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Wednesday Night ONT - October 21, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and fully stocked. Step up and place your order.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

If you're a troll, go away.

This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

[Top photo: The Walk Toward the Thousand Yard Range]

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ONT Shopping Guide

Am I the last to learn that Goodyear Blimp tires are sold online?

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ONT X activity monitor

Spotted on the TSA X account recently:

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ONT Department of Dino Nostalgia

Wow. July 1964 magazine cover.

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Mandatory Metallica

Heavy metal songs with bell chimes are cool. Pretty sure that's in the rules somewhere. For Whom the Bell Tolls is a great example. Also a great demonstration of bass guitar carrying the weight of a song. Cliff Burton reportedly had the opening riff before joining Metallica. It took Cliff, James and Lars to refine and develop the riff into a complete song.

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called Hand Tool Rescue. A recurring theme of this feature is my endless fascination that a relatively niche interest - if done well - can find and sustain an audience. Tonight's channel is a great example. It is a YouTube channel dedicated to showing restorations of hand tools. That's it.

Looking for a video showing restoration of an antique vise, an old metal lathe, hand plane, nail gun, hammer drill, safe, chainsaw, lawnmower, coffee mill, belt sander, paint sprayer, soviet chain mortiser, and more? This is your place. The restorations themselves are well done and fascinating to watch. The subject matter is even better because many tools are antiques and rarities that you may never have heard of or seen before. Yes, it is almost educational.

Most videos are about 25 minutes. The channel has over 1.2 million subscribers and popular videos often attract millions of views. How are there 8.3 million views of a 1920s Maytag washing machine engine? Maybe tool repair and rescue is a modern resurrection story? The channel is about nine years old and there are plenty of older videos worth watching.

I selected this video as an example mostly because the tool looks like something from a horror movie. It is a longer video, so bookmark and play back later.

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Mini Rant: How much do you think adult mission costs for the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville? Standard, basic, no-frills, no extras, no guided tours, no shows, no souvenirs, no ticketing fees, no credit card fees, no taxes, no discounts, etc.

Guess. I'll wait.

$32. Really? I understand that they need to pay all the expenses to keep it operating and keep the lights on and they are entitled to ask for any price they can get, but $32 per adult?

Surely that must be an outlier, right? Not so fast my friend. NASCAR charges $29, baseball charges $35, and football charges $45.45 (before taxes and fees). Yikes.

As long as there is sufficient demand at the price point, there is zero incentive to charge less. There is only one hall of fame for each flavor.

In terms of entertainment, I may be interested but not at any price point. However, I always have the choice of "none of the above." This isn't a rant about how everything used to cost less or a dissertation on inflation.

Three questions:

1) Shouldn't a hall of fame be a love letter from the sport or hobby to the fan base? Shouldn't the purpose be to deepen the relationship? Shouldn't the mission be different than any other entertainment alternative? Shouldn't the objective to get as many people through the doors as possible?

2) Our mental model is often to ask ourselves what we would be willing to pay before we see what the venue is charging. That way, we gauge our interest level and budget independent of what the venue posts as an admission price. Do others do this? (If you come up with a price but don't honor it, then you need to re-calibrate your process for coming up with your price to give it more credibility.)

3) Do most visitors pay the full admission charge? Are there such a large amount of discounts, tour group packages, hotel packages, etc. that most don't pay the stated rate? Do most not expect most to pay the "regular" admission price? If some walk-ins are willing to pay the full rate, that's a welcome bonus but is the full rate is irrelevant for most which makes a visit more viable? Or are there just many people willing to pay the full admission?

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Pittsburgh Scanner

The Pittsburgh police scanner is an internet treasure. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

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Charlie Daniels for the big ONT finish:

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To the best of my knowledge, I did not marry a sibling to get this gig. Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be sorted and processed and filed. Are you lurking ????

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 gy456y456b45

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

2 Third?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (0CU3H)

3 Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (96kpa)

4 FOUR!!!!!

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM (88C+u)

5
It's the Rex of T!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM (eRlcH)

6 Yes. Waited all day to make the eMudhra reference.

Posted by: 88C+u now owns this site at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM (88C+u)

7 Wow. July 1964 magazine cover.

Jet Age architecture. Should have never ended.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 Kind of want to set up shop in the Super Service Station pictured in the content.
Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:04 PM (nIaeT)

9 Evening, TRex, and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:04 PM (wSl27)

10 As a public service, hereby reposting a link to a dizzying collection of investigative pieces going back years on Minneapolis' darling congressthing:

https://tinyurl.com/4sz55daw

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (U/Byj)

11 Wow. July 1964 magazine cover.

Jet Age architecture. Should have never ended.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Someone should photoshop in a Tesla flying car...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (FZ29D)

12 Am I the last to learn that Goodyear Blimp tires are sold online?

Speaking of blimps, Rosie O'Donnell has returned to the US.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

13 3 Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM
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Yippee!

Posted by: TRex- hump day dino at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (PBn7F)

14 5
It's the Rex of T!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM
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Here and at your service!

Posted by: TRex- classical dino at October 21, 2026 10:06 PM (PBn7F)

15 Good evening Doggo and AOP!

Posted by: TRex- jetsons dino at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (PBn7F)

16 Sorry I'm late, but when I was singing in the shower,a choir of angels appeared and told me what I was doing to music was a disgrace and that any further attempt to sing would result in getting an allergy to bacon.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (XLtZW)

17 Chickens on a plane. Aeroflot, Moscow-Vladivostok, early 90s. Impressive.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (U/Byj)

18 That's quite an address on that magazine cover.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (Cqx++)

19 Thank you for the ONT TRex.

I was surprised at the Hall of Fame ticket prices.
AMERICAN DOLLARS??????

To put things in perspective, I asked AI how much tickets were to the happiest place on Earth.

The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026.

Here are the official admission prices:
Ticket Price (USD)
Adults (12+) $30
Children (3–11) $23
Children 2 and under Free
Illinois residents (adults) $26
Illinois residents (children 3–11) $15
Guided campus tour, including museum $75–$95

Bragging rights alone might be worth the cost.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (Sco7b)

20 Somebody took the brown acid.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (viF8m)

21 Mini Rant: How much do you think adult mission costs for the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville?

I dunno, $32 seems pretty cheap for a country music mission. Even if to the Congo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

22 Ah, when I was a kid my father would gas up at a Sinclair station, and they gave you a wax dinosaur with a fill up.

They were very cool to kids that loved dinosaurs.

Posted by: Happy at October 21, 2026 10:08 PM (zko5i)

23 Thanks for the ONT.

Willowed:
366 @357. Then what's the use in voting if it's all rigged anyway?
Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 09:59 PM (Dd7BU)

Not what I am saying. But believing in the moral/legal fiber of communists to think what Omar did is beyond the pale is a bad gamble.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

24 I had a Sinclair green dinosaur. No Sinclair stations out here I think, probably got it at the NY World's Fair.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:09 PM (U/Byj)

25 Charlie Daniels for the big ONT finish:

Well, whaddyaknow. I had no idea he could play the guitar.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 21, 2026 10:09 PM (0CU3H)

26 Saw Charlie Daniels 3 times in concert in the 70s. Once on the bill with The Allman Brothers, once with The Marshall Tucker Band. Once with the Skynyrd fellas. Mostly at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ.

Posted by: Old Hippie at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (EdP2u)

27 Art thread??

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (AKptf)

28 gy456y456b45
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Succinctly put.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (NnhvP)

29 van Gogh !

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (AKptf)

30 Someone should photoshop in a Tesla flying car...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (FZ29D)

Next to the Jetson's car.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

31 There’s a Sinclair gas station less than a block from my son’s house in Seattle.

It’s sketchy af.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

32 Thanks for the interesting and engaging ONT, T Rex!

I believe the last time we went to the Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, it was $21 each for admission. Of course, that was good for two days.

That Sinclair station looks cool and almost other worldly!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2026 10:11 PM (D/6p1)

33 I don't think $32 is unreasonable for Country Music HOF.

Visited there in 1983. Lots of tributes to Hank Williams Sr and the Sun Records era Elvis.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM (y171U)

34 Hi TRex: love the top pic!

Posted by: Iris at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM (286+n)

35 The Sinclair station has a spider look to it.

Posted by: davidt at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM (Q+gd/)

36 Shouldn't Charlie's star feature a fiddle rather than a guitar?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (XLtZW)

37 32 Thanks for the interesting and engaging ONT, T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2026 10:11 PM
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You are welcome and good evening!

Posted by: TRex- service station dino at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (PBn7F)

38 Succinctly put.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (NnhvP)

Say it five times. Fast.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

39 I had a few Sinclair Dinos. Got them at both the World's Fair and there was a Sinclair station on 66th St. in Bay Ridge my Dad fueled up at. Going to the gas station with Dad was the most fun outing I had. I knew every make and year of car by the time I was 3. Probably drove him nuts.

Posted by: Auto Autist at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (EdP2u)

40 $32. Really?
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Saw today that WS tix to game 1 - in Milwaukee are around $3k per. Juuuust a bit more than things cost in town.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (nIaeT)

41 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

42 1 gy456y456b45
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

CAPTCHAs these days are getting out of hand.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM (XLtZW)

43 Thanks for the ONT Trex.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM (NnhvP)

44 34 Hi TRex: love the top pic!

Posted by: Iris at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM
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Hello Iris! Good to virtually see you.

Posted by: TRex- fill er up dino at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM (PBn7F)

45 Hilarious:

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) when asked by MS Now tonight if she married her brother:

"Not to my knowledge."

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (aD4fx)

46 Top photo: The Walk Toward the Thousand Yard Range]

TRex, I am impress.
I recognize that. How did you do it?

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (LMRVO)

47 I thought I was not going to comment because I couldn't think of anything to comment.

Then I decided I was overthinking it.

So this is me commenting about not having anything to comment.

Posted by: mindful webworker - thinking over things at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (vmXN+)

48 van Gogh !
Posted by: runner

Expected the mystery click to be the Go-Gos. Was not correct.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

49
gy456y456b45
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Succinctly put.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Very well put!

Posted by: Nick Yemana 12th precinct at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

50 That Sinclair station is very cool. Stuff used to look like something, didnt they?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

51 I don't think $32 is unreasonable for Country Music HOF.

Visited there in 1983. Lots of tributes to Hank Williams Sr and the Sun Records era Elvis.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM (y171U)

There is a fairly hefty admission charge to gain entry to the battlefield at Little Bighorn. That is more of a pissoff than private museums.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (wSl27)

52 43 Thanks for the ONT Trex.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM
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Yessir. Good to see you recently at the Place for the Thing.

Posted by: TRex- historical dino at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (PBn7F)

53 Here's a fun fact I bet most of you don't know.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is in Newport, RI. It's free to walk the grounds and see the grass courts which are beautiful. $25 to get into the actual museum. Free for kids under 12.

This year's inductees were Roger Federer and Mary Carillo.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)

54 Saw today that WS tix to game 1 - in Milwaukee are around $3k per. Juuuust a bit more than things cost in town.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (nIaeT)

For a single game? With concessions is it $5K?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

55 40 $32. Really?
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Saw today that WS tix to game 1 - in Milwaukee are around $3k per. Juuuust a bit more than things cost in town.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (nIaeT)

I saw an article....somewhere. Days have been blurring.

I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (Sco7b)

56 What happens when a lefty believe their own propaganda about the ease of buying a gun? This, this happens:

@ginamilan_
🚨 Florida attorney Lisa C. White has been arrested and is being held without bond in Mississippi after threatening to kill ICE agents.

According to the criminal complaint, White went to a gun store in Long Beach on September 23, identified herself as an activist and protester, and said she wanted to purchase a firearm to kill ICE agents. She reportedly asked whether the guns could penetrate body armor, adding that if they couldn’t, she would aim for the head, shoulder, arm, or leg.

Store employees refused to complete the sale and reported the incident to authorities.

White has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1995 and previously practiced law in Broward County.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (nEUC6)

57 Sorry I'm late, but when I was singing in the shower,a choir of angels appeared and told me what I was doing to music was a disgrace and that any further attempt to sing would result in getting an allergy to bacon.
Posted by: tankdemon

When I sing in the shower, the shampoo curdles. I didn't realize there were that many skill levels below mine.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

58 Yeah, the Baseball hall of fame is ridiculous. First of all, it has absolutely not "legitimate" connection to Major League Baseball, which seems to be a contradiction within itself.

If you look at their finances (which you can since they claim to be operated as a Non-profit)....they seem suspect. Supposedly, they have about 250,000 visitors annually, along with special events like induction ceremonies and exhibition games. They list their revenue as follows:

Total Annual Rev: $17.16 Million
Operating expenses: $16.48 Million (yeah...right)
Reinvested surplus: $683,112
Total employees: 236 (that seems high for the size of the place)

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

59 46 Top photo: The Walk Toward the Thousand Yard Range]

TRex, I am impress.
I recognize that. How did you do it?

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM
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By waving my arms around in an artistic fashion. They may be short, but they have strange and mystical powers.

Posted by: TRex- artistic dino at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (PBn7F)

60 There's a Sinclair station in Rapid City, SD with a 60 ft Brontosaurus out front. Pretty cool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (r2Icn)

61 Nice pic TRex.
The mystery music is good too, even if I don't like the dude.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

62 Saw today that WS tix to game 1 - in Milwaukee are around $3k per. Juuuust a bit more than things cost in town.
Posted by: scampydog

For a single game? With concessions is it $5K?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Don't ask about the valet parking.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

63 weft, that's a wild one. Gun store employees often face a difficult decision when a customer seems sketch. This case obviously didn't fall in that category. Would love to see video/audio of the encounter. Hilarious. Wonder if the guys kept a straight face.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:19 PM (U/Byj)

64 I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106
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Yep. True. Not going well - those tickets got called. Ownership is doing a pretty good job of managing through the chaos. Charlie Foxtrot, but they're at least trying.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:20 PM (nIaeT)

65 Those museum entry fees are outrageous!! Why the world famous Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum in Logan, Ohio is a must see for any discerning, serious penicilophiliac.

And it's free!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2026 10:20 PM (V8Zwm)

66 White has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1995 and previously practiced law in Broward County.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (nEUC6)

She also seems to have a very loose grasp on the atmosphere of a gun store.

I always find it hilarious in that the ones I have been to, it is more like an old school library (or church.) No one talks loudly. Everyone is polite and pays attention to where everyone else is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

67 I saw an article....somewhere. Days have been blurring.

I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.
Posted by: Stateless

That was last night's ONT.

Posted by: mikeski, de-blurring at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

68 After Voting Report, AOP?

Were people gaslighting themselves thinking Alberta would vote "Yes?"

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

69 This might be fun:

@AAGDhillon
DCA TO SLC FOR DOJ — another day. Another flight in pursuit of justice. Tune in tomorrow for a major
indictment.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (3ImbR)

70 TBetter1/2 recognized the Place right away!

Will done TRex!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (NnhvP)

71 Total Annual Rev: $17.16 Million
Operating expenses: $16.48 Million (yeah...right)
Reinvested surplus: $683,112
Total employees: 236 (that seems high for the size of the place)
Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

Yeah....this stinks.
I wonder if they are using Somali accounting?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

72 TRex, I am impress.
I recognize that. How did you do it?

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM
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By waving my arms around in an artistic fashion. They may be short, but they have strange and mystical powers.

Very van Goghy.

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (LMRVO)

73 I always find it hilarious in that the ones I have been to, it is more like an old school library (or church.) No one talks loudly. Everyone is polite and pays attention to where everyone else is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

And strings of firecrackers are right out.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

74 Hey TRex, I knew nothing of the blimp-related tires before this ONT, so no, you're not the only one. Also, people complain about the high prices of nonessential goods and services, yet they don't restrain themselves from paying those prices. We have more power than we could ever imagine, if only we could exercise self-control.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (cooUp)

75 Also in Newport, the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Got some friends in that one.

Only $20.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

76 Gun store employees often face a difficult decision when a customer seems sketch. This case obviously didn't fall in that category. Would love to see video/audio of the encounter. Hilarious. Wonder if the guys kept a straight face.
Posted by: rhomboid

I'm definitely curious to know if they strung her along long enough to ask for ID or if they just wrote down her license plate.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 10:23 PM (nEUC6)

77 The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026.

Here are the official admission prices:
Ticket Price (USD)
Adults (12+) $30
Children (3–11) $23
Children 2 and under Free
Illinois residents (adults) $26
Illinois residents (children 3–11) $15
Guided campus tour, including museum $75–$95

Bragging rights alone might be worth the cost.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (Sco7b)

The Clinton Library is still twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 10:23 PM (r7+Q7)

78 Growing up, I saw Sinclair stations all over the Midwest. Then they seemingly disappeared. Now I'm in the PNW and they're making a comeback.

Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 10:23 PM (mXZsC)

79 When I sing in the shower, the shampoo curdles. I didn't realize there were that many skill levels below mine.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

Did I mention what they said about Yoko?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:24 PM (XLtZW)

80 weft, excellent point, hadn't thought about it. The savvy move would have been to get her ID. But from now fading memory of my last gun store purchase, they would have had to sort of fake the first part of the process - indicating the sale was happening - to get the ID and begin filling out the mortgage application, er, 4473.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (U/Byj)

81 The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026.

Surprised White people don't have to pay a surcharge.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

82 I mourn for the glory that was the ONT.

SORRY dude, appreciate the effort, I couldn't do any better, but we are a lesser race...

Posted by: Just Sayin at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (5tIjZ)

83 64 I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106
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Yep. True. Not going well - those tickets got called. Ownership is doing a pretty good job of managing through the chaos. Charlie Foxtrot, but they're at least trying.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:20 PM (nIaeT)

Back when I gave a crap, I remember Milwaukee in the AL East. Obviously back then I was a Toronto fan.

I hated when they played Milwaukee. They were always hellish no matter their records in any year.

AI confirmed Milwaukee is Toronto's lowest winning percentage 42.5% of any team with 100 games.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (Sco7b)

84 Depending on the size of the store, they may have either been waiting for regular police visitors or another employee just kept her occupied while another called the police.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

85 Please. "The Clinton Library and Massage Parlor". One of Rush's great jokes.

Does bubba have a library? Hadn't even thought about it.

If he does, are you allowed to smuggle documents out in your socks? Just, you know, to duplicate the real feel of the Clinton Admin. and the intellect and character of its members.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:26 PM (U/Byj)

86 I almost had an actual Sinclair dino. Got hit in an accident while still the crate. One side was messed up but I could have fixed it easy. Went to get a truck and came back to it gone.
Probably saved my life as when I told the wife about it she openly admitted she would have killed me had I brought it home.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2026 10:27 PM (pvX2v)

87 The Clinton Library is still twenty bucks, same as in town.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd
+++
I wonder if they have the cigar on display there.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 21, 2026 10:27 PM (Lo97M)

88 That was last night's ONT.
Posted by: mikeski, de-blurring at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

Thanks.

See days have been blurring.
Without booze.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:27 PM (Sco7b)

89 The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026.

Here are the official admission prices:
Ticket Price (USD)
Adults (12+) $30
Children (3–11) $23

3-11 and 12+?

* checks Obamacare legislation *

Shouldn't that be 3-25 and 26+?

