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Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:14 PM (0dsIZ) 2
Off to nood.
Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:14 PM (0dsIZ) 3
Vang was set to be deported to Laos, according to the DHS. However, his pardon was issued on June 10, 2026, a week before he was supposed to be deported. Now, the pardon could reportedly "thwart his removal from the United States."
===== I don't see how this is a barrier to deportation. I see it as Walz accidentally making it easier. The guy's not in prison anymore, and he has a final deportation order from 2006. ICE can just go find him and pick him up and throw him on a plane. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:15 PM (hWfuL) 4
Walz is a loathsome fuckwad.
Posted by: huerfano at July 02, 2026 12:15 PM (VJX5o) 5
Nooded.
Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:15 PM (0dsIZ) 6
Already nooded, Reforger. Congrats on the SPONGE!
Posted by: Nazdar at July 02, 2026 12:16 PM (NcvvS) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 02, 2026 12:16 PM (Kt19C) 8
The Left: Trump and the Epstein class need to be removed by any means necessary. No pedos!
Also the left: So what if this guy raped a 10 year old. I mean...who hasn't really? And deporting him for it? That's just not cricket! Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:17 PM (sKqQm) 9
NYT reports he served no prison time as part of the deal.
I have so much typing and deleting for all involved in this. Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to a 13-year-old girl at July 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Wt5PA) Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b) 11
8 The Left: Trump and the Epstein class need to be removed by any means necessary. No pedos!
Also the left: So what if this guy raped a 10 year old. I mean...who hasn't really? And deporting him for it? That's just not cricket! Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:17 PM (sKqQm) ====== "Sexual assault against minors is really no big deal." -Scott Weiner, Democrat Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:17 PM (hWfuL) 12
It's really getting hard to read and process the evil that is happening under any Democrat leadership. Really getting hard.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 12:18 PM (qBdHI) 13
There's a deep place in Hell for those that commit evil like this child-raping illegal alien and the Gov of Minnesota...
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."-- Adam Smith Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 12:19 PM (l3cgK) 14
If all demoncrats suddenly died the world would be a much better place.
Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:19 PM (0dsIZ) 15
Walz is the Burgermeister Meisterburger of MN politics.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 02, 2026 12:19 PM (affD0) Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (xcxpd) 17
Might want to consider deporting Walz too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT) 18
".it's a cultural thing to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12." He also said the child should be arrested and she was also at fault."
he is still an illegal, and guilty of being a pedo, and already had an order of removal for 20 years. He should be sent back to his country where he can "legally"? rape 12 year olds. Posted by: illiniwek at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (vbXSk) 19
At some point the push back will come and it will be sudden, vicious, and glorious.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB) 20
17 Might want to consider deporting Walz too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT) I hear he REALLY likes China. Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:21 PM (0dsIZ) 21
10 Damn!! Read the content.
My thoughts on ethnic cleansing are becoming more nuanced... Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b) Ethical Cleansing >>> Ethnic Cleansing Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 12:21 PM (l3cgK) 22
Democrat values on display for you to see.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 02, 2026 12:21 PM (PVvQD) 23
If all demoncrats suddenly died the world would be a much better place.
Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:19 PM (0dsIZ) Slowly... then all at once... Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 02, 2026 12:21 PM (xA5g+) 24
I don't really understand how Walz is actually stopping DHS/ICE. The guy's free and clear of the Minnesota state justice system, but he's still subject to Federal level stuff like overstaying a visa for 20 years. And now that he won't be in prison it'll be harder for Walz to stop ICE from taking him.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 12:22 PM (2ocoG) 25
"it's a cultural thing"
To paraphrase a Brit in regards to Indiana suttee: It is your custom to burn your widows, it is our custom to hang murderers. Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 02, 2026 12:22 PM (gb+eN) Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 12:22 PM (2ocoG) 27
>>> 19 At some point the push back will come and it will be sudden, vicious, and glorious.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB) Diogenes Johnson is right. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (R+iUD) 28
This is how we get death squads. If it were my daughter or a relative, I'd hunt the evil bastard down and then the rapist... Welcome to Democrat Socialite-ism. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (x0n13) 29
Boy, I was going to come in hard with a "God Bless America" comment, but this was a rough news post. Blessings to your spirit, Ace, and thank you for your fight against evil.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (RmciC) 30
At some point the push back will come and it will be sudden, vicious, and glorious.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB) *** ^^^^^^ THIS!!! I think that Heritage Americans have already had a belly full of these miscreants. I am anticipating a spectacular and messy pushback Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (affD0) 31
19 At some point the push back will come and it will be sudden, vicious, and glorious.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB) ======= When's that going to happen in Detroit? Heard that place got real shitty a while back. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (hWfuL) 32
It's a crime syndicate.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (VcZHb) 33
Tangentially related....from GatewayPundit..
The city of Columbus, Ohio, the state’s capital, is facing backlash after a social media post suggested plans to raise the Somali flag over City Hall. Ohio has one of the largest Somali communities in the United States, with the Columbus Area (Central Ohio) ranking second in the U.S. after the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro area. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department shared on X, in a now-deleted post, “Happy Somali Independence Day!” “As we celebrate the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the State of Somaliland into the Somali Republic in 1960, City Hall will be raising the flag of Somalia.” I lived in Columbus for 8 years. Cute Ethiopian girl worked at Subway. I lived in the city in a nicer apartment building area. But there was a double-murder in an adjacent complex and I thought there was one in ours. I do remember once a literal gang of Somali teens in our parking lot. We left each other alone but it was kind of pack behaviour. Okay, I have to tear myself away from here. All of you have a good day. And again, dig out your fat pants... Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (Sco7b) Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 02, 2026 12:24 PM (znfsz) 35
The reason the left goes SO hard against people brave enough to address the violence they've intentionally caused is they know it is effective.
That's why the left always waves the bloody shirt BECAUSE IT WORKS Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm) 36
31 When's that going to happen in Detroit? Heard that place got real shitty a while back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (hWfuL) Detroit, French pronunciation is Day-Twat. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 12:24 PM (x0n13) 37
...repeatedly had penetrative sex with the 10-year-old girl on multiple occasions and forced oral sex upon her in which he ejaculated into her mouth. He told police "I made a mistake, but this is a minor thing...it's a cultural thing to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12." He also said the child should be arrested and she was also at fault.
10 is not 12 and neither are an adult. The Aztecs had a culture of human sacrifice, cutting out the living hearts of their victims... The Indians had a culture that allowed for the burning of widows an their departed husband's funeral pyre... Neither of these should be allowed because they belonged to another cultures. Not all cultures are equal AND some cultures are definitely better than others. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (l3cgK) 38
"He who hasn't committed sin against a 10-year-old, cast the first stone."
Posted by: Tim Waltzing into hell soon at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (RmciC) 39
Imagine telling your average leftist in 2008 that they would value Somali Independence day more then the 4th in a few years...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm) 40
LOCK HIM UP!
Posted by: runner at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (6eLrX) 41
The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department shared on X, in a now-deleted post, “Happy Somali Independence Day!”
“As we celebrate the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the State of Somaliland into the Somali Republic in 1960, City Hall will be raising the flag of Somalia.” -- Awesome that their country is united. Sounds like a great country. Now let's send them all back. Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (znfsz) 42
38 "He who hasn't committed sin against a 10-year-old, cast the first stone."
Posted by: Tim Waltzing into hell soon at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (RmciC) ======= *drops stone* -Scott Weiner, rising CA Democrat Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (hWfuL) 43
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Posted by: connected and litigious at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (cS1cw) 44
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)
The fake GOP MAGA split was intended to do what happened in England to the Tories and to let the nominal left waltz back in to office. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (pBF9D) 45
He also said the child should be arrested and she was also at fault.
This is how the Muslim world views sex with kids Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm) 46
9 I have so much typing and deleting for all involved in this.
Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to a 13-year-old girl at July 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Wt5PA) Yup. Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 02, 2026 12:26 PM (gb+eN) 47
I can't even conceive the mentallity that would pardon a pedophile unless you are one. Waltz is one of the creepiest shitbags in politics and that's a pretty fucking high bar.
Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:26 PM (0dsIZ) 48
45 He also said the child should be arrested and she was also at fault.
This is how the Muslim world views sex with kids Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm) ===== "Her skirt was too short," is a valid defense under Sharia. I've been told that such an excuse is anti-woman. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:26 PM (hWfuL) 49
Remember there have been claims Walz has his own 10 year old "mistakes" in his closet for years
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm) 50
At some point the push back will come and it will be sudden, vicious, and glorious.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB) Diogenes Johnson is right. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (R+iUD) --- Helena Handbasket Johnson is right about Diogenes Johnson being right. Posted by: Darth Randall at July 02, 2026 12:27 PM (PVvQD) 51
Also, while timtard might have made it easier for ICE to do their job, that's missing the bigger problem - a *state governor* issued a pardon in an attempt to protect a non-uniformed enemy combatant.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2026 12:27 PM (R+iUD) 52
36 31 When's that going to happen in Detroit? Heard that place got real shitty a while back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (hWfuL) Detroit, French pronunciation is Day-Twat. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 12:24 PM (x0n13) Joke Punchline: "Let me refwase that...I'd like to see her gawwop." Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 12:27 PM (l3cgK) 53
The mother of the Loyola student murdered by an illegal in Chicago attempted to testify about the actual cost of sanctuary policies. Democrats murder-splained to the mother that gosh they sure were sorry that her daughter was shot in the back of the head by an illegal alien criminal who should have been deported years ago, buttt ....
My response to that would is, "we have enough of our own worthless shit criminals; we don't need to import more. " Posted by: nerdygirl at July 02, 2026 12:27 PM (0Htd1) 54
Afternoon Ace. Hope you are keeping cool , it's 95° here, heading to 100°
Love that the Dems keep showing who they are. Of course the propaganda ministries aren't covering this so the insane sheep of the left won't believe it. Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 12:28 PM (itsE0) 55
So, this guy can no longer be deported? How is that possible?
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 02, 2026 12:28 PM (RAxGY) 56
42 38 "He who hasn't committed sin against a 10-year-old, cast the first stone."
Posted by: Tim Waltzing into hell soon at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (RmciC) ======= *drops stone* -Scott Weiner, rising CA Democrat Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:25 PM (hWfuL) Now, if you said 10-year-old girl...Scott might still have that stone in hand. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 12:28 PM (l3cgK) 57
Remember how Trump was able to arrest Murado? I meaaaannnnn, can't he do similar operations in CONUS?
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 02, 2026 12:28 PM (RmciC) 58
At some point the push back will come and it will be sudden, vicious, and glorious.
I have my doubts. Remember when a Kansas jury gave someone 20 years for stealing a gay flag? SF sure...but there were conservatives on that Kansas jury playing "but the law says I have to vote guilty" game Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm) Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (2ocoG) 60
55 So, this guy can no longer be deported? How is that possible?
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee He can still be deleted Posted by: Citizen Vigilante at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (lS/WZ) 61
31 When's that going to happen in Detroit? Heard that place got real shitty a while back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (hWfuL) 1980's. Coleman Young, rot in hell, scared away the whites. Detroit brought the world Devil's Night with so much arson that they had had an Angel Night campaign to watch the city and prevent the arson's. My Mom's childhood home turned into a drug den and was razed. Canadian comedy show 'Corner Gas.' Grumpy old Oscar: "Yeah, Brent doesn't know how the real world works. I watch the news from Detroit." Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (Sco7b) 62
"Her skirt was too short," is a valid defense under Sharia.
I've been told that such an excuse is anti-woman. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:26 PM (hWfuL) Question for the lefties: True or false: Islam is right about women and gays? Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (xA5g+) 63
60 55 So, this guy can no longer be deported? How is that possible?
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee He can still be deleted Posted by: Citizen Vigilante at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (lS/WZ) This is the way. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (xcxpd) 64
They picked the stupidest GOPer they could find. Equates Anti-Ice dickheads with an innocent woman killed by a criminal. He thought he was making a good point.
Vote GOP. Posted by: connected and litigious at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (cS1cw) 65
I have so much typing and deleting for all involved in this.
Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to a 13-year-old girl I'm trying very hard to avoid the Banhammer 4 Walz is a loathsome fuckwad. Posted by: huerfano Fuvktard, beyond retarded as in criminally responsible. 10 Damn!! Read the content. My thoughts on ethnic cleansing are becoming more nuanced... Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! I made the same rookie mistake but I'm making it up by using cut n paste to express the white hot rage building up against all MN politicians. Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (Q/FnY) 66
54 Afternoon Ace. Hope you are keeping cool , it's 95° here, heading to 100°
Love that the Dems keep showing who they are. Of course the propaganda ministries aren't covering this so the insane sheep of the left won't believe it. Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 12:28 PM (itsE0) The weather in Sandy Eggo is so terrible...The sun if finally peeking through the marine layer, and the high will be around 75ºF...almost but not quite perfect... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK) 67
He also offered the girl he abused "$10 to keep quiet about the sexual assaults." Big spender, that guy. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 02, 2026 12:30 PM (y9nCu) Posted by: connected and litigious at July 02, 2026 12:30 PM (cS1cw) Posted by: Doof at July 02, 2026 12:30 PM (1YtbS) 70
deport the foook1ng lot
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 02, 2026 12:30 PM (Ch4Qk) 71
69 "Laotian"? As in from Laos (pronounced "Louse")?
We should say Laosy. Posted by: Doof at July 02, 2026 12:30 PM (1YtbS) ===== So...is he Chinese or Japanese? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:31 PM (hWfuL) 72
Pardon ? Isn't he still here illegally ? Deport his ass....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 12:31 PM (FtULh) 73
63, I am for the deletion as well. I am just asking how it is possible that a pardon would negate the ability to deport the guy.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 02, 2026 12:31 PM (RAxGY) 74
72 Pardon ? Isn't he still here illegally ? Deport his ass....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 12:31 PM (FtULh) ==== I suspect DHS is just making political hay of it, and the guy will be deported soon enough. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:32 PM (hWfuL) 75
Question for the lefties:
True or false: Islam is right about women and gays? I've seen lefties answer this one... 1) Islam only supports that stuff because of colonialism, once we get rid of Christianist colonialism gay feminism will be the norm in the Muslim world 2) All the reports of anti-feminism and anti-homosexuality in the Muslim world are lies spread by the Jewish press Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm) 76
75
1) Islam only supports that stuff because of colonialism, once we get rid of Christianist colonialism gay feminism will be the norm in the Muslim world 2) All the reports of anti-feminism and anti-homosexuality in the Muslim world are lies spread by the Jewish press Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm) ======= 3) Iranian women who don't wear burkas are whores. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:32 PM (hWfuL) 77
The weather in Sandy Eggo is so terrible...The sun if finally peeking through the marine layer, and the high will be around 75ºF...almost but not quite perfect...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK) The struggle is real Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 02, 2026 12:32 PM (xcxpd) 78
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)
We..... we don't even inhabit the same planet as these idiots... Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 02, 2026 12:33 PM (xA5g+) 79
And again, dig out your fat pants... Posted by: Stateless Obligatory Gainzzzz comment. I am under 200 pounds this morning for the first time since 2014. I'm calling it 'underland'. Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 02, 2026 12:33 PM (QVmho) 80
Afternoon Ace. Hope you are keeping cool , it's 95° here, heading to 100°
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 12:28 PM (itsE0) The good news: A cold front is heading your way. The bad news: It's bringing storms with hail, high winds, and possible tornadoes. Posted by: pookysgirl is used to battening down the hatches at July 02, 2026 12:33 PM (Wt5PA) 81
Friendly remider that judges let illegals and citizens both off the hook for crimes where these criminals then go on to commit crimes again, destroying the lives of innocents and their families in the name of "compassion". Carry on.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 02, 2026 12:33 PM (ovNAg) 82
Almost Vice President Tim Walz
Posted by: We are so fd at July 02, 2026 12:34 PM (w4WrZ) 83
Obligatory Gainzzzz comment.
I am under 200 pounds this morning for the first time since 2014. I'm calling it 'underland'. Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 02, 2026 12:33 PM (QVmho) congrats man Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 02, 2026 12:34 PM (xcxpd) 84
3) Iranian women who don't wear burkas are whores.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:32 PM (hWfuL) *checks wallet* Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 02, 2026 12:35 PM (xcxpd) 85
It's not just Walz. The majority of the Democrat party would do the same thing. All because of their sick mental illness of sticking it to Trump.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 12:35 PM (NpAcC) 86
The weather in Sandy Eggo is so terrible...The sun if finally peeking through the marine layer, and the high will be around 75ºF...almost but not quite perfect...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK) Here in the mid-Atlantic it is in the mid 90s with a bazillion percent humidity. Just walking outside, one goes from zero to drenched in less than 10 seconds. Swamp-ass level may set a new record! Posted by: Doof at July 02, 2026 12:36 PM (1YtbS) 87
Grumpy old Oscar: "Yeah, Brent doesn't know how the real world works. I watch the news from Detroit."
From what I've heard, a combination of white hipsters and the black middle class have brought some neighborhoods back. But it's got the time bomb problem that many of those now buying houses there aren't maintaining them. Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 12:36 PM (2ocoG) 88
I am under 200 pounds this morning for the first time since 2014. I'm calling it 'underland'.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 02, 2026 12:33 PM (QVmho) Unterland had always been at war with Oberland. Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:36 PM (0dsIZ) 89
Tou Lue Vang is how you get vigilantes dispensing justice. And if that ten year old girl had been my daughter, he wouldn’t be walking around today.
Posted by: RebeccaH at July 02, 2026 12:36 PM (VFung) 90
But Paxton* let a pedo out on a plea deal**!!!
* Paxton was not involved in the case, it the prosecutor in the local office ** it was a retrial, long after the initial crime. And a key witness was dead. And the girl didn't want to testify. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 12:36 PM (3cUTc) 91
HL Mencken is right!
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 02, 2026 12:37 PM (nJQQh) 92
89 Tou Lue Vang is how you get vigilantes dispensing justice. And if that ten year old girl had been my daughter, he wouldn’t be walking around today.
Posted by: RebeccaH at July 02, 2026 12:36 PM (VFung) Ich weiß, wie du dich fühlst. Posted by: Marianne Bachmeier at July 02, 2026 12:38 PM (l3cgK) 93
The weather in Sandy Eggo is so terrible...The sun if finally peeking through the marine layer, and the high will be around 75ºF...almost but not quite perfect...
I got to spend a week in San Diego on work's dime in the early 2000s and it was glorious. If Cali ever somehow gets rid of the Democrats I'd seriously consider moving. Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG) 94
Democrats -- hanging's too good for them. Vote them out of office and make them work a real job.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 02, 2026 12:38 PM (wh5AX) 95
89 Tou Lue Vang is how you get vigilantes dispensing justice. And if that ten year old girl had been my daughter, he wouldn’t be walking around today.
Posted by: RebeccaH at Ding ding ding! Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 12:38 PM (W2Pud) 96
12 It's really getting hard to read and process the evil that is happening under any Democrat leadership. Really getting hard. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 12:18 PM (qBdHI) It’s frightening how so much of the left has agreed that it’s time to drop their masks and openly embrace pure, demonic evil. It’s hard for some on our side to accept because we’ve always been told “don’t think that your political fights are all good vs evil.” But here we are. Yes in its simplest terms, This is Good vs Evil, on every front. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 12:38 PM (H8EHh) 97
91 HL Mencken is right!
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 02, 2026 12:37 PM (nJQQh) Once. Ace uses it in the header. It's the only intelligent words ever to come out of his mouth. Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:38 PM (0dsIZ) 98
50 At some point the push back will come and it will be sudden, vicious, and glorious.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (2WIwB) Diogenes Johnson is right. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2026 12:23 PM (R+iUD) --- Helena Handbasket Johnson is right about Diogenes Johnson being right. Posted by: Darth Randall I'm fucking dying, wtf can they do if I go on a hunting trip to a target rich environment to remove some of these scum. I've always wanted to see just how accurate several of my safe queens are and reduce the over abundance of my ammo stores. Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 02, 2026 12:39 PM (Q/FnY) 99
If the illegal had just raped an adult, the child would be granted citizenship and would make him eligible for citizenship as well.
Just like the Founders intended. Thanks John Roberts and Amy Comey Barrett, for making that happen. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 12:39 PM (3cUTc) 100
>>white hot rage building up against all MN politicians.
While back, had a conversation with cousin & (now-late) aunt who lived in Minnesota; aunt had been a school secretary for many years; retired when the school system's admin staff voted to unionize. Aunt was seriously liberal, was probably a Walz supporter, and got a little uncomfortable when she heard Conquest's first law, paraphrased: Everyone's conservative about what they know best. She would have seen no contradiction between the pols she supported and her personal choice. Posted by: Nazdar at July 02, 2026 12:39 PM (NcvvS) 101
Vang: I got some underage "product." You want some?
Walz: That sounds delish! What you got? Vang: Well, there's this ten year old girl... Walz: EEWWWW! A girl? No thanks. Now pull up to the window for your pardon. Posted by: Ken at July 02, 2026 12:39 PM (aVf49) 102
98 here with 95 percent humidity.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 02, 2026 12:40 PM (VcZHb) 103
We..... we don't even inhabit the same planet as these idiots...
And the fascinating thing is you can talk to Muslims and they are way more honest - once they get Islam/Sharia all these problems will go away. Because non-Muslims will be killed/enslaved and women will be kept in their rightful place. They tell this to leftists and leftists just pretend to not hear. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm) 104
I think I'm shocked that Walz supports a pedo into young girls.
Birds of a feather I guess. Vang the dirtbird and Walz the chickenhawk. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 02, 2026 12:40 PM (k1E2D) 105
Because non-Muslims will be killed/enslaved and women will be kept in their rightful place.
Muslims need to keep Ilhan Omar in her rightful place. Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG) 106
The left: We just want to protect hardworking undocumented immigrants that have done nothing wrong from Trump and ICE
Also the left: Of course we are protecting someone that raped a 10 year old. Didn't you hear Trump was going to deport him and people might be mean to him in his home country! Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm) 107
Happy Friday, Jr., Ace!
Posted by: Corporal Punishment at July 02, 2026 12:41 PM (kgE5c) 108
Ya know, for a long time one of the biggest complaints atheists made and for all I know still make is "how could a just God command the genocide we see in the book of Judges? REEEE!"
And then you see stuff like this, "oh hay Y you arrest me, raping 10 year olds is common in my country, nuttin wrong wit it!" and you realize... God probably was merciful in asking Israel to do it instead of just going full Sodom and Gomorrah and nuking the place Himself. Posted by: SimoHayha at July 02, 2026 12:41 PM (/ZkOF) 109
I got clouds, 58 and rain this afternoon.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 12:41 PM (W2Pud) 110
98 here with 95 percent humidity. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory ============== Perfect weather here in San Diego. Gas is $5.49/gallon. Californians can't resist screwing up paradise. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2026 12:42 PM (mmrXZ) 111
My weather station is telling me the "heat index" is 125F. The actual air temp is about 93F. The humidity however is 72% which is about 20% lower than yesterday.
Whatever... it's f-ing hot outside. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 12:42 PM (jehhT) 112
* Paxton was not involved in the case, it the prosecutor in the local office ** it was a retrial, long after the initial crime. And a key witness was dead. And the girl didn't want to testify. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 12:36 PM (3cUTc) Thank you for that. Idiots on X love to try to make something of that - but when you look at the actual case and how it played out, they were left with only the choice of try to get a plea deal, or drop charges. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 12:42 PM (H8EHh) 113
That Indian chick is one ugly, fucking looking thing. I mean, was she in Star Wars in that Cantina scene? Posted by: rev the buzz at July 02, 2026 12:42 PM (et1vG) 114
I am under 200 pounds this morning for the first time since 2014. I'm calling it 'underland'. Few better gifts you can give yourself then health. Keep it up! Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm) 115
They tell this to leftists and leftists just pretend to not hear.
As the meme goes, leftist arguments now all hinge on pretending to misunderstand. Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG) 116
Sad to relate, Her Majesty has food poisoning and is very unwell. She was supposed to leave tomorrow for a judging assignment but has to cancel. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2026 12:43 PM (O0L8i) 117
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98 here with 95 percent humidity. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory ============== Perfect weather here in San Diego. Gas is $5.49/gallon. Californians can't resist screwing up paradise. Posted by: Blonde Morticia $3.29 /gal. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 02, 2026 12:44 PM (VcZHb) 118
Hadrian, sorry to hear.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 02, 2026 12:44 PM (znfsz) 119
Hot enough for ya? heh-heh-heh
Posted by: old guys everywhere at July 02, 2026 12:44 PM (J4Dwc) 120
I really, really want Trump to offer a free trip for any leftist that wants to fly to Gaza.
The caveats: No Israeli minders/security (they are just there to commit genocide anyway right?) You have to tell your hosts you are gay, trans, or Jewish. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm) 121
They tell this to leftists and leftists just pretend to not hear.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm) Because leftists do what most of us do - they assume everyone they meet is like they are. THEY lie their asses off about what they want and what they believe because to be honest would politically destroy them. So they assume Muslims are lying, because who could possibly believe that?! Narrator voice: Muslims believe that. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 02, 2026 12:44 PM (xA5g+) 122
Good vs evil. Watching the videos was heart breaking. Democrats are evil.
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 02, 2026 12:45 PM (ayoZV) 123
In the afterlife Walz will be r@ped by Vang's flaming wang.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2026 12:45 PM (cEbfu) 124
Saw gas here in KY yesterday for $2.99/gal. Very, very sketchy joint however.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 12:45 PM (jehhT) 125
120 I really, really want Trump to offer a free trip for any leftist that wants to fly to Gaza.
The caveats: No Israeli minders/security (they are just there to commit genocide anyway right?) You have to tell your hosts you are gay, trans, or Jewish. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm) ==== Tangentially, one thing I learned recently is that Trump lowered the cost of renouncing one's citizenship. It's $450 now. We could set up a fund and start pushing for socialist progressives to renounce and self-deport. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:45 PM (hWfuL) 126
Sad to relate, Her Majesty has food poisoning and is very unwell. She was supposed to leave tomorrow for a judging assignment but has to cancel.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2026 12:43 PM (O0L8i) Nothing worse.. Be sure to keep her hydrated Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 12:45 PM (FtULh) 127
235 police officers were hospitalized in the Jan 6 insure tion and then blanket pardoned.dinvr then 40 have been rearrested for felonies including 7 arrested for child sex crimes.
Posted by: Paul at July 02, 2026 12:45 PM (OUpsi) 128
Ten minutes of Bird:
youtube.com/watch?v=-0ohr7LLgEw Posted by: gp at July 02, 2026 12:46 PM (Jr5Lq) 129
One thing that has stood out in my conversations with leftists is that if you share objective facts with them the response is no longer to find their own facts or even to argue your facts are false on some technicality. Now they'll just call you a racist/sexist/bigot/transphobe/whatever
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm) The Morning Rant![]() Air Force Maj. Jason Watson joined a protest organized by the Removal Coalition and was taken into custody by Capitol Police for demonstrating in a restricted area. The arrest followed a press conference where Watson, in uniform, accused the administration of multiple constitutional violations. “Our Constitution binds us all together as Americans,” Watson said. “Like countless veterans before me, military members serving now, I’ve devoted my life in service to our Democratic Republic.” First of all, Major Watson is a dumbass, because we do not live in a "Democratic Republic." If he doesn't understand the structure of our government, then maybe he doesn't deserve his rank. Second, this turd must know exactly what he is doing...there is no plea of ignorance in this issue. He wore his uniform while being overtly political, in public, making very serious charges against his commander in chief. The repercussions should be swift and significant, and completely unsurprising. Long-time commenter and contributor "Diogenes" had some thoughts... Violation of the following: A very good question, and one that I hope is answered during Major Watson's Court-Martial. This is an example of the post-modern conceit that everyone's opinion is valuable, and should be widely disseminated without any responsibility. I am fully supportive of Major Watson's freedom to say anything he wants about our government, its conduct, and its officials, as long as he does it as a private citizen. If he were so exercised by the President, then perhaps he should have done the honorable thing and resigned his commission, and then spoken out about what he saw as unacceptable. By acting in such a disrespectful manner, he dishonored his uniform, he dishonored the armed forces, and he dishonored the Constitution. It is incumbent upon his superiors to take his actions seriously, both to maintain the rule of law within the armed forces, and even more important, to maintain the independence of the armed forces from political involvement! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated! Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Sponge!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (kvW9k) 2
Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS) 3
Commenting present
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (sgkY8) 4
he dishonored his uniform, he dishonored the armed forces, and he dishonored old greek homos.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 02, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C) 5
I guess this pinhead thought his little performance was worth a dishonorable discharge. I wonder how many years of his pension he threw away.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t) 6
As the traitor himself said, the bill must come due. Hopefully, you won't like it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 11:02 AM (1Ff7Z) 7
I think the fine print is Congress shall make no law, but companies who can may do so
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 11:03 AM (sgkY8) 8
Commenting present
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM Hermanx! Say, I haven't seen you around the Library yet, bro. Posted by: Barack H. Soetoro at July 02, 2026 11:03 AM (0sNs1) Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 11:03 AM (kvW9k) 10
But if it is anti-Trump, the laws don't apply ... or that was the old standard, but there is a new sheriff in town.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 02, 2026 11:04 AM (vbXSk) 11
OK
Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3) 12
We live in a representative republic.
Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 02, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1) 13
I guess this pinhead thought his little performance was worth a dishonorable discharge. I wonder how many years of his pension he threw away.
Posted by: Archimedes All of them. Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 11:04 AM (kvW9k) 14
And, everything the former major said is a lie. He needs to suffer the ultimate punishment for what he's done, whether spending the rest of his life breaking rocks or pushing up daisies.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 11:05 AM (1Ff7Z) 15
>>By acting in such a disrespectful manner, he dishonored his uniform, he dishonored the armed forces, and he dishonored the Constitution.
It is incumbent upon his superiors to take his actions seriously, both to maintain the rule of law within the armed forces, and even more important, to maintain the independence of the armed forces from political involvement! This. Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 11:05 AM (X8xt3) 16
How very 250th Anniversary of him....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:07 AM (FtULh) 17
It is incumbent upon his superiors to take his actions seriously, both to maintain the rule of law within the armed forces, and even more important, to maintain the independence of the armed forces from political involvement!
A concept Barry completely flouted, by making political views the main determinant of suitability for promotion. Wind ---> Whirlwind Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t) 18
The "Speak Truth to Power" people really only want this for one side. Theirs.
To do the tired trick: imagine this was done while Obama as president. Yeah, we already know: even rodeo clowns were not allowed to mock the emperor. Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 11:07 AM (X8xt3) 19
And sadly, the left will make him a martyr.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 11:07 AM (N39Ws) 20
Does the military still do the same thing you see in the movies? Pull off stripes/bars and other insignia?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM (1Ff7Z) 21
Let's check in with Congressperson Al Green (D-TX) and get his thoughts on this enturbulation during the protest he sponsored:
“I just left the Capitol grounds, and I was there to witness a Major in the United States Military bend the arc of a memorial toward justice. He stood for impeachment of a president on the Capitol grounds, and thereafter, he walked up the steps, where he was arrested, and he was taken away. This is the kind of courage necessary to inspire others who understand that liberty and justice for all that we pledge allegiance to is something that we can make real. It’s more than an ideal; it is something that can be real for every person in this country if we would only have the courage to take the stand that Major Watson took.” Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM (0sNs1) 22
Nephew in USAF, niece in USN. Pretty sure both are thoroughly disgusted by this.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM (NcvvS) 23
Was this Maj looking for a way out before his time ended? This was quite the extreme way to do it.
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM (OoFl2) 24
More like major disappointment.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM (mseD3) 25
And sadly, the left will make him a martyr.
I predict that within a year, two tops, he will be completely forgotten by the left. He will wake up one day and wonder "what the hell did I get for that little stunt? They promised me I'd be a hero and the job offers would roll on in". Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t) 26
Does the military still do the same thing you see in the movies? Pull off stripes/bars and other insignia?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM (1Ff7Z) ----------- Branded! Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 02, 2026 11:09 AM (amcLV) 27
Was this Maj looking for a way out before his time ended? This was quite the extreme way to do it.
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM (OoFl2) Could just said he was a tranny. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 11:10 AM (1Ff7Z) Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 11:10 AM (XuXeR) 29
First of all, Major Watson is a dumbass, because we do not live in a "Democratic Republic."
He'll be well-compensated for doing this, and is doubtless banking on a pardon from a Democratic President in 2029. Remember, the West Point graduate who announced that he was a Communist is now a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Chicago. The Left takes care of their own. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 02, 2026 11:10 AM (aD4fx) 30
Tonypete reporting for duty Sir with a case of Cheesy Poofs.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2026 11:10 AM (NXz0i) 31
FYI, While Maj. Watson holds active-duty status, he is currently on leave from his post as a logistics readiness officer in Poland.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2026 11:10 AM (0sNs1) 32
Too .many Leftists brought into military during previous administrations.
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 11:11 AM (sgkY8) 33
The next Cindy Sheehan.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 02, 2026 11:11 AM (mseD3) 34
Tonypete reporting for duty Sir with a case of Cheesy Poofs.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2026 11:10 AM Couldn't you have stopped by Australia for the midrats instead of England? Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2026 11:11 AM (0sNs1) 35
Could just said he was a tranny."
There seems to be some speculation/information that his "husband" and he are quite the anti trumper types. I'm guessing a member of the "don't ask don't tell" brigades. Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 11:12 AM (XuXeR) 36
Remember, the West Point graduate who announced that he was a Communist is now a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Chicago.
So...unemployable. Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t) 37
And sadly, the left will make him a martyr.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed I accept their terms. Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2026 11:12 AM (NXz0i) 38
36 Remember, the West Point graduate who announced that he was a Communist is now a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Chicago.
So...unemployable. Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t) ====== And yet employed by the leftist octopus. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:12 AM (hWfuL) 39
Branded!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 02, 2026 11:09 AM (amcLV) Hopefully, not like this!! https://tinyurl.com/bdxm2348 Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 11:13 AM (1Ff7Z) Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 11:13 AM (XuXeR) 41
I am fully supportive of Major Watson's freedom to say anything he wants about our government, its conduct, and its officials, as long as he does it as a private citizen.
-------- Unless it's in support of communism, an act which needs to be punishable by jail or worse. The ideology is self-annihilating. By attempting to undermine and subvert a particular system you automatically lose all rights that are otherwise protected by it. There can be no other way. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:13 AM (pBF9D) 42
member, the West Point graduate who announced that he was a Communist is now a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Chicago.
So...unemployable. Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t) ====== And yet employed by the leftist octopus. I'd hardly call a PhD student in a soft subject employed. More to the point, when he's done, he'll probably be in his mid to late 40s, with no job and no prospects. As I said, the gratitude of the left is ephemeral. Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t) 43
So...unemployable.
LOL. The Communist terrorists from the 1970s somehow all found lucrative sinecures at universities after they stopped blowing things up. I'm sure that this guy will get a nice academic job somewhere. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 02, 2026 11:14 AM (aD4fx) 44
94 may be a stretch, but in my opinion, not impossible. It is important because it carries the death penalty.
His words and deeds are, theoretically, a guide for those of lower rank, officer and enlisted. If his position is that the military should not serve the duly elected commander in chief and that they should, in fact, agitate for their removal, that sounds a whole lot like sedition. Unfortunately for him, he didn't have a bunch of DNC lawyers carefully crafting a statement meant to be seditious while being, technically, permissible. I hope he hangs. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 11:15 AM (ExV1e) 45
During the Morning Report there was a discussion about the military's involvement in a potential civil war here.
This guy is one who'd participate in uniform (or not) against the current government. What would he nominally have access to and who'd follow him? Probably not everyone under his command. Does the military as a whole "pick a side?" I doubt it. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 11:15 AM (jehhT) 46
I will not fight to the death to protect any speech that is in direct service of communism. Other contemptible ideologies, perhaps. But not that. Never that. Support of "free speech" without the commie exception is like holding the blade to one's own neck.
Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:16 AM (pBF9D) 47
First of all, Major Watson is a dumbass, because we do not live in a "Democratic Republic." If he doesn't understand the structure of our government, then maybe he doesn't deserve his rank. Second, this turd must know exactly what he is doing...there is no plea of ignorance in this issue. He wore his uniform while being overtly political, in public, making very serious charges against his commander in chief. The repercussions should be swift and significant, and completely unsurprising."
Major Watson is a lot more calculating than most realize, as others have always pointed out. Clearly he's already decided to run for political office in some blue state, and this is his first campaign ad. And by making himself a lightning rod for Trump Haters, he is guaranteed to almost immediately start raking in millions of donations from Neville Singh and all the other wealthy agitators out there. And it's a safe bet that while he will probably be given a dishonorable discharge, it won't be any worse than that for a speech violation only. He'll lose his pension, but compared to the millions he'll be raking in from his future political career funded by the oligarchs, that's chump change. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 11:16 AM (edUvp) 48
As I said, the gratitude of the left is ephemeral.
Tell that to William Ayres and Bernardine Dohrn, who enjoyed long academic careers, and were in the fourth row at the dedication of Obama's monstrosity. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 02, 2026 11:17 AM (aD4fx) 49
42 I'd hardly call a PhD student in a soft subject employed. More to the point, when he's done, he'll probably be in his mid to late 40s, with no job and no prospects. As I said, the gratitude of the left is ephemeral.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t) ======= It's my understanding that his education is being paid for by the university, and he's probably going to end up with tenure somewhere. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:17 AM (hWfuL) 50
So...unemployable.
LOL. The Communist terrorists from the 1970s somehow all found lucrative sinecures at universities after they stopped blowing things up. I'm sure that this guy will get a nice academic job somewhere. Those were the top dogs, the Angela Davises, Bill Ayers', and Bernadine Dohrns. There are only so many of those positions to go around, and this guy is NOT a top dog. Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t) 51
Too it can't be lunch time
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 11:18 AM (sgkY8) 52
Hope the virtue signal points were worth it, major. You'll be forgotten by this time next month.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2026 11:18 AM (2UnvF) 53
I predict that within a year, two tops, he will be completely forgotten by the left. He will wake up one day and wonder "what the hell did I get for that little stunt? They promised me I'd be a hero and the job offers would roll on in".
Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t) or he might be the next Governor of Colorado. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 11:19 AM (edUvp) 54
Remember, the West Point graduate who announced that he was a Communist is now a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Chicago.
The Left takes care of their own. Posted by: The ARC of History! ====== And yet if you noticed the new Trump limits on borrowing for grad education (no subsidized loans now for grad education) and the declining job market for Phds in history, Rapone is likely to be shit out of luck if and when he finishes. Even worse if he becomes terminal ABD. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv) 55
JTB if you're here the doc on Churchill was Blood Sweat and Oil Paint. I watched it on Tubi I think but it's on YouTube.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 11:20 AM (/WQyy) 56
54 And yet if you noticed the new Trump limits on borrowing for grad education (no subsidized loans now for grad education) and the declining job market for Phds in history, Rapone is likely to be shit out of luck if and when he finishes. Even worse if he becomes terminal ABD.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv) ======= I think he has a better chance of becoming dean of the history department of a university in a deep red state than going unemployed. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:20 AM (hWfuL) 57
Just saw that National Review is making like that Britney Spears fan a few years back and crying "Why are you all being so MEAN to Amy Barrett!!!! Just leave her alone!!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 11:21 AM (edUvp) 58
31 FYI, While Maj. Watson holds active-duty status, he is currently on leave from his post as a logistics readiness officer in Poland.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2026 11:10 AM (0sNs1) On leave from his post ? I wonder why... And logistics readiness officer ? Isn't that a pencil pusher ? Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:21 AM (FtULh) 59
57 Just saw that National Review is making like that Britney Spears fan a few years back and crying "Why are you all being so MEAN to Amy Barrett!!!! Just leave her alone!!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 11:21 AM (edUvp) ==== Kav > Gorsuch > Barrett > Roberts. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:21 AM (hWfuL) 60
26 Does the military still do the same thing you see in the movies? Pull off stripes/bars and other insignia?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM ----------- Branded! Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 02, 2026 11:09 AM *ahem* Posted by: Chuck Connors at July 02, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1) 61
Make court martials great again!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 11:22 AM (4dZtR) 62
This soon-to-be former officer shares an identifiable trait of the Left: narcissism. The belief that whatever you have to say is so important that the whole world need to experience it RIGHT NOW, in the most public way possible.
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 11:22 AM (jjSWr) 63
Oh, Major....?
Posted by: Corporal Punishment at July 02, 2026 11:22 AM (kgE5c) 64
Make court martials great again!
Idaho is bringing back firing squads. Just sayin'. https://tinyurl.com/2wpkb8tn Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t) 65
Annnnnnnnnnd, the real moonshine has made it's appearance.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2026 11:23 AM (NXz0i) 66
Off with his head!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 11:23 AM (W2Pud) 67
Oh, Major....?
Posted by: Corporal Punishment at July 02, 2026 11:22 AM (kgE5c) You're planning on spanking him? Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 11:23 AM (ExV1e) 68
What was the name of that turd in the military IIRC during Trump’s term who shared secrets he had access to… then after arrested decided he was a female? And the media insisted on referring to him as she…. Still in prison I should think, right?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 11:24 AM (4dZtR) 69
Very early in Trump’s second term I seem to remember an AF airman who self-immolated by the White House. Actually set himself on fire and burned to death… intentionally. Mental illness
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 11:25 AM (4dZtR) 70
Bleh, did not need this idiot's career-ending rantings this morning. Pooky's grandma called to cancel Pookette's piano lesson because she's got a stomach bug, and now I'm wondering if I got it too.
Posted by: pookysgirl, drinking small sips of water at July 02, 2026 11:25 AM (Wt5PA) 71
And logistics readiness officer ? Isn't that a pencil pusher ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:21 AM (FtULh) As it happens I am the AoS Logistics Readiness officer so I can speak on this subject with some authority. So.... everyone looks pretty ready for the logistics to me. As you were. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:26 AM (pBF9D) 72
I think he has a better chance of becoming dean of the history department of a university in a deep red state than going unemployed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison ======== I don't think colleges and universities are going to have the number of administrators and grad programs in the future. Humanities and social science are already staggering from loss of students and reputations, cutting off the endless migrant hordes is shrinking k12 enrollments along with the baby dearth so teachers are in oversupply, and if Scotus eventually gets rid of disparate impact, then the whole credential market collapses. Higher education is in for a massive round of budget cutting and this time it will be the administrators and administrative staff--and that is because they make up well over 50 percent of personnel costs now at almost all universities. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv) 73
68 What was the name of that turd in the military IIRC during Trump’s term who shared secrets he had access to… then after arrested decided he was a female? And the media insisted on referring to him as she…. Still in prison I should think, right?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt ======= Bradley Manning. And the non troon was Reality Winner. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv) 74
Just gut-shoot him, and throw him in a ditch to bleed out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 11:29 AM (1z8ji) 75
Those that assume this guy's eying political office are spot on. His military career's going to be a plus and any punishment will just be icing one the cake.
He's now clearly a victim of the Trump regime. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 11:29 AM (jehhT) 76
57 Just saw that National Review is making like that Britney Spears fan a few years back and crying "Why are you all being so MEAN to Amy Barrett!!!! Just leave her alone!!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo National Review is not even worthy of serving as toilet paper anymore. The skinsuit is worn and tattered by too much dancing and hustling for the pleasure of their corporate donors. Only someone in NYC or DC would consider them relevant anymore. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv) 77
Just a note: Officers are not discharged at the end of their service. Only enlisted people, who are required to stay in the inactive reserves for some period of time. After my retirement, until 30 years after my initial enlistment. Much less for others.
Officers are commissioned, not enlisted. In some cases, they may abandon their commission or be relieved of it. In the latter case, they do indeed lose their rights and benefits of service. To reiterate, this guy is indeed a dumbass! Posted by: LRob in OK at July 02, 2026 11:30 AM (Jr+re) 78
So many people are unhinged. Wow. And they hide in plain sight until "click" they say or do something off the rails.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 02, 2026 11:31 AM (S8cdb) 79
So he wants Trump and Vance out ? So he's a fan of Mike Johnson ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:31 AM (FtULh) 80
75 Those that assume this guy's eying political office are spot on. His military career's going to be a plus and any punishment will just be icing one the cake.
He's now clearly a victim of the Trump regime. Posted by: Martini Farmer He's stupid, white males are on the outs in being selected in today's DSA party. He will rank pretty low on the Pokemon points compared with an exotic Ethopian PhD student who got fired and decided to run for office. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv) 81
Thx CBD.
My Congress critter, Pat Ryan, is a West Point grad who did two iraq tours. He's a progressive,but not allied with DSA. He looks like he's wanting to go higher, aka senator. Spouts out the standard lines about the wealthy and their fair share. Disappointing for a West Point grad Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 11:31 AM (itsE0) 82
He's stupid, white males are on the outs in being selected in today's DSA party. He will rank pretty low on the Pokemon points compared with an exotic Ethopian PhD student who got fired and decided to run for office.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv) Unless he's gay or Trans.... Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:32 AM (FtULh) 83
So he wants Trump and Vance out ? So he's a fan of Mike Johnson ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:31 AM (FtULh) More likely a fan of big Johnson. Up his poop chute. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 11:32 AM (1z8ji) 84
From what I've been able to determine, this asshat was at or near the 20 year mark and retirement ( for a major). He could have said anything he wanted after that. But speaking out at a rally and on the steps there in DC, he will very likely retire to Leavenworth. And he will deserve every year he is there.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 11:32 AM (2WIwB) 85
So he wants Trump and Vance out ? So he's a fan of Mike Johnson ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:31 AM (FtULh) I would guess he's a big fan of the Johnson Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:33 AM (pBF9D) Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:34 AM (pBF9D) 87
81 Thx CBD.
My Congress critter, Pat Ryan, is a West Point grad who did two iraq tours. He's a progressive,but not allied with DSA. He looks like he's wanting to go higher, aka senator. Spouts out the standard lines about the wealthy and their fair share. Disappointing for a West Point grad Posted by: Smell the Glove ====== White males in the Democrat party are becoming endangered species. The whole punching the military ticket for Democrats to try to run as sane was prior to DSA taking over the party. Bootyjuice is finding the same thing. Even gayness is not protecting him now. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv) 88
23 Was this Maj looking for a way out before his time ended? This was quite the extreme way to do it.
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2026 11:08 AM (OoFl2) Well dressing up as a woman isn't as shocking as it once was. Okay, I'll let all of you get back to choosing out your fat clothes for the next several days... All of you have a good day. Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 02, 2026 11:35 AM (Sco7b) 89
Higher education is in for a massive round of budget cutting and this time it will be the administrators and administrative staff--and that is because they make up well over 50 percent of personnel costs now at almost all universities.
Posted by: whig _____________ And if the administrative costs for federal research grants is capped at 15% (rather than the going rate of 50+), that's going to hurt. Our flagship state university stands to lose $50 million a year from that alone. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 11:36 AM (XvL8K) 90
More likely a fan of big Johnson. Up his poop chute.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon ======= Possible or he married an AWFL. Course the service let in a lot of weirdos and deviants during the GWOT and Obama years. Takes time to prune them out again. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv) 91
Air Farce in particular is infested with these types. I've known far too many to have any illusions otherwise.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 11:36 AM (OUMaO) 92
And if the administrative costs for federal research grants is capped at 15% (rather than the going rate of 50+), that's going to hurt. Our flagship state university stands to lose $50 million a year from that alone.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba It is very likely that is going to happen. Simply put, there is no justification for administration getting half of every research grant and it actually makes teaching undergraduates much less of a priority for deans, etc. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv) 93
So he wants Trump and Vance out ? So he's a fan of Mike Johnson ?
Posted by: It's me donna I would guess he's a big fan of the Johnson Posted by: ... Big Mike Obama's Johnson? Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 11:37 AM (kvW9k) 94
Big Mike Obama's Johnson?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 11:37 AM (kvW9k) Close it up we have a winner Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:38 AM (pBF9D) 95
87 White males in the Democrat party are becoming endangered species. The whole punching the military ticket for Democrats to try to run as sane was prior to DSA taking over the party. Bootyjuice is finding the same thing. Even gayness is not protecting him now.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv) ====== The math don't math. Blacks have been in a baby bust for years. Their most loyal voters are Boomers who are dying out, the younger generations voting at far less rates. And...we've seen that those loyal black voters largely don't support these radicals in primaries. So, we're going to have dark skinned radicals railing against whitie (most Hispanics consider themselves white), screaming about Palestine all the time (important to the Dem base and no one else), while the dark skinned base isn't terribly excited about it and the white electorate continues to shift towards voting as a bloc against it. I think they want to replicate the rise of the New Left, but this has a better chance of replicating the rise and fall of Anarchism in the late 19th century. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:38 AM (hWfuL) 96
Hey Skip, how's the truck?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 02, 2026 11:38 AM (ZLHME) 97
O/T, but in other wordly news: From Open Source Intel:
Iran left the U.S. and Israel off the invitation list for Ali Khamenei’s funeral. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (N39Ws) 98
Bootyjuice is finding the same thing. Even gayness is not protecting him now.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv) Do not write off Bootykins yet, all I'm saying. You will know when his ticket has been punched. The media makes it very very clear. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (pBF9D) 99
And if the administrative costs for federal research grants is capped at 15% (rather than the going rate of 50+), that's going to hurt. Our flagship state university stands to lose $50 million a year from that alone.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 11:36 AM (XvL8K) Oh no what will we do without the studies of Gender Dysphoria and its affect on Volcanic activity in major cities? Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (H8EHh) 100
From what I've been able to determine, this asshat was at or near the 20 year mark and retirement ( for a major). He could have said anything he wanted after that. But speaking out at a rally and on the steps there in DC, he will very likely retire to Leavenworth. And he will deserve every year he is there.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 11:32 AM (2WIwB) Waitwaitwait.... He was near retirement and was an O-4?! The guy who delivered Pookette was a Lt Col, which is an O-5! (He was awesome, btw.) Posted by: pookysgirl is in disbelief at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (Wt5PA) 101
O/T, but in other wordly news: From Open Source Intel:
Iran left the U.S. and Israel off the invitation list for Ali Khamenei’s funeral. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (N39Ws) I'm not saying that we should bomb it, I'm just not not saying that. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 11:41 AM (ExV1e) 102
97 O/T, but in other wordly news: From Open Source Intel:
Iran left the U.S. and Israel off the invitation list for Ali Khamenei’s funeral. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (N39Ws) ==== Well, they would have sent the invitations, but they can't afford the postage since no one is buying their oil. Seems like China only wants to buy shitty Iranian oil when it's $30 per barrel, especially after Iran has shown itself to be willing to throw ineffective attacks against anyone. Also, they stole three cargo vessels over the last few months. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:41 AM (hWfuL) 103
He'll be well-compensated for doing this, and is doubtless banking on a pardon from a Democratic President in 2029.
Remember, the West Point graduate who announced that he was a Communist is now a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Chicago. The Left takes care of their own. == Yeah, I'll be surprised if he doesn't run for congress or something. Supposedly John Kerry through his medals over the whitehouse fence . . . look at me I'm special! Posted by: Pay attention to me!! at July 02, 2026 11:41 AM (anL5R) 104
97 O/T, but in other wordly news: From Open Source Intel:
Iran left the U.S. and Israel off the invitation list for Ali Khamenei’s funeral. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (N39Ws) Guess they think we will be occupied on July 4th...... Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:41 AM (FtULh) 105
@95 TJM, agreed but the problem seems to be that the Old time Dems have no clue how to fight the DSA types. The Dems have said leftist stuff for years but focused on their own staying in power and their grift. The DSA are walking the walk on socialism and simply pushing the Dems away.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 11:41 AM (itsE0) 106
Posted by: pookysgirl is in disbelief at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (Wt5PA)
Hope you stay well this looooong weekend. Hydrate hydrate!! Will say a prayer. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:41 AM (pBF9D) 107
O/T, but in other wordly news: From Open Source Intel:
Iran left the U.S. and Israel off the invitation list for Ali Khamenei’s funeral. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (N39Ws) How petty of them! Still, no reason not to have a flight of A-10's strafe the funeral procession. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 11:42 AM (1z8ji) 108
So, we're going to have dark skinned radicals railing against whitie (most Hispanics consider themselves white), screaming about Palestine all the time (important to the Dem base and no one else), while the dark skinned base isn't terribly excited about it and the white electorate continues to shift towards voting as a bloc against it.
I think they want to replicate the rise of the New Left, but this has a better chance of replicating the rise and fall of Anarchism in the late 19th century. Posted by: TheJamesMadison ========= Control of urban rotten districts means control of the party. We can see that from Mamdani and the various weirdos winning primaries in deep blue districts. So not quite Anarchism as they will have seats in Congress and possibly a couple of Senators. More like Progressivism redux than anarchism. It will collapse if and only if the leftist college educated whites decide, especially the women, that enough is enough for their pets. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv) 109
I will use a line made infamous by the Left in this case.
'I'll support the military when they shoot their officers.' Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 11:43 AM (/WQyy) Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:43 AM (FtULh) 111
Ah, the cup sizes explained. That bit starts at about 5:45.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9wg8z1IIvc Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t) 112
105 @95 TJM, agreed but the problem seems to be that the Old time Dems have no clue how to fight the DSA types. The Dems have said leftist stuff for years but focused on their own staying in power and their grift. The DSA are walking the walk on socialism and simply pushing the Dems away.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 11:41 AM (itsE0) ====== Elected Dems aren't mad because the messaging is out of control. They're mad because they're losing elections. There will be a counter action to this whole thing. But, my larger point is that the appeal of the DSA's message is actually shockingly narrow. It's mostly college educated white progressives. The other cornerstones of the Democrat electorate (union members, blacks) are simply not supporting it. Yet. That could change. But that's going to fuel intraparty conflict. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:43 AM (hWfuL) 113
How petty of them! Still, no reason not to have a flight of A-10's strafe the funeral procession.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon ==== We can call it an honor guard to send his rotten corpse to hell along with his henchmen. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv) 114
Air Force huh? How about a keelhauling at 30,000 feet?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 02, 2026 11:44 AM (fhiqd) 115
108 Control of urban rotten districts means control of the party. We can see that from Mamdani and the various weirdos winning primaries in deep blue districts. So not quite Anarchism as they will have seats in Congress and possibly a couple of Senators. More like Progressivism redux than anarchism. It will collapse if and only if the leftist college educated whites decide, especially the women, that enough is enough for their pets.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv) ====== College educated women have been shrinking as a share of the electorate for more than a decade, by the way. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:44 AM (hWfuL) 116
The Uniparty knows how to fight if they need to. They have every dirty trick in the book and twenty more you haven't thought of. If the Uniparty looks like it's suddenly getting steamrolled by a bunch of brash young upstarts, you can be certain it's bullshit astroturfing. Uniparty can destroy a hundred people before most wipe the crust out of their eyes.
Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:44 AM (pBF9D) 117
Yeah, I'll be surprised if he doesn't run for congress or something. Supposedly John Kerry through his medals over the whitehouse fence . . . look at me I'm special!
Posted by: Pay attention to me!! Kerry was 22 years ago as a candidate. I don't think any of the current DSA darling candidates have anything to do with the military--most are from the activist/social justice/foreign wing. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv) 118
no reason not to have a flight of A-10's strafe the funeral procession.
They could fly that Million Missing Man formation. Pay per view. Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 02, 2026 11:45 AM (G2hPk) 119
I think they want to replicate the rise of the New Left, but this has a better chance of replicating the rise and fall of Anarchism in the late 19th century. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:38 AM (hWfuL) Just look at how the Trans movement, which seemed to be advancing on every front just 3 years ago, is suddenly getting curb stomped. It’s almost like it’s a big mistake to stake your political hopes on something that happens to be trendy online, today. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 11:46 AM (H8EHh) 120
So, we're going to have dark skinned radicals railing against whitie (most Hispanics consider themselves white), screaming about Palestine all the time (important to the Dem base and no one else), while the dark skinned base isn't terribly excited about it and the white electorate continues to shift towards voting as a bloc against it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:38 AM (hWfuL) Except... they are expanding it to good old traditional Jew-hate, and that is absolutely going to attract the attention of a lot of black America. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 11:46 AM (PLxDd) 121
87 White males in the Democrat party are becoming endangered species. The whole punching the military ticket for Democrats to try to run as sane was prior to DSA taking over the party. Bootyjuice is finding the same thing. Even gayness is not protecting him now.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv) *** That is why they will be the most dangerous. They will have to be twice the "socialist" in order to be accepted by their Marxist comrades. Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 11:46 AM (2WIwB) 122
94 looks like a big ask. Mutiny or sedition sounds like going AWOL on mission and/or refusing to do the mission. Saying "the king is a fink and should be legally ousted" doesn't rise to this.
88 is a slam duck however. Enjoy being a lance corporal in charge of shooing poley bears away from some station in north Alaska. Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 11:46 AM (LTMRb) 123
Yeah, I'll be surprised if he doesn't run for congress or something. Supposedly John Kerry through his medals over the whitehouse fence . . . look at me I'm special!
Posted by: Pay attention to me!! Kerry was 22 years ago as a candidate. I don't think any of the current DSA darling candidates have anything to do with the military--most are from the activist/social justice/foreign wing. He didn't even throw away his own medals. What a fraud. Posted by: Archimedes at July 02, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t) 124
Except... they are expanding it to good old traditional Jew-hate, and that is absolutely going to attract the attention of a lot of black America.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 11:46 AM (PLxDd) Ah so, you have been studying the opponent wisely my friend Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:47 AM (pBF9D) 125
I just realized the US soccer player given the red card (missing the next game) was Balugon. Maybe the best player on the team along with that Bohemian guy.
Well done, FIFA! Also, it was a bullshit call and the ref should be investigated for taking bribes, then hanged. Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 02, 2026 11:47 AM (l26NL) 126
Hope you stay well this looooong weekend. Hydrate hydrate!! Will say a prayer.
Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:41 AM (pBF9D) Pooky teases me for the three water bottles I keep in the fridge, but I keep telling him that I need all of them! One is a metal 40 oz bottle that I keep near the back for when I need a *lot* of really cold water. Posted by: pookysgirl, staying hydrated at July 02, 2026 11:47 AM (Wt5PA) 127
120 Except... they are expanding it to good old traditional Jew-hate, and that is absolutely going to attract the attention of a lot of black America.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 11:46 AM (PLxDd) ======= I think it'll appeal to the radical part of the black base, those already voting for Democrats and being noisy about it. But I don't think it fixes the fact that the loyal Democrat black electorate is heavily older. They're not going to replenish the bulk of the electorate (Black Boomers) as they die off by appealing to Jew hate, I don't think. Those animated by that issue are already active. It's the less active ones that are the concern. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:48 AM (hWfuL) 128
Waitwaitwait.... He was near retirement and was an O-4?! The guy who delivered Pookette was a Lt Col, which is an O-5! (He was awesome, btw.)
Posted by: pookysgirl is in disbelief at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (Wt5PA) Actually, retiring at O-4 is fairly normal. Majors are typically grandfathered until year 20 and retired. The usual reasons for this are there are X number of LTC slots and Y number of Majors vying for promotion. Also, in times of drawdowns, selection rates plummet to below 50%. Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 11:48 AM (2WIwB) 129
CBD, I think it's been awhile since Crown Heights. Blacks these days might still not be begging to attend your Shabbos meal, but they aren't voting for scum like Mamdani.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 11:48 AM (LTMRb) 130
116 The Uniparty knows how to fight if they need to. They have every dirty trick in the book and twenty more you haven't thought of. If the Uniparty looks like it's suddenly getting steamrolled by a bunch of brash young upstarts, you can be certain it's bullshit astroturfing. Uniparty can destroy a hundred people before most wipe the crust out of their eyes.
Posted by: ... ====== They know how to fight MAGA republicans, not the darker hued DSA types because the Uniparty is terrified of being called racist by the media for taking them on. It is the same as Labour getting taken out by its Muzzies moving to the Green and Indy status. Their cute little 'pets' decided to grow up into pitbulls. And DSA thinly obscured violence threats work too on the Uniparty Dem wing. And without the urban and inner suburb redoubts, the Democrat wing of the Uniparty is dead. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv) 131
They could fly that Million Missing Man formation. Pay per view.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 02, 2026 11:45 AM (G2hPk) Heh. Quite serious, though. You want regime change in Iran? What better way to achieve it than strafing that funeral procession? Everyone present is going to be a dedicated supporter of the regime, or they would find someplace else to be. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 11:49 AM (1z8ji) 132
Uniparty can destroy a hundred people before most wipe the crust out of their eyes.
Posted by: ... ____________ So you're confident that the Uniparty will put the DSA down? Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 11:49 AM (XvL8K) 133
On leave from his post ? I wonder why... And logistics readiness officer ? Isn't that a pencil pusher ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:21 AM I don't know about his leave; I do know from a friend in the 1st Cav that there's a lot of discombobulation around postings to Poland. As far as being a REMF, most likely. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2026 11:50 AM (0sNs1) 134
I would not be surprised to see Iran shoot missiles at us, Israel, and Lebanon as part of the celebratory funeral fireworks.
Of course the argument against is “why would they do that? Do you think they’re crazy?” Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 11:50 AM (H8EHh) 135
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 02, 2026 11:47 AM (l26NL)
I don't know much about soccer but the incident looked like a pure unintentional accident stepping on the opponents ankle. And the acting job by the 'injured' player was pitiful. Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 11:50 AM (/WQyy) 136
Ah so, you have been studying the opponent wisely my friend
Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:47 AM (pBF9D) Sadly...yes. Jew-hate is nothing new in black America, and if anything it is growing. It is a wonderful way for the Dems to keep blacks on the plantation. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 11:50 AM (PLxDd) 137
134 I would not be surprised to see Iran shoot missiles at us, Israel, and Lebanon as part of the celebratory funeral fireworks.
Of course the argument against is “why would they do that? Do you think they’re crazy?” Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 11:50 AM (H8EHh) ====== The argument against it is that they do not have the capability to do it anymore after the 6 week bombing campaign and the series of peace-preserving bombings we've done since. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:51 AM (hWfuL) 138
We still have Lowry's cuckshed on the News/Chat links on the right sidebar unfortunately.
At least the Geek Girls Japanese pr0n site is gone now. Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 11:51 AM (LTMRb) 139
With the DSA upstarts, it sounds like the mainstream Dems need Hillary Clinton's wetwork team, but she's not returning their calls.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 02, 2026 11:51 AM (fhiqd) 140
Jew-hate is nothing new in black America, and if anything it is growing. It is a wonderful way for the Dems to keep blacks on the plantation.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 11:50 AM (PLxDd) Not so much in the South comparatively speaking. Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 11:51 AM (/WQyy) 141
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
I remain unconvinced this is anything but the snake shedding it's skin. Trump corraled the country under the MAGA umbrella and took every swing state for his trouble. The D party is disheveled, upturned (publicly) and has no message anyone is interested in other than hate. This is their new young energetic message. The party is being remade before your eyes but it is heavily controlled. Watch. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:53 AM (pBF9D) 142
That is why they will be the most dangerous. They will have to be twice the "socialist" in order to be accepted by their Marxist comrades.
Posted by: Diogenes It doesn't work anymore that way--identitarian politics means the color of your skin and the junk between your legs determines your fate. The DSA types don't want to hide in the coalition, they want to lead the parade (and there is a strong Muslim Brotherhood connection too that makes all whiteys suspect as candidates.) Being ultra liberal and being a Levi Strauss trust fund baby did not save Goldman in NY. Nor the forgettable leftist Congress critter in Colorado. There will be more such examples at the city, county, state legislature, and congressional district. The POC will take whitey liberal votes but they damn sure have no intention of standing behind them as candidates when one of their own is running. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv) 143
140 Jew-hate is nothing new in black America, and if anything it is growing. It is a wonderful way for the Dems to keep blacks on the plantation.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 11:50 AM (PLxDd) Not so much in the South comparatively speaking. Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 11:51 AM (/WQyy) ===== I actually think Black participation in federal elections has a chance of relatively nosediving in the near future. They've been conditioned to vote for people who look "like them". There are exceptions (Cohen from Memphis), but the black electorate tends to vote for black candidates. And with Callais and the start of states drawing out black districts, they'll have far fewer candidates who "look like them" to vote for. So...they'll vote less. Not like a 90% drop, or anything, but 10-20% over the next few years. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:53 AM (hWfuL) 144
Looking like bailing out of work soon
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 11:54 AM (sgkY8) 145
Armchair generals talk about strategy.
Real generals talk about logistics. Posted by: Familiar Pentagon saying at July 02, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1) 146
145 Armchair generals talk about strategy.
Real generals talk about logistics. Posted by: Familiar Pentagon saying at July 02, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1) ====== Real generals talk about getting their slice of appropriations and defending their fiefdoms. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:55 AM (hWfuL) 147
So you're confident that the Uniparty will put the DSA down?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 11:49 AM (XvL8K) If they want to, they will. Otherwise it will all somehow come together like magic. There will be no big split. It may look in the end like a takeover but what the D's want is a huge lurch to the Left and huge "young" energy to campaign on. The DSA op solves both of their problems while appearing organic. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 11:57 AM (pBF9D) 148
This is their new young energetic message. The party is being remade before your eyes but it is heavily controlled. Watch.
Posted by: ... ====== I think it is being controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood types like Huma who is married to Alex Soros, there are ties to Qatar money, and you have others like Khanna who married a Muzzie auto parts magnate from Cleveland and has the funds to do a Beto somewhere. The same dynamic is going on in Euroland--Muslim Brotherhood types are now shoving their weak assed whitey leftists out in order to put leaders of their own in power. The Red Green alliance like the Mensheviks/Bolsheviks is always going to follow who is more ruthless, who is more determined rather than who is the most correct ideologically. Muzzies are going to win that battle and their whitey allies will just have to shut up and take it. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv) 149
The most dangerous blacks against the Jews are the street crazies. Some nut job walking past a Jewish woman with a baby in a stroller and attacks her. Every month or so you here that from Brooklyn or Queens
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 11:57 AM (itsE0) 150
Hang him like what should have been done to 'Major' Nidal Hasan.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2026 11:57 AM (NnhvP) 151
Democrats, Republicans, and Appropriators.
Posted by: The three flavors of Congressmen at July 02, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1) 152
Actually, retiring at O-4 is fairly normal. Majors are typically grandfathered until year 20 and retired. The usual reasons for this are there are X number of LTC slots and Y number of Majors vying for promotion. Also, in times of drawdowns, selection rates plummet to below 50%.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 11:48 AM (2WIwB) Thanks for the info. All the Majors I interacted with when Pooky was in the USAF were not going to be in that grade long because they were almost guaranteed to become a Lt Col soon due to staffing issues. (Obama had RIFed quite a bit but was demanding more of those still in. Sequestration was a nightmare that was supposed to be temporary. The rash of suicides in 2016 on Pooky's base and the general burnout [esp for the airborne linguists] was preventable, IMO.) Posted by: that was not a fun time for pookysgirl at July 02, 2026 11:58 AM (Wt5PA) 153
>>Posted by: Familiar Pentagon saying at July 02, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Thought it was 'the ignorant talk strategy, amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics'. Your version is punchier, though. Posted by: Nazdar at July 02, 2026 11:58 AM (NcvvS) 154
The arrest followed a press conference where Watson, in uniform, accused the administration of multiple constitutional violations.
And what might those be ? They never seem to tell us... Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2026 11:58 AM (FtULh) 155
Armchair generals talk about strategy.
Real generals talk about logistics. Posted by: Familiar Pentagon saying Then they go home and f*ck the Prom Queen. Posted by: John Mason at July 02, 2026 11:58 AM (fhiqd) 156
145 Armchair generals talk about strategy.
Real generals talk about logistics. Posted by: Familiar Pentagon saying I like the variant "amateur spaceguys talk about the rocket equation, real rocket scientists talk about thermodynamics" Posted by: space without radiators is like sex without condoms at July 02, 2026 11:59 AM (LTMRb) 157
Actually, retiring at O-4 is fairly normal. Majors are typically grandfathered until year 20 and retired. The usual reasons for this are there are X number of LTC slots and Y number of Majors vying for promotion. Also, in times of drawdowns, selection rates plummet to below 50%.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 That and physician promotions work a little differently. At least in the Army. Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2026 12:01 PM (Wmg4n) 158
Remember the D's were crying that they didn't have young energy or a "message". Now suddenly out of nowhere they get both and for their trouble all they have to do is admit that "some" communism is actually a good thing. I think they'll suck it up and go for it... coincidentally....
Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 12:01 PM (pBF9D) 159
152 PG, was Pooky a linguist?
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ) 160
If they want to, they will. Otherwise it will all somehow come together like magic. There will be no big split. It may look in the end like a takeover but what the D's want is a huge lurch to the Left and huge "young" energy to campaign on. The DSA op solves both of their problems while appearing organic.
Posted by: ... ________ I don't think that's the uniparty. It's purely dems. If they do well in the midterms, then it's a DSA nominee in 28. If they don't, it's a safe moderate dem (in their eyes) like Biden. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:02 PM (XvL8K) 161
149 The most dangerous blacks against the Jews are the street crazies. Some nut job walking past a Jewish woman with a baby in a stroller and attacks her. Every month or so you here that from Brooklyn or Queens
Posted by: Smell the Glove ======= Drugs are addling a fair percentage of those with low iqs, low time horizon expectations, and probably some existing mental illness issues already. And these violent zombies are wandering around anywhere there are services and a supporting city government willing to tolerate them whether it is Asheville, San Francisco, NYC, Atlanta, or LA. You get just as dead from a box cutter or shiv as being shot from a gun and anything can set off these violent nasty creatures with lengthy records of all kinds of violent assaults before finally being locked away when they kill someone. Sometimes, not even then like the Charlotte murderer. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv) 162
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I don't think that's the uniparty. It's purely dems. If they do well in the midterms, then it's a DSA nominee in 28. If they don't, it's a safe moderate dem (in their eyes) like Biden. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:02 PM (XvL8K) ======= *cackles in clear majority black support* Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:02 PM (hWfuL) 163
MUNKEY Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 02, 2026 12:03 PM (y9nCu) 164
The arrest followed a press conference where Watson, in uniform, accused the administration of multiple constitutional violations.
And what might those be ? They never seem to tell us... Posted by: It's me donna === You know what you did! Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2026 12:03 PM (/lPRQ) 165
I think many of the Democratic Socialists running for office are trust fund nepo-babies who've never held a real job. Many who've successfully pushed a legacy candidate out are in their first run for office. Usually well funded. And with nebulous backgrounds devoid of any substantial employment.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 12:03 PM (jehhT) 166
@WikiBias
Jun 29 Meanwhile, on Wikipedia, the deletion of Jewish heritage and identity continues. Jun 29, 2026 · 7:08 PM UTC Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 12:05 PM (LTMRb) 167
Thunderbirds just buzzed downtown Dee Cee. Very cool.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 02, 2026 12:06 PM (6BVGb) 168
I actually think Black participation in federal elections has a chance of relatively nosediving in the near future.
They've been conditioned to vote for people who look "like them". There are exceptions (Cohen from Memphis), but the black electorate tends to vote for black candidates. And with Callais and the start of states drawing out black districts, they'll have far fewer candidates who "look like them" to vote for. So...they'll vote less. Not like a 90% drop, or anything, but 10-20% over the next few years. Posted by: TheJamesMadison ====== You are assuming that the rotten boroughs will allow such. I think every major city has probably at least 30-50 percent ballots that have no registered voter attached to them. That is why they are ripe for a DSA type to push over the existing Dems. All the support for those urban and inner suburban Democrats is illusionary based on cheating. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv) 169
*cackles in clear majority black support*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison _____________ I'm willing to take a side bet on that. I just don't believe that even those dumbasses will nominate her in 28. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:07 PM (XvL8K) 170
*cackles in clear majority black support* Posted by: TheJamesMadison ======== Saw a report today that Kamala is already making her moves toward the DSA approval for running in 2028. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv) 171
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)
We agree on the general outcome I think the mechanism is slightly different. Muzzies were also heavily entrenched behind the scenes, ahead of our timeline. Uniparty has a ton of power here through the media. Very little happens that they don't want to happen. This is about to be the most convenient "takeover" you've ever seen. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 12:08 PM (pBF9D) 172
The argument against it is that they do not have the capability to do it anymore after the 6 week bombing campaign and the series of peace-preserving bombings we've done since. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 11:51 AM (hWfuL) That’s really more of a hope than an argument, isn’t it? I can’t help but think of how many times during the war in Gaza that the Israeli government announced that all the missiles held by Hamas had finally been destroyed. And every time that announcement was made, 10 more missiles would come arcing in the next day. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 12:09 PM (H8EHh) 173
169 *cackles in clear majority black support*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison _____________ I'm willing to take a side bet on that. I just don't believe that even those dumbasses will nominate her in 28. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:07 PM (XvL8K) ====== I'm poised to make nearly $6,000 when she clinches it already. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:09 PM (hWfuL) 174
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:02 PM (XvL8K)
It will be someone "safe" who pays a lot of service to the crazies and is prepared to go all the way for them. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 12:09 PM (pBF9D) 175
172 That’s really more of a hope than an argument, isn’t it?
I can’t help but think of how many times during the war in Gaza that the Israeli government announced that all the missiles held by Hamas had finally been destroyed. And every time that announcement was made, 10 more missiles would come arcing in the next day. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 12:09 PM (H8EHh) ====== In the final day of active conflict, Iran was launching one missile a day. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:10 PM (hWfuL) 176
You are assuming that the rotten boroughs will allow such. I think every major city has probably at least 30-50 percent ballots that have no registered voter attached to them. That is why they are ripe for a DSA type to push over the existing Dems. All the support for those urban and inner suburban Democrats is illusionary based on cheating.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv) It's not like the dems could suddenly admit to their decades long cheat and expose it. They are getting fucked by their own plans for dominance. I've long maintained it was dsa types (facists) that were working the cheat all along. Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:11 PM (0dsIZ) 177
You know... I am running too.
Posted by: Little Pete Bootyjuice at July 02, 2026 12:11 PM (affD0) 178
I was reading more on Craig Robertson and the news stories in the FNM from the time he was shot. This is the guy that made a vague threat about Biden and so the Junta sent an assault team to kill him.
The FNM stories all follow the same pattern: The government monitored him for months because he said bad things. He made specific threats He had a gun Therefore he deserved the assault squad showing up at his house and it was his own fault that he got shot because he didn't immediately surrender. And looking at 2026 this is surreal. If Trump adopted this standard hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lefties would be also getting assault squads at their door with many of them also getting shot. Meanwhile on lefty forums I see the argument that a a few decades in jail for trying to assassinate a federal agent is fascism. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm) 179
He made out better than Ashli Babbitt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2026 12:11 PM (XeU6L) 180
Being ultra liberal and being a Levi Strauss trust fund baby did not save Goldman in NY. Nor the forgettable leftist Congress critter in Colorado. There will be more such examples at the city, county, state legislature, and congressional district. The POC will take whitey liberal votes but they damn sure have no intention of standing behind them as candidates when one of their own is running.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv) That dynamic was on display in the hilarious Talarico/Jasmine Crockett fight in the spring. The twink Talarico won the first round, with a lot of big money help from out of state, but Jasmine and her POC brigade will have their revenge in November. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 12:13 PM (H8EHh) 181
I'm willing to take a side bet on that. I just don't believe that even those dumbasses will nominate her in 28.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:07 PM (XvL8K) ====== I'm poised to make nearly $6,000 when she clinches it already. Posted by: TheJamesMadison __________ I'm in Ky and willing to put up a bottle of bourbon (within reason, no Pappy) on this. As stupid as they are, I just can't see them nominating her. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:14 PM (XvL8K) 182
>>Thunderbirds just buzzed downtown Dee Cee. Very cool.
They're so cute in their little Falcons. Posted by: The Blue Angels at July 02, 2026 12:14 PM (J4Dwc) 183
And what might those be ? They never seem to tell us...
Posted by: It's me donna ----- "Everyone knows it true..." Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2026 12:14 PM (XeU6L) 184
Nood.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 02, 2026 12:15 PM (NcvvS) 185
Nood. Pedo pardon.
Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 12:15 PM (0dsIZ) 186
Uniparty has a ton of power here through the media. Very little happens that they don't want to happen. This is about to be the most convenient "takeover" you've ever seen.
Posted by: ... I think the modern media is effectively dead for the new voters and that in part is why the Uniparty itself is sinking on the GOP side as well as the Dem side. The NYT, WaPo, MSNOW, etc. are all floundering because the new media is online--in podcasts, short videos, and social media. A Hasan Piker is worth more to reach young people than a shriveled old bat like Leslie Stahl. The unseen world of social media is where the yutes are--not the legacy media. On the right, you had the abortive attempts of the groypers allied with old media retread podcasters like Tucker that tried to run their own split. The whole ridiculous trying the make Fishback into a serious candidate for FL governor is an example or the Massie/MTG crap. That split, intended over foreign affairs and Epstein, was designed to cripple MAGA whether to benefit the GOPe or to try to crash the system so as to destroy the GOP as a party to replace it with something is a guess. Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv) 187
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I'm in Ky and willing to put up a bottle of bourbon (within reason, no Pappy) on this. As stupid as they are, I just can't see them nominating her. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:14 PM (XvL8K) ======= She has won every single primary poll for months, and she has clear black majority support. Who votes in the SC primary? It's majority black. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:16 PM (hWfuL) 188
Saw a report today that Kamala is already making her moves toward the DSA approval for running in 2028.
Posted by: whig at July 02, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv) Obviously the country didn’t vote for her in ‘24 because she wasn’t socialist enough. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 12:16 PM (H8EHh) 189
You know... I am running too.
Posted by: Little Pete Bootyjuice ----------- There are antibiotics that might help. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2026 12:16 PM (XeU6L) 190
(Obama had RIFed quite a bit but was demanding more of those still in. Sequestration was a nightmare that was supposed to be temporary. The rash of suicides in 2016 on Pooky's base and the general burnout [esp for the airborne linguists] was preventable, IMO.)
Posted by: that was not a fun time for pookysgirl at July 02, 2026 11:58 AM (Wt5PA) A truly sad time. the last funeral I attended at Arlington was for a Staff Sergeant, and son of the secretary where I worked. (A real secretary, not those hosebags in government) The kid was an infantryman in the 82nd and had just come down on orders for a fifth deployment to Afghanistan. He was never back in the states long enough to even take out a one year lease on an apartment. Became convinced he was going to die over there. Multiple calls to the help lines and nothing. A damned tragedy. Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:18 PM (2WIwB) 191
I'm willing to take a side bet on that. I just don't believe that even those dumbasses will nominate her in 28.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:07 PM (XvL8K) They HAVE to nominate her. If they don't, black voters just won't turn out, and black voters are the most reliable part of the left base. They vote like 90% of the time, and 90% left. ANYBODY but Kamala and they stay home. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 02, 2026 12:19 PM (xA5g+) 192
Actually, retiring at O-4 is fairly normal. Majors are typically grandfathered until year 20 and retired. The usual reasons for this are there are X number of LTC slots and Y number of Majors vying for promotion. Also, in times of drawdowns, selection rates plummet to below 50%. Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 If memory serves, the jump from MAJ to LTC is the toughest in the Army officer corps. Rather like the jump from SPC to SGT during peacetime. Just to illustrate, a Captain I used to work for in the Battalion S3 section around 1990 ended up being interviewed on a History Channel show (Future Weapons, if memory serves). 15 years after I'd left the Army, and he was only a MAJ as a member of an Army program team for some new weapons system. Didn't help that he was well known as a drunk, but he was funny as hell. 15 years, and couldn't break out of O4. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (y9nCu) 193
She has won every single primary poll for months, and she has clear black majority support.
Who votes in the SC primary? It's majority black. Posted by: TheJamesMadison ___________ We need to settle on terms of the bet. I'm all in on even them not being that stupid. A much better DSA candidate will emerge if they do well in the midterms. And if they don't, she'll be old news for the dems. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (XvL8K) 194
191 They HAVE to nominate her.
If they don't, black voters just won't turn out, and black voters are the most reliable part of the left base. They vote like 90% of the time, and 90% left. ANYBODY but Kamala and they stay home. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 02, 2026 12:19 PM (xA5g+) ====== She is their chosen candidate. Unless they find someone else that the black electorate likes just as much (doubtful), toppling Kamala somehow will lead to black electorate turnout closer to John Kerry in 2004 than anything else. If you understand that Democrat national politics is all about recreating Obama's 2008 black turnout, so much just makes sense. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (hWfuL) 195
A clear reading of "Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech," might make you believe that to JUST PASS a law abridging the freedom of speech would be a violation of their oath of office.
Posted by: SMOD at July 02, 2026 12:22 PM (O7XEN) 196
193 We need to settle on terms of the bet. I'm all in on even them not being that stupid. A much better DSA candidate will emerge if they do well in the midterms. And if they don't, she'll be old news for the dems.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 12:20 PM (XvL8K) ======== The anti-Kamala vote is way too splintered. The establishment would have to clear the deck, and it's deeply unclear if even managing that would defeat her. She walks in with 65-70% black support. Clearing the deck will probably up that to 95% instantly. She also gets something like 10-30% support from the rest of the party, depending on the poll. And not all the "not Kamalas" will stay anti-Kamala should their current preferred candidate drop out. People acting like a new Obama will arise fail to understand Obama's rise at all. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 12:22 PM (hWfuL) 197
152 PG, was Pooky a linguist?
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ) No. They badly wanted him and he scored phenomenally well on their tests, but he was clearly born to be in his career field. He heard later (probably from the crew chiefs) about their insane schedule and was glad he didn't jump ship. Posted by: pookysgirl, married to the crazy at July 02, 2026 12:26 PM (Wt5PA) 198
Unbelievable!
An active duty Air Force major on leave from a NATO post (Poland) stands in uniform with a sign on the U.S. Capitol steps that read "Impeach. Convict. Remove," combining forces with what appears to be another handmaidens* group & speakers such as US Rep. Al Green endorsing Talarico for Senate. As protesting on the steps is generally restricted, police subsequently arrested him for crowding, obstructing, and incommoding after he refused to vacate the premises. Actor Jamie Lee Curtis Facebooked she'll try to keep everyone updated on the Major's status. 👏🏻🙄 (The Removal Coalition*, an alleged grassroots political movement founded by Jessica Denson, a former phone bank supervisor for the 1st Trump presidential campaign. 2017, Ms. Denson filed an action against Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., in New York Supreme Court (101616-7). with claims of discrimination, harassment, a hostile work environment, among other claims for damages allegedly sustained while Denson was an employee of the campaign. The administration responded with an action in arbitration for breach of contract and disparagement obligations based on the information in the Complaint.) Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 02, 2026 12:40 PM (NFX2v) 199
A nice long stint in Leavenworth might be in order for Major Big Mouth.
Posted by: RebeccaH at July 02, 2026 12:40 PM (VFung) 200
Just a few current cringeworthy White males in the D party: Eric Swalwell, Graham Platner, Bob Brooks, James Talarico...
Seems a bit intentional. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 02, 2026 12:44 PM (NFX2v) 201
And revoke his good conduct medal
Posted by: Bruce at July 02, 2026 12:45 PM (21nJ/) Mid-Morning Art Thread![]() Lucas der Ältere Cranach Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (x8PQF) 2
yow!
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+) 3
Like shooting fish in a barrel, it seems.
Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (wn4/D) 4
Talk about a target rich environment.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (z/ed7) 5
Deer massacre
Frederick the Wise I don't know of Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (sgkY8) 6
It's like shooting stags in a barrel.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (jehhT) 7
No boobs.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C) 8
They've got them surrounded.
Posted by: huerfano at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (VJX5o) 9
Looks medieval. No boobs. Darn
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (YetvJ) 10
So many dogs and a crossbow sniper. Must be art.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (z/ed7) 11
Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.
.. Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (sgkY8) 12
Doesn’t seem too sporting to me. Stags in a barrel?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (8Xlir) 13
Like shooting fish in a barrel, it seems.
Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (wn4/D) - "Hey! What abut us?!?!" - Monkeys Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (x8PQF) 14
The stags were angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1) 15
who killed bambi?
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+) 16
Looks medieval. No boobs. Darn
Posted by: LinusVanPelt Freddy's hat looks like it's covered in boobs. Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (z/ed7) 17
Waaaaay too many deer on that island.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 09:34 AM (kvW9k) 18
Has a Byzantine icon style to it.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 09:34 AM (gKWVE) 19
"...Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation."
+++ Ah. So he was in seminary. Posted by: Got it at July 02, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1) 20
What a ridiculous scene
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 09:35 AM (jjSWr) 21
venny jalapeno sausages.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+) 22
Looks like a Grandma Moses painting.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:36 AM (KC5Lt) 23
Think you'll never run out of Bambis? Think again.
Posted by: Buffalo in North America at July 02, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1) 24
Waaaaay too many deer on that island.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 09:34 AM (kvW9k) Lyme Disease! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 09:36 AM (PLxDd) 25
This was how the Dutch guys in charge used to entertain themselves?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:36 AM (aq6QB) 26
dear tick, stop twitching.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+) 27
Carpaccio!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 09:37 AM (8Xlir) 28
Very busy but I like it. Lots to look at.
Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4) Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:37 AM (aq6QB) 30
One heck of a stag party.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 09:38 AM (OUMaO) 31
You'd think there would be a few does, but it looks like an all male herd. Weird.
Posted by: huerfano at July 02, 2026 09:38 AM (VJX5o) 32
dear hunts, your catsups crappy.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+) 33
Bet you'll never see THAT artist's name in a limerick.
Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 02, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1) 34
You know who could paint really well ,but of course the art world critics try to downplay his work, was Winston Churchill. He took his painting seriously and was as good as any of his contemporaries imho. I mention this because I just watched another documentary on WC focusing on his painting life.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:39 AM (KC5Lt) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9) 36
The indigenous people lead by Fredrick the Wise used all parts of the stag and nothing went to waste.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (3cUTc) 37
31 maresy doze n lamzy doze n lil kidzy divey.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+) 38
Would not hang hurt doggies on my wall.
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (pZEOD) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9) 40
Meat sweats upcoming.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:40 AM (wVcYX) 41
34 fields painted his liver.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+) 42
Now if only that river were filled with crocodiles or hippos (or both!)...
Then we'd have an interesting painting. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 02, 2026 09:41 AM (gnNyN) 43
Crossbows FTW!
Posted by: The Eternal Debate at July 02, 2026 09:41 AM (dJeAh) 44
Would you say I have a plethora of stags?
Posted by: Frederic The Wise at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX) 45
By the way, many of you have already done so, and I thank you, but if anyone else wants grammie winger's address to send a card or note, please let me know. The info on the sidebar is making its inevitable march downward but I will continue to send it as long as people want it.
Many thanks to all who have sent cards (and I know two people have also sent flowers, amazing). She is going to be swamped with our love. Still in the hospital as far as I know. To make this art thread compliant: there's a whole lot of deer in that painting. Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (wn4/D) 46
Bruegelian
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (XvL8K) 47
Looks like one of the dogs didn't make it.
Posted by: Halfhand at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (9MUFz) 48
Venison? AGAIN?
Posted by: The kids, six months from now at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1) 49
You know who could paint really well ,but of course the art world critics try to downplay his work, was Winston Churchill. He took his painting seriously and was as good as any of his contemporaries imho. I mention this because I just watched another documentary on WC focusing on his painting life.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:39 AM (KC5Lt) How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere? Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (lCppi) 50
This is from 1529, and Cranach was a court painter. So this is something like a photo snapped while Frederick was on vacation?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9) 51
The perspectives are odd . As the water turns it begins to look like a wall. Very Escher.
Would hang, I think. Thx CBD Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (itsE0) 52
All I can see are deer ticks.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (KC5Lt) 53
"Wouldn't it have been easier for you ladies to have just walked around?"
Posted by: The Boat Captain at July 02, 2026 09:44 AM (dJeAh) 54
There’s just way too much going on in this painting. Almost makes me tired looking at it. No one particular section of it grabs my attention. No locus
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:44 AM (D2O3S) Posted by: one hour sober at July 02, 2026 09:44 AM (J4Dwc) 56
He's definitely a talented artist but the changes in perspective bother me.
Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (lCppi) 57
Those are giants in the boat or these are miniature deer.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (KC5Lt) 58
"How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?"
++++ Unfortunately, refrigerators, much less, refrigerator magnets were exceedingly rare in 1930s Britain. Posted by: Solemn narrator voice at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1) 59
The perspectives are odd . As the water turns it begins to look like a wall. Very Escher.
Would hang, I think. Thx CBD Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 *** Over to the right, where the stream rounds the circular bit of land? Yes, the water appears to be climbing, but it's not painted as a waterfall. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9) 60
Doe !!
Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 02, 2026 09:46 AM (KC5Lt) 61
Over to the right, where the stream rounds the circular bit of land? Yes, the water appears to be climbing, but it's not painted as a waterfall.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9) --- If this was painted in 1529, then Isaac Newton hadn't invented gravity yet. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 02, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN) 62
"How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?"
++++ Unfortunately, refrigerators, much less, refrigerator magnets were exceedingly rare in 1930s Britain. Posted by: Solemn narrator voice at July 02, 2026 *** They had literal iceboxes, though, didn't they? And ice deliveries? Winston was indeed a multifaceted fellow. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9) 63
Imagine you're a stag. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little stag lips down to the cool clear water... WHOOSH! A fuckin arrow rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?
Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at July 02, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX) 64
Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise
************ When Does The Stripper Arrive? - a limerick The stag party of wise elector Fred Was a 'do' for the ages they said He kew right from the start That she stole away his hart "Let's hunt! For tomorrow we wed!" Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 09:47 AM (I0N4X) 65
There's a lot of deer on that island. It might capsize.
Posted by: Hank Johnson at July 02, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1) 66
54 There’s just way too much going on in this painting. Almost makes me tired looking at it. No one particular section of it grabs my attention. No locus
Posted by: LinusVanPelt Bofus? Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 09:47 AM (qJGuG) 67
Ah, muldoon. You've done it again.
Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:48 AM (wn4/D) 68
The three guys at the lower edge of the painting are ready with their crossbows. The fellow at far lower right might have one too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9) 69
57 it's the keys.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+) 70
How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?
Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (lCppi) Churchill wrote a short book, Painting As A Pastime, where he discusses his passion for art. https://tinyurl.com/yr38krjj Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (PiwSw) 71
They're gonna need a bigger boat.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (NpAcC) 72
Those are giants in the boat or these are miniature deer.
Posted by: polynikes Ladies with big hats. Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4) 73
This is an interesting painting partly for the style and period and partly for how complete the scene is. Every aspect of the hunt and the participants is included and recognizable. I found myself studying it to notice more and more detail. It's rather remarkable.
It's easy to imagine this as a huge tapestry. Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw) 74
62 (w.c. fields voice) "i'm gonna get a frigidaaiire!"
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+) 75
Is that an 18' canoe in a 20' creek?
Posted by: Weasel at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (G3lOb) 76
"Wouldn't it have been easier for you ladies to have just walked around?"
Posted by: The Boat Captain at July 02, 2026 *** All it would take is for one stag to slam into the boat, and SPLOOSH! Lots of wet velvet, linen, and lace. Not to mention wet wigs. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm) 78
Is it really a hunt if its held at a petting zoo on an island ?
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (bKVsz) 79
Brings Grandma Moses to mind.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX) 80
It seems Lucas wanted to show off his painting skills. There's a castle, mountains, trees, cathedral, island, water, animals, people, a boat, etc. It's like an audition for art school. "Let me in, I can paint anything you want!"
Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (wn4/D) 81
11 Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM >>>I know y'all want to know - https://tinyurl.com/47t652d6 A Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (Latin: Sacri Romani Imperii Princeps Elector; German: Kurfürst [ˈkuːɐ̯ˌfʏʁst] pl. Kurfürsten [ˈkuːɐ̯ˌfʏʁstn̩], from the Middle High German kure "choice" and the German Fürst "prince") was a member of the Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire, which elected the Holy Roman Emperor, initially according to formally unregulated customs, and since 1356 in accordance with provisions of the Golden Bull. The office was abolished in 1806, upon the Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. From the 13th century onwards, a small group of prince-electors gained the privilege of electing the King of the Romans. The king would then later be crowned Emperor by the pope. Charles V (elected in 1519) was the last emperor to be crowned (1530); his successors assumed the title "Elected Emperor of the Romans" (German: erwählter Römischer Kaiser; Latin: electus Romanorum imperator) upon their coronation as kings. Posted by: Gref at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (5rh/l) 82
Thanks for the limerick, muldoon. It was doe-lightful!
Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1) 83
The Met-
The Stag Hunt painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder is historically significant as it depicts a hunting scene involving the Elector Friedrich the Wise of Saxony, reflecting the cultural and social practices of the time, particularly the importance of hunting among the nobility. Additionally, it serves as a visual memento of an actual hunt that took place in 1497, showcasing Cranach's role as a court painter and his connection to prominent historical figures Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (NpAcC) 84
you put your little stag lips down to the cool clear water... WHOOSH! A fuckin arrow rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces!
--- Good lord, were these those explosive arrows fired by Rambo? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (3cUTc) 85
Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise
Is he the guy that invented the potato chip? Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm) I thought that was the Earl of Utz. Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX) 86
Obviously this painting needs a few changes.
Can we get a female model to repaint Frederick? Also, she should be black Posted by: Netflix at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm) 87
BTW…. What is a stag, exactly? I thought it was a wild party… that kinda looks like a party going on in the picture; lots of mingling
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (D2O3S) 88
Psycho, how is Mrs. Psycho? I saw in the last thread you were taking her to the ER.
Sub-100 requirement: plenty of deer in that picture. Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (wn4/D) 89
Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise
Is he the guy that invented the potato chip? Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm) I thought that was the Earl of Utz. Ahem Posted by: Baron Von Lays at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (sKqQm) 90
We must all stand together and reject this art.
Posted by: Weasel at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (G3lOb) 91
Cranach painted the best known portrait of Martin Luther. If it's accurate, Luther doesn't look like a fun guy.
Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw) 92
We must all stand together and reject this art.
Posted by: Weasel at July 02, 2026 09:53 AM (G3lOb) ------- I stand with Weasel. Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (wn4/D) 93
I'll paint any scene for 99.95 !!!
Posted by: The Midieval Earl Scheib at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (bKVsz) 94
I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM #### Stay in your lane, pal. Posted by: The Prince of Pringle at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: Weasel at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM (G3lOb) 96
How great would it be to find an original sketch or painting study by him somewhere?
Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (lCppi) Besides being worth a small fortune, it's a piece of history beyond just painting. ( reason they sell for so high) Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt) 97
Inspiration for the hunt scene is Planet of the Apes.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX) 98
I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX) I thought it was the Duke of Earl, who made it with a red haired girl in the Chevrolet Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM (D2O3S) 99
94 I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 09:52 AM #### Stay in your lane, pal. Posted by: The Prince of Pringle at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1) Well I never. Posted by: The Margrave of Charles Chips at July 02, 2026 09:56 AM (PiwSw) 100
100
Posted by: doug at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Hy+R4) 101
Posers - the lot of you.
Posted by: The Viscount of Lay at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (bKVsz) 102
I'll paint any scene for 99.95 !!!
Really? Bang Bang Bang Because I'll do it for $5000 plus gratuity I'll do oil painting I'll do acrylic painting I'll even do finger painting But you best have that $5000 plus gratuity bang Posted by: DeAndre Holmes at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm) 103
Stags have a penis, does have a vagina.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (gKWVE) 104
I thought it was the Duke of Earl, who made it with a red haired girl in the Chevrolet.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:55 AM ++++ It was a flatbed Ford in Winslow, Arizona. Posted by: Don Henley at July 02, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1) 105
Hieronymus Bosch before he discovered LSD.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 09:58 AM (snZF9) 106
Cranach painted the best known portrait of Martin Luther. If it's accurate, Luther doesn't look like a fun guy.
Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvN Reminded me that Parliament commissioned a painting of Churchill for his 80th birthday. It was done by an English abstract / portrait painter Graham Sutherland. Churchill hated it with a passion. Never hung it and his family burned it a year after it was painted. Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 02, 2026 09:58 AM (KC5Lt) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (kgE5c) 108
Stags have a penis, does have a vagina.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2026 09:57 AM (gKWVE) Stop with your cis-gender hatred !!! Posted by: Stag in a Mini Skirt at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (bKVsz) 109
particularly the importance of hunting among the nobility.
--- Here's something I learned recently, medieval livestock was much smaller than what we have today. So, butchering the cow, which you relied upon for milk and to plow, wasn't just a huge loss, you got quite a bit less meat than a modern cow. Like selling the family's only car for a week's worth of groceries. And all the other livestock was smaller. Which is why so much of their diet was (involuntarily) vegan. And why the killing of the king's deer by serfs was so grave a crime: Meat was hard to come by for everyone. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (3cUTc) 110
Churchill wrote a short book, Painting As A Pastime, where he discusses his passion for art.
https://tinyurl.com/yr38krjj Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2026 09:49 AM (PiwSw) thanks. I just looked it up= definitely going on my 'buy' list. Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (lCppi) 111
My cousin, the Earl of Utz, did too create the potato chip. We sorta go together.
Posted by: Earl of Sandwich at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX) 112
Will do, RMBS!
Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (wn4/D) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9) 114
Star Parker: Smooth Operator Mamdani Seduces Confused Voters With Sugar-Coated Lies
- "Smooth"? Now, slimey I could see. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7) 115
Them's some racks!
Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:00 AM (Fi81e) 116
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM (3cUTc)
Thus the Legend of Robin Hood. Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:00 AM (KC5Lt) 117
Bravo Muldoon
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (sgkY8) 118
107 Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM
Bluebell, could you send me grammie's info? Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 09:59 AM _______ Likewise. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1) 119
I was reading more on Craig Robertson and the news stories in the FNM from the time he was shot. This is the guy that made a vague threat about Biden and so the Junta sent an assault team to kill him.
The FNM stories all follow the same pattern: The government monitored him for months because he said bad things. He made specific threats He had a gun Therefore he deserved the assault squad showing up at his house and it was his own fault that he got shot because he didn't immediately surrender. And looking at 2026 this is surreal. If Trump adopted this standard hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lefties would be also getting assault squads at their door with many of them also getting shot. Meanwhile on lefty forums I see the argument that a a few decades in jail for trying to assassinate a federal agent is fascism. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm) 120
I thought it was the Duke of Earl, who made it with a red haired girl in the Chevrolet.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 ++++ It was a flatbed Ford in Winslow, Arizona. Posted by: Don Henley at July 02, 2026 *** Easy to toast chips when you're crossing the desert. Posted by: Horse With No Name at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9) 121
Another layers and layers of fact checking story.
ESPN Pulls Story Claiming NFL’s Mike Pennel Was Under Investigation for Murder in Dominican Republic Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7) 122
Bet you'll never see THAT artist's name in a limerick.
Posted by: Limerick Lover Lucas der Ältere Cranach *********** Odor? Why, I hardly Even Knew 'Er - a limerick HerrLucas Cranach the Elder Spied a young maid, he beheld her He thought she'd be his wife for the rest of his life Until he took a sniff and he smelled her! Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X) 123
Would you say I have a plethora of stags?
Posted by: Frederic The Wise at July 02, 2026 09:42 AM Ja, Frederick, du hast ein Plethora! Posted by: Frederick's Person of Hench at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (kgE5c) 124
Your job is to wear the stag costume to draw the others out. If all goes well, you'll be the last one standing...
Posted by: t-bird at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (XFXIk) 125
Star Parker: Smooth Operator Mamdani Seduces Confused Voters With Sugar-Coated Lies
*** Not what I had in mind! Posted by: Sade at July 02, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 10:03 AM (kgE5c) 127
Morning.
This painting kind of annoys me. Size and scale are all fucked I'm. Was the Elector of whatsitcalled like two feet tall? I dunno, I find it weirdly offputting. Would not hang. Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 02, 2026 10:03 AM (a+7LQ) 128
t was a flatbed Ford in Winslow, Arizona.
Posted by: Don Henley at July 02, 2026 *** Easy to toast chips when you're crossing the desert. Posted by: Horse With No Name at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM ***** Sitting right here, pal. Posted by: Ventura Highway at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1) 129
Likewise.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1) -------- Just sent it! And to RMBS as well. Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (wn4/D) 130
The two guys at the bottom of the painting look like they are to get friendly with each other.
Posted by: dantesed at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (Oy/m2) 131
Best common brand of chips?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm) 132
Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. He was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony, and Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm) 133
Another layers and layers of fact checking story.
ESPN Pulls Story Claiming NFL’s Mike Pennel Was Under Investigation for Murder in Dominican Republic Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7) When writers are too lazy to even skim whatever bullshit the AI pumps out. Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 02, 2026 10:05 AM (a+7LQ) 134
Odor? Why, I hardly Even Knew 'Er - a limerick
HerrLucas Cranach the Elder Spied a young maid, he beheld her He thought she'd be his wife for the rest of his life Until he took a sniff and he smelled her! Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X) ------- I knew if you were around you wouldn't be able to resist the bat signal, lol! Well done. Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (wn4/D) 135
Bravo muldoon!
Bravo! Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1) 136
It's like a digital Pearl Harbor.
Sony Playstation Deletes 551 Movies Customers Already Paid For Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7) 137
ICE has issued a memo requiring 2,000 detentions a day.
They are hitting that target. The goal by Miller is 3k a day. So, they're on track for 750k a year. Aiming for 1+ million a year. And, if you say 2 illegals voluntarily leave for every one detained ... there are some real numbers of illegals leaving. And no more are being let in. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (3cUTc) 138
131 Best common brand of chips?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm) ---- Until the bubble pops, Nvidia. Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (PiwSw) 139
That talent is scary, muldoon.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (kgE5c) 140
I read a history of the Holy Roman Empire a few years ago. Interesting stuff. It was actually a more effective institution than people give it credit for.
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ) 141
It's like a digital Pearl Harbor.
Sony Playstation Deletes 551 Movies Customers Already Paid For Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7) This is why I will never part with my collection. I have four editions of Ghostbusters and you will only pry them from my cold, dead hands. Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 02, 2026 10:07 AM (a+7LQ) 142
129 Likewise.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1) -------- Just sent it! And to RMBS as well. Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2026 10:04 AM ####### Thank you! Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1) 143
Cape Cod chips are the best.
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ) 144
I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet You're thinking of his descendant, Beauvois Diesen-Utz. Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 10:09 AM (OUMaO) 145
Quite a busy painting. I like the green shrubbery though. I don't know if this is by Cranach the Elder or the younger Cranach . I think the elder has a nice painting of Christ and the Samaritan Woman by the well, and I generally prefer the way the younger one paints people, including one lovely one of a woman with red hair and an apple tree (? )by her head. Can't look it up now, though because I'm on my way out.
Thanks, CBD. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 10:09 AM (D+BhG) 146
And, if you say 2 illegals voluntarily leave for every one detained ... there are some real numbers of illegals leaving.
And no more are being let in. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM ++++ For those of you keeping score at home, I'm still not tired of all the winning. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 02, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1) 147
NEW: DHS is accusing MN Gov. Tim Walz of trying to shield a Laotian illegal alien pedophile from being deported after Walz pardoned him for a 2006 conviction in which he repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl in MN.
- Well, he'll probably invent a perpetual motion machine or something. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7) 148
144 I thought that was the Earl of Utz.
Posted by: Count de Monet You're thinking of his descendant, Beauvois Diesen-Utz. Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 10:09 AM (OUMaO) LOL. Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 02, 2026 10:11 AM (PiwSw) 149
You're thinking of his descendant, Beauvois Diesen-Utz.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 10:09 AM *golf clap* Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 10:11 AM (kgE5c) Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 10:12 AM (XvL8K) 151
Miss Vickie's Spicy Dill Pickle chips are good.
Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 10:12 AM (lJ0H4) Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X) 153
110 ... " Churchill wrote a short book, Painting As A Pastime, where he discusses his passion for art."
Shadout Mapes, I love that book. Churchill's account of his first attempt at painting is hilarious and his explanation of the value of a hobby should be required reading. Add to that the man was an excellent artist. There is a Kindle version for three dollars. I enjoyed it so much I got a hardcover edition. Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 10:13 AM (yTvNw) Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 10:13 AM (wVcYX) 155
JUST IN: Public pool in Germany evacuated after dozens of French men allegedly jumped the fence, entered without paying, & clashed with staff.
- How French are they? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7) 156
"DHS is accusing MN Gov. Tim Walz of trying to shield a Laotian illegal alien pedophile from being deported after Walz pardoned him for a 2006 conviction in which he repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl in MN."
_______ Nothing will happen. Posted by: The person who always says that at July 02, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1) 157
139 he has an i ching calculator.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+) 158
Can we deer stand together and eat this art?
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 02, 2026 10:14 AM (Wejm4) 159
Cape Cod chips are the best.
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 *** As a teen I loved Ann Parker chips, A & P's house brand. They came in a big tin like those Christmas gift snacks do now, except in pure white with the A & P logo on them. A bowl of AP potato chips and a frosty Barq's root beer: hard to beat when you're thirteen. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9) 160
JUST IN: Public pool in Germany evacuated after dozens of French men allegedly jumped the fence, entered without paying, & clashed with staff.
- How French are they? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks __________ Visions of Caddyshack pool scene. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 10:15 AM (XvL8K) 161
history of the Holy Roman Empire a few years ago. Interesting stuff. It was actually old greek homos.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 02, 2026 10:15 AM (Kt19C) 162
NEW: DHS is accusing MN Gov. Tim Walz of trying to shield a Laotian illegal alien pedophile from being deported after Walz pardoned him for a 2006 conviction in which he repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl in MN.
The left: Trump and the Epstein class are pedos and need to be removed now! Also the left: So what if this guy had sex with a 10 year old. I mean some people did some things you can't just send him to jail or out of the country Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm) 163
JUST IN: Public pool in Germany evacuated after dozens of French men allegedly jumped the fence, entered without paying, & clashed with staff.
- How French are they? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! Attack mimes. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (Aa6+n) 164
Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise
Lucas der Ältere Cranach The Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise is a celebrated 1529 painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder. The expansive bird's-eye view depicts a lavish courtly hunting excursion featuring the Elector, Emperor Maximilian I, and Elector Johann the Steadfast in a detailed woodland and river landscape. The iconic painting—housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna—was likely commissioned by Johann the Steadfast as a visual memorial. It commemorates a historic 1497 gathering and hunt where the Saxon princes were guests at Emperor Maximilian's court in Innsbruck. The artwork masterfully juxtaposes the festive, aristocratic atmosphere of a successful outing with the natural pathos and brutality of the hunt. --- 32 years later, when Johann the Steadfast was well on the road to not so. However, Johann/John was also notable for organizing the Lutheran Church in Saxony at both governmental and administrative levels. --- Very interesting but I'd pass hanging as it's a bit too much, like Richard Scary kids' puzzles. Thanks. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (NFX2v) 165
A bowl of AP potato chips and a frosty Barq's root beer: hard to beat when you're thirteen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere Shoot, that sounds inviting at 29... Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (OUMaO) Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at July 02, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1) 167
HEB makes their own potato chips. They're not bad but nothing special.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:17 AM (KC5Lt) 168
ICE has issued a memo requiring 2,000 detentions a day.
They are hitting that target. The goal by Miller is 3k a day. So, they're on track for 750k a year. Aiming for 1+ million a year. And, if you say 2 illegals voluntarily leave for every one detained ... there are some real numbers of illegals leaving. And no more are being let in. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 10:06 AM (3cUTc) Woo hoo! Top cities with illegal aliens: Portland (mainly Ukrainians), New Orleans (Philippines), Atlanta (Ukraine); Detroit (India); Baltimore (phillipines), LA (Nicaragua, Mexico), SF (china), Arizona (Mexico), NY (Haiti), El Paso (all), San Diego (Mexico), Laredo (Mexico), Miami (Haiti). That's only 150 / day from each of these cities. This doesn't even include all the illegal Canadians hanging out in the northern cities, or anyone in Minneapolis, Seattle or most of the east coast. Posted by: LASue at July 02, 2026 10:17 AM (lCppi) Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:17 AM (jjSWr) 170
A bowl of AP potato chips and a frosty Barq's root beer: hard to beat when you're thirteen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere * Shoot, that sounds inviting at 29... Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 *** At thirteen you don't care about calories. (Or at least I didn't. I'd gain weight during the summer and lose it again when I went back to school.) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9) 171
JUST IN: Public pool in Germany evacuated after dozens of French men allegedly jumped the fence, entered without paying, & clashed with staff.
- How French are they? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:13 AM Went on the attack? "French" men. From the very, very south of France. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 02, 2026 10:18 AM (kgE5c) 172
This looks like an illustration of Mark twain’s criticism of james fenimore cooper
Posted by: Oglebay at July 02, 2026 10:18 AM (EqyD7) 173
Russia’s Top Banker Begs Putin to End Ukraine War: “Economy Simply Cannot Survive”
- I foresee him falling out of a window. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7) 174
Where's Waldo?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (wVcYX) 175
As a kid I ate potato chips in a certain order.
Put chips in mouth Take drink of soda Chew the chips with the soda and swallow Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (KC5Lt) 176
Trap em on a island and set the dogs at em. Nice sportsmanship.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (sl73Y) 177
I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1) 178
@OilHeadlineNews
THE EIA EXPECTS GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY TO OUTPACE DEMAND THROUGH 2027, FORECASTING HIGHER INVENTORIES AND LOWER PRICES, WITH BRENT AVERAGING ABOUT $57.69/BBL IN 2026 AND AROUND $53/BBL IN 2027. ====== Trump is going to lose the midterms because of oil, guys. Things won't change from April. Months is forever in politics except when it comes to oil and gas prices in Spring. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 10:20 AM (hWfuL) 179
I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer at July 02, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1) Golly! Posted by: Yutes Today at July 02, 2026 10:20 AM (wVcYX) 180
The Great Potato Chip Heist of 1967: That summer my mother decided we kids were eating too much junk food. Rather than just not buy it, as she loved a nosh or two herself, she put a padlock on the kitchen cabinet with the goodies.
I, fresh off the first season of Mission: Impossible, took this as a challenge. At first I removed the drawer above and could reach down in. She nailed a board to the end of the drawer to prevent this. Further inspection revealed that the cabinet doors had enough play that I could unscrew the hasp itself and open the cabinet at will, then reinstall the screws before we went to bed. Mom could not figure out why the locked-up snacks were disappearing. At last she threw up her hands. "Go ahead; you'll lose the weight when you go back to school!" Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:22 AM (wzUl9) 181
Empty Charles Chips cans were the Amazon boxes of their day.
Posted by: Way back when at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1) 182
At thirteen you don't care about calories. (Or at least I didn't. I'd gain weight during the summer and lose it again when I went back to school.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9) So many nice things about being 13 that I didn’t appreciate when I was that age. Isn’t that always the way…if I could be 13 again I would be a shameless flirt with the girls instead of the extremely shy lad I was Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (D2O3S) 183
170 "extra sugar, extra salt, extra oil and the msg!"
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (R11M+) 184
Empty Charles Chips cans were the Amazon boxes of their day.
Posted by: Way back when at July 02, 2026 *** I think Pretzel Perfects (white chocolate-covered pretzels) came in a tin too. (*Of course* we called them Pretzel Perverts! What else could you expect?) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9) 185
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (D2O3S
A perpetual erection was frustrating though. Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:24 AM (KC5Lt) 186
The perspectives are odd . As the water turns it begins to
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 09:43 AM (itsE0) --- Understanding of perspective came later. This is still medievalist. Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (Fi81e) 187
Mom could not figure out why the locked-up snacks were disappearing. At last she threw up her hands. "Go ahead; you'll lose the weight when you go back to school!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:22 AM (wzUl9) She was secretly teaching you valuable life skills in cabinetry hardware and persistence. Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (wVcYX) 188
175 but did you make wishes on the foldy ones?
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+) 189
Isn't it interesting that the painter clearly seems to be able to depict colour and lighting very effectively and is trying to show distance but is still squarely in that stunted medieval perspective?
Posted by: stv at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (ODbzh) 190
A perpetual erection was frustrating though.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:24 AM (KC5Lt) --- See your doctor. Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (Fi81e) 191
if I could be 13 again I would be a shameless flirt with the girls instead of the extremely shy lad I was
Learning how to talk to a woman you might be interested in is a skill. Something very few 13 year olds have. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (sKqQm) 192
I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer Charles Chips Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (lJ0H4) 193
Some of you might remember Charles Chips
sold out of the Charles Chips truck driving down your street Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr) 194
Looks a lot like that "Lazy River" pool from a recent ONT. Kind of cartoonish.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (1z8ji) 195
Trump is going to lose the midterms because of oil, guys. Things won't change from April."
There's only one thing to say, then... Prometheus. Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (XuXeR) Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr) 197
Some of you might remember Charles Chips
sold out of the Charles Chips truck driving down your street Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr) We were way cooler. Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 10:27 AM (wVcYX) 198
. . . Mom could not figure out why the locked-up snacks were disappearing. At last she threw up her hands. "Go ahead; you'll lose the weight when you go back to school!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 * She was secretly teaching you valuable life skills in cabinetry hardware and persistence. Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2026 *** That was the end result for sure. All of this went on without any discussion of the topic. The padlock simply appeared one day. Then, after she realized I could reach inside by removing the drawer, the board nailed to the end of it occurred without announcement or fanfare. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:27 AM (wzUl9) 199
I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer Charles Chips Posted by: Tuna __________ I've got a Grippos can from that time, but I think every decent sized city had its own potato chip maker back in the day. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (XvL8K) 200
We were way cooler.
Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 *** Whatever happened to your ice milk? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:29 AM (XuXeR) 202
I ate pretzels more than potato chips as a kid. I don't eat potato chips at all as an adult.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:29 AM (KC5Lt) 203
Besides A & P, we had a company called Dickey's Potato Chips. They didn't come in a can, but in a plastic bag in every grocery and vending machine in town.
Their plant was just outside the French Quarter, not far from the river. When we visited a park over there, we could smell the delicious aroma. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9) 204
1. Take one medium sized buffalo.
2. Cut into really thin slices 3. Heat canola oil to 450° 4. Fry slices a few at a time until golden brown 5. Remove from oil and lay on paper towels 6. Salt to taste Voila! Buffalo chips! Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (I0N4X) 205
Trump is going to lose the midterms because of oil, guys. Things won't change from April.
Months is forever in politics except when it comes to oil and gas prices in Spring. --- I'm still not over Trump being forced to resign in disgrace because the price of eggs went over $8 a dozen and never, ever came back down. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (3cUTc) 206
Chips from a truck?
We had them in the vending machines at school. Lunch in high school was a bag of chips, a (full size!) Snickers and a Pepsi. Has she known, Mom would've had a conniption. Posted by: GenX at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (JCLJi) 207
Whatever happened to your ice milk?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9) Had to strategically rationalize the product line to boost gross margins. Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX) 208
Some of you might remember Charles Chips
sold out of the Charles Chips truck driving down your street Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr) --- With Charles in Charge. Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (Fi81e) 209
German Renaissance art to potato chips. Amazing transition. It can only happen on AoSHQ.
Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (lJ0H4) 210
After 200, so willowed from the Morning Report thread-
261 Trans people are mentally ill people. It's easy to persuade them to butcher themselves, and when most of the blood dries they are still mentally ill. This group of people hate themselves, and everybody else. They are the kamikazes of the democommies. Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (LHPAg) Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:31 AM (LHPAg) 211
Whatever happened to your ice milk?"
Whatever happened to Fay Wray? That delicate satin draped frane... Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:32 AM (XuXeR) 212
I recently had the Pringle's Carolina BBQ chips.
For Pringles, they aren't that bad, and actually get some of the flavor. Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (Fi81e) 213
Speaking it's a is, anyone else get yelled at for scooping out the chocolate and vanilla in the Neapolitan ice cream and leaving the strawberry?
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (KC5Lt) 214
207 Whatever happened to your ice milk?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9) Had to strategically rationalize the product line to boost gross margins. Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX) Wasn't gross just on the margins, it was gross through and through. Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (LHPAg) 215
I'm so old I remember when you could actually have a dedicated vehicle deliver a huge metal can of potato chips to your house.
Posted by: Geezer at July 02, 2026 *** "Gee, Pops, how'd they get the dinosaur to move so fast?" (Nyuuck, nyuck, nyuck) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (wzUl9) 216
213 Speaking it's a is, anyone else get yelled at for scooping out the chocolate and vanilla in the Neapolitan ice cream and leaving the strawberry?
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (KC5Lt) Mrs. OCiS scoops vanilla and strawberry, leaves the chocolate. She is not a fan of chocolate at all. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (N39Ws) 217
In my neighborhood, uphill both ways, there was a guy who would come around and sharpen stuff for you. Kitchen knives, lawnmower blades, yard tools, whatever.
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (jjSWr) 218
Boil water warning for LA Koreatown. Re elect mayor bass!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 02, 2026 10:34 AM (Kt19C) 219
Presuming the sort of peace in Hormouz holds the oil price spike will be long over and not have any impact on the election.
Why its almost like this Trump guy understands the political game. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm) Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2026 10:35 AM (KC5Lt) 221
181 was that the same as "charles roast?"
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:35 AM (R11M+) 222
Trans people are mentally ill people. It's easy to persuade them to butcher themselves, and when most of the blood dries they are still mentally ill. This group of people hate themselves, and everybody else. They are the kamikazes of the democommies.
Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (LHPAg) --- They're starting to behave like standard delusionals. Not all delusionals will attack you if you deny their reality, but some will. Some will also try to destroy themselves when they realize the world doesn't match up to their delusion. Both trends are present in trannies. Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:36 AM (Fi81e) 223
She is not a fan of chocolate at all."
A fine woman, then. Tho I did like the chocolate pecan pie the other day... Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:36 AM (XuXeR) 224
Strawberry ice cream is harder to get right then chocolate or vanilla.
Many brands just make it sweet with no real strawberry flavor. But GOOD strawberry ice cream? Now that's the good stuff. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:36 AM (sKqQm) Posted by: Doof at July 02, 2026 10:36 AM (1YtbS) 226
Saratoga Potato Chips (Saratoga Springs, NY), created in 1853, are considered the first potato chips ever made.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:37 AM (N39Ws) 227
Speaking it's a is, anyone else get yelled at for scooping out the chocolate and vanilla in the Neapolitan ice cream and leaving the strawberry?
Posted by: polynikes ___________ No, but I did just yell at the wife for picking all of the M&Ms out of jar of trail mix. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 10:37 AM (XvL8K) 228
wonders what dafuq is going on with this "art" thread"
Well, there are limits to what one can do with Prussian venison. Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:37 AM (XuXeR) 229
Lunch in high school was a bag of chips, a (full size!) Snickers and a Pepsi.
********** I'll see you and raise you a Hostess cherry pie and a 16 oz. carton of chocolate milk. *chef's kiss* Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (I0N4X) 230
Polynikes and man -
Others out there that don't like chocolate. And all these years I thought Mrs OCiS was a unicorn. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (N39Ws) 231
Spumoni.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (afJtY) 232
Remember when just signing the MOU meant that Iran would get an immediate wire transfer of $300 billion?
"@Osint613 Responding to reports that $3 billion in Iranian funds would be unfrozen, a U.S. official tells the Jerusalem Post: "No frozen funds have been released and no frozen funds will be released unless Iran meets the requirements outlined in the MOU. As the MOU outlines, the United States must approve how the funds are used. If Iranian assets are released, they will be used to purchase American agricultural products from American farmers to feed the Iranian people."" Oh, and they can't sell their oil despite the waivers, so they're not even making money on that. "@business A hoard of Iranian oil is building up at sea, as the Islamic Republic struggles to find buyers before the expiry of a 60-day window granted by Washington" Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (hWfuL) Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (5eUqU) 234
M. C. Escher walked to school uphill, both ways.
Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (Fi81e) 235
If you're ever driving on I-81 in Virginia, visit Route 11 Chips in Mount Jackson (exit 269), see their factory, and gorge yourself on a variety of free samples.
WARNING: there's a Buc-ee's near Harrisonburg now. Posted by: Snack Food PSA at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1) 236
Damn. Now my diabetic self wants ice cream.
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ) 237
Whatever happened to your ice milk?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 * Had to strategically rationalize the product line to boost gross margins. Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 *** Translation: Couldn't get the cows to stand in the refrigerated section long enough! At ten I preferred ice cream, of course, but even an ice milk cone on a hot day from the little ice cream truck was a treat. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:39 AM (wzUl9) 238
235 If you're ever driving on I-81 in Virginia, visit Route 11 Chips in Mount Jackson (exit 269), see their factory, and gorge yourself on a variety of free samples.
WARNING: there's a Buc-ee's near Harrisonburg now. Posted by: Snack Food PSA at July 02, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1) That's my route to from NH to FL. Will definitely keep that in mind for our next road trip. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:39 AM (N39Ws) 239
So Frederick the Wise was a member of the Elector set?
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:40 AM (I0N4X) Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:40 AM (XuXeR) Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 10:40 AM (2WIwB) 242
No, but I did just yell at the wife for picking all of the M&Ms out of jar of trail mix.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 02, 2026 *** How about picking all the raisins out of the Raisin Bran and then *throwing them away*? Raisins look to me like little dead wingless flies. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:41 AM (wzUl9) 243
It was a proud moment for Frederick venison graduated from knickers to long pants.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 02, 2026 10:41 AM (I0N4X) 244
In my neighborhood, uphill both ways, there was a guy who would come around and sharpen stuff for you. Kitchen knives, lawnmower blades, yard tools, whatever.
Posted by: Don Black We had an old guy do that in St. Louis growing up. Had a push cart with a sharpening wheel. Must have been '68 or '69. Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:41 AM (kvW9k) Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 10:42 AM (XuXeR) 246
If you have election for more then four hours call your doctor!
Posted by: The warning on viagra in Japan at July 02, 2026 10:44 AM (sKqQm) 247
If you have election for more then four hours call your doctor!
Posted by: The warning on viagra in Japan at July 02, 2026 10:44 AM (sKqQm) --- Hello, doc,... Posted by: California at July 02, 2026 10:45 AM (Fi81e) 248
190 "(do some pushups, it'll go away)"
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:45 AM (R11M+) 249
Some of you might remember Charles Chips
sold out of the Charles Chips truck driving down your street Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:26 AM (jjSWr) I forgot about them. Shit yeah, they were good. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 10:46 AM (snZF9) 250
191 i think my technique involved kicking their shins and running.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+) 251
Just heard that more people die in Europe from a lack of A/C than Americans die by gun deaths.
A real savings there, huh, Europe? Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:48 AM (Fi81e) 252
Damn! There's a big fat gopher sunning itself by its burrow in my yard. And the .22 is in the garage...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 10:49 AM (1z8ji) 253
Electors were just royalty in charge of a country/state. There wasn't that many.
Not long a podcast on the Empire, can't remember which podcast it was on Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 10:49 AM (sgkY8) 254
In my neighborhood, uphill both ways, there was a guy who would come around and sharpen stuff for you. Kitchen knives, lawnmower blades, yard tools, whatever.
Posted by: Don Black We had an old guy do that in St. Louis growing up. Had a push cart with a sharpening wheel. Must have been '68 or '69. Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:41 AM (kvW9k) That sounds about right. I was really young and remember the guy from my grandmother's neighbor hood in NJ. Back then a lot of the knives were the good carbon steel and a lot of the women in the neighborhood would all be hanging around the dude's cart getting knives sharpened and uh..gossiping. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 10:50 AM (snZF9) 255
252 Damn! There's a big fat gopher sunning itself by its burrow in my yard. And the .22 is in the garage...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 10:49 AM **** On my way. Posted by: Bill Murray at July 02, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1) 256
Just heard that more people die in Europe from a lack of A/C than Americans die by gun deaths.
A real savings there, huh, Europe? Posted by: Axeman at July 02, 2026 10:48 AM (Fi81e) A brit did the math. 15,000 gun deaths verses 60,000 heat deaths. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 10:52 AM (snZF9) 257
252 Damn! There's a big fat gopher sunning itself by its burrow in my yard. And the .22 is in the garage...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2026 10:49 AM (1z8ji) Send it. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 02, 2026 10:52 AM (N39Ws) 258
Trump is going to lose the midterms because of oil, guys. Things won't change from April.
I'm waiting for the yoots to notice that rents are dropping and not because of muh socialism. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 10:53 AM (sgkY8) 260
34 ... m "I mention this because I just watched another documentary on WC focusing on his painting life."
polynikes, Which documentary and is it on YT? Thanks. Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2026 10:53 AM (yTvNw) 261
168. Woo hoo! Top cities with illegal aliens:
Posted by: LASue You gotta be kidding me. NE and SW Philadelphia are swamped, and it's bleeding quickly to the ring counties. Southwest Philly is basically African culture; the NE is Ukrainian and a mix of many others. (It's especially obviously in the NE Philly public schools bursting at the seams like no other area, while others are practically empty or rapidly losing school age population.) My county has been the preferred living site by Liberian warlords. No kidding. AI Overview: These warlords weaponized the system by hiding among the tens of thousands of innocent Liberian refugees who legitimately fled the civil wars and legally settled in Southwest Philadelphia and Delaware County. It explains exactly why local trust in the immigration system fractured. While the vast majority of the community arrived through legitimate federal refugee programs, the reality that top-tier war criminals managed to slip through the cracks, obtain legal status under false pretenses, and blend into the Philly suburbs for decades is a stark reminder of the system's vulnerabilities. That and Philadelphia International Airport. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 02, 2026 10:54 AM (NFX2v) 262
Oh. That's why my little brother bears such a strong resemblance to the old neighborhood "knife sharpener."
Posted by: Now it's making sense at July 02, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1) 263
229 three ice cream sandwiches and three half pints of milk (subsidized, the milk was a few cents) all through junior high. unless you bought a hot meal ticket from the dark market. chicken ala king!
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:54 AM (R11M+) 264
The HRE electors were the ones that got to vote for who the next emperor would be
It wasn't directly tied to their power as an independent state within the HRE though which is interesting. Bohemia, Saxony, Brandenburg, Palatinate, Mainz, Trier, Cologne. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (sKqQm) 265
if I could be 13 again I would be a shameless flirt with the girls instead of the extremely shy lad I was
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 10:23 AM (D2O3S) So, your aim is to be expelled on the first day of school and put on a list? Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e) 266
And after you finished the chips, you saved the big can, because you might need a big can someday
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (jjSWr) 267
Oh. That's why my little brother bears such a strong resemblance to the old neighborhood "knife sharpener."
Posted by: Now it's making sense Yeah. Posted by: The Mailman Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (kvW9k) 268
On Spotify or Apple Podcasts maybe other places
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (sgkY8) 269
Doesn't look like hunting. Looks like it's set up for people to kill something just for the sake of killing.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 02, 2026 10:56 AM (g8Ew8) 270
And after you finished the chips, you saved the big can, because you might need a big can someday
Posted by: Don Black I miss the big Folgers cans. Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:56 AM (kvW9k) 271
the local chips here have always been jay's. they are perfect.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:57 AM (R11M+) 272
Our local frozen custard place’s flavor of the week is “Red, White and Blue”.
May need to get some just because of that and I don’t even know what red white or blue tastes like. Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2026 10:57 AM (Wmg4n) Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e) 274
240 kumzoutloose.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:57 AM (R11M+) 275
242 way more fun than buying bran flakes.
Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+) 276
Big cans are good.
Posted by: Jayne Mansfield at July 02, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1) 277
The HRE electors were the ones that got to vote for who the next emperor would be
It wasn't directly tied to their power as an independent state within the HRE though which is interesting. Bohemia, Saxony, Brandenburg, Palatinate, Mainz, Trier, Cologne. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (sKqQm) --------- Bavaria was made into an electorate during the 30 Years' War, to get another Catholic elector. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 02, 2026 10:59 AM (amcLV) Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:59 AM (jjSWr) 279
https://tinyurl.com/5d4vzazr
Link to Spotify Prime & Load Podcast on HRE Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (sgkY8) 280
I miss the big Folgers cans.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 10:56 AM (kvW9k) You can still get them. But they're plastic and not air tight, and they cost $142.50. Posted by: GenX at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (JCLJi) Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (Q3Z2/) 282
214 207 Whatever happened to your ice milk?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9) Had to strategically rationalize the product line to boost gross margins. Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX) Wasn't gross just on the margins, it was gross through and through. Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:33 AM (LHPAg) Ice milk is from Stan. I remember when McD's changed their soft serve to ice milk (they say it was just low-fat, but the texture changed, so I call BS.) Their caramel sundae was my go to cheap treat from its introduction, but the first spoonful after the change was my last one. Dangit. Now I want one.... Posted by: goozer at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (eTh1u) 283
24 north part of this town (affluent) still has the pedal trike with the grinding wheel. he gets a dollar an inch, just like paolo.
i'm at the southern border. Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 11:00 AM (R11M+) 284
Nood.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS) 285
Rant up
Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (kvW9k) 286
267 Oh. That's why my little brother bears such a strong resemblance to the old neighborhood "knife sharpener."
Posted by: Now it's making sense Yeah. Posted by: The Mailman I agree. Posted by: The Milkman Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 02, 2026 11:01 AM (/enuJ) 287
246 i tried those once, got stuck in my throat.
had a stiff neck for a week. Posted by: cmeat at July 02, 2026 11:02 AM (R11M+) 288
And after you finished the chips, you saved the big can, because you might need a big can someday
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 10:55 AM (jjSWr) Nah, just marry one with big cans. Posted by: Good Humor Ice Cream Man at July 02, 2026 11:02 AM (wVcYX) The Morning Report — 7/ 2 /26
Julie had told police that Allison was allegedly making threats, including “suicide by cop,” and claimed Allison had stolen her car. She also “alleged that Howlett would frequently put on body armor, grab a rifle, and tell her partner to take her to a homeless shelter, alluding to the idea of shooting homeless people.”And now the other part of my parable... A Wisconsin transgender activist has released a run of videos telling people to “kill your local Republican” and vowing a “trans jihad” against MAGA. Conservative commentator Dustin Grage posted the footage to X on July 1. In one clip, Teha Delaruelle speaks against a background displaying the words “Kill Your Local Republican,” then points to the message. “We’re going to make this the moderate position for the state of Wisconsin,” Delaruelle says, giving followers a one-month window to act. Is it hormones gone crazy or do they just want us dead? Yeah, they want us dead. Who are the so-called Democratic Socialists of America and their fellow travelers? While it is difficult to generalize, many current and would-be socialist officeholders share several common traits. . . In sum, Democratic socialism is a top-down movement run by insulated elites who have little understanding of—or genuine interest in—the lives of millions of ordinary Americans living outside the walls of their parochial cloisters. The Communists are finally making their move. I’ve been waiting and preparing for this for a long time. It’s easy to be a Communist -- All you have to do is say, “I’ll give you everything,” but that means you’re taking it away from others that have earned it. Over thousands of years, that Ideology has not worked once. The game is on. Enjoy watching! President DONALD J. TRUMP I disagree with the president in one respect. This isn’t a spectator sport. We all have skin in the game. Our mission is to rally voters and contain and defeat yet another run at turning America into a socialist “paradise.” And we're going to have to do something and fast lest our skin be turned into lampshades, like what was done 80 years ago by Democrat role models from the National SOCIALISTS of Germany. That or be gunned down by some transexual Frankenstein monster with an AR-15 It really is us or them, so happy 250th America! Have a good day,
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Yonder Horde
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 07:37 AM (jehhT) 2
Happy Thursday
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (/+uur) 3
Meow
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (w3u3d) 4
Good morning horde!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ) 6
BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 07:39 AM (x8PQF) 7
yay it's morning
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 02, 2026 07:39 AM (CWTWj) 8
Happy Fourth of July Eve Eve, J.J.!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 02, 2026 07:39 AM (kpS4V) 9
Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX) 10
Thank you J.J. Much appreciated.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ) 11
Transgender Democrat Activist Urges Followers To ‘Kill Your Local Republican’
Media: Republicans cause violence by refusing to cease existing. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e) 12
Willowed:
Dharma and Greg ===== Bridget Loves Bernie was much better. **Abie's Irish Rose has entered the chat** Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 07:41 AM (qRla/) 13
Good morning JJ and horde
TGIGAF Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 07:42 AM (sgkY8) 14
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
if mrs wong comes to the u.s., gives birth a week later, and ten days after that goes back to china, is the child "subject to the jurisdiction" of the u.s.? seems like a point not raised Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 02, 2026 07:44 AM (CWTWj) 15
Last night, I was called by a polling firm on my local, formally closely held number to my iPhone.
I answered the questions. It was a push poll of State Dem candidates. My frank answers on Dems led to the call being terminated after 5 minutes. Then I blocked him and reported abuse. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ) 16
{ A Wisconsin transgender activist has released a run of videos telling people to "kill your local Republican" and vowing a "trans jihad" against MAGA. }
Name of the individual: "Teha Delaruelle" Status: Easily chargeable as "Accessory to the crime" for any murder of a Republican that happens in that area. Life is hard. It's a lot harder when you're stupid. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 07:44 AM (O7YUW) Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX) 18
Thank you JJ. Prayers for you and your wife
I’m not the old person to say this: 250 just does not have the same exciting vibe that 200 had in 76. The spirit of 76 was everywhere that year Maybe it’s just because I was young then and everything was new and exciting. Now I’m 29 and everything is routine Get off my lawn!!! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 07:45 AM (D2O3S) 19
‘I’m Going to Help Build a Third Party’: Tucker Carlson Drops Political Bombshell
Tucker Carlson couldn't drop a bombshell if he had free overnight delivery from Acme. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e) 20
"Gov. Tim Walz pardons illegal migrant convicted of sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl"
What a guy. He would make a great VP. Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 07:46 AM (MWfyi) 21
No Path, No Votes: Inside the GOP Revolt Threatening Trump’s SAVE America Act
I wish Trump would take a page out of J. Edgar Hoover's playbook and have Kash Patel draw up a dossier on every nickelfucking GOP parasite blocking the SAVE Act. I can guarantee you that every single one of them is guilty of bribery, collusion, sex offenses or anything else that would earn them a stay in the slammer. Show the bastards what you have on them and promise you'll reveal it all on prime time if they don't do what you want. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 07:47 AM (qRla/) 22
"What the hell happened" is that we allowed them to infiltrate our educational system. It began in the 30s, and is covered in well in Bella Dodd's "School of Darkness." She was an early Communist in the New York system.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2026 07:47 AM (fZiTB) 23
No Path, No Votes: Inside the GOP Revolt Threatening Trump’s SAVE America Act
If it won't pass during this Congress then no harm is done by holding the vote so we can see who has the balls to vote against it. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e) 24
"The Communists are finally making their move."
The people commanding the takeover are not ideologues. The professed ideologies are disguises to dupe the followers. The goal is tyranny. Posted by: davidt at July 02, 2026 07:49 AM (Q+gd/) 25
Remember: we live in a federated system (I won't be so generous as to call it a republic) where these bloodthirsty Jacobins and their mutant foot soldiers control all the levers of power. If we remain under their thumbs, we'll all be exterminated before there's a tricentennial.
Unless there isn't one. National divorce, now, before it becomes a total bloodbath, please. We'll get one no matter what, but that gives us the best fighting chance. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2026 07:49 AM (BI5O2) 26
I wish Trump would take a page out of J. Edgar Hoover's playbook and have Kash Patel draw up a dossier...
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 07:47 AM (qRla/) For better or for worse, not Trump's style. He's more Boy Scout than a Hoover. I hope I'm wrong. Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2026 07:50 AM (fZiTB) Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI) 28
Ross Perot drove me nuts in 92… he rubbed me the wrong way and I was sure he cost Bush Sr that election. But in retrospect, Perot was a kind of early whisper of the Trump to come 24 years later. In fact IIRC, Trump was briefly in Perot’s reform party
Looking back on it now, if Perot had not acted so erratically (jumping in and out of the race; making outlandish charges about his daughter’s wedding) he might well have ended up winning that election! One of our moron authors ought to write an alternate history novel with that scenario. Interesting to wonder how different history would’ve been… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 07:50 AM (D2O3S) 29
30th!
Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula at July 02, 2026 07:51 AM (562sf) 30
Ordinary American
I was in the local office of my Congressman yesterday. Had a conversation with the receptionist while waiting. She was pre-law, political science major with a minor in philosophy. She was all shiny persona. But clearly uneducated. She had never heard of Thomas Sowell. I recommended Visions of the Anointed to her. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ) 31
> no country can survive what the Supreme Court has just prescribed for the United States of America.
Lets make this clear: The millions of people who fought and died to keep and preserve this nation should not have their actions be negated by five stupid women. We went to war and committed a nation to stopping Nazism. We spent decades and trillions of dollars to stop Communism. The five women need to be ignored. The nation just doesn't commit suicide just because of five deranged voices. Adam should say No to Eve. Posted by: Community Notes at July 02, 2026 07:52 AM (nAS9C) 32
Looney tranny attempts to mass murder people is kind of a dog bites man story at this point.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 02, 2026 07:52 AM (dK+Kv) 33
Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde. Posted by: Inogame at July 02, 2026 07:53 AM (53oGX) 34
"Is it hormones gone crazy or do they just want us dead?"
A two-layer cake of perversion and murder-lust, with a nice tart filling of demon-possession to add the final touch. Posted by: Codfanglers at July 02, 2026 07:53 AM (f93Fd) 35
There were at least 2 trannies in the Dallas Antifa group that are getting years long sentences.
2 were calling each other their wife. But the DOJ ain't f'ing around, even the ones who cooperated are getting several years. They are not the only tranny Antifa terror cell, they are just the 1st convicted Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 07:54 AM (3cUTc) 36
National divorce, now, before it becomes a total bloodbath, please. We'll get one no matter what, but that gives us the best fighting chance.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2026 07:49 AM (BI5O2) ===== You won't get the one without the other. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX) 37
The one thing every national political movement needs more than anything is money. Without funding Mamdani and the DSA would never be anything more than a few angry wannabe communists shouting into the wind.
There is a tremendous amount of overlap in the funding for radical leftist groups like Code Pink, ANSWER and other communist, anti-war organizations and the DSA. And many if not all of those links lead back to China and Neville Singham among others. China is the leading communist country in the world has been singularly focused on crushing the US for decades. Stop the money flow and end the communist threat. Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 07:55 AM (viF8m) 38
27 The congressman with no record, Byron Donalds
-- JJ, linkage circles back here. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI) should be Fixed, thanks! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 07:55 AM (x0n13) 39
At this point nothing done by trannies surprises me. They’re deeply disturbed, mentally ill and deranged people. The people who pushed and encouraged this lunacy really have a lot to answer for… that includes of course the moms who intentionally transed their kids. Insanity
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 07:56 AM (D2O3S) 40
“National SOCIALISTS of Germany”
Who were totally fine with private property. (The German Democratic Republic was not a democracy nor a republic.) Posted by: Cow Demon at July 02, 2026 07:57 AM (4g5V+) 41
> [Trump] is more Boy Scout than a Hoover.
We need a war time consigliere. Five women, three of whom just flat out hate this country and are doing their damnedest to destroy it, and the other two who would rather abide by Toddler Ethics† than the Constitution shouldn't authorize the end of freedom as we know it. † Don't hit, Don't say mean things, Share. Posted by: Community Notes at July 02, 2026 07:57 AM (xE0sV) 42
good morning JJ, Horde
Yes, the rabid woke and the reds want you dead. And a whole lot of liberals will clap if they succeed. Posted by: callsign claymore at July 02, 2026 07:58 AM (/6r4m) 43
"We need a war time consigliere."
I had thought that would have been Stephen Miller. Apparently not. Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2026 08:00 AM (fZiTB) 44
Good morning good people. Made it to the beach after a 12 hour drive.
I spilled half of my first cup of coffee on my shirt. Switched to Woodford Reserve as the blues and spanish grouper are biting and that protesting asshole USAF MAJ was arrested. 'Murica!! Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2026 08:02 AM (NXz0i) 45
The popular reaction and commentariat blowback against Barrett has been strong. I wonder if she escapes her little Georgetown bubble to understand how despised she has become. Probably doesn't care.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2026 08:03 AM (fZiTB) 46
Trannies will be hunted like rabid dogs if they push far enough.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 02, 2026 08:04 AM (rJ48h) 47
Gadzooks, the Byron Donalds link paints a less than stellar look at the guy. Granted, I'm not in FL and have only seen him from afar in clips and such, but I liked him and thought of him as a conservative warrior that could do great things in his political career. Maybe so, but I didn't realize his record was so...thin, shall we say.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI) 48
JackStraw
We need to send CIA money to the top dogs in the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Guard Bureau. Make the purges of top officials even more frantic. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ) 49
"We need a war time consigliere."
I had thought that would have been Stephen Miller. Apparently not. Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2026 08:00 AM (fZiTB) I love Trump; he’s awesome. But the reality is — He’s a deal maker. The art of the deal. It’s his persona and his self image. Add to that he’s of an age and generation that has an ingrained subconscious belief in institutions. He never was nor will he ever be a revolutionary. You could see this in how he reacted to a stolen election, his legal persecutions and now the judicial usurpations. He’s always gonna work within the system and attempt reforms. He’s not gonna burn it down Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 08:06 AM (YetvJ) 50
>>"We need a war time consigliere."
>DOJ launches grand jury probe into Marxist mogul Neville Roy Singham's funding of leftist groups https://tinyurl.com/yc9pk3ne Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:06 AM (viF8m) 51
“National SOCIALISTS of Germany”
Who were totally fine with private property. ===== This is a vast over-simplification. They were not totally fine. "Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz" Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX) 52
There will be no national divorce. It's unworkable.
There could be a nasty civil war however. The winner of that takes all. The left's itching for it because they think they'll win. They're certainly aggressive enough. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 08:07 AM (jehhT) 53
The popular reaction and commentariat blowback against Barrett has been strong. I wonder if she escapes her little Georgetown bubble to understand how despised she has become. Probably doesn't care.
-- OA, I'm 100% convinced they do not care, even if they were to leave their bubbles. It's not like she'll ever reexamine her opinion and she'll issue a correction. They don't care what the implications of this terrible ruling are. It won't ever affect them. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI) 54
"Settlement involving 3 firms forces egg producers to donate millions of eggs to food banks pay $3.3 million in civil penalties."
So people who don't work get free eggs from people who paid too much for them. I think there is a term for this. Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi) 55
Switched to Woodford Reserve as the blues and spanish grouper are biting"
Now that sounds like a day to enjoy! Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 08:09 AM (XuXeR) 56
Tennessee now joins a growing number of states that have passed similar laws making entry by illegal aliens a state crime.
-- If it sticks, this is a magnificent approach. Wonder if SC is one of those growing number of states. We sure seem to be very slow followers to other red states that are trailblazing a solution to problems that DC will not fix. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ) 58
52 There will be no national divorce. It's unworkable.
There could be a nasty civil war however. The winner of that takes all. The left's itching for it because they think they'll win. They're certainly aggressive enough. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 08:07 AM (jehhT) Doors song "5 To 1" comes to mind: "THey've got the guns but we've got the numbers." Or do they. Or do we have both guns and numbers?! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 08:09 AM (x0n13) Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 08:09 AM (O7YUW) 60
54 "Settlement involving 3 firms forces egg producers to donate millions of eggs to food banks pay $3.3 million in civil penalties."
So people who don't work get free eggs from people who paid too much for them. I think there is a term for this. Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi) At least it's not going directly into D politicos and their shadow government pockets...the eggs have to actually show up...that's an improvement for us... Posted by: Nova Local at July 02, 2026 08:10 AM (tOcjL) 61
Utopia is boring. Man needs a little sin to keep his interest up.
Think of how boring Shakespeare would be. Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 08:11 AM (MWfyi) 62
>>We need to send CIA money to the top dogs in the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Guard Bureau. Make the purges of top officials even more frantic.
The hard part about knowing what's going on in a clandestine war is its clandestine. It's kind of silly after all these years to think Trump is clueless to what is happening and doesn't realize China is our number 1 enemy. He's been hitting them hard since taking office this term by taking out two of their top proxies, Venezuela and Iran. Strangling Cuba as well. And now his DOJ is going after his puppet that pours hundreds of millions into anti-war/pro-communist groups in the US. In the last 3 year there have been 7 elections in Latin America which had been trending marxist for years. All 7 were won by rightwing candidates. The game is afoot. Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:11 AM (viF8m) 63
So people who don't work get free eggs from people who paid too much for them. I think there is a term for this.
Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi) They should get free sperm . . . Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 08:12 AM (x0n13) 64
@31/Community Notes: "Adam should say No to Eve."
If only he had. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant Why do photos of Adam and Eve show them with belly buttons? Also, Cain killed a full 25% of the earth's population. A record never to be equaled btw. Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2026 08:12 AM (NXz0i) 65
There ought to be a law
There should have been a law The people need to pressure Congress enough to make a law. The states that making entry illegal are doing what needs to be done. Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 08:13 AM (afJtY) 66
... and all I can do is just shake my head and wonder what the hell happened?!
