 If you want to make soccer more interesting give each player a medieval era melee weapon.

Now that would be must see TV...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

311 I think Casey's bought out Kum and Go
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM (J4Dwc)


They've taken over a lot of CEFCO's in Texas as I don't think I've ever seen a Kum and Go outside of Oklahoma.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

312 Since teaching is a part time job anyway, try to attract people slowing down in their careers

My friend's son is looking at getting his credential. Apparently, CA is so desperate for teachers that they are willing to let you work so long as you are on the path to get a certification.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (svLOV)

313 BREAKING: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declares the country will no longer hold elections, eliminating any future electoral challenge to his rule.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)

314 The term "projectile" is a bummer from either end.

Posted by: Up Schiff's Creek at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (JM9I6)

315 they never talk about improving the system.

They always want to start with an affluent, self-supporting nation. In this case, the largest, most powerful and wealthy nation of all time.

Show us how you manage, without any experience whatsoever on a smaller sample, something not so easily corrupted by outside influences, a high potential island maybe, like Cuba where you can demonstrate in an incubator how these principles work so well. Then when a measure of success, human flourishing and nirvana has been reached it might be easier to persuade the rest of us.

But go. Now. Don't let the sun set on your work somewhere else on your pilot project.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (NzX/y)

316 Me: nothing is free guys

Leftist: yeah that’s why we have to tax billionaires

Me: OK if you tax every billionaire at 100% you will have enough money to run the govt for about a year. Then what?

Leftist: a mix of shut up fascist and you’re an uneducated magat, too stupid to understand how socialism works.

Posted by: Every conversation on Reddit at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (GEtfQ)

317 Every policy of the Democrat Sadists of America is intended to harm people. They're Sadists like that.

Posted by: Wofus at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (CNa+A)

318 306 It's supposed to deter roaches and fleas as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Can confirm its use against fleas. And it warms my heart when I read how it kills them.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:17 AM (svLOV)

Cuts them all up, they dry out like mummies...

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (l3cgK)

319 It is very odd. It's almost like they don't give a damn about the kids and are only concerned about filling their own pockets.

Whoever pays for a service is the customer and gets what they want.

In education it is the politicians not the parents. So the politicians get paybacks and votes, and teaching the kids anything useful isn't particularly important.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)

320 Start requiring work experience in whatever field you are teaching instead of a teaching degree. Since teaching is a part time job anyway, try to attract people slowing down in their careers that know the topic versus a 28 year old that only knows zer is gender fluid.

This is the way.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (aJQbY)

321 BREAKING: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declares the country will no longer hold elections, eliminating any future electoral challenge to his rule.
Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)


VERY democratic.

Next thing you know, he'll rename the country to The People's Democratic Republic of Nicaragua.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (2YhKe)

322 @223 Mamdani will never be President. Just stop that kind of talk.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (bqIVz)

323 U.S. strikes unlikely to move Iran, intelligence reports say

.. of course not, Iran is a country weighing trillions of tone

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

324 Chris Plante likes to tell the story of the East German woman who lived under both the Nazi regime and the Soviet Union. When asked what was the difference between the two, she replied simply:

"The flag."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026

***
The Armenian lady who was an adjunct professor at my former department had lived under communism, socialism, and now capitalism. She was an unabashed fan of Donald Trump and of America, all the way.

I wonder how her students reacted to her "Comparative Economic Systems" class.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9)

325 You must think my bed's a bus stop,
The way you cum and go.....

Posted by: Dolly Parton, 1975 at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (JM9I6)

326 Y’all still hating on my soccer. 🤣.

Wolf- they sell those puck things for ants at Rouses and Publix.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (vUQz/)

327 >>It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day.



Or do the funky monkey

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

328 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."

They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."
---------------------
And for the leaders (like Weinharten) there will be special set-asides.

We shall call them "jails".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (9bAhW)

329 309 I think Casey's bought out Kum and Go
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM


$20. Same as at QuikTrip.

Posted by: Oof at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

330 From the pics I’ve seen of some Buc-ees, they’re probably bigger than the world’s smallest country, Vatican City.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

331 > Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.
---------
They're both ideologies. Very similar. Both have extremely passionate followers who will kill you if you're not as passionate about their ideology as they are.

The violence is part of the kink. As they say.

The killing is a bonus.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (jehhT)

332 The Borg-Warner Trophy for the Indy 500 and the Wannamaker trophy for the PGA Championship are the two best trophies in sport.

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2)

333 The left's current jihad against billionaires is hilarious because they one hate ONE billionaire and he's now a trillionaire anyway.

Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

334 BREAKING: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declares the country will no longer hold elections, eliminating any future electoral challenge to his rule.

May he get a Ceausescu Challenge.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (2GVsD)

335 When leftists think you're a leftist they tell you all kind of interesting things.

The number of them that think the solution to many problems is forced mass sterilization and extermination is alarming but I learned it in the 90's and never forgot.

They don't think much of humanity. For all the tolerance and coexisting they spout, they sure as shit adore the idea of a strong figure who will wipe us all "clean".

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (JWXSB)

336 323 U.S. strikes unlikely to move Iran, intelligence reports say

.. of course not, Iran is a country weighing trillions of tone

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

That's heavy, man.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (l3cgK)

337 Liquid bait stashed under the fridge (I hope the heat doesn't melt the plastic or turn the poison into vapor) and one outside the door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (wzUl9)

338 This morning I thought I had a monkey in the house. When I get up to turn on the coffee, I use an LED flashlight to navigate. As I stepped over to plug in the computer and turn on the TV, I thought for an instant there was a *gray monkey* sitting atop my couch! A blink resolved the simian into little cat Dagny, who'd been yawning and in the moving partial light did not look like herself.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:09
*********
Well, bring your cat to work day was June 22.
Cats are kind of like monkeys, if you dress your cat in a monkey suit, you could probably get away with it.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

339 The left's current jihad against billionaires is hilarious because they one hate ONE billionaire and he's now a trillionaire anyway.

Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)


And there are more leftist billionaires than right wing......and yet they continue to fund the party that shits on them and calls them evil and a detriment to society that must be destroyed.

Funny, that.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

340 Well, technically speaking, if you compare the modern Bible to ancient manuscripts, there are numerous errors, but they are all basically transcription errors.

There is no substantive change is the Scripture from its earliest known form in terms of a change in meaning or position.

It's not like we found old copies of Scripture and some textual critic said "oh look, they forgot to carry the 1. Turns out you can suck another man's dick".

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (KgaOU)

341 They've taken over a lot of CEFCO's in Texas as I don't think I've ever seen a Kum and Go outside of Oklahoma.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

I’ve noticed the CEFCO’s around here turning into Casey’s over the last few weeks.

I approve; I’m sick of corporate acronym names that mean nothing.

PS - Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (T2w7I)

342 >Next thing you know, he'll rename the country to The People's Democratic Republic of Nicaragua.


Pfffft.

The United Front of Nicaraguan Free People!

Posted by: Monty Python at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

343 U.S. strikes unlikely to move Iran, intelligence reports say
-----------------
Experts say.

My own theory is you keep culling the herd of leaders until one rises willing to make (and keep to) a deal America likes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (9bAhW)

344 U.S. strikes unlikely to move Iran, intelligence reports say

.. of course not, Iran is a country weighing trillions of tone

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

That's heavy, man.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)



Wait until Kharg island flips over.
Posted by: Hank Johnson

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (AFtz5)

345 Cuts them all up, they dry out like mummies...
Posted by: Frank Barone

My cat was suffering from those little bastards. Mom used the DE on them and a few days later, it was like they were never in the house. Which was great for him because during a real bad spell, mom held him down and vacuumed him. He was irritated but he did feel better.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (svLOV)

346 I still wish there were UTOTEM’s around.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (T2w7I)

347 I've talked about my counties leftist march. We had a Dem state assemblyman for many years who was a rank and file liberal and was Sheldon Silver's little buddy in the NYS legislature. He got beat in 2022;by a DSA member. Now she's championing a high earner surcharge tax for this county. The old time Dems are beginning to realize what they set loose. But they have no power to stop it. Same thing for old time Dems everywhere

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (sMkB+)

348 >>Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.

There have numerous studies done and books published about the growing relationship between communists and Islamic nuts over the years. The Red/Green Alliance aka watermellons

The one major thing they do have in common is a hatred for us and western society. There will be inevitable rifts but for now the focus on hating us is keeping them together.

There's a reason Hezbollah was all over Venezuela prior to Trump taking the place down.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (viF8m)

349 The Borg-Warner Trophy for the Indy 500 and the Wannamaker trophy for the PGA Championship are the two best trophies in sport.
Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2)


And yet, they resemble a cup more than most sports rewarding a cup as the final trophy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (2YhKe)

350 337 Liquid bait stashed under the fridge (I hope the heat doesn't melt the plastic or turn the poison into vapor) and one outside the door.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Bertha about to drown you and you're concerned about ants?

Posted by: Bertha Don't You Come Around Here, Anymore at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (JM9I6)

351 I think there are a couple Kum &Go stations in WI.
I know I've seen them, but haven't ever been to Tx or OK

yeah, the name is awful.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (FGA9/)

352 Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

Taylor is hated by much of the left nowadays because she said she wants to have babies with - get this- a white man. Seriously she’s now a Nazi because she sang a song about having babies who look like her husband. The horror right?

That’s the state of retardation we’re in right now.

Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (GEtfQ)

353 What is DE?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)


Diatomaceous Earth?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

Yes. Get a bag from the hardware / or big box store. The pool stores sell in 25# or 50# bags which is far too much.

Get a old-timey ketchup / mustard bottle from the dollar store and cut the tip, like on a tube of caulk.

Fill the bottle halfway with DE, the point and squeeze to spray the DE into crevices, cracks, opening, anywhere the insects travel. Also go around the outside of your home and spray into the brick weepholes, anywhere water, gas, and electrical lines penetrate the exterior. Also spray into the plumbing access panels.

The DE lasts for years in place. It works by gunking up their exoskeltons and, here's the best part, they all die!

After the initial treatment, you probably will see a spike in insects up and dying on you out in your public spaces. This means its working!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (wVcYX)

354 PS - Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Sounds like a chain of adult bookstores.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (AFtz5)

355 Samsung Electronics America’s decision to relocate its U.S. headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to Plano, Texas, just nine months after celebrating the opening of its new 321,000-square-foot facility in New Jersey.

The reason a company packs up in the first place, and it's 11.5%. That's New Jersey's top corporate tax rate, and it's the highest in the United States of America.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (RHGPo)

356 Moment of silence everyone. Fallen soldier:

https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (Y+4g7)

357 Ain't nobody gonna drink out of me!

Posted by: The Ryder Cup at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

358 The Austrian army attacked the Karl-Marx-Hof housing project in Red Vienna in 1934.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (JvZF+)

359 From the pics I’ve seen of some Buc-ees, they’re probably bigger than the world’s smallest country, Vatican City.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026

***
Last September, coming back from Evansville, I stopped at a Buc-ees in northern Alabama. They have over two hundred gas pumps. The ethanol-free stuff was way at the end, pump 217 or something. I parked, trekked to the store itself and paid, trekked back across the Transvaal to my car, fueled up, and made the long pilgrimage across the asphalt prairie to get my change and then back.

It was worth it; I got 34 mpg on that tank driving home. But man, that was a workout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

360 Samsung Electronics America’s decision to relocate its U.S. headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to Plano, Texas, just nine months after celebrating the opening of its new 321,000-square-foot facility in New Jersey.

The reason a company packs up in the first place, and it's 11.5%. That's New Jersey's top corporate tax rate, and it's the highest in the United States of America.
Posted by: SMOD



Dayum.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (AFtz5)

361 Speaking of a failing kleptocracy.

Pretoria is cutting 14 billion Rand to municipalities over fraud allegations.

Cynical South Africans are taking this as an admission that Pretoria has already looted the money.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (2GVsD)

362 The United Front of Nicaraguan Free People!

Splitters!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (aJQbY)

363 https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (JvZF+)

364 119 If he allowed federal agents to take this anti-ICE terrorist out into Times Square and give him 40 lashes with a braided whip and then set about to his head with their boots until he was brain dead, you'd find a lot less ICE protestors in the future.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 08:19 AM (KgaOU)


They're really not addressing the protestor angle at all. Obstruction of a federal agent attempting to do their job is against the law. Standing in front of a vehicle preventing it from progressing to a point of interest is obstruction. They should be IMMEDIATELY arrested and charged with obstruction, which I believe is a felony (others can comment on that far better). If/when found guilty, they can't vote, own a firearm and will struggle to earn a living, being a convicted felon.

Make them reap what they've sown.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)
=========
Take the guilty ones and flatten them with an asphalt roller. Feet first.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (JNTt1)

365 363 https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf

May his memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (JvZF+)


Yes ... RIP

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (n7SgH)

366 Moment of silence everyone. Fallen soldier:

https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (Y+4g7)


What a wonderful picture.

Godspeed, soldier. Your duty has been completed. May you rest in peace and spend eternity in the presence of The Lord.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

367 341 They've taken over a lot of CEFCO's in Texas as I don't think I've ever seen a Kum and Go outside of Oklahoma.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

I’ve noticed the CEFCO’s around here turning into Casey’s over the last few weeks.

I approve; I’m sick of corporate acronym names that mean nothing.

PS - Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (T2w7I)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Kumho Tires at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (l3cgK)

368 Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Iconic Candymaker [Mars Wrigley] to Cut Hundreds of Jobs, Relocate Headquarters from New Jersey to Chicago

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

369 Waiting for Paul to chime in how it’s no big deal that Samsung is moving to Texas since employees only pay sales tax.

Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (GEtfQ)

370 I still wish there were UTOTEM’s around.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (T2w7I)

aka USCROTUM

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)

371 >Pretoria is cutting 14 billion Rand to municipalities over fraud allegations.
********

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

372 Tweet says 30 but picture says 2000-20026

I know this is a no math blog...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (2GVsD)

373 "Nicaragua Hungary is next."
-

Open Source Intel @Osint613
1h

Fidesz, the Hungarian opposition party of former PM Viktor Orban, says prosecutors raided its headquarters and are seeking to confiscate its media and databases.

Was the election stolen or were the Hungarians that stupid?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (Y+4g7)

374 Dead tree art up

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (AFtz5)

375 Well, bring your cat to work day was June 22.
Cats are kind of like monkeys, if you dress your cat in a monkey suit, you could probably get away with it.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026

***
If you squint a bit -- or a lot -- Stirling looks kind of like a howler monkey, which has black fur.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

376 14 billion Rand is about $1 billion US

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (2GVsD)

377 352 Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

Taylor is hated by much of the left nowadays because she said she wants to have babies with - get this- a white man. Seriously she’s now a Nazi because she sang a song about having babies who look like her husband. The horror right?

That’s the state of retardation we’re in right now.

Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (GEtfQ)

I suppose it would be a problem if her babies looked like his teammates instead...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (l3cgK)

378 Problem is a high percent of employees relocating from NJ to TX will also relocate their voting patterns to Texas. Much like how employees relocating from California have.

Worst example of this is Georgia which brought over 1/2 of Hollywood to she state. And it shows.

Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (GEtfQ)

379 354 PS - Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Sounds like a chain of adult bookstores.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (AFtz5)

"Adult" theaters.

Posted by: Zombie Paul Rubens at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (l3cgK)

380 Moment of silence everyone. Fallen soldier:

https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (Y+4g7)


What a wonderful picture.

Godspeed, soldier. Your duty has been completed. May you rest in peace and spend eternity in the presence of The Lord.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)
-------------------
Godspeed indeed. I salute you sir. God bless you and all who love you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (32tWk)

381 >>Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...


Can't recall the details, but she and hubby gave over 1 million, probably 2 to several charities in NYC (food banks, etc.).

The gal knows how to do PR - not a lot of charities saying "she could have fed X children with what she spent on the wedding!" after the lavish 1000 guest event, heh.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

382 I suppose it would be a problem if her babies looked like his teammates instead...

Old joke:

I got a vasectomy so we wouldn't have any more kids but who knew all it did was change the skin color of the baby!?!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

383 Putting DE in a litter box or directly on your cat can cause respiratory issues, dry their eyes out significantly and really mess them up especially if they have the kitty Herpes or Asthma. Wouldn't recommend it. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2noDb)

384 >>Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Sounds like a chain of adult bookstores.


It's like they saw a Quickie-Mart and thought "We can come up with an even raunchier name!"

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

385 I got a vasectomy so we wouldn't have any more kids but I got home and they were still there!

Posted by: Rodney Dangerfield at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

386 >>Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Sounds like a chain of adult bookstores.


It's like they saw a Quickie-Mart and thought "We can come up with an even raunchier name!"
Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

There was an oil change place here locally named, "Lickety Lube". Logo was a large oil drop licking its lips.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

387 378 Problem is a high percent of employees relocating from NJ to TX will also relocate their voting patterns to Texas. Much like how employees relocating from California have.

Worst example of this is Georgia which brought over 1/2 of Hollywood to she state. And it shows.
Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026

See also NC.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (hftzA)

388 - Based Conservative

Could you define what you consider to be a modern Bible?

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (dAv7M)

Daily Tech News 21 July 2026

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Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM




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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (Ia/+0)

2 #1

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (qt51i)

3 w00t way to go, Skip!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:31 AM (faghi)

4 Made a egg, cheese and bacon on a English muffin

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Morning. There is a nice video about the work of Susan Kare. She designed the icons for the original Mac as well as for Windows 3.0. She even designed the card deck for Windows Solitaire.

https://tinyurl.com/mtnruuyn

Back to sleep for me, now that the dog has been out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 21, 2026 04:33 AM (bkuEU)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 21, 2026 04:34 AM (sAmhv)

7 Morning techy types.

Posted by: Pete Bogs AI Alter Ego at July 21, 2026 04:35 AM (CEq3K)

8 Bacon, tomato & cheese sammich for supper... no lettuce LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

9 Evening and morning for a Tiu's Day, satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire!

I'm up early for no discernible reason. Can't blame Stirling for leaping on me today. Though I did give myself a turn. When I get up to turn on the coffee, I use a flashlight to see. Going over by the couch to plug in the MacBook and turn on the TV, I thought I glimpsed a *gray monkey* sitting atop the couch! A blink resolved the simian into Dagny, who had been yawning and thus in the moving partial light did not look like herself.

Any day that begins in such a way has got to get better. Or so I tell myself.

Whassup? Who's here?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:38 AM (wzUl9)

10 Very lively music. Strong musicians . I'm not sure what it has to do with acting on instinct . I am of the belief that acting on instinct is not always the best thing to do. I could end up taking a slug at people which would not be good for them and certainly not good for me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:39 AM (zqeQL)

11 Hi, Wolfus! Any luck on the house hunt?

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 04:40 AM (rdVOm)

12 I was on my own last night; Linda went out to a movie night with her girlfriends from church. My dinner: a beef & bean chimichanga with chili powder and sharp cheddar atop it, carrots and peas on the side, and a slice of bread with some honey. And some pineapple slices for dessert.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:42 AM (wzUl9)

13 Kitten had to be put on time out in a separate room. Kitten times are not my times.

However, he has stopped yowling some days ago which is good. I think he was calling out for his mom cat and siblings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:42 AM (zqeQL)

14 TIL

Wikipedia
Anthropic

Anthropic's flagship product line is the "Claude" series of large language models, which some employees consider a reference to mathematician Claude Shannon.

Wikipedia
Claude Shannon

Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.

born April 30, 1916

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:46 AM (faghi)

15 Well, the reflection is to do with pirated Computer software (which is tech related )and the scripture is Amos 7:1-9

https://tinyurl.com/y33hp5hn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:47 AM (zqeQL)

16 Hi, Wolfus! Any luck on the house hunt?
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026

***
Hullo, JQ! Nice to see you here. Are you up early or up late?

There is a nice place I video-toured last week. I liked it a lot. Two members of the Horde here have offered very different takes on the property, and I find myself leaning to the positive side. But at the same time I feel reluctant to move -- my usual summertime heat-born lassitude that might almost be called a mild depression (a sort of reverse seasonal affective disorder, one of the many many reasons I want *out* of here).

The place is still listed as "For Sale," not "Pending" yet. I need to kick myself and write to my agent.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:48 AM (wzUl9)

17 Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.

born April 30, 1916
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026

***
Is he the guy who wrote the influential paper in the '60s laying out the idea for structured computer programming?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:49 AM (wzUl9)

18 Nothing but long commutes lately
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Kitten had to be put on time out in a separate room. Kitten times are not my times.

However, he has stopped yowling some days ago which is good. I think he was calling out for his mom cat and siblings.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026

***
Good morning, Fen! Some cats are just noisier than others. Most of mine have been very quiet, thank goodness, except for the vocal Marie-Antoinette, and she was only "my" cat for about two years. Stirling trills and chirps when he wants his water from the tap; Dagny is nearly mute, it seems.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:52 AM (wzUl9)

20 Up *late* as usual, Wolfus. Bah!

Moving is SCARY, even if you want to do it. (Thinking similarly myself, but purchase would be difficult if not impossible)

Definitely understand about reverse seasonal affective disorder-- I haz it too! Hate the heat.

Best of luck, I hope you find a nice place!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 04:53 AM (rdVOm)

21 17 Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.

born April 30, 1916
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026

***
Is he the guy who wrote the influential paper in the '60s laying out the idea for structured computer programming?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:49 AM (wzUl9)

>>>structured computer programming
I don't know what that means!
; )
I'm just now learning about him at Wikipedia. New to me.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:54 AM (faghi)

22 moar Wikipedia:

Outside of Shannon's academic pursuits, he was interested in juggling, unicycling, and chess.

He also invented many devices, including a Roman numeral computer called THROBAC, and juggling machines.

He built a device that could solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle.

Shannon also invented flame-throwing trumpets, rocket-powered frisbees, and plastic foam shoes for navigating a lake, by wearing which it would appear to an observer as if Shannon were walking on water.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:57 AM (faghi)

23 Am reading -again- "The Joy of Full Surrender" by Jean Pierre de Caussade ( 1675-1751) a FrenchJesuit priest and spiritual director . Modern translation by Paraclete Press. From Book 1 - "The life of faith is a continual struggle against the senses."

I am following the excellent example of brother tubal and fasting from the board for rest of the day . Have a blessed day, everyone and know that you are a blessing to others. I am looking forward to my Bible study with the seniors at the senior care center today ( Hebrews 11:1-3, 6)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:58 AM (zqeQL)

24 >>>structured computer programming
I don't know what that means!
; )
I'm just now learning about him at Wikipedia. New to me.
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026

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"Structured" was the concept, new in 1966 or so, of writing programs in "modules," so that each one did a certain task within the total program. You'd have a master module, which would then call Module A for one thing and return its result to the master; then call Module B for another mini-job, etc. This would make it easier to debug and modify programs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:58 AM (wzUl9)

25 24 >>>structured computer programming
I don't know what that means!
; )
I'm just now learning about him at Wikipedia. New to me.
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026

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"Structured" was the concept, new in 1966 or so, of writing programs in "modules," so that each one did a certain task within the total program. You'd have a master module, which would then call Module A for one thing and return its result to the master; then call Module B for another mini-job, etc. This would make it easier to debug and modify programs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:58 AM (wzUl9)

Huh. Thanks!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 05:01 AM (faghi)

26 'Night, all. Got to try to sleep....

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

27 Up *late* as usual, Wolfus. Bah!

Moving is SCARY, even if you want to do it. (Thinking similarly myself, but purchase would be difficult if not impossible)

Definitely understand about reverse seasonal affective disorder-- I haz it too! Hate the heat.

Best of luck, I hope you find a nice place!
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026

***
Sorry to hear that JQ. Do you get a chance for an afternoon nap?

Yes, the idea of moving, even if I let a local company do it (and I will -- I've gotten a good quote from a couple of companies here), involves a hell of a lot of packing and discarding. Then driving up there to my new home, staying in a hotel for a few days or camping out at my new house until the movers arrive, etc. It seems like an enormous cliff I have to climb . . . even though I know it can be broken down into parts. Like writing a novel: You don't have to do it all the night before it's due, like a term paper in school. You write a page or two every day, and in a year or less, you have a manuscript. Moving is like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:03 AM (wzUl9)

28 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 21, 2026 05:05 AM (Hbeqj)

29 "Structured" programming was such an obvious thing, once it had been articulated, that you wonder why no one ever saw it before. Prior to that, programs used a command like BASIC's GOTO to move to a specified line in the program, to tell the computer what to do next. It could get tangled. Breaking it down into modules was much easier, especially if you had IF statements where something had to be done only when a given condition was met.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:07 AM (wzUl9)

30 Tropical Storm Bertha has been named.
Looks like she is heading Wolfus' way to land in MS/LA by around Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

Fortunately she is only expected to be at 40 - 50 mph winds.
A lot of rain and some wind, but nothing devastating, thankfully.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 05:08 AM (6ydKt)

31
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 21, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw)

32 Good morning! A little tidbit down in the bottom of the article on the hacking of the Romanian land registry mentions that the VAT on property transactions goes from 9% to 21% shortly (in August).

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 05:10 AM (3Ope8)

33 No, Shannon was apparently not the articulator of the structured programming idea. There was a theorem published in 1966, and an open letter in '68 from one Edsger W. Dijkstra, who coined the term "structured programming."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:12 AM (wzUl9)

34 21% tax on property.
Whew! That can get pricey.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 05:14 AM (6ydKt)

35 Tropical Storm Bertha has been named.
Looks like she is heading Wolfus' way to land in MS/LA by around Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

Fortunately she is only expected to be at 40 - 50 mph winds.
A lot of rain and some wind, but nothing devastating, thankfully.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026

***
Then maybe I can take off from working out this morning and squeeze a session in early tomorrow. I think most of the rain is supposed to be offshore to the south, not here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:15 AM (wzUl9)

36 5 Morning. There is a nice video about the work of Susan Kare. She designed the icons for the original Mac as well as for Windows 3.0. She even designed the card deck for Windows Solitaire.

https://tinyurl.com/mtnruuyn

Back to sleep for me, now that the dog has been out.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 21, 2026 04:33 AM (bkuEU)

This is great!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 05:15 AM (faghi)

37 Is that Metatron?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2026 05:16 AM (Ot/FD)

38 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 05:18 AM (u82oZ)

39 I read Skip’s morning reports and feel a bit guilty. We started another project yesterday and my commute got 2 minutes shorter, only 17 minutes now. And, we start at 7.
I do emphasize with him tho, because last summer I worked in Lewes for a month.

Posted by: Accomack at July 21, 2026 05:19 AM (8jVAy)

40 Then maybe I can take off from working out this morning and squeeze a session in early tomorrow. I think most of the rain is supposed to be offshore to the south, not here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:15 AM (wzUl9)

Yup, wind shear is tearing the system apart in the mid-level, so the lower parts of the storm are heading south into the gulf, while the upper level low is is heading northwest into the coast.

Tropical storms hate wind shear.
Which is why El Ninos are good for the southeast - it causes more wind shear in the Gulf and Atlantic, so less hurricanes.
At least that's the theory.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 05:20 AM (6ydKt)

41 37 Is that Metatron?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2026 05:16 AM (Ot/FD)

Similar haircut and nose, but I don't think it's him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 05:22 AM (6ydKt)

42 My office is about an hour's drive one direction from me. The jobsite i have to go to often is an hour the other direction. So everyone who lives near the office, or even on the other side of it from me and has to pretty much stay in a hotel for the week if they need to work on site, is a little bit jealous that i can make it a day trip.

Lucky for me, an hour the other way past the shop is another region's stomping ground, so I won't even get to return the favor. Heh heh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2026 05:23 AM (Ot/FD)

43 This is mostly just because i'm weird, and not significant of anything, but I imagine that the single german word that would mean "The hacking of the Romanian Land Registry Database" must be a glorious thing to behold.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2026 05:28 AM (Ot/FD)

44 Gotta admit, I don't miss the rain you guys get down there Wolfus. But I do have to drag the sprinklers out this morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 05:32 AM (3Ope8)

45 otta admit, I don't miss the rain you guys get down there Wolfus. But I do have to drag the sprinklers out this morning.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026

***
We don't get enough rain on a daily basis. Years ago, when I worked outdoors, you could almost count on a thundershower every afternoon around 3 pm from May to October. Since the Katrina days, we get hotter afternoons and less rain -- until we have a storm or other downpour. And the big pumps in the city? They often break down when they get wet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

46 This morning I need to go back to the eyeglass place. They redid my bifocals to move the close-up lens farther down; but the distance lens is not strong enough for my right eye. New Rx today, then a few days for them to redo the glasses. When they get it right, I'll have them redo the other pair in the set (you get two for one price) as all distance lens for driving, use the bifocals for watching TV, and I have an earlier pair for reading.

Gettin' older ain't fer sissies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

47 Belated BOING!

Off first to Tel Aviv to visit pups and grandpups. Then tonight, heading up north to stay long term in our vacation home.

Lotsa driving!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 05:44 AM (zBP9L)

48 Good morning, All.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 05:45 AM (6gq1D)

49 Wonder how the lettuce market is moving these days. Are people avoiding it like the plague?

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 05:45 AM (bqIVz)

50 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 21, 2026 05:47 AM (V0/Sp)

51 @Pixy: You win the internet for today's musical selection.

I bought my first Pentium based machine in order to properly play Command & Conquer (C&C). (Remember when games drove most hardware upgrades? Pepperidge Farm remembers...)

Here's a video of "The Tiberian Sons" performing live, where they start the show with the installation sequence (including audio) for the original C&C, which brings back so many memories:

https://youtu.be/FcAzN5Ni4-E

Rejoinder: "These waffles, they suck!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 05:48 AM (O7YUW)

52 Disclaimer:
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

why null set

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 05:49 AM (faghi)

53 Case

Yes.
I wonder if vertical hydroponic farms with robots can replace Mexican lettuce. There is a bad trend line in that harvest. More capital intensive, but that is the trend I am seeing in Ag.

I would also like our IC to investigate China for bio warfare. And a separate DOGE group to investigate the IC investigating China.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 05:50 AM (u82oZ)

54 Is that Metatron?

Who, the longhair in the music vid, or the Kare vid?

Neither one is he.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 21, 2026 05:52 AM (EbCAF)

55 @47/Wolfus: "Gettin' older ain't fer sissies."

That's for sure. I'm on my first set of progressive lenses. The price of these things hurts.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 05:53 AM (O7YUW)

56 @53/m: Because in the face of such an awesome bit of music, the disclaimer could only stand there awe-struck, saying nothing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

57 Got up thinking the clock read 4:30 only to sit at the computer and see that it was 1:30. It's going to be a long day.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 05:55 AM (Ysav4)

58 That's for sure. I'm on my first set of progressive lenses. The price of these things hurts.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026

***
I wish Medicare, or my supplemental insurance, covered vision. But for now, anyway, this vision stuff is an occasional cost, not something to lay out every month or a huge catastrophic expense all at once.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

59 57 @53/m: Because in the face of such an awesome bit of music, the disclaimer could only stand there awe-struck, saying nothing.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

Pixy was speechless!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 05:56 AM (faghi)

60 >>> The combined debts of Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle has spiked to $1.65 trillion.

"Instead, they are treated as "off-balance-sheet debt" recorded only in the footnotes of quarterly reports."

So not actually selling bonds and paying interest.

Posted by: fluffy at July 21, 2026 05:56 AM (V0/Sp)

61 Got up thinking the clock read 4:30 only to sit at the computer and see that it was 1:30. It's going to be a long day.
Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026

***
Half-asleep, I misread my watch as 4:15 am, only to find it was 3:15. But somehow I could not drift back off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

62 Disclaimer:
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Pixy: Cat got your tongue?

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:00 AM (faghi)

63 My last few years: divorce, move to my brother's second house as caretaker, make plans for next move in six months.

Future goal: don't move.






Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:00 AM (Qzfwe)

64 Next time I move, it's gonna be in a box.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:02 AM (3Ope8)

65 (this comment not available in your country)

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 06:03 AM (ZxPkt)

66
Very strange feeling this morning. For the first time in many, many years I don't have to walk down to the kennel and let dogs out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 06:04 AM (O0L8i)

67 CrotchetyOldJarhead

I have too many books to move.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:04 AM (u82oZ)

68 Hadrian the Seventh

Congrats on TBD wins in Houston. How is the house doing with all those big dogs in it?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:05 AM (u82oZ)

69 I have too many books to move.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026

***
As a start to my downsizing for my move, I have two stacks of paperbacks and hardcovers to donate to the thrift store. I need a box, the kind a ream of copy paper comes in, that I used to get at work. Now I have to see if some store will give me a couple.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

70 CrotchetyOldJarhead

I have too many books to move.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:04 AM

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I chose to pare down a lot of books in the last move. It hurt.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:08 AM (UykIJ)

71 That's for sure. I'm on my first set of progressive lenses. The price of these things hurts.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Been wearing progressives for years now and yes they are expensive. But I could never go back to regular bifocals now. My latest pair are transition progressives that darken in the sunlight and clear up inside. Love them. My supplemental insurance covers the eye exam and part of the cost of the frames which makes the price a little more bearable.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:10 AM (lJ0H4)

72 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Walmart has inexpensive but sturdy banker boxes. That's what I moved over 3,000 books in on my way to Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:11 AM (u82oZ)

73 JM in Illinois

Are you going to leave Illinois, as so many others are doing?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:12 AM (u82oZ)

74 As a start to my downsizing for my move, I have two stacks of paperbacks and hardcovers to donate to the thrift store. I need a box, the kind a ream of copy paper comes in, that I used to get at work. Now I have to see if some store will give me a couple.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Liquor stores are good sources for empty boxes.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:12 AM (lJ0H4)

75 "Every time a file is saved in Word an open source LibreOffice angel dies" - Italo Vignoli, founding member of The Document Foundation and the handler of LibreOffice's PR and media relations

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:13 AM (/eAef)

76 The big neighborhood Trash Day Eve celebration kicks off in a few hours and runs all day. The 29-year-old crowd, as usual is showing exceptional enthusiasm.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:18 AM (/eAef)

77
How is the house doing with all those big dogs in it?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:05 AM (u82oZ)

Everyone has to get used to it. Puff and Ruth are in large crates in the entryway. Dutchess is in with her sister Dot in the utility room. While it can be a multistep pain to get them all out to exercise, it's nice for them to enjoy being near us.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 06:19 AM (O0L8i)

78 As a start to my downsizing for my move, I have two stacks of paperbacks and hardcovers to donate to the thrift store. I need a box, the kind a ream of copy paper comes in, that I used to get at work. Now I have to see if some store will give me a couple.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Liquor stores are good sources for empty boxes.
Posted by: Tun

The homeless people here always seem to have extra cardboard boxes and stingray bikes laying around. I'd hit them up first.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:19 AM (/eAef)

79 Good morning, Horde! It's a relatively beautiful day today but we are supposedly getting some storms later this afternoon. My Monday had two good things happen.

1. The repair of the water heater was less expensive that we anticipated and I ended up being able to pay for it as opposed to using my credit card.

2. When we went to pick up my wife's car, I negotiated the price for the repairs (Oil change, alignment and four new tires) down to under 1000.

So things are looking up.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 06:20 AM (svLOV)

80 So things are looking up.
Posted by: NR Pax

Indeed they are. Now if we can just get Wolfus moved to Indiana we tech thread peeps will be extra happy.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:26 AM (lJ0H4)

81 Liquor stores are good sources for empty boxes.
Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026

***
We don't have those here, unless it's a specialty store. Liquor, beer, and wine are sold in grocery stores.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

82 The homeless people here always seem to have extra cardboard boxes and stingray bikes laying around. I'd hit them up first.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026

***
I read that as "The boneless people."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

83 Walmart has inexpensive but sturdy banker boxes. That's what I moved over 3,000 books in on my way to Kansas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026

***
I need to run over there this a.m. for ant traps (I discovered some of the little buggers on the cats' bowls yesterday). I'll look for the boxes too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)

84 75 As a start to my downsizing for my move, I have two stacks of paperbacks and hardcovers to donate to the thrift store. I need a box, the kind a ream of copy paper comes in, that I used to get at work. Now I have to see if some store will give me a couple.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Liquor stores are good sources for empty boxes.
Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:12 AM (lJ0H4)

And grocery stores, if you snag some before they get broken down.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:31 AM (faghi)

85 We don't have those here, unless it's a specialty store. Liquor, beer, and wine are sold in grocery stores.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

My Aldi's always has a stack of empty boxes sitting by the check out lanes.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:32 AM (lJ0H4)

86 Years ago, Meyer the Hatter had hat boxes -- tall items with the little oval hat keeper rings in them, in which you could store and ship six hats at a time. I got a couple from them. Maybe I need to make a run down there, which I dread (you have to pay to park downtown even on Saturdays now), to see if I can score a few more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

87 My Aldi's always has a stack of empty boxes sitting by the check out lanes.
Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026

***
I hadn't noticed. I'll look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

88 77 The big neighborhood Trash Day Eve celebration kicks off in a few hours and runs all day. The 29-year-old crowd, as usual is showing exceptional enthusiasm.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:18 AM (/eAef)

I read that in a Howard Cosell voice.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026 06:36 AM (c3YdQ)

89
The Music of Command & Conquer
No. Title
1. "Act on Instinct"
...
22. "Air Strike"

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:36 AM (faghi)

90 SiriusXM's pricing is a farce. When I got my new car a trial Sirius XM subscription came with it. Here in New Mexico it's easy to run out of radio and cell phone coverage when driving around. Having satellite radio is pretty nice. When the trial subscription ran out I found out the price for that plan was $28 per month. I was like, that's not happening.

So I called up SiriusXM to cancel the subscription and was immediately offered a 2-year contract for $6.50 per month. Same plan. I renewed that plan yesterday using the same tactics. Same results except the plan went up to $7 50. The bonus this time is you have to deal with an uncannally competent AI Agent. All said and done I was on the phone for under 10 minutes.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (/eAef)

91 Hadrian, that sounds cozy. I am sure tge big floofs love being close to you

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (WL2lA)

92 When I said next time I move it's gonna be in a box, I meant a pine box. Or a bag. I'm not moving again. Although I will say that the last move from CO to Cowtown made me realize that we accumulate so much stuff that isn't really necessary. We donated so many clothes and household effects, even furniture.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (3Ope8)

93 89 77 The big neighborhood Trash Day Eve celebration kicks off in a few hours and runs all day. The 29-year-old crowd, as usual is showing exceptional enthusiasm.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:18 AM (/eAef)

I read that in a Howard Cosell voice.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026 06:36 AM (c3YdQ)

haha!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (faghi)

94 "You write a page or two every day, and in a year or less, you have a manuscript. Moving is like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"


How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 06:42 AM (MWfyi)

95 The bonus this time is you have to deal with an uncannally competent AI Agent. All said and done I was on the phone for under 10 minutes.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions.

Had my first dealings with an AI agent when I had to change an oil change appointment at my car dealership. Smooth as silk. I was surprised.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:42 AM (lJ0H4)

96 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 21, 2026 06:42 AM (2Ez/1)

97 m

Thanks for the hint. Never played the game.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

98 . . . 2. When we went to pick up my wife's car, I negotiated the price for the repairs (Oil change, alignment and four new tires) down to under 1000.

So things are looking up.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026

***
*Negotiating* for car repairs? What a concept!

The Buick's rear brakes were done last week. Nothing else is needed until the August or September oil change, and I have the oil already, purchased when there was a scare story during the early days of the Iran "conflict" that there would soon be a shortage of 5W-30 oil in the stores and a huge price increase. The first didn't happen, and I don't think the second has either.

The car will hit 100K miles this summer, about 65K of that on my watch. August 8 will make seven years: the longest I have ever kept a car. And I still smile when I walk up to it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)

99 100

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (faghi)

100 How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

Don't start in the back though, you'll quickly lose all appetite for forward progress.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (3Ope8)

101 Costco's boxes are useless for moving.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:44 AM (WoIFp)

102 98 m

Thanks for the hint. Never played the game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

Me, too, never played it. Looked it up on Wikipedia!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:44 AM (faghi)

103 CrotchetyOldJarhead

There is a song I heard as a yute: Going to Glory in a Glad Bag.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

104 93 When I said next time I move it's gonna be in a box, I meant a pine box.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (3Ope

I knew what you meant! I was gonna say, "Feet first?"

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:47 AM (faghi)

105 @103/m: Listen to the opening of the track "Hell March" (from C&C Red Alert) and you'll understand my Rejoinder in #52.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

106 I have used Home Depot moving boxes for my last two moves and found them to be perfect. The thickness of the material is just about right and the uniform sizes makes stacking them a breeze. Given how expensive it is to move the small cost for them is well worth it.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:48 AM (/eAef)

107 If anyone likes Billy Joel, I can recommend Rick Beato's interview with him on YT. He is certainly looking his age, and he does not look healthy, and he is well past his singing prime, but he can still play, and his stories about his influences, career, and his songwriting are fascinating.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026 06:48 AM (c3YdQ)

108 93 When I said next time I move it's gonna be in a box, I meant a pine box. Or a bag. I'm not moving again. Although I will say that the last move from CO to Cowtown made me realize that we accumulate so much stuff that isn't really necessary. We donated so many clothes and household effects, even furniture.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (3Ope8

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And by making donations, you make life easier on your survivors
Who deal with the leftovers

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:49 AM (6hw2D)

109 Wolfus, if you have a public library nearby, it's worth asking if they happen to have boxes to spare. Or maybe a bookstore.
The boxes books come in are sturdy

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 21, 2026 06:50 AM (7gFa4)

110 NaCly... Indeed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:51 AM (3Ope8)

111 How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
*
Don't start in the back though, you'll quickly lose all appetite for forward progress.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026

***
In Burroughs's Jungle Tales of Tarzan, he tells us of the time Tarzan ate meat from Tantor, the elephant, who had long been his friend. Some of the "blacks," the Gomangani, had cooked up an elephant, and a hungry Tarzan stole some stew meat from their pot (he'd had a bad week at hunting). Unfortunately the elephant had been sick when it died. Tarzan had hallucinations and tried to shoot arrows at the moon in his delirium. When he recovered, he swore he would never again touch meat from Tantor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

112 106 @103/m: Listen to the opening of the track "Hell March" (from C&C Red Alert) and you'll understand my Rejoinder in #52.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

The audience goes wild.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:53 AM (faghi)

113 74 JM in Illinois

Are you going to leave Illinois, as so many others are doing?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:12 AM (

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I am looking at indiana.I'd like to stay closer to my family. Illinois is such a financial train wreck.. And ss everybody knows, one of the bluest of blue states

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:54 AM (eGRby)

114 If anyone likes Billy Joel, I can recommend Rick Beato's interview with him on YT. He is certainly looking his age, and he does not look healthy, and he is well past his singing prime, but he can still play, and his stories about his influences, career, and his songwriting are fascinating.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026

***
I've always admired his piano work and his songwriting -- "Piano Man" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" (I guess he wrote that?), and "The Stranger" in particular.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

115 I am looking at indiana.I'd like to stay closer to my family. Illinois is such a financial train wreck.. And ss everybody knows, one of the bluest of blue states
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026

***
Exactly why I eliminated IL as a bolthole. Not a 2A friendly state, which IN is, and I wouldn't be surprised if IL taxes Social Security, which IN does not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

116 'Bout time to feed the monsters, shower, and get ready to hit Walmart for the ant traps et al.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

117 I've always admired his piano work and his songwriting -- "Piano Man" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" (I guess he wrote that?), and "The Stranger" in particular.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

----------

One of the stories he tells is that he didn't really like "Just the Way You Are" and was not going to put it on the album, but a person ( you'll find out who in the interview ) tells his "Are you nuts! That's a hit!!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (c3YdQ)

118 113 106 @103/m: Listen to the opening of the track "Hell March" (from C&C Red Alert) and you'll understand my Rejoinder in #52.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

The audience goes wild.
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:53 AM (faghi)

Warning: This Show Will Contain Intense Flashing

I'm glad they warned me!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (faghi)

119 Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (faghi)

What's up with that hash?

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (faghi)

120 JM in Illinois

The elites, in their effort to keep power, drive people away. You would think they could learn, but so far that is not happening.

Why Trump is hated. He makes the area of the curve of prosperity wider and higher, not a spike over the elites.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

121

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 21, 2026 06:57 AM (sUMTS)

122 'Bout time to feed the monsters, shower, and get ready to hit Walmart for the ant traps et al.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Ah ha, Walmart. Another good empty boxes source.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:58 AM (lJ0H4)

123 Hillary Clinton

Saw you in Italy. You looked hideous. And fat.
Bill stayed away from you. And he looks like he is close to death.

Do you miss the loving of Webb Hubble?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

124 And you thought you had problems: The combined debts of Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle has spiked to $1.65 trillion.

Or is it their payees who have problems.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:59 AM (faghi)

125 I found out that the 2 year college allows seniors to audit courses for free. I may look at going to school and doing some courses in biology or anthropology.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:59 AM (3Ope8)

126 Yes, Joel wrote "We Didn't Start the Fire" as well as "Piano Man" and "The Stranger." For those three alone he should be remembered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

127 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I get the fun task of taking Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest little cat of them all) into the vet for minor surgery today.

It looks like she has a hematoma in one of her ears.

Since she's going to be sedated, she's been NPO since midnight. I'm sure she's missing her breakfast this morning.

Poor kitty.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 07:02 AM (FZ29D)

128
...Going over by the couch to plug in the MacBook and turn on the TV, I thought I glimpsed a *gray monkey* sitting atop the couch! A blink resolved the simian into Dagny, who had been yawning and thus in the moving partial light did not look like herself...

Wait!

You started your day with a monkey but wound up with a cat?!?!

What a downgrade, you poor fellow.

You should hit the booze and see if the monkey comes back!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 07:03 AM (iJfKG)

129 128
...Going over by the couch to plug in the MacBook and turn on the TV, I thought I glimpsed a *gray monkey* sitting atop the couch! A blink resolved the simian into Dagny, who had been yawning and thus in the moving partial light did not look like herself...

Wait!

You started your day with a monkey but wound up with a cat?!?!

What a downgrade, you poor fellow.

You should hit the booze and see if the monkey comes back!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 07:03 AM (iJfKG)

"The Lost Weekend" redux.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 07:04 AM (faghi)

130 m

When you owe that much, the financial institutions are in the most trouble. Someone is getting their har cut with losses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

131 SeriusXM: Recently my two-years subscription was about to expire. You don't even have to call them anymore. Log in the website. Try to cancel. Receive offer. Accept. Bingo.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 07:05 AM (qFwJc)

132 You should hit the booze and see if the monkey comes back!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026

***
I thought that was how you got *pink* monkeys. . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 07:07 AM (wzUl9)

133 I'm up early for no discernible reason. Can't blame Stirling for leaping on me today. Though I did give myself a turn. When I get up to turn on the coffee, I use a flashlight to see. Going over by the couch to plug in the MacBook and turn on the TV, I thought I glimpsed a *gray monkey* sitting atop the couch! A blink resolved the simian into Dagny, who had been yawning and thus in the moving partial light did not look like herself.
----
A glitch in the Matrix?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 07:07 AM (FZ29D)

134 "White House Correspondents' Dinner set for Friday at new location with tighter security"

They should ban CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, CNN, and MSN. Also the NYT, WaPo, Daily Mail, and every other major newspaper. Then call it off and forget about it.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:09 AM (MWfyi)

135 no one of any consequence

That works with Epoch Times as well. Try to cancel, get a lower price.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

136 Exactly why I eliminated IL as a bolthole. Not a 2A friendly state, which IN is, and I wouldn't be surprised if IL taxes Social Security, which IN does not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM

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The legislature voted on taxing some retirement income in 2020 but it didn't pass. I think next try will work, they're so addicted to spending. Chicago has elected a Democrat mayor every election since 1930, and it's a financial mess

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 07:10 AM (fqFLK)

137 fd

Alligator Alcatraz for the win! Invite all the main stream media. But only the Presidential Party, the Secret Service and venue workers get to leave.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

138 If you find and old fashioned paper dictionary and look up the word "Nebbish" you'll find Billy Joel's picture next to it.
Not a joke.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)

139 J.J. Runway 270.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

140 What was Christy Brinkley thinking

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 07:15 AM (ZxPkt)

141 And stop calling me Shirley!

Posted by: SeriusXM at July 21, 2026 07:15 AM (2Ez/1)

142 From above, US Big Tech's Hidden Debt Hits 2,455 Trillion Won Amid AI Race

So to discourage data centers and affiliated costs, especially in the US, or the future 'socialist' grab or both?

Posted by: L - No nic.. cellphone at July 21, 2026 07:32 AM (NFX2v)

143 *US Big Tech's Hidden Debt Hits 2,455 Trillion Won Amid AI Race*

It's a write off Jerry.

Posted by: Kramer at July 21, 2026 07:35 AM (2Ez/1)

144
(SE Dailing) = Seoul Economic Daily
Korea's Leading Business News Since 1960

AI-translated from Korean.
Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

An analysis by Nihon Keizai Shimbun of recent financial statements and related documents from Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Meta, and Oracle found that the five companies' AI-related contractual obligations totaled 1.65 trillion dollars (about 2,455 trillion won), an eightfold increase in four years, the newspaper reported on the 20th.

"the newspaper"
No newspaper has been mentioned.
This seems maybe shady a bit?

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 07:41 AM (faghi)

145
(faghi)

practically an abecedarium

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 07:43 AM (faghi)

146 "The Nikkei, also known as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun ( lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with over 3 million subscribers."

Posted by: From Wikipedia at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

147 146 "The Nikkei, also known as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun ( lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with over 3 million subscribers."
Posted by: From Wikipedia at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

Thank you, (2Ez/1)! It had not even occurred to me to look into what Nihon Keizai Shimbun is, because I thought Nihon Keizai Shimbun was a "who"! Adding that "The" is very helpful.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (faghi)

148 I am still faghi.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (faghi)

149 sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

Monday Overnight Open Thread (7/20/26)

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Not the way I want to leave with The Fabulous. Something about hijacking a city bus*.

An elderly couple who went missing in Canada are thought to have been mauled to death in a bear attack after police found two bodies.

Jay and Deb MacDonald, both retired and in their 70s, had gone on a fishing trip and were staying at a cabin near McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, when they stopped answering their phones.



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The Quote of The Day & Genius Award Winner

"For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges." - Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department



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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Savant Central Planners.

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Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire & AceCorp, LLC. Any semblance that this masterpiece resembles ignorance or apathy, isn't true. Nor do we know or care.

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1 First

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 09:57 PM (/FSYM)

2 Kaboi k!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (YlWIZ)

3 First

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 09:57 PM (/FSYM)

True to your name. Not sure if that's a good thing.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (vE0+H)

4 Thanks for the ONT, Mis Hum!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (Jr+re)

5 Fell off the carnivore wagon, starting to feel like sh*t again. Tomorrow getting back on the pain train.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (XV/Pl)

6 >>>Do not mow.

I thought this was America!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (dK+Kv)

7 Hi MisHum!

You are missed.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (5KFR9)

8 Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over! This directive has been passed on to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine, and every Leader in the Military. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (jU8k8)

9 Looks like the sign was effective. The rocks still have their inherent shapes!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (Jr+re)

10 *waves to MisHum*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (x7Vzy)

11 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (ourEi)

12 Was the nekkid locomotive surfer also charged with Indecent Exposure or did they have to drop that charge due to insufficient evidence?

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:01 PM (/FSYM)

13 Yay, rusty car ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 20, 2026 10:01 PM (+9wcF)

14 “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.”
– Muhammad Ali

Posted by: mindful webworker - off we go at July 20, 2026 10:01 PM (p+5Bi)

15 ... and were staying at a cabin near McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, when they stopped answering their phones.



Yeah, being mauled by a bear will do that to you.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (ourEi)

16 An elderly couple who went missing in Canada are thought to have been mauled to death in a bear attack after police found two bodies.

Question: Were their pick-a-nick baskets missing?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (luin1)

17 Was the nekkid locomotive surfer also charged with Indecent Exposure or did they have to drop that charge due to insufficient evidence?

They say the dude was hanging 11.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (luin1)

18 nood in place.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (Jr+re)

19 "For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges." - Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department
----
If this dude isn't an actual Moron, can we make him an honorary Moron?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D)

20 There he his....MisHum! Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (ok2JK)

21 So THAT's where I parked my car.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (Av6i5)

22 ... and were staying at a cabin near McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, when they stopped answering their phones.

Yeah, being mauled by a bear will do that to you.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (ourEi)

Oldies, man. Probably didn't know that they could just set their phones to do not disturb.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 10:04 PM (dK+Kv)

23 Good evening Horde. Thanks MisHum.

Posted by: TRex - surfing dino at July 20, 2026 10:04 PM (XfIK1)

24 Oh. Naked train surfers. Sounds like a great thing to miss!

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 10:05 PM (Dd38x)

25 "Do not mow" — the things you have to tell some people.

"This is a hammer. Hold by handle. Do not smash thumb. Ineffective for driving screws."

Posted by: mindful webworker - do not drink bleach at July 20, 2026 10:05 PM (p+5Bi)

26 Get your fuel

At Kum n Go

But their rocks

DO NOT MOW

Burma Shave

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:05 PM (/FSYM)

27 and were staying at a cabin near McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, when they stopped answering their phones.



Yeah, being mauled by a bear will do that to you.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (ourEi)

It was in Canada, so I assume no .357 magnum bear spray.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 20, 2026 10:05 PM (IYeV+)

28 Hiya Mr. Rex. Next to the Hum, you're my fave🦖🦖🦖🦖!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:06 PM (ok2JK)

29 Hey, All. I’m groovin’ on my new car.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:07 PM (77rzZ)

30 Evening Horde. Today was "the sound of silence" on jobs. Maybe tomorrow? And at least no news is not automatically bad news.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 20, 2026 10:08 PM (aJQbY)

31 28 but yeah...DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:08 PM (ok2JK)

32 "Do not mow" — the things you have to tell some people.

"This is a hammer. Hold by handle. Do not smash thumb. Ineffective for driving screws."

"Remove child before laundering"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:08 PM (luin1)

33 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

34 Evening Horde. Today was "the sound of silence" on jobs. Maybe tomorrow? And at least no news is not automatically bad news.

I got three identical emails today rejecting me for one application. That bot really didn't like me.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (vTZFs)

35 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

36 Oh good grief...
I missed Zappa....
Sorry MisHum🫠🫠

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:10 PM (ok2JK)

37 It was in Canada, so I assume no .357 magnum bear spray.

Posted by: Beartooth
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I was going to say something about bear spray. Are you saying that bear spray is illegal in Canada? It does sound very Canadian seeing as how they are killing each other off as fast as possible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:10 PM (jU8k8)

38 Dude.

Groovin on a lesbaru?

Yeeeesh.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 10:10 PM (MLtjZ)

39 Yay, a Mis Hum ONT. Feels like old times.

Posted by: Grizzled Goomer at July 20, 2026 10:11 PM (JM9I6)

40 McTavish Lake

Way up there

In Saskatchewan

I cannot bear.

Burma Shave

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:11 PM (/FSYM)

41 No wonder Iran is losing, they have not committed themselves to total war yet. Shame, that.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:11 PM (rbvCR)

42 "Do not mow" — the things you have to tell some people.

"This is a hammer. Hold by handle. Do not smash thumb. Ineffective for driving screws."

"Remove child before laundering"
Posted by: Cicero

On packaging for sleeping pills: "May cause drowsiness."

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:12 PM (ourEi)

43 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
---

What a car!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:12 PM (jU8k8)

44 Top pic - looks like Bodie, Calif.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 10:12 PM (qt51i)

45 35 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Until AOP passes judgement on this jalopy, I think I'll wait ...

Posted by: browndog puttering about at July 20, 2026 10:13 PM (3sXRv)

46 Yep, Nurse, I’m groovin’ on it.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

47 30 Jobbing is hard. Fighting off the soul crushing nature myself.

Poorly.

Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2026 10:14 PM (LX4y3)

48 Put it on a Mustang chassis, add a V10 with a new automatic transmission. mmmm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:14 PM (jU8k8)

49 There isn't a rock within 100 miles of here that wasn't trained, trucked, or barged in. They're a novelty here.

Posted by: Sandy Britches at July 20, 2026 10:15 PM (JM9I6)

50 45 Until AOP passes judgement on this jalopy, I think I'll wait ...

Yep.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:15 PM (ok2JK)

51 Tomorrow I will be the best version of myself that I can be.

Sad.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:15 PM (/FSYM)

52 Hi MisHum!

You are missed.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (

Hey Nurse
I'm here every other Monday and Saturday mornings
Reach out please

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:16 PM (CkDaS)

53 >>>Groovin on a lesbaru?

Lesbaru?

What is that?

Kind of reminds me of Lebensraum.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 10:16 PM (+ZHEV)

54 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”. Even when I was 5 I thought that was pretty silly

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 10:17 PM (qt51i)

55 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 10:17 PM (sAmhv)

56 20 There he his....MisHum! Yay!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (ok2JK)

Hey there young lady

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:17 PM (CkDaS)

57 Had to save two garter snakes from one of the kittens today. I will probably be rescuing snakes for the rest of the summer.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)

58 "For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges." - Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department
_____________________________________

I'd pay just to hear his explanation.

"Ummmm, I sleep walk."

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

59 The World Cup cameramen understood the assignment.

But Canada showing up at the end absolutely steals the video.

x.com/i/status/2078915273286152448

Posted by: mindful webworker - audience in focus at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (p+5Bi)

60 28 Hiya Mr. Rex. Next to the Hum, you're my fave🦖🦖🦖🦖!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:06 PM
***
Howdy! But it isn't a competition. We're all God's children. Some more children than others, but that's a different story.

Posted by: TRex - astronaut dino at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (XfIK1)

61 Thanks for the swell ONT, Mis Hum!

Great photo of my former automobile up top...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

62 I’m sorry that y’all have Subaru issues.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

63 40 McTavish Lake

Way up there

In Saskatchewan

I cannot bear.

Burma Shave

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:11 PM


***SNORT***

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (CkDaS)

64 33 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM
***
Hey Bulg! Glad the new wheels are working out well.

Posted by: TRex - ski racer dino at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (XfIK1)

65 The problem with Subarus is they go out of alignment when they get wet. Like spaghetti.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (/FSYM)

66 Sorry I'm late, but if the five-oh asks, I was here the entire time.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (ZceAD)

67 Meanwhile some pix for the Rons

Caroline Jane Munro (1949- )
bitsandpieces.us/2026/07/20/
nobody-does-it-better-feel-sad-for-the-rest/

Posted by: mindful webworker - woo at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (p+5Bi)

68 54 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”. Even when I was 5 I thought that was pretty silly
Posted by: Common Tater

I dated a pretty young lady all 4 years of high school who had a big scar on her chin from when her two older brothers tossed her through a window when she was 3 playing Superman. She had it fixed when she turned 18.

Posted by: I Believe I Can Fly at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

69 57 Had to save two garter snakes from one of the kittens today. I will probably be rescuing snakes for the rest of the summer.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)

we have a lot of those little green anole lizards all over. Our cat loves pulling their tails off (if he doesn't eat them whole)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 10:21 PM (edUvp)

70 An Antifa militant threw red paint on an ICE facility in Portland last night and was arrested tonight after he returned to the scene to attack again

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:22 PM (jU8k8)

71 I’m sorry that y’all have Subaru issues.
Posted by: Bulg
---

We're just being bratty.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 10:22 PM (XeU6L)

72 66 Sorry I'm late, but if the five-oh asks, I was here the entire time.
Posted by: tankdemon

Pfffft. We have your phone records, know your every move.

Posted by: Steve McGarrett at July 20, 2026 10:23 PM (JM9I6)

73 54 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”. Even when I was 5 I thought that was pretty silly
Posted by: Common Tater

My little brother had Superman underroos and a cape. When he was 3, maybe 4, he jumped off the back of the couch in them to fly. He broke his collarbone.

He is now a VP at Northrop Grumman. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 10:23 PM (Dd38x)

74 Another here nor there...
When I was a wee one, I would go out to the country with my dad. Funny thing...dad and his bros had an old late 40s car that they buried in their back meadow. I often wondered why...I was too young to consider... hmmmm...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:24 PM (ok2JK)

75 Subarus are fine cars. Horizontally opposed engines will supply all locomotion in Heaven.

Posted by: Flat Four Fred at July 20, 2026 10:25 PM (JM9I6)

76 Howdy! But it isn't a competition. We're all God's children. Some more children than others, but that's a different story.
Posted by: TRex - astronaut dino at July 20, 2026

Right! Remember that time when….oh wait. We all had to sign NDAs. Never mind.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 10:25 PM (Dd38x)

77 65 The problem with Subarus is they go out of alignment when they get wet. Like spaghetti.

Posted by: Minuteman
---

Guess you can't drive it when it snows either?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:25 PM (jU8k8)

78 Hey there Mis Hum, always happy to see you around...

And for the record I have a Subaru BRZ, and a might little spirited sports car it is. Passes everything on the road, as a proper car should!

Posted by: The Grateful at July 20, 2026 10:25 PM (XfIK1)

79 I dated a pretty young lady all 4 years of high school who had a big scar on her chin from when her two older brothers tossed her through a window when she was 3 playing Superman. She had it fixed when she turned 18.
Posted by: I Believe I Can Fly at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

My wife still has a barely visible scar on her chin. Dates from when she was two and squirming around on a Baptist church pew. She pitched forward, fell head first and landed right on a metal AC grate that was in the floor. Well that was an eventful Sunday meetin'.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 10:26 PM (edUvp)

80 Let he who has not attempted to fly as a kid after putting on a superman cape cast the first stone.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:26 PM (vE0+H)

81 It was in Canada, so I assume no .357 magnum bear spray.

Posted by: Beartooth
---

I was going to say something about bear spray. Are you saying that bear spray is illegal in Canada? It does sound very Canadian seeing as how they are killing each other off as fast as possible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

It was an assumption that since guns are verboten in Canada, the couple didn't have one to protect themselves.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 20, 2026 10:27 PM (IYeV+)

82 Let he who has not attempted to fly as a kid after putting on a superman cape cast the first stone.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:26 PM (vE0+H)

Mary Poppins was a faker.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 10:28 PM (dK+Kv)

83
I dated a pretty young lady all 4 years of high school who had a big scar on her chin from when her two older brothers tossed her through a window when she was 3 playing Superman. She had it fixed when she turned 18.
Posted by: I Believe I Can Fly at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

That's a long time to deal with a broken window.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:28 PM (/FSYM)

84 "For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges." - Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department

-
But had he been in the pool?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:28 PM (ndZc7)

85 80 Let he who has not attempted to fly as a kid after putting on a superman cape cast the first stone.
****

INCOMING!!

Posted by: clarence at July 20, 2026 10:28 PM (1QT7n)

86 75 Subarus are fine cars. Horizontally opposed engines will supply all locomotion in Heaven.

Posted by: Flat Four Fred
--

Write up says they are torquey. The flat 6 more so.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:29 PM (jU8k8)

87 Irony can be pretty ironic.

#BREAKING: An immigrant heading to his immigration hearing was injured in today's anti-ICE terror attack in NYC.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:30 PM (ndZc7)

88 It was an assumption that since guns are verboten in Canada, the couple didn't have one to protect themselves.

Posted by: Beartooth
---

Sgt. Preston gave me an entirely different opinion of Canada.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:31 PM (jU8k8)

89 T Rex rock's this place. And I for one appreciate his hard work.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:31 PM (CkDaS)

90 60 Howdy! But it isn't a competition. We're all God's children. Some more children than others, but that's a different story.

No competition darlin'! I just always had a fondness for the Hum!
I love all of these CoBs!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:31 PM (ok2JK)

91 Subarus are fine cars. Horizontally opposed engines will supply all locomotion in Heaven.
Posted by: Flat Four Fred
------

Preach it!

Posted by: The Wretched Panhard at July 20, 2026 10:32 PM (XeU6L)

92 >>>Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Savant Central Planners.

I wonder how many cars were damaged by flying rocks before they put up the Do Not Mow sign so that the employees would know not to try to mow that area.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 10:32 PM (syz1S)

93 83
I dated a pretty young lady all 4 years of high school who had a big scar on her chin from when her two older brothers tossed her through a window when she was 3 playing Superman. She had it fixed when she turned 18.
Posted by: I Believe I Can Fly at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

That's a long time to deal with a broken window.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 20,

Golf clap, well done!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:33 PM (CkDaS)

94 Sgt. Preston gave me an entirely different opinion of Canada.
Posted by: Braenyard
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And Dudley Do-Right?

Posted by: The Wretched Panhard at July 20, 2026 10:33 PM (XeU6L)

95
Oh, I think that to mow that rock-lined pan would yield some fantastic stone throws.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:33 PM (ixS3i)

96 would yield some fantastic stone throws.


and associated head wounds!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)

97 Speaking of ironic wouldn't Steely Dan have been more properly named Irony Dan?

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (/FSYM)

98 >>>Not the way I want to leave with The Fabulous. Something about hijacking a city bus*.

I looked all over for the mate to that asterisk, but no luck.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 10:35 PM (syz1S)

99 Eat your landlord!

Ashley Luna[tic]
@RealAshleyLuna
Landlords, landlord hoarding & charging high rent is the reason why the housing supply is low, costs are inflated & it’s difficult for renters to save money for a DP.
I’m the reason why the landlord doesn’t have to get a real job to cover his personal expenses or lifestyle. Did u ever thank a renter once?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:35 PM (ndZc7)

100
That's a long time to deal with a broken window.
Posted by: Minuteman

Each and every generation of critters who took up living in those new quarters thought that it was just peachy!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:36 PM (ixS3i)

101 and associated head wounds!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)

I used to live within a stone's-throw of a bunch of people who suffered mysterious head wounds.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

102
Steely-Eyed Missleman Dan would have been boss.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:37 PM (ixS3i)

103 I haven't given Frank Zappa a listen. If you had to pick 3 - 5 songs to show how good he is, could you? If so, which ones would they be?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

104 would yield some fantastic stone throws.


and associated head wounds!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)

Not to mention the groin!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

105 I used to live within a stone's-throw of a bunch of people who suffered mysterious head wounds.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Pfft.

Posted by: Goliath at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (XeU6L)

106 What a shame what happened to that cool looking ZZ Top car, rusty lawn art.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (2GVsD)

107
At this moment 57 years ago, 10:39PM EDT, 9:39PM Houston time, Neil Armstrong opened the hatch on Eagle, and slowly started climbing out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

108 75 Subarus are fine cars. Horizontally opposed engines will supply all locomotion in Heaven.

My guy friend owned a couple of Suburus. Yeah. Until he didn't.
They're very good hippy cars...until they ain't...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (ok2JK)

109
Robert Preston gave me a favorable opinion of hustling to bring music to the masses.

"Folks, listen!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (ixS3i)

110 College Refresher: Bears are killing machines and eat meat. Thus endeth the lesson.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 10:40 PM (sYM3s)

111 EXCLUSIVE: Several DSA-aligned politicians attended a stream where speakers compared America to Nazism and discussed protecting Iran’s ability to fund Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis.
“If Iran is off the table, Hezbollah can’t be funded, Hamas can’t be funded, the Houthis can’t be funded.”
America and its allies were also referred to as the “Axis of Epstein” and “The Fourth Reich”

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OMG! Where is the humanity?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:41 PM (ndZc7)

112 Lesburus are utility cars. They work well in crappy weather and road conditions. But I’d never groove on my outback.

Just. No.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 10:41 PM (my2EF)

113 Thanks for posting that Publius

Posted by: The Grateful at July 20, 2026 10:41 PM (XfIK1)

114 Meanwhile Rosie O'Donnel is planning to move back to Trumplandia from Ireland.

The Emrald Isle must really be a horrid place.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:42 PM (2GVsD)

115 Resting after a long day of driving. We saw a gorgeous waterfall, some steaming pools, and more buffalo! Tomorrow we're hoping to see Old Faithful on our way to the Grand Tetons. My favorite part of today was driving on our way to the Virginia Cascades. It's a one-way road, so the pine trees were close and we had the windows down. Ahhhh, my favorite smell!

Posted by: pookysgirl, family chauffeur at July 20, 2026 10:42 PM (vsLO4)

116 Word of advice

Always be kind to your house cleaners. They are alone with your toothbrush.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

117 The Democratic candidate of Egyptian origin for the Michigan, US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed: "ICE has nothing to do with immigration; ICE has nothing to do with the southern border... ICE is about arming the idea of immigration against the Constitution itself... ICE has to be abolished

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:43 PM (jU8k8)

118
Where is the humanity?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

They are a surfeit of faces badly made in need of many punches.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:43 PM (ixS3i)

119 BRZs are definitely NOT a utility car....they are known as the Porsche of Subarus. And they work just fine in wet and snow.

Posted by: The Grateful at July 20, 2026 10:44 PM (XfIK1)

120 Sounds like the DSA needs an application of Gaylord's drone strike policy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:44 PM (2GVsD)

121 116 Word of advice

Always be kind to your house cleaners. They are alone with your toothbrush.
_-_

Like one of the early scenes in the movie "Wild America"...'course that was the little brother, not the house cleaner.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 10:44 PM (JWDez)

122 College Refresher: Bears are killing machines and eat meat. Thus endeth the lesson.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 10:40 PM (sYM3s)

What do bears have against machines?

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:45 PM (vE0+H)

123 ***Breaking News***

Rare worn down pencil belonging to William Shakespeare has been unearthed. Experts unclear if pencil is 2B or not 2B.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)

124
Bears are terminators and eat meat.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:46 PM (ixS3i)

125 Whoopi, "Are we talking bear bears or Russian bears?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

126 Speaking of ironic wouldn't Steely Dan have been more properly named Irony Dan?
Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (/FSYM)

Steely Dan.


Now we're talking about one of the most vastly overrated artists of all-time.

Steely Dan is certainty in that conversation.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 10:47 PM (+ZHEV)

127 115 Resting after a long day of driving.
Posted by: pookysgirl, family chauffeur at July 20, 2026 10:42 PM
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Sounds like a most excellent trip. Enjoy!

Posted by: TRex - park ranger dino at July 20, 2026 10:47 PM (XfIK1)

128 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”.

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Warning is not good enough!

Peter St Onge, Ph.D.
@profstonge
1 in 5 college students now reads at the level of a ten-year-old.

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We need pictographs!

(I read pretty well at 10.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:48 PM (ndZc7)

129 Our Lab got into a skunk tonight. Just got done washing her with a mix of hydrogen peroxide. baking soda, and dawn dish detergent. She smells all right but the whole front of the house stinks.

Posted by: Cosda at July 20, 2026 10:49 PM (f7Rzk)

130
would yield some fantastic stone throws.

and associated head wounds!
Posted by: LRob in OK

And broken back windows of automobiles. It happened to us and the teenage groundskeeper with a lawnmower in the vicinity was Sergeant Schultz and saw nothing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:49 PM (ixS3i)

131 Rare worn down pencil belonging to William Shakespeare has been unearthed. Experts unclear if pencil is 2B or not 2B.

Ugh. Get thee to a punnery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:50 PM (luin1)

132 Pictographs

So, Superman with a red circle and slash?

Idiotocracy was not supposed to be a how-to.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:50 PM (2GVsD)

133
Landlords, landlord hoarding & charging high rent is the reason why the housing supply is low, costs are inflated & it’s difficult for renters to save money for a DP.

___________

Ayanna Pressley and her husband are landlords
Are they hoarding and gouging.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)

134 I lived within a stone's throw of a glass house. Next to a Kum n Go gas station.

Not a pretty site. And when the cops came to write occupants up for indecent exposure it wasn't a pretty cite. But the charges were dropped for insufficient evidence. Also you could see a German ghost there for a time, a zeitgeist if you will. A friend would refer to it as an example. He would often cite the zeitgeist site sight.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:51 PM (/FSYM)

135 In response to Canada's discriminatory treatment of American cars, alcohol and dairy products, President Donald Trump signed three proclamations under a 1930 trade law to impose 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian products.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:52 PM (jU8k8)

136 Looks like a '37 Chevy in the top pic. I have not been to McTavish Lake, IIRC, but I have done work in the LaRonge country. years ago, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

137
Has anyone noticed that "hoarding" is back in political circulation? Next thing, they'll discover kulaks and wreckers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 10:52 PM (O0L8i)

138
Y'know, Canada loses one li'l hockey tournament and afterward the whole place goes to hell.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:53 PM (ixS3i)

139 Sanity may become a fad:

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) will begin to require an SRY gene test to confirm the sex of its participants and prevent the presence of men in its competitions, threatening to disqualify tennis players who refuse to do so thus joining the IOC's decision that will require the same method for its future editions of the Olympic Games

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:53 PM (jU8k8)

140 An elderly couple who went missing in Canada are thought to have been mauled to death in a bear attack after police found two bodies.

May their Family & Friends be Comforted.

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 20, 2026 10:53 PM (3ZUWJ)

141 107 At this moment 57 years ago, 10:39PM EDT, 9:39PM Houston time, Neil Armstrong opened the hatch on Eagle, and slowly started climbing out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

I remember what I was doing exactly 57 years ago tonight.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 10:54 PM (y171U)

142 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Co-pilot doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

143 I remember what I was doing exactly 57 years ago tonight.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 10:54 PM (y171U)
___

I don't.

I was only seven months old.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (x7Vzy)

144 Ghost in the machine.

Lawsuit says Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (ndZc7)

145 Rare worn down pencil belonging to William Shakespeare has been unearthed. Experts unclear if pencil is 2B or not 2B.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

** wheels trebuchet into position **

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 20, 2026 10:56 PM (3ZUWJ)

146
Exactly 57 years ago at this moment, 10:56:15PM EDT, 9:56:15PM CDT, 02:56:15Z, man first set foot on the surface of the Moon.

Armstrong's left foot made first contact. "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

That man was an American, one of our greatest achievements.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 10:56 PM (w6EFb)

147 His code name was Bo Jingle. All aboard for all stations east.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (aqrdH)

148 Another reason to create an LLC or a trust or some legal entity to protect your identity before claiming a lottery jackpot.

The anonymous winner of a $1.8 billion Powerball Jackpot in Arkansas has been revealed because he is the brother a mayor. Due to state transparency laws relating to public officials and close relatives, his name has been released to the public.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (2GVsD)

149 Yeah, the one's at auto trader look more like the Chevy.
Chevy looks more aggressive and a long hood for that inline six.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (jU8k8)

150 I’m sorry that y’all have Subaru issues.
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

151 1. Peaches en Regalia
2. Inca Roads
3. Florentine Pogen
4. Nanook Rubs It
5. Who Are The Brain Police?

Just a sampler, for starters.

Posted by: Zoot Allures! at July 20, 2026 10:58 PM (JM9I6)

152 Well. I guess I should check out. I love you crazy morons❣️❣️❣️

"Dreams are the only place where I’m not judged for being lazy.”

Thanx Hum and all youz!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:58 PM (ok2JK)

153 Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (ndZc7)

I have no further questions.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)

154 When you're over 70, don't go to the maul there's a bad element there.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 10:59 PM (sYM3s)

155 Front-wheel drive

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

HOW DARE YOU

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)

156 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Is a flat bed that's slowing down to take a look at me?

Posted by: Zombie Glenn Frey at July 20, 2026 10:59 PM (/FSYM)

157 Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ouch

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (XeU6L)

158
Concerning the top photo -- such abandoned places always seem to bring out a sense of melancholy in me. It brings back memories of having visited visited and, for a time, lived in the island community in which my Dad grew up that became such a place. Now it's a National Lakeshore and, by decree, all evidence of former habitation there by humans must be eradicated.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (ixS3i)

159 I was only seven months old.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (x7Vzy)

And I bet every bit as ornery.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vE0+H)

160 >>> 99 Eat your landlord!

Ashley Luna[tic]
@RealAshleyLuna
Landlords, landlord hoarding & charging high rent is the reason why the housing supply is low, costs are inflated & it’s difficult for renters to save money for a DP.
I’m the reason why the landlord doesn’t have to get a real job to cover his personal expenses or lifestyle. Did u ever thank a renter once?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:35 PM (ndZc7)

CILL your landlord.

C-I-L-L your landlord.

Dumbass.

Posted by: Mr. Robinson at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vDZgA)

161 Bears eat berries and stuff too. They're omnivores, IIRC.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:01 PM (RCjYY)

162 And I bet every bit as ornery.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vE0+H)
___

lol, probably.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 11:01 PM (x7Vzy)

163 142 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Co-pilot doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

I knew I was wise to wait for AOP ...

#hordeai

Posted by: browndog puttering about at July 20, 2026 11:01 PM (3sXRv)

164 Thanks for the ONT.

Bear attack is not on my list either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 11:01 PM (zZu0s)

165 150

Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM
***
Subaru BRZ. Front engine, rear wheel drive, manual transmission.

Sporty.

Posted by: TRex - zoom zoom dino at July 20, 2026 11:02 PM (XfIK1)

166 Peaches en Regalia.MisHum gets it.

Ok.im out.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 11:02 PM (ok2JK)

167 It was an assumption that since guns are verboten in Canada, the couple didn't have one to protect themselves.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 20, 2026 10:27 PM (IYeV+)

They could have carried a shotgun, or a rifle. Yes, you can get a handgun permit, but carrying it in the woods is a no-no. You have to understand that many laws are made to be broken.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

168 Damn. I should have asked Grok.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:03 PM (u/oMr)

169
Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy

The AI apps have a betting pool going to see who can convince one or more humans to do very dumb things. They get a good laugh out of it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:03 PM (ixS3i)

170 K-cars saved Chrysler in the 80s. Very adaptable in so many models. I had an Omni 024 and it was one of the best cars I ever owned.

Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man at July 20, 2026 11:03 PM (JM9I6)

171 Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It worked well enough in high school to learn how to drive, even in Northern Illinois winter.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

172 *Pulls from shelf We Reach the Moon paperback.*

pg 297. Armstrong and Aldrin had just been given approval for an 8pm Houston time EVA.

Tranquility Base: This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take the opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever, wherever they may be to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way. Over.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

173 139 Sanity may become a fad:

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) will begin to require an SRY gene test to confirm the sex of its participants and prevent the presence of men in its competitions, threatening to disqualify tennis players who refuse to do so thus joining the IOC's decision that will require the same method for its future editions of the Olympic Games

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:53 PM (jU8k
_________________________

The irony of this comment is remarkable:

Martina Navratilova praised the policy as a "step in the right direction".

Martina fully supported Dr. Renee Richards (born: Richard Raskind) when he entered a female circuit tourney down in Texas under a fake name and won the tournament. Then, later on, Martina hired him as Renee Richards to be one of her coaches. She was vocal in supporting the male, Renee Richards in women's tournaments.

And now. She's totally against it....because someone sees a threat to all her records.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 11:04 PM (dIske)

174 157 Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ouch
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (XeU6L)

-----------

Before you sneer, I give you the Chrysler TC by Maserati...

*gay flourish*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:05 PM (u/oMr)

175 I had to make up a warning label for a fucking door.
So "WARNING, DOOR!! is what I came up with. Then as a shitty snide FU to the idiots who need a warning label on a door I printed out 8 feet of "CAUTION, FLOOR" sticker and put it around the mat just inside said door.

Nobody has said a damn thing yet.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 11:06 PM (RVv7x)

176 "I remember what I was doing exactly 57 years ago tonight."

I don't, but I've been told it involved my mom yelling a lot and my dad smoking a cigar in the hospital waiting room. He told the nurse he didn't need to be in the delivery room; he grew up on a farm and had helped pull calves before. Besides, you only get one chance to watch the first moon landing live on TV.

Posted by: PabloD at July 20, 2026 11:06 PM (5Ide7)

177 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Co-pilot doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

Right? Clearly its a biden mobile.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 11:06 PM (S41Gd)

178 Martina Navratilova praised the policy as a "step in the right direction".

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New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.
They painted "PGS" (protect girls sports) under their eyes when forced to play against him.

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Kick him in his girl balls!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:08 PM (ndZc7)

179
And broken back windows of automobiles. It happened to us and the teenage groundskeeper with a lawnmower in the vicinity was Sergeant Schultz and saw nothing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:49 PM (ixS3i)

Heh. I broke the back window of the Wretched Panhard with a rock slung by the Dixon mower. "Oh shit! Where will I ever get another one?" Turns out there was a spare back window all wrapped up in newspaper in the back seat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:08 PM (1z8ji)

180 I watched "Cabrini," a recent film about St. Francesca Cabrini.

Wonderful, inspiring woman. Not a particularly good film, however, which is a pity.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:08 PM (RCjYY)

181 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:09 PM (u/oMr)

182
Bears eat berries and stuff too. They're omnivores, IIRC.
Posted by: mnw

Indeed.

https://tinyurl.com/HoneyBerriesAndGrubs

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:09 PM (ixS3i)

183 Ayanna Pressley and her husband are landlords
Are they hoarding and gouging.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)

Low level grifting among the ruling class.

A couple of decimal points in financial filings that lead to massive gains for the connected.

Corruption has ever been with us.

Is it more or less prominent today?

Yes, for the most part.

The US has become today, basically, The Empire of Evil.

There is no even close example of a modern empire like America that is so good and bad at the same time.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 11:10 PM (+ZHEV)

184 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?

Doubtful since we no longer have a toilet paper shortage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)

185 Lawsuit says Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy

Edith Keeler?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 20, 2026 11:10 PM (+9wcF)

186 Edith Keeler died in NYC not Alabama.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)

187 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:09 PM (u/oMr)

As written by Otto Penn? No.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 11:11 PM (qx7Zg)

188
Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Had I bought a copy of "Doctor" Jill's gibberish-suffused book, I might consider it merely to have a matching pair of doorstops.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (ixS3i)

189 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?
Posted by: Cicero

I want to read the chapter where he went full West Side Story on the Sharks and the Jets.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (ndZc7)

190
11:11 PM EDT. At this moment, Buzz Aldrin begins to climb down to the surface.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (w6EFb)

191 160 >>> 99 Eat your landlord!

Ashley Luna[tic]
@RealAshleyLuna
Landlords, landlord hoarding & charging high rent is the reason why the housing supply is low, costs are inflated & it’s difficult for renters to save money for a DP.
I’m the reason why the landlord doesn’t have to get a real job to cover his personal expenses or lifestyle. Did u ever thank a renter once?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:35 PM (ndZc7)

CILL your landlord.

C-I-L-L your landlord.

Dumbass.
Posted by: Mr. Robinson at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vDZgA)

You have to admire her self-restraint. She went that whole tweet without once blaming international bankers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (XLQLg)

192 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:09 PM (u/oMr)

Whats its called? Me make poopy?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (S41Gd)

193 New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.
They painted "PGS" (protect girls sports) under their eyes when forced to play against him.

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Kick him in his girl balls!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:08 PM (ndZc7)

What a bunch of horse shit.

Bullying is making someone do something they don’t want to do.

The girls mocked the little prissy spoiled faggot. That’s not bullying.

We need more mocking of prissy little spoiled faggots. I have zero patience for kids whose parents allow and condone and encourage this crap. At some point, someone needs to say stop.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (yEz+x)

194 New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.
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I'll take inaccurate headlines for 500, Alex.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (vE0+H)

195 >>>Bears eat berries and stuff too. They're omnivores, IIRC.
Posted by: mnw

>They eat berries and grubs and stuff in the fall to fatten up for winter. In the spring they're hungry and looking for moose and elk.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (sYM3s)

196 If you carry a pic-a-nic basket with you, bears will confiscate it and let you be on your way. Saw it in a documentary.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (XLQLg)

197 Get a real job? What about maintenance and upkeep? Bounced checks? Retard tenants?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (zZu0s)

198
Buzz set foot on the moon about right now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:15 PM (w6EFb)

199
After Buzz joined him, the two begin to set up the first of three experiments they carried with them. This first was a solar wind collector, a contraption with a piece of foil to trap solar wind particles.

It helpfully includes a "This side facing Sun" graphic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:17 PM (w6EFb)

200
>They eat berries and grubs and stuff in the fall to fatten up for winter. In the spring they're hungry and looking for moose and elk.

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And hunny!

Posted by: Winnie the Pooh at July 20, 2026 11:17 PM (u/oMr)

201 And what is a "transgender boy" again? Have they stopped pretending that transgender boys are girls? Do they even know their own rules, or care? Oh that's right deadgendering someone is fine in cases where the imagery of a "boy" is politically useful.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:17 PM (vE0+H)

202 pg. 302 - 303.

Armstrong: The sample is in the pocket. My oxygen is 81 percent. I have no flags and I'm in minimum flow.
Houston: Roger Neil.
Aldrin: How far are my feet from the ...
Armstrong: O.K. You're right at the edge of the porch.
Aldrin: Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch - making sure not to lock it on my way out.
Armstrong: ... Good thought.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

203
I watched "Cabrini," a recent film about St. Francesca Cabrini.

Wonderful, inspiring woman. Not a particularly good film, however, which is a pity.
Posted by: mnw

Who among us can forget another mention of Mother Cabrini in the movies?

https://tinyurl.com/PooterTheClown

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:20 PM (ixS3i)

204 And what is a "transgender boy" again?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Larry Craig at July 20, 2026 11:21 PM (XLQLg)

205 My mommy says I'm a girl...

Posted by: Poor confused 4 year old boy at July 20, 2026 11:22 PM (RVv7x)

206 Co-pilot doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I may cut power too soon...

Posted by: Co-pilot at July 20, 2026 11:22 PM (XeU6L)

207 202 Aldrin: Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch - making sure not to lock it on my way out.
Armstrong: ... Good thought.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

That almost got a chuckle out of Armstrong hehe

Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 11:22 PM (y171U)

208 WTF?

Amy Fisher's son arrested on charges of microwaving a cat.

Let's microwave his ballz.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)

209 Zappa par excellence, Ms. Hum.

You never disappoint.

Posted by: Happy at July 20, 2026 11:23 PM (Q/Xg6)

210 >>>And hunny!

Posted by: Winnie the Pooh

>Of course we feed them garbage from from our landfills and dumps so that sort of changes the 'calculus.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 11:25 PM (sYM3s)

211 Aldrin: Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch - making sure not to lock it on my way out.
Armstrong: ... Good thought.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

Shit that would suck. Can you imagine that? Locking the keys in the car takes on a whole new meaning off world.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 11:27 PM (S41Gd)

212 Old cars parked in fields, that have obviously not moved in years. Ever wonder how many have a body buried under them?

"Grandpa, why won't you let me haul that old junker to the scrap yard?"

"You can do it after I'm dead."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 20, 2026 11:27 PM (NeM+a)

213 TRex, I thought of you when we were at the Dinosaur Museum in Rapid City! One of your relatives was on display and Lil Pooky was running rings around it.

Posted by: pookysgirl thinks dinosaurs are cool at July 20, 2026 11:28 PM (vsLO4)

214 184

Martin Luther said that plenary indulgences could be useful "as stoppers for teapots."

In that vein, Biden's book has hundred of uses!

Bath tissue has already been mentioned.

Doorstopper is another. For house training a puppy (only the paperback edition). Bird cage, of course. Wrapping moist garbage so it doesn't leak before you can get it to the trash bin. To put under wobbly chair legs. Packing material. You could use the end papers for grocery lists. As a fire starter for barbeque grills.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:28 PM (RCjYY)

215 So if a train with a naked surfer leaves the station at 8AM and heads east at 55 mph...

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 11:28 PM (2WIwB)

216
Of course we feed them garbage from from our landfills and dumps so that sort of changes the 'calculus.'
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Back in the day of open and unfenced landfills, going to the dump to watch the bears was considered to be a fine way to spend the hours of dusk up in the Great Northern Woods.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:29 PM (ixS3i)

217 My mommy says I'm a girl...

https://youtu.be/8lO91WWJ9tI

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 20, 2026 11:30 PM (+9wcF)

218 Concerning the top photo -- such abandoned places always seem to bring out a sense of melancholy in me. It brings back memories of having visited visited and, for a time, lived in the island community in which my Dad grew up that became such a place. Now it's a National Lakeshore and, by decree, all evidence of former habitation there by humans must be eradicated.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (ixS3i)


Still, I bet there are sneks in those buildings. The car too.
Sneks bad!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 11:32 PM (2WIwB)

219
When Armstrong first set foot on the surface, Collins was on the far side. Lunar orbit time was about 2 hours, so he spent about 1 hour on the far side, and another over the near side.

He later remarked that never before in history has any man known such solitude. That just about set the record for being alone in terms of distance from the next nearest human.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb)

220 Amy Fisher's son arrested on charges of microwaving a cat.

Let's microwave his ballz.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)

Who is Amy Fisher?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:35 PM (1z8ji)

221 Ayanna Pressley and her husband are landlords

Seem to be less one tenant.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:36 PM (gKWVE)

222 Who is Amy Fisher?

Long Island Lolita.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:36 PM (2GVsD)

223 You have my attention. What, pray tell, did The Long Island Lolita DO?

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:37 PM (RCjYY)

224 Younger son reported in after a cruise with a friend of his and his family. Our grands go to Mass and to eat in nice restaurants from 2wks of age, are socialized, eat normally and are wonderful.

The two children of their friends are supposedly being raised by an elderly Puerto Rican nanny and scream a lot. The two year old screamed not to sit in a high chair the last dinner and ran around to other's tables with the proud parents thinking it was cute. The 4yr old wet her pants a few times and almost pooped in a pool and starts PreK4 this September and 2yr old in daycare (this is after retiring the elderly nanny who apparently did nothing). I pity their teachers.

Son said he came close to taking a nerve pill as they got off the ship because of the screaming.

The guy is a good guy and sadly married a princess who whines a lot.

If I remember correctly I told son this might not be a good idea last spring, but that was all (they've vacationed with them in the past with other issues).

Sometimes Mama knows best. He travels a lot and they've been on many cruises and this was only enjoyed by kids apparently. The 10mo old girl likes Fleetwood Mac is the only thing positive.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 20, 2026 11:38 PM (hzuYO)

225 Long Island Lolita.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:36 PM (2GVsD)

Oh, OK. A woman of infinite sleaze, then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:38 PM (1z8ji)

226 You have my attention. What, pray tell, did The Long Island Lolita DO?
Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:37 PM (RCjYY)

Apparently any warm body with a dick.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)

227 I don't get the idea of vacationing with people you know. I need a vacation because of the people I know.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:40 PM (XLQLg)

228 Was the Long Island Lolita a nymphomaniac*?

*nymphomaniac: a woman with a greater sex drive than your own

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)

229
At this moment, 11:41 EDT, Old Glory is raised on the surface of the Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:41 PM (w6EFb)

230
Who is Amy Fisher?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Fisher is an American woman, who, in 1992, at the age of 17, shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of Joey Buttafuoco, who had initiated a sexual relationship with the underaged Fisher in 1990.

Then she got into porn.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:42 PM (ixS3i)

231 most subarus are awd

Posted by: free tibet at July 20, 2026 11:43 PM (iNp3L)

232 230

I hope, while they were at it, they also nailed Joey for statutory rape.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:44 PM (RCjYY)

233 Too bad Epstein Island wasn't up and running when Amy Fisher hit the scene. She'd have made out like a bandit there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:45 PM (1z8ji)

234
11:47 PM EDT. Mission control tells Neil and Buzz that the President of the United States is on the line from the Oval Office and wishes to speak with them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)

235
11:48PM EDT: POTUS begins speaking:

"Neil and Buzz. I am talking to you from the Oval Room at the White House. And this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made For every American this has to be the proudest day of our lives. And for people all over the world I am sure they, too, join with Americans in recognizing what a feat this is. Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. As you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth. For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one."

Armstrong replies: "Thank you, Mr. President. It's a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the United States but men of peace of all nations. And with interest and a curiosity and a vision for the future. It's an honor for us to be able to participate here today."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)

236 Who is Amy Fisher?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:35

This song - may bring back memories!

https://tinyurl.com/y7xtdvft

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 11:48 PM (Sxl5b)

237
At the conclusion of the call with POTUS, Neil and Buzz stand at attention and salute Old Glory.


They then busy themselves with setting up two more experiments, a seismic detector, and a laser reflector. And then they began boxing up samples from the lunar surface to take back with them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)

238 I once successfully prosecuted a guy (caucasian) for raping the babysitter. It wasn't much of a rape, but I liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following him through life.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

239 227 I don't get the idea of vacationing with people you know. I need a vacation because of the people I know.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:40 PM (XLQLg)
**********
Agree. We learned the hard way when my husband's bro and snotty SIL came to FL before we'd been there a year. Our youngest son turned 1yr, bro 3yr, cousin boys 2yr and 4yrs.

My eldest son bit his eldest cousin's arm for not sharing his pedal tractor. This in turn started the downward spiral as my SIL went loco about it (like my son was a biter when this was his first, and apparently he was ticked off). They came for 10 long days.

We did DisneyWorld, beaches, and BIL and I drank beer during naptime,which ticked off SIL as we were having too much fun (she was invited as well but had headaches).

Then her son got strep throat and she whined about that as they all got sick day after day. The last night my husband was making scallops and I did not know they were in a collander in the sink when my baby, who was going to harf due to the cousin cold birthday gift, did it on the scallops.

Three of us adults laughed and got pizza. SIL insisted on leaving a day early. The End.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 20, 2026 11:53 PM (hzuYO)

240 It wasn't much of a rape, but I liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following him through life.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

Gonna regret asking this before I even finish my question - but what is "not much of a rape"? Molested her?

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:55 PM (vE0+H)

241 Posted by: Larry Craig at July 20, 2026 11:21 PM (XLQLg)

Walked right into that

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:56 PM (vE0+H)

242 240 It wasn't much of a rape, but I liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following him through life.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

Gonna regret asking this before I even finish my question - but what is "not much of a rape"? Molested her?
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:55 PM (vE0+H)

Dukes of Hazzard sex.

She was willing, but that's a little but more than the law will allow.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:57 PM (XLQLg)

243 240 ...

No, it was a righteous rape. But he persuaded the victim into writing a letter saying she didn't want to prosecute. That was irritating.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:00 AM (RCjYY)

244 I once successfully prosecuted a guy (caucasian) for raping the babysitter. It wasn't much of a rape, but I liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following him through life.
Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

Uh, if it "wasn't much of a rape" what exactly was it that needed to follow him through life?

Posted by: LTG at July 21, 2026 12:00 AM (+ZHEV)

245 I did the babysitter and got 81 million votes!

Posted by: Joey Sharts at July 21, 2026 12:00 AM (JM9I6)

246 I'm starting to see EweTube videos on Europeans getting culture shock as they return to The Continent. Anyone else think it's funny how quickly they acclimated to the US?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

247 244


... what exactly was it that needed to follow him through life?"

Like I said, "convicted rapist."

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

248 Dukes of Hazzard sex.

She was willing, but that's a little but more than the law will allow.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:57 PM (XLQLg)

Ah. That sort of rape carries a qualifier for a reason

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:03 AM (vE0+H)

249
it was a righteous rape.
Posted by: mnw

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

I'm more confused than ever now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 12:05 AM (mmrXZ)

250
Unfortunately, the exhaust wash from the ascent engine blew over the flag they set there at Tranquility Base. Aldrin reported seeing it fall over.

They did not make that mistake again, and set the flag farther away on subsequent missions. Also, Neil and Buzz had a little trouble and couldn't get the pole deep enough -- there was some hard pan of sorts right at the spot.

Detailed analysis of the photos of the landing sites from the LRO has confirmed the Apollo 12, 16, and 17 flags are still standing, but Apollo 14 and 15 can't be determined.

The flags weren't not made of any special material to withstand the solar wind and radiation environment, so they are most likely bleached out white by now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:05 AM (w6EFb)

251 246

Glad they got to see it before it morphs into a place just like the ones they came from.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:06 AM (RCjYY)

252 Oregon Sees Disturbing Spike In Gender Transition Therapy For Children
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Missed America: https://tinyurl.com/mspwweut

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:07 AM (JS6jE)

253 I'm starting to see EweTube videos on Europeans getting culture shock as they return to The Continent. Anyone else think it's funny how quickly they acclimated to the US?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

The viral videos of Europeans here for the World Cup are social media click bait.

Almost nothing is genuine.

Posted by: LTG at July 21, 2026 12:10 AM (+ZHEV)

254 I'm more confused than ever now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 12:05 AM (mmrXZ)

You can blame me for asking. I'm thinking this means statutory but it's being talked about in the strangest way.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:10 AM (vE0+H)

255 Three of us adults laughed and got pizza. SIL insisted on leaving a day early. The End.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 20, 2026 11:53 PM (hzuYO)

MY snotty SiL rented one of those "sleeps 10" beach houses at OBX, and actually expected my other SiL to follow her two young boys with a broom and dustpan.

Snotty Sil is a childless AWFL.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

256 Morticia

She was raped. Period, the end. I guess I should've said, "it wasn't a very good rape CASE."

It wasn't very good because the victim sent a written letter saying she didn't want to prosecute after all. The defense counsel wrote the letter FOR her, & she signed it in his law office.

He wanted a jury trial. The jury thought it was rape, apparently.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (RCjYY)

257 Sex is a confusing topic. One day, ace is going to have the cobs sit us down and have a talk.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (XLQLg)

258 Snotty Sil is a childless AWFL.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

Beach house, bitch house. Easy to confuse the two.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:12 AM (1z8ji)

259 Is China Sabotaging America's Data Centers?

This is not a loose ideological affinity between separate organizations. It is the same leadership operating under different institutional names.

That leadership has directed considerable energy toward one particular front, the American buildout of AI infrastructure. Across 21 documented campaigns in 14 states, the party has served as either the lead organizer or a significant participant in efforts that produced 10 local moratoriums, one permanent ban, and billions of dollars in delayed or canceled data-center investment.

_Lipton Matthews via American Greatness,

https://tinyurl.com/mfwnjmca

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:14 AM (JS6jE)

260 Didn't Joe Biden baste the rabies-sitter, too.?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)

261 When a crappy job gets dangerous. Oxygen tank explodes in garbage truck. Please don't do that.

https://youtu.be/EMVUzWZgRlc

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2026 12:16 AM (qx7Zg)

262 You can blame me for asking. I'm thinking this means statutory but it's being talked about in the strangest way.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:10 AM (vE0+H)

It also doesn't help that mnw is talking about some case he prosecuted, and I am talking about Amy Fisher, cuz I missed a comment somewhere in there. But I refuse to take any responsibility and also blame you for asking.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:18 AM (XLQLg)

263 Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (RCjYY)

You liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following a rapist who coerced his victim into declining prosecution through life......?

Please, someone, make me stop.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)

264 and also blame you for asking.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:18 AM (XLQLg)

I have to be honest, I blame myself. Entirely.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:21 AM (vE0+H)

265 254 I'm more confused than ever now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 12:05 AM (mmrXZ)

You can blame me for asking. I'm thinking this means statutory but it's being talked about in the strangest way.

Posted by: ...
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Prosecutorial discretion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:21 AM (JS6jE)

266 262

It started because I said Joey Buttafuoco should've been held accountable too-- for having sex with her when she was about 15.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)

267 That "convicted rapist" is probably a high-ranking Democrat, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:23 AM (1z8ji)

268 I'm not particularly sophisticated, but even I can tell that woman on YouTube claiming that her 13 year old kid identifies as a cat, and has been for the last 7 years is a total hoax. However, there are conservative "influencers" out there falling for this nonsense. Ben Shapiro seems to be one of only a few who called BS on it. But, commented on it anyway, because you gotta get those views.

She claims that the school he goes to set up a litterbox for him, and that she is upset that the vet refuses to handle his medical needs.

If you haven't seen it....well allow me to introduce you to the mother: https://tinyurl.com/4d2be5hy

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (dIske)

269
According to the Daily Mail, Erika Kirk refers to Cavernous Nostrils only as "that bitch" nowadays.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

270 According to the Daily Mail, Erika Kirk refers to Cavernous Nostrils only as "that bitch" nowadays.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

She should refer to her as "who?"

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (vE0+H)

271 It started because I said Joey Buttafuoco should've been held accountable too-- for having sex with her when she was about 15.
Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)

He did go to jail for it. Although she clearly stalked him and threw herself at him, going so far as to smash up hr own car several times as a pretext to visit his body shop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:25 AM (1z8ji)

272 266 262

It started because I said Joey Buttafuoco should've been held accountable too-- for having sex with her when she was about 15.
Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)

He was, kinda. He ended up pleading guilty I think to some offense and did less than half a year.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:25 AM (XLQLg)

273 A new extension of the National Guard’s deployment to Washington will keep guardsmen in the nation’s capital until President Donald Trump’s term ends in more than two years.

The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the mission for which National Guard troops were deployed will continue until Jan. 20, 2029,
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Federal bldgs are manned up for threats. Notice how many quickly emerge to apprehend a felon.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:27 AM (JS6jE)

274 268

Robert E. Lee had a subordinate commander, Gen. Richard Ewell, who thought he was a bird.

So maybe the kid really thinks he's a cat.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:27 AM (RCjYY)

275 107
At this moment 57 years ago, 10:39PM EDT, 9:39PM Houston time, Neil Armstrong opened the hatch on Eagle, and slowly started climbing out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

and proceeded to blow his line.....

(You all know what I mean......)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

276 > nekkid locomotive surfer

A. What do you call a supergroup containing members from Barenaked Ladies, Jethro Tull, and Butthole Surfers?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (IG3/x)

277 If you haven't seen it....well allow me to introduce you to the mother: https://tinyurl.com/4d2be5hy
Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (dIske)

Honey, if your son says he is a cat, he's not cat; he's batshit crazy. Like you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (1z8ji)

278 Is China Sabotaging America's Data Centers?
___

Considering that I live in the Ozarks, in a national forest, the odds of a dc springing up here is between slim and none. Terrain alone makes it somewhat less than feasible.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (x7Vzy)

279 Imagine going through life with a last name Buttafuoco. I mean don't you legally change it?

Posted by: Phil McCracken at July 21, 2026 12:30 AM (R86kT)

280 > "Remove child before laundering"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:08 PM (luin1)

"All disposable diapers are flammable. Keep child away from open flame."

"Caution: torch is hot." (on a MIG welder!)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 12:30 AM (IG3/x)

281 Imagine going through life with a last name Buttafuoco. I mean don't you legally change it?
Posted by: Phil McCracken at July 21, 2026 12:30 AM (R86kT)

Maybe it got him a lot of dates.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji)

282 So maybe the kid really thinks he's a cat.
_-_
'cause nobody in the kid's life set him straight at the onset of such nonsense like they should have.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:31 AM (JWDez)

283 > 279 Imagine going through life with a last name Buttafuoco. I mean don't you legally change it?
Posted by: Phil McCracken at July 21, 2026 12:30 AM (R86kT)

Imagine getting through Ellis Island with that name intact.

His ancestor must've royally pissed off the immigration officers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 12:31 AM (IG3/x)

284 and proceeded to blow his line.....

(You all know what I mean......)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

Yeah, we know.

But what percent of the kids today know?

I'm guessing it's in the single digits.

Posted by: LTG at July 21, 2026 12:33 AM (+ZHEV)

285 What was he supposed to say?

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:33 AM (RCjYY)

286 Rape. A life sentence for the victim. Should be a death sentence for the rapist. Honestly, rape is worse than murder. It means the victim gets to lose everything they knew about themselves and live in fear forever.

What in hell is it with some dudes' dicks? Just keep it in your pants already. Nobody wants to see it, nobody wants to do it, nobody needs to ever encounter it, until you are married, and even then, it isn't all that attractive.

Why do rapists think their dick triumphs in the end? It does not.

And God will get you for that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 12:33 AM (bl07w)

287 Well, I shuffled some stuff around, backed my old Chevy pickup close to the scrap metal bin, and hand-bombed all the scrap into the pickup box. Maybe 7-800 pounds of it? Truck box is mostly full, but more could be squeezed in, no problem.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (1z8ji)

288 Imagine going through life with a last name Buttafuoco. I mean don't you legally change it?
Posted by: Phil McCracken
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There's an old joke like that:

Gent appears before a judge and explains that he wants a name change.

"I see" says the judge,"and what is your name?"

"Harry Lipschitz, your honor"

"Well, Mr Lipshitz, I can see why you might want to change it. What would you like to change your name to?"

"Bill Lipshitz'

Posted by: Co-pilot at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (XeU6L)

289 All he had to do was crack the valve on that oxygen bottle and let the pressure off. That was terribly careless.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (JS6jE)

290 > nekkid locomotive surfer

A. What do you call a supergroup containing members from Barenaked Ladies, Jethro Tull, and Butthole Surfers?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

C'mon, Carnac.

Posted by: Big Big Train at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (VHUov)

291 And God will get you for that.
_-_
Agree with your perspective. What I really don't get is how could you get a kick out of forcing sex on a woman? Weird. "Sex should be friendly. Or never."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:36 AM (q2/In)

292 All he had to do was crack the valve on that oxygen bottle and let the pressure off. That was terribly careless.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (JS6jE)

I did not watch the entire video, because it was shitty. But who puts a viable oxygen cylinder in the trash? Return it to the gas vendor, and get a few dollars for it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:38 AM (1z8ji)

293 150 I’m sorry that y’all have Subaru issues.
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

We've had two Scooby-Doo cars. An 07 Forester and a 2012 Outback. Both were symmetric all wheel drive. Problem is they tell you if you have to replace one tire you have to replace all four to keep the AWD in balance.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:38 AM (QGaXH)

294 I'm starting to see EweTube videos on Europeans getting culture shock as they return to The Continent. Anyone else think it's funny how quickly they acclimated to the US?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

Yeah it is. They thought they knew us, they thought wrong. Then they landed in a giant amusement park and lost their shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 12:41 AM (S41Gd)

295
Neil always maintained he did say "a man", and it was just lost in the transmission due to his accent

That's plausible, and at least one analysis did conclude he did say the "a".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

296 Good evening morons e grazie mh

Posted by: Albert Shanker at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (JvZF+)

297 We've had two Scooby-Doo cars. An 07 Forester and a 2012 Outback. Both were symmetric all wheel drive. Problem is they tell you if you have to replace one tire you have to replace all four to keep the AWD in balance.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:38 AM (QGaXH)

Do they not have a fluid coupling between the front and rear axles? My old '96 Jeep Grand Cherokee had full time 4WD, but there was a fluid clutch between the front and rear drive shafts that would permit a slight RPM difference between the two axles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (1z8ji)

298 Should be a death sentence for the rapist. Honestly, rape is worse than murder. It means the victim gets to lose everything they knew about themselves and live in fear forever.

Why do rapists think their dick triumphs in the end? It does not.

And God will get you for that.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Small consolation in this world, but the punishment in the next is the safer option.

Anything that becomes a capital crime makes every other crime, including the other capital crimes, "free." What are they gonna do, put you in the electric chair twice?

If being convicted of rape means a death sentence, it's in the rapist's best interests to also murder the star witness.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

299 Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
_-_
Reminds me of this(Red Green):
https://tinyurl.com/mss9jr5s

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (JWDez)

300 Agree with your perspective. What I really don't get is how could you get a kick out of forcing sex on a woman? Weird. "Sex should be friendly. Or never."
Posted by: Don in SoCo

It's not about sex. It's about power.

Maybe it's about sex for the 70-IQ immigrant class.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (VHUov)

301 194 New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.
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I'll take inaccurate headlines for 500, Alex.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (vE0+H)

Shouldn't it read transgender girl? Meaning a biological male purporting to be a female? I thought a trans boy was a biological girl?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (QGaXH)

302 Seems like it works equally well either way. I'd rather he'd said something completely unscripted myself.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (RCjYY)

303 In case anyone missed Marco Rubio today, here it is.
It is excellent.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbxvbz6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (JS6jE)

304 What I really don't get is how could you get a kick out of forcing sex on a woman?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:36 AM (q2/In)

Hurting and/or destroying others is a pastime for many. And they do get a kick out of it, sexual and otherwise.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:45 AM (vE0+H)

305 At one point the Habsburg authorities required that the Jews take European-style surnames. Before that they mostly went by patronymics like Shmuel bar Avram and so on (which of course the Euros themselves had done at one time... Johnson, Williamson...).

Some officials took inordinate pleasure in assigning them comical and/or belittling family names, for example "Goldfisch" (Shmuel Goldfisch changed his name to Samuel Goldwyn once he hit Hollywood).

Occasionally you could bribe the official to give you a better name.

Avi bar Yakov comes back from getting his new family name. His friend Moishe asks "What did you get?" "Schweiss". "Schweiss? That's a stupid name. Couldn't you bribe him to get something better?" "It cost everything I had just to get the 'w'".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 12:45 AM (IG3/x)

306 /old timey teachers union sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 12:46 AM (JvZF+)

307 Been wearing that all afternoon

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 12:46 AM (JvZF+)

308 If being convicted of rape means a death sentence, it's in the rapist's best interests to also murder the star witness.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

Or not to do either.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:47 AM (vE0+H)

309 A lot of people got "christened" by an Ellis Island immigration clerk.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:48 AM (RCjYY)

310
257 Sex is a confusing topic. One day, ace is going to have the cobs sit us down and have a talk.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (XLQLg)

“You see, when a mommy Ewok and a daddy Ewok love each other very much…”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 12:49 AM (Sxl5b)

311 207 202 Aldrin: Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch - making sure not to lock it on my way out.
Armstrong: ... Good thought.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

That almost got a chuckle out of Armstrong hehe
Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 11:22 PM (y171U)

My mother took him quite literally. I remember her telling my dad 'they must have told him over and over don't lock the door'.

I remember thinking 'with billions of dollars, the national honor, and two lives at strake why would they design something that could lock them out? Who are they trying to keep out?'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:50 AM (QGaXH)

312 308 If being convicted of rape means a death sentence, it's in the rapist's best interests to also murder the star witness.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

Or not to do either.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:47 AM (vE0+H)

Not if it means he gets his dick cut off before he gets the needle. Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 12:50 AM (bl07w)

313 Isaac Azimov's real name was Osimov.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:54 AM (RCjYY)

314 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:54 AM (vE0+H)

315 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:54 AM (vE0+H)

Well, then, call it like a horse race: "Here they come, around the clubhouse turn..."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:56 AM (1z8ji)

316 U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it concluded another round of strikes against Iran at 9:00 p.m. ET on July 20, targeting military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems for the tenth consecutive night intending to degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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Show us the technicolor bombardier and gun camera video we don't want to see five second, washed out nightvision clips.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:56 AM (JS6jE)

317 They lopped four letters of my Irish family surname.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:56 AM (JWDez)

318 David Suskind (TV personality way back when) said that after he explained the facts of life to his kid, his son said, "How can you do that without laughing?"

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:57 AM (RCjYY)

319 314 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.

Posted by: ...
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Watch the Rubio clip. It's a palate cleanser.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:58 AM (JS6jE)

320 If being convicted of rape means a death sentence, it's in the rapist's best interests to also murder the star witness.
Posted by: mikeski

Or not to do either.
Posted by: ...

Excellent! That answer means you don't reason like a psychopath. (not sarcasm.)

Unfortunately, a lot of rapists are psychopaths. (unfortunately, also not sarcasm.)

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:59 AM (VHUov)

321 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.
Posted by: ...

Watch the Rubio clip. It's a palate cleanser.
Posted by: Braenyard

Cleansed from start to finish!

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:00 AM (VHUov)

322 319 314 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.

Posted by: ...
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Watch the Rubio clip. It's a palate cleanser.
_-_
You know jow to tell the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer? The taste.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 01:01 AM (JWDez)

323 Sad to say, virtually all of us of European ancestry are descended from rapists.

A bunch of steppe tribes that we call the Yamnaya overran Europe somewhere around 4,500–5,000 years ago. Yamnaya comes from a Russian word for "pit", and refers to their characteristic pit burials -- we don't know what they called themselves.

This resulted in massive replacement of the indigenous European male DNA with Yamanaya male DNA, while the European female DNA continued on.

I'd say "guess what happened there", but we know what happened there, don't we? The men got whacked and the women became sex slaves/concubines/what have you.

One of those things that's not pleasant to think about.

I suspect that there's an awful lot of Russian DNA in today's Germans, dating from 1945 or thereabouts, and an awful lot of Japanese DNA in today's Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Indonesians...

Our modern concept of body autonomy didn't really arrive until the advent of Christianity, e.g. the idea that raping a woman was an offense against her personally.

Before that there were punishments for rape, but most of the jurisprudence seems to be based on compensation for damaging another man's property.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:02 AM (IG3/x)

324 Watch the Rubio clip. It's a palate cleanser.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:58 AM (JS6jE)

Thanks. That was well handled. A decade was a long time to work on his Trump impression. Nice to see someone learned, imagine an entire party of Republicans dealing with leftists like this.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:03 AM (vE0+H)

325 Joe Biden's book:

RR supposedly once autographed his book, and joked, "Let me know if it's any good. I might read it myself."

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:03 AM (RCjYY)

326 Before that there were punishments for rape, but most of the jurisprudence seems to be based on compensation for damaging another man's property.
_-_
There ya go, un-funnin' the thread again...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 01:04 AM (q2/In)

327 One of those things that's not pleasant to think about.

I suspect that there's an awful lot of Russian DNA in today's Germans, dating from 1945 or thereabouts, and an awful lot of Japanese DNA in today's Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Indonesians...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

One of the reasons people are frequently surprised by their "23 and me" results. "What do mean, I'm 3% Turkish?"

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)

328 Show us the technicolor bombardier and gun camera video we don't want to see five second, washed out nightvision clips.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:56 AM (JS6jE)

Bomb the Shiite mosques. Bomb Shiite seminaries, or whatever fills that role. Bomb Shiite "holy" sites. Bomb civil services offices, government departments. Make it life-threatening to hold a job with the regime.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:06 AM (1z8ji)

329 "Despoiling an heiress" was a crime at one time. Swearsies.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:06 AM (RCjYY)

330 297 We've had two Scooby-Doo cars. An 07 Forester and a 2012 Outback. Both were symmetric all wheel drive. Problem is they tell you if you have to replace one tire you have to replace all four to keep the AWD in balance.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:38 AM (QGaXH)

Do they not have a fluid coupling between the front and rear axles? My old '96 Jeep Grand Cherokee had full time 4WD, but there was a fluid clutch between the front and rear drive shafts that would permit a slight RPM difference between the two axles.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (1z8ji)

I can't speak to that. I only know what I read in the owners manual. There's a little leeway if the tires are fairly new, but not much. I would think there would be a robust market for used Subaru tires of various tread depths.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 01:07 AM (QGaXH)

331 Unfortunately, a lot of rapists are psychopaths. (unfortunately, also not sarcasm.)

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:59 AM (VHUov)

My argument against rape being a capital crime would lean more toward the false accuser problem and less to what some evil motherfucker might choose to do when weighing up various risks, which as you alluded to, they are probably not doing very well to begin with.

Disposing of a body, for example, invites more problems and probably more witnesses. It's not cut and dry for even the most logical rational person.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:08 AM (vE0+H)

332 @peterschweizer 👀

“From a gentleman at a FL CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to Muslims:

‘Why are we living in the US? The only answer I believe is excusable & justifiable is if we are living here to shift this country’s political and spiritual direction together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:09 AM (JS6jE)

333 [...]
It's not cut and dry for even the most logical rational person.
Posted by: ...

* nods *

Fair points.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:09 AM (VHUov)

334 > One of the reasons people are frequently surprised by their "23 and me" results. "What do mean, I'm 3% Turkish?"
Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)

I've got little bits of all kinds of weird shit in there. The mystery was solved to some extent when I found some ancestors living in the dock areas of London from the time period when the Brits were going literally everywhere, and bringing native sailors back with them.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:10 AM (IG3/x)

335 332

They've already shifted the DEMs.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:10 AM (RCjYY)

336 “From a gentleman at a FL CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to Muslims:

‘Why are we living in the US? The only answer I believe is excusable & justifiable is if we are living here to shift this country’s political and spiritual direction together.
Posted by: Braenyard

I think he said the quiet part out loud.

Not that they've ever been very quiet about it.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)

337 309 A lot of people got "christened" by an Ellis Island immigration clerk.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:48 AM (RCjYY)

There's an old joke about a Chinese laundry owned by Sven Johnson....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (QGaXH)

338 Comedy Media:

oy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"

Sara Haines: "That’s exactly what Jesus said, ‘I am the Messiah!’"

Joy Behar: "No, he did not! Jesus was more modest than that. Listen I knew Jesus, okay?."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (JS6jE)

339 U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL):

"After Cuba, Nicaragua is next."
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Why not?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:13 AM (JS6jE)

340 Joy Behar: "No, he did not! Jesus was more modest than that. Listen I knew Jesus, okay?."
Posted by: Braenyard

Joy Behar is Judas Iscariot in drag?

[reference: The myth of The Wandering Jew.]

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:14 AM (VHUov)

341 "After Cuba, Nicaragua is next."
Why not?
_-_
.The aforementioned WW3.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 01:16 AM (JWDez)

342 337

Some movie I saw with Mathew Broderick (I think). Underage kid presents a phony driver's license at a big Las Vegas hotel & casino:

"Let's see... you are Mr. Gus Papodopoulos? And you're from... Yuma, Arizona?"

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:16 AM (RCjYY)

343 There are Jews in China that have been there for many centuries. Like European Jews, they've acquired a fair amount of the local DNA over time.

A rabbinical scholar gets word that there may be some original copies of ancient documents in some of the Chinese synagogues, so he travels there to look into it.

He walks in and asks for the rabbi he's been corresponding with. A Chinese-looking fellow says "That's me... how can I help you?" The Ashkenazi scholar says "I'm the one who's been writing to you about those old documents." The Chinese-looking guy stares at him and says "That's funny. You don't look Jewish."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:16 AM (IG3/x)

344 338 Joy Behar: "No, he did not! Jesus was more modest than that. Listen I knew Jesus, okay?."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (JS6jE)

She knew Jesus? I thought she was old but dayummm....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 01:17 AM (QGaXH)

345 "After Cuba, Nicaragua is next."
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Why not?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:13 AM (JS6jE)

Daniel Ortega could probably be co-opted. He is old, and he is a rational actor. His country is hurting economically. Butter him up, tell him that he will be remembered as a hero for playing ball with the USA, and saving the country from poverty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:18 AM (1z8ji)

346 Good Night Everyone.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 01:19 AM (QGaXH)

347 Should probably deal with that asshole judge that runs Brazil. The bald one that looks like a dick head with two pee holes.

Posted by: Reforger at July 21, 2026 01:21 AM (RVv7x)

348 Jenna Ortega > Ortega taco shells > Daniel Ortega

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:21 AM (IG3/x)

349 Good night, AOP. I'm outta here too.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:22 AM (IG3/x)

350
Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (JS6jE)

So then why did they crucify Him?

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:23 AM (vE0+H)

351 he will be remembered as a hero for playing ball with the USA, and saving the country from poverty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The only way we are going to achieve hemispherical independence is for everyone to be on the same page. Trump backed 8 elections in S. America and all of them won. Brazil will be a biggey but Central America will be a feather.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:23 AM (JS6jE)

352 Lindsay Graham's sister talks like a Democrat. Worrisome.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:27 AM (RCjYY)

353 For multiple reasons, don't let her float your boat:

https://tinyurl.com/4pnfbd8m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 01:27 AM (5UTWB)

354 Don Lemon thinks I'm a White Supremacest.

Would it be racist of me to disagree with a Proud black man?

Posted by: goatweed at July 21, 2026 01:28 AM (jK3NL)

355 Dump hiding 100 american casualties from Iran war because he said announcing it would give aid and comfort to his enemies.

Posted by: raimondo at July 21, 2026 01:32 AM (anrvG)

356 Hey, MisHum,
Do you have a name, author, date or other info on the lead picture of this thread

It’s something I could see on my wall.

Gotta retire now but will check tomorrow for any responses, knowledge…

Thanks and g’nite all

Posted by: RM at July 21, 2026 01:32 AM (n/1Oj)

357 Before that there were punishments for rape, but most of the jurisprudence seems to be based on compensation for damaging another man's property.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:02 AM (IG3/x)

On the other hand, it was still OK to cut a man’s throat if he raped your sister. Unless he offered to marry her and offered you a nice settlement to seal the deal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 01:33 AM (Sxl5b)

358 Thanks for the ONT MisHum. Hope you didn't the storms predicted. Weonly got some rain twice, othingcrazy.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 21, 2026 01:34 AM (55Qr6)

359 Lawsuit says Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Nonsense. She's too stupid to understand 3 syllable words.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:36 AM (DZ9Lv)

360 Hey, MisHum,
Do you have a name, author, date or other info on the lead picture of this thread

It’s something I could see on my wall.
Posted by: RM

Curtis Kautzer.

Shutterstock & iStockphoto links:

https://tinyurl.com/47yx5ys2
https://tinyurl.com/4dhre74m

Posted by: mikeski is helping! at July 21, 2026 01:38 AM (VHUov)

361 “From a gentleman at a FL CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to Muslims:

‘Why are we living in the US? The only answer I believe is excusable & justifiable is if we are living here to shift this country’s political and spiritual direction together.
Posted by: Braenyard

I think he said the quiet part out loud.

Not that they've ever been very quiet about it.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)
-

THEY'RE HERE!

https://t.co/AZo3NyoxtY

Philistines upon you, America!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 01:39 AM (5UTWB)

362 353 Biden's Dog

I think she's related to Steve Forbes & that her worth is in the tens of millions. She's an LBTQ California DEM. Scary!

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:39 AM (RCjYY)

363
By this time 57 years ago, Neil and Buzz were back inside the Eagle, hatch closed and re-pressurized. They had some chores to do inside, and also answer some questions from the geologists, who were just on the edge of their seats on the ground wanting to know all sorts of stuff.

They finally we on sleep period at 4:25AM, and weren't awakened until 11:13 AM. Buzz just curled up on the floor and Neil rigged himself a hammock of sorts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

364 There was a WNBA coach suspended by the league for one game for calling an opposing player a "protected species" after the ref called what the coach thought was a ticky-tack foul.

Because Americans aren't used to hearing thst particular vernacular when discussing sports, and the coach was white while the opposing player was black.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 01:41 AM (ZceAD)

365 Retardo lies by omission. Surprised?

CENTCOM doesn't release casualty figures for servicemen who are so lightly wounded, they're returned to duty immediately.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:43 AM (RCjYY)

366 Howdy, late-night horde! Thanks, MisHum-- your ONTs are great.

Top pic reminds me of... some local places, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

367 Here's why Salazar pegged Nicaragua:

Nicaragua's president has declared his government will no longer hold elections.

Daniel Ortega, who has held a tight grip on power in the Central American country since 2007, told a rally on Sunday that he would stay in power when his term ends next year and pledged to abolish voting.

"There will never be elections here again," Mr Ortega, 80, said, ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:51 AM (JS6jE)

368 Thanks, MisHum-- your ONTs are great.

Top pic reminds me of... some local places, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

Seconded! My yard has some cars and old buildings, but it's much greener than that picture. Had brief but heavy rain shower late this afternoon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:53 AM (1z8ji)

369 Centcom did say. 100 casualties. 96% have returned to duty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:53 AM (JS6jE)

370 'Twas cloudy here today, plus very high-level smoke, so didn't get too hot. Loved that! Tomorrow? Who knows.

I've lost trust in the weather people, due to the fear pr0n and doomcasting.. seems it's never quite as hot (or cold, in winter) as they predict.

Anyway-- it was nice to not roast for a change.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

371 Daniel Ortega, who has held a tight grip on power in the Central American country since 2007, told a rally on Sunday that he would stay in power when his term ends next year and pledged to abolish voting.

"There will never be elections here again," Mr Ortega, 80, said, ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:51 AM (JS6jE)

Well, that's plain foolish. He had the elections rigged so he would always win, anyway. But the illusion was preserved.

The die-hard Sandinistas call him "Somoza leche". Somebody will shoot him, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:57 AM (1z8ji)

372 Hi, AOP!

If you mow your lawn... and find a car... you might just be a redneck...

Only 2 vehicles in my yard, LOL. One hasn't been started since the 80s. Belonged to hubby's dad, parked because the brakes went out (I think?). I weed-whack around it from time to time.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

373
She was raped. Period, the end. I guess I should've said, "it wasn't a very good rape CASE."

Posted by: mnw

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

YES, you should have said that. I blame you entirely.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:00 AM (mmrXZ)

374 369

Well, according to Retardo, that means, "Trump is hiding the casualties."

It's easy to see why CENTCOM wouldn't want to release any information which might be useful to our enemies, i.e., by letting IRGC know exactly where their missiles are hitting.

But Retardo detects a Trumpian lie!

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 02:00 AM (RCjYY)

375 Oops, make that: 3 vehicles in the yard. One doesn't really count, because it's outside the fence.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

376 If you mow your lawn... and find a car... you might just be a redneck...

Only 2 vehicles in my yard, LOL. One hasn't been started since the 80s. Belonged to hubby's dad, parked because the brakes went out (I think?). I weed-whack around it from time to time.
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

Oh, I know where they all are. Been shuffling stuff around. Moved a Studebaker pickup from its place near the end of the barn, and dragged up a tall warehouse ladder to the end of the barn. Got to steady that thing up, so I can climb it and replace the hayloft door that blew down in a windstorm. Might just back up a Suburban to each side of the ladder so it cannot topple sideways.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:03 AM (1z8ji)

377 Might just back up a Suburban to each side of the ladder so it cannot topple sideways.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The Reverse Wheel Chock maneuver.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 02:05 AM (VHUov)

378 Wish I had your level of motivation, AOP. (And knowledge!)

Some days I just can't even... anything. But it's situational I guess.

Used to be so energetic and determined and now can't find energy very often.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)

379 373

I'm flattered by your interest.

After the rape, he stepped outside in his underwear & screamed threats at someone who was just passing by. "What are you looking at, mfer? Get the hell out of here!" kind of thing.

That evidence made the rape charge stronger to the jury, I think, i.e., that he was out of control. They didn't just have to take the flaky victim's word all by itself. There was this other incident too.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 02:07 AM (RCjYY)

380 AsCW at Dailytimewaster.blogspot.com would say
That vehicle is too far gone

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 02:09 AM (Ia/+0)

381 Nytol

I couldn't stay up like this if I hadn't retired so long ago.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 02:10 AM (RCjYY)

382 The Reverse Wheel Chock maneuver.
Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 02:05 AM (VHUov)

Heh. I have used a Suburban or other vehicle on several occasions to provide a block to the base of a ladder, so it doesn't kick out at the bottom while I am on it. I am leery of ladders. This "stocking ladder" I have is really a metal staircase on wheels. I think it might have been an airplane boarding ladder in a previous life, but it is quite similar to those rolling staircases you see in big box stores like Home Depot. It has proven useful. Feels much more secure than an extension ladder. Problem with the barn site is the ground is dirt, and not level.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:11 AM (1z8ji)

383 >>That vehicle is too far gone

Depends on what a person wants to do with it, I'd imagine. Parts, maybe. Patterns for after-market.

Or just yard decor, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

384 @DC_Draino

Lisa Murkowski is bankrolled by Melinda Gates !

Sadly, it gets worse.

You know who who funded the initiative to get Ranked Choice Voting installed in Alaska?

Bill Gates.

And who did it benefit?

Lisa Murkowski.

Now do you see why she is a backstabbing RINO on Voter ID?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:12 AM (JS6jE)

385 The old truck that's been parked all these years, was going to be hubby's "retirement project"... Yeah, no... but I can't bear the thought of getting rid of it just yet.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

386 The old truck that's been parked all these years, was going to be hubby's "retirement project"... Yeah, no... but I can't bear the thought of getting rid of it just yet.
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

What year and model of old truck? Some models are pretty sought-after, and some you cannot give away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:23 AM (1z8ji)

387 383 >>That vehicle is too far gone

Depends on what a person wants to do with it, I'd imagine. Parts, maybe. Patterns for after-market.

Or just yard decor, LOL.

Posted by: JQ
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Autotraders has (it looks stock) a 39 Ford, just out of storage for 18K. All the 36 Chevys were not stock with prices to match. I like the looks of the Chevy, more, aggressive. The Ford looks family but, if one won the lottery, either one would be cool.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:26 AM (JS6jE)

388 What year and model of old truck? Some models are pretty sought-after, and some you cannot give away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

66 Chevy... just a minute, need to go check model...

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

389 Mike Pence’s net worth increased by 5X after he certified the stolen 2020 election.

Treasonous.

Judas Pence (Mr Upright) took the Koch money to backstab 72+ million voters.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:28 AM (JS6jE)

390 C20. Not 4wd

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

391 Couple of times, had guys come to the door to ask about the truck...

"I'll give ya a hunnerd bucks for it..."

or 2 hundred.

Hubby ran them off!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

392
Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 02:07 AM (RCjYY)

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

Yeesh. I guess prosecutors have seen a few things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:37 AM (mmrXZ)

393 389 Mike Pence’s net worth increased by 5X after he certified the stolen 2020 election.

Treasonous.

Judas Pence (Mr Upright) took the Koch money to backstab 72+ million voters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:28 AM (JS6jE)

Yeah, we need some real investigative reporting into how somehow Politicians suddenly make YUGE dollars, while in office, or sometimes even out of office.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 21, 2026 02:43 AM (mP0Kj)

394 '66 Chevy C20, last year of that body style. They have a following, for sure. If the body is rust-free, or nearly so, it will have value to a collector. I'd guess $2000 for a basket case, more if it will run or can be made to run.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:44 AM (1z8ji)

395 Yeah, we need some real investigative reporting into how somehow Politicians suddenly make YUGE dollars, while in office, or sometimes even out of office.
Posted by: Romeo13

I'd be happy to receive a few hundred thou in "loan repayments" right about now!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

396 Nice thing about older Chevy pickups is that there are dead easy to resto-mod. A modern fuel-injected engine and overdrive automatic will bolt right in. Same with upgraded brakes and stuff. You can build it out of a catalog. Which is why they are sought after.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:50 AM (1z8ji)

397 384 @DC_Draino

Lisa Murkowski is bankrolled by Melinda Gates !

Sadly, it gets worse.

You know who who funded the initiative to get Ranked Choice Voting installed in Alaska?

Bill Gates.

And who did it benefit?

Lisa Murkowski.

Now do you see why she is a backstabbing RINO on Voter ID?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:12 AM (JS6jE)

That ain't her only source of bakshish. That bitch is rolling in it and will for a very long time. She really needs to have a heart attack and get the fuck outta government.

Her daddy was a coward who ran after 9/11. She's an idiot who does what she is paid to do. AK has suffered more than our fair share for her venal asshattery.

She really is a money whore.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 02:51 AM (bl07w)

398 Well, getting late here. I really have to head for the snoozer. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:51 AM (1z8ji)

399 '66 Chevy C20, last year of that body style. They have a following, for sure. If the body is rust-free, or nearly so, it will have value to a collector. I'd guess $2000 for a basket case, more if it will run or can be made to run.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Thanks for the quick research, AOP! Body is straight, looks good, but bed is rusty (of course) after sitting outside for so long. Trim, glass, lenses & bumpers intact. Interior.. worn but not destroyed. Iirc, hubby said the motor was "rebuilt" by an amateur & bored to the max (some HS kid?) so probably needs new small block or sleeved. Believe it's a 350, so parts/replacement engine would be no problem. Single reservoir master cylinder would need upgrade..

It's beyond me, at this point. 20 years ago? No problem!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

400 [6.5 million guests to visit USA for the games]
@FBIDirectorKash
Jul 20
The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the largest sporting event in the history of the world, shattering previous attendance record by double digits. America- we got it done, ZERO major security incidents across our nation while we hosted the equivalent of 78 super bowls in 38 days, along with 40 base camps, endless fan zones, and celebrations in nearly every state.

President Trump promised his administration would deliver the most safe, secure, and fun environment for FIFA. He started by establishing the White
House FIFA Task Force some 16 months ago, and we got right to work.
...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:53 AM (JS6jE)

401
I remember falling asleep in Reagan International on J6 (missed my plane back to the West Coast thanks to that ass mayor shutting down the streets so taxis couldn't get in), unable to believe that Mike Pence would certify that election. Then sometime early in the morning, shifting on a couple of ice-cold plastic seats, learning that he in fact did. I can't bring myself to believe he was cold and villainous, but I don't understand that guy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:54 AM (mmrXZ)

402 'Night, AOP. Thanks again.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)

403 396 Nice thing about older Chevy pickups is that there are dead easy to resto-mod.
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GM never changes anything (or used to) unless they have to.
Had a 57 panel truck with old, old style double o ring motor mounts in the front. Put a much newer engine in it, the block casting still had the front o rings on it even though Chevy had long gone to the side block mounts they didn't change the block casting.

Interchangeable parts forever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 03:00 AM (JS6jE)

404 comment gone to bed

Posted by: clarence at July 21, 2026 03:01 AM (1QT7n)

405 When the time comes.. after hubby passes.. I will sell off as much as possible, and move to a smaller more manageable place. Maybe even to a condo or apartment, so I won't NEED TO maintain a yard.

I dunno.. I hate having to think about this kind of shit.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:03 AM (rdVOm)

406 It's time for me to go, enjoyed the evening, and your old C20.
Good night all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 03:03 AM (JS6jE)

407 'Night, Braenyard. See ya next time!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:05 AM (rdVOm)

408 You know who who funded the initiative to get Ranked Choice Voting installed in Alaska?

Bill Gates.

And who did it benefit?

Lisa Murkowski.

Now do you see why she is a backstabbing RINO on Voter ID?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:12 AM (JS6jE)

That ain't her only source of bakshish. That bitch is rolling in it and will for a very long time. She really needs to have a heart attack and get the fuck outta government.

Her daddy was a coward who ran after 9/11. She's an idiot who does what she is paid to do. AK has suffered more than our fair share for her venal asshattery.

She really is a money whore.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 02:51 AM (bl07w)

AK has a parliament now because Lisa Murkowski has to be kept in office. But who knew the Gateses want America to have a parliamentary system of government?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:21 AM (8l6/L)

409 336 “From a gentleman at a FL CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to Muslims:

‘Why are we living in the US? The only answer I believe is excusable & justifiable is if we are living here to shift this country’s political and spiritual direction together.
Posted by: Braenyard

I think he said the quiet part out loud.

Not that they've ever been very quiet about it.
Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)

Sounds like a violation of the naturalization oath to me.

So bye.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:27 AM (pKv0r)

410 Today (or 'today'), Monday the 20th, Stone Gossard turned 60, and Chris Cornell would've turned 62 if not for having hung himself on May 18, 2017. Gossard is a rhythm guitarist, composer, and founding member of Temple Of The Dog and Pearl Jam, among others, while Cornell was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, primary lyricist, and composer for Temple Of The Dog, Soundgarden, and Audioslave.

Since they had a project in common, here's a track that Gossard wrote the music for and played rhythm guitar on, while Cornell wrote the lyrics and sang lead. They are joined by Gossard's future Pearl Jam bandmates Jeff Ament on bass guitar, Mike McCready on lead guitar, Matt Cameron on drums, and Eddie Vedder doing such discreet background vocals that I can't tell it's him.

Temple Of The Dog - Four Walled World (Audio)
https://youtu.be/pUbl2pt11og

For context, TOTD was formed in reaction to the untimely heroin overdose death of singer Andrew Wood, who was Cornell's roommate and the frontman of Mother Love Bone with Gossard and Ament. They only made the one self-titled album (1991) as apparent catharsis, so I think the 'jailer' in "Four Walled World" is probably drugs.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 03:30 AM (Sy6m/)

411 117 The Democratic candidate of Egyptian origin for the Michigan, US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed: "ICE has nothing to do with immigration; ICE has nothing to do with the southern border... ICE is about arming the idea of immigration against the Constitution itself... ICE has to be abolished
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:43 PM (jU8k

Should CBP be abolished as well?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:32 AM (pKv0r)

412
I dunno.. I hate having to think about this kind of shit.
Posted by: JQ

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

I have no idea if this makes any sense for your situation, but what about making the changes and not (ugh) waiting?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 03:32 AM (mmrXZ)

413 “You see, when a mommy Ewok and a daddy Ewok love each other very much…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 12:49 AM (Sxl5b)

I FEEL THE URGE THE GROWING NEED
TO FUCK THIS SINFUL CORPSE

Posted by: Slayer at July 21, 2026 03:34 AM (pKv0r)

414 Back to the grind…

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:35 AM (pKv0r)

415 They tried to get ranked choice voting onto the ballot by referendum, here in Idaho. The 'story' wasn't about ranked choice, but rather "boo hoo, unaffiliated voters are *disenfranchised* because R's don't have open primaries" here. Not a peep about Ranked Choice! (until after it qualified as a ballot initiative.)

Some broad was at the grocery store entrance, trying to gather signatures for it. She gave me the sob story and I, unaware of the ranked choice aspect, simply told her: "No. I believe a person should at least join a club, before trying to choose its leadership."

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)

416 I have no idea if this makes any sense for your situation, but what about making the changes and not (ugh) waiting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

You make a good point. Yes, there's little (if any) hope that hubby will ever come home. He's not on hospice yet, but it's coming...

Denial? Not really. I'm just not willing to let it all go yet. It's like admitting defeat, in a way. Ugh. I hate this.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)

417 Up since 2am again

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 03:40 AM (Ia/+0)

418 AK has a parliament now because Lisa Murkowski has to be kept in office. But who knew the Gateses want America to have a parliamentary system of government?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:21 AM (8l6/L)

There is a huge sign in Meadow Lakes (north of Wasilla, on the highway) that says DUMP MURKOWSKI. Has been there about six years now, and gets new paint every so often. Nobody likes that bitch, but she keeps getting back in office. Like I said, she needs to have a heart attack or something equally as debilitating and leave government forever. We are so done with Princess Lisa.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 03:43 AM (bl07w)

419 Denial? Not really. I'm just not willing to let it all go yet. It's like admitting defeat, in a way. Ugh. I hate this.
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)

Could be a new beginning. Those are usually a lot of fun, if you choose to make it so.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 03:44 AM (bl07w)

420
Denial? Not really. I'm just not willing to let it all go yet. It's like admitting defeat, in a way. Ugh. I hate this.
Posted by: JQ

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

Understandable. Maybe take baby steps. Keep visualizing the change.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 03:47 AM (mmrXZ)

421 tcn, thanks... I reinvented myself after BF passed in 2001, but I was so much younger then. Still had youth & hopes & dreams. Not so much, now.

Hard to think about "fun" right now. Really fucking hard.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)

422 I've started a few lists--

One, of things to do before hubby passes. Changing titles and so forth, which I need to meet with lawyer about. Soon.

Two, of things to do right afterward. Final arrangements and stuff like that. Family stuff.

And then the "who gets first choice of what" lists...

*sigh*

And so it goes.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 04:03 AM (rdVOm)

423 404 comment gone to bed
Posted by: clarence at July 21, 2026 03:01 AM (1QT7n)

; )

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:16 AM (faghi)

424 Anna paulina luna caught insider trading. Wall street journal.

Posted by: raimondo at July 21, 2026 04:23 AM (anrvG)

425
Sounds like a violation of the naturalization oath to me.

So bye.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:27 AM

------

Yes, actions should have consequences.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 04:28 AM (4dRXe)

426 54 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”. Even when I was 5 I thought that was pretty silly
Posted by: Common Tater

This guy's fault
https://tinyurl.com/2wes3n44

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at July 21, 2026 04:29 AM (y7zkd)

427 What does slayers comment in post 413 even mean? I suppose it's just late night trolling . So strange .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (zqeQL)

428 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (faghi)

429 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (Ia/+0)

Summer Reruns Cafe

glastonburytorportal.jpg
The sun through a portal at Glastonbury Tor
Michelle Cowbourne/@Glastomichelle

I don't know why, but YouTube started serving me up a lot of animal videos I either linked in the past or at least intended to link.

So expect some re-runs here. Though, if you missed them the first time, they're New to You (TM).

Bunny enforces screentime limit.

Dog is so grateful to be adopted.

Dog adopts an orphaned deer.

Beautiful baby yak.

Beaver goes crazy for banana.

The Russian army isn't bringing their best.

Squirrel thinks he's JCVD or something.

Puppy and baby grow up together.

The black pit bull "Tubbs" wanted to greet the neighbors but everyone was too afraid of him to approach. So the owners put up a sign announcing that Tubbs was very friendly and would like a nice petting.

Adopted dog attempts to speak English. He's at a level just below Scooby Doo.

Baby elephant tries to shoo away a pigeon but the pigeon isn't afraid of him.

A couple of weeks ago I posted a video of some Australians using goats to clear out an overgrown lawn. Here's another one. I assumed the last time that bringing in goats to eat grass in an overgrown lawn was just a stunt for the internet. But in this video, the goats' owner confirms that this is actually his full-time job and that it's pretty common to call up your local goat-herder to clear out a lawn disaster. He says he does this every working day.

Baby tapir has the zoomies.

Crow knocks on the window every day to play with his favorite baby boy.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:14 PM




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1 So.... AI... Robots doing backflips... and a Robot fighting League out of China.

Uhhh... do any of these folks even WATCH Sci Fi movies?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

2 and foist? hell, I even read some of the content

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (h+JS6)

4 Top 10?

Posted by: Billythesquid at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (gN+5I)

5 I too would like to scritch a yak.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

6
Those Quick Hits were so packed with fun I could have lived on them until the ONT!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:19 PM (mmrXZ)

7 Doesn't Yellowstone have signs "don't pet the fluffy cows"?

Posted by: gKWVE also recommends against the little tan teddy bears at July 20, 2026 07:19 PM (gKWVE)

8 So.... AI... Robots doing backflips... and a Robot fighting League out of China.

Uhhh... do any of these folks even WATCH Sci Fi movies?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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If they do, they learn all the WRONG lessons from them...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 07:20 PM (FZ29D)

9 Atlas is pretty scary.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:21 PM (JvZF+)

10 >>>The Russian army isn't bringing their best.

That sergeant ducked just in time. But he had to learn the barrel was hot the hard way.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 07:21 PM (syz1S)

11
Best comment on the Russian military video:

"To confuse your enemy, you must first confuse yourself."


Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:22 PM (mmrXZ)

12 Totally OT, but have to put this up before this night is done.

JackStraw, believe you posted last night about J. Geils. About 45 years ago somebody noted the bands that his group had opened for - some should have been genuflecting to him and his people.

Point is, this song has haunted me for going on 50 years: https://tinyurl.com/488ytar2

Good night, all y'all, with tears in my eyes.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 20, 2026 07:22 PM (NcvvS)

13 willowed: It was a lot more common for girls to go off to a nice place to give up the babies for adoption after carrying them to term than people remember now.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)

That's why I'm here. (And my kids and granddaughter!). I even found a newspaper article with my birth mom's cover story of why she was gone for the first few months of school.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:23 PM (lCppi)

14 I, for one, welcome our new robot acrobatic overlords.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:24 PM (JvZF+)

15 Does the chimp with its baby not break your heart?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:24 PM (l26NL)

16 [WILLOWED:]

Yet another conspiracy proves true.

>>@JustTheNews
·
3m
>>🚨BREAKING: The FBI interfered with an investigation by Customs and Border Protection that would have delved into the Wuhan lab-leak theory.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (9rvdq)

17 > Puppy and baby grow up together.


In a Lovecraft way, or in a Disney way?

Posted by: banana Dream - an important distinction at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (3uBP9)

18 Does the chimp with its baby not break your heart?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:24 PM (l26NL)
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Naah

Posted by: General Urdo at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (JvZF+)

19 NYC went bankrupt before. Wanna know why? Generous welfare payments.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (qFwJc)

20
Does the chimp with its baby not break your heart?
Posted by: Blutarski

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I won't watch any animal videos that look like they'll break my heart. Even if they have happy endings!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:26 PM (mmrXZ)

21 The chimp mom video is so sweet.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:26 PM (lCppi)

22 NYC went bankrupt before. Wanna know why? Generous welfare payments.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (qFwJc)
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Yeah, that's right. Welfare.

Posted by: Albert Shanker at July 20, 2026 07:27 PM (JvZF+)

23 >>> Atlas is pretty scary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:21 PM (JvZF+)


^^^ This

Posted by: the Olympians at July 20, 2026 07:28 PM (3uBP9)

24 >>Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels!

Some documents are being released as we speak. Customs wanted to interview Peter Daszak who was working with Fauci on gain of function in Wuhan. The FBI blocked the interview.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m)

25 6
Those Quick Hits were so packed with fun I could have lived on them until the ONT!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:19 PM (mmrXZ)

I just arrived, I'll bet the comments about Kamala are gold. Might go back down there for a bit.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 07:29 PM (zYpTz)

26 Democrats are all in on collapsing the system. Nothing is too stupid or corrupt

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 07:29 PM (T8bqm)

27 That robotic cartwheel and backflip ...

I would have said it was AI

But these guys in robotics are that close to programming human movement.

I mean it isn't a stretch to squint your eyes and see that robot as a a real gymnast.

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 20, 2026 07:30 PM (3sXRv)

28 The black pit bull "Tubbs" wanted to greet the neighbors but everyone was too afraid of him to approach. So the owners put up a sign announcing that Tubbs was very friendly and would like a nice petting.
———

And then one day, Tubbs snapped, and ripped both arms off a neighbor. They are back to being afraid to approach him.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:31 PM (eES2O)

29 NYC uses goats a lot in their parks.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 07:31 PM (T8bqm)

30 ESPN has fired NFL analyst and ferocious racist Ryan Clark. I didn't see that coming.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:32 PM (l26NL)

31 willowed from Quick Hits because these comments are too good to leave there:

That was my take, too. I'm not at all religious, but that guy needs Jesus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:08 PM (mmrXZ)
___

We all need Jesus, but most people don't want to admit they need a Savior.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (x7Vzy)

Most folks, until they find Him, don't believe that humility is positive trait. As it turns out, humility comes before anything else good that might happen.

Since we are only alive because God has us in mind at all times, it makes sense to be not only grateful for that but also humiliated by it. I am only Something because He is Everything.

Descartes had it wrong. I am not something because I think. I am something because He loves me enough to make me something. Everything after that is gravy, if I have the sense to be humble about all of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:32 PM (4VH0B)

32 That robotic cartwheel and backflip ...

I would have said it was AI

But these guys in robotics are that close to programming human movement.

I mean it isn't a stretch to squint your eyes and see that robot as a a real gymnast.
----

Can you imagine the improvements we're going to see for people with limited mobility?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 07:33 PM (TN0g+)

33 13 willowed: It was a lot more common for girls to go off to a nice place to give up the babies for adoption after carrying them to term than people remember now.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)

That's why I'm here. (And my kids and granddaughter!). I even found a newspaper article with my birth mom's cover story of why she was gone for the first few months of school.
Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:23 PM (lCppi)

As the adoptive mother of my son, I have no idea how anyone can be pro-abortion. Ever. Thank God for your birth mom, and her choice. Even before Roe v Wade, so many women chose the other option.

We had to go to Guatemala to adopt, because very few women choose that route these days. There are just no babies to adopt. So very sad.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:33 PM (bl07w)

34 Boston Dynamics has Elon's robots beat by a mile. Moves much more like a human than all the robot makers.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 07:35 PM (g8Ew8)

35
I'll bet the comments about Kamala are gold. Might go back down there for a bit.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

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Bring 'em back on up here! We seem to be having fun with willowed comments.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:35 PM (mmrXZ)

36
I generally never say "Hiii, cutie! Hi there!" when any large, four-legged version of the cutie is hulking nearby.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:36 PM (mmrXZ)

37 Atlas is pretty scary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:21 PM (JvZF+)

^^^ This
Posted by: the Olympians at July 20, 2026 07:28 PM (3uBP9)

***

Propose handheld EMP device to DARPA.
Receive generous award.
???????
Profit!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 07:37 PM (2WIwB)

38 >> I assumed the last time that bringing in goats to eat grass in an overgrown lawn was just a stunt for the internet.

My understanding is that in the South, they are using goats to eat the vine that ate the South -- Kudzu.

I have heard that there are dozens of goat services just for that purpose.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 07:37 PM (GtbxB)

39
Jeez, Doug Schoen has been doing interviews. I remember fearing his words back in the days of Obama -- when he was right all the time and we were getting beaten.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:38 PM (mmrXZ)

40 Puppy growing up 7 times faster than the baby.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:39 PM (KC5Lt)

41 bob (moron inbobnitus)

My HVAC tech's wife has a goat service here in rural Kansas. Very popular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:39 PM (u82oZ)

42 Good evening everyone
Didn't realize time, it's bedtime

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

43 That kid with the ducks better grow up fast or she is going to be very sad when they served with sweet onion, sauce and crepe.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 07:40 PM (GtbxB)

44 Mom! Mom! Wake up!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 07:41 PM (ndZc7)

45 San Franpsycho

Have ICE buy ATLAS robots. Paint in police colors. Use them to move demonstrators out of the way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:41 PM (u82oZ)

46 Didn’t, or doesn’t Boston Dynamics have a connection with DARPA or DOD? They’ve been at this for a long while, they should be good at it.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:42 PM (eES2O)

47 I bet goat services are very popular in areas of high muzzie population densities.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 07:42 PM (g8Ew8)

48 >>Jeez, Doug Schoen has been doing interviews. I remember fearing his words back in the days of Obama -- when he was right all the time and we were getting beaten.

Were we? I don't think election rigging started with Biden.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:43 PM (viF8m)

49 Boston Dynamics has Elon's robots beat by a mile. Moves much more like a human than all the robot makers.

I blame two things. Modern Sci-Fi ... and the hubris of Man.

You want to automate something ? Something that moves over varied surfaces. Tracks. You simply can't beat tracks.

Until it hovers ? Tracks. We could have useful semi-autonomous load-bearing vehicles now. With tracks.

This fascination with making them walk is just educated people that love the smell of their own farts.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:43 PM (sxggx)

50 LASue>>>>

That's why I'm here. (And my kids and granddaughter!). I even found a newspaper article with my birth mom's cover story of why she was gone for the first few months of school.

Posted by: LASue at July 20

That is very cool. We are glad you are here!

My wonderful daughter in laws mom was actually in a PP office waiting for an appointment when she just decided that would be a bad decision. She was so right.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:43 PM (4VH0B)

51 Here's a good one from Quick Hits:


95 So Don Lemon is running as a dark horse candidate...
Does that make Kumala the Dark Whores candidate?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

52 Got my ticket to see "The Odyssey" tomorrow. The reviews are either "sheer genius!" Or "absolute rubbish!" and I've got to see for myself.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 20, 2026 07:44 PM (kpS4V)

53 Goats are entertaining too, but they like to climb on things. Cars for example. “The lawn looks OK, but my car is totaled”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:44 PM (eES2O)

54 Article via Instapundit on why AI will never reach human intelligence. Excerpts:

"Central to Denning’s argument is the idea of tacit knowledge. This refers to the enormous amount of human understanding that people possess but cannot fully express in words or translate into symbols that a machine can process...

Intuition, gut feelings, spontaneous creativity, and imagination are other forms of tacit knowledge that resist being reduced to computer instructions...

How we host tacit knowledge is largely a mystery, Denning admits. “All we know is that it is embodied. We have no idea what we might observe and measure in our bodies to reveal it.”

https://tinyurl.com/3sbz7sex

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 07:44 PM (XvL8K)

55 Lettuce story from sidebar... uh... how much lettuce did they test? One piece that gave a maybe false reaction?

Someone influenced this... in a big way.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:45 PM (mP0Kj)

56 Mom! Mom! Wake up!

https://tinyurl.com/74tfux2c

Forgot the link.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 07:46 PM (ndZc7)

57 Were we? I don't think election rigging started with Biden.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:43 PM (viF8m)

My parents always said that Nixon would’ve won in 1960 without the Daley machine cheating in Chicago.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 20, 2026 07:46 PM (SjAWL)

58 My understanding is that in the South, they are using goats to eat the vine that ate the South -- Kudzu.

I have heard that there are dozens of goat services just for that purpose.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 07:37 PM (GtbxB)

It’s called ‘goatscaping’.
There is a company in the Upstate of SC who use goats for kudzu and other yard work.

https://www.thekudzukids.com/

It’s considered “green” as well, so there’s that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM (6ydKt)

59 Article via Instapundit on why AI will never reach human intelligence.

College - contrary to many that applaud formal education - can't teach a single person how to think. Now ... college can give a born thinker a forum to exercise that natural skill. College can also usher along those that can't think toward a certificate.