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

90 There is this after a quick web search:

William J. Clinton Library and Museum

Little Rock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)

91 Total employees: 236 (that seems high for the size of the place)
Posted by: Orson
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Have visited the HOF. A bunch of college students/interns working there. And some salty old folk - who were knowledgeable. They youngins were well trained and nice. A lot of ppl and $$ running through the place. And the town.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:28 PM (nIaeT)

92 If he does, are you allowed to smuggle documents out in your socks? Just, you know, to duplicate the real feel of the Clinton Admin. and the intellect and character of its members.
Posted by: rhomboid

The Hillary robot throws ashtrays.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:28 PM (r2Icn)

93 After Voting Report, AOP?

Were people gaslighting themselves thinking Alberta would vote "Yes?"
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

I am thinking there was something very wrong with the counting process. Earliest returns had it at 75-25, and it never varied more than a single digit or two all the way through the count. No urban-rural divide AT. ALL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:29 PM (wSl27)

94 TRex! Loving the stylized pictures from Corsicana - you have an artist's eye.

(Of course, you know the artist is gonna want that back at some point...)

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM (xVpNO)

95 Went to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto years ago. Was good. The Cup was on display, if I recall correctly - or maybe just the retired rings full of names? Anyway, was fun to try to spot the fake names (guys who weren't on the team but had their names engraved, in the early wild years). And also to find one name that was real, dad of a guy on my recreational team who was a Bruins pillar during the Orr years.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM (U/Byj)

96 82 I mourn for the glory that was the ONT.

SORRY dude, appreciate the effort, I couldn't do any better, but we are a lesser race...

Posted by: Just Sayin at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (5tIjZ)
***
Do you need instructions for how to request a refund?

Posted by: TRex- unimpressed dino at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM (PBn7F)

97 TRex! Loving the stylized pictures from Corsicana - you have an artist's eye.

(Of course, you know the artist is gonna want that back at some point...)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

Especially since he's already short an ear.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

98 …Gun store employees often face a difficult decision when a customer seems sketch.…
Posted by: rhomboid

"Phased plasma rifle in a 40 watt range"

https://youtu.be/X1hLe8rSir0

Posted by: mindful webworker - not sketch at all at October 21, 2026 10:31 PM (vmXN+)

99
No Sinclair stations out here I think, probably got it at the NY World's Fair.
Posted by: rhomboid

=================

There are, a wayyyy up the I-5.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:31 PM (mmrXZ)

100 >>Went to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto years ago.

That's one I'd like to visit.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:31 PM (viF8m)

101 "Just what ya see, pal"

"Hey, you can't do that" (Ahnold loads shotgun)

"Wrong"

(iconic gun store movie moment)

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

102 Yeah....this stinks.
I wonder if they are using Somali accounting?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
___________________________

Oh, you haven't heard the best part. So far I've checked the Baseball HOF, and the Tennis HOF. You can use your SNAP (EBT) benefits card and get free admission to both venues (all museums) for FREEEEEEEEEEEE.

And, the Country Music Hall of Fame --- residents of Nashville-Davidson and bordering counties who receive SNAP and Families First benefits can use their EBT card at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to purchase a heavily discounted Family Membership for $5 (normally $125). So $5 up front gets you free unlimited access to all museums for the year.

Someone want to tell me why the hell SNAP cards can be used on privately owned Non-profit museums?

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (dIske)

103 94 TRex!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM
***
Schnorf! Good evening. Hope your chair is unwobbly.

Posted by: TRex- chair repair dino at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (PBn7F)

104
Sorry I'm late, but when I was singing in the shower,a choir of angels appeared and told me what I was doing to music was a disgrace and that any further attempt to sing would result in getting an allergy to bacon.
Posted by: tankdemon

===============

I don't see why this would make you late, unless you tried to negotiate.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (mmrXZ)

105 Van Gogh! Until you take the rotor out of the distributor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:33 PM (wSl27)

106 @cenkuygur
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?

Posted by: which one didn't at October 21, 2026 10:34 PM (88C+u)

107 Is there a Pickleball Hall of Fame?

Posted by: Too Soon? at October 21, 2026 10:34 PM (EdP2u)

108 Had my picture taken with the Cup a few times. Best Trophy in all sports.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:35 PM (r2Icn)

109 Schnorf! Good evening. Hope your chair is unwobbly.
Posted by: TRex- chair repair dino at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (PBn7F)

It's far from me in the garage. I don't fear it, but I do respect its power.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (xVpNO)

110 Is there a Pickleball Hall of Fame?
Posted by: Too Soon? at October 21, 2026 10:34 PM (EdP2u)

That would be a dilly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (wSl27)

111 In the 60’s, many Sinclair gas stations had this wonderful machine called a Mold-a-Rama which used wax injection to make molded figures for a quarter or two. There were 6 different Dino’s you could get, I had the whole set on my shelf for most of my youth.

This link shows a pair of T-Rex’s that someone still has.

https://tinyurl.com/mswzc5ba

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (bqogw)

112
DCA TO SLC FOR DOJ — another day. Another flight in pursuit of justice. Tune in tomorrow for a major
indictment.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!

==============

What's the action in Utah?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (mmrXZ)

113
1) Shouldn't a hall of fame be a love letter from the sport or hobby to the fan base?
---

Sure, but league owners are hard pressed. Attendance is down and the cost of leasing good players is outrageous. I mean the owners are barely making this months payroll.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 10:37 PM (vOxCS)

114 I am thinking there was something very wrong with the counting process. Earliest returns had it at 75-25, and it never varied more than a single digit or two all the way through the count. No urban-rural divide AT. ALL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Not that I was following it all that closely, but I also thought the CEXIT vote would be greater.

Thinking about it, though, 25% voting for leaving is a pretty powerful statement. Imagine Minnesota voting 25% to secede. Oh, uh, actually I can imagine that…

Posted by: mindful webworker - the united aren't at October 21, 2026 10:37 PM (vmXN+)

115 Good evening

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (CHHv1)

116 @cenkuygur
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
Posted by: which one didn't at October 21, 2026 10:34 PM (88C+u)
----
Stones...glass houses...some assembly required.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (FZ29D)

117 I don't see why this would make you late, unless you tried to negotiate.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (mmrXZ)

Getting lectured by an entire heavenly choir can tend to get rather tume consuming, as every angel seems to have his own point t to bring up. The good news is thst I now almost have a grasp on the meaning of "pentatonic."

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (XLtZW)

118 Had my picture taken with the Cup a few times. Best Trophy in all sports.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:35 PM (r2Icn)

Went to Wing Nite at the Elnora Hotel this evening. One of the tables in that bar was graced by the Stanley Cup back in the years when the Oilers won it. I have sat at that table many times. There is a picture of the Cup on the wall above it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (wSl27)

119 In fairness to Ilhan Omar's marriage to her brother, if your culture is okay with goat fuc*ing, incest with a sibling wouldn't seem so bad.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

120 "Price is Right" with Bob Barker is on while I'm working on something here.

Women in the 1980's were very attractive. I'm thinking everyone being dressed up for the show is a big factor. I think everyone looks skinnier and healthier.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (Sco7b)

121 82 I mourn for the glory that was the ONT.

SORRY dude, appreciate the effort, I couldn't do any better, but we are a lesser race...
Posted by: Just Sayin
-------
Well bless your heart.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (nIaeT)

122
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
Posted by: which one didn't

==============

Do The Pharmatocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using anti-dementia drugs?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:39 PM (mmrXZ)

123 We've traveled through Nashville a handful of times, staid over once or twice. Thought we'd tour the HoF ... saw the price and toured the gift shop instead. Even that was very meh ... Much more fun to be had at the eateries and honky-tonks. Have done Cooperstown back in the last Century. The Hall was okay ... highlight for me was the Honus Wagner card. Heh, I was the only one to stop and look at it. The ball field was open and a person could walk around, see how small it was, admire the stream ... I didn't walk the base-paths. Maybe a sense of respect/awe?? Don't know. I believe the field's locked down these days. A real shame if that's true. I came away with a real sense of a "smaller" game, much more personal and alive, kind of thing.

Posted by: YellowBird at October 21, 2026 10:39 PM (MEbkQ)

124 111 In the 60’s, many Sinclair gas stations had this wonderful machine called a Mold-a-Rama which used wax injection to make molded figures for a quarter or two. There were 6 different Dino’s you could get, I had the whole set on my shelf for most of my youth.

This link shows a pair of T-Rex’s that someone still has.

https://tinyurl.com/mswzc5ba
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (bqogw)
_________________________

I miss stuff like that. There used to be a vending machine at a PA Turnpike rest area that would design professional business cards. Good card stock and great font selection all mapped out. For a couple years there in High School, I was a Certified and Fully Accredited BOOB Inspector.

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:39 PM (dIske)

125 ***
Someone want to tell me why the hell SNAP cards can be used on privately owned Non-profit museums?

Posted by: Orson
--

Don't go touching my Doritoes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 10:40 PM (vOxCS)

126 Went to Wing Nite at the Elnora Hotel this evening. One of the tables in that bar was graced by the Stanley Cup back in the years when the Oilers won it. I have sat at that table many times. There is a picture of the Cup on the wall above it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Pretty damn cool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:40 PM (r2Icn)

127 Mr Aspirin Factory, it really is. Names of the winning players forever etched on the trophy (well, it's stand). Over a century old. Nothing else like it.

And, even before the 10-month 127 game seasons, one of the toughest trophies to win (of course all major sports competitions at top-level are incredibly difficult, a universe beyond what normal people can imagine).

Also - and I hope this is continuing - a cultural/social treasure being chased by the players. Still remember a story in the WaPo, 90s?, sports writer rode the bus with the Bruins, who'd just eliminated the Caps (SOP back then) in the semis, I think.

Writer asked some of the players - so how much do you get ($) for winning this round? Empty stares. "We don't know. We want to win the Cup". They wanted the ring, their name on the Cup. Certainly an artifact of hockey's social origins in that era (predominantly Canadian kids from middle or working class backgrounds, from small towns). Very striking.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (U/Byj)

128 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (iY1mc)

129 I think that Lisa C. White's sentencing should be determined by the spouses of ICE agents.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

130 Thinking about it, though, 25% voting for leaving is a pretty powerful statement. Imagine Minnesota voting 25% to secede. Oh, uh, actually I can imagine that…

Posted by: mindful webworker - the united aren't
---

Ain't gonna' happen.
They should start voting to succeed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 10:43 PM (vOxCS)

131 Someone want to tell me why the hell SNAP cards can be used on privately owned Non-profit museums?"

It's called "museums for all", and having the card gets a reduced price. It's not billed to the card... yet.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 10:43 PM (pfXMo)

132
The 1964 Sinclair station looks like a
bacteriophage.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 21, 2026 10:43 PM (biznJ)

133 We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
-
Fetterman.

It wasn't anything sexual, he just needed spare parts.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 21, 2026 10:43 PM (vSvIl)

134 Went to Wing Nite at the Elnora Hotel this evening. One of the tables in that bar was graced by the Stanley Cup back in the years when the Oilers won it. I have sat at that table many times. There is a picture of the Cup on the wall above it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Elnora is 140 miles from Edmonton. What's the relation, and why was the Cup there?

Posted by: Wondering at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (EdP2u)

135 Normal people start making money in those mining towns things may start to straighten up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (vOxCS)

136
The Young Turks are neither.

Posted by: Change my mind at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (iY1mc)

137 Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: La'Shondra at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (iY1mc)

Don't end a sentence with a preposition.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (2WIwB)

138 Charlie Daniels weren’t no Chet Atkins, but he could play guitar. “Long Haired Country Boy” is an original, Drop D tuning and one of those tunes that is really fun to play.

Preacher man on the TV, puttin’ down the Rock and Roll

Wants me to send a donation, ‘cuz he’s worried about my Soul

Jesus walked on the water, I know that it’s true

Sometimes I think that ole preacher man wants to do a little walkin’ too

(Chorus)

Posted by: Common Tater at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (2AlIJ)

139 Had my picture taken with the Cup a few times. Best Trophy in all sports.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Recommend keeping pants up so as to not expose the cup.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (NnhvP)

140 wasn't anything sexual, he just needed spare parts."

AB Normal?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (pfXMo)

141 Writer asked some of the players - so how much do you get ($) for winning this round? Empty stares. "We don't know. We want to win the Cup". They wanted the ring, their name on the Cup. Certainly an artifact of hockey's social origins in that era (predominantly Canadian kids from middle or working class backgrounds, from small towns). Very striking.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (U/Byj)

We even have a term for it: "hockey town", meaning some small town somewhere that is known for nothing else, but produced one or two famous hockey players.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:45 PM (wSl27)

142 But what if I bought a ticket for my actively clucking lawn dinosaur?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 10:45 PM (jb8Ss)

143 Hi hordigans. Can you all cross your fingers that my kids all sleep tonight????

Posted by: Funsize at October 21, 2026 10:45 PM (3j87q)

144 "Please check with your airline before bringing your actively clucking feathered lawn dinosaur."

https://youtu.be/J1yA1Kq3uvk

Posted by: mindful webworker - could we ever feel much finer at October 21, 2026 10:45 PM (vmXN+)

145
All, I thought I'd share the photo of my mother we're using for her obituary photo. This was taken at Miley's and my wedding in Sept of 2022. She was 92 at the time, and this is the last photo of her in later years when she was her true "full self" I think:

https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

Donkey Brains Cafe

The Moosa Lisa
by Will Huff

Goose shares with his fish friends.

Dog really treads that water.

Baby elephant's first bath is kind of a mess.

Dude just got accepted to Hogwart's.

Baby girl plays with fawn.

Sometimes a grizzly just wants to hang out.

Dog brings his mistress a special gift every time she's in the bathtub.

I'm going to name my band Ghost Wolf. I'm sure that's never been taken.

Wienerdog: If they call me a "wiener," why then, gosh darn it, I'm going to act like a wiener!

I thought he had eaten the hat.. 😅 https://t.co/Wyy3mHg12N
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 19, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 Top...20?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 07:30 PM (pfXMo)

2 Nooded, by the grace of G*d.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 21, 2026 07:32 PM (NcvvS)

3 Hey, babe, how you doin'?

Posted by: The Moose Out Front at October 21, 2026 07:32 PM (raF1/)

4 And good night, Horde - been a long, long day.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 21, 2026 07:33 PM (NcvvS)

5 The owls are not what they seem.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2026 07:36 PM (zYpTz)

6 And good night, Horde - been a long, long day."

G'day...

Oh. Made offhand comment about a certain type of firearm earlier today... and just got an advert for - the same...

Bizzare, no?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 07:37 PM (pfXMo)

7 Reports that Tucker blew a penguin have been discredited after it was revealed that he actually prefers sucking penguin ass.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at October 21, 2026 07:38 PM (MWfyi)

8 Good evening everyone
Had no idea it was this late, got home late so evening flew by

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

9 I had the day off, and what did I do? Something fun? Nope - but all the wood flooring is cleaner than it has been since we moved in a couple years ago. And dinner is slowly finishing in the oven. Time to pour a glass of wine.

Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 07:39 PM (mXZsC)

10 A moose with a look like that on it's face only has one thing in mind.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 07:40 PM (MWfyi)

11 PabloD, Cheers!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:40 PM (ua/lL)

12 A moose with a look like that on it's face only has one thing in mind.
Posted by: fd

Biting one's sister?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 07:41 PM (nEUC6)

13
Imagine taking a bath in elephant bathwater.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:41 PM (mmrXZ)

14 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:41 PM (77rzZ)

15 Hi, Ben Had.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:42 PM (77rzZ)

16 Bulg, good evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:42 PM (ua/lL)

17
Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 07:39 PM (mXZsC)

================

Sounds nice!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:42 PM (mmrXZ)

18 Was looking to get translation for the Russian, but guess it was a electric bill

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

19 6 Oh. Made offhand comment about a certain type of firearm earlier today... and just got an advert for - the same...

Bizzare, no?

Your phone is spying on you. And your TV, and your refrigerator, your toaster and God knows what all else.

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 07:43 PM (2Drhq)

20 Moosa Lisa or Taylor Lorenz?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:43 PM (2GVsD)

21 Donkey Brains is a Frank from Sunny insult. He has a certificate from a mental institution that avers he does not have donkey brains.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 07:43 PM (l26NL)

22 Wiener by name, wiener by nature.

(He didn't even touch the first couple of cones, I think maybe it is...)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 07:44 PM (6FR1E)

23 Your phone is spying on you. And your TV, and your refrigerator, your toaster and God knows what all else.

the washer and dryer know if you use enough detergent and fabric softener.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:44 PM (2GVsD)

24 5 Hi, Dash.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:44 PM (77rzZ)

25 Hi, Bulg!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2026 07:45 PM (zYpTz)

26
The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra has ceased operations. Artistic types say Trump, MAGA, the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 and every American are to blame. Can't be that their model has broken down completely. If you're not showering musicians with subsidies, awards and prizes, then you obviously hate art and likely a Nazi.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:46 PM (eRlcH)

27 We went to the farm today and on the game cams we caught deer, hogs, turkey, deer, armadillos, possums, coyotes, an 8 point buck, some more deer, and a bobcat. No otters though. I've got one cam pointed at what I think is a den in the creek bank but after a couple of weeks maybe not.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 07:46 PM (MWfyi)

28 If anybody needs translation from Russian, I’m here.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:46 PM (77rzZ)

29 That'll do donkey.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:46 PM (viF8m)

30 9 I had the day off, and what did I do? Something fun? Nope - but all the wood flooring is cleaner than it has been since we moved in a couple years ago. And dinner is slowly finishing in the oven. Time to pour a glass of wine.
Posted by: PabloD

Norwegian Wood, hopefully.

Posted by: Art Thread Addict at October 21, 2026 07:47 PM (EdP2u)

31 The hat was purchased at the pro shop at Bushwood.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 07:48 PM (r2Icn)

32
Well well, Ilhan did an interview today with Chris Hayes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:49 PM (mmrXZ)

33 7 Reports that Tucker blew a penguin have been discredited after it was revealed that he actually prefers sucking penguin ass.

I mean, I'm reading this stuff and I'm like wha-wha...like, where do they get this stuff? Seriously, I find it so bizarre. I mean, I blow penguins. Of course I do. I've always blown penguins. I've blown penguins all my life. I mean, you can ask anybody who knows me and they'll tell you-I blow penguins. I'm not particularly proud of blowing penguins. But I blow penguins. It's just something that I do, something that I've always done. The only source I can think of that would spread this kind of misinformation, that I don't blow penguins, would be that it's coming from Israel. I mean, think about it. It's the only thing that even makes sense.

Posted by: T'qar Qatarlson at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM (2Drhq)

34 Since I've been gone all day I'm gonna need a quick recap.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM (MWfyi)

35 If the republican gov candidate in MN can withstand the cheat (big if), on day one she should drop that new Somali-adjacent state flag. It is an abomination.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM (l26NL)

36 Is that top pic The Moose Out Front?

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM (77rzZ)

37 blame. Can't be that their model has broken down completely. If you're not showering musicians with subsidies, awards and prizes, then you obviously hate art and likely a Nazi.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The Hooterville Volunteer Fire Dept. Band never required a grant or subsidy. Just lovers of music getting together in community spirit.