------------ You and me both, J.J. * cue the ending of the great Steve McQueen character in "The Sand Pebbles (1966) * /Not to mention a very hot 20-year old Candice Bergen ... Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:14 AM (KBK+H) 67
And I'm home again. I realized there was no point in being at work so now I'm done for the week.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 08:15 AM (/k3in) 68
Crude oil is about $67/barrel this morning. We are back to pre-war levels just as predicted.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:15 AM (viF8m) 69
Also, Cain killed a full 25% of the earth's population. A record never to be equaled btw.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2026 08:12 AM (NXz0i) -------------- "We tried our best!" -- Mao, Stalin, Hitler, and Pol Pot (Future Mt. Rushmore visages) Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:16 AM (KBK+H) 70
>59 If only Adam said "No" to Eve
The Garden was the first step in understanding Theodicy. The last step to understanding is "It is finished". So two totally different routes in today's episode: • "[God] makes nations great, and he destroy them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away -Job 12:23 • Recognizing that the Old Order (what we have today) is hopelessly broken, and ignore SCOTUS and set about establishing a New Order ala 7/4/1776 Posted by: Community Notes at July 02, 2026 08:17 AM (xE0sV) 71
Howlett would frequently put on body armor, grab a rifle, and tell her partner to take her to a homeless shelter, alluding to the idea of shooting homeless people.”
Remember when gender dysphoria was a problem that needed to be treated? Pepperidge Farms remembers. Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 08:17 AM (/k3in) 72
OA, I'm 100% convinced they do not care, even if they were to leave their bubbles. It's not like she'll ever reexamine her opinion and she'll issue a correction. They don't care what the implications of this terrible ruling are. It won't ever affect them.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI) ACB will never have to leave her bubble, nor will any of the SCOTUS knuckleheads. You’re absolutely correct, none of their stupid rulings will ever boomerang back at them…. It’s annoying (to say the least) Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 08:17 AM (YetvJ) Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX) 74
Wonder if SC is one of those growing number of states. We sure seem to be very slow followers to other red states that are trailblazing a solution to problems that DC will not fix.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI) Presumably our next governor is Alan Wilson. Not sure if he's a trailblazer or not. Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2026 08:17 AM (fZiTB) 75
Crude oil is about $67/barrel this morning. We are back to pre-war levels just as predicted."
XOM hardest hit, BTW. I laughed. 2.99 for gas, 3.99 for diesel yesterday. And still no empty shelves as I was promised nearly two years ago! *Cues up Country Roads in celebration* Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR) 76
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 02, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1) 77
PDT is hitting China but the Iran situation was a kick in the nuts to the Euros too. Their total vulnerability was exposed.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 08:18 AM (afJtY) 78
Is it hormones gone crazy or do they just want us dead?
----------- I'm surprised there's not a "Trans Gone Wild" franchise ... Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:18 AM (KBK+H) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 08:20 AM (x0n13) 80
As America’s 250th Anniversary Approaches, Columbus, Ohio Celebrates… Somalia
------------ "ALL DEATH CULT CULTURES ARE EQUAL, BIGOT H8RS!" Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:20 AM (KBK+H) 81
PDT is hitting China but the Iran situation was a kick in the nuts to the Euros too. Their total vulnerability was exposed."
Indeed. I notice a distinct lack of "world leaders" chattering on - it's more of a "WTF do we do now" attitude. I admit kinda fun to watch. Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR) 82
> Martini Farmer
Which side would the US Military fall on in a civil war? That is a key datum. Posted by: NaCly Dog ----------- I don't think the US Military will take one side or the other. Individual members might. How high up it goes would probably dictate what sort of weapons would be available. And that would be localized, I'd imagine. I don't think any sort of regular order would survive long in a full blown civil war here. YMMV Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 08:22 AM (jehhT) 83
I’ve been wondering who’s been behind the big push against building data centers, because it’s clearly been a high level, well financed, and nationwide campaign. I could not figure out who would profit by doing that.
So of course - it’s China through their avatar, Neville Singh. We’re the only real competition they face in the world; Europe has no energy to run data centers, so they’re out of the picture. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 08:22 AM (H8EHh) 84
69> Can killed off a full 25% of the earth's population.
Josephus reports that Adam and Eve spawned 64 children, he added "It would be too tedious here to name them". Pretty sure that A&E at the time of the murder also had some daughters along their (at least) two sons, because Cain wandered off with his wife to form his own city. Posted by: Community Notes at July 02, 2026 08:23 AM (xE0sV) 85
man
The EU upper roger-rogers keeping the air conditioning on while the peons suffer will have consequences. Loyalty up needs loyalty down. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ) Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 08:23 AM (sgkY8) 87
Throws down another prophet token. I doubt a civil war but I do foresee guerrilla kinect actions.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 08:24 AM (afJtY) 88
It really is us or them - spot on!
Happy 250th to JJ, the Horde, and all of America that loves it! Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 08:25 AM (VyBeY) 89
>>PDT is hitting China but the Iran situation was a kick in the nuts to the Euros too. Their total vulnerability was exposed.
There are two real sphere's of power in the world, the US and China. Under decades of weak leadership the west has been drifting away from the US and toward China which has been actively courting them. Don't need to look any further than Canada. Trump is attempting to realign the world and make the US the power center for free countries again. Look at South America. Look at the foreign investment flowing into the US. China is unsurprisingly hitting back. USAID was a huge step in kneecapping the flow of money into anti-US organizations but foreign money is still a major problem because of the spider web of NGOs, foundations and non-profits. That battle is heating up. Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:26 AM (viF8m) 90
Tom Servo
I'd laugh and laugh if the Chinese AIs, tasked with improving the Chinese economy, all recommended capitalism and the extinction of the Communist Party. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ) 91
Killing conservatives ALREADY IS the moderate position of the Democrat Party.
Were they not all cheering when Charlie Kirk was killed? Do they not daily express disappointment that someone hasn't killed Trump? And the GOPe wants to make a deal with them, find common ground, preserve the voting filibuster because these are just reasonable people who want what's best for America like all of us. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 08:28 AM (3cUTc) 92
I’m Going to Help Build a Third Party’: Tucker Carlson Drops Political Bombshell
Tucker Carlson couldn't drop a bombshell if he had free overnight delivery from Acme. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e) ********* Tucker Carlson has the biggest ego of anyone on the planet. He just wants to form a third-party because he knows it will fail. It will only elect the radical Democrat party, which will destroy the United States as we know it. And then Tucker will laugh with that maniacal laugh. He's as evil as Soros. Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC) 93
Also, Cain killed a full 25% of the earth's population. A record never to be equaled btw.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2026 08:12 AM (NXz0i) Ahem.... Posted by: Yersinia Pestis at July 02, 2026 08:28 AM (PLxDd) 94
> I’ve been wondering who’s been behind the big push against building data centers, because it’s clearly been a high level, well financed, and nationwide campaign. I could not figure out who would profit by doing that.
So of course - it’s China through their avatar, Neville Singh. ---------- China can't duplicate our AI. Their programming sucks. Their datacenters suck. But if we don't build out AI datacenters then China can, at least in their minds, lead that effort. There's speculation that AI like the stuff Anthropic is coding is years ahead of anything China has... and they're stealing every AI agent on the planet they can lay "hands" on so they can reverse engineer it for themselves. But their code sucks, as does their hardware. So they make an effort to stymie our efforts. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 08:29 AM (jehhT) 95
And then Tucker will laugh with that maniacal laugh. He's as evil as Soros.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC) That's what the Jews want you to think! Posted by: Cucker Tarlson fanboi at July 02, 2026 08:29 AM (PLxDd) 96
Trump is attempting to realign the world and make the US the power center for free countries again"
I would posit that the soccer tournament is a shining example of success on that score. It (the tourny) is a roaring success on all counts, and has flooded the world's media with an incredibly positive (not always on purpose) image of the States. It's these sort of events/times that drive a surprising number of current political events, and "we" are the shining city upon the hill to the rest of the world. May God keep her that way... Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR) 97
“I don't think any sort of regular order would survive long in a full blown civil war here.
YMMV Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 08:22 AM (jehhT)” It’s pretty clear from the historical record that, at least in modern times, civil wars don’t happen unless the Army splits in half and goes to war with itself. People forget that more West Point graduates joined up with the Confederacy than stayed with the Federals. It’s a big part of the reason that the hopes for some kind of uprising in Iran were crushed. Some had hoped that elements of the Iranian Army would rise up against their government; but in spite of Internet rumors to the contrary, they have remained completely loyal. Anyway, this is why talk of a new civil war in the US is silly. There could possibly be unrest and “a time of troubles”, but not actual civil war. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 08:30 AM (H8EHh) 98
Martini Farmer
Which side would the US Military fall on in a civil war? That is a key datum. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ) ------------- I remember back in '84 there was a "Combat Arms Survey" administered at the Twenty-Nine Palms Marine Air-Ground Combat Center with a specific question about firing on U.S. citizens who refused to turn over firearms banned by the government (Question 46): . 18.6 percent of the 300 active-duty Marines surveyed agreed with the statement; . 7.6 percent strongly agreed; however (the good news) . 42.3 percent strongly disagreed and 19.3 percent disagreed, totaling 61.6 percent who would oppose such an order. The survey also gauged willingness to serve under foreign command and participate in non-traditional domestic missions, such as drug enforcement and peacekeeping, with varying levels of agreement depending on whether the command was U.S.-led or United Nations-led. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:30 AM (KBK+H) 99
McConnell cannot make the Senate Floor, so that leaves Tillis, Murk, and Collins as no votes. Cronyn and Cassidy ?
So that is 49 for. Murk is a crazy cat lady, Collins gets a pass to save her seat. Trump needs to make a lobbying deal with Tillis. give him so gravy I guess Posted by: jonah at July 02, 2026 08:31 AM (YCxFk) 100
Bail of $500,000 was set Wednesday in Henderson, Nevada, for alleged would-be mass shooter Allison Howlett, a male transitioning to female.
KSNV reported that Allison is married to Julie Howlett. Police indicated that both Allison and Julie are “transitioning to female and are taking estrogen and progesterone.” this is fucked up as a welfare mothers checkbook Posted by: r hennigantx at July 02, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur) 101
>>I would posit that the soccer tournament is a shining example of success on that score. It (the tourny) is a roaring success on all counts, and has flooded the world's media with an incredibly positive (not always on purpose) image of the States.
I agree 100%. Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m) 102
Thank God Trump knows what's up. This is why that man was spared, I swear. I said we might not know the answer for years, but I think I know now. The commie menace is here for sure and prepared to go for the brass ring. Right now.
He is a one man wrecking crew and is under zero illusions about what this DSA "moment" really is. I detailed it here a few times last week, and I told you Trump would fight it at the time he thought appropriate. That time is now. People still have no idea what he is or has done. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 08:32 AM (pBF9D) 103
Senate races look much better, even with NY Times polls.
What is deal Ossoff? is he that popular in Georgia? Posted by: jonah at July 02, 2026 08:32 AM (YCxFk) 104
It is such a shame. the top example was a soul on the way to the range (its not a big drive to some good outdoor spots from Henderson) and the partner just swatted them. I woulda had thousands of rounds if I was taking that small portion of my stuff to the range here…
Posted by: epador at July 02, 2026 08:32 AM (TRnzq) Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR) 106
There's speculation that AI like the stuff Anthropic is coding is years ahead of anything China has... and they're stealing every AI agent on the planet they can lay "hands" on so they can reverse engineer it for themselves. But their code sucks, as does their hardware.
So they make an effort to stymie our efforts. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 08:29 AM (jehhT) An interesting comparison is China vs. Israel. They were both founded as modern states about the same time. In fact, Israel was pretty damned socialist for the first 30 years! Israel, with less land, far fewer natural resources, and far more significant national security issues has managed to become a 1st World country and a technological powerhouse. What is China's excuse? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 08:33 AM (PLxDd) 107
82 > Martini Farmer
Which side would the US Military fall on in a civil war? That is a key datum. Posted by: NaCly Dog ----------- I don't think the US Military will take one side or the other. Individual members might. How high up it goes would probably dictate what sort of weapons would be available. And that would be localized, I'd imagine. I don't think any sort of regular order would survive long in a full blown civil war here. YMMV Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 08:22 AM (jehhT) Logistics, logistics, logistics. The side that secures or captures the ammo manufacturing plants, best controls fuel and critical spares production and transportation, and all the other stuff USAF airbases and US Army field units need to move and fight, would have an advantage. A bigger advantage the longer a shooting civil war continues. This means, however, the disadvantaged side may destroy as much of the above infrastructure as possible. Especially if that side has no realistic hope of capturing infrastructure controlled by the enemy. In my opinion. How good are the air defenses of critical CONUS military and civilian bases and cities? Against cruise missiles and drones? Posted by: Gref at July 02, 2026 08:33 AM (5rh/l) 108
“ A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. ”
Matthew 12:35 Posted by: Marcus T at July 02, 2026 08:34 AM (VnVVA) 109
Gref
Our air power is parked on hard stands within easy missile or drone range to off-base enemies. There has been no move for protective revetments, even when the Ukraine drone attack showed a need for that. I be concerned. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ) 110
Today Is World UFO Day. 🛸
Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC) 111
I’m sticking with: Tucker Carlson lost his mind when he was fired by Fox. It happened when he was of an age to have a mid-life crisis. He’s having a full-blown one. He’d have been better off buying a convertible and having an affair like any normal middle-aged guy. Instead he’s melting down in full public view…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 08:37 AM (D2O3S) 112
For you Texicans out there, Talarico is DSA aligned.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:37 AM (viF8m) 113
Before there was suicidal empathy, the Republicans had perfected suicidal congeniality.
A pathological obsession with being liked by Democrats--especially if those Democrats hate them. Witness, John Cornyn would rather sponsor and pass a bill with Sheila Jackson Lee, than sponsor and pass a bill Trump supports. None of the few hundred thousand that vote for Lee, or Lee herself, will ever like John. Nevertheless, he bows and scrapes before them while ignoring his own voters. And the 75+ million that voted for Trump. Suicidal congeniality. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 08:37 AM (3cUTc) 114
103 Senate races look much better, even with NY Times polls.
What is deal Ossoff? is he that popular in Georgia? Posted by: jonah at July 02, 2026 08:32 AM (YCxFk) Lot of ads for him begging for money on YouTUbe up here in my neck of the Wisconsin woods. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 08:38 AM (x0n13) 115
Suicidal congeniality.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice Excellent summation and a new term to use. Thanks. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ) 116
> talk of a new civil war in the US is silly.
At least in the form of grey and blue uniforms. It will be more like guerrilla warfare. Luigi showed us the way. Juries are more frequently becoming tribal, women judges applying subjective Toddler Ethics rather than black letter law, the appetite for social "justice" having growing hotspots around the nation. "Citizen Vigilante" as a vector, has quite an approval following. A return to Tar & Feathers, becoming ungovernable, those entrusted with enforcing law becoming apathetic and disengaged. Think more about the score-settling after Katrina in New Orleans when it became totally lawless for a time. Lots of dead people who weren't killed by the storm. Posted by: Community Notes at July 02, 2026 08:38 AM (a3CJ+) 117
JackStraw, more like full blown . He's just hiding it .
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 08:39 AM (afJtY) 118
Tuck trying to siphon off Conservatives so the Marxists win
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 08:39 AM (sgkY8) Posted by: Fox Mulder at July 02, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1) 120
Good morning Horde, thx JJ.
Watters gives an interesting take on the Dem civil war. I still think this summer will be awful in big cities and they aren't looking good right now. Imagine if a George Floyd situation arose. The Dem Socialists would go full scale revolution. The old time Dems would be stuck . Would they follow the revolution or will they be moderate. If they're moderate the civil war explodes. Good times Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 08:40 AM (itsE0) 121
110 Today Is World UFO Day. 🛸
Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC) Not the Betty and Barney Hill to die on! "Interracial intergalactic David Duke and DSA!" Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2026 08:41 AM (x0n13) 122
Community Notes
Yup. Often times when the established order is changed, there is a spate of score-settling killings. Examples are France just after Liberation, Yugoslavia, and Cambodia. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ) 123
Carlson is being paid. Always was. It's no mental break.
Mental breaks would include the person seeming somehow different than they were. But he's not different. He's just saying different things. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 08:42 AM (pBF9D) 124
>>JackStraw, more like full blown . He's just hiding it .
And it goes beyond just money. Any DSA candidate immediately gets the support of all far left groups like Code Pink that all get funding from the same sources. It's like a stealth political party. Enemy of my enemy and all that. Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m) 125
An extreme Democrat wants to kill you. A moderate democrat wants the extreme Democrat to kill you.
Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 08:43 AM (pBF9D) 126
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I would think that most commenters here would reject mouthing vile things against their principles even if offered money. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. Tucker has deep problems. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ) 127
89 >>PDT is hitting China but the Iran situation was a kick in the nuts to the Euros too. Their total vulnerability was exposed.” From Wretchard yesterday: “ Shutting down the nuclear plants, banning drilling, outlawing coal, and closing refineries turned out to make economies vulnerable to blackmail from Iran and Russia. Now they realize it. Who would have thought? Only the dirty minded, right wing conservatives saw it coming as befitted their low nature. The high minded saviours of the planet were too noble to suspect..” Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 08:44 AM (H8EHh) 128
Ossoff and Talarico get about 90% of their money from other states.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 02, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur) 129
The popular reaction and commentariat blowback against Barrett has been strong. I wonder if she escapes her little Georgetown bubble to understand how despised she has become. Probably doesn't care.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2026 08:03 AM (fZiTB) I'm sure she knows. I'm sure she cares. But it's simple math. Rule against the right: The commentariat will say mean things. Rule against the left: They'll kill you. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 02, 2026 08:44 AM (xA5g+) 130
I saw Toddler Ethics open for Kid Rock at the Cubby Bear in '92.
Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:44 AM (KBK+H) 131
and all I can do is just shake my head and wonder what the hell happened?!
You got older and more jaded and cynical? Just guessing.🤔 Later on, young feller, you'll come out on the other side and realize it is what it is, so be at peace if not happy. As I said on the cafe thread last night, I think there is less enthusiasm for the "Semiquintennial" than the "Bicentennial" because "Semiquintennial" doesn't sound as cool. Follow me for more gibberish. so happy 250th America! Have a good day, Good day to you, too, Morning Reporter, and all the Morons at sea. Posted by: mindful webworker is ready for the day, mostly... at July 02, 2026 08:45 AM (qmcq7) 132
113> A pathological obsession with being liked by Democrats
And the Democrats has a pathological obsession to be liked by foreigners - one of the main drivers that led to the Nation ending Hart-Celler Act Posted by: Community Notes at July 02, 2026 08:45 AM (a3CJ+) 133
Ross Perot drove me nuts in 92… he rubbed me the wrong way and I was sure he cost Bush Sr that election. But in retrospect, Perot was a kind of early whisper of the Trump to come 24 years later. In fact IIRC, Trump was briefly in Perot’s reform party
Looking back on it now, if Perot had not acted so erratically (jumping in and out of the race; making outlandish charges about his daughter’s wedding) he might well have ended up winning that election! One of our moron authors ought to write an alternate history novel with that scenario. Interesting to wonder how different history would’ve been… Posted by: LinusVanPelt Ross Perot was a democrat who only ran in order to prevent Bush from winning. Perot had invested in land that his buddy democrat Jim Wright had gotten listed as a tax free zone, and NAFTA killed it. He was rewarded after the election by getting a social security remittance contract for his business by Clinton. Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 02, 2026 08:45 AM (T70K3) 134
Rule against the right: The commentariat will say mean things.
Rule against the left: They'll kill you. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 02, 2026 08:44 AM (xA5g+) ------------- And worse, NO MOAR D.C. Cocktail Party Invites! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:45 AM (KBK+H) 135
I would think that most commenters here would reject mouthing vile things against their principles even if offered money. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
Tucker has deep problems. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ) An alternate explanation is that he simply has no principles whatsoever, and never has. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 08:46 AM (H8EHh) 136
Good morning!
Not just Ohio, but Buffalo, NY canceled their July 4th celebration then hoisted the flag of Somalia. Also raised in Binghampton, NY and Boston, MA. Some alert go out to get this done? Somalia. What the actual f$%#?!?! https://tinyurl.com/as5u66b6 Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 08:46 AM (X8xt3) 137
Remember:
According to Roberts and Barrett, an illegal, illiterate Haitian, speaking no English, never paying and never will pay taxes, who snuck back in after being deported, if she gives birth with one toe on U.S. soil, that child has just as much right to decide the future of this country as you, who trace your family back to 1776. That is what the writers of the 14th, many whose grandparents fought in the Revolutionary War, intended. It's time for the DOJ to open an investigation into the illegal adoptions of Roberts and Barrett. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 08:47 AM (3cUTc) Posted by: Community Notes at July 02, 2026 08:47 AM (pUU4E) 139
IMHO we ain’t having no civil war in this country (my grammar is atrocious; misuse of a double negative amongst other errors… but you catch my meaning I’m sure). It won’t happen in my lifetime, half the military on one side, half on the other… big ground and land battles between them. Just won’t happen and I’m grateful for that as it would be unimaginably awful.
Low level violence is already happening and will continue… but that’s not a civil war even if it ratchets up. Things were worse in the Vietnam era and nobody calls that a civil war. It’s overwrought language Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 08:47 AM (D2O3S) 140
Ross Perot had a good reason to run. The UniParty was going to give you NAFTA no matter which of the two major parties you voted for. He offered the only alternative.
Tuq'r Qatarlson's just retarded. Posted by: Delurker at July 02, 2026 08:47 AM (2Drhq) Posted by: Ordinary American at July 02, 2026 08:48 AM (fZiTB) 142
Crude oil is about $67/barrel this morning. We are back to pre-war levels just as predicted.
Posted by: JackStraw Just needs to hold until Nov so the consumer psyche forgets the blip in the spring Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 02, 2026 08:48 AM (FxH7T) 143
One of our moron authors ought to write an alternate history novel with that scenario. Interesting to wonder how different history would’ve been…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt ----------- "After invading Kuwait, Perot nuked Iraq. Then he nuked Iran and Lebanon. There has been green glass and peace in The Middle East ever since ... The End." /A man can dream ... Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:48 AM (KBK+H) 144
Julie had told police that Allison was allegedly making threats, including “suicide by cop,” and claimed Allison had stolen her car. She also “alleged that Howlett would frequently put on body armor, grab a rifle, and tell her partner to take her to a homeless shelter, alluding to the idea of shooting homeless people.”
- An episode of Leave It To Beaver? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 08:49 AM (ndZc7) 145
Perot said he had all kinds of plans in 92 for when he got elected. He was on Today one morning and Couric asked him a specific question. He said that he had a plan that could the everyone but it was too long and he'd have to come back. Couric let it drop . I would have said "ok come back Friday and we'll go over it. Bye"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 08:49 AM (itsE0) 146
The Restore America Agenda:
- end the fake filibuster - pass the SAVE Act - bar citizenship to children of illegals - defund the courts Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 02, 2026 08:49 AM (3cUTc) 147
I would think that most commenters here would reject mouthing vile things against their principles even if offered money. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
Tucker has deep problems. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ) Our side simply does not understand the other side. We look at everything through our own lens (as one would expect). We think, for example, that leftists worry about appearing or feeling consistent. They don't give an unholy fuck about consistency. We do. Doesn't mean Tucker is a leftist. He is worse than a leftist. He will sell you out any day for any reason. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 08:49 AM (pBF9D) 148
35 There were at least 2 trannies in the Dallas Antifa group that are getting years long sentences.
I really hope they don't get to go to the women's prison. Gen Pop mens is what I hope for. Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 02, 2026 08:49 AM (gb+eN) 149
The Supreme Court in Slaughter held that the congressionally created for-cause “protection from removal is contrary to the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.” Specifically, the majority held that the “text, history, and structure” of the Constitution establish that by vesting “the Executive power” in “a President” of the United States, the Constitution grants the president the power to “remove his subordinates at will.”
=========================== But Lisa Cook is special, because she works for the Federal Reserve. Yet more evidence the Fed is inconsistent with Constitutional separation of powers and must be privatized in some manner. Either that, or it must be subjugated to tge Executive branch, one or the other. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 08:50 AM (WtHHI) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ) 151
Well, I'm off to contend with the 100% humidity and the heat. Ugh. G'luck to anyone else having to be outside today.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 08:52 AM (O7YUW) 152
Good morning!
Not just Ohio, but Buffalo, NY canceled their July 4th celebration then hoisted the flag of Somalia. Also raised in Binghampton, NY and Boston, MA. Some alert go out to get this done? Somalia. What the actual f$%#?!?! -------------- It's almost as if we've been invaded by third-world foreigners with the help and encouragement of the Anti-American Democrat-Communist Party ... or something. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:52 AM (KBK+H) 153
Professor Epstein from NYU Law wrote a good oped on the WSJ on how “Roberts Gets the 14th Wrong”. He also filed a very good amicus that’s worth the read.
Roberts and that idiot ACB got this completely wrong and in my opinion it’s ripe to be struck down by a future court. Posted by: Vengeance at July 02, 2026 08:53 AM (04KGT) 154
>>Transgender Democrat Activist Urges Followers To ‘Kill Your Local Republican’
I've posted this before, it was prescient: https://tinyurl.com/3ewr54be As we have seen so far, the left depends for its central strategy on politicizing resentment, and we’ve looked at several groups that the left has successfully managed to weaponize. We’ve also seen how the resentment of different groups differs in terms of its political value depending on how strong the resentment is and how well it can be maintained and controlled. What distinguishes transgenderism from other sources of resentment is that it is transformative. There is a well-developed process – running from self-identification to full-on surgical modification – through which one is initiated into transgenderism, a lifestyle that one cannot leave once the process has been completed (the dick cannot be un-chopped, so to speak). It should be clear at this point that transgenderism possesses this political benefit in addition to all the political benefits already mentioned for previous groups. . . Transgenderism is used by the left as a method of turning pathology and alienation into politically viable resentment. Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 08:53 AM (X8xt3) 155
Today Is World UFO Day. 🛸
Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC) ----------------- Females in space ships giving birth to new Americans are A-OK, says John Roberts Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 08:54 AM (WtHHI) 156
What is deal Ossoff? is he that popular in Georgia?
Posted by: jonah at July 02, 2026 08:32 AM (YCxFk) Kemp is the head of the corruption scheme in Georgia. He made the deal to put Ossoff in office. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 08:55 AM (H8EHh) 157
>>IMHO we ain’t having no civil war in this country
Maybe not in the traditional sense of war but a strong case can be made that we are already in a civil war. Polling shows that Republicans overwhelmingly love this country while at the same time Democrats hate it. And the divide is not small. Democrats hate this country so much that they have thrown in with people who want to, as Barry said, fundamentally change the US and make us a communist country. That's not hyperbole, they are openly saying it. I don't think there could be a more stark division and it's only heating up as people realize the stakes. Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:55 AM (viF8m) 158
Off to the ER...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX) 159
Democratic socialism is a top-down movement run by insulated elites who have little understanding of—or genuine interest in—the lives of millions of ordinary Americans
- In her book The Proud Tower, Barbara Tuchman makes this point about the anarchist terrorists in the 25 years leading up to WWI. She described it as the word and the deed. The elites in their ivory towers justify terrorism; i.e., the word, while useful idiots carry out the bloody work; i.e., the deed. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 08:57 AM (ndZc7) Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 08:58 AM (X8xt3) Posted by: man at July 02, 2026 08:58 AM (XuXeR) 162
>>IMHO we ain’t having no civil war in this country
Maybe not in the traditional sense of war but a strong case can be made that we are already in a civil war. Polling shows that Republicans overwhelmingly love this country while at the same time Democrats hate it. And the divide is not small. Democrats hate this country so much that they have thrown in with people who want to, as Barry said, fundamentally change the US and make us a communist country. That's not hyperbole, they are openly saying it. I don't think there could be a more stark division and it's only heating up as people realize the stakes. Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:55 AM (viF8m) --------------- As El Rushbo (and I think Dennis Prager) used to say: we've been in "a cold civil war" for decades now. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:58 AM (KBK+H) 163
I thought the court would ho Kavanaugh's way, and say The Trump EO violated legislation, and kick the question to Congress, where it would of course, die.
Instead we got the torturous reinterpretation of history and the Constitution from that idiot, John Roberts and the women's faction. 5-4, with five different opinions. I'd say this thing is far from settled law. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 08:58 AM (Fp2Vj) 164
The SC is sending the Cook case back to determine the outcome of the criminal cases . I think the SC is avoiding making a ruling on the Fed "independent" status by hoping Cook either resigns or is fired for cause and the case becomes moot
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 08:59 AM (itsE0) 165
Honey, the retard is awake.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 02, 2026 08:59 AM (J4Dwc) 166
Off to the ER...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX) =========== Moar prayers for Mrs.SFP Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:00 AM (Fp2Vj) Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 09:00 AM (kvW9k) 168
Whether there's a simmering civil war going on now is a matter of perspective. IMO
There's been several attempts to assassinate the president. A number of his supporters have been attacked or threatened. Some killed. There have been numerous plots to disrupt official events and potentially engage in mass murder. And, as others have noted, the political divide is getting pretty belligerent. It's certainly not isolated. And our government is split on it. The judiciary isn't. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 09:01 AM (jehhT) 169
A Wisconsin transgender activist has released a run of videos telling people to “kill your local Republican” and vowing a “trans jihad” against MAGA.
Any casual review of current politics will tell you that modern jihad - targeted violence against a group to make the survivors allow Islamic goals - has been incredibly successful. Why wouldn't any political group embrace their own version of jihad since it works so well? And this isn't theoretical, trannies are murdering normies and Christians on a regular basis already Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm) 170
Democrats hate this country so much that they have thrown in with people who want to, as Barry said, fundamentally change the US and make us a communist country. That's not hyperbole, they are openly saying it. I don't think there could be a more stark division and it's only heating up as people realize the stakes.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:55 AM (viF8m) Don't forget situational patriotism, as well. They hate the country a little less when their people are in power. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 09:02 AM (qRla/) 171
142> Just hold gas prices until November
Don't forget the usual winter blend kicks in which allows the mixing in of higher RVP butane (which is cheaper). Posted by: Community Notes at July 02, 2026 09:03 AM (+4Cf6) 172
...shooting homeless ....
Is that the freak's idea of a false flag? Kill a bunch of the wretched poors and people will think it was a MAGA gone amok? Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2026 09:03 AM (/lPRQ) 173
>>I would posit that the soccer tournament is a shining example of success on that score. It (the tourny) is a roaring success on all counts, and has flooded the world's media with an incredibly positive (not always on purpose) image of the States.
It's these sort of events/times that drive a surprising number of current political events, and "we" are the shining city upon the hill to the rest of the world. It is showcasing America as a people. The visitors are reporting experiences with lovely Americans all over the country - Americans, not [race/ethnicity/religion/gender/sexual orientation]. There is no, "gee, the gays are so much nicer here" or "the hospitality of the [hyphenated citizens] in this city was overwhelming!" They are simply enjoying all of us, no categories or divisions. It's wonderful! Our political class could take notice of this: visitors are enjoying our people, not "an idea." Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:04 AM (X8xt3) 174
I’m Going to Help Build a Third Party’: Tucker Carlson Drops Political Bombshell
Tucker Carlson couldn't drop a bombshell if he had free overnight delivery from Acme. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e) ********* Tucker Carlson has the biggest ego of anyone on the planet. He just wants to form a third-party because he knows it will fail. It will only elect the radical Democrat party, which will destroy the United States as we know it. Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC) It will roll out much like John Belushi in Animal House: "Who's with me? Let's go! AAaaaaaa..." (No one follows) Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 02, 2026 09:04 AM (nbLIj) 175
There's been several attempts to assassinate the president. A number of his supporters have been attacked or threatened. Some killed. There have been numerous plots to disrupt official events and potentially engage in mass murder.
As a point to consider, an old man in Utah posted vague comments threatening Biden during the Junta. A strike team was sent there and they killed him in his home. Why aren't we using the same standard with the people not only calling for Trump's assassination, but the vast network assisting his would be assassins? Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm) 176
Darializa Avila Chevalier’s Hostility to Interracial Romances and ‘Ugly Colonizer Women’ Earns Praise From Ex-KKK Grand Wizard David Duke
- Kill them all and let the KKK sort them out. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 09:04 AM (ndZc7) 177
SAN Franpsycho good luck and God bless to you and the Mrs
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 09:04 AM (itsE0) 178
5-4, with five different opinions. I'd say this thing is far from settled law.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 08:58 AM (Fp2Vj) That’s the good news. The bad news is that nothing can happen unti one of the 5 leaves the Court and is replaced by someone more sound. Assuming that none of the 4 are replaced by someone worse. Kurt Schlichter wrote a piece saying “it’s fine, it will be overturned in 20 or 30 years, easy.” But in 20 to 30 years, today’s birthright babies will be having babies of their own. Kurt, we don’t have 20 - 30 years to fix this. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 09:05 AM (H8EHh) 179
My idiot SiL is visiting here with my daughter and their kids. His voting Demofascist deives me slightly nuts, but I blame it on him spending too much time in academia getting degreed, and not enough time working for a living. So there is some (maybe small) hope, now that he has a job and a family to provide for.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:05 AM (Fp2Vj) 180
...shooting homeless ....
Is that the freak's idea of a false flag? Kill a bunch of the wretched poors and people will think it was a MAGA gone amok? I would assume the tranny in question liked the idea of killing people. Presumably as he was miserable and wanted to inflict similar misery on others. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm) 181
I would argue the Federal Reserve Act as structured is unconstitutional. There is nothing unconstitutional about creating a banking system per se. However the control over that system is the problem. Section 10 in particular which creates the board is problematic. It allows the executive to appoint board members but contrary to the executives power the court just ruled it doesn’t allow him to remove them. So which branch does the branch belong to- because I don’t see them on my copy of the constitution. BTW Congress cannot delegate its power and by extension the killshot at Humphreys Executor is clearly instructive in winding back these seemingly independent agencies throughout our government.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 02, 2026 09:07 AM (04KGT) 182
Darializa Avila Chevalier gave a truly bizarre interview recently, where she said she ran for Congress because finding work is too difficult.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:07 AM (Fp2Vj) 183
>Here's a chicken and egg example to illustrate the pickle we're in...
Simply Put:tldr https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsChickenRun https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ifLIBsWantAmerica2Fail https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250 Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 02, 2026 09:07 AM (GKrJ1) 184
>>I’m Going to Help Build a Third Party’: Tucker Carlson Drops Political Bombshell
This is all so tiresome. These conservatives and minor GOP politicians who've lost the love of the general public sound like the spoiled brat kids who want to break the board game/take the ball home if you don;t play by their rules (to let them win). Boo hoo. Sorry your feelings were hurt. Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:09 AM (X8xt3) 185
Darializa Avila Chevalier’s Hostility to Interracial Romances and ‘Ugly Colonizer Women’ Earns Praise From Ex-KKK Grand Wizard David Duke
David Duke became public enemy #1 when he ran for governor of LA. And endlessly the FNM kept repeating he was the face of Republicans. A few years later he came out against the WoT and wrote articles on it for the Arab News, damning Shrub and da JOOOOs. The FNM interestingly did not talk about his new role at all but on lefty forums you could occasionally find someone arguing "Yeah Duke isn't a good guy but I wish more Republicans were reasonable like him" Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:09 AM (sKqQm) 186
It just occurred to me how funny it would be if Tucker starts his 3rd party, but quickly finds there’s no real support from the woke right. So he pivots to the socialists, who do have significant support now, and they nominate AOC with Thomas Massie as her VP for a third party run.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 09:09 AM (H8EHh) 187
Mornin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ) 188
45 The popular reaction and commentariat blowback against Barrett has been strong. I wonder if she escapes her little Georgetown bubble to understand how despised she has become. Probably doesn't care.
Posted by: Ordinary American Perhaps she should have taken better notes in class. Posted by: Heirloominati at July 02, 2026 09:10 AM (ABXZT) 189
Why aren't we using the same standard with the people not only calling for Trump's assassination, but the vast network assisting his would be assassins?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm) ================ Ok, I'll tone it down! Posted by: Kathy Griffen at July 02, 2026 09:10 AM (Fp2Vj) Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:11 AM (X8xt3) 191
Darializa Avila Chevalier is flaunting her polysyllabic privilege.
Posted by: Guy with a monosyllablic first and last name at July 02, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1) 192
The interracial marriage thing is interesting because if you listen to the FNM about it the issue is all racist rightwing Republicans but the group most opposed to the idea are black women.
Of course there is further irony in that most black woman in America have white ancestors... Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm) 193
Cook won’t resign. Her lawyers will argue the charges and when they lose (because there is materiality and actual factual substance), they will move to arguing selective prosecution or some other nonsense.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 02, 2026 09:12 AM (04KGT) 194
I don't find talk of a civil war II funny at all
Keep seeing Marxists crying for killing their opponents, sooner or later they don't get their way bombings will start. Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 09:12 AM (sgkY8) 195
@190 Lizzy always got a laugh out of the No Labels people because No Labels is, in fact, a label
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 09:12 AM (itsE0) 196
As El Rushbo (and I think Dennis Prager) used to say: we've been in "a cold civil war" for decades now.
Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 02, 2026 08:58 AM (KBK+H) Cold civil war is more accurate; I’d agree with that. But omitting the word cold gives the wrong impression of tank and F15 battles between different factions of the US military; that ain’t happening As for political disagreements becoming kinetic (ie violent) to some extent. That is not civil war either… it’s isolated political violence which we’ve always had in this country. No one could accurately say we’ve had an ongoing civil war for 250 years; that’s ridiculous. I mean Burr killed Hamilton and the whiskey rebellion and the list goes on. But only one civil war 1861-65 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:12 AM (YetvJ) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 09:12 AM (ndZc7) 198
What is deal Ossoff? is he that popular in Georgia?
Posted by: jonah at July 02, 2026 08:32 AM (YCxFk) Polls are what we like to refer to as lies. After all, Talarico is totes popular in Texas... say the polls. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e) 199
190 What's the No Labels party up to these days? Anybody? Bueller?? Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:11 AM (X8xt3) They’re at the bar with John Cornyn, crying in their beer. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 09:13 AM (H8EHh) 200
190 What's the No Labels party up to these days?
Anybody? Bueller?? Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:11 AM +++ We're trying to figure out what's in all these cans of food. Posted by: Cling peaches again, dammit! at July 02, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1) 201
The popular reaction and commentariat blowback against Barrett has been strong. I wonder if she escapes her little Georgetown bubble to understand how despised she has become. Probably doesn't care.
Has there ever been a case of a full on GOPe traitor legislator/judge sitting down for an interview with a based interviewer? Having Barrett interviewed by say Nick Freitas or VDH would be fascinating. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm) 202
Who cares what Carlson does. He's just a propagandizer for al-Qaeda, their "Squealer" character from Orwell's Animal Farm.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:13 AM (Fp2Vj) 203
they will move to arguing selective prosecution or some other nonsense.
The left: No one is above the law Leftist officeholders: Except me Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm) 204
Anyone remember the Babylon Bee video where the Nazi and the DSA person basically agreed on everything?
Reality's collided with parody. Posted by: MJ at July 02, 2026 09:14 AM (XOmY9) 205
I mean Burr killed Hamilton and the whiskey rebellion and the list goes on. But only one civil war 1861-65
ironic, because that wasn't a civil war either - the South wanted to secede, not take over the USA. from the Northern POV I suppose it was. The North DID take over the entire country. Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 02, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2) 206
Tucker Carlson is the Weekly World News of podcasts.
Posted by: And he's Bat Boy at July 02, 2026 09:15 AM (2Ez/1) 207
but the group most opposed to the idea are black women.“
They all know they no black man will settle for a loud mouthed black woman when he can get a quiet white girl instead. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 09:16 AM (H8EHh) 208
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment. A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together Let's see if Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and all their guests follow Mamdani's request. Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC) 209
Birthright citizenship?
The 19th Amendment keeps on giving. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2026 09:16 AM (/lPRQ) 210
Anyone remember the Babylon Bee video where the Nazi and the DSA person basically agreed on everything?
Reality's collided with parody. Also, I remember an animated video where a couple of Antifa members building a time machine and bring a group of soldiers from the Normandy invasion to "fight Trump's fascism". The soldiers get antifa to discuss their views and Trump's views and decide antifa are the fascists before getting quickly sent back by the antifa members Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm) 211
Birthright citizenship?
The 19th Amendment keeps on giving. and it will do so until death of the republic Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 02, 2026 09:17 AM (j+aD2) 212
Asians are also very, very against interracial marriage.
Oh wait, I just realized the entire planet is against interracial marriage. Except us. Posted by: MJ at July 02, 2026 09:17 AM (XOmY9) 213
206 Bat Boy >>>>>>> Tucker Qatarlson
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ) 214
"...the entire planet is against interracial marriage. Except us.
Posted by: MJ at July 02, 2026 09:17 AM" Is this about us? Posted by: All the TV commercials at July 02, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1) 215
Darializa Avila Chevalier gave a truly bizarre interview recently, where she said she ran for Congress because finding work is too difficult.
Posted by: Huck Follywood Plus work is yucky. Everybody knows that. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 09:18 AM (ndZc7) 216
New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool.
I suspect if you want back to say 1966 and told people in 60s years that we would have trouble with the electricity grid on a regular basis in 2026 they'd ask just how much damage did WWIII with the Soviets do because obviously Americans couldn't be that incompetent with all that future technology and nuclear power they would have by then... Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm) 217
I think a lot of people were surprised at the feebleness and selectivity of Barrett’s arguments. It shows bias, and it’s not a good sign for the future. I am concerned about the rifle ban cases in the next term. I fear Barrett will come up with something out of thin air to deny that right or limit it in an especially egregious way.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 02, 2026 09:19 AM (04KGT) 218
What is deal Ossoff? is he that popular in Georgia?
------------- GA resident. He's very well liked. And he's a bit of a sleeper, too. He's a really good retail politician that tends to stay just under the national radar. Lots of people call him the white Obama because Ossoff adopted his speech pattern and he basically says nothing of consequence but sounds pretty good saying it. Lots of talk about him being a sleeper candidate for 28. Posted by: MJ at July 02, 2026 09:19 AM (XOmY9) 219
The biggest problem with work? You have to show up.
Posted by: Welfare queens everywhere at July 02, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1) 220
I’m Going to Help Build a Third Party’: Tucker Carlson Drops Political
Fixed for accuracy. Posted by: rickb223 at July 02, 2026 09:20 AM (kvW9k) 221
Asians are also very, very against interracial marriage.
In my own personal experience Asian women aren't too opposed to it. Asian men though? I hear they aren't happy seeing white guys with Asian women... Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm) 222
Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:09 AM (X8xt3)
The op was to split MAGA to usher in the communists and their 40% of voters practically unopposed who would then be in for good. They're still enacting the plan, but Trump saw the game long ago and defused it before it could go anywhere. 15 month ago they tried to use "Epstein" as the catalyst and when you look forward a year and see how Tucker and Candace have jumped straight to Israel, you can see where "they" thought they had the best chance of a true MAGA split. Where their intended fault line was. The Jews. Good gambit. But Trump killed it in the crib. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 09:20 AM (pBF9D) 223
Democrats hate this country so much that they have thrown in with people who want to, as Barry said, fundamentally change the US and make us a communist country. That's not hyperbole, they are openly saying it. I don't think there could be a more stark division and it's only heating up as people realize the stakes.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 08:55 AM (viF8m) ---------------- "They don't really mean it", I hear all the time. "It's OK to vote Madmani into office because he might do some food and we are strong enough to resist his communism!" To which I say, don't overthink things, and don't play with fire. He says he is your enemy, and hates America. Take him at his word. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:21 AM (aq6QB) 224
Apropos to nothing, my GiveSendGo has funded to - (checks page) - 69%.
Nice! Most Hordeworthy... Thanks again to all who have contributed! Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 02, 2026 09:22 AM (OUMaO) 225
223 "It's OK to vote Madmani into office because he might do some food and we are strong enough to resist his communism!"
---- Sorry, mistyped "good" as "food" Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:22 AM (aq6QB) 226
Recognizing that the Old Order (what we have today) is hopelessly broken, and ignore SCOTUS and set about establishing a New Order ala 7/4/1776
=== Yes! Double the speed of internet shitposting! Like the founding fathers did! Posted by: runner at July 02, 2026 09:22 AM (6eLrX) 227
>>Lots of talk about him being a sleeper candidate for 28.
Going to be difficult unless he becomes un-Jewish before then. Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 09:23 AM (viF8m) 228
The Epstein gambit from the left was an odd one.
They went immediately from arguing their were no Epstein files/clients in 2024 to arguing that obviously Trump was one in 2025. I've shared twitter posts from for example Stephen King doing this exact flip. And then...Trump just released the files. Which pointed at leftwing celebs, leftwing academics, and leftwing pols. The FNM then quickly moved on though you still occasionally find lefties arguing their are sekret Epstein files yet to be released. Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:23 AM (sKqQm) 229
Madmani goan do some food? Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: La'Shondra at July 02, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1) 230
The GOPe tells me that none of the stuff lefties, or Islamists, say are things they really mean.
But the stuff rightwing candidates say? Its all dog whistles for The Handmaid's Tale or 1984 or crap like that Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:24 AM (sKqQm) 231
Let's see if Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and all their guests follow Mamdani's request.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC) ----------- Are they finally getting hitched this weekend? Any bets on marriage length? Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:25 AM (aq6QB) 232
Did SCROTUS even attempt to pretend they were going with the 'original intent' of the 14th, or just go with making shit up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2026 09:25 AM (/lPRQ) 233
@228 the leftist women I know and a few leftist men are absolutely still stuck on Epstein. Bring up any national issue and they begin babbling about "Epstein, pedo, convicted felon". The elite may have moved on by the others are still rolling in it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 02, 2026 09:25 AM (itsE0) 234
>>@NYCMayor
New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment. - - - It is stupid for a Mayor to lecture people on how to behave when it's a typical hot summer day. You are our my parent. We are not children. This creeping trend of politicians and media thinking they need to tell us to do things like "stay hydrated" is insufferable. Do your d@mn job, which is a lot bigger and more complicated then: Tell people how to set thermostats - check! Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3) 235
I think the judiciary throwing in with the leftists is probably the most pressing issue we've got.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 09:26 AM (jehhT) 236
Ran out of work?
Guess degrees in Cultural Marxism are not going well Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 09:26 AM (sgkY8) 237
"Somewhere along the way, American politics became the only profession where you can skip work 161 times, accomplish next to nothing, and still get marketed like a Marvel superhero.
The congressman with no record, Byron Donalds" Knives are out for Donalds, a man who Trump supports. The question is, who is she proposing instead, James Fishback ? Posted by: runner at July 02, 2026 09:27 AM (6eLrX) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 09:28 AM (ndZc7) 239
Epstein files is at the same level of credibility as sharks armed with lasers and Jewish weather machines…. Yeah he wasn’t a nice guy, a sleaze but he didn’t control the entire apparatus of government… good grief
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:28 AM (YetvJ) 240
>> "Somewhere along the way, American politics became the only profession where you can skip work 161 times, accomplish next to nothing, and still get marketed like a Marvel superhero.
Sec. of Transportation Pete? Biden? Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:28 AM (X8xt3) 241
Americans and their way of life are the real attraction. What visitors are discovering, and enthusiastically sharing with the world, is that America’s greatest export isn’t just our innovation, sports, or entertainment. It is the everyday reality of American life itself: abundance, convenience, civility, and opportunity that many take for granted here but stand out as remarkable abroad. International fans have gone viral posting about self-serve ice machines and unlimited free refills in restaurants, the novelty of free bread or chips and salsa before the meal arrives, sprawling supermarkets stocked with endless product choices, and consistently polite, helpful customer service that feels refreshingly genuine.
=================== I'm loving all the social media tributes to America and Americans. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:29 AM (aq6QB) 242
Roberts WAS NEVER an originalist! NEVER EVER. Came to the bench with thin record and ...now we have what we have.
Posted by: runner at July 02, 2026 09:29 AM (6eLrX) 243
233 @228 the leftist women I know and a few leftist men are absolutely still stuck on Epstein. Bring up any national issue and they begin babbling about "Epstein, pedo, convicted felon". The elite may have moved on by the others are still rolling in it
Posted by: Smell the Glove It's that meme of NPCs getting their latest updates - always one who doesn't get it. Just looking at some oddball forum and topic was poor internet/bandwidth... had to get Starlinks... something about Musk (I guess saying his name was enough if you know)... but it's the only way to get the net... Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2026 09:29 AM (/lPRQ) 244
For those not in the know:
James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames 11h Woke 2.0 is coming. It's starting already. Rather than foregrounding identity politics, it will push: 1) Affordability (Marxist materialism); 2) Anti-corruption (ironic but an excuse to go after Trump); 3) Anti-Israel (pro-Palestine). It will be warm to political violence. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 09:29 AM (x8PQF) 245
Posted by: 18-1 at July 02, 2026 09:23 AM (sKqQm)
They tried to leverage Republican distrust of government AND their simultaneous patriotism against Trump by (it looks like) pairing it with Israel - and Epstein was going to be the way in to it all. Trump immediately called people crazies on Day 1 and dictated the size and shape of the intended split before it even got off the ground. Basically he kept one side fringe instead of letting them make it mainstream and giving people a "choice" between two things that seemed to make equal sense. Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 09:30 AM (pBF9D) 246
I’m now registered to vote in FL. Donalds has my vote. If he’s good enough for The Donald that’s enough for me
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 09:30 AM (YetvJ) 247
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Rape Gang Busted In The UK For Illegal Air Conditioner Use - From the Bee. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 02, 2026 09:30 AM (ndZc7) 248
Wokies are already warm to political violence.
Posted by: ... at July 02, 2026 09:30 AM (pBF9D) 249
Too late
Posted by: Don Black at July 02, 2026 09:31 AM (jjSWr) Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (viF8m) 251
Noodus gratia artis
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ) 252
Two Tier Kier announced the UK Defense Budget before resigning, replacing their current five frigates with what looks like some PT boats. No word on plans for buying new submarines yet, but the "Royal Navy" is going to soon be extremely small.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (aq6QB) 253
@247 The Bee is awesome!
Posted by: runner at July 02, 2026 09:32 AM (6eLrX) 254
Epstein files is at the same level of credibility as sharks armed with lasers and Jewish weather machines…. Yeah he wasn’t a nice guy, a sleaze but he didn’t control the entire apparatus of government… good grief
Posted by: LinusVanPelt Best I can figure out is he was an old school money launderer for the world's spooks and other shady business*.... and he always had some nubile young women to share like some sort of bar snacks, Chex mix, or yacht babes. * back before crypto and the net. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (/lPRQ) 255
I am an American living in Russia.
The only thing people here are angry about is that Putin hasn't turned Kiev into the backside of the moon yet. Putin is the moderate in Russian politics. Posted by: Kristophr at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (tB2Hh) 256
Putin is the moderate in Russian politics.
Posted by: Kristophr at July 02, 2026 09:33 AM (tB2Hh) The Russians are a strange people... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 09:34 AM (PLxDd) 257
Willowed but wth repost from ONT
@grok If a pregnant Mexican takes a flight to Canada and gives birth to her child while over the US, is that child a US citizen? https://bit.ly/grok-on-anchor-babies Spoiler, answer in brief: Yes. Posted by: mindful webworker with fresh Old Glory flying at July 02, 2026 09:35 AM (qmcq7) 258
>>I'm loving all the social media tributes to America and Americans.
Yes! It's nice to feel appreciated by these visitors, but it also is a good demonstration of what has been so distressing about the turbo immigration: this is what people are losing when you dump thousands of third world foreigners into small town America. Again, this is not a race/ethnicity/whatever category thing, this is an American culture thing - we have it (many variances, same spirit), it IS good, and we desperately don't want to lose it. Posted by: Lizzy at July 02, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3) 259
The Russians are a strange people...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2026 09:34 AM (PLxDd) Yea, they care about their country, and care that a bunch of Azov Battalion neo-nazis killed 20,000 ethnic Russians, with artillery fire into Donbas, from 2014 to 2022. Imagine, being patriotic, and not tolerating your people being killed. Very strange. Posted by: Kristophr at July 02, 2026 09:44 AM (QT56A) 260
Is it hormones gone crazy or do they just want us dead? Yeah, they want us dead.
The power of AND...Probably have untreated STDs that are rotting their brains too... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 02, 2026 09:47 AM (l3cgK) 261
Trans people are mentally ill people. It's easy to persuade them to butcher themselves, and when most of the blood dries they are still mentally ill. This group of people hate themselves, and everybody else. They are the kamikazes of the democommies.
Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2026 10:28 AM (LHPAg) 262
Today Is World UFO Day. 🛸
Posted by: redridinghood at July 02, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC) I want to believe. https://www.blipshift.com/products/close-encounter-2 Posted by: Moldy Skull at July 02, 2026 10:29 AM (wBRco) 263
'Morning, all, thanks J.J.
Chris Rabb is a silver spoon baby; highly educated, well known parents AND grandparents. He's another frigging CREATION: April 2016: I am pleased to announce that I have just received the endorsement of Americans for Democratic Action, Southeastern Chapter for my candidacy for State Representative in the 200th District. Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is one of the oldest liberal political organizations in the country. It was founded in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt, John Kenneth Galbraith, former Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and the late Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. I am deeply humbled by their support! Finally, after at least a decade, Rabb wins: An endorsement, Daily News, in part: "From the Iran war to healthcare, from climate to affordability, and from housing to immigration, Rabb has consistently offered the boldest and most ambitious leadership." AND "While his rivals tout big endorsements, Rabb has always relied on persuading voters." AND "The moment calls for a pugnacious presence." 👉Ground up control in wards, counties, states. "The government you elect is the government you deserve." Thomas Jefferson Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 02, 2026 11:12 AM (NFX2v) 264
satan happened.
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 02, 2026 11:40 AM (EKyYI) 265
Oh, look what's happening! We're so shocked!
Why? Where did you think the D party was heading for many years? (Just one little example) People's World, 'Hillary Clinton pledges to push Employee Free Choice,' July 31, 2015 Hillary was simply the easier path - vs Bernie - to progressive victory before Trump. And now she, Pelosi, Michelle Obama and Warren are the public "voices of reason" and party direction. --- Doubling back, "In the early 1990s, Rabb worked as an aide to U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun.[1] He then worked for the Clinton administration in the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business.[1]" Wikipedia --- Seldom brains, often tenacity, makes a lot of winners nowadays. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 02, 2026 11:46 AM (NFX2v) Daily Tech News 2 July 2026Top Story
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Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE) 2
G'Day everyone
If not Friday at least last work day of the week Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE) Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 04:38 AM (sAmhv) 5
Yesterday truck died, well wouldn't move at least. Luckily at dealership. Guy suspects a emergency brake problem.
Have a rental car again Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:39 AM (Ia/+0) 6
Morning horde...lets be careful out there.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 02, 2026 04:40 AM (S8cdb) 7
Nice video of The Platters. Thanks, Pixy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 04:42 AM (Bw1/o) 8
85 degrees already
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0) 9
I was going to take a walk but I got some more puttering to do before I go to bed. Go back to work tonight at 6pm and work right through the 4th. Hoping for a slow week as I'm basically working alone. A couple of new guys but they lack access to be truly useful. Oh well. It's the Fourth of July, all the important fussy bureaucrats are off. Should be quiet.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv) 10
Sorry about your truck problems, Skip.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 04:44 AM (Bw1/o) Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 02, 2026 04:45 AM (/HDaX) Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 04:45 AM (6wpGE) 13
Its steamy already
See you when I get there Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0) 14
I shouldn't be up. Love the Platters. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2026 04:53 AM (mmrXZ) 15
On this date in history-250 years ago
Caesar Rodney rides 70 miles through a rainstorm to break the deadlock on Independence at the Continental Congress. As far as people from Delaware go, I so much prefer Rodney to Biden. "Good News Network" site: https://tinyurl.com/yead62vr Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 04:53 AM (Bw1/o) 16
Morning all. Booked my ticket for "Young Washington". Looking forward to seeing it.
Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 04:56 AM (lJ0H4) 17
How old is the truck, Skip?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 04:57 AM (sAmhv) 18
Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 04:56 AM (lJ0H4
Good for you! Our family should do that as well. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 04:59 AM (Bw1/o) 19
Fable 5 is back? Groan.
It's a lot better than Opus, and right now I have a job to break AI models. Fable's MUCH harder to trick. Posted by: SimoHayha at July 02, 2026 05:00 AM (/ZkOF) 20
Good for you! Our family should do that as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke Most of the showings are pretty well sold out. Snagged a seat for late Friday afternoon. Hope it's a big hit money wise. Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 05:03 AM (lJ0H4) 21
I liked this Christian devotional from "Our Daily Bread" reflecting on teamwork, the architect Washington Roebling ( who designed among other things- The Brooklyn Bridge ) and his supportive wife. Scripture is Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
https://tinyurl.com/2tv52ead Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:05 AM (Bw1/o) 22
Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 05:03 AM (lJ0H4
I agree with you. I hope it is a hit as well, and good for you for your planning in advance. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:07 AM (Bw1/o) 23
Belated BOING!
17th of Tammuz, fast day today. Woke up with a headache on the day I least need it. Crawling through my work. Just after noon. Lunch time. I'll have a nothingburger today. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:07 AM (x8PQF) 24
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at July 02, 2026 05:08 AM (AMvSw) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:09 AM (x8PQF) 26
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 02, 2026 05:12 AM (Hbeqj) 27
Booked my ticket for "Young Washington". Looking forward to seeing it.
Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 04:56 AM (lJ0H4) - I have to wait to see it till Young Washington crosses the Atlantic AND the Mediterranean. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:12 AM (x8PQF) 28
I keep looking around for our feline companion, Pynchon, but he crossed over the rainbow bridge. Yesterday while driving I saw a sign "Free Kittens" . I haven't seen one of those signs in many years . It brought me back to my youth.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:13 AM (Bw1/o) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:13 AM (Bw1/o) 30
Yay! The power is out. They've been working on a faulty transformer on the property. This is the second time the power went out this morning. The AC has been out all night. Did I mention it will be over 100 today?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:21 AM (fFrGG) 31
Technically speaking, what relationship does the parking brake have with “truck died” ? I probably don’t want to know.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2026 05:22 AM (+/0+/) 32
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:21 AM (fFrGG
Sorry to hear that, Puddleglum. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:23 AM (Bw1/o) 33
I have to wait to see it till Young Washington crosses the Atlantic AND the Mediterranean.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:12 AM (x8PQF) If it wasn't for Washington, there wouldn't be a modern world. He basically caused the French and Indian war by his attack on a French scouting party, that resulted in the death of the French commander. He didn't know French and signed the surrender document that placed all the blame for the action on him, forcing Britain to fight to expel the French from the Ohio valley. Of course, the F & I war led to the Brit government wanting to tax the colonists for the costs - which ultimately led to Lexington and Concord. The world changed because of Washington. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:27 AM (1Ff7Z) 34
Greetings and good morning one and all. I'm back to work but probably for only half a day since everyone else seems to have checked out.
The trip to CA was tough; it's one thing to hear about my dad's decline and another to see it in person. Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 05:29 AM (RjOoY) 35
We didn't get air conditioning at home until 1973. About fifteen days a year were 90 degrees or higher in the 1960s. Remember the sound of the oscillating fan as we tried to sleep in our ten by bedroom
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 02, 2026 05:29 AM (ScfWn) 36
Thor's Day! A good evening to you if you're toiling late, and top o' the morning if you're up early.
Almost as much sleep as planned. I got to bed a little late after Kelly's Heroes, which I hadn't seen in years, ran on Movies! last evening. Dreamed something about Vincent Price asking me for the best Mexican restaurant in Da Swamp, and me directing him to an intersection that, as far as I know, has no restaurants on it at all. Won't he be thrilled when he gets there, huh? Whassup withchoo? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9) 37
30 Yay! The power is out. They've been working on a faulty transformer on the property. This is the second time the power went out this morning. The AC has been out all night. Did I mention it will be over 100 today?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:21 AM (fFrGG) Get thee to an air-conditioned cafe? Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:31 AM (6wpGE) 38
"Fortunately, Sanjay mentions to Cramer that even during this grim period, Micron invested $10 billion as it possessed the vision, leading to where it is today. "
Things were so bad that Micron only had $10B to invest in... well, we're not exactly sure what, but boy howdy, that money was invested. And now Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung are absolutely putting the boots to the memory market good and hard. Just like a cartel. Again. "It's my nature," said the scorpion. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW) Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:31 AM (6wpGE) 40
Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 05:29 AM (RjOoY
I'm sorry. It's sounds hard when you're at such a distance and your father is declining. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:32 AM (D+BhG) 41
Whassup withchoo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9) Did you figure out the reference in the Dan Monroe vid? Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:32 AM (1Ff7Z) 42
31 Technically speaking, what relationship does the parking brake have with “truck died” ? I probably don’t want to know.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2026 05:22 ------ Emergency brake problem might make a truck hard to move. I hope it's something simple and cheap. Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 02, 2026 05:34 AM (6gq1D) 43
33 The world changed because of Washington.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:27 AM (1Ff7Z) There's a video comic about that: https://tinyurl.com/zwbbknzy Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE) 44
Technically speaking, what relationship does the parking brake have with “truck died” ? I probably don’t want to know.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2026 *** If the truck won't move -- possibly because whatever holds the rear wheels when the parking brake is on won't disengage -- then for the moment, Skip's truck is dead. Which reminds me, I need to see about having the rear brakes replaced -- at least the pads, maybe the rotors -- this month. I've had the Buick seven of its ten years and have never had the rears done. The electric parking brake still works fine, but I'm hearing a little noise from the rear brakes when they are applied while I back up at low speed. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9) 45
He basically caused the French and Indian war by his attack on a French scouting party, that resulted in the death of the French commander.
The French Commanders last name was Jumonville. If you ever drive US Rt 40, you'll see a lot of monuments from that time period. Braddock's gravesite, Ft Necessity, Jumonville Glen, etc. Worth the visit and it's a lovely area. Western Pennsyltuckians call it the Laurel Highlands. Western edge of the Appalachians. There is a Christian camp up there that has a huge cross that over looks the Uniontown area. Pretty much see the whole county there (Washington). It's a great view. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv) 46
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. It's in the low 70s here at Stately Poppins Manor, but predicted to be near 100 today. It is not going to be a pleasant day at all, as I only have A/C in the bedroom and I can't spend all day there.
I managed to get a pretty decent amount of editing done yesterday and hope to get a lot more today. TCM will be showing 1776 at 11.45 Saturday morning, for those of you at home. I expect to be at the Glorious Fourth festival the next town over. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 05:37 AM (qRla/) 47
Whassup withchoo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 * Did you figure out the reference in the Dan Monroe vid? Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 *** You told me it was due to my real first name. My guess was because he referred to the Wolf Man as played by Lon Chaney Jr., and that's kinda my screen name here. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9) 48
A few years back, our AC decided to die at 10 PM. Got on the phone with the company and asked for a tech. Two hours later, I'm back on the phone asking where he is.
"Oh, you don't have emergency service on your contract. You'll have to call when we open." I skip work and make sure I'm the first person to call. After I explain the situation, I tell the dispatcher what happened. "Wait...I'm looking at your account and you do have that in your service contract. What number did you call?" After I give her the number, she lets out a sigh. "Yeah; we've had problems with those people." Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 05:42 AM (RjOoY) 49
You told me it was due to my real first name. My guess was because he referred to the Wolf Man as played by Lon Chaney Jr., and that's kinda my screen name here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9) It was because of your matching names, and the guy bought a lot of Aurora models. Which is something you used to do. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:42 AM (1Ff7Z) 50
The electric parking brake still works fine, but I'm hearing a little noise from the rear brakes when they are applied while I back up at low speed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 ----- I did the rear brakes on my minivan a few months ago. I sometimes hear a squeak when I back up. I thought it was due to dust... Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 02, 2026 05:43 AM (ScfWn) Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:44 AM (6wpGE) 52
The "Essence Festival" is happening in town this weekend. Leave it to Barack's most reliable voters to hold a festival of any kind in this hellbucket at the very hottest part of the year. Or just as the hottest part begins, anyway.
Note to self: Avoid all IHOPs and Waffle Houses, esp. in early morning or late night, from now until 7/7. (That's no hardship, though. I avoid IHOP anyway because of price$$$, and Waffle House in town here because I'm allergic to small objects winding up in my body, like bullets.) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9) 53
TCM will be showing 1776 at 11.45 Saturday morning, for those of you at home. I expect to be at the Glorious Fourth festival the next town over.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 05:37 AM (qRla/) It's available on YT. I usually watch it. It says, "free with commercials." My adblocker laughs at that, but I have to watch it on Edge. Imagine how long it runs with ads every five minutes. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:45 AM (1Ff7Z) 54
It was because of your matching names, and the guy bought a lot of Aurora models. Which is something you used to do.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 *** Aurora, Revell, AMT, Monogram, Hawk, Tamiya, Pyro . . . Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9) 55
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)
That's one of the few less than ideal things about living in the west: no Revolutionary sites to visit. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:46 AM (1Ff7Z) 56
The circular pool at the WWII monument on the National Mall is shimmering and beautiful.
Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:47 AM (6wpGE) 57
@48/NR Pax: { After I give her the number, she lets out a sigh. "Yeah; we've had problems with those people." }
Hopefully the contract was written with terms that allowed your company to demand concessions because of the failure to meet the service-level-agreement in place. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 05:49 AM (O7YUW) 58
Stirling the big black cat is pacing around wondering why I'm not feeding him. His appetite alarm and his scheduled breakfast time, 6 am, are kinda far apart.
When I finish this second cup of coffee, I'll change, stretch, and hit the road for a mile or so. Ought to get back just about the right time to feed Stirling and Dagny. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW) 60
Hopefully the contract was written with terms that allowed your company to demand concessions because of the failure to meet the service-level-agreement in place.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant I've a feeling that things went Very Poorly for that company. As for us, we were the first stop for the tech that morning. Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 05:54 AM (RjOoY) 61
2013, 180000 on it
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 05:55 AM (sgkY8) 62
FenSpouse loves that film "Last" of the Mohicans" We used to have a DVD of that film which he would drag out every so often ( I'm not sure what happened to it ) He likes actor Daniel Day Lewis striding up the mountains. I think he also particularly likes Madeline Stowe😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:55 AM (2qV0m) 63
Waves across the river to Fen
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 05:55 AM (sgkY8) 64
Thanks very much for the historical notes, Orange Ent and Puddleglum.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:57 AM (2qV0m) 65
FenSpouse loves that film "Last" of the Mohicans" We used to have a DVD of that film which he would drag out every so often ( I'm not sure what happened to it ) He likes actor Daniel Day Lewis striding up the mountains. I think he also particularly likes Madeline Stowe😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke Yes that is a great movie. Wonderful score also. Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 05:58 AM (lJ0H4) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:58 AM (2qV0m) 67
G'mornin' everyone!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 05:58 AM (VyBeY) 68
@58/Wolfus: At least he's not yowling loudly, singing you the song of his people and the starvation and deprivation they're forced to endure every morning?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW) 69
In Morrisville
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 06:04 AM (sgkY8) Posted by: Rosasharn at July 02, 2026 06:14 AM (PzBTm) 71
70 It's pseudo-Friday, it's pseudo-Friday! Happy, happy pseudo-Friday!
*twirl* Posted by: Rosasharn at July 02, 2026 06:14 AM (PzBTm) Ha! Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 06:15 AM (6wpGE) 72
"Yes that is a great movie. Wonderful score also."
Yes.we were just commenting on that. It''s great how much great score adds to the film! Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 06:22 AM (v+lpe) 73
Wonderful video platter today!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:24 AM (WAZlG) 74
DeDRM is self defense.
Posted by: Ray at July 02, 2026 06:25 AM (zhWvq) 75
FenSpouse loves that film "Last" of the Mohicans" We used to have a DVD of that film which he would drag out every so often ( I'm not sure what happened to it ) He likes actor Daniel Day Lewis striding up the mountains. I think he also particularly likes Madeline Stowe😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke Yes that is a great movie. Wonderful score also. Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 05:58 AM (lJ0H4) ------------ Excellent movie. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:25 AM (WAZlG) 76
US customers already have access and apparently I'm in the US because so do I.
I'll see if it actually makes a difference. Early indications in my testing are that it, in fact, is another entire step function for finding bugs in programs and writing code, much like how the late 2025 model releases were. Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 06:26 AM (/1hFh) 77
LotM is one of my favorite war movies
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 06:27 AM (sgkY8) 78
Supposed to top out today over 100. Figure I'll get my gym time in early, but stay healthy and cool horde. Let the commies suffer the deprivations they so desire, starting today with no AC!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:28 AM (WAZlG) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2026 06:28 AM (O0L8i) 80
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. It's in the low 70s here at Stately Poppins Manor, but predicted to be near 100 today. It is not going to be a pleasant day at all, as I only have A/C in the bedroom and I can't spend all day there.
---------------------- A good day to work in the library, maybe? Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:30 AM (WAZlG) 81
The lefties want to blame capitalism for summer heat, but I credit it with AC snd electricity instead!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:32 AM (WAZlG) 82
A good day to work in the library, maybe?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:30 AM (WAZlG) I'm on page 95 of 117. I might as well finish here and then take a cold shower. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 06:35 AM (qRla/) 83
It's pseudo-Friday, it's pseudo-Friday! Happy, happy pseudo-Friday!
*twirl* Posted by: Rosasharn at July 02, 2026 06:14 AM (PzBTm) ---- We'll allow it! Posted by: Judges at July 02, 2026 06:37 AM (gnNyN) 84
Stephen L. Miller retweeted Michael Watson @MichaelWatsonDC 11h The proper response to this report is to double the number of fireworks Juliet Eilperin @eilperin 11h Yet another SCOOP from @jakespring Internal National Park Service modeling predicts the Trump administration's massive July 4th fireworks display will cause dangerous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy” conditions across central D.C. Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 06:37 AM (6wpGE) 85
Good morning morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 06:38 AM (RIvkX) 86
Stephen L. Miller retweeted BruinEric @BruinEric 11h Replying to @eilperin @jakespring Disneyland has been killing Anaheim residents nightly at 9:30 then, I guess Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 06:40 AM (6wpGE) 87
I'm on page 95 of 117. I might as well finish here and then take a cold shower.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 06:35 AM (qRla/) ---------- cold showers and evaporation, a traditional response to summer heat! Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:42 AM (9C7ml) 88
Welp, it looks like I'm the only one on my team that showed up. I'll head home soon.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 06:43 AM (RjOoY) 89
If you are so inclined, please add Mrs. F. to morning prayers. She had a minor medical procedure Tuesday and is still not recovered. Trip to the ER yesterday may have to be repeated again today. Thank you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 06:45 AM (RIvkX) 90
81: I blame summer heat on summer. That's ok, winter is coming and the days are getting shorter!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 06:45 AM (sAmhv) 91
Stephen and Katie Miller are a great couple. Thank heaven for them standing tall with Trump. Congratulations to them on the recent birth of their fourth baby!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:46 AM (9C7ml) 92
I'm on page 95 of 117. I might as well finish here and then take a cold shower.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 06:35 AM (qRla/) Is that just a section of the WiP? Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 06:46 AM (1Ff7Z) 93
Prayers up for Mrs F and the entire Psycho clan!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:47 AM (9C7ml) 94
Prayers up for wife San Fran
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 06:47 AM (D2O3S) 95
I still can’t get used to Florida heat and humidity… and until recently I lived in north Texas so it’s not like I’m unfamiliar with heat. But this tropical mugginess is unbelievable… every morning when I walk out of our house (which is air conditioned to the nines, thank God, and yes we’re spewing enough carbon to make AOC very nervous), my glasses fog up almost immediately. This is a new phenomenon for me and it indicates (of course!) extreme amounts of moisture in the air. Makes my jogging life miserable. Okay I’ll turn off the whining now…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 06:52 AM (D2O3S) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (mzo1Q) 97
Apparently, Mitch McConnell had a serious heart attack, or so claims MSDNC (or whatever they call that platform now). I bet he's on life support.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (9C7ml) 98
Apparently, Mitch McConnell had a serious heart attack, or so claims MSDNC (or whatever they call that platform now). I bet he's on life support.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (9C7ml) Cue that guy from Airplane! pulling the plug out of the wall... Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2026 06:55 AM (NTVPI) 99
Apparently, Mitch McConnell had a serious heart attack, or so claims MSDNC (or whatever they call that platform now). I bet he's on life support.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (9C7ml) He needs to stay alive until November. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 06:55 AM (1Ff7Z) 100
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 06:52 AM (D2O3S
------------------- When we lived I learned to prefer Miami weather to anything north, with its almost constant coastal breeze and afternoon showers, but particularly anything on the west coast. Even a little inland from Tampa is the absolute worst. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:56 AM (9C7ml) 101
Extra-special (real!) thanks for that, Rosasharn!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 06:57 AM (VyBeY) 102
Linus, believe me, I hear you about Florida conditions. The major one of several reasons I don't want to live there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9) 103
64 degrees, light rain, thunder&lightning; looks like we got about an inch and a half overnight. we needed it!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 07:00 AM (VyBeY) 104
Morning peeps. Another hot and humid one here in Bourbon Country.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 07:01 AM (jehhT) 105
Judge Emmet Sullivan, also known as "President Emmet Sullivan" issued an injunction yesterday preventing the Post Office from enforcing the Presidential order not to deliver mail in ballots, or whatever the Trump order said.
All the lefties like to complain about Trump EO's but it is fascinating watching these minor league judges asserting Presidential power superior to yhe President, and no one complains on the left. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:03 AM (PuFvH) 106
Foggy, high 66. What a surprise.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX) 107
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Michael Watson @MichaelWatsonDC 11h The proper response to this report is to double the number of fireworks Juliet Eilperin @eilperin 11h Yet another SCOOP from @jakespring Internal National Park Service modeling predicts the Trump administration's massive July 4th fireworks display will cause dangerous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy” conditions across central D.C. Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 06:37 AM (6wpGE) - Yes, Virginia, there is no July 4th: https://tinyurl.com/nhc88wnx Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 07:03 AM (x8PQF) 108
All the lefties like to complain about Trump EO's but it is fascinating watching these minor league judges asserting Presidential power superior to yhe President, and no one complains on the left.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:03 AM (PuFvH) ===== When a Democrat issues patently illegal orders, like student loan forgiveness, the judiciary is silent. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:06 AM (RIvkX) 109
Todays WSJ says it used to complain about "forever wars", but is shifting its complaint now, being against forever peace talks. Seriously, they are officially against peace talks that take too long.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:09 AM (jKGsh) 110
Seriously, they are officially against peace talks that take too long.
"dammit, Trump, surrender to the iranians already!" Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY) 111
Prayers for Mrs San Franpsycho
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 02, 2026 07:12 AM (ZBho7) 112
/sarc tag, just to avoid misunderstandings ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY) 113
Musk officially denied a WSJ claim Starlink would produce an AI Starlink phone handset. I'm not sure why AI would be needed on a phone handset, but, no matter, it isn't in production.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:14 AM (nECtM) 114
> When a Democrat issues patently illegal orders, like student loan forgiveness, the judiciary is silent.
-------- The judiciary is on their side. Justice hasn't been blind in decades. It's the branch that enforces the shit the left decides to implement. IMO, it's a bigger issue than these Democratic Socialists. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 07:15 AM (jehhT) 115
Judge Emmet Sullivan, also known as "President Emmet Sullivan" issued an injunction yesterday preventing the Post Office from enforcing the Presidential order not to deliver mail in ballots, or whatever the Trump order said.
-- The EO is about non-delivery of mail-in ballots to blue states who refuse to adhere to rules pertaining clean, legitimate voter rolls, I believe. It's quite obvious these lowly judges are this 2nd Trump's term key to stopping him. Too bad we don't have a Congress. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 07:16 AM (qBdHI) 116
Actor Ashton Kutcher has spent his time investing in start up ventures recently, and is an early investor in OpenAI and Anthropic. Now he is launching a new fund of his own, with a partner.
No idea if he's not an actor anymore. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:17 AM (9HpRV) 117
Back during the 1982 World's fair in Knoxville, a city with no shortage of humidity, the nightly fireworks would cause a sudden, brief but very heavy downpour. This, we were told, was why our air quality was improved at that time.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 02, 2026 07:18 AM (6BjcW) 118
@Biden's Dog: " Yes, Virginia, there is no July 4th:
https://tinyurl.com/nhc88wnx " Betting their '311' snitch-line gets a lot of fake calls with the addresses of mayor + councilors being provided as places that fireworks are being set off. Also: https://www.alexandriava.gov/Council (Note the distinct missing sex + ethnicity in their 'diversity' spread there. "Found your problem!") See also their immigration page. While they claim not to be a 'Sanctuary City' (as they say that term has not been well defined, legally) you can tell they're not in favour of Immigration enforcement. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 07:18 AM (O7YUW) 119
Yes, Virginia, there is no July 4th:
https://tinyurl.com/nhc88wnx Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, I'll be working that night but fireworks will indeed go off all around my little part of NoVA. They'll mostly be shot off by people from Central America. This will be ignored. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 07:21 AM (sAmhv) 120
Musk officially denied a WSJ claim Starlink would produce an AI Starlink phone handset. I'm not sure why AI would be needed on a phone handset, but, no matter, it isn't in production.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:14 AM (nECtM) - I'm confused. Here's Musk in his own words. F bomb warning: https://tinyurl.com/54hjazsp So not conventional phone but still calling it a phone - until there's a better word for it. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 07:22 AM (x8PQF) 121
mornin yall. Arguing about a Walmart parking spot with a native is not worth getting shot over. Discrimination can save your life.
Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi) 122
I have found that wifi calling does not work with Starlink and that's disappointing. Maybe it's my carrier. Anybody else tried this?.
Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi) 123
Good morning!
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ) 124
Got my watering, weeding, and shopping done before 0700 and now I'm cowering from the sun with the blinds drawn and the A/C on. God bless you, Mr. Carrier!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (kpS4V) 125
Is that just a section of the WiP?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 06:46 AM (1Ff7Z) Yes. Two chapters and an epilogue to go. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (qRla/) 126
Actor Ashton Kutcher has spent his time investing in start up ventures recently, and is an early investor in OpenAI and Anthropic. Now he is launching a new fund of his own, with a partner.
No idea if he's not an actor anymore. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:17 AM (9HpRV) He singlehandedly ruined Two and a Half Men. Well not entirely true, I guess Charlie Sheen is to blame for getting fired… but my word was that show bad with Kutcher; I could never get through even one episode with him Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 07:27 AM (D2O3S) 127
They are still running out of electricity in NYC. Do your part and set your thermostats to 88 degrees
Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 07:28 AM (MWfyi) 128
Yes. Two chapters and an epilogue to go.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (qRla/) I'm trying to finish up the current WiP, then get started again on one of the other unfinished novels.... Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 07:29 AM (1Ff7Z) 129
When a Democrat issues patently illegal orders, like student loan forgiveness, the judiciary is silent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:06 AM (RIvkX) Didn't some judge, in fact, shoot down student loan forgiveness? I seem to recall Biden announcing it multiple times as it got shot down over and over again. Of course, the idiot chirruns clapped, and cheered, and didn't make their payments during that time and now complain about how high their balances are. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e) 130
BD, they thought about producing a phone, but perhaps decided not to, at least for now. Or maybe I misunderstood his "totally false" statement about the claim.
https://tinyurl.com/3rwe23ev Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:31 AM (SxOcO) 131
Is that just a section of the WiP?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 * Yes. Two chapters and an epilogue to go. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 *** My experience, MP4 and OE -- and I hope yours is the same -- is that the climactic chapters of a novel pull you along like a fast-moving river. You can't wait to get back to the keyboard. Before you know it you're typing "The End" and sitting there saying aloud, "It's done. I can't believe it. It's DONE!" Especially this is true with a mystery novel, when you are about to pull back the curtain and reveal a killer's identity! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9) 132
I have a buddy who asked me to read a draft novel for him.
Turns out he didn't want feedback, he wanted me to write an early review on Amazon. Since then, he has re-issued the book three times, each time, emailing me about changes in the plot, characters, names, chapters, etc. So I am no longer reading it. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX) 133
Especially this is true with a mystery novel, when you are about to pull back the curtain and reveal a killer's identity!
---- It was Jessica Fletcher all along! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 02, 2026 07:33 AM (kpS4V) 134
Especially this is true with a mystery novel, when you are about to pull back the curtain and reveal a killer's identity!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9) I actually spend time thinking it out before I write. I have dialog in my head before I start typing. This one that's open on the computer now has been start and stop. Wrote a couple hundred words yesterday, then deleted them. Didn't like what I wrote, so have been sitting here thinking and writing while reading the TR. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 07:33 AM (1Ff7Z) 135
He singlehandedly ruined Two and a Half Men. Well not entirely true, I guess Charlie Sheen is to blame for getting fired… but my word was that show bad with Kutcher; I could never get through even one episode with him Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 *** Kutcher was a pretty good "physical" comedy actor, like Michael Richards, when he started on That '70s Show. Two and a Half Men didn't seem to give him the same latitude. I'll admit that I didn't watch much of the show after Charlie left. There was a neat gag in the first AK episode, where various people are touring the beach house thinking they might buy it. One couple, though never named, was clearly Dharma and Greg, played by the original actors from Chuck Lorre's earlier series. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (1Ff7Z) 137
Nood
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (6BjcW) Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (jehhT) 139
OT: Relatives of our neighbors lost their dog to heat stroke / exhaustion yesterday while on a boating trip to town. By the time they returned to their slip here, the poor creature was near death. The subsequent trip to a veterinarian ultimately was all for naught. I won't judge what ought to have been done differently as I wasn't present the whole time. It was a very traumatic experience all around. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (s9VOe) 140
Nood JJS
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX) 142
JJ is up
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 07:39 AM (D2O3S) 143
Things were so bad that Micron only had $10B to invest in... well, we're not exactly sure what, but boy howdy, that money was invested.
----- I think JR Simplot's vision was "these potato chips made me a mint. Why not silicon ones?" Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2026 07:41 AM (BI5O2) 144
97 Apparently, Mitch McConnell had a serious heart attack, or so claims MSDNC (or whatever they call that platform now). I bet he's on life support.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (9C7ml) They should ask Nina Totenberg or whatever. She has her finger on the pulse and everything. Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 08:29 AM (6wpGE) 145
127 They are still running out of electricity in NYC. Do your part and set your thermostats to 88 degrees
Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 07:28 AM (MWfyi) ☀️☀️☀️ Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 08:36 AM (6wpGE) 146
The chilluns are all losing their shit over the Sony thing, but it's purely a practical matter at this point: a single side of a single layer Blu-Ray can only hold a little less than 25GB. The typical AAA game runs well over 80GB at this point, which means spanning three discs and would take over an hour to install from the discs to the drive. That's a non-starter; back in the Xbox360/PS3 era there were a couple of games that slopped over into 2 or 3 DVDs and consumers *hated* it.
Going to dual-layer discs (50 GB) is also a non-starter because the QA costs on pressing the discs go up by a couple orders of magnitude. That it *also* allows Sony/Microsoft to eliminate the secondary market is a nice bonus. For them, I mean. Posted by: Daniel Ream at July 02, 2026 10:25 AM (LgYtf) Wednesday Night ONT - July 1, 2026 [Magna Carta] Where to start? The beginning of course... Did you know that I was not originally called the Magna Carta? At the time (1215), I was known as the "Charter of Liberties" (or the "Charter of Runnymede" named after the location of agreement). I was not developed as a major overhaul to the English government or society. I was simply a written confirmation of rights and customs to correct abuses. England was essentially a feudal system. Nobles and barons were granted estates (aka "huge tracts of land") by the Crown in exchange for loyalty, income and military personnel when required. Lords, knights and vassals gave loyalty in exchange for smaller protection and land. Ultimately, the King sat at the top of the pyramid to manage the country. England was not a peaceful utopia before the Charter was signed but it operated through a system of laws, traditions and cultural expectations. By custom, the King was expected to honor the norms but what happens if the King abuses his power and authority? What happens if the King bends or breaks the expected rules of behavior? In many cases, nothing. The King's power was absolute. There was no recourse short of violence and rebellion. King John of England tested those limits. He was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216 and spent most of that time fighting over Normandy with France. He spent a lot, raised taxes and fees, unilaterally changed prior agreements, confiscated land from barons that could no longer pay, and imprisoned political enemies. He was also deeply suspicious of any barons that had any money or power (i.e., most of them). He was a poopyhead.![]() ![]() I attempted to resolve a power struggle in a feudal country. (Good luck, right!?) I did not overhaul rights and privileges for the entire country or everyone in the population - just the relationship between the barons and the crown. I did not contain new political philosophy and my clauses were not unprecedented. I was a pragmatic compromise. I was an attempt at a peace treaty. The barons renewed oaths of loyalty and copies of the charter were formally issued. As you might imagine, nobody was happy with me and I failed. Bummer. Neither side trusted the other. The King asked the Pope to reject the deal (which he did). Less than three months after I was born, the First Barons' War erupted. King John died in October 1216, leaving nine year old Henry III as his heir and the war continued. While I failed, my language was carried into other treaties and attempts at resolving tension between the crown and the barons. The First Barons' War came to an end with the Treaty of Lambeth in September 1217. Subsequently, the Charter of the Forest was issued in November 1217. It was considered an evolutionary complement to the 1215 Charter of Liberties. Having trouble keeping track of the charters? You're not the only one. This is where the Magna Carta name was born and applied to the June 1215 Charter of Liberties to avoid confusing them. In 1225, King Henry III re-issued and re-affirmed the charter primarily to placate barons who were asked to finance more military action in France. The 1225 affirmation was arguably more voluntary and definitive than the 1215 agreement which gave it strength. Magna Carta principles had staying power but became a bargaining chip for the next several decades. It gave the barons leverage (even if it was cited or ignored when convenient). King Edward I reissued the 1225 charters in 1297 in return for - you guessed it - a new tax. ![]() Nice to know that what I said in 1215 at Runnymede had enough wisdom and staying power to change history for the better. Now you know. Happy Birthday, America! "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."Ronaldus Magnus, March 30, 1961 Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Yay, ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 01, 2026 10:00 PM (+9wcF) 2
If you drop a feather and a bowling ball on your foot, you will experience the reality of relativity.
Posted by: mindful webworker explains the universe at July 01, 2026 10:00 PM (FL3q9) 3
Hi. We are trying to win a soccer game. Be right with you.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 10:00 PM (Wmg4n) 4
Hello foreigners; Thinking you’re going take US to commie land?
Ponder that thought. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqiOBbRzEgI Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:01 PM (c35xG) 5
Cool top pic. Reminds me of the Wayshrines in Oblivion.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 10:01 PM (snZF9) 6
5 minutes! Tweeeet!
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 10:01 PM (Wmg4n) 7
>[Top photo: Magna Carta memorial, Runnymede, England, National Trust Images/James Dobson]
----- kinda underwhelming Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:02 PM (8qVJT) 8
Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 10:03 PM (sAmhv) 9
No Kings
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 10:03 PM (Cqx++) Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:04 PM (8qVJT) 11
I think the English have forgotten all about you, MC.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z) 12
Already this far in!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 01, 2026 10:05 PM (PY8/y) 13
Evening all,
We have a launch in about 40 minutes. SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-46 SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live Launch Date: July 1, 2026 (PDT) Launch Time: 7:58 p.m. PDT (July 2, 0258 UTC, 04:58 CEST) https://youtu.be/O1eT8GNVhU8 Posted by: Joyenz at July 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2F0/Y) 14
Sorry I'm late, I ordered an ananometer, but now I'm wondering if I wasted my money, because I don't actuallyknow anybody named Ann.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 01, 2026 10:05 PM (svL1X) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 10:06 PM (XuXeR) 16
9 No Kings
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 10:03 PM (Cqx++) --- Where were the No Kings idiots when King Charles came to visit the White House??? Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 01, 2026 10:06 PM (THY4u) Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 10:06 PM (o0gs9) Posted by: mindful webworker complains about the universe at July 01, 2026 10:06 PM (FL3q9) 19
Somebody's calendar is a bit off. I hope it isn't mine.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 01, 2026 10:07 PM (svL1X) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 10:07 PM (rdVOm) 21
It is relative to the importance of relativity that all relevance is relative.
Direct quote from the book of Kumala. Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:07 PM (afJtY) 22
Sorry I'm late, I ordered an ananometer, but now I'm wondering if I wasted my money, because I don't actuallyknow anybody named Ann."
Everyone knows it's windy... Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 10:07 PM (XuXeR) 23
Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2026 10:08 PM (NXz0i) 24
Wooot! We won with 10 men!
⚽️🇺🇸🦅 Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n) 25
Well good. Hate to have them lose right before the 4th.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 10:08 PM (n5tGW) 26
The founding of our nation would be less significant if we had boringly named the US Constitution 'The Big Document" ("Magna Carta") as did the English.
Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 10:08 PM (Av6i5) 27
>[Top photo: Magna Carta memorial, Runnymede, England, National Trust Images/James Dobson]
----- kinda underwhelming Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:02 PM (8qVJT) Perhaps that's why Walter Hubbard build Castle Craig - as an example of one of the guard towers that used to protect this memorial. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 10:08 PM (qx7Zg) 28
Thanks, Magna Carta. What would we do without you?
Posted by: huerfano at July 01, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 10:09 PM (qx7Zg) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 10:10 PM (XuXeR) 31
Thanks for the educational Wednesday Night ONT, Magna Carta! Bravo, sir!
We need more accurate history lessons to counteract the crap and legend taught when we were in school. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 01, 2026 10:10 PM (D/6p1) Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2026 10:10 PM (nsSpm) 33
Where were the No Kings idiots when King Charles came to visit the White House???
Posted by: Lemmiwinks You're wanting the left to be consistent with their protests and howling? Never happen. Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2026 10:11 PM (NXz0i) 34
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. ..." _Ronald Reagan
Fight!, Fight!, Fight! _Donald J. Trump Follow the leaders. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:11 PM (c35xG) 35
Interesting and educational ONT, Magna Carta. Thank you for the information. Last time I saw the Magna Carta referenced was in "The King's Demons" when the Doctor corrected Tegan and said King John was in favor of said document.
Hopefully every member of the Horde is doing well. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 01, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:14 PM (c35xG) 37
Launch Time: 7:58 p.m. PDT (July 2, 0258 UTC, 04:58 CEST)
https://youtu.be/O1eT8GNVhU8 Posted by: Joyenz at July 01, 2026 10:05 PM --- Joyenz, thanks for getting them on a more civilized schedule. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:15 PM (c35xG) 38
Wait. Are the players actually gathered together PRAYING on the field?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x) 39
G-d blessed America. It is up to us to preserve that blessing.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:15 PM (afJtY) 40
2 If you drop a feather and a bowling ball on your foot, you will experience the reality of relativity.
Posted by: mindful webworker explains the universe at July 01, 2026 10:00 PM (FL3q9) Which weighs more— a 12lb bowling ball or 12 pounds of feathers? Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 01, 2026 10:15 PM (841vw) 41
No commies, either Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 10:09 PM (qx7Zg) ___________ Whoa, a No Commies march. Lots of flags, pretty girls in boots and cowboy hats, offensive t-shirts, high-school marching bands. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 10:18 PM (yEz+x) 43
10 Relativity: time varies, depending on where you're standing
I could be wrong Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:04 PM (8qVJT) My theory is that adding the rate we move through space plus the rate we move through time is equal to the speed of light, which is why the faster we move, the more time slows down. (Watch Intersteller for an example of thst in action.) Posted by: tankdemon at July 01, 2026 10:18 PM (svL1X) 44
MiladyJo, hearing My Country, 'Tis of Thee sung:
Just because you have someone who can hit those high notes doesn't mean you have to use them! 😃🎶 Posted by: mindful webworker in the multiverse of madness at July 01, 2026 10:19 PM (FL3q9) 45
BBQ chicken came out great! Yum...
Shared it with Cat. He's my lil buddy. I think he liked the sauce, too. Heh. Sweet Baby Ray's! Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 10:19 PM (rdVOm) 46
I saw a copy of the Magna Carta in the US National Archives in DC.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 01, 2026 10:20 PM (y171U) 47
Power has limits. No ruler stands above the law. Legitimate government rests on consent and limits power. Due process. The right to a jury trial. Protection against unreasonable searches. Government exists to secure rights rather than grant them.
===== I remember when that was true in this country. Sadly an immoral people are not fit for our system of government. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX) 48
May God Protect and Preserve America.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 10:20 PM (u82oZ) 49
Thank you for stepping up tonight, "Magna Carta"!
This is a righteous ONT. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 10:07 PM (rdVOm) ===== Seconded. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX) 50
And gravity is because space can stretch
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:22 PM (8qVJT) 51
Oh shit. USA is playing Belgium in Seattle Monday?
Fuck me. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 10:18 PM (yEz+x) Seattle is going to go crazy!!!! Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB) 52
Which weighs more— a 12lb bowling ball or 12 pounds of feathers?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis It's not the mass, it's the density. And the PSI. As my cat instructs every time she jumps on my belly. Posted by: mindful webworker ponders the poliverse at July 01, 2026 10:22 PM (FL3q9) 53
Winning: Trump rules the entire planet as Supreme Court rules everyone is an American citizen.
The 🐝 Posted by: Archer at July 01, 2026 10:24 PM (wvc0i) 54
Magna Carta,
Well doneth! Me thinks a right and proper ONT. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 10:24 PM (2WIwB) 55
Density of masses. A common problem of leftists.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:24 PM (afJtY) 56
G-d blessed America. It is up to us to preserve that blessing.
- I wish we were serious about that. For far too long we've cared only about acquiring stuff and getting along. Posted by: Methos at July 01, 2026 10:24 PM (vSvIl) Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 01, 2026 10:25 PM (0N2Wv) 58
Great Magna Carta ONT!
Question (because sometimes I can't discern sarcasm through text): Me (to Canadian boss): Happy Dominion Day! Boss: Canada Day Merely re-branding? Being obstinate? Posted by: Steck at July 01, 2026 10:25 PM (LlRQB) 59
STECK !!!!
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:26 PM (afJtY) 60
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s) 61
((( Ben Had )))
Posted by: Steck at July 01, 2026 10:27 PM (LlRQB) 62
The problem is commies would take over the No Commies movement within 10 years. Colonize and kill. Kind of their thing.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:29 PM (vE0+H) 63
STECK!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 10:29 PM (yEz+x) 64
FUN FACT: King John is remembered as the broad-minded signer of the Magna Carta. The truth is that he was a shitstain of a weasel who only signed it because he had lost all support of the Nobles through his avarice and misrule.
He renounced his agreement as soon as he felt it was politically feasible to do so. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 01, 2026 10:29 PM (0N2Wv) Posted by: mindful webworker synchronizes with the atomic cloud at July 01, 2026 10:30 PM (FL3q9) 66
He renounced his agreement as soon as he felt it was politically feasible to do so.
Posted by: Cicero So... a modern politician. Before his time! Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 10:30 PM (rdVOm) 67
((( Nurse )))
Posted by: Steck at July 01, 2026 10:30 PM (LlRQB) 68
Just where is this country of Tizzovmi?
—that little kid who thinks God's name is Art. Posted by: mindful webworker synchronizes with the atomic cloud at July 01, 2026 10:30 PM (FL3q9) I thought it was Howard... Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ) 69
Me (to Canadian boss): Happy Dominion Day!
Boss: Canada Day Merely re-branding? Being obstinate? Posted by: Steck at July 01, 2026 10:25 PM (LlRQB) The original and proper name for the holiday is Dominion Day. It was altered to "Canada Day" by a Liberal government. Since all Liberal governments are, as a matter of fact, illegitimate, "Canada Day" is a false holiday. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:31 PM (1z8ji) 70
Relativity:
90 seconds experiencing Paradise By The Dashboard Lights with an eager and willing girl goes WAY faster than 90 seconds filing out your 1040. Word! Posted by: Count de Monet at July 01, 2026 10:32 PM (wVcYX) 71
>—that little kid who thinks God's name is Art.
----- the kid's right Art Howard our father, who's Art in Heaven Howard be thy name Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:32 PM (8qVJT) 72
Before we were married I was in graduate school Mrs. F. and I drove to Toronto to see relatives for Canada Day. It was supposed to be an overnight visit, but turned into a 4-day rager.
Crossing back into the U.S. we were interrogated for 2 hours. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX) 73
Which weighs more— a 12lb bowling ball or 12 pounds of feathers?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis I know this if it's a pound of gold vs one pound of bowling ball. But, it is important to consider the Avoirdupois vs. troy systems of measurement. Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2026 10:34 PM (NXz0i) 74
Crossing back into the U.S. we were interrogated for 2 hours.
-------- WHAT, is your favorite color? Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at July 01, 2026 10:35 PM (0N2Wv) 75
62 The problem is commies would take over the No Commies movement within 10 years. Colonize and kill. Kind of their thing.
Posted by: ... --- It ain't over yet. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:35 PM (c35xG) 76
Spielberg 's " Robin hood" was a well done portrayal of King John.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:35 PM (afJtY) Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2026 10:37 PM (nsSpm) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:37 PM (c35xG) 79
FUN FACT: King John is remembered as the broad-minded signer of the Magna Carta. The truth is that he was a shitstain of a weasel who only signed it because he had lost all support of the Nobles through his avarice and misrule.
He renounced his agreement as soon as he felt it was politically feasible to do so. - What a dick Posted by: ayatollah of the week at July 01, 2026 10:38 PM (vSvIl) 80
A wreck sighting! What a pleasant surprise.😍
Posted by: lin-duh at July 01, 2026 10:38 PM (VCgbV) 81
RE: U.S. v. Bosnia
When my kids were about 10, I took them to see a "friendly match" (we call them exhibition games) in which Argentina played Bosnia. There is a sizable Bosnian population in south St. Louis. I bet no-one here knew that? By chance, we were seated among the Bosnian fans. The Bosnians impressed me as being azaleas: "If you not root for either team, why you come anyway?" Kind of unreasoning hostility, right? I still remember this experience whenever I hear or read the word "Bosnia." Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 10:38 PM (RCjYY) 82
lin-duh !!!
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:39 PM (afJtY) 83
Seattle is going to go crazy!!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB) Not a long trip Posted by: MAC V SOG at July 01, 2026 10:40 PM (P4Pk9) Posted by: lin-duh at July 01, 2026 10:40 PM (VCgbV) 85
Foreign Customs vs. U.S. Customs:
Entering Japan-- Xray shows *interesting* item(s)-- "So sorry, I must inspect your bag. Please stand here." Agent takes bag to nearby table, carefully removes contents.. "Ah, camera! Please excuse..." Agent carefully, deliberately repacks contents. "Welcome!" - - - Entering U.S.-- Xray shows *interesting* item(s)-- "Stand over there and stay there until I clear you." Agent pulls contents out of bag, finds nothing dangerous, leaves contents all over table. Another agent stands ready, making sure I don't move. "Okay. You can put your stuff back now." Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm) 86
WHich weighs more, a pound of lead, or a pound of helium? Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb) 87
15 Magna Carta memorial, Runnymede, England" By Americans. No, really. Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 10:06 PM (XuXeR) Glad you mentioned that. The English never made as big a thing out of it as we do. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 10:42 PM (BSqvY) Posted by: Steck at July 01, 2026 10:42 PM (LlRQB) 89
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WHich weighs more, a pound of lead, or a pound of helium? Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) --- Which will float highest? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:42 PM (c35xG) 90
Which is better a pound of brisket or a pound of pulled pork?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (afJtY) 91
I'm enjoying the commies throwing shade at capitalism. I've yet to see any commie successfully argue that anything else works better, or even as well.
Which means all commies lie almost all the time. I'm enjoying watching their coming out party. It's scaring all the right people. Turn those few remaining purple districts red. They must have forgotten the political color scheme in the US. Posted by: Black JEM at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (UQRAm) 92
Which is better a pound of brisket or a pound of pulled pork?
Posted by: Ben Had I'm gonna embrace the healing power of "and"!!! Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (rdVOm) 93
Which is better a pound of brisket or a pound of pulled pork?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (afJtY) == Both. Posted by: Black JEM at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (UQRAm) 94
Glad you mentioned that. The English never made as big a thing out of it as we do.
Posted by: Tom Servo --- Could be why they're in trouble now. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (c35xG) Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:44 PM (8qVJT) 96
Each and every day here, I become more intelligent after what I read.
But today, I feel like a total fucking university professor. (And not a Commie one!) Thank you Magna Carta! MC is in the houooose! Posted by: Gunslinger at July 01, 2026 10:44 PM (Mxkwh) 97
Glad you mentioned that. The English never made as big a thing out of it as we do.
Posted by: Tom Servo *************** Perhaps they should make a thing out of it, they are losing their heritage with each passing day.... Posted by: The Grateful at July 01, 2026 10:45 PM (IQ6Gq) 98
Which is better a pound of brisket or a pound of pulled pork?
Posted by: Ben Had Yes!! Speaking of that, I bought gas at Buc-ee's today for $2.92 a gallon. Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2026 10:45 PM (NXz0i) 99
Tonypete, hugs to you and R.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:45 PM (afJtY) 100
Your Mede isn't so Runny if you fry it well enough.
Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at July 01, 2026 10:45 PM (0N2Wv) 101
Well, I am falling asleep right here in this chair. Going to crawl into bed and make it official. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji) 102
If I owned a bank, I would offer a credit card to a select few customers called the "Magna Carda."
It would have a holographic image embossed on the front of an upside down American Bald Eagle which is a literal way of flipping the bird to whomever you owe money. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 10:46 PM (dIske) 103
>>>Turn those few remaining purple districts red. They must have forgotten the political color scheme in the US.
Posted by: Black JEM --- It's not much of a worry; Oh, radical Colorado elected an extreme radical. Well, yeah, that's what they've been working for. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:47 PM (c35xG) 104
I went out for cigarettes, picked up my mail, and ate a cheeseburger
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:47 PM (a/T52) 105
Which is better a pound of brisket or a pound of pulled pork?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (afJtY) ===== Imma have to reflect on this awhile. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 10:48 PM (RIvkX) 106
>>Each and every day here, I become more intelligent after what I read.
I'm still a dumb hick, but not as dumb as when I began reading here! History wasn't my favorite subject, but it's mostly because skool made it so boring. Dates and events.. but no *meaning* and no real discussion.. it was so dry and dull due to the presentation. "Social studies"--- BLEH!!! Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 10:48 PM (rdVOm) 107
104 I went out for cigarettes, picked up my mail, and ate a cheeseburger
-------- I saw a werewolf having a pina colada at Trader Vic's. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 01, 2026 10:50 PM (0N2Wv) 108
Sorry I'm late, I ordered an ananometer, but now I'm wondering if I wasted my money, because I don't actuallyknow anybody named Ann.
Posted by: tankdemon If you take it to Japan, you can use it to measure holes. Posted by: mikeski at July 01, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov) 109
So we lose to the Belgish? That's how it always seems to go when we have our brief flirtation with soccer.
Posted by: Otto Penn at July 01, 2026 10:50 PM (sJHOI) 110
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I don't think anyone remembers King John as being anything other than a bad king. I never read, or heard, anybody say of him, "He was the kind king who signed the Magna Carta." His contemporaries called him "John Softsword." Whenever someone lists the worst kings of England after the Conquest, King John usually qualifies for the top 3, and always for the top 5. For the title of "worst king," John usually ranks behind only Edward II and Richard III, from what I've read. The others who are considered about as bad were merely weak. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 10:51 PM (RCjYY) 111
JQ, one class of social studies in junior college cured me of the college experience. My only thought was " you lying bitch"
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:52 PM (afJtY) 112
Richard III got a bum rap. Tudor propagandists seized the narrative.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 01, 2026 10:52 PM (0N2Wv) 113
For the title of "worst king," John usually ranks behind only Edward II and Richard III, from what I've read. The others who are considered about as bad were merely weak.
Posted by: mnw What about Ethelred the Unready? And as morally bad, surely we can agree Henry VIII was evil Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 01, 2026 10:53 PM (u/wrI) 114
Oh thank you so much Ben Had. We miss you terribly!! xoxo
Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2026 10:54 PM (NXz0i) 115
"Social studies"--- BLEH!!!
Posted by: JQ --- Senior social studies teacher said, you are getting ready to go into the world, take notes of everything I say, it will be you outline to success. He was right. He outlined credit, how credit worked, technically how to get it and manipulate it and discipline your activity to maximize benefit. He hit other things just as critical. It was a blueprint on how the world works, how to use it to your advantage and what you have to do to get it. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:54 PM (c35xG) 116
Jeepers.
If the US beats a eurofag team in eurofag kickball the city will go berserk. When we beat Australia last week, it was the most American flags, not on fire, I’ve ever seen downtown. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 10:55 PM (yEz+x) 117
I like the way the NeoComs give the appearance that their proposals are something totally new, as though nobody thought of them before!!! Like it hasn't had a long and horrible history. Militant atheists are the same. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 10:55 PM (O0L8i) 118
Fun fact, helium was discovered on the sun (hence the name) before it was discovered to exist on earth. In 1868, some astronomers looking at various spectral lines during an eclipse noticed a line that didn't correspond to any known element on earth. It wasn't until 1895 that helium was isolated on earth, and determined to be the same element as on the Sun. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 10:55 PM (w6EFb) 119
King John, the runt of Elanore's litter.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:55 PM (afJtY) 120
Had corn on the cob at dinner.
Does anyone eat corn on the cob typewriter style as opposed to the proper method of spiraling? Probably shouldn't ask; could spark a war on the level of Ginger v crossbows. Posted by: mindful webworker comparing realities at July 01, 2026 10:55 PM (FL3q9) 121
Three minutes to launch. These just don't get old.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 01, 2026 10:56 PM (w/O5Q) 122
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 10:51 PM (RCjYY)
__________________ Well, on a positive note, if King John wasn't such a brutal piece of human excrement, the Magna Carta never would have been forced upon him by the noble families. As I recall, he pretty much failed at everything he attemped...and left the crown in dire straights financially. In his free time he was executing relatives and alienating the Church if some of the writings are to be believed. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 10:56 PM (dIske) 123
Which is more dangerous, a stone of lies or an ounce of truth?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg) 124
Which is better a pound of brisket or a pound of pulled pork? Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (afJtY) Pulled pork is okay, but hands down the brisket wins. Smoked is amazing, but I can also recommend CBD's recipe for brisket that is melt in your mouth good! Posted by: moki at July 01, 2026 10:57 PM (wLjpr) 125
Where's the Oxford Compact? Hmm?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2026 10:58 PM (diia5) 126
Mww
Typewriter for me. Lots of butter and tajin. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 10:58 PM (C3pSe) 127
Moki !!! The very best to you , amazing Lady.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:59 PM (afJtY) 128
Does anyone eat corn on the cob typewriter style as opposed to the proper method of spiraling?
Probably shouldn't ask; could spark a war on the level of Ginger v crossbows. Posted by: mindful webworker comparing realities at July 01, 2026 10:55 PM (FL3q9) ===== Well I don't like corn up my nose, so... Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX) 129
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 10:54 PM
You had an exceptional teacher! Our skool district was 90% union-drones, only there to teach what they *had to* and otherwise did not GAF. The best "education" I ever got, occurred outside the walls of public indoctrination. I did have some excellent teachers. A few. But the majority were just putting in their time. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 10:59 PM (rdVOm) 130
@74 - it's the Bridge Keeper, not Tim! Yes, I am that guy.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 01, 2026 10:59 PM (CHHv1) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg) 132
Hark, dost thou know that I, the Magna Carta, was not erstwhile known by that name? In sooth, in the year of our Lord twelve hundred and fifteen, I was dubbed the "Charter of Liberties" or, by some, the "Charter of Runnymede", in token of the place where our noble agreement was sealed. Nay, I was not a grand overhaul of the English government nor a transformation of their societal order. Forsooth, I was naught but a written testament to the rights and customs of the realm, penned to correct the manifold abuses that didst plague our fair land.
Verily, England was not a land of unbroken peace and tranquility ere the Charter was signed. Nay, 'twas a realm governed by a complex web of laws, traditions, and unwritten expectations, wherein the mighty and the lowly didst navigate the treacherous shoals of power and privilege. Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 11:00 PM (frGWQ) 133
121 Three minutes to launch. These just don't get old.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls --- Thanks, I almost missed it. Stupid FireFox. I run FF and Brave at the same time and inadvertently put it on FF. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 11:00 PM (c35xG) 134
In high school I had an economics class. The textbook was filled with Keynes and Galbraith, et al. Teacher went off script bigly, and taught a lot of Milton Friedman. He was one of the best teachers I ever had. Korean war vet, and a LTC in the Wyoming National Guard. Catholic, 13 kids. Was a house painter in the summer months.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 11:00 PM (0aYVJ) 135
Treacherous shoals of power and privilege !
Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 11:01 PM (frGWQ) 136
Which is better a pound of brisket or a pound of pulled pork?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:43 PM (afJtY) _______________ That's like asking to choose between a blonde supermodel and a brunette supermodel. Both are exquisite. Redheaded supermodel = Kale Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 11:02 PM (dIske) 137
Yes, I acknowledge that "math" is frowned upon here. (LOL, not really, I'm sure...) But!
Of all the courses of study, one must admit that "math" doesn't change, is not subject to the whims of social bullshyte. It just... IS. I respect it. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm) 138
127 Moki !!! The very best to you , amazing Lady.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:59 PM (afJtY) Hugs and love to you!!!!! You doing okay??? Posted by: moki at July 01, 2026 11:03 PM (wLjpr) 139
Moki, better than ok, life is good.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:04 PM (afJtY) 140
120 Had corn on the cob at dinner.
Does anyone eat corn on the cob typewriter style as opposed to the proper method of spiraling? Probably shouldn't ask; could spark a war on the level of Ginger v crossbows. Posted by: mindful webworker comparing realities at July Here I am to take ALL the arrows! I cut the corn off the cob first. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wmg4n) 141
Does anyone eat corn on the cob typewriter style as opposed to the proper method of spiraling?
Posted by: mindful webworker comparing realities at July 01, 2026 10:55 PM (FL3q9) the only way to eat it Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2026 11:05 PM (nsSpm) 142
Small project underway... bbiab
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 11:05 PM (rdVOm) 143
Does anyone eat corn on the cob typewriter style as opposed to the proper method of spiraling?
Posted by: mindful webworker comparing realities You're an animal - you know that don't you? Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2026 11:06 PM (NXz0i) 144
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Afraid I must disagree profoundly. No British king except Richard III ever arranged the premeditated murder of 2 kids. I'm not receptive to any argument that "some other dude did it." Richard controlled the Tower (the means and opportunity for the murders), and the children represented a prodigious dormant threat only to Richard (hence the motive). The Little Princes were the least of Henry Tudor's worries at the time. To whoever posted that I left out Aethelred the Unready: I DID say "after the Conquest." Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY) 145
Doing journal citations, I had a thought to contact authors to try to cadge reprints from them, the way it used to be done. I picked an author; we'll call him Vernon. He's at the Imperial College, London. I met him many years ago, a nice English fellow a couple of years younger than me. Googled his name to get an e-mail address and found he's now Sir Vernon. And here I am just living out my days. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 11:07 PM (O0L8i) 146
I did have some excellent teachers. A few. But the majority were just putting in their time.
Posted by: JQ --- Luckily, I preceded you a bit on that. Most of the teachers were dedicated, at that time, good people but human. You're right, this guy was exceptional. He was second year college level but as exceptional teachers are he made the complex simple...like our president. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 11:07 PM (c35xG) 147
ananometer - is that what is used to measure how well one's nic is masking one's identity?
Correspondingly, to obtain the best nic, one uses an anonymizer. Posted by: mindful webworker commenting anonanonomously at July 01, 2026 11:08 PM (FL3q9) 148
I have a photo of my young son (I think he was about 3) holding an entire ear of Wisconsin sweet corn, and mowing it down. His arms are nearly spread wide to hold said ear. He is in heaven.
Nothing like sweet corn bought by the side of the road on the way home to cook over the charcoal. If there is one thing I miss from the Midwest, that would be it. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:08 PM (bl07w) 149
Corn on the cob: right to left, reverse typewriter style. I'm a southpaw.
it's also how I leaf through magazines when in a waiting room. Back to front. Man. I am jonesing for some Olathe sweet corn from Colorado right now. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 11:08 PM (0aYVJ) 150
Here I am to take ALL the arrows! I cut the corn off the cob first.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wmg4n) ever fry it in a skillet? Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2026 11:08 PM (nsSpm) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 11:09 PM (c35xG) 152
Apparently, if you use "Math is Racist" as a keyword phrase in Google, you will get 20 pages of articles, reports, forums, and studies making that declaration.
Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 11:09 PM (dIske) 153
131 What do you call a teacher who never farts in public? A private tutor Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg) What do you get when an aristocrat farts? A noble gas. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 11:09 PM (Wmg4n) 154
Piper, I remove it off the cob in fork fulls.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:10 PM (afJtY) 155
I did have some excellent teachers. A few. But the majority were just putting in their time.
Posted by: JQ My Latin instructor, Miss Cope, was old enough to have conversed with Caesar in his native tongue. Excellent instructor though. Posted by: Tonypete at July 01, 2026 11:10 PM (NXz0i) 156
To whoever posted that I left out Aethelred the Unready: I DID say "after the Conquest."
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY) I am directly related to Alfred the Great and Malcolm Canmore, through the Tower family tree. Not sure that matters, even a little, since I don't have enough blood cells to have retained any of theirs, but it does make me read that history and, while some of it is speculative, we know surprisingly a lot about them both. Also, St. Margaret of Scotland, Malcolm's wife. Apparently sainthood is not hereditary. Oh well. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:11 PM (bl07w) 157
150 Here I am to take ALL the arrows! I cut the corn off the cob first.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wmg4n) ever fry it in a skillet? Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2026 11:08 Yes, I don’t eat a lot of corn, though. So it’s mostly grilled, but I do have a really good roasted corn salad recipe I should post on the next food thread. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 11:11 PM (Wmg4n) 158
Mexican street corn done by Pete Bog. You will never go back to the cob.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:12 PM (afJtY) 159
158 Mexican street corn done by Pete Bog. You will never go back to the cob.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:12 PM (afJtY) C'mon, Ben, anything at all done by Pete Bog. Anything at all. Yum. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:13 PM (bl07w) 160
Googled his name to get an e-mail address and found he's now Sir Vernon. And here I am just living out my days.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh --------- You may find yourself Living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself In another part of the world And you may find yourself Behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house With a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself "Well... how did I get here?" Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 11:13 PM (c35xG) 161
I’m one of those decades long lurkers who stays in the shadows and post as often as a nation destroying SCOTUS decision comes around. I’m also one of those lurkers like many here who had a father and 3 uncles who fought in WWII. One of the uncles jumped on DDay with the 506th PIR 101st. The headstone of my ggggg grandfather in IL says “PVT CONTINENTAL LINE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1762-1831 This has been a hard week for patriots watching everything erode away. So when I read the 1961 quote from RR, the tears finally broke. And that’s why I lurk, because I know I’m not alone. And for a few minutes, I’m transported back to a time when we had a real country. And for that Ace and the house of denizens, I’m eternally grateful. Posted by: TxAnn at July 01, 2026 11:14 PM (SjAWL) 162
tcn, MoMe teaser. That corn will be on the menu in Oct.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:14 PM (afJtY) 163
Apropos of nothing: Walton Goggins has the dumbest haircut ever. Like he took a straight razor to the ends, and slathered it in bear grease.
I like him, but he needs a better barber. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 11:14 PM (0aYVJ) 164
Mww
Typewriter for me. Lots of butter and tajin. Posted by: nurse ratched Really? When you eat corn-on-the-cob typewriter style, do you say *ding* at the end of every row before sliding it to the right? *web-searches on tajin* Tajin sounds good. I used salt, fresh-ground black pepper, cumin, and curry. Posted by: mindful webworker contemplating condiments at July 01, 2026 11:14 PM (FL3q9) 165
162 tcn, MoMe teaser. That corn will be on the menu in Oct.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:14 PM (afJtY) Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:15 PM (bl07w) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 11:16 PM (c35xG) 167
And for that Ace and the house of denizens, I’m eternally grateful.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 01, 2026 11:14 PM (SjAWL) All is NEVER lost, dear. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:16 PM (bl07w) 168
Henry VIII wasn't just evil, he and Edward VI debased the currency and left a large pile of poo for Mary to clean up. The Tudors were lucky the Continent didn't care about their nasty little pirate island at the time.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:16 PM (gKWVE) 169
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English history is plenty challenging enough for me. I don't do Anglo Saxons. I'm sure they were very interesting, though. King Harold had some lousy luck at Hastings-- that's all I know. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:17 PM (RCjYY) 170
Fun fact about the original script for MPatHG--
When the ship appears near the end, it is manned by the Bridge Keeper. He says, "Stop! Who would cross the Sea of Fate, must answer me these questions twenty-eight!" Arthur and Bedevere look at each other briefly, and toss the Bridge Keeper overboard. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 01, 2026 11:17 PM (CHHv1) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 11:18 PM (qx7Zg) 172
Watched the USA game. Our red card was for a completely accidental stomp on an ankle. I will note that World Cup refs will eject a player for a clearly accidental move... but if you're Caitlin Clark you can get throat punched and it's ok with the WNBA refs. Not tossed from the game and one suspension. And the USA player they ejected was black and no one cared. Glad we move on!
Posted by: LizLem at July 01, 2026 11:18 PM (gWBY1) 173
Be vigilant but the dsa parasites are going to consume the host and die.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:19 PM (afJtY) 174
We have another launch coming up in about 40 minutes.
ULA - Atlas V 551 - Amazon Leo (LA-0 SLC-41 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live Launch Date: July 2, 2026 Launch Time: 12:24 a.m. EDT (0424 UTC, 06:24 CEST) https://youtu.be/GE5SStD7iwM Posted by: Joyenz at July 01, 2026 11:19 PM (2F0/Y) 175
Posted by: TxAnn at July 01, 2026 11:14 PM (SjAWL)
Blessings to you. I am humbled by those who experienced combat. Posted by: Pug Mahon, US Army, 1987 - 1991 at July 01, 2026 11:19 PM (0aYVJ) 176
And for that Ace and the house of denizens, I’m eternally grateful.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 01, 2026 11:14 PM (SjAWL) All is NEVER lost, dear. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:16 PM (bl07w) At least until SMOD hits. No more planet. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg) 177
I don't do Anglo Saxons. I'm sure they were very interesting, though. King Harold had some lousy luck at Hastings-- that's all I know.
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:17 PM (RCjYY) The remarkable thing about "English" history before 1066 is the various players, and where they were from, and how influential they may have been. It really was a tiny world at the time. It took Alfred's grandson to actually unite most of England, and even he had issues with that. There were surprisingly few people involved. Being "king" only held so much sway, and could be lost in a heartbeat. So much of that history is pure chance. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:20 PM (bl07w) 178
Water dissolving, water removing!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 11:20 PM (RIvkX) 179
Of all the courses of study, one must admit that "math" doesn't change, is not subject to the whims of social bullshyte. It just... IS.
I respect it. Posted by: JQ You'd think so. I was in 9th grade when they fired up "New Math." I told the teacher, I've got a good grounding in Olde Math, so I get what they're trying to do here, but I don't think it's good, nor will it be good for young'n's without Olde Math training. The educational establishment went with it anyway. Posted by: mindful webworker counting my blessings at July 01, 2026 11:20 PM (FL3q9) 180
Also, my Gen Z kid has a bunch of anchor baby friends, so he's thrilled the SCOTUS ruling means they don't have to jump through hoops to sort out their citizenship. I told him as long as they get effed in the butt on taxes like the rest of us legit Americans do, I'll stop being annoyed at the ruling. Let us all suffer equally under the yoke of our outrageous taxes. If you're a birth tourist American, you should have to pay taxes. Also taxes on remittances.
He got a little annoyed at me, heh. Posted by: LizLem at July 01, 2026 11:20 PM (gWBY1) Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb) 182
At least until SMOD hits. No more planet.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg) At that point, who cares? Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:21 PM (bl07w) 183
Why can't you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?
Because the 'p' is silent. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb) What does it sound like when it pshits? Posted by: Pug Mahon, US Army, 1987 - 1991 at July 01, 2026 11:21 PM (0aYVJ) 184
So, by the numbers, what exactly are the D Socialists of A ? Are they the poor ? the downtrodden? the the sans-culottes ? NOOO!
Only 4% are blue collar. Over 80% of them have a college degree! I say, old chap, the bourgeois is revolting! Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 11:21 PM (frGWQ) 185
At least until SMOD hits. No more planet.
SMOD used to post here, guess he's too far out for a good WiFi link these days. Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 01, 2026 11:22 PM (+9wcF) Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX) 187
I say, old chap, the bourgeois is revolting!
Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 11:21 PM (frGWQ) I know they revolted me. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:23 PM (bl07w) 188
I cut the corn off the cob first.
Posted by: Piper MiladyJo inquires, so, do you cook it before you cut it off the cob, or after, and, if after, how do you cook it? Posted by: mindful webworker vegetating at July 01, 2026 11:24 PM (FL3q9) 189
Henry VIII certainly murdered Anne Boleyn, and the 5-6 poor bastards who died with her.
Unlike Anne, Katherine Howard was probably good for the adultery of which she was accused, which by definition was a form of treason. Say what you like about Henry VIII, he never murdered children, AFAIK. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY) 190
This is one of those perfect evenings, when the sky is perfectly clear, the wind is mostly calm, it's just about 65 degrees out there, the birds are singing but not overexcited, and both DH and I have had a couple but not too many. There is a very good reason we don't leave AK in the summer, and this evening is it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:25 PM (bl07w) 191
Where's the Oxford Compact? Hmm? Posted by: weft cut-loop Is that where Lady Oxford keeps her face powder? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 11:25 PM (Cqx++) 192
tcn, and the salmon. I consider myself among the luckiest to have tasted your smoked salmon.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:27 PM (afJtY) 193
I suddenly saw that directly to the north, over Onkoul's Tunguska Road, the sky split in two and fire appeared high and wide over the forest . The split in the sky grew larger, and the entire northern side was covered with fire. At that moment I became so hot that I couldn't bear it as if my shirt was on fire; from the northern side, where the fire was, came strong heat. I wanted to tear off my shirt and throw it down, but then the sky shut closed, and a strong thump sounded, and I was thrown a few metres.
I lost my senses for a moment, but then my wife ran out and led me to the house. After that such noise came, as if rocks were falling or cannons were firing, the Earth shook, and when I was on the ground, I pressed my head down, fearing rocks would smash it. When the sky opened up, hot wind raced between the houses, like from cannons, which left traces in the ground like pathways, and it damaged some crops. Later we saw that many windows were shattered, and in the barn, a part of the iron lock snapped. Posted by: Tunguska Event eyewitness at July 01, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb) 194
Say what you like about Henry VIII, he never murdered children, AFAIK
== He had the most disgusting, bloody, murderous reign imaginable. That in addition to beheading wives because of his own sexual impotency. Claims about Richard III murdering the "Princes in the Tower" are all they are - claims by the Tudors. History written by Tudors, who removed legitimate heir will not be kind to its predecessor. Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 11:29 PM (frGWQ) 195
189 Henry VIII certainly murdered Anne Boleyn, and the 5-6 poor bastards who died with her.
Unlike Anne, Katherine Howard was probably good for the adultery of which she was accused, which by definition was a form of treason. Say what you like about Henry VIII, he never murdered children, AFAIK. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY) Henry VIII was a randy pig, and not very attractive. He cut a fine figure when he was young, but by the time he was messing with Ann, he was already beginning to rot from the inside. It is likely that Ann slept with shim to produce both Elizabeth but not the horribly misformed miscarriage she produced after, so she probably got that elsewhere. It is very likely that Henry was mostly impotent by then. He was certainly disillusioned by her act of purity before marriage. He probably was the father of his only male heir. After that, he probably couldn't get it up to save his life, let alone his marriages. Dude put himself above the Church, and nearly up to God. His legacy is the degeneration that is England today. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:29 PM (bl07w) 196
Amusing mystery click. Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: scampydog at July 01, 2026 11:30 PM (41CYW) 197
188 I cut the corn off the cob first.
Posted by: Piper MiladyJo inquires, so, do you cook it before you cut it off the cob, or after, and, if after, how do you cook it? Posted by: mindful webworker vegetating at July 01, After, and normally J grills it. It is also a part of crawfish boils. Where I will eat the corn, but not the crawfish. lol. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 11:30 PM (Wmg4n) 198
192 tcn, and the salmon. I consider myself among the luckiest to have tasted your smoked salmon.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:27 PM (afJtY) We go to Kasilof next week. Weir counts are good. We will endeavor. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:31 PM (bl07w) 199
Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:32 PM (77rzZ) 200
ever fry it in a skillet?
Posted by: SturmToddler --- abomination Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 11:16 PM (c35xG) begun, the corn wars have Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2026 11:32 PM (nsSpm) 201
The other bit about Henry is that he was destined for the Church until Arthur died. Can you imagine him as a prelate? Holy crap. That would have sundered the Church nearly as bad as what he ultimately did to it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:32 PM (bl07w) 202
TxAnn, never give up, never surrender! And hopefully you have a wonderful 4th planned. We still have lots to celebrate, and are blessed despite the losses.
I'm hoping with all the right wing leaders getting voted in south of us, they stabilize their countries so their citizens just stay put. The anchor babies I see in my daily life, my friends and my kids' friends... it might be anecdotal, but the ones from south of our border I personally know adore this country and are grateful to be here. It really depends on the kid and the family. A lot of times their love of American culture conflicts with their parents' traditional ways, like most kids of immigrants. They aren't voting in lockstep with the dems like their parents did, so the dems are getting a little sick of them. Posted by: LizLem at July 01, 2026 11:33 PM (gWBY1) 203
tcn, didn't Henry and Jane Seymour had Edward .
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:34 PM (afJtY) 204
. No British king except Richard III ever arranged the premeditated murder of 2 kids. [/i
Posted by: Adriane the Not Paranoid Enough Critic . . . at July 01, 2026 11:35 PM (WGVYq) 205
Not even past midnight?
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:36 PM (Ia/+0) 206
203 tcn, didn't Henry and Jane Seymour had Edward .
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:34 PM (afJtY) Yes, and it killed Jane. I suspect he did father that one. She was a bit of a mouse, not likely a political player like Ann was. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:36 PM (bl07w) 207
I cut the corn off the cob first.
Posted by: Piper MiladyJo inquires, so, do you cook it before you cut it off the cob, or after, and, if after, how do you cook it? Posted by: mindful webworker vegetating at July 01, 2026 11:24 PM (FL3q9) 3 or 4 minutes in boiling salted water, then cut off the cob. use a good skillet, lots butter, paula dean levels is good, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder and cook to crispy Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2026 11:36 PM (nsSpm) Posted by: Adriane the Not Paranoid Enough Critic . . . at July 01, 2026 11:36 PM (WGVYq) 209
Speaking of bad kings, I was raised in the Episcopal Church (pre-woke old style). Not quite the same as other Protestant denominations, more like a popeless catholicism. I was pretty young when I figured out that it derived from the Anglican Church, and thus was founded by a king who wanted a divorce instead of beheading another gal.
I appreciated the faith I was taught, but my church's origin was never something to brag about! Posted by: mindful webworker steeple chasing at July 01, 2026 11:37 PM (FL3q9) 210
Henry 8th had several Plantegenant children executed and little old ladies like Anne Poole.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Paranoid Enough Critic . . . at July 01, 2026 11:39 PM (WGVYq) 211
My favorite of Henry VIII’s wives is Anne of Cleves. He divorced her almost immediately, but he let her stay in England, where he treated her well, and where she gambled and drank. Fun lady.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:40 PM (77rzZ) 212
Interesting point about Chuck being the head of a multi religious nation. In my opinion the CoE abdicated it's role a decade ago.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:40 PM (afJtY) 213
The most famous child was Edward, Duke of something. 12 I think.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Paranoid Enough Critic . . . at July 01, 2026 11:40 PM (WGVYq) 214
Good evening! Today, Debbie Harry turned 81 and Fred Schneider turned 75. So, here's his band's 1998 musical tribute to her, and her 2011 music video with a cameo by their Kate Pierson. It's not the best work of either, but I couldn't resist the tie-ins!
The B-52's - Debbie (Official Music Video) https://youtu.be/rSEMjZ6YqGI Blondie - "Mother" - Official Video https://youtu.be/-3mBObJM0ss I will have more on Sufjan Stevens later, but first I'm taking a walk while it's still light out. Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 11:42 PM (Sy6m/) 215
210 Henry 8th had several Plantegenant children executed and little old ladies like Anne Poole.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Paranoid Enough Critic . . . at July 01, 2026 11:39 PM (WGVYq) Here's the disturbing part of all that. Most of the executions he "ordered" were not actually at his behest. When the "ruler" is completely crazy, sycophants will do anything to stay in his good graces, and murder is just one of the many evils committed in that ploy. All Henry had to do was complain about some inconvenience or another, and his minions would remove said inconvenience. If you read the sentence of Ann Boleyn, it is clear that it is a tautology, not a real sentence. They made it look like she had committed treason, but the argument is very thin and weak. But, it is what Henry wanted to hear, so it carried the day. Evil. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:43 PM (bl07w) 216
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Henry VIII: As stated, Anne was murdered, along with 5 others who were accused of having had sex with her-- including Anne's own brother. The whole case was a crock. However, Katherine Howard did likely commit treason, i.e., adultery. Richard III as "victim of Tudor propaganda": the Italian ambassador wrote CONTEMPORANEOUSLY that Richard was universally believed to have had probably had the Little Princes murdered, i.e., that was BEFORE the Tudors. Historians have long maintained that Richard had unusual difficulty amassing an army at Bosworth-- in large part because of disgust with the disappearance of the Little Princes. None of that was Tudor propaganda. Richard had 100% control of the Tower. The Princes had a FAR better claim to the throne than Richard. Otoh, EVERYBODY had a better claim to the throne than Henry Tudor. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:44 PM (RCjYY) Posted by: mindful webworker - cool, calm, and connected at July 01, 2026 11:46 PM (FL3q9) 218
My fave new Brit couple went tubing on the river at Lava Hot Springs, ID! That's a great little town. Cold river to tube down, beautiful hot springs to soak in, and amazing scones at the Chuckwagon.
https://x.com/hmcrem/status/ 2072372759749857714?s=46 We escaped there during Covid and no one masked up. We joked it was the "town covid forgot." It was a great trip. Posted by: LizLem at July 01, 2026 11:46 PM (gWBY1) 219
I learned everything I needed to know about Henry when he killed More.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:46 PM (afJtY) 220
None of that was Tudor propaganda. Richard had 100% control of the Tower. The Princes had a FAR better claim to the throne than Richard. Otoh, EVERYBODY had a better claim to the throne than Henry Tudor.
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:44 PM (RCjYY) Richard had them killed. He probably didn't even see them, but they died under his watch. Owen Tudor was a Welshman. He had nearly no claim to the throne at all. English history is full of random chance. That's what makes it so interesting to study. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:47 PM (bl07w) 221
I don’t care, The Tudors were far better rulers than those damn Stuarts.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:48 PM (77rzZ) 222
219 I learned everything I needed to know about Henry when he killed More.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:46 PM (afJtY) Definitive. When you put yourself above God.... Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:49 PM (bl07w) 223
Haas President Trump ordered our bases in France to take their huge space heaters outside, to help the French with their climate change?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 11:49 PM (qx7Zg) 224
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I don"t think the de la Poles Henry put to death were children. If any of them were children, I missed it-- which is possible. I'm not making a case that Henry VIII was a good and decent man. He wasn't. He was, however, not a weak king. Historians I've read say that popular opinion in Henry's time probably favored a national church, over the Pope in Rome. No-one took a public opinion poll, though. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:50 PM (RCjYY) 225
William of Orange for the win!
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:51 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY) 227
I cook corn on the cob on the grill, but don't like it charred or dried out.
Peel back but don't remove the leaves. Remove silk while rinsing under running water. (Butter, s & p if desired but not necessary before cooking.) Replace the leaves, trim stalk and maybe the tip if it's sparse, roll up in foil. Place on top rack for about 1/2 hour, more or less, while grilling other delicious foods. I think the leaves add flavor. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 11:52 PM (rdVOm) 228
Salisbury Cathedral. A very interesting place to visit, with a very interesting history. Attended an evening service there.
Recommended read: 'Sarum: The Novel of England' Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:53 PM (XeU6L) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm) 230
Posted by: Pug Mahon, US Army, 1987 - 1991 at July 01, 2026 11:19 PM (0aYVJ)
My DDay uncle got the worst of it. His feet almost froze at the Battle of the Bulge, he got a Purple Heart in Holland for some nasty shrapnel. He died in 1982 and never talked about it. The Greatest Generation was a pretty humble group. Posted by: TxAnn at July 01, 2026 11:55 PM (SjAWL) 231
Thomas More was a damn hypocrite. Wolseley was a far better statesman.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:55 PM (77rzZ) 232
An aside:
During the reign of a great many English monarchs, there were people alive who had a better, more legitimate claim to the crown than the actual King or Queen did. One would not have wanted to sell life insurance to these folks. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:56 PM (RCjYY) 233
Historians I've read say that popular opinion in Henry's time probably favored a national church, over the Pope in Rome. No-one took a public opinion poll, though.
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:50 PM (RCjYY) Doubtful, considering the number of martyrs to the Catholic Church who were murdered during his and his children's tenures. I don't think anyone was ready for any "church" that wasn't the Holy Roman Catholic Church they all lived under at the time. The choice Henry made was political and sexual, nothing more. It certainly wasn't religious in any true sense. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:57 PM (bl07w) 234
mnw, yes I have. More was no less an abuser of power than any other figure of the time to his failing.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 11:57 PM (afJtY) 235
Dude put himself above the Church, and nearly up to God. His legacy is the degeneration that is England today. But you have to admit that he inspired the timeless classic "I'm Enery the Eighth, I am, I am" Posted by: Azjaeger at July 01, 2026 11:57 PM (3/XaG) 236
An Italian monk, serving in the suite of the French ambassador, loyal to the French King who supported Henry Tudor is hardly a reliable source. What is notable is that majority of Henry Tudor's army at Bosworth were French and other mercenaries, paid for by the French, whereas the army fighting with Richard III were , you know, locals.
Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 11:57 PM (frGWQ) 237
As Lord Chancellor, Thomas Moore spilled a lot of blood. He was quite proud of that-- scourge of heretics.
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 11:58 PM (RCjYY) 238
231 Thomas More was a damn hypocrite. Wolseley was a far better statesman.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:55 PM (77rzZ) How was More a hypocrite? I'm curious. He was certainly rigid in his beliefs, but I'm not sure what he did that negated them. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 11:59 PM (bl07w) 239
231 Thomas More was a damn hypocrite. Wolseley was a far better statesman
-------- But was Wolsey a Man for All Seasons? I think not. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 01, 2026 11:59 PM (u/oMr) 240
But you have to admit that he inspired the timeless classic "I'm Enery the Eighth, I am, I am"
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 01, 2026 11:57 PM (3/XaG) And when you hear it, you have to dance around the room. Can't be helped. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2026 12:00 AM (bl07w) 241
Yay, me! I rewound several string trimmer spools. Ready for action now.
Pre-wound are spendy, and I'd bought a couple of 3-packs when previously in a hurry. Knew that cost was unsustainable, so also purchased a big roll of replacement line. Home-made bit for the spools on the screwgun and a dowel for the big roll... sweet deal! Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm) 242
Before we were married I was in graduate school Mrs. F. and I drove to Toronto to see relatives for Canada Day. It was supposed to be an overnight visit, but turned into a 4-day rager.
Crossing back into the U.S. we were interrogated for 2 hours. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX) Try being in Victoria BC. You can literally walk across the harbor from boat to boat and arrive on the other side very far from sober. Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:02 AM (2WIwB) 243
The Greatest Generation was a pretty humble group.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 01, 2026 11:55 PM (SjAWL) Yup. Agree. The Old Breed. Posted by: Pug Mahon, US Army, 1987 - 1991 at July 02, 2026 12:02 AM (0aYVJ) 244
Man. I am jonesing for some Olathe sweet corn from Colorado right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 11:08 PM (0aYVJ) --------- Funny you mention it - they are a customer of mine... I was just at their facility yesterday. Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 02, 2026 12:02 AM (PgZsD) 245
And then they had Cranmer.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:04 AM (afJtY) 246
How was More a hypocrite? I'm curious. He was certainly rigid in his beliefs, but I'm not sure what he did that negated them.
-------- It's ironic that More is treated as an avatar of freedom of conscience today. Sure, he stood firm for his own convictions against the onslaught of Henry's lust-driven theology. But as Chancellor, he watched innocent Protestants get burned at the stake at Smithfield for their heretical beliefs and did nothing to intervene. It's too bad. More was a tremendously talented lawyer and therefore is someone I would like to admire. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:05 AM (u/oMr) 247
Random thought...
Will Doof turn over Sunday's ONT to the Declaration of Independence, with the fashion section from 1776? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 12:06 AM (qx7Zg) 248
You should maybe comment moar.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX That might be a capital idea. Thank you. And I did go to college about 2 hours east of the world renowned TXMOME. So there’s that. Posted by: TxAnn at July 02, 2026 12:06 AM (SjAWL) 249
Gotta say, I was not expecting learned discussions of the trials, perfidity, and evils of various medieval British royalty on the O. N. T.
And hardly anyone has mentioned the fact that King John was outfoxed (heh) by a fox.... and a football playing Hen. Or so the Disney historical documentaries would suggest, from the tales of Allen O'Dale. Posted by: SimoHayha at July 02, 2026 12:06 AM (/ZkOF) 250
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I can't argue the matter any further. Who controlled the Tower? And who else had the capability of having the Princes buried in the walls after their murder? No-one else had the opportunity but Richard. No-one else had a motive but Richard, either. As stated, there were like 125 people who had a better claim than Henry Tudor! Thomas Moore took pride in describing himself as "scourge of heretics." He had dozens of dissenters burned. Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:07 AM (RCjYY) 251
I read a book in college that was a dual biography of Wolseley and More, with the latter coming of the worse.
I should probably stop commenting on this topic at this point, since my militant Protestantism has gotten me banned before. So, I present a subject that we can all agree on — BOOBS! Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ) 252
TxAnn, come home and join us. A finer group of people you will never find.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:08 AM (afJtY) Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 02, 2026 12:09 AM (+9wcF) 254
Boobs, eh? Do the young-uns still chant about how "we must, we must, we must increase our bust! The bigger the better the tighter the sweater the boys depend on us?"
Or is that just something young teenage me made up in a fevered dream? Posted by: SimoHayha at July 02, 2026 12:09 AM (/ZkOF) 255
Will Doof turn over Sunday's ONT to the Declaration of Independence, with the fashion section from 1776?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 12:06 AM (qx7Zg) Woohoo!!! Corsets and petticoats! Woot! Woot! Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:09 AM (2WIwB) 256
But as Chancellor, he watched innocent Protestants get burned at the stake at Smithfield for their heretical beliefs and did nothing to intervene.
It's too bad. More was a tremendously talented lawyer and therefore is someone I would like to admire. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:05 AM (u/oMr) Well, that was his job. Protestants may be perfectly acceptable now, but at the time, they were heretics (actually, they still are...), so burning them made perfect sense. You can judge people by today's standards, but it makes no sense in time. By those standards, George Washington was horridly evil man because he had slaves. But at the time, it was perfectly normal. We don't like it, but that hardly matters, historically. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2026 12:10 AM (bl07w) 257
I keep misspelling More.
Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:10 AM (RCjYY) 258
Bustles and bonnets
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:10 AM (afJtY) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 12:11 AM (qx7Zg) 260
But was Wolsey a Man for All Seasons? I think not.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 01, 2026 11:59 PM (u/oMr) Bee Gees even wrote a song about it... https://youtu.be/HK6d4sMUdrQ Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 02, 2026 12:11 AM (nbLIj) 261
Them of you who have visited The Tower probably saw Henry's armor, which sported an impressive codpiece.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2026 12:12 AM (XeU6L) 262
261 Them of you who have visited The Tower probably saw Henry's armor, which sported an impressive codpiece.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2026 12:12 AM (XeU6L) When you are king, you can claim whatever size wedding tackle you choose, I suppose. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2026 12:13 AM (bl07w) Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 12:14 AM (yEz+x) 264
My fave new Brit couple went tubing on the river at Lava Hot Springs, ID! That's a great little town. Cold river to tube down, beautiful hot springs to soak in, and amazing scones at the Chuckwagon.
https://x.com/hmcrem/status/ 2072372759749857714?s=46 We escaped there during Covid and no one masked up. We joked it was the "town covid forgot." It was a great trip. Posted by: LizLem at July 01, 2026 11:46 PM (gWBY1) Those 2 are a riot. I saw a lot of their vids. They're the most non American citizen Americans I ever saw. Trump really needs an exchange program, or something that fast tracks Americans stuck in brit bodies. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 12:14 AM (snZF9) 265
Anybody know that until fairly modern times, a Cardinal was assigned to feel a new Pope's junk-- and publicly declare that the Pontiff was in fact a male?
Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:14 AM (RCjYY) 266
When you are king, you can claim whatever size wedding tackle you choose, I suppose.
Posted by: tcn ------ It looked preposterous. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2026 12:14 AM (XeU6L) 267
I keep misspelling More.
Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:10 AM (RCjYY) You should try misspelling Les... Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 02, 2026 12:15 AM (nbLIj) 268
Them of you who have visited The Tower probably saw Henry's armor, which sported an impressive codpiece.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2026 12:12 AM (XeU6L) I think I saw a set of his armor at the MET. He was a frigging runt. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9) 269
Smoked salmon is pretty special stuff.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 02, 2026 12:14 AM (yEz+x) Yummmm!!!! With triskits and a chilled pinot gris. Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:15 AM (2WIwB) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 12:17 AM (c35xG) 271
265 Anybody know that until fairly modern times, a Cardinal was assigned to feel a new Pope's junk-- and publicly declare that the Pontiff was in fact a male?
Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:14 AM (RCjYY) -------- The Pope Joan episode really traumatized the conclave, I guess. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:18 AM (u/oMr) Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:18 AM (RCjYY) 273
261 One of my female high-school teachers, who chaperoned a school trip to London, endlessly mocked Henry’s oversized (in her opinion) codpiece.
Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 12:18 AM (77rzZ) 274
266 When you are king, you can claim whatever size wedding tackle you choose, I suppose.
Posted by: tcn ------ It looked preposterous. -------- To be fair, they didn't have messenger bags back then, and he needed somewhere to keep his lunch. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:19 AM (u/oMr) 275
I'm going to take a bold stance: I don't like humidity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 02, 2026 12:19 AM (mPXxA) 276
Amazing as it is our 250 years is a pittance in time.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:20 AM (afJtY) 277
Amazing as it is our 250 years is a pittance in time.
Posted by: Ben Had And WE MADE IT! In spite of O'dumbass & co. Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm) 278
Update on my mother. They did the procedure around noon to put in the vein filter to keep any more clots from getting up to the heart and lungs. She did well. This morning, due to all the blood thinners they had her on, another big hematoma popped up on her left leg. It was incredibly painful -- she said "Gollie bum!". That's about the strongest cussin' she ever does. It burst in post-op after the procedure, freaking everybody out, but no big deal. And that relieved the pressure. She was sleeping when we left her this evening. Posted by: Tunguska Event eyewitness at July 02, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb) 279
Impact sock off! Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb) 280
And WE MADE IT! In spite of O'dumbass & co.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm) --------- It's depressing to think that one monument of the 250th anniversary that is likely to endure in one form or another is the Obama Pestilential Center in Chicago. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:24 AM (u/oMr) 281
publius, continued prayers to you all.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:24 AM (afJtY) 282
Amazing as it is our 250 years is a pittance in time.
Posted by: Ben Had And WE MADE IT! In spite of O'dumbass & co. Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm) We're still the only country to put men on another planetary body, and bring all of them home alive. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 12:25 AM (qx7Zg) 283
So, regarding boobs, y’all should google Madeline Smith (I can’t do crap from my phone).
Hubba hubba: Posted by: Bulg at July 02, 2026 12:26 AM (77rzZ) 284
276 Amazing as it is our 250 years is a pittance in time.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:20 AM (afJtY) Rome was around for 700 years before Caesar crossed the Rubicon. And the west would last 480 more years. If you count Byzantium, add on another 1000. But when you look at it, we've done some pretty neat stuff in 250. Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 02, 2026 12:26 AM (mPXxA) 285
Wow, Publius---
Bless you, your mom, and Miley. Will keep praying for you all. Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm) 286
If interested, read some of the eyewitness accounts there. They're quite fascinating. Heat pulse followed by shock wave, just like a big nuke. Had that thing come in a few minutes to and hour earlier, it would've hit Canada/Alaska and perhaps the northern US. Hour later and it would've hit Moscow and maybe Europe. That thing would've flattened a city. NYC would be toast, for instance. Millions killed instantly. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 12:27 AM (w6EFb) Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:27 AM (RCjYY) 288
I'm going to take a bold stance: I don't like humidity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD -------- So you're not an amphibian? Posted by: scampydog at July 02, 2026 12:28 AM (41CYW) 289
She was sleeping when we left her this evening.