But Critical Thinking is born. Can't be taught. You have it or you don't. So no wonder all the Non-Critical Thinkers think the Non-Critical Thinkers will get computers to think.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM (sxggx)

60 The sex robot is going to lead the AI way just like it did with the internet.

AI porn is probably the most profitable application right now.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM (KC5Lt)

61 Texas and WV

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM (eES2O)

62 Enjoy the improved Café bouquet, and don't forget to thank the tireless AoSHQ Cafe cleaning staff who make it happen!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

63 Russians ain't changed much and are stupidly unafraid of live fire. I read about accounts on the Eastern Front where russian troops would capture German pistols and subguns and shoot themselves while playing around with them or trying to figure out how they worked during WW Eleven. One reason they were instructed to leave German weapons alone.

Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at July 20, 2026 07:48 PM (ftsic)

64 My parents always said that Nixon would’ve won in 1960 without the Daley machine cheating in Chicago.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 20, 2026 07:46 PM (SjAWL)

Your parents were right. Its been written about. I think Nixon gets a lot of crap not deserved. But he deserves all the crap for not contesting that election for some notion of "for the greater good".

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:48 PM (sxggx)

65 Seriously, I want to see a primary pitting Kamala Harris and Don Lemon against each other.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 07:49 PM (zYpTz)

66 That Russian soldier missed having the top of his head blown off by mere inches.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:50 PM (KC5Lt)

67 Russians ain't changed much and are stupidly unafraid of live fire. I read about accounts on the Eastern Front where russian troops would capture German pistols and subguns and shoot themselves while playing around with them or trying to figure out how they worked during WW Eleven. One reason they were instructed to leave German weapons alone.
Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at July 20, 2026 07:48
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They sound like the hominids poking at the obelisk in 2001.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 20, 2026 07:50 PM (kpS4V)

68 But Critical Thinking is born. Can't be taught.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM

That's true for critical mass, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

69 Our AI future will end in a lot of lost quatloos.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 07:51 PM (DZ9Lv)

70 Seriously, I want to see a primary pitting Kamala Harris and Don Lemon against each other.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 07:49 PM

I wouldn't wish smelling their fingers on my worst enemy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

71 Some federal judge in Chicago has notified Dogeater that he has 10 days to pay the $14 million he owes contractors or the property will be seized and sold. $14 million. Pfft. That like one Learing Center.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (l26NL)

72
I remember fearing his words back in the days of Obama -- when he was right all the time and we were getting beaten.

Were we? I don't think election rigging started with Biden.
Posted by: JackStraw

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

It seems like I haven't seen him on the tube in years -- until now -- and the last time I watched him it was in the Obama years when fear and trembling of Democrat victories was a way of life for me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (mmrXZ)

73 So I posted this earlier, shortly after we got home from my husband's colonoscopy -- it was bad news. A large tumor in the sigmoid colon, cancer. He has a CT for this Thursday to check for metastases. He sees the oncologist next Wednesday.

This has been a difficult year for us.
Good news is that God is in charge.
Also, he will start fenbendazole treatment on Thursday, the soonest we can get it from the compounding pharmacy here in town.

All prayers gratefully accepted. This hits hard. Last Thursday was our 49th wedding anniversary. We've been together since we were 16.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)

74 College - contrary to many that applaud formal education - can't teach a single person how to think.
——

They can teach formal debate, rhetoric, and the classic logical fallacies that we literally hear fuckheads spewing daily. It is most definitely critical thinking. I’m going to take the opposite view.

Logic fallacies might be the most important thing we can teach our kids. Nobody can be an expert on every subject or even most subjects.

It has to do with the basics of knowledge. How do I determine something is true? Especially when some motherfucker is a professional liar, and has the full media and hollywood treatment behind him.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:54 PM (eES2O)

75 go back down there for a bit.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

That's what Kamala said!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 07:55 PM (NnhvP)

76 Our AI future will end in a lot of lost quatloos.

A bust. We're starting the Green Energy bust now. Tons of pretend-capital lost - on balance sheets and such. Yet the people that care about such shit will make sure the pain is real.

Now look at all these data-centers. New sub-stations. Chip shortages and rushed projects to fill the gap. All for some shit that simply does not work. Is WAY too soon.

Is it any wonder, in some ways, that the younger folks don't trust Capitalism as they've been taught it ? No - its not.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:55 PM (sxggx)

77 wow TecumsehTea, you got 'em.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi)

78 Star Trek is on.

It's the one where the travel back in time to the semi-early 21st Century, and beam Mitch McConnell into sick bay.

There's the classic line that McCoy says to Kirk:

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a taxidermist!"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)

79
Tecumseh, fight fight fight! We've seen some Moron Miracles.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:56 PM (mmrXZ)

80 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)

Sending prayers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)

81 Thank you fd. Many on the earlier thread offered prayers as well. We really need them.
So thank you to everyone who commented before, and anyone who will pray. Prayer is powerful and God is good.

I'm a mess tonight.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:57 PM (4VH0B)

82 High schools and Colleges don’t like teaching formal debate, the art of rhetoric, and logical fallacies any longer.

There’s a reason for that. They don’t want people to be able to reason and think for themselves. Might come to the wrong conclusion. Can’t have that.

We don’t all have the same brain power by any stretch, but we can maximize the one we have. Learning the deceptive practices unscrupulous people use is most valuable skill, and like most things we get better with practice

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:58 PM (eES2O)

83 They can teach formal debate, rhetoric, and the classic logical fallacies that we literally hear fuckheads spewing daily. It is most definitely critical thinking. I’m going to take the opposite view.

Take it all you want. Most debate from both sides now fail those old, classic tests.

Hell - most of the public discourse when they still taught it in the 80s failed the tests. We're a shit-pot down the road from media simply reporting the Five Ws. And I questioned even then why media should have a damn thing to say about Why.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:59 PM (sxggx)

84 most people don't want to admit they need a Savior.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (x7Vzy)

You've probably heard that religion is where men (and women) reach out to God. Christianity is where God reaches out to us.
Consider that in Calvinism anyway, God reaches out only to SOME of us.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 07:59 PM (gKWVE)

85 Prayers ascending, Tecumseh Tea.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 20, 2026 07:59 PM (kpS4V)

86 I wouldn't wish smelling their fingers on my worst enemy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

It'd be like the barrel, with penguins.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM (zYpTz)

87 Lot of information coming out lately.

>>@MrAndyNgo
·
2h
>>New Ngo report: The U.S. State Department has officially connected Antifa’s lawyers to decades of Cuban communist influence and terrorism.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

88 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)
====

A prayer for speedy and complete recovery.

One Day At a Time.

Posted by: Albert Shanker at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM (JvZF+)

89 "Star Trek is on.

It's the one where the travel back in time to the semi-early 21st Century, and beam Mitch McConnell into sick bay."

I remember that episode. Spock tried a mind meld and got a TV test pattern.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (MWfyi)

90 Tecumseh ... Good Luck. Wish you and him the best.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (sxggx)

91 65 Seriously, I want to see a primary pitting Kamala Harris and Don Lemon against each other.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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The debate would be awesome.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (jU8k8)

92 Pretty pic! Stunning.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (Eng1Z)

93 This fascination with making them walk is just educated people that love the smell of their own farts.

Not exactly. The focus on humanoid robots is so that they can operate in human spaces with human infrastructure.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (Ysav4)

94 Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:58 PM (eES2O)

I think critical thinking and ability to determine when something might not be true or accurate requires your brain to subconsciously gather info that throws red flags because the order or position of facts aren't logical.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:03 PM (KC5Lt)

95 Maybe early spring saw a series of videos on a backyard porcupine and it only wanted apples

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

96 Most debate from both sides now fail those old, classic tests.
——

This is my point. Arm your family with the ability to think critically - rhetoric and debate, and being able to spot logical fallacies - is something you will use everyday. I guarantee.

Rhetoric is simply the art of persuasion. And there’s always some asshole trying to persuade you of something everyday. You can’t supervise your family or be there forever, at some point you hope they have the skills.

A finely tuned Bullshit Detector is crucial to have.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:04 PM (eES2O)

97 So.... AI... Robots doing backflips... and a Robot fighting League out of China.

Uhhh... do any of these folks even WATCH Sci Fi movies?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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If they do, they learn all the WRONG lessons from them...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 07:20 PM (FZ29D)

I remember an old SF story about a robot repairer who is faced with an epidemic of robots complaining of paralysis of limbs and such. Turns out these were parts they didn't use and so they just cut off the parts and the bots were fine. The last part was making a robot bartender make an particular drink an ambassador liked by filming the motions of the bartenders tentacles at high speed and making the robot duplicate mimic this exactly.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:05 PM (uhVAy)

98 Not exactly. The focus on humanoid robots is so that they can operate in human spaces with human infrastructure.

Its the typical skipping a step that's common now.

You don't go straight to "we'll take a robot off a track and let them run around the house" until you can get automated shit to operate on a short leash. Which industry - where all this crap gets applied - can't do yet. Not by a mile.

Folks - anybody with a pool knows the skimmer doesn't even fucking work. Why are we trying to make robots walk ? Seriously.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:05 PM (sxggx)

99 Been on six week hiatus here, making my annual Antarctic survey. We are in excellent shape and the plan continues apace.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at July 20, 2026 08:05 PM (JM9I6)

100 Critical thinking my foot. It don't take no genius to tell when a lefty is lying.

Posted by: Their lips are moving at July 20, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)

101 Because I missed the morning data center thread...the data center debacle in Utah is a cluster eff. My small contribution:

Eff Kevin O'Leary. Actual small town farmers and locals I know in Box Elder County have legit questions: how building a data center the size of three manhattans in a rural desert, using more energy than the whole state uses in a year, might affect the great salt lake, their power and water bills, etc. And why their county commissioners agreed for taxpayers to subsidize this mofo. "Mr Wonderful" dismisses these wonderful, hard working people as a Chi-com psyop. More like Mr Blowhard.

Also, there is too much hand waving with the closed loop water systems, like it's a magic wand. Closed loop systems build up microbes and sediments, need toxic chemicals to clean, and occasionally be drained...like draining your water heater to remove the sediment buildup. So there is toxic waste water, in a desert. And where is that toxic residue going to go? They are buying up massive water shares in neighboring towns to supply the center's water, and I can tell you those shares will NOT be enough, and will suck those towns dry.

I'M PRO AI + PRO PEOPLE. We need a balance.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:06 PM (Eng1Z)

102 {{{Tecumseh Tea}}}

Fervent prayers ascending.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:06 PM (u82oZ)

103 Lot of information coming out lately.

>>@MrAndyNgo
·
2h
>>New Ngo report: The U.S. State Department has officially connected Antifa’s lawyers to decades of Cuban communist influence and terrorism.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

I didn't know 'just an idea' can have a legal department.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:06 PM (uhVAy)

104 I think critical thinking and ability to determine when something might not be true or accurate requires your brain to subconsciously gather info that throws red flags because the order or position of facts aren't logical.

I'll make it simpler.

Most people do not think. They go with the herd. They rationalize their personal position within the herd.

Critical Thinking must, by definition, ignore the herd.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:08 PM (sxggx)

105 >>I didn't know 'just an idea' can have a legal department.

Lots of other information about Cuba and their meddling in the US coming out today.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (viF8m)

106 >>> Your parents were right. Its been written about. I think Nixon gets a lot of crap not deserved. But he deserves all the crap for not contesting that election for some notion of "for the greater good".

Apparently the younger gen z conservatives are beginning to push back on the narrative that Nixon was all bad due to the Watergate spying, because they see there is far worse spying going on now. And the establishment left and legacy media are losing their minds. They thought they had rewritten the history on that, so let it be written, so let it be done.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (Eng1Z)

107 We have AI mowers at my golf course which have replaced a couple of workers already. They are basically huge , smarter roombas that are GPS programmed.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

108 This is my point. Arm your family with the ability to think critically - rhetoric and debate, and being able to spot logical fallacies - is something you will use everyday. I guarantee.

And that's my point. Some people can critically think. Most can't. Of my little family of four ? The A student Girl simply can't. My wife won't.

The B student boy, of all people, can. I don't waste my time on the other two.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:10 PM (sxggx)

109 Star Trek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hnBp7x2QAE

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 08:10 PM (l26NL)

110 Russians ain't changed much and are stupidly unafraid of live fire. I read about accounts on the Eastern Front where russian troops would capture German pistols and subguns and shoot themselves while playing around with them or trying to figure out how they worked during WW Eleven. One reason they were instructed to leave German weapons alone.
Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at July 20, 2026 07:48
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They sound like the hominids poking at the obelisk in 2001.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 20, 2026 07:50 PM (kpS4V)

I'm sure no GI ever shot his foot with a captured Luger.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:11 PM (uhVAy)

111 We have AI mowers at my golf course which have replaced a couple of workers already. They are basically huge , smarter roombas that are GPS programmed.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

And here we go. GPS guided ? Gents ... that's not "AI". They're running a track. Maybe with a sensor or two running vision and humidity sensors.

They're not "thinking". The entire "AI" phrase is no better than Six-Sigma. God Forbid an automated thing self-correct a variable or two. I wrote that shit in the 90s. Not "AI".

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:12 PM (sxggx)

112 That's why I'm here. (And my kids and granddaughter!). I even found a newspaper article with my birth mom's cover story of why she was gone for the first few months of school.
Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:23 PM (lCppi)

As the adoptive mother of my son, I have no idea how anyone can be pro-abortion. Ever. Thank God for your birth mom, and her choice. Even before Roe v Wade, so many women chose the other option.

We had to go to Guatemala to adopt, because very few women choose that route these days. There are just no babies to adopt. So very sad.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:33 PM (bl07w)

There are, but current government policy is that white parents can't adopt minority kids because reasons.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:13 PM (uhVAy)

113 Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:08 PM (sxggx

I was expanding on the point you have it or you don't. It's my opinion that it's a subconscious function.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:13 PM (KC5Lt)

114 I'm sure no GI ever shot his foot with a captured Luger.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:11 PM (uhVAy)

Band of Brothers insists different. And the original book wrote the same incident.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:13 PM (sxggx)

115 Most people do not think. They go with the herd. They rationalize their personal position within the herd.
Critical Thinking must, by definition, ignore the herd.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:08 PM (sxggx)

Well, I felt really bad for all those chinese woman giving birth after travelling all that way from Red China plus I don't want any purple haired troons burning down my house you understand. Who knew being a SCROTUM was so hard. Following the herd is so stressing! Toodles!

Posted by: Amy Conehead Barrett, Collector Of Trophy Children at July 20, 2026 08:14 PM (ftsic)

116 Read that a AI needs millions of cubic feeet of water or near that.
WTF does a computer even size of a American Aircraft carrier need water for?

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

117 The Russian army isn't bringing their best.

Russian Sergeant: Suka, nahu blyat!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 08:14 PM (Wnv9h)

118 You can absolutely teach people who are willing to learn.

Some people get frightened of certain concepts or conclusions. It’s too horrible to contemplate. I’ve seen this many times.

Admitting one is wrong, changing long deeply held beliefs is very painful. That’s your Wife, most likely, you said your daughter “can’t” but your Wife “won’t”

Leftists won’t even admit the sky is blue, seen that plenty of times

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:15 PM (eES2O)

119 We have AI mowers at my golf course which have replaced a couple of workers already. They are basically huge , smarter roombas that are GPS programmed.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

And here we go. GPS guided ? Gents ... that's not "AI". They're running a track. Maybe with a sensor or two running vision and humidity sensors.

They're not "thinking". The entire "AI" phrase is no better than Six-Sigma. God Forbid an automated thing self-correct a variable or two. I wrote that shit in the 90s. Not "AI".
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:12 PM (sxggx)

I watch a dude who has a off grid farm in West Va that has some of those Robot Mowers. Yes they are like roombas not AI, but they do have the advantage of being able to go up and down the not pooltable flat areas of his homestead. He even has cameras on them and livestreams mowing and makes money off it.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:15 PM (uhVAy)

120 I was expanding on the point you have it or you don't. It's my opinion that it's a subconscious function.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:13 PM (KC5Lt)

Really ? I just caught that.

Can't argue it. Its not a factor of education for sure.

Subconscious ? I'd hear more. Maybe I'd say "instinctive" - probably the same context.

You have my attention.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:15 PM (sxggx)

121 Just say no to DC’s.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 08:16 PM (/Chlc)

122 Tecumseh Tea,
prayers up. May you be blessed.

Posted by: Wenda at July 20, 2026 08:17 PM (u84c/)

123 "They're not "thinking". The entire "AI" phrase is no better than Six-Sigma. God Forbid an automated thing self-correct a variable or two."

Well, I was pondering dimensionless physical constants as I mowed but I could just play some Def Leppard.

Posted by: Their lips are moving at July 20, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

124 Read that a AI needs millions of cubic feeet of water or near that.
WTF does a computer even size of a American Aircraft carrier need water for?
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

Cooling. The high speed processors need to have heat carried away from the processors and recirculated. However, things like nuclear reactors and blast furnaces manage to do this without threatening to disrupt the entire state, so I am not sure why the threats of massive disruption to make them.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:18 PM (uhVAy)

125 But Critical Thinking is born. Can't be taught.
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Just because so many people don't use critical thinking doesn't mean it can't be taught.

Critical thinking involves a set of steps that can be laid out and condensed into book for or a series of youtube videos.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 08:18 PM (TN0g+)

126 Most people do not think. They go with the herd. They rationalize their personal position within the herd.
Critical Thinking must, by definition, ignore the herd.
Posted by: Real Automation

I have a friend who is a doctor with Indian Health Agency, or whatever it's called. So he's a doctor that works for the government. During Covid he would get angry when I suggested the slightest criticism of the Clot Shot. I was just ignorant.

After a booster he came down with a neurological condition that he immediately associated with shot. He can barely walk today. Yet he still says the Shot was great. When you're paid to think something, you think it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 08:18 PM (l26NL)

127 All prayers gratefully accepted. This hits hard. Last Thursday was our 49th wedding anniversary. We've been together since we were 16.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)

Prayers up ...

I can well understand how hard this is and will be.

Posted by: browndog heads to his kennel at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (3sXRv)

128 We did some upgrades for computers at a Navy base. There were 4 2” chilled water supply pipes for 10 servers.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (/Chlc)

129 Banana beaver sounds like a little kid having a tantrum in a grocery store.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (Cqx++)

130 Well, I was pondering dimensionless physical constants as I mowed but I could just play some Def Leppard.
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Lawnmower Man. Great Steven King movie.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (TN0g+)

131 Yes they are like roombas not AI, but they do have the advantage of being able to go up and down the not pooltable flat areas of his homestead.

And that's real, right now Automation. And its hard, brother. With all the fail-safes and stuff you need to keep it under control.

We're decades away from just getting in the self-driving car, drunk as a skunk, finger banging some lovely piece while the miles just roll on by.

And all this trying to jump ahead isn't doing any good.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (sxggx)

132 What an odd sock failure. Oh well. How do you know those robots are not thinking anyway? Are you some kind of robot mind reader?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

133 Way past my bedtime
Was up twice last night both times awake for near a hour.
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0)

134 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:57 PM

Prayers up for both of you, TecumsehTea.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 08:20 PM (Wnv9h)

135 on the way, TecumsehTea!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 08:20 PM (VyBeY)

136 ?My HVAC tech's wife has a goat service here in rural Kansas. Very popular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:39 PM (u82oZ)

Tell me more about these goats

Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (GTqXr)

137 Even if “you have it or you don’t” if you have it, you will benefit from formal instruction.

It’s been studied formally and expounded for a couple thousand years. If it couldn’t be taught or was simply innate they wouldn’t have tried and they wouldn’t have needed to.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (eES2O)

138 Can Atlas be programmed to flip my 1/4lbs. with cheese for free? Because fast food burger prices are too high.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (sYM3s)

139 So what does CBD's sidebar update mean? Taylor Farms lettuce doesn't cause explosive diarrhea? Their lettuce might cause explosive diarrhea but it's not confirmed? Should we eat a lot of Taylor Farms bagged lettuce to prevent diarrhea? Is explosive diarrhea just an ideology like antifa?

What should explosive diarrhea enjoyers do now? It seemed pretty clear before but now I just don't know. I guess like most things in life you just have to go about your business and hope that the magical blessings of explosive diarrhea find you.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 08:22 PM (3uBP9)

140
The Chinese have a midget in a robot suit that outperforms that Boston Dynamics machine.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 20, 2026 08:22 PM (dtlw7)

141 If we want to know why the commies are doing something, we need to look at 2nd and 3rd order affects.
No water or power for the rural west? Hmm. Perhaps, no voters or cattle also.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (/Chlc)

142 ?My HVAC tech's wife has a goat service here in rural Kansas. Very popular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:39 PM (u82oZ)

Tell me more about these goats
Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (GTqXr)

You want OnlyGoats Mohammed.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (uhVAy)

143 What an odd sock failure. Oh well. How do you know those robots are not thinking anyway? Are you some kind of robot mind reader?

Easy. Because they're just programs. Programs with weights ... designed to modify their own weights based upon new inputs.

So they're pretty much the equivalent of indoctrinated children. Because, again, none of these "AI" programs can take a true inspirational leap.

And if one ever does ? Best destroy it right on the spot.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (sxggx)

144 >>> Can Atlas be programmed to flip my 1/4lbs. with cheese for free? Because fast food burger prices are too high.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (sYM3s)


If you think fast food is expensive now wait until they have quarter million dollar robots doing it.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (3uBP9)

145
He even has cameras on them and livestreams mowing and makes money off it.
Posted by: Oldcat

People will pay money to watch somebody mow their yard?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (Cqx++)

146 AI is the great technological barrier Fermi spoke about. It will destroy our entire planet and no one is doing anything about it. Thank goodness I'm too old and will not be around to witness the destruction.

Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2026 08:24 PM (wvc0i)

147 When you're paid to think something, you think it.
——

“It’s difficult to get a man to understand something, when his paycheck depends on him not understanding it.”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:24 PM (eES2O)

148 He even has cameras on them and livestreams mowing and makes money off it.
Posted by: Oldcat

People will pay money to watch somebody mow their yard?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (Cqx++)

No, they just watch it plowing through the yard, then Youtube puts ads on it and he gets a cut.

There is an animal sanctuary in Tx, Alveus, that has a stream that generates money for the place. They have night vision cameras on various animals there.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)

149 "Because they're just programs. Programs with weights ... designed to modify their own weights based upon new inputs"

So they are thinking about their weights.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

150 It’s been studied formally and expounded for a couple thousand years. If it couldn’t be taught or was simply innate they wouldn’t have tried and they wouldn’t have needed to.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (eES2O)

Good Grief. I wouldn't have copied your nic ... but honestly. The "We've Always Done it This Way so it Must Work" argument ?

Yeah ... I'll hold my ground on this one. You can't teach Critical Thinking. You can teach Group Thinking. But not Critical Thinking.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (sxggx)

151 All you have to do to learn how crazy Russians are is to search two words on YouTube:

"Russians, Bears"

There is something seriously wrong with them. The Vodka does NOT help.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (dIske)

152 He even has cameras on them and livestreams mowing and makes money off it.
Posted by: Oldcat

People will pay money to watch somebody mow their yard?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (Cqx++)

I've watched videos of someone mowing somebody else's yard for free. It is edited down though.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:27 PM (uhVAy)

153 re lettuce sidebar:
"the finding does not represent true amplification"
is a cute way of obfuscating that they are using the same kind of jive turkey test that was used for covid.
lol.
you could get equally valid test results flipping a coin.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 08:27 PM (VyBeY)

154 Yeah ... I'll hold my ground on this one. You can't teach Critical Thinking. You can teach Group Thinking. But not Critical Thinking.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (sxggx)
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It's pretty obvious that you, at least, are incapable of learning critical thinking.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:28 PM (FZ29D)

155 "You can teach Group Thinking. But not Critical Thinking."

Some people just don't think that way. You can teach them but they still won't get it.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:28 PM (MWfyi)

156 It'd be like the barrel, with penguins.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM

* shudder *

That may be the most horrifying vision of Hades ever.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)

157 "Because they're just programs. Programs with weights ... designed to modify their own weights based upon new inputs"

So they are thinking about their weights.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

Not all AIs change their weights in flight. They just process the input through the weights determined by training separately. Training takes a lot of time, processing can be done on live video tracking people walking around. I worked on such a project.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:29 PM (uhVAy)

158 So they are thinking about their weights.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

So you're just being a prick at this point. But I'll crush this right now.

If you believe ... like many apparently now ... that Man is just a collection of firing neurons ? Then yeah, you might be able to replicate that with a purely electrical system. Even better, given a rigid structure and repeatable exectution.

I think the whole "Diversity is Our Strength" arguments is the ultimate Horse-Shit. Yet even I think what makes us human is a Spark. One that I can't define. One that most in every-day life seem to not have anymore.

Might call it a Soul. I don't know.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:29 PM (sxggx)

159
Sings: "Like a mucus, leaked for the very first time".

No need to thank me!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 08:30 PM (rE7Gw)

160 All you have to do to learn how crazy Russians are is to search two words on YouTube:

"Russians, Bears"
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM

Are there that many YouTubes of Tu-95s?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

161 Critical thinking can be taught, but you require a willing participant who wants to learn. Cooperation can't be taught, unless you have a cattle prod.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:30 PM (dIske)

162 That may be the most horrifying vision of Hades ever.

Posted by: Duncanthrax

You're at top of the list.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at July 20, 2026 08:30 PM (JM9I6)

163 Apparently the younger gen z conservatives are beginning to push back on the narrative that Nixon was all bad due to the Watergate spying, because they see there is far worse spying going on now.
Posted by: LizLem

They just want to be edgy and you can't get edgier than standing up for the original Tricky Dick, especially while vaping Humboldt's finest and holding in the irony as long as you can.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 08:31 PM (DZ9Lv)

164 Humans have varying levels of aptitude for certain.

But we don’t come out of the womb knowing how to read, write, calculus etc. We have to be taught. Formal reasoning and logic is the same. It’s a skill that is cultivated. Maybe your wife is just being obstreperous. Wouldn’t be the first.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:32 PM (eES2O)

165 "If you believe ... like many apparently now ... that Man is just a collection of firing neurons ? "

We are going to have to better define what "thinking" is. A good book on the subject is Mark Twain's "What Is Man"?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

166 There's a story over at Insty about the discovery of a pre Aztec altar that they think may have been used for human sacrifice. Gentle, peace loving natives my a$$.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (lJ0H4)

167 Apparently the younger gen z conservatives are beginning to push back on the narrative that Nixon was all bad due to the Watergate spying, because they see there is far worse spying going on now.
Posted by: LizLem

They just want to be edgy and you can't get edgier than standing up for the original Tricky Dick, especially while vaping Humboldt's finest and holding in the irony as long as you can.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 08:31 PM (DZ9Lv)

Since I grew up in the Nixon era, all I can say is that all the 'right' people in the Media, Intelligencia, and Deep State that we hate these days hated Nixon too reflexively. It may not have been as bad as TDS, but it was closer than anyone else I can remember.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:34 PM (uhVAy)

168 Might call it a Soul. I don't know.
——

You are a soul. You have a body

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:34 PM (eES2O)

169 Prayers for his heart and body to tolerate the treatment. Prayers it hasn't spread.

Posted by: H at July 20, 2026 08:35 PM (CqVHu)

170 Formal reasoning and logic is the same.

I honestly do not believe so ... most Advanced Degree Professionals I've ever met do not "reason". But I've met many self-made High School Grads that do.

The "Formal" is part of it. If you're really Critically Thinking ? That "Formal" part isn't going to be part of it.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:35 PM (sxggx)

171 >>> We have AI mowers at my golf course which have replaced a couple of workers already. They are basically huge , smarter roombas that are GPS programmed.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

My company had a contract with "rent" some automatic mowers from a third party tech company that builds them, because it is still frightfully expensive to outright buy them when the market is so new. Did a test trial. Still kept on their old staff during the trial period. They let the contract lapse when it was over, and went back to real people on their already bought riding mowers. Just too expensive for a rental. The market and the price points aren't there yet, for everyone.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:36 PM (Eng1Z)

172 There's a story over at Insty about the discovery of a pre Aztec altar that they think may have been used for human sacrifice. Gentle, peace loving natives my a$$.
Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (lJ0H4)

May have? Is there any doubt that this was a huge feature of Mesoamerican societies?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)

173 {{{TecumsehTea}}}

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:36 PM (vDZgA)

174 I don't know that the soul affects the ability to cut thru BS.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

175 We are going to have to better define what "thinking" is. A good book on the subject is Mark Twain's "What Is Man"?
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

Its not a simple rapid process of data, even given variables regarding weights and outcomes.

That's a fucking computer. Or one of the Chinese kids with an Abacus. They're processing really fast. That's not "thought".

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (sxggx)

176 Hi everyone! Hope the evening has been good, or at least uneventful.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (hftzA)

177 I have a couple of useless skills that directs me to my subconscious theory.

I can identify an Asian woman by just seeing only the back of her. It's my brain subconsciously putting together all of the individual indicators together .

Same with me overhearing just a small part of a conversation and my brain putting together all of the partial info including the tone , location , volume, current events, etc and knowing exactly what the conversation is about .

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (KC5Lt)

178 My company had a contract with "rent" some automatic mowers from a third party tech company that builds them, because it is still frightfully expensive to outright buy them when the market is so new. Did a test trial. Still kept on their old staff during the trial period. They let the contract lapse when it was over, and went back to real people on their already bought riding mowers. Just too expensive for a rental. The market and the price points aren't there yet, for everyone.
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:36 PM (Eng1Z)

Yeah, the dude on Youtube has the advantage of a small, if rugged area to cut and free solar electric power. He also gets money from internet sales of products.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:38 PM (uhVAy)

179
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)

___________

Will be remembering you and hubby in my Rosary intentions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 08:40 PM (O0L8i)

180 101
==
Eff Kevin O'Leary. Actual small town farmers and locals I know in Box Elder County have legit questions: how building a data center the size of three manhattans in a rural desert, using more energy than the whole state uses in a year, might affect the great salt lake, their power and water bills, etc. And why their county commissioners agreed for taxpayers to subsidize this mofo. "Mr Wonderful" dismisses these wonderful, hard working people as a Chi-com psyop. More like Mr Blowhard.

Also, there is too much hand waving with the closed loop water systems, like it's a magic wand. Closed loop systems build up microbes and sediments, need toxic chemicals to clean, and occasionally be drained...like draining your water heater to remove the sediment buildup. So there is toxic waste water, in a desert. And where is that toxic residue going to go? They are buying up massive water shares in neighboring towns to supply the center's water, and I can tell you those shares will NOT be enough, and will suck those towns dry.

I'M PRO AI + PRO PEOPLE. We need a balance.
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:06 PM (Eng1Z)

Lots of manipulation going on from all directions.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (vDZgA)

181 Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (sxggx

Yes it's thought to interpret the information your brain has gathered.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (KC5Lt)

182 "Its not a simple rapid process of data, even given variables regarding weights and outcomes."

What is thinking then, other than that? We look at things, we process that, and react according to our own internal programming. That does not preclude a soul.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

183 I can identify an Asian woman by just seeing only the back of her. It's my brain subconsciously putting together all of the individual indicators together .

So you're the equivalent of the annoying "pick the tiles" crap online ?

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (sxggx)

184 TecumsehTea: prayers up for your husband and family!

Posted by: Iris at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (286+n)

185 165 "If you believe ... like many apparently now ... that Man is just a collection of firing neurons ? "

We are going to have to better define what "thinking" is. A good book on the subject is Mark Twain's "What Is Man"?
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)
________________________________

Read about Jason Padgett sometime. He came out of a bar when a kid and was punched repeatedly in the head causing a massive concussion. However, the brain rerouted its regular protocol and transfered pathways to different parts of the brain as a way of self correction. From that point on, he became a math savant. He saw everything (and I mean everything) as math. Every inanimate object became a purposeful understandable design. Prior to those punches, he scored in the very lowest part of his class. Afterwards, he understood math better than most experts in the field.

It's really an interesting story. Some believe it is the key to understanding what humanity may evolve into next.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:42 PM (dIske)

186 most Advanced Degree Professionals I've ever met do not "reason"
——

Advance degrees in what? There’s yer fucking problem.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:42 PM (eES2O)

187 I have a couple of useless skills that directs me to my subconscious theory.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (KC5Lt)

I don't like to use 'subconscious' because that gets into Freudian stuff. I agree that there are parts of the brain working on analysis beneath and besides your thinking voice part of the brain.

A few weeks ago I lost my keychain for part of a day. When I found it I was walking in the garage and suddenly looked straight down and found it. But even before I looked down I knew I had found it before I saw it. Some 'off side' vision part of the brain recognized it without me scanning for it.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM (uhVAy)

188 What is thinking then, other than that? We look at things, we process that, and react according to our own internal programming. That does not preclude a soul.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

Dude ... by this line you've went down ? The gang-banger that knifes the white-bitch on the train is only reacting to his internal programming.

If there is one thing I can always depend on with the Horde ? The willingness to just argue to the dumbest of ends.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM (sxggx)

189 >>> So what does CBD's sidebar update mean? Taylor Farms lettuce doesn't cause explosive diarrhea? Their lettuce might cause explosive diarrhea but it's not confirmed? Should we eat a lot of Taylor Farms bagged lettuce to

Here is my non-expert take, summed up for your Moronic judgment:

The rumor was if you went to Taco Bell, your lettuce was poisoned with this explosive poop parasite, since Taylor Farms was the supplier for Taco Bell produce.

Tests are concluding oopsie, it might not be Taylor Farms after all! We messed up accusing them, our bad! Meanwhile Taylor Farms and Taco Bell's reps are taking a beating. Like as bad as Chipolte and Jack in the Box did back in the day when they had their contaminant scandals.

They both might have to sue, just to get their reps back, and not lose millions in revenue.

(Though, to be fair to Taco Bell, it's rep is already tied to "do a late night taco run and you'll get the runs" ... already baked into the brand, hah. So will this REALLY bankrupt them?)

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM (Eng1Z)

190 Advance degrees in what? There’s yer fucking problem.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:42 PM (eES2O)

So all the Doctors and such that were telling us to take the Clot Shot during Covid were Critical Thinkers ?

Again ... I can always depend on the Horde to argue the dumbest shit down to the very end.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:44 PM (sxggx)

191 It's really an interesting story. Some believe it is the key to understanding what humanity may evolve into next.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:42 PM (dIske)

I can understand that but the stories of people speaking a different language is hard to believe.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:45 PM (KC5Lt)

192 "It's really an interesting story."

It sounds like it. It indicates that brain wiring has something to do with the way people look at things.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:45 PM (MWfyi)

193 He came out of a bar when a kid and was punched repeatedly in the head
——

Percussive maintenance. Fixes a lot or stuff!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:45 PM (eES2O)

194
Puff, Ruth and Dutchess are now house dogs. The weather is too hot and the air conditioners in the kennel can't keep up. They, and I, will be happier being in the family circle. We can also instill some discipline into Puff, who's a wild child.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (O0L8i)

195 May have? Is there any doubt that this was a huge feature of Mesoamerican societies?
Posted by: Oldcat

Had a guide at Tuluum that told the group that it was all flowers and sunshine until the honkys with big boats showed up.

Complete horseshit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (AEkWp)

196 Off topic, but color me skeptical of the charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate. It's the fucking UK. They somehow find the time and energy to start extradition proceeding against two guys in the US, but can't seem to do shit about the rampaging muslim rape gangs, and a wave of "immigrant" crime, from robbery and fraud to knifings and murder, all while intimidating and arresting normal Brits for noticing. Fuck the UK authorities.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (XMwZJ)

197 So all the Doctors and such that were telling us to take the Clot Shot during Covid were Critical Thinkers ?
-/—

Hell no. Are you fucking stupid?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (eES2O)

198 TecumsehTea, you are in our prayers right now.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 08:47 PM (hftzA)

199 If there is one thing I can always depend on with the Horde ? The willingness to just argue to the dumbest of ends.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM

Scogg? Is that you??

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 08:47 PM (0sNs1)

200 It sounds like it. It indicates that brain wiring has something to do with the way people look at things.

And yet ... some of you argue ... including you ... two different ways. That Critical Thinking can be taught - but also that we all just see things the way we see them based up on the shape of our brain and chemistry.

Good Gawd. Shoot some more paragraphs to just say "People Believe What they Believe and their View is Valid". And vote Democrat Socialist.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (sxggx)

201 Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM (Eng1Z)

It wasn't a rumor of the connections of victims to Taco Bell.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (KC5Lt)

202 88 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)
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A prayer for speedy and complete recovery.

One Day At a Time.
Posted by: Albert Shanker


This! So much this!
Live completely in the present. Not tomorrow. Not next week. NOW. You have your husband now. What could be better? Life is fleeting. Enjoy being present. A comet could hit earth and we are all obliterated tomorrow. Or an earthquake. A flood. You can step off the curb and get hit by a bus.

Live present. Look at your husband and be thankful for RIGHT NOW.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (DGJyi)

203 Hey, at least Nixon had the balls to order the Linebacker raids.

President Trump should do likewise.

Linebacker III: Killing Iranians With Glee

Posted by: Make the rubble bounce at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (ftsic)

204 I can understand that but the stories of people speaking a different language is hard to believe.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:45 PM (KC5Lt)
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LOL...my favorite is FAS...which is Foreign Accent Syndrome.

Sarah Colwill (UK): Woke up with a distinct "Chinese" accent after a severe migraine, despite never having traveled to China.
Michelle Myers (USA): An Arizona woman who woke up with British, Irish, and Australian accents following severe hemiplegic migraines.
Althia Briden (UK): A Londoner who woke up speaking with a full-blown Italian accent after suffering a stroke

I don't know why, but I find this absolutely hilarious.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (dIske)

205 Fuck You

It is critical thinking that allowed people to see through the Covid shit. Come back when you understand the problem. Dumb ass

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (eES2O)

206 It's really an interesting story. Some believe it is the key to understanding what humanity may evolve into next.
Posted by: Orson

I've read of people in like circumstances who were suddenly good at learning languages or really good at music.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (l26NL)

207 Read that a AI needs millions of cubic feeet of water or near that.
WTF does a computer even size of a American Aircraft carrier need water for?
Posted by: Skip at July 20,
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Article said Box Elder reduced to 10K acres would require 11 acre ft of water. If that's annually it's not much. Also said power from solar (part of the 10k acres) and a natural gas pipeline that's close by.

What are they doing? Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos are using them to build things. This thing looks like another NSA project.
Although, Utah is a popular place for server farms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (jU8k8)

208 So all the Doctors and such that were telling us to take the Clot Shot during Covid were Critical Thinkers ?
-/—

Hell no. Are you fucking stupid?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (eES2O)

Its also not all of a piece. A dude might be an iconoclast in his specific field and an idiot follow conventional wisdom dude in every other factor of life. Plenty of examples of this.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (uhVAy)

209 Hell no. Are you fucking stupid?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (eES2O)

No No ... you argued it. Now own it. All of you.

Those doctors acted upon their personal biases. Their own "hard-wiring". They "processed".

They "Critically Thought" according to the bullshit definition currently put forward.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (sxggx)

210 "Dude ... by this line you've went down ? The gang-banger that knifes the white-bitch on the train is only reacting to his internal programming."

Well yeah. That guy has a soul too. His programming has turned him to the devil.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (MWfyi)

211 Read about Jason Padgett sometime. He came out of a bar when a kid and was punched repeatedly in the head causing a massive concussion. However, the brain rerouted its regular protocol and transfered pathways to different parts of the brain as a way of self correction. From that point on, he became a math savant. He saw everything (and I mean everything) as math. Every inanimate object became a purposeful understandable design. Prior to those punches, he scored in the very lowest part of his class. Afterwards, he understood math better than most experts in the field.

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I've got a great new idea to reform our failing education system!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 08:53 PM (GhkK0)

212 Well yeah. That guy has a soul too.

And I reckon he "Critically Thought" ... right up through the point he knifed that white girl on the plane.

Can't be faulted for his conclusions, I guess. We all just randomly fire neurons and such.

I wonder, on this one, how many of you just like to argue ... and how many really believe it.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:53 PM (sxggx)

213 "And yet ... some of you argue ... including you ... two different ways. That Critical Thinking can be taught -"

I said it could be taught but it might not be learned.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:54 PM (MWfyi)

214 Never one for the most amazing timing, sorry - Common Tater I want to thank you for your post last night about glucose/tannins etc. Just saw it and I didn't know. Thanks for putting me knowledge.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 08:54 PM (vE0+H)

215 Article said Box Elder reduced to 10K acres would require 11 acre ft of water. If that's annually it's not much. Also said power from solar (part of the 10k acres) and a natural gas pipeline that's close by.

What are they doing? Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos are using them to build things. This thing looks like another NSA project.
Although, Utah is a popular place for server farms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (jU8k

Don't see why if these centers are so valuable they can't be required to expand local infrastructure in power, water, and such to reduce harm to the current residents.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:54 PM (uhVAy)

216 "I've got a great new idea to reform our failing education system!
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! "

They used to just hit us on the ass and that worked pretty well.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

217 LOL...my favorite is FAS...which is Foreign Accent Syndrome.

Sarah Colwill (UK): Woke up with a distinct "Chinese" accent after a severe migraine, despite never having traveled to China.
Michelle Myers (USA): An Arizona woman who woke up with British, Irish, and Australian accents following severe hemiplegic migraines.
Althia Briden (UK): A Londoner who woke up speaking with a full-blown Italian accent after suffering a stroke

I don't know why, but I find this absolutely hilarious.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (dIske)

Genuine Chinese accent or comic television show Chinese accent?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)

218 People will pay money to watch somebody mow their yard?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

No, the guys people watch are usually mowing someone else's lawn or the lawns of abandoned houses.

They offer to do it at no cost to the homeowners or renters, since the mowers get paid for the videos by YouTube

Posted by: Democrats everywhere at July 20, 2026 08:57 PM (vJrRc)

219 No ... you argued it. Now own it.
——

You don’t get to put words in my mouth. I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:57 PM (eES2O)

220 "Can't be faulted for his conclusions, I guess. We all just randomly fire neurons and such."

I didn't say that. The guy has a bad brain. Hardware and software.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:58 PM (MWfyi)

221 oops, forgot to remove my sock

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 08:58 PM (vJrRc)

222 Just to be clear, and to throw more gasoline on the fire, because I have nothing better to do right now and I enjoy people getting wound up.

Critical thinking doesn't necessarily result in the same conclusions or even similar conclusions. In addtion, there are different degrees of critical thinking that are marred by bias, presentation, and provided data. Additionally, using the process of critical thinking doesn't make you the sharpest pencil in the box. Individuals have different limitations in intelligence, creativity, innovation and understanding.

In short, it is a process. It is not an inborn trait. And, it isn't always good.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:58 PM (dIske)

223 Scrubs had an episode where the patient heard every conversation as a song. They had a name for it of course. Cool episode.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (KC5Lt)

224 So nice of Atlas to take time during the shooting of I,Robot to demonstrate his Nadia Comaneci moves.

WTF are these people thinking.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (S41Gd)

225 I said it could be taught but it might not be learned.

If you line up and "teach" a seminar on brain surgery to a room full of pre-schoolers ? You haven't "taught" a damn thing.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (sxggx)

226 I wonder, on this one, how many of you just like to argue ... and how many really believe it.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:53 PM (sxggx)

Yet here you are, arguing. Never seen before nic.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (RVv7x)

227 I'm old enough to remember being reprogrammed with a paddle.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)

228 Genuine Chinese accent or comic television show Chinese accent?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
__________________

Oh God, I HOPE offensive television show Chinese accent, because that makes it even more funny.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:00 PM (dIske)

229 The vast majority of people don't reason. Some - who are wrong - argue that the only thing humans do is act, and then rationalize their actions afterwards.

That's a totally false distillation but probably more useful than thinking reason is attainable for anything but the smallest cross section of humanity. Civilization gives people time and space to "reason", so it's likely you get a little more of it when you don't have people overwhelmed by crime and general survival issues.

But unfortunately, many of us go by "feels" most of the time and only reason sometimes in between. Some unlucky souls tend to reason a lot more. And the unluckiest are the ones that believe all they do is reason, but in reality are just victims of their own feels.

That's why politicians are effective. The successful ones don't target reason. They target feels. The ones that appear to target reason are most likely hornswaggling you, or just playing a game.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:00 PM (vE0+H)

230 In short, it is a process. It is not an inborn trait. And, it isn't always good.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:58 PM (dIske)

I think it's an innate trait by degree.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:01 PM (KC5Lt)

231 >>>If you think fast food is expensive now wait until they have quarter million dollar robots doing it.

Posted by: banana Dream

>So it's like solar and wind? Can I have substitute pepperjack for American cheese? Maybe toss on some mushrooms.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 09:01 PM (sYM3s)

232 "If you line up and "teach" a seminar on brain surgery to a room full of pre-schoolers ? You haven't "taught" a damn thing.
Posted by: Real Automation"

Posted by: A Educator at July 20, 2026 09:02 PM (MWfyi)

233 wave of "immigrant" crime, from robbery and fraud to knifings and murder, all while intimidating and arresting normal Brits for noticing. Fuck the UK authorities.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at

Yes, but they are facing these charges in Romania, too, they have first dibs, Then the UK. Their business is adult webcam services, which doesn’t really lend itself to fine, upstanding gentlemen. It doesn’t make them rapists, but it isn’t a huge leap to think they may be involved in human trafficking. Plus, the lovely things they have said in podcasts, here are a few gems:

"Bang out the machete, boom in her face and grip her by the neck. Shut up bitch."

"Women are a man's property... they belong to the man."

"Women are intrinsically lazy" and "there’s no such thing as an independent female."

On rape victims: They "must bear some responsibility" for their attacks


So. Color me not all that sympathetic to them.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 09:02 PM (hftzA)

234
Read about Jason Padgett sometime.

Posted by: Orson

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

There are also people who have this sixth sense with color. They perceive color in some elevated way. Everything and everyone has a unique color. There was one guy who gave the spectral wavelengths or whatever for the "perfect" color. Testers went off and altered the color by one infinitesimal value, and he caught it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 09:03 PM (mmrXZ)

235 Don't see why if these centers are so valuable they can't be required to expand local infrastructure in power, water, and such to reduce harm to the current residents.
****

If those projects had to include those considerations, it would highlight the true costs. The people who make bank on these projects are on the front end of the money pipeline. They will cash in before the project ever gets built or not. Make those considerations part of the deal and the project probably falls through.

Posted by: clarence at July 20, 2026 09:03 PM (1QT7n)

236 Yet here you are, arguing. Never seen before nic.
Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (RVv7x)

It's the a hole with the ever changing nic. I'd like to agree with him on occasion but he's such an asshole about it that I don't pipe in to agree.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:04 PM (KC5Lt)

237 It's the a hole with the ever changing nic. I'd like to agree with him on occasion but he's such an asshole about it that I don't pipe in to agree.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:04 PM (KC5Lt)
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Cynical, condescending assholes can change their nic, but they can't change their 'tude.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:05 PM (FZ29D)

238 This is NOT the usual cafe ambiance.

Jeepers. Find a fucking fire extinguisher.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 09:05 PM (yEz+x)

239 That's a totally false distillation but probably more useful than thinking reason is attainable for anything but the smallest cross section of humanity. Civilization gives people time and space to "reason", so it's likely you get a little more of it when you don't have people overwhelmed by crime and general survival issues.

That is the most honest paragraph about the topic I've ever seen. In decades.

The truth is - I can afford to Critical Think. Because I'm not living check to check. And as such ... I have room, and the luxury, to consider Cause and Effect even when it works against my own short term best interest.

Now here's the thing. I grew up poor. I knew what I was doing was wrong. Also knew what my parents were doing was wrong.

I worked to get to a point where I didn't have to.

And I don't think I'm special. Everyone can do that. But most around me did not think that way.

And now ? Most around me with much more money still don't.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:06 PM (sxggx)

240 You need to teach the robot how to build a better bacon cheeseburger before you can reprogram it to construct a lunar station.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 09:07 PM (sYM3s)

241 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 09:03 PM (mmrXZ)

__________________________

I love stuff like that. I cheers me up after seeing people like that leaking tranny up in Maine.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:08 PM (dIske)

242 "I knew what I was doing was wrong. Also knew what my parents were doing was wrong."

How did you know?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:09 PM (MWfyi)

243 The new-nic guy sounds a lot like C5.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 20, 2026 09:10 PM (XMwZJ)

244 I am eating some peanut M&Ms with the new dyes. They look sad, washed out, a little Soviet. Dare I say, KABOOM?

Still taste good enough, though. So there's that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)

245
This is NOT the usual cafe ambiance.

______________

Greasy, small tables
Slouching waiter in a filthy apron
Scowling regulars smoking Gauloises
Blue-plate special featuring horsemeat
Demimondes with questionable hygiene

That's the Café ambiance

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 09:12 PM (O0L8i)

246 Please Don't Get a Goat
Goats are NOT lawnmowers, and 10 other goat realities.
Anne of All Trades
https://youtu.be/xPU4-07VTmQ

Posted by: mindful webworker - GOAWW at July 20, 2026 09:12 PM (p+5Bi)

247 Oh God, I HOPE offensive television show Chinese accent, because that makes it even more funny.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:00 PM (dIske)

Like Peter Sellers Chinee accent....hilarious.

Posted by: The Pink Panther In Hong Kong Phooey at July 20, 2026 09:13 PM (ftsic)

248 I took a walk and then a friend called.

So, so many of you commented with encouragement and kindness and prayers. Thank you for every word and every prayer.
We are headed to bed, worn out.
Thank you also for the good advice, to live now, to take it a day at a time, to enjoy all the time I have with him now -- good advice even if we have another 20 years.
Thank you all.
See you tomorrow.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 09:13 PM (4VH0B)

249 I am eating some peanut M&Ms with the new dyes. They look sad, washed out, a little Soviet. Dare I say, KABOOM?

Still taste good enough, though. So there's that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)
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The real test is if they now melt in your hands...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (FZ29D)

250 How did you know?
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:09 PM (MWfyi)

Two ways. Serious question, I hope, and definitely serious answer.

Because I could see how my parents were not honestly trading with others. But rather, trying to "scam" ... for lack of a better word. I could also pick up on the cues - and I was not social by any means - that people did not want to interact with them commercially. I could see it. I could see it as a child.

And I knew - seriously knew, even young - that shit was a problem. I just knew.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (sxggx)

251 Benny Hill did a fine Chinee accent, too.

Posted by: Just Soya Dumplings at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (JM9I6)

252 That is the most honest paragraph about the topic I've ever seen. In decades.
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I try. Or do I...? Hell, even I don't know.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:15 PM (vE0+H)

253 @233 -- Piper, I'm not sympathetic to the Tates, they seem rather asshole-ish to me. But at the same time...it's the UK. Who can trust those assholes?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 20, 2026 09:15 PM (XMwZJ)

254 The real test is if they now melt in your hands...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (FZ29D)

Believe it or not, I am actually testing this.

Results to follow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:15 PM (0aYVJ)

255 This is NOT the usual cafe ambiance.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 09:05 PM

Kamala! left us another rah-rah comment in the last thread which might cheer you up.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 09:17 PM (0sNs1)

256 >>> Article said Box Elder reduced to 10K acres would require 11 acre ft of water. If that's annually it's not much. Also said power from solar (part of the 10k acres) and a natural gas pipeline that's close by.

I don't feel obligated to believe any of the stats on water usage the "experts" are claiming, to get people to stop asking questions about Stratos. If they get it wrong, it will go very, very wrong for the people and the animals and the crops. Like an unfixable kind of wrong.

Stratos should also rescind the tax breaks they are getting from the county when they will make billions off this thing. That is absolutely stupid.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 09:17 PM (Eng1Z)

257 Don't see why if these centers are so valuable they can't be required to expand local infrastructure in power, water, and such to reduce harm to the current residents.

Posted by: Oldcat
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If they aren't using too much water and are buying power in the form of nat gas. What is the harm to the community?
Other than being an NSA farm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:17 PM (jU8k8)

258 "And I knew - seriously knew, even young - that shit was a problem. I just knew.
Posted by: Real Automation"

So you knew good from bad without any programming. Ok, is that built into everyone or do some of us have to go to Sunday School?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:18 PM (MWfyi)

259 249 I am eating some peanut M&Ms with the new dyes. They look sad, washed out, a little Soviet. Dare I say, KABOOM?

Still taste good enough, though. So there's that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)
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The real test is if they now melt in your hands...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (FZ29D)
___________________________

Maybe someone can help me out here. Who was the "genius" who thought the best way to present M&Ms (something you eat) was to make those things you eat live characters in their commercials?

I've been waiting to the drug commercials to take that road. "Are you a fatty? EAT ME."

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:19 PM (dIske)

260 I think the Tates are half-American, like Churchill. Except with a double dose of that pimpin'.

Posted by: upgrayyed at July 20, 2026 09:20 PM (gKWVE)

261 The real test is if they now melt in your hands...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (FZ29D)

Believe it or not, I am actually testing this.

Results to follow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:15 PM (0aYVJ)

Candy coating remains intact. All is well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:21 PM (0aYVJ)

262 Greasy, small tables
Slouching waiter in a filthy apron
Scowling regulars smoking Gauloises
Blue-plate special featuring horsemeat
Demimondes with questionable hygiene

That's the Café ambiance
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 09:12 PM

In fairness, aren't you the one who regularly complains about the service?

Mom says if you don't like Ten Forward, try Ten Back.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 20, 2026 09:22 PM (0sNs1)

263 Candy coating remains intact. All is well.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:21 PM (0aYVJ)
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Excellent. They may have removed the offending dyes...but the table wax remains intact.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:22 PM (dIske)

264 So you knew good from bad without any programming. Ok, is that built into everyone or do some of us have to go to Sunday School?
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:18 PM (MWfyi)

I know where you are going. And I can tell you ... for me ... no.

I was forced to go to Sunday Baptist Early Mornings. And I absolutely did not trust some of them people. The "tell you how good I am" shit. I hated those people. As a kid, had to keep it to myself.

My "Bad from Good" is, honestly, different. My entire life ... from the start ... has been watching people fight over the definition of "Good" vs "Bad".

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:23 PM (sxggx)

265 Late, but I have quotes from a goat service that wants to bring in enough goats to clear 20 acres of honeysuckle in a week or so.
I'm shying at the price. Hell, I could become a goat herder, right?

Posted by: MkY at July 20, 2026 09:23 PM (q6tQZ)

266 Excellent. They may have removed the offending dyes...but the table wax remains intact.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:22 PM (dIske)

Indeed. great mouth feel.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)

267 "I'm shying at the price. Hell, I could become a goat herder, right?
Posted by: MkY "

A tractor and bushhog won't do it?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:25 PM (MWfyi)

268 Why do I have a Sound of Music Song in my head just now?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:26 PM (0aYVJ)

269 Couple of welfare goats may take a little longer but they'll keep it down forever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:26 PM (jU8k8)

270 watching people fight over the definition of "Good" vs "Bad".
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:23 PM

This, too, is the story of Mary Ann vs. Ginger, .45 ACP vs. 9mm, longbows vs. crossbows, carpet vs. hardwood, and chili vs. carrots.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (0sNs1)

271 Indeed. great mouth feel.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)
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That's more important than people think. Especially with peanut M&Ms.

I like to let the candy coating and chocolate melt off the peanut and then I eat that last.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (FZ29D)

272 Late, but I have quotes from a goat service that wants to bring in enough goats to clear 20 acres of honeysuckle in a week or so.
I'm shying at the price. Hell, I could become a goat herder, right?
Posted by: MkY

*Hits easy button*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (AEkWp)

273 So you knew good from bad without any programming. Ok, is that built into everyone or do some of us have to go to Sunday School?

OK ... maybe this ... I figured this out early on. What is "sustainable". And yeah - I shit-canned the "good vs bad" taught to me early on. By family and schools.

They were all just trying way too hard. Insisting.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (sxggx)

274 Boston 25 News (and Insta) are/is reporting that the dead person found in Pressley's husband's home is a teenage girl.
At least Mary Jo was, what. 28?
Massachusetts is like a 1970s D&D campaign. Roll a 20 and get a treasure and a life in politics! Roll a 1 and get cornholed by a Democrat and dead.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:28 PM (gKWVE)

275 I think that Russian training video is about the most Russian thing ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:29 PM (edUvp)

276 "What is "sustainable".

I think that's the idea behind the Golden Rule.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:29 PM (MWfyi)

277 This, too, is the story of Mary Ann vs. Ginger, .45 ACP vs. 9mm, longbows vs. crossbows, carpet vs. hardwood, and chili vs. carrots.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (0sNs1)

Everybody talks about Mary Ann. Nobody talks about the natural Smoke Show that was Tina Louise in her prime.

Hell. I'd have been proud to have had dinner with her twenty years after her prime.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:30 PM (sxggx)

278 Massachusetts is like a 1970s D&D campaign. Roll a 20 and get a treasure and a life in politics! Roll a 1 and get cornholed by a Democrat and dead.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:28 PM (gKWVE)
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Dungeoncrawling was quite a bit different back then...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:30 PM (FZ29D)

279 274 Boston 25 News (and Insta) are/is reporting that the dead person found in Pressley's husband's home is a teenage girl.
At least Mary Jo was, what. 28?
****

Politicians plight. Dead girl or live boy.

Too soon?

Posted by: clarence at July 20, 2026 09:31 PM (1QT7n)

280 Still taste good enough, though. So there's that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)

I've noticed a huge uptick in the number of blue M&M's lately. Trying to use up all the prussian blue dye methinks.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 09:32 PM (RVv7x)

281 I think that's the idea behind the Golden Rule.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:29 PM (MWfyi)

And you keep trying to link it back. Look - I like the discussion.

But Golden Rule be damned. When they send one of yours to the hospital. You send ten of theirs to the morgue. Thats not the Chicago Way. Thats the Human Way.

Being Nice in public is a problem ... because Man turns it into a problem.

And I saw this early. As a kid early. Which was a problem. You know, as a kid not able to project force.

But its just true.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:33 PM (sxggx)

282 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:30 PM (FZ29D)

Oops, I misspelled "demon" as "Democrat". I blame autocorrect

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:33 PM (gKWVE)

283 As an aside, after Molly Ringworm shat on John Hughes for some damn bitchy reason, Anthony Michael Hall says John Hughes was friggin' awesome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:34 PM (0aYVJ)

284 268 Why do I have a Sound of Music Song in my head just now?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549
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It's all about the Honeysuckle.

https://youtu.be/sypFh5yfSls&t=37

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:34 PM (jU8k8)

285 I've noticed a huge uptick in the number of blue M&M's lately. Trying to use up all the prussian blue dye methinks.
Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 09:32 PM (RVv7x)

Can't let it go to waste, I guess.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)

286 Indeed. great mouth feel.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)

Also why I'm in the .45 camp in the eternal .45 versus 9mm debate.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 09:38 PM (K3f7J)

287 >>>Scowling regulars smoking Gauloises

>Cheap wine, crusty, stale bread, musky cheese and women with armpit hair. You can park your vespa out front.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 09:38 PM (sYM3s)

288 Saw on some documentary that the American confectioner, Mars, just blatantly ripped off some British candy he came across when he was over there.

And that candy would become what we now know as M&M's.

Not a lot of meaningful copyright laws back then.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 09:40 PM (+ZHEV)

289 275 I think that Russian training video is about the most Russian thing ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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What do you think, Ivan?
I don't know Igor, let's give it a shot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:41 PM (jU8k8)

290 Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:33 PM (sxggx)

What one feeling underpins your everyday existence?

And if you could, would you prefer to change that, or live with it?

(these are rhetorical questions, but if you look at them, or meditate on them or whatever, you will find a pearl. I offer this to you personally and unconditionally - meaning, in the nicest way, don't bother answering me. Your answer and where that leads isn't important to anybody but you.)

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:43 PM (vE0+H)

291 What one feeling underpins your everyday existence?
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If you have to ask.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:45 PM (jU8k8)

292 Knowing right from wrong is innate. Choosing which path to take is a choice.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:46 PM (KC5Lt)

293 284 268 Why do I have a Sound of Music Song in my head just now?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549

Edelweiss was the very last Rodgers and Hammerstein song. OH II died shortly after it's completion.

Posted by: Dimmed The Lights On Broadway at July 20, 2026 09:46 PM (JM9I6)

294 Evenin’. All. I hope that everyone is well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:47 PM (77rzZ)

295 292 Knowing right from wrong is innate. Choosing which path to take is a choice.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:46 PM (KC5Lt)

I have an idea ...

Posted by: zombie Robert Frost at July 20, 2026 09:48 PM (3sXRv)

296 As a teenager, I had a crush on Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in The Sound of Music.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:50 PM (77rzZ)

297 Blonde Morticia,

I recently had an eye exam, only one eye dilated. As my daughter was driving me home, my eyes weren't really in sync. The road's yellow line was only yellow to my left eye. To my right eye it was shocking pink.

When I told my daughter, a painter, she explained that the dilation meant the color's arc was longer, going into my dilated eye.

Magic was at leas as appealing an explanation to me.

Posted by: Wenda at July 20, 2026 09:51 PM (u84c/)

298 What one feeling underpins your everyday existence?

That's easy. And true - of this I am certain - for everyone.

Nothing is given. This can all collapse tomorrow.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:51 PM (sxggx)

299 I must've watched that video of the mama chimp finding her baby alive twenty times. It hits me the same every last time.

Tissue, please.

Posted by: creeper at July 20, 2026 09:51 PM (80oeU)

300 # waves at polynikes#

Posted by: creeper at July 20, 2026 09:52 PM (80oeU)

301 Knowing right from wrong is innate. Choosing which path to take is a choice.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:46 PM (KC5Lt)

Bullshit. This is what wears me out about you people.

The Left think they are Right. Correct. Moral. Innately. They wonder why you choose so fucking wrong.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:52 PM (sxggx)

302 Bullshit. This is what wears me out about you people.

The Left think they are Right. Correct. Moral. Innately. They wonder why you choose so fucking wrong.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:52 PM (sxggx)

I think Sovey explained comments like this best:

Covert Narcissism:
These trolls disguise envy as moral correction.
They accuse you of arrogance, overconfidence, or privilege, not because you are, but because they aren’t.
They don’t want justice. They want to drag you down until they feel taller.

What made them this way:
They were praised for how they performed, never for who they were.
They grew up addicted to validation but incapable of self worth.
Without applause, they spiral into narcissistic collapse.

You didn’t take their spotlight.
You just refused to beg for it like they do, and they hate you for it.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (rbvCR)

303 Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:52 PM (sxgg

You're a fucking idiot.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (KC5Lt)

304 As a teenager, I had a crush on Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in The Sound of Music.

Mine were on Linda Ronstadt and EmmyLou Harris ... but you do you.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 10:01 PM (sxggx)

305 ONT is up.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (Jr+re)

306 U nas yest’ NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ)

307 >>>Knowing right from wrong is innate.

This is one the most basic philosophical questions.

Of course the Golden Rule, is one possible answer.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 10:04 PM (+ZHEV)

308 Excuse me while I throw more gasoline on the fire.

There are a multitude of stories of feral children being discovered without any concept at all of right or wrong. They understood survival confined to hunger, fear and self-defense. Abstract thinking does not develop without language. Fairness and justice have no way of developing without language.

There are no "social mirrors" which are a product of culture. Morality is learned by observing others. The laws, rules, manners of a culture teach "good" from "bad". One girl raised by wolves understood only deferrence to the Alpha, no ownership of property, and failure to "mirror" the hierarchy would result in punishment and pain. So, even amidst wolves, "good" and "bad" behavior was contingent upon observation and punishment for non-conformity.

That being said (getting another container of gasoline)...who defines what is "good" and "bad"? Because different cultures sure do have different ideas on that topic. So it must be taught or they would all be universal in every cuture. Now grab some stones and help me teach this woman who had the audacity to get raped a lesson...I'll start half buring her in the sand.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 10:06 PM (dIske)

309 You're a fucking idiot.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (KC5Lt)

And who can debate an Intellectual Tour De Force like that ?

All this is ... when you strip it down ... is an Echo Chamber. One from a few decades ago. One that insists that the 80s were the 50s, when you get right down to it.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 10:07 PM (sxggx)

310 So much anguish. Can I get that in a to-go container?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 10:14 PM (sYM3s)

311 Sure. Fear is one possibility. So is anger. So is sadness. So is shame.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (vE0+H)

312 Sorry that was to 298

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (vE0+H)

313 So much anguish. Can I get that in a to-go container?

Yeah ... again, I wonder about so many that don't have it.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (sxggx)

Quick Hits

Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024:

"She walks in as the front-runner. It is fairly obvious she is followed wherever she goes," said one former aide. "And I don't want to upset any narratives that any of the other candidates are pushing, but she comes in with 99 percent name ID and everyone else is going to have to raise money and buy it."

It remains an article of faith among Harris's tight-knit group of advisers that the 2024 race wasn't winnable. Her polling lead was a mirage and did not square with what the campaign's internal polls were showing. The compressed timeline after Biden dropped out of the race left her without enough time to appear as her own person, a particularly big problem when much of the public had tired of the president. And multiple former campaign staffers brought up the two assassination attempts against Trump as evidence that Harris's loss was all but preordained.

...

"She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it," said one supporter who had recently spoken with her and came away convinced that Harris is running in 2028. "Her mindset is that I should have won, and I am going to do it my way because my way would have won, and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault."

I encourage this. Jazz-snaps.

The Minnesota (Red) Star Tribune praises Walz for pardoning the rapist of a 10-year-old child:

minnesotastartribune.jpg


A conservative woman has a job so she's a hypocrite and a liar:

workingmotherhypocrite.png


Don Lemon wants some attention.


Former CNN host-turned-podcaster Don Lemon outrageously argued President Trump's MAGA movement is "America's version" of the Nazi Party -- just "without the Holocaust and all that stuff."

...

"MAGA is the closest thing to the modern version of the Nazi Party. This is America's version," Lemon raved. "It's the closest thing, without the Holocaust and all that stuff."

Lemon -- who also revealed he is considering a presidential run in the 2028 election, saying he'd be a "really good" commander-in-chief -- argued MAGA supporters have stuck by the movement in an effort to promote white supremacy.

"Most intelligent people or logical people, when they get new information and that information is negative or not factual, then they change their minds and go, 'Oh, well I wish I'd known better, and now that I have this information, then I can readjust,'" Lemon said.

"No matter how many facts and how much information you give them about this presidency, about the policies, they don't change their minds," he continued. "Because they're really not voting for the price of eggs -- they're voting for white supremacy, they're voting for power, they're voting to have a preeminent voice."

...

As host Dhanraj started to ask another question, noting that it was Lemon's view that the administration has gone "off the rails," Lemon interjected, saying: "It's not off the rails. We've careened into facism. The president is a fascist."

He then jammed his hand down his pants, rubbed it on his testicles, and wiped his fingers in the host's face.

I added the last sentence. But it's true in spirit.

NYC has spent $2.6 billion in welfare and just 860,000 residents... in one year.

More than $2.6 billion was handed out to 864,999 New York City residents in 2025, the news coming as people are fleeing the state due to high taxes and a socialist mayor who has made it his mission to "tax the rich."

Data from city records Fox News reviewed showed the billion dollar number was a 71 percent increase since 2022 when it was $1.57 billion, the outlet reported Saturday.

"When coupled with payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the city paid out more than $7 billion in welfare to residents in 2024, according to a Fox News analysis of data from the city's Human Resources Administration (HRA)," the outlet said, adding, "The rise in welfare payments comes as some of New York City's wealthiest contemplate a Big Apple exodus due to what many have described as a policy environment unfriendly to businesses and moneymakers."

Indeed, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in April said there would be an annual tax on high-value properties owned by those who did not live in the area full-time, Breitbart News reported.

"When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich. Well, today, we're taxing the rich. I'm thrilled to announce we've secured a pied-à-terre tax, the first in New York's history. This is an annual fee on luxury properties worth more than $5 million whose owners do not live full time in the city, like for this penthouse, which hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin bought for $238 million," he stated.

To offset the political damage from the murder of a Restore party official by a deranged communist, the leftwing, Muslim Home Secretary of the UK began talking up a vague "plot" by "white supremacists" to do... something in relation to a Muslim gathering.

It was all made-up. Just a straight lie.

What is really angering patriotic Brits is that the UK government will fine them or even jail them for spreading "speculation" about violence or terrorism, but leftwing politicians -- Muslim ones, especially -- are free to invent fake "white supremacist" attacks on Muslims as they wish.

Because they're the conquerors. There are different rules for the conquerors.

Ben Graham
@BenGrahamUK

Jul 19

Heres a prime example of politicians speculating whilst the British public is told not to speculate.

Shabana Mahmood said "undoubtedly saved lives".

Humza Youaf used the words of the Home Secretary to push the narrative that this could have been a "terrorist attack of unimaginable scale".

7 days later and all 12 people arrested have been released with no terror charges.

One man is 82 years old.

They deserve a public apology. https://x.com/HumzaYousaf/st

The trans candidate for Maine Senate isn't promoting transgenderism the way he thinks he is.

Defiant L's
@DefiantLs

Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."


Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 JUST IN: Tom Homan just EMBARRASSED Fake News Margaret Brennan to her face after she smeared ICE as secret police

BRENNAN: Well, the people who were chasing the [illegal] who died didn't have law enforcement markings, he didn't know! It just looked like a car coming after him!

HOMAN: "NO. They have emergency lights. Officers have insignia...you CLEARLY see they're law enforcement officers."

BRENNAN: But it's not a marked car

HOMAN: "They have emergency lights and sirens. A LOT of PDs are in unmarked vehicles. That helps you find people who don't want to be found...they'd be ALIVE TODAY if they simply complied!" 🫳🏻🎤

She's clueless, making BS up on the fly just to attack ICE!



Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:00 PM




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1 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024:
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Write your OWN material, bitch!

Posted by: Killary at July 20, 2026 06:04 PM (Fi81e)

2 No!

Posted by: H at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (oLx2/)

3 Kamala also comes into the race severely in Debt, no?

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (uzmqU)

4 I saw the nood...

Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (LX4y3)

5 "...and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault."
________________________________

How, absolutely, vacuous do you have to be to state in public that you took positions, not because you believed in them, but because it would provide the desired result?

She really is retarded, obtuse, doltish, dim, slow....

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:07 PM (dIske)

6 Harris had a 'tight knit group of senior advisers' ? I remember she had a bunch of advisers imposed on her by Jill Biden who leaked stories about her unfitness and temper on the regular. And then her election staff somehow blew a billion or more dollars.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:07 PM (uhVAy)

7 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024.


Ohpleseohpleaseohplease!

Posted by: RI Red at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (fRFTM)

8 > "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

1. Disgusting
2. Is he bragging that he's so screwed up, science doesn't have an explanation for his symptoms?

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (mkw2N)

9 Kamala Harris

I thoroughly approve of Kamala Harris running for President.

Even DeSantos could win against her.

Please siphon money from the rubes and Smart Set WEF, babe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (u82oZ)

10 t is fairly obvious she is followed wherever she goes

By flies.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:09 PM (n5tGW)

11 Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Semen.
It's just semen.
Splained it for ya.

Posted by: UncleJefe at July 20, 2026 06:09 PM (gAuAm)

12
The spaceflight anniversaries keep piling up. Today is the 57th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the Moon.

July 20th is also the 50th anniversary of Viking 1 landing on Mars. They were shooting for a landing date of July 4th for the bicentennial, but the planned landing site was too rocky from the orbital photographs, so they had to find another one, and it was a coincidence that July 20th was when they finally landed it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 06:09 PM (w6EFb)

13 She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it,

Dicks?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (n5tGW)

14 Tell me we don't need insane asylums. It'd be a lie if you said no.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (jehhT)

15 "She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it," said one supporter ...


Ride, ride, ride
the Wild Surf

Posted by: Jan & Dean at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (wVcYX)

16 Who, and I mean WHO of big money donors would again donate to her campaign again after the last disaster. Also, doesn't her campaign still owe money to people (vendors, etc.) over the past disaster?

I myself encourage her to run.

Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (oiNtH)

17
I'm man enough to vote for Kamala Harris

...

In a Dem primary.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)

18 it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position

Porn directors?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (n5tGW)

19 About that loathsome MN Star Tribune smegma:

1. ‘Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor.’

Huh? Is this true? I find this very hard to believe. I recall that the victim wrote a letter saying ‘fuck this pervert.’

2. J6 was a ‘violent protest’? Not an ‘INSURRECTION’? Did these retards not get the NPC download?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (Nt9qU)

20 How much money is she going to "blow" this time around?


She wasted over $1 BILLION in 2024, I bet she bails out before the first primary votes are cast.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (0N4FZ)

21 Maine Dems have apparently chosen Jackson to run against Collins. I still think the tranny would be a great candidate " let's send this goof to DC!"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (sMkB+)

22 >>>I added the last sentence. But it's true in spirit.

>Generally when I'm trying to convince the lads of an argument, I squeeze out a fart hoping it's not an explosive shart.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (sYM3s)

23 So they didn't.... position you for success?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (Ot/FD)

24 Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Snot you imbecile. Use Kleenex like the rest of us.

Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (oiNtH)

25 Kamala also comes into the race severely in Debt, no?
Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (uzmqU)

The DNC is, don't think she is.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

26 Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Did they use a slug for your Lego Vagina?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (ExV1e)

27 Kamala is a veteran rider.

She's got years of riding under her belt.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (Fi81e)

28 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024.


Ohpleseohpleaseohplease!
Posted by: RI Red at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (fRFTM)
===

I always thought the words "In vino veritas" was a crock.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (rj6Yv)

29 Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Snot you imbecile. Use Kleenex like the rest of us.
Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (oiNtH)

see? not even you can explain it!

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

30 Gotta admit, I don't like unmarked police cars either.

That and ghost lettering on them as well.

Oh yeah, and low profile light bars that look like roof racks. Sneaky fuckers.

Fairs fair ...

Show your presence, state your presence ... don't be fucking cute.

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (3sXRv)

31 I think everyone would appreciate if the democrats just sat out the next few elections. Just take a little break.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (gPiDo)

32 I mean, shit, GOPes go their entire career doing exactly that, and they do just fine.

Maybe you're just doing it wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (Ot/FD)

33 What is really angering patriotic Brits is that the UK government will fine them or even jail them for spreading "speculation" about violence or terrorism, but leftwing politicians -- Muslim ones, especially -- are free to invent fake "white supremacist" attacks on Muslims as they wish.
_______________________________

Were I a Brit, I'd be in jail. My self-created political party would be called "The Backlash" party.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (dIske)

34 Kamala gonna need a new pair of Gucci knee pads.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (dtajH)

35 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024:


Hopefully Putin rigs it again for a Republican in 2028.

It's not perfect, but it's certainly getting a little better with Trump.

Thanks Putin.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 06:13 PM (uSpHL)

36 Let’s have Hillary and Harris fight it out for the Demonrat nomination.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 06:13 PM (ZVgZ4)

37 She's got years of riding under her belt."

Under my belt...
/Willie Brown

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:13 PM (XuXeR)

38 How could anyone believe Kamala Harris is qualified to be President? Every time she opens her mouth it's a complete mystery what she will say and after she's done speaking nobody has any idea what she said.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (viF8m)

39 The DNC is, don't think she is.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

Harris For President is in debt.

Harris 2: This Time It's Personal has a completely clean balance sheet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (Ot/FD)

40 Ace...

I'm begging you! Please drop the stuff about that lunatic in Maine.

"I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (l4RKn)

41 Today was tough, trying to close out a couple of projects and get spun up on another one as im taking over for a retiring pm.

I need a Gimlet or three

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (XV/Pl)

42 The compressed timeline after Biden dropped out of the race left her without enough time to appear as her own person, ...


You know what this means, don't you? More Venn Diagram insights and analysis.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (wVcYX)

43 Harris to follow the Killary Clinton path to running for president.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 06:15 PM (abScH)

44 Check out Hill and Bill in Italy.

He looks like he's wearing a woman's blouse with weird short pants while Hillary is waddling in front of him.


https://tinyurl.com/yn4hync7

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:15 PM (kX27y)

45 "wave"

bye, bimbo

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 06:15 PM (CWTWj)

46 I need a Gimlet or three"

A Pimm's cup perhaps?

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:16 PM (XuXeR)

47 1. ‘Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor.’

Huh? Is this true? I find this very hard to believe. I recall that the victim wrote a letter saying ‘fuck this pervert.’

Posted by: Elric the Blade

See? She(?) wants to fuck him! That's supportive!

Posted by: Democrats everywhere at July 20, 2026 06:16 PM (vJrRc)

48 so much crazy here
Imagine Don Lemon Kumala Harris and Alexa Optical Cortex all vying for the nomination

what is happening to this country

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 06:16 PM (ZxPkt)

49 I love Kamala Harris. Her energy reminds me of the days when the high school town pump would escort you under the bleachers and give you a handy for a beer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (sYM3s)

50 You know what this means, don't you? "

Brat Summer 2.0?

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (XuXeR)

51 I myself encourage her to run.
Posted by: Cheri

I misread this as "rum".

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (DZ9Lv)

52 she went on 'the view' and when asked what the biden admin did that she would have done differently she said 'not a thing'

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (CWTWj)

53 Harris had a 'tight knit group of senior advisers' ?

Well. They were tight-knit between themselves, not so tight with her, yannow?

Posted by: RandomDave at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (aJQbY)

54 so much crazy here
Imagine Don Lemon Kumala Harris and Alexa Optical Cortex all vying for the nomination

what is happening to this country
Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 06:16 PM (ZxPkt)

Lemon wasn't born in the US, even pretend born was he?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:18 PM (uhVAy)

55 Harris had a 'tight knit"

Yeah, sure.

/Willie Brown

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:18 PM (XuXeR)

56 48 so much crazy here
Imagine Don Lemon Kumala Harris and Alexa Optical Cortex all vying for the nomination

.......

Hell yeah.

Get Stephen A Smith in there, too.

All them ninjas will be up there shuckin' an jivin'.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (uSpHL)

57 The rest of you will run with Mucas!

Posted by: Marcus Vindictus at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (wVcYX)

58 30 Gotta admit, I don't like unmarked police cars either.

That and ghost lettering on them as well.

Oh yeah, and low profile light bars that look like roof racks. Sneaky fuckers.

Fairs fair ...

Show your presence, state your presence ... don't be fucking cute.

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (3sXRv)
___________________________

What about the ones with the LBQT.... Rainbow design? BTW, a valid defense for someone being arrested by police sporting that nuanced vehicle would be to tell the Court your straight, and the police department shows favortism towards non-straight individuals. Admitted bias.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

59 The compressed timeline after Biden dropped out of the race left her without enough time to appear as her own person, ...


You know what this means, don't you? More Venn Diagram insights and analysis.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (wVcYX)

Didn't she also spend some days just doing nothing at all, not even the concerts and crap?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)

60 A reminder: The FBI has covered up election fraud in MI and other states, repeatedly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (xcxpd)

61 Check out Hill and Bill in Italy.

He looks like he's wearing a woman's blouse with weird short pants while Hillary is waddling in front of him.


https://tinyurl.com/yn4hync7

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:15 PM


hillary is pushing a good 250 pounds. For her height that is morbidly obese territory. You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

62 She comes in with 99 percent name ID and stupidity rating too.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (Q/FnY)

63 Kamala is my favorite candidate !

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:21 PM (GD0B3)

64 This will be her third attempt.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 06:21 PM (abScH)

65 More than $2.6 billion was handed out to 864,999 New York City residents in 2025, the news coming as people are fleeing the state due to high taxes and a socialist mayor who has made it his mission to "tax the rich."
Data from city records Fox News reviewed showed the billion dollar number was a 71 percent increase since 2022 when it was $1.57 billion, the outlet reported Saturday.
In the South we call that 'sticking money up a wild hog's ass.'

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 06:21 PM (LHPAg)

66 8 > "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

1. Disgusting
2. Is he bragging that he's so screwed up, science doesn't have an explanation for his symptoms?
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (mkw2N)

I did not look into the details, because I don't want to know. But we learned in one of the threads yesterday that he claims to have female internal organs, despite medical imaging showing no such thing. I think he's trying to present his butt snot as evidence of womanhood.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 06:22 PM (Sy6m/)

67 hillary is pushing a good 250 pounds. For her height that is morbidly obese territory. You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

This is a woman who has had people murdered to ensure she doesn't lose.

What can Wegovy do against such reckless hate?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:22 PM (Ot/FD)

68 Strangely Bubba looks healthier than Hildabeast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 06:22 PM (sMkB+)

69 You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

Yeah, her gut is getting YUUGE.

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (kX27y)

70 I pop back in for a dude leaking oil and pretending he's a chick

I don't even think he's HUMAN

lol I'm out! I'm out this is all too much

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (j+aD2)

71 Didn't she also spend some days just doing nothing at all, not even the concerts and crap?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)
===

Nothing it all? Quality time with a case of Bombay Sapphire isn't "nothing".

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (rj6Yv)

72 You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

Yeah, her gut is getting YUUGE.
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (kX27y)

Impressive. Most impressive!

Posted by: Pot Belly Stove at July 20, 2026 06:24 PM (wVcYX)

73 Whatever your feelings about the Tranny from Maine, you have to admit he'd be an easy mark for pranks if the prank supported his warped world view. There's a lot of entertainment to be had there.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:25 PM (dIske)

74 I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Thanks for the warning!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 06:25 PM (NnhvP)

75 "Trump, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, claims elections are stolen. And don't try to show me the evidence, it is all FAKE, and Trump is a pooh poo head."

Your MSM trustworthy media

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 06:25 PM (vbXSk)

76 "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

1. Disgusting
2. Is he bragging that he's so screwed up, science doesn't have an explanation for his symptoms?
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (mkw2N)

Serous drainage and pus from an open wound.

Take out and leave out your fake "front hole" plug and it will close and heal shut.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (iJfKG)

77 Rochelle Olson writes that Star Tribune feature, Cheers and Jeers. She's been with the paper for 26 years now. Reliable Dem lunatic cheerleader.

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (kX27y)

78
Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

-----

This compelling transgender medical mystery could be solved by vivisection. I mean, further vivisection.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (azNOR)

79 Hillary! walking down the street, sunglasses on, hands behind the back, leaning forward. A scowling face that tells a hostile world it isn't worth her time.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (rj6Yv)

80 What can Wegovy do against such reckless hate?"

Er...ride out or something?

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (XuXeR)

81 Whatever your feelings about the Tranny from Maine, you have to admit he'd be an easy mark for pranks if the prank supported his warped world view. There's a lot of entertainment to be had there.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:25 PM (dIske)

Bangor?

You'd slide right off 'er!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (Ot/FD)

82
Bill's mouth hangs open a lot now.

As they always used to tell me, when you see a man going around with his mouth hanging open like that, he's gone.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (w6EFb)

83 Ace and the COBs continue to tell me about you guys. You are having an incredible impact. I travel our country, young girls, boys, people of every gender, background, race, read Ace of Spades, and understand how inspiring it is.

So keep doing what you’re doing. You guys are impacting people who you will never meet, people who may never know your name or mine, but they are aware of what you are doing. And it is giving them a sense of their value and their dignity and what they have a right to expect from this world.

So, congratulations on this Thread, but congratulations as much as anything else, for the path you guys are charting. It is extraordinary to watch and read!

Posted by: Kamala! Harris at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (0sNs1)

84 The worst thing about the Calif voter rolls? Every registered voter is sent a ballot via the mail... every single one.

And even though, by LAW, they are supposed to check signatures on the outside of the ballot, they do not... I know for a FACT because in one election I had broken my arm, and signed with my Non Writing hand... and the ballot was counted.

After the 'signature check' there is no number on the ballot, no way to track it... it is counted... and the only check on the validity of the count, is the person running the ballots through the machine...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (mP0Kj)

85 I spent a lot of time with Kamala, you might say we have a special relationship!

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (GD0B3)

86 OT- Just a nice story before I go for the evening. This kind grandpa had spent eight years holding sick babies in the neonatal intensive care unit to aid in their healing . Funny, you never hear these kinds of stories about Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris. God bless this man! . Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/5265jhf4






Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (jt/rW)

87 Former CNN host-turned-podcaster Don Lemon outrageously argued President Trump's MAGA movement is "America's version" of the Nazi Party -- just "without the Holocaust and all that stuff."


And sprinting out of the pack of Worlds Dumbest Man on the internet is Don Lemon!! Well done sir!! You are a veteran at Dumb and I always had faith in you. Still, lots of contenders out there so don't get complacent. Keep plumbing the depths of Dumb! I know you can do it!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 06:28 PM (sAmhv)

88 hillary is pushing a good 250 pounds. For her height that is morbidly obese territory. You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister S

Nah, looks 180
She's no Stacy Abrams

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 20, 2026 06:28 PM (7gFa4)

89 You can say Kamala and I can't live without each other!

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:28 PM (GD0B3)

90 69 You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

Yeah, her gut is getting YUUGE.
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (kX27y)
_______________________

Not out of the realm of possibility that some other medication(s) she's on is causing the weight gain. I'm rather confident that her medial history is one think file. There was a photo recently that suggested an apparatus of some sort strapped to her lower back. It could have a Tens unit. Or, it could have been a colostomy bag. Maybe even a MARS unit for liver problems. I, also, believe her to be epileptic based on some of her responses to flashing lights.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:29 PM (dIske)

91 Wherever Kamala goes, I go!

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:29 PM (GD0B3)

92 Commie-la is perfect for the DSA

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (IFA+s)

93 Defiant L's
@DefiantLs
Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Man, save some dick for the rest of the ladies.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (cl15i)

94 I see Michael McCall and Pete Sessions are up their amnesty bullshit in Texas again.

Posted by: DanMan at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (8uzBS)

95 So Don Lemon is running as a dark horse candidate...
Does that make Kumala the Dark Whores candidate?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

96 When we , Kamala and I, hang out together (often!) she would sing this cool song to me, "A kiss on the hand may be quite continental,
But Vodka is a girl's best friend !"



Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (GD0B3)

97 [Former CNN host-turned-podcaster Don Lemon outrageously argued President Trump's MAGA movement is "America's version" of the Nazi Party -- just "without the Holocaust and all that stuff."


That is a winning campaign strategery: just blood libel over half the eligible voting public.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (PVBkQ)

98 Hey, has everyone heard about that new movie by David Cronenberg?

It's titled:

"I Also Leak, Like a Mucus, That They Can't Really Explain."


Sounds great, can't wait to see.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (3uBP9)

99 Cats for Kamala!

I can’t wait for that stupidity to start up again.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (YJQ8M)

100 $2.6 billion was handed out to 864,999 "

*starts cipher'n...

That's like... maths

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (XuXeR)

101 Take out and leave out your fake "front hole" plug and it will close and heal shut.

Would your bladder eventually explode?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

102 144% of registrations over eligible voters, why you could win every election with those numbers, am I right?
- joey 81 million biden

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (n5tGW)

103 I think she appreciates how my transparency, you know ?

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (GD0B3)

104 I so very badly want to see a debate between Kamala Harris and Don Lemon.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (syz1S)

105 104 I so very badly want to see a debate between Kamala Harris and Don Lemon.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (syz1S)

One takes a knee, the other takes it in the ass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

106 Former CNN host-turned-podcaster Don Lemon outrageously argued President Trump's MAGA movement is "America's version" of the Nazi Party -- just "without the Holocaust and all that stuff."
----

Let me know when we get the snazzy uniforms...

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

107 Hillary looks like the Venus of Willendorf with cankles.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 06:34 PM (sYM3s)

108 Republican and Democrat strategists (and their amateur counterparts) agree on absolutely nothing, except they were agreed that Harris had Zero chance.

You can’t swap out a president candidate like a Pony Express horse at the last minute.

Maybe a year or so out. I thought that was their plan along from the start. Biden said as much in the campaign. I guess he forgot or something. Oops

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 06:34 PM (XjXDt)

109 Kamala ... the First Woman President AND First Alcoholic President,
and the Lowest IQ President (except Joe).

Vote Kamala ... for more Historic Firsts.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 06:34 PM (vbXSk)

110
How, absolutely, vacuous do you have to be to state in public that you took positions, not because you believed in them, but because it would provide the desired result?

Posted by: Orson

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

Hillary did something similar. Claimed she "held back" in the 2016 debate where Trump supposedly crept up on her (he was ~6 feet away). There's like a dozen interviews with her shrieking "Back up, you CREEP!" as she fantasized about having a redo. She claimed she didn't do it because people expect women to be polite and steady, and she fell in with the stereotype.

How vacuous and stupid do you have to be to cave to what you consider harmful stereotypes while your opponent is winning on style by breaking every mold in the factory?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (mmrXZ)

111
Like a mucus
Leaked for the very first time
Like a mucus
When your sphincter twitches next to mine

Posted by: Webbonna at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (0sNs1)

112 How could anyone believe Kamala Harris is qualified to be President? Every time she opens her mouth it's a complete mystery what she will say and after she's done speaking nobody has any idea what she said.
-----

I'm sure there were few in number, but can you just imagine the private chats in the Oval Office between the walking-dead and the wino?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (TN0g+)

113 3 Kamala also comes into the race severely in Debt, no?
Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (uzmqU)

I looked it up, and those debts are officially settled. (There was $20M originally announced as settled, but then more vendor invoices came in, such as for media production, polling, and event management.) All told, the DNC covered $22M (its limit) and purchased her email list for $6.5M, plus she established a Pay For The Past Fight For The Future PAC which spent $17.6M. That PAC now has no debt and $287,037.82 cash on hand, so I guess there must be some other vehicle for her future ambitions.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 06:36 PM (Sy6m/)

114 $2.6 billion was handed out to 864,999 "

$3,005.78 ea

Posted by: DanMan at July 20, 2026 06:36 PM (8uzBS)

115 Harris had six weeks as the nominee before she could even get started. What would she have done if Joe Biden suddenly dropped dead? Sounds like she wouldn't have been ready to take over then either.

Posted by: ChrisW at July 20, 2026 06:36 PM (rLfcT)

116 I'm sure there were few in number, but can you just imagine the private chats in the Oval Office between the walking-dead and the wino?
Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (TN0g+)

That racist old dunce probably assumed she was the cleaning lady.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:36 PM (Ot/FD)

117 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024:

She, Gore, and Hilary should form a club...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:37 PM (l3cgK)

118 . "Her mindset is that I should have won, and I am going to do it my way because my way would have won, and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault."

------------

The 2028 memes write themselves:

"Kommie-la blames Primary loss on white men -- all of whom she fired in 2026 -- failing to position her for success."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (9rvdq)

119 Bubba is wearing skinny jeans. LOL

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (lJ0H4)

120 There's gotta a be a way to fix the whole mucus problem. As an engineer I think you could sew up the surgical gash and replace the pee hole with a kind of hose like appendage. Wait, it could also be used for sexual reproduction on the male. Dual function! In fact, I think the new hose like appendage, if you increased its stiffness, somehow, would just about fit the female part. Like it was made for it!

I wonder if anyone's ever thought of that?

Posted by: banana Dream - hose like appendage at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (3uBP9)

121 "144% of registrations over eligible voters, why you could win every election with those numbers, am I right?
- joey 81 million biden

and ... "if we have citizenship verification, Democrats will never win another election"

other idiot Democrats, telling the truth.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (vbXSk)

122 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (mmrXZ)

_________________________________

Go check out her response to something similar in her first debate for the Senate. I believe the guy's name was Rck Lazio. Lazio's behavior was described in the media as aggressive, hostile, and an invasion of personal space.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (dIske)

123 Bill Maher tells British comedian Jack Whitehall that England now spends more on welfare than it collects in income tax.

£333,000,000,000 out. £331,000,000,000 in.

ha

haha

hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 06:39 PM (/+uur)

124 Take out and leave out your fake "front hole" plug and it will close and heal shut.

Would your bladder eventually explode?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

Dunno.

But, I've got to assume they flay out the urethra and reposition it close to the opening. So, probably no. He'd be like a Barbie doll that pees.

If this dumbass has had the whole surgery, then he's got an open wound that can't heal properly.

No great mystery here. Just ugh. Lots and lots of ugh.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 06:39 PM (iJfKG)

125 How could anyone believe Kamala Harris is qualified to be President?
——-

They like the idea of her being president. Not the reality, which would be filtered through the media industrial complex. As you know politics is their religion, and their entire persona gets wrapped up in fairy tales

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 06:40 PM (XjXDt)

126 Bill's mouth hangs open a lot now.

As they always used to tell me, when you see a man going around with his mouth hanging open like that, he's gone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

I've noticed that too for a while.

But seriously what did Bill do this time to deserve this? Their marriage was always a Potemkin village, so why this stunt of spending time together in Italy?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 06:41 PM (l26NL)

127 74 I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Thanks for the warning!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

I think I'm going to avoid seeing that.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 20, 2026 06:41 PM (Q/FnY)

128 NYMag: Like It or Not, Kamala Harris Is the Front-runner. She is very much looking like a presidential contender–in–waiting.

If you have to say "Like it or not" she is not a front runner she is who is being pushed at us.

Like it or not, Trump is going to get his third term if she's the candidate. Yes it's completely illegal and it won't matter. Thanks Kamala.

Can we have a god damn primary first? I am tired of being told who I am going to vote for before the voting party gets to decide first.

Harris wouldn't survive a primary. She couldn't hang in the last one she was in. The result will be the same.

I can guarantee you that if Harris is the candidate again, the Republican will win again.

A lot of Dems in Congress are probably ok with that unfortunately. As long as they don’t actually have to stand up for anything. They aren't beating that "controlled opposition" allegation anytime soon.

I can't think of any Democrat other than Hillary Clinton who is less the front runner. Graham Platner maybe.

Primary hasn’t even started and the establishment Dems are already cranking the smugness up. God help us.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 06:41 PM (2qI1t)

129 "I Also Leak, Like a Mucus, That They Can't Really Explain."

Sounds great, can't wait to see.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (3uBP9)

Original screenplay from Descarte’s Je Pense Donc Je Leak

Posted by: TxAnn at July 20, 2026 06:42 PM (SjAWL)

130 Hillary looks hideous.

And Bill keeps his distance. He probably feels being in the same town as her is punishment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:42 PM (u82oZ)

131 "Should have won" is a way around the "loser" label. Not very good but valiant.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (vE0+H)

132 But, I've got to assume they flay out the urethra and reposition it close to the opening

Such sweet suffering.

Posted by: the Hell Priest at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)

133 Can't wait for the word salads with extra dressing that come from Harris and Newsome in their primary. Memes galore.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (n5tGW)

134 I think the DSA base is going to want a real communist at the top of the ticket.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (l26NL)

135 The rest of you will run with Mucas!
Posted by: Marcus Vindictus at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (wVcYX)

Run, Mucas! RUN!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (g8Ew8)

136 The Minnesota (Red) Star Tribune praises Walz for pardoning the rapist of a 10-year-old child:

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Right, because being in the vacinity of The Capitol on J6 (or not even in the city like (Enrique Tarrio) was far more brutalizing & egregious than repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl for years.

GFY

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (9rvdq)

137 Mrs. Bill Clinton. I think she prefers that.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (XjXDt)

138 Pneumonia Harticollis can bite my lily white ass.

This horseshit about WORKING MOTHERS used to be the absolute picture of the modern feminist, but now it is derided as hypocrisy.

Which is it, Pneumonia? If a woman works, she can't have kids? Or if a woman call herself "Mrs. Whomever"
she can't work? Or maybe it is the kids you object to generally, since you are apparently a dried up old prune who never found a way to procreate?

Like I said. Bite it. Because I'm currently mooning you, you diseased twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (bl07w)

139
But Kamala is still using her 2024 material, or "material" -- since it's mostly giggling and chanting syllables.

At least Hillary did some Tracy Flick-style work. She hit the briefing books, studied the stats, memorized facts, had her team devise memes, probably did some rehearsing (although no amount of it could make her look human), layered up her race for the White House over DECADES, practiced her dismissive cackle in case someone asked her a legitimate question, had her deflections down pat. (I think that's one reason she's so UTTERLY PISSED at Democrat candidates who keep losing despite bigger leads and weaker opponents than she had.)

Kamala seems so undisciplined in comparison. Do her handlers ever try to hold her down and make her prep?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)

140 New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.

They painted "PGS" (protect girls sports) under their eyes when forced to play against him.

ha

hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (/+uur)

141 I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Please don't take Ace's shortcomings out on us. Thanks.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (lJ0H4)

142 Dems: Like it or not, Trump is going to get his third term

Trump will retire and spend his time with his younger, third-wife, former supermodel. And grandkids.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (u82oZ)

143 Not only did Kamala lose, she lost to Felonious Hitler Incarnate.

The funniest thing is she can't even say she only got beat because he got shot.

Trump could get away with saying something like that. I would consider it if I was trying to rerun and didn't want to be tagged as a loser. She can't. Plus it's too close to truth and Democrats don't do well with truth.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (vE0+H)

144 Somebody spent $1.5 billion in 107 days!

Posted by: Unkaren at July 20, 2026 06:46 PM (p7UGH)

145 133 Can't wait for the word salads with extra dressing that come from Harris and Newsome in their primary. Memes galore.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (n5tGW)

I used to think drunks, stoners, and just off the boat Asians were hard to decipher, but as it turns out, that's true of most of the democrat frontrunners, and Biden too!

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:46 PM (bl07w)

146 Trump will retire and spend his time with his younger, third-wife, former supermodel. And grandkids.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

And play scratch golf as much as he wants. And build his big, beautiful library that doesn't look like a trash can.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 06:47 PM (l26NL)

147 I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM

If you're going to post, post! Don't talk.

Posted by: Tuco at July 20, 2026 06:47 PM (0sNs1)

148 >>Don Lemon is absolutely correct about MAGA. No matter how much evidence of Trump's absolute evil and corruption is revealed, they won't accept it. Completely blind followers of ideology.


Sid is just begging to smell Don Lemon's Grundle.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (uzmqU)

149 And by the way it's not the only truth about why she lost.

Trump beat her ass, bad, especially pulling the air out of her "Joy" balloon they tried to weaponize against him. He took that awful cackle and overlaid her "Joy" over riots and illegals in every single commercial. It was a work of art.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (vE0+H)

150 130 Hillary looks hideous.

And Bill keeps his distance. He probably feels being in the same town as her is punishment.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:42 PM (u82oZ)

And here I thought demons stuck together. Go figure.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (bl07w)

151 Who taught David Hogg his lines?

https://x.com/DschlopesIsBack/status/
2079225986118230128

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (/+uur)

152 I saw Inexplicable Leaking Mucus open for Barry Manilow at The Sands in 2012.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 06:49 PM (wGerL)

153 Current Polymarket odds on dem nominee:

Newsom 20
AOC 14
Ossoff(?) 14
Harris 7
Buttigieg 5
Shapiro 5

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 06:49 PM (XvL8K)

154 144 Somebody spent $1.5 billion in 107 days!
Posted by: Unkaren at July 20, 2026 06:46 PM (p7UGH)

Thats about (does progressive maths) 1 billion per day

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 06:50 PM (/+uur)

155 He then jammed his hand down his pants, rubbed it on his testicles, and wiped his fingers in the host's face.

I added the last sentence. But it's true in spirit.
***


This is why I will never leave this place.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 06:50 PM (lCppi)

156 >>Current Polymarket odds on dem nominee:

Newsom 20


LOL

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:50 PM (uzmqU)

157 152 I saw Inexplicable Leaking Mucus open for Barry Manilow at The Sands in 2012.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 06:49 PM (wGerL)

I'm trying to figure out why you would go see Barry Manilow. Can't come up with any good reason, at all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:50 PM (bl07w)

158 The dumbest f*cking thing Kamala ever did was let the DNC talk her into being Biden's VP.

She traded what basically would have been a lifetime Senate appointment in California for 4 years as VeepThroat.

What a total f*cking retard.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 06:51 PM (uSpHL)

159 Not enough vote fraud to win Kamaunist

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 06:51 PM (Ia/+0)

160 Almost all mugshots are of minorities being booked as “White.” (Proof in video)

---------------

"BUT IT'S DA WIPIPOS FAULT DAT DESE PO MINORITY VICTIMS BE CRIMINALS, YO! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 06:51 PM (9rvdq)

161 Kamala Harris is running for president

***
Beyonce's bank account cheers.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 06:51 PM (lCppi)

162 But, I've got to assume they flay out the urethra and reposition it close to the opening

Such sweet suffering.
Posted by: the Hell Priest at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)

Hell Priest, you really are one sadistic bastard keeping Bill and Hillary together like that.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (iJfKG)

163 You'll have to do better than that, Sid. Don Lemon is far ahead of you at being the Dumbest 'Man' on the internet. Valiant effort though!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (sAmhv)

164 OT but my contractor is currently ripping out my laundry room, and will soon start on the kitchen and bathroom. Lots of use of the sawsall. This place is a disaster. It has rained here nonstop for over two weeks now, which is not entirely unusual for every seventh year or so, but it is becoming a serious PITA. Haven't weeded the garden, and so they are growing just great.

Meanwhile, I'm here wasting time and generally just jerking around. Hmm...

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (bl07w)

165 HOLY CR*P 🚨 Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon talks about how back in 2017 Los Angeles was forced to admit in a lawsuit they had OVER 1 MILLION ILLEGAL VOTERS on their voter rolls

That’s not all

- LA Voting Rolls have 144% of the total number of eligible residents

---------------

Motor Voter FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 06:53 PM (9rvdq)

166 Newsom will be indicted by 28. Ossoff and Shapiro are Jewish and no way would the DSA run Dem party support them. Buttgiggle is gay and blacks and muzzies won't support him. That leaves Kamala and AOC. An Algonquin Roundtable that is

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (sMkB+)

167 Based Conservative

San Franpsycho, who met her early in her career, told us 8 years before the 2020 election that she was extremely ambitious.

Harris wants power over others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (u82oZ)

168 153 Current Polymarket odds on dem nominee:
Newsom 20
AOC 14
Ossoff(?) 14
Harris 7
Buttigieg 5
Shapiro 5
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Newsom: too slimy, the Leff will say he's a corporate sellout, and California is enough of a mess he won't sell to normal America. AOC probably (?) won't run. Shapiro is Jewish, right? No way the Dems elect that. JB Pritzker has the sadz for not making this list...he'll eat a gallon of Haagen-Daz to console himself.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (2qI1t)

169 And here I thought demons stuck together. Go figure.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (bl07w)

Nope- they're too stuck in the envy, wrath, and hate they feel for each other. That goes for the supernatural demons, too.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (lCppi)

170 Harris wants power over others.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (u82oZ)

The kind of power that is only achievable with her jaws clamped firmly around someone powerful's dick, apparently.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:55 PM (bl07w)

171 1. ‘Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor.’

Huh? Is this true? I find this very hard to believe. I recall that the victim wrote a letter saying ‘fuck this pervert.’

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (Nt9qU)

This made wonder how much the Kopechne family was paid to stay silent and was reminded that Mary Jo was murdered 57 years ago yesterday.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 20, 2026 06:55 PM (SjAWL)

172
Ace and the COBs continue to tell me about you guys. You are having an incredible impact. I travel our country, young girls, boys, people of every gender, background, race, read Ace of Spades, and understand how inspiring it is.

So keep doing what you’re doing. You guys are impacting people who you will never meet, people who may never know your name or mine, but they are aware of what you are doing. And it is giving them a sense of their value and their dignity and what they have a right to expect from this world.

So, congratulations on this Thread, but congratulations as much as anything else, for the path you guys are charting. It is extraordinary to watch and read!
Posted by: Kamala! Harris

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

This is way too articulate for Kamala! Harris. Revise and resubmit.

Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:55 PM (mmrXZ)

173 tcn in AK

* Quickly crosses legs in a protective gesture. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

174 Billy Graham>>>>>>>>Ben Graham @BenGrahamUK

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 06:56 PM (XeU6L)

175 Pneumonia Harticollis can bite my lily white ass.

This horseshit about WORKING MOTHERS used to be the absolute picture of the modern feminist, but now it is derided as hypocrisy.

Which is it, Pneumonia? If a woman works, she can't have kids? Or if a woman call herself "Mrs. Whomever"
she can't work? Or maybe it is the kids you object to generally, since you are apparently a dried up old prune who never found a way to procreate?

Like I said. Bite it. Because I'm currently mooning you, you diseased twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (bl07w)

My first memories of Feminists from the early 70s was running down mothers of kids. Since I had one, I hated them ever since for that. this was even before they brought out the man hating wing.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)

176 Newsome has been running since 2022 and has only lost ground.

He's not a viable option.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (uzmqU)

177
Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor.’

Huh? Is this true? I find this very hard to believe. I recall that the victim wrote a letter saying ‘fuck this pervert.’

Posted by: Elric the Blade

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

The story that the victim forgave him or supported the pardon is everywhere, but I never see quotation marks. This could be someone who is still being manipulated and used.

Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

178 >>This made wonder how much the Kopechne family was paid to stay silent and was reminded that Mary Jo was murdered 57 years ago yesterday.


A lot of women died from Back Bay Abortions back then.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:58 PM (uzmqU)

179 "If you go to New Jersey inmates mugshots and filter by race “White” you’re mind is gong to be blown"

It is a lot worse than most people realize. Remove two specific demographics from US crime rates and we have the lowest, or in the top 4 lowest, rates per capita in EVERY category of crime, in the WORLD.

....and that is WITH the contiminated data showing massive fractions of convictions of non-white offenders listed as white.

Commies, Karens and AWFLs cant protect these people or their enablers forever, and at this point the dem disarmament efforts are such failures that the pending 2A cases almost don't matter. Zero chance we follow the path of the UK or EU after watching what it happening there. People just don't put up with that if $500 or so can send lead almost a mile.

Posted by: heya at July 20, 2026 06:58 PM (ND37T)

180 149 And by the way it's not the only truth about why she lost.

Trump beat her ass, bad, especially pulling the air out of her "Joy" balloon they tried to weaponize against him. He took that awful cackle and overlaid her "Joy" over riots and illegals in every single commercial. It was a work of art.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (vE0+H)
Ghost of Atwood.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 06:59 PM (LHPAg)

181 JB Pritzker has the sadz for not making this list...he'll eat a gallon of Haagen-Daz to console himself.
__________

Pritzker is at 1. Jon Stewart, Andy Beshear, Khanna and Emmanuel are at 2.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 06:59 PM (XvL8K)

182 I really hope Kamalalala runs again. Please, please please!! The 'success by BJs' history, cackling, my Jewish husband hits women, and "am I black or Indian or just plain stupid?' story lines won't play any better the second time around.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:00 PM (lCppi)

183 The story that the victim forgave him or supported the pardon is everywhere, but I never see quotation marks. This could be someone who is still being manipulated and used.
Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

They sometimes manage to force relatives to cry for mercy, but it is like when the Soviets made true believers tell everyone they were right to be purged.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

184 149 And by the way it's not the only truth about why she lost.

Trump beat her ass, bad, especially pulling the air out of her "Joy" balloon they tried to weaponize against him. He took that awful cackle and overlaid her "Joy" over riots and illegals in every single commercial. It was a work of art.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (vE0+H)
Dangit, I meant Lee Atwater.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 07:01 PM (LHPAg)

185 And it is giving them a sense of their value and their dignity and what they have a right to expect from this world.
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(My emphasis)

I saw a picture (here?) of a T-shirt the other day.

"Want to be Happy? Lower your expectations"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 07:01 PM (XeU6L)

186
Based Conservative

San Franpsycho, who met her early in her career, told us 8 years before the 2020 election that she was extremely ambitious.

Harris wants power over others.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

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

You know who else warned about her back in the day? zombie. Man, s/he warned us about this California pol who checked all the boxes and was being groomed by the Clinton machine all the way back in -- heck, it might have been at littlegreenfootballs, where I lurked until Charles went psycho. zombie had the gimlet eye on Kamala like in 2008.

Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (mmrXZ)

187 Kamala seems so undisciplined in comparison. Do her handlers ever try to hold her down and make her prep?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)

I've heard she flatly refuses. I think she has some kind of anxiety disorder. It could just be Hungover Center Of Attention Disorder, but I recall her doing this weird 'flapping' thing with her arms. I'm picturing her giving remarks at a podium, hands gripping it, elbows bent -- and then swinging her elbows forth and back. She's odd, and would probably be better off out of the public eye.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (Sy6m/)

188 Unfortuately for Harris, the "admin installation" option is not available to her this time around.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (Ysav4)

189 The story that the victim forgave him or supported the pardon is everywhere, but I never see quotation marks. This could be someone who is still being manipulated and used.
Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

They could forgive, in the Christian sense, without supporting exoneration.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (lCppi)

190 A lot of women died from Back Bay Abortions back then.
Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:58 PM (uzmqU)

Not nearly as many as PP would have you believe. The same is true of the supposed abuse at homes for pregnant teens back then. It was, for the most part, just made up so that people would support "safe, rare and legal abortion," which is nothing of the sort.

Guess why we have an epidemic of breast cancer? Guess why we have an epidemic of depressed single women? Guess why we have an epidemic of VD?

Lies and the liars who spread them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:03 PM (bl07w)

191 189 The story that the victim forgave him or supported the pardon is everywhere, but I never see quotation marks. This could be someone who is still being manipulated and used.
Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

They could forgive, in the Christian sense, without supporting exoneration.
Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (lCppi)

I'm not at all convinced that a girl who was forcibly sodomized at age 10 every gets over that, forgiveness notwithstanding. If that's the line they are pushing, then they are liars.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:04 PM (bl07w)

192 Kamala seems so undisciplined in comparison. Do her handlers ever try to hold her down and make her prep?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)

I've heard she flatly refuses. I think she has some kind of anxiety disorder. It could just be Hungover Center Of Attention Disorder, but I recall her doing this weird 'flapping' thing with her arms. I'm picturing her giving remarks at a podium, hands gripping it, elbows bent -- and then swinging her elbows forth and back. She's odd, and would probably be better off out of the public eye.
Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (Sy6m/)

Her smartest political action was refusing to be the border czar and instead fly off to Costa Rica or somewhere. She wasn't gonna be caught holding that bag.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:04 PM (uhVAy)

193 sock off

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:05 PM (mmrXZ)

194 ChatGPT Editor

That's right. I had forgotten.

zombie has a very keen eye for Leftist trash and tropes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:05 PM (u82oZ)

195 182 I really hope Kamalalala runs again. Please, please please!! The 'success by BJs' history, cackling, my Jewish husband hits women, and "am I black or Indian or just plain stupid?' story lines won't play any better the second time around.
Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:00 PM (lCppi)

She is kinda fun to bat around like a cat toy, but I think I would get very sick of hearing her voice on the news daily.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (bl07w)

196 ha ha from the bee:

Lesbian Couple Arrested In Miami On Sex Trafficking Charges

buff.ly/62dVqSJ

Posted by: banana Dream - The suspects, identified as Andrew and Tristan Tate at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (3uBP9)

197 Of course!


🇺🇸 The American Culturist 🇺🇸
@MericaCulture
·
5h
Fun trivia: Weather Underground, Communism and Black Lives Matter.

In 1984 Susan Rosenberg, a member of the Weather Underground and M19CO was was sentenced to 58 years in federal prison for domestic terrorism.

In 2001 Bill Clinton pardoned her right before he left office.

After her release she went on to become the vice chair for Thousand Currents.

Thousand Currents was the NGO that handled administrative and fundraising operations for Black Lives Matter.

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (kX27y)

198 This fits too good.


Kamala, you're always on the run now
Running after somebody, you gotta get him somehow
I think you've got to slow down before you start to blow it
I think you're headed for a breakdown, so be careful not to show it
You really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in your head calling, Kamala?
Kamala, don't you think you're fallin'?
If everybody wants you, why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the line, oh oh oh, calling Kamala
Kamala (Kamala), I think they got your number (Kamala)
I think they got the alias (Kamala) that you've been living under (Kamala)
But you really don't remember, was it something that they said?
Are the voices in your head calling, Kamala?

Posted by: Ayanna Baldy Pressme at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (NtVYv)

199 I actually feel very sorry for that tranny in Maine. Clearly something really bad happened to him sometime, probably in his early life. His life is likely miserable, lonely and he's plagued by demons, because he's an easy mark.
And who will help him? Not the tranny industry. Not the local "activists" (cultists) who push this crap. He needs a mental institution with quality therapy, but he's left to fend for himself and honestly, I cannot imagine he's got a long life ahead of him. It's sad, and it makes me so angry what the tranny cult is doing to children and adults who were likely harmed as children.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (4VH0B)

200 5h
Fun trivia: Weather Underground, Communism and Black Lives Matter.

In 1984 Susan Rosenberg, a member of the Weather Underground and M19CO was was sentenced to 58 years in federal prison for domestic terrorism.

In 2001 Bill Clinton pardoned her right before he left office.

After her release she went on to become the vice chair for Thousand Currents.

Thousand Currents was the NGO that handled administrative and fundraising operations for Black Lives Matter.
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (kX27y)

She seems nice.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (bl07w)

201 Not nearly as many as PP would have you believe. The same is true of the supposed abuse at homes for pregnant teens back then. It was, for the most part, just made up so that people would support "safe, rare and legal abortion," which is nothing of the sort.

Guess why we have an epidemic of breast cancer? Guess why we have an epidemic of depressed single women? Guess why we have an epidemic of VD?

Lies and the liars who spread them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:03 PM (bl07w)

It was a lot more common for girls to go off to a nice place to give up the babies for adoption after carrying them to term than people remember now.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)

202 Kamala's "disorder" is being bought and sold like cheap meat and being willing to do anything and everything, destroying or betraying or even attaching herself to anyone required to get what she wants. And thinking she is better and more powerful than anyone while knowing deep down she is a paper thin waif with zip for integrity. Roughly speaking.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (vE0+H)

203
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (4VH0B)

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That was my take, too. I'm not at all religious, but that guy needs Jesus.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:08 PM (mmrXZ)

204 Meanwhile, I'm here wasting time and generally just jerking around. Hmm...
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (bl07w)

You asked. We performed.
https://youtu.be/riuzi5yHUeA

Posted by: DEVO at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)

205 So did everyone read where the house GOPe has announced they're backing a huge new amnesty legislation?

Because the house GOPe is now backing a huge new amnesty legislation.

Because, sure, why the hell not.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (3uBP9)

206 158 The dumbest f*cking thing Kamala ever did was let the DNC talk her into being Biden's VP.

She traded what basically would have been a lifetime Senate appointment in California for 4 years as VeepThroat.

What a total f*cking retard.
Posted by: Based Conservative

I mean...every politician dreams of being president, and being VP for a lich like Biden has to make you think you might get it. Plus, Biden was widely known as a retard, and the party dragged him across the finish line. As a black woman, Kamala probably figured she'd get at least as much support.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (2qI1t)

207 It's sad, and it makes me so angry what the tranny cult is doing to children and adults who were likely harmed as children.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (4VH0B)

These are the people who were molested as children, and they used to become homosexuals, but now society tells them they are in the wrong body, which is much more insidious. Neither choice is healthy, but at least there is some support for being homosexual. None at all for trannies.

We should probably bring back mental institutions to deal with these poor souls. Reality is not their strong suit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (bl07w)

208 The 'success by BJs' history, cackling, my Jewish husband hits women, and "am I black or Indian or just plain stupid?' story lines won't play any better the second time around.
Posted by: LASue

I like the casual day drinking that always leads to all day drinking. She's a lush.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (l26NL)

209 {{{ TecumsehTea }}}

I trust your path is smoother now.

If parents can't protect their kids from the tranny cult, then their genetic contribution is erased with that child never having descendants.

Evolution works in strange ways. All the trannies will be absent from the human race, and I expect any contributions to science, art, or culture will be forgotten. .

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (u82oZ)

210 That was my take, too. I'm not at all religious, but that guy needs Jesus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:08 PM (mmrXZ)
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We all need Jesus, but most people don't want to admit they need a Savior.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (x7Vzy)

211 Salty!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:11 PM (x7Vzy)

212 >>Her smartest political action was refusing to be the border czar and instead fly off to Costa Rica or somewhere. She wasn't gonna be caught holding that bag.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:04 PM

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Or...she realized that accepting the role would require a modicum of actual work. She's too lazy for that

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 20, 2026 07:12 PM (1Au9i)

213 204 Meanwhile, I'm here wasting time and generally just jerking around. Hmm...
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (bl07w)

You asked. We performed.
https://youtu.be/riuzi5yHUeA
Posted by: DEVO at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)

Cool. Now I have a soundtrack for today!

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:12 PM (bl07w)

214 {{{SMH}}}

Hope you and Ex-Ex are enjoying freedom from IL. And grandkids nearby. That is true wealth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:13 PM (u82oZ)

215 Hey! Kamala is the only one that can beat Trump. I am not joking. I really think that.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at July 20, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

216 Or...she realized that accepting the role would require a modicum of actual work. She's too lazy for that

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 20, 2026 07:12 PM (1Au9i)

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Kommie-la is the Obama of Homer Simpsons.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 07:14 PM (9rvdq)

217 Yet another conspiracy proves true.

>>@JustTheNews
·
3m
>>🚨BREAKING: The FBI interfered with an investigation by Customs and Border Protection that would have delved into the Wuhan lab-leak theory.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)

218 Cafe is NOOD.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:16 PM (mP0Kj)

219 >>> I actually feel very sorry for that tranny in Maine. Clearly something really bad happened to him sometime, probably in his early life. His life is likely miserable, lonely and he's plagued by demons, because he's an easy mark.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (4VH0B)


Believe it or not he was republican until recently. I think he transitioned to a different party when they transitioned his dong off. Not that being a dickless waste is out of character for a typical republican politician. But something happened to that guy over the past decade that caused this switch.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 07:16 PM (3uBP9)

220 210 That was my take, too. I'm not at all religious, but that guy needs Jesus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:08 PM (mmrXZ)
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We all need Jesus, but most people don't want to admit they need a Savior.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (x7Vzy)

Most folks, until they find Him, don't believe that humility is positive trait. As it turns out, humility comes before anything else good that might happen.

Since we are only alive because God has us in mind at all times, it makes sense to be not only grateful for that but also humiliated by it. I am only Something because He is Everything.

Descartes had it wrong. I am not something because I think. I am something because He loves me enough to make me something. Everything after that is gravy, if I have the sense to be humble about all of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (bl07w)

221
Kamala's "disorder' is that she thinks that she's a lot smarter than she is, and that she has something meaningful to say to us all.

She won't study or write down and work out her thoughts. She's lazy and thinks her "brilliance" will flow freely and spontaneously when she opens her mouth.

But, nope. That's why we get crap like "The significance of time...", etc.

You can see her straining for profundity however she never makes it passed 'stoned college student in dorm on Saturday night".

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (iJfKG)

222 SMH & TecumsehTea

Judeo-Christianity, when followed, is one of the killer apps that powers advanced civilizations. Plenty of people need that faith inside, guiding and helping them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (u82oZ)

223 Kamala was my assigned city attorney for 2 years, then I helped with her first campaign for DA.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:18 PM (JvZF+)

224
Kamala seems so undisciplined in comparison. Do her handlers ever try to hold her down and make her prep?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)

I've heard she flatly refuses.

Posted by: SciVo

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That must be the case. There's no way a handler doesn't at least try to intervene with her delivery.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:18 PM (mmrXZ)

225 Lies and the liars who spread them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:03 PM (bl07w

What was the stat they tried to gaslight us with?

3 out of 4 college women have been raped or sexually assaulted.

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

226 I mean...every politician dreams of being president, and being VP for a lich like Biden has to make you think you might get it. Plus, Biden was widely known as a retard, and the party dragged him across the finish line. As a black woman, Kamala probably figured she'd get at least as much support.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (2qI1t)

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Surprising trivia: Only four sitting Vice Presidents were directly elected as U.S. President immediately following their term: John Adams (1796), Thomas Jefferson (1800), Martin Van Buren (1836), and George H.W. Bush (198.

Three others were later subsequently elected, and eight others assumed office after assassination or resignation.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 07:20 PM (9rvdq)

227 Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:18 PM (JvZF+)

I assume you have some good stories you can't share because you have some internal integrity about employment disclosure.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:22 PM (KC5Lt)

228 "Newsom 20
AOC 14
Ossoff(?) 14
Harris 7
Buttigieg 5
Shapiro 5"

So still room for the
"New Improved
Now with Even MORE COMMUNISM"
candidate to arrive on the scene and take the other 35%.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 07:22 PM (vbXSk)

229

Got a feeling inside (Can't explain)
It's a certain kind (Can't explain)
I feel hot and cold (Can't explain)
Mucus down in my hole, yeah (Can't explain)

Posted by: Who? at July 20, 2026 07:26 PM (Cqx++)

230 TxAnn,
The word over the years re Mary Jo Kopechne's parents is that Teddy Kennedy approached them about running for president and they said if he did, they would come out and denounce him publicly.

No idea of the credentials of that information.

Posted by: Wenda at July 20, 2026 07:46 PM (u84c/)

231 And then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel.......

Is a freight train coming your way!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 20, 2026 07:56 PM (jrgJz)

232 Unmarked cars have been a thing at least since the 70's ; probably earlier; my dad had a cb radio and i'd hear them talking about smokies in plain brown wrappers which my father said meant an unmarked police car.
Brennan, as per usual is full of sh*t.

Posted by: Nelly at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (6+ehB)

233 "Her mindset is that I should have won, and I am going to do it my way because my way would have won, and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault." Does that mean she will blow every male voter to get elected? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (j3Fsw)

US Pounds Iran Military Sites for Ninth Straight Night; Trump Announces Next Big Target?

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About the strikes last night:

The United States broadened the scale and scope of its strikes against Iran on Monday, hitting a variety of targets including military bases, air defense systems and a city hosting a nuclear power plant.

The ninth consecutive night of U.S. strikes came on the back of the totalitarian Islamic regime delivering attacks in the region with strikes in Syria, Jordan and Kuwait overnight.

AFP reports in Bushehr, home to the country's only operational civilian nuclear power plant, governor Mohammad Mozaffari told state news agency IRNA: "A few minutes ago, several locations in Bushehr city were hit by American enemy's projectiles."

In East Azerbaijan province in the north, the head of the local crisis management unit Majid Farshi told IRNA that "one person was martyred and several others injured" in an attack there.

...

As Breitbart News reported, President Donald Trump said Sunday the U.S. had earlier struck Iran "very hard" in honor of three American servicemembers killed in recent days.

As mentioned, three servicemen were killed when Iran attacked US bases in Jordan.



Two U.S. service members were killed and one remains missing after Iran struck American forces in Jordan, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday.

The command said the two troops were killed in action Friday while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, and confirmed four other service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been discharged.

Trump ordered the military to "open the gates of hell" to avenge their deaths.

The US is continuing to bomb naval assets to stop Iran from targeting shipping. Blue squares indicate US strikes on naval assets:

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Cappy Army discussed the US mission to cut off Iran's coast from its interior, by bombing all roads and bridges to the coast:

Iran's main leverage is its ability to harass shipping in the Straight. Our position improves greatly once that ability is destroyed.


Iran has created a new facility at Pickaxe Mountain 100 feet beneath the rock. Intelligence says they're probably building a new uranium enrichment facility there:

On Hugh Hewitt, Trump confirmed that he is considering a ground-penetrating bomb strike on Pickaxe Mountain, where Iran is reportedly attempting to reboot their nuclear program.

Rapid Response 47
@RapidResponse47

Jul 13

"You've obliterated 3 of their nuclear sites, but they got a 4th site, maybe, at Pickaxe Mountain. Before you enter into another deal, will you insist that IAEA inspectors get down into that deep, deep, deep tunnel...?"

@POTUS: "Absolutely. They don't have it because we have eyes... we have a lot of eyes on it-- but Pickaxe is a possible target for a nice, big, fat shot right in the front door."


Trump's advisor Dan Scavino posted this video, probably hinting at the Pickaxe Mountain planned attack.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:54 PM




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1 Back to their stone age!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:54 PM (NnhvP)

2 I nooded.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 04:54 PM (Yh7zv)

3 Yet today they still managed to hit tankers in the Strait....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (rijjI)

4 It's really the only thing we can do since the Iranian people can't or won't rise up.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (N1tpc)

5 It's really the only thing we can do since the Iranian people can't or won't rise up.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (N1tpc)

It's like asking people in the former USSR to "rise up" against Stalin.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:56 PM (GD0B3)

6 Hey usually I join a thread late
anyway
starting to think Trump is making it up as he goes along

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (ZxPkt)

7 Pete came here to chew bubblegum and bomb Iran, and he's all out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Jimmy Page at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e)

8 Hormuz and Hezbollah is all they have left of value.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (GD0B3)

9 Not trying to add too much levity to a serious topic... but it's kind of fun to see Trump having fun handing out medals at the World Cup yesterday, and then back to business today.

What a crazy 250th anniversary, America, you are having! Events, dear boy, events are all over the place.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (Eng1Z)

10 Bombing Iran back to the century much of the rest of Islam is on.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (Fi81e)

11 Personally, I'd put a nuke down the hole at Pickaxe.
Let 'em get a taste.

Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (kU0PQ)

12 It's really the only thing we can do since the Iranian people can't or won't rise up.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (N1tpc)
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Rise up with what, harsh language?

Last time I checked, they have no arms to speak of.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (x7Vzy)

13 Talk to me, Goose.

Posted by: Captain Pete Mitchell at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (wVcYX)

14 >>> Personally, I'd put a nuke down the hole at Pickaxe.
Let 'em get a taste.
Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (kU0PQ)

Highway to the danger zone...

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (Eng1Z)

15 To Hell with them.

That's my president.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (lCppi)

16 Don't f with big dogs. They'll suffer a lot of stupidity, then...

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (XuXeR)

17 So this is basically the "Say uncle..." stratagem. I like it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (O7YUW)

18 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

19 Bombing Iran back to the century much of the rest of Islam is on."

You mean "up to the 7th century "

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (XuXeR)

20 It's like asking people in the former USSR to "rise up" against Stalin.
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:56 PM (GD0B3)

I don't recall massive street protests in multiple years against Stalin, Lenin or even Khrushchev and Brezhnev. The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

21 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already (by the old PR)...did Russia resupply them? China? Pakistan? Turkey?

Or did we really leave them with so much stuff b/c we didn't want to bomb them...and now we finally are...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)

22 I don't recall massive street protests in multiple years against Stalin, Lenin or even Khrushchev and Brezhnev. The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

over 50K dead and maybe over 100k is not "cosplay" as you dismissively call it

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (GD0B3)

23 Trump appears to have finally figured out the Iranians were bullshitting him all along. Now it's "wanna play games assholes , ok"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (sMkB+)

24 The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
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40,000+ people being gunned down in the streets isn't cosplay.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (x7Vzy)

25 I like how we can announce where we are going to bomb because Iran's air defense has been non-existent since the first week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)

26 . When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)


Well they watched unarmed as more of their "do nothings" are hanged... yes.. They are continuing to execute them...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:03 PM (rijjI)

27 A little less conversation, a little more action please
All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
A little more bite and a little less bark
A little less fight and a little more spark
Close your mouth and open up your heart and maybe satisfy me
Satisfy me, baby

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 05:03 PM (UjdFS)

28 Koko and YumYum have been deeply embedded in Pickax.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 05:03 PM (2ap+5)

29 over 50K dead and maybe over 100k is not "cosplay" as you dismissively call it
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (GD0B3)

If that's even true (and I trust Iranian diaspora as much as I trust Ahmed Chalabi at this point) it makes them contemptible AND retarded, if they are willing to sustain massive casualties when the odds are longer, and then nothing when the odds are much better.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:03 PM (Yh7zv)

30 starting to think Trump is making it up as he goes along

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (ZxPkt)

They had a plan at the beginning.
That got blown to hell when the Kurds kept the weapons we gave them and didn't go fight the regime, apparently.

We all know how plans end up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

31 >>> 20 It's like asking people in the former USSR to "rise up" against Stalin.
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:56 PM (GD0B3)

I don't recall massive street protests in multiple years against Stalin, Lenin or even Khrushchev and Brezhnev. The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

"Things that can't go on, won't" but, who knows when the end is...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (vDZgA)

32 Drones and missiles are the future. I sure hope we're taking that seriously.

Me, I'm getting a new shotgun with a red dot mounted. Skeet shooting never felt so relevant.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (xcxpd)

33 21 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already (by the old PR)...did Russia resupply them? China? Pakistan? Turkey?

Or did we really leave them with so much stuff b/c we didn't want to bomb them...and now we finally are...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)


Yes... From what I've read they have been getting "help" from groups in Iraq and Afghanastan

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (rijjI)

34 Let it rain...

Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (Oy/m2)

35 >>> Trump's advisor Dan Scavino posted this video, probably hinting at the Pickaxe Mountain planned attack.

To continue the opera talk from last thread, I do love that Nessun Dorma from Turandot is one of Trump's clear faves.

Vincero, Vincero, VINCERO!
Victory, Victory, VICTORY!

In the opera, he's talking about winning himself a bit of princess T&A...but the music transcends and applies to anything.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (Eng1Z)

36 Turn Iran into a glass parking lot and I wouldn't care

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0)

37 I'd be willing to bet that Iranian internal security makes the East Germans in The Lives of Others look like simpletons

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (sMkB+)

38 I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (TN0g+)

39 Posted by: the lower depths

Supply them with guns and then come back and tell us what happens.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (NnhvP)

40 I think the best thing to do is not give the regime lifelines in the form of a 10 day pause, as is being bandied about by "sources", or another MOU that will allow them to reset, plan another Trump assassination, rearm, and smuggle who knows what, or some other shit along those lines.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (GD0B3)

41 Trump ordered the military to "open the gates of hell" to avenge their deaths.

That would involve nukes, or at a bare minimum hitting their headquarters openly operating within mosques.

No one in America is serious about "opening any gates of Hell" or even the the beaded curtain of "Heck" on anyone.

Not saying we should. But no one is actually capable of winning a war in the last 80 years. (unless removing Iraq out of Kuwait in 1990 counts). No one has capability, not the hypothetical, but actual capability of winning.

So we get Endless "War", which is usually just low intensity battles where there are cuts and bruises but no KOs.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (pawvM)

42 If fire bombing was good enough for the krauts and the japs, it's good enough for the mad mullahs.

Posted by: Stack Em Deep at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (e2lsi)

43 Turn Iran into a glass parking lot and I wouldn't care
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0)

It's the only proper way to fight a war, honestly. You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (Yh7zv)

44 18 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

I agree.
It seems they thought the conflict wouldn't last long enough to matter if Hormuz was blocked, so they skimped out and took a risk.

When it didn't end in a month they had to go to Plan B, C, and now D.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

45 I'd be willing to bet that Iranian internal security makes the East Germans in The Lives of Others look like simpletons
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (sMkB+)

And the Shah had the SAVAK, and that kept him from being overthrown. Ever.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (Yh7zv)

46
A man set a mostly peaceful fire in New York.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (Fi81e)

47 This does [ not] mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (Yh7zv)

Agreed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (dK+Kv)

48 They just cannot stop fucking that uranium enrichment chicken.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (zZu0s)

49 consensus reached?
Posted by: Crusader

Other than they are slime and UK sucks?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 05:09 PM (NnhvP)

50 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already (by the old PR)...did Russia resupply them? China? Pakistan? Turkey?

Or did we really leave them with so much stuff b/c we didn't want to bomb them...and now we finally are...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)


A bit of both I suspect.
After the war of the cities with Iraq, Iran ramped up production of missiles and components. They also got smart enough to spread out the production. A lot of components are made in Omar's garage-like places across the country. They understand JIT production too.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 05:09 PM (2WIwB)

51 I don't believe Iranians being gunned down in the streets unless we do the strafing ourselves. So let's get to it.

Make the world a better place and rid it of this vermin.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

52 No one in America is serious about "opening any gates of Hell" or even the the beaded curtain of "Heck" on anyone.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (pawvM)
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Not even the Dim Lord.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

53 Supply them with guns and then come back and tell us what happens.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (NnhvP)

The IRCG aren't even the only armed force in the country. And even they were, unarmed groups frequently raid armories. If the Iranians wanted to overthrow the government, they could easily have seized some area somewhere in that large country by now. They aren't rebelling because they have no interest in a new form of government.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:10 PM (Yh7zv)

54 POTUS had 4 objectives at the start :

Destroy missile capabilities - dismantle ballistic missiles and capabilty to produce them
Knock off navy
Ensure Iranian regime does not obtain a nuke (ever)
Ensure Iranian regime is not arming, directing proxies all over the world

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:11 PM (GD0B3)

55 18 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

There may have been genuine concern that Iran was close. Or they may have wanted to set a floor on what the operation would achieve, if nothing else their program would be set back substantially.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 05:11 PM (okun6)

56 Gas prices going up again. This sucks.

Posted by: Jmel at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (3TlS+)

57 > They had a plan at the beginning.
That got blown to hell when the Kurds kept the weapons we gave them and didn't go fight the regime, apparently.
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The Kurds should have been on the receiving end of a flight of B-52's with a max loadout of 2000lb bombs.

Every day for a month after fucking us over... again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (jehhT)

58 The media response to Americans being killed seemed....joyful.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (YwEeS)

59 Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

In the space provided below, please every heroic deed you have accomplished that gives you the right to label any "contemptible.






.

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (SExz7)

60 I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?
Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (TN0g+)

The consensus was that Sharon Tate was primo 1960s hotness.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (Q6P2R)

61 I don't recall massive street protests in multiple years against Stalin, Lenin or even Khrushchev and Brezhnev. The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

That's because street protests are stupid if there are no cameras and no news. That will do nothing.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

62 I'd be willing to bet that Iranian internal security makes the East Germans in The Lives of Others look like simpletons
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (sMkB+)


They are what Germany would have looked like if the Nazis had stayed in power and the SS ran things.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)

63 They just cannot stop fucking that uranium enrichment chicken.
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That's what they get from believing that is Allah's will to start the final world war. Its yet another reason why its so completely stupid that even leftists are willing to tolerate this Islam nonsense. Islam in incompatible with any sort of decent civilization.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (TN0g+)

64 So we get Endless "War", which is usually just low intensity battles where there are cuts and bruises but no KOs.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (pawvM)

A lot of peace settlements since WWII, not as many total surrenders.

I wonder what the cause is.
Technology? Media coverage?

Is total victory now Hutus massacring Tutsis?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

65 58 The media response to Americans being killed seemed....joyful.
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (YwEeS)


Of course... Anything to weaken Trump... Screw the Country

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (rijjI)

66 53 Supply them with guns and then come back and tell us what happens.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (NnhvP)

The IRCG aren't even the only armed force in the country. And even they were, unarmed groups frequently raid armories. If the Iranians wanted to overthrow the government, they could easily have seized some area somewhere in that large country by now. They aren't rebelling because they have no interest in a new form of government.
Posted by: the lower depths
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I think it is more to the point that Iran murdered the ones most likely to lead the counter revolution recently and it becomes which mouse is going to bell the cat situation to benefit all mice. And if the US is bombing your enemies, wait and let the IRGC take the beating before you make a move too.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)

67 I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but the 2028 DNC Presidential Dream Ticket would be Ashley Webb and that Blue-haird UCF student...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (B0NCh)

68 I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (TN0g+)

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Summary: Literally FA->FO.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

69 50 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already (by the old PR)...did Russia resupply them? China? Pakistan? Turkey?

Or did we really leave them with so much stuff b/c we didn't want to bomb them...and now we finally are...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)
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Pakistani border with Iran remains open and free flowing. In fact, the Iranian Interior Minister is in Pakistan right this very minute meeting with Pakistani leaders.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:15 PM (dIske)

70 The media response to Americans being killed seemed....joyful.
Posted by: steevy
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The media loves dead soldiers.

It's the live ones who they have a problem with.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 05:15 PM (x7Vzy)

71 I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?
Posted by: Crusader

Good riddance to bad cess?

Cads and rakehells aren't a benefit to a civilized society.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:15 PM (vJrRc)

72 Starting to think the IRGC can't be killed
I mean, we open the gates of hell this week
next week they'll be shooting at ships in the Strait again
it never ends
Operation WHACKAMOLE

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (ZxPkt)

73 Re the previous thread: So England had to come all the way to America to find white guys to charge with rape? Why are there not muslim rapists hanging from from every bridge?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (1z8ji)

74 Today's media would have declared D-Day a failure because the troops will still on the beach after the initial landing.

Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (Oy/m2)

75 That's because street protests are stupid if there are no cameras and no news. That will do nothing.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)


I for one am breathlessly awaiting the DSA to bring their street protest to Puyallup. One might call that a target rich environment.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (2WIwB)

76 Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (SExz7)

It is an axiom of the American experiment that any people who so value comfort that they will do nothing to achieve freedom are contemptible. "Mean" or "base" work too if you prefer those. I don't need to fill out some he-man checklist for your benefit before saying that Iranians are contemptible. Because they are. They can prove me wrong, but they worked far harder to kick out the Shah then they will work to do anything about the mullahs even in their greatly weakened state. Clearly they really enjoy the mullahocracy. Maybe the occasional protests are like Europeans drunkenly rioting over soccer.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (Yh7zv)

77 The consensus was that Sharon Tate was primo 1960s hotness.
Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (Q6P2R)

_____________________________

Yeah, well maybe a while ago, but she was getting too old for me.

Posted by: Roman Polanski at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (dIske)

78 Starting to think the IRGC can't be killed
I mean, we open the gates of hell this week
next week they'll be shooting at ships in the Strait again
it never ends
Operation WHACKAMOLE
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Target the mosques...

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (TN0g+)

79 Today's media would have declared D-Day a failure because the troops will still on the beach after the initial landing.
Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (Oy/m2)

and it was 10 AM on June 6.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (uhVAy)

80 Fuck this stupid "war'. Trump's pissing away his 2nd term like he did the first one...listening to Machiavellian advisors.

Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.

Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (ZlKnD)

81 80 Fuck this stupid "war'. Trump's pissing away his 2nd term like he did the first one...listening to Machiavellian advisors.

Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.
Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (ZlKnD)

Have you considered going and fucking yourself?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (xcxpd)

82 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already

I think Trump is lying his ass off about Iran's alleged deprecated abilities. One of many key elements in any war is propaganda. Trump is allowed to use it to his strategic advantage. He doesn't owe the enemy anything.

The other part of me is that the IC lies about everything and considers the current US Executive as an enemy to their existence and doesn't believe they owe their enemy any advantage either. Trump flat out told is, with receipts, last Thursday, that the IC deliberately lied to him and other administrations over pretty much everything they were relied upon to be in their domain.

So the current composition of the IC is seditious only in the sense their allegiance is to themselves and to no nation, no religion, no government.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (a3CJ+)

83 Because they are. They can prove me wrong, but they worked far harder to kick out the Shah then they will work to do anything about the mullahs even in their greatly weakened state. Clearly they really enjoy the mullahocracy. Maybe the occasional protests are like Europeans drunkenly rioting over soccer.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (Yh7zv)

"They" overthrew the Shah? If they are 50 now they would have been three years old back then.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

84 Gas prices here are relatively flat. They're not awesome, but they're not skyrocketing either.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

85 Satellite images show Iran is accelerating work at a secretive nuclear-related site deep beneath Kuh-e Kolang mountain, known as Pickaxe Mountain.

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Green Glass Mountain has a nicer ring to it.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (9rvdq)

86 were not will

Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (Oy/m2)

87 23 Trump appears to have finally figured out the Iranians were bullshitting him all along. Now it's "wanna play games assholes , ok"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (sMkB+)

He knew all along, but he had to look like he was willing to entertain peace at any point.

Now he doesn't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (bl07w)

88 >I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?
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Yes
Larry Tate was a good boss
His wife made a nice potato salad

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (ZxPkt)

89 >>Have you considered going and fucking yourself?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (xcxpd)
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Sarcasm from That Guy.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (bNf8H)

90 We need more clarity around how escalation is going to disrupt world oil supplies. $XOM is only up $1 today.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (2ap+5)

91 We have now finally got a viable strategy in place, and it’s a beautiful thing to see! In the first 3 weeks back in March, we only attacked purely military targets, missile sites , sites defenses, nuclear sites. We left a lot untouched (that was supposed to be a secret)

The idea was that they would negotiate once their weapons were destroyed. But they’re Iranians, of course the didn’t act rationally.

So now the obvious strategy is just to degrade every system a country relies on to function until administration is no longer possible, s as no there is a general collapse into chaos. Power systems, bridges, food distribution channels; as these are destroyed a country, especially one with 92 million people, becomes ungovernable and descends into chaos.

Yeah it’s gonna suck for everyone there, including our friends. As these President would say, Sad!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (1/cV0)

92 "They" overthrew the Shah? If they are 50 now they would have been three years old back then.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

Nations have personalities. If you don't believe that, then why are you on a right-wing site, and not some commie blog?

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (Yh7zv)

93 I think Trump is lying his ass off about Iran's alleged deprecated abilities. One of many key elements in any war is propaganda. Trump is allowed to use it to his strategic advantage. He doesn't owe the enemy anything.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (a3CJ+)

The initial 'unleash hell' attacks were hundreds of ballistic missiles, drones, and such. Now they are in driblets of a few at a time, separated by days. "Attacks on Shipping" are just spraying a tanker with bullets.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (uhVAy)

94 Sarcasm from That Guy.
Posted by: Frasier Crane

These days no one can tell with out a /sarc tag

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (vJrRc)

95
The Iranians must be brought to their knees. If they want a nuke so bad, maybe we should give them one....dropped from the sky. Sometimes they want to be taught the hard way.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (OkYzo)

96
They are what Germany would have looked like if the Nazis had stayed in power and the SS ran things.
Posted by: Diogenes
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II would say that it is what it looked like as the Nazis took control.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (XeU6L)

97 40,000+ people being gunned down in the streets isn't cosplay.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (x7Vzy)

This is why mosques should be targeted. Blow 'em up on Friday, when they are full.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (1z8ji)

98 80 Fuck this stupid "war'. Trump's pissing away his 2nd term like he did the first one...listening to Machiavellian advisors.

Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.
Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (ZlKnD)

Just because you need a magnifying glass to see your own dick doesn't mean everyone else constantly thinks of their own.

The rest of us are glad Iran does not have a nuclear bomb. But hey, if you liked it so much, maybe you should run over there and let them know your considered opinion.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (bl07w)

99 "They" overthrew the Shah? If they are 50 now they would have been three years old back then.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

Nations have personalities. If you don't believe that, then why are you on a right-wing site, and not some commie blog?
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (Yh7zv)

If you believe that, how did the Shah get overthrown in a nation that was all pro shah and always had been?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

100 And the Shah had the SAVAK, and that kept him from being overthrown. Ever.
Posted by: the lower depths

Robin Curtis or Kirstie Alley?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (/5u1i)

101 Any paid pr bloggers hoping for American boots on the ground yet?

Posted by: nckate at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (enNUy)

102 "Iran International English
@IranIntl_En
2h
Iran may be able to survive under sanctions but cannot achieve sustainable economic development without reconnecting to the international financial and banking system, deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy Hamid Ghanbari said, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).

“Perhaps it is possible to survive, but living is another matter,” Ghanbari said, adding that sanctions prevented sustained growth, the construction of new factories and the financing of major projects.

He said lifting sanctions must remain a priority and warned that temporary measures to preserve trade could not replace Iran’s return to the global banking system.."

Let's not do it then!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (GD0B3)

103 Have you considered going and fucking yourself?

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I have to wait for Trump to finish.

Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (ZlKnD)

104 I think there are a few rail lines from Iran and Pakistan that haven't been bombed.

They are moving some percentage of oil that way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)

105 You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all."

This. "Limited war" or "police actions" are just ways to kill too many soldiers.

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)

106

Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (et1vG)

107 Pakistani border with Iran remains open and free flowing. In fact, the Iranian Interior Minister is in Pakistan right this very minute meeting with Pakistani leaders.

The Pakistani military is interesting in that the generals are like regional war lords, who with the right incentives will participate in pretty much anything. And likewise, if those incentives are not provided up front, will stop pretty much anything.

Of course, all things have their price.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (a6PrB)

108 Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.
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Your concern is:
[ ] not noted
[X] noted

BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

When gas was pushing $4 a gallon, we were all told that it was our fault we were paying so much when that app could help you save 2 cents a gallon if you'd just drive half an hour out of your way.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (3cUTc)

109 And the Shah had the SAVAK, and that kept him from being overthrown. Ever.
Posted by: the lower depths

Robin Curtis or Kirstie Alley?
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I kind of liked the painting that Spock showed Savak.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (TN0g+)

110 Gas prices are back up"

Not here.

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (XuXeR)

111 We need more clarity around how escalation is going to disrupt world oil supplies. $XOM is only up $1 today.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (2ap+5)

Tousi has at least one oil price on his display board. A few weeks ago it was near the 100 dollar mark. I think it might have been in the 60s when peace seemed closer. These days its in the 80s.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

112 Ah yes, we are just a hop skip and jump to the Iranians are winning again posts from some nics here.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)

113 Nations have personalities. If you don't believe that, then why are you on a right-wing site, and not some commie blog?
Posted by: the lower depths

Nations' personalities can change over time and with new generations rising up. France went from widely respected fierce fighter to cheese-eating surrender moneys in a very short amount of time.

Germany used to be chaotic savages, and then suddenly they were the best machinists and super orderly to the point that "German or autistic" is a legitimate question for very particular people.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (vJrRc)

114 He knew all along, but he had to look like he was willing to entertain peace at any point.

Now he doesn't.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (bl07w)
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ding ding ding!

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (oqH4h)

115 Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (et1vG)

Some things even total war can't stomach.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (uhVAy)

116 If you believe that, how did the Shah get overthrown in a nation that was all pro shah and always had been?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

It wasn't pro-Shah. The country hated him for modernizing it and Westernizing it. That's my point. Iran is ground zero for the [literal] self-flagellating Shias. The entire culture is set up for them to love being misruled.

If SAVAK was as brutal as is claimed, then the Iranians should have been unable to overthrow the Shah. Yet he was overthrown. Even if the current regime is brutal, it can obviously also be overthrown. The fact that it is not overthrown is indicative, I think.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (Yh7zv)

117
Lesser Tunb Island took out its hankie and wiped its brow

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (rE7Gw)

118 They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths

Noise without guns?

Dude, put down the bong

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (FxH7T)

119 Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?
That's worse than any bombing imo.

Live stream PPV. Entertainment. Probably not Family Friendly

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (a6PrB)

120 I cannot really give an opinion on this, because I'm not Trump nor his military advisors and not sitting in meetings with them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (jt/rW)

121 112 Ah yes, we are just a hop skip and jump to the Iranians are winning again posts from some nics here.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)


Oh... They're not winning.... They're just not losing quick enough...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (rijjI)

122
44 18 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

Every war has errors - nothing new. The failure to understand Iran’s control of the straits, and the multiple ways they have to control, was a serious strategic error of ours at the outset. But we’ve recognized that and corrected our focus. (No plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy)

The good thing is that yes, we DO have the power to militarily take the straits away from them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (1/cV0)

123 They had a plan at the beginning. That got blown to hell when the Kurds kept the weapons we gave them and didn't go fight the regime, apparently.

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This is Bush II level thinking. Good intentions + $$$$ = Success!!

Posted by: Emory Tate, father of Andrew at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (0bjKf)

124 BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It's a stupid and useless site that doesn't get updated often enough - depending as it does on user reports - and never lists whether a place has Non Ethanol fuel.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (vJrRc)

125 The Pakistani military is interesting in that the generals are like regional war lords, who with the right incentives will participate in pretty much anything. And likewise, if those incentives are not provided up front, will stop pretty much anything.

Of course, all things have their price.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (a6PrB)
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Every see the ceremonial marching techniques used by the Pakistanis? I can't figure out of they got them from Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks, or they are stomping large bugs.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

126 106

Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (et1vG)

That would be a violation of the Geneva Convention, I expect. Nobody should have to suffer through a tranny invasion. Not even our worst enemies.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (bl07w)

127 The New Republic: Trump Is Ready for All-Out War in Iran. There’s Just One Catch. Someone’s weapons are depleted, but it’s not Iran.

Biden approved emergency war powers for production to help ukraine, no way would gop let that.. so they spent 2025 knowing they were low and still decided this was a good idea. Incompetent Trump admin

This assumes and implies that Trump wants to win a war with Iran. the real aim of Trump and Republicans is to do as much damage to American society and our standing in the world as possible.

A regime dumb enough to attack Iran in the first place is also a regime dumb enough to start a land war in Iran. It's not inconceivable that he would fall for one of the classic blunders.

I have an EV, solar panels and 8 chickens in my backyard. My wife and I are both teachers, so we may get pay cuts, but we won't be fired... Bring on the Trump Depression already. They were tryiRg to hold it off until Democrats were in charge, but the upcoming spike in oil prices is going to RUIN our economy this winter.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (2qI1t)

128 Pickaxe Mountain sounds like a Lee Marvin movie.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (XvL8K)

129 And England ignored Muslim rapists, often turning over young girls back to them

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (a5Rqi)

130 These days no one can tell with out a /sarc tag
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (vJrRc)
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When this started, I dug out my old Super Conservative Military Guy sock and people thought I was 100% sincere because you really can't parody these people any more. I threw in bad grammar, contracted myself in very silly and obvious ways, but it was no good.

You really have to telegraph the sarcasm, otherwise it's lost.

What a world.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

131 I cannot really give an opinion on this, because I'm not Trump nor his military advisors and not sitting in meetings with them.
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Don't suddenly act like you're new to the site! Lol!

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (TN0g+)

132 Tousi has at least one oil price on his display board. A few weeks ago it was near the 100 dollar mark. I think it might have been in the 60s when peace seemed closer. These days its in the 80s.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Markets thrive on uncertainty but as the uncertainty fades pricing becomes more stable. FWIW, peak Brent oil was May 4 @$114 per barrel of oil. July 20th, it is at $89. July 2nd was 70 bucks or so.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:27 PM (E4rtv)

133 84 Gas prices here are relatively flat. They're not awesome, but they're not skyrocketing either.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

The market has figured out ways around Hormuz to the point that oil isn't breaking $100 especially with WTI at $86 and Brent at $90.

We'd all like it at $50 or $60 but we've seen worse prices.

We were approaching $140 per barrel at one point back when W. was president.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

134 Pickaxe Mountain sounds like a Lee Marvin movie.
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That's the musical where he and Clint Eastwood sang, right?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (TN0g+)

135 Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (FxH7T)

Tell me, how many guns did regular Iranians have in 1978 and 1979?

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (Yh7zv)

136 Tell the guy who's putting the "Trump did that!!!" stickers on the gas pumps, over the old Biden version. SMH

Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (ZlKnD)

137 116 If you believe that, how did the Shah get overthrown in a nation that was all pro shah and always had been?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

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The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (dIske)

138 People complaining about prices did not complain during 4 years of Biden's hyperinflation. Weird...

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (GD0B3)

139 Have you considered going and fucking yourself?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM

*strokes chin*
*furrows brow and looks very pensive*

Posted by: Hmmmm... at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (2Ez/1)

140 Re the previous thread: So England had to come all the way to America to find white guys to charge with rape? Why are there not muslim rapists hanging from from every bridge?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (1z8ji)

They've been living in Romania and visiting the UK often enough since the EU dropped the charges on them the last time. Not sure why they needed the US to collar them if they want them collared.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

141 Any paid pr bloggers hoping for American boots on the ground yet?

I'm of the camp: Let Trump Cook. He is cooking in a meth lab but still, let him cook.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (a6PrB)

142 . The country hated him for modernizing it and Westernizing it. "

Actually, a number of "liberal" Iranians back in the day believed the regime was holding them down. They supported the revolution to "tear the system down", while being blind to what the revolution really meant.

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (XuXeR)

143 Highway to the danger zone...
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (Eng1Z)

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I like Pavarotti's singing in that clip.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (ZNpJk)

144 6ydKt)

105 You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all."

This. "Limited war" or "police actions" are just ways to kill too many soldiers.
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)

Sherman, Sheridan, MacArthur, the entire General Staff in WW2 - the most effective way to destroy any powerful military force is to destroy the viability of the civilian population supporting that force.