Posted by: Newt Kiley and Floyd Smoot at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM (EdP2u)

38 My cat Penny is snoring over on the futon in my office.

She's loud enough I can hear her over my music....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM (FZ29D)

39 I thought in high school, then in USAF learning Russian would be helpful. Didn't even try, but reading Russian history today sure wish I had 50 years ago

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

40 Since I've been gone all day I'm gonna need a quick recap.
Posted by: fd

People did things and shit is messed up just like yesterday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 07:51 PM (r2Icn)

41 The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra has ceased operations"

Well....bye.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 07:52 PM (pfXMo)

42 You think you are watching TV but no-tv is watching you, put some clothes on it's recording you.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 07:53 PM (Dd7BU)

43 People did things and shit is messed up just like yesterday."

Tomorrow, too.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 07:53 PM (pfXMo)

44 Fraud Rule 101:
Convicted of fraud against US
Nothing
Forever
No prison not jail no SS
AMF

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 21, 2026 07:54 PM (/+uur)

45 >>> 35 If the republican gov candidate in MN can withstand the cheat (big if), on day one she should drop that new Somali-adjacent state flag. It is an abomination.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM (l26NL)

Burn as many as they can gather, in the middle of the busiest intersection in Minnedishu.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 07:54 PM (jb8Ss)

46 The bad news: When a penguin show up, it won't be with a letter in its beak.

The good news: It won't show up on your second story window sill, so at least that won't be overwhelmed with mephitic deposits.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

47 My Toaster has Starlink, blender, too.

Posted by: Osterizer Otto at October 21, 2026 07:54 PM (EdP2u)

48 39 Skip, I can teach you Russian, at least the basics. I did it at DLI.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:54 PM (77rzZ)

49 Since I've been gone all day I'm gonna need a quick recap.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM (MWfyi)

People are both retarded and evil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 07:54 PM (zZu0s)

50 I thought in high school, then in USAF learning Russian would be helpful. Didn't even try, but reading Russian history today sure wish I had 50 years ago
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)
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I studied German. I have German ancestors, but I figured if the Cold War got hot, German speakers might be useful.

And it was! I deployed to Germany 3 times. I'd hoped to do a stat tour there, but then covid ruined everything.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 07:55 PM (ZOv7s)

51 Goose shares with his fish friends.]

Duck, Duck, GOOSED.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 07:55 PM (l3cgK)

52 So EA did cancel Mass Effect. What they had done must have been a dumpster fire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

53 You think you are watching TV but no-tv is watching you, put some clothes on it's recording you.
Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 07:53 PM (Dd7BU)
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I had a friend who served in the infantry and I asked him about his laptop spying on him and his response was "Oh, I WANT them to be watching. They're the ones who are going to regret it, not me!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 07:56 PM (ZOv7s)

54 They had been working on it a couple years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

55 Learning other languages when your young is fairly easy, older not easy

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

56 26 Artistic types say Trump, MAGA, the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 and every American are to blame.

Don't blame me, I've never even been to Phoenix.

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 07:57 PM (2Drhq)

57 I changed my PC browser home page to Italian.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:58 PM (ua/lL)

58 I tried, twice, to learn Russian in college, but it never stuck. I did Duolingo a few years ago and picked up some, but it's been a while since I practiced. I do remember how to count to 10, order a beer, and tell you to go fvck yourself. That should probably carry me through most situations.

Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 07:59 PM (mXZsC)

59
Well, the task of making arrangements to put my mother in the ground are complete. There's a big hole around here with her departure, and it will take some time to adjust to it -- a big part of our lives was about her and her care for the past couple of years.

She outlived just about all of her generation contemporaries, and a more than a few of the level below her. She was the last of my parents generation in the family. So, a big chapter around here has closed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)

60 Hey, A. H. Lloyd.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:59 PM (77rzZ)

61 Dog really treads that water.

Sounds like a train...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:00 PM (l3cgK)

62 Owls are not real.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 08:00 PM (FbiR5)

63 "Learning other languages when your young is fairly easy, older not easy
Posted by: Skip "

Yo *&$ *!%"#!

Posted by: Six year old that shot his teacher at October 21, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi)

64 Since I've been gone all day I'm gonna need a quick recap.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 07:50 PM

Some people may have done some things.
Mistakes may have been made.
If so, they were done in the enthusiasm of the moment, however Ace is still disappointed.
Old news.
What difference, at this point does it make?
Time to #BeBetter.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

65 publius, no words can assuage your loss but you and Miley were her Angels.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:01 PM (ua/lL)

66 55 Learning other languages when your young is fairly easy, older not easy

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

A niece was raised hearing both English and Spanish...I remember when she was three, talking in one language and mid sentence switching to the other...and it worked; I understood what she was trying to get across.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:01 PM (l3cgK)

67 58 PabloD, I could teach you Russian.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:02 PM (77rzZ)

68 57 I changed my PC browser home page to Italian.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:58 PM (ua/lL)

Google changed my language to Chinese...now I have no idea what my search results tell me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:02 PM (l3cgK)

69 26 Artistic types say Trump, MAGA, the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 and every American are to blame.

Don't blame me, I've never even been to Phoenix.

When I hear The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra has ceased operations and the artistic types are bitching... I unlock my Browning!

Posted by: MAGA Joe at October 21, 2026 08:02 PM (8EQTH)

70 Fraud Rule 101:
Convicted of fraud against US
Nothing
Forever
No prison not jail no SS
AMF
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 21, 2026 07:54 PM

Worst haiku ever.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 08:02 PM (FbiR5)

71 Speaking of animals...
Just back from persuing the wiley wapiti. The wapiti win again.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 08:03 PM (2WIwB)

72 I learned Italian in my 20s. My old Italian grandmother wanted some of her many grandkids to learn. It's an easy language to learn.

I'm jealous of those who learned another language really young and are fully bilingual. The popular young right-wing podcaster and journalist Angela Rose spent a good part of her youth in her mother's native Peru and speaks perfect Spanish. Kai Trump's BFF, the popular influencer Emma Markin, is Costa Rican-American and spent a lot of her youth there and is fully bilingual.

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 08:03 PM (2Drhq)

73 Hey, A. H. Lloyd.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:59 PM (77rzZ)
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Hello!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:03 PM (ZOv7s)

74 Now my cat Chloe is investigating the boxes I have scattered in my office. She can't quite decide if she's a box kitty or not.

Penny and Hexie are most definitely box kitties.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 08:03 PM (FZ29D)

75 Russian is a surprisingly easy language for English speakers to learn.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:04 PM (77rzZ)

76 58 I tried, twice, to learn Russian in college, but it never stuck. I did Duolingo a few years ago and picked up some, but it's been a while since I practiced. I do remember how to count to 10, order a beer, and tell you to go fvck yourself. That should probably carry me through most situations.

Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 07:59 PM (mXZsC)

Russian Police:"You're under arrest".
PabloD: "I'd like a beer."
Russian Police: "I'm sure you would, but you're under arrest."
PabloD: "Go F*ck youself"
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:04 PM (l3cgK)

77 I'm jealous of those who learned another language really young and are fully bilingual. The popular young right-wing podcaster and journalist Angela Rose spent a good part of her youth in her mother's native Peru and speaks perfect Spanish. Kai Trump's BFF, the popular influencer Emma Markin, is Costa Rican-American and spent a lot of her youth there and is fully bilingual.
Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 08:03 PM (2Drhq)
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I had some friends in high school who spoke FOUR languages fluently: English, German, Hebrew, and Russian.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 08:04 PM (FZ29D)

78 Swan's no dummy, feeding fish means more fish, means easy prey. yum.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:05 PM (vOxCS)

79 I'm sorry to hear that, Publius. It sounds like she had a full life and was ready to rest. My condolences.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)

80 Learning other languages when your young is fairly easy, older not easy
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)
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If I could get my German back to what it was in college, tht would be splendid. I think I can - when I was in Germany it started to come back to me, especially when I was drinking. Hmmm.

A language app that works only when you are drunk!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:06 PM (ZOv7s)

81 >>>Dog really treads that water.

Except his hind legs are on the river bottom.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2026 08:06 PM (syz1S)

82 Virginia man Terry Ward stands accused of tying his wife to a chair and leaving her restrained in the basement of their home while he watched football upstairs.

The incident occurred on October 11. The two teams playing that night were the Baltimore Ravens and the Atlanta Falcons, a game the Ravens won 30-23 in overtime.

Richmond Police say they received a call around 11:30 p.m. for a reported domestic disturbance.

Upon arrival, they spoke with an adult woman, who identified herself as Ward’s wife.

The responding officer revealed that the woman stated Ward had previously tied her up to a chair using tape in their home’s basement.

Police said that the woman had marks and sticky tape residue around both of her arms.

She told police she had been tied up for between 30 and 45 minutes while he watched the Ravens and Falcons upstairs alone.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at October 21, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

83
Interesting article in the Financial Times (behind a paywall, unfortunately). According to models run every few years, China's growth with respect to the US has been slowing. In the most recent iteration, China's GDP will never overtake that of the US.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:07 PM (eRlcH)

84 I just assume any new Mass Effect from a triple Aaayayay studio is going to involve clowns and boners and maybe also horny penguins with those long twisty waterfowl boners in clown makeup.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 08:07 PM (88C+u)

85 >>I had some friends in high school who spoke FOUR languages fluently: English, German, Hebrew, and Russian.

Years ago I had dinner with a Dutch company at his house with his family. 3 kids all under 15. Flipping between Dutch, German, French and English. It was humbling.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (viF8m)

86 The same thing happens to me when an Auburn game is on.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

87 83
Interesting article in the Financial Times (behind a paywall, unfortunately). According to models run every few years, China's growth with respect to the US has been slowing. In the most recent iteration, China's GDP will never overtake that of the US.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:07 PM (eRlcH)

But they have whole cities without anybody in them! That's a definite sign their economy is booming!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (l3cgK)

88 Reading a German history biography that was originally in German but have the English translation.
Another long commute tomorrow
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)

89
You cannot speak Italian without your hands moving.

You cannot speak French without becoming surly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (eRlcH)

90 The loss of Iranian oil is putting a hurt on China.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (ua/lL)

91 73 A. H., I would like to correspond with you via e-mail. Doof, Piper, and Ben Had all have my personal e-mail address, and I give them all permission to share it with you.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (77rzZ)

92 Okay, so I have a question: Why does it say "donkey brains" in the title and there aren't any pictures of AOC?

Did I miss an update to the official AOSHQ Style Guide?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)

93 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)

Deepest condolences, publius.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

94 92 Okay, so I have a question: Why does it say "donkey brains" in the title and there aren't any pictures of AOC?

Did I miss an update to the official AOSHQ Style Guide?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)

That's her before makeup.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:09 PM (l3cgK)

95 Now my cat Chloe is investigating the boxes I have scattered in my office. She can't quite decide if she's a box kitty or not.

Penny and Hexie are most definitely box kitties.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 08:03 PM

* makes call me sign *

Posted by: Erwin Schrodinger at October 21, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)

96 Publius, your mother died knowing she was with people she loved, who loved her. You and Miley gave her that gift.

Posted by: Wenda at October 21, 2026 08:09 PM (J5E68)

97 A. H., I would like to correspond with you via e-mail. Doof, Piper, and Ben Had all have my personal e-mail address, and I give them all permission to share it with you.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:08 PM (77rzZ)
---
my email is right here:

https://ahlloyd.com/about/

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:10 PM (ZOv7s)

98
Artistic types say Trump, MAGA, the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 and every American are to blame.

Don't blame me, I've never even been to Phoenix.
Posted by: Delurker

By the time you get to Phoenix they'll be crying.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 08:10 PM (Cqx++)

99
She turned 96 in May of this year, so about 96.5 years total. Age-wise a little more than a year than my father was, and just a little over 3 years since he died in 2023.

They both had a good run of it, indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:10 PM (w6EFb)

100
Publius, may eternal light shine upon your mother's soul.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:10 PM (eRlcH)

101 Bulg - as with so many things, learning Russian falls into the category of "interesting, but not a priority." Same with re-learning German. I used to be somewhat fluent in German, but that was 35 years ago. Nowadays I'm spending my spare time trying to figure out radios and electronic test equipment.

Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 08:11 PM (mXZsC)

102 "Penny and Hexie are most definitely box kitties.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 08:03 PM

* makes call me sign *
Posted by: Erwin Schrodinger "

Is there one cat in the box, or two. Or none? Who's gonna check? What difference does it make anyway?

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

103 I just assume any new Mass Effect from a triple Aaayayay studio is going to involve clowns and boners and maybe also horny penguins with those long twisty waterfowl boners in clown makeup.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 08:07 PM (88C+u)

Yeah, it is weird. After a Valheim marathon for a bit I have been at loose ends on what to play. I know what I would like to play, but the games are all from 10+ years ago that I have played a million times.

Borderlands 2 but not modern borderlands, which is woke shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 08:12 PM (zZu0s)

104
I phrased that poorly. She lived about a year longer in age than my father.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:12 PM (w6EFb)

105 So, a big chapter around here has closed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)
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Please accept my condolences on your loss.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

106 company? customer

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

107 75 Russian is a surprisingly easy language for English speakers to learn.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:04 PM (77rzZ)

I only remember a handful of words. Use it, or lose it.

The texts and study materials I had for Russian (this was 1983 and 1984) were so....Soviet. Other language classes had shiny, interesting, textbooks and study guides.

Russian was a small, almost cube-shaped book, black and white drawings when absolutely necessary, but very basic and spare.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2026 08:12 PM (zYpTz)

108
Thank you so much to all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:12 PM (w6EFb)

109
Remember 40 years ago when we were told to learn Japanese because Japan, Inc. was going to dominate the world?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:13 PM (eRlcH)

110 Okay, so I have a question: Why does it say "donkey brains" in the title and there aren't any pictures of AOC?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Donkey Brains is from Sunny. As a child Frank Reynolds was in a mental institute and up being release he received a certificate declaring that he did NOT have Donkey Brains. No one else in the entire world received such a certificate. Therefore, no one else in the world can prove that they do not have donkey brains.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 08:13 PM (l26NL)

111 "They both had a good run of it, indeed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

That is a good run. Both of my parents are months away from 90.
If I survive that long it will be a undeserved miracle.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)

112 Dash, learning the language and the oppression in the same lesson.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:14 PM (ua/lL)

113 Also, I call one of my dogs Donkey Brains.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 08:15 PM (l26NL)

114 "Remember 40 years ago when we were told to learn Japanese because Japan, Inc. was going to dominate the world?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

I remember the local school system getting scammed into teaching the students Cantonese.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:15 PM (MWfyi)

115
You cannot speak French without becoming surly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And don't call me surly.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 08:16 PM (Cqx++)

116 Reports that Tucker blew a penguin have been discredited after it was revealed that he actually prefers sucking penguin ass.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at October 21, 2026 07:38 PM

The horror ... the horror.

Posted by: Colonel Kurz at October 21, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

117 101 PabloD, “radios and electronic test equipment” would flummox me more than Russian ever did. God be with you.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:16 PM (77rzZ)

118 112 Dash, learning the language and the oppression in the same lesson.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:14 PM (ua/lL)

LOL, it really was that!

Pretty pictures are for the bourgeoisie, Comrade.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2026 08:16 PM (zYpTz)

119 >>Can't be that their model has broken down completely. If you're not showering musicians with subsidies, awards and prizes, then you obviously hate art and likely a Nazi.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
--

Scale? They are superior, they sneer at scale, they are artists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:16 PM (vOxCS)

120 I just heard about Bioware closing. Mass Effect is one of my all time favorite games. I just played through the trilogy last month. Never played any of their other games because they aren't my genre of choice, and I heard the newer ones were trash.

Posted by: Megthered at October 21, 2026 08:17 PM (aCnvD)

121 @75-Bulg
Russian is a surprisingly easy language for English speakers to learn.

You trying to tell us something, Bro?

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 08:17 PM (Dd7BU)

122 >>>Sometimes a grizzly just wants to hang out.

The trouble comes when the bear decides that hanging out time is over.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2026 08:17 PM (syz1S)

123 Remember 40 years ago when we were told to learn Japanese because Japan, Inc. was going to dominate the world?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:13 PM (eRlcH)

Yes...The Japs were so disciplined and so hard working and so dedicated to company and work but no one mentioned that they were getting huge government money and resources to keep all the Japs working and working and working...a working Jap won't cause any trouble.

Before the Jap Scare the Arabs were going to buy and own everything in America. All bullshit.

Posted by: Godzilla at October 21, 2026 08:17 PM (8EQTH)

124 I used to work with a young German guy whose English was so good you couldn't even tell most of the time. Learned it in school, but he said mostly from American TV and movies.

Every once in a while he'd get tripped up and I'd go, oh yeah, English is his second language. Like once when he was describing a meal he cooked and said he used a (made a cheese-grating motion) "I can never remember the word." "Grater?" "Oh yeah. I think of grater as more-than!" (meaning "greater.")

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 08:18 PM (2Drhq)

125 Remember 40 years ago when we were told to learn Japanese because Japan, Inc. was going to dominate the world?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:13 PM (eRlcH)
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Rising Sun. The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.

I don't recall studying Japanese but I recall becoming Japanese.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)

126 112 The Russian language IS NOT synonymous with repression:

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)

127 From Deep State Officials:

54
I believe they went a step further and officially certified that the record does not exist. There will be no more looking for it.
Posted by: SciVo

===============

Wait, what does this mean?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 06:52 PM (mmrXZ)

Ilhan's cooked. Even if she hadn't lied about her age and parentage, the man she claimed was her father has no documentation of having ever been naturalized. There is nothing for her to piggy-back off of.

Now, they're very careful. They don't say, "He was never naturalized." They say, "We can officially certify that there is no record of him having ever been naturalized." You don't know what you don't know, and maybe semi-intangible space aliens infiltrated their facility and stole the record.

The point is, what I heard is that it's gone beyond just "we can't find it" to "there is definitely no such thing in our possession." So she is absolutely for sure not a citizen -- most likely thrice over (due to having been an adult and not his daughter), but the one is enough.

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 08:19 PM (ke3zm)

128 113 Also, I call one of my dogs Donkey Brains.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 08:15 PM (l26NL)

Younger named one of the girl turtles "Stupid"...Did one of those "donate a $1" at the Credit Union one year with Stupid's name as the pet, one of those things where the pet's name ends up on a little heart and added to a wall; they added it to their wall, adding another heart on top so that the name shown was "Stu"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:20 PM (l3cgK)

129
Well, actually there is one of her cousins at her generational level that still survives, daughter of my one of my maternal grandmother's kid brothers (who lived to be 98 himself). She's 91 (or maybe 92).

Anyway, as part of the SC law about death certificates, they needed to know the full names of both of the deceased parents. And I was at a loss for her father's full name, knowing only the middle initial. The 91 yr old cousin knew. She didn't remember it off hand, but she knew where to find it in all her stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:20 PM (w6EFb)

130 From DU:

"IF ELON MUSK CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER UKRAINE. HE CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU GET IT YET?"

-- @billkittle.bsky.social

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 08:22 PM (0sNs1)

131 You Russophobes can go eff yourselves.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)

132 123 Remember 40 years ago when we were told to learn Japanese because Japan, Inc. was going to dominate the world?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:13 PM (eRlcH)

Yes...The Japs were so disciplined and so hard working and so dedicated to company and work but no one mentioned that they were getting huge government money and resources to keep all the Japs working and working and working...a working Jap won't cause any trouble.

Before the Jap Scare the Arabs were going to buy and own everything in America. All bullshit.

Posted by: Godzilla at October 21, 2026 08:17 PM (8EQTH)

They spent so much time working they didn't have time for procreating...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:22 PM (l3cgK)

133 126 112 The Russian language IS NOT synonymous with repression:
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)

No, but the textbooks were!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2026 08:22 PM (zYpTz)

134
That's indeed an outrage. The owner of the company that owns and operates the satellites controls his own property. What a shocker.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:23 PM (w6EFb)

135 They spent so much time working they didn't have time for procreating...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

They also die at their desks at age 40 a lot.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 08:24 PM (l26NL)

136 I just heard about Bioware closing. Mass Effect is one of my all time favorite games. I just played through the trilogy last month. Never played any of their other games because they aren't my genre of choice, and I heard the newer ones were trash.
Posted by: Megthered at October 21, 2026 08:17 PM (aCnvD)

Knights of the Old Republic is peak. Good enough that even though it is over 20 years old, it is worth playing if you never have. I kind of envy ou, to be honest.