Posted by: Tunguska Event eyewitness at July 02, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb) Hope she gets to feeling better, man. Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 02, 2026 12:28 AM (mPXxA) 290
It's depressing to think that one monument of the 250th anniversary that is likely to endure in one form or another is the Obama Pestilential Center in Chicago.
Posted by: Cicero I don't know... I hear the *snobelisk* may have several liens placed against it. Heh. Hope it gets shut down & scrapped. Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm) 291
I'll tell you this, she is one tough woman. No question about that. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb) 292
We're still the only country to put men on another planetary body, and bring all of them home alive.
-------- We're also the only nation on Earth that commissioned 19 new fleet carriers in three years in the Pacific while simultaneously fighting an all-out war in Europe. No other country has ever come close to achieving output like that. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:29 AM (u/oMr) 293
The USA went from muskets to laser weapons, carrier pigeons to the internet and a myriad of other achievements in 250 years. 2,500 hundred of civilization never dreamed of such advances.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:30 AM (afJtY) Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:31 AM (RCjYY) 295
The USA went from muskets to laser weapons, carrier pigeons to the internet and a myriad of other achievements in 250 years. 2,500 hundred of civilization never dreamed of such advances.
Posted by: Ben Had Our wheelz gots SPINNERZ! 'Merica! Fk Yeah! Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm) 296
MiladyJo and I went down to the gate to put the trash can out by the road. Took Daisy the magnificent Malinois with us.
When we got back to the house, on the wall near the front door, there was a big fat ugly horse fly. We hates them. I was trying to figure out how to goosh it, thinking I might try a high kick, or something other than my hand. Suddenly, Daisy sees it, leaps up, and and devours it. What a good dog. I think she deserves a treat. Posted by: mindful webworker regulates the local gene pool at July 02, 2026 12:32 AM (FL3q9) 297
That thing came in at 20 km/s or better. From some of those eyewitness accounts who say the "streak" it was blue, showing just hot hot it was. Peak temperature, well, we're talking 30,000F. Surface temp right at the epicenter likely hit 3000F. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb) 298
287 I did a quick inquiry, "Did Henry VIII murder any children?"
--------- He did have the elderly Margaret de la Pole chased around Tower Hill by an executioner swinging a hatchet in a horrific bloody scene for no other reason than that her son Michael de la Pole was currently beyond his reach. That's pretty monstrous. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:33 AM (u/oMr) 299
Armor with a prominent codpiece.....
So you're going into battle, surrounded by numerous physically-fit, hot, sweaty men, and your armor needs erection space? Not sending the message you think you're sending. Posted by: mikeski at July 02, 2026 12:34 AM (VHUov) 300
What a good dog. I think she deserves a treat.
Posted by: mindful webworker Good girl! Got to love a doggeh what eats de nasty flying thingz... Our girl ate wasps. Yay! *sends treats* Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:34 AM (rdVOm) 301
Yeah, Henry was a dick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 02, 2026 12:35 AM (mPXxA) Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:35 AM (u/oMr) 303
Henry to Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II to Chuck. Devolution.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:37 AM (afJtY) 304
Just an outstanding ONT, the content and the comments too, I learn so much history here. I mostly learned about American history in school, back when it was based on actual facts. Nowadays they aren't even learing much at all.
The youth of America are now being taught that the Greatest Generation were the oppressors of the world and not their savior. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 02, 2026 12:37 AM (ibDUx) Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:39 AM (RCjYY) 306
Another interesting thing I didn't know. For several nights after the impact, there was a very bright night sky glow over Europe and Asia. Icy material, as from a comet fragment sort of suspended high above would do this. The pressure wave from that blast went around the globe at least twice, famously detected by sensitive barographs in Washington, DC. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb) 307
mnw, I believe you are correct and that is why he called her "sister"
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:40 AM (afJtY) 308
I present a subject that we can all agree on — BOOBS!
Posted by: Bulg Saved this meme for you, Bulg Women with or without make-up. Compare https://bit.ly/with-or-without-compare Posted by: mindful webworker reviews the universe at July 02, 2026 12:41 AM (FL3q9) 309
The USA went from muskets to laser weapons, carrier pigeons to the internet and a myriad of other achievements in 250 years. 2,500 hundred of civilization never dreamed of such advances.
Posted by: Ben Had Our wheelz gots SPINNERZ! 'Merica! Fk Yeah! Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm) *looks at stirrups* Well, crap. Posted by: Early Chinese Dude at July 02, 2026 12:42 AM (2WIwB) 310
Correction to 305
Me bad AGAIN. Henry's marriage to Catherine Parr was likely never consummated. It's easy to confuse Anne of Cleves & Catherine Parr, at least for me. Katherine Howard probably committed adultery (treason) because she was desperate for a child & Henry couldn't cut the mustard. Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:43 AM (RCjYY) 311
Sorry I'm late, I ordered an ananometer, but now I'm wondering if I wasted my money, because I don't actuallyknow anybody named Ann.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 01, 2026 10:05 PM (svL1X) Would it be for hot balling? I understand a hot ball anemometer is just the thing. Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2026 12:44 AM (rbvCR) 312
Katherine Howard probably committed adultery (treason) because she was desperate for a child & Henry couldn't cut the mustard.
--------- Some say that Henry really knew how to cut the Royal cheese, which was possibly part of the problem. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:45 AM (u/oMr) 313
Good evening all!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 02, 2026 12:46 AM (2WIwB) 314
Hi, Debby!
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm) 315
Three Catherines, two Annes and a Jane
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:48 AM (u/oMr) 316
Hi, Diogenes!
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm) 317
280 And WE MADE IT! In spite of O'dumbass & co.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm) --------- It's depressing to think that one monument of the 250th anniversary that is likely to endure in one form or another is the Obama Pestilential Center in Chicago. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2026 12:24 AM (u/oMr) There are pretty good odds that the Imperial Fortress contractors were grifters building Tofu Dreg style, and in 50 years all that will be left is a plaque in a park with a photo showing what it looked like from that vantage point before they had to demolish it for safety. Posted by: SciVo at July 02, 2026 12:48 AM (Sy6m/) 318
Cicero and a Madge !
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:49 AM (afJtY) 319
He also had an illegitimate son, whom Henry elevated to Duke.
Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:50 AM (RCjYY) 320
Two of my ggrandmothers were called "Kate". One, for sure, was actually "Catherine" but don't know about the other.
One was midwife for the other-- mother of my grandpa helped deliver my grandma! Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm) 321
mnw, "The Tudors" took a lot of liberty with history but the basics were not bastardized.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:52 AM (afJtY) 322
a photo showing what it looked like from that vantage point before they had to demolish it for safety.
Posted by: SciVo --- That concrete garbage bin at the reflection pool is a good representation. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 12:53 AM (c35xG) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 12:53 AM (qx7Zg) Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm) 325
There are pretty good odds that the Imperial Fortress contractors were grifters building Tofu Dreg style, and in 50 years all that will be left is a plaque in a park with a photo showing what it looked like from that vantage point before they had to demolish it for safety.
Posted by: SciVo at July 02, 2026 12:48 AM (Sy6m/) At least we'll have a suitable target when we make the first X-Wing. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 12:55 AM (qx7Zg) 326
kinda underwhelming
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 10:02 PM (8qVJT) ------- It looks perfectly bucolic! Posted by: 496 at July 02, 2026 12:57 AM (aK3Fj) 327
JQ, you are awarded 50 creative points .
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:57 AM (afJtY) 328
No love for my word "snobelisk"?
...and I thought I was creative... Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm) Put a snow machine in the top floor, open every door, and turn it on? Me likey! Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 12:57 AM (qx7Zg) 329
One was midwife for the other-- mother of my grandpa helped deliver my grandma!
Posted by: JQ -- Cool, family history. Mom's baby sister was the first on either side of the family to be born in a hospital. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 12:57 AM (c35xG) 330
Ben Had
I don't think I ever saw that. I did see "The 6 Wives of Henry VIII," which I liked a lot, & I think it was pretty historically accurate, as well. Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:57 AM (RCjYY) 331
JQ, Hadrian will be issuing youba patent on that shortly.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 12:58 AM (afJtY) 332
It's ironic that More is treated as an avatar of freedom of conscience today. Sure, he stood firm for his own convictions against the onslaught of Henry's lust-driven theology. But as Chancellor, he watched innocent Protestants get burned at the stake at Smithfield for their heretical beliefs and did nothing to intervene.”
Because of his position as Chancellor, he was required to do it. The reasoning sounds bizarre to our ears today, but they didn’t question. The Protestant reformation was breaking across Northern Europe, and those in power believed they intended to overthrow all society. (Some said exactly that). Authority saw them as we would see violent anarchists today, and vowed to stamp them Out brutally. It was still a time when to oppose the Church was to oppose the State. This, and all the killing that happened across Europe until the 30 years war ended, was why our forbears came round to the idea that a complete separation of church and state would keep a whole lot of blood from being spilled. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 12:58 AM (BSqvY) 333
Hey JQ, good to see you, Cheers.
publius, prayers for you and Miley and your Mama. I bet that if you didn't have so much on your mind tonight you might have posted your recipe for cut corn, my family and friends liked it a lot. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 02, 2026 12:59 AM (ibDUx) 334
If you'll excuse the infuse of politicks briefly noted:
@grok If a pregnant Mexican takes a flight to Canada and gives birth to her child while over the US, is that child a US citizen? https://bit.ly/grok-on-anchor-babies Spoiler, answer in brief: Yes. Posted by: mindful webworker starting to wind down at July 02, 2026 01:00 AM (FL3q9) Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 01:00 AM (w6EFb) 337
More burned a lot more protetrant heretics than was absolutely necessary!
Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 01:01 AM (RCjYY) 338
And JQ, I love the snobelisk, I'm stealing it from you!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 02, 2026 01:02 AM (ibDUx) 339
From the " out of the blue " dept. I learned from watching the Thin Man movies that Manhattans must be shaken to the tempo of a fox trot.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2026 01:03 AM (afJtY) 340
From the Babylon Bee today;
U.S. — People around the world celebrated the establishment of a new supreme leader, as President Donald Trump was confirmed to now rule the entire world after the United States Supreme Court declared everyone on Earth to be American. Following the court's declaration that all people are Americans, the White House reportedly launched plans for a grand ceremony to observe Trump's coronation as ruler of all mankind, followed by a global tour to present himself to his billions of subjects. Trump offered effusive praise for the ruling. "I am happy to now be Supreme Ruler of Mankind," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "This is the job I should have had since day one, to be honest, but we couldn't do it legally until the Supreme Court declared everyone an American.” Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2026 01:04 AM (BSqvY) 341
>> posted your recipe for cut corn, my family and friends liked it a lot.
It's pretty simple. Fresh corn. With a sharp knife, cut off the just the tops of the kernels, then take the back of the knife and scrape out all the "goody". This will be some work, but well worth it. A dozen ears will make a good mess. Two dozen will make a really good mess. Depending on starch and sugar content, you'll need to add varying amounts of water. Bring it to a good simmer, adding the water as needed. You'll have to continuously stir, otherwise it can stick, especially if it's starchier (hybrid sweet corn is bred to be more on the sugary side, but some varieties are still starchy). Now, salt, pepper, and bacon grease to taste. That's all there is to it. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb) 342
...and I thought I was creative...
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm) P'raps . . . "snob-o-lisk" or "Snob O'Lisk" Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2026 01:07 AM (rbvCR) 343
I hereby declare that "snobelisk" is free to use by any horde member, but ONLY in reference to obummer's *residential self-centered grandiosity building.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm) 344
You can cut if off right in the pan or pot you're going to cook it in, of course. I like a wider pan, more width to height, but for huge batches I've used a big pot. The stirring there can get to be a lot. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb) 345
Still, seeing it makes me want to beat on things with a tapir's femur and make snarling noises.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2026 01:08 AM (rbvCR) 346
Got to go. Been a long day. Shorter than yesterday, of course, but still long. And in my saving time zone, it's tomorrow already.
Nice moon out tonight. Barenaked Ladies is click-bait: they're all guys, dressed. https://youtu.be/Zs3xXlXSOKk G'nite, y'all.💤 Posted by: mindful webworker is outta here at July 02, 2026 01:08 AM (FL3q9) 347
I don't know... I hear the *snobelisk* may have several liens placed against it. Heh. Hope it gets shut down & scrapped.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm) Should be knobelisk, fit for a dickhead. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:09 AM (snZF9) 348
Kindltot-- you may spell it however you wish. Just like the write-in ballot BS for the Alaskan SnowBlower...
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm) 350
Knobelisk, snobelisk... O'bastard sucks cock by choice.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm) 351
Oh, time: simmer about 10 - 15 minutes. After about 10 minutes, add in the salt, pepper and bacon grease, then let it continue (all the while stirring) until you think it's about right. The stirring is critical while it's first warming up to simmer. It can stick before you know it and make a mess. After it gets started cooking a bit, it's not as critical, but you still want to keep an eye. There's something about the consistency of it when raw that can trap heat at the bottom. Things just don't convect as well. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 01:15 AM (c35xG) 353
I don't know what to make of that abortion obama calls his library. It looks like it should be at an airport with a primitive radar dish on top, but it really looks like the office building of a sewage treatment plant I saw one time. Maybe one of the buildings at Chernobyl. He was a no class tacky motherfucker anyway, so its fitting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9) 354
I worked six summers in a cannery processing beans and sweet corn. I still don't like sweet corn and I will never eat creamed corn voluntarily.
I have found that home canned beans are pretty good, though. Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (rbvCR) 355
Late BF cut corn-on-the-cob off of the cob for me, when I had braces on my teefs. (yeah, re-applied braces in my 30s because didn't get the wisdom teeth removed in time to prevent re-crookeding) He was a really cool man.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm) 356
He was a no class tacky motherfucker anyway, so its fitting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9) Well, consider whom he "married." Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (bl07w) 357
Did it again Bers, LOL, soaking wet here with nary a paper towel in reach.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (ibDUx) 358
Did it again Bers, LOL, soaking wet here with nary a paper towel in reach.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (ibDUx) Le ooops. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:18 AM (snZF9) 359
He was a no class tacky motherfucker anyway, so its fitting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9) Well, consider whom he "married." Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2026 01:16 AM (bl07w) Every day is like a safari. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:19 AM (snZF9) 360
Bers-- obummer *doesn't* call it a "library"-- it's a "pResidential center"...
I could make further commentary about that, but will refrain. Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm) 361
Time for a shot I think. I'm off all week, so screw it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:20 AM (snZF9) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 01:20 AM (qx7Zg) 363
If she gets hard up for cash Michelle Obama can always star in a Netflix series about Bigfoot.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 02, 2026 01:21 AM (ibDUx) 364
*Woodford for Bers*
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm) 365
Bers-- obummer *doesn't* call it a "library"-- it's a "pResidential center"...
I could make further commentary about that, but will refrain. Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm) No, lets have it. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:22 AM (snZF9) 366
*Chivas for Debby*
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm) 367
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction... It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same...one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children...what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
Ronaldus Magnus, March 30, 1961 Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 Let us not forget the wise words of Dutch. I'm lucky to live in RR's hometown. Grandpa went to HS with him. Lucky to be an American. Where would the anti-Americans want to live? Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 02, 2026 01:22 AM (55Qr6) 368
*Belvedere for me*
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm) 370
There's is no comparison between store-bought creamed corn, canned or frozen and real, fresh cut-off corn. The canned stuff is vile, and the frozen stuff is better, but not much. I don't know what the hell is the difference, but there is no comparison. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb) Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm) 372
*buys round for the house*
'MERICA! FK YEAH! Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm) Hell yeah! Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:25 AM (snZF9) 373
349 Should be knobelisk, fit for a dickhead.
Posted by: Berserker --- DSA concrete melts in the rain. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 01:26 AM (c35xG) 374
Weather is supposed to be shit on the 4th. I really don't have anywhere to go that day, so I thought about going to this place called washington rock. Its very cool. I was there a few times. Washington used it as a lookout to keep track of the british troops because it has a good view. Its maybe 45 minutes from here. It would have been a nice ride on the bike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Rock_State_Park Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:30 AM (snZF9) 375
Cheers Horde, I almost typed Cheers Horse, which would have been really appropriate on the art thread. Sounds like we have a thunderstorm nearby, it is very hot and humid here. I'm just going to blame it on the French.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 02, 2026 01:30 AM (ibDUx) 376
353: It kind of looks like one of those Cold War BMEWS radar.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 01:30 AM (sAmhv) 377
>>>I don't know what the hell is the difference, but there is no comparison.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb --- One hour. You have one hour from stalk to pot for the best. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 01:31 AM (c35xG) 378
Polished off the chocolate covered peanuts earlier so, look out walnuts.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 01:34 AM (c35xG) 379
Forecast says 92F and sunny here, for Independence Day. Cooler than usual.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm) 380
My wife worked the state fair for a couple of years and one year she saved a case of corn on the cob that one of the concession restaurants was going to throw away at the end of the week. It was tough as could be, and I wound up boiling it and cutting it off the cob to freeze it.
My wife likes sweet corn. I still wish she had gotten a case of potatoes instead. Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2026 01:35 AM (rbvCR) 381
>>>I don't know what the hell is the difference, but there is no comparison.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb --- One hour. You have one hour from stalk to pot for the best. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 01:31 AM (c35xG) Unlike Chinese All-you-can-eat buffet. You heah fouhs - you go home now! Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2026 01:36 AM (qx7Zg) 382
"so burning them made perfect sense."
Nonsense. Burning people to death in the name of religion only makes sense if you are evil, no matter what you profess to be. Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 02, 2026 01:37 AM (DZ9Lv) 383
We will be about that here JQ through the weekend.
Sweet dreams Horde, I am off to sleep. I never did figure out if Ben Had was staying up really late or got up really early tonight. Seriously, I am going to mop the floor until the only space available is my bed. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 02, 2026 01:39 AM (ibDUx) 384
"so burning them made perfect sense."
Nonsense. Burning people to death in the name of religion only makes sense if you are evil, no matter what you profess to be. Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 02, 2026 01:37 AM (DZ9Lv) Forget religion, how about for revenge? lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:39 AM (snZF9) 385
'Night, Debby! Mop yourself *out of* the corner, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm) 386
It's been miserable here. Dew point hit 80F again. Forecast highs of 98 next two days, then 97 through the rest of the week. Heat index hit 113F here. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb) 387
It kind of looks like one of those Cold War BMEWS radar.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 01:30 AM (sAmhv) Kind of what I was thinking of. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 02, 2026 01:40 AM (snZF9) 388
There's is no comparison between store-bought creamed corn, canned or frozen and real, fresh cut-off corn.
The canned stuff is vile, and the frozen stuff is better, but not much. I don't know what the hell is the difference, but there is no comparison. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley You got that right publius. And nothing like sweet corn picked, shucked and boiled within a few hrs for a darn good meal. Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 02, 2026 01:41 AM (55Qr6) 389
For all my summertime complaints, I'm happy that it does cool off at night here.
Haven't hooked up the a/c yet but will do it soon. Just for daytime relief. At night, can open windows. Fan if needed.. Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm) 390
It's 76F right now, dew point 74F, which is 95% RH. Low last night was 72F. I do always generally get a little cooler than the forecast low, which is just 75F for tonight. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 01:46 AM (w6EFb) 391
Its maybe 45 minutes from here. It would have been a nice ride on the bike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Rock_State_Park Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division --- Being a surveyor he knew many things the Brits didn't. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 01:46 AM (c35xG) 392
Junior coming home for the weekend. Always nice to have the kids in town.
Posted by: scampydog at July 02, 2026 01:54 AM (41CYW) 393
Indie singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens turned 51 today (still Wednesday here). I'm not some huge fan, just sampling his music because it's his birthday and I've heard his name before, but I'm not sure where from.
Probably his biggest commercial hit (such as it was) is this track, off his gold-selling fifth studio album Illinois (2005): Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (Audio) https://youtu.be/edpLqHYp4XY AI says this next one is his most popular. You'd think it would be topical, but it's actually a melancholic meditation, as the original version is from his eighth album Carrie & Lowell (2015), wrestling with his mom's 2012 death. He's constantly re-worked it over the years, doing different versions in different live performances; this one is a special July 2022 release, for his birthday (the weirdo): Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July (April Base Version) [Official Music Video] https://youtu.be/SIGZimaAV4M Oh good, I managed to find a classic love song, off his latest album Javelin (2023). I was starting to wonder if he could even 'do' normal. It's nice: Sufjan Stevens - A Running Start (Official Lyric Video) https://youtu.be/GoFJbrNkyBw Posted by: SciVo at July 02, 2026 01:59 AM (Sy6m/) 394
Evening everyone.
I read a story a few years ago about some steel contractor putting twice as much steel as was needed in that obamanation Big-O calls a prezidentin center. I theorize that within 10 years it will start cracking and soon after pieces will fall off. Rubble within 100 years. Posted by: Reforger at July 02, 2026 02:01 AM (0dsIZ) 395
Illegal alien on the run after allegedly ramming ICE vehicle in Pennsylvania, prompting agent to fire weapon _Fox
--- These guys need some target practice. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 02:01 AM (c35xG) Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm) 397
White Lion II (NDDN) Wittoslav Lionovski
@WhiteLionII1 "I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built. I think it should be the goal of everyone living in a town to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance." "That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque, thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque. We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, "The Turban Cowboy," and the other, a topless bar, would be called "You Mecca Me Hot." Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called "Iraq of Ribs." Across the street there could be a lingerie store called "Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret" with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods, and on the other side a liquor store called "Morehammered." "All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us." Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 02:10 AM (c35xG) 398
"All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us."
Posted by: Braenyard ------------- No sh1t!!! Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm) 399
Anybody know that until fairly modern times, a Cardinal was assigned to feel a new Pope's junk-- and publicly declare that the Pontiff was in fact a male?
Posted by: mnw at July 02, 2026 12:14 AM (RCjYY) I thought the test was to prove he was not a castrato, which some men in the West were up until the 1800s, mainly to keep very high singing voices. Thus a special stool with a hole in the center and a prescribed chant “testiculi habete!” Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2026 02:28 AM (PY8/y) 400
FAA Moves To Lift 50-Year Ban On Overland Supersonic Flights
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 02:31 AM (c35xG) 401
>>I thought the test was to prove he was not a castrato, which some men in the West were up until the 1800s, mainly to keep very high singing voices.
This is about us, isn't it? --Vienna Boys' Choir Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm) 402
... and on the other side a liquor store called "Morehammered."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 02:10 AM (c35xG) - ahahahahaahahahahaha! Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 02:33 AM (x8PQF) 403
Executive Order Execution: Three Reactors Achieved Criticality Before July 4th.
Criticality means, good to go. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2026 02:34 AM (c35xG) 404
Not found
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm) 405
Good night, horde. I'm nodding...
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm) 406
Good night, JQ!
Posted by: SciVo at July 02, 2026 02:50 AM (Sy6m/) 407
"... telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
Ronaldus Magnus, March 30, 1961 Good one, Gipper! Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 03:01 AM (6wpGE) 408
So you're not an amphibian?
Posted by: scampydog at July 02, 2026 12:28 AM (41CYW) I can shoot with my left hand, I can shoot with my right hand. I’m amphibious!! Posted by: Charles Shackleford, NCState at July 02, 2026 03:05 AM (nFhuY) 409
Roosevelt:
"They [who] seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers...call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order." Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 03:06 AM (6wpGE) 410
The Magna Carta is stuck in kindergarten?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 02, 2026 03:17 AM (4g5V+) 411
370
There's is no comparison between store-bought creamed corn, canned or frozen and real, fresh cut-off corn. The canned stuff is vile, and the frozen stuff is better, but not much. I don't know what the hell is the difference, but there is no comparison. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 02, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb) Creamed corn is just evil. Disgusting. Posted by: Cow Demon at July 02, 2026 03:19 AM (4g5V+) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 03:32 AM (x8PQF) 413
They don't like you to get sleep around here
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 03:34 AM (Ia/+0) 414
It's 81 here in Babylon DC, at 0338 in the AM. Meh.
That 'Young Washington' flick looks ok. Might have to check that out. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 03:48 AM (sAmhv) 415
412 Everyone say hi to Allison:
https://tinyurl.com/zp83rdum Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 03:32 AM (x8PQF) She seems nice. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2026 03:53 AM (bl07w) 416
414 It's 81 here in Babylon DC, at 0338 in the AM. Meh.
That 'Young Washington' flick looks ok. Might have to check that out. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 03:48 AM (sAmhv) It is 52 degrees and sunny here at 11:55 pm, after a high of 69 today. Tomorrow will be about 67 and sunny as well. We don't have AC, don't really need it. Summer here is lovely. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2026 03:56 AM (bl07w) Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 03:59 AM (6wpGE) 418
Creamed corn. Boy. Satan's gravy. It's not as grave a sin as gay sex, but it's close. Like a mouthful of bestiality. Say no to the Devil's corn.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 02, 2026 04:06 AM (laHVL) 419
Everyone say hi to Allison: https://tinyurl.com/zp83rdum Posted by: Biden's Dog ============= Good lord, Allison is 36 years old. He needs to act like a grownup and see a shrink instead of taking out his resentment on a bunch of innocent strangers. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2026 04:08 AM (mmrXZ) 420
They don't like you to get sleep around here Posted by: Skip =============== What are they doing? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2026 04:08 AM (mmrXZ) 421
Waking me up
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:17 AM (Ia/+0) 422
The trick to cooking corn on the cob is : No salt. Yes sugar and lemon juice.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 02, 2026 04:19 AM (qFwJc) 423
Not sure instant oatmeal and hot coffee were called for today
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:24 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 04:28 AM (6wpGE) 425
Pixy's up!
Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE) 426
I'm just here to greet the sun
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 02, 2026 05:01 AM (qrjRO) 427
Appreciate tge history lesson!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:18 AM (WAZlG) 428
that there is a great essay, good job!
Posted by: DanMan at July 02, 2026 09:02 AM (8uzBS) Semiquintennial Cafe![]() Fascinating HistoryDog wants to be involved in his owner's pregnancy. Rescuing a sweet boy used for dog-fighting. Guys on an oil rig find a dog trying to stay alive in the ocean 135 miles from shore. Rescuing a husky neglected by his owner and left outside in the yard without attention or even food. (Helpful neighbors fed him through the fence.) Raising an orphaned polar bear cub until she's the size of a monster. Parrot flies in the draft of a ship. Turning nothing into something. Hand-raising a little baby bear. Running Galileo's experiment to prove that a ball of feathers falls just as quickly as a bowling ball -- in a vacuum, that is. Et voila, it's true.
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Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0) 2
warmth of collectivism
@NYCMayor · Follow New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur) 3
Well he was right about the warm!
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 07:49 PM (OoFl2) 4
That's so beautiful.
It should be a Presidential Center. Happy Dominion Day to AOP and any one else that may care. Stay cool. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 07:51 PM (Sco7b) 5
Thank you, Ace.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2026 07:52 PM (NnhvP) 6
I was watching a vid about how cats act in movies.
If "the cat" is doing many different stunts, it's probably several stunt cats. This is one reason movie cats tend to be one color, or something simply-patterned like a tabby. Also interesting is the way they get cats to react, like to hiss on cue. The secret: bring in another unfamiliar cat. youtu.be/AycqebrmBkM Oh and Captain Marvel is noted as a showcase for how cats can be CGI'ed into the shot. Maybe it shouldn't be because that movie was bad. Posted by: Qapla'! at July 01, 2026 07:52 PM (gKWVE) 7
/soq
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 07:52 PM (gKWVE) 8
Castle Craig looks like a rook and Hubbard probably intended this architectural masterpiece as an homage to Bobby Fischer and his unforgettable rook sacrifice in his victory over Robert Byrne.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 07:53 PM (2ap+5) 9
"Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can.
Posted by: r hennigantx" 78 degrees here would start a riot. Sure, there would only one person rioting, but she would be enough. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:53 PM (MWfyi) 10
Stateless, happy Dominion Day to you!
Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2026 07:55 PM (lP31d) 11
Now at my MIL's house, 84 is about right.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi) 12
Wish I had a stone tower just like that
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0) 13
>>>Which theory do you believe?
That a guy with lots of money said to himself, "you know, what that crag over there needs is a watchtower" Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 07:57 PM (rbvCR) 14
It doesn't have to be a great story, sometimes it just turns out that way.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 07:57 PM (rbvCR) 15
Pic calls to mind the Gastonbury Tor. Made an interesting visit there one blustery winter night.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 07:58 PM (XeU6L) 16
there's a partly-completed castle like that on the Fox river in Elgin, IL; I know nothing more
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2026 07:58 PM (VyBeY) Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1) 18
Bam the bait dog - someone is dicing onions in here
Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 08:00 PM (2ap+5) Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0) 20
Per the bearded Jordanian sandmaggot who got a year in county for murdering an American in LA - if you're from Denver, this is par for the course.
Antifa gunman Matthew Dolloff's charges were dropped by Denver's DA after a year in county. Not enough evidence. Even though he was being employed as an "Antifa sherpa" by Denver 7 News when he murdered a Trump supporter, and their own cameras were live and captured the murder, along with dozens of bystanders' cameras. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:02 PM (BI5O2) 21
every life pulled out the rubble is a victory, and so many people are dead and dying. It breaks my heart.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:02 PM (rbvCR) 22
@NYCMayor
· Follow New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur) ===== Dear peona; Do less with less. Enjoy the gruel! Love, Your Comrades Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:07 PM (RIvkX) 23
Needs a Hendrix solo.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi) 24
The video of Mont St. Michel is breathtaking, but of course, the real thing is that much better. It was built between the 11th and 16th centuries with medieval technology. Now compare it to the Obamination built with 21st century methods.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (Riz8t) Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1) 26
Their algorithm must be off because today I’ve gotten no less than 100 requests for GOP money.
Normal is about 29 per day. Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (l26NL) 27
There are near riots in Venezuela now. Bolivarian army groups are looting and the locals are seriously pissed about it.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 08:10 PM (XuXeR) 29
Yeah I bet Mamdani's A/C is set to 82, in solidarity with the masses.
Maybe he can do a presser from Gracie Mansion, dripping sweat in a wife beater and lamenting our national malaise. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (BI5O2) 30
We are on the pitch, in case you weren’t watching. Go Outlaws!
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (Wmg4n) 31
Kindltot, I imagine the locals might also have a case against Chavez building all those free apartments for them. On the cheap.
Like we build traps for mice. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (gKWVE) 32
Maybe he can do a presser from Gracie Mansion, dripping sweat in a wife beater and lamenting our national malaise"
Unleash the killer rabbit! Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at July 01, 2026 08:12 PM (JH34D) 34
Twelve minutes of Silvestrov. Bonus photo of VDH firing a tripod-mounted smoke cannon:
youtube.com/watch?v=Oy4sMKako1o Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:12 PM (Jr5Lq) 35
A bullet fired horizontally will hit the ground at the same time as an object dropped from the same height. I had to google that to make sure it hadn't been proved wrong.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 08:13 PM (2ap+5) 36
That polar bear will eat his head some day.
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:14 PM (8qVJT) 37
Re: The Jordanian who walked over to an old Jewish guy and clubbed him to death with a megaphone -- something stinks. The judge who bypassed the DAs office to arrange it, and who held an unannounced court session to evade scrutiny -- seriously appears to have been up to something. A number of stories have a picture of the Jordanian that appears to be his mug shot. He looks immensely pleased with himself. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 08:15 PM (VWtfl) 38
Maybe he can do a presser from Gracie Mansion, dripping sweat in a wife beater and lamenting our national malaise.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (BI5O2) ===== Worked great for me, except maybe a nice Baptist cardigan instead. Posted by: Nuclear Expert Jimmy Carter at July 01, 2026 08:16 PM (RIvkX) 39
Oglebay, it's high school (or even junior HS) physics... but there are other factors, such as air resistance and drag. This is what a "rifle" is, the barrel is rifled so the bullet spins to minimize drag.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE) 40
Per the PanAm Post;
So far, 6,461 people have been rescued. There are 3,660 foreign rescue workers, 148 dogs, and 49 support vehicles in the disaster area. According to the latest official report, 855 buildings were damaged, 189 of which collapsed completely. at least 2,000 are reported dead and 10,571 injured, according to the most recent official tally, which has not been updated with the number of missing persons. Thousands of civilians have formed aid networks, which include creating websites listing the names of survivors and the deceased, and have set up collection centers to receive donations and transport them to those in need, especially in La Guaira state A total of 80,870 families have received assistance. In addition, 15,467 people have registered as volunteers for rescue efforts. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:17 PM (rbvCR) 41
Hubbard took the secret to his grave. Which
Its a hand, reaching from the grave. It was supposed to have one finger longer than the others, facing the town, but the builders refused. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:17 PM (4JQ5U) 42
A number of stories have a picture of the Jordanian that appears to be his mug shot. He looks immensely pleased with himself.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 08:15 PM (VWtfl) === He's a local hero. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:18 PM (RIvkX) 43
A bullet fired horizontally will hit the ground at the same time as an object dropped from the same height. I had to google that to make sure it hadn't been proved wrong.
That's classical physics. Now - anyone that's ever done the first thing in ballistics will call bullshit ... because that's Applied Physics. But in the classical sense. Yes. You are right. Because a bullet would have 100% of its force applied on the pure horizontal plane. With no vertical force. Here's a good one. For the maximum distance WITH gravity ... that optimal angle in 45 degrees. And every artillery-man will tell you that's bullshit. But in the theoretical world ? 45 degrees. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:18 PM (7jBgj) 44
He probably just wanted to have the entire valley spread before him from a high point.
Because he could. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:20 PM (rbvCR) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:21 PM (O0L8i) 47
*breaks out fire extinguisher*
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi) 48
David Scott famously did the feather drop vs a hammer on the Moon during Apollo 15: https://t.ly/MJ8R4 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:22 PM (w6EFb) 49
gKWVE, the bullet is spun by the riflings so that it will be stable in flight
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:20 PM (rbvCR) I think the idea is that it is impossible to fire completely horizontal. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s) 50
And here we go ... I guess we can't grok the difference between Perfect Physical Models and Real Applied Models.
Or we just can't miss a chance to scold. One or the other. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:24 PM (7jBgj) 51
David Scott famously did the feather drop vs a hammer on the Moon during Apollo 15:
Its an event that belongs on a postage stamp. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (4JQ5U) 52
I'm watching metric football.
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8qVJT) 53
Or we just can't miss a chance to scold. One or the other.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:24 PM (7jBgj) ===== Physics is math. No math on the blog. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (RIvkX) 54
*sits at Café table*
*waits for service* *sets fire to napkin* Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Sir, this is a non-smoking establishment! *throws Hadrian out* Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (rdVOm) 55
Or we just can't miss a chance to scold. One or the other. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:24 PM (7jBgj) _________ This should be tested, extensively, at the TXMoMe. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i) 56
If you fire the bullet over a significant updraft, there will be a lift component to the forces on it. Minor of course.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (Jr5Lq) 57
Or we just can't miss a chance to scold. One or the other.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:24 PM (7jBgj) Maybe we just like to argue. Nah, im sure that's it. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (zZu0s) 58
"Furry Jesus And His Lover, Judas Iscariot" is being touted on Kickstarter.
so when are we getting an animated feature about the zutts. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE) 59
Re the 45 degree angle. With the variation of air resistance with height, you get more range with a higher angle because you get it up out of the thicker air. It travels farther horizontally even with lower initial horizontal velocity because the extra height greatly reduces drag. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:26 PM (w6EFb) 60
For those feeling sorry for Scott Wiener because DSA were mean to him.
End Wokeness @EndWokeness CA Sen. Scott Weiner just voted down a bill to ban registered sx offenders from office He calls them "minor crimes" Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 08:27 PM (ndZc7) 61
"Furry Jesus And His Lover, Judas Iscariot" is being touted on Kickstarter.
so when are we getting an animated feature about the zutts. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE) Yeah, now do Mohammed, you brave souls. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s) 62
so when are we getting an animated feature about the zutts.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE) Sounds like a good task for AI. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:27 PM (BI5O2) 63
59 We'll need a Vannevar Differential Analyzer to settle the debate.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (Jr5Lq) 64
Built in 1900 by kerosene tycoon Walter Hubbard, this 32-foot stone tower completely baffles historians. No one knows what inspired it.
I love that historians are baffled by the idea that maybe this dude with money to burn just wanted a stone watchtower and therefore built himself a stone watchtower. Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (C0Nlv) 65
A bullet fired horizontally will hit the ground at the same time as an object dropped from the same height. I had to google that to make sure it hadn't been proved wrong.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 08:13 PM You could have just asked me. Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1) 66
>>He probably just wanted to have the entire valley spread before him from a high point.
>>Because he could. I don't think it's much more complicated than that only he didn't build it for himself, he donated it to the town of Meriden. I visited the place when I was in college who was from the area. Beautiful views from the hill the castle is built on. Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (viF8m) Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (OoFl2) 68
Very surprised that Scott Weiner did not have at least one flak-catcher with him, especially since he had already been ambushed the night before.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:29 PM (RIvkX) 69
Re the 45 degree angle. With the variation of air resistance with height, you get more range with a higher angle because you get it up out of the thicker air.
Of fucking course. Again ... do you get it ? Theory vs. Reality ? In Theory ? 45 degrees is optimal. Because you split the difference between fighting gravity ... and horizontal projection. So you pay half the tax on the way up. Then get it all back on the way down. My God. Really. Did I not say Theory vs. Reality in earlier posts ? Theory vs. Applied ? I swear. Some of you would argue against the idea of a planet revolving around the big orange ball in the sky. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:29 PM (7jBgj) 70
I love that historians are baffled by the idea that maybe this dude with money to burn just wanted a stone watchtower and therefore built himself a stone watchtower.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (C0Nlv) Another thing: they cannot conceive of wanting to build something enduring. It is like they just cannot get it into their pea brains even with Obamas brutality monument to himself cluttering up the Chicago skyline. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s) 71
64 Built in 1900 by kerosene tycoon Walter Hubbard, this 32-foot stone tower completely baffles historians. No one knows what inspired it.
I love that historians are baffled by the idea that maybe this dude with money to burn just wanted a stone watchtower and therefore built himself a stone watchtower. Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 01, 2026 08:28 PM (C0Nlv) My grandfather built the Gopher House in Laramie. Shaped like a ship, made of stone and concrete, never got to finish the roof, although my dad said maybe he did but it might have been burnt down. So, nobody ever lived there except the gophers, hence the name. That part of the old farm belongs to a horse stable now, and they call it Stone Church horse stables or something like that. It was never a church. I suspect when my generation dies out, nobody will have any idea why he built it, either. Not that we were all that sure while he was alive. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:30 PM (bl07w) 72
>>>>A bullet fired horizontally will hit the ground at the same time as an object dropped from the same height. I had to google that to make sure it hadn't been proved wrong.
>>That's classical physics. Now - anyone that's ever done the first thing in ballistics will call bullshit ... because that's Applied Physics. When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey? I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays. Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM (5rh/l) 73
*sits at Café table*
*waits for service* *sets fire to napkin* Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:21 PM Napkin flambé? Next week's Food Thread writes itself! Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1) 74
I swear. Some of you would argue against the idea of a planet revolving around the big orange ball in the sky.
You sound irate. Perhaps you should just use that wheel in the middle of your mouse and scroll on by. Or jump in front of a bus. Either/or. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM (Riz8t) 75
visited it with a frend
Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m) 76
I swear. Some of you would argue against the idea of a planet revolving around the big orange ball in the sky.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:29 PM (7jBgj) "I came for an argument!" Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM (bl07w) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM (zZu0s) 78
Huh?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM (yEz+x) 79
When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?
I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays. Depends. Is it a spherical monkey in a vacuum? Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (Riz8t) 80
"In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings." Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (O0L8i) 81
When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?
I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays. Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 08:31 PM I saw this. Sometimes the old ways are the best ways. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (0sNs1) 82
If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?
Does the question assume a spherical monkey? Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (4JQ5U) 83
*sits at Café table*
*waits for service* *sets fire to napkin* Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Sir, this is a non-smoking establishment! *throws Hadrian out* Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (rdVOm) hahah! Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (frGWQ) 84
>> Again ... do you get it ? Theory vs. Reality ?
My strong advice: take a chill pill dude. I understand things quite well, than you. I'm not trying to argue with you at all, just pointing out the physics. Wasn't even responding to you, just posting about the general physics. Oh, reality follows physics perfectly, everywhere and always. The difference between what you call "reality" and theory is sometimes in the latter we assume cows are spherical so as to make the problem tractable and simpler to see the basic picture. All the actual factors involved would make things intractable at first blush. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb) 85
It's more of a yellow ball.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi) 86
What part of the monkey is he aiming at?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (bl07w) Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (8qVJT) 89
Huh?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 08:32 PM Noone have insulted sea otters or 9mm. Please to return your calmness to its upright and locked position. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (0sNs1) 90
Oh, and the monkey problem compels me to say for Weasel: 'Focus on the Fundamentals.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (O0L8i) 92
86 What part of the monkey is he aiming at?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s) Probably his brass balls, if I know this crowd. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (bl07w) 93
When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?
That is a GREAT way to show the difference between the theoretical model and the real world. Simply first rate. Never seen that one until now. Really, really good. A very easy way to explain - to boys and girls that know a thing or two - the difference between the simplified models and the real world. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM (7jBgj) 94
This clown was free basing too much kerosene
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 01, 2026 08:36 PM (VvdWF) 95
How big is the monkey? King Kong sized?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi) 96
This should be tested, extensively, at the TXMoMe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh I'll watch you do the test! Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (NnhvP) 97
"Running Galileo's experiment to prove that a ball of feathers falls just as quickly as a bowling ball -- in a vacuum, that is. Et voila, it's true."
NO IT IS NOT TRUE! That video is faked! Everyone knows there is no gravity in a vacuum! Satellites are weightless in orbit! Because they are in the vacuum of outer space! Posted by: AOC at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (5rh/l) 98
I know of at least 5 eccentrics with money and some with just time built castles. If you watch any HG TV type programs they are featured ever once in awhile.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (KC5Lt) 99
95 How big is the monkey? King Kong sized?
Is he a feces-throwing sort of monkey? If so, how far can he throw it? Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (Riz8t) 100
And how far away is it? 5 feet?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi) 101
All the actual factors involved would make things intractable at first blush.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM The osculating desire-inducing of the oscillatory motions of a young lady's mammiform protuberances can be described quite well by a third-order partial differential equation, you know. Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (0sNs1) 102
Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (frGWQ) 103
If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?
I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays. - Atrocity! They'd call it an atrocity! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (ndZc7) 104
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"In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings." Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (O0L8i) Decorated box vs. a duck. Classic delineation in architectural theory. Iconography matters. Tell a class to draw a picture of a house in 10 seconds. Most will draw a box with a triangle on top, maybe a chimney, always a front door, maybe some windows. 1 in 100 will draw an apartment building facade. But they will all draw something we recognize as "house." Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (bl07w) 105
Shot the monkey
Posted by: Gabriel Peters at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (Cqx++) 106
Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Easier than choking it? (Hoping Im not beaten to this monkey joke, too.) Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (4JQ5U) 107
Why is someone hunting a monkey? Are they good vittles?
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (KC5Lt) 108
"Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Posted by: runner" Dinner. Seems kinda cannibalistic don't it? Maybe not if you're hungry enough. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi) 109
No one has scored yet!
*pretending she can’t here all the bickering while trying not to laugh at the snickering* Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM (Wmg4n) 110
Probably his brass balls, if I know this crowd.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:35 PM Of course. The auditory 'clang' lets everyone know it connected. Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (bl07w) 112
Monkey. Its whats for dinner.
Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (7jBgj) 113
"Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Posted by: runner" Dinner. Seems kinda cannibalistic don't it? Maybe not if you're hungry enough. Also a good way to get AIDS. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (Riz8t) 114
102 Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 08:38 PM (frGWQ) Probably because we prefer our footballs unfucked. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:40 PM (bl07w) 115
>>I know of at least 5 eccentrics with money and some with just time built castles. If you watch any HG TV type programs they are featured ever once in awhile.
Hudson River Valley has a bunch of them. Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 08:41 PM (viF8m) 116
I would say if the monkey was King Kong only five feet away he would probably hit it and that would be the last thing that hunter ever did.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi) Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:41 PM (8qVJT) 118
I'm watching metric football.
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8qVJT) I think I prefer that term! Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:42 PM (rbvCR) 119
Monkeys are assholes. If one shows up here, I'll ventilate him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:42 PM (BI5O2) 120
The field looks beautiful. The NFL is jealous.
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (8qVJT) 121
"Also a good way to get AIDS.
Posted by: Archimedes" You are not supposed to have your way with it first. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (Cqx++) 123
I'm thinking it was that smart ass orangutan that gave the hunter the finger .
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt) 124
Re the 45 degree angle. With the variation of air resistance with height, you get more range with a higher angle because you get it up out of the thicker air. It travels farther horizontally even with lower initial horizontal velocity because the extra height greatly reduces drag.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 08:26 PM (w6EFb) There is also the rotation of the Earth, though that does not cause a large problem until you get into really big distances. The German "Paris Gun" had different firing tables for firing East versus West, for example. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (rbvCR) 125
Well hockey is gone and football is 2 months away
and I won't watch tennis Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:44 PM (8qVJT) 126
That's classical physics. Now - anyone that's ever done the first thing in ballistics will call bullshit ... because that's Applied Physics.
But in the classical sense. Yes. You are right. Because a bullet would have 100% of its force applied on the pure horizontal plane. With no vertical force. Mythbusters did an episode on this. Their experimental results were darn close to the theoretical one. Posted by: Oddbob at July 01, 2026 08:44 PM (vTZFs) 127
Right turn, Clyde
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 08:44 PM (Cqx++) 128
You are not supposed to have your way with it first.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM How about after, before it's sold three villages over? Asking for a friend. Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (Wmg4n) 130
"The German "Paris Gun" had different firing tables for firing East versus West, for example"
Those silly Germans, with their theoretical tables. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (MWfyi) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (O0L8i) 132
GOAL!!!! USA
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (8qVJT) 133
"Also a good way to get AIDS.
Posted by: Archimedes" You are not supposed to have your way with it first. Posted by: fd Atrocity! So with monkeys, the order is reversed. Whoopie then dinner. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (ndZc7) 134
Why would a hunter shoot at a monkey ?
Easier than choking it? (Hoping I’m not beaten to this monkey joke, too.) Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:39 PM I thought it waa choke the chicken, but spank the monkey? Jeez...don't tell me I've been doing it wrong all these years. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (2WIwB) 135
Pertaining to a lot of shit ... regarding physics.
The Newtonian shit works quite well ... as a start. And then we have to do corrections for shit. Because our physical world is complicated. You have to compensate for the fact that gravity pulls on both the feather and the lead ball ... but wind resistance. The annoying fact that 14.7 PSI acts on all of us explains some things. Explains a lot in basic fluids. And then we figure out that hydraulics isn't perfect. Because there is no such thing as a perfectly incompressible fluid. Or a perfectly viscous one. Or a perfect conductor or insulator or blah blah blah. Yet. To teach it. To understand it all - at least for me - we have to start with these perfectly imperfect models. Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (7jBgj) 136
He calls them "minor crimes"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 08:27 PM (ndZc7) progs have no sense of humor because humor involves subverting established norms to get at the truth behind them, but that would be a wicked satire. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM (rbvCR) 137
You spank the monkey for choking the chicken.
Posted by: See how that works? at July 01, 2026 08:47 PM (MWfyi) 138
Monuments by eccentrics: "The Watts Towers are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural spires in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. They were hand-built by Italian immigrant Sabato "Simon" Rodia between 1921 and 1954"
He built them as a 'gift' to the community. Gee, thanks, Simon! Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:47 PM (Jr5Lq) 139
I thought it waa choke the chicken, but spank the monkey?
Jeez...don't tell me I've been doing it wrong all these years. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM I learned this diagnosis from Mom: Are your palms still smooth? Can you still see? If the answer to both questions is "yes", then you're fine, although Counselor Troi may wish to counsel you. Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (0sNs1) 140
In that top pic, I think I explored that castle in Skyrim this morning...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (gnNyN) 141
100 And how far away is it? 5 feet?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi) The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference. I believe the textbook specified separation distances of 50 and 100 yards asking students to solve both, learning the lesson of gravity acting the same on both the bullet (fired horizontally) and monkey (falling vertically). Posted by: AOC at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (5rh/l) 142
Were there any fires at the Watts Towers during the riots?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (Cqx++) 143
Monuments by eccentrics: "The Watts Towers are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural spires in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. They were hand-built by Italian immigrant Sabato "Simon" Rodia between 1921 and 1954"
Dang, those are ugly. Posted by: The Obama Presidential Center at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (Riz8t) 144
Also a good way to get AIDS.
One of DCs superheroes (the inaptly named Beast Boy) got his powers because he was (a) bitten by a green monkey, (b) got sick from it and was going to die, and (c) his parents created a serum to heal him, based on green monkeys being carriers of the disease but not affected by it. When it came out that the AIDS virus was the result of a virus jumping from green monkeys, who are not affected by it, to humans (by an apparently circuitous path) well, DC has never admitted the obvious. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 01, 2026 08:49 PM (4JQ5U) 145
Sorry ,that was a pee wee soccer goal. It pinballed off the sweeper and the striker had a gimme shot.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (xZen5) 146
"Yet. To teach it. To understand it all - at least for me - we have to start with these perfectly imperfect models.
Posted by: Sam Elliot" Describing reality is not reality but it's about as close as we can get. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (MWfyi) 147
For a while, Diana was put on a hydrotherapy program, where she walked a treadmill in a tank of water. I thought it would be straightforward to determine how much more she had to work. It was not straightforward. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (O0L8i) 148
When I took physics, this was demonstrated by Monkey and Hunter problem. A hunter with rifle is same height on a cliff as a monkey hanging from a tree limb. If the hunter aims at the monkey and the monkey lets go lets go of the limb simultaneously with the hunter firing, will the bullet hit the monkey?
I have no idea what woke physics textbook authors call this problem nowadays. Depends. Is it a spherical monkey in a vacuum? Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:33 PM (Riz8t) It seems that it should matter how far away the hunter is. Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (lCppi) 149
The annoying fact that 14.7 PSI acts on all of us explains some things. Explains a lot in basic fluids.
Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:46 PM Spherical cows, STP, what's a few simplifying assumptions amongst friends? Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (5rh/l) 151
I always thought abusing children would be something we could all get behind as disgusting. Except Walz who pardoned a man convicted of molesting a 12 year old for a few years. When caught, he said the girl was just as responsible as he was for being outside. He tried to pay her $10 to keep quiet.
Walz pardon him so he wouldn’t be deported. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (Wmg4n) 152
Is it an unladen monkey?
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (KC5Lt) 153
145 Sorry ,that was a pee wee soccer goal. It pinballed off the sweeper and the striker had a gimme shot.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (xZen5) Which just means that Bosnia sucks. The US doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than the others Posted by: gKWVE thinks a lot of immigrants don't get this at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (gKWVE) 154
The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference.
Something has been hit on here. Mainly - I see that many here have a "so I've been taught" understanding of Physics. But not a Classical Newtonian version. Which is ironic. Because they would have never been taught that without an understanding of basic, imperfect Newtonian Physics. Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (7jBgj) 155
Feynman might suggest 'hey, shoot the monkey before he decides to drop. Simplify the problem a bit.'
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (Jr5Lq) 156
Egg shaped guys?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 08:43 PM (Cqx++) No, but their works were called "oeufs" Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (rbvCR) 157
145 Sorry ,that was a pee wee soccer goal. It pinballed off the sweeper and the striker had a gimme shot.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (xZen5) Which just means that Bosnia sucks. The US doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than the others Posted by: gKWVE thinks a lot of immigrants don't get this at July 01, 2026 08:51 PM (gKWVE) Ole! Posted by: Count de Monet at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (wVcYX) 158
100 And how far away is it? 5 feet?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi) The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference. I believe the textbook specified separation distances of 50 and 100 yards asking students to solve both, learning the lesson of gravity acting the same on both the bullet (fired horizontally) and monkey (falling vertically). Posted by: AOC at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (5rh/l) I don't understand physics but this seems weird!! But Im sure you're right. I always learn new things here. Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (lCppi) 159
"The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference"
Well, it does. If the monkey is close enough he's gonna get hit no matter what. We could narrow it down to it's bellybutton though. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi) 160
You can prove things on paper, but sometimes you have to allow for unforeseen factors.
Hot or boiling water will freeze faster than cold water - it will make ice cubes faster in your freezer than cold water. Of course this doesn’t make any sense, till you try it. Sort of. The cubes will be comprised of about half the former volume of water , much having evaporated away. If the comparison were made in sealed containers, then this wouldn’t hold true. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 08:54 PM (SICIT) 161
We just put up our YUGE flag. Getting ready for the big birthday!
Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:54 PM (lCppi) 162
Cadillac Ranch is a good American eccentric monument.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:54 PM (Jr5Lq) 163
Dang, those are ugly.
Posted by: The Obama Presidential Center at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (Riz8t) As mom said, there ain't no accounting for taste. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (bl07w) 164
"The German "Paris Gun" had different firing tables for firing East versus West, for example"
Those silly Germans, with their theoretical tables. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:45 PM (MWfyi) American artillery firing tables include earth rotation into the calculations. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (2WIwB) 165
how long is halftime in big boy soccer?
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (8qVJT) 166
145 Sorry ,that was a pee wee soccer goal. It pinballed off the sweeper and the striker had a gimme shot.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 08 *clears throat*. GOOOOAAAAAALLLLL! USA! USA! That is all that matters. 😂 Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 08:56 PM (Wmg4n) 167
Were the hunter's eyes closed? What??? This is a very relevant question !
Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (frGWQ) 168
DH is watching footy. I am most certainly not.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (bl07w) 169
tycoon Walter Hubbard had just started building the world's largest chess set Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (XJ22o) 170
It seems that it should matter how far away the hunter is.
Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:50 PM (lCppi) OK ... serious ? I'm not going to mock or pick at you in any way. Classical physics says everything works on forces. So for a bullet ? From a perfectly level gun - it travels 100% of the force applied in the "flat" direction. We'd call that the "X" plane. And that bullet - from the time its fired out of the barrel - which is somewhat of a construct just so people can identify with the problem - falls at the rate of gravity. And that monkey ... if it lets go at the same time and the rifle is aimed at the tippy top of its fingers ... drops at the same speed. The rate of the bullet coming out flat doesn't matter. In theory. Thats the point. Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (7jBgj) 171
I have a QSL card from station W8T, the World's Largest Teapot, in Chester, WV.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (Jr5Lq) 172
So, goal on take 2. Bosnia starting to play dirty...hopefully, the ref gets more control of the game in the 2nd half.
1-0 USA at the half is not bad, though. Should have been more, but better than the being tied or losing... And the US goalie did make 2 good saves early... Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (tOcjL) 173
"The rate of the bullet coming out flat doesn't matter. In theory. Thats the point.
Posted by: Sam Elliot" What if it's a flying monkey? Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi) 174
PS - How can you not cheer for the US team when they picked Take Me Home, Country Roads as their team victory song?
Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 08:59 PM (tOcjL) 175
158 100 And how far away is it? 5 feet?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi) The distance between hunter and monkey does not make a difference. I believe the textbook specified separation distances of 50 and 100 yards asking students to solve both, learning the lesson of gravity acting the same on both the bullet (fired horizontally) and monkey (falling vertically). Posted by: AOC at July 01, 2026 08:48 PM (5rh/l) I don't understand physics but this seems weird!! But Im sure you're right. I always learn new things here. Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM (lCppi) I am following the rules and not showing the maths of the solution. You can search utube for real-world tests proving the solution, using air-propelled balls and monkey dolls. Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 09:00 PM (5rh/l) 176
World's Largest Teapot: the photo does not do it justice. You have to see it in person to appreciate how big it is. Much like Devil's Tower.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 09:01 PM (Jr5Lq) 177
Kinda changes everything, huh?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 09:01 PM (MWfyi) 178
What if it's a flying monkey?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi) And a flying bullet. Which they all do. Thank you rifling. As anyone that ever battlefield zeroed an M-16 should know. OK - most don't know. They just corrected the two inches and called it a day. But that's the point of Applied Physics. Yet we don't get there without Theoretical Physics. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:01 PM (7jBgj) 179
World's Largest Teapot: the photo does not do it justice. You have to see it in person to appreciate how big it is. Much like Devil's Tower.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 09:01 PM (Jr5Lq) And The Paolo. Posted by: The Paolo at July 01, 2026 09:02 PM (wVcYX) 180
I think flying monkeys would be more fun to shoot at.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 09:03 PM (MWfyi) 181
“Wind chill doesn’t affect inanimate objects”
This is also bullshit. It’s true, nothing will get any colder than ambient temperature (but then, neither will your ears). I can attest even an unheated shed will be preferable for your car in arctic subzero weather, out of the wind, if you want it to start easier the next morning. Latent heat will be retained to … a degree. Eventually it will reach ambient temperature, but wind most definitely affects how quickly it will achieve ambient temperatures. Just like the human body. When it’s really cold and windy, an automobile engine will never warm up. That’s when folks start putting a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 09:04 PM (wHaGM) 182
The rate of the bullet coming out flat doesn't matter. In theory. Thats the point.
Posted by: Sam Elliot at July 01, 2026 08:57 PM (7jBgj) Thank you for the explanation! Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 09:04 PM (lCppi) 183
Just climb a FireTower and drop a Bowling Ball ... a Lead Ball ... and something suitably dense like maybe a Ceramic Ball that you clay-fired.
They will all hit at the same time. That's gravity. At the Newtonian level. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:06 PM (7jBgj) 184
165 how long is halftime in big boy soccer?
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (8qVJT) 15 minutes. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 09:06 PM (Wmg4n) 185
I don't understand physics but this seems weird!! But Im sure you're right. I always learn new things here.
Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 08:52 PM Imagine a rifle barrel parallel to, and 6 feet above the ground. It launches a bullet at 5,280 feet per second. That means one second later, it's one mile away, assuming no gravity (and no air resistance). But there is gravity, and it starts attracting the bullet toward the ground as soon as it exits the barrel. Assuming Earth gravity, it will take a little less than 1/2 second for it to fall 6 feet. That means the bullet will hit the ground 2,640 feet away (shorter, actually due to atmospheric drag, but let's not worry about that.) So, if the monkey were 6 feet above the ground (same as the bullet), and 2,640 feet away (again would be less due to the atmospheric drag we're ignoring), and dropped at the exact instance the bullet left the barrel, they would both be dropping vertically at the same accelleration from gravity (32 ft/second per second) and hit the ground at the same time. The difference is the horizontal velocity acquired by the bullet when fired. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1) 186
Whoops. Either Spring Reverb is socking Sam Elliot, or Sam Elliot is socking Spring Reverb.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 09:07 PM (0sNs1) 187
Thanks Piper
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 09:08 PM (8qVJT) 188
Thank you for the explanation!
Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 09:04 PM (lCppi) Again - your real world observations of why things don't work like that are not wrong. In the real world ... we're eating Monkey for dinner. Which, honestly, sounds awful. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:08 PM (7jBgj) 189
Mythbusted
A penny dropped from the Empire State Building would not kill a person on the ground it hit in the head. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 09:09 PM (KC5Lt) 190
A penny dropped from the Empire State Building would not kill a person on the ground it hit in the head.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 09:09 PM Carrots in chili, on the other hand, have caused documented fatalities. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 09:10 PM (0sNs1) 191
I'm not going climb a firetower with a bowling ball. I'll just take your theoretical word for it.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 09:11 PM (MWfyi) 192
Sheesh!
I'm srill.struggling with that friggin' train that left Chicago going west at 50mph, the the other one leaving Portland going east at 45 mph. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:11 PM (2WIwB) 193
Sheesh!
I'm srill.struggling with that friggin' train that left Chicago going west at 50mph, the the other one leaving Portland going east at 45 mph. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:11 PM (2WIwB) ---------- Portland OR or Portland ME? Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 09:12 PM (amcLV) 194
A penguin dropped from the Empire State Building would kill a person on the ground it hit in the head.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at July 01, 2026 09:13 PM (MWfyi) 195
Portland ME train going east would probably need hydroplaning.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 09:13 PM (gKWVE) 196
ome drone footage of touristy spots:
Posted by: t-bird at July 01, 2026 09:13 PM (5FKHw) 197
Portland ME train going east would probably need hydroplaning.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 09:13 PM (gKWVE) ---------- It could use the Joe Biden Transatlantic RR. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 09:14 PM (amcLV) 198
A penny dropped from the Empire State Building would not kill a person on the ground it hit in the head.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 09:09 PM Carrots in chili, on the other hand, have caused documented fatalities. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 09:10 PM (0sNs1) You know the old saying, "Human see, human do." Posted by: Julius at July 01, 2026 09:15 PM (wVcYX) 199
Mutilated monkey meat! It's what's for dinner! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 01, 2026 09:15 PM (s9VOe) 200
Running Galileo's experiment to prove that a ball of feathers falls just as quickly as a bowling ball
-------- I definitely spend too much time in politics because I thought this said "Ruben Gallego's experiment" and by the time I got to bowling ball I wondered what the F I was reading. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:15 PM (vE0+H) 201
American artillery firing tables include earth rotation into the calculations.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 08:55 PM (2WIwB) At least in WW II ? Nope. Because WW II American Artillery didn't use tables. They used "tapes". Pre-solved, literal folders with pre-measured pieces that fire directions would look up ... from a system of filing cabinets ... scaled to their maps. Part of how WW II American arty could get Time on Target so quick. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:16 PM (7jBgj) 202
I definitely spend too much time in politics because I thought this said "Ruben Gallego's experiment" and by the time I got to bowling ball I wondered what the F I was reading.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:15 PM (vE0+H) ---------- I don't think you'd want to touch Ruben Gallego's bowling ball. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 09:16 PM (amcLV) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 09:18 PM (XuXeR) 204
Because WW II American Artillery didn't use tables. They used "tapes". Pre-solved, literal folders with pre-measured pieces that fire directions would look up ... from a system of filing cabinets ... scaled to their maps.
Part of how WW II American arty could get Time on Target so quick. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:16 PM (7jBgj) I did not know that. I was at Ft Sill in the 70's and they didnt teach any history like that. I wish they had. That's interesting. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:19 PM (2WIwB) 205
24 The video of Mont St. Michel is breathtaking, but of course, the real thing is that much better. It was built between the 11th and 16th centuries with medieval technology. Now compare it to the Obamination built with 21st century methods.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (Riz8t) Visited there many moons ago. I kept to the lower levels. Wife and son explored Posted by: javems at July 01, 2026 09:20 PM (zFsEm) 206
180 I think flying monkeys would be more fun to shoot at.
Posted by: fd Those things scared the crap out of me when I was a little girl. Like hide behind the couch scared. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 09:20 PM (yEz+x) 207
gp: "I have a question about Galileo's experiment. He dropped a heavy weight, and a light weight, and observed them hitting the ground simultaneously. The weights are of course a very very tiny fraction of the mass of the earth. What would happen if one weight was half the mass of the earth, and the other weight had one millionth the earth's mass. Would they still hit the earth at the same time?"
AI sez: "No, they would not hit the Earth at the same time. The heavier object would cause a faster collision." The reason Galileo's experiment works is that the masses he dropped are insignificant in magnitude to the earth's mass. But it doesn't work when the masses are comparable in magnitude. I always suspected this, and thank you AI for confirming it. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 09:21 PM (Jr5Lq) 208
Part of how WW II American arty could get Time on Target so quick. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:16 PM (7jBgj) _____________ The Wehraboos will now tell you German artillery was superior. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i) 209
204 Because WW II American Artillery didn't use tables. They used "tapes". Pre-solved, literal folders with pre-measured pieces that fire directions would look up ... from a system of filing cabinets ... scaled to their maps.
Part of how WW II American arty could get Time on Target so quick. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:16 PM (7jBgj) I did not know that. I was at Ft Sill in the 70's and they didnt teach any history like that. I wish they had. That's interesting. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:19 PM (2WIwB) I took FDC school at Ft. Sill in 1965. We used tables then. Posted by: javems at July 01, 2026 09:23 PM (zFsEm) 210
>> Yet. To teach it. To understand it all - at least for me - we have to start with these perfectly imperfect models.
Exactly. You don't start teaching gravity with General Relativity. And even simpler than that, you don't teach kids arithmetic by starting out with set theory and the foundations number theory (what do we mean by "addition". How do we define that from first principles. Nope, you have to know the basics before you can get advanced, and when advanced enough, get back to the very logical foundations of what you started with. As Mae West taught some boys, one and one is two, two and two is four, and five'll get you ten if you play your cards right. That's addition, boys. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 09:23 PM (w6EFb) 211
Did the fire at Hadrian's table ever get put out?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:24 PM (2WIwB) 212
Fifteen may get you twenty, that's all right,
'Cause they'll be rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday night Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett at July 01, 2026 09:25 PM (wVcYX) 213
Did the fire at Hadrian's table ever get put out? Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:24 PM (2WIwB) ___________ Nobody's been by to take my order. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 09:26 PM (O0L8i) 214
My sister and a friend are over in Europe right now. Czech Republic, Germany, and one other nation I can't remember. She's in Czech Rep right now. Apparently Prague never had the crap bombed out of them during WWII, which is why a lot of the cool medieval stuff is still standing. Some beautiful pics she sending back. Also, she was wearing a jacket. Some of Europe isn't suffering under a heat wave.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 09:27 PM (sAmhv) 215
Nobody's been by to take my order.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 09:26 PM (O0L8i) I suggest cherries jubilee or bananas foster, when ever the waiter shows up. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:30 PM (2WIwB) 216
""Built in 1900 by kerosene tycoon Walter Hubbard, this 32-foot stone tower completely baffles historians. No one knows what inspired it.
Is it a clone of a Norman watchtower on the Rhine? A 12th-century Turkish tower on the Danube? Or a replica of a medieval ruin in Craigellachie, Scotland?"" Its Berserker's future guitar room. Thats WTF it is. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 09:30 PM (snZF9) 217
Taking a physic. Learning how long it takes to reach the john from any point.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 09:31 PM (afJtY) 218
What color is the monkey?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 09:31 PM (n5tGW) 219
I did not know that. I was at Ft Sill in the 70's and they didnt teach any history like that. I wish they had. That's interesting.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:19 PM (2WIwB) As was my Dad. 1972. He constantly talked about sand-paddles and charting those fires and how you could get flunked for a dull pencil. I'm sure part of his stories were bullshit. He also said they were not required to do the typical GI Barracks bullshit ... because the school was so hard. I don't know if I believe him. You tell me. But yes ... WW II ? All pre-calculated. Yet, according to what I've read, we still tried to compensate for each gun relative in the battery. The Brits just worked it all off a middle point of the guns and called it good enough. Makes a lot of sense to me. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:32 PM (7jBgj) 220
A bullsh*tcall by the refs. Red card on the Americans.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 09:33 PM (2WIwB) 221
* serves Hadrian a chicken queso flameado*
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 09:33 PM (afJtY) Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:33 PM (o0gs9) Posted by: Pedant at July 01, 2026 09:35 PM (o0gs9) 224
Well, with that red card, I turn the match off. That's why soccer will never be a top sport here. And it's why with the targeting calls, college football is getting unwatchable.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 09:35 PM (qwx/I) 225
Nobody's been by to take my order.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh I *would've* taken your order, if you hadn't tried to burn the place down! *sets down glass of ice water* *hands H7 a menu* Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm) 226
Dresden and some other Euro cities got rebuilt upon their original specifications.
One bit of ancient history is that when the Persians did one of their periodic sackings of Antioch, they spared their architects that one time. So the exiles built a replica of Antioch, on the Tigris. "Weh Antiok Khosrow", which means "Khusro's Better Antioch With Blackjack And Hookers". Roughly. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 09:36 PM (gKWVE) 227
That red card was NOT cool.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 09:37 PM (gKWVE) 228
Taking a physic. Learning how long it takes to reach the john from any point.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 09:31 PM (afJtY) Fun Fact ... in theory. From any point you stand - release a turd. Immediately run from that point with infinite speed. Drop a bowling ball simultaneously. That turd and bowling ball will hit the ground at the exact same time. In theory. But you won't care. You're infinitely away. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:37 PM (7jBgj) 229
If we hang on and win with 10, that red card means Balogun is out next next game.
Double dose of bullshit by the ref . Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:40 PM (o0gs9) 230
so a red card and you're ejected?
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 09:42 PM (8qVJT) 231
And we need Balogun. This is a terrible game, but that was a terrible call.
Let’s get the ref! Booooooo! Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 09:43 PM (Wmg4n) 232
so a red card and you're ejected?
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 09:42 PM (8qVJT) no replacement / substitution? Posted by: Count de Monet at July 01, 2026 09:43 PM (wVcYX) 233
Suffer? They are playing soccer.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 09:43 PM (viF8m) 234
Wait you get kicked out of the next game for a red card? Man that seems harsh. Did he at least punch the guy?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 09:43 PM (n5tGW) 235
Yikes, comments are kinda mathy tonight.
Dropped in to thank you for the extra good (girthy?) animal vids. Posted by: Clio Weeps at July 01, 2026 09:44 PM (kSAM8) 236
Ref in the turkey game was atrocious as well.
The word is out by fifa. Team USA must not advance. Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:44 PM (o0gs9) Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:45 PM (o0gs9) 238
Running Galileo's experiment to prove that a ball of feathers falls just as quickly as a bowling ball -- in a vacuum, that is. Et voila, it's true.
Actually -- no. It isn't true. It only appears true because of our limited ability to measure time accurately. Why is it not true? Because while the Earth is indeed pulling the bowling ball and the feathers toward it equally, simultaneously (if the experiments are done sequentially) the bowling ball and the feathers are also pulling the Earth UPWARD with their mass. And since the bowling ball has more mass than do the feathers, it pulls the Earth upward slightly more than do the feathers, and hence the bowling ball will meet the Earth sooner, because the earth will have moved upward to meet it more than it did to meet the feathers. With proper measurement, we could detect that the bowling ball "fell" (i.e. met the Earth) for 0.00000000000000000000000000001 seconds less than did the feathers. But we can't measure time that finely, so the two experiments have the illusion of taking the same amount of time. Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 09:48 PM (Av6i5) 239
Gooooooooaaaaaaaaallllllllllll
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:48 PM (o0gs9) 240
GOOAAAALL!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 01, 2026 09:48 PM (wVcYX) 241
how tf did he get that by the goalie
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 09:49 PM (8qVJT) 242
So it's a Men's Metric Kickball thread?
Posted by: Just got here at July 01, 2026 09:49 PM (2Ez/1) 243
239- Gooooooooaaaaaaaaallllllllllll
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:48 PM. I know nothing about the rules of soccer. How long does the US have to play with only 10 players? Until the end of the game? Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 09:50 PM (Lzhdy) 244
USA said refs be darned!
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 09:51 PM (Wmg4n) 245
>>I know nothing about the rules of soccer. How long does the US have to play with only 10 players? Until the end of the game?
Yea, and the player is out for the next game if they win. Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 09:51 PM (viF8m) Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:52 PM (o0gs9) 247
Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 09:48 PM (Av6i5)
Nobody laugh. Seriously. What was just explained was Relativity. Which is why we don't build a damn structure off anything Einstein ever wrote. Einstein would have been an absolutely awful Structural Engineer. But zombie is not wrong with that quote. That is Relativity. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 09:52 PM (7jBgj) 248
I am watching sport
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 09:52 PM (8qVJT) 249
They should run a pick six.
Posted by: Fuuuutbooool expert at July 01, 2026 09:52 PM (2Ez/1) 250
244 USA said refs be darned!
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 09:51 PM Without knowing much, I can tell they're awful! Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 09:53 PM (Lzhdy) 251
Mybe Hubbard paid for a Crusader Tower, and got rooked.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 09:54 PM (1z8ji) 252
Soccer Cliche: 2-0 lead is the most dangerous score
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:54 PM (o0gs9) 253
I think the wicket is sticky.
Posted by: Raji from Tech Support at July 01, 2026 09:55 PM (2Ez/1) 254
Don't shoot my monkey. Just touch it.
Posted by: Deiter at July 01, 2026 09:55 PM (Q+gd/) 255
246 243
Yes, they’re down to 10 the whole game, even extra time if it goes there. Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:52 PM (o0gs9) So someone got a red card? I missed that. Will have to check it out after the game is over. Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 09:55 PM (Lzhdy) 256
*buys H7 a drink*
No hard feelings.... Please allow me to escort you to the outdoor seating area-- smoking allowed-- but please do not burn the napkins! There's a lovely sunset to behold. *brings complimentary appetizer assortment* Enjoy your evening, sir! Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 09:55 PM (rdVOm) 257
Yea redcard. Total bullshit though. Even the Bosnian team was like whaaaaa?
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 09:57 PM (o0gs9) 258
Happy Dominion Day to AOP and any one else that may care.
Stay cool. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 07:51 PM (Sco7b) Thanks. If this benighted country still celebrated Dominion Day, we would not be in he mess we are. And cool? I got soggy. Frickin' T-storm soaked me to the skin in 20 seconds. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 09:57 PM (1z8ji) 259
Damn. Those potato skins look good.
Posted by: The guy at the next table at July 01, 2026 09:57 PM (2Ez/1) 260
oh it's mystery time! ten minutes seems like a lot
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 09:58 PM (n5tGW) 261
Capitalists have become their own worst enemy. People over 29 grew up when as long as you went to work every day at any job higher than fast food you might not end up with a mansion and a Cadillac but you would have a home and a decent car and your wife didnt HAVE to work so you could have a roof and eat. The sheer greed and stomping on workers ruined that. Kids havent experienced that. Unless kids have a self interest in history they dont know that socialism/communism turns out even worse so they are open to the liars promises.
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 01, 2026 09:58 PM (3/XaG) 262
Somebody accidentally kick the refs in the balls, hard!
And the refs can sit out a few games. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 09:59 PM (IY9No) 263
I think there is less enthusiasm for the Semiquintennial than the Bicentennial because it doesn't sound as cool.
Follow me for more gibberish. Posted by: mindful webworker explains the universe at July 01, 2026 09:59 PM (FL3q9) Posted by: mindful webworker explains the universe at July 01, 2026 10:01 PM (FL3q9) 265
World Cup Soccer be nothing like jr. high school soccer. World Cup be like pussies.
We'd kick the shit out of the other team, because cleats. Or have our ass handed to us, likewise. Mostly likewise. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 10:01 PM (jehhT) Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 10:03 PM (o0gs9) 267
238 Yup. it's easy to deduce from the (Newtonian) formula for gravitational force F=(xy)/d^2, where x is mass one, and y is mass two, and d is the distance between them. Let x be the earth's mass, let y1 and y2 be the two experimental masses to drop on the earth, with y1 > y2. Then x*y1 > x*y2, and therefore F1=(x*y1)/d^2 > F2=(x*y2)/d^2. Since F=ma, a=F/m, and F1 > F2, y1 will have more acceleration than y2, and will ultimately hit first.
I have no idea why 'Galileo's Experiment' is even taught. It's misleading. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 10:04 PM (Jr5Lq) 268
There are near riots in Venezuela now. Bolivarian army groups are looting and the locals are seriously pissed about it.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR) Then maybe the people should start killing them. Ambush a patrol, smash their skulls in with iron bars, take their weapons. next patrol, shoot them. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:05 PM (1z8ji) 269
I once threw a bowling ball from the top and over the cliff. Bowling balls bounce. Meriden - what a great place to grow up.
Posted by: Diana Pool at July 02, 2026 06:41 AM (M3QE/) Quick HitsThe DOJ is now investigating Eric Swalwell's best pal and fellow sex tourist Rueben Gallego for misappropriating donor funds for personal use. DOJ investigating Dem Sen. Ruben Gallego after records revealed he blew campaign cash on Super Bowl tickets, Disney tripsMark Halperin suggested that when Gallego wanted to take the family to Disney World, he would direct a campaign staffer to organize a bullshit ten minute "rally" in Orlando. Then he'd say "the law allows me to bring my family on political trips." Gallego just happened to arrange a lot of "political meetings" at major tourist locations. The investigation focuses on Gallego's usage of campaign funds since 2019 for family trips, according to a source familiar with the probe. Federal Election Commission records show that Gallego has billed his campaign accounts for trips to Puerto Rico, Nantucket, Miami and other places. Federal records also show that in 2023, a political action committee set up by Gallego and former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California spent over $37,000 on tickets and meals for the Super Bowl. According to records, the committee has since been terminated. Swalwell resigned from Congress in April and ended his bid for California governor after several women accused him of sexual misconduct. Swalwell has denied the allegations.Halperin also suggested -- possibly in jest, but I think maybe "kidding on the square," that is, saying it in jest but kind of meaning it -- that the "southern California whistleblower" might be none other than Eric Swalwell himself, who would know about how the pair misused their PAC money as they formed the PAC together. The motive, Halperin said, would be vengeance, for Eric Swalwell's old Adultery Trip partner turning on him when Swalwell had his fall. Democrats desperately need a leader with gravitas who can warn them against the perils of communism -- but all they've got is the Race Hustling Communist Obama, writes Miranda Devine. But he's too busy setting himself up for Generational Wealth at the Ozymandias Presidential Center. Miranda Devine: Dems are in desperate need of a new leader as Communists overrun their party -- but all they got is Obama Just as his party is overrun by Communist revolutionaries, former President Barack Obama has decided to take center stage in a frenetic public relations campaign, ostensibly to promote his so-called library. He's here, there and everywhere, silkily opining about everything under the sun, except the only thing that matters: the disintegration of his party. Like Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned, Obama is curiously detached from the disaster he helped create. Democrats desperately need a leader to rally around, but all they have is Obama. He is the only former Democratic president who is still sharp, charismatic and dynamic enough to take up the mantle. Former President Bill Clinton, while reasonably well-liked and not crazy, despite his wife, has significant health problems and is in no shape to do more than make the occasional token appearance and help raise money. Clearly, Joe Biden, the only other living former Democratic president, can barely function in public, as was evident in his Saturday night performance at a fundraiser for the Maryland Democratic Party. Quite why he -- or Dr. Jill -- would want to mark the second anniversary of his disastrous final debate humiliation against Donald Trump by fumbling through his first keynote address in a casino at a boxing-themed "Fight Back & Win" gala is a mystery. Kristen Waggoner
GAYYYY! Sent by: Senor Chang
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The left's leadership thought they were hiring street muscle and rent-a-mobs. The people the left hired thought they were being groomed to take over the party and break the system.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 06:32 PM (rbvCR) 2
They seriously called it the "Swallego Victory Fund"? That sounds more like a massage parlor than a PAC.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 06:34 PM (OyOhQ) 3
Loay Alnaji has been sentenced to 1 year in a county jail for killing the 69-year-old Jewish-American Paul Kessler
Kill a Jew, get a 1 year sentence. Will he even have to do the full year, or will he be out in 4 to 6 months? Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK) 4
I don't know why they did not leave the dimwits on the top of the building and let the fall.
Granted I would not want to die from a leftist falling on me, so there's that. I would like to watch them get down, if they could, vs "coaxing" like they are sweet kitty cats. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 01, 2026 06:34 PM (hzuYO) 5
They might have chosen "Live, Laugh, Love" since it is as meaningful as what they did do, and could be printed in larger letters also.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 06:35 PM (rbvCR) 6
Please let the 250th remind people this country is worth saving from…whatever all that is.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 06:35 PM (Wmg4n) 7
5 They might have chosen "Live, Laugh, Love" since it is as meaningful as what they did do, and could be printed in larger letters also.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 06:35 PM (rbvCR) "Gays for Antenna Spikes"... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 06:36 PM (l3cgK) 8
Do we really know if the idiots on top of Empire State are leftists? Their banner sounded more like dipshit New Age mysticism, or Deep Thoughts While Stoned.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 06:36 PM (OyOhQ) 9
I don't know why they did not leave the dimwits on the top of the building and let the fall.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat But think of the co-op fees~! And Joey's pizza was gonna have a discount temaaaraaa~! Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2026 06:37 PM (diia5) 10
The DOJ is now investigating Eric Swalwell's best pal and fellow sex tourist Rueben Gallego for misappropriating donor funds for personal use.
I'm willing to bet that there are roughly 535 people in Congress who could trip that wire. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 06:37 PM (ExV1e) 11
8 Do we really know if the idiots on top of Empire State are leftists? Their banner sounded more like dipshit New Age mysticism, or Deep Thoughts While Stoned.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 06:36 PM (OyOhQ) "100 Billion People Can't Be Wrong!" --pro Weed sign seen at protest Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 06:37 PM (l3cgK) 12
Mark Halperin suggested that when Gallego wanted to take the family to Disney World, he would direct a campaign staffer to organize a bullshit ten minute "rally" in Orlando. Then he'd say "the law allows me to bring my family on political trips."
== That bastard Massey was doing the same type of thing. Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 06:37 PM (frGWQ) 13
10 The DOJ is now investigating Eric Swalwell's best pal and fellow sex tourist Rueben Gallego for misappropriating donor funds for personal use.
I'm willing to bet that there are roughly 535 people in Congress who could trip that wire. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 06:37 PM (ExV1e) More if you count the folks in their employ... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 06:38 PM (l3cgK) 14
Loay Alnaji has been sentenced to 1 year in a county jail for killing the 69-year-old Jewish-American Paul Kessler
But that Trump !!! Oh Vey. Posted by: Jewish Voters at July 01, 2026 06:38 PM (7jBgj) 15
JB Pritzker says embracing Socialism is how Democrats are going to win election
=== Billionaires found a perfect political niche - SOCIALISMUS. Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 06:39 PM (frGWQ) 16
Of course she did:
Controversial kids YouTuber Ms. Rachel donated $3,500 to a crew of Zohran Mamdani-backed liberal candidates who ousted establishment Democrats in party primaries leaders admitted were fueled by anti-Israel furor. Ms. Rachel — whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso — made to donations to House candidates Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander ahead of the June 23 primaries. Her husband, Broadway and “Songs for Littles” music director Aron Accurso, also donated $1,500 to Chevalier. Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 06:40 PM (kX27y) 17
Alexandro Lozano has been banned by the state of Washington.
The glitzy immigration lawyer with the pink Challenger 300 private jet is at the center of lawsuits by victims who allege she mislead them and is under investigation by the DoJ. Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 06:41 PM (2GVsD) 18
1 year? What the ever loving futtechoni...
Posted by: Adriane the Not Paranoid Enough Critic . . . at July 01, 2026 06:43 PM (0jAIg) 19
Please let the 250th remind people this country is worth saving from…whatever all that is.
- How? We don't care about freedom or independence if it means having to give up cheap shit. If anyone today had any common values with the farmers who took up arms against the superpower of their day, maybe it would matter more, but among most people partying this weekend, the party is the only point. Posted by: Methos at July 01, 2026 06:43 PM (vSvIl) 20
And now, a touching photo :
https://tinyurl.com/4mmxymdv "The 1913 Gettysburg reunion was a Gettysburg Battlefield encampment of American Civil War veterans for the Battle of Gettysburg's 50th anniversary. The June 29 – July 4 gathering of 53,407 veterans (about 8,750 Confederate) was the largest Civil War veteran reunion. All honorably-discharged veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans were invited, and veterans from 46 of the 48 states attended(all except Nevada and Wyoming). Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 06:43 PM (frGWQ) 21
Call me crazy, but I'm starting to think that politicians might not be on the up and up.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2026 06:43 PM (2UnvF) 22
Please let the 250th remind people this country is worth saving from…whatever all that is.
The call is coming from inside the house. Let that sink in. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:44 PM (7jBgj) 23
The DOJ is now investigating Eric Swalwell's best pal and fellow sex tourist Rueben Gallego for misappropriating donor funds for personal use.
I'm willing to bet that there are roughly 535 people in Congress who could trip that wire. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 06:37 PM (ExV1e) More if you count the folks in their employ... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 06:38 PM (l3cgK) And then, of course, there are the various NGOs of which their wives and children are VPs and whatnot making handsome salaries paid for by taxpayer dollars... but that's all legal somehow. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ExV1e) 24
Billionaires found a perfect political niche - SOCIALISMUS.
Posted by: runner We do like a party! Posted by: Panama at July 01, 2026 06:44 PM (DsA2n) 25
Ms. Rachel got busted for being pro-Palestinian before in one of her shows.
She needs to live in Gaza in solidarity with the ones she champions. Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 06:45 PM (2GVsD) 26
1 year in county for a hate murder? That judge needs to be next.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 06:46 PM (Y9s2Z) 27
JB Pritzker says embracing Socialism is how Democrats are going to win election
=== Billionaires found a perfect political niche - SOCIALISMUS. Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 06:39 PM (frGWQ) And they may not be wrong. Look - the bulk of the public doesn't want Freedom. They just don't. Because Freedom is hard. The bulk - and I can start calling out names here if you like - want Order. They'll take less Freedom just have some more rules. As long as they like the rules. A Benevolent Monarch, in other words. And there is where Pritzker is onto something. Although his way of doing things won't work. Never does ... not even in the short run. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:47 PM (7jBgj) 28
Dubbed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can.
---- It's all of those things and more.... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 06:47 PM (gnNyN) 29
Hello can you say "Marx"?
Marx, Marx, Let's sing it! Good job! Sing along and clap, No more deluded by reaction On tyrants only we’ll make war The soldiers too will take strike action They’ll break ranks and fight no more And if those cannibals keep trying To sacrifice us to their pride They soon shall hear the bullets flying We’ll shoot the generals on our own side. Very good! Running dog capitalists deserve their fate. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 06:47 PM (rbvCR) 30
Dubbed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can.
---- It's all of those things and more.... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 06:47 PM (gnNyN) It's a floor wax and a dessert topping! Posted by: hobbitopoly at July 01, 2026 06:48 PM (k9OZB) 31
The guy proposed to his lady accomplice at the bottom of the flag before they were arrested.
That is kind of badass. Contradictory but his chick is no pussy. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:48 PM (KC5Lt) 32
Dubbed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can.
---- It's all of those things and more.... President Skroob, "why didn't I think of that!" Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 06:49 PM (2GVsD) 33
A lot of Billionaire assholes pushing socialism now. The idiots that listen to them don't understand cognitive dissonance I guess.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Gqar8) 34
Rumors on X the climbers are doing some Netflix show.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 06:49 PM (OoFl2) 35
Pritzer is not a billionaire billionaire.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:49 PM (KC5Lt) 36
Pritzker is a seriously arrogant nepo scumbag. He's trying to throw in with the DSA despite the facts that a) he and his family are billionaires and b) he's Jewish. He doesn't seem to realize if those crazies take over they'll treat him like Ned Beatty in Deliverance before they kill him and his family.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 06:50 PM (itsE0) 37
33 A lot of Billionaire assholes pushing socialism now. The idiots that listen to them don't understand cognitive dissonance I guess.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 06:49 PM Yes. It’s called “I am friend. Don’t eat me! (Or run against me)!” Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 06:50 PM (OoFl2) 38
AZ gov will appoint the replacement who will serve until 2028.
They need to drag this investigation out until late January 2027 and defeat Hobbs this November. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 06:51 PM (3cUTc) 39
this is a link to a Yahoo news site that has pics from this flag waving couple's other high risk adventures. I predict they'll be dead before they are 40, because yikes ... just look at the pics a little down in the link.
https://tinyurl.com/y8ht8rfy Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 06:51 PM (vbXSk) 40
A lot of Billionaire assholes pushing socialism now. The idiots that listen to them don't understand cognitive dissonance I guess.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Gqar Yeah. But this isn't new. Go back - in American History - and show me the period where Rich Americans really believed in Capitalism for the Working Class. Where they didn't want to leverage their money to get advantage. Where they really believed that competition - down to the individual worker level - would generate a rising tide that raised all boats ? Not gonna' wait. Because that era never happened. That's the big stupid of Conservative Capitalism. Of the GOP. Its bullshit. Doesn't even pass the smell test. Oh Wow ... we've got a Ruling Class of Rich Billionaires. How the Hell did THAT happen ? Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:53 PM (7jBgj) 41
So whenever I see a tweet of a pretty young girl in the news, my reaction is --
1. uh oh, better check if it is really a girl so I can look (I hate seeing those freaks) 2. OK, a real girl. Oh shit, was she murdered or raped? And was it tiresome, or motive unknown? 3. Oh good, she is alive. So who did her harm? probably some male in sports. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 06:54 PM (Y9s2Z) 42
Dubbed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can.
The Obama Pestilential Library Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 01, 2026 06:54 PM (guGkK) Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:55 PM (KC5Lt) 44
Good luck catching that worm Swallowswell
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0) 45
34 Rumors on X the climbers are doing some Netflix show.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 06:49 PM (OoFl2) Already saw it (well, the previews of it). Fall, 2022. Posted by: it doesn't end well at July 01, 2026 06:55 PM (gKWVE) 46
I forgot. Add in Hershey.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:56 PM (KC5Lt) 47
""Dubbed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can.""
At least Rura Penthe was a winter wonderland. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:57 PM (snZF9) 48
43 Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:53 PM (7jBgj)
Rockefeller, JP Morgan, Carnegie Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:55 PM (KC5Lt) But but they all said anyone can make it if they work and try hard enough. Right? Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 06:57 PM (Gqar8) 49
When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.
Sounds like good replacement slogan for "Arbeit Macht Frei" to hang over the entrance to their camps. Posted by: Halfhand at July 01, 2026 06:57 PM (9MUFz) 50
49 When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.
Sounds like good replacement slogan for "Arbeit Macht Frei" to hang over the entrance to their camps. Posted by: Halfhand at July 01, 2026 06:57 PM (9MUFz) What we need is a nice Ministry of Love. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar8) 51
"Dubbed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can.""
At least Rura Penthe was a winter wonderland. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:57 PM (snZF9) ---- Well, it did have a shapeshifting space babe... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 06:59 PM (gnNyN) 52
At least Rura Penthe was a winter wonderland.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division Every thread becomes a Trek thread Posted by: Qapla'! at July 01, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE) 53
Rockefeller, JP Morgan, Carnegie
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:55 PM (KC5Lt) Yep. Carnegie. The guy that took a vacation to the UK while The Pinkertons shot a bunch of striking workers at his steel works. JP Morgan. And Rockerfeller ... the guy that set up shadow companies that ultimately led to the first anti-trust regulations. There is a thing here ... that all Capitalism is good. No. It ain't. No matter what version your high-school teacher taught. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:59 PM (7jBgj) 54
That's the power of love! Wait, wut?
Posted by: Huey Lewis at July 01, 2026 07:00 PM (ceJ0R) 55
ed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can.
---- It's all of those things and more.... I can't believe he didn't mention "flak tower". Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:02 PM (Riz8t) 56
ed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can.
---- It's all of those things and more.... I can't believe he didn't mention "flak tower". To say nothing of a Moai. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:03 PM (Riz8t) 57
Yes. It’s called “I am friend. Don’t eat me! (Or run against me)!”
Posted by: Piper --------------- I think there is more to it. Many want the rules changed now, while they are on top, to prevent others from reaching their level. They really think they are special and would never be eaten, but their main risk is someone out competing them. Also, the new rules hand them more wealthy and power. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 07:03 PM (Y9s2Z) 58
But but they all said anyone can make it if they work and try hard enough. Right?
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 06:57 PM (Gqar That's the kind of lie you tell little children. Its also the kind of lie you can judge adults by. Because if any grown man or woman says that and means it ? They're a high-functioning Idiot. We tell children useful lies to keep them out of harms way. Until they're old enough to know better. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 07:04 PM (7jBgj) 59
Lo* ay Al* naji is not in the Ventura County jail or the California prison system.
Lots of jihad on you tube. Posted by: torabora at July 01, 2026 07:04 PM (KtOUo) 60
The bulk - and I can start calling out names here if you like - want Order. They'll take less Freedom just have some more rules. As long as they like the rules.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:47 PM (7jBgj) Go ahead. Name names. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:04 PM (Riz8t) 61
I can't believe he didn't mention "flak tower".
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:02 PM (Riz8t) Jawa sand crawler, ready to creep around Chicago scavenging from dumps... Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 07:05 PM (Sy6m/) 62
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Top 2 Million, Study Finds
Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022. Every Russia plan to increase GDP is to kill the population. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 07:05 PM (/+uur) 63
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:59 PM (7jBgj
You debate like a lefty. No context, inaccurate 'facts'. Suppress the positive. Hate the rich. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 07:05 PM (KC5Lt) 64
Dubbed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can. -------- One thing it's not, is a library. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 07:07 PM (VWtfl) 65
The bulk - and I can start calling out names here if you like - want Order. They'll take less Freedom just have some more rules. As long as they like the rules.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:47 PM (7jBgj) Go ahead. Name names. Well? We're waiting! Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:07 PM (Riz8t) 66
Policy giant, Bernie Sanders, is also opposed to caramelized onions.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 07:08 PM (fkjGs) 67
"The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can
Lol. Help me. I'd LOVE to work there for a few months... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 07:09 PM (Sco7b) 68
"But but they all said anyone can make it if they work and try hard enough. Right?" Posted by: tubal
"That's the kind of lie you tell little children. Its also the kind of lie you can judge adults by. Because if any grown man or woman says that and means it? They're a high-functioning Idiot." A lot of people did "make it" by hard work and trying hard enough. But sure, a lot of scoundrels made even more money by joining a cartel, or becoming a corrupt lying politician, or opening a Learing Center. But "work hard and studying diligently" is still a great way to succeed. (though being wise as serpents, and harmless as doves is still good advice) Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 07:11 PM (vbXSk) 69
What's love got to do with it?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 01, 2026 07:12 PM (nDXEV) 70
I don't think Obama has much appeal in the white urban radical base anymore.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 01, 2026 07:12 PM (wGerL) 71
Wait, do we have Massey posting on this thread?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:12 PM (2GVsD) 72
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Top 2 Million, Study Finds
Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022. Every Russia plan to increase GDP is to kill the population. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 07:05 PM (/+uur) ************************** Russian tanks in Lisbon in two weeks!!!!?!!!! Posted by: Overt60 at July 01, 2026 07:12 PM (12BOY) 73
Kill a Jew, get a 1 year sentence. Will he even have to do the full year, or will he be out in 4 to 6 months?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK) He's suffered enough already! I hereby order his release! Posted by: Some judge, somewhere at July 01, 2026 07:13 PM (1Ff7Z) 74
Gaylord's Tower of Ego lacks the aesthetics of a Berlin flak tower.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD) 75
Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022.
Every Russia plan to increase GDP is to kill the population. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 07:05 PM (/+uur) The US had approximately 210k killed and wounded in Vietnam . 58k is the fatally count. The count they are giving for Russia seems out of whack. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 07:14 PM (KC5Lt) 76
"Common Sense Policies"™ is Democratic branding for Bat Scat Insane Dogma
Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 07:15 PM (+4Cf6) 77
74 Gaylord's Tower of Ego lacks the aesthetics of a Berlin flak tower.
Posted by: Anna Puma Fair. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:16 PM (Riz8t) 78
When Socialist Democrats talk "common sense," common sense is scant to be found.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:16 PM (2GVsD) 79
65 The bulk - and I can start calling out names here if you like - want Order. They'll take less Freedom just have some more rules. As long as they like the rules.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:47 PM (7jBgj) Go ahead. Name names. Well? We're waiting! Yeah, that's what I thought. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:17 PM (Riz8t) 80
"This has been the pattern on this issue from far too many institutions of power. Boys' feelings are the focus."
What? She must mean "Trans-women's feelings..." Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 07:18 PM (fZiTB) Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 07:19 PM (l4gBO) 82
Oh cool, if I ever visit Vienna I can tour the flak towers.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:20 PM (2GVsD) 83
As the cool kids say, Miranda Devine's writing is the shiz.
Posted by: Mario at July 01, 2026 07:21 PM (hyQrc) 84
I would find enough interesting in Austria to see
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0) 85
I looked up the architects of Barry's House O' Stalin, and to my surprise, they weren't a bunch of DEI hires, but rather mostly white with one Asian woman. They must have given Barry his choice, because I really can't believe any qualified architect would deliberately design such an eyesore.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Riz8t) 86
Forget kidding on the square, I like kid-ding on the no-no square
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vE0+H) 87
Spring Reverb sounding off like a useless Union Cuck.
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 07:22 PM (v9lAB) 88
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Riz8t)
From what I read Obama had a lot of input. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 07:23 PM (KC5Lt) 89
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:17 PM (Riz8t) OK Slick. You're one. You really, really seem to want to believe that "you can do anything as long as you try hard enough". Yet neither you or I will be a Porn Star. Just don't have the equipment. Or an NBA player ... because it's obvious both you and I are white. Not Golfers - or neither of us would be here. I can go on and on and on. Now I'll go on. Old posters like Bandersnatch. A typical "Super Republican". Really believed in the GOP. Really dumb. Also loved himself some political families. Patriarchs. I can do more. If you'd like. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 07:23 PM (7jBgj) 90
"Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022.---
The US had approximately 210k killed and wounded in Vietnam . 58k is the fatally count. The count they are giving for Russia seems out of whack." Posted by: polynikes idk about exact numbers, but it does seem the Ukrainian drones kill a lot on the front lines, and Russia seems to have other issues with their troops killing each other, or commanders demanding payment to not be sent to the front, and "90%" of troops dying before the even reach the front. Newer (random internet?) posts suggest the Russian military is falling apart. Ukraine seems to be winning the drone wars, and they somehow have millions of them. Ukraine is now able to offer military advice on drone warfare. Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 07:23 PM (vbXSk) 91
I would find enough interesting in Austria to see
They put an aquarium with over 10,000 fishes in one. Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:23 PM (2GVsD) 92
Democrats desperately need a leader to rally around, but all they have is Obama.
Ahem. Do you need any more proof that I'm not being set up for success????? Posted by: Kamala! 2028! 2032! at July 01, 2026 07:24 PM (0sNs1) 93
"Why can't I reap the benefits of others industry and decisions...WAAAAAAAH!!!!"
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 07:25 PM (v9lAB) 94
75 Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022.
Every Russia plan to increase GDP is to kill the population. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 07:05 PM (/+uur) The US had approximately 210k killed and wounded in Vietnam . 58k is the fatally count. The count they are giving for Russia seems out of whack. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 07:14 PM (KC5Lt) Maybe Lancet numbers Posted by: javems at July 01, 2026 07:26 PM (zFsEm) 95
Who is investigating The DOJ?
Dig up Bob Mueller and investigate his rotten ass too for shits and grins. Posted by: Zombie Ken Starr at July 01, 2026 07:26 PM (g7saB) 96
Bankers are actually socialists when they are losing money, so I don't think it's legit to criticize capitalism (or "free markets" which I think is a better term) by pointing fingers at big banks.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 07:26 PM (2ap+5) 97
I looked up the architects of Barry's House O' Stalin, and to my surprise, they weren't a bunch of DEI hires, but rather mostly white with one Asian woman. They must have given Barry his choice, because I really can't believe any qualified architect would deliberately design such an eyesore.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Riz8t) Look and see if there were any sewage treatment plants in their design past, because they seemed to nail it pretty good. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 07:26 PM (snZF9) 98
Spring Reverb sounding off like a useless Union Cuck.
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 07:22 PM (v9lAB) Yet I've never been a Union Member in my life. I'm a free-lance consulter in Industrial Automation. Yet you sound like one of the Typical Free Trade cucks. I'm sure, back in the day and even now, you railed about Top Marginal Rates. How's that working out now ? While Global Economics isn't exactly Free Capitalism ? Add Garrett to the list of posters that just want Order. Although I'm a bit surprised. I thought he just wanted a cheap source of Vespas and Messenger Bags. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 07:26 PM (7jBgj) 99
So I gather the two Empire State Building daredevils did not fall to their deaths?
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:27 PM (8qVJT) 100
>>Yet you sound like one of the Typical Free Trade cucks. I'm sure, back in the day and even now, you railed about Top Marginal Rates.
Cry more, Cunt. Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 07:28 PM (v9lAB) 101
The lack of leadership in the Democrat party is exactly why the communists have taken over. The same can be said of MAGA pro America taking over the GOP. The void of leadership will eventually get filled. Posted by: Frank Barone at July 01, 2026 07:28 PM (OkYzo) 102
Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 07:23 PM (vbXSk)
The numbers that were posted also indicate Ukraine has had 600k killed and wounded. That's also very high for a country with just 30 million. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 07:28 PM (KC5Lt) 103
My time in Austria was spent in a tour bud heading for Portoroz, Yugoslavia. At night, and with a lot of really long tunnels. So I kind of do not count Austria as a country what I've been to.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 07:29 PM (0aYVJ) 104
Cry more, Cunt.
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 07:28 PM (v9lAB) And who can logically debate a Tour de Force such as that ? You carry the day, sir. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 07:29 PM (7jBgj) 105
Now I'll go on. Old posters like Bandersnatch. A typical "Super Republican". Really believed in the GOP. Really dumb. Also loved himself some political families. Patriarchs.
I can do more. If you'd like. Posted by: Spring Reverb Keep Bander out of your whore mouth. Did you ever meet him? No. You didn’t. Gfy Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 07:29 PM (yEz+x) 106
Now I'll go on. Old posters like Bandersnatch. A typical "Super Republican". Really believed in the GOP. Really dumb. Also loved himself some political families. Patriarchs.
Smearing beloved deceased members of the Horde is certainly a bold move, Cotton. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 07:29 PM (wItF4) 107
Spring Reverb seems nice.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1) 108
or bus. You decide.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 07:30 PM (0aYVJ) 109
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:17 PM (Riz8t) OK Slick. You're one. You really, really seem to want to believe that "you can do anything as long as you try hard enough"... I can do more. If you'd like. You haven't done one yet. All you've done is blather like a demented child. At no point did you come anywhere close to supporting your assertion. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:31 PM (Riz8t) 110
They must have given Barry his choice, because I really can't believe any qualified architect would deliberately design such an eyesore.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Riz8t) It makes me laugh to think of this as Barry's monument of love to Michelle. Some women's beauty inspire the Taj Majal. Other's beautiful works of art. Mooch...this... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 07:31 PM (Sco7b) 111
It makes me laugh to think of this as Barry's monument of love to Michelle.
Some women's beauty inspire the Taj Majal. Other's beautiful works of art. Mooch...this... It's obviously a tribute to Big Mike's dong. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 07:32 PM (wItF4) 112
Obama is curiously detached from the disaster he helped create.
Unless the plan all along is to make him the first General Secretary of the Union of Soviet States of Amerika. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 07:33 PM (2WIwB) 113
some lives are cheap, yours or mine f'rinstance, others, not so much. Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2026 07:33 PM (VyBeY) 114
Archimedes and garret, #71
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD) 115
Keep Bander out of your whore mouth. Did you ever meet him? No. You didn’t.
Never cared to. He schooled me a couple times about the political value of Bushes and Kennedys and such. Patricians. All I needed to know. Just because you meet somebody doesn't make them less of a dick. Just because they die doesn't either. We all die. But one point to you ... I was something of a Man-Whore back in my day. And no Dunc ... I'm not nice. Also not too young to be this cynical anymore. But here's the thing. We're past time to be nice. That's apparent everytime anybody walks out the front door. If they're paying attention. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 07:35 PM (7jBgj) 116
"Unless the plan all along is to make him the first General Secretary of the Union of Soviet States of Amerika.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 07:33 PM (2WIwB) " and that building was going to be Politburo HQ. Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2026 07:35 PM (VyBeY) 117
Obama is curiously detached from the disaster he helped create.
Unless the plan all along is to make him the first General Secretary of the Union of Soviet States of Amerika. Obama isn't the mastermind, but he's also not bottom of the totem pole like people claim he is. He's more of an incompetent middle manager that's inexplicably popular with the higher ups. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 07:35 PM (wItF4) 118
So apparently, Taylor Swift and Kelce are having a 100 person rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden tomorrow and a thousand person wedding there on Friday. She is some kind of weird.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 01, 2026 07:35 PM (W4X2O) 119
You could at least be nice to us.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi) 120
I'm curious to see what happens to all the substandard concrete work on the Obama presidential whatever-it-is, this coming winter after a few freeze/thaw cycles. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 07:36 PM (biznJ) 121
o apparently, Taylor Swift and Kelce are having a 100 person rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden tomorrow and a thousand person wedding there on Friday. She is some kind of weird.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 01, 2026 07:35 PM (W4X2O) Does Tay Tay have any err holes that are still err virgin? Asking for my friend. Posted by: Travis's Friend at July 01, 2026 07:37 PM (g7saB) 122
Archimedes and garret, #71
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:34 PM It's either Massie or Candace Owens. And I refuse to believe Owens knows how to post here. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 07:37 PM (wItF4) 123
And no Dunc ... I'm not nice. Also not too young to be this cynical anymore. But here's the thing. We're past time to be nice.
Gosh, you're butch. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 07:37 PM (Riz8t) 124
I hope I live long enough to see it torn down.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:37 PM (MWfyi) 125
So apparently, Taylor Swift and Kelce are having a 100 person rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden tomorrow and a thousand person wedding there on Friday. She is some kind of weird.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 01, 2026 07:35 PM There are rumours she's going to become Mrs. Taylor Kelce. Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at July 01, 2026 07:38 PM (0sNs1) 126
I guess begging at the raised left hand turn pocket wasn’t enough for these two pinnacle pillocks.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 01, 2026 07:39 PM (YlWIZ) 127
Loay Alnaji has been sentenced to 1 year in a county jail for killing the 69-year-old Jewish-American Paul Kessler
A year??? A friggin' year??? That's all??? WTF??? Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 07:39 PM (2WIwB) 128
Taylor Swift and Kelce are having a 100 person rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden tomorrow and a thousand person wedding there on Friday. She is some kind of weird.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 01, 2026 07:35 PM (W4X2O) As is Travis, the future Mr. Swift. I've been tired of this ridiculous storybook romance for a long time now. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 07:40 PM (0aYVJ) 129
> I hope I live long enough to see it torn down.
Or converted it into a holding pen for deporting illegal aliens Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 07:40 PM (BvPIe) 130
You could at least be nice to us.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi) And I am. Go back and look. I'm nice until its time not to nice. Never directed at anyone specific. What I do - and its not intentional but it is habitual - is show hypocrisy. Specifically - the idea that GOP=Good while DNC=Bad. I get it though. I do understand why - for some brains - its a Black and White thing. But here's the deal. To understand why the Left does what they do ? Watch here. Its the same thing. All we're arguing is order of magnitude. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 07:40 PM (7jBgj) 131
Loay Alnaji has been sentenced to 1 year in a county jail for killing the 69-year-old Jewish-American Paul Kessler
A year??? A friggin' year??? That's all??? WTF??? Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 07:39 PM (2WIwB) When shit finally hits the fan, judges need to be the first against the wall. Most are nothing but activists. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 07:41 PM (snZF9) 132
Howdy, horde!
Nice day here-- 80*, partly cloudy & with a light breeze. Got BBQ dry-rubbed chicken thighs on the grill... beverage in hand... Cat snoozing in the shade. Life is good! Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 07:41 PM (rdVOm) 133
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Spring Reverb--whatever nic you choose to use today--is a cynical condescending asshole. You have never, ever said anything positive about anything. You get your jollies by trying to bring the rest of us down. It won't work, slick. Most of us are well-adjusted, functioning adults. Not raging loons upset because our world isn't as miserable as yours. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 07:41 PM (gnNyN) 134
He'll be tired of her shit within five years. They might bang out a couple of brats which have a very good chance of thinking they are transgender wombats or something equally as chic.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:41 PM (MWfyi) 135
I hope I live long enough to see it torn down.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:37 PM (MWfyi) I'll settle for it being closed due to lack of money from extended lawsuits for unpaid contractors. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2WIwB) 136
>A year??? A friggin' year??? That's all???
WTF??? Posted by: Diogenes ---- yeah it got pled down to a manslaughter charge Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:42 PM (8qVJT) Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:42 PM (2GVsD) Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 07:42 PM (yEz+x) 139
So basically, everyone except you are un-American, capitalist lemmings. *makes Shake-Weight gesture* Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 07:42 PM (KlGB0) 140
He'll be tired of her shit within five years. They might bang out a couple of brats which have a very good chance of thinking they are transgender wombats or something equally as chic.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:41 PM (MWfyi) Problem is that her womb is nearing the "Use By" date. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not much of a globetrotter at July 01, 2026 07:43 PM (0aYVJ) Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi) 142
Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 07:23 PM (vbXSk)
The numbers that were posted also indicate Ukraine has had 600k killed and wounded. That's also very high for a country with just 30 million. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 07:28 PM (KC5Lt) it is extremely dubious that Russia has 2x losses over Ukraine. They advance at their own pace, envelop and surround positions, and have a huge advantage in artillery and air power and missiles. And it is extremely important for Ukraine and its backers to seem like they are winning. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 07:43 PM (uhVAy) 143
Spring Reverb--whatever nic you choose to use today--is a cynical condescending asshole.
You have never, ever said anything positive about anything. Well here you go. The Springfield M1A is the finest re-issue, SHTF rifle I've ever owned. Perfect in just about every way. Same for the American made Telecaster with the double coil behind the neck. A fine guitar. And my front porch. Because the steps are steep. Discourages dumb-asses from knocking on my door to sell me the Gospel or something else I don't want. There's three nice things right there. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 07:45 PM (7jBgj) 144
it is extremely dubious that Russia has 2x losses over Ukraine. They advance at their own pace, envelop and surround positions, and have a huge advantage in artillery and air power and missiles. And it is extremely important for Ukraine and its backers to seem like they are winning.
I assume all news about that war is a psyop, given its origins as a CIA/USAID color revolution. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 07:46 PM (wItF4) 145
136> yeah it got pled down to a manslaughter charge
He should have held out for being charged with just felonious mopery. Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 07:46 PM (BvPIe) 146
The US Men's National Team is so good they have to play two countries tonight!
I'll see myself out. Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 07:46 PM (2ap+5) Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 07:46 PM (2GVsD) 148
Some relish in getting goats for no other sake than goat getting. If they can’t even see your goat, it makes it not very fun to hang around.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 07:46 PM (OoFl2) 149
>>>So apparently, Taylor Swift and Kelce are having a 100 person rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden tomorrow and a thousand person wedding there on Friday.
They say we got rid of royalty 250 years ago. But I'm afraid we still have the same general species. Feckless, useless and nauseating to behold. Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (CwhoI) 150
The count they are giving for Russia seems out of whack.
Posted by: polynikes Russians are not known for treating wounded very well and a lot of the casualties are simply cannon fodder from prisons, the non Russian hinterlands, and from rural areas where the choice is a slow death or a quick one with a bit of cash to loved ones. So if you total wounded plus dead, I can see those casualties figures--this is an actual peer to peer war, not a war against terrorists or a one off campaign by the North Vietnamese regular forces. E.g. Iran-Iraq war toll, The war is often said to have caused half a million or more deaths. The Battle Deaths Dataset, developed by a team of political scientists, estimates fatalities at more than 600,000. The Correlates of War Project, another major scholarly dataset, estimates 500,000 Iraqi dead and 750,000 Iranian dead." Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (E4rtv) 151
LE CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0) 152
Most of us are well-adjusted, functioning adults.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 07:41 PM Not including those Commentators who choose not to wear pants whilst participating in the Book Thread, correct? Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1) 153
@WestMetroFire
If you were wondering why westbound C-470 was closed last night... here's what happened. Around 9:20 p.m., a semi hauling potatoes caught fire between Highway 285 and Morrison Rd. Several passing drivers spotted the flames and smoke and stopped to gorge on baked potatoes. I might have made that last bit up. Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:49 PM (8qVJT) 154
Not including those Commentators who choose not to wear pants whilst participating in the Book Thread, correct?
Pants are overrated. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 07:49 PM (AIhUY) 155
They say we got rid of royalty 250 years ago. But I'm afraid we still have the same general species. Feckless, useless and nauseating to behold.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 01, 2026 07:47 PM (CwhoI) You are just bitter. And a Debbie Downer. A troll. Trying to harsh everyone else's mellow. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 07:50 PM (7jBgj) 156
A year is an injustice but I think the reasoning was the same they've done in similar cases where the death is caused after the person falls and strikes their head.
I remember a hockey dad who actually killed another hockey dad by beating him unconscious in a fist fight he had started . Only got 6-10 years for voluntary manslaughter. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 07:50 PM (KC5Lt) 157
He'll be tired of her shit within five years. They might bang out a couple of brats which have a very good chance of thinking they are transgender wombats or something equally as chic.
He most likely likes to get pegged and Tay Tay is the one to do it. Posted by: Ouch at July 01, 2026 07:51 PM (g7saB) 158
Ding ding! Cafe is open!
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 07:51 PM (OoFl2) 159
144 it is extremely dubious that Russia has 2x losses over Ukraine. They advance at their own pace, envelop and surround positions, and have a huge advantage in artillery and air power and missiles. And it is extremely important for Ukraine and its backers to seem like they are winning.
That 2:1 casualty ratio is on par with offensive operations on peer to peer battles in past wars and the rule of thumb for offensive operations is a 3:1 superiority over the enemy in order to suffer disproportionate casualties and still win. So yes, it is possible. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 07:51 PM (E4rtv) 160
Well here you go. The Springfield M1A is the finest re-issue, SHTF rifle I've ever owned. Perfect in just about every way.
Yup!!! Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 07:54 PM (2WIwB) 161
Only 25k Soviet soldiers killed in the 10 year Afghan war.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 07:55 PM (KC5Lt) 162
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Dubbed "The Obamination," it's been likened to a Klingon prison, a megalith, a toilet and a trash can. -------- One thing it's not, is a library. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 07:07 PM (VWtfl) That's the thing about goose stepping morons; they'd rather burn books than read them. That's a call back to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I'm going to assume no one got it because most of you think movies are g*y and the other half of you don't watch the ones I like. Posted by: Nelly at July 01, 2026 07:55 PM (6+ehB) 163
I am getting tired of having to look at the nic first, before reading the stupid self-important jackassery, regretting it and then reading that yes, our current prick is saying things online that he would not dare say face to face at an Elks' lodge bar.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 07:56 PM (rbvCR) 164
I assume all news about that war is a psyop, given its origins as a CIA/USAID color revolution.
Posted by: Ian S. War has lasted longer now than WWI and is approaching WWII in length. We have a reasonable picture of what is going on and the Russians are doggedly using attrition to grind down the Ukrainian army just like Grant did to Lee. The aim and a lot of the casualties are in order to take the Ukrainian held remnants of the Donbas fortified cities and that means a lot of casualties for attackers. Once those are cleared, then the terrain becomes more favorable for Russians if they want to go further than the Donbas oblast. Even Patton, in trying to take Metz which had a ring of fortifications, got a bloody nose and had to starve out the defenders. This is a stupid war provoked by stupid leaders and is a pointless slaughter. Same as WWI. Ukraine is not likely to get the Crimea or even Luhansk or Donbas back and Putin has went way to far to ensure hatred from the Ukrainians and a lot of Europeans. The only people benefitting from this are the Chinese long term and Putin's ass is hanging in the breeze in the East. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 08:00 PM (E4rtv) 165
161 Only 25k Soviet soldiers killed in the 10 year Afghan war.
Posted by: polynikes ======= That was not a peer to peer war. More comparable to Vietnam except the Soviets killed a helluva lot more Afghanis than we ever did Vietnamese. 1-3 million Afghani civilians and nearly 200k mujahideen. Compare that death toll with the US occupation twice as long and we were driven out--we left voluntarily under Biden. Not the same type of war with Ukraine and to be sure, drones have changed the face of warfare there. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 08:03 PM (E4rtv) 166
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 07:56 PM (rbvCR)
And now you - truly - understand the Modern Left. You're acting EXACTLY the same. Is my speech violence ? Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:04 PM (7jBgj) 167
Some relish in getting goats for no other sake than goat getting. If they can’t even see your goat, it makes it not very fun to hang around.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 07:46 PM (OoFl2) Are you saying that Spring Reverb has a sexual attraction to goats? I believe it. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:06 PM (rbvCR) 168
128 Taylor Swift and Kelce are having a 100 person rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden tomorrow and a thousand person wedding there on Friday. She is some kind of weird.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 01, 2026 07:35 PM (W4X2O) As is Travis, the future Mr. Swift. I've been tired of this ridiculous storybook romance for a long time now. Posted by: Pug Mahon Eh, treat it about the same as Harry and Meghan, JLo and whathisname, or Luke and Laura or whatever stupid power match du jour excites People magazine. I don't really care if they both get married in bondage gear with Kelce wearing a gimp mask and Tay Tay leading him around on a chain. Some people care deeply, and so it goes. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 08:07 PM (E4rtv) 169
Is my speech violence ?
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:04 PM (7jBgj) No . Just retarded. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt) 170
Is my speech violence ?
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:04 PM (7jBgj) No . Just retarded. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt) Then the answer should be easy. Just scroll on past. That's the wheel in the middle of the two buttons on your mouse. Use that wheel. But you can't. You don't want anyone else to see what I say. If what I say is so stupid ? You should WANT it to be seen by everyone. But you don't. And that's really the point. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (7jBgj) 171
Are you saying that Spring Reverb has a sexual attraction to goats? I believe it.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 08:06 PM Why do you say that like it's a bad thing, effendi? Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at July 01, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1) 172
it is extremely dubious that Russia has 2x losses over Ukraine. They advance at their own pace, envelop and surround positions, and have a huge advantage in artillery and air power and missiles.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 07:43 PM (uhVAy) ***************************** Yes, that's why Russian shock and awe defeated Kiev in SHORTLY OVER AN HOUR, and Ukraine entirely collapsed years ago, before the military-political leadership in Kiev even had time to declare war!!!??!!!! Posted by: RealPepeEscobar at July 01, 2026 08:13 PM (gfsqp) Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 08:14 PM (KC5Lt) We Need Proof of Life of Mitch McConnellThis isn't Russia -- we are entitled to know which of our "representatives" are living and capable of working. But of course this nation increasingly resembles Russia. Two weeks after deliberately vague reports about McConnell being "rushed" to the hospital, it is only due to a leak of EMS radio traffic that we now find out he was discovered "unconscious" and in need of "advanced life support." So where is he now? Is he conscious? Our Soviet officials won't tell us.It has been over two weeks since Senator Mitch McConnell was hospitalized. EMS radio traffic now reveals that the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was found "unconscious" at his Washington, D.C., home before being hospitalized on June 14. Punchbowl News reported, "Just before 9 a.m. on June 14, the dispatcher directed an ALS (Advanced Life Support) ambulance to the address of the former Senate GOP leader's home. Audio of the EMS dispatch was circulating online earlier this week and was posted by journalist Desiree Townsend." Later on the same day, McConnell spokesperson David Popp said the senator was hospitalized and "receiving excellent care." On June 22, Popp said that McConnell was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery." No update has been provided on whether the senator remains hospitalized. According to several GOP senators, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, they have spoken with McConnell. Thune is "dialed in" on Senate happenings.Uh-huh. Note that this follows several prominent congressmen who were later shown to be non compos mentis or too sickly to actually attend Congress. And I don't just mean Joe Biden. Diane Feinstein was mentally incapable of doing her job for years, with her staff unconstitutionally assuming senatorial power to decide how to vote on the nation's bills. Biden's cartoonishly unhealthy Secretary of Defense just completely skipped class for months, undergoing secret hospital procedures that Racist Americans just weren't allowed to know about. The revelation that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had prostate cancer surgery and was later hospitalized in intensive care due to complications from that operation without President Joe Biden, Cabinet members or even his deputy knowing has put an intense spotlight on what staff knew when and why they did not inform government or military leaders or the public. Austin has since returned to work, but was hospitalized again Feb. 11 "for symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue." While his doctors have said his prognosis is excellent, Austin's mobility has been noticeably affected, sometimes using a cane or motorized cart to get around the Pentagon. Austin finally addressed questions surrounding his hospitalization in a press conference earlier this month where he said he never told anyone on his staff to keep his hospitalization a secret. That has left unanswered questions as to why some members of his staff chose not to inform Biden or the public about it.Department of Transportation head Pete Butigieg secretly took two months of maternity leave to bond with his adopted gaybies, instructing his staff to pretend he was in the office the whole time. Since Buttigieg and his husband Chasten adopted newborn twins in 2021, the Democrat and his family have been repeatedly criticized and mocked by Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence. Most recently, Pence made what the White House described as a "homophobic joke" about Buttigieg taking parental leave. "When Pete's two children were born, he took two months' maternity leave whereupon thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, and airplanes nearly collided on our runways," Pence reportedly said at the annual Gridiron Dinner for journalists and politicians in Washington, D.C., on March 11. "Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression." Federica Wilson, a Democrat DEI goofball, was absent from Congress for a month without telling anyone why. Only in May did she announce an official absence, saying she needed eye surgery. Okay -- what about the month before that? Tom Kean Jr., a Nepo baby, was absent from Congress for four months without leave. He now says he was diagnosed with depression. During his absence from Congress, Kean missed more than 100 votes. He was seen near his House office on Tuesday and finally spoke publicly about his prolonged absence, saying that after medical testing, he was diagnosed with depression. "I did not believe this would result in a long-term stay," he said. "Depression is so much more than that. It is physical, it is emotional, and until you experience it yourself, it is difficult to fully understand it," Kean said. "I am a private person by nature. Talking about myself has never come naturally. If sharing my story encourages even one person to seek help, then this moment will have been worthwhile." Kean continued collecting his congressional salary during his absence. He was scheduled to hold a conference call with Republican officials later on Tuesday. The mystery over Kean's absence carries potential political implications, given the competitive district he represents and the Republican Party's narrow control of the House.Obviously no one wishes further ill upon the ailing -- but these are our employees. They are not allowed to skip out of work for weeks or months at a time while having their taxpayer-paid staffs lie to taxpayers about their absences. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: Clay at July 01, 2026 05:35 PM (/DzYy) 2
Yes, Clay. 1st. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (XJ22o) 3
I wouldn't want anyone to be on a congressman's staff
Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 05:37 PM (XuXeR) 4
The guy's been brain dead for decades.... come on man.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 05:37 PM (jehhT) 5
Huh.
Hadn’t seen this. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 05:37 PM (4KUe5) 6
We need a Congresscritter AWOL bill
Posted by: MkY at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (q6tQZ) 7
Nood Mitch
Posted by: Clay Mitch the Bitch died over a year ago. Weekend at Bernie's.... They had to give up wheeling him around after the meat started falling off the bone. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (/lPRQ) 8
The guy is just a footnote. This time next year no one will even remember him.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (3Ope8) Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (dK+Kv) 10
Hola
Posted by: Thanatopsis at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (Lx4gz) 11
Can we get an actual useful replacement for this corpsicle?
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (YwEeS) 12
Do Congresscitters get PTO? If so, how much?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (gnNyN) 13
Do Congresscitters get PTO? If so, how much?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (gnNyN) Their whole existence is PTO. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:39 PM (dK+Kv) 14
What's the situation in KY about naming a replacement--- is there a D governor in place right now?
Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 05:39 PM (lCppi) 15
They're all grifters. I bet they trade tips on using unreported medical leave in the cloakroom. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:40 PM (XJ22o) 16
Department of Transportation head Pete Butigieg secretly took two months of maternity leave to bond with his adopted gaybies, instructing his staff to pretend he was in the office the whole time.
==== Some poor bastard had to sneak about putting a bit of ass juice on furniture... The same guy as before had to walk around cleaning up. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 05:40 PM (/lPRQ) 17
I seem to recall that while Pete was out on maternity leave there was a supply chain clusterfark happening with container ships waiting weeks, months to unload in a CA port .
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 05:40 PM (4KUe5) 18
If it keeps the D Kentucky Gov from appointing another Senator, I say Mitch is alive!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:40 PM (1Ff7Z) 19
The only good thing McConnell ever did was to keep Moloch Garland off SCOTUS.
Posted by: Shoefly the Boxing Mule at July 01, 2026 05:40 PM (ufJfM) 20
The only way to prove if Mitch is still alive is to bring a recent tool sample in and let's have a look see.
Posted by: Dr. Fauci at July 01, 2026 05:40 PM (g7saB) 21
>>>14 What's the situation in KY about naming a replacement--- is there a D governor in place right now?
yes, and he'll name a Democrat. There will be a lawsuit (Republicans require him to nominate someone from the same party) but he will argue that a statute cannot overrule a constitutional provision and he'll be found to be right. McConnell's ego caused all of this. And his senior aides' thirst for continued graft. Posted by: ace at July 01, 2026 05:41 PM (1wjle) 22
If it keeps the D Kentucky Gov from appointing another Senator, I say Mitch is alive!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:40 PM (1Ff7Z) Schrodinger's fat cat. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:41 PM (dK+Kv) 23
"David Popp said the senator was hospitalized and receiving excellent care, but he is still dead.' "
Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 05:41 PM (vbXSk) 24
I have no reason to believe that Mitch is cognizant.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:41 PM (MWfyi) 25
I seem to recall that while Pete was out on maternity leave there was a supply chain clusterfark happening with container ships waiting weeks, months to unload in a CA port . Posted by: Lizzy =============== Not that Buttigieg's presence would have made much difference. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:41 PM (XJ22o) 26
We have a choice between incompetent fools that are too young and decrepit rotting grandpas who are too old :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 05:42 PM (UZCuZ) 27
Sooner or later we're going to find that the powers behind Congress aren't Soros and Epstein... they're Sodosma and Mmatmuor.
Posted by: the republic of the necromancers at July 01, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE) 28
I say we freeze him
Parker in Alien Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 05:42 PM (YwEeS) 29
Shroedinger's Senator
Posted by: Heisenburg at July 01, 2026 05:42 PM (q2NNn) Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 05:42 PM (Y8DZL) 31
Yes this makes me Hulk angry. Do we have to pass another law?
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:42 PM (KC5Lt) 32
Later on the same day, McConnell spokesperson David Popp said the senator was hospitalized and "receiving excellent care." On June 22, Popp said that McConnell was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery."
===== They are making funeral arrangements. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 05:43 PM (YIpLe) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 05:43 PM (XuXeR) 34
Is a live McConnell more valuable than a dead one? Can he still be sold as a live parrot?
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (QaH55) 35
When the radio starts playing only slow bluegrass music then we'll know.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (Cqx++) 36
We have a choice between incompetent fools that are too young and decrepit rotting grandpas who are too old :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 05:42 PM (UZCuZ) You forgot the incompetent foolish rotting grandpas. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (uhVAy) 37
Brittney Clark, 31, of Orlando, FL, has been identified as the victim of the deadly alligator attack on Sunday in Florida's Little Big Econ State Forest.
She, her boyfriend and a few other friends had been hiking in the forest before stopping for a swim in the river. The gator ripped both of her arms from her body and she died in the ambulance enroute to the hospital. This is, of course, a horrible story, but the boyfriend was quoted as saying, "never in a million years would we have seen this nightmare come about." Um, dude, it's a river...in Florida...a gator's natural habitat. Never in a million years? Really? Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (J4Dwc) 38
Obviously no one wishes further ill upon the ailing -- but these are our employees. They are not allowed to skip out of work for weeks or months at a time while having their taxpayer-paid staffs lie to taxpayers about their absences.
==== "Shut up," they explained. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (YIpLe) 39
I repeat but I'm a huge advocate for mandatory retirement age for all Federal elected and appointed positions. This includes the SC justices also.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:45 PM (KC5Lt) 40
I hate these fkrs that hang on to the bitter end to torment us with their power.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e) 42
Before ANY Congressional Session I want to see the entire Class of Congressmen and Senators run 5 Laps around the Capitol Building and do 3 x 10 sets of Pushups, Pullups and Situps.
Physical Fitness should be a requirement of ALL who serve. Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:45 PM (v9lAB) 43
Yes, Buttigieg probably would not have fixed the CA container ships waiting weeks backup, just as he was impotent in dealing with the East Palestine, OH train crash/toxic spill.
However, it needs to be noted since he is selling his experience and accomplishments as Sect of Transportation for future political opportunity. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 05:45 PM (4KUe5) 44
Um, dude, it's a river...in Florida...a gator's natural habitat. Never in a million years? Really?
Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (J4Dwc) It IS Florida. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:45 PM (dK+Kv) 45
He's pining for the fjords.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 05:46 PM (SRRAx) 46
Do Congresscitters get PTO? If so, how much?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (gnNyN) I don't think it works that way. As far as I know, each of them can take as little or as much time off as they want, as long as their leadership knows what they're up to if they're needed for votes. Some of them are workaholics and would work every day if they could and some take a lot of time off during recesses. And they make a fixed amount each year, so they don't get paid OT. Each congresscritter's office sets its own PTO policies for staff. Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 05:46 PM (PrsTH) 47
Brittney Clark, 31, of Orlando, FL, has been identified as the victim of the deadly alligator attack on Sunday in Florida's Little Big Econ State Forest.
She, her boyfriend and a few other friends had been hiking in the forest before stopping for a swim in the river. The gator ripped both of her arms from her body and she died in the ambulance enroute to the hospital. This is, of course, a horrible story, but the boyfriend was quoted as saying, "never in a million years would we have seen this nightmare come about." Um, dude, it's a river...in Florida...a gator's natural habitat. Never in a million years? Really? Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (J4Dwc) I suspect a few missing parts to the official story as well. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy) 48
>>Obviously no one wishes further ill upon the ailing
Is it ill to wish them dipped in simmering Tar, Coated in Goose Down and Ridden out of Town on a freshly cut Rail? Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:46 PM (v9lAB) 49
That is one horrible way to go. I would reserve it for some special cases.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:46 PM (MWfyi) 50
If I'm Beshear I am nominating a "Republican" to keep the caucus sweet who happens to be a closeted Democrat. Then the Republican does what Angus King or Jim Jeffords did and becomes an independent-who-caucuses-D.
Beshear can then say, aww shucks, I can't control what they do. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:46 PM (gKWVE) 51
If the government is expending even one dollar on you, you should have to provide a retinal scan and thumbprint verification everyday where you're supposed to be. Miss 3 days, the dollars stop.
Enrolled in school...everyday Nursing home....everyday Government employee....everyday. Congress critter....put down the bottle, drugs and hookers for your daily scan. Or enjoy the private sector. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 05:46 PM (Sco7b) 52
Where in the World is Carmen San Dimitchmcconnellego?
Posted by: Bert G at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (VARTN) 53
>>>The gator ripped both of her arms from her body and she died in the ambulance enroute to the hospital.
*sobs* Posted by: Michelle Fields at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (dK+Kv) 54
" On June 22, Popp said that McConnell was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery."
The bullshit coming from these people. How do we fight this? Do we need to demand a law that any congresscritter who is hospitalized for more than a couple of days, is required to show proof of life? How long do we allow them to be absent before they must be replaced? Which of them would even agree to bring such a bill to the floor?? We are complete subjects to their whims. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (zYpTz) 55
The fjords don't enter into it! Kentucky has no fjords!
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (gKWVE) 56
It says something that there aren't any leaks coming out of McConnell's camp. As in, I know someone who works for the guy, or my sister's boyfriend's mom works for the guy...
Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (PrsTH) 57
Ditch Mitch!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (u/wrI) 58
>>The gator ripped both of her arms from her body and she died in the ambulance enroute to the hospital.
Typical 'Pick Me' behavior, if you want my opinion. Posted by: Michele Fields at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (v9lAB) 59
Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 05:48 PM (77rzZ) 60
"The bullshit coming from these people.
How do we fight this?" Failing drastic measures, I don't think you can. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:48 PM (MWfyi) 61
On June 22, Popp said that McConnell was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery."
—— Well, my dad (RIP) is still trying to ‘recover’ from his death, so there’s that. Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (5ka4a) 62
The fjords don't enter into it! Kentucky has no fjords!
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (gKWVE) Nu uh! There's a Fjord, a GM, and a Toyota plant in Ky! Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (1Ff7Z) 63
>> That is one horrible way to go. I would reserve it for some special cases.
You would exsanguinate almost instantly...right after you went into shock. Also. Circle of life and all that. Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (v9lAB) 64
>> Later on the same day, McConnell spokesperson David Popp said the senator was hospitalized and "receiving excellent care." On June 22, Popp said that McConnell was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery."
Why do I feel like these are euphemisms for Turtlehead remaining unblinking? "Blink if you feel you are receiving substandard care." "Blink if you disagree with our donors' position on this bill." Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (Sy6m/) 65
Like he is going to recover. To what? His former self?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi) 66
Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (J4Dwc)
Yes when I went waterskiing in the South Louisiana rivers /bayous I made sure never to do anything beyond my skills that would dump me in the danger zones Water Moccasins were the other danger. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (KC5Lt) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 05:50 PM (Sco7b) 69
Does a gurgle count a proof of life? How about a shart in the cloak room?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 05:50 PM (fkjGs) 70
If we can't get proof of life, how about how bad he smells?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 01, 2026 05:50 PM (DZ9Lv) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e) 72
55 The fjords don't enter into it! Kentucky has no fjords!
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (gKWVE) Sez you Posted by: The Parrot at July 01, 2026 05:50 PM (SRRAx) 73
Later on the same day, McConnell spokesperson David Popp said the senator was hospitalized and "receiving excellent care." On June 22, Popp said that McConnell was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery." -------- The senator is at the mortuary and receiving excellent care. His staff is working closely with the mortuary employees. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (bUYLg) 74
There’s a reason gators almost went extinct,
We humans need to kill off as much of the stuff that kills us as we can. Eff nature. Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (77rzZ) 75
They are preparing the roll around unit that captain Pike was in from the original star trek for Mitch McConnell. 2 bleeps yes. 1 bleep no. Posted by: The Crusades at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (OkYzo) 76
Btw....Pete's poor kids.
Ughhhh. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 05:50 PM (Sco7b) I'd have them checked for monkeypox. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (1Ff7Z) 77
I wouldn't want anyone to be on a congressman's staff
Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 05:37 PM (XuXeR) --- Didn't turn out too well for Joe Scarborough's aide. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e) 78
KY replacement for McConnell.... by Grok
-------- Kentucky fills U.S. Senate vacancies exclusively by special election, with no temporary gubernatorial appointment. congress.gov This is the current process under state law (updated in 2024 via House Bill 622, which took effect and removed any appointment authority). Kentucky is one of five states (along with North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin) that do not allow the governor to appoint an interim senator. pewresearch.org Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (jehhT) Posted by: Doctor Bones McCoy at July 01, 2026 05:52 PM (0N4FZ) 80
Andropov ,Chernenko, McConnell. What's the diff?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:52 PM (itsE0) 81
>> That is one horrible way to go. I would reserve it for some special cases.
You would exsanguinate almost instantly...right after you went into shock. Also. Circle of life and all that. Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (v9lAB) This was no boating accident. Posted by: Matt Hooper at July 01, 2026 05:52 PM (q2NNn) 82
Crazy Ivan!
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 05:52 PM (0N4FZ) 83
The Turtle is estivating...
Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (l3cgK) 84
off sexy sock
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (l3cgK) 85
>>Is he conscious?
To be fair, I can understand them struggling with this question based on his past level of consciousness. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (Y9s2Z) 86
I'd have them checked for monkeypox.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (1Ff7Z) Last I heard the kids were being held by CPS Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (rbvCR) 87
We Need Proof of Life of Mitch McConnell
--- Does anybody remember the first point where that was the case? I don't. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e) 88
How long do they need to keep McConnell's corpse alive to prevent the D governor from naming a replacement?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (SRRAx) 89
I mean, at this point does it really matter if Mitch himself is there pressing the vote buttons?
The votes are already decided. The positions are already decided. The false dialectic of choices are already mapped out. It's not as if he would add anything to the equation. For example, immigration. Here are your choices: Unchecked immigration to cast Democrat votes Or Controlled immigration enough to put downward pressure on employee wages for Chamber of Commerce Republican businesses. It would only matter if you had a particular Senator saying "these are both bad options." Since McConnell is not of that ilk, they may as well use auto pen for his vote. Posted by: Reality Bites at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (nYWR7) 90
>>Is he conscious?
To be fair, I can understand them struggling with this question based on his past level of consciousness. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (Y9s2Z) Meh. Get on the cart. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (dK+Kv) 91
Or proof of death
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0) 92
but he will argue that a statute cannot overrule a constitutional provision and he'll be found to be right.
Posted by: ace at July 01, 2026 _________ Probably, but it's not a slam dunk. The Ky constitutional provision refers to the gov filling vacancies "in all offices for the State at large." Those offices are not defined in the constitution, but sections 69 - 96 are titled "Officers for the State at Large" and there is no mention of those elected to federal offices. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (XvL8K) 93
How do we fight this? Do we need to demand a law...
- If the solution involves Republicans doing anything, it's not really a solution. Posted by: Methos at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (vSvIl) 94
75 They are preparing the roll around unit that captain Pike was in from the original star trek for Mitch McConnell.
2 bleeps yes. 1 bleep no. 3 bleeps present? Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (sGtp+) 95
I suspect a few missing parts to the official story as well.
Posted by: Oldcat The question is whether the story has legs. Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (DZ9Lv) 96
It's not as if he would add anything to the equation.
Posted by: Reality Bites at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (nYWR7) --- He's going to grift a little less, is all. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e) 97
Kentucky fills U.S. Senate vacancies exclusively by special election, with no temporary gubernatorial appointment.
congress.gov This is the current process under state law (updated in 2024 via House Bill 622, which took effect and removed any appointment authority). Kentucky is one of five states (along with North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin) that do not allow the governor to appoint an interim senator. pewresearch.org Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (jehhT) Problem is, Beshear thinks the state constitution allows him to appoint whoever he wants. Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (PrsTH) 98
This is, of course, a horrible story, but the boyfriend was quoted as saying, "never in a million years would we have seen this nightmare come about."
Um, dude, it's a river...in Florida...a gator's natural habitat. Never in a million years? Really? Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 05:44 PM (J4Dwc) I suspect a few missing parts to the official story as well. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy) Something tells me booze and/or drugs may be involved. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (g8Ew8) 99
Andropov ,Chernenko, McConnell. What's the diff?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:52 PM (itsE0) Well Andropov was shot by a woman in his apartment building. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy) 100
I suspect a few missing parts to the official story as well.
Posted by: Oldcat The question is whether the story has legs. Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (DZ9Lv) They're stumped. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (dK+Kv) 101
McConnell spokesperson David Popp
I thought you had to be able to cast third level spells to do that. Posted by: Players Handbook p. 48 at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE) 102
Disney is lending Congress the animatronic technology to make McConnell and other braindead members seem lifelike so they can continue on into perpetuity. Posted by: Frank Barone at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (OkYzo) 103
Something tells me booze and/or drugs may be involved.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (g8Ew or trying to pet / tease the gator. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy) Posted by: GWAR Lyrics at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (v9lAB) 105
If it turns out he's dead, do we get an empty flaming turtle shell?
Posted by: Bert G at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (VARTN) 106
86 I'd have them checked for monkeypox.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (1Ff7Z) Last I heard the kids were being held by CPS Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM (rbvCR) Buttigeig's kids? Got a link? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (SRRAx) 107
Mitch Andropov.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 05:56 PM (Gqar8) 108
Federica Wilson, a Democrat DEI goofball, was absent from Congress for a month without telling anyone why. Only in May did she announce an official absence, saying she needed eye surgery. Okay -- what about the month before that?
- While the Congressional Cowgirl was lying there sedated, they should have also done brain surgery which she clearly needs more than eye surgery. I mean, just move over a few inches. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 01, 2026 05:56 PM (ZSKTF) 109
So did they get the arms back? did they kill the gator?
It seems he earned them, but I think we humans have a rule that no animal is allowed to prosper off our blood, no? Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 05:56 PM (Y9s2Z) 110
Andropov ,Chernenko, McConnell. What's the diff?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:52 PM (itsE0) Well Andropov was shot by a woman in his apartment building. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy) It happens far too frequently. Posted by: Spider Sabich at July 01, 2026 05:56 PM (q2NNn) 111
Did the Gator only have one eye?
Posted by: Chubs at July 01, 2026 05:56 PM (v9lAB) 112
When Mitch does go Muerte, China is going to lose one heck of a good Senator. Posted by: Frank Barone at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM (OkYzo) 113
apparently only 24 hours, according to MSN
Pete Buttigieg separated from his small children after swatting call sends CPS to home Traverse City, Michigan - Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently detailed how his two small children were briefly taken from him and his partner during a swatting incident. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM (rbvCR) 114
Buttigeig's kids? Got a link?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (SRRAx) Eh, internet says they're back with them. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM (1Ff7Z) 115
How long do they need to keep McConnell's corpse alive to prevent the D governor from naming a replacement?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM At this point it literally doesn't make a difference. Even if beshear appoints a dem to the vacant seat the senate will refuse to seat him because of the state law saying that he has to appoint a republican from a list they submit to him. beshear has already stated that the new law on replacement senators that republicans passed with a veto proof majority is unconstitutional and he has refused to say he will abide by the new law. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM (0N4FZ) 116
McConnell spokesperson David Popp
I thought you had to be able to cast third level spells to do that. Posted by: Players Handbook p. 48 at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE) --- Nice old school 1st Ed. AD&D reference! Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM (gnNyN) 117
>>The question is whether the story has legs.
'I need a hole, I don't need no hips' Posted by: GWAR Lyrics at July 01, 2026 05:55 PM (v9lAB) --- GWAR for the Pocket Pussy. Posted by: K-Tell at July 01, 2026 05:58 PM (Fi81e) 118
The most amusing and telling thing about all these pocket pool lifeguards disappearing for months is that … nobody even noticed. They didn’t do their jobs for months and the world didn’t even notice. It really goes to show how useless and worthless these buttfucks really are. Why do they even have jobs at all?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 01, 2026 05:58 PM (5ka4a) 119
65 Like he is going to recover. To what? His former self?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi) *snort Exactly. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 01, 2026 05:58 PM (zYpTz) 120
Last I heard the kids were being held by CPS
Posted by: Kindltot ----------- Think about this -- CPS is almost definitely staffed by very woke, leftist, and probably women. They would have buried this if there was nothing more than a malicious phone call. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 05:58 PM (Y9s2Z) 121
Pete Buttigieg separated from his small children after swatting call sends CPS to home
Traverse City, Michigan - Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently detailed how his two small children were briefly taken from him and his partner during a swatting incident. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM (rbvCR) Wonder who called that in.... Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 05:59 PM (SRRAx) 122
We may want to keep this charade up for the rest of Mitch’s term.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 05:59 PM (OoFl2) 123
Weekend at Bernie's....
They had to give up wheeling him around after the meat started falling off the bone. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (/lPRQ) My mind went right there as well. Sign of a dark sense of humor. "Wait, stop. His nose fell off again." Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 01, 2026 05:59 PM (0aYVJ) 124
How long do they need to keep McConnell's corpse alive to prevent the D governor from naming a replacement?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 05:53 PM I can reanimate him. Posted by: Dr. Herbert West at July 01, 2026 05:59 PM (q2NNn) 125
We may want to keep this charade up for the rest of Mitch’s term.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 05:59 PM (OoFl2) S'ok by me. They aren't going to vote on Save act, so they can just go home. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 06:00 PM (1Ff7Z) Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 06:00 PM (MWfyi) 127
apparently only 24 hours, according to MSN
Pete Buttigieg separated from his small children after swatting call sends CPS to home Traverse City, Michigan - Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently detailed how his two small children were briefly taken from him and his partner during a swatting incident. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM A bunch of people including some that lean left have tossed the B$ flag on that story. The state police will only say they received an anonymous report and they can't/won't say anything else. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 06:00 PM (0N4FZ) 128
Well Andropov was shot by a woman in his apartment building.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy) It happens far too frequently. Posted by: Spider Sabich Tell me about it! Posted by: Steve McNair at July 01, 2026 06:01 PM (DZ9Lv) Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 01, 2026 06:01 PM (qFwJc) 130
Pete Buttigieg separated from his small children after swatting call sends CPS to home
Traverse City, Michigan - Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently detailed how his two small children were briefly taken from him and his partner during a swatting incident. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM (rbvCR) I think it was a false flag if it was just one call. CPS doesn't respond like that . Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:01 PM (KC5Lt) 131
Pete Buttigieg separated from his small children after swatting call sends CPS to home
Traverse City, Michigan - Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently detailed how his two small children were briefly taken from him and his partner during a swatting incident. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:57 PM (rbvCR) I call shenanigans. If it was merely a swatting call, why take the kids? Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 06:01 PM (dK+Kv) 132
" he was discovered "unconscious" and in need of "advanced life support."
his mental lapses seem to indicate (?) maybe he already had a stroke or two. So if he was discovered unconscious", and it was from another stroke ... not good news, since the more time without treatment after a stroke, the worse the outcome. But I am not a doctor, so hope Mitch can keep being a "resting in state" senator till the next election can replace him (since their Dem gov would try to install a Dem stooge). Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 06:01 PM (vbXSk) 133
People should be in Leavenworth for the Austin thing. The president and Seceded are two key members of our national command authority. One disappeared and the other had advanced dementia. WTF!!!??