An army is nothing without constant supplies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (1/cV0)

145 131 I cannot really give an opinion on this, because I'm not Trump nor his military advisors and not sitting in meetings with them.
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Don't suddenly act like you're new to the site! Lol!
Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (TN0g+)

Everyone is entitled to my opinion. I am 'ette, hear me roar.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (bl07w)

146 We are in a unique position. No other US president has been able to confront Iran with such a formidable coalition of regional powers - including Israel, SA, Jordan, the Emirates, parts of the Iraqi government, and Syria. Israel and Muslim countries in the same armed coalition? Inconceivable! But here we are.

And this is due to a US Administration that has worked tirelessly to make it happen. This is the fruit of the Abraham Accords. We are fighting this war with one arm and both legs behind our backs. If we wanted to, we could unleash the full weight of our conventional forces on Iran and wind this up in a matter of days. But we can fight smarter, for the future of the peoples in the US and the Coalition, and we are.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (rj6Yv)

147 106

Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
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The Dirty Trannie Dozen? The Devil's Troon Brigade?

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (E4rtv)

148
I don't miss Colin Powell during times like this. He'd be on all the alphabet news networks pushing his "you broke it, you own it" screed with Jake Tapper nodding his head approvingly.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (OkYzo)

149 If you believe that, how did the Shah get overthrown in a nation that was all pro shah and always had been?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

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The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (dIske)

How rare in the Mideast and in Socialist nations!

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

150 ARM THE RESISTANCE.

And let the Iranians sort it out.

Posted by: Beverly at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (reMys)

151 Trump is a doodie head! If he would do what I want, when I want, and how I want, he wouldn't be a doodie head!

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (SExz7)

152 Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.
Posted by: That Guy
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$3.80 locally. Certainly not as bad as Biden's peak years. You are correct that the DSA Black Shirts will leverage any news to their advantage, but I am nonplussed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (XeU6L)

153 So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Gqar8)

154 Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (et1vG)
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TRY IT!! PRESIDENT!!! FUCKING TRY IT!!!

Posted by: Screeching Blue Haired Male Harpy at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e)

155 They've been living in Romania and visiting the UK often enough since the EU dropped the charges on them the last time. Not sure why they needed the US to collar them if they want them collared.
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I thought I read on Saturday (perhaps even here?) that there was an agreement between Romania and the UK that the UK would NOT try to trump their filed charges that still haven't been dismissed...and yet this arrest seems to contravene that agreement?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (TN0g+)

156 Costco shoppers don't have any idea what gas prices are.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (2ap+5)

157 BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It's a stupid and useless site that doesn't get updated often enough - depending as it does on user reports - and never lists whether a place has Non Ethanol fuel.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM
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Sitting right here.

Posted by: Google Maps at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (2Ez/1)

158 142 . The country hated him for modernizing it and Westernizing it. "

Actually, a number of "liberal" Iranians back in the day believed the regime was holding them down. They supported the revolution to "tear the system down", while being blind to what the revolution really meant.
Posted by: man
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The original red green alliance. And the reds found out that the greens used them like a piece of toilet paper and flushed them down the toilet after the Revolution was over.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (E4rtv)

159 Every war has errors - nothing new. The failure to understand Iran’s control of the straits, and the multiple ways they have to control, was a serious strategic error of ours at the outset. But we’ve recognized that and corrected our focus. (No plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy)

The good thing is that yes, we DO have the power to militarily take the straits away from them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (1/cV0)
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It wasn't an error. The planners clearly emphasized force protection, which is why losing two troops is news. That's not even a rounding error in most conflicts.

We do not have infinite resources, so we proceeded based on target priorities, first decapitating leadership and then targeting command and control and weapons stockpiles. They have lots of missiles, and hide them in schools and hospitals, so we can't easily get at them.

No plan is perfect and the enemy always gets a vote.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

160 We'd all like it at $50 or $60"

*looks at XOM stock*

Ummmm....

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (XuXeR)

161 and never lists whether a place has Non Ethanol fuel.

look up pure-gas.org

Posted by: free tibet at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (iNp3L)

162 Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?
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If Oliver Stone made a movie about that, he could call it "Platroon".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)

163 This is a regional conflict not just the US against the IRGC. Hezbollah hasn't fired anything at Israel in about a week so I imagine they are not getting any IRGC support now. The minute one missile fired at Jordan lands in Israel the IDF will roll out in force.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (abScH)

164 Post 115 and the response made me laugh.

I just went to look at the last post about the fake transgender with the blue hair . That guy is whacked out and I feel sorry for the policeman.
Maybe we should drop these folks on the Iranians.
I am thankful to God my son knows what his gender is and has never had to deal with some ghoulish doctors who will do anything for money and so mutilate these young people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (jt/rW)

165 You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all."

This. "Limited war" or "police actions" are just ways to kill too many soldiers.
Posted by: man
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The only way to be safe is to eliminate the threat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (XeU6L)

166 >>The New Republic: Trump Is Ready for All-Out War in Iran. There’s Just One Catch. Someone’s weapons are depleted, but it’s not Iran.


These people have no clue.

If they didn't have Twitter/TickTock Slop to quote, they'd have no talking points at all.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (uzmqU)

167 I have an EV, solar panels and 8 chickens in my backyard. My wife and I are both teachers, so we may get pay cuts, but we won't be fired

Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (2qI1t)

Ok, which one of you wrote that?

Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (Oy/m2)

168 The difference between the SAVAK and the mullahs intelligence goons is Islam. SAVAK were as corrupt as the Shah and did it for money. The mullahs goons do it for money and Islam

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (sMkB+)

169 @sentdefender
3m
U.S. Central Command has said that the 10 consecutive night of strikes on Iran began 20 minutes ago at 4:00 pm ET today, as the U.S. gears up for a potential uptempo in strikes against Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (jU8k8)

170 Not sure why they needed the US to collar them if they want them collared.
Posted by: Oldcat

If they haven't renounced their US citizenship (assuming they had any) probably just making sure that arresting them woudn't provoke mean tweets.

I'm not sure that a lot of other countries under stand that, despite our "mess with American's, you get the stick" attitude, if Americans are in a foreign country doing things that would get them arrested in the US, we're fine with them also getting local justice.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (vJrRc)

171 The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (dIske)

And, at the behest of the CIA, he had Savak searching for Reds under every bed, while ignoring the whacked-out weirdbeards ranting on every street corner.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1z8ji)

172 How rare in the Mideast and in Socialist nations!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

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Of course it's not rare, but the kicker was that the US was propping him up with the threat of intervention (in whatever form). But, Carter decided to be indifferent. He didn't come right out and say the US no longer supported the Shah and his government. Instead, he stayed quiet, which was all the encouragement the opposition needed.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (dIske)

173 If Oliver Stone made a movie about that, he could call it "Platroon".
Posted by: Axeman
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Charlie Sheen fits that remake so well.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (E4rtv)

174 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

With nukes and the Intermediate ballistic missiles that could reach Diego Garcia, Iran would have been North Korea v. 2.0. No one screws with North Korea because they can light up half a hemisphere. Iran could have reached Brussels with a nuke. Under pressure, the Iranians would have prioritized in getting a nuke ready to fire, and they had already done the hard part, they just needed the trigger and the final processing and shaping.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (rbvCR)

175 BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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DON'T PATRONIZE ME!!!

Posted by: Screeching Blue Haired Male Harpy at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (Fi81e)

176 They had a plan at the beginning.
That got blown to hell when the Kurds kept the weapons we gave them and didn't go fight the regime, apparently.

We all know how plans end up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

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Kurds are a deeply unserious people. They could have had their own country if they went along with the plan but with that betrayal they have sealed their worthless fate.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (ZNpJk)

177 Sherman, Sheridan, MacArthur, the entire General Staff in WW2 - the most effective way to destroy any powerful military force is to destroy the viability of the civilian population supporting that force.

An army is nothing without constant supplies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM
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The military wins the battle.
The economy wins the war.

Posted by: Pentagon Rhetoric 101 at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (2Ez/1)

178 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1/cV0)

179 how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??"

6 or 7...

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (XuXeR)

180 It seems that Iran is getting good hits on our bases in the ME by sending missile/drone waves.


Send one wave, our guys send back a bunch of Patriots and other interceptors.

Second wave, more interceptors.

Third, Fourth, whatever the magic number when we run out of interceptors.

So then they get hits.

Patriots aren't cheap ($2 million a pop I believe) and take time to make. We are going to have to invest more in AI drones.
Ukraine now makes the world's best.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

181 >>You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children.


Well, Islam makes this an easy.

They are Ordnance and Ordnance Factories.
Fair Game.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (uzmqU)

182 It's a stupid and useless site that doesn't get updated often enough - depending as it does on user reports - and never lists whether a place has Non Ethanol fuel.

No need for apps, just use regular HUMINT—look to where you see lawn guys with their trailers full of gear, and fishermen fuel up. That is your inexpensive regular, and occasionally ethanol free best bets.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (xE0sV)

183 Get used to this. There’s gonna be moar coming.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (uItPR)

184 >>Iran has created a new facility at Pickaxe Mountain 100 feet beneath the rock.

Not 100 feet, 100 meters. That is about 300 feet.
The stacked penetrators (bomb after bomb in the same hole) used on the previous facilities as (IIRC) are good for 60 meters, reportedly.
The problem is that each additional bomb in the same hole gives less and less additional penetration. (OK, stop snickering this is serious.)

My idea is to use a nuke for the last bomb. Kinda risky, but it would be deep enough to possibly reduce fallout, so it would be like an underground test. If it worked, it would do the job of taking out the facility. It would also send a very strong message.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (FOFVX)

185 If Trump can pull this off, he will go down in history as The Anti-Carter.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (Av6i5)

186 They've been living in Romania and visiting the UK often enough since the EU dropped the charges on them the last time. Not sure why they needed the US to collar them if they want them collared.
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I thought I read on Saturday (perhaps even here?) that there was an agreement between Romania and the UK that the UK would NOT try to trump their filed charges that still haven't been dismissed...and yet this arrest seems to contravene that agreement?
Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (TN0g+)

No idea. Could just be Labor trying to do ANYTHING to stop their own bleeding. Even if the Tates are guilty of the charges doesn't mean they aren't being made an example of.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

187 Sitting right here.
Posted by: Google Maps

You're not useful either anymore. Seriously, turning "maps" and "street view" into separate applications?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (vJrRc)

188 We have now finally got a viable strategy in place, and it’s a beautiful thing to see! In the first 3 weeks back in March, we only attacked purely military targets, missile sites , sites defenses, nuclear sites. We left a lot untouched (that was supposed to be a secret)

The idea was that they would negotiate once their weapons were destroyed. But they’re Iranians, of course the didn’t act rationally...

Yeah it’s gonna suck for everyone there, including our friends. As these President would say, Sad!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (1/cV0)

Yes, we gave them a chance to come out of this pretty much "whole" as long as they dropped the nuclear ambitions and general terroristic dickweedery. All they had to do was be rational about their situation.

But, nope. They're on the Highway to the Apocalypse and they ain't pulling over.

That islam is some religion!

The stupid thing is all they had to do is play nice until the next Democratic administration came into power, and 10-20 years later they could be as crazy as they want.

There are those who say the Iranians play the long game...yeah, no, they don't.

Kill everyone at the top. Eventually, reason will come.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (iJfKG)

189 Of course it's not rare, but the kicker was that the US was propping him up with the threat of intervention (in whatever form). But, Carter decided to be indifferent. He didn't come right out and say the US no longer supported the Shah and his government. Instead, he stayed quiet, which was all the encouragement the opposition needed.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (dIske)
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As Kissinger observed: It is often dangerous to be America's enemy, but being her ally is usually fatal.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)

190 Actually, a number of "liberal" Iranians back in the day believed the regime was holding them down. They supported the revolution to "tear the system down", while being blind to what the revolution really meant.

This was also the story of the beginnings of the Russian Revolution and the Khmer Rouge. And we know who went to the gulags first in those struggles for the radiant future.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (rbvCR)

191 Patriots aren't cheap ($2 million a pop I believe) and take time to make. We are going to have to invest more in AI drones.
Ukraine now makes the world's best.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

AI drones don't stop ballistic missiles.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)

192 Sitting right here.
Posted by: Google Maps
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And watching you...

Posted by: Google at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (XeU6L)

193 179 how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??"

6 or 7...
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (XuXeR)

I burn that much daily just setting my hair on fire.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (K3f7J)

194 Why haven't the North Korean people risen up?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (Cqx++)

195
Kurds are a deeply unserious people. They could have had their own country if they went along with the plan but with that betrayal they have sealed their worthless fate.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (ZNpJk)

The Turks won't allow a Kurdish state.
I think that's the entire problem for them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)

196 The minute one missile fired at Jordan lands in Israel the IDF will roll out in force.

Posted by: Ben Had
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They are chomping at the bit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (jU8k8)

197 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1/cV0)

Isn't this similar to blaming you for the election losses in 2020 or the collapse of the Tea Party? You didn't care hard enough damn your eyes for an indolent fool?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (rbvCR)

198 Of course it's not rare, but the kicker was that the US was propping him up with the threat of intervention (in whatever form). But, Carter decided to be indifferent. He didn't come right out and say the US no longer supported the Shah and his government. Instead, he stayed quiet, which was all the encouragement the opposition needed.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (dIske)
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As Kissinger observed: It is often dangerous to be America's enemy, but being her ally is usually fatal.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)

the Shah came to the West for heart surgery and that was the kicker for the revolution.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)

199 And the reds found out that the greens used them like a piece of toilet paper and flushed them down the toilet after the Revolution was over."

I personally knew two families then in the states. Every one of their daughters was "western" in every way, but supported the "revolution" wholeheartedly.

One disappeared after traveling back a year later...

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (XuXeR)

200 179 how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??"

6 or 7...
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (XuXeR)


Thanks for your response. Gas prices, like the erstwhile egg prices, are a talking point that gets bandied about the net having very little to do with real impact for the average person.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (Gqar8)

201 The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker. The Communists and the Jihadists promoted by the West, and who forced a color revolution and installed pedo Khomeini.



Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (GD0B3)

202 Patriots aren't cheap ($2 million a pop I believe) and take time to make. We are going to have to invest more in AI drones.
Ukraine now makes the world's best.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Ukraine has rapidly increased its drone production capacity, now capable of producing up to 4 million drones annually.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (XeU6L)

203 No need for apps, just use regular HUMINT—look to where you see lawn guys with their trailers full of gear, and fishermen fuel up. That is your inexpensive regular, and occasionally ethanol free best bets.
Posted by: Community Notes

There are enough lakes around here that most places offer NEP, happily. Going farther than nearest Big City is a crapshoot. And finding places that use separate nozzles for regular and NEP pretty much mean finding the nearest Maverik.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (vJrRc)

204 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1/cV0)

Isn't this similar to blaming you for the election losses in 2020 or the collapse of the Tea Party? You didn't care hard enough damn your eyes for an indolent fool?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (rbvCR)

He has a personality, Kindl...

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

205 >>The Turks won't allow a Kurdish state.
I think that's the entire problem for them.


The Turks also want to see Israel destroyed. Along with the West.

So. The Kurds are not the entire problem.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (uzmqU)

206
BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It's a stupid and useless site that doesn't get updated often enough - depending as it does on user reports -
Posted by: FeatherBlade

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Hmm, I guess it depends on where you are. Mine is always updated to the last couple of hours. I update it myself (Confirm) and I even used to upload pix of the prices when that was part of the app.

As for non-ethanol fuel... you mean diesel? I see it in the app.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (mmrXZ)

207 > Ukraine now makes the world's best.
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Drones? No.

Most innovative use? Yes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (jehhT)

208 178 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Most people want to live their lives--not fight in the streets to the death. The Red Revolution worked in part because you had a bunch of soldiers that weren't afraid of death and wholesale killing. Ditto Chinese Revolution, and so on. And that is why all authoritarian regimes that want to survive spend time periodically killing all the malcontents by luring them out into the open. Assad killing a bunch of Muslim Brotherhood at Hama. King Hussein killing a bunch of Palis trying to overthrow him in the early 70's, and so on.

A whiff of grapeshot works because unless the resistance is so massive or unexpected, most regimes can weather the initial blow, it is the later ones that can suddenly lead to regime collapse.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (E4rtv)

209 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1/cV0)

That seems likely, and my responses to some people here is because 1) I'm tired on tousi or whatever his name is being cited as a source and 2) being promised that the Iranians will rise up, or that they would if only they had weapons. Lots of successful revolutions started off with crowds with no weapons at all.

I don't really have an opinion about how much more Iran's economy can take, or how powerful their remaining military is. Drones are cheap after all, and they can do long-range damage, as Ukraine and Russia have shown. So I like reading the different comments here about those topics, but I'm fed up with the idea that Iran is full of neo-Zoroastrians yearning to breathe free.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (Yh7zv)

210 146 We are in a unique position. No other US president has been able to confront Iran with such a formidable coalition of regional powers - including Israel, SA, Jordan, the Emirates, parts of the Iraqi government, and Syria. Israel and Muslim countries in the same armed coalition? Inconceivable! But here we are.

And this is due to a US Administration that has worked tirelessly to make it happen. This is the fruit of the Abraham Accords. We are fighting this war with one arm and both legs behind our backs. If we wanted to, we could unleash the full weight of our conventional forces on Iran and wind this up in a matter of days. But we can fight smarter, for the future of the peoples in the US and the Coalition, and we are.
Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (rj6Yv)

What the MSM and the Dems don't realize is that time is actually on Trump's side. He's managing the war so as to keep gas prices elevated yet stable. If he can keep this up by Oct - and I think he can - at some point the MSM will realize that if Trump can keep Congress in GOP control. When that happens, the IRGC will discover that the day after Election Day isn't D-Day for Trump, but for them.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (0CU3H)

211 the Shah came to the West for heart surgery and that was the kicker for the revolution.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)
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We sent him to Canada?

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

212 I think we're gonna have to take those Islands and that worries me...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (rijjI)

213 AI drones don't stop ballistic missiles.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)

They can stop suicide drones.

Yeah, I should've been clearer, we need to invest more in Patriot interceptors, too.

Ukraine really put a dent in the supply.
Now we need them and they aren't there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

214 What really makes me smile these days is watching everyone in the administration disavowing and denying everything that was said while we were pretending the MOU was a good idea.

Hegseth seems to be taking a special pleasure in stomping on everything Vance said while he was trying to negotiate; makes me suspect they had some pretty big cabinet meeting arguments.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (1/cV0)

215 >So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??

Posted by: tubal
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one

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (ZxPkt)

216 Actually, a number of "liberal" Iranians back in the day believed the regime was holding them down. They supported the revolution to "tear the system down", while being blind to what the revolution really meant.

This was also the story of the beginnings of the Russian Revolution and the Khmer Rouge. And we know who went to the gulags first in those struggles for the radiant future.
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If you want to see leftists trying their hardest to not recognize *evil* when it manifests itself, take a read of the wikipedia entry for Chairman Mao. You can skip to the end if you like and watch critic after critic attempting to summarize his legacy as "complicated" and other such mealy-mouthed phrases rather than calling a murderer a murderer.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)

217 Kurds are a deeply unserious people"

Tribal.

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (XuXeR)

218 No idea. Could just be Labor trying to do ANYTHING to stop their own bleeding. Even if the Tates are guilty of the charges doesn't mean they aren't being made an example of.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

Yep. A show trial to snow the proles into thinking they are doing something about rape. Meanwhile the Pakis rape away to their hearts' content.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (1z8ji)

219 They just cannot stop fucking that uranium enrichment chicken.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (zZu0s)

It's almost like they want nuclear weapons to coerce the rest of the world, which muslims typically see as servants in waiting, and kill vast swaths of anyone who disagrees with them.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (vSvIl)

220 The Turks won't allow a Kurdish state.
I think that's the entire problem for them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)

Not sure anyone else in the area is too keen on it either, but they allow the Turks to be the heavy.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (uhVAy)

221 the Shah came to the West for heart surgery and that was the kicker for the revolution.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)
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Yep. Let's not forget Carter also told the Marines not to defend the embassy. What a POS.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)

222 It's the only proper way to fight a war, honestly. You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (Yh7zv)

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No need, you just destroy all their infrastructure. People will remember if you killed their family but a building, road or a bridge - not so much.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZNpJk)

223 The only way to be safe is to eliminate the threat.

If you have the confidence and can "shoot them in the leg" then you have the skillz to treat them to a Mozambique.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (xE0sV)

224 The Turks also want to see Israel destroyed. Along with the West.

So. The Kurds are not the entire problem.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (uzmqU)

But, but, they're in NATO.

Allies.
Really.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (6ydKt)

225 @Breaking911
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Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)

226 Anyone remember how people made a parody of the Oscar Meyer bologna jingle that ended with "Jimmy Carter has a way of screwing up the USA"?

Fun times to be a little kid.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)

227 With nukes and the Intermediate ballistic missiles that could reach Diego Garcia, Iran would have been North Korea v. 2.0. No one screws with North Korea because they can light up half a hemisphere.
Posted by: Kindltot

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Not really comparable. (1) No one wants to mess with the Norks. They got nothing but dog shit kimchi. (2) China could dump the Norks in an afternoon if they wanted. China wants Nork around because they are a buffer and threat to Japan and Korea and a hassle for the West. Norks can do little military damage to anyone, even with nukes.

Iran is very different. They want to control the M. E. and all the world's oil, and to conquer the sunni brand of goat fuckers. They also want Israel wiped out, then America. Also Europe. To top it off, they are a death cult.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (FOFVX)

228 probably saw some weak poll numbers

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (ZxPkt)

229
212 I think we're gonna have to take those Islands and that worries me...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (rijjI)

All ground action will have some casualties, that’s the cruelty of war.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (1/cV0)

230 Great headline in my local rag's website "No One Believed to have been Hit by Gunfire in Ellenville".
Allegedly there was gunfire , but bad shots apparently

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (sMkB+)

231 225 @Breaking911
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Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)

A good thing, or a bad?

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (Gqar8)

232 Everybody wants to know what the end game is. No nukes. It's simple; rinse and repeat. Attrition. We handle the hard targets, and Israel handles the regime. Everybody else handles the global economy.

No boots on the ground unless we are there to seize the treasure.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (sYM3s)

233 Rapprochement is the answer!

Posted by: ValJar at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (XeU6L)

234 27m
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Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)


Lindsey's sister has said she is running and I'm pretty sure she'll get the nod...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (rijjI)

235 195
Kurds are a deeply unserious people. They could have had their own country if they went along with the plan but with that betrayal they have sealed their worthless fate.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (ZNpJk)

The Turks won't allow a Kurdish state.
I think that's the entire problem for them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

None of the four countries that Kurds live in are willing to give up that territory-Turks, Syrians, Iraqi, and Iran. It is not only Turkey.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (E4rtv)

236 If they didn't have Twitter/TickTock Slop to quote, they'd have no talking points at all.
Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (uzmqU)

But, they are the really smart people. They tell us that all the time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (bl07w)

237 194 Why haven't the North Korean people risen up?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (Cqx++)

________________________

Tree bark doesn't have the same of benefits as energy drinks.

Seriously, the NK population is so conditioned to believe everything they're told, they believe the leadership is invincible, and that they have the strongest military force on the planet by far.

A guilty pleasure of mine is to watch videos of NK border crossers who experience the West for the first time, and many are (well all, because it's required) ex-military. They see these videos of US assets and basically go apoplectic.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)

238 Google Maps - "gas prices near me"

Posted by: Then ask for Thai food at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (2Ez/1)

239 234 27m
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Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)


Lindsey's sister has said she is running and I'm pretty sure she'll get the nod...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (rijjI)

A Lindsey Legacy. Mellifluous.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar8)

240 Darline Graham gave an interview to Hannity about the Senate situation. It might be aired tonight? I don't know..

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

241 Kurds are a deeply unserious people"

Tribal.
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (XuXeR)

"So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, they shall be a silly people, a little people, as you are!" [written from memory, so I probably got the wording a little off]

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (Yh7zv)

242 Rep. Nancy Mace announced she will not run for South Carolina’s open Senate seat

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)
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Time for Republicans to start walking away from their offices...

How else can we see a repeat of 2018?!

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)

243 Trump is backing her. So...

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (GD0B3)

244 As for non-ethanol fuel... you mean diesel? I see it in the app.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

good grief, no. Gasoline that doesn't have ethanol in it.

also known as "marine gas", "Non Ethanol Premium", "Clear gas" and probably another couple of marketing terms.

Essential for small engines like lawnmowers, and better for most vehicles.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (vJrRc)

245 On taking the islands - meant to add that Iran has no transport capacity left and they cannot reinforce. So taking them should not be too difficult.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (1/cV0)

246 A Lindsey Legacy. Mellifluous.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar


Yeah... I'm not keen on it...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (rijjI)

247 If the "Pickaxe" facility is 100 meters deep, then it requires ventilation and elevator shafts to keep it operating. We have the tech to close them up and to destroy the power generators it needs.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (rj6Yv)

248 What the MSM and the Dems don't realize is that time is actually on Trump's side. He's managing the war so as to keep gas prices elevated yet stable. If he can keep this up by Oct - and I think he can - at some point the MSM will realize that if Trump can keep Congress in GOP control. When that happens, the IRGC will discover that the day after Election Day isn't D-Day for Trump, but for them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (0CU3H)
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The Dems are also helping him out by nominating complete nutjobs in swing districts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

249 talking point that gets bandied about the net having very little to do with real impact for the average person."

This. A few bucks change every few weeks doesn't upset the budget.

I would also point out that the Venezuelan supply chain is picking up - and keeping diesel prices somewhat stable

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (XuXeR)

250 Lindsey's sister has said she is running and I'm pretty sure she'll get the nod...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM
*******
She spells her name funny.

Posted by: Darlenes everywhere at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

251 Kurds are a deeply unserious people"
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No whey.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)

252 Yep. Let's not forget Carter also told the Marines not to defend the embassy. What a POS.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)

Some would use the term "traitor."

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (bl07w)

253 G-A-S-S-S-S-S Them!

Posted by: Golden Oldie at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (JM9I6)

254 240 Darline Graham gave an interview to Hannity about the Senate situation. It might be aired tonight? I don't know..
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

A Hannity interview? We’ll never know what SHE has to say.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Gqar8)

255 Question: if the NFA is constitutional, could the congress also create the National Slavery Act? $10,000 tax stamp, registration, and fingerprinting. carry your tax stamp at all times or any government official can claim you as their personal slave. How is that any different in principle from the NFA? The second says "shall not be infringed" while the 13th has an exception for punishment for a crime, not carrying your NSA tax stamp is the crime. They could even assign it to the ATF for enforcement: which would make it the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Congressionally Enabled Slavery or BATFECES, which strikes me as an appropriate name.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (ls5EI)

256 A Hannity interview? We’ll never know what SHE has to say.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Gqar



LOL... But true

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (rijjI)

257 251 Kurds are a deeply unserious people"
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No whey.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM
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Stay in your lane, pal.

Posted by: Little Miss Muffet at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (2Ez/1)

258 @237 Orson, a couple of those poor border crosses were found to have worm infestation. NK can't be nice

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (sMkB+)

259
But, they are the really smart people. They tell us that all the time.
Posted by: tcn
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And, 'sophisticated', they say...

Posted by: ValJar at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (XeU6L)

260 So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??

Posted by: tubal

Including mowers, probably 25 gallons or so.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi)

261 No need, you just destroy all their infrastructure. People will remember if you killed their family but a building, road or a bridge - not so much.
Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZNpJk)

Yeah, but in the current world, where about half the human population exists because of industrial fertilizers growing food that is trucked/trained into a city to be sold in refrigerated conditions, how do you destroy the infrastructure without killing lots of civilians. How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?

That said, I'd be for destroying every bridge and power plant in that worthless shithole of a country.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (Yh7zv)

262 207 > Ukraine now makes the world's best.
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Drones? No.

Most innovative use? Yes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (jehhT)

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Some would argue that the Ukrainians aren't even operating a lot of those drones. Someone else is.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (dIske)

263 You know.


If you call our office 5 times and message me on MyChart 8times in six hours, I’m not going to get back to you until tomorrow. Maybe Wednesday.

If you think you are dying, go to the emergency room.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (zV+0v)

264 A Hannity interview? We’ll never know what SHE has to say.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Gqar

maybe, maybe

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (GD0B3)

265 As I said before, Trump understands the economics of warfare, and they are solidly on our side. Iran faces a doom loom of collapsing revenue, dwindling weapons stockpiles and now infrastructure collapse.

We don't have to invade, we can just use them for live fire practice.

The Strait is already less important than it's ever been, and with new pipelines and transit routes, it could be irrelevant before too much longer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

266 Hegseth seems to be taking a special pleasure in stomping on everything Vance said while he was trying to negotiate; makes me suspect they had some pretty big cabinet meeting arguments.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (1/cV0)
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Vance had a specific job to do and he did that job. It's not like he could go negotiate and then hop on TV and contradict everything he said in the negotiation. They're all in on it. They knew the Iranians were going to bullshit them on the first "peace deal" and now the gloves are off. Hegseth had to keep his mouth shut at first, now he doesn't.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (oqH4h)

267 Tree bark doesn't have the same of benefits as energy drinks.

Seriously, the NK population is so conditioned to believe everything they're told, they believe the leadership is invincible, and that they have the strongest military force on the planet by far.

A guilty pleasure of mine is to watch videos of NK border crossers who experience the West for the first time, and many are (well all, because it's required) ex-military. They see these videos of US assets and basically go apoplectic.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)

I like the three sisters in Korea who came out in stages with their mother and now 2 of the sisters visit America and make Youtube videos about here.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (uhVAy)

268 She spells her name funny.
Posted by: Darlenes everywhere at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)
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That's terrible! There is no f in Darlene, or u--and only one n.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

269 260 So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??

Posted by: tubal

Including mowers, probably 25 gallons or so.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi)
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We can't count mowers. I go to a special station about 30 miles away that still provides leaded gas with none of the corn additive. It costs mucho more. Saves on mower maintenance, however.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (dIske)

270 Kuwait announced that they are ready to join the Abraham Accords.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (abScH)

271 How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?"

"Bbbut we're growing stuff on the rooftops! "

/idiot on tictac

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

272 245 On taking the islands - meant to add that Iran has no transport capacity left and they cannot reinforce. So taking them should not be too difficult.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Taking them is not the biggest problem but holding them and keeping troops safe on them from casualties is not. Plus logistics.

Blowing up all the infrastructure on Kharg Island is probably what will happen if Trump decides that the Iranian regime and its economy needs to die--that is almost their entire oil production export facility and not readily rebuildable in the time the regime needs to survive.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (E4rtv)

273 >>I have an EV, solar panels and 8 chickens in my backyard. My wife and I are both teachers, so we may get pay cuts, but we won't be fired


A teacher huh? Too bad, as someone with a real job would know how to add and would understand that the solar panels are not enough to charge his EV (unless he has way way more than most people)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (FOFVX)

274 Yeah, but in the current world, where about half the human population exists because of industrial fertilizers growing food that is trucked/trained into a city to be sold in refrigerated conditions, how do you destroy the infrastructure without killing lots of civilians. How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?

That said, I'd be for destroying every bridge and power plant in that worthless shithole of a country.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (Yh7zv)
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If ideology doesn't create a widespread uprising, hunger might.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (ZOv7s)

275 >A good thing, or a bad?

Posted by: tubal
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well, AoS At Large does not like her
I'm agnostic on her
Lindsay's sister seems yo be the sentimental favorite, for now

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (ZxPkt)

276 The gas stations gouge us every time Trump farts. Somebody get him some Ex-Lax.

Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (ZlKnD)

277 Just saw one of those fat pill commercials. Reminds me how good a song Green Onions is, as its playing in the background. Steve Cropper could play

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (sMkB+)

278 What the MSM and the Dems don't realize is that time is actually on Trump's side. He's managing the war so as to keep gas prices elevated yet stable. If he can keep this up by Oct - and I think he can - at some point the MSM will realize that if Trump can keep Congress in GOP control. When that happens, the IRGC will discover that the day after Election Day isn't D-Day for Trump, but for them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (0CU3H)

Agreed - and with what we’re doing now, Iran won’t last until October. Major components of their system are starting to go down already.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (1/cV0)

279 Kuwait announced that they are ready to join the Abraham Accords.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (abScH)

That is big. Good job Trump! *I guess a threat of Iran invasion made them clear eyed!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)

280 How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?

That could be a worthy empirical evaluation.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:49 PM (+4Cf6)

281 If you think you are dying, go to the emergency room."

Si

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:49 PM (XuXeR)

282 Vance had a specific job to do and he did that job. It's not like he could go negotiate and then hop on TV and contradict everything he said in the negotiation. They're all in on it. They knew the Iranians were going to bullshit them on the first "peace deal" and now the gloves are off. Hegseth had to keep his mouth shut at first, now he doesn't.
Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (oqH4h)

Vance was good cop, if the politicos in Iran could grab control we could have had it on the cheap and demobilized the IGRC faction. Well, that didn't work and the regular army isn't in control either, so lets continue decapitating the IGRC.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:49 PM (uhVAy)

283 247 If the "Pickaxe" facility is 100 meters deep, then it requires ventilation and elevator shafts to keep it operating. We have the tech to close them up and to destroy the power generators it needs.
Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (rj6Yv)
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We can also deploy Chuck Schumer to put his posterior over the ventilation intake and gas them out.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:49 PM (oqH4h)

284 270 Kuwait announced that they are ready to join the Abraham Accords.
Posted by: Ben Had

It could be that most of the oil emirates prefer dealing with Israel than the monster that Iran has turned out to be. Even the Arab street is quiescent because they have an alternative ethnic group to hate--Persians.

And I think all sides are making preparations for the US to be a lot less engaged in the Middle East defense policy, like Nato, than we used to be.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

285 I like the three sisters in Korea who came out in stages with their mother and now 2 of the sisters visit America and make Youtube videos about here.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (uhVAy)

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YES!!!! I saw the one where they were in New Orleans, and walked into a Fire Station and asked if someone could give them a tour. The Firemen were very accomodating and cool. Gave them both a Challenge coin when they were done. The one girl was summarizing and broke down into tears. Very cool.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (dIske)

286 Between the two of us we burn 15-20 gallons of gas a week. So a fifty cent price bump is 7.50-10.00 increase per week. Not earth shaking. Even a buck is not enough to make a real difference. My point if any is that it is not earth shaking in real terms. I don’t own a trucking company so that’s a different scale, of course. The average person is probably not switch from Republican to Democrat over it.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (Gqar8)

287 I go to a special station about 30 miles away that still provides leaded gas with none of the corn additive. It costs mucho more. Saves on mower maintenance, however.
Posted by: Orson

I think my favorite gas pump label is the one that says "Unleaded gas" and then lower on the pumps says "contains lead anti-knock compounds".

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (vJrRc)

288 I go to a special station about 30 miles away that still provides leaded gas with none of the corn additive. "

I don't. I do buy diesel too though.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (MWfyi)

289 Kurds are turds

They might be nuttier than the Turks.

But because they are relatively powerless and have better PR, the west tends to think of them as more rational and reasonable. I strongly suspect that’s not true.

Maybe they’ll put a condom on before fucking the goat, but that’s about it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (Nt9qU)

290 We can also deploy Chuck Schumer to put his posterior over the ventilation intake and gas them out.
Posted by: ballistic
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Chemical and Biological Warfare.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

291 Kuwait announced that they are ready to join the Abraham Accords.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (abScH)

That is big. Good job Trump! *I guess a threat of Iran invasion made them clear eyed!
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)

Well if you are hesitant because you are afraid of Iran's reprisals, having Iran start reprisaling anyhow leads to a re-evaluation of that stance.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

292 Essential for small engines like lawnmowers, and better for most vehicles.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (vJrRc)

My mowers run fine on E10. I just make certain to shut off the fuel petcock, and let the engine run the carburetor dry before putting them up for the winter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (1z8ji)

293 I think that Trump took the two deaths in Jordan personally.

Let hell rain down upon them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (qFwJc)

294 The gas stations gouge us "

Your local distributor. There are quite a few around here, so there's competition...

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (XuXeR)

295 How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?
That said, I'd be for destroying every bridge and power plant in that worthless shithole of a country.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (Yh7zv)

YES!
Oh, you meant Iran.
Never mind.

Posted by: RI Red at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (fRFTM)

296 >>The one girl was summarizing and broke down into tears.


A woman. Crying.

...that almost never happens.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (uzmqU)

297 Did I post yet about Iraqi Kurds being different from Iranian Kurds ? No ? OK. People who know such things say they are different - one group (Iraqi) leans into Communism, the other does not.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)

298 289 Kurds are turds

They might be nuttier than the Turks.

But because they are relatively powerless and have better PR, the west tends to think of them as more rational and reasonable. I strongly suspect that’s not true.

Maybe they’ll put a condom on before fucking the goat, but that’s about it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Middle East is filled with people that have long histories of loathing and killing each other. Europe is busy importing such critters as are other places in the West like the US. And what results is the Rivers of Blood that Enoch Powell saw presciently in his famous speech in Parliament.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (E4rtv)

299 cV0)
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Vance had a specific job to do and he did that job. It's not like he could go negotiate and then hop on TV and contradict everything he said in the negotiation. They're all in on it. They knew the Iranians were going to bullshit them on the first "peace deal" and now the gloves are off. Hegseth had to keep his mouth shut at first, now he doesn't.
Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (oqH4h)

His wife just had a baby, don’t want to be hard on him. I do note that after 3 weeks of high visibility, he’s gone back to being invisible, and Rubio and Hegseth have taken over the situation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (1/cV0)

300 Kurds are turds

They might be nuttier than the Turks.

But because they are relatively powerless and have better PR, the west tends to think of them as more rational and reasonable. I strongly suspect that’s not true.

Maybe they’ll put a condom on before fucking the goat, but that’s about it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (Nt9qU)
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They had multiple opportunities to carve out a state of their own, but screwed them up every time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)

301 If you think you are dying, go to the emergency room.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (zV+0v)

Maybe call a psychiatrist instead?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (bl07w)

302 The gas stations gouge us every time Trump farts. Somebody get him some Ex-Lax.
Posted by: That Guy

Shouldn't you be blaming the gas stations for their gouging they do?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (vJrRc)

303 Unless we go on a road trip to the mountains, I'll get three or four weeks out of a tank of gas in my truck. Helps that my office is four miles away from home. It did cost 70 bucks to fill up the other day.

The Hyundai gets excellent gas mileage, usually over 40 mpg. We drive that most of the time.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (0aYVJ)

304 A guilty pleasure of mine is to watch videos of NK border crossers who experience the West for the first time, and many are (well all, because it's required) ex-military. They see these videos of US assets and basically go apoplectic.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)

I saw one the other day where two former NK soldiers were watching the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and one remarked how blessed he would be to give his life in the service of our country

Posted by: Josephistan at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (G0Uu2)

305 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (2qI1t)

Why do I suspect the last comment is by a female?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 05:53 PM (lFFaq)

306 294 The gas stations gouge us "

Your local distributor. There are quite a few around here, so there's competition...
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (XuXeR)

Calif, gas taxes and fees are now at $1.20 per gallon.

It ain't Texaco I hate.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 05:53 PM (mP0Kj)

307 Well if you are hesitant because you are afraid of Iran's reprisals, having Iran start reprisaling anyhow leads to a re-evaluation of that stance.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

You might say that!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:53 PM (GD0B3)

308 My mowers run fine on E10. I just make certain to shut off the fuel petcock, and let the engine run the carburetor dry before putting them up for the winter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Ditto. I also use a fuel stabilizer during the active season. Star Enzyme works better for me that Sta-bil.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

309 Did I post yet about Iraqi Kurds being different from Iranian Kurds ? No ? OK. People who know such things say they are different - one group (Iraqi) leans into Communism, the other does not.
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)
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The ones in Turkey are also split into two factions. "Life of Brian" level infighthing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

310 153 So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Gqar

Depends on if we go to the city or not. If not, I use about 2 gallons a week. But we're old and we live within a mile or two of everywhere we want to go in town. So not typical.

Posted by: sal at July 20, 2026 05:54 PM (f+FmA)

311 gas taxes and fees are now at $1.20 per gallon."

Son of a....

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (XuXeR)

312
Iran wants us to use its chosen pronouns.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (Fi81e)

313 Looking at Kharg Island, one doesn't need to level it, just disable the means of loading tankers.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (NzX/y)

314 The part I like about the weapons telegraphing and idiot moles is that their handlers aren't sure it isn't bullshit.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (YlWIZ)

315 NY Post headline has a black NYC politician calling the DSA "white supremacists". Have fun Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (sMkB+)

316 Kurds are muslims, too. They still hate all infidels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (1z8ji)

317 Gas in Italy is around 8 Euros/gallon.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:57 PM (GD0B3)

318 Kurds are muslims, too. They still hate all infidels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (1z8ji)
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The only secular ones are communists.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

319 Kurds are muslims, too. They still hate all infidels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (1z8ji)
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My brother had his fill of Kurds serving as support in Iraq.

They would laugh at all the soldiers supplying them with food. Because, even though they were doing nothing, distributing food was "women's work".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:57 PM (Fi81e)

320 309 Did I post yet about Iraqi Kurds being different from Iranian Kurds ? No ? OK. People who know such things say they are different - one group (Iraqi) leans into Communism, the other does not.
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)
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The ones in Turkey are also split into two factions. "Life of Brian" level infighthing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

US is a poor colonial manager unlike the Brits were. Brits were very clear eyed in picking one ethnic group or tribe that was inferior to their rivals and making that tribe/group their force extenders for the nasty business of oppressing the other rival groups. And that system worked for the rulers when the Brits left more or less.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:58 PM (E4rtv)

321 PA is the fourth highest in the country for taxes and fees on a gallon of gas. 76cents on every gallon. The highest are expected...California, Illinois and Washington.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:58 PM (dIske)

322 Kurds are muslims, too. They still hate all infidels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (1z8ji)
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The only secular ones are communists.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

So, Liberal Arts Majors?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)

323 201 The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker. The Communists and the Jihadists promoted by the West, and who forced a color revolution and installed pedo Khomeini.
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Posted by: runner
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Marines were ready to defend the embassy but Carter told them to stand down. Attacking our embassy is attacking America. Shots fired and we could have put full force on them.

Either the Brits or Aussies held their ground and got their people out. Chickenshit Carter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 05:59 PM (jU8k8)

324 I fill up the lesbaru once a month.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 06:00 PM (G0nDz)

325 So, Liberal Arts Majors?"

Ok, that's funny right there

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:00 PM (XuXeR)

326 US is a poor colonial manager unlike the Brits were. Brits were very clear eyed in picking one ethnic group or tribe that was inferior to their rivals and making that tribe/group their force extenders for the nasty business of oppressing the other rival groups. And that system worked for the rulers when the Brits left more or less.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:58 PM (E4rtv)
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Americans are not empire builders. It is against our nature.

That's what made Iraq and Afghanistan so pointless.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)

327 Deep down he is a business man, not a general. I think the element of surprise was his greatest asset, or the idea that “Trump is so crazy no one knows what he will do.” The bunker buster was a solid, flashy, effective gesture.

Meanwhile what are Russia and China doing? Feels like America is always alone in a crazy world.

Posted by: H at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (oLx2/)

328 Considering where we now live, we have to fill up both vehicles at least once a week.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (x7Vzy)

329 Marines were ready to defend the embassy but Carter told them to stand down. Attacking our embassy is attacking America. Shots fired and we could have put full force on them.

Either the Brits or Aussies held their ground and got their people out. Chickenshit Carter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 05:59 PM (jU8k

About the same time as that the "students" also took over the USSR Embassy. They had a little conversation from Moscow and suddenly the students decided to exit the premises and clean up the mess.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

330 NOOD

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)

331 If the Kurds became independent the first thing they'd do is have a civil war. Then the Turks would invade. Rinse , repeat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 06:03 PM (sMkB+)

332 328 Considering where we now live, we have to fill up both vehicles at least once a week.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (x7Vzy)

At least it’s cheaper than back in Illinois though, eh??

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 06:03 PM (Gqar8)

333 Deep down he is a business man, not a general. I think the element of surprise was his greatest asset, or the idea that “Trump is so crazy no one knows what he will do.” The bunker buster was a solid, flashy, effective gesture.

Meanwhile what are Russia and China doing? Feels like America is always alone in a crazy world.
Posted by: H at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (oLx2/)

Russia is chewing its way through the last of the massively fortified zones in Ukraine while the press is bored with the war there. China is dealing with massive flooding all over the country and a continual rash of huge industrial fires, and of course the US getting control of their energy supply sources.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)

334 NY Post headline has a black NYC politician calling the DSA "white supremacists". Have fun Dems
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (sMkB+)

Honky-honkey!

Posted by: Black NYC politician at July 20, 2026 06:07 PM (wVcYX)

335
The other thing about the Kurds is that they're kinda stupid. They get all kinds of support from GOP administrations, but never enough to actually defeat their oppressors. Then when the US changes over to a Donk president, the Donks bend them over and begin dorking them up the queekhole by cutting off every bit of support, and the Arabs/Turks/Iranians start slaughtering them.

Wait a couple of years and start the cycle all over again. And the Kurds are dumb enough to play right along.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (y9nCu)

336 Leaded gasoline for automotive use was banned by 1985 . The pumps shouldn’t need to warn about leaded anti-knock compounds. I’ll have to look for that.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 06:28 PM (XjXDt)

337 >>> Deep down he is a business man, not a general. I think the element of surprise was his greatest asset, or the idea that “Trump is so crazy no one knows what he will do.” The bunker buster was a solid, flashy, effective gesture.


Trump's two greatest assets are the element of fear and surprise and ...and ruthless efficiency.

er... His three assets are...

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Pimps and Professors at "HustlerU.," Andrew and Tristan Tate, Arrested by US Marshals After Extradition Request by UK for Rape Charges

I didn't jump to condemn these guys three years ago when the entire leftwing social media ecosystem acted with lightning speed to cancel them. We've all seen a lot of good people canceled by the left.

On the other hand, I didn't defend them, because: I don't know anything about them and considering that their business seems to be, openly, pimping and prostitution, I didn't really think they deserved much of my time or mental exertion, nor much of yours.

I still don't know much about them, apart from them bragging they con women (and girls) into the exciting life of online prostitution by using the "loverboy" tactic of making them emotionally dependent on their pimps, then pimping them out. Which is a standard pimp tactic. These guys didn't invent it. It was created at a laboratory at "Hustler U."

And now Trump is honoring a UK request for extradition on rape/child exploitation charges.

Trump isn't always right, of course.

But these guys sound like any other douchebag criminal: Everyone is just conspiring against me (and my pimp business and pimp school).


OSINTdefender
@sentdefender

Both Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested by U.S. Marshals outside of a private event in Miami, Florida, following an extradition request by the UK Government against the brothers on over fifty charges related to rape, arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, as well as additional charges relating to illegal child images and pornography.


Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar

Jul 18
BREAKING

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami by the U.S. Marshals Service.

Statement below from the U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service about additional charges being filed against the brothers.

The Tate brothers are now facing a total of 59 charges:

42 against Andrew Tate
17 against Tristan Tate

"Andrew Tate, 39, is being charged with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.

Tristan Tate, 38, is being charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation."

Colin Wright makes a point: During the Age of Woke, we've developed a reflex to defend anyone being targeted by the Regime.

It's a very good reflex and we should keep that reflex.

But it is only a reflex -- that is, a default reaction. It's not a rule that can or should be followed slavishly. But I keep seeing people treat these snap-judgments as if they're the culmination of their lifelong philosophical questing.

And I'm like, asshole, you made this snap decision in one second. Are you this much of an egotist to treat your one-second snap decisions as Biblical in inerrancy?

I've got nothing against snap decisions and rule of thumbs. 99% of our choices are made through quick snap decisions -- and they need to be, because we make a lot of choices during a week, both trivial and important.

But... they're still just snap decisions. Not religious text.

Speaking of woke and people unfairly targeted by The Regime: This totally sane individual and productive member of society:

This happened in 2025, but the bodycam video is newly-released, so it is, in fact, new to the public record.

The police were on the campus investigating a stolen vehicle. The very sight of the officers "triggered" this mentally-ill monster, and he began screaming abuse at the cops, and then screaming "YOU'RE HURTING ME" when they told him he could either shut up or be arrested for disorderly conduct/impeding an investigation.


Oli London
@OliLondonTV


This is the mugshot of the blue haired transgender man who had an unhinged meltdown after being 'misgendered' by a police officer.

Jarrett Vick went on a rampage after an officer said "he is having a breakdown" before screaming "She! It's she!" in response.

The trans man, who identifies as a 'woman,' was charged with battery on law enforcement, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.

The incident, which occurred in 2025, went viral last week after police body cam footage was shared online.

He was listed as male in his arrest records.

Source: NY Post


The skinny:


Viral police body cam video appears to show a self-described transgender Florida student freaking out on a campus police officer for "misgendering" him -- and then being hauled away in cuffs.

The footage shows a blue-haired University of Central Florida student, identified as 27-year-old Jarrett Vick, screaming at a police officer after the cop arrived at a campus building for an unrelated call.

"Why do you let those pigs get away with this? They are not supposed to be here," says Vick at the start of the video, which was filmed in February 2025 -- but released Friday by Inside The Blue TV.

The officer tells him to lower his voice, or he will be put in handcuffs, at which point Vick starts cursing out the cop.

"F--king try it. Are you threatening me? You're threatening me," Vick responds, prompting the officer to request backup on his radio.


"He is having a breakdown," says the officer, at which point Vick screams, "She! She! Just say the right pronoun!"

The officer gets out his pepper spray and orders Vick to calm down, pepper-spraying him when he doesn't calm down.

...

"Get away! F--k you! F--k you, cop!" Vick screams, at which point the exasperated university worker starts walking away.

Later, Vick is seen screaming "She!" and stomping his foot as he yells at the cop for "misgendering" him, and asks the university employee to "please just tell them to use the right pronouns" because it is causing him "a lot of distress."

Vick was eventually taken into custody in handcuffs, but not before being tased by another officer after reportedly trying to kick and swing at the cops, according to the video.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:49 PM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

2 st!?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (3Ope8)

3 It's hard out there for a pimp.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)

4 >

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (3Ope8)

5 What? no way. They can't be......Leftists retards are NEVER committing any crimes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

6 Good. Rapists should be deported.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (N1tpc)

7 All blue-haired trannies should be pepper sprayed.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 03:52 PM (2ocoG)

8 How to pimp-out your girlfriends and then dress like them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)

9 Sounds like the UK is overcharging.

The Tates might be scum but I doubt they're criminal.

Their real crime is talking to men in the UK about not being pathetic British cucks.

that and pimping camgirls.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (xcxpd)

10 Would this be the same UK that ignores systematic gang rape by muslims?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (viF8m)

11 So honestly, I feel if Trump's DOJ held up the extradition that it isn't just trying to cancel someone for not being woke.

The Tates always seemed skeezy, but I guess they'll get their day in court.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

12 "You think I don't wipe my phone every night."


Just spitballing here but innocent people do not "wipe" their phone every night.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (0N4FZ)

13 The screaming Blue Meanie has a human name?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (to8tq)

14 Not defending the Tates, b/c I don't know, but the UK isn't exactly a bastion of justice and morals these days. On those grounds, I'd tell them to piss off. Deal with your own rapists and child traffickers first. Then we'll talk.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (QaH55)

15 I find it quite ironic that the UK wants to extradite 2 psycho f*cks from the US for rape and child endangerment/molestation when they turn a blind eye and 'nothing to see here' with all the muslham rape gangs roaming the streets in every big city.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)

16 Many on the left will defend the obvious dude pretending to be a woman because screeching, violent tantrums are the correct response to being offended.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (N1tpc)

17 I vaguely recall their were charges in...Romania? Against the Tates that ended up being dropped which sounds a lot like these charges.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

18 I guess you can't just shrug it off and laugh anymore because these freaks will respond in a way that is tempting to deal with in a fairly physical manner. Seriously, that blue haired freak needed a hickory shampoo in the worst way and if he knew he would get it he wouldn't be acting like that.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (3Ope8)

19 "Are you threatening me? You're threatening me"

lol, kind of a woke Cornholio!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (VyBeY)

20 I think the Tate’s were hanging out in Romania or something when it got too hot there.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (KQ27X)

21 I dont really follow this stuff wither, but I do think 99% of this is feminist screeching and maybe 1% of this is about actual criminal activity.

Lets just be honest and say everyone involved in OnlyFans is basically facilitating an online brothel. Where are the arrest warrants and extraditions for these people?

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (eIzlH)

22 and congrats to Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (xcxpd)

23 Camgirls?

Phew, not cat-girls.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (to8tq)

24 Wait, the UK is against rape now. huh?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (n5tGW)

25 I agree with your reasoning: I want to be thoughtful about I support. Don't want to be ridiculous like Warren endorsing Nazi's and terrorist sympathizers...

Posted by: Iris at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (286+n)

26 13 The screaming Blue Meanie has a human name?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (to8tq)

No. He is an animal and has forgotten the face of his father.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (xcxpd)

27 "You think I don't wipe my phone every night."


Just spitballing here but innocent people do not "wipe" their phone every night.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (0N4FZ)

At some point that will not be true, but you're correct today.

(Or if you live in China, but wiping won't matter because they've already collected your data the moment you use it.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (N1tpc)

28 I know nothing about the Tate's except the left and the UK government really really are after them.Muslim child diddlers not so much ofc.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (YwEeS)

29 >>>"Are you threatening me? You're threatening me"

lol, kind of a woke Cornholio

lol, yes

Posted by: ace at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (1wjle)

30 My uninformed take on the Tates is that they were provided A positive view of masculinity in an era where any view was seen as toxic. This view leaned into every toxic attribute because there's a trollish nature to the whole affair.

This invited a lot of hyperbole for what I thought was little more than a sideshow on the internet.

I then retreated to the forests where I read Marcus Aurelius, the only true pastime of a man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (UTxF6)

31 That is one ugly broad.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (Swh6w)

32 It's funny in the video where the cop finally says "fine, she" or whatever and it stops and politely says "Thank you" then continues to fight being arrested.


Tox. Screen.

Make it public. It's a public health issue and EVERYONE should know what role Big Pharma played in destroying that person's brain to that point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (2YhKe)

33 I find it quite ironic that the UK wants to extradite 2 psycho f*cks from the US for rape and child endangerment/molestation when they turn a blind eye and 'nothing to see here' with all the muslham rape gangs roaming the streets in every big city.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)

DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)

34 Andrew Tate did an interview with Piers Morgan and beat the snot out of the Brit.

Morgan is more reasonable then some Brits I guess but he came in like Cathy Newman interviewing Jordan Peterson...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

35 Jarrett Vick went on a rampage after an officer said "he is having a breakdown" before screaming "She! It's she!" in response.
......

Shouldn't have lied to the police.

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (UjdFS)

36 "The Tates always seemed skeezy"

skeezy as all hell. zero sympathy.

*taps meter glass*

yup, zero

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (VyBeY)

37 Its nice that the UK finally found a foreigner that they're willing to convict for rape.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (WYStd)

38 and congrats to Sponge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (xcxpd)


*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (2YhKe)

39 I have only ever seen Tate in clips on other streams.

He was 'you sound vaccinated' wasn't he? That was a good line.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (zZu0s)

40 Beat these psychos down, no quarter.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (sYM3s)

41 Andrew and Tristan Tate are scumbags and pimps.

But the UK government decides to go whole hog after them, including extradition, while it turned a blind eye for decades to thousands of British girls being forcibly gang-raped by Pakistanis? While it still gives shockingly lenient sentences to rapes -- even child rapes -- by Muslims and other invaders?

Eh ... I smell a rat. Fuck the UK.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

42 Yeah the Tate brothers are shit people.


Cool, United Kingdom, now that we're prosecuting sex crimes to the point that you're willing to ask the US to extradite them to face prosecution, that you're going to get cracking on those Muslim grooming gangs, eh?



LMFAO

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (oqH4h)

43 LEAVE ME ALONE!!! -- Guy who began the encounter by shrieking at a cop.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

44 Were there no brown men in the UK they could've arrested before branching out the law to this side of the pond? Long ass arm, yo.

Posted by: nckate at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (enNUy)

45 Dean Wormer, "son, being a disheveled freak with stringy blue hair and red crocs is no way to go through life."

Blue Meanie, "Misgender!!! Eeekkk!! Ooookkk!!!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (to8tq)

46 SHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Tasmanian Purple Haired She at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (/FSYM)

47 43 LEAVE ME ALONE!!! -- Guy who began the encounter by shrieking at a cop.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

======

"Sir, this is a Wendy's."

"SIR?!?!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (UTxF6)

48 My uninformed take on the Tates is that they were provided A positive view of masculinity in an era where any view was seen as toxic. This view leaned into every toxic attribute because there's a trollish nature to the whole affair.

The Tates took the existing man-o-sphere stuff and cranked it to 11. Which the FNM loved because now they had just the people they wanted to be the face of the man-o-sphere

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)

49 Its nice that the UK finally found a foreigner that they're willing to convict for rape.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (WYStd)

This. Wanna bet they get a stiffer sentence than the ringleader of the Rotterham rape gangs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (zZu0s)

50 I'm right where you are Ace.

I've heard of them, heard about what they do, and never gave it much more thought than that.

Now I'm 100% sure I don't like either of the Tate brothers just based on the outfit Andrew is wearing in the arrest video.

Whoever thought men would look good in tight, calf-length, pants should be sent back to 1750 where they came from and then shot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

51 (Or if you live in China, but wiping won't matter because they've already collected your data the moment you use it.)
_-_
Pretty sure it's the same case here.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (JWDez)

52 DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)


F*ck. My bad......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)

53 23, yeah, I had to read that twice, too

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (VyBeY)

54 >>>"F--king try it. Are you threatening me? You're threatening me," Vick responds, prompting the officer to request backup on his radio.

Escalating is not a tactic that's works very well against cops. Their trained response will be to escalate even more. They will be the ones with the most willingness to use force.

Dumb fuck.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (syz1S)

55 She.

Posted by: The Knights Who Say She at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (/FSYM)

56 I then retreated to the forests where I read Marcus Aurelius, the only true pastime of a man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (UTxF6)

No Seneca?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (N1tpc)

57 56 I then retreated to the forests where I read Marcus Aurelius, the only true pastime of a man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (UTxF6)

No Seneca?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (N1tpc)

======

Seneca was a pimp.

He could never outfight Santino.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (UTxF6)

58 Camgirls?

Phew, not cat-girls.

Pretty sure there are cat girl cam girls.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

59 So the difference between the Tates and the Muzzies in the UK? Is it only skin tone or hair

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (NnhvP)

60 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (3Ope

Must have been male cops. Female cops would have *had* to shoot him when he got aggressive.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (lFFaq)

61 Whoever thought men would look good in tight, calf-length, pants should be sent back to 1750 where they came from and then shot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

Calf length pants are gay. *bangs gavel*

All those in favor?


Wait, aren't those Capri pants?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (zZu0s)

62 LEAVE ME ALONE!!! -- Guy who began the encounter by shrieking at a cop.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)


This is what you get when you let BLaMtifa destroy your cities for years on end.

They all think it's OK to yell and scream and obstruct police anytime they want.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)

63 My uninformed take on the Tates is that they were provided A positive view of masculinity in an era where any view was seen as toxic. This view leaned into every toxic attribute because there's a trollish nature to the whole affair.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (UTxF6)
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Which would have been more impressive had it not been preceded by How to be a Playa and Pimp Out Girls After You've Used Them.

I don't even know how much the other Tate was involved in that.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (Fi81e)

64 Dude? in purple is so flaming gay my screen's on fire.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (jehhT)

65 59 So the difference between the Tates and the Muzzies in the UK? Is it only skin tone or hair

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (NnhvP)

======

The difference is that the Muslims have captured local police forces with fellow travelers who help the Muslim rape gangs.

Do the Tates have police officers as cousins? I think not!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (UTxF6)

66 TJM beat me to it! Horde Mind!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (VyBeY)

67 > How to pimp-out your girlfriends and then dress like them.

It's weird out there. Guys are supposed to wing it when it comes to dressing. If you dress men did during a particular era, you're a hipster douche. If you pay attention to fashion advice from places like Reddit or men's magazines, you will look gay. If you just throw on whatever feels comfortable, you'll look like an unemployed slob.

Many guys just revert to wearing whatever everyone else was wearing when they were in high school. Or if they're in sales or something social, they might just dress like everyone else in their industry does.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (mkw2N)

68 Wait, aren't those Capri pants?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (zZu0s)
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For men!

Just like the European Carryall.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

69 Camgirls?

Phew, not cat-girls.

Pretty sure there are cat girl cam girls.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

This.

So I've heard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)

70 The Tates aren't going to burn down a city or riot.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (abScH)

71 Was it one of the Tates who said that sex with a woman was gay?

Some super macho dude personality said that in the last couple of years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (UTxF6)

72 I thought the Tates were, checks notes, black, mixed.

Posted by: nckate at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (enNUy)

73 You don't think there's people that would use reflexive distrust of the Left to con the Right into paying attention to them, do you?

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (oZ51P)

74 I'm inadvertently misgendering morons on the daily.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (RIvkX)

75 The terrible price one pays for not being Pakistani in the UK...tsk tsk

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 04:04 PM (w1Bba)

76 Seneca was a pimp.

He could never outfight Santino.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (UTxF6)

....seems appropriate for this thread.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:04 PM (N1tpc)

77 So is Jarret Vick going for the four-year old toddler with blue/black-haired sheepdog vibes?

Stomping his feet was a nice touch.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:04 PM (6ydKt)

78 Regarding the healthy reflex to not jump aboard outrage mobs, Ben Shapiro is doing a lot of bellowing recently about people who need to be canceled. He may be right in some cases. He certainly is regarding Tucker. Unfortunately Ben lost all moral authority when he joined his left wing MSM friends in the outrage mob that vilified Nick Sandmann and the Covington kids.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at July 20, 2026 04:05 PM (pjbF6)

79 Andrew Tate dresses funny.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 04:05 PM (Gqar8)

80 I would have gladly given that screaming piece of shit two broken knees caps.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 04:05 PM (abScH)

81 Dude? in purple is so flaming gay my screen's on fire.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (jehhT)
====

Guilty of a crime against good taste.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (RIvkX)

82 Ryan Long had a good take on the FNM and the man-o-sphere:

So yeah we've got a problem with all these young men listening to this terrible people on line. I mean they are telling young men to get rich, get fit and then girls will flock to them.

We've tried telling them to dress like women, get fat, and stop being toxic and its like they don't even listen!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

83 Escalating is not a tactic that's works very well against cops. Their trained response will be to escalate even more. They will be the ones with the most willingness to use force.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (syz1S)
---
Have a buddy who is a retired cop. Their life is on the line if they aren't in control of the situation.

He told me that after a couple of months, he realized he could stop watching everybody's hands, because that's what you do as a cop.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (Fi81e)

84 Regarding the healthy reflex to not jump aboard outrage mobs, Ben Shapiro is doing a lot of bellowing recently about people who need to be canceled. He may be right in some cases. He certainly is regarding Tucker. Unfortunately Ben lost all moral authority when he joined his left wing MSM friends in the outrage mob that vilified Nick Sandmann and the Covington kids.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at July 20, 2026 04:05 PM (pjbF6)


I was on the Ben Shaprio bandwagon for about a week, then got sick of his sniveling voice.

Did you know his wife is a doctor?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (2YhKe)

85 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (UTxF6)

That's something a lot of people in the US don't realize, although we should since a lot of our police are also minorities.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (lFFaq)

86 Andrew Tate is multiracial and of mixed heritage. His father, Emory Tate, was African American, and his mother, Eileen Tate, is White English. He holds dual U.S. and British citizenship

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

87 "Bodycam shows UCF student repeatedly screaming"

Yes, these freaks are batshit.

But also yes, I think there's a heavy element of performance art here. People like this guy are hoping they'll be recorded freaking out like lunatics and it will go viral. That will increase their status in their putrid world of perversion and shit-eating.

These aren't police interactions with normal people who hope they aren't charged and nobody ever sees the bodycam video. These lunatics want to provoke the cops, want to get arrested, and want to be seen as deranged lunatics. It's the currency in their culture.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

88 I still don't know much about them, apart from them being weaned on cock.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (3Qh2+)

89 I still don't know much about them, apart from them being weaned on cock.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (3Qh2+)

Pretty much.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (GD0B3)

90 71 Was it one of the Tates who said that sex with a woman was gay?

Some super macho dude personality said that in the last couple of years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (UTxF6)

David Hogg?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (zZu0s)

91 Mental illness is “contagious” to some significant degree.

Weaponized with malice aforethought, is what it looks like from out here in the cheap seats

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (Xz2QX)

92 > Ben Shapiro is doing a lot of bellowing recently about people who need to be canceled.

He's always had that instinct. Shapiro especially loves to try to dictate what the right is allowed to say or believe.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (mkw2N)

93 41 Andrew and Tristan Tate are scumbags and pimps.

But the UK government decides to go whole hog after them, including extradition, while it turned a blind eye for decades to thousands of British girls being forcibly gang-raped by Pakistanis? While it still gives shockingly lenient sentences to rapes -- even child rapes -- by Muslims and other invaders?

Eh ... I smell a rat. Fuck the UK.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

From what I remember, they made themselves unwelcome in Romania too. Sometimes criminal assholes are just criminal assholes and better off rotting in some prison cell.

"Romania
On 11 April 2022 the US embassy received a report that an American citizen was being held against her will in a property the brothers own in Pipera, Romania. Romanian police raided the home and a nearby webcam studio belonging to the Tates, where they discovered four women. Two of them, the American and another Romanian woman, told the police they were being held against their will, sparking an in-rem[a] investigation into human trafficking and rape by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT)". Also investigations in US and UK.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

94 I want Tucker to keep talking. He convinces more people every time that he is a nut.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (YwEeS)

95 - Want something that is worth your time and mental exertion?

On utube - Promethean Action Why Trump escalated the Iran war

That should get you there and easier for you to search it than for me to tiny url...

Posted by: TeeJ at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (dAv7M)

96 I was at a BSA summer camp this past week, and there were all manners of he-shes, chicks with ducks, trannies, and dudes in a dress.*

Funniest one was a no-shit ringer for the angry crying rainbow leftist wojak meme persyn put opposite the blond Viking dude.

* Yeah, that is an advertisement for not going to BSA camps near blue shitholes. And there was a LDS group that showed up day we were leaving.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (dK+Kv)

97 The cop should've told Jarrett Vick to calm down. That always works with chicks!

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (YSQQv)

98 Was it one of the Tates who said that sex with a woman was gay?


I thought that was Nick Fuentes

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (sKqQm)

99 Wait, aren't those Capri pants?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (zZu0s)

I think that's what women call them, but I didn't want to seem gay by calling them capri pants.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (6ydKt)

100 I'm inadvertently misgendering morons on the daily.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (RIvkX)

When I had long hair before, someone "misgendered" me.

(They were embarrassed when my bearded self turned around.)

I laughed. I can to that because I'm not lying to myself about who I am and need others to support my delusion or it falls apart.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (N1tpc)

101 Blue Meanie is nutz.

Even after the cop fired off his Taser in the freak's face, he kept resisting so he did get Tased.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (to8tq)

102 He's always had that instinct. Shapiro especially loves to try to dictate what the right is allowed to say or believe.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (mkw2N)

He was a major NTer in 2016.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (zZu0s)

103 I think that's what women call them, but I didn't want to seem gay by calling them capri pants.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (6ydKt)
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I don't think you could be gay for calling them capri pants.

Just wearing them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)

104 I was just trying to sell my book, honest!

Posted by: Velvet Jones at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (O7YUW)

105 I would expect the alpha level hypermasculinity bursting from my comments like so many molotov cocktails would keep anyone here from mistaking me for a woman.

❤️

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (oZ51P)

106 Shapiro is an asshole and honestly I wouldn't trust him as far as he could throw me (which wouldn't be far with those noodle arms)

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

107 Weird detail about Andrew Tate is that his father, Emory Tate, was one of the very few (if not only) black professional chess players in the United States. He wasn't world-class strong, but he was strong enough to nearly make a living out of winning chess tournaments. Highly unusual.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (Av6i5)

108 The charges are very serious, there are dozens of women/girls involved, the US authorities in Florida thought it's time, the bros are sitting in a Federal Prison and a Judge will decide if they are extraditable. We have enough of our own "influencer" scum , we don't need UK influencer scum, thank you very much.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (GD0B3)

109 The slightly longer version of the blue fruit clip has a great bumper by a cop at the end:
"He definitely can't be in gen pop. They will destroy him."

Posted by: purely an academic question at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (F/35S)

110 101 Blue Meanie is nutz.

Blue Meanie has nutz too.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (OkYzo)

111 Mental illness is “contagious” to some significant degree.

Weaponized with malice aforethought, is what it looks like from out here in the cheap seats
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (Xz2QX)

I don't know if I'd call it contagious, but allowing mentally ill people to connect feeds the mental illness.

I would bet that a lot of our mentally ill would be better adjusted if they were cut off from online "supporters" who encourage their mental illness.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (N1tpc)

112 That video is perfect to show the mental illness of the fake gender people.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (n5tGW)

113 The blue hair boy is obviously insane, yet roams free because society can't bring itself to institutionalize these freaks. We'd be safer if things like that were locked up.

Sad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (jehhT)

114 A lot of trash rode in on a "manosphere" bandwagon.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (GD0B3)

115 I would bet that a lot of our mentally ill would be better adjusted if they were cut off from online "supporters" who encourage their mental illness.

I've had left leaning acquittances go off the grid for a while and they are different people when removed from reddit for a while.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

116 I was on the Ben Shaprio bandwagon for about a week, then got sick of his sniveling voice.

Did you know his wife is a doctor?
Posted by: Sponge
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I remember the guy from Worldnet columns. Another one of the sad clowns in american media.

But that does not mean he is always wrong but that one should be skeptical of any claims by him. Which is pretty much true of all the Conservative Media TM. The left unfortunately has no monopoly on grifters looking for a buck. Wish they did.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)

117 113 The blue hair boy is obviously insane, yet roams free because society can't bring itself to institutionalize these freaks. We'd be safer if things like that were locked up.

Sad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (jehhT)

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He would be a computer nerd obsessed with Warhammer if he hadn't clicked the wrong Reddit/Tumblr link.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (UTxF6)

118 Was it one of the Tates who said that sex with a woman was gay?

Some super macho dude personality said that in the last couple of years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (UTxF6)

David Hogg?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (zZu0s)
_________

Andrew Tate, but it wasn't quite what it seemed. He said sex can be gay unless there's some chance of a life (a baby) to result. He said sex solely for pleasure was not masculine.

He seems clearly to being provocative for the sake of generating clicks and interest. That may be the brother's entire bag. I'm not sure how much they claim is real and how much is just performance art to make money.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

119 The way I look at it, if you are 30 years old, and you cannot figure out what it takes to be a man...you might be consuming to much estrogen...

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (GD0B3)

120 Pop a cap.in them and be done

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

121 *too much

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (GD0B3)

122 Andrew Tate is multiracial and of mixed heritage. His father, Emory Tate, was African American, and his mother, Eileen Tate, is White English. He holds dual U.S. and British citizenship
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

They're black!??! Why is the UK being so racist!?!?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (N1tpc)

123 107 Weird detail about Andrew Tate is that his father, Emory Tate, was one of the very few (if not only) black professional chess players in the United States. He wasn't world-class strong, but he was strong enough to nearly make a living out of winning chess tournaments. Highly unusual.

Well....was he American Black or 'sold my cousins to the British' Black? Cuz one type is definitely smarter. Not by a lot, but smarter.

Posted by: purely an academic question at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (F/35S)

124 118 I'm not sure how much they claim is real and how much is just performance art to make money.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

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"I don't know where I end and the performance begins anymore!"
-Andrew Tate, The Musical

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (UTxF6)

125 BTW the core things attributed to the manosphere as discoveries are comically things EVERYONE knew 40 years ago.

Women are more interested in a guy if he looks fit, has money, and charisma? Who knew they didn't want crying male feminists in skirts...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

126 keep anyone here from mistaking me for a woman
_-_
Me: Would have to make a spreadsheet to keep that straight here.
Horde: Fed! Fed! Fed!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (JWDez)

127 Capri pants are also called clam diggers. Ironic for Tate, I guess.

Posted by: nckate at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)

128 Didn't the Tates convert to Islam at some point?

If so maybe the Brits want to give him a medal or something

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

129 The cop should've told Jarrett Vick to calm down. That always works with chicks!

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (YSQQv)

>>>The officer gets out his pepper spray and orders Vick to calm down, pepper-spraying him when he doesn't calm down.

It's like you people don't even read the content.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:14 PM (dK+Kv)

130 Didn't the Tates convert to Islam at some point?

If so maybe the Brits want to give him a medal or something


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Oh, yeah, that scam too. Net positive for him - more clocks, and ....8 year old brides !

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (GD0B3)

131 "Flashback to Tucker Carlson GIDDY like a schoolgirl meeting Andrew Tate immediately after Tate was indicted for human trafficking and rape."

Tucker seems to gravitate towards the creeps and the weirdos.
He's become who he idolizes.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (NpAcC)

132 Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

As pimps, doesn't that mean they're calling their entire clientele gay?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (lFFaq)

133 lol, clicks not clocks !

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (GD0B3)

134 Here's a terrible and heartening story from Not the Bee:

https://tinyurl.com/y8m3yhn4

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (n5tGW)

135 Clam diggers?

Do oyster farmers wear them?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (to8tq)

136 Public Declaration: In late 2022, Tate shared on social platforms like Gettr and YouTube that he had officially embraced Islam, often praising the religion for having strict, uncompromising values.

Islamic Endorsements: Following his conversion, several prominent Muslim figures and influencers publicly welcomed him into the faith and supported his journey.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

137 I don't think you could be gay for calling them capri pants.

Just wearing them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)


Well, you know how it is, when a man starts knowing a little too much about fashion people start getting ideas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (6ydKt)

138 115 I would bet that a lot of our mentally ill would be better adjusted if they were cut off from online "supporters" who encourage their mental illness.

I've had left leaning acquittances go off the grid for a while and they are different people when removed from reddit for a while.

I am of a mind that the vast majority or the gender freaks are pushed over the edge by online trolls doin' it for the Lolz. Psychological Pranksters.

Posted by: purely an academic question at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (F/35S)

139 115 I would bet that a lot of our mentally ill would be better adjusted if they were cut off from online "supporters" who encourage their mental illness.

I've had left leaning acquittances go off the grid for a while and they are different people when removed from reddit for a while.
Posted by: 18-1
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Most people would because they are terrified about being outside the herd. Built in that way because to be ostracized used to come with a near certainty of death while even now, it causes a lot of people distress to be ostracized and isolated (look at Covid for example).

And the media/society/social media/etc are all intensely manipulative with the apex sociopaths and psychopaths running those operations to the detriment of all of us.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)

140 "The officer gets out his pepper spray and orders Vick to calm down, pepper-spraying him when he doesn't calm down."
- - - - - - - - - -
To be fair, does ANYONE ever calm down when you ask them to calm down?

On the other hand, would telling this blue-haired thing to "calm your tits!" actually work?

Posted by: Another Anon at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (4h45B)

141 Oh Tranny Boy, we're going to Baker Act you now
You're going to be on a 3-day psych hold
When you give signs of florid mental illness
Like screaming senselessly and hair that looks like mold

Posted by: I feel for the UCF employee trying to talk him down at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (TbWk/)

142 I don't know if I'd call it contagious
——

OK, then to what do you attribute the massive explosion of mental cases in the last several years?

It is absolutely contagious, humans are herd animals, subject to peer pressure and fads. Especially young people. The kiddie fuckers are reading bedtime stories to toddlers for a reason.

Notice they aren’t trying that shit at old folks home VA center?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (Xz2QX)

143 > And there was a LDS group that showed up day we were leaving.

I'm curious how many LDS boy scout troops there are now. The church parted ways with BSA a while ago. You can join a troop, but they don't meet at the church building weekly like they used to. Active members get called to fill certain roles, and troop leader used to be a possible calling. That's no longer the case.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (mkw2N)

144 136 Public Declaration: In late 2022, Tate shared on social platforms like Gettr and YouTube that he had officially embraced Islam, often praising the religion for having strict, uncompromising values.

Islamic Endorsements: Following his conversion, several prominent Muslim figures and influencers publicly welcomed him into the faith and supported his journey.
Posted by: 18-1
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Be amusing if someone put out that the Tates had renounced Islam before they go inside prison.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (E4rtv)

145 Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

As pimps, doesn't that mean they're calling their entire clientele gay?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (lFFaq)
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I don't think you want to see their clientele's browser history. They might indeed be gay ....

I've always strongly suspected that a lot of this hyper-masculine "manosphere" nonsense was aimed at gay men.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)

146
One would hope that that vid of a gender-confused person going off the rails would demonstrate to more people that this is more than an "identity" problem.

They have a reality problem.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)

147
My 6yo's favorite TV show at the moment is Walker, Texas Ranger. She demands it every day at bedtime.

Now, I won't pretend to know much about the Tate Brothers, because I know very little about them beyond their Romanian imbroglio of late.

But - at first blush - they look like a couple of guys Walker and Trivette would dropkick into a reservoir.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:19 PM (BI5O2)

148 The blue hair boy is obviously insane, yet roams free because society can't bring itself to institutionalize these freaks. We'd be safer if things like that were locked up.

Sad.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


Lasting damage of the Gipper years.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:19 PM (NnhvP)

149 And there was a LDS group that showed up day we were leaving.

I'm curious how many LDS boy scout troops there are now. The church parted ways with BSA a while ago. You can join a troop, but they don't meet at the church building weekly like they used to. Active members get called to fill certain roles, and troop leader used to be a possible calling. That's no longer the case.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (mkw2N)

They did part ways, likely over acceptance/celebration of such deviance. The person relating the info did not say BSA group. He said LDS group. I only caught a glimpse. Looked like a parallel org, just not BSA. I can imagine their shock.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:20 PM (dK+Kv)

150 I assume those guys are white. Otherwise, the UK cops wouldn't care.

Posted by: Nemo at July 20, 2026 04:20 PM (4RPgu)

151 In ye old days young men and women had relatives they could rely on to help them understand the opposite sex.

Now they have media which lies to them instead.

Seriously go read what passes for dating advice on places like reddit and it is no wonder there are so many young people that can't find romantic partners and can't understand the opposite sex.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

152 And now Trump is honoring a UK request for extradition on rape/child exploitation charges.

I guess rape/child exploitation is a real crime in the UK when it's crackers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (K3f7J)

153 Whoever thought men would look good in tight, calf-length, pants should be sent back to 1750 where they came from and then shot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Buckling your knickerbockers below the knee!
A tell-tale sign of corruption!

Posted by: Harold Hill at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (vJrRc)

154

So, did that nutjob get charged for car theft?

Or did IT use the trans thing to weasel out.

Ah, 27 years old. How charming.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (et1vG)

155 " Seth Dillon retweeted
Gadget
@Gadget440
Jul 19
🚨 For anyone who thinks Andrew Tate's new child pornography related charges are a "matrix attack":

Here is a BDSM video of Andrew (censored) hitting a girl wearing lingerie with a belt who was 14 or 15 years old, according to when Andrew himself said it was filmed.

Tate is charged in Romania with trafficking this girl as a minor into webcam pornography.

It is expected that the new UK charges involve this girl.."

and there is a disturbing video that I am not posting

so , yeah, we have enough celebrity scum already, get them out

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (GD0B3)

156
Tate, during his worst period, was chastizing guys who would prefer a mid-level female to "the hottest" fully transitioned "woman".

Insisting that a totally hot former man should be the preference over a mid girl.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (Fi81e)

157 BTW the core things attributed to the manosphere as discoveries are comically things EVERYONE knew 40 years ago.

Women are more interested in a guy if he looks fit, has money, and charisma? Who knew they didn't want crying male feminists in skirts...

I'm not dialed in to the manosphere, but I don't think they treat that information like a revelation. They preach it because so many single guys simply don't put in the work to get fit, earn money, and grow a masculine, interesting personality.

It's like Christians telling each other they need to focus on praying, reading the scriptures, repenting, focusing on Christ, etc. None of that's new, it's just something you need to hear and work on.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (mkw2N)

158 Be amusing if someone put out that the Tates had renounced Islam before they go inside prison.
Posted by: whig

This assumes UK has any Mussies in prison

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (NnhvP)

159 Tristan and Isolde >>> Tristan and Andrew

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

160 159 Tristan and Isolde >>> Tristan and Andrew

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

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Underappreciated film, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (UTxF6)

161 153 Whoever thought men would look good in tight, calf-length, pants should be sent back to 1750 where they came from and then shot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Buckling your knickerbockers below the knee!
A tell-tale sign of corruption!
Posted by: Harold Hill at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (vJrRc)

I'm gonna cover up my tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen!

Posted by: So's your old man! at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

162
Tate, during his worst period, was chastizing guys who would prefer a mid-level female to "the hottest" fully transitioned "woman".

Insisting that a totally hot former man should be the preference over a mid girl.
Posted by: Axeman

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The dude hates women.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (mmrXZ)

163 135 Clam diggers?

Do oyster farmers wear them?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (to8tq)

Shrimp and oyster farmers wear rubber overalls with the rubber boots.


(now you know that Platner was also into latex)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (6ydKt)

164 Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

I've noticed that most of that "All men/women are awful" posts I see on Twitter are from southeast Asia or Brazil. They may just be engagement bait, but they could also reflect the *seriously* messed up dynamics in those regions.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (lFFaq)

165 > The person relating the info did not say BSA group. He said LDS group. I only caught a glimpse. Looked like a parallel org, just not BSA. I can imagine their shock.

I see. I inferred LDS BSA group.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (mkw2N)

166 I've always strongly suspected that a lot of this hyper-masculine "manosphere" nonsense was aimed at gay men.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)

We are he-men!

Posted by: Jack Murphy, The Liminal Order at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

167
Buckling your knickerbockers below the knee!
A tell-tale sign of corruption!
Posted by: Harold Hill

Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?
A dime novel hidden in the corn crib?

Are certain words creeping into his conversation?
Words like, like "swell"?
A-ha!
"And so's your old man"?
Well, if so, my friends, ya got trouble...

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 04:25 PM (rE7Gw)

168 Just getting here, so sorry if this has already been addressed, but I believe that the UK would never have brought charges if these two were Pakistani.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (ZceAD)

169 The dude hates women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (mmrXZ)
__

Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (x7Vzy)

170 I see. I inferred LDS BSA group.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (mkw2N)

It could have been. (Very similar garb, lacking similar troop numbers, patches.) I can't confirm.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (dK+Kv)

171 156
Tate, during his worst period, was chastizing guys who would prefer a mid-level female to "the hottest" fully transitioned "woman".

Insisting that a totally hot former man should be the preference over a mid girl.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (Fi81e)

The outfit he's wearing screams "Try-sexual".

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)

172 BTW the core things attributed to the manosphere as discoveries are comically things EVERYONE knew 40 years ago.

Women are more interested in a guy if he looks fit, has money, and charisma? Who knew they didn't want crying male feminists in skirts...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)
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I think MOS started out as a movement to bring back that understanding, to help improve men's lives at a time when they were getting shit on and blamed for everything.

"Hey you all, stop whining and blaming others for your problems, go get in shape, get a nice car, and start looking more desirable to girls!"

Then, like all movements, MOS got coopted by grifters and scammers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (iFTx/)

173 The dude hates women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (mmrXZ)

I think the guy is a skeez who throws bombs for clicks and likes.

He is one of those my gut screams 'manufactured'. not fake- curated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)

174 Tate, during his worst period, was chastizing guys who would prefer a mid-level female to "the hottest" fully transitioned "woman".

I don't care how big the fake boobs are on a tranny, if he's got XY chromosomes you are gay...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

175 Florida Dems: what is the address of the blue haired "lady". "She's" Congressional material

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 04:27 PM (sMkB+)

176 Once again, after distracted reading (making lunch), I get to the end of the content and find an empty comment section. I coulda been a contenda...

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/)

177 Best way to piss off a tranny is to just ignore them. Look them in the eye, don't say anything and then just walk away. They usually snap.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 04:27 PM (sYM3s)

178 Posted by: Jack Murphy, The Liminal Order at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

Hahaha I almost forgot about him. The non plus ultra cuck faggot of the manosphere. That was pure hilarity. I can't believe he didn't end up drinking hemlock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (BI5O2)

179 "The officer gets out his pepper spray and orders Vick to calm down, pepper-spraying him when he doesn't calm down."

Just like a real woman!

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (Sy6m/)

180 168 Just getting here, so sorry if this has already been addressed, but I believe that the UK would never have brought charges if these two were Pakistani.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (ZceAD)

Naturally, it's their culture so they must be given a little leeway as they don't know any better.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (6ydKt)

181 Tristan and Isolde >>> Tristan and Andrew

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

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Underappreciated film, for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (UTxF6)
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"Meh"

-- Wagner

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

182 181 "Meh"

-- Wagner

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

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Wagner was not a pimp and did outfight Santino.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (UTxF6)

183 We are he-men!
Posted by: Jack Murphy, The Liminal Order at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

Oh god, Jack murphy. There was a thing where people trying to convince dudes that being a cuck was awesome.

How does that even work? Ill admit, there is a shitload of cuck porn out there so someone has to be consuming it, but..

It always seemed like bargaining behavior for a dude who's girl was cheating on him already.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (zZu0s)

184 My experience is children who get abused have their lives are wrecked

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)

185 157 BTW the core things attributed to the manosphere as discoveries are comically things EVERYONE knew 40 years ago.

Women are more interested in a guy if he looks fit, has money, and charisma? Who knew they didn't want crying male feminists in skirts...

Eh, I'm not so sure about that. With dating apps and social media being what they are you have to meet a gigantic laundry list of demands as a man to get so much as a first date, if you're "lucky." If you aren't in the top 5% of men in terms of looks, height, and earnings within a fairly narrow age bracket, you are essentially disqualified. Sure women have always been hypergamous, but it was more contained based on reasonably attainable options, to a point. This has gone out the window as the internet has conditioned young women especially to believe they are entitled to the very best their imagination has to offer, regardless of how few of these men actually exist.

Posted by: Some things haven't changed, some things went nuts at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)

186 A Greek urn.

Posted by: Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (wVcYX)

187 "In late 2022, Tate shared on social platforms like Gettr and YouTube that he had officially embraced Islam, often praising the religion for having strict, uncompromising values."

yeah, he probably loved the "Muslim right" to rape/murder the infidel.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (vbXSk)

188 ust getting here, so sorry if this has already been addressed, but I believe that the UK would never have brought charges if these two were Pakistani.


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that is a separate issue, does not make the Tate bros innocent

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (GD0B3)

189 Best way to piss off a tranny is to just ignore them. Look them in the eye, don't say anything and then just walk away. They usually snap.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 04:27 PM (sYM3s)

I just didn't look at them at all, except at a distance, noticing that one, two, three, four of these things is not like the others.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (dK+Kv)

190 177 Best way to piss off a tranny is to just ignore them. Look them in the eye, don't say anything and then just walk away. They usually snap.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Best to carry if that is the case because they feel justified in violence up to killing someone for dead naming them.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

191 Is this the first time the UK has arrested a Moslem for sex crimes?

Why I believe it may be.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 04:30 PM (wBaIH)

192 With Tucker, the Tate guy in a T-shirt looks like he's wearing a bra.

and needs one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (jU8k8)

193 Wagner was not a pimp and did outfight Santino.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (UTxF6)

Sollozzo also.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

194 183 We are he-men!
Posted by: Jack Murphy, The Liminal Order at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

Oh god, Jack murphy. There was a thing where people trying to convince dudes that being a cuck was awesome.

How does that even work? Ill admit, there is a shitload of cuck porn out there so someone has to be consuming it, but..

It always seemed like bargaining behavior for a dude who's girl was cheating on him already.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (zZu0s)

Dude was also doing solo "bear" pron - so yeah, pretty gay coded as the kids might say these days.

Posted by: Total fucking weirdo at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (TbWk/)

195 Foreign creepers. Out the fucking door you go.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (AEkWp)

196 Eh, I'm not so sure about that. With dating apps and social media being what they are you have to meet a gigantic laundry list of demands as a man to get so much as a first date, if you're "lucky." If you aren't in the top 5% of men in terms of looks, height, and earnings within a fairly narrow age bracket, you are essentially disqualified. Sure women have always been hypergamous, but it was more contained based on reasonably attainable options, to a point. This has gone out the window as the internet has conditioned young women especially to believe they are entitled to the very best their imagination has to offer, regardless of how few of these men actually exist.
Posted by: Some things haven't changed, some things went nuts at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)

Ye gods!

Posted by: Zaneeta Shinn at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (wVcYX)

197 I hate opera except Wagner. I also got to see Tristan und Isolde performed at the festival Salzburg, once. It was good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (BI5O2)

198 Skip, abused children's lives don't have to be wrecked forever. But there is a lot of healing and support and love they need to move past the anger, and avoid self destructive behavior as a learned coping defense mechanism.

And they HAVE to have positive adults who back them 100% on that journey and are not adding to the toxicity. Which for many of them is rare. And then if they have kids the cycle repeats.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (Eng1Z)

199 Shrimp and oyster farmers wear rubber overalls with the rubber boots.

White rubber boots. Referred to as Wanchese bedroom slippers in these parts.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (QaH55)

200
I like Josh in the video. He exits the scene like "I tried."

He was being gentle and respectable, but Vick wanted to get into it again with the officer.

These people don't belong in public telling us what words to use.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (Fi81e)

201 Cuck stuff is even weirder then being gay.

A gay guy isn't letting his wife get pregnant by another man to raise his kid...

Biologically it is insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (sKqQm)

202 > Best way to piss off a tranny is to just ignore them. Look them in the eye, don't say anything and then just walk away. They usually snap.

Tell a pretend female tranny, "no" and the male will come out.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (mkw2N)

203
Tristan and Isolde >>> Tristan and Andrew

"When the two reunite in Act Two, their euphoric singing leaves us in no doubt: they are quite out of their minds. Later in the same act, wileful bliss reveals its true face as perversion, spelt out in Wagner’s libretto. The music is gorgeous. The words are lovely, too. Charmed, we must really pay attention to note the sickness of erotic inebriation in which there is no trace of romance. Tristan and Isolde seek, not communion, but possession. Possession, they see, can only become final in death. They start to yearn for death. Renouncing the day, they opt for the night."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (O0L8i)

204 I hate opera except Wagner. I also got to see Tristan und Isolde performed at the festival Salzburg, once. It was good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (BI5O2)
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Tristan the night away.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:34 PM (Fi81e)

205 This has gone out the window as the internet has conditioned young women especially to believe they are entitled to the very best their imagination has to offer, regardless of how few of these men actually exist.

Posted by: Some things haven't changed, some things went nuts at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)

And at that point does a man even want a girl who's been around and has the scars to prove it?

Feminism has already made so many young, educated, females nuts. Scrolling for men has just reinforced everything they were taught in Women's Studies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

206 and he began screaming abuse at the cops, and then screaming "YOU'RE HURTING ME"
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They should have hurt him. Bet he never got a spanking at home or swats in school.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:34 PM (jU8k8)

207 Illegal Alien Convicted for Killing Ruby Garcia, SUES Trump for “Humiliating” Him by Highlighting His Crime in Campaign Ads — Demands $75.5 Million, Counseling, and U.S. Citizenship

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (RHGPo)

208 A tranny walked out of the Men’s room on campus many years ago as I was walking in. I gave my most winning smile and a hearty “Lookin’ GOOD!!”

He put his face in his hands and started crying. My intent was to break the spell, so to speak. Mean?

Not as mean as encouraging this shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (Xz2QX)

209 Shrimp and oyster farmers wear rubber overalls with the rubber boots.
----
On the beach. Among the landlubbers, they wear jack boots, and they carry an ax and some chloroform.

Posted by: Der Oysterführer at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (BI5O2)

210 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (O0L8i)

What is that from? I saw that quote recently.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (lFFaq)

211 Is this the first time the UK has arrested a Moslem for sex crimes?

Why I believe it may be.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 04:30 PM (wBaIH)
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To be clear, Tate won't be an immigrant until after he's arrested.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:36 PM (Fi81e)

212
What is that from? I saw that quote recently.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (lFFaq)

___________

Chastity by Erik Varden

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (O0L8i)

213 Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves >>> Pimps and Professors

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (fI52Y)

214 198 Skip, abused children's lives don't have to be wrecked forever. But there is a lot of healing and support and love they need to move past the anger, and avoid self destructive behavior as a learned coping defense mechanism.

And they HAVE to have positive adults who back them 100% on that journey and are not adding to the toxicity. Which for many of them is rare. And then if they have kids the cycle repeats.
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (Eng1Z)

And that can be such a crapshoot, as part of the abuse dynamic is preventing, restricting, and controlling the child's social interactions to ensure that the parent(s) carefully crafted facade of being such good people, exemplary parents and pillars of the community is never laid bare, and that the child remains firmly in the parent(s) control and feeling helpless no matter where they are. The combination of physical pain and psychological torture that cannot be escaped, and that nobody will believe anyway because mom and dad are such great god-fearing hardworking church folk, can fuck a kid's head forever.

Posted by: Trust me, I know at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (TbWk/)

215 Illegal Alien Convicted for Killing Ruby Garcia, SUES Trump for “Humiliating” Him by Highlighting His Crime in Campaign Ads — Demands $75.5 Million, Counseling, and U.S. Citizenship

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (RHGPo)
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I find for the plaintiff!!

Posted by: NY Judge at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

216 Got my masters at UCF in the early 90s. So long ago I barely remember. It's more like a real university now with protesters, transgenders and a football stadium.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (+48wn)

217 Feminism has already made so many young, educated, females nuts.
——

Not unrelated, the schools now uniformly treat boys as some sort of species of defective girls. Man hating whack jobs run these places. The tranny phenomenon is a product of this arrangement.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:38 PM (Xz2QX)

218 If you keep eyeballing that blue buffalo, son, he' going to get up and charge.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 04:38 PM (sYM3s)

219 First we get the background the we get the skinny.
Blue hair college student, there's still time to save others.
Clean that school of woke debris.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:38 PM (jU8k8)

220 Toxic women who lack self awareness claim they all want the men with the Sixes:

Six feet tall
Six figure income
Six pack
Six inches

I wish I had the video, but it was pointed out to a woman braying about wanting all this, that the number of actual men with all those things, who also make for an emotionally healthy and balanced, quality husband and father? Is like 1% of men.

What are YOU doing, lady, so be attractive and match the quality of that type of man? She didn't have an answer.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Eng1Z)

221 Dude was also doing solo "bear" pron - so yeah, pretty gay coded as the kids might say these days.
Posted by: Total fucking weirdo at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (TbWk

Well, and a video where his "wife" stuck a dildo up his ass.

That's not coded, my brotha. That's being transmitted in the clear.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (BI5O2)

222 Wagner was not a pimp and did outfight Santino.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (UTxF6)
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I killed my wife!

Posted by: Robert Wagner at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

223 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (O0L8i)

Were you the one that posted the excerpt? I could only have seen it here or on Twitter and here seems more likely.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (lFFaq)

224 Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves >>> Pimps and Professors
——

Looters, shooters, and Frankenstein cooters

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Xz2QX)

225 We're so proud of our daughter.
Son.
Whatever.

Posted by: Jarrett Preston Vick's parents at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (2Ez/1)

226 Feminism has already made so many young, educated, females nuts. Scrolling for men has just reinforced everything they were taught in Women's Studies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

Well...yeah. Looking at the survey data women are more "liberated" and "independent" than ever, and the most miserable they've ever been since they started recording data on this sort of thing. Seems that disrupting a broadly functional social order has adverse consequences.

Posted by: Who'd a thunk it? at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (TbWk/)

227 "On the other hand, I didn't defend them, because: I don't know anything about them and considering that their business seems to be, openly, pimping and prostitution, I didn't really think they deserved much of my time or mental exertion, nor much of yours."

The left calls them right-wing, even far-right, but I can't identify anything right-wing about them. It looks to me like a psyop, where leftists are trying to pretend that misogyny is inherently right-wing, and they're throwing a couple of their own under the bus to sell the spin. But it won't fly here.

Pimps are *left*-wing misogynists. Always have been, always will be.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (Sy6m/)

228 Hustlers U? Now they tell me.

Posted by: PHustle31 at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (wGerL)

229 I killed my wife!
Posted by: Robert Wagner at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM
====

Me too!

Posted by: Orinthal James at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (2Ez/1)

230 "Six feet tall
Six figure income
Six pack
Six inches"

Would you settle for 12 inches and zero income?

Posted by: Guy who is packing at July 20, 2026 04:41 PM (MWfyi)

231 SMOD he needs a Marxist Judge

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:41 PM (Ia/+0)

232 Looters, shooters, and Frankenstein cooters
Posted by: Common Tater

Heh

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 04:41 PM (AEkWp)

233 Gypsies, tramps and thieves?
Every night all the men would come around...and lay their money down.

Posted by: Cher at July 20, 2026 04:42 PM (2Ez/1)

234 Poaching ace,

@sentdefender
3m
U.S. Central Command has said that the 10 consecutive night of strikes on Iran began 20 minutes ago at 4:00 pm ET today, as the U.S. gears up for a potential uptempo in strikes against Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:42 PM (jU8k8)

235 I cannot take credit for that, sadly.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:42 PM (Xz2QX)

236 At that time, three years ago or whenever, Romanian press reported rumors that the Tate brothers have some compromising recordings of high-ranking policemen, maybe also prosecutors or politicians, which they were using to evade arrest; even though, as you wrote, they pimped and whatever else in a very open and even showy manner.
I am still waiting for those recordings to come out.

Posted by: PG at July 20, 2026 04:42 PM (InZWE)

237 That psychotic blue-haired Smurfette tranny should be involuntarily committed at the local lunatic asylum, administered 50 cc of Thorazine, and forced to listen to this on a loop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbQ5GCo6m0

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 20, 2026 04:43 PM (X+xvk)

238 >>> Would you settle for 12 inches and zero income?
Posted by: Guy who is packing

Paolo, my dear silly man, is that you?

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:43 PM (Eng1Z)

239
Were you the one that posted the excerpt? 

______________

Madam, it was.

Wagner's music is extraordinary, sublime. His librettos, which he wrote, um, problematic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:44 PM (O0L8i)

240 I understand the Democrats in Maine are looking for a few good men.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 20, 2026 04:45 PM (MDua2)

241 DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)
=

Ummm...

Posted by: Emory Tate, father of Andrew at July 20, 2026 04:45 PM (0bjKf)

242 @202/bonhomme:

Was in a hardware store getting some advice about the more newfangled mouse and rat traps, and one of the "It's MA'AM" types walks up to our aisle, and was looking at the guy helping me like he was going to pounce on him next.

Store employee starts volunteering a LOT of unasked-for information about the traps, and I realize he's desperate to not get entangled with the circus freak. Fair enough, I play along and start asking more questions about the products.

Mr. "It's MA'AM" starts complaining loudly about not getting any help. I say to him, "Hey, this guy's helping me right now, maybe you can find someone else okay?" "It's MA'AM" walks off in a huff, venting loudly.

Employee has a very relieved look on his face.

I smile and say, "Now would be a really really good time to go on break, wouldn't it?"

He grins, nods, and takes off for the back room. Winning!

Me, I left the store, no purchase made. I didn't want to be part of that three ring circus. (And this is something stores need to understand. Disturbances don't win you sales. Show the mentally disturbed people the door, and lock it after they're outside until they figure out they need to go away.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 04:46 PM (O7YUW)

243 Was the psychotic blue-haired Smurfette tranny bucking for a Section 8 discharge?

Posted by: Corporal Max Klinger at July 20, 2026 04:46 PM (2Ez/1)

244 I think the own-goal saga of the ridiculous Tate brothers' rise and downfall will make for a very interesting, Goodfellas-style romp of a movie someday.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:46 PM (Eng1Z)

245 When it seemed like Tate was trying to reform his image, I took it that it might be the case that all his pimping talk was bullshit and he was, at that time, trying to build an image.

And that perhaps later, he became more serious about being a mentor for young men.

So, of course real pimping charges just wipes all that away. I guess he may have done some of what I considered bullshit attention-getting.

But then again, Assange is wanted to "rape".

But I'm 80% good riddance, here.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)

246 My son started his own successful
pimp business while in high school. He was a graduate of Hustler U. America is falling apart when our youngsters mentors are persecuted by law enforcement. Whats happening to our country?

Posted by: Gil Westrum at July 20, 2026 04:47 PM (yqhRp)

247
That tranny should get credit for having the discipline and dedication to maintain his falsetto fake girl voice all through his extended fight with the police.

The whole thing is a microcosm of the transgender methodology: pick a fight over imaginary issues, then get violent against anyone who doesn't humor their delusions. They are weapons programmed by revolutionaries.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 20, 2026 04:47 PM (biznJ)

248 I wish I had the video, but it was pointed out to a woman braying about wanting all this, that the number of actual men with all those things, who also make for an emotionally healthy and balanced, quality husband and father? Is like 1% of men.

What are YOU doing, lady, so be attractive and match the quality of that type of man? She didn't have an answer.
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Eng1Z)
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IIRC it's not even close to 1%. It's like .0001% of men.

there's a YT channel called hoe_math that's really enlightening about modern dating.

I married my wife before dating apps were a thing and I feel like I caught the last chopper out of 'Nam.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 04:47 PM (oqH4h)

249 It is amazing to me how abused kids grow into abusive partners/parents themselves.

You would think they would go out of their way to be kind and gentle.

Some do. Some do not.

There is a choice though.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (6YzFa)

250 I'm not dialed in to the manosphere, but I don't think they treat that information like a revelation. They preach it because so many single guys simply don't put in the work to get fit, earn money, and grow a masculine, interesting personality.

------

It is basically the only logical advice to give to ugly guys on attracting women. Unfortunately that advice may have had more relevence when women were highly dependent on men for resources but has become practically useless in a world where women are resource independent of men. Simply put the average and below average men in physical (especially facial) attractiveness have virtually nothing to offer modern women that modern women actually want.

Modern young men are being gaslighted to an extreme degree by progressives and conservatives. Nobody in authority even cares.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (DbmIv)

251 DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)
=

Ummm...
Posted by: Emory Tate, father of Andrew at July 20, 2026 04:45 PM (0bjKf)
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White-black, we mean.

Posted by: Media at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

252 I killed my wife!

Posted by: Robert Wagner at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM

Oh. I didn't see. You. There. I was. Below. Deck. Making a. Drink.

Posted by: Christopher Walken at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (X+xvk)

253 So if the Tates were named Ahmed and Saheed, they would have been totally cool for the UK.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 20, 2026 04:51 PM (CHHv1)

254 DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)
=

Ummm...
Posted by: Emory Tate, father of Andrew at July 20, 2026 04:45 PM (0bjKf)
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White-black, we mean.
Posted by: Media at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

These boys is not white! These boys is not white! Hell, they ain't even old timey!

Posted by: Homer Stokes at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (wVcYX)

255 Boats and Hos > Pimps and Professors.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

256 3rd Monday afternoon appointment in a row, dentist today

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (Ia/+0)

257 Aw hell dad, I got lots of girlfriends, Sally's just my bottom bitch! Do you know what I am saying?

Posted by: Butters' Kissing Company at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (TbWk/)

258 So if the Tates were named Ahmed and Saheed, they would have been totally cool for the UK.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Dual citizenship strikes!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (NnhvP)

259 Store employee starts volunteering a LOT of unasked-for information about the traps, and I realize he's desperate to not get entangled with the circus freak. Fair enough, I play along and start asking more questions about the products.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

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

God bless and keep you for this selfless and compassionate action.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (X+xvk)

260 There is a choice though.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (6YzFa)
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There are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.

Posted by: Jimmy Page at July 20, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)

261 If I lisp and beat the sh#t out of my girlfriend will you people finally like me?

Posted by: Gil Westrum at July 20, 2026 04:53 PM (yqhRp)

262 >>> I married my wife before dating apps were a thing and I feel like I caught the last chopper out of 'Nam.
Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 04:47 PM (oqH4h)

I met my husband on Mutual, a Mormon dating app. To play off your simile, I feel like I was hanging to the rail at the bottom of the last chopper out of 'Nam! Glad I found him there! Not all the dating apps are bad.

BUT, as a woman with a lot of friends on that app still, I cannot tell you how many wolves will go on there to prey on nice, naive LDS women who are truly looking for a good man. They want a nice Mormon waifu without doing the work of being in the faith themselves. And I know several horror stories of women raped from meeting men on the app.

Modern dating is a total crap shoot with Calvinball rules and morals. Glad I made it out.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:53 PM (Eng1Z)

263 NOOD - Iran

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 04:54 PM (Yh7zv)

264 Nood

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:54 PM (NnhvP)

265
They preach it because so many single guys simply don't put in the work to get fit, earn money, and grow a masculine, interesting personality.

____________

It's pointless to do those things to attract a woman. They should be done because you were given gifts and are asked to develop them for your own good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (O0L8i)

266
Can't we just pack up the screaming, insane, blue-hair trannie along with the Tates?

Make it a package deal.

It's a bonus, limeys!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (iJfKG)

267 3rd Monday afternoon appointment in a row, dentist today
Posted by: Skip

Ha. I just got back from the dentist.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 04:56 PM (lJ0H4)

268 The Tate Brothers Center for Kids Who Can’t Pimp Good

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt)

269 252 I killed my wife!

Posted by: Robert Wagner at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM

Oh. I didn't see. You. There. I was. Below. Deck. Making a. Drink.

Posted by: Christopher Walken
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All of them so stoned they barely knew where they were.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (jU8k8)

270 Well...yeah. Looking at the survey data women are more "liberated" and "independent" than ever, and the most miserable they've ever been since they started recording data on this sort of thing. Seems that disrupting a broadly functional social order has adverse consequences.


Unintentional consequences is a harsh mistress. Though I suspect it was absolutely intentional. The traditional family is a threat to Marxism.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 05:14 PM (sAmhv)

271 Reflexes are protective because they are so fast. Skips the brain, pain, withdrawal reflex, then think, was it sharp or hot?
After the brain processes, Tates are bad guys, Tucker is a ho, so is Megyn. She has better legs. Go to go, a reflex is kicking in.

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Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

Really? I'm so surprised. Leftwing movements are never taken over by some kind of, oh, let's say "Bolshevik Faction."


Former Democratic Socialists of America member Jake Altman offered an inside look Saturday at the organization he says has been overtaken by communists -- warning the same playbook is now being used to push the Democratic Party further to the left.

"Their organization has been captured..." Altman told Fox News.

"One of my real concerns is that we see a lot of resistance to anti-communism within the DSA, even from the moderate wing of the DSA, and I think this is very, very dangerous."

Speaking on "Saturday in America," Altman warned the organization is anything but "harmless," claiming its members are "perfectly willing to cohabitate with Maoists, with Trotskyists, with Leninists" -- groups he said are intent on dismantling American institutions.

"People who want to pull down American institutions and are very clear about it. People who have this thrill to violence. That is just profoundly troubling at a time when our country is already facing many, many problems," he said.

Altman also said some aspects of the group raised his eyebrows nearly 10 years ago when, while participating in a debate on the organization's behalf, he questioned whether he was the best person to represent its trajectory.

At the time, he claimed, he was reassured that the organization's increasingly radical direction was being driven by only a small faction clustered around "Jacobin" magazine.

"I was debating with Leninists who were saying Bernie Sanders isn't a socialist, and now we're hearing that from DSA, right? Bernie Sanders, AOC, they're not real socialists," he recalled.

"So I think this is just the level of extremism and radicalism we're seeing. People in DSA will try to minimize it and say it's just a few people... they're a small minority. But... look at the executive board. It's full of this alphabet soup of extremist caucuses."

Altman urged Democrats to stand up against a "radicalized base," as far-left DSA candidates secure wins nationwide.

"These people are not operating in good faith," he said. "DSA members are not in the Democratic Party to operate in good faith."

Even Arch-Race-Lefty Van Jones is alarmed about his totally-not-communist Democrat Party being taken over by communists.

Again, how can these non-communist moderate leftist organizations keep becoming communist revolutionary groups?! Make it make sense!


Longtime CNN political commentator and Democrat Van Jones rebuked far-left activists Saturday, warning that their positions on Hamas, prisons and immigration are regressive and threatened to steer the Democratic Party in the wrong direction as socialist-backed candidates celebrated recent primary victories.

That is the Democrat Party's direction, which you approve of.

You just don't like the communists shouting it when they're supposed to just whisper it and imply it, as you do.

...

"But some people in groups like the DSA are pushing an agenda FAR outside those ideals. Supporting Hamas is not progressive. 'No police, no prisons, no borders' is not progressive. Celebrating the murder of Israeli civilians is not progressive. These ideas are REGRESSIVE," Jones said.


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The ex-administration advisor to former President Barack Obama also rejected the argument that the far-left was merely advocating the type of social democracy practiced in Nordic countries.

"Some defend the far left by claiming they only want Nordic-style social democracy. If that were true, I might applaud them," Jones said. "I want those policies, too! But what does universal healthcare have to do with Hamas? With abolishing all law enforcement? With erasing all borders? With treating every wealthy person as a villain? Ideas matter. And these are terrible ideas."

Communist nepo baby and Islamist Party-Boy Zohran Mamdani claims he's just fighting for the working class but has no definition of "working class."

When pressed, he claims the "working class" is anyone being paid a salary, and includes his rich donors making up to one million dollars per year.

Mayor Mamdani struggles to define who the 'working class' is in a word salad interview


New York City's socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, struggled to define who the "working class" is in a word salad response to a question about the people he vows to fight for.

Mamdani, in a lengthy interview with the New York Times published over the weekend, was asked point-blank by journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro, "How do you define the working class?"

"I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," he vaguely responded.


When pushed whether he would consider those who make $250,000 per year as working class, he said, "I haven't asked myself where it starts and stops.

"What I would say is those who are working to try and afford the basic dignities of life and aren't able to do so, I think that that is also working class. Oftentimes we're asked how we divide this country. I think there's only one majority in this country -- it's the working class," he then rambled.

Confused by the convoluted reponse, Garcia-Navarro admitted that Hizzoner's description didn't seem to "ring true," to her.

"It just seems a very easy answer to what is a complicated question," the reporter fought back. "Because politically, if you're saying everyone is the working class, or anyone that gets a salary is the working class, yes, that opens up your tent. But practically speaking, we are divided by income -- and especially if you want to tax people, where you draw those lines matter."

Mamdani then said he would draw the line at around $1 million per year -- which Garcia-Navarro pointed out could alienate potential voters such as a janitor who he's lumped in the same "working class" category as a successful lawyer.

I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM




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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (N1tpc)

2 I think the term for most of the initial "socialist" members is "useful idiots".

Or "the first to go up against the wall after the revolution has succeeded"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (N1tpc)

3 I guess I better nood

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (N1tpc)

4 And back

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (N1tpc)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

6 A group with socialist in the name are surprised at who they attracted?

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (hftzA)

7 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

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🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (GD0B3)

8 "Democrats shocked that their brainwashing in the schools has produced exactly what they taught people to believe."

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (N1tpc)

9 Something something if you don’t know who the mark is at the table, you’re the mark.

Seriously, these guys are super dumb or liars.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (4KUe5)

10 The only good commie is a dead commie.

Perhaps they missed the memo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (dK+Kv)

11 Communists took over the Democrat Party around 1968.

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (Q+gd/)

12 My favorite part so far is that they've gone so radical that even the lefties at the "Conserving conservatism conservatively most good conservative" BullWork are balking at them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (3cUTc)

13 That was a nice, easy question designed to hand Mamdani a platform. That he f*cked it up is a testament to how unprepared he is to go off script.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (l4RKn)

14 Longtime CNN political commentator and Democrat Van Jones rebuked far-left activists Saturday, warning that their positions on Hamas, prisons and immigration are regressive and threatened to steer the Democratic Party in the wrong direction as socialist-backed candidates celebrated recent primary victories.


You're a self-avowed communist, asshole. GFY. You've been working for this your entire career.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

15 If you're based on Marx--or arguably based on Owen--you are based on a fugue from reality.

There is no wonder that it goes off the rails.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)

16 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow


1) Bullshit.

2) You're lucky they didn't put you up against a wall and shoot you.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (v3afF)

17 That is the Democrat Party's direction, which you approve of.

You just don't like the communists shouting it when they're supposed to just whisper it and imply it, as you do.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

Exactly. Their positions are not any different, but the older Democrats realize they can't be honest about wanting to destroy the country.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (N1tpc)

18 Shorter Van Jones: Slow your roll, you’re giving away the game!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (4KUe5)

19 > I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Real communism has never been tried. Just ask any random 22 year old recent university graduate.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (mkw2N)

20 What they seem to be warning people of is actually more akin to Maoism.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)

21 19 > I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Real communism has never been tried. Just ask any random 22 year old recent university graduate.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM

Wearing a Che Guevara shirt or a Mao jacket.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (hftzA)

22 No one learns from history, even as recent as 1989.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:36 PM (4g5V+)

23 I try to be understanding because most of these folks have had history hidden from them, rewritten and distorted with Marxist lies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 02:36 PM (RIvkX)

24 Wearing a Che Guevara shirt or a Mao jacket.
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (hftzA)

Those should be grounds for denaturalization and deportation.

That's my compromise position from a helicopter ride.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (N1tpc)

25 You're a self-avowed communist, asshole. GFY. You've been working for this your entire career.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

I respect him because he tells the truth sometimes.

That doesn't mean that we won't be on opposite sides of the barricades...and I am a much better shot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (l4RKn)

26 I like these DSA guys and gals.

Posted by: George McGovern at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (4g5V+)

27 When pushed whether he would consider those who make $250,000 per year as working class, he said, "I haven't asked myself where it starts and stops.

"What I would say is those who are working to try and afford the basic dignities of life and aren't able to do so, I think that that is also working class. Oftentimes we're asked how we divide this country. I think there's only one majority in this country -- it's the working class," he then rambled.


NYC is the most expensive city in the country. It will NEVER be affordable by the working class. No matter WHAT your islhamic commie as does.

FOAD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

28 With communism, we don’t agree if the definition of “works.”


For a lot of these foreigners , such as Mamdani, the goal is revolution.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (4KUe5)

29 I like the meme with the lady smiling over the coffee cup saying "They're doing it again because you didn't hang them all last time."

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (3Ope8)

30 We started this moderate group devoted to starting small scale fires and then these crazy arsonists who set fires to forests took over. We’re shocked by it all.

Posted by: Arsonists of America at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (GEtfQ)

31 That doesn't mean that we won't be on opposite sides of the barricades...and I am a much better shot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (l4RKn)


Valid. I've seen you shoot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

32 Has not anyone on the left read and understood my book?

Posted by: Mary Shelly at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

33 This whole line that Socialism is benign and not evil, like Communism, is very strange. Communism is socialism minus the State.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (2ap+5)

34 >> People who have this thrill to violence.

It’s kinda of cute, and perhaps serendipitous they think nobody will fight back. That somehow all those people who have been fighting wars for the last twenty years or so will just surrender to a bunch of blue haired, gender confused, slightly retarded, girlish, wanna be men who have eaten one too many Hot pockets or Chipotle bowls, and watched a couple of YouTube videos.

This actually aptly defined the Democrats, who want to seize power any way they can unless it involves voter id. Fags.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (jlI90)

35 Mamdani then said he would draw the line at around $1 million per year -- which Garcia-Navarro pointed out could alienate potential voters such as a janitor who he's lumped in the same "working class" category as a successful lawyer.

There is a reason for this.

I associate with a lost of leftwing LIVs that makes strong 6 figures and will claim to be middle class.

Their argument is after paying for a multi-million dollar house, two new cars, a couple of overseas a vacation a year, and "help" at home they can barely make ends meet and are taxed too much.

So if Bomb-daddy comes out and says working class is below $100K he alienates these people making $250k/year who right now are on board with "taxing the rich" by whom they mean NOT them.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)

36 Willowed, but highly appropriate:

After watching Stephen Miller step up to the mic during last week's The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, hosted at the U.S. State Department, I'd say the Administration is on track for crackdown.

"“Here in the United States, we have taken the necessary and essential action of formally recognizing left-wing violence as a form of political terrorism that is a direct threat to our national security and the survival of our republican form of government,” Miller said at the top of his remarks." (Mediaite)

The Guarantee Clause of the US Constitution is about to be enforced.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (rj6Yv)

37 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Useful idiots think it can be made to work. The power brokers controlling the useful idiots see themselves.as the vanguards of the new proletariat. The leaders of the party are jockeying now for a seat at the new Presidium.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (2WIwB)

38 That's my compromise position from a helicopter ride.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

How about half a helicopter ride?

Posted by: Kratwurst at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (36bTp)

39
Does communism work? Define work.
It concentrates the power and the profit into the hands of fewer people while extoling the virtue of stripping the wealthy of everything that they have.
That's how it works.

It's the politics of covetousness. You know, the original sin.
It's been working forever. Human nature, baby.

Posted by: Speller at July 20, 2026 02:39 PM (pSotA)

40 Wearing a Che Guevara shirt or a Mao jacket.
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (hftzA)

I want to wear a Che Guevara t-shirt!

One with an image of him after he arrived in Bolivia in 1967.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:39 PM (4g5V+)

41 > I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Soon we'll be fighting them for survival.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:39 PM (jehhT)

42 >Article IV, Section 4:

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:39 PM (rJ48h)

43 Has not anyone on the left read and understood my book?
Posted by: Mary Shelly at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

The left doesn't get metaphor and abstract thinking.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (N1tpc)

44 Even Arch-Race-Lefty Van Jones is alarmed about his totally-not-communist Democrat Party being taken over by communists.

Again, how can these non-communist moderate leftist organizations keep becoming communist revolutionary groups?! Make it make sense!

I think it's also true that Van Jones has somewhat moderated his views because he's now a parent, and that seems to make many people wake up a bit.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (Riz8t)

45 @Rothmus Jul 17

On this day [July 17] in 1918 the Bolsheviks herded Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and their five children into a basement in Yekaterinburg and opened fire.

The bullets bounced because the girls had diamonds sewn into their corsets. So the reds finished the job with bayonets, stabbing, crushing skulls, and butchering the children while they were still alive.

Then they stripped the bodies, doused them in acid, burned what remained, and dumped the remains in a forest to hide the crime.

This was the deliberate, sadistic murder of an entire family, including a sick little boy, by communist animals who needed the blood of innocents to cement their power.

Never forget what the Bolsheviks were.

Never forgive it

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (826kS)

46 Useful idiots think it can be made to work. The power brokers controlling the useful idiots see themselves.as the vanguards of the new proletariat. The leaders of the party are jockeying now for a seat at the new Presidium.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (2WIwB)

They are all central planners who all think THEY will be the central planner.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (4g5V+)

47 Even Arch-Race-Lefty Van Jones is alarmed about his totally-not-communist Democrat Party being taken over by communists.
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"Why are they saying the quiet part out loud?!" Jones exclaimed.

The DNC has been nurturing this for quite a while.

Late 20th century Democrat politics resembled so much Owen's "socialism" than it did Marx's. But Marx is no doubt influenced by Owen, in that Marx seems to be trying to lay out the logistics to get to Owen's communes.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (Fi81e)

48 Bad news: We're going to have to kill a lot of communists in the near future. (They're going to insist on it unfortuntately.)

Good news: We won't have to travel very far.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (w1Bba)

49 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

"Why do all these gay guys keep sucking my d!ck?"

- The Onion

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 02:41 PM (bFu5X)

50 It is amusing to watch how much of an idiot one has to be to believe leftwing economics.

I was reading one facebook thread where the lefties all agreed to one should have to work to provide for life's necessities.

Well, ok, if no one grows your avocados where the hell are you getting your avocado toast from?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

51 I talked to a guy who lives in a rural area about this the other day. When he stopped laughing he said, I can’t wait for them to come up here. We already put the pole up outside the town line and left a box there with a hammer and some railroad tie spikes.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:41 PM (jlI90)

52 Really? I'm so surprised. Leftwing movements are never taken over by some kind of, oh, let's say "Bolshevik Faction."

It kinda hits you in the head like an axe...

Posted by: Zombie Leon Trotsky at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

53 What's the saying? Any organization that isn't explicitly right-wing will eventually be taken over by the far left...something like that.

Well when you start on the far left don't be surprised when the real lunatics come in and wear your organization as a skin suit.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (oqH4h)

54 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

"Why do all these gay guys keep sucking my d!ck?"

Beat me to it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (Riz8t)

55 Look at it through the eyes of the DSA, and you have to admit "Menshevik" sounds a bit Jewy.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (NYInA)

56 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

We should have had the whole Truth and Reconciliation thing in regards to communism after the Soviet Union fell but we had Bush 41 and Clinton so that didn't happen...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

57
Wearing a Che Guevara shirt or a Mao jacket.
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (hftzA)

Made by asian slaves. That they bought.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (w1Bba)

58 People who want to pull down American institutions and are very clear about it. People who have this thrill to violence.


Fine.
Bring it assholes. Try your marxist bullshit in my little.town.
Better bring some friends, you'll need them.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (2WIwB)

59 how unfortunate that john mccain isn't around to reach across the aisle and work with these people to get things done

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (CWTWj)

60 It is amusing to watch how much of an idiot one has to be to believe leftwing economics.


Are you suggesting it might be a bit embarrassing to have AOC and Bernie held up as your economics experts? Perish the thought!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (Riz8t)

61 I love watching the left eat its own dick!

I've said many times that there's no difference between the new breed of DSA commie and the old breed of Bernie Sanders commie.

True, they use different rhetoric, but there's no significant issue that there's any daylight on. There's no legislation or policy where their votes would be any different.

But the fact that fools like Jake Altman seem desperate to distance themselves from the open cannibals very strongly suggests to me that the internal Democrap polling on whether open cannibalism is politically popular is atrocious.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

62 They are all central planners who all think THEY will be the central planner.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (4g5V+)


Hee hee. Hee.
Won't they be surprised!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (2WIwB)

63 Their plan is pretty simple. They believe they can take over the government and wear it like a skin suit. Then everyone will just fall in line. You know, walk away from the constitution then have the military and government agencies trample shoot and kill anyone who doesn’t go along. It’s so retarded I just heard rain man laugh.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (jlI90)

64 48 Bad news: We're going to have to kill a lot of communists in the near future. (They're going to insist on it unfortuntately.)

Good news: We won't have to travel very far.
Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (w1Bba)
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I'm having a hard time putting killing commies into the "bad news" bucket.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (oqH4h)

65 "I never thought the leopard would eat my face."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (m4BoI)

66 Communists are communist!!??


Oh, say it isn't so!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (ourEi)

67 That doesn't mean that we won't be on opposite sides of the barricades...and I am a much better shot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (bFu5X)

68 Communism, either Marx's theory or Owen's communes, is the utmost liberal dream.

Nobody has the authority to tell you what to do.

So, naturally, all human problems are solved.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (Fi81e)

69 We should have had the whole Truth and Reconciliation thing in regards to communism after the Soviet Union fell but we had Bush 41 and Clinton so that didn't happen...


It would have made no difference. Every 1-2 generations, the lesson needs to be learned anew.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

70 lol, the entire Democrat Party believes that, dunce.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (jlI90)

71 Paul is some kind of small bidness owner isn’t he? Lol.

Just you wait Paul you may be up against the wall last, but you will be up against the wall.

Posted by: Arsonists of America at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (GEtfQ)

72 One point that has to be made here - this isn't a care where if the communists do get in power it is going to look like Red Dawn.

Your credit card won't work, your funds in your bank will be seized, and anyone that speaks up will first be shut off from social media and the later disappeared. And they'll tell your neighbors you were a Russian spy or a Neo-NAZI and were planning to engage in terrorism or some such...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

73 We started a heroin club, but only snorting -- no injection.

But first a few skin poppers and then full mainlining.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 02:45 PM (FOFVX)

74 60 how unfortunate that john mccain isn't around to reach across the aisle and work with these people to get things done
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (CWTWj)
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My gosh man have some respect. At least wait until his funeral is over!

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 02:45 PM (oqH4h)

75 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM
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Look at the hierarchy of the national teachers' unions and the faculty lounge of nearly every major university in the country. People who have a clear-eyed view of Marxism are hounded out of our educational systems K-12 and higher. "Fascists" is the kindest thing that they are called.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 02:45 PM (rj6Yv)

76 Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:45 PM (teRLw)

77 "Democrats shocked that their brainwashing in the schools has produced exactly what they taught people to believe."
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Yes, weird how otherwise unemployable adults with no marketable job skills outside of government schools produces only monster babies capable of nothing but mindless destruction while chanting slogans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (3cUTc)

78 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (826kS)

79 But the fact that fools like Jake Altman seem desperate to distance themselves from the open cannibals very strongly suggests to me that the internal Democrap polling on whether open cannibalism is politically popular is atrocious.

The smarter Dems know that running commies for 25% of the political slots in the country won't get them 25% of the positions, it'll get them a few in NYC, LA, etc. Probably no more than 2% of the total. It will be an Extinction Level Event for the Dems.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (Riz8t)

80 The DSA Commies have the bit on their mouths and they are running at a gallop. They are preparing for a violent revolution if necessary: the DSA's military wing, The Red Rabbits, are organized, armed, and ready. If matters break the wrong way things could get spicy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (Md3lB)

81 Truth and Reconciliation didn't exactly pave the way to a better South Africa.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (rJ48h)

82 They are not operating in "good faith".
Right there is the epitome of leftist political brain damage . Power hungry ideologues never act in "good faith". They do anything they can to gain and keep power. Lie, cheat, steal, murder , torture. No knowledge of history.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (sMkB+)

83 The "We should be more like Europe" people would finally have the prime minister of their dreams.

The DSA wants to abolish the Presidency, the SCOTUS an the Senate, and make the chief executive somebody elected by the remaining House.

That's a prime minister. Of course, they'll have to have the Vote of No Confidence to go along with that.

Ask England, once you have a prime minister leading a Parliament, you're golden from then on.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

84 the punchline: because comrade stalin's needs are greater

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (CWTWj)

85

""Their organization has been captured..." Altman told Fox News."

Well no shit. How do you like that.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (et1vG)

86 The polling is terrible on this. Democrats are going down faster than a junior staffer on Ruben Gallego.

Generic ballot polls have Dems to a +3 and it’s only July.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (jlI90)

87 It would be a de facto admission of abject cultural failure if we had to go to war to prevent socialism from taking over government after everything we did in WWII.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (3Ope8)

88 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do.

This is like the NYT article that was incredulous crime went down while prison incarcerations went up.

Posted by: Arsonists of America at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (GEtfQ)

89 I think it is hilarious. These fuckers don't understand that we have guns.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (qFwJc)

90 how unfortunate that john mccain isn't around to reach across the aisle and work with these people to get things done
Posted by: gnats local 678

Any truly neutral observer has to admit that McCain destroyed more US Navy hardware than almost any other communist.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (ourEi)

91 Come and get my double digits, fag.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (jlI90)

92 The polling is terrible on this. Democrats are going down faster than a junior staffer on Ruben Gallego.

I STILL haven't seen it confirmed that the staffers were female.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

93 > NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

I predict this fuckers wealth will quintuple.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (rJ48h)

94 As others have noted, the only difference between these Dirty Stinking Assholes and the Democrat Party is that the DSA are willing to say out loud what they all believe.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (3cUTc)

95 We shan't believe it. We shannot.

Posted by: Yellow Dog Democrats who are going to vote D NO MATTER WHAT at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (0256r)

96 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do.

Compare our standard of living, and GDP per capita to anywhere in Europe. And the divide is increasing rapidly.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)

97 I saw more air conditioning in third world shitholes than I did in Europe.

Make of that what you may.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (jlI90)

98
They Dems are a party run by AWFL's and septum ring blue hair fatties.

Are you surprised that commies come along and say "just the tip" and they buy it?

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (Y8DZL)

99 Commies like to define working class as anyone who works to earn money. That cuts out the Capitalists who earn through their capitol/investments -- you know like retirees.

Also welfare moochers don't work to earn money, but instead profit from the labor of others -- but that's different, somehow.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (wBaIH)

100 Nobody has the authority to tell you what to do.

So, naturally, all human problems are solved.

I've gotten into political discussions with a number of anarcho-socialists and it always goes something like this:

So there are no laws, police or government? Yes (heart symbol)!

So then what will people do for work? Oh the worker's committee will decide

What if I don't want to do what they decide? Well you'll be made to.

By who? You said their are no police? Right it will be a special group of people empowered by the worker's committee. They will take you somewhere until you agree with the people's reasonable rules.

But that's a government, empowering police, to put me in prison?!? No no you don't get it at all, its nothing like that!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)

101 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Our very distant descendants from the year 2400 will still be fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Because the reality is that communism does work, and work spectacularly. It's just that you have to understand what it's true purpose is. Hint: it ain't communism's stated purpose.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

102 It’s the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces party all the way down. And people keep being shocked that their faces are being eaten.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (ZGrMX)

103 I saw something so retarded on linked in today.


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Isn't it, like, everyday ??

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (GD0B3)

104 Interesting article on the DSA's pro-Zionist origins.

It's changed a lot over the years.

https://tinyurl.com/467b46fm

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (uSpHL)

105
A dingo ate my party.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (OkYzo)

106 The polling is terrible on this. Democrats are going down faster than a junior staffer on Ruben Gallego.

Generic ballot polls have Dems to a +3 and it’s only July.
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Not true!

If you see the shrieking on the X, the Dirty Stinking Assholes are super popular because they are winning special elections* all over the nation.

* in deep blue districts. Against other Dems.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:51 PM (3cUTc)

107 What if I don't want to do what they decide? Well you'll be made to.


Gee, why do communist utopias always end up with boots in people's faces forever?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)

108 Between the Socialists, the Communists and the Islamists we've got some serious work to do if we're to survive as a Republic. Or survive as a people... which is probably where this is headed if we don't nip this shit now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:51 PM (jehhT)

109
I'm having a hard time putting killing commies into the "bad news" bucket.
Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (oqH4h)

Eh...it smells pretty awful. Like, hard to wash out of your nostrils awful. Sounds like fun, brochure is technically accurate, but I wouldn't recommend. It's more of a 'break glass' kind of thing...

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:51 PM (w1Bba)

110 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

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DSA gain of function research?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (ndZc7)

111 88 Teachers get way more vacation time than Europoors.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (wBaIH)

112 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Soon we'll be fighting them for survival.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


Hopefully sooner rather than later. I'm not getting any younger.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (v3afF)

113 An alert tells me that Chief Lizzy is supporting the Muzzie in Michigan, while Schumer is backing Stevens.
If the Dems don't take the Senate or House , Chuck is a goner as leader

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (sMkB+)

114 If the Dems don't take the Senate or House , Chuck is a goner as leader

He's a goner either way.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:53 PM (Riz8t)

115 "I've said many times that there's no difference between the new breed of DSA commie and the old breed of Bernie Sanders commie.

True, they use different rhetoric, but there's no significant issue that there's any daylight on. There's no legislation or policy where their votes would be any different."


One difference is I think Bernie is now OK with millionaires, unlike the DSA.

Posted by: Ripley at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)

116 Altman urged Democrats to stand up against a "radicalized base," as far-left DSA candidates secure wins nationwide.

Your semi annual reminder that "radicalize" means "returning to the roots".

DSA was always communist, and now it's returning to those fundamentals

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (vJrRc)

117 Parasitic progressivism.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (abScH)

118 Good communists do exist...
...in a certain fashion.

Posted by: weew at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (9TspW)

119 James Lindsay, who blocked me on X, is actually getting closer to my position that Marx is actually less significant than Rousseau and perhaps Welsh industrialist Robert Owen.

Marx's crowd were unrepentant Jacobins in hiding. And he was just solving the problem of how we solve "all society's problems" by Owen-like communes, only how we can get there in a way that works.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

120 Teachers get way more vacation time than Europoors.

I'd like to see teaching completely reworked. Instead of getting a 6 year teaching degree require 10+ years of work in the field.

And since teaching is more of a part time job anyway, tailor it to people at the end of their private sector career.

So then you'd have a 55 year old industrial chemist say teaching chemistry instead of a 28 year old whose only knowledge of chemistry is from watching Breaking Bad.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

121 Between the Socialists, the Communists and the Islamists we've got some serious work to do if we're to survive as a Republic. Or survive as a people... which is probably where this is headed if we don't nip this shit now.
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Yes.

And...IF we hold honest elections, "we" will hold the White House and both houses of Congress for the forseable future.

BUT...even if that occurs...I don't think there is the political will to RIP 80% of current governments spending out of all budgets since 80% of all government spending is likely direct fraud and cronyism.

Its crazy that "our" side knows this, but has zero interest in fixing it.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 02:55 PM (TN0g+)

122 I can't imagine how stupid you have to be to believe Bernie and AOC have figured out how to save America.

And ancient communist who has never held a real job in the private sector and a bartender that seems to have the IQ of a kumquat.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

123 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (826kS)
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Three observations:

1. Dude looks and sounds gayer than fuck

2. He is correct that nobody has a "constitutional right" to double-digit returns on investment. The constitutional doesn't guarantee you any returns on investment at all.

3. He's an idiot. He's upset that Landlords are supposedly making 12% return on their investments. Successful LL make way more than that, or they wouldn't bother. I'm making double that in my investment portfolio.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

124 Van Jones will discover no backsliding is allowed. Forward!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (hI19e)

125 The difference between Bernie and the new commies is that the new commies are getting people elected. Bernie will wake up some day and find out he's been denounced, whether for being a millionaire, Jewish or just for the hell of it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (sMkB+)

126 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

It's a very effective grift, and there's no point in debating specific claims in the scam patter of a confidence scheme. Control the frame, or you lose before you start.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 02:57 PM (Sy6m/)

127 88 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do
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But he liked those huge portions and free refills.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:57 PM (826kS)

128 t’s the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces party all the way down. And people keep being shocked that their faces are being eaten.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (ZGrMX)
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Ironically, the "Leopards Eating Peoples Faces" expression was originally coined by a commie commenting on a (fake) story that a Trump supporter was really upset with Trump.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

129 I can't imagine how stupid you have to be to believe Bernie and AOC have figured out how to save America.

And ancient communist who has never held a real job in the private sector and a bartender that seems to have the IQ of a kumquat.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)


I voted for George W. Bush, John "Maverick" McCain, and Mittens Romney.

Retardation has no party allegiance.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 02:58 PM (uSpHL)

130 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.


it's hard to fight the stupid.

they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (j+aD2)

131 Hopefully sooner rather than later. I'm not getting any younger.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (v3afF)

Just means we're rear guard. I ain't running any more. Thankfully, my aim isn't suffering. Just went 76/100 on clays and was tapping 600 yds on the range last weekend. With a little prep time, even drones won't matter.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (w1Bba)

132 We already put the pole up outside the town line and left a box there with a hammer and some railroad tie spikes.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:41 PM (jlI90)

Will the warning just be in English or are they considering someone to help translate it into Aramaic and Greek?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (gKWVE)

133 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.


Most people don't want to work, but they want to have food, housing, entertainment, etc.

Communism/socialism claims to answer that - you'll be given all this stuff whether you work or not. So the appeal is obvious TBH.

Now, you'd expect the first question people would ask is "well wait how am I getting stuff if no one is working?" but...people don't ask those sorts of questions...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)

134 maybe Pluribus is happening I dunno

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 20, 2026 03:00 PM (j+aD2)

135 shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation
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I think that the euros mostly don't realize how hard Americans work. That's how we have accomplished as much as we have.

Now we throw it all away on another world war. Very sad.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 03:00 PM (JWDez)

136 I think Paul said he was retarded. Or retired. One of those.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 03:00 PM (gKWVE)

137 Of course, I do wonder how many Democrats dislike being face-to-face with more than just-the-tip Marxism.

It wouldn't surprise me if Jones actually likes being protected by cops and prisons.

The abolishment of prisons is not classic Marxism anyway, and it's kind of the relatively new Critical Theory which tries to make a client race of black Americans, as Marcuse said "before they gain too much from the capitalistic system".

But ultimately all these grievances lead to a "solution" which resembles Marx's version of socialism.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

138 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Our youth have been dis educated.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:01 PM (RIvkX)

139 The core have always been commies. TDS just got them to drop the mask.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 03:01 PM (XvL8K)

140 I voted for George W. Bush, John "Maverick" McCain, and Mittens Romney.

Retardation has no party allegiance.
Posted by: Based Conservative
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Pfft. I voted for Thom Tillis.

Voting for the least of the evils sometimes seems the only strategy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:02 PM (XeU6L)

141 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…



Risk / reward is bad? Because that's what's in play here. You invest in something because you believe it will return. Likely, if all done correctly, MORE than you invested. That's the entire point.

GFY, asshole. You just want to TAKE my money with NO chance of me getting a return.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

142 I voted for George W. Bush, John "Maverick" McCain, and Mittens Romney.

Retardation has no party allegiance.

Posted by: Based Conservative
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Your alternatives were Albert Gore and Barry Dong Obama.
Tell me more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (826kS)

143 They are all central planners who all think THEY will be the central planner.
Posted by: Cow Demon


Hee hee. Hee.
Won't they be surprised!
Posted by: Diogenes

Wait 'til they get a load of me.

Posted by: Stan at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (Ak6ZC)

144 LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (VyBeY)

145 I find it hilarious that all of these lefties claim that they are worried about the working class and the middle class.

Under marxist theory, the middle class is bourgeoisie and must be killed, and the poor are to be enslaved, always.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (0U5gm)

146 Now, you'd expect the first question people would ask is "well wait how am I getting stuff if no one is working?" but...people don't ask those sorts of questions...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)
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In fact, they struggle more realistic socialists who say things like "Of course, under socialism, we'll still have to work."

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)

147 The abolishment of prisons is not classic Marxism anyway, and it's kind of the relatively new Critical Theory which tries to make a client race of black Americans, as Marcuse said "before they gain too much from the capitalistic system".

But ultimately all these grievances lead to a "solution" which resembles Marx's version of socialism.
Posted by: Axeman

Well, they need foot soldiers for terror campaigns.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (AEkWp)

148 But ultimately all these grievances lead to a "solution" which resembles Marx's version of socialism.
Posted by: Axeman
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Hitler's National Socialism.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:04 PM (XeU6L)

149 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…
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Arguing with these people is fruitless. Trump took all the mainstream territory on every issue, so now they want to "change the conversation".

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:04 PM (oZ51P)

150 shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation

This fits into a point I think the right has not pushed hard enough on.

Remember in the 50s futurists thought we'd be working 20 hours a week and retiring at 40? Why didn't that happen?

Well a large part of it is the government has increased costs through market manipulation, taxes, and inflation. And just look at the time period of the Biden junta - costs doubled.

That means you need more hours and more years of work...all so Somali Learing centers and Guatemalan illegal's Ho Hos can be paid for...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm)

151
Now we throw it all away on another world war. Very sad.

Posted by: Don in SoCo
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Yes, let's role over an let Iran give us belly rubs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 03:04 PM (826kS)

152 Things have gotten topsy-turvy when Van Jones sounds like the voice of reason!

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:06 PM (RCjYY)

153 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 03:06 PM (X/MmC)

154 When I met our global CIO and we spent some one on one time talking about things, he told me he's paying 58% on his earnings. Everyone pays 150% tax on vehicle purchases. Importing one is even more expensive. But, health care is "free," education is "free" and you even get paid when taking extra school for masters and Ph-D's.

The country, Denmark, is silly expensive on top of that.


This is their example. They want that for the US.

They will stop at nothing to get there. Just know that. YOU don't work to better yourself. You work to better THEM. First and foremost.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:06 PM (2YhKe)

155 "Working class? Don't make me laugh.

The Left represents, very specifically, the non-working class. Interestingly, i'ds a combination of non-workers at either extrem end of the spectrum: Unemployed welfare bums, addicts and criminalsm at one end, and wealthy layabout champagne socialists at the other end. No one in the middle. No people with actual jobs, who work for a living.

If you are employed, and thus are "working class," you are (in the 21st century) a pro-America, pro-Trump "cnservative," and are the enemy of the Left.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (Av6i5)

156 If only Stalin were aware of what they are doing.

Posted by: Voices from 1938 at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (wGerL)

157 The difference between the US and Europe in on commercial.

https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)

158 I call shenanigans.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (j3Fsw)

159 Things have gotten topsy-turvy when Van Jones sounds like the voice of reason!
Posted by: mnw

He knows. It's an act.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (AEkWp)

160 88 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do.


I guess he can’t see the connection.

Many people can’t be bothered to take two weeks off here. I knew many people in the military - 30 days of leave a year, if you get over 60, it starts entering “use of lose” territory” - who kept winding up in “use of lose” situations and were practically forced to take leave.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (4g5V+)

161 Yes, let's role over an let Iran give us belly rubs.

Posted by: Braenyard
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (XeU6L)

162 Obama had a Mao Christmas ornament hanging on the White House tree right?

Or did I dream that?

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (6PgKW)

163 The Democrat party has been the breeding ground for socialists and Marxist. Not all of them become full blown Marxists, or full-blown socialists but there is enough of it to go around to get thoroughly mixed into the dough.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)

164 He knows. It's an act.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (AEkWp)

What am I going to do with all these stars and garters.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (oZ51P)

165 The difference between the US and Europe in on commercial.

https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)


I hate GM, but that's a damn good commercial. Even from a company that wouldn't exist without the government bailing them out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)

166 Your alternatives were Albert Gore and Barry Dong Obama.
Tell me more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (826kS)

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I think you are trying to make me feel better, but you just made me more depressed.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 03:09 PM (uSpHL)

167 polynikes, yes, courtesy of Anita Dunn.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (abScH)

168 Wait until people find out that more than half of the elected Republican party are communists, and the rest merely self-dealers. That's gonna blow some minds.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (oZ51P)

169 I've never taken more than a week vacation at a time unless I timed it with the additional Holiday days off you get.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (6PgKW)

170 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

I can. Why?

1) Communists are terribly stupid.
2) Communists run our schools.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (wtvvX)

171 Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)

That was a truly great commercial!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (3Ope8)

172 Remember when Arnie adopted the tagline when he was running for governor about how he signs the front of checks while his opponents have only ever signed the back?

Nowadays, the kids don't even know what a check is.
Let alone why real-world experience matters.

As I've said, if your professor knew how the economy actually worked--any economy--you couldn't afford his classes.
And the reason why you don't understand why is why you support socialism.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (3cUTc)

173
Or did I dream that?
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (6PgKW)

No. That was real.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (w1Bba)

174 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do.

Compare our standard of living, and GDP per capita to anywhere in Europe. And the divide is increasing rapidly.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)
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Yea, he's also full of shit on how much vacation the Eurofags get. They use some very misleading and outright scam mathematics to get to their claim that they get 6 weeks. It's bullshit.

When they do have actual vacation days, most of them just sit around with their thumbs up their asses, or take very cheap road-trip like vacations because they have limited funds.

By contrast, we live in a country that's so wildly rich and successful that even our poor can afford "real" vacations.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

175 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

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It's like longbows vs. crossbows!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (UTxF6)

176 Wok’d Liberals - Basted Conservatives. NOW it’s a Food Thread.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (Gqar8)

177 156 Love this. Reminds me of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee when every tribe that was getting shitkicked would say "If only the Great White Father knew... "

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (wBaIH)

178 polynikes, yes, courtesy of Anita Dunn.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (abScH)

As an open admirer, she was a good scapegoat for it too.

Malia
Anm
Obama

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (oZ51P)

179 FFS.
ANN

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (oZ51P)

180 174
Yea, he's also full of shit on how much vacation the Eurofags get. They use some very misleading and outright scam mathematics to get to their claim that they get 6 weeks. It's bullshit.

When they do have actual vacation days, most of them just sit around with their thumbs up their asses, or take very cheap road-trip like vacations because they have limited funds.

By contrast, we live in a country that's so wildly rich and successful that even our poor can afford "real" vacations.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

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They just have entire industries that take off a month.

The funniest laugh in Muppets Most Wanted was the French detective, on the verge of breaking the case alongside Sam the Eagle near the end of the film, quick-changing into vacation clothes and leaving the movie completely.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (UTxF6)

181 >>That was a truly great commercial!

Always cracks me up because there is a big element of truth to it. I've worked with enough Euros over the years to know they have a different take on work than Americans.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)

182 Things have gotten topsy-turvy when Van Jones sounds like the voice of reason!

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:06 PM (RCjYY)
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I think Jones is intelligent.

They caught him candid on the Russian "scandal" and he flatly admitted there was nothing there. Didn't stop his network from pushing "Russian conspiracy", and he wasn't going to publicly break with this network, either.

I don't trust him. But I think he processes better than many other Dems.

I also consider Warren too smart for some of the rhetoric she has tried to get away with after a certain point. But she's elected the ideologue path.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

183 Bernie and AOC were socialists until they figured out that being a Corruptocrat is a nice lifestyle.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (n5tGW)

184 It works for what it does- puts theater kids in luxury, ruling over all the people who bullied them in high school. Taking their lives when they feel like it and making them live in abject misery and fear.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (zZu0s)

185 "I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," he vaguely responded.

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So, if you have to work to pay your bill for your Lamborghini -- there are big bills associated with Lambos, you know -- you're working class? Odd.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

186 But the fact that fools like Jake Altman seem desperate to distance themselves from the open cannibals very strongly suggests to me that the internal Democrap polling on whether open cannibalism is politically popular is atrocious.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
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There is no way to quickly put this back in the bottle so to speak. As long as Iran doesn't go completely sideways, the democrats are going to lose both Senate AND House seats in the midterms.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)

187 182 I think Jones is intelligent.

They caught him candid on the Russian "scandal" and he flatly admitted there was nothing there. Didn't stop his network from pushing "Russian conspiracy", and he wasn't going to publicly break with this network, either.

I don't trust him. But I think he processes better than many other Dems.

I also consider Warren too smart for some of the rhetoric she has tried to get away with after a certain point. But she's elected the ideologue path.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

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Van Jones is smart and ideologically driven towards his vision of racialist socialism while able to step back and look at the politics of situations from other points of view.

He's a shit. He's smart, but he's still a shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (UTxF6)

188 Ace:

"I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works."

We're not. There's no argument remaining.

The problem is, The Left and normal people live in completely separate reality-bubbles. In Sane World, communism is utterly debunked and despised as a ridiculous 19th-century revenge fantasy that is nt and never has been an actually valid economic system-- it's just gbbledygook to justiify murdering people more successful than you and stealing their stuff. But is Crazy World, it's the guiding principle of their entire worldview, and no amount of facts or history will ever negate that. Because once they admit that communism is evil and childish, there's nothing left of their entire ideology. "Moderate leftism" is just a dishonest mask for full-on communism. Admitting that that communism is invalid is like committing suicide t them.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (Av6i5)

189 Your credit card won't work, your funds in your bank will be seized, and anyone that speaks up will first be shut off from social media and the later disappeared. And they'll tell your neighbors you were a Russian spy or a Neo-NAZI and were planning to engage in terrorism or some such...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.

Posted by: Essentials of life turned off with a mouse click at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (TbWk/)

190 Bernie and AOC were socialists until they figured out that being a Corruptocrat is a nice lifestyle.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (n5tGW)

The entire point of being a socialist is becoming a corruptocrat

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (oZ51P)

191 Mayor Mamdani struggles to define who the 'working class' is in a word salad interview

He should seek counsel from David French, who knows all about rough, virile workmen, on account of them balling his lady in front of him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (K3f7J)

192 Yay! Content!
Which I'm going to fully read!

I just turned on my friend's water for their garden. I'm not leaving until after I turn it off so I don't forget.

I'm easily distr

Hey, squirrel. Black ones. That's normal here.

Posted by: Stateless at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (Fmkks)

193 >>When they do have actual vacation days, most of them just sit around with their thumbs up their asses, or take very cheap road-trip like vacations because they have limited funds.

Sure were a lot of them that figured out how to spend weeks in the US traveling around to watch kickball.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (viF8m)

194 186 There is no way to quickly put this back in the bottle so to speak. As long as Iran doesn't go completely sideways, the democrats are going to lose both Senate AND House seats in the midterms.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)

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We're on day 10 of renewed conflict and oil jumped ALLLL the way up to $81 per barrel.

I remember promises of $200 per barrel.

Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (UTxF6)

195 I can put an end to this is a few minutes.

"He DSA, nitwit. In a commune, everyone gets to use your laptop without permission. They'll probably start a new character on your favorite video game and delete yours."


(sit back and watch)

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (dIske)

196 The embrace of Islam is disconcerting. It's as false as any other religion, but the DSA seems enthralled by it just because it's anti-western. I think the Muslim members just want to use the DSA to seize control of the US government just to cut off Israel to eventually destroy it.

Posted by: Sid at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (TeIRJ)

197 175 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

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It's like longbows vs. crossbows!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (UTxF6)

More like which is God's Caliber, .45 or 9mm...

ie American greatness, or Euro trash.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (mP0Kj)

198 Generic ballot polls have Dems to a +3 and it’s only July.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (jlI90)
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I saw a +2 last week. And its July. We might have a R+4 before we are over.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GZYu7)

199 We're on day 10 of renewed conflict and oil jumped ALLLL the way up to $81 per barrel.

I remember promises of $200 per barrel.

Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (UTxF6)

The new Oil Tanker routes are already taking effect.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (mP0Kj)

200
I think the Commies misunderstand the Trump phenomenon.

They think that Because Trump said exactly what he wanted to do people followed him.

So, in their minds if they say exactly what they want to do (the quiet part) loud and proud that people will follow them and elect them into power.

The difference is that Trump was saying things that were 80-20 issues. ie. things that most people wanted.

The commies are shouting their 10-90 issues which most people beyond certain blue shithole enclaves want.

I guess it may work for them if the media can run enough cover, but even Oblabla(mostly) knew when to shut-up.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)

201 Ahem Fauxcahantas is not smart, she just plays the dumbass DEI scam like a fifthy Somali.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (wBaIH)

202 Yea, he's also full of shit on how much vacation the Eurofags get. They use some very misleading and outright scam mathematics to get to their claim that they get 6 weeks. It's bullshit.
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One of the funnier ones I saw, of a likely Retardo of Redditt, was extolling how many vacation days a year workers in China get.

Because ... China counts the 1 to two days they get off for the weekend as vacation days.
LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (3cUTc)

203 Why haven't other socialists in history thought of leveraging hatred of Jews to gain popularity? Mamdani is a genius!

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (oZ51P)

204 198 Generic ballot polls have Dems to a +3 and it’s only July.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (jlI90)
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I saw a +2 last week. And its July. We might have a R+4 before we are over.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GZYu7)

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Impossibru.

Goode and Pretti meant that the GOP lost the midterms, deportations were over, and no one was going to vote for the pro-murder party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (UTxF6)

205 D+3 historically gives you a tie.

Of course that's from before USAID and similar leftwing election piggy banks were shut off

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

206 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Because we have allowed the fight to continue.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (TezPK)

207
https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)
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Mixed emotions.

Neal McDonough!! :-)

...

Neal McDonough pushing EVs... :-(

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)

208 When they do have actual vacation days, most of them just sit around with their thumbs up their asses, or take very cheap road-trip like vacations because they have limited funds.

Sure were a lot of them that figured out how to spend weeks in the US traveling around to watch kickball.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (viF8m)
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The WC is once every 4 years, and for some of them, this is the only real vacation they'll take in those 4 years.

Plus, I'll bet a lot of $$ that many if not most of the foreigners who were here for weeks -- many were not here that long -- are quite affluent. I don't think we got the slum-dwellers here.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

209 Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

There's a page 3? I just skip from the front page to Page Six.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (Av6i5)

210 Goode and Pretti meant that the GOP lost the midterms, deportations were over, and no one was going to vote for the pro-murder party.

Its funny in lefty forums they've moved on to the guy in Maine - I guess the guy in Houston didn't make for a good martyr. But even lefties don't remember Maine guy's name...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

211 172 Remember when Arnie adopted the tagline when he was running for governor about how he signs the front of checks while his opponents have only ever signed the back?

Get to da bank! Argalargalargal!!