They were also planning to do a KotoR remake- which is horrifying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 08:24 PM (zZu0s)

137 "Russian is a surprisingly easy language for English speakers to learn" - Bulg

Concur. The alphabet intimidates many. In my first Russian class, the professors (we had 3 full profs, all native speakers - a wonderful artifact/echo of the day not long before then when all universities had serious foreign language requirements and the faculty to teach them) gave us one night to memorize the alphabet (with pronunciation, best we could).

I remember some in the class freaking out. Next day, no problem. Everyone basically had it down.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:24 PM (U/Byj)

138 "Ilhan's cooked. Even if she hadn't lied about her age and parentage, the man she claimed was her father has no documentation of having ever been naturalized. There is nothing for her to piggy-back off of."

If she is deported before the end of the year it will be the second best Christmas ever!

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:25 PM (MWfyi)

139 130 From DU:

"IF ELON MUSK CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER UKRAINE. HE CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU GET IT YET?"

-- @billkittle.bsky.social

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 08:22 PM (0sNs1)

And what percentage, pray-tell, of internet users in the US use Starlink?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:25 PM (l3cgK)

140 My Russian textbooks were Soviet-produced and loaded with propaganda. Random pages kept falling out because the glue broke down.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:25 PM (RIvkX)

141 133 OK, Dash, I can grant you that.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:25 PM (77rzZ)

142 From DU:

"IF ELON MUSK CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER UKRAINE. HE CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU GET IT YET?"

-- @billkittle.bsky.social
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 08:22 PM (0sNs1)

This guy is a super genius.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 08:25 PM (zZu0s)

143 The Russian language IS NOT synonymous with repression:
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)
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*considers Russian history*

Are you sure about that?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)

144 131 You Russophobes can go eff yourselves.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)

I don't trust Puto, um Putin.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:26 PM (l3cgK)

145 Learning the Russian language is a Putin plot to influence our elections!

Posted by: Hillary! 2028! 2032! at October 21, 2026 08:26 PM (0sNs1)

146 135 They spent so much time working they didn't have time for procreating...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

They also die at their desks at age 40 a lot.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 08:24 PM (l26NL)

That usually puts a crimp on procreational activity

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:27 PM (l3cgK)

147 130 From DU:

"IF ELON MUSK CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER UKRAINE. HE CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU GET IT YET?"

-- @billkittle.bsky.social

Posted by: Duncanthrax
---

Yes, I get it. DU say, all your property are mine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:27 PM (vOxCS)

148 >>@TheBabylonBee
·
3h
>>Ilhan Omar Starting To Regret Hiring Immigration Attorney From Quality Citizeship Center

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:27 PM (viF8m)

149 And of course, they were not going to just do a graphical update or work on some of the combat systems- they were going to touch story bits. Explicitly. Make it 'modern'. Horrifying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

150 137

*fistbump*

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:28 PM (77rzZ)

151 137 "Russian is a surprisingly easy language for English speakers to learn" - Bulg

Concur. The alphabet intimidates many. In my first Russian class, the professors (we had 3 full profs, all native speakers - a wonderful artifact/echo of the day not long before then when all universities had serious foreign language requirements and the faculty to teach them) gave us one night to memorize the alphabet (with pronunciation, best we could).

I remember some in the class freaking out. Next day, no problem. Everyone basically had it down.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:24 PM (U/Byj)

Hebrew is like that. Chinese is not.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:28 PM (l3cgK)

152
Remember the green white dwarf thing from a couple days ago? Well, they put together a little model of what various known white dwarfs would like to the human eye here:

https://t.ly/RrxQg

Note there's a pink one. And a chartreuse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:28 PM (w6EFb)

153 C'mon, Bulg. Russia and its language are centuries old, and a thing of beauty.

The whole Soviet era, not so much. You surely must agree. The textbooks were hilariously representative of Soviet sadness.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2026 08:28 PM (zYpTz)

154 Actually I used my Russian just last night. Just pleasantries no soliloquies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (RIvkX)

155 And of course, they were not going to just do a graphical update or work on some of the combat systems- they were going to touch story bits. Explicitly. Make it 'modern'. Horrifying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)
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In their twisted little minds:

*** THE MESSAGE *** >>> a good story.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (FZ29D)

156
Random pages kept falling out because the glue broke down.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:25 PM (RIvkX)

____________

My own books from the 70s, especially paperbacks, have the same problem. Spines crack, pages fall out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (eRlcH)

157 If she is deported before the end of the year it will be the second best Christmas ever!
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:25 PM

We can haz turkey again?

Posted by: The Bumpus Hounds at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

158 If she is deported before the end of the year it will be the second best Christmas ever!
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:25 PM (MWfyi)
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This was an S-tier October Surprise (am I using that right? All the cool kids say "S-tier" now).

It builds on stuff already out in the media for years, so no one is really surprised.

It forces the Dems to reflexively defend bald-faced corruption and law-breaking.

And it dovetails nicely will foreigners infiltrating our political system. A trifecta!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)

159 "The Russian language IS NOT synonymous with repression."

Granted. Now do alcoholism and fatalism :-)

Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (mXZsC)

160 Lost my russki books in a move (disaster, really) but some of them were modern, shiny (western-published). All from the Cold War era. Also lost lots of interesting profanity and specialty books/booklets. And books and pamphlets I bought while in the USSR and shipped back.

Use or lose is true for most foreign languages, some more than others. Thing is now, with the interwebs, easy to listen to radio, watch TV and movies, read media in all those languages in a way not possible way back when.

Had a short-wave radio to listen to Radio Moscow (and Deutsche Welle for krautish) back then.

Was lucky to finally use the Russian, mostly post-Cold War, but it's been a while. But now with so many emigres, use it with some frequency. Russkis and Ukes have taken over independent washer/dryer repair here, so always amuse and surprise the guys with Russian and questions about their home cities when they arrive.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (U/Byj)

161 144 131 You Russophobes can go eff yourselves.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)

I don't trust Puto, um Putin.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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He's a Democrat?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (vOxCS)

162 "Note there's a pink one. And a chartreuse.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

Is there a green orange one?

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (MWfyi)

163 And what percentage, pray-tell, of internet users in the US use Starlink?...
****

👋

Posted by: clarence at October 21, 2026 08:30 PM (7NfJh)

164 Washington Examiner: Elissa Slotkin faces ethics complaint over warning to young Trump staffers
By Kaelan Deese
Published October 20, 2026 11:19am ET | Updated October 20, 2026 2:01pm ET

The Center to Advance Security in America shared the complaint exclusively with the Washington Examiner. The document, dated Tuesday, asks Senate Ethics Committee Chairman James Lankford (R-OK) and Vice Chairman Chris Coons (D-DE) to investigate whether Slotkin’s remarks violated Senate ethical standards.

tl;dr John Thune still hasn't emitted so much as a squeak about this glow-in-the-dark CIA stooge.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 08:30 PM (88C+u)

165 143 Then Latin is the language of Papist oppression.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)

166 >> Is there a green orange one?

Nope, but they did a discover a two-faced one. Each hemisphere would look different due to something or another. So, it's rotation would be obvious to see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:31 PM (w6EFb)

167 Immigration fraud is a felony.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)

168 165 143 Then Latin is the language of Papist oppression.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)

Natürlich.

Posted by: Martin Luther at October 21, 2026 08:32 PM (l3cgK)

169 Then Latin is the language of Papist oppression.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)
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Cicero, Aeneas, Livy, Tacitus and Virgil could not be reached for comment.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)

170 Putin is good for practice, typically he speaks very clearly and not very fast. Much easier than most Russian TV news people.

German speakers should check out his address to the Bundestag from the 90s (?). His German's pretty good.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:33 PM (U/Byj)

171 The Russians and the Chinese here make their kids learn Russian and Cantonese.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:33 PM (RIvkX)

172 "Nope, but they did a discover a two-faced one. Each hemisphere would look different due to something or another. So, it's rotation would be obvious to see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

Janus planets?

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

173
That two-faced one is named Janus, of course. The two faces are due to a whop-sided magnetic field which causes very different mixing somehow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb)

174 Nice day today. I may mow lawns tomorrow.

Thanks to the leaves on the trees, I'm in Canada and end up mowing leaves to mulch them into December. I may rake this year and put out Christmas spotlights. Lights on the trees are nice, but in the past, spotlights highlighting the huge trees have looked great.

Ralphy is resting and Snowflake is in. Girl ALWAYS wants food. And I weigh her like a pageant mom most mornings. She's still under 10 pounds.

But there's a REAL CHUBBO in her dying to burst forth.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 08:34 PM (Sco7b)

175 When a x-white dwarf is discovered, where x = fawn, taupe, mauve, puce, ecru, or seafoam, let us know.

Posted by: AoSHQ Fashion Consultants at October 21, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)

176 rhomboid - I miss tuning into BBC and Deutsche Welle in the evenings. I can still hear the announcer's voice saying "You're listening to programs in the World Service of the BBC."

Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 08:34 PM (mXZsC)

177 169 Answered by Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Solzhenitsyn.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:34 PM (77rzZ)

178 My range now has Starlink. Really not much use for web connection that I have encountered, but it's nice I guess. Definitely the right solution. Location is fairly remote, wireless only other option and only ATT has built out their network near the area (non-ATT mobile phones still get the "Bienvenidos a Mexico" text as they get close to the front gate).

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:35 PM (U/Byj)

179
168 165 143 Then Latin is the language of Papist oppression.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)

Natürlich.
Posted by: Martin Luther
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Nonne omnes concorditer vivere possumus?

Posted by: Erasmus at October 21, 2026 08:35 PM (1gmsy)

180 The whole Soviet era, not so much. You surely must agree. The textbooks were hilariously representative of Soviet sadness.

I remember reading old Soviet propaganda comic books which tried to teach the illiterate peasant to sweep the floors, clean up after yourself, take the trash out, wash your nasty russian ass, etc, etc. All basic home economics 101 stuff.

Hilariously illustrated as Ivan must have been one dumb bastard but could follow the drawings.

Posted by: Comrade Boris at October 21, 2026 08:36 PM (8EQTH)

181 PabloD I get it. Used to be very interesting. Occasionally I'd tune in to Radio Havana (English) for Fidel's take on the news.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:37 PM (U/Byj)

182 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the REAL MAN crazy redhead (not some soy man like that fag Riker) that almost causes the Enterprise to be lost to a 20th century barbarian.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:38 PM (MWfyi)

183 171 The Russians and the Chinese here make their kids learn Russian and Cantonese.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:33 PM (RIvkX)

While in China, the CCP is forcing everybody to learn Mandarin and trying to phase out other Chinese dialects.

Posted by: Martin Luther at October 21, 2026 08:38 PM (l3cgK)

184 Whoops, thinking of Aeneas as I recalled Virgil.

Russia has of course historically been known for limited government, respect for individual liberties its tolerance of other races and religions.

I see "pogrom" is of Russian origin.

Not that I hate Russians. Far from it, I think we can make some deals with them and let old dogs lie. But Russia is what it is.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)

185 @161

I don't trust Puto, um Putin.-jim

He's a Democrat? - Braenyard

Close

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 08:39 PM (Dd7BU)

186 I find Japanese interesting in that some of the words need to be ejected instead of spoken.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:39 PM (ua/lL)

187 >> REAL MAN crazy redhead

KAHHHHNNN!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 08:40 PM (w6EFb)

188 Oh. Made offhand comment about a certain type of firearm earlier today... and just got an advert for - the same...

Bizzare, no?

Honestly, Flock cameras are the least of our problems.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 08:40 PM (vTZFs)

189 Teaching kids foreign languages from an early age is about the best thing that can happen to them.

JackStraw above mentioned how perfectly fluent some Dutch guy was in English. It's standard there, has been for generations (in Band of Brothers and I think A Bridge Too Far, the easy English conversations between local Dutch and Allied troops was no movie fiction, it was accurate).

Dutch, Danish - usually flawless American-accented English (thanks, postwar American cultural dominance). Many Swedes too.

Growing up speaking multiple languages is just a huge gift that keeps giving your whole life.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:40 PM (U/Byj)

190 KILROYNIVS HIC ERAT

Posted by: GAIUS KILROYNIUS at October 21, 2026 08:40 PM (0sNs1)

191 Good evening!

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 08:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

192 While in China, the CCP is forcing everybody to learn Mandarin and trying to phase out other Chinese dialects.

Hard to blame them, really. It would be like America speaking English and Spanish...wait...

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 08:41 PM (Riz8t)

193
Hilariously illustrated as Ivan must have been one dumb bastard but could follow the drawings.
Posted by: Comrade Boris at October 21, 2026 08:36 PM (8EQTH)

___________

One could say during WWII the Private Snafu short films served the same purpose for soldiers with low literacy skills.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:41 PM (eRlcH)

194 Language is what we make of it.
Tolkien and "Orwell" Blair thought that language would force our minds along certain pathways. Maybe that's true in the short term.
Kevin van Bladel is saying the old Persian language got pushed into a debased creole over the span of the Achaemenid empire. I'm sure that ruined a lot of the old Persian poetry. But the newer Persian gave us the Shahnameh, Rumi, and Omar Khayyam.

If Big Brother lost his hold, even his "Newspeak" might end up better than it started with. The orcs without Sauron might learn to sing epic songs in future generations . . .

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 08:41 PM (88C+u)

195 If Big Brother lost his hold, even his "Newspeak" might end up better than it started with. The orcs without Sauron might learn to sing epic songs in future generations . . .

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 08:41 PM (88C+u)

I would expect something like Klingon Opera...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:42 PM (l3cgK)

196 Answered by Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Solzhenitsyn.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:34 PM (77rzZ)
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Totalitarian states can produce great writing, but they are still totalitarian.

Was Imperial Russia better than the USSR? Absolutely, but Russian culture respects strength and conformity.

It's interesting that American English is really full of exceptions rather than rules and that fits the American cultural heritage. We all talk a little different, no biggie.

German is of course much more rigid, and that's Germany for you. I mean, they have their dialects, but they all have to know Hoch Deutsch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

197 I just found out that that hideous, malformed harpy podcaster Jennifer Welch lives right here in Oklahoma. Where we have red supermajorities in both houses. No wonder she's so cranky.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 08:43 PM (l26NL)

198 Orcs singing...

https://youtu.be/VoAfb3f04mo

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:43 PM (l3cgK)

199 Franpsycho good friends (who live a few houses away from Lixiduatlwhatever, he used to go by somethingGoth here) have two adopted Chinese daughters, think they tried but failed to get them into the elite Chinese language school there. But one at least had a Chinese language element throughout at least K-8 IIRC at a public school over near the Mission. Mom is Chinese-American (Cantonese and Mandarin) so they had a good environment to reinforce the basics.

Tone languages are ridiculous of course, for an adult, but with soft brains, youngsters can absorb it all much more easily.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:44 PM (U/Byj)

200 To her credit, she does foil Khan's plan, but if not for that ditz they never would have had to go thru that harrowing experience. I reminds me of Wesley, or ever worse, the menace Data.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:44 PM (MWfyi)

201 We had an interpreter in the desert that was fluent in 7. Indian (dot) from Goa. Dude was impressive as hell.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 08:45 PM (r2Icn)

202 One could say during WWII the Private Snafu short films served the same purpose for soldiers with low literacy skills.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:41 PM (eRlcH)

The one about not eating the natives food on the islands was hilarious. From the bone through the nose natives to Private Snafu shitting himself and then dying form eating out of the native's pot when instructed not to.

Posted by: Comrade Boris at October 21, 2026 08:45 PM (8EQTH)

203 I agree -

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
·
44m
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 🚨 Federal Lawsuit against California shows that 28.8% of noncitizens in California HAVE A VOTING HISTORY

California elections are not legitimate, noncitizens are voting at an extremely large scale

- Los Angeles County elections officials took a sample batch of 200 ballots
- The 200 ballots were taken from a sample of 20,000 that the Trump Admin says are noncitizens
- Of the 200 ballots that were taken, 71.2% of the 200 have no voting history

This means 28.8% of the noncitizens ballots DID have a voting history

Nearly 30% of noncitizens are voting in California elections based on this sample. I’ll bet it’s much higher

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 08:45 PM (kX27y)

204 Birds are not real.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 08:46 PM (xe4ug)

205 It is disappointing that BioWare went full retard and sunk their business. Dragon Age: Inquisition is an amazing game. And the thing is, there was a female-to-male tranny NPC in that game. But you didn't have to interact with it enough to get into that. You could, but it didn't matter. And it made a funny joke offering to teach a male non-human character how to bind his pillowy man bosom. It really didn't bother me because it didn't matter and it certainly didn't preach.

I was excited to play the last Dragon Age until the info started leaking. They had an interesting story set up and just fucked the whole thing. So I'll never play it. Stoopid!

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 21, 2026 08:46 PM (ftFVW)

206 I would expect something like Klingon Opera...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:42 PM (l3cgK)

Okay, Star Trek Strange New Worlds made me laugh with Number One - Una - singing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' in Klingon.

How it NEEDS to be sung.

I think they even commented that all power ballads are sung in Klingon. That made me laugh.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 08:46 PM (Sco7b)

207 Tone languages are ridiculous of course, for an adult, but with soft brains, youngsters can absorb it all much more easily.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:44 PM (U/Byj)
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There is a student in my Becoming Catholic class who is from Taiwan. He can speak the language but not read it. Knows only a few characters. He said when his father picked out the characters to his name, he went totally over the top, like "Master of 10,000 heroes!" territory.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:46 PM (ZOv7s)

208 Tone languages are ridiculous of course, for an adult, but with soft brains, youngsters can absorb it all much more easily.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:44 PM (U/Byj)
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There is a student in my Becoming Catholic class who is from Taiwan. He can speak the language but not read it. Knows only a few characters. He said when his father picked out the characters to his name, he went totally over the top, like "Master of 10,000 heroes!" territory.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:46 PM (ZOv7s)

209 Not that I hate Russians. Far from it, I think we can make some deals with them and let old dogs lie. But Russia is what it is.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
----

And China is what it is.
I'll take Russia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:47 PM (vOxCS)

210 German is of course much more rigid, and that's Germany for you. I mean, they have their dialects, but they all have to know Hoch Deutsch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

I can only speak Ham Hoch Deutch...
schnitzel, sauerbraten, and the like.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:47 PM (l3cgK)

211 jim: I smell Japanese 1970s anime themes in "where there's a whip there's a way"

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 08:47 PM (88C+u)

212 One of the best recent russki encounters were two 20-somethings (late 20s) at the range, one guy had a DP-27 light machine gun. He'd welded the receiver from a kit back together, of course it was semi-auto. He was testing 54R loads for it. Had the pan magazine and everything. Very cool to see a real one, shooting. They were a bit taken aback at my enthusiasm for WWII Soviet hardware and Great Patriotic War topics, but enjoyed it. Both had been in the Russian army before emigrating.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:47 PM (U/Byj)

213 I have a cousin who is Irish, Polish and Russian.

My uncle used to joke that he was going to get drunk, take over the neighborhood, and not know what to do with it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)

214 206 I would expect something like Klingon Opera...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:42 PM (l3cgK)

Okay, Star Trek Strange New Worlds made me laugh with Number One - Una - singing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' in Klingon.

How it NEEDS to be sung.