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 06:02 PM (2WIwB) 134
during a swatting incident.
Posted by: Kindltot ------------------- So is that how it works now, every phone call that results in a representative of the state showing up at your door is a "swatting?" Swatting stands for SWAT -- does a CPS investigator showing up with a clipboard and cell phone constitute a SWAT? Or, did the phone call say they were in immediate danger and they really did use SWAT-- possible, I guess but it should would be nice if words had meaning and news reporters .. ah whatever. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 06:02 PM (Y9s2Z) 135
No telling what those fking weirdos are doing to those kids.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 06:02 PM (MWfyi) 136
They are not allowed to skip out of work for weeks or months at a time while having their taxpayer-paid staffs lie to taxpayers about their absences.
Unless your name is Petey and your Sec of Transportation , a man, and trying to breastfeed “your” newborn Or Sec of Defense and just tell anyone your in the hospital, including the President, for over a month Posted by: Gonzotx at July 01, 2026 06:02 PM (nGraA) 137
Know how you can tell if water in Florida has gators in it? Go down and put your hand in the water. Is it wet? Then they be gators in it.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 01, 2026 06:03 PM (QaH55) 138
>>>Water Moccasins were the other danger.
I live on a pond on the coast of FL. I see water moccasins practically daily. The problem isn't the adults, it's the juveniles. Adults will often slither away when they see you coming. And if they do strike out, the first one is usually venom-free. That's their warning. If you continue to FO and get hit a second time, yeah, you're going to get the juice. The youngster snakes haven't learned about venom control. They will juice you the first time. Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 06:03 PM (J4Dwc) Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 06:03 PM (9s47C) 140
The Left like to make up or create fake hate crimes. They live to be a victim and if it doesn't happen naturally they will make it up.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:03 PM (KC5Lt) 141
Diane Feinstein was an active and vibrant senator, passing legislation and consulting with her peers right up to her untimely death. Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 06:03 PM (Y8DZL) 142
Kean was not just out with depression...there had to be a suicidal attempt or a deeper mental issue than just depression to disappear for 4 months...
As for McConnell, no doubt in my mind that's he effectively dead and on life support...why is the only question... Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 06:04 PM (tOcjL) 143
beshear has already stated that the new law on replacement senators that republicans passed with a veto proof majority is unconstitutional and he has refused to say he will abide by the new law.
Posted by: Mister Scott Sounds like picnic time. Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2026 06:04 PM (diia5) 144
But I am not a doctor, so hope Mitch can keep being a "resting in state" senator till the next election...
Posted by: illiniwek ---------------- Have they tried flipping him over back onto his belly? Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 06:04 PM (Y9s2Z) 145
Staff, clearly, want the paychecks to keep coming in.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 01, 2026 06:04 PM (qFwJc) 146
A bunch of people including some that lean left have tossed the B$ flag on that story. The state police will only say they received an anonymous report and they can't/won't say anything else.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 06:00 PM (0N4FZ) Yeah - given who we are talking about, if a swatting was the case, the people who did it would have been found immediately and the book would have been thrown at them. It also would have been great publicity for a "Gay politician attacked for being gay". Would have brought out the usual suspects to pontificating and throw a rally/parade/riot, etc., complete with pre-printed signs and a nice-sized group of protestors. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 06:05 PM (SRRAx) 147
Kentucky fills U.S. Senate vacancies exclusively by special election, with no temporary gubernatorial appointment.
congress.gov This is the current process under state law (updated in 2024 via House Bill 622, which took effect and removed any appointment authority). Kentucky is one of five states (along with North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin) that do not allow the governor to appoint an interim senator. pewresearch.org Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (jehhT) Problem is, Beshear thinks the state constitution allows him to appoint whoever he wants. Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 05:54 PM (PrsTH) ==== His shit's been pushed in. That ain't happening. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 06:05 PM (jehhT) 148
If she’s not in the senate he can’t conspire to fuck us over. So whatevs.
Posted by: Demographics Matter at July 01, 2026 06:05 PM (HE7b3) 149
Popp said that McConnell was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery."
== HAHAHAH!! Tales from the Crypt ! Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 06:05 PM (frGWQ) 150
Nothing beats posting on the wrong thread.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 06:06 PM (c35xG) 151
Nothing will happen.
Posted by: That Guy who always says "Nothing will happen." at July 01, 2026 06:06 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 06:07 PM (26X+Q) 153
I call shenanigans. If it was merely a swatting call, why take the kids?
Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder ------------------ I think it more likely that there was something sus going on and CPS got a phone call to return the kids and shut up, than the alternative that it was just one anonymous phone call and they took the kids from an iconic Democrat. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 06:07 PM (Y9s2Z) 154
Maybe McConnell is dead.
Anyway... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 06:07 PM (26X+Q) His wife deserves the seat!!! Posted by: GOPe at July 01, 2026 06:08 PM (1Ff7Z) 155
"beshear has already stated that the new law on replacement senators that republicans passed with a veto proof majority is unconstitutional and he has refused to say he will abide by the new law."
but it is law unless he gets some higher power judge to declare it is not constitutional, and then it goes to SCOTUS? Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 06:08 PM (vbXSk) 156
Central planning will have this all figured out because, you know, they're looking out for blue collar, middle-class working man.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 06:08 PM (fkjGs) 157
Turtles often live 100+ years.
Posted by: Facts at July 01, 2026 06:08 PM (o0gs9) 158
The Buttgiggle thing is weird. CPS and police don't separate kids from parents based upon an anonymous phone call. There must have been something more. But doubt we'll ever know
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 06:08 PM (itsE0) 159
I’d settle for proof of death.
Posted by: Hadley Lamarr at July 01, 2026 06:08 PM (UWRAE) 160
Maybe McConnell is dead.
Anyway... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 06:07 PM Either way, he's a shell of his former self. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1) 161
Beshear is guaranteed to appoint a dem and invite a court fight because he has presidential aspirations and wants the press.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (XvL8K) 162
Kentucky is one of five states (along with North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin) that do not allow the governor to appoint an interim senator.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (jehhT) I like that law. And NJ should dump Kean. Give the nomination to the guy who came in second in the primary. He couldn't be any worse. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (26X+Q) 163
154 Maybe McConnell is dead.
Anyway... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 06:07 PM (26X+Q) His wife deserves the seat!!! Posted by: GOPe --- I think you mean boot. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (c35xG) 164
If McConnell has been on a vent (ALS) for 2 weeks he probably has or they are discussing a trach.
The lies start when the pols say he is aware of business as usual. Because he is in a "medically induced coma" if on a vent. To prevent him taking out his tube. They are lying about his condition. Which may or may not have been from a MI, no doubt complicated by advanced age and polio. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (hzuYO) 165
137 Know how you can tell if water in Florida has gators in it? Go down and put your hand in the water. Is it wet? Then they be gators in it.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 01, 2026 06:03 PM (QaH55) And Florida doesn't have frozen bodies of water either... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (l3cgK) 166
I guess if he's busy "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery", somebody can call him ??
Mojtaba Khamenei wants a chat! Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (frGWQ) 167
I rode a train once. I was damn qualified to be secretary of whatchamcallit, transporting.
Stop H8ing. Posted by: Pete BootyJudge at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (o0gs9) 168
162 Kentucky is one of five states (along with North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin) that do not allow the governor to appoint an interim senator.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (jehhT) I like that law. And NJ should dump Kean. Give the nomination to the guy who came in second in the primary. He couldn't be any worse. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (26X+Q) Kean's name is a NJ institution...does any other R win that seat? Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (tOcjL) 169
but it is law unless he gets some higher power judge to declare it is not constitutional, and then it goes to SCOTUS?
Posted by: illiniwek ____________ I don't think SCOTUS would touch it as it turns entirely on state law. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (XvL8K) 170
So is that how it works now, every phone call that results in a representative of the state showing up at your door is a "swatting?"
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) They are using that term because people believe when they read it, it a false/crank call. But I dont think it was. Depending upon the "alleged " event, one call is all it takes. Plus, you dont see him out the vigorously denying this. Hmmm Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ItWcy) 171
97> KY Governor thinks legislature is no factor in naming Senators
Which is interesting, because before the 17th Amendment wrecking everything, Article 1 § 3 of the original Constitution said that Senators were "chosen by the Legislature" of each state. Given SCOTUS rulings and their weird retro-British bench legislating, would Andy still have his alleged power? Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 06:11 PM (/TiS1) 172
Okaaay....
@libsoftiktok WANNABE TRANS TERRORIST ARRESTED IN LAS VEGAS Allison Howlett, a man pretending to be a woman, was arrested by police after he allegedly planned to carry out a mass shooting. Police found a huge stockpile of weapons at his home. He’s being held on a $500k bond. Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2026 06:11 PM (diia5) 173
McConnell has been dead for years. When his heart stops it will just be a formality.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:11 PM (snZF9) 174
161 Beshear is guaranteed to appoint a dem and invite a court fight because he has presidential aspirations and wants the press.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (XvL8K) How many people would vote for someone who defies written law? Oh, Democrat - never mind.... Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 06:12 PM (SRRAx) 175
Didn't a woman become a Michelle Fields clone in Florida because of an alligator recently?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 06:12 PM (0sNs1) 176
Either way, he's a shell of his former self. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1) I see what you did there and approve! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 01, 2026 06:12 PM (hzuYO) 177
But doubt we'll ever know
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 06:08 PM (itsE0) Until he tries to sit at the adult's table. My guess is that one or the other FA, literally, and the FO is some bitch ass twink DV, which required CPS intervention. Then the swatting story was cooked up to paper over the entire sordid ordeal. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 06:13 PM (dK+Kv) 178
If Mitch had an ewok shelf life, he'd already be dead.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 06:13 PM (fkjGs) 179
I rode a train once. I was damn qualified to be secretary of whatchamcallit, transporting.
Stop H8ing. Posted by: Pete BootyJudge at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (o0gs9) I thought he was pulling a train? Posted by: GOPe at July 01, 2026 06:13 PM (1Ff7Z) 180
Plus, you dont see him out the vigorously denying this.
Hmmm Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 01, 2026 06:11 PM "I did not have sex with that woman." -- Billy J. Clinton Bubba showing us how it's done. Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 06:13 PM (0sNs1) 181
Berserker I like that thought
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 06:14 PM (Ia/+0) 182
There should be a time lapse video of Feinstein, Pelosi, McConnell and the others starting at the apex of their careers til their end.
Title it, This is The Way It Goes, and you too. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 06:14 PM (c35xG) Posted by: Judge Smails at July 01, 2026 06:14 PM (dK+Kv) 184
Why aren't you flipping the tortoise over, Leon?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 06:14 PM (xcxpd) 185
And NJ should dump Kean. Give the nomination to the guy who came in second in the primary. He couldn't be any worse.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (26X+Q) Kean's name is a NJ institution...does any other R win that seat? Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (tOcjL) I didn't think Kean, or anything Kean meant anything here anymore. Wasn't he governor when people were still riding around in chariots? Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:15 PM (snZF9) 186
Just put Mike Lee in charge of Mitch's vote button "until he recovers." How soon until Thune declares Mitch dead and asks Beshaer to appoint a Dem to drop the facade?
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 01, 2026 06:15 PM (/ZkOF) 187
I always found the gospels St ? an enigma.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 01, 2026 06:16 PM (3uBP9) 188
Wasn't he governor when people were still riding around in chariots?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:15 PM "C'mon, that wasn't *that* long ago." -- zombie Vic, probably Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 06:16 PM (0sNs1) 189
HAHAHAH!!
Tales from the Crypt ! Posted by: runner That was good! If McConnell was dead, how could you tell versus when he was alive? Posted by: Cheri at July 01, 2026 06:16 PM (oiNtH) 190
185 And NJ should dump Kean. Give the nomination to the guy who came in second in the primary. He couldn't be any worse.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 06:09 PM (26X+Q) Kean's name is a NJ institution...does any other R win that seat? Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 06:10 PM (tOcjL) I didn't think Kean, or anything Kean meant anything here anymore. Wasn't he governor when people were still riding around in chariots? Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:15 PM (snZF9) His seat is apparently competitive right now...so if he's dumped, it's probably an easy D win...it is NJ... Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 06:17 PM (tOcjL) 191
Sundowner isn't far behind
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0) 192
188 Wasn't he governor when people were still riding around in chariots?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:15 PM "C'mon, that wasn't *that* long ago." -- zombie Vic, probably Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 06:16 PM (0sNs1) Rest in Power, Vic Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 06:18 PM (xcxpd) 193
I agree with those demanding to know if Mitch McConnel is clueless and capable of doing the job !!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Joe Bribum at July 01, 2026 06:18 PM (G5jnN) 194
Later on the same day, McConnell spokesperson David Popp said the senator was hospitalized and "receiving excellent care." On June 22, Popp said that McConnell was "working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery."
-- "He's propped up on a hand truck and we have his eyes held open with toothpicks." All joking aside, I don't wish ill will on the guy, but he's been going noticeably downhill for a long while now. These people just stun me with their refusal to retire when they know they should. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 06:18 PM (qBdHI) 195
Damnnn...I just looked up governor Kean. He's still around and kicking at 91 years old. Yeah, one thing about jersey. We're pretty good an creating the undead when it comes to politicians.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:18 PM (snZF9) 196
Sundowner isn't far behind
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0) He needs to be indicted before that. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 06:18 PM (1Ff7Z) 197
How long do they need to keep McConnell's corpse alive to prevent the D governor from naming a replacement?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. I just bought this book inspired in part by Philip K. Dick which has a similar theme. https://tinyurl.com/3kaet78w Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 01, 2026 06:19 PM (ZSKTF) 198
The Buttgiggle thing is weird. CPS and police don't separate kids from parents based upon an anonymous phone call. There must have been something more. But doubt we'll ever know
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 06:08 PM Something happened that warranted some sort of action by the DPS, the state police confirmed that much. But one thing I can guarantee with absolute certainty is that child protective services would never remove kids from buttegigs house without some solid concrete evidence. Even then they would hesitate because the Michigan governor is one short phone call away from mister mayor a fellow prominent democrat that would not hesitate to make that phone call. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 06:19 PM (0N4FZ) 199
That was good! If McConnell was dead, how could you tell versus when he was alive?
Posted by: Cheri at July 01, 2026 06:16 PM (oiNtH) He'll shit his pants less? Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:19 PM (snZF9) 200
Sundowner isn't far behind
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0) Not so sure. Btw, is Jimmuh Carter dead? Don't remember his funeral. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 06:19 PM (g8Ew8) 201
This Senegal Belgium game is wild.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 06:20 PM (yEz+x) 202
I just saw the downstairs thread on that wimpy Wil Wheaton guy. Truth be told, I didn't even know who he was by name...big celebrity is he! But I remember that movie he was in as a kid. But I did a facepalm seeing his black nail polish. Well, of course....
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 06:21 PM (qBdHI) 203
Btw, is Jimmuh Carter dead? Don't remember his funeral.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 06:19 PM No more funerals until's mine's over. Posted by: zombie John McCain at July 01, 2026 06:21 PM (0sNs1) 204
I watched the video clip of the latest Angel Mom Jessica Gorman testifying before a Congressional Committee about the murder of her daughter by an illegal alien in Chicago and it was gross as usual. Bottom line - these politicians don't care, and are grossly overpaid bad actors. With only a few exceptions, they all need to disappear.
Posted by: Cheri at July 01, 2026 06:21 PM (oiNtH) 205
>>175 Didn't a woman become a Michelle Fields clone in Florida because of an alligator recently?
Yes, as recently as comment #37 Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 06:22 PM (J4Dwc) 206
Things I used to talk about ... back in the day ... that were banned or deleted. Lets talk about them again.
Anyone that wants to look into Mitch McConnell's background has a pretty easy lift. Not a mystery. He doesn't come from a rich family ... one branch owned a funeral home. He graduated Louisville Law. Not exactly the fast track to all the NorthEast Money. But then ... Mitch aligned with the MLK movement. He became their token white boy. The political token for both parties, frankly. The cat never worked a day at anything. Ever. Pure truth. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:22 PM (7jBgj) 207
HOLY CRAP!!! Have you guys heard the details on the Fireworks Display happening down in DC on the 4th?
To give you an idea...the average small town display is, maybe, 1000 shells. Big cities, they might throw up about 3,000 to 8,000 shells. DC on the 4th. 850,000 shells including some 16 inchers that go up about 2.5 miles and display over the size of 4 football fields. Biggest display ever on the planet. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske) 208
Saw a ckickbait headline that Rob Lowe says there is a sequel to St. Elmo's Fire in the works.
My guess; the cast makes plans to reunite in The Villages, or Sun City, Arizona. It was a stupid movie. I hated it. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 01, 2026 06:23 PM (0aYVJ) 209
I have little doubt the Turtle is gone. His 'statements' are made, but where is the last visual? Nobody covers congress for a reason these days.
Then again... I am prolly giving too much credit to the dumbest criminals in our history. Posted by: Danimal28 at July 01, 2026 06:23 PM (mNOhh) 210
Sundowner isn't far behind
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0) Not until the arguing stops Heaven- You definitely get him Hell- No way, you get him Heaven- Yes way. you get him. Hell- Kiss my ass, you're taking him Heaven- we're getting nowhere, let him saunter around as an undead. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 01, 2026 06:24 PM (ZSKTF) 212
Damnnn...I just looked up governor Kean. He's still around and kicking at 91 years old. Yeah, one thing about jersey. We're pretty good an creating the undead when it comes to politicians.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:18 PM (snZF9) --- Lichdom does have its perks... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 06:25 PM (gnNyN) 213
201 This Senegal Belgium game is wild. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 06:20 PM (yEz+x) It is! And the USA v. Bosnia tonight. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 06:25 PM (OoFl2) 214
Obviously no one wishes further ill upon the ailing...
I struggle with being a good Christian and this is one of the issues I struggle with most. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 06:25 PM (ExV1e) 215
Careful. This may offend Larry David.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 01, 2026 06:24 PM (ZSKTF) _____________________ This is NOT "the summer of George." Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 06:25 PM (dIske) 216
DC on the 4th. 850,000 shells including some 16 inchers that go up about 2.5 miles and display over the size of 4 football fields.
Biggest display ever on the planet. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske) Hopefully they got GPS targeting so they can land them on Gracie mansion. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:26 PM (snZF9) 217
On 4th episode of The Village, a French series taking place starting atvfall of France in autumn of 1940
On Tubi, maybe other places. Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0) 218
DC on the 4th. 850,000 shells including some 16 inchers that go up about 2.5 miles and display over the size of 4 football fields.
--------- There'll be some arrogant female flying a helicopter that will collide with them. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 06:27 PM (g8Ew8) 219
DC on the 4th. 850,000 shells including some 16 inchers that go up about 2.5 miles and display over the size of 4 football fields.
Biggest display ever on the planet. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske) One shell per second would take almost four hours. You go home now. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 06:27 PM (1Ff7Z) 220
Lichdom does have its perks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 06:25 PM (gnNyN) True, biden became president. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:27 PM (snZF9) 221
Bonk bonk on the head
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 01, 2026 06:27 PM (nDXEV) 222
HOLY CRAP!!! Have you guys heard the details on the Fireworks Display happening down in DC on the 4th?
To give you an idea...the average small town display is, maybe, 1000 shells. Big cities, they might throw up about 3,000 to 8,000 shells. DC on the 4th. 850,000 shells including some 16 inchers that go up about 2.5 miles and display over the size of 4 football fields. Biggest display ever on the planet. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske) ---- What's even more incredible is the amount of precise coordination and timing that will go into it. I bet it's all computer-controlled. Push a button, start the show, and brace yourself.... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 06:27 PM (gnNyN) 223
It is! And the USA v. Bosnia tonight.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 06:25 PM (OoFl2) Heard a funny bit about this on the Bob and Tom show. Chick says The US team is playing Bosnia and Herzegovina today. Kristy chimes in, "that's not fair, they have to play two teams at once?!" Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 01, 2026 06:27 PM (0aYVJ) 224
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Top Secret:
General Streck: "What is the condition of Sergeant Kruger? ...Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition."(Streck hangs up the phone and turns to his officers) General Streck: "He's dead." Posted by: Nelly at July 01, 2026 06:28 PM (6+ehB) 225
And now let us ask more questions ...
... how did Mitch McConnell - not a rich man, and not really a handsome man (polio) attract Elaine Chao ? Who was attractive by any measure ... and also rich ? Her family moved here and got involved in overseas shipping. Mitch McConnell is one crooked fuck. He'd compromised. Pure and simple. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:29 PM (7jBgj) 226
>>Kristy chimes in, "that's not fair, they have to play two teams at once?!"
That time Bosnia and Herzegovina played Trinidad and Tobago was wild, man. Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 06:30 PM (J4Dwc) 227
If airline pilots have to retire at age 65yrs I don't see why this does not appy to these geezers in Congress.
I KNOW they would never vote for this is the reason. I am not stupid! Their pipeline to $$$ would dry up like their dessicated corpses. Term limits? Don't make me laugh. Actually do, because I am not in a great mood. Tomorrow I will try harder to break the spell of the last 2 months. Thune has lied (which is not new) that he's been in contact with Mitch. Unless he's gone and touched his hand I don't think so! A phone call would reveal the vent breathing for him in his coma. It is elder abuse for his wife to have allowed him to be carried around Congress like a big dummy. She's no better than Dr. Jill. Surprised they have not rigged up a golden litter for rent there, which would require 4 people vs the two walking him. Then litter in waiting for the next senile elected jackass to need it. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 01, 2026 06:30 PM (hzuYO) 228
how did Mitch McConnell - not a rich man, and not really a handsome man (polio) attract Elaine Chao ? Who was attractive by any measure ... and also rich ? Her family moved here and got involved in overseas shipping.
Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:29 PM (7jBgj) Asian women don't care much about looks as what kind of person you are. (looks at wife) Can confirm Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 06:30 PM (1Ff7Z) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 01, 2026 06:31 PM (ZSKTF) 230
Belgium and Senegal running themselves to exhaustion is good for us. We play the winner on Monday. Assuming we beat Bosnia. Which we will.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 06:31 PM (o0gs9) 231
Sundown, you better take care
When you're glitchin' at the podium with a 1000 mile stare Sometimes I think it's a sin When we're confirming SCOTUS judges but we're losing again Posted by: Reality Bites at July 01, 2026 06:32 PM (nYWR7) 232
Lichdom does have its perks...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 06:25 PM (gnNyN) True, biden became president. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:27 PM (snZF9) --- Nancy Pelosi is a customer. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 06:34 PM (zaqin) 233
And now let us ask more questions ...
... how did Mitch McConnell - not a rich man, and not really a handsome man (polio) attract Elaine Chao ? Who was attractive by any measure ... and also rich ? Her family moved here and got involved in overseas shipping. Mitch McConnell is one crooked fuck. He'd compromised. Pure and simple. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:29 PM (7jBgj) rooky here wround eye. We give you allll da tea in china and 10 billion yuan. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:34 PM (snZF9) 234
What's even more incredible is the amount of precise coordination and timing that will go into it.
I bet it's all computer-controlled. Push a button, start the show, and brace yourself.... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 06:27 PM (gnNyN) _____________________________ That's the best part...it is synched up to patriotic and iconic music. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 06:34 PM (dIske) 235
Holy shit this game.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 06:35 PM (o0gs9) 236
You all may know that I am against term limits.
I would be in favor of a simple physical test. Like, make them run up the capitol steps every term and if they can't they have to retire. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 06:37 PM (Y9s2Z) 237
Mitch McConnell, US Senator from Kentucky? No, my name is Kevin Finnerty from Kingman, Arizona. I sell heating systems.
Posted by: The McConnells at July 01, 2026 06:38 PM (q2NNn) 238
Holy shit this game.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 01, 2026 06:35 PM (o0gs9) Soccer is just basketball suicides without the ball. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:38 PM (KC5Lt) 239
How secure is the vote in the senate? Can a staffer press the button to vote “for” the senator? How closely is it guarded?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 01, 2026 06:39 PM (ZVgZ4) 240
Nancy Pelosi is a customer.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 06:34 PM (zaqin) She might actually be more Draugr class. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:39 PM (snZF9) 241
Never got into soccer, certainly never watched probably 5 minutes of one
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0) 242
It is elder abuse for his wife to have allowed him to be carried around Congress like a big dummy. She's no better than Dr. Jill.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat ------------------------ OK, so there are some good points about making these corrupt scumbags suffer in their sunset years. Leave it to CBTG to always find the silver lining. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 06:40 PM (Y9s2Z) 243
The DC fireworks show has to be the worst nightmare for pet owners. Might as well board them somewhere outside the city.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:40 PM (KC5Lt) 244
Obviously no one wishes further ill upon the ailing -- but these are our employees.
===================== Except for Senators. Senators are your liege lords. Posted by: John Thune at July 01, 2026 06:41 PM (w+leU) Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e) 246
You all may know that I am against term limits.
I would be in favor of a simple physical test. Like, make them run up the capitol steps every term and if they can't they have to retire. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 01, 2026 06:37 PM (Y9s2Z) What would you do with Gov. Abbot of Texas, should he become a senator? He is in a wheelchair. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 01, 2026 06:41 PM (ZVgZ4) 247
The DC fireworks show has to be the worst nightmare for pet owners. Might as well board them somewhere outside the city.
You've obviously never stayed in DC. Or Baltimore. It's sirens and shots all night long. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 06:41 PM (7jBgj) 248
What would you do with Gov. Abbot of Texas, should he become a senator? He is in a wheelchair.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 01, 2026 06:41 PM (ZVgZ4) There's a ramp he has to get up. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 06:42 PM (KC5Lt) 249
That’s too bad. I was rooting for Senegal.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 06:43 PM (yEz+x) 250
I didn't think Kean, or anything Kean meant anything here anymore. Wasn't he governor when people were still riding around in chariots?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 06:15 PM (snZF9) He was governor in 1982. I shot a video of a bridge dedication and he was a guest that June. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 01, 2026 06:45 PM (5xuJ/) 251
Mitch started gargling peanut butter about a decade ago. Put the rickety old war horse out to pasture where he belongs.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 06:50 PM (fkjGs) 252
It's just so damn easy to replace politicians with cardboard cutouts.
Posted by: MartynWW at July 01, 2026 06:55 PM (IUbKC) 253
Meanwhile Trump takes a long blink in public during one of his 19 hour days and these same establishment doucheweasils lose their collective shit about his ability to perform the job.
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at July 01, 2026 07:32 PM (RIyP7) 254
Until I see, with my own eyes and not on video, McConnell show up and vote in lockstep with Chuck Schumer, I will not believe he still lives.
Posted by: irright at July 01, 2026 09:04 PM (AVtsT) 255
These vile slobbering drooling relics crapping and peeing their Depends and still clinging onto power. Horrible.
Posted by: JohnD at July 01, 2026 10:33 PM (DTOdQ) 256
We need to hold Congress and the Senate responsible for their actions and their ability to actually do the job they were elected to do.
Posted by: Greg Miller at July 02, 2026 02:57 AM (o8ftu) 257
This country doesn't "resemble Russia".
Russia isn't run at every level by people who despise Russia and Russians. Posted by: ccoffer at July 02, 2026 12:10 PM (EF/Bn) Noted Manly Men Will Wheaton and George Takei Attack Dwayne Johnson As a "Coward" For Not Endorsing Their Far-Left Imbecilic Identity PoliticsVariety Variety The NY Post with more: Wil Wheaton has blasted Dwayne Johnson over the actor's decision to stay out of politics. The "Stand By Me" star and President Trump critic branded Johnson a "coward" after the wrestler-turned-actor said he plans to keep his political views private. "So disappointing to find out he is such a coward," Wheaton wrote Monday on Threads, in response to a post from George Takei highlighting Johnson's recent comments to Esquire. Johnson, 53, explained in the interview that he no longer wants to publicly weigh in on politics because he doesn't want it to overshadow his work. "What I have learned through experience is that I need to keep -- need, not want -- the main thing the main thing," Johnson said. "The main thing for me, the thing that in the morning I swing my legs out of bed and I run towards, is creating. It's art. It's storytelling." "I've learned I'm going to keep my politics to myself," he continued. "There are moments when, hey, there's nothing we can't talk about. "If I'm wrong, I'll tell you I'm wrong. Or if I feel like I got a leg up and this is the right way to go, I'll share it with you." Johnson, who identifies as an Independent, also said he believes people with opposing political views should talk to one another instead of publicly attacking each other, adding, "I hate the slinging. I hate all the bulls-- that comes with it." Wheaton has long been outspoken about his political views and campaigned for Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election. ... Johnson condemned the July 2024 assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania, saying political violence has "no room" in America. "Whether you love Donald, don't love Donald, it doesn't matter. They tried to assassinate him. There's no room for that," Johnson said at The Value Conference in September 2024. "Despite it being who we were in that moment, I still believe in my core that is not who we are as a country. "So him standing up at that moment, we wanted to see that."That's considered an aggressive "right wing political" take by the pro-murder left.
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Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 01, 2026 04:45 PM (CWTWj) 2
Shut up Wesley....
Hollywood related. I streamed 'Supergirl' in the background while working last night. Barely caught my attention. I think she was battling menopause. Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (Sco7b) 3
The Rock still gets work.
He's due to make a Martin Scorsese movie soon (Hawaiian mob story or something, big budget). Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (hWfuL) 4
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (SRRAx) 5
reminds me of a kind of well known female streamer who was denounced for refusing to say 'fuck ice'
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (CWTWj) 6
Pretty certain I don't care what these people think.
Posted by: Weasel at July 01, 2026 04:47 PM (dBsPf) 7
I remember when The Rock endorsed Biden in 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:47 PM (hWfuL) 8
Mandatory... shut up Wessley
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2026 04:47 PM (mP0Kj) 9
I think Johnson should show Wesley what's cookin'.
Right in his mouth. Posted by: Gunslinger at July 01, 2026 04:47 PM (R2gO3) 10
Has The Rock backed off politics sine the Maui fire backlash?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (4KUe5) 11
STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME LIKE DWAYNE JOHNSON.
Posted by: Max Power at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (ZD9EQ) 12
Wil Wheaton slams ‘coward’ Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson over keeping his political views private
----------- Shut up, Wesley! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (t/lcw) 13
The Rock is actually a pussy on this so it's funny to watch him get attacked by these leftist losers. He kissed the ring in 2020 and endorsed Biden. And that blew up in his face. So in 2024 he "decided" he didn't want to get political again.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (3tZV2) 14
11 STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME LIKE DWAYNE JOHNSON.
Posted by: Max Power at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (ZD9EQ) ======= *smoulder* -The Rock Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (hWfuL) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (Kt19C) 16
Well... I'm not gay.
Posted by: The Rock at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e) 17
Also, The Rock had a bit of a bottoming out the past few years due to his inflated ego. He cannot act stupid at the moment. The Critical Drinker did a "Crash and Burn" segment on him about a year ago.
https://tinyurl.com/ytfmu9hu Posted by: Thrawn at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (KKMoa) 18
Nothing says "manly man" quite like black fingernail polish and what looks like a Squidward arm tat.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (UJMvS) 19
Yeah, like I care what some Hollywood airhead "thinks." I am only surprised no one brought up the famous Michael Jordan sneakers quote.
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (OTAXA) 20
Imagine taking moral instruction from a Hollywood actor.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (rJ48h) 21
How hard is it to shut your damn mouth and not piss off half your audience?
Seriously? Dolly Parton was brilliant. Someone tried to trap her with a gay marriage question and she replied they should be as unhappy as the rest of us. Funny line. Everyone walks away thinking Dolly has their politics. Dolly keeps selling records... Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (Sco7b) 22
"Johnson, where's the ribbon?" "Why are you not wearing the ribbon?'
Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (rj6Yv) 23
This just in: Fleas accuse elephant of not noticing them.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (1ZMia) 24
Actually, I have always been an assh*le.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (YIpLe) 25
'Star Trek' Icon George Takei
---- I'd hardly call him an "icon." He was a supporting character at best. His job was to fly the Enterprise and look cool doing it. Nothing more. Scotty was far more of an icon... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (gnNyN) 26
That picture of The Rock up there looks pretty gay. Therefore I think he'll be OK in his future endeavors with the in-crowd.
Posted by: the other Lennon at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (QaH55) 27
24 Actually, I have always been an assh*le.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (YIpLe) ===== Gene Roddenberry saw himself in this kid. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (hWfuL) 28
'Star Trek' Icon George Takei is just mad because he couldn't get between the Rock and a hard place.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (MWfyi) 29
Well, The Rock is working while Takei and Wheaton have become activist hacks on X.
They don’t have to worry allowing jobs or fans, they’ve already bottomed out on both. Sad! Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (4KUe5) 30
Rock should tweet ' okay I support Trump. You satisfied now? '
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (KC5Lt) 31
Johnson is the coward? Nowadays it takes guts to just sit still and mind your own business. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (XJ22o) 32
actor Wil Wheaton adding: "So disappointing to find out he is such a coward."
====== So disappointing to find out you're a douchebag. Oh, wait, we knew that already. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (YIpLe) 33
"In Soviet America, not doing or saying anything is the greatest crime of all."
Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (Av6i5) 34
>>>Also, The Rock had a bit of a bottoming out the past few years due to his inflated ego.
There's a new Power Hierarchy in the DC Universe! Posted by: Dwayne "Black Adam" Johnson at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (1wjle) 35
Maybe the Johnson does want to sound stupid like Take-a-shit and Wheaton.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (Fi81e) 36
STAND BY ME: The Film and Its Stars 40 Years Later A Night of Reflection, Connection, and the Friendships That Shape Us with Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Wil Wheaton www.standbymelive.com Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (Cqx++) 37
Shut up, Wesley
Posted by: DougInWA at July 01, 2026 04:51 PM (/+Q3C) 38
Like I care what Wil Wheaton or George Takei think.
Celebrities and "influencers" honestly think that what they say matters to the vast majority of people. It doesn't. I respect Johnson for keeping his trap shut. We are going to be taking Rebecca to see the live action Moana for her birthday (had already planned that). Nice to know that we can enjoy it without worrying about the main actor's political leanings. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 04:51 PM (SRRAx) 39
I have a $200K College Degree from Harvard in Ancient Lithuanian Culture and only can find a job at Micky Ds serving burgers at $6/hour.
This is not fair that other people that work hard have nice things and I only attract Skanky Women that are in love with themselves... Posted by: Purple Hair, Ten Nose Rings, Charles Manson Tattoo on my face transgender male at July 01, 2026 04:51 PM (G5jnN) 40
I'm surprised there are people not embarrassed that they voted for hillary and kamala.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 04:51 PM (n5tGW) 41
Scotty was far more of an icon...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (gnNyN) --- But he ne' kinna do it! Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e) 42
Although I had a few reasons for not bothering to watch ST:TNG past the first boring episode, Will Wheaton was always a major reason to not watch. And he still is. Every few years I think "I should give ST:TNG a chance" and then I remember Shut Up Wesley.
Posted by: ace at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (1wjle) 43
'Star Trek' Icon George Takei Fires Back: 'Silence Is Complicity'
Oh? All righty then. Homosexuals are helping other homosexuals molest children and are keeping silent about it! Sulu is complicit in child rape!! Posted by: Well, I mean if he's right... at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (1Ff7Z) 44
i am a giant gay homo
Posted by: Sid at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (/ekHg) 45
Wil Wheaton is cooking the rock! Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e) 46
The Rock > Cardboard Gayatollah Paper > Rachel Madcow & Rosie O'Donnell Scissoring
/Blech, Brain Bleach Stat! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:53 PM (t/lcw) 47
a more pathetic plea for attention I cannot recall.
Wil Wheaton, do something useful with your life aside from snide tweets. For Pete's sake. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:53 PM (YIpLe) 48
George Takei is bravely willing to talk politics anywhere, but especially in junior high boys' locker rooms. He'll go to every single locker room if he has to. Maybe even high schools, as long as the boys are freshmen or sophomores.
Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2026 04:53 PM (0e5Te) 49
'Star Trek' Icon George Takei Fires Back: 'Silence Is Complicity'
Oh? All righty then. Homosexuals are helping other homosexuals molest children and are keeping silent about it! Sulu is complicit in child rape!! Posted by: Well, I mean if he's right... at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (1Ff7Z) --- Where's their voice on street crime? Oh, they LIKE street crime and people stabbed and raped in the streets! Okay. Slogans only last until they lose on them. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e) 50
Can they all lose?
Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:54 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:54 PM (YIpLe) 52
Social media allows too many stupid, irrelevant people to pretend to relevance.
Posted by: A bane upon existence at July 01, 2026 04:54 PM (TbWk/) Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 04:55 PM (Y8DZL) 54
Ah, Sid's bowels have been heard from.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e) 55
Sulu is complicit in child rape!!
Posted by: Well, I mean if he's right... at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (1Ff7Z) ------------ Rumor is he actually prefers "Green Boys" IYKWIMAITYD. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:55 PM (t/lcw) 56
>>>'Star Trek' Icon George Takei is just mad because he couldn't get between the Rock and a hard place.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (MWfyi) I find your comment amusing. Posted by: Max Power at July 01, 2026 04:55 PM (ZD9EQ) 57
The Rock has never been quiet. He's a dishwater dull shitlib Republican, and he's been outspoken about his boring, stupid political views for years.
I think he wanted to be the next Schwarzenegger, become some celebrifag shitlib GOP Governor or Senator, maybe knock up an ugly third world maid or three and pick up a high society wife along the way... but times changed without notice. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 04:55 PM (BI5O2) 58
Social media may be the best asshole-detector ever invented.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 01, 2026 04:55 PM (rJ48h) 59
STAND BY ME: The Film and Its Stars 40 Years Later
A Night of Reflection, Connection, and the Friendships That Shape Us with Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Wil Wheaton www.standbymelive.com Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (Cqx++) === *tosses a quarter in the bucket* Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (YIpLe) 60
Hey, how many movies has Rachel Zegler been in since being "BRAVE" in her comments in promotion of Snow White?
Movies Released? Absolutely positively ZERO. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (dIske) 61
Sorry, I'm not going to fall for this contrived operation to pretend The Rock is not political.
It's complete kayfabe he worked out with Will and George to manufacture him "centrist" bona fides. FFS, the roid-munching bonehead endorsed both Biden and Kamala--there is no doubt at all what his politics are. IDK what office they are grooming him for in CA but it's clear they're trying. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (3cUTc) 62
Wil Wheaton's guest appearances (as himself) on The Big Bang Theory showed that he's one of the few people who are even more annoying than Sheldon Cooper.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (gnNyN) 63
Sid likes murder. I've never heard him say much about it.
Geez, Sid, don't you care about people getting knifed on subways?! I know, I know, all you are saying, is give crime a chance... Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (XuXeR) 65
The Rock is actually a pussy on this so it's funny to watch him get attacked by these leftist losers. He kissed the ring in 2020 and endorsed Biden. And that blew up in his face. So in 2024 he "decided" he didn't want to get political again.
Posted by: buzzion at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (3tZV2) That is actually showing intelligence that Westley does not seem to have. Even in Wheaton's podcast/Youtube world the leftists are not dominant by any means. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy) 66
George Takei is bravely willing to talk politics anywhere, but especially in junior high boys' locker rooms. He'll go to every single locker room if he has to. Maybe even high schools, as long as the boys are freshmen or sophomores.
Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2026 04:53 PM (0e5Te) ------------ He and Hunter Biden are traveling together on the "No Yellow!" tour. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:57 PM (t/lcw) 67
44 No one can afford to be quiet about politics. If you don't attack MAGA, you agree with them, which should make you a target. Anyone who agrees with pure evil, deserves nothing but absolute ridicule.
Posted by: Sid at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (/ekHg) ***trips Sid, grabs by collar of shirt, drags to community bathroom stall, administers swirlies*** That's enough outta you, son. ***flushes again*** Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 04:57 PM (SRRAx) 68
Remember:
This is the cocksucker that got up shoulder-to-shoulder with Oprah after the HI fires to harangue you to donate your money to help his neighbors. Not his money, your money. F him. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:57 PM (3cUTc) 69
He and Hunter Biden are traveling together on the "No Yellow!" tour.
Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:57 PM (t/lcw) --- He opens up for Hunter. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e) 70
Every few years I think "I should give ST:TNG a chance" and then I remember Shut Up Wesley.
Posted by: ace at July 01, 2026 04:52 PM (1wjle) He wasn’t around for a few seasons when Wesley attended Starfleet Academy. Then he came back towards the end for a few episodes before they got rid of him again by sending him off in the universe with The Traveller alien. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt) 71
Wil Wheaton's guest appearances (as himself) on The Big Bang Theory showed that he's one of the few people who are even more annoying than Sheldon Cooper.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (gnNyN) I knew that when he was just Westley Crusher. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy) 72
32 actor Wil Wheaton adding: "So disappointing to find out he is such a coward."
The ongoing rash of suicides by people torn apart by Wil Wheaton's disapproval is going to be heart-breaking. First we disappointed Obama. Now Wil Wheaton. Maybe we're the problem... Okay, thanks for the fun break. Start Trek: Enterprise in the background has been pretty fun. And Jolene Blalock and Grace Park were smoking hot. Strange New Worlds has been fun too. Young Uhura, Spock, Kirk, Scotty... Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 01, 2026 04:58 PM (Sco7b) 73
Why does anyone care what two washed up actors think or say? I know I could not care less about their opinions.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 04:58 PM (0N4FZ) 74
Maybe it’s occurred to Johnson that people have grown tired of celebrities telling them how to vote?
Because we have. I would much prefer to not know the stupid politics of entertainers. Not even offended an, just bored with them taking themselves so seriously. Batgirl actress is the latest to discover this. Shut up and entertain us already. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:58 PM (4KUe5) 75
This is all falling apart for the left. They are hanging on by a thread, and are under attack on all fronts. Platner is starting to make his decline we all saw coming. No one is shouting about how great Talarico is in Texas. The DSA wins in dark blue districts is scaring the crap out of the democrat party faithful, and Hispanics will probably as an entire group will vote majority GOP. Black males will continue their move towards the GOP. And the GOP will be more MAGA after this election cycle than before.
If this trend continues - 2026 will not be a good midterm for the left, and with their government funneled money drying up, 2028 looks like a massive problem. Especially since all the energy means more democrats will lose to their DSA opponents, making whatever swing districts remain more red. Posted by: Black JEM at July 01, 2026 04:58 PM (GZYu7) 76
Sorry, I'm not going to fall for this contrived operation to pretend The Rock is not political.
It's complete kayfabe he worked out with Will and George to manufacture him "centrist" bona fides This. Johnson is being trotted out now because the DSA has unveiled the Democrats as, in fact, a Communist front. Johnson is here to hide all this behind a camera-friendly face. He's the next Obama. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 04:58 PM (gKWVE) 77
Rumor is he actually prefers "Green Boys" IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:55 PM (t/lcw) Spent his off time on Epstein's Orion Space Station. Posted by: He don't like Marta? at July 01, 2026 04:59 PM (1Ff7Z) 78
Yeah, like I care what some Hollywood airhead "thinks." I am only surprised no one brought up the famous Michael Jordan sneakers quote.
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (OTAXA) I'm amazed that, still, no one in Hollywood tells these people to STFU because opening their mouths can only harm their brand. Of course, a lot of the mouthiest ones don't really work anymore so they just run around blessing us with their wisdom. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 04:59 PM (ExV1e) 79
I knew that when he was just Westley Crusher.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy) --- Shut up, Wesley. I remember the usenet group [tt]alt.startrek.wesley.crusher.die.die.die[/tt].... Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e) 80
Please Rock go all Hulk Smash on Wesley. Damn a lot of streams crossed with that one
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 04:59 PM (itsE0) 81
>>>I knew that when he was just Westley Crusher.
It's Wesley not Westley. I wouldn't correct except that Westley, from the Princess Bride, is a good character and should not be marred by association with this half-a-fag. Posted by: ace at July 01, 2026 05:00 PM (1wjle) Posted by: 13times at July 01, 2026 05:00 PM (6iKlf) 83
Purple Hair, Ten Nose Rings"
That the new Marvel movie? Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (XuXeR) ------------- "If it's not Tranny, It must be Pakistani." /Cucker Qatarlson and his fellow Muzzie-loving butt-bitches from Podcastistan ... Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 05:00 PM (t/lcw) 84
Platner is starting to make his decline we all saw coming.
--- He's just going down into his rape pose. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e) 85
"Every few years I think "I should give ST:TNG a chance"
Nope. It only takes a few minutes of any episode to remind me why I hated it the first time around. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:00 PM (MWfyi) 86
I don't care if a celebrity keeps their politics to themselves or comes out in support of someone. It's up to the public to decide if they are an asshole about it and whether it will affect how they spend their money. A celebrity ain't some special person that needs to keep their mouth shut or open. It's a personal decision and let the chips fall where they may just like any citizen.
I just don't like it while they are doing their 'job' . That mostly applies to singers. Also I know the Left disagree but speaking up about how you love America ain't political to me. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:00 PM (KC5Lt) 87
And yes, Johnson endorsed Biden before "expressing regret" for that.
He's the turd that Kerry would give birth to after his gay nuptuals with Obama. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:01 PM (gKWVE) 88
George Takei has known an incredible number of real men, and Dwayne Johnson just doesn't measure up to those standards.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:01 PM (rbvCR) 89
He and Hunter Biden are traveling together on the "No Yellow!" tour.
Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:57 PM (t/lcw) George likes white guys. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:01 PM (1Ff7Z) 90
Sheldon Cooper was right about Whil Wheaton.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 01, 2026 05:01 PM (w6EFb) 91
62 Wil Wheaton's guest appearances (as himself) on The Big Bang Theory showed that he's one of the few people who are even more annoying than Sheldon Cooper.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (gnNyN) I saw Sheldon’s wedding episode last month and Wheaton was supposed to officiate but was replaced at the last minute by Mark Hamil, which was actually sorta funny. I only watch that show when I’m somewhere else and they have it on. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt) 92
I, actually, miss the days when Lindsey Lohan was telling me whom to vote for.
Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 05:01 PM (dIske) 93
Will Wheaton hasn't made a splash in the movie business in over forty years, and George Takei never has, having only been a bit player in a short-lived cult TV franchise more than fifty years ago.
Who cares what they think, about anything? Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 05:01 PM (CtuYK) 94
Will Wheaton and George Takei are about as relevant in society today as dead grass.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 05:01 PM (jehhT) 95
Star Trek: Geritol Generation
Star Trek: The Soyboy Paradox Posted by: 13times at July 01, 2026 05:00 PM (6iKlf) ---------- Star Trek: Lower Dicks Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 05:02 PM (t/lcw) 96
The only thing I know about Wil Wheaton is that Stewie Griffin overpronounces his name as a running gag on Family Guy.
Other than that, who? Same with George Takei--he built a huge social media presence promoting his play about Japanese-American internees in CA, and he did it by being completely apolitical, to drive traffic for his show, and now that the show has come and gone, he uses his "platform" to be a complete asshole. He is well on the way, particularly at his age, to being another "who?" Posted by: barbarausa at July 01, 2026 05:02 PM (enw9G) 97
24 Actually, I have always been an assh*le.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (YIpLe) ===== Gene Roddenberry saw himself in this kid. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (hWfuL) If the Great Bird had sent Westley off for 89 combat missions in a war zone he might have turned out like Roddenberry instead of what he has instead. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:02 PM (uhVAy) Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 05:02 PM (YIpLe) 99
Wesley should go to a big Democrat donor and see if he'll pony up a big enough purse to get The Rock to throw a fight to him. They can set up the Octagon in front of the Reflecting Pool. The Romp by the Swamp.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:02 PM (BI5O2) 100
Trek Icon is just a bit strong. Ha, ha.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 01, 2026 05:02 PM (cS1cw) Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 01, 2026 05:02 PM (bDt0k) 102
Laugh at these mincey little faggots like Wil Wheaton that tat themselves up to look hard or edgy.
Posted by: JROD at July 01, 2026 05:03 PM (1+Mqc) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:03 PM (Fi81e) 104
The nerds on The Big Bang Theory got laid more than the Quarterback.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:03 PM (KC5Lt) 105
I like OG Star Trek more than most.
Sulu is not a fucking ICON. Hell, I love Scotty a lot more. And Chekov. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 05:03 PM (zZu0s) 106
Wil, you're 54 years old. You need to stop trying to grow a beard. Just go goatee, or clean-shaven. A better haircut would help. So would not dressing in T-shirts like Bart Simpson.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:03 PM (wzUl9) 107
Man, that is so weird how these guys my age are looking old now, while I remain the same. Funky.
Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 05:03 PM (Sy6m/) 108
Oil me up and give me a sword to wield!
Posted by: Gay icon George Takei at July 01, 2026 05:04 PM (MWfyi) 109
You just wait til Dwayne deploys his eyebrow lift.
Posted by: See that Wesley? at July 01, 2026 05:04 PM (B0NCh) 110
I knew that when he was just Westley Crusher.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy) --- Shut up, Wesley. I remember the usenet group [tt]alt.startrek.wesley.crusher.die.die.die[/tt].... Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e) I used to read that, they could be pretty funny on Usenet back in the day Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy) 111
This is like 2 chihuahuas yapping at a Rottweiler, trying to get his attention.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 05:04 PM (edUvp) 112
George Takei admitted he went to anonymous glory holes while he was on Star Trek.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:04 PM (KC5Lt) 113
103 The Bee:
--- Supergirl Unveils New Superpower Of Losing $100 Million In A Single Week Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:03 PM (Fi81e) --- Amateur. Posted by: Kamala Harris at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (B0NCh) 114
Gene Roddenberry saw himself in this kid.
--- So that's why they did the episode where they put Wesley on the equivalent of a space ice floe? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (3cUTc) 115
Ghey guy complaining about Manly Men?
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0) 116
Mr. Sulu didn't get enough of his agonizer. Pity.
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (rdVOm) 117
George Takei admitted he went to anonymous glory holes while he was on Star Trek.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:04 PM (KC5Lt) ------------ He could never let go of that Klingon glory hole. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (t/lcw) 118
Speaking of outspoken and washed up actors. Where's John Cusack been hiding? He's always been the one I expected to have a nervous breakdown due to Bernie's continued grifting operations.
Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (dIske) 119
I don't know about the rest of you but I literally cannot make any political decisions until I know what Wesley Crusher and Sulu think about it.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 01, 2026 05:06 PM (bDt0k) 120
I cannot Stand By Wil.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:06 PM (Fi81e) 121
Ghey guy complaining about Manly Men?
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0) He just wants to date him. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:06 PM (dK+Kv) 122
You must toe the party line comrade. Orange man bad.
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 05:06 PM (YwEeS) 123
I have the most respect for actors , as actors, that I have no idea their politics.
Keanu Reeves is an example. Looks like the Rock wants to be like that. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 01, 2026 05:06 PM (2gRzS) 124
Wil, you're 54 years old. You need to stop trying to grow a beard. Just go goatee, or clean-shaven. A better haircut would help. So would not dressing in T-shirts like Bart Simpson.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:03 PM (wzUl9) Sheesh, he's that old? Sounds like the time of life for him to work in soaps. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:06 PM (1Ff7Z) 125
The Rock should bring back the People's Elbow to show his socialist street cred. Wait, NVMD, bursitis.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:06 PM (BI5O2) 126
So very, very brave of this Takei and Wheaton regurgitating pro-Progressive talking points... in the confines of media and Hollywood no less.
So courageous. They deserve Medals of Honor for their sacrifice. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 01, 2026 05:07 PM (oji8u) 127
Speaking of outspoken and washed up actors. Where's John Cusack been hiding? He's always been the one I expected to have a nervous breakdown due to Bernie's continued grifting operations.
Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (dIske) ------------ I'm pretty sure I saw him under an L.A. overpass holding a boom-box to his head and giving hand jobs, $20 same as in town. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 05:07 PM (t/lcw) 128
The Rock has a remarkable talent for picking forgettable movies. He v is ca good actor, but wow his choices are terrible.
One good movie back in the 90s think. Posted by: Dandalo at July 01, 2026 05:07 PM (3QsZU) 129
Johnson MUST be struggled. Posted by: George Takei at July 01, 2026 05:08 PM (Fi81e) 130
I decided to drop the Rock when he said if he was in the NFL he would join the players in kneeling during the National Anthem. Fuck him. But again it didn't make me mad he expressed his opinion. It was the opinion I hated.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:08 PM (KC5Lt) 131
George Takei has an overinflated view of his acting abilities and is probably as despised by Star Trek fans as Will Wheaton.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 01, 2026 05:08 PM (Q/FnY) 132
I’ve seen a lot of episodes of ST:TOS but as far as I recall, Sulu was barely better than a red shirt.
He was background scenery for most of the show. He had slightly more prominent roles in the films, but just barely. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt) 133
"Star Trek" icon George Takei..."
Icon? He was a bit character who's made a second career being a leftist asshole. Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 01, 2026 05:09 PM (pE12i) 134
Yeah, the Rock can’t come close to being like Keanu, who’s been doing kind things quietly his whole career.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 05:09 PM (4KUe5) 135
So the big "backlash" against one of Hollywood's biggest stars is ... two gay weirdos who most people would be surprised are still alive. Got it.
Takei and Wheaton ragging on the Rock doesn't even rise to the level of ankle-biting. Takei and Wheaton are two worms who can't even get out of the dirt to bite the sole of Rock's foot. Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (5ka4a) 136
'Indiana Jones' and 'Harry Potter' star Michael Byrne dies at 82.
I remember him best as the main Nazi (especially in the tank) in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (/HDaX) 137
Wesley's mom has got it goin on!
Posted by: Ernest T Bass at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (jrgJz) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (Fi81e) 139
Icon? I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Posted by: Inigo Montoya at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (B0NCh) 140
"Star Trek" icon George Takei..."
Icon? He was a bit character who's made a second career being a leftist asshole. Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 01, 2026 05:09 PM (pE12i) Bea Arthur's Dick siting! Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (dK+Kv) 141
Wil, you're 54 years old. You need to stop trying to grow a beard. Just go goatee, or clean-shaven. A better haircut would help. So would not dressing in T-shirts like Bart Simpson.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 * Sheesh, he's that old? Sounds like the time of life for him to work in soaps. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 *** Wiki says born 1972. He was fourteen when he did Stand By Me, fifteen when he started with TNG. Apparently he's been doing tons of voice work. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (wzUl9) 142
I thought Central Intelligence was funny enough. His Hercules movie was decent. That's it.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (KC5Lt) 143
Wesley's mom has got it goin on!
Posted by: Ernest T Bass at July 01, 2026 *** She most certainly did. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:11 PM (wzUl9) 144
4 Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (SRRAx) Teresa - Great to see you on here!! How you doing? Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 05:11 PM (N39Ws) 145
"Perfessor" Squirrel: 'Star Trek' Icon George Takei
---- I'd hardly call him an "icon." He was a supporting character at best. Yeah, he was barely above Crewman #6. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 01, 2026 05:11 PM (oji8u) 146
The Rock has a remarkable talent for picking forgettable movies. He v is ca good actor, but wow his choices are terrible.
One good movie back in the 90s think. Posted by: Dandalo at July 01, 2026 05:07 PM (3QsZU) Given what happened to everyone's #1 can't miss new Superstar Henry Cavil even when not saying anything wrong I can't really blame him. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:11 PM (uhVAy) 147
Dwayne Johnson Slammed as a 'Coward' for Staying Quiet on Politics; 'Star Trek' Icon George Takei Fires Back: 'Silence Is Complicity'
So is allowing these queers to stick their dicks in you mouth and ass. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (l3cgK) 148
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 01, 2026 05:09 PM (pE12i)
Bea Arthur's Dick siting! Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (dK+Kv) Best nic on the net. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Mvti0) 149
I liked John Cena better. He sounds like a worker.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (rbvCR) 150
[Takei as Sulu] He had slightly more prominent roles in the films, but just barely.
Posted by: SpeakingOf Takei insisted on Sulu piloting his own ship in ST6. Which the scriptwriters worked around. The movie overall ended up good, so, hooray for that I guess. Problem: Takei's delivery was wooden as ever, and it seemed obvious that the reason he got his ship was less because of ego (which he has) and more because he despised most of his fellow actors on the show especially Shatner. He simply didn't want to be in many scenes on the Enterprise. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (gKWVE) 151
One good movie back in the 90s think.
Posted by: Dandalo at July 01, 2026 05:07 PM (3QsZU) The last thing I liked him in was the Jumanji remake and that’s not saying much. Tried watching the Jungle Cruise movie one time and fell asleep about 15 minutes in. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (6ydKt) 152
This will drive little Takei crazy:
BabylonBee: "Trump Rules Entire World as Supreme Court Decides Everyone Is American" Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (8zt2q) 153
I thought Central Intelligence was funny enough. His Hercules movie was decent. That's it.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:10 PM (KC5Lt) --- The Rundown is one of the most entertaining action movies I've ever seen. When I come across it, I always end up staying until the end. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e) 154
Best nic on the net.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Mvti0) We've had some good one's here. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (dK+Kv) 155
The Rock was pretty hilarious in Be Cool
Posted by: barbarausa at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (enw9G) 156
I did enjoy the Jumaji remake...mostly the red head. I also enjoyed the disaster pick...mostly Alexandra Daddario, those eyes.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (cS1cw) 157
I think The Rock is the douchebag who has it in his contracts that he can never lose a fight onscreen.
If I were a producer, and an agent laid that rider on me, I'd laugh. And then my sic my office dogs on him. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (BI5O2) 158
@105 I liked Ensign Kevin Riley better than Sulu
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (itsE0) 159
"Star Trek" icon George Takei..."
Icon? He was a bit character who's made a second career being a leftist asshole. Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 01, 2026 05:09 PM (pE12i) The thing is, they - the featured players - did have careers after the show ended. They just weren't major stars. Heck, even Shatner and Nimoy had a downturn and were stuck doing guest star roles for a while. Why they would expect to be megastars? I think they got ego inflation when the conventions started. Thinking they were the stars instead of Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelly. Felt they were more important and the heart of Star Trek, even though it was definitely the Kirk, Spock, McCoy triad. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (1Ff7Z) 160
Alexandra Daddario, those eyes.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (cS1cw) ================== She has eyes? Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 05:14 PM (8zt2q) 161
In a sense, they're correct. He is a coward.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 05:14 PM (fZiTB) 162
I was thinking. If someone is born in the US and gets birthright citizenship, then goes back to the home country with the parents, and returns as an adult to do whatever, can the IRS claim back taxes, or even better, demand taxes each year while the "citizen" is overseas?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:14 PM (rbvCR) 163
I liked John Cena better. He sounds like a worker.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 *** That's the guy who did spots for some product where his character trumpeted his attachment to his cow? I've forgotten the name of the product, and all I can recall is the actor sitting by his fireplace with a Guernsey. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:14 PM (wzUl9) 164
Sue Lou wants to date herself a piece of the Rock.
Posted by: Eromero at July 01, 2026 05:15 PM (LHPAg) Posted by: connected and litigious at July 01, 2026 05:15 PM (cS1cw) 166
I’ve seen a lot of episodes of ST:TOS but as far as I recall, Sulu was barely better than a red shirt.
He was background scenery for most of the show. He had slightly more prominent roles in the films, but just barely. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt) Evil Sulu in the alternate universe Enterprise "Mr Sulu your agonizer" The sword swinging maniac in the 'no inhibitions' show He was freezing on a planet once when the transporter failed and they forgot about shuttlecraft. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:16 PM (uhVAy) 167
> Mr. Sulu didn't get enough of his agonizer. Pity.
----------- That's the thing they shove up your butt and does "stuff" right? Sa'HutlIjDaq Posted by: Khan - Kock Kurious Klingon at July 01, 2026 05:16 PM (jehhT) 168
The Rock and Vin Diesel had a big time conflict when they worked together . As movies go Vin Diesel >>> The Rock.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:16 PM (KC5Lt) Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 01, 2026 05:16 PM (pE12i) 170
Dwayne Johnson Slammed as a 'Coward' for Staying Quiet on Politics; 'Star Trek' Icon George Takei Fires Back: 'Silence Is Complicity'
OK, Dwayne responded, all faggots must die. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 05:16 PM (/lPRQ) 171
Johnson MUST be struggled. Posted by: George Takei =============== I keep trying to think of ways to mock these new commies, since I think that's the best way to defeat them. I think "Thanks, but Imma pass on the struggle session" is a good retort every time they accuse you of one of their "crimes" and expect a defense. Variations also. "I'll have to decline your invitation to a struggle session due to a prior engagement with reality" or what have you. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:17 PM (XJ22o) 172
I was thinking. If someone is born in the US and gets birthright citizenship, then goes back to the home country with the parents, and returns as an adult to do whatever, can the IRS claim back taxes, or even better, demand taxes each year while the "citizen" is overseas?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:14 PM (rbvCR) ===================== A US citizen overseas is obligated to pay taxes on worldwide income, and file every year, just as if they resided in America. Failure to file and pay are crimes, and can potentially mean prison. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 05:17 PM (8zt2q) 173
Wheaton has long been outspoken about his political views and campaigned for Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election. Shut up Wesley. Keep your faggoty PedoWood opinion to yourself. Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 01, 2026 05:17 PM (QVmho) 174
Spock, Kirk, Bones, Scotty are icons. Chekov, when they brought him on, delivered funny lines. Uhura I suppose was underused, but we did get to look at Nichols' creamy mocha thighs.
Where's Takei's moment? Maybe when he's pretending to be a heterosexual predator in Mirror, Mirror. Otherwise he may as well be an ensign. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:17 PM (gKWVE) 175
I can only remember one The Rock movie I liked. Walking Tall. And that was mostly because of the comic relief sidekick and the villain, who are both better than The Rock.
BTW, the Tennessee State Patrol reopened the Pusser case recently, and determined that he likely shot his wife. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:17 PM (BI5O2) 176
He simply didn't want to be in many scenes on the Enterprise.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (gKWVE) Which is strange as his entire career was based there. If it wasn’t for his more famous co-stars he’d have never been known outside of gay bars in LA. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt) 177
I’ve seen a lot of episodes of ST:TOS but as far as I recall, Sulu was barely better than a red shirt.
He was background scenery for most of the show. He had slightly more prominent roles in the films, but just barely. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt) Evil Sulu in the alternate universe Enterprise "Mr Sulu your agonizer" The sword swinging maniac in the 'no inhibitions' show He was freezing on a planet once when the transporter failed and they forgot about shuttlecraft. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:16 PM (uhVAy) They should have killed him with the earwig in Wrath of Khan. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (dK+Kv) 178
That's the guy who did spots for some product where his character trumpeted his attachment to his cow? I've forgotten the name of the product, and all I can recall is the actor sitting by his fireplace with a Guernsey.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:14 PM (wzUl9) And got paid and stayed out of politics. He also learned Chinese to try to push WWE in China and got burned there about the internal Chinese politics as well. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (rbvCR) 179
I think The Rock is the douchebag who has it in his contracts that he can never lose a fight onscreen.
If I were a producer, and an agent laid that rider on me, I'd laugh. And then my sic my office dogs on him. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (BI5O2) I'd just hire him for a movie where he gets pushed offscreen into a closet and beaten up repeatedly, then cut to a hospital getting bandaged up. Make the opponents girl scouts, puppies and kittens, fill in the blank. It would make millions. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy) Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (gb+eN) 181
I keep trying to think of ways to mock these new commies, since I think that's the best way to defeat them. I think "Thanks, but Imma pass on the struggle session" is a good retort every time they accuse you of one of their "crimes" and expect a defense. Variations also. "I'll have to decline your invitation to a struggle session due to a prior engagement with reality" or what have you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:17 PM (XJ22o) Wouldn't "I don't care what you think. Your opinion means nothing to me," work as well? Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (1Ff7Z) 182
I was thinking. If someone is born in the US and gets birthright citizenship, then goes back to the home country with the parents, and returns as an adult to do whatever, can the IRS claim back taxes, or even better, demand taxes each year while the "citizen" is overseas? Posted by: Kindltot ================== You do have to pay taxes when you're overseas. Hasan Piker was smart though, returned at the age of 18 to wreak havoc, probably no tax obligations. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (XJ22o) Posted by: Butcher Bay, bitchez at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (gKWVE) 184
They should have killed him with the earwig in Wrath of Khan.
Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (dK+Kv) That was Chekov, not Sulu. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (uhVAy) 185
Birthing hips Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats That's what Smash says about my 3500 Ram dually truck. It has birthing hips. Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (QVmho) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (Fi81e) Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (KC5Lt) 188
I was thinking. If someone is born in the US and gets birthright citizenship, then goes back to the home country with the parents, and returns as an adult to do whatever, can the IRS claim back taxes, or even better, demand taxes each year while the "citizen" is overseas?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:14 PM (rbvCR) == If you are a citizen I believe your global earnings are taxable. There are offsets for local taxes owed to whatever country you are working in. Posted by: Black JEM at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (GZYu7) 189
Evil Sulu in the alternate universe Enterprise "Mr Sulu your agonizer"
The sword swinging maniac in the 'no inhibitions' show He was freezing on a planet once when the transporter failed and they forgot about shuttlecraft. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 *** "Rice wine'll do if you're short on coffee . . ." Those were all early stories when the show was still feeling its way, and they were attempting to showcase other characters now and then beyond Kirk/Spock/McCoy. Those three were still the leads, but GR's writers were trying to create some good character moments for the supporting players. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (wzUl9) 190
The Rock was a big liberal...then, he realized he couldn't draw like Tom Cruise...but he wants to...so he's learned, after many years and many fails, to now quiet down and just make movies...
Tom Cruise is almost surely as big a liberal...but he knows what his job is...make good movies and let them talk... Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (tOcjL) 191
As movies go Vin Diesel >>> The Rock.
As games go Vin Diesel >>> almost everybody. Posted by: Butcher Bay, bitchez at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (gKWVE) --- Riddick is a guilty pleasure. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (Fi81e) 192
George Takai is an aging queen.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (Wmg4n) 193
Wouldn't "I don't care what you think. Your opinion means nothing to me," work as well? Posted by: OrangeEnt ================= It would, but I like to throw in some extra mockery since that part of the socialist story is now disavowed even by the ChiComs themselves. It's extra-insulty. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (XJ22o) 194
Meanwhile......
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor · 1h New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment. A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together. Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (kX27y) 195
The Rock still gets work.
He's due to make a Martin Scorsese movie soon (Hawaiian mob story or something, big budget). Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Do a remake of Big John McLain... this time it is Chynese Commies! Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (/lPRQ) 196
When you've lost Wil Wheaton you've...wait, who the hell is Wil Wheaton?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (2UnvF) 197
I'm just here for the "Shut up, Wesley" comments.
Posted by: bluebell at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (wn4/D) 198
Cens is fine. But I will always be partial to Stone Cold Steve Austin's horrible movies. He doesn't put on any airs like Cena or The Rock. He knows his movies suck.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (BI5O2) 199
Spock, Kirk, Bones, Scotty are icons. Chekov, when they brought him on, delivered funny lines. Uhura I suppose was underused, but we did get to look at Nichols' creamy mocha thighs.
Where's Takei's moment? Maybe when he's pretending to be a heterosexual predator in Mirror, Mirror. Otherwise he may as well be an ensign. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:17 PM (gKWVE) His shirtless sword wielding in Naked Time is probably the best but the evil SS heading security was a good one with the scar. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy) 200
I like that Kid Rock has no fucks to give and loves America and doesn't mind telling you.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:21 PM (KC5Lt) 201
I'm pretty sure I'd love to a slap fight between these three queens. Epic.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 05:22 PM (fkjGs) 202
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)
I've not seen The Rundown. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (KC5Lt) --- I would say you have to, but nobody has to do anything regarding entertainment. It also stars Christopher Walken as the big bad and Seann William Scott as the kid he has to "run down". Also Rosario Dawson as the love interest. It's a fun movie. My wife loves that one too. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e) 203
I can't think of any movie that I have seen with Dwayne Johnson in it.
Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 05:22 PM (Oy/m2) 204
That was Chekov, not Sulu.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (uhVAy) Flounder never forgets a face. Names might be a problem. Posted by: also for ST2's screenwriters at July 01, 2026 05:22 PM (gKWVE) 205
Those were all early stories when the show was still feeling its way, and they were attempting to showcase other characters now and then beyond Kirk/Spock/McCoy. Those three were still the leads, but GR's writers were trying to create some good character moments for the supporting players.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (wzUl9) But that's all they were, supporting players. They could have made a good living still, but all the applause at the cons made their heads swell. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:22 PM (1Ff7Z) 206
"That picture of The Rock up there looks pretty gay. Therefore I think he'll be OK in his future endeavors with the in-crowd."
He does, but his mom is Samoan, so maybe that is what's up with the flowery thang. "His mother is the adopted daughter of Peter Maivia, who was also a professional wrestler. Johnson's maternal grandmother Lia was one of the first female pro wrestling promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1982 and managing it until 1988. Through his maternal grandfather Maivia, Johnson is a non-blood relative of the Anoaʻi wrestling family. In 2008, he inducted his father and grandfather into the WWE Hall of Fame." wiki Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 05:22 PM (vbXSk) 207
Takei is only still remembered because of Trek, but he did quite a bit of TV before that. He was featured as a one-time team member in a first-year Mission: Impossible, for example, and I know I've seen him in other shows of the period which featured "Oriental" characters, as they used to be known.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:22 PM (wzUl9) 208
It would, but I like to throw in some extra mockery since that part of the socialist story is now disavowed even by the ChiComs themselves. It's extra-insulty.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:20 PM (XJ22o) Ok, so add "you little pansy faggot." Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:23 PM (1Ff7Z) 209
"That was Chekov, not Sulu.
Posted by: Oldcat" Chekov got tortured a lot. He was always screaming about something. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (MWfyi) 210
And the guy that played Chekhov went on to play an excellent villian as Bester in B5. He can act.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (bkuEU) 211
I keep trying to think of ways to mock these new commies, since I think that's the best way to defeat them. I think "Thanks, but Imma pass on the struggle session" is a good retort every time they accuse you of one of their "crimes" and expect a defense. Variations also. "I'll have to decline your invitation to a struggle session due to a prior engagement with reality" or what have you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:17 PM (XJ22o) I always prefer to attack leftists from the left, they have a lot of trouble with that. You know more about the left than they do, it isn't hard to outwit them. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (uhVAy) 212
Jesse Ventura has the best movie of any wrestler. Is also the most retarded.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (KC5Lt) 213
When did it become necessary for politicians to tell us what to do when it’s hot?
Are we not adults? Do you need attaboys for controlling the the room city buildings because it’s hot in July, as it is every freaking year??? If this counts as an account, or “leadership,” then I look forward to the next blizzard (will be stocked up on popcorn). Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (4KUe5) 214
They should have killed him with the earwig in Wrath of Khan.
Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (dK+Kv) That was Chekov, not Sulu. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (uhVAy) That was why I said should have. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (dK+Kv) 215
George Takei admitted he went to anonymous glory holes while he was on Star Trek. Posted by: polynikes Aren't they all anonymous? Similar to assless chaps. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (Cqx++) 216
I’ve seen a lot of episodes of ST:TOS but as far as I recall, Sulu was barely better than a red shirt.
He was background scenery for most of the show. He had slightly more prominent roles in the films, but just barely. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:08 PM sulu wasn't cast in every episode of the original star trek TV series. He was a back up character. Granted he missed one episode "the trouble with tribbles" because he was filming the green berets with john wayne as a supporting actor but he wasn't on the TV show for about 40% of the episodes. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (0N4FZ) 217
I was thinking. If someone is born in the US and gets birthright citizenship, then goes back to the home country with the parents, and returns as an adult to do whatever, can the IRS claim back taxes, or even better, demand taxes each year while the "citizen" is overseas?
Posted by: Kindltot Can minors be charged for FARA violations? Charged as adults? Charged in absentia? If holding duel citizenship does not make one a "foreign agent" then nothing does. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 05:25 PM (/lPRQ) 218
"Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can."
What's the temp at the Mayor's house? Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:25 PM (MWfyi) 219
The presents I find in my cats' litter boxes have more bearing on my politics than the emanations from the dick holsters of Ensign Crusher and Lieutenant Sulu.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 05:25 PM (gnNyN) 220
"That was Chekov, not Sulu.
Posted by: Oldcat" Chekov got tortured a lot. He was always screaming about something. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (MWfyi) torture is a Russian invention, after all. It was his running joke to make the Russian a vehement Russian nationalist. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy) 221
Wasn't Takei also in the John Wayne project The Green Berets? I think there was some Trek episode which had been written to feature Sulu in some way, and he couldn't do it because he was off filming TGB. They gave the scenes to Walter Koenig as Chekov instead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (wzUl9) 222
>>Jesse Ventura has the best movie of any wrestler. Is also the most retarded.
Dude. Mr T was in DC Cab and a Rocky Movie. The Hulkster was in Over the Top! Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (v9lAB) 223
Tom Cruise is almost surely as big a liberal...but he knows what his job is...make good movies and let them talk...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (tOcjL) He also understands his audience. Pro US Rah Rah gung ho Military or Spy flicks... Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (mP0Kj) 224
If you aren't openly for every leftist policy and show hatred of Trump you are automatically on the enemy side.
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (YwEeS) 225
OK I scrolled up and looked at the photo. The Rock does look really gay there. Like a tourist prowling for a dockside rent boy in a cruise ship's port of call.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (BI5O2) Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (XbNmU) 227
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)
You had me at Walken and Sean Williams ( who I think is underrated) Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (KC5Lt) 228
They should have killed him with the earwig in Wrath of Khan.
Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:18 PM (dK+Kv) That was Chekov, not Sulu. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (uhVAy) That was why I said should have. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:24 PM (dK+Kv) Oh, My! Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (uhVAy) Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (v9lAB) 230
What happened to Christian Slater's character on Sulu's ship? Did he steal the captain's meth and MDMA?
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (gKWVE) 231
Trump got to take his first flight in his new 747 jet, gift of the Qataris. The lefty press is reporting it breathlessly, still searching for some angle that will make Trump look bad in the eyes of the public.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (Xa17V) 232
222 >>Jesse Ventura has the best movie of any wrestler. Is also the most retarded.
Dude. Mr T was in DC Cab and a Rocky Movie. The Hulkster was in Over the Top! Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (v9lAB) Sorry, best wrestler part EVAH? Andre the Giant in Princess Bride. Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (mP0Kj) 233
2026 will not be a good midterm for the left, and with their government funneled money drying up, 2028 looks like a massive problem.
We still ruv the reft. -- 'Citizen' voters in Beijing Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e) 234
I see Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) beat me to the Green Berets reference. "Tribbles" does sound like the episode he missed; I think David Gerrold mentioned that in one of his memoir volumes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (wzUl9) 235
Ok, so add "you little pansy faggot." Posted by: OrangeEnt =============== That's a compliment. "Snowflake" is what I'd call them. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (XJ22o) 236
Wheaton is gayer than Takei.... by a lot.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (xvV+O) 237
Takei played a Vietnamese Colonel fighting the commies in The Green Berets with John Wayne. When Takei's character was killed Wayne said "he was a good man" . Little did the Duke know
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (itsE0) 238
60 Hey, how many movies has Rachel Zegler been in since being "BRAVE" in her comments in promotion of Snow White?
Movies Released? Absolutely positively ZERO. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 04:56 PM (dIske) Rachel Zegler’s newest film project is the comedy-drama She Gets It From Me, which is currently in post-production with no distribution secured yet. ... Following the box office underperformance of Disney’s Snow White (2025), Zegler has also been cast as Velma in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s upcoming musical film Octet, which is currently filming, and as Emma in Last Dance. Additionally, she is scheduled to make her Broadway debut in a revival of Evita starting in February 2027. Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 01, 2026 05:28 PM (gb+eN) 239
IIRC, Roddenberry once said his early "vision" for Star Trek was something akin to the "UN in space." So a multi-cultural crew was a given.
Spock being the only "alien" per se. Sulu was a nod to the Orientals, as they were referred to at the time. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 05:28 PM (jehhT) 240
The Hulkster was in Over the Top!
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (v9lAB) I was also Thunder Lips - The Ultimate Male in a Rocky movie. How quickly they forget. Posted by: Zombie Hulkster at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (q2NNn) 241
OK I scrolled up and looked at the photo. The Rock does look really gay there. Like a tourist prowling for a dockside rent boy in a cruise ship's port of call. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice ================= I thought he looked kinda like a pimp. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o) 242
Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (v9lAB)
DC Cab was great but not as good as Predator. Also I used ' 'I ain't got time to bleed' quite frequently . Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (KC5Lt) 243
I mean, The Rock was all in on that SNL skit about life for native Hawaiians. I'm pretty sure we don't need him going off about haole mainlanders, like Wil Wheaton. Or maybe we do..
Posted by: FarkingClownshoes at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (41YRT) 244
I actually might watch the USA play kickball tonight.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (itsE0) 245
Aren't all three homosexuals?
Posted by: Everyone In Hollywood Is A Fag at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (g7saB) 246
Cena apologized to his CCP masters in Mandarin when he displeased them. He is a toady.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (YIpLe) 247
It’s not so much the flowers around Rock’s neck that’s making him look gay as the Elton John chivk glasses that are giving off that vibe.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt) 248
"and returns as an adult to do whatever, can the IRS claim back taxes, or even better, demand taxes each year while the "citizen" is overseas? Posted by: Kindltot
If you are a citizen I believe your global earnings are taxable. There are offsets for local taxes owed to whatever country you are working in." Posted by: Black JEM I'm assuming the China tourist birthers' children have dual citizenship (which itself is a bad idea). So not sure how that works, but it's probably different. Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (vbXSk) 249
Rachel Zegler’s newest film project is the comedy-drama She Gets It From Me,
--- Staring: The Paolo! Posted by: The Paolo at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e) 250
225 OK I scrolled up and looked at the photo. The Rock does look really gay there. Like a tourist prowling for a dockside rent boy in a cruise ship's port of call.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:26 PM (BI5O2) The Rock in the movie 'Be Cool' with Travolta? Yeah... played gay wayyyyyy too well. Posted by: Romeo13 at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (mP0Kj) 251
Walter Koenig has written some TV scripts too. His character wasn't in the animated series -- their budget couldn't include him to voice Chekov -- but I think he did pen one of those. They weren't kiddie fare. And trying to tell a complete and compelling story in only 22-24 minutes of story time ain't easy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9) 252
If I remember right, Sulu did a Wild Wild West and had James T. West whooping his gay ass.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (fkjGs) 253
Trump got to take his first flight in his new 747 jet, gift of the Qataris. The lefty press is reporting it breathlessly, still searching for some angle that will make Trump look bad in the eyes of the public.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (Xa17V) He's gonna keep it for himself after his term ends!!! It's a gift to the US! He can't do that! Posted by: The Enemy Press at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (1Ff7Z) 254
Trump got to take his first flight in his new 747 jet, gift of the Qataris. The lefty press is reporting it breathlessly, still searching for some angle that will make Trump look bad in the eyes of the public.
Posted by: Huck Follywood The gold plated toilet fixtures may be a bit much... Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (/lPRQ) 255
Wheaton is gayer than Takei.... by a lot.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (xvV+O I don't follow his post-career, but I find it hard to believe anyone is "a lot" gayer than George Takei. At his level of play, everyone's a standout. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (BI5O2) 256
It’s not so much the flowers around Rock’s neck that’s making him look gay as the Elton John chivk glasses that are giving off that vibe.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt) --- Lei off the guy. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e) 257
Koenig was great as Bester in B5. Evil and interesting
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:31 PM (itsE0) 258
Takei played a Vietnamese Colonel fighting the commies in The Green Berets with John Wayne. When Takei's character was killed Wayne said "he was a good man" . Little did the Duke know
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (itsE That was an ending that was right up there with Brian's Song and The Champ for me. Peter-Son ! Peter-Son ! Have you seen my Peter-Son? Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:31 PM (KC5Lt) Posted by: George The Animal Steele at July 01, 2026 05:31 PM (g7saB) 260
Sulu was a nod to the Orientals, as they were referred to at the time.
-- You mean "slope" or "gook" right. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 01, 2026 05:31 PM (xvV+O) 261
Maybe because I grew up in Hawai'i, but seeing the Rock with a pikake and ti leaf lei doesn't seem gay to me.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 05:31 PM (St1MS) 262
I thought he looked kinda like a pimp.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o It's a fine line. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 05:32 PM (BI5O2) 263
Takei can also be found in at least one Twilight Zones, IIRC. And if not TZ then maybe Outer Limits.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:32 PM (Fi81e) 264
@258 as the boy and the Duke watched the sun set in the East
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 05:32 PM (itsE0) 265
SMH, isn't Rock also promoting the new live action Moana? That miught have something to do with the leis, etc
Posted by: barbarausa at July 01, 2026 05:33 PM (enw9G) 266
I see Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) beat me to the Green Berets reference. "Tribbles" does sound like the episode he missed; I think David Gerrold mentioned that in one of his memoir volumes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM (wzUl9) Yes Chekov takes Uhura to the station and buys one. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:33 PM (uhVAy) 267
Jesse Ventura has the best movie of any wrestler
I hate to kill you. You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die. Posted by: Andre the Giant at July 01, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE) 268
Additionally, she is scheduled to make her Broadway debut in a revival of Evita starting in February 2027. Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker =============== Following her resounding success in that role in London's West End, one might add. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:33 PM (XJ22o) 269
Trump got to take his first flight in his new 747 jet, gift of the Qataris. The lefty press is reporting it breathlessly, still searching for some angle that will make Trump look bad in the eyes of the public.
Posted by: Huck Follywood ---- Hopefully the SS scoured every inch of it for Chinese/Russian/Iranian spyware before they let President Trump on board... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 05:33 PM (gnNyN) 270
"In Soviet America, not doing or saying anything is the greatest crime of all."
Posted by: zombie _________ "Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed." Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 05:33 PM (XvL8K) 271
SMH, isn't Rock also promoting the new live action Moana? That miught have something to do with the leis, etc
Posted by: barbarausa ___ That would make sense. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 05:34 PM (St1MS) 272
And trying to tell a complete and compelling story in only 22-24 minutes of story time ain't easy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9) Hard in 3 to 5k words, too. Posted by: The Goose-egg Writer at July 01, 2026 05:34 PM (1Ff7Z) Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b) 274
Remember Provo's Privy!
Posted by: Sgt Provo at July 01, 2026 05:34 PM (q2NNn) 275
Takei and Wheaton.
The Canada of actors... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b) --- Because they're considering suicide? Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:35 PM (Fi81e) 276
Jesse Ventura has the best movie of any wrestler
I hate to kill you. You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die. Posted by: Andre the Giant at July 01, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE I don't get the over the top love for The Princess Bride. I realize I'm in the minority here. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (KC5Lt) 277
Tom Cruise is almost surely as big a liberal...but he knows what his job is...make good movies and let them talk...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2026 05:19 PM (tOcjL) I bet his politics start and end with scientology. Posted by: LASue at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (lCppi) 278
Trump got to take his first flight in his new 747 jet, gift of the Qataris. The lefty press is reporting it breathlessly, still searching for some angle that will make Trump look bad in the eyes of the public.
Posted by: Huck Follywood ---- Hopefully the SS scoured every inch of it for Chinese/Russian/Iranian spyware before they let President Trump on board... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel == They probably had to strip it down to a bare hulk to refit. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (/lPRQ) 279
Takei was in a Twilight Zone about bad blood of an American and Japanese brought on by a magic Japanese sword. It was censored in the USA, IIRC for decades.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (xvV+O) 280
Nood Mitch
Posted by: Clay at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (/DzYy) 281
I'm assuming the China tourist birthers' children have dual citizenship (which itself is a bad idea). So not sure how that works, but it's probably different. Posted by: illiniwek ============= Another interesting thing is that those birthright kids, if male, are required to register for the draft by the time they're 25. Failure is a federal felony. Of course we never prosecute anyone for it because we're doormats for these people, and of course there's a 5-year statute of limitations so they're in the clear by age 30. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (XJ22o) 282
I don't get the over the top love for The Princess Bride. I realize I'm in the minority here.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (KC5Lt) I, too, could go without it. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (dK+Kv) 283
Because they're considering suicide?
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 05:35 P Nah, in the grand scheme of things, unimportant. And no one should really give a crap about them unless they need body parts or resources. Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b) 284
I don't get the over the top love for The Princess Bride. I realize I'm in the minority here.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (KC5Lt) I smiled, but never laughed out loud. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 05:37 PM (1Ff7Z) 285
Mrs. Speck is a big Trek fan. Read all the books; encyclopedic recall on episodes; even watches the new stuff, despite the woke taint. A couple years ago, she
urged" me to go to not one, but two separate screenings of Wrath of Khan that were then followed by William Shatner in one event and by Takei in another. Shatner was surprisingly thoughtful and self-deprecating. Takei, on the other hand, was a petulant, spiteful twerp, whose every anecdote reminded the audience of what a trend-setter and hero of gays in Hollywood he had been. Had little digs at Shatner sprinkled throughout. (When asked about his spat with Takei, Shatner was gracious and avoided being baited into saying anything negative.) Amazing how far little talent but a possessing a deep voice can get you in the entertainment industry. Posted by: red speck at July 01, 2026 05:37 PM (Ve/HL) 286
Maybe because I grew up in Hawai'i, but seeing the Rock with a pikake and ti leaf lei doesn't seem gay to me.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 05:31 PM (St1MS) Shhhh. They are proving their masculinity. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (rbvCR) 287
Still 92 degrees here
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (Ia/+0) 288
273 Takei and Wheaton.
The Canada of actors... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b) And ironically, Shatner is Canadian and he’s the only actor of the cast to get his own TV show with TJ Hooker. Even more ironic, Shatner is the only cast member I’d like to have a beer with if his slightly conservative public personality is remotely close to reality. Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt) 289
Takai was in "Green Berets"; had to take time off from ST to do it. So, back off there, pilgrim. Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 05:38 PM (Y8DZL) 290
I don't get the over the top love for The Princess Bride. I realize I'm in the minority here.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (KC5Lt) I, too, could go without it. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 05:36 PM (dK+Kv) it's no Adventures in Babysitting by any means, but I think we didn't realize that the age of films was coming to the end of the line. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 05:39 PM (uhVAy) 291
Maybe because I grew up in Hawai'i, but seeing the Rock with a pikake and ti leaf lei doesn't seem gay to me.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 05:31 PM (St1MS) —— I think it looks tropical-island cool. The Blade would wear one. In fact, he did. He was in Hawaii last month. He proudly rocked the leis. Even ones more feminine that what the Rock is wearing. The ladies loved it. Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 01, 2026 05:45 PM (5ka4a) 292
156 I did enjoy the Jumaji remake...mostly the red head. I also enjoyed the disaster pick...mostly Alexandra Daddario, those eyes.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 01, 2026 05:13 PM (cS1cw) My eyes are up here! Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at July 01, 2026 05:47 PM (l3cgK) 293
I see Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) beat me to the Green Berets reference. "Tribbles" does sound like the episode he missed; I think David Gerrold mentioned that in one of his memoir volumes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:27 PM I guess it was a big deal at the time. From what I have read was sulu was going to be the main character in that episode (after Kirk) but they wrote chekov into that part. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 05:51 PM (0N4FZ) 294
but he will argue that a statute cannot overrule a constitutional provision and he'll be found to be right.
Posted by: ace at July 01, 2026 _________ Probably, but it's not a slam dunk. The Ky constitutional provision refers to the gov filling vacancies "in all offices for the State at large." Those offices are not defined in the constitution, but sections 69 - 96 are titled "Officers for the State at Large" and there is no mention of those elected to federal offices. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 05:52 PM (XvL8K) 295
Wheaton had a, 'talent', job at Star Trek last century but is now a credible spokes person for George Takei?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 06:01 PM (c35xG) 296
Wheaton is gay? Knock me over with a feather.
Another reason to never watch Star Trek NG episodes. I thought it was mostly Piccard that was triggering my gaydar alert system. Counselor Troy was always a BDSM character and Worf finally submitted to her in an interspecies act of submission. Klingons like it. Posted by: FlimFlamed at July 02, 2026 01:26 AM (Eaklp) People Are Starting to Notice That the Alleged "Working Class Populist Socialist" Uprising on the Left Is Made Up Exclusively of College-Educted Rich Leisure-Class Nepo Babies and NGO SucklersThe Claim: Democrats are electing "working class populists" who just happen to be socialists The Reality: Democrats are electing rich-bitch children of privilege who are socialists because they've never done a day of work in their lives. Batya Sargon-Unger:Progressives want you to believe socialism is on the march because working-class people have had enough. They want you to believe they are "fighting the oligarchy!" and they are taking on the billionaires and the "Epstein class" and bringing back an agenda focused on labor. But it's all nonsense. You know how I know? Because it's rich people who vote for them, and working people voting for their opponents. This was wildly apparent in the New York elections last week, in which rich, over-credentialed gentrifiers voted out candidates preferred by working-class New Yorkers, as I explained in a piece called "Stop Calling Them 'Socialists.' They're Over-Credentialed White Gentrifiers Driven by Resentment Ousting Working-Class Candidates." But the latest evidence of progressives and socialists pretending to fight for the little guy while actually winning with the credentialed caste at the expense of the desires of working-class voters comes out of Maine. Platner is polling ahead of Republican incumber Susan Collins by two points. But he has absolutely cratered with working-class voters. Susan Collins has a 21 point lead against Platner with working-class voters.Even old lefty Thomas Edsall at the communist New York Times notices that the new "Workers Party" of the left contains almost no actual workers, writes John Sexton. Thomas Edsall takes a break today from attacking President Trump and instead turns his attention to the extreme left-wing of his own party. Like all good Marxists, the Democratic Socialists of America present themselves as a party for the working class. But it turns out there are almost no working class people in the party.See the link for that. The left is trying to claim that the Democrat Socialists are sick of woke politics, too, that's why they focus laser-like on breadbasket issues like health care and rent. But that's all bullshit-- what they focus on is open borders and transing children. Just like all other lefties, only more dogmatic and authoritarian about it. People are sick of Leisure Class Leftists telling the rest of us that we have to waste our money on their sick priorities:Candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America are surging to victory on the claim that they are proponents of "a government by, for and of the working class" that will wrest power from both "far-right Republicans and corporate Democrats." Here's the problem. Most of the leadership of the D.S.A. and a majority of voters who back its candidates are in no way working class. Instead, an elite made up of well-educated professionals dominates this insurgency... In 2021 the D.S.A. surveyed its members and found that 85 percent were non-Hispanic white (far more than the national population, which was 57.8 percent white in 2020, according to the census)... Four percent of the members held blue-collar jobs, according to the survey, the most recent publicly available... More than 80 percent of members who were 25 years old or older had college degrees (just more than double the percentage for the United States as a whole), and 35 percent had a master's degree, a doctorate or a professional degree (again, more than double the American average). Sixty percent identified as agnostic or atheist (with the American average, taken at its most generous, at less than half that). Nicholas KristofWe have to fucking fuel up the ambulances in Liberia?! Coddled Affluent ProfessionalUpdate: Ro Khanna, the guy who got rich by knocking up an heiress, wants to end capitalism all of a sudden. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 03:40 PM (6wpGE) 2
working people are just the cannon fodder
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 01, 2026 03:41 PM (CWTWj) 3
Meet the new boss....
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:41 PM (ouWD3) 4
how many of these countries are broke because of incompetent marxist rulers?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 01, 2026 03:42 PM (CWTWj) 5
Piper, I once watched a college student use his chemistry textbooks to pad the jacks so he could raise his Miata to work on the forward suspension. Of course those were hardbacks.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 03:44 PM (rbvCR) 6
Can we please replace "college-educated" with "college-indoctrinated?"
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 01, 2026 03:45 PM (bNf8H) 7
I thought a Liberian ambulance was a donkey with a cart.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 03:45 PM (TNnZH) 8
Happy Canada Day!
The lines to your favorite places will be long--have you thought about ending it all? Posted by: Canada at July 01, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e) 9
We have to fucking fuel up the ambulances in Liberia?!
----------- I wonder if any of the hundreds of billions siphoned to Somalis and other Fake People might have been enough to pay to fuel an ambulance in Liberia. Probably not bro Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ouWD3) 10
The Reality: Democrats are electing rich-bitch children of privilege who are socialists because they've never done a day of work in their lives.
--- Just like Marx and Engels. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Fi81e) 11
My sister graduated with a Masters in Philosophy from one of the Premier western Canada liberal colleges, and no one, bar no one is more capable of running the world than she. Too bad she mostly did work like bartending and painting houses while being an alcoholic. She now lives in an RV in a trailer park and I give her money for cat food.
she is, after all, my only surviving blood relative. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 03:46 PM (rbvCR) 12
From Quora:
Karl Marx had several jobs, primarily as a journalist, editor, and political writer. While he never held a traditional waged corporate job or an academic professorship, his professional life involved continuous, albeit often unstable, employment in the publishing and media industry So they're just emulating their Founding Father. Posted by: weew at July 01, 2026 03:46 PM (9TspW) 13
This gets really old. Not the thread. But the same "oh my, this is exactly opposite" shit that still runs deep in some parts of the population.
Because everyone that is street smart has known this for decades. The Democrats don't give a fuck about Democracy. Of course, the Republicans don't give a shit about a Republic either. ANTIFA is the Fascists. Diversity is anything. Progressives ain't. Liberals are not. And on and on and on and on. I'm all in on Nationalist Populist. And let the chips fall where they may. Or the heads. Either way. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 03:46 PM (jqWss) 14
"Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village."
1. Yea, this totally happened. Totally. 2. Idiots like Kristof think stories like this will help his cause? The vast majority of people will have the same reaction to this story as I did: why the fuck are we paying for fucking gas in fucking Liberia? Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/) 15
5 Piper, I once watched a college student use his chemistry textbooks to pad the jacks so he could raise his Miata to work on the forward suspension. Of course those were hardbacks.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 03:44 PM (rbvCR) Sounds like a great reuse and recycle project! 😂 Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 03:47 PM (Wmg4n) 16
Nicholas Kristof is a douchebag. That is all
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 03:47 PM (HddY9) 17
We have to fucking fuel up the ambulances in Liberia?!
----------- I wonder if any of the hundreds of billions siphoned to Somalis and other Fake People might have been enough to pay to fuel an ambulance in Liberia. Probably not bro Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ouWD3) Nigeria, a major oil producer, is just down the coast from Liberia. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy) 18
For the ME election wasn't the FNM saying the NAZI was up by double digits a few weeks ago?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm) 19
And, you know, FOREIGNERS.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 03:48 PM (4KUe5) 20
So I looked up Nick Kristoff's story.
The source of Nick Kristoff's story? Nick Kristoff. I'm just saying. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:48 PM (ouWD3) 21
Fun fact: Engels wrote Marx that the lady Karl was shacking up with was too "low class" for him.
Marxist are so often nepo-babies, it's not funny. Including minor noble Vladimir Ulyanov. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:49 PM (Fi81e) 22
Even old lefty Thomas Edsall at the communist New York Times notices that the new "Workers Party" of the left contains almost no actual workers, writes John Sexton.
Bernie Sanders was kicked out of his commune for being a lazy shiftless good for nothing... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm) 23
This is the Leninist deviation from Marxism. The need for an elite vanguard because the working class won't go all revolutiony on its own.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 03:49 PM (XvL8K) 24
Where is it written that the US is responsible for starving children in Africa? Let Bob Geldoff organize another friggin concert.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (2UnvF) 25
"The Reality: Democrats are electing rich-bitch children of privilege who are socialists because they've never done a day of work in their lives."
If they ever get power, maybe they will not be devoured by the crocodile, they will become the crocodile. Of course they will have to team up with the Muslims and other gangsters, and get them to do the heavy lifting (of killing the normies). But more likely, the Muzzies and gangs will kill them, in the end. Or maybe it would be like Mexico and South America, where a Castro like president manages to keep all the gangsters at bay, by giving them control of sex and drug trades? Better to never give them the chance to find out. Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (vbXSk) 26
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
WHY DID NEVILLE SINGHAM FAIL TO TAKE UP THE SLACK! WHY HAS LAURINE POWELL JOBS FAILED TO SAVE THAT POOR WOMAN, ALL SHE DOES IS CHARITABLE GIVING! Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (rbvCR) 27
For the ME election wasn't the FNM saying the NAZI was up by double digits a few weeks ago?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm) Be interesting to see what percentage of people in Maine they think are blue collar. Because normally having a huge lead there would mean you are winning. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy) 28
I’ve seen this firsthand where people of privilege that have family money (usually women) are hard left.
My solution if you have kids or grandkids like this, cut them off. Let the wonderful government take care of them and see how they fare Posted by: Maroon at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (7uIGM) 29
95° out. Just walked 3/4 to Stewart's and back. On way back big old thunderstorm hit. Still going on. Lights flickering.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (HddY9) 30
Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village."
Its funny, the thousands dead from the clot shot don't matter, because, uh some people did some things, but some rando dying in Liberia? Totally Musk's fault for not letting the CIA spend money through this particular cut out Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm) 31
We have to fucking fuel up the ambulances in Liberia?!
----------- I wonder if any of the hundreds of billions siphoned to Somalis and other Fake People might have been enough to pay to fuel an ambulance in Liberia. Probably not bro Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ouWD3) Nigeria, a major oil producer, is just down the coast from Liberia. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy) __ "Yea, but fuck Liberia." -- Nigeria Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/) 32
WHY DID NEVILLE SINGHAM FAIL TO TAKE UP THE SLACK!
WHY HAS LAURINE POWELL JOBS FAILED TO SAVE THAT POOR WOMAN, ALL SHE DOES IS CHARITABLE GIVING! Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (rbvCR) Yeah, those guys!! *shifty eyes* Posted by: Alex Soros at July 01, 2026 03:51 PM (B0NCh) 33
Don’t care where “Ro” Knana was born, nor Tlaib, as they and their families have not assimilated.
As Ilhan Omar has pledged, they represent their ancestral homelands. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 03:51 PM (4KUe5) 34
Marx, who came from a pretty good amount of money, lived off Engels considerable stipend, as Engels came from a lot more money.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:51 PM (Fi81e) 35
Bernie Sanders was kicked out of his commune for being a lazy shiftless good for nothing...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm) I'll bet you anything Mr Rape Fantasy was really kicked out for getting too handsy. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:51 PM (ouWD3) 36
I think Collins wins Maine easy, every election cycle they try and psyche people out with polls and then “magically” she prevails and it actually wasn’t all that close
Platner is a train wreck and only the political junkies for now know the story Posted by: Maroon at July 01, 2026 03:52 PM (7uIGM) 37
Yah Mo Be There >> Yamah Freeman
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:52 PM (YetvJ) 38
A lot of bad/sad news lately, I’m going to have to play some classic, patriotic music to cheer me up.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 01, 2026 03:52 PM (gIRws) 39
Bezos's ex is one of the richest people in the world yet somehow Musk is an asshole for buying twitter and fighting for free speech instead of just giving his money to people but she is not an asshole even though her only "charity" is funding antifa terrorists.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm) 40
This is the Leninist deviation from Marxism. The need for an elite vanguard because the working class won't go all revolutiony on its own.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 03:49 PM (XvL8K) --- Boom. Posted by: Gay Who Says Boom at July 01, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e) 41
These are almost always the people asking for a revolution: the upper-class children who have squandered the fortune of their parents and can no longer maintain the standard of living, let alone the power and influence, that they view as their birthright.
Paris was full of them in the 19th century. New York is full of them now. Posted by: PG at July 01, 2026 03:53 PM (5tjvu) Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:53 PM (ouWD3) 43
But more likely, the Muzzies and gangs will kill them, in the end. Or maybe it would be like Mexico and South America, where a Castro like president manages to keep all the gangsters at bay, by giving them control of sex and drug trades?
Better to never give them the chance to find out. Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (vbXSk) Even in places like Russia where all the conspirators were not in an intellectual bubble and had worked with "the people" ..well urban people eventually the thugs like Stalin pushed them all out or killed them. The Nepo babies don't have a chance. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy) 44
You know what would be hilarious? Use AI to replace the actor that played Christian Gray in 50 Shades of Gray with Bernie Sanders
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm) 45
>>>We have to fucking fuel up the ambulances in Liberia?!
Of course we do. The UN is busy trying to create a world government, the WHO is busy trying to create a world governance, and the African development NGOs are trying to get in on the action because they want to run the world government. We also have to fund the UN, the WHO and the African development NGOs because they have no money left after they have spent what they had to create a world government. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 03:55 PM (rbvCR) 46
How can anyone like Susan Collins? There's a video of Chuck Schumer marching in a sparsely attended gay pride parade with a bullhorn telling people he was the first to march in one. He gets booed. Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 03:55 PM (Y8DZL) 47
Have they gotten around to explaining why:
A. We must provide them healthcare, food aid, etc in their native countries B. We must also bring in infinity of their citizens into our country, and also provide their healthcare, food, housing, etc Did we adopt, like, entire countries - entire continents - worth of people, unofficially but officially? Where exactly does the American public’s responsibility for the world population begin and end? Seriously, I’d like this explained. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 03:55 PM (4KUe5) 48
It's more than likely the (hypothetical) ambulance ran out of fuel because someone siphoned it off.
That's Musk's fault, too. Posted by: Ib1netmon at July 01, 2026 03:55 PM (BGIIP) 49
Can we legislate an “oath to the constitution” requirement, where if you don’t sign, you’re denaturalized and deported, and if you do sign, you cannot abide by an ideology that would subvert the constitution? Doing so would also result in denaturalization and deportation.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 01, 2026 03:55 PM (gIRws) 50
But more likely, the Muzzies and gangs will kill them, in the end. Or maybe it would be like Mexico and South America, where a Castro like president manages to keep all the gangsters at bay, by giving them control of sex and drug trades?
Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 03:50 PM (vbXSk) --- "The Weatherman" didn't care what happened to Americans once they were rightfully taken over by foreigners. Destroying America was Bill Ayers game. What happens after was not his problem. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e) 51
Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village."
Its funny, the thousands dead from the clot shot don't matter, because, uh some people did some things, but some rando dying in Liberia? Totally Musk's fault for not letting the CIA spend money through this particular cut out Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm) Nor the supposed billions dead from AIDS in Africa that were all the rage when the supply of drug using homosexuals ran out. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy) 52
So how is Platner winning?
With college educated voters! Platner is demolishing Collins with college-educated voters--by 34 points. 51% of working-class white voters say that Platner is "too far to the Left"--while 61% of working-class white voters say that Collins is "not too fair either way." ===== Oh, look. Response bias in polling. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 03:57 PM (hWfuL) 53
Nicholas Jerkoff wants to fuel up an am-ba-lan.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 01, 2026 03:57 PM (gIRws) 54
53 Nicholas Jerkoff wants to fuel up an am-ba-lan.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 01, 2026 03:57 PM (gIRws) ====== He didn't pay for that diesel tank of gas. He's guilty of murder. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 03:57 PM (hWfuL) 55
Regarding the kids in Liberia.....not my problem.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 01, 2026 03:57 PM (2noDb) 56
The Reality: Democrats are electing rich-bitch children of privilege who are socialists because they've never done a day of work in their lives.
------------- Wasn't this The American Dream as envisioned by The Founders? /The Founders of Communism ... Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:57 PM (t/lcw) 57
This is the Leninist deviation from Marxism. The need for an elite vanguard because the working class won't go all revolutiony on its own.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 03:49 PM (XvL8K) --- That takes academiacs. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e) 58
This sort of blackmail is almost its own parody: give us your money or the puppy gets it.
Posted by: PG at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (5tjvu) 59
Yeah no, sorry, African countries can fuel their own fucking ambulances. Is it Imperialist and patriarchal to treat them like children?
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (YwEeS) 60
I would say the tide is turning against Platner. FOX poll today has Collins +2.
Platner has negative momentum it seems, and I doubt he has a lot of room to grow. Ossoff (D-GA) is an awfully close Senate race for an incumbent. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (RCjYY) 61
Remember the anarchist movement?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (hWfuL) 62
Its funny, the thousands dead from the clot shot don't matter, because, uh some people did some things, but some rando dying in Liberia? Totally Musk's fault for not letting the CIA spend money through this particular cut out
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm) Apparently not all the clot shot batches are equally bad, according to recent analysis of VAERS. And the distribution of the bad batches seems oddly targeted, if one were to have a conspiratorial mindset. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (rbvCR) 63
Have they gotten around to explaining why:
A. We must provide them healthcare, food aid, etc in their native countries B. We must also bring in infinity of their citizens into our country, and also provide their healthcare, food, housing, etc Did we adopt, like, entire countries - entire continents - worth of people, unofficially but officially? Where exactly does the American public’s responsibility for the world population begin and end? Seriously, I’d like this explained. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 03:55 PM (4KUe5) It doesn't matter because precisely zero USAID money was going for hospitals, gas supply relief, food or anything like that. It was used for destabilizing governments and promoting leftist movements world wide, but mostly for being siphoned back to the US as welfare for the elite. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (uhVAy) 64
There was some other leftist asshole complaining the US was killing Africans through AIDS because it only costs $8k a year to keep them alive.
I look him up he was worth $200M and was sending $0 to these supposed charities... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm) 65
60 I would say the tide is turning against Platner. FOX poll today has Collins +2.
Platner has negative momentum it seems, and I doubt he has a lot of room to grow. Ossoff (D-GA) is an awfully close Senate race for an incumbent. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (RCjYY) ======== What if the polls in summer are just inaccurate? "The summer polls are 100% accurate because the final polls last cycle were 60% accurate." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (hWfuL) 66
Liberia... Liberia....
You border on the Adriatic Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:53 PM (ouWD3) This rings a bell. Some character on King of Queens composed a nonsensical and useless memory mnemonic? It’s not quite coming to me Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (YetvJ) 67
Funny post at Twitchy where Bernie and Mamdani argue billionaires shouldn't exist. The Caitlin interviewing Pritzker who basically says "yeah I'm not like Elon, Trump or those other ones"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (HddY9) 68
This was wildly apparent in the New York elections last week, in which rich, over-credentialed gentrifiers voted out candidates preferred by working-class New Yorkers ...
------------- Who can argue with 17% turnout of Registered Voters, comrades? Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (t/lcw) 69
I'm old enough to remember when the radical left did this before to the Democrats in the time from the 1968 convention to the 1972 convention.
From the December 1972 article about that whole process in Commentary, “The New Politics & the Democrats” by Penn Kemble and Josh Muravchik. "The fact is, however, that the purpose of the McGovern quotas was not to make the convention more representative of the Democratic electorate as a whole, but to favor the affluent liberals within the party and to diminish the influence of its lower-middle and working-class constituents. Those who take up the vocation of politics, as Max Weber insisted, first must have an extraordinary amount of free time. Such time is readily available to the suburban housewives and the subsidized students who have provided so many second-level leaders and foot soldiers to the New-Politics movement—and who, in practice, are the “women” and the “young” singled out by the McGovern quotas." Posted by: geoffb at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (OtD+j) 70
We have to fund _______ ? Fill in the blank for any foreign aid.
My answer is nope. And by the way if a country can't afford to fund $100 of diesel, they have their own priorities wrong. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (n5tGW) 71
Nick's story checks out. I ran it by my Egyptian cab driver and he confirmed it.
Posted by: Tom Friedman, another Important Thought Leader at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (B0NCh) 72
And just who are these alleged people you are allegedly talking about, allegedly just noticing the same shit sandwich we've seen on the menu for years?
Posted by: He who questions all of it at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (pcjfs) 73
@68 it was from Cheers. Coach with a pneumonic about Albania
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (HddY9) 74
Platner has negative momentum it seems, and I doubt he has a lot of room to grow.
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (RCjYY) --- It's his tin-eared "Vote for Me Or I'll Treat You Like A Burglar and Rape You" slogan. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e) 75
Fun fact: Engels wrote Marx that the lady Karl was shacking up with was too "low class" for him. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:49 PM (Fi81e) Another fun fact, if smelly. Marx had a notoriously casual attitude toward personal hygiene. That's a fancy way of saying that he almost never washed or bathed. Che Guevara had the same reputation, as it happens. Anyway, Marx also had horrible skin rashes that kept him in misery, and likely was a factor in making him such a resentful asshole. Totally unrelated to his bathing habits. Totally. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (y9nCu) 76
Apparently not all the clot shot batches are equally bad, according to recent analysis of VAERS. And the distribution of the bad batches seems oddly targeted, if one were to have a conspiratorial mindset.
I have a suspicion that is actually the way the shot was administered. It has a very specific set of instructions to warm it up. Well...let it warm up too long and the ingredients won't do ANYTHING So if you got your clot shot from a temp in a sports arena or crap like that you were better off then getting it by a doctor in an office... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm) 77
Platner is also cleaning Collins' clock with women, leading her by eight points.
-------------- Is there no destruction that the 19th Amendment cannot do? /rhetorical, and * runs away from The Wifey and other 'ettes * Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:01 PM (t/lcw) 78
"The fact is, however, that the purpose of the McGovern quotas was not to make the convention more representative of the Democratic electorate as a whole, but to favor the affluent liberals within the party and to diminish the influence of its lower-middle and working-class constituents.
Those who take up the vocation of politics, as Max Weber insisted, first must have an extraordinary amount of free time. Such time is readily available to the suburban housewives and the subsidized students who have provided so many second-level leaders and foot soldiers to the New-Politics movement—and who, in practice, are the “women” and the “young” singled out by the McGovern quotas." Posted by: geoffb at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (OtD+j) This was also the job of the Superdelegates at the convention, to blot out any insurrections by the rank and file. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy) 79
Another point in all this when your LIV friends ask "why is everything so expensive" point them to stories like this.
Instead of spending money fixing the roads, or you know just not taking the money from you, the government sends it to some org to nominally pay for fuel for ambulances in Africa... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm) 80
"The Reality: Democrats are electing rich-bitch children of privilege who are socialists because they've never done a day of work in their lives."
Same as it ever was. Communism was invented and pimped by layabout deadbeat nepo losers. It was only later used by barbarically violent fascist lunatics to con the rubes into putting shackles around their legs and guns to their heads. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/) 81
Nick's story checks out. I ran it by my Egyptian cab driver and he confirmed it.
Posted by: Tom Friedman, another Important Thought Leader at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (B0NCh) My four year old daughter asked me about it this morning while I was making cocoa for her breakfast. We cried. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 04:02 PM (rbvCR) 82
79 Another point in all this when your LIV friends ask "why is everything so expensive" point them to stories like this.
Instead of spending money fixing the roads, or you know just not taking the money from you, the government sends it to some org to nominally pay for fuel for ambulances in Africa... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm) ======= "How many apartments do we have to give to people who came here illegally before you begin to understand supply and demand?" Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (hWfuL) 83
77 Probably a lot of wet granny panties thinking of getting ..uhmm...taken the Obergrupoenfuher...
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (YwEeS) 84
My truck died again, luckily at dealer and across street from.rental car. Might be emergency brake
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0) 85
What if the polls in summer are just inaccurate?
"The summer polls are 100% accurate because the final polls last cycle were 60% accurate." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (hWfuL) That's assuming they were intended to be accurate in the first place. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (uhVAy) 86
Lenin, Mao, Zhou Enlai etc., were all what we would consider well-to-do middle class.
The list of well-off commie "revolutionaries" grasping at total power is long. Posted by: 13times at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (6iKlf) 87
Understood, Oldcat; however, the demand has always been that We The People have to fund all of this stuff, either directly through our own government programs, or indirectly via the UN, NGOs, etc.
I’m am questioning the premise of the debate presented by Kristoff. I don’t want to argue about how it is spent, it’s ridiculous it’s expected at all. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (4KUe5) 88
Kinda wish Christians would vote as a single bloc like Muslims do, we would totally control American politics
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (UZCuZ) 89
85 What if the polls in summer are just inaccurate?
"The summer polls are 100% accurate because the final polls last cycle were 60% accurate." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (hWfuL) That's assuming they were intended to be accurate in the first place. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (uhVAy) ======= I will say that every single argument to believe polls now amounts to my quote above. "The polls now are accurate because the last polls of the last cycle were kind of accurate." It's the kind of thinking that should be beneath people. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:04 PM (hWfuL) 90
lolgf, emt.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:04 PM (dK+Kv) 91
Kinda wish Christians would vote as a single bloc like Muslims do, we would totally control American politics
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 04:03 PM (UZCuZ) If the Emperor Constantine couldn't get them to do it, nobody else is likely to. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (uhVAy) 92
Working class white Dems have more or less abandoned Dems. Non whites vote D no matter what. Anyone expecting some massive defection by “working class” Dems is going to be disappointed.
It doesn’t matter who the messenger is. The left wants Jews to die and unlimited non-white immigration from the 3rd World. These DSAers are giving them what they want. If they’re aristocrats or grew up in the ghetto is irrelevant. Posted by: Demographics Matter at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (HE7b3) 93
Educated? Degreed, maybe. They sure as hell aren't educated. They don't know anything but talking points and lack the ability to think.
Posted by: They're retarded but supremely assured of their righteousness at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (TbWk/) 94
Kinda wish Christians would vote as a single bloc like Muslims do, we would totally control American politics
Yep. If every true believing Christian voted against the godless monsters on the left they would only win elections where they can print as many ballots as they want... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (sKqQm) 95
88 But they agree in general even if they have internal disagreements. Christians are all over the place, lots and lots of David French "christians".
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (YwEeS) Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (ouWD3) 97
Nick's story checks out. I ran it by my Egyptian cab driver and he confirmed it.
Posted by: Tom Friedman, another Important Thought Leader at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (B0NCh) My four year old daughter asked me about it this morning while I was making cocoa for her breakfast. We cried. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 04:02 PM (rbvCR) 100% bona fide! Posted by: Jayson Blair, former NYT at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (q2NNn) 98
Radicals get a lot of education. But it never leads to an understanding of money.
One of the vast list of things they don't get is how money is "fungible". Thus by withdrawing support, you are not "killing" people. If no other country steps up to fill the gap, you are just joining the crowd of all countries not funding that. And if no other country steps up to fill the gap, then why was it on you, anyway? If USAID was able to prove the people saved by "International Development", they would--or maybe should--have provided documentation to DOGE. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (Fi81e) 99
Just like Marx and Engels.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Fi81e) Actually Engels was forced to work in his parent's textile factory. The were tired of him sponging off them. Posted by: Back to Lurking at July 01, 2026 04:06 PM (nPp6w) Posted by: Barack H. Soetoro at July 01, 2026 04:06 PM (0sNs1) 101
One of the vast list of things they don't get is how money is "fungible".
I disagree. Lefties are very knowledgeable about their personal finances and get how money works This is one of the many cases where they pretend to not know something. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm) 102
Fun fact: Engels wrote Marx that the lady Karl was shacking up with was too "low class" for him.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:49 PM (Fi81e) Another fun fact, if smelly. Marx had a notoriously casual attitude toward personal hygiene. That's a fancy way of saying that he almost never washed or bathed. Che Guevara had the same reputation, as it happens. Anyway, Marx also had horrible skin rashes that kept him in misery, and likely was a factor in making him such a resentful asshole. Totally unrelated to his bathing habits. Totally. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (y9nCu) ====== Marx was -- fittingly -- a classic parasite who refused to work for wages and relied heavily on financial support from his friend Engels, whose income was derived from the textile industry and factory profits. He also mooched off his parents until they cut him off, lived in poverty despite being educated and capable of work, and neglected his family, leading to the premature deaths of four of his children and financial destitution for his wife. Marxism writ large, Q.E.D. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:07 PM (t/lcw) 103
92 Working class white Dems have more or less abandoned Dems. Non whites vote D no matter what. Anyone expecting some massive defection by “working class” Dems is going to be disappointed.
It doesn’t matter who the messenger is. The left wants Jews to die and unlimited non-white immigration from the 3rd World. These DSAers are giving them what they want. If they’re aristocrats or grew up in the ghetto is irrelevant. Posted by: Demographics Matter at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (HE7b3) ======= No one expects blacks to go 50/50, but black turnout will probably be down in 2026 (Crockett losing in the TX primary and the fact that these NY Dem upstarts got minimal black support indicate that). A large bloc of Hispanics consider themselves white, and there's no indication beyond very suspect polling data (which has not manifested in any election over the last couple of years) that the Hispanic vote, which has been trending Republican for the last few cycles, is going to reverse. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:07 PM (hWfuL) 104
Working class white Dems have more or less abandoned Dems. Non whites vote D no matter what. Anyone expecting some massive defection by “working class” Dems is going to be disappointed.
It doesn’t matter who the messenger is. The left wants Jews to die and unlimited non-white immigration from the 3rd World. These DSAers are giving them what they want. If they’re aristocrats or grew up in the ghetto is irrelevant. Posted by: Demographics Matter at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (HE7b3) Trump has made big inroads on black men and hispanics. The Dems have needed those votes in the past. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:07 PM (uhVAy) 105
Evergreen.
30 Methods and Characteristics of Communism by Roman Skaskiw https://tinyurl.com/4wfev4e2 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:08 PM (dK+Kv) 106
250 years ago the founders got pissed off and decided to bulldoze the invaders and scumbags into the sea. Why did they do it? Because in the end its the only thing that works.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 04:08 PM (snZF9) 107
Anyway, Marx also had horrible skin rashes that kept him in misery, and likely was a factor in making him such a resentful asshole. Totally unrelated to his bathing habits. Totally.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur ___________ Paul Johnson has a great chapter on him in Intellectuals where he gets into his disgusting personal hygiene. He also banged his housekeeper. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 04:08 PM (XvL8K) 108
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:59 PM (YetvJ)
Coach, Cheers Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (ouWD3) Now I remember, thanks! Coach was hilarious Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 04:08 PM (D2O3S) 109
As a more serious Christian then you let me tell you God clearly ordained that people should be taxed so that their betters could live well. Its in, uh, the Book of John, or Paul? Or...Ringo?
Anyway he also said we should wash tranny feet. Slowly and ideally while they are wearing a skirt Posted by: David French at July 01, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm) 110
Pookette is currently practicing "If I Only Had A Brain" on the piano. How fitting.
Posted by: pookysgirl at July 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Wt5PA) 111
It's the kind of thinking that should be beneath people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:04 PM Listen to me. I'll tell you what to think. Problem solved! Posted by: Mika B. at July 01, 2026 04:09 PM (0sNs1) 112
250 years ago the founders got pissed off and decided to bulldoze the invaders and scumbags into the sea. Why did they do it? Because in the end its the only thing that works.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 04:08 PM (snZF9) Everything old is new again. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:09 PM (dK+Kv) 113
The same way the left still tries to convince people that every corporation is run by a soulless conservative, when the actual truth is that the vast, VAST majority of them at this point are run by left wingers.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 01, 2026 04:09 PM (setIA) 114
How did Norma citizens finally see the Cultural Marxists Seminaries have ramped up to government?
Maybe sucked into Propaganda kept them blind Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:10 PM (Ia/+0) 115
If USAID was able to prove the people saved by "International Development", they would--or maybe should--have provided documentation to DOGE.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (Fi81e) Elon specifically asked for the agencies being cut off for any such people, so they could be kept supported. Very few if any were found. And of course some USAID-like programs were reserved from any cuts at all and were moved to other areas. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:10 PM (uhVAy) 116
Paul Johnson has a great chapter on him in Intellectuals where he gets into his disgusting personal hygiene. He also banged his housekeeper.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 04:08 PM (XvL8K) --- Is that the gal that Engels commented on? German? Check. Banged the staff? Check. Arnie was more like Marx than he knew. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:10 PM (Fi81e) 117
Ha just noticed the CA high speed busses people were talking about. I thought it was a gag I missed. Man they love their boondoggles in CA.
But I was trying to imagine if it came into being, could you imagine going 100 mph or more in a bus driven by and unlicensed sikh while a bunch of muslim youts or cartel gang bangers are causing their troubles, plus the homeless dude taking a dump up front. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 04:10 PM (n5tGW) 118
A large bloc of Hispanics consider themselves white, and there's no indication beyond very suspect polling data (which has not manifested in any election over the last couple of years) that the Hispanic vote, which has been trending Republican for the last few cycles, is going to reverse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:07 PM Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion man. Posted by: Texas (D)emocrats at July 01, 2026 04:11 PM (0sNs1) 119
Here's you a "political truth" that has more data than "party out of power loses the midterms:"
The party that wins the working class, wins elections. Democrats didn't dominate American politics for over 100 years because they people were really motivated to "end racism." From FDR to Trump, their dominance has been built on a large, working class base. Why do the Democrats still think they are the party of the working class? Because the rich, nepo-babies that are running for office pretend they are working class. As the revealing question goes: How many people do you know who own a pick-up for work? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:11 PM (3cUTc) 120
Platner has negative momentum it seems, and I doubt he has a lot of room to grow.
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 03:58 PM (RCjYY) --- It's his tin-eared "Vote for Me Or I'll Treat You Like A Burglar and Rape You" slogan. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e) ******** Hoping the Republicans are holding all the dirt on him till after the middle of July when the Dem party can no longer replace him. Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 04:11 PM (NpAcC) 121
The same way the left still tries to convince people that every corporation is run by a soulless conservative, when the actual truth is that the vast, VAST majority of them at this point are run by left wingers.
At my globo mega corp companies meetings are always funny. There is always a question from some NPC about the latest leftwing narrative item. And they answer that tersely and with something that equates to "we care deeply but aren't spending a dime on that" right before they get into profits, cutting costs, and how much we should all care about the company's values... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm) 122
The same way the left still tries to convince people that every corporation is run by a soulless conservative, when the actual truth is that the vast, VAST majority of them at this point are run by left wingers.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 01, 2026 04:09 PM (setIA) hence so many driving their own companies to ruin. You can't run a company by attacking your customers and not caring about expenses vs results. Not for long. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:11 PM (uhVAy) 123
118 A large bloc of Hispanics consider themselves white, and there's no indication beyond very suspect polling data (which has not manifested in any election over the last couple of years) that the Hispanic vote, which has been trending Republican for the last few cycles, is going to reverse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:07 PM Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion man. Posted by: Texas (D)emocrats at July 01, 2026 04:11 PM (0sNs1) ======= Texas Hispanics love the Book of Thomas. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:12 PM (hWfuL) 124
Update: Ro Khanna, the guy who got rich by knocking up an heiress, wants to end capitalism all of a sudden.
--------------- "As of 2026, Ro Khanna's estimated net worth varies significantly by source, ranging from $27 million to as high as $232.7 million." Because, of course, it is (fuzzy math FTW?) ... We've got a bunch of Califzuela Carpetbaggers in our small Northern AZ city who've purchased City Council seats and are all-in on No-Growth NIMBY policies ... now that they've got theirs, like good ol' Commie Khanna. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:12 PM (t/lcw) 125
120 Hoping the Republicans are holding all the dirt on him till after the middle of July when the Dem party can no longer replace him.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 04:11 PM (NpAcC) ===== There are indications that the DNC has already written him off as a loss. The Maine Democrat Party had a graphic about taking back the Senate. It did not include Platner. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:12 PM (hWfuL) 126
childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. "
"Carrying"? What, they don't have the wheel there? Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR) 127
Hoping the Republicans are holding all the dirt on him till after the middle of July when the Dem party can no longer replace him.
It is funny, we know he worked for Blackwater, claims he committed war crimes, has a NAZI tattoo, like to masturbate in port a potties, cheated on his newlywed wife, and sexually harassed his staffers BUT we are waiting for the real dirt to drop. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm) 128
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
---- What guarantee do we have that she would have survived if she had made it to the hospital? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (gnNyN) 129
Why isn't Wakanda providing Vibranium fueled ambulances that run forever and don't pollute to Liberia? It's like they hate Africans or something. Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (Y8DZL) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (JS6jE) 131
These white, college educated, mimes and urban gay professionals are in love with Marxism and have merged with the Islamists to gain power. Of course, as any rational person knows, the Marxists will start executing each other first, and then the Islamists will execute those who remain, before moving on to gay people, Christians, Jews, and, finally, either Shiites or Sunnis, depending on which branch gains power.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (FxwEV) 132
Yes, Christians are all over the map politically.
Interesting conversation between Vance and podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey about why evangelicals are more culturally conservative than Catholics. Vance thinks it’s because lapsed Catholics still themselves Catholic (in past, if not current). You don’t typically hear people identifying themselves lapsed Methodist/Lutheran/Evangelical. He speculated that a lot of the lefty supporters of things like abortion may be Catholic culturally, but lapsed? Don’t know if I buy it, but it’s a valid argument… Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (4KUe5) 133
My piano teacher thought I was too negligent of my left hand by only playing chords, so she had me practice boogie woogie pieces too.
I haven't thought of that for years. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 04:14 PM (rbvCR) 134
the guy who got rich by knocking up an heiress
I can just imagine how that went. "Oh YEAH! won't THIS annoy DAAAAAD" as her legs locked around him Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 04:14 PM (gKWVE) 135
Christians are too tied to the idea of a free conscience and liberty of belief as long as you cling to Christ, makes it hard to get us to agree on stuff like politics.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 04:14 PM (UZCuZ) 136
Too many Americans are happy to vote for people who lie to them.
Posted by: torabora at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (KtOUo) 137
Texas Hispanics love the Book of Thomas. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:12 PM (hWfuL) ------------- AKA "The Book of More." Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (t/lcw) 138
Why isn't Wakanda providing Vibranium fueled ambulances that run forever and don't pollute to Liberia?
I was watching some man on the street interviews where one question asked was "Name a country in africa" and quite a few people said Wakanda. My favorite was some woman that said South Africa, got a high five from the interview and then admitted she was torn between answering South or East Africa... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm) 139
childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. "
"Carrying"? What, they don't have the wheel there? Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR) They haven't stolen it back from the white people who stole it from Wakanda. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (dK+Kv) 140
Long ago read and see Mexicans like here have light and dark skin. And its same as was here decades ago to not sure racism but maybe like India class warfare.
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0) 141
Be careful out there, I had this 2 years ago from contaminated food and it was awful. Lasted 4 weeks. ------------------- Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel · 19h I’ll bet it’s from contaminated fruit. The parasite referenced is bad. When I was a kid my mother got this from contaminated fruit served at a 5 star restaurant in NYC. Large event. Everyone was sickened except my father who says he only eats meat and hates fruit and veggies 😂. My mother suffered for months and ended up allergic to many foods after that. Now she only eats meat. New York Post @nypost · Jun 30 Mystery of explosive diarrhea parasite outbreak in the US - as experts try to figure out what's causing it https://trib.al/XBoRqDX Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (kX27y) 142
It is funny, we know he worked for Blackwater, claims he committed war crimes, has a NAZI tattoo, like to masturbate in port a potties, cheated on his newlywed wife, and sexually harassed his staffers BUT we are waiting for the real dirt to drop.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm) ================== And, despite all that, two thirds of white college educated people (mostly women), support the bastard. Retards. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (FxwEV) 143
"Over-Credentialed White Gentrifiers Driven by Resentment Ousting Working-Class Candidates."
== Ain't that the truth. Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (frGWQ) 144
There seems to be a sudden surge in old democrats embracing socialism and communism today. They are as weak as we thought- no one, except Fetterman, who is a lot of hat and very little cattle, has the cojones to stand up and say this is crazy. The self preservation is off the charts. May as well cut to the chase and ask to be eaten last.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (OoFl2) 145
This is one of the many cases where they pretend to not know something.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm) I will never forget Obama lecturing Mitt Romney in 2012 that when the government pays for something it's really the taxpayers footing the bill. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (ouWD3) 146
I'll only put the head in.
Posted by: The Sperminator at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (KtOUo) 147
Dear Concerned Misinformationist,
You claim I never held a job. Well, I will have you know that one time, not too long ago, I took the garbage out to the receptical bin. AND, not everything in the trash bag was my own garbage. Others had contributed, and I STILL took it out. That's what Socialism is all about. We work together with a common goal in mind. Socialism is about creating, collecting and distributing garbage...no wait. That's not right. Ummmm.... Okay, bye. Sincerely, Katie Wilson, Mayor of Seattle Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (dIske) 148
Griftifiers
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (DZ9Lv) 149
When I was old enough ( according to Texas law) to get a job, I went out and got a job. Sure it didn't pay much as it was part-time but at least I had some money in my pocket. Still in high school and working. I did not ask Mom and Dad for money. And they were proud of me for getting the job and keeping my grades up. They both done the same thing I did when they were my age. And they knew it was good for me to learn about the real world. I think rich kids miss out on the early lessons life can teach them. All they know is their parents will give them what they want. They grow up spoiled.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (IY9No) 150
132 Yes, Christians are all over the map politically.
Interesting conversation between Vance and podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey about why evangelicals are more culturally conservative than Catholics. Vance thinks it’s because lapsed Catholics still themselves Catholic (in past, if not current). You don’t typically hear people identifying themselves lapsed Methodist/Lutheran/Evangelical. He speculated that a lot of the lefty supporters of things like abortion may be Catholic culturally, but lapsed? Don’t know if I buy it, but it’s a valid argument… Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM (4KUe5) Catholics political differences vs evangelicals tracks with ethnicity/recency of immigration. I don't think there's a large contingent of lapsed self-identified white Catholics. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (okun6) 151
The Republicans need to nominate Ruy Texueria for a "Life Time Achievement Award" at the Midterm Convention.
Other than Trump, no one has done more to help the Republican Party grow. His "Emerging Democrat Majority" convinced Obama et al. that they no longer needed the working class to win elections. Of course, the premise of his book was KEEP the working class and grow the college-educated, minorities and LGBQT+. But all they heard was "more people like us and we win forever and ever!!!" Dems: We don't need the working class. GOPe: Who put that turd on the buffet table at our County Club?! Trump: Yonk! Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (3cUTc) 152
Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
==== You're a liar, Kristof. Also fvck Yamah and her parents. Where is her husband to take her? Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (YIpLe) 153
Christians are too tied to the idea of a free conscience and liberty of belief as long as you cling to Christ, makes it hard to get us to agree on stuff like politics.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 04:14 PM (UZCuZ) -------------- It's really astonishing that, from what I've heard, less than 50% of Christians voted in 2024. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (t/lcw) 154
A large bloc of Hispanics consider themselves white, "
Super White. Especially Colombians. And they'll tell you that. Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR) 155
How Nicholas Kristof has a job is a huge mystery to me. Not kidding.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (FxwEV) 156
154 A large bloc of Hispanics consider themselves white, "
Super White. Especially Colombians. And they'll tell you that. Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR) ====== I wonder how they react to anti-white rhetoric from prominent Democrats. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (hWfuL) 157
Death to Yellowjackets!
I was down at the field doing some catcher drills and dropped a ball off in the dugout only to get stung in the freaking forehead. Who does that? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (dK+Kv) 158
Long ago read and see Mexicans like here have light and dark skin. And its same as was here decades ago to not sure racism but maybe like India class warfare.
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0) The ones with Indian blood are especially low on the Mexican class totem pole. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:18 PM (uhVAy) 159
And, despite all that, two thirds of white college educated people (mostly women), support the bastard. Retards.
You know what would be sexier then 50 Shades of Gray? If Christian was like a serious NAZI but my, sorry, the female character's magic vajajay made him a good person! Oh...I'll be in my bunk...right after I find my Handmaid costume! Posted by: Female Platner voters in Maine at July 01, 2026 04:18 PM (sKqQm) 160
159 You know what would be sexier then 50 Shades of Gray? If Christian was like a serious NAZI but my, sorry, the female character's magic vajajay made him a good person!
Oh...I'll be in my bunk...right after I find my Handmaid costume! Posted by: Female Platner voters in Maine at July 01, 2026 04:18 PM (sKqQm) ====== 10% will die of old age by election day. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:18 PM (hWfuL) 161
A large bloc of Hispanics consider themselves white, "
Super White. Especially Colombians. And they'll tell you that. Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR) ============== because a large bloc of Hispanics are racially white. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:18 PM (FxwEV) 162
Democrats didn't dominate American politics for over 100 years because they people were really motivated to "end racism."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:11 PM (3cUTc) --- It was the Kennedy's who foresaw the future of the Democratic Party as reversing the racism they had long practiced. I think part of it was he wanted to steal a Republican issue away from them. The Heritage Foundation (partial spit) has a number of letters from Prominent people in Congress and elsewhere that show that the Democrats were about championing the White Working Class. That unions and the minimum wage was all about price controls suppressing black labor. What "switched" in the 60s was when the Democrats felt they couldn't get by on just White Supremacy, they adopted a pandering stance that "Did more than the Republicans" Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e) 163
How Nicholas Kristof has a job is a huge mystery to me. Not kidding.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (FxwEV) Does he have a job? I mean, I could invent a web site and pretend I write stuff there too. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (uhVAy) 164
161 because a large bloc of Hispanics are racially white.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:18 PM (FxwEV) ===== People descended from those who came from Hispaniola are white? Who knew? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (hWfuL) 165
Catholics political differences vs evangelicals tracks with ethnicity and recency of immigration — how so?
I am not Catholic, so I have never understood why so many are radical leftists (the Jesuits?)? Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (4KUe5) 166
It is funny, we know he worked for Blackwater, claims he committed war crimes, has a NAZI tattoo, like to masturbate in port a potties, cheated on his newlywed wife, and sexually harassed his staffers BUT we are waiting for the real dirt to drop.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:13 PM pssst ... he voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, AND 2024. Posted by: TheRealDirt at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (0sNs1) 167
Reminder:
Collins was down by 8 in every poll in a very bad Trump and R in general year of 2020. Also: Talarico will lose by 10, maybe even 20. But that doesn't stop the local press from blaring, "Paxton seen out with his mistress!!" You mean, his girlfriend? Or are divorce men banned from dating forever? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (3cUTc) 168
165 Catholics political differences vs evangelicals tracks with ethnicity and recency of immigration — how so?
I am not Catholic, so I have never understood why so many are radical leftists (the Jesuits?)? Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (4KUe5) ======= Boston. Maryland. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:20 PM (hWfuL) 169
Paul Johnson has a great chapter on him in Intellectuals where he gets into his disgusting personal hygiene. He also banged his housekeeper. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 04:08 PM (XvL8K) Yup. Johnson's book is where I learned about the details. I'd heard vaguely about his personal habits, but it was mentioned only briefly by others. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 04:20 PM (y9nCu) 170
I think rich kids miss out on the early lessons life can teach them. All they know is their parents will give them what they want. They grow up spoiled.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (IY9No) ------------ The judges would have also accepted "entitled." Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:20 PM (t/lcw) 171
Christians are too tied to the idea of a free conscience and liberty of belief as long as you cling to Christ, makes it hard to get us to agree on stuff like politics.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 04:14 PM (UZCuZ) --- Cuz we kinda solved the problem of enforcing somebody's idea of Christianity. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e) 172
161 A large bloc of Hispanics consider themselves white, "
Super White. Especially Colombians. And they'll tell you that. Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR) ============== because a large bloc of Hispanics are racially white. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:18 PM (FxwEV) The ruling class in Hispanic countries are largely though not entirely white. So there's a lot of tendency for people to identify as white. Like high cheekbones Warren but in reverse. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 01, 2026 04:20 PM (okun6) 173
What "switched" in the 60s was when the Democrats felt they couldn't get by on just White Supremacy, they adopted a pandering stance that "Did more than the Republicans"
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e) That and they had to compensate for when the Southern Dems ditched them in the 80s because the liberal wings were too leftist for them to tolerate. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:20 PM (uhVAy) 174
Jeez, just saw Nina Totenburg on a video explaining her Alito screw up. Her plastic surgeon belongs in jail. Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 04:20 PM (Y8DZL) 175
Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia
First, I'm going to posit that a super majority of people can't even find Liberia on a map. Next, why is it the USA's responsibility to fund fuel for ambulances in Liberia? Her death is a tragedy, no denying that. But how about looking at the sovereign country of Liberia and how it fails to take care of its own. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 04:21 PM (N39Ws) 176
167 Reminder:
Collins was down by 8 in every poll in a very bad Trump and R in general year of 2020. Also: Talarico will lose by 10, maybe even 20. But that doesn't stop the local press from blaring, "Paxton seen out with his mistress!!" You mean, his girlfriend? Or are divorce men banned from dating forever? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (3cUTc) ======= Democrats are better at hoping than Republicans are. I really think Cooper in NC and Ossoff in GA have real chances of being surprise upsets going the GOP's way. But everyone else seems to just assume that the two Democrats will win so easily that it's not worth even thinking about the races at all. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:21 PM (hWfuL) 177
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (IY9No)
____________________ Right back at ya. Held all kinds of odd jobs and landscaping jobs as a kid. Put myself through college working for Conrail doing railroad demolition over the summer (working with prison work release guys which was hilarious)....and learned that manual labor, while lucrative wasn't a career I wanted. I would have felt guilty leeching off my parents or collecting entitlements. No accomplishment in that behavior. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 04:21 PM (dIske) 178
The ruling class in Hispanic countries are largely though not entirely white. So there's a lot of tendency for people to identify as white. Like high cheekbones Warren but in reverse.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 01, 2026 04:20 PM (okun6) Similar rules in Brazil for merging in blacks with whites. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:21 PM (uhVAy) 179
Because everyone that is street smart has known this for decades. The Democrats don't give a fuck about Democracy. Of course, the Republicans don't give a shit about a Republic either.
-- Perchance do you have a newsletter for subscription purposes, Spring Reverb? If only the above 2 sentences could be put on a bumper sticker... "The Democrat and Republican Politicians Both Suck." Pithy! Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 04:21 PM (qBdHI) 180
The ruling class in Hispanic countries are largely though not entirely white. So there's a lot of tendency for people to identify as white. Like high cheekbones Warren but in reverse.
The Spanish royal family comes from a French line. And of course it was the remnants of the Visigoths that finally freed Spain from the Muslims Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm) 181
Wasn't Barry Obama supposed to be the next ruler of Liberia? He could build a really cool monolith there, and then he and Big Mike could talk all of the shit they want about how horrible America is.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 04:22 PM (fkjGs) 182
Someone on X asked Kristoff something like, "were any of those people also raped by dogs?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:22 PM (3cUTc) 183
I think rich kids miss out on the early lessons life can teach them. All they know is their parents will give them what they want. They grow up spoiled.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (IY9No) =================== Andd become "harbor masters" and "oyster farmers" in tony seasonal vacation destinations. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:22 PM (1ZMia) 184
Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia
First, I'm going to posit that a super majority of people can't even find Liberia on a map. Next, why is it the USA's responsibility to fund fuel for ambulances in Liberia? Her death is a tragedy, no denying that. But how about looking at the sovereign country of Liberia and how it fails to take care of its own. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 04:21 PM (N39Ws) I'm not going to take Kristoff's word on anything in Liberia or much else. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy) 185
I wonder how they react to anti-white rhetoric from prominent Democrats"
Pretty much the same as their reaction to lumping "Hispanics" and "blacks" together... Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:23 PM (XuXeR) 186
"Hispanic" is an ethnicity. According to the fedgov one is either.
-Hispanic, or -Not Hispanic This is an addition to any racial identity. If you are named Fujimori and you are from Peru, you are a Hispanic Asian Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (YIpLe) 187
But everyone else seems to just assume that the two Democrats will win so easily that it's not worth even thinking about the races at all.
-- It does get hard to not feel beaten down all the time. But I've felt that way since The Dog Eater's presidency put America on the path to ruination and "fundamental change." Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (qBdHI) 188
>> 174
Sean Davis @seanmdav Turns out Nina Totenberg has a lot harder time getting SCOTUS scoops when pillow talk with Potsy isn’t an option. Sean knows how to piss off the NPR cadres - the comments are whaaaa! Posted by: 13times at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (6iKlf) 189
But more likely, the Muzzies and gangs will kill them, in the end.
-- More likely? How about "will" Just like the did the commines who help them take power in Iran. Which, while it meant the mullahs took over, was deserved. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (3cUTc) 190
Next, why is it the USA's responsibility to fund fuel for ambulances in Liberia?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 04:21 PM (N39Ws) It is not. It should not be. And by creating a welfare state, we are are dooming it (the royal it) to such misery and death and perpetuity. Just look at Chicago. >>>Her death is a tragedy, no denying that. I am not convinced. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (dK+Kv) 191
185 I wonder how they react to anti-white rhetoric from prominent Democrats"
Pretty much the same as their reaction to lumping "Hispanics" and "blacks" together... Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 04:23 PM (XuXeR) ====== To be fair, black Democrats don't do that. They make it very clear that Hispanics are not nearly as oppressed as Blacks in America and that Hispanics need to cede all political authority and power to Blacks to fix the lack of political power that Blacks have because of racism and slavery, which was caused by everyone who's not black. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (hWfuL) 192
Death to Yellowjackets!
I was down at the field doing some catcher drills and dropped a ball off in the dugout only to get stung in the freaking forehead. Who does that? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (dK+Kv) ------------ Yikes! You're gonna need one of those hockey goaltender masks that the MLB catchers wear ... Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (t/lcw) 193
165 Catholics political differences vs evangelicals tracks with ethnicity and recency of immigration — how so?
I am not Catholic, so I have never understood why so many are radical leftists (the Jesuits?)? Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (4KUe5) You can breakdown why a group votes a certain way by various factors, like age, income, education, etc. Otherwise identical evangelicals and Catholics vote the same. At larger scales protestants and Catholics of similar cultures(such as Austria and Germany) are nigh identical across a variety of metrics. Frankly most people don't know or think about the finer theological distinctions, so it doesn't generally impact how they vote. Church attendance is by comparison a very strong predictor. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 01, 2026 04:25 PM (okun6) Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 04:25 PM (St1MS) 195
You're gonna need one of those hockey goaltender masks that the MLB catchers wear ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (t/lcw) I might have one around here. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:25 PM (dK+Kv) 196
I think rich kids miss out on the early lessons life can teach them. All they know is their parents will give them what they want. They grow up spoiled.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 04:16 PM (IY9No) There's an old saying 'Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves in Three Generations' -- grandfather builds, father lives and maintains, kids blow it all. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy) 197
Well, I don't like the sound of these here "boncentration bamps".
Posted by: Sathar at July 01, 2026 04:26 PM (G+QR7) 198
192 Death to Yellowjackets!
I was down at the field doing some catcher drills and dropped a ball off in the dugout only to get stung in the freaking forehead. Who does that? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:17 PM (dK+Kv) ------------ Yikes! You're gonna need one of those hockey goaltender masks that the MLB catchers wear ... Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (t/lcw) _________________________________ Yeah, a shame we aren't hovering around Halloween. You'd have a solid John Fetterman costume. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 04:26 PM (dIske) 199
TJM
I agree in part & disagree in part. Ossoff (D) in GA could well lose. NC is GONE. DEM pickup. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 04:26 PM (RCjYY) 200
As others have noted, this surge of socialism is the tantrum of the rich and pampered suffering from downward mobility.
An anger at seeing those with lesser credentials make more money than them. That can only mean the system isn't fair. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:26 PM (3cUTc) 201
Anyone who believes that Nazi Graham Platner is "polling" ahead of Susan Collins should have they head examined.
Posted by: deadrody at July 01, 2026 04:27 PM (vgB0v) 202
>>> Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
Clear cut case of suicide - A rational person would have camped out within walking distance of the hospital when they knew they were pregnant. Even sharper would have to wait in the halls. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 04:27 PM (/lPRQ) 203
Death to Yellowjackets!
I was down at the field doing some catcher drills and dropped a ball off in the dugout only to get stung in the freaking forehead. Find the nest. Probably in the ground somewhere. Add a little "boy scout juice" and a match. Listen for the snap crackle and pop noises as those little bastards burn. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 04:27 PM (N39Ws) 204
I'm 100% convinced that USAID and other multi-billion dollar scams made NGOs, hedge fund managers and other cantillionaires from largely grifting the tens of trillions of dollars in tax payer gifts to everything from QE-ternity, foreign aid, to "research" to every damned Learing Center that the Left could emotionally extort the taxpayers to underwrite.
Then they took their huge compensation packages and invested heavily in the market — after all, they are playing with the casino's money. They were in at the head of the line for receiving government handouts and thus were able to invest before the consequences of inflationary spending hit those further down the line. Basic Cantillion Effect This largess has driven insane P/E ratios, record new DJI and S&P records and massive inflation. Their trustafarian spawn are spending our money to destroy our way of life. Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 04:27 PM (+4Cf6) 205
Sean Davis
@seanmdav Turns out Nina Totenberg has a lot harder time getting SCOTUS scoops when pillow talk with Potsy isn’t an option. ------------ Wait, Totenberg jumped from Notorious RGBs bed into Benedict Roberts'? /Have they adoped any White Irish children lately? Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:28 PM (t/lcw) 206
What do we want? Out of our Mom's Basement?