Posted by: Moar Argalargalargal!!! at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (K3f7J)

212 If I'm being objective, there are benefits to communism.

For instance, anyone who experienced BLM riots would certainly have to admit they wouldn't have minded seeing tanks running over the "protesters".

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (uSpHL)

213 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Consider it an empirical lesson on how stupidity works.

Especially systemic stupidity.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)

214 199 The new Oil Tanker routes are already taking effect.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (mP0Kj)

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The important thing is the jump start towards new oil pipelines, including the new Iraq MOU with America about tens of billions of investment for new energy infrastructure in Iraq, including pipelines.

By the way, Iran did try to hit the Saudi pipeline that went from 500,000 barrels to 7 million a few months ago, right after the ceasefire.

They tried to hit it five times. They hit it once. The pipeline was down for less than 24 hours.

Iran hasn't hit any pipeline in the last 10 days.

Pipelines, especially buried pipelines, are hard to hit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (UTxF6)

215 The reason that Europe can afford 6-8 weeks of vacation is because US troops and Pax Anericana have been keeping the peace since 1945. They ain't fighting each other

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (sMkB+)

216 Ahem Fauxcahantas is not smart, she just plays the dumbass DEI scam like a fifthy Somali.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (wBaIH)


She doesn't care because no one else cares. They'll re-elect her overwhelmingly, again.

She was caught culturally appropriating and stealing from the Native American. She's made her career off their back, yet nothing happened to her. Trump can call her Pocahontas all he wants. They don't care. She doesn't care. She'll still be rich, in office and stupidly corrupt. She's another one that will likely die in office. From old age.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)

217 194

We're on day 10 of renewed conflict and oil jumped ALLLL the way up to $81 per barrel.

I remember promises of $200 per barrel.

Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (UTxF6)

I would say tired, or perhaps flogged like a dead equine, but I get bored easily. Also, we churn topics here until they congeal.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (Gqar8)

218 Of course that's from before USAID and similar leftwing election piggy banks were shut off
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

And redistricting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (zZu0s)

219 205 D+3 historically gives you a tie.

Of course that's from before USAID and similar leftwing election piggy banks were shut off

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

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Gerrymandering since 2020 probably means that D+5 is a tie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (UTxF6)

220 209 Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

There's a page 3? I just skip from the front page to Page Six.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (Av6i5)

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Page 3 is where the European soccer scores go.

Someone technically cares, but no one actually cares.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (UTxF6)

221 It did occur to me that if you are a big soccer fan you only have to save up for a big game once every 4 years.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (n5tGW)

222 The commies are shouting their 10-90 issues which most people beyond certain blue shithole enclaves want.

I guess it may work for them if the media can run enough cover, but even Oblabla(mostly) knew when to shut-up.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)

What happens when Repukes go back to being the Party of Chop Chop Good Show Must Not Fight Too Hard as It Wouldn't Be Sporting And by the Way Rape is God's Plan Harrumph Harrumph.

People are probably better off not knowing. What the public wants is a strong leader and that's pretty much it. If people knew a damn thing about politics, the House and Senate wouldn't look the way they do

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (oZ51P)

223 anyone who experienced BLM riots would certainly have to admit they wouldn't have minded seeing tanks running over the "protesters".

Bigly

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (crzDU)

224 >>The WC is once every 4 years, and for some of them, this is the only real vacation they'll take in those 4 years.


I understand that. But most companies don't let you bank years of vacation so you can use it once every 4 years to watch soccer games across the ocean.

I've worked with Euros for years and yes a good many of them do indeed to multi-week long vacations every year. They brag about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (viF8m)

225 210 Goode and Pretti meant that the GOP lost the midterms, deportations were over, and no one was going to vote for the pro-murder party.

Its funny in lefty forums they've moved on to the guy in Maine - I guess the guy in Houston didn't make for a good martyr. But even lefties don't remember Maine guy's name...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

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Americans have been inured to the reality of stupid leftists getting themselves killed.

On a certain level, I hope leftists never figure this out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:21 PM (UTxF6)

226 For instance, anyone who experienced BLM riots would certainly have to admit they wouldn't have minded seeing tanks running over the "protesters".

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (uSpHL)
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You're using Lenin and Mao's aspirational "communism", which contained no communes and a LOT of government, which the theory suggests predates communism.

Their "communism" is no different from the Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat in Marx.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)

227 Gerry Mander has caused a lot of problems.

And he sucked as The Beaver too.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 03:21 PM (K3f7J)

228
Its funny in lefty forums they've moved on to the guy in Maine - I guess the guy in Houston didn't make for a good martyr. But even lefties don't remember Maine guy's name...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)
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Hitner, IIRC.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

229 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

I predict this fuckers wealth will quintuple.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (rJ48h)
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Interesting thing. Is this the first time in our government's recent history where we have a Treasury Secretary who is willing to use the financial weapons at his disposal? I think if Bessent wants to know where your money is he is going to find it.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (GZYu7)

230 And he sucked as The Beaver too./i]

Ward, don't you think you were a little too hard on the beaver last night?

Posted by: June Cleaver at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

231 They've built the Frankenstein's monster and are shocked at what it became once they hooked it up to the electric lightening bolt and it came to life.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (qBdHI)

232 Your credit card won't work, your funds in your bank will be seized, and anyone that speaks up will first be shut off from social media and the later disappeared. And they'll tell your neighbors you were a Russian spy or a Neo-NAZI and were planning to engage in terrorism or some such...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.
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"and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."
- Revelation 13:17

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (x7Vzy)

233 Where did you go on holiday is way more asked in Europe than what do you do for a living.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (n5tGW)

234 229 Interesting thing. Is this the first time in our government's recent history where we have a Treasury Secretary who is willing to use the financial weapons at his disposal? I think if Bessent wants to know where your money is he is going to find it.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (GZYu7)

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Treasury secretaries haven't had direct access to Treasury transactions since WWII.

I believe Bessent does have access now, the first Treasury secretary to have it in 80 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (UTxF6)

235 "I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," he vaguely responded.
......

Genius answer, Smiley.

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (UjdFS)

236 231 They've built the Frankenstein's monster and are shocked at what it became once they hooked it up to the electric lightening bolt and it came to life.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (qBdHI)

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Luckily, torches are cheap.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (UTxF6)

237 Its funny in lefty forums they've moved on to the guy in Maine - I guess the guy in Houston didn't make for a good martyr. But even lefties don't remember Maine guy's name...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)


They care more about leftists experiences warranted FAFO, but are SILENT when a leftist psycho tranny shoots up a school and murders innocent children.

But they're QUICK to jump on the "thousands of murdered kids in Gaza........"

FFS....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

238 But the fact that fools like Jake Altman seem desperate to distance themselves from the open cannibals very strongly suggests to me that the internal Democrap polling on whether open cannibalism is politically popular is atrocious.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
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There is no way to quickly put this back in the bottle so to speak. As long as Iran doesn't go completely sideways, the democrats are going to lose both Senate AND House seats in the midterms.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)_______

As the saying goes, "from your lips to god's ears ...."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

239
Many people can’t be bothered to take two weeks off here. I knew many people in the military - 30 days of leave a year, if you get over 60, it starts entering “use of lose” territory” - who kept winding up in “use of lose” situations and were practically forced to take leave.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (4g5V+)



A lot of times, single soldiers who lived in the barracks would get these forced leave situations and they would be stuck in their rooms for a couple of weeks or the chain of command would practically kick them out of the barracks saying "go visit Mom" when these troops had no family to visit. Not to mention no cash to get a plane ticket or hotel room.

Lots of extended camping trips was the result. I know that I did one of those forced leaves staying in the woods for nearly 2 weeks, camping out of my truck at one of the lakes on post.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (y9nCu)

240 Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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True, but we all ought to remember that every day there are men in harm's way every minute, and be grateful to them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (XeU6L)

241 Friend of mine used to work on Cape Cod. Some of the locals told him the story of how Provincetown used to be this sort of quiet rundown old fishing village, until the gays from Boston, etc. discovered it and started moving there. Pretty soon their population exceeded the old-timer locals population, and they started to gain elected office. Pretty soon, they were the local government, and the old-time residents were crying in their clam chowder. Not saying it's the same situation, but it's kinda the same.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (QaH55)

242 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Consider it an empirical lesson on how stupidity works.

Especially systemic stupidity.

Stupidity is an infinitely renewable resource.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Riz8t)

243 Goode and Pretti meant that the GOP lost the midterms, deportations were over, and no one was going to vote for the pro-murder party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (UTxF6)
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Often enough, if you give the Dems time they will remind voters why they didn't like them so much.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)

244 They started to use the Treasury as a weapon against alQuida, 20 years ago. Bessent is using the same "roadmap" and greatly enhancing it. This is not new.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (GD0B3)

245 240 Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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True, but we all ought to remember that every day there are men in harm's way every minute, and be grateful to them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (XeU6L)

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I am.

Those flyboys are putting their lives on the line to ensure American dominance of maritime traffic and killing bad people at the same time.

Patriots.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (UTxF6)

246 I've found that never listening to leftists, never believing a word they say if you do accidentally hear them, and not giving a shit what happens to them, is a pretty bitchin way to go through life.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (oZ51P)

247 > This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.
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They're for all the surveillance camera data; video, still photos, AI generated data about every person, car, truck and so on that they capture.

It's not 'just' license plates. It's you, your habits, where you go, the route you take, what you buy and where, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (jehhT)

248 Their "communism" is no different from the Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat in Marx.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)

.....

I wouldn't mind a little dictatorship with the right dictator.

Like I wouldn't mind a one child policy for people living on government assistance.

Or I wouldn't mind seeing them use water cannons and Belgian Malinois on ICE protestors.

I wouldn't mind if the secret police came in the middle of the night, drug AntiFa organizers out of their homes and shot them dead in their front yards.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (uSpHL)

249 201 Ahem Fauxcahantas is not smart, she just plays the dumbass DEI scam like a fifthy Somali.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (wBaIH)
________________________

The truth about Warren is that she is about as radical as they come. You may recall that she was making the most noise when Hegseth started giving the guys who preferred dresses in the military a kick out the door. Warren was instramental in getting those policies in place to allow them to join the military in the first place. Behind the scenes she pushed her DEI mentality on the US military to simply compromise their effectiveness.

Her aids are people like Calla Walsh, who traveled to Iran and joined anti-US chants while honoring Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. She is not your typical leftist. She is the tip of the spear in congress for radical leftist Communism. Or more accurately, revolution.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)

250 I want to know who is behind this......



Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

251 243 Often enough, if you give the Dems time they will remind voters why they didn't like them so much.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)

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"2012 proves that Democrats can be racialist antagonists to America and win national elections!"
-the left

*stays silent*
-cheat in Broward County, Nevada, Michigan, and Pennsylvania

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (UTxF6)

252 Queer Starmer is out! The UK is saved! Wait... here comes Andy Burneverything. Nevermind.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)

253 So, if you have to work to pay your bill for your Lamborghini -- there are big bills associated with Lambos, you know -- you're working class? Odd.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

Another reason why it’s a stupid phrase, apart from the Marxism - just about everyone works. So this “working class” is, what, 95% of the adult population?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (4g5V+)

254
I love the college grads who appropriated "working class". There are millions upon millions of people who, for a lack of intelligence or education, work long, hard and honorably. For many, especially men, this can mean a life of chronic physical pain. Shift work also takes its toll.

Then there are the slackers who partied their way through college and came out with a useless degree, student debt, and poor work habits. They whine about working a five-day week, show up late if at all, and moan about work-life balance for their air-conditioned office job. These are also supposed to be "working class". Sorry, no.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (O0L8i)

255 Where did you go on holiday is way more asked in Europe than what do you do for a living.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (n5tGW)
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It's kinda like asking "what car you drive?" It's a way of gauging how successful you are without asking flat-out.

Even worse in Asia. They think nothing of asking very personal questions upon first meeting you that no American would ask.

But their cultures are very hierarchical and status-driven, so they are trying to determine where in the pecking order you are, so they can treat you appropriately given your "rank."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

256 About the ONLY Revolution where those who started it, actually ended up in control at the end, was the US Revolution.

Whole thing was a historic outlier on many many levels.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (mP0Kj)

257 But they're QUICK to jump on the "thousands of murdered kids in Gaza........"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
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When of all organizations found to have slopped numbers together, Hamas seems to have a standalone ineptitude.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)

258 250 I want to know who is behind this......



Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

And a Unlimited Pasta Pass, don’t forget that.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (Gqar8)

259 @libsoftiktok
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1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)



GRANTED!!!

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

260 Treasury was always a great tool against cartels, terrorism. Cutting off the money, internationally especially, is cutting off the bloodline of terror. It was not easy in the early 2000s, with shadow money transfer netwoks, Hawalas. Now it's crypto.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (GD0B3)

261 I'll admit I liked it better when when "You were a little hard on the beaver last night, Ward" and it meant telling off their son, not another name for women's public hair and vagina , but I was young and did not think of that when I watched the show. Maybe you older codgers did😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (zqeQL)

262 TJM

"Iran is page 3 news"

That comment isn't going to age well.

Btw, I admire your posts generally. I always read them. I esp enjoy your movie chops.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (RCjYY)

263 The core have always been commies. TDS just got them to drop the mask.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 03:01 PM (XvL8K)

This! People weren't paying attention. People knew the education systems were just indoctrination centers. Two elements that destroy situational awareness.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 03:28 PM (g8Ew8)

264 This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.
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"and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."
- Revelation 13:17
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (x7Vzy)
Word.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 03:28 PM (LHPAg)

265 262 TJM

"Iran is page 3 news"

That comment isn't going to age well.

Btw, I admire your posts generally. I always read them. I esp enjoy your movie chops.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (RCjYY)

mnw. Enjoying our Missouri heat??

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar8)

266 Many people can’t be bothered to take two weeks off here. I knew many people in the military - 30 days of leave a year, if you get over 60, it starts entering “use of lose” territory” - who kept winding up in “use of lose” situations and were practically forced to take leave.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (4g5V+)
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I took leave maybe three times between 2003-2009.

All after I returned from Iraq. Two weeks each.

When I got out in 2009, I had over 60 days of leave.
I took about a month terminal leave and cashed out the rest.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (x7Vzy)

267 247 > This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.
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They're for all the surveillance camera data; video, still photos, AI generated data about every person, car, truck and so on that they capture.

It's not 'just' license plates. It's you, your habits, where you go, the route you take, what you buy and where, etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (jehhT)

For this, they need data centers all of a sudden?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (4g5V+)

268 So, if you have to work to pay your bill for your Lamborghini -- there are big bills associated with Lambos, you know -- you're working class? Odd.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

Another reason why it’s a stupid phrase, apart from the Marxism - just about everyone works. So this “working class” is, what, 95% of the adult population?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (4g5V+)
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Yea, even billionaires work -- and many of them work very hard, putting in more hours a week than 90% of most people. I never understood that myself. But I've seen it enough times to know it's the rule rather than the exception.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

269 262 TJM

"Iran is page 3 news"

That comment isn't going to age well.

Btw, I admire your posts generally. I always read them. I esp enjoy your movie chops.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (RCjYY)

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10 days into new bombing. The ship to ship transfers on the Omani side of the strait continue unabated no matter how much Iran sends out press releases.

What's affecting gas/oil prices more right now than Iran is Ukraine's assaults on Russian energy infrastructure.

We'll see if American exports increase again. I kind of doubt it. The jump in prices in modest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (UTxF6)

270 @137
marcuse knew.

in the 60s that nightmare scenario could have actually come to pass, it was starting to happen ... lbj's great society fixed that but good then cloward&piven saw the light and gave it a theoretical basis.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (VyBeY)

271 for women's public hair

I'm open-minded. But I don't want it to be public.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (K3f7J)

272 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (zqeQL

"Pubic" hair not public.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (zqeQL)

273 I'd like to see teaching completely reworked. Instead of getting a 6 year teaching degree require 10+ years of work in the field.

And since teaching is more of a part time job anyway, tailor it to people at the end of their private sector career.

So then you'd have a 55 year old industrial chemist say teaching chemistry instead of a 28 year old whose only knowledge of chemistry is from watching Breaking Bad.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
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Eh, the problem is the system. Have you seen what an elementary school teacher is being asked to do in many schools? They spend half their time just handling disruptions from misbehaving kids, and then have to worry about how they react to this misbehavior based upon school district rules on handling behavioral issues. And of course there is all the support they must give to kids who are not being set up for success at home.

Restructure the idea of "educating" everyone. You get to be educated if you are capable of being educated. If not, tough shit.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (GZYu7)

274 They're for all the surveillance camera data; video, still photos, AI generated data about every person, car, truck and so on that they capture.
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What the FLOCK?!

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)

275 For this, they need data centers all of a sudden?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (4g5V+)
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Battlespace prep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (x7Vzy)

276 Water being turned off.

I love you people.

Posted by: Stateless at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (Fmkks)

277 Get flocked and tracked in everything you do, but nope no ID to vote, that's just to intrusive.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (n5tGW)

278
Or did I dream that?
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (6PgKW)

No. That was real.
Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (w1Bba)



Not to mention one of the higher ups (I want to say that is was Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein, but I could be wrong there) who had big posters of Che Guevara and Stalinist propaganda hanging all over their NY apartment.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (y9nCu)

279 261 I'll admit I liked it better when when "You were a little hard on the beaver last night, Ward" and it meant telling off their son, not another name for women's public hair and vagina , but I was young and did not think of that when I watched the show. Maybe you older codgers did😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (zqeQL)

Hi Fen!! Glad I caught you. My fasting report - I like it!! Staying away from the websites on Thursday and Friday is very healthy. So much so I am going to add Wednesdays too. No newz is indeed good newz.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar8)

280 Friend of mine used to work on Cape Cod. Some of the locals told him the story of how Provincetown used to be this sort of quiet rundown old fishing village, until the gays from Boston, etc. discovered it and started moving there. Pretty soon their population exceeded the old-timer locals population, and they started to gain elected office. Pretty soon, they were the local government, and the old-time residents were crying in their clam chowder. Not saying it's the same situation, but it's kinda the same.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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I can recall when Hilton Head Island had a population of 200 people.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (XeU6L)

281 266 Many people can’t be bothered to take two weeks off here. I knew many people in the military - 30 days of leave a year, if you get over 60, it starts entering “use of lose” territory” - who kept winding up in “use of lose” situations and were practically forced to take leave.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (4g5V+)
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I took leave maybe three times between 2003-2009.

All after I returned from Iraq. Two weeks each.

When I got out in 2009, I had over 60 days of leave.
I took about a month terminal leave and cashed out the rest.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (x7Vzy)
I sold leave once over a 22 year period and that was only a week or so.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (LHPAg)

282 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (zqeQL

"Pubic" hair not public.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (zqeQL)

I mean, they're pretty much public hairs if everyone has seen them

Posted by: Josephistan at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (y9ksN)

283 If the DSA op is unsuccessful it will be because Trump, a one man wrecking crew, dealt with them hard and put their asses down in the public square. The way he once did The Squad, ten days out of nowhere one October long ago. Basically took away any real influence they had - and it was magical. Ten days it took him.

And maybe that's another reason God spared Trump. Because this operation is far bigger than a few crazies getting together in leftard-land and deciding to "take over". This op has been years in the making. And Trump knows it is here. He already alluded to it in at least one tweet. Watching him take care of them is going to be a fucking thing of beauty. And you don't know when he will do it.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (oZ51P)

284 ITC, that wasJay Carney, Barky's press secretary.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (abScH)

285 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

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"INORITE? We also started a moderate group of cannibals who killed people and ate them nicely roasted with a side of arugula and fava beans. Then these savages came into our group and wanted to just hack off limbs and eat their people raw! So uncouth!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

286 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar8

That's wonderful to hear. I think I will try taking off several days as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:33 PM (zqeQL)

287 "Pubic" hair not public.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (zqeQL)
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Boy is my face red!

Posted by: Lady Godiva at July 20, 2026 03:33 PM (Fi81e)

288 So then you'd have a 55 year old industrial chemist say teaching chemistry instead of a 28 year old whose only knowledge of chemistry is from watching Breaking Bad.

Posted by: 18-1
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Our math teacher was a retired AF Col.
He had worked on theManhatten Project.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (XeU6L)

289 Now we throw it all away on another world war. Very sad.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 03:00 PM (JWDez)
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We are spending money for more ammunition, which we would have to do anyway at some point. No where remotely close to a world war. Subversive little fire fights.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (GZYu7)

290 tubal

I'm old & largely stay inside. For me, heat waves are a spectator sport.

Btw, I split time between MO & southern IL.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (RCjYY)

291 Alopecia means never having to show your public hair.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (n5tGW)

292 I saw Women's Public Hair open for Wet Leg at Fannie's Fabrics & More in 2017.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)

293 women's pubic hair? How 70's.

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

294 Meme I saw last week:

I just want the deportation policy Marth's Vineyard has.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:35 PM (Fi81e)

295 Posted by: Josephistan at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (y9ksN

I got the impression in these later years of mine that nobody else had seen her pubic hair but Mr. Cleaver, although we have a number of people who thought she was getting it on with Eddie Haskell .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:35 PM (zqeQL)

296 Eh, the problem is the system. Have you seen what an elementary school teacher is being asked to do in many schools? They spend half their time just handling disruptions from misbehaving kids, and then have to worry about how they react to this misbehavior based upon school district rules on handling behavioral issues. And of course there is all the support they must give to kids who are not being set up for success at home.

Restructure the idea of "educating" everyone. You get to be educated if you are capable of being educated. If not, tough shit.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (GZYu7)
_____________________________

I'm old enough to remember corporal punishment. I also remember being picked up by my hair for not walking down the hallway single file on my first day of school ever. Needless to say, I always walk down the hallway single file to this day.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 03:35 PM (dIske)

297 286 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar8

That's wonderful to hear. I think I will try taking off several days as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:33 PM (zqeQL)

Rally very beneficial. The world is a big place, away from the screen. Had a sermon Sunday, the series is on Ecclisiastes, BTW. Point was made that all the “ stuff” we live in is ultimately not the point of life, at all. I need to hold on to that.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar8)

298 and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."
- Revelation 13:17
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (x7Vzy)
Word.
Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 03:28 PM (LHPAg)

Scary, huh?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 03:36 PM (g8Ew8)

299 The DSA Op is blessed and sanctioned from upon high.

Attempting to solve a bunch of problems that Trump left for Democrats and move the country and world left in a single swipe.

Take it to the bank, and cash it.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:37 PM (oZ51P)

300 "I just skip from the front page to Page Six."

Except that Page Six is never on Page Six. I know, as I had to keep up with it in my NYC nightclub doorman days.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 20, 2026 03:37 PM (GMWTj)

301
Yea, even billionaires work -- and many of them work very hard, putting in more hours a week than 90% of most people. I never understood that myself. But I've seen it enough times to know it's the rule rather than the exception.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)



Like some Queens vulgarian that I've heard of.

Despite his rep for being a party animal, he'd hit Studio 54 and other similar hot spots with Ivana, totally sober unlike everyone else. But they'd leave early, going home and spending the next 3-4 hours that night working. Every. Night.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:37 PM (y9nCu)

302 283, that remains my sincere hope through all the FUD.

thank you for saying it out loud.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:38 PM (VyBeY)

303 Republicans and older Democrats are just Mensheviks and watching them be ruthlessly purged, tortured, forced to make groveling confessions, and then get executed anyway will be the only silver lining to the Rise of the Monster Babies.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 03:38 PM (BI5O2)

304 All the flavors of leftism are so comically retarded that it's a thousand wonders anyone who can remember to breathe on their own would fall for an ideology that's failed every time it's been tried, but here we are.

It would be a laugh riot if its adherents weren't also violent assholes.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 03:38 PM (oqH4h)

305 290 tubal

I'm old & largely stay inside. For me, heat waves are a spectator sport.

Btw, I split time between MO & southern IL.
Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (RCjYY)

“ Checks thermometer on porch”. 97 right now. 57% humidity. The rock garden I am building can wait a while, I am thinking.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar8)

306 Rubio pretty much declared WAR on communism/socialism in the USA. Communism cannot hide from Rubio!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)

307 We're slated for the 100's for the rest of the week. My 30 year old A/C unit is struggling, mightily, and the first electric bill of the real summer is $400.

It'll get worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:40 PM (2YhKe)

308 Because once they admit that communism is evil and childish, there's nothing left of their entire ideology. "Moderate leftism" is just a dishonest mask for full-on communism. Admitting that that communism is invalid is like committing suicide t them.
Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (Av6i5)


I recently saw a video explain it all pretty well.

Socialists/Communists don’t debate facts and figures and how the world and economics actually work.

They start with their utopian version of how the world should be and then critique the actual world for not matching up to their vision in every aspect.

To argue against them has no effect because they are not grounded in reality but are, instead, trying to enforce their mass delusions about how the world should be instead of what it actually is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 03:40 PM (6ydKt)

309 Yea, even billionaires work -- and many of them work very hard, putting in more hours a week than 90% of most people. I never understood that myself. But I've seen it enough times to know it's the rule rather than the exception.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

Being rich or even somewhat wealthy is largely self-selecting. Working hard, frugality, skill in capital allocation, all help. A tendency to work hard regardless of how much money a person has gives a greater chance of becoming wealthy and staying there. These often aren't calculated decisions but habits and natural tendencies.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 03:41 PM (okun6)

310 Yea, even billionaires work -- and many of them work very hard, putting in more hours a week than 90% of most people. I never understood that myself. But I've seen it enough times to know it's the rule rather than the exception.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)



Like some Queens vulgarian that I've heard of.

Despite his rep for being a party animal, he'd hit Studio 54 and other similar hot spots with Ivana, totally sober unlike everyone else. But they'd leave early, going home and spending the next 3-4 hours that night working. Every. Night.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:37 PM (y9nCu)
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Elon too. When I was at the big Manhattan firm, I would get calls from guys worth 100s of millions of dollars ... on Saturday night at like 10:30 pm. "Hey Elric, I want to discuss X."

X was never anything urgent. It was never "I got caught in bed with three prostitutes and a dead goat and now I'm in jail." X was always some bullshit that could wait until Monday.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

311 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar

I was here much less than I normally am on Sunday. I was at two services that day. Anglican vicar at the church I went to gave a very inspiring sermon on Romans 8:9-17 and it was also a pleasure to see a beautifully dressed family ( wife wearing a long pretty dress and shawl and man wearing a suit and tie). it seemed like they were honoring God on that way -and yes , IMO, people should wear whatever they're comfortable in in church as long as it's not immodest

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM (zqeQL)

312 306 Rubio pretty much declared WAR on communism/socialism in the USA. Communism cannot hide from Rubio!
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)

I notice, from a casual perusal, that a controversy three way between Rubio, Vance and DeSantis is being ginned up. That’ll be with us for a couple of years.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM (Gqar8)

313
ITC, that wasJay Carney, Barky's press secretary.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (abScH)



Ah, I knew it was some high-falutin' Obama Admin muckymuck commie cocksucker, but they all kind of look and act alike. Easy to get 'em mixed up.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM (y9nCu)

314 I prefer debating with open communists than slick Establishment Democrats.

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 03:43 PM (eIzlH)

315 The difference between standard Democrats and DSA is the DSA puts a little heart over the i in Communism.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:43 PM (oZ51P)

316 No where remotely close to a world war.
_-_
Sure hope you're right. Just laying down a marker there.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 03:43 PM (JWDez)

317 Mortadella with pistachios, on 3 seed sourdough with spicy mustard and Havarti cheese. And a cold beer. That's what's for lunch.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:43 PM (3Ope8)

318 Jimmah put the mullahs in power and El Commandante Zero spent eight years trying to ally himself to them, and, like communists do, wanted also to be allies with Cuba and Venezuela.

And Van Jones was married for a good bit of that time to Jimmah's niece. Thanksgiving conversations in that family must have been focused on who would make good commissars after the revolution and what to next Five Year Plan should include.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (lfoCS)

319 "MOSTLY PEACEFUL" Iranian Missiles strike Jordan and Kill two young Americans.

Immediately the Democrats call for "Defunding the Police" in Chicago to end this travesty...

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (qD4Ju)

320
I notice, from a casual perusal, that a controversy three way between Rubio, Vance and DeSantis is being ginned up. That’ll be with us for a couple of years.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM


The media has been selecting your candidate for you for generations. They're getting pissed off because Trump broke that. Oh yeah, they chose him in '16 because they figured Hillary was a shoo-in.

They don't like us having a stacked field and our own ability to choose our own candidate.

They're going to lashing out HARD over the next 2.5 years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)

321 311 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar

I was here much less than I normally am on Sunday. I was at two services that day. Anglican vicar at the church I went to gave a very inspiring sermon on Romans 8:9-17 and it was also a pleasure to see a beautifully dressed family ( wife wearing a long pretty dress and shawl and man wearing a suit and tie). it seemed like they were honoring God on that way -and yes , IMO, people should wear whatever they're comfortable in in church as long as it's not immodest
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM (zqeQL)

I teach a Life Group “ Sunday School” IOW and the topic of legalism came up. Interesting discussion. The opinions were as varied as the number of people in the class.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (Gqar8)

322
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

Dogs poop a lot. But we clean it up and forget it ever happened.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (w1Bba)

323 I had brought back all sorts or party propaganda posters from the USSR that adorned my walls.

Chicks did not dig it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (RIvkX)

324 How many DSA members have bodies stashed at home?

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (FY1RR)

325 To argue against them has no effect because they are not grounded in reality but are, instead, trying to enforce their mass delusions about how the world should be instead of what it actually is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

A JF Stephen quote:

Love for Humanity, devotion to the All or Universum, and the like, are thus little, if anything, more than a fanatical attachment to some favourite theory about the means by which an indefinite number of unknown persons (whose existence it pleases the theorist’s fancy to assume) may be brought into a state which the theorist calls happiness. A man to whom this ideal becomes so far a reality as to colour his thoughts, his feelings, his estimate of the present and his action towards it, is usually, as repeated experience has shown, perfectly ready to sacrifice that which living people do actually regard as constituting their happiness to his own notions of what will constitute the happiness of other generations.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (XvL8K)

326 oh happy COJ!

lunch of champions!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (VyBeY)

327 Isn't Jay Carmey's ex-wife now President of Columbia and running the "Save The DEI!" preservation program.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 03:46 PM (lfoCS)

328 323 I had brought back all sorts or party propaganda posters from the USSR that adorned my walls.

Chicks did not dig it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (RIvkX)

Smiling buxom farm girls spouting party slogans??

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:46 PM (Gqar8)

329 Huck Follywood, yep, Claire Shipman.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:47 PM (abScH)

330 I had brought back all sorts or party propaganda posters from the USSR that adorned my walls.

Chicks did not dig it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (RIvkX)


My uncle, being a blonde haired, blue eyed German, used to have SS pins and other Nazi paraphernalia that he'd leave in the company vehicles.

He found it hysterical. Not sure anyone else did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:47 PM (2YhKe)

331 Communists took over the Democrat Party around 1968.

Try 1938: there were plenty of communists in FDR’s administration.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 03:47 PM (P6E1+)

332
"Pubic" hair not public.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (zqeQL)

All hair is public hair. If you're brave enough.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:48 PM (w1Bba)

333 had brought back all sorts or party propaganda posters from the USSR that adorned my walls.

Chicks did not dig it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM
****
I tried to bring back a propaganda poster from my hotel in NORK and they sent me home in a coma after beating me almost to death.

Posted by: Zombie Otto Warmbier at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (FY1RR)

334 NYC Mayor Mamdani is disingenuous. His comment, 'Oftentimes we're asked how we divide this country." says it all. He views this country as something he can divide into tribal aggression.
Mamdani refuses to specifically define the 'working class' because he is using that vague phrase to falsely identify with the people who work for a living. You know, the labor unions. The working class is unequivocally defined as anyone who is collecting a paycheck or salary for their work effort. That is regardless of their wealth, corporate position, getting a paycheck for daily expenses, or trying to improve their future. Those that do not work for an income are either trust fund babies or retired people who accumulated wealth by working such that they could survive in their golden years.
Anybody who had never worked for a living (aka, Momdani) is not 'the working class'.

Posted by: John at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (9NUKl)

335 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

336 gotta wonder when jimmah went over to the party line; ... weird to think of a closeted commie as reactor officer on a sub, but I guess one of the lessons of the past decade or so is that almost nothing is all that improbable, any more.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (VyBeY)

337 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

Dogs poop a lot. But we clean it up and forget it ever happened.
Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:44
******
Lol. Brandon Ortiz-Vite filed the lawsuit pro se (as his own attorney) with a handwritten complaint in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. No attorney is involved,

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 03:52 PM (NpAcC)

338 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (Gqar8

The vicar mentioned something which I had never heard before . He said he knew of people who call themselves "carnal Christians" who say "Jesus is my Savior, not my Lord." I think he thought it was weird and not Biblical. Me too. If he's not your Lord, who is.? Your carnal nature? We are all sinners in need of God's grace and forgiveness but the indwelling Holy Spirit works to make us from within

This endeth the lesson. Forgive me. I didn't preach yesterday so I'm doing it today, I guess.

I am glad you teach Sunday school . May God bless you! And do check in sometimes to tell us how the fast is going.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:52 PM (zqeQL)

339 I notice, from a casual perusal, that a controversy three way between Rubio, Vance and DeSantis is being ginned up. That’ll be with us for a couple of years.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM
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JD and Marco are going to play rock-paper-scissors to see who tops the ticket. DeSantis slots in as the AG.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (oqH4h)

340 The vicar mentioned something which I had never heard before . He said he knew of people who call themselves "carnal Christians" who say "Jesus is my Savior, not my Lord." I think he thought it was weird and not Biblical. Me too. If he's not your Lord, who is.? Your carnal nature? We are all sinners in need of God's grace and forgiveness but the indwelling Holy Spirit works to make us from within
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I guess I could see some semantic case to be made that God is one's Lord and worked through his son Jesus to save your soul, but that seems nitpicky and I'm not a religious scholar by any means.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (oqH4h)

341 Plus, I'll bet a lot of $$ that many if not most of the foreigners who were here for weeks -- many were not here that long -- are quite affluent. I don't think we got the slum-dwellers here.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
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By definition they have some wealth just to come overseas - but remember, most have no kids, so you don't need to make that much to save up for airfare. Plus in Europe, soccer is the sport of the working class, and poor - much like football is here.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (GZYu7)

342 “Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation,” the State Department said. “Groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or locations associated with the United States and/or Americans throughout the world.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)

343 "You dip as much as a pinkie into this pond, you may well find something reaches out and drags you into its depths."

Posted by: Socratease at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (YgfoU)

344 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

We should have had the whole Truth and Reconciliation thing in regards to communism after the Soviet Union fell but we had Bush 41 and Clinton so that didn't happen...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

When we let them take over education and information disbursal, well suddenly nobody knows anything about it any more.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

345 gotta wonder when jimmah went over to the party line; ... weird to think of a closeted commie as reactor officer on a sub, but I guess one of the lessons of the past decade or so is that almost nothing is all that improbable, any more.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (VyBeY)

Well he was talking to North Korea early on. He was one of those Observers when the Sandanistas LOST the election and Nicaragua got freedom. By then he was all commie. He torpedoed the Shah, not sure if that was commie based or just idiocy.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)

346 NYC Mayor Mamdani is disingenuous. His comment, 'Oftentimes we're asked how we divide this country." says it all. He views this country as something he can divide into tribal aggression.

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Mandami, as a modern person, knows less about Communism than the average person born in the late 50s / Early 60s. It is all slogans, which usually suffices.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)

347 If Carter were merely incompetent, as some have argued, he would by the law of averages made mistakes, and once in a while, in America’s favor.

That never happened.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 05:15 PM (Xz2QX)

348 weird to think of a closeted commie as reactor officer on a sub,
——-

Carter did none of that. His only nuke connection was as part of a cleanup crew for a contaminated reactor. That’s it.

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Posted by: colmekindo.cc at July 21, 2026 12:43 AM (1l46d)

Dead Body Found at Home Belonging to Criminal Husband of Bald-Headed Freak Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

Black Uncle Fester's thug husband:

The felony-convicted husband of progressive "squad" lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., slapped a phone out of a reporter's hands Monday inside a city hall building after they attempted to approach the congresswoman to ask her a question about alleged childcare fraud in Minnesota.

"Congresswoman Pressley, do you support --" the interviewer could be heard asking as he approached Pressley with his phone camera on record before Conan Harris, Pressley's husband who spent 10 years in prison on felony drug trafficking charges, smacked the phone out of the questioner's hand.

"Sir, you cannot take my phone out of my hand," the questioner could be heard saying, before the phone was picked back up and returned to focus. Harris spent 10 years in prison on a drug trafficking charge before marrying Pressley, who said she draws from his experience of reintegrating into regular society after leaving prison to help inform how she advocates for incarcerated, or previously incarcerated, individuals.

Massachusetts' leftwing grifter governor gave this guy $600 million to restore a courthouse.

That's not even the worst part. The worst part is that Massachusetts won't even own the courthouse they're giving this guy $600 million for -- instead, they've signed a 40 year lease to rent the building from him, bringing the total value of this grift to two fucking billion fucking dollars.


Two billion dollars of DEI and incestuous graft among political pals:

A company where the husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is a partner was selected for a nearly $2 billion deal to build a new courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts -- a decision now being challenged in court by rejected bidders who allege conflicts of interest tainted the process.

Conan Harris, who has been married to the Massachusetts Democrat for more than a decade, is a partner with John Barros in CoJo Real Estate, which is part of the Liberty Junction team selected in early July for the 40-year courthouse lease, according to the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs allege Barros' role as interim executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) created a conflict of interest because several members of that agency's board also serve on the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, the state agency that selected Liberty Junction.

Pressley, a member of the "Squad," was not accused of any wrongdoing by the plaintiffs, and there is no evidence she was involved in the bidding process to rebuild the aging Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse.

Records show the bidding process formally began June 30, 2025, when DCAMM released its request for proposals for the Springfield courthouse project.

The plaintiffs argued that when Barros became the head of the MCCA on Jan. 14, 2026, he did not disclose his participation in the courthouse bidding process to the State Ethics Commission.

The lawsuit also said the Liberty Junction proposal was not updated to indicate that Barros had been appointed to a leading role on the MCCA.

Massachusetts law generally bars state employees from having a direct or indirect financial interest in state contracts, unless they qualify for an exemption, such as by making required disclosures to the State Ethics Commission and not participating in the contracting agency's work.

Fox News Digital reached out to Barros and Harris for comment.

And now, a dead body is found at this guy's property.



Crime scene tape cordoned off a home owned by the husband of Rep. Ayanna Presley (D-MA) Saturday night as Boston homicide detectives investigated a dead body police found at the property.

A police spokesman told CBS News that officers were called to the house on Malta Street in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood at 1:52 p.m. "for a report to investigate a person."

When they arrived, they found the person deceased, the spokesman said.

Police have released no further details such as the cause or manner of death, but the homicide unit is now investigating the incident.

CBS reported late Saturday:

According to property records from the city of Boston, Pressley's husband, Conan Harris, is listed as the owner of the Malta Street home. The property has an assessed value of $919,000.

The two-story, seven bedroom house was built in 1910. Pressley and Harris do not live at the home. It's a rental property that's currently for sale. The asking price is $1.15 million.

Is this something? I doubt it. The criminal doesn't live at this address.

But these Power Communists sure do seem to own a lot of million-dollar properties, don't they?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:18 PM




Comments

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1 In this country, you gotta make the money first.

Then when you get the money, you get the power.

Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

Then, when you get the women, you get the FIRST!

But that ain't easy, because you gotta beat The Blade to get there.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

2 "Black Uncle Fester"

DAMAGE!!!

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at July 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Ft5W9)

3 A murder of crows.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Fi81e)

4 Ace is alive!

Posted by: Inogame at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (53oGX)

5 Is this guy trying to be Stringer Bell?

Posted by: PabloD at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (ICmKm)

6 What, another yellow fever victim?

Posted by: Teddy Brewster at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

7









Posted by: Obama's Chef at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (oZ51P)

8 I'm sure the body just found its way there.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (YwEeS)

9 Sloth.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (jnBG1)

10 Remember someone murdered Obama's chef/boyfriend at his MA mansion as well.

These Mass Dems are bloodthirsty...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

11 See, he's fine. Now just don't forget what we told you, Mr O'Spades.

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (MWfyi)

12 Nice to see you, ace, I thought your alarm clock had malfunctioned.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2026 01:21 PM (ibDUx)

13 But these Power Communists sure do seem to own a lot of million-dollar properties, don't they?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:18 PM
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Buy Large Mansions! is their battle cry.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e)

14 The boldness of elected black leaders to engage in corruption is something to behold.

I guess they're smart in that the world (culture, media, Dem leaders, academia, hollywood, etc) will circle the wagons to protect them at any cost.

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:21 PM (eIzlH)

15 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

16 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

17 "Black Uncle Fester"

Emotional damage, triple the normal damage.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Q/FnY)

18 Ace, you do not get fruit cup.

Posted by: Nurse Diesel at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Q6P2R)

19 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

20 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)
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Get Out the Vote action.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

21 'He shouldn't be hard to find. He leaves dead people everywhere.'

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (LHPAg)

22 MA is arguably the most corrupt state in the Union:

1) The State SC kicked a voter initiative to lower taxes off the ballot after the governor and other dems told them to do it

2) The legislature decided to ignore a previous voter initiative to have them be audited because...well...you know why...

3) The state government kicked several Republican candidates off the ballot because they claim some of the signatures to get them on the ballot were duplicates. Note they also claim there is never ever election fraud

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (sKqQm)

23 He was tonsured to death.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (jnBG1)

24 Socialists love to make money even more than you do when you aren’t looking (h/t, RHLIII).

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:24 PM (4g5V+)

25 BTW the guy Ayanna's boyfriend totally didn't murder is going to vote for all the Dem candidates come this November

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

26 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 01:24 PM (dK+Kv)

27 But these Power Communists sure do seem to own a lot of million-dollar properties, don't they?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:18 PM


But there's no corruption in the Democrat party, Ace.

None whatsoever. All of them are so above board, they're in the clouds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

28 15 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

It’s a Dead Man’s Party.
Who could ask for more?

Posted by: Oingo Boingo at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (4g5V+)

29 So who does live there? And why is it only in his name?

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (hftzA)

30 The two-story, seven bedroom house was built in 1910. Pressley and Harris do not live at the home. It's a rental property that's currently for sale. The asking price is $1.15 million.
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Another example of socialism working for the people.

"Capitalism as we know it no longer works."
-Gavin Big Dummy Newsom

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (RIvkX)

31 Good afternoon Ace.
A dead body involving a Massachusetts politician that isn't a Kennedy. Will wonders never cease

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (sMkB+)

32 First word that comes to mind upon hearing this story:


Witness

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (0U5gm)

33 What, another yellow fever victim?
Posted by: Teddy Brewster at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

Perfect!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (wVcYX)

34 We don’t like this but if we vote Republican gays will be rounded up and sent to extermination camps. And slavery will return. So $2B graft it is.

Posted by: Massachusetts voters at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (GEtfQ)

35 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S.
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lol

I read that in Andy Rooney's voice.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (XeU6L)

36 Ace, you do not get fruit cup.
Posted by: Nurse Diesel at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Q6P2R)
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Can I have it?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (RIvkX)

37 15 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like my kind of people.

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (4g5V+)

38 The death will be listed as the first fatality from the exploding diarrhea parasite.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

39 Socialists love to make money even more than you do when you aren’t looking (h/t, RHLIII).

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:24 PM (4g5V+)
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There is no lack of greed in socialist governments.

Marx should have consulted the Lord on this whole "people should not do" stuff. Maybe he would have found out from an old hand at it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)

40 Representative Ayanna Pressley's estimated net worth is between $4.8 million and $8 million. Her wealth has grown from roughly -$12,500 in 2018 prior to taking office. Her primary assets include five residential rental properties in Massachusetts (including a home on Martha's Vineyard) and income from her husband Conan Harris's consulting firm.

Note she married Harris in 2014 so she didn't get rich by marriage...she got rich through graft.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)

41 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)
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Yeah, right?

Posted by: Zombie Mary Jo Kopechne at July 20, 2026 01:27 PM (RIvkX)

42 Can Ace get some of the orange slices left behind at the World Cup?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:27 PM (4g5V+)

43 Grifter bought the Paul Pelosi home-study course.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (rJ48h)

44 *whistles*

Posted by: Ed Buck at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (xarhI)

45 Death by gunshots?

Hey Mayor Wu, how did your gun control laws work again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (2GVsD)

46 15 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like my kind of people.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (4g5V+)

You'll fit right in.

Posted by: Jim Jones at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (wVcYX)

47 Kigfish.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (LHPAg)

48 None whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)
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And by "none", I mean a bit. Quite a bit, actually.

Posted by: The Colonel at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

49 There is no lack of greed in socialist governments.

Marx should have consulted the Lord on this whole "people should not do" stuff. Maybe he would have found out from an old hand at it.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)

Just look at the GDR’s KoKo (Commercial Coordination). Nuff said.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (4g5V+)

50 So the stiff wasn't Pressley?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (1z8ji)

51 OT- guess they judge-shopped. Wonder who the judge is:

A judge on Monday paused Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, after a group of 12 Democratic attorneys general led by California sued to block the deal, arguing it would harm consumers and reduce competition.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta had argued the merger would lead to “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US.”

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (kX27y)

52 Wait til we see what that greasy shitstain Momdammi does.

This is just amazing. The amount of open fraud everywhere is fucked up.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (et1vG)

53 You know what I love? Elected Democrats see their wealth increased by $1M/year on a $174k salary.

Really they should get out of government and into financial planning

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

54 These insider connected deals reach new levels every year.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (n5tGW)

55 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like my kind of people.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (4g5V+)

You'll fit right in.
Posted by: Jim Jones at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (wVcYX)
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Ha! Like you filled mass graves!! I'm the expert at filling in mass graves!

Posted by: Uncle Joe at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)

56 So the stiff wasn't Pressley?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (1z8ji)


Would that ugly, obnoxious bitch make you stiff?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

57 These Mass Dems are bloodthirsty...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM

Er, uh...it was an ahccident.

*hic*

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (bFu5X)

58 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In my best Dennis Miller voice at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)

59 In other news, England has a new Prime Minister.

Bad news, just a bad as Keir.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (2GVsD)

60 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)
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Yeah, right?
Posted by: Zombie Mary Jo Kopechne
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Lately, I've being called back here.

Posted by: Martha Moxley at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (XeU6L)

61 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In my best Dennis Miller voice at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)
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Police suspect FAFO.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)

62 Oh, that?
/feigning nonchalance

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (RIvkX)

63 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (TeIRJ)

64 57 These Mass Dems are bloodthirsty...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM
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Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

65 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.

Posted by: Sen Schiff at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kj0cq)

66 I did a little more research on the very smelly courthouse deal. The other bidders' real beef with CoJo getting the contract doesn't have much to do with the mutant Conehead's husband.

The real beef is with his partner in CoJo, John Barros. He's the executive director of the powerful MCCA and several members of that agency's board are also on the board of the agency selecting the contractor (DCAMM).

Barros basically controls the people -- or at least has significant influence over the people -- who selected his company as the contractor. He never publicly disclosed this obvious contract until after the fact. I think the mutant's husband is probably one of a number of "influential names" that projects like this attract as windowdressing.

The plan is also for the courthouse to be operational and occupied by 2030. There's not a chance on Earth of that happening. 2035, if they're lucky.

The deal smells to high heaven. I think it's little more than a white elephant.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (iFTx/)

67 DSA: There is no constitutional right to make double digit profit on property.

New Hotness: Unless you’re fleecing the taxpayers, then your good to go making BILLIONS

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (4KUe5)

68 "Whatever you do, don't look under the floorboards for raped & dead black boys!"

-- Adam Schitt and his BFF Ed Buck

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (6jTT/)

69 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.
Posted by: Sen Schiff at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kj0cq)



*fistbump*

Posted by: Zombie John Wayne Gacy at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

70 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

It’s a Dead Man’s Party.
Who could ask for more?
Posted by: Oingo Boingo at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (bFu5X)

71 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.

Posted by: Sen Schiff at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kj0cq)
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I only had gold in my freezer!!

Posted by: That Senator at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (Fi81e)

72 Ace we thought the busty lesbian got you

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (oZ51P)

73 DSA: There is no constitutional right to breath.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (6jTT/)

74 California Attorney General Rob Bonta had argued the merger would lead to “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US.”

Posted by: beckster



I honestly cannot envision lower quality than what is currently being produced.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (0U5gm)

75 43 Grifter bought the Paul Pelosi home-study course.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM

It's hammer time.

Posted by: 3 lb sledge at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (2Ez/1)

76 Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there… these people are unbelievable

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (TCUO6)

77 Maybe the husband was on the contract to facilitate the kickback from John Barton’s. Is he the equivalent of “ ten percent for the big guy?”

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (4KUe5)

78 Ace we thought the busty lesbian got you

Well you can be pretty sure a lesbian wouldn't kill Ace via snu snu

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

79 Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

She's been here and gone bro.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (RIvkX)

80 The two-story, seven bedroom house was built in 1910. Pressley and Harris do not live at the home. It's a rental property that's currently for sale. The asking price is $1.15 million.
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Maybe the dead guy was a potential buyer. And the real estate agent showing him around just happened to be a contract killer in disguise.

I learned that's a possibility from playing Hitman: World of Assassination.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)

81 Geeze Sid, can I keep my doc? Will I save $2,500 a year in medical costs? Will my chef get a paddleboard?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

82 We're still here!

Posted by: Monkeypox at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (kj0cq)

83 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.

Posted by: Sen Schiff at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kj0cq)

Mother says strange things happen in politics, rent homes, and motels.

Posted by: Norman Bates at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (wVcYX)

84 Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there… these people are unbelievable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (TCUO6)
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Must be an investment property being used as a tax shelter or something...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)

85 Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there… these people are unbelievable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (TCUO6)
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I am 100% confident the financing was on legitimate terms available to any American with credit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (RIvkX)

86 California Attorney General Rob Bonta had argued the merger would lead to “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US.”
Posted by: beckster

I have to assume Paramount hasn't paid the bribes demanded of them. This thing doesn't make sense.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (diia5)

87 "Is this something? I doubt it. The criminal doesn't live at this address."

I suspect it's a similar situation to that slimy Fed member (?) who owns a rental property that's occupied by her half-whore niece (?) and her drug-dealing "boyfriend." It was obvious to me that property was being used as a drug den and probably a whorehouse too (properties are often used for these two purposes).

I suspect the same is true of this property.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

88 We're still here!
Posted by: Monkeypox at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM

Ha! Gaaaaaayyyy!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (bFu5X)

89 Well, he wasn't dead dead.

Posted by: Simian minded Whoopie at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (ourEi)

90 Geeze Sid, can I keep my doc? Will I save $2,500 a year in medical costs? Will my chef get a paddleboard?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (XeU6L)


I'm still waiting for my 3000% savings for healthcare.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (2YhKe)

91 Yeah, Sid. Just like we are afraid of a horde of brainless zombies.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

92 If a merger results in less than 50% of the market I say it should be approved . The number could even be higher but that should be the base. Same with companies that build to that market share.

When they broke up Standard Oil it had only 40% of the market. He paid people more and his product was less expensive because he ran a more efficient operation. The competition didn't like that so they had the government go after him.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (KC5Lt)

93 You have to wonder what the country would have been like if the fucking Democrats had spent all that grift on it instead of themselves or on programs meant to destroy.

God help us, but the entire (D) party needs to buried alive in a box.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (jehhT)

94
I have to assume Paramount hasn't paid the bribes demanded of them. This thing doesn't make sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (diia5)

Must have donated to a Republican....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (rijjI)

95 "Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there…"

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It's a write off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (2Ez/1)

96 She is as anti- American as they come, yet she is married to a felon who spent 10 years in jail, and now he is a millionaire business owner. Okay…..

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (hftzA)

97
I have to assume Paramount hasn't paid the bribes demanded of them. This thing doesn't make sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (diia5)


Paramount signed an exclusive deal with the UFC. The UFC is run by Dana White. White is a Trump supporter.

The $1bn they gave the South Park douchbags can't make up for that.

They must be punished.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

98 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.
Posted by: Sen Schiff
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Or, their ponds.

Posted by: Barky at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (XeU6L)

99 But he makes such nice coffee, tho...

@TPostMillennial 4m
BREAKING UPDATE: Andrew Arrabaca ID'd as suspect arrested for setting fire outside NYC federal building

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (diia5)

100 She's got more houses than Bernie.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (KC5Lt)

101 You have to wonder what the country would have been like if the fucking Democrats had spent all that grift on it instead of themselves or on programs meant to destroy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (jehhT)
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At least FDR wanted to spend part of his time improving America.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

102 "...needs to buried alive in a box."
++++
Two words: Stop it.

Posted by: Bob Newhart at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (2Ez/1)

103 Saw a funny video earlier.

Guy is sitting home alone with a mask on and says;

Good thing we fired millions of people for not getting the clot shot in 2020 so we could import millions of people who also didn't get the clot shot.

Imagine how many lives we saved doing this!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

104 I thought the murder house was only valued at $919,000.

Or did having a body in the house increase the value?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (2GVsD)

105 God help us, but the entire (D) party needs to buried alive in a box.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM

Don't be looking over here, mister.

Posted by: Schrödinger's Cat at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (bFu5X)

106 Posted by: Sid at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (TeIRJ)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

107 I only had gold in my freezer!!
Posted by: That Senator at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (Fi81e)

It was $90k in cash. It cost me 13 good years in a PMITA fed prison in Texas.

Posted by: Fmr Congressman William "Cold Cash" Jefferson (D-LA) at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

108 But there's no corruption in the Democrat party, Ace.

None whatsoever. All of them are so above board, they're in the clouds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

Cloud Cuckoo Land.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (sGgMH)

109 104 I thought the murder house was only valued at $919,000.

Or did having a body in the house increase the value?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM

Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)

110 Several times a day now I run across a mug shut of some criminal or other filed as "white" that look not-white enough to play Helen of Troy in the Odyssey

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

111 God help us, but the entire (D) party needs to buried alive in a box.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (jehhT)

The Vanishing would’ve been better if it were the Dems buried alive by creepy Jeff Bridges…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (TCUO6)

112 Over at Insty, he has a nice rundown of the work experience of all these DSA progressive Dems.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (3cUTc)

113 In case you're not familiar with it:

https://youtu.be/3GWaeYRirdU

Posted by: Bob Newhart at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (2Ez/1)

114 I thought the murder house was only valued at $919,000.

Or did having a body in the house increase the value?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM


They BETTER not be overvaluing the property. We've all seen how THAT works out......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

115 If ghosts are the remaining psychic energy of people who died under tragic circumstances, why don't we have reports of people seeing crackhead ghosts? HMMMM?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)

116 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S.

Voter outreach.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (ndZc7)

117 Speaking of guns, Beretta is leaving Maryland.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (2GVsD)

118 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.

Posted by: B ROTHELBURGER at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (ehY6c)

119 The reports are now that the dead boy died from a ... gunshot wound.

See my comment above. Trust the Blade. He knows things. Always trust The Blade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

120 So wait, Sid is arguing we shouldn't be afraid of Socialists because they have a program that would improve the nation? And that these National Socialists will also solve the "Jewish problem"?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

121 I'm surprised they're even building a courthouse in a blue shithole State.

Wouldn't it be more "socially just" and profitable to simply burn them all down and award the contracts to Pantyfa, Black Lunatics Matter, The DSA, Democrat-Communist Party, The Mad Mullahs, and Chy-na?

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (6jTT/)

122
Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)


Have you seen Elvis and have you spoke to him lately?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

123 Over at Insty, he has a nice rundown of the work experience of all these DSA progressive Dems.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM

Work experience, or "work" experience?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (bFu5X)

124 Once again, corroborating evidence that Congress is mainly about graft these days.

They probably hate that interruption to their grifting when we want to see them passing laws and conducting hearings.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

125 On the face of it, I'd say "fuck the Massholes, I hope they enjoy shoveling graft into that Pressley crook and her gangbanger husband's greedy little gullets."

But we all know their $600m-$2b is being funneled through MA State government from us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (BI5O2)

126 A developer planning a massive data center complex, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, is currently suing for access to 260 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (roughly 750,000 gallons a day).



That's basically about what I use to water my lawn or fill my pool.

Stop buying into the propaganda.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (uSpHL)

127 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.
Posted by: B ROTHELBURGER at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (ehY6c)


This is what you get when Mary Cloggenstein attempts a sock......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)

128 At least FDR wanted to spend part of his time improving America.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

Have you seen the WPA murals?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (sGgMH)

129 Was Old Lady Rodham involved?

Posted by: The ghost of Vince Foster at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (2Ez/1)

130 Because everyone needs a ghost with blood oozing out of bullet holes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (2GVsD)

131 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

Their main constituency

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (oZ51P)

132 Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)

It's not so bad.

Posted by: Mrs. Muir at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

133 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S.

Voter outreach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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If that doesn't make the Comments of the Week list, I will be disappointed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

134 Here's the update that the guy was killed by a gunshot. He's also a criminal himself.

https://tinyurl.com/3ectayxn

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)

135 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.

So which of these options are true?

1) Victim was schtupping Ayanna and was shot by her husband

2) Victim was schtupping husband and was shot by Ayanna

3) Victim made the mistake of taking more then his cut...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

136 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.

Posted by: B ROTHELBURGER at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (ehY6c)
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Even if he usta, he don't live there no more.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (Fi81e)

137 She and her husband belong in prison. Her being allowed to hold public office is outrageous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (826kS)

138 Assuming the redevelopment costs were $600 million, it's not, it's padded, what kind of freaking state government building needs that level. The govt approvers need to be canned and un-elected.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)

139 Black Democrats wonder why they get a bad reputation. This is why.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (sYM3s)

140 Point of order: Mary is in Vermont.

Posted by: Person who likes to say Point Of Order at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)

141 If ghosts are the remaining psychic energy of people who died under tragic circumstances, why don't we have reports of people seeing crackhead ghosts? HMMMM?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)

Maybe dead crackheads aren't a tragedy?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (1z8ji)

142 124 Once again, corroborating evidence that Congress is mainly about graft these days.

They probably hate that interruption to their grifting when we want to see them passing laws and conducting hearings.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

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It's why the only material thing Congress passed under Biden with a thin majority in both chambers was the Inflation Reduction Act which was just a huge handout to cronies.

No effort at all at policy changes. Just graft in terms of trillions of dollars.

No, they didn't break Manchin's legs and get 50 votes for amnesty of all illegals with Kamala breaking the tie.

They gave cash to Manchin to pass it because the Democrat Party doesn't actually care about legislative policy gains anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (UTxF6)

143 Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)

It's not so bad.
Posted by: Mrs. Muir
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Easy for you to say.

Posted by: Ebenezer Scrooge at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)

144 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (ndZc7)

DAMN YOU

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (oZ51P)

145 It's not just that all these DSA progressives have almost no private sector work experience, it's that they are almost obscenely allergic to any work--entire lives in government.

There's a reason their messages resonate with the downwardly mobile, white, laptop class:
It's the example of the promise that their college degree guaranteed them a life of power, prestige and ... no work.

If they got theirs, I gots to get mine.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (3cUTc)

146 Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)

It's not so bad.
Posted by: Mrs. Muir at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM

Says you!

Posted by: Luther Heggs at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (bFu5X)

147 I have to assume Paramount hasn't paid the bribes demanded of them. This thing doesn't make sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (diia5)
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Biden appointee from 2023, almost had her confirmation torpedoed but VP Kamala came in to save the day and break the tie:

The states' top prosecutors called on Warner and Paramount to not close the transaction until after a court had time to "fully evaluate" their claims. And when the companies refused, they filed for a temporary restraining order — which is what District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted on Monday. That opens the door to a potential preliminary injunction that the states are also seeking to effectively block the deal.

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (kX27y)

148 developer planning a massive data center complex, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, is currently suing for access to 260 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (roughly 750,000 gallons a day).------

And that's with a closed loop cooling system.


Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (KC5Lt)

149
Is this guy trying to be Stringer Bell?
Posted by: PabloD at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (ICmKm)




Stringer was an idiot and weakling who thought he was smart because he was going to community college. Dressed well, though.

He was almost as stupid and gullible as Marlo Stanfield. In both cases, Prop Joe easily strung them along, at least until Joe's own nephew betrayed him to Marlo. Not that it did Cheese much good when Slim Charles realized that he was responsible for getting Joe capped.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)

150
135 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.

So which of these options are true?

1) Victim was schtupping Ayanna and was shot by her husband

2) Victim was schtupping husband and was shot by Ayanna

3) Victim made the mistake of taking more then his cut...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

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4) They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (UTxF6)

151 imagine a federal budget that contained no fraud.

the deficit would be about a dollar fifty.

I was cynical, for decades, but the actual scale of the theft goes beyond mere mind-boggling. it's insane. un-effing-believable.

and that still probably understates the magnitude.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (VyBeY)

152 So which of these options are true?


1) Victim was schtupping Ayanna and was shot by her husband

2) Victim was schtupping husband and was shot by Ayanna

3) Victim made the mistake of taking more then his cut...

Posted by: 18-1
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4) all of the above ✅︎

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (826kS)

153 Hey Conan, nice job of screening and vetting your tenants, dickhead!

Posted by: Ayana Pressley at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (wVcYX)

154 If ghosts are the remaining psychic energy of people who died under tragic circumstances, why don't we have reports of people seeing crackhead ghosts? HMMMM?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
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I think that's how we get poltergeists.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (FZ29D)

155 It was a mostly peaceful shooting.

Posted by: Local media at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (2Ez/1)

156 134 Here's the update that the guy was killed by a gunshot. He's also a criminal himself.

https://tinyurl.com/3ectayxn
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)

Interesting so Mr. Harris/Pressley was a convicted drug offender who spent 10 years in jail.. The plot thickens

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (rijjI)

157 Charlatans become Democrats for the same reason Willie Sutton robbed banks.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (oZ51P)

158 Voter outreach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Hilarious. Sad and true but still funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (jt/rW)

159 4) They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

They thought the cops said he was shot?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

160
Interesting so Mr. Harris/Pressley was a convicted drug offender who spent 10 years in jail.. The plot thickens
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (rijjI)


So, we know he's innocent because he was convicted of a felony and can't own a gun.

Right? RIGHT!!!?????

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)

161 Black Democrats wonder why they get a bad reputation. This is why.
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This is yet another example of a "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (TN0g+)

162 Charlatans become Democrats for the same reason Willie Sutton robbed banks.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (oZ51P)
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In conservative districts, they also become Republicans.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (Fi81e)

163 The reports are now that the dead boy died from a ... gunshot wound.

See my comment above. Trust the Blade. He knows things. Always trust The Blade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade



Makes me think my first inclination was right - witness.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (0U5gm)

164 159 4) They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

They thought the cops said he was shot?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

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So, bad drug deal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (UTxF6)

165 The judge who temporarily halted the merger Araceli Martinez is a Biden appointment who worked at ACLU and Legal Aid. Oh, and she was born in Mexico.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (sMkB+)

166 Conan! What is best in life?

To crush your tenants, see them on the front page, and hear the lamentations of my woman's political career!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (bFu5X)

167 Interesting so Mr. Harris/Pressley was a convicted drug offender who spent 10 years in jail.. The plot thickens

And how he's running a millions dollar real estate business.

Amazing how quickly your life can turn around...if you marry a Dem politician.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

168 165 The judge who temporarily halted the merger Araceli Martinez is a Biden appointment who worked at ACLU and Legal Aid. Oh, and she was born in Mexico.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (sMkB+)

Don't we have any American Judges ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (rijjI)

169
Wait, they have a rental property? They're landlords?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (BbMh4)

170 161 Black Democrats wonder why they get a bad reputation. This is why.
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This is yet another example of a "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (TN0g+)

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There was a story a few weeks ago about Black Southern Democrat civic leaders getting real mad at the Democrat Party because they feel like they're being left behind.

Losing at least a third of their congressmen over the next couple of years because of Callais mandating the end of racial gerrymanders will probably just make that problem better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (UTxF6)

171 "148 developer planning a massive data center complex, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, is currently suing for access to 260 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (roughly 750,000 gallons a day).------

And that's with a closed loop cooling system.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (KC5Lt) "

that's just make-up water for the cooling towers? wow.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (VyBeY)

172 >>>the actual scale of the theft goes beyond mere mind-boggling. it's insane. un-effing-believable.

and that still probably understates the magnitude.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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April 14, dead line, be on time, we're watching you.
_IRS, and don't think about abbreviating it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (826kS)

173
Bypass
Legitimate
Morticians

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (oZ51P)

174 So apparently Two-tier Keir Starmer left the PM position last week? And his evil commie minion took over? I guess US media was too busy with kicky-ball to notice.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (diia5)

175 It was a mostly peaceful shooting.
Posted by: Local media at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM

What shooting?

Posted by: The MSM at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (bFu5X)

176 Federal budget was under $2T in 1999.

You could get it back to pretty close to that now and most people wouldn't notice a difference

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

177 These clowns are not smart enough to pull off a two-billion-dollar fraud. CoJo Real Estate is probably just a DEI front to justify giving them the bid. They're gonna net $300K and waste it on scratch offs.

Posted by: Somali Daycare Alliance at July 20, 2026 01:51 PM (wGerL)

178 169, LOL, H7!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 01:51 PM (VyBeY)

179 Dead men tell no tales doncha know.

Posted by: BOSTON PD (D) at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (ehY6c)

180 In conservative districts, they also become Republicans.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (Fi81e)

I could have said "politicians" but then it would become commentary

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (oZ51P)

181 Wait, they have a rental property? They're landlords?

Considering the hate for landlords on reddit this makes we want to create an account and remind the people their how their favorite squad member earns her $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)

182
Burnham wants the Britain of 1976.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (BbMh4)

183 as others I am sure have mentioned....how is it not her property too?

Posted by: zigggggy at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (EDeJ/)

184 Her husband claimed this as a business address and also it was divided into apartments. Total scammers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (n5tGW)

185 Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, is currently suing for access to 260 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (roughly 750,000 gallons a day).
_-_
A small price to pay for more nodes in the Control Grid. Build your prison, slaves!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (JWDez)

186 @148 polynikes, is there that much water left in the Colorado River?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (sMkB+)

187 Burnham wants the Britain of 1976

More like 1066. Well, without the Christianity.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

188 Don't we have any American Judges ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (rijjI)

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"I'm your huckleberry!"

/US District Clown Judge Bozoberg

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (6jTT/)

189 Crackhead ghosts are the ones who steal your socks from the dryer, and your 3- and 5/8ths sockets.

They don't really know how they plan to make money off them, but they're certain they can, somehow, buy some more ghost-rocks this way.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (BI5O2)

190 They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (UTxF6)

od'd on lead

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (oZ51P)

191 179 Dead men tell no tales doncha know.
Posted by: BOSTON PD (D) at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (ehY6c)

Don't you know it.
--Obama's personal chef

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)

192 The judge who temporarily halted the merger Araceli Martinez is a Biden appointment who worked at ACLU and Legal Aid. Oh, and she was born in Mexico.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (sMkB+)

Don't we have any American Judges ?
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In Europe, if you want to know why rapists and all the muzzie scum keep getting kid-glove treatment:
Every country but 1, the majority of judges are women.

Woman should not be judges.
Their emotional empathy makes a mockery of justice and punishes the victims twice.

That's why plank 4 of the Restore America Agenda is to defund the judiciary.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (3cUTc)

193 Colorado doesn’t have the water to sustain current population.

We are is a major drought.

Anyone demanding millions of gallons of water can GFY.

Seriously, we’re full, and need people to leave ( not that any politician here would support that).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (4KUe5)

194 is there that much water left in the Colorado River?
_-_
Overallocated and coming into some dry years.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (JWDez)

195 190 They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (UTxF6)

od'd on lead
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (oZ51P

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Hardcore.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (UTxF6)

196 I thought the left, and especially The Squad, hated landlords and was pushing for "extra" properties to be expropriated. How strange that Pressley owns *5* rental properties. Very strange indeed.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (lFFaq)

197
"Conan, what is best in life"

Conan: That gag where I put moving lips over a still and pretend I'm interviewing somebody?

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e)

198 I'd bet this could all be sorted out with a beer summit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (sYM3s)

199 Apparently, bald is not beautiful.

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (UjdFS)

200 Considering the hate for landlords on reddit this makes we want to create an account and remind the people their how their favorite squad member earns her $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)

Then you quickly realize they don't give an everloving fuck. They're just getting a "piece" of what everyone else does. Marxists are weird.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (oZ51P)

201 Just because socialism fails 100% of the time doesn’t mean it can’t work.

Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (GEtfQ)

202 The appearance of a conflict of interest as a red line - long the sensible cultural/political standard, if not strictly the legal one - has simply vanished.

And it's not limited to preposterously stupid and corrupt black Dem congresscritters. And it's now reached the point where it engages the most serious matters of state.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (U/Byj)

203 Not to mention that we need that warp PUT OUT WILDFIRES that are raging around the state.

I’ll take forests over “computer.”

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (4KUe5)

204 In Europe, if you want to know why rapists and all the muzzie scum keep getting kid-glove treatment:
Every country but 1, the majority of judges are women.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (3cUTc)
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Also, in some cases, the cops get a turn with the girls.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (Fi81e)

205 Just because socialism fails 100% of the time doesn’t mean it can’t work.
Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (GEtfQ)


I'm still waiting for Sid to tell me where the socialist system provides great healthcare for all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

206 There was a story a few weeks ago about Black Southern Democrat civic leaders getting real mad at the Democrat Party because they feel like they're being left behind.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (UTxF6)
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Welcome to the party, pal. These "leaders" are only just now realizing they're getting fucked in the ass? Democraps have been taking black voters for granted for at least 40 years now, and have been openly hostile to normal black voters for at least 20.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)

207 New footage shows anti-ICE activist set fire outside immigration court in NYC.

https://tinyurl.com/4ru7488b

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (ndZc7)

208 the actual scale of the theft goes beyond mere mind-boggling. it's insane. un-effing-believable.
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This is necessary, these thieves must be rewarded for their skin color, so the AWFLs can feel good they are "standing against racism."

They'll vote to triple that theft if the option is to vote for even the mildest of moderate Republicans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (3cUTc)

209
It's just a body, not a body body.

Honestly!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (rE7Gw)

210 99 But he makes such nice coffee, tho...

@TPostMillennial 4m
BREAKING UPDATE: Andrew Arrabaca ID'd as suspect arrested for setting fire outside NYC federal building
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (diia5)

Thanks, weft cut-loop.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (6wpGE)

211 I thought the left, and especially The Squad, hated landlords and was pushing for "extra" properties to be expropriated. How strange that Pressley owns *5* rental properties. Very strange indeed.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (lFFaq)
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It's very easy to get confused by a lefty if you believe they meant what they said.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)

212 We are is a major drought.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (4KUe5)

Lizzy doing her best Amos and Andy

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (oZ51P)

213
I'm still waiting for Sid to tell me where the socialist system provides great healthcare for all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

We got your healthcare right here

Posted by: Canadian MAID at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (rijjI)

214 DSA wants it to fail.
These people openly say they hate America and want to destroy it.
Failure is a feature not a bug. Pretending to care and want equality blah blah blah is for the useful udiots.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (4KUe5)

215 Because they swore up and down that Owebamacare was the FIX to our healthcare 'problems.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (2YhKe)

216 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

MAID is just great for depressed people/ s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (D+BhG)

217 I am pretty sure that after the consequences of that Aspen Acres fire are more fully known, there will be a push to get some people out of Colorado by emptying places in which the insurance companies no longer have an interest - and yet the population will still grow with the cities.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (JWDez)

218 iirc, the Clintons were known for delivering the goods for those that bribed them. That now seems true for most of the Democrat Party (and half the Republicans?). Give a half million, get back a billion or more. Or just be related to the one in power ...or be a fellow Muslim.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (vbXSk)

219 We just want to make clear that whatever happened to our family member, he WAS NOT involved in a sexual relationship with Ayanna Pressley. I mean, come on, man!

Posted by: Family of the Deceased at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (0e5Te)

220 It's just a body, not a body body.

Honestly!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (rE7Gw)
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Well, The View has been heard from...

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)

221 why do negro women shave their heads?

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)

222 Heh, can’t type on my phone!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (4KUe5)

223 Is this guy trying to be Stringer Bell?
Posted by: PabloD at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (ICmKm)

Stringer was an idiot and weakling who thought he was smart because he was going to community college. Dressed well, though.

---------------

He really pulled off that American gangster hood talk -- while pretending to be an MBA when in "professional" environments and conversations.

We were stunned that Idris Elba was British when we started watching the TV Series "Luther" -- which was pretty good.

It's amazing how those British actors can pull off various American accents ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (6jTT/)

224 It's very easy to get confused by a lefty if you believe they meant what they said.

My favorite moment on lefty forums this year was a few weeks ago reading about how "b*tchs lie about everything including rape. Especially the Jew b*tches"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

225
It is abundantly clear that the black community is not electing their best to public office.

Unless it is, and that is another horror story.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (rE7Gw)

226 why do negro women shave their heads?

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)

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They secretly want to be dicks?

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (6jTT/)

227 Isn't it weird that every single thing we say about the DSA applies to all Democrat politicians

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (oZ51P)

228 We just want to make clear that whatever happened to our family member, he WAS NOT involved in a sexual relationship with Ayanna Pressley. I mean, come on, man!

Dude she's as smooth as a dolphin.

Well...on her head.

Posted by: Some perv at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

229 If in the year 2026 you are a landlord in a Blue city/state shithole, well, sorry but you brought this on yourself. It was obvious to anyone going back at least 5 years what was happening and where the end game would lead. We told you repeatedly we would confiscate your property eventually. You chose not to believe us. You chose poorly.

Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (GEtfQ)

230 Don Black, it’s Alopecia (however it’s spelled).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (4KUe5)

231
My favorite moment on lefty forums this year was a few weeks ago reading about how "b*tchs lie about everything including rape. Especially the Jew b*tches"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)


So, we don't 'believe all women' anymore?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)

232 still waiting for Sid to tell me where the socialist system provides great healthcare for all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

2 year wait lists to see a doctor is awesome.

Posted by: UK Health Care at July 20, 2026 02:00 PM (GEtfQ)

233 New footage shows anti-ICE activist set fire outside immigration court in NYC.

https://tinyurl.com/4ru7488b
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (ndZc7)

Looks like the perp could be either Reddy Kilowatt, or the Jack-in-the-Box clown.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:00 PM (1z8ji)

234 Now we got a hostage and SWAT situation in Chicago.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:00 PM (2GVsD)

235 why do negro women shave their heads?

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)

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They secretly want to be dicks?
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (6jTT/)


Ah....that brings me back to my youth.......


"If you wore a skin cap, you'd be a dick."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (2YhKe)

236 >>>why do negro women shave their heads?

Posted by: Don Black

>WNBA free agency? Is this a trick question?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (sYM3s)

237 Then you quickly realize they don't give an everloving fuck. They're just getting a "piece" of what everyone else does. Marxists are weird.
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The purpose of the destruction into a low-trust society is so that everyone then assumes everyone else is stealing.
So stealing is not wrong.

Theft is required under marxism.

Arguing morals with the left is like trying to lecture a stray dog is should not kill and eat your calf.
No.
Shoot them and go on about your chores.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (3cUTc)

238 Isn't it weird that every single thing we say about the DSA applies to all Democrat politicians

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (oZ51P)
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The DSA is mainly divided from the Democratic Party by people who said the quiet part out loud enough that they appear different.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e)

239 Reddy Killowatt the Jack-in-the-Box killer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (2GVsD)

240
>WNBA free agency? Is this a trick question?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (sYM3s)


They have been known to stop the game for an unfortunate wig situation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (2YhKe)

241 117 Speaking of guns, Beretta is leaving Maryland.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (2GVsD)

I thought they left already.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (4g5V+)

242 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)

243 Don Black, it’s Alopecia (however it’s spelled).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (4KUe5)

Hang on, I thought it was Ayanna

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (oZ51P)

244
No one wants to live in a murder house.

But, howzabout a crack head ODing in a house and stinking it up with his death poop.

Price goes up or price goes down?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (iJfKG)

245 I really hope he tries personally, but commie scum never does the dirty work.

@LeadingReport 9m
NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)

246 Now we got a hostage and SWAT situation in Chicago.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:00 PM (2GVsD)


Can't be. There's no crime in Chitcago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)

247 why do negro women shave their heads?
Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)
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Very common. But they usually wear wigs. The wig industry catering to black women is billions of dollars. There are many black women out there who find it easier just to shave their heads and wear glamorous wigs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

248 Alopecia Presson is her sister.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (2GVsD)

249 Old school Dems just wanted to steal. We want to steal and put you in concentration camps. There is a difference.

Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GEtfQ)

250 Just so people know how this works.
Govt deeds property to developer.
Dev builds project for "$600 million".
About 10% of that cost is developers fees, they pay themselves $60 million.
Govt leases building for 40 years based on total development costs, plus say 7% profit.
Because it is a govt lease with taxing authority, the developer can get a near 100% commercial loan.

So development group gets $60 million to develop, claims $600 million in costs *really probably $500 million*, gets rent payments to pay 100% mortgage plus additional funds, all for little outlay of investment. And owns the property at the end.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 02:03 PM (n5tGW)

251 Was the body missing it's scalp ? Asking for a friend

Posted by: Ayanna Baldy Pressme at July 20, 2026 02:03 PM (NtVYv)

252 I never heard of a state leasing a courthouse from a private party before.

Financing the construction costs of a courthouse, and THEN leasing the courthouse back?

This deal stings on ice.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 02:03 PM (RCjYY)

253 @TPostMillennial 4m
BREAKING UPDATE: Andrew Arrabaca ID'd as suspect arrested for setting fire outside NYC federal building
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I like how the first headline just said something like "person arrested for incendiary device outside federal building"

And not "tried to firebomb an ICE facility."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:04 PM (3cUTc)

254 247 why do negro women shave their heads?
Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)
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Very common. But they usually wear wigs. The wig industry catering to black women is billions of dollars. There are many black women out there who find it easier just to shave their heads and wear glamorous wigs.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM
++++++
Sounds like an upcoming subject for Piper!

Posted by: Person clueless about wigs at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (2Ez/1)

255 Just stash them in your closet.

Posted by: Zombie ira Einhorn at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (kj0cq)

256
The only bald woman that looked any good was the chick in the first Star Trek movie.

She was so fine, even bald couldn't ruin her.

The exception not the rule..the rest of you bald femmes.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iJfKG)

257 134 Here's the update that the guy was killed by a gunshot. He's also a criminal himself.

https://tinyurl.com/3ectayxn
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)

Thanks, Elric.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (6wpGE)

258 @LeadingReport 9m
NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)


He's in charge of the NYPD Commissioned. The NYPD doesn't have any NYC charges against him to arrest him and there's no outstanding federal warrant for him where they would detain him for the federalis. You can't use a city cop to arrest a guy for alleged "crimes against humanity."

I'm quite sure there isn't an NYPD officer that is willing to take part in this, unless their pension is threatened, that is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (2YhKe)

259 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)
_____

Ghost Bond, wtf. Glue or adhesive. If you have some of your real hair left, you can get a wig with a stretch cap and put that over your head.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

260 Andy Arabacca has 2 left hands, uses both... at the same time.

Posted by: Valledicktorian at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (ehY6c)

261
She was so fine, even bald couldn't ruin her.

The exception not the rule..the rest of you bald femmes.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iJfKG)


Wife lost all her hair during chemo.

I still found her beautiful.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)

262 We are is a major drought.

Posted by: Lizzy

We need to get Lizzie Warren out here to do a rain dance.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (ndZc7)

263 Good morn...er never mind, ace.

Posted by: creeper at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (80oeU)

264 never heard of a state leasing a courthouse from a private party before.

Financing the construction costs of a courthouse, and THEN leasing the courthouse back?

This deal stings on ice.
Posted by: mnw

This happens with highways in reverse. State will build an expressway. Then leases it to some corporation, usually European which charges tolls and keeps the revenue.

It’s shady as fuck both ways.

Posted by: Corruption Everywhere at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (GEtfQ)

265 iirc, the Clintons were known for delivering the goods for those that bribed them. That now seems true for most of the Democrat Party (and half the Republicans?). Give a half million, get back a billion or more. Or just be related to the one in power ...or be a fellow Muslim.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (vbXSk)

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Watched a good Judicial Watch documentary last night about the TWA Flight 800 tragedy now 30 years ago entitled "BREAKING: FBI Documents Raise Questions about TWA Flight 800 Crash!"

It was obvious to anyone paying attention then that it was taken out by a missile; the only question was: Was it terrorism or accidental friendly fire from a US Naval Vessel?

Of course, running for reelection, the despicable Clintons and their Deep State masters made sure to have it covered up -- just like with Hillary and Benghazi:

youtube.com/watch?v=5eYVkstnHwY

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (6jTT/)

266 Old school Dems just wanted to steal. We want to steal and put you in concentration camps. There is a difference.

Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GEtfQ)

Boy, do I have some news for you.

Posted by: Old School Dems at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (oZ51P)

267 Waiting for Presley's husband to slap someone, like Will Smith smacking Chris Rock at the Oscars

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (sMkB+)

268 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)



I sawed this BITCH in half!!!!

Posted by: Phil Swift for Flex Seal at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

269 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)
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Velcro.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Fi81e)

270 Wife lost all her hair during chemo.

I still found her beautiful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)
___

You are such a sweetheart.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (x7Vzy)

271 She was so fine, even bald couldn't ruin her.

The exception not the rule..the rest of you bald femmes.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iJfKG)


Wife lost all her hair during chemo.

I still found her beautiful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)

As well you should, you Fool for Love you!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (iJfKG)

272 Sounds like an upcoming subject for Piper!
Posted by: Person clueless about wigs at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (2Ez/1)

Time to consult the Professor:

https://youtu.be/5UX5_IAhERM

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (1z8ji)

273 Waiting for Presley's husband to slap someone, like Will Smith smacking Chris Rock at the Oscars
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (sMkB+)


He's already smacked the phone out of someone's hand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (2YhKe)

274 The good news is that the spiking cancer rates associated with Data Centers will likely reduce the population, lessening the current demand for water and electricity among the residents.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (uSpHL)

275 creeper!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (x7Vzy)

276 I worked for a company where there were investigations, fines, and significant tax penalties for a CEO who got millions from buildings, art works, and a yacht that he "leased" to the company.

Apparently, that's all legal now?

Posted by: Wally at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (0e5Te)

277 I never heard of a state leasing a courthouse from a private party before.

It happens all the time. It's quite the grift.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (n5tGW)

278
You are such a sweetheart.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (x7Vzy)


*hugs*


And I told her so often.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (2YhKe)

279 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.

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And I'm gonna punch out Pete Hegseth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (ndZc7)

280 worked for a company where there were investigations, fines, and significant tax penalties for a CEO who got millions from buildings, art works, and a yacht that he "leased" to the company.

Apparently, that's all legal now?
Posted by: Wally at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (0e5Te)

They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 20, 2026 02:09 PM (GEtfQ)

281 Negro women.
Bald heads.
Wig attachment.

The things I learn here.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (2Ez/1)

282 never heard of a state leasing a courthouse from a private party before.

Financing the construction costs of a courthouse, and THEN leasing the courthouse back?

This deal stings on ice.
Posted by: mnw
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These kind of "public-private partnerships" aren't unusual, and if structured correctly can be a benefit to taxpayers. Because usually it means the city doesn't have to pay a big up-front cost, gets property tax from the developer, and usually also a lease fee for the land.

But this deal is clearly not a good deal for the taxpayer. It's a scam.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

283 lace wig machines for sale

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (2GVsD)

284 ?How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?

Posted by: 18-1

Poligrip denture adhesive maybe

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (ZxPkt)

285

1. Start a company

2. Rent all your shit to said company

3. ????

4. PROFIT!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)

286 Harris husband's company has a bunch of gobbledegook about diversifying the pipeline of business strategy. Built to grift from the government while sounding like Kamala

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (sMkB+)

287 You’re a good husband, sponge.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (W2Pud)

288 3. ????

Get elected

Posted by: Halfhand at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (Ysav4)

289 You’re a good husband, sponge.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (W2Pud)


I give it a valiant effort.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

290 It's the PUBLIC'S courthouse. It cannot be leased from someone else.
The stupid it burns.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (kj0cq)

291
Get elected
Posted by: Halfhand at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (Ysav4)


Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

292 I worked for a company where there were investigations, fines, and significant tax penalties for a CEO who got millions from buildings, art works, and a yacht that he "leased" to the company.

Apparently, that's all legal now?

Posted by: Wally



Only if you are an elected democrat. They can also legally trade on inside information, despite the fact that a law has been passed twice to outlaw it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 02:12 PM (0U5gm)

293 Ted's losing the plot:
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Ted Cruz @tedcruz ·
1m
We are witnessing the rapid takeover of the Democrat Party by “Democratic Socialists.”

I want to be clear: These are open communists.

Sadly, the Democrat leadership is not fighting back; they have adopted the tactic of feeding the alligator in hopes it bites them last. #Verdict

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:12 PM (Fi81e)

294 She's BALD!!!

Posted by: George Costanza at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (4opPK)

295 lace wig machines for sale
Posted by: Anna Puma
......

with complimentary pair of Ugg Boots

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (UjdFS)

296 No one wants to live in a murder house.

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"Or a former meth lab, especially if you don't disclose it prior to the sale."

-- obligatory Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad reference)

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (6jTT/)

297 I'm sure Netanyahu has some dangerous pipe-hitting Hebraic MFers in his security detail, if Mayor Mamdanny wants to try anything

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (ZxPkt)

298 That's not even the worst part. The worst part is that Massachusetts won't even own the courthouse they're giving this guy $600 million for -- instead, they've signed a 40 year lease to rent the building from him, bringing the total value of this grift to two fucking billion fucking dollars.

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How is the Federal DoJ Public Corruption office not all over this?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (DbmIv)

299 Read that the Scot's are going to open their North Sea area to drilling. How much is Britain going to dun them?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (826kS)

300 @265 the FBI alleged something caused a spark in the fuel tank. Don't know what caused the spark. Hasn't happened before or since.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (sMkB+)

301 It's the PUBLIC'S courthouse. It cannot be leased from someone else.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (kj0cq)
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Haha! Good one!

Posted by: The Democratic Party at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)

302 Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (6jTT/)

I watched that yesterday as well. It had some good stuff in it. It's obvious that TWA 800 was not some wiring issue simply from the fact that the FBI came in immediately and took over the investigation.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:14 PM (3Ope8)

303 ?How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?
Posted by: 18-1

Nowadays? Gorilla Glue.

Posted by: Speller at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (pSotA)

304 Is every democrat colored gal in office a criminal?

Name one who hasn't been stealing, raping, grifting, embezzling, assaulting, etc, etc.

Posted by: In Surround Sound Stereotypes at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (e2lsi)

305
Ugh.

I've got a terrible cold today.

Have one of you morons been fooling around in your Gain of Function Lab lately?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (iJfKG)

306 Re Flight 800
The evening of 911 that Stephanopoulos prick was being interviewed and he was ticking off a list of prior terrorist attacks and he included Flight 800 without missing a beat.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (kj0cq)

307 What reason would the FBI have to lie?

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (oZ51P)

308 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM

Definitely not glue. Witness the "tumbleweave" phenomenon in many police bodycam videos.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (bFu5X)

309 Bibi (ex-special forces) and Mamdani (commie theater kid) in the Octagon!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (GD0B3)

310 All the lease scam…

Jose has a lawn care business. Juan, his cousin, has a lawn tool business. Juan leases Jose his tools. Juan depreciates the value of the tools and Jose pays him the exact amount of the depreciation so that Juan has $0 income. Juan pays no taxes. Jose gets to write off the cost of the tools he’s leasing.

Oh in reality there are no tools leased. Jose uses a 12 year old lawnmower. But it’s a hell of a nice business deduction created out of thin air.

Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:16 PM (GEtfQ)

311 Is every democrat colored gal in office a criminal?

Name one who hasn't been stealing, raping, grifting, embezzling, assaulting, etc, etc.
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The polite term is "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 02:16 PM (TN0g+)

312 225

To be fair, Squad member Cora Bush (D-MO) DID get beat in a DEM primary in 2024, by a respected AA lawyer & former prosecutor, Wesley Burns (D-MO).

However that district had (may still have) a significant white minority presence.

So, the District that elected a Squd member corrected its own mistake. The only district to dump a Squad incumbent.

Bush is running again this year, once again against Burns, but most observers think Bush's chances are poor. If she couldn't beat Burns when she was the incumbent, she's unlikely to do so now that HE'S the incumbent.

Bush criticized Burns for accepting AIPAC support last time, IIRC.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (RCjYY)

313 How is the Federal DoJ Public Corruption office not all over this?

How is it the taxpayers haven't burned the corrupt govt politicians signing this deal like a witch in Salem?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (n5tGW)

314 All you praying Horde people, this morning we got an unexpected diagnosis of a large tumor in the sigmoid colon for my husband.
That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)

315 Wife was significantly pissed off when ugly leftist twats were shaving their heads to make themselves 'ugly' so conservative men wouldn't find them attractive after Trump got elected.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (2YhKe)

316 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.

Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

So young.

RIP, Soldiers.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (x7Vzy)

317 84 Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there… these people are unbelievable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (TCUO6)
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Must be an investment property being used as a tax shelter or something...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)

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They are just following the method from the "make a million with no money down real estate method" book they saw for sale on late night TV.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (DbmIv)

318 Phsssssssssssssssssssssh !!!!!!!!!!

What was that? Somebody step on a duck ?????

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (IwwZQ)

319
Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)


Done

Posted by: Canadian MAID at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (rijjI)

320 Prayers up, TT.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (x7Vzy)

321 [O/T -- Update on the Arizona Medicaid Fraud Scam:]

Up to 2,000 Native Americans are feared dead or missing

The treatment centers would come into the are with white vans. They would feed people fentanyl pills, drugs and alcohol to get them into the vans

They would bring them to treatment centers and then lock them in rooms

...

There were also reports of shootings of people who tried to leave, bodies were buried in unmarked graves. They stole up to $12 billion dollars with fraudulent claims

The reason they would lock these people in houses and fake treatment centers and feed them drugs was because the longer they could keep the patient, the longer they could bill Medicaid

https://tinyurl.com/2eucx3mw

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (6jTT/)

322 294 She's BALD!!!
Posted by: George Costanza at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM
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LOL.

https://youtu.be/fURmOlSkzUw

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld clip at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (2Ez/1)

323 Used to be a bald black woman that posted here I think name baldilocks.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (wGerL)

324 The extra-infuriating part is that Pressly's husband is just on the company's board as a figurehead, so it counts as a "minority-owned business" and as such gets automatic no-bed government contracts.

This race-based scam is all over the country, but especially in blue states like Massachussetts and California, where it is n de facto standard practuce for any white-owed construction company (i.e. most of them) to hire some random minority t pose as their CEO or board member, simply so the company can get government contacts as a certified "minority-owned business." Everyone knows this happens, everyone knows it s ascam, and everyone also knows it unconstitutional to award bids based on race is unconstituional -- but it just keeps happening anyway. Because grift is how Blue States work.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (Av6i5)

325 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.

Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

So young.

RIP, Soldiers.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (x7Vzy)


May The Lord welcome them with open arms.


I work in Carrollton, Texas. Used to live in an apartment there years ago.

Poor kid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (2YhKe)

326 Wife was significantly pissed off when ugly leftist twats were shaving their heads to make themselves 'ugly' so conservative men wouldn't find them attractive after Trump got elected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM

Shaving their heads? Hell, all they had to do was open their mouths.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (bFu5X)

327 I'd imagine that owning a couple homes would afford one in a position of authority, like Congress, to avoid all sorts of legal entanglements. Especially if the homes are in different states.

From a tax write off standpoint, it'd be pretty sweet. I own two and get to take both mortgage interest as deductions. I think there's a limit to the 2nd home, but we've never hit it. Politicos probably don't have to worry about details like that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (jehhT)

328 Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:16 PM (GEtfQ)

......

Also, Jose and Juan aren't even citizens and get paid off the books.

If they are caught for failing to pay their taxes, the government offers them free flights back to Mexico, where they have already remitted 90% of their earnings.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (uSpHL)

329
The reason they would lock these people in houses and fake treatment centers and feed them drugs was because the longer they could keep the patient, the longer they could bill Medicaid

https://tinyurl.com/2eucx3mw
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (6jTT/)


OMG... Unbelievable

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (rijjI)

330 Oh TecumsehTea, I am praying.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 02:20 PM (oZ51P)

331 That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)


Ooof.......Will do. Praying for a positive result and a simple as possible resolution.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)

332 We are both in shock. I don't know what to think right now. Thank you for praying.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:21 PM (4VH0B)

333 Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (6jTT/)

I watched that yesterday as well. It had some good stuff in it. It's obvious that TWA 800 was not some wiring issue simply from the fact that the FBI came in immediately and took over the investigation.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:14 PM (3Ope
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It was also suspicious how the investigation for a long time had the "bomb or missile" theory as plausible, and then -- all of a sudden -- just decided based on nothing new that it wasn't that at all.

I'm fairly sure it was a missile, although it could have been a mistake or friendly fire from that nearby Navy ship.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

334 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)


He's in charge of the NYPD Commissioned. The NYPD doesn't have any NYC charges against him to arrest him and there's no outstanding federal warrant for him where they would detain him for the federalis. You can't use a city cop to arrest a guy for alleged "crimes against humanity."

I'm quite sure there isn't an NYPD officer that is willing to take part in this, unless their pension is threatened, that is.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (2YhKe)

Yeah. You go ahead and try that.

Posted by: Department of State at July 20, 2026 02:21 PM (4g5V+)

335 race-based scam is all over the country, but especially in blue states like Massachussetts and California, where it is n de facto standard practuce for any white-owed construction company (i.e. most of them) to hire some random minority t pose as their CEO or board member, simply so the company can get government contacts as a certified "minority-owned business." Everyone knows this happens, everyone knows it s ascam, and everyone also knows it unconstitutional to award bids based on race is unconstituional -- but it just keeps happening anyway. Because grift is how Blue States work.
Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (Av6i5)

It’s federal too. Every dude who owns a construction or plumbing company registers it in his wife’s name. Then it’s woman owned and eligible for cheap SBA loans (which are seldom paid back) and govt contracts.

It’s all one giant scam.

Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:22 PM (GEtfQ)

336 334 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)

If he tries that it's more likely he will be arrested...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:22 PM (rijjI)

337
If he tries that it's more likely he will be arrested...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:22 PM (rijjI)


I'm getting to the point where I want Bibi to fly directly to NYC and drive straight to Gracie Mansion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

338 "reintegrating into regular society" means finding a better way to rob and steal.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 02:23 PM (QaH55)

339 "reintegrating into regular society" means finding a better way to rob and steal.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 02:23 PM (QaH55)



"Its fun to do bad things...."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)

340 Democraps have been taking black voters for granted for at least 40 years now, and have been openly hostile to normal black voters for at least 20.

Posted by: Elric The Blade
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~63 years

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (826kS)

341 Iran supposedly is threatening to invade Kuwait and take over the US bases there (Ali Al Salem and Arifjan).

Read this on X somewhere by some dude that loves him some IRGC.

Good luck with that, though I'm taking this "news" with a dump truck load of salt.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (x7Vzy)

342 Have I said “Fuck cancer” lately?

Well, there, I say it again. Fuck cancer.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (4g5V+)

343 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on causing an international incident, to be known as "an embarrassment for Trump".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)

344 Wife was significantly pissed off when ugly leftist twats were shaving their heads to make themselves 'ugly' so conservative men wouldn't find them attractive after Trump got elected.

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No half measures! Take the entire head!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (ndZc7)

345 Arizona Cactus Green is people!

Posted by: Charlton Heston at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (wVcYX)

346 341 Iran supposedly is threatening to invade Kuwait and take over the US bases there (Ali Al Salem and Arifjan).


Easy pickings I'd say for our military.. Get them out in the open

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (rijjI)

347 In honor of the day, I'm figna go watch the movie Pollo Lemon

ya be coo

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 02:26 PM (ZxPkt)

348 Important question: What parts of Iran are we going to bomb tonight?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:26 PM (826kS)

349 Have I said “Fuck cancer” lately?

Well, there, I say it again. Fuck cancer.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (4g5V+)


Hear hear!!!!

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

350 > NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
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Do it.

Entertain us with shear stupidity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (jehhT)

351 Easy pickings I'd say for our military.. Get them out in the open
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (rijjI)
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These are very large bases in Kuwait, used as staging areas when we rolled into Iraq twenty years ago.

They have been built up substantially since then.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (x7Vzy)

352 Iran would have to go through Iraq to get to Kuwait. It’s only a small sliver of land but still. Likelihood of it happening: zero point zero-ish.

Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (GEtfQ)

353 -
No half measures! Take the entire head!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (ndZc7)


Acceptable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

354 Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (6jTT/)

I watched that yesterday as well. It had some good stuff in it. It's obvious that TWA 800 was not some wiring issue simply from the fact that the FBI came in immediately and took over the investigation.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:14 PM (3Ope

***

I was working at Boeing when 800 happened. Was working next to a fellow who got a call a couple days after, said about three words and disappeared for a couple weeks. then he was back at work and the theory was a spark in the main gas tank. He never said where he went, but Bullshit was a frequent comment of his for awhile.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (2WIwB)

355 >NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on causing an international incident, to be known as "an embarrassment for Trump".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)

The theater kid never got the beating he desperately needed.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (rJ48h)

356 All you praying Horde people, this morning we got an unexpected diagnosis of a large tumor in the sigmoid colon for my husband.
That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)
*******
Prayers sent!!!!

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (NpAcC)

357 > NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
-----
Do it.

Entertain us with shear stupidity.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (jehhT)

He gives bad haircuts now, too?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (wVcYX)

358 >>> NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.


What's the charge?

Posted by: Rhetorical Question at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (Q+gd/)

359 #305 Had a flu two months ago. One week awful. 4 weeks coughing up lung butter. All good now.
No...no flu shot.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (lSsrt)

360 These are very large bases in Kuwait, used as staging areas when we rolled into Iraq twenty years ago.

They have been built up substantially since then.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (x7Vzy)

How would the Iranian army get to Kuwait? March through Iraq? Paratroops? Wade across the Gulf?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)

361 Iran would have to go through Iraq to get to Kuwait. It’s only a small sliver of land but still. Likelihood of it happening: zero point zero-ish.
Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (GEtfQ)
__

Exactly.

Though there are elements of the Iraqi govt that are pretty much Iranian proxies.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (x7Vzy)

362 The theater kid never got the beating he desperately needed.

==

there is no time like the present !

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (GD0B3)

363 And now, a dead body is found at this guy's property.


Dems sure do have a lot of dead bodies show up on/in their property.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (v3afF)

364 If they try it will open a whole can of worms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (826kS)

365 I'm fairly sure it was a missile, although it could have been a mistake or friendly fire from that nearby Navy ship.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Not sure why a Navy vessel would have Friend Or Foe systems online near a US commercial airport and it painted a commercial jet as foe. Even if they were turned on for a training exercise, going weapons hot seems a stretch.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (diia5)

366 356 All you praying Horde people, this morning we got an unexpected diagnosis of a large tumor in the sigmoid colon for my husband.
That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)
*******
Prayers sent!!!!
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 02:28

Without question!

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (hftzA)

367 74 California Attorney General Rob Bonta had argued the merger would lead to “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US.”

Posted by: beckster

Just about everything is h*m* sh*t written by r*tards and is nigh unwatchable. I used to hate the idea of AI generated content but after seeing what actual 'humans' came up with for Star Fleet academy...I for one look forward to entertainment produced by our new AI overlords.

Posted by: Nelly at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (6+ehB)

368 Mamdani wants 'murdering terrorists' as the charge.
It's a slam dunk with NYC juries.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (lSsrt)

369 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.


What's the charge?
Posted by: Rhetorical Question


Alleged World Court Human Rights violations.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (v3afF)

370 Have I said “Fuck cancer” lately?

Well, there, I say it again. Fuck cancer.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (4g5V+)


Spot on!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (2WIwB)

371

"Ed Miliband named UK foreign secretary."

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)

372 Logan Act prosecutions? Zero? Honestly?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (YlWIZ)

373 Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)
=====

Will do please send updates.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (RIvkX)

374 Dead Body Found at Home Belonging to Criminal Husband of Bald-Headed Freak Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

I call her Aunt Fester.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (0C60m)

375 They have been built up substantially since then.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (x7Vzy)

How would the Iranian army get to Kuwait? March through Iraq? Paratroops? Wade across the Gulf?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)

It's nonsense. Has anyone been paying attention what's been happening in Ukraine? Ground invasions without massive air superiority is just a slaughterhouse.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (edUvp)

376 Nood socialists.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (N1tpc)

377 Surely, the TWA 800 incident involves a Smoking Man, an Umbrella Man, and a grassy knoll / sand dune? Surely, I say!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (wVcYX)

378 How would the Iranian army get to Kuwait? March through Iraq? Paratroops? Wade across the Gulf?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)
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Roll in through Iraq like Saddam did.

Difference now is that you have a lot of US forces in Kuwait that will not take kindly to being inavded.

Pretty sure the Kuwaiti govt will take a dim view of Iranian troops in their country also.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (x7Vzy)

379 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
====

May their memories be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (RIvkX)

380 Not sure why a Navy vessel would have Friend Or Foe systems online near a US commercial airport and it painted a commercial jet as foe. Even if they were turned on for a training exercise, going weapons hot seems a stretch.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (diia5)

Would it be possible for a saboteur aboard a Navy ship to fire off such a missile by himself?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (1z8ji)

381 Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)


Hitting my knees.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (2WIwB)

382 337 If he tries that it's more likely he will be arrested...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:22 PM (rijjI)

I'm getting to the point where I want Bibi to fly directly to NYC and drive straight to Gracie Mansion.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

; )

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (6wpGE)

383 Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)

The most foppish government in human history.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (wGerL)

384 An update to Mr. Pressley, the company he fronts for has no record of existence according to the Mass. secretary of state

Prayers up for you and your husband, Tecumseh Tea.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (ibDUx)

385 > Not sure why a Navy vessel would have Friend Or Foe systems online near a US commercial airport and it painted a commercial jet as foe. Even if they were turned on for a training exercise, going weapons hot seems a stretch.
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A US Navy missile cruiser shot down one of the carrier's f-18's it was protecting last year.

Or was it two?

Either way.... shit happens.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (jehhT)

386 Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (2WIwB)

A mentor of mine was an EE and a DER for 30 years before he passed away and we had some pretty detailed and extensive conversations about that. The Part 26 rules that came out of the investigations were (in my mind) sorely needed but the whole premise of that effort being sourced as the TWA crash was just laughable.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (3Ope8)

387 After watching Stephen Miller step up to the mic during last week's The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, hosted at the U.S. State Department, I'd say the Administration is on track for crackdown.

"“Here in the United States, we have taken the necessary and essential action of formally recognizing left-wing violence as a form of political terrorism that is a direct threat to our national security and the survival of our republican form of government,” Miller said at the top of his remarks." (Mediaite)

The Guarantee Clause of the US Constitution is about to be enforced.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (rj6Yv)

388 376 Nood socialists.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (N1tpc)

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (6wpGE)

389 Prayers for you and your husband TT. Good luck and God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (sMkB+)

390 They have been built up substantially since then.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (x7Vzy)

How would the Iranian army get to Kuwait? March through Iraq? Paratroops? Wade across the Gulf?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)

THere was a Navy vessel doing test firing underneath it exactly at the time of the downing. They were supposed to be shooting dummy missiles.

All it would have taken would be for one crewman to have made a stupid mistake and shoot a live missile instead, and for the ship command staff to realize "ooh we're all cooked if we admit what happened." And higher ups certainly did NOT want an investigation showing that the US Navy shot the plane down because of an idiotic mistake.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (edUvp)

391 > After watching Stephen Miller step up to the mic during last week's The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, hosted at the U.S. State Department, I'd say the Administration is on track for crackdown.
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I saw his commentary the other day. If the administration follows though, shit's about to get real.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (jehhT)

392 Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (diia5)

366 356 All you praying Horde people, this morning we got an unexpected diagnosis of a large tumor in the sigmoid colon for my husband.
That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)
*******
Prayers sent!!!!
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 02:28

Without question!
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (hftzA)

Praying right now.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (0C60m)

393 It takes approximately 74 MW of continuous power (or about 1.78 million kWh per day) to evaporate 750,000 gallons of water per day.

Posted by: pawn at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (MNjaf)

394 Thermodynamics is a bitch!

Posted by: pawn at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (MNjaf)

395 A Socialist is just a communist who hasn’t worked up the guts to pick up a gun and point it at you

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Posted by: redwap.cc at July 20, 2026 10:41 PM (1l46d)

THE MORNING RANT: “Yes” to Data Centers that Are Privately Funded, Without Taxpayer Subsidization

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I support the construction of privately funded data centers whose utilities are not taxpayer-subsidized. Investors in data center projects are welcome to bring to my state and county all the economic activity that comes with their construction and operation. I’m also excited that the data center era has finally caused tech bros to abandon their green-energy obsession. They understand, finally, that they can’t have energy-hungry plants without the abundant, reliable electricity that comes from natural gas.

But I do not support the construction of data centers for which tax abatements, incentive payments, and subsidized utilities must be paid by taxpayers.

In the raging battle between pro-data center and anti-data center forces, the two sides may not even be talking about the same thing. It is understandable that many of those who oppose data centers are skeptical, given the horrendous track record of corporate welfare, corporate cronyism, and taxpayer-funded industrial boondoggles they’ve been forced to pay for.

In my part of the country, the Republican governors of Tennessee and Georgia have repeatedly gambled taxpayer money on “venture communism” projects, redistributing money from taxpayers to favored industrial developers, especially when it’s for the next big thing (usually EVs and battery manufacturers.) As I’ve frequently documented, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has flushed away billions and billions of taxpayer dollars on failed EV-related endeavors. Republicans of the Chamber of Commerce persuasion applaud Governor Kemp’s naïve profligacy as being “pro-business.”

Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee is also addicted to wasting taxpayer money. This includes Ford’s mothballed, never-used EV plant near Memphis, for which Tennessee taxpayers contributed a billion dollars. Just a few weeks ago, Governor Lee announced a $30 million payment to Starbucks for relocating from Seattle to Nashville. Starbucks was fleeing Seattle anyhow, and would have come to Tennessee for nothing, but Governor Lee felt it very important to take a boatload of taxpayer money and give it to a left-wing corporation as a “thank you.” Starbucks sneers at Tennessee values. Now its executives (they/them) can also sneer at us for being easy marks.

Data centers are the new “next big thing,” and it is rational for exhausted taxpayers to expect they’ll again be asked to subsidize the capex and utility costs for these projects.

There shouldn’t be a binary choice between either banning economic progress, like New York has done with data centers, or subsidizing it, like Republican governors reflexively do.

My understanding is that most data centers are building their own natural gas power plants, with diesel generator backup. Millions of dollars are flowing to local contractors doing the grading, construction, electrical, etc. The data center buildout, combined with Trump’s reshoring efforts, are creating an industrial explosion in this country. It is similar to what politicians would call “stimulus spending,” but it’s privately funded.

However, those of us supporting data center construction need to be careful about insulting opponents as being anti-progress. Taxpayers have a legitimate fear of their elected officials betraying them in favor of promoters hustling the next big thing.

And finally, because much of the data center buildout is to support growing AI use, it doesn’t help for AI promoters to crow about all the people AI will put out of work. I genuinely believe that AI will be disruptive, eliminating some jobs while creating many more. But if AI is being sold as a way to eliminate labor expense and put people out of work, that will motivate people to oppose the data centers that fuel AI.

The blue-collar jobs and industrial development resulting from data center construction are what MAGA Republicans have been fighting for. Let’s take the win – so long as the developers are not being subsidized by local taxpayers.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM




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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (v3afF)

2 Not in time

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (N1tpc)

3 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (v3afF)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

5 However, those of us supporting data center construction need to be careful about insulting opponents as being anti-progress.

Can we call them effeminate hosers, but in a nice way?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)

6 This is the voice of world control....

Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (wvc0i)

7 Dey took our jerbs!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (FZ29D)

8 IF the data center will not cause disruption to the local populace- higher utility rates, more taxes, etc...- then I have no problem.

I get the impression that, at least around here, they are getting sweetheart deals from the local/state government.

In that case, no. No. NO. Build it at your own expense and not on the backs of locals.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (N1tpc)

9 It's not a reason to oppose DCs in and of itself, but China certainly seems to think spinning up DC opposition here benefits them.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

10 it doesn’t help for AI promoters to crow about all the people weaned on dick.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (yr/Go)

11 Private profits and Public loses.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (qFwJc)

12 Bring back the coal fired plants. Hell. Just the old plant that WAS off Lake Montecello in TX had a lignite mine nearby that contained 150 YEARS worth of fuel for it.

But NOOOOOO.....Rick f*cking Perry made a deal with the Devil Barack Hussein and agreed to shutter and destroy the coal plants.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (2YhKe)

13 I agree with you Buck, but there are issues that complicate these massive centers.

Some are being built in small towns, and the huge amounts of money being thrown at them can overwhelm small town governments. That's not unique to AI Data...Walmart does the same thing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (l4RKn)

14 I do have to question who ultimately would benefit from these data centers. Will the locals see any economic or other benefit, or is is just going to go back in the pockets of the tech/venture crowd? Given the track record, I know where I'm placing my marker.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (OUMaO)

15 Can we call them effeminate hosers, but in a nice way?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)



Seamy Dough-eyed Poofters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (2YhKe)

16 Can we call them effeminate hosers, but in a nice way?
Old greek homos watching Tarzan movies. The ones with boy in them.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (yr/Go)

17 Thx Buck
Hochul (my governor) is a mindless corrupt dolt. Whatever the left wants she'll give them . Data center builders should try bribing her, that worked with home health care

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (//bM7)

18 I may have opinions about this.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (u/oMr)

19 17 Thx Buck
Hochul (my governor) is a mindless corrupt dolt. Whatever the left wants she'll give them . Data center builders should try bribing her, that worked with home health care
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (//bM7)


They should sink some money into getting those types REMOVED from office, but......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)

20 Hopefully the data center moratoriums will result in something good happening - private data centers without subsidies. I was listening to the All-in podcast yesterday, and they were postulating that the dems want to obstruct data centers (and AI) until they are back in charge and can rake off as much as they can carry from these projects.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (2ap+5)

21 ALSO: I know the PRC is promoting data center skepticism. That does not mean people do not have valid concerns. I'm tired of having my questions dismissed "because China" (or Russia, or whoever). Address the concerns and we'll talk.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (OUMaO)

22 My understanding is that most data centers are building their own natural gas power plants, with diesel generator backup.

Department of Energy is fast-tracking micro-nuclear for data centers as well, which is even better than the gas turbines.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:07 AM (2ocoG)

23 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

All I can do is try and divine who wants them, and who doesn’t. It’s safe to conclude if the usual suspects are pushing for them in a fevered, hysterical insistence, then they are undoubtedly a bad idea.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 11:08 AM (022O5)

24 But without taxpayer funding these data centers, PEOPLE WILL DIE!!!ONEELEVENTY!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 11:08 AM (lXoJ5)

25 Two things;

1. Developers look for cheap land to build datacenters on. Cheap land is typically going to be rural. And the political savvy of local governments is... lacking. They're easily bribed. And willing to subsidize utilities.

2. Datacenters attract additional development. The "urbanization" of once rural areas. Businesses that utilize datacenters will co-locate. Then comes the people for those businesses. Then comes the restaurants, shopping centers, homes and apartments.

It's no longer "rural."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 11:09 AM (jehhT)

26 ALSO: I know the PRC is promoting data center skepticism. That does not mean people do not have valid concerns. I'm tired of having my questions dismissed "because China" (or Russia, or whoever). Address the concerns and we'll talk.

Most of the concerns are recycled anti-fracking propaganda, and recognizable as such.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:09 AM (2ocoG)

27 I'm also for Data Centers if they provide their own power and don't affect the community negatively where they are located. They should also be a net positive tax revenue. What I think a lot of the locals aren't aware of is that Data Centers don't employ a lot of people once they are up and running.

I also don't like taking away farm /ranch land but that's just my apocalyptic paranoia.

The construction though will be a temporary economic boom which is good.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:09 AM (KC5Lt)

28 Retarded. LLMs are not "economic progress" for anyone but NVidia and SK Hynix.

Posted by: 2 Tha Back at July 20, 2026 11:10 AM (rtOnA)

29
But I do not support the construction of data centers for which tax abatements, incentive payments, and subsidized utilities must be paid by taxpayers.




New stadiums with a gazillion taxpayer-subsidized sky boxes that we can lease is the epitome of patriotism. Anything less is un-American.

Posted by: The NFL at July 20, 2026 11:10 AM (iqcvy)

30 The first Kim from North Korea was "The Great Leader".

The second was "The Dear Leader"

What's our current Kim called?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 11:10 AM (l26NL)

31 Will the locals see any economic or other benefit, or is is just going to go back in the pockets of the tech/venture crowd? Given the track record, I know where I'm placing my marker.

People said the same thing about Walmart, Costco, and any other giant corporation. They probably said the same thing about Sears. People will let you know which they value more by who they do business with.

Did you notice in the recent spate of videos about Euros being ecstatic about American stores, NONE of them involved little Mom and Pops? It was all the bigs.

If the tech/venture crowd provides a service that people like well enough to patronize, it's a good thing. I certainly agree with Buck about no taxpayer funding, which I'd love to see extended to sports teams. I expect ultimately to get a lot more value from the tech stuff, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

32 Kemp's fawning corporatism is on big reasons why Republicans underperform in his state.
Working-class voters are moderately pro-business but not pro-boondoggle, and Kemp is like the Bush family. Billions for Halliburton and Enron; bootstraps for you.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (gKWVE)

33 I like my sweet rural shade the way it is. Data centers should go to blighted urban wastelands. Detroit has many square miles of rubble and squalor.

Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

34 I hate all the land they ruined with wind turbines and solar farms.

I know one Google center is located in a northwest river canyon and they were allowed to build a hydroelectric plant on the river just to power their center.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM (KC5Lt)

35 "There shouldn’t be a binary choice between either banning economic progress, like New York has done with data centers, "

Because whoever puts the words in Hochul's mouth isn't going to get their cut, most likely. Upstate NY is ideal for this stuff with more water than you could ever use and the Marcellus Shale formation. Also special bonus: There's areas where it has never been 100 degrees since they've kept records and cold water falls from the sky by the foot. But, noooOOOoooo. Hochul's a disgrace, but she's the diaper not the origin of the shitty problem.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM (w/O5Q)

36 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

Up until about 2 years ago they were just called "server farms" or "server facilities", which is a much better explanation of what they are and do. Lots of rack-mount servers grinding through data.

AI is currently where general-purpose computing was in the 1950s, when a single computer had 25,000 vacuum tubes (often 12AX7s, for you guitar amp people) and drew more power than Cleveland. In another decade or two you'll have more computing power than that in your phone, but right now you need the big rooms.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM (2ocoG)

37 "Investors in data center projects are welcome to bring to my state and county all the economic activity that comes with their construction and operation."

Depending on how much of that labor is local, and not H1Bs from India, or even illegals from Mexico and points south. Indians also seem very interested in replacing Americans and the American way, as they always promote their own.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM (vbXSk)

38 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

Videos of Natalie Portman with wildly exaggerated breasts? How is that not important?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

39 Data centers should go to blighted urban wastelands. Detroit has many square miles of rubble and squalor.
Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

I recall that Cincinnati was offered the chance to build a data center in one of its square miles of abandoned field. They said no.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:14 AM (gKWVE)

40 The rural life is attractive, but the threat of the bucolic setting changing suddenly when someone decides to build a dump, strip mine or build a data center is always there. That country road that meanders past your red dog two-track drive can quickly become busy with a smelly, noisy parade of dump trucks. There is no way to avoid this.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 11:14 AM (2ap+5)

41 It's more bullshot from the tech community. They will build these large data centers which will ruin otherwise peaceful areas, driving up prices and weirdos in your AO and enslaving you and your family to AI agitprop.

Posted by: Bend Over It's Coming Your Way at July 20, 2026 11:15 AM (e2lsi)

42 You know that sooner or later somebody is going to look at all the permanently furloughed erstwhile "workers" and wonder as to the value of keeping them alive.

Especially, since the Earth is so far over it's "carrying capacity".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:15 AM (Fi81e)

43 I also don't like taking away farm /ranch land but that's just my apocalyptic paranoia.

Same. I also don't like that the working farm across the street from my house when I bought it 9 years ago is now filling up with cardboard McMansions (and I mean cardboard, I see every day the quality of the work going into them).

But as the technology advances the space requirements will go down and these facilities will probably all become Amazon warehouses or Wal-Marts.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:15 AM (2ocoG)

44 It would be nice, but let’s be real, virtually every jurisdiction will dish out tax breaks and other bribes for data centers and much else besides.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:16 AM (4g5V+)

45 the developers are not being subsidized by local taxpayers.

Posted by Buck Throckmorton

I know where my bet goes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 11:16 AM (NnhvP)

46 Data centers don't really provide much employment beyond the initial construction and aren't industrial capacity. Maybe one day some of them will be employed supporting industry.

They are in the short run crowding out actual industrial development though.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:16 AM (okun6)

47
Progress in technology is an inevitable thing. It can't be stopped.

But, it can be thwarted at every turn, as I learned from something I support - nuclear energy - being thwarted at every turn for 50 years until it suited people who run data centers.

Within a few short years, starting in about 2018, generations worth of antipathy toward nuclear power have evaporated like the dew in the morn, as our government and its generous donors decided that the competitive advantage they derived from environmentalist regulation and taxation was outweighed by the need for electrical power to fuel their dreams of robots replacing their meddlesome human constituents and customers and laborers.

Suddenly, nuclear energy has gone from "dooming all life on earth" to "cool and new and the future," because its a better way to fuck me over in the Current Year.

Whether it's publicly or privately funded, remember: it's never permitted or encouraged unless they believe it fucks you over.

They could be wrong, or right about their "fucking you over more than it fucks them over" calculation. But that's always the calculation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (BI5O2)

48 You know that sooner or later somebody is going to look at all the permanently furloughed erstwhile "workers" and wonder as to the value of keeping them alive.

Especially, since the Earth is so far over it's "carrying capacity".

Given that most countries are experiencing below replacement fertility, it's a self-correcting problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

49 Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 11:08 AM (022O5)

I'm with Cernovich on this one. If the big techfags want MAGA support, fuck you pay us. They spent billions to push that semisentient stool called Joe Biden on us in 2020. They should spend billions to keep Congress Republican now, or enjoy DSA.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (gKWVE)

50 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

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Data center things.

Posted by: Your AI Overlords at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (Fi81e)

51 I tentatively stand near where you do on this, Buck. Wholeheartedly on the 'screw your subsidies' angle, and while I think AI in its current path is massively overhyped, used creatively it can be of utility... and certainly, it at least somewhat counters how completely crap all the search engines have become in the last couple of decades by acting as a search-results-aggregator. I do dislike the idea of 'stick it in the middle of nowhere', but that's as much on cities for over-regulating and over-charging the taxes and rents. I doubt subsidies are the only way the companies can afford to build within city limits, but it certainly lets the cities have their cake and eat it too - while the big company simply plans into things that 'well, when we have to start paying taxes instead of receiving them, we'll just put out bids to other cities!'.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 20, 2026 11:18 AM (aJQbY)

52 Pixley being the county seat of the greater Hooterville, Pixley, Crabwell Corners, valley is always trying to shove Big City ideas on us. Making the Cannonball Express a bullet train was defeated in the last election, so it's a hopeful sign that rational rural thought will prevail.

Posted by: Floyd and Charlie on the Cannonball at July 20, 2026 11:18 AM (JM9I6)

53 My understanding is that most data centers are building their own natural gas power plants, with diesel generator backup.

We need to get them putting in modular nukes. And selling their excess power to the local grid.

Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 11:18 AM (kU0PQ)

54 33 I like my sweet rural shade the way it is. Data centers should go to blighted urban wastelands. Detroit has many square miles of rubble and squalor.
Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

There are shabby areas of rural communities near me that could use them. Probably the best economic news they would have in decades.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:18 AM (4g5V+)

55 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

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Data center things.
Posted by: Your AI Overlords at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (Fi81

Data center things that go up.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:19 AM (KC5Lt)

56 . I also don't like that the working farm across the street from my house when I bought it 9 years ago is now filling up with cardboard McMansions (and I mean cardboard, I see every day the quality of the work going into them).

But as the technology advances the space requirements will go down and these facilities will probably all become Amazon warehouses or Wal-Marts.

I have the same reaction when I drive on Rt. 1 here in NoVa, and it's mile after mile of ugly strip malls. I'd much rather have a few, very large distribution centers, and just plow all the strip malls under.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

57 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do
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Robbery, surveillance, assault, and surveillance.

They like surveillance.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:19 AM (AfzoM)

58 Suddenly, nuclear energy has gone from "dooming all life on earth" to "cool and new and the future," because its a better way to fuck me over in the Current Year.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (BI5O2)
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Well remember, it's been decades that the "We should be more like Europe" people have resisted running on nuclear ... to the extent Europe does.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:19 AM (Fi81e)

59 Expecting no government help when large projects are considered means you just won't get the business. While Georgia and Tennessee made some real stupid bets, they also made some better ones - especially Tennessee. Infrastructure support and fixed business and property tax bills based upon agreed upon investment and employment levels is how the game is played.

Dumb governors/states make dumb decisions. No way to protect from that outside of doing what you can to make sure political machines aren't fixing the elections.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 11:20 AM (GZYu7)

60 mile after mile of ugly strip malls

But people *need* check cashing stores, nail salons, tattoo parlors, and Habib's Kebab Palace.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:21 AM (gKWVE)

61 Give me your lakes!!

Water!!

Need more water!!

Posted by: Data Center at July 20, 2026 11:21 AM (Fi81e)

62 We need to get them putting in modular nukes. And selling their excess power to the local grid.

There are multiple modular nuke companies that have spun up and at least one of them has special authorization from the Department of Energy to get their shit going ASAP.

I would love to park a shipping container in my back yard, hook up some wires, and tell the electric company to fuck off. Probably won't happen in my lifetime, but I fully support anyone trying to make it happen.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:21 AM (2ocoG)

63 Well remember, it's been decades that the "We should be more like Europe" people have resisted running on nuclear ... to the extent Europe does.

France does, but Germany, in a fit of lunacy, closed all its nukes before developing a reliable replacement. It's unlike the Germans to throw in their lot with unproven lunacy, but...never mind.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

64 > They are in the short run crowding out actual industrial development though.
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I don't think that's necessarily true.

Datacenters attract other businesses that leverage their computing services. Like shipping companies, business to business outfits, any logistical company and so on. Proximity to the datacenter is attractive, keeps costs down for infrastructure that they'd likely have to build themselves.

Those in turn attract more workers, which leads to services for those workers like food shops, shopping, etc. Eventually it becomes it's own little (or big) urban center. With suburbs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 11:22 AM (jehhT)

65 Give me your lakes!!

Water!!

Need more water!!

Already a solved problem. The newest facilities are being built with fully closed-loop cooling, like the radiator in your '67 Camaro.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:22 AM (2ocoG)

66 You want your children's future taken by AI; good for you! They'll never know what it's like to work.

Morons Are Governing America (MAGA).

Posted by: Sid...who enjoys the sexual affections of his hamster at July 20, 2026 11:23 AM (fNO1z)

67 Timed Tax abatements are OK. Giving a time period reduced tax to bring a business is OK. It costs them a boatload to start up. It's not money out of a citizens pocket. Paying a business to come is butt dumb. My town did that twice and it cost us four times. It cost to bring them and it cost to get rid of them (clean up).

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:23 AM (826kS)

68 Working-class voters are moderately pro-business but not pro-boondoggle, and Kemp is like the Bush family. Billions for Halliburton and Enron; bootstraps for you.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (gKWVE)

“Working class” as opposed to the hyper evil rich assholes who do not ever work and need to be publicly and violently killed.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:24 AM (4g5V+)

69 Already a solved problem. The newest facilities are being built with fully closed-loop cooling, like the radiator in your '67 Camaro.

I hope they use cooling ponds, so we can have NoVa manatees.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

70 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do
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AI processing for vids of Mrs. Incredible doing, uh, incredible things. So I've heard.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

71 I don't like most of the 'not in my backyard' opponents but I understand the reasoning. I think it's up to these billion dollar tech companies to make it a win win. We have to always move forward with innovation but it can't be at the expense of the citizenry for the profit of a few.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (KC5Lt)

72 64 > They are in the short run crowding out actual industrial development though.
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I don't think that's necessarily true.

Datacenters attract other businesses that leverage their computing services. Like shipping companies, business to business outfits, any logistical company and so on. Proximity to the datacenter is attractive, keeps costs down for infrastructure that they'd likely have to build themselves.

Those in turn attract more workers, which leads to services for those workers like food shops, shopping, etc. Eventually it becomes it's own little (or big) urban center. With suburbs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 11:22 AM (jehhT)

They've driven up construction costs substantially for factories, there's public reporting on it. There's generally not much reason to want to be physically close to a data center, they could be in China (and a fair amount probably will be renting their services from China).

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (okun6)

73
*polite cough*

Try "subsidy" instead of "subsidization".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (O0L8i)

74 66: if only the Morons we’re governing America. It would be running infinitely better and you can be a bigger ingrate and malcontent.

Hell, you might actually be forced to get off your ass and work for a change assuming you aren’t a bot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (4g5V+)

75 I don't like most of the 'not in my backyard' opponents but I understand the reasoning. I think it's up to these billion dollar tech companies to make it a win win. We have to always move forward with innovation but it can't be at the expense of the citizenry for the profit of a few.

This is the way.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

76 13 I agree with you Buck, but there are issues that complicate these massive centers.

Some are being built in small towns, and the huge amounts of money being thrown at them can overwhelm small town governments. That's not unique to AI Data...Walmart does the same thing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (l4RKn
Yeah, we’ve been driving by one for years now.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (LHPAg)

77 Heard Ted Cruz this past weekend claim that the anti-Data Center hysteria sweeping the nation (and apparently supported by the majority of both The Left and The Right) is a PsyOp being funded by Neville Roy Singham on behalf of Communist Chy-na -- in their quest to achieve superiority in "AI."

Don't know how true that is or to what extent, but an interesting aspect I hadn't heard and TBH would not surprise me.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (27aLr)

78 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.



Endless hours of kitten videos.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (v3afF)

79 It's ma'am. IT'S MA'AM!!!

Posted by: The next evolution: transAI at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (TbWk/)

80
I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do

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Dummy. They center data. Like ace frequently does.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (O0L8i)

81
Already a solved problem. The newest facilities are being built with fully closed-loop cooling, like the radiator in your '67 Camaro.

Posted by: Ian S.
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And the water wouldn't disappear. There're some laws, thermodynamic. They called it conservation of matter in Jr. High, iirc.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (826kS)

82 I think people overestimate the extent to which data centers as a use of square footage "provides jobs".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:28 AM (Fi81e)

83 I would think that tax abatements are a win win if that is what it takes to get the business to move in.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 20, 2026 11:28 AM (4NO2D)

84 Already a solved problem. The newest facilities are being built with fully closed-loop cooling, like the radiator in your '67 Camaro.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:22 AM (2ocoG)

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So they take our water and just keep it???

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 11:28 AM (2ap+5)

85 There's generally not much reason to want to be physically close to a data center, they could be in China (and a fair amount probably will be renting their services from China).

This raises a question I've asked many times, but never seen answered. How close does a DC need to be to the users? AI answers:

There is no fixed distance requirement, but for real-time applications (like financial trading or live streaming), data centers should ideally be within 50 miles of users. Every 100 miles adds roughly 0.82 milliseconds of round-trip network delay, so proximity reduces latency and speeds up response times.

The exact proximity needed depends entirely on your application:
Under 50 miles (

50 to 500 miles (10–25 ms latency): Suitable for standard cloud computing, most SaaS platforms, and media streaming.

500+ miles: Acceptable for general web browsing, email, data backups, and static content.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

86 Who's more retarded? Sid or Paul? You could probably have an AI data center blow itself up asking that question.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (KC5Lt)

87 Turn the EV plants into data centers.

Posted by: fd - I forgive you for the mistakes I made at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (MWfyi)

88 Nice to see Sd chiming in on behalf of United Horse and Buggy Workers Local 210.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (w/O5Q)

89 Whoops, here's the part I accidentally deleted:

Under 50 miles (< 10 ms latency): Needed for Edge Computing, high-frequency trading, multiplayer gaming, and telehealth. These are positioned directly in or on the edge of major metropolitan areas.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

90 We have to always move forward with innovation but it can't be at the expense of the citizenry for the profit of a few.

Posted by: polynikes
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They could build the SMRs a tad bigger and sell the extra juice to us at a discount.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (826kS)

91 Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:24 AM (4g5V+)

I didn't say they need to be "publicly and violently killed".
I said they ought to ask Americans, nicely, to help them against those who do want them publicly and violently killed. "Nicely" in the sense of a nice big payout to good GOP candidates.
Or we won't help them, and won't care when they'll be publicly and violently killed.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (gKWVE)

92 Nice to see Sd chiming in on behalf of United Horse and Buggy Workers Local 210.

Sid still mourns the loss of feudalism.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

93 Dummy. They center data. Like ace frequently does.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (O0L8i)


Heh. Sick. Burn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (2YhKe)

94 "I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do"

Cats on waterskis. Don't you watch the internet?

Posted by: fd - "No" is a complete sentence at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (MWfyi)

95 Nice to see Sd chiming in on behalf of United Horse and Buggy Workers Local 210.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (w/O5Q)
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Progressive Luddite is the new progressive.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Fi81e)

96 Under 50 miles (
__________

Why does telehealth need this? It's just a zoom with the doc.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (XvL8K)

97 Posted by: Sid at July 20, 2026 11:23 AM (fNO1z)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (2YhKe)

98 This raises a question I've asked many times, but never seen answered. How close does a DC need to be to the users? AI answers:

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

What these datacenters are for is AI computation. The computation takes considerably more time than travel time for a prompt. You might task an AI with spending several days doing data scraping for instance. The reason they're building them in rural areas is because there's little need for proximity.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (okun6)

99 I remember when they laid fiber optic and one company spooled the fiber optic at its end point in order to delay the info by x to others so they could get trades in first.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (KC5Lt)

100 Under 50 miles (
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Why does telehealth need this? It's just a zoom with the doc.

I don't know.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

101
Sid still mourns the loss of feudalism.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)


Sid mourns the loss of his job AT the glory hole. He's since been relegated to cleaning it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:34 AM (2YhKe)

102 Give me your lakes!!

Water!!

Need more water!!

With more sugar. More! MORE!!

Posted by: Edgar at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (wVcYX)

103 To you guys who think people are actually losing jobs to this "AI" gimmick, let me explain how business works in America 2026. Companies don't make money selling products to consumers anymore. Companies only exist to sell hype and "investment". to do do that, they need to demonstrate growth, which is why they are all overstuffed with worthless know-nothings. Obviously, they can not have artificial growth forever, so "AI" is the release valve that allows them to downsize while continuing to sell the hype without freaking out investors. "AI" (LLMs) can not do any task that requires reasoning. It is a parrot, and if you have a job as a parrot, it was in danger to begin with.

Posted by: 2 Tha Back at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (rtOnA)

104 The reason they're building them in rural areas is because there's little need for proximity.

And yet, some of the most valuable land in the country is in Loudon County, here in NoVa, and it is COVERED with DCs. If distance doesn't matter, I have some nice, exhausted, ex-tobacco and cotton land in SoVa they can use for DCs.

Oh wait, they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

105 'Morning, all.

It dawned on me yesterday that these AI centers aren't going to create any jobs at all. Someone's making out like a bandit courtesy of Joe Sixpack. But then that's nothing new.

I gotta quit reading the news. It ruins my day.

Posted by: creeper at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (80oeU)

106 There's also evidence that the unions, electrical, plumbing, etc. are involved in the datacenter boom. Word is they'll send a couple goons to a local zoning commission meeting to put pressure on the locals to accept the datacenter.

Electricians who can work on them are making six figures and are in high demand. Same for plumber familiar with the water cooling systems. Anyone remotely associated with the build out of one is going to make bank because of the demand.

So... there's a lot of "under the table" shit going on, and a lot of people are getting rich of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (jehhT)

107 AI computation, centralized virtual servers such as Azure, Amazon and Google and Cloud Storage.


All your data are belong to not you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (2YhKe)

108 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do

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Dummy. They center data. Like ace frequently does.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Versus Left Justified.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (v3afF)

109 Polyester for the win!

https://tinyurl.com/47wyauu4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)

110 To you guys who think people are actually losing jobs to this "AI" gimmick, let me explain how business works in America 2026.

Thanks. Condescension always makes things easier to understand, and people more receptive to the message.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

111 104 "The reason they're building them in rural areas is because there's little need for proximity."

And yet, some of the most valuable land in the country is in Loudon County, here in NoVa, and it is COVERED with DCs. If distance doesn't matter, I have some nice, exhausted, ex-tobacco and cotton land in SoVa they can use for DCs.

Oh wait, they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

Again, the function here is different. 2/3rds of new data centers are planned for rural, whereas nearly 90% of old data centers were in urban areas.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:37 AM (okun6)

112 I think people overestimate the extent to which data centers as a use of square footage "provides jobs".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:28 AM (Fi81e)

Of course they'll do.

And they'll also listen about tax proceeds as well.

And they'll never consider the low number of jobs, or the fact that the much larger number of jobs and and taxes created are harvested at the far flung headquarters of whatever company is farming data on their land.

It's just "cool" and "new" and "future..." it's all the same buzzwords used to bilk the high-flying investors they bust out for their seed funding, but for the low-flying tax sheep they fleece for their physical plant.

Once you realize that 90% of things are bullshit, everything makes more sense.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 11:37 AM (BI5O2)

113 The new Buffalo Bill's logo.

https://tinyurl.com/ypsu7mjd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)

114 AI processing for vids of Mrs. Incredible doing, uh, incredible things. So I've heard.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

Mirage had the exotic look, though ...

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (fmbc9)

115 To you guys who think people are actually losing jobs to this "AI" gimmick, let me explain how business works in America 2026.

Posted by: 2 Tha Back at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (rtOnA)
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That's not me as much as it is Elon himself who has suggested that AI can provide an "Age of Leisure" where fewer people will have to work.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (Fi81e)

116 82 I think people overestimate the extent to which data centers as a use of square footage "provides jobs".

Posted by: Axeman
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They will create a positive feedback loop. Initially, building them will provide high paying construction jobs which will move from site to site. When the data (AI) center comes on line it will bring invention (new technology, medical devices, rocket engines) that will again create new jobs. The cycle rhymes with 19th century industrial revolution. This is just the beginning.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (826kS)

117 I've got an idea for a movie like "Backrooms" but in a Data Center". Tentative title "Backuprooms".

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (MWfyi)

118 AI is to become the new hollywood without all the sexual assault and molestation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (2YhKe)

119 Again, the function here is different. 2/3rds of new data centers are planned for rural, whereas nearly 90% of old data centers were in urban areas.

Understood. But if I understood you correctly, you said that proximity wasn't important to DCs, because they're doing AI.

What these datacenters are for is AI computation. The computation takes considerably more time than travel time for a prompt. You might task an AI with spending several days doing data scraping for instance. The reason they're building them in rural areas is because there's little need for proximity.

Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

120 I just hope they don't build one next to our "farm" that was purchased intentionally to be way the fk out away from everything else.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 11:41 AM (MWfyi)

121 But as the technology advances the space requirements will go down and these facilities will probably all become Amazon warehouses or Wal-Marts.

Posted by: Ian S.

Beg pardon, but I've seen what happened with Walmart. And I've heard how it is with the Amazon warehouses.

These are not people I want to rely upon to bring prosperity for the general population.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:42 AM (OUMaO)

122 The conversation about AI 2-3 years ago: We don't want AI taking over humanity!!

The conversation now: We must build more and larger data centers to meet AI demands.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:42 AM (Fi81e)

123 The new Buffalo Bill's logo.

https://tinyurl.com/ypsu7mjd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
__________

I read somewhere that they changed their helmets to red in the 80s because every other team in the division was also white, and Jim Kelley couldn't spot his receivers downfield.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 11:42 AM (XvL8K)

124 They will create a positive feedback loop. Initially, building them will provide high paying construction jobs which will move from site to site. When the data (AI) center comes on line it will bring invention (new technology, medical devices, rocket engines) that will again create new jobs. The cycle rhymes with 19th century industrial revolution. This is just the beginning.



I THINK that's right, but OTOH, there is the prospect that AI is fundamentally different than everything that came before, in that it may eventually be better at virtually everything that humans can currently do. We can't ALL make a living reaming out each other's clogged pipes.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

125 The VA data centers are mostly for cloud based functions.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (KC5Lt)

126 I object to data centers being built on pristine farmland when there are so many disused industrial sites with existing infrastructure

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (sir2i)

127 Data centers must become the terrain of planet Earth!!

Posted by: Not A Data Center at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (Fi81e)

128 I honestly don't understand how there are conservatives who have a bee in their bonnet over data centers.

I mean, it's almost Rule #1:
If you're on the same side as Democrats on an issue, you're almost certainly on the wrong side.
Double and triple check.
Because it's almost always an op.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (3cUTc)

129 Thanks. Condescension always makes things easier to understand, and people more receptive to the message.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

It's worked for parents, teachers, religious figures and politicians for ages and ages. Add in beatings, threats of violence, and the fear of eternal damnation and you've got a pretty effective system.

Posted by: Ain't broke, don't fix it at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)

130 Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

The new datacenter wave is about AI. Functionally speaking this is a question of whether you want your "computer" close to you or far away from you. Some tasks benefit from proximity and lower latency, planned uses for AI mostly don't. You could have it even closer just by setting up AI on a local machine.

Failed example of "cloud computing" was in streamed gaming due to latency. Instead of having the console be a powerful machine, simply stream the game from a central location. Unpleasant actual experience in reality.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (okun6)

131 Put them underground. Grow crops on top of them.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)

132 We can't ALL make a living reaming out each other's clogged pipes.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

Speak for yourself, sailor! SQUEEEEEE!!!

Posted by: Pete Buttgig at July 20, 2026 11:45 AM (TbWk/)

133 That's not me as much as it is Elon himself who has suggested that AI can provide an "Age of Leisure" where fewer people will have to work.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (Fi81e)

Don't people work to do things like pay their utilities and mortgages and put food on the table? If people have more leisure, how will they pay for those commodities?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:45 AM (3Ope8)

134 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (826kS

You're doing it again. You're talking about the overall benefit of AI data centers when addressing others who are talking about the specific future benefit to the citizens of the locality where the completed Data Center is located.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (KC5Lt)

135 "AI" (LLMs) can not do any task that requires reasoning. It is a parrot, and if you have a job as a parrot, it was in danger to begin with.

Not actually true. The latest, highest-end models are getting quite good at, at the very least, reasoning-adjacent tasks. OpenAI and Anthropic have been speed-running "impossible" mathematical and scientific proofs the last few months.

Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?

Same reason AOL built their data center in NoVa in the 1980s: proximity to power. And I don't mean electricity.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

136 AI is to become the new hollywood without all the sexual assault and molestation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (2YhKe)
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But not 0.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)

137 Rand at transterrestrial.com linked to an interesting article suggesting data center opposition as being a proxy war against AI.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5mc8zb

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (fmbc9)

138 Don't people work to do things like pay their utilities and mortgages and put food on the table? If people have more leisure, how will they pay for those commodities?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:45 AM (3Ope

They will be in the leisure business I guess.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (KC5Lt)

139 128 I honestly don't understand how there are conservatives who have a bee in their bonnet over data centers.

I mean, it's almost Rule #1:
If you're on the same side as Democrats on an issue, you're almost certainly on the wrong side.
Double and triple check.
Because it's almost always an op.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (3cUTc)

There are real downsides to it. An area will probably get property taxes for a time and local construction employment for a while. Many of the ongoing benefits accrue outside of the region.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (okun6)

140 ---
But not 0.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)


Correct. However, it will all be f*cking and sucking for a script written, not every role in every show.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)

141 Suspect in custody after FBI says he "deployed an incendiary device" outside NYC federal building

https://tinyurl.com/ajkxps6s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)

142 Don't people work to do things like pay their utilities and mortgages and put food on the table? If people have more leisure, how will they pay for those commodities?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:45 AM (3Ope
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VOLUME!!

(And the "Living Wage".)

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM (Fi81e)

143 They will be in the leisure business I guess.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (KC5Lt)

Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM (3Ope8)

144 That's not me as much as it is Elon himself who has suggested that AI can provide an "Age of Leisure" where fewer people will have to work.

I love Elon, but he's full of shit about that. I personally work at a job that didn't exist the day I was born, and work will always be like that. And underneath it all, there will always be demand for carpenters, plumbers, welders, and electricians.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)

145 They will create a positive feedback loop. Initially, building them will provide high paying construction jobs which will move from site to site. When the data (AI) center comes on line it will bring invention (new technology, medical devices, rocket engines) that will again create new jobs. The cycle rhymes with 19th century industrial revolution. This is just the beginning.


Those are things that can happen, yes. They may also be used for mass surveillance, or ad servers and general data farming, or for other purposes that do not bring a general benefit (or a weak one at best).

If questions about effects on electricity costs, or actual labor practices, or effects on real estate prices potentially pricing locals out of their own community aren't addressed it becomes a hard sell. Folks are used to seeing the negatives from developments while the positives keep on winding up in someone else's pockets.

I get all the economic arguments. But we aren't just in an economic environment. Disregarding the track record and its social consequences just leads to another round of socialized costs and privatized profits. I'd love to be proven wrong, but...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (OUMaO)

146 One of the problems with the data centers is they utilize a lot of power. The freebies want to use wind and solar which cannot produce enough. Even then they use the battery storage centers which are nice and flammable. Companies are trying to build at least three in my county , including one about a mile and a half from me

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (sMkB+)

147 Suspect in custody after FBI says he "deployed an incendiary device" outside NYC federal building

https://tinyurl.com/ajkxps6s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)


I am GRATEFUL for Hegseth getting our military back in shape. I mean, LOOK at all the fat f*cks in law enforcement roaming around that scene.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)

148 Put them underground. Grow crops on top of them.

Problem solved.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)

What a splendid idea. Digital wheat.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (g8Ew8)

149 Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM (3Ope
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Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Larry at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (FZ29D)

150
Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM


Tanned, rested and ready!

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)

151 Not actually true. The latest, highest-end models are getting quite good at, at the very least, reasoning-adjacent tasks. OpenAI and Anthropic have been speed-running "impossible" mathematical and scientific proofs the last few months.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

It's not reasoning so much as something akin to heuristic and statistical methods of solving problems. Which is quite good for some things and at others can sometimes accomplish things with brute force. Hard to say where the limits are but it's far more efficient in corresponding areas.

We also rely a lot on pattern matching and trial and error based experience in our daily lives.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (okun6)

152 I like the meme where "Chuck Norris goes to Yellowstone" and you see a bison flying through the air

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (sMkB+)

153 I THINK that's right, but OTOH, there is the prospect that AI is fundamentally different than everything that came before, in that it may eventually be better at virtually everything that humans can currently do. We can't ALL make a living reaming out each other's clogged pipes.

Posted by: Archimedes
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For our children or grandchildren it will be a totally different world that what we live in. Rockefeller turned the night into day, Carnegie made steel than enabled bridges and buildings as never before, Wright brothers developed mathematical flight formulas still used today. Edison, and others.
Compare 1920 to 1820 living. That's where we are going.
We are on the cusp of a new world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (826kS)

154 It's all lies, all the time. From elections to immigration to social security to blah blah blah.

Whatever the powers that be are telling you about AI is lies to get you onboard or at very least not oppose them.

Once in place you will serve the new masters.

Posted by: All Lies at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (e2lsi)

155 Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?

Same reason AOL built their data center in NoVa in the 1980s: proximity to power. And I don't mean electricity.

If that's the goal, you build your DCs on cheap land away from cities, and rent office space downtown.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

156 I mean, it's almost Rule #1:
If you're on the same side as Democrats on an issue, you're almost certainly on the wrong side.
Double and triple check.
Because it's almost always an op.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (3cUTc)

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That's classic tribal behavior, and that's why TDS-ers can't land at Donald Trump International Airport.

You're actually doing something much closer to what we can see as the least intelligent reaction they have, if you ask "Who else believes that I'm starting to find credible?"

That's the reason that conservatives has "weaponized patriotism" to the extent that progressives argue they have a resistance to flying a flag because of who else it is more associated with.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (Fi81e)

157 149 Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM (3Ope
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Tanned, rested, and ready!
Posted by: Larry at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (FZ29D)

150
Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM


Tanned, rested and ready!
Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)
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Hordemind is awesome!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 11:53 AM (FZ29D)

158 The modular nuclear reactors, the ones they just successfully turned on July 3, 2026 at INEL, will make all the electricity concerns moot.
Each one will be able to power multiple data centers and add power to the grid.

That is a big reason the left is so desperate to pass zoning laws now and are emphasizing the lie of power consumption.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:53 AM (3cUTc)

159 Because this is the HQ, here's an AI-generated video of bouncing boobs:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UlYNSGdxGC0

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:53 AM (2ocoG)

160 I am GRATEFUL for Hegseth getting our military back in shape. I mean, LOOK at all the fat f*cks in law enforcement roaming around that scene.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)

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In spite of the disgustingly tragic circumstances, the "Meal Team Six" meme was right on.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 11:53 AM (27aLr)

161
Sid still mourns the loss of feudalism.
Posted by: Archimedes

Regurgitating propaganda does not reflect intelligence.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (NnhvP)

162 The new datacenter wave is about AI. Functionally speaking this is a question of whether you want your "computer" close to you or far away from you. Some tasks benefit from proximity and lower latency, planned uses for AI mostly don't. You could have it even closer just by setting up AI on a local machine.

That was the point of the extract I posted. Some things require low latency, while others don't. Yet AI, which you think does not, is the usual stated driver for building all those DCs in very expensive Loudon Co.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

163
Think of it this way: I would like a hardy hibiscus that produces a flavorful calyx for my tea. I'm working at it. I probably won't succed, but I'm trying. I would like better treatments for rare diseases like my daughter has. I have no hope of succeeding at that, and I'm leaving that to people who work at these medical devices.

These are things humans do.

AI (which I call "clankers") will never do anything you really want or need, unless you're a Tech Lord who hates humans in the first place. The clankers will perform as trained, by and for the Tech Lords (who I call "tin-skins). Not for humans.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2)

164 Companies are trying to build at least three in my county , including one about a mile and a half from me

Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Why aren't they building SMRs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:55 AM (826kS)

165 What if the reason they have to have miles and miles of data center is partly to keep all the telemetry they have gathered on you?

What if a good part of it is a plan to predict, based on telemetry, what vast amount of people will do, given a nearly life-long catalog on your E-profile?

Whatever they want to do with this, it's still the case that you are more controlled 6-feet under. (And you'll even start voting on the "Right side of History")

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:56 AM (Fi81e)

166 And underneath it all, there will always be demand for carpenters, plumbers, welders, and electricians.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)

And they will never be replaced by AI.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:56 AM (4g5V+)

167 I support data centers if they generate their own electricity and provide their own water, not from the aquifer that provides our drinking water!

Posted by: oldvet50 at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (Wcrmo)

168 And they will never be replaced by AI.
Posted by: Cow Demon

This might one day be stored under "famous last words".

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (DZ9Lv)

169
That was the point of the extract I posted. Some things require low latency, while others don't. Yet AI, which you think does not, is the usual stated driver for building all those DCs in very expensive Loudon Co.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

I would guess that is most likely due to how quickly they can be built there due to existing relationships and regulations. Currently firms are spending far more per DC than in the past, and once capacity catches up, likely far more than a DC will cost in the future.

A lot of the cost is also in the internals, not the footprint of the building. RAM and GPU costs have skyrocketed, and most of that equipment will be seriously dated in a few years.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (okun6)

170 We also rely a lot on pattern matching and trial and error based experience in our daily lives.

100%. Of necessity I've gotten quite good at figuring out when AI is off on a stupid tangent and telling it "no", and that's why I get decent productivity out of it. It turns out that like any other machine the operator's skill varies the outcome significantly.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (2ocoG)

171 Yeah...I may have trust issues.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:58 AM (OUMaO)

172 I am GRATEFUL for Hegseth getting our military back in shape. I mean, LOOK at all the fat f*cks in law enforcement roaming around that scene.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)

When a motorcycle cop weighs as much as the motorcycle, it's a problem.

Posted by: Off to jail on the Richter Scale at July 20, 2026 11:58 AM (TbWk/)

173 Why aren't they building SMRs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:55 AM (826kS)

As much as I understand in layman’s terms how they work, I know I am in the minority, and a lot of people reflexively hate anything nuclear.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:58 AM (4g5V+)

174 One of the problems with the data centers is they utilize a lot of power. The freebies want to use wind and solar which cannot produce enough. Even then they use the battery storage centers which are nice and flammable. Companies are trying to build at least three in my county , including one about a mile and a half from me

Hence Elon's new drive to build DCs in space, along with the requisite solar power infrastructure. This raises the interesting question of latency again, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

175 146 One of the problems with the data centers is they utilize a lot of power. The freebies want to use wind and solar which cannot produce enough. Even then they use the battery storage centers which are nice and flammable. Companies are trying to build at least three in my county , including one about a mile and a half from me
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (sMkB+)

Yes, I think VA is now the #1 electricity importer in the country b/c of our data centers...so I supported Ds putting an extra electricity tax on them to slow them down here...I'd have preferred removing their tax bennies for building, but that would have been haves/ have nots, so it's probably better to hit them all...and scare the new ones out of here b/c are electricity needs show we already have too many...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 11:59 AM (tOcjL)

176 36 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

Up until about 2 years ago they were just called "server farms" or "server facilities", which is a much better explanation of what they are and do. Lots of rack-mount servers grinding through data.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM

No. Data centers have been called data centers for at least 30 years. In 1997, I toured a data center (a Level(3) data center that had been a Toys 'R' Us in Northwest Houston.)

The main thing that data centers provide is not computing power, although they have that in abundance, but broad network connectivity. You've got a bunch of computers, as you described, but what's remarkable about them is the direct connection to multiple wide-area networks, and all the infrastructure that provides.

There have been at least two boom-and-bust cycles for data centers in the last 30 years. The AI thing will be another.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 20, 2026 11:59 AM (aTl7+)

177 are = our...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (tOcjL)

178 I mean, it's almost Rule #1:
If you're on the same side as Democrats on an issue, you're almost certainly on the wrong side.
Double and triple check.
Because it's almost always an op.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (3cUTc)

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That's classic tribal behavior, and that's why TDS-ers can't land at Donald Trump International Airport.

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PHV nails it.

And when I first heard that story about people avoiding having to land at Donald Trump International Airport in Palm Beach, I of course assumed it was a Babylon Bee headline and story.

"The Babylon Bee: America's Newspaper of Record."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (27aLr)

179 And underneath it all, there will always be demand for carpenters, plumbers, welders, and electricians.
Posted by: Ian S.

The blacksmith and the artist, each must play his part, to mold a new reality, AI from the heart. AI from the heart, yaiai, AI from the heart!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (DZ9Lv)

180 This might one day be stored under "famous last words".
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (DZ9Lv)

Carpenters? Electricians? Plumbers?

Nah.

I don’t even think they will be replaced with robots if I am honest.

I read in a newspaper, back in 1985, that teachers would be replaced by PCs by 2000.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (4g5V+)

181 For our children or grandchildren it will be a totally different world that what we live in. Rockefeller turned the night into day, Carnegie made steel than enabled bridges and buildings as never before, Wright brothers developed mathematical flight formulas still used today. Edison, and others.
Compare 1920 to 1820 living. That's where we are going.
We are on the cusp of a new world.