I think they even commented that all power ballads are sung in Klingon. That made me laugh.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 08:46 PM (Sco7b)

She sang it well.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:49 PM (l3cgK)

215 I reminds me of Wesley, or ever worse, the menace Data.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:44 PM

To be fair, there are worse people you could remind yourself of, you know.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 21, 2026 08:49 PM (0sNs1)

216 And the thing is, there was a female-to-male tranny NPC in that game. But you didn't have to interact with it enough to get into that.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 21, 2026 08:46 PM (ftFVW)

I'd think a girdle of sex-change or whatever similar item would suddenly be VERY, VERY valuable.

Baldur's Gate was fantastic. But the second one had Dorn who would proposition you whether you were male or female. That ticked me off.

I was curious about the newest game but we're so far down the slope, there was no point in checking it out.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 08:49 PM (Sco7b)

217 https://youtu.be/plf4e7NtIhs

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:49 PM (l3cgK)

218 ho lee fuk it's real
youtu.be/plf4e7NtIhs

Posted by: steinman was klingon at October 21, 2026 08:50 PM (88C+u)

219 She sang it well.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:49 PM (l3cgK)

She did and it was funny.

Okay, back to work.
Everyone have a great night.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 08:50 PM (Sco7b)

220 I can only speak Ham Hoch Deutch...
schnitzel, sauerbraten, and the like.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:47 PM (l3cgK)
---
That level stuff is pretty easy for me. I was reading Kafka and discussing it in German in college.

I will say that German can help you really drill down into English grammar, because ours is a Germanic language. One can get into some tortured but correct sentences.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:51 PM (ZOv7s)

221
Ilhan's cooked. Even if she hadn't lied about her age and parentage, the man she claimed was her father has no documentation of having ever been naturalized. There is nothing for her to piggy-back off of.

Posted by: SciVo

=============

Ahhhh. She's a wreck in her interview with Chris Hayes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 08:52 PM (mmrXZ)

222 MFW i learn bonnie tyler died last july

Posted by: steinman was klingon at October 21, 2026 08:52 PM (88C+u)

223 English and Russian are the two best languages currently spoken on earth.

Screw the Romance languages.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:52 PM (77rzZ)

224 Everything is better in the original Klingon.

Posted by: General Chang at October 21, 2026 08:52 PM (0sNs1)

225 Can the Dutch speak flawless New York City English?
I don't think so.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 08:52 PM (Dd7BU)

226 "Nearly 30% of noncitizens are voting in California elections based on this sample. I’ll bet it’s much higher."

Not so sure. I doubt anywhere close to 30% of non-citizens vote. State GOP estimates that outside a few counties in the north/Central Valley, only 30% of GOP-registered vote.

Not material to the issue of course. The election system here is absurdly insecure, would never be recognized as legit by the US, EU, or UN if it were in a Third World country emerging from civil war (direct experience with that), and is a disgrace.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:52 PM (U/Byj)

227 Dammit, shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi)

228 I just found out that that hideous, malformed harpy podcaster Jennifer Welch lives right here in Oklahoma. Where we have red supermajorities in both houses. No wonder she's so cranky.

I am sure I saw she moved to NYC after ex got ostracized out of practicing here.

Posted by: Miflin at October 21, 2026 08:53 PM (aA6YN)

229 211 jim: I smell Japanese 1970s anime themes in "where there's a whip there's a way"

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 08:47 PM (88C+u)

Not enough tentacles for that...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 08:54 PM (l3cgK)

230 Shit tons of Russians in the upstate of SC. Very surprising. Especially in Spartanburg and Cherokee counties.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 08:54 PM (r2Icn)

231 >>>Was Imperial Russia better than the USSR? Absolutely, but Russian culture respects strength and conformity.
---

There is a photo book of touring Russia commissioned by the Tsar.
Much different than after the takeover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:54 PM (vOxCS)

232 My spirit animals are elephants. Love them and always have since I was a baby.

The wee girl with the deer reminds me our our baby grandgirl who's a year old. She's walking everywhere and into everything and loved by us all. A climber.

She stored up all the insanity of her siblings and is now ready, so look out! Not the quiet one we thought of the three.

She's smart as well as very pretty and sweet. A clone of her big brother, whom she prefers over her crazy sister.

After church she and I have been checking out a tree for months. I tell her about the leaf and ornamental berries and pick one of each for her to feel. Yes, she's tried to taste them and I don't let her. Last Sunday I was holding her and she pointed to our tree. The berries/seeds have turned orange since it got colder.

This little sweetheart tried to put both the leaf and berry back after I picked them vs dropping them and saying uh-oh.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 08:54 PM (hzuYO)

233 And it made a funny joke offering to teach a male non-human character how to bind his pillowy man bosom.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 21, 2026 08:46 PM (ftFVW)
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What. The. Hell.

There is MAGIC. You can polymorph yourself in a dragon. Just take a potion. This is all pervert fetish material. People suffer hideous wounds and take a potion.

Want to be a guy? Take a potion. Want to go back? Take a potion. All this current day crap destroys the setting, and you can tell that these people are mentally ill theater kids because they didn't understand that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

234 Ha.

>>@JesseBWatters
·
32s
>>BREAKING: ILHAN OMAR ASKED IF SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER

>>OMAR: "NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE" 😨

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:56 PM (viF8m)

235 Jennifer Welch, oh, my gosh, she's not natural, she paid money to look that way. Proof of insanity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:56 PM (vOxCS)

236 Had a Bone Density Scan today. The results, how you say, were off the charts.

Posted by: The Paolo at October 21, 2026 08:57 PM (EdP2u)

237 Not so sure. I doubt anywhere close to 30% of non-citizens vote. State GOP estimates that outside a few counties in the north/Central Valley, only 30% of GOP-registered vote.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 08:52 PM (U/Byj)
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No, *they* don't vote personally, someone else votes for them.

Do you get it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 08:58 PM (ZOv7s)

238 "Not enough tentacles for that."

* Sad trombone *

Posted by: Kurt E. From Newsweek at October 21, 2026 08:58 PM (mXZsC)

239 Jennifer Welch divorced her husband Josh Welch in 2013 primarily due to his addiction...
--

I'd be an addict and drunkard too, married to that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:58 PM (vOxCS)

240 >>BREAKING: ILHAN OMAR ASKED IF SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER

>>OMAR: "NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE" 😨
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:56 PM

Follow-on question: "So you don't know if your brother knew you?"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 08:59 PM (0sNs1)

241 >>BREAKING: ILHAN OMAR ASKED IF SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER
>>OMAR: "NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE" 😨
Posted by: JackStraw

youtu.be/9sqOEJfa3DA

Posted by: here we go again at October 21, 2026 08:59 PM (88C+u)

242 Half the Internet is melting down right now thanks to php2shell. I am not going to get any sleep for the next few days.

I hate AI.

Posted by: WillowViney at October 21, 2026 09:00 PM (gYAkw)

243
Can the Dutch speak flawless New York City English?
I don't think so.
Posted by: Case

Can they speak Jive?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 09:00 PM (Cqx++)

244 Turkey under Erdogan is something else. Now they're cruising for trouble in the Med - with Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, and Greece. Via a ridiculous maritime agreement with *Libya*, er, *both* Libyas. East and west. Country and western.

I don't even know what the two Libyas call themselves. I'd suggest some reliable historic names. Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. Even the Romans figured it was best to split the place. Oh and Russia's got its mangled fingers into the Libya situation as well. This may rival Lebanon in the 80s for geek entertainment.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 09:00 PM (U/Byj)

245 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 08:54 PM

What a sweet story. Thank you for sharing!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 09:00 PM (0sNs1)

246 >>Follow-on question: "So you don't know if your brother knew you?"

Might just be me but I think I'd know if I married my sister.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:01 PM (viF8m)

247 "IF ELON MUSK CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER UKRAINE. HE CAN CONTROL THE STARLINK OVER THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU GET IT YET?"

-- @billkittle.bsky.social

... yes, that is generally how it works. An internet service provider owns the infrastructure by which they provide Internet.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 09:01 PM (vJrRc)

248 246 >>Follow-on question: "So you don't know if your brother knew you?"

Might just be me but I think I'd know if I married my sister.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:01 PM (viF8m)

Maybe she's referring to the Biblical sense of knowing someone?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:02 PM (l3cgK)

249 Russian music for the night

https://tinyurl.com/2swsm4kn

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2026 09:02 PM (JNr/z)

250 Want to be a guy? Take a potion. Want to go back? Take a potion. All this current day crap destroys the setting, and you can tell that these people are mentally ill theater kids because they didn't understand that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Hear, hear!

Same thing in D&D, you want to not be whatever sex you are, there's a cursed girdle for that.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 09:03 PM (vJrRc)

251 167 Immigration fraud is a felony.

Posted by: JackStraw
---

We put her in jail she'll be recruiting converts.
Take her back to Somalia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:03 PM (vOxCS)

252 Come on. In fairness, I also never married my sister, to my knowledge.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 09:04 PM (U/Byj)

253 I would expect something like Klingon Opera...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

When I hear "Klingon opera," I think of Magma. Though they actually sing in their own constructed language, Kobaïan.

https://youtu.be/9CxfrJ-U-rk

Not all French people are weird, but Christian Vander is very weird.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 09:04 PM (VHUov)

254 248 246 >>Follow-on question: "So you don't know if your brother knew you?"

Might just be me but I think I'd know if I married my sister.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:01 PM (viF8m)

Maybe she's referring to the Biblical sense of knowing someone?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---

She's referring to a no perjury conviction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:04 PM (vOxCS)

255 Maybe she's referring to the Biblical sense of knowing someone?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

So not only did she marry her brother, he roofied her?

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 09:05 PM (VHUov)

256 I recently saw some graphic instructions on how to "gird your loins" to prepare for heavy labor or fighting.

It's non-trivial.

Fortunately, since most of us wear pants (especially for the Book Thread!), it's also non-relevant.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)

257 255 Maybe she's referring to the Biblical sense of knowing someone?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

So not only did she marry her brother, he roofied her?

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 09:05 PM (VHUov)

Well, he IS gay, so I don't think they ever consummated their marriage...so immigration marriage fraud.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:06 PM (l3cgK)

258 So not only did she marry her brother, he roofied her?
Posted by: mikeski

Seems like I read that her brother-husband is openly gay living in Londonistan.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 09:07 PM (l26NL)

259 256 I recently saw some graphic instructions on how to "gird your loins" to prepare for heavy labor or fighting.

It's non-trivial.

Fortunately, since most of us wear pants (especially for the Book Thread!), it's also non-relevant.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)

I've shared it before.
https://tinyurl.com/yc5z84mk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:07 PM (l3cgK)

260 Want to be a guy? Take a potion. Want to go back? Take a potion. All this current day crap destroys the setting, and you can tell that these people are mentally ill theater kids because they didn't understand that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Can I be a fighter jet? I have an urge to fly around the ME fucking shit up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 09:08 PM (vzuC7)

261 Well, he IS gay, so I don't think they ever consummated their marriage
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:06 PM

Maybe he laid back and thought of Somalia?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 09:08 PM (0sNs1)

262 I don't think the Dutch know all the cuss words used in NYC.
I would like to hear the Dutch do a Boston accent, now that would be comedy.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 09:08 PM (Dd7BU)

263 Maybe she's referring to the Biblical sense of knowing someone?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:02 PM (l3cgK)
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This is what happens when a low IQ person tries to fall back on legalisms.

"Do you have a brother?"
"Not to my knowledge."
"So you don't have a brother?"
"Not to my knowledge."
"You do have a brother."
"I didn't know that."
"You married him."
"Not to my knowledge."
"You don't remember getting married? Would you like the paperwork?"
"Not to my knowledge."
"Are you retarded?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:08 PM (ZOv7s)

264 I hereby proclaim Ilhan Omar Elmi Said Nur to have Donkey Brains. Let her prove that she doesn't.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 09:09 PM (l26NL)

265 Well, he IS gay, so I don't think they ever consummated their marriage...so immigration marriage fraud.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:06 PM (l3cgK)
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There's gay and there's Muslim gay: boys for pleasure, women for children.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:09 PM (ZOv7s)

266 There's zero chance Ilhan wasn't involved in the Minnesota fraud. She was. So was her "sister".

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:10 PM (viF8m)

267 260 Want to be a guy? Take a potion. Want to go back? Take a potion. All this current day crap destroys the setting, and you can tell that these people are mentally ill theater kids because they didn't understand that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Can I be a fighter jet? I have an urge to fly around the ME fucking shit up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 09:08 PM (vzuC7)

A younger brother wanted to be a fire truck when he grew up...he wanted to be able to spray down everything with his long hose.
Who knew he was quite a few decades ahead of the curve?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:10 PM (l3cgK)

268 The point is, what I heard is that it's gone beyond just "we can't find it" to "there is definitely no such thing in our possession." So she is absolutely for sure not a citizen -- most likely thrice over (due to having been an adult and not his daughter), but the one is enough.

Posted by: SciVo
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Didn't the subpoena have name other than Omar?
Ilhan Ne Someotherdude

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:10 PM (vOxCS)

269 I've still got about 2/3 of a 55 gallon drum of loin gird left.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:11 PM (MWfyi)

270 Can I be a fighter jet? I have an urge to fly around the ME fucking shit up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 09:08 PM

Seems like a Sandy or Warthog might be better for your intended application than a fighter.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 21, 2026 09:11 PM (0sNs1)

271 Ralphy is resting and Snowflake is in. Girl ALWAYS wants food. And I weigh her like a pageant mom most mornings. She's still under 10 pounds.

But there's a REAL CHUBBO in her dying to burst forth.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 08:34 PM (Sco7b)
*********
Hi, Stateless! In 3rd grade I picked out a tiny white kitten from one of my grandmother's fertile white Persian. I named my kitty, "Snowflake."

He never answered to anything and I called him Boobie for reasons unknown.

I'd made him a rug to sleep on in in my grandmother's sewingroom. I hung out there with her often, reading her magazines or sewing scraps. Boobie never slept on my rug.We had an apartment on the other side of her house.

He grew to be a giantic Tom cat. Once we moved to the farm (which traumatized him for a few days as he stayed up in a tree until he came down), he'd catch rabbits for us. Jump a chain link fence with a grown rabbit once a month or so. To display in all it's gore outside the sliding door on a step to the patio for our breakfast view. Thankful!?

He lived to be an old Tom cat. I thought the name, "Snowflake" was pretty but he preferred Boobie.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 09:11 PM (hzuYO)

272 Or even an Aardvark.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 21, 2026 09:11 PM (0sNs1)

273 "Not to my knowledge."
"Are you retarded?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Well, it's not like she can take the 5th. Constitutional rights are for American citizens.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 09:12 PM (VHUov)

274 48 39 Skip, I can teach you Russian, at least the basics. I did it at DLI.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 07:54 PM (77rzZ)

__________________________

Moy kostyum na Khellouin — eto para «sviternykh monstrov». No yesli moy drug ne smozhet priyti, ya pritvoryus' Betti Ford.

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 09:13 PM (dIske)

275
Didn't the subpoena have name other than Omar?
Ilhan Ne Someotherdude

Posted by: Braenyard

=================

Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, with Ilhan Abdullahi Omar as an aka.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 09:13 PM (mmrXZ)

276 >>Didn't the subpoena have name other than Omar?

>>@willchamberlain
·
4h
>>BREAKING: the federal search warrant against Ilhan Omar names her as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar," indicating that DOJ believes she is present in the United States under a false identity!

>>Revealed in a scheduling order today from DDC

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:13 PM (viF8m)

277 Can I be a fighter jet? I have an urge to fly around the ME fucking shit up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 09:08 PM (vzuC7)
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I wanted to be a Jedi Knight use the force to pull books off the shelf across the room. Especially when it was cold.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

278
Her name on the paperwork is "0mar".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:13 PM (eRlcH)

279 Remember, only you can prevent forest fires, and Han shot first.

Posted by: Smokey The Bear at October 21, 2026 09:14 PM (0sNs1)

280 Starlink....

Musk bought a "spectrum" of telecom bandwidth the like of T-Mobile, ATT and others had to give up... because they weren't using it. Or some such bureaucratic horseshit.

Musk now, potentially, has the ability to provide global cellular comms, without the cell towers.

On one network.

His.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 09:15 PM (RORbl)

281 Well, it's not like she can take the 5th. Constitutional rights are for American citizens.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 09:12 PM (VHUov)
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It is a thing of beauty.

The Dems wanted to do some sort of theater kid coup, and we have this gripping family drama featuring assumed identities and incest.

It's gold, Jerry, gold!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)

282 Mistakes were made. Somebody did something.

Posted by: Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar at October 21, 2026 09:16 PM (MWfyi)

283 282 Mistakes were made. Somebody did something.

Posted by: Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar at October 21, 2026 09:16 PM (MWfyi)

I woulda expected her brother to say he was drunk when it happened...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:17 PM (l3cgK)

284 On one network.

His.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 09:15 PM (RORbl)
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He needs to destroy Google next.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:17 PM (ZOv7s)

285 . yes, that is generally how it works. An internet service provider owns the infrastructure by which they provide Internet."

See, that's why we need net nuttery.... neutered nettery... newt... something!

/

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 09:17 PM (pfXMo)

286 I woulda expected her brother to say he was drunk when it happened...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 09:17 PM (l3cgK)
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She must have slipped him a mickey!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:17 PM (ZOv7s)

287 Peter Stuyvesant was Dutch. Would have liked to hear his NY accent.

Posted by: Bed-Stuy Bennie at October 21, 2026 09:18 PM (EdP2u)

288 >>> 159 "The Russian language IS NOT synonymous with repression."

Granted. Now do alcoholism and fatalism :-)
Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (mXZsC)

Russian moods: vodka, depression and revenge.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 09:18 PM (jb8Ss)

289 It's going to be hilarious watching Democrats backpedal over Elmi. No matter how much they lie, they know she's a fraud and radioactive.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:18 PM (viF8m)

290 Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, with Ilhan Abdullahi Omar as an aka."

"Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 09:18 PM (pfXMo)

291 Peter Stuyvesant was Dutch. Would have liked to hear his NY accent."

Went to his High School...

/well, sorta his. Name, at least.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 09:19 PM (pfXMo)

292 Vodka fueled depressive revenge, that's a Russia!

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:19 PM (2GVsD)

293 I fully expect that Congress will do everything they can to see to it that Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar is able to complete her term and pending reapplication for citizenship.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:20 PM (MWfyi)

294 So has Ilham Nur popped out of her spider hole yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:20 PM (2GVsD)

295 245 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 08:54 PM

What a sweet story. Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 09:00 PM (0sNs1)
***********
Ah, Duncan...my first reaction was to ask if you are messing with me! Ha. I treat you all like my brother and I treated each other. Heavy doses of sarcasm and insanity was how we lived. As an adult, to hug him was like hugging an ironing board and he'd pat me. No danger of me marrying him, Omar!

This baby girl was the surprise to everyone in 2025. A bonus grandbaby. She, like the other two, are crazy about their grandfather, who loves babies. The girls vie for his attention and sometimes attack him and I fall more in love with him weekly. Both girls, unlike our sons or grandson, have also tried to remove his moustache as infants.

Girls are a mystery to me, after brothers and sons. We've been abundantly blessed to live 10min from them and they view our house and yards as theirs.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 09:21 PM (hzuYO)

296 It's going to be hilarious watching Democrats backpedal over Elmi. No matter how much they lie, they know she's a fraud and radioactive.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:18 PM (viF8m)
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Now do Michigan.

How does El-Sayed react? Does he defend his fellow Muslim or hang her out to dry?