When do we want it? Now! What do we want? A Free House Bong! When do we want it? Now! What do we want? No more calling me a "Barista"! When do we want it? Now! Posted by: DSA Chants By The Overly Educated White Layabouts at July 01, 2026 04:28 PM (og9zY) 207
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Posted by: John Adams at July 01, 2026 04:28 PM (q2NNn) 208
They make it very clear that Hispanics are not nearly as oppressed as Blacks in America and that Hispanics need to cede all political authority and power to Blacks to fix the lack of political power that Blacks have because of racism and slavery, which was caused by everyone who's not black.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (hWfuL) --- When I went to MSU, there was a letter posted in the school paper out to explain why all the money set aside for Rainbow events should almost exclusively be spent hosting parties black people wanted to go to. Because diversity was served best by ghetto parties, y'all! Not frickin' Asians thinking they need the money for Asian-themed events! Racist much? Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e) 209
Death to Yellowjackets!
I was down at the field doing some catcher drills and dropped a ball off in the dugout only to get stung in the freaking forehead. Find the nest. Probably in the ground somewhere. Add a little "boy scout juice" and a match. Listen for the snap crackle and pop noises as those little bastards burn. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 04:27 PM (N39Ws) Oh they're dying. I already threw Wasp and Hornet Spray in the truck. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (dK+Kv) 210
199 TJM
I agree in part & disagree in part. Ossoff (D) in GA could well lose. NC is GONE. DEM pickup. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 04:26 PM (RCjYY) ======== The last time Cooper won statewide was 6 years ago. There were 400,000 more Democrats registered than Republicans, and he won by 250,000. That was also for a governorship where partisanship is often less of an overriding issue (think Hogan being a popular governor of MD and then losing by double digits in the Senate election). Since, Democrats have completely (completely) lost the registration advantage. There are now 10,000 more active Republicans than Democrats. And Cooper is of the wrong party...could be a Hogan. Still, midterm turnout differential should prefer Democrats over Republicans, but that math doesn't quite math for him. We'll see, but there's no way he wins by more the 2-3. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (hWfuL) 211
Re: the unfortunate death of the expectant mother in Liberia. One incident is not enough information to determine if Elon is a murderer. How many pregnant women in Liberia died IN hospitals? How many pregnant women never even heard of a hospital, we've been giving birth at home for thousands of years! How many pregnant women die in hospitals IN THE US?? Giving birth is dangerous, even here. (And yes, I feel no obligation to fund anything in Liberia. Even diesel for ambulances.)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (PHjsi) 212
94 Kinda wish Christians would vote as a single bloc like Muslims do, we would totally control American politics
Yep. If every true believing Christian voted against the godless monsters on the left they would only win elections where they can print as many ballots as they want... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 04:05 PM (sKqQm) This gets into No True Scotsman real quick, same as with Jews. No real Christian/Jew would ever vote for Chuck Schumer, etc. etc. It's a definitional quagmire that's difficult to resolve, especially since both religious groups have all manners of internecine fights on this very topic. Posted by: Don't have a good answer. Sorry. at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/) 213
Yup. Johnson's book is where I learned about the details. I'd heard vaguely about his personal habits, but it was mentioned only briefly by others.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur _________ He says that at one point Marx pawned virtually everything, including the family's clothes, and "Marx alone was in a position to leave the house, retaining one pair of trousers." Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (XvL8K) 214
I am not Catholic, so I have never understood why so many are radical leftists (the Jesuits?)?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:19 PM (4KUe5) Catholics have a larger and deeper 'command structure' then most other divisions and thus are more prone to issues with out of touch insiders. Jesuit types are often shipped off for missionary work where they don't bother the staff. But the issues aren't unique to Catholics - the Anglicans in England are virtually extinct aside from imports from abroad due to the same infiltration of leftist values that the administration did not reject. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:30 PM (uhVAy) 215
208 When I went to MSU, there was a letter posted in the school paper out to explain why all the money set aside for Rainbow events should almost exclusively be spent hosting parties black people wanted to go to. Because diversity was served best by ghetto parties, y'all!
Not frickin' Asians thinking they need the money for Asian-themed events! Racist much? Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e) ====== The black Democrat electorate knows it has supreme power within the Democrat party and its save havens like universities. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:30 PM (hWfuL) 216
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Posted by: John Adams at July 01, 2026 04:28 PM (q2NNn --- And yet, we're there. I was mulling Schlichter's editorial over the evening, and driving into work, I summed it as so: Who cares if the Supreme Court has become the superlegislature that invalidates its reason to be! We can get more seats on that legislature to vote for things WE want! Through the least-representative, most powerful legislative house in the US. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e) 217
Anyone who believes that Nazi Graham Platner is "polling" ahead of Susan Collins should have they head examined.
Posted by: deadrody at July 01, 2026 04:27 PM (vgB0v) ------------- Yup. Historically, Collins is always trailing 8-10% in "the polls" and ends up winning by 8-10%. /Unexpectedly! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:31 PM (t/lcw) 218
He says that at one point Marx pawned virtually everything, including the family's clothes, and "Marx alone was in a position to leave the house, retaining one pair of trousers."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (XvL8K) *considers* OK, he can come to the Book Thread. Posted by: Unofficial AoSHQ Pants Monitor at July 01, 2026 04:31 PM (B0NCh) 219
194 Non whites vote D no matter what.
___ No, we do not. Some of us have some sense. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 04 I am doing my best to be amused by the broad brushes instead of looking at them sideways. It’s working only some of the time. Hi friend! Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 04:31 PM (OoFl2) 220
196
Trusts and Estates lawyers: The first generation creates the forune. The second enjoys it. The third wastes it. Also, first generation is proud of their wealth. Third generation is embarrassed by it. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 04:32 PM (RCjYY) 221
Why isn't Wakanda providing Vibranium fueled ambulances that run forever and don't pollute to Liberia?
This is kind of meta and geeky but... there's a reason some topics should be avoided in comic book stuff. You do not ask some questions or deal with some ideas because they ruin the genre. Its an essentially silly and childish genre, which is perfectly fine, so is football. Its okay to have a story about how there's a black wonder-country that does everything right, you use it for the superhero's origin. But when you take that story to the real world and say black people are mistreated everywhere and its wrong to have any African artifacts and Wakanda will now start to fix everything, you RUIN IT because now it brings up questions exactly like the above. Wakanda let Arabs and black tribes enslave black people for 1000 years and did nothing? They sat back and ignored all the horrific wars and massacres? They let everyone live in dirt huts and die from diseases they could have prevented? They left the rest of Africa to be a crap hole? They did nothing to stop the cruel mistreatment of their people by colonists? This ruins the immersion and heroic genre. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 04:32 PM (UZCuZ) 222
“No more calling me a barista “
Fun fact: the young Socialist who just beat Rep. DeGette in the Co primary is a trained lawyer, but has been working as a barista while running for office. She’s here because she was fired from her big NYC law firm for by a very vocal supporter of Palestinians and the 10/7 attacks. A real woman of the people, you guys! She belongs back in NYC. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (4KUe5) 223
Socialism and Communism is great if you read it in Leftist books but......
Once they live it, they will know they have been lied to, and it will be too late... Enjoy living in Mommy and Daddys Basement for the rest of your life... Do not complain your friends who has a real college degree or the electrician/mechanic/HVAC Tech that has a nice home, no debt, nice family, nice car and NO DEBT !! Posted by: Jackson K. at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (G5jnN) 224
Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
Why didn't her parents and sister arrange for transport. More BS from BSers. Good riddance. What's for dinner? Posted by: Not My Circus, Not My Clowns at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (og9zY) 225
Biography of Marx is a read, he was a scammer , bastard and did nothing for his family. Couldn't even take care of himself.
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0) 226
If your professor knew how the economy--any economy--worked, you couldn't afford to hire him to teach you.
But not one socialist will ever understand why. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (3cUTc) 227
They make it very clear that Hispanics are not nearly as oppressed as Blacks in America and that Hispanics need to cede all political authority and power to Blacks to fix the lack of political power that Blacks have because of racism and slavery, which was caused by everyone who's not black.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:24 PM (hWfuL) But blacks are not as oppressed as trans people, or illegal immigrant criminals! and worst of all, the most oppressed are leftist kids of powerful Democrats!! Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (uhVAy) 228
Christians are too tied to the idea of a free conscience and liberty of belief as long as you cling to Christ, makes it hard to get us to agree on stuff like politics.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 04:14 PM (UZCuZ) My belief is simple. He's up there, we're down here dealing with satan's minions. If he wants to help, fine. If not, get out of the frigging way and we'll deal with it as we see fit. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (snZF9) 229
This gets into No True Scotsman real quick, same as with Jews. No real Christian/Jew would ever vote for Chuck Schumer, etc. etc. It's a definitional quagmire that's difficult to resolve, especially since both religious groups have all manners of internecine fights on this very topic.
Posted by: Don't have a good answer. Sorry. at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/) --- I believe that God's going to screw you up really quick and put somebody voicing different opinions on the opposite side. Because you'd be looking for guidance from human doctrine and organizational principles. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (Fi81e) 230
I am doing my best to be amused by the broad brushes instead of looking at them sideways. It’s working only some of the time. Hi friend!
Posted by: Piper ___ Hey girl! Just wanted to remind some folks that not all us darkies reside on the plantation. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (St1MS) 231
227 But blacks are not as oppressed as trans people, or illegal immigrant criminals! and worst of all, the most oppressed are leftist kids of powerful Democrats!!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (uhVAy) ======== "Fuck you!" -Dave Chappelle, to clapter Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:34 PM (hWfuL) 232
>>> I'm 100% convinced that USAID and other multi-billion dollar scams made NGOs, hedge fund managers and other cantillionaires from largely grifting the tens of trillions of dollars in tax payer gifts ...
Those taxpayers haven't been born yet. Could say that they grifted with the pols using counterfeit dollars they churned out be the trillion$... But they didn't even waste the expense of printing the dollars and just moved a decimal place in some fed reserve accounting software. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 01, 2026 04:34 PM (/lPRQ) 233
In many parts of Africa, slavery is still legal.
I can't imagine the replacement cost on a Liberian baby is higher than the costs of providing Liberian Ambulances with Diesel Fuel Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 04:34 PM (v9lAB) 234
Re: the unfortunate death of the expectant mother in Liberia. One incident is not enough information to determine if Elon is a murderer. How many pregnant women in Liberia died IN hospitals? How many pregnant women never even heard of a hospital, we've been giving birth at home for thousands of years! How many pregnant women die in hospitals IN THE US?? Giving birth is dangerous, even here. (And yes, I feel no obligation to fund anything in Liberia. Even diesel for ambulances.)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (PHjsi) One is a tragedy, one thousand is a statistic. Narrator: It is more than one. Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:34 PM (dK+Kv) 235
I've come to the conclusion that in today's world, most people want to be ruled. They don't don't want the responsibilities of freedom. And they'll glom on to anyone that will dictate every aspect of their lives. The comfort zone must be maintained/
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 04:34 PM (g8Ew8) 236
"Turns out Nina Totenberg has a lot harder time getting SCOTUS scoops when pillow talk with Potsy isn’t an option."
She certainly ain't bedding the Fonz. Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (DZ9Lv) 237
Biography of Marx is a read, he was a scammer , bastard and did nothing for his family. Couldn't even take care of himself.
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0) --- He couldn't even change his own diaper. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (Fi81e) 238
Ugh, the Anglicans are such radicals!
Prince Charles didn’t even bother putting out an Easter statement this year, but did recognize EID, iirc. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5) 239
The black Democrat electorate knows it has supreme power within the Democrat party and its save havens like universities. Posted by: TheJamesMadison ============== They seem less supreme in these days of intersectionality ( = "share the victimhood") and these new grievance groups. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (XJ22o) 240
How many pregnant women are killed by illegal aliens?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (MWfyi) 241
One of the best amusing things is seeing the supporters of these marxists attack "normal" dem politicians.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 04:36 PM (n5tGW) 242
I have twice heard how DOGE cuts eliminated important services and the staff who performed them. The people telling me how they were impacted have NO CLUE that the institutions involved cut the services that were their reason for existing in the first place and kept their bloated administrative do-nothing paycheck collectors.
Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2026 04:36 PM (lP31d) 243
Some of us have some sense.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 04 I am doing my best to be amused by the broad brushes instead of looking at them sideways. It’s working only some of the time. Hi friend! Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 04:31 PM (OoFl2) ===== *waves* -All da jooz who vote Democrat except Franpsycho Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:36 PM (YIpLe) 244
One big problem for third world countries ... they are full of third world people.
Another problem, when "guilt ridden" Westerners decide to help, they get overrun/commandeered by NGO type criminals that steal most of the money to support their elite lifestyle (and drugs). My nephew used to go to Africa every year (usually with wife and kids), as a doctor and a Christian. Last I saw him he said their "Christians" would go to witch doctors when the American doctors are not available. And with the Muslims invading, I'm not sure how safe they are. I guess those types do some good, along with those building wells (and teaching the Africans not to pollute their own water supply) ... Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2026 04:36 PM (vbXSk) 245
If your professor knew how the economy--any economy--worked, you couldn't afford to hire him to teach you.
But not one socialist will ever understand why. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:33 PM (3cUTc) In Von Mises book on Socialism he adds in a footnote a serious Socialist thinker who claimed that road repairs would be done by dragooning teenagers and kids to work at night for no pay. As someone who had to watch Mom organize us kids to go anywhere even for fun I could tell that idiot had absolutely no sense. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:36 PM (uhVAy) 246
Some African Americans who pose a threat to pregnant women are more equal than others, I guess.
Posted by: Cro-Magnon Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 04:37 PM (dK+Kv) 247
It's 97, with a dew point of 75. Fuck this. Even dogs don't want to go for walks. Gross.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 04:37 PM (BI5O2) 248
Modern Commie-crat Bernie Snadersmotto:
"Socialism for thee, but not me !!!!!! Hunter Biden: "Money for nothing and chicks for free"..... Posted by: Jackson K. at July 01, 2026 04:38 PM (G5jnN) 249
I've come to the conclusion that in today's world, most people want to be ruled. They don't don't want the responsibilities of freedom. And they'll glom on to anyone that will dictate every aspect of their lives. The comfort zone must be maintained/
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 04:34 PM (g8Ew --- When you think about it, that played some role in Roberts and Barrett's concurrence. Oh, if The Court has been ignoring a piece of text THAT long, it might be toooo much upheaval to start restoring what we can understand of it through textualism. But the gall is that the left who actually spurn textualism and originalism are going to start telling us "That's in the Constitution!" No, it's not. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:38 PM (Fi81e) 250
239 They seem less supreme in these days of intersectionality ( = "share the victimhood") and these new grievance groups.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (XJ22o) ======== Their peak of power was probably getting Joe Biden nominated in 2020. If you replicate 2020 in 2028, complete with a new form of Bernie Sanders with the same prebaked in support, I don't think they can do it. But, the rest of the Democrat electorate is simply too fractured to consolidate at the national level right now. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:38 PM (hWfuL) 251
Wakanda let Arabs and black tribes enslave black people for 1000 years and did nothing? They sat back and ignored all the horrific wars and massacres? They let everyone live in dirt huts and die from diseases they could have prevented? They left the rest of Africa to be a crap hole? They did nothing to stop the cruel mistreatment of their people by colonists?
This ruins the immersion and heroic genre. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 04:32 PM (UZCuZ) ---- One of the hallmarks of good worldbuilding is instilling the "willing suspension of disbelief" in your audience. Wakanda fails in that regard because even a casual inquiry into that nation shows it doesn't hold up under scrutiny. Asgard--also in the MCU and based on Nordic folklore--fails for similar reasons. Why didn't the Asgardians help Europe during the Dark Ages? The Scandinavians had encounters with them in their history. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:38 PM (gnNyN) 252
How many pregnant women are killed by illegal aliens?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (MWfyi) ----------- All of them, duh! /You can't sex-traffic millions of women & children who are pregnant ... (courtesy of The AutoPen Empire, 2021-2024). Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:38 PM (t/lcw) 253
Someone who made a poor living scamming and begging from friends is the father of Communism
Any wonder the likes of Antifa are his followers? Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:38 PM (Ia/+0) 254
Ugh, the Anglicans are such radicals!
Prince Charles didn’t even bother putting out an Easter statement this year, but did recognize EID, iirc. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5) I think overseas Anglicans from Africa are still doing OK, and many split to Catholicism in the early 2000s, but European Anglicanism seems to be pretty much dead as a religion. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:39 PM (uhVAy) 255
It's 97, with a dew point of 75. Fuck this. Even dogs don't want to go for walks. Gross.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice I'm wearing a light hoodie and my A/C (which I don't have) isn't on. Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 01, 2026 04:39 PM (DZ9Lv) 256
It’s kind of funny to watch South American and Mexican fans in the stands at the World Cup. It’s mostly white people. Not exclusively but a significant majority.
Why? Because it’s expensive as fuck to attend these games and in S. And Central America the people with money are generally light skinned. Something the American left pretends doesn’t exist. To them all “Hispanics” look like their gardeners and nannies. Those are peasant classes. Posted by: Demographics Matter at July 01, 2026 04:39 PM (HE7b3) 257
In Von Mises book on Socialism he adds in a footnote a serious Socialist thinker who claimed that road repairs would be done by dragooning teenagers and kids to work at night for no pay.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:36 PM (uhVAy) --- Thus, under Marx, the government can steal ALL your labor. Because, well, we all get Government Goodness out of it--equally! Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e) 258
In many parts of Africa, slavery is still legal.
I can't imagine the replacement cost on a Liberian baby is higher than the costs of providing Liberian Ambulances with Diesel Fuel Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 04:34 PM (v9lAB) === Always appreciate your sober analysis. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:39 PM (YIpLe) 259
258 In many parts of Africa, slavery is still legal.
I can't imagine the replacement cost on a Liberian baby is higher than the costs of providing Liberian Ambulances with Diesel Fuel Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 04:34 PM (v9lAB) === Always appreciate your sober analysis. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:39 PM (YIpLe) ======== I prefer garrett's drunk analysis. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:40 PM (hWfuL) 260
It's 97, with a dew point of 75. Fuck this. Even dogs don't want to go for walks. Gross.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice My AC is on the Hoth setting. I'll be riding my tauntaun around the house. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 04:40 PM (snZF9) 261
Section 8 Housing in Gangbanger land, Medicaid wait list for 6 months, No car, public transportation, SNAP, Welfare Checks ........
AOC Utopia !!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Jackson K. at July 01, 2026 04:40 PM (G5jnN) 262
King Chuckles, defender of the faith! ummm... defender of multi-faiths!... Especially islam... defender of islam! That's the ticket.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW) 263
"I see we've budgeted zero dollars for fuel. That seems kinda low for an ambulance service."
"Elon cut our money." "Well, maybe we should cut some administrative costs and move that money to..." "ELON CUT THE FUEL MONEY! Don't you understand how NGOs work?" "Not like a business, apparently." "Now you're getting it." Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (0e5Te) 264
The Justice Democrats group was initially called “Remake 538.” Their goal has always been to replace every Congressman with one of their young radicals. They’re simply starting with picking off the lame, calcified Democrats first.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (4KUe5) 265
The phrase you're all looking for is ":Vanguard of the Proletariat."
The core tenet of Leninism is: Marxism presumes that :"the working class" will rise up to overthrow the capitalist system. But the problem is: They don't. The working class (a.k.a. "the proletariat) is too stupid, lazy and complacent to do it on their own. So what we need ,to get this revolution jump-started, is an elite cadre of super-smart activists to lead the charge - -and only then will the working class wake up and follow the banner. We call this elite squad, "The Vanguard of the Proletariat." An that's exactly what happened in Russia in 1917, Cuba 1959, etc. etc. -- it really was a small group of extremists who kicked things off, and then the masses jumped on board. So, fast forward to 2026: The Democratic Socialist of American consider themselves "The Vanguard of the Proletariat." But there's an even bigger problem now: Every single young left-winger is part of the "Vanguard." There is no "working class" behind them. Theri entire movement is nothing but the elite squad at the front. They're all special. They're all the cool kids. But they have no mass support. Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (Av6i5) 266
You youngsters have no idea, but the descendants of slaves from America ran Liberia like a fiefdom for over 100 years until they were tied to posts on the beach and executed en masse in 1980.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (YIpLe) Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (St1MS) 268
Asgard--also in the MCU and based on Nordic folklore--fails for similar reasons. Why didn't the Asgardians help Europe during the Dark Ages? The Scandinavians had encounters with them in their history.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:38 PM (gnNyN) Well Asgard in Norse was the abode of Gods, and humans were only of interest for creating foot soldiers for fighting the 'end of the world' battle against monsters and such. Charity on earth was not a selling point. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (uhVAy) 269
How many
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (MWfyi) FIFY, bigot. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (BI5O2) Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (KC5Lt) 271
243 Some of us have some sense.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 04 I am doing my best to be amused by the broad brushes instead of looking at them sideways. It’s working only some of the time. Hi friend! Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 04:31 PM (OoFl2) ===== *waves* -All da jooz who vote Democrat except Franpsycho Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:36 We have more than our fair share of exceptions making the rule. 😂 Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (OoFl2) 272
252 How many pregnant women are killed by illegal aliens?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 04:35 PM (MWfyi) You H*TERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many Transgender Pregnant Men are killed by Illegal Aliens should be the question !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Jackson K. at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (G5jnN) 273
A working class hero is something to be.
Posted by: the other Lennon at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (QaH55) 274
I wouldn't put it past King Chuck to have a prayer rug
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (Ia/+0) 275
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:38 PM (hWfuL) ----------- BREAKING: Dan "One-Eyed McCain" Crenshaw Announces His Candidacy For the Democrat-Communist POTUS Nomination After Getting New Totenkopf "Nazi SS Death Head" Tattoo. Developing ... Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (t/lcw) 276
Yes, the African Anglicans are conservative, and it’s there where the Episcopal church is seeing its growth.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 04:43 PM (4KUe5) 277
>>Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. ================ Did he cut off the supplies? Did he confiscate the ambulances? Did he bomb the fueling stations? No? So everything was there except the free money, which somehow couldn't be found anywhere in the entire Liberian national budget or GDP. Great country, Liberians. Maybe you need to do better. Dead young mother should be a wakeup call to work harder, not beg harder. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 04:43 PM (XJ22o) 278
Ask one of these Socialism Lovering College Grads to name a successful................
"SOCIALIST COUNTRY or SOCIETY" ????? Posted by: Jackson K. at July 01, 2026 04:43 PM (G5jnN) 279
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (YIp
I like that they continued with American names. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 04:43 PM (KC5Lt) 280
23 This is the Leninist deviation from Marxism. The need for an elite vanguard because the working class won't go all revolutiony on its own.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba Bingo. You beat me to it by 200 comments. Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 04:44 PM (Av6i5) 281
Re: the unfortunate death of the expectant mother in Liberia. One incident is not enough information to determine if Elon is a murderer. How many pregnant women in Liberia died IN hospitals? How many pregnant women never even heard of a hospital, we've been giving birth at home for thousands of years! How many pregnant women die in hospitals IN THE US?? Giving birth is dangerous, even here. (And yes, I feel no obligation to fund anything in Liberia. Even diesel for ambulances.)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 01, 2026 04:29 PM (PHjsi) ===================== Liberia has diesel fuel. Why did they not make certain ambulances had some of that fuel? In other words, neither America or Doge, and certainly not Musk, had anything to do with Liberian decisions on fuel use. To even imply America should decide fuel use in Liberia is racist and colonialist, because it is based on an inference Liberians can't decide simple fuel allocation for themselves, and instead need their traditional American masters to do it for them. Kristoff is a racist, a colonialist, and he should be drummed out of Herald Square for his crimes. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 04:44 PM (1ZMia) 282
An that's exactly what happened in Russia in 1917, Cuba 1959, etc. etc. -- it really was a small group of extremists who kicked things off, and then the masses
Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (Av6i5) --- FIFY Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:44 PM (Fi81e) 283
Ugh, the Anglicans are such radicals!
Prince Charles didn’t even bother putting out an Easter statement this year, but did recognize EID, iirc. Posted by: Lizzy Word has it, he's a goatraper convert. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 04:44 PM (wOO3z) 284
So, fast forward to 2026: The Democratic Socialist of American consider themselves "The Vanguard of the Proletariat." But there's an even bigger problem now: Every single young left-winger is part of the "Vanguard." There is no "working class" behind them. Theri entire movement is nothing but the elite squad at the front. They're all special. They're all the cool kids. But they have no mass support. Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (Av6i5) One of Lenin's key insights in his successful takeover is that the masses can be bribed. And bribing the solders is also really important. He printed lots of money and created massive inflation to do this, but it did allow him to take power. In some sense the Democrats offering to hand out money to everyone are pursuing a more effective political strategy. Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 01, 2026 04:44 PM (okun6) 285
The Democratic Socialist of American consider themselves "The Vanguard of the Proletariat."
In The Principles of Communism, they (Marx and Engles) describe democratic socialists as either "proletarians who are not yet sufficiently clear about the conditions of the liberation of their class" or "representatives of the petty bourgeoisie. Posted by: per wiki at July 01, 2026 04:44 PM (MWfyi) 286
I wouldn't put it past King Chuck to have a prayer rug
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (Ia/+0) ------------ Do the Muzzies have an issue with Bloody Tampons praying to Allah? Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:45 PM (t/lcw) 287
They're all special. They're all the cool kids. But they have no mass support.
Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (Av6i5) ---- The other major problem they have is 100 years of solid history of failure time and time and time again with tens of millions of corpses in their wake. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:45 PM (gnNyN) 288
282 An that's exactly what happened in Russia in 1917, Cuba 1959, etc. etc. -- it really was a small group of extremists who kicked things off, and then the masses jumpedwere pressed on board.
Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (Av6i5) --- FIFY Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:44 PM (Fi81e) ====== Populations living in abject poverty allowed for easier mob creation mechanics. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 01, 2026 04:45 PM (hWfuL) 289
No nation in Africa had a better head start than Liberia.
Freed slaves, many well-educated, given nearly $3 million from the US in today's dollars for the 12k to 16k to start out. And they devolved into just another slave-owning, African kleptocracy within a generation. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 04:45 PM (3cUTc) 290
NOOD Wheaton
Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (t/lcw) 291
Look Wakanda has a "plot hole" only if the whole point is Unequivocally Virtuous Wakanda.
It's not a plot hole if the Wakandans go "Yeah, we saw those people dying in their mudhuts--what makes that our burden?" And then some serious drama can ensue. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e) 292
Nood - Hollyweird twinks Wil and George call The Rock a "coward" for not being openly left-wing.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (KKMoa) 293
I'm wearing a light hoodie and my A/C (which I don't have) isn't on.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 01, 2026 04:39 PM (DZ9Lv) ==== Sunny 66 degrees in Civic Center right now. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (YIpLe) 294
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 01, 2026 04:44 PM (okun6)
Bread and circuses have been around for a while. Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (KC5Lt) 295
I wouldn't put it past King Chuck to have a prayer rug
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:42 PM (Ia/+0) I doubt he believes in anything seriously. He has been chopping off the more raggedy bits of the Royals to preserve the core, which is more sensible than the UK government has done. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:46 PM (uhVAy) 296
Years ago, I ran a private cogen plant that put out more power than Liberia's entire grid. Lots of progress being made there.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 04:47 PM (fkjGs) 297
The other problem is they haven't and can't disarm us.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 04:47 PM (n5tGW) 298
I have a $200K College Degree from Harvard in Ancient Lithuanian Culture and only can find a job at Micky Ds serving burgers at $6/hour.
This is not fair that other people that work hard have nice things !!!! Posted by: Purple Hair, Ten Nose Rings, Charles Manson Tattoo on my face transgender male at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (G5jnN) 299
The myrtles and hydrangeas are drooping down like weary old people.
Muggy as it gets. You could chew on the air. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (BI5O2) 300
They're all special. They're all the cool kids. But they have no mass support. Posted by: zombie =============== And yet they're winning elections, which is what counts. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (XJ22o) 301
I have a $200K College Degree from Harvard in Ancient Lithuanian Culture and only can find a job at Micky Ds serving burgers at $6/hour.
This is not fair that other people that work hard have nice things !!!! Posted by: Purple Hair, Ten Nose Rings, Charles Manson Tattoo on my face transgender male at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (G5jnN I might hire someone who is an expert on ancient Lithuanian culture. Not one who is from XXX Studies. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy) 302
"But that's all bullshit-- what they focus on is open borders and transing children."
Don't forget the anti-semite (actually Jew hatred), pro-Hamas component which is the real glue of the organization. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (oji8u) 303
And yet they're winning elections, which is what counts. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (XJ22o) _____________ They win in little political monocultures where few people vote in primaries. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 04:50 PM (O0L8i) 304
And yet they're winning elections, which is what counts.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 04:48 PM (XJ22o) Someone is winning them, not sure its the front men in the cotton fields of the plantation. This one was a woman - old guard feminist going down? Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:51 PM (uhVAy) 305
A little background on Bernie Sanders from American Thinker in 2016.
https://tinyurl.com/yk7nk3tx Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 01, 2026 04:53 PM (5xuJ/) 306
"But that's all bullshit-- what they focus on is open borders and transing children."
Don't forget the anti-semite (actually Jew hatred), pro-Hamas component which is the real glue of the organization. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 01, 2026 04:49 PM (oji8u) That wing might be in decline with the end of UN rule in those areas and Iran under the interdict of the nations in the gulf. Sure we have local Jew hatred here but the finances are elsewhere. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy) 307
"Update: Ro Khanna, the guy who got rich by knocking up an heiress, wants to end capitalism all of a sudden."
I think we should give this a go. First, we confiscate the wealth and assets of Khanna's family, George Soros and son, Neville Roy Singham, Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Michael Moore, Barbra Streisand, and a few thousand other progressive Lefties (Commies). If that doesn't work, we may reconsider the idea. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 01, 2026 04:59 PM (oji8u) 308
They're all special. They're all the cool kids. But they have no mass support.
Posted by: zombie at July 01, 2026 04:41 PM (Av6i5) ---- The other major problem they have is 100 years of solid history of failure time and time and time again with tens of millions of corpses in their wake. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 04:45 PM (gnNyN) Many don't know that. History has been horribly convoluted or left out entirely in most of these snowflakes education/indoctrination. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 05:05 PM (g8Ew8) 309
I place in evidence an example of these hip progressives never having a job our youngest congress critter,
the "honorable" Maxwell Frost, who showed up in DC with a bad credit rating and unable to get an apartment because he never worked a real job in this life. He did work as an Uber driver on occasion, borrowing his Dad's car when he needed money for weed. He keeps talking when he's not insulting people that "don't look like him" about the working poor but he has no first had experience as such. He was on his parent's insurance before his freebee congressional benefits kicked in. He's literally riding on the backs of these people he claims to represent, continuing his free ride in life. Posted by: pawn at July 01, 2026 05:21 PM (XGbvx) 310
The poor have never started a 'revolution'.
Posted by: Danimal28 at July 01, 2026 06:24 PM (mNOhh) MSNOW Cancels Weekend Live Programming; Will Run Cheap Leftwing Podcasts From Earlier In the Week InsteadCanceling 2/7ths of the weekly original programming is always a sign of strength and profitability. MS NOW is canceling the evening news program The Weekend: Primetime, as it focuses on re-airing its video podcasts as well as its Crooked on MS NOW offerings. Beginning Sunday, June 28, at 6 p.m. ET, MS NOW's weekend-night offerings will be a taped affair as it will air episodes from Crooked Media's video podcasts, including Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, Strict Scrutiny, Lovett or Leave It, Runaway Country with Alex Wagner, Hysteria, Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams, Offline with Jon Favreau, and What A Day. It will also air episodes from its own video podcasting unit, including The Best People with Nicolle Wallace and Why Is This Happening with Chris Hayes. In a memo to employees obtained by TVNewser, MS NOW president Rebecca Kutler said the network's Crooked on MS NOW block has brought new viewers. Kutler added that there will be jobs impacted by this transition, but the network will continue to be staffed during those hours and overnight in the event of breaking news, and has nearly 40 open roles across the network. ... Meanwhile, the network announced that Alex Witt will be departing sometime in the summer. Witt has been with MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) since 1999 and has anchored more hours than any other anchor at the network.Firing the network's longest-serving anchor is likewise a show of corporate strength. The move to just airing old podcasts also shows that people, including retards on the far left, just don't care for the overproduced, underconsidered Corporate Fake News Product any longer. Via WDW_Pro. Bonus: Yesterday I linked a NY Post story about Jill Biden's books being bought up by Biden-affiliated PACs to contrive a spot on the NYT bestseller list (which is hardly necessary, as they just make up whatever results they like). I missed this: Gavin Newsom used his PAC's money to buy up $1.5 million of copies of "his" "book," which he gave to donors as a thank you. (Gee whiz Gavin, this will take a place of honor in my garbage can.) That $1.5 million in copies, bought by Newsom himself, made up 2/3rds of all "sales" of "his" "book."
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VERY FIRSTY!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/) 2
SPONGE!!!
Posted by: Ted at July 01, 2026 02:20 PM (bFu5X) 3
Damn it! Off, sock!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 02:20 PM (bFu5X) 4
This is Trump's fault because he lets the people of the USA run the A/C 24/7 when it is hot thus changing the weather patterns in Europe.
Trump should be impeached because the heat is driving the Euro's crazy and turning on each other as this example in France. Owl Gore was correct and that Global Warming is real and now Europe is paying the price because Trump did not listen to Owl Gore !!!!!!!!! Posted by: Jackson K. at July 01, 2026 02:21 PM (G5jnN) 5
Howdy Ace!
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 02:22 PM (Lzhdy) 6
I'm not even sure what "MS NOW" is -- besides being yet another commie-rot "news" source -- but I thought it was already shitcanned
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/) 7
In before That Guy who says "Nothing will happen".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 02:22 PM (WyEeP) Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq) 9
I wonder if the replay stars will get paid for it. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:22 PM (XJ22o) 10
>>>Gavin Newsom used his PAC's money to buy up $1.5 million of copies of "his" "book," which he gave to donors as a thank you.
Let it be known to one and all: Newsom believes in giving back. Posted by: No Name Today at July 01, 2026 02:22 PM (8mulE) 11
I'll skip watching them even harder now!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (NnhvP) 12
>>>5 Howdy Ace!
howdy. I have not been in the comments much because it is so hot I can barely hold it together. the ac in my place just isn't working very well and the landlord isn't rushing to fix it. Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle) 13
Gavin Newsom just used his own PAC to buy $1.5 million worth of his own book. Even more comically, that accounts for 2/3 of the entire print sales.
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) April 16, 2026 --- AKA High speed rail. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e) Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 02:24 PM (n5tGW) 15
Maybe this is what Democrats meant when they said they need to embrace podcasts. Taking it kind of literally though
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 02:24 PM (ouWD3) Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:24 PM (1wjle) 17
6 I'm not even sure what "MS NOW" is -- besides being yet another commie-rot "news" source -- but I thought it was already shitcanned
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/) MSNOW is the super-faggy rebranding of the already faggy MSNBC. Posted by: Still talk like fags and their shit's all retarded at July 01, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/) 18
Gavin Newsome also just told the largest lie of his political career (I know, but go with it).
He stated that California's economy has grown at 40%, blowing by every other state. "We have no peers," he said. The problem, though, is that statement is only true under one very twisted condition: Score California's economy on Nominal Dollars. Score literally everyone else's on Real Dollars. Using Real Dollars for California's economy gives them 17% growth. When you use the Nominal Dollars to measure Texas, they come in at 52% growth. Florida comes in at 66%. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 02:24 PM (xA5g+) 19
I'll go out on a limb, and say the news of these atrocities does NOT come from prosecutors or the regular media... some "good" cops, hospital workers, social workers, etc., are letting them be known
Posted by: MkY at July 01, 2026 02:24 PM (q6tQZ) 20
There is a surplus of leftwing media organs so until the government is paying for them there will be significant consolidation and layoffs in the market.
Now if they hired some rightwing voices and instead went for balance they'd open up a whole new slate of potential consumers in a market not so saturated... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 02:24 PM (sKqQm) 21
>>> 1. Write book
2. Purchase book with political donations you control. 3. Profit! you missed: 1a., get paid for book by corporate media companies who have business before you Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:25 PM (1wjle) 22
Hair gel isn't cheap, my friends.
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at July 01, 2026 02:25 PM (WyEeP) 23
MSNOW Cancels Weekend Live Programming; Will Run Cheap Gladiator Movies
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 02:25 PM (Kt19C) 24
The Trump Curse: It's Real ... And It's Spectacular!
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:25 PM (t/lcw) 25
howdy. I have not been in the comments much because it is so hot I can barely hold it together
Ace --------- I mean maybe the comments can get a little sexy sometimes, but that's probably a stretch. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 02:26 PM (ouWD3) 26
Image search reveals Alex Witt is a ... handsome ... woman.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Jr5Lq) 27
1. Write book
2. Purchase book with political donations you control. 3. Profit! you missed: 1a., get paid for book by corporate media companies who have business before you Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:25 PM (1wjle) They don't even hide the fraud anymore. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:27 PM (2WIwB) 28
Hair gel isn't cheap, my friends.
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at July 01, 2026 02:25 PM (WyEeP) Pffffffffffft. Just borrow some from a friend. Posted by: Mary, who's got something about her at July 01, 2026 02:27 PM (xA5g+) 29
12 >>>5 Howdy Ace!
howdy. I have not been in the comments much because it is so hot I can barely hold it together. the ac in my place just isn't working very well and the landlord isn't rushing to fix it. Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle) Oh I feel for you! It's so hot here in NC! At least my AC is working. It's usually fine in the summer and only ever seems to conk out on the coldest day of the year for some reason! Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Lzhdy) 30
The fraud is out in the open, look at the billions stolen with his high speed rail project but...no one will use the already existing laws because it is too dangerous
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 02:28 PM (sKqQm) 31
I have not been in the comments much because it is so hot I can barely hold it together.
A murder of crows will do that to a man... Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 02:28 PM (xA5g+) 32
the corporate media pays Democrat politicians a big advance based on sales that won't ever actually happen OR will happen but only because the politician uses donor-funds to buy the book up -- thus effectively laundering donor money, which is reserved for campaign expenses, into the Democrat's personal bank account, using the corporate media company as a front company.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:28 PM (1wjle) 33
That $1.5 million in copies, bought by Newsom himself, made up 2/3rds of all "sales" of "his" "book."
------------- Sing it with me ... "I've got the ... Nepot Baby Blues." www.artsy.net/artwork/ love-lundell-nepo-baby-blues Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (t/lcw) 34
Murder of crows > murder by crows > The Counting Crows
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm) 35
Howdy Ace!
howdy. I have not been in the comments much because it is so hot I can barely hold it together. the ac in my place just isn't working very well and the landlord isn't rushing to fix it. Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle) ________ Threaten to withhold rent and see how fast his attitude changes .... A few weeks ago the condensate pump in my AC took a shit. The air handler and pump are in my ceiling, and it was leaking water everywhere. Luckily I noticed it quickly. I bought a new pump and installed it. I couldn't imagine not having working AC in this heat. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/) 36
The NY Times is doing honest coverage of Newsom's grift? Something's going on. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (XJ22o) 37
Alex Witt has a long history of existence at MSNOW.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (HddY9) 38
It's almost a show of decency for these nutsacks to take the weekend off, seeing how it's a weekend for celebration and patriotism etc etc.
I'd rather they scuttle and hide than show their asshole faces and belch out their stunning historical illiteracy. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Ot/FD) 39
Ah yes, I forgot some lucky political bastards get advances and rights fees just to write the damn thing. Even better, now AI can write it for them.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 02:30 PM (n5tGW) 40
The NY Times is doing honest coverage of Newsom's grift? Something's going on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (XJ22o) _________ I think he's been targeted for destruction by his own party Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/) 41
37 Ha!
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:30 PM (Jr5Lq) 42
I have not been in the comments much because it is so hot I can barely hold it together.
A murder of crows will do that to a man... Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 02:28 PM (xA5g+) --------------- "Wouldn't it be "ironic" if Ace was killed by a Murder of Crows?" /obligatory Alanis Morrissette Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:31 PM (t/lcw) 43
You can bet the one network watching MSNOW closely is Fox. Have always said the only way to cut into their dominance (and profit margin) is to move your own network back to the center.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:31 PM (2WIwB) 44
Anyone seen the butch dyke than looks like Butthead lately?
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 02:31 PM (TezPK) 45
I watched a YT video of DJT boarding the "gift" 747 for a scheduled flight to North Dakota. Man, I LOVE that 250th skin.
Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (rj6Yv) 46
Katrina Witt > Alex Witt
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (IY9No) 48
MSNOW is doing this right after Pride Month...RIGHT AFTER PRIDE MONTH?!?!?!
Posted by: Thrawn at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (KKMoa) 49
The fuck does Newsom even have to say in a book?
"Hey, what's it like being a goofity ass mannequin brought to life by Gepetto's perverted little retard half-brother? Do you still ever wonder what it would be like to be a real boy?" What a shitstain. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Ot/FD) 50
the ac in my place just isn't working very well and the landlord isn't rushing to fix it. >>>>
It's the French way. A/C should be fixed by October. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW) 51
The NY Times is doing honest coverage of Newsom's grift? Something's going on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (XJ22o) _________ I think he's been targeted for destruction by his own party Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/) ----------- "Enough already with the gay white male douches ... or is it deuces?" Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:33 PM (t/lcw) 52
47 @23.
Will run Cheap Gladiator Movies Beats what they are running now. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (IY9No Even Gladiator 2? Posted by: Thrawn at July 01, 2026 02:33 PM (KKMoa) 53
"Beginning Sunday, June 28, at 6 p.m. ET, MS NOW's weekend-night offerings will be a taped affair as it will air episodes from Crooked Media's video podcasts, including Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, Strict Scrutiny, Lovett or Leave It, Runaway Country with Alex Wagner, Hysteria, Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams, Offline with Jon Favreau, and What A Day."
Who? I literally never heard of any of those guys, other than Favreau who I think was some Obama shitmeister twit. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/) 54
40- I think he's been targeted for destruction by his own party
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:30 PM The Times is going full Commie so he's probably too conservative for their newsroom. Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (Lzhdy) 55
Rebranding on the way: MSTHEN
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (TezPK) 56
Will run Cheap Gladiator Movies
There was apparently a pretty big budget series based on Spartacus recently. From the clips I saw there were too many guys in loinclothes but the women in the background were generally half topless for some reason. They made a sequel focusing on a DEI gladiator-ette which I hear people hated Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm) 57
45 I watched a YT video of DJT boarding the "gift" 747 for a scheduled flight to North Dakota. Man, I LOVE that 250th skin.
Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (rj6Yv) Have always wondered, does AF1 have a fighter escort accompanying it? In these times and all - Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (Gqar8) 58
I think he's been targeted for destruction by his own party Posted by: Elric The Blade ================ Clearing the path for Kamala? I wonder what's up. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (XJ22o) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (Kt19C) 60
That $1.5 million in copies, bought by Newsom himself, made up 2/3rds of all "sales" of "his" "book."
--- Ace Note this does NOT mean that the other 1/3 were genuine sales. They could be just as phony. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (uhVAy) 61
Apparently there was a "gladiatress" movie in 2004.
It was not good. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 02:35 PM (gKWVE) 62
Looking at the newsfeed that comes up in my browser it adds up to 90% pap and 10% marginal value; most of it poorly written and avoiding the basic who, what, why, when, and where. FOX X is somewhat better presenting national events such as train wrecks, landslides, and sometimes a clip by Waters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:35 PM (JS6jE) 63
MSNOW could run cat videos all weekend and get better ratings. Probably more intelligent commentary as well
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:35 PM (HddY9) 64
They made a sequel focusing on a DEI gladiator-ette which I hear people hated
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm) Think that was "House of Asher", which took place while Asher had control of that school or something like that. Posted by: Thrawn at July 01, 2026 02:36 PM (KKMoa) 65
the ac in my place just isn't working very well and the landlord isn't rushing to fix it. >>>>
It's the French way. A/C should be fixed by October. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW) *sniffs in a haughty manner* Keep the top floors cool s'il vous plait. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:36 PM (2WIwB) 66
I think he's been targeted for destruction by his own party
Posted by: Elric The Blade ================ Clearing the path for Kamala? I wonder what's up. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (XJ22o) __________ Maybe, but I think just generally they want him gone. He's a joke, a punchline, and way too pasty and white and straight (allegedly) for today's Democrap party. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/) 67
Soon, MSNOW will become MSNEVER Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 01, 2026 02:36 PM (s9VOe) 68
63 MSNOW could run cat videos all weekend and get better ratings. Probably more intelligent commentary as well
Posted by: Smell the Glove Rachel Maddow being thrown to hungry lions in the arena would count as a cat video. Posted by: in Imperial Rome, pussy eat YOU at July 01, 2026 02:36 PM (gKWVE) 69
The NY Times is doing honest coverage of Newsom's grift? Something's going on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (XJ22o) _________ I think he's been targeted for destruction by his own party Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/) How many children's ambulance rides in Africa could have been bought with the money wasted on his book? Why does Gavin Newsom hate African children? Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 02:36 PM (Riz8t) 70
43 You can bet the one network watching MSNOW closely is Fox. Have always said the only way to cut into their dominance (and profit margin) is to move your own network back to the center.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:31 PM With that podcast lineup, FOX can rest easy! Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 02:36 PM (Lzhdy) 71
MSNOW could run cat videos all weekend and get better ratings. Probably more intelligent commentary as well
I saw a video with a guy delivering a package. As he walks up to the front door a cat walks by and the guy says "hello"...the cat looks at him and meows back what sounds exactly like "hello" Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm) 72
the ac in my place just isn't working very well and the landlord isn't rushing to fix it.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle) I would like to direct your attention to the banner at the top of this page. The quotation applies perfectly to no AC in July! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 02:37 PM (PLxDd) 73
>>>Apparently there was a "gladiatress" movie in 2004.
It was not good. I think it's on YouTube or Amazon. I keep seeing the teaser image, which is of a girl in leather armor and a leather skirt itching her butt. Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:37 PM (1wjle) 74
72 the ac in my place just isn't working very well and the landlord isn't rushing to fix it.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle) I would like to direct your attention to the banner at the top of this page. The quotation applies perfectly to no AC in July! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 02:37 PM (PLxDd) Empires have fallen with less provocation! Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (Gqar8) 75
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (X1Jq6) 76
Rebranding on the way: MSTHEN
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (TezPK) I was.tninking MSWAS Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (w/O5Q) 78
"Legal Insurrection " has an article on Kamala reaching out to Mamdani and calling anti Israeli activists,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (Bw1/o) Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (kX27y) 80
Who? I literally never heard of any of those guys, other than Favreau who I think was some Obama shitmeister twit. Posted by: Elric The Blade ============= I watch them for laughs (or screams). Some of them are leftovers from Obama's admin, and the Strict Scrutiny trio is three rather attractive and utterly insane female legal experts who teach (of course) at various premium law schools. Every time they talk about Jumanji Jackson, they grin slyly and say she be bringin' the "Black girl magic." Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (XJ22o) 81
Many Jesus movies are Gladiator movies.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (Kt19C) Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (TezPK) 83
I think the "Gladiatress" movie was a parody. Haven't seen it though
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (HddY9) 84
The fuck does Newsom even have to say in a book?
"Hey, what's it like being a goofity ass mannequin brought to life by Gepetto's perverted little retard half-brother? Do you still ever wonder what it would be like to be a real boy?" What a shitstain. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Ot/FD) -------------- We get an hour a day locally here of conservative talk radio host Greg Kelly out of NYC. He has read Newscum's book, and I believe is writing a book (or perhaps long essay) critiquing it -- in which Neewscum states that he was obsessed with the suave, slick detective character played by Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele, and "modeled" himself after that. Jeebus, talk about fiction following "art" ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (t/lcw) 85
75 Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (X1Jq6) It is a sign that we need a new revolution. Kidding, but only halfway. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (Gqar8) 86
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (X1Jq6) The traitorous media is all in on FIFA. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:40 PM (2WIwB) 87
Maybe, but I think just generally they want him gone. He's a joke, a punchline, and way too pasty and white and straight (allegedly) for today's Democrap party.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/) I love it. Every time they float some shitball nonentity to be their new standard bearer, they get ratioed into oblivion. No one likes what they're selling. Not even their own people. And likeability aside, they always wind up being perverts anyway, or Actual Nazis, or just strident Bolsheviks who would burn the entire DNC to the ground the first chance they get. Their bullpen is empty. They got nothing. The DSA are just walking in and eating their lunch. It's glorious. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Ot/FD) 88
Back in the War of Unlawful Rebellion in 1775, I was once killed by a Session of Hessians after I insulted their hats.
I got better. Posted by: Mulch McClorox at July 01, 2026 02:40 PM (7Q0e+) 89
So they're becoming MS-THEN?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 02:40 PM (ndZc7) 90
Apparently there was a "gladiatress" movie in 2004.
It was not good. I think it's on YouTube or Amazon. I keep seeing the teaser image, which is of a girl in leather armor and a leather skirt itching her butt. Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at July 01, 2026 02:37 PM (1wjle) _______ The movie is called ... Gladiatress. Supposed to be a parody of Gladiator. The Blade's interest level is ... [checks Give-a-Shit Meter] ... low. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/) 91
>>look at the billions stolen with his high speed rail project
That worked out so well for California pols that they are now talking about a high speed bus system running between LA and San Francisco. You probably think I'm kidding. Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 02:41 PM (J4Dwc) 92
Also remember that normal authors get refundable advances - they have to pay them back if book sales are poor.
Politicians get nonrefundable advances - i.e., bribes. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 02:41 PM (aD4fx) 93
I would think that if the left wasn't completely insane , USA 250 would be huge .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:42 PM (HddY9) 94
He's a joke, a punchline, and way too pasty and white and straight (allegedly) for today's Democrap party. Posted by: Elric The Blade =============== Fun. He can make money off wineries and fade like John Edwards, who went back to working for his keep. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:42 PM (XJ22o) 95
More like Remington Steal.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 02:42 PM (TNnZH) 96
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (X1Jq6) Well this time around only half the country is celebrating it, the other half is fart tubing. The bicentennial was definitely a biggie. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 02:42 PM (snZF9) 97
"high speed bus system" lolrofl rofl
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:42 PM (Jr5Lq) 98
Every time they talk about Jumanji Jackson, they grin slyly and say she be bringin' the "Black girl magic."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:39 PM (XJ22o) -------------- The judges would have also accepted "Juju Voodoo." Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:43 PM (t/lcw) 99
on topic of ?parody, there's another Evil Dead coming out. "Burn".
youtu.be/Pzbl9Lly3NI Seems to be on the standard of classic Raimi. Demon possession, gore spurting everywhere, all the good things in film that we didn't get in Supergirl and Disclosure Day Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 02:43 PM (gKWVE) 100
REG GUTFELD JUST SAID IT PERFECTLY ON ILHAN OMAR
"Can she be ARRESTED?! How hard is this? Mafia bosses went away for less. She's the perfect example of a trickster who exploited the system paralyzed by identity politics!" "Who's protecting her? WHY are they protecting her?" "She married her sibling. She's an alleged fraudster. She's implicated in a ton of cases." "When she's being implicated in all this, she's calm, cool, and collected. She thinks she's going to get off!" @Gutfeldfox 💯 We're tired of waiting! Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:43 PM (JS6jE) 101
75 Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM I think it will pick up on Friday. The heat and the media certainly aren't helping. The only story the media thinks is important is the reflecting pool. But that one finally seems to have run its course. Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Lzhdy) 102
I see that in my interest research on female gladiators most authors take pains to mention female gladiators fought topless.
I suspect I see now why the Romans introduced this idea... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm) 103
That worked out so well for California pols that they are now talking about a high speed bus system running between LA and San Francisco.
You probably think I'm kidding. Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 02:41 PM (J4Dwc) If it goes below 55 mph, it explodes! Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Ot/FD) 104
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched ___ I've noticed. Pretty much chalked it up to the country being massively different, demographically and politically, now compared to fifty years ago. And not for the better. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 02:44 PM (St1MS) 105
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (X1Jq6) -------------- I remember Hollywood actors doing frequent commercials celebrating it. Yeah, those days are gone ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:44 PM (t/lcw) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 02:44 PM (x8PQF) 107
Fun - Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders escorting Trump in ND:
https://tinyurl.com/38x9wknd Posted by: beckster Don't comment on positive vibs, fabulous weather and happy people. North Dakota sucks, it's not even a state, so why mention it other than to give it to canada. I am so happy PDT is being welcomed here with love. Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2026 02:45 PM (F3Dlr) 108
Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
_______________________________ So, is this a cooking show where they make bulk desserts? Or, maybe it is a podcast that does testing on lifting heavy equipment like forklifts? Oh, I know, it's like a fashion discussion on mumu's that double as tents and giant flags. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 02:45 PM (dIske) 109
Also remember that normal authors get refundable advances - they have to pay them back if book sales are poor. Politicians get nonrefundable advances - i.e., bribes. Posted by: The ARC of History! =============== I've never heard of anyone having to pay back an advance. The advance is the publisher's gamble for legit authors, money laundering for politicians. Advances for legit authors have shrunk to the point of being nominal. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:45 PM (XJ22o) 110
"high speed bus system"
Get on the bus. Bus drives aboard C5-A. Plane flies to destination. Bus drives off aircraft. Debarkation! Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:45 PM (Jr5Lq) 111
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
This gets mentioned quite a bit lately. I'm not enthusiastic either. Because I'm just not all that jazzed of being politically bound to somewhere between 1/4 to maybe 2/5 of those nominally my countrymen. With more pouring in every day. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 02:46 PM (2JE3U) 112
The Republicans are going to hold a 2026 mid-term elections convention in September. Dallas, TX 9/9 and 9/10.
Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 02:46 PM (rj6Yv) 113
That worked out so well for California pols that they are now talking about a high speed bus system running between LA and San Francisco.
You probably think I'm kidding. Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 02:41 PM (J4Dwc) If it goes below 55 mph, it explodes! Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Ot/FD) ------------- Speed 4: Cocaine Cruise Control starring Hunter Biden. "You Bet Your LIfe!" Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:46 PM (t/lcw) 114
"When she's being implicated in all this, she's calm, cool, and collected. She thinks she's going to get off!" @Gutfeldfox 💯
We're tired of waiting! Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:43 PM (JS6jE) - Where's Mr. Things That Will Never Happen when we need him? Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 02:46 PM (x8PQF) 115
@106 I really don't want to see the LEGO gay s+m parade float bricks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:47 PM (HddY9) 116
When you've lost Wil Wheaton . . .
Variety @Variety Dwayne Johnson is facing backlash for staying quiet on politics, with "Star Trek" icon George Takei telling him that "silence is complicity" and "Stand By Me" actor Wil Wheaton adding: “So disappointing to find out he is such a coward.” - Or is that Wil Wheatoon? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 02:47 PM (ndZc7) 117
Clearing the path for Kamala? I wonder what's up.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:34 PM (XJ22o) Newsom's being cleared but I wouldn't be certain it's for Kamala. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 02:47 PM (ouWD3) 118
On the bus, to the plane
To the UFO and to outer space baby On the bus, to the plane, baby yeah Take me away! Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:47 PM (Jr5Lq) 119
The Republicans are going to hold a 2026 mid-term elections convention in September. Dallas, TX 9/9 and 9/10.
Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 02:46 PM (rj6Yv) ------------ Trump's idea (or whomever gave it to him) to hold Midterm Republican Conventions was genius. Thinking "Outside The Box" FTW! Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:47 PM (t/lcw) 120
That worked out so well for California pols that they are now talking about a high speed bus system running between LA and San Francisco. You probably think I'm kidding. Posted by: one hour sober ============= omg. Like, there are no bus companies right now that will do that in a high-quality, low-cost version? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:48 PM (XJ22o) 121
North Dakota as pretty much zero unemployment doesn't it? because the Feds are allowing them to drill good and hard (baby)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 02:48 PM (gKWVE) 122
The democrat party is best understood as a graft and grift using combination that works to enact and inflict the desires of plutarchs.
Hairgel laundered money out of his pac into his right pocket.....they abuse the law at will. Posted by: sven at July 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Int1s) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 02:49 PM (zZu0s) 124
The democrat party is best understood as a graft and grift using combination that works to enact and inflict the desires of plutarchs.
Hairgel laundered money out of his pac into his right pocket.....they abuse the law at will. Posted by: sven It's a crime syndicate. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 02:49 PM (TNnZH) 125
North Dakota as pretty much zero unemployment doesn't it? because the Feds are allowing them to drill good and hard (baby)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 02:48 PM (gKWVE) Thats what she said. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 02:50 PM (zZu0s) 126
I wonder how much taxpayer money was laundered through NGOs to buy these books no one actually reads?
Nothing beats the brazen scheme of Newsome's wife though, having the charities use their money to buy her "educational" material Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 02:50 PM (3cUTc) 127
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
This gets mentioned quite a bit lately. I'm not enthusiastic either. Because I'm just not all that jazzed of being politically bound to somewhere between 1/4 to maybe 2/5 of those nominally my countrymen. With more pouring in every day. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 02:46 PM (2JE3U) ===== In 1976, the Dems liked their presidential chances. Later that year, they nominated Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale as their ticket. So the MSM pumped up the volume for the 200th. Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 02:50 PM (rj6Yv) 128
When you've lost Wil Wheaton . . .
Variety @Variety Dwayne Johnson is facing backlash for staying quiet on politics, with "Star Trek" icon George Takei telling him that "silence is complicity" and "Stand By Me" actor Wil Wheaton adding: “So disappointing to find out he is such a coward.” ----------------- "Republicans buy sneakers, too." -- Michael Jordan, not a dumbass Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:50 PM (t/lcw) 129
Dwayne Johnson is facing backlash for staying quiet on politics, with "Star Trek" icon George Takei telling him that "silence is complicity" and "Stand By Me" actor Wil Wheaton adding: “So disappointing to find out he is such a coward.”
So much of today's friction is simply explained by people refusing to shit-can the old rules when every day shows that those old rules are no longer applicable. Such as "staying out of politics". An old wise guy once said "just because you ain't interested in politics, don't mean politics ain't interested in you". Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 02:51 PM (2JE3U) 130
124 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 02:49 PM (TNnZH)
The lesson they took from breaking the mafia in the 90s was to become the mafia. Not kidding. Posted by: sven at July 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Int1s) 131
Wil Wheaton pretty mouthy for a soiboi.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Gqar8) 132
Dwayne Johnson has got to be worth more than Wheaton and Takei put together times fifty.
Why in hell would he ever take Being A Dickhead advice from two broke-ass has-been dickheads? Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Ot/FD) Posted by: gKWVE isn't calling Wheaton a twink past his sellby date at July 01, 2026 02:51 PM (gKWVE) 134
Dwayne Johnson is facing backlash for staying quiet on politics, with "Star Trek" icon George Takei telling him that "silence is complicity" and "Stand By Me" actor Wil Wheaton adding: “So disappointing to find out he is such a coward.”
Dwayne remember it doesn't end with you mouthing the narrative. It ends with you mouthing the parts of another guy...just ask Sulu or Will... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm) 135
111 Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
This gets mentioned quite a bit lately. I'm not enthusiastic either. Because I'm just not all that jazzed of being politically bound to somewhere between 1/4 to maybe 2/5 of those nominally my countrymen. With more pouring in every day. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 02:46 PM (2JE3U) ______________________________ Town near me is going full tilt. Just about every house has flags up...some have decorated with banners, lights and signs. The borough of the town has flags up on every light pole...local high school and organizations are having a parade which ends at the local park (which will have music, stands, roving performers et al.). Then, fireworks in the evening on the 4th (which they never do, because the founding day for the town takes place in August, and they have fireworks then). Oh, and cars and trucks around here have been driving around with American Flags affixed for the last few weeks. So, I think rural America is kind of into it...Can't speak for the blue cesspools of the urban neighborhoods. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 02:52 PM (dIske) 136
I think we should implement a 100% tax on books by public officials published while in office or within 10 years of service. Same with speaking fees. Time to put a stop to these bribes and payoffs. No one should be able to trade on public service in this way.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 02:52 PM (oIVsY) 137
I have actually noticed a lot of enthusiasm so
we have Big Boy going thru PA this week the City is hopping even with Cherelle kind of fucking up it's pretty exciting old people are bitching about it being hot in the summer but otherwise good stuff! after today no more working for me other than cooking for a big pool party and also cooking stuff to take up to Lititz for the 4th. that's ALWAYS a big deal and should be bigger this year! hope you all enjoy and try to not be sad Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 02:52 PM (j+aD2) 138
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128 comments in before I can let tubal know willowed reply at, or close to bottom of last thread. Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 02:52 PM (dAv7M) Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 02:53 PM (Ot/FD) Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:53 PM (Jr5Lq) 141
I have a photo here of my grandfather who was not short standing by one of Big Boy's (locomotive) wheels. it is a lot taller than he is!
lol I like trains Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 02:53 PM (j+aD2) Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 02:53 PM (J4Dwc) 143
North Dakota as pretty much zero unemployment doesn't it? because the Feds are allowing them to drill good and hard (baby)
Posted by: gKWVE yes but, alberta should become a state! North Dakota, sucks to be you. Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2026 02:53 PM (F3Dlr) 144
"Silence is Violence!"
We order you to denounce the Designated Enemy, or we will consider you his ally. Choose. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:54 PM (Jr5Lq) 145
also the booth in DC for PA is looking swanky now
Josh didn't ask anyone, maybe Comcast lol people have really stepped up and it makes me so happy to see! Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 02:54 PM (j+aD2) 146
138 - How slow do I type on this phone?
128 comments in before I can let tubal know willowed reply at, or close to bottom of last thread. Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 02:52 PM (dAv7M) Heh. Hope I am not cast into Outer Darkness! Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 02:54 PM (Gqar8) Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 02:54 PM (jehhT) Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 02:54 PM (j+aD2) 149
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of contesting EVERY congressional district this year, even if it means running write-in campaigns.
If the country's future is at stake, not running a candidate doesn't help the message. And who knows, perhaps some districts might be winnable if some money is spent pushing our candidates against commies in the general. Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 02:55 PM (rj6Yv) 150
"high speed bus system"
They'll build a fleet of Dymaxions, over schedule and over budget, and the things will break down right away. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Jr5Lq) 151
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 02:49 PM (TNnZH)
The lesson they took from breaking the mafia in the 90s was to become the mafia. Not kidding. Posted by: sven at July 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Int1s) --------------- Not to mention that Bubba and Killary were already members of The Dixie Mafia down in Arkansas. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:55 PM (t/lcw) 152
"The move to just airing old podcasts also shows that people, including retards on the far left, just don't care for the overproduced, underconsidered Corporate Fake News Product any longer."
That and MSNBCNOW simply isn't Communist enough yet for its particular audience. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 01, 2026 02:55 PM (oji8u) 153
It might be that part of the reason for the lesser enthusiasm for the US 250th is that 250 years is simply a less-compelling milestone than 200. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 01, 2026 02:56 PM (VWtfl) 154
"Republicans buy sneakers, too."
-- Michael Jordan, not a dumbass Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:50 PM (t/lcw) And if he were a contemporary player that said that ? ESPN and CNN and The View and the general NYC / LA media bloc would run an entire news cycle to smear him. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 02:56 PM (2JE3U) 155
California's "bullet buses:" https://tinyurl.com/4e5kad7z Posted by: one hour sober ============ >>unless hills are flattened, sharp curves are smoothed and “specialized vehicles” that travel at hyper velocities while also avoiding crashes can be produced, speeds will be lower than promised. Trillions of taxpayer dollars right there. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:56 PM (XJ22o) 156
Stand by Me : River Phoenix is dead, Wil Wheaton is a nitwit soiboi, Corey Feldman is a wack job.
However Jerry O'Connell is married to Rebecca Romijn Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:57 PM (HddY9) 157
Variety
@Variety Dwayne Johnson is facing backlash for staying quiet on politics, with "Star Trek" icon George Takei telling him that "silence is complicity" and "Stand By Me" actor Wil Wheaton adding: “So disappointing to find out he is such a coward.” ___________ So the big "backlash" against one of Hollywood's biggest stars is ... two gay weirdos who most people would be surprised are still alive. Got it. Takei and Wheaton ragging on the Rock doesn't even rise to the level of ankle-biting. Takei and Wheaton are two worms who can't even get out of the dirt to bite the sole of Rock's foot. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/) 158
Not to mention that Bubba and Killary were already members of The Dixie Mafia down in Arkansas.
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:55 PM (t/lcw) --- Scuttlebutt is that they became IC-protected when they allowed the DEA to move much drugs through Arkansas. The IC knows how to cause all those "suicides" that follow Hillary around. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:57 PM (ikSmX) 159
Thank goodness for this new CA law! Take that, Trump!
------------------------ Assembly Bill 1084 now makes it easier for Californians who are nonbinary or transgender to legally change their name and gender. Doing so enables these residents to get new identification documents faster than before at a time when the Trump administration is trying to block trans people from getting passports that match their gender identity. Starting July 1, third parties can no longer file objections to adults’ petitions to change their names due to gender identity. In addition, adults, as well as minors whose parents have signed on, must have their name-change petition order issued within six weeks. Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 02:57 PM (kX27y) 160
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 02:54 PM (j+aD2)
I was glad to read about Fetterman and some PA Dem politician and some others working together to get the PA. booth working. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 02:58 PM (Bw1/o) 161
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are home. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 02:58 PM (O0L8i) 162
I seriously doubt Dwayne Johnson is losing any sleep over bullsh*t put out by star trek has-beens.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:58 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: front toward enemy at July 01, 2026 02:58 PM (TIizU) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 02:59 PM (ndZc7) 165
138 - How slow do I type on this phone?
128 comments in before I can let tubal know willowed reply at, or close to bottom of last thread. Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 02:52 PM (dAv7M) Eh, fair enough. Camel’s nose under the tent problem. Just an old earth old universe guy, I am. Other than that, really very very rigidly orthodox, in a Westminster Confessions Calvinist sort of way. My favorite flavor is the PCA. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 02:59 PM (Gqar8) Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 02:59 PM (oIVsY) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 02:59 PM (Bw1/o) 168
"Republicans buy sneakers, too."
-- Michael Jordan, not a dumbass Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:50 PM (t/lcw) --- He said that back when they let people get away with saying that. Today it would be "Would you sell the NAZIS, TOO??!!" And Jordan probably would crumple. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:59 PM (ikSmX) 169
I really like the story of how CA is going to have high-speed busses now.
It only requires: 1) an internal combustion engine more efficient and powerful than anything anyone has now 2) tires that are longer-lasting and superior to anything F1 or NASCAR has 3) dedicated highway lanes the entire route. 4) fare payers that will ride these busses Other than that, this concept is just a few hundred billion away from reality. BTW, did you know there is a physical speed limit for large ships? At about 50 mph, the speed causes the prop to create cavitation and can't generate any further thrust. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 02:59 PM (3cUTc) 170
"...the NYT bestseller list (which is hardly necessary, as they just make up whatever results they like)."
Exactly. It's literally an Editors' Select list. Numbers do not matter. There's just not an honest bone in that paleolithic structure. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 01, 2026 03:00 PM (oji8u) 171
John Cusack also had a cameo in Stand By Me as Wheaton's dead brother. I guess so teenagers would watch it.
It really was an excellent movie though. Superior to "The Body". Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 03:00 PM (gKWVE) 172
"I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built. I think it should be the goal of everyone living in a town to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance."
"That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque, thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque. We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, "The Turban Cowboy," and the other, a topless bar, would be called "You Mecca Me Hot." Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called "Iraq of Ribs." Across the street there could be a lingerie store called "Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret" with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods, and on the other side a liquor store called "Morehammered." "All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us." Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 03:00 PM (JS6jE) 173
Takei and Wheaton are two worms who can't even get out of the dirt to bite the sole of Rock's foot.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/) You'll be better served to keep your power dry. I've heard Dwayne Johnson's few forays into social matters. When that walking depository of steroids finally enters the political ring - and he will - he'll be fully LGBT / Open Immigration. It makes no sense to defend your future enemy against your current enemy. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 03:00 PM (2JE3U) 174
Imagine losing the respect of Wil Wheaton. [broken heart emoji/crying emoji/broken heart emoji]
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 01, 2026 03:01 PM (wGerL) 175
"Silence is violence..." Basically, say what we want you to say or you're a coward. There are a lot of people that need to be punched right in the face whenever they spout that nonsense.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 03:01 PM (qBdHI) 176
Why did Takei and Wheaton pick out Dwayne Johnson to bitch about? Didnt want to take on Carrot Top?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 03:01 PM (HddY9) 177
Takei and Wheaton ragging on the Rock doesn't even rise to the level of ankle-biting. Takei and Wheaton are two worms who can't even get out of the dirt to bite the sole of Rock's foot.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/) Both from Star Trek, both gay. I think i know which is more a motivating factor. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s) 178
"high speed bus system"
They'll build a fleet of Dymaxions, over schedule and over budget, and the things will break down right away. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Jr5Lq) The biggest problem will be a 140 km/hr bus will still need a roadway to drive on separate from regular traffic, and entrances and exits. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 03:01 PM (uhVAy) 179
>>>Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I don't think that's really a surprise. The Bicentennial was a big thing and so was the Centennial. But, how big a deal was America 150? There isn't even an easy word for it. I think it's the same with America 250. Stick around for the Tricentennial. I bet that will be a big one. Posted by: No Name Today at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (8mulE) 180
166 Unpopular opinion: I've never liked Stand By Me.
I don't get what the fuss is about. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 02:59 PM (oIVsY Summer of Night by Dan Simmons is a far far better version of small town kids and their perils and adventuresmin coming of age. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (Gqar8) 181
I was glad to read about Fetterman and some PA Dem politician and some others working together to get the PA. booth working. Posted by: FenelonSpoke Lumpy and Little Josh can't stand each other. Probably done more out of spite. But it's the right thing to do. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (TNnZH) 182
Isn't what Newsome did illegal?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (v4YNm) 183
154 "Republicans buy sneakers, too."
-- Michael Jordan, not a dumbass Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:50 PM (t/lcw) And if he were a contemporary player that said that ? ESPN and CNN and The View and the general NYC / LA media bloc would run an entire news cycle to smear him. Posted by: Spring Reverb at July 01, 2026 02:56 PM Michael spoke with his play. And he's got brass ones. I don't think he would allow himself to be bullied. Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (Lzhdy) 184
Wheaton is a forgotten actor but somewhat prominent in the boardgame world. Not on my level, but he does have a podcast no one listens to.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (wGerL) 185
An MSNBC by any other name is just as sour! — Bill Shakespeare
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:03 PM (keuwF) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:03 PM (XuXeR) 187
Today, on my drive home from morning office work, I listened to the tail end of Chris Plante's show.
He played the "content warning" NBC aired before doing their story on the SCOTUS decision on trannies. It was like "We're going to be using the words 'biological male' and 'biological female' but that's only because those are words the Court used." Ten Years After: Tell me where is sanity? Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:03 PM (ikSmX) 188
Unpopular opinion: I've never liked Stand By Me.
I don't get what the fuss is about. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 02:59 PM (oIVsY) Me either- and I was the target age when it came out (11.) I always hated the 'boyhood' movies- even when I was a boy. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s) 189
Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
------ Yeah, I'm guessing a studio with an 18" reinforced concrete floor and a cattle chute took some assembly. Not to mention the "green room" paddock. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 03:03 PM (BI5O2) 190
And Jordan probably would crumple.
Posted by: Axeman ---- He's say, I sell shoes I don't pick customers. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 03:03 PM (JS6jE) 191
184 Wheaton is a forgotten actor but somewhat prominent in the boardgame world. Not on my level, but he does have a podcast no one listens to.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (wGerL) Did some recurring spots,on BBT. He was asshoe. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 03:04 PM (Gqar8) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:04 PM (ikSmX) 193
There isn't even an easy word for it."
Susquehanna? Sequential? Sussudio? Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:04 PM (XuXeR) 194
Paul really is a miserable pedophile, isn't he?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 01, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s) 195
Back to the topic tho, this seems extra funny because right now some of those podcasts (Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny) are NOT on t.v. at all. It looks like they're being dredged from the internet as one of the few properties MSNOW can possibly stick in a time slot. More fun, some of those podcasts (the Pod Save ones for sure) restrict premium content -- aka cheap talk that you would expect from any podcaster -- to "Members Only." You can't view unless you pay to subscribe. I think it eventually becomes available to all, but I wonder what the contracts will do to Members Only and the money it brings those clowns. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 03:05 PM (XJ22o) 196
Will "I Used To Be Somebody 40 Years Ago" Wheaton is upset!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 03:05 PM (ndZc7) 197
A Boys Life by Robert McCammon was the best look into a kid’smlife. Really outstanding book.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 03:05 PM (Gqar8) 198
"a roadway to drive on separate from regular traffic, and entrances and exits"
What's called for here is a really stupid and futile gesture. Universal Dem Solution. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 03:05 PM (Jr5Lq) 199
Will run Cheap Gladiator Movies
Beats what they are running now. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 02:32 PM (IY9No Even Gladiator 2? ----- If MSNOW ran Airplane 2 on an endless loop it would probably draw about what the network draws now. Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2026 03:06 PM (TN0g+) 200
Isn't what Newsome did illegal?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (v4YNm) --- That's what I was wondering, only forgot to ask. Isn't he transferring money raised for a political campaign to his own royalties from the book? The FEC will slap him with a slightly soggy noodle, no doubt. The FEC infamously found a concert Elton John gave for a Clinton fund-raiser not a "thing of value". Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:07 PM (ikSmX) 201
Average age of all cable news viewers is 60-something. It’s a dying business, literally their customers are dying and no replacements.
Posted by: Demographics at July 01, 2026 03:07 PM (HE7b3) 202
Craft services is a bitch on Assembly Required. You don't want to be working the end of that bucket brigade. The trough might be impact resistant, but you're not.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 03:07 PM (BI5O2) 203
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (TNnZH)
I don't think it was Josh Shapiro working with Fetterman. Shapiro nixed it in the first place. Didn't he ? I think it was an R Congressman from PA. Sorry; Can't recall the name. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 03:07 PM (Bw1/o) 204
none of this makes sense to me.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2026 03:07 PM (diia5) 205
> Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
---------- Small town Americana here. Every July 4th is jazzed up. Flags on the telephone poles in town, food trucks, fireworks, etc. People around the countryside firing off 500 shot cakes for hours on end. Yea... the animals hate it... but it's only once a year. We'd park the cats inside but they prefer to hide under the porch or in the woods. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 03:07 PM (jehhT) 206
Confession — In the 90s (Clinton era) I used to watch Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC… shockingly, it was not a bad show. Matthews would regularly bash the Clintons….
It’s been a long time… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM (D2O3S) 207
Why are they still here?
Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok · 2h You are not gonna believe this… Ayanle Siad Barre, the son of former Somali genocidal dictator, Mohamed Siad Barre, operates a taxpayer-funded home healthcare company in Columbus, Ohio He was his father’s national security advisor. It just never ends Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM (kX27y) 208
I watched Michael Jordan's Gulfstream take off from Reagan once. Tail number was N23MJ.
Very cool. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM (2WIwB) 209
It might be that part of the reason for the lesser enthusiasm for the US 250th is that 250 years is simply a less-compelling milestone than 200.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug I believe this, too. Posted by: MkY at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM (q6tQZ) 210
Scuttlebutt is that they [the Clintons} became IC-protected when they allowed the DEA to move much drugs through Arkansas.
The IC knows how to cause all those "suicides" that follow Hillary around. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:57 PM (ikSmX) ------------- Hadn't heard that before, but wouldn't surprise. Had heard that Bubba was recruited into the Deep State CIA as a draft-dodger at Oxford. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM (t/lcw) 211
They'll build a fleet of Dymaxions, over schedule and over budget, and the things will break down right away. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Jr5Lq) The biggest problem will be a 140 km/hr bus will still need a roadway to drive on separate from regular traffic, and entrances and exits. Posted by: Oldcat ================ Yes, the necessary infrastructure enhancements are part of the grift. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM (XJ22o) 212
- PCA?
Same thing as American Presbyterian Church? If so, they have a very good write up about the esv "bible" on their site. Applies to all the other "new" ones. On the aforementioned subject, are you so convinced about the billions of years that you wouldn't even look at other evidence? And keep in mind, that a "the Bible tells us who and (the only) science (we've looked at) tells us how" view allows for death to enter the world before Adam sinned. Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 03:09 PM (dAv7M) 213
105 Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 01, 2026 02:38 PM (X1Jq6) Yes and it's very disheartening... Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 03:10 PM (FtULh) 214
It might be that part of the reason for the lesser enthusiasm for the US 250th is that 250 years is simply a less-compelling milestone than 200.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug ------------ Even though I am going to #Soon be on the wrong side of 64, Imma gonna update my nic to "Tricentennial or Bust!" Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:10 PM (t/lcw) 215
182 Isn't what Newsome did illegal?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (v4YNm) Catherine Pugh, the former mayor of Baltimore, went to prison for a similar scheme. Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 03:10 PM (Lzhdy) 216
I barely watch Fox anymore even… Jesse Waters tries to be a young hip Bill O’Reilly (but doesn’t really pull it off), Hannity is kinda unbearable, Laura Ingraham same… Gutfeld is on too late I’m old and gotta get my beauty rest. And Blondie on their Sunday morning show doesn’t cut it for me…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:11 PM (D2O3S) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 03:11 PM (ndZc7) 218
From the CA Post:
A US Navy airman is missing after an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter went down in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday. The Sea Hawk, assigned with the USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier, was forced to conduct an emergency landing at around 3:30 a.m., the US 5th Fleet said in a statement. Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 03:11 PM (kX27y) 219
I don't pay attention to much outside my 4 walls, but I do like my coin shows, and there's a lot 250 hoopla there. Both government and private mints. I have my eyeball on silly, ornately designed America 250 10oz. silver ingot shaped like the lower 48.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 03:11 PM (BI5O2) 220
will be an 85 mph bus...
Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:11 PM (XuXeR) 221
Stand by Me had no pre-teen gang-bang. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (ikSmX) 222
212 - PCA?
Same thing as American Presbyterian Church? If so, they have a very good write up about the esv "bible" on their site. Applies to all the other "new" ones. On the aforementioned subject, are you so convinced about the billions of years that you wouldn't even look at other evidence? And keep in mind, that a "the Bible tells us who and (the only) science (we've looked at) tells us how" view allows for death to enter the world before Adam sinned. Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 03:09 PM (dAv7M) Presbyterian Church in America. Pretty hardcore. I have and I am reconciled. I do not think my salvation is at risk.There is only one way and that’s what I hold to. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (Gqar8) 223
It might be that part of the reason for the lesser enthusiasm for the US 250th is that 250 years is simply a less-compelling milestone than 200.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug *** I'm gonna party like it's 1776 since I enjoyed the 200th and now the 250th. Won't be here for the 300th. So Party On dudes!!! Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (2WIwB) 224
Pugh was involved in a controversy known as the "Healthy Holly" book scandal, where she was accused of self-dealing by selling her children's books to organizations that had business with the city.
Charges: She faced multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion. Sentence: In February 2020, Pugh was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $411,948. Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (Lzhdy) 225
Oh, and cars and trucks around here have been driving around with American Flags affixed for the last few weeks. So, I think rural America is kind of into it...Can't speak for the blue cesspools of the urban neighborhoods.
___ This^ The small towns in my AO are more than celebratory. One of them will also be celebrating the 100th anniversary of Route 66. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (St1MS) 226
Twist with CA high speed buses: whites have to sit in the back
Double twist: No whites will ride. Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (wBaIH) 227
Gus Hall supporter John Brennan is feeling the heat.
Headline (AP): "Ex-CIA Director John Brennan seeks court order requiring records from investigations be preserved" Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (rj6Yv) 228
I bet MS NOW could get better weekend ratings if they started showing old B movies from the 70's. They should give it a shot.
Posted by: Octochicken at July 01, 2026 03:13 PM (oCS0o) 229
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
--- It's late-stage Capitalism on stolen land. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:13 PM (ikSmX) 230
I watched Michael Jordan's Gulfstream take off from Reagan once. Tail number was N23MJ.
Very cool. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM (2WIwB) ------------- Vanity Tail Numbers? I like it! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:13 PM (t/lcw) 231
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving group. Honestly, I don’t watch the news. My dad keeps Fox on, and believes they are conservative still. In comparison, I suppose they are. But my news consumption is online through non-traditional sources like X via accounts that have credibility, as some are certainly more credible than others.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 03:13 PM (Wmg4n) 232
I'm gonna party like it's 1776 since I enjoyed the 200th and now the 250th. Won't be here for the 300th. So Party On dudes!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (2WIwB) Me too Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 03:14 PM (FtULh) 233
Also, Gavin and Jill would have to gift me their books. And then I would use them to hold a door open or something.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 03:14 PM (Wmg4n) 234
And yes, there was much naysayers around the Bicentennial. Constant wailing and such, just after the Nixon resignation. Hardly an era of good feelings.
Followup with that peanut idiot... Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:14 PM (XuXeR) 235
The small town I live in has flags up and down the main road through town. Will have a fireworks display the 4th. That might at the football stadium. So around here people are up for the 4th. But a small rural town would be. The flags up and down Main Street is good enough for me.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 03:15 PM (IY9No) 236
From my experience in radio, the people that MSNow will be using for breaking news on the weekends will probably be the folks that Brian "Boom Goes The Dynamite" Collins beat out in auditions.
https://youtu.be/W45DRy7M1no?si=HNf7-K4duVW-yayl Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 01, 2026 03:15 PM (k1E2D) 237
Average age of all cable news viewers is 60-something. It’s a dying business, literally their customers are dying and no replacements.
Posted by: Demographics __________ Unfortunately, I think that applies to us morons as well. Is anyone around here actually under 29? Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 03:15 PM (XvL8K) 238
MS NOW could get better weekend ratings if they started showing old B movies from the 70's. They should give it a shot."
One word: Beastmaster Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:16 PM (XuXeR) 239
197 A Boys Life by Robert McCammon was the best look into a kid’smlife. Really outstanding book.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 03:05 PM (Gqar He's a good writer, but after reading his introduction to his short story collection Blue World I'm convinced he was the model for Garth Marenghi. Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 01, 2026 03:16 PM (0bjKf) 240
End Wokeness @EndWokeness BREAKING: Buffalo City Hall in NY raises a Somalia flag 1 day after canceling July 4th fireworks https://tinyurl.com/bd5db3ts Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 03:16 PM (NpAcC) Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 03:17 PM (TNnZH) 242
206 Confession — In the 90s (Clinton era) I used to watch Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC… shockingly, it was not a bad show. Matthews would regularly bash the Clintons….
It’s been a long time… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM Same here and I watched Joe Scarborough's show as well. He was great before his brain melted. Laura Ingraham was also a frequent contributor around that time. I find her virtually unbearable on FOX now. Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2026 03:17 PM (Lzhdy) 243
Also - just got my Pelican Vault America 250 case. Very nice
Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:17 PM (XuXeR) 244
Are any watching the events in North Dakota right now?
Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2026 03:17 PM (F3Dlr) 245
On the Beach in SC, most stage shows take a break to honor veterans. A lot different to Yankee Shitbird AmeriKKKa.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 01, 2026 03:17 PM (wBaIH) 246
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade.
Posted by: nurse ratched Had a cool name. Didn't even know what bisontennial meant (i was Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 01, 2026 03:19 PM (DZ9Lv) Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 01, 2026 03:19 PM (wBaIH) 248
>>>Vanity Tail Numbers? I like it!
The tail number on his jet is actually N239MJ. Not sure where the '9' comes into it. Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 03:19 PM (J4Dwc) 249
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness BREAKING: Buffalo City Hall in NY raises a Somalia flag 1 day after canceling July 4th fireworks https://tinyurl.com/bd5db3ts Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 03:16 PM (NpAcC) ------------- National Suicide in particular -- and Western Civ Suicide in general -- continue unabated and apace. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:19 PM (t/lcw) 250
Had Trump never appeared or decided to run, we would be living in a fully alien world. It's already close but he's kept some semblance of the Old Ways alive.
They plan on taking it all. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:21 PM (ouWD3) 251
> Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
---------- Rough Riders and one very cool looking train. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 03:21 PM (jehhT) 252
Bee headline: Jesus Delights Crowd By Miraculously Turning Oatmeal Rasin Cookies Into Chocolate Chip Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 03:21 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:21 PM (XuXeR) 254
"Ex-CIA Director John Brennan seeks court order requiring records from investigations be preserved" Posted by: mrp ============== What's the significance of that? Help me, I'm dense. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 03:21 PM (XJ22o) 255
BREAKING: Buffalo City Hall in NY raises a Somalia flag 1 day after canceling July 4th fireworks
There is this state, North Dakota, it's celebrating the opening of a Presidential library and the pride we feel that our President has travelled by air and train to be here. Seriously, can anyone at least acknowledge happiness and pride for a few hours? Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2026 03:22 PM (F3Dlr) 256
Statements from unemployed actors scolding others would, in a sane world, be ignored. Media sites highlighting them, likewise. Wrastlers climbing the turnbuckle to deliver the big smackdown blow to their dazed opponent on the matt who just in time manages to roll out of the way would, in a sane world, be given the same attention as poor Caitlin Clark's bullying black lesbian torturers. Same with the referees in both "sports". Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 03:22 PM (Y8DZL) 257
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving group. Honestly, I don’t watch the news. My dad keeps Fox on, and believes they are conservative still. In comparison, I suppose they are. But my news consumption is online through non-traditional sources like X via accounts that have credibility, as some are certainly more credible than others.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 03:13 PM ********** Actually, your dad is right. I stopped watching Fox for awhile, but now it has completely changed and is very conservative. Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 03:22 PM (NpAcC) 258
Has anyone else noticed a lack of enthusiasm for America 250?
I remember the Bicentennial was a HUGE thing. Like all year long. Or perhaps I just remember it that was as I was in 4th grade. Posted by: nurse ratched Democrats are doing all they can to tamp down the Spirit of 76. My city has decided to do the Independence Day fireworks show on Friday so that city employees can have the day off on Saturday. Last year, they did the fireworks on the 5th, a Saturday, instead of the 4th so that city employees could have the day off. It makes absolute no sense except that it shows that the government is "of the government employees, for the government employees", we are just their serfs. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 01, 2026 03:22 PM (k1E2D) 259
National Suicide in particular -- and Western Civ Suicide in general -- continue unabated and apace."
Well of course. We're all guilty and must be punished. Now have some rice with your goat. Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:23 PM (XuXeR) 260
The tail number on his jet is actually N239MJ.
Not sure where the '9' comes into it. Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 03:19 PM (J4Dwc) ----------- Jordan wore #9 during his gold medal runs at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (the "Dream Team"). His older brother, Larry, wore #45 in high school. Michael originally chose #23 because it is approximately half of 45. When playing for Team USA, he could not wear #23 or #45 due to international rules limiting numbers to 4–15. He derived #9 by adding the digits of his brother's number: 4 + 5 = 9. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:23 PM (t/lcw) 261
What's the significance of that? Help me, I'm dense.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia ======== Wants them for a criminal and perhaps civil defense. Exculpatory evidence, as Brennan himself did, is often chucked in the trash. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv) 262
Vanity Tail Numbers? I like it!
The tail number on his jet is actually N239MJ. Not sure where the '9' comes into it. Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 03:19 PM (J4Dwc) *** Hmmm. I wonder if it changed? It was a few years ago that I saw it as it was taking off. I don't recall the 9 but I may misremember it. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:23 PM (2WIwB) 263
Did Buffalo cancel fireworks due to snow? Pussies."
IIRC, they've not had them for some time. Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 03:21 PM (XuXeR) One thing Buffalo is doing right… OJ being excluded from the ring of honor in their new stadium. It’s something Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:24 PM (YetvJ) 264
We went to Walmart today to grab a few items. There was a fireworks tent in the parking lot. I glanced at some of the stuff and all I can say is; holy shit it's expensive.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 03:24 PM (jehhT) 265
- I'll take that as a won't even look. Appreciate the honesty.
And also, while I'm not a "because Calvin (or anyone else) said so kind of guy, he nailed it on election. Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 03:25 PM (dAv7M) 266
Seriously, can anyone at least acknowledge happiness and pride for a few hours?
Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2026 03:22 PM (F3Dlr) ******* The only pride people want to acknowledge these days is Pride month. Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 03:25 PM (NpAcC) 267
We went to Walmart today to grab a few items. There was a fireworks tent in the parking lot. I glanced at some of the stuff and all I can say is; holy shit it's expensive.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 03:24 PM (jehhT) Yup, cheaper to shoot guns. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 03:25 PM (snZF9) 268
232 I'm gonna party like it's 1776 since I enjoyed the 200th and now the 250th. Won't be here for the 300th. So Party On dudes!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:12 PM (2WIwB) Me too Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 03:14 PM (FtULh) ____________________________ I'm tempted to recreate the "Boston Tea Party" with a kiddie pool and a couple boxes of Lipton Breakfast Blend. I might even wear my old Redskins jersey since the Sons of Liberty dressed up like Indians that night. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 03:25 PM (dIske) 269
Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2026 03:22 PM (F3Dlr
I'll have to look for that online. I think Teddy Roosevelt was a very interesting and patriotic President Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Bw1/o) 270
MJ might be my favorite athlete ever. Aesthetically beautiful in motion; competitive to a fault… and wanted to sell Nikes to republicans and democrats. Refreshing….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:26 PM (YetvJ) 271
Both from Star Trek, both gay.
why wasn't it called Planet Trek? they didn't go to STARS they went to PLANETS?!?! Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 03:26 PM (j+aD2) 272
242 206 Confession — In the 90s (Clinton era) I used to watch Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC… shockingly, it was not a bad show. Matthews would regularly bash the Clintons….
It’s been a long time… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:08 PM Same here and I watched Joe Scarborough's show as well. He was great before his brain melted. Laura Ingraham was also a frequent contributor around that time. I find her virtually unbearable on FOX now. Posted by: Moonbeam ======= I find most the new media as ignorant and malicious posers that are uninterested in anything but the latest talking points. This is whether they are 'conservative' or the mainstream media. It is reality tv for political nerds and you can find better information routinely on blogs, X, or even dead tree print media. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv) 273
Gavin Newsom just used his own PAC to buy $1.5 million worth of his own book. Even more comically, that accounts for 2/3 of the entire print sales.
---- How to transfer money from "campaign funds" to your pocket so it isn't, legally, bribes. Books and Foundations are the major money laundering mechanisms used by politicians. IOW, bribery. Posted by: buddhaha at July 01, 2026 03:27 PM (rj9+0) 274
BTW,
Happy Canada Day to the northern Horde! Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 03:28 PM (O0L8i) 276
When the Commies take over after the mid terms MSNOW will be weekending live and in color ad nauseum. .
Posted by: Voter theater. at July 01, 2026 03:28 PM (FCPbW) 277
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh AWESOME! President Trump is flanked by ROUGHRIDERS outside the Teddy Roosevelt Library as he walks out to God Bless the USA 47 is honoring the Teddy Roosevelt legacy! https://tinyurl.com/z7kyjej7 Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 03:28 PM (NpAcC) 278
Actually, your dad is right. I stopped watching Fox for awhile, but now it has completely changed and is very conservative.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 03:22 PM (NpAcC) Conservative reporting maybe. Trustworthy absolutely not. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:28 PM (ouWD3) 279
BTW,
Happy Canada Day to the northern Horde! Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB) Ya hoser! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:28 PM (YetvJ) 280
Didn't santa monica shoot fireworks at dawn (into heavy fog)?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C) 281
BTW,
Happy Canada Day to the northern Horde! Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB) ------------- If I were running Trump's Truth Social Account, I'd be trolling and wishing them a Happy 51st State Day! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:29 PM (t/lcw) 282
274 BTW,
Happy Canada Day to the northern Horde! Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB) _____________________ Heh...how did the US celebrate that? By not re-newing the USMCA (today was the deadline). Now, it goes under an annual review instead of every 6 years and expires on 2036 if no agreement is reached. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 03:29 PM (dIske) 283
I forgot the excuse
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 03:29 PM (Kt19C) 284
DJT arrives in Medoro, ND in a passenger car pulled by engines flying a US flag and a flag bearing the Presidential Seal. I haven't seen that in a while.
Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 03:29 PM (rj6Yv) 285
the video of that TR escort is AMAZING I recommend looking it up!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 03:29 PM (j+aD2) Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 03:29 PM (y9nCu) 287
I'll have to look for that online. I think Teddy Roosevelt was a very interesting and patriotic President
Posted by: FenelonSpoke FOX has carried it for hours ... I am so disappointed in people complaining and being absorbed by the daily nonsense that when a day filled with pride of country is totally ignored and is preferred. Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2026 03:31 PM (F3Dlr) 288
MSNOW Cancels Weekend Live Programming; Will Run Cheap Leftwing Podcasts
---------- How will we know the difference Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:31 PM (ouWD3) 289
Heh...how did the US celebrate that? By not re-newing the USMCA (today was the deadline). Now, it goes under an annual review instead of every 6 years and expires on 2036 if no agreement is reached.
Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 03:29 PM (dIske) Without even looking, I can guarantee that the Canadian media is reporting it along the lines of a slap in the face, an insult, and a disgraceful thing to announce on Canada's birthday. Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 03:31 PM (PrsTH) 290
Didn't santa monica shoot fireworks at dawn (into heavy fog)?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C) ----------- I was at an inflection point in my life (broke as, living in a van, and nearing age 40) all alone and attending a July 4, 2000 fireworks celebration at the pier in Laguna Beach, Califzuela. I wrote down three future objectives: (1) To get married; (2) To have children; and (3) To become a multi-millionaire. Hey, in hindsight, two out of three weren't bad! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:31 PM (t/lcw) Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 03:32 PM (rj6Yv) 292
*broke ass
Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:32 PM (t/lcw) 293
Another trans would-be massacre - from the CA Post:
Las Vegas cops busted a transgender gunman who allegedly planned a casino massacre using a huge cache of weapons. Allison Howlett, 36, who was born a man but lives as a woman, was arrested Saturday on charges of making terroristic threats, assault with a deadly weapon, auto theft, gun theft and other offenses. The wild story unfolded shortly after 9:30 a.m. Saturday when Howlett’s former spouse called police to report Howlett had stolen her car and the vehicle held numerous firearms, Henderson Police Chief Reggie Rader said Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 03:32 PM (kX27y) 294
He's a good writer, but after reading his introduction to his short story collection Blue World I'm convinced he was the model for Garth Marenghi.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 01, 2026 03:16 PM (0bjKf) You forgot to add "Author, dream-weaver, visionary, plus actor." Posted by: International Garth Marenghi Fan Club at July 01, 2026 03:33 PM (B0NCh) 295
Puppet Show
and MSNOW The Weekend: Primetime Posted by: IllTemperedCur _____________ But they've got a big dressing room. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 03:33 PM (XvL8K) 296
Exculpatory evidence, as Brennan himself did, is often chucked in the trash. Posted by: whig ============= Aha. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 03:33 PM (XJ22o) 297
If anyone is wondering at the backdrop for Trump's speech, it's for the Medora Musical. The musical is an annual summer tradition there.
Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 03:33 PM (PrsTH) 298
MSNOW Cancels Weekend Live Programming; Will Run Cheap Leftwing Podcasts
---------- How will we know the difference Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:31 PM (ouWD3) ------------- Beautiful. Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:33 PM (t/lcw) 299
wrote down three future objectives: (1) To get married; (2) To have children; and (3) To become a multi-millionaire. Hey, in hindsight, two out of three weren't bad! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:31 PM (t/lcw) ___________ So you never got married? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 03:34 PM (O0L8i) 300
"That $1.5 million in copies, bought by Newsom himself, made up 2/3rds of all "sales" of "his" "book."
So he is following the Clinton model of book revenue generation. Aunt Pelosi would be proud. Posted by: Distant Observer at July 01, 2026 03:34 PM (Rrx9m) 301
291 YT video of President DJT arriving by train in Medoro, ND
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/86kynd3k Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 03:32 PM (rj6Yv) That lifted my spirits... Thanks Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 03:35 PM (FtULh) 302
Medora Musical? That bitch Jill is always telling me to take that with some water
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 01, 2026 03:35 PM (ouWD3) 303
297 If anyone is wondering at the backdrop for Trump's speech, it's for the Medora Musical. The musical is an annual summer tradition there.
Here he's being escorted by the Rough Riders. https://tinyurl.com/mprddfxv Now he's in the new TR Museum talking to an AI Roosevelt. Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 03:35 PM (kX27y) 304
Fun - Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders escorting Trump in ND:
https://tinyurl.com/38x9wknd Posted by: beckster ----- This is all kinds of awesome. While the mainstream media isn't crowing about the 250th like they were for the Bicentennial, I see lots of enthusiasm from the people at large. Flags are everywhere, there are activities planned, and the general mood is celebratory. Of course I live in Tweeville... Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 01, 2026 03:36 PM (kpS4V) 305
If anyone is wondering at the backdrop for Trump's speech, it's for the Medora Musical. The musical is an annual summer tradition there.
Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 03:33 PM (PrsTH) -------------- I loved Trump's 2020 event and fireworks display at Mt. Rushmore in 2020 (if you haven't visited -- it's a must, as I NEVER take photographs but could not resist that place). I also had never seen nor heard of Kristi Noem, and was so impressed by her speech I considered her a likely first female POTUS (damn, those days are gone). Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:36 PM (t/lcw) 306
We are celebrating!
Join us for Fairhope's Independence Day Celebration on July 4 as we commemorate America's 250th anniversary! Enjoy an unforgettable evening on the bluff as the Baldwin Pops performs at 7:30 p.m. with 250 musicians, followed by a spectacular fireworks show over Mobile Bay at 9:00 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs, gather your family and friends, and celebrate this historic milestone with music, patriotism, and one of the best views on the Gulf Coast. 🎶 Baldwin Pops Concert | 7:30 PM 🎆 Fireworks Over Mobile Bay | 9:00 PM 📍 Henry George Park & Fairhope Municipal Pier We can't wait to celebrate with you! Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Wmg4n) 307
MS NOW is running out of money now that they don't have Comcast/NBC's available to them anymore? This is my shocked face, I promise.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 03:37 PM (4ObTi) 308
I wrote down three future objectives:
(1) To get married; (2) To have children; and (3) To become a multi-millionaire. Hey, in hindsight, two out of three weren't bad! Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 01, 2026 03:31 PM (t/lcw) So you’re a married multimillionaire? Nice! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:38 PM (YetvJ) 309
>>>Also, Gavin and Jill would have to gift me their books. And then I would use them to hold a door open or something.
Posted by: Piper >I would use it in the kitchen as a leveler so I could put food on the table. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 03:38 PM (fkjGs) 310
Teddy Roosevelt famously said he'd never have been president if he hadn't lived in North Dakota.
Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 03:39 PM (PrsTH) Posted by: Distant Observer at July 01, 2026 03:39 PM (Rrx9m) 312
Was Jill's book a pop-up book? I wanted a pop-up book.
Posted by: Slow Joe Biden at July 01, 2026 03:39 PM (TNzRs) 313
I can't imagine why the media wouldn't making a big hullabaloo over the 250th. Can you fathom what Kamala's would look like?
2:00 Land Acknowledgement 2:30 Tranny 2 Spirit Orgy 3:00 Pedo Party 10:00 Land Acknowledgement Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 03:40 PM (ouWD3) 314
>>>Also, Gavin and Jill would have to gift me their books. And then I would use them to hold a door open or something.
Posted by: Piper >I would use it in the kitchen as a leveler so I could put food on the table. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone Emergency shit paper. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 01, 2026 03:40 PM (TNnZH) 315
People seem to be into the 250th around here. A lot of flags on house,trucks, cars, even harleys. The dude down the street had a huge American flag painted on the side of his pole barn. Another house is flying a fuck joe biden banner on his fence. People have been trying out fireworks, and its some really loud shit. I think it will be nuts around here on the 4th.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 03:41 PM (snZF9) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 03:41 PM (lQ+/f) 317
nood
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 03:41 PM (6wpGE) 318
There is a word out that Nina Totenberg formerly of NPR has died. Not fact checking it of course because that is the NPR standard of journalism.
Send a card. Posted by: Kindltot at July 01, 2026 03:41 PM (rbvCR) 319
MS-FEW DAYS AGO
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 01, 2026 03:41 PM (wGerL) 320
Did Trump say he's building his library in Miami?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 01, 2026 03:42 PM (kpS4V) 321
Teddy Roosevelt famously said he'd never have been president if he hadn't lived in North Dakota.
Posted by: Vendette at July 01, 2026 03:39 PM (PrsTH) I’ve read a few bios of TR. Very interesting guy but I’m not so sure he was good for the country in the long run… one of the original “progressives” (different meaning then but nevertheless not on the right track)… on top of which the name Roosevelt associated with TR helped FDR’s young political career immeasurably. Doubt he woulda been president if TR never existed. And FDR legacy mostly negative IMHO. TR legacy a mixed bag Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 03:42 PM (YetvJ) 322
Watched the fireworks over Pensacola Bay from our boat a couple of years ago. Pretty cool.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 01, 2026 03:43 PM (J4Dwc) 323
Happy Canada Day to the northern Horde!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB) --- Formal observation of Canada Day is done by considering the burden your continued existence might be on the people nearest you and the country in general. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Fi81e) 324
Happy Canada Day!
The lines to your favorite places will be long--have you thought about ending it all? Posted by: Canada at July 01, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e) 325
Teddy Roosevelt famously said he'd never have been president if he hadn't lived in North Dakota.
Posted by: Vendette How he'd feel if he knew that now his own prefer coveting Alberta rather than recognize it. The grass is always greener ... Posted by: old chick at July 01, 2026 03:46 PM (F3Dlr) Gang of Foreign Invaders Randomly Beat a 17-Year-Old French Boy to Death, Videotape It to Share Their Tribal Murder-Coup OnlineEveryone's so surprised this keeps happening. We're all like, "no way." Of course. They were told to say that by France's own globalist "Nudge Unit." So she's not as chill about it as the Nudge Unit, French Branch would like her to be. The five "youths," unidentified except by first name, went straight to the old well and claimed they planned this ambush murder because of Muh Fake Racism. The wolf pack had stalked its prey several times before finally bringing him down -- and authorities did nothing about the violent wolves. Authorities have also confirmed that Louis had previously reported being assaulted on two separate occasions in the weeks before his death. While many social media users have linked the rise in violence to the growing number of migrants in France, prosecutors have stated that there is no evidence the killing was racially motivated.Sure. But my noticing it is racially motivated, I'm pretty certain. The family is also calling for a march for the murdered boy -- and justice for the invaders. The family of Louis, the 17-year-old boy beaten to death at a construction site in Narbonne, France, have spoken publicly about the impact of the attack, with his aunt describing the footage of the incident as "unspeakable." ... Marteau described the video as extremely distressing and said the family struggled to understand the level of violence shown in the footage. She added that those responsible appeared to show no remorse during the assault. "They are laughing, they beat him, they leave him no way out," she said, describing the footage as showing the attack being recorded alongside "snickering and selfies." Louis' mother told Le Journal du Dimanche "This is not the time for mourning; it is the time for war," demanding that the accused be tried as adults. She said France's juvenile justice laws needed to be revised, and recalled that she had repeatedly warned social services that her son was in danger. They held a march on the 28th and are holding another one Sunday, July 5th. This murder came a month before an 11-year-old girl was raped and murdered by a known sex criminal whom the police repeatedly failed to open an investigation into the killer, even after he was accused by the mother of a 10-year-old girl of repeatedly raping her. He had also been accused of raping a 17-year-old girl, but police dropped that investigation too after the girl said she had "consented" to sex with the man. Thousands of mourners have turned out for a silent march for a 11-year-old schoolgirl whose murder prompted widespread outrage when it emerged police had failed to question the suspected killer about previous child sexual abuse allegations. The parents of the girl, who has been named only as Lyhanna, led the cortege on Sunday in the south-western village of Fleurance behind a banner reading "Never again". Most of those who marched, including children, wore white shirts or T-shirts, many bearing a smiling portrait of the young victim. Grief has been mixed with profound shock and anger. The killing has sparked a heated national debate over the delays and failings of France's justice system after it emerged that the man being held in connection with Lyhanna's disappearance and murder had been on the police's radar since 2017. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, acknowledged there had been an "unacceptable" failure in the legal system. ... Lyhanna was last spotted getting into a grey car, identified as belonging to Jérôme Barella, a father of two and school cleaner, in Fleurance in the Gers département on 29 May. Her body was found seven days later in a disused grain silo 15km from where she went missing. Barella has denied killing her, telling police he had dropped her off at the local swimming pool.French President Macron has refused to utter the name of Louis, but he is gallavanting around to praise the abolition of the death penalty -- even as many call for its return. Leftwing French paper LeMonde: Emmanuel Macron at the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris, June 30, 2026. Forced to watch the French presidential campaign unfold without him, President Emmanuel Macron does not intend to disappear from the national conversation. On Tuesday, June 30, he attended the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, held in Paris, to warn against calls to restore capital punishment, 45 years after its abolition. "Even in this old country that is France, nothing is ever guaranteed, and these struggles must always be fought again," Macron warned, keeping his aviator glasses on in the dimly lit Studio 104 at the Maison de la Radio. "The battle for abolition (...) is decidedly contemporary, because today, in our societies, this debate is resurfacing," he declared before a cosmopolitan audience. The murders of Lyhanna, age 11, who was raped then killed in the Gers, and of Louis, a 17-year-old beaten to death in Narbonne, have in recent days reignited arguments in favor of the death penalty on social media and certain television panels. CNews, Europe 1 and Le Journal du dimanche, all owned by the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, even published a survey on the topic. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Everyone's so surprised this keeps happening. We're all like, "no way."
------------- Isn't it time for a French Citizen Vigilante? /rhetorical Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:16 PM (t/lcw) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 01:17 PM (XuXeR) 3
1 Everyone's so surprised this keeps happening. We're all like, "no way."
------------- Isn't it time for a French Citizen Vigilante? /rhetorical ======= And it is likely to happen first in France when the pot boils over. Although England is making up for a later start in Die-versity. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 01:17 PM (E4rtv) 4
Yeah, hi. This is going to be another day of content that keeps me fuming away at my keyboard. So much material! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:17 PM (XJ22o) 5
I would like to rename the Third World to the Fourth World because there ain't no First World no more.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:18 PM (ouWD3) 6
Burn out theNo Go Zones. Then nuke from orbit.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 01:18 PM (wPlLO) 7
Gang of Foreign Invaders Randomly Beat a 17-Year-Old French Boy to Death, Videotape It to Share Their Tribal Murder-Coup Online
—Disinformation Expert Ace ---- Just like the Amish... Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:18 PM (Fi81e) 8
they're murdering our youth
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (j+aD2) 9
Of course. They were told to say that by France's own globalist "Nudge Unit."
--------------- Grudge Unit >>>>> Nudge Unit Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (t/lcw) 10
Oh grayt.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (MWfyi) 11
Does the French govt allow their citizens to post online criticism of the invaders, or have they suppressed it like England, Germany, Canada, Australia, etc have?
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (Jr5Lq) 12
Oh, they're going to have another march. That'll show them!
Posted by: davidt at July 01, 2026 01:20 PM (Q+gd/) 13
Mass deportation is the moderate solution.
The death penalty is the moderate solution. Posted by: PabloD at July 01, 2026 01:20 PM (XLdVq) 14
If any people in Western Europe were to start fighting against invaders in my view it's the Irish first then the French. Despite their reputation the French can be vicious bastards. I wouldn't be surprised to find a ditch full of dead immigrants in the French countryside.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM (HddY9) 15
I would like to rename the Third World to the Fourth World because there ain't no First World no more.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:18 PM (ouWD3) --- No-go zones are Fifth World Open Sewers of the World are Fourth World -- or maybe Burn Pits of Apokolips. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e) 16
Immigration is our strength! Posted by: Macron at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM (OkYzo) 17
Ah..."youths"...got it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM (bFu5X) 18
Murdering Youth, whom did they open for?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM (wPlLO) 19
It's almost time. Posted by: The Crusades at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM (OkYzo) 20
I'm worried about the backlash against these aspiring rappers who are trying to turn their lives around and have just applied to CUNY.
lol I like the trend on X of calling the "scholars." I'm seeing these clips of the indigenous peoples banding together to repel these invaders with extreme violence. And I ... feel nothing. No sympathy--they earned worse. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:22 PM (3cUTc) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e) 22
I wonder where this be headed.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 01:22 PM (MWfyi) 23
There may be a down side to letting retarded savages into your country. Who knew?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 01, 2026 01:22 PM (wvPJN) 24
Murdering Youth, whom did they open for?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM (wPlLO) --- The Jugulars opened for them. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e) 25
The five "youths," unidentified except by first name ,,,
-------------- . Muhammad; . Mohammed; . Mohammad . Mohamed; and . Mohamad. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:23 PM (t/lcw) 26
Oh, they're going to have another march. That'll show them!
Posted by: davidt at July 01, 2026 01:20 PM (Q+gd/) It’s like Jim Jordan rolling up his sleeves to write a strongly worded letter!! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 01:23 PM (keuwF) 27
Murdering Youth, whom did they open for?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM The Violent Femmes. Worcester Centrum, '89. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 01:23 PM (bFu5X) 28
Suggesting > Nudging > Pushing > Compelling
We all know where it will eventually lead. The left is doing it there, they're doing it here. The only difference is where one is on the spectrum. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 01:23 PM (jehhT) 29
Does anyone here "know" the French, like having lived with them? I'd like to know if they can be pushed too far. I don't know if history and election results tell you all that much about national character. For that matter, I don't know if they deserve the cheese-eating surrender monkey label, which is fun, but maybe another false impression. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o) 30
Haircuts. Where is the National Razor?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (wvPJN) 31
Emmanuel Macron at the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris, June 30, 2026."
Funny, too - the "round house" (one of the meeting sites)is ..wait for it... Air conditioned. Really. Zut alors! Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (XuXeR) 32
Some dickhead tried starting fires in Jefferson County, CO. He got caught.
Save a witch. Burn an arsonist Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (K7yuL) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (bFu5X) 34
Christian Europe >>> ... > Secular, Modern Europe. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (Fi81e) 35
"Identitarian" = doesn't want to be mistreated for being French
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (lP31d) 36
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on.....
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (IY9No) 37
A Central Park Five for modern times.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (ouWD3) 38
France
Posted by: huerfano at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (VJX5o) 39
And SCOTUS just put out the welcome sign to Come on in and drop a new citizen !
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (O3Vxh) 40
What ever happened to those yellow or orange vest guys?
Posted by: davidt at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (Q+gd/) 41
23 There may be a down side to letting retarded savages into your country. Who knew?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 01, 2026 01:22 PM (wvPJN) Nobody could have known. It was completely unknowable. Posted by: Pattern recognition is racist! at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (TbWk/) 42
Does anyone here "know" the French, like having lived with them?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o) CBD Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (6BjcW) 43
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o) =============== Oh, Smell the Glove was reading my mind at #14 while I was typing. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (XJ22o) 44
Meh, Western Europe is dead, Jim.
A cautionary tale for the rest of The Death Cult Suicidal West in general and the USA in particular. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:26 PM (t/lcw) 45
It’s like Jim Jordan rolling up his sleeves to write a strongly worded letter!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 01:23 PM (keuwF) --- Writing the letter was more Grassley's niche. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e) 46
Well okay, these things are bad I guess, but just think about how much the French culinary scene is being improved by all the halal kebob stands.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at July 01, 2026 01:26 PM (DNnoz) 47
CBD Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey ============== Right! I'd like to see him scribble about them sometime. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:26 PM (XJ22o) 48
If France will not deliver justice, the correct response from the populace is to offer "Free helicopter rides over the Med for all invaders." Moreover, those bleeding hearts in Macron's inner circle should also go along. You know, to make certain everything is done by the book.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 01:27 PM (e3dOD) 49
Make Guillotines Great Again
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 01:27 PM (YwEeS) 50
Imagine where we would be right now if Kamala had won.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 01:28 PM (viF8m) 51
Ace, I would heed the 48-hour rule on this attack. I saw the video of the attack. It's blurry, but the attackers (or at least the ones you can see) look white to me.
Video here: https://tinyurl.com/ykfk9a56 Their names are "Jordan S., Lucas P., Mathias T., Isaac P., and Kilian T." Those don't sound like migrant names. This may have little or nothing to do with migrants or foreign invaders. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/) 52
In an emotional interview, his mother called for those responsible to be tried as adults, saying she hoped her son's death would be "the last."
They've brought in millions of invaders. Even if these 5 are really punished why would this be the last such murder? Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm) 53
Unless they are marching with machetes I am doubtful this will change the dial.
Have read (not on national sites) that the barbarians burned down a convent or monastery and the burial place of St. Patrick in Ireland. DEPORT DEPORT DEPORT after killing the worst for murders and rapes. GET THEM OUT! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 01, 2026 01:28 PM (hzuYO) 54
The five "youths," unidentified except by first name ,,,
-------------- . Muhammad; . Mohammed; . Mohammad . Mohamed; and . Mohamad. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:23 PM (t/lcw) =================== Amish in France? Who knew. Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 01, 2026 01:28 PM (e3dOD) 55
My USB cords keep wearing out on the C end.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 01, 2026 01:29 PM (wvPJN) 56
It's a good thing all cultures are equal, otherwise the French might have a problem.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 01, 2026 01:29 PM (PVvQD) 57
Oh, they're going to have another march. That'll show them!
-- Yup. If your march doesn't have torches for immigrant housing, and rough justice for the illegals, it's just theater the elites will ignore. Your country is being looted. Your daughters are being raped. Your sons are being murdered. The police do nothing. The judges do nothing. The politicians do nothing. The time for talk and demonstrations is over. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:29 PM (3cUTc) 58
Does the French govt allow their citizens to post online criticism of the invaders, or have they suppressed it like England, Germany, Canada, Australia, etc have?
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (Jr5Lq) ------------- My understanding is that, Yes, you will be arrested for "hate speech" if you criticize Muzzie rape gangs online ... while Muzzie rape gang rapists are immune from arrest and prosecution. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:29 PM (t/lcw) 59
I saw with the recent story out of Britain that one invader started stabbing toddlers and when few Brits disarmed him and got him down a group of British woman formed a circle around the invader/stabber to stop anyone from harming him.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm) 60
Why is www.facebook.com slowing the loading of the page?
Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 01:30 PM (Sy6m/) 61
If any people in Western Europe were to start fighting against invaders in my view it's the Irish first then the French. Despite their reputation the French can be vicious bastards. Posted by: Smell the Glove =============== Do the French have a WFL problem (I don't think of many people in AC-less, no-free-refills France as being Affluent)? I know the Irish have that problem. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:30 PM (XJ22o) 62
Does anybody notice the correlation:
The wider the acceptance of Darwin -> the less likely to insist on survival of your kind. Atheists, something is going wrong in your "simple problems to solve" file. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e) 63
@43 Blonde Morticia - and a dirty mind it is
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 01:30 PM (HddY9) 64
It's all crap. Macron's brain is wormwood. The free French could take notes from the Irish, ban together and take care of business. These horrors will not stop until those in the perp class are afraid to exercise themselves.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (JS6jE) 65
"My USB cords keep wearing out on the C end."
Look at the bright side: Much better that the cord wears out rather than the jack in the device. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (Jr5Lq) 66
>>Some dickhead tried starting fires in Jefferson County, CO. He got caught.
Save a witch. Burn an arsonist Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM I looked him up. At least part Navajo. Posted by: huerfano at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (VJX5o) 67
Protest marches don't do anything except let the neo-feudal governments identify potential troublemakers.
If you want to make a difference you have to cause immediate negative consequences for the members of the governing class. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm) 68
Your country is being looted.
Your daughters are being raped. Your sons are being murdered. The police do nothing. The judges do nothing. The politicians do nothing. The time for talk and demonstrations is over. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:29 PM (3cUTc) Newsletter? Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: What's that in Francais? at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (TbWk/) 70
The wider the acceptance of Darwin -> the less likely to insist on survival of your kind.
Posted by: Axeman Violent crimes correlate highly with the percentage of Christians in your state. Posted by: gKWVE can play too at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (K7yuL) 71
If any people in Western Europe were to start fighting against invaders in my view it's the Irish first then the French. Despite their reputation the French can be vicious bastards.
Posted by: Smell the Glove --- The Irish people, once listed as the most religious country (US second), are still dug in against all this shit. Their fellates are like our fellates, dumb as a post but too well educated for anybody to tell them. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e) 72
Does anyone think the English or French will do anything about their invaders?
Posted by: MJ at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (XOmY9) 73
It seems to me that the only way to truly deal with this is not just to deal the rapists, but also their enablers (judges, gov't employees, shadow-financiers, etc.)
Posted by: Otto Penn at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (sJHOI) 74
"Jordan S., Lucas P., Mathias T., Isaac P., and Kilian T." Those don't sound like migrant names. This may have little or nothing to do with migrants or foreign invaders. Posted by: Elric The Blade ================ Interesting. Something else going on in France? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (XJ22o) 75
The wider the acceptance of Darwin -> the less likely to insist on survival of your kind. Atheists, something is going wrong in your "simple problems to solve" file. Assume for a moment that religion is all fake. All that exists is the material world. Then why does religion exist in every successful society? And atheists refuse to ask this question even though it should be the first thing they consider... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm) 76
>> 39 And SCOTUS just put out the welcome sign to Come on in and drop a new citizen !
Right? Thomas' hypothetical about a foreign enemy dropping an anchor baby and getting elected isn't even a hypothetical. That psycho who just won in NYC is the daughter of a deported Jordanian terrorist. Posted by: the dandy at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (8l8nW) 77
Ace, I would heed the 48-hour rule on this attack. I saw the video of the attack. It's blurry, but the attackers (or at least the ones you can see) look white to me.
-- Why should we care for accuracy? Do they extended the same courtesy when the target is a favored leftist group member? If it inflames passions against illegals, I see nothing wrong. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (3cUTc) 78
72 Does anyone think the English or French will do anything about their invaders?
Posted by: MJ at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (XOmY9) Are we sure these were "invaders"? Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (O3Vxh) 79
Imagine where we would be right now if Kamala had won.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2026 01:28 PM (viF8m) ------------ If Hillary had won, I'm certain I would have already been murdered by now or barely holding on at 98 pounds in a concentration camp. I'm on a lot of "lists" ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:33 PM (t/lcw) 80
The Congo seems to be knocking off England in kickball.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 01, 2026 01:33 PM (wvPJN) 81
"My understanding is that, Yes, you will be arrested [in France] for "hate speech" if you criticize Muzzie rape gangs online"
Cripes. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:33 PM (Jr5Lq) 82
Funny I just watched a movie about this type of thing.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 01, 2026 01:33 PM (cS1cw) 83
I just scrolled through some of Dragon Con's guest list, yikes. So many lawyers listed might as well be DEFCON.
Tenant, Piper, and River Song will be there along either cast from ST: Enterprise. Bruce Boxleitnrr. 5 day pass is $180. Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 01:33 PM (wPlLO) 84
@61 can't say that I know. I'm just looking at French behavior through history. Their paratroopers in Algeria, their behavior in Vichy, and their actions in the Napoleonic period and in the Terror during the revolution are indications of viciousness
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 01:33 PM (HddY9) 85
Violent crimes correlate highly with the percentage of Christians in your state.
Posted by: gKWVE can play too at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (K7yuL) --- Hey don't get mad at me because I point out that people who go full Darwinism lose the will to defend themselves. Crime is bad, but it's not a death sentence. Ideological suicide IS. So you're comparing apples and oranges, pal. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e) 86
@43 Blonde Morticia - and a dirty mind it is Posted by: Smell the Glove ================ Wh-- that part was encrypted! Damn. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (XJ22o) 87
Suggesting > Nudging > Pushing > Compelling
——- There are two (2) ways you can get somebody else to do something, or not do something. You can try to persuade them. If that doesn’t work, you have to force them. That’s it. As a practical matter, it certainly appears that the mighty propaganda organs of yore - newspapers, magazines, network television - are walking sucking chest wounds. They no longer have a monopoly on approved narratives. They no longer enjoy hardly any respect or credibility. So it should be no surprise the usual suspects eye the Internet and “social media” with a jaundiced eye. The reporters, the news outlets, are now largely the people, albeit unpaid. Notice they do not like this arrangement. At one extreme, sounding like the old Soviet Union, UK subjects are being arrested for merely reporting the news, essentially. I do believe Free Speech is essential. It is often ugly. Divisive? Well depends on whom is trying to divide whom, eh? Free speech for me and not for thee, eh? Who gets to decide? Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (gUqk9) 88
Charles Martel weeps.
Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (Oy/m2) 89
If it inflames passions against illegals, I see nothing wrong.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (3cUTc) ------------- This. The Gordian Knot. Cut must it be ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (t/lcw) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (x8PQF) 91
Animals often attack in packs. Avoid lions, wolves, and chimps.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (Gqar8) 92
"My understanding is that, Yes, you will be arrested [in France] for "hate speech" if you criticize Muzzie rape gangs online"
Cripes. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:33 PM (Jr5Lq) --- Coming soon: Muzzie lure and beat-up gangs. Because not all Muzzies lured and beat that boy to death. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e) 93
Macron is a brave brave man… look who he climbs into bed with every night!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 01:35 PM (YetvJ) 94
They’ll protest, blow off some steam, then go back to their lives as sacrificial lambs. Eventually another slaughter will occur, and they’ll protest, blow off some steam, then go back to their lives as sacrificial lambs. Eventually another slaughter will occur, and they’ll protest, blow off some steam…
Posted by: weew at July 01, 2026 01:36 PM (9TspW) 95
"Jordan S., Lucas P., Mathias T., Isaac P., and Kilian T." Those don't sound like migrant names.
This may have little or nothing to do with migrants or foreign invaders. Posted by: Elric The Blade ================ Interesting. Something else going on in France? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (XJ22o) __________ Gang-related shit? Long-standing bad blood? Could be anything. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/) 96
Near time for the Euros to declare independence from the islam enabling globalist agenda.
Posted by: Rex B at July 01, 2026 01:37 PM (rgnea) 97
Thomas' hypothetical about a foreign enemy dropping an anchor baby and getting elected isn't even a hypothetical. Posted by: the dandy ============= It's the very profile of Hasan Piker. Not elected, but getting plenty of people elected and influencing politics heavily. THAT said, this French case may be native wildlife vs an innocent kid, as Elric has discovered. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:37 PM (XJ22o) 98
I do believe Free Speech is essential. It is often ugly. Divisive? Well depends on whom is trying to divide whom, eh? Free speech for me and not for thee, eh? Who gets to decide?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (gUqk9) -------------- We have come A LONG WAY from my youth where the constant refrains -- from both Rs and Ds -- was: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Good times, good times -- actually REALLY GREAT TIMES ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:38 PM (t/lcw) 99
Jordan S., Lucas P., Mathias T., Isaac P., and Kilian T." Those don't sound like migrant names.
Rival lacrosse team? Posted by: Something gay and European BIRM at July 01, 2026 01:38 PM (TbWk/) 100
I still can't get over the video of the "cultural enricher" being caught masturbating in front of children at a pool.
And when the group of men rush over and start beating his ass, some stupid ass white girl in a bikini runs in to ... defend the scholar. Physically putting herself between justice and the pedo, Mr. Jerking Off. Because his skin assigned him as Oppressed. And the skin of the others assigned them as Oppressors. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:38 PM (3cUTc) 101
Are we sure these were "invaders"?
Posted by: It's me donna Statistics and my Magic 8-Ball say: Yes. Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 01:39 PM (TezPK) 102
Burn out theNo Go Zones. Then nuke from orbit.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2026 01:18 PM (wPlLO) Yup. Then send in death squads to make sure. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 01:39 PM (snZF9) 103
Thomas' hypothetical about a foreign enemy dropping an anchor baby and getting elected isn't even a hypothetical.
Posted by: the dandy ============= It's the very profile of Hasan Piker. Not elected, but getting plenty of people elected and influencing politics heavily. THAT said, this French case may be native wildlife vs an innocent kid, as Elric has discovered. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:37 PM (XJ22o) Not sure if he's an anchor or his family bought their way in bringing him along. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:39 PM (uhVAy) 104
ENG/COD tied 1-1
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:39 PM (K7yuL) 105
I'm just looking at French behavior through history
——- I found for example, the Cambodians to be a very serene and chill kind of people. Koreans as well. But apparently they aren’t always so relaxed. I’m told the Japanese were bit vexatious during their expansionist Imperial era Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 01:40 PM (gUqk9) 106
100 Those Paul Joseph Watson videos are eye openers.
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 01:40 PM (YwEeS) 107
@57.
Oh, The police will arrest them The judges will let them go And The politicians will do nothing. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 01:41 PM (IY9No) 108
104 ENG/COD tied 1-1
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:39 PM (K7yuL I thought England liked fried cod. Posted by: Fish and chips! at July 01, 2026 01:41 PM (TbWk/) 109
Euroweenies enabled this.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 01:41 PM (l3cgK) 110
The wider the acceptance of Darwin -> the less likely to insist on survival of your kind.
Atheists, something is going wrong in your "simple problems to solve" file. Assume for a moment that religion is all fake. All that exists is the material world. Then why does religion exist in every successful society? And atheists refuse to ask this question even though it should be the first thing they consider... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm) --- Almost none of my arguments to atheists EVER assume there is a God. That doesn't mean they know how to play Jenga with civilization, though. But they keep trying, because "it's all simple". Atheism is all about kicking the can down the road. Eventually we'll discover what makes a safe, coherent society. Eventually we'll find out how life rose from non-life--and that's not a "extraordinary claim" despite the solid history of the biological principle that only life is, when observed, the source of life. Again, I'm not saying "Therefore, God" I'm saying that this is where they play the game that YOU have to provide "extraordinary evidence" that non-life COULD NOT produce life, because evidence of life. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:41 PM (Fi81e) 111
Thomas' hypothetical about a foreign enemy dropping an anchor baby and getting elected isn't even a hypothetical.
Posted by: the dandy ============= It's the very profile of Hasan Piker. Not elected, but getting plenty of people elected and influencing politics heavily. THAT said, this French case may be native wildlife vs an innocent kid, as Elric has discovered. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:37 PM (XJ22o) Not sure if he's an anchor or his family bought their way in bringing him along. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:39 PM (uhVAy) ______ Anchor baby. He was born in NJ to affluent Turks. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/) 112
Louis's family declined to take part, saying they wished to avoid any political exploitation of their son's death.
And also they were threatened with being shown Mrs. Macron and Mrs. Obama's dicks. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 01:42 PM (OyOhQ) 113
108 104 ENG/COD tied 1-1
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:39 PM (K7yuL I thought England liked fried cod. Posted by: Fish and chips! at July 01, 2026 01:41 PM (TbWk/) Get ur Cod piece! Get your fried Cod piece here! Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK) 114
Henry and Louis. Murdered by people claiming racism. Repeated rapist let go because police afraid to be called racist.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 01:42 PM (n5tGW) 115
Wake me when one of these miscreants is found swinging from a lamppost. Mysteriously.
Watch the colonial government swing into action to protect the colonizers. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 01:43 PM (RIvkX) 116
Assume for a moment that religion is all fake. All that exists is the material world. Then why does religion exist in every successful society?
And atheists refuse to ask this question even though it should be the first thing they consider... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm) I don't believe in Santa anymore if I ever did but I don't define myself as an ASantaist and force myself on kids waiting to see him at the mall and debate them regularly. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:43 PM (uhVAy) 117
These people are just doing what they were imported to do…just like the poison snake set in the bed by the assassin.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 01, 2026 01:44 PM (gIRws) 118
Louis' mother told Le Journal du Dimanche "This is not the time for mourning; it is the time for war."
At least one other person knows what time it is. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 01:44 PM (xA5g+) 119
100 I still can't get over the video of the "cultural enricher" being caught masturbating in front of children at a pool.
And when the group of men rush over and start beating his ass, some stupid ass white girl in a bikini runs in to ... defend the scholar. Physically putting herself between justice and the pedo, Mr. Jerking Off. Because his skin assigned him as Oppressed. And the skin of the others assigned them as Oppressors. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:38 PM (3cUTc) Women have been working mightily toward the downfall of civilization since the Garden of Eden... Posted by: This perfection just isn't good enough! at July 01, 2026 01:44 PM (TbWk/) 120
My theory is that the French burned out. They were violent, passionate, and formidable in prior ages, but the Great Terror, Napoleon, and following burned their passion out of them. They saw error in passion.
They pretty much became neo-Epicureans at that point and smooth living became the point. And "evolved" to the point that Michel Foucault could challenge all speech as power games (so he could one day fuck boys). Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:45 PM (Fi81e) 121
Major Pigment Problem going on.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 01:45 PM (Gqar8) 122
I am reminded of the debate between Jordan Peterson and Alex O'Connor.
O'Conner admitted Christian societies tend to be much better societies overall and that yes he would rather live in one. But argued he just still didn't believe Jesus was the son of God. And the follow up Peterson did not go with that I wish he had..."What a miracle then that these societies organized under a false premise somehow all ended up being by your own admissions better?" Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm) 123
Does anyone think the English or French will do anything about their invaders?
Posted by: MJ at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (XOmY9) Are we sure these were "invaders"? Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (O3Vxh) They need to get rid of those who opened the gates from the inside first. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:45 PM (uhVAy) 124
I still can't get over the video of the "cultural enricher" being caught masturbating in front of children at a pool.
And when the group of men rush over and start beating his ass, some stupid ass white girl in a bikini runs in to ... defend the scholar. Physically putting herself between justice and the pedo, Mr. Jerking Off. Because his skin assigned him as Oppressed. And the skin of the others assigned them as Oppressors. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:38 PM (3cUTc) --- But he's a good man officer! I can change him. Posted by: Psycho White liberal women at July 01, 2026 01:46 PM (PVvQD) 125
These people are just doing what they were imported to do…just like the poison snake set in the bed by the assassin.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 01, 2026 01:44 PM (gIRws) --- Who imported them? European Muzzies? Or the educated fellate class? Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Fi81e) 126
WWI gutted France. I believe they never really recovered.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Gqar8) 127
My understanding is that, Yes, you will be arrested for "hate speech" if you criticize Muzzie rape gangs online ... while Muzzie rape gang rapists are immune from arrest and prosecution.
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:29 PM (t/lcw) Hence our first couple of Amendments Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:47 PM (ouWD3) 128
Unbelievers have been riding the coattails of Christianity for forever.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 01:47 PM (Gqar8) 129
High on love:
https://tinyurl.com/5axdwhv5 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (x8PQF) ===== Meh. George Willig climbed Tower 2 on May 26, 1977. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 01:48 PM (RIvkX) 130
WWI gutted France. I believe they never really recovered.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Gqar WWII was even worse - defeat, more than half joined the Nazis, and the attempt to paper over that post war did them no favors. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy) 131
127 My understanding is that, Yes, you will be arrested for "hate speech" if you criticize Muzzie rape gangs online ... while Muzzie rape gang rapists are immune from arrest and prosecution.
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:29 PM (t/lcw) Hence our first couple of Amendments Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:47 PM (ouWD3) Not that the dems, socialists, and commies here (BIRM 2x) haven't tried to outlaw speech by creating hate speech statutes... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 01:49 PM (l3cgK) 132
130 WWI gutted France. I believe they never really recovered.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 01:46 PM (Gqar WWII was even worse - defeat, more than half joined the Nazis, and the attempt to paper over that post war did them no favors. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy) ' Verdun was pretty nasty... Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK) Posted by: Kill off granny at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (looXz) 134
I still can't get over the video of the "cultural enricher" being caught masturbating in front of children at a pool.
And when the group of men rush over and start beating his ass, some stupid ass white girl in a bikini runs in to ... defend the scholar. Physically putting herself between justice and the pedo, Mr. Jerking Off. Because his skin assigned him as Oppressed. And the skin of the others assigned them as Oppressors. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:38 PM (3cUTc) --- Its time for the women to get the beating too. Simply put, women no longer should have the protection of chivalry (which was mainly for the nobility anyway). Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (Vh9CX) 135
Not sure if he's an anchor or his family bought their way in bringing him along.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:39 PM (uhVAy) ===== Born here to aliens, raised in Turkey, came back for college because Turkey is a third world sh*thole. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (RIvkX) 136
I still can't get over the video of the "cultural enricher" being caught masturbating in front of children at a swimming pool.
——- Where did this happen? I hate to say it, I don’t like it, but stupid bitches have been enjoying 50 years of largely undeserved forbearance. It won’t last much longer. The vid of a chick blocking the road, getting beaned in the head at 25 yards with an orange traffic cone, that sort of thing. Move, Bitch, Get Out Da Way! It’s inevitable. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (DckQo) 137
Does anyone here "know" the French, like having lived with them?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o) I worked for a French company for five years. They hired me and my old boss in part because they were afraid of their American customers. Oil field. Posted by: javems at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (zFsEm) 138
They pretty much became neo-Epicureans at that point and smooth living became the point. And "evolved" to the point that Michel Foucault could challenge all speech as power games (so he could one day fuck boys).
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:45 PM (Fi81e) Pedophilia is the end game of all queer theory. They've taken biological sex away via transcultism as a taboo or guardrail on sexual activity and that's a pretty fundamental one. Age is their brass ring, their final frontier, the last boundary for them to destroy. It's why they've been pushing so hard to expose children at younger and younger ages to depictions of sexual activity between minors. Posted by: It's all part of the plan at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (TbWk/) 139
I think one of the things that annoys (and frustrates) me most about this migrant attacks is how "civilization" protects them. We keep seeing this stories of soiltary assailants committing knife attacks, and being successful (killing and wounding multiple victims). The current "civilized" response in Europe, UK, Canada, and even the urban centers of the US is to run the other way. It's encouraged...practiced even.
Just once, I want to see Mohammad and his cleaver try that in Rural town America. By the time the cops arrived, the perpatrators body would be in so many pieces, the cops would get tired looking for them. There is a defeatist mentality growing, and self-defense (make no mention of offensive response) is discouraged, punished, and feared. Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske) 140
I'm waiting for the backlash, any day now.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 01:52 PM (fkjGs) 141
England 2-1 and Congo is running out of time
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:53 PM (K7yuL) Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 01, 2026 01:53 PM (6BVGb) 143
I still can't get over the video of the "cultural enricher" being caught masturbating in front of children at a swimming pool.
——- Where did this happen? I hate to say it, I don’t like it, but stupid bitches have been enjoying 50 years of largely undeserved forbearance. It won’t last much longer. The vid of a chick blocking the road, getting beaned in the head at 25 yards with an orange traffic cone, that sort of thing. Move, Bitch, Get Out Da Way! It’s inevitable. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (DckQo) ______ Was at a public beach in Italy. African dude just pulls out his hog and gets down to it -- in full view of the beach. He's later confronted by irate men, starts a fight with them, and gets his ass beat. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:53 PM (iFTx/) 144
Their names are "Jordan S., Lucas P., Mathias T., Isaac P., and Kilian T." Those don't sound like migrant names. --------- Maybe those are fake names. The authorities lie about everything else, so why not that? The behaviors described are all typical of immigrant invaders. Posted by: Fake Afghan 'Refugee' at July 01, 2026 01:53 PM (VWtfl) 145
And the follow up Peterson did not go with that I wish he had..."What a miracle then that these societies organized under a false premise somehow all ended up being by your own admissions better?"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm) --- We at least have the case, empirically that "a lie" is not always detrimental, if the goal is survival. But although atheists partly believe that all Man's advances come from survival and that in a sense, surviving and propagating is all we are doing here--in the most materialist of senses. They, too, feel the emptiness of "mere survival". Because "mere survival" is not "landing on Mars" it's not "exploring the universe". Survival compels none of that yearning. It also doesn't compel changing a social order that has been fit for a good number of people of their kind to survive. I think it is the emotional rejection of Darwinism and the intellectual need for Darwinism that creates the mental deficiency common with atheism. But people like Sam Harris will, in an instant, produce the whole cloth bromide that "Truth is always better than a lie". However, he should have that out with Daniel Dennett. (cont) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e) 146
141 England 2-1 and Congo is running out of time
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:53 PM (K7yuL) Leopold II is stretching his hamstrings ready to swap in. Posted by: It'll be a killer ending at July 01, 2026 01:54 PM (TbWk/) 147
The French newspapers if you can trust them have stated the murderers and the victim were all
In France’s Aide Social A l’enfance which is akin to our foster care system. The French papers essentially imply they were all of the same race. I don’t see Louis’ family making any contradictory statements on that point. Posted by: Marcus T at July 01, 2026 01:54 PM (XJzAV) 148
Move, Bitch, Get Out Da Way! It’s inevitable.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM The Ludacris Principle. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 01:54 PM (bFu5X) 149
Verdun was pretty nasty...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK) The post Verdun was no better - they spent a year or more attacking near the area and fabricating advances with severe losses. A major offensive was started after the new commander promised to cancel followup attacks if the first ones failed and then did the opposite. A mutiny on the front put Petain in charge, and for a considerable period could claim no victories because his revamped operations were taking land that the French had lied about taking for years. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:54 PM (uhVAy) 150
The French newspapers if you can trust them have stated the murderers and the victim were all
In France’s Aide Social A l’enfance which is akin to our foster care system. The French papers essentially imply they were all of the same race. I don’t see Louis’ family making any contradictory statements on that point. Posted by: Marcus T at July 01, 2026 01:54 PM (XJzAV) ____________ See my comment above. They look white to me and have European first names. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/) 151
But people like Sam Harris will, in an instant, produce the whole cloth bromide that "Truth is always better than a lie".
However, he should have that out with Daniel Dennett. (cont) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e) --- Because Dennett is on record as saying that the consciousness by which we process either is a "mistake". Thus we have a "mistake" which allows us to pursue a decrease in survival over something we classify as "truth" because we believe we are conscious of how that statement matches with the way we see the world. But, eventually they'll hammer it out. You'll see. We just need to kick the can down the road some more, because that's how all animals (which is what "we are") survive, of course. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:56 PM (Fi81e) 152
Gendarme were pretty tough. I watched them roust a bad guy once. Had the perp on his knees, leaning against a brick wall with his forehead.
Posted by: javems at July 01, 2026 01:57 PM (zFsEm) 153
79 Imagine where we would be right now if Kamala had won.
Posted by: JackStraw ----- Imagine where we'll be if we don't deport these anti-American sons of bitches. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:59 PM (JS6jE) 154
They look white to me and have European first names.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/) what's "Chav" in French? Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:59 PM (K7yuL) 155
>> Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)
The French justice system often uses pseudonyms when the defendants are minors. It’s written directly into the code and specifically in Article 14 of the Ordonnance de 1945. They haven’t clarified that point. At least from what I’ve read in French. Posted by: Marcus T at July 01, 2026 01:59 PM (XJzAV) 156
Remember: all the women who seemed to want to get rid of "toxic masculinity" immediately ushered in 5 or 8 million swarthy fighting age barbarian males from the third world. So perhaps... and I know this sounds crazy... perhaps it wasn't about feminizing all males, just the ones in this culture, to prime the country for a takeover.
PERHAPS Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ouWD3) 157
Gendarme were pretty tough. I watched them roust a bad guy once. Had the perp on his knees, leaning against a brick wall with his forehead.
Posted by: javems at July 01, 2026 01:57 PM (zFsEm) For a second I thought that said "roast." So I wasn't sure if involved fire or a severe French taunting. Posted by: Your mother was a hamster! at July 01, 2026 02:00 PM (TbWk/) 158
The team from the Congo is not very diverse
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:00 PM (HddY9) 159
Its time for the women to get the beating too. Simply put, women no longer should have the protection of chivalry (which was mainly for the nobility anyway).
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 01, 2026 01:50 PM (Vh9CX) ___ Just a heads up: Some of us will shoot back. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 02:00 PM (St1MS) 160
The latest Party Line I'm seeing on X is that "We assimilated the Irish, so obviously we can assimilate all the other groups coming to the United States as well."
Because there are no significant cultural differences between the Irish and Somalis and Afghanis. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 02:00 PM (aD4fx) 161
But people like Sam Harris will, in an instant, produce the whole cloth bromide that "Truth is always better than a lie".
However, he should have that out with Daniel Dennett. (cont) Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e) Sam Harris has also said that he would lie about his candidate having murdered kids in his basement for the 'greater good' of defeating Trump. He's not someone to debate truth or morals with. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (uhVAy) 162
154 They look white to me and have European first names.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/) what's "Chav" in French? Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 01:59 PM (K7yuL) Chav's a Chav but in France they call it Le Chav Posted by: Vincent Vega, linguist at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (TbWk/) 163
England wins. next they play Mexico next monday
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (K7yuL) 164
I think one of the things that annoys (and frustrates) me most about this migrant attacks is how "civilization" protects them. We keep seeing this stories of soiltary assailants committing knife attacks, and being successful (killing and wounding multiple victims). The current "civilized" response in Europe, UK, Canada, and even the urban centers of the US is to run the other way. It's encouraged...practiced even.
Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske) --- Because moderns have a cargo cult on the principles they received from Christian society. Vengeance is MINE, sayeth the Lord. So, because the natives were mean to your country at one time does not entail rape gangs to get them back, and the feeling that we really deserve rape gangs on the other side. But the moderns have no machinery to operate that. Because they have no solid backing for what Locke built on God's prohibition against disposing of yourself other than its' probably a "good idea" to think of others as equal. If you think there are two standards, it's actually easier to navigate the inequality by which I, in my flesh, find myself ranking others and the higher "equality" which should be my guide. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e) 165
Remember: all the women who seemed to want to get rid of "toxic masculinity" immediately ushered in 5 or 8 million swarthy fighting age barbarian males from the third world. So perhaps... and I know this sounds crazy... perhaps it wasn't about feminizing all males, just the ones in this culture, to prime the country for a takeover.
PERHAPS Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ouWD3) ___ May be on to something. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (St1MS) 166
Le Chav Royale.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 02:02 PM (Jr5Lq) 167
Europe is at a point where I think it will take the kidnapping or violence by some of these "youths" to the children or relatives of the heads of state of these nations for them to act. They clearly don't care about their countries children and the vile acts committed against them. The UK being the worst. Every time now that I see a picture of Prince William and Kate at an event with their children I wonder if they even care about all of the grooming gangs in the British Isles committing atrocities or Henry Nowak, 18, killed by a foreigner and then treated horribly by the UK Police. Do they even care what's happening in their country that William will one day be crowned King?
Posted by: Cheri at July 01, 2026 02:03 PM (oiNtH) 168
You either have your boot on their neck, or they will put their boot on yours.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 02:03 PM (xcxpd) 169
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)
The French justice system often uses pseudonyms when the defendants are minors. It’s written directly into the code and specifically in Article 14 of the Ordonnance de 1945. They haven’t clarified that point. At least from what I’ve read in French. Posted by: Marcus T at July 01, 2026 01:59 PM (XJzAV) ______ They weren't all minors. At least one was 19, which I assume is considered an adult by the French justice system. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:03 PM (iFTx/) 170
@149 Falkenhayn conceived of Verdun as a crucible to kill French and to try a break the French army's will to fight. Didn't care about territory. Never even thought about German troops dying
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:03 PM (HddY9) 171
The latest Party Line I'm seeing on X is that "We assimilated the Irish, so obviously we can assimilate all the other groups coming to the United States as well."
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 02:00 PM (aD4fx) So businesses are free to put up 'No Somali' signs in their windows, right next to the 'Help Wanted' ones? Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 02:04 PM (xA5g+) 172
163 England wins. next they play Mexico next monday
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (K7yuL) So third world shithole plays third world shithole? Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 02:04 PM (xcxpd) 173
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (St1MS)
Hey sweetie I've freaking missed you and I don't bullshit about that kind of thing Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 02:04 PM (ouWD3) 174
French teens should know better than to be in France. -- French government
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e) 175
Just a heads up:
Some of us will shoot back. Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 01, 2026 02:00 PM (St1MS) Yup! And we can shoot well. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (2WIwB) 176
The five "youths," unidentified except by first name, went straight to the old well and claimed they planned this ambush murder because of Muh Fake Racism.
--- While many social media users have linked the rise in violence to the growing number of migrants in France, prosecutors have stated that there is no evidence the killing was racially motivated. No evidence, except for the murderers stating that it was racially motivated. But who's gonna believe the testimony of a psychopath, eh? Posted by: mikeski at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (VHUov) Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (DckQo) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (JS6jE) 179
The latest Party Line I'm seeing on X is that "We assimilated the Irish, so obviously we can assimilate all the other groups coming to the United States as well."
Because there are no significant cultural differences between the Irish and Somalis and Afghanis. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 02:00 PM (aD4fx) ______ We had a hard time assimilating the Irish, in part because of the tumultuous period in the USA when a lot of them came here. We mostly just beat them down until they conformed. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/) 180
If you think there are two standards, it's actually easier to navigate the inequality by which I, in my flesh, find myself ranking others and the higher "equality" which should be my guide.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e) --- I don't have to lie and tell myself that everybody has this idea of equality that they do not actually practice to the extent of their day-to-day decisions and their internal biases and the preference for "equality" which no human believes enough to create the communal "SHOULD" in "I SHOULD treat everybody as equal". And even were that so, SHOULD means we are not. Whereas if we differentiate God's standard from ours, we see that we are in a state of sin and flesh and do what we do, but that does not diminish the importance--not of doing "what everybody knows they should but really doesn't" but of what God thinks we should do. The Christian separation between God and man is just a less schizophrenic idea than naturalism combined with moralism. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e) Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 02:07 PM (2WIwB) 182
Some of us will shoot back.