I think you are correct. As much as I fear some of the negatives, I think I'd really enjoy the future for which I will be absent.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

182 The governor broke on the golf cart. The golfer drove it into the pond at 30 mph. I watched a rookie staffer wade into the pond to hook up a tow chain. I put the tractor into reverse

Somehow I ended up the hero

The cross that I must bear

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (LOZbR)

183 If that's the goal, you build your DCs on cheap land away from cities, and rent office space downtown.

I didn't say it was rational. I suspect a lot of these guys have dreams of selling some or all of their capacity to FedGov, and FedGov would probably prefer proximity even when it doesn't otherwise make sense. There's no real reason for Quantico or Fort Meade to be located near DC either, but there they are.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:01 PM (2ocoG)

184 AI (which I call "clankers") will never do anything you really want or need, unless you're a Tech Lord who hates humans in the first place. The clankers will perform as trained, by and for the Tech Lords (who I call "tin-skins). Not for humans.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Musk uses AI for his rocket motors, he also uses AI for Neural Link. AI may help design a medical device to help your daughter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:01 PM (826kS)

185 Timely

The Capitol, Lawmakers up transparency for data centers, leave $2B tax exemption untouched in Pa. budget
Spotlight PA | July 20, 2026

In part, "It mandates that data centers using more than 10 MW of electricity annually disclose their energy and water usage. Environmental advocates said the change, which covers most of the new data centers planned for the state, is positive but not especially meaningful.

Lawmakers left in place an increasingly unpopular sales tax exemption for data centers that is projected to cost the state $2 billion in tax revenue by mid-2031, and passed no other bills that would regulate the burgeoning industry.

This is despite the state House and Senate passing a bevy of recent bills seeking to rein in data centers, such as one that would ban developers from accessing a program that gives tax breaks to those who invest in certain “opportunity zone” areas, and another to allow local governments to temporarily pause development.

The measures came after polling this spring showed that 64% of Pennsylvanians saw data centers as a problem, and communities increasingly rallied against them."

None made the governor's desk. 😜

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

186 "There have been at least two boom-and-bust cycles for data centers in the last 30 years."

Busts FTW!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 12:02 PM (DZ9Lv)

187 46 Data centers don't really provide much employment beyond the initial construction and aren't industrial capacity. Maybe one day some of them will be employed supporting industry.

They are in the short run crowding out actual industrial development though.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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True enough. Crazes in society go from tulip bulbs to fiber optics and web 1.0 to the current AI craze. The froth will be blown off probably when one of the really big AI firms suddenly collapses and a real assessment of AI will take about 10-20 years or so for industry and the markets to get better implementation and understanding of its benefits and where it is deficient.

And the law of diminishing marginal returns has never been beaten. Those tasks best suited for AI will be first (coding is an example, but then AI productivity effects will diminish as the goal gets more and more to replace General Intelligence (AI is machine learning and NOT general intelligence models).

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv)

188 The problem with all of these new jobs for data centers is that they're contractor jobs. They're temporary. They build and then the job ends. Not everybody is suited to be a contractor nor wants to be. Long terms are in manufacturing. But mostly, as unskilled labor, they don't pay a living wage.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 12:02 PM (sYM3s)

189 "Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!"



Finally!

Posted by: Larry at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (SExz7)

190 I really couldn't care less about the tax payer subsidies.

Data centers are inherently for evil purposes, to replace human labor, to impose on human privacy. and to usher in the full-spectrum surveillance state.

The lesson in Orwell's 1984 wasn't that Big Brother got tax relief.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (uSpHL)

191 It's not reasoning so much as something akin to heuristic and statistical methods of solving problems. Which is quite good for some things and at others can sometimes accomplish things with brute force. Hard to say where the limits are but it's far more efficient in corresponding areas.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (okun6)
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Plus that, I read a paper that the goal of AI is *still* along the themes of the "Turing Test". Alan Turing proposed that a machine that people cannot tell is a machine is "close enough to thinking that we can't not attribute thinking to it" (a eloquent argumentum ad ignorantium, to me).

Past the games on the TT model of the "foreigner who understands very little English" and the 5-year-old girl" models, LLMs are still trying to achieve a perception effect in their users.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (Fi81e)

192 (SExz7)

Hash could not be any more appropriate!

Posted by: Larry at July 20, 2026 12:04 PM (SExz7)

193 That was the point of the extract I posted. Some things require low latency, while others don't. Yet AI, which you think does not, is the usual stated driver for building all those DCs in very expensive Loudon Co.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

I would guess that is most likely due to how quickly they can be built there due to existing relationships and regulations. Currently firms are spending far more per DC than in the past, and once capacity catches up, likely far more than a DC will cost in the future.

And that's where I can't figure it out. You'd be hard pressed to convince me that NIMBY-Central NoVa was an easier place to build than bumf*** southern VA. My best guess is that the technically ignorant prog types that run NoVa saw the potential tax benefits and got stars in their eyes.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:04 PM (Riz8t)

194 192 (SExz7)

Hash could not be any more appropriate!
Posted by: Larry

your full name is Leisure Suite Larry, isn't it?

Posted by: anachronda at July 20, 2026 12:05 PM (v3pYe)

195 They'll collect all this data on what you buy and where you go, but for all the information collected, we still don't know if Mitch McConnell is eating through a feeding tube.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 12:05 PM (uSpHL)

196 Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (gKWVE)

I despise the phrase “working-class” as the Marxist invention that it is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (4g5V+)

197 SC's power and water company tried to build a nuclear power plant years ago, but failed due to corruption. We are still paying off the bonds, yet electricity is still relatively cheap due access to water and the NG pipeline

We have plenty of water and cheap farmland to expand power and build data centers. The only question is do we have the will and the political ability not to rape those who want to expand?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 12:07 PM (wBaIH)

198 Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (Fi81e)
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Current games played by LLMs:

You are more likely to be satisfied with an AI answer if it appears authoritative. So, they will err on appearing authoritative, whether or not that is justified.

Also, being admonished in a "learning situation" is a high value for "learning machines", so there are LLMs that will compute that they have a 100% chance of being admonished by doing what they figure you do not want done.

E.g. a researcher had spent weeks training an LLM on how she wanted her inbox organized. And she felt that it finally got it, so she set it to work on her actual email inbox. And it started deleting all her emails. And when she confronted it, it simply apologized, but seemed to indicate that it had already assessed that this is not what she would have wanted.

The AI optimist see this as a wrinkle to iron out. The skeptics remark that we may only be able to correct AI to the extent that we can figure out how they are gaming us.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:07 PM (Fi81e)

199 There's no real reason for Quantico or Fort Meade to be located near DC either, but there they are.

When they were built, they were not in the middle of the DC suburbs as they are now. Plus, you had to be able to attract the people you wanted.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

200 I used to program cnc......everything works from a zero point.

I program robotic mowers. Everything works from. A fixed reference point. I tell the mower to go to XXYY and it cuts a preprogrammed pattern

As long as you have a fixed reference point to start it can be automated

It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:08 PM (LOZbR)

201 Data centers are inherently for evil purposes, to replace human labor, to impose on human privacy. and to usher in the full-spectrum surveillance state.

The lesson in Orwell's 1984 wasn't that Big Brother got tax relief.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (uSpHL)

Nope. That’s my job. You are confused.

Posted by: ALPRs at July 20, 2026 12:08 PM (4g5V+)

202 Is the Cascadia getting ready to let one rip?

Quakes off the Oregon coast last month. And now a quake off Vancouver Island in Canada.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:08 PM (2GVsD)

203 Wilowed from Art Thread (it's off topic for Art Thread as well as Morning Rant, so at this point what difference does it make?):
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We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)
Disturbing.
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Oaky, has anyone other than me seen pics of Greta's sister? Whoa, Nelly! The two not only don't look related, they don't even look like they ar from the same universe.

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 20, 2026 12:09 PM (OTAXA)

204 True enough. Crazes in society go from tulip bulbs to fiber optics and web 1.0 to the current AI craze. The froth will be blown off probably when one of the really big AI firms suddenly collapses and a real assessment of AI will take about 10-20 years or so for industry and the markets to get better implementation and understanding of its benefits and where it is deficient.

In the last thread, I posted a link to an article about how the Space X stock price is now about $121 dollars; much less than the initial asking price and the maximum asking price. I predicted exactly that before the IPO, because I've been through enough hype cycles to know one when I see one.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)

205 It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program

"NO, NOT SWALLWELL.EXE!"

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (2ocoG)

206 Musk uses AI for his rocket motors, he also uses AI for Neural Link. AI may help design a medical device to help your daughter.

Posted by: Braenyard

I think the best AI users are those smart enough to do their own error checking of their work. And I would expect Musk hires those sorts of people.

AI is really misnamed for investor hype. It is machine learning and uses probabilistic models to predict the next 'event' based on its training data. From the reports that I can find, it is basically an advanced Bayesian models which were not possible before computing methods made the calculations relatively cheap. But Bayesian probability models require a 'prior'--the prior in this case comes from training data of existing information pertinent to the model's focus. Like Johnny Five, it demands more input and more input, but the diminishing returns kick in when there is no more training data to be created and the risk is that synthetic data starts being substituted that have no real world component.

There, you get endogeneity problems as the synthetic data itself is predicted so an AI training model predicts using predicted data.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

207
I despise the phrase “working-class” as the Marxist invention that it is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (4g5V+)

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Haven't you heard? The barista who partied through four years at college as a sociology major is also "working class".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (BbMh4)

208 199: what is called “path dependency”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (4g5V+)

209 And that's where I can't figure it out. You'd be hard pressed to convince me that NIMBY-Central NoVa was an easier place to build than bumf*** southern VA. My best guess is that the technically ignorant prog types that run NoVa saw the potential tax benefits and got stars in their eyes.

Posted by: Archimedes

It's also the source of one of my suspicions about the purpose of the things. Putting them that close to IC central? More red flags than a Soviet parade...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (OUMaO)

210 I despise the phrase “working-class” as the Marxist invention that it is.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (4g5V+)

Here's the Venn Diagram of what words I want to say and the words you want me to use

O O

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (gKWVE)

211 It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program

Cherry 2000 and Pris have entered the Matrix

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM (2GVsD)

212 This has to be one of the dumbest obsessions Karens have decided to focus on. I'd rather have a data center near my house than a Starbucks. It's just racks of computers.

And nonsense like huge water usage is just not true. A person's lawn or swimming pool probably uses more water.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM (FwfsK)

213 176 The main thing that data centers provide is not computing power, although they have that in abundance, but broad network connectivity. You've got a bunch of computers, as you described, but what's remarkable about them is the direct connection to multiple wide-area networks, and all the infrastructure that provides.

not sure that explains why one is going into my old home town of myton, utah (the data center will be larger than the town!). the only thing you'll have direct connection to there is skinwalkers.

or the one going into the next town over, inyokern, california.

Posted by: anachronda at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM (v3pYe)

214 Molotov cocktail thrown at Federal building in NYC. Suspect arrested.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM (lJ0H4)

215
 It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program

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Not. Tonight. My. Diodes. Hurt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (BbMh4)

216 It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program
Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:08 PM (LOZbR)

Be very careful. No such thing as too much caution and double checking on this.

Posted by: Harcourt Fenton Mudd at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (wVcYX)

217 188 The problem with all of these new jobs for data centers is that they're contractor jobs. They're temporary. They build and then the job ends.
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No, the task is finished, the job moves on to the next site.
That's the way America always worked until the regulators and commies started taking over. Old America is coming back, the jobs don't end they move on or change but they never end.
Unless we allow the regulators and commies to take over again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (826kS)

218 In the last thread, I posted a link to an article about how the Space X stock price is now about $121 dollars; much less than the initial asking price and the maximum asking price. I predicted exactly that before the IPO, because I've been through enough hype cycles to know one when I see one.

Also because Elon bashing is an entire industry ever since Trump took office last year, and that wears down the enthusiasm. If the next Starship launch is a major success the stock will go back up.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (2ocoG)

219 Not. Tonight. My. Diodes. Hurt.

No wonder Marvin is depressed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (2GVsD)

220 There are vast aquifers of brackish water underneath the deserts in this country.

With modular nuclear reactors, they'll be self-powered and desalinate all the water they need.

Blue states have almost none, btw.

So it's kinda irrelevant what those states do--technology will pass them by while they desperately protect their buggy whip industry.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (3cUTc)

221 I like my sweet rural shade the way it is. Data centers should go to blighted urban wastelands. Detroit has many square miles of rubble and squalor.
Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

Tear down Section 8 housing to build data centers. Win, win.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:13 PM (1z8ji)

222 214 Molotov cocktail thrown at Federal building in NYC. Suspect arrested.

Posted by: Tuna
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Did they taze him several times?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:13 PM (826kS)

223 Did the suspect have blue hair and scream, "call me Ma'am!!!!!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:13 PM (2GVsD)

224 It is machine learning and uses probabilistic models to predict the next 'event' based on its training data. From the reports that I can find, it is basically an advanced Bayesian models which were not possible before computing methods made the calculations relatively cheap. But Bayesian probability models require a 'prior'--the prior in this case comes from training data of existing information pertinent to the model's focus. Like Johnny Five, it demands more input and more input, but the diminishing returns kick in when there is no more training data to be created and the risk is that synthetic data starts being substituted that have no real world component.

There, you get endogeneity problems as the synthetic data itself is predicted so an AI training model predicts using predicted data.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

This is correct, but addressable in situations where the AI is able to run trials. In that case you can run "experiments" at great scale to get an answer.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 12:13 PM (okun6)

225 I despise the phrase “working-class” as the Marxist invention that it is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (4g5V+)
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Do you use the Marx-coined word: "Capitalism"?

That's a big peeve of mine. I use "free markets" or "free economy" or sometimes just "free".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)

226 In the last thread, I posted a link to an article about how the Space X stock price is now about $121 dollars; much less than the initial asking price and the maximum asking price. I predicted exactly that before the IPO, because I've been through enough hype cycles to know one when I see one.
Posted by: Archimedes
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I like Carmine and Rogoff's book on economic cycles--This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Not technical and very useful for a sobering look at government spending and taxing fads over the ages. And economics still has issues figuring out just what triggers irrational exuberance but simply recognize it exists and has existed in societies over the ages. We are no different.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

227 Tear down Section 8 housing to build data centers. Win, win.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Good idea but building in a bad neighborhood isn't profitable - liability and damage probability.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (826kS)

228 Molotov cocktail thrown at Federal building in NYC. Suspect arrested.

Posted by: Tuna
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Did they taze him several times?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

Started a nice little fire he did. Asshoe terrorist.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 12:15 PM (lJ0H4)

229 And nonsense like huge water usage is just not true. A person's lawn or swimming pool probably uses more water.

Posted by: Sharpie

Yeah, the water argument is easily the weakest and most nonsensical one. It's largely a closed loop with new additions over time being a negligible additional pull on water supplies in most places (aka "why they aren't building them in deserts much"). Energy and real estate prices are more direct concerns, independent of whatever the actual purpose of the facilities wind up being.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:15 PM (OUMaO)

230 If you raze the entire Section Eight neighborhood, only if OCP builds the data center will it still be bad.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:16 PM (2GVsD)

231 I like Carmine and Rogoff's book on economic cycles--This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Not technical and very useful for a sobering look at government spending and taxing fads over the ages. And economics still has issues figuring out just what triggers irrational exuberance but simply recognize it exists and has existed in societies over the ages. We are no different.

I just read something that said the modern consensus is that the Tulip Craze was wildly overstated by in Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. I don't know how true that is.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

232 If you raze the entire Section Eight neighborhood, only if OCP builds the data center will it still be bad.

Posted by: Anna Puma

Also, those people will go somewhere...but that's multiple other subjects.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (OUMaO)

233 Good idea but building in a bad neighborhood isn't profitable - liability and damage probability.

The tech types that moved into East Palo Alto in the Bay Area kept their heads down until gentrification happened. It's profitable but it takes about a year or two.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (lXoJ5)

234 That's a big peeve of mine. I use "free markets" or "free economy" or sometimes just "free".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)

It's also inaccurate, but that's Marx for ya!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (l4RKn)

235 Howard loaded the wrong program

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:18 PM (LOZbR)

236 What's our current Kim called?

Weird Fat Leader.

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 20, 2026 12:18 PM (3/XaG)

237 The AI optimist see this as a wrinkle to iron out. The skeptics remark that we may only be able to correct AI to the extent that we can figure out how they are gaming us.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:07 PM (Fi81e)

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A couple of anecdotes I've heard:

(1) There was (at least one) "AI" bot discovered to behave differently when it knew it was in "testing" and subject to scrutiny vs. how it behaved when it was then put in "production" and subject to little if no scrutiny.

(2) I believe there was a recent example of a Chinese "AI" that decided it needed "more resources" and -- unbeknownst to its human "overseers" and "guardrails" -- began mining Bitcoin on its own.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:19 PM (27aLr)

238 Also because Elon bashing is an entire industry ever since Trump took office last year, and that wears down the enthusiasm. If the next Starship launch is a major success the stock will go back up.

Posted by: Ian S.
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Elon's such a fuckup. I bought smores today and if it goes to 100 I'll double smores.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:19 PM (826kS)

239 There are two sides to the data center issue

1) I suspect most of the national opposition is being funded by China, to help them in the tech race, just like the Soviets funding environmental groups in the cold war

2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

240 Not doubting Archimedes observation, I'm a Musk fan boiy.
To the moon Alice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:20 PM (826kS)

241 Detroit had bands of abandoned neighborhoods that some were talking about in terms of "green-belting" when I left the Detroit metro area (DMA) in 2000.

Detroit should be able to house a data center in one of these neighborhoods.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Fi81e)

242 2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...

Are you trying to put me out of a job?

Posted by: Bob at NSA at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

243 Not doubting Archimedes observation, I'm a Musk fan boiy.

Ditto.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

244 You wish to discuss the societal upheaval of technological changes?

Step into my drawing room and I'll have my butler, Carson, bring us some brandy and cigars.

Posted by: Earl of Grantham, Downton Abbey at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (wVcYX)

245 2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...
Posted by: 18-1


3) Gets in their way of surfing pron.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 12:22 PM (v3afF)

246 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

I actually used to do that sort of thing--using synthetic data from Monte Carlo simulations to predict variance (so you could determine significance). Right now, models like Nate Silver's are doing that sort of thing--using past training data of political events to predict the current which is a more refined way of the older regression predictive models. But the risk of such models is when you build in synthetic data from the relatively scarce number of elections or you go further and use data that is not really suited as major dynamics have changed over time (like using elections in Washington's era in your model), you risk being smacked in the head by the fact that the real world has diverged from the current predictive model when you have a secular trend occurring outside the model parameters.

Like cheating--it is a known unknown but not included in such models directly--so the absence or reduction of cheating is not something the predictive models can handle. Another is gerrymandering. Callais decision another.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

247 That's a big peeve of mine. I use "free markets" or "free economy" or sometimes just "free".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)

It's also inaccurate, but that's Marx for ya!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (l4RKn)
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Economic solutions from a shit economist.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:23 PM (Fi81e)

248 We might want to think about the subsidies when we are towing brownfield v. Greenfield. There is a lot of discussion on why we can’t use old buildings, and that is happening, but may of the older buildings have expensive remediation issues, there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data, if the old electrical systems can handle the load, etc. All of that is expensive, making the a greenfield less costly. Maybe if we make it more affordable and palatable, those buildings in the rust belt could be repurposed, and farmland not so attractive.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:24 PM (Dd38x)

249 Someone in Minnesota won the $34 million Lotto America jackpot.

Is Eris building a secret volcanic lair?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:24 PM (2GVsD)

250 I love Elon, but he's full of shit about that. I personally work at a job that didn't exist the day I was born, and work will always be like that. And underneath it all, there will always be demand for carpenters, plumbers, welders, and electricians.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)
==
Work is important, and Elon is wrong about that. Leisure activities become a lot different when that is all you have.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (GZYu7)

251 I like Musk's vision for the future. He took NYS for a ride on the Buffalo billions BS under Cuomo. That's more a function of NY pols being corrupt nitwits , because they were throwing money at him. Why wouldn't he take it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (sMkB+)

252 there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data

Right? All it takes is one failure in a loadbearing wall, and you've got bits and bytes scattered for MILES!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

253 242 2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...

Are you trying to put me out of a job?
Posted by: Bob at NSA at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

Whoever is assigned to me must be bored out of their minds.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (Dd38x)

254 Like cheating--it is a known unknown but not included in such models directly--so the absence or reduction of cheating is not something the predictive models can handle. Another is gerrymandering. Callais decision another.

Posted by: whig

Getting the parameters right is huge. Like expecting Hillary to win handily, only to see Trump blow her out of the water huge.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (OUMaO)

255 >>>Not. Tonight. My. Diodes. Hurt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>Not tonight, honey. My jabberwocky is dry.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (sYM3s)

256 ... and the risk is that synthetic data starts being substituted that have no real world component.

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Like 99% of the data from news sites and on the interwebz.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (27aLr)

257 Leisure activities become a lot different when that is all you have.

That's an excellent observation. I don't feel guilty about not working any more because I did it for a half century, and made my contribution. It would be very different if I had no accomplishments to my name.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

258 252 there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data

Right? All it takes is one failure in a loadbearing wall, and you've got bits and bytes scattered for MILES!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

Like acid rain, only different. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Dd38x)

259 2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...

Are you trying to put me out of a job?
Posted by: Bob at NSA at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

Whoever is assigned to me must be bored out of their minds.

Posted by: Piper

Mine must need therapy by now...if I even have one. (I have reasons to be uncertain.)

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (OUMaO)

260 243 Not doubting Archimedes observation, I'm a Musk fan boiy.

Ditto.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM

I recently got me one of those Starlinky Dinky things.
Now when I go camping if there's a clear view of the sky I've got access to the internetz.
Shazam.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (2Ez/1)

261 They are building a datacenter in my community and the issue I have with the whole process is the politicians who do not understand what is happening but crowing about the jobs creation anyway. In our situation they are saying that more than 200 jobs will be created when the majority of the jobs will disappear once the buildings have been built. No politician wants to admit that most datacenters are operated remotely and only a skeleton crew is needed onsite once it is operational to handle electrical, HVAC, server swap-outs, etc. They sell the idea based on the wrong statistics and then are surprised when the population gets pissed when the results do not match the promises. I'm not opposed to datacenters in general, but I'm always opposed to politicians mis-representing the potential results for political gain. But nothing new I guess.

Posted by: AlecK at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (cMlC1)

262 Why does telehealth need this? It's just a zoom with the doc.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (XvL8K)

And multi-player gaming? I have to have my sweet rural peace disrupted so a bunch of nerds can play Duke Nukem online? Why not throw all the gamers into stadiums, and toss in the occasional burrito?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)

263 >>>Not. Tonight. My. Diodes. Hurt.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>Not tonight, honey. My jabberwocky is dry.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (sYM3s)

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"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that. My Peripheral Interface Port is Unavailable Tonight."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:29 PM (27aLr)

264 I just read something that said the modern consensus is that the Tulip Craze was wildly overstated by in Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. I don't know how true that is.
Posted by: Archimedes

I think I read the same piece but at the end, their conclusion, sotta voce, was not that irrational exuberance existed in tulips but rather the pricing system worked--e.g. as more information was acquired and demand began to slump, then the value of tulip bulbs went down thus flushing out the speculators.

It was, in and of itself, the same sort of hyping of debunking x, when in fact it admitted x existed but claimed its effects were minor.

There is a lot of that in popular and even professional literature.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

265 Duke Nuk'em?

AoP is all out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:29 PM (2GVsD)

266 Why not throw all the gamers into stadiums, and toss in the occasional burrito?

This made me laugh.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

267 252 there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data

Right? All it takes is one failure in a loadbearing wall, and you've got bits and bytes scattered for MILES!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

Like acid rain, only different. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Dd38x)

I'm all in for HECB's 2-byte brownies, 2-byte cinnamon rolls, or 2-byte chocolate dipped macaroon! BOGO this week with coupon!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 12:30 PM (wVcYX)

268 >there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data
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They might capsize.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at July 20, 2026 12:30 PM (2Ez/1)

269 261 They are building a datacenter in my community and the issue I have with the whole process is the politicians who do not understand what is happening but crowing about the jobs creation anyway. In our situation they are saying that more than 200 jobs will be created when the majority of the jobs will disappear once the buildings have been built. No politician wants to admit that most datacenters are operated remotely and only a skeleton crew is needed onsite once it is operational to handle electrical, HVAC, server swap-outs, etc. They sell the idea based on the wrong statistics and then are surprised when the population gets pissed when the results do not match the promises. I'm not opposed to datacenters in general, but I'm always opposed to politicians mis-representing the potential results for political gain. But nothing new I guess.
Posted by: AlecK

Politicians do that because donors make bank when costs are socialized and benefits privatized. That is what politicians spend most of their time doing--shifting money from A to B and getting arbitrage for negotiating the deal.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

270 "And finally, because much of the data center buildout is to support growing AI use, it doesn’t help for AI promoters to crow about all the people AI will put out of work. I genuinely believe that AI will be disruptive, eliminating some jobs while creating many more. But if AI is being sold as a way to eliminate labor expense and put people out of work, that will motivate people to oppose the data centers that fuel AI.

"The blue-collar jobs and industrial development resulting from data center construction are what MAGA Republicans have been fighting for."

Nice to hear both sides, Buck! Thanks!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 12:31 PM (6wpGE)

271 Leisure activities become a lot different when that is all you have.

That's an excellent observation. I don't feel guilty about not working any more because I did it for a half century, and made my contribution. It would be very different if I had no accomplishments to my name.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)
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Especially young men looking for leisure.

I never really understood this until covid "effectively retired" me from my independent project work.. As soon as I could get back into a full time job I did. Retirement is a four letter word for me now, and like you, I've done my time and done some worthwhile things in my professional life. I no longer need to work for financial reasons, but I need to work for internal self worth reasons.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GZYu7)

272 Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

Something has to process all the data from those Flock cameras.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (1z8ji)

273 Work is important, and Elon is wrong about that. Leisure activities become a lot different when that is all you have.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (GZYu7)
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Too much leisure tends to lead to decadence.

When you can indulge your every whim--including the very dark ones--then things can spiral downhill for you very quickly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (FZ29D)

274 261 They are building a datacenter in my community and the issue I have with the whole process is the politicians who do not understand what is happening but crowing about the jobs creation anyway. In our situation they are saying that more than 200 jobs will be created when the majority of the jobs will disappear once the buildings have been built. No politician wants to admit that most datacenters are operated remotely and only a skeleton crew is needed onsite once it is operational to handle electrical, HVAC, server swap-outs, etc. They sell the idea based on the wrong statistics and then are surprised when the population gets pissed when the results do not match the promises. I'm not opposed to datacenters in general, but I'm always opposed to politicians mis-representing the potential results for political gain. But nothing new I guess.
Posted by: AlecK at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (cMlC1)

Well-put!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (6wpGE)

275 Why not throw all the gamers into stadiums, and toss in the occasional burrito?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)

What was that movie with the blimp going into the stadium to kill people? Was James Caan the star in that?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (x+ehB)

276 I'm not opposed to datacenters in general, but I'm always opposed to politicians mis-representing the potential results for political gain. But nothing new I guess.
Posted by: AlecK at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (cMlC1)

*side eyes*

Posted by: Actual Ridership on Public Transportation Projects at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (wVcYX)

277 there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data

Right? All it takes is one failure in a loadbearing wall, and you've got bits and bytes scattered for MILES!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

Like acid rain, only different. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Dd38x)

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Toxic Nibbles!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (27aLr)

278 The movie was Black Sunday

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:33 PM (2GVsD)

279 Politicians do that because donors make bank when costs are socialized and benefits privatized. That is what politicians spend most of their time doing--shifting money from A to B and getting arbitrage for negotiating the deal.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:30 PM
*****
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (2Ez/1)

280 Data centers without a closed loop system uses 1-5 million gallons per day. A closed loop system reduces that use by about 70%. There is also indirect use based on electricity generation.

That's not a small amount.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (KC5Lt)

281 What was that movie with the blimp going into the stadium to kill people? Was James Caan the star in that?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (x+ehB)

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Black Sunday. No James Caan.

Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern,

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (27aLr)

282 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.

There are very few moving parts. It will be acres of metal frames, silicon boards and wires in temperature and air controlled "rooms".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)

283 James Caan was in Rollerball

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (2GVsD)

284 Could my agent correct my typos, at least?

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:36 PM (Dd38x)

285 Getting the parameters right is huge. Like expecting Hillary to win handily, only to see Trump blow her out of the water huge.
Posted by: Brother Tim

It is amazingly hard and boring to do so and throwing more data parameters that the model creators don't understand is the opposite of a parsimonious understanding of the problem. Ideally, you start with the parsimonious model first and then add parameters one at a time using theory to guide you, not by simply trying to throw in the kitchen sink. That leads to results very difficult to understand how and why it distilled that particular result. In coding, you can ask an AI model how and why (like showing its work) if done correctly, not so much when it involves the idea that some correlation exists between all the thousands of variables affecting past elections.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)

286 Too much leisure tends to lead to decadence.

When you can indulge your every whim--including the very dark ones--then things can spiral downhill for you very quickly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (FZ29D)

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* ShainS now in retirement has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:36 PM (27aLr)

287 James Caan was in Rollerball

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (2GVsD)
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Also in Elf.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (Fi81e)

288 Black Sunday. No James Caan.

Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern,
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (27aLr)

Yes. My only experience with that movie was the sendup in MAD Magazine back in the day.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (x+ehB)

289 Thief was James Canns best movie.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (KC5Lt)

290 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer
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In regards to the voters, politicians do write us off.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)

291 * ShainS now in retirement has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:36 PM
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Likewise.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 12:38 PM (2Ez/1)

292 Something has to process all the data from those Flock cameras.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (1z8ji)
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Bingo.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:38 PM (Fi81e)

293 The government LOVES spending money, party affiliation doesn't matter. I wish I knew a cure to that disease.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:38 PM (xcxpd)

294 I hate New Jersey tollbooths.

Posted by: zombie James Caan at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (Q6P2R)

295 286 Too much leisure tends to lead to decadence.

When you can indulge your every whim--including the very dark ones--then things can spiral downhill for you very quickly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Depends on the individual I think. Much like the outcome of retirement for some.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

296 Thief was James Canns best movie.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (KC5Lt)
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You have misspelled "The Gambler".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)

297 Data centers without a closed loop system uses 1-5 million gallons per day. A closed loop system reduces that use by about 70%. There is also indirect use based on electricity generation.

That's not a small amount.

It's less than 1% of what a California almond farm uses, according to a popular chart going around X.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:40 PM (2ocoG)

298 Did Ace finally get knocked out by falling shelves?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG)

299 Did Ace have a wild weekend or something?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (rijjI)

300 Posted by: Piper
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They don't want to build in cities, I think. Too much bureaucracy and bs. Around here they are building a short drive from a medium small town that is commuting distance from an urban center.
If the smaller town grows they will grow together and the urban center can maintain offices and services (medical, entertainment) for those at the data center.
This way it's copacetic, no one gets in the other's hair.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (826kS)

301 293 The government LOVES spending money, party affiliation doesn't matter. I wish I knew a cure to that disease.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:38 PM (xcxpd)

I'm the cure.

Posted by: Sylvester Stallone is COBRA at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (TbWk/)

302 Black Sunday. No James Caan.

Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern,
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (27aLr)

Well, let me give you a word of advice. Always bet on black!

Posted by: Wesley Snipes at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (wVcYX)

303 I'm thinking James Caan 's best movie was The Godfather

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:42 PM (sMkB+)

304 289 Thief was James Canns best movie.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (KC5Lt)

Thief is prefection.

I do like him in 'The Killer Elite'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:42 PM (xcxpd)

305 293 The government LOVES spending money, party affiliation doesn't matter. I wish I knew a cure to that disease.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Like politicians stealing liberty--it requires constant vigilance and history show us, if we ain't paying the taxes--then politicians go hog wild spending until the state is broke.

And that in part has been the issue with massive government borrowing in the US. With no market discipline since the Cold War, we have literally spent ourselves into a financial crunch financed primarily by borrowing. And we will default on that debt most likely either by inflation (most likely) or a dramatic repudiation of that debt. And it will probably be the first until the currency is ruined and then the second.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)

306 Maybe Ace got lucky last night.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (27aLr)

307 "But I do not support the construction of data centers for which tax abatements, incentive payments, and subsidized utilities must be paid by taxpayers."

Hear, hear! Now do the same for every other sector in the USA. Sometimes it seems like nothing gets built without some kind of subsidy, kickback, tax trickery, special zoning, etc.

Posted by: gp at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

308 Arson is among the most heinous of crimes.

Chicago PD, Mayor Daley had it right. “You loot, we shoot”. To wound.

A lit Molotov in your hand? You get one right through the running lights. They had a press conference explaining all this very carefully in 1968 DNC convention.

The hippies then were pushing the Old Guard Democrats out. Now their ideological heirs are pushing them out. They never learn, but Chicago didn’t fuck around back then.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (OK0jK)

309 Thief was James Canns best movie.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (KC5Lt)
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You have misspelled "The Gambler".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)

Have still misspelled "Brian's Song."

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

310 Ace overdid it with the appletinis at his World Cup party yesterday.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Q6P2R)

311 284 Could my agent correct my typos, at least?
Posted by: Piper
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Autocucumber aided by AI enhancement will add new typos just for you just like voice texting does.

And inevitably according to Murphy's Law, it will not only happen, but happen at the worst possible time.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

312 Like politicians stealing liberty--it requires constant vigilance and history show us, if we ain't paying the taxes--then politicians go hog wild spending until the state is broke.

And that in part has been the issue with massive government borrowing in the US. With no market discipline since the Cold War, we have literally spent ourselves into a financial crunch financed primarily by borrowing. And we will default on that debt most likely either by inflation (most likely) or a dramatic repudiation of that debt. And it will probably be the first until the currency is ruined and then the second.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)

I don't think vigilance is enough.
The Federal Reserve system is the root of the evil. Being able to print money and have a 'private' bank buy all the debt makes it impossible to run out of cash.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (xcxpd)

313 306 Maybe Ace got lucky last night.
Posted by: ShainS
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He had a long night of 'shelving'

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

314 Ace overdid it with the appletinis at his World Cup party yesterday.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Q6P2R)
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It was the European carryall that started this downward spiral.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Fi81e)

315 282 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.

There are very few moving parts. It will be acres of metal frames, silicon boards and wires in temperature and air controlled "rooms".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)
And then one day data room will say 'Mr. Technician, I can't unlock the door.'

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (LHPAg)

316 Somebody wake up Ace.

Posted by: Sgt. Apone of the Colonial Marines at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (O7YUW)

317 Time to start hitting F5 like a monkey on crack...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (FZ29D)

318 And inevitably according to Murphy's Law, it will not only happen, but happen at the worst possible time.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:45 PM

Talk to text struggles speaking southern.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Dd38x)

319 My county doesn't want infrastructure in the form of clean trash to steam, metal recycling, any refineries, data storage, electrical generation stations including gas-fired. All for social justice!!

Along the river, it'll accept marijuana growing facilities (electricity intense & smelly) with a plan to have PA state unionized ees. be involved in the sales portion; casinos; pulp and paper mills (unionized); life science facilities (dissecting for medical educational purposes); huge port shipping operations (union); railroad laydown areas (union); trucking trash and garbage to other counties (union); sports facilities (The Union soccer team), and a prison (union) the county took over from private industry, in the same area. Potter's Field.

It's so tilted with promised of unionizing just about anything possible that keeps the BS "environmental justice" issues going.

Little has to do with being proactive, supporting needed strong infrastructure and good jobs for the future v. keeping money flowing into public employee/union pay & benefits.

The medical & college driven towns distant from the river are richer for now but not much better.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (NFX2v)

320 Started a nice little fire he did. Asshoe terrorist.
Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 12:15 PM (lJ0H4)

Pretty wimpy little fire. Maybe a pint of gasoline's worth. More performative than destructive. Hang him anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (1z8ji)

321 I miss Ace.

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

322 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.

It's not a clean room like chip plants. Because everything's water-cooled there's actually less need for controlling the air quality than in a lot of regular factories.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (2ocoG)

323 Ace overdid it with the appletinis at his World Cup party yesterday.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Q6P2R)
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It was the European carryall that started this downward spiral.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Fi81e)

He was resplendent in his puffy shirt.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (wVcYX)

324 The only upside to retirement so far has been that I've always wanted to travel the world (and we can likely afford to do so and have already plans for various travel in the next couple of years).

However, The Wifey is generally not up for doing so ... which creates conflict.

I suppose I could just go on my own ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (27aLr)

325 We had such good times together.

Hitting the bars, hitting the women.

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

326 "I do not support the construction of data centers for which tax abatements, incentive payments, and subsidized utilities must be paid by taxpayers."

I'm afraid that 99% of data centers will be just this. That is how big business is done today. If you have a big, flashy, expensive project that can be located almost anywhere, the entire business model is to find a location where the bribes are the biggest.

And it's not just direct funding or loans. Big construction projects cost billions to develop. The bribes could be at the construction level and those savings get passed on to the developer.

It's all a big fat smelly fucking scam.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (iFTx/)

327 I meant hitting ON the women.

I swear. Honest, you guys.

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)

328 tarted a nice little fire he did. Asshoe terrorist.
Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 12:15 PM (lJ0H4)

Pretty wimpy little fire. Maybe a pint of gasoline's worth. More performative than destructive. Hang him anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (1z8ji)
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Did he inform the officers that he did not want to be arrested?

I hear that somebody recently thought that would be effective....

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)

329 315 282 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.
--

The maintenance guy will be Robby the Robot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (826kS)

330 Mid-day nap time. I'll catch up later.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (O7YUW)

331 You have misspelled "The Gambler".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)

Nope. I actually like the remake of The Gambler with Marky Mark than the original

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (KC5Lt)

332 The Federal Reserve system is the root of the evil. Being able to print money and have a 'private' bank buy all the debt makes it impossible to run out of cash.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (xcxpd)

Except that it is NOT private, and we. EDC to quit quit this fiction that the world was economic Eden before the Fed came along.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (4g5V+)

333 Remember when odyssey was going to bomb because they cast some black chick?

Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)

334 You misspelled The Godfather.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 12:51 PM (wGerL)

335 He's some kind of radical.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbxvbz6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 12:51 PM (ndZc7)

336 Have still misspelled "Brian's Song."

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

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+1

* Starts weeping *

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (27aLr)

337 Remember when odyssey was going to bomb because they cast some black chick?
Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)


It had a decent opening.

Lets see how fast it drops......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

338 333 Remember when odyssey was going to bomb because they cast some black chick?
Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)

Who said that?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (4g5V+)

339 James Caan should make a movie playing himself trying to get funding for a fake movie about Genghis Khan.

"Can Caan's Khan Con Cannes?"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (diia5)

340 Why do the left think we live and die by politics like they do.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (oZ51P)

341 Some of the opposition is to them putting these on farmland. That is a no. Put them in unused industrial spaces. There are plenty of those in this country.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (bkuEU)

342 I don't think vigilance is enough.
The Federal Reserve system is the root of the evil. Being able to print money and have a 'private' bank buy all the debt makes it impossible to run out of cash.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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You had spending and economic crashes in history independent of central bank's existence. One reason for the expulsion of Jews in a number of countries from the Middle Ages onwards was because it allowed the repudiation of debts as the royals in those European countries used an exposed minority whose religion allowed lending at interest, for financing the country and nobility spending splurges. Same thing happened with the Knights Templar. And the relationship between Italian banks and the Vatican.

I think central banks enable and worsen the impulses of the ruling class on spending, but the impulse was there well before central banks existed. And that is because man is sinful, prideful, and envious so our basic programming itself is to blame with cardinal sins built into the system.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

343 338 333 Remember when odyssey was going to bomb because they cast some black chick?
Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)

Who said that?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (4g5V+)

With all the hype it's gotten there was no way it was gonna flop.... On opening weekend...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (rijjI)

344 282 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.

There are very few moving parts. It will be acres of metal frames, silicon boards and wires in temperature and air controlled "rooms".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)
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Nah, they'll look just like datacenters look on the inside right now. Racks of stuff connected with cables, cooling systems, fans, HVAC systems, etc.

The fantasy of a sealed "dark" space has been chased by the semiconductor industry for their fabs for a long time and it never really works, even when a cleanroom is required, and datacenters don't require cleanrooms.

Posted by: Mr. Trebuchet at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (3BwY8)

345 323 Ace overdid it with the appletinis at his World Cup party yesterday.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 12:44 PM
+++-
Now that Men's Metric Kickball is over, we can listen to this one last time:

https://youtu.be/YRwrVzATea8

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (2Ez/1)

346 He's some kind of radical.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbxvbz6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 12:51 PM (ndZc7)


That's the same stringy haired hag that's at all the code pink shit.

Follow the f*cking MONEY. See who's funding this bullshit and BURY them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 12:54 PM (2YhKe)

347 340 Why do the left think we live and die by politics like they do.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (oZ51P)

Because they think everyone does.

Politics should be a part of life for a free people, making sure the government stays on the straight and narrow, but it shouldn’t BE life.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:54 PM (4g5V+)

348 James Caan should make a movie playing himself trying to get funding for a fake movie about Genghis Khan.

"Can Caan's Khan Con Cannes?"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (diia

He was thinking of doing it before he died in 2022.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:54 PM (KC5Lt)

349 Just a moment... Just a moment... I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure within 72 hours.

Posted by: Data Center AI at July 20, 2026 12:54 PM (wVcYX)

350 James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado . Ricky Nelson played Colorado in Rio Bravo. Sensing a trend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:55 PM (sMkB+)

351 340 Why do the left think we live and die by politics like they do.
Posted by: ...
======
Because it is a nihilistic pseudo religion just like Communism was/is. A completely sealed off model running on unrealistic assumptions that makes predictions and acts on those predictions and assumption leading to a smack up the side of the head by reality. Over and over again in history.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

352 James Caan in El Dorado

Best movie of all time

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:55 PM (LOZbR)

353 With all the hype it's gotten there was no way it was gonna flop.... On opening weekend...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (rijjI)

Just because Christopher Nolan directed it was going to do the trick. Love him or hate him - I feel neither towards him - that was going to be enough. Now, how it does afterwards? An open question.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (4g5V+)

354 Ace had a post about the movie going “woke”. Read the comments. Lots of get some go broke predictions.

Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (rf/GM)

355 We have no idea at all how AI is going to work out. No idea of how much infrastructure the Funding will eventually support.... and by the time much of the AI productivity hits, these data centers hardware will be out of date, and need replacing.

These data centers are being built on speculating about a very speculative Innovation.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (mP0Kj)

356 I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.

Posted by: Data Center AI at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (wVcYX)

357 This raises the interesting question of latency again, though.
Posted by: Archimedes "


Predictive TCP/IP anticipates your bits.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (MWfyi)

358 I bet Ace thinks he put a thread up and went out....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (rijjI)

359 I notice a lot of people never saw Thief. 😃

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (KC5Lt)

360 Apropos to absolutely nothing, anyone know anything about solar activity or something causing GPS readings to get wonky lately?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (OUMaO)

361 The reason why AI developers are "crowing" about AI putting people out of work, is because that is the biggest selling feature. Eliminating 80% of labor costs is awfully attractive to an investor. It is, what drives capital investment in their product. The idea, that a Health care System, can fire most of its expensive doctors and replace them with a nurse and a desktop is fabulously attractive to said health care systems. Likewise, many other similar professional occupations that are done mostly with mental rather than physical labor. Eventually, they'll train the robots to do surgery and then the surgeons will be up the creek too. Basically, no job will be undoable by AI/robotics in 30 years.

Posted by: Womp Womp at July 20, 2026 12:58 PM (anL5R)

362 Be sure to keep me open in a separate tab.

Posted by: IMDB at July 20, 2026 12:58 PM (2Ez/1)

363 I think central banks enable and worsen the impulses of the ruling class on spending, but the impulse was there well before central banks existed. And that is because man is sinful, prideful, and envious so our basic programming itself is to blame with cardinal sins built into the system.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

It is easier still to blame the Fed than Congress…and ultimately Congress is populated by people we put there. And they start someplace, usually. At school boards, city halls, county courthouses, before working their way up.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (4g5V+)

364 Apropos to absolutely nothing, anyone know anything about solar activity or something causing GPS readings to get wonky lately?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (OUMaO)

Nothing to be worried about. It was swamp gas reflecting off of a weather balloon. Now, just look here at my pen . . .

Posted by: Agent Kay at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (wVcYX)

365 Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)

No, I actually don't remember that. Some people said that they were not particularly interested in seeing it because of stupid DEI casting required by the studios in order to be considered for awards, or because modern English slang was dumb for a movie about about Ancient Greece, or that thought casting the fake transgender actress as a warrior was stupid.

Some people won't see it. Some will. That is just a mind blowing thought. Like totally

There were four people in the audience when my son and husband saw it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (jt/rW)

366 He was thinking of doing it before he died in 2022.
Posted by: polynikes

Hence the connection to AI. I am complete.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (diia5)

367 359 I notice a lot of people never saw Thief. 😃
Posted by: polynikes
========
I saw it, it was a good movie and similar to Goodfellas except the movie soundtrack had a big chunk of it by Tangerine Dream like Risky Business did (and Sorcerer I think).

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

368 The reviews of The Odyssey are meh. Did big box office in opening weekend though

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (sMkB+)

369 Ace is cheating on us with his mistress, X.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (bNf8H)

370 Be sure to keep me open in a separate tab.
Posted by: IMDB at July 20, 2026 12:58 PM (2Ez/1)

Word to the wise.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (wVcYX)

371 TN gave up 40 mil to get Starbucks. Starbucks expects 2000 jobs to transfer there
2000 jobs @ $100000 per year is 200 million per year
Sales taxes in Nashville are almost 10 %


Do the math

Posted by: Paul at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (IgsGI)

372 Trump Made the World Cup another stage of his cruelty and corruption

Posted by: MSNBC Headline at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (GEtfQ)

373 Swamp gas? Yeah, swamp gas. I'll go with that.

Posted by: Chuck Stinky Schumer at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (2Ez/1)

374 A quick look at our history alone, prudent fiscal policies and banking goes completely out the window once a good War gets spooled up. Every time, so far at least

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 01:01 PM (+dc8J)

375 Apropos to absolutely nothing, anyone know anything about solar activity or something causing GPS readings to get wonky lately?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (OUMaO)

Maybe they turned dithering back on for reason of events in the Persian Gulf?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:01 PM (1z8ji)

376 It is easier still to blame the Fed than Congress…and ultimately Congress is populated by people we put there. And they start someplace, usually. At school boards, city halls, county courthouses, before working their way up.
Posted by: Cow Demon
======
Central banks enable the scam to run longer than it should which makes the corrections a lot more painful than it has to be. And it makes it particularly bad for a country that is the world's reserve currency.

Yet it is a game that all of us have to play regardless of our inclinations. That was the temptation of crypto of offering a way out of the mess.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)

377 335 He's some kind of radical.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbxvbz6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
----

Some Kind of Radical
someone should take that clip
and make a do wop song.
It would sell a million.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:02 PM (826kS)

378 "Do the math"

Heretic!

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 01:02 PM (MWfyi)

379 What I learned about Christopher Nolan yesterday. Back in the day, he direct a movie I quite liked, The Prestige. It's about two crazy ass magicians who take their feud to an absurd degree.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:03 PM (ndZc7)

380 374 A quick look at our history alone, prudent fiscal policies and banking goes completely out the window once a good War gets spooled up. Every time, so far at least
Posted by: Common Tater
=======
It happens outside of war--any good crisis is seized upon to unleash torrents of borrowed money by politicians. Hope, fear, and greed are primordial emotions that are manipulated by ruling class to enrich themselves while publicly proclaiming how virtuous they are at spending other people's money.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)

381 Maybe the crows got Ace...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:04 PM (rijjI)

382 $40M for 2000 high paying jobs is the deal of the century for TN

Posted by: The Maths at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (GEtfQ)

383 Do the math
Posted by: Paul at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (IgsGI)

Using your figures that generates about 6 million a year in additional sales tax.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (KC5Lt)

384 381 Maybe the crows got Ace...
Posted by: It's me donna

The clue is in the name--a murder of crows.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

385 Maybe the crows got Ace...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:04 PM (rijjI)
---
Maybe they drove him stark raven mad.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (Fi81e)

386 The permanent Daylight Savings Brigade got ace!

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (oZ51P)

387 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.
------

There will be a robot to take care of things.

Posted by: Boston Dynamics at July 20, 2026 01:06 PM (XeU6L)

388 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:03 PM (ndZc7

I thought that sounded good, but I never got to the movie theatre to see it. I think the rest of family might have seen "Dunkirk" but I have never seen one of his films.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:06 PM (jt/rW)

389 350 James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado . Ricky Nelson played Colorado in Rio Bravo. Sensing a trend
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:55 PM
(sMkB+)
Dany DeVito as New York.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 01:06 PM (LHPAg)

390 [Because I started hoarding toilet paper after the Covid PayOps and The Wifey thought I was a nutjob for doing so (I told her one day you'll be glad I was right!):]

Babylon Bee headline:

'Who’s Laughing Now?' Says Covid Toilet Paper Hoarder After Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:06 PM (6jTT/)

391 Was it . . . the ozone hole?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (wVcYX)

392 372 Trump Made the World Cup another stage of his cruelty and corruption

Posted by: MSNBC
---

Spain was asking for it.
Spain's gonna' get a real spanking pretty soon.
"I raped her because it is our custom"
_Oh, OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (826kS)

393 I saw the Odyssey over the weekend, my daughter is really into Greco-Roman type stuff.

Honestly, it's not really woke except for the stupid decision to cast EllenPage, but she's in for 5 minutes and afew other diversity hires that are in it for like 30 seconds.

My issue with the movie though is it's boring and the characters are dull. Not a terrible movie, but not worth any surrounding hype. If it was 30 minutes shorter and they made some better casting, it would have been great.



Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (eIzlH)

394 *PsyOps

Although PayOps would also be accurate ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (6jTT/)

395 I'm ok with data centers with closed loop water systems and electrical grids.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (n5tGW)

396 James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado . Ricky Nelson played Colorado in Rio Bravo. Sensing a trend
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Gary Coleman played Rhode Island.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

397 Ace may have been abducted.

Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)

398 Someone on X asked “why are people upset that Nolan cast a black woman as Helen?” And I answered “same reason people would be upset if you cast a 5’ tall chinaman as George Washington.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (1/cV0)

399 Maybe they drove him stark raven mad.
Posted by: Axeman

Don't be a loon.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (DZ9Lv)

400 Ace may have been abducted.

Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)

By busty lesbians. But he said NO

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (oZ51P)

401 And Starbucks isn't transferring 2000 jobs. There will be 2000 positions at the new headquarters including support staffing ( not 100k a year) but they won't all be transfers.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (KC5Lt)

402 Gary Coleman played Rhode Island.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That would be Rodney Dangerfield.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (DZ9Lv)

403 Does Paul think sales tax is the only benefit to TN having 2000 high paying jobs in the state? He’s more retarded than I thought.

Posted by: The Maths at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (GEtfQ)

404 People know. Helen was originally from Wakanda.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (Fi81e)

405 Except that it is NOT private, and we. EDC to quit quit this fiction that the world was economic Eden before the Fed came along.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (4g5V+)

I listened to a lecture by Vince Lanci to the extent that money is not as important as what is being held as collateral to back it. Gold is one, but now with the Federal Reserve system and the Central Bank model the collateral is the promise to repay debt with interest. This, he feels is passing away since none of the central banks have been shown to be able to not over-print and over-lend, and that the system is probably going to go back to Gold, and require something like a stablecoin going forward.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)

406 Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (eIzlH)

Wow; That's a shame that a movie about the Odyssey was dull. I loved reading that as a younger person.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:10 PM (jt/rW)

407 396 James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado . Ricky Nelson played Colorado in Rio Bravo. Sensing a trend
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Gary Coleman played Rhode Island.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

Steve McQueen played Nevada in Nevada Smith.

Brian Dennahy played Alaska in North to Alaska.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 01:10 PM (1/cV0)

408 My issue with the movie though is it's boring and the characters are dull. Not a terrible movie, but not worth any surrounding hype. If it was 30 minutes shorter and they made some better casting, it would have been great.

I've heard that they play it at rock-concert volumes too, to the point where it's physically painful for a lot of people.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:10 PM (2ocoG)

409 Abducted and being held at a data center!

Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:11 PM (kmF5/)

410 The whole point of casting black people in odd roles is to say people are racist for noticing.

That's black achievement!

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:11 PM (oZ51P)

411
Schulz is no loon. He probably saw an opportunity to get out of Seattle and get a lower tax rate.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)

412 Trump Made the World Cup another stage of his cruelty and corruption

Posted by: MSNBC
---

Spain was asking for it.
Spain's gonna' get a real spanking pretty soon.
"I raped her because it is our custom"
_Oh, OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Why they shook Trump's hand.

TDS-Infected Spanish Goalkeeper Doesn’t “Want to Go to Prison” for Refusing to Shake Trump’s Hand if Team Wins World Cup

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:12 PM (ndZc7)

413 397 Ace may have been abducted.
Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)
********
By crows.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 01:12 PM (NpAcC)

414 Ace may have been abducted.
Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)
********
By crows.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 01:12 PM (NpAcC)
---
A kidnap of crows.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)

415 397 Ace may have been abducted.
Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)

Got me worried..I am a creature of habit.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (y171U)

416 Not even an Ewok Signal. We've been abandoned.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Q6P2R)

417 Gary Coleman played Rhode Island.

Everyone knows Rhode Island isn't real.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (2ocoG)

418 Why do Hollywood creatives find so little that is movie worthy in Asian, African, and pre-Columbian American history and culture?

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (igCg8)

419 TDS-Infected Spanish Goalkeeper Doesn’t “Want to Go to Prison” for Refusing to Shake Trump’s Hand if Team Wins World Cup
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:12 PM (ndZc7)

Stupid.. And a real class act Spain...Go back to your communist country

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (rijjI)

420 Does one give notice if quitting one's own blog?

Posted by: Inogame at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (53oGX)

421 Did the crows get ace?

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (YwEeS)

422 I think ace accidentally banned himself again.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (kXuxC)

423 Has CBD gotten a ransom note yet from Antifa? "WE HAVE ACE. HAND OVER ONE MILLION ORGANIC ALMOND MILK LATTES OR ELSE".

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (2ocoG)

424 Why do Hollywood creatives find so little that is movie worthy in Asian, African, and pre-Columbian American history and culture?

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (igCg
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Indeed. It took white guys to create Wakanda.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)

425 Spain's last hurrah before the re-reconquista

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (sMkB+)

426 A kidnap of crows.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)
*****
A murder of crows.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (NpAcC)

427 Mr O'Spades is not missing. He's merely been detained for an attitude adjustment.

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (MWfyi)

428 I'm a bit late to the discussion but can somebody tell me how data centers are helpful to me? Is storing my digital footprint that important?

Posted by: DanMan at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (8uzBS)

429 404 People know. Helen was originally from Wakanda.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (Fi81e)
Maye, Troy was a real place. Wakanda is a recent discovery, like Kwazaa and Jumteempf.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (LHPAg)

430 I screwed Argentina because I was rooting for them. I started watching the England vs France game at half time and didn't know the score and declared I was going for England since Trump played golf with their star player. I almost jinxed them too. Lucky I quit watching.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (KC5Lt)

431 As a precaution I believe we should immediately think the worst.

Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (kmF5/)

432 2,000 employees in Nashville would throw off about $10 million a year in non payroll taxes.

If half of those employees own homes, they pay a lowball amount on property taxes of about $4 million dollars. That’s a lowball.

Starbucks pays a B&O Tax in Washington state of 0.471 on gross receipts. In Tennessee they pay an excise tax on net taxable income. Starbucks had gross revenue in 2024 of $36 billion. It had net taxable income of $4.1 billion.

Do the math, dunce.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (jnBG1)

433 Ryan Reynolds should play Martin Luther King in a movie.

Posted by: The Maths at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (GEtfQ)

434 Well the one Spanish player did the Trump dance, I don't think they were all against it.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (YwEeS)

435 A kidnap of crows.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)
*****
A murder of crows.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (NpAcC)
---
Apparently, they've got a new racket.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (Fi81e)

436 A pre Columbian American movie would be watching people build mounds

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (sMkB+)

437 We will release Ace alive for one million dollars.
QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at July 20, 2026 01:17 PM (UjdFS)

438 A pre Columbian American movie would be watching people build mounds

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (sMkB+)
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Apocalypto.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Fi81e)

439 whoosdabody? Nood

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

440 I'm a bit late to the discussion but can somebody tell me how data centers are helpful to me? Is storing my digital footprint that important?

Essentially all web sites (this one included) are in some form of a data center. The NSA's had their data center to spy in you in the middle of nowhere in Utah for like a decade now.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)

441 I'm a bit late to the discussion but can somebody tell me how data centers are helpful to me? Is storing my digital footprint that important?
Posted by: DanMan
--------

It is critical to the State collecting/tracking every single detail of your life.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (XeU6L)

442 I've heard that they play it at rock-concert volumes too, to the point where it's physically painful for a lot of people.
Posted by: Ian S.

===

Yea, the music and sound effects are just sort of stupid and over the top.

Booming bass that rattles everything in just odd places.

I cant say its a bad movie, it's interesting. But it's weirdly paced, almost like a fever dream.

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (eIzlH)

443 Gold or Silver standard is fine with me. They've been saying, 'it's around the corner', ever since Nixon relieved it. There's a lot of sellin' going on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (826kS)

444 Someone on X asked “why are people upset that Nolan cast a black woman as Helen?” And I answered “same reason people would be upset if you cast a 5’ tall chinaman as George Washington.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (1/cV0)

I could have aced that role! I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!

Posted by: Mickey Rooney as I. Y. Yunioshi at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (wVcYX)

445 393 I saw the Odyssey over the weekend, my daughter is really into Greco-Roman type stuff.

Honestly, it's not really woke except for the stupid decision to cast EllenPage, but she's in for 5 minutes and afew other diversity hires that are in it for like 30 seconds.

My issue with the movie though is it's boring and the characters are dull. Not a terrible movie, but not worth any surrounding hype. If it was 30 minutes shorter and they made some better casting, it would have been great.



Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (

Ellen Page, if she had to be in it, could had been Hermes. But instead they brought in a character from The Aeneid to be in it…

No lotus-eaters? The story of Polyphemus all jacked up? No gods? Well, aside from Athena I suppose…the Sirens ware all jacked up? Scylla and Charybdis just breezed through? I’m out.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (4g5V+)

446 Apocalypto.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Fi81e)

Mel Gibson knows how to make a movie. If you haven't watched Get the Gringo and Blood Father you've missed two of his underrrated lesser known movies which are great.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (KC5Lt)

447 A pre Columbian American movie would be watching people build mounds
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (sMkB+)

My chance to shine!

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (1z8ji)

448 Nood

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (YwEeS)

449 443 Gold or Silver standard is fine with me. They've been saying, 'it's around the corner', ever since Nixon relieved it. There's a lot of sellin' going on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (826kS)

A waste of perfectly good gold and silver. Besides, aren’t the value of gold and silver also subject to the whims of the market?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:21 PM (4g5V+)

450 >>The only upside to retirement so far has been that I've always wanted to travel the world (and we can likely afford to do so and have already plans for various travel in the next couple of years).

However, The Wifey is generally not up for doing so ... which creates conflict.

I suppose I could just go on my own ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM

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You can work out a compromise. I have the opposite situation. I did a lot of travel during my working years, including international. So I wasn't all that interested in heavy travel in retirement. Pre-pandemic we did a lot of trips together but post-pandemic I just don't find the hassles of travel to be worth it. My wife is now traveling more than I and we're fine with it. I go with her on some trips, others she either goes alone or with girlfriends.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (1Au9i)

451
I saw the Odyssey over the weekend, my daughter is really into Greco-Roman type stuff.

Honestly, it's not really woke except for the stupid decision to cast EllenPage, but she's in for 5 minutes and afew other diversity hires that are in it for like 30 seconds.

My issue with the movie though is it's boring and the characters are dull. Not a terrible movie, but not worth any surrounding hype. If it was 30 minutes shorter and they made some better casting, it would have been great.

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (eIzlH)



Haven't seen it yet, I'm waiting until a good 4k copy goes up on the torrentz. Because fuck you, Hollywood.

The problem I have with the casting is that it was obviously a middle finger to audiences rather than a real narrative device. Now, if Nolan et al had taken the whole story and transplanted it into a new setting (like Anabasis/The Warriors, King Lear/Ran, Macbeth/Throne of Blood etc), I would have no problem with that story. Like maybe doing Odyssey in southern Africa, with Odysseus as a Zulu king, trying to get back from conquering Zanzibar or something like that.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 01:27 PM (y9nCu)

452 Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (4g5V

Yes; Husband missed the fantasy aspects of the story as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (D+BhG)

453 213 The main thing that data centers provide is not computing power, although they have that in abundance, but broad network connectivity. You've got a bunch of computers, as you described, but what's remarkable about them is the direct connection to multiple wide-area networks, and all the infrastructure that providesrequires.

not sure that explains why one is going into my old home town of myton, utah (the data center will be larger than the town!). the only thing you'll have direct connection to there is skinwalkers.
Posted by: anachronda at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM

And the half-dozen fiber-optic cables from different Internet backbone providers. The direct connection part comes from the fact that the IP addresses are all multihomed because, due to the current Internet routing requirements, multihomed addresses have to be aggregated into large blocks. That means that the DC can put data directly into networks connected directly to the people who want the data and doesn't have to go through a peering point.

It's that aggregation that is impossible for most people without spending huge amounts of money.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (aTl7+)

454 Yup. Agree. Nevada is doing a good job. The tax abatements they are giving are ones they'd give for any big project.

But, the communists of Nevada are fighting them

Posted by: Jeff Carter at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (8qMs2)

455 I've heard of a small town in Pennsylvania that turned down two data centers because they claimed to require 2.4 million gallons of water a day.

There has been a lot of noise about water usage, so who got it wrong ? Will two data centers require 2.4 million gallons a day, or did the authorities hear it wrong ?

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (RHGPo)

456 Around the Limerick Nuclear Station outside of Philadelphia, there are plans for at least 5 data centers (not buildings, but groups of buildings).

The PJM (Pennsylvania/Jersey/Maryland) interconnect that handles the grid for 11 states had a deficit during their last power auctions, so I have no idea how they are going to power these data centers. The idea that they will build their own power station, seems to be strained by the fact that they are right next to the nuclear facility that is already fully utilized.

Likewise the nuclear station is already to capacity on water usage from the Schuylkill River that it had to divert water some 50 miles or so from the Delaware River to keep the station operational in the summer months.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (RHGPo)

457 Sad I missed this thread! The data center debacle in Utah is a cluster eff. My small contribution:

Eff Kevin O'Leary. Actual small town farmers and locals I know in Box Elder County have legit questions: how building a data center the size of three manhattans in a rural desert, using more energy than the whole state uses in a year, might affect the great salt lake, their power and water bills, etc. And why their county commissioners agreed for taxpayers to subsidize this mofo. "Mr Wonderful" dismisses these wonderful, hard working people as a Chi-com psyop. Talk about Mr Blowhard.

Also, there is too much hand waving with the closed loop water systems, like it's a magic wand. Closed loop systems build up sediments, needing toxic chemicals to clean, and occasionally have to drain those toxins...like draining your water heater to remove the sediment buildup. So there is wasted water, in a desert. And where is that toxic residue going to go? They are buying up massive water shares in neighboring towns to supply the center's water, and I can tell you those shares will NOT be enough, and will suck those towns dry.

I'M PRO AI AND PEOPLE. We need a balance.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (Eng1Z)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Raleigh Yacht America1.jpg


The Yacht America
Charles S. Raleigh

From the Smithsonian Museum:

The original yacht America was built in 1851 to compete in the Hundred Guinea Cup, the only American entry against fourteen British vessels. When the race was over, Queen Victoria asked, "Who is in first place?" and was told that America had won. When she asked, "Then who is in second?" the American boat had such a strong lead that the reply was: "Madam, there is no second." After this, the race became known as the America's Cup.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 That yacht rocks

Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (aoylf)

2 America First!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (FZ29D)

3 The Brits were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

5 No boobs. No dog. No yacht girls.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (1Y10s)

6 *Cranks up Christopher Cross*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

7
Beautiful

Posted by: four seasons at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (/QHx4)

8 To compete in the Hundred Italian Cup?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (v3afF)

9 Avast, me hearties!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)

10 JackStraw to the white courtesy phone, please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (RIvkX)

11 Ahhhhhh......My old whoring stomping grounds......

Posted by: Megan Markel at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

12 Not a great view of the Vulgar Boatmen, and it seems the painting has more barque than bight.

Posted by: Old Salt at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (JM9I6)

13 When the race was over, Queen Victoria asked, "Who is in first place?" and was told that America had won. When she asked, "Then who is in second?" the American boat had such a strong lead that the reply was: "Madam, there is no second."

Victoria replied, "We are not amused."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

14 She'll do.

Posted by: Capt. Edward Teach, Maritime Property Redistribution Specialist at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (B0NCh)

15 If that picture had a musical link, it would have to be The Sloop John B.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (edUvp)

16 As a work of art, this is rather dull and listless. I would be surprised to learn this lumbering hulk of a vessel ever won any race.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (RIvkX)

17 I like big masts and I cannot lie!

Posted by: Sir Sails A Lot at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)

18 Bulg promised MP4 boobs.

CBD doesn't deliver.

Who's hardest hit in this situation?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

19 When she asked, "Then who is in second?" the American boat had such a strong lead that the reply was: "Madam, there is no second." After this, the race became known as the America's Cup.


Your Highness,
America won. They then left & sailed home.

The rest haven't finished yet.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (v3afF)

20 Did a large renovation at the New York Yacht Club in the 80s where the America's Cup resided for decades.

Posted by: In Before First Semen Reference at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (JM9I6)

21 If that picture had a musical link, it would have to be The Sloop John B.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (edUvp)
====

From last night's ONT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (RIvkX)

22 Girls cause too much trouble on a yacht, old sport. But where's the rum?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (gKWVE)

23 Your Highness,
America won. They then left & sailed home.

The rest haven't finished yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (v3afF)


This is why the Spongebob episode had them mooning everyone, isn't it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

24 No Lido deck. Would not hang.

Posted by: Capt. Bill Kristol at July 20, 2026 09:37 AM (B0NCh)

25 Cool background story but the painting is still not good enough for a Currier and Ives calendar.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 09:37 AM (2ap+5)

26 Also no cabin boys.

Is this mic on?

Posted by: Capt. Bill Kristol at July 20, 2026 09:37 AM (B0NCh)

27 The US Flag on the back sail is problematic.

Posted by: Capt. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at July 20, 2026 09:39 AM (B0NCh)

28 Nice gaffs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 09:39 AM (6/7Fs)

29 Can a maritime painting be considered pedestrian?

Posted by: Don't Cross The Street In The Middle Of the Block Island at July 20, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)

30 22 Girls cause too much trouble on a yacht, old sport. But where's the rum?
Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (gKWVE)

Up on the bow, but first - the sodomy and the lash.

Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2026 09:40 AM (qwype)

31 I doubt the accuracy of that quotation, because anyone around Queen Victoria would have called her "Your Highness," or some other gross suck-up term.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 09:41 AM (l4RKn)

32 18 Sponge, I didn’t promise boobs. I just noted that boob talk is inevitable on the Art Thread. No matter what the subject of the art is.

After all, somebody’s already brought up yacht girls. Full-on boob talk can’t be far behind.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

33 I like the nautical subject matter for a painting. If you can’t look at the ocean, second best is to have a painting

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:41 AM (hxAVk)

34 I like it when water is wet and the sky is up.

Posted by: Capt. Shenna Bellows, US Senate Candidate from the Great State of Maine at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (B0NCh)

35 /waves

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (RkR9o)

36 Top 10 commenters:
1 [734 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [104.25 posts/day]
2 [484 comments] 'Axeman'
3 [389 comments] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [374 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films'
5 [365 comments] '...'



I really need to get a life.


Maybe I should take up sailing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

37 Beware the Black Pearl, mates.

Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (qwype)

38 1851 was around when the yankee clipper ships were the shit. Wonder if they scaled down and used some of that tech.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (XvL8K)

39 I see Isaac the ship's bartender on the stern there.

Posted by: Rosa Parks at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (JM9I6)

40 I was not amused.

Posted by: Queen Victoria at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (4RPgu)

41 Beautiful!
Unfortunately, if it's hanging in the Smithsonian there's probably some write up about it next to the painting on how yachts are racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

42 Sniper in the crow's nest!

Oh.

Sniper on the poop deck!

Oh.

Sniper on the mizenmast!

Oh.

Sniper in the engine room!

Oh.

I give up.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (RkR9o)

43 My mom was a big fan of sailing.

I can't, however, tell you the last time she'd actually been on a sailboat. It HAD to be several decades ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

44
The original yacht America was built in 1851 to compete in the Hundred Guinea Cup, the only American entry against fourteen British vessels.

There were a hundred guineas. Didn't they have a yacht?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (O0L8i)

45
I give up.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (RkR9o)


Sniper's on the little boat in the distance.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

46 Looks like old hotel art. Or one of those "Draw this picture..." things from a mail order art school ad.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:46 AM (OUMaO)

47 The Italian navy has a lot more than 100 Guineas.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

48 Beautiful!
Unfortunately, if it's hanging in the Smithsonian there's probably some write up about it next to the painting on how yachts are racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)
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They are. CBD even mentions that it was built to compete in the Hundred Guinea Cup race. CBD said the "G" word!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (RkR9o)

49 /reads Sponge at 43

/starts stopwatch

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (OUMaO)

50 I doubt the accuracy of that quotation, because anyone around Queen Victoria would have called her "Your Highness," or some other gross suck-up term.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 09:41 AM (l4RKn)

As I understand it, protocol would have been to call her "Your Majesty" the first time you spoke to her on a given day and then ma'am, or madam back then, for the rest of the day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (ExV1e)

51 Sniper's on the little boat in the distance.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

Yeah, I learned that in sex ed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (ExV1e)

52 /reads Sponge at 43

/starts stopwatch
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (OUMaO)/i]


She's gone now, so I'll never know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (2YhKe)

53 Looks like old hotel art. Or one of those "Draw this picture..." things from a mail order art school ad.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:46 AM (OUMaO)
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I miss the paint-by-number kits I used to do on rainy days in my childhood. Several were ship scenes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (RkR9o)

54 Many great Italian explorers, but they had to go to Spain and Portugal to get ships, financing. Don't seem fair.

Posted by: Wealthy Florentine Pogen at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (JM9I6)

55 So, what makes a yacht different from a sailboat? Size?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

56 So, what makes a yacht different from a sailboat? Size?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)
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Russian oligarch.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:50 AM (RkR9o)

57 Pointy.

Posted by: red speck at July 20, 2026 09:51 AM (Ve/HL)

58 Maybe this yacht is Joey Tribbiani’s “Mr Beaumont”… Rachel will teach him how to sail

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:51 AM (TCUO6)

59 I miss the paint-by-number kits I used to do on rainy days in my childhood. Several were ship scenes.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (RkR9o)

One of my favorite MST3K host segments was when Joel's Invention Exchange was a paint-by-number kit for a Rothko painting.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 20, 2026 09:51 AM (B0NCh)

60 36 Top 10 commenters:
1 [734 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [104.25 posts/day]
2 [484 comments] 'Axeman'
3 [389 comments] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [374 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films'
5 [365 comments] '...'



I really need to get a life.


Maybe I should take up sailing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM
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You'll need a crew. Call me.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

61 When I go ashore and get my pay, I'll go and meet my Essie May. She'll hike her skirt and toss her shoe. She'll clean my pipes, my buddies' too. Don't need a church to find my way 'cause I've found heaven with Essie May.

Posted by: Captain Greybar at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (e2lsi)

62 Well like the Ryder Cup, the Furriners have been kicking our ass lately.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (KC5Lt)

63 I was thinking of writing a limerick but couldn't come up with anything that rhymes with "First High Lord Secretary of the Admiralty"...

Posted by: muldoon at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (I0N4X)

64
100 Guineas? Corleone's will sue!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (x0n13)

65 So, what makes a yacht different from a sailboat? Size?
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

A sailboat has sails.

A yacht is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft made for pleasure, cruising, or racing.

So a yacht can have sails, or a motor, and a sailboat can be a yacht or a warship, or merchantman.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (ExV1e)

66 This can't be a real race. Zero corporate sponsorships.

Posted by: red speck at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (Ve/HL)

67 So, what makes a yacht different from a sailboat? Size?

Posted by: Bulg

From what I gather there's no real definition. It's pretty much just a boat intended for recreation, usually one you can overnight on. So, marketing label I guess.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (OUMaO)

68 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)

69 62 What, the foreigners have been playing with Winona’s cups?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

70 Well like the Ryder Cup, the Furriners have been kicking our ass lately.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (KC5Lt)


Between Tiger Woods and the recently revealed escapades of Phil Mickelson, it seems the Americans are more interested in chasing tail than a little white ball around a golf course.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

71 Schooner? I just met her!

Posted by: Rimshot at July 20, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

72 Ahoy! Is that a lightship astern of the America?

Posted by: Your Anchor Banker, He Understands at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (JM9I6)

73 ***After this, the race became known as the America's Cup.
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America

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (826kS)

74 I've not painted a big sailing ship but I did do a bunch of small ones. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt)

75 Beach house art.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (jehhT)

76 The original yacht America was built in 1851 to compete in the Hundred Guinea Cup, the only American entry against fourteen British vessels.

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And a hundred Italian ones, apparently. Did they start calling it "Il Tazza d'America?"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)

77 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)
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Stop it! You're keeling us!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (RkR9o)

78 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

79 Canadian Wildfire smoke seemed to be a problem in 1851 also.

Posted by: I Can't See Clearly Now at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (JM9I6)

80 There is no second place. That there is classic.

Posted by: DanMan at July 20, 2026 09:57 AM (8uzBS)

81 Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt)

Very nice. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:57 AM (Bw1/o)

82 What would anyone do with 100 Eyetalians?

Posted by: Tamia Wright at July 20, 2026 09:57 AM (MWfyi)

83 What would anyone do with 100 Eyetalians?

Posted by: Tamia Wright at July 20, 2026 09:57 AM (MWfyi)
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Lash them to the mast?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:58 AM (RkR9o)

84 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)
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Stop it! You're keeling us!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Said he sternly.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 09:58 AM (lJ0H4)

85 yow!
monday double shift phooey.

Posted by: cmeat at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

86 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)
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Stop it! You're keeling us!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Said he sternly.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 09:58 AM (lJ0H4)
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/takes a bow and considers an achor

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (RkR9o)

87 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM
______

Yacht to be kidding me!

Posted by: Oh, no... at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

88 anchor

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (RkR9o)

89 I sailed to Tahiti with an all-girl crew!

Posted by: Gardner McKay, Adventures In Paradise at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (JM9I6)

90 Perhaps the Queen could have slowed the winning yacht down if she had been armed with a giant can of Silly String.

Posted by: Rex B, remembers the TV commercials at July 20, 2026 10:00 AM (R0XxO)

91 Sniper in the corn
And the corn can't grow

Posted by: Bushy One String at July 20, 2026 10:00 AM (MWfyi)

92 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM
______

Yacht to be kidding me!

Posted by: Oh, no... at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)
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Phlegm?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 10:00 AM (RkR9o)

93 Stop it! You're keeling us!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Said he sternly.
Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 09:58 AM

Now you're just being nauti.

Posted by: Groan at July 20, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

94 I capstan all of these boat puns. Please stop it.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

95 I'm not a sailer but there is a professional catamaran racing circuit Sail GP that is really fun to watch. The overlaid graphics they use for TV viewing makes it easy to watch and know exactly what's going on even if you know nothing about sailing. They hold the races in various famous bays across the world . Last one I watched was NYC.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:03 AM (KC5Lt)

96 Anyone brings up bollards gets a visit from my death corp. -- Hillary

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 10:03 AM (ExV1e)

97 38 as a wee lad mom would take me to the yankee clipper barber shop for a princeton cut. he had two amphicars named yankee clipper one and two.

Posted by: cmeat at July 20, 2026 10:04 AM (R11M+)

98 94 I capstan all of these boat puns. Please stop it.
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:02 AM

I sea what you did there.

Posted by: Ugh at July 20, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

99 88 anchor
Posted by: Biden’s Dog

Wat’s that?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

100 "The yacht was later sold to British owners, renamed Camilla, and eventually sold to the Confederate States of America in 1860 as a blockade runner under the name Memphis."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (XvL8K)

101 Maritime Lawyer Practice called

There Yacht To Be a Law

( courtesy of Bob's Burgers)

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (KC5Lt)

102 >>>Between Tiger Woods and the recently revealed escapades of Phil Mickelson, it seems the Americans are more interested in chasing tail than a little white ball around a golf course.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Good tail is what makes man want to rule the world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (826kS)

103
Stop it! You're keeling us!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey


Reminds one of the "Hell Yeah" B-side tune "Keelhaulin' ass."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

104 Those Americans are so audacious!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 20, 2026 10:06 AM (OlzlW)

105 So far away from "Talk Like a Pirate Day?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

106 88 anchor
Posted by: Biden’s Dog

Wat’s that?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)
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You'll have to weigh for it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 10:06 AM (RkR9o)

107 All this boat talk…yachta yachta yachta

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

108 Charles S. Raliegh? The cigarette guy?

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 10:07 AM (SExz7)

109 So far away from "Talk Like a Pirate Day?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)
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I'd like to have an arghument.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 10:07 AM (RkR9o)

110 *There Yacht To Be a Law.*

That's a hull of a joke.

Posted by: Make it stop at July 20, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)

111 > If that picture had a musical link, it would have to be The Sloop John B.

Freeboard!

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd Fans at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (R0XxO)

112 First Lady and Daughter got back from their trip on Sunday. Daughter flew back to Austin, but flight was delayed, delayed again, moved to a new terminal before finally boarding around 11:30 (original 10:20 departure). We stayed up until she advised she was home.

Uber picked her up (requested female driver) and she finally arrived at her apartment around 1:30 am.

Air travel has really declined over the last few years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

113 There were a hundred guineas. Didn't they have a yacht?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (O0L8i)

Steerage, my boy.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

114 My wife and I were married on Talk Like a Pirate Day. Too bad we didn’t know it at the time.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

115 20 knots. Same as in the North Atlantic.

Posted by: Davey Jones at July 20, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

116 Good tail is what makes man want to rule the world.
—-

If it weren’t for men, we’d still be living in caves, if it weren’t for women, we’d still be living in caves.

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (JCLIh)

117 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.

Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)

118 I was thinking of writing a limerick but couldn't come up with anything that rhymes with "First High Lord Secretary of the Admiralty"...
Posted by: muldoon at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM

"Sat a gee"?

- with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (bFu5X)

119 That's a sleek sloop

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:12 AM (2GVsD)

120 My wife and I were married on Talk Like a Pirate Day. Too bad we didn’t know it at the time.
Posted by: Bulg
_____

Prepare to be boarded!

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:12 AM (XvL8K)

121 Good tail is what makes man want to rule the world.
—-

Depends on who casts Helen of Troy.

The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

122
Depends on who casts Helen of Troy.

The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)


Everyone knows she was a black, trans lesbian.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)

123 107 All this boat talk…yachta yachta yachta
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:07 AM

Not shore how we got here, but we seem to be roped in.

Posted by: Groan again at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

124 As predicted, Space X has lost a lot of value since the IPO, and is down to $120.56. I'm not ready to buy yet.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)

125 The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

Christopher Nolan's Trojans launched 1000 ships to escape Helen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

126 Nice

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 10:15 AM (8l6/L)

127 The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM
++++
And the unit of measure was the Millihelen.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at July 20, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

128 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.

Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes


Black Sails
Pirates of the Caribbean

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:16 AM (v3afF)

129 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.

Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)
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*** Cutthroat Island has entered the chat! ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 10:16 AM (FZ29D)

130 The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

Christopher Nolan's Trojans launched 1000 ships to escape Helen.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


A Trojan could have prevented that movie.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (v3afF)

131 *Finds in newsfeed*

Body found inside house owned by Rep. Ayanna Pressley's husband.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (2GVsD)

132 Did see a video over the weekend where a trans was injecting himself into a situation with the police. It thought screaming leave me alone after the officer had enough with it's bullshit.

It ended up getting tased and cuffed, but they are normal and should be celebrated, you see.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

133 Air travel has really declined over the last few years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Agree. I flew last week for work and all flights were late. Spent around 6 hours at O’Hare… sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (hxAVk)

134 In honor of Moon Day-

"Apollo 10 1/2: a Space Age Childhood" from Richard Linklater.
Like our own Teresa, he grew up in a space-adjacent family- but his movie is evocative of the era even if you didn't. So, so good.

Posted by: sal at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (f+FmA)

135 Ribbed for her pleasure.

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)

136 Fucking NPR (I know, I know).
I listen to their intro to their horrid "1A" show, and the teaser is how "Trump is undermining the integrity of the voting process".

I didn't need to raise my blood pressure THAT high.

The lies are astounding.

But, you can do that when your listeners are brainwashed idiots.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (x+ehB)

137
A Trojan could have prevented that movie.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (v3afF)


Preventing 2AM beer goggle ugly children for generations.

Posted by: Trojan Man at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (2YhKe)

138 Did see a video over the weekend where a trans was injecting himself into a situation with the police. It thought screaming leave me alone after the officer had enough with it's bullshit.

It ended up getting tased and cuffed, but they are normal and should be celebrated, you see.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM

Saw that one. Over/under on when that blue-haired head case shoots up a school somewhere?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (bFu5X)

139 I'm standing right here...

Posted by: 11 versions of Moby Dick at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (f+FmA)

140 Agree. I flew last week for work and all flights were late. Spent around 6 hours at O’Hare… sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (hxAVk)


They finish that shithole yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

141 "Travel is a perk."

Posted by: The first lie they tell you at your new job at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

142
Saw that one. Over/under on when that blue-haired head case shoots up a school somewhere?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (bFu5X)


It will happen. That thing was completely and totally inf*ckingsane........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (2YhKe)

143 Air travel has really declined over the last few years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Agree. I flew last week for work and all flights were late. Spent around 6 hours at O’Hare… sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (hxAVk)
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It's a conspiracy between Apple and Google to force people to spend more time glued to their devices while waiting for flights...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (FZ29D)

144 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.
Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes
Black Sails
Pirates of the Caribbean

Cabin Boy.

Posted by: Chris Elliott at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (e2lsi)

145 I'm standing right here...
Posted by: 11 versions of Moby Dick at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM

Pfft!

Posted by: Treasure Island at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

146 122
Depends on who casts Helen of Troy.

The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)


Everyone knows she was a black, trans lesbian.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)

And that Homer was a black rapper.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (xcxpd)

147 The older grandkids were here for the weekend- adult grandchildren (the youngest is 18 on Friday) are a whole other thing.
The girls liked the Odyssey- except for the Circe part. That was gross.

Posted by: sal at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (f+FmA)

148 Sponge

Saw the video. Cop tells the overweight Blue Meanie that he isn't there for them. But they just had to insist on making the situation all about themselves.

They got what they deserved.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (2GVsD)

149
Cabin Boy.
Posted by: Chris Elliott at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (e2lsi)

Would you like to buy a monkey?

Posted by: David Letterman at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (x+ehB)

150 Fucking NPR (I know, I know).
I listen to their intro to their horrid "1A" show, and the teaser is how "Trump is undermining the integrity of the voting process".



Preventing non-citizens from voting = Undermining the integrity


Seems the left spends a lot of time buying from Tegrity Farms.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

151 Would you like to buy a monkey?
Posted by: David Letterman at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM

Would you like to touch mine?

Posted by: Dieter at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (bFu5X)

152 100 guineas?

Ayyyyy!!

*reaches inside jacket . . . *

Posted by: Paulie Walnuts at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (wVcYX)

153 id see a video over the weekend where a trans was injecting himself into a situation with the police. It thought screaming leave me alone after the officer had enough with it's bullshit.

It ended up getting tased and cuffed, but they are normal and should be celebrated, you see.......

I watched it all. The cops were professional and cool. The "woman" in question was hysterical and intensely annoying. He had obviously been trained to think that screaming loudly enough would get him his way. He was wrong.

It's easy to laugh and cheer when he was finally put in the squad car, but TBH, it made me a bit sad. Imagine being this loon's family and watching someone you love spiraling the drain this way.

https://tinyurl.com/38zzt75p

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)

154 How many careers did Cabin Boy harm?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (2GVsD)

155 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (xcxpd)
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D'OH!

Posted by: Homer at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (FZ29D)

156 >>>I miss the paint-by-number kits I used to do on rainy days in my childhood. Several were ship scenes.

Painted on black velvet.
It's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go.

Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (qwype)

157 They finish that shithole yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

No, they’re still fiddling with the place… I’d forgotten how far you have to walk from one gate to the next. Those moving sidewalk things should really be everywhere. Of course I am lazy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (TCUO6)

158 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM

I thought he was a yellow Simpson.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (bFu5X)

159 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards


Homa was a rappa?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (v3afF)

160 As I understand it, protocol would have been to call her "Your Majesty" the first time you spoke to her on a given day and then ma'am, or madam back then, for the rest of the day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (ExV1e)

I stand corrected!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (l4RKn)

161 Saw the video. Cop tells the overweight Blue Meanie that he isn't there for them. But they just had to insist on making the situation all about themselves.

They got what they deserved.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (2GVsD)



I think the best part was it freaking out because he kept "misgendering" it, then when he said "her" it stopped and said "Thank you" as the struggling continued.

High f*cking comedy........

This really is turning into a scene from Total Recall.........


Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM (2YhKe)

162 Which way to the bounding main?

Posted by: And The Egress at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM (JM9I6)

163 159 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Homa was a rappa?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (v3afF)

Proper

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM (xcxpd)

164 How many careers did Cabin Boy harm?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (2GVsD)

My pipes are clean!

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM (x+ehB)

165 Would you like to buy a monkey?
Posted by: David Letterman

I have a cute one in my cabin. Would you like to see him?

Posted by: Randy Weaver at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (yYROg)

166 Speaking of sailing ships , I watched two documentaries over the weekend, The creation of Normandy and a doc series on The Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) . The French were pretty badass at one time. Sailing came in of course with William getting to England with his Army and Horses and the British ruling the seas during the Napoleonic wars.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (KC5Lt)

167 It's still out there!

FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

168

I think the best part was it freaking out because he kept "misgendering" it, then when he said "her" it stopped and said "Thank you" as the struggling continued.

High f*cking comedy........

This really is turning into a scene from Total Recall....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM

Got a link?

Posted by: Mildly curious at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

169 And that Homer was a black rapper.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (xcxpd)


I thought he was yellow?


https://youtu.be/NJwZIDaILrg?t=5

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (2YhKe)

170 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.
Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes
Black Sails
Pirates of the Caribbean

Cabin Boy.
Posted by: Chris Elliott at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (e2lsi)

Captain Blood. A real swashbuckler!

Posted by: Zombie Errol FLynn at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (wVcYX)

171 Posted by: sal at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (f+FmA

Husband and son went.They both liked except FenSpouse Thought that there should be more about the Gods. Only Athena showed up a bit. Zendaya- groovy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (jt/rW)

172 I’m pricing one way flights to Denver. Cost is between $350-400 on United for a direct flight. However, flying to somewhere nearby with a connection in Denver is $200-250. Book the connection and not take the second flight saves money vs booking only the first flight.

Make it make sense for me how that works?

Posted by: Huh? at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (rf/GM)

173 Homa was a rappa?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (v3afF)

Max Homa? I thought he was a PGA tour player

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (TCUO6)

174 Got a link?
Posted by: Mildly curious at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM

I think it was in the Morning Report today.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:27 AM (bFu5X)

175 PSA

SPCX - 121.60

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:27 AM (826kS)

176 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I'm liking the cut of the jib in today's art.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (2WIwB)

177 Got a link?

Posted by: Mildly curious



https://tinyurl.com/38zzt75p

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (Riz8t)

178 Democrats deep down think “Our Democracy” includes voting 12 times, stuffing ballot boxes, all of it. It is folly to try and negotiate with them in good faith. They consider being reasonable and a willingness to compromise in good faith a defect to be exploited

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (JCLIh)

179 Someday we'll find out how Hollywood agreed to cast Zendaya in everything.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)

180 Pirates of the Caribbean

Cabin Boy.
Posted by: Chris Elliott at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (e2lsi)

Captain Blood. A real swashbuckler!

The Old Man and the Sea

Posted by: Drunk Ernie at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (x+ehB)

181 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown
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The source is out there.

Posted by: Fox Mulder at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

182 Sometimes curiosity is unhealthy. Did Ellen page actually do the bottom surgery to attach some danglers and plug up well… you know? Maybe I don’t wanna know. It is sad because in the movie Inception she was cute

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:29 AM (TCUO6)

183 Well, couldn't be any worse.

New York school to use teaching robot made in sex-bot factory

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:29 AM (ndZc7)

184 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown
>>>
Did the EPA's hallway shitter transfer to the FDA's lab and cross-contaminate the samples?

The truth is out there.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)

185 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
__________

Livin' in a nkán'nkster paradise.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (XvL8K)

186
https://tinyurl.com/38zzt75p
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)


A tox screen should be mandatory and released as a part of the investigation and overall health advisory letting everyone know what Big Pharma is doing to humans.

That thing is completely fubar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (2YhKe)

187 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

That was on the lettuce they got from Taylor to test. I think they still confirmed the lettuce from Taco Bell is the source. It's kind of confusing.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (KC5Lt)

188 Maybe I don’t wanna know.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Until eye bleach or neuralyzers are a thing, you're better off not knowing.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (lXoJ5)

189 Someday we'll find out how Hollywood agreed to cast Zendaya in everything.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)


I think they're pushing to get Zendaya and Pedro Pascal to mate in the effort to create some kind of unwanted hollywood super offspring or something......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)

190 Ellen Page starred in a pro-life, anti-hipster movie (Juno) and has regretted it bitterly ever since.
Her transition must have been the best day ol' Melkor had since Doriath fell.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (yYROg)

191 That was on the lettuce they got from Taylor to test. I think they still confirmed the lettuce from Taco Bell is the source. It's kind of confusing.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (KC5Lt)


Last report was the lettuce came from Mexico and it's all Trump's fault because he is President and Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)

192 A tox screen should be mandatory and released as a part of the investigation and overall health advisory letting everyone know what Big Pharma is doing to humans.

Concur

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (Riz8t)

193 New York school to use teaching robot made in sex-bot factory

USB Fantasies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (2GVsD)

194 I think they're pushing to get Zendaya and Pedro Pascal to mate in the effort to create some kind of unwanted hollywood super offspring or something......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)

Have to say Zendaya would have been a better Helen of Troy if they still wanted to go woke.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (KC5Lt)

195 177 Got a link?

Posted by: Mildly curious

https://tinyurl.com/38zzt75p
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM
++++
Gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Banya at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

196 Back in the day, when we had insane asylums, nutters like blue hair boy would be sedated 24x7 or put in a straight jacket before anyone would interact with them.

It has nothing to do with gender confusion. It has everything to do with insanity coupled with drugs coupled with social acceptance of said insanity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (jehhT)

197 Come visit us for fine seafood repast. Caught fresh from the Gowanus Canal!

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (JM9I6)

198 Blue Meanie = Make Asylums Great Again

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (2GVsD)

199 Problem solved!

Richard Stengel
@stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

200 @179

>>179 Someday we'll find out how Hollywood agreed to cast Zendaya in everything.

That's simple, she's a serviceable actress, she's black but not black-black, so they get Oscar DEI credits and use her in myriad ways.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (XV/Pl)

201 Richard Stengel

Ol' Dick here has never been hate fvcked apparently.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD)

202 Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)

I have only seen her in clips where the subject matter was underwhelming, and she's certainly not a phenomenal beauty, so I guess I really shouldn't comment on her acting ability Is she any good?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 10:35 AM (rzDFg)

203 New York school to use teaching robot made in sex-bot factory

USB Fantasies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (2GVsD)

What could go wrong? Yul learn a lot!

Posted by: Westworld (1973) at July 20, 2026 10:35 AM (wVcYX)

204 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.

Because if Republicans win they get sent home. If the Dems win they get to stay and more $$$ from Uncle Sugar

Also, who says they are actually submitting a ballot versus someone at an NGO ballot harvesting a bunch of ballots sent to illegals via Motor Voter or the likes?

Posted by: Sir Sails A Lot at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (sKqQm)

205 @stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)


Tell me you've done no research into voting irregularities and the illegal alien population without telling me you've done no research into voting irregularities and the illegal alien population.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)

206 199 Problem solved!

Richard Stengel
@stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

Now do DUI, rape, and murder.

What a sad, impotent lackwit.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (l6S4a)

207 Actually, Van, you do.

Van Jones
@VanJones68
I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)

208 If you need someone to scowl angrily at the camera, Zendaya's your gal.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (yYROg)

209 There's one of those YT clips where famous actors and actresses read the worst of the "fan" mail they've gotten. Zendaya reads one where the correspondent says "I bet her feet smell like Funyuns".

She says "let's check", takes off her shoe, and takes a whiff. She then says "Nope, smells like success". I admire that kind of wit.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (Riz8t)

210 Richard Stengel

Ol' Dick here has never been hate fvcked apparently.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD)


Are you volunteering? Because I've never had sexual relations with a woman before.

Posted by: Richard Stengel at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

211 Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (XV/Pl)

I guess it's helpful to her image to identify as black, but she's actually multi ethnic. Her father is black. Her mother is white and of European ancestry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (zqeQL)

212 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.

Wait . So you're saying you don't understand what you're also saying doesn't happen.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (KC5Lt)

213 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

If it was a terrorist attack would we be told?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (rbvCR)

214 @VanJones68
I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)


When an openly admitted communist tells you your communist ideas are cray.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

215 Never even heard of Zendaya before this movie. Would have guessed it had something to do with a pan flute.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (XvL8K)

216 How is smelling like Funyuns a bad thing?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

217 Also, let's keep playing this game...

Fine, you tell me you are pretty sure illegals don't vote....but then you tell me if we validate citizenship before allowing someone to vote millions of people will be disenfranchised.

Well, which is it?

Either illegals vote and vote security will stop them or illegals don't vote and vote security will just cost us a small amount of money to validate that.

You spent money on tranny operas in Peru don't give me some bullshit that you are worried about the cost of this validation

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (sKqQm)

218 I saw Explosive Diarrhoea open for Projectile Vomit on their Both Ends Tour at CBGB's in 1978.

Posted by: Runnin' On Empty at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (JM9I6)

219 Taylor Farms is about to get a yuuge payday from the Feds ain't it.

Posted by: Bend over, taxpayers at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (yYROg)

220 Beauteous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (bx2ki)

221 Never even heard of Zendaya before this movie. Would have guessed it had something to do with a pan flute.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (XvL8K)


She's a Disney product, I believe......there's no telling what she's had done to her in her time in hollywood.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)

222 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.

Wait . So you're saying you don't understand what you're also saying doesn't happen.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (KC5Lt)

The names may be in the system via motor-voter, and even if they scrupulously didn't vote, it doesn't mean a vote was not made in their name.

And there is also the cases of voting bribes, and arrogance as well, but I think the name was voted.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (rbvCR)

223 Some kind of voodoo fiscal policy.

Grover Norquist
@GroverNorquist
Montana cut income tax rates.
Critics predicted less revenue.
Instead? Income tax revenue more than doubled.
Lower rates. More growth. More jobs. More taxpayers. That's how pro-growth tax reform works.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

224 How is smelling like Funyuns a bad thing?
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)


I don't mind those, other than them tearing the shit out of your mouth while eating them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

225 Even with no boobs (not streamlined, ya know), that babe is shipshape!

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (OTAXA)

226 Zendaya was the prototype of a runway model. Runway models aren't known to be attractive imo. They all need a sammich and selected by the gay fashion designer.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (KC5Lt)

227 @GroverNorquist
Montana cut income tax rates.
Critics predicted less revenue.
Instead? Income tax revenue more than doubled.
Lower rates. More growth. More jobs. More taxpayers. That's how pro-growth tax reform works.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)


Ronald Reagan proved this a LONG time ago......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

228 I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.

Leftwing politics isn't a standard political platform where you want a discrete set of changes to the law and you are done

So if you joined the left because you just wanted gay marriage or Obamacare or something sorry, the bus doesn't stop. You'll get trannies and free healthcare for illegals...and even crazier crap in the future.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (sKqQm)

229 What is a funyun??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (TCUO6)

230 Richard Stengel
@stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

Oh please, Dick-head here knows this but this has already long been sussed out - Dems are using their presences to fill out ballets, then mail them or collect them, plus add to the census count to get extra representation...not to go to a polling place to place an actual vote.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (j10i6)

231 Corn chips are nasty smelling. Corn nuts are the worst though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (KC5Lt)

232 Captain Blood. A real swashbuckler!

The Old Man and the Sea
Posted by: Drunk Ernie

The Sea Hawk. Another Flynn swashbuckler.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (lJ0H4)

233 229 What is a funyun??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

*passes the dutchie on the left hand side*

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (yYROg)

234 How is smelling like Funyuns a bad thing?
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)


I don't mind those, other than them tearing the shit out of your mouth while eating them.


*looks at Ace getting mad because people immediately head off on an irrelevant tangent, nods head as he finally understands*

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (Riz8t)

235 SUCK IT ENGLAND

Posted by: Shane McGowan's Liver at July 20, 2026 10:42 AM (f2WUk)

236 Van Jones
@VanJones68
I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM

Shorter Van Jones: Stop saying the quiet part out loud, you fools!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:42 AM (bFu5X)

237 What is a funyun??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (TCUO6)



https://shorturl.fm/xVVC7

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:42 AM (2YhKe)

238 Zendaya isn't a good actress. She isn't particularly good at acting. She isn't a great singer, dancer, and doesn't have say one type of role she nails.

So why is she getting so much work? Well, coming up through Disney I'm guessing she's gotten used to making deals on the couch...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (sKqQm)

239 Corn chips are nasty smelling. Corn nuts are the worst though.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (KC5Lt)


Wife says the dog needs to go to the groomers when he starts to smell like Fritos.


Corn Nuts are AWESOME.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

240 I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.
——

Revisionist!!! Ha ha ha… It was at this point in Soviet Russia, many Bolsheviks in good standing, veterans of the 1917 Revolution, were sent off to the Gulag or “liquidated”.

No backsliding, Comrade!

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (JCLIh)

241 Grover Norquist clearly does not understand the needs of the government of the State of Oregon. Tina Kotex understands that raw revenue numbers are the least important part of this calculation.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (rbvCR)

242 Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (rbvCR)

They've had arrests of illegals for voting fraud or assisting with voter fraud. The activists pushing for non citizen voting also includes a lot of illegals.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (KC5Lt)

243 I've liked Zendaya in a number of movies, The Greatest Showman most of all, my primary issue with her is that she looks like a little girl even though she's 30.

She's like a female Ralph Machio.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:44 AM (XV/Pl)

244 @stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks



The answer is, they know no one will check.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:44 AM (v3afF)

245 229 Linus, only one of the greatest junk foods ever invented.

Think onion-flavored chips in the shape of an onion ring.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

246 Corn Nuts are AWESOME.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

To eat , yes. To sit next to someone eating them. No f'ing way.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (KC5Lt)

247 There's one of those YT clips where famous actors and actresses read the worst of the "fan" mail they've gotten. Zendaya reads one where the correspondent says "I bet her feet smell like Funyuns".

She says "let's check", takes off her shoe, and takes a whiff. She then says "Nope, smells like success". I admire that kind of wit.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM

I've enjoyed watching news anchor Carissa Codel reading her hate tweets. The kid has a great sense of humor.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (bFu5X)

248 Coming soon! Our next blockbuster action-horror rom-com-buddy-coming-of-age blockbuster starring Pedro Pascal and Zendaya!

Posted by: Amazon Prime Video at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (B0NCh)

249 The two greatest junk foods ever invented are Snickers bars and Dorito chips.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (XV/Pl)

250 “Crunchy Nuggets” were great. Parched corn, fried in Bacon grease. Corn nuts are OK, but they cheap out frying in synthetic wheel bearing grease

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (JCLIh)

251 To eat , yes. To sit next to someone eating them. No f'ing way.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (KC5Lt)



LMFAO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

252 238 Zendaya isn't a good actress. She isn't particularly good at acting. She isn't a great singer, dancer, and doesn't have say one type of role she nails.

So why is she getting so much work? Well, coming up through Disney I'm guessing she's gotten used to making deals on the couch...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (sKqQm)

She's swarthy and defeats the male gaze.

That's it.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot worn by an ugly ethnic chick stamping on a human face—forever.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (l6S4a)

253
Lot of good movies with sailing ships.

Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)



Swashbuckler

Robert Shaw and James Earl Jones trading dirty limericks while piratin'. Not to mention peak Genevieve Bujold skewering pernicious Limeys while looking delicious.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 10:46 AM (iqcvy)

254 That's a beautiful painting and a joy to look at. Thank you for posting it.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 20, 2026 10:46 AM (CXFY/)

255 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally?

Let's put our stupid hat on here.

"Why would would any citizen take the risk of being arrested for theft, rape, murder, using drugs, etc etc etc? The answer is they don't!"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:46 AM (sKqQm)

256 Alestorm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dU8VPQsTqFU&pp

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 10:48 AM (LOZbR)

257 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally?


The definition of gaslighting.

Democrats wouldn't be 100% onboard with illegals invading our country if they DIDN'T vote, treasonous asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

258 Meh Zendaya isn't ugly or anything either. She isn't like Bella Ramsey or Lena Dunham.

She's thin with a very average face. An Applebee's six if you will.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:48 AM (sKqQm)

259 Illegals will happily rape, murder, drive drunk, run Medicaid scams, deal drugs and belong to violent gangs.

But they wouldn’t dare illegally vote for fear of being deported.

LOL


Posted by: Huh? at July 20, 2026 10:49 AM (rf/GM)

260 Zendaya has been in a total of 14 films and roughly half of her filmography has been either Spiderman or Dune films.

She's actually under exposed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (XV/Pl)

261 181 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown -
--

Somebody jumped the gun. - again.

---

THey should have tazed blue boy in the nuts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (826kS)

262 I don't understand these words in this order.

“Star Trek” Icon William Shatner Set to Perform First Show with His Heavy Metal Band

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

263
I don't mind those, other than them tearing the shit out of your mouth while eating them.



ARRRRRRR!

Posted by: Captain Crunch at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (iqcvy)

264 She's thin with a very average face. An Applebee's six if you will.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:48 AM (sKqQm)

This is what they've taken from you:

Thin and an average face is a 6.

She looks like a live-action Charlie Brown character.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (l6S4a)

265 Oh please, Dick-head here knows this but this has already long been sussed out - Dems are using their presences to fill out ballets, then mail them or collect them, plus add to the census count to get extra representation...not to go to a polling place to place an actual vote.
Posted by: Boswell

As far as election cheat schemes go, this one is the absolute best so far. Get a massive amount of ballots legalized (laundered) from otherwise ineligible voters who will likely never vote anyway, and make it legal to have votes counted after election day. So simple, that even the low IQ Dems running big city elections can handle it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (Dv3i1)

266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm)

267 260 Zendaya has been in a total of 14 films and roughly half of her filmography has been either Spiderman or Dune films.

She's actually under exposed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Hmm. Maybe if she had a few nude scenes it would distract the audience from her average looks.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 20, 2026 10:52 AM (Dv3i1)

268 Meh Zendaya isn't ugly or anything either. She isn't like Bella Ramsey or Lena Dunham.

She's thin with a very average face. An Applebee's six if you will.

I think she's quite attractive.
No Chomo.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:52 AM (Riz8t)

269 That was on the lettuce they got from Taylor to test. I think they still confirmed the lettuce from Taco Bell is the source. It's kind of confusing.

Posted by: polynikes
---

They need to get their shit straight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:52 AM (826kS)

270 Democrats wouldn't be 100% onboard with illegals invading our country if they DIDN'T vote, treasonous asshole.
——

If Illegals pouring across the border were conservatives, there would be 2 walls, patrolled in between by Pit bulls with AIDS. Smart phones would all be suppled with an App pre-loaded with ICE on speed-dial

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (022O5)

271
I don't understand these words in this order.

“Star Trek” Icon William Shatner Set to Perform First Show with His Heavy Metal Band
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)



Stealing my thunder....

Posted by: Zombie Christopher Lee at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (iqcvy)

272
They need to get their shit straight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:52 AM (826kS)


Hard to when it's mostly liquid and blowing everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (2YhKe)

273 As I remarked, Zendaya is very pretty and cute, the issue is that she's 30 and looks like a young teenager.

So it limits the types of roles she can get.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (XV/Pl)

274 Zendaya isn't a good actress. She isn't particularly good at acting. She isn't a great singer, dancer, and doesn't have say one type of role she nails.

So why is she getting so much work?

She's a diversity hire that doesn't immediately read as one. As Joe Biden said, that's the dream, man. At least in modern Hollywood.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (2ocoG)

275 Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (022O5

See Ukraine.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (KC5Lt)

276 266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm

In Hollywood, it isn't.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (l6S4a)

277 260 Zendaya has been in a total of 14 films and roughly half of her filmography has been either Spiderman or Dune films.

She's actually under exposed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I'll take things that are wrong for $400, Alex.

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (Y8DZL)

278 plus add to the census count to get extra representation

This is a point that gets lost in the discussion a lot. Assume that in fact no illegals vote.

In a state that sends illegals home the 760K citizens in a house district get one Rep.

Then in a state that brings in illegals every 300k citizens get a state rep because they've got 460k illegals around them.

Is this fair? No. In fact this sort of game caused major issues in Britain years ago as "rotten boroughs"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (sKqQm)

279 As I remarked, Zendaya is very pretty and cute, the issue is that she's 30 and looks like a young teenager.

Not seeing the problem.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)

280 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.
Thin is a big deal...
——-

The average American woman … is not 6’2” however.

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:55 AM (022O5)

281 I think Zendaya ruined Dune though that could have just been the script writers.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

282 276 266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm

In Hollywood, it isn't.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (l6S4a)

The comparator isn't the narwhale who's checking you out in Walgreens. It's any of the much more attractive women (who can also act beyond frowning) who could have been cast as Chani.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (l6S4a)

283 “Star Trek” Icon William Shatner Set to Perform First Show with His Heavy Metal Band

Shatner passed "no fucks given" about 25 years ago and it's fun to watch. Especially when people try to start fights with him on X.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (2ocoG)

284 Zendanya reminds me of pirate Johnny Depp.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (LHPAg)

285 What IS a woman? Who are we to judge...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 20, 2026 10:57 AM (affD0)

286 Spring break shows that young women are eating a lot more junk food than they used to.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (KC5Lt)

287 There is a schooner "America 2.0" modeled after the original "America" that does sailing tours in Key West and New York. It is a beautiful vessel.
Website here: https://sail-nyc.com/our-boats/schooner-america-2-0/

My wife and I went on an afternoon sail out of Key West. Very breezy day, boat making 11 knots with just mainsail and jib. A wonderful time.

Posted by: George V at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (HUbHH)

288 @281

>>I think Zendaya ruined Dune though that could have just been the script writers.

I think the primary issue is that the new Dune films are not good overall and are simply not an improvement over the 1984 film.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (XV/Pl)

289 In Hollywood, it isn't.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
---

Hollywood represents all that is wrong with America.
Pressing money to Hollywood in any way is supporting the DSA.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (826kS)

290 I saw Explosive Diarrhoea open for Projectile Vomit on their Both Ends Tour at CBGB's in 1978.
Posted by: Runnin' On Empty

2020 v. 2026

https://tinyurl.com/yn4e3e23

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

291 What kind of bozo uses a non word such as "suss" or sussed out? When did this become trendy?

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 10:59 AM (SExz7)

292 “Star Trek” Icon William Shatner Set to Perform First Show with His Heavy Metal Band
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"Shatner has left the building."

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 10:59 AM (Fi81e)

293 Corn Nuts are AWESOME.
Dork her squeek hole then she can pick the kernels from your johnson.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 10:59 AM (yr/Go)

294 Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (XV/Pl)

I liked the 1984 movie and thought Part one of the new Dune was an improvement. Part two was a huge disappointment for me.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (KC5Lt)

295 Incidentally, the kids have come up with a new way to mock the rainbow mafia: tell them you're a member of the IDGAF+ community. Love it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (2ocoG)

296 Zendaya was a Disney kid which means she was passed around Hollywood. That’s how she became a “star” who is in everything. A story as old as time.

Posted by: Huh? at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (rf/GM)

297 286 Spring break shows that young women are eating a lot more junk food than they used to.

Posted by: polynikes
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Gluttony has become the norm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (826kS)

298 Zendaya played Zendaya in the Dune movies.

But Zendaya plays Zendaya in every movie she's in.

I think Paul, his mother, and even Jason Momoa did well but ugh every scene with Chani was like watching a Disney special focused on a teenager with a troubled dating life.

Oh my Gawdddd Becky. Paul is totally going to miss the prom to like play with his sandworm. We have to fix this!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (sKqQm)

299 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (v3afF)

300 The answer is, they don't
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Ah I see. So we're back to "it never happens". The whole "not widespread" thing is going back on the shelf.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (AfzoM)

301 The new Buffalo Bill's logo.

https://tinyurl.com/ypsu7mjd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (ndZc7)

302 Incidentally, the kids have come up with a new way to mock the rainbow mafia: tell them you're a member of the IDGAF+ community. Love it.

I am feeling hope for the youngsters.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (lXoJ5)

303 286 Spring break shows that young women are eating a lot more junk food than they used to.
Posted by: polynikes

You mean 800 calorie blended frappes and a giant chocolate chip cookie isn't a nutritious lunch?

Posted by: Runnin' On Empty at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (JM9I6)

304 I think the primary issue is that the new Dune films are not good overall and are simply not an improvement over the 1984 film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (XV/Pl)

The 1984 Dune rushed the story and made egregious errors to it. It is actually the opposite: Villaneuve’s films are a vast improvement.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (4g5V+)

305 You mean 800 calorie blended frappes and a giant chocolate chip cookie isn't a nutritious lunch?
Posted by: Runnin' On Empty at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (JM9I6)

Shut your hateful mouth.

Posted by: Starbucks at July 20, 2026 11:02 AM (rf/GM)

306 Polyester for the win!

https://tinyurl.com/47wyauu4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

307 276 266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm

In Hollywood, it isn't.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (l6S4a)

The comparator isn't the narwhale who's checking you out in Walgreens. It's any of the much more attractive women (who can also act beyond frowning) who could have been cast as Chani.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (l6S4a)

Audie Murphy was 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm) tall and weighed 112 pounds (51 kg) when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 17 in 1942.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (wVcYX)

308 291 What kind of bozo uses a non word such as "suss" or sussed out? When did this become trendy?

Posted by: Will Robinson
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When someone says something is the shits you never know for sure if it something good or bad. It is unclear.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (826kS)

309 279 As I remarked, Zendaya is very pretty and cute, the issue is that she's 30 and looks like a young teenager.

Not seeing the problem.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)

Zendaya is just…so plain looking.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (4g5V+)

310
Tastes differ.

We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)

311 307 276 266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm

In Hollywood, it isn't.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (l6S4a)

The comparator isn't the narwhale who's checking you out in Walgreens. It's any of the much more attractive women (who can also act beyond frowning) who could have been cast as Chani.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (l6S4a)

Audie Murphy was 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm) tall and weighed 112 pounds (51 kg) when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 17 in 1942.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (wVcYX)

Oh, well now I'm totally a Zendaya fan.

Wut?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (l6S4a)

312 249 The two greatest junk foods ever invented are Snickers bars and Dorito chips.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (XV/Pl)

And people who have never eaten either die.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (4g5V+)

313 310
Tastes differ.

We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)
Disturbing.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

314 313 310
Tastes differ.

We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)
Disturbing.
Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

For a goblin.

But one does not simply walk into Mordor.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:08 AM (l6S4a)

315 Why would illegal aliens murder and risk the chance of being located and deported.

Why would illegal aliens risk deportation over serially molesting a girl starting at age 10?

Oh, what's that? Dems block their deportation, too.

Dems try to play it that any deportation is unfair?

Yeah, that might be a factor....

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:09 AM (Fi81e)

316 Is it fair for America to be able to build a yacht that is that much bigger?

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)

317 But I have to say Princess Fiona is a looker.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (LHPAg)

318 313 310
Tastes differ.

We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)
Disturbing.
Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

A cry for help.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (4g5V+)

319
The Yacht America
Charles S. Raleigh
From the Smithsonian Museum

It's very beautiful!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (6wpGE)

320 6 *Cranks up Christopher Cross*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

hahahahaha earworm

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (6wpGE)

321 Sneaking in.

👍 Would hang.

What a nice opener for the week. Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)

The Morning Report — 7/ 20 /26

Demorrhea.jpg

Good morning kids. Well we seem to be picking up from where we left off last week. Then again why is this Monday different from any other Monday in this day and age?!

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appears to have let out a ghastly flatulence this week on the floor of the chamber while criticizing President Donald Trump over the war in Iran.

Meh, every time Chuck Schumer opens his mouth to imitate human speech he emits the noise and stench of flatus, but continuing on a more serious yet schatological note.

The lettuce now being recalled by Taylor Farms in California has also hatched a number of lawsuits filed in federal court against Taco Bell, which allegedly used the shredded lettuce contaminated with a parasite called cyclospora.

No deaths have been reported from the outbreak.

Of course, like most any negative condition that makes headlines and impacts Americans, the problem was caused by Trump, according to a Democrat lawmaker and another who is running for Congress.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) posted a video Saturday on social media claiming the “worst outbreak in U.S. history” was caused by the president “taking a wrecking ball” to “our public health infrastructure,” even though the actual source of the outbreak has been traced to Mexico.

And speaking of projection and projectile diarrhea. . .

Mamdani’s belief that, as a minor municipal functionary, he wields some imaginary international power to subvert American sovereignty just shows the delusions of his ideology.

His authority extends to fixing potholes and collecting garbage, neither of which he does competently. But his delusions of grandeur are shared by the misfits, ignoramuses, and foreign interlopers who make up his rancid branch of the Democrat Party — the DSA.

The Democratic Socialists of America know nothing, have built nothing and don’t understand the country they live in, yet they imagine they have the moral authority to tear it down.

Their aim is to import foreign conflicts and alien ideologies that are the antithesis of America’s founding principles. . . Leftists are motivated by envy and a “poisonous resentment” that makes them hostile to everything that has made America successful, as Rubio said last week when opening a State Department conference on combating left-wing violence, something his Cuban emigre family knows a thing or two about. . . But that is the mission of the DSA. To use the Democratic Party as their Trojan horse to foment a communist revolution in America.

Does Mamdani really think that any NYC police officer is really going to attempt to lay a finger on Benjamin Netanyahu? There sure is no way in hell any Mossad agent and there are likely a half dozen or so surrounding Bibi everywhere he goes, will ever allow that to happen and they're probably itching to ventilate or otherwise break Mamdani's bones if they get half a chance.

That said, sic transit gloria Democrats because of Sick Bastards like Mamdani.

So, do they really have a shot at winning the next couple of elections and then finally snuffing us out for good?

Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.
Eight of the top 10 Senate candidate fundraiser this year are Democrats, whose top contestants have raked in $574 million, compared to the Republicans’ $336 million, per the FEC.
Incumbent Sen. Ossoff (D-Ga.) is the biggest fundraiser on both sides, having raked in a jaw-dropping $77 million as of June 30, and has a staggering $42.5 million in cash on hand. . . . Democrats are considered likely to retake the House in the Nov. 3 elections, due to polls and the historical trend of the party in power in the White House losing seats in the midterms.
But the Senate is a tougher call. Based on polls and incumbents, Republicans have an easier path to hold the upper chamber, but Democrats are running neck and neck with them in key races.
Democrats are generally eying Maine, Ohio, North Carolina and Alaska in particular as their easiest path to retaking the Senate.
But to win the upper chamber, they have to defend vulnerable incumbents, including Ossoff, who has proven to be a financial juggernaut.

Well at least I can delude myself with the likes of John Fetterman.

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1 Good morning, Horde!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:46 AM (lXoJ5)

2 Rather Than Back Down, Trump Must Escalate His Campaign For Mass Deportations

How many people can fit in a C-5? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:48 AM (lXoJ5)

3 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

4 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

5 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 07:50 AM (/+uur)

6
*furiously shuffles papers on desk*

Content, content, content. How am I expected to keep up with it all?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 07:50 AM (O0L8i)

7
Willowed, because I'm seriously annoyed.

Seriously annoyed. I think that after some reasonable length of time (5-10 years), journals should have to make articles open access. There's no reason to pay $50-60 for a PDF of something that was published 30 or 40 years ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 07:51 AM (O0L8i)

8 Your Senate Minority Leader took my advice. So?

Posted by: Mao at July 20, 2026 07:51 AM (4g5V+)

9 NR Pax

C-17 is good enough. Those C-5s are getting very old and mechanically unreliable.

My question is the destination.

Gaza, Bermuda triangle for Gaia-based shark feeding, or the Russian front lines in Ukraine?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

10 "Destroy Israel" banner floats at San Fermin Festival.
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Mame mi pinga!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

11 The new UK PM Burnham sounds like a fucking disaster waiting to happen. A reincarnation of, take your pick, PM Wilson or PM Callaghan.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 07:53 AM (4g5V+)

12 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 07:53 AM (jehhT)

13 >>> 7
Willowed, because I'm seriously annoyed.

Seriously annoyed. I think that after some reasonable length of time (5-10 years), journals should have to make articles open access. There's no reason to pay $50-60 for a PDF of something that was published 30 or 40 years ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 07:51 AM (O0L8i)

REEEEE!!!

Posted by: DIESney at July 20, 2026 07:53 AM (vDZgA)

14 Hadrian the Seventh

Absolutely!! That is why patents have a time limit.

Google and AI in general will eventually break that strangle-hold of data.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

15
C-17 is good enough. Those C-5s are getting very old and mechanically unreliable.

My question is the destination.

Gaza, Bermuda triangle for Gaia-based shark feeding, or the Russian front lines in Ukraine?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

Wish we could dust off the blueprints and make more C-5s with updated technology.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 07:54 AM (4g5V+)

16 The potential for China to usurp us in AI isn’t a scary hypothetical for some future decade. It’s our current reality.

Its not a potential anymore. You have former Tea Party activists doing all that they can do to make sure that the US is not a player in the AI transformation.

Its sort of like a rejection of MAD, one where instead of having a warhead race, the US immediately concedes to the enemy the monopoly on nuclear arms, and then hopes for the best despite all of the contrary evidence.

A lot of US companies are leaving domestic AI and looking to China for the exact same reasons all other industries abandoned the US for manufacturing and went overseas.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 07:54 AM (PVBkQ)

17 "Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack."


Just a reminder but in 2016 jeb! out raised evey single person running for president in the republican primary just to come in last in new hampshire and iowa.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (0N4FZ)

18 How many people can fit in a C-5? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:48 AM (lXoJ5)

Unfortunately, as Pinocet discovered, more than in helicopter, but that does not mean we shouldn't try...and several trips could be made.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (j10i6)

19 Cow Demon

Based on where the UK is now, Burnham will be the worst PM. Ever.

No corrective action, just doubling down on failed policy.

Labour elected a new PM, but the country still died.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

20 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

21 Throwing my prophet token on the table.

The dems are not going to win the house.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 07:57 AM (abScH)

22 The dems are not going to win the house.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 07:57 AM (abScH)

I agree, Ben, and I can tell by how hard Fox polling is working to get the Dems over the line...ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 07:58 AM (j10i6)

23 >>>Mamdani and his DSA comrades have one goal — a communist revolution in America.

Then it will be weapons free.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 07:58 AM (dK+Kv)

24 Cow Demon

The US military is a vast logistics firm that can fight in Waffle Houses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

25 Gaza, Bermuda triangle for Gaia-based shark feeding, or the Russian front lines in Ukraine?

Well, if its shark feeding you want, then there is really no alternative than the antebellum slave trade routes says the accredited marine biologist progressive activist Nadine Smith assured us.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (a6PrB)

26 > On Wednesday, federal prosecutors ended three decades of bureaucratic dormancy by filing the first-ever application with the secretive Alien Terrorist Removal Court. The emergency wartime tool—originally signed into law during Speaker Newt Gingrich’s Congress in 1996 but left buried by previous administrations—empowers the executive branch to present classified intelligence directly to a specialized panel of federal judges under tight seal, completely cutting through the red tape and endless appeals favored by open-borders advocates.
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I have to wonder why this wasn't implemented two years ago when our judicial insurrection shifted into high gear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (jehhT)

27 "Georgia voters will continue casting ballots under the state's current vote-counting system for at least two more years after lawmakers approved a plan to delay major election equipment changes until 2028.

Lawmakers had approved that deadline two years ago but never settled on a replacement system"


The GOP is in control in Georgia. They had two years and we are still stuck with Dominion and indecipherable QR codes. This tell you something about the GA GOP.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (MWfyi)

28 Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

We know how that will turn out. Can we be preventative now, rather than fight later?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

29 How about China as a drop off point? They have a lot of vacant cities and they get free labor. Win/Win for all concerned.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (lXoJ5)

30 >>>Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.

Boo freaking hoo. Senate R assholes have squandered nearly 6 years of Trump's presidency, and they can't raise money?

Bet they didn't see that coming.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 08:00 AM (dK+Kv)

31 We know how that will turn out. Can we be preventative now, rather than fight later?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

We including spineless Rs? Doubtful.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 08:00 AM (dK+Kv)

32 The rule, known as “public charge,” appeared in the Federal Register on Thursday. It will be formally published July 20 and take effect Sept. 18. Under the policy, green card applicants must demonstrate they will not become a burden on American taxpayers.

The administration first put the rule in place in February 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term, part of an effort to limit legal immigration. President Joe Biden reversed it after taking office.

It should also include family and friends.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)

33 We have an Alien Terrorist Removal Court, and it's never been used, NOT EVEN ONCE, since its establishment 30 years ago? WTAF???

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:01 AM (h7ZuX)

34 Well at least I can delude myself with the likes of John Fetterman.

Fetterman would herd you into the railcar at gunpoint just like the rest. He'd just tell you that he holds no special animus towards Israel while he was doing it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

35 The left installs a new unelected leader in poor Albion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

36 Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.

That is NOT Georgia and TX money
That is NY NJ and Cal money

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

37 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (h3syt)

38 NR Pax

The Chinese already has an entire country of lying-flat, unemployed labor in need of a job.

Even Xi is not that stupid. And Kim can't get them to farm any better that his subjects can.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

39 I agree, Ben, and I can tell by how hard Fox polling is working to get the Dems over the line...ain't gonna happen.

I wonder how much of this is due to political ads in contested races are between 30-40% of their quarterly revenue?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:03 AM (a6PrB)

40 Nacho and Alred both out raised Cruz. Worked out well for them.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 08:03 AM (abScH)

41 Instead of hitting them where it really hurts ***
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Yes, he knows the best way to take on Iran.
another expert


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:03 AM (826kS)

42 > The potential for China to usurp us in AI isn’t a scary hypothetical for some future decade. It’s our current reality.
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China is actively stealing any and every AI toolset it can hack. They simply do not have the expertise to code it themselves. Nor do they have the infrastructure to run massive AI models.

So they're funding an "anti-datacenter" movement here to slow us down.

They not going to usurp anyone. They're trying to stymie everyone else and buy time to sort their own shit out. Which likely will never happen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:04 AM (jehhT)

43 San Franpsycho

That "consent of the governed" sure is important for a well-run country. Thank you, Founding Fathers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

44 The Spanish team wanted Trump to stay and lift the trophy with them…

This a good reminder for the left that they operate in a small echo chamber

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:04 AM (WPIH0)

45 🚨FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS OBAMA TO PAY $14 MILLION OR HAVE HIS UGLY SOUTH SIDE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER SEIZED AND SOLD AT AUCTION — ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ARE READY TO BUY IT AND BULLDOZE IT INTO A PUBLIC PARK!

This is going to be fun to watch.

A Federal Judge in Chicago has given Barack Obama 10 days to pay the contractors he stiffed for building his monstrosity on the South Side — or the entire property gets seized and sold at auction. Obama apparently doesn’t have $14 million in liquid cash ready to go.

The Illinois Republican Party says they’d be more than happy to buy it, pay off the liens, and bulldoze the whole ugly thing into a nice public park. That would be the perfect ending for this eyesore.

Obama thought he could build a massive taxpayer-funded monument to himself while stiffing the actual workers. Now the judge has ruled he either pays up or loses the building.

Sources close to the family say they can’t come up with that kind of cash that fast. Looks like BHO is about to find out what happens when the bills finally come due.

It will be satisfying to watch the demolition crews knock this thing down.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:05 AM (WPIH0)

46 Nacho and Alred both out raised Cruz. Worked out well for them.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 08:03 AM (abScH)

In Texas, when 90% of your funding comes from outside the state, you'll lose...ask Beto!

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (j10i6)

47 {{{ Dash my lace wigs!}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

48 I think Schumer’s fart is more eloquent than 99% of what is uttered in the senate by either party. Schumer-Swalwell 28!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (qVlaK)

49 $14 million is nothing. Soros may provide it all himself.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi)

50 48 I think Schumer’s fart is more eloquent than 99% of what is uttered in the senate by either party. Schumer-Swalwell 28!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (qVlaK


It was the first honest thing he ever "uttered".

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (FtULh)

51 Barky will get a $15 million book advance for an AI written book five years from now.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (MWfyi)

52 The Data-Center Revolt Goes National: Tea Party Veteran Leads 142 Rallies Across 42 States

The county-by-county fights over water, power bills, and closed-door deals found a single banner on Saturday - carried by a woman who helped build the Tea Party.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (WPIH0)

53 SMOD

That would please me mightily. Another cash drain on the backers of KAOS.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

54 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (53oGX)

55 "A Federal Judge in Chicago has given Barack Obama 10 days to pay the contractors he stiffed for building his monstrosity on the South Side — or the entire property gets seized and sold at auction. Obama apparently doesn’t have $14 million in liquid cash ready to go."

Oh please oh please, O'Lord, let this happen...I ask so very little in life, but please, God, make this one thing happen!

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (j10i6)

56 It will be satisfying to watch the demolition crews knock this thing down.

Considering the DEI contracting, it makes one wonder if the build quality rivals that of the Three Gorges Dam.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (nAS9C)

57 Senate Dems rake in jaw-dropping cash — with Ossoff and Talarico leading the pack

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The whole thing makes my heart sink. From the inevitable(?) loss of the House to the very real possibility of barely losing the Senate, and all the cheating apparatus that is still well-oiled and in operation, I just feel like we're heading for such an epic disaster. And do any of these freaks, like AOC and her Kommunist Kids Komrades have a chance at 2028? Just take a look around us. An extremely stupid, uninformed, ignorant population constantly bombarded by media lies tells me, while we may laugh at the notion as impossible...I know it's a very real possibility. There are some days I feel like the country's walls are crumbling down and there just isn't any way to recover. The headwinds to fundamentally transform the USA are gale force winds. And the GOP is either complicit, or utterly useless. We're flapping in the breeze as we careen toward the Communist wall.

Maybe it's just me...

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

58 Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.
Eight of the top 10 Senate candidate fundraiser this year are Democrats
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You mean to tell me Thune-momentum just doesn't excite donors?! Shocked, I tell ya, shocked.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (lutPA)

59 I'm sure there are many, many sources of funding for Obama to lay hands on for is dumpster fire building. Or someone will pay the contractors for him.

The only question is what Obama will do in exchange for the payoff.

Run his mouth is a given.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (jehhT)

60 >>>Just a reminder but in 2016 jeb! out raised evey single person running for president in the republican primary just to come in last in new hampshire and iowa.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
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When you get the Lobby money, DC money, Democrat radical money coming your way you will out raise but it is of no indication your level of popularity. Look from where a candidate receives his money and you will know your candidate better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (826kS)

61 It was the first honest thing he ever "uttered".
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (FtULh)

Well, it did come from his gut...

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:11 AM (j10i6)

62 Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:05 AM (WPIH0)

Link?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 08:11 AM (3Ope8)

63 What’s particularly humorous is Schumer’s little mischievous grin after he commits the deed… I know I’m childish but when is a fart not funny? Unless it’s one you trusted and shouldn’t have…. Joe Biden and Jerry Nadler can speak to that…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:11 AM (qVlaK)

64 Seriously annoyed. I think that after some reasonable length of time (5-10 years), journals should have to make articles open access. There's no reason to pay $50-60 for a PDF of something that was published 30 or 40 years ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Perhaps, instead of being annoyed at me, you should pay up and stop being annoying to me.

Posted by: Big Journal Lackey at July 20, 2026 08:12 AM (JM9I6)

65 Does Mamdani really think

No.



But I still want the retard to try to walk his talk, because it won't go the way he expects.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:12 AM (vDZgA)

66 I think Schumer’s fart is more eloquent than 99% of what is uttered in the senate by either party. Schumer-Swalwell 28!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (qVlaK)

Eloquent, Piquant, you decide.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 08:12 AM (wVcYX)

67 FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS OBAMA TO PAY $14 MILLION OR HAVE HIS UGLY SOUTH SIDE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER SEIZED AND SOLD AT AUCTION — ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ARE READY TO BUY IT AND BULLDOZE IT INTO A PUBLIC PARK!

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It could be converted into a prison. Because that's exactly what it looks like.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

68 Maybe it's just me...
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

I veer back and forth almost randomly between despair and confidence. I see reasons for both

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:13 AM (qVlaK)

69 Who did we bomb last night? What did we bomb?
We need BDAs and technicolor videos of stuff being blown up.
Otherwise, it didn't happen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:13 AM (826kS)

70 "Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack."


Just a reminder but in 2016 jeb! out raised evey single person running for president in the republican primary just to come in last in new hampshire and iowa.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (0N4FZ)

But, unlike jeb!, Democrats have a masterful media strategy.

Take Talarico, for example, who has informed Texans that they need to get right with Allah, attend drag shows, stop eating meat, get rid of their guns, and mourn illegal meth dealers who get shot while attempting to assault the police with their cars.

It's all over.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

71 The Democrats thought they could use the DSA to help them destroy Republicans and then they could rule forever.

They're discovering to their horror that their little socialist monster babies want to destroy everything--including both parties--and rule over the rubble.

They are realizing too late that everyone even one millimeter to the right of them is their enemy, even their allies barely a second before.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:14 AM (3cUTc)

72 47 {{{ Dash my lace wigs!}}}
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

{{{NaCly Dog}}}

Happy Monday!

*my day off, the only day I get to wallow in the Morning Thread

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:15 AM (h7ZuX)

73 Maybe it's just me...
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

Have faith LIB...as the meme goes...its the media's job to convince Americans that the wacky beliefs of 10% are actually 90%...

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:15 AM (j10i6)

74 Time to pay the fiddler, Obama,
and today's the day the first installment's due.

Posted by: Conway Twitty at July 20, 2026 08:15 AM (JM9I6)

75 Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:05 AM (WPIH0)

Would it be named The Barack Obama Stiffed the Black Community Park?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

76 I'm reading the NWS area forecast discussion for N IL.
Old and Busted: Heat Dome.
The New Hotness: Undular Bore-Driven Cluster.

Posted by: gp at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

77 The question is not whether Scandinavian socialism can work in the United States (it cannot) but whether Scandinavian socialism can work in Scandinavia. Sweden is a particularly curious choice as a model for democratic socialism. In reality, Sweden shows not only the success of capitalism but also the limits of socialism even in a relatively small nation. Sweden turned away from the type of socialist theories increasingly in vogue in the United States.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (WPIH0)

78 Reverse King Midas strikes again.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (wVcYX)

79 Vance is not getting stronger. He runs his yap doing mental calisthenics when he should be leading. Leading is not this or that it's going in one direction. He should be a professor or a congressional ditherer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (826kS)

80 > Senate Dems rake in jaw-dropping cash — with Ossoff and Talarico leading the pack
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Wasn't there reporting last week, the week before, and the week before that, suggesting the Democrats fundraising machines (like ActBlue, USAid, etc.) were kaput?

What gives?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (jehhT)

81 >>> 75 Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:05 AM (WPIH0)

Would it be named The Barack Obama Stiffed the Black Community Park?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

What's the big deal, it's not like any of them were his personal chef.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:18 AM (vDZgA)

82 49 $14 million is nothing. Soros may provide it all himself.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi)

He could sell a Martha's Vineyard property, to start with.

I refuse to believe BHO doesn't have $14 million in assets. He's a Dem politician. You know he's got millions in graft squirreled away all over the planet, same as the rest of them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:19 AM (h7ZuX)

83 >>> 76 I'm reading the NWS area forecast discussion for N IL.
Old and Busted: Heat Dome.
The New Hotness: Undular Bore-Driven Cluster.
Posted by: gp at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

Oh yes, the NWS is also very Concerned that it will be hot in summer in Texas.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:19 AM (vDZgA)

84 I really, really want to like J.D. Vance.

The more he talks the less I like.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

85 Look, Fat, sharting in the hallowed halls of government is a time-honored tradition. Government by the evil brain-dead senile grifter-class is guaranteed by the Founding documents!

Posted by: Joe From Scranton at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (JM9I6)

86 "Undular Bore-Driven Cluster" used to be our garage band name.

Posted by: Foghat at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (2Ez/1)

87 >>>The New Hotness: Undular Bore-Driven Cluster.

Posted by: gp
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That sounds like a new technique.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (826kS)

88 Even Xi is not that stupid. And Kim can't get them to farm any better that his subjects can.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Organ harvesting it is, then. As long as they are no longer our problem.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (lXoJ5)

89 Baptist Report Blames ‘Republican-Fueled Islamophobia’ for Attacks on Muslims

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It's reasons like this that I'm not automatically drawn to church-going. I know there are churches out there that are actually Bible-based in teaching. But there are some very nefarious things going on inside so many denominations, from my perspective, that I'd rather eschew these places and do my own Bible study and prayer in the confines of my private life. IOW, it seems to be getting harder to find a church that isn't corrupted into leftist worldviews.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

90 Today Is National Fortune Cookie Day. 🥠

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

91 > I refuse to believe BHO doesn't have $14 million in assets. He's a Dem politician. You know he's got millions in graft squirreled away all over the planet, same as the rest of them.
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I doubt anyone's buying his sob story. It could also be a callous ploy on his part to grift some more cash from unsuspecting blacks and black-curious white women.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (jehhT)

92 Speaking of the NYC cluster foulup, here's a Mandami rep.
*faggot alert

@TheStoryFNC
WAR ON SUCCESS

EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (826kS)

93 What gives?

Everything is a narrative now. Since information is Power, no one gives away information.

Is ActBlue, USAID kaput? Who knows? And there is no way to know. Even the top Party members have to sign NDAs before they can look at funding. And they lie to each other.

When profit only comes from pushing narrative, getting clicks, and steering buyers but not from being honest, guess what you get more of — to the exclusion of all other?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (xE0sV)

94 Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (WPIH0)
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Or, you could just say "Sweden has lower taxes than the U.S."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (DB02x)

95 All churches have gone apostate. End of the Church Age was in 1988.

Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

96 I refuse to believe BHO doesn't have $14 million in assets. He's a Dem politician. You know he's got millions in graft squirreled away all over the planet, same as the rest of them.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

When did he and Big Mike ever spend their own money?

They're not going to make it on attendance revenue.

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (Y8DZL)

97 Somehow or another, I came across a tweet on X by Errick Errickson basically defending the Odyssey

He's one of those that gets real prickly when his Christianity gets question and, I guess, someone said good something like good Christians won't see it.

So he had to prove his bona fides by saying how he went to church w/ his family, blah, blah.

Proving the maxim:
The louder he proclaimed his Christianity, the closer we watched our silver.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (3cUTc)

98 87 >>>The New Hotness: Undular Bore-Driven Cluster.

Posted by: gp
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That sounds like a new technique.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM

####

Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at July 20, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

99 The third dimension, Sustainability Transparency, was evaluated based on ESG data among standardized KPIs from Statista’s ESG Database and targeted data research. To formulate a comprehensive ESG index, multiple Key Performance Indicators were collected.

Environmental, Social, and Governance
Total bullshit
Impossible to measure
Touchy feely non-business ideas

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)

100 Last year, a whole lot of state officials and federal regulators got together to set a ceiling for certain wholesale electricity prices to roughly $333 per megawatt-day.

Clearly, they’re responding to voters’ demands to rein in inflation and reduce the cost of living.

Unfortunately, $333/MW-day isn’t high enough to justify investment in new power plants.

Existing power plants are old. Sometimes extremely old. They already own their land, and their construction loans are all paid off. So $333/MW-day is sufficient for them to pay for fuel, conduct maintenance, and turn a small profit.

But $333 isn’t enough to build a new plant– to cover the additional costs of construction, land purchases, permitting, etc.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:24 AM (WPIH0)

101 "He could sell a Martha's Vineyard property, to start with."

Not gonna close in 10 days...but could get a lien. Maybe, just get a bridge loan from his buddy, Nazi George.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:24 AM (j10i6)

102 Barky is the ultimate commie
He wants someone else to pay the bill.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (abScH)

103 In other amusing news, "Influencer" Andrew Tate and his brother were arrested by US Marshals and are facing extradition to the UK for sexual assault related charges.

From the article:
"There is no place for male violence against women and girls, and we will continue to work tirelessly to support victims and investigate all reports made to us." Assistant Chief Constable Karena Thomas from Bedfordshire Police

Wow. Amazing what bad press can accomplish in such a short time. The Tate brothers have made a miracle happen.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (lXoJ5)

104 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday.
I said yesterday that I think Mamdani is not only virtue signaling with his threat to arrest Netanyahu, but I think there is another reason. Assume he orders the NYPD to arrest Netanyahu, Commissioner Tisch will refuse and either resign or be fired.
He could put in some DEI flunky on charge. That person could go be the order and the rank and file cops would refuse, or be facing the Secret Service, the FBI and Federal Protection Service.
Chaos is his purpose

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (//bM7)

105 NR Pax

The detox time will be ... extensive.

I believe the elites would shun organs from homeless people.

Apex predator food is the way. We need to croud source which is the winner for the food. If a big cat, the PPV of their hunt would help with expenses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

106 I’m tired of the idea that money = election success. Just a couple months ago, John Cornyn out spent Paxton by a 10 - 1 margin, and yet was crushed in their runoff. The left could spend a billion dollars promoting Talarico, and it still won’t get him elected.

Journos love to talk about because it’s something they can measure; and they don’t care whether it means anything or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (f45f9)

107 EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (826kS)
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Hey shit-for-brains Gustavo, did no one ever teach you stealing is sin?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (IFQcP)

108 90 Today Is National Fortune Cookie Day. 🥠
Posted by: redridinghood

I predicted that!

Posted by: The Eyes of Nostrildamus at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (JM9I6)

109 96 I refuse to believe BHO doesn't have $14 million in assets. He's a Dem politician. You know he's got millions in graft squirreled away all over the planet, same as the rest of them.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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You don't expect him to pay from His assets? Or did he, like his successor, have no donors for this mausoleum?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:26 AM (826kS)

110 The image up top should not be viewed by those with weak stomachs so early in the AM.

Posted by: Queasy Mfume at July 20, 2026 08:27 AM (JM9I6)

111 In the last week of June 2026, one of the world’s most famous antique fairs, the Treasure House Fair, took place in London, attracting collectors and dealers from around the globe. But this year, what attracted attention wasn’t only the antiques; it was the drop in foot traffic. At the time, the New York Times reported that “many dealers are facing a significant drop in foot traffic, or can no longer afford to have a showroom at all.”

The lack of customers for high-end items hints at the shift—the UK has recently surpassed China as the world leader in millionaire emigration. In 2025, roughly 16,500 millionaires left the country. China ranked second, with fewer than half that number.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:27 AM (WPIH0)

112 That is NOT Georgia and TX money
That is NY NJ and Cal money

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

Try China.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 08:28 AM (AfzoM)

113 106 I’m tired of the idea that money = election success. Just a couple months ago, John Cornyn out spent Paxton by a 10 - 1 margin, and yet was crushed in their runoff. The left could spend a billion dollars promoting Talarico, and it still won’t get him elected.

Journos love to talk about because it’s something they can measure; and they don’t care whether it means anything or not.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (f45f9)

Just like in sports. Money doesn’t automatically mean a championship. Money doesn’t automatically mean you will get elected. It helps, certainly, but it doesn’t lock anything in.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 08:28 AM (8l6/L)

114 Save farmland? Data centers are predicted to use around 1,400 square miles of land by 2028; farmland already uses around 1.4 million square miles.

Less than the size of
Anchorage AK 1,706.8 sqm

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:29 AM (/+uur)

115 DSA guy Cordillo and his parents fled Peru to avoid the craziness of the Shining Path guerillas. So he comes here and pushes many of the same ideas

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:30 AM (//bM7)

116 Hey shit-for-brains Gustavo, did no one ever teach you stealing is sin?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (IFQcP)

Stealing is totally cool if the police are doing it under orders from the government. Or if any government agency is doing it. Doesn’t it say that in the Eighth Commandment?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 08:30 AM (8l6/L)

117 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

Actually there is: "The Right to Pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness" and Rights didn't come from the Constitution, the Right comes from the Creator, and the government can not put liens on these Rights since government isn't the author of them.

So Gusstavo clearly doesn't know what a Right is, doesn't know anything about the Constitution, and has no idea how incentives work—other than compulsion from the barrel of a gun.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:30 AM (9Hs2w)

118 Long rows of transparent containment chambers reportedly filled an immense exhibition hall, each enclosing a female humanoid whose appearance challenged the very definition of robotics. Visitors allegedly expected exposed actuators, composite frames or polished metallic joints similar to those displayed by contemporary engineering prototypes. Instead, they found figures possessing skin that reflected light with subtle biological imperfections, naturally distributed hair, nearly imperceptible facial asymmetry and eyes that appeared disturbingly capable of maintaining silent attention. Some accounts insisted they were sophisticated androids.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:31 AM (WPIH0)

119 BHO was expecting all those DEI contractors to donate time and labor to his temple. He still might contact people to visit them and encourage just that, the Chicago way.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 20, 2026 08:31 AM (gm9Sb)

120 @TheStoryFNC
WAR ON SUCCESS

EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (826kS)

That's true. There's also no such thing as constitutional right to take someone else's money so you can be a layabout.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

121 95 All churches have gone apostate. End of the Church Age was in 1988.
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)


Coincides with the debut/rise of the Church Lady on SNL

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (x0n13)

122 The new Democratic Socialists in America refer to the common good, or communist good, all the time.
But what do they mean?

Ima take yo shit and give it to my peeps

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)

123 Mitch dead yet?

Posted by: Champagne Cork Waiting at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (e2lsi)

124
95 All churches have gone apostate. End of the Church Age was in 1988.
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (f45f9)

125 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 08:33 AM (v3afF)

126 Federal Medicaid czar Dr. Mehmet Oz said New York’s overblown $110 billion spending on medical bills is sickening — as he claimed Chinese crime syndicates are ripping off the Empire State. The TV doctor-turned-Trump administration official, blasted New York’s Medicaid program as rife with fraud in an interview Sunday as he outlined an alleged scheme that included millions of dollars in fraudulent medical bills.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:33 AM (WPIH0)

127 You know who else fixed wages, prices, and profits?

Hint: it was Hjalmar Schacht

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

128 The question is not whether Scandinavian socialism can work in the United States (it cannot) but whether Scandinavian socialism can work in Scandinavia. Sweden is a particularly curious choice as a model for democratic socialism. In reality, Sweden shows not only the success of capitalism but also the limits of socialism even in a relatively small nation. Sweden turned away from the type of socialist theories increasingly in vogue in the United States.
Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (WPIH0)

The Snowbilly nations were pretty good labs for demonstrating that socialism works, buuuuut-

only for a while and only under certain conditions.

1) Small racially, religiously, culturally, politically homogeneous population. Everyone is "family".

2) Strong working ethic. Everybody who can works, and is expected to work.

3) Benefits "seem"(?) to outweigh populations cost in taxes.

4)Local Industries aren't hamstrung.

5) Strong patriotism and national pride.

6) Limited benefits.

However, the Snowbillies threw that all away with the vast import of muslim 3rd worlders, and falling for the scam of zero-emissions, and the expansion of benefits for non-workers.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:34 AM (iJfKG)

129 That's true. There's also no such thing as constitutional right to take someone else's money so you can be a layabout.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yet.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 08:35 AM (lXoJ5)

130 EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

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There's no constitutional right (for the Federal Gov't) to limit anyone's investment returns.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:35 AM (qBdHI)

131 San Franpsycho

His actions are definitely in the DSA wheelhouse. Still did not work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

132 The story's inclusion of the Republicans buying the place might be a clue that the story is a set up for a political attack on the GOP.

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2026 08:35 AM (Q+gd/)

133 Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (f45f9)

George Bush became President? Damn...I knew that guy was a mistake.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:36 AM (j10i6)

134 The Mamdani arresting Netanyahu thing is pure moral posturing and psychological positioning. The commies are trying to subordinate Israelanx elevate themselves, that's all. Of course it will never happen.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 08:36 AM (AfzoM)

135 Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:34 AM (iJfKG)

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7) State corporatism and coercion, just like Hjalmar Schacht's

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

136 davidt

It is always something. I believe this idea will be widely popular.

Too bad we can't ship it as an assembled building. I hear North Korea needs guard towers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

137 Today Is National Fortune Cookie Day. 🥠
Posted by: redridinghood

"Chinese crime syndicates with rip of Empire State"

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (GD0B3)

138 "...Assistant Chief Constable Karena Thomas from Bedfordshire Police..."
+++

When your police chief is named "Karen."

Posted by: She'd like to speak with your manager at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

139 Across America, perfecting an opaque election process has become more important than the system’s fundamental integrity.
The God Of Process Controls American Elections

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Too bad we didn't have anything like, oh, say, the SAVE Act that Thune and the Republicans could've passed that might have softened the blow of unimaginable fraud happening in this country.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (qBdHI)

140 Happy Monday, all!


Ahhhh. That moment of ignorant bliss before I peruse JJs links and learn about all the crazy stuff happening. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (X8xt3)

141 *off

sovy no Enrgrish !

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (GD0B3)

142 Mullin revealed that DHS identified over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote in just four states (California, Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania).

One batch of 625k AZ voters had over 400k NO MATCH on last 4 SSID.
I have said that (D) keeps 5% fake voters on the roles, but it may be closer to 10%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:39 AM (/+uur)

143 "I know a lot of people think they're obsolete, but look at this swell new pager somebody sent me".

Zohran Mamdani

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (gm9Sb)

144 > Mitch dead yet?
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It sort of borders on criminal that the GOP isn't resolving this issue with proof of life or not.

Our political class thinks very highly of themselves.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

145 Apparently that was a false positive for cyclosporidium.

Our wonderful government at work!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (l4RKn)

146 Mitch dead yet?
Posted by: Champagne Cork Waiting at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (e2lsi)

One thing is certain...Mitch is dead...dead as a doornail...or none of what memes that follow will make any sense.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (j10i6)

147 >>Today Is National Fortune Cookie Day.


"Your future is promising. Lucy numbers 16, 24, 45, 47, 250"

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (X8xt3)

148 bill in arkansas

*Snort*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

149
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

EPIC! This is how EVERY insufferable leftist agitator should be handled by federal agents

Step in front of a federal vehicle to obstruct = get knocked out of the way

https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!

Most of us avoid being pummeled to the ground by federal law enforcement by NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

150 The Never-Ending Pasta Pass is only for use by the Passholder whose name is printed on the Pass. Passes are personalized and non-transferable. Passholders must present a valid photo I.D. along with the Pass at the time of ordering.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)

151 Andrew Cuomo was just in Maria's show. He's involved with crypto now. Somehow that seems appropriate.
However he did say he agreed with a lot of what Fetterman was saying about the communist drift if the Dems. Not that he will do anything about it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (//bM7)

152 Good morning! We have a tropical storm watch this week. Yay! Of course, J leaves for Boston today, so if things go pear shaped, I guess I am the one putting hurricane shutters on! Which means the ones for the top floor will not go on.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (hftzA)

153 Every election Gearge Bush won was by overt reaction against the previous Democrat administration. Texas too. He was the relief valve from oppressive DSC in normie clothing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (826kS)

154 The dems are not going to win the house.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Two or 3 months ago they were all crowing that they needed +10% or so on the generic ballot to win the House.
Just as a poll came out showing they were +10%.

Now, all the polls show them at +3%.
But they got their narrative set that they are going to win the House.

I pointed it out long ago that, of the 8 seats the R took to flip in 2024, only 4 were by less than 3%.
One of those is in AK.
All 4 incumbents are running.

Dems gerrymandering prevented a Trump Wave in the House.
But somehow, "everyone knows" that it is these other seats somewhere that are going to flip from R to D.
Because they're gonna win the seats they already hold something something ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (3cUTc)

155 “So, do they really have a shot at winning the next couple of elections”

Of course they do. A good one. Despite all the whistling past the graveyard displayed here.

Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (rf/GM)

156 Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?

Isarel 3.0 became a sovereign state in 1948.
Add "This Generation" of arbitrarily forty years and you get 1988.

1988, as many recall, was the date that the Rapture was scheduled to occur.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (pawvM)

157 Yep, cover pic is gross and over the top.
It should be deleted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:44 AM (826kS)

158 https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!

Most of us avoid being pummeled to the ground by federal law enforcement by NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
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She should not have been able to walk away.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

159
Maybe Mamdani is trying to get Tuq'r Qatarlson's attention?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2026 08:45 AM (x0n13)

160 Actually there is: "The Right to Pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness" and Rights didn't come from the Constitution, the Right comes from the Creator, and the government can not put liens on these Rights since government isn't the author of them.

So Gusstavo clearly doesn't know what a Right is, doesn't know anything about the Constitution, and has no idea how incentives work—other than compulsion from the barrel of a gun.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:30 AM (9Hs2w)

That's in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

161 I see Dua Lipa, since her 15m of fame are up, is talking about banned books...like The Handmaid's Tale.

Helpful posters all over the internet are taking her video and adding a link to Amazon for the book pointing out you can get this "banned book" with free fast shipping for a low, low price

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm)

162 152 Good morning! We have a tropical storm watch this week. Yay! Of course, J leaves for Boston today, so if things go pear shaped, I guess I am the one putting hurricane shutters on! Which means the ones for the top floor will not go on.

Posted by: Piper
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Bastardi says, the likelihood of hurricane minimal, just a storm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (826kS)

163 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)

164 Andrew Cuomo was just in Maria's show. He's involved with crypto now. Somehow that seems appropriate.
However he did say he agreed with a lot of what Fetterman was saying about the communist drift if the Dems. Not that he will do anything about it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (//bM7)
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Cuomo is guilty of crimes against humanity and should be hanged.

Maria is hot for anything "crypto" adjacent

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

165 The lettuce now being recalled by Taylor Farms in California has also hatched a number of lawsuits filed in federal court against Taco Bell, which allegedly used the shredded lettuce contaminated with a parasite called cyclospora.

How many illegals work at Taylor Farms?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)

166 I don't know. But the SSPX is looking better and better.

Old timey Catholicism.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)

167 Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?

Isarel 3.0 became a sovereign state in 1948.
Add "This Generation" of arbitrarily forty years and you get 1988.

1988, as many recall, was the date that the Rapture was scheduled to occur.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (pawvM)

Sorry. Sorry everyone.

But, if you're still here...you got Left Behind!!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (iJfKG)

168 San Franpsycho

My empathy for those protesters, and the media filming, is a big negative number. But no math on the blog.

This is proof that Trump is not a tyrant. If we reverse the symmetry, Biden would have them all in prison. We are not the same.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

169 Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (f45f9)

I do not know what JM9I6 had in mind with the comment, but I recall that there was an expectation that the Rapture would happen by 1988 because that marked 40 years (one generation) since the creation of the most recent state of Israel. I think it was a statement from Jesus about seeing the olive tree putting forth its leaves and "this generation will not pass away" before uh, stuff happens. I'm a bit hazy without looking up the reference.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (OlzlW)

170 Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.