He's on the top of the ticket. Does anyone want a radioactive candidate at the top of the ticket?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:21 PM (ZOv7s)

297 >>> 200 To her credit, she does foil Khan's plan, but if not for that ditz they never would have had to go thru that harrowing experience. I reminds me of Wesley, or ever worse, the menace Data.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:44 PM (MWfyi)

Data wasn't menacing until he started dressing like a woman and then ran for VA governor.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 09:22 PM (jb8Ss)

298 El-Sayed will hang her out to dry, she's not his tribe and it would further his political career.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:22 PM (2GVsD)

299 I fully expect that Congress will do everything they can to see to it that Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar is able to complete her term and pending reapplication for citizenship.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:20 PM (MWfyi)
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Doesn't matter. If she's denaturalized and deported, the seat is vacant. If the hold the seat for her, she can't vote anyway.

So the Dems have a safe seat that can't vote. That's a win.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:23 PM (ZOv7s)

300 >>So has Ilham Nur popped out of her spider hole yet?

Yea, she just did an interview on MSNOW.

https://tinyurl.com/4ah9hv3z

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:23 PM (viF8m)

301 Posted by: Bed-Stuy Bennie at October 21, 2026 09:18 PM (EdP2u)
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Bed-Stuy is scary, but Stuyvesant town in Manhattan is nice. Got a cousin who lives there.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 09:23 PM (3ImbR)

302 Ok, please tell me she was arrested live on air.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:24 PM (2GVsD)

303 284 He needs to destroy Google next.

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I heard rumblings about Elon thinking about taking on Amazon next. Either one is fine by mine.

Posted by: WillowViney at October 21, 2026 09:24 PM (gYAkw)

304 El-Sayed will hang her out to dry, she's not his tribe and it would further his political career.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:22 PM (2GVsD)
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Not true. He's Sunni but also defends Iranian Shia. There's a United Front among Muslims in the US. He has to defend her.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)

305 "Doesn't matter. If she's denaturalized and deported, the seat is vacant. If the hold the seat for her, she can't vote anyway."

You underestimate the Dems. They will give her sanctuary in the House and camp out there with her until they get their way or are dragged out by their hair.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:25 PM (MWfyi)

306 278
Her name on the paperwork is "0mar".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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See: #s 275 & 6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:25 PM (vOxCS)

307 Bed-Stuy is scary, but Stuyvesant town in Manhattan is nice. Got a cousin who lives there.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 09:23 PM (3ImbR)
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For the 250th, I read up on the Revolutionary War and the battles around New York. Which had lots of open fields. On Manhattan.

It was a long time ago.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

308 If we get nothing else out of the DJT 47 presidency, if we can by some hilariously awesome twist of fate determine conclusively that one of the most ungrateful, America-hating nasty pieces of work that have ever unfortunately been elected to the House of damn Representatives isn't now and has never been a US citizen and we deport her back to the windswept shithole her entire rotten lineage calls home, I will dance a fucking jig. A good jig. Hell, I might even get myself to whatever airport they use to fly her out of just so I can give her one last Nelson Muntz laugh as she's unceremoniously marched onto the plane. HA HA

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 09:25 PM (oqH4h)

309 Kick her ass out of the country! Like yesterday!

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 09:26 PM (Dd7BU)

310 On one network.

His.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Is good to be trillionaire comrade.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:26 PM (vOxCS)

311 You underestimate the Dems. They will give her sanctuary in the House and camp out there with her until they get their way or are dragged out by their hair.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:25 PM (MWfyi)
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How does she get to the House? Islamic teleportation device?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:27 PM (ZOv7s)

312 The optics of the Dems running full protective detail for Ilham Nur from her Congressional office to the House itself and back.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:27 PM (2GVsD)

313
When New York state abolished slavery, the Dutch were the loudest complainers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:27 PM (eRlcH)

314 307 Bed-Stuy is scary, but Stuyvesant town in Manhattan is nice. Got a cousin who lives there.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 09:23 PM (3ImbR)
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Bed-Stuy was scary 40 years ago. Now it's full of hipsters and Hasidic Jews.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 09:27 PM (oqH4h)

315
You underestimate the Dems. They will give her sanctuary in the House and camp out there with her until they get their way or are dragged out by their hair.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:25 PM (MWfyi)

_________

Capitol Police can consign her to the dungeon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:28 PM (eRlcH)

316 Lloyd, we shall see if he wants to tie himself to a sinking ship named Ilham Nur.

Does unity beat ambition?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:29 PM (2GVsD)

317
How does she get to the House? Islamic teleportation device?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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Trebuchet

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:29 PM (eRlcH)

318 Is good to be trillionaire comrade.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:26 PM (vOxCS)
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I went to high school with the third richest man in the world.

That's crazy. I wonder what Elon's classmates think of him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)

319 >>Now do Michigan.

>>How does El-Sayed react? Does he defend his fellow Muslim or hang her out to dry?

He just took another beatdown by Rogers in a debate which I'm sure you know. He's done.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:29 PM (viF8m)

320 I don't trust congress to do anything about that bitch.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:29 PM (MWfyi)

321 Ben Weingarten (@bhweingarten) wrote a book on Ilhan 6 years ago, think much of what's being discussed was covered in it. Also an independent (real) journalist, David Steinber (@realdsteinberg) dug up most of the case against her over the last few years. I'd guess DOJ used those sources as a trail map. Sort of like Peter Schweizer on the Clinton's histrionic (and artless) corruption in his various books. Of course the Clintons haven't been prosecuted for any of it.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 09:30 PM (U/Byj)

322 >>> 305 "Doesn't matter. If she's denaturalized and deported, the seat is vacant. If the hold the seat for her, she can't vote anyway."

You underestimate the Dems. They will give her sanctuary in the House and camp out there with her until they get their way or are dragged out by their hair.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:25 PM (MWfyi)

Their terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 09:30 PM (jb8Ss)

323 Does unity beat ambition?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:29 PM (2GVsD)
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He will stand by her. If he doesn't he loses his future podcast audience.

He's lost Detroit, lost the Jewish vote, rural counties are voting early in unheard of rates, so he knows time is up. Time to get ready for the next gig.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)

324 El-Sayed wants to position himself as the next Hasan Piker?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:31 PM (2GVsD)

325 He just took another beatdown by Rogers in a debate which I'm sure you know. He's done.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:29 PM (viF8m)
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No, I don't watch TV save for college football, and very little of that. I'll probably see some on X or something.

I'm oddly wired in and detached.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)

326 El-Sayed wants to position himself as the next Hasan Piker?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 09:31 PM (2GVsD)
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Yes, I think so. He will be the "mainstream" version, and play kingmaker in 2028 with the all-important Muslim primary voters.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:34 PM (ZOv7s)

327 291 Peter Stuyvesant was Dutch. Would have liked to hear his NY accent."

Went to his High School...

/well, sorta his. Name, at least.
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 09:19 PM (pfXMo)

We don't talk about that HS, up in The Bronx.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 21, 2026 09:34 PM (0CU3H)

328 >>I don't trust congress to do anything about that bitch.

It really doesn't matter. She's a felon. She committed immigration fraud. There's also a very good chance she gets indicted for her part in the fraud in Minnesota.

Congress has nothing to do with either of those. And the DOJ is not playing around under Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:35 PM (viF8m)

329 Going from getting elected as an illegitimate Somali pirate to the US House and then having it all fall apart as your lies come apart is so deliciously great.

I really try not to revel in the misfortunes of others, but I'm making an exception. She did it to herself. Pride goeth before the fall. If she would have just remained a run-of-the-mill Somali pirate grifter, she would have had it made in the shade. But nope, lol.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 09:35 PM (oqH4h)

330 Bloody hell, all this talk of Color Revolutions and sales of Long Live Death are not soaring.

Know your history, people! You want to know how to defeat the Reds? Read about it!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:36 PM (ZOv7s)

331 .......dragged out by their hair.

Some of them wear wigs. You know who they are.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 09:36 PM (Dd7BU)

332 Lots of chicken countin' goin' on.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:37 PM (MWfyi)

333 Are the Dems really going to take the house and the senate?

I’m trying to see something else, but, yeesh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 09:37 PM (yEz+x)

334 188 Oh. Made offhand comment about a certain type of firearm earlier today... and just got an advert for - the same...

Bizzare, no?

Honestly, Flock cameras are the least of our problems.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 08:40 PM (vTZFs)
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Twice my phone has continued a conversation in a man's voice. On Sat we babysat grands and our big girl was showing me a photo album of our doggie when we lived in FL. A photo of me with him and I said I was a lot younger and she said my hair was shorter. The creepy voice in my pocket said,"Tell me more about this photo!"

Gave the phone to my dude to fix it that night. It's AI, of course. Android phone...to Google...to Gemini to turn off Gemini AI assistant. Phone just updated and I made sure that is still turned off (it was).

If I am ever talking about anything important now, I do it away from phones or laptop.

I don't understand why this has happened in our country and why it can't be stopped. I am also naive.

Our girlie was freaked. Thought a man with a phone outside was listening. I told her no, it's a computer and annoying (to try not to flip her out further).

This was the second time this has happened.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 09:37 PM (hzuYO)

335 >>No, I don't watch TV save for college football, and very little of that. I'll probably see some on X or something.

Clips are already all over X. Rogers hammered him over his Muslim Brotherhood ties, lying about being a doctor, etc.. Abdul tried the indignant thing but it's not working anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:39 PM (viF8m)

336 320 I don't trust congress to do anything about that bitch.

Posted by: fd
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It doesn't have anything to do with congress.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:39 PM (vOxCS)

337 Wasn't Omar one of Cenk's recruits?

Posted by: davidt at October 21, 2026 09:39 PM (Q+gd/)

338 It doesn't have anything to do with congress.

Except recalling any legislation that she cast a deciding vote.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:40 PM (vOxCS)

339 Lots of chicken countin' goin' on.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:37 PM (MWfyi)

Yeah. Plan for the worst so any surprise is good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

340 This was the second time this has happened.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 09:37 PM (hzuYO)
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This is why I never pay for a new phone. I keep the free crappy phone that comes with my plan until it is so old and decrepit that they send me a new one, which is only slightly less old and decrepit.

And then I delete every app off of it that isn't essential to its operation. I'd go to a flip phone if texting wasn't so important, and don't understand why 3G wasn't enough.

I still use my 3G phone as a MP3 player. It's on airplane mode, so doesn't try to update, it just chugs along.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)

341 Didn't the subpoena have name other than Omar?
Ilhan Ne Someotherdude

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:10 PM (vOxCS)

Ilhan Nur Said Elmi

Might as well remember it, I think we're going to be seeing it a lot.

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 09:42 PM (ke3zm)

342 Bed-Stuy was scary 40 years ago. Now it's full of hipsters and Hasidic Jews.
Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 09:27 PM (oqH4h)
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Maybe about 40-50%. Friend's daughter works for the FBI and lives in Bed-Stuy. Says she is glad she can carry a gun.

I wouldn't live there just because they still have roaches. Lots and lots of roaches.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 09:44 PM (3ImbR)

343 " It doesn't have anything to do with congress."

Can't she be expelled from the House?

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 09:44 PM (MWfyi)

344 Clips are already all over X. Rogers hammered him over his Muslim Brotherhood ties, lying about being a doctor, etc.. Abdul tried the indignant thing but it's not working anymore.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:39 PM (viF8m)
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Some Morons throw shade at Rogers because he was with the FBI back when it was respected. The guy came out of retirement to get the GOP a senate seat. He's been around for a long time, was a good Congressman, boring conservative, no skeletons, and (in another twist of fate) I had a cousin who worked for him. He's a decent, normal guy.

Absent voting shenanigans, he should mop the floor with El-Sayed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:44 PM (ZOv7s)

345 >>Yeah. Plan for the worst so any surprise is good.

I hate living like that. I think we're going to win and I haven't spent the last 6 months being miserable over rigged polls designed to depress me.

We have better candidates, they are running better campaigns, Trump is working his ass off filling arenas to juice the base and aside from temporary high gas prices the country is turning around and we getting what we voted for.

If you go into a game thinking you're going to lose you often do. Enjoy the fight. They said Trump could never win and he's on his 3rd term.

Let's go win.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:45 PM (viF8m)

346 That's enough for today, good night folks!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)

347 >>>I don't understand why this has happened in our country and why it can't be stopped. I am also naive.

...
This was the second time this has happened.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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One puts apps on their phone to assist. Apps are intrusion devices designed to capture all information and send it home. If they are on your device it will capture everything available. Alexa, GPS, etc.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:47 PM (vOxCS)

348 I'm sure many Congress people think it's alright to lie to get elected (many do it themselves) but breaking the law is a step too far.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 09:47 PM (Dd7BU)

349 I wouldn't live there just because they still have roaches. Lots and lots of roaches.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!

I don't want you livin' with roaches!

Posted by: Muhammad Ali For Combat Roach Spray, 1975 at October 21, 2026 09:48 PM (EdP2u)

350 Can't she be expelled from the House?

Posted by: fd a
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She can be expelled from this country.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 09:49 PM (vOxCS)

351
Wasn't Omar one of Cenk's recruits?
Posted by: davidt

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Don't know about that. She wasn't recruited the way AOC was. She had already been in MN politics -- but someone or something probably put the idea in her head to ever get involved. Something along the lines of "politics is how you shiv America while making big bucks."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 09:51 PM (mmrXZ)

352
Let's go win.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:45 PM (viF8m)

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YES!

I'm an optimist.

I look at the abject failure of Obungo and Biden and figure sometimes we have to go through hell for change to occur.

President Trump is a force no one has seen since George Washington or a few others in 250yrs. Certainly no one in my lifetime.

Yes, he says things off the cuff that I sometimes wish he didn't. Otherwise he has my 1000% support and thanks for all he's done. He leads and others follow that lead vs playing politics and crossing the damn aisle.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 09:51 PM (hzuYO)

353 >>>Are the Dems really going to take the house and the senate?
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Nah. All the polls say they are only up within the margin of error. Same thing happens every election--they want us demoralized hoping that we won't bother voting. Doesn't work anymore, partly because Trump!

Their candidates are all lunatics or felons, and I don't think we've got a single McCain in the bunch. If we all vote, we've got this--hands down.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 09:52 PM (3ImbR)

354 Has "nothing will happen" guy been by lately?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 09:52 PM (Cqx++)

355 Let's go win.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:45 PM (viF8m)

I can be guardedly optimistic without being fatalistic. When people blow sunshine up my ass I do not like it any better than when people are doom and gloom.

It is my way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 09:52 PM (zZu0s)

356 Anyone wishing to immerse themselves in the "long-public evidence" against Minneapolis's sweetheart:

https://tinyurl.com/4sz55daw

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 09:53 PM (U/Byj)

357 I'm sure many Congress people think it's alright to lie to get elected (many do it themselves) but breaking the law is a step too far.
Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 09:47 PM (Dd7BU)

Id check that. Note the slotkin bitch. Also note all the ones saying assassination is totes ok.

It all depends on what your definition of 'legal' is and theyd have at least three votes on the Supreme Court agreeing with them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 09:54 PM (zZu0s)

358 GO FREAKING VOTE. BRING FRIENDS.

This is not a damn game.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 09:55 PM (oqH4h)

359 I don't want you livin' with roaches!
Posted by: Muhammad Ali For Combat Roach Spray, 1975 at October 21, 2026 09:48 PM (EdP2u)
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Wow. Blast from the past! Never would have remembered that on my own.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 09:55 PM (3ImbR)

360 JackStraw, El Sayed's supporters like ShadiHamed are claiming that the MoBros aren't all that big a deal.
Despite being so big a deal there was a coup in Egypt to throw them out, and that Egypt (not Israel) is guarding that fence so Hamas doesn't unite with Egypt

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 09:56 PM (88C+u)

361
I don't trust congress to do anything about that bitch.

Posted by: fd
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It doesn't have anything to do with congress.

Posted by: Braenyard

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There's a sort of parallel process, I believe. If she's denaturalized, she is no longer qualified to be in Congress. But expulsion is another matter. I don't trust Congress to do anything about that bitch either. They'll just let the other processes take care of it for them. "Oops! What happened to Ilhan? Oh, the DOJ and DHS did something."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 09:56 PM (mmrXZ)

362 And Cassius Clay let the roach in the moment he chose to become a "Muhammad Ali".

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 09:57 PM (88C+u)

363 It is a thing of beauty.

The Dems wanted to do some sort of theater kid coup, and we have this gripping family drama featuring assumed identities and incest.

It's gold, Jerry, gold!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)

That's a good point. There's a narrative collision.

From what little I know of the Color Revolution playbook, which is really not much, it was basically Alinsky's Rules for Radicals writ large. It made the same assumptions about facing a large, entrenched, lumbering, cautious Establishmentarian foe, who will always wait too long to do anything and then overreact. Being the lumbering Establishment, and having a proactive opponent creating new realities (and storylines) every day, is outside of expectations.

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 09:58 PM (ke3zm)

364 I am still uncomfortable that a moose knuckle is still common among Las Vegas Magician performers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 21, 2026 09:58 PM (/+uur)

365 >>I can be guardedly optimistic without being fatalistic. When people blow sunshine up my ass I do not like it any better than when people are doom and gloom.

I can't stand when people are rah rah for no reason. But I've been saying since the polls started coming out they were designed to depress us but would tighten as we got to election day. Guess what's happening?

They do this every frigging election. Abdul was always a shitty candidate. Same with Talarico and Peggy Flanagan. We are doing better in early voting in a lot of areas. Lots of stuff is going our way. Doesn't mean we are going to win but we have as good a chance as the left, we just don't have a media megaphone blasting propaganda for us 7 x 24.

Why not be positive? If we lose then we lose but giving up before we even try is stupid. Besides, as Salty says it pisses off the left when we are happy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:59 PM (viF8m)

366 @357. Then what's the use in voting if it's all rigged anyway?

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 09:59 PM (Dd7BU)

367
Has "nothing will happen" guy been by lately?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

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That guy is whispering into ace's ear, even regarding the Ilhan case.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

368 The nood is up. Gogh!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM (3ImbR)

369 That Sinclair station would pair nicely with a Futuro House. There is one near the beach in Buxton, NC near me and one just north of Lewes, Delaware close to the beach. Space age living would be grand.

Posted by: Mr. Spacely at October 21, 2026 10:20 PM (EdP2u)

370 362 And Cassius Clay let the roach in the moment he chose to become a "Muhammad Ali".
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 09:57 PM (88C+u)

I was going to sock "Cassius Clay", but I used that the other day and I must keep up my Sockpuppet count. It's my only creative outlet.

Posted by: Chuck Wepner at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (EdP2u)

371 Wow. Blast from the past! Never would have remembered that on my own.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!

My brain is chock full of useless information. Wanna hear a Noxema jingle from 1968?

Posted by: Trivial Persoot at October 21, 2026 10:28 PM (EdP2u)

Again: Unnamed Deep State Officials Push Democrat Conspiracy to Washington Post, Alleging Trump Plan to... "Interfere in the Elections"

Sigh.

Everything old is new again. The Trump-deranged deep state is dusting off its bag of tricks before the midterm elections. The Wasington Post, a reliable hand-maiden of the leftist, bureaucratic apparatus, is gleefully reporting that a group of "security officials" with experience "countering authoritarianism abroad" is warning the Trump administration will interfere in the midterm elections. It's all so tedious, parading out the old "group of experts say..." influence operation. Memories of the "51 intelligence officials confirming Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation" maneuver come flooding back. By the way, the Hunter Biden laptop was, in fact, not Russian disinformation but Hunter's actual laptop.
"All of them have said we're concerned but we don't know what to do," one member of the group said of its meetings with lawmakers. "The outcome that we hope for is that states would be prepared for any contingencies should they arise," the person continued.