——- Woosh! Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (DckQo) Only from the ones with bad aim Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 02:07 PM (ouWD3) 183
Falkenhayn conceived of Verdun as a crucible to kill French and to try a break the French army's will to fight. Didn't care about territory. Never even thought about German troops dying
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:03 PM (HddY9) Didn't work out that way and the French just started rotating troops in and out unlike their usual practice on other fronts. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 02:07 PM (uhVAy) 184
Remember: all the women who seemed to want to get rid of "toxic masculinity" immediately ushered in 5 or 8 million swarthy fighting age barbarian males from the third world. So perhaps... and I know this sounds crazy... perhaps it wasn't about feminizing all males, just the ones in this culture, to prime the country for a takeover.
All their bodice ripping Minotaur-jacking clit lit led them to believe that would be soooo hot. Posted by: Reality, alas, never matches the dream at July 01, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/) 185
Does anyone here "know" the French, like having lived with them?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o) I work for a French owned company. Overall, they are OK to work with. Worked with a German owned company in the 1990s. Will never do that again. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 02:07 PM (N39Ws) 186
Those guillotines will remain in their warehouses unless the state attempts to raise the retirement age.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 02:07 PM (2ap+5) 187
Motivated by "racism" from the victim by 5 nice white youths named Isaiah. Something isn't adding up.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 02:08 PM (ouWD3) 188
The latest Party Line I'm seeing on X is that "We assimilated the Irish, so obviously we can assimilate all the other groups coming to the United States as well."
John Podhoretz just put out a Tweet saying that historically mass immigration had worked out great, so obviously mass immigration would continue to be great. Yeah, let's continue to have mass immigration from the most Jew-hating parts of the planet, and let's see how that works out. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 02:08 PM (aD4fx) 189
Imagine where we would be right now if Kamala had won. Posted by: JackStraw =============== That does bring a smile of relief and satisfaction. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 02:08 PM (XJ22o) 190
Why should I give a fuck what sam harris thinks?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (JS6jE) --- No reason. But Sam Harris is saying "Truth is better than a lie", that's a value proposition not specific to Sam Harris. And we need to test whether that is always the case. And it does not appear that it is, if what I believe is no more than a "lie". There's also little reason to regard Dennett as he says some crazy shit. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e) 191
179 The latest Party Line I'm seeing on X is that "We assimilated the Irish, so obviously we can assimilate all the other groups coming to the United States as well."
Because there are no significant cultural differences between the Irish and Somalis and Afghanis. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 02:00 PM (aD4fx) ______ We had a hard time assimilating the Irish, in part because of the tumultuous period in the USA when a lot of them came here. We mostly just beat them down until they conformed. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/) Or ballot harvest them and make them a power bloc. The more things change, the more things remain Tammany Hall. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 02:08 PM (xcxpd) 192
181 Some of us will shoot back.
And some of us live where the corpse will never be found. Posted by: Diogenes --- I'm confused about who is shooting at who and why. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:08 PM (JS6jE) 193
Speaking of the Irish, Jimmy Coonan is scheduled to be released on parole in a few years. 2030, I think. Dude was a complete psycho.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:09 PM (iFTx/) 194
>>>Because there are no significant cultural differences between the Irish and Somalis and Afghanis.
Posted by: The ARC --- Who is telling that lie? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:10 PM (JS6jE) 195
Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at July 01, 2026 02:10 PM (WyEeP) 196
I have a bag of lime and a good shovel. Somebody grab the bourbon and cigars.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 01, 2026 02:10 PM (XJzAV) 197
Does anyone here "know" the French, like having lived with them?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o) I work for a French owned company. Overall, they are OK to work with. Worked with a German owned company in the 1990s. Will never do that again. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 02:07 PM (N39Ws) I'll bet the company outing of invading Poland was a real drag. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy) 198
You need to read those posts again, because you totally and completely missed the point.
Read for content & comprehension Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 02:11 PM (Kux/g) 199
We had a hard time assimilating the Irish, in part because of the tumultuous period in the USA when a lot of them came here. We mostly just beat them down until they conformed.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/) Or ballot harvest them and make them a power bloc. The more things change, the more things remain Tammany Hall. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 02:08 PM (xcxpd) Instead of bread and soup to the Irish it's millions of Medicaid dollars to Somalis. Posted by: What a world at July 01, 2026 02:11 PM (TbWk/) 200
No evidence, except for the murderers stating that it was racially motivated.
But who's gonna believe the testimony of a psychopath, eh? Posted by: mikeski Hm. Read the post, searched for "motivated," didn't see a comment about it..... Then saw the comments from Elric that the perps were likely white. So, "Never mind!" Posted by: mikeski litella at July 01, 2026 02:12 PM (VHUov) 201
Read for content & comprehension
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 02:11 PM Are you new here? Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 01, 2026 02:13 PM (WyEeP) Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 01, 2026 02:13 PM (xvV+O) 203
- @110 and previous- Axeman
It's worse than just atheists. Try getting folks around here who claim belief in God to even look at evidence, both scientific and historical, that shows that the Genesis 1, six literal creation days, and not billions of years, is truth. Because they're really smart. Too smart to be indoctrinated. Or something. Plus #The Science!! TM Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 02:14 PM (dAv7M) 204
We had a hard time assimilating the Irish, in part because of the tumultuous period in the USA when a lot of them came here. We mostly just beat them down until they conformed.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/) _______________________ "Gangs of New York" showed that rather clearly. In fact, many of the Irish gravitated towards law enforcement to provide favoritism upon Irish immigrants (and exploit them as well). It's similar to what migrants in the UK are doing. Muslims are actively trying to gain presence in UK law enforcement, political office, and even the judiciary to influence all those systems (just like the Irish did in NYC). Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 02:15 PM (dIske) 205
It won't happen but every state in this country should have the Death Penalty on the table for first degree murder. And USE it.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 02:15 PM (IY9No) 206
Sam Harris has also said that he would lie about his candidate having murdered kids in his basement for the 'greater good' of defeating Trump.
He's not someone to debate truth or morals with. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 02:01 PM (uhVAy) --- And yet, to his sometimes ridicule, he has defined himself as a "moralist" atheist. I realize that his moralism goes out the door with a basement full of dead babies bargain. But he has taken in lumps on the other side as an atheist moralist and somewhat "spiritualist" who kinda sorta believes in the Buddhist "We're all one collective" thing and meditation. Also, once you realize the level of sloppiness in the eventual solutions that atheists will bring to us, you realize that atheists who haven't made the same bargain will repeat people like Sam Harris or not as they need to. Because it really doesn't matter and they have all the time in the world to work everything out--like animals surviving, you know. If you don't attribute a statement to a person, you risk it being called a "strawman". However, if you tag a person to it, you risk it being called an "overgeneralization", too. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Fi81e) 207
Oy -
A pair of masked daredevils climbed to the top of the Empire State Building with a protest banner on Wednesday, before one dropped to a knee for a dramatic proposal. Angela Nikolau, 33, and Vanya Beerkus, 32, a Russian couple who have starred in a Netflix documentary, scaled the spire of the New York City landmark, which reaches a staggering 1,454 feet. As they clung on, the daredevils flew a banner which read: 'When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.' Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 02:16 PM (kX27y) 208
Who is telling that lie?
Just about everyone on the Left. The only possible reason why you might prefer Norwegian immigrants to Somali immigrants is racism. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 02:17 PM (aD4fx) 209
Surveillance videos show that around 10 people took part in fatal beating of 17-year-old Louis in Narbonne, France. Only 5 members of the migrant gang have been arrested so far.
Quote from news source. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 02:17 PM (n5tGW) 210
>>>both scientific and historical, that shows that the Genesis 1, six literal creation days,
--- Your time is not my time. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:17 PM (JS6jE) 211
I read a great piece years ago by Mark Steyn... it was kind of a running gag about "Those zany guys named mohammed"
Posted by: 496 at July 01, 2026 02:17 PM (y5h6+) 212
203 - @110 and previous- Axeman
It's worse than just atheists. Try getting folks around here who claim belief in God to even look at evidence, both scientific and historical, that shows that the Genesis 1, six literal creation days, and not billions of years, is truth. Because they're really smart. Too smart to be indoctrinated. Or something. Plus #The Science!! TM Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 02:14 PM (dAv7M) Other interpretations do not exclude people from being legitimate born again Christians though, right? Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 02:18 PM (Gqar8) 213
Sam Harris is an arrogant prick who recognizes the problems with the left but does nothing to change them. Once a lib always a lib
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:18 PM (HddY9) 214
French President Macron has refused to utter the name of Louis, but he is gallavanting around to praise the abolition of the death penalty -- even as many call for its return.
Dr. Guillotine to the red courtesy phone. Dr. Guillotine to the red courtesy phone please. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 02:19 PM (4Agqc) 215
As they clung on, the daredevils flew a banner which read: 'When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.'
Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 02:16 PM Woah.... Posted by: Ted "Theodore" Logan at July 01, 2026 02:19 PM (bFu5X) 216
This is Trump's fault because he lets the people of the USA run the A/C 24/7 when it is hot thus changing the weather patterns in Europe.
Trump should be impeached because the heat is driving the Euro's crazy and turning on each other. Owl Gore was correct and that Global Warming is real and now Europe is paying the price because Trump did not listen to Owl Gore !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Jackson K. at July 01, 2026 02:19 PM (G5jnN) 217
Speaking of the Irish, Jimmy Coonan is scheduled to be released on parole in a few years. 2030, I think. Dude was a complete psycho.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:09 PM (iFTx/) -------------- Apropos of nothing, I went to the '82 Homes-Cooney fight at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas (friend's dad was a big "fish" gambler who got comped seats) ... and the entire fight I was screaming that Cooney needed to close and punish Holmes, but the idiot kept dancing around and away and got beat. Ugh, so much for "The Great White Hope" ... Best memory was seeing (at the time great running back for the Houston Oilers) Earl Campbell in person. Holy crap -- his thighs wre bigger than my (at the time) 32" waist ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:19 PM (t/lcw) 218
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Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 02:19 PM (n5tGW) 219
209 Surveillance videos show that around 10 people took part in fatal beating of 17-year-old Louis in Narbonne, France. Only 5 members of the migrant gang have been arrested so far.
Quote from news source. Posted by: Guy Mohawk -- Could it be reverse racism? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:20 PM (JS6jE) 220
Nude some MS NOW schadenfraude
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 02:20 PM (iFTx/) 221
Other interpretations do not exclude people from being legitimate born again Christians though, right?
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 02:18 PM (Gqar There is no Christian Exclusion. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 02:21 PM (ouWD3) 222
>>>I have a bag of lime and a good shovel.
>That sounds too much like work. You can reasonably rent an excavator for your landscaping projects. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 02:21 PM (fkjGs) 223
This is Trump's fault because he lets the people of the USA run the A/C 24/7 when it is hot thus changing the weather patterns in Europe.
--------------- "FURTHER PROOF THAT TRUMP IS A PUPPET OF THE ISRAELI JOOO WEATHER-CONTROLLERS!" /Cucker Qatarlson and Cavernous Orifices Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:21 PM (t/lcw) 224
Sam Harris is an arrogant prick who recognizes the problems with the left but does nothing to change them. Once a lib always a lib
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 02:18 PM (HddY9) --- He definitely suffers from "Conservatives are ucky" syndrome, I'd say. Probably because he thinks the proliferation of religion on the "Right" means forming a coalition with people who don't dogmatically know that "the truth" is better than something that he has decided is a "lie". Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 02:21 PM (Fi81e) 225
While anti-white influencers rage about justified lynchings that happened almost 100 years ago, they’re conspicuously silent over the brutal lynching of
Louis, a beautiful young French boy whom was lured to a construction site, ambushed, and stomped to death by a group of migrant-background teens, Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:22 PM (JS6jE) 226
>>>I have a bag of lime and a good shovel.
>That sounds too much like work. You can reasonably rent an excavator for your landscaping projects. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 02:21 PM (fkjGs) -------------- All you need is a bathtub and hydrofluoric acid. /Things I learned watching "Breaking Bad" ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (t/lcw) 227
According to early reports and what’s being circulated online right now, Louis was first attacked weeks ago and went to the police for help, who seemingly did nothing; he was then apparently murdered as retribution. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (JS6jE) 228
The five "youths," unidentified except by first name
Looking at the names, they are NOT part of the "usual suspects" we think of when not seeing demographic information. This is not a diversity issue. Also, your headline says "randomly", but they knew this boy and stalked him. This was anything BUT "random." Posted by: GWB at July 01, 2026 02:23 PM (kU0PQ) 229
Immigrants are doing exactly what they were imported to do..... helping out government carry out White genocide.
Every time immigrants kill a White person, they’re not just killing one person. They are killing an entire generation, a whole bloodline that could’ve existed. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:27 PM (JS6jE) 230
As they clung on, the daredevils flew a banner which read: 'When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.'
Posted by: beckster at July 01, 2026 02:16 PM (kX27y) --- Were they singing John Lennon's "Imagine" at the top of their lungs? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 02:29 PM (gnNyN) 231
- @212 - tubal
I would agree, to an extent. The problem becomes that when you don't take evening, morning, number, day to be a literal 24 hour day, it brings license to make other scripture say whatever you want, or don't want. And it's not just Genesis 1. We got our 7 day week from the creation week. The 4th commandment. Posted by: TeeJ at July 01, 2026 02:44 PM (dAv7M) 232
Until all muslims are deported out of civilized nations, this evil satanic brutality will not stop.
Islam is a satanic death cult. It is long past time for us to follow the examples of the 1st Crusade, and drive these animals back to their 3rd world shitholes. Posted by: Pste at July 01, 2026 02:46 PM (1YIaX) 233
That one scene in Citizen Vigilante when he dispatches the gang of yoots and the entire family of one of them is very satisfying.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 01, 2026 03:02 PM (5xuJ/) 234
Citizen Vigilante is starting to look more and more like a documentary everyday, huh?
Posted by: P I Staker at July 01, 2026 04:57 PM (vngx0) 235
234 Citizen Vigilante is starting to look more and more like a documentary everyday, huh?
No. A How-to guide. Posted by: John the River at July 01, 2026 05:43 PM (UtM0f) Democrat Socialists Take Another Scalp As a Gen Z Ethiopian Immigrant Defeats a 15-Term CongresswomanI'm glad, at least, to see Democrats suffering from their own DEI agenda themselves for once. They tend to legally and corporate-ishly insulate themselves from DEI replacement, usually. Gay-ass NPR:Political newcomer and democratic socialist Melat Kiros is poised to become the first Gen Z woman elected to Congress after defeating 15-term incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette in a primary race for Colorado's 1st Congressional District, according to a race call by the Associated Press. The win in the solidly blue district that makes up most of Denver means that Kiros, a 29-year-old Ph.D. student and lawyer, is all but likely headed to Washington, D.C., next year. She would replace DeGette, 68, who has held office since 1997, the same year Kiros was born.By the way: She got here, she says, due to the Visa "Diversity" Lottery championed by Ted Kennedy. This Communist-Islamist invader also believes that 9/11 was the "inevitable consequence of American foreign policy" and that we made the terrorists believe that another act of violence was their only choice. See, the US "destabilized" the Middle East. No, we destabilized it after 9/11. Nice blame shifting, though, terrorist.
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Open channel D
Posted by: Open Channel D at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (gYnrv) 2
Removal of masks. Some they did not realize they were wearing. And some who were created by the rhetoric that the dems 'Did not really believe.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:14 PM (mPXxA) 3
I have an idea. Let's seek retribution on the American hating Commie Left. Forewarned is forearmed.
The Left, and their desire for power at any cost, is to blame. They started it. The GOPe won't stop them. They never consider they will be the second group against the wall, after the outer party Leftists. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (u82oZ) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (u82oZ) 5
Totally mainstream Democrats to be honest.
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (YwEeS) Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (y9nCu) 7
My only recollection of DeGette is that she wanted to ban any religious exemption to abortion. So excuse me if I don't waste any tears on her defeat, even at the hands of a commie. Like seeing Gregor Strasser murdered by Hitler. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 12:17 PM (O0L8i) 8
These defeated dems aren't gonna try and tirn goper, are they?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 01, 2026 12:17 PM (5nGGo) 9
There is a grim satisfaction in seeing the monsters created by the Democrats supplant their creators. It is clarifying.
Posted by: Open Channel D at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (gYnrv) 10
"Why are you against affordability, Bigot? Is it because you're racist and you want diverse immigrant women to starve?
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:12 PM" I'm starting to come around to this idea.... Posted by: Sturmtoddler at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (nXhwP) 11
Another interesting aspect of this is the 'It's fine.' mentality.
There was something where someone was reporting that Hasan was trying to encourage his viewers not to believe that all of the anti-gay rhetoric by Islam is all 'Propaganda' and not really real- that they loved and tolerated Homosexuals. It struck me that he is a useful idiot in more ways than one and also illustrated how this is a self-perpetuating and self-normalizing and propagandizing ecosystem. In order to keep the various splinters in cohesion, they propagandize to the various groups not to pay attention to what other members of the coalition are saying or believe what they are doing. You see it across the board. Gays are not supposed to listen to Islam. Jews are not supposed to listen to Black anti-semitism (or anti-asian.) Everyone is encouraged to ignore what everyone else is doing and focus on the designated hate object. It's really quite remarkable. Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:19 PM (mPXxA) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 12:19 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: Gman at July 01, 2026 12:19 PM (GfWuY) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:19 PM (u82oZ) 15
Dems have a problem.
Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (frGWQ) 16
As these Communist-Islamic invaders repeatedly admit they believe America deserved 9/11, and, obviously, Israel deserved 10/7, the leftwing propaganda media insists their only agenda item is "affordability."
All we want is affordability. Affordability and gun control. And an end to ICE in Virginia. Affordability, gun control, an end to ICE in Virginia, and DEI everywhere and at all times. I'll come in again... -Abigail Spanberger Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t) 17
Dems have a problem. Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (frGWQ) _________ No, WE have a problem. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (O0L8i) 18
Oh?
So the criterion is that if you feel like you have no other choice, you're allowed to do whatever you like and it's not your fault? Yeah, lady. You keep telling us that while you grind everyone's faces into your marxist leninist muck. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Ot/FD) 19
Dems have a problem.
We *ALL* have a problem. This is going to spread, and it's going to get very, very bad. Posted by: Gman at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (GfWuY) 20
Good morning. I've been ranting about this one. The reason she is a 29-year-old Ph.D. student is that she got FIRED from a New York law firm because she made public remarks about Gaza that were too insane for NYC. Pivot to professional academia! Nice to be able to live your life like that. Law school at Notre Dame didn't work out, so off to get a Ph.D. and run for Congress! And by the way, America sucks, but here's where she is because she also could have stayed in Ethiopia, which is where she's from. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (XJ22o) 21
Hadrian the Seventh
"No need to worry. It's all just talk. Responsibility will temper their zeal. " Now that's knee-slapping funny, right there. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (u82oZ) 22
There is a grim satisfaction in seeing the monsters created by the Democrats supplant their creators. It is clarifying. Posted by: Open Channel D at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (gYnrv) It's going to be hilarious when the establishment Donk commie cocksuckers find their testicles and decide to totally POUM the new breed. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 12:21 PM (y9nCu) 23
Everyone is encouraged to ignore what everyone else is doing and focus on the designated hate object.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:19 PM (mPXxA) pretty easy to do when the loudest mouthpiece is all about "hate whitey"... Posted by: Sturmtoddler at July 01, 2026 12:21 PM (nXhwP) Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t) 25
No need to worry. It's all just talk. Responsibility will temper their zeal.
*resumes slumber* Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 12:19 PM (O0L8i) Exactly. Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:21 PM (mPXxA) 26
Gman
Cased on the Spanish Civil War, about 50-60 million dead. That is a problem I want to avoid. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:22 PM (u82oZ) 27
No, WE have a problem.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (O0L8i) I'm actually optimistic. We never stood a chance against the Uniparty/Old Democrat monolith. Scraps from the table was all we could hope for. Now that monolith is crumbling, and what's filled the vacuum of their collapse is a bunch of garbage baby theater kids whose only tactic is shouting nonsense and petty violence. They'll be a dawdle without the Uniparty bankrolling them and giving them media cover. I give it ten, maybe even five years before "Socialist" is a dirty word in this country once again. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Ot/FD) 28
Eternal Vigilance ... Something Something.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Paranoid Enough Critic . . . at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (1r8+F) 29
She's younger, darker, foreigner, and further to the left than AOC. So we all know which way AOC is going to move. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (XJ22o) 30
Cased on the Spanish Civil War, about 50-60 million dead. That is a problem I want to avoid. We agree there. It's going to be ugly...very very ugly. Posted by: Gman at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (GfWuY) 31
Cased on the Spanish Civil War, about 50-60 million dead. That is a problem I want to avoid.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:22 PM (u82oZ) Problem is trying to avoid it (looking at you GOPe and the supremes) may well lead us directly TO it. Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (mPXxA) 32
IllTemperedCur
American Leftists =/= Spanish Leftists. I foersee no pushback from the only mildly Left. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (u82oZ) 33
It's hard to beat FREE ! Especially with the dumbed down populace...I'm only half joking...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (O3Vxh) 34
All we want is affordability. Affordability and gun control. And an end to ICE in Virginia. Affordability, gun control, an end to ICE in Virginia, and DEI everywhere and at all times.
I'll come in again... -Abigail Spanberger Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t) You forgot to work "sustainability" in there somewhere Posted by: Doof at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (1YtbS) 35
They'll be a dawdle without the Uniparty bankrolling them and giving them media cover. I give it ten, maybe even five years before "Socialist" is a dirty word in this country once again. We don't have 10 years. I'm not convinced we have 5. Posted by: Gman at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (GfWuY) 36
This Communist-Islamist invader also believes that 9/11 was the "inevitable consequence of American foreign policy" and that we made the terrorists believe that another act of violence was their only choice.
----------- Sounds like Ron Paul. /Ugh, I hope The Wifey doesn't see this comment as she loves Ron ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (t/lcw) 37
Cased on the Spanish Civil War, about 50-60 million dead. That is a problem I want to avoid.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:22 PM (u82oZ) but think of all the paella that we'll miss out on.... Posted by: Sturmtoddler at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (nXhwP) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (u82oZ) 39
American Leftists =/= Spanish Leftists. I foersee no pushback from the only mildly Left.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (u82oZ) Respectfully, man- I completely disagree. These 'New Left' socialist democrats ARE exactly the same. Or maybe you point being that the mild leftists will not push back against the zealots? Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:25 PM (mPXxA) 40
Great. Its Denver, so the flabby Colorado GOP probably didn't even get anyone to make a token run. Also, its Denver, so they would probably vote in the openly commie D-rat even if the GOPe had a decent moderate candidate.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 01, 2026 12:25 PM (PV+Zw) 41
Not that it matters but 29 years old is not Gen Z. She's a millenial.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 12:25 PM (RIvkX) 42
I'll take a bold stance here, I do want diverse immigrant women to starve. If they want to eat, go back home.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 12:26 PM (xcxpd) 43
All we want is affordability. Affordability and gun control. And an end to ICE in Virginia. Affordability, gun control, an end to ICE in Virginia, and DEI everywhere and at all times.
I'll come in again... -Abigail Spanberger Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t) You forgot to work "sustainability" in there somewhere Posted by: Doof at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (1YtbS) YOU will be the sustainability work.... Posted by: Sturmtoddler at July 01, 2026 12:26 PM (nXhwP) 44
Why are you against affordability, Bigot? Is it because you're racist and you want diverse immigrant women to starve?
----------- By 2032, the Democrat-Communist platform will overtly consist of a single statement: "Kill Whitey!" Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:26 PM (t/lcw) 45
Excellent question. Could Barry be the next defenestree?
How Many Lives Could Barack Obama’s Library Have Saved? It’s estimated that 25 percent of Chicagoans face food insecurity and persistent hunger. For the 2025-2026 school year, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) face a $734 million deficit, driven by the end of federal pandemic aid and pension obligations. On top of that, students in CPS test well below the national average in math and reading, with just 31 percent proficient in reading and 18 percent proficient in math. Chicago is also one of the most violent cities in the United States, with 416 homicides and 1,471 shootings in 2025. For the start of 2026, homicides are up roughly six percent and shootings are up slightly, too. Despite these deplorable statistics, Democrats celebrated the Barack Obama Presidential Library, which opened about two weeks ago. The brutalist building, which looks like something straight out of the Empire in Star Wars, cost roughly $850 million. https://tinyurl.com/yp9jathe Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t) 46
To some extent, I wonder whether ideology (DSA versus standard Democrat) or DEI explains these kind of results. Maybe what is going on to some extent is the expression of younger demographics being fed up with older ones and voting accordingly. Not saying that's justified, but there does seem to be a lot of anti-Boomer sentiment etc. among the younger, more feral gimmedats.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 12:26 PM (g/QcK) 47
Orange slice break!
Uh oh, Congo! I for one welcome the Mengistu wing of the Democrat party. I cannot wait for famine to come to Denver. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 12:26 PM (qwx/I) 48
Mitch McCuntal found unconscious at home.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (3cUTc) 49
But soon, says a whisper, "Arise, arise", tomorrow belongs to me! Dems were afraid to kick out the crazies from the red-green coalition of jihadists, because votes, man. And now the cray-cray took over the party. So far Rs are resisting the same takeover from the Woke Reich. Trump kicked them out, though some in his administration are a little timid and, for some retarded reason, are afraid to lose their frienship. Fooled by the fake, spiked numbers from online bots and stuff. Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (frGWQ) 50
41 Not that it matters but 29 years old is not Gen Z. She's a millenial.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 12:25 PM (RIvkX) The gen markers are all sorts of fucked up now. Gen Alpha? Wth does that even mean? Is the true youngins (born after 9/11?) Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (mPXxA) 51
the mild leftists will not push back against the zealots.
Posted by: Aetius451AD You are correct, good sir. This has been the pattern of the Left revolutionaries since the Paris Commune. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (u82oZ) 52
An easy dem district so she'll be in Congress. Same vote as DeGette who didn't even have to campaign for 30 years. But should be full of Omar type comments that will be paintable on the dems.
The problems come if the dems get control of the House and these people get to run committees like appropriations, foreign affairs and homeland security. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (n5tGW) Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (j+aD2) 54
37 Cased on the Spanish Civil War, about 50-60 million dead. That is a problem I want to avoid.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:22 PM (u82oZ) but think of all the paella that we'll miss out on.... Posted by: Sturmtoddler at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (nXhwP) And all dead communists and anarchists... Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (xcxpd) 55
Are we sure the DSA isn't a Republican psyop?
They're taking out long time Democrats and are completely opposed to moderating their positions. They loudly proclaim they want to abolish the police, remove all borders, and kill all the jews. Only Trump could be that lucky Posted by: MJ at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (XOmY9) 56
That's becoming fun. Like a horror moviewhere you know everyone's screwed, but you don't kniw who's next.
Happy Dominion Day to AOP and any others. My apologies to the rest of you. You thought you successfully got through pride month untouched but it's Canada Day. One last day of gay flagpoles proudly displayed. And c'mon, if any way should end pride month, it should be Canada Day. I didn't even know until my friend mentioned it. Their cat Snowflake came in earlier than usual to take an early nap. All that stress... Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (Sco7b) 57
YOU will be the sustainability work....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at July 01, 2026 12:26 PM (nXhwP) -------------- A variation of: "YOU are the carbon we wish to eliminate." Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (t/lcw) 58
So, this happened in ole Southern Maine a long time ago. A bunch of white progressive guilt-tripped know-nothings elected a bunch of native Somalians to local city governments.
And its promptly turned into a sh*thole. South Portland passed an ordinance where you can legally butcher your own meat in your backyard and your neighbors, complaining about the stink of gore, can't do sh*t about it. Posted by: Defenestratus at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (WYStd) 59
48 Mitch McCuntal found unconscious at home.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (3cUTc) I don't want to go on the cart. Posted by: Mitch at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (mPXxA) 60
what this tells me is that over half of US colleges and universities need to close.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (j+aD2) 61
which looks like something straight out of a gladiator movie
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (DTqtA) 62
I'm hoping (it might not be in good form to be praying) that younger Jews in Denver and surroundings kick the old liberals off their synagogues' committees. Because right now mainline Judaism in the region is as useless as, uh, the PCUSA.
Is Judaism headed the way of the Catholic priesthood at all? The younger / GenX priests are based, it's the doddering fools who tilt their heads about immigration and LGBT. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (K7yuL) 63
Yeah, but which 50-60 million? Not me of course.
Seriously, the cities will be hit with tactical nuclear weapons which should make this a short war. My suburban property should therefore increase in value. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (qwx/I) 64
Sad, no more of these zingers.
“If you ban them in the future, the number of these high‑capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.” Diana Degette Posted by: huerfano at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (VJX5o) 65
I'm hearing from lib friends back east, shocked SHOCKED at what is going on in their Party.
Idiots. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 12:29 PM (RIvkX) 66
61 which looks like something straight out of a gladiator movie
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (DTqtA) Billy? Posted by: Captain Oveur at July 01, 2026 12:29 PM (mPXxA) 67
That wormy douche Mondami touted his ability and the ability of socialists to fill potholes and that cunt Jon Karl sat there saying nothing. Momdami looks like he smells bad, and that skank "wife" whatever the hell that thing is, must smell like lowtide in Bayonne. Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 01, 2026 12:29 PM (et1vG) 68
Is it because you're racist and you want diverse immigrant women to starve?
Sure. They shouldn't be here in the first place. Posted by: Fed up. SWIDT? at July 01, 2026 12:29 PM (TbWk/) 69
65 I'm hearing from lib friends back east, shocked SHOCKED at what is going on in their Party.
oh they absolutely are they are a whole mess right now Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 12:29 PM (j+aD2) 70
what's filled the vacuum of their collapse is a bunch of garbage baby theater kids whose only tactic is shouting nonsense and petty violence. They'll be a dawdle without the Uniparty bankrolling them and giving them media cover. I give it ten, maybe even five years before "Socialist" is a dirty word in this country once again. Posted by: Warai-otoko =============== Those garbage baby theater kids are very pretty, they are unabashed in their racism, their America-hatred, and their intent to steal and destroy. If they can talk like this and still win and still be protected by the press, they know they can do horrible things and keep winning. You give it ten years? AOC has been in office 7.5 years. She's a permanent congressional fixture. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (XJ22o) 71
64 Sad, no more of these zingers.
“If you ban them in the future, the number of these high‑capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.” Diana Degette Posted by: huerfano at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (VJX5o) I am blinded by the scintillating brilliance of this declaration. Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (mPXxA) 72
Cased on the Spanish Civil War, about 50-60 million dead. That is a problem I want to avoid.
We agree there. It's going to be ugly...very very ugly. Posted by: Gman at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (GfWuY) I don't think there are even that many in america who would really, truly stand in the streets and get blood on their hands for the DSA. Spain then and America now aren't really comparable. We have far, far more wealth and comfort overall. We have a far, far less engaged populace overall (most people really don't follow this shit, and whatever opinions they might have are an inch deep). And what precious little street violence they could muster up to now was all rented with USAID money. You won't see much more than a little bit of mob violence in a few major cities for a few months, is my bet. It'll get ugly, but not apocalyptic. Merely annoying, at worst. At best, horribly discrediting to the garbage baby soyjack pseudo-marxists. They've never faced opposition, their entire lives. But they're about to, now. After decades of coddling and incubation in the Uniparty's hothouses, they're about to get thrown out into the wind and the sun without any hardening off whatsoever. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (Ot/FD) 73
brave ai on CO-1 -
Christy Peterson. She ran unopposed in the Republican primary held on June 30, 2026, securing the nomination to face the Democratic winner in the general election on November 3, 2026. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (K7yuL) 74
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (Sco7b)
Is Dominion Day known for being a gay friendly holiday with lots of rainbow flags Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (mixKO) 75
Mitch McCuntal found unconscious at home.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (3cUTc) ------------- PLEASE tell me there's a "Permanent Glitch" in The Matrix. Lie to me if you must ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (t/lcw) 76
Cased on the Spanish Civil War, about 50-60 million dead. That is a problem I want to avoid.
We agree there. It's going to be ugly...very very ugly. Posted by: Gman I pray & pray hard that I can make it out of this world without ever having to take a human life. But they keep pushing. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:31 PM (4Agqc) 77
agree Warai
you've had some great posts today btw it's going to be ugly yeah this is the "life" of the Ds now. sickness that it is. we need to be alert, but not despairing. and probably best to not live in a major metro Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (j+aD2) 78
I'll make sure Mitch McConnell's constituents are as well represented as they always were.
Posted by: Andy Beshear at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (K7yuL) 79
59 48 Mitch McCuntal found unconscious at home.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (3cUTc) ---------- Hope he's okay. We need him to hold that seat for another five months. Posted by: WisRich at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (G0vdT) 80
How well will you guys deal with MADMANI presiding over this years 9/11 event? or will he like the Deputy/LA Mayor during the Palisades Fire call in a bomb threat to get out of it?
What would be worse? very close call. The knowing smirk with psychodancin' AOC beside him tells the whole story. https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsChickenRun https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-lordBASSuraHasSPOKEN https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-SaveDaWorldTakeTheGun Yes. Remember this well, there will be NO PEACE as long as (Charlie) Kirk is remembered -- OR EVER. The only Common Ground with the Desperate and Deliberate Evil is for them to put you in it; LIBs exist with the hope for them to put you in first, that the crocodile come for them last. https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ifLIBsWantAmerica2Fail https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250 LIBs will decide WHO must be sacrificed, so that THEY may live (to see you perish). https://tinyurl.com/EvilsAdvantageOverConscience LET'S GO BRANDON. https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (AqbLC) 81
Paul is gargling cock again.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (K7yuL) 82
I think there needs to be a serious examination of the House Rules on how they can refuse to seat these anti-American radicals.
We need to take the leftie position that refuses to "give them a platform." Having these venomous skanks in Congress is deadly poison to the Republic. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (3cUTc) 83
What kind of mumbo-jumbo is "food insecurity"? Heck I have food insecurity all the time in trying to decide what to eat.. yet another garbage term like "equity".
Commie terms each and every one. Posted by: NALNAMSAM at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (VkY89) 84
Hope he's okay. We need him to hold that seat for another five months.
Posted by: WisRich at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (G0vdT) Exactly Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (O3Vxh) Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (TezPK) 86
Happy Dominion Day to AOP and any others.
----------- [MSN Headline:] "Canadian dollar heads for steep monthly decline ahead of USMCA deadline" Whoops! Whoopsie! /As much as I love our Canadian Morons, I can't help feeling a Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:33 PM (t/lcw) 87
Posted by: Paul at July 01, 2026 12:31 PM (R4scW
I want Universal Health Care. My granny is costing too much money- MAID all the way! Posted by: Kill off granny at July 01, 2026 12:33 PM (mixKO) 88
Insty linked Don Surber's take on the recent Supreme Court decisions. Worth a serious read. 9:09AM time stamp.
The demolition of the Humphrey's Executor decision is a solid hit for Dems. The decision allowing unlimited campaign contributions is a plus for Republicans. And the silver lining from the mail-in ballots decisions, though bad, does include the requirement for postmarks and a 5-day cutoff. The Dems' Commie takeover in solid blue districts is not only a distraction for the DNC, it will have a solid impact on campaign financing. Wealthy donors funding rabidly antisemitic candidates for the general? Guess which Dem candidates are going suck up all the MSM attention during the fall campaign? Popcorn with butter on top. Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (rj6Yv) 89
ugh, tag failure:
/As much as I love our Canadian Morons, I can't help feeling a Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (t/lcw) 90
Its going to be okay. The large hadron collider at CERN just went into a long shut down.
We should be able to reset to a more normalized reality. Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (anL5R) 91
American Leftists =/= Spanish Leftists. I foersee no pushback from the only mildly Left. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (u82oZ) When the young cocksuckers mandate that all gated communities lose their gates/security, and have to turn in their iPhones for new, improved socialist flip phones, all bets are off. They're commies. Pushback by putting other commies up against the wall for political apostasy is what they do. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (y9nCu) Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (v9lAB) 93
OT: I am continually surprised by the wisdom of our forefathers (even though I shouldn't be.)
So I had to walk back and forth between my car shop yesterday to have my car looked at. Full sun. 90+. High humidity. On a lark I dug out one of my Hawaiian shirts to wear. That really is a very pleasant shirt for high temp and high humidity. Cool(er). Did not chafe. Did not feel I was drowning in sweat. Damn, they were on to something. Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (mPXxA) 94
48 Mitch McCuntal found unconscious at home.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 12:27 PM (3cUTc) I don't want to go on the cart. Posted by: Mitch at July 01, 2026 12:28 PM (mPXxA) ---- You're not foolin' anybody... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (gnNyN) Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (K7yuL) 96
But it is darkly hilarious how the Dems are facing the deadly question:
Support these radicals--and kill the party. Or excise these radicals--and kill the party. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc) 97
>>watch the NYC communist run for president. He'll win
If that's Mamdani, he's ineligible. Naturalized citizen. Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 12:35 PM (NcvvS) 98
Oh no! The face-eating leopard party is gonna overtake the leopards that eat faces party!
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:35 PM (ouWD3) 99
"I called my friends in the Bay Area for comfort, and their 20 something kid, whom I watched be born, told me that I was a Nazi and that all Jews should be killed. Of course he used the words colonialism, genocide, baby killers. And then the tsunami of utter shit hit."
===== She did not call me but she did text me the morning of October 7. I have not responded to this text yet but am curious whether she informed her friends they raised a c*nt. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 12:35 PM (RIvkX) 100
Afternoon Ace.
The funny thing about the propaganda ministries carrying water for the DSA is that the minute the commies take over bye-bye "free" press. Commies put out their own news Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 12:35 PM (HddY9) 101
Oh, and another DSA win in Colorado last night: the Democratic primary for Colorado State Board of Regents, which oversees the University of Colorado system. His name? Why, Ashik Siddique! Of the Bangladesh Siddiques. Born and raised in New York. AI says "He was politicized as a teenager after 9/11 when his family faced surveillance and profiling. I was kind of politicized by that event myself, when my fellow citizens faced burning alive and falling out of skyscrapers. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:35 PM (XJ22o) 102
Actually, it'll be a very, very bad time for women. Most young men are past the concept of chivalry, and most young women have made themselves quite unlikable.
Thanks to the demographics changes, young women are now surrounded by the 3rd World where they're not as progressive in their thinking. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (qwx/I) 103
I’m at one of these company July 4th celebrations. They actually have a nice spread- burgers, ribs, chicken, etc. and some Indian chick has the nerve to complain there are no vegetarian options. The guy next to me says “it’s an American July 4th celebration, STFU and have a French fry”. I am
Standing next to the HR guy and he looks at me and says “I didn’t hear that”. Lolol. Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (J2Jn3) 104
53 48 Mitch McCuntal found unconscious at home.
wait, he's alive? Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, Questionable. But we should consider our own weekend at Bernie’s situation as he would be replaced temporarily by the governor who is a Democrat. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (hftzA) 105
They're commies. Pushback by putting other commies up against the wall for political apostasy is what they do.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 12:34 PM (y9nCu) Vanity and laziness. I think if you consider that as the motivation for literally everything they have done or will do, they become fairly easy to predict. Like hyenas going for the softest bits of the carcass first. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (Ot/FD) 106
Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (sgkY8) 107
37 Cased on the Spanish Civil War, about 50-60 million dead. That is a problem I want to avoid.
Posted by: NaCly Dog ======== I don't think that is the case. Even if the Civil War involved nukes, the problem for the left is that they are concentrated in the cities and that makes them a lot more vulnerable to nukes than rural more conservative targets. A dispersed population is always in better shape than a concentrated one when nukes start flying around. The problem for the left is they are primarily foreign looters with shallow roots unlikely to persuade others to join and their college aged followers are not the horny handed toilers that were the core of the Socialist/Communist movement in times gone by. Same reason the Red Guard was easily put down by the Chicom Army when it became necessary to stamp on them. And why the Lincoln brigades, etc. were not particularly successful in Spain. Fighting bravely is not the same as fighting well and trained troops are far more likely to prevail under such circumstances as street fights (also see the Reds versus the Not Sees during the waning days of Weimar). The Not Sees had the battle tested former troops not the Reds. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv) Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (w9Wax) 109
Look America was wearing a short skirt and fuck me pumps. When she bent over in front of me, I literally couldn't help it.
Posted by: Zombie Bin Laden at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (anL5R) 110
What kind of mumbo-jumbo is "food insecurity"? Heck I have food insecurity all the time in trying to decide what to eat.. yet another garbage term like "equity".
Commie terms each and every one. Posted by: NALNAMSAM at July 01, 2026 12:32 PM (VkY89) -------------- Next you'l be telling me that they're calling the homeless "the unhoused" or "persons experiencing homelessness." Wait, wut? Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:37 PM (t/lcw) 111
Chalk up another state going Marxists
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 12:37 PM (sgkY8) 112
Mitch is going to end up in the Commodore Pike chair, and still he won't retire.
Beep. Beep beep. Posted by: PabloD at July 01, 2026 12:37 PM (XLdVq) 113
I think there needs to be a serious examination of the House Rules on how they can refuse to seat these anti-American radicals.
Don't Congressmen have to swear an oath to uphold the Constitution? (I'm a very minor elected official, and I had to swear an oath to uphold the Constitution.) When they talk about destroying the American system of government, go after them for violating their oath. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 12:37 PM (aD4fx) 114
The Founders ought to have required, born in the USA for congresspeople too, just like the President.
And Federal judges too Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:37 PM (4V3F9) 115
>>Not that it matters but 29 years old is not Gen Z. She's a millenial.
Niece & nephew, born in 1998 & 1999, respectively, vehemently deny that they are Millennials. Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (NcvvS) 116
Posted last thread that I never heard of DeGette despite her serving for 30 years. Heard about Clyburn, Pelosi John Dingell Jr etc, put not her
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (HddY9) 117
The Dems' Commie takeover in solid blue districts is not only a distraction for the DNC, it will have a solid impact on campaign financing. Wealthy donors funding rabidly antisemitic candidates for the general? Guess which Dem candidates are going suck up all the MSM attention during the fall campaign?
Popcorn with butter on top. Posted by: mrp ======= We shall see. This is going to be a weird election that is ahistorical by normal political science standards and history. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv) 118
Saw a CNBC peice on how new car sales are in decline. The reason? No illegal invaders coming in to buy $60k minivans.
I'm like Japan: if it keeps illegals off the road, I'm good. Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (wBaIH) 119
>> What kind of mumbo-jumbo is "food insecurity"?
Food Insecurity rolls of the tongue better than 'These Diversity Units are Stealing Everything Up In Here!'. Posted by: garrett at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (v9lAB) 120
If that's Mamdani, he's ineligible. Naturalized citizen.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 12:35 PM (NcvvS) You want a birth certificate? I can get you a birth certificate. Hey look, he was born in. uhhhh.... what is that.... American Samoa? Sure, why not. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (Ot/FD) 121
111 Chalk up another state going Marxists
have you not been to CO recently?!?!?! and CU Boulder is RIDICULOUSLY leftist sad really but not new Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (j+aD2) 122
Actually, it'll be a very, very bad time for women. Most young men are past the concept of chivalry, and most young women have made themselves quite unlikable.
Thanks to the demographics changes, young women are now surrounded by the 3rd World where they're not as progressive in their thinking. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (qwx/I) Enjoy the gang rapes, trafficking and beatings. You voted for them. Posted by: Reaping the whirlwind at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (TbWk/) 123
You’re going to see the country become like Bosnia with different ethnic groups fighting each other
Actual Americans born here versus the outside invaders that want to turn the place into the 3rd work shithole they came from Posted by: Maroon at July 01, 2026 12:39 PM (OMov+) 124
What kind of mumbo-jumbo is "food insecurity"?
Nobody actually goes hungry in the United States, so they had to come up with a new term, where worrying about going hungry makes you a victim. Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2026 12:39 PM (aD4fx) 125
whig
Good points. I do take some satisfaction on the Left continuing to dump on the US military. Calling them baby killers is not a way to gain support. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:39 PM (u82oZ) 126
The mainstream Democrats just laughed at someone who politely disagreed with them being shot in the jugular, tried to kill our president 4 or 5 times, tried to jail the president a few times, and put a bunch of us in jail indefinitely for walking either around or near the Capitol.
Those are the ones who are purportedly worried about some up and coming "extremists". Spoiler: The extremist calls are coming from inside the House. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:39 PM (ouWD3) 127
DeGette had a long tradition of existence to herself and to her district at large
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:40 PM (K7yuL) 128
Mitch is just meditating after his Ginsburg workout
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 12:40 PM (HddY9) 129
Niece & nephew, born in 1998 & 1999, respectively, vehemently deny that they are Millennials.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (NcvvS) ===== Say to them, "OK, boomer!" Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (RIvkX) 130
brave ai on CO-1 - Christy Peterson. She ran unopposed in the Republican primary held on June 30, 2026, securing the nomination to face the Democratic winner in the general election on November 3, 2026. Posted by: gKWVE ============== WOW. That is one white girl. (Watch while Melat Kiros uses it against her as if this was a WNBA match.) This is literally a difference between night and day! I don't know anything about Christy except what she looks like and that is impressive. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (XJ22o) 131
"15-term incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette"
There you go. Fifteen fucking terms. Fuck these people. They cling to power to the very bitter end. Melat Kiros is at least young and reasonably attractive. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/) 132
128 Mitch is just meditating after his Ginsburg workout
Posted by: Smell the Glove He's pinin' for the hollers Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (K7yuL) 133
The commies are on the move.
Buy more ammo. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (2WIwB) 134
Balkanization is the sunny future. We are headed for Cambodia, I have been flear on this since ~2009.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (ouWD3) 135
I recently heard a great political name for the communist/Muslim takeover of the Democrat party, and also applicable to the left throughout the West: “Communislam”
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (pO2te) 136
Seems to me they simply replaced a closet commie with an honest one.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (CwhoI) 137
/As much as I love our Canadian Morons, I can't help feeling a little large Schaudenboner here as Carney continually attempts to f*ck Trump and America ...
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:33 PM (t/lcw) FAFO. Me too. Apparently, treating me and Mom like second class citizens including barring us from restaurants, education, travel didn't generate the expected loving loyalty my dear leaders would desire. Maybe the new batch will be more loyal. FenelonSpoke, sorry, I don't know. Back to work. The projects coming along. Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 01, 2026 12:42 PM (Sco7b) 138
have you not been to CO recently?!?!?!
and CU Boulder is RIDICULOUSLY leftist sad really but not new Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (j+aD2) ==== So many white people with dreadlocks. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 12:42 PM (RIvkX) 139
Everyone wants to be Gen X. Except the boomers. It's just the way it is.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:42 PM (ouWD3) 140
I’m at one of these company July 4th celebrations. They actually have a nice spread- burgers, ribs, chicken, etc. and some Indian chick has the nerve to complain there are no vegetarian options. The guy next to me says “it’s an American July 4th celebration, STFU and have a French fry”. I am
Standing next to the HR guy and he looks at me and says “I didn’t hear that”. Lolol. Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (J2Jn3) ------------ Jeebus, thank God I got out of Socialist Corporate America in the Bay Area (the leading edge of #Woke) back in '99. Held on 10 more years is SoCal before the cancer took root there ... My advice to all you 29-year-olds? BE YOUR OWN BOSS. [I never lasted more that 2 years at any shithole corporation, but managed 13 years finally as my own boss & independent contractor.] Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:42 PM (t/lcw) 141
applicable to the left throughout the West: “Communislam”
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (pO2te) I prefer the one I coined: Islamunist But watching them duke it out for top billing should be fun. Spoiler, my version wins. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:43 PM (ouWD3) 142
>>>Saw a CNBC piece on how new car sales are in decline. The reason? No illegal invaders coming in to buy $60k minivans.
Thank God. Maybe I'll finally be able to buy a reasonably priced pickup. Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 01, 2026 12:43 PM (CwhoI) 143
48 Mitch McCuntal found unconscious at home.
I'm still taking care of the dog and have an alibi. Later.... Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 01, 2026 12:44 PM (Sco7b) 144
Okay, off to teach to my last class of the day. Full class, 4 first timers, and it’s the first day of the new quarter, so I have all new warm ups, weight work and choreo.
It’s going to be great, or awful. lol. Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2026 12:44 PM (hftzA) 145
Seems to me they simply replaced a closet commie with an honest one.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 01, 2026 12:41 PM (CwhoI) ____ Exactly. It's what I've been saying. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. The 15-term crusty fossil DeGette was a member of the "progressive" caucus and as far-left as anyone can be. Rapidly anti-MAGA, pro Hamas, abortion on demand, open borders, you name it. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/) 146
Wonder who will eat the other first: the gay commies or the lunatic muslims?
Scott Weiner is likely a preview... Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 01, 2026 12:45 PM (wtvvX) 147
140 I’m at one of these company July 4th celebrations. They actually have a nice spread- burgers, ribs, chicken, etc. and some Indian chick has the nerve to complain there are no vegetarian options. The guy next to me says “it’s an American July 4th celebration, STFU and have a French fry”. I am
Standing next to the HR guy and he looks at me and says “I didn’t hear that”. Lolol. Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 12:36 PM (J2Jn3) LOL. Must tear self away from Horde. That'll keep me going. lol. Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at July 01, 2026 12:45 PM (Sco7b) 148
Questionable. But we should consider our own weekend at Bernie’s situation as he would be replaced temporarily by the governor who is a Democrat.
Posted by: Piper Not really sure that there would be much difference as the clock ticks down on this Congress. Any governor's appointee would only serve for a few months before a special election anyway. KY legislature changed the law in 2024 after ruminations that forcing a Dem to pick a GOP list would be unconstitutional under the KY law. The new law provides that a special election be held by 49 days after the vacancy exists. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv) 149
Seems to me they simply replaced a closet commie with an honest one. Posted by: Citizen Cake =============== It's kind of scary when the monsters know it's safe to come out of the closet. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:45 PM (XJ22o) 150
Food insecurity? We have the fattest welfare class in the history of the world.
Now leftists will tell you that is because healthy food is too expensive. But then if you offer to replace SNAP with baskets of healthy unprepared foods like raw chicken, vegetables and fruits they'll tell you that's racist. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm) 151
So many white people with dreadlocks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 12:42 PM (RIvkX) ---------------- I remember before we were married the wifey and I taking a trip to Jamaica (an all-inclusive resort in Negril). The first Jamaican I encountered on the beach was selling "Vitamin G" for Ganja, mon ... Q> "What do you call a snowman with dreadlocks?" A> "A snowmon." Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:46 PM (t/lcw) 152
Wiener wasn't and isn't a commie however. He just likes young ass
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:46 PM (K7yuL) 153
Insty linked Don Surber's take on the recent Supreme Court decisions. Worth a serious read. 9:09AM time stamp.
The demolition of the Humphrey's Executor decision is a solid hit for Dems. The decision allowing unlimited campaign contributions is a plus for Republicans. And the silver lining from the mail-in ballots decisions, though bad, does include the requirement for postmarks and a 5-day cutoff. Surber is usually very good. As to the mail-in ballots thing, the usual response here is that the postmark can be altered, so it's a complete loss for us. However, that's an argument for tighter control of postmarking, and severe penalties for fraudulent postmarking. These are things we can and should implement. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t) 154
and some Indian chick has the nerve to complain there are no vegetarian options
Point her to the nearest shrubbery. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm) Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2026 12:47 PM (diia5) 156
Rep. AOC says she hopes JD Vance is the presidential nominee in 2028.
That's because she wants to date him Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:47 PM (sKqQm) 157
A traveling amusement park stopped in town for the Independence day weekend. Picking up sedative pills (Trazodone) for the doggies -- for the noise.
Anyone else have a better remedy? Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:47 PM (a6L2j) 158
Fox is covering some nuts who climbed to the top of the antenna spire on the Empire State Building. He is proposing.
I hope they really don't want kids, because they're roasting their gonads in RF. Posted by: buddhaha at July 01, 2026 12:48 PM (rj9+0) 159
Wonder who will eat the other first: the gay commies or the lunatic muslims?
Scott Weiner is likely a preview... Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 01, 2026 12:45 PM (wtvvX) ------------ I should see if there are betting markets where I can go all-in on the Lunatic Muzzies. Easy money ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:48 PM (t/lcw) 160
part of that movement, backing economic populist policies including universal healthcare and childcare, and more politically polarizing issues like abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and ending U.S. military aid to Israel"
Ahem. Hasn't that been the Dim platform for at least a half century? What's the difference? Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 12:49 PM (XuXeR) 161
have you not been to CO recently?!?!?!
and CU Boulder is RIDICULOUSLY leftist sad really but not new Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM Hell, 30 odd years ago when I was stationed in Denver we used to call Boulder 36 square miles surrounded by reality. I can only imagine what it's like now. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 12:49 PM (bFu5X) 162
What kind of mumbo-jumbo is "food insecurity"?
Nobody actually goes hungry in the United States, so they had to come up with a new term, where worrying about going hungry makes you a victim. By that definition, I experience food insecurity every day just before lunchtime. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t) 163
"complain there are no vegetarian options"
There wasn't even the standard veggie tray that everybody usually ignores? Weird. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 12:49 PM (Jr5Lq) 164
Why are you against
- New York Times Blames ‘Misogyny’ After Supergirl Crashes ... Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:49 PM (ndZc7) 165
Not that it matters but 29 years old is not Gen Z. She's a millenial. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 12:25 PM (RIvkX) Are you telling me that I've spent the last two decades hanging out with a bunch of frickin' millenials here at the HQ????? Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 12:50 PM (y9nCu) 166
Jeebus, thank God I got out of Socialist Corporate America in the Bay Area (the leading edge of #Woke) back in '99. Held on 10 more years is SoCal before the cancer took root there ...
My advice to all you 29-year-olds? BE YOUR OWN BOSS. [I never lasted more that 2 years at any shithole corporation, but managed 13 years finally as my own boss & independent contractor.] Posted by: ShainS ====== Takes guts and smarts to do that well. Tip of the hat to you. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv) 167
Fox is covering some nuts who climbed to the top of the antenna spire on the Empire State Building. He is proposing.
I hope they really don't want kids, because they're roasting their gonads in RF. Posted by: buddhaha I hope she doesn't fall for it. Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 01, 2026 12:50 PM (w9Wax) 168
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New York Times Blames ‘Misogyny’ After Supergirl Crashes ... Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:49 PM (ndZc7) How about it's a crappy movie that no one wants to see.... Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 12:50 PM (O3Vxh) 169
CU Boulder is RIDICULOUSLY leftist
- We were calling them the People's Republic of Boulder decades ago. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:51 PM (ndZc7) 170
I saw a link to "the hottest movie this summer!" with a small pick of the lead in it.
It took me a moment to realize they have not in fact made a movie staring Alfred E Newman. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm) 171
New York Times Blames ‘Misogyny’ After Supergirl Crashes ...
How do they explain the success of Wonder Woman? Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t) 172
[I never lasted more that 2 years at any shithole corporation, but managed 13 years finally as my own boss & independent contractor.] Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:42 PM (t/lcw) ------ Congratulations! Takes imagination and courage -- tip of the hat to you. Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:52 PM (a6L2j) Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 01, 2026 12:52 PM (wBaIH) 174
I'll be honest snacking on carrot sticks while you are grilling your burger is not a bad thing.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm) 175
I saw Roasting Their Gonads In RF open for The 5G Dimension at Stateline, NV in '93.
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:52 PM (t/lcw) 176
Food insecurity? We have the fattest welfare class in the history of the world.
Now leftists will tell you that is because healthy food is too expensive. But then if you offer to replace SNAP with baskets of healthy unprepared foods like raw chicken, vegetables and fruits they'll tell you that's racist. The key to socialism is saying more money is the cure to problems that can't be solved by more money. See, e.g America's current educational system. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 01, 2026 12:52 PM (cI94r) 177
Not comparing the content of the two movements, but is this the Democrat version of the Tea Party? The Tea Party was essentially crushed from within by the larger Republican Party. Is the Democrat establishment not capable of doing the same, or are they not willing to? Even if it happens to this brand of communists, remember that the Tea Party in a lot of ways beget Trump and MAGA, so they may not be going away.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (QaH55) 178
I don't... when was the middle east STABLE?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (UZCuZ) 179
But then if you offer to replace SNAP with baskets of healthy unprepared foods like raw chicken, vegetables and fruits they'll tell you that's racist.
Posted by: 18-1 ====== A Democrat judge did just that and enjoined via one of those nationwide injunctions against the Dept. of Agriculture for cutting off junk food and drinks. Being appealed as usual. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv) 180
Rep. AOC says she hopes JD Vance is the presidential nominee in 2028.
That's because she wants to date him Posted by: 18-1 She wants, for once in her life, to not be laid by a loser. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (4Agqc) 181
Since the Democrat Party is all grift all the time, they have no immune system against the whole-of-society confidence schemes of Marxism and Islam.
The GOPe was able to defang the Tea Party by running grifters (or co-opting them) spouting the correct rhetoric, so that there was no remedy at the ballot box for elite betrayal; but that was using scam tactics against honest men. It wouldn't work the same for the Dem establishment against the DSA, who are even harder scammers. So, I think that the primary strategy is likely to work like a dream for the Islamunists, done in a flash, very unlike how it has taken MAGA a decade of persistent hard work that is still ongoing. And, even if their regular voters aren't with them yet, they will be after the next general election; once they vote (D) out of habit, the cognitive bias of Commitment Tendency will take hold, and they will find some way to rationalize that they're not a bad person for voting for the destruction of civilization. Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (Sy6m/) 182
"they have not in fact made a movie staring Alfred E Newman."
He gets calls from casting directors all the time, but they can never meet his ask. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (Jr5Lq) 183
I saw a video of some leftist guy complaining that it was wrong they had picked the previous slate of actresses to play supergirl in various shows and movies because they were too blonde, thin and pretty.
Of course you go look at the comic books and she is...blonde, thin and pretty. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm) 184
Congratulations! Takes imagination and courage -- tip of the hat to you.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:52 PM (a6L2j) ------------ Thanks, JM. As I say when I win at poker: "I'd rather be lucky than good." Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (t/lcw) 185
But then if you offer to replace SNAP with baskets of healthy unprepared foods like raw chicken, vegetables and fruits they'll tell you that's racist.
Posted by: 18-1 Back yo canned ham, canned chicken, government cheese & government milk. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:54 PM (4Agqc) 186
New York Times Blames ‘Misogyny’ After Supergirl Crashes ...
How do they explain the success of Wonder Woman The majority of people who saw Supergirl were men. As Joy Reid explained about Kanala's defeat, white women have once again failed us all. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 01, 2026 12:54 PM (cI94r) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (ndZc7) 188
We shall see. This is going to be a weird election that is ahistorical by normal political science standards and history.
Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv) ==== I call it a political compression election. With support from a surprisingly disciplined Republican caucus in the House, a slew of important decisions by the US Supreme Court that strengthen the Executive branch's power, DJT and his administration have boxed the Dems into a corner. Not a cardboard box, either. What we are seeing is something historic - a political party so enfeebled that it can no longer operate as a cohesive entity. The only episodes in US history that come close are the 1800, the 1860, and the 1932 elections. And DJT won two presidential elections in the teeth of a vicious, monolithic MSM that used every opportunity to destroy him. Amazing times. Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (rj6Yv) 189
>>>You see it across the board. Gays are not supposed to listen to Islam. Jews are not supposed to listen to Black anti-semitism (or anti-asian.) Everyone is encouraged to ignore what everyone else is doing and focus on the designated hate object.
It's really quite remarkable. Posted by: Aetius451AD --- Don't believe your lying eyes, that's not a queer flying off the roof. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (JS6jE) Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t) 191
Another shocker from CO is Michael Bennett current US senator lost the primary for Governor. Unfortunately, he still has 2 more years in DC.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (n5tGW) 192
Of course you go look at the comic books and she is...blonde, thin and pretty.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm) ------------- "Beauty is in the eye of the beholden, comrade!" Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (t/lcw) 193
The biggest draw back to eating healthy food is it takes more time to prepare.
But if you are unemployed that's not really an issue is it? Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm) 194
177 Not comparing the content of the two movements, but is this the Democrat version of the Tea Party? The Tea Party was essentially crushed from within by the larger Republican Party. Is the Democrat establishment not capable of doing the same, or are they not willing to? Even if it happens to this brand of communists, remember that the Tea Party in a lot of ways beget Trump and MAGA, so they may not be going away.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder ======= This is being driven by the activist class who basically want the power and money from the olds for themselves. Many of them are facing downward mobility via student loan debt from prestige colleges with crappy degrees and attitudes making them unemployable nowadays. Top down revolt and the DSA types are relying on the fact that Dem primaries have been rotten boroughs for years with declining turnout in one party blue states. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv) 195
"Congratulations! Takes imagination and courage -- tip of the hat to you."
And hard work. I contracted for abt 18 years. Being your own boss is harder than working for a paycheck. You're on duty 24/7/365. I also congratulate you. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq) 196
CNBC piece on how new car sales are in decline"
I think I see the problem... (FWIW, the real numbers will be pretty flat by the end of the year) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 12:56 PM (XuXeR) 197
I call it a political compression election. With support from a surprisingly disciplined Republican caucus in the House, a slew of important decisions by the US Supreme Court that strengthen the Executive branch's power, DJT and his administration have boxed the Dems into a corner.
Not a cardboard box, either. What we are seeing is something historic - a political party so enfeebled that it can no longer operate as a cohesive entity. The only episodes in US history that come close are the 1800, the 1860, and the 1932 elections. And DJT won two presidential elections in the teeth of a vicious, monolithic MSM that used every opportunity to destroy him. Amazing times. Posted by: mrp ====== Pretty astute. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv) 198
part of that movement, backing economic populist policies including universal healthcare and childcare, and more politically polarizing issues like abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and ending U.S. military aid to Israel" Ahem. Hasn't that been the Dim platform for at least a half century? What's the difference? Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 12:49 PM (XuXeR) They're going to make universal health care even MORE universal. And ICE will be even more abolished and the US will nuke Israel the day after the 2028 Inauguration. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 12:57 PM (y9nCu) 199
Don't believe your lying eyes, that's not a queer flying off the roof.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM As Allah is my witness, I thought gays could fly! - Mohammed M. Mohammed Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 12:57 PM (bFu5X) 200
But they're about to, now. After decades of coddling and incubation in the Uniparty's hothouses, they're about to get thrown out into the wind and the sun without any hardening off whatsoever.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (Ot/FD) I agree; I think it’ll be like the Tranny movement. Remember about 3 years ago, it looked like they were making inroads everywhere, Biden was appointing them to high office, they were moving into sports… But now today, they’ve hit their high water mark and are falling apart. At all levels. Just took a little while for the backlash to kick in. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 12:57 PM (7wNAQ) Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:57 PM (sKqX+) 202
And DJT won
------------- Fixed For Accuracy. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:58 PM (t/lcw) 203
As Joy Reid explained about Kanala's defeat, white women have once again failed us all.
Was talking with a female friend. She was complaining female sports salaries were lower then male for most sports and in some cases there were only professional leagues for things like Lingerie football. So I asked, do you watch the WNBA, women's soccer, etc? "No I don't like to watch sports". Ok that's actually pretty common women like to watch sports on average less then men...but why wouldn't you expect there is less opportunity then for women in pro-sports if women won't watch them? "But that's not fair!" Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm) 204
Ahem. Hasn't that been the Dim platform for at least a half century? What's the difference?
Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 12:49 PM (XuXeR) They're going to make universal health care even MORE universal. And ICE will be even more abolished and the US will nuke Israel the day after the 2028 Inauguration. Microaggressions are so last decade. They'll plunge bravely into the world of nano-, femto- and attoaggressions. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:59 PM (Riz8t) 205
>majority of people who saw Supergirl were men.
Are they retarded? Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:57 PM (sKqX+) ------------- To ask is to have answered. It's young retarded soibois all the way down ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:59 PM (t/lcw) 206
The first Wonder Woman movie succeeded because they wrote the character as a woman, as opposed to Supergirl and so many other attempts at female superheroes who are just written just like men.
Posted by: Open Channel D at July 01, 2026 12:59 PM (4/qJJ) 207
30 years.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 01, 2026 12:59 PM (wvPJN) 208
Sooner or later you get to quantum aggressions
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqX+) 209
It's really quite remarkable.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Democrats were always built on a coalition of the outs from the get go. The problem that the Dems have now is the coalition demands from its various identity groups cannot be met in a first past the post majoritarian system. They are only united in hating on Trump, Jews, Christians, and capitalism which makes it more and more difficult to widen the party's appeal. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv) 210
The biggest draw back to eating healthy food is it takes more time to prepare. But if you are unemployed that's not really an issue is it? Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm) But I can't watch My Show on the TV if I'm cooking from scratch!!!! Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (y9nCu) 211
>majority of people who saw Supergirl were men.
Are they retarded? Many are the SOs of women and had to go, and the rest are ghey. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t) 212
I admire her for taking Sam Kinison's advice.
"IT'S A DESERT!!! THERE'S NO FOOD THERE!!!! MOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEEE." Posted by: Orson at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (dIske) 213
@177 the problem for the Dems is they lost the power to put the brakes on their crazies. The Dems always said they wanted leftist stuff and certain parts of a revolution, but the crazies are actually doing it. The old timers have no idea how to stop it because it's not possible.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (HddY9) 214
And hard work. I contracted for abt 18 years. Being your own boss is harder than working for a paycheck. You're on duty 24/7/365. I also congratulate you.
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq) ---- Absolutely true. Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (VZZtk) 215
Amazing times.
Posted by: mrp --- Everything you said plus the rise of the communist party. In the not too distant past the saying was better dead than red, now they are boldly on the ballot. Amazing times for sure. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (JS6jE) 216
Don't believe your lying eyes, that's not a queer flying off the roof.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 12:55 PM (JS6jE) Or a woman being slammed in the face with a volleyball by a man Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:01 PM (ouWD3) 217
The first Wonder Woman movie succeeded because they wrote the character as a woman, as opposed to Supergirl and so many other attempts at female superheroes who are just written just like men.
Eh. I think it's because Gal Gadot is smokin' hot. Milly Alcock is not. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t) 218
So I asked, do you watch the WNBA, women's soccer, etc? "No I don't like to watch sports". Ok that's actually pretty common women like to watch sports on average less then men...but why wouldn't you expect there is less opportunity then for women in pro-sports if women won't watch them? "But that's not fair!"
Posted by: 18-1 ====== They would have it mandated that corporations put on women's sports at the same ratio as men's sports or some other ridiculous fantasy. Life ain't fair, it is even harder if one is stupid about it. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv) 219
As Joy Reid explained about Kanala's defeat, white women have once again failed us all.
------------- "EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WHITE MARRIED WOMEN VOTE WHATEVER THEIR NEANDERTHAL CAVEMEN HUSBANDS TELL THEM TO. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!" Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:01 PM (t/lcw) 220
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (JS6jE)
The strange new respect from the media toward these bloodthirsty charlatans is really gonna blow your mind. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:02 PM (ouWD3) 221
Are the Dems running any actual Americans ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 01:03 PM (O3Vxh) 222
They would have it mandated that corporations put on women's sports at the same ratio as men's sports or some other ridiculous fantasy.
------------- Make "The Fairness Doctrine" -- especially for tranny men in women's sports -- "Great Again!" Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:03 PM (t/lcw) 223
I shall go on to the end, I shall be found unconscious at home, I shall be found unconscious in my office and on the Senate floor, I shall be found unconscious with growing brokerage balances and a growing stench in the air, I shall defend my Senate seat, whatever the cost may be, I shall be found unconscious on the Beltway, I shall be found unconscious on the Mall, I shall be found unconscious in the DC brothels and in the streets, I shall be found unconscious in my limousine, I shall never surrender my seat...
Posted by: Mitch McConnell (Sen - China) at July 01, 2026 01:03 PM (qUkBO) 224
The gays don't fly so much as plummet
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 01:03 PM (HddY9) 225
Free and worth every penny!
More than 500 mothers and babies came to harm or died as a result of inadequate care in Nottingham, an inquiry into the NHS's biggest ever maternity scandal has revealed. A total of 444 women and 76 newborn babies suffered "potentially avoidable" outcomes because they received substandard treatment over 13 years from Nottingham University hospitals NHS trust (NUH), a damning report led by the childbirth expert Donna Ockenden has found. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 01:03 PM (ndZc7) Posted by: Gen. Ely Parker at July 01, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t) 227
Are the Dems running any actual Americans ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 01:03 PM (O3Vxh) ------------- Actual Americans are so 20th century ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:04 PM (t/lcw) 228
Does the Heat Dome goose movie ticket sales at all?
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:04 PM (Jr5Lq) 229
What happened to AOC? Haven't seen her around lately.
She away at a fat farm or something? Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 01:04 PM (IY9No) 230
How much better off would we have been without Mitch? Would his replacement have been just as awful?
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 01:04 PM (MWfyi) 231
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 01:00 PM (HddY9)
The Democrats have in now way lost control of their crazies. This is HIGHLY controlled. They believe, perhaps rightly, it's the only way to get "energy" - and "youthful" energy at that - back on their side. And in the process they get to swerve the country further Left than anyone likely imagines. Take it from your old buddy Ellipsis. Things are going to get... weird. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ouWD3) 232
I shall go on to the end, I shall be found unconscious at home, I shall be found unconscious in my office and on the Senate floor, I shall be found unconscious with growing brokerage balances and a growing stench in the air, I shall defend my Senate seat, whatever the cost may be, I shall be found unconscious on the Beltway, I shall be found unconscious on the Mall, I shall be found unconscious in the DC brothels and in the streets, I shall be found unconscious in my limousine, I shall never surrender my seat...
Posted by: Mitch McConnell (Sen - China) at July 01, 2026 01:03 PM (qUkBO) ------------ * snort * Gotta love this place ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:05 PM (t/lcw) 233
>>>Is Judaism headed the way of the Catholic priesthood at all? The younger / GenX priests are based, it's the doddering fools who tilt their heads about immigration and LGBT.
Posted by: gKWVE --- The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, in what the plaintiffs’ lawyers described as the largest per-survivor settlement. It is the latest agreement over clergy sexual abuse claims. In 2024, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to a record $880 million settlement. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:05 PM (JS6jE) 234
Is the Democrat establishment not capable of doing the same, or are they not willing to? Even if it happens to this brand of communists, remember that the Tea Party in a lot of ways beget Trump and MAGA, so they may not be going away.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 01, 2026 12:53 PM (QaH55) A lot of the situation is Obama’s fault, really. Remember how all the lower level democrats started getting wiped out in elections after 2012? Outside of the bluest blue states, there is no large group of younger democrat officeholders waiting to take over - just a bunch of 70 and 80 year olds waiting to be admitted into a memory care program. Taking over the Dem party was easy. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 01:05 PM (7wNAQ) 235
The first Wonder Woman movie succeeded because they wrote the character as a woman, as opposed to Supergirl and so many other attempts at female superheroes who are just written just like men. Posted by: Open Channel D at July 01, 2026 12:59 PM (4/qJJ) Just wait until the commies decide that the first Wonder Woman movie had a faked box office because of a Joo Conspiracy to make the Israeli IDF sooper-slut Gal Gadot into a star. Imagine that, Gadot. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 01:05 PM (y9nCu) 236
Everything you said plus the rise of the communist party. In the not too distant past the saying was better dead than red, now they are boldly on the ballot. Amazing times for sure. Posted by: Braenyard Envy, we have always had with us as a driving force in politics. I am always amused by Marc Antony's speech to the Romans for Caesar's eulogy. What gets the attention of the crowd and fires them up is something for nothing--Caesar's will giving them money and his land for enjoyment. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv) 237
So I asked, do you watch the WNBA, women's soccer, etc? "No I don't like to watch sports". Ok that's actually pretty common women like to watch sports on average less then men...but why wouldn't you expect there is less opportunity then for women in pro-sports if women won't watch them? "But that's not fair!"
--- Like curtains and throw pillows: Women want to force men to not only fund these but like them because they want and like them. And get mad that you dare suggest you don't even need them, so why should you pay for them, let alone like them. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:06 PM (3cUTc) 238
It will be interesting to see how this all plays out in the Dem party. Will the Leftists be able to isolate the communists and islamists? Popcorn has extra butter now. I don't think regular everyday dem plebes are gonna try and save them by holding their nose and voting for a repub in the general.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 01, 2026 01:07 PM (n5tGW) 239
South Portland passed an ordinance where you can legally butcher your own meat in your backyard and your neighbors, complaining about the stink of gore, can't do sh*t about it. Posted by: Defenestratu ============== Except vote Republican. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:07 PM (XJ22o) 240
221 Are the Dems running any actual Americans ?
We are all Americans here. Posted by: Gen. Ely Parker at July 01, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t) ===== Oof. A bad day for Robert E. Lee. Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 01:07 PM (rj6Yv) 241
Take it from your old buddy Ellipsis. Things are going to get... weird.
Posted by: ... ===== My guess is something like the Time of Troubles in Ireland as they turn to terrorism after not being able to win national power at the polls. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 01:07 PM (E4rtv) 242
Eh. I think it's because Gal Gadot is smokin' hot. Milly Alcock is not.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t) Dinner with friends a while ago, and we all went around the table naming the famous person we'd most like to sleep with. The women named a bunch of guys I'd never heard of. Gal was my choice. Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 01, 2026 01:07 PM (QaH55) 243
The Democrats have in now way lost control of their crazies.
This is HIGHLY controlled. They believe, perhaps rightly, it's the only way to get "energy" - and "youthful" energy at that - back on their side. And in the process they get to swerve the country further Left than anyone likely imagines. Disagree. The people who would have designed this takeover are exactly the same people who are being replaced. Politicians do not willingly enter Carousel. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t) 244
Tea Partiers naively believed there were people in Congress on our side.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 01:08 PM (MWfyi) 245
"But that's not fair!"
There ought to be a mandated HS course, required for graduation, called "Life Isn't Fair." Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:08 PM (Jr5Lq) 246
The strange new respect from the media toward these bloodthirsty charlatans is really gonna blow your mind.
Posted by: ... --- They would be seated, in the coliseum, two rows in behind the emperor. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:09 PM (JS6jE) 247
This Communist-Islamist invader also believes that 9/11 was the "inevitable consequence of American foreign policy" and that we made the terrorists believe that another act of violence was their only choice.
The terrorists' (un)holy book says that violence is the ONLY choice. Try again. Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 01, 2026 01:09 PM (alJ/u) 248
@232 I agree things are going to get weird, but the old time Dems have no ammo to control it. The best they could do is try and get the donors to not fund the crazies. However the crazies have their own money people and they've also shown they can win without big money. Look at Schumer and Hakeem the leaders. Deers in the headlights with no clue what to do
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 01:09 PM (HddY9) 249
Dinner with friends a while ago, and we all went around the table naming the famous person we'd most like to sleep with. The women named a bunch of guys I'd never heard of. Gal was my choice.
Sophie Cunningham is rising quickly in the polls. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Riz8t) 250
That guest towel you can't use.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 01, 2026 01:09 PM (wvPJN) 251
The Democrats have in now way lost control of their crazies.
This is HIGHLY controlled. They believe, perhaps rightly, it's the only way to get "energy" - and "youthful" energy at that - back on their side. And in the process they get to swerve the country further Left than anyone likely imagines. Take it from your old buddy Ellipsis. Things are going to get... weird. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ouWD3) ------------- I got to help raise a wonderful young step-daughter between '89 and '99 -- who suffered under the tutelage of my many political rants -- and got to live part of The American Dream of her mother and me. She unfortunately went to college (I persuaded her to go to Whittier, but she transferred to Chico State after one semester to be with her boyfriend). Long story short: I looked for her on social media in 2016, and she was part of some Bernie Sander for POTUS organization. What a gut-punch ... don't think I've ever been so deflated and disappointed. To paraphrase Ted Williams: "I consider myself to be ... the greatest failure on the face of the Earth." Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:10 PM (t/lcw) 252
Eh. I think it's because Gal Gadot is smokin' hot. Milly Alcock is not.
------ Linda Carter for the win! In her prime she may have been one of the 10 hottest women to ever grace the airwaves. Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2026 01:10 PM (TN0g+) 253
The shell shaped soap.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 01:10 PM (MWfyi) 254
We never stood a chance against the Uniparty/Old Democrat monolith. Scraps from the table was all we could hope for.
Now that monolith is crumbling, and what's filled the vacuum of their collapse is a bunch of garbage baby theater kids whose only tactic is shouting nonsense and petty violence. Also, this is happening as the Democrat Party itself is facing existential losses of seats in the 2030 census. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 01:11 PM (4ObTi) 255
Think about it this way - Trump for all his energy, strength, and gifts was very nearly taken out by the Uniparty... and at the very least contorted and trapped and directed by them if not merely stifled. They went after his family, his businesses, his past, people who met him once, EVERYTHING. They used the highest levels of government and the lowest depths of media malfeasance. And did not stop for one second, to maintain their grip on power.
Some low IQ commie jackbags do not have the wherewithal to fight the Uniparty, even if from the Left. Plus every single thing out of the Left for 50 years has been prime astroturfed garbage. Which leaves one option - this convenient "new communism push" is fully sanctioned and blessed. You'll know exactly when it's not because these people, however many there are, will be personally and professionally destroyed, ten times over. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:11 PM (ouWD3) 256
Two historical observations..right wing establishment Germans thought they could control the obvious buffoon Hitler...Franco won the Spanish Civil War cause the Germans helped. Who would help us in a civil war?
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 01, 2026 01:11 PM (PI3+l) 257
I agree things are going to get weird, but the old time Dems have no ammo to control it. The best they could do is try and get the donors to not fund the crazies. However the crazies have their own money people and they've also shown they can win without big money. Look at Schumer and Hakeem the leaders. Deers in the headlights with no clue what to do
--- The Dems had sloshed so much money to NGOs that the lost the one advantage they thought they had locked in to control the party. And are finding out that these monster babies they germinated have put down deep roots into the shit-pipe funding of the left. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:12 PM (3cUTc) 258
Also, this is happening as the Democrat Party itself is facing existential losses of seats in the 2030 census.
Posted by: Ian S. ====== Which is why the Dems are desperate to win the presidency in 2028. To control the census like they did in 2020 to cheat Red states out of seats and to open the illegal floodgates again. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv) 259
Linda Carter for the win! In her prime she may have been one of the 10 hottest women to ever grace the airwaves.
Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2026 01:10 PM *sigh* I miss those days. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 01:13 PM (bFu5X) 260
If the Republican Party has any sense of the historic, every single one of the Dem DSA candidates should have a Republican or a Conservative contesting their election, even if it means starting a write-in campaign. Murky won a senate election as a write-in independent, independent because she was running against the official Republican candidate.
Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 01:13 PM (rj6Yv) 261
Two historical observations..right wing establishment Germans thought they could control the obvious buffoon Hitler...Franco won the Spanish Civil War cause the Germans helped. Who would help us in a civil war?
-- God. We do not need any other allies. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (3cUTc) 262
I agree things are going to get weird, but the old time Dems have no ammo to control it. The best they could do is try and get the donors to not fund the crazies. However the crazies have their own money people and they've also shown they can win without big money. Look at Schumer and Hakeem the leaders. Deers in the headlights with no clue what to do
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 01:09 PM (HddY9) --------------- I assume most of The Overt Commies are being funded by our enemies like Chy-na, Russia, Iran, The Domestic Fifth Column (Soros, Singham, et. al.), and the like. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (t/lcw) 263
There are 435 house seats. The dick-out communists managed to win primaries in a few deep-blue shitricts against crusty old fossils who were commies on the down-low. I guess we gotta talk about something, but I'm not seeing the big deal here.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/) 264
To paraphrase Ted Williams: "I consider myself to be ... the greatest failure on the face of the Earth."
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:10 PM (t/lcw) (whispers) that was gehrig. Forget it, he's rolling. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (ouWD3) 265
Linda Carter for the win! In her prime she may have been one of the 10 hottest women to ever grace the airwaves.
== Mata Hari ! --Crown Prince Wilhelm Posted by: runner at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (frGWQ) 266
@nicksortor
🚨 NOW: Two protestors with a flag have climbed up on TOP of the spire of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING Posted by: Fall (2026) at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (K7yuL) 267
NOOD French Gangs
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 01:15 PM (t/lcw) 268
nood
Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:15 PM (Jr5Lq) 269
This is HIGHLY controlled. They believe, perhaps rightly, it's the only way to get "energy" - and "youthful" energy at that - back on their side. And in the process they get to swerve the country further Left than anyone likely imagines.
It was intended to be controlled. The lid is well off of that bottle now. Chuck Schumer is fucked no matter how he grills now, and I'll guarantee that's not what the DNC had in mind. Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 01:15 PM (4ObTi) 270
Who would help us in a civil war?
Posted by: Azjaeger ======= There has never been a civil war in a nuclear state. Fortunately the Soviet Union imploded rather than engage in border reshuffling until much later. Mass revolutions are only possible when the masses actually want to fight and I don't see the DSA as such a mass movement. I do think terrorism will be on the rise from the rotten Red-Green Watermelon babies of the DSA. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv) 271
"NOW: Two protestors with a flag have climbed up on TOP of the spire of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING"
Zeppelin mooring post. Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:15 PM (Jr5Lq) 272
Outside of the bluest blue states, there is no large group of younger democrat officeholders waiting to take over - just a bunch of 70 and 80 year olds waiting to be admitted into a memory care program.
Taking over the Dem party was easy. Posted by: Tom Servo --- Dems are such groomers one would think they would have spent time grooming the next generation of candidates. But no, that would be close to taking power from their calcified grasp. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:16 PM (JS6jE) 273
Who would help us in a civil war?
____ Almost no one. But there would be many countries who would intervene on behalf of the leftists. That may be why we might actually not win a civil war. Posted by: West China at July 01, 2026 01:16 PM (qUkBO) 274
Sophie Cunningham is rising quickly in the polls.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Riz8t) She looks like she'd be a lot of fun, in a lot of ways. Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 01, 2026 01:16 PM (QaH55) 275
@nicksortor
🚨 NOW: Two protestors with a flag have climbed up on TOP of the spire of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING Posted by: Fall (2026) at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (K7yuL) Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Posted by: Zombie King Kong at July 01, 2026 01:16 PM (q2NNn) 276
This is being driven by the activist class who basically want the power and money from the olds for themselves. Posted by: whig ============== Being female, I'm always looking for the psychological urge behind political movements, not the economic one, and I think you've nailed it, whig. I bet a big part of Kiros's personal grievance was getting fired by a NYC law firm that still enshrined enough tradition and "stuffiness" to severely object to her remarks about Gaza. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:17 PM (XJ22o) 277
Deportations would solve much of the problem.
There are laws on the books to be exercised. Round them up and send them away, let the judges fight it out while the scourge rots in nirvana. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:18 PM (JS6jE) 278
If Mitch McConnell goes Muerte, China loses a Senator. Posted by: Frank Barone at July 01, 2026 01:18 PM (OkYzo) 279
New York Times Blames ‘Misogyny’ After Supergirl Crashes ...
How do they explain the success of Wonder Woman? Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t) _____ I wasn't a fan of WW, but it was kinda different for the time, and Superhero movies were still (inexplicably) very popular. And Gal Gadot was hot and looked like WW. SG is just something that nobody wanted or asked for, at a time when most superhero movies are underperforming or tanking entirely. Hell, even the superman reboot probably lost money. And whoever that annoying twat is they inexplicably cast as SG is ... not Gal Gadot. Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (iFTx/) 280
There are 435 house seats. The dick-out communists managed to win primaries in a few deep-blue shitricts against crusty old fossils who were commies on the down-low. I guess we gotta talk about something, but I'm not seeing the big deal here.
Posted by: Elric The Blade I'm sure a lot of people had the, "Oh, isn't that so cute?" approach in 1919, when the CPUSA was founded, when they should have been strangling it in its crib. Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (alJ/u) 281
majority of people who saw Supergirl were men.
From what I understand this breakdown is true of every comic book movie. More males than females go see comic book flicks as a rule. Looking at the anemic sales numbers it doesn't seem that the total population of viewers was particularly large. Posted by: It underperformed Birds of Prey at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (TbWk/) 282
It was intended to be controlled. The lid is well off of that bottle now. Chuck Schumer is fucked no matter how he grills now, and I'll guarantee that's not what the DNC had in mind.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2026 01:15 PM (4ObTi) Chuck Schumer is like any Democrat. Protected until inconvenient. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (ouWD3) 283
Tea Partiers naively believed there were people in Congress on our side.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 01:08 PM (MWfyi) ====== The Tea Party opened the door for Donald Trump, and he walked right through it and won the 2016 election. I wasn't a Trump supporter because I didn't know anything about his political positions on issues that mattered to me. That changed when he received a strong endorsement by Sarah Palin in January, 2016. This country owes her a debt of gratitude. Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2026 01:20 PM (rj6Yv) 284
273 Who would help us in a civil war?
____ Almost no one. But there would be many countries who would intervene on behalf of the leftists. That may be why we might actually not win a civil war. Posted by: West China --- You're here now buddy and we know who you are. _Admin Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:21 PM (JS6jE) Posted by: gp at July 01, 2026 01:23 PM (Jr5Lq) 286
I wasn't a Trump supporter because I didn't know anything about his political positions on issues that mattered to me. That changed when he received a strong endorsement by Sarah Palin in January, 2016. This country owes her a debt of gratitude. Posted by: mrp --- I wasn't a Trump supporter till he cut down everyone on stage and I realized that he was the only man for the job. We were no longer living in a civil society. That the Democrats are the most unscrupulous people and addressing them with civil expectations would not cut it. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:24 PM (JS6jE) 287
Why are you against affordability, Bigot? Is it because you're racist and you want diverse immigrant women to starve?
*shifty eyes* Posted by: toby928(c) at July 01, 2026 01:25 PM (4NO2D) 288
I put all of this at the feet of GWB who should have turned the ME into glass after 9/11 and his "peaceful religion." And the bs of going there to prevent them coming here again. How's that working out you senile dimwit?
Now he paints dogs, which is fitting, altho he is below a dog in the food chain. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 01, 2026 01:30 PM (hzuYO) 289
American Leftists =/= Spanish Leftists. I foersee no pushback from the only mildly Left.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (u82oZ) Respectfully, man- I completely disagree. These 'New Left' socialist democrats ARE exactly the same. Or maybe you point being that the mild leftists will not push back against the zealots? Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 01, 2026 12:25 PM (mPXxA) "Mild" extremists always lose to the extreme ones. It's a rule of history. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:31 PM (uhVAy) Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 01:32 PM (TezPK) 291
majority of people who saw Supergirl were men.
From what I understand this breakdown is true of every comic book movie. More males than females go see comic book flicks as a rule. Looking at the anemic sales numbers it doesn't seem that the total population of viewers was particularly large. Posted by: It underperformed Birds of Prey at July 01, 2026 01:19 PM (TbWk/) I'm not sure that even normal women would like to watch a movie where the hero staggers along being drunk and bitter through the bulk of the show. Even shows like Wonder Woman had the heroine have some ideals, there was a love interest and so on that could hold their interest. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:34 PM (uhVAy) 292
There are 435 house seats. The dick-out communists managed to win primaries in a few deep-blue shitricts against crusty old fossils who were commies on the down-low. I guess we gotta talk about something, but I'm not seeing the big deal here.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/) The danger would be if this group is embraced into the party and becomes a player in the party internals and the 'anti-socialists' suck it up and go along. If they are cut off from the DNC support should they win it won't be a big deal. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:37 PM (uhVAy) 293
Mitch McCuntal found unconscious at home.
So, another day ending in y... Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 01, 2026 01:43 PM (cWffP) 294
@293...on life support since 6/19/26 and this is the tiny bit we know.
It is the RBG guessing game all over again. Of course the really bad news is that the Kentucky governor will simply appoint a Dim once he croaks. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 01, 2026 01:45 PM (hzuYO) Posted by: Ernest T Bass at July 01, 2026 01:55 PM (jrgJz) 296
I'm glad, at least, to see Democrats suffering from their own DEI agenda themselves for once.
Pfft. They'll only *suffer* if they then lose the general election. Posted by: GWB at July 01, 2026 01:55 PM (kU0PQ) 297
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWZTTg0hEwI
Posted by: Ernest T Bass at July 01, 2026 02:04 PM (jrgJz) 298
Two protestors with a flag have climbed up on TOP of the spire of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
Posted by: Fall (2026) at July 01, 2026 01:14 PM (K7yuL) Mucho RF from the broadcast antennas at that level. I was outside the dome a few times back in my broadcast engineering days. Not a good place to be for any length of time. Oh, well. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 01, 2026 02:54 PM (5xuJ/) Wednesday Morning Rant![]() So, if this upcoming election goes well, we ought to consider packing the Court - not like the Left proposes it, but in a different way and with a different purpose. The traditional notion of packing the Court so as to ensure - or improve the odds of - victory for your side is too timid. Better to obviate and humiliate the Court than try to co-opt it by padding the numbers. So think big. Don't add a few justices. Add a lot of justices and adapt the quorum rules to grind it to a halt. Make the Court far too unmaneuverable to avoid gridlock - and too absurd to command respect. Grow the number of justices not to 13 or 17 or 19, but to 100,000. Build them a stadium to work in, and they can travel around to major college football stadiums for trials until it's constructed. With the new count would come new quorum rules, as those are also set by legislation. Right now, there are nine justices, with six required for quorum. Make the new quorum requirement 75,000 justices. Without at least that many justices confirmed and present, no cases can be heard. The odds of SCOTUS hearing any case again under such a scenario are fairly slim. Since such a large number would make seating good justices impossible, it would also simplify confirmation. Nominate anyone. Take a page out of Caligula's book and put a horse on the bench. It just wouldn't matter anymore. Even if the new mega-SCOTUS could be filled and enough of them show up to form the quorum, it would be a circus. That many people in a single deliberative body could never reach a meaningful decision. It would be arbitrary and absurd. It's arbitrary and absurd now, of course, but there will be no way to hide that in the new Supreme Circus of the United States. Trials would take forever. The grandstanding would be continuous. The preparation materials and limitless variety of opinions would keep International Paper and Georgia-Pacific farting through silk until the end of time. The new trees that would need to be planted to overcome the sudden run on copy paper would even keep the environmentalists happy! It would also show very clearly just how valuable the SCOTUS is, and effectively eliminate the consequences of ignoring it. Who cares what 100,000 circus monkeys think? It could rule any way it wanted and it would be ignored. It would immediately lose any gravitas it has and would go from Elite Institution of Very Serious and Thoughtful Men to the side show it is in all but reputation. This would, of course, open the doors for any and all bad behavior whereas today it opens the doors only for some bad behavior that continues the game, but so be it. With communism resurgent among the youth and in our urban hives, and with the Left no longer pretending that law or righteousness matter, why not? If the game is now pure will to power, then cut it off at the knees. Reduce the Court - and its power - not by shrinking it, but by growing it to absurdity.Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Blade
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:01 AM (dK+Kv) 2
SPONGE!
Posted by: Inogame at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (53oGX) 3
Will there be a Jumbotron?
And what about the concessions? Posted by: I gotta ask at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1) 4
Surely, you can't be serious.
Posted by: USS Hornet at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (DRFtq) 5
Perhaps they will act like a super-Circuit Court of Appeals, with 7 or 9 sitting for each case, randomly assigned.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (wGerL) Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (gKWVE) 7
Think big? Boobs? Dog?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 11:04 AM (Kt19C) 8
I have to think there is a reason the founding fathers did not do this.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 11:04 AM (MWfyi) 9
There’s an article out there today where some lefty claims that packing the Court with a few fresh new socialists is really un-packing the Court. I’m sure this makes sense to somebody
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 11:05 AM (75jEA) 10
Of course they didn't expect the future to be so feckless.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 11:05 AM (MWfyi) 11
No homo.
Them old greek homos? Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 11:05 AM (Kt19C) 12
Them old greek homos?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats Well, I was talking about the Seljuks earlier, so we were on the case of the Turkish homos Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:06 AM (gKWVE) 13
One of the Village People died. Now he's gonna be "In The Gravey".
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 11:07 AM (MWfyi) 14
POKER MONKEY Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 11:09 AM (y9nCu) 15
It can be lunch time
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:09 AM (sgkY8) 16
If we're playing make-believe, I'd pack the Court to 56 justices.
There were 56 signers of the Declaration, so there's a symmetry to it. Plus, you'll never, ever get a majority of them to completely agree to anything. There will be multiple concurring and dissenting opinions, and it'll be a glorious mess. That may convince the population of the absolute asininity of letting the Supremes decide everything for us. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 11:09 AM (xA5g+) 17
Some Ottomans liked being sat upon by nekkid lardasses.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ) 18
Me no like this idea. I suspect Joe is being intentionally absurd to illustrate the present absurdity of SCOTUS…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 11:10 AM (D2O3S) 19
We have a different proposal. Nominate more squishes like ACB and Roberts.
Please send $25 today. Posted by: GOP at July 01, 2026 11:11 AM (HE7b3) 20
Personally, I think SCOTUS has outlived its usefulness.
The issues it opts to take on are complicated and barely scratch the surface of being constitutional in content... the only criteria I think the court should concern itself with. This "horse trading" behind the scenes only reinforces my beliefs on all that. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 11:11 AM (jehhT) 21
The authors of the Constitution had a very rosy view of human nature.
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 11:12 AM (DRFtq) 22
Reduce the Court - and its power - not by shrinking it, but by growing it to absurdity.
That would just move the problem to the Circuit Courts. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 11:12 AM (ExV1e) 23
Yesterday was terrible. Executive: Trump has made a few mistakes, for sure. The judiciary
The legislative branch? A useless, spineless, corrupt joke. If there are any true conservatives, they are reflexively dependent on ‘bailouts’ from the other two branches. Posted by: Cooldawg at July 01, 2026 11:13 AM (FvNw3) 24
The system is supposed to be adversarial.
Problems mostly stem from this nonsensical worship of "consensus" and "bipartisanship" and "unity". A government of a thousand shrimp-dicked functionaries operating in happy unison is no different than one inbred shrimp-dicked monarch bossing everyone around. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Ot/FD) 25
>One of the Village People died. Now he's gonna be "In The Gravey".
Posted by: fd ----- 🎵 It sucks to be D- E- A- D D- E- A- D 🎶 Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 11:15 AM (DRFtq) 26
Mmm…gravy…
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ) 27
>>This "horse trading" behind the scenes only reinforces my beliefs on all that.
Who's trading with whom? You know that Kagan, Sotomayor, & KBJ will oppose Thomas & Alito on almost everything; the other 4 don't really seem to operate from any kind of principle. Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 11:17 AM (NcvvS) 28
If "we" would ensure election integrity, we'd end up with a 65-35 advantage in the Senate and something equally amazing in the House and we could then tell the Supreme Court to pound sand. The Supremes have no enforcement mechanism.
Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2026 11:18 AM (TN0g+) 29
Even if the new mega-SCOTUS could be filled and enough of them show up to form the quorum, it would be a circus. That many people in a single deliberative body could never reach a meaningful decision. It would be arbitrary and absurd.
hmm.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberum_veto Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (sGtp+) 30
Supreme Court rules that any baby born at Olive Garden is an Italian citizen.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (4Agqc) 31
The system is supposed to be adversarial.
Problems mostly stem from this nonsensical worship of "consensus" and "bipartisanship" and "unity". A government of a thousand shrimp-dicked functionaries operating in happy unison is no different than one inbred shrimp-dicked monarch bossing everyone around. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Ot/FD) Slight niggle. Lack of accountability - a feature, not a bug - in the former. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (dK+Kv) Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ) 33
This court, in its current makeup, has had quite a few 9-0 rulings, haven't they? I know it's greater than none, but I don't really keep tabs on it because Con Law is more or less a farce for entertainment purposes on par with women's basketball or professional wrestling.
But still.... unanimous rulings have always been fairly rare, haven't they? And yet I feel like we're seeing a lot more of them lately, for all this rigid division they're supposed to have. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:20 AM (Ot/FD) 34
Slight niggle.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (dK+Kv) We tried that. It didn't work. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:21 AM (ouWD3) 35
If I had the ability to do so:
1. Legislation altering the jurisdiction of federal courts in various ways: stripping and limiting jurisdiction where possible, granting jurisdiction in ways that would flood the courts with types of litigation that the kind of lawyers who aspire to federal judgeships do not want to hear, consider beneath them. To keep them from hearing matters where they are a nuisance, and to make the job hard and undesirable. 2. Legislation to strip out accustomed amenities. Travel and CLE budgets zeroed out. No perks. 3. Legislation to eliminate support staff. No more law clerks, no more staff attorneys, no more secretaries. Judges do their own work from now on. All of it. This will reduce opinion length and require efficiency on the part of the judges. A lot could be accomplished by doing things that drive careerists and politicians away from the courts and replace them with working lawyers. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 11:21 AM (K3f7J) 36
30 Supreme Court rules that any baby born at Olive Garden is an Italian citizen.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (4Agqc) What about 7-11? --Biden Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 11:22 AM (N39Ws) 37
31 Yes, at least the old absolute monarchs of Europe felt accountable to God for their rule.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: But Don't Call Him Shirley at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (OUMaO) 39
> Who's trading with whom? You know that Kagan, Sotomayor, & KBJ will oppose Thomas & Alito on almost everything; the other 4 don't really seem to operate from any kind of principle.
Posted by: Nazda ----------- It's in Joe's first paragraph. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (jehhT) 40
Reductio ad absurdum. It's not just for breakfast any more!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (amcLV) 41
A lot could be accomplished by doing things that drive careerists and politicians away from the courts and replace them with working lawyers.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 11:21 AM (K3f7J) It's bad enough with nine barely functional dimwits wielding all this power. Don't go making them competent on top of it. It'll just make them more efficient at rawdogging the populace. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:24 AM (Ot/FD) 42
30 Supreme Court rules that any baby born at Olive Garden is an Italian citizen.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (4Agqc) What about 7-11? --Biden Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 11:22 AM (N39Ws) At first glance I thought that rickb’s post was a Babylon Bee headline! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 11:24 AM (YetvJ) 43
@nypost
· 21m Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board 'naked' amid record-breaking heatwave https://trib.al/puKEuVd Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 11:24 AM (DRFtq) 44
Reductio ad absurdum. It's not just for breakfast any more!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (amcLV) Mmmm. Now I am hungry for some Reducti-Os. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (dK+Kv) 45
But still.... unanimous rulings have always been fairly rare, haven't they? And yet I feel like we're seeing a lot more of them lately, for all this rigid division they're supposed to have.
Posted by: Warai-otoko Probably because of all the insane, politically and TDS motivated rulings by lower courts that don't survive even cursory scrutiny by actual legal standards. Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (OUMaO) 46
Rocketdyne lithium-fluorine-hydrogen tripropellant sounds fun. 542s for specific impulse.
youtu.be/KX-0Xw6kkrc I might trust Elon Musk with this, but not Jeff Bezos. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE) 47
As an aside, I'm old enough to remember 'Impeach Earl Warren' billboards.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:26 AM (XeU6L) 48
Nah, just have Treasury "forget" to pay the clerks of the liberal justices.
And then "lose" their personal file. And the back-ups. And GAO disable their PIV card. And also loses their file. Then, flag their SSN as fraudulent. And then flag it for suspicion of money laundering. Then TSA puts them on the no-fly list. Then audit them for failing to pay their withholding taxes. And so on and so on and so on .... Every agency should be aligned in making sure no one can work for any leftist judge or justice. Same treatment for Roberts and ACB until they get their heads right. It's long past time we think the rules are there to stop criminals anymore--the left has shown the rules exist to punish those you don't like. It's time we use the rules to punish the left. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 11:26 AM (3cUTc) 49
@nypost
· 21m Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board 'naked' amid record-breaking heatwave https://trib.al/puKEuVd Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 11:24 AM (DRFtq) Stupid "influencer" hoes. Second look at Islam? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:26 AM (dK+Kv) 50
Reduce the Court - and its power - not by shrinking it, but by growing it to absurdity.
That would just move the problem to the Circuit Courts. Correct. I think a better approach is to institute an IQ test for prospective justices. If you're too stupid to pass it, you're too stupid for SCOTUS. Yes, KBJ and SS, I'm looking at you. It won't keep highly intelligent, but amoral leftists off SCOTUS, but it's a start. Yes, EK, I'm looking at you. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t) 51
At first glance I thought that rickb’s post was a Babylon Bee headline!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt It is. It's just the abbreviated version. WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a narrow 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled today that any baby born in or within five yards of an Olive Garden restaurant is an Italian citizen. The ruling was met with skepticism from some Italians who worried that many might use the new law to engage in what is referred to as "birth tourism" and would flock to the popular restaurant chain to quickly have a baby on the floor of the facility and then head back home with a new Italian citizen as part of their families. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:27 AM (4Agqc) 52
It's long past time we think the rules are there to stop criminals anymore--the left has shown the rules exist to punish those you don't like.
It's time we use the rules to punish the left. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 11:26 AM (3cUTc) There is iron in PHV's word of death. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Ot/FD) 53
Mmmm. Now I am hungry for some Reducti-Os.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (dK+Kv) Betcha can't eat just one! Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:28 AM (ouWD3) 54
Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board 'naked' amid record-breaking heatwave https://trib.al/puKEuVd
The real problem is that most of the people trying to board almost naked look nothing like her. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t) 55
I saw Barely Functional Dimwits open for Insane Clown Posse at the Crystal Ballroom in '07.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:29 AM (amcLV) 56
> It's long past time we think the rules are there to stop criminals anymore--the left has shown the rules exist to punish those you don't like.
It's time we use the rules to punish the left. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice ------------- Yeah, but it's the judiciary that hands down the rules, and the punishment. We need to get their fucking heads on straight. Or they lose them. Then the rules and punishment might work. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (jehhT) 57
Mmmm. Now I am hungry for some Reducti-Os.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (dK+Kv) Betcha can't eat just one! Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:28 AM (ouWD3) Just need to ad some infinitum. Just like Mom used to make. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (dK+Kv) 58
Rocketdyne lithium-fluorine-hydrogen tripropellant sounds fun. 542s for specific impulse.
youtu.be/KX-0Xw6kkrc I might trust Elon Musk with this, but not Jeff Bezos. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE) I'm being totally destroyed. But I feel strangely calm about it. Posted by: The Ozone Layer at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (1z8ji) 59
But still.... unanimous rulings have always been fairly rare, haven't they? And yet I feel like we're seeing a lot more of them lately, for all this rigid division they're supposed to have.
Posted by: Warai-otoko Probably because of all the insane, politically and TDS motivated rulings by lower courts that don't survive even cursory scrutiny by actual legal standards. There isn't really a way to solve this problem short of no longer electing clowns like Barry, who view SCOTUS as just another avenue to ensure the ascendancy of the left. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t) Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 11:32 AM (D2O3S) 61
Just need to ad some infinitum. Just like Mom used to make.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (dK+Kv) Or when my wife cooks - ad nauseam. Ho ho ho!!!! Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ouWD3) 62
Or when my wife cooks - ad nauseam. Ho ho ho!!!!
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ouWD3) lol She's British right? Authenticity is everything. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv) 63
Just need to ad some infinitum. Just like Mom used to make.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (dK+Kv) Or when my wife cooks - ad nauseam. Ho ho ho!!!! Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ouWD3) ---------- Careful - you might wind up with the ad baculum. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (amcLV) 64
Not if, when the Marxists get control of government they will expand or get a few more Marxists judges.
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (sgkY8) 65
I'm being totally destroyed. But I feel strangely calm about it.
Posted by: The Ozone Layer The fun part is when the Hydrogen Fluoride gets into your bones and steals all the calcium, for an insoluble dust. I halfway think you have to be suicidally insane to be this kind of chemist. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (gKWVE) 66
The path to being a SC Justice actively weeds out anything that resembles intelligence. The precious few who make it through who are actually decent humans with functioning brains are a failure of the system, not its purpose.
Think of it this way: Who has the ultimate say in who gets to be a SC Justice? The Senate. The biggest collection of hateful, ignorant, brain damaged mutants ever assembled since God packed together this stupid planet out of hot star shit like a spiteful child making a snowball with a rock in it. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (Ot/FD) 67
Do the same for the House of Representatives and watch DC grind to a halt.
Posted by: Bob in Idaho at July 01, 2026 11:36 AM (qbDC9) 68
58 Rocketdyne lithium-fluorine-hydrogen tripropellant sounds fun. 542s for specific impulse.
youtu.be/KX-0Xw6kkrc I might trust Elon Musk with this, but not Jeff Bezos. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE) I'm being totally destroyed. But I feel strangely calm about it. Posted by: The Ozone Layer relax. once we get enough data centers online, we'll be able to get chatgpt to sort you out. Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 11:36 AM (sGtp+) 69
Thx Joe.
It would be hysterical to see the Republicans try to pack the court. The Dems would crap themselves and block any change to the judiciary act of 1869. Republicans could show the Dems were hypocritical. Of course the Dems wouldn't care , just scream there brains out. Could be fun Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 11:37 AM (dcxJn) 70
She's British right? Authenticity is everything.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv) She's British. Egg and cheesy beans on toast is their pinnacle. Although actually quite good. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:38 AM (ouWD3) 71
Morning.
Pack the court with beautiful college coeds. The rulings will be just as bad but you can at least fantasize about big bahongas under those black robes. Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 01, 2026 11:38 AM (EIdEv) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 11:38 AM (Kt19C) 73
Not if, when the Marxists get control of government they will expand or get a few more Marxists judges.
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (sgkY Where we're going they won't need... judges. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (ouWD3) 74
I see that 15-term Diana DeGette got knocked out by a commie last night. Strange to relate, I never see stories "Civil War in the Democratic Party!!!" Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (O0L8i) 75
Careful - you might wind up with the ad baculum.
Posted by: Captain Obvious ---- Hmm-mm. I could go for a nice bowl of caveat emptor just now. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L) 76
I'd almost rather have a chatbot in SCOTUS than some of the fools there now.
Handing over the well being of the country to a bunch of hacks in black could only be improved upon. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (jehhT) 77
Mannix, that computer has gone screwy.
100,000 judges? That's giving way too much power to way too many people. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (xcxpd) 78
Trump can't even get a basic bitch bill saying "don't let people vote by writing their choice on the sidewalk in crayon" with this Senate, how in the crap is he going to pack a Court with them?
If we could get these bastards to suffer us just ONE judge who isn't crap, we wouldn't be in this mess. How are we supposed to get a whole bunch through? All you'll get is a court packed with Boney Carrots and "It's A Tax", stamping on a human face, forever. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:40 AM (Ot/FD) 79
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I see that 15-term Diana DeGette got knocked out by a commie last night. Strange to relate, I never see stories "Civil War in the Democratic Party!!!" Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (O0L8i) No enemies to the Left for the DNC Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 11:40 AM (xcxpd) 80
I'm being totally destroyed. But I feel strangely calm about it.
Posted by: The Ozone Layer lol at the story in tech thread about S. Korea unleashing a trillion in funding for new chip fabs, new data centers, and new power infrastructure to power it all. Global warmening 11!! is officially dead. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:40 AM (dK+Kv) 81
71 Morning.
Pack the court with beautiful college coeds. The rulings will be just as bad but you can at least fantasize about big bahongas under those black robes. Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 01, 2026 11:38 AM (EIdEv) It's just crazy enough to work Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 11:40 AM (xcxpd) Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (ouWD3) 83
Variation of the Glenn Reynolds 59-justice court packing plan, which I think has some more serious merits...
https://www.newsweek.com/ expand-supreme-court-lot-opinion-1721105 Posted by: Philip Nolan at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (1kQia) 84
Hmm-mm. I could go for a nice bowl of caveat emptor just now.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L) That sounds supra. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (dK+Kv) Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 11:43 AM (t/lcw) 86
Hmm-mm. I could go for a nice bowl of caveat emptor just now.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L) That sounds supra. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (dK+Kv) --------- We should ask CBD about that infra vide cooking. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:43 AM (amcLV) 87
A bad batch of ipso facto once gave me gas. It was horrible!
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 01, 2026 11:44 AM (Mnz0U) 88
Pass the bong, Joe.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 01, 2026 11:44 AM (qFwJc) 89
1 Blade
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:01 AM (dK+Kv) _______ [fist bump] Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/) 90
Morning.
Pack the court with beautiful college coeds. Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:47 AM (4Agqc) 91
I love me a good helping of res ipsa loquitur.
Don't ask what it is. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (ouWD3) ----------- "The crux of res ipsa loquitur is circumstantial inference." This would require SCOTUS Justices with IQ's > 99 -- of which there are currently at most two, an on occasion three. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (t/lcw) 92
Is it April first? That means only two months until PRIDE!
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (Wejm4) 93
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton Another day, another round of headlines about Trump's unprecedented corruption. And this is just the stuff there's reporting about. https://tinyurl.com/mtd6t3d - Well, we can't all be as virginally pure as you, Hillz. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7) 94
A bad batch of ipso facto once gave me gas. It was horrible!
Posted by: Will Robinson Take two teaspoons of ipso reductum and call me in the morning. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (4Agqc) 95
A bad batch of ipso facto once gave me gas. It was horrible!
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 01, 2026 11:44 AM (Mnz0U) ------------- Shut up, Wesley! /eh, wrong show ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 11:49 AM (t/lcw) 96
Getting hot here, almost done sunny side of building for today
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:50 AM (sgkY8) Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:50 AM (Ot/FD) 98
DeGette the Congress critter who got be , DeGette, was there for 15 terms. That's 30 years and I have to say I never heard of her. Generally if someone is there that long they make some kind of impression. Well bye , thx for the Marxist successor
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 11:50 AM (dcxJn) 99
I'm kinda tired of talking about the Court and doomsaying and blah blah blah. JJ sounded like he was about to swallow a gun this morning.
Meh. News reports this morning are that travel and travel/entertainment spending is through the roof, at all time highs. Air travel is at record highs. Cruises are set to have an all-time record year. People are so affluent that travel to AK spiked like a rocket, because lotsa people booked last-minute AK flights just to avoid the heatwave in the Northeast. People are happy, secure, spending money, and enjoying life. As is The Blade! Join him! Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/) 100
I stopped by the Department of Redundancy Department
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 11:53 AM (dcxJn) 101
@93 I'd bet the Haitian people who like a word with Bubba and Hildabeast
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 11:54 AM (dcxJn) 102
Settling in for a full day of Soccer viewing while recovering from a grueling 18 holes in 95 degree heat yesterday. Thank the Almighty for aspirin and beer.
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 01, 2026 11:56 AM (vV6n9) 103
LOL a Clinton talking about unprecedented corruption.
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 11:56 AM (YwEeS) 104
Court packing-- the Stupid Party should tell the Democratic Socialists, "That's a great idea. Let's not wait until you get into power, but let's do it now."
Then we will get to see all of these national socialists loudmouths denouncing "court packing" because the wrong people are behind it. The same goes for new states. Pass resolution s approving any attempt by California, or Illinois or even Texas and Florida to split into multiple states. Those states are much too big, and need more senators to represent their interests. Posted by: Raoul Ortega at July 01, 2026 11:56 AM (j7INY) 105
16 If we're playing make-believe, I'd pack the Court to 56 justices.
There were 56 signers of the Declaration, so there's a symmetry to it. Plus, you'll never, ever get a majority of them to completely agree to anything. There will be multiple concurring and dissenting opinions, and it'll be a glorious mess. That may convince the population of the absolute asininity of letting the Supremes decide everything for us. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: ======= They are essentially acting as a super legislature now that Congress is effectively moribund. So they should have legislative size numbers. Gives the vapors to lawyers as they won't be able to neatly predict decisions as they do now. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv) 106
LOL a Clinton talking about unprecedented corruption.
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 11:56 AM (YwEeS) Yeah, she's an expert on corruption. Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 11:58 AM (Oy/m2) 107
Language arts. A person of lime on YT frequently posts about differences between British English and English as God intended. A phrase I've never understood is "going pear shaped" meaning to go completely wrong. He says it's actually "going pair shaped." I still don't understand the derivation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 11:58 AM (ndZc7) 108
1) campaign endlessly against the SCOTUS, how they have ruled against the People, that they are not democratic or representative.
2) highlight the worst criminals now made new citizens by the Court 3) win the midterms 4) invoke the Jackson Rule and start deporting these new "citizens." Flat refuse to even respond, even to the ever more desperate and shrill court orders demanding their return. 5) flag the courthouse personal and facilities payment accounts as "suspicious of terrorism" and cancel all. Because they are terrorist holding America hostage to their "rules" 6) let the shooting start, fuck 'em and feed the fish heads. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 11:58 AM (3cUTc) 109
People are happy, secure, spending money, and enjoying life. As is The Blade! Join him!
Posted by: Elric The Blade ======= There is something to be said for cheerful optimism. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv) 110
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton Another day, another round of headlines about Trump's unprecedented corruption. And this is just the stuff there's reporting about. https://tinyurl.com/mtd6t3d - Well, we can't all be as virginally pure as you, Hillz. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7) ------------- For 44 years I've been asking: ""Will no one rid us of this meddlesome beast?" Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 11:59 AM (t/lcw) 111
post 99 plus 100
Posted by: doug at July 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Hy+R4) 112
Meh.
News reports this morning are that travel and travel/entertainment spending is through the roof, at all time highs. Air travel is at record highs. Cruises are set to have an all-time record year. People are so affluent that travel to AK spiked like a rocket, because lotsa people booked last-minute AK flights just to avoid the heatwave in the Northeast. People are happy, secure, spending money, and enjoying life. As is The Blade! Join him! Hey! I didn't get a "DOOOOOM" out of that guy! Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t) 113
103 LOL a Clinton talking about unprecedented corruption.
Posted by: steevy ====== She can do so freely because if you notice hers, then she will Arkancide you. There are enough bodies that she puts Jessica Fletcher to shame. New series, Murder She Did. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv) 114
Language arts. A person of lime on YT frequently posts about differences between British English and English as God intended. A phrase I've never understood is "going pear shaped" meaning to go completely wrong. He says it's actually "going pair shaped." I still don't understand the derivation.
I've always assumed it refers to the shape something assumes when it falls from a height and impacts a hard surface. Pear-shaped. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t) 115
People are happy, secure, spending money, and enjoying life. As is The Blade! Join him!
Posted by: Elric The Blade ======= There is something to be said for cheerful optimism. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv) ------------ Having recently retired (tail-end boomers who identify as Gen X) and having achieved the (disappearing?) "American Dream" -- the wifey and I are guilty of this "Boomer Opulence." Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:01 PM (t/lcw) 116
113 I don't think you have to worry about the upcoming election going well.
Posted by: resist_we_much Senate is pretty much out of reach for the Dems this cycle due to states and the upside is perhaps a larger majority. It is much more idiosyncratic than House midterms. Even House midterms, six year into a term rarely produces the huge swings that a president's first term does. Plus the ending of the racial gerrymandering is going to make it necessary for the Dems to sweep all the competitive seats. Hard to do. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:03 PM (E4rtv) 117
I've always assumed it refers to the shape something assumes when it falls from a height and impacts a hard surface. Pear-shaped.
Posted by: Archimedes That's a good guess. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:03 PM (ndZc7) 118
Nothing wrong with optimism as long as we are not pretending away reality. You can know the score and still be optimistic but it mostly requires God and Jesus at this point.
That said I was incredibly pessimistic in 2012 2013 2014 and then along came Trump. I didn't see him coming but I recognized him when he did. And it makes sense that it was the "evangelicals" as a group who adopted this scoundrel early. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:03 PM (ouWD3) 119
Having recently retired (tail-end boomers who identify as Gen X) and having achieved the (disappearing?) "American Dream" -- the wifey and I are guilty of this "Boomer Opulence."
Posted by: ShainS And that is the ending of Candide, to some extent, the world has always been a mess and politics in any country a fetid influence peddling mess by abject mediocrities posing as statesmen. So tend your personal garden, engage in politics as little or as much as your stomach can take, and rely on the Lord for the rest. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv) 120
One of the lucky recipients of the Clinton body count died from five (5) shots out of a bolt action rifle.
Ruled as a “Suicide”. Really. I’m not making this up. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:04 PM (joemM) 121
Personally, I think the SC has outlived their usefulness. When the average american who knows history can see the law clearer than they can then WTF do we need them for.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:04 PM (snZF9) 122
A bad batch of ipso facto once gave me gas. It was horrible!
Posted by: Will Robinson Take two teaspoons of ipso reductum and call me in the morning. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (4Agqc) Sua sponte! Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 12:05 PM (dK+Kv) 123
I always thought pear-shaped meant no longer able to roll, or slide through smoothly.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (ouWD3) 124
Read an amusing story by a leftist "independent" writer today:
"I moved from London to Vienna, it is safer and cleaner but I miss the diversity" Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm) 125
LOL a Clinton talking about unprecedented corruption.
Posted by: steevy ====== She can do so freely because if you notice hers, then she will Arkancide you. There are enough bodies that she puts Jessica Fletcher to shame. New series, Murder She Did. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv) --------------- I really liked the TV Series "The Killing" as I knew and played rugby in Las Vegas with the great Billy Campbell (cousin of the great Bruce Campbell). IN: The Arkanciding. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (t/lcw) 126
That said I was incredibly pessimistic in 2012 2013 2014 and then along came Trump. I didn't see him coming but I recognized him when he did. And it makes sense that it was the "evangelicals" as a group who adopted this scoundrel early.
Posted by: ... ====== If you read the Old Testament or even Roman/Byzantine history, good rulers are far between mediocrities and evil ones. Put not your trust in princes and live your life. In a sense, we are all peasants toiling on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv) 127
I always thought pear-shaped meant no longer able to roll, or slide through smoothly.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (ouWD3) That's all you, buddy. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (dK+Kv) 128
DR Congo scores early!
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (vV6n9) 129
Language arts. A person of lime on YT frequently posts about differences between British English and English as God intended. A phrase I've never understood is "going pear shaped" meaning to go completely wrong. He says it's actually "going pair shaped." I still don't understand the derivation.
I've always assumed it refers to the shape something assumes when it falls from a height and impacts a hard surface. Pear-shaped. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t) It's an aviation term. The RAF started using it to describe flight maneuvers that went out of the norm. Instead of smooth arcs, the aircraft would literally have a pear shaped flight path. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (xA5g+) 130
The Congolese warzone just scored against the English economic zone
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (K7yuL) 131
What's a DR Congo? They just scored on England.
Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (Oy/m2) 132
@99.
I shant be celebrating this weekend. Not going anywhere or doing anything. Not buying fireworks or watching festivities. Because I just don't care. All the joy of the 4th has been crushed by the America haters out there. Don't want to see them or hear them. Probably watch some old movies and call it a day. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (IY9No) 133
Read an amusing story by a leftist "independent" writer today:
"I moved from London to Vienna, it is safer and cleaner but I miss the diversity" Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm) ------------ Who DOESN'T MISS the diversity of accepted and unpunished rape and murder? /There's a commie utopian world for you ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (t/lcw) 134
I always thought pear-shaped meant no longer able to roll, or slide through smoothly.
Posted by: ... That's good, too. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (ndZc7) 135
I shant be celebrating this weekend. Not going anywhere or doing anything. Not buying fireworks or watching festivities.
Because I just don't care. All the joy of the 4th has been crushed by the America haters out there. Don't want to see them or hear them. Probably watch some old movies and call it a day. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (IY9No) Wrong attitude. I'll celebrate to rub it in their retarded communist faces. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:09 PM (snZF9) 136
My favorite Arkancide was a former Clinton aide named Mark Middleton
Ruled a suicide and this is from the sheriff before he clammed up. "'He died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the chest. He found a tree and he pulled a table over there, and he got on that table, and he took an extension cord and put it around a limb, put it around his neck and he shot himself in the chest with a shotgun. 'It was very evident that the shotgun worked because there was not a lot of blood or anything on the scene. You can tell the shotgun blast was on his chest, you can tell that because there is a hole in the chest and pellets came out the back of his back. It was definitely self-inflicted in our opinion'." There is also the UN employee that was involved in the Clinton Global foundation who died weightlifting apparently. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv) 137
Nixon for all his faults as a bit of a squish nominated two hard pipe-hitting conservatives - Carswell and Haynsworth. The world’s most deliberative body rejected them.
Whwnever a communist is nominated, the narrative suddenly changes - “a president deserves to have his nominees confirmed”. Weird Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (joemM) 138
And that is the ending of Candide, to some extent, the world has always been a mess and politics in any country a fetid influence peddling mess by abject mediocrities posing as statesmen.
So tend your personal garden, engage in politics as little or as much as your stomach can take, and rely on the Lord for the rest. I was greatly amused by AOC's whining about what a terrible conditiion the Boomers left the world in for her generation. It's pretty much a word for word quote of what the leftist Boomers used to say about their parent's generation; you know, the ones who defeated Nazism and Imperial Japan. Stop copying us and get your own material. Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t) 139
The SC has never been a particularly good idea because there is no mechanism to ensure that they do their job.
This is the big flaw in M v M. Theoretically congress scum have to face elections and if they don't do what their voters want get sent home. But SC justices have their seat until they resign or die. In a serious society if you did really want a court to decide constitutionality they would regularly and I mean regularly get removed from office for not closely following the constitution. So take the birthright case. Did Indians get citizenship when the 14th was passed? No? Ok if you ignore that you are gone. Did you read why the people that passed/wrote the 14th said they did it? No? Ok you are gone Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm) 140
That's all you, buddy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (dK+Kv) The origin is disputed and unflear. I like mine. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (ouWD3) 141
All the joy of the 4th has been crushed by the America haters out there. Don't want to see them or hear them. Probably watch some old movies and call it a day.
Posted by: Case ===== That is what the killjoys want. Don't give it to them. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv) 142
@99.
I shant be celebrating this weekend. Not going anywhere or doing anything. Not buying fireworks or watching festivities. Because I just don't care. All the joy of the 4th has been crushed by the America haters out there. Don't want to see them or hear them. Probably watch some old movies and call it a day. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (IY9No) ------------- I am generally pessimistic about human nature by nature. However, even if it is fleeting -- we are enjoying having a patriot like Trump (in theory) running the country, and have been proudly flying our flag again since his magnificent "Too Big To Rig" election in 2024. So we will be celebrating America's 250th to the hilt on Saturday! Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (t/lcw) 143
I guess all the announcers settled on saying DR Congo rather than Democratic Republic of...
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (vV6n9) 144
Or the classic - “She is fully qualified!!”. Uh-huh.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (joemM) 145
>>It's in Joe's first paragraph.
Martini Farmer, that doesn't say who is doing the trading, only a possible swap. Is it just Roberts & Barrett? Or are Gorsuch and/or Kavanaugh part of it, too? Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS) 146
Victor Willis, the lead singer and founding member of Village People, has died after a short but aggressive illness.
Willis helped define the disco era as the voice behind some of the group’s biggest hits, including 'Y.M.C.A'., 'Macho Man' and 'In the Navy'. He was the cop. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (4Agqc) 147
It would not require so many paid justices. The Congress has proven that even with as few as 435 very little is done. So I would say 1000 singers in the Supremes would be sufficient.
Posted by: GameSetMatch at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (CQTq3) 148
I was greatly amused by AOC's whining about what a terrible conditiion the Boomers left the world in for her generation.
The left: We need to keep moving this country further and further to the left we can't stop. Also the left: Things were so much better before. And no I've tried this they can't understand why their arguments contradict each other. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm) 149
The RAF started using it to describe flight maneuvers that went out of the norm. Instead of smooth arcs, the aircraft would literally have a pear shaped flight path.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (xA5g+) This is disputed as a misunderstanding of the earliest quote of it, from an RAF pilot. People took it to mean that but his quote does not indicate it at all. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:12 PM (ouWD3) 150
Historically it was always “The” Congo. Or “The” Sudan.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:12 PM (joemM) 151
Who DOESN'T MISS the diversity of accepted and unpunished rape and murder? /There's a commie utopian world for you ... Posted by: ShainS ====== My guess is the guy is homo and enjoys the 'fruits' of rent boys. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv) 152
This is disputed as a misunderstanding of the earliest quote of it, from an RAF pilot. People took it to mean that but his quote does not indicate it at all.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:12 PM (ouWD3) Huh. Look at me, learning something from the internet. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (xA5g+) 153
the abbreviation for Congo is "COD". I guess because they're giving the limeys a taste of theirs
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (K7yuL) 154
People also attribute it to glass blowing apparently when you want a symmetrical or round object and it doesn't work out.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (ouWD3) 155
I still think blackmail and extortion are possible explanations for court decisions
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (22dac) 156
I saw Disputed and Unflear open for the Dead Kennedys at Deaf Club in '79.
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:14 PM (t/lcw) 157
Considering it's about things going smoothly and suddenly not, I like my "rolling" and "flowing" version until further notice.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:14 PM (ouWD3) 158
Who DOESN'T MISS the diversity of accepted and unpunished rape and murder?
/There's a commie utopian world for you ... This is sort of an example of that Leopard Eating Face Party discussed earlier. We Brits voted for the Leopard Eating Face Party who knew moving to a country that didn't decreased the odds of a Leopard eating my face?!? Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:14 PM (sKqQm) 159
I guess all the announcers settled on saying DR Congo rather than Democratic Republic of...
Posted by: Lincolntf I thought DR Congo was a soft-drink from Mozambique. Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (TezPK) 160
I still think blackmail and extortion are possible explanations for court decisions
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (22dac) ------------ Since the DeathCare fiasco, we knew Benedict Roberts was compromised; now we have to assume the same about Commie Island Barrett. Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (t/lcw) 161
And no I've tried this they can't understand why their arguments contradict each other.
Posted by: 18-1 a Shorter version, leftists just lie, about everything so the heuristic is to simply recognize they lie on any particular statement in order to secure power and money for themselves at the expense of others. Only WEIRDOs (an actual sociological term for high trust Western European stock) believe in honesty--the rest of the world subsists on lies--great and small--in order to benefit themselves and their kin network. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv) Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (ouWD3) 163
People also attribute it to glass blowing apparently when you want a symmetrical or round object and it doesn't work out.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (ouWD3) Those people are just full of hot air though. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (dK+Kv) 164
Democratic Republic is Big Congo and Republic of Congo is little Congo, right? (Because Zaire and Central African Empire just didn't work)
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (6BjcW) 165
Did anyone here know about this case? Orthodox Jew will have a case before the Supreme Court as to whether he can have a prayer gathering with other men at his house. Apparently some people in his Ohio town didn't like it . What a disgrace! It's a shame it had to go this far. I do hope the Supreme Court does the correct thing and rules in his favor. From the "Legal Insurrection" site:
https://tinyurl.com/bdfnc49m Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (oT1li) 166
Dr Congo now with 20% less blood and/or body parts!
Posted by: The Dr Congo ad agency at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm) 167
I thought DR Congo was a soft-drink from Mozambique.
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (TezPK) ------------ My wife, a native of Waco, TX, assures me that Dr. Congo was created THERE! /Oops, wrong Dr. ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (t/lcw) 168
Commie Island Barrett.
Posted by: ShainS ======= Eh, I suspect she is just a new version of Sandra Day O'Conner who made a dogs breakfast out the law for decades as a swing vote. To be fair, so did Anthony Kennedy. Both were more legislators than judges in office. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv) 169
Did anyone here know about this case? Orthodox Jew will have a case before the Supreme Court as to whether he can have a prayer gathering with other men at his house. Apparently some people in his Ohio town didn't like it
Is it a zoning case or something else? Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm) 170
New one:
Democrat Socialists Take Another Scalp As a Gen Z Ethiopian Immigrant Defeats a 15-Term Congresswoman Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t) 171
Democrat Socialists Take Another Scalp As a Gen Z Ethiopian Immigrant Defeats a 15-Term Congresswoman
When the left says we should have unlimited immigration so you can get Thai food at 3 AM, at least Thai food is good. Ethiopian food is...not. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm) 172
Did anyone here know about this case? Orthodox Jew will have a case before the Supreme Court as to whether he can have a prayer gathering with other men at his house. Apparently some people in his Ohio town didn't like it . What a disgrace! It's a shame it had to go this far. I do hope the Supreme Court does the correct thing and rules in his favor. From the "Legal Insurrection" site:
https://tinyurl.com/bdfnc49m Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (oT1li) ----------- The fact that this idiocy -- on its face -- wasn't immediately remedied and shot down (literally) is an ominous sign for the nation ... * spit * Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (t/lcw) 173
And no I've tried this they can't understand why their arguments contradict each other.
———- Cause and Effect. What is that??? You’re wasting your time. Trust Me. It’s only gotten worse. More recent generations are completely and totally immunized against facts, logic, and reason, and utterly lack the ability to determine basic logical fallacies in rhetoric or persuasion. This is our education system now. In spite of all the 24/7/365 mind fvckery and gas lighting, many kids still turn out OK. But it’s a small miracle. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (joemM) 174
I had a moment of hope last night.
I watched the Guadalcanal episode of Tom Hanks' WWII last night. We had our backs to the wall but eventually won anyway. Maybe despite the outrageous birthright citizenship ruling, we will prevail. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (ndZc7) 175
England might lose this one.
Probably less likely to be raped in the Congo anyway. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (K7yuL) 176
Eh, I suspect she is just a new version of Sandra Day O'Conner who made a dogs breakfast out the law for decades as a swing vote. To be fair, so did Anthony Kennedy. Both were more legislators than judges in office.
Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv) ------------- Excellent analysis and well-said, per usual, my friend. I learn A LOT from you ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (t/lcw) 177
Is it a zoning case or something else?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm) Article does mention "baseless housing code violations". Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (oT1li) 178
Careful - you might wind up with the ad baculum.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM --- He was great on Quantum Leap. Posted by: Darth Randall at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (mseD3) 179
The Roberts decision that Obamacare is a "tax", totally out of left field and nobody had this! For that, Roberts will always be Humpty Dumpty, who said. "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Vczv0) 180
Oh and the most common reaction I get when I point out to leftists that "things were better back then" contradicts "we need to keep moving further left" is something along the lines of "why do you oppose women's/black's/gay rights" which is fascinating because it shows they know at some level
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm) 181
Prohibition of gatherings at private homes was a notable feature in the early Soviet Union.
Why would you want to do that, Comrade? What are you hiding? You could be discussing revisionist, backwards ideas! Nyet!! Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (joemM) 182
In a serious society if you did really want a court to decide constitutionality they would regularly and I mean regularly get removed from office for not closely following the constitution.
Who would do the removing though? Surely not Congress, which can barely do anything, and when it does is not known for its fidelity to the constitution. The President? We know what that would look like whenever a Democrat was elected, and I don't think many Republican ones would wow us here either. After all, they saddled us with people like Powell, O,Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Roberts. Retention elections? You'd have to rewrite the constitution (ironically enough). And, well, the most of the public who are engaged (and that's not most of the public) knows whether it likes a decision at best. Ask most people how riled up they are about gay marriage being imposed by judicial fiat, for example. In my experience, most are not. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (g/QcK) 183
Since the DeathCare fiasco, we knew Benedict Roberts was compromised; now we have to assume the same about Commie Island Barrett.
Posted by: ShainS Roberts has a hinky Irish child adoption. Doesn't Amy Boney Carrot have adopted kids? Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:21 PM (4Agqc) 184
NOOD Scalps
Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:22 PM (t/lcw) 185
Sounds like a clear case of the community Karens being total assholes to this minyan. They can't claim traffic because they didn't drive on this day. They can't claim noise because no loudspeakers. They just don't like beardy guys with the small hats because, I dunno, house values?
I'd rather live in a whole block of Silverbergs than with a single Karen. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (K7yuL) 186
Roberts has a hinky Irish child adoption.
Doesn't Amy Boney Carrot have adopted kids? Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:21 PM (4Agqc) ------------- I believe so, rick. Always good to see you ... Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (t/lcw) 187
165 Did anyone here know about this case? Orthodox Jew will have a case before the Supreme Court as to whether he can have a prayer gathering with other men at his house. Apparently some people in his Ohio town didn't like it . What a disgrace! It's a shame it had to go this far. I do hope the Supreme Court does the correct thing and rules in his favor. From the "Legal Insurrection" site:
https://tinyurl.com/bdfnc49m Posted by: FenelonSpoke Likely to lose under Employment Division v. Smith standard as long as enforcement is consistent. One of the zoning and code enforcement issues with unlicensed churches in residential neighborhoods ends up being parking, noise, and other nuisances. So many locales ban religious assemblies on a regular basis in residential zoning areas. Unless there was some sort of animus (see Lukumi Babulu Aye v. City of Hialeah), neutral generally applicable laws can be enforced even on religious practices--not thoughts but practices. Decided on rational basis test. As long as the govt has a reasonable policy that applies to all religions equally, the plaintiffs must prove that the government's action is unreasonable. Hard to do. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv) 188
“things were better back then"
——- This is ordinarily not an allowed opinion in Leftist dogma. What changed? The way that works, if you were to innocently point out that almost every single social health issue was demonstrably better in say, the 1950s - they will start screeching like stuck pigs that it wasn’t perfect for everybody. Therefore, no comparisons can ever be made. The End. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (joemM) 189
There will be immense pressure on the Democrats to pack the court the next time they're in power. First they end the Senate filibuster, then is simple majority to pick the court
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (5TAdl) Mid-Morning Art Thread![]() Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Can't see it outside
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 09:30 AM (sgkY8) 2
Nice
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 09:31 AM (FtULh) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 09:31 AM (O0L8i) 4
No boobs, no dog.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C) 5
Picked the right title.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 09:31 AM (ndZc7) 6
I like this
Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC) 7
Pastoral.
Posted by: barbara at July 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Xy+mp) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X) 9
Uh, Dude, you’re doing it wrong. Your head on her back is not going to get her pregnant.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ) 10
Very nice
Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4) 11
Can’t see the white horse’s head but have a prominent view of his backside… alternate name of painting: The Horse’s Ass
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 09:35 AM (YetvJ) 12
I would like this even better if the horses were wearing tutus.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC) 13
Guy obviously can't paint horse necks.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 09:36 AM (MWfyi) 14
"Backup? Ok."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2026 09:36 AM (diia5) 15
Wilbur?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 09:37 AM (jehhT) 16
You can't double hyphenate your first name, bro. Come on. Pick one and run with it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:38 AM (Ot/FD) 17
Otherwise known as Edgar Degas. Saw an exhibition of his work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art years ago. It was magnificent.
Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4) 18
Steve-Bob-Jim-Joe Smith says you look stupid.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:38 AM (Ot/FD) 19
Horse's ass in a meadow
Posted by: USS Hornet at July 01, 2026 09:38 AM (cVN12) 20
Give it the De Gas!!
Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2) 21
Uh, Dude, you’re doing it wrong. Your head on her back is not going to get her pregnant.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:33 AM The big guy's been friend zoned. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (bFu5X) 22
I could have been first but I was mowing the ditch. I had to come in from the heat dome for a few minutes.
This painting is murky. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (MWfyi) 23
Sweet painting. Horse buddies.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (X8xt3) 24
Just horsing around.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (ibDUx) 25
BLUCHER!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (S8eqI) 26
Mr. Ed Makes a Fren
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (RIvkX) 27
>>Uh, Dude, you’re doing it wrong. Your head on her back is not going to get her pregnant.
Cuddling? Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (X8xt3) 28
The big guy's been friend zoned.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (bFu5X) He ain't gettin' saddled with no colt support. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:40 AM (Ot/FD) 29
Certainly different than his ballerinas.
Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:40 AM (lJ0H4) 30
Just horsing around.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM Neigh, dear lady...that there is tomfoolery. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:40 AM (bFu5X) 31
All Horses Matter
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:41 AM (J9Kpb) 32
BLUCHER!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM Early candidate for threadwinner. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X) 33
Where the dancers at?
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 01, 2026 09:41 AM (z/ed7) 34
No bewbs.
Posted by: That Guy at July 01, 2026 09:41 AM (HcfrK) Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:42 AM (X8xt3) 36
I hope we are not saddled with horse puns on this painting.
Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Oy/m2) 37
>>Neigh, dear lady...that there is tomfoolery.
Don't saddle him with that accusation! Posted by: Lizzy We need to rein in these hose puns. Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4) 38
What is it with Euros and the multiple names? Attention, Euro-fags: You’re not that important.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ) 39
Neigh, dear lady...that there is tomfoolery.
Don't saddle him with that accusation! Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:42 AM (X8xt3) --- He's just tying to stirrup some trouble. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (HcfrK) 40
36 I hope we are not saddled with horse puns on this painting.
Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Oy/m2) quit trying to stir up trouble. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Ot/FD) 41
dammit axeman!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Ot/FD) 42
Why are those smokestacks so tall? Factory in a horse meadow?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (XvL8K) 43
42 Why are those smokestacks so tall? Factory in a horse meadow?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (XvL8K) If you squint you can just make out where it says "Elmer's". Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:44 AM (Ot/FD) 44
Where the dancers at?
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 01, 2026 09:41 AM In the street. Posted by: Martha & the Vandellas at July 01, 2026 09:44 AM (bFu5X) 45
Why are those smokestacks so tall? Factory in a horse meadow?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (XvL8K) If you squint you can just make out where it says "Elmer's". Posted by: Warai-otoko LOL Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (lJ0H4) 46
>>Neigh, dear lady...that there is tomfoolery.
Don't saddle him with that accusation! Posted by: Lizzy We need to rein in these hose puns. Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4) When a problem comes along, you must whip it. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (dK+Kv) 47
Early earworm for those of us 29....
"A horse is a horse, of course, of course" "And no one can talk to a horse of course" "That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed!" Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (jehhT) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (bFu5X) 49
I’m trying to come up with a horse pun, but I’m stalling.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ) 50
Hordemind...beautiful and terrible.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (bFu5X) --- What spurred you to say that? Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:46 AM (HcfrK) 51
The colors are so subdued. Horses deserve better.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 01, 2026 09:46 AM (cWLG3) 52
Nice but it would be better if the horses were positioned so that one of their asses weren’t staring you right in the face. The title of that painting could be “Horse’s Ass.’ lol.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 01, 2026 09:46 AM (qLMMh) 53
The longer the thread gets the pressure mounts to come up with a new pun.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:47 AM (HcfrK) 54
Don't slow trot those comments about horses.
Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2) 55
I’m trying to come up with a horse pun, but I’m stalling.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ) *points at horse pun* Hay! Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:47 AM (dK+Kv) 56
That broken stick branch thing just looks like it's hovering in mid air.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:47 AM (Ot/FD) 57
The longer the thread gets the pressure mounts to come up with a new pun.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:47 AM (HcfrK) It would behoove you to try harder. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:47 AM (dK+Kv) 58
The horses were angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at July 01, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1) 59
I’m trying to come up with a horse pun, but I’m stalling.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ) --- Hay! Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:47 AM (HcfrK) 60
I prefer this to the over reproduced ( imo) ballet dancers.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 09:48 AM (mzo1Q) 61
If you squint, you can almost see Sarah Jessica Parker in this painting….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 09:48 AM (D2O3S) 62
The horses remind me that Tay Tay is getting married and Travis had better have his Blue Chew ready.
Posted by: All Holes Open For Business at July 01, 2026 09:49 AM (K5H/e) 63
Bay needs some groceries.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 09:49 AM (afJtY) 64
39 more puns to go to the 100 mark...
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:49 AM (HcfrK) 65
11, 52 — Elric, I beat you by 41 comments!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 09:49 AM (D2O3S) 66
I love the art threads that are so ripe with pun opportunities that you spend an embarrassing amount of time straining at a totally straight comment trying to find where the pun is....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Ot/FD) 67
If you squint, you can almost see Sarah Jessica Parker in this painting….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt __________ And Kamala. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (XvL8K) 68
more puns to go to the 100 mark...
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:49 AM (HcfrK) Look at the gall up in here. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (dK+Kv) 69
The horses remind me that Tay Tay is getting married and Travis had better have his Blue Chew ready.
Posted by: All Holes Open For Business at July 01, 2026 09:49 AM (K5H/e) --- Isn't it at Nazi Square Garden? A place only known for for the Nazi rally in the 20s? Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (HcfrK) 70
The horses remind me that Tay Tay is getting married and Travis had better have his Blue Chew ready.
Posted by: All Holes Open For Business at July 01, 2026 09:49 AM Over/under on how long it takes for him to become the subject of a song? Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (bFu5X) 71
In the mane, horse puns are pintoless.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:51 AM (lJ0H4) 73
In the mane, horse puns are pintoless.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ) --- I've herd quite a few here, though. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:51 AM (HcfrK) 74
Not one of his busier, urban scenes. This one is relaxing like the horses shown. Everything is soft: the grass, the gentle swell of the land, the slow movement of the barges. Only the horses are solid to focus the attention on them. It's a pleasant scene to enjoy at a relaxing moment.
I've seen several Degas works at the National Gallery. Seeing them in person makes a big difference. Posted by: JTB at July 01, 2026 09:52 AM (yTvNw) 75
I love the art threads that are so ripe with pun opportunities that you spend an embarrassing amount of time straining at a totally straight comment trying to find where the pun is....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Ot/FD) Let's not be putting the art before the horse puns, people. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:52 AM (dK+Kv) 76
I like it... It's soothing...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 09:53 AM (O3Vxh) 77
Grok thoughts on horse face celebrities:
Sarah Jessica Parker is by far the most commonly cited example in discussions of this (often rude) description. People frequently point to her long, narrow face shape, prominent chin/jawline, and overall equine-like proportions—especially in memes, forums, and lists about distinctive celebrity faces. She’s embraced her unique look and had massive success with it (e.g., Sex and the City), but the “horse face” label has stuck for decades. Other frequently mentioned names: • Taylor Swift: Often listed for her long face and features. • Celine Dion: Called out in “celebrities who look like horses” threads for her facial structure. • Hilary Duff and Anna Kendrick: Appear on user-generated “horse face” actor lists. • Others occasionally mentioned: Hilary Swank, Tori Spelling, and in older threads, figures like Chelsea Clinton or Camilla (though these are more niche or political jabs). Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 09:53 AM (YetvJ) Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 01, 2026 09:53 AM (gnNyN) 79
No sir, I don't like it.
Posted by: Mr. Horse at July 01, 2026 09:54 AM (XvL8K) 80
Look! It's John Kerry!
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:54 AM (HcfrK) 81
John Kerry walked into a bar, and the bartender asked "Why the long face"? Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:54 AM (HcfrK) 82
I've seen several Degas works at the National Gallery. Seeing them in person makes a big difference.
Posted by: JTB It really does. Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:54 AM (lJ0H4) 83
>>> Taylor Swift: Often listed for her long face and features.
Now I can't unsee it. We've all had blinders on this whole time. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:54 AM (dK+Kv) 84
dagnab work task gettin' in the way.
even if the horse's ass was blocking the view of the other horse, poetic license would have allowed for a less awkward juxtaposition. Posted by: cmeat at July 01, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+) 85
These puns are unbridled.
Posted by: Oh, no... at July 01, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 09:55 AM (Ot/FD) 87
Let's not be putting the art before the horse puns, people.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:52 AM (dK+Kv) --- Sooo nice. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:55 AM (HcfrK) 88
Now we're just beating a dead horse pun thread.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:55 AM (dK+Kv) 89
65 11, 52 — Elric, I beat you by 41 comments!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 09:49 AM (D2O3S) —— The Blade, he is dull today Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 01, 2026 09:56 AM (qLMMh) 90
Now we're just beating a dead horse pun thread.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:55 AM Well...we are Morons. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:56 AM (bFu5X) 91
Now we're just beating a dead horse pun thread.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:55 AM (dK+Kv) --- We're going to have to raise up a new crop. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:56 AM (HcfrK) 92
AI's bias is showing.
If you make a list of horse-lookin' celebrity 'hos and you don't have AOC on there i don't even know what to say. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2) 93
It's time to put this art thread out to pasture.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:56 AM (dK+Kv) 94
Sarah Jessica Parker did have a great rack back in the day, though.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ) 95
Now we're just beating a dead horse pun thread.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:55 AM (dK+Kv) They shoot horses, don't they? Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 09:57 AM (Oy/m2) 96
Now we're just beating a dead horse pun thread.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:55 AM Well...we are Morons. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 09:56 AM (bFu5X) --- Dum-de-dum-de-dum-dum-dum. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:57 AM (HcfrK) 97
Where's m to finish by a nose.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:57 AM (dK+Kv) 98
It's time to put this art thread out to pasture.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:56 AM (dK+Kv) --- I think they will be corralled at 100 posts. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:58 AM (HcfrK) 99
Now we're just champing at the bit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:59 AM (dK+Kv) 100
Enough with the horse play ... on words!
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:59 AM (HcfrK) 101
Mr. Ed. Everybody remembers Mr. Ed. What a showboat.