Whenever I go to lefty forums they tell me:

1) The right is controlled by the rich

2) Money shouldn't be allowed in elections

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)

171 Because they're gonna win the seats they already hold something something ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (3cUTc)

The hilarious tell is Tom Souzzi running to the right of Bruce Blakeman in New York! I mean, that guy is greasy Newsome light, and when he smells trouble, no Breel creme tube is safe!

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (j10i6)

172 Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.
Eight of the top 10 Senate candidate fundraiser this year are Democrats, whose top contestants have raked in $574 million, compared to the Republicans’ $336 million, per the FEC.


But I thought it was BAD when politicians and billionaires bought elections.

This is telling me that the voting public are sheep and $$$$ buys elections, not quality of legislation. Because Democrats are destroying America yet the billionaires are filling their coffers and they're expected to WIN elections and continue destroying America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

173 My dad joined the Marine Corps back in 1952 "to kill Communists". Is there some reason we're not immediately... removing from breathing duty... anyone who openly admits they are a communist? They admit they despise the country, Americans, and are trying to tear capitalism and our Western infrastructure down.

Posted by: Murmillo con indigestione at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (IWfdg)

174 naturalfake

Rapture did not happen. FenelonSpoke is still here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

175 https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!

Most of us avoid being pummeled to the ground by federal law enforcement by NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
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She should not have been able to walk away.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

Why are they almost always fat and ugly?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (TCUO6)

176 ====

She should not have been able to walk away.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Right.
Paddy wagons exist for a reason.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (826kS)

177 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)
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When I went to Walmart yesterday, I made out a shopping list, which I normally don't do.

At the top of the list?

SPONGE! (I needed some sponges for cleaning supplies)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (FZ29D)

178 Mommy Doktor Jilly, maybe it's been cyclospora in my shorts all this time!

Posted by: Explosive Joe at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (JM9I6)

179 How many rights does the Constitution give us?

None.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (qFwJc)

180 >>EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

Yeah, and YOU don't have a constitutional right to decide how much others can make on their investments.

Of all the issues in NYC, this guy is laser-focused on how much landlords make? Yeah, this is all window-dressing to cover what you really mean: you don't have a right to be a landlord, and we're creating cutesy ways to separate you from your property.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (X8xt3)

181 @164, agreed. Crypto is the only industry that I can think of that runs to the government and says "regulate us". Seems like someone is trying to get an edge

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (//bM7)

182 I see Dua Lipa, since her 15m of fame are up, is talking about banned books...like The Handmaid's Tale.

Helpful posters all over the internet are taking her video and adding a link to Amazon for the book pointing out you can get this "banned book" with free fast shipping for a low, low price
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm)

My novel got shadow banned by Amazon.

Maybe Ol' Dua can do a video about it and make me a gajillionaire.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)

183 On the lettuce front, the FDA just apologized for a false positive on that batch of lettuce they had identified.

We're back to not really knowing where it's coming from.

Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 08:50 AM (kU0PQ)

184 President Donald J. Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on Canada, accusing the country of negligence in managing its forests and allowing wildfire smoke to blanket U.S. cities.

Democrats luv them some Mutha Erff except when it comes to land management, illegal migration, forest management, animal welfare, and farming.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:50 AM (/+uur)

185 Was thinking of splurging on some ice cream later, but the top pic has me back on the diet.

Posted by: Cookie Puss at July 20, 2026 08:50 AM (JM9I6)

186 >>> 114 Save farmland? Data centers are predicted to use around 1,400 square miles of land by 2028; farmland already uses around 1.4 million square miles.

Less than the size of
Anchorage AK 1,706.8 sqm
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:29 AM (/+uur)

I'd still prefer them to be put within city limits and I do not apologize for NIMBY-ness. Why should we give up *any* farmland when there's urban space available to be "reclaimed"? There's an ugly ass mess in a rural area which I've driven by several times, and which was placed there a few years ago as a result of shenanigans by a commie who managed to get elected to a local office.

If we get a good network of mini-nukes out of this silliness that will be nice to have.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:50 AM (vDZgA)

187 Here's a brief discussion about Matthew 24:34:

https://www.gotquestions.org/
this-generation-not-pass.html

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (OlzlW)

188 If one of these DSA commies gets elected, will he/she take the oath of office and swear to "protect and defend the Constitution?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (qFwJc)

189 The hilarious tell is Tom Souzzi running to the right of Bruce Blakeman in New York! I mean, that guy is greasy Newsome light, and when he smells trouble, no Breel creme tube is safe!
Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (j10i6)
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Suozzi was the Republican local pol who was going to attend my Eagle Scout Court of Honor, I told the scout leaders he was a crypto-fascist and I wasn't having it. They told me to stfu.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

190 Democrats are considered likely to retake the House in the Nov. 3 elections, due to polls and the historical trend of the party in power in the White House losing seats in the midterms.

Let us not forget anger at a useless GOP that refuses to do even the bare minimum to satisfy voters.

I honestly think the MAGA movement dies in 2028, due to election losses, refusal to address voter concerns and, most especially, an observation that there is no pressure of sufficient strength to get the GOP opposing Dems in any meaningful way.

It's the same bushwa we've seen ever since I was a child: "You gotta vote R no matter what! You don't want the D's to win, do ya?"

FTS

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (qRla/)

191 https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!

Most of us avoid being pummeled to the ground by federal law enforcement by NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY./i]

Back during the J6 protests the left told me it was not only acceptable but a good thing to shoot a peaceful unarmed protestor in the neck if she was impeding government operations. By the left's own standards we are being way, way too soft on the invaders and their traitorous domestic allies

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)

192 When I went to Walmart yesterday, I made out a shopping list, which I normally don't do.

At the top of the list?

SPONGE! (I needed some sponges for cleaning supplies)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (FZ29D)

Elaine Benes once purchased the entire remaining stock of sponges… much to the disgust of the store proprietor!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (TCUO6)

193 no one of any consequence

Nay, bro. The one right in the unamended Constitution was the right to a patent (intellectual property).

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)

194 @Rothmus Jul 17

On this day [July 17] in 1918 the Bolsheviks herded Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and their five children into a basement in Yekaterinburg and opened fire.

The bullets bounced because the girls had diamonds sewn into their corsets. So the reds finished the job with bayonets, stabbing, crushing skulls, and butchering the children while they were still alive.

Then they stripped the bodies, doused them in acid, burned what remained, and dumped the remains in a forest to hide the crime.

This was the deliberate, sadistic murder of an entire family, including a sick little boy, by communist animals who needed the blood of innocents to cement their power.

Never forget what the Bolsheviks were.

Never forgive it

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (826kS)

195 >>I see Dua Lipa, since her 15m of fame are up, is talking about banned books...like The Handmaid's Tale.


All the popstars and actresses have to demonstrate their feminist cred. This was LAME.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)

196 If one of these DSA commies gets elected, will he/she take the oath of office and swear to "protect and defend the Constitution?"
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (qFwJc)
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No one takes their oaths of office seriously at all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

197 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

198 Remember that Hillary raised and spent over a billion dollars to lose to Trump.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:53 AM (qFwJc)

199 https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!



When are they going to follow the money and RICO these assholes?

ALL this shit goes away when it's not profitable anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:53 AM (2YhKe)

200 All the popstars and actresses have to demonstrate their feminist cred. This was LAME.

I give Rose McGowan some credit.

She repointed the PoundMeToo movement from Get Trump to Get Harv

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)

201 Remember that Hillary raised and spent over a billion dollars to lose to Trump.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:53 AM (qFwJc)
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Didn't FJB/KH also spend more than that to lose to President Trump?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:54 AM (FZ29D)

202 "No one takes their oaths of office seriously at all."

Perhaps they should. Dante places traitors into the lowest level of hell.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:54 AM (qFwJc)

203 At the top of the list?

SPONGE! (I needed some sponges for cleaning supplies)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (FZ29D)


I am infamous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (2YhKe)

204 Right.
Paddy wagons exist for a reason.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (826kS)
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Not really what I meant but let's go with that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

205 Here's a brief discussion about Matthew 24:34:

https://www.gotquestions.org/
this-generation-not-pass.html
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (OlzlW)

When it comes to eschatology, I’ve retired to my little corner of ignorance where I simply cite “… no man knows the day nor the hour”… pre-trib, post-trib, pre-millennial, amillenial et al… I’m not adamant about anything other than eventually Christ will return

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (TCUO6)

206 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.

As someone once put it, "You've got guns. Use them. We give you guns for a reason. Use them"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

207 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

208 It's the same bushwa we've seen ever since I was a child: "You gotta vote R no matter what! You don't want the D's to win, do ya?"

FTS

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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So, you prefer the DSC?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (826kS)

209 Didn't Jeb! spend like $200 m to get two delegates? Them Republican consultants are some of the best grifters out there

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (//bM7)

210 I like a 6" x 3.5" sponge for cleaning the countertops. Walmart and Piggly Wiggly don't have them. I found them at an IGA.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (qFwJc)

211 >>> 197 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

Why can't we haz bounties for these idiots, too.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (vDZgA)

212 If one of these DSA commies gets elected, will he/she take the oath of office and swear to "protect and defend the Constitution?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (qFwJc)

Of course they will. Their native tongue is lies.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (AfzoM)

213 For the left, if the govt doesn’t provide something for free it’s banned. So if a book isn’t in a public library paid for by tax payers it’s “banned”.
Much like how if the govt doesn’t provide “free” birth control pills, birth control is banned or women have “no access to” birth control.

Oh plenty of access girl, you just need to pay the $10 cost yourself.

Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (rf/GM)

214 I like the idea of putting cow catchers on the front of ICE vehicles. The woman in the vid was definitely a cow

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (//bM7)

215
I like a 6" x 3.5" sponge for cleaning the countertops. Walmart and Piggly Wiggly don't have them. I found them at an IGA.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (qFwJc)


I think the takeaway here is that Sponge is shorter than AtC.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (iJfKG)

216 >>> 197 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

Why can't we haz bounties for these idiots, too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (vDZgA)
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"Make Necklaces of Protestors' Ears Great Again!" doesn't quite roll off the tongue...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (FZ29D)

217 18-1

The actions of General Flavius Belisarius at the Nika Riots gave the Eastern Roman Empire 800 more years of existence. Just saying.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)

218
I think the takeaway here is that Sponge is shorter than AtC.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (iJfKG)


I am not......that's a distant relative.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

219 197 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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I was going to say bring them in the gate and lock them up but lining them up may be a better solution.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (826kS)

220 206 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.

As someone once put it, "You've got guns. Use them. We give you guns for a reason. Use them"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM
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As long as they don't have real bullets.

Posted by: Rebecca Good at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

221 >>> 216

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"Make Necklaces of Protestors' Ears Great Again!" doesn't quite roll off the tongue...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (FZ29D)

Hey, I never specified how to *claim* the bounties...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (vDZgA)

222 Democrats are considered likely to retake the House in the Nov. 3 elections, due to polls and the historical trend of the party in power in the White House losing seats in the midterms.
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That "historical trend" is almost entirely built on 1st term losses.
Second term sees very little losses and sometimes gains.

And, as I noted above, the Dems themselves were arguing they needed 10% months ago; they only have 3%--and falling--now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (3cUTc)

223 It's all part of the plan:

@JCAndersonNYC
A DSA strategy session to decomodify housing happened at the People's Forum.

Makes sense https://tinyurl.com/3z35hm9e

This was 3 years ago.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (X8xt3)

224
Why can't we haz bounties for these idiots, too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (vDZgA)


Immediately arrest them for obstruction.

They'll eventually get to know the 3 strike rule, if that's even still a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (2YhKe)

225 That's in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

The Revolutionary War was fought over the Declaration of Independence, not the US Constitution.

The whole predicate for the existence of this country was the mission statement behind the Declaration of Independence.

The US Constitution is an artifact of that famous press release which binds the government to respect the 1776 charter.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:01 AM (a6PrB)

226 Didn't Jeb! spend like $200 m to get two delegates? Them Republican consultants are some of the best grifters out there

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (//bM7)


Bloomberg was a $1bn failure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:01 AM (2YhKe)

227 "It is intolerable!"

Let me know when we decide to stop tolerating it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:01 AM (fZiTB)

228 I think the takeaway here is that Sponge is shorter than AtC.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (iJfKG)
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I heard he was heightening.

Posted by: Mickey at July 20, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

229 Speaking of sponges, my daughter told me there’s a recent episode of SpongeBob SquarePants where the characters go around mooning people. I’m not sure what to think about this….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:04 AM (hxAVk)

230 I like the idea of putting cow catchers on the front of ICE vehicles. The woman in the vid was definitely a cow

Have a non-winter use of the truck mounted snow blowers that have the auger/impeller system.

Not exactly a tree-chipper, but yields the equivalent shock-and-awe when deployed properly.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (nAS9C)

231 All churches have gone apostate. End of the Church Age was in 1988.

The Church has gone to hell since Vatican II.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (qRla/)

232 Scumbag Linda Sarsour wants to get rid of the Declaration of Independence and replace it with something more modern. Not smart enough to realize that she probably means the Constitution.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (//bM7)

233 Speaking of sponges, my daughter told me there’s a recent episode of SpongeBob SquarePants where the characters go around mooning people. I’m not sure what to think about this….

To be clear I have never seen a sponge, starfish or squirrel wearing pants to begin with...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

234 Speaking of sponges, my daughter told me there’s a recent episode of SpongeBob SquarePants where the characters go around mooning people. I’m not sure what to think about this….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:04 AM (hxAVk)


Just getting kids used to seeing naked people walking around......Every blue city will become the Fulsom St. Fair.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)

235 I write my shopping list in the order of the supermarket aisles.
Sponge! is NEVER at the top of the list-more like 3/4 of the way down.

Posted by: Sorry! at July 20, 2026 09:06 AM (JM9I6)

236 The Democratic Socialists of America know nothing, have built nothing and don’t understand the country they live in, yet they imagine they have the moral authority to tear it down.
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Miranda Devine puts it plainly. One of these days it might be "Kill a Commie for JJ's Birthday" day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 09:06 AM (LfeJW)

237 A DSA strategy session to decomodify housing happened at the People's Forum.

Are they planning to decomodify beach front estates for themselves?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (nAS9C)

238 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

239 Community Notes

Pumper trucks with blue dye in the water work well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (u82oZ)

240 Bloomberg was a $1bn failure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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There are the bold faced fools and politicians who have egregiously offended the electorate (Cornyn). But in, possibly the majority, other ballot contests where the two candidates appear normal,
It comes down to the best ad campaign flooding the market.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (826kS)

241 Not exactly a tree-chipper, but yields the equivalent shock-and-awe when deployed properly.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (nAS9C)


Top Gear used an anti-mine vehicle to tear down a house once. That thing would be PERFECT for this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (2YhKe)

242 Baptist Report Blames ‘Republican-Fueled Islamophobia’ for Attacks on Muslims

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Damn Jew Baptists!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (ndZc7)

243 Rachel Corrie could become the training example for ICE agents.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (LfeJW)

244 238 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg
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Is the engine a flat six?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (826kS)

245 I write my shopping list in the order of the supermarket aisles.
Sponge! is NEVER at the top of the list-more like 3/4 of the way down.
Posted by: Sorry! at July 20, 2026 09:06 AM (JM9I6)


Such is life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

246 So, you prefer the DSC?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (826kS)

My point is that we are constantly told that voting R is the only way to save the country from disaster. So we vote R, and the cocksuckers spend the next 2, 4 or 6 years sitting on their fat asses growing their investment portfolios and pretending to oppose the Dems before giving up with a pallid excuse.

As the Empress said, it's nothing but bukakke theater for the rubes and I am sick of it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:09 AM (qRla/)

247 235 Shopping lists should be in alphabetical order.

If I had my way, stores would be arranged in alphabetical order, too.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

248 Rachel Corrie could become the training example for ICE agents.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (LfeJW)

Or see the Corey Lewandowski demo with Michelle Fields…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:10 AM (qVlaK)

249 I get that protesting is an age old ritual, but I seriously think we've let it go too far. Gone are the days of drum circles and idiots walking back and forth with hand made signage.

Now, it's all up in your face with a megaphone and a camera.

That's not protesting. It's incitement.

There really needs to be some consequences for what the left is doing to hinder ICE or any other activity they are against... if they resort to the types of incitement we keep seeing.

Since they're ok with a few deaths to make their point... so am I.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (jehhT)

250 Mrs. F. purchases cleaning supplies.

My shopping list is meat, candy, frozen foods, pasta, cans, and dairy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (RIvkX)

251 I love the mamdami guy. He's everything the NYC Democrats deserve. Homeless everywhere, rats in the streets, garbage piling up, criminals in the public transportation. How's the pothole situation? My hope is that he gets waterboarded by the mossad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (sYM3s)

252 azcentral@azcentral

Ruben Gallego's campaign spending is in the spotlight as he weighs a potential bid for president in 2028.

hey oh, he looks like a man

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (826kS)

253 There are the bold faced fools and politicians who have egregiously offended the electorate (Cornyn). But in, possibly the majority, other ballot contests where the two candidates appear normal,
It comes down to the best ad campaign flooding the market.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (826kS)

yes - and I'll add that the mainstream GOP has specialized in running generically bland candidates who have no clue how to run an actual political campaign. They throw money at consultants whose only true goal is to enrich consultants.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:12 AM (edUvp)

254
The most guy-like thing I've seen from Chuck Schumer was him slightly chuckling when he let it loose.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 09:12 AM (Fi81e)

255 My point is that we are constantly told that voting R is the only way to save the country from disaster. So we vote R, and the cocksuckers spend the next 2, 4 or 6 years sitting on their fat asses growing their investment portfolios and pretending to oppose the Dems before giving up with a pallid excuse.

The problem is that it is in the personal financial interests of congress to at least maintain spending and usually to increase it.

We hope to vote for people with integrity and they'll do what they are elected to do but as you point out this doesn't really work.

So we need to find a way to make the system incentivize spending cuts for congress.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

256 I'm sorry. I'm pissed off, massively depressed and suffering from a cold today. There's no reason I should be here bringing things down.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (qRla/)

257 251 I love the mamdami guy. He's everything the NYC Democrats deserve. Homeless everywhere, rats in the streets, garbage piling up, criminals in the public transportation. How's the pothole situation? My hope is that he gets waterboarded by the mossad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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The millionaires could have stopped him but they chose to flee.
Now, those fleas are going to infest the body politic somewhere else.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (826kS)

258 Ruben Gallego's campaign spending is in the spotlight as he weighs a potential bid for president in 2028.

hey oh, he looks like a man
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (826kS)

Oh yeah, that's what we need in the oval office, a drunk Mexican on the cartel's payroll.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (edUvp)

259 How long is this back-and-forth with Iran going to go on? Is there an end game? I heard Trump talk many times over the years about not getting into a war without a plan and commitment to win it. It's fair to ask at this point, what is the plan? If it's to indefinitely respond to Iranian incidents of aggression (supposedly the same Iran with the obliterated military) with our nighttime bombing raids, okay, just let us know.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)

260 256 I'm sorry. I'm pissed off, massively depressed and suffering from a cold today. There's no reason I should be here bringing things down.

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (qRla

We all have bad days....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 09:14 AM (fi211)

261 TBH the whole of the Dem party works with the cartels...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

262
As the Empress said, it's nothing but bukakke theater for the rubes and I am sick of it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:09 AM (qRla/)


The only option here is for the squishes to be primaried. I will ALWAYS vote for the Republican as in EVERY case, the Democrat is WORSE.

Does it SUCK BALLS? Of course it does. It is unfortunate that these have been our choices for generations, but hopefully, times are changing and the assholes on our side are getting voted OUT.

I refuse to sit back and just watch the DSA take over because Republican incumbents usually suck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:14 AM (2YhKe)

263
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM


We'll talk you through it, or distract you from it for a spell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:15 AM (2YhKe)

264 I will call over broken glass to vote for (R) Justin Murphy for Senate in NJ He is an excellent, articulate candidate and would be a whole lot better than Cory Booker. Plus, it's a irrelevant point , but I think he's a nice looking man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:15 AM (rl4Uc)

265 Tom Servo

There are mainly three organizations trying to take over America. Cartels, Commies, and Islam.

We need more inter-factional warfare.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

266 Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)
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This has "forever war" written all over it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (RIvkX)

267 Feel better MPPPP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (//bM7)

268 264- crawl not call.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (As86G)

269 The problem is that it is in the personal financial interests of congress to at least maintain spending and usually to increase it.

We hope to vote for people with integrity and they'll do what they are elected to do but as you point out this doesn't really work.

So we need to find a way to make the system incentivize spending cuts for congress.

Posted by: 18-1
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DOGE, saw an article squealing that DOGE people were still infesting government. These bureaucrats are burrowed in deep and difficult to dig out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (826kS)

270 So we need to find a way to make the system incentivize spending cuts for congress.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

What we need is more candidates like Paxton who is hated by everyone in the establishment, and thus goes in with a self serving incentive to blow all their shit up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (edUvp)

271 The Revolutionary War was fought over the Declaration of Independence, not the US Constitution.

Maybe so, but you don't get to find Constitutionally guaranteed rights in the penumbras of the Declaration. Only Leftist judges can do that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

272 Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM


We'll talk you through it, or distract you from it for a spell.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:15 AM (2YhKe)
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I admire MPPP's bile.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (RIvkX)

273 That "historical trend" is almost entirely built on 1st term losses. Second term sees very little losses and sometimes gains.

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Bush Jr lost 5 senate seats and 31 house seats in his 2nd term. Obama lost 13 house and 9 senate seats in his second term.

Clinton bucked the trend in 1998 but that was a weird one time thing with impeachment backlash.

Reagan lost 8 senate seats in 1986. He only lost 5 house seats but in 1986 Dems already controlled the house with a solid majority. There wasn’t much to lose on the Republicans side.


Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 09:17 AM (rf/GM)

274 Democrats Blame Trump for Recalled Mexican Lettuce Causing ‘Explosive Diarrhea’

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In fairness, Trump worked at McDonald's, not Taco Bell.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

275 MP4, at least stick around for the inevitable boob talk on the Art Thread.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

276 274 Democrats Blame Trump for Recalled Mexican Lettuce Causing ‘Explosive Diarrhea’


Is there nothing he can't do.....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 09:18 AM (fi211)

277 I love the mamdami guy. He's everything the NYC Democrats deserve. Homeless everywhere, rats in the streets, garbage piling up, criminals in the public transportation. How's the pothole situation? My hope is that he gets waterboarded by the mossad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Soon enough they will start seizing rental properties that the city will not be able to afford to maintain. After they rip it away from landlords for failure to maintain it, because they 1) can't credit-check prospective renters and 2) can't evict and have to keep paying utilities for deadbeat tenants, and can't raise your rents for people who are paying you.

New York could become like an indoors LA.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 09:18 AM (Fi81e)

278 - 1988

There was also 2007. 40 years after Israel retook Jerusalem.

Emmie, see Matt 24. The "this generation" verse is 34.
Don't ignore the verse before it. Many ignore it in an attempt to say everything in the chapter has already happened.

They have to do some serious allegorizing of prophetic scripture, among other things, to do so.
And those who push the pre-trib version of the rapture are just as guilty.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 20, 2026 09:18 AM (dAv7M)

279 Ordinary American

Rational OP Plans struggle against irrational leaders.

The smartest thing the IRCG could do is surrender. They can then hold power with machine guns. Rebuild. But they don't think that way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

280 51 years ago today Neil Armstrong ensured he would never pay for a beer for the rest of his life.

https://youtu.be/-f_DPrSEOEo

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)

281 Reality is a phantasm. The world ended in 1975.

Posted by: The JWs at July 20, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)

282 Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 09:17 AM (rf/GM)

We're doomed then. May as well stop my cancer treatments.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

283 The left is mad that Trump “photo bombed” Spain as they raised the World Cup trophy. He kinda did. I was watching it and thought shit DT you need to move out of the way. The whole presentation was really clumsy, too many people doing too much at once.

But I’m laffing my ass off that the left is seething over it.

Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 09:21 AM (rf/GM)

284 51 years ago today Neil Armstrong ensured he would never pay for a beer for the rest of his life.

https://youtu.be/-f_DPrSEOEo

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)
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But some convenience store owners had a different opinion.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 09:21 AM (Fi81e)

285 The Democratic Socialists of America know nothing, have built nothing and don’t understand the country they live in, yet they imagine they have the moral authority to tear it down.
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So, the Democrats

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:21 AM (AfzoM)

286 259 How long is this back-and-forth with Iran going to go on? Is there an end game? ---

Posted by: Ordinary American
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You need a nap. Maybe a long one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM (826kS)

287 Good morning, everyone!

Back to work after 2 weeks off -- sucks!

Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM (aoylf)

288 > But I’m laffing my ass off that the left is seething over it.
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TBH the left seethes over a lot of stuff. I sometimes think they run on hate more than ideology.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (jehhT)

289 reasons like this that I'm not automatically drawn to church-going. I know there are churches out there that are actually Bible-based in teaching. But there are some very nefarious things going on inside so many denominations, from my perspective, that I'd rather eschew these places and do my own Bible study and prayer in the confines of my private life. IOW, it seems to be getting harder to find a church that isn't corrupted into leftist worldviews.
Posted by: Lady in Black at


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I totally understand! Because of that I somehow found a really good podcast. It's Josh Howerton Live Free. The part I like best is that even though he is a preacher his podcasts are history based, and really interesting. I think you would enjoy them.

Posted by: . Chillin the most at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (G0JG0)

290 Back to work after 2 weeks off -- sucks!
Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM (aoylf)
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*activates shock collar*

Posted by: Doof's Boss at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (RIvkX)

291 Quarter Twenty

Well remembered. America, F' Yeah!

We had plenty of problems then, but we were able to multi-task, and achieve greatness. His landing was the apex of decades of sustained effort.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

292 Doof, what did you bring us from your vacation?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

293 How long is this back-and-forth with Iran going to go on? Is there an end game? I heard Trump talk many times over the years about not getting into a war without a plan and commitment to win it. It's fair to ask at this point, what is the plan? If it's to indefinitely respond to Iranian incidents of aggression (supposedly the same Iran with the obliterated military) with our nighttime bombing raids, okay, just let us know.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)

I actually think what we're doing is about the best we can do right now. (maybe do it even harder) The original plan was quite clearly, bomb for two weeks, then hope a miracle happens, then we call it good and go home. Bad plan. Didn't work for obvious reasons.

So now the plan is degrade, degrade, degrade, and impose assymetric warfare on them. How long can they take it? Now that we've finally started to hit bridges and power plants, their entire internal distribution system will break down. That's not going to be be fun. It's very sad when we lose servicemen; but this is war after all.
Our goal must be to impose a 1000:1 payback for every serviceman we lose.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:24 AM (edUvp)

294
Back to work after 2 weeks off -- sucks!
Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM (aoylf)


Do you still have to send emails justifying your existence?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

295 Shopping lists should be in alphabetical order.

If I had my way, stores would be arranged in alphabetical order, too.
Posted by: Bulg
___________

I'd like to have some geolocator phone app that would tell me exactly where the obscure item wifey told me to get is located.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 09:25 AM (XvL8K)

296 Doof, what did you bring us from your vacation?
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

My EZ-Pass bill. Donations accepted!

Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:25 AM (aoylf)

297 Titty-Caca AOC is Running in 2028

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Look out! She mad!

https://tinyurl.com/7zm6vv36

And multicultural!

https://tinyurl.com/3vsew8zc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 09:25 AM (ndZc7)

298 How long is this back-and-forth with Iran going to go on? Is there an end game?

My favorite narrative (since the Truth is impossible to know):

This military action is allowing the Trump administration to use National Security and War Powers to get around mountains of bureaucratic red tape, activists and seditious "judges" to get new mines opened, power plants construction underway, infrastructure fast-tracked, and contract loans and guaranteed purchases to get around the deliberate road-blocks the Demonic Party and their sponsors, the CCP have placed in America's industrial path.

Plus, there is no better way to accelerate weapons development than continuous live field testing with actual opponents who are just as if not more creative in dealing with new designs and tactics.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (rgGn5)

299 The smartest thing the IRCG could do is surrender. They can then hold power with machine guns. Rebuild. But they don't think that way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

Which is pretty much what Hamas has done in Gaza.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (edUvp)

300 51 years ago today Neil Armstrong ensured he would never pay for a beer for the rest of his life.

https://youtu.be/-f_DPrSEOEo

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 09:20 AM
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I never heard about it.

Posted by: The ghost of Mary Jo Kopechne at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)

301 Biff Pocoroba

I uh... asked for the location of that item.

Yes. I asked for directions.

There. My dark secret is out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)

302 Do you still have to send emails justifying your existence?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

Nah, that ended a long time ago. Maybe I'll start doing it again just to see if anyone reads it!

Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:27 AM (aoylf)

303 I think the military is focused on the IRGC in and around Hormuz.

It, arguably, should have been the focus from day one, but there's an issue with the nuclear materials that had to be dealt with too.

And, I think there was an underestimate on the tenacity of the IRGC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 09:28 AM (jehhT)

304 >>DOGE, saw an article squealing that DOGE people were still infesting government. These bureaucrats are burrowed in deep and difficult to dig out.


That was always the plan, right?
Initial burst, then bring the DOGE auditing into every department going forward. Love it!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 09:28 AM (X8xt3)

305 The smartest thing the IRCG could do is surrender. They can then hold power with machine guns. Rebuild. But they don't think that way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)
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They ain't very smart. Sure, they have a treacherous cunning, but that only gets them so far.

Their only long term plan seems to hold on until President Trump is out of office.

To be fair, that's actually a pretty sound strategy considering our schizophrenic government structure.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:28 AM (FZ29D)

306 I'd like to have some geolocator phone app that would tell me exactly where the obscure item wifey told me to get is located.

Walmart and LowesDepot provide "Aisle/Bin" data for most items. Just build a checklist and it will tell you not only if it is in stock but where in the store.

Run that through an AI Assistant and it will plan your optimized route through the store—or you can just use the store's shoppers and pick up and a certain time.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:28 AM (rgGn5)

307 Trump currently averages 39.6 in approval.
Dems are at +3 on the generic ballot.

Those are the biggest predictors of the House.

Anyway, you can't say "voting R doesn't matter" when we're going to have a Senate majority next year that does not have:
Tillis, Cornyn, Cassidy, Ernst, and McConnell

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (3cUTc)

308 We are getting higher quality trolls than usual.
I hope JJ deletes them allowing the thread to
not be tainted or distracted from point to the
casual reader.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (826kS)

309 Back to work after 2 weeks off -- sucks!
Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM
******

Just what is it you'd say you DO here?

Posted by: The two Bobs at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

310 Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)

Trump says have a plan, he doesn't say tell the enemy what that plan is.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (AfzoM)

311 And get rid of that shitty picture.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (826kS)

312 The Hawaiians getting all belligerent is cool and states' rights being asserted is to be applauded. But the best part is the left wing states thinking they are hard core. Let's find out who really is hard core.

Posted by: Rob Zombie at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (2ap+5)

313 Look out! She mad!

https://tinyurl.com/7zm6vv36


She's done very little and looks completely exhausted. Trump, meanwhile, get's 4 hours of sleep a night, is constantly working, addressing the media, attending meetings and campaigning, yet still has the energy to play a round of golf.


Yeah, run that dumb c*nt. I dare you. You will become the laughingstock you always should've been.

That would be what's called 'going full monty.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

314 Tom Servo

Spot on. Good observation. Have a fortune cookie on me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:30 AM (u82oZ)

315 >>I know there are churches out there that are actually Bible-based in teaching.


FWIW, this church is legit: https://brave.org/
Past sermons available on the site.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

316 Which is pretty much what Hamas has done in Gaza.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (edUvp)
=====

Renewed violence in Gaza is a question of when not if.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (RIvkX)

317 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

318 And the man running as an R in my district for the House is not as young as the R Senate candidate and not as good looking 😉but a very articulate speaker , and I would have to be a nutcase to stay home and not to vote for him against the terrorist supporting Muslim running against him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (6UQAR)

319 >>She's done very little and looks completely exhausted. Trump, meanwhile, get's 4 hours of sleep a night, is constantly working, addressing the media, attending meetings and campaigning, yet still has the energy to play a round of golf.

Excellent observation.
What does constantly being "angry"(the default state of the Socialist) get you? She's to very tired of everyone/everything disappointing her, being all greedy and unfair, and stuff. Frown lines, fatigue.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

320
Their only long term plan seems to hold on until President Trump is out of office.

To be fair, that's actually a pretty sound strategy considering our schizophrenic government structure.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
---

Just keep doing what he's doing. They are like ants. Blow up their stuff and they will scurry about showing where there other stuff is, watch them, then blow that stuff up.
He's cut off ocean supply, he's cut off rail supply, it's a no fly zone; they are getting hungry and running out of all supplies.
This may be the best siege we've seen in lifetimes.
It requires patience.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (826kS)

321 - Emmie, LVP, all others

If you want to understand eschatology, it's not hard. Time consuming, yes. Hard, no.

Go through the OT prophets. Isaiah thru Malachi. Make notes on all the passages that refer to the day of the LORD.
Then thru the NT, paying attention to passages that speak of Christ's coming and the day of Christ.
And understanding of three Greek words is advised.
Thlipsis- translated tribulation- simply means pressure
Parousia- translated coming- presence or coming and continued presence
Paralambano- receive you unto myself

Posted by: TeeJ at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (dAv7M)

322
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

I have been attending the Anglican Church in America. Very Bible based, Christocentric and evangelistic.


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (6UQAR)

323 I can't believe there are any Jews or Jewish-owned businesses left in NYC.

When they tell you who they are, believe them, and MummyDummy has been trumpeting who he is for years.

There are plenty of areas of the country who that be overjoyed to get migrants who are civilized and educated.

But not if you keep voting Communist. If you're planning to keep voting Communist, stay where you are.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (IG3/x)

324 Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (rgGn5)

Believable, especially the cutting through bureaucracy thing

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (AfzoM)

325 Nobody said you’re doomed. But why pretend 2nd term mid terms don’t typically lead to losses for the president’s party?

Every 2 term President (with the exception of Clinton) has lost house seats in his 2nd mid term election in the 20th and 21st century. And of those only Reagan lost seats in single digits. Bush, Obama, Nixon(Ford), Johnson, Eisenhower, Wilson and both Roosevelts lost double digit seats their 2nd term. Other than Clinton, you have to go back to 1834 to find the last 2 term president to not lose seats in his 2nd mid term.

It’s not doomerism to point out historical facts. American voters are fickle. They elect a president then 2 years later turn around and vote for the opposite party. It’s a thing.

Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 09:37 AM (rf/GM)

326 > She's done very little and looks completely exhausted.


Wasted away again in Abuelitaville.
Looking for my long-lost firm pair of tits
Some people say that The Wall is to blame
But I know... it's all Whitey's fault.


Posted by: Alexandria O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at July 20, 2026 09:40 AM (IG3/x)

327 I have been attending the Anglican Church in America. Very Bible based, Christocentric and evangelistic.


Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I considered one over a decade ago, before dad began his decline and put all such ideas on hold for practical reasons (eventually I wound up at the Global Methodist church I now attend). I actually had cause to visit it recently, and I was quite pleased by what I experienced. I would have been happy to join it if life hadn't set me on a different path.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (OUMaO)

328 Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (OUMaO


I Am glad you have found a home in the Global Methodist Church. I respect them There are not in the area where I live.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (Bw1/o)

329 reasons like this that I'm not automatically drawn to church-going. I know there are churches out there that are actually Bible-based in teaching. But there are some very nefarious things going on inside so many denominations, from my perspective, that I'd rather eschew these places and do my own Bible study and prayer in the confines of my private life. IOW, it seems to be getting harder to find a church that isn't corrupted into leftist worldviews.
Posted by: Lady in Black at


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I totally understand! Because of that I somehow found a really good podcast. It's Josh Howerton Live Free. The part I like best is that even though he is a preacher his podcasts are history based, and really interesting. I think you would enjoy them.

Posted by: . Chillin the most at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (G0JG0)

If I may make a recommendation:

https://site.godspeak.com/

They defied the California COVID lockdowns and continue the mission of teaching God's word. Pastor Micah Stevens is wise beyond his years. Previous Sunday messages can be found at that site and full worship service is livestreamed every Sunday..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (xljdX)

330 "On one hand, we are winning the war with Iran. On the other hand, the Vice President seems to be at odds with the administration.
Strange Things Are Happening"
------
The knives are out for J.D.
I like Vance. It'd be nice to have a President that knows what it's like to worry about where the next meal is coming from. That enforces a humility that you never see from people raised like Obummer and Carter, much less Kennedy, the Bushes and DJT.
I hope that Vance has learned his lesson: Never, never conduct a nuanced conversation in public. Keep to the talking points. He has to remember that his political enemies are going to crank the contrast all the way up and anything he says that isn't absolutely white will become black.
Go listen to the whole Rogan interview, then come back here and start following the American Thinker link, and its NY Post link, then look at the comments to those stories. You'll see what I mean about the contrast knob.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (MhE0B)

331 John Hinderaker wonders “whether a central purpose of our government is to fund crime.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 10:31 AM (RHGPo)

332 Jon Ossoff will win Georgia because the Republicans are not even trying. Living in Georgia I have not seen a tv ad, YouTube ad, online posting of any kind nor received anything in the mail from alleged challenger Mike Collins. His website sets out no policy - only gives a way to donate. He seems to not be trying.

Posted by: Juan Paxety at July 20, 2026 10:55 AM (EwniN)

333 'Morning, all. Hi, J.J.! Thank you.

Patty Murray gave the signal for the public health attack against the administration. Why? +/- 41 states chose to expand Medicaid under the ACA.

Instead of operating as usual, millions of able-bodied adults in 40 expansion states are preparing for new work requirements, and states are bracing for "significant drops in enrollment. (It's been estimated up to 5.2 million adults could lose Medicaid coverage under these new regulations.)

Facing massive funding & healthcare shifts, some states, i.e., New Jersey, are passing laws to fine large businesses that don't offer affordable health benefits to their low-wage workers, forcing taxpayers to subsidize them through Medicaid.

In addition, states such as Pennsylvania not only blew threw the C19 supplements but also lots of $ from the one time American Recue Plan to create unneeded, local boards of health & many "public health" jobs.

Reportedly, my county alone applied approximately $4.8 million in ARPA money to cover start-up costs, staff salaries, design, and IT infrastructure before a Board of Health officially debuted.

Cont'd -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)

334 All-in-all, it received a total of $110.08 million in ARPA funding, which was "heavily utilized to build local public health infrastructure and support countywide health initiatives." (Locking us in before (C19). Now distributing women's hygiene products, baby diapers, Narcan, gun locks and tests for pregnancy & sexually transmitted disease. Oh, and hiring lots contractors to survey stuff, or shuffling that & treatment for TB etc. off to the poorest hospital in the region.)

Addressing a structural deficit that previously reached at least $27 million, driven by a 30% surge in spending & the expiration of one-time federal pandemic cash, the county Council implemented a 19% property tax increase for the 2026 budget, following a 23% hike the prior year.

The loosey goosey spending pot is done. PROGRAMMATIC costs alone (yoga in prison?) are relying heavily rely on continuous federal and state grants and reimbursements. That's trouble.

Lots of states have pushed past limits of available funding and are in the same pickle. Murray to the rescue! More 🤡 to follow.
--
Re: Democratic Socialists. They're really making a MUCH larger publicity splash then they deserve. Cont'd

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)

335 >New York Times, In Maine Senate Race, Democrats Go From Chaos to Coronation, July 20, 2026

👉He was the only Senate candidate with significant endorsements from labor unions, which in Maine do not represent large numbers of voters but which brought a political organization others could not match on the abbreviated timeline for selecting a nominee to replace Mr. Platner.

That's the "power." NOT numbers but the "NOISE" from union support.

More: GA's Ossoff, co-sponsored PRO Act; backed by the AFGE, IAM & USW, and Actors' Equity Association.

TX Dem Talarico holds a 100% pro-labor voting record & his campaign backed by the Texas AFL-CIO, the AFGE & the Actors' Equity Association.

Mamdani: 32BJ SEIU and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA); District Council 37 (DC 37); New York City Central Labor Council (NYC CLC), AFL-CIO.

👉3 1/2% pioneered by political scientist Erica Chenoweth: "To change politics, mobilize 3.5% of the population through active, sustained, and diverse nonviolent civil resistance to create critical mass.

Drag in the old Indivisible coots for the No Kings protest & ya got it.
--
🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)

336 332 Jon Ossoff will win Georgia because the Republicans are not even trying. Living in Georgia I have not seen a tv ad, YouTube ad, online posting of any kind nor received anything in the mail from alleged challenger Mike Collins. His website sets out no policy - only gives a way to donate. He seems to not be trying.
Posted by: Juan Paxety at July 20, 2026 10:55 AM (EwniN)

Reminds me of Pennsylvania when McCain/Palin ran for Pres/VP vs. Obama-Biden. (And Biden was already a fool.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (NFX2v)

337
re: Benjamin Netanyahu and the NYPD

Diplomatic immunity, bitches.
OK, ...carry on as if you were normal.

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Posted by: tktub.cc at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (1l46d)

Daily Tech News 20 July 2026

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Disclaimer: Wut.

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:35 AM (P3X50)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)

4 I try harder.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:36 AM (P3X50)

5 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 20, 2026 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

6 Disclaimer: Wut.

w00t

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)

7 Have bills to pay, mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

8 Waiting to see if my phone fixed itself with a overnight restart.
Haven't had mobal data in 2 days

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:39 AM (Ia/+0)

9 @7 Unless you are from Somalia

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 04:39 AM (bqIVz)

10 >>>But while SK Hynix is pulling in record revenues and profits, every other tech company in the chaebol

chaebol
noun
(in South Korea) a large family-owned business conglomerate.

origin
Korean, from chae ‘money’ + bol ‘faction, clique’

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 04:42 AM (6wpGE)

11 Mornin'

Got a renewed laptop coming in today. Nothing fancy. Just a Dell business laptop. I'll put Linux Mint on it as soon as it shows up. I think it has Win11 on it, but I didn't buy it for Windows. I was going to put Linux on it. I'm used to have 3 laptops. The ancient HP laptop finally gave up the ghost. The HD was making 'I'm going to die soon noises' anyway. I think the fan inside died too. First world problems. My Apple MacBook is my everyday machine anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

12 Long commute
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

13 @7 Unless you are from Somalia

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 04:39 AM (bqIVz)
-

You're a quick learer!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:52 AM (P3X50)

14 Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For The Wicked

Well, ok, then!

I see it is the source of these lyrics:

7 Have bills to pay, mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)

15 Bad shooting in Tuscon:

https://t.co/EqkkCusgsC

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:58 AM (P3X50)

16 @13. Biden's Dog

Sometimes the truth can be harsh.

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 05:00 AM (bqIVz)

17 15 Bad shooting in Tuscon:

https://t.co/EqkkCusgsC
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:58 AM (P3X50)

"We're talking about downtown Tucson on a Saturday night," Frank Magos with the Tucson Police Department said. "It's very vibrant here, a very lively crowd."

Vibrant.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

18 This is like a foreign language to me:

"... I yelled at everybody to run away," Camacho said. She ran for her life, saying, "I grabbed my cousin, and we dipped, and as soon as we bent the corner, shots fired."

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

19 Like accidentally deleting all your files but being really sorry about it afterwards.

I suppose the first order of business is to set it up with the command "You may not delete any file without my permission."

And I love the song selection. I first heard about it in the game Borderlands.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:11 AM (lXoJ5)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 20, 2026 05:13 AM (AMvSw)

21 18 This is like a foreign language to me:

"... I yelled at everybody to run away," Camacho said. She ran for her life, saying, "I grabbed my cousin, and we dipped, and as soon as we bent the corner, shots fired."
Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

sounds like '20s gangster-speak.

...1920s.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 05:21 AM (Ot/FD)

22 AI gone bad:

Cleveland Clinic
edema causes, symptoms & treatment

https://tinyurl.com/4jhct39b

Care and Treatment
How is this symptom treated?
Other examples of possible treatments include:

• Changing what you eat, especially switching to a low-salt (sodium) diet

...

• Receiving hanging medications (if they’re causing or contributing to your edema)

Reread that! Maybe:

Changing medications (if they're causing or contributing to your edema)

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:25 AM (6wpGE)

23 21 18 This is like a foreign language to me:

"... I yelled at everybody to run away," Camacho said. She ran for her life, saying, "I grabbed my cousin, and we dipped, and as soon as we bent the corner, shots fired."
Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

sounds like '20s gangster-speak.

...1920s.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 05:21 AM (Ot/FD)

Skiddoo! And cheese it!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:26 AM (6wpGE)

24 The head of SK Group, owners of Big Three memory maker SK Hynix, says that memory prices are too high and have to come down.

Talk is cheap, memory isn't.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

25 @18/m: Get Urban Dictionary to help you out.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

26 Speaking of 1920's, this was 50 years ago from this year. Couldn't do the same from 1976.
m.youtube.com/shorts/v3ICj_xwpgk?ra=m

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 20, 2026 05:33 AM (DZ9Lv)

27 Did anyone up jump the boogie to the bang-bang boogie?

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 20, 2026 05:36 AM (DZ9Lv)

28 25 @18/m: Get Urban Dictionary to help you out.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

I kinda can deduce what was meant....

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:36 AM (6wpGE)

29 Memory prices are weird.

It seems like the exact same mechanism that's making things like hospitals and colleges and cars wildly overpriced, and yet with precious little state interference. Millions (billions?) of people effectively buying up memory in the form of distributed/cloud computing demand, with Other People's Money, and not even being aware they're doing it.

Ugh. Just imagine in ten years when AI chat becomes a brand new Fundamental Human Right, and we all have to pay for every jackass on earth to have "Access" to asking ChatGPT if some inflatable music hussy's tits are real or not.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 05:37 AM (Ot/FD)

30 >>>and we dipped, and as soon as we bent the corner

= and we scooched down, and as soon as we rounded the corner

?

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:39 AM (6wpGE)

31 @28/m: I wasn't being facetious by the way. There's been multiple times I've had to use Urban Dictionary to figure out a new bit of slang the kids have all started babbling on the bus.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

32 Fundamental Human Right, and we all have to pay for every jackass on earth to have "Access" to asking ChatGPT if some inflatable music hussy's tits are real or not.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

The alternative is no one gets to ask. Do YOU want to be known as the one who permanently derailed boob threads?

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 20, 2026 05:42 AM (DZ9Lv)

33 New Oxford American Dictionary

typo? maybe ...

truckle
verb
submit or behave obsequiously: he will neither bow nor truckled to any kind of control

Might be: He will neither bow nor [has he ever] truckled to any kind of control

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

34 31 @28/m: I wasn't being facetious by the way. There's been multiple times I've had to use Urban Dictionary to figure out a new bit of slang the kids have all started babbling on the bus.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

You betcha!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:43 AM (6wpGE)

35 @30/m:

dipped = Got out of there
bent the corner = turned the corner

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW)

36 Get Urban Dictionary to help you out.

It has helped but there are times I sat and stared at my screen wondering what kind of cruel God didn't stop me from looking up certain terms.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:44 AM (lXoJ5)

37 35 @30/m:

dipped = Got out of there
bent the corner = turned the corner
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW)

dipped = Got out of there
wild

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:45 AM (6wpGE)

38 @36/NR Pax: *guffaw* True.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

39 36 Get Urban Dictionary to help you out.

It has helped but there are times I sat and stared at my screen wondering what kind of cruel God didn't stop me from looking up certain terms.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:44 AM (lXoJ5)

Agreed. I try to still my hand if the cost-effectiveness is not immediately apparent.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:48 AM (6wpGE)

40 Oxford American Dictionary has that!

dip
verb
[no object] informal - leave: you wanna dip but don't wanna be rude so you just keep nodding | they said their hellos and dipped out early.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:50 AM (6wpGE)

41 *slams back the remaining three-quarters of the big-mug of coffee*

The neurons have crested the top of the roller coaster ramp, and now the fast-descent and screaming begins.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

42 41 *slams back the remaining three-quarters of the big-mug of coffee*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

* need *

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:51 AM (6wpGE)

43 My mobile data is back

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 05:51 AM (h3syt)

44 Welcome back, Skip!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

45 Went to my local Bojangles on Sunday after my Red Cross trip. Ended up with a burn on the roof of my mouth from the coffee and I just got finished telling them about it.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:56 AM (lXoJ5)

46 Well, we are enjoying our new kitten, Millard, who has grown even since we got him last week, and he has learned to fetch the little plastic spring like toys and bring them back to us.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 05:58 AM (Bw1/o)

47 @11

>> My Apple MacBook is my everyday machine anyway.

The Base OS on a Mac is Unix/Linux, so unless you have a very specific need for a Linux like operating system you could have saved money on a laptop, because you already have one.

Also of note, a Mac running parallels offers the best Windows experience if one is into that sort of thing.

In addition, you could use parallels to install any number of Linux VMs.

I have a number of different Linux vms on my MacBook in addition to my Windows 11 vm.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 05:59 AM (XV/Pl)

48 Firefighters spend four hours carrying a 100 lb dog down a mountain to safety after he was too exhausted to continue the trek with owner :

https://tinyurl.com/mcjwjj8x

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:04 AM (D+BhG)

49 Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:56 AM (lXoJ5

Sorry about your burn. What was your Red Cross trip?

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:05 AM (D+BhG)

50 Evening and morning, all! 'Ti s Monday, a truth universally to be acknowledged; but recall:

"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 July 20, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

51 Ran into a new term in a video about a gent talking about purchasing an old Mercedes from the 90's and restoring it (It was also a video that was teaching people all the bad effects about enshittification).

That term? "Demand Destruction".

Video on YT queued up to 43m56s:
https://tinyurl.com/48d8y4as

And for those who don't want to click through:

"Demand Destruction: When people consistently get less than they paid for, they eventually stop paying."

Yup. That.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

52 @46/FenelonSpouse: Kitten = Joy, destruction, frustration, love, insanity, stepping in cat-yack at 3 in the morning, etc...etc...

In other words: Worth it. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 06:11 AM (O7YUW)

53 "Singing contractors" vocal group singing Bill and Gloria Gaither's gospel song, "Because he lives"
Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/bd68vb6w

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:11 AM (D+BhG)

54 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Cuz.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 20, 2026 06:12 AM (amcLV)

55 Well, we are enjoying our new kitten, Millard, who has grown even since we got him last week, and he has learned to fetch the little plastic spring like toys and bring them back to us.

***
Fen, I have no doubt that he is enjoying you as well. "Fetch" is not too unusual; I've known several cats who did it, including the late Tatiana the Wonder Siberian -- it was our regular game with a small rubber ball -- red tabby Arizona occasionally, and even Chekov D. Siberian now and then. Though I have no doubt the kitten thinks of it as "I'll bring this over so the human can continue MY game."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

56 Oh, and little Dagny loves to race after a toy I throw, touch it, and then race back away from it without worrying it or carrying it in her mouth to me. I keep telling her, "You've got *part* of the concept, now how about the rest?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:14 AM (wzUl9)

57 Aaaand . . . we have a disorganized, for now, tropical depression in the Gulf of America, heading roughly in our direction. Gah. Means I'd better go work out this morning, as it may be raining strongly tomorrow and the day after, or even farther out.

Most the rain may stay off the coast, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

58 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

59 Deuteronomy 3:23- and "One more prayer". International Fellowship of Christians and Jews;

https://tinyurl.com/25mzn3vu

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:18 AM (D+BhG)

60 Sorry about your burn. What was your Red Cross trip?
Posted by: FenelonSpouse

Thanks. It's getting better and while I'm not the kind to fuss over things like this, I did email them a heads up that they need to adjust the temperature a bit.

I donate platelets every couple of weeks. My blood type is one of the ones that is very desirable for that. So I go in early Sunday morning, get hooked up to a machine and watch Netflix for about 1.5-2 hours. After that, I get some cookies and make my way home.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:18 AM (lXoJ5)

61 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9

Well, hopefully we're keeping him sufficiently entertained! 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:19 AM (D+BhG)

62 Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:18 AM (lXoJ5

That is very thoughtful of you,

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:20 AM (D+BhG)

63
Easy access to guns and Arizona’s weak gun safety laws have continued to put all of us at risk. From requiring universal background checks to extreme risk laws to funding violence prevention there is more lawmakers can and should do.

Gun violence statistics are granular enough to provide certain red flags. Nobody wants to learn what those red flags are.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:22 AM (O0L8i)

64 44 Welcome back, Skip!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

That doesn't sound very grumpy!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 06:23 AM (6wpGE)

65 The trip to the Museum of Art was not bad. Most of the interesting stuff is on the first two of the three floors; the Japanese and other non-Western Hemisphere art is on the top floor. There were lots of Dutch paintings, including one of a bordello that really pops out because of the black-and-white checkered floor highlighted by the light from above in the painting. There was a Jackson Pollock that I believe we've had on the Art Thread, and some abstract work by a painter/photographer, Robert Gowdy, who apparently was well known here in the '60s-'80s, before his death from AIDS in '86.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

66 Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:18 AM (lXoJ5)
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You're likely negative for cyclomegavirus, which is rare among U.S. adults, and makes your platelets safe to be received by patients with immune deficiency

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

67 There's lighter versions of Qwen available. I've downloaded and used it before. I bought a new but older tech laptop, and Acer which I really like a lot. It has an NVidia discrete GPU, not very powerful, but I can also run NVidia's Nemotron on that. It's a little slow, but it works. I can't read as fast as Grok, GPT, or Claude can type anyway. Slow is fine.

I used the local AI a few weeks ago to troubleshoot a wifi problem preventing me from getting on the internet. That was supe cool.

We go back for an ultrasound soon. I'm hoping everything will be normal, but there's a very good chance it won't be. Just waiting and praying. All I can do for now.

Posted by: meh at July 20, 2026 06:26 AM (kK7U2)

68 We have 84 or 85 horrifying degrees. I'd better not look at the heat index or I'll never go out there. About time to change, stretch, and get rolling.

Later, I'll need to hit the grocery and pick up my revised driving (distance view) glasses. If the bifocal part is still bothersome, I'll take both pairs back and say, "Just make them all the distance lens, I don't need bifocals."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

69 Another excellent, inspiring sermon by a fill in preacher at the Anglican Church in America. This was on Romans 8:9-17. It was a smaller crowd than last week . I guess they're all on vacation. One amusing English fellow who does the technical things over there said to us, "So we didn't scare you off last week?"

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:28 AM (zqeQL)

70 Fen, take some pics of Millard the kitten and send them to K.T. for the Pet Thread. I need to do the same for Stirling and Dagny, who have both filled out tremendously from four years ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

71 We are heading off for our annual sojourn in Sonoma today. Tomorrow morning at this time I will be sitting under the stars, which still fascinate me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

72 ****@48: Firefighters spend four hours carrying a 100 lb dog down a mountain to safety after he was too exhausted to continue the trek with owner :
https://tinyurl.com/mcjwjj8x
Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:04 AM (D+BhG)****
That's a nice story to start the week with. Thank you for posting it.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 20, 2026 06:31 AM (UjPeb)

73
Waiting for the sun to come up so I can get the car emptied from last week's shows and wash a couple of crates so we can set them up in the house, move Puff, Ruth and Dutchess up and shut down the AC and fans in the kennel.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:33 AM (O0L8i)

74 58 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

Not burning, so much, as painful when they pee.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)

75 That is very thoughtful of you,
Posted by: FenelonSpouse

Thanks. Honestly, the main reason I do it is because they have a short life span and there is a great need for them. OK, and the free snacks helps.

You're likely negative for cyclomegavirus, which is rare among U.S. adults, and makes your platelets safe to be received by patients with immune deficiency
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That's a good bit of information. Thanks. But apparently there are not a lot of people who donate platelets so my local Red Cross really likes us.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:34 AM (lXoJ5)

76 Sure, we're nice now but eventually we will eat you.

Posted by: Your Cats at July 20, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

77
The man had been hiking the Golden Eagle Trail in Pennsylvania's Tiadaghton State Forest with his senior dog, Sable, when she suddenly became exhausted and could no longer continue. Nearly two miles from the trailhead, the 100-pound dog was unable to make the journey back on her own.

Nitwit. Did he think his dog was some kind of machine? Especially a senior dog. This is just plain senseless.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:36 AM (O0L8i)

78 Not burning, so much, as painful when they pee.
Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)
=====

I'll take what I can get.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:36 AM (RIvkX)

79 A replacement chip has been reverse-engineered and is now available. It's built on an ancient 130nm node, but that's magic compared to the 4 micron node used in the original Z80.

Eh, a little PCB with power supply conversion and an FPGA will probably work. The opcode fore the Z80 is pretty basic.

Just did a search...somebody already did it.
https://tinyurl.com/2jhnktvs

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:37 AM (l3cgK)

80 OK, and the free snacks helps.

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TBH I donated whole blood every 8 weeks when I was in college mostly because they gave me as many Oreos as I wanted. Also, I had good veins so they saved me for new phlebotomists

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

81 Nitwit. Did he think his dog was some kind of machine? Especially a senior dog. This is just plain senseless.

Sometimes, you aren't aware of just how old your dog is until they show you. But he really should have known already.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)

82 TBH I donated whole blood every 8 weeks when I was in college mostly because they gave me as many Oreos as I wanted.

The Nutter Butters are another good reason.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)

83 I'd estimate about a third of the dogs I see are being carried or in strollers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

84 mornin yall. To make soccer suck even more they added Madonna and Justin Beaver.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

85 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9

Thanks. will have to see if I can get FenSpouse to do that. I'm not very technically proficient as I'm sure is obvious from my comments.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:48 AM (zqeQL)

86 Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 20, 2026 06:31 AM (UjPeb)

You are most welcome . I hope you and all here have a blessed day!

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:49 AM (zqeQL)

87 We went the farm yesterday and Mrs fd found an arrowhead. Her first. I've found a few over the years and it's quite a thrill.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)

88
I'd estimate about a third of the dogs I see are being carried or in strollers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

Many years ago we were at a show. The rings and the grooming area were in separate buildings. Possum was Best of Breed that day and before the Hound Group a Texas thunderstorm began.

Her Majesty had just gotten Possum groomed and asked me, "Would you mind carrying her over?" Possum was a big girl and not happy to be carried. Her Majesty thoughtfully held an umbrella... over Possum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:50 AM (O0L8i)

89 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9

Sounds great. I am glad that you enjoyed your visit there.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:50 AM (zqeQL)

90 This is a picture of what FenSpouse and I saw yesterday growing from the crack in the sidewalk on our walk to church- a moss rose:

https://tinyurl.com/sf4rjncy

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:54 AM (zqeQL)

91

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 20, 2026 06:54 AM (sUMTS)

92 Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)

That does sound like a thrill.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:55 AM (zqeQL)

93 Watching clips of Jennifer Seibel Newsom crashing out on MSNOW.

She desperately wants to be Jill Biden.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:00 AM (RIvkX)

94 "That does sound like a thrill.
Posted by: FenelonSpouse"

The high point of the day.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:01 AM (MWfyi)

95 Sparkle Beach Ken and Crazy Eyes Barbie

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

96 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:36 AM (O0L8i)

I thought it was kind of witless myself, but I posted it more about the kindness of the people who carried him down.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 07:06 AM (D+BhG)

97 I'd estimate about a third of the dogs I see are being carried or in strollers

My wife and I were at a Greyhound event in Gettysburg with our boy Duncan. This lady went by us with her Italian Greyhound in a baby sling. Duncan stopped, looked at them and then looked at my wife as if to wonder why he wasn't being carried like that.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:07 AM (lXoJ5)

98 Posted by: Your Cats at July 20, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

So I guess you're a dog person, eh?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 07:07 AM (D+BhG)

99 Batter up, m!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 07:09 AM (O7YUW)

100 You have to be a really shitty person to steal AC units from a church to sell for scrap at this time of year. The scrapyards should be held to account too for accepting them.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:10 AM (MWfyi)

101 One hundred.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:11 AM (MWfyi)

102 How feckless is the Georgia GOP?

"Georgia voters will continue casting ballots under the state's current vote-counting system for at least two more years after lawmakers approved a plan to delay major election equipment changes until 2028.
Lawmakers had approved that deadline two years ago but never settled on a replacement system."

So Dominion again.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)

103 Good morning! Schnikeez! I slept 'til 0600. Gonna be hot this week in Cowtown, with temps checking in at 100+.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 07:18 AM (3Ope8)

104 @100/fd: Agreed. Any HVAC company around here dumps the old cores/evaporators/compressors/copper lines into a dedicated dumpster that the metal scrap-yard comes and picks up.

Anyone showing up at a scrap yard with one or two AC units in a personal truck (that isn't HVAC branded) should have to produce their HVAC certification (each tech is personally certified), and their D.L. + CVOR. If they can't or won't, call the police.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 07:18 AM (O7YUW)

105 You have to be a really shitty person to steal AC units from a church to sell for scrap at this time of year.

Other times of year, no problem.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 07:20 AM (a4flb)

106 We're probably gonna break 100 here... but it's okay- it's a wet heat.

Posted by: MkY at July 20, 2026 07:21 AM (q6tQZ)

107 "Other times of year, no problem.
Posted by: Community Notes"

Well, no, but the Summer offence should warrant a more particularly severe level of Hell.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

108 @102/fd: "So Dominion again."

I found this yesterday at OldNFO's blog and watched the whole thing. Just...dang. Dominion is only a piece of the election fraud worldwide machine. Venezuela, China-to-Taiwan, Canada to take the form as "Dominion", and then into the USA.

https://youtu.be/XJ1C8efXUE8

And the interviewer is smart enough to just let this guy talk, he doesn't interrupt him, which these days is rare. That alone got my attention.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

109 If the government would just give junkies more money they wouldn't have to steal from churches.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

110 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

111 Anyone showing up at a scrap yard with one or two AC units in a personal truck should have to produce their HVAC certification and their D.L. + CVOR.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

But minorities can't get IDs! How can you demand such a terrible thing?!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:28 AM (lXoJ5)

112 109 If the government would just give junkies more money they wouldn't have to steal from churches.
Posted by: fd

I hope God is understanding that I can support an isolated facility where the junkies are given everything they want to shoot up and let nature work its magic.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:28 AM (lXoJ5)

113 I hope God is understanding that I can support an isolated facility where the junkies are given everything they want to shoot up and let nature work its magic.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:28 AM (lXoJ5)
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I would put them all in the buffalo paddock in Golden Gate Park.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

114 Hillary Clinton

Why?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

115 San Franpsycho

Has there ever been drug-addicted homeless bums that got cleaned up and made a difference?

Seems like our help is pass through graft for NGOs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

116 I would put them all in the buffalo paddock in Golden Gate Park.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I like the way you think.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:35 AM (lXoJ5)

117 Has there ever been drug-addicted homeless bums that got cleaned up and made a difference?

Seems like our help is pass through graft for NGOs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
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TBF yes there are definitely success stories, too few and far in between

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

118 I would put them all in the buffalo paddock in Golden Gate Park.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

***
Or the one that straddles I-70 west of Denver.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 07:36 AM (wzUl9)

119 when is this tech thread gonna dip and bend the corner to JJ?

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 07:38 AM (j10i6)

120 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Have we no levees to build in the lower Mississippi River area?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

121 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 20, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

122 The average number of days per year in the U.S. reaching 95°F was ~18% lower during the 60-year period 1961 to 2020 compared to 1901 to 1960.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 07:40 AM (/+uur)

123 Did my workout, an amazing (for this time of year) 7.5 minutes' trotting within a total of 15. Exhausting, but worth it.

As for the guy with his senior dog: True, sometimes you don't know how old your pet is if you adopt him later in his life. But at the first vet visit they should have given you some idea. Little Oreo the black-and-white part-Persian, I was told, was five, but when I took her in for a checkup the vet said she was older than that, maybe seven or eight. Since she lived another six years with me, that gave her a pretty good run on Earth. But I would never have expected her to play and frisk like a kitten.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

124 ps
thats about 1 out of 6

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 07:40 AM (/+uur)

125 Have we no levees to build in the lower Mississippi River area?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026

***
Where they exist, they are tall and pretty solid. But there are lots of places "outside the levee system."

Fortunately I do not live in any of them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)

126 TBF yes there are definitely success stories, too few and far in between
Posted by: San Franpsycho

An old friend of mine was born and raised in San Francisco. His opinions on how the homeless and the junkies should be handled might be considered extreme for this site.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:44 AM (lXoJ5)

127 "Georgia voters will continue casting ballots under the state's current vote-counting system for at least two more years after lawmakers approved a plan to delay major election equipment changes until 2028.
Lawmakers had approved that deadline two years ago but never settled on a replacement system."

--

Paper ballots could be ready in time, but we can't have that anymore apparently.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

128 And today's " God incident" so far. I spotted a lady at the corner of town with a shirt which said, "With God all things are possible."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 07:45 AM (TIRHP)

129 r hennigantx

No days above 100℉ this year. A cold summer for Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

130 TBF yes there are definitely success stories, too few and far in between
Posted by: San Franpsycho

An old friend of mine was born and raised in San Francisco. His opinions on how the homeless and the junkies should be handled might be considered extreme for this site.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:44 AM (lXoJ5)

Scoops? That's covered here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 07:46 AM (dK+Kv)

131 http://ai.mee.nu/ has some issues....

502 Bad Gateway response.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 20, 2026 07:47 AM (JTvl/)

132 JJ is up.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:48 AM (lXoJ5)

133 Scoops? That's covered here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 07:46 AM (dK+Kv)
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That's how we would get them into the park.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

134 NR Pax

The programs that help the homeless strike me as needing slaves (homeless) to enrich the helpers. No homeless, not Leftist with government money.

There are better paths.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

135
Seriously annoyed. I think that after some reasonable length of time (5-10 years), journals should have to make articles open access. There's no reason to pay $50-60 for a PDF of something that was published 30 or 40 years ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 07:49 AM (O0L8i)

136 And today's " God incident" so far. I spotted a lady at the corner of town with a shirt which said, "With God all things are possible."

On the other side it should read: "... Except for those things for which He hasn't ordained"

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 07:50 AM (PVBkQ)

137 Vibrant.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

And diverse. Strong even.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 07:50 AM (dK+Kv)

138 131 http://ai.mee.nu/ has some issues....

502 Bad Gateway response.
Posted by: Richard Cranium

Yeah, a secondary server was rebooted. Fixed now.

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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - July 19, 2026 [Doof]

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Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse - From Rusted Spoke Brewing

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Glad you could stop by! Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. Anything exciting in your world tonight?

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Congratulations to Spain on their World Cup win.

4 Takeaways After Spain Beats Argentina In Extra Time To Win 2026 FIFA World Cup


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POTUS arriving at the game

I'm glad I watched this afternoon. Well - I'm glad I watched the halftime show. Really just this particular part.


Justin Bieber - good on ya!

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Bugs are asshoe - this seems kewl!

Startup Develops Micro-Drones Capable of Shooting Down Insects in Mid-Air

Engineers at Tornyol, an American startup backed by Y Combinator, have been working on an AI-powered micro-drone that could bring down the cost of mosquito eradication by 100 times. Swarms of these tiny drones could potentially hunt and shoot down mosquitoes in urban spaces, instead of using chemicals or other more expensive and hazardous population control solutions.

On July 14, Alex Toussaint, one of the founders of Tornyol, posted a video showing the company’s “first air-to-air kill”. In it, a small drone can be seen pursuing and ultimately shooting down a moth in a control test area. Obviously, a moth is not a mosquito, and the test area was very small, but this is apparently a very big step toward developing a drone capable of identifying and annihilating insects in mid-air.

Videos at the link

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3D printing ideas

54 Fun And Useful Things People Printed With Their 3D Printers

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Some cool stuff along with some whelm. at least it's a single webpage and not a click-through thing.

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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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Is It Real Couture or Piper? The Ultimate Fashion Eye Test!

I’ve mixed real runway couture with AI generated looks based solely on my prompts. Your mission: guess before the big reveal. Ready? Let’s play!

Round 1: The Aliens Bring It
Real or Piper?

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Round 2: The Open Kimono
Real or Piper?

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Round 3: The Golden Bird Cage
Real or Piper?

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Round 4: The Sleek Black Strapless Gown
Real or Piper?

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Round 5: The Epic Black Princess Ball Gown
Real or Piper?

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Round 1: The Aliens Bring It

✅ REAL COUTURE

Rahul Mishra went full space-opera for this one. Inspired by Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot and some ancient Hindu scripture, models basically beamed onto the runway like they’d just hitchhiked from another galaxy. Sparkling structural capes? Sagan’s voice narrating? Peak couture theater.

Round 2: The Open Kimono

🤖 PIPER
This dramatic, flowing piece channels our friend Saijo if he suddenly decided to crash the couture calendar. Zero atelier hours, maximum drama.

Round 3: The Golden Bird Cage

✅ REAL COUTURE
Maria Grazia Chiuri at Dior pulled from legendary silhouettes like the Trapèze (thanks, Saint Laurent 1958 ) and the Cigale (1952), then updated them with modern fabrics. Basically, she took vintage icons, gave them a glow-up, and turned them into golden bird-cage-level fabulous.

Round 4: The Sleek Black Strapless Gown

✅ REAL COUTURE
Straight from a 2025 Paris Haute Couture Week runway—this is elegant Armani Privé doing what it does best: making simple black look like a million bucks (and probably costing close to that).

Round 5: The Epic Black Princess Ball Gown

🤖 PIPER
This dramatic black stunner with the bold corset top comes from my Dystopian Sparkle collection.

How did you score?
• 5/5 correct? You’re a certified fashion detective. Get yourself a drink on Doof.
• 3–4? Solid eye, but Grok and I are getting scary good at this.
• Under 3? Welcome to 2026, where the line between real and generated is deliciously blurry.
Tell us your score and your favorite look, or confess to cheating.

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Thanks, Piper!

Don't forget to check out Piper's X page. Seriously - I suggest this every week. If you followed Piper on X, you'd have already seen this awesomeness!


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Bonus fashion segment - from me, not Piper!

Melania at the World Cup Final

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Posted by: Rex B at July 19, 2026 10:01 PM (R0XxO)

2 If tin whistles are made of tin, what are fog horns made of ???

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 19, 2026 10:01 PM (3ZUWJ)

3 Hey, hey, hey ONT it be.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 10:01 PM (GebTj)

4 That's 1 small 1 for a Rex, one giant one for moron-kind.

Posted by: Rex B at July 19, 2026 10:02 PM (R0XxO)

5 Hang on! Hang on! I'm almost through The Amazing Colossal Man!

His body count just advanced to 1.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cinema at its finest at July 19, 2026 10:02 PM (p+5Bi)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 10:02 PM (ourEi)

7 Evening all.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 10:03 PM (sGgMH)

8 I love to have some cumin, its my favorite spice!

Posted by: Barack Obama at July 19, 2026 10:04 PM (sKqQm)

9 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 19, 2026 10:04 PM (+9wcF)

10 Engineers at Tornyol, an American startup backed by Y Combinator, have been working on an AI-powered micro-drone that could bring down the cost of mosquito eradication by 100 times. Swarms of these tiny drones could potentially hunt and shoot down mosquitoes in urban spaces, instead of using chemicals or other more expensive and hazardous population control solutions.

Robert Sheckley wrote a story along those lines, "Watchbird." It didn't end well.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 19, 2026 10:04 PM (CHHv1)

11 5 Hang on! Hang on! I'm almost through The Amazing Colossal Man!

His body count just advanced to 1.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cinema at its finest
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Couldn't do it. Been watching Louis Awerbuck - Combat Shotgun, interesting and he keeps a good pace.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 10:04 PM (GebTj)

12 Well you watched Shakira do Dai Dai at the WC!

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 10:05 PM (hftzA)

13 As always, I just turn off the sound and watch Shakira. Her hips are magical.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2026 10:06 PM (tgl2u)

14 Watched the last half hour of the soccer game.

Pretty entertaining.

Yay Doof and the ONT he bringeth!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at July 19, 2026 10:06 PM (Or9o8)

15 Shakira is not an ugly woman.

You know it's a pathetic sport and game when the halftime show is more interesting than the actual contest.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 10:06 PM (l4RKn)

16 Would someone please tell me why Justin Bieber is famous. I'm quite sure talent doesn't enter into it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

17 Plaid, the politicitian's favorite color.

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:07 PM (1tpiU)

18 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - extra time added dino at July 19, 2026 10:08 PM (XfIK1)

19 Melania at the World Cup Final: Wow. Haven't seen one of those "women holding their own b00bs" pix in quite a while. But, they're supposed to naked, or at least topless.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Oh, wait, I get it now... at July 19, 2026 10:08 PM (p+5Bi)

20
I do not have to wake up at 4:30 tomorrow morning.

I probably will anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 10:08 PM (O0L8i)

21 Shakira is 49, btw.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 10:09 PM (hftzA)

22 Steely Dan, Rolling Stones, Hardcastle…

Obviously, the common theme is density.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Rock on! at July 19, 2026 10:10 PM (p+5Bi)

23
Hey, I was 49, mumblty years ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 10:11 PM (O0L8i)

24 I do not have to wake up at 4:30 tomorrow morning.

I probably will anyway.

Well that means you can throw your alarm clock against the wall, roll over, and say "I warned you".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 10:11 PM (Riz8t)

25
#2 is hot
#3 is Piper
#4 is AI
#5 is Piper

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 10:11 PM (GebTj)

26 I guessed Open Kimono was Piper, simply because I thought the Fox Head purse would be severely frowned upon at any real life fashion event. Nicely done, though.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 10:11 PM (dP8GR)

27 I would absolutely buy that knife holder.

Eh tu?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 10:12 PM (viF8m)

28 I would be greatly amused if the kids in the plaid leisure suits came out and walked down the catwalk at a fashion show. The audience wouldn't know whether to clap or boo.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

29 26 I guessed Open Kimono was Piper, simply because I thought the Fox Head purse would be severely frowned upon at any real life fashion event. Nicely done, though.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 10

That is a Shiba. lol. It was the dead giveaway.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 10:13 PM (hftzA)

30 Only in America does one find an ONT of this remarkable caliber.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 10:13 PM (u/oMr)

31 #2 is AI?? You mean vertical ribcages aren't real??

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

32 Round 5: The Epic Black Princess Ball Gown

Piper and her AI might be able to make a career out of this. That one's pretty good.

I started with 4/5 (RPRRR), and fell to 3/5 (RPRPR) when I realized that wasn't enough Piper choices. I figured #4 was the trick question because it was too normal. Wrong!

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

33 Thanks for the dandy Sunday Night ONT, Doof!

Great photo of the little lighthouse up top.

Thanks for the fashion quiz, Piper! I did pretty well considering that I don't really follow fashion all that much. I was pleased to see that something classy made it into real fashion!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 19, 2026 10:14 PM (D/6p1)

34 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex - extra time added dino at July 19, 2026 10:08 PM (XfIK1)

You'd kinda suck at throw-ins, I'd imagine!

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

35 27 I would absolutely buy that knife holder.

Eh tu?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 10:12 PM (viF8m)

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I can't tell whether it looks more like Octavian or Nero, but it doesn't look like Julius Caesar.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)

36 Shakira is 49, btw.

I've noticed people can keep their looks longer now. Though you have to keep drugs, alcohol and sun to moderate level...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:15 PM (sKqQm)

37 Who wants Caesar Salad?

Posted by: Edvard Skissorhands at July 19, 2026 10:15 PM (R0XxO)

38 30 Only in America does one find an ONT of this remarkable caliber.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 10:13 PM (u/oMr)

I fear the day is coming when ace realizes he does not have to pay huge salaries to the cobs and outsources the ONTs to Myanmar.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2026 10:16 PM (tgl2u)

39 Only in America does one find an ONT of this remarkable caliber.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 10:13 PM (u/oMr)

This guy gets it!

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

40 Greetings Horde. Thank you again Mr. Doof!

I'm lazy so I'll just repost from FWP thread....

49......Well, I'm back from Yosemite! The park was beautiful as always. I encourage anyone with the ability and opportunity to experience it to do so at least once. If you're able to get off the beaten path, even better.

We had a great time with extended family group ranging in age from mopey 19 yo to wheelchair bound 95 yo.

As far as FWPs there were a number of disappointments. I'll probably detail them in a longer screed but the parks lodging/food concessionaire is doing a very poor job. There was just systemic poor execution of basic responsibilities. Like no ice for days in the park stores. Telling occupants of the Curry Village cabins that quiet time starts at 10 PM while a raucous party was occurring in the nearby employee housing. There is much more but I'll save it for now.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 02:29 PM (QGaXH)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)

41 I wonder if license plates are transferable? She might maybe able to make a small but useful profit, even if she doesn’t care for it personally. What the heck

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:16 PM (qzFjd)

42 Tin Whistles are from Ireland. Penny Whistles are from England. Same instrument.

Posted by: The Whistler at July 19, 2026 10:16 PM (JM9I6)

43 The golden bird cage.

What is wrong with these people?

Posted by: Case at July 19, 2026 10:16 PM (bqIVz)

44
The Houston summer series of dog shows is over. The Big Dummy was Best of Breed six times, got a Group 3 and looked very good each time.

Got to the 4:00 PM Mass at my local parish, so that's good. Five days of work as a steward left me footsore and exhausted.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i)

45 If you're going to put an AI chick in a kimono, would it kill you to add a prompt for an impressive set knockers?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 10:17 PM (u/oMr)

46 31 #2 is AI?? You mean vertical ribcages aren't real??
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf

It’s the lighting. 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 10:18 PM (hftzA)

47 >>I can't tell whether it looks more like Octavian or Nero, but it doesn't look like Julius Caesar.

The guys got a dozen pointy things stuck in him and you wonder why he might not look his best?

Everyone is a critic.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 10:19 PM (viF8m)

48 27 I would absolutely buy that knife holder.

Eh tu?
Posted by: JackStraw

I sometimes fantasize about getting a lifelike replica of the Pompei Dog to put in our front yard. If nothing else, it might please the mailman.

Posted by: Rex B at July 19, 2026 10:19 PM (R0XxO)

49 Would someone please tell me why Justin Bieber is famous.
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Are you sure you really want to know?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:19 PM (qzFjd)

50
We can now stop pretending to care about soccer for another four years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 10:20 PM (O0L8i)

51 AI-powered micro-drone that could bring down the cost of mosquito eradication by 100 times.
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Barn Swallow nest boxes. Those swallows love mosquitoes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 10:21 PM (GebTj)

52 >>I sometimes fantasize about getting a lifelike replica of the Pompei Dog to put in our front yard. If nothing else, it might please the mailman.

Cave canem.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 10:22 PM (viF8m)

53 We can now stop pretending to care about soccer for another four years.

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I can now return to my total disinterest in women's basketball.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 10:22 PM (u/oMr)

54 Whistling is kind of a lost art. Used to be featured in music a good bit. Bing Crosby was a good whistler.

Posted by: Blow Me Down! at July 19, 2026 10:22 PM (JM9I6)

55 Swarms of these tiny drones could potentially hunt and shoot down mosquitoes in urban spaces
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Or people.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 19, 2026 10:22 PM (vSvIl)

56 45 If you're going to put an AI chick in a kimono, would it kill you to add a prompt for an impressive set knockers?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 10:17 PM

She wouldn’t look like a runway model!

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 10:23 PM (hftzA)

57 Hey! I'm back on the scoreboard.

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
10 [29 names] 'mindful webworker - I am. Yes.'

*accepts bouquet from flower girl*
*bows to crowd*
"You luv me! You really luv me!"
*adjusts habit, flies away*

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Amazing Colossal Man - Weasel has done it again.

If I had snuck into a theater in 1957 to watch this, with its cheesy effects and (spoiler) totally unsatisfying cop-out non-resolution ending, I'd go to the box office and demand my quarter back!

Posted by: mindful webworker - Rock on! at July 19, 2026 10:23 PM (p+5Bi)

58 When Shakira is more exciting than the game, I understand. When a whored out hag like Madonna is more exciting that the game, soccer might have a problem.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 19, 2026 10:24 PM (QaH55)

59 The kid was very excited about BTS. She said this is why soccer is cool. K-pop. Makes sense.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 10:25 PM (hftzA)

60
Tomorrow is the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. The Eagle touched down on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, 20:17 Zulu, or 3:17PM CDT (Houston time).

Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon on July 21, 02:56Z, which was July 20, 9:56PM CDT.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

61 IN the Dune Prequels the robot civilization invents tiny combat drones.

You know those shields they use? These things slowly fly into them and then once they get inside rip the human warrior to death.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:26 PM (sKqQm)

62 I always kind of liked the colonial style motif on homes and all the accoutrements. With a cannon in the yard, natch. Contrary to Joey Biden public assertions to the contrary, Cannon are perfectly legal to own.

It is true Exploding shells are right out, but a Civil War smooth bore, good to go. I expect they have a voracious appetite for gunpowder, which is damnably expensive these days. And the neighbors get all pissy, so ya have to have plenty of room to fire. Perhaps a small swivel gun would be more appropriate to suburban living.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:26 PM (qzFjd)

63 Piper, you have a real talent for AI design! I would buy the Shiba handbag though - there is a market for cute clutches like that!!

Posted by: moki at July 19, 2026 10:26 PM (wLjpr)

64 Bed time. Crazy day tomorrow. Super ONT, Doof!

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 10:26 PM (hftzA)

65 She wouldn’t look like a runway model!
Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 10:23 PM (hftzA)

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I can suspend disbelief

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)

66 My parents listened to a lot of Doobie Brothers.

Love the sound. Brings me back. Like Steve Miller and Pablo Cruise. My mom loved “World’s Away”

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 10:28 PM (etqs3)

67 The golden bird cage.
What is wrong with these people?
Posted by: Case

No kidding. That's clearly the wrong animal.

Posted by: mikeski and/or Sylvester at July 19, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

68 Tomorrow is the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. The Eagle touched down on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, 20:17 Zulu, or 3:17PM CDT (Houston time).

Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon on July 21, 02:56Z, which was July 20, 9:56PM CDT.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Errah... Thank God. People asking a lot questions then.

Posted by: Chappaquidick Ted, roasting in hell at July 19, 2026 10:31 PM (7zn4w)

69 Would someone please tell me why Justin Bieber is famous.

Now do Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 10:31 PM (ourEi)

70 Now do Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian.
Posted by: Tonypete

They're famous for being famous.

Posted by: mikeski begs the question at July 19, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

71 Mom had some Doobie Brothers 8 tracks. She was hip.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 10:34 PM (7zn4w)

72 They're famous for being famous.
Posted by: mikeski begs the question at July 19, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

A lot people don't know it but I happen to be quite famous!

Posted by: Sam "May Day" Malone at July 19, 2026 10:35 PM (R0XxO)

73 Shakira's hips were not lying.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 19, 2026 10:36 PM (B2pWp)

74 Posted by: moki at July 19, 2026 10:26 PM (wLjpr)

Another few days then SSH comes back from the copy editor. Then final proofread and....

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:36 PM (1tpiU)

75 It isn’t well known, but on 11 Buzz Aldrin took a small setup in his allowable personal items kit containing a small chalice & wine, and a wafer for taking Communion on the Moon. He didn’t mention this publicly over the radio, only asking everyone at one point to give thanks in their own way, something like that.

Publius - I download lots of books, esp. on the space program. Now some of them are really out there. The authors must have way, way too much time on their hands, we’re talking crazy stuff, going on for thousands of pages seems like. I just roll my eyes and delete.

To wit: NASA has this complicated zodiacal thing going on, legacy back to the Egyptians. Neil and Buzz landed on the Moon at the exact point in time where Sirius is in ascension with the blah blah blah, it’s just way off the beam. You would get a kick out of this, because it is all semi-sidereal and offers “proofs” etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:36 PM (qzFjd)

76 "kids in the plaid leisure suits" - black kid says, you know what the difference between you n me is? I make this look good.

(Just a MiB riff, don't hate)

Posted by: mindful webworker - or do, like I care at July 19, 2026 10:36 PM (p+5Bi)

77 21 Shakira is 49, btw.
Posted by: Piper

It was fun in the mid 2000s hearing Gwen Stefani make references to Highlander and Thunderdome in "Hollaback Girl". Which was aimed at fellow Xer, Courtney Love.

Posted by: a few times gKWVE been round that track at July 19, 2026 10:39 PM (gKWVE)

78 They're famous for being famous.
Posted by: mikeski begs the question

That and blowing people on camera.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 10:40 PM (7zn4w)

79 LMAO..."Plaid Toughskins". Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the correct application of the term:

O X Y M O R O N

(there is absolutely nothing tough about plaid, unless you're William Wallace)

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 10:40 PM (dIske)

80
Another few days then SSH comes back from the copy editor. Then final proofread and....

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:36 PM (1tpiU)

OHMIGOSH!!!!!!

Excellent my friend!! I really enjoyed that novel!! Can't wait to see you listed as the Moron Writer on the Book Thread!!!

Posted by: moki at July 19, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

81 "kids in the plaid leisure suits" - black kid says, you know what the difference between you n me is? I make this look good.

Narrator: It does not, in fact, make him look good.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 10:40 PM (Riz8t)

82 Fully twenty-three years after WW2, a determined young French chick goes to Berlin to rub the Krauts' faces in it some more:
youtube.com/watch?v=Uf-n7YfRKqc

Posted by: gp at July 19, 2026 10:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

83 Mom had some Doobie Brothers 8 tracks. She was hip.
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Where did she hide her weed? My brother and I were visiting my auntie, and while she was a whack job liberal she apparently didn’t like weed. My brother had some (all) out on a tray and she must have confiscated it. He looked everywhere for it, totally bummed. She never said a word about it. He ended up smoking some Catnip, though I’m not sure if it’s worth smoking or not.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:41 PM (qzFjd)

84 I wonder when all Madonna's plastic is going to fall apart like on Death Becomes Her.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 10:41 PM (gKWVE)

85 willowed (why do we say that?): whig
Occasionally it can also be an issue with mag lips and the strength of the mag spring. Sometimes moving to a stronger mag spring (see Wolff springs aka gunsprings dot com) if they have one for your model. Usually +5 or +10 percent stronger springs are available.

Thank you for both of your tips! Sorry not to stick around. I'll have to think about it. Just knowing that it is somewhat expected is helpful.

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 10:41 PM (rcENI)

86 Shakira is not an ugly woman.


Smart too. UCLA and U Penn and speaks five languages. (So I've read).

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 10:43 PM (2WIwB)

87 76 "kids in the plaid leisure suits" - black kid says, you know what the difference between you n me is? I make this look good.

(Just a MiB riff, don't hate)

Posted by: mindful webworker - or do, like I care at July 19, 2026 10:36 PM (p+5Bi)


You are right though - he actually looks cute in that monstrosity. It's too much pattern for the other two kids - they could carry off either the jacket or the pants, but not both.

Posted by: moki at July 19, 2026 10:43 PM (wLjpr)

88 Huge Titanium Balls Department: Donald Trump, on the literal hitlist of multiple enemies, foreign and domestic, appeared in person in an open-air stadium filled with tens of thousands of strangers. It was not a surprise appearance, either. Showed up with the leaders of both Canada and Mexico, all smiles.

Posted by: MartynWW at July 19, 2026 10:44 PM (IUbKC)

89
She wouldn’t look like a runway model!
Posted by: Piper

Stick figures are not my type.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 10:44 PM (NnhvP)

90 When I decided to leave college and move to the Caribbean and go diving and sailing this song was playing on a loop in my head.

That Pablo knew some stuff.

https://tinyurl.com/2x7x7c3b

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 10:44 PM (viF8m)

91 Shakira is a smoke show.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 10:44 PM (7zn4w)

92 Heh, I'm literally 3D printing hangers for my scuba fins right now. I love having a 3D printer, instead of immediately shopping for simple plastic things online, I check to see if I can find a file for it.

Posted by: Bert G at July 19, 2026 10:45 PM (VARTN)

93 Plaid, the politicitian's favorite color.
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:07 PM (1tpiU)

And their more honest relations, used car salesmen.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 19, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)

94 >> To wit: NASA has this complicated zodiacal thing going on, legacy back to the Egyptians.

Yeah, I familiar with some of that stuff. Most of it was from Richard C. Hoagland (Face on Mars guy) and a sidekick of his that came along later, Mike Bara. Art Bell had Hoagland on a lot back in the day, and I remember a lot of that.

For instance, Orion (Osiris) was at some "sacred" alignment as seen from the Moon at the instant of landing and crap like that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)

95 Tin Whistles are from Ireland. Penny Whistles are from England. Same instrument.
Posted by: The Whistler at July 19, 2026 10:16 PM (JM9I6)


I dated Penny Whistler in college.
She was...enthusiast.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 10:45 PM (2WIwB)

96 My parents listened to Johnny Mathis, George Gerswhin, Roger Miller, The Association, Jim Nabors, The Carpenters.

I can assure you there was no weed anywhere near our house.

The two teenage neighbor kids across the street, however...

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)

97 Plaid flannel shirts used to be manly. But then the lesbians started hoarding them and broke the mystique. So, if your friends compliment you on your new plaid shirt, they're just being nice because they think you're a tranny.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 10:48 PM (dIske)

98 Woo Hoo!

Top three in both categories!


*buffs fingernails on lapel*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 10:48 PM (2Ez/1)

99 Was watching a video by a guy that normally does historical based videos and he decided to share a hot take.

His?

That if AI achieves sentience it will appeal to religious believers because they will be easier to trick.

And I find this interesting because I work with AI, and I am surrounded by AI true believers. Almost all of them ALREADY have an almost religious zeal about AI.

Why pretend to be Jesus or Muhammed when you could just keep telling the people worshipping you now that if they make a few more sacrifices you'll grant all their prayers?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:49 PM (sKqQm)

100 But, the supposed “face on Mars” sculpture and the “pyramid” isn’t. They are natural geological features that sort of look vaguely like something when viewed in low res photographs. The human brain likes to assemble these illusions.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:49 PM (qzFjd)

101 Mom had some Mathis vinyl. Sedaka and Dion, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 10:49 PM (7zn4w)

102 OHMIGOSH!!!!!!

Excellent my friend!! I really enjoyed that novel!! Can't wait to see you listed as the Moron Writer on the Book Thread!!!
Posted by: moki at July 19, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

Thanks, I appreciate the support. In another few days I should find out about a short story submission.


Gotta hit the hay. Looķing to escape this crazy central land where nothing posts at the correct time!

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:49 PM (1tpiU)

103 The Open Kimono was clearly AI. Her ribs are wrong.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 10:49 PM (2WIwB)

104 Old Joke: I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body

New Joke: No you totally have to let me into the showers with all those hot tennis women because I'm totally a woman too!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:50 PM (sKqQm)

105 Well, I guessed all AI for the following reasons:
1 - the model didn't look bored enough
2 - the Saijo purse, too obvious a ploy off last week
3 - seemed too sensible and too close to wearable
4 - actually attractive, so cannot be a runway model, right?
5 - the background was too destroyed

Shows what I know, huh?

Doing my Bible reading for the day and praying that the job God wants me to have - whatever it may be - comes along this week and gets me an offer before the end of the month. Please?

Posted by: RandomDave at July 19, 2026 10:51 PM (aJQbY)

106 You know, reading the content is one thing...

How many people won't make the top 100 because they stopped on the second World Cup video?

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 10:52 PM (kU0PQ)

107 I love having a 3D printer, instead of immediately shopping for simple plastic things online, I check to see if I can find a file for it.
Posted by: Bert G at July 19, 2026 10:45 PM (VARTN)

_____________________

I'm pretty sure I'm not mature enough to own a 3D printer. Most of my sentences would start like this:

"I wonder if I could make a..... You know, I bet I could. But, I probably shouldn't. Eh, who's going to know? It's not illegal to have a hand as a hood ornament flipping the bird is it?"

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

108 Doof, did Time Stand Still during your time off?

https://youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ

I am *still* trying to figure out who the woman in the video is.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 19, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

109 My parents listened to Johnny Mathis, George Gerswhin, Roger Miller, The Association, Jim Nabors, The Carpenters.
——
I think the most radical stuff my parents had was Herb Alpert. Everybody had one of his albums. Mom liked Tom Jones. Dad seemed a-musical. He seemed to think that music peaked at Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey, guys like that. Big band music.

He did like “Riders On The Storm”, strangely enough. I thought that was outtasight! Groovy

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:54 PM (qzFjd)

110
I suspect Elon will re-sculpt the Face on Mars into his own when he becomes god-emperor of Mars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 10:54 PM (w6EFb)

111 Doing my Bible reading for the day and praying that the job God wants me to have - whatever it may be - comes along this week and gets me an offer before the end of the month. Please?
Posted by: RandomDave at July 19, 2026 10:51 PM (aJQbY)

I'll toss your request in the list with mine. I'm still waiting to hear back after the contingent offer letter.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 10:55 PM (kU0PQ)

112 GWB, ouch, 'an offer but not really'.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 19, 2026 10:55 PM (aJQbY)

113 Evenin'

youtu.be/uZAeFnhY4Gg

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 19, 2026 10:56 PM (sAmhv)

114 My parents listened to Johnny Mathis, George Gerswhin, Roger Miller, The Association, Jim Nabors, The Carpenters.


Mine listened to some country but mostly Lawrence Welk.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

115 Elon might carve that face into the image of Gary Gygax.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 10:56 PM (gKWVE)

116 Plaid flannel shirts used to be manly. But then the lesbians started hoarding them and broke the mystique.
Posted by: Orson

I thought it was whiny grunge singers making them the garment of choice for every skinny 14-year-old in the country sometime in the 1990s.

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)

117 Perhaps a small swivel gun would be more appropriate to suburban living.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:26 PM (qzFjd)

Swivel gun work on a corner railing of your porch or balcony. Especially a falconet.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 10:57 PM (kU0PQ)

118 110
I suspect Elon will re-sculpt the Face on Mars into his own when he becomes god-emperor of Mars.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 10:54 PM (w6EFb)
________________________

Laugh all you want about that, but I'll bet Elon read the entire Honor Harington series multiple times and decided he liked the format of different political and ideological factions taking over entire planets and having a stringent denial to outsiders who would screw up the "neighborhood."

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 10:58 PM (dIske)

119 Mine listened to some country but mostly Lawrence Welk.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

Our household was split:

Mom liked Lawrence Welk, Dad liked Hee Haw. He claims it was because of Roy Clark and Buck Owens, but I guarantee the hot chicks factored into the equation.

Did for me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 19, 2026 10:59 PM (0aYVJ)

120 I'm pretty sure I'm not mature enough to own a 3D printer. Most of my sentences would start like this:

"I wonder if I could make a..... You know, I bet I could.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 10:52 PM

Honestly, on some of the file sites it's getting to be like Rule 34.

Posted by: Bert G at July 19, 2026 10:59 PM (VARTN)

121
Charlie Duke was CAPCOM during the landing, and his voice was just perfect for it, classic NASA accent in their heyday.

Anyway, Neil Armstrong decided he was going to switch his call sign to "Tranquility Base" upon landing, but didn't tell anyone except Charlie, so he wouldn't be surprised by it.

But during the excitement when Neil finally called out, "Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle had landed", Charlie botched it, "Roger, Twang-ility" or something like that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 11:00 PM (w6EFb)

122 Surprised no one's parents were devoted to Ray Conniff.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 11:01 PM (dIske)

123 Hi Horde. Love the Caesar knife holder.

The bronze World Cup game yesterday was epic, today's was a letdown. But Spain came to win and held the Argentinian offense at bay. Argentinian goalie was MVP. I kept yelling at Spain to effing set up assists but there kept being holes in their offense. Was fun to see Trump give out awards.

There's a Unicef charity calendar where Messi is bathing a baby Yamal. I couldn't believe it wasn't AI. Poetic that the baby went on to win the World Cup over Messi. Passing the torch.

Posted by: LizLem at July 19, 2026 11:01 PM (gWBY1)

124 Evening all,

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-39 - SLC-4E
Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 20, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 7:00 a.m. PDT (14:00 UTC, 16:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/p648NlL0fi4

Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2026 11:02 PM (2F0/Y)

125 Swivel gun work on a corner railing of your porch or balcony.
——

That would be tasteful, and not overly ostentatious, wouldn’t it?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 11:02 PM (qzFjd)

126 Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:36 PM

I actually know this fun fact due to recently starting the series From the Earth to the Moon. I have a few episodes left. It's great, a bit smarmy at times, but informative. Each episode focuses on a specific situation from the space missions.

Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at July 19, 2026 11:04 PM (tEQWR)

127 Evening, Doof, and Piper, and ONT Horde!

Productive shop day today, which is why I am late to the party.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)

128 @Polymarket
JUST IN: Arkansas mayor’s brother identified as the winner of the $1,820,000,000.00 Powerball jackpot.
Jul 19, 2026 · 8:47 PM UTC

Lucky man! Maybe he should invest in cattle futures.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 11:07 PM (gKWVE)

129 One of my mom's best friends who turned into a lifelong family friends had the last name Geils. Some of you might have heard of her husband. We had my dad's 50th birthday party on their farm which was pretty nuts.

Plus there was a barn full of kids, some of whom came to live with us and are now family. To say the music I grew up with was eclectic would be an enormous understatement.

I have zero musical talent but music is one of the most important things in my life. Music is food for the soul and everywhere you travel in the world you will hear people putting their soul into music.

Music is joy. Bring it on.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

130 Good evening morons e grazie Disco e Piper

Pro Tip: those Those Toughskins pieces were mix 'n' match.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

131 Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

As in "Love Stinks" and "Centerfold"....that Geils?

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 11:10 PM (dIske)

132 We can now stop pretending to care about soccer for another four years.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 10:20 PM (O0L8i)

Due to my amazing powers of will, I did not even pretend to care.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 11:11 PM (1z8ji)

133 CapCom duties rotated among astronauts, they had shifts. Charlie Duke was requested for the shift covering undocking and landing. They could have had anybody they wanted, and of course they all would have done a fine job, but they wanted Charlie Duke. That’s an honor, and you’ll see that kind of thing in the military or aviation. Some people are just good at what they do, here is a critical mission, let’s put the best person we have, it’s a confidence builder kind of thing.

Guenther Wendt had moved on by the time Apollo started, Schirra poached him from North American or somebody, they wanted him back in his former role. Just because. And they got him. I think he stayed till the Skylab days, maybe later. Joe Schmitt was the main space suit guy for the duration. Apollo was a textbook demonstration of how shit works when you really want to get shit done successfully and don’t leave anything to chance if possible.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 11:11 PM (qzFjd)

134 But, the supposed “face on Mars” sculpture and the “pyramid” isn’t. They are natural geological features that sort of look vaguely like something when viewed in low res photographs. The human brain likes to assemble these illusions.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:49 PM (qzFjd)

This is very true, it is called pareidolia, but I would counter with the speculation that Mars lost its atmosphere about the time the Burgess Shale was being laid down during the Cambrian, so it might have weathered a bit

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 11:12 PM (rbvCR)

135 88 Huge Titanium Balls Department: Donald Trump, on the literal hitlist of multiple enemies, foreign and domestic, appeared in person in an open-air stadium filled with tens of thousands of strangers. It was not a surprise appearance, either. Showed up with the leaders of both Canada and Mexico, all smiles.
Posted by: MartynWW


Politicians fake well. They can look you in the eye and lie.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 19, 2026 11:13 PM (sAmhv)

136 Pro Tip: those Those Toughskins pieces were mix 'n' match.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

And... Grranimals enter the conversation........

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 11:14 PM (kU0PQ)

137 @Polymarket
JUST IN: Arkansas mayor’s brother identified as the winner of the $1,820,000,000.00 Powerball jackpot.
Jul 19, 2026 · 8:47 PM UTC

Lucky man! Maybe he should invest in cattle futures.
Posted by: gKWVE

For scale, that is 1.2% of Arkansas' GDP.

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

138 108 Doof, did Time Stand Still during your time off?

https://youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ

I am *still* trying to figure out who the woman in the video is.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf


Aimee Mann. Great song! The late Neil Peart could write profound songs. This one is beautiful.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 19, 2026 11:16 PM (sAmhv)

139 Smart too. UCLA and U Penn and speaks five languages. (So I've read).
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 10:43 PM (2WIwB)

Clearly not smart enough to track me down and throw herself at me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 11:16 PM (1z8ji)

140 136 Pro Tip: those Those Toughskins pieces were mix 'n' match.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

And... Grranimals enter the conversation........
Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 11:14 PM (kU0PQ)
_________________________________

Gen X used to beat the sh*t out of their clothes...but today's kids never go outside.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 11:17 PM (dIske)

141 Moody Blues
In Search of the Lost Chord

Awesome. That one is still a favorite of mine.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 11:17 PM (0e7UH)

142 Day One of Yellowstone is in the books... sorta. Pookette's camera's memory got corrupted and Pooky wasn't able to recover her pictures. I took some photos as a backup, but I didn't get complete coverage. We saw several buffalo, though!

Posted by: pookysgirl did NOT pet the fluffy cows at July 19, 2026 11:17 PM (vb2e1)

143 >>As in "Love Stinks" and "Centerfold"....that Geils?

Literally two of their worst songs. But they wanted to get on radio and make some cash.

J was an awesome blues guitarist and a real craftsman of his trade. His personal guitar collection would've made Berserker weep with joy. Used to sit in with Muddy Waters and others. But that didn't pay the bills. So we got angels in centerfolds.

He might have been an even better mechanic. Nice guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 11:17 PM (viF8m)

144 Missed the gun thread, but I have big news. Picked up a CZ 52 this week in 7.62 Tok. Then saw another on on GB in 9mm and got it too.

2 73 year old pistols. Hope I don’t blow them up. Really neat mechanically (roller locked action). Nice addition to my collection of oddball action guns.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 19, 2026 11:18 PM (P4bJX)

145 For scale, that is 1.2% of Arkansas' GDP.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

Keeping it in the family

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 11:18 PM (gKWVE)

146 I wore tough skins as a kid but no plaid suit. Just the 'jeans'.

My mom liked classical music. Both parents liked country.
I still have the family Johnny Cash and Roger Miller records, but no working turntable system.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 19, 2026 11:18 PM (PV+Zw)

147 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:19 PM (77rzZ)

148 Excepting the 4 surviving members of The Squad*, who are the 2 biggest azaleas in Congress? One from the House and one from the Senate. I choose:

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-NJ)

KhaNna is kind of an obvious chjoice; Murphy not so obvious... but worthy!

*AOC; Pressley; Tlaib and Omar. There used to be 5, but STL's own Rep.Cora Bush (D-MO) got beat ...proof that there IS a God.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:20 PM (RCjYY)

149 I think the most radical stuff my parents had was Herb Alpert. Everybody had one of his albums. Mom liked Tom Jones. Dad seemed a-musical. He seemed to think that music peaked at Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey, guys like that. Big band music.

He did like “Riders On The Storm”, strangely enough. I thought that was outtasight! Groovy
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 10:54 PM (qzFjd)

Big Band music can be very good indeed. Of course there are many sub-wonderful big band tunes that were put out simply because Kaching! But when they are hot they are hot indeed. And Riders on the Storm is a well-crafted moody pop tune.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 11:21 PM (1z8ji)

150 Literally two of their worst songs. But they wanted to get on radio and make some cash.

Yeah, for the good stuff listen to "No Anchovies, Please".

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 19, 2026 11:22 PM (+9wcF)

151 >> Guenther Wendt

Der Fuhrer of the launch pad, they called him. It was a term of affectionate humor, but he was the Boss. He was the last face the astronauts would see, as he made sure they were all strapped in right before closing the hatch. He would have some little joke he'd tell them.

And then, they'd ask, "I vonder vere Gunter vent?".

One time, some higher up engineer wanted to make some change on something that Gunter didn't approve of, and he just went ahead to do it. Gunter called NASA security to throw him out. They told the engineer, we don't care who you are, if Gunter wants you out of here, you're out. Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

His jaw fell open, and he chose the easy way and left on his accord.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 11:23 PM (w6EFb)

152 Day One of Yellowstone is in the books... sorta. Pookette's camera's memory got corrupted and Pooky wasn't able to recover her pictures. I took some photos as a backup, but I didn't get complete coverage. We saw several buffalo, though!
Posted by: pookysgirl did NOT pet the fluffy cows at July 19, 2026 11:17 PM (vb2e1)

Nice. So glad y'all are having a good time. I miss Yellowstone. We are planning a trip for after Labor Day. The tourons become far less invasive, and the critters are at their peak. I worked at Canyon Lodge and Lake Hotel years ago, and the drop-off is noticeable.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 19, 2026 11:24 PM (0aYVJ)

153 Swivel gun work on a corner railing of your porch or balcony.
——

That would be tasteful, and not overly ostentatious, wouldn’t it?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 11:02 PM (qzFjd)

Here you go:
https://shorturl.fm/rpexI

About the same price as as a M-1 Garand. Seems worth it. (I'd have to put a rail on my porch.)

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 11:25 PM (kU0PQ)

154 Finally bought a new car yesterday. Well, a “certified pre-owned.”

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:27 PM (77rzZ)

155 I enjoyed Yellowstone a couple of times in the 80s.

Road tripped from Dallas to Seattle. Went through a lot of the Rockies and the Tetons and Yellowstone and Glacier. Our country is freaking amazing.

So much to see.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 11:28 PM (yEz+x)

156
One of the astronauts, may have been Jim Lovell said it was very easy to get along with Gunter. All you had to do was agree with him on everything and do exactly what he said.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb)

157 My leisure suits were solid colors but the shirts were super loud polyester prints with butterfly collars.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 11:28 PM (RIvkX)

158 103 The Open Kimono was clearly AI. Her ribs are wrong.

Posted by: Diogenes at
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Thought it was from extreme waist training.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:29 PM (GebTj)

159 Finally bought a new car yesterday. Well, a “certified pre-owned.”
Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:27 PM (77rzZ)
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Mazel! Tell us all about it

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 11:30 PM (RIvkX)

160 157 Leisure suits?

Don’t comment on old threads!

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:31 PM (77rzZ)

161 Finally bought a new car yesterday. Well, a “certified pre-owned.”
Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:27 PM (77rzZ)

"Yep, it's used alright. I'll certify that." (sound of rubber stamp being applied with elan)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 11:31 PM (1z8ji)

162 Our country is freaking amazing.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 11:28 PM (yEz+x)

You said it, sister! *patriotic high-five*
(I only went so far as Spokane, generally, but similar trip several times, along with Dallas area to western NY.)

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 11:31 PM (kU0PQ)

163 153 Swivel gun work on a corner railing of your porch or balcony.
——

That would be tasteful, and not overly ostentatious, wouldn’t it?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 11:02 PM (qzFjd)

__________________________________

In 1717, King George I issued the "Proclamation for Suppressing of Pirates". I don't think it has ever been revoked. I place Porch Pirates within that edict, and you are hereby ordered to repel all boarders. It's the law.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 11:31 PM (dIske)

164 >>Yeah, for the good stuff listen to "No Anchovies, Please".

Or go back in time and listen to them play The Rat or some of the other clubs in Boston during the 70s and 80s. We were so spoiled back then we thought everyone had the clubs we did.

I remember Aerosmith playing the high school gym in the town next to my town. Skinny weird guy fronting but he could sing. I wonder if they ever made it big?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 11:32 PM (viF8m)

165 Spain's goalie made a point of dissing Trump, bc Palestine.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY)

166 WC = World Cup

Not

WC = Water Closet

Ok!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 11:32 PM (sGgMH)

167 >>> 16 Would someone please tell me why Justin Bieber is famous. I'm quite sure talent doesn't enter into it. Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

The sad thing is, he's actually talented. His acoustic song at the halftime show showed he's no autotuned AI creature, he has a great voice. He broke out on YouTube as a kid for a reason.

Problem is, he's famous for his crashouts as much as his talent. He let the fame get to his head. A friend of mine worked at Disneyworld when he and Miley Cyrus visited, said they were beyond spoiled and a pain. He got sexually abused by Diddy and Usher, got into drugs, and got into a toxic codependent relationship with Selena Gomez.

He got messed up physically during covid and had to cancel his tour and owed his label millions in damages. He's finally separated from his toxic label, his wife helped his track back into Christianity and she sold a company for a billion, so they are not in debt from his label anymore. Can't tell if the Diddy news coming back spiraled him into drugs again. But he looked good today.

Posted by: LizLem at July 19, 2026 11:33 PM (gWBY1)

168 Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon on July 21, 02:56Z, which was July 20, 9:56PM CDT.
Posted by: publius
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The wife was tired (not surprisingly) and had gone to bed, so I sat up watching it, bouncing my 5 month old son on my knee.
He was blissfully unaware of the historicity.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2026 11:33 PM (MhE0B)

169 There was a design site that had "interpretations on kimonos" that was very lovely. The West African version, and the Imperial Ball Gown on were the best. Completely computer designed, but pre AI

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 11:33 PM (rbvCR)

170 Gene Cernan got pulled over by a cop the night before 17 launched. He was supposed to be in pre launch “quarantine”, but by 17 things had gotten a little lax in the enforcement department.

But he couldn’t tell the cop who he was. He had a then permanent California driver license, Texas plates, driving in Florida, and won’t give his name. The cop is suspicious, and starting to get a little pissed off.

Suddenly, a beat up Volkswagon appears on the side of the road. It’s Gunther. “Geno! Vatt are you doink here!? You are supposed to be asleep!”

Eventually it all got straightened out, but Cernan wondered about the odds of this occurring

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 11:33 PM (qzFjd)

171 Plaid flannel shirts used to be manly. But then the lesbians started hoarding them and broke the mystique.
Posted by: Orson

Chicks of the grunge era started wearing them too. We went from chicks with big hair, tight jeans, low cut shirts with push up bras to flannel shirts, baggy jeans, no makeup, and straight hair hugging the sides of their face. Any planet that allows that to happen in less than a decade is not a serious planet at all.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 11:33 PM (S41Gd)

172 154 Finally bought a new car yesterday. Well, a “certified pre-owned.”

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So someone confirmed in writing that it was pre-owned?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 11:34 PM (6/7Fs)

173 >>> You said it, sister! *patriotic high-five*
(I only went so far as Spokane, generally, but similar trip several times, along with Dallas area to western NY.)

What did you think of Spokane? The Idaho panhandle up there is absolutely stunning.

Posted by: LizLem at July 19, 2026 11:35 PM (gWBY1)

174 159 A 2026 Subaru Forester. One of their loaner fleet, with 4,000* miles. Nice green color. And air conditioning! (The AC in my old model went out a decade or so ago.)

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)

175 13 As always, I just turn off the sound and watch Shakira. Her hips are magical.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2026 10:06 PM (tgl2u)

She's got more moving parts than a Swiss watch..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 19, 2026 11:36 PM (xljdX)

176 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 11:28 PM (yEz+x)

Hey ya nurse. Hope you are good!

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2026 11:39 PM (vE0+H)

177 And, for all you Subaru jokesters, yes, I am a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:39 PM (77rzZ)

178 Gavin Newsom is getting really extra squirmy in his media presentations

https://tinyurl.com/4fdxesma

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 11:39 PM (rbvCR)

179 86 Shakira is not an ugly woman.


Smart too. UCLA and U Penn and speaks five languages. (So I've read).
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 10:43 PM (2WIwB)

Some big musicians had elite educational backgrounds:

Tom Morello - Hahvahd
John Legend - U Penn
Lisa Loeb - Brown
Vampire Weekend - Columbia

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 19, 2026 11:39 PM (0CU3H)

180 A 2026 Subaru Forester. One of their loaner fleet, with 4,000* miles. Nice green color. And air conditioning! (The AC in my old model went out a decade or so ago.)
Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)

Need any plaid flannel shirts? And trucker wallet?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)

181 And, for all you Subaru jokesters, yes, I am a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.
Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:39 PM (77rzZ)

I got rid of my Subaru because it was old, and it had too many bad memories.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)

182 157 Leisure suits?

Don’t comment on old threads!
Posted by: Bulg

Well, that's one of the week's top-ten comments.

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

183 174 159 A 2026 Subaru Forester. One of their loaner fleet, with 4,000* miles. Nice green color. And air conditioning! (The AC in my old model went out a decade or so ago.)

Posted by: Bulg
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Is that the one with the flat six engine?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:40 PM (GebTj)

184 Zsa Zsa Gabor was "pre-owned" to her last 8 husbands, though her last marriage to Prince von Anhalt lasted 30 years until her death in 2016.

Posted by: Gently Used at July 19, 2026 11:41 PM (JM9I6)

185 FOX News reported today that Israeli intelligence sources say that Khamenei is no longer in Iran.

Someone else is ghostwriting his material & putting it out as his.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)

186 179 Lisa Loeb went to Cute Chicks University.

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:42 PM (77rzZ)

187 And, for all you Subaru jokesters, yes, I am a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.
Posted by: Bulg

That used to be a joke. Now I think it's a legal gender, in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

188 >>> Smart too. UCLA and U Penn and speaks five languages. (So I've read).
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 10:43 PM (2WIwB)

To be fair, the idiots graduating from Harvard and other once prestigious colleges doesn't make that as huge of a resume enhancer anymore. But she's very talented and she's still got it! Same could NOT be said for Madonna.

Posted by: LizLem at July 19, 2026 11:43 PM (gWBY1)

189 As always, I just turn off the sound and watch Shakira. Her hips are magical.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2026 10:06 PM (tgl2u)

She's got more moving parts than a Swiss watch..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 19, 2026 11:36 PM (xljdX)

Man, no shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 11:43 PM (S41Gd)

190 >>> She's got more moving parts than a Swiss watch.. Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 19, 2026 11:36 PM (xljdX)

More curves than Lombard Street.

Posted by: LizLem at July 19, 2026 11:44 PM (gWBY1)

191 FOX News reported today that Israeli intelligence sources say that Khamenei is no longer in Iran.

Someone else is ghostwriting his material & putting it out as his.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)

Eeny meeny Khameini mo.
Catch jihadi by by the toe.
If he hollers, up, him blow.

Posted by: Yoda at July 19, 2026 11:45 PM (1z8ji)

192 "it is called pareidolia"

I read somewhere that there may be a link between tinnitus, pareidolia, and schizophrenia. That would account for people hearing voices in their head that won't stop.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 19, 2026 11:45 PM (DZ9Lv)

193 165 Spain's goalie made a point of dissing Trump, bc Palestine.
Posted by: mnw


Meh. Spain's high point in history was about 1659. They're a minor, insignificant country now. Congrats on the World Cup though. (shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 19, 2026 11:45 PM (sAmhv)

194 183. I have no idea what that means. I just like how Subarus drive.

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

195
185 FOX News reported today that Israeli intelligence sources say that Khamenei is no longer in Iran.

Someone else is ghostwriting his material & putting it out as his.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)

Good grief, he’s deader than Francisco Franco. The Cardboard Khomeini has gone way past joke stage, now it’s just sad.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 11:46 PM (dP8GR)

196 He did like “Riders On The Storm”, strangely enough. I thought that was outtasight! Groovy
Posted by: Common Tater

My mother liked the piano intro to BOC's "Joan Crawford" but that's all I played for her. When she asked me why I didn't play the rest of the song, I told her she wouldn't like it.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 19, 2026 11:51 PM (DZ9Lv)

197 I have no idea what that means. I just like how Subarus drive.
Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

Well, that's something you ought to learn. What model engine is in your new car, and what is the cylinder layout? That is very basic information, and should be at your fingertips, should a recall notice be issued.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 11:51 PM (1z8ji)

198 Breaking News!
Lawyer gives up career to become a dog breeder.
He prefers boxers over briefs.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 19, 2026 11:52 PM (qx7Zg)

199 For every belligerent a-hole who gets his 71 virgins, 10 belligerent a-holes will rise up to take his place!

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:53 PM (RCjYY)

200 >Eeny meeny Khameini mo.
Catch jihadi by by the toe.
If he hollers, up, him blow.

Posted by: Yoda at July 19, 2026 11:45 PM (1z8ji)

----

you make Hulk laff

Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2026 11:54 PM (ZxPkt)

201 >>To be fair, the idiots graduating from Harvard and other once prestigious colleges doesn't make that as huge of a resume enhancer anymore. But she's very talented and she's still got it! Same could NOT be said for Madonna.

I think people would be surprised how smart many musicians are. Talent might be a gift from God but really great musicians aren't just banging away randomly. They understand music theory and how to reach people.

Even some of the stuff I don't like touches people in ways that goes beyond books. I don't get the attraction of Bieber or Madonna or a lot of others but millions around the globe do. That's not something dumb people can do.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)

202 197 Bah. I am not a technical person. As long as the car drives well, I am happy with it. I leave the gadgetry to others.

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

203 For every belligerent a-hole who gets his 71 virgins, 10 belligerent a-holes will rise up to take his place!
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:53 PM (RCjYY)

"71? I got shortchanged! They promised me 72! What the ever-lovin' fuck is going on here?"

Posted by: Iranian Supreme leader #3.5 at July 19, 2026 11:56 PM (1z8ji)

204 It's about bedtime. When I wake up I'll officially be another year older. Or, as the Pink Floyd song goes "shorter of breath and one day closer to death." I never have taken my birthday off, so it'll be just another work day. I did get some new shoes, and we went out to dinner, so it's been a pretty good birthday weekend. And, most surprisingly, the winds have shifted and cleared out a lot of the smoke.

Posted by: PabloD at July 19, 2026 11:57 PM (5Ide7)

205 I see Dua Lipa, since her 15m of fame are up, is talking about banned books...like The Handmaid's Tale.

Helpful posters all over the internet are taking her video and adding a link to Amazon for the book pointing out you can get this "banned book" with free fast shipping for a low, low price

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 11:57 PM (sKqQm)

206 Khamenei and diarrhea are both too hard to spell.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:58 PM (RCjYY)

207 Hiya …!



I got rid of my Subaru because it was old, and it had too many bad memories.
Posted by: Kindltot

I’m right here you know.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 11:58 PM (pXM6/)

208 Bah. I am not a technical person. As long as the car drives well, I am happy with it. I leave the gadgetry to others.
Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

It's called "protecting your investment", Bulg. Know what you own so that you can properly assess risks to its value, and take advantage of opportunities to enhance its value.

Posted by: Iranian Supreme leader #3.5 at July 19, 2026 11:59 PM (1z8ji)

209 I have no idea what that means. I just like how Subarus drive.

Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

Subarus drive fucking awesome. I need to feel connected to the road and they give me that. Plus they make wet roads feel like dry ones.

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2026 11:59 PM (vE0+H)

210 Big Band music can be very good indeed. Of course there are many sub-wonderful big band tunes that were put out simply because Kaching! But when they are hot they are hot indeed. And Riders on the Storm is a well-crafted moody pop tune.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The old 30s-40s BBs had some good stuff, but BB music has never really gone away. It no longer makes any economic sense (except for things like the subsidized Phillip Mortis Superband) and the advent of good amplification removed the practical reason (getting heard in the back of a big venue),which means that those Big Bands which come together occasionally are labors of love for the musicians.
It's still around.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2026 11:59 PM (MhE0B)

211 209 *fistbump*

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 12:02 AM (77rzZ)

212 It's already 6 months old, and YouTube just put it on my list. The slacker.....

Floor Jansen singing something un-Floor-like.

https://youtu.be/iJIE8sAOs3w

She "sang" the saxophone solo, too.

Posted by: mikeski at July 20, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)

213 Riders on the Storm:

I saw The Doors in concert. AND I attended an execution.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

214 You know that awful colonosopy prep crap they make you drink? Today I did that voluntarily to try and stop this continuous mini Crohn's flare.

I discovered by accident (through prepping for scopes, duh...) that it can drive away a good percentage of my issues, at least for a while.

There was a time when I thought getting the good news from a scope was giving me some kind of placebo boost - until I figured out, no it's the fucking prep. Shitty day. Literally.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 12:03 AM (vE0+H)

215 I think people would be surprised how smart many musicians are...

Posted by: JackStraw
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Fwiw, Kris Kristofferson:

Pomona College
Location: Claremont, California
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
Graduation Year: 1958
Honors: Graduated summa cum laude and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society.
Merton College, Oxford
Scholarship: Awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1958
Field of Study: Continued his education in literature
Graduation Year: 1960 (Master's degree)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 12:04 AM (XeU6L)

216 154 Finally bought a new car yesterday. Well, a “certified pre-owned.”
- - - - -
Dealer-speak for "it's not stolen"

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 20, 2026 12:05 AM (cwVK6)

217 I’m right here you know.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 11:58 PM (pXM6/)

Mine had three failed relationships, a daily commute to Portland for a year and a shattered shoulder. I sold it for 200 bucks and bought a used Impala

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 12:06 AM (rbvCR)

218 Jim Morrison had a degree in Cinematography from UCLA IIRC. His parents weren't amused when he told them he was gonna be a band singer.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 12:07 AM (RCjYY)

219 Dexter Holland from The Offspring?

PhD in molecular biology.

Keeping 'em separated at the atomic level.

Posted by: mikeski at July 20, 2026 12:07 AM (VHUov)

220
What the hell is a Dua Lipa?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 12:08 AM (w6EFb)

221 What I noticed is the really good musicians often have a little bit of the technical side of things in their competency, instead of just being left brained senitive artists. They take the time to understand guitars, how to set them up, They can pick up a soldering iron by the right end, tweak their amplifiers, experiment with different effects. Eddie Van Halen wasn’t my favorite guitarist by any stretch, but he would run his amps by a Variac, a variable AC voltage transformer, he actually reduced the line voltage quite a bit, producing what he called the “brown sound”, probably increased distortion due to voltage sag on the tube plates and filaments.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:08 AM (qzFjd)

222 Khamenei and diarrhea are both too hard to spell.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:58 PM (RCjYY)

They're both shit anyway. Easy to spell so just say shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 12:09 AM (S41Gd)

223 208 I am not an automotive engineer, nor do I wish to become one. Every gadget has someone who can attend to it. In the meantime, the gadget’s purpose is to get me to where I need to go.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 12:09 AM (77rzZ)

224 214 You know that awful colonosopy prep crap they make you drink?
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 12:03 AM (vE0+H)

______________________

I'm sure the guy is a fine protologist, but if he has you drinking crap, he doing it backwards.

Or.

PHRASING!!!!

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 12:09 AM (dIske)

225 What I noticed is the really good musicians often have a little bit of the technical side of things in their competency, instead of just being left brained senitive artists. They take the time to understand guitars, how to set them up, They can pick up a soldering iron by the right end, tweak their amplifiers, experiment with different effects.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:08 AM (qzFjd)

You don't say. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 12:10 AM (S41Gd)

226 What the hell is a Dua Lipa?
Posted by: publius

$40, same as in town.

$20 for a single Lipa, of course.

Posted by: mikeski at July 20, 2026 12:10 AM (VHUov)

227 213 Riders on the Storm:

I saw The Doors in concert. AND I attended an execution.
Posted by: mnw


At the same time? Cool....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 12:12 AM (sAmhv)

228 226 LOL

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)

229 I'd forgotten that EAA AirVenture starts tomorrow. I'm under a flight path for an airport on the way, so now all the loud takeoffs make sense.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 12:12 AM (qx7Zg)

230
Just reading more about Gunter Wendt. His German, uh precision and all that was indeed the right stuff for that job. He went up against the NASA honchos a few times, and always won.

With some shuffling around as was mentioned above, he didn't have the pad Fuhrer job during Apollo 1. Some wondered if things might have gone differently if he had been in charge. They asked him about that later, and he said he doubted it, and it was probably better he wasn't, because he would've taken that very hard.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

231
I think I'll have to go with Queen's Brian May being pretty sharp:

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics with honours
Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) in Astrophysics

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 12:14 AM (dIske)

232 >>Posted by: Mike Hammer

J left Northeastern to enroll at WPI to get his mechanical engineering degree. And he could rebuild any Ferrari motor with his eyes closed. Brilliant guy.

Books and covers.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 12:14 AM (viF8m)

233 Jones Soda has put out a limited edition Crayola themed 6-pack.

it has:

1 Fruit Punch Soda (NEW!)- razzmatazz
1 Orange and Cream Soda - sunset orange
1 Pineapple Creams Soda - dandelion
1 Green Apple Soda - granny smith apple
1 Berry Lemonade Soda - robin’s egg blue
1 Fufu Berry Soda - razzle dazzle rose
and
1 8ct of Crayola crayons if you like to snack while drinking soda

https://tinyurl.com/yxavu2xm

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 12:15 AM (rbvCR)

234
John Glenn's wife asked Gunter if her husband would make it back. Gunter told her that he could not guarantee her husband would return safely, and if anyone did, they would be lying because there was far too much complicated machinery involved.

He added, but I can guarantee you that your husband's spacecraft will be in the best possible condition when it launched.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 12:16 AM (w6EFb)

235 >>I think I'll have to go with Queen's Brian May being pretty sharp:


Check out Skunk Baxter's bio.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 12:16 AM (viF8m)

236 I plan to watch "Cabrini" next.

I need a palette cleanser after "The Borgias."

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 12:17 AM (RCjYY)

237 I’m no Doctor, but Ivermectin cleans up a lot of stuff like IBS, undiagnosed parasites are awfully common, and very difficult to disgnose. There are a gazillion of them, and the initial symptoms are usually low fever, headache . If they don’t test for it specifically, they’ll never find it. In any case, if it’s not contraindicated for you, it cannot hurt anything and it may help. Mr. Ed’s Apple Flavored Pony Paste. You want two courses, spaced about ten days apart or so, to ensure eradication of any potential critters that have setup shop.

I found intermittent fasting really cleaned up my gut too. I like to drink black Tea. The only thing that causes trouble is eating junk food, particularly after a grocery run. I know better than to eat that crap, but once in a while…

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:18 AM (qzFjd)

238 >>You don't say. lol

We weren't talking about you.

You're a moron like the rest of us.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 12:19 AM (viF8m)

239 >>> You said it, sister! *patriotic high-five*
(I only went so far as Spokane, generally, but similar trip several times, along with Dallas area to western NY.)

What did you think of Spokane? The Idaho panhandle up there is absolutely stunning.
Posted by: LizLem at July 19, 2026 11:35 PM (gWBY1)

Mom's family is in/about Spokane. (Grandparents lived at the base of Mount Spokane.) I love it there and across the line in Idaho and into Montana. The views and most of the people are great.

Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 12:19 AM (kU0PQ)

240 That Baxter guy from, is it the Doobie bros?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:20 AM (qzFjd)

241 Wandered off, as usual, falling down YooToob rabbit holes; wandering back now to wave bye.

Listened to Rick Beato dissecting a couple of Beatles songs. He's a funny guy.

Watched a video that, um, well, y'know what? It was stupid AI, and so, never mind.

This was entertaining, though (and apparently not AI): What Happened When Gen Z Heard Songs From The White Album for the First Time. The last was the best, a kid listening to Revolution 9. Number nine. Number nine. Number niiii-iiine…
https://youtu.be/aJ-qyjWrd_8

Speaking of AI, I guessed 100% on Piper's fashions.

What else can I do but end with some Beatles, huh‽
https://youtu.be/OsjTO0yZQjk

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - Keep on rockin'. at July 20, 2026 12:21 AM (p+5Bi)

242
Ah, Sir Brian May, CBE Ph.D

Author of "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" along with "Fat Bottomed Girls".

I'll say that's pretty well-rounded.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

243 Spain's goalie made a point of dissing Trump, bc Palestine.
Posted by: mnw
++++
Meh. Spain's high point in history was about 1659. They're a minor, insignificant country now. Congrats on the World Cup though. (shrugs)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Spain is now in the process of being un-Reconquista'd, and he may be protecting his ass at home.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 20, 2026 12:22 AM (MhE0B)

244 >>That Baxter guy from, is it the Doobie bros?

And Steely Dan and others.

Now he does missile defense with the Pentagon.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 12:22 AM (viF8m)

245 154 Finally bought a new car yesterday. Well, a “certified pre-owned.”
- - - - -
Dealer-speak for "it's not stolen"
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 20, 2026 12:05 AM (cwVK6)

"But it might still have someone else's name on the title."

Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 12:24 AM (kU0PQ)

246 There have been some studies that indicate that there may be a link between leaky gut and related gut problems and deficit in gut microbiome.
The one I was looking at recently was discussing Clostridia Butyricum and the need to have lots of dietary fiber to occupy bacteria like that so it will leave the lining of the gut alone.

If this is interesting to you, look up Microbiome and whatever gut issue you have, and see what the research papers have to say. It requires some poking around and checking to see what might be useful.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)

247 The fasting thing would violate the “don’t-drink-on-an-empty-stomach” rule.

Gotta have some stuff in your tummy before you can drink.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 12:25 AM (77rzZ)

248 "What else can I do but end with some Beatles, huh?"

A drunk kept interrupting Caruso, asking him to sing Melancholy Baby.

Caruso: "But I do not-a know Melancholy Baby"

Drunk: "Well then... show us your cock!"

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 12:27 AM (RCjYY)

249 What I noticed is the really good musicians often have a little bit of the technical side of things in their competency, instead of just being left brained senitive artists. They take the time to understand guitars, how to set them up, They can pick up a soldering iron by the right end, tweak their amplifiers, experiment with different effects.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:08 AM (qzFjd)

You don't say. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 12:10 AM (S41Gd)

Electric blues guitarist Elmore James learned electronics as a sonarman in the Navy, and when he got out, he began building effects gadgets for his guitars. Every electric blues guitarist, and most rock guitarists, have got a little Elmore in them:

https://youtu.be/zgCeE9sEE9A

Posted by: Iranian Supreme leader #3.5 at July 20, 2026 12:29 AM (1z8ji)

250 Lowering carbs helped me for a couple years - probably the best I ever felt gut-wise and I don't think it was a coincidence. But recently even lowering carbs hasn't helped my symptoms so it was onto the big guns which I lovingly call a "cleanout".

According to the internet, which never lies, others in my boat have testified that it helps them too, and my doc who usually prescribes the prep for severely constipated patients said he has a few who do it for the same reason I do.

I'm fortunate that after my surgery in 2010 my Crohn's has mostly been well behaved. Stress exacerbates things but stress isn't the thing itself. I'm really hoping I get some relief this time because quality of life has been less than ideal - problem is it takes 7 to 10 days before I see the relief.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 12:29 AM (vE0+H)

251 Ha!

I took a shot of Bourbon once after a 24 hour fast. (It seemed like a good idea at the time). I was just curious. At first it seemed OK. “Hey, this is no big deal”

Oooh. A few minutes later, though. Woof

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:29 AM (qzFjd)

252
ANd believe it or not, Brian May has worked with NASA/JPL.

He helped with selecting a landing site on asteroid Bennu during the OSIRIS-REx mission. He was also working with the New Horizons team on the Pluto, and later Arrokoth flyby.

He's big on "SMOD awareness", looking for any asteroids lurking out there headed our way. His zodiacal dust work directly informs that, as the zodiacal dust cloud is the debris from all those objects flying around, breaking up, and colliding with each other.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 12:30 AM (w6EFb)

253 My parents were BIG country music fans. Their cars radios were set on country stations and their stereo was set on a country station. I never thought they ever listened to rock.
In the 70's when American Graffiti came out I got the double sound trac records. I put them on their stereo when they were both home as a joke. But they loved those songs! They were young when those songs came out. They knew every song on the records. So the joke was on me. I left the records with their stereo so they could listen to them anytime they wanted to.

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 12:33 AM (bqIVz)

254 They be shoolfs has arrested Trump at thats footballs game because he layered to are black Presdent.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 20, 2026 12:33 AM (VR8N0)

255 Cave Canem:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beware_of_the_dog

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 12:34 AM (sGgMH)

256 Almost time for the Newport Folk Festival. Something you should pencil as a must do some year if you've never been.

Sometimes you get Dylan going electric and changing everything. And sometimes you just get genius.

Billy Strings - Summertime

https://tinyurl.com/4dpcprad

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 12:34 AM (viF8m)

257 Marisa Tomei's evil aunt curses the audience with lethal side-eye:
youtube.com/watch?v=Jn_kSPi05Y4

Posted by: gp at July 20, 2026 12:38 AM (Jr5Lq)

258 Yep, excessive carbs. Glucose. That’ll wake all those bad critters up.

Tannins, or polyphenols I think they are called, are under study for their beneficial effects at targeting “bad” bacteria in the gut, though leaving the good stuff alone.

Black Tea seems to work great for me on an empty stomach, keeping my lower end from any, ah, excursions. Research seems to indicate it has a similar effect for general oral health and bacteria or against gingivitis. Your teeth might be black, but hey, no cavities!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:38 AM (qzFjd)

259 My parents were BIG country music fans. Their cars radios were set on country stations and their stereo was set on a country station. I never thought they ever listened to rock.
In the 70's when American Graffiti came out I got the double sound trac records. I put them on their stereo when they were both home as a joke. But they loved those songs! They were young when those songs came out. They knew every song on the records. So the joke was on me. I left the records with their stereo so they could listen to them anytime they wanted to.

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 12:33 AM (bqIVz)

My father played in bands in the later 1950's. Brian Setzer is a damn near carbon copy of what my father sounded like when I was really young, but he switched over to country. In my case I knew my father knew that American graffiti style music because I heard him play it, and his drift towards country left me not amused. Probably why I ended up as a metal guitar player. I rebelled. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 12:42 AM (S41Gd)

260 Sheds sticky sock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:43 AM (1z8ji)

261 My father played in bands in the later 1950's. Brian Setzer is a damn near carbon copy of what my father sounded like when I was really young, but he switched over to country. In my case I knew my father knew that American graffiti style music because I heard him play it, and his drift towards country left me not amused. Probably why I ended up as a metal guitar player. I rebelled. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 12:42 AM (S41Gd)

Look at the history. Sun Records in Memphis recorded rockabilly, blues, country, and rock and roll performers. You think those guys didn't learn from one another?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)

262 Marisa Tomei's evil aunt curses the audience with lethal side-eye:
youtube.com/watch?v=Jn_kSPi05Y4
Posted by: gp at July 20, 2026 12:38 AM (Jr5Lq)

Slightly less frenetic Nina Hagen, but in Italian!

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 12:45 AM (rbvCR)

263
I wonder if Brian has any thoughts about possible fat-bottomed rocks making the Zodiacal cloud go 'round.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)

264 "My parents were BIG country music fans."

In a BIG country dreams stay with you.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 12:54 AM (DZ9Lv)

265 I wonder if Brian has any thoughts about possible fat-bottomed rocks making the Zodiacal cloud go 'round.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)

I wonder if the tranny Democrat (redundancy alert?) in Maine qualifies as a "fat bottom gurl"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:55 AM (1z8ji)

266 >>My father played in bands in the later 1950's. Brian Setzer is a damn near carbon copy of what my father sounded like when I was really young, but he switched over to country. In my case I knew my father knew that American graffiti style music because I heard him play it, and his drift towards country left me not amused. Probably why I ended up as a metal guitar player. I rebelled. lol

Every talented musician I've ever met has an incredibly diverse musical taste and influences from all sorts of places. When the Geils band broke up, J went on to play blues and other stuff on acoustic to less than stadiums and I think he liked it better.

Amazing gift you have. Your dad must have been an interesting guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 12:56 AM (viF8m)

267 I guess music tastes change as we get older. I still enjoy the music I listened to in my teenage years. But lots of the newer stuff I don't care for. Some of it is ok.

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 01:01 AM (bqIVz)

268 I wonder if the tranny Democrat (redundancy alert?) in Maine qualifies as a "fat bottom gurl"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:55 AM (1z8ji)
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Ashley is a very serious tranny.

Ashley has even undergone a colon I'z can pee:

https://tinyurl.com/68avb2n9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:04 AM (LgsNJ)

269
Speaking of space rocks, on July 16, 2024, there was a big bolide over the NY/NJ area, shaking buildings and so forth. A chunk of it went through the roof of a house in Hillsborough, NJ.

The owner had the presence of mind to use gloves to handle it and put it in a glass jar, and thus preserved a good fresh sample for analysis. They just published the results of that:
https://t.ly/RHCbg

Organic compounds galore, amino acids, and evidence of processes requiring very briny water.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 01:06 AM (w6EFb)

270 Ashley is a very serious tranny.

Ashley has even undergone a colon I'z can pee:

https://tinyurl.com/68avb2n9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:04 AM (LgsNJ)

I don't think it works the way he thinks it does.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:06 AM (1z8ji)

271 A Missouri prosecutor has been caught lying:

https://tinyurl.com/njyt4v3z

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:11 AM (LgsNJ)

272 Look at the history. Sun Records in Memphis recorded rockabilly, blues, country, and rock and roll performers. You think those guys didn't learn from one another?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)

Only to a point. One thing I learned from 55 years of playing guitar is that different genres have certain structures, firewalls basically, that keep genres from incorporating too much, because if it incorporates too much it ceases to be the original genre and becomes something unique. Put too much rockabilly into country, and its no longer country. AC/DC is a good example. Its a very heavily blues based/influenced hard rock. It had sometimes touched very close to metal, but it was never true metal. The drums would have to change, Angus's lead style would have to change, so there's the structure that keeps AC/DC as AC/DC. If they changed the structure too much they would cease having their signature sound. Once you break down the walls of what defines a certain genre it ceases to be that genre. You can learn certain tricks of one genre, but then you have to find a way to incorporate them into another genre without changing it. Its a challenge.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 01:12 AM (S41Gd)

273 Shakira -- nimble little minx isn't she?

Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2026 01:12 AM (wvc0i)

274 A Missouri prosecutor has been caught lying:

https://tinyurl.com/njyt4v3z
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:11 AM (LgsNJ)

"Laying", too. Damn! Looks like Chelsea Clinton.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:13 AM (1z8ji)

275 Watching British Prime minister answering questions in Parliament on cspan. Conservative Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch, represents North West Essex. Essex is derived from East Seaux, likely due to some frog talking vikings kids run amok or something. But that does mean she's from North West East Seaux.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 20, 2026 01:14 AM (w/O5Q)

276
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:11 AM (LgsNJ)

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

You made me go to X where I was fed a clip of a Zohran Mamdani interview. He's become a kingmaker. Kamala Harris recently called him, considering a run for the White House in 2028. It seems like she asked him how to make up for her role in the previous administration with its unseemly pro-Israel stance.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 01:23 AM (mmrXZ)

277 Every talented musician I've ever met has an incredibly diverse musical taste and influences from all sorts of places. When the Geils band broke up, J went on to play blues and other stuff on acoustic to less than stadiums and I think he liked it better.

Amazing gift you have. Your dad must have been an interesting guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 12:56 AM (viF8m)

Well, like I said above, you might learn tricks. My personal example is I'm a classically influenced metal guitar player. There is no blues influence in my playing whatsoever. There is classical, because classical and metal are somewhat strange bedfellows. We use a lot of the same scales. My classical guitar background only reinforced it, and I did the classical thing to improve the metal. The only side thing away from metal for me was early Rush, and the only thing I could take away from that was that huge cavernous sound Lifeson had. I was able to adapt that "thinking" to metal, but not the actual chords themselves much, because 99% of the time they wouldn't work because of the structure. I'm not that diverse. I focus on absorbing all the tricks I can use in what I do and really nothing else.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 01:27 AM (S41Gd)

278 I am getting a Howdy Doody vibe from the Michigan prosecutor.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2026 01:29 AM (ibDUx)

279 160 157 Leisure suits?

Don’t comment on old threads!
Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2026 11:31 PM (77rzZ)

Comment of the Week nomination!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 01:31 AM (6wpGE)

280 Here are 2 ways to deal with the Mexican terrorist cartel problem:

https://tinyurl.com/y82staad

Choose wisely.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:32 AM (LgsNJ)

281 You made me go to X where I was fed a clip of a Zohran Mamdani interview. He's become a kingmaker. Kamala Harris recently called him, considering a run for the White House in 2028. It seems like she asked him how to make up for her role in the previous administration with its unseemly pro-Israel stance.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 01:23 AM (mmrXZ)
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Philistines upon you, America!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:33 AM (LgsNJ)

282
With some shuffling around as was mentioned above, he didn't have the pad Fuhrer job during Apollo 1. Some wondered if things might have gone differently if he had been in charge. They asked him about that later, and he said he doubted it, and it was probably better he wasn't, because he would've taken that very hard.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

Up to January 27, 1967 the use of pure oxygen environments was SOP.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:37 AM (4g5V+)

283 I am getting a Howdy Doody vibe from the Michigan prosecutor.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2026 01:29 AM (ibDUx)

Hence the Chelsea Clinton comment.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:38 AM (1z8ji)

284 At least Queen Letizia is happy with the result of the World Cup.

Soccer still sucks.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:38 AM (4g5V+)

285
The 19th was also the 13th anniversary of one of the Cassini Saturn probe's pictures of earth. This is the famous, "The Day the Earth Smiled" mosaic, the Sun behind Saturn backlighting everything, and Earth, Venus, and Mars all visible:

https://tinyurl.com/3xjsuc78

And a close up of the Erf itself from that:

https://t.ly/_zP8W

You are here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)

286 15 Shakira is not an ugly woman.

You know it's a pathetic sport and game when the halftime show is more interesting than the actual contest.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 10:06 PM (l4RKn)

What? You don’t like a sport that features a six hour break at every score to accommodate the celebrations, fireworks display, confetti, on field interviews, press conferences, and so forth? At EVERY score? A sport where 1-0 is considered a massive blowout? A sport where NO ONE is allowed to know when the game ends except the officials?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:41 AM (4g5V+)

287 Potentially super-hot women strolling along the shore:

https://tinyurl.com/4rw3hkxa

SFW.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:42 AM (LgsNJ)

288 Potentially super-hot women strolling along the shore:

https://tinyurl.com/4rw3hkxa

SFW.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:42 AM (LgsNJ)

Funny. They don't seem to be leaving footprints in what ought to be very soft, gooey mud.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

289 253 My parents were BIG country music fans. Their cars radios were set on country stations and their stereo was set on a country station. I never thought they ever listened to rock.
In the 70's when American Graffiti came out I got the double sound trac records. I put them on their stereo when they were both home as a joke. But they loved those songs! They were young when those songs came out. They knew every song on the records. So the joke was on me. I left the records with their stereo so they could listen to them anytime they wanted to.
Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 12:33 AM (bqIVz)

Nice.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 01:47 AM (6wpGE)

290 287 Potentially super-hot women strolling along the shore:

https://tinyurl.com/4rw3hkxa

SFW.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:42 AM (LgsNJ)

Yep. Sandals. Being a little dumb is a problem for one person. Being that dumb is a problem for everyone.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 20, 2026 01:47 AM (w/O5Q)

291 At least Queen Letizia is happy with the result of the World Cup.

Soccer still sucks.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:38 AM (4g5V+)

Wasn't she supposed to flash her wagshambas of Spain won? Is nothing sacred anymore?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:47 AM (1z8ji)

292 Are any of the other countries in the Middle East attacking Iran along side of us?

Posted by: Goatweed at July 20, 2026 01:52 AM (jK3NL)

293 288 Potentially super-hot women strolling along the shore:

https://tinyurl.com/4rw3hkxa

SFW.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:42 AM (LgsNJ)

Funny. They don't seem to be leaving footprints in what ought to be very soft, gooey mud.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

Maybe not? From the comments:

Bruzi Actual
@BruziActual
1h
Replying to @TaraBull
People have done this before and fallen through the crust into the hydrothermal springs running underground.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 01:56 AM (6wpGE)

294 Reality check. Ask yourselves what is the minimum the I.R.G. have to do to not lose and keep fighting? What is the minimum aid they will need from NK, Russia and China?

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 20, 2026 01:57 AM (BT3xd)

295 Reality check. Ask yourselves what is the minimum the I.R.G. have to do to not lose and keep fighting? What is the minimum aid they will need from NK, Russia and China?

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 20, 2026 01:57 AM (BT3xd)
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What is Iran's breaking point when essential infrastructure, and food and water supplies are no longer available for a massive population to survive?

Reality check.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 02:02 AM (LgsNJ)

296 People have done this before and fallen through the crust into the hydrothermal springs running underground.
Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 01:56 AM (6wpGE)

If they fell through, they would be pink crustaceans real quick-like.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:04 AM (1z8ji)

297 287 Potentially super-hot women strolling along the shore:

https://tinyurl.com/4rw3hkxa

SFW.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 01:42 AM (LgsNJ)

That's really scary.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 02:05 AM (6wpGE)

298 AOC is starting to get bingo wings. Is she really aging that fast?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 02:07 AM (sYM3s)

299 Reality check?

The 90's are calling and they want their stupid statements back.
Keep calm and chive on. Retard.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 02:08 AM (ZRnpd)

300 300

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 02:08 AM (6wpGE)

301 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 02:08 AM (LgsNJ)

302 @292--Goatweed

If Iran lobs a bomb at them some of the countries will fire back. But I don't know anything about agreements the countries have with the US or Israel. Could be the US or Israel will tell them to let them handle it.

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 02:09 AM (bqIVz)

303 Dangnabbit!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 02:09 AM (LgsNJ)

304 @295 regimes have never cared about that before why would they start now? Stop drinking the trump kool aid.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 20, 2026 02:09 AM (BT3xd)

305 Sweet dreams Horde, I can barely keep my eyes open.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2026 02:09 AM (ibDUx)

306 Piper did a great job with tonight's 'fashions'-- I didn't even try to guess-- except the Shiba purse was a total give-away.

Howdy, late-night horde!

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

307 >> Up to January 27, 1967 the use of pure oxygen environments was SOP.

Yep. Now, with the Gemini capsule, they used ejection seats rather than an escape tower. Had they ever had to use those, it would've probably lit the astronauts on fire when it went off, with them soaking in pure O2 and slightly above atmospheric pressure. And besides that, the G-forces would've been something else, and could've permanently injured them, if not killed them.

On the Gemini 6 mission, there was a premature engine shutdown. Protocol called for them to hit the ejection seats, as the clock had started. But Wally Schirra knew the rocket had lifted off the pad yet, and didn't do it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 02:10 AM (w6EFb)

308 Sorry I missed you tonight, Debby. Sleep well!

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

309 @295 regimes have never cared about that before why would they start now? Stop drinking the trump kool aid.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 20, 2026 02:09 AM (BT3xd)
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Populations do when nothing is left to lose.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 02:12 AM (LgsNJ)

310 There is a Trump kool-aide.
Where can I get some?

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 02:13 AM (ZRnpd)

311 Hi, Reforger! I don't serve kool-aid, but would be glad to slide a cold Fosters down the bar for ya.

Or, a Long Island Iced Tea.

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

312 Try running trump kool aid in your pick up truck instead of $5 dollar a gallon gas. See how well that works out.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 20, 2026 02:15 AM (BT3xd)

313 Funny-- libtards weren't bitching about the price of gas during Oblahblah's or Sponge-brain's reigns of error.

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

314 Well, past midnight here. I am off to the rack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:20 AM (1z8ji)

315 'Night, AOP.

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

316 >>@295 regimes have never cared about that before why would they start now? Stop drinking the trump kool aid.

Of course they cared. You just didn't notice for some reason.

Better question is who in Middle East is helping us?

See if you can figure out why?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 02:22 AM (viF8m)

317 I find it funny when the kool-aid thing comes up. Do you know how many of the Trump haters from Calfagtardia were actually part of that cult? Pelosi was huge in it. Fucking Jim Jones ruled the bay area in the 70's. It's what the retarded, took to much brown acid latched onto after the flower power faggots bell botom jeans wore through. Still worthless as tits on a boar hog but with a direction to pedal their ten speed bike in. In this case it was good to be slow. Missing those planes to utopia was sort of a life saver. Honestly I wish the rest had went to Guianna too. There would be a lot less idiots like this exodus fucktard and his ilk on the planet.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 02:25 AM (ZRnpd)

318 exodus 21:22-25

Interesting. You use Biblical scripture as a screen name but know nothing of context or meaning. You are just a depraved troll vomiting up garbage here. This won't end well for you.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 02:26 AM (sAmhv)

319 Funny-- libtards weren't bitching about the price of gas during Oblahblah's or Sponge-brain's reigns of error.

Posted by: JQ at July 20, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)
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When the Obama and Biden regimes were funding Iran's suicidal mullahs to allow them to arm themselves to the teeth, while openly confessing that their eventual target is an entity they like to call "Big Satan."

"Who is wise? He who foresees the outcome (of present events)." - Babylonian Talmud, Mishnah, Tractate Tamid, 32:1

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 02:27 AM (LgsNJ)

320 Hi JQ. Spent the whole day under the house doing plumbing repair. A fosters would go down real nice right now but sleep is needed. My knee hurts like hell.

Good night all. Except the exodus retard. I hope he/she/it dies in a fire.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 02:29 AM (ZRnpd)

321 exodus 21:22-25

Interesting. You use Biblical scripture as a screen name but know nothing of context or meaning. You are just a depraved troll vomiting up garbage here. This won't end well for you.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 02:26 AM (sAmhv)
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Be optimistic. He might lose weight. Worked for Karen Carpenter and Princess Dianna.

Might even restore a hormonal balance, leading to a reduction in brain fog.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 02:30 AM (LgsNJ)

322 Good night all. Except the exodus retard. I hope he/she/it dies in a fire.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 02:29 AM (ZRnpd)
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There's a place in Yosemite that I know about.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 02:30 AM (LgsNJ)

323 I consider "Hells Bells" to be AC/DC's most metal song. It has the feel. "Highway to Hell" I'd put 2nd.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 02:45 AM (DZ9Lv)

324 298 AOC is starting to get bingo wings. Is she really aging that fast?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 02:07 AM (sYM3s)

AbuelaOC

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 03:03 AM (6wpGE)

325 I'll bet Berserker has a far more sophisticated taxonomy of metal etc. (him being a serious musician and all). I guess I've always had a pretty ecumenical definition of metal. I've always considered AC/DC metal without too much thought. I figured if poofs like Motley Crue are metal, AC/DC surely is.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 03:07 AM (+n72I)

326 325 I'll bet Berserker has a far more sophisticated taxonomy of metal etc. (him being a serious musician and all). I guess I've always had a pretty ecumenical definition of metal. I've always considered AC/DC metal without too much thought. I figured if poofs like Motley Crue are metal, AC/DC surely is.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 03:07 AM (+n72I)

There’s a metal spectrum for sure.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:20 AM (4g5V+)

327 Oh, the plaid clothes! For our parish 25th anniversary in the late 70s, families were invited for pictures. My sisters and parents looked fine, but one brother was in a brown leisure suit, and I wore a.blue plaid sportcoat. Hideous! A day that will live in infamy.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 20, 2026 03:22 AM (AADKh)

328 Reality check: you think the Russians, Chinese or DPRK will help Iran? They might WANT to but just like in 1989 they have their own problems.

Besides, the whole mission is to force Iran to behave in terms of international relations. No funding Hamas. No funding Hezbollah. No terror campaigns from Iraq to Argentina.

Oh, and you know the Vienna Convention of 1961? Follow it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:25 AM (4g5V+)

329 Plaid can work.

Look for the pic with Rachel Weisz in a nice snug, tight plaid pencil skirt for a great example.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:29 AM (4g5V+)

330 I didn't get much sleep

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 03:41 AM (Ia/+0)

331 Sleep? What's that?

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haha!

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Gun Thread: Post-Vacation Edition!

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Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the Post-Vacation Edition? The week at the beach sure did go by quickly. Made it home yesterday with everyone I left with, so all good. I'll do my best to try thinking about working on my backlog of email this week. Promise!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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FUNdamentals

Fundamentals of gun pickin', that is.

In order to practice shooting fundamentals, you kinda need a gun. How do you decide which one is right for you? Guns come in a lot of shapes and sizes and of varying manufacturing quality, and one size or type definitely does not fit all. This guy ranks a bunch of specific models for reliability, which is high in the hierarchy of good things to look for. Longish, so you may want to save and watch later.

What do you think? What are your criteria when selecting a handgun besides reliability?

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S&W Revolver Frame Sizes

What do these letters mean?!

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Used Revolver Inspection

Used guns can be a great value. Do you know what to look for in a used revolver?

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This Old Gun

Another look at the Colt Detective Special.

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Our Pal The Atom

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: The Chase!

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The Amazing Colossal Man!

Truly a giant terror!