Well at least these " " " intelligence " " " officials are presenting us with very specific, very actionable "intelligence."

"Something bad might happen. We don't know what it might be. We should prepare for a wide range of events, including the Null Event where nothing happens at all. In fact, maybe we should put our money on that last one."

The WaPo propaganda piece offers no specific evidence Trump is going to deploy the military or immigration agents to voting locations or confiscate ballots and voting machines or otherwise interfere in the election. In fact, the Pentagon has denied it has plans to deploy troops to voting locations and the Department of Homeland Security stated it will only respond at polling locations for genuine public safety threats. There is no reason to even write this article other than to elevate the fever dreams of the "resistance" and cultivate paranoia....

Just this past weekend, one of CBS's imbecilic journalists, Leslie Stahl, questioned Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon about sowing seeds of distrust in the election process by prosecuting people who voted illegally.

As usual, Democrats claim that anything a Republican says which raises the prospect of election cheating is a crime against democracy because it undermines faith in elections.

Meanwhile, they shart out their 19th conspiracy about Trump doing something to hijack the elections.

@samueljrob Slotkin is a CIA spook and Bolshevik. Democrats are confession through projection.
Slotkin is confessing their plans to employ Color Revolution tactics, which she's employed in other countries to overthrow governments by creating chaos.
https://t.co/A0UxiCJyE0
— Pax Trumpiana (@CincinnatusPax) October 21, 2026

Stahl: Only a few folks have been found to commit this crime when we were going out of our way to not investigate so you should definitely keep not investigating it.
Harmeet: Let me speak slowly in the hopes you'll comprehend how rule of law and law enforcement work.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) October 19, 2026

Yup:

Clandestine
@WarClandestine
Step 1: Dems rig polls to convince the public that the Dems are going to win the midterms
Step 2: Dems lose the midterms
Step 3: Dems/MSM tell public that election must have been rigged because polls said they were supposed to win
Step 4: Dems/MSM begin new psychological operation to convince the public Trump is a dictator that stole the election
Step 5: Dems/MSM attempt to convince public to protest/rise up against Trump

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 Every accusation from the left is a confession.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (TMNW7)

2 If they believed the bullshit polls they wouldn't be doing this,

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 21, 2026 06:32 PM (dtajH)

3 Pretty clear this is just giving cover to the Lefty Hack Judiciary to shoot down any Republican challenges before, during and after election day.

Intelligence community concocts the concept and passes it off to a media organization, who promptly prints it....and will be referenced in any asinine Left leaning ruling given by a Judge negating the actual rule of law.

The Left needs a new choreographer. I've seen this number before.

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 06:35 PM (dIske)

4 Interfering in Dem Cheating = Interfering in elections

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:36 PM (l3cgK)

5 Step 5: Dems/MSM attempt to convince public to protest/rise up against Trump

They PAY their street thugs to riot and "protest"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:37 PM (l3cgK)

6 So the democrats know the polls are garbage and republicans are going to keep both the house and the senate. They are setting up the same bull$hit "stolen election" crap from 2016.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 06:37 PM (I43vL)

7 Corgis summoned.

173 170 Have they determined if the immigration paperwork for Omar's father has been located? Last I read she was bootstrapping her claim off her "father's" asylum claim, but the paperwork can't be found
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (vJPf4)

Still no record of it.
Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 06:32 PM (kX27y)

I believe they went a step further and officially certified that the record does not exist. There will be no more looking for it.

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 06:37 PM (ke3zm)

8 The shit slinging is coming fast and furious. I thought the dems were going to sweep the House and Senate.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 06:37 PM (ua/lL)

9 The left has to lie, cheat, and steal. They can’t win elections.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2026 06:38 PM (LHPAg)

10 9 The left has to lie, cheat, and steal. They can’t win elections.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2026 06:38 PM (LHPAg)

Don't forget the pay part.

Posted by: Hobos of LA at October 21, 2026 06:39 PM (l3cgK)

11 Certainly there were no troops or protesters when I went to the courthouse for early voting this morning. No line either, but people were coming in after me, so I timed it just right for once.

The old fellow out front waving people inside called me "young fella," too, though I suspect he and I are close to the same age.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:39 PM (wzUl9)

12 ace -

You really should look up the last 4 or 5 threads DataRepublican has put up starting yesterday.

This color revolution is being run by a bunch of former USAID and NGO drones along with former "national security" types. It's highly organized and well funded.

DR believes the WaPo piece you linked was specifically to get in front of her reporting. This is not a conspiracy theory, this is a seditious conspiracy designed not to just take Trump down but to take down the federal government and replace it just like they did in Ukraine and just like they are attempting to do in the EU.

It's the same groups funding all of this.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:40 PM (viF8m)

13 The left has to lie, cheat, and steal. They can’t win elections.
Posted by: Eromero

But. . . but. . . . but. . . Trump said 'Pussy'!

In protest, we'll wear 'Pussy Hats'!!!!
(how that made any kind of sense at all I'll never know)

Reeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2026 06:40 PM (V8Zwm)

14
Step 6: The usual suspects riot and burn blue cities.

Step 7: Businesses flee cities, families follow.

Step 8: Blue cities turn into d
Detroit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 06:40 PM (qO7+R)

15 Yeah, that evil Trimp...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

16 DataRepublican came up with a great phrase, "shared epistemology" to describe the independent or distributed coordination that the left uses to hide the overall movement to destroy the Republic.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 06:41 PM (nEUC6)

17
"Trimp?"

"Yes, that's what I said you idiot."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 06:41 PM (qO7+R)

18 "Something bad might happen. We don't know what it might be. We should prepare for a wide range of events, including the Null Event where nothing happens at all. In fact, maybe we should put our money on that last one."

***
That sounds like a Babylon Bee story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (wzUl9)

19 You can sense the Dems are preparing the battle space when they get shelled in the midterms.

I never fell for the fake polling narrative because its always wrong, but now it seems they were all a set up to claim the elections are illegitimate when Dems lose...

Posted by: Boswell at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (j10i6)

20 17
"Trimp?"

"Yes, that's what I said you idiot."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 06:41 PM (qO7+R)

I'm getting trimped up here...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (l3cgK)

21 I think ace is a stealth agent for the dems.

TrimpyMcBushitler!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

22 At least the headline doesn't say "Tramp".

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (/OKHJ)

23 22 At least the headline doesn't say "Tramp".

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (/OKHJ)

Tramp Trump Trimped when Tromped.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:43 PM (l3cgK)

24 "It's all so tedious"
--

I was going to say that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:44 PM (vOxCS)

25 At least the headline doesn't say "Tramp".
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (/OKHJ)

ace likes tramps.

Wait, what is the male version of a tramp? Not the old word for tramp- which was male, bt a slutty woman, but a dude.

Hes gay is all im saying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

26 Trimp: Verb
When the dems and MSM are treated like hookers by Trump. Portmanteau or Trump and pimp.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:45 PM (l3cgK)

27 Tramp Trump Trimped when Tromped.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026

***
You got those other vowels, but you left me out!
( -- "Tremp")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:45 PM (wzUl9)

28

OT - first I've heard about this:

Dr. Maalouf ‏
@realMaalouf
·
3h
Two days ago, Australian MP Helen Haines was deliberately run over twice by a pro-Palestine activist outside her office. Today, both her legs were amputated.

Despite her speaking out about Gaza, he still didn’t consider it enough, so he tried to murder her.

This is the Palestinian cult at its core, a terrorist movement.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 06:45 PM (kX27y)

29 Dammit, he fixed it! Our subtle word play was not subtle enough!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 06:45 PM (zZu0s)

30 >>> Alleging Trimp Plan to... "Interfere in the Elections"

I for one would like to learn more about this "Trimp Plan"

Is he going out there and asking people to vote for his guys?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 21, 2026 06:45 PM (QN0y6)

31 Im so old I remember when Dems used to say it’s impossible for anyone to steal an election.

Posted by: Good Times at October 21, 2026 06:46 PM (exfsf)

32 Rakehell. male tramp.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 06:46 PM (ua/lL)

33 They had no problem Hillary saying Trump stole the election and Russia was a big player with no evidence whatsoever.

Trump says the same thing with a pile of evidence and the Lefty jurisdictions that cheated sue everyone that agrees with Trump.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 06:46 PM (Ti9vn)

34 Alleging Trimp Plan to... "Interfere in the Elections"

I for one would like to learn more about this "Trimp Plan"

Is he going out there and asking people to vote for his guys?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 21, 2026 06:45 PM

Are you sure you are not talking about the other, other plan?

Posted by: Doug & Dinsdale Pirinnah at October 21, 2026 06:46 PM (I43vL)

35 Rakehell. male tramp.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 06:46 PM (ua/lL)

Hmmm. Does not sound slutty enough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 06:47 PM (zZu0s)

36 Willowed: Burning cars and gunfire. Half the NFL player will feel right at home in France.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

What if the French "students" decide to make burning the stadium "the thing" on Sunday? Game cancelled.

I never understood Paris anyway. The French in general and the Parisiennes in particular hate anything American. Why would the NFL think they'd like a football game? They'll boo the national anthem.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 06:47 PM (l26NL)

37 25 At least the headline doesn't say "Tramp".
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (/OKHJ)

ace likes tramps.

Wait, what is the male version of a tramp? Not the old word for tramp- which was male, bt a slutty woman, but a dude.

Hes gay is all im saying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

Don Lemon?
Anderson Cooper?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:47 PM (l3cgK)

38 As Scott Adams used to say, this is

"Wishcasting"

(as opposed to forcasting an event).

As Wayne Campbell used to say

"and monkeys might fly out of my butt!"

Because both of these things - election stealing by Trump and monkeys taking flight - are just as possible.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 06:47 PM (H3ACd)

39 >>All of them have said we're concerned but we don't know what to do

Liar. They know exactly what they are planning to do. They were kind enough to make videos and documents laying it out.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:48 PM (viF8m)

40 Sounds like these "intelligence" officials are laying out the groundwork for the post-election insurrection that they will orchestrate from the shadows.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 06:48 PM (FZ29D)

41 Je Trimp
Tu Trimps
Nous Trimpons
Vous Trimpez
Ils Trimpent

Posted by: French Conjugation at October 21, 2026 06:48 PM (exfsf)

42 38 As Scott Adams used to say, this is

"Wishcasting"

(as opposed to forcasting an event).

As Wayne Campbell used to say

"and monkeys might fly out of my butt!"

Because both of these things - election stealing by Trump and monkeys taking flight - are just as possible.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 06:47 PM (H3ACd)

Well, and an ass would have to be like the Tardis...or perhaps Turdis...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

43
a group of "security officials" with experience "countering authoritarianism abroad" is warning the Trump administration will interfere in the midterm elections.

===============

Where's the signed declaration? People kinda backing off that sort of thing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 06:49 PM (mmrXZ)

44 Theyre setting up the stage for which they will use this to impeach trump again

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (fapp/)

45 A large portion of the left still believes Trump worked with Putin to steal the 2016 election. Why would anyone think they wouldn't believe Trump stole the midterms if that's what their betters tell them to believe?

They are immune to facts. They will believe what they are told to believe.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (viF8m)

46 Crazy Ivan!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (I43vL)

47 >>It's the same groups funding all of this.

As the guy who wrote the color revolution handbook, Norm Eisen, has been doing since 2016.

I'm glad these seditious weasels were RIF'd by Trump/DOGE, but it sure is giving them all sorts of time to plot a revolution.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (H3ACd)

48 Willowed: Burning cars and gunfire. Half the NFL player will feel right at home in France.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

What if the French "students" decide to make burning the stadium "the thing" on Sunday? Game cancelled.
-----

Don't worry! Each endzone will include the phrase "It takes All of Us" and on the back of every players helmet will be written "Say No to Hate". As a result, the stadium and facilities will be completely safe.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (TN0g+)

49 44 Theyre setting up the stage for which they will use this to impeach trump again
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (fapp/

Well, when we "steal" the election they won't be able to will they ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (+gK6I)

50 Je Trimp
Tu Trimps
Nous Trimpons
Vous Trimpez
Ils Trimpent
Posted by: French Conjugation at October 21, 2026 06:48 PM (exfsf)

Fried Trimp, Boiled Trimp, Grilled Trimp, Trimp Scimpy....mmmmmm

Posted by: Boswell at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (j10i6)

51 i was surprised we didn't see all this after trump beat kamala. after all, the polls said she was gonna win

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 06:51 PM (CWTWj)

52 But. . . but. . . . but. . . Trump said 'Pussy'!

In protest, we'll wear 'Pussy Hats'!!!!
(how that made any kind of sense at all I'll never know)

Reeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2026 06:40 PM (V8Zwm)

Well, it makes perfect sense. If you’re possessed by demons.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2026 06:52 PM (LHPAg)

53 Lesley Stahl needs to come live with us, she's decades past her sell-by date.

Posted by: Joan Lunden! at October 21, 2026 06:52 PM (EdP2u)

54
I believe they went a step further and officially certified that the record does not exist. There will be no more looking for it.
Posted by: SciVo

===============

Wait, what does this mean?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 06:52 PM (mmrXZ)

55 Theyre setting up the stage for which they will use this to impeach trump again
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (fapp/

Well, when we "steal" the election they won't be able to will they ?
----

Yeah, its why the phrase "I'm looking forward to Trump's 3rd Term" used to be something I used in jest and yet NOW I'd be completely fine if he just said "Screw it, I'm running again."

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:53 PM (TN0g+)

56 Want a leg up on your 2028 Republican Presidential run. Treat the press like the $10 cokehead Detroit whores they are.

GatewayPundit

When Collins interrupted again, attempting to press him further on whether the waiver of sanctions is an “exchange for Hubbard’s release,” Trump fired back, “You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re a dummy. You’re a low IQ person. You’re a dummy, and you work for CNN.”

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 06:53 PM (Sco7b)

57 Marxists blame their crimes on opponents
Guess they are working on rigging the election

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

58 >>I'm glad these seditious weasels were RIF'd by Trump/DOGE, but it sure is giving them all sorts of time to plot a revolution.

One of the former USAID drones said exactly that on one of the videos DataRepublican posted.

They are using the same tools and techniques they used overseas for years right here. Trump took away their master of the universe game and now they want payback.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:53 PM (viF8m)

59 Lesley Stahl thinks she is a lot smarter than she is. She reminds me of my mother's yenta friends. All-Knowing All-Seeing. Yeah, no.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 06:53 PM (RIvkX)

60 >>It's the same groups funding all of this.

They have no shame.
They will say whatever gets them power at any given moment, and if it contradicts something/is the exact opposite of they've said in the past, the more of a thrill it must be.

They get off on accusing others of what they do, while claiming they were above such things. Obama and Hillary do this too often for it to be a mistake. It's fun to blatantly lie to normies and then watch the NPCs simply accept it and parrot it back to them.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 06:55 PM (H3ACd)

61 Huh, the DNC internal polls must not be near as rosy as all the published polls if they are beating the "Trump may cheat somehow" drum to try to convince their base that may be remembering "sure gas prices are high compared to the year after Trump got elected but Obama wanted $10/gal, and Biden stymied oil drilling every way he could" and the DNC candidate(s) suck this year, maybe I'll just not vote that democracy will unless the Ds win.

We'll find out in a couple of weeks. I need to fill out my ballot. A lot of citizen measures to try to increase protections of rights in this state, and a handful from the D controlled legislature to try to take more money from taxpayers. Plus the politicians. We are one of the states where the Dems chose some DSA loons to run for congress.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 21, 2026 06:55 PM (Xc89e)

62 Lesley Stahl thinks she is a lot smarter than she is. She reminds me of my mother's yenta friends. All-Knowing All-Seeing. Yeah, no.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 06:53 PM (RIvkX)

One of the many overpaid news readers.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 06:55 PM (Ti9vn)

63 indy reporter
@Indy_reporter_
Let me get this straight:

Purdue is bringing in someone on an H-1B visa to teach........ ENGLISH literature and writing to AMERICAN students?

There are American English PhDs looking for work, but this position is being filled through a foreign-worker visa

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:55 PM (TN0g+)

64 Slotkin wants on the dem ticket for 2028.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 06:56 PM (ua/lL)

65 Harmeet could write it out in crayon and Stahl would still be stumped

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:56 PM (vJPf4)

66 well fwiw, I would love to see federal troops and/or ice checking id outside every polling place in America on election day.
if only!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2026 06:57 PM (VyBeY)

67 8 The shit slinging is coming fast and furious. I thought the dems were going to sweep the House and Senate.
Posted by: Ben Had

I've assumed the Dems would get the House (not Senate) like in 2018, but now I am unsure. Dems talking about how the race might be stolen is the sort of thing losers say before they're about to lose.

Posted by: the flag is never false at October 21, 2026 06:57 PM (88C+u)

68 65 Harmeet could write it out in crayon and Stahl would still be stumped
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:56 PM (vJPf4)

They're not stumped.. They just parrot the Dem talking points

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 06:57 PM (+gK6I)

69 44 Theyre setting up the stage for which they will use this to impeach trump again
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (fapp/
---
Impeaching President Trump is among the least of the crimes they will commit should the Democrats seize power again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 06:58 PM (FZ29D)

70 Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 06:50 PM (fapp/)

I've seen better hashes.
Not many, though.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 06:58 PM (88C+u)

71 Another really good follow is Asra Normani. She's a Fox reporter but she is an actual reporter and researcher.

She's been running down the money that is funding these groups both here and around the world. A combination of marxist and Islamist groups pouring hundreds of millions of dollars combined into this effort.

Again, they aren't trying to replace Trump with a Democrat. They are trying to bring down the government and replace it.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)

72
That filing from the DOJ re Ilhan Nur Said Elmi is also interesting simply because of what it is: a request for an extension on unsealing the search warrant for the MSM's delectation, because IT'S NOT FULLY EXECUTED YET.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:00 PM (mmrXZ)

73 27 Tramp Trump Trimped when Tromped.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026

***
You got those other vowels, but you left me out!
( -- "Tremp")

i'm right here, you know. well, sometimes.

Posted by: trymp at October 21, 2026 07:00 PM (sGtp+)

74 Let's see if I have this right.
If the Republicans hold or increase their margins in both the House and Senate then the elections were stolen, all Trump administration officials need to be immediately arrested and jailed, charges to be determined shortly, 6 to 10 years, tops. And the elections are invalid and will need to be held again, entirely by mail.

If the democrats win both Houses, the elections were just fine, anyone who questions any of them will be immediately jailed charges to be determined shortly, 6 to 10 years tops and impeachment votes for all impeachable Trump administration officials will be held in the House as soon as they can select committee chairs and members.

Did I miss anything?

Posted by: JB1000 at October 21, 2026 07:00 PM (ygclk)

75 Step 6: Dems roll out voter ID law.

Posted by: Max Power at October 21, 2026 07:02 PM (SwyyQ)

76 Well isn't that special!

A new "migrant" caravan of illegals from central america is forming up in southern mexico and heading to the southern border two weeks before the midterms.