But what did he ever do? Did he serve in the Army? Well, did he? Posted by: Francis the talking mule at July 01, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1) 102
Now we're just beating a dead horse pun thread.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon We canter help ourselves. Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 09:59 AM (lJ0H4) 103
Enough with the horse play ... on words!
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 09:59 AM (HcfrK) Nice. Whew! That felt like work. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:59 AM (dK+Kv) 104
In more important news (LL Baseball):
1st game summer ball, we beat our arch-rivals in a back and forth game. Little had a tough, character-building night, twice getting out at 3rd, despite getting on 1st 3/3, with a FC, E, and hard fought BB for the tying RBI in the 6th, which the next batter walked off with a single RBI to end the game 8-7, after which they mobbed the batter. This arch-rival (largely the team of the same makeup), they had just beat in the Championsjip just two weeks prior. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (dK+Kv) 105
AI's bias is showing.
If you make a list of horse-lookin' celebrity 'hos and you don't have AOC on there i don't even know what to say. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2) To be fair, I asked about horse faces… not donkeys haha Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (YetvJ) 106
What was Mr. Ed's first name, anyway?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (Ot/FD) 107
And we thought WE were popular...
Posted by: Fish puns at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1) 108
MTG wants to create a new party. That will be as popular as a fart in a tightly enclosed space, I'd bet.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (HcfrK) 109
Anna Kendrick, horse-faced? I don’t see it.
I remember that beautiful pic of her lying on the grass that Oregon Muse posted back in the day. Gorgeous woman. Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ) 110
Anna Kendrick, horse-faced? I don’t see it.
--- Kinda. But she's got enough pleasing features to pull off the thin face thing. Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 10:01 AM (HcfrK) 111
Not Nazi enough.
The Nation @thenation AOC has never addressed or apologized for her decision to cover for the pro-genocide wing of her party at the DNC in 2024. For her sake, and for the sake of the left’s political future, she needs to do both. - The pro-genocide wing of The Nation doesn't think AOC is pro-genocide enough. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7) 112
MTG doesn’t have a horse face, but she does have horse haunches and a horse IQ…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 10:02 AM (YetvJ) 113
Anna Kendrick, horse-faced? I don’t see it.
I remember that beautiful pic of her lying on the grass that Oregon Muse posted back in the day. Gorgeous woman. Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ) Same. And fun and funny, too, which is her main appeal over middling looks and decent body. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 10:02 AM (dK+Kv) 114
In more important news (LL Baseball continued):
2nd game, we beat our other arch-rivals (hey, it's small rural town America, they're all arch-rivals), 7-4. Little had a great night, starting with a K and ending with an RBI single. He got back on the horse, delivered 2 Ks, giving up 1 BB and 1 run in two innings, and delivered 17 strikes on 31 pitches for 9 batters. We'd been working on adding some speed to his pitching by changing up some of his mechanics, and I'd asked the coach to hold off pitching him until we could dial it in. Just that morning, everything clicked, he got dialed in over about 10 pitches that we'd allotted for game day practice, and got him tools to get back his accuracy without reverting to old form, while giving him his confidence back. We'd also been working on his attitude, body language, and composure in the face of setbacks, which was a surprising issue in his first game. On his strikeout, the third out of a 4 run, two out rally, I saw him drop his head and shoulders, then, after a half-second, he made the conscious decision and held his head up, held his shoulders back, and trotted back to the dugout like a boss. That's what baseball is about. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 10:02 AM (dK+Kv) 115
And Kamala.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 09:50 AM (XvL8K) I thought that was her standing next to the dark horse. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 10:03 AM (N39Ws) 116
108 MTG wants to create a new party. That will be as popular as a fart in a tightly enclosed space, I'd bet.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (HcfrK) We ARE the new party, you picasso looking goon. Your party is the old GOP of scumbags, scammers, charlatains and camera whores. Go hang out where you belong, and shut your fucking gravy hole while the real people get to work. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:03 AM (Ot/FD) 117
Horse puns seem to be coming down the home stretch.
Posted by: Groan... at July 01, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1) 118
MTG wants to create a new party. That will be as popular as a fart in a tightly enclosed space, I'd bet.
Posted by: Axeman at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (HcfrK) We ARE the new party, you picasso looking goon. Your party is the old GOP of scumbags, scammers, charlatains and camera whores. Go hang out where you belong, and shut your fucking gravy hole while the real people get to work. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:03 AM (Ot/FD) lol Quality. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 10:04 AM (dK+Kv) 119
PONY TIME
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 01, 2026 10:04 AM (J5RCE) 120
Horse fact # 385. A stallion will most always put his neck over a mare's back to see if she is willing. Keeps him from getting kicked or struck from a front foot.The bay is obviously a gelding but some guys always think they are a stud.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 10:04 AM (afJtY) 121
Mr. Ed. Everybody remembers Mr. Ed. What a showboat.
But what did he ever do? Did he serve in the Army? Well, did he? Posted by: Francis the talking mule at July 01, 2026 09:59 AM Lighten up, Francis. Posted by: SSgt Reckless at July 01, 2026 10:05 AM (bFu5X) 122
Little had a tough, character-building night, twice getting out at 3rd, despite getting on 1st 3/3.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder Were either of those the first or third out? Never make the first or third our at third. Posted by: Mr. Horse at July 01, 2026 10:05 AM (XvL8K) 123
Another one.
27 year old Ethiopian born Muslim invader won a suburban Denver primary yesterday. Her platform: abolish ice, end support to Israel, free everything for everybody. Knocked out a 15 term incumbent. Posted by: Shit Getting Real at July 01, 2026 10:06 AM (HE7b3) 124
>>>Sarah Jessica Parker is by far the most commonly cited example in discussions of this (often rude) description.
People frequently point to her long, narrow face shape, prominent chin/jawline, and overall equine-like proportions—especially in memes, forums, and lists about distinctive celebrity faces. She’s embraced her unique look and had massive success with it (e.g., Sex and the City), but the “horse face” label has stuck for decades. She even went along with the joke about her horse face in Ed Wood. Posted by: No Name Today at July 01, 2026 10:06 AM (8mulE) 125
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The pro-genocide wing of The Nation doesn't think AOC is pro-genocide enough. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7) So they want to kick donkey chompers to the curb.... LOL Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 10:06 AM (O3Vxh) Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at July 01, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1) 127
Horses in a Meadow, 1871
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas Period: Impressionism Genre: Animal Painting It's calm and lovely. It must be very popular because someone, anyone can own a museum-quality reproduction of Horses in a Meadow by Edgar Degas (1871), exclusively hand-painted in oils on linen canvas by European artists with academic training. Maybe. Thank you. Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 01, 2026 10:08 AM (NFX2v) 128
she'll never make it acrost the krik. we'll have to farrier.
Posted by: cmeat at July 01, 2026 10:08 AM (R11M+) 129
These things happen.
California judge only gives one year in county jail to Arab immigrant who killed elderly Jewish man at Israel protest https://tinyurl.com/mry2y7r8 - Apparently, there was not even an attempt to explain this sweetheart deal. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7) 130
"Mr. Ed. Everybody remembers Mr. Ed. What a showboat.
But what did he ever do? Did he serve in the Army? Well, did he? Posted by: Francis the talking mule at July 01, 2026 09:59 AM" ++++ Bitch, please. Posted by: Rin Tin Tin at July 01, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1) 131
Ethiopian born Muslim invader won a suburban Denver primary yesterday. Her platform: abolish ice, end support to Israel, free everything for everybody. Knocked out a 15 term incumbent.
Posted by: Shit Getting Real at July 01, 2026 10:06 AM (HE7b3) Its gone from the 'slowly' to the 'suddenly' stage. Socialists will soon have their own caucus in Congress. Then they will become communist. Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (dtRTL) 132
Were either of those the first or third out? Never make the first or third our at third.
Posted by: Mr. Horse at July 01, 2026 10:05 AM (XvL8K) Neither. First was a force. FC, and they rightly targeted lead runner. Second time he was pulled by 3B coach and went after initial hesitation, spotting the bal lin the outfield, then coach rightly sent him back. Mix up all around, but that's baseball, and it was first game, with everyone feeling each other out. Little didn't want to not go and disappoint new coach, but in that instance, had his better judgment prevailed, he would not have gotten out. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (dK+Kv) 133
Hash stability test
Posted by: Weasel at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (dBsPf) 134
I don't know which of you maniacs is responsible, but I have the Mr. Ed theme song going through my head on a loop.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (PLxDd) 135
Wonder what kind of shenanigans Mr. Ed got up to with Wilbur’s stacked wife.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 10:11 AM (PLxDd) 137
Oh, and second game, we pulled a 6-3-5 double play. You don't see that a lot.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 10:11 AM (dK+Kv) 138
De Gas be flaunting his hyphen privilege.
Posted by: Non-hypenated American at July 01, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1) 139
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 10:11 AM (PLxDd)
---- As long as it doesn't disappear and deprive mankind of my witticisms. Posted by: Weasel at July 01, 2026 10:12 AM (dBsPf) 140
The pony remark:
https://youtu.be/z3ik4qJBoPk Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference Oh, Seinfeld. Gotta admit I was hoping for a Ginuwine mention or link. Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 01, 2026 10:13 AM (z/ed7) 141
Hash stability test
Posted by: Weasel at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (dBsPf) Nope. It tipped over. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 10:11 AM A good broad-based hookah will fix that. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2026 10:14 AM (bFu5X) 142
WNBA Union Refuses to Say if Punching Caitlin Clark in the Throat Is Illegal
- That's a head scratcher all right. I mean, she was going around being all white and everything. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7) 143
136 CBD is Hank Johnson?
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ) 144
Its gone from the 'slowly' to the 'suddenly' stage. Socialists will soon have their own caucus in Congress. Then they will become communist.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert ___________ The question is whether this brings them more commie voters vs. the small number of normie dems they run off, and stay home or vote GOP. Splitting just 10% or thereabouts of them off, or having them stay home, would be a net gain for us IMO. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 01, 2026 10:16 AM (XvL8K) 145
would not hang
Posted by: Gref at July 01, 2026 10:16 AM (5rh/l) 146
I like horses but if you paint them I had rather see the front of the horse not the horses butt. So a would not hang for this one.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 10:17 AM (IY9No) 147
A moderate is a moderate is a moderate.
Dem Rep. Jayapal Says Moderate Dems Should Embrace Communism, Calls It a “Very Good Trend Nationwide” Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7) 148
WNBA Union Refuses to Say if Punching Caitlin Clark in the Throat Is Illegal
- That's a head scratcher all right. I mean, she was going around being all white and everything. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks I wish CC & SC would go European League and the DNBA could go back to not being able to fill a high school gymnasium and cost the NBA $75 million a year. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 10:17 AM (4Agqc) 149
This is about us, isn't it?
Posted by: The Flying Green Dildos at July 01, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1) 150
MTG wants to create a new party.
Every member of the party solemnly promises to remain in Congress only long enough to qualify for the pension while doing as little for the citizens as possible. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 10:18 AM (ExV1e) 151
Just another white man stirring up trouble.
Dem Senate Candidate Calls for the Removal of Jefferson’s Memorial Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:19 AM (6wpGE) 153
Wimbledon, my favorite tennis tournament to watch, is now in full swing. Awesome… almost as fun as the US Open later this summer…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 10:20 AM (YetvJ) 154
146 I like horses but if you paint them I had rather see the front of the horse not the horses butt. So a would not hang for this one.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 10:17 AM +++ Thereby hangs a tail. Posted by: B. Shakespeare at July 01, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: Coffee Party at July 01, 2026 10:20 AM (HE7b3) 156
I only watched TV Land and MTV as a kid - I love all those stupid ass '60s shows, but even for me, Mr. Ed was TOO dumb.
If you're going to make a dumb show about some nerd with a magic companion, it better be a hot broad with a juicy rack and bangin' ass like Barbara Eden ir Elizabeth Montgomery. If you're making a dumb show woth a horse co-star, bandits should be getting shot twice an episode. If you're making a dumb show with a rural theme - same deal as before, luscious jugs need to be in the mix. Eva Gabor, Lori Saunders, etc. Mr. Ed was a big dumb mess. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 10:21 AM (BI5O2) 157
I think of it like a hockey fight or a football fight.
You swing some fists, it's in the context of the game. No one's ever going to get arrested for that like they would if it was a bar or a grocery store. Here's a thought experiment.... Imagine if an MMA fighter went nutso and threw a guy into a full on choke, but in between rounds, or after the fight was over. I don't even know how that would be approached. Would it get treated differently than a sucker punch would in the same situation? Would that lead to an actual arrest and charges being filed? I don't know. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:21 AM (Ot/FD) 158
All they are saying is give peace a chance.
Iranian Clerics Call for Assassination of Trump and Netanyahu Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7) 159
"If you're making a dumb show with a rural theme - same deal as before, luscious jugs need to be in the mix. Eva Gabor, Lori Saunders, etc.
Mr. Ed was a big dumb mess." ++++ Wow. Who whizzed in your Wheaties? Posted by: Lassie and Flipper at July 01, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1) 160
And the nerd's wife on Mr. Ed had a pretty nice rack of lamb. But the whole show was predicated on the nerd skulking around and hiding from his hot wife in that dumb barn with his smart-alecky horse.
FAIL. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 10:23 AM (BI5O2) 161
When I was a kid we'd often drive by the ALPO plant. There was a pasture with horses. Different horses each time we passed by.
Posted by: Cosda at July 01, 2026 10:24 AM (W5eb2) Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 10:25 AM (gKWVE) 163
120 ... "Horse fact # 385. A stallion will most always put his neck over a mare's back to see if she is willing. Keeps him from getting kicked or struck from a front foot.The bay is obviously a gelding but some guys always think they are a stud."
I was hoping to get some horse info from Ben Had and she obliged. The last line, however, is hilarious. Posted by: JTB at July 01, 2026 10:25 AM (yTvNw) 164
158 All they are saying is give peace a chance.
Iranian Clerics Call for Assassination of Trump and Netanyahu Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7) Lol. That's basically been a standing order since the cretins took power half a century ago. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:25 AM (Ot/FD) 165
Meadow muffins. Just sayin’.
Posted by: Watch Your Step at July 01, 2026 10:25 AM (sUTO1) 166
147 A moderate is a moderate is a moderate.
Dem Rep. Jayapal Says Moderate Dems Should Embrace Communism, Calls It a “Very Good Trend Nationwide” Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7) ------------ Jayapal: Oops, did I say Communism? Posted by: WisRich at July 01, 2026 10:26 AM (G0vdT) 167
Godzilla v. King Kong.
David Strom: The Democratic Civil War: The Organized Crime Democrats Are Losing to the Bolsheviks Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7) 168
Jayapal: Oops, did I say Communism?
Posted by: WisRich at July 01, 2026 10:26 AM (G0vdT) hehe. "Nationwide", she says. Our cities are so pathetically provincial. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:26 AM (Ot/FD) 169
That's basically been a standing order since the cretins took power half a century ago.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:25 AM (Ot/FD) It's a bit more realistic than their demand that Trump be arrested and turned over to them for trial. Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 01, 2026 10:27 AM (6BjcW) 170
YD, it did have Connie Hines, however.
And, in terms of a (somewhat) magical female companion, everybody always forgets the lovely Juliet Mills from Nanny and the Professor. Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ) 171
"If you're making a dumb show with a rural theme - same deal as before, luscious jugs need to be in the mix. Eva Gabor, Lori Saunders, etc.
Mr. Ed was a big dumb mess." ------ I'll be your friend. Posted by: Flicka at July 01, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1) 172
155 MTG wants to create a new party.
— We’re still around. And would love to have her as a member. Posted by: Coffee Party at July 01, 2026 10:20 AM (HE7b3) Party on, skank! Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:27 AM (6wpGE) 173
All they are saying is give peace a chance. Iranian Clerics Call for Assassination of Trump and Netanyahu Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! Really wish Trump would issue letter of marque for Iranian clerics. Give them some of their own medicine. Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 01, 2026 10:27 AM (mnRS0) 174
I wonder how much of this wnba “controversy” is real vs manufactured. Theres no doubt anti-white hate by black players exists. But I have a feeling the wnba marketing dept took that base level generic blacks hate whites and amped it up to 11. It worked. People who otherwise didn’t know the wnba exists are talking about it.
Posted by: Coffee Party at July 01, 2026 10:28 AM (HE7b3) 175
171 "If you're making a dumb show with a rural theme - same deal as before, luscious jugs need to be in the mix. Eva Gabor, Lori Saunders, etc.
Mr. Ed was a big dumb mess." ------ I'll be your friend. Posted by: Flicka at July 01, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1) hahahahahaha (said so friendly-like) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:28 AM (6wpGE) 176
134 I don't know which of you maniacs is responsible, but I have the Mr. Ed theme song going through my head on a loop.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (PLxDd) Of course, of course. Posted by: Mr. Id at July 01, 2026 10:29 AM (GcWsw) 177
158 All they are saying is give peace a chance.
Iranian Clerics ... Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7) Peas. Whirled peas. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:29 AM (6wpGE) 178
What was Mr. Ed's first name, anyway?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (Ot/FD) His offstage name was Bamboo Harvester. Really. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:30 AM (1z8ji) 179
176 134 I don't know which of you maniacs is responsible, but I have the Mr. Ed theme song going through my head on a loop.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (PLxDd) Of course, of course. Posted by: Mr. Id at July 01, 2026 10:29 AM (GcWsw) Many, many, many golf claps, Mr. Id. My goodness, that's good. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:30 AM (6wpGE) 180
His offstage name was Bamboo Harvester. Really.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:30 AM (1z8ji) Was he one of the Back Bay Harvesters? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 01, 2026 10:31 AM (u/oMr) 181
Wonder how YD feels about My Mother the Car.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ) 182
MTG's new party can combine her Depp abiding love of the nation and all tings national, with socialism and Jew hate. It would need a catchy name though.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:31 AM (ouWD3) 183
178 What was Mr. Ed's first name, anyway?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:00 AM (Ot/FD) His offstage name was Bamboo Harvester. Really. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:30 AM (1z8ji) Then, Harvey? Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:31 AM (6wpGE) 184
Go right to the source and ask the horse He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse He's always on a steady course Talk to Mr. Ed Posted by: Blame me at July 01, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1) 185
I think it's safe to say at this point that the prevailing theme of american partisan politics recently has been the death of anti-ideology.
The Republicans jettisoned conservatism and replaced it with a jobs program for frauds. They're being handily supplanted by MAGA now. The Democrats jettisoned liberalism and trade unionism and replaced it with.... Bidenism? I don't know what you'd call it, but it's hollow, self-serving, and only differentiated by the Republican trajectory in its sheer brazen chutzpah. And, lo and behold, they are being supplanted by outright, unabashed Communists. The people want to stand for something. The people want YOU to stand for something. You have to give them something more than Free Shit and Sound Bites. Even if what you give them is outright Evil, they'll accept that so long as you give them something to sink their teeth into. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:32 AM (Ot/FD) 186
182 MTG's new party can combine her Depp abiding love of the nation and all tings national, with socialism and Jew hate. It would need a catchy name though.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:31 AM (ouWD3) The Shovel-Faced Retards of America? Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:33 AM (Ot/FD) 187
Yes autocorrect I was trying to talk about Johnny Depp in the middle of a regular sentence. So don't change it to deep or anything, just capitalize it and move on.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:33 AM (ouWD3) 188
> All they are saying is give peace a chance.
Iranian Clerics Call for Assassination of Trump and Netanyahu ---------- Drop a rack of 2000lb bombs on a mosque every day until they either shut the fuck up or surrender. The mosques probably hold the majority of their weapons anyway. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 10:33 AM (jehhT) 189
Here's a thought experiment.... Imagine if an MMA fighter went nutso and threw a guy into a full on choke, but in between rounds, or after the fight was over. I don't even know how that would be approached. Would it get treated differently than a sucker punch would in the same situation? Would that lead to an actual arrest and charges being filed? I don't know.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:21 AM (Ot/FD) Kermit Washington infamously punched Rudy Tomjonavic in an NBA game, fractured his skull and nearly killed him. Washington got suspended for 60 games and a mere $10K fine. Happened in 1977… no criminal charges Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 10:33 AM (D2O3S) 190
Ehh, MTG's probably been here already.
Posted by: Foam Party at July 01, 2026 10:34 AM (gKWVE) 191
The Democrats jettisoned liberalism and trade unionism and replaced it with.... Bidenism? I don't know what you'd call it, but it's hollow, self-serving, and only differentiated by the Republican trajectory in its sheer brazen chutzpah.
Bidenism is just Obamaism with a more deteriorated brain. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 10:34 AM (ExV1e) 192
The Democrats "replaced" their thing with communism. What did "Biden" do differently than "Kamala" would have. Hell, look at his SC appt and prosecution of pro-lifers etc.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:35 AM (ouWD3) 193
Sooooo … today we get to view a LITERAL horse's ass … ? Yay.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 01, 2026 10:35 AM (ayRl+) 194
"Kermit Washington infamously punched Rudy Tomjonavic in an NBA game, fractured his skull and nearly killed him. Washington got suspended for 60 games and a mere $10K fine. Happened in 1977… no criminal charges"
---- Pfffft... Posted by: Orenthal James Simpson at July 01, 2026 10:36 AM (2Ez/1) 195
What I'm saying is there's no such thing as Bidenism. A figurehead to help continue the Long March.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:36 AM (ouWD3) 196
Wakes up
Scratches Looks around Dang. Never been a fan of De Gas. This painting is one reason why. Goes looking for coffee. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 10:36 AM (2WIwB) 197
Kermit Washington infamously punched Rudy Tomjonavic in an NBA game, fractured his skull and nearly killed him. Washington got suspended for 60 games and a mere $10K fine. Happened in 1977… no criminal charges
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 10:33 AM (D2O3S) If memory serves, and it might not in this case, there was a hockey player who was charged with assault for hitting another player in the face with his stick. I believe the charges were dropped, though, as it happened in Canada and witnesses said that he apologized immediately after. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 10:36 AM (ExV1e) 198
196 Wakes up
Scratches Looks around Dang. Never been a fan of De Gas. This painting is one reason why. Goes looking for coffee. Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 10:36 AM (2WIwB) H8er. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:37 AM (6wpGE) 199
Bidenism is just Obamaism with a more deteriorated brain.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 10:34 AM (ExV1e) Cargo Cult Obamaism. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:37 AM (Ot/FD) 200
200
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:37 AM (6wpGE) 201
"Cargo Cult Obamaism."
We're currently running a sale. Could we show you something in a Hakeem Jeffries? Posted by: TEMU at July 01, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1) 202
>>If memory serves, and it might not in this case, there was a hockey player who was charged with assault for hitting another player in the face with his stick. I believe the charges were dropped, though, as it happened in Canada and witnesses said that he apologized immediately after.
More recently, a skater slashed the neck of another player, who died. No charges. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 10:39 AM (X8xt3) 203
195 What I'm saying is there's no such thing as Bidenism. A figurehead to help continue the Long March.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:36 AM (ouWD3) That's kind of the salient feature of "Bidenism", though, isn't it? They just waltz in and take what they want, forgetting that there's a lot more things you have to do to maintain the ability to do that. They were too stupid to realize all the work that went in to building the apparatus they used to become who they are, they just took it as their birthright. Like spoiled aristocrats. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:39 AM (Ot/FD) 204
182 MTG's new party can combine her Depp abiding love of the nation and all tings national, with socialism and Jew hate. It would need a catchy name though.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:31 AM (ouWD3) How about: Bleached blond, bleached blond Give me your hand Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:39 AM (6wpGE) 205
MTG wants to create a new party.
== Based on what, exactly? The Glorious Peoples' Rejected Politicians Nobody Wants To Vote For Anymore? Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 10:40 AM (qBdHI) Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2026 10:41 AM (2WIwB) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:41 AM (6wpGE) 208
"...charged with assault for hitting another player in the face with his stick. I believe the charges were dropped, though, as it happened in Canada and witnesses said that he apologized immediately after."
+++ You gotta get the movie rights. Posted by: Nancy Kerrigan at July 01, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1) 209
>> What I'm saying is there's no such thing as Bidenism. A figurehead to help continue the Long March.
This. What Biden said in his final years were catch phrases he had uttered all his like, pablum such as "everybody deserves a fair shake!" Didn't require thought, just a sort of muscle memory - put him on stage at a dais and he spits these phrases automatically. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 10:42 AM (X8xt3) 210
The Glorious Peoples' Rejected Politicians Nobody Wants To Vote For Anymore?
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 10:40 AM (qBdHI) Now that's just cruel. Posted by: Diana DeGette at July 01, 2026 10:43 AM (gKWVE) 211
195 What I'm saying is there's no such thing as Bidenism. A figurehead to help continue the Long March.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:36 AM (ouWD3) Agreed. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:43 AM (6wpGE) Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 10:43 AM (X8xt3) 213
>>The Glorious Peoples' Rejected Politicians Nobody Wants To Vote For Anymore?
"Hey! No labels!" -- The No Labels Party Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 10:44 AM (X8xt3) 214
MTG's retirement plans fell through, apparently. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 10:43 AM (X8xt3) Maybe not enough income to live in Costa Rica as an expat. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:45 AM (1z8ji) 215
214 MTG's retirement plans fell through, apparently. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 10:43 AM (X8xt3) Maybe not enough income to live in Costa Rica as an expat. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:45 AM (1z8ji) Just imagine all the taxes she must owe right now. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:45 AM (Ot/FD) 216
Wikipedia
Marjorie Taylor was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, on May 27, 1974, the daughter of Robert Taylor. She graduated from South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia, in 1992, and the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1996. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:46 AM (6wpGE) 217
> MTG wants to create a new party.
---------- Probably paid too much for her Costa Rician getaway. Needs a new grift stream. Thought her pension would pay the bills down there.... guess not. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 10:46 AM (jehhT) 218
Joe makes Bidenisms in his pants on a regular basis.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ) 219
The Glorious Peoples' Rejected Politicians Nobody Wants To Vote For Anymore?
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 10:40 AM Now that's just cruel. Posted by: Diana DeGette at July 01, 2026 10:43 AM +++ Call me. Posted by: Marianne Williamson at July 01, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1) 220
Old school Dems aren’t communists they’re criminals. Much like many Republicans. They just want to get paid. Ideology is only for vote getting.
The Mamdani wing is the real deal. They’ll put you up against the wall because they believe in the cause. Posted by: Coffee Party at July 01, 2026 10:47 AM (HE7b3) Posted by: History Of The World #1 at July 01, 2026 10:47 AM (gKWVE) 222
188 but only if the mosque was never (could never be reconverted) a temple or church.
Posted by: cmeat at July 01, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+) Posted by: Serious Conservative Jeff Flake at July 01, 2026 10:48 AM (X8xt3) 224
Wikipedia MTG
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. When this tag was added, its readable prose size was 12,280 words. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. (June 2026) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:48 AM (6wpGE) 225
180 His offstage name was Bamboo Harvester. Really.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:30 AM (1z8ji) Was he one of the Back Bay Harvesters? prolly one of the international harvesters Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 10:50 AM (oY6Yp) 226
188 but only if the mosque was never (could never be reconverted) a temple or church.
Posted by: cmeat at July 01, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+) I doubt many mosques in Iran are converted temples or churches. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:50 AM (1z8ji) 227
I had a particular crush on Lori Saunders as a kid. My older brother was always saying how she's an old lady now, but she wasn't looking old on my TV. Man was she ever hot. 10/10.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 10:52 AM (BI5O2) Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 10:52 AM (dK+Kv) 229
I doubt many mosques in Iran are converted temples or churches.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 10:50 AM (1z8ji) Usually they become Asian massage parlors. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 10:52 AM (ExV1e) 230
134 I don't know which of you maniacs is responsible, but I have the Mr. Ed theme song going through my head on a loop.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2026 10:10 AM (PLxDd) I'm guessing ... 47 Early earworm for those of us 29.... "A horse is a horse, of course, of course" "And no one can talk to a horse of course" "That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed!" Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 09:45 AM (jehhT) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:52 AM (6wpGE) 231
212 >>MTG wants to create a new party.
MTG's retirement plans fell through, apparently. . . Posted by: Lizzy ======= This is all related to Massie running for president in 2028 as a spoiler. The Libertarian party no longer functions much that way as they have been captured by left wing wackadoodles. Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv) 232
Bachelor of Business Administration in 1996
Oh. A bullshit artist! Posted by: History Of The World #1 at July 01, 2026 10:47 AM (gKWVE) Bachelor of Bullshit Artistry. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 10:53 AM (dK+Kv) 233
Mr. Ed for President 2028!
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 10:54 AM (IY9No) 234
I especially liked when any outsider came by and Mr. Ed would look so innocent and would not talk.
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:54 AM (6wpGE) 235
Susa still has the Tomb of Daniel. That's as far as I know the most important converted shrine in Iran.
I think most Zoroastrian fire-temples were simply torn down. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 10:54 AM (gKWVE) 236
203 They just waltz in and take what they want, forgetting that there's a lot more things you have to do to maintain the ability to do that.
hmm.... *scribbles note* "waltzin' my tilde", a song about em-dashes. oh, chatgpt! Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 10:54 AM (oY6Yp) 237
226 was thinking crusades and all. seems like they went back and forth alot.
Posted by: cmeat at July 01, 2026 10:55 AM (R11M+) 238
This is all related to Massie running for president in 2028 as a spoiler. The Libertarian party no longer functions much that way as they have been captured by left wing wackadoodles.
Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv) So you want Democrats to control the government but can't bring yourself to vote for them? Vote for the Lifelong Republican Patriot Grifter Party! Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 10:56 AM (ouWD3) 240
The Paolo is not at all, how you say, impressed with this or any horse. No impressed by horse….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 10:56 AM (YetvJ) 241
prolly one of the international harvesters
Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 10:50 AM (oY6Yp) Must be the case. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 10:57 AM (Ot/FD) 242
237. The Crusades never made it to Persia.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ) 243
Horse puns seem to be coming down the home stretch.
Posted by: Groan With only a few minutes before the next post, this won't last furlong. Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 01, 2026 10:58 AM (w9Wax) 244
Looking up the Tomb of Daniel. It's wild.
Apparently they had two communities on either side of the Choaspes river so the poor side, which didn't have the tomb, got a deal to carry Daniel's corpse over to that side every other year to partake in his blessings. The Seljuks when they conquered Susa decided this was silly and disrespectful, so they put his body on the bridge. Anyway so the original tomb is who-knows-what-or-where. AOP's question still stands. Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 10:58 AM (gKWVE) Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 10:58 AM (dcxJn) 246
Wikipedia:
Before the theme song begins, the sound of Mr. Ed whinnying is heard before Mr. Ed's human voice is heard saying "Hello, I'm Mr. Ed." The theme starts out with the famous lyrics "A horse is a horse/Of course, of course." Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 10:58 AM (6wpGE) 247
241 prolly one of the international harvesters
Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 10:50 AM (oY6Yp) Must be the case. oh, deere. another punfest? Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 10:59 AM (oY6Yp) 248
Here's one for AOP: Mosque of the Prophet Daniel in Kirkuk. It used to be a synagogue.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:00 AM (gKWVE) 249
No equestriennes? Bah.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 01, 2026 11:00 AM (qA8eD) Posted by: Ferguson at July 01, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1) 251
Nood.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:02 AM (dK+Kv) Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 11:02 AM (MWfyi) 253
These things happen.
California judge only gives one year in county jail to Arab immigrant who killed elderly Jewish man at Israel protest https://tinyurl.com/mry2y7r8 - Apparently, there was not even an attempt to explain this sweetheart deal. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7) Hence the making of "Citizen Vigilante". Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (5xuJ/) 254
Rant up
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (4Agqc) 255
MTG's retirement plans fell through, apparently. . .
Posted by: Lizzy Please. She’s got a gold plated retirement via Congress, adjusted for inflation. Posted by: Cow Demon at July 01, 2026 11:05 AM (qA8eD) 256
I try to be at least somewhat of a God fearing person, but honestly I can't fathom that God would be a stickler about bombing the crap out of a pile of rocks and lumber that maybe once long ago was a church or a temple, but has been defiled by goatfucking death cultists for centuries since, *especially* if that straining at gnats over purity and protocol means *not* killing the motherfuckers who seek to prey on His flock, and defile His houses of worship towards that very end.
Wherever two or more goatfuckers are gathered against His name, it ain't a church anymore. So let 'er rip. This isn't a Highlander movie. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:06 AM (Ot/FD) 257
235 thanks.
256 whew. my first thought was hagia sophia and i sort of made some assumptions. i'm even worser at math. Posted by: cmeat at July 01, 2026 11:10 AM (R11M+) Posted by: epador at July 01, 2026 11:49 AM (YrEbc) 259
Why you taze me? I was finna get out the car!
Posted by: Tyreek at July 01, 2026 01:41 PM (oftw2) The Morning Report — 7/ 1 /26
“The Court today takes the extraordinary step of holding facially unconstitutional the President’s Order excluding from citizenship the children of foreign temporary visitors and illegal aliens,” Thomas writes:Of course, one does not have to be one of if not America's greatest jurists and legal minds ever to serve in any court to know how completely insane this decision was. All one has to do is know the most rudimentary facts about how and why the 14th Amendment was enacted as well as to be able, and willing, to read and understand plain English What happened yesterday was yet another jackboot to the head of America as founded, as it lays prostrate on the ground after decades of curb-stomping by the Democrats and those whose complicity and inaction allow them to get away with it. And the President nailed it with this observation: “I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!” Trump declared via his Truth Social platform. The court’s decision protects, for now, the practice of “birth tourism,” which is used by many wealthy Chinese nationals who travel to the United States to give birth to their children. And if I still want to engage in delusion, there are a few Pollyannas out there as well: Vice President JD Vance argued Tuesday that there is a “big silver lining” in the divided Supreme Court ruling striking down President Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and tourists.Yeah, we have an opportunity to reverse this? I'm sure future POTUS Titty Caca Ocasio Cortez will get right on that by packing the court with 19 or more Maoists! 250 years was a good run, I guess. If we make it to 500 or even 1,000 we'll probably be where England is, the irony of course is that that is the nation we rebelled against in the first place. So, at what point do we take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them? Or do we doom ourselvelves forever to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune unto death? Have a good day,
Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ) 2
Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 07:29 AM (NcvvS) 3
Yonder Horde
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 07:29 AM (jehhT) 4
What hath Roberts wrought?
The only practical response is to deport all Illegal Immigrants who don't have an anchor baby an urgent pace. Posted by: Ignoramus at July 01, 2026 07:29 AM (dtajH) 5
70 degrees, 100% humidity, heading to the mid-90s in Kentuckiana.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 07:30 AM (NcvvS) 6
5 70 degrees, 100% humidity, heading to the mid-90s in Kentuckiana.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 07:30 AM (NcvvS) Hot and humid here in southern Cheeseland. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 01, 2026 07:31 AM (x0n13) 7
Ban dual citizenship.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi) 8
Lord I’m southbound
Posted by: Redenzo at July 01, 2026 07:32 AM (cYX+0) 9
It's a stupid idea anyway.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi) 10
Coming home to you
Posted by: Redenzo at July 01, 2026 07:32 AM (cYX+0) 11
Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX) 12
Good morning horde!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 07:33 AM (ExV1e) 13
How hard would it have been to simply decide, "At least one of the parents had to be residing in the United States as a legal alien at the time of the child's birth in order for the child to be granted U.S. Citizenship" ?
WTF, SCOTUS? Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 01, 2026 07:34 AM (O7YUW) 14
Further to 13: Or as a legal resident, or citizen. (You get the idea I'm driving at, I hope.)
I'm up later than normal and need to have my first coffee. Doing that now. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 01, 2026 07:35 AM (O7YUW) 15
>“The fact that this case was a 5-to-4 decision effectively means that the concept of birthright citizenship, which is an absurdity to the 14th Amendment, that concept is hanging by a thread. . . “
----- Missed it by >< that much. Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:35 AM (cVN12) Posted by: Halfhand at July 01, 2026 07:36 AM (9MUFz) 17
I'm just here to see Nothing Will Happen Guy to show up, but I'm guessing nothing will happen. Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 07:37 AM (Y8DZL) 18
I figured I would approve birthright citizenship so I can save money on my collecting of minority trophy children.
I need 1 Chinese, 1 Khmer, 1 Mongolian and a Viet, prefer a Hmong if I can acquire one to make my Oriental collection complete. They will look great in our next family photo! Posted by: Amy Conehead Bareass at July 01, 2026 07:37 AM (K5H/e) 19
And pregnancy tests at the border will be deemed a violation of the 4th Amendment and privacy.
Posted by: davidt at July 01, 2026 07:38 AM (Q+gd/) Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 07:39 AM (ExV1e) 21
>I'm just here to see Nothing Will Happen Guy to show up, but I'm guessing nothing will happen.
Posted by: Auspex ---- as far as the scenario you mention goes- nothing will happen Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:39 AM (cVN12) 22
Halfhand
Sigh. Congress and it's failure. It all comes back to Congress and the Senators in office who are the enemy of American and Legacy Americans. Impeaching Justices or shaping lower courts, all within the powers Congress holds, are off the table. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ) Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 07:40 AM (Y8DZL) Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 07:41 AM (0N4FZ) 25
Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
The US started the COVID-19 Wuhan fire. Mostly a Deep State project to kneecap China. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ) 26
Barrett's collection of brown, yellow, black kids she bought online or wherever should have disqualified her from the birthright case.
YMMV Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 07:42 AM (jehhT) 27
And pregnancy tests at the border will be deemed a violation of the 4th Amendment and privacy.
Posted by: davidt at July 01, 2026 07:38 AM (Q+gd/) Ah, but pregnancy tests won't be required. They will only be requested, as the woman is requesting entry into the country. A favor for a favor. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e) 28
I would love to know if J.D. Vance thinks the Iranians are still "rully kewl?"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX) 29
Barrett's collection of brown, yellow, black kids she bought online or wherever should have disqualified her from the birthright case.
YMMV Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 07:42 AM (jehhT) Which would have made it a 4-4 ruling, which would have upheld the lower court's ruling, which would have had the exact same effect. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 07:44 AM (ExV1e) 30
And while we are at it, can we reverse the 19th Amendment?
Men Create Civilization Women Destroy it. Even when they had a perfect, sinless Paradise where everything they would ever want was easily at hand, Adam's first impulse was to organize via naming the animals and discover his place, yet Eve's first act was to piss off God just to see what He would do. Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 07:45 AM (nCgQz) 31
Good morning JJ and horde
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 07:45 AM (sgkY8) 32
Sigh. Congress and it's failure. It all comes back to Congress and the Senators in office who are the enemy of American and Legacy Americans.
Yep. The fact that an empirically evident imbecile like KBJ was even seated shows how feckless they are. Posted by: Halfhand at July 01, 2026 07:45 AM (9MUFz) 33
San Franpsycho
J.D. Vance has inherited a thankless, impossible task. At least he is trying harder than Kamala "Border Czar" Harris ever did. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ) 34
The Marxists invasion continues
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 07:46 AM (sgkY8) 35
30 Eve's first act was to piss off God just to see what He would do.
Posted by: Community Notes Apples don't just sell themselves, you know. Posted by: Auspex at July 01, 2026 07:47 AM (Y8DZL) 36
I don't like that so many SCOTUS decisions have the effect of creating new law. Above all, the Supreme Court is an appeals court. SCOTUS rulings should be either 'granted' or 'denied', and that's it.
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:48 AM (cVN12) 37
I wish the great Clarence Thomas would not have said “I respectfully dissent” but instead written “I disrespectfully and with derision dissent this abomination of legal trash”…. Or something along those lines with more invective than I can invent now off the top of my head
Forget respectfully…. There can be ZERO respect for a decision that so mangled constitutional concepts that as far as I can tell the majority views US citizens as old-fashioned feudal era subjects (of the king, ironically) rather than human beings with rights granted by God almighty. They really backed themselves into a corner… I wonder if they even realize how abhorrent their “reasoning” is….. no, they knew the result they wanted and generated a claptrap of tangled logic to get there; certainly the constitution didn’t factor into their decision Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 07:48 AM (D2O3S) 38
Skip
80+% of American people wanted the end of birthright citizenship. Keep pressing, and use other methods. Turning off the money tap has proven successful. Can the Administration zero out public money for maternity clinics that birth foreigner's babies? Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ) 39
“American economic policy on the right is now much more Alexander Hamilton than it is Milton Friedman,” Vance said, arguing that President Trump’s political movement has already transformed the GOP’s approach to trade, tariffs, manufacturing, and industrial policy.
Rather than viewing economic growth as an end in itself, Vance argued that government should prioritize policies that strengthen families, communities, and workers. “The economy is a tool to service the dignity of the human person,” he told Knowles. ===== Da Fuq is this b.s?? Keep your "government policies" off my family, my community, and my employees. This is fascism, not conservatism. Keep talking J.D. and show us the real you. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX) 40
>The fact that an empirically evident imbecile like KBJ was even seated shows how feckless they are.
---- we need more feck. Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:49 AM (cVN12) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ) 42
Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Ruling ‘Too Bad’ but Lays Out Pathway Forward Through Congress
-- I mean, what else can he say. At least he's the only president that's ever tried to even show a modicum of concern on this issue. But Congress is purely, absolutely, unequivocally, worthlessly, and most importantly, diabolically useless. They aren't going to pass a damned thing relating to this*. Nearly every one of them would get vertigo from being in a sewer; that's how low and scummy they are. *or anything relating to saving America Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI) 43
I’m getting annoyed with Vance recently. Between his absurd comments on the Iran negotiations and now add his nonsense about a silver lining and I’m thinking: Is this guy losing it? Pull yourself together JD!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 07:51 AM (D2O3S) 44
Salty, I think he is showing he is too young, too naive, and he is in way over his head.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX) 45
{{{Lady in Black}}}
Preach it, sister. I like "get vertigo from being in a sewer". I may need that phrase. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ) 46
Roberts and ACB are trying to save the Court from the Democrats packing it.
Buying themselves a separate peace by selling America to the wolves. But make no mistake: This is an issue Republicans can fix: Simple majority vote in the House and the Senate to limit citizenship to those legally born here; no judicial review. And you can immediately tell who is not serious about fixing it by those who propose a Constitutional Amendment--that has to pass super-majorities of Congress, the President and 3/4 of the states. Hell, I bet it won't even get 30 votes in the Senate, that's how deeply stupid and unserious that proposal is; failure theater. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 07:53 AM (3cUTc) 47
San Franpsycho
Could be. The test is how effective he can be. He has strengths, but big weaknesses also. Rubio continues to impress. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ) Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:54 AM (MWfyi) 49
The Executive Order was not going to be upheld . This is the duty of Congress to address. PDT put this issue in their lap but it is up to us, the people, to right this ship.
Take a page out of the dem playbook and continue to fight. Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 07:55 AM (afJtY) 50
And you can immediately tell who is not serious about fixing it by those who propose a Constitutional Amendment--that has to pass super-majorities of Congress, the President and 3/4 of the states.
Hell, I bet it won't even get 30 votes in the Senate, that's how deeply stupid and unserious that proposal is; failure theater. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 07:53 AM At this point in time amending the constitution is physically impossible and will never be done again. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2026 07:57 AM (0N4FZ) 51
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 01, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1) 52
Congress can write 50 different laws to stop this. No amendment needed.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 07:59 AM (afJtY) 53
Congratulations on your first, Salty my friend
Posted by: Buck at July 01, 2026 07:59 AM (z6ONu) 54
Hard-working public servants:
@NEWSMAX · 29m EARLY EXIT: House Republican leaders abruptly canceled votes on major legislation Tuesday and sent lawmakers home early for a nearly two-week recess after a group of Republicans blocked action on the House floor. MORE: https://bit.ly/3QLTZKU Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:00 AM (cVN12) 55
Aliens are most definitely not Immigrants. It is well to carefully think about the words used to describe.
When leftists are allowed to define the very terms or words used in debate they will tend to have an advantage in manipulating opinions or persuasion. That is rather the point, appeals to emotion. Euphemisms. “Undocumented Immigrants” makes it sound more benign, no? Like he just misplaced his wallet somewhere. There is a class of Legal Aliens, too. “Alien” is not a pejorative, it is a technical or legal term of art in the USC Title 18, all that stuff. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 08:01 AM (wJccJ) 56
46> Observing the death of a mono-culture
Constitutional Amendments today would be impossible to pass. I can't think of anything that Congress and We The People could ever agree on. The Ruling class, servants to Stan and foreign oligarchs, and fully occupying the Dark Tetrad personalities will always be at war with The Governed. We can't even agree on Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time even though nearly everyone hates our current pointless ritual. Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 08:01 AM (U4c/V) 57
I don't think Congress can right a law that goes against what this court has decided the 14th amendment means. It will be tied up in court for years and lose. You're essentially saying it's ok for Congress to decide the 14th is wrong. That would take a constitutional amendment and that ain't happening in any of our lifetimes.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 01, 2026 08:02 AM (2noDb) 58
I really liked J.D., read his book, love his story. I was happy Trump picked him and happy to vote for him.
Am disappoint. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX) 59
Buck
Thank you. Not my first first, even this week. I sent you an email, as requested, from my NaCly email account. No response seen. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ) 60
In its 2024 report, Tilting the Balance, CIS found that excluding non-citizens reduces that figure to about 308.3 million. Excluding both non-citizens and their minor children reduces it further to about 301.9 million. In other words, nearly 30 million were included in the congressional apportionment.
30000000/800000=37 So illegals are a State bigger than Texas. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur) 61
I’m getting annoyed with Vance recently. Between his absurd comments on the Iran negotiations and now add his nonsense about a silver lining and I’m thinking: Is this guy losing it? Pull yourself together JD!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 07:51 AM (D2O3S) 1. Trump made Vance the lead negotiator. He cannot go around publicly stating that the Iranians are faithless and everyone in the country should be annihilated in nuclear fire. 2. Vance's comments on the "silver lining" are almost exactly the same thing that Kurt Schlichter and other have said. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e) 62
We only need to get to about 260 to be where England is. Vance's Thoughtful Republican on My Side shtick is getting old but I fear he's the best chance we've got. Of a very very bad lot.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:03 AM (J9Kpb) 63
The Restore America Agenda:
- End the filibuster - pass the SAVE Act - limit citizenship to legal residents only - defund the courts Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 08:04 AM (3cUTc) 64
And you can immediately tell who is not serious about fixing it by those who propose a Constitutional Amendment--that has to pass super-majorities of Congress, the President and 3/4 of the states.
The President is not involved in amending the Constitution. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:04 AM (ExV1e) 65
61 - I agree with you. Poor JD drew the short straw to try and explain or excuse Trump's stupid decision to take on Iran before the midterms. Whatever he says he has to tread lightly so as not to piss off Trump or other warmongers.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 01, 2026 08:04 AM (2noDb) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ) 67
NPR Retracts False Story Saying Justice Alito Was Retiring: ‘Erroneously Published’
All Breaking NEws stories are 51% lies. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 08:06 AM (/+uur) 68
Marxists don't do what the people want, they do what they need to stay in power
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY8) 69
58 I really liked J.D., read his book, love his story. I was happy Trump picked him and happy to vote for him.
Am disappoint. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX) He's not coasting to the 2028 nomination. Rough seas ahead. Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 08:06 AM (fZiTB) 70
It’s counterintuitive, but there’s a cost to solving a political problem: It removes the issue from the public sphere. Because we lost today, the immigration issue is still relevant. And we can still use it to drive voters to the polls.
--------- This sounds suspiciously like the Roberts 8D Chess Theory of ObamaCare Taxing. There is ZERO upside, political or otherwise, of this to anyone but the thieves who want to corrupt and destroy America. Zero. If we're in Death by 1,000 Cuts this stupidity was about 70 of them. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:07 AM (J9Kpb) 71
I think the legislature is a lost cause... becoming irrelevant. They're more concerned with making money than running the country. That's what the intelligence community is for.
Now, the judiciary is a different story. They're the enablers for all the shit being dumped on us. The reverence we apply to them is misplaced. There certainly needs to be some sort of reckoning, and soon. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 08:07 AM (jehhT) 72
People's Hippo, all worthy and doable. Statusquotidians are akin to turtles. Pull you head back instead of stick your neck out.
I intend to fight harder Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 08:07 AM (afJtY) 73
As best as I can tell, the upshot of the "logic" of this decision is identical to the kind of logic that would call a bank robbery "making a withdrawal".
Hey, you left the bank with more money than you had. That's just a withdrawal. And withdrawals are totally legal. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 08:07 AM (Ot/FD) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ) 75
Rubio continues to impress.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ) 14 years of stabbing us in the back in the Senate, all forgotten because there's a new target for the forgetful hate. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e) 76
Nice too see abortion Barbie lose in Colorado last night. 30 year demon
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:11 AM (YCxFk) 77
That article about how “Tail Gunner” Joe McCarthy was right about commies reminded me of Whittaker Chambers’ wonderful book Witness. Rumpled, plump and ugly, non-charming Chambers was right all along about the elegant and suave Alger Hiss. Good thing he hid those receipts (the proof) in a pumpkin… the difference today is the commies are quite open about it. Don’t try at all to hide their ideology
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 08:11 AM (D2O3S) 78
Hard-working public servants:
@NEWSMAX · 29m EARLY EXIT: House Republican leaders abruptly canceled votes on major legislation Tuesday and sent lawmakers home early for a nearly two-week recess after a group of Republicans blocked action on the House floor. MORE: https://bit.ly/3QLTZKU Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:00 AM (cVN12) They're blocking votes in the House to try and force a vote in the Senate on SAVE. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e) 79
7 Ban dual citizenship. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi) SCOTUS has already ruled that you can’t do that. Back in the 60’s. We did used to have laws against it. That’s why we don’t anymore. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:12 AM (7wNAQ) 80
I used to have a different nic
Not forgotten. Is Rubio only successful because of Trump being a strong leader? I have doubts, but want to acknowledge achievements. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 08:13 AM (x8PQF) 82
Can’t find your email, Salty. Try again at jack471 at bellsouth dot net
Posted by: Buck at July 01, 2026 08:13 AM (z6ONu) 83
Now, the judiciary is a different story. They're the enablers for all the shit being dumped on us. The reverence we apply to them is misplaced.
There certainly needs to be some sort of reckoning, and soon. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 08:07 AM (jehhT) What did Bukele say recently about the judiciary? Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 08:13 AM (D2O3S) 84
Barrett's collection of brown, yellow, black kids she bought online or wherever should have disqualified her from the birthright case.
YMMV == In going against the grain of my species (heresy!), I will say what I've believed for a long time. Women are simply not up to the task of using logic, not emotion, when it comes to political or constitutional matters. Yes, plenty of men are as guilty, but I do not trust women as a whole and do not vote for women because of it. The only exception I can think of at the moment is Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The rest? Totally unreliable. They think and act like women. And women fall short in my book when their feelz overtake common sense and logic. The exact opposite of what this country needs. I was always skeptical of ACB for that reason. And she's proven my theory too many times. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI) 85
To throw the citizens a bone SCOTUS granted cert in two rifle ban cases on their last day. They will consolidate Viramontes v. Cook County, a Seventh Circuit (Illinois) case and Grant v. Higgins from the Second Circuit (Connecticut) and review the case next term.
I believe given the 5-4 rulings on Election Day and Birthright citizenship, and the legal arguments made, anyone who treasures their Second Amendment rights should be concerned. I expect more constitutional subversion from ACB and Roberts. I also believe that any favorable ruling would come with enough caveats it will give the defendant states another avenue to undermine our Second Amendment rights. Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (+Tpk4) 86
The Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy is raising $50 million to ‘focus on GRIFT
fisked it Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur) 87
Marxists don't do what the people want, they do what they need to stay in power
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY - Marxists > RINOs Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (x8PQF) 88
They're blocking votes in the House to try and force a vote in the Senate on SAVE.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e) I have to support this because the rebellion was led by the lovely Luna (swoon) Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (D2O3S) 89
ACB is the biggest mistake Trump ever made.
Posted by: Delurker at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (2Drhq) 90
I like "get vertigo from being in a sewer". I may need that phrase.
-- I actually glommed onto it from somewhere else, who knows where! I put it in my insult bank for later use. It's a good one. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 08:15 AM (qBdHI) 91
Nice to know that we actual citizens are now on the same level as the spawn of the felonious fence hoppers who squat one out after they break their way into the country. Thanks for putting me in my place just in time for my quarterly tax payment. Good to know it will be going to support the “real Americans.” Buck Ferrett.
Posted by: Me no speaky ingrish at July 01, 2026 08:15 AM (hD90I) 92
Good morning Horde thx JJ great report.
Does anyone think that if there is a massive increase in birth tourism, that our elite specifically the GOPe will do anything. We've seen non GOPe types already beginning the constitutional amendment process. I doubt the GOPe will move. Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 08:16 AM (dcxJn) 93
ACB’s social activism should have been a giant red flag for Trump who has for years decried the DEI crowd. You can thank the Federalist Society for both her and Roberts. It’s why Trump has said should he get another pick, they won’t be anywhere near that process.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 08:16 AM (+Tpk4) 94
Any Boney Carrot.
Posted by: Just wanted to type that at July 01, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1) 95
I called Luna's office to say thank you.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 08:17 AM (afJtY) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 08:17 AM (x8PQF) 97
ACB is the biggest mistake Trump ever made.
Posted by: Delurker at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (2Drhq) She's definitely the longest-lasting. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 08:18 AM (xA5g+) 98
You can thank the Federalist Society for both her and Roberts. It’s why Trump has said should he get another pick, they won’t be anywhere near that process.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 08:16 AM (+Tpk4) We recently learned that Mitch informed Trump that Barrett was going to be the pick and that was that. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 08:19 AM (xA5g+) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:19 AM (u82oZ) 100
Keep in mind, none of these commies have won in swing states. Chickenpooper won his Senate primary in CO easily last night. Deep blue seats only have flipped
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:19 AM (YCxFk) 101
In going against the grain of my species (heresy!), I will say what I've believed for a long time. Women are simply not up to the task of using logic, not emotion, when it comes to political or constitutional matters.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI) - This is why we should NOT have nice things - like comment edit and delete buttons. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 08:20 AM (x8PQF) 102
14 years of stabbing us in the back in the Senate, all forgotten because there's a new target for the forgetful hate.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e) Basically.... yeah. I don't care who fights for us right now, so long as they fight. I would rather yesterday's squish who has taken up the cudgels today, than the standard RINO bastard who waves a plastic toy sword around at us screaming bloody murder about what a fighter he is. No enemies in a foxhole, but you have to actually be in my foxhole for that to count. Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 08:20 AM (Ot/FD) 103
ACB’s legal reasoning in the Election Day case is perhaps just as bad as anything we have seen from KBJ. The birthright citizenship case doesn’t even try to make a constitutional argument, it’s a rehashing of the courts own precedents. Both are embarrassingly bereft of constitutional premise.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 08:20 AM (+Tpk4) 104
List what is in your insult bank.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:19 AM (u82oZ) ===== I can't insult someone bad unless I know how big their momma is. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX) 105
Jonah
Outmigration from Deep States should have electoral consequences, not just economic woes. We need a tight, focused Census. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ) 106
1. Trump made Vance the lead negotiator. He cannot go around publicly stating that the Iranians are faithless and everyone in the country should be annihilated in nuclear fire. 2. Vance's comments on the "silver lining" are almost exactly the same thing that Kurt Schlichter and other have said. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e) I enjoy Schlicter’s writing, his ideas usually echo my own, and the only fault I find is that he tends to be far too much of an apologist at times. For instance his piece yesterday, which you referenced, said (paraphrased) “this was great news! Look how close we came! All we need is a couple new justices and a better Congress, and I know this will be overturned in 20 or 30 years!” Kurt, we don’t have 20 or 30 years left to fix this. By then, all the children of the ones being born today will be having children of their own, and the games will be over. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:21 AM (7wNAQ) 107
Ginsberg passes so close to 20/20 election. Dems wanted to stall and do another Kav trial. Woman was way to go. Easy confirm. She did vote right way on Roe, but I agree she is soft like O’Connor.
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:22 AM (YCxFk) 108
And not to sound misogynistic, but there should never be another woman on the court. They’ve all been disasters for our constitution. Every one.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 08:22 AM (+Tpk4) 109
I voted for a Congressman and Senators so I now absolve myself from anything other than bitching about what happens.
We the people are responsible. Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 08:22 AM (afJtY) 110
“80+% of American people want the end of so-called “birthright citizenship”.
Left unspoken, in a Democracy importing an illegal electorate is treason. American citizens aren’t allowed to vote on this. Ain’t it grand? The “government” is electing a new people, since apparently the ignorant hick rube mouth breathers out in flyover country aren’t down with the program. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 08:22 AM (wJccJ) 111
San Franpsycho
I have faith in your ability to handle large women. Now, gun-toting Internal Security KGB types is another matter. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ) 112
"Both are embarrassingly bereft of constitutional premise."
It's as if they had vertigo. From being in a sewer. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 01, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: Delurker at July 01, 2026 08:24 AM (2Drhq) 114
Administration officials say tighter eligibility verification and program integrity measures prevented about 2.9 million people from receiving subsidies they were not entitled to, while estimates of fraudulent enrollments have dropped from 5.6 million to 2.6 million.
There are at least 1 million Obamacare members with NO SSID. Posted by: r hennigantx at July 01, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur) 115
It starts by Trump telling universities no more Chinese visas for graduate programs. Univ of Illinois is now called little Beijing
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:24 AM (YCxFk) 116
You're soaking in it.
Posted by: Madge at July 01, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1) 117
I agree with you. Poor JD drew the short straw to try and explain or excuse Trump's stupid decision to take on Iran before the midterms. Whatever he says he has to tread lightly so as not to piss off Trump or other warmongers.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 01, 2026 08:04 AM (2noDb) Sure, my point was that Trump is a big poopyhead who should have waited until after the midterms, not caught the Iranian leadership all in one place, and had everyone pissing and moaning about how he attacked before the 2028 election. Everyone would forget their disappointment with Vance as quickly as they've forgotten their disgust with Rubio but for the fact that he's from Florida and, for some reason, that's an aphrodisiac for commenters here. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e) 118
The American system is a complex web of graft and blackmail - so I have no doubt that SC justices are being bribed and threatened. Nearly everyone in the ruling class is, every day.
That's just how the machine runs. But Barrett and Roberts did this for the same reason everyone in the ruling class does what they do - class loyalty. This isn't a decision that required any cajoling. Anchor babies are a key feature of the ruling class war against the subject classes. It would be treason to undermine that. No top man in good standing will go against it. Same with vote fraud. That's why I never considered the possibility of Congress just shrugging their shoulders and saying "well, I guess the hated subjects win this critical battle. Let's just surrender. We're passing SAVE. We shall put down our tabulators and rig elections no more." That's not how any of this works. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:26 AM (BI5O2) 119
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)
==== Ha! Your faith in me is sadly misplaced. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX) 120
You can thank the Federalist Society for both her and Roberts. It’s why Trump has said should he get another pick, they won’t be anywhere near that process.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 01, 2026 08:16 AM (+Tpk4) From what I've read, Trump initially wanted Barbara Lagoa from Florida. It was Pence and McConnell who pushed Barrett. Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 08:27 AM (fZiTB) 121
ACB is the biggest mistake Trump ever made.
Posted by: Delurker at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (2Drhq) I agree. -- Mike Pence Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 08:28 AM (x8PQF) 123
It starts by Trump telling universities no more Chinese visas for graduate programs. Univ of Illinois is now called little Beijing
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:24 AM (YCxFk) Why are they here? Are there no colleges in Red China? How many Americans go to college in Red China? Anyone want Moo Goo Gai Pan? Posted by: Questions at July 01, 2026 08:28 AM (K5H/e) 124
I really liked J.D., read his book, love his story. I was happy Trump picked him and happy to vote for him.
-- I read his book, too. I was very impressed with his success from his very humble upbringing. He grew up in a town just a few miles from where I'm from. I could relate to much of what he wrote about: his blue collar upbringing, the hopelessness that befell so many of those he knew, and it's what led him, against all odds, to succeed as he did in a most impressive way. Only the next couple of years will tell how his political path will unfold, but I do have a few cautions that are starting to bother me. The biggest being Schmucker Carlson. But we'll see... Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 08:29 AM (qBdHI) 125
This is a 6-3 court in our favor and we have people celebrating how "close" it was?
Optimism is fine, keeping the troops together is fine, but for the love of God don't piss on our heads and tell us it's a beautiful day. This is a disaster for every future possible case and it's only gonna get worse as we lose our two sanest arbiters. There is the sunny side and then there is willful blindness. The enemy is inside the gate and they are way more than just an idea. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:29 AM (J9Kpb) 126
97 ACB is the biggest mistake Trump ever made. Posted by: Delurker at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (2Drhq) Worse than Jeff Sessions? That mistake lost the effectiveness of his entire first term, if you’ve forgotten. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:29 AM (7wNAQ) 127
Tanned, rested and ready!
Posted by: Harriet Miers at July 01, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1) 128
Rumpled, plump and ugly, non-charming Chambers was right all along about the elegant and suave Alger Hiss.
——- They were, um … “friends” IYKWIMAITTYD. (Not that there is anything wrong with that!) Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 08:29 AM (wJccJ) 129
I respectfully dissent.
As I said, elsewhere, Mr. Thomas I disrespectfully dissent! I don't think they deserve any respect whatsoever for ignoring the clear written text combined with the words of those who wrote and passed the 14th Amendment. I am also astounded the War of 1812 wasn't addressed, it seems. It was directly due to a nation (Britain) asserting that those in America were still subject to British authority because they had been born on what was once British soil. Posted by: GWB at July 01, 2026 08:30 AM (kU0PQ) 130
I agree. -- Mike Pence
-- At least Pence was only a transitory mistake. We're stuck with ACB until she goes to her great reward in heaven. Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 08:30 AM (qBdHI) 131
ACB (female) has been generally awful, but don’t forget, Roberts (male) has been even worse and for a longer period of time…. Both are adoptive parents but that doesn’t mean adoption is bad.
I think these two are a product of higher academia (Notre Dame and Harvard). Both bastions of leftism and hatred of America… and they both apparently have a personality trait of wanting to be liked above all else. Less about gender and more about weakness of core convictions As much as I hate abortion it’d be better for the country if they’d left Roe alone and got this one right…. Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 08:30 AM (D2O3S) 132
Been playing music, but electrical guys came today and getting loud urban 'music'with the usual profanity
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 08:31 AM (sgkY8) 133
@126 Yup, add in Barr and Wray and Trump's first term was controlled by the Russia gate BS and Epstein crap.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 08:32 AM (dcxJn) 134
Morning all
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 08:33 AM (4Agqc) 135
Moorpark Protester Loay Alnaji Sentenced For 2023 Killing of Opposing Protester Paul Kessler
By Andrew Gillies June 30, 2026 12:25 pm Published June 30, 2026 12:49 pm VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji, a Moorpark man facing charges related to the death of opposing protester Paul Kessler, was sentenced to one year in Ventura County Jail and two years of felony probation this week. ==== "He dented my megaphone with his joo head! Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX) 136
The thing about Rubio and/or Vance is that they're familiar with Trump's vision for the country. That they might have their own "spin" on it isn't (to me) all that relevant when they wax poetic about "stuff."
Some people take every word spoken by either of them literally. They're politicians. Nothing they say is what they're really thinking. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 08:33 AM (jehhT) 137
Please let Alito/Thomas name his replacement, whenever the day come we.
Posted by: shenanigans at July 01, 2026 08:34 AM (ZDltW) 138
At least Pence was only a transitory mistake. We're stuck with ACB until she goes to her great reward in heaven.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2026 08:30 AM (qBdHI) But boy did he stick the knife in when it counted. When he thought it was the coup de grace on America as we knew it. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:34 AM (J9Kpb) 139
ACB is the biggest mistake Trump ever made.
Posted by: Delurker at July 01, 2026 08:14 AM (2Drhq) Worse than Jeff Sessions? That mistake lost the effectiveness of his entire first term, if you’ve forgotten. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:29 AM (7wNAQ) Yeah, but Barrett is there for the next 40 years. Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 08:35 AM (xA5g+) 140
Where’s Whig or one of our other parliamentarians? Didn’t Nixon get one of his picks shot down? Clifford Hainesworth or something like that.
It used to be almost automatic that presidents had their nominees confirmed. In recent years it has turned into a dumpster fire on bath salts. The left is now trying to argue that packing the Court with more associate justices is really about unpacking the Court. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 08:35 AM (wJccJ) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ) 142
The World Is Becoming Increasingly Divided By Fertility
https://shorturl.at/k4KqX These Countries Are Building The Most Small Modular Nuclear Reactors https://shorturl.at/2r5RB Zerohedge - from Visual Capitalist Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 01, 2026 08:35 AM (R+iUD) 143
136 The thing about Rubio and/or Vance is that they're familiar with Trump's vision for the country. That they might have their own "spin" on it isn't (to me) all that relevant when they wax poetic about "stuff."
I agree and think that with either man we have the elusive "talks/acts liberal but swings hard right in office" possibility. JD in particular will calm down the old biddies but I don't think he's going to govern boomer-left. either way the Millennials - particularly those with children - are FINALLY seemingly wising up Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 08:35 AM (j+aD2) 144
ACB is the biggest mistake Trump ever made.
Posted by: Delurker Worse than Jeff Sessions? That mistake lost the effectiveness of his entire first term, if you’ve forgotten. Posted by: Tom Servo Yes. Amy Boney Carrot is still fucking us LONG after Sessions is gone. And will continue to screw us for years to come. The damage she can inflict for the next 30 years is incalculable. Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 08:36 AM (4Agqc) 145
No excuse for Barrett. Her inadequacies were quite obvious to anybody who looked. Zero trial experience. No impressive teaching or writing work. Her few public interviews were weak tea. On the other hand, Raymond Kethledge, a finalist for the position twice, has sterling conservative credentials and a top-level intellect (author of a book on leadership). Also a finalist was Barbara Lagoa from Florida, with a far more impressive conservative record than Barrett.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 08:37 AM (fZiTB) 146
91> American citizenship devalued to simple commodity.
What is the draw to serve in the military now? An illegal alien or Chinese tourist scores full access rights to America's dwindling bounty then moments later joins the Grievance Army screaming "WE BUILT THIS PLACE" having only the tick/tock of a clock's time here so that they can claim more of the public treasury for themselves. Yet Heritage Americans are expected to fight and die to please the foreign policy ambitions and MIC money/influence pipeline in the name of "National Security" when such security is just open borders, open treasury, open colonization and open auctioning of the next grifting politician. Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 08:37 AM (U4c/V) 147
We need better GOP Senators.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ) ----- Might I suggest we hold hearings on the matter? Posted by: Weasel at July 01, 2026 08:38 AM (6tnon) 148
rickb223
Add Roberts to the list, and the 3 lockstep idiotic Leftist Justices. Maybe just the unlearned one first. If we had a reliable Senate, we could pack the Court with Thomas-like clones. And there would be much rejoicing. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ) 149
Sessions was a weird thing.
What I noticed, one, he was a long time conservative firebrand. He always sounded good. And notably he was among the first if not the very first to voice his support for then potential candidate Donald J. Trump. Remember that? I thought he was gonna kick ass and take names. Finally. Get an AG with some cajones. Can’t hardly throw a rock in D.C. without hitting somebody who belongs in prison. And then … he recused himself. Is he even still alive?? Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 08:39 AM (wJccJ) Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 08:40 AM (4Agqc) 151
Worse than Jeff Sessions? That mistake lost the effectiveness of his entire first term, if you’ve forgotten.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:29 AM (7wNAQ) Aw shucks! I always though my soft Southern delivery and cornpone charm had everybody fooled that I was not an Alabammy Hillbilly Asshole. Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Alabama Hillbilly at July 01, 2026 08:40 AM (K5H/e) 152
Everyone would forget their disappointment with Vance as quickly as they've forgotten their disgust with Rubio but for the fact that he's from Florida and, for some reason, that's an aphrodisiac for commenters here.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e) I believe everyone knows that Vance is just doing what he’s told to do, and has little choice in the matter. But it’s easier to openly criticize him than to criticize the one giving the orders. Be that as it may, it’s quite obvious that the MOU talks Vance was heading have already collapsed completely, and no more are scheduled. Trump wants a nice quiet July 4th celebration with no distractions; but remember how Muslims love to launch big attacks on their enemies holidays? (Like October 7) Right now the US is tossing Iran a nice, slow pitch right across the middle of the plate. They see it, even if we don’t. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:40 AM (7wNAQ) 153
Weasel
Thank you for your inscription for my gift Deplorable Cookbook gift. It was very well received. Or so that widow says, as she turns walking with me into stalking me. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ) 154
147 We need better GOP Senators.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ) We need to scrap the 17th. Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 08:40 AM (fZiTB) 155
Amy was never, ever going to vote for anything that would hurt (even slightly, emotionally) her children.
that's just baked in the cake. to some degree, the Roe decision led us to this. yesterday I was contemplating the large number of my peers (and young boomers) who chose foreign adoption. I was almost one of them, but I'm too stubborn to give up even after years of IF treatment. and many would have adopted domestically but it was basically impossible. of say 20 families I know, ONE adopted domestically and it took them years. they tried to adopt their daughter's sibling later, and it never went through partly this is due to the Roe decision. families with primary or secondary IF, or those who "didn't want to burden the planet with more normal babies" or something - they basically had to adopt internationally. China was maybe the best option, but very hard and very pricy. Anyway. ACB went with Haiti, likely via the Church. The Roberts' did a whole thing for Mrs Roberts to sneak some Irish children out via South American (shady) because she was Irish American. For those of us paying out the nose for IF treatments, and for those who payed out the nose for adoptions, tough. Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 08:41 AM (j+aD2) 156
I assume Sessions was reminded by the powers that be that they knew there was a Sessions Jr out there that he had during an affair and they would publicize it if he didn't allow the Russiagate Hoax to continue...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm) Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 08:41 AM (YDjYy) 158
I don't not like Vance or Rubio. Insofar as they remain useful to Trump, fine, whatever, but I have no use for either of them in their own right.
They are career GOP politicians. They're part of the system I want to see permanently wrecked. Can't ever be trusted. Once he's out of the picture, either of these men will immediately seek to co-opt his movement and restore the status quo ante. But this is true of any Republican. As of January 2028, we go back to a controlled opposition cuck party machine - just wearing red hats, this time. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2) 159
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:21 AM (7wNAQ)
And should he put out a piece saying that all is lost? No reason to vote. Consider suicide. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e) 160
I think Vance and Rubio are both terrific, and will support both over broken glass against the Commies in 2028
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:42 AM (YCxFk) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 08:43 AM (u82oZ) 162
Sessions forte was immigration. He should have been the head of DHS and he would have had a different legacy.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 08:43 AM (afJtY) 163
Mornin’, All. Happy July.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 08:44 AM (77rzZ) 164
158. Say what? Vance was only elected in 2022 to his first office, and served his country in Middle East. How is that a career pol?
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:44 AM (YCxFk) 165
Young women in modern America are told by the FNM that fertility isn't an issue and they can have kids easily until 40 at least.
I saw a Whatever podcast where one guest presented the numbers on fertility decline - starting at 28 for most women - and none of the female guests would believe it. It turned out some 40 year old female celeb had just had a healthy child and so they all argued that meant they could as well. Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm) 166
Today Is International Chicken Wing Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 08:45 AM (NpAcC) 167
164 158. Say what? Vance was only elected in 2022 to his first office, and served his country in Middle East. How is that a career pol?
lol Jonah that was my reaction too! let them wallow I like JD and I like Marco. I'd prefer Ron maybe but either way. All good. Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 08:45 AM (j+aD2) 168
I need an answer to a question. Does birth right citizenship entitle the person-when they are 18-to vote? I am really perplexed by this decision of the court.
Posted by: . Chillin the most at July 01, 2026 08:45 AM (Sv8TC) 169
I shall shenan, then I shall shenanigan.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 08:40 ### *pointing* The doah is that way. Posted by: The Blue Ridge Mountains at July 01, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1) 170
Would R's let any true conservative past the Senate now? I have strong doubts.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (J9Kpb) 171
It turned out some 40 year old female celeb had just had a healthy child and so they all argued that meant they could as well
yep that burned Gen X bad. we all got married too late. you can have kids at 40 or even 50 IF you've been having them all along! if you try for the first time then, it's a long shot. Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (j+aD2) 172
James Ho of the Fifth circuit is next up. First asian on court, and a great conservative
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (YCxFk) 173
They're politicians. Nothing they say is what they're really thinking.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 08:33 AM (jehhT) Word. It's all advertising. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e) 174
Does birth right citizenship entitle the person-when they are 18-to vote?/i]
Yes. They still have to register to vote, but blue states have made that so easy people that don't exist do it all the time... Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm) 175
Sessions decided to recuse himself because he once brushed sleeves with a Russian diplomat at a DC cocktail party. Pathetic preemptive surrender, but he sure proved his "ethical" standards!
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (fZiTB) 176
need an answer to a question. Does birth right citizenship entitle the person-when they are 18-to vote? I am really perplexed by this decision of the court.
Posted by: . Chillin the most at July 01, 2026 08:45 AM (Sv8TC) Yes it confers them every advantage of citizenship because they are a citizen. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:47 AM (J9Kpb) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR) 178
Have to remember Tom Tillis wants to be a lobbyist and needs to be on good standing with Senate Conservatives to do that after he retires. He will not 86 a Trump Scotus pick
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:47 AM (YCxFk) 179
Desantis is great Orchid. Wish his public speaking was better, but would support him big also
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:49 AM (YCxFk) 180
Ideally society would encourage people to find a spouse and start having kids shortly after HS but it does the opposite of this, pointing people to college and partying until at least 30 and career focus after that.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm) 181
yep that burned Gen X bad. we all got married too late.
you can have kids at 40 or even 50 IF you've been having them all along! if you try for the first time then, it's a long shot. Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (j+aD2) My then-wife had our first at 35. We were younger than a huge percentage of our peers who were having their firsts. On the upside, we were exponentially more financially stable. On the downside, having kids is for the young. We still FELT young then, of course... Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 08:49 AM (xA5g+) 182
The Marxist takeover of the Dems has spread from NY and Cali to Colorado. The 15 term Dem Congress critter DeGette was beaten by a 29 yr old Dem Socialist. Theater kids for the win!
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 08:50 AM (dcxJn) 183
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)
One could argue we don't have to go "back", it never left. Trump came along and showed Republicans how to win. And how to do it by simply assenting to and acting on what their own voters had been asking for, and what they'd been promising, for 50 years. They said "nah bro we good". But they still want you to donate. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:51 AM (J9Kpb) 184
171 Would R's let any true conservative past the Senate now? I have strong doubts.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (J9Kpb) ----- R's should pick a Black conservative to get hearings easily. Dude. That only works for Democrats. Remember Clarence Thomas? Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 08:51 AM (W/5JY) 185
Non doom scenario. Republicans pick up 5 in the House and two in the Senate . Legislation then has a different complexion.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 08:51 AM (afJtY) 186
The 15 term Dem Congress critter DeGette was beaten by a 29 yr old Dem Socialist"
Oh noes. What will we do? Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR) 187
"It turned out some 40 year old female celeb had just had a healthy child and so they all argued that meant they could as well."
+++ Because you can spend so many fulfilling years in a nondescript cubicle serving me! Posted by: The Soulless Corporation at July 01, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1) 188
On the downside, having kids is for the young. We still FELT young then, of course...
Drinking all night and getting up for work the next day is way easier in your early 20s then it is after that. But the same is true with dealing with a baby that keeps you up all night Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm) 189
yep that burned Gen X bad. we all got married too late.
you can have kids at 40 or even 50 IF you've been having them all along! if you try for the first time then, it's a long shot. Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 01, 2026 08:46 AM (j+aD2) We had our first when I was 35…. If I had to do it all over again I’d have kids much younger… say mid-20s…. Better to be battling teenagers in your late 30s early 40s than 10+ years after that. Energy naturally wanes…. Plus, would love to see how my kids are faring into their 50s but realistically probably not…. Which is kinda sad Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (YetvJ) 190
Fall of 2020, Covid, Ginsberg passes. Goober Graham saying we should wait until January to replace. Murkowski and Collins saying the same. We had no choice but Barrett, nor did Trump. Only pro lifer that they GOP moderates would vote for. Is what it is
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (YCxFk) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR) 192
At this point it appears the senate is an active force of opposition to Trump.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (fZiTB) 193
I might have different feelings about the birthright situation if the kid squeezed out here had to remain in the country until they turned 21.
Rather than have the parent(s) spirit them back to wherever... then send them back here to be a nuisance. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT) Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (4Agqc) 195
And Romney was still in Senate too
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:53 AM (YCxFk) 196
180 Desantis is great Orchid. Wish his public speaking was better, but would support him big also
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:49 AM (YCxFk) --- The opposite of Newsom in so many ways. I really think he could be a great president Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 08:53 AM (W/5JY) 197
Dems did it to biden too. Sinema and Manchin stopped the negation of the Filibuster, which saved America's ass
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:54 AM (YCxFk) Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:54 AM (RIvkX) 199
I got spoiled by Trump. There probably won’t be another like him in my lifetime… come to think of it I got to see both Reagan and Trump!
Rubio Vance DeSantis would all be great. But none of them are Trump Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 08:54 AM (YetvJ) 200
Have a family and kids or don't or cannot but scrounging the globe for children just to have kids because you can afford it is insane.
Clown World. Posted by: Bozo The Clown at July 01, 2026 08:54 AM (K5H/e) 201
158 I don't not like Vance or Rubio. Insofar as they remain useful to Trump, fine, whatever, but I have no use for either of them in their own right.
They are career GOP politicians. They're part of the system I want to see permanently wrecked. Can't ever be trusted. Once he's out of the picture, either of these men will immediately seek to co-opt his movement and restore the status quo ante. But this is true of any Republican. As of January 2028, we go back to a controlled opposition cuck party machine - just wearing red hats, this time. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2) ********** We are now fighting communists and to save the Republic from them. If we get one of them across the finish line in 2028 or both if they're on the same ticket, we have a chance of replacing more Supreme Court justices. If we lose the Democrat party will pack the court with communists. The 3 Democrat justices we have will be considered too right wing compared to what the left is going to put forward. Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC) 202
Worse than Jeff Sessions? That mistake lost the effectiveness of his entire first term, if you’ve forgotten.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:29 AM (7wNAQ) Sessions was the willing trigger man that started the whole shit show. Not Comey. Sessions. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 08:55 AM (NrrBq) 203
@109
>>I voted for a Congressman and Senators so I now absolve myself from anything other than bitching about what happens. We the people are responsible. What can one do besides that? We've seen what happens when we take to the streets, infiltration, subjugation and imprisonment on faggot ass shit like, parading. When things eventually break, they will break bad and the people that have foisted these grotesqueries on us will rue the day. Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 08:55 AM (XV/Pl) 204
177> Voting and birth right citizenship
How does that work with Chinese birth tourism? So the anchor baby returns to China and after 18 years states like Colorado will let the new voter participate in elections. In which district? And where do the jury duty summons originate and get sent? I submit that Chinese birth tourists have superior rights to Heritage US citizens. First, they don't have to pay US income taxes, they get to enjoy full voting rights with absolutely none of the duties, and at any time make claims to whatever residual benefits that will remain once the world has plundered us into penury. Posted by: Community Notes at July 01, 2026 08:55 AM (xE0sV) 205
180 Desantis is great Orchid. Wish his public speaking was better, but would support him big also
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:49 AM (YCxFk) I like DeSantis a lot; but to run a national campaign you’ve got to be a great campaigner, and he just isn’t. He would do well as a high level appointee in the future. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:55 AM (7wNAQ) 206
If only Roberts and Barrett were as scared of conservatives as they are of the Left and their ground troops.
Posted by: smelting at July 01, 2026 08:55 AM (7iM56) 207
Communist candidates lost big in the IL Dem primaries also, media not talking about that
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:56 AM (YCxFk) 208
Today is also International Joke Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC) 209
Posted by: The Blue Ridge Mountains "
Shenandoah River... Posted by: man Life is old there... Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM And yet my lyrics refer to "the wide Missouri." Posted by: Oh Shenandoah at July 01, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1) 210
Sometimes I think Congress resents the fact that there is an executive branch, with a President
back in the olden times, the Continental Congress was top dog Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:57 AM (cVN12) 211
Roberts is the problem. Christmas day if that sleazebag retired.
Someday Roberts will retire under a Dem like Souter Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:57 AM (YCxFk) 212
Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)
You're not wrong but the "you HAVE to vote for people you think will betray you to stop the communists" only seems to work one way. Then as soon as someone came along who was actually on our side, the "thoughtful Republicans" in the party said outright: "nope time to vote for communists". Should give anybody pause. And should make the argument moot. Because an argument that only works one way is no argument at all. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 08:58 AM (J9Kpb) 213
205. Agree Tom
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:58 AM (YCxFk) 214
Does birth right citizenship entitle the person-when they are 18-to vote? I am really perplexed by this decision of the court.
Posted by: . Chillin the most at July 01, 2026 08:45 AM (Sv8TC) Now, what if Chynah takes all those magic-dirt citizens and starts marrying them to other magic-dirt citizens? A child of two citizens is a citizen even if they were born outside the US and never set foot on the magic-dirt. Pretty soon, Chynah conquers the US without a shot being fired. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e) 215
192 At this point it appears the senate is an active force of opposition to Trump. Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (fZiTB) They always have been. After Cornyn and Cassidy lost, they realized there’s no point in pretending any differently any more. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 08:58 AM (7wNAQ) 216
@ModernityNews
· 1h Outgoing UK PM “Proud To Have The GAYEST Parliament Of All Time Anywhere In The World” “I don’t think there is any Parliament that is gayer than this Parliament.” Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:59 AM (cVN12) 217
@193
>>I might have different feelings about the birthright situation if the kid squeezed out here had to remain in the country until they turned 21. Per John Roberts ridiculous ruling, a Portuguese woman on a trip to the US to see the world cup, pops out a kid during intermission, that kid is an American Citizen. It's preposterous at every level of analysis. But here we are, living in clown world with clowns dressed in black robes. Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 08:59 AM (XV/Pl) 218
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 08:54 AM (RIvkX)
They wear that as a badge of honor and can't wait to do the same to you. No matter what they "say". Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:00 AM (J9Kpb) 219
199. Well Said Linus. Trump and Reagan were warriors who fought back. Gipper had to deal with a Dem House his whole span too.
After Romney and McCain, we wanted a fighter to go after the Dem Viet Cong Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 09:00 AM (YCxFk) 220
Desantis is great Orchid. Wish his public speaking was better, but would support him big also
Posted by: Jonah at July 01, 2026 08:49 AM (YCxFk) While I have reservations about DeSantis - stemming from the fact that he's never had a job outside of government and has broken his word in the past - I would support him in a general election but not in the primary. Of course, I don't think he'd ever get to the general election because he has no personality and, sadly, that matters more than it should. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR) 222
I used to have a different nic, hear , hear.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 09:01 AM (afJtY) Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm) 224
Have a great day, everyone.
May you all support American Exceptionalism, not the Deep State. I must get a cunning plan. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ) 225
Younger than the mountains…
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ) 226
> Pretty soon, Chynah conquers the US without a shot being fired.
---------- In some respects, they already have. They outright own much of FedGov. Our national infrastructure. And so on... Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 09:02 AM (jehhT) 227
Rather than have the parent(s) spirit them back to wherever... then send them back here to be a nuisance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT) They don't have to send them back. They can vote for Chynah friendly policies from the comfort of their gulag. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 09:02 AM (ExV1e) 228
Posted by: The Blue Ridge Mountains "
Shenandoah River... Posted by: man Life is old there... Posted by: rickb223 I don't get it. Posted by: This Is Not A Sports Song at July 01, 2026 09:02 AM (Trl6K) 229
Where China ended up being smarter then the Soviets is that ideology doesn't matter as much as $$$
I don't think your average Chinese stooge in DC really cares for Chinese style national socialism. They care for the $$$ that they get though and really its just a small change to how they'd otherwise vote right? Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:03 AM (sKqQm) Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR) 231
DeSantis demonstrated his impoverished judgment when he bet against Trump at a time when it was both temporally asynchronous and politically dunderheaded.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:04 AM (J9Kpb) 232
Sometimes I think Congress resents the fact that there is an executive branch, with a President
back in the olden times, the Continental Congress was top dog Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 08:57 AM (cVN12) If that were true, they'd stop passing bills that say that the executive branch gets to decide what they mean. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 09:05 AM (dcxJn) Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:05 AM (X8xt3) 235
I don't get it.
Posted by: This Is Not A Sports Song " Fall Saturdays in Morgantown, West Virginia disagree... Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 09:05 AM (XuXeR) 236
Morn' all... I'm still bummed over yesterday's debacle...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh) 237
>>Have a great day, everyone.
May you all support American Exceptionalism, not the Deep State. Thanks, you, too! Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:06 AM (X8xt3) 238
My wife and I are looking to move to West Virginia.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ) 239
I saw a Whatever podcast where one guest presented the numbers on fertility decline - starting at 28 for most women - and none of the female guests would believe it. It turned out some 40 year old female celeb had just had a healthy child and so they all argued that meant they could as well.
--- Girl Math: This rare exception proves the statistical average is wrong. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 09:07 AM (3cUTc) Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:07 AM (J9Kpb) 241
DeSantis demonstrated his impoverished judgment when he bet against Trump at a time when it was both temporally asynchronous and politically dunderheaded.
Why would you hold it against him that he threw his hat in the ring and ran a fairly positive campaign? Had the Dems assassinated Trump or managed to jail him that would have left DeSantis the heir apparent instead of Haley which I think would have been a good thing Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm) 242
I like how this guy thinks!
@chriswithans If you're a U.S. citizen and you're living abroad, you have to file taxes on your income. Doesn't matter where it's from. And if you want exclusions or credits, you still have to file. (This is the #1 reason why departing Americans renounce their citizenship.) The IRS should be mining foreign countries looking for "anchor babies" and other citizens who aren't filing. Instead of obsessing about whether your grandma reported her Etsy knitting earnings, they should be focused on this. And then you can give them a choice: renounce your citizenship or pay back taxes on everything you owed, including penalties. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:08 AM (X8xt3) 243
My wife and I are looking to move to West Virginia."
There are some absolutely lovely areas. Transportation can be challenging in spots, tho... Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR) 244
Sessions decided to recuse himself because he once brushed sleeves with a Russian diplomat at a DC cocktail party. Pathetic preemptive surrender, but he sure proved his "ethical" standards!
--- Before there was suicidal empathy, Republicans had perfected suicidal congeniality. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 09:10 AM (3cUTc) 245
At the border, if a pregnancy test is refused, then State should issue a visa for the presumed fetus for temporary visitation rights to the US. After the visa expires, the fetus or child can then be deported. Heh heh.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at July 01, 2026 09:10 AM (KpyH1) Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:10 AM (X8xt3) 247
Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde. Posted by: Inogame at July 01, 2026 09:10 AM (53oGX) 248
@241
>>Why would you hold it against him that he threw his hat in the ring and ran a fairly positive campaign? People have to come to terms with the fact that DeSantis just does not have that thing that would allow him to be President. He just doesn't. Unless something disastrous happens, the ticket will be Vance and Rubio. Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 09:11 AM (XV/Pl) 249
Had the Dems assassinated Trump or managed to jail him that would have left DeSantis the heir apparent instead of Haley which I think would have been a good thing
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm) DeSantis somewhat mysteriously dropped out, leaving Haley with the delegates when Trump was shot. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:11 AM (J9Kpb) 250
>>The 15 term Dem Congress critter DeGette was beaten by a 29 yr old Dem Socialist"
Oh, F#CK! Ethiopian Socialist who is as abrasive as Omar and Tlaib. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:12 AM (X8xt3) 251
The 15 term Dem Congress critter DeGette was beaten by a 29 yr old Dem Socialist"
--- Turning their mockery upon them: The Face-Eating Leopard Party finds the leopard eating their face. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 09:12 AM (3cUTc) 252
@chriswithans
If you're a U.S. citizen and you're living abroad, you have to file taxes on your income. Doesn't matter where it's from. And if you want exclusions or credits, you still have to file. (This is the #1 reason why departing Americans renounce their citizenship.) The IRS should be mining foreign countries looking for "anchor babies" and other citizens who aren't filing. Instead of obsessing about whether your grandma reported her Etsy knitting earnings, they should be focused on this. And then you can give them a choice: renounce your citizenship or pay back taxes on everything you owed, including penalties. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:08 AM (X8xt3) Hmmm. That's actually a pretty good idea. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 01, 2026 09:13 AM (IZsO+) 253
> My wife and I are looking to move to West Virginia.
--------- Eastern WV is a lot different from Western WV. Same for North and South. I used to live, and still own a house, in far West WV near the Ohio River. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 09:13 AM (jehhT) 254
Lets encourage birth tourism among Afrikaners.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 01, 2026 09:15 AM (rJ48h) 255
They always have been. After Cornyn and Cassidy lost, they realized there’s no point in pretending any differently any more.
-- You should see Cornyn on X now. He is everything he was accused of but conservative. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 09:15 AM (3cUTc) 256
@250 Lizzy, yup. I just saw her victory speech . Oligarchy, we aren't waiting , as well as every other socialist platitude. The volume was turned up to 11
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 09:15 AM (dcxJn) 257
What’s with the leopard eating the face thing? Where does that come from?
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ) 258
Interesting backstory behind how the John Denver classic song came to be.
https://tinyurl.com/yuj4yczr Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 01, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1) 259
The most delegates I mean. He still retained 3rd place I believe.
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:16 AM (J9Kpb) 260
Congress is lazy and corrupt. In particular, the senate. They have been aloof in their duties, snobbish in their attitudes and indolent in their work ethic. That apathy and sloth has cost us dearly, as senators have valued their own arrogant, cavalier pronouncements over the work they should be doing for the people. All of our problems and failures are largely based on their inability to act and function on behalf of the republic instead of themselves.
They need a good throat punch. All of them. Posted by: Marcus T at July 01, 2026 09:17 AM (zvo7E) 261
Headline over at Liberty Daily-
MTG: Actually, Trump Is the Traitor Who Works on Behalf of a Foreign Country, Israel https://tinyurl.com/s5wme2h4 Posted by: redridinghood at July 01, 2026 09:17 AM (NpAcC) 262
I still think that ACB is a 1.
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:17 AM (77rzZ) 263
>>Turning their mockery upon them:
The Face-Eating Leopard Party finds the leopard eating their face. It will be entertaining to see where DeGette goes next. She is NEVER in Colorado. All of her townhalls with constituents are done by phone/Zoom, for many years (long before Covid). She went to DC and hubby stayed home in CO to raise the kids, IIRC. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:17 AM (X8xt3) 264
Eastern WV is a lot different from Western WV. Same for North and South."
Indeed. Mrs was born in Morgantown, and we still own property not far from Charleston.. barely 3 hours' drive apart, but very different. Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 09:17 AM (XuXeR) 265
The IRS should be mining foreign countries looking for "anchor babies" and other citizens who aren't filing. Instead of obsessing about whether your grandma reported her Etsy knitting earnings, they should be focused on this.”
California, Colorado and the rest of the Dem party are already scouring the world for ‘anchor babies” that don’t vote. They say “you don’t have to worry about figuring out who to vote for, we’ll do it for you! We’ll even pay you for it!” Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 09:17 AM (7wNAQ) 266
"Leopards eating faces" is a popular political and social metaphor used to describe people who vote for or support harmful, oppressive policies, but then act completely shocked and regretful when those same policies negatively affect them personally.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:18 AM (sKqQm) 267
Marjorie Trailer Queen.
Posted by: I just like to type that at July 01, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1) 268
Bernie is looking out for you.
Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders Europe is suffering through its worst heat wave in recorded history. This week, 3 dozen U.S. states will likely see record-breaking temperatures. No, Mr. Trump. Climate change is not a “hoax.” We must stop fossil fuel industry greed and save the planet. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 09:18 AM (ndZc7) 269
If lefties believe what they say about global warming the ONLY solution at this point would be to nuke China.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm) 270
@257
>>What’s with the leopard eating the face thing? Where does that come from? I think it's a corruption of, Weasel's Ripped My Flesh. Tim Cahill had a book, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh. So a thing eating your face off is not a stretch. Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 09:20 AM (XV/Pl) 271
J.J. ended his editorial with this:
So, at what point do we take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them? Or do we doom ourselves forever to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune unto death? ------ I think we've got two years to figure that out. There's no guarantee Vance or Rubio or whomever will win in '28. Or that they're prepared to face it rather than let it happen. With the nominal left reeling a bit right now I'd say some soul searching might be necessary soon. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 09:20 AM (jehhT) 272
The application to live here requires you list the length of your left leg and the length of your right leg.
Posted by: The State of West Virginia at July 01, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1) 273
The BBC explains it all.
The BBC has issued an official explanation on why it has failed to cover our rape gang inquiry. 'Complex choices' are made for editorial and practical reasons. These choices 'should not be taken as indicative of bias.' Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 09:21 AM (ndZc7) 274
>>I just saw her victory speech . Oligarchy, we aren't waiting , as well as every other socialist platitude. The volume was turned up to 11
She is BAD: @DSA_Watch 🚨 Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros, running against Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, told 9NEWS in an interview with Kyle Clark @KyleClark she was happy to see the tech company Palantir leave Colorado Kiros said she would also be happy if defense contractor Lockheed Martin leaves Colorado. Lockheed employs roughly 15,000 Coloradans and contributes to defending American lives. video clip: https://tinyurl.com/2htxcn4b Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3) 275
You should see Cornyn on X now.
He is everything he was accused of but conservative. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 09:15 AM (3cUTc) I’ve been watching him. It’s really amazing how people act when they feel they finally don’t have to pretend anymore. He now works hard every day to prove that everything that Paxton and Texas conservatives said about him was true. Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 09:21 AM (7wNAQ) 276
The application to live here requires you list the length of your left leg and the length of your right leg.
Posted by: The State of West Virginia " You left out the brother/ sister/cousin relationship chart Posted by: man at July 01, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR) 277
>> @chriswithans
This is the kind of thinking that causes you to win and crush the opposition. Stop whining about a Supreme Court intent on limiting and undermining the Bill of Rights. Accept that’s what they do and operate with that thinking. I see they accepted cert on the rifle ban cases. We should all be concerned given the past months ruling. But we should get ahead of that, because the liberals and their Marxist foot soldiers already have. It’s up to us to save our democratic republic, not a bunch of Supreme Court wieners and social justice hacks. We need to beat them at their own game and use it like a club. Repeatedly. Posted by: Marcus T at July 01, 2026 09:22 AM (zvo7E) 278
What’s with the leopard eating the face thing? Where does that come from?
--- IDK, it's some stupid shit the left came up with to mock conservatives. I'm not even sure of an example, except that they were basically saying the policies conservatives were voting for were hurting conservative and "ha ha, you stupids didn't think that through." Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 09:23 AM (3cUTc) 279
Everyone born in the US is an American citizen!!! You cannot change that by diktat!
Posted by: Sid at July 01, 2026 09:25 AM (0qg6L) 280
@chriswithans
If you're a U.S. citizen and you're living abroad, you have to file taxes on your income. Doesn't matter where it's from. Posted by: Lizzy I think there's a minimum income that is observed, no? It used to be like $95k. Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2026 09:25 AM (diia5) 281
>>What’s with the leopard eating the face thing? Where does that come from?
From Know Your Memes: Leopards Eating People's Faces Party refers to a parody of regretful voters who vote for cruel and unjust policies (and politicians) and are then surprised when their own lives become worse as a result. ... On October 16th, 2015, Twitter user @cavalorn[1] tweeted, "'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party." The tweet gained over 58,000 retweets and 92,000 likes over the following five years (shown below). Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:25 AM (X8xt3) 282
She's got better things to do than worry about a bunch of dead kids.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal tells the parents of those murdered by illegal aliens that she has better things to do: "Unfortunately this hearing is the 4th time in this committee that we’ve had a hearing on sanctuary cities... There's many other things that we could be doing.” Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 09:25 AM (ndZc7) 283
>We need to beat them at their own game and use it like a club. Repeatedly.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 01, 2026 09:22 AM (zvo7E) ----- so, we beat them with clubs I'm in. Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 09:25 AM (cVN12) 284
The Leopard eating face thing was a meme originating on the Babylon Bee a few months ago. “Woman who voted for the Leopards eat my Face Party shocked to find Leopard eating her face.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 09:25 AM (7wNAQ) 285
>>I think there's a minimum income that is observed, no? It used to be like $95k.
Maybe it needs to be lowered?! Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3) 286
One example of how Trump is one of a kind: after that nonsense birthright citizenship ruling yesterday, his tweet (or truth… whatever) congratulating Xi on his big win
The guy never stops fighting Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 09:26 AM (YetvJ) 287
67 NPR Retracts False Story Saying Justice Alito Was Retiring: ‘Erroneously Published’
All Breaking NEws stories are 51% lies. Posted by: r hennigantx ----------- And the rest simply aren't true.. or something like that that Mark Twain said. Posted by: NALNAMSAM at July 01, 2026 09:27 AM (VkY89) 288
287 67 NPR Retracts False Story Saying Justice Alito Was Retiring: ‘Erroneously Published’
Wishful thinking... Posted by: AI local 123 at July 01, 2026 09:27 AM (FtULh) 289
Why would you hold it against him that he threw his hat in the ring and ran a fairly positive campaign?
1. When asked if he would run for the Presidency, DeSantis stated that he would not run against Trump. 2. Trump announced that he was running. 3. Then DeSantis announced that he was running. That's why. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e) 290
So the Commie won in Co ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2026 09:29 AM (FtULh) 291
The only thing that I have ever been confidently able to say "both sides" are right about is -
"The other side is voting against their own interests." The only thing we all agree on that we are all correct about. The principal problem is there has long been no way to vote FOR your own interests. Even the hardest core commie is voting against their own interests by voting for hardcore communists because they are voting for people that want to get rich and kill you. Then again so is everyone else.... Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:29 AM (J9Kpb) 292
Winning!
British prime minister: "I don't think there is any parliament that is gayer than this parliament." Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7) 293
Noodus gratia artis
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ) 294
ART NOOD
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 09:31 AM (sgkY8) 295
"The other side is voting against their own interests."
When an FSA member votes for the candidate offering Free Shit are they voting against their interests? In a theoretical sense sure, the economy suffers overall from free shit. But in a practical immediate sense they are voting for their interests - they want free shit and the Dem they vote for gives it to them Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:32 AM (sKqQm) 296
Why would you hold it against him that he threw his hat in the ring and ran a fairly positive campaign?
1. When asked if he would run for the Presidency, DeSantis stated that he would not run against Trump. 2. Trump announced that he was running. 3. Then DeSantis announced that he was running. That's why. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e) Dude thought he could swoop in and take over MAGA when government weaponization was at its highest and it was apparent that the goal was to imprison Trump or disqualify him from POTUS ballot. With friends like that . . . . Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:33 AM (dK+Kv) 297
Global Warming is BACK
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:33 AM (J9Kpb) 298
The immigration statutes give the President full control over who comes into this country and for how long.
Easy fix to birth tourism, anchor babies, etc.: Don't let the prospective parents into the country in the first place. Maybe I'm missing something. Ayn Rand was right. Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 01, 2026 09:33 AM (9X60i) 299
Shouldn't the birthright citizen kerfuffle consider the sailing vessel from distant shores that you arrived on? Was it a sailing ship, schooner, bark, snow, brigantine, ketch, pinnace, sloop, or shallop; where did it come from? We should only process immigrants that land in our ports after sailing the seas.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 09:34 AM (fkjGs) 300
"The other side is voting against their own interests."
When an FSA member votes for the candidate offering Free Shit are they voting against their interests? In a theoretical sense sure, the economy suffers overall from free shit. But in a practical immediate sense they are voting for their interests - they want free shit and the Dem they vote for gives it to them Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:32 AM (sKqQm) Yeah, there is a very shallow political and economic calculus going on there with that set. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 09:34 AM (dK+Kv) 301
>>"The other side is voting against their own interests."
>>When an FSA member votes for the candidate offering Free Shit are they voting against their interests? Better example? When you vote for open borders and then have your car stolen by TdA. When you vote for no cash bail and then your local Walgreens and Stop n Shop close because the shoplifting is too common. Posted by: Lizzy at July 01, 2026 09:36 AM (X8xt3) 302
When an FSA member votes for the candidate offering Free Shit are they voting against their interests?
In a theoretical sense sure, the economy suffers overall from free shit. But in a practical immediate sense they are voting for their interests - they want free shit and the Dem they vote for gives it to them Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 09:32 AM (sKqQm) They get the commensurate rise in crime, government theft, somali drivers, inflation, etc so yes. In general every single voter is voting against himself. Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 09:39 AM (J9Kpb) 303
Estoy de parto, ¡rápido! Llévenme al aeropuerto.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 01, 2026 09:40 AM (2ap+5) 304
Florida woman claims cocaine found in her butt after arrest must’ve been from ‘intimate encounter’
Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2026 09:52 AM (RHGPo) 305
'Morning, all, and thanks, J.J.
Above, "School choice is crucial to the American Dream—we need a new birth of freedom." What, to the Black Student, is the Fourth of July? Here in Pennsylvania we have something known as PSEA-PACE. It supports friends of education in state and local elections. It appears that during recent campaign finance cycles, direct political donations from PSEA-PACE to local state representatives included $74,000 in active campaign receipts to secure a reliable, pro-public union vote in the core of one township. In the same township, but another district thereof, the state representative's campaign committee cleared over $1.4 million in total donation with PSEA & aligned statewide public labor coalitions acting as dominant institutional anchors. My state representative, sitting at the center of two school district boundary lines, is a primary recipient of PSEA endorsement & direct PAC capital, keeping his legislative record tightly aligned with the union's opposition to corporate tax credits or school voucher programs. Note: Every one of the three noted above are "Democrats." Cont'd - Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 01, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v) 306
Mostly importantly, Black reps. take just like the White reps & White kids are screwed just like the Black kids in many school districts where the taxes are highest in the state.
Check your own state. If reliably Blue, and you're not wealthy or "friends" of teachers' union affiliated, your area is likely screwed, too, when it comes to school choice and/or the opportunity to have kids receive equal opportunity in education. Speaking of unions - The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national and local staff are unionized with the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild. They've been since 2017! The Metro DC DSA covers Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, and several Maryland counties, with over 3,400 local members. The primary Maryland branches actively fight for rent control, tenant organizing, tax justice, progressive governance, yada yada. It works. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is a major U.S. labor union that has increasingly aligned itself with progressive politics, democratic socialism, and anti-corporate campaigns. Its members actively participate in left-leaning movements and socialist coalitions. Bernie's people. ✊🏻 Good day 🤗 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 01, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v) 307
The writer of "What the American Right Can Learn from France" explains the current state of the Disney phenomenon but does not acknowledge Walt Disney's original vision. Early Disney celebrated our unique American history and the things that made our country great. You can see Walt's love and optimism in the things he created. It wasn't until after his death that Disney became all about the licensed characters.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 01, 2026 09:53 AM (pAWWf) 308
“Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the majority in striking down President Trump’s executive order but wrote separately in partial dissent. He concluded the order conflicted with existing federal law, not that it was unconstitutional. In his opinion, he also outlined a framework for addressing concerns surrounding birthright citizenship through legislation, making clear that any path to lasting change would likely require an act of Congress.”
Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2026 09:55 AM (RHGPo) 309
Can't give women blood and urine tests at the border or via TSA. How ya going to know who's pregnant and how far along so they're not giving birth in the country? (Lots of first timers can go up to the day of birth w/o looking obviously pregnant.)
How will the US stop business flights flying even obviously pregnant women into the country for conferences, business deals, legal matters, etc. You don't think that's a trick of some nations & their well heeled? Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 01, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v) 310
Trump can only blame himself (once again) for shooting himself in the foot by nominating and promoting Amy "Commie" Barrett to the Supreme Court.
The other is Bush II's doggie turd that he left to curse us through posterity. $Billions of Obama Care fraud anyone? Thanks, Honorable Chief Justice Roberts! Posted by: kurtz at July 01, 2026 10:30 AM (DyJK2) 311
I refuse to accept your nattering nabobitivity of negativism, Señor Sefton.
Posted by: Max K at July 01, 2026 10:34 AM (WAUGm) 312
Millions dead, billions of dollars in economic value lost.
Will China Ever Be Held Accountable for COVID-19? Remember that China ALSO (power of AND) allowed flights OUT of the country and banned flights INTO the country...in essence, making sure the rest of the world got COVID good and hard while at the same time trying to halt the spread inside China. Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2026 11:14 AM (l3cgK) 313
All your citizens are mine.
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Hopefully on time today. Good morning!
Posted by: meh at July 01, 2026 04:33 AM (zZxsY) 2
G'Day everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0) 3
w00t
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE) 4
Happy July 1st, Pixy!
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE) 5
Mornin'
Speaking of which, Henrico County in Virginia is asking schools to open the blinds and turn off the lights to save electricity. (404 Media) (archive site) Henrico County has 37 datacenters and is constructing 17 more right now. It's ok. CIA Barbie and her merry band of Marxists/Islamists will take care of it!! Yea, we're screwed. I'm going for a walk. BBL Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 04:36 AM (sAmhv) 6
I'm not seeing the digital world getting any better. I'm just seeing chaos.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 01, 2026 04:41 AM (fkjGs) 7
Electric Six Lyrics "Danger! High Voltage" Fire in the disco Fire in the taco bell Fire in the disco Fire in the gates of hell Catchy! Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 04:42 AM (6wpGE) Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:43 AM (Ia/+0) 9
Breakfast sounded good, Skip!
444 Made easy French Toast with Thomas's Swirl Bread and strawberries on top, quite filled up. Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:14 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 04:56 AM (Yl2Ob) Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:01 AM (XJ22o) 12
the author of this tweet (from 2022?) is re-upping it in response to someone's discussion of typos:
Benjamin Ryan V @benryanwriter Replying to @JLimHospMD This is misinformation about #monkeypox. The outbreak is occurring almost entirely among men who have sex with me. Public health experts agree that sexual contact is the principle driver of transmission and have asserted that risk to kids remains "very low*. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 05:01 AM (6wpGE) 13
Good night from the West Coast!
Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 05:03 AM (Sy6m/) 14
And I had such a nice experience at the senior car center yesterday I had a Bible study on Ephesians ( which I enjoyed ) and then the Activities Director had invited me and several volunteers who do all kinds of programs there to a late luncheon, I finished up about half an hour
Too early so I walked around the building which is nicely landscaped As I turned a corner in the back I saw two spotted fawns eating grass. When the saw me they took off running in various directions. They are so funny -The way they dash off and jump. And it was very kind of the Activities Director to give us a luncheon and little gift bags as well Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 05:05 AM (Yl2Ob) 15
Belated BOING!
Shopping done! Soon lunchtime with Mrs. BD. Maybe l8r. I'm completely surrounded by no decent whiskey! Will order online. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 05:08 AM (x8PQF) 16
Couple who has been married for 80 years shares how they did that. Such a nice, thoughtful Christian couple
https://tinyurl.com/bkv73esa Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 05:09 AM (Yl2Ob) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 05:11 AM (6wpGE) 18
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at July 01, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw) 19
Plenty of Morons saw this coming:
Open Source Intel @Osint613 Saudi Arabia first blocked U.S. use of its bases and airspace for Project Freedom, Trump's operation to keep the waterway open, halting the mission. The White House threatened to withhold missile-defense interceptors until Riyadh reversed course. It did. The rift has strained ties, with Washington now weighing a reduced military footprint in the kingdom in favor of Israel and Jordan. Source: WSJ Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 01, 2026 05:15 AM (x8PQF) 20
So many data centers. So little useful data.
Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2026 05:15 AM (0e5Te) 21
the author of this tweet (from 2022?) is re-upping it in response to someone's discussion of typos: Posted by: m =============== Dear Sir or Madman, Please find attached my resume for the above-referenced position... Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:16 AM (XJ22o) 22
Plenty of Morons saw this coming: Posted by: Biden's Dog ============= Why in the hell would Saudi Arabia do this? They don't even like the Iranians. And they have neeq-nafsak money relative to other Arab nations. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:20 AM (XJ22o) 23
Welp, I'm talky to myself. Off to bed. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:21 AM (XJ22o) 24
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 01, 2026 05:21 AM (Hbeqj) 25
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the author of this tweet (from 2022?) is re-upping it in response to someone's discussion of typos: Posted by: m =============== Dear Sir or Madman, Please find attached my resume for the above-referenced position... Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 05:16 AM (XJ22o) heh Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE) 26
NPP >>>>>> Notepad
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 01, 2026 05:33 AM (967/Q) 27
Saudi’s have the Yemen backed Houthi on one coast and the Chinese backed Iran on the other. Oman is hooked up with Iran, too. SA will make a deal with them.
The Bosphorus to the Ganges should be glassed. Posted by: Accomack at July 01, 2026 05:34 AM (8jVAy) 28
I really do like NPP. My favorite part is that it cashes whatever I have in unsaved tabs so I can just close it and open it right back with stuff still there. Great for scratch notes.
Posted by: meh at July 01, 2026 05:34 AM (kK7U2) 29
SA is a peninsula but they don’t control their ocean access. Their failure to control Yemen and Oman will be their downfall.
Posted by: Accomack at July 01, 2026 05:35 AM (8jVAy) 30
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Somewhere in the mid 70s here at Stately Poppins Manor, with temperatures headed to the mid 90s.
I'm trying to knock off a couple of chapters of my book before the heat really kicks in. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 05:36 AM (qRla/) 31
Caches? Words are hard.
Posted by: meh at July 01, 2026 05:37 AM (kK7U2) 32
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Plenty of Morons saw this coming: Posted by: Biden's Dog ============= Why in the hell would Saudi Arabia do this? They don't even like the Iranians. And they have neeq-nafsak money relative to other Arab nations. Posted by: Blonde Morticia Because they're Arabs. It's what they do. I'm not sure we have actual allies anymore. We have 'who is useful', until they aren't. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 05:38 AM (sAmhv) 33
27 Saudi’s have the Yemen backed Houthi on one coast and the Chinese backed Iran on the other. Oman is hooked up with Iran, too. SA will make a deal with them.
The Bosphorus to the Ganges should be glassed. Posted by: Accomack at July 01, 2026 05:34 AM (8jVAy) I entered into a google search box: bosporus to ganges route (the same way you might enter into a google search box: chicago to new york city route--and have google cough up a map and distances given for different modes of transportation) and it didn't work. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 05:39 AM (6wpGE) 34
Accomack at July 01, 2026 05:34 AM (8jVAy)
The Saudis live there. They have to consider what happens if Trump declares "victory" and withdraws or if Democrats win big in the mid-terms and force withdraw, or the GOPe align with Democrats and force withdraw, or the Israelis get tired of being Trump's yo-yo and the coalition falls apart... Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 01, 2026 05:39 AM (6BjcW) 35
BBC is out to get PDT
(top story) Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office US Supreme Court has dealt heavy defeats to Trump, while expanding his power (2 of 7 front-page stories) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 05:48 AM (6wpGE) 36
Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers! It's Woden's Day, the start of a new month, and the midpoint of the year, all in one swell foop!
Rain chances are higher today, and I need to go shopping for new khakis. The pair I've been wearing at home for some years, and patched during the Sniffle Scare, have finally reached the end of their useful life. Banana Republic and the Gap each have factory stores in the same shopping center with a J. Crew and an Old Navy. Convenient, if annoying that they're not closer to me. With any luck I'll find what I need in the first store. ("Old Navy"? Hmph. Just try buying an vintage bridge coat or pea jacket there.) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9) 37
BBC dutifully ignoring their own faltering island. They're simply yelling 'SQUIRREL' but with a dull, Oxford, English accent.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 05:51 AM (sAmhv) 38
Mafe it, barely
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 05:52 AM (sgkY8) 39
Nice story about a dad, his mustang ( car ) and his family. Good News network site:
https://tinyurl.com/32meewkp Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 05:56 AM (RKlIw) 40
All the establishment press hates Trump, but aside from jingoistic posts on Truth Social, he seems quite content to let them control the message.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 01, 2026 05:58 AM (6BjcW) 41
UK Prime Minister details (BBC):
A contest for a new leader of the Labour party is expected to begin next month. [July] The winner will then become the next prime minister because the Labour Party is the biggest political party in parliament. Mr Starmer said he will ask the Labour Party's National Executive Committee that nominations for the party's new leader open on 9 July. He said this will be completed before the summer break, which is a week later, on 16 July. In the case of a leadership contest, this will mean that a new leader would be in place by the time parliament returns from its summer break on 1 September. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 05:58 AM (6wpGE) Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2026 05:58 AM (VyBeY) 43
38 Mafe it, barely
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 05:52 AM (sgkY Trying to make a pun on that typo. Not coming up with anything. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 06:00 AM (6wpGE) 44
I guess maybe:
(Mafe) I'm gonna live forever I'm gonna learn how to fly (High) I feel it coming together People will see me and cry (Mafe) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 06:01 AM (6wpGE) 45
Nope. I'm going to eschew politics and its attendant squabbles today. May you have a blessed day!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 06:01 AM (Yl2Ob) 46
G'mornin' everyone!
sun's not up yet, already 74 degrees. yech. Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2026 *** Sounds great compared to the stinking wind from Hell that I'm facing this a.m. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9) 47
37 BBC dutifully ignoring their own faltering island. They're simply yelling 'SQUIRREL' but with a dull, Oxford, English accent.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 05:51 AM (sAmhv) "squhl"? Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE) 48
Last night we watched the 1944 classic Mr. Skeffington with Bette Davis and Claude Rains. Wit and style in black-and-white, a tremendous performance from Bette as she ages from age 25 to 50, Claude's usual sharp delivery, and a strong supporting cast. Marjorie Riordan plays Bette's adult daughter -- and she looked so much like Debra Winger would look forty years later that I was positive they were related. Alas, IMDb says no.
The actor who embodied "Teddy," the Brewster brother who is "building the Panama Canal" in his basement, in Arsenic and Old Lace that same year turns in an effective performance too. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9) 49
In fact I picked up several classics from my local library. All Through the Night w/ Bogart (apparently a "gangsters vs. Gestapo" story with some welcome humor) from '42, and two Cary Grant vehicles on the same disc, My Favorite Wife and Night and Day.
I tried to find something more recent among their DVDs that appealed to me. I really did. But so much of it looked desperately grim, or silly. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9) 50
Wolfus, have you ever seen The Last Hurrah with Spencer Tracy? Either that or Barbara Stanwyck in Lady of Burlesque might be entertaining.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 06:16 AM (qRla/) 51
In fact I picked up several classics from my local library. All Through the Night w/ Bogart (apparently a "gangsters vs. Gestapo" story with some welcome humor) from '42, and two Cary Grant vehicles on the same disc, My Favorite Wife and Night and Day.
I tried to find something more recent among their DVDs that appealed to me. I really did. But so much of it looked desperately grim, or silly. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere "My Favorite Wife" is one of my favorites. Cary Grant and Irene Dunn were a good team on screen. They're also funny in "The Awful Truth". Posted by: Tuna at July 01, 2026 06:17 AM (lJ0H4) 52
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, dogs taken care of, coffee prepared. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian logging in journal references, this time from Dalton Transactions. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 06:19 AM (O0L8i) Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 06:20 AM (afJtY) Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 06:21 AM (sAmhv) 55
Wolfus, have you ever seen The Last Hurrah with Spencer Tracy? Either that or Barbara Stanwyck in Lady of Burlesque might be entertaining.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 *** I'll look to see if they have those! And Tuna, yes, Cary Grant & Irene Dunne were also fantastic in another (dramatic) dimension in Penny Serenade. That film has the finest dramatic work I've ever seen from Grant -- not that he was ever bad. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9) 56
Good morning! The prime objective for today's hop is to
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 01, 2026 06:25 AM (3Ope8) 57
Wolfus, have you ever seen The Last Hurrah with Spencer Tracy? The book, by Edwin O'Connor, is super excellent. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 06:25 AM (O0L8i) 58
Couple who has been married for 80 years shares how they did that. Separate bathrooms, my dear boy, separate bathrooms. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 06:30 AM (O0L8i) 59
eh, as I typed that I was thinking "probably worse where Wolfus is"
now we're getting some rain, woohoo! Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 01, 2026 06:32 AM (VyBeY) 60
mornin yall. It turns out that the man who died of a heart attack in Alabama while trying to dispose of the body of his girlfriend is from Macon. Strangely, his name contains no "Q", or even a "travious".
Posted by: The people on the upper floors at July 01, 2026 06:35 AM (MWfyi) 61
Oh darn, off executive sock.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 06:35 AM (MWfyi) 62
I want to purchase an inexpensive Blu ray player. Any suggestions?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 06:20 AM (afJtY) I bought this one recently: https://tinyurl.com/37bhfw4z Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 06:37 AM (qRla/) 63
"want to purchase an inexpensive Blu ray player. Any suggestions?
Posted by: Ben Had" Amazon has them for $100 or so but I would buy from BH Photo first. $89 for a Panasonic. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 06:39 AM (MWfyi) 64
Morning peeps. Finished mowing the yard yesterday. The "heat index" was 117F. We had several days of rain late last week and into Saturday... almost 7 inches. The ground is saturated, causing morning fog and high humidity during the day. However, the pool's nice.
Pity those Euro-wienies. Do they even have pools? Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 06:41 AM (jehhT) 65
Barack Obama still dilating on slavery as the 250th nears. It never ends.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 01, 2026 06:41 AM (fZiTB) 66
MP 4, thank you. I was gifted a complation of "Thin Man" movies and it is blu ray so I'm looking for the cheapest possible player. I have a large DVD selection and this is the only blu ray.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 06:41 AM (afJtY) Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 06:42 AM (cVN12) 68
"Speaking of which, Henrico County in Virginia is asking schools to open the blinds and turn off the lights to save electricity. (404 Media) (archive site)
Henrico County has 37 datacenters and is constructing 17 more right now." - - - - - - - - I've a suspicion that the electricity usage is more leaning towards HVAC - cooling down the schools. And letting the sunlight in, with all its waves of radation, is the #1 cause of heat generation in the schools (and the world, for that matter). Especially if, being good little serfs, they moved to CFLs, then to LED lighting, which is supposed to use less energy. On the plus side, LEDs do generate less heat. Posted by: G. Quagmire at July 01, 2026 06:43 AM (4h45B) 69
You're welcome, Ben Had. I'm a fumble-fingers, so I looked for the simplest player I could find and this was it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 06:44 AM (qRla/) 70
Ben Had, I bet you could get a good working one on eBay for less than $50.
Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 06:45 AM (MWfyi) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 06:46 AM (u82oZ) 72
fd, Walmart supposedly has one for around $ 35 if they have it in stock. I checked the pawn shop but they were higher than brand new.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 06:47 AM (afJtY) 73
54 47: Heh!
Going to be around 100 for the rest of the week. Yay. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 06:21 AM (sAmhv) A friend who lives in/near DC emailed me yesterday to report those same woes. Stay cool! Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 06:48 AM (6wpGE) 74
Posted by: The people on the upper floors at July 01, 2026 06:35 AM (MWfyi)
61 Oh darn, off executive sock. Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 06:35 AM (MWfyi) It's a kind of timeless sock, fd! Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 06:49 AM (6wpGE) 75
Good morning. Gonna be 96 here. Stay cool, cats 'n' kittens.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 01, 2026 06:52 AM (kpS4V) 76
Hadrian the Seventh
Was Chem Abstracts not complete enough that you had to go to individual journals? Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 06:53 AM (u82oZ) Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 01, 2026 06:53 AM (fqYPV) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 06:54 AM (6wpGE) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 06:55 AM (u82oZ) 80
Going to be around 100 for the rest of the week. Yay.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 06:21 AM (sAmhv) A friend who lives in/near DC emailed me yesterday to report those same woes. Stay cool! Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 06:48 AM (6wpGE) That's probably going to keep visitors away, which will delight the Dems. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 06:55 AM (qRla/) 81
Good morning morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 06:55 AM (RIvkX) 82
Look for a Phillips Blu-Ray player at Walmart.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 01, 2026 06:56 AM (qFwJc) 83
65 Barack Obama still dilating on slavery as the 250th nears. It never ends.
Posted by: Ordinary American It goes on. It goes on, America. The grift... the grift... is not... over! Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 06:56 AM (sAmhv) 84
79 Hillary Clinton
Hi there, Ms. Ambition >>> Ability. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 06:55 AM (u82oZ) Ms. Bitchiness >>> Believability. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 06:56 AM (6wpGE) Posted by: The Ballots at July 01, 2026 06:57 AM (LOZbR) 86
m
We need Wesley Crusher to note the 23° axial tilt, and the Earth's rotation around the sun. It is summer. Could have been worse this year, but the Sun is sliding down from it's cyclical solar maximum. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ) 87
I'm working right through the 4th, in a very cold room, so I'll be cool enough. I wear a jacket in that office. I sleep during the day, or I'll try to. My condo is ancient and the AC here is sketchy at best. It keeps things not sweltering, which will do.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 06:59 AM (sAmhv) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ) Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 06:59 AM (RIvkX) 90
They're going to have fireworks on the National Mall on the 4th, and you can watch them here!
https://tinyurl.com/pkw89dhd https://www.earthcam.com Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:01 AM (6wpGE) 91
That "TinyRetroPad" app is interesting as a concept - try to shrink the size while still being a full-fledged Windows app. But apparently it uses some sort of compression software, "Crinkler" (also a project on GitHub), to obtain that shrunken size in the EXE file. And there's warnings that Windows Defender complains about both; naturally, since compression is a type of obfuscation that malware usually does (the competent ones, anyways).
I'm also reminded of a recent surge in web malware from "AdShield". It tries to get around various adware blocks, AND the JavaScript that invokes it is a mess of obsfucated code that tries to add together strings of unicode values and then EXECs them. Just like malware. If you happen to have Dev Tools open to the Networking tab, it goes crazy sending messages to "HTML-LOAD" and similar servers, like it was the rest of the world pouring over the US borders during the Biden Empire. Posted by: G. Quagmire at July 01, 2026 07:03 AM (4h45B) 92
m
Used to go every year. One time I took my camera. Great fireworks. I was in the center of the Mall, and most pictures had the Washington Monument block the bursts. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:03 AM (u82oZ) 93
on the earthcam.com DC website:
Thanks to EarthCam's partnership with the National Park Service, anyone can experience Washington, D.C., from the top of the Monument. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:03 AM (6wpGE) 94
fd, Walmart supposedly has one for around $ 35 if they have it in stock. I checked the pawn shop but they were higher than brand new.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 06:47 AM (afJtY) Be careful with their ONN crap. Had a regular dvd player. Watched Bullitt. Replaced when no longer working with ONN player because $25. Wouldn't play Bullitt: no files. Correct area. Had trouble with a balky mouse freezing for no reason. It was ONN. Thought the HD was too full or RAM was high use. Nope. Replaced ONN mouse with Logitech: no problems since. Not gonna buy ONN stuff again. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 07:04 AM (1Ff7Z) 95
92 m
Used to go every year. One time I took my camera. Great fireworks. I was in the center of the Mall, and most pictures had the Washington Monument block the bursts. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:03 AM (u82oZ) cool Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:06 AM (6wpGE) 96
m
For the 2000 fireworks, The scaffolding on the Washington Monument was a staging area for fireworks. Bill Clinton was President for the Party December 31st 2000 in the US Mall. Any astronomer knows this party was a year early. 6 Jumbotron were installed down the Reflecting Pool. I was with my abundantly-provided black girlfriend at the end of the Reflecting Pool. Secret Service screening broke down by that time. President Clinton was late. He had with him Sophia Loren and Lix Taylor, both without a lot of torso coverage on a cool night. He gave a forgettable speech. The fireworks went off close to me on the Washington Monument repair scaffolding. For only 20 minutes. Then the official party left, and there were more fireworks from a badge on the Potomac. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:07 AM (u82oZ) 97
7:07am and 75 degrees in DC according to webcam
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:07 AM (6wpGE) 98
I like hearing morons co plain about the heat it makes the perpetual fog and cold a little more bearable. High 67 today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX) 99
Was Chem Abstracts not complete enough that you had to go to individual journals? Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 06:53 AM (u82oZ) How do I access CA? How do I get the records displayed? Going through STN? Elon Musk couldn't finance that. No, it's a long, long plodding search with Google Scholar and the databases from the publishers. I've gotten the citations from ACS, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer and a couple of others. The Royal Society of Chemistry is the last one I'm going to go through. Then, whenever that's all done, I have to organize them all by keywords, which will have to be generated. And after that, I actually have to get them to read them. And there's going to be close to 8500 of them. And that's just the journal articles. There's also patents, though that will be a one-day search. Even limiting them to US, EP and PCT, there will be an equivalent number. I feel like Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion. https://tinyurl.com/mvp3etxx Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 07:09 AM (O0L8i) 100
100
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:09 AM (6wpGE) 101
Liz Taylor.
At the White House afterparty that time, my Secret Service friend told me Liz was on one side of Bill Clinton, and Sophia Loren was on the other. Bill stared down Sophia's dress, while ignoring Liz. Liz called him out on that. But I don't know the rest of the story. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:09 AM (u82oZ) 102
98 I like hearing morons co plain
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX) Co plaining here, boss. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:10 AM (6wpGE) 103
I like hearing morons co plain about the heat it makes the perpetual fog and cold a little more bearable. High 67 today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX) The East Bay is probably warmer, if you want to commiserate with them. Not even expected to be 100 here in Parts Unknown. Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 07:10 AM (1Ff7Z) 104
Hadrian the Seventh
Yikes! So STN tightened up private access. I had an account through my failed startup. Was a tax item. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:12 AM (u82oZ) 105
We may have a chance of seeing fireworks despite the fog this year, they are firing them off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:13 AM (RIvkX) Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ) 107
DC (Bethesda) forecast: July 1 = 98 F, July 2 = 103 F, July 3 = 103F, July 4 = 100F.
Boy are there going to be a lot of medical rescues. Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 01, 2026 07:15 AM (S8cdb) 108
I recall going down to the Mall for fireworks on the 4th several times. I know once, it rained really hard and people struggled with their soaking wet blankets to get to the Metro stations. It was quite the sight. Mud everywhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 07:15 AM (jehhT) 109
Bill stared down Sophia's dress, while ignoring Liz. Liz called him out on that.
Loren has a reputation as a notorious flirt. She almost broke up Peter Sellers' marriage. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 07:15 AM (qRla/) 110
The East Bay is probably warmer, if you want to commiserate with them. Not even expected to be 100 here in Parts Unknown.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2026 07:10 AM (1Ff7Z) ===== Anywhere outside San Francisco, Daly City, or Pacifica will have a more typical high-desert climate. Coming home from working in Marin you drive into a wall of fog 30 degrees colder. Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:17 AM (RIvkX) 111
Flear and Co plain is all we do.
Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 07:17 AM (Gqar8) 112
109 Bill stared down Sophia's dress, while ignoring Liz. Liz called him out on that.
Loren has a reputation as a notorious flirt. She almost broke up Peter Sellers' marriage. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 07:15 AM (qRla/) My favorite sex goddess. So real and authentic. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 07:18 AM (Gqar8) 113
91 AND the JavaScript that invokes it is a mess of obsfucated code
Posted by: G. Quagmire at July 01, 2026 07:03 AM (4h45B) If "obsfuc(k)ated" isn't an intentional typo, it is nonetheless a great one. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:19 AM (6wpGE) 114
Yes, but how many of you have fire smoke in your weather forecast
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:19 AM (cVN12) 115
And the pitiful thing is that after all this time and effort, it still won't be comprehensive, either on the patent or the non-patent side. Then, assuming I live long enough to see it published, academic assholes will disparage it as long, prolix and dull. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 07:19 AM (O0L8i) 116
112 109 Bill stared down Sophia's dress, while ignoring Liz. Liz called him out on that.
Loren has a reputation as a notorious flirt. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 07:15 AM (qRla/) My favorite sex goddess. So real and authentic. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 07:18 AM (Gqar Is that: the one on the left is named "real" and the one on the right is named "authentic"? Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:21 AM (6wpGE) 117
Yes, but how many of you have fire smoke in your weather forecast Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 07:19 AM (cVN12) We had Saharan dust in ours. Does that count? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 07:21 AM (O0L8i) 118
116 112 109 Bill stared down Sophia's dress, while ignoring Liz. Liz called him out on that.
Loren has a reputation as a notorious flirt. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 01, 2026 07:15 AM (qRla/) My favorite sex goddess. So real and authentic. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 07:18 AM (Gqar Is that: the one on the left is named "real" and the one on the right is named "authentic"? Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:21 AM (6wpGE) No!! Well - yeah, kinda, I guess. Posted by: tubal at July 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Gqar8) 119
Weather, that never ending complaint about to hot, to cold. We haven't broken any heat records yet this summer, although the media is screaming at me about not going outdoors or something. Record highs go back to 1901 as being the worst. Those damn SUV's back in old days, sure put out a lots of bad gases.
Posted by: colin at July 01, 2026 07:24 AM (CiQE7) 120
This UN Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng was mentioned on the blog a day or so ago.
Here is a little video calling her to account. https://youtu.be/93tnr1LVA4Y Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX) 121
colin
I saw a picture of a Texas town in summer in the 19th Century. The horses looked like they wanted water, but the DeLorean coupe was doing just fine. Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ) 122
Does the National Mall have a Saks store?
Posted by: Bimbo blonde influencer at July 01, 2026 07:29 AM (J4Dwc) 123
Nood JJ.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 07:29 AM (NcvvS) 124
J.J. had landed on runway 270.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 01, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ) 125
G Skill's new ultra low latency 32GB memory kits cost just $1100.
Thanks, but no. This. (Mornin' all.) Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 01, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW) 126
Mom always said, "Stop co plaining or I'll give you something to really co plain about!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX) 127
126 Mom always said, "Stop co plaining or I'll give you something to really co plain about!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 01, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX) Mom Franpsycho! Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 07:47 AM (6wpGE) Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - June 30, 2026 [Doof]Photo credit - RedMindBlueState Imagine being a leftist and hating all of this patriotism. First up the Sphere in Las Vegas
A two-fer from Hoover Dam
Check out this awesome train
Super cool photo from more than 100 years ago ![]()
----- I missed this when I was a kid. Or it's AI. I dunno. But it's funny!
Tonight's ONT brought to you by change of month ![]() Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:00 PM (1Ff7Z) 2
not first
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 30, 2026 10:00 PM (THY4u) 3
Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:00 PM (9KCLn) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:01 PM (O0L8i) 5
Sh*t on time and everything.
Posted by: Case at June 30, 2026 10:01 PM (IY9No) 6
You just *waited* for me to comment so you could Willow me, didn't you Mr. Doof.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 10:01 PM (R+iUD) 7
*massive C major chord*
Doooooooof! Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:01 PM (O0L8i) That last "o" sounded a bit sharp Posted by: Doof at June 30, 2026 10:02 PM (QMAsf) 8
Yay, ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 30, 2026 10:03 PM (+9wcF) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i) 10
...FIFA requires World Cup matches to be played on natural grass.
Ok, THIS is one area in which I will concede superiority to the Euros. Turf is of Stan. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (R+iUD) 11
I love that last photo!
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (KC5Lt) 12
Hey, Doof. Thank you for addressing me by my real first name at the NoVa MoMe.
You truly are a class act. Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX) 14
You just *waited* for me to comment so you could Willow me, didn't you Mr. Doof.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 10:01 PM (R+iUD) Not guilty. But now I need to try that some time! Posted by: Doof at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (QMAsf) 15
You can't see the display on the dam from the top. I think that shot was from either a helo or from the Pat Tillman Bridge.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z) 16
Betty Rubble was better looking than Wilma Flintstone. Just saying.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (qFwJc) 17
Talarico looks like a guy who has a court order to stay 100 yards from a school.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i) ----- Better make it 1000 yards. Just to be safe. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (gnNyN) 18
9 Talarico looks like a guy who has a court order to stay 100 yards from a school.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Talarico is leading among women and Hispanics in Texas. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE) 19
Betty Rubble was better looking than Wilma Flintstone. Just saying.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (qFwJc) ---- "I'd go with Betty. But I'd be thinking about Wilma." Posted by: The Cat from Red Dwarf at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM (gnNyN) 20
Betty Rubble was better looking than Wilma Flintstone. Just saying.
But Wilma was a redhead. How many little boy's souls did she steal through the TV? Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM (+9wcF) 21
"Good evening good people."
False premise. There are no good people. Kind of like "why do bad things happen to good people?" Posted by: Zombie John Calvin at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM (qFwJc) 22
>>> 18 9 Talarico looks like a guy who has a court order to stay 100 yards from a school.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Talarico is leading among women and Hispanics in Texas. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE) Was Robert O'Rourke leading among women and Hispanics in Texas? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM (R+iUD) Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM (XuXeR) 24
Hey, Doof. Thank you for addressing me by my real first name at the NoVa MoMe.
You truly are a class act. Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ) Once in a while I can be classy. Don't let that get out! Posted by: Doof at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf) 25
Had our Security Team pistol quals today - only two NDs and one bad slide bite amongst the group. I'm the youngest guy there. Look, I understand you were a badass when you rode with the Rough Riders but really?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM (9KCLn) 26
NFL players ain't happy the stadiums allowed the field change but not for them.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (KC5Lt) 27
Many thanks for the ONT Doof. It is a good attempt to cheer the good folks after today's devastating SC decision. I would love to join in the cheers, and try to be positive, but I cannot help thinking--
The United States of America - 1776 - 2026. Rest in Peace. You were our final hope. Sorry everyone. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (CHHv1) 28
Good evening! We made our last walk in between thunderstorms. This dog will not go in his yard, because according to Shiba Rule 3.1.3 subsection g, that is entirely too close to the house where you do not go potty. Ever. So we have to walk down to the corner, and across the street.
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA) 29
Betty Rubble was better looking than Wilma Flintstone. Just saying.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (qFwJc) Pebbles was a hottie Posted by: Joe Biden at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf) 30
Looks like St. Cyril's to me, James."
It's for your eyes only... Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM (XuXeR) Carole Bouquet was pretty good looking. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z) 31
16 Oh, great. Now the “Betty v, Wilma” wars are gonna start.
Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ) 32
Hey, Doof. Thank you for addressing me by my real first name at the NoVa MoMe.
You truly are a class act. Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ) ====== Clarence? Chad? Jehosephat? Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX) 33
There are two kinds of redheads. Ann-Margaret and Kathy Griffin.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:09 PM (qFwJc) 34
But Wilma was a redhead. How many little boy's souls did she steal through the TV?
Posted by: Blanco Basura I always wondered how I'd act if I was the Mastodon with my trunk stuck through the wall spraying water on a nekkid Wilma. Not really - I know what I'd be doing. Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:09 PM (9KCLn) 35
Ann Margrock
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (KC5Lt) 36
16 Betty Rubble was better looking than Wilma Flintstone. Just saying. Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (qFwJc) Please, no Rule 34. Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (7wNAQ) 37
The Big Dummy returns to Schloss Hadrian tomorrow after his month-long vacation in Ohio. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (O0L8i) 38
"North Coast groomers deliver drive up service"
Headline from an Oregon paper. Could be about dogs. Then again... Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (obVEo) 39
The United States of America - 1776 - 2026. Rest in Peace. You were our final hope.
Sorry everyone. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (CHHv1) Don't give up hope, BC. The Republicans will... ah, forget it. We're done. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z) 40
32 Hey, Doof. Thank you for addressing me by my real first name at the NoVa MoMe.
You truly are a class act. Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ) ====== Clarence? Chad? Jehosephat? Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX) Rumpelstiltskin Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (hftzA) Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:11 PM (9KCLn) 42
Good evening morons y gracias Disco.
I've seen so many Dead shows open with Shakedown Street. Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX) I considered a live version. The shortest one among the ones I saw was 12 minutes. No thanks. The 5 minute album version is already too long! Posted by: Doof at June 30, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf) 43
They are either beautiful or hideous.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:12 PM (qFwJc) 44
16 Betty Rubble was better looking than Wilma Flintstone. Just saying.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (qFwJc) I'm convinced that Cartoons and 60's 70's sitcoms gave us normal Men an inflated view of what kind of chicks we could marry. Betty and Wilma with those schlugs? Josie and the Pussycats? Mom Brady? Mrs. McMillan? Mrs. Ward (who looked good...)... The era was full of normal to substandard Men, who were the butt of most jokes, always having Hawty wives. Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj) 45
Clarence?
Chad? Jehosephat? Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX) Aloysius? Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z) 46
40 32 Hey, Doof. Thank you for addressing me by my real first name at the NoVa MoMe.
You truly are a class act. Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ) ====== Clarence? Chad? Jehosephat? Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX) Rumpelstiltskin Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (hftzA) BeetleJui..... not gonna say it! Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 10:13 PM (mP0Kj) 47
39 The United States of America - 1776 - 2026. Rest in Peace. You were our final hope.
Sorry everyone. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (CHHv1) Don't give up hope, BC. The Republicans will... ah, forget it. We're done. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM We are not done. We are going to fight for our country, we are going to be resourceful. We are Americans, dang it. We have soaring eagles. We have Bucc-ees. We have God. We are putting our faith in him over man. And we are going to make it. Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:13 PM (hftzA) 48
So did the Supreme Court define anywhere the US has jurisdiction to be MAGIC DIRT? Embassies, military installations, ships at sea, airplanes?
The MAGIC DIRT citizenship certainly cheapens what it means to be an American. We are no longer the home of the free, we're the home of the global free shit army. Posted by: Minuteman at June 30, 2026 10:13 PM (47/pr) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:14 PM (O0L8i) 50
Gee. You think we might have been brainwashed?
Nah. Forget about it. Seriously, would Herman Munster got Yvonne de Carlo? Hollywood fantasies. Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (qFwJc) 51
We are not done. We are going to fight for our country, we are going to be resourceful. We are Americans, dang it. We have soaring eagles. We have Bucc-ees. We have God. We are putting our faith in him over man. And we are going to make it.
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:13 PM (hftzA) True, but if we HAD to rely on the R party.... Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z) 52
Betty Rubble was better looking than Wilma Flintstone. Just saying.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (qFwJc) Not in the movie. Wilma was Elizabeth McGovern, Betty was Rosie friggin' O'Donnel. Yeesh. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (0aYVJ) 53
39 The United States of America - 1776 - 2026. Rest in Peace. You were our final hope.
Sorry everyone. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (CHHv1) Don't give up hope, BC. The Republicans will... ah, forget it. We're done. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z) On the eve of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from England... a war we fought to NOT be under English Law... the Supremes declared that English Law was more important than the laws we had already passed in this country. Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (mP0Kj) 54
Baseball fights are so lame. Like they're the last dance at the gay nightclub.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Except when Nolan Ryan is beating the shit out of you. Posted by: Robin Ventura at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (9KCLn) 55
The era was full of normal to substandard Men, who were the butt of most jokes, always having Hawty wives. Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj) ________ Steady on there, boyo. I'm a substandard man with a hot wife. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (O0L8i) 56
Talarico is leading among women and Hispanics in Texas.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE) I find it difficult to believe that Hispanics would vote for that Alfred E. Neumann looking mutant kiddy toucher. Posted by: Butch at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (98xTj) 57
We are not done. We are going to fight for our country, we are going to be resourceful. We are Americans, dang it. We have soaring eagles. We have Bucc-ees. We have God. We are putting our faith in him over man. And we are going to make it.
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:13 PM (hftzA) Ever the optimist, you are. Please don't lose that. Posted by: Doof at June 30, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf) Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ) 59
Except when Nolan Ryan is beating the shit out of you. Posted by: Robin Ventura at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (9KCLn) ____________ The exception that highlights the rule. I almost expect to see Buddy Bizarre in there. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i) 60
50 Gee. You think we might have been brainwashed?
Nah. Forget about it. Seriously, would Herman Munster got Yvonne de Carlo? Hollywood fantasies. Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (qFwJc) Carolyn Jones... BEST MORTICIA... Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (mP0Kj) 61
Baseball fights are so lame. Like they're the last dance at the gay nightclub.
If they were serious about it, they wouldn't toss the bat and helmet at the start. Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (vTZFs) 62
Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex - dam dino at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq) 63
The era was full of normal to substandard Men, who were the butt of most jokes, always having Hawty wives.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj) Like Kevin James and Leah Rimini? Like Jim Belushi and his wife character? Those old show tropes? The wife has always been better looking than the husband on most tv shows. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z) 64
True, but if we HAD to rely on the R party.... Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z We are going to make the R party stand for….(quick someone help me with an r word that is inspirational and reflects us taking it back) Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (hftzA) 65
The MAGIC DIRT citizenship certainly cheapens what it means to be an American. We are no longer the home of the free, we're the home of the global free shit army.
Posted by: Minuteman Birthright Bob strikes again. The requirement to become a US citizen are less that what is demanded when establishing residency in a US state. Old Hotness: Wet foot, Dry foot. New Hotness: Squat and Pop. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (obVEo) Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 10:19 PM (sAmhv) 67
Heh. Nobody knows that my first name is actually “Cuthbert.”
Wait…uh oh… Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ) That sounds... tinny. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z) 68
Steady on there, boyo. I'm a substandard man with a hot wife.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:15 PM (O0L8i) As am I. As my sons would, and do say, I was a reacher, she was a settler. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ) 69
Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex - dam dino at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq) Yo, Dino! Posted by: Doof at June 30, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf) 70
Today got off to a rousing start. I got an email from my discount cellular carrier giving me 24 hours notice that one of my services was being discontinued, its number will be lost, and by the way they are hoping to go into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, so my other service is imperiled.
Fortunately, the dead service only goes to my backup phone, so I have a bit of breathing room to get my main number transferred. This time, I'm making sure I have two different carriers, so if one goes belly up I'll have a backup on hand. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 30, 2026 10:19 PM (+wZeq) 71
The United States of America - 1776 - 2026. Rest in Peace. You were our final hope.
Sorry everyone. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (CHHv1) We've had much much worse happen and continued to be the best of the rest. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:20 PM (KC5Lt) 72
Nobody knows that my first name is actually “Cuthbert.” Wait…uh oh… Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ) __________ *snickers cruelly* Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:20 PM (O0L8i) 73
67 Heh. Nobody knows that my first name is actually “Cuthbert.”
Wait…uh oh… Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ) That sounds... tinny. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z) I know Cuthbert... Posted by: Mrs. McClintock at June 30, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj) 74
57 We are not done. We are going to fight for our country, we are going to be resourceful. We are Americans, dang it. We have soaring eagles. We have Bucc-ees. We have God. We are putting our faith in him over man. And we are going to make it.
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:13 PM (hftzA) Ever the optimist, you are. Please don't lose that. Posted by: Doof at June 30, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf) In the mean time, let’s all save our loose change to buy an island. We should have a lil back up plan. Just in case. Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:21 PM (hftzA) 75
I find it difficult to believe that Hispanics would vote for that Alfred E. Neumann looking mutant kiddy toucher.
Posted by: Butch This is from the NYT/Siena poll taken today. There's some time between now and November. I agree that Paxton can run this idjit's numbers down just by telling Tejanos that "Talarico" is not in fact his birth name, and that the Gospel of Thomas is not in fact in the New Testament. Women are going to be a harder sell, but mothers of daughters might appreciate his stance on trannies. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:21 PM (gKWVE) 76
We are going to make the R party stand for….(quick someone help me with an r word that is inspirational and reflects us taking it back)
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (hftzA) Restoration Posted by: Emmie at June 30, 2026 10:22 PM (pAWWf) 77
Looks like St. Cyril's to me, James."
It's for your eyes only... Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 10:06 PM Well spotted, gentlemen. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 10:23 PM (Wnv9h) 78
Has anyone found a source for cluebats - not solid steel baseball bats, but ones that work without someone getting arrested?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 10:23 PM (qx7Zg) 79
Are the Boomers here ready to admit that women have no place in government or are we still defending Pam Blondi and AOC—I mean, ACB?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 30, 2026 10:24 PM (l3YAf) 80
If two liberal ideals contradict themselves what happens? Buttered toast strapped to a cat or do they eventually blip out of existence?
Posted by: H at June 30, 2026 10:24 PM (w8ire) 81
We are not done. We are going to fight for our country, we are going to be resourceful. We are Americans, dang it. We have soaring eagles. We have Bucc-ees. We have God. We are putting our faith in him over man. And we are going to make it.
- No, none of us are ever going to fight for it. Those farmers two and a half centuries fought for it. All we do is talk and vote, and sit on juries to give the system a veneer of legitimacy. And pay taxes because we've decided that's somehow virtuous. And submit to the government's demands (see covid) because it doesn't occur to most of us not to mindlessly obey. We suppress men so that idiot women can pretend to be our equals, and celebrate sodomites. We don't value independence. Most of "our" corporations and public servants will happily enforce European speech codes. And we're addicted to cheap Chinese shit. And for some reason even our side's leaders want greater entanglement with the Chicoms. This generation simply isn't worthy of the name "American." Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 10:25 PM (vSvIl) 82
This is from the NYT/Siena poll taken today.