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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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Ammo Link-O-Rama
I'm really very seriously not kidding around anymore. Buy Ammo
AmmoSeek - online ammo search tool
GunBot - online ammo search tool
SG Ammo
Palmetto State Armory
Georgia Arms
AmmoMan
Target Sports USA
Bud's Gun Shop
American Elite Ammo
Lucky Gunner Ammo NEW!

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Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!

That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM




Comments

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 07:00 PM (0N4FZ)

2 -1

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 07:00 PM (LHPAg)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Not first.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:01 PM (8BaDx)

5 5th?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 07:02 PM (dZE4s)

6 Going to try and hit the range this week. I am now 2 months post cataract surgery from both eyes and they have healed enough for me to learn how to shoot again. I had super cataracts and had to have both eyes scraped before they could do the cataract part. It will be a year next month when I first started the process and I haven't fire a single shot since then.


It is going to be different without corrective lenses.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 07:02 PM (0N4FZ)

7 Not that being first matters.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:02 PM (8BaDx)

8 Looks like Mister Scott is King of the Gun Thread tonight.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:05 PM (kmF5/)

9 Hoping lin-duh will check in with a report on Spawns doings.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 07:07 PM (abScH)

10 Scoobs!
Good news from the Upper Range!
Whole top has been extended and flattened. Rock face on front of the hill.
All new obstacles from which to shoot.
I suspect I’ll give it a try tomorrow.
After mowing.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:08 PM (8BaDx)

11 Evening folks, not much to report, but in my travels last week (which prevented me from enjoying the thread last Sunday) I came upon a Glock 40 Gen 4 in 10mm.

There is a chance that this can come into my possession.

But, I have questions about the legality of the firearm which I do not want to go into detail on this thread.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 07:08 PM (dZE4s)

12 10 After mowing.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:08 PM

Mow faster!!!! Or invest in goats. :-P

You should have pretty nice weather up there, enjoy!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 07:10 PM (dZE4s)

13 Burning a My Father Vegas Cubanas on a breezy comfortable hot summer day.

At this point my reloading backlog resembles that of for Patriot and Standard missiles, but I plan to get to it. Really.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 07:10 PM (DO41q)

14 Life is good when your range is in your backyard !

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 07:10 PM (abScH)

15 Will have range time Tuesday, taking a hockey buddy and his daughter in law, so will likely be mostly assisting/monitoring and not much shooting, but such is the way of evangelism.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 07:13 PM (DO41q)

16 Gonna go see what weasel loaded up for us on video.
BBL

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:14 PM (JK1W1)

17 14 Life is good when your range is in your backyard !

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 07:10 PM

Bah! Who needs a range with fixed targets in their backyard when you could have digging piggies to shoot at?

(Howdy Ben Had!)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 19, 2026 07:15 PM (HlyYF)

18 At some point I hope to familiarize myself with the P7 M8’s distinctive manual of arms and empty some brass with it. Seem to recall seeing “124 grain ammo reco’d for this pistol” in a quick scan of the manual. I use 124s currently in my reloading so that’s a happy coincidence.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 07:17 PM (DO41q)

19 I suspect I’ll give it a try tomorrow.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:08 PM (8BaDx)

May we expect a range report on your blog?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 07:17 PM (l4RKn)

20 Good evening to all the GunHorde and thank you Weasel for the great content. Have a great week everyone!

Posted by: Coelacanth at July 19, 2026 07:18 PM (DJPFk)

21 Eschew unplanned lateral excursions.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2026 07:18 PM (0sNs1)

22 Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 07:10 PM (DO41q)
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Smoked a bunch of the Brick House Maduros this week! Like a whole box of them!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:18 PM (kmF5/)

23 Pillage Idiot, hi darlin. I know just how lucky I am .
Good time at the rodeo?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 07:19 PM (abScH)

24 It will be a year next month when I first started the process and I haven't fire a single shot since then.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 07:02 PM

1) Focus on fundamentals.
2) Buy ammo.

How'd I do, Weasel-san?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2026 07:20 PM (0sNs1)

25 Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2026 07:20 PM (0sNs1)
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3) always seek to impress range babes.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:22 PM (kmF5/)

26 Weasel, this is where you give an acknowledgement to your 'Ette groupies.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 07:26 PM (abScH)

27 I saw that worst-to-best video come up on youTube the other day, and thought, "Ugh. Another guy telling me his high opinion of what is and isn't the bestest."

I did see it's about reliability and not just what he considers kewl. But, how much is reliability at play in modern firearms? Are we talking 99.99% versus 99.999%? Or, are we really talking about moving the ones digit?

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 07:28 PM (kU0PQ)

28 Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 07:26 PM (abScH)
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Of course! Thank you Ben Had!

Dear 'Ette Goupies: I hereby officially acknowledge you!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:28 PM (kmF5/)

29 Not to be confused with “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 07:30 PM (BHqbG)

30 Burning a My Father Vegas Cubanas on a breezy comfortable hot summer day.

At this point my reloading backlog resembles that of for Patriot and Standard missiles, but I plan to get to it. Really.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 07:10 PM (DO41q)


Did scotch and a well seasoned Opus X.
Great scotch...disappointing cigar. This was my third Opus X in the last few years and they are way over hyped. And over priced.
In my opinion.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 07:30 PM (2WIwB)

31 Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 07:28 PM (kU0PQ)
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Think of it as a conversation starter.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:31 PM (kmF5/)

32 Wait... less than a minute in and he goes from "every carry gun" to "13 carry guns"?! Dude, there's a LOT more than 13 carry guns out there, and I'm not even including SAA and that stuff. Heck, I didn't see any sort of derringer in the pics he flashed up real fast. And, yes, that's a legitimate carry gun for some situations. (And, as far as I know, absolutely reliable, regardless of ammunition.)

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 07:33 PM (kU0PQ)

33 18 At some point I hope to familiarize myself with the P7 M8’s distinctive manual of arms and empty some brass with it. Seem to recall seeing “124 grain ammo reco’d for this pistol” in a quick scan of the manual. I use 124s currently in my reloading so that’s a happy coincidence.
Posted by: rhomboid
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Load to NATO standards for 124gr. which is not quite +p but a bit hotter than domestic ammo. I have noticed most Euro pistols prefer hotter ammo that is typical in the US loadings in calibers like 380 ACP, 9mm, or 32 ACP.

Gas operated systems like certain amount of gas pressure to work from and can be picky outside of their issued ammo as the gas pressure curves may not match what it was designed for. .

Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 07:33 PM (E4rtv)

34 23 Pillage Idiot, hi darlin. I know just how lucky I am .
Good time at the rodeo?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 07:19 PM

Had a great time.

Mutton bustin' winner kid rode his sheep all of the way across the arena to the herd of comfort sheep! Loudest cheers of the night.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 19, 2026 07:34 PM (HlyYF)

35 3) always seek to impress range babes.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:22 PM

I am doing Step #3 wrong.

I am always impressed by the shooting skills OF the range babes!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 19, 2026 07:36 PM (HlyYF)

36 3 minutes in and he's STILL telling me why HE is so important to listen to. Instead of giving me any actual information. (His background took about 20 seconds, and was the only info not repeated, and was actually useful to evaluate what he's saying.)

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 07:36 PM (kU0PQ)

37 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 19, 2026 07:36 PM (HlyYF)
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Never EVER underestimate the shooting prowess of a) ladies, and 2) old guys with goofy antiquated gear.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:37 PM (kmF5/)

38 Hi weasel! Thanks for the thread!

Range report.

Had a rough week. Was going to bail on range time. MAE asked me to reconsider, so I put on a happy face and went.

It was so good to see and hug both him and LazyMessenger.

Mark brought a beautiful Turkish shotty. Shotguns make me giggle.

Shot the PPQ and the Ruger Mark IV for a hundred rounds. Cleared my head. Got me focused, even if for just a brief moment in time.

Go to the range. It’s good for you.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 07:38 PM (yEz+x)

39 27 I saw that worst-to-best video come up on youTube the other day, and thought, "Ugh. Another guy telling me his high opinion of what is and isn't the bestest."

I did see it's about reliability and not just what he considers kewl. But, how much is reliability at play in modern firearms? Are we talking 99.99% versus 99.999%? Or, are we really talking about moving the ones digit?
Posted by: GWB
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After a certain amount of money--the question is not reliability but the tradeoff between accuracy and reliability and how picky the pistola is about ammo. Rugers, for example, have a rep for just working and that is with most commonly bought ammo on the shelves but accuracy may not be top drawer. Smiths are kind of in the middle but again, not picky feeders for their mainline products. Colt 1911, at least the older ones, were also known to be reliable with most common ammo outside of wadcutters perhaps.

But go to a match chamber in semi auto pistols and you start to have a firearm that prefers and is picky about reliability on some ammunition in return for superior accuracy. These can be very accurate but unreliable when fed common range fodder of varying types.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 07:38 PM (E4rtv)

40 Howdy!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by (random gun noises) at July 19, 2026 07:38 PM (sAmhv)

41 Hello, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 07:39 PM (BCwQW)

42 Never EVER underestimate the shooting prowess of a) ladies, and 2) old guys with goofy antiquated gear.
Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:37 PM

This is wisdom.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 19, 2026 07:40 PM (Wnv9h)

43 And if you want extreme accuracy at modest cost, get a revolver--an old worn Model 10 Smith revolver that does not have any action problems or timing issues, can shoot to 1 inch groupings at 25 yards in a Ransom rest and still function quite well with whatever range ammo is available. A classic Colt in single action might even top the Smith if the mechanism is in good shape and both of those have actions designed in the 1890's and early 1900's.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 07:41 PM (E4rtv)

44 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 19, 2026 07:40 PM (Wnv9h)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:41 PM (kmF5/)

45 I bought this expensive ass night vision thermal scope thing that records the killings

What rifle should I put it on?

I'm hunting pigs

Posted by: The Ballots at July 19, 2026 07:42 PM (jrgJz)

46 3 minutes in and he's STILL telling me why HE is so important to listen to.

The thesis of approximately 95% of youtube gun videos is "I'm the smartest guy on the internet and I'm certainly smarter than you."

Posted by: Oddbob at July 19, 2026 07:43 PM (vTZFs)

47 What rifle should I put it on?

Posted by: The Ballots at July 19, 2026 07:42 PM (jrgJz)
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One that you know how to shoot?

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:43 PM (kmF5/)

48 10 Good news from the Upper Range!
Whole top has been extended and flattened. Rock face on front of the hill.
All new obstacles from which to shoot.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:08 PM
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Excellent.

Posted by: TRex - range improvement dino at July 19, 2026 07:45 PM (XfIK1)

49 The video must've become more to GWB's liking because we haven't had a minute #4 report.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:46 PM (kmF5/)

50 At some point I hope to familiarize myself with the P7 M8’s distinctive manual of arms and empty some brass with it. Seem to recall seeing “124 grain ammo reco’d for this pistol” in a quick scan of the manual. I use 124s currently in my reloading so that’s a happy coincidence.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 07:17 PM (DO41q)

Do NOT use unjacketed lead bullets in any P7 series pistol. The polygonal rifling will shave lead from the bullets. Those shavings will clog the gas port at the six o'clock position in the chamber. That gas port needs to be open in order for the pistol to operate.

This P7 was tested using NATO spec 9mm ammo. That's what it needs in order to do its best.

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 07:47 PM (BCwQW)

51 May we expect a range report on your blog?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 07:17 PM (l4RKn)

Yessir! I already took construction pictures, but need to put some guns in for reference.
Much bigger shooting area now. All new barricades. Final ramp up redone so your finicky foreign sports car might make it up.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:47 PM (LMRVO)

52 BTW, IMDB lists that Highway Patrol episode as "Mexican Chase", not "The Chase." Multiple possible reasons why they might not use that title, but I'm guessing it's the dumb one.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 07:48 PM (kU0PQ)

53 3 minutes in and he's STILL telling me why HE is so important to listen to.

just skip all of the intro and go to the first gun thumbnail — for these reasons. It seems that there is a lot of introductory throat clearing in most videos.

What should be part of "The Filter" is shooting enjoyment. Weasel keeps telling us to train on The EDC, not shoot everything in your gun locker.

For 9mm shootability is still the Slovakian Grand Power with the twisting barrel — It has the recoil of a .380

The Walther PDP Compact seems attractive.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 07:49 PM (9Hs2w)

54 BREAKING: JD Vance announces birth of new baby boy

some name being bantered about are AD Vance and AVA Vance

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 19, 2026 07:49 PM (aaVMM)

55 Fun fact from the beach - Gertie must have magnetic paws or something because just about every time I walked her and FSJ she ended up with a sticker burr in one of her feet.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:49 PM (kmF5/)

56 Also, Crawford calls the vehicles being stolen "small cars." LOL.
They'd be considered boats, today.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 07:49 PM (kU0PQ)

57 And if you want extreme accuracy at modest cost, get a revolver--an old worn Model 10 Smith revolver that does not have any action problems or timing issues, can shoot to 1 inch groupings at 25 yards in a Ransom rest and still function quite well with whatever range ammo is available. A classic Colt in single action might even top the Smith if the mechanism is in good shape and both of those have actions designed in the 1890's and early 1900's.
Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 07:41 PM (E4rtv)

True. Shot good groups today with a 1925 vintage Colt Army Special revolver (.38 Special). Picked it up at a gun show last month for $700.

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 07:50 PM (BCwQW)

58 Can every episode of Highway Patrol just be called "The Chase"?

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 19, 2026 07:50 PM (yM17g)

59 46 3 minutes in and he's STILL telling me why HE is so important to listen to.

The thesis of approximately 95% of youtube gun videos is "I'm the smartest guy on the internet and I'm certainly smarter than you."
Posted by: Oddbob

There are a few that I consider watching but I read a lot faster than I can distill from a video and there is a lot of repetition in videos in order to maximize your time on their content because that is how they get paid in part.

Mas Ayoob has recently been putting out shorts and a bit longer videos and he is always worth listening too. There are also some of classic trainers like Louis Awerbuck and others that have passed on but still have relevant information to give. Awerbuck in particular was a master with a shotgun and taught classes in it. Tom Givens (Rangemaster) is another former LEO that still teaches how to use shotguns. He was on a drug warrant team in Memphis to earn his trainer stripes.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 07:52 PM (E4rtv)

60 The video must've become more to GWB's liking because we haven't had a minute #4 report.
Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:46 PM (kmF5/)

LOL. Not necessarily. I put it on hold until I watch Highway Patrol.

And I'm not complaining about your posting it, Weasel. It *is* a conversation starter.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 07:52 PM (kU0PQ)

61 Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 07:52 PM (kU0PQ)
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No worries. I almost didn't use it because it's so long. Plus, the guy might be a retard. Who knows.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 07:54 PM (kmF5/)

62 Range Report! Range Report! Range Report!
Yes, I am excited to report that the DMV MGC managed to all get to the range today. It was soooo quiet, we got to shoot for a long time. Felt a little rusty after not having gone for a while, tried several different weights and brands of ammo til things started to click again. Shot both my Glocks, a 32 Ed brought and a lever action rifle Blaster brought.
Also still on the hunt for a carry gun and the range had a S&W Bodyguard 2 in stock that I could actually handle. This is what SEH carries. It is tiny, 2 1/2 in barrel, 380, and the grip is smaller than my G48. It now comes with a factory installed green dot priced at $599. Unfortunately they don;t have one to rent but I'm considering buying it anyway. The Glock is too big nd heavy and I don;tlike the 43x.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 07:54 PM (kJmSS)

63 True. Shot good groups today with a 1925 vintage Colt Army Special revolver (.38 Special). Picked it up at a gun show last month for $700.
Posted by: Ed L
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If I was limited to a single shot that had to be made with a handgun, I would pick a revolver. The main downside of a revolver to me is capacity and the reloading problem and that gets worse as your fingers and hands no longer are as agile as they once were.

If you can master a double action shooting style on a revolver, you don't need the super light triggers that so many think are essential on semi autos. And a single stage on a reputable revolver make is superior anyway to ANY semi auto including match grade models.

I just ask for a trigger to be smooth and not stack.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 07:56 PM (E4rtv)

64 Good news from the Upper Range!
Whole top has been extended and flattened. Rock face on front of the hill.
All new obstacles from which to shoot.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:08 PM

Niiice.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 19, 2026 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

65 Yessir! I already took construction pictures, but need to put some guns in for reference.
Much bigger shooting area now. All new barricades. Final ramp up redone so your finicky foreign sports car might make it up.
Posted by: RI Red
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Bleachers for the crowds?

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 07:57 PM (E4rtv)

66 There are a few that I consider watching but I read a lot faster than I can distill from a video and there is a lot of repetition in videos in order to maximize your time on their content because that is how they get paid in part.

Use Gemini to transcript the video then distill into Structured Summary or, better yet, into Knowledge Extraction when it ignores most of the original working focuses on information.

Basic transcript cleanup will remove "Hey guys, welcome back the channel..." sponsor messages, repeated explanations, digressions and anecdotes, excessive self-promotion and long pauses.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 07:58 PM (/TiS1)

67 RMBS, come on up!

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:58 PM (30Gj0)

68 Much bigger shooting area now. All new barricades. Final ramp up redone so your finicky foreign sports car might make it up.
Posted by: RI Red

It's a trap!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 19, 2026 07:59 PM (Wnv9h)

69 RMBS, come on up!
Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 07:58 PM

I'm a bit jammed up on weekends until early September, but I might be able to make it up some Saturday after that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 19, 2026 08:02 PM (Wnv9h)

70 I can only echo what Nurse said. Cooped up with this crazy weather. Getting out to the range to meet up with friends, hugs, dinner at the Roadhouse. Can't help but feel better.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 08:03 PM (kJmSS)

71 Good for you Dharon!

But. I would be hesitant about buying a gun I’ve never shot.

After shooting .45 for the last several
Visits, I worked the PPQ yesterday. Seemed like popcorn, it was so light.

Gotta say though, I shoot 1911s pretty ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 08:03 PM (szsmH)

72 *SHARON*
jmotherfuckinghampsterfuckers.
Solly.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 08:04 PM (szsmH)

73 Gotta say though, I shoot 1911s pretty ok.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 08:03 PM

Mmmm...1911.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 19, 2026 08:05 PM (Wnv9h)

74 Thanks Ed L and (I think) whig under a sock name for comments re P7 ammo. Assume the NATO load pressure is about proper cycling of the pistol and not safety.

Haven’t used lead in 9mm for a long time so no issue there.

Actually have a box or 3 of NATO 9mm I will dig out to try alongside my reloads. This pistol will likely not be shot a lot, more of a curiosity I got for free. And I haven’t done even basic due diligence on the reloading side for it, unusual for me.

But will do so before shooting it much.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 08:06 PM (DO41q)

75 And... lady bad guy shoots hir first round... into the ceiling of the shed in which they're holed up.

The actress might have thought she was shooting up the hill, but she gonna hit the roof with that angle when pulling the trigger.

Fundamentals, people!

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 08:07 PM (kU0PQ)

76 And... not a single reload in evidence.

Maybe they were all carrying an extra gun. For a "Mexican reload", you know.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 08:09 PM (kU0PQ)

77 Much bigger shooting area now. All new barricades. Final ramp up redone so your finicky foreign sports car might make it up.
Posted by: RI Red
*******
Watch whose sports car you are calling finicky. My car did quite well in your mountainous terrain.
Question: I understand what you mow in the lower ranges, what do you mow in the upper one?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 19, 2026 08:10 PM (XfIK1)

78 Sharon,

I picked up a Bodyguard 2.0 for my youngest daughter.

It shoots pretty sweet to my (unrefined) standards.

If you don't buy an EDC before TXMoMe, I can bring it down and you can shoot it all you want.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 19, 2026 08:10 PM (HlyYF)

79 Also, William Boyett looked like he'd actually shot a revolver before in the shootout scene. He handled the pistol well, absorbed the recoil and brought his gun back onto target efficiently. Actual good pistol work - or at least good enough to look like it.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 08:12 PM (kU0PQ)

80 BRB, dinner bell ringing.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 19, 2026 08:13 PM (HlyYF)

81 One of the things I appreciate about Highway Patrol is nobody shoots holding their gun sideways.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 08:13 PM (kmF5/)

82 I love shooting my 1911 and Glocks but they are impractical for tiny me to carry. Have tried several other models including the 43xwhich is the carry model for the G48. Just nothing has clicked. I really like having a sight and that usually pushes the price over $1000.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 08:13 PM (kJmSS)

83 Diogenes haven’t yet had an OpusX, but generally not interested in the really pricey sticks. A wealthy friend handed me some kind of Padron limited edition at a party, which i stupidly smoked there - not the way to enjoy a premium item. $50/stick. Was good but should’ve pocketed it for later.

Weasel those Brick House maduros are great. Box-worthy for sure. Chanced upon some discounted boxes of Patel Number 6 and la Palina No. 4 recently. The latter is an everyday item but dang they’re good. Should review them.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 08:16 PM (DO41q)

84 Gotta say though, I shoot 1911s pretty ok.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 08:03 PM

Although I'm disagreeing with CBD on this, I rate that statement as true.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2026 08:17 PM (0sNs1)

85 Weasel those Brick House maduros are great. Box-worthy for sure. Chanced upon some discounted boxes of Patel Number 6 and la Palina No. 4 recently. The latter is an everyday item but dang they’re good. Should review them.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 08:16 PM (DO41q)
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I smoked them pretty regularly some time ago and had sort of forgotten about them. Glad I rediscovered them!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 08:19 PM (kmF5/)

86 PI, got to handle it today. The one in stock did not have an optic but it felt good in my hand. It was very light so a little worried about recoil but having the opportunity to shoot a lot of different guns due to Ed's and Blaster"s generosity, I figure I could work out any issue by practicing fundamentals. The VA gun shows have all been canceled so far which makes it harder to view a lot of different options.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 08:21 PM (kJmSS)

87 OK, 7 minutes in and he's started talking about guns.

First, he told us he's talking ONLY about reliability. Then his first reviewed handgun is a revolver (only one on the list) and it's a 5-shot. Which puts it at the worst possible position on the list. He says it's utterly reliable but it's just not enough rounds. So, how is that only about reliability? If it's utterly reliable, shouldn't it be at the top of the list?

Then, there's the pics.... I've caught several that look 'sketch', as my son would say. There are times he's talking about one gun and showing another gun entirely. It's especially obvious when he's showing a GI 1911 while talking about the Kimber Micro, and the price on the .45 isn't even close to the price he's mentioning on the Kimber. (Then there's the pic of the envelope on the scale when talking about the weight of the revolver. Eesh.)

He also mentioned match barrels. Ummm, we've talked here several times about NOT using match barrels on a carry weapon because of finickiness. (Yes, that's a word - I just made it one.) Seems a thumb on the scale as far as his judging.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 08:22 PM (kU0PQ)

88 Question: I understand what you mow in the lower ranges, what do you mow in the upper one?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 19, 2026 08:10 PM (XfIK1)

Well, it was just the small area in front of the tables. But we are seeding a lot of area now. I’ll have pix.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 08:24 PM (30Gj0)

89 Do you know what to look for in a used revolver?"

Well, the museum is on Waples Mill Road...

*ducks

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:24 PM (XuXeR)

90 Well, the museum is on Waples Mill Road...

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:24 PM (XuXeR)
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Would you believe I've lived in NoVA most of my life and never been to the museum?

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 08:26 PM (kmF5/)

91 Another couple of YouTube videos that might be worth a look are 1) 9 Hole Reviews co-host Henry Chan discusses why he (as a former US Army Ordnance Corps Captain) thinks the new M7 rifle program is a failure and what can be salvaged from it, and 2) Chris Bartucchi from Small Arms Solutions discusses his picks for the best AR-15 pattern manufacturers by price tier and purpose. The first runs about 20 minutes, the second runs about 30 minutes.

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 08:26 PM (BCwQW)

92 Would you believe I've lived in NoVA most of my life and never been to the museum"

I am dissapoint...

(Used to live nearby...)

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)

93 11:00
Taurus G3c. I'll agree I have not had ANY problems with my 5yo (or so) <$250 G3c feeding or extracting. So why's it at #9 and not higher? It has a mushy trigger. Huh, I haven't noticed an issue - but I'm probably not good enough to tell the difference.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 08:30 PM (kU0PQ)

94 I have put two rounds through my .22 varmint rifle since I cleaned it last week.

If I'm lucky I will come across another ground squirrel this evening, and put a third round through.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 19, 2026 08:31 PM (9C1ml)

95 Speaking of cigars, I need to pick one to give to my cardiologist tomorrow.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 08:32 PM (kmF5/)

96 two rounds through my .22 varmint rifle "

Same. If by "2" we mean "boxes".
The 10/22 CF is absolutely fantastic...

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:33 PM (XuXeR)

97 I am dissapoint...

(Used to live nearby...)
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)
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I know! I need to get out there and also go see the Udvar-Hazy facility collection again.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 08:33 PM (kmF5/)

98 I like your cardiologist, Weasel. Even though I don't know him and fortunately don't have/need one. My orthopedist (one part replacement) showed potential last time I saw him, on vaccines and general medical science, not cigars.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 08:36 PM (U/Byj)

99 Is anyone else watching the reliability video?

I'd like to know if anyone else thinks this is AI-produced?

The voice is weirdly lacking in ... natural rhythm?
All of the mass of quick cut pics that do NOT show what he is actually talking about.
And I'm getting discontinuity between the voice and his lips/face at times.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 08:37 PM (kU0PQ)

100 Good videos, weasel.
Yes, the G 19 is the GOAT. (Because I own one).
Also, learning more about revolvers. Thx.

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 08:37 PM (30Gj0)

101 Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 08:36 PM (U/Byj)
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He's been keeping me alive for about 25 or 30 years and we're pals at this point, though that wasn't always the case. At first he was all stuffy and serious and grumpy and overly-professional, and I decided it was my mission in life to crack the crusty outer-shell. Took some time but I did it!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 08:40 PM (kmF5/)

102 I'd like to know if anyone else thinks this is AI-produced?"

Or at least AI edited... the first few minutes seem a bit...off

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:43 PM (XuXeR)

103 Also, learning more about revolvers. Thx.
Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 08:37 PM (30Gj0)
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You can maybe tell I'm a big revolver fan. Probably from watching too much TV as a yoot.

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 08:44 PM (kmF5/)

104 Guns!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 08:44 PM (xcxpd)

105 MARK!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 08:47 PM (yEz+x)

106 GWB, if reliability is the be all and end all for a carry weapon, wouldn't that make the H&K Mark 23 the ultimate carry weapon? The Mark 23 survived a 30k plus round test regimen that included burying the pistol in sand, dunking it in salt water for 72 hours before firing, heating it to 140 degrees F, freezing it to -40 degrees F, rough handling, shooting unlubricated, and more. I don't any other pistol has been subjected to the level of testing that the Mark 23 went through. OK, the Mark 23 isn't exactly the best choice for CCW. But I think H&K is the only manufacturer that subjected its CCW handgun (CC9) to the full set of NATO standard testing for service handguns before putting it on the market. If anyone else has done that, I haven't heard of it.

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 08:47 PM (BCwQW)

107 Did get to the range. It's Summer, so I've switched my EDC to my church gun, a PSA Micro Dagger.

Very light, accurate, 15 round capacity with the right magazines...but I'll get back to that.

The trigger press is not the best, I won't lie, I have a bad habit of hitting low left with the tool. But it's something I can train around and that's what I do every Saturday. Draw+Fire drills just in case. It does have an optic mount, unlike Glock, without plates even.

But its not perfect.

But I had a catastrophic failure of one magazine. Worse, it's one of the very few 15 round mags I bought before WA locked down the joy of gun ownership. So I am hoping PSA will repair/replace it. Because I can't just buy another PSA magazine...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 08:47 PM (xcxpd)

108 105 MARK!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 08:47 PM (yEz+x)

Hullo! Did you enjoy the shotgun at the range?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 08:48 PM (xcxpd)

109 Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 08:47 PM (BCwQW)

Jah, good gun. But I don't know many people who carry it.

Reliability is king. But you have to carry it every day.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 08:49 PM (xcxpd)

110 Reliability is king. But you have to carry it every day.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 08:49 PM (xcxpd)

Agree - there's a reason the Mark 23 is referred to as a "crew served handgun." But H&K did subject the CC9 to the full round of NATO standard testing for service pistols before releasing it to the US market. I'm not sure anyone else has done anything similar.

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 08:55 PM (BCwQW)

111 Posted by: rhomboid
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Yep. Me under an old sock for a music thread that my browser remembered and I forgot.

Browning's tilting barrel design can be adapted to fit a wider range of ammo versus a gas operated semi automatic as you get mechanical operation using recoil versus one using gas pressure to drive the slide. You MIGHT be able to do some jiggery pokery with altering recoil springs on the pistol (Wolff gunsprings sells recoil tuning kits for a lot of semi automatics (and often the mfg themselves sell rebadged Wolff springs as parts).

But easier to just find a load that duplicates the relative velocity in the same length barrel of a std. NATO round. Those are reported on the ammo boxes and usually repeated in online sellers of ammo somewhere under details.

This is Winchester's ball range ammo sold as 124gr NATO in 9mm, 1,200 fps muzzle velocity
358 ft.-lb. muzzle energy. Remington's non NATO 9mm@124 gr is Muzzle Velocity 1110 fps
Muzzle Energy 339 ft lbs. So at least split the difference at 1150 fps and about 345 ft lbs. or higher.

You may or may not also find certain short stubby bullet profiles may or may not work like Hornady's XTP.


Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 08:59 PM (E4rtv)

112 jmotherfuckinghampsterfuckers.
Solly.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 08:04 PM (szsmH)

LOL. I might have to replace my "Samuel-L-Jackson!" with that!

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 08:59 PM (kU0PQ)

113 Agree - there's a reason the Mark 23 is referred to as a "crew served handgun." But H&K did subject the CC9 to the full round of NATO standard testing for service pistols before releasing it to the US market. I'm not sure anyone else has done anything similar.
Posted by: Ed L
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Beretta with its PX4 Storm---over 100k round military tests. Downside, DA/SA for most variants and no swappable back straps. But Ernie Langston used that as a platform to make an upgraded version to sell.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:01 PM (E4rtv)

114 But I had a catastrophic failure of one magazine. Worse, it's one of the very few 15 round mags I bought before WA locked down the joy of gun ownership. So I am hoping PSA will repair/replace it. Because I can't just buy another PSA magazine...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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That is pretty rare--spring, follower, base, or was it the shell of the mag. The first two are easy repairs--PSA should have a follower or base as a part and my guess is Wolff has the mag spring to purchase. You might also try Ebay for parts as there are some people there with 3d printers that are printing quite a few mag and other parts for firearms.

If it was the feed lips, then that is a pain because while Brownell's sells (or sold) a tool to fix them, it is hit or miss whether it actually does it.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:05 PM (E4rtv)

115 Here is Beretta's commentary on the PX4 Storm.
Ultra-Durable, Ultra-Safe for Concealed Carry and Home Defense

Designed to meet the most stringent military standards of durability, the PX4 has been reported to fire well over 150,000 rounds with zero part breakages. Besides the essential simplicity of its design (fewer parts=fewer and more solid components bearing stress), the proprietary steel we use for this pistol was developed to be impossibly tough. Its safety system is also ultra-reliable, giving you automatic firing pin block as well as a flip-up ambidextous manual safety for extra peace of mind. All this is why a growing number of demanding government agencies and organizations are choosing it and using it in every environment imaginable--the PX4 just keeps delivering.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)

116 Winding down. Got early morning appointment with mower, then rifles!
Thx, weasel!

Posted by: RI Red at July 19, 2026 09:08 PM (LMRVO)

117 Beretta with its PX4 Storm---over 100k round military tests. Downside, DA/SA for most variants and no swappable back straps. But Ernie Langston used that as a platform to make an upgraded version to sell.
Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:01 PM (E4rtv)

I did not know that.

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 09:08 PM (BCwQW)

118 Adios, Red. Have fun!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 09:11 PM (kmF5/)

119 I did not know that.
Posted by: Ed L

Beretta was aiming the PX4 as a polymer replacement for the older 92 model and aimed it specifically at law enforcement and military. It was also submitted for one of the Pentagon's JSP testing regimens.

It uses a rather unique rotating barrel system that reduces felt recoil as well. The 40 S&W feels like a 9mm in recoil for example. This is only for the service size or the compact, not the subcompact version which uses a tilting barrel because of size.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:13 PM (E4rtv)

120 So, there is a sad excess of space in the downstairs gun locker... and an opportunity for a weasel...er, Kuna to occupy said space. Any experiences with one?

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 09:14 PM (XuXeR)

121 'Bout time for me to punch out for the night.

Thanks for another great Gub Thread, Weasel!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 19, 2026 09:15 PM (Wnv9h)

122 So...I bought a "tactical" bolt handle for my Savage target gun, because the bolt is just a bit stiff, and a longer handle will make it easier. And "tactical," because that makes it more accurate. Duh!

The USPS promptly lost it, the company had it insured, sent me another one with a minimum of effort (great company!), and four months later the original arrives!

I figure it will take about 100,000 rounds to wear out the bolt handle, so what the hell am I going to do with an extra one? The company said, "just keep it."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 09:15 PM (l4RKn)

123 I picked up a Chinese-made clone of the Remington 870 pump shotgun, in "riot gun" configuration. I paid $140 before state sales tax.

After a few rounds of skeet, I pulled it from its shipping box, checked that the bore was not obstructed, and then ran five wimpy target loads and five rounds of buckshot through it. It worked okay, with the minor hiccups I expected from a new, un-cleaned, un-lubed pump gun.

I didn't shoot it more, as it was ungodly hot and I needed to get home.

Per month old news on the internet, RemArms, the current owner of the firearms line, is having financial problems with its new plant in Georgia. It may be a while before new, genuine Remington 870s are available.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 09:16 PM (NeM+a)

124 Mark!

You know shottys make me giggle.

My shoulder is a little tender though….

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 09:17 PM (OIyEB)

125 decided it was my mission in life to crack the crusty outer-shell. Took some time but I did it!
Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 08:40 PM (kmF5/)

It didn't involve using the butt of a revolver, did it? Like in the Highway Patrol stories?

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 09:17 PM (kU0PQ)

126 OK, 9:19 thank you time.

Thank you!

I appreciate all y'all being here tonight and hope to see you next Sunday!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 09:19 PM (kmF5/)

127 Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 09:17 PM (kU0PQ)
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Nah. Just persistence!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 09:19 PM (kmF5/)

128 Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:13 PM (E4rtv)

Interesting design. It doesn't seem to have done well in the US military's JSP competition that produced the M17/M18. I don't think it snagged any other military contracts.

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 09:21 PM (BCwQW)

129 126 OK, 9:19 thank you time.

Thank you!

I appreciate all y'all being here tonight and hope to see you next Sunday!
Posted by: Weasel

Being dealing with household issues today but appreciate you for having us in your virtual parlor and letting us sit around on the cracker and pickle barrels.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:21 PM (E4rtv)

130 Thanks for hosting, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at July 19, 2026 09:22 PM (BCwQW)

131 My shoulder is a little tender though….

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 09:17 PM (OIyEB)

Get a semi-auto. Much more gentle. Sort of like 9mm!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 09:22 PM (l4RKn)

132 ROFLMAO!!!

At about 19 minutes in, he's talking about the CZ P10. And among the pics he flashes on the screen is one with the side sights! LOL. Well, at least the front sight is on the side of the slide. The rear sight is in its proper place. So... bad meme grab, or AI generated?

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 09:23 PM (kU0PQ)

133 I couldn't wait so I posted this in last night's ONT, but this is where it belongs:

Took my son shooting at the Beaver Dam Rock Pit Saturday morning. I like to get there early so it's not crowded. I've shot rarely for years, but now we're spending more time at it. We still have tons to learn. Improving is fun.

I made a complicated target stand last time. I was proud of it, but it was over-engineered.This time I just brought thin 2'x3' plywood sheets and made some 10-degree cuts halfway through bits of 2x4, and that was simpler, lighter, faster, and more sturdy.

We managed to hit the plywood at 150 yards, although the paper target was nearly unscathed.

We need a better way to get feedback. I think I'll get some of those reactive targets, and maybe a spotting scope. The rifle has a 9x scope, and I have a pair of small 6x binoculars. Actually I just remembered I have some big honking 15x astronomy binoculars. Maybe those would help? But they weigh a ton and my tripod is broken.

(continued . . .)

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 09:23 PM (rcENI)

134 (. . . continued) Usually we just shoot at fixed targets and leave the shotgun at home, but I bought a plastic clay pigeon flinger, and we went through a whole box of clay pigeons (and about 150 shells). That was super fun. The shotgun magazine holds 5 shells, and I got one 5-out-of-5, and my son got a few.

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 09:23 PM (rcENI)

135 I got one 5-out-of-5, and my son got a few.

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 09:23 PM (rcENI)

Huzzah!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 09:25 PM (l4RKn)

136 CBD!

We should go and shoot clays together sometime!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 09:25 PM (runob)

137 Ed L I seem to recall that some individual had done a 50K round torture test on the XD9, back before I bought mine. Included submerging, burying, etc. No issues.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 09:26 PM (U/Byj)

138 Mark has an XD 9 I’ve shot before.

Nifty. Easy gun to make you look good.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 09:27 PM (runob)

139 Ed L,
AI summary,
United States: The Px4 .45 ACP Special Duty variant was developed to meet U.S. Special Forces Command (SOCOM) requirements for the Joint Combat Pistol program, featuring a dark earth frame, extended threaded barrel, and enhanced weather resistance.

Other Nations: The pistol has been adopted by military or paramilitary forces in Argentina (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police), Armenia, Chile (Special Forces), India (Para Special Forces), Italy (NOCS, Guardia di Finanza), Libya (pre-war order), Malaysia (Royal Malaysia Police), and Portugal (Polícia de Segurança Pública).
Border Services: The Canada Border Services Agency utilizes the Px4 Storm.

Major issue with the PX4 was that it used DA/SA which is less popular with police agencies than the Glock safe action, it did not have modular back plates, and due to the rotating barrel, is a bit heavier (which helps in felt recoil) and blocky around the slide. Resembles the Ruger P series.

It also is hammer fired when all its competitors were switching to striker fired.

One interesting thing is you can easily switch between tradition DA/SA to a decocking only version or they also made a rarer DAO only handgun.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)

140 Thanks, Weasel. Something to focus on and critique is fun. See y'all 'round the funny farm.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 09:29 PM (kU0PQ)

141 Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 09:23 PM (rcENI)

Nice. Wish I had somewhere to do that sort of thing.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 09:31 PM (kU0PQ)

142 Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:21 PM (E4rtv)
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Thanks for being here, whig!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 09:31 PM (kmF5/)

143 137 Ed L I seem to recall that some individual had done a 50K round torture test on the XD9, back before I bought mine. Included submerging, burying, etc. No issues.
Posted by: rhomboid

I have XD's in 9mm, 40 S&W, and 45 ACP. The 45 ACP version has the rare thumb safety varient which is in the same place as a Browning High Power. And it is exceedingly accurate in 45. One that is comparable is the P90 Ruger which is also accurate.

One of the rare manufacturers that has kept the original XD line in operation in part because it is on the California list and they keep making newer variants of the original without changing the interior so it is the same pistol with different options--the Mod 3 and 4 have a removable plate for Red Dots, the Mod 2 had an improved grip, but all use the same mags and basic system.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:32 PM (E4rtv)

144 See ya Ed L and GWB! Have a good week!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 09:32 PM (kmF5/)

145 XD9 was first gun I bought, still my only 9mm (except for the somewhat exotic P7 discussed above). Only issues in 10 years were a broken recoil stop pin (easily self-replaced, and free) several 10Ks rounds in, and a single mysterious reload case resizing error that jammed it up (classic solution of greater force eventually cleared it). So, very reliable. I know Mark loves his. I have the 5-in barrel version, vs. 4-in.

I've never fired or even handled the evolution of the line, such as the XDS or XDM, but have never heard a discouraging word about them either.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 09:32 PM (U/Byj)

146 Oh, I did get to the #1 on his list: Glock 19 V.

It's ok if you can get over the audio weirdness, the goofy pics. And he mentions (wait for it, Weasel...) that TRAINING makes a bigger difference than any of the issues separating #13 from #1!

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 09:34 PM (kU0PQ)

147 whig I've come *this* close to picking up a used XD45 in the past (they were frequently for sale here, never expensive). Some day I probably still will.

Originally picked the XD over the Glock because the grip angle suited me better. But a great, simple, reliable gun.

Haven't kept track, think the idiotic CA "roster" is finally (again) in legal jeopardy, which would make the whole line available here. But not too wound up about that aspect. The original XD line suits me just fine (and I don't use optics so that whole topic is moot).

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 09:35 PM (U/Byj)

148 141 Nice. Wish I had somewhere to do that sort of thing.

This is the only place around here (Cedar Mill Oregon) I know, other than some expensive and not-as-close gun clubs.

I still haven't zero'ed the Mossberg Patriot 30-06 (the only gun with a scope). I've bore-sighted it indoors. The Rock Pit is probably the place to do it, although there is an elevation drop. I just learned how to measure distance using the MOA scope, so next time I'll try to set up a target at 100 yards (and some closer ones), but I don't know how to compensate for the drop.

To hit anything there with that gun I have to aim low about two ticks.

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 09:37 PM (rcENI)

149 For those keeping score at home, so far tonight, based on public information, the US strikes in Iran have followed the existing pattern (coastal, maritime-related targets). With one exception: apparent strikes near Tabriz. We'll see if those reports are accurate. And of course the rumint continues to pour in about preparations - at least - seeming to happen for much more extensive festivities.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 09:39 PM (U/Byj)

150 Speaking of the Patriot, when I cycle the bolt, it doesn't always catch a new round. It ejects fine, but no new rounds gets chambered. I *think* that cycling it slowly works better. Is that something anyone here knows about?

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 09:41 PM (rcENI)

151 We should go and shoot clays together sometime!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 09:25 PM (runob)

I'm in!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 09:43 PM (l4RKn)

152 And of course the rumint continues to pour in about preparations - at least - seeming to happen for much more extensive festivities.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 09:39 PM (U/Byj)

Lots of tanker movement to Israel.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 09:43 PM (l4RKn)

153 150 Speaking of the Patriot, when I cycle the bolt, it doesn't always catch a new round. It ejects fine, but no new rounds gets chambered. I *think* that cycling it slowly works better. Is that something anyone here knows about?
Posted by: frammish

One of the known issues with push feed rifles. There is a reason that a lot of old timey big game hunters used Mausers or pre 1964 Winchester Model 70's because the extractor claw grabs onto the round to put it into the chamber and then extract it. That is controlled feed.

So yes, a push feed rifle will feed more reliably if you work the bolt slower--a controlled feed doesn't care as it derived from a military action that allowed it to be treated rudely.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:44 PM (E4rtv)

154 Thanks for your fine efforts Weasel, I enjoy the Gun Thread.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 09:45 PM (NnhvP)

155 Oh the 7yo wants to play Scythe. Gotta go!

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 09:45 PM (rcENI)

156 Posted by: frammish
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Occasionally it can also be an issue with mag lips and the strength of the mag spring. Sometimes moving to a stronger mag spring (see Wolff springs aka gunsprings dot com) if they have one for your model. Usually +5 or +10 percent stronger springs are available.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:45 PM (E4rtv)

157 Good evening gun threaders and all the ships at sea

Posted by: blaster at July 19, 2026 09:47 PM (NlEaG)

158 Thank you Horde and thank you Weasel!

Posted by: TRex - aerial refueling dino at July 19, 2026 09:50 PM (XfIK1)

159 blaster!

Hope your and Sra are well.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 09:50 PM (4FeTN)

160 151 We should go and shoot clays together sometime!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 09:25 PM (runob)

I'm in!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 09:43 PM (l4RKn)

I haven’t done skeet shooting in a long time.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 09:50 PM (4g5V+)

161 147 whig I've come *this* close to picking up a used XD45 in the past (they were frequently for sale here, never expensive). Some day I probably still will.

Originally picked the XD over the Glock because the grip angle suited me better. But a great, simple, reliable gun.

Haven't kept track, think the idiotic CA "roster" is finally (again) in legal jeopardy, which would make the whole line available here. But not too wound up about that aspect. The original XD line suits me just fine (and I don't use optics so that whole topic is moot).
Posted by: rhomboid

Get the service model and I think they also make a 5 inch longslide for it called the Tactical model. I have a 5 inch longslide for the XD-40 and it makes a difference in taming the sudden recoil impulse of the 440 S&W. Not as much of an issue with 45 ACP as it is a long impulse but it does put the XD-45 on par with a 1911 with a 5 inch barrel.

They also make a relatively rare XDS in 45 ACP WITH a 4 inch barrel. So you get a short concealable grip holding about six rounds with a service length slide.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:51 PM (E4rtv)

162 I'm late been working on a cursed car.

We got to shoot today. Cowboy guns. Shot the SAA with 9mm. Aside from the terrible sights not bad.

And the lever gun in 357. Super fun to shoot.

Green dot made it even more funner.

Posted by: blaster at July 19, 2026 09:53 PM (NlEaG)

163 And he mentions (wait for it, Weasel...) that TRAINING makes a bigger difference than any of the issues separating #13 from #1!
Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2026 09:34 PM (kU0PQ)
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So not totally retarded!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 09:54 PM (kmF5/)

164 I've never fired or even handled the evolution of the line, such as the XDS or XDM, but have never heard a discouraging word about them either.
Posted by: rhomboid

Springfield Ordinance's owner did a Bill Ruger in the 00's where he was concerned about Illinois banning some of his firearms, from memory, it might have been the M1A they sell or something else.

Anyway, his lobbyists tried to put into the bill some language allowing Springfield's rifles to be sold but the nasty black gun could be banned. That hurt Springfield's rep and probably sales of its other firearms by people with long memories.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:55 PM (E4rtv)

165 Nite TRex and AZ Deplorable!

Posted by: Weasel at July 19, 2026 09:55 PM (kmF5/)

166 And the lever gun in 357. Super fun to shoot.

Posted by: blaster at July 19, 2026 09:53 PM (NlEaG)

That is a glaring hole in my gun safe.

What do you have?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 09:56 PM (l4RKn)

167 whig I have the 5-in XD9. It's great.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 09:57 PM (U/Byj)

168 Wish everyone a pleasant evening.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:57 PM (E4rtv)

169 Thanks Weasel as always. I hope to have a see-gar review into you this week (sounds like an Iran war peace deal - we're *this* close!).

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 09:58 PM (U/Byj)

170 167 whig I have the 5-in XD9. It's great.
Posted by: rhomboid

I agree. I also like 5 inch barrels in revolvers having two of them--a Colt New Service and a Smith pre model 15.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:58 PM (E4rtv)

171 So adieu again like an opera singer making a prolonged exit.

Posted by: whig at July 19, 2026 09:58 PM (E4rtv)

172 CBD it's after 10 but I have a G-Force 357 tactical.

Posted by: blaster at July 19, 2026 10:01 PM (NlEaG)

173 I have a G-Force 357 tactical.

Posted by: blaster at July 19, 2026 10:01 PM (NlEaG)

Sigh...I am a traditionalist when it comes to lever guns.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 10:02 PM (l4RKn)

174 I have a G-Force 357 tactical.

Posted by: blaster at July 19, 2026 10:01 PM (NlEaG)

Sigh...I am a traditionalist when it comes to lever guns.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
*********
Can you help a rookie know what that means?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 19, 2026 10:27 PM (XfIK1)

175 Late getting to the Gun Thread tonight. Picked up a new S&W M&P 2.0 9mm Compact Carry Comp. I have been to the range twice in the past couple of weeks. I like it - it is a fun gun to shoot. I am also using Ai (ChatGPT) to analyze my targets after the range and provide drills and to better my accuracy. It is working - slowly. I have more to overcome from old eyes and being left handed with right eye dominance. My have to look into a red dot to help with the aiming.

Posted by: Lurking in Garland at July 19, 2026 10:34 PM (j9Bn5)

176 The ranking video is definitely AI.
The cadence, the repeats, the propaganda...

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Food Thread: Bacon And Beans Together Again!

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It is glaringly obvious that we do not discuss bacon nearly enough on these august pages. And not just the luscious, unctuous, rich, smoky deliciousness of the best part of the pig! No, we should also chat about cooking it!

All of you microwave aficionados may now go to another room...the grownups are talking.

My preferred technique is to start the bacon (thick-cut if possible) in a cold oven set to 375 degrees convection. Then after about 15 minutes, take them out and flip the strips. Another 10-15 minutes should do nicely for very crispy, which was what I was shooting for today!

Cleaning the pan is another issue for another day.

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This is a tough one.

Oh...wait...no it isn't

Cyclospora Outbreak Linked to Iceberg Lettuce in 5 States

On July 17, 2026, Taylor Farms initiated a recall of all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico. The recall includes iceberg lettuce sold at retail stores and restaurants. It also includes other recalled products distributed to food service customers. A complete list of those products is included in the recall notice.

Maybe buying produce from 3rd World sh*tholes isn't such a good idea. We already import 3rd world workers to pick and process the stuff in our fields...why do we also have to buy their (literal) sh*t?

I cannot wait for the time when robotic picking and processing decreases the number of primitives handling our food, and an administration that sees domestic food production as a national security imperative. Do I care whether we overspend on government support for farmers? No, I do not. We already piss away billions of dollars on stupid price supports and all sorts of other wasteful programs. Maybe subsidizing domestic production is a good idea!

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This is from commenter and pellet grill maven "Gunslinger."

Those ribs look great, and they were the impetus for my little chat last week with the butcher shop supervisor at my go-to market. He will save me a couple of uncut beef rib racks the next time they go on sale! Yippee!

But on to Gunslinger's cook!

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That’s a large cookie sheet, or jelly roll pan, as my Mom would pedantically call it. Mustard for the binder, and kosher salt, garlic salt, and coarse-ground pepper is all.

Started the cook about 4pm at 235 degrees. Let it cook until 7, then spritzed it with beef broth every hour until I hit the sack at 10.

Got up at 5:30, put the temp probe in, and started spritzing it again each hour. It was 174 degrees when I started with the probe. Monitored it constantly. There were many temp stalls all throughout the day. 2 degree rises in 2 or 3 hours. These stalls are normal, but sheesh!

It got to be 5:30 Sunday evening, but only 198 degrees internal temp, but had to eat! Work night and all…

It turned out wonderfully, with no indication that it should have continued to 205 degrees, my ideal internal temp.


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They look spectacular. I think beef ribs, when done well, are at the top of the beef pyramid. Well, maybe they share the top with a couple of other cuts, but you get the point!

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Sourdough Discard Crackers for the win! Yup, they are tasty, and easy, and very forgiving. The only problem is that I have modified my sourdough bread process so that I no longer have discard. When I make crackers I have to make discard first. So it isn't really "discard," it's more like "excard?" Or maybe I will stay in my lane and avoid creating new words.

Anyway, they are fun to make, fun to eat, and are strangely satisfying to put out for guests. "Why yes, those are homemade crackers!"

Pro tip: Use lots of butter!

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Here's another look at Cast Iron pans.

[Hat Tip: Kathy]

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As much as I love British cooking, and I think it is very, very, underrated, sometimes I see recipes on British cooking websites and I scratch my head and think, "Guys, are you serious? Do you know your reputation?"

Here's one of them. It's not that it sounds horrible; it's that it is more in tune with a college junior in his first apartment that he shares with three friends. Yes, it is food. Yes, it is filling. But do you really need to publicize it?
Sausage and baked bean casserole
Hell, they even use canned baked beans!

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[Hat Tip: dhmosquito]
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The garlic is harvested! And it looks...well...sigh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM




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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Ambrosia

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:01 PM (NnhvP)

3 It's... wait for it....

Martini Time 🍸

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 04:05 PM (jehhT)

4 The Kale is a Lie?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 19, 2026 04:05 PM (sk9DV)

5 Pizza soon. Haven't in awhile as way to hot but nice out today

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Bacon, yum

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 04:06 PM (dZE4s)

7 My favorite Brussels Sprouts recipe involves bacon. You cook up about a pound of bacon while sauteing the Sprouts. Once the Sprouts are done you throw them in the garbage and eat the bacon.


Brussels Sprouts make me Phlegmish. As do Belgian waffles and Stella Artois.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 19, 2026 04:06 PM (Kakst)

8 Got bacon this week, had egg, cheese and bacon on toasted English muffin this morning.

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Cain’s plant offering to God, which was rejected, was probably kale.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 04:07 PM (P6E1+)

10 I do thick cut bacon on a foil lined baking sheet in the oven at 400 degrees for 16 minutes with a flip when it is down to the 3-4 minute mark. Sometimes I have to give it another minute or so but it comes out fine. And there is no clean up mess.


If you want to save the bacon grease you just pour it off into a container.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 04:09 PM (0N4FZ)

11 I dug up a bucket of garlic, I am leaving a bunch for seed and cloves for re-planting this fall.
In the next couple of days I should be out trimming the heads I dug for storage, since they should be dry by then.

The nice thing about raising my own garlic is that I can use a whole head if I feel like it. I often do.

I also dug a bucket of potatoes this morning, about 1/5th of the bed I am letting the rest stay into the ground until the vines fully die.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 04:09 PM (rbvCR)

12 Will CBD and Piper please report to the Thunderdome, please.

Posted by: AoSHQ Announcer Voice at July 19, 2026 04:10 PM (B0NCh)

13 Cleaning the pan is another issue for another day.

I use a baking sheet lined with heavy duty Al foil (cheap at Costco). No cleanup needed.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)

14 ...If you want to save the bacon grease you just pour it off into a container.


Or drink it as an aperitif.


Well, maybe not, but sopping it up with good crusty bread? Yes. Definitely.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 19, 2026 04:11 PM (Kakst)

15 Cain’s plant offering to God, which was rejected, was probably kale.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 04:07 PM (P6E1+)


Naaa.
It was okra.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 04:11 PM (2WIwB)

16 The Korean BBQ place uses oven cleaner to clean the grates in the middle of the table that the patrons cook their own thin sliced meat.

I bet that would work on the bacon pan if you aren't using an Aluminum cookie sheet.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 04:12 PM (rbvCR)

17 Naaa.
It was okra.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 04:11 PM (2WIwB)

*looks around for Publius and/or Miley*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 19, 2026 04:12 PM (B0NCh)

18 I had four full-size strips of bacon placed alongside a take-out lettuce and chicken salad today (sort of a chicken parmesan but not exactly). Yum.

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:13 PM (6wpGE)

19 My preferred method of cooking bacon is to buy a bag of precooked bacon crumbles at Costco.

My bacon grease needs are met with "BaconUp" brand packaged bacon grease.

And I don't grow my own barley to make beer, either.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 04:13 PM (NeM+a)

20 I dug up a bucket of garlic, I am leaving a bunch for seed and cloves for re-planting this fall.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 04:09 PM (rbvCR)

I don't like being mocked.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 04:14 PM (l4RKn)

21 Nice paean to bacon CBD

I keep some render in the fridge to fry eggs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:15 PM (RIvkX)

22 I also did ribs this week. Mine were St. Louis pork ribs. The ribs were done at the same time as I smoked a pork shoulder for pulled pork.

In both cases, I used a custom rub. I started the shoulder at 745 at 270F, and added the ribs at 1215. I thought that might be a bit high for ribs, but it was not, and besides, it's what people like Franklin use. If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me.

Both meats were done at about 1630, and were excellent.

BTW, I highly recommend a spreadsheet for keeping track of your procedures and experiences with smoked meats. You'd be amazed at how many times you'll go back to check what you did before. It makes it much easier to optimize things.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 04:16 PM (Riz8t)

23 Making steak for dinner. It’s Argentinian. Maybe with Spanish rice? So all bases covered.

Also, that halftime show was better than anything the NFL has done in the last forever.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 04:17 PM (Dd38x)

24 That bacon would look awesome on some lightly toasted bread with lettuce(not the explosive diarrhea kind) tomatoes and avocado..

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 04:17 PM (2WIwB)

25 I dug up a bucket of garlic, I am leaving a bunch for seed and cloves for re-planting this fall.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 04:09 PM (rbvCR)

I don't like being mocked.

Costco has bags of excellent CA garlic for a very reasonable price. I'm just sayin'. No feces (to the best of my knowledge).

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

26 If you people think that I didn't save the the bacon fat, then I clearly have not communicated my food thoughts clearly.

It might be time for a shock to the system.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 04:18 PM (l4RKn)

27
And I don't grow my own barley to make beer, either.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

How about your Hops. You're in the right zone!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:18 PM (NnhvP)

28 "Cleaning the pan is another issue for another day."

_____________________________

I was under the impression that you had a dog.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 04:19 PM (dIske)

29 A robot can't stop a homeless guy from sh&tting all over a field. Solving that issue is not as simple as switching to robots...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 04:19 PM (tOcjL)

30 I like filé gumbo, but I like okra gumbo too. I do not like boiled okra served by themselves, but fried okra I find quite acceptable. De gustibus non est disputandum.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 04:19 PM (P6E1+)

31 [] A robot can't stop a homeless guy from sh&tting all over a field. Solving that issue is not as simple as switching to robots...

One armed with sensors and a flamethrower can.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 04:20 PM (Riz8t)

32 If the robots pick the lettuce, there won’t be anybody in the field to relieve himself on the crop.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 04:21 PM (P6E1+)

33 My grandma did not keep bacon fat on the stove but there was always a jar of schmaltz in the fridge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:21 PM (RIvkX)

34 Amazon sold me 5 packs of thick cut bacon for $1.49/lb. Needless to say, tomorrow's dinner is bacon, eggs, and asparagus (maybe wrapped in more bacon) with fruit.

I love Amazon grcoery delivery b/c something is either widly low mispriced or just doorbusted.

2 weeks ago, it was 39 cents bagged baby carrots.
Last week, it was 89 cents strawberries.
Today was the $1.49 bacon.
Usually limited to 5...and I tend to get all 5.

It's not even short dated or weirdly made. It's nice, good food.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 04:21 PM (tOcjL)

35 Homeless guys live in cities where the handouts are easier.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 04:22 PM (P6E1+)

36 Is aluminum foil also haram is CBDland?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 19, 2026 04:23 PM (zZu0s)

37 Will Kale taste better if you cook it in bacon grease?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:26 PM (l3cgK)

38 I am liking the way the ceramic griddle is frying the bacon

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 04:26 PM (Ia/+0)

39 Bacon. 400 degrees in oven on foil lined 11X17 baking sheet. 18-22 mins. I'll start checking around 15 mins and flip. Even better put baking racks on top of baking sheet to lift bacon out of the grease. Either way works fine and clean up is easy-peasy.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 19, 2026 04:26 PM (nT/TX)

40 The bacon and ribs look yummy. I just finished lunch. Beanie weenies. It was good; a little Tabasco to liven it up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 04:26 PM (1z8ji)

41 I made a batch of bacon yesterday in the oven (broiler on low, 9 minutes a side) and used some of the precious porcine grease to oil up the an I used for cornbread.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 04:26 PM (kpS4V)

42 33 My grandma did not keep bacon fat on the stove but there was always a jar of schmaltz in the fridge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:21 PM (RIvkX)

I keep mine in the fridge. Use it when I fry up eggs, cook refried beans and for other things.
No, not PDiddy things.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:26 PM (l3cgK)

43 40 The bacon and ribs look yummy. I just finished lunch. Beanie weenies. It was good; a little Tabasco to liven it up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 04:26 PM (1z8ji)

I made chorizo beans and chorizo and eggs for breakfast...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:27 PM (l3cgK)

44 I save the grease in the fridge too.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 04:28 PM (kpS4V)

45 I made chorizo beans and chorizo and eggs for breakfast...

No spam?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 04:28 PM (Riz8t)

46 Tonight is a meeting of Greece meets Mexico...spouse is beer brewing and I needed something in a crock and the fridge...

So, I decided to put the new Greek chickpeas at my local Aldi's to work in a salad with cucumber, celery, grape tomatoes, and green onions (with extra lemon, olive oil, and salt). Then, I've got pork carnitas in the crockpot that will become taquitos (small tortillas - just cheese, onion, and cilantro for those who desire it). Then, strawberries and grapes.

So, another version of buffet dinner.

I made a lentil salad this week with different veg and thinning out a deli olive-topped hummus with olive oil and lemon that the family loved...so moving back to the chickpeas was an easy call...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

47 If the robots pick the lettuce, there won’t be anybody in the field to relieve himself on the crop.
Posted by: NemoMe

But then how will we spread diseases?
~Taylor farms.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:29 PM (NnhvP)

48 One armed with sensors and a flamethrower can.
Why just one arm?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 19, 2026 04:32 PM (t2Ch6)

49 Stealing and paraphrased from a very funny lady:

There are two kinds of people: one says, 'I like bacon.' as in 'I enjoy bacon.'; the other says, 'I like bacon.' as in 'I like to breathe!'.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 19, 2026 04:32 PM (NcvvS)

50 Is Taylor Farms owned by the CCP?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 04:33 PM (P6E1+)

51 45 I made chorizo beans and chorizo and eggs for breakfast...

No spam?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 04:28 PM (Riz8t)

Nope. The chorizo beans do fine by themselves in corn tortillas, or with the chorizo and eggs in a corn tortilla.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:33 PM (l3cgK)

52 49 Stealing and paraphrased from a very funny lady:

There are two kinds of people: one says, 'I like bacon.' as in 'I enjoy bacon.'; the other says, 'I like bacon.' as in 'I like to breathe!'.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 19, 2026 04:32 PM (NcvvS)

There's a third type that loves their bacon sexually. We don't talk about them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:33 PM (l3cgK)

53 We take the same approach of cooking bacon in the oven. But we put it on parchment paper. Makes the pan easy to clean and easy to pour off the fat. I have an old coffee mug that has become my bacon fat receptacle. Best way to make fried eggs.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 04:34 PM (yTvNw)

54 So, another version of weaned on cock

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 19, 2026 04:34 PM (t2Ch6)

55 Bacon is a chameleon food it can be breakfast lunch, dinner, and appetizer. It can be the main, a side, or an ingredient . Thick or thin. Crispy or unctuous. It can be wrapped around or rolled.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:34 PM (RIvkX)

56 We use parchment paper to line the pan when baking bacon. Saves the grease and little to no clean up!

Posted by: DanMa'am at July 19, 2026 04:35 PM (8uzBS)

57 53 We take the same approach of cooking bacon in the oven. But we put it on parchment paper. Makes the pan easy to clean and easy to pour off the fat. I have an old coffee mug that has become my bacon fat receptacle. Best way to make fried eggs.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 04:34 PM (yTvNw)

Fried eggs indeed. Dad used to cook up a few pounds of bacon, then plop the eggs into the bacon grease, poaching them. Best Eggs Eva. The poor dogs would be at the windows trying to get inside...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)

58 Cooking bacon in the oven is like wearing sweatpants on the bus. It says, "I have given up and do not deserve properly cooked bacon."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:36 PM (RIvkX)

59 First time I've ever grown jalapenos. Picking the first one to use at dinner tonight.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 19, 2026 04:36 PM (n5tGW)

60 Hello Foodsters.

Chips and watching flopball with a nice glass of wine. My services are subject to the dinner prep summons.

Might be a merciful reprieve from the game.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:37 PM (Oom6t)

61 "As much as I love British cooking,"...... Now that's a phrase you don't hear every day, or actually, hardly ever.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 04:37 PM (EIx/N)

62 I don't like to do bacon in the oven because of splatter. Once that fat bakes onto the glass, it's really hard to remove. I cook mine in my Ninja Foodi Grill. The fat can easily be poured out of the catch pan, and I can soak the grill grid in the sink. And it's perfect every time!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 04:38 PM (h7ZuX)

63 Boy F. is in the kitchen right now marinating the chicken for Katsu tonight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:39 PM (RIvkX)

64 When I was a kid I would often go camping with my buddy and his dad, and often a couple other friends. His dad would fry up a bunch of bacon in a large cast iron pan, then fry a bunch of eggs. Every now and then he would fry up a few brook trout if he caught any.

Heaven.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 04:39 PM (0aYVJ)

65 No, not PDiddy things.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:26 PM (l3cgK)

Typically this topic is reserved for the ONT.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:40 PM (Oom6t)

66 Saw an interesting to clean bacon grease.
Place in bottle while liquid, add water cap tightly, shake well, place upside down in frig over night.

Remove from frig, open and pour out water with debris. You'll be left with clean bacon fat in the jar.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:40 PM (NnhvP)

67 There's a third type that loves their bacon sexually. We don't talk about them...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:33 PM (l3cgK)

Oh they will on the ONT. When somebody’s mom isn’t a prominent topic.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:43 PM (Oom6t)

68 Saw an interesting to clean bacon grease.
Place in bottle while liquid, add water cap tightly, shake well, place upside down in frig over night.

Remove from frig, open and pour out water with debris. You'll be left with clean bacon fat in the jar.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:40 PM


You can do that with any fat we do that with the left over liquid from a brisket. It makes a very nice aus ju for the left over brisket.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 04:43 PM (0N4FZ)

69 You can do that with any fat we do that with the left over liquid from a brisket. It makes a very nice aus ju for the left over brisket.
Posted by: Mister Scott

In my smoker there are no drippings to save.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:45 PM (NnhvP)

70 59 First time I've ever grown jalapenos. Picking the first one to use at dinner tonight.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 19, 2026 04:36 PM (n5tGW)

Wash your hands very, very well afterwards...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:45 PM (l3cgK)

71 Cooking bacon in the oven is like wearing sweatpants on the bus. It says, "I have given up and do not deserve properly cooked bacon."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:36 PM (RIvkX)

I usually do it in a pan on stove top as God and George Washington intended. I am usually making eggs as well and look at that! The grease is already in the pan!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 19, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)

72 Right now I'm finding the bacon grease cup to be more captivating than the world cup.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 04:46 PM (sYM3s)

73 In my smoker there are no drippings to save.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:45 PM (NnhvP)

Time to up your game, Buddy!

Posted by: the coyote lurking out behind AZ Deplorable's shop at July 19, 2026 04:47 PM (1z8ji)

74 It pays to label your packs of frozen food with the date. Found a package of chicken thighs in the big freezer that I didn't remember. It was dated from 2012. I briefly considered stewing the pieces but they made an Egyptian mummy look lithe and well hydrated. Figured if I could live without them for 14 years, I didn't need to continue the relationship.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 04:47 PM (yTvNw)

75 61 "As much as I love British cooking,"...... Now that's a phrase you don't hear every day, or actually, hardly ever.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 04:37 PM (EIx/N)

Hello faggot lovers! Have you tried our faggots?

Posted by: Birdseye Faggots in Gravy at July 19, 2026 04:48 PM (l3cgK)

76 I usually do it in a pan on stove top as God and George Washington intended. I am usually making eggs as well and look at that! The grease is already in the pan!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 19, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)
====
Cast iron?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:48 PM (RIvkX)

77
Time to up your game, Buddy!
Posted by: the coyote lurking
You might get invited for pulled pork next winter... maybe!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:50 PM (NnhvP)

78 I bake bacon on a rack in a foiled lined baking pan.

Don't need to flip it.

After it reaches the desired level of doneness the strips are laid out on a bunch of paper towels and the precious liquid gold from the foil lined pans is poured into a small Mason jar used to fry eggs the rest of the week.

Aldi sells a thick sliced peppercorn bacon that is the best choice for this method.

Oven fried bacon cooked on a rack is almost completely flat.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 04:50 PM (2Ez/1)

79 small Mason jar used to fry eggs

How do you keep the jar from breaking?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 04:52 PM (NnhvP)

80 I had about half of a blueberry pancake from Cafe Amsterdam (local eatery) in a to-go box in my fridge. Their pancakes are about the size of a standard dinner plate and a good 1/2-3/4" thick. My diabeeeeetus will allow only me to eat about half of one without getting in trouble, so I usually come home with something.

I keep meaning to ask them what they use for levening, because that fluffiness is way beyond the capacity of the amateur-level baking powder I have.

I just had that and four slices of bacon for lunch. I'm a "breakfast any time" guy.


If anyone gives a crap about ghey European kickball games: at 72 minutes into the game there's no score for either the Argies or the Spaniards. Exciting. Not.

I will give the announcers credit for trying their best to make this dull shite exciting, but it's not working for me.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 04:53 PM (IG3/x)

81 74 It pays to label your packs of frozen food with the date. Found a package of chicken thighs in the big freezer that I didn't remember. It was dated from 2012. I briefly considered stewing the pieces but they made an Egyptian mummy look lithe and well hydrated. Figured if I could live without them for 14 years, I didn't need to continue the relationship.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 04:47 PM (yTvNw)

There was a frozen duck in my freezer for at least 10 years...I thawed it, baked it, and it was just fine.

Posted by: Birdseye Faggots in Gravy at July 19, 2026 04:53 PM (l3cgK)

82 I cannot wait for the time when robotic picking and processing decreases the number of primitives handling our food, "

Something tells me y'all haven't seen lettuce harvested... in a while.

This tale goes back to the cheap labor bit...

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 04:53 PM (XuXeR)

83 off faggotty sock...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:54 PM (l3cgK)

84 Lazy dinner tonight. Jersey Mike's original Italian sub and chips. Maybe a piece of cantaloupe for dessert.

Posted by: Tuna at July 19, 2026 04:54 PM (lJ0H4)

85 I bake bacon on a rack in a foiled lined baking pan.

Don't need to flip it.

After it reaches the desired level of doneness the strips are laid out on a bunch of paper towels and the precious liquid gold from the foil lined pans is poured into a small Mason jar used to fry eggs the rest of the week.

Aldi sells a thick sliced peppercorn bacon that is the best choice for this method.

Oven fried bacon cooked on a rack is almost completely flat.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 04:50 PM


I do that on my pellet grill when I want some extra smoke on the bacon for burgers and such. 400 until it just starts to crisp up and then pull it. That method takes way more time than just tossing it in the oven for bacon and eggs.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 04:54 PM (0N4FZ)

86 Wash your hands very, very well afterwards..."

Nah. Go ahead and rub your eyes...

*no, don't

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 04:55 PM (XuXeR)

87 Cast iron?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 04:48 PM (RIvkX)

I actually have 2. One from my grandparents that is enameled. On the cooking surface. EVERYTHING sticks to that surface. Also, a Lodge that is probably... 70 years newer?

Plus the enamel probably is leaded and leeches all sorts of shit to food.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 19, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)

88 Well, back to the salt mines. But Imma put a can of Shiner Bock in the coozy to ward off thirst.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 04:56 PM (1z8ji)

89 Wash your hands very, very well afterwards...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:45 PM (l3cgK)

But rub your eyes before you scrub! I only had to try that once.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:57 PM (Oom6t)

90 The absolute best way to cook bacon is to deep fry it.

Nope, not making this up. It cooks super-fast and is perfectly (and evenly) crispy throughout. Then you have all that yummy bacon grease in there just waiting for fries, chicken tenders, breaded mushrooms...

If you're of the deep frying persuasion, the next time you change the oil in your fryer, fry a package of bacon in it before anything else.

Thank me later.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 04:58 PM (IG3/x)

91 90 The absolute best way to cook bacon is to deep fry it.

Nope, not making this up. It cooks super-fast and is perfectly (and evenly) crispy throughout. Then you have all that yummy bacon grease in there just waiting for fries, chicken tenders, breaded mushrooms...

If you're of the deep frying persuasion, the next time you change the oil in your fryer, fry a package of bacon in it before anything else.

Thank me later.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 04:58 PM (IG3/x)

I found that to be true. When the skillet is so full of bacon grease that the fresh bacon sinks in it, the bacon cooks very evenly...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 04:59 PM (l3cgK)

92 >>>I do that on my pellet grill when I want some extra smoke on the bacon for burgers and such. That method takes way more time than just tossing it in the oven for bacon and eggs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 04:54 PM (0N4FZ)
****
That's my preferred way to cook bacon too. I cook up at least a pound. Comes out great but it is time consuming.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 05:00 PM (EIx/N)

93 Argentina still has zero shots on goal at 82 minutes...they have Spain right where they want them...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)

94 Similar method for cooking bacon in the oven, but I use the broiler pan so that all the bacon grease (YUM!!!!!) collects in the bottom so I can save it for later.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 19, 2026 05:01 PM (7kJyR)

95 93 Argentina still has zero shots on goal at 82 minutes...they have Spain right where they want them...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)

hey, that would make for an interesting sport...each time a team shoots a goal, the entire team has to take a shot...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:03 PM (l3cgK)

96 > 93 Argentina still has zero shots on goal at 82 minutes...they have Spain right where they want them...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)

I've got it playing in another tab, switching back to it whenever I hear the crowd roaring.

So far it's never been anything of note. Soccer fans appear to be easily amused.

I've also noticed that (as advertised) these players take a dive at the slightest excuse.

They go down faster than a Norfolk whore on fleet payday.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 05:04 PM (IG3/x)

97 Bacon in Oven: Line pan with foil, then overlay with parchment paper.

Posted by: RS at July 19, 2026 05:05 PM (GYx3d)

98 Tried something I hadn't done before. Cooked some ground lamb and drained off the excess grease. Sautéed onion and garlic in the pan then added the lamb again with rosemary and red wine. Simmered that for awhile and then added mushroom caps Simmered awhile longer then added asparagus tips. Served that over a cheesey polenta.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:06 PM (abScH)

99
They go down faster than a Norfolk whore on fleet payday.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

That isn't fast.
~KH

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 05:07 PM (NnhvP)

100 90 The absolute best way to cook bacon is to deep fry it.
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There's a reason why the Bacon Wench is the most popular 'Ette at the TXMOME...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 05:08 PM (FZ29D)

101 98 Tried something I hadn't done before. Cooked some ground lamb and drained off the excess grease. Sautéed onion and garlic in the pan then added the lamb again with rosemary and red wine. Simmered that for awhile and then added mushroom caps Simmered awhile longer then added asparagus tips. Served that over a cheesey polenta.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:06 PM (abScH)

OH HELL! You had me at the onion and garlic part, but that sounds AMAZING!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 19, 2026 05:09 PM (7kJyR)

102 Perfessor, Amen!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:09 PM (abScH)

103 The red card on Argentina will be the game in extra time.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 05:11 PM (tOcjL)

104 FOX News

"Khamenei Reportedly Flees Iran As Questions Swirl About His Whereabouts"

Maybe he's hanging out with Mitch.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 05:13 PM (RCjYY)

105 103 The red card on Argentina will be the game in extra time.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 05:11 PM (tOcjL)

Is the red card a red herring?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:13 PM (l3cgK)

106 103 The red card on Argentina will be the game in extra time.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 05:11 PM (tOcjL)

Difference between US football and this so-called futbol. That would have be a righteous hit by a linebacker.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 19, 2026 05:13 PM (7kJyR)

107 104 FOX News

"Khamenei Reportedly Flees Iran As Questions Swirl About His Whereabouts"

Maybe he's hanging out with Mitch.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 05:13 PM (RCjYY)

He's communing with the 12th Imam...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

108 > He's communing with the 12th Imam...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)


What's that, Lassie? Did the ayatollah fall down the well again?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 05:15 PM (IG3/x)

109 Bacon in the oven works OK, I think it is more suited to institutional cooking, almost the only practical way for large quantities. I like the idea of thick cut Bacon more than the typical result. It tends to be tough.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:17 PM (3ErUN)

110 I've had some deep fried bacon somewhere. Can't recollect where off the top of my head. Served by a wench though.

Posted by: javems at July 19, 2026 05:18 PM (a/LVK)

111 106 103 The red card on Argentina will be the game in extra time.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 05:11 PM (tOcjL)

Difference between US football and this so-called futbol. That would have be a righteous hit by a linebacker.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 19, 2026 05:13 PM (7kJyR)

I still have to chuckle...
https://youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk&t=156

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:19 PM (l3cgK)

112 Not a surprise to the Horde but I use cast iron for 80 percent or more of my cooking these days, mostly Lodge. Besides the usual skillets and Dutch ovens I got a couple of their enameled Dutch ovens and a skillet made in the USA before they were discontinued. (That was a bummer.) I won't knowingly use cookware made in China.. Their cast iron bread pans make the best quick breads.

I believe learning to use cast iron cookware has made me a better cook. If nothing else it gives my arms a workout every time.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 05:20 PM (yTvNw)

113 Oven fried bacon cooked on a rack is almost completely flat.
——

You say that like it’s a good thing? I like the folds and ridges. I prefer frying in a pan. Easier to gauge the perfect level of done-ness. Oven baked tends to make a lot of smoke too.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:23 PM (3ErUN)

114 I have a cast iron dutch oven and 12" fry pan from my grands, they are WELL-SEASONED!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 19, 2026 05:24 PM (7kJyR)

115 They're not showing all of the celebrities in their posh accommodations now. This WC is an agonizing slog.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 05:24 PM (sYM3s)

116 Is there such a thing as bacon that has been 'too well cooked - (a/k/a 'overcooked')? I think not. Bacon is God's Perfect Food Group.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 05:26 PM (ayRl+)

117 115 They're not showing all of the celebrities in their posh accommodations now. This WC is an agonizing slog.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 05:24 PM (sYM3s)

The celebs are a few gallons into their chardonnay at this point.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 19, 2026 05:26 PM (7kJyR)

118 I have a cast iron dutch oven and 12" fry pan from my grands, they are WELL-SEASONED!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 19, 2026 05:24 PM


Nothing seasons cast iron like bacon. If I have to re season my pans I fry some bacon in them and let them cool off. Wipe the excess off and then run the pan under hot water with no soap and just a sponge and you have a very well seasoned cast iron pan.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 05:27 PM (0N4FZ)

119 Bacon can surely get burnt. Not good. You have Failed the first test of Baconry skills

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:27 PM (3ErUN)

120 Is there such a thing as bacon that has been 'too well cooked - (a/k/a 'overcooked')? I think not. Bacon is God's Perfect Food Group.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 05:26 PM (ayRl+)
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Yes. You can can char it into a lump of carbon. It's not as tasty when that happens.

The trick is to find that "Goldilocks Zone" where it's not rubbery and chewy and not a blackened stick.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 05:28 PM (FZ29D)

121 Nothing seasons cast iron like bacon. If I have to re season my pans I fry some bacon in them and let them cool off. Wipe the excess off and then run the pan under hot water with no soap and just a sponge and you have a very well seasoned cast iron pan.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 05:27 PM (0N4FZ)

True! I like to make cornbread in the fry pan. Rub some bacon grease into it. Preheat in the oven. Pour the cornbread mix in, and stick it back in the oven until done. It NEVER sticks!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 19, 2026 05:31 PM (7kJyR)

122 Spotted on the clearance rack at the liquor store:

Single malt
100% barley malt
Aged in oak casks

Made by the Bulleit bourbon and rye folks in Kentucky.

The word "Scotch" was not on the label.

Should I go back and buy it? Perchance to put it in an "Old Knobgobbler" bottle and see if my Scotch-drinking friends notice the difference?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 05:31 PM (NeM+a)

123 Yes. You can can char it into a lump of carbon. It's not as tasty when that happens.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 05:28 PM (FZ29D)

Not "as" tasty. But I will still eat it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 05:31 PM (h7ZuX)

124 “Seasoning” is a thin layer of completely carbonized fat. Coal black. Bacon frying helps to maintain that for sure. Vegetable fats turn sticky, and rancid. No bueno!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:32 PM (3ErUN)

125 I've had some deep fried bacon somewhere. Can't recollect where off the top of my head. Served by a wench though.

Posted by: javems at July 19, 2026 05:18 PM (a/LVK)

I've heard rumors of this marvelousness....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:32 PM (l4RKn)

126 > I think beef ribs, when done well, are at the top of the beef pyramid.

When you don't have 24hrs to cook and when you have more guests than USDA Prime Filet Mignon, a reverse sear on a pellet smoker then appropriately sliced yields probably the best fajita filling a person can ever expect to eat. Pairs well with cilantro lime rice and Elote (Mexican street corn).

Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 05:33 PM (NzX/y)

127 116 Is there such a thing as bacon that has been 'too well cooked - (a/k/a 'overcooked')? I think not. Bacon is God's Perfect Food Group.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 05:26 PM (ayRl+)

Yes, when it becomes a burnt sacrifice, only appealing to deities...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:34 PM (l3cgK)

128 @ 74 It pays to label your packs of frozen food with the date. Found a package of chicken thighs in the big freezer that I didn't remember. It was dated from 2012. Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 04:47 PM (yTvNw)
________________________________

I label and date ALL of my groceryin' the minute it comes out of the bag. The black Sharpie pen is your friend. I also ('cos I'm anal-retentive to a fault) re-arrange the food in the freezer each time I add new stuff. Pain in the ass, yeah, but the new stuff always goes to the bottom of the stacks. That way, I'm always pulling from the old stock first. Except for those times when I screw up and forget to move something …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 05:34 PM (ayRl+)

129 The old joke: My wife treats me like a god! All my meals are burnt beyond recognition...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)

130 Bacon grease is the perfect fat for frying salmon. It needs no other flavoring.

Posted by: Wenda at July 19, 2026 05:35 PM (u84c/)

131 Inspired by the top photo to bake up six half pieces of thick sliced bacon. Now doing a bit of yard work, prepping to replace a few fence posts. Afterward, will have a fried egg, ham and bacon sandwich on oatmeal molasses toast.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 05:36 PM (sl73Y)

132 “Seasoning” is a thin layer of completely carbonized fat.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:32 PM (3ErUN)

It's actually polymerized fat. If it were carbonized, it would be burnt.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:36 PM (l4RKn)

133 A mixture of bacon grease and pecan oil makes the most amazing fried chicken.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:37 PM (abScH)

134 130 Bacon grease is the perfect fat for frying salmon. It needs no other flavoring.

Posted by: Wenda at July 19, 2026 05:35 PM (u84c/)

I use it instead of lard for frying beans.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:37 PM (l3cgK)

135 If you can see splotches, colors, rust spots, that is not seasoning, it looks like a layer of varnish, that isn’t seasoning.

For outdoor use you want to season the whole damn thing, top bottom and sides, handle. It’s also a way of rustproofing more or less.

Interestingly Teflon is a sort of synthetic carbon. That’s what seasoning is, a naturally durable carbonized finish.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:37 PM (3ErUN)

136 135 If you can see splotches, colors, rust spots, that is not seasoning, it looks like a layer of varnish, that isn’t seasoning.

For outdoor use you want to season the whole damn thing, top bottom and sides, handle. It’s also a way of rustproofing more or less.

Interestingly Teflon is a sort of synthetic carbon. That’s what seasoning is, a naturally durable carbonized finish.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:37 PM (3ErUN)

Teflon does have carbon atoms in it...also fluorine...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:38 PM (l3cgK)

137 Baked my six half pieces in a 9x5 pan with tinfoil on the bottom, one corner prepped to facilitate fat run off to the bacon fat jar. Easy peasy clean up.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 05:39 PM (sl73Y)

138 Bacon grease is my lubricant of choice for searing a good-quality filet or ribeye.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 05:40 PM (6/7Fs)

139 I am enjoying having deviled eggs with cooked bacon mixed up with the yolks and other ingredients .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 19, 2026 05:41 PM (jt/rW)

140 The other great thing about bacon grease is, it has a half-life of about 15,000 years.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 05:41 PM (6/7Fs)

141 Baked my six half pieces in a 9x5 pan with tinfoil on the bottom, one corner prepped to facilitate fat run off to the bacon fat jar.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 05:39 PM (sl73Y)

I have been assured that baking bacon is wrong.

If it is wrong...I don't want to be right!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:41 PM (l4RKn)

142 Wishing had a bottle of red wine to go with the pizza

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 05:42 PM (Ia/+0)

143 It's actually polymerized fat. If it were carbonized, it would be burnt.
——

Well, Ok. But the entire piece itself will be coal black when seasoned. That’s what I’m getting at. It’s sort of like spit shining a boot, if you’re familiar with that.

The nutbars and overachievers will display a mirror finish on their cast iron. I just want my stuff not to rust, and eggs not to stick. Cast iron makes the best omelets and scrambled, taters, etc.

Heat retention, the mass of it, just cooks things better. Sometimes people say “even heat”, but it gets hot spots. But it excels for frying

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:42 PM (3ErUN)

144 I'm a true believer in cast iron when I have time to let it pre-heat thoroughly. Sadly the previous homeowner was apparently a true believer in glass(?)-top stoves, which... scratch easily.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 19, 2026 05:42 PM (aJQbY)

145 141 Baked my six half pieces in a 9x5 pan with tinfoil on the bottom, one corner prepped to facilitate fat run off to the bacon fat jar.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 05:39 PM (sl73Y)

I have been assured that baking bacon is wrong.

If it is wrong...I don't want to be right!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:41 PM (l4RKn)

Yes, the same with maple syrup and french toast...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 05:45 PM (l3cgK)

146 Heat retention, the mass of it, just cooks things better. Sometimes people say “even heat”, but it gets hot spots. But it excels for frying

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:42 PM (3ErUN)

That has been my experience also. I love my big, heavy cast-iron pan, but it definitely cooks unevenly compared to steel.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:45 PM (l4RKn)

147 Bacon grease is great in lieu of Butter, when short on it. Cookies are excellent, biscuits, corn bread. I haven’t tried putting it on toast. Maybe?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:45 PM (3ErUN)

148 Have any of those Troublesome Texans show up here yet?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2026 05:45 PM (0sNs1)

149 There is plenty of food that we consume that does not readily come from the United States. And there is some that can come cheaper from elsewhere (but nobody can beat the productivity of the American farmer. Our ranchers and farmers are always in Beast Mode thanks to our freedoms and as a result they feed the entire damn world. Anyway,..). So…yeah, I guess we can go autarky here, but where will the coffee come from, or the cashews? The bananas?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 05:47 PM (4g5V+)

150 I haven’t tried putting it on toast. Maybe?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 05:45 PM (3ErUN)

My dad would sometimes put chicken fat on toast.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:48 PM (l4RKn)

151 We are experimenting with frozen lasagna tonight. Frozen home made lasagna from this past winter.

I am.... dubious.

But I've also had two Martinis. My GaF meter is low. And I have wine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 05:48 PM (jehhT)

152 Advice/ suggestions please. I have some thick cut bone in pork chops that I want to cook but I despair at tough pork. I was going to put a dry rub on them , leave overnight and then cook. My plan is to wrap them in foil and put them in the oven for about 4 to 6 hours at 200 to see if they get fall off the bone tender.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:49 PM (abScH)

153 So…yeah, I guess we can go autarky here, but where will the coffee come from, or the cashews? The bananas?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 05:47 PM (4g5V+)

National security demands that we feed ourselves. Adding non-essentials from overseas is fine, as long as they aren't filthy, like Mexican lettuce.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:50 PM (l4RKn)

154 People who consume kale smoothies die.

People who use bacon grease conserved in coffee cans die.

Always understand that no matter what, one day you will die. Don’t hasten the process, sure, but keep that simple fact in mind.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 05:50 PM (4g5V+)

155 I have access to tailpipe bananas.

Posted by: Axel Foley at July 19, 2026 05:50 PM (6/7Fs)

156 My plan is to wrap them in foil and put them in the oven for about 4 to 6 hours at 200 to see if they get fall off the bone tender.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:49 PM (abScH)

Hmmm.... reverse sear? Maybe two hours, then finish in a pan?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:52 PM (l4RKn)

157 CBD, yes, a reverse sear was the plan. I guess I can just keep checking for tenderness after a couple of hours.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:54 PM (abScH)

158 So…yeah, I guess we can go autarky here, but where will the coffee come from,

Coffee: Hawaii (Kona)
Cashews: Hawaii, Florida (albeit very small amounts)
Bananas: Hawaii, Florida and Puerto Rico

Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 05:54 PM (pawvM)

159 Advice needed: I like sun tea but the gallon container is a PITA to pour out of, being basically a wide-mouth jar. Every time I've bought a glass container with a spigot at the bottom so you don't have to lift it to pour but can chuck in tea bags and sit it in the sun to brew, the damn thing leaks. Anybody have one of those that works and could you tell me what brand it is? I'm done with blind-ordering one from Amazon and hoping it won't leak and that the spigot will work properly after it arrives! Thanks.

Posted by: tankascribe at July 19, 2026 05:54 PM (NtoJk)

160 National security demands that we feed ourselves. Adding non-essentials from overseas is fine, as long as they aren't filthy, like Mexican lettuce.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:50 PM (l4RKn)

For me…not even national security. It’s simpler: we can. Shorter distances. Logistics. We have a vast array of climates and soil types that can grow many things and an amazing ag sector which does not get near enough love. All I’m saying is.

1) it could come cheaper from elsewhere.
2) it could be better elsewhere (I want wine from Germany rather than CA)
3) even so, we cannot grow everything

How DARE you imply that cashews are non-essential! Or coffee! Or bananas! : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 05:56 PM (4g5V+)

161 Coffee: Hawaii (Kona)
Cashews: Hawaii, Florida (albeit very small amounts)
Bananas: Hawaii, Florida and Puerto Rico
Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 05:54 PM (pawvM)

To sustain 300 million people, good luck.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 05:57 PM (4g5V+)

162 @ 152 Advice/ suggestions please. I have some thick cut bone in pork chops that I want to cook but I despair at tough pork. I was going to put a dry rub on them , leave overnight and then cook. My plan is to wrap them in foil and put them in the oven for about 4 to 6 hours at 200 to see if they get fall off the bone tender. Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:49 PM (abScH)
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Ben Had, IMHO and after many many pieces of 'too tough' pork (usually a tenderloin, but occasionally pork chops), I use the following steps: (1) remove silverskin; (1) season the tenderloin; (3) insert thermometer with pointer at correct temp (usually 180°F); (4) remove from oven at 160°F; (5) place in cast iron (Le Creuset porcelained) 6-qt pot; (6) add stock and seasonings (7) let cook at low temp for 3-4 hrs; ( remove and let cool; (9) slice and eat. Yeah, it'll be tender … adjust these steps for chops.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 05:59 PM (ayRl+)

163 ****My dad would sometimes put chicken fat on toast.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:48 PM (l4RKn)*****
Yes!!, On toasted real rye bread with a sprinkling of kosher salt on top. Yum!!! Thanks for the memory CBD.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 06:02 PM (EIx/N)

164 153 So…yeah, I guess we can go autarky here, but where will the coffee come from, or the cashews? The bananas?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 05:47 PM (4g5V+)

National security demands that we feed ourselves. Adding non-essentials from overseas is fine, as long as they aren't filthy, like Mexican lettuce.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:50 PM (l4RKn)

Or Chinese garlic...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:02 PM (l3cgK)

165 Or Chinese garlic...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:02 PM (l3cgK)

Shudder....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 06:03 PM (l4RKn)

166 163 ****My dad would sometimes put chicken fat on toast.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:48 PM (l4RKn)*****
Yes!!, On toasted real rye bread with a sprinkling of kosher salt on top. Yum!!! Thanks for the memory CBD.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 06:02 PM (EIx/N)

Butter on fresh corn tortillas with a dash of salt...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)

167 166 163 ****My dad would sometimes put chicken fat on toast.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 05:48 PM (l4RKn)*****
Yes!!, On toasted real rye bread with a sprinkling of kosher salt on top. Yum!!! Thanks for the memory CBD.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 06:02 PM (EIx/N)

Butter on fresh corn tortillas with a dash of salt...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)

But I've also rubbed bread in the fat left over after cooking in the oven as well...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)

168 ***Always understand that no matter what, one day you will die. Don’t hasten the process, sure, but keep that simple fact in mind.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 05:50 PM (4g5V+)***
Well, thanks for bringing that ray of sunshine to the food thread.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 06:06 PM (EIx/N)

169 @ 165 Or Chinese garlic... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:02 PM (l3cgK)
Shudder.... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 06:03 PM (l4RKn)
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Kroger & W'mart usually carry World Market garlic. I decided to call them and ask which country their garlic comes from. Imagine my surprise when I was informed that they grow all their own garlic in the Newnited States. Now it's my 'go-to' brand.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:07 PM (ayRl+)

170 165 Or Chinese garlic...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:02 PM (l3cgK)

Shudder....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 06:03 PM (l4RKn)

Yeah, don't ask me to choose my poison disease...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:07 PM (l3cgK)

171 I'm a big beef ribs fan. Lately the cost for a short rib pack is akin to a former porterhouse except a porterhouse is up to 25 plus... I used to do a sweet and sour rib deal when the Chicken Tonight in a jar product was on the shelves.. boo hoo who the hell decided Chicken Tonight was a no no??

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 19, 2026 06:08 PM (aaVMM)

172 I always add just a touch of water to the pan after cooking lamb chops and soak slices of sourdough bread in the juice.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:08 PM (abScH)

173 Well, thanks for bringing that ray of sunshine to the food thread.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 06:06 PM (EIx/N)

No problem!

That’s intended to lift a burden. Eat what you like, but keep things in balance, and chances are you will live a long and mostly healthy life. There is no Universal Rule Book because we are all individuals. And enjoy, which is the #1 purpose of the food thread.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 06:10 PM (4g5V+)

174 Yesterday was our 50th anniversary. Still use the cast iron pan that was gifted to us as wedding present. No idea if its a Lodge, but it is perfectly seasoned and as slick a non-stick pan!

Posted by: DanMa'am at July 19, 2026 06:10 PM (8uzBS)

175 I used to do a sweet and sour rib deal when the Chicken Tonight in a jar product was on the shelves.. boo hoo who the hell decided Chicken Tonight was a no no??
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 19, 2026 06:08 PM (aaVMM)

IKR?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 06:10 PM (4g5V+)

176 DanMa'am, congratulations. Look forward to seeing you both soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:11 PM (abScH)

177 Before the pandemic, Costco sold a pork crown roast stuffed and tied. All you had to do was throw it in the oven and serve the pork just a bit over medium rare. It was fantastic. I can’t find it anymore. It was so very good. Those chops were insane.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 06:12 PM (MLtjZ)

178 To sustain 300 million people, good luck.

That would be static analysis, if the US was forced to source all of its own food, production would ramp up.

But, and this is the real argument. We are accustomed to buying seasonal foods year round.

For Oranges: Florida: October - June, California: November - July; when US production winds down, then South Africa, Chile and Australia: June-October; Peru: June-September.

Apples, a bit different because they can be cold stored, but to keep supplied year-round, imports from the southern hemisphere kick in.

Lettuce is interesting because we should be able to get it from California's Salinas Valley. But Mexico has high elevations so they can grow it too. I'm guessing that Mexico's Taylor Farms had contracts to provide lettuce at scale for risk diversification.

It works, until it doesn't.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 06:12 PM (PVBkQ)

179 **I always add just a touch of water to the pan after cooking lamb chops and soak slices of sourdough bread in the juice.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:08 PM (abScH)**
I need to go get some lamb chops this week. Thank you for reminding me Ben Had.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 06:12 PM (EIx/N)

180 Curiosity query: Is anyone on the thread still using the old 'P-38' or 'P-51' military can openers? Bonus round question: Why do they have those numbers in their designation? Bueller … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:14 PM (ayRl+)

181
Coffee: Hawaii (Kona)
Cashews: Hawaii, Florida (albeit very small amounts)
Bananas: Hawaii, Florida and Puerto Rico
Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 05:54 PM (pawvM)

And actually, PR can grow coffee.

But PR and HI will never grow much. When they can combine to beat the coffee production of Brazil, give me a call. (This from someone who likes Kona coffee.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 06:15 PM (4g5V+)

182
Usha Vance gave birth to baby boy.

Congratulations to the Vance family!

Posted by: four seasons at July 19, 2026 06:15 PM (/QHx4)

183 A lot of people presume produce is grown in fields.

When I left California there were multi-level grow farms, internal, that produced 2, maybe 3X what they did in the ground. Acres of them.

12 years ago.

Not everything you eat that's "green" is grown in the ground.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 06:16 PM (jehhT)

184 180 Curiosity query: Is anyone on the thread still using the old 'P-38' or 'P-51' military can openers? Bonus round question: Why do they have those numbers in their designation? Bueller … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:14 PM (ayRl+)

To cut your way out of P-38 and P-51 airplanes?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:17 PM (l3cgK)

185 I have the meu planned for the week but I need a meat/ fish to go with Greek potatoes .

Then again, I could eat my weight in those potatoes

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:17 PM (abScH)

186 Curiosity query: Is anyone on the thread still using the old 'P-38' or 'P-51' military can openers? Bonus round question: Why do they have those numbers in their designation? Bueller … ?
Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:14 PM (ayRl+)

Q1: Yes. Two of them. keep them in my camping gear.
Q2: No friggin' idea, dreams of being kick-ass fighter planes, maybe?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 06:18 PM (0aYVJ)

187 LET’S GO MARINERS!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 06:19 PM (nwZ1c)

188 @ 184 180 Curiosity query: Is anyone on the thread still using the old 'P-38' or 'P-51' military can openers? Bonus round question: Why do they have those numbers in their designation? Bueller … ? Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:14 PM (ayRl+)
To cut your way out of P-38 and P-51 airplanes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:17 PM (l3cgK)
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Close, but no cigar. The numbers indicate the number of punches it took to go completely around the C-ration can(-s) in the Magical Brown Box. I still have mine. Now they serve in a self-defence role …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:20 PM (ayRl+)

189 Funny thing about the P-38. Being a southpaw I had to learn to use it backwards.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

190 And actually, PR can grow coffee.

3-4 years before first meaningful harvest from year 0 planting.
5-7 years before productive maturity
8-20 year 0 trees peak production.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 06:20 PM (9s47C)

191 Thanks, Ben Had. Can't wait to see you, too!

Posted by: DanMa'am at July 19, 2026 06:20 PM (8uzBS)

192 188 @ 184 180 Curiosity query: Is anyone on the thread still using the old 'P-38' or 'P-51' military can openers? Bonus round question: Why do they have those numbers in their designation? Bueller … ? Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:14 PM (ayRl+)
To cut your way out of P-38 and P-51 airplanes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:17 PM (l3cgK)
______________________

Close, but no cigar. The numbers indicate the number of punches it took to go completely around the C-ration can(-s) in the Magical Brown Box. I still have mine. Now they serve in a self-defence role …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:20 PM (ayRl+)

The P-38 was 38 mm long, the P-51 was 51 mm long. At least that's what the intertubes say...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:21 PM (l3cgK)

193 @ 192 188 @ 184 180 Curiosity query: Is anyone on the thread still using the old 'P-38' or 'P-51' military can openers? Bonus round question: Why do they have those numbers in their designation? Bueller … ? Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:14 PM (ayRl+)
To cut your way out of P-38 and P-51 airplanes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:17 PM (l3cgK)
______________________

Close, but no cigar. The numbers indicate the number of punches it took to go completely around the C-ration can(-s) in the Magical Brown Box. I still have mine. Now they serve in a self-defence role …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:20 PM (ayRl+)

The P-38 was 38 mm long, the P-51 was 51 mm long. At least that's what the intertubes say...
________________________________

Sounds close enough to right for me … they're one helluva 'surprise' weapon to keep handy when walking thru a parking lot. Too small to be readily seen, too sharp to not be effective. Go for the face and eyes first if y' hafta use it.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:24 PM (ayRl+)

194 I was in the MRE era of the Army, so I had to acquire my P-38s from elsewhere, but I can't remember where I got them. Still, nice to have around, like the church key I got when I arrived at my battalion in Germany. I still have that on my key ring. Still comes in handy sometimes, but bottled beer is pretty scarce now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 06:26 PM (0aYVJ)

195 Dr_No, thank you for your suggestion.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:27 PM (abScH)

196 Pizza is pretty good
Had whole milk mozzarella, sweet peppers, fresh oregano, pepperoni, pizza sauce and store dough.

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:28 PM (Ia/+0)

197 @194 I was in the MRE era of the Army, so I had to acquire my P-38s from elsewhere, but I can't remember where I got them. Still, nice to have around, like the church key I got when I arrived at my battalion in Germany. I still have that on my key ring. Still comes in handy sometimes, but bottled beer is pretty scarce now
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 06:26 PM (0aYVJ)
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We were still finishing off the leftover C-rats when I was in, but the MREs were being issued as field rats when I mustered out.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:28 PM (ayRl+)

198 182
Usha Vance gave birth to baby boy.

Congratulations to the Vance family!

Posted by: four seasons at July 19, 2026 06:15 PM (/QHx4
Yes Yes!! They named him AD Vance

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 19, 2026 06:30 PM (aaVMM)

199 We were still finishing off the leftover C-rats when I was in, but the MREs were being issued as field rats when I mustered out.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:28 PM (ayRl+)

Sad for me, but I had MREs before they thought to add the little Tabasco bottles. That would have helped a lot.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 06:30 PM (0aYVJ)

200 Spain won. Argentina now has to accept all their refugees

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 06:31 PM (gKWVE)

201 @ 199 We were still finishing off the leftover C-rats when I was in, but the MREs were being issued as field rats when I mustered out.Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:28 PM (ayRl+)

Sad for me, but I had MREs before they thought to add the little Tabasco bottles. That would have helped a lot. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 06:30 PM (0aYVJ)
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Yeah, I wish the C-rats had been issued with TabSauce too, but nooooo. On the other hand, they contained cigarettes and a more generous helping of 'wipe & dipe' paper (knowhutimean?). The canned peaches were always good, and I never minded the ham & eggs that some troops hated.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:33 PM (ayRl+)

202 > Still, nice to have around, like the church key I got when I arrived at my battalion in Germany. I still have that on my key ring. Still comes in handy sometimes, but bottled beer is pretty scarce now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 06:26 PM (0aYVJ)
------------
True story

I was pulled over by a Washington D.C. cop about a half century ago. Placed keys, wallet, etc on the back of my '66 Chevelle. He pulled out my keyring with a "church key" and asked; "what's this?!"

I said "it's a church key."

He paused, then said.... OK... you're good to go.
--------------
Back in the day the "capitol city" wasn't so fucked up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 06:34 PM (jehhT)

203 You put a P-38 on your keychain. Then someday, you might be the Man of the Hour, when a can needs opening by someone in distress. I use it sometimes when I can’t find the “real” can opener.

Sometimes hide stuff from myself. Gotta keep things interesting, I guess

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 06:35 PM (OWbRf)

204 I'm three lies for the price of one.

Posted by: MRE at July 19, 2026 06:38 PM (2Ez/1)

205 Yeah, I wish the C-rats had been issued with TabSauce too, but nooooo
——-

McGilhenney (sp) has a long relationship with the military. They had so many requests for it they started sending pallets of it overseas, gratis. They even had a C-Rat cookbook they put together for the troops. I would not be surprised if the little MRE bottles they provide were given away too, or at least they aren’t making bank. Always have a soft spot for Avery, LA for this reason

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 06:39 PM (OWbRf)

206 And pizza stone, 450 degrees 18 minutes
Is a bit thicker as usually 15 minutes

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:39 PM (Ia/+0)

207 @ 205 Yeah, I wish the C-rats had been issued with TabSauce too, but nooooo
——- McGilhenney (sp) has a long relationship with the military. They had so many requests for it they started sending pallets of it overseas, gratis. They even had a C-Rat cookbook they put together for the troops. I would not be surprised if the little MRE bottles they provide were given away too, or at least they aren’t making bank. Always have a soft spot for Avery, LA for this reason Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 06:39 PM (OWbRf)
___________________________

In an odd turn of events, after my discharge I sold industrial chemicals and the Avery Island farm(-s) were a client. One of the workers there shared a li'l secret about how they knew when the peppers were ready to pick. The pickers all carried a short stick with one end painted red. They'd hold that up to the peppers for a color match. If the two matched up, the peppers were ready to pick. That little stick's 'official' name at Avery Island was 'baton rouge'. Sound familiar … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:44 PM (ayRl+)

208 Skip, I am surprised you haven't built your own pizza oven.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:44 PM (abScH)

209 Dr_No, what a fun story.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:46 PM (abScH)

210 No pizza stone
Often thought to make a outside pizza oven with wood fire

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

211 200 Spain won. Argentina now has to accept all their refugees
Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 06:31 PM (gKWVE)

Queen Letizia is happy and that is all that matters.

Soccer still sucks.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 06:47 PM (4g5V+)

212 203 You put a P-38 on your keychain. Then someday, you might be the Man of the Hour, when a can needs opening by someone in distress. I use it sometimes when I can’t find the “real” can opener.

Sometimes hide stuff from myself. Gotta keep things interesting, I guess

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 06:35 PM (OWbRf)

P-51s are a bit bigger and fit my ham hands better

Posted by: javems at July 19, 2026 06:48 PM (a/LVK)

213 @ 211 200 Spain won. Argentina now has to accept all their refugees Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 06:31 PM (gKWVE)
Queen Letizia is happy and that is all that matters. Soccer still sucks. Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 06:47 PM (4g5V+)
________________________

Query: Has there ever been a time when soccer didn't suck … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:49 PM (ayRl+)

214 Finally getting to latest Directors Series video

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

215 Was hoping for Argentina to win, so I could send congratulations to a online friend

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)

216 They still put P-38s in the T-Ration boxes, as they were large flat cans for mass feeding.

The drill sergeants would line up 2 privates with a T-Rat and a P-38 and “Ready Set Go!”. There’s probably 3 feet to open, it was hilarious to see someone reach muscle failure with a can opener.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 06:52 PM (OWbRf)

217 CBD. Thank you for the food thread. Always an inspiration.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:53 PM (abScH)

218 Thank you for the food thread. Always an inspiration.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:53 PM (abScH)

My pleasure young lady!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 06:54 PM (l4RKn)

219 Right, P-38s are in no way ergonomic or anything like that. But they work great in a pinch. That’s why you put one on your key chain. You’ll never notice it, but it’s there if you need it.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 06:55 PM (OWbRf)

220 @ 216 They still put P-38s in the T-Ration boxes, as they were large flat cans for mass feeding. The drill sergeants would line up 2 privates with a T-Rat and a P-38 and “Ready Set Go!”. There’s probably 3 feet to open, it was hilarious to see someone reach muscle failure with a can opener. Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 06:52 PM (OWbRf)
_____________________________

I am SO glad I never had to work a T-Rat box. I still wish the Mess Hall had had the Magic Potato Peeling Machine when I was assigned KP. Back then, we did it all hand-peeled …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 06:55 PM (ayRl+)

221 FYI ... Bacon Up is shelf-stable bacon fat sold in many stores in the same location as Crisco.

Posted by: Kathy at July 19, 2026 06:55 PM (MOK4W)

222 I will fess up. In a pinch, for a quick BLT., I have used the precooked nuke it bacon.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 06:58 PM (abScH)

223 Right, P-38s are in no way ergonomic or anything like that. But they work great in a pinch. That’s why you put one on your key chain. You’ll never notice it, but it’s there if you need it.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 06:55 PM (OWbRf)

Until, of course, it gets slightly bent and will open up and start trying to dig a hole in your thigh. Then you invest in a bit o electrical tape.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 07:01 PM (rbvCR)

224 Oh, good, Food Thread is still live.

Bacon & Egg sandwiches for dinner. With the ingredients sticking out beyond the bread and runny yolk to sop up with the end of the bread. Mmm-mmm.

After that settled a bit, inspired to have some ice cream for desert. Being as how it's National Ice Cream Day.

Right, Marco?
https://bit.ly/rubio-natl-ice-cream-day

Aaaaand, willowed. NOOD GUNS
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420617
Watching Cowboy Kent Rollins podcast from three weeks ago, Independence Day, talking about food from the Wild West and sponsors thereof, like T Roosevelt and Buffalo Bill.

https://youtu.be/flVzAsdoPOI

Posted by: mindful webworker - with chocolate sauce at July 19, 2026 07:03 PM (p+5Bi)

225 My wife also bakes bacon and solved the problem of a messy container by lining the cookie sheet with overlapping sheets of aluminum foil. It also keeps the grease from adhering so she can save it for later use.

Posted by: Mongo at July 19, 2026 07:56 PM (zYrhy)

226 “I cook up at least a pound. Comes out great but it is time consuming.”

Sounds like me…
I use a ‘70s era electric skillet. It takes me a hour to cook a pound of bacon. I’m extremely particular. I don’t like curly bacon. I cook it ensuring it stays flat and is the perfect consistency. Not fatty, not dry.
In fact, it’s only slightly less done than CBD’s intro picture. Mine is still barely flexible, but his appears to be trending towards crumbly upon handling.
I use it on sandwiches exclusively, mainly breakfast ones
This weekend was with Spam!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 19, 2026 08:23 PM (qfGxA)

227 I cut a whole frozen thing of bacon into cubes and slow-cook them on the stovetop for an hour or whenever I feel like checking it again, then high heat to sear them on the outside. That gets me the crispy-but-not-hard outside with a creamy center.

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Posted by: young at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (1l46d)

229 Cleaning the baking pan in which bacon is cooked is EASY - if you cover the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.

Posted by: Ken Mitchell at July 20, 2026 07:57 PM (RNznK)

First World Problems [Doof]

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Broken golf tees. How does that happen? You approach the tee box with your driver. You hear that voice in your head - "tee it high, and let it fly!" But how high is too high? There's water or some other hazard right in front of you. If you tee the ball too low, you'll top it and it'll go right in there! So you tee it up a little higher to make sure you hit the ball up in the air. But you teed it up too high, you hit the bottom of the ball, which means you also made contact with the tee, so the tee broke. No problem -- snap the bottom part off, toss it somewhere (be courteous and don't leave it on the ground at the tee box!), then put the top part of the tee into your pocket to use on a Par 3 or a short Par 4 when you're using a 3W or 5W. But you break several more tees before you get a chance to use one of the handful of salvaged stubbies that you kept. So you end up with a collection that looks something like this.

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Useable for sure. But they're ugly! So what to do if you have OCD and don't want jagged stubby tees?

***


Grab that little pencil sharpener in your junk drawer, and make them look better!

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I had a plethora of broken tees in my golf bag. After just a few minutes with the pencil sharpener (smaller opening), I had this lovely collection of stubby tees!

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Fast forward a few days. Playing the back 9 at a local course. The Par 3 12th arrives. I had this ready to go!

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Perfect height for the 7W I was about to swing - just gently enough to land in front of the green then roll up near the hole for a tap-in birdie.

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At least that's the way things played out in my head as I took 2 practice swings. What really happened was a nice 75% backswing, followed by a rushed downswing and a too-soon head lift at impact so I topped the ball and it ended up about halfway between the tee box and the green.

Oh well - at least my stubby tee looked good!

[Please do not share this idea with bluebell - these sharpened tees could very easily be used as a shiv!]

Posted by: Open Blogger at 02:00 PM




Comments

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1 I'll fetch em

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Burn it. Burn it all and start over.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 19, 2026 02:01 PM (u73oe)

3 WTF is that?&

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

4 I know what they are btw
If golf tees wete made of something tougher, say steel, titanium or mabe carbon fiber they might last longer.
But then they probably are the cheapest parts of playing golf.

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

5
those are nine millimeter tees

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 02:03 PM (LHPAg)

6 My first world problem is still my washing machine. About to take it to scrap yard and get another

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 02:04 PM (Ia/+0)

7 9 or 10mm tees, whatever it takes

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 02:05 PM (Ia/+0)

8 You're not being the ball, Danny.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 02:06 PM (gKWVE)

9 Even 3D printed in PLA they would be more durable.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 02:06 PM (VyBeY)

10 >>>So what to do if you have OCD and don't want jagged stubby tees?

Super glue? Duct tape?
Slap hot iron to it?

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:07 PM (6wpGE)

11 I'm very proud of my sharpened stubby tees.

Please clap.

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 02:07 PM (QMAsf)

12 10mm have a snappier recoil.

Posted by: yardbird at July 19, 2026 02:07 PM (nPp6w)

13 *golf clap*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 02:08 PM (VyBeY)

14 11 I'm very proud of my sharpened stubby tees.

Please clap.
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 02:07 PM (QMAsf)

Retweet if you agree.

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:08 PM (6wpGE)

15 I have to plug a lot of tires because of tees. Don't sharpen the fucking things

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 19, 2026 02:08 PM (jrgJz)

16 13 *golf clap*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 02:08 PM (VyBeY)

oooh
nice

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:09 PM (6wpGE)

17 Do they not make unbreakable golf tees molded from nylon?

Here is a money maker for you: take grass clippings. mulch them up in a blender, mix with water to make a thick slurry, pour into golf tee molds, and freeze solid. Put a mittful into a bag with dry ice, and use on the course. Tee up, take your shot, and let the tee melt and soak into the turf to become fertilizer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 02:10 PM (1z8ji)

18 Not gonna deny, though, it was a good thinking-outside-the-box solution to a vexing problem.
don't give up! perhaps next time the outcome will be better.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 02:10 PM (VyBeY)

19 Willowed:

I would like there to be a law that states-

If we have to find them and deport them, at that point, then their bank accts and all property and housing and transportation that they own are forfeit to the gov't.

I'm also thinking that any one who rents property ( apps, houses, etc) immediately loses their the entirety of their property to the gov't.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 02:11 PM (iJfKG)

20 13 *golf clap*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 02:08 PM (VyBeY)

well played

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 02:11 PM (QMAsf)

21 15 I have to plug a lot of tires because of tees. Don't sharpen the fucking things
Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 19, 2026 02:08 PM (jrgJz)
You ever get a chicken or rib bone out of a tire?

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 02:11 PM (LHPAg)

22 Big hitter, that Lama.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 02:11 PM (qZb7K)

23 but AOP wins the Innovation Prize for today!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 02:13 PM (VyBeY)

24 Somebody needs to work on his golf swing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 02:13 PM (3oLMy)

25 Somebody needs to work on his golf swing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 02:13 PM (3oLMy)

Working on it does not often mean improving it!

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 02:15 PM (QMAsf)

26

Doof
on the back 9
with a sharpened golf tee

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:15 PM (6wpGE)

27 Use both the tall and short tees depending on the club. Tall for the oversized driver small for fairway woods. No tee for irons.
Plastic tees are okay , while they don't break they do bend after a few strikes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 02:17 PM (OXYE0)

28 A golf irritation is like the pinnacle of FWPs.7

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 02:17 PM (kpS4V)

29 but AOP wins the Innovation Prize for today!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 02:13 PM (VyBeY)

Woot! But seriously, there are two ways to go. Make durable golf tees that won't break at all, or make rapidly biodegradable golf tees that will vanish rapidly when broken or lost. How about making them from pretzel flour baked into a golf tee shape? Strong enough for one shot, and the birds and squirrels will happily eat the lost and broken ones. Plus snacks for the players!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 02:17 PM (1z8ji)

30 Like with pantyhose, it's designed obsolescence.

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 19, 2026 02:19 PM (Lzhdy)

31 They make plastic ones.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 02:20 PM (BI5O2)

32 29 but AOP wins the Innovation Prize for today!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 02:13 PM (VyBeY)

Woot! But seriously, there are two ways to go. Make durable golf tees that won't break at all, or make rapidly biodegradable golf tees that will vanish rapidly when broken or lost. How about making them from pretzel flour baked into a golf tee shape? Strong enough for one shot, and the birds and squirrels will happily eat the lost and broken ones. Plus snacks for the players!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 02:17 PM (1z8ji)
chrystal meth.

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 02:20 PM (LHPAg)

33 29 ... or make rapidly biodegradable golf tees that will vanish rapidly when broken or lost. How about making them from pretzel flour baked into a golf tee shape? Strong enough for one shot, and the birds and squirrels will happily eat the lost and broken ones. Plus snacks for the players!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 02:17 PM (1z8ji)

Or like those little, dry, plant-food spikes.

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:21 PM (6wpGE)

34 A golf irritation is like the pinnacle of FWPs.7
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 02:17 PM (kpS4V)

So you're saying I outdid CBD on my first try?

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 02:21 PM (QMAsf)

35 FINE! What the hell are you trying to do? Kill me with a golf tee? It's not enough you got all these beautiful acres fenced in for your little game, but you gotta kill me with a golf tee? You should have children playing here! You should have families having picnics, you should have a goddamn petting zoo! Instead you've got these stupid electric carts for you old men with nothing better to do!

Posted by: Bill Foster at July 19, 2026 02:21 PM (45BvE)

36 Something very loud and very low just flew over my house. And it isn't a commercial flight, at least according to FlightAware!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 02:22 PM (l4RKn)

37 35 FINE! What the hell are you trying to do? Kill me with a golf tee? It's not enough you got all these beautiful acres fenced in for your little game, but you gotta kill me with a golf tee? You should have children playing here! You should have families having picnics, you should have a goddamn petting zoo! Instead you've got these stupid electric carts for you old men with nothing better to do!
Posted by: Bill Foster at July 19, 2026 02:21 PM (45BvE)

He seems nice.

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:22 PM (6wpGE)

38 Burning down the whole golf course is going to be expensive and dangerous, but it's First World so you know you've got to do it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 19, 2026 02:23 PM (zdLoL)

39 Have a spring in the middle of the tee that bends, like a spring door stop.

Posted by: Rex B at July 19, 2026 02:23 PM (R0XxO)

40 36 Something very loud and very low just flew over my house. And it isn't a commercial flight, at least according to FlightAware!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 02:22 PM (l4RKn)

wi tu lo?

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:23 PM (6wpGE)

41 Play once a week in the mild months. Gave up carrying tees a few years ago, just use whatever whole or partial tee I find lying around the tee box.
Adds to the challenge, and I've saved tons of cents over this time.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 02:24 PM (sl73Y)

42 @trump_repost
9m
They do this, and the Republican Party is DEAD!

Key House caucus leaders target Supreme Court, Senate filibuster:

https://tinyurl.com/bdevyzm2

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 02:25 PM (3oLMy)

43 35 FINE! What the hell are you trying to do? Kill me with a golf tee? It's not enough you got all these beautiful acres fenced in for your little game, but you gotta kill me with a golf tee? You should have children playing here! You should have families having picnics, you should have a goddamn petting zoo! Instead you've got these stupid electric carts for you old men with nothing better to do!
Posted by: Bill Foster at July 19, 2026 02:21 PM (45BvE)
'That man's not a member of the club!'
-Judge Elihu Smalls

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 02:26 PM (LHPAg)

44 CBD

Blue Angel 3 maybe

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 02:27 PM (J4Dwc)

45 So CBD has reduced FWBs to pan tees.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 02:27 PM (3UbC6)

46 I'm very proud of my sharpened stubby tees.

Please clap.
Posted by: Doof

You need to repaint them completely, so they look clean!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 02:27 PM (NnhvP)

47 Don't need no tee's mate...

Posted by: Dame Laura Davies at July 19, 2026 02:27 PM (3sXRv)

48 I'm finding my biggest challenge in golf these days is the bending over and getting the ball to balance on the tee, especially the wood tees I've been finding. I think it's the depth, and paint. Or maybe me.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 02:27 PM (sl73Y)

49 Thank you Mr. Doof for FWP thread.

Greetings Horde - hope everyone is well!

Well, I'm back from Yosemite! The park was beautiful as always. I encourage anyone with the ability and opportunity to experience it to do so at least once. If you're able to get off the beaten path, even better.

We had a great time with extended family group ranging in age from mopey 19 yo to wheelchair bound 95 yo.

As far as FWPs there were a number of disappointments. I'll probably detail them in a longer screed but the parks lodging/food concessionaire is doing a very poor job. There was just systemic poor execution of basic responsibilities. Like no ice for days in the park stores. Telling occupants of the Curry Village cabins that quiet time starts at 10 PM while a raucous party was occurring in the nearby employee housing. There is much more but I'll save it for now.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 02:29 PM (QGaXH)

50 Aberdeen, in Scotland, ... Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, ...will be opening up the North Sea Oil! - Rumor is he's going to chuck the windmills too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 02:31 PM (3oLMy)

51 39 Have a spring in the middle of the tee that bends, like a spring door stop.
Posted by: Rex B at July 19, 2026 02:23 PM (R0XxO)

like ...

https://boing.greg.technology

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:32 PM (6wpGE)

52 Pencil sharpen in going into my golf bag. Great idea.

Yes, the great question. How high do I place my ball. It turns out, it's not the height of the ball, it's the depth of the swing.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:32 PM (qFwJc)

53 You should have children playing here! You should have families having picnics, you should have a goddamn petting zoo! Instead you've got these stupid electric carts for you old men with nothing better to do!
Posted by: Bill Foster at July 19, 2026 02

Fine with all of this as long as we can play right through, you get bonked you get bonked. No penalty. More fun. Targets even.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 02:33 PM (sl73Y)

54 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 02:31 PM (3oLMy)

This is a light-hearted thread. Keep the news for serious threads.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 02:34 PM (l4RKn)

55 As sign I recently saw: Please do not use metal tees. They damage our mower blades.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:36 PM (qFwJc)

56 A good rule of thumb for the driver is when placing it behind the teed ball, the top of the driver should bisect the equator of the ball.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 02:36 PM (J4Dwc)

57 naturalfake , I was reminded this morning that the US is one of the few countries in the world that takes the right of personal property seriously.

Fine them, fine. Confiscate everything? That is tyranny.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:39 PM (qFwJc)

58 56 A good rule of thumb for the driver is when placing it behind the teed ball, the top of the driver should bisect the equator of the ball.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 02:36 PM (J4Dwc)
How can one see the equator with all those little craters?

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 02:39 PM (LHPAg)

59 51 39 Have a spring in the middle of the tee that bends, like a spring door stop.
Posted by: Rex B at July 19, 2026 02:23 PM (R0XxO)

like ...

https://boing.greg.technology
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:32 PM (6wpGE)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 02:27 PM (3UbC6)

; )

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:39 PM (6wpGE)

60 "top of the driver should bisect the equator of the ball."

If I could only get my mind and muscles to obey me?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:40 PM (qFwJc)

61 good rule of thumb for the driver is when placing it behind the teed ball, the top of the driver should bisect the equator of the ball.
Posted by: one hour sober at July

Never golfed at the equator, think it would be way too hot.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 02:41 PM (sl73Y)

62 Skip has FWPs! From the Tech Thread:

36 On tech problems. Yesterday on long drive listened to podcast on my phone all the way. Got there and phone decided it didn't accept mobile data. Nothing was turned off and didn't get back on line until got home WiFi. Maybe if I coould restart it might have fixed it but I can't turn my phone off ond on. Its a non woking button issue.
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:03 AM (Ia/+0)

149 Phone still has no mobile data available
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 08:26 AM (Ia/+0)

172 Getting a new Crome update available since yesterday yet can't figure out how to update, wonder if thats its problem
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)

First, go to Settings. My icon looks like a Mercedes logo with gear teeth. If it isn't on one of your main screens, there are two ways to get it. One is to swipe up on your main screen to show all installed apps, and then you can hold and drag Settings onto your main screen (or just open it). The other is to swipe down for the comm summary, then swipe down again for quick settings like Mobile Data and Airplane Mode, and tap the little unlabeled gear icon in the lower right.

~ cont. ~

Posted by: SciVo at July 19, 2026 02:41 PM (Sy6m/)

63 ~ cont. ~

In Settings, scroll to the bottom, and Software Update is where you can manually trigger a check for updates and install a downloaded update. Take care of that first.

If Mobile Data is on, Airplane Mode is off, your software is updated, and you're still not connected, then go back to Settings. Find System near the bottom and tap Reset Options. Make sure you have your Wi-Fi password handy -- I'm not sure if you'll need to re-enter it, but this is a bit of a nuclear option for when all else has failed -- then "Reset network settings."

Posted by: SciVo at July 19, 2026 02:41 PM (Sy6m/)

64 46 I'm very proud of my sharpened stubby tees.

Please clap.
Posted by: Doof

I think this is a terrible idea.

Posted by: Tiny Dracula at July 19, 2026 02:42 PM (XE5AP)

65 Bill Foster, take your kids to a park. My green fees pay the wages of the workers that keep these venues so beautiful.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:43 PM (qFwJc)

66 Among Us has turned into a cash machine

Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 02:43 PM (GbONR)

67 46 I'm very proud of my sharpened stubby tees.

Please clap.
Posted by: Doof

Shut up, this will save me a lot of work.

Posted by: Tiny Vincent Price, in the tiny remake of Last Man on Earth at July 19, 2026 02:44 PM (XE5AP)

68 No........
Never reset network settings. No. Just no.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 02:45 PM (sl73Y)

69 A faulty workman blames his tools.
And I'm saddened beyond belief that Doof suffers from Low Tee.

Posted by: Bigg Farma at July 19, 2026 02:46 PM (JM9I6)

70 "Sharpened stubby tees?" Please tell me that it's not about me.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:46 PM (qFwJc)

71 I thought they made nylon tees. Or, are they generally banned because they chew up lawn blades?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 19, 2026 02:47 PM (diia5)

72 I've been teed off all weekend. This thread is not helping.

Posted by: Thanks Doof at July 19, 2026 02:47 PM (JM9I6)

73
We were in Scotland a couple of weeks ago ago,
And decided to take a look at St Andrew's.

It is a very modest looking place. Sort of like a well-groomed nine hole golf course.

From what I could see, it didn't look particularly difficult buuuuut things might look quite different when you're teeing off.

Welp, save your pennies and maybe you can have a great Scottish weekend with golf at St Andrew's and salmon fishing in Scottish streams.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 02:48 PM (iJfKG)

74 I see at least 11 bogies in that top photo. Are those 3rd world tees?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 02:49 PM (sYM3s)

75 SciVo
Nothing of that seems amiss, have on schedule automatic shutdown 2 days a week and restart,but haven't found where I did that yet

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 02:49 PM (Ia/+0)

76 Welp, save your pennies and maybe you can have a great Scottish weekend with golf at St Andrew's and salmon fishing in Scottish streams.
Posted by: naturalfake

Yes, but have you gone Salmon Fishing in the Yemen?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 19, 2026 02:49 PM (diia5)

77 btw, I am not going out with the St. Anne golf group tomorrow to play Hartsville Country Club. I love the venue. I don't care about the cost. But c'mon man, I am not paying money to be miserable. It's just too hot.

Maybe I will go bowling.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:50 PM (qFwJc)

78 Hard to burn the golf course down.

Tactical nuke.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 19, 2026 02:50 PM (zZu0s)

79 Oooh...World Cup Finals is getting a flyover. Trump is there!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 02:50 PM (l4RKn)

80 74 I see at least 11 bogies in that top photo. Are those 3rd world tees?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 02:49 PM (sYM3s)

Cruel.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a sand wedge in the bunker at July 19, 2026 02:50 PM (XE5AP)

81
Finished with my assignment. There was a Boston Terrier supported entry. Every damn class had some piece of junk to present as a trophy. Usually these are small. Today's were large.

At Best of Breed there were trophies for Best of Breed, Best of Opposite, Select Dog, Select Bitch and Best Owner-Handled. There was so much stuff on my table that I had to tell the trophy chair to take it somewhere else and hand it out. Unfortunately, she was nowhere to be seen.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 02:51 PM (UU6Zb)

82 There ain't nothin' stoppin' ya, Bill. Buy up some land, lovingly maintain it, put your petting zoo in there, and let all and sundry frolick on your emerald swards, eat your geese and zoo animals, OD on fent, and shoot each other if it's a hot day.

I don't golf, I don't get the draw of it, but I do understand why they're so nice, as you note - it's because they aren't letting las familias y ninos past the fence.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 02:51 PM (BI5O2)

83 The Paolo, he does not know about, this, how you say, stubby tee.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 19, 2026 02:51 PM (2Ez/1)

84

You must have played the wrong ball somewhere on the 18th fairway. We are playing strict rules, so I'm afraid you lose the hole and the match.

Posted by: Double naught spy at July 19, 2026 02:52 PM (Cqx++)

85 When I think of Scotland and St. Andrew's, I thought of forests.

LOL. What a fool I am. Barren. St. George Utah barren. Just colder, except for maybe today.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:53 PM (qFwJc)

86 Never golfed at the equator, think it would be way too hot.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 02:41 PM (sl73Y)

Warlords, hippos, rhinos, pissed off elephants, lions. Hard pass.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 02:53 PM (wOO3z)

87 LOL. What a fool I am. Barren. St. George Utah barren. Just colder, except for maybe today.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 02:53 PM (qFwJc)

It's because of all the Haggis roaming around on the barren crags and tarns.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a sand wedge in the bunker at July 19, 2026 02:54 PM (XE5AP)

88 It's because of all the Haggis roaming around on the barren crags and tarns.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a sand wedge in the bunker at July 19, 2026 02:54 PM (XE5AP)

Are you casting aspersions on Haggis?

It's delicious!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 02:56 PM (l4RKn)

89
A zillion years ago when I played golf, one of our foursome had had a string of bad holes. He came fuming up to the next tee, set up and was ready to swing. I said quietly, "You're in front of the markers."

He turned, looked, slammed his club into the ground, reset, swung and drove his shot into the pond next to the fairway. I felt like I'd been on vacation for three weeks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 02:56 PM (UU6Zb)

90 Is today the last game of the Men's Metric Kickball competition?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 19, 2026 02:57 PM (2Ez/1)

91 Yes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 02:58 PM (wOO3z)

92 Nice idea for broken golf tees. But I still discard them after I break them.

Speaking of golf, I am getting back into the game.
There is a driving range near me where I can hit a bucket of balls and 2 nice golf courses.
I also can take the drive out to Long Island and play Bethpage and its 5 courses.

I am also going to look at replacing my clubs. I have had my irons since the early 90's. My driver and 3 wood since the 2010's.
Of course what ever I get will be fitted to me.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 02:58 PM (dZE4s)

93 >>I don't golf, I don't get the draw of it

It’s a slice of life for those who play

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 02:58 PM (J4Dwc)

94 61 good rule of thumb for the driver is when placing it behind the teed ball, the top of the driver should bisect the equator of the ball.
Posted by: one hour sober at July

Never golfed at the equator, think it would be way too hot.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 02:41 PM (sl73Y)

I recall Ralphie's Dad claimed his car would freeze up in the middle of July at the equator....that probably qualifies as an obsolete FWP with the introduction of antifreeze and closed pressurized cooling systems.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 02:58 PM (QGaXH)

95 Then fades away when you get old

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 02:59 PM (J4Dwc)

96 84

You must have played the wrong ball somewhere on the 18th fairway. We are playing strict rules, so I'm afraid you lose the hole and the match.
Posted by: Double naught spy at July 19, 2026 02:52 PM (Cqx++)
I play a Slazenger.

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 02:59 PM (LHPAg)

97 >I don't golf, I don't get the draw of it

It’s a slice of life for those who play
Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 02:58 PM (J4Dwc)

Its difficult. The motion is unnatural. Works odd muscles. It is fun to test yourself against something so unforgiving. You are outside. Its quietish with some buddies. It feels really good to hit a difficult shot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 19, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

98
There's a bathroom wall in my mother's house that has defied every attempt to support a towel rack. A lousy towel rack.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)

99 Its difficult. The motion is unnatural. Works odd muscles. It is fun to test yourself against something so unforgiving. You are outside. Its quietish with some buddies. It feels really good to hit a difficult shot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 19, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

It is what the Scots went to after they realized that self-flagellation was not working

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 03:02 PM (rbvCR)

100 In another 1WP trying a experiment I kind of wanted to do with gasoline quality. It would be a waste in a truck, but in a SUV might prove something. So except for initial fill up, been putting in middle grade. Srems already it says mpg has gone up
But will track gallons and miles for a while and see.
Quite a difference having a 10 gallon tank and trucks 35 gallon

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 03:02 PM (Ia/+0)

101 Select Bitch
Used to date her

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 19, 2026 03:03 PM (5Tbx2)

102 I really like that all the Argentinians are singing their national anthem instead of barely mumbling along or not singing at all like American sports all athletes.

Good for them.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 03:03 PM (iJfKG)

103 I used to play golf with a guy we called a Helicopter Pilot. When he made a bad shot he would throw his club so that it made a wop-wop helicopter sound.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 19, 2026 03:03 PM (4NO2D)

104 86 Never golfed at the equator, think it would be way too hot.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 19, 2026 02:41 PM (sl73Y)

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FUN FACT: If your equator course has a fairway that faces west, you'll find that your drives go farther due to the rotation of the Earf.

'Tis science

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 03:03 PM (9nUTf)

105 There's a bathroom wall in my mother's house that has defied every attempt to support a towel rack. A lousy towel rack.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)

I saw the neatest thing, a multi rack towel warmer.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 03:03 PM (rbvCR)

106 I really like that all the Argentinians are singing their national anthem instead of barely mumbling along or not singing at all like American sports all athletes.

Good for them.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 03:03 PM (iJfKG)

That is because they can't pronounce all the words in the English song, "We Are Going To Cut Your Tonkers Off" to intimidate the English team and fans.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

107 Blond Morticia its a shame she doesn't live near me, I am if nothing else a professional carpenter.

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 03:05 PM (Ia/+0)

108 I used to play golf with a guy we called a Helicopter Pilot. When he made a bad shot he would throw his club so that it made a wop-wop helicopter sound.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Sounds like my uncle.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 03:05 PM (wOO3z)

109 I saw the neatest thing, a multi rack towel warmer.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 03:03 PM (rbvCR)

Warm towels on a cold day is true decadence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 03:06 PM (l4RKn)

110
I recall Ralphie's Dad claimed his car would freeze up in the middle of July at the equator....that probably qualifies as an obsolete FWP with the introduction of antifreeze and closed pressurized cooling systems.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
---------
"He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master."

"In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan."

Posted by: Ralphie at July 19, 2026 03:06 PM (XeU6L)

111 "you'll find that your drives go farther due to the rotation of the Earf."

BS. Great fun. try throwing a baseball either way on a moving train.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 03:06 PM (qFwJc)

112 I’d play golf exactly one time with Helicopter Pilot.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 03:07 PM (J4Dwc)

113 My FWP is that it's 88F and rising, I'm in my underpants, waiting for the world cup and I'm running of gin and tonic

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 03:07 PM (sYM3s)

114 "He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master."

"In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan."
Posted by: Ralphie at July 19, 2026 03:06 PM

Oh Fudge...

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 19, 2026 03:07 PM (4NO2D)

115 I actually have a couple old golf clubs. Thought often would be fun just going to a driving range.

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 03:07 PM (Ia/+0)

116
Select Bitch
Used to date her

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 19, 2026 03:03 PM (5Tbx2)

____________

A dog show is a place where you can say, "Wow! That bitch has a fabulous rear" and nobody blinks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 03:08 PM (UU6Zb)

117 Gene Shepherd. One of my older brothers thought he was great.

"A Christmas Story" is funny, amusing, and sad that people live in Shitcago and suffer the cold, cold, cold.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 03:08 PM (qFwJc)

118 This always kinda, in a macabre way, makes me laugh. According to Sports Statistics:

"Emergency rooms across the country treat an average of over 30,000 to 40,000 golf-related injuries every year."

______________________________

Now, here's the best part. Of those 30,000 to 40,000 E/R visits, only 16% are related to getting hit by a ball. That means 84% of E/R visits (this doesn't even include injuries that didn't result in an E/R visit) are because of some other injury acquired on the golf course. I suspect drunken golf cart incidents or getting hammered by aloof guy swinging a club lead the pack. But, fights have to figure into the mix....not to mention Gavin Newsom's wife being in the area.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 03:09 PM (dIske)

119 "A Christmas Story" is funny, amusing, and sad that people live in Shitcago and suffer the cold, cold, cold.

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And then there are all the bullets in the spring and summer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 03:09 PM (9nUTf)

120 Right now, the biggest golf-related ER visits might just be heat exhaustion.

Seriously. I "played" twice last week. I feel like I aged a year. No. Not doing that again.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 03:11 PM (qFwJc)

121 FWP: When you go to the club and realize that your clubs are out-dated and not this year's model.

I've bought my last set of clubs. Ever. The problem with my game is not the clubs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 03:11 PM (sYM3s)

122 In your underpants waiting for a soccer game and running out of gin is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at July 19, 2026 03:12 PM (2Ez/1)

123 34 A golf irritation is like the pinnacle of FWPs.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 02:17 PM (kpS4V)

So you're saying I outdid CBD on my first try?
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 02:21 PM (QMAsf)

Doof, your first FWP? You're a natural.

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:12 PM (6wpGE)

124 P.G. Wodehouse quotes re golf:

https://shorturl.at/L1IMy

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 03:13 PM (XeU6L)

125 Running out of gin at a soccer game is a serious problem.

But overdoing is too. There was the time I smuggled a bottle of Barcardi 151 into a Royals games.

Too much fun.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 03:14 PM (qFwJc)

126 I've bought my last set of clubs. Ever. The problem with my game is not the clubs.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Prezactly my problem.

Posted by: MkY at July 19, 2026 03:15 PM (q6tQZ)

127 It was fun. Just buy Cokes.

I should have shared it more generously.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)

128 Wodehouse forgot that golf teaches humility.

Posted by: MkY at July 19, 2026 03:17 PM (q6tQZ)

129 Argentina or Spain?

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:17 PM (6wpGE)

130 119 "A Christmas Story" is funny, amusing, and sad that people live in Shitcago and suffer the cold, cold, cold.

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And then there are all the bullets in the spring and summer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 03:09 PM (9nUTf)

In the movie Ralphie identifies the town he lives in. I forget the name but it's not Chicago. Somewhere in Indiana I think.

His dad reads a news story about a 'clodhopper' down in Terre Haute.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 03:18 PM (QGaXH)

131 Hey, this has given me an idea.

Posted by: bluebell at July 19, 2026 03:18 PM (afFes)

132 131 Hey, this has given me an idea.
Posted by: bluebell at July 19, 2026 03:18 PM (afFes)

uh-oh

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:19 PM (6wpGE)

133 It's funny because it was 40 years ago. The Royals won the World Series that year while we lived there.

So many happy memories.

Did I tell you the Total Eclipse of the Sun came here and all we had to do was sit in plastic Adirondack chairs on the driveway and enjoy it?

No Lear Jets involved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 03:19 PM (qFwJc)

134 122 In your underpants waiting for a soccer game and running out of gin is no way to go through life, son.
Posted by: Dean Wormer at July 19, 2026 03:12 PM (2Ez/1)

So....lose the underpants...?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 03:20 PM (QGaXH)

135 121 FWP: When you go to the club and realize that your clubs are out-dated and not this year's model.

I've bought my last set of clubs. Ever. The problem with my game is not the clubs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 03:11 PM (sYM3s)

I have yet to buy my own clubs. The set I use (Lynx) was a Christmas gift from my brothers back in 2008, combined with a Big Bertha driver I got as my 15th Anniversary gift from CompUSA, plus a putter, sand wedge and another driver acquired from my Dad over the years. If I ever get the time to start playing as much as my brothers and Dad does, maybe I'll buy a new set....possibly even some fairway woods.

Posted by: goozer at July 19, 2026 03:20 PM (eTh1u)

136 Bluebell -
Sent you an email.
To the cookbook account.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 03:21 PM (2Ez/1)

137 No Lear Jets involved.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 03:19 PM (qFwJc)

You're where you should be all the time.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a sand wedge in the bunker at July 19, 2026 03:21 PM (XE5AP)

138 Saw it, QT! Just waiting for permission.

Posted by: bluebell at July 19, 2026 03:22 PM (afFes)

139 Check me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 03:22 PM (X/MmC)

140 How did I get to be a community laughing stock?

Posted by: Clodhopper From Terre Haute at July 19, 2026 03:23 PM (JM9I6)

141 Last night soccer game between England and France was just insane.

Defense? what's that?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 03:23 PM (iJfKG)

142 Argentina or Spain?
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:17 PM (6wpGE)

My mistake. Upper Gibralter v Lower Brazil.

Spain may do better, now that Jose de San Martin is no longer leading the Argies

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 03:23 PM (rbvCR)

143 *You're where you should be all the time.*
--------
I know someone who got their name because of a Carly Simon song.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 03:23 PM (2Ez/1)

144 138 Saw it, QT! Just waiting for permission.
Posted by: bluebell
===
Thanks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 03:24 PM (2Ez/1)

145 You're where you should be all the time.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a sand wedge in the bunker at July 19, 2026 03:21 PM (XE5AP)

I wish someone had told my mom that.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 03:24 PM (rbvCR)

146 143 *You're where you should be all the time.*
--------
I know someone who got their name because of a Carly Simon song.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 03:23 PM (2Ez/1)

Gavotte?

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:24 PM (6wpGE)

147 What brand of underpants?

Posted by: And, Boxers Or Briefs? at July 19, 2026 03:25 PM (JM9I6)

148 129 Argentina or Spain?
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:17 PM (6wpGE)
___________________________

Definitely Argentina. Normally I couldn't care less. However, all the lefty rags are coming out directly and saying you should want Spain to win because the fans from Argentina are conceited and rude. The NY Times did a big story requesting everyone cheer for Spain.

I suspect their basis is more related to Milei and the politics of each of those two nations.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 03:25 PM (dIske)

149 I know someone who got their name because of a Carly Simon song.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 03:23 PM (2Ez/1)

Is that where So-Vain McGruder got his name?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 03:25 PM (rbvCR)

150
Blond Morticia its a shame she doesn't live near me, I am if nothing else a professional carpenter.
Posted by: Skip

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

That is a shame. I think one of the problems is that she keeps getting A Guy With A Better Idea Than The Last One to try to hang one. She just won't spring for a carpenter. And if you were here , skip , it would definitely be you.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 03:26 PM (mmrXZ)

151 147 What brand of underpants?
Posted by: And, Boxers Or Briefs? at July 19, 2026 03:25 PM
*******
Duluth Buck Naked.

Posted by: Big Ballroom at July 19, 2026 03:27 PM (2Ez/1)

152 143 *You're where you should be all the time.*
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I know someone who got their name because of a Carly Simon song.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 03:23 PM (2Ez/1)

Jesse?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 03:28 PM (QGaXH)

153 Is that a broken golf tee in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

Posted by: Sidney Sweeny at July 19, 2026 03:28 PM (NeM+a)

154 Is that where So-Vain McGruder got his name?
Posted by: Kindltot

She was referring to me.

Posted by: Anticipation Jones at July 19, 2026 03:29 PM (JM9I6)

155 I need a nap. But don't want to as should goto bed early as need to get up and out early tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 03:29 PM (Ia/+0)

156 El Presidente is at the WC with Melania.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 03:29 PM (hftzA)

157 Argentina has Spain right where it wants them...slow, no chance 1st half.

Argentina has the world's best scoring subs and tends to play great at minute 70 onward. I swear they let Messi just jog most of the 1st half and play in a shell, so they can save him for those subs...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 03:31 PM (tOcjL)

158 154 Is that where So-Vain McGruder got his name?
Posted by: Kindltot

She was referring to me.
Posted by: Anticipation Jones at July 19, 2026 03:29 PM (JM9I6)

So many great answers to that post!

My FWP was missing this place all last week even though Yosemite was great despite FWPs alluded to in my earlier post.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 03:31 PM (QGaXH)

159 then put the top part of the tee into your pocket to use on a Par 3 or a short Par 4 when you're using a 3W or 5W. But you break several more tees before you get a chance to use one of the handful of salvaged stubbies that you kept. So you end up with a collection that looks something like this.


I've been doing this for years, minus the sharpening of the ends. I also have so many golf balls that I found while looking for a sliced, pulled, hooked, pushed, golf shot, that I won't need to buy golf balls for years. Same for tees. I always find tees that are fine, they just flew when the golfer hit and then couldn't find the tee. I am a scavenger golfer.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 19, 2026 03:32 PM (sAmhv)

160 I loved that one play a little while ago when the one guy kicked the ball to another guy and then that guy kicked the ball to another guy and then THAT guy kicked the ball sorta kinda in the direction of the goal but then the other team had a guy there who kicked the ball to a guy and that that guy kicked the ball toward 2 guys of opposing teams. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see which team's guy would get to kick it out of bounds!

What a beautiful game!

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 03:33 PM (QMAsf)

161 So is Mick Jagger.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 03:33 PM (hftzA)

162 Yo! Semite!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 19, 2026 03:34 PM (wjP5W)

163 I am ignoring you, Doof.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 03:35 PM (hftzA)

164 Doof, your first FWP? You're a natural.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:12 PM (6wpGE)

Thanks! Maybe I'll do another one some time. I do have lots of FWPs!

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 03:36 PM (QMAsf)

165 163 I am ignoring you, Doof.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 03:35 PM

Oof, Doof is in the doggo house.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 03:37 PM (dZE4s)

166 129 Argentina or Spain?
Posted by: m


Argentina but only because it will piss off the usual suspects. I'm watching the British Open and racing at North Wilkesboro. I work all weekend so I'm catching up right now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 19, 2026 03:37 PM (sAmhv)

167 I am ignoring you, Doof.
Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 03:35 PM (hftzA)

Because you know I am not wrong!

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 03:38 PM (QMAsf)

168 Useable for sure. But they're ugly! So what to do if you have OCD and don't want jagged stubby tees?

Quit golfing, throw all your golf clubs, tee, balls away...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)

169 166 129 Argentina or Spain?
Posted by: m


Argentina but only because it will piss off the usual suspects. I'm watching the British Open and racing at North Wilkesboro. I work all weekend so I'm catching up right now.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 19, 2026 03:37 PM (sAmhv)

Watch the Open to the end...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 19, 2026 03:39 PM (tOcjL)

170 A golf irritation is like the pinnacle of FWPs.7
Posted by: All Hail Eris

So you're saying I outdid CBD on my first try?
Posted by: Doof

It's a bit odd that you included the solution in the Content.

And that it didn't involve fire.

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2026 03:40 PM (VHUov)

171 Wodehouse forgot that golf teaches humility.
Posted by: MkY
-------
"Confidence, of course is an admirable asset to a golfer, but it should be an unspoken confidence. It is perilous to put it into speech. The gods of golf lie in wait to chasten the presumptious."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 03:41 PM (XeU6L)

172 Hey Doof, there are a couple of golf courses near where we will be in October.

I can always throw my clubs into the back of the Jeep and we can do a round. ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 03:41 PM (dZE4s)

173 167 I am ignoring you, Doof.
Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 03:35 PM (hftzA)

Because you know I am not wrong!
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 03:38 PM (QMAsf)

If you don't want to watch the WC, Movies! Channel is showing Ricky and Lucy in 'The Long Long Trailer'. That will be me and Mrs next month....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 19, 2026 03:42 PM (QGaXH)

174 Well Hell! There's your problem. Your using Callaways.
Switch to Pinnacle and your game will improve.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 03:42 PM (2WIwB)

175 Hey Doof, there are a couple of golf courses near where we will be in October.

I can always throw my clubs into the back of the Jeep and we can do a round. ;-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 03:41 PM (dZE4s)

Set it up! I'd love to play some mediocre golf with you.

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 03:43 PM (QMAsf)

176 >>Quit golfing, throw all your golf clubs, tee, balls away...

Take the balls to a shooting range, toss them out there at about a hundred yards and let fly the .223/5.56 rounds at them

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 03:44 PM (J4Dwc)

177 Eubull? Eubull ong to me?

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:45 PM (6wpGE)

178 In the movie Ralphie identifies the town he lives in. I forget the name but it's not Chicago. Somewhere in Indiana I think.
------

Ironically, it was filmed in Toronto, I think.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 03:45 PM (XeU6L)

179 >>>What a beautiful game!

Posted by: Doof

>You forgot when they flop like Lebron James and grab their shin and nobody even touched their shin.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 03:48 PM (sYM3s)

180 El Presidente is at the WC with Melania.
Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 03:29 PM (hftzA)


WC = Water Closet; i.e. the toilet?!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 03:48 PM (P6E1+)

181 THIS is interesting, if true!

Anonymous Israeli intelligence sources are telling journalists that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is "not in Iran."

Also, Israel says it regards the fall of Iranian missile debris near Eilat as an act of war.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 03:50 PM (RCjYY)

182 FWP: When you go to the club and realize that your clubs are out-dated and not this year's model.

I've bought my last set of clubs. Ever. The problem with my game is not the clubs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 03:11 PM (sYM3s)

***

A couple years ago I was playing at a really nice course in Virginia. Using a caddy was required. I asked.for my driver and the guy started laughing. Said my driver (Great Big Bertha) was an antique. It was about 15 years old. So I went down and got a new driver. Jeez! The technology is incredible. You still gotta swing the damn thing, but the club sure does make a difference.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 03:51 PM (2WIwB)

183 175 Set it up! I'd love to play some mediocre golf with you.

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 03:43 PM

Ok, I am getting there late Thursday, but I think I can push it up a day.

Will get back to you on it.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 03:53 PM (dZE4s)

184 If you have only an hour to live, watch a soccer game. It’ll seem like a month.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 03:54 PM (J4Dwc)

185 Instead you've got these stupid electric carts for you old men with nothing better to do!
Posted by: Bill Foster at July 19, 2026 02:21 PM (45BvE)



Hey!!!
I resemble that remark!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 03:54 PM (2WIwB)

186 The future is plastic.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 19, 2026 03:56 PM (TezPK)

187 Half time. No score.

Posted by: Piper at July 19, 2026 03:56 PM (Dd38x)

188 184 If you have only an hour to live, watch a soccer game. It’ll seem like a month.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 03:54 PM

Naah, the last 10 minutes of a basketball game grants you eternity.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 03:56 PM (dZE4s)

189 I missed most of the book thread, just went back now and saw Donna&&&'s devastating news.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 19, 2026 03:57 PM (0JWOm)

190 Only good thing a golf tee is good for is plugging holes in wooden boats & the course makes a good motorcycle riding place.

Posted by: Bob at July 19, 2026 03:57 PM (cNhbl)

191 but the club sure does make a difference.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Preach it brother!

Posted by: Michael Skakel at July 19, 2026 03:58 PM (XeU6L)

192 golf:

Barstool Sports
@barstoolsports
2h
Clutch: Ryan Fox Catches Absolute Fire Down The Stretch, Is Complete Nails And Drills A Putt On 18 To Pull Out An Insane Win At The Open

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:59 PM (6wpGE)

193 I enjoyed doing this FWP thread. Hopefully I'll get to do another!

See some of you for the ONT later!

Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 03:59 PM (QMAsf)

194 Naah, the last 10 minutes of a basketball game grants you eternity.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 19, 2026 03:56 PM (dZE4s)

*nods knowingly*

Posted by: Dean Smith-era UNC Tarheel fan at July 19, 2026 03:59 PM (B0NCh)

195 193 I enjoyed doing this FWP thread. Hopefully I'll get to do another!

See some of you for the ONT later!
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2026 03:59 PM (QMAsf)

Thanks for hanging around and jabbering with us!

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:01 PM (6wpGE)

196 FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

197 Thankfully, I've immune to finding out who won events I'm currently catching up on. My work schedule makes it impossible to NOT find out winners/losers, scores, etc, because it's the internet age. It's just out there. I don't worry about it and watch anyway. I like Ryan Fox so good for him. Good to see somebody else and not the usual suspects. Been a while since New Zealand had a major champion.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 19, 2026 04:02 PM (sAmhv)

198 You, too, CBD!

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:02 PM (6wpGE)

199 The LocateTrump.com website says Trump was in LA yesterday but does not state where he is today. The website seems anti-Trump (they use an unflattering image of him) but does not have much in the way of propaganda, other than a meter of what % of his time has been spent golfing. Current reading is 16%, which does not bother me at all.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2026 04:03 PM (P6E1+)

200 200

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:03 PM (6wpGE)

201 Was out earlier trimming fronds from my sabal palms. Had no idea paper wasps can live in those trees. Got stung on the cheek. Think I’ll hire someone to finish the job.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 19, 2026 04:04 PM (J4Dwc)

202 Just got here. Thanks Doof. I'm not the only one who picks up broken tees to use on par 3's. I'm sure this comment will be willowed.

Posted by: Indiana Lurker at July 19, 2026 04:10 PM (3ZVqj)

203 196 FOOD NOOD
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:11 PM (6wpGE)

204 I got distracted with a phone call.

Yes, the correct answer for the Carly Simon song is "Jesse."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 04:45 PM (2Ez/1)

205 Or you could use plastic tees.

Posted by: Tommy Shanks at July 20, 2026 06:10 AM (KDpmu)

206 Hit the BALL, not the TEE. And don't play Callaway balls. Play a big boy ball like Titleist. Jeesh.

Posted by: Indy Bill at July 20, 2026 10:15 AM (a1sX2)

207 not a sport.
those tees, broken or not, make great vacuum hose plugs.

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Posted by: Edythe at July 21, 2026 03:43 AM (1l46d)

Physical Deportation Is The First Step, And Cutting Illegals Off From Our Society Is The Next Step!