Gee, I wonder who is funding this one and why?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:02 PM (I43vL)

77 72
That filing from the DOJ re Ilhan Nur Said Elmi is also interesting simply because of what it is: a request for an extension on unsealing the search warrant for the MSM's delectation, because IT'S NOT FULLY EXECUTED YET.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:00 PM (mmrXZ)

Yes. And I have a feeling the man who she claims is her father is not her father.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 07:03 PM (kX27y)

78 If these experts are that concerned, maybe they oughta............. If they're really so concerned, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 07:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

79
Did I miss anything?
Posted by: JB1000

=============

I can't think of anything funnier than wiretaps for everyone who bought a MAGA hat. Jack Smith has the records.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:04 PM (mmrXZ)

80 It never happens. It happens but it's not a big deal. It's good that it's happening. Blah, blah, blah. These people.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 21, 2026 07:04 PM (xdNr6)

81 Every accusation from the left is a confession.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (TMNW7)

----------------

And every word out of Senator Slotkin's mouth is a lie or sedition.

Posted by: Decaf at October 21, 2026 07:05 PM (jsLqC)

82 >>Yes. And I have a feeling the man who she claims is her father is not her father.

That's exactly what the DOJ is saying.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:05 PM (viF8m)

83 That caravan was in southern Mexico a month ago. They better get a move on.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:05 PM (ua/lL)

84
"All of them have said we're concerned but we don't know what to do," one member of the group said of its meetings with lawmakers.

Had you the character and backbone, you would stand down in the face of your expressed uncertainty.

But you will not do this because you are power hungry shitweasels.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 21, 2026 07:05 PM (ixS3i)

85 So, what's the plan if he manages to interfere enough to actually steal the election? A few more years of impotent online complaining until 2028 when he steals the next one? Then more of the same after that?

the revolutionary and civil wars took over a decade to turn into armed conflict, so I wouldn’t expect any immediate reactions such as that. Regardless of historic platitudes of Americans being something different.

Just because people aren't posting their intentions on social media doesn't mean people aren't planning for these possibilities. Get off Reddit and look around your community if you want to find out what's happening and participate.

100% It kills me how many people shit on "No Kings." The point of No Kings isn't to maintain a constant, distruptive protest movement. It's intended to connect people and start to build grassroots movements though those connections, which is literally what happened to me.

Speaking of election interference, it still blows my mind that the whole Jan 6 thing with him actively leading the attempt at the subversion of democracy in America didn't disqualify him from future office.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 07:05 PM (t19vo)

86 Yes. And I have a feeling the man who she claims is her father is not her father.
Posted by: beckster

Not sure if any of this is correct but...

@MaxNordau
Ilhan Omar (born Ilhan Nur Said Elmi) married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Their father was Nur Omar Mohamed (born Nur Said Elmi).

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 07:06 PM (nEUC6)

87 Slotkin (what a name!!!!) has to be related to Greta Thundermug. Same potato nose. Same furrowed brow of constipation. Are they cloning her?

Oh...ever since President Trump won in 2024 the left, having no imagination, brains or humor, simply mirrored what everyone was saying about Biden on reddit: senile, wobbly, diapered, confused, tired, and a puppet (for this part they put Putin before the puppet part pickled peppers on a Panzerschreck).

They have no original thoughts,the liberals. Same playbook, but this time they stole from ours. With a bit of President Trumpian words of having his election stolen in 2020 and a twist of January 6th. Shaken, not stirred.

They bore me.

In reality their drumbeats, from the little crumbs I gather from not being on X, is they want to elect Dim radical officials in various states to claim state's rights (something they do not recognize with abortion), and ignore the federal govenment.

A confused bunch of hysterics.

The problem with this retarded thinking, from what I can tell as a wonky-minded yahoo, is SCOTUS has repeatedly said states have no power to declare federal law void.

Continued...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 07:06 PM (hzuYO)

88
That's exactly what the DOJ is saying.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:05 PM (viF8m)

I think the real dad stayed in the UK.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 07:06 PM (kX27y)

89
The CIA and its affiliated plotters must be dismantled once this election is past.

It is a hive chock full of scum and villainy.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 21, 2026 07:07 PM (ixS3i)

90
I have a feeling the man who she claims is her father is not her father.
Posted by: beckster

==============

I think he's her father, because he was also a fraudster and a tyrant. The guy who's NOT her father is someone named Omar. The Omar family is reportedly in on the fraud.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:07 PM (mmrXZ)

91 Well isn't that special!

A new "migrant" caravan of illegals from central america is forming up in southern mexico and heading to the southern border two weeks before the midterms.

Gee, I wonder who is funding this one and why?
-----

That slut for the Cartels who pretends to rule Mexico should be told in no uncertain terms "If you let that caravan continue to advance towards the US, we will militarily intercept it 10 or miles inside YOUR country.They will never see our border and your troops will suffer if they attempt to stop us."

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 07:07 PM (TN0g+)

92 Impeaching President Trump is among the least of the crimes they will commit should the Democrats seize power again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 06:58 PM

Trump needs to take a page from bidens playbook and pardon himself, elon musk, his entire cabinet, family and any judge or person he appointed to any position the week before he leaves office in 2029.

Even then it might not be good enough.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:07 PM (I43vL)

93 Lol...

Both CNN and MSNow are having segmants on how ugly the Republicans are getting in ads and words.

It must be wonderful to see yourself as a noble Black Knight standing up to evil.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 07:08 PM (Sco7b)

94 >>I think the real dad stayed in the UK.

Seems that way.

But the man she claimed was her isn't then her naturalization was a fraud.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:08 PM (viF8m)

95
So, what's the plan if he manages to interfere enough to actually steal the election? A few more years of impotent online complaining until 2028 when he steals the next one?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

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Well, that's what Republicans were stuck with up to the 2024 election. Good luck!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:09 PM (mmrXZ)

96 It's funny: when I was in commie back in college, studying Russian and Spanish, I told the CIA recruiter to f**k off.

Little did I know they were actually TRYING to recruit commies.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2026 07:09 PM (zYpTz)

97
That caravan was in southern Mexico a month ago. They better get a move on.
Posted by: Ben Had

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Yeah, and I heard Mexico halted it or something.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:10 PM (mmrXZ)

98 Again, they aren't trying to replace Trump with a Democrat. They are trying to bring down the government and replace it.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)
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People are still coming to grips with their realization that the Democrats are hand-in-hand with Islamists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:11 PM (RIvkX)

99 Continued from above...

CA is bankrupt. NY/NJ/MA,MN,MI? Dunno.

Are they going to unite in a type of secession like the Civil War? With a militia of Powder Puff Trans?

Where is the $ going to come for SNAP, grants, interstate commerce? Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security?I mean, I ain't no Mensa, but I can see this is going to be a problem unless chy na or Soros shell out the beans.

Is this a stompy protest threat if the mid-terms don't go their way? The primal scream of sore losers!!! Hear me now!

Are they going to fly in illegals to farm, like the CHAZ/CHOP stoners who put a pineapple on top of dirt?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 07:13 PM (hzuYO)

100
"If you let that caravan continue to advance towards the US, we will militarily intercept it 10 or miles inside YOUR country.They will never see our border and your troops will suffer if they attempt to stop us."
Posted by: Crusader

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And while they're there, US troops will clear a site for a new sewage system, which US engineers will build and maintain on Mexican soil so the Tijuana sewer quits emptying into San Diego beaches. Why yes, yes that is called occupation.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:13 PM (mmrXZ)

101 41 Je Trimp
Tu Trimps
Nous Trimpons
Vous Trimpez
Ils Trimpent
Posted by: French Conjugation at October 21, 2026 06:48 PM (exfsf)

Keep your damned turnips to yourselves, frogs!

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 07:13 PM (5FlBj)

102 NEW: Judge Denies Lindsay Clancy’s Request for Hearing About Lone Holdout Juror

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 07:13 PM (TN0g+)

103 They want to take away the Republican congresscritters rice bowl?

Katy bar the door, we may actually see the republicans fight.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:14 PM (ua/lL)

104 You know, sources tell me there may be illegals voting in the midterms. So we should probably bomb all of the polling places from orbit, just to be sure. Or some such shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 21, 2026 07:14 PM (d+fm6)

105 >>People are still coming to grips with their realization that the Democrats are hand-in-hand with Islamists.

And marxists.

Unlike us, leftists have no problem hitting the streets and rioting, looting, assaulting, burning and even murdering. All these things like Slotkin and designed to enrage the leftist mutants and convince them if Trump wins it's illegitimate. Hell, if he loses it's illegitimate. They don't care about facts or reality, the want anger and rage. Just like in Europe.

That's what they have in mind for us.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)

106 That caravan was in southern Mexico a month ago. They better get a move on.
Posted by: Ben Had

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Yeah, and I heard Mexico halted it or something.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:10 PM

A new caravan just formed up this week heading north.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:16 PM (I43vL)

107
But the man she claimed was her isn't then her naturalization was a fraud.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:08 PM (viF8m)

Yes. And since they came from the UK, the bro-husband fled back to the UK, as he is a British citizen. The fraud started in multi culti Arlington VA where they took the Omar name from family friends/connections.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 07:16 PM (kX27y)

108
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 07:13 PM (hzuYO)

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Good questions. I don't see how Dems could be serious about a hot civil war unless they mean to use the US military against Americans.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:16 PM (mmrXZ)

109 My retort to the dem take over plan is OK.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:17 PM (ua/lL)

110 indy reporter
@Indy_reporter_
Let me get this straight:

Purdue is bringing in someone on an H-1B visa to teach........ ENGLISH literature and writing to AMERICAN students?

There are American English PhDs looking for work, but this position is being filled through a foreign-worker visa
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:55 PM (TN0g+)

Given what our colleges produce I'm holding back on if this is a good idea or not. I imagine most locally sourced PhDs in Liberal Arts are crap.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 07:17 PM (uhVAy)

111
a group of "security officials" with experience "countering authoritarianism abroad" is warning the Trump administration will interfere in the midterm elections.

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I wonder if John Brennan is feeling neglected.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:17 PM (mmrXZ)

112 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 07:13 PM (hzuYO)

Kalifornia is both morally and financially bankrupt.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 07:17 PM (l3cgK)

113 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 07:13 PM (hzuYO)

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Good questions. I don't see how Dems could be serious about a hot civil war unless they mean to use the US military against Americans.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:16 PM (mmrXZ)

Europe wants a hot war with Russia despite having no Army at all. Sense isn't high on the list.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 07:18 PM (uhVAy)

114 It might be sweeter than Trump winning in 2016 if Democrats somehow lost the midterms.

They seem damn certain there is going to be a blue wave.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 21, 2026 07:19 PM (vCDWm)

115 Given what our colleges produce I'm holding back on if this is a good idea or not. I imagine most locally sourced PhDs in Liberal Arts are crap.
Posted by: Oldcat

Importing H1Bs does not solve that in the slightest.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 07:19 PM (nEUC6)

116 Good questions. I don't see how Dems could be serious about a hot civil war unless they mean to use the US military against Americans.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:16 PM (mmrXZ)
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When the US Military is no longer made up of Americans, it becomes much easier to imagine.

In Killeen, for example, there's a large mosque that does proselytize to the troops that are stationed at Ft. Hood.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 07:20 PM (w65YX)

117 Back when Rubio cleaned out the State Dept all those lefties vowed revenge. I guess this is their plan.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:20 PM (ua/lL)

118 "They seem damn certain there is going to be a blue wave."

they believe the "news", and the "polls", LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2026 07:21 PM (VyBeY)

119 Well, that's one way to the frijoles

@LeadingReport 2m
Pentagon authorizes DHS to test heat-ray weąpon for potential use at the U.S.-Mexico border, per CNN.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 07:21 PM (nEUC6)

120 That's what they have in mind for us.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)

***********
The problem, as I see it, is that Americans have more guns than the UK or Europe. Which is why they want to take them away.

I my family's corner of a county, they have a facebook posse (the name escapes me). If there is crime, they take care of it before the deputies show up. This is a microcosm of America.

With one incident the black deputies told my brother and a neighbor to "just shoot him if he returns" to save them from having to deal with it. Lol.

In another incident, a large family of landholders from their grandpa, hunted a guy down who tried to steal a truck and fled to the woods. Held him at gunpoint til the deputies arrived.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 07:22 PM (hzuYO)

121 Given what our colleges produce I'm holding back on if this is a good idea or not. I imagine most locally sourced PhDs in Liberal Arts are crap.
Posted by: Oldcat

If doesn't matter if it's a good idea or not, but publicizing it will alert a segment of society who is traditionally immune to "furriners takin' our jerbs" that ... um... foreigners are taking their jobs.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 07:22 PM (vJrRc)

122 >>Good questions. I don't see how Dems could be serious about a hot civil war unless they mean to use the US military against Americans.

No. They want Democrat governors and mayors to refuse to cooperate with Trump.

"Our democracy is broken"

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:22 PM (viF8m)

123 4chan and miraheze are back after upgrading their PHP

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 07:22 PM (88C+u)

124 @LeadingReport 2m
Pentagon authorizes DHS to test heat-ray weąpon for potential use at the U.S.-Mexico border, per CNN.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 07:21 PM (nEUC6)
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Fritos banditos

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:22 PM (RIvkX)

125 Given what our colleges produce I'm holding back on if this is a good idea or not. I imagine most locally sourced PhDs in Liberal Arts are crap.
Posted by: Oldcat

Importing H1Bs does not solve that in the slightest.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 07:19 PM (nEUC6)

Depends on where we import him from. There might be a few apolitical lovers of literature in the world somewhere. If not, disband the department.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 07:23 PM (uhVAy)

126
A new caravan just formed up this week heading north.
Posted by: Mister Scott

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Oh for god's sakes. Are we equipped and willing to stop it if they march right up to the US border?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:23 PM (mmrXZ)

127 >>>Is this a stompy protest threat if the mid-terms don't go their way? The primal scream of sore losers!!! Hear me now!

Are they going to fly in illegals to farm, like the CHAZ/CHOP stoners who put a pineapple on top of dirt?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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They may be losing MN. Nippon Steel bought US Steel plus an extra 30,000 acres of the Iron Range. It's putting more people to work. (And we know the somalis and other rent seekers don't like to work)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 07:24 PM (vOxCS)

128 Blonde Morticia, yes we are.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:24 PM (ua/lL)

129
That caravan was in southern Mexico a month ago. They better get a move on.
Posted by: Ben Had

They must be marching on their stomach.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 07:25 PM (Cqx++)

130 I like that pardon everyone who works fro Trump.and watch the Leftists howl

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

131
When the US Military is no longer made up of Americans, it becomes much easier to imagine.

In Killeen, for example, there's a large mosque that does proselytize to the troops that are stationed at Ft. Hood.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

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I have no doubt that's part of a plan.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:25 PM (mmrXZ)

132 "They seem damn certain there is going to be a blue wave."

they believe the "news", and the "polls", LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2026 07:21 PM

Just yesterday yahoo "news" was reporting on the coming blue wave. The liberals really truly believe that a blue wave is coming.

It is not impossible for the democrats to retake both the house and senate but it is very doubtful. While they may win the house they will have a razor thin majority just like republicans have now. The senate appears to be out of reach for them regardless of how much the fake polling shows them winning all of the toss up senate seats.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:26 PM (I43vL)

133 >>The problem, as I see it, is that Americans have more guns than the UK or Europe. Which is why they want to take them away.

They don't want a hot war. They want chaos. They spent a year rioting across the country, almost exclusively in blue areas, and Democrats cheered them on. Space to destroy.

I'm not making this stuff up. It's all documented and videoed. This is the stuff DataRepublican has been posting for the last 2 days. She's got all the material. Where she got it isn't clear but everyone should read it for themselves.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

134 No. They want Democrat governors and mayors to refuse to cooperate with Trump.

"Our democracy is broken"
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:22 PM (viF8m)
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They already are, and if anyone thinks that Jabba Pritzker is going to rally the nation behind them, they are on acid.

The whole "plan" is nothing but assumptions piled upon assumptions, which is actually how USAID planning typically works.

The people behind this are not geniuses. They specializing in losing wars. The US is not Ukraine or Belarus, nor do they have the benefit of surprise. So they are telegraphing their moves and hoping we just pretend we don't know the next step. Cool.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

135 Caravans from the south, riots in Europe, Ukraine flipping out, Slotkin and Rice making threats. Right before the election. Hmmm

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 07:27 PM (vJPf4)

136
Europe wants a hot war with Russia despite having no Army at all. Sense isn't high on the list.
Posted by: Oldcat

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Why, certainly they have an army. OURS.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:28 PM (mmrXZ)

137 Just yesterday yahoo "news" was reporting on the coming blue wave. The liberals really truly believe that a blue wave is coming.

Having been on the opposite side of that in some recent elections (red wave), I can sympathize to an extent with their imminent disappointment. Stocking plenty to drink on election night helps.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 07:29 PM (5FlBj)

138 I'd just like to point out that the Seditious Six failed utterly.

Not a single GI refused orders. We'd know because they'd be celebrities.

That means they sucked harder than the fake "conscientious objectors" who refused to deploy to Iraq.

Oh, and the Dems thought about using the National Guard to depose ICE and dropped it because as soon as that order is given, the Guard goes to Title 10 status and arrests the governor.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 07:29 PM (ZOv7s)

139 ===============

Why, certainly they have an army. OURS.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Not as long as Trump is president.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 07:29 PM (vOxCS)

140 I really doubt Russia will go further than Ukraine, and they can't seem to do that and decide to invade some other land.

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

141 >>Why, certainly they have an army. OURS.

Wouldn't it amuse them when our army performs the matador defence. Ole!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 21, 2026 07:30 PM (NcvvS)

142 Caravans from the south, riots in Europe, Ukraine flipping out, Slotkin and Rice making threats. Right before the election. Hmmm
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 07:27 PM (vJPf4)
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People confident of their position who are about to achieve victory do not start making wild threats. They simply wait and then make their move.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 07:30 PM (ZOv7s)

143 The problem, as I see it, is that Americans have more guns than the UK or Europe. Which is why they want to take them away.

I my family's corner of a county, they have a facebook posse (the name escapes me). If there is crime, they take care of it before the deputies show up. This is a microcosm of America.

With one incident the black deputies told my brother and a neighbor to "just shoot him if he returns" to save them from having to deal with it. Lol.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 07:22 PM (hzuYO)

What also happens is that the functioning of a high tech society requires a huge input from willing thinking people who can just 'play dumb' and throw a huge wrench into the workings of the machine. This was the story of post war USSR and other communist states.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 07:30 PM (uhVAy)

144 Oh, and cafe is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 21, 2026 07:30 PM (NcvvS)

145 It's not going to work, in fact, I am raising my prediction from +8Rs in the House to +9. Senate remains +2R unless Cooper collapses.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 07:31 PM (FbiR5)

146 137 Just yesterday yahoo "news" was reporting on the coming blue wave. The liberals really truly believe that a blue wave is coming.
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It is coming, just not in the way it was reported.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 07:31 PM (vOxCS)

147 Having been on the opposite side of that in some recent elections (red wave), I can sympathize to an extent with their imminent disappointment. Stocking plenty to drink on election night helps.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 07:29 PM (5FlBj)
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The 2022 election was stolen. This one is going to be much harder for them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 07:31 PM (ZOv7s)

148 Nood, btw

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 07:31 PM (pfXMo)

149 It's not going to work, in fact, I am raising my prediction from +8Rs in the House to +9. Senate remains +2R unless Cooper collapses.
Posted by: toby928(c)

==

Are you saying we net that amount of seats, or that's the end result of the margin of seats?

Posted by: Sharpie at October 21, 2026 07:33 PM (iZHgT)

150 toby928, I have been at +5 for months now but I think you may be closer.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:33 PM (ua/lL)

151
"All of them have said we're concerned but we don't know what to do," one member of the group said of its meetings with lawmakers. "The outcome that we hope for is that states would be prepared for any contingencies should they arise," the person continued.

And this is why Vigilent Guardian/simulation scheduled on 9/11 of an aircraft hitting