There's some time between now and November. I agree that Paxton can run this idjit's numbers down just by telling Tejanos that "Talarico" is not in fact his birth name, and that the Gospel of Thomas is not in fact in the New Testament. Women are going to be a harder sell, but mothers of daughters might appreciate his stance on trannies. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:21 PM (gKWVE) The Tejanos will not care. Talarico is Italian. And he was adopted. He didn’t make the name up. Best to just go with this guy is cucucachoo. The end. Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:25 PM (hftzA) 83
20 minutes into the Mexico - Ecuador game and remarkably not a single player has rolled around on the field in utter agony after being looked at by an opposing player, only to be suddenly cured the moment a referee tells the player to knock it off.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:25 PM (obVEo) 84
Heh. Nobody knows that my first name is actually “Cuthbert.”
Wait…uh oh… Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ) That sounds... tinny. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z) I know Cuthbert... Posted by: Mrs. McClintock at June 30, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj) I was certain it was Hedley Lamar. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 10:25 PM (qx7Zg) 85
We are going to make the R party stand for….(quick someone help me with an r word that is inspirational and reflects us taking it back)
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (hftzA) Restoration Posted by: Emmie ++++ Reckoning Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 30, 2026 10:26 PM (PoHyk) 86
76 We are going to make the R party stand for….(quick someone help me with an r word that is inspirational and reflects us taking it back)
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:18 PM (hftzA) Restoration Posted by: Emmie at June 30, 2026 10:22 PM Thank you. Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:26 PM (hftzA) 87
Amy Coney Barrett imported Haitians into her own family.
Of course she thinks anything old thing that falls out and touches our soil automatically becomes “American”.. Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 30, 2026 10:27 PM (l3YAf) 88
I climbed up there. Spectacular view. Second only to Yosemite in my travels.
Posted by: Frank Nobody at June 30, 2026 10:27 PM (75cud) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2026 10:27 PM (Cqx++) 90
Actually a Bible PAC running ads in TX with Thomas 114, Thomas 22 (which Talarico quoted!), Thomas 105 might help.
And be educational. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE) 91
I was 10 years old during the Bicentennial. The buildup was colossal. John Wayne was the Grand Marshal at the Cody Stampede parade. Red, white and blue everywhere. Cute tourist girls walking around.
Now? I am not seeing anything close to that. It feels perfunctory. I try to keep up my spirits, but, it ain't easy. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ) 92
You believe a poll about Texans, taken by the NYT, that just happens to give aid and comfort to their favored candidate?
Publicly announced polling is pure propaganda, designed to demoralize the opposition. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 30, 2026 10:28 PM (+wZeq) 93
79 Are the Boomers here ready to admit that women have no place in government or are we still defending Pam Blondi and AOC—I mean, ACB?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 30, 2026 10:24 PM (l3YAf) It’s not the women who are in need of the ONT fainting couch this evening. Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:29 PM (hftzA) 94
Trivia that stuffs my head - the original Cuthbert was an early monk and holy man from the Northumbria and York area. “Bert” suggests he was Saxon. Interesting guy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 10:29 PM (7wNAQ) 95
Evening, Horde.
Good interviews today, but sadly I probably won't hear more from them for at least several days or possibly next week. So frustrating to be 'so close, but not there yet'! Posted by: RandomDave at June 30, 2026 10:29 PM (aJQbY) 96
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Talarico looks like a guy who has a court order to stay 100 yards from a school. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh LoL!! Yes, he does! Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 10:29 PM (sAmhv) 97
Is the top photo really a monastery? That must be why I don't see the gun turrets or air defenses for an evil genius' citadel.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg) 98
You know, every one of those recruits who made up that American flag is long dead.
Yes, I AM the Bluebird of Fucking Happiness. Posted by: Cow Demon at June 30, 2026 10:29 PM (qA8eD) 99
It’s not the women who are in need of the ONT fainting couch this evening.
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:29 PM (hftzA) Cute. Meanwhile, you’ve failed to secure a future for your people, the most fundamental duty of any generation. Aren’t you proud of yourself? Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 30, 2026 10:31 PM (l3YAf) 100
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)
We elected Jimmy Carter in 1976 . Can't be worse than that. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:31 PM (KC5Lt) 101
Talarico looks like a guy who has a court order to stay 100 yards from a school.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh LoL!! Yes, he does! Posted by: Puddleglum There is still time. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:31 PM (obVEo) 102
Talarico & Platner were both leading a week or so ago. Now they're tied.
I think the open seat in NC is gone, although James Madison (or whig?) disagree. If Mitch croaks, we'll have to worry about a newly appointed DEM incumbent in KY. OH is shaky too. But Ossoff might lose in GA. Coming in on a wing and a prayer. I'm not receptive to the argument that it doesn't make any difference, btw. Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 10:31 PM (RCjYY) 103
In 1976, the Democratic party still had a significant southern presence, including a lot of old bulls. Now it's the party of young America-hating lunatics and the young Turks of yesteryear are scared for their lives. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:31 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: Perry the Platypus at June 30, 2026 10:32 PM (+0Wk3) 105
Kind of like "why do bad things happen to good people?"
Posted by: Zombie John Calvin I had an acquaintance who would say that. She was a chronic screwup, making one bad choice after another. You'd think that after 3 divorces, 2 affairs with men who were living with other women, and being fired from 3 jobs in a row, she'd figure out what was the common denominator in all these situations. Posted by: nerdygirl at June 30, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1) 106
We elected Jimmy Carter in 1976 . Can't be worse than that.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:31 PM (KC5Lt) Are you forgetting the last two D presidents, Poly? Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z) 107
Heh...I think maybe Instapundit, PJ Media, and the Conservative Treehouse all read this site. All three are suggesting my idea from much earlier today that when applications are made for a VISA or Residency to the US, the Consolate medical examination should incude a pregnancy test...and admission into the US is expressly denied to pregnant applicants.
LOL...The Conservative Treehouse wants to call it the "Roberts Rule." Posted by: Orson at June 30, 2026 10:33 PM (dIske) 108
Ed Driscoll frequently transfers content from here over to Instapundit. He does at least link and credit the source.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:35 PM (gKWVE) 109
Are you forgetting the last two D presidents, Poly?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z) I just remember it was worse under Carter . Reagan made a lot of people forget that. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:35 PM (KC5Lt) 110
At a cookout:
#1: Don't worry, these burgers are plant based. #2: Mmmm! Delicious! What plant are these made from? #1: A meat packing plant! Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 10:35 PM (qx7Zg) 111
My prediction is over the next 10 years is the most popular boy's name globally will be John Roberts.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:35 PM (obVEo) 112
We elected Jimmy Carter in 1976 . Can't be worse than that.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:31 PM (KC5Lt) That is NOT relevant to my post. *At. All.* and besides: Bill Clinton, Bronco Bama, Slow Joe Biden. Runners up: both Bushes. My point is this, the love for America was huge and palpable. It was real. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 10:37 PM (0aYVJ) 113
@47 Thank you. I really, really want to believe that. And I keep trying.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1) 114
That "Roberts Rule" is interesting, but it won't prevent any foreign broad from getting knocked up *after* she gets here, and decides to stay. Nice try, though.
Just close the borders already. No more "refugee" no more "tps" no more H1b, no more...! Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 10:38 PM (rdVOm) 115
Theses been no better example of how useless and worthless polling has become everywhere - and especially in Texas - than the runoff race between Cornyn and Paxton . EVERY poll published said it was “too close to call”, although by the last days , some admitted that Paxton had a slight lead.
In fact, Paxton won by a 2-1 margin, one of the biggest wipeouts seen in a supposedly close race. And every pollster missed it. It’s not just that they didn’t want it to be true; the “science” of polling has been hopelessly broken by cell phones and caller ID, among other things, and pollsters mostly just make up numbers that the people paying them want to hear. Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 10:38 PM (7wNAQ) 116
Ed Driscoll frequently transfers content from here over to Instapundit. He does at least link and credit the source. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:35 PM (gKWVE) _____________ More frequently he transfers content from Podhoretz, Goldberg, Treacher and the rest of the extended-pinky commentariat. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:38 PM (O0L8i) 117
My prediction is over the next 10 years is the most popular boy's name globally will be John Roberts.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:35 PM (obVEo) Globally, and coincidentally, here. Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 10:38 PM (vSvIl) 118
Well spotted, gentlemen. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 10:23 PM (Wnv9h) Was the picture from Meteora pr Mt. Athos? Both absolutely gorgeous! I got to go by Mt. Athos in a boat, but was not allowed to land on the island, since I'm an 'ette. But I was a brat and touched a rock when we let the men off the boat at the dock so they could tour it. Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:39 PM (wLjpr) 119
Steady on there, boyo. I'm a substandard man with a hot wife.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh As am I. I have a 1980's era Glamor Shot of Mrs. Lovely that the photographer used as an advert in his shop window. It's about 2' x 3' and she is ALL done up with the makeup, hair and feather boa. I think it is beautiful but Mrs Lovely? Not so much. I've assured her if she dies first that bad boy will be on display at the funeral home. Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:39 PM (9KCLn) 120
Just close the borders already. No more "refugee" no more "tps" no more H1b, no more...!
Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 10:38 PM (rdVOm) That will not happen! Posted by: GOPe, DNC, CoC, NGOs at June 30, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z) 121
I had an acquaintance who would say that. She was a chronic screwup, making one bad choice after another. You'd think that after 3 divorces, 2 affairs with men who were living with other women, and being fired from 3 jobs in a row, she'd figure out what was the common denominator in all these situations.
Posted by: nerdygirl Don't tell me - she attributed it all to 'bad luck'. Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:40 PM (9KCLn) 122
Eddie Money - Shakin'
https://youtu.be/2tcD_dVcXE4 Posted by: Count de Monet at June 30, 2026 10:40 PM (wVcYX) 123
I wonder, though, when we turn like the Liberal Idiots into the idea that "believing hard enough is enough to overcome reality."
We need to stop that thinking, because it's not true in the slightest. It's what keeps Liberals going to the polls and subscribing to the New York Times, and until John Roberts, it's what kept us focused on what was right there in front of us. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2026 10:41 PM (CHHv1) 124
Spent another fruitful day coding, finished a custom password vault implementation using Unix Pass and gpg keys and cobbled together several admin cheatsheets and dropped on the home server.
The way it's set up, if you drop an html into the watch folder, it will auto-generate a link/card on the cheatsheet page based on the naming and create search tags. So if you drop the file: React -- Guide -- Reference -- React-How-To.html It creates a Card called React, two search tags: Guide and Reference and the name of the file: React-How-To Basically I've been non-stop coding fro the last 8 months various and sundry projects. The is all in addition to rolling out MVP1.5 of the ERP. Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2026 10:41 PM (XV/Pl) Posted by: o brave new world with such people in it at June 30, 2026 10:41 PM (gKWVE) 126
I got to go by Mt. Athos in a boat, but was not allowed to land on the island, since I'm an 'ette. _______ And you'd make the inhabitants forget they were monks. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:41 PM (O0L8i) 127
Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:39 PM (wLjpr)
I have something nearing completion that could probably use a read.... Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z) 128
I had an acquaintance who would say that. She was a chronic screwup, making one bad choice after another. You'd think that after 3 divorces, 2 affairs with men who were living with other women, and being fired from 3 jobs in a row, she'd figure out what was the common denominator in all these situations.
Posted by: nerdygirl Don't tell me - she attributed it all to 'bad luck'. Posted by: Tonypete I am going with a lack of being setup for success. That or the oppressive patriarchy. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:42 PM (obVEo) 129
Any attempt to include pregnancy screening in consular matters will almost certainly be blocked by (absurd, lawless) judicial action. By the time the executive is finished indulging this idiotic bad faith sabotage - and WINS! a decision - it may well be time for the roulette wheel to be spun again, with a 50/50 chance of a Dem prez, which obviously will mean instant and complete dismantling of every aspect of border security and immigration enforcement.
But hey, DOJ is talking real tough, Homan-tough, about prosecuting those "exploiting" the loophole (loophole? SCOTUS just, and not for the first time, just issued a baseless lawless Revolutionary Command Council* decree of immense destructive potential, the not only legislated, they repealed a constitutional amendment and replaced it with a retarded disastrous fake substitute). Hilarious, in a dark way. Not to be outdone, some including Sen. Schmitt are talking about a constitutional amendment (!) as a "fix". Other Legal Cult types are musing about the "opening" Kavanaugh left, for legislative fixes. Such "fixes" have as much chance of happening as a repeal of O-care. Posted by: rhomboid at June 30, 2026 10:42 PM (U/Byj) 130
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 10:37 PM (0aYVJ)
My post wasn't a shot at you. Guess I'll flounce again. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:43 PM (KC5Lt) 131
Talarico looks like a guy who has a court order to stay 100 yards from a school.
—— The authorities need to Check out his crawlspace for foul odors Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 10:43 PM (f9G9D) 132
I just saw a meme that could be turned into a side business, even at a MoMe.
Think ice cream truck, but with German Music and selling ice Cold Beer. Visual at https://youtu.be/ewrEq9wBx7E?t=135 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg) 133
Thanks for the star-spangled Tuesday Night ONT, Doof1
Great photo by RedMindBlueState. Love the final meme of July kicking June to the curb! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 30, 2026 10:43 PM (D/6p1) Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z) 135
I just remember it was worse under Carter . Reagan made a lot of people forget that.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:35 PM (KC5Lt) Why do Boomers talk about the Carter admin like it was some unparalleled horror? - America was nearly 90% white - How many cities were overrun by fent zombies in 1979? - How many foreigners were squatting in our country then? - How many pride parades with fags pissing on one another in public were there in 1979? Oh no, stagflation! Things cost more for a little tiny while! The horror!! So much worse than irreversibly throwing away four centuries of your country’s identity and generations of your ancestors’ sacrifice for cheap drywall and avocados!! Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 30, 2026 10:43 PM (l3YAf) 136
107 Heh...I think maybe Instapundit, PJ Media, and the Conservative Treehouse all read this site. All three are suggesting my idea from much earlier today that when applications are made for a VISA or Residency to the US, the Consolate medical examination should incude a pregnancy test...and admission into the US is expressly denied to pregnant applicants.
LOL...The Conservative Treehouse wants to call it the "Roberts Rule." Posted by: Orson at June 30, 2026 10:33 PM (dIske) Years ago, that was the case. Any communicable disease mean visas could not be issued. I am not sure when it changed, but I still followed those regulations in the late 80's early 90's. My guess is the latter clinton years. Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:44 PM (wLjpr) 137
Apart from amnesty, the most massive powerful perverse incentive for mass illegal migration was just declared *part of the US constitution*.
Happy 250th! Posted by: rhomboid at June 30, 2026 10:44 PM (U/Byj) 138
I got to go by Mt. Athos in a boat, but was not allowed to land on the island, since I'm an 'ette. But I was a brat and touched a rock when we let the men off the boat at the dock so they could tour it.
Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:39 PM (wLjpr) Oh yes, locals call it Cootie Rock now... Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 30, 2026 10:44 PM (nbLIj) 139
My prediction is over the next 10 years is the most popular boy's name globally will be John Roberts.
My prediction is more recent, that the NYT will have a glowing profile of John Roberts, "The Man Who Stood firm against tyranny." It will start by noting that he had a dodgy origin--appointed by W after all--but grew to recognize the creeping tyranny ("America is the best!") that threatened this nation. Real history will note him as the greatest traitor in American history. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 30, 2026 10:44 PM (CHHv1) 140
127 Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:39 PM (wLjpr)
I have something nearing completion that could probably use a read.... Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z) Send it my way - I can check it out next week! I'm finishing edits on a friend's book and should be done with that this week. Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:45 PM (wLjpr) 141
Someone, I think in an earlier thread, was asking if these guys were still around (yes):
John Birch Society @The_JBS · 2h Your taxes are paying for an Illegal Alien with an Anchor Baby to live in the starter home your American kids can't afford. Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 10:46 PM (vSvIl) 142
Democrats are going to pass the “Scott Weiner Will Personally Rape Your Grandkids Act of 2029” and old RINO voters are like “Oh my gosh, did you know we used to have to wait in line for gasoline! It’s so much better now!”
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 30, 2026 10:46 PM (l3YAf) 143
I just saw a meme that could be turned into a side business, even at a MoMe.
Think ice cream truck, but with German Music and selling ice Cold Beer. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf *Jots a note to add an item to the next month's Knight's of Columbus agenda* Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:46 PM (9KCLn) 144
Y’all, if you are interested in a decent take on celebrating our Country’s birthday, starting at the 1.51 mark to about 4.30, this is how my pastor started the service Sunday. You can skip the first part where he is explaining a giving platform migration, that won’t matter to anyone. And after that is the actual sermon, which also may not be interesting to everyone.
https://tinyurl.com/y3d7jhmc Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:47 PM (hftzA) 145
My post wasn't a shot at you. Guess I'll flounce again.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 10:43 PM (KC5Lt) I apologize for my crankiness. You meant no harm *tosses a beer* Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 10:47 PM (0aYVJ) 146
Oh yes, locals call it Cootie Rock now... Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 30, 2026 10:44 PM (nbLIj) That is funny! Haven't thought about cooties in a long time! Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:47 PM (wLjpr) 147
Oh yes, locals call it Cootie Rock now...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 30, 2026 10:44 PM (nbLIj) What?! Moki is the kindest, most friendly, intelligent person on the board here! Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z) 148
61 Baseball fights are so lame. Like they're the last dance at the gay nightclub.
If they were serious about it, they wouldn't toss the bat and helmet at the start. Posted by: Oddbob Are you a hockey fan? Those sticks aren't just for hitting pucks. Posted by: nerdygirl at June 30, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1) 149
Call:
@The_JBS Your taxes are paying for an Illegal Alien with an Anchor Baby to live in the starter home your American kids can't afford. Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 10:46 PM (vSvIl) Raise: @factpostnews Trump: I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up Posted by: o brave new world with such people in it at June 30, 2026 10:48 PM (gKWVE) 150
Wondering about that whole "co-equal" thing:
Executive says no magic dirt. Judicial says yes, magic dirt. Legislative...? Fks off. Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 10:49 PM (rdVOm) 151
Hey, we heading to the Outer Banks tomorrow morning. Anyone need anything from Miss Ellen's Biscuits 'N Porn while I'm there?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:50 PM (9KCLn) 152
SCOTUS appears to be *more equal than others*
Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm) 153
Are you a hockey fan? Those sticks aren't just for hitting pucks. Posted by: nerdygirl at June 30, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1) ___________ I think the last stick fight in the NHL was in the 60s. Larry Zeidel and Eddie Shack going at it after Shack made an anit-Semitic chirp. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 10:51 PM (O0L8i) 154
Oh, the Revolutionary Command Council was Saddam's pro forma "consultative" authority. Spoiler: there weren't many votes whose outcome was uncertain.
SCOTUS now issues decrees, not anything resembling a serious ruling (though, for the 1,000th time, the ridiculous conceit that courts should be anything more than glorified clerks should always be rejected - contemptuously) based on a straight reading of the law or constitution. Not sure I can bear to read all of it, but seems they've reached new lows now. Wasn't Ginsberg the idiot who burbled about "learning" from other constitutions (like that of the model state of South Africa!). And now we have these 5 cretins citing concepts from extinct monarchies to invert the plain meaning (zero doubt about the actual purpose) of an amendment. Posted by: rhomboid at June 30, 2026 10:51 PM (U/Byj) 155
Send it my way - I can check it out next week! I'm finishing edits on a friend's book and should be done with that this week.
Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:45 PM (wLjpr) Thanks. I'm still working on the last chapter, but should get it done in a day or so. Then, I'll look it over and do some light editing. It's another western. Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z) 156
Ok, raging. Sorry. I got work to do... bbl.
Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 10:51 PM (rdVOm) 157
I am ecstatic over Birthright Bob's ruling. It assures we will have sufficient people to pick our crops. Downside: It us. Bottom rail is on top now.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:53 PM (obVEo) 158
So, CO-1. Diane DeGette flooded the ads with "I stand up against Drumpf!".
She is losing to the DSA. Melat Kiros will, it seems, now be running for this seat. This star wars name comes to us from Ethiopia and she is showing her gratitude for our diversity and inclusion. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:53 PM (gKWVE) 159
It’s not “magic dirt”. More like they declared a legal definition of “subject to the jurisdiction of.”
It now means “any sentient being located inside US boundaries, except for space aliens in UFO’s and Bigfoot.” But if they appeal, Roberts will probably make them citizens too, with full voting rights. Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 10:53 PM (7wNAQ) 160
There is a genuine Norseman Viking Raider throwback on the Norwegian footyball team.
Caught a bit of today's game while at Cardiac Rehab. The game was played in Dallas, TX. In the center of the Norwegian fan section was a guy dressed in full Elmer Fudd Viking regalia - including his magic helmet. A black guy, having the time of his life. I expected to see cowboy hats with Viking horns. Posted by: Count de Monet at June 30, 2026 10:53 PM (wVcYX) 161
Are you a hockey fan? Those sticks aren't just for hitting pucks.
Posted by: nerdygirl When I lived in Maine, there were more women's hockey leagues than men's. We'd go to the games just for for the women's fights. Absolutely vicious. Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 10:53 PM (9KCLn) 162
147 Oh yes, locals call it Cootie Rock now...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 30, 2026 10:44 PM (nbLIj) What?! Moki is the kindest, most friendly, intelligent person on the board here! Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z) Lol, I assure you that is not the truth!! And I'm happy to read whatever you send!! Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:54 PM (wLjpr) 163
Oh, and Kiros didn't think that the Boulder firebombing was antisemitic.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:55 PM (gKWVE) Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 30, 2026 10:55 PM (uTEOj) 165
I gotta say, I liked the scene in For Your Eyes Only where Bond is scaling the cliffs to that monastery. They actually took the time to demonstrate him tying a Prusik knot with his boot lace to finish the ascent. That kind of attention to detail wasn't common in those movies.
Posted by: PabloD at June 30, 2026 10:57 PM (byoW7) 166
Good interviews today, but sadly I probably won't hear more from them for at least several days or possibly next week. So frustrating to be 'so close, but not there yet'!
Posted by: RandomDave It'll happen. I had 2 brothers who went through it. The day comes, when you get that call. Posted by: nerdygirl at June 30, 2026 10:58 PM (0Htd1) 167
All sports fights are idiotic. But they appeal to a large part of the bell curve. The part that weighs us down generally.
There's always boxing, and now all the new more barbaric fighting sports, for the Coliseum mob. Sat with an NHL owner at a game in the late 80s, asked him about the ban-fighting situation. Amazingly, given his team's "legacy" and nickname, he was in favor, but he said only a handful of other owners had agreed. Gretzky and a few other players had pushed it, IIRC. An AHL player I dined with after a game in which he was involved in a brief altercation said they were laughing. It was kind of a pro forma "fight" as one goalies had been accidentally bumped during a commercial break, so both sides felt "obligated" to do the kabuki. Of course without fights hockey can't exist, well, except for the 95% of hockey in which fights are just as banned as in tennis or golf. Posted by: rhomboid at June 30, 2026 10:58 PM (U/Byj) 168
Lol, I assure you that is not the truth!! And I'm happy to read whatever you send!!
Posted by: moki at June 30, 2026 10:54 PM (wLjpr) Did you finish "Randy?" What did you think? Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 30, 2026 10:58 PM (1Ff7Z) 169
I was thinking today about how I first thought about this citizenship issue when I started looking at it, about 15 to 20 years ago. A very brief look led me to conclude “well the language in the 14th is clear, and SCOTUS says Wong Kim Ark is controlling, so you’re gonna have to do a constitutional amendment to change anything.”
But over time I came to realize that there were much better, more nuanced arguments, and lots of precedent for dealing with the issue in more manageable ways, and so my thoughts changed. But now here comes Roberts, today, saying “well the language in the 14th is clear, and SCOTUS says Wong Kim Ark is controlling, so you’re gonna have to do a constitutional amendment to change anything.” Congratulations on your 5 minute analysis, genius. Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 11:01 PM (7wNAQ) Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 30, 2026 11:04 PM (nbLIj) 171
@134
>>Once more, sir. In English. It's mostly website and webserver stuff. The real heavy lifting is the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), its a program to help manage and implement Broadcast Integration Projects. I'm a Broadcast Itegration Project Manager, Media and Entertainment vertical, specifically. I build television studios and broadcast and transmission facilites. Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2026 11:04 PM (XV/Pl) 172
which fights are just as banned as in tennis or golf.
Posted by: rhomboid I'd like to see heckling allowed in both tennis or golf. Make it real sport. Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 11:04 PM (9KCLn) 173
From last thread, from Tater:
>> and also delves into some of the aspects of orbital mechanics. I knew it was complicated, but I didn’t realize the twists involved with rendezvous. There are literal twists involved. I recalled some of the complexity last night after Rodrigo posted that cool ISS docking simulator thing. They originally misunderestimated just how complex and tricky this would be. That is, final proximity operations. Chasing a spacecraft already in orbit, that is launching another spacecraft and matching course and speed, they knew that was complex. But once you got within a few hundred feet, they didn't think it would be that bad. And that was due to just naively applying the Equivalence Principle. The Erf's tidal field is very small, literally on the order of micro-g's. So they assumed it would be close to 3D inertial space for two close-by objects free-falling in orbit together. The trouble is while that is true, it's the time scale involved. In LEO, you're whipping around around once per 90 minutes give or take, and that means that tidal field is also rotating. That makes all the difference. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 30, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb) 174
Don't tell me - she attributed it all to 'bad luck'.
Posted by: Tonypete Yes, she did. The reality was that instead of focusing on her own career path, she expected to fix her financial situation by latching onto a man. Posted by: nerdygirl at June 30, 2026 11:06 PM (0Htd1) 175
I'd like to see heckling allowed in both tennis or golf.
Make it real sport. Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 11:04 PM (9KCLn) youtu.be/sxmBPk5FSzI Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 11:07 PM (gKWVE) 176
Good night, friends!
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 11:09 PM (Dd38x) 177
/screen junkies now has an honest trailer for Idiocracy
Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 11:09 PM (gKWVE) 178
Fights in tennis could be cool if you could make a rule that you could only hit your opponent on the head with the webbing, not with the rim or handle.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 11:09 PM (7wNAQ) 179
Eh, the early 70s were the opening shots of serious national decline. The “oil shocks” coupled with dollar devaluation. Oil hovered around $2 a barrel for about 20 years. The Embargo. OPEC. It doesn’t sound much like now, but it quickly doubled, tripled, and settled at $8 a barrel.
This wiped out all sorts of things we took for granted. The Milkman and full service gasoline stations. My parents were by no means poor, but the single breadwinner went bye-bye. Generic brands. Powdered Milk instead of fresh. Dairy butter a distant memory. Beef and pork did a moonshot, etc. Workers wages have been stagnant since then. 1974. That’s insane. By 1980 the US dollar was in trouble. The Fed chief Paul Volcker, raised interest rates overnight to almost 20%, including the overnight rate in fact. That’s the interest rates banks charge each other. This is not possible today. Not even close. Monetary inflation steals your money. Even at the “targeted” 2 or 3 percent rate of inflation, your savings and investments are cut in half every 20 years. Complete bullshit. Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 11:10 PM (f9G9D) 180
I'd like to see heckling allowed in both tennis or golf.
Make it real sport. Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 11:04 PM (9KCLn) NNNOOONANN!!! Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 11:10 PM (0aYVJ) 181
I like that July kicking June post.
Thanks for the ONT. I'm getting work done while the animals are sleeping comfortably. I have 'Supergirl' streaming on the computer. Shhhhh. It's only in the background while I work but yeah, it seems pretty bad. She's cute but aside from that, meh. It's all been done before in different forms, mashed into a blender and puked out unappetizingly. Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 30, 2026 11:11 PM (Sco7b) 182
which fights are just as banned as in tennis or golf.
Posted by: rhomboid I'd like to see heckling allowed in both tennis or golf. Make it real sport. Posted by: Tonypete at June 30, 2026 11:04 PM (9KCLn) Like Al Czervik in Caddyshack, or the WNBA towards Caitlyn Clark? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 11:11 PM (qx7Zg) 183
That kind of attention to detail wasn't common in those movies.
Posted by: PabloD at June 30, 2026 10:57 PM (byoW7) Die Another Day not only had no attention to detail, it also had crappy CGI, pointless fights, incoherent script, no plot, car chases reminiscent of Batman and Robin, and we never saw Halle Berry's boobs. Really nothing to recommend it. Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 11:15 PM (rbvCR) 184
or the WNBA towards Caitlyn Clark?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 11:11 PM (qx7Zg) Target acquired, green leader; ready for launch Posted by: the green dildo at June 30, 2026 11:17 PM (gKWVE) 185
Maybe gWVEilpqlnb above linked it, didn't check, but the Phoenix Open has at least wild cheering and carrying on by the gallery, none of the "Quiet Please" signs held up by tournament staffers. Sort of its signature feature.
No officially sanctioned fights between golfers though. Posted by: rhomboid at June 30, 2026 11:19 PM (U/Byj) Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 30, 2026 11:21 PM (z6zoc) 187
Right, Pubs - if you’re in orbit with the pointy end going forward, at some … point, you’ll be pointing straight down, and eventually, going “backwards”, and around and around it goes.
A big part of the expense were the tracking stations and comms. They had all these factors to think about. We’re gonna launch from the Cape at a certain degree bearing, and we want to more or less fly over “friendly” countries in case of trouble. Certain countries might be ideally located for a tracking station, but they are unstable regimes. John Llewellyn was a former combat Marine who was in Mission Control sent to some remote site that was “experiencing unrest” and roadblocks and twitchy guards with guns and that kind of crap. Gene Kranz got a cryptic teletype from him once that took a while to figure out what he meant. “We’ve got them where we want them” meaning they were surrounded, but they weren’t leaving their post. LOL Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 11:21 PM (f9G9D) 188
The fantasy escapist coping by various people online trying to absorb the SCOTUS decree is something.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 30, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj) 189
or the WNBA towards Caitlyn Clark?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 11:11 PM (qx7Zg) Target acquired, green leader; ready for launch Posted by: the green dildo When did the WNBA become all about showcasing the talents of racist black lesbians? Asking for a friend. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 11:21 PM (obVEo) 190
Peeking in
Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2026 11:22 PM (Ia/+0) 191
When did the WNBA become all about showcasing the talents of racist black lesbians? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 11:21 PM (obVEo) I think the only way to make it more ghetto would be for fights to break out and wigs to be ripped off like on the Jerry Springer show. And DNA tests at half-time to see if we can find their biological baby daddies. I denounce myself... Not really. Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 30, 2026 11:24 PM (Sco7b) 192
I build television studios and broadcast and transmission facilities. Posted by: Thomas Bender
Anyone ever ask you "what's frequency Kenneth?" in an offhand way? Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 11:24 PM (obVEo) 193
This is from the NYT/Siena poll taken today.
There's some time between now and November. I agree that Paxton can run this idjit's numbers down just by telling Tejanos that "Talarico" is not in fact his birth name, and that the Gospel of Thomas is not in fact in the New Testament. Women are going to be a harder sell, but mothers of daughters might appreciate his stance on trannies. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 10:21 PM (gKWVE) Just run an ad, right before the vote. Pic of Talarico, and the legend: This deranged shitmaggot wants to make your kids queer. English and Spanish. TV, billboards, newspapers. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 30, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji) 194
When did the WNBA become all about showcasing the talents of racist black lesbians? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 11:21 PM (obVEo) I haven't searched, because I don't want it in my search history. Has a WNBA team played a high school boys' team, either varsity or JV, to see how they "stack up"? I suspect they'd lose against a decent team, which is why I suspect they'll never try it. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg) 195
Las Vegas is RACIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIST and obviously Hates Homos !!!!!!!
When the jets fly over the sphere with afterburners lit the sphere should have had the PRIDE FLAG instead of the US Flag. I call on President Obama (First Black Gay President) to do something about Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Casinos !!!!!!! Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 30, 2026 11:27 PM (lagsy) 196
I thought this was a nice story. Republican and Democrat from PA work together work together to get their state represented at the "Great American State Fair":
https://tinyurl.com/37m63hr3 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2026 11:28 PM (Yl2Ob) 197
Wretchard (Richard Fernandez) just put a post on X that tickled me. He was reacting to a protest by Zulus in South Africa, against poorer immigrants coming into their areas. Thousands protesting in traditional Zulu attire, singing and chanting together.
Wretchard’s observation: “Well, they've got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenors that's for sure.” Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 11:28 PM (7wNAQ) 198
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ), who had been MIA for months due to an undisclosed medical condition, announces on the House floor that he was diagnosed with depression, and that's why he was out for so long. Jun 30, 2026 · 3:15 PM UTC Posted by: it up, you should suck at June 30, 2026 11:28 PM (gKWVE) 199
The 1917 photo reminded me of the postcard I set aside to tell y’all about. Among other things it says: “We are just 7 miles from Colo Spring. It is just beautiful today and yesterday - 94 degrees but it cools off at night. The wheat harvest is in full force here.” The card is dated June 25, 1963.
Posted by: SnailRacer at June 30, 2026 11:30 PM (2unc8) 200
Dred Scott was overturned, though at some cost and no little blood. Today’s ruling can be overturned too.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 30, 2026 11:31 PM (ZVgZ4) 201
198 @BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ), who had been MIA for months due to an undisclosed medical condition, announces on the House floor that he was diagnosed with depression, and that's why he was out for so long. Jun 30, 2026 · 3:15 PM UTC ---------- So I guess he'll be reimbursing his salary to the taxpayers, right? RIGHT??! Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 30, 2026 11:34 PM (u/oMr) 202
I think the last stick fight in the NHL was in the 60s. Larry Zeidel and Eddie Shack going at it after Shack made an anit-Semitic chirp.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh There was a fight in Muskegon where players were in the stands hitting fans. A woman went to the hospital with a broken arm. But that wasn't major league. I believe they were IHL. Posted by: nerdygirl at June 30, 2026 11:34 PM (0Htd1) 203
44 ...The era was full of normal to substandard Men, who were the butt of most jokes, always having Hawty wives.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj) Nobody here believes me but I steadfastly maintain it was Arthur Lake who started us men on the road to perdition. HE is/was the singularity, the fork in the road, the camel who's nose first got under the tent!! Greetings Everyone! Thank you Sir Doof for a most enjoyable ONT. We lost some yardage today but the game is still afoot...to mix metaphors. Remember betting against this country has been a bad bet for the last 250 years. The fat lady hasn't sung. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 30, 2026 11:34 PM (QGaXH) Posted by: World Cup Update at June 30, 2026 11:36 PM (HE7b3) 205
Velma, and that is a hill I will die on. You just know she had it going on inside that baggy sweater. Plus smart chicks are always way more inventive in the sack.
I've noticed that the modern-day live-action Scooby Doo movies and such always make Velma hawt. They know it too. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 11:36 PM (qpyNK) 206
197 Wretchard (Richard Fernandez) just put a post on X that tickled me. He was reacting to a protest by Zulus in South Africa, against poorer immigrants coming into their areas. Thousands protesting in traditional Zulu attire, singing and chanting together.
Wretchard’s observation: “Well, they've got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenors that's for sure.” Posted by: Tom Servo youtu.be/E4JgkTQ5DzE Do they even allow this movie to be shown in the UK anymore? Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 11:36 PM (sAmhv) 207
>> Certain countries might be ideally located for a tracking station, but they are unstable regimes.
Tananarive tracking station was a big one during the Apollo days. I remember that because of the name. They moved there in 1964 from some other African site due to political unrest, and I think they closed Tananarive in '75 when the govt. became hostile. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 30, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb) 208
46 Carence?
Chad? Jehosephat? Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX) Rumpelstiltskin Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:10 PM (hftzA) BeetleJui..... not gonna say it! Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 10:13 PM (mP0Kj) Raimo...,,better not say that either..., Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 30, 2026 11:36 PM (QGaXH) 209
157 I am ecstatic over Birthright Bob's ruling. It assures we will have sufficient people to pick our crops. Downside: It us. Bottom rail is on top now.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 10:53 PM (obVEo) I have no problem with the ruling. They did, indeed, follow the text of the amendment. It is the amendment that is bad, and needs to be changed. That we can do, and I believe Trump is on it. Like white on rice. Posted by: tcn in AK at June 30, 2026 11:38 PM (bl07w) 210
I'll butt in here and say that depression is no joke. If it was a joke it would be "funpression" or "happy happy joy time".
On the other hand, if my case of the sads causes me not to be able to do my job, I'd have to request a sabbatical and not get paid for the work I wasn't doing. I'd think. Sitting on my ass watching Morrissey vids on Youtube NOT doing my job would not be tolerated. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE) 211
Kean represents one of the most competitive districts in the country too. He was a top DEM target BEFORE he got depressed and missed hundreds of votes.
He's gonna be crucified. Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 11:38 PM (RCjYY) 212
204 2 anchor babies on the field for Mexico right now.
Roberts and ACB cheering them on. Probably. Posted by: World Cup Update at June 30, 2026 11:36 PM (HE7b3) I believe one of them was born and raised in Anchorage. Why he doesn't play for the US is a mystery to me. Posted by: tcn in AK at June 30, 2026 11:39 PM (bl07w) 213
@192
>>Anyone ever ask you "what's frequency Kenneth?" in an offhand way? The frequency is alway 3.579545 MHz. Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2026 11:39 PM (XV/Pl) 214
Velma, and that is a hill I will die on. You just know she had it going on inside that baggy sweater. Plus smart chicks are always way more inventive in the sack.
I've noticed that the modern-day live-action Scooby Doo movies and such always make Velma hawt. They know it too. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 11:36 PM (qpyNK) Linda Cardellini, best Velma ever. Loved her in Freaks and Geeks as well. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 11:40 PM (0aYVJ) 215
> "The Man Who Stood firm against tyranny."
I think they mean "tranny", and by "standing firm" they mean "had a raging boner". Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 11:41 PM (qpyNK) 216
6:40AM. Greetings from July.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 30, 2026 11:41 PM (x8PQF) 217
> Linda Cardellini, best Velma ever. Loved her in Freaks and Geeks as well.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 11:40 PM (0aYVJ) Yes, total smokeshow. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 11:41 PM (qpyNK) 218
@198
>>announces on the House floor that he was diagnosed with depression, and that's why he was out for so long. And he will be even more depressed when he's booted out of office. Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2026 11:42 PM (XV/Pl) 219
216 6:40AM. Greetings from July.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 30, 2026 11:41 PM (x8PQF) Oh good, you don't have to be gay anymore. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 11:42 PM (gKWVE) 220
believe one of them was born and raised in Anchorage. Why he doesn't play for the US is a mystery to me.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 30, 2026 11:39 PM (bl07w) Correct one do them is from Alaska Why? Because anchor babies and their illegal parents have zero allegiance to the US. It’s a place to collect a check and nothing more. Posted by: World Cup Update at June 30, 2026 11:42 PM (HE7b3) 221
179 Eh, the early 70s were the opening shots of serious national decline. The “oil shocks” coupled with dollar devaluation. Oil hovered around $2 a barrel for about 20 years. The Embargo. OPEC. It doesn’t sound much like now, but it quickly doubled, tripled, and settled at $8 a barrel
... Common Tater --- on June 17, 1972 , The Watergate scandal began, when five men were caught breaking into the DNC... In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against countries that had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, They took advantage of Nixon being hamstrung by the Democrat putsch against him. October ‘73 was the perfect time to punch them in the nose. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 30, 2026 11:43 PM (vPv7/) 222
On the other hand, if my case of the sads causes me not to be able to do my job, I'd have to request a sabbatical and not get paid for the work I wasn't doing. I'd think.
Sitting on my ass watching Morrissey vids on Youtube NOT doing my job would not be tolerated. Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE) Well, thank God you never employed me. I went through two serious bouts of that garbage, and luckily I didn't lose my job. Do you fire people who get heart attacks? I don't think so. True, actual depression is chemical, not a case of the sads. It is treatable, usually, but not always, with medication. I know that medication is prescribed like candy, but for those who truly need it, it is a Godsend, as is the time away from stress that is required for recovery. The fact that Muffy and Buffy claim they are depressed and take a bunch of SRIs doesn't negate that fact that some of us need that treatment to live. Posted by: tcn in AK at June 30, 2026 11:43 PM (bl07w) 223
We lost some yardage today but the game is still afoot...to mix metaphors. Remember betting against this country has been a bad bet for the last 250 years. The fat lady hasn't sung.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 30, 2026 11:34 PM (QGaXH) You think the fat lady's been born already? I'm not sure that's the truth. Remember... https://youtu.be/-KqrjeScLSI Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 11:43 PM (qx7Zg) 224
Mariners making it happen.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2026 11:44 PM (gVsIh) 225
216 6:40AM. Greetings from July.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 30, 2026 11:41 PM (x8PQF) Little less faggy today? Posted by: tcn in AK at June 30, 2026 11:44 PM (bl07w) 226
If Kean's too depressed to vote for many months, how come he suddenly recovered just in time to campaign for reelection? And how do we know he won't relapse the day after he wins another term?
Those are questions his DEM opponent will be asking. Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 11:45 PM (RCjYY) 227
137 Apart from amnesty, the most massive powerful perverse incentive for mass illegal migration was just declared *part of the US constitution*.
if illegal aliens are "subject to the jurisdiction thereof", does that mean they can be drafted? Posted by: anachronda at June 30, 2026 11:46 PM (qdr3M) 228
if illegal aliens are "subject to the jurisdiction thereof", does that mean they can be drafted?
Posted by: anachronda at June 30, 2026 11:46 PM (qdr3M) Drafted, taxed, arrested, and if found to break laws, denaturalized and deported. Posted by: tcn in AK at June 30, 2026 11:47 PM (bl07w) 229
tcn, my post (in what you quoted) included "request a sabbatical". Implying you could get rehired after the bout was over.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 11:47 PM (gKWVE) 230
213 @192
>>Anyone ever ask you "what's frequency Kenneth?" in an offhand way? The frequency is alway 3.579545 MHz. it's 1.6ghz. unless it's 1.2ghz. and tonight it was 30mhz. Posted by: the skinwalker ranch guys at June 30, 2026 11:48 PM (qdr3M) 231
216 6:40AM. Greetings from July.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 30, 2026 11:41 PM (x8PQF) All sphincters safely untouched and accounted for. Everyone have a great month. Back to work and a shitty movie in the background. Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 30, 2026 11:50 PM (Sco7b) 232
Good evening! Today, alternative rock band Better Than Ezra's founding bassist Tom Drummond turned 57. If the band name isn't ringing a bell, here's the big radio hit from their second album, Deluxe (1993 indie/re-released 1995 major):
Better Than Ezra - Good (Official Video) https://youtu.be/PFaQ_gPOTks However! They're still recording and performing, just with a different drummer and an added keyboardist/lead guitarist. So, here's a poppy (and peppy) track off their latest album, Super Magick (2024): Better Than Ezra - Live A Little (Official Visual) https://youtu.be/Y1P0Nf35NF4 Posted by: SciVo at June 30, 2026 11:50 PM (Sy6m/) 233
“ Hey, we heading to the Outer Banks tomorrow morning. Anyone need anything from Miss Ellen's Biscuits 'N Porn while I'm there?”
Yess! Grab me some fireworks. Not the neutered California ones. I want Disneyland-quality ones. And some smaller shit that gets some air when you light them. Thank you. Take Venmo? Posted by: Gunslinger at June 30, 2026 11:50 PM (Mxkwh) 234
193 This is from the NYT/Siena poll taken today.
There's some time between now and November. I agree that Paxton can run this idjit's numbers down just by telling Tejanos that "Talarico" is not in fact his birth name, and that the Gospel of Thomas is not in fact in the New Testament. Women are going to be a harder sell, but mothers of daughters might appreciate his stance on trannies. Posted by: gKWVE --- TMI. All they have to do is tell them that Talarico is an Italian not a Mexican. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 30, 2026 11:51 PM (vPv7/) 235
Isn't Steven Tyler's real name something like that?
Although I think he's Portuguese. I know Joe Perry is. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 11:52 PM (qpyNK) 236
28 Good evening! We made our last walk in between thunderstorms. This dog will not go in his yard, because according to Shiba Rule 3.1.3 subsection g, that is entirely too close to the house where you do not go potty. Ever. So we have to walk down to the corner, and across the street.
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA) I have the opposite situation with the rescue dog we got last fall. She has never, as in never, taken a dump while being walked. I'm not complaining, since I don't particularly enjoy picking up dog crap in a little bag and carrying it home, but it seems weird after all the other dogs we've had. Posted by: a.moron at June 30, 2026 11:53 PM (X5Jzz) 237
> Grab me some fireworks. Not the neutered California ones.
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 30, 2026 11:50 PM (Mxkwh) The kind that get sold out of a car trunk by some guy with an eyepatch and a hook hand. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 11:54 PM (qpyNK) 238
So pride month will be over for y'all on the east coast in a few minutes. Congrats for getting it over with. We still have a hour to go. We live in some stupid times.
Posted by: Case at June 30, 2026 11:54 PM (IY9No) 239
I've been trying to figure how long I've been posting here. I realized last night it's been more than 10 years.
My first post seemed to kill commenting on a Memorial Day post in 2016, using a nic I now longer remember. Went back to lurking for several months, before I posted again. If any lurkers read this, know that, unless you go past the bounds here, it's pretty safe to try. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg) 240
I’d love to visit Mt, Athos.
Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 11:55 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 30, 2026 11:56 PM (diia5) 242
Grab me some fireworks. Not the neutered California ones.
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 30, 2026 11:50 PM (Mxkwh) The kind that get sold out of a car trunk by some guy with an eyepatch and a hook hand. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 11:54 PM (qpyNK) The kind that make Marines wonder if they're too much? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 11:56 PM (qx7Zg) 243
Just checked. Tyler is Tallarico, with two l's.
Wikipedia says Italian, German, Polish, English and African-American. Perry is half-Portuguese and half-Italian. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 11:57 PM (qpyNK) Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 11:57 PM (Touuh) 245
My LR has an annoying "Google tv" system kicked on a Sony and tells me "World Cup - the world is watching". Actually no. Can almost guarantee very little of "the world" here in America has any idea what is or has been going on with the soccer games let alone watching it. Normally a popular sport is popular on its own - it doesn't require telling you "everyone is watching".
Posted by: Germain at June 30, 2026 11:57 PM (hyQrc) 246
@226
>>Those are questions his DEM opponent will be asking. He's just a faggot ass entitled legacy deuschbag. These people think they are aristocracy. If it wasn't so deadly serious I'd laugh my ass off a he got booted from congress. Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2026 11:59 PM (XV/Pl) 247
English actress Madeline Smith had a great rack.
Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 11:59 PM (77rzZ) 248
“ Hey, we heading to the Outer Banks tomorrow morning. Anyone need anything from Miss Ellen's Biscuits 'N Porn while I'm there?”
----- Climb the Hatteras light, and visit the Hatteras musum...if you havent. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 12:01 AM (XeU6L) 249
Hell, who even knows if he was sad. It's not like any of these people are truthful. Sad could mean banging underage hookers and smoking meth.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 12:01 AM (ZkWXv) 250
I've also been playing around with the Starship shell prompt.
I think I'm going to replace oh-my-zsh and powerlevel10k with this, it's amazing what you can configure with this bad boy. Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 12:01 AM (XV/Pl) 251
Hey, Happy July, Everyone!
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 12:02 AM (77rzZ) 252
“I've been trying to figure how long I've been posting here. I realized last night it's been more than 10 years.”
Can’t recall when I first posted here, but started sucking up Ace’s bandwidth shortly after 9-11. Anyone remember the Hog on Ice blog? Fun stuff there too, but gone for years now. I did buy his cookbook though. Pretty awesome stuff in that… Posted by: Gunslinger at July 01, 2026 12:02 AM (Mxkwh) 253
English actress Madeline Smith had a great rack.
Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 11:59 PM (77rzZ) How about American actress Chase Masterson, Leta from DS9? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 12:03 AM (qx7Zg) 254
I've been posting in various incarnations since 2007.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 12:03 AM (XV/Pl) 255
I would not be surprised if Iran launches a major attack on US sites on July 4th, just to piss Trump off. They’re making more and more noises like they’re planning something just like that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 12:04 AM (7wNAQ) 256
229 tcn, my post (in what you quoted) included "request a sabbatical". Implying you could get rehired after the bout was over.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 11:47 PM (gKWVE) I don't know of any job outside of academia that offers a sabbatical. I know mine certainly wouldn't. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 12:04 AM (bl07w) 257
Stephen Den Beste brought me here.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 12:05 AM (XV/Pl) 258
Stephen Den Beste brought me here.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2026 12:05 AM (XV/Pl) I have no idea when I started reading here, or what led me here. I'm just glad I did. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 12:07 AM (qx7Zg) 259
253 Not bad…
Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ) 260
216 6:40AM. Greetings from July.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 30, 2026 11:41 PM (x8PQF) Waves back from June.... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 12:08 AM (QGaXH) 261
241 Peeking in
Posted by: Skip I think it's called Beijing today, bro. Posted by: weft cut-loop --- They keep messing with Japan they'd better duck. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 12:08 AM (vPv7/) Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:08 AM (KP4aP) 263
Foreign nationals can serve in the US military (believe it's still one way to accelerated citizenship), but obviously can't be drafted.
And with this absurd "ruling" that completely inverts the uncontested intent, context, purpose, AND language of the 14th, remember anything/anyone born inside US territory is automatically a citizen. Don't believe such citizens can be denaturalized or deported (how would that be possible? deported to where?), as naturalized citizens can be. Unless there has been a massive change in our laws that I've missed. This atrocity has 2 enormous practical consequences only one of which seems to be recognized. First it codifies and greatly increases the perverse incentive to enter the US illegally (or any way possible). Second it represents a new maximum in judicial lawlessness and usurpation. There was no ambiguity in the 14th, its language and history are simple and uncontestable. It was specifically a remedy for the unique situation of former slaves in the US. Period. That it was such was redundantly confirmed by decades later when equivalent legislation for Native Americans, also obviously people in a unique situation, was passed. Posted by: rhomboid at July 01, 2026 12:09 AM (U/Byj) Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ) 265
I use to post on another site but the guy who ran it turned into Mr. Super Liberal and kicked a bunch of us off his site. Been so long I forgot his name. Anyways that's when I came here.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:12 AM (IY9No) 266
223 ..You think the fat lady's been born already? I'm not sure that's the truth. Remember...
https://youtu.be/-KqrjeScLSI Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 30, 2026 11:43 PM (qx7Zg) "You think the fat lady's been born already?" Mumble mumble assumes facts not in evidence..,mumble mumble..., Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 12:14 AM (QGaXH) 267
> 265 I use to post on another site but the guy who ran it turned into Mr. Super Liberal and kicked a bunch of us off his site.
I didn't get kicked off... I just stopped posting and left. I don't even remember what my handle was on there. I held on to a burner account for a while in case I felt like trolling him, but at some point I realized I just didn't care. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 01, 2026 12:15 AM (qpyNK) 268
I would not be surprised if Iran launches a major attack on US sites on July 4th, just to piss Trump off. They’re making more and more noises like they’re planning something just like that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 12:04 AM (7wNAQ) They should get erased from orbit if they pull a stunt like that. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9) 269
I use to post on another site but the guy who ran it turned into Mr. Super Liberal and kicked a bunch of us off his site. Been so long I forgot his name. Anyways that's when I came here.
Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:12 AM (IY9No) Teeny johnson. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:17 AM (snZF9) 270
rhomboid at July 01, 2026 12:09 AM (U/Byj)
Your insightful comment…I feel exactly the same way. But! I read a short essay today by Kurt Schlicter. I was “ heartened” by what he presented. We moved the ball down the field. We have a chance to score if the Supreme Court draft goes our way with the next opportunity. Don’t despair. There’s still time on the clock. Posted by: Gunslinger at July 01, 2026 12:17 AM (Mxkwh) 271
Good night folks. Been drinking.
I think what we all want is to matter to someone. Not in the sense that parents matter to children, because children could not survive otherwise. I mean that someone choose that someone else matters to them, not because of necessity, but because of choice. To put it dumber, "I want to matter to someone because that someone decided I mattered to them, not because of necessity, but because they looked at me and said 'You matter to me.'" Yeah I'm a dumbhead. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 01, 2026 12:18 AM (CHHv1) 272
Claude Fable and Mythos are apparently either back or soon will be.
The Commerce Department has lifted the NOFORN restriction. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 01, 2026 12:19 AM (qpyNK) 273
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Anyone remember the Hog on Ice blog? Fun stuff there too, but gone for years now. I did buy his cookbook though. Pretty awesome stuff in that… Posted by: Gunslinger at July 01, 2026 12:02 AM (Mxkwh) I used to read Dr. Sanity....anyone remember her? Assuming she's not around anymore... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 12:19 AM (QGaXH) 274
I can't recall exactly when I started commenting here. Ace was still uncomfortable with the word "cuck." So it's been a little while but not as long as you maroons.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 12:20 AM (ZkWXv) 275
@269.
Yeah, that was him. Little Green Footballs. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:20 AM (IY9No) 276
Anyone remember the Hog on Ice blog?
Fun stuff there too, but gone for years now. I did buy his cookbook though. Pretty awesome stuff in that… Posted by: Gunslinger at July 01, 2026 12:02 AM (Mxkwh) Oh, yes. Steve Graham, IIRC. For a while he called his blog "The Carnival of Hate" but he toned down the title, as people looked askance at it. Last I saw, he had contracted a terrible case of Religion, and was bouncing between churches. I hope he is okay. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 01, 2026 12:21 AM (+wZeq) 277
Yeah I'm a dumbhead.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm --------- Not hardly. Moreover, as a fellow Moron, I like you because I like you. Read all of your comments. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L) 278
BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, the Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION. It will be in Dallas, Texas — One of my favorite places in the World. It will be fantastic! It has never been done before, and will be a truly Historic Event. We are going to celebrate the GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK, and the incredible successes of the American People who transformed our Country through the America First Agenda ...etc., etc. THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 12:22 AM (vPv7/) 279
I would not be surprised if Iran launches a major attack on US sites on July 4th, just to piss Trump off. They’re making more and more noises like they’re planning something just like that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2026 12:04 AM (7wNAQ) They're apparently holding the Ayatollah's funeral on the 4th on the theory we'll be to busy partying to do anything about the obvious cluster of high value targets. Posted by: Methos at July 01, 2026 12:22 AM (vSvIl) 280
274 I can't recall exactly when I started commenting here. Ace was still uncomfortable with the word "cuck." So it's been a little while but not as long as you maroons.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 12:20 AM (ZkWXv) I can remember when posting insulting comments about Big Mike Obama here was verboten. Posted by: a.moron at July 01, 2026 12:23 AM (X5Jzz) 281
@269.
Yeah, that was him. Little Green Footballs. Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:20 AM (IY9No) Little green shitballs. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:24 AM (snZF9) 282
They're apparently holding the Ayatollah's funeral on the 4th on the theory we'll be to busy partying to do anything about the obvious cluster of high value targets.
Posted by: Methos at July 01, 2026 12:22 AM (vSvIl) Some fireworks would be nice. Like a couple of A-10 passes strafing the funeral procession. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 12:25 AM (1z8ji) 283
G-d, I love the Thunderbirds! My Dad was stationed at Nellis AFB during the sixties and we used to see them practicing all the time, and attended many airshows. Air Force all the way, baby!
Posted by: tankascribe at July 01, 2026 12:25 AM (NtoJk) 284
279 They're apparently holding the Ayatollah's funeral on the 4th on the theory we'll be to busy partying to do anything about the obvious cluster of high value targets.
Posted by: Methos at July 01, 2026 12:22 AM (vSvIl) Shhhh....nobody tell them about Washington crossing the Delaware Christmas night, 1776.... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 12:26 AM (QGaXH) 285
@277 - same here, always read and enjoy your postings.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 01, 2026 12:26 AM (CHHv1) 286
> They're apparently holding the Ayatollah's funeral on the 4th on the theory we'll be to busy partying to do anything about the obvious cluster of high value targets.
Posted by: Methos at July 01, 2026 12:22 AM (vSvIl) Cold War story: Moscow. U.S. Embassy. New Year's Eve. Ambassador says "Think of that poor KGB bastard stuck in a booth somewhere on New Year's Eve, listening to us having fun". Phone rings. Ambassador answers. Sound of champagne cork popping, followed by deep laughter. Click. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 01, 2026 12:26 AM (qpyNK) 287
They're apparently holding the Ayatollah's funeral on the 4th on the theory we'll be to busy partying to do anything about the obvious cluster of high value targets.
Posted by: Methos at July 01, 2026 12:22 AM (vSvIl) We fought a multi front war in WWII. I think we can crack open beers and burn a country off the map simultaneously. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:27 AM (snZF9) 288
Illegal aliens were subject to the Draft and required to register prior to this latest fairy tale ruling.
In fact, all Aliens & Foreign nationals have been required to register since about 1940, with their updated address. The F.B.I. had a fairly large database of named individuals who would be rounded up and detained during a declared national emergency. During the war foreign nationals or “enemy” aliens could not be in possession of cameras, binoculars or shortwave radios. Enrico Fermi was not allowed to fly on aircraft because - before he was naturalized - Italy was a belligerent. Later, the government didn’t want to let him fly simply because he was so important to the war effort. The government can make things happen (or not happen) when it wants to do so. If your country is invaded by millions of illegal aliens, guess what. Someone wants it that way. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:27 AM (KP4aP) 289
277 Yeah I'm a dumbhead.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm --------- Not hardly. Moreover, as a fellow Moron, I like you because I like you. Read all of your comments. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L) I second Mr. Hammer's comment BC. I usually scroll through all the comments before turning in for the night. Had a busy day today - went and got a haircut..., Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 12:30 AM (QGaXH) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm) 291
They're apparently holding the Ayatollah's funeral on the 4th on the theory we'll be to busy partying to do anything about the obvious cluster of high value targets. Posted by: Methos ============= Wait, what? Did I miss some news? Also, good evening! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:32 AM (XJ22o) 292
A funeral on a single day? How cheap.
Posted by: zombie john mccain at July 01, 2026 12:34 AM (ZkWXv) 293
288 The government can make things happen (or not happen) when it wants to do so. If your country is invaded by millions of illegal aliens, guess what. Someone wants it that way.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:27 AM (KP4aP "Someone wants it that way" EXACTLY! This X 10,000,000.... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 12:34 AM (QGaXH) 294
Perry is half-Portuguese and half-Italian.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia I'll have to tell DH about that, Rodrigo. He himself is half-Portuguese and half-Polish and takes delight in saying he's "a Portlock" or telling people that he's "Poliguese." Posted by: tankascribe at July 01, 2026 12:34 AM (NtoJk) 295
Claude Fable and Mythos are apparently either back or soon will be.
The Commerce Department has lifted the NOFORN restriction. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 01, 2026 12:19 AM (qpyNK) If they want to attract attention, the next engine will be called Claudette. People can choose between using Claudette or Claude. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 12:34 AM (qx7Zg) 296
If we were to require photo IDs to vote, and if Sasquatches were allowed to vote, would we finally get clear photographs of them on the IDs, or would they be blurry?
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 01, 2026 12:34 AM (yO07m) 297
Jesus. A friend just texted me. 2 of his friends got wiped out on the motorcycles (harleys) over the weekend. Fucking car pulled out in front of them. One died at the scene, the other lost a limb and is hanging on by a thread. He has a 7 year old daughter. Drivers like that need an instant bullet in the head.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:35 AM (snZF9) 298
Illegal aliens were subject to the Draft and required to register prior to this latest fairy tale ruling. Posted by: Common Tater =============== You mean, they were allowed to get into our military. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:35 AM (XJ22o) 299
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:35 AM (snZF9) =============== Awful! I'm so sorry. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:36 AM (XJ22o) 300
We fought a multi front war in WWII. I think we can crack open beers and burn a country off the map simultaneously.
Posted by: Berserker ***BEST FIREWORKS EVAR!*** Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm) 301
Jesus. A friend just texted me. 2 of his friends got wiped out on the motorcycles (harleys) over the weekend. Fucking car pulled out in front of them. One died at the scene, the other lost a limb and is hanging on by a thread. He has a 7 year old daughter. Drivers like that need an instant bullet in the head.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division That is horrible. Condolences and prayers, Berserker. Posted by: tankascribe at July 01, 2026 12:37 AM (NtoJk) Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 01, 2026 12:38 AM (+wZeq) 303
We fought a multi front war in WWII. I think we can crack open beers and burn a country off the map simultaneously.
Posted by: Berserker ***BEST FIREWORKS EVAR!*** Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm) Right?? lol. Happy 250..*FOOM* Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:38 AM (snZF9) 304
@290 - ha ha, the beautiful JQ has fallen into my trap!
I mean, I'd say that if I was a supervillain. Or willing to admit being a supervillain. That? Over there? It's, erm, a modern sculpture. It's not a death ray. Pinkie swears! Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 01, 2026 12:39 AM (CHHv1) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm) 306
Jesus. A friend just texted me. 2 of his friends got wiped out on the motorcycles (harleys) over the weekend. Fucking car pulled out in front of them. One died at the scene, the other lost a limb and is hanging on by a thread. He has a 7 year old daughter. Drivers like that need an instant bullet in the head.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:35 AM (snZF9) Sorry to hear that, Berserker. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 12:40 AM (1z8ji) 307
Last thread, I was going on about this being the anniversary of the Tunguska event, early morning June 30th, 1908. The object was likely a big fragment from the Taurid meteor stream, which is debris from Comet Encke. The stream's orbit crosses the earth right at this time, and the angle comes in from the sun. The morning side of earth is leading in the orbit, and that's the side it comes in on. Siberia was in the bullseye by luck of the rotational draw. Now, there is a tie-in with the Younger Dryas Impact theory, too. Comet Encke could well be a chunk of a much larger comet that broke up ages ago, and on a faithful day 12,800 years ago, the Earth plowed right into that. Some of the YD Impact guys joke that the date was June 30, 10,800 BC. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb) Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 12:44 AM (w6EFb) 309
Jesus. A friend just texted me. 2 of his friends got wiped out on the motorcycles (harleys) over the weekend. Fucking car pulled out in front of them. One died at the scene, the other lost a limb and is hanging on by a thread. He has a 7 year old daughter. Drivers like that need an instant bullet in the head.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:35 AM (snZF9) Prayers for the injured. For the driver, why not tar, feather, draw, and quarter? Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 12:46 AM (qx7Zg) 310
Heh, Little Green Footballs. Never posted there but used to frequent the site, especially during the Dan Rather/GWB bs. Watching Charles Johnson slowly descend into madness was interesting. I suspect he was always like that but 9/11 brought about a certain amount of clarity that even got through to him. Didn't last long, of course, and he reverted back to his norm, which was drooling, halfwit, commie.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 12:46 AM (sAmhv) 311
I didn't know these guys. I'm trying to piece together how that could happen. You always watch the side streets. If you see a car bet on them pulling out in front of you. Not only do they pull out, but they stop dead like a deer in the headlights and block your path. They also should have been riding staggered. The fact that they both got whacked tells me they weren't. I don't want to judge, but my gut tells me this might..might have been avoided. Not that it was their fault, but you need to ride like every car out there is trying to hit you, because they are. If you let your guard down you're fucked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:46 AM (snZF9) 312
For the driver, why not tar, feather, draw, and quarter?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 01, 2026 12:46 AM (qx7Zg) I think a tire fire is more fitting. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:49 AM (snZF9) 313
279 I would not be surprised if Iran launches a major attack on US sites on July 4th, just to piss Trump off. They’re making more and more noises like they’re planning something just like that.
Posted by: Tom Servo ---- What's the lyrics, 'what a fool believes', let 'em, I'd rather they kill each other some more but if they want to be that stupid, so be it. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 12:51 AM (vPv7/) 314
You mean, they were allowed to get into our military
—— No, what it means is illegal aliens have always been liable to the Draft, should one be implemented, and all males regardless of “status” are in fact required to Register upon their 18th birthday . Sorry if I wasn’t clear? —— Yeah, I had a scooter for a while. Heavy bastard it was. I found driving it wasn’t that enjoyable. Motorcycles have always been somewhat dangerous on the road but in recent decades it has gotten ridiculous. Way too many fuckheads on the roads. Like everything else, there are no longer objective tests to get a driver license, near as I can tell. Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:52 AM (+Oqoq) 315
Heh, Little Green Footballs. Never posted there but used to frequent the site, especially during the Dan Rather/GWB bs. Watching Charles Johnson slowly descend into madness was interesting. I suspect he was always like that but 9/11 brought about a certain amount of clarity that even got through to him. Didn't last long, of course, and he reverted back to his norm, which was drooling, halfwit, commie.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 12:46 AM (sAmhv) Yeah that was really something to see. It really was a decent into madness. Registration was closed forever, then finally I caught it open one day and got in. Then I watched it go to shit. I might have posted a few times. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:52 AM (snZF9) 316
>>>Not that it was their fault, but you need to ride like every car out there is trying to hit you, because they are. If you let your guard down you're fucked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division --- Back when the world was round the Dept. of Transportation said, every accident is an avoidable accident. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 12:53 AM (vPv7/) 317
I was trying to find an animation of what happens to a little spherical cloud of test particles dropped into a circular orbit. That shows how object initially close together drift in a complex ways. I've seen it before, but couldn't easily find a good one. Anyway, that little ball of particles will get stretched into a long skinny banana like shape all along the orbital path, and it will be oscillating and undulating as it does so. That's a perfect way to see how a comet forms a long debris trail that becomes a meteor stream as it goes around the sun. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 12:56 AM (w6EFb) 318
Publius, there is some really cool imagery of the Earth. As you know, it isn’t round. More like an oblate spheroid.
The underlying actual imagery or shape of the earth minus the ocean is pretty interesting. It looks like something whacked the Earth and took a huge chunk out. Which may be … wait for it. Our Moon! Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:57 AM (+Oqoq) 319
Bers, I admit to being *one of those car-driving asshoes*.
Was at an intersection, almost turned left in front of an oncoming bike... caught myself, but it could've been ugly. And it was after I'd been through the required classes to get my own motorcycle endorsement! Afterward, I was incredulous at my near-mistake. I SAW the bike approaching, but it just didn't register as *a vehicle that I should yield to* even though the rider had right-of-way. Very sobering. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm) 320
Friend of mine was riding his bike up the freeway south of S.F. Hit from behind my a drunk driver. Killed almost instantly. Friend was a good guy too. Looked like a crazy, Pacific islander type but he was a total teddy bear. We bonded over Blue Oyster Cult as hardcore fans. BOC's 1998 album has an RIP to him.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 01, 2026 12:57 AM (DZ9Lv) 321
Well, I put in a long day today, so I am going to call it a night. Got to go back out to the shop. Left a mosquito coil burning. If it hasn't burned itself out by now, I will extinguish it, for safety's sake.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2026 12:57 AM (1z8ji) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:00 AM (vPv7/) 323
Heading north to Tacoma tomorrow after work for Fourth of July. I want to bring a beef brisket, but I can't smoke it there, so I'm going to start it tonight around midnight. Saturday I'll heat it up and try to put a crust on it. I think I'll sleep downstairs so I can hear the temperature alarm if anything goes wrong. I've got a fire going. It's cold here!
Seems like a good time to test out the Strawberry Basil Smash recipe I'm bringing (found at https://tinyurl.com/2akndn7x): - 2 ounces gin - 3/4 ounce orgeat - 1 ounce lime juice - 3-5 fresh basil leaves - 3ish strawberries - generous barspoon of strawberry jam - 2 dashes Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters Muddle, shake with ice, strain, pour. It's good! Might need another test though. Posted by: frammish at July 01, 2026 01:02 AM (rcENI) 324
My older bro rode bikes often. Mainly dirt bikes, but still... he'd been on the roads, on 2 wheels, a whole lot more than me. When I got my mc permit, he gave me his wisdom:
"Sis, when you get on a motorcycle, something *magical* happens... . . . ...You become INVISIBLE! Don't expect other drivers to even notice you." Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm) 325
327 That's a perfect way to see how a comet forms a long debris trail that becomes a meteor stream as it goes around the sun.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 12:56 AM (w6EFb) Publius - thank you for all the cool info you share here! Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 01:04 AM (QGaXH) 326
DSA guy unseated a longtime, 68-yr-old DEM incumbent in CO CD-1 tonight.
It's a safe DEM seat, so... another Mamdani guy goes to Congress. There's going to be quite a large group of DSA congresspersons. It's not just the Squad any more. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:04 AM (RCjYY) 327
NASA Ames high resolution supercomputer simulation of the Giant Impact Hypothesis of the Moon's formation: https://t.ly/0x5y0 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb) 328
Bers, I admit to being *one of those car-driving asshoes*.
Was at an intersection, almost turned left in front of an oncoming bike... caught myself, but it could've been ugly. And it was after I'd been through the required classes to get my own motorcycle endorsement! Afterward, I was incredulous at my near-mistake. I SAW the bike approaching, but it just didn't register as *a vehicle that I should yield to* even though the rider had right-of-way. Very sobering. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm) I almost got hit on the tour bike. The frigging thing is lit up like a christmas tree and they still pulled out in front of me. But I saw the car pull up to the stop sign and I felt it in my bones they were gonna pull out, so I was already on the brakes. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 01:07 AM (snZF9) 329
*shuffles up to the dark end of the bar*
Could use a drink and a ride and $20 I'll need to run a tab C'mon, I used to work here Posted by: Mercy on down and out Miklos at July 01, 2026 01:07 AM (6VErX) 330
Of course without fights hockey can't exist, well, except for the 95% of hockey in which fights are just as banned as in tennis or golf.
Posted by: rhomboid ---- In 13 years of playing organized hockey, The Kid only got in one fight, in Langford, up on Vancouver Island. The official "shake off of the gloves" and everything. He got the best of it, and as soon as the linesmen grabbed them he went turtle, so the other kid got in nothing. The ref could have called a major and game for fighting which was an automatic two game suspension, but I think he was amused. Matching double minors for roughing. Posted by: buddhaha at July 01, 2026 01:07 AM (rj9+0) 331
311 I didn't know these guys. I'm trying to piece together how that could happen. You always watch the side streets. If you see a car bet on them pulling out in front of you. Not only do they pull out, but they stop dead like a deer in the headlights and block your path. They also should have been riding staggered. The fact that they both got whacked tells me they weren't. I don't want to judge, but my gut tells me this might..might have been avoided. Not that it was their fault, but you need to ride like every car out there is trying to hit you, because they are. If you let your guard down you're fucked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:46 AM (snZF9) Berserker - how awful! So sorry to hear. I worry about being on the other side of that equation due to a moment of inattentiveness. Worse are the middle school kids on e-bikes. Every day I see violations that could get them killed and cause some innocent driver a lifetime of guilt.... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 01:08 AM (QGaXH) 332
"Sis, when you get on a motorcycle, something *magical* happens...
. . . ...You become INVISIBLE! Don't expect other drivers to even notice you." Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm) He's 100% right. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 01:08 AM (snZF9) 333
DSA guy unseated a longtime, 68-yr-old DEM incumbent in CO CD-1 tonight. It's a safe DEM seat, so... another Mamdani guy goes to Congress. There's going to be quite a large group of DSA congresspersons. It's not just the Squad any more. Posted by: mnw =============== oh my GODDDD. Not that Melat Kiros???? This utter bitch says we deserved 9/11. She was so fucking far out she got fired by her New York law firm, then scuttled off to get a Ph.D. in Public Administration, which is her current occupation. She was born in Ethiopia and hates America with a passion. She is also very attractive. DSA knows exactly what they're doing. omg this woman is arguably worse than anything that happened in NYC. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:09 AM (XJ22o) Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 01:11 AM (dK+Kv) 335
Hey, Miklos.. ya look a bit rough, man.. Here, this ones on me. You ok?
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 01:11 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:12 AM (RCjYY) 337
>> Publius - thank you for all the cool info you share here!
You're welcome -- I love this stuff. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 01:12 AM (w6EFb) 338
Even in a car, it pisses me off the way people drive balls to the walls up to a stop sign and brake at the last minute. I “know” they are going to stop, but I really don’t. They physics of two vehicles at high speed approaching at right angles on a collision course is the problem. It indicates they are not aware of this, at some level.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 01:14 AM (+Oqoq) 339
333 ...She is also very attractive. DSA knows exactly what they're doing. omg this woman is arguably worse than anything that happened in NYC.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:09 AM (XJ22o) Every guy has met or dated his share of attractive women who got ugly real fast as soon as they started to speak... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 01, 2026 01:16 AM (QGaXH) 340
Morticia
Me bad. Kiros DID win in CO CD-1. That was sloppy on my part. Kiros took out the longtime DEM incumbent. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:16 AM (RCjYY) 341
Wow the strawberry and basil pulp is better than the cocktail!
Posted by: frammish at July 01, 2026 01:19 AM (rcENI) 342
I was confusing 2 different CO races. A DIFFERENT DSA candidate won the DEM nomination for governor.
DEM socialists had a very good night in CO tonight! Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:19 AM (RCjYY) 343
10 ...FIFA requires World Cup matches to be played on natural grass.
Ok, THIS is one area in which I will concede superiority to the Euros. Turf is of Stan. ********** You know who invented AstroTurf? The Jews!!! Posted by: George Costanza (Operating as O'Brien) at July 01, 2026 01:20 AM (rgnea) 344
Mort No, Kiros lost tonight. It was the (white male) state AG who defeated the DEM incumbent. Posted by: mnw ============== In that case... there were TWO races where DSA won in CO. Because that horrid bitch I just described did in fact defeat a 15-term Dem. DeGette. awful awful awful Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:21 AM (XJ22o) 345
Here is the "shape of the earth" in a gravitational sense. This is the geoid, the gravitational equipotential surface (which defines sea level globally) of the earth. This is not the topographic shape, it's important to note. The earth's gravity vector is normal to that surface at any point. This is the result of high precision satellite gravimetry, mapping the earth's gravitational field to high precision: https://t.ly/ysHT4 That's also exaggerated to let you see the deviation from spherical easily. The height parameter at the top left controls that. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 01:22 AM (w6EFb) 346
nvidia is casually giving you access to 5 frontier chinese AI models for free 😳
no credit card no subscriptions just one API key that unlocks everything what you get for $0: - DeepSeek V4 Flash for ultra-fast inference - MiniMax M3 as a drop-in coding assistant - Qwen3.5-397B for advanced reasoning tasks - Kimi K2.6 for agentic workflows and long chains - GLM 5.1 as a reliable everyday model why this is huge https://tinyurl.com/5aebdyr2 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:22 AM (vPv7/) 347
Northern Idaho, two weeks ago:
A passing attempt in a marked no-passing zone on U.S. Highway 12 east of Kooskia ended in a crash that killed three motorcyclists Tuesday afternoon, according to Idaho State Police. ISP said troopers are investigating the three-fatality collision, which happened at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2026, near milepost 113 on U.S. Highway 12 east of Kooskia. The preliminary investigation indicates a 2019 Ford F-150 was traveling westbound when the driver attempted to pass another vehicle in a marked no-passing zone. ISP said the pickup crossed the double yellow centerline and collided with three motorcycles traveling eastbound. ISP said the 60-year-old female driver of the Ford, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was taken to a local hospital for medical evaluation. After her release, she was arrested and booked into the Idaho County Jail on probable cause for three counts of vehicular manslaughter. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 01, 2026 01:22 AM (+wZeq) 348
After 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 looking for the Winnower why do people play dxe4? I don't know what theory says, but my games from there seem boring.
Posted by: frammish at July 01, 2026 01:23 AM (rcENI) 349
Even in a car, it pisses me off the way people drive balls to the walls up to a stop sign and brake at the last minute. I “know” they are going to stop, but I really don’t. They physics of two vehicles at high speed approaching at right angles on a collision course is the problem. It indicates they are not aware of this, at some level.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 01:14 AM (+Oqoq) Yeah jerkoffs like that can spook you. Its bad when you have a small group of bikes and the ones up front start hitting their brakes. We try to ride spread out for that reason. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 01:24 AM (snZF9) Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:24 AM (RCjYY) 351
Every guy has met or dated his share of attractive women who got ugly real fast as soon as they started to speak... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan ============== And yet they keep getting re-elected. I'm telling you, the DSA is using glamorous foreign pinups to destroy this country. They know what they're doing. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:24 AM (XJ22o) 352
I tried to correct my error as fast as possible, as you can see. Posted by: mnw ============== I know, we were typing at the same time. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:24 AM (XJ22o) 353
RFK Jr. Announces He's Ending Emergency Liability Protection For COVID-19 Vaccine Makers
--- Better late than never. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:27 AM (vPv7/) 354
The preliminary investigation indicates a 2019 Ford F-150 was traveling westbound when the driver attempted to pass another vehicle in a marked no-passing zone. ISP said the pickup crossed the double yellow centerline and collided with three motorcycles traveling eastbound.
ISP said the 60-year-old female driver of the Ford, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was taken to a local hospital for medical evaluation. After her release, she was arrested and booked into the Idaho County Jail on probable cause for three counts of vehicular manslaughter. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 01, 2026 01:22 AM (+wZeq) Yup, tire fire or bullet in the head. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 01:27 AM (snZF9) 355
>>...A passing attempt in a marked no-passing zone on U.S. Highway 12 east of Kooskia...
That's some really twisty road there. Stoopid CO broad should've slowed down. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm) 356
AND stayed in her lane!
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:33 AM (vPv7/) 358
The GOP has been known to put up eye candy too-- Kari Lake was certainly one.
I could mention several others, but... I don't want to get called "BLIND Man!", because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think most would agree that Kristi Noem is one deserves to be included. I'm probably the only one here who remembers FL SoS Katherine Harris. She was briefly famous for her role in the 2000 Bush/Gore disputed election. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:33 AM (RCjYY) 359
I'm fine with DSA types being elected. They are legitimately crazy. It presents as clear a contrast as is humanly possible to the electorate. If the country chooses them over sanity, it deserves its fate. We might not deserve it. But if they cannot be defeated, the die is cast.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 01:34 AM (ZkWXv) 360
I'm really blackpilled by those DSA wins in CO. That one woman is unspeakably horrendous. She's gorgeous, and she hates America ==> she WILL be a US Senator someday. She has a law degree and hates America ==> she could be a Dem-appointed SCOTUS Justice someday. Just. Awful. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:35 AM (XJ22o) 361
"As SpaceX continues to invest in the area, SpaceX is offering our neighbors in the Memphis area no upfront hardware costs on Residential @Starlink kits for new customers and a discount on home internet service plans for both new and existing customers," Starlink wrote on X.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:36 AM (vPv7/) 362
Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:33 AM (RCjYY) ============== Trump does like his pretty ladies, but they are appointments. I don't see the GOP recruiting pretty girls the way DSA is. They're female Obamas x 100. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:37 AM (XJ22o) 363
"the die is cast":
MN AG Keith Ellison? NY AG Leticia James? Those are 2 die that got cast... and won statewide elections too. They're both as leftwing nuts as any of the new DSA crop. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:38 AM (RCjYY) 364
As SpaceX continues to invest in the area, SpaceX is offering our neighbors in the Memphis area no upfront hardware costs on Residential @Starlink kits for new customers and a discount on home internet service plans for both new and existing customers," Starlink wrote on X.
Posted by: Braenyard Clearly a Fascist Musk plot to kill children in Nigeria. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 01, 2026 01:38 AM (obVEo) 365
Trump does like his pretty ladies, but they are appointments. I don't see the GOP recruiting pretty girls the way DSA is. They're female Obamas x 100.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:37 AM (XJ22o) I'm not exactly finding these dem women that attractive. Yeah they're not blue haired land whales, but they aren't anything special. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 01:41 AM (snZF9) 366
The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, in what the plaintiffs’ lawyers described as the largest per-survivor settlement.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:41 AM (vPv7/) 367
346 Braenyard
I'll try it out tomorrow! Besides ordinary work, I can't believe how many side projects and home infra jobs I've been able to hand to Claude Code the last few months: - Working Perseus VM, with scripts to generate vocab lists for any text/author. - Keeping the raspberry pi sprinkler system in the garage from dropping off the wifi. - Fixing the xfce dual-monitor wake-up-from-sleep with one hdmi and one dp. - Diagnosing spontaneous reboots with no logs every 3-10 days. - Finally adding spamassassin to the domains with self-hosted email. - Linting the ansible scripts for various systems. - Diagnosing problems with the old Brother printer. - Finding ways to extend wifi to the far end of the house. - Rails polymorphic constraints. - Upgrading my weight/run time/bp spreadsheet to a Rails app. - Dike out React from my time tracking app, replaced with a bit of Stimulus. - More munin graphs. - Jellyfin server. - Personal Firefox plugin for pass(1). - Why did git-crypt stop working in my dotfiles repo? - OCR+RAG of old database research papers. Posted by: frammish at July 01, 2026 01:42 AM (rcENI) 368
Not to mention the dems will vote for communists if they were a cyclops version of hillary.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 01:42 AM (snZF9) Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:42 AM (RCjYY) 370
It is the latest agreement over clergy sexual abuse claims. In 2024, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to a record $880 million settlement.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:42 AM (vPv7/) 371
365 Trump does like his pretty ladies, but they are appointments. I don't see the GOP recruiting pretty girls the way DSA is. They're female Obamas x 100.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 01:37 AM (XJ22o) I'm not exactly finding these dem women that attractive. Yeah they're not blue haired land whales, but they aren't anything special. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 01:41 AM (snZF9) Neither are Lake or Noem really. Lake looks like a lesbian and Noem looks like a local pageant girl. Politics really is Hollywood for ugly people. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 01:44 AM (ZkWXv) 372
To first order, the earth is a sphere. To second, it's an oblate (Maclaurin) spheroid. To third order, it's pear shaped, with the southern hemisphere a little bit fatter than the northern. To higher yet, it's, well, slightly lumpy. But nowhere near as lumpy as the Moon. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 01, 2026 01:45 AM (w6EFb) 373
Bers, that is an awful story about the bikers.
I see that JQ has assisted Miklos, tell him that I will buy him the next one. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 01, 2026 01:46 AM (ibDUx) 374
365
THAT'S why I didn't include more names on my "GOP eye candy" post, bc I didn't want to get into a debate about who's hot and who's not. I mentioned 3 that I thought would be declared hot by acclamation. Posted by: mnw at July 01, 2026 01:46 AM (RCjYY) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm) 376
PM Netanyahu on Turkey:
Erdogan speaks about wanting to destroy Israel and take control of Jerusalem again. I think he forgot that 400 years of Ottoman rule are over. Today there is a strong State of Israel. He should calm down. We will not allow anyone to threaten our existence or our security, and I think we have shown what we are capable of. -- They just can't let it go. Trump didn't give the Kurds enough weapons. If they don't settle down, if this thing kicks up again (it will) we should decimate the whole region. They want to live like 7th century barbarians let's make their wish come true. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:50 AM (vPv7/) 377
Hey, Miklos.. ya look a bit rough, man.. Here, this ones on me. You ok?
Posted by: JQ Thankee Missus Now I can pay for my dog's beer Posted by: Miss Dixie sez Hi at July 01, 2026 01:51 AM (6VErX) 378
369 Nytol
I'm trying to break my habit of staying up so late. Posted by: mnw --- Don't forget to take you medicine, Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 01:53 AM (vPv7/) 379
Aw, Miss Dixie Doodle is here, too! Sweet pup... beer? Really? Ok.. I'll cover that one too.
Hope you're well, Miklos! *gives Miss Dixie a skritch* Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm) 380
Same nick since 2004.
Posted by: Reforger at July 01, 2026 01:58 AM (0dsIZ) 381
Thanks JQ, Cheers, I hope that you are less achy today.
I got a lot done around here today, guests are arriving Friday and I should be in good shape. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 01, 2026 01:58 AM (ibDUx) 382
Sounds like a nice party is shaping up for you & yours, Debby. Enjoy!
I wasn't as sore as I thought I'd be, this morning. So, I went out and did more work in the same area today. Am making good progress in a space that's been neglected for several years. Think I've removed about a cubic yard of english ivy! Next step... spray it with shrub poison. Might take a couple-three treatments, that stuff is *tough* to eradicate. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm) 383
Berserker, I'm sorry to hear that about your friend's friends. Was this it?
"Deadly Route 22 Collision Involved 2 Motorcycles And Another Vehicle, Sheriff Says" Patch.com, dated Mon, Jun 29: https://tinyurl.com/3cd5xvy6 "TOWN OF NORTH EAST, NY — A tragedy on a Hudson Valley highway has left one dead, and another in critical condition. "The deadly crash involving a motor vehicle and two motorcycles is under investigation after a collision on State Route 22, in the Town of North East, on Monday morning, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. "The Sheriff's Office reported that one of the motorcycle riders died from injuries sustained in the crash. The other motorcycle rider was rushed to Vassar Hospital, where they remain in critical condition. The driver of the other vehicle involved was also taken to Vassar Hospital for medical evaluation." (article continues) Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 02:11 AM (Sy6m/) 384
(cont'd)
"The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office said multiple agencies assisted at the scene and during the investigation. Those agencies included the Dutchess County Medical Examiner, the New York State Police, the Millerton Fire Company, the Amenia Fire Company, and Empress Ambulance Service. "Investigators are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash or the events leading up to it to come forward. The Sheriff's Office urged potential witnesses to contact Detective Catuzza at 845-486-3881 or by email at this email address. The Sheriff's Office can also be contacted through its tipline at 845-605-2583 or by email." Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 02:21 AM (Sy6m/) 385
No guests here for Independence Day... I'll just fly Old Glory and pray for us all. Maybe have a couple beverages. Grill a burger. Enjoy my little slice of paradise all alone. (Lunch with hubby, as always, but the rest of the day...*sigh*)
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm) 386
Too late to get a table ?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:25 AM (afJtY) 387
Sen. John Hickenlooper defeated progressive state Sen. Julie Gonzales in Colorado's Democratic Senate primary, securing the nomination as he seeks a second term.
Gonzales argued Democrats needed to take a more aggressive approach to opposing President Trump and criticized Hickenlooper's moderate record, including some of his votes in favor of Trump's nominees. The result marks a setback for the Democratic Party's progressive wing after a string of recent primary victories elsewhere Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:26 AM (vPv7/) 388
Howdy, Ben Had! You're here... early? late?
Of course you may sit wherever you like! Beverage? On the house! Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm) 389
JQ, early. I brought a bottle of bourbon cream to share.
Sparks the coffee right up! Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:30 AM (afJtY) 390
Sen. John Hickenlooper defeated progressive state Sen. Julie Gonzales in Colorado's Democratic Senate primary, securing the nomination as he seeks a second term.
The result marks a setback for the Democratic Party's progressive wing after a string of recent primary victories elsewhere Posted by: Braenyard 1) Name recognition B) Incumbency 3) Name recognition, especially when it's a pretty gay name Posted by: mikeski at July 01, 2026 02:31 AM (VHUov) 391
Ooooo. Bourbon cream!
Got a fresh pot of Kona coffee... here ya go... room for a double in your mug! Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm) 392
Well, you can tell where the sympathies of the Leftie Activists With Bylines lie. Can you believe, framing it as a 'setback' for the socialists to fail to primary out a sitting U.S. Senator, as if they had it in the bag. Sheesh!
Posted by: SciVo at July 01, 2026 02:32 AM (Sy6m/) 393
Slides over so that Ben Had can have a seat, such an unexpected pleasure to have you here at this hour. I hope that a horse is not sick.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 01, 2026 02:32 AM (ibDUx) 394
G-d Bless America and I intend to give him all the help
I can. The fight is only over if you surrender. Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:34 AM (afJtY) 395
Debbie, gratefully all the critters are well. Summer schedule has me starting at 3 so I can get the horses done before it gets too hot.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:38 AM (afJtY) 396
Hour to go
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 02:39 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at July 01, 2026 02:41 AM (LDzCq) 398
Name recognition, especially when it's a pretty gay name
Posted by: mikeski -- It's far out to say Hickenlooper is a win over the radical. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 01, 2026 02:42 AM (vPv7/) 399
Well I can see where a Bourbon Cream will give you a little get up and go to get the chores done!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 01, 2026 02:42 AM (ibDUx) 400
Skip , Good morning. Have you ever installed any faux stone plnaling?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:43 AM (afJtY) 401
Be positive. It helps.
Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at July 01, 2026 02:41 AM (LDzCq) *waives pride flag one last time* Posted by: HIV at July 01, 2026 02:44 AM (oXssD) 402
Paneling was intended.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:44 AM (afJtY) 403
Debbie, smoothes out the creaking old body.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:46 AM (afJtY) 404
6 IRGC muckity mucks have been assassinated in the provincial area of Iran. A good start.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:49 AM (afJtY) 405
I am off to sleep, Horde, sweet dreams.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 01, 2026 02:56 AM (ibDUx) 406
'Night, Debby
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm) 407
404 6 IRGC muckity mucks have been assassinated in the provincial area of Iran. A good start.
Posted by: Ben Had Good comment number! "Terrorists not found." Posted by: mikeski at July 01, 2026 02:58 AM (VHUov) 408
Peaceful slumber, DDS
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 02:59 AM (afJtY) 409
6 IRGC muckity mucks have been assassinated in the provincial area of Iran. A good start.
Posted by: Ben Had Indeed. Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 02:59 AM (rdVOm) 410
Debbie, smoothes out the creaking old body.
Posted by: Ben Had I make double coffee cold brewed protein smoothies It's hot here Posted by: Miklos lives in an undisclosed sinkhole of heat and humidity at July 01, 2026 03:00 AM (6VErX) 411
mikeski , hahahaha. I didn't notice.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:00 AM (afJtY) 412
I'm working July 4th. I sometimes get it off, but not this year. Just the way the schedule bounces.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 03:02 AM (sAmhv) 413
Miklos, Good morning. I take my protein in the red meat form.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:03 AM (afJtY) 414
The fight is only over if you surrender.
Posted by: Ben Had *sharpens pointy sticks just in case* Posted by: Miklos is turning Japanese at July 01, 2026 03:03 AM (6VErX) 415
Miklos, if I had a sharper wit I could use one of those stcks as a pun jab.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:05 AM (afJtY) 416
Posted by: Miklos lives in an undisclosed sinkhole of heat and humidity
We've had a brief respite from the usual heat... back into the convection oven next week, tho. One year, before we had any a/c units, we bought a plastic kiddie pool and spent many hours in the water with our cold beverages. Better than nothing, LOL. I'll be putting in the portable a/c this weekend. Easy peasy. (suck it, yurrup-peons!) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm) 417
Miklos, Good morning. I take my protein in the red meat form.
Posted by: Ben Had Beef The only red meat ™ Posted by: Quail aficionado Mikos ™ at July 01, 2026 03:07 AM (6VErX) 418
I'm working July 4th. I sometimes get it off, but not this year. Just the way the schedule bounces.
Posted by: Puddleglum Stop by Club ONT! The 4th is Caturday, and some of us Morons are bound to check in. I know I'll be here for the great company! (don't let that scare you away) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm) 419
Miklos, if I had a sharper wit I could use one of those stcks as a pun jab.
Posted by: Ben Had The Marines and Army both call them pungi sticks, similar to Pugil Sticks But Different Posted by: Hello from Scenic Ft Jackson! at July 01, 2026 03:10 AM (6VErX) 420
Is Yak meat considered "red meat"? Honest question.
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 03:11 AM (rdVOm) 421
I might as well get up
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 03:11 AM (Ia/+0) 422
Miklos, ready for some more of those birds to fly your way?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:12 AM (afJtY) 423
JQ, yes. My second favorite red meat is Wildebeest.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:14 AM (afJtY) 424
412 I'm working July 4th. I sometimes get it off, but not this year. Just the way the schedule bounces.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 03:02 AM (sAmhv) I'm retired. I get all the days off. DH, not so much. But, we are scooting down to Kasilof on the 5th through the 10th. Dipnetting some lovely Kasilof Red Salmon, which some of you morons and ettes have tasted. DH fishes, I clean and ice. We go with friends, and then have feasts on shore along with a few libations. It probably doesn't pay out, but oh my, how we love our smoked salmon and our good friends and a good time. Watching the weir counts and it is looking good for that week. Posted by: tcn in AK at July 01, 2026 03:14 AM (bl07w) 425
Thanks, Ben Had! I've been wondering. I'd guess that
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 03:17 AM (rdVOm) 426
Is Yak meat considered "red meat"? Honest question.
Posted by: JQ I had New Orleans Red Beans and Rice in Bangkok in a place run by a Vet from Nawlins. The recipe was original but the sausage? "Yeah, but not yak, water buffalo" Posted by: Mikleuse le Cuisinaire Mondiale at July 01, 2026 03:17 AM (6VErX) 427
tcn, your smoked salmon is the best.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:17 AM (afJtY) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm) 430
The commercial Yak breeders around here raise them more for their fiber. A combination of Yak Buffalo wool socks are like walking on air.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:20 AM (afJtY) 431
ready for some more of those birds to fly your way?
Posted by: Ben Had I now have freezer space, but may not the best time to meet with Miley and Publius. Best food from best people should be eaten with best friends. Posted by: Merci Madame le Horse Boss Lady at July 01, 2026 03:21 AM (6VErX) 432
Miklos, when the time is right I will know.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:22 AM (afJtY) 433
Before I check out... extra prayer up for publius' mom, publius & Miley.
Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm) 434
The commercial Yak breeders around here raise them more for their fiber. A combination of Yak Buffalo wool socks are like walking on air.
Posted by: Ben Had I knew a Finnish girl who worked on an ostrich farm in Hungary... Posted by: even Miklos can't make this up at July 01, 2026 03:25 AM (6VErX) 435
when the time is right I will know.
Posted by: Ben Had How did you think that I don't know what others must know? *looks again at the local Cistercian monastery* Posted by: Lay Brother Miklos at July 01, 2026 03:28 AM (6VErX) 436
Punches J5 on the jukebox, for Miklos, Willie Nelson singing " To all girls I've loved before"
Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:31 AM (afJtY) Posted by: JQ at July 01, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: Miklos uesd to be nice at July 01, 2026 03:36 AM (6VErX) Posted by: Ben Had at July 01, 2026 03:41 AM (afJtY) 440
Another one bites the dust! In colorado district 1 another aipac corporate drone goes down to defeat despite corporate establishment donor money and backing. Chuckie schumer has put his name on a waiting list for an exclusive jewish retirement community.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 01, 2026 03:41 AM (vGWNK) 441
Stop by Club ONT! The 4th is Caturday, and some of us Morons are bound to check in. I know I'll be here for the great company! (don't let that scare you away)
Posted by: JQ I'll be around! Should be a quiet night. Holidays usually are. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 03:45 AM (sAmhv) Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 01, 2026 03:57 AM (sAmhv) 443
ew I took these two comments to be in conversation talking about the same thing and ew
87 Amy Coney Barrett imported Haitians into her own family. Of course she thinks anything old thing that *falls out* and touches our soil automatically becomes “American”.. Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 30, 2026 10:27 PM (l3YAf) 88 I climbed *up there.* Spectacular view. Second only to Yosemite in my travels. Posted by: Frank Nobody at June 30, 2026 10:27 PM (75cud) Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 04:13 AM (6wpGE) 444
Made easy French Toast with Thomas's Swirl Bread and strawberries on top, quite filled up.
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 04:14 AM (Ia/+0) 445
After 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 looking for the Winnower why do people play dxe4? I don't know what theory says, but my games from there seem boring.
Posted by: frammish at July 01, 2026 01:23 AM (rcENI) Exchanging in the French is a classic out for both sides when they don't want test their knowledge of the opening theory. Usually black isn't the one you'd expect to opt out, but 3. ... dxe4 is a solid response to both 3. Nc3 and 3. Nd2 so it allows the black player to comfortably play the French without having to memorize quite as much. Posted by: Sjg at July 01, 2026 04:17 AM (i8HNq) 446
Jesus. A friend just texted me. 2 of his friends got wiped out on the motorcycles (harleys) over the weekend. Fucking car pulled out in front of them. One died at the scene, the other lost a limb and is hanging on by a thread. He has a 7 year old daughter. Drivers like that need an instant bullet in the head.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:35 AM (snZF9) My brother was driving his new HONDA 90 when a woman pulled in front of him. Broadsided he did, flew over the car he did, and cracked his cheap helmet. Thankfully he survived. I always wrote it off as small scooter. Then just 5 years ago, I was driving, clear crisp morning a woman pulled out in front of me. Broadsided her I did.I was until that second skeptical of airbags. NO MORE. Without airbags and crush zones, I would not be here. So sorry for your friends. Posted by: Miflin at July 01, 2026 04:33 AM (aA6YN) 447
Pixy's up! at https://ai.mee.nu
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE) 448
Pixy's up!
Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE) 449
297 Jesus. A friend just texted me. 2 of his friends got wiped out on the motorcycles (harleys) over the weekend. Fucking car pulled out in front of them. One died at the scene, the other lost a limb and is hanging on by a thread. He has a 7 year old daughter. Drivers like that need an instant bullet in the head.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:35 AM (snZF9) Heartbreaking, Bers. Very sorry. Posted by: m at July 01, 2026 04:37 AM (6wpGE) 450
Was Woodrow Wilson the first trans-woman President ???
Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2026 06:44 AM (O7XEN) Tuesday Cafe![]() Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Swiss Alps Dog hints that it's time for a walk. World Pup shootout. Cat working hard on the farm. Malinois thinks its owner's umbrella is a chew toy. I've heard some call the performance pets put on when they haven't been fed for twenty minutes the Hunger Games. Here a kitten pounces and seizes on an unopened can of cat food, carrying on like a mental patient. This dog must be salty. Kangaroo rush hour. Kitten adopts a jogger. Space Invaders. Dogs beating the heat. Will you be my friend? Wobbly juvenile giraffe stoops down for water.
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/plants flag
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 30, 2026 07:31 PM (mQbp+) 2
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Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 30, 2026 07:31 PM (Lx4gz) 3
Hola, dammit!
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 30, 2026 07:31 PM (Lx4gz) 4
Cubanos are ready! Wash up.
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 07:32 PM (Dd38x) 5
*Lauterbrunnen
Posted by: limbomaniac at June 30, 2026 07:32 PM (Q4twi) 6
I bet a man with a Slinky could get a lot of slinkin done in that top picture.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 30, 2026 07:33 PM (3uBP9) 7
I could have been first but I was beating the heat.
Posted by: fd at June 30, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi) 8
Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 07:35 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (hzuYO) 11
Curses! Willowed again!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (R+iUD) 12
I pine for Switzerland.
Before Ace started posting Swiss mountain pictures on the cafe, I had no idea I pined for Switzerland. That little chalet looks like heaven. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (zYpTz) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:37 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (vTZFs) 15
Can someone fix the lack of centering, please? After the previous thread, this left justified crap hurts my eyes.
Posted by: a.moron at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (X5Jzz) 16
>>> Gorgeous photo, Ace.
I love it when there are clouds below the mountains here. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (hzuYO) "Clouds below the mountains" if you know what I mean, hint hint nudge nudge, a nods as good as a wink to a blind bat, say no more... Posted by: banana Dream at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (3uBP9) 17
That little chalet looks like heaven. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:36 PM (zYpTz) _____________ The outhouse is waaaaaay over there. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (O0L8i) 18
"A lot of us, myself included, didn't even know the play took place until after the game. And now we're being painted as thugs. And [there are] death threats out on us, so it's really unacceptable. It's something that needs to change in this league, and I'm just really sick and tired of it." -- Alyssa Thomas, forward for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury Don't start thugging, won't be thug painted. Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1) 19
and just like that...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (vPv7/) 20
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*sits down at tiny, greasy Café table* *raises arm and snaps fingers* Garçon! Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 I made healthier but you wouldn’t know it cubanos, garlicky green beans and rainbow veggie salad. It’s in the kitchen, though. You have to go grab your plate. Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (Dd38x) 21
/plants flag Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing ============== For a second I thought that was the pants flag. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (XJ22o) 22
It's so hot outside.
Yes it is, we are under a heat wave for the rest of the week. High for the 4th is supposed to be over 100 degrees. Posted by: Case at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (IY9No) 23
The pupper side eying his leash is cute.
Posted by: Tuna at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM (lJ0H4) 24
It’s in the kitchen, though. You have to go grab your plate. Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (Dd38x) ___________ What if I wanted a hamburger? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM (O0L8i) 25
I so appreciate the Cafe, ace.
What a great tradition. You started it as “The Quarantine Cafe.” It was so loved then. And needed. And silly and soothing and fun. Thank you. *hugs* Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM (yEz+x) 26
The outhouse is waaaaaay over there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM (O0L8i) Eh. When I have enough money to move to Switzerland, I'll have enough money for a septic tank. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz) 27
>>> 18
"A lot of us, myself included, didn't even know the play took place until after the game. And now we're being painted as thugs. And [there are] death threats out on us, so it's really unacceptable. It's something that needs to change in this league, and I'm just really sick and tired of it." -- Alyssa Thomas, forward for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury Don't start thugging, won't be thug painted. Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1) What does Alyssa think needs to change? People seeing her teamates being asshoes? Clark bringing in what is it, almost half of the WNBA's revenue? Retard. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 07:42 PM (R+iUD) 28
Eh. When I have enough money to move to Switzerland, I'll have enough money for a septic tank. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz) __________ You will never have enough money to move to Switzerland. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:43 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 07:43 PM (Dd38x) Posted by: Tuna at June 30, 2026 07:43 PM (lJ0H4) 31
You will never have enough money to move to Switzerland.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:43 PM (O0L8i) You get me. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 07:46 PM (zYpTz) 32
Heidi !
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 30, 2026 07:46 PM (URO9T) Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0) 34
The recent rumor that a penguin with a laser on its head was used to create a 350 foot cut in the DC reflecting pool liner is not beyond the realm of possibilities. It is an established fact that Nazi scientists beneath the Antarctic have developed their fowl-based weaponry far beyond that seen during WWii. Big Penguin's continued use of this technology and partnership with the Soros to disrupt the 250th anniversary of our great country will no doubt manifest itself over the next few days. Be vigilant, and carry nose plugs.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 30, 2026 07:47 PM (MWfyi) 35
Got the lawn and pens mowed today. Two and a half hours in the heat. At last the yard and back acreage look decent. Took a terrific beating doing it. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:49 PM (O0L8i) 36
What if I wanted a hamburger?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 07:41 PM Over here! Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at June 30, 2026 07:49 PM (0sNs1) 37
I want to go to that little valley in Switzerland. Or really any little valley in Switzerland. It looks quiet and peaceful there.
Posted by: bluebell at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (afFes) 38
It was so hot today.. How hot was it? It was so hot, they were feeding crushed ice to the chickens so they wouldn't lay hard-boiled eggs Posted by: Don Black at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (ZxPkt) 39
Birthright Bob made it clear today that the requirements to being a US citizen are lower than then requirements to being recognized as a US state resident.
We be f'd. This ruling is a neon billboard ad to the world "come on down." Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (obVEo) 40
This heat is brutal. And we still have all of July and August to go. But at least I can have A/C. (Looks at Europe and smirks)
Posted by: Case at June 30, 2026 07:54 PM (IY9No) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2026 07:54 PM (Cqx++) 42
7 I could have been first but I was beating the heat.
Posted by: fd at June 30, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi) Is that what we are calling it now? Posted by: tcn in AK at June 30, 2026 07:56 PM (bl07w) 43
37 I want to go to that little valley in Switzerland. Or really any little valley in Switzerland. It looks quiet and peaceful there.
Posted by: bluebell at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (afFes) Switzerland has THOUSANDS of bomb shelters, that they have spent generations building. probably a little tunnel back there somewhere... Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 07:57 PM (mP0Kj) Posted by: fd at June 30, 2026 07:58 PM (MWfyi) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (vPv7/) 46
I want to go to that little valley in Switzerland. Or really any little valley in Switzerland. It looks quiet and peaceful there.
Posted by: bluebell at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (afFes) Don't need to go to Europe. There are a ton places like that in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, etc. But, don't tell anyone else. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming suck. Stay far away. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ) 47
39 Birthright Bob made it clear today that the requirements to being a US citizen are lower than then requirements to being recognized as a US state resident.
We be f'd. This ruling is a neon billboard ad to the world "come on down." Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 30, 2026 07:52 PM (obVEo) When you register to vote in Calif, you are supposed to have some form of ID, which includes things like a Bill... but you can just click past it, and continue, and still get registered. And note, they do not check if a bill you photocopy onto their website is even valid... could be photoshopped easily. Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (mP0Kj) 48
Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS) 49
45 Eastern US Heat Wave Set to Collide With World Cup Matches
--- Bastardi says it could be 105. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (vPv7/) Yeah, uh, that would still be 5 degrees cooler than normal for here this time of year. Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (mP0Kj) 50
48 Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS) Yeah, not sayin it was aliens... but... Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (mP0Kj) 51
Thunder storms here and of course Saijo thinks he needs to go out. He will have to wait a sec.
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (hftzA) 52
Locally, we are good for fireworks. A ton of rain last weekend, and only moderately hot, but sunny, for the 4th. Only my second summer in Idaho, but it's been cooler than last summer.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:03 PM (0aYVJ) 53
Don't need to go to Europe. There are a ton places like that in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, etc.
But, don't tell anyone else. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming suck. Stay far away. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ) True. All of it. Horrible places. Maybe one day, I can return. It's a lot more likely than being able to move to Switzerland. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 08:03 PM (zYpTz) 54
Don't need to go to Europe. There are a ton places like that in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, etc. ___________ Once drove on I-90 through the Bitterroots. It was among the loveliest and most striking episodes in my driving experiences. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 08:05 PM (O0L8i) 55
What if I wanted a hamburger?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Got the lawn and pens mowed today. Two and a half hours in the heat. At last the yard and back acreage look decent. Took a terrific beating doing it. You deserve a double with cheese and bacon. Posted by: Tuna at June 30, 2026 08:05 PM (lJ0H4) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 08:06 PM (Wnv9h) 57
I hope we get another shot at the birth right citizenship issue. Hang in there, Justice Thomas.
Posted by: LASue at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM (lCppi) 58
NPR sez: "U.S. murder rate approaches a record low"
Yes, yes, it's NPR, but I choose to believe it because it's great news. IMHO, the second greatest achievement of DJT second term, after the first greatest: the closing of the southern border. Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM (Jr5Lq) 59
Big rolling thunder here, but no rain yet.
Posted by: toby928(c) at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM (4NO2D) 60
48 Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS) Yeah, not sayin it was aliens... but... Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (mP0Kj) Those poor airmen. Left riddled with STDs. Posted by: Often Wrong, Never In Doubt at June 30, 2026 08:09 PM (wVcYX) Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2026 08:09 PM (vTZFs) 62
When this heat breaks in a couple days, I expect ass-kicking T-storms.
Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:10 PM (Jr5Lq) 63
59 Big rolling thunder here, but no rain yet.
Posted by: toby928(c) at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM I see the lightening, it’s going kind of crazy. Weather says we have an hour of it. Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 08:11 PM (hftzA) 64
Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS) Yeah, not sayin it was aliens... but... Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (mP0Kj) Those poor airmen. Left riddled with STDs. Posted by: Often Wrong, Never In Doubt at June 30, 2026 08:09 PM (wVcYX) Gotta admit, this one took me a minute. Well done. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 30, 2026 08:12 PM (ndZc7) 66
IMHO, the second greatest achievement of DJT second term, after the first greatest: the closing of the southern border.
Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:07 PM (Jr5Lq) It's almost like those two things are directly related. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 30, 2026 08:13 PM (zYpTz) 67
I mowed the lawn today, and pulled blackberry vines out of the hedges.
Cutting blackberries out of hedges is one of those hateful tasks that gets engrossing once you get started. I was just going to do one section near the back, and I wound up doing the whole back and the side hedge as well. Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 08:13 PM (rbvCR) 68
What if I wanted a hamburger?"
Whataburger over there. In n out down the road. Mels is a bit further that away... Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 08:13 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 08:13 PM (XuXeR) 70
>>Today is Tuesday. Pay up, Wimpy.
LOL. Reminded me of a story Dad told about this one particularly ne'er do well guy in his small home town, back in the early 1940s: Grandma would set pies on the window sill to cool, and occasionally one would "disappear." Usually apple. She discovered that it was always the same guy, and he had no family so it wasn't as if he was trying to provide for children. She made a special 'apple' pie out of potato slices, along with the usual good-smelling spices, baked it, then set it on the sill and left the house for a while. Sure enough, it got stolen. Haha, she said no more pies were stolen after that! Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 08:14 PM (rdVOm) 71
I am surprised that NPR did not claim the drop in violent crime was because blue states have continually failed to report or even respond to violent crime, showing Trump unable to influence even this part of the social contract.
NPR must be more interested in supporting the blue cities than in damaging Trump. Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 08:15 PM (rbvCR) 72
@axios
Ravenna and Constantinople reboot the Bubonic Scare as a ship full of rats departs Pelusium "We didn't really need civilization anyway", Roman experts shrug Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE) 73
RMBS!
It’s just lovely here. Cloudy. 65. Little breeze. Two more Eurofag Kickball Games in the city this week. Then we’re done iirc. Too many tourists. Kill everyone. Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:17 PM (DqQS/) 74
64 Today is the 108th anniversary of the Tunguska event. That was about a 15 MT airburst from a comet fragment and leveled about 800 square miles of trees.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:01 PM (+82YS) Yeah, not sayin it was aliens... but... Posted by: Romeo13 at June 30, 2026 08:02 PM (mP0Kj) Those poor airmen. Left riddled with STDs. Posted by: Often Wrong, Never In Doubt at June 30, 2026 08:09 PM (wVcYX) Gotta admit, this one took me a minute. Well done. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ) It’s 2016? Posted by: Cow Demon at June 30, 2026 08:18 PM (qA8eD) 75
Grandma would set pies on the window sill to cool, and occasionally one would "disappear." Usually apple. She discovered that it was always the same guy, and he had no family so it wasn't as if he was trying to provide for children. She made a special 'apple' pie out of potato slices, along with the usual good-smelling spices, baked it, then set it on the sill and left the house for a while. Sure enough, it got stolen. Haha, she said no more pies were stolen after that! Posted by: JQ ============ Do you want to hear another funny story? Some guy who recovered from being a genuine neo-Nazi punk in East Germany talked about his childhood there. The kids would steal the cakes from the local industrial bakery and... use them to have cake-fights. The food was such shyte that they didn't even eat the "treats." Just used them as weapons! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2026 08:20 PM (XJ22o) 76
RMBS!
It’s just lovely here. Cloudy. 65. Little breeze. Two more Eurofag Kickball Games in the city this week. Then we’re done iirc. Too many tourists. Kill everyone. Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:17 PM Nice. It's getting way too hot here. On the plus side, Boston has been like a big block party lately. The Eurofags have been having fun here and pissing the lefties off by having fun in Boston. Especially the Scots. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 08:21 PM (Wnv9h) Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:21 PM (+82YS) 78
Seventeen minutes of Stan Getz 1954:
youtube.com/watch?v=-0wZ9eBqz9o Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:22 PM (Jr5Lq) 79
The food was such shyte that they didn't even eat the "treats." Just used them as weapons!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia LOL Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 08:23 PM (rdVOm) 80
>>I want to go to that little valley in Switzerland. Or really any little valley in Switzerland. It looks quiet and peaceful there.
One of my favorite trips was visiting Lake Lucerne and Mt. Pilatus. They have a tour called the Golden Circle that starts with a boat ride around Lake Lucerne which is beautiful. Busier than that little valley but right at the base of the Alps and lovely. The ride ends at the base of Mt Pilatus where you take a cog railway to the top of Mt Pilatus. The railway is very steep but there are homes like the one in the photo above and cows grazing on the side of the mountain and crazy Swiss hiking up the mountain. Big viewing area at the top of the Alps and the lake and a couple restaurants and a hotel. You hop on a gondola and ride back to Lucerne for big ending. Really spectacular views. https://tinyurl.com/2v5suabp Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2026 08:23 PM (viF8m) 81
*sits down at tiny, greasy Café table*
*raises arm and snaps fingers* Garçon! Posted by: Hadrian *Garçon saunters over slowly, wipes table with greasier bar rag* "Oui, monsewer. Quelle sera votre pression?" *Snaps towel; walks away without taking order.* Posted by: travailleur webattentif - sniffing diffidently at June 30, 2026 08:24 PM (FL3q9) 82
RMBS
I’ve never seen as many American flags (not on fire) as I did after the USA v Australia match a couple weeks ago. It was freaking amazing! Tons of tourists. I don’t think Seattle could handle the Scotts. Or the British. Jeepers. Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:24 PM (yEz+x) 83
"A lot of us, myself included, didn't even know the play took place until after the game. And now we're being painted as thugs. And [there are] death threats out on us, so it's really unacceptable. It's something that needs to change in this league, and I'm just really sick and tired of it."
-- Alyssa Thomas, forward for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury Don't start thugging, won't be thug painted. Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 30, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1) This isn't the first time. She was knocked out for half a year last season. She has been speared in the eyes several times intentionally. I saw the Pistons knock Jordan around for years and I never saw him get fingers and eyes in the face repeatedly, every game like the WNBA. Posted by: Oldcat at June 30, 2026 08:25 PM (uhVAy) 84
This isn't the first time. She was knocked out for half a year last season. She has been speared in the eyes several times intentionally. ____________ Women are warm, empathic and supportive of each other. That's what I'm told. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 08:28 PM (O0L8i) 85
The Tunguska object was most likely a large fragment in the Taurid meteor stream. That is the debris trail of Comet Encke, which crosses the ETFs orbit on two spots, one around June 30 of course, a few day window.
At this spot the stream is coming at you from the direction of the sun. You can't see it coming. Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:29 PM (+82YS) 86
Slapshot is on TCM. I think it’s my favorite sports movie. Newman took a real risk doing this.
Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL) 87
Just so you all can be jealous, our local ski area got 12-15 inches of snow last night.
Posted by: Wenda at June 30, 2026 08:30 PM (AZWHC) 88
Hm, if the taters were cooked thoroughly, it might be pretty good? Cheese & onions &c.
That … isn’t what she had in mind though I betcha. I’ve heard oft-repeated tales of Ex-Lax being liberally incorporated into common break area refrigerators, lunches that formerly were mysteriously disappearing are suddenly and unexpectedly left alone! Hm Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:30 PM (EmvwI) 89
First World Problems: Ok, not really but it's all that Freddy the German soccer fan guy. I've been binge listening to Ella Langley for the last few days. Don't care what the cool kids say, I like her.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 08:32 PM (sAmhv) 90
AI sez: "Potato pie is a versatile dish made with potatoes, butter, milk, and cheese. It can be savory or sweet. You can make a savory version with mashed potatoes, ham, and mozzarella in a casserole dish, or a pastry-crusted pie filled with sliced potatoes, cheese, and onions"
I'd buy that for a dollar. Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:34 PM (Jr5Lq) 91
Switzerland has a robust form of Democracy, some say it was a model for the founders. Lots of referendums. Swiss citizens vote on everything.
Democrats here don’t like democracy. For example one final hurdle for would be Swiss citizenship, your neighbors get to vote on whether you should become a Swiss citizen. Can you imagine the howls of outrage from the leftist twats? Now that’s Democratic. “Nah, brah. That guy is a dickhead” Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:34 PM (EmvwI) 92
Tons of tourists. I don’t think Seattle could handle the Scotts. Or the British. Jeepers.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:24 PM I'd love to see the Tartan Army invade Seattle. There just isn't enough popcorn. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 08:35 PM (Wnv9h) 93
That … isn’t what she had in mind though I betcha. I’ve heard oft-repeated tales of Ex-Lax being liberally incorporated into common break area refrigerators, lunches that formerly were mysteriously disappearing are suddenly and unexpectedly left alone! Hm
Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:30 PM (EmvwI) There was that office-wide email that went something like, "for who-ever needed milk for their coffee and took it out of the clear container in the break-room fridge, please understand that I am just back from maternity leave and I am pumping breast milk for my son . . ." Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR) 94
Just so you all can be jealous, our local ski area got 12-15 inches of snow last night. Posted by: Wenda =============== And the gas tax goes up to about $.65/gallon here in California tomorrow. I get to contribute more to the common good. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2026 08:35 PM (XJ22o) 95
Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:30 PM
Haha, grandma was so tired of being ripped off.. times were hard for everyone back then. I'm sure the pie smelled terrific but tasted like crap, as intended. Posted by: JQ at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM (rdVOm) 96
34 The recent rumor that a penguin with a laser on its head was used to create a 350 foot cut in the DC reflecting pool liner is not beyond the realm of possibilities. It is an established fact that Nazi scientists beneath the Antarctic have developed their fowl-based weaponry far beyond that seen during WWii. Big Penguin's continued use of this technology and partnership with the Soros to disrupt the 250th anniversary of our great country will no doubt manifest itself over the next few days. Be vigilant, and carry nose plugs.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 30, 2026 07:47 PM (MWfyi) Beware The Penguins Posted by: Bud Ice at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM (qA8eD) 97
The weather is putting a halt to my golf game. Near 100 tomorrow. Maybe next week (sigh). Probably rain then. We need it.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM (sAmhv) 98
And the gas tax goes up to about $.65/gallon here in California tomorrow. I get to contribute more to the common good. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 30, 2026 08:35 PM (XJ22o) Paid $2.89/gal in Cleburne, TX today. Posted by: Bud Ice at June 30, 2026 08:38 PM (qA8eD) 99
Die sock die
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 30, 2026 08:38 PM (qA8eD) 100
Here's our new law debuting tomorrow: "Illinois now requires universal blood lead testing for all children." Cripes.
Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:40 PM (Jr5Lq) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 30, 2026 08:40 PM (Wnv9h) 102
Die sock die
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 30, 2026 08:38 PM (qA8eD) Nobody who speaks German could be evil. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 08:41 PM (0aYVJ) 103
Trump is giving Iran back to the Iranians. What kind of insane person does that?
Posted by: Pawl at June 30, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi) 104
In other words, Swiss citizens have the right of self determination. A sovereign entity. When the asshats here say “that’s not who we are!”
What they are REALLY saying, we don’t have the right to say what we will become. Or put another way, in modern America, no particular group can actually define itself. That’s how they destroyed the Boy Scouts, for just one of many examples. A fine organization, it was. Or say, an after school Bible study group. You just have to allow an atheist satan worshipping goat fucker be President, or it’s “discrimination”. In much the same way, the USA is not allowed to define itself any longer. This is not by accident. “Sovereign” nations have to go, and be subsumed by the globalist borg. We’re watching this play out in real time. 100 years worth now, I suppose. Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:42 PM (EmvwI) 105
"Illinois now requires universal blood lead testing for all children."
It's just a little blood. They'll get used to it. Posted by: Pawl at June 30, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi) 106
I wish there was a movie made based on the Tunguska event where there is was international group of military sent to investigate. It could've had Arnie and other big action heros.
They take a Zepplin to the site and discover it is an alien spaceship zoo. Not sure of the plot other than there is lots of guns and killing. Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 30, 2026 08:43 PM (tSa4q) 107
The vast majority of lead-poisoned children in Illinois got that way by being shot.
Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq) 108
Gas is 5.50 here in SeaTown.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 30, 2026 08:47 PM (yEz+x) 109
$3.89/gal in Shitsville.
Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:48 PM (Jr5Lq) 110
As the precision of measurement standards improve, the bureaucrats like to lower the threshold of acceptable limits. Parts per million can now be measured in parts per billion.
Frightening the womenfolk & horses, and turning errybody into neurotics. Setting allowable limits arbitrarily is a time proven method of destroying business and industry, a de facto prohibition or outlawing of any given particular activity. It’s not “illegal” per se, it’s simply that nobody can pencil it out and afford to comply. So the industry, jobs, factories, etc get offshored to Mexico or Cambodia or China or wherever, they don’t play silly reindeer games. Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 08:51 PM (EmvwI) 111
My Swiss Valley in my nic.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 08:51 PM (KC5Lt) 112
When the govt completes its Jihad Against Lead, and every last trace of plumbum is eradicated from Illinois, at least that will be one less thing they can blame for stupid kids being stupid.
Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:52 PM (Jr5Lq) 113
Unleaded Reg at Krogers here before discount is $3.15
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt) 114
Ope, "Slapshot" is on TCM. It's halfway through and I've seen it half a dozen times, but I'm watching it anyway.
"And from Mile 40, Saskatchewan..." Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 08:53 PM (kpS4V) 115
They didn't get a scientific investigation team out there until 1927, almost 10 years later. There were witnesses, including a farmer named Sergei Semenov.
Sergei felt the enormous heat pulse and shockwave, very similar to a big nuke. Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 08:53 PM (+82YS) 116
Turn off the air conditioners on the lower floors.
Posted by: The people on the upper floors at June 30, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi) Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 08:54 PM (l26NL) Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (wvc0i) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (O0L8i) 120
The weather is putting a halt to my golf game. Near 100 tomorrow. Maybe next week (sigh). Probably rain then. We need it.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 30, 2026 08:37 PM (sAmhv) I only played 13 holes today. Too damn hot. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (KC5Lt) 121
She's a lesbian! A lesbian!
Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (wvc0i) 122
I'm watching Slap Shot too!
Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 08:55 PM (wvc0i) Goon is free on Roku. Would be a great double header. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (KC5Lt) 123
>86 Slapshot is on TCM. I think it’s my favorite sports movie. Newman took a real risk doing this.
Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL) Brando was extremely competitive, and in 1968 he appeared at a private party celebrating Oscar nominations in which Paul Newman was in attendance with his wife Joanne Woodward. Brando approached Newman and began a conversation that eventually became very heated, resulting in Brando shouting and Newman walking away. Later that evening Brando stood on a table and challenged Newman to an egg eating contest, like the one Newman was depicted doing in Cool Hand Luke, however Newman ignored the challenge. Brando, undeterred, had somebody from his entourage bring him dozens of hard boiled eggs, and started the competition without Newman. While eating, he would loudly keep count as he consumed the eggs saying things like "21 Newman! 21 eggs already! I'm better than you Newman!", while mocking and insulting Newman the whole time, and calling him a "phony". Eventually, Brando consumed 51 eggs before being removed from the party, 1 more than Newman's character did in Cool Hand Luke. As he was being escorted out, he Posted by: Chudley Moore at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (zw+Ob) 124
Ace, your 80s Mystery Click has interesting captioning....
It happened one summer, it happened one time It happened forever, for a short time is transcribed as If ever one summer If ever one time If ever forever, for a short time It's sooooo smart. /eyeroll/ Posted by: GWB at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (kU0PQ) 125
For this Mexican soccer game, do the refs hand out green cards?
Posted by: Wally at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (jeAJZ) 126
For the end of Pride Month "You know, your son looks like a fag to me. You better get married again, 'cause he's gonna wind up with somebody's cock in his mouth before you can say 'Jack Robinson'". Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 08:57 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 08:58 PM (Jr5Lq) 128
As he was being escorted out, he reportedly said "51 eggs Newman! I beat you! You couldn't eat 51 eggs because you're a phony, Newman. I'm better than you, and always will be Newman! Don't ever forget that!"
Posted by: Chudley Moore at June 30, 2026 08:58 PM (zw+Ob) 129
Okay guys, show us what you've got.
Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 09:00 PM (wvc0i) 130
Fortunato, I have a cask of Amontilado in the cellar. It's much cooler down there.
Posted by: Eromero at June 30, 2026 09:01 PM (LHPAg) 131
OwnZA. OwnZA.
Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 09:01 PM (l26NL) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:01 PM (O0L8i) 133
Goon is a great hockey movie.
Posted by: Archer at June 30, 2026 09:02 PM (wvc0i) 134
Minnesota has now legalized gay bathhouses after pressure from Tim Walz. He's totally straight though.
Apparently that news may get Obama to move his obelisk there. Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:03 PM (xlvhb) 135
…In much the same way, the USA is not allowed to define itself any longer. This is not by accident. “Sovereign” nations have to go, and be subsumed by the globalist borg. We’re watching this play out in real time. 100 years worth now, I suppose.
Posted by: Common Tater I am still astounded at the cavalier way the "elites" manage to overrule and overrun the common folk with the invading armies. And they just keep doing it. Latest PJ Watson, again, on the dispersal of alien invaders across Britain. Why aren't the Brits arming themselves? Oh, riiight. https://youtu.be/oe-qRTTdLsY "At this point, you've just got to accept that this isn't an organic migrant crisis; it's a deliberate weaponized assault on native Brits." Posted by: mindful webworker - basking in a/c turned down low at June 30, 2026 09:03 PM (FL3q9) 136
SCOTUS has now destroyed free and fair elections by ruling that Election Day, really isn’t the day that’s set, it’s a mutable day based on when ballots are received.
They also took the 14th Amendment meant specifically for African Americans and turned it into an immigration weapon that automatically confers citizenship on whoever crosses the border. ACB is perhaps the worst justice to ever serve on the court. She is subverting the constitution at will, along with her fellow traveler, Roberts. A lot of people have decried the fact they haven’t taken up the 2A bans cases, even as many citizens are irreversibly harmed by the lack of injunctions- which by the way should be a “clue”. I say, I hope this court never takes up a ban case because it will just be another right ACB steals from us. Posted by: Vengeance at June 30, 2026 09:04 PM (1lVAS) 137
Oglet’orp?
Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at June 30, 2026 09:04 PM (l26NL) 138
14 I pine for Switzerland.
Fir sure. Posted by: Oddbob at June 30, 2026 07:39 PM May need to spruce it up a bit. Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2026 09:04 PM (gVsIh) 139
At the ballgame with my grandson.
Go Mariners!!! Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2026 09:05 PM (gVsIh) Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:06 PM (KC5Lt) 141
ACB is perhaps the worst justice to ever serve on the court. She is subverting the constitution at will, along with her fellow traveler, Roberts.
She’s awful, but nobody tops Earl Warren. Almost every serious problem in this country today can be traced back to him. Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:06 PM (7wNAQ) 142
Why aren't the Brits arming themselves? Oh, riiight.
Just a periodic reminder that school shootings didn't exist before the late 90s and then they suddenly happened in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand within a short period of time. 3 of the 4 countries banned guns. Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb) 143
"U.S. President Donald Trump said that the Republican convention for the midterms will be held in Dallas, Texas on September 9-10."
Y'all going ?? Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:08 PM (SCqlx) 144
My favorite hockey movies are:
Slapshot Mystery, Alaska Goon Youngblood (mostly because of Cynthia Gibb) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ) 145
>142 Just a periodic reminder that school shootings didn't exist before the late 90s and then they suddenly happened in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand within a short period of time. 3 of the 4 countries banned guns.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb) And now the sudden international push for internet-ID, for the children, of course. Posted by: Chudley Moore at June 30, 2026 09:09 PM (zw+Ob) 146
I love how bloodthirsty the crowd is.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 09:10 PM (kpS4V) 147
Even now, Tunguska sized object could still sneak in, coming out of the sun and we wouldn't see it coming.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 09:10 PM (+82YS) 148
Youngblood (mostly because of Cynthia Gibb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ) Oh! I forgot! And the woman running the boarding house! Dang. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ) 149
Because gay bathhouses worked out so well the last time.
I'm sure they've got all the dangers associated with unprotected anal sex with multiple partners fixed now. Anyway, it's a great day for Bette Midler. Welcome back, Bette. It's ON! Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 09:12 PM (RCjYY) 150
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb
I think the biggest mass killing at a school in the US happened in 1927. 45 dead. That doesn't count because history only starts yesterday for the left. Also it was a bomb instead of a gun. The biggest gun mass killing was at VA Tech. 27. IIRC the shooter wasn't American. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:12 PM (KC5Lt) 151
Miss McGill
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:13 PM (0aYVJ) 152
I was in England when the Dunblane massacre occurred, and all I heard was "American-style violence" from the media.
You don't hear them bleating about our violence and racism anymore now that they are enjoying the blessings of diversity. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 09:14 PM (kpS4V) 153
And now the sudden international push for internet-ID, for the children, of course.
That is 100% so they can jail people who make comments they don't like. There's always a trial run of this shit in Europe before it goes wide, because they're more prone to be sheep there. Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:14 PM (xlvhb) 154
151 Fionnula Flanagan.
Posted by: gp at June 30, 2026 09:14 PM (Jr5Lq) 155
The Eurotrash are still losing their minds over Americans (and even the occasional Canadian, Japanese, and, hell, probably Hottentot) lighting them up for letting their old people die of heat stroke.
They've got a circular excuse going... when one excuse is refuted, they'll bring out the next, eventually circling back to the first one. It's the same circular excuse strategy that communists always deploy to excuse the failures of communism. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:15 PM (qpyNK) 156
My favorite hockey movies are:
Slapshot Mystery, Alaska Goon Youngblood (mostly because of Cynthia Gibb) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at June 30, 2026 09:08 PM (0aYVJ) I give up one of my man cards and say I'd add two other skating movies to that list. The Cutting Edge Ice Castles ( also because of the chicks but they are really good anyway) Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:16 PM (KC5Lt) 157
149 Because gay bathhouses worked out so well the last time.
I'm sure they've got all the dangers associated with unprotected anal sex with multiple partners fixed now. Anyway, it's a great day for Bette Midler. Welcome back, Bette. It's ON! Posted by: mnw at Why do gay guys need a public place for sex? Why can’t they just use their bedroom or if not that a seedy hotel? Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 09:16 PM (hftzA) 158
Even now, Tunguska sized object could still sneak in, coming out of the sun and we wouldn't see it coming.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 30, 2026 09:10 PM (+82YS) The Why Files (giving the atheist opinion on what destroyed Sodom) mentioned in passing that in late 2024 a building-sized asteroid was inside the orbit of some of our satellites and wasn't discovered until two days later. Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 09:16 PM (vSvIl) 159
I was in England when the Dunblane massacre occurred, and all I heard was "American-style violence" from the media.
I saw some funny data on X today that you're more likely to die of diarrhea in India than of guns in the US. And it's a significant margin, too. Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:17 PM (xlvhb) 160
> the biggest mass killing at a school in the US happened in 1927. 45 dead.
The biggest mass killing in Europe happened between 1917 and 1991. 40-60 million dead. I still can't quite understand why murder by government doesn't count. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:17 PM (qpyNK) 161
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:17 PM (qpyN
That's a big ass school ! ( I understand your point though) Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:19 PM (KC5Lt) 162
The Eurotrash are still losing their minds over Americans (and even the occasional Canadian, Japanese, and, hell, probably Hottentot) lighting them up for letting their old people die of heat stroke.
- Some comedienne took the time to look up the stats, and apparently more Europeans die from summer heat than Americans from "gun violence" all year. Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 09:19 PM (vSvIl) 163
Malinois thinks its owner's umbrella is a chew toy.
That's funny. Glad to see a Malinois even less trained than our Daisy. She got over chewing up random shoes and bras and furniture and now just chews up her own toys. And the occasional squirrel. Posted by: mindful webworker - if it's mal-eh-nwah, why isn't it ill-eh-nwah? at June 30, 2026 09:20 PM (FL3q9) 164
> Hottentot
Now I'm wondering... is "Hottentot" still okay, or is that one of those words we're not allowed to say any more? Oh, right: I don't give a shit. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:20 PM (qpyNK) 165
I saw some funny data on X today that you're more likely to die of diarrhea in India than of guns in the US. And it's a significant margin, too. Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:17 PM (xlvhb) ___________ But nobody really cares about that. Bashing the US is the only point. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:20 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 09:20 PM (RCjYY) 167
"Iran's Speaker of Parliament, Ghalibaf:
From the day the blockade was actually lifted until today, we have exported over 40 million barrels of oil, and this happened in just the last 10 or 12 days. But in the previous 50 or 60 days, we truly didn't export even a single barrel of oil. We were entirely tied up with this issue..." Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:21 PM (SCqlx) Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (SCqlx) 169
> Why do gay guys need a public place for sex? Why can’t they just use their bedroom or if not that a seedy hotel?
Posted by: Piper at June 30, 2026 09:16 PM (hftzA) Takes too much time. Their goal is to get their rocks off as quickly as possible, as anonymously as possible. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (qpyNK) 170
Publius - there’s a great book I’m reading, called “This New Ocean”, a history of Project Mercury. It’s a hefty tome of 708 pages, written shortly after completion in the 1960s.
It delved into all aspects of the initial impetus, during the 1950s and prior, with the NACA and also delves into some of the aspects of orbital mechanics. I knew it was complicated, but I didn’t realize the twists involved with rendezvous. There’s also some semi-related interesting stuff on the torture devices constructed to put the astronauts through the paces. One was called MASTIF, it revolved on 3 gimbals and could hit 60 RPM in a single revolution, turning on three axes. They had a big red “Chicken” button to be pressed, when you couldn’t handle it any longer. A loud klaxon would sound, letting everyone know you wimped out. LOL Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (9EbSF) 171
Because it's impossible to get 55 naked guys in one room!
That's why Obama wanted to build the ballroom first. Except he thought "ball room" meant something else entirely. Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (xlvhb) 172
"Interviewer: Trump said that this money would only be allowed to be used to buy grain, and only from American farmers. How true was this?
Iran's Ghalibaf: Not accurate at all, really.." Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:22 PM (SCqlx) 173
Can you imagine the deaths if this heat wave happened in August? It's a good way to offload all those elderly people who cost the state money. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i) 174
"Iran's Parliament Speaker, Ghalibaf:
$12 billion is to be given to the Central Bank so that it can purchase any goods it needs, at any price and in any currency worldwide. This is possible, and the process is underway..." Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (SCqlx) 175
To answer my own question, Wikipedia sez:
"Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive" Oh, well. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (qpyNK) 176
Some comedienne took the time to look up the stats, and apparently more Europeans die from summer heat than Americans from "gun violence" all year.
Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2026 09:19 PM (vSvIl Reminded me that Europeans count infant mortality rate different than the USA . They don't count premature births. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (KC5Lt) 177
"TankerTrackers: Oil exports from Iran have topped 50 million barrels since U.S. ended its blockade on Iran 2 weeks ago..."
Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:24 PM (SCqlx) 178
Whenever I see deer I think deer shit, beheaded tulips and ticks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2026 09:25 PM (XV/Pl) 179
>>"Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive"
What makes a Hottentot so hot? Courage. Posted by: JackStraw at June 30, 2026 09:26 PM (viF8m) 180
Wikipedia sez:
"Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive" Is that like how "Eskimo" became the most offensive slur in the history of man during the 2020 Summer of Love? At least, according to the Canadian government and white women. Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:26 PM (xlvhb) 181
“Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive"
Oh, well. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (qpyNK) What makes the Hottentot’s so hot? What have they got that I ain’t got? Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:26 PM (7wNAQ) 182
Homosexuals are …. different. Anonymous anal intercourse, with dozens of partners is not unheard of.
That’s why they used to make massive arrests at public parks, rest areas, and the like. They all congregate at places like that to “cruise”. Dick Quest was the British CNN correspondent arrested in NYC’s Central Park early one morning, notable because of an apparent drug-induced disorientation, with a leash around his member. Could happen to anybody Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:27 PM (9EbSF) 183
Just a periodic reminder that school shootings didn't exist before the late 90s and then they suddenly happened in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand within a short period of time. 3 of the 4 countries banned guns.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb) So, will Alex Jones ever pay that billion dollar penalty for making a similar allegation? Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 09:27 PM (rbvCR) 184
In the west, I don't think anyone's died of diarrhea since the American Civil War.
Posted by: mnw at June 30, 2026 09:28 PM (RCjYY) Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at June 30, 2026 09:28 PM (qpyNK) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2026 09:28 PM (Cqx++) 187
Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:27 PM (9EbS
George Michaels was arrested at one of those anonymous hook up spots. Definitely a kink for homos. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:28 PM (KC5Lt) Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:29 PM (qpyNK) 189
Can we say Kaffir ?
Posted by: runner at June 30, 2026 09:30 PM (SCqlx) 190
Hold up, there was a CNN reporter named "Dick Quest"? Was he Johnny's uncle that nobody talks about?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:31 PM (xlvhb) 191
> Dick Quest
That was this guy's REAL NAME? Oooo....kay. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:29 PM (qpyNK) --- A self-fulfilling prophecy? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 30, 2026 09:31 PM (gnNyN) 192
I’m not making this up
Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:32 PM (9EbSF) Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 09:32 PM (kpS4V) 194
At great risk to my NSA file I Googled "CNN dick quest" and it's true. (I was expecting Don Lemon to pop up with a prompt like that).
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:33 PM (xlvhb) 195
Johnny’s never talked about brother.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:34 PM (7wNAQ) 196
Jews happiest with SCOTUS decision.
===== I wouldn't say happy but you're the expert on da joos. Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 09:34 PM (RIvkX) 197
At great risk to my NSA file I Googled "CNN dick quest" and it's true. (I was expecting Don Lemon to pop up with a prompt like that).
Posted by: Ian S You are already on every list. Not much more you can do to get red flagged. Posted by: NSA Bob at June 30, 2026 09:35 PM (4ektZ) 198
Toobin said hold my beer.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:36 PM (KC5Lt) 199
His on-air name was Richard Quest, he did the "Briton-in-the-street" shtick where he played a refined Brit interviewing stupid American lumpen for CNN.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 09:37 PM (RIvkX) 200
175 To answer my own question, Wikipedia sez:
"Use of the term Hottentot is now considered deeply offensive" Oh, well. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:23 PM (qpyNK) By whom? Hottentots? Posted by: Eromero at June 30, 2026 09:38 PM (LHPAg) 201
The House on Tuesday evening canceled votes for the remainder of the week amid tensions over the SAVE America Act, which means lawmakers can go home for the Fourth of July holiday and a week-long recess next week. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 30, 2026 09:39 PM (Cqx++) 202
> At least, according to the Canadian government and white women.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:26 PM (xlvhb) Meanwhile it's still commonly used here in Alaska. Calling them all "Inuit" is jug-headed even by woketard standards. The Inuit live in Canada. Alaska has Inupiat (fairly closely related to the Inuit, but distinct) and Yupik (more distant). Yupik definitely do not like being called "Inuit". Historically the two groups did not get along. The languages are related, but not that closely. It's like calling a Spaniard "French" just because they both speak a Romance language (i.e., might even get your ass kicked for that). Oh, and Alaska's Indian tribes are definitely not Eskimos. Take the historical dislike between Inupiat and Yupik and magnify it by about a hundred. Where I live there are Eskimos (Chugachigmiut, a Yupik people) on the other side of the Chugach mountain range east of town, in the Prince William Sound drainage. On this side, in the Cook Inlet drainage, it's historically been all Indians (Denaʼina, an Athabascan people). Why? Because the Denaʼina genocided the Chugachigmiut on this side of the Chugach mountains before Whitey even showed up. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 30, 2026 09:39 PM (qpyNK) 203
Altuve wins appeal on a third strike with the bases loaded, two outs and a 3-2 count. Then Alvarez hits a grand slam. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:41 PM (O0L8i) 204
His on-air name was Richard Quest, he did the "Briton-in-the-street" shtick where he played a refined Brit interviewing stupid American lumpen for CNN.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2026 09:37 PM (RIvkX The USA has over 430 Nobel prize winners. The next closest is Great Britain with 148. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:42 PM (KC5Lt) 205
A self-fulfilling prophecy?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel Nominative determinism https://w.wiki/aBr Posted by: mindful webworker visits Doctor Paine the dentist at June 30, 2026 09:45 PM (FL3q9) 206
The USA has over 430 Nobel prize winners. The next closest is Great Britain with 148. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:42 PM (KC5Lt) ___________ Point this out to the Eurotrash and they'll whine about how many were foreign born. To which the reply is that they had to come here to do Nobel Prize worthy work. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:46 PM (O0L8i) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:48 PM (O0L8i) 208
You are already on every list. Not much more you can do to get red flagged
At this point, if you’re not already on some sort of list, you really ought to be ashamed of yourself. I mean, really. Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:49 PM (9EbSF) 209
Though Bob Grubbs (2005, Chemistry) was born in Possum Trot, Kentucky.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:48 PM (O0L8i) The youngest person to build a nuclear reactor is a red neck from Tennessee. He broke the previous record of another young redneck from Arkansas. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:51 PM (KC5Lt) 210
Guys like Johnny Von Neumann or Enrico Fermi were certainly “foreign born” but the Eurotrash kicked them out.
LOL. These sorts of arguments are infantile. Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:51 PM (9EbSF) 211
Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 09:52 PM (77rzZ) 212
My grandparents were foreign born but were American through and through.
Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:53 PM (KC5Lt) Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 09:53 PM (77rzZ) 214
I suppose Schlong Crusade would have been too on the nose... and upper lip, and palate
Posted by: gKWVE at June 30, 2026 09:55 PM (gKWVE) 215
The youngest person to build a nuclear reactor is a red neck from Tennessee
——- Luis Alvarez once suggested that a sufficiently large mass of U235 slammed into another mass by hand could achieve criticality and blow up. This is of course why Uranium and such is so closely monitored. Fermi constructed NR-1 on the squash court during the war using hired people off the street, involving tons of bricks of graphite. He did this because the government contracted firm to construct it was on strike, it was supposed to be built at Argonne iirc. Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:56 PM (9EbSF) 216
MacCracken: Dunlop, you suck cock!
Dunlop: All I can get! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 30, 2026 09:57 PM (kpS4V) 217
>>> 208 You are already on every list. Not much more you can do to get red flagged
At this point, if you’re not already on some sort of list, you really ought to be ashamed of yourself. I mean, really. Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:49 PM (9EbSF) Lists are *so* '97, Heather. My Social Credit score is like, 100 times more negative than yours. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 09:57 PM (R+iUD) 218
Tesla was born in Croatia to Serbian parents but became an American citizen when he was 35.
The story of America which is only 250 years old. Posted by: polynikes at June 30, 2026 09:57 PM (KC5Lt) 219
What makes the Hottentots so hot?
What puts the “ape” in “apricot?” Whatta they got that I ain’t got? Posted by: Bulg at June 30, 2026 09:58 PM (77rzZ) 220
_
Point this out to the Eurotrash and they'll whine about how many were foreign born. To which the reply is that they had to come here to do Nobel Prize worthy work. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2026 09:46 PM (O0L8i) Germany would have had a lot more, but they wanted to put them all in death camps so they came to America instead. Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:58 PM (7wNAQ) 221
Reminded me that Europeans count infant mortality rate different than the USA . They don't count premature births."
This. Mrs was once unit manager Neonatal, and was on an overseas project. No one else counts as we do. Posted by: man at June 30, 2026 09:58 PM (XuXeR) 222
>>> 183 Just a periodic reminder that school shootings didn't exist before the late 90s and then they suddenly happened in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand within a short period of time. 3 of the 4 countries banned guns.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 09:07 PM (xlvhb) So, will Alex Jones ever pay that billion dollar penalty for making a similar allegation? Posted by: Kindltot at June 30, 2026 09:27 PM (rbvCR) I would call Jones' claim an order of magnitude beyond 'hey look why are school shootings suddenly, unexpectedly increasing' but that doesn't make the penalty any less commie bullshit. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 10:00 PM (R+iUD) Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 30, 2026 10:00 PM (R+iUD) 224
Fermi was a great fan of Square Dancing. He was said to “dance with his brain, not his feet”, but still. He loved America.
They assigned him a personal bodyguard during the Los Alamos days. They spent a lot of time playing Gin Rummy when traveling. By the time the war ended, he ended up owing his bodyguard several million dollars. They both would reveal this to people with a serious tone. LOL I guess Von Neumann learned to play poker, but always got beat. He wrote the book on probability theory and similar. Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 10:01 PM (9EbSF) 225
You are already on every list. Not much more you can do to get red flagged.
Posted by: NSA Bob at June 30, 2026 09:35 PM I'm confident I do have a decent NSA file. My sister has a high enough security clearance that she's personally briefed every SecState in the last 25 years, starting with Condi Rice so I probably get some notice by association. In real life it just means I win all Six Degrees Of contests without trying. Posted by: Ian S. at June 30, 2026 10:02 PM (KLKSV) 226
War will be the last option, after 50 years of 'conservatives' doing nothing but line their own pockets.
Posted by: Eromero at June 30, 2026 10:03 PM (LHPAg) 227
I saw some funny data on X today that you're more likely to die of diarrhea in India than of guns in the US. And it's a significant margin, too. Posted by: Ian S. ================ Also: more likely to die of heat-related illness in Germany than of guns in the US. And still, no AC... Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 01, 2026 12:27 AM (XJ22o) 228
ACB is perhaps the worst justice to ever serve on the court. She is subverting the constitution at will, along with her fellow traveler, Roberts.
She’s awful, but nobody tops Earl Warren. Almost every serious problem in this country today can be traced back to him. Posted by: Tom Servo at June 30, 2026 09:06 PM (7wNAQ) Taney of Dred Scott. Lied to try and destroy the Republican party and extend Slavery. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:22 PM (uhVAy) 229
Fermi constructed NR-1 on the squash court during the war using hired people off the street, involving tons of bricks of graphite. He did this because the government contracted firm to construct it was on strike, it was supposed to be built at Argonne iirc.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 30, 2026 09:56 PM (9EbSF) Used to work within a block of the site of the Squash court and U of Chicago. Posted by: Oldcat at July 01, 2026 01:23 PM (uhVAy) Processing 0.45, elapsed 0.5088 seconds. |
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