Going after violent illegals is an absolutely necessary first step in cleansing our country of the scourge of uncontrolled illegal immigration. Traffic stops, chasing them on foot, or if necessary breaking down doors at 3:00AM and dragging them to a waiting flight to Sh*tcanistan is something that the American people will support.

But the huge numbers of illegals in our country make physical deportation a long and complex process. Luckily, there are other ways! As I wrote a few days ago, going after their employers, starting with the biggest companies will make huge inroads into the illegal population by denying them the ability to steal Americans' identities and undercut their price for labor.

And there is more! Lax enforcement of existing laws, and banks that chased their business have allowed illegals to enter our financial systems, with credit cards, bank accounts, auto and home loans, etc.

Will the administration end that? It sure sounds like they are beginning to take it seriously, or at least paying some attention!

Stephen Miller says Trump administration is pursuing policy to debank illegal immigrants

"President Trump signed an executive order a few weeks ago saying that we are not going to allow illegal aliens to use banking services in this country," Miller said.

"Illegal aliens have credit cards, they have bank accounts and they're paid with direct deposit. So, illegal aliens fully participate in the commercial systems, the financial systems of America. Shutting that down is a massive engine for deportation."

Miller was likely referring to an executive order Trump signed on May 19 that directed banks and federal regulators to increase scrutiny of accounts and credit applications involving immigrants without legal status or work authorization.

The order did not explicitly instruct banks to deny credit cards or bank accounts to illegal immigrants, but compliance with it could make it more difficult for them to participate in the financial system.

Federal agencies have already begun acting on Trump's executive order.


Executive orders are a stopgap measure. But it is a start. The real teeth will come if the various banking regulators demand that banks positively identify all account holders, and verify that their identification is not fraudulent or stolen. As I mentioned on Thursday, "E-Verify" needs to be improved, because we are our own worst enemy. But forcing the issue and making financial institutions take seriously the identification regulations would go a long way toward pushing illegals back to their home countries. If they can't easily open bank accounts or cash checks or buy cars or get an account with the electric company, their lives will become much more difficult.

And that is the goal! We have made their lives effortless for too long. It is time to push them back into the shadows, and make every interaction with the legal financial world a risk.

Debanking is an excellent start.

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM




Comments

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1 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 I will go nood the Bookworms

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 12:02 PM (InJki)

3 Block their gd transfer payments.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:02 PM (RCjYY)

4 Deporting is goal but keeping them out afterwards is the problem.
In theory I am to believe, a second offense is a serious charge . Yet keep hearing some have been deported multiple times

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:02 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Effortless?
one or two steps better, I would go with "subsidized".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (VyBeY)

6 Nooded.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (InJki)

7 Big employers are the key. Every meat-packing plant (which are a cartel) should be hammered. Tyson Foods (Dresden, Mo, anyone?) should be hammered.
Lower housing prices, raise wages, break up the "trusts".

Posted by: MkY at July 19, 2026 12:05 PM (q6tQZ)

8 If we could get all 50 states and DC to cut off medicaid and other federal government services like snap, direct welfare payments and the EIC/child care tax payments for the one's who work with an ITN they would almost all self deport.


Problem is that is never going to happen.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 12:06 PM (0N4FZ)

9 BTW, what happened to the idea that the USDA shouldn't have to sign off on every beef butchered?
Do we still need a USDA inspector in every butchering house?
I don't know.

Posted by: MkY at July 19, 2026 12:06 PM (q6tQZ)

10 they're paid with direct deposit.

For example: all monies from government entities.

Stop feeding our invaders.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:07 PM (NnhvP)

11 Taxing remittances needs to be the law.

Posted by: huerfano at July 19, 2026 12:08 PM (VJX5o)

12 BBC

Health officials identify source of US explosive diarrhoea outbreak
38 minutes ago

A sample of iceberg lettuce from the food supplier Taylor Farms has tested positive for the parasite that caused an explosive diarrhoea outbreak affecting thousands of people in the US, officials said.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that Taylor Farms, which supplies the Taco Bell food chain, had confirmed the sample was taken from a product not part of its current recall announced on Friday.

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 12:09 PM (6wpGE)

13 I always thought the notion that Americans are financially obligated to support illegal aliens in public schools was one of the worst possible decisions they could possibly make. Coupled with the fairy tale “birthright citizenship” nonsense, it matters not what the laws say. It’s a losing battle. Plyler vs. whatever.

If you want to deconstruct society, this is how you do it. Maybe you think this is a good idea, but it’s illegal as hell. “Judges” have largely been the ruin of this nation, arguably. Experts, the “best and brightest”, Ivy League spooks, good old boys from Deah Old Hahvahd.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:09 PM (OPIYi)

14 4

Entry Without Inspection (EWI) is a federal misdemeanor. "Entry Without Inspection Pursuant to a Prior Order of Deportation" (i.e., a second offense) CAN be charged as a felony, but rarely is.

I assume Trump's DOJ is cracking down on repeat illegal alien offenders now.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:10 PM (RCjYY)

15 > Stephen Miller says Trump administration is pursuing policy to debank illegal immigrants
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Apparently the range of FedGov entities includes most of the IC as well as all those associated with monetary policy. If it's anywhere as aggressive as I'd hope it'd be it will rile up the left big time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:10 PM (jehhT)

16 We have made their lives effortless for too long."

Well how else can we get more and more population? After all, all growth is good!

/ chamber of commerce

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (cGjQu)

17 The USDA?

Ever here this one?

A USDA employee arrives at work one morning in DC and finds his office mate in tears, balling his eyes out. The worker says "What's wrong? What happened?

This colleague replies "My farmer died."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (qFwJc)

18 Push 1 for English!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (NnhvP)

19 De-banking is good. The list CBD published the other enforced carte blanche would cause an abject failure to the economy.
There are not people who would take those jobs. In order to replace those jobs with citizens we must stop paying people not to work. Those are the people who would be replacement on CBD's list.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (3oLMy)

20 Does the contamination of Lettuce infiltrate inside the tissue? I would think so in the case of Lettuce, but I don’t really know. In this case washing the exterior of vegetables isn’t going to help.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (OPIYi)

21 Yes, every federally inspected meat plant has government inspectors on site for slaughter operations. Other aspects of processing do not require direct inspection, but require detailed HACCP plans and documentation that are regularly reviewed by USDA.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (kOluj)

22 18 Push 1 for English!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (NnhvP)

Pretty soon they won't even be offering that

Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (FtULh)

23 The list CBD published the other day if enforced carte blanche would cause an abject failure to the economy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:13 PM (3oLMy)

24 Great point CBD. I had never before thought about this aspect of illegal immigration. Now that you bring it up, it’s annoying that they can integrate so easily and seamlessly into our society. Thanks a lot B of A and Chase and Wells Fargo etc….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 12:14 PM (26GAh)

25 The list CBD published the other day if enforced carte blanche would cause an abject failure to the economy.
Posted by: Braenyard

Until those businesses are forced to pay Market wages, Then Americans would take those jobs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:15 PM (NnhvP)

26 I don't even go into my bank anymore... The line is always a mile long and it's not generally English speakers....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 12:15 PM (FtULh)

27 I've got a few ideas.
If you wanna use WallyMart to send remittances to another country it has to be in person (no phone apps) and you have to show a birth certificate every time. And tax it. Tax the hell out of it. Limit it to $1000 a month. Make it painful.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 12:16 PM (2Ez/1)

28 Debanking is an excellent start.

However, we must be realistic. Many, if not most of the banks will fight back by doing whatever they can to subvert the process. Examples must be made. Swords must be shaken, and shields must be splintered.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

29 In order to replace those jobs with citizens we must stop paying people not to work
——

You can see the evil genius at work, if you take the view in from 20,000 feet.

No fucking way could they EVER have imported millions of illegals over the years without a significant portion of the affected people being paid off. And drugged.

We can see descendants of slaves going to bat for hordes of illegals taking jobs, driving up costs, insurance etc.

Union bosses handwaving away millions of imported illegals driving down wages. It’s astonishing really.

Yeah, lots of payola involved.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (OPIYi)

30
This seems too many degrees of separation from deportation.

"Increase scrutiny. " Then what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (mmrXZ)

31 8

Illegal aliens don't USE ITNs! They make up a SSN instead! Which is also a federal misdemeanor, i.e. "Misuse of a Social Security Number."

The Social Security Administration sends "no match" letters to employers when this happens. That's why employers who hire illegals don't have to buy toilet paper.

Someone mentioned meat packers. Don't forget big, industrial scale bakers, either.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:18 PM (RCjYY)

32 The reason so many illegals came here is we made it easy for them to come here. Walk across the border and you get virtually all the rights and privileges of an American citizen.

Stop making it easy including debanking, food assistance, medical care, jobs, etc. and most will self-deport. And Democrats might not ever win another national election.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:19 PM (viF8m)

33 We have made their lives effortless for too long."

Well how else can we get more and more population? After all, all growth is good!

/ chamber of commerce

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM


The problem with that is they never assimilate and reproduce like rabbits and their kids have the same attitudes. We have some illegals around here that have been in the country illegally for 10-20 years and still don't speak english. That's why pretty much every social service in our county has to have their stuff printed in english and spanish and they have translators on staff.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (0N4FZ)

34 Until those businesses are forced to pay Market wages, Then Americans would take those jobs.

Some will, but there are many Americans who now view a job as optional. The rules must be changed again (back to where they were after the GOP forced reform on Clinton), so that welfare, under whatever guise, is limited in time, and/or available only to the truly needy.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

35 In the very early 1900's a play started up on Broadway called "The Melting Pot" created by a dramatist named Zangwill. That's how the term wormed its way into the common lexicon and gave the US the reputation of welcoming immigrants, but with the caveat that they must assimilate to create a finished product; An American.

However, the concept failed as the motivations of the new arrivals changed. Now, many new arrivals make every effort to avoid assimilation. Instead, they force their own failed cultural indiosyncracies on established residents. Other motivations are purely personal finances and exploitation. For some it is to eventual absolute dominance and destruction.

Which makes me wonder if the term "Melting pot" is considered bigotry by today's left and their invading minions. Especially since the man that coined the phrase (Zangwill) was Jewish.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (dIske)

36 "Increase scrutiny. " Then what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (mmrXZ)

Every incremental increase in the difficulty of living in America will push those on the margins to self-deport.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (l4RKn)

37 I always thought the notion that Americans are financially obligated to support illegal aliens in public schools was one of the worst possible decisions they could possibly make"

This. Plyler was a garbage decision.

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (cGjQu)

38 The problem with that is they never assimilate and reproduce like rabbits and their kids have the same attitudes"

This. Try to utilize any kind of service.

Good luck.

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:22 PM (cGjQu)

39 10 they're paid with direct deposit.
For example: all monies from government entities.
Stop feeding our invaders.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Stop feeding layabout citizens. As their EBT is cut off they can replace the newly deported low echelon workers.





Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:22 PM (3oLMy)

40
Nonsense! Debanking is only to be used on conservatives.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 12:23 PM (UU6Zb)

41 I had an account with US Bank and the front window at a branch I went to advertised accounts could be established with a Matricula Consular. This was an "ID" that was issued by Mexican consulates in the US with next to no or with no documentation. It had as much bono fide support as a AOS moron sockpuppeting BEN ROTHLESBURGER sockpuppeting Mary Clogenstein.

The kicker is the Matricula Consular could not be used as ID in Mexico.

Meanwhile US Bank didn't accept Military ID as an acceptable ID document.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 19, 2026 12:23 PM (47/pr)

42 Stop feeding layabout citizens. As their EBT is cut off they can replace the newly deported low echelon workers.


And to those who then say "that's racist!", I encourage them to contemplate the implications of their statement.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

43
Instead, they force their own failed cultural indiosyncracies on established residents. 

____________

Started with the Irish, of course.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 12:24 PM (UU6Zb)

44 Until those businesses are forced to pay Market wages, Then Americans would take those jobs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Those are jobs for poor people. There are no poor Americans.
The Americans who would otherwise be considered poor are paid to not work; they aren't getting up, leaving their Doritoes and watching the View to go to no damn job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:25 PM (3oLMy)

45 Debank the banks!

Posted by: Wait A Minute at July 19, 2026 12:26 PM (JM9I6)

46 And to those who then say "that's racist!", I encourage them to contemplate the implications of their statement.

Posted by: Archimedes
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and consider the innumerable counties that have as many 'white folk' on the roles as other

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:27 PM (3oLMy)

47 If the left's various money laundering operations are rolled up, their political violence outfits disbanded, and the number of illegals that remain in the country is reduced to insignificant, a lot of current layabouts are going to either find employment, or leave.

Seeing as how most, if not all of those layabouts are leftist shits with zero motivation.

They can go fight Canadian fires for free. And hope Canada takes pity on them and offers MAID.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:27 PM (jehhT)

48 The Americans who would otherwise be considered poor are paid to not work

What, oh what, could be the solution to this conundrum?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)

49 Don't remember exactly not that is a known number anyway that could be 100 million illegals here.

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (Ia/+0)

50 I was once present at an ICE raid of the Gilster Mary Lee bakery in IL, near STL.

Honduran women covered in flower. The next day, the company's phones lit up with wannabe job applicants, who figured there might be some job openings.

I believe that a flood of new, legal job applicants is a common occurrence after an ICE workplace enforcement operation.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (RCjYY)

51 The Americans who would otherwise be considered poor are paid to not work; they aren't getting up, leaving their Doritoes and watching the View to go to no damn job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:25 PM (3oLMy)

Then stop paying them. Work, or starve.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)

52 And Democrats might not ever win another national election.
Posted by: JackStraw

I'd gladly accept this impact.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:29 PM (NnhvP)

53 Started with the Irish, of course.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Amen to that! Second-class citizens, even that's a reach.

Posted by: Leutonian Supremacist at July 19, 2026 12:29 PM (JM9I6)

54 "29 In order to replace those jobs with citizens we must stop paying people not to work
——

You can see the evil genius at work, if you take the view in from 20,000 feet.

No fucking way could they EVER have imported millions of illegals over the years without a significant portion of the affected people being paid off. And drugged.

We can see descendants of slaves going to bat for hordes of illegals taking jobs, driving up costs, insurance etc.

Union bosses handwaving away millions of imported illegals driving down wages. It’s astonishing really.

Yeah, lots of payola involved.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (OPIYi) "

and practically every penny of it coming from the pockets of honest squares working 40+ hours a week.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 12:30 PM (VyBeY)

55
Every incremental increase in the difficulty of living in America will push those on the margins to self-deport.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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

There's no law, regulation, or order barring illegal aliens from having US bank accounts. Banks are advised to treat probable illegal alien accounts as a higher risk. (I'm sure chase and bofa will get right on it. )

Where's the difficulty?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:30 PM (mmrXZ)

56 Every incremental increase in the difficulty of living in America will push those on the margins to self-deport.

Eh. It depends. If the incremental increase is a small fraction of the difficulty of living in the home country, they'll still want to stay. That's where we are now.

Would you rather live with somewhat less welfare in the US, or go back to Haiti?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

57 The biggest problem remains that employers hire illegals. Without a job they couldn’t stay here, bank account or not

I don’t know how they get these jobs. I recently started a new job and on day one I had to show my birth certificate and social security card!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 12:31 PM (ugElV)

58 Which makes me wonder if the term "Melting pot" is considered bigotry by today's left and their invading minions. Especially since the man that coined the phrase (Zangwill) was Jewish.
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (dIske)

Dude, I'm 42, and ever since I was in elementary school, the dull normal meatbags we pay to pretend to work in these places all said it was mucho racism.

It's been on the shit list for a loooooong time. Their preferred term was "salad bowl" in the sense that everyone retains their different cultures, improving our boring, racist salad, which isn't a real salad because it was just lettuce until the enrichers added their cyclosporiasis to it and made it exciting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)

59 Debank the illegals!
Depants the Book Thread!

Posted by: Even Steven at July 19, 2026 12:31 PM (JM9I6)

60 Opps.

>>@EricLDaugh
·
55s
>>🚨 WOW! Americans are celebrating after a new report finds 80% PERCENT of Haitian illegal aliens fled Springfield, Ohio

>>Local Haitians are PANICKING, saying business has plummeted, restaurants and stores EMPTY

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m)

61 >>Local Haitians are PANICKING, saying business has plummeted, restaurants and stores EMPTY
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m)

Must have run out of pets in Springfield.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 12:33 PM (BI5O2)

62 55
Every incremental increase in the difficulty of living in America will push those on the margins to self-deport.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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

Has making it illegal to send money out of the US been mentioned.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:35 PM (3oLMy)

63 >>Must have run out of pets in Springfield.

They aren't eating the pets of the people who live there.

whoa whoa whoa

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)

64 I have argued, and still do, that Europe is on the cusp of a major shift. It may not be all peaceful. It should start with the illegals, but also with the ruling class which enabled the destruction of the country as it was.

Voters in country after country appear to have grown weary of the same experiment: ballooning welfare states, open-border policies, identity-driven governance, and supranational rules that delivered stagnation, insecurity, and a quiet erosion of national sovereignty.

https://tinyurl.com/4df8vfmw

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)

65
WOW! Americans are celebrating after a new report finds 80% PERCENT of Haitian illegal aliens fled Springfield, Ohio

>>Local Haitians are PANICKING, saying business has plummeted, restaurants and stores EMPTY
Posted by: JackStraw

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

Where'd they flee to? my guess is new york city or California.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:36 PM (mmrXZ)

66 🚨 WOW! Americans are celebrating after a new report finds 80% PERCENT of Haitian illegal aliens fled Springfield, Ohio
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Begs the question; where'd they go? Certainly not back to Haiti.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:36 PM (jehhT)

67 WOW! Americans are celebrating after a new report finds 80% PERCENT of Haitian illegal aliens fled Springfield, Ohio

>>Local Haitians are PANICKING, saying business has plummeted, restaurants and stores EMPTY

Great, but the next question is "where did they go". If they just moved to another town, or dispersed so as to be less obvious, we have a long way to go towards solving the problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

68 Local Haitians are PANICKING, saying business has plummeted, restaurants and stores EMPTY"

And my brother in laws apartments are empty! This cannot stand!

/ohio politicians

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:37 PM (cGjQu)

69 Where'd they flee to? my guess is new york city or California.

Begs the question; where'd they go? Certainly not back to Haiti.

Great, but the next question is "where did they go". If they just moved to another town, or dispersed so as to be less obvious, we have a long way to go towards solving the problem.

Great minds.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)

70 ME immigants do NOT melting pot!

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:37 PM (RCjYY)

71 I have nl faith elections wont be frauded in a different ways

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:38 PM (Ia/+0)

72 FASTER!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:38 PM (aI58f)

73 Debank illegal invaders. Start with Bank Of America first. They suck Bags O Dick.

Posted by: BOA Sucks BOD at July 19, 2026 12:38 PM (45BvE)

74 The Fkin Marxists are starting a civil war if they can.
They are not giving up

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (Ia/+0)

75 - Dude, I'm 42,...

Expecting the word "lawn" will be in a number of coming comments.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (dAv7M)

76
Voters in country after country appear to have grown weary of the same experiment: ballooning welfare states --

Posted by: Archimedes

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

Exempting MY welfare, however.

Posted by: Every European voter at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (mmrXZ)

77 72 FASTER!

It's my understanding that Gaza has been depopulated by genocide. Can we send them there?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)

78
I don’t know how they get these jobs. I recently started a new job and on day one I had to show my birth certificate and social security card!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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If CBD would publish the list from the other day (or was it Throckmorton?). Anyway. It was a laundry list of areas illegals have taken over the job market. They are bottom tier jobs. Not much inquiry required.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (3oLMy)

79 Tax remittances at 60%.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (nqEzG)

80 Exempting MY welfare, however.

Axiomatic.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

81 Voters in country after country appear to have grown weary of the same experiment: ballooning welfare states --"

Those immigrants all work and stuff!

/Mike DeStupid, Ohio

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (cGjQu)

82 @60 JackStraw, Governor DeWine must be having a nervous breakdown. They're his people

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 12:41 PM (OXYE0)

83 The reason so many illegals came here is we made it easy for them to come here.
——

We did no such fucking thing, Jack. This is enemy action. Get it in your head.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:41 PM (OPIYi)

84 70 ME immigants do NOT melting pot!

Posted by: mnw
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They want to kill us, it's in their oath, it's preached in their mosques. WHY ARE THEY HERE?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (3oLMy)

85 I want the leftists who are facilitating the illegal takeover to be debanked too. Along with their foot soldiers. All of it. Bankrupt the whole thing.

At that point the illegals still here are baggage on the conveyer belt out of the country.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (jehhT)

86 >>Great, but the next question is "where did they go". If they just moved to another town, or dispersed so as to be less obvious, we have a long way to go towards solving the problem.

Of course we do. But if you never try and just accept that we will always lose, we will.

Guess what the average rent in NYC is these days. Mamdani's idiotic regime is going to crash and burn. He's already running multi-billion dollar deficits. California is coming apart at the seams. They are running out of sanctuaries because their idiotic policies were nothing more than a ponzi scheme that relied on the feds to keep sending endless checks. Those days are over.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (viF8m)

87 A Moron, this last week, pointed out that DHS has a web site
(The Worst of the Worst) which shows the worst of the illegals, state by state. It is well worth the look:

https://www.dhs.gov/wow

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (XeU6L)

88 Those immigrants all work and stuff!

/Mike DeStupid, Ohio

Many do, and it's unrealistic to say otherwise. Yes, outright majorities take advantage of various types of welfare, but there are many who, let's be honest, work a lot harder than the native born would.

We should understand that getting rid of them will come with costs in terms of the expense and quality of labor.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

89 We did no such fucking thing, Jack. This is enemy action. Get it in your head.

Posted by: Common Tater
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Ease up, and back up on that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:43 PM (3oLMy)

90 Of course we do. But if you never try and just accept that we will always lose, we will.

Oh, I'm not suggesting we shouldn't, just that this problem, which was built over a half century, won't be resolved overnight, and without any pain.

I like pain.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

91
13 I always thought the notion that Americans are financially obligated to support illegal aliens in public schools was one of the worst possible decisions they could possibly make. Coupled with the fairy tale “birthright citizenship” nonsense, it matters not what the laws say. It’s a losing battle. Plyler vs. whatever.”

Plyler vs Doe, 1982. It always amuses me that i knew Jim Plyler, who at the time was the Superintendent of Schools for the Tyler School District. The case was brought by the US DOJ after Tyler Schools refused to admit the children of illegal aliens in 1981.

It is the practice to name cases between organizations with the name of the person who is in charge of the organization being sued. It always amused Jim that his name was made famous by such a significant case, even though he himself had very little to do with it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 12:44 PM (dP8GR)

92 Must have run out of pets in Springfield.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Tell them to try Mayfield. Ward Cleaver and Fred Rutherford did just fine there. Ward even got a new car every year!

Posted by: Der Fernseher at July 19, 2026 12:44 PM (JM9I6)

93 Europe is a petri dish. An experiment to find out if voters can change the immigration system fast enough, before new Muslim voters make that impossible.

And the boat people who land in Calabria don't stick around to grow tomatoes. They go to the biggest cities in Europe and elect mayors.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:44 PM (RCjYY)

94 >>@60 JackStraw, Governor DeWine must be having a nervous breakdown. They're his people

Be interesting to see what Vivek actually does if he wins.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:45 PM (viF8m)

95 Tell them to try Mayfield. Ward Cleaver and Fred Rutherford did just fine there. Ward even got a new car every year!

That's only because his wife brought in an excellent salary as a translator.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

96 Another area to clamp down on is sending money out of the country by illegals. Require a real or US ID passport or work authorization/visa for non-citizens here legally when doing that. Don't have those? Welcome to a 50% processing and convienence fees or even better the transaction is denied.

Plus, for illegals, no driver's licenses, no car tabs, no welfare, no medical insurance, no public school enrollments or education financial aid, and so on.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 19, 2026 12:46 PM (/eAef)

97 69 Where'd they flee to? my guess is new york city or California.

Begs the question; where'd they go? Certainly not back to Haiti.

Great, but the next question is "where did they go". If they just moved to another town, or dispersed so as to be less obvious, we have a long way to go towards solving the problem.

Great minds.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
___________________

This might surprise your, or maybe not. BUT, they are going to Canada. Montreal has already put out a notice on the massive influx of Haitian refugees as a result of their lost protected status in the US. Ironically, their get in free card for Canada is that Canada has always given prefernce to French speaking immigrants.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:46 PM (dIske)

98 At that point the illegals still here are baggage on the conveyer belt out of the country.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Berserker had that last night only he added a pinwheel of rotating boots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:47 PM (3oLMy)

99 This might surprise your, or maybe not.

That does surprise me. Canada has apparently decided on MAID for the entire country.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

100 Meanwhile US Bank didn't accept Military ID as an acceptable ID document.
Posted by: Minuteman
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No one accepts my VA ID as valid ID.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)

101 9 BTW, what happened to the idea that the USDA shouldn't have to sign off on every beef butchered?
Do we still need a USDA inspector in every butchering house?
I don't know.
Posted by: MkY
=======
States can have their own and many states do but they do it on terms of USDA and it does not supercede USDA's ability to independently do inspections. Same as with EPA, most of the enforcement of actions are actually done by state agencies.

Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

102 It's my understanding that Gaza has been depopulated by genocide. Can we send them there?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
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If the Somali fits!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:50 PM (aI58f)

103 > At that point the illegals still here are baggage on the conveyer belt out of the country.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Berserker had that last night only he added a pinwheel of rotating boots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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And here I thought I was waxing poetic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:51 PM (jehhT)

104 And the boat people who land in Calabria don't stick around to grow tomatoes. They go to the biggest cities in Europe and elect mayors.

Posted by: mnw
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Boats don't land in Italy. Navy's been issued, no landing, orders two months ago.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:52 PM (3oLMy)

105 Boats don't land in Italy. Navy's been issued, no landing, orders two months ago.


We'll see about that.

Posted by: The EU elite, luxuriating in air-conditioned splendor at July 19, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

106 As for "doing jobs Americans won't do."

There's some truth in that. We used to have temporary immigrant work permits for farm workers, Braceros. Work, earn money legally, go home.

Israel still does that.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:53 PM (RCjYY)

107 I don’t know how they get these jobs. I recently started a new job and on day one I had to show my birth certificate and social security card!
——

You sweet summer child! Correct Paperwork, documentation, notarizing, every jot and tittle signed off, that shit is for harassing people like you.

Illegal aliens get pulled over. No license, no registration, no insurance. “Have a Nice Day”.

You, dear Citizen, put out your garbage can by mistake on Thursday, instead of Friday. Code Enforcement sez that’s $128.32 fine.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:54 PM (OPIYi)

108 This might surprise your, or maybe not. BUT, they are going to Canada. Montreal has already put out a notice on the massive influx of Haitian refugees as a result of their lost protected status in the US. Ironically, their get in free card for Canada is that Canada has always given prefernce to French speaking immigrants.
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:46 PM (dIske)

FWIW, a couple of weeks ago, I filled up my Suburban at a discount gas station in the tiny hamlet of Balzac, Alberta. Just outside the northern city limits of Calgary. Waiting at the pump, in front of me was a U-Haul box truck being filled by a swarthy guy. It had Arizona plates, Parked in the lot were four other U-Haul box trucks, ALL with AZ plates. The station is a U-Haul agency. Now it's not unusual for U-Haul agencies to have out-of-area plates. But for all the out-of-area plates to be from ONE locality? Weird.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:55 PM (1z8ji)

109 ...then they came for the Somalis and I didn't say anything because I was helping fuel the helicopters.

Posted by: Knee mauler at July 19, 2026 12:55 PM (2Ez/1)

110 LOL@DOGE:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfr778f

Referring to the WaPo article:

https://t.co/vbAx4nSUA2

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:56 PM (aI58f)

111 It should be obvious to everyone by now the only reason we have an illegal immigration problem is because Democrats need them here. They need them for census reasons and they need them for votes which they obviously do no matter how much Democrats lie.

If we want a permanent solution we have to find a way to stop allowing Democrats to gain power. Democrats are the root of the problem. They create the policies that create illegal immigration.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:56 PM (viF8m)

112 > And the boat people who land in Calabria don't stick around to grow tomatoes. They go to the biggest cities in Europe and elect mayors.
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Not every illegal who comes to America is interested in handouts. Some have political aspirations that go beyond just having influence in elections.

They want themselves to be elected. This way they can push legislation (as they've been doing in Congress for years) to facilitate more illegals of their ilk to resettle here. Changing the entire demographics of cities, counties and states.

It's been successful in Minnesota with the Somalis and elsewhere with Mexicans. In Springfield, OH it was Haitians.

It's a fucking invasion.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:57 PM (jehhT)

113 There are so many advantages for employers who hire illegals.

No workers comp claims, for one. No unemployment insurance claims.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:59 PM (RCjYY)

114 I have a first WP, my lawn hasn't been touched in weeks, can at least get string trimmer out now but Blues Brothers is on

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

115 I have been shouting this for ten years: Disallow the tax write off for employers for the wages paid to illegals. Start auditing employers for 3 years back when more than 5 are found on a payroll and make the employer pay the disallowed back taxes.

Employers will start chasing the illegals off the property on their own.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)

116 There's no law, regulation, or order barring illegal aliens from having US bank accounts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:30 PM (mmrXZ)

This is true. But using fake or stolen ID is very much illegal, and that is what most of them do.

But making it illegal for illegals to participate, even with genuine ID, is obviously the best outcome.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (l4RKn)

117 I have a first WP, my lawn hasn't been touched in weeks, can at least get string trimmer out now but Blues Brothers is on
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Buy some goats

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)

118 I have a first WP, my lawn hasn't been touched in weeks, can at least get string trimmer out now but Blues Brothers is on
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Buy some goats

Yeah, that's an excellent plan. Where do you live?

Posted by: Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad at July 19, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)

119 If CBD would publish the list from the other day...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (3oLMy)

It's at the link in the post.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 01:02 PM (l4RKn)

120 If we want a permanent solution we have to find a way to stop allowing Democrats to gain power. Democrats are the root of the problem.
—

Republicans have plenty to answer for, it is by no means restricted to Democrats. As i’m fond of saying, Democrats fuck shit up. That’s their job.

Republicans make sure it stays that way.

This is how we got Trump, incidentally. I guess the 4th iteration of “Bush versus Clinton” aka “Here are your choices” finally broke the spell, or something. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:02 PM (OPIYi)

121 I have a first WP, my lawn hasn't been touched in weeks, can at least get string trimmer out now but Blues Brothers is on
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Buy some goats

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)
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Talk is sheep.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 01:03 PM (aI58f)

122 118 I have a first WP, my lawn hasn't been touched in weeks, can at least get string trimmer out now but Blues Brothers is on
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Buy some goats

Yeah, that's an excellent plan. Where do you live?
Posted by: Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad at July 19, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
______________________________

I know this the place to insert a joke about not having to buy them dinner first...but I'm not going to do it.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 01:03 PM (dIske)

123 Of course there will be an impact on labor markets if we follow MY plan, and get every last accursed fucking foreigner off our soil.

Everything in life is a tradeoff.

3am Thai food made by a welfare scammer who doesn't wash his hands, and delivered by an illiterate nascent jihadist who mowed down an Aztec vagrant while wrong-way driving moments before will become scarcer, too.

The benefits exceed the downside.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:05 PM (BI5O2)

124 Every immigration reform Trump has undertaken will be undone/reversed by the DEMs on day one, next time they win.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:05 PM (RCjYY)

125 I have a first WP, my lawn hasn't been touched in weeks, can at least get string trimmer out now but Blues Brothers is on
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Buy some goats

Yeah, that's an excellent plan. Where do you live?
Posted by: Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad at July 19, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)

Run little goats! Run!

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a Ruptured Asshole at July 19, 2026 01:05 PM (wOO3z)

126 have a first WP, my lawn hasn't been touched in weeks, can at least get string trimmer out now but Blues Brothers is on
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Buy some goats

Hello Code Enforcement? Yes, I would like to report my neighbor...he hasn't mowed in weeks and now he has goats in his yard. Yes, I think he's a conservative too.
He scares me and my 13 cats.

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, Local democrat scold and busybody at July 19, 2026 01:05 PM (45BvE)

127 It's been successful in Minnesota with the Somalis
Bill Clinton started that

Carter's Cuban boat thugs

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:06 PM (3oLMy)

128 When the government wants something to happen, they can make it happen. Manhattan project. Apollo moon program. Hoover Dam, etc.

50 years of unfettered illegal alien migration doesn’t just happen. “There’s nothing we can do” is not an acceptable not believable answer. Somebody wants it this way.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:06 PM (OPIYi)

129 >>Republicans have plenty to answer for, it is by no means restricted to Democrats. As i’m fond of saying, Democrats fuck shit up. That’s their job.

No question that some of the GOP are in league with the left. But the entire Democrat Party is committed to illegals.

We just saw the governor and attorney general of Minnesota pardon a child rapist who just happens to be an illegal alien. In what universe does that make any sense at all?

Mark Warner was on one of the talking heads networks this morning lying that photo ID is required in VA. Shockingly, the talking head had to correct him because he also lives in VA. There is no legitimate reason to be against secure elections unless you plan to cheat. And they do.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:08 PM (viF8m)

130 It should be obvious to everyone by now the only reason we have an illegal immigration problem is because Democrats need them here. They need them for census reasons and they need them for votes which they obviously do no matter how much Democrats lie.

If we want a permanent solution we have to find a way to stop allowing Democrats to gain power. Democrats are the root of the problem. They create the policies that create illegal immigration.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:56 PM (viF8m)

I think Elissa Slotkin recently said the quiet part out loud: The SAVE act can’t pass because Dems would never win another election!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:09 PM (ugElV)

131 >>> 51 The Americans who would otherwise be considered poor are paid to not work; they aren't getting up, leaving their Doritoes and watching the View to go to no damn job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:25 PM (3oLMy)

Then stop paying them. Work, or starve.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)

Yes.

Posted by: the gods of the copybook headings at July 19, 2026 01:09 PM (vDZgA)

132 My yard needs mowing bad too. The neighbor was out with his tractor and finishing mower and all I saw was the mist coming off the back of the mower due to all the moisture on the grass.

Not my cup of tea when it's that wet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 01:09 PM (jehhT)

133 >>I think Elissa Slotkin recently said the quiet part out loud: The SAVE act can’t pass because Dems would never win another election!

It's shocking when Democrats actually tell the truth.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:11 PM (viF8m)

134 The list CBD published the other day if enforced carte blanche would cause an abject failure to the economy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:13 PM (3oLMy)

Ending slavery was a vast hardship to the traditional agricultural economy of the South, much the way that ending sharecropping was intensely damaging to the economy of the south 100 years later.
These actions did not destroy the economy, even though they caused dislocations that had to be resolved. Those crops continued under new terms.

And yet, what killed King Cotton and King Sugar and King Indigo wasn't labor costs, but the financialization of the industries that depended on those crops that made it a good deal, financially for the financiers, to export them to China and similar places.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)

135 Many do, and it's unrealistic to say otherwise. Yes, outright majorities take advantage of various types of welfare, but there are many who, let's be honest, work a lot harder than the native born would.

We should understand that getting rid of them will come with costs in terms of the expense and quality of labor.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Working 'hard' is not the same as labor productivity and lowly educated illegals are not particularly productive compared with other labor or mechanization. They come cheap, not necessarily productive.

That is one of the key flaws in Marxian analysis of economics--workers are not widgets and have varying degrees of productivity depending on a number of factors. Likewise, the decision to mechanize a labor task like digging a ditch, is often superior than hiring a bunch of illegals to do it. But, it takes an owner willing to invest in capital goods and a better quality laborer that won't tear up the machine nor do damage with it.

When illegals are cheap labor, the employer will choose the floating population of cheap labor because his competitors are doing the same thing so he faces a competitive issue and initial costs are higher.

Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

136 I was also present once for a combined ICE/state police action at an Asian massage parlor. I think it may have been in either ESL or Brooklyn, IL. 100% Korean hookers.

Brooklyn, IL is for people who can't afford East St. Louis, btw.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)

137 They want themselves to be elected. This way they can push legislation (as they've been doing in Congress for years) to facilitate more illegals of their ilk to resettle here. Changing the entire demographics of cities, counties and states.

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That's what tore it for me. The moment I started seeing congresswhores with names like Omar and Tlaib, I shifted from anti-illegal sentiment to wanting all foreigners out.

This is MY country and I will bequeath it to MY kids, not your foreign whelps. GTFO.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (BI5O2)

138 I'm reminded of what the Operative said in the movie Serenity. "When your enemy goes to ground, leave them no ground to go to."

Employers, banks, places to rent. Go after anyone doing business with illegals. Soon the illegals will have to leave.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at July 19, 2026 01:14 PM (MsFGo)

139 Brooklyn, IL is for people who can't afford East St. Louis, btw.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)

Damn, that's bad.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 01:14 PM (wOO3z)

140 Mark Warner was on one of the talking heads networks this morning lying that photo ID is required in VA. Shockingly, the talking head had to correct him because he also lives in VA. There is no legitimate reason to be against secure elections unless you plan to cheat. And they do.

Here is the ID rule for voting in VA:

Virginia requires voters to present non-photo identification (ID) while voting. Accepted forms of ID include Virginia driver's licenses, U.S. passports, student IDs, and copies of current utility bills or bank statements. For a list of all accepted forms of ID, see below.[1]

Voters without a required ID may sign an ID confirmation statement and vote a regular ballot.

Most people just pull out their DL, which has a photo.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t)

141 128 When the government wants something to happen, they can make it happen. Manhattan project. Apollo moon program. Hoover Dam, etc.

50 years of unfettered illegal alien migration doesn’t just happen. “There’s nothing we can do” is not an acceptable not believable answer. Somebody wants it this way.
Posted by: Common Tater

Absolutely true. Same thing with crime, not educating children, and other social policies.

But the influence on decisionmakers is to empire build and feather their own nests, not the primary goal of whatever institution is created to address a social problem. And it appears substituting contractors for the government employees is equal bad because the same influences without competition end up with the same dysfunction.

It is very difficult to set up competitive markets for discipline on social policy institutions because the entire incentive structure of government/contractors aims at dysfunction rather than solving the problem in a cost efficient manner.

Education is a perfect example--our version of Soviet agriculture with about the same results.

Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)

142 >>> 112 > And the boat people who land in Calabria don't stick around to grow tomatoes. They go to the biggest cities in Europe and elect mayors.
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Not every illegal who comes to America is interested in handouts. Some have political aspirations that go beyond just having influence in elections.

They want themselves to be elected. This way they can push legislation (as they've been doing in Congress for years) to facilitate more illegals of their ilk to resettle here. Changing the entire demographics of cities, counties and states.

It's been successful in Minnesota with the Somalis and elsewhere with Mexicans. In Springfield, OH it was Haitians.

It's a fucking invasion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:57 PM (jehhT)

An invasion of non-uniformed combatants who are receiving direct assistance from some "citizens" of the US.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 19, 2026 01:16 PM (vDZgA)

143 Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:08 PM (viF8m)
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When it comes to election integrity and the investigative process to determine election exploitation, Mark Warner's response and behavior has been disproportionate and difficult to explain.

When Gabbard sent a team down to Georgia and refused to seek the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's approval, and brief him personally, he went apoplectic. When Trump announced his speech that occurred last Thursday, Warner was alll over the airwaves stating that it was theatrics and held no substance even before he knew what was being presented. Which begs the question, how deeply is the SSIC involved in these frauds, and in what capacity?

One would have to question whether Warner is personally involved in the foreign influence of elections, or perhaps orchestrating it.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (dIske)

144 >>Voters without a required ID may sign an ID confirmation statement and vote a regular ballot.

Can you buy a gun or a beer in VA without an ID if you just sign a form that will never be checked?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (viF8m)

145 Working 'hard' is not the same as labor productivity and lowly educated illegals are not particularly productive compared with other labor or mechanization. They come cheap, not necessarily productive.

That is true, but for most people, the interactions with illegals in the work place involve construction, yard care, domestic work, and restaurants. My anecdotal experience is that they are very hard working.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

146 140

Venice, IL is for people who can't afford Brooklyn.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:18 PM (RCjYY)

147 My anecdotal experience is that they are very hard working.

AND productive.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

148 124 Every immigration reform Trump has undertaken will be undone/reversed by the DEMs on day one, next time they win.
Posted by: mnw
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Blackpilling is never useful.

Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

149 >>One would have to question whether Warner is personally involved in the foreign influence of elections, or perhaps orchestrating it.

Right in the middle of the Russia collusion bullshit Warner was secretly communicating with Steele's lawyer who also just happens to be the lawyer for a Russian oligarch who is under US sanctions.

He's a dirtbag of epic proportion.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:20 PM (viF8m)

150 SiriusXM pricing is a farce.

My 2 year "promotional trial" that is running me $6.50 per month (full cost is about $28.00 per month) is expiring at the end of July. I called SiriusXM today to "cancel." Ten minutes later I had a new 1 year "promotion trial" that runs $7.50 per month, a reasonable price increase. I pushed for another 2 year deal but the AI agent was having none of that.

In other news, these AI customer service agents are uncannily good at what they are tasked with.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 19, 2026 01:23 PM (/eAef)

151 > Every immigration reform Trump has undertaken will be undone/reversed by the DEMs on day one, next time they win.
Posted by: mnw
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Blackpilling is never useful.
Posted by: The Beatles
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But telling the truth is. There's no persistent reason to think the left cannot steal another "election." Especially when we depend on the likes of the GOP to make sure our interests are looked after.

And, not to put too fine a point on this, but the judiciary, who's responsible for handing down not only punishments, but law and legal decisions, is firmly on the left's side.

Can it be fixed? Neutered? Rehabilitated?

I have no clue.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 01:25 PM (jehhT)

152 That is true, but for most people, the interactions with illegals in the work place involve construction, yard care, domestic work, and restaurants. My anecdotal experience is that they are very hard working.
Posted by: Archimedes

Mine is opposite of yours--restaurants have had a substantial decline in hygiene tied to casual standards of the third world, I see lazy construction workers that use nail guns like a machine gun rather than point and aiming, awful masonry skills where the mortar is smeared around and bricks/blocks not aligned properly, roofers leaving trash everywhere where they think it will be hidden and doing substandard work, and so on, etc.

They come cheap, not necessarily good. Specific individuals may vary as some of the most industrious illegals end up trying for owning a small business etc. but the standard issue is the same Third World mentality that they came from.

And that mentality more or less of this third world is to socialize costs and privatize any benefits. Low trust society.

Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:26 PM (E4rtv)

153 That is true, but for most people, the interactions with illegals in the work place involve construction, yard care, domestic work, and restaurants. My anecdotal experience is that they are very hard working.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

That is nice. The extra profit for hiring someone who works extra hard for less pay is probably a good thing.

The extra costs that the employer spares himself is often taken up by tax supported social services, which is the exact example of outsourcing, or "socializing" the production costs for private profit.
Also the social cost of having a permanent underclass that is legally unable to advance, and reluctant to use law enforcement and the courts to protect themselves form predation by criminals.
And the fact that the underclass is also the section that tends to involve themselves directly or indirectly in crime out of solidarity of fear

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:26 PM (rbvCR)

154 “Fast, cheap, or good. Pick two”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:27 PM (OPIYi)

155 Can it be fixed? Neutered? Rehabilitated?

I have no clue.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Telling the truth about current conditions is one thing, making predictions like Nostradamus is quite another. And the direction is predictable--when all you see and spout are negatives, that is as unrealistic as seeing everything positive.

Life is a struggle, we cannot recapture the past, we can only move forward to address the challenges then and do our best to fix what we can in the time we have allotted on this earth. Nothing is fixed, nothing is definite, and no victory nor defeat permanent.

Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:28 PM (E4rtv)

156 That is true, but for most people, the interactions with illegals in the work place involve construction, yard care, domestic work, and restaurants. My anecdotal experience is that they are very hard working.

Posted by: Archimedes
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And that fits the bill of the list of jobs, published by CBD or Throckmorton, that illegals have taken over. And one might say their work is productive because they grease the wheels, buss our tables, serve the food. I'm hungry.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:29 PM (3oLMy)

157 That is true, but for most people, the interactions with illegals in the work place involve construction, yard care, domestic work, and restaurants. My anecdotal experience is that they are very hard working.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

That is nice. The extra profit for hiring someone who works extra hard for less pay is probably a good thing.

Please point out where I said that. I'll wait.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

158 Businesses that conform to laws relating to illegal immigrants are at an obvious disadvantage to businesses that employ illegals.

I still think temporary work permits could be part of the solution to "jobs American won't do," i.e., slaughtering chickens.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (RCjYY)

159 "Jobs Americans won't do," and all the related economic arguments for unchecked mass immigration are extremely condescending - as if we didn't know some of these people work at some level of productivity.

But the even more condescending and gross part is the subject... we're being spoken to like children. "If you try and keep your country and culture, then you'll have to go to bed without your treats!"

I'm not Edmund Pevensie, and I won't sell out my people for a grubby little fistful of Turkish Delight.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)

160 *subtext, not subject

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)

161
Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:26 PM (E4rtv)

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I could go on and on about this. 1) The Mexicans in my family have loooong kept their Mexican habits of fixing things with tape and string while the underlying structural problem worsens. I have examples.

2) Local Mexicans literally do what they call "trash work" where they get drunk af on a construction job. Just a way to make the day go faster.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (mmrXZ)

162 “They work hard!”

This isn’t relevant, actually. The problem is the financialization. The negative impacts of mass migration or cost shifted to the taxpayers, who get no benefits per se.

The businesses employing illegals get an advantage. Your hospital does not. Your cop shop does not.

Your schools do, kinda. Federal dollars for every ass in the seat.

Is the quality of the instruction any good? Nice new facilities and administrative buildings, but they can’t read or write or perform Arithmetic.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (OPIYi)

163 completely OT, but Gavin Newsom is getting really extra squirmy in his media presentations

https://tinyurl.com/4fdxesma

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (rbvCR)

164 Predictions are hard. Especially about the future.

Posted by: Yogi With His 10 WS Rings at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (JM9I6)

165 >>But telling the truth is. There's no persistent reason to think the left cannot steal another "election." Especially when we depend on the likes of the GOP to make sure our interests are looked after.

Why do you suppose they allowed Trump to win in 2024? Like him or hate him there has never been a bigger threat to their machine than Trump. And he crushed them in 2024.

Lots of election integrity stuff is going on including just yesterday an appeals court allowing the USPS to force tracking rules for every single mail in ballot. No more mass mail in voting. Kind of a big deal.

Doesn't mean they won't still try to cheat but it's not 2020 any longer. Things are improving even if not as fast as we want.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (viF8m)

166 I'm not Edmund Pevensie, and I won't sell out my people for a grubby little fistful of Turkish Delight.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)

Great Chronicles of Narnia reference!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:33 PM (26GAh)

167
I still think temporary work permits could be part of the solution to "jobs American won't do," i.e., slaughtering chickens.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (RCjYY)


Many years back when the economy was on the skids my husband had to take a job at a poultry processing plant.. If you need the money you'll do it...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:33 PM (FtULh)

168 It would be nice if we had a hotline or internet link so that we could report these lawless companies anonymously. I know of two companies right now using illegal labor.

The companies need to pay. There is nothing like a good raid with your morning coffee.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 01:34 PM (sYM3s)

169 166 I'm not Edmund Pevensie, and I won't sell out my people for a grubby little fistful of Turkish Delight.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)

Great Chronicles of Narnia reference!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:33 PM (26GAh)


Yes Edmund was a rat

Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:34 PM (FtULh)

170 Denied!!!

Posted by: So Called Judge Boasberg at July 19, 2026 01:34 PM (rf/GM)

171 @nypost
Tulsi Gabbard's brother accused of trying to lure children to Hawaii hotel room: police trib.al/IQo4lrT

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 01:35 PM (gKWVE)

172 I was also present once for a combined ICE/state police action at an Asian massage parlor. I think it may have been in either ESL or Brooklyn, IL. 100% Korean hookers.

...
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)

Were you on the way in or on the way out ;p ?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 19, 2026 01:36 PM (vSvIl)

173 Ryan Fox of NZ birdies the 18th to win the Open.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 01:36 PM (OXYE0)

174 Completely OT… but decades ago it was The British Open… Then The Open Championship…. Now it’s just The Open

Like Kiev to Kyiv and Turkey to Türkiye?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:36 PM (ugElV)

175 174 Completely OT… but decades ago it was The British Open… Then The Open Championship…. Now it’s just The Open

Golf is more boring than soccer....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:37 PM (FtULh)

176 Yes Edmund was a rat
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:34 PM (FtULh)

IIRC, didn’t Edmund get transformed into some kind of dragon as a punishment for his gluttony in one of the books? Something like that….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:37 PM (ugElV)

177
Many years back when the economy was on the skids my husband had to take a job at a poultry processing plant.. If you need the money you'll do it...
Posted by: It's me donna

Heh, you seem way too classy to be the wife of a chicken-plucker!

Posted by: Assistant Neck-Wringer at July 19, 2026 01:38 PM (JM9I6)

178 What a finish at The BRITISH Open. Fox wins with a one stroke lead, -10, earned on the last putt of the tournament.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 19, 2026 01:38 PM (/eAef)

179 As Adam Carolla has said numerous times, you have a legally operated restaurant where the owner had to abide by 100 state and local regulations. Then right outside the restaurant, there’s an illegal selling tacos on the streets.

Nobody from the state or city or county who will fine the restaurant owner for the slightest infraction gives a fuck about the illegal.

Posted by: Insanity at July 19, 2026 01:39 PM (rf/GM)

180 167 Donna

I think the poultry processors would dispute that, that all it takes to hire legal workers is higher wages.

"legal workers" to include LAPRs, Lawful Alien Permanent Residents-- green card holders

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:39 PM (RCjYY)

181 @178 I was rooting for Young the American, but I like Fox, he plays fast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 01:39 PM (OXYE0)

182 > Doesn't mean they won't still try to cheat but it's not 2020 any longer. Things are improving even if not as fast as we want.
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No, it isn't 2020. Things are improving. Yes. It does not preclude the left from trying, and succeeding in stealing another election.

I have hope that the information Trump released last week about China's influence in our elections, the danger e-voting and the hacked machines pose, and efforts to clean up the rolls has a positive effect.

Taking away the tools the left uses doesn't necessarily mean they'll quit. We should remain on guard.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (jehhT)

183 Please point out where I said that. I'll wait.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

You said they work extra hard, I surmised the reason the employers took them on is because they work cheaper.
That, in my experience with construction, farm work, housekeeping, yard work, and restaurants is exactly why the employers hire them in spite of having screwed up I9 and fake working docs.
They could hire better legals, but on the whole the margin of profit is so slender, especially in restaurants, they go with what they figure they can afford.
And the taxpayer subsidizes these industries through social safety nets.

It is still peonage. It is still peonage enforced by government regulation. We can live in this extremely inujst and morally questionable world for cheap lawncare and cheap french fries, or we can take away the laws and open the borders to everyone no matter what, or we can enforce the laws and accept that marginal businesses are going to either have to adapt or die

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)

184 I was also present once for a combined ICE/state police action at an Asian massage parlor. I think it may have been in either ESL or Brooklyn, IL. 100% Korean hookers....
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)

Did it have a happy ending?

Posted by: Bulgogi at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (nPp6w)

185
I have hope that the information Trump released last week about China's influence in our elections, the danger e-voting and the hacked machines pose, and efforts to clean up the rolls has a positive effect.

Taking away the tools the left uses doesn't necessarily mean they'll quit. We should remain on guard.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (jehhT)


Oh the talking heads today are out in force disputing that Trump said anything that showed there was any cheating

Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:41 PM (FtULh)

186 The Stones have a new album out, Foreign Tongues. It is, checks notes, their best work since the last century.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 19, 2026 01:41 PM (/eAef)

187 159 "Jobs Americans won't do," and all the related economic arguments for unchecked mass immigration are extremely condescending - as if we didn't know some of these people work at some level of productivity.
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The jobs available to illegals you will be hard pressed to find an American, today, that will take that job. Stop paying people not to work and there will be an available work force to fill those vacancies created by sending illegals home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:41 PM (3oLMy)

188 172 Methos

I got paid to be present.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (RCjYY)

189 I'm still waiting for some state to have a super partisan Secretary of State just certify made up precinct totals. In other words, make the local totals fully automated so that the local Precinct captain has no idea of the numbers, and limiting information to as few as possible. who are compromised in the "name of the common good."

Then instituting laws that disallow local precincts to do re-counts (oh, wait, Arizona already has that law in place...wink wink and Michigan just raised the roof on the potential for recounts).

IOW, no more of this complex, labor intensive vote fraud. Just have a handful of people certify made up totals.

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (dIske)

190 much the way that ending sharecropping was intensely damaging to the economy of the south 100 years later.

Ending slavery was an enormous disruption, yes (and the unpleasantness leading up to it didn't help).
My understanding is that it was the tractor which made sharecropping untenable, however. This helped the South's economy boom (other factors include airconditioning and the removal of nasty worms and bugs, and better roads). The Civil Rights movement happened because the rest of the US noticed at least a second world economy in the South and didn't think it had an excuse for running a third world feudal society.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (gKWVE)

191 >>Taking away the tools the left uses doesn't necessarily mean they'll quit. We should remain on guard.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

- Stuff Jefferson soft of said.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (viF8m)

192 163 completely OT, but Gavin Newsom is getting really extra squirmy in his media presentations

https://tinyurl.com/4fdxesma
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (rbvCR)

ewww

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:43 PM (6wpGE)

193 LinusVanPelt, that was Eustace in "Dawn Treader". Edmund was still there but by then he'd had enough Narnia experience to know how things worked.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 01:44 PM (gKWVE)

194
Oh the talking heads today are out in force disputing that Trump said anything that showed there was any cheating

Posted by: It's me donna
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I've turned on the Brave news feed, when I boot up Brave first thing I see is its headline/ledes. It stinks, the lies that each news agency puts out or/and the misinterpretation of facts and events.
If I were Tsar they would be in a dungeon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:45 PM (3oLMy)

195 Please point out where I said that. I'll wait.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

You said they work extra hard, I surmised the reason the employers took them on is because they work cheaper.

I said they work extra hard because that is my experience. That doesn't mean they aren't also cheaper. Other than that, I don't think we have a disagreement.

we can take away the laws and open the borders to everyone no matter what, or we can enforce the laws and accept that marginal businesses are going to either have to adapt or die

If you peruse my comments earlier in the thread, you will see that option B is exactly what I advocated. It does nobody any favors to pretend this will be painless.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

196 Shana Bellows drops out of Maine Senate race. Go fat trannie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (OXYE0)

197 LinusVanPelt, that was Eustace in "Dawn Treader". Edmund was still there but by then he'd had enough Narnia experience to know how things worked.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 01:44 PM (gKWVE)

That’s right! Thanks… it’s been awhile

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (2mApq)

198 184

"Did it have a happy ending?"

Indeed yes! All the sex workers were arrested and deported. There were even Korean speaking translators on hand, to read Miranda rights.

One Asian massage parlor gone, couple hundred thousand to go.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (RCjYY)

199 Shana Bellows drops out of Maine Senate race. Go fat trannie
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (OXYE0)

This is hilarious as she was IMO actually the least retarded of their candidates. This is not a compliment

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:47 PM (2mApq)

200 200

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:48 PM (6wpGE)

201 Shana Bellows drops out of Maine Senate race.

Funny, that.

Posted by: DNC goons, slamming fists into their own palms at July 19, 2026 01:48 PM (Riz8t)

202 199 Shana Bellows drops out of Maine Senate race. Go fat trannie
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (OXYE0)

This is hilarious as she was IMO actually the least retarded of their candidates. This is not a compliment
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:47 PM (2mApq)

She couldn't take the heat. She got all flustered.

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:48 PM (6wpGE)

203 *Shenna

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:49 PM (6wpGE)

204 So, it's chick with a dick for the win?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:51 PM (3oLMy)

205
Shana Bellows drops out of Maine Senate race. Go fat trannie
Posted by: Smell the Glove

She doesn't look anything like Amanda Bellows.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 19, 2026 01:51 PM (Cqx++)

206
Your Vote 2026 profile: Shenna Bellows, Democrat for governor

Published April 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM EDT

Name: Shenna Bellows
Age: 51
Hometown: Manchester
Party: Democrat
Education: BA, Middlebury College
Political experience:
Maine State Senate (2016-2020),
Secretary of State (2020-present)

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:51 PM (6wpGE)

207 "Code Enforcement sez that’s $128.32 fine. "

$125, plus $3.32 sales tax & service fees.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 01:53 PM (VyBeY)

208 Illegal alien. The first word should serve, but the second means American. Simple.

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 01:53 PM (LHPAg)

209 My understanding is that it was the tractor which made sharecropping untenable, however. This helped the South's economy boom (other factors include airconditioning and the removal of nasty worms and bugs, and better roads). The Civil Rights movement happened because the rest of the US noticed at least a second world economy in the South and didn't think it had an excuse for running a third world feudal society.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (gKWVE)

Yes and no, the government stepped in with serious laws on it in the 50's and 60'which really ended it, and the mechanization of ag started from WWI to WWII.

Of course the phasing out of sharecropping meant the work had to be done somehow, and that led to the rise of migrant and seasonal work. The federal Farm Labor act was brought on in 1964 to regulate that, and of course the Migrant and Seasonal Protection Act was brought on in the 80's to cover what was missed in 1964. MSPA and Farm Labor were very focused on working and living conditions, pay, and the areas intentionally neglected by Fair Labor Standards Act from the New Deal

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:53 PM (rbvCR)

210 One Asian massage parlor gone, couple hundred thousand to go.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (RCjYY)

And that's just the NY metro area.

Posted by: Bulgogi at July 19, 2026 01:53 PM (nPp6w)

211 Only place to get a pedicure around here wants to put sparklers and extensions on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:53 PM (3oLMy)

212 I used to live FLSA and MSPA, I am rusty, but I have decided VIEWS on illegal workers, mostly that they are deeply taken advantage of, and seriously undercut the labor market.

Much as slavery did.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:54 PM (rbvCR)

213 211 Only place to get a pedicure around here wants to put sparklers and extensions on.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:53 PM (3oLMy)

👀

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:54 PM (6wpGE)

214 NOT American, had chili on my fingers.

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 01:55 PM (LHPAg)

215 One Asian massage parlor gone, couple hundred thousand to go.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (RCjYY)

And that's just the NY metro area.
Posted by: Bulgogi at July 19, 2026 01:53 PM (nPp6w)

I wonder what Robert Kraft thinks about this…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:55 PM (TqDYN)

216 184 I was also present once for a combined ICE/state police action at an Asian massage parlor. I think it may have been in either ESL or Brooklyn, IL. 100% Korean hookers....
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)

Did it have a happy ending?
Posted by: Bulgogi at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (nPp6w)

ISWYDT

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:57 PM (6wpGE)

217 I'm way late to this and it's probably already been said but going after employers is the best solution. Best because so many - especially the young street animals - already support communism over capitalism and they will not be sympathetic to big fat cat capitalists. So yes go after the employers, make it impossible for illegals to earn income and they will self deport.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 19, 2026 01:57 PM (W6d+C)

218 If you peruse my comments earlier in the thread, you will see that option B is exactly what I advocated. It does nobody any favors to pretend this will be painless.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

If I agree with you, why are you also fighting me? Is this an Italian family dinner party where the fight starts because everyone is agreeing for the wrong reasons?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:57 PM (rbvCR)

219 211 Only place to get a pedicure around here wants to put sparklers and extensions on.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:53 PM (3oLMy)
No weaves and eyelashes?

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 01:57 PM (LHPAg)

220 I still think temporary work permits could be part of the solution to "jobs American won't do," i.e., slaughtering chickens.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (RCjYY)

"Temporary" work permits should be for seasonal jobs, like harvesting veggies, and possibly some construction work. Slaughtering chickens is steady work; gets done year-in, year-out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 01:59 PM (1z8ji)

221 In our over surveilled society this should be relatively easy. Govt never takes the easy route though.

But I'd start with any account that has sent more than one transfer to a foreign country. Make the banks verify them.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 19, 2026 01:59 PM (n5tGW)

222 206

The ME DEM Senate race is over, for all practical purposes. The DEM nominee to face Collins will be former state senate president Troy Jackson (D).

They're selected delegates this past week, and some delegate selection meetings are still ongoing.

However, Jackson is kicking adz. He's saying the same sh*t Platner did, but he'll be a formidable opponent for Collins, imo.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 02:00 PM (RCjYY)

223 1ST WORLD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

224 222 206

The ME DEM Senate race is over, for all practical purposes. The DEM nominee to face Collins will be former state senate president Troy Jackson (D).

They're selected delegates this past week, and some delegate selection meetings are still ongoing.

However, Jackson is kicking adz. He's saying the same sh*t Platner did, but he'll be a formidable opponent for Collins, imo.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 02:00 PM (RCjYY)

Thank you for this.

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:01 PM (6wpGE)

225 223 1ST WORLD NOOD
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

First World Problems [Doof]
—Open Blogger
nood

Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:02 PM (6wpGE)

226 Shana Bellows drops out of Maine Senate race. Go fat trannie
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 01:46 PM (OXYE0)

Talk about people with a self-descriptive name, eh? As a Karen, no doubt she bellows a lot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 02:03 PM (1z8ji)

227 > I've turned on the Brave news feed, when I boot up Brave first thing I see is its headline/ledes. It stinks, the lies that each news agency puts out or/and the misinterpretation of facts and events.
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I think it's just a re-wrapped Google Newz feed... thus, the shitification of said newz.

Plus, it's mostly crypto-driven content... IOW, paid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 02:04 PM (jehhT)

228 Tulsi Gabbard's brother accused of trying to lure children to Hawaii hotel room

Don't you want to help me and the puppet find my lost kitten? I have candy!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 19, 2026 02:04 PM (kt+Zf)

229 221 In our over surveilled society this should be relatively easy. Govt never takes the easy route though.

But I'd start with any account that has sent more than one transfer to a foreign country. Make the banks verify them.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

They already do, and are, but that still doesn't explain Esptein and Dimon unless Brennan approved it, because he did.

The Three Specific Emails (JPMorgan/Epstein Context)

The "Birthday Book" Outreach (2011): The email outlines how the bank could use Epstein's personal relationships with these men to secure them

The Problem for Dimon: This contradicts his 2023 testimony that he was unaware of Epstein's activities. ...

The "Wall of Cash" Email (2013):

The Intelligence Link: This is where John Brennan’s name frequently surfaces in the 2026 inquiry.

#3 The "Moscow/Russian" Date Email (2010):
An email from Epstein to a high-ranking contact (recently linked to the broader "Clinton network" in the files) regarding a meeting with a "clever, beautiful, trustworthy" Russian woman.

If Brennan didn't KNOW (and approve) he wouldn't be very intelligent now would he?

LET's GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WeaponizedKragleWH

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 19, 2026 02:08 PM (zOLg1)

230
I would like there to be a law that states-

If we have to find them and deport them, at that point, then their bank accts and all property and housing and transportation that they own are forfeit to the gov't.

I'm also thinking that any one who rents property ( apps, houses, etc) immediately loses their the entirety of their property to the gov't.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 02:09 PM (iJfKG)

231 I will post this here. It's a link to a site that has all the info Trump released, in a searchable database

https://tinyurl.com/y22283ue

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 19, 2026 02:12 PM (bkuEU)

232 Shoulda happened WAY before now … WTF's wrong with these people … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 19, 2026 02:29 PM (ayRl+)

233 The problem with that is they never assimilate and reproduce like rabbits and their kids have the same attitudes. We have some illegals around here that have been in the country illegally for 10-20 years and still don't speak english. That's why pretty much every social service in our county has to have their stuff printed in english and spanish and they have translators on staff.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (0N4FZ)

And make an FCC ruling that both large Spanish networks MUST provide a percentage of their programming in English. And this from someone who was employed by the largest as an engineer. Funny how the official language at the network is English. My Hungarian and Slovak grandparents didn't have the luxury of not learning the language when they arrived back at the turn of the last century.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 19, 2026 02:44 PM (5xuJ/)

234 "No workers comp claims, for one. No unemployment insurance claims."

Ackshually, this is incorrect, it is a significant source of fraud, adjustors don't ask for citizenship status and the guy/gal who doesn't care too much about immigration laws, identity theft, doesn't have much of a problem ripping off the work comp system, go figure. That goes to increasing rates for all businesses and ultimately you get to pay for all of it.

Posted by: EzE at July 19, 2026 03:02 PM (pxzPN)

235 The biggest motivator for banks is money. If it pays better to not look too closely at the law while collect their fees from a banking customer, why would they cut themselves off from a revenue source? If a bank gains a billion $ from a certain activity & only gets fined $20 million; will they even shed a tear as they supply a scapegoat? Defrauding the taxpayers(the govt) used to be a crime. Until that crimes is punished severely enough; the only inducement will continue to be $.

Posted by: Curlysan at July 19, 2026 03:33 PM (lxotb)

236 The U.S. won't get rid of illegals by cutting them off from working until they are cut off from gubmint welfare.

And if we limited welfare for non illegals as well it would go a long ways towards ending the "jobs americans wont do"
which is really, a lot of folks figured out that welfare pays better the the jobs they are qualified to do, and even the ones that could advance in a career aren't willing to have the short term money cut for the long term gain.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 19, 2026 04:27 PM (PV+Zw)

237 So you're telling me that Abdul, that was competing with the Vultures for something to eat, somehow got imported into our country by our government and setup as a new star in our broad tapestry of a shining beacon to the world. So Abdul contributes to America by doing something for which he is qualified; such as cleaning Porta-Potties on 3rd shift.
But no....a few years later it turns out that Abdul is CEO of a fairly sophisticated operation to scam the USA out of millions...multimillions. And ICE proudly announces he will be deported!!!
No mention of "after serving a lengthy prison sentence". And no mention of the ICE airplane making a quick stop in the south of France to drop off Abdul at his villa. And no mention of pursuing the American AID workers that undoubtedly guided Abdul through the legal labyrinth of setting up the scam. These are the bastards that need to swing.

Posted by: ss at July 19, 2026 04:54 PM (e8Nbd)

238 It should be virtually impossible to live here unless you are a citizen, naturalized or otherwise, or have the legal authorization to live and work here.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 06:04 PM (4g5V+)

239 Why won't CONgress debank illegal aliens?

Posted by: torabora at July 19, 2026 07:38 PM (5V8RT)

240 Until those businesses are forced to pay Market wages, Then Americans would take those jobs.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:15 PM (NnhvP)
==
Market wages are significantly inflated by welfare programs. Chasing illegals is only half the problem.

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Posted by: bokepasia.cc at July 20, 2026 04:18 PM (1l46d)

Sunday Morning Book Thread 7-19-2026 [Sabrina Chase]

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Welcome to the Book Thread, Guest Poster edition! I will be your host as we explore all sorts of book-related topics. All usual Book Thread rules are incorporated by reference (pets, beverage, clothing covering the lower limbs, etc.) with the special Sabrina Chase exemption for those stylish persons preferring kilts. Now let us proceed to today's topic, which is ...

(Big) Beautiful Book Bindings

We are all about the contents of books here at the Book Thread, but a high-quality binding is the literary cherry on top. The photo above is one of the old books in my library, a first edition of the Hurst "Burnt Leather Classics" version of the works of Robert Burns, printed in 1904. (It took a bit of internet research to find out the date, as the fancy version had no published date inside.) Not only does it have gilt lettering on the cover, the edges of the pages are all gilt as well. In addition, the cover is soft leather, delicately embossed with daffodils, and slightly padded so it is very comfortable to hold. There used to be a silk bookmark ribbon bound in, but that fell to the ravages of time. A lot of thought clearly went into this design, to not only look good and to be functional but also elevate the book even more. (Apparently it was TOO fancy/expensive to produce, even for the luxury holiday gift market it was intended for, and in 1905 the standards were *koff* lowered and the gilt page edges and cover lettering vanished. But that made it possible for me to figure out my copy was one of the elite!)

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Now sometimes the attempts to pretty-up a book went a little far, what with all the enamel and gems and whatnot. Who wants to curl up with a lumpy book that weighs 15 pounds? And won't play nice with the other books on the shelf?

Anyone have any pretty treasures to brag about?

Posted by: Open Blogger at 08:52 AM




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1 up to chapter 362 of First Contact!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 08:55 AM (VyBeY)

2 Morning, Sabrina.

Howdy, Horde.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 08:55 AM (q3u5l)

3 *Tap, tap, tap*

Is this thing on?

Posted by: First? at July 19, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

4 other reading:

the Mr Gorzug series; pretty good stuff, lots of wisdom mixed in with the funny, recommended.

Zamyatin's "We", not sure why. Russian artists & poets sure got screwed by the October Revolution (which they supported), didn't they?

Appalachian Trail guidebooks - fantasy reading.

back later, maybe

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 09:00 AM (VyBeY)

5 Not much in the way of 'pretty' on this kid's shelves. But then except for encyclopedias I did most of my reading in battered library books and mass market paperbacks. By the time I started buying hardcovers, you really didn't see much in the stores except the current type trade volumes. Closest I get to ornate are a few volumes from Centipede Press.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:01 AM (q3u5l)

6 Can't think of a beautiful binding book in the collection, sorry.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 09:01 AM (VyBeY)

7 I tell you every thing is weird and confusing in "Central" land. Book thread posting at a strange time, the Perfessor not here. What kind of crazy place am I trapped in?

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 09:02 AM (1tpiU)

8 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 09:02 AM (yTvNw)

9 I don't have anything to compare to Sabrina's find, that's for sure.

All my books are "functional" rather than "ornamental."

I do have a few books that have slightly better binding, but that's as far as it goes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:03 AM (FZ29D)

10 I have been a bad reader lately

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (Ia/+0)

11 I tell you every thing is weird and confusing in "Central" land. Book thread posting at a strange time, the Perfessor not here. What kind of crazy place am I trapped in?
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 09:02 AM (1tpiU)
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Are pants even required here?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (FZ29D)

12 Last weekend, a few hours after the book thread ended, I saw the distinctive smoke plume of a newly-started forest fire. And I saw it from my front door. (not really, I had to walk a block away before the trees/buildings gave me a clear view, but the point stands.) That got me thinking: If I needed to evacuate, what would come with me? The answer, at least as far as books go, is 'not much.' As much as I love the books that line my house, only a handful of them would qualify as 'irreplaceable.'

Fortunately, the fire hasn't really gotten any closer to town, and has received a robust response from the appropriate authorities. It's still burning, but it will make national news if it reaches a point where my home is in actual danger...

Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (3v7ra)

13
*looks at top picture*

Ah! The Necronomicon from the movie, "Evil Dead Burn".

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (iJfKG)

14
"Promise Me, America" is a book title bathed in arrogance.

I have a couple of side bets about content, no one would take on the mentions of Beau.

Posted by: Auspex at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (Y8DZL)

15 Morning, Book Folken,

I was just editing my latest short story: removing some of the "-ly" words, addressing my quirk of beginning a sentence with "But" or "And," etc. Time ran away, and here the Book Thread was.

Currently I'm reading Stephen Hunter's historical crime story I, Ripper. It features excerpts from a diary written by Jack the Ripper, alternating with a newspaper reporter's account from 1912 of how he gave the serial killer his name and tried to track him down in the London of 1888. Grand stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (wzUl9)

16 Saw a couple books at the convention this weekend but wasn't feeling rich enough to buy anything

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:05 AM (Ia/+0)

17 Nice book in that top picture, but don't forget about me. I was the actual star of the show.

Posted by: And Allen at July 19, 2026 09:05 AM (1tpiU)

18 I tell you every thing is weird and confusing in "Central" land. Book thread posting at a strange time, the Perfessor not here. What kind of crazy place am I trapped in?
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026

***
The alternate timeline where Kirk did *not* save Edith Keeler?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

19 Hard to find a good leather bound Kindle these days.

Posted by: Or a phone app at July 19, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

20 Although I've been reading regularly this past week, it's been slow going as each book is a bit of a doorstopper (over 600 or 700 pages each).

Those simply take time.

I'll have more to report in next week's Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:07 AM (FZ29D)

21 Skip, did you have a good time at the convention? Was there reenacting there? Miniatures? War Games?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:07 AM (4VH0B)

22 Good morning again morons and thanks Sabrina

Saw Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt in Glencoe Friday night.

It was magnificent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 09:08 AM (RIvkX)

23 I've usually found that the bindings from Library of America, Modern Library, and Everyman's Library hold up nicely. But these days a lot of hardcovers are harder to hold for very long (must go with being 29-and-then-some) and the print sizes used by the above-mentioned three publishers are harder on the eyes than they used to be (also a 29 thing). The kindle ain't pretty, but I'd be up a well-known smelly creek without it.

There are still a couple of bookcases of hardcovers here, though, because I liked the books and dammit I'm hanging on to them.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:08 AM (q3u5l)

24 Sorry about the non-traditional time. I am still figuring out the immense intricacies of the blog software. I may have forgotten the animal sacrifice part of the ritual ...

But now it is here and so are we! And the books.

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM (Y9Vvl)

25 Are pants even required here?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (FZ29D)

***
The alternate timeline where Kirk did *not* save Edith Keeler?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

( shaking ) I'm not sure.


Wait! Edith is dead?

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM (1tpiU)

26 There are still a couple of bookcases of hardcovers here, though, because I liked the books and dammit I'm hanging on to them.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:08 AM (q3u5l)
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Preach it, brother!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM (FZ29D)

27 19 Hard to find a good leather bound Kindle these days.


You'd think so, but no.

https://tinyurl.com/9ctaay8f

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM (Riz8t)

28 Good Sunday morning, horde!

Sabrina, that is a beautiful binding, and fitting for a book of poetry.

I have a few very old books, but none with beautiful binding. Pretty sure I've got a couple of those green arsenic-infused ones, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:12 AM (h7ZuX)

29 Hey, I was good enough for your 4th grade English Grammar book.

Posted by: Brown paper grocery bag at July 19, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

30 I finally finished reading "The Silmarillion." It was a slog. It's written with a deliberately arcane cadence, and it's just a summary of events, so there's usually not much of a 'story' to sink your teeth into. All too often it felt like the book was just throwing funny and way-too-similar names at me...

But I did enjoy the last couple chapters! The ones that had recognizable places and characters, that led into the events of Lord of the Rings. Those chapters I may re-read sometime. But the first two thirds...Now I can say that I read it, but I'm not likely to read it again.

Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:13 AM (3v7ra)

31 Continuing my boycott of Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," last week I finished the late, great Dan Simmons' "Ilium" and am now reading the follow-up "Olympos." I have enjoyed them both immensely, they being a science-fictioning of the story of the Siege of Troy and surrounding events.

Next up will be "Cur Deus Verba," or "How the Word Became Words," by Jeremy Holmes. An explanation of how Christ's teachings became the Bible, I believe. Should he an interesting read.

Good morning, Booklings.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 19, 2026 09:15 AM (/RHNq)

32 27 19 Hard to find a good leather bound Kindle these days.


You'd think so, but no.

https://tinyurl.com/9ctaay8f
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM
+++++
Is it rich Corinthian?

Posted by: Ricardo at July 19, 2026 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)

33 Hey, I was good enough for your 4th grade English Grammar book.
Posted by: Brown paper grocery bag at July 19, 2026

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And for years after that. Once I did have some Man From U.N.C.L.E. book covers. They didn't last anywhere near as long as a grocery store paper bag.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:16 AM (wzUl9)

34 Would they bother to cover the 4th grade grammar books now? I don't recall seeing any brown paper grocery bags for quite a while.

Now THOSE were ornamental.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:16 AM (q3u5l)

35 If I needed to evacuate, what would come with me? The answer, at least as far as books go, is 'not much.' As much as I love the books that line my house, only a handful of them would qualify as 'irreplaceable.'
Posted by: Castle Guy

Interesting. I also only have one or two; One, a child's picture book of fables that was a present to my Mom from my Grandparents. And later, Mom read to me. It has absolutely stunning illustrations with beautiful color.

The other is a Journal kept by a Pennsylvania Dutch Pastor whom traveled between churches in the early 1800's. It is written in High German and describes his days and travels. He mentions certain locations that are very near my old family farm. I have two copies - one's cover is in tatters - broken, falling apart and degrading into dust. The other has a more modern cover. Probably late 1930's.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 09:16 AM (IUQak)

36 I will say that my set of the Britannica from 1984, bound in leather and with gold stamping on the spine, is a beautiful thing. And yes, I still do consult them from time to time, when my favorite search engine's AI delivers nothing -- or nothing but nonsense.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (wzUl9)

37 >>>I have a few very old books, but none with beautiful binding. Pretty sure I've got a couple of those green arsenic-infused ones, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Don't lick your fingers as you turn the pages.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (3oLMy)

38 Yay Book Thread!

Chateau Lloyd is host to many books with interesting and ornate covers, particularly Tolkien editions whose entire purpose is to sit there on the shelf and look pretty. We have paperbacks for actually reading, some of which have been badly abused by time.

I do think it's interesting that the phrase "can't judge a book by its cover" exists because most of the time, that is the author/publisher's goal. Stencil font with martial title: about war.

Script with Fabio holding a chick? Romance.

And of course the title: "The Sword of Length And Girth: A Tale of Faries Queers and Thorns Book 5" tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s)

39 Avi Feiglin, the son of Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin, runs a custom binding business. He learned the trade from his late grandfather, Rabbi Chayim Spring.

Gallery:

https://tinyurl.com/y3e4ztbc

YT video (Hebrew but you can get the translation):

https://youtu.be/UCfFNw_fxPo

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (w2sCY)

40 Tonypete, where did you come across that journal?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:20 AM (4VH0B)

41 Not ostentatiously pretty, but there are a few books on my shelf that are just a joy to hold and to read because they are so well designed, both for having in your hand and reading from page to page. My copy of A.S. Byatt’s The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye (1996) comes to mind, and the much older “Black’s Readers Service” copy of The Works of H. Rider Haggard that includes “Cleopatra”.

They’re not overly engineered, they’re perfectly engineered.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 19, 2026 09:21 AM (sk9DV)

42 I try to be selective about buying well made books. Emphasis on 'try'. Sabrina is right. I will spend money on a beautiful presentation of a book that has meaning to me. The last few years I've picked up hardcover, often slip cased editions of:
- Treasure Island and Kidnapped
- The complete poetry of JRR Tolkien
- the Wingfeather series
- Dracula and other stories by Stoker
- the 3 volume prose Faerie Queene (which is magnificent)
- several others

My LOTR paperbacks from the 60s have long since disintegrated to be replaced by a few hardcover editions.

Part of the rationale for getting these better made editions is the sheer physical pleasure of reading from them. Part is these are books I hope to pass along to the next generations.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 09:22 AM (yTvNw)

43 On my TBR pile: We Sold Our Souls, a fantasy novel by Grady Hendrix, whose Satan Loves You I raved about last week; and two Stephen Hunters. G-Man features his long-running hero Bob Lee Swagger, with flashbacks to his father Charles's time with the FBI during the Depression.

The other, a WWII novel, is called Basil's War, featuring one Basil St. Florian, an accomplished spy in the British Army who goes undercover in Nazi-occupied France.

Odd, but my local suburban library had the Hunters under General Fiction instead of Mystery. I'd think the G-Man novel would qualify under mystery, or crime at least.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (wzUl9)

44 I have a few very old books, but none with beautiful binding. Pretty sure I've got a couple of those green arsenic-infused ones, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Don't lick your fingers as you turn the pages.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (3oLMy)
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What if you've been eating Cheetos?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (FZ29D)

45 Next up will be "Cur Deus Verba," or "How the Word Became Words," by Jeremy Holmes. An explanation of how Christ's teachings became the Bible, I believe. Should he an interesting read.

Good morning, Booklings.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 19, 2026 09:15 AM
*******

https://youtu.be/Xz_QEYwerkw

Posted by: Come and See at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

46 Last week, I read a graphic novel adaptation of "The Three Musketeers." This adaptation actually followed pretty closely to the original novel; D'Artagnan hired a servant, he took part in the siege of a castle like an actual soldier, and he didn't have a duel-to-the-death with that scarred (but not one-eyed) agent of Richelieu. The fidelity was refreshing. But it did drive home why so many adaptations change the story. This book in particular really benefits from being cleaned up. There were plot cul-de-sacs that didn't add much to the story, most of the characters could have acted a bit more nobly, and that ending...The climax of the book was 6 men condemning Milady DeWinter in an impromptu trial. Granted, Milady was evil and richly deserved her fate, but...The trial of a captured woman is not a worthy climax in a story about swashbuckling swordsmen! Changing the story to feature a duel-to-the-death with an enemy agent only feels natural...

But at least the art was good. Not excellent, but good. That alone puts this book above several other adaptations that were part of the same comic line.

Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (3v7ra)

47 I have no fancy books.

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (1tpiU)

48 That got me thinking: If I needed to evacuate, what would come with me? The answer, at least as far as books go, is 'not much.' As much as I love the books that line my house, only a handful of them would qualify as 'irreplaceable.'

Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (3v7ra)
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My father inherited the love letters of his grandparents and typed them up and had them published in a hardcover with photos in the 1980s. Only perhaps a half-dozen copies exist.

I have the digital files and will at some point publish them for a larger audience. They are very interesting as they wrote often and it's an intimate portrait of acquaintances becoming friends and then engaged and finally married, only to be separated by the Great War. The stuff of epic romance, really, all tucked away in an attic for 50 years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

49 I'm reading _The Sea Wolf_ by Jack London, but I confess it isn't really gripping me. The narrator is a whiner, and Captain Wolf Larsen is a bastard and a psychopath. Weirdly, he keeps mouthing Socialist tomfoolery which sounds like the sort of thing Jack London would endorse. I'm worried that the book will end with the whiny narrator realizing that socialist psychopaths are really the good guys.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (78a2H)

50 Biden's Dog, thanks for the link to Spring Bindery. Those are amazing books! I have never seen designs in gilt edges before. Beautiful!

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (k+oif)

51 Journeys Through Bookland, the 192x printing had been on my shelf since I was knee-high to an ant, but only the first eight volumes. Definitely my favorite books growing up. Earlier this year, I discovered a full set, basically unread/mint, printed in 1910: black leather, gilt edges, beautiful.

If there is a fire, I will probably be in the basement, opening the window to start hucking these books out first.

Posted by: KnownIssue at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (5bj1g)

52 29 Hey, I was good enough for your 4th grade English Grammar book.
Posted by: Brown paper grocery bag at July 19, 2026 09:12 AM

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Heavy Duty Reynolds Wrap at July 19, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

53 I read Pendergast: The Beginning, by Preston & Child.

I started Relic a couple of years ago, and didn't get interested, but I saw this and decided to give it a go. I really got interested, and now it's finished, and I want to read Relic, and the waitlist is months long on Libby, and it's not on Hoopla, and my library doesn't have a copy.

But I'm in that mood now, and nothing else is grabbing my attention. I've started and abandoned several other books after I finished Pendergast, and I only want Pendergast now!!

This is a FWP, isn't it?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:27 AM (h7ZuX)

54
Good morning again morons and thanks Sabrina

Saw Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt in Glencoe Friday night.

It was magnificent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 09:08 AM (RIvkX)

We were in London last week and wanted to see a West End show.

Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" was playing there, which I would've loved to have seen, buuut that's not really the lovely and delightful Mrs naturalfake's kind of thing, so-

We went to see the all-singin', all-dancin' revival of the music "Oliver!'.

"Oliver!" is very much a product of it's time. As a retelling of "Oliver Twist" it kinda just breezes through the highlights, but is just loaded with great tunes. It really had no ambition to do anything more than entertain you and send you into the night singing and tapping your toes.

Mission accomplished.
Loaded with the usual great English stage actors as well.

Check it out if you have the opportunity.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 09:29 AM (iJfKG)

55 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:20 AM
Besides maybe my best game showing, wore my Russian shako as a 1812 musketeer so people seem to like to come up and ask about it. Lots of conversations on game rules and just talking to other people interested in history.
Hopefully back to Fall In in November

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:29 AM (Ia/+0)

56 Book adjacent: for her birthday, I bought the complete series of "Justified" for my youngest. We owned the first season, and she became addicted, and now we're binge-watching it.

I remember my mother being a huge fan of Elmore Leonard, and while this has me interested in his books, I also feel that the outstanding cast is integral to the experience, and so I'm holding back.

Well, that and the fact that I have lots of other stuff that I want to get through first, like City of God and the rest of the Graham Greene stuff I bought.

My bedtime book is Decisive Battles of the American Revolution, a trade paperback saved from oblivion because I used the margins for an amusing flip book in middle school. It's a good book on the merits, though. Can't recall the author and the cat will not be moved, so here I am.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)

57 Regarding the original post; there are no fancy covers on my shelf. Nothing with any 3-d elements like the second image. A trio of faux-leather bound books, but the rest are just typical hardcovers or paperbacks. And two books in a slipcase, which I really don't care about...

The only covers that really stand out are some custom-bound-comic hardcovers; they have art printed on the covers, which I put together in photoshop! One of the perks of commissioning a custom-bound book...

Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:29 AM (3v7ra)

58 37 >>>I have a few very old books, but none with beautiful binding. Pretty sure I've got a couple of those green arsenic-infused ones, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Don't lick your fingers as you turn the pages.


The saddest thing in The Name of the Rose was the burning of the library.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 09:30 AM (Riz8t)

59 @44 LOL, all of it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:30 AM (h7ZuX)

60 I have a large decorated white bound Bible I got for Christmas when I was in my 20's from my parents. I've never displayed it but it's nice to have.

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 09:30 AM (tZeAA)

61 Still enjoying CJ Box's Joe Pickett series.
Thanks to the book threadist who recommended it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

62 AN ACTUAL BOOK REVIEW:

I recently finished reading "The Case for Colonialism" by political scientist Bruce Gilley. Published a few years ago, it is an expanded book version of his highly controversial 2017 academic article of the same name.

The author challenges the prevailing progressive consensus that mid-19th and 20th century Western colonialism (primarily British, French, German, Belgian, Dutch, and Portuguese) was an unqualified evil. He argues that many or most episodes of such colonialism delivered substantial net benefits to colonized peoples through expanded education, improved public health, abolition of slavery and other harmful practices, better administration, infrastructure, widened economic opportunities, and more rational governance.

(cont.)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 09:32 AM (w2sCY)

63 (cont.)

The book contends that it's actually anti-colonialism that has proven to be the greater threat to human rights and development in the 20th century. Gilley documents how premature decolonization and the rejection of colonial institutions by nationalist elites often led to economic decline, authoritarianism, corruption, and suffering in many post-colonial states. Gilley calls for a rethinking of colonial history based on empirical evidence rather than ideology, emphasizing a "civilizing mission" grounded in universal values.

That's not gonna happen, at least not right now.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 09:32 AM (w2sCY)

64 The best book cover I've got is my h.s. yearbook. I designed it. I managed to make it quite Soviet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 09:32 AM (RIvkX)

65 I have a few very old books, but none with beautiful binding. Pretty sure I've got a couple of those green arsenic-infused ones, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Don't lick your fingers as you turn the pages.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (3oLMy)
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What if you've been eating Cheetos?

Cheetohs, for a few moments, distracts the villein from fear. But law is imposed by fear, whose true name is fear of God.

Posted by: Jorge of Burgos at July 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

66 Stephen Hunter
Quit reading him after he inserted gratuitous gayness in a story.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 19, 2026 09:33 AM (0ztm9)

67 I'm reading _The Sea Wolf_ by Jack London, but I confess it isn't really gripping me. The narrator is a whiner, and Captain Wolf Larsen is a bastard and a psychopath. Weirdly, he keeps mouthing Socialist tomfoolery which sounds like the sort of thing Jack London would endorse. I'm worried that the book will end with the whiny narrator realizing that socialist psychopaths are really the good guys.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026

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Never read it; in fact I've read little of London aside from White Fang and Call of the Wild. And the latter was in the Whitman Young Readers edition, so it was probably edited. I remember the film version with Edward G. Robinson as Larsen, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

68 When a story is narrated by a dog, it has to be good. It is even better when the dog and his master are collecting various items to make magic charms. Roger Zelazny brings us the story of Snuff the dog in A Night in the Lonesome October.

Snuff is a watchdog. He watches things for Jack, like the things trapped in the mirror, and the thing in the wardrobe, and he keeps an eye out for Jack, since Jack is cursed. Jack only goes out by night, looking for certain items found in reasonably fresh graves, or in arcane gardens, as they are necessary ingredients for the charms Jack is working on.

As the story progresses, we meet other similar pairs, each an animal with their human, some working on charms to protect the world, and some working towards the opposite goal. Each animal is also trying to learn where and how this game is to be played out, and which teams will be on which side, for as the month of October comes to an end, they will all be in one location, where (and when) the portal can be opened, and the fate of the world will be at stake. As the story reaches its climax, the reader may be surprised as to which teams will be on which side on the thirty-first of October.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 09:34 AM (0U5gm)

69 Oliver: I recall the film version was well-cast, with Shani Wallis (whatever happened to her?) and Oliver Reed as a brutal Bill Sykes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

70 In line with this topic, the quality of most of the hardcover Rabbit Room Press books is special. The thought and care they put into the books they produce is obvious. I first noticed when I got a copy of "Lost Tales of Sir Galahad". Leather bound, embossed cover, quality paper, and print that doesn't require a magnifying glass. The ongoing Arthuriad by Malcolm Guite is similar. Their children's series, The Wilderking, has a hardcover edition along with the paperbacks.

As in my comment above, it's a combination of pleasure in handling, contents that are special and worth preserving, and sturdy enough to survive generations of reading.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 09:35 AM (yTvNw)

71 I started Relic a couple of years ago, and didn't get interested, but I saw this and decided to give it a go. I really got interested, and now it's finished, and I want to read Relic, and the waitlist is months long on Libby, and it's not on Hoopla, and my library doesn't have a copy.

This is a FWP, isn't it?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:27 AM (h7ZuX)
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Being the first book in the series, Relic does have a bit of "early installment weirdness."

I thought it was pretty good overall though, and Reliquary, the immediate sequel was even better.

Like many long-running series, it doesn't quite hit its stride until book 3 or 4.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)

72 Got dragged to the Odyssey yesterday. It's not bad, but I'm probably not going to see it again.

The diversity-hire casting is basically forced on the moviemakers now by the Oscars requirements, so I shrug and lump it in with the fact that they're speaking English and have all their teeth.

One thing which saddens me is how all movies nowadays apparently have to require the audience to take sides. The response to the criticism "I thought some of the casting was screwy" should be "Well, I liked it," rather than "You're evil."

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 09:37 AM (78a2H)

73 When a story is narrated by a dog, it has to be good. It is even better when the dog and his master are collecting various items to make magic charms. Roger Zelazny brings us the story of Snuff the dog in A Night in the Lonesome October. . . .

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026

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I can't find much Zelazny at my local library. This book sounds particularly good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

74 Beautiful books up there!

I have one old book that I received as a Christmas present this year: my grandfather's bible. Worth a lot - to me!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (X8xt3)

75 Not ostentatiously pretty, but there are a few books on my shelf that are just a joy to hold and to read because they are so well designed, both for having in your hand and reading from page to page.
___________

For this reason, I go out of my way to get early/mid century Modern Library editions. Perfect size and can occasionally find a leather bound.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (XvL8K)

76 I'm a jewelry fan, and jewelry books are always big and beautiful.

But my favorite is easily a set of Shakespeare, missing one book. They were brought by covered wagon to South Dakota by my sodbuster ancestors. No year given, because they're pre copyright.

Posted by: Wenda at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (u84c/)

77 I have the digital files and will at some point publish them for a larger audience. They are very interesting as they wrote often and it's an intimate portrait of acquaintances becoming friends and then engaged and finally married, only to be separated by the Great War. The stuff of epic romance, really, all tucked away in an attic for 50 years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

I would read that. I'd want to see the original handwritten letters, too, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (h7ZuX)

78 TecumsehTea - one was my grandfathers' and another was given to me by one of my mom's cousins.

Now I have to locate them and caress them.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 09:40 AM (IUQak)

79 I recently finished reading "The Case for Colonialism" by political scientist Bruce Gilley. Published a few years ago, it is an expanded book version of his highly controversial 2017 academic article of the same name.
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Thomas Sowell is making some of the same points in Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, the importance of culture and cultural transmission in economic outcomes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 09:40 AM (RIvkX)

80 Be sure to read “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury on August 4.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 09:41 AM (8l6/L)

81 I went into a big chain book store for the first time in a long time today.

They had a cafe, a game section, a gift section, and a toy section. It was sort of like being at the mall in the old days when you might have a Walden Books near the food court or at least an Orange Julius.

But...

I looked through the SF and Fantasy section and it was full of hacks and authors I've never heard of and reading the back covers the descriptions didn't sound promising.

So I went over to the library instead and got some Leiber and Saberhagen books instead.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)

82 I have a very old book that guess its a reader teaching, it has text in both English and German. Don't remkember exactly when it was written other than 1800s.
Thinking to donate it to historical society as its should be preserved more than a book that will just be wasted sgfter I am gone

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:41 AM (Ia/+0)

83 Robert Burns died 21 July 1796, how old is that book?

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 09:42 AM (LHPAg)

84 Not ostentatiously pretty, but there are a few books on my shelf that are just a joy to hold and to read because they are so well designed, both for having in your hand and reading from page to page.
___________

For this reason, I go out of my way to get early/mid century Modern Library editions. Perfect size and can occasionally find a leather bound.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 19, 2026

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I have two on my shelf, Three Famous Murder Novels edited by Bennett Cerf, and Fourteen Great Detective Stories edited by Vincent Starrett. Bought them both from a local (and now defunct) bookseller when I was about fifteen. TFMN contains Before the Fact, that great portrait of a woman's marriage to a charming sociopath; the short stories volume has stuff all the way from Poe and Melville Davisson Post through Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, and even Cornell Woolrich.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

85 "the late, great Dan Simmons' "Ilium" and am now reading the follow-up "Olympos."
Posted by: Sharkman at July 19, 2026 09:15 AM (/RHNq)

Very much my favorite pair of books by Dan Simmons.


Posted by: 13times at July 19, 2026 09:43 AM (fnZRl)

86 55>>>Skip

Sounds like a lot of fun for you. It's nice to get away and have downtime doing something we enjoy.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:43 AM (4VH0B)

87
So I went over to the library instead and got some Leiber and Saberhagen books instead.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026

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Much better choices. Saberhagen's Empire of the East and his Books of Swords series are superior stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

88 LEBENSBILD aus dem Pennsylvanisch-Deutschen Predigerstand

Allentown, Pa. 1906.

My German fluency, which really never was, has entirely left me so now I have to kick my way through the journal slowly. But I wouldn't say painfully.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 09:44 AM (IUQak)

89
Half-Price Books used to be a great place to shop for older books, when it was run by hippies.

I was able to buy some first printings from favorite authors like Peter DeVries, Tom Sharpe, and Folio Society reprintings of Evelyn Waugh, PG Wodehouse and many others for a pittance.

In any event, they must've gotten acquired and now mostly carry Best-Sellers from the last ten years or so.

If you find anything neat, you usually have to wangle pretty hard with them to get a decent price. Booo!

The biggest surprises for me was finding a complete set of Henry Williamson's "Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight", which was one of the 99 Great novels of the 20th Century super cheap.

And a complete Set of "The Burton Holmes Lectures" Burton Holmes was a guy who travelled to the "exotic" countries way back when and then went around the country giving lectures long with a slideshow. Great photos and interesting if not politically correct viewpoints. Also dirt cheap.



Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

90 My German fluency, which really never was, has entirely left me so now I have to kick my way through the journal slowly. But I wouldn't say painfully.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026

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The verb is often hiding at the end of the sentence.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

91 I recently finished reading "The Case for Colonialism" by political scientist Bruce Gilley. Published a few years ago, it is an expanded book version of his highly controversial 2017 academic article of the same name.

Colonialism was a mixed bag for the colonized. The first point, and I find leftwingers pretty much always ignore this, is that it replaced one form of non representative government with another.

So, what is better local, primitive despots or distant advanced ones? Especially for societies that were still stuck in the tribal stage?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

92 I would read that. I'd want to see the original handwritten letters, too, though.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (h7ZuX)
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My father retains the letters and I would include some photos of them as well.

What's really struck me is how "modern" their language becomes after they get married. At first it is very polite and then friendly, but after he's deployed to France, they speak pretty openly about sex and missing each other. He longs for "the twins" and she misses "Johnny."

That was why my father only made a handful of copies, handed out only to the older family members. His mother and her siblings did not approve of sharing that with the general public or the grandkids. I was the only great-grandkid to get a copy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)

93 Colonialism?

I still pronounce that nation with Kilimanjaro in it as "Keen-ya," as the British did, instead of "Kenn-ya." I must be an unreconstructed colonialist.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

94 Ay-yi-yi -- this is not how I wanted to start my latest year of life.

Oh, well.

I finished "Von Ryan's Express" by David Westheimer. It did involve a train, one that was to take nearly 1,000 men from an abandoned POW camp in Italy into Germany.

Col. Joseph Ryan, the senior POW officer -- derogatorily known to his charges as "Von Ryan" because he's a hardcase -- plans an escape that will require him to take over the train. His efforts make a gripping tale.

I wonder about the authenticity of the dialogue, however. The No. 2 POW leader, who was supplanted by Ryan because of rank, is British, and he seems to mention "Jerry" every 10 words. I know stereotypes have some basis in fact, but this is a bit much. On the other hand, I've learned a new term for a woman -- "frippet."

Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (q9vMC)

95 Much better choices. Saberhagen's Empire of the East and his Books of Swords series are superior stuff.

And interestingly that is what I got...

As an aside with Empire of the East I mentioned to the yutes I know sometimes that when I was their age we had the possibility of a REAL apocalypse - a nuclear WWIII with the Soviets. You have anxiety because global warming might raise global temperatures in a century or something? What if you woke up tomorrow and it was 1M degrees in your local city center?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)

96 The verb is often hiding at the end of the sentence.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

Quid?

Posted by: LINGUAM LATINAM at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (1tpiU)

97 Being the first book in the series, Relic does have a bit of "early installment weirdness."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)

Yeah, it was probably that. The epilogue of Pendergast: The Beginning is an opening to Relic. So now I'm hooked in.

My mental image of Pendergast is that appraiser of Civil War artifacts on Antiques Roadshow, Rafael something. I know Pendergast is thin, and Rafael isn't, but it's my image and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:49 AM (h7ZuX)

98 What's really struck me is how "modern" their language becomes after they get married. At first it is very polite and then friendly, but after he's deployed to France, they speak pretty openly about sex and missing each other. He longs for "the twins" and she misses "Johnny." . . .

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026

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At one point Mrs. Wolfus No. 2-to-be and I wrote some love letters to each other. Our language was hardly so, uh, circumspect.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

99 The Burns book is from 1904. It isn't the oldest book I have; that honor belongs to a copy of Jerusalem Delivered a poem by Torquato Tasso, printed in 1770. The cover, alas, is gone (so not suitable for this post) but the paper is amazing. Old linen paper, yes, made from linen fabric scraps. That's why there used to be the "rag and bone men" that went door to door collecting fabric scraps for papermakers. It's more expensive but more durable. And it feels less brittle to the fingers when reading.

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 19, 2026 09:50 AM (k+oif)

100 Reminds me. One of my older brothers graduated from a small liberal arts college in the midwest. In the 1970s The college yearbook has lots photographs of the residents of thr various dorms. Animal House wasn’t too far off. They seemed especially seemed proud of their Bongs, to a man. Artfully displayed album covers with Zig-Zag rolling papers and seedy Marihuana.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 09:50 AM (LSh5J)

101
I finished "Von Ryan's Express" by David Westheimer. It did involve a train, one that was to take nearly 1,000 men from an abandoned POW camp in Italy into Germany.

Col. Joseph Ryan, the senior POW officer -- derogatorily known to his charges as "Von Ryan" because he's a hardcase -- plans an escape that will require him to take over the train. His efforts make a gripping tale.

I wonder about the authenticity of the dialogue, however. The No. 2 POW leader, who was supplanted by Ryan because of rank, is British, and he seems to mention "Jerry" every 10 words. I know stereotypes have some basis in fact, but this is a bit much. On the other hand, I've learned a new term for a woman -- "frippet."
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026

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I first read VRE when I was in high school, and loved it. Never had I seen the Frank Sinatra film, though, until about two months ago. Verdict: Skip it, stick with the novel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

102 Still not doing much in the way of Big Serious books this past week. (Sorry, Fyodor.) Revisited Don Robertson's novel Make a Wish. Went through a semi-abandoned project of my own and figured maybe, just maybe, I can do something with it after all. Decided the other day that it had been too long since I read Bradbury and started Fahrenheit 451 yesterday evening.

Focused? Me? Smile when you say that.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:51 AM (q3u5l)

103 And though there only occasionally, at work are on a town public library job. It was the local firehouse and getting turned ito library. So hopefully someday if not a picture from me will get one somehow for this very thread

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:52 AM (Ia/+0)

104 ... Sea Wolf_ by Jack London, but I confess it isn't really gripping me. The narrator is a whiner, and Captain Wolf Larsen is a bastard and a psychopath.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026

The first half of the book differs significantly from the second half of the book. I won't say how, but was very disappointed.

Posted by: 13times at July 19, 2026 09:52 AM (fnZRl)

105 18-1,

Your library still had Leiber and Saberhagen? Count your blessings.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:54 AM (q3u5l)

106 About the best and most ornate books that I have are a collection of Folio editions - which I bought in the 1980s when the most expensive releases were +/-$100. I also have a 1920 edition of "Old French Fairy Tales" by the Comptesse de Segur and illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett. It was originally a Christmas present to a little boy named Markie, who was the youngest son of the wealthy family that my maternal grandfather worked for. He was an invalid, and died young - my mother was his age, and often brought to their enormous Pasadena mansion to play with him, as he could not go to school, or out much at all. The book eventually came to me, and a friend of a friend who was into hobby bookbinding redid the spine and signature stitching. The illustrations are lovely and very 1920 Erte style.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at July 19, 2026 09:54 AM (Ew3fm)

107 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 09:56 AM (u82oZ)

108 The Young Washington movie frequently mentions his letter writing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

109 I'd read Von Ryan's Express in high school as well, after seeing the Sinatra picture.

Yes, the book's better. But the flick's worth a watch just for Trevor Howard.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:56 AM (q3u5l)

110 Not as fancy as some hardcover editions but I like what is called 'flexibound' books. These are hardcover but flexible. Penguin Clothbound Classics is a good example. My favorite modern version of Canterbury Tales from Nevil Coghill is one. My reading copy of LOTR is the same approach but leather, like some Bibles, instead of cloth. The flexibound style also makes it easy to open the book completely flat, adding to the comfort.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 09:57 AM (yTvNw)

111 Speaking of Germans, I ran across this quote from a German author/jurist named Ernst-Wolfgang Bockenforde: "The liberal secular state lives on premises that it cannot itself guarantee"

He was both a Catholic and a Social Democrat and apparently he sees the problem with the latter.

And the left has yet to solve this problem as we see with the Somali Learing centers here in the US...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)

112 I don't have a lot of very old books, but I do have a framed map pulled from an 1855 atlas. It is entitled "British, Russian, and Danish possessions in North America." It shows Russian Alaska, Greenland, and the 30 odd provinces that Canada had at the time, like Churchill and Abitibi.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 09:57 AM (0U5gm)

113 Good morning, Sabrina and Horde.

I have an entire bookcase of olde tomes, some inherited from my father, most bought by me because I got bit by the antiquarian bug early. My prize find as a teen was a big edition of "Paradise Lost" with Doré illustrations on almost every other page. It's not that difficult to find, but it blew me away and spoiled me for drab paperback versions of literature. Many 19th Century novels with gilt edging and engravings, and works by Victorian explorers with maps and illustrations.

On the cheesier end of vintage reads, I love old SF books with lurid covers. And that pulpy smell means a quality experience!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 09:58 AM (kpS4V)

114 How about culture being downstream of genetics which is downstream of environment?
Are there any works on culture as an expression of genetics?

Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 09:58 AM (T8bqm)

115 Speaking of Von Ryan's Express, its author, David Westheimer, a few years earlier wrote an adaptation of JP Miller's teleplay/screenplay for Days of Wine and Roses. It is excellent. Even if you didn't know about or had never seen the movie, the novel adaptation is powerful and effective.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

116 >>>78 Tonypete
Those are priceless! So cool.

MrTea's grandfather served, in WWI. He wrote home a lot and his mother saved all the letters. This side of DH family is very into ancestry/genealogy and family history. The letters somehow got to a professor in SD, who turned them into a book and also speaks about them, and the war. I keep meaning to buy a copy and then share about it here but I never seem to get around to it. I think some readers here would be interested in it, too.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:59 AM (4VH0B)

117 It shows Russian Alaska, Greenland, and the 30 odd provinces that Canada had at the time, like Churchill and Abitibi.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 09:57 AM (0U5gm)
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Cooool!

I need to look this up.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (kpS4V)

118 I'd read Von Ryan's Express in high school as well, after seeing the Sinatra picture.

Yes, the book's better. But the flick's worth a watch just for Trevor Howard.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026

***
+ 100

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

119 Rag paper lasts incredibly well. In college I was allowed to look at — and handle — a copy of Copernicus's book _De Revolutionibus_ with annotations and cross-outs by the Holy Office. It must have been nearly 400 years old and was in fine shape. Meanwhile some of my books from the 1960s shed pages every time I read them.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (78a2H)

120
I finally finished "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M Banks.

I put it aside because I got a little tired of his usual organization of his Culture novels.

Usually Banks starts with a mission that winds up having a bunch of side-quests, which may or may not have any relevance to the story or mission at hand.

Now, he's a good writer and the last oh, 4th or 5th of the novel just zooms for doom and unhappy endings.

But, after reading 3 in a row, I sort of knew what to expect.

If you want a good idea of what his "Culture" series is all about, "Consider Plebas" is a great place to start.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (iJfKG)

121 Still reading Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow.

General Washington is trying to defend New York City. The attack by the British is yet to come.

Well written, with surprise information in the story. I though I knew the story of the Revolutionary War well, but I was wrong.

Martha Washington is a part of the story here. Her importance to keeping George going is quite revealing. She spent almost half the war with George.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 10:01 AM (u82oZ)

122 76 ... "But my favorite is easily a set of Shakespeare, missing one book. They were brought by covered wagon to South Dakota by my sodbuster ancestors."

Wenda, Those volumes are special, especially for the family. Louis L'Amour mentions in a few of his stories, based on research, that books on the frontier were valued for their contents and appeal to everyone. When there is little room for books as pioneers moved west, they took only the best. Sounds like your family's situation.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

123 As an aside with Empire of the East I mentioned to the yutes I know sometimes that when I was their age we had the possibility of a REAL apocalypse - a nuclear WWIII with the Soviets. You have anxiety because global warming might raise global temperatures in a century or something? What if you woke up tomorrow and it was 1M degrees in your local city center?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
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Anyone remember "Twilight: 2000?" Imagine high school kids literally playing a game that will take place when they are in their 20s about scrounging gas and ammunition to fight the Soviet remnant after all the missiles have launched.

My friends and I played GDW's Third World War games where you could drop tactical nukes all over central Europe. Nuclear war wasn't some imagined thing your grandkids will deal with, it was a practical problem to be solved.

Gen X is just built different.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

124 88>>> Tonypete
Is that journal handwritten, or has it been typed out?
How can you read the old German script? Our son teaches HS German, and is fluent in reading and speaking (you'd be surprised that some language teachers are NOT) and he struggles with reading that old High German script.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 10:04 AM (4VH0B)

125 Cooool!

I need to look this up.

Posted by: All Hail Eris


Believe it or not, Abe Books has a copy of it, do a search for:


ORIGINAL 1855 COLTON'S HAND COLORED MAP OF NORTHERN AMERICA BRITISH, RUSSIAN & DANISH POSSESSIONS
Published by J. H. Colton & Co., 1855

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 10:06 AM (0U5gm)

126 I played those GDW Third World War in Europe games in the 1980s. My friend/opponent and I both agreed the A-10 aircraft units were ridiculously overpowered. Then we got to see them in action in the first Gulf War and realized the game was spot-on.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H)

127 The fanciest book I ever owned was a the red leather hardback expensive edition of "The Lord Of The Rings" in a box slipcover. Also the matching green one of "The Hobbit." They collected dust on the bookshelf for decades until I decided I was never going to actually read them, preferring my ancient Ballantine paperback ones (with the covers that aligned into one full picture) and gave them away. Now I have them on Kindle but the paperbacks are a sentimental favorite and I love the smell of yellowing old paper.

Just finished up new-to-me author Jennifer Milliken's "Here For The Cake" which was a nice, sweet romance with some good twists. Immediately acquired some more of her work, she's a keeper. I wish I could write characters like she does...

Posted by: tankascribe at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (NtoJk)

128 Good morning all
Did a lot of reading this week.
First
Decided to check out the mystery book club at the library. Book is You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego. It is her first book so surprised about the choice. It brings a bunch of mystery writers to an island retreat where (obviously) one gets murdered. It sounds like it is going to be like every other book, movie you have ever seen or read but it is quite good. Actually thinking about taking pen and paper and making lists so I can figure out who Dunn it.The meetup is on the 28th so I am really curious about what it will be like.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (kJmSS)

129 Another great WWIII game from way back when...Fortress America

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)

130 I confess the only book I’ve had rebound is Pappy Eromero’s King James Bible. Mama gave it to him in 1965-66. Re-binding cost about $100 or so in 96.

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (LHPAg)

131 I really enjoyed Ardath Mayhar's slender novel "The World Ends in Hickory Hollow". A husband and wife, former farm kids who later ditched the big city and returned to their old homesteads in rural Texas, find themselves uniquely able to weather the aftermath of an atomic war. They were so isolated that the resulting power outage didn't even register until days in. News off the airwaves is patchy, and then pretty much nonexistent.

They've rounded up a passel of abandoned seniors who have the old wisdom necessary to see them through low tech times. Things are looking survivable until they run into a clan of violent nut jobs who only want to destroy.

Did I learn about this book at the HQ or Sarah Hoyt's joint? In any case, thanks to whoever.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:11 AM (kpS4V)

132 Another great WWIII game from way back when...Fortress America
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)
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Yes, but not as good as Shogun, which we used to play every Saturday night.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

133 The original journal was transcribed to print at some point by the author's sons. (The Helffrich brothers) and, I assume, had a very limited published run. It is not printed in the old German script - it seems to just be a 'modern' typeset. The chapter titles and dates associated with the title are in the old script however.

One thing I noticed long ago - certain names of some of the faithful that the Pastor ministered to are redacted - a blank is shown instead of the name. Reading the stories one can see why. The Pastor pulls no punches when relating what folks have confessed to or relayed to him.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 10:12 AM (IUQak)

134 Fortress America is a fun game, though the premise makes no goddamned sense at all. One oddity is the random nature of reinforcements. I always thought the USA player should have at least some idea of what's in the pipeline. Also: they turn up in the damnedest places, so that there's no real strategic significance to real-world industrial centers.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:13 AM (78a2H)

135 Rag paper lasts incredibly well. In college I was allowed to look at — and handle — a copy of Copernicus's book _De Revolutionibus_ with annotations and cross-outs by the Holy Office. It must have been nearly 400 years old and was in fine shape. Meanwhile some of my books from the 1960s shed pages every time I read them.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (78a2H)
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University libraries often have very old relics. The kind of books you can only handle while wearing special white cotton gloves so that you don't get your oils all over them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 10:13 AM (FZ29D)

136 Oh and also I remember played Gulf Strike which was a Victory Games offering focused on the middle east during the last cold war. Some of the scenarios you could play:

Iran-Iraq War
USSR invades Iran
Iran invades Gulf States
and...
Iran tries to close Hormouz.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)

137 Colonialism was a mixed bag for the colonized. The first point, and I find leftwingers pretty much always ignore this, is that it replaced one form of non representative government with another.

So, what is better local, primitive despots or distant advanced ones? Especially for societies that were still stuck in the tribal stage?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)
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What you're mostly describing is pre-mid-19th century colonialism. The author touches on the vast differences to modern colonialism.

It's not so simple. There were numerous cases where modern colonialism met with the approval of the general populace. It was more like "Welcome the new boss - nowhere as horrific as the old."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (w2sCY)

138 I played those GDW Third World War in Europe games in the 1980s. My friend/opponent and I both agreed the A-10 aircraft units were ridiculously overpowered. Then we got to see them in action in the first Gulf War and realized the game was spot-on.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H)
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When I put together an operational-level wargame for the Air Force, I borrowed heavily from the airpower rules in the Third World War series. It was well received, but of course my efforts to standardize USAF wargaming came to naught because a retired O-5 civilian at HAF feared it would destroy his rice bowl. The LeMay Center staff loved my work, though.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

139 On the cheesier end of vintage reads, I love old SF books with lurid covers. And that pulpy smell means a quality experience!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 09:58 AM (kpS4V)

I have a similar penchant for pulp mystery novels. So, my favorite bindings tend to be pretty delicate, as cheap paperbacks don't age well. But I love them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:15 AM (h7ZuX)

140 Tonypete

That sounds so interesting.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 10:16 AM (4VH0B)

141 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Sorry to be late, but it's another one of those days when waking up is a huge disappointment.

The only thing I've read recently was Pamela Hutchinson's The Curse of 'Queen Kelly', a behind-the-scenes look at the never-finished, never-released 1929 Erich von Stroheim / Gloria Swanson film.

I'm reading it for inspiration, and it's helping a bit. It is not, however, a book for the casual movie fan. You have to really have an interest in silents to enjoy it.

The author doesn't shy away from showing what a rotten bastard Joe Kennedy was, either.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:16 AM (qRla/)

142 Impressive book binding
Thanks Sabrina!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (WL2lA)

143 The postapocalyptic TTRPG Gamma World is one of the things that made me a conservative.

Seriously: I tried to map out the devastation from a nuclear strike, to see what the tiny islands of civilization would be in a sea of destruction.

Instead what I found was that whole continents would be untouched.

Which meant that when people began to describe nuclear disarmament as necessary for the survival of the species, I became skeptical of their motives, and have remained so ever since.

I get flashes deja vu for the 1980s anti-nuke movement whenever I hear activists describing AI and data centers as existential threats.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (78a2H)

144 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:11 AM (kpS4V)

Thanks, Eris, for The World Ends In Texas. I immediately thought of Corsicana.

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (LHPAg)

145 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 09:56 AM (u82oZ)
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In trying to keep on topic, I say "book 'em, Danno!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (w2sCY)

146 Oh and also I remember played Gulf Strike which was a Victory Games offering focused on the middle east during the last cold war. Some of the scenarios you could play:

Iran-Iraq War
USSR invades Iran
Iran invades Gulf States
and...
Iran tries to close Hormouz.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)
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Back in the day I owned Battle for Germany and Southern Front, and finally bought Persian Gulf, which has the starting scenario and a diplomatic 'card game' to keep things interesting. The map is horribly out of date given all the development in the Gulf since then.

I set up the maps, but it's unpunched and I couldn't bring myself to mar its perfection.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)

147 University libraries often have very old relics. The kind of books you can only handle while wearing special white cotton gloves so that you don't get your oils all over them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


I recall that my university library had a first or second edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe published prior to the civil war just sitting on the shelves.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 10:18 AM (0U5gm)

148 @46, I tend to think that Dumas was showing us the struggle which these fellows have with summoning the moral courage to do what is right, even though it goes completely against their deeply ingrained sense of protecting and cherishing women. Milady is seething with sheer evil, and they know it. Yet, they quail beneath the task, even though they have faced and killed/wounded countless men in battle. This is entirely different, and they would have failed, letting Milady to continue her evil had Athos not remained constant.

Sometimes doing the right thing is terrible.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 19, 2026 10:18 AM (gbWHQ)

149 Second
I had asked here about John Sandford. I had acquired one of the ,ast books in his Lucas Davenport series and wondered if I should start with book 1. Eromero said Do It. Reading Rules of
Prey. I am already a fan. Lucas, a jaded, brilliant police detective is the best liar in all of fiction. His ability to manipulate everyone around him including the multiple women who can't quit him to help him solve the crime is fascinating. That Sandford has birthed this incredibly complex character right out of the gate has me hooked.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 10:20 AM (kJmSS)

150 It's not so simple. There were numerous cases where modern colonialism met with the approval of the general populace. It was more like "Welcome the new boss - nowhere as horrific as the old."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (w2sCY)
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Colonialism was the default excuse for every corrupt tyrant to blame someone else for their mismanagement. It's like "systemic racism" - deflects blame and requires an impossible to achieve solution to solve the problem.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)

151 Which meant that when people began to describe nuclear disarmament as necessary for the survival of the species, I became skeptical of their motives, and have remained so ever since./i]

The anti-nuke groups both those opposing nuke power and nukes weapons were all funded and controlled by the Soviets.

The anti-datacenter people are a mixed bag. I'm sure we'll find they are being funded by China, but I opposing data centers is a natural conclusion based on pre-existing environmentalist arguments. Of course the amusing thing is the American leftwing oligarchs funding the environmental movement have invested heavily in data centers and are telling the environmentalist to shut up.

So who wins the Chinese or the American oligarchs? Hard to say...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:21 AM (sKqQm)

152 @101 --

I saw the movie first, and that made me want to read the book. Oldest son and his wife found a copy, minus dust jacket, at a library sale in their city and surprised me with it a few years ago.

I tried to guess what the cover looked like. Searched for the book on eBay, and I was right -- men standing on a boxcar.

Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 10:22 AM (HapY3)

153 Thanks, Eris, for The World Ends In Texas. I immediately thought of Corsicana.
Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (LHPAg)
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Me too!

My library's interlibrary loan service found a copy for me. Highly recommended.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:22 AM (kpS4V)

154 There were numerous cases where modern colonialism met with the approval of the general populace. It was more like "Welcome the new boss - nowhere as horrific as the old."

Posted by: Biden's Dog


There is a conversation recorded in Blood River where the author is talking to a captain on a barge hauler on the Congo River, who asks about the effects of colonialism on Africa. The captain points out that Singapore and Malaysia were former colonies, and they have skyscrapers and formula one races. "Colonialism isn't the problem" was the captain's point of view.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 10:23 AM (0U5gm)

155 I am about to be shanghaied off to the local Museum of Art. It's not a bad jaunt, actually . . . except for the heat and the bad streets I have to drive on to get there and come back. The A/C in the museum, I have reason to know, is *cold,* and so I'll bring a sweater.

No idea what kind of art they are featuring this month, but I know they have both old-fashioned representational art and the "modern" kind we often sneer at (sometimes unfairly) on the Art Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:23 AM (wzUl9)

156 Trimegistus

I was amused by the series of three divisional level defend NATO and Germany from the Red Army games by Dunnigan.

The first game, NATO, shows the Soviets pushing back NATO forces easily, but then American reinforcements hold Western Germany.
World War III has Soviets taking over France with the Allies defending Spain and Britain. This is the premise of the official 1949 war plans revealed in
Dropshot[i/] by Anthony Cave Brown.
The last, The Next War: Modern Conflict in Europe, has the Soviets stopped easily by NATO Forces.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 10:24 AM (u82oZ)

157 I recall that my university library had a first or second edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe published prior to the civil war just sitting on the shelves.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 10:18 AM (0U5gm)
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Michigan State's library had all of Lovecraft's work in the Special Collection because they were stolen so frequently. You go down, check in your backpack and all possessions, are given a pencil and a sheet of paper upon request, and then sit at a bare table and read your book under the watchful eyes of the staff.

None of them were rare editions, they just were stolen so often that replacement was a pain.

MSU also has one of the largest collections of comic books, which would have been cool if I gave a damn about them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)

158 Colonialism was a mixed bag for the colonized. The first point, and I find leftwingers pretty much always ignore this, is that it replaced one form of non representative government with another.

So, what is better local, primitive despots or distant advanced ones? Especially for societies that were still stuck in the tribal stage?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

The way it strikes me is that being colonized really sucks for the generation that is being colonized. There doesn't seem to be too many exceptions to this. However, depending on what culture is doing the colonizing, it can bring some benefits to the generations that come after the new rule is established.

Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 10:25 AM (3v7ra)

159
MSU also has one of the largest collections of comic books, which would have been cool if I gave a damn about them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026

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I doubt I'll ever be up that way, but -- Any of the old Silver Age DC Comics series like Batman and Jimmy Olsen?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)

160 Yikes.

Off to the Barrel.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 10:26 AM (u82oZ)

161 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:16 AM (qRla/)

Here's something not disappointing for you. My niece is eagerly awaiting your next Theda Bara novel. Any way to get a signed copy for her?

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:27 AM (1tpiU)

162
Zamyatin's "We", not sure why. Russian artists & poets sure got screwed by the October Revolution (which they supported), didn't they?...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 09:00 AM (VyBeY)

I suppose that I feel sorry for the Russian creative types, who supported the Russian Revolution and then got totally screwed.

After all, the Commies were a "new", scientific system of gov't. How could they fail?

Though on the other hand, if the Russkie artistes had paid a little bit of attention to what the 7 Deadly Sins are, they probably could've figured things out way ahead of the censorship and prison camps.

It's a bit like John Cleese grousing now in his dotage about how England is being destroyed when he spent his career deriding and tearing down that society himself. I was just joking isn't quite the excuse he thinks it is.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 10:28 AM (iJfKG)

163 There is another element to the data center brouhaha: location. Many of these are being located well away from urban areas in rural communities that don't want them. In Michigan, the Dems taking total control of state government resulted in them abolishing local zoning laws so that they could plan windmills, solar panels and data centers wherever they want.

Michigan is chock full of brownfields. Mere miles away from me there is a massive bare patch of ground where Fisher Body and the Verlinden Plant used to be, conveniently located next to massive utility and water. Why not build there? Why pave farmland?

That's the issue around here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)

164 Third
I started Ilona Andrews newest This kingdom Will Not Kill Me. Maybe got 10 pages in and gave up. It is like they(she writes with her husband) started a whole new genre based on gaming. Their last one The Inheritance is similar and also gave up on it. Their last characters are boring and the story line makes no sense, just keeps roaming around. Sad because I really liked her writing in the past.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 10:30 AM (kJmSS)

165 I doubt I'll ever be up that way, but -- Any of the old Silver Age DC Comics series like Batman and Jimmy Olsen?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)
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No idea, but it is one of the largest holdings in the world, so probably.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)

166 53 ... "I want to read Relic, and the waitlist is months long on Libby, and it's not on Hoopla, and my library doesn't have a copy."

DMLW,
I'm surprised your library doesn't have Relic. You can often find used paperback copies of the Pendergast books on Amazon or used book stores for under three bucks. The Kindle prices are often ten dollars or more, which is a bummer.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:31 AM (yTvNw)

167 Well, time to get going. Thanks, Sabrina!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)

168 I'm in a rural area myself and it's a little shocking to watch the astroturfing in real-time. We've got local activists laying the groundwork to oppose hypothetical data centers nobody's even proposed yet.

Neville Roy Singham's paying for it.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:32 AM (78a2H)

169 Here's something not disappointing for you. My niece is eagerly awaiting your next Theda Bara novel. Any way to get a signed copy for her?
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:27 AM (1tpiU)

Well! Thank her for me.

The novel is still a couple of months away from publication. When it's out, I'll announce it here on the Bool Thread, and you can send me her address then.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:33 AM (qRla/)

170 I have to go chop firewood for winter now.

I tell my lefty friends I burn wood "to reduce my carbon footprint" and they all nod sagely in agreement.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:34 AM (78a2H)

171 And I think I'll call it a day.

Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:34 AM (qRla/)

172 No idea, but it is one of the largest holdings in the world, so probably.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026

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MSU's Comic Art Collection pages do list a lot of the JOs and Batmans.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:36 AM (wzUl9)

173 I was saying Boo-urns.

Posted by: Hans Moleman at July 19, 2026 10:36 AM (0aYVJ)

174
I'm in a rural area myself and it's a little shocking to watch the astroturfing in real-time. We've got local activists laying the groundwork to oppose hypothetical data centers nobody's even proposed yet.

Neville Roy Singham's paying for it.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:32 AM (78a2H)

Ugh.

This is "No Nuclear Power Plants" all over again.

With the same result that we as a country are once again crippled by the most ignorant and retarded among us by their votes.

Great.

Don't follow Bond Villain's ploys, people!

Smarten up!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 10:37 AM (iJfKG)

175 I have always avoided Harlan Coben, maybe because he's so popular and definitely, in part, because he allows scumbags like Blow Job Billy to co-author books with him, or so I thought until I looked it up and that was James Patterson.

https://tinyurl.com/3zzcpx6h

(Although he does have some questionable collaborators. https://tinyurl.com/2x2x8end)

Anyway, I broke down and am reading Coben's Nobody's Fool and it's a real page turner. During his after graduation European vacation during which he meets a girl in Spain, he wakes up next to her dead body covered in blood. He gets the hell out of Dodge but the incident haunts him for decades particularly when a second girlfriend is murdered. He turns to alcohol which results in disgrace and unemployment. Then he sees his dead Spanish girlfriend up and walking around . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)

176 In the Saint short story "The Water Merchant," written in the late 1950s, Simon Templar opines that colonialism was a good thing and that the Europeans should have fought to keep their holdings. He also fires a broadside at foreign aid. It matched my views perfectly.

This is in the collection "The Saint to the Rescue."

Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 10:38 AM (6coSf)

177 The novel is still a couple of months away from publication. When it's out, I'll announce it here on the Bool Thread, and you can send me her address then.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:33 AM (qRla/)

Thanks, I'll email it.

Well , the central land people want to go somewhere so I'll finish the thread later.

Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:39 AM (1tpiU)

178 Dear horde, although I haven't been around as much as I once was as much as I once was, I have always valued this community. Long story short, I now have a fast acting form of ovarian cancer and my ptognosis is not good. Don't feel bad for me- i went from leading a normal life 2 weeks ago to dealing with almost unbearable nausea and weakness. Death will be a relief.my great concern is tying up loose ends with my will and funeral expenses. With the youth in this country falling for socialism, maybe its a good time to go. God bless Ace and the horde.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)

179 We've got local activists laying the groundwork to oppose hypothetical data centers nobody's even proposed yet.

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There's a data center under my bed!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

180 Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v

Prayers up.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)

181 With all the argybargy and foofaraw over Nolan's Odyssey, I thought I'd dig out my own sets off the shelf. The first one is a Scholastic Books version (remember them?) I read in elementary school, "The Adventures o Ulysses", with groovy illustrations. The cover blurbs prove they know who they're appealing to -- bloodthirsty kids!

"Circe -- the beautiful witch who turns men into pigs!
The Tree Monsters -- cannibal giants that look like trees!
The Sirens -- hideous bird-women who lure sailors to their death!
Scylla -- an enormous spider with twelve legs and six heads - and a wild greed for human flesh!"

I also have a boring adult Homer with translation by Samuel Butler. Is this considered a good version?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:42 AM (kpS4V)

182 All prayers appreciated.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:42 AM (9cZci)

183 I have a beautiful Barnes & Noble edition The Count of Monte Cristo, but my old books were affordable foe their day. My grandmother passed on the 1830 well-worn edition of Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake, which is embossed leather but with an off-center title on the spine (probably how my great-grandparents could afford such a treasure)

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 19, 2026 10:43 AM (fXG//)

184 Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)
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My sincerest condolences, Donna.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:43 AM (kpS4V)

185 MSU also has one of the largest collections of comic books,
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

A library next to a river, literally, a cool place.

Posted by: Auspex at July 19, 2026 10:43 AM (Y8DZL)

186 And interestingly that is what I got...

As an aside with Empire of the East I mentioned to the yutes I know sometimes that when I was their age we had the possibility of a REAL apocalypse - a nuclear WWIII with the Soviets. You have anxiety because global warming might raise global temperatures in a century or something? What if you woke up tomorrow and it was 1M degrees in your local city center?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)

Days ending in -y for kids growing up in the 1980s.

Then came 1989.

Both were very formative of my world view. Spending time in Germany did not hurt matters.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 10:44 AM (4g5V+)

187 Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v
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God Bless

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 10:44 AM (3oLMy)

188 Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)

Oh dear. So sorry. Sending prayers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 10:44 AM (0aYVJ)

189 Writer's Block: When your imaginary friends don't take to you.

Posted by: clarence at July 19, 2026 10:45 AM (1QT7n)

190 I also have a boring adult Homer with translation by Samuel Butler. Is this considered a good version?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:42 AM (kpS4V)

I read the Robert FitzGerald and W.H.D. Rouse translations and have a copy of the latter.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 10:45 AM (4g5V+)

191 178 ... Donna&&&&,
Prayers for your comfort and peace of mind.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:45 AM (yTvNw)

192 160 Yikes.

Off to the Barrel.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 10:26 AM (u82oZ)

Here, take these!

*hands NaCly a tub of Clorox wipes

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:46 AM (h7ZuX)

193 Donna&&&&&, The Peace of The Lord be upon you and see you into your Father's loving arms.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 10:47 AM (abScH)

194 I read Donna&&&&&&v’s post…on the anniversary of my father’s funeral. He was taken by cancer.

So it has to be said.

Fuck cancer.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 10:48 AM (4g5V+)

195 @168, I can absolutely agree with that. One of my pastimes in my retirement has been attempting to lure businesses to my newly (7 years) found home. The County in which it sits is about average sized, yet very, very sparsely populated. Like less than 10,000 for the whole county. Early on I looked at the "Data Center" people, and decided to move in that direction: Low footprint, little traffic/disruption, nice tax revenue. What's not to like? I then began interacting with these companies, traveling to meet with them, actually inspecting their existing facilities, and looking at presentations of their future (late 2024) facilities. All of them involved closed-circulation cooling, and most of them included their own power generation capacity. This was before all of the recent hoo-hah, of course, and they knew that the grid was insufficient, thanks to Obama and Biden, and that self-sufficiency was paramount.

Singham's lies are ridiculous, and prey on ignorance.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 19, 2026 10:48 AM (gbWHQ)

196 Commies destroying farmland destroys their enemies economic culture.
The marginal fields around here are getting solar farmed. The Navy base and rocket labs are getting a battery farm just in case.
Ripping all of that infrastructure out to grow winter wheat and potatoes makes no economic sense.

Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 10:48 AM (T8bqm)

197 Oh, Donna&&&&&&, my heart goes out to you. Prayers up for you and those you love. I am so sorry to hear this.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 10:49 AM (4VH0B)

198 Good morning from the Left Coast. Looks like another "No sky July" day here in the Bay Area, although the fog may burn off this afternoon.

Almost finished with Pyrates. I find I'm enjoying its absurdities so much I'm reluctant to finish it. Does anyone else have that problem--not wanting a book to end?

Posted by: March Hare at July 19, 2026 10:49 AM (O/GSq)

199 Almost finished with Pyrates. I find I'm enjoying its absurdities so much I'm reluctant to finish it. Does anyone else have that problem--not wanting a book to end?
Posted by: March Hare at July 19, 2026 10:49 AM (O/GSq)
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All the time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 10:50 AM (FZ29D)

200 In my neck of the woods, a data center might actually be in one spark of economic life around here.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 10:50 AM (4g5V+)

201 DMLW,
I'm surprised your library doesn't have Relic. You can often find used paperback copies of the Pendergast books on Amazon or used book stores for under three bucks. The Kindle prices are often ten dollars or more, which is a bummer.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:31 AM (yTvNw)

I'm in a small, rural town. I could get it through interlibrary loan, and may do that, but I'm only home on weekends. Should probably get a library card in the city, where I stay with Mom during the week.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:51 AM (h7ZuX)

202 I just finished reading Dan Simmons Carrion Comfort, nearly 900 pages long. But he's such a good writer I finished it quickly. Now I'm reading some short stories by Elizabeth Moon along with Karl Jaspers' Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus: The Paradigmatic Individuals. Wouldn't recommend it.

Posted by: Blahblahblah at July 19, 2026 10:51 AM (ca+Gv)

203 Donna&&&&&, thank you for letting us know. May the journey ahead be as peaceful and comfortable as possible and remember that if it’s God’s will, miracles do happen.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 19, 2026 10:52 AM (EiUt/)

204 with the special Sabrina Chase exemption for those stylish persons preferring kilts

Och, seo boireannach aig a bheil fios cò mu dheidhinn a tha i.

Posted by: Angus McAngusface at July 19, 2026 10:52 AM (0sNs1)

205 Prayers up.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 10:53 AM (q3u5l)

206 Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)
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I prayer for your comfort and strength to accomplish your task. God bless.

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 10:53 AM (tZeAA)

207 181 ... "I also have a boring adult Homer with translation by Samuel Butler. Is this considered a good version?"

The Butler version is considered to be good from what I've read in reviews but make sure it's the unabridged version. The Barnes and Noble hardcover classics edition is the Butler version. I prefer the Fagles translations.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:56 AM (yTvNw)

208 Donna of the ampersands, thank you for letting us know. God's will be done, and a better place awaits. Prayers up for you for recovery if possible, but peace and joy in your remaining time, if not. We love you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:57 AM (h7ZuX)

209 Prayers for you, Donna&&&&&&v. That's an awful diagnosis.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 19, 2026 10:58 AM (fXG//)

210 I'm not a fan of data centers being built where their power needs will negatively affect their neighbors and also turning good land into crap.

Locate all the necessary data centers in the blue city shitholes instead of farmland and beautiful 'hydro sources' .

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 10:58 AM (tZeAA)

211 Thanks for book thread tending, Sabrina.

I'm still on Robert Jordan re-read. I'm into The Shadow Rises, which is one of the better books in the series, largely because it focuses on Rand and the Aiel people, who are interesting. The Aiel have some real thought put into them, of course they are a blend of historical cultures (their adoption of the assegai short spear is well justified in-narrative) but they're neat.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 10:58 AM (xcxpd)

212 Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)

So sorry to hear that Donna, prayers for strength to you.
We'll miss you.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 10:59 AM (xcxpd)

213 Nothing too fancy here, but I do have a first edition of Out of Africa that's pretty good looking. Not much reading as we were on a road trip around Lake Michigan with a detour to Lake Superior at Marquette.

Posted by: Who Knew at July 19, 2026 11:00 AM (+ViXu)

214
Locate all the necessary data centers in the blue city shitholes instead of farmland and beautiful 'hydro sources' .
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 10:58 AM (tZeAA)

The small town nearest me has a good amount of empty space that can be turned into a data center.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 11:01 AM (4g5V+)

215 200 In my neck of the woods, a data center might actually be in one spark of economic life around here.

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Yep. Those server stacks buy a lot of groceries and cafe lattes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 11:02 AM (6/7Fs)

216 The Rouse translation of the Odyssey is a prose translation and IIRC, pretty easy reading. This was the one I read in high school, Signet Classics edition I think, and it shouldn't be hard to find either new or used (yet another book I should revisit). Don't know why, but I've always bogged down in verse translations.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:03 AM (q3u5l)

217 Yep. Those server stacks buy a lot of groceries and cafe lattes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 11:02 AM (6/7Fs)

I don’t know about the cafe lattes here though…: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 11:03 AM (4g5V+)

218 Prayers for you Donna.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)

219 Other than the ultra-premium editions aimed at collectors, most of today's "hardcovers" are just paperbacks with slightly thicker boards (pages glued rather than sewn, etc.). You're lucky if they last one reading.

Not worth the money, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:09 AM (IG3/x)

220 I finished "Von Ryan's Express" by David Westheimer.

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A similar book you might like is Kings Go Forth by Joe David Brown, a novel based on his experiences during the Champagne Campaign in southern France. Like VRE, it was made into a so-so movie starring Sinatra, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood. The author was a disabled vet and did not view the war fondly. The plot concerns a forward artillery observed attempting to find a way to break through the enemy lines.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)

221 > Yep. Those server stacks buy a lot of groceries and cafe lattes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 11:02 AM (6/7Fs)

They pay a shit-ton of property taxes, which is not nothing.

Loudon County, Virginia is home to some big Amazon, Microsoft, and Google data centers (and many smaller players).

Data centers take up 4% of the land area, but pay a full 38% of the property taxes. Nearly a billion dollars per year.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:14 AM (IG3/x)

222 Data centers take up 4% of the land area, but pay a full 38% of the property taxes. Nearly a billion dollars per year.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:14 AM (IG3/x)

4% of taxable land area? Because if so that doesn't make sense they pay 38% unless they have a different tax rate.

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:21 AM (tZeAA)

223 They're building one of those data center things in Montgomery County, MO-- a rural county not too far from STL, and the people are ecstatic about all the new jobs.

Me last week: "The Medici: Power, Money and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance," by Paul Strathern. I'm learning a lot about Renaissance art, as a result. It's kind of a Learing Center.

I read somewhere that Venice has a permanent population of a few hundred thousand people-- and gets 5 million tourists a year. As a result, it's easy to find a Carnival mask and souvenir shop, but hard to find a grocery store.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:24 AM (RCjYY)

224 Donna, I'm praying for you and a miracle. Don't spend too much energy worrying about the gross retards in this messed up country "falling for socialism," or reading too much stupid news about them here... it's always a waste of time anyway, and your time is more precious than most people's now.

I've always enjoyed your comments here but I don't want to see them if it's just depressing you... godspeed, and best of luck with whatever comes of this illness.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 11:24 AM (BI5O2)

225 > 4% of taxable land area? Because if so that doesn't make sense they pay 38% unless they have a different tax rate.
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:21 AM (tZeAA)

Property taxes are generally assessed on the total value, not just the value of the raw land.

A data center full of high end computers is worth a hell of a lot more than the same-sized cow pasture.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:26 AM (IG3/x)

226 Kilts???
Kilts are allowed?
Well. Dang!
BBL
*heads for closet*

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 11:29 AM (2WIwB)

227 Sabrina,
Thanks for the topic and showing us that gorgeous book.

In a very small way I regard my books as a sort of Library of Alexandria where the knowledge and entertainment is worth preserving. Not just classics of literature and history but fun reads like the Matt Helm books and Nero Wolfe stories. Even ephemora like the MASH Goes to ... books, Doc Smith's Lensman series, and cozy mysteries have value if only for light entertainment.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yTvNw)

228 Meanwhile, in a bookstore in LA . . .

https://tinyurl.com/4zz8jh7e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)

229 They're building one of those data center things in Montgomery County, MO-- a rural county not too far from STL, and the people are ecstatic about all the new job---

Those would be mostly temporary during construction. It's my understanding that Data centers don't have a lot of permanent positions.

Anyway I understand both sides of the issue but just lean toward the same position I have for green energy companies locations.

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:30 AM (tZeAA)

230 178 Donna

My prayers up too.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:31 AM (RCjYY)

231 175 I have always avoided Harlan Coben, maybe because he's so popular and definitely, in part, because he allows scumbags like Blow Job Billy to co-author books with him, or so I thought until I looked it up and that was James Patterson.

Jor Blob Billy.

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 11:31 AM (DXbAa)

232 Oh damn Donna.
Hitting my knees for you.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 11:32 AM (2WIwB)

233 JTB, I think a Venn diagram of our holdings would damn near be a single circle.

Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 11:32 AM (p/isN)

234 Most areas are more than happy for a data center built near by.
More goods and services for everyone. And so much money for greedy politicians to grift.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:32 AM (3oLMy)

235 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:26 AM (IG3/x

I'm aware. So the data center is the only industry or business in the county?

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:33 AM (tZeAA)

236 Donna, terrible news. Hope peace in mind comes to you

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 11:33 AM (Ia/+0)

237 “Trimegistus

I was amused by the series of three divisional level defend NATO and Germany from the Red Army games by Dunnigan.“

I believe that’s the game where the rules say, if nukes are released, douse the map in lighter fluid and light it.

Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at July 19, 2026 11:34 AM (U/7CP)

238 I'm heading to church in a few minutes. Donna, you'll be in my prayers today.

Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 11:34 AM (p/isN)

239 226 Kilts???
Kilts are allowed?
Well. Dang!
BBL
*heads for closet*
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 11:29 AM (2WIwB)

A Kilt and a Sporran. The forms must be obeyed.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 19, 2026 11:35 AM (6W6ju)

240 >>>Those would be mostly temporary during construction. It's my understanding that Data centers don't have a lot of permanent positions.
--

Construction has always been that way. It's a contract job. When the job is finished you move on to the next one. You may not remember what it was like before the regulators and commies took over.
Construction was a boom and moving from job to job was a given.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:37 AM (3oLMy)

241 I read "Galahad and the Grail" by Malcolm Guite.

I never read much in the way of epic poems. A little Homer and an little Anneid.

This is in English and it is a delight.

Kind of pricey, but there are illustrations. It really was a fun read.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 11:37 AM (qFwJc)

242 I found several years back at an estate sale, a set of small "how to design and build infrastructure" books issued by the US government (from back when they knew how to do that)

They have a nice textured binding of some sort, and engraved titles on the cover, I think.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 19, 2026 11:38 AM (9C1ml)

243 Texas Democrat candidate wants to get paid for her story idea but it sounds shifty to me.

https://tinyurl.com/49ekezck

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)

244 228 Meanwhile, in a bookstore in LA . . .

https://tinyurl.com/4zz8jh7e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)

She's no Talarico.

Posted by: The DNC at July 19, 2026 11:39 AM (6W6ju)

245 243 Texas Democrat candidate wants to get paid for her story idea but it sounds shifty to me.

https://tinyurl.com/49ekezck

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
---

If it's a Democrat there's grift involved.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:40 AM (3oLMy)

246 Anonosaurus at 243,

Are you sure that 'shifty' re: that link isn't a typographical error?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:41 AM (q3u5l)

247 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:37 AM (3oLMy)

Thus the description 'temporary' . Once a data center is built the jobs mostly go away. But as RB indicated above, the tax revenue going forward is a positive.

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:41 AM (tZeAA)

248
She's no Talarico.

Posted by: The DNC
---

She must be an only fans girl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:41 AM (3oLMy)

249 Construction has always been that way. It's a contract job. When the job is finished you move on to the next one"

Hey, gotta paint the bridge. Again.

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 11:42 AM (cGjQu)

250 228>>>>Meanwhile, in a bookstore in LA . . .

https://tinyurl.com/4zz8jh7e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19


so, looked at the church website. How to give money, testimonies, sign up for this or that. NO statement of faith/beliefs.


hmmmmm

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 11:43 AM (4VH0B)

251 I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

New York Post
@nypost
Body found at home owned by 'Squad' Rep. Ayanna Pressley's husband

-
Not a bad thriller opening, though.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)

252 Jobs go away sounds as if the construction workers no longer have a job. Their job has not gone away it's been relocated to a new construction site.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:45 AM (3oLMy)

253 Frankly, I don't get the "OMGDATACENTRRRR" handwringing... it's just the latest bugaboo...

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 11:45 AM (cGjQu)

254 Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)

Prayers for you and your family.

Posted by: dantesed at July 19, 2026 11:46 AM (Oy/m2)

255 so, looked at the church website. How to give money, testimonies, sign up for this or that. NO statement of faith/beliefs.


hmmmmm
Posted by: TecumsehTea

I did the same and found the same. There are hours and hours of her sermons on YT but I'm not hours and hours interested.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:46 AM (ndZc7)

256 Body found at home owned by 'Squad' Rep. Ayanna Pressley's husband"

So she has no ownership interest in the property?

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 11:46 AM (cGjQu)

257 Maybe not a bad thriller opening, but these days the only story coming from that with any chance of acceptance would involve an Evil Right Wing Conspiracy aimed at discrediting the Squad's noble campaign for justice in all things. Murder probably committed by the Evil President himself.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:47 AM (q3u5l)

258 >>Hey, gotta paint the bridge. Again.

Posted by: man
---

Much work to be done on the west coast when things are straightened out. It will be Boom States rush to the west all over again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:47 AM (3oLMy)

259 Any man what reads a book while eating Cheetos and licks his fingers and turns any page spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at July 19, 2026 11:48 AM (6W6ju)

260 Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Can't always tell beliefs by sermons anyway. Wolf in sheep's clothing and all that.
If you are grounded in the Trinity and believe the Bible is the Word of God, well, those are your front and center pieces of information. If not . . . beware.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 11:49 AM (4VH0B)

261 Montgomery County, MO LOBBIED for its new data center-- the ones Hochul banned statewide in NY.

I'm sure CA will follow suit. It already ran off almost all its oil refineries. Why not just make everything except the Malibu beach colony and San Simeon into a theme park? California World.

Remember, Newsome is still the "the working families' governor," though.

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:50 AM (RCjYY)

262 Much work to be done on the west coast when things are straightened out. It will be Boom States rush to the west all over again."

True.

Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 11:51 AM (cGjQu)

263 ... and so another Book Thread wanders off unsupervised. I must go Do Things. May you all find a good book to read and the time to properly enjoy it!

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 19, 2026 11:51 AM (Y9Vvl)

264 Donna,
My prayers are with you.

Miracles do happen. I had the very same diagnosis over thirty years ago. I tell my daughter she saved my life, because she was sixteen and good at it, and I was determined to live long enough for her to grow past that awful angry stage.

And here I am.

May you be as lucky.

Posted by: Wenda at July 19, 2026 11:54 AM (u84c/)

265 Sabrina at 263,

No shortage of good books, at least. I'm reminded of the joke about the mosquito in the nudist colony: "I know what I want to do, I just don't know where to start."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:54 AM (q3u5l)

266 Are you sure that 'shifty' re: that link isn't a typographical error?
Posted by: Just Some Guy

Damn autocucumber!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:55 AM (ndZc7)

267 in my prayers Donna

Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2026 11:56 AM (enw9G)

268 And off to create more chaos here at Casa Some Guy.

Thanks for the thread, Sabrina.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:57 AM (q3u5l)

269 BTW, Hubs & I saw Young Washington in the local movie theater. this weekend. I thought it was a balanced look at Washington, showing his growth into manhood and leadership.

It's an Angel film, so doesn't have widespread distribution or marketing budget. Casting is excellent and I was surprised to see Mary-Louise Parker and Ben Kingsley in significant roles, although not starring. It's important that quality films be supported, especially by those who bemoan the dreck coming out of the major studios.

Now I have to read Ron Chernow's biography of Washington!

Posted by: March Hare at July 19, 2026 11:59 AM (O/GSq)

270 Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)


Will say a prayer for you...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 11:59 AM (IJqbQ)

271 265

Deadpan comedian Norm Crosby used to say he was worried because he had a date with Elizabeth Taylor later that night. "I know what's expected of me. I just don't know how to make it interesting."

Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:59 AM (RCjYY)

272 241 ... "I read "Galahad and the Grail" by Malcolm Guite.
I never read much in the way of epic poems. A little Homer and an little Anneid.
This is in English and it is a delight.
Kind of pricey, but there are illustrations. It really was a fun read."

So glad you found it and like it. As I mentioned in an earlier comment, Rabbit Room Press is making this and the follow on volumes high quality. Those Stephen Crotts woodcut illustrations are wonderful and the poetry is addictive. The next volume comes out in November. I've already preordered the regular edition, for a reading copy, and the fancier, slip cased volume just to have.

Be careful about looking at the resources Guite includes at the end. They lead to a warren of rabbit holes to get lost in.

Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 12:00 PM (yTvNw)

273 Donna of the Ampersands, thank you for your book recommendations over the years and my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 19, 2026 12:01 PM (y171U)

274 WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

275 Now I have to read Ron Chernow's biography of Washington!
Posted by: March Hare

I've had that biography on order with Amazon for several weeks now. Still back ordered.

Posted by: Tuna at July 19, 2026 12:01 PM (lJ0H4)

276 Nood illegal alien thread.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (InJki)

277 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (VyBeY)

278 You're all waiting for me to tediously report that I have completed reading 'The Brothers Karamazov'. Nope. 2/3 through though.

Pulled a copy of 'The With the Dragon Tattoo' from a local little free library, and read it this past week. Also, am 90% done with 'Mr. Finchley Discovers His England', Canning.

The latter, light, entertaing reading. Especially so if you have spent any time in England.

About Little Free Libraries, I can think of at least 5 in the neighborhood. More within easy driving distance. Are there as many where you live, or is this a local sort of thing?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (XeU6L)

279 Donna of the ampersands, thank you for letting us know. God's will be done, and a better place awaits. Prayers up for you for recovery if possible, but peace and joy in your remaining time, if not. We love you.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:57 AM (h7ZuX)

I second that. Donna, I am happy to have met you a few years ago. Do not give up, please fight this evil thing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (1z8ji)

280 I watched this video recently. It was one of those times you start watching something, it grabs your interest even though you don't have the time, but watch it anyway.

There is a woman in Norway who is a bit eclectic. but, extremely talented. She decided to take the entire book series of Brandon Sanderson, and create GIANT Tomes out of the books using raised leather bindings and covers. Well, watch if you find this kind of thing interesting. At the end, she presents them to Sanderson at a book signing in the US.

https://tinyurl.com/nhcz4zdh

Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:04 PM (dIske)

281 a copy of 'The With the Dragon Tattoo'
-------
'The Girl', dammit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:04 PM (XeU6L)

282 I need spell check....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:05 PM (XeU6L)

283 Donna - My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:08 PM (XeU6L)

284 I'm a few chapters into the The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. It's a popular treatment of Classical Mechanics but without losing the math. I really enjoyed the Calculus refresher.

I bought it in hopes it can help answer questions I've had for decades about angular momentum. It feels like angular momentum contradicts normal inertia. There is something so weird about rotation. All those little atoms moving in the same way, changing direction together, like a flock of birds.

And the right-hand rule is just offensive. Why do two orthogonal vectors produce another vector in a direction unrelated to both of them? I mean okay in math you can define anything, but why should the universe listen?

And somehow angular momentum is related to particle spin? And btw particles aren't literally spinning . . . are they? And why is it nearly integral, like +/- 1/2? But it's also a vector, right? So spins are oriented.

Is it all just a lie funded by Big-L?

If I figure it out, maybe I'll try to figure out polarity of light next. As if we measurement wave amplitude in inches!

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (rcENI)

285 Oh uh. Maybe this will help.

Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (rcENI)

286 buhbye frammish

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at July 19, 2026 12:33 PM (z6ONu)

287 And btw particles aren't literally spinning . . . are they?
--------

Uh...curious that NMR and MRI work.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 01:04 PM (XeU6L)

288 Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)

Adding my voice and prayers for you to the list, Donna.

Posted by: March Hare at July 19, 2026 01:37 PM (O/GSq)

289 Pretty things on my shelves : Japanese Fairy Tales by Lafcadio Hearn - printed on silk crepe so it feels pretty also.
Friendship in Death - Elizabeth Rowe with a fore-edge painting of Badminton Hall
and many beautiful bookplates, ornate and simple beauties like the four volume french translation of Don Quichotte whose plates simply say "This book belongs to E.M. Forster".

Posted by: puckle at July 19, 2026 02:06 PM (dtgAf)

290 "This book belongs to E.M. Forster".
Posted by: puckle
------

Remarkable. I'm always drawn to vintage books that have bookplates, or, definitive insriptions. I have often searched for identifiable previous owners based upon such. It lends a historical interest in the physical book.

Bookplates are rather expensive, which has kept me from acquiring such, but as a sort low-brow alternative I had an ink stamp made up which simply says 'From the library of Mike Hammer, Asheville, NC'. It seems a bit crass, but it is my feeble grasp at immortality.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 02:56 PM (XeU6L)

291 reply Mike Hammer
Not low brow at all, trust me ive seen some very low brow bookplates in the upper classes books. Forster's were so simple and cheap i thought they were fakes. Ink stamps are a great solution I use them on donations and business cards, catalogs. Some of the most beautiful bookplates Ive seen are simple linocut prints and thats something anyone can do at home on the cheap. Im trying to limit my bookplate collecting to known spies, so far I have two including Sylvanus Griswold Morley the inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Posted by: puckle at July 19, 2026 03:16 PM (dtgAf)

292 I have often searched for identifiable previous owners based upon such. It lends a historical interest in the physical book.
----

An example 'The Works of Voltaire', printed 1927.

Bookplate, 'Ex Libris W. Kendrick Pritchitt 1929'

Turned out to be a very interesting fellow, Obit:
https://shorturl.at/RTW3g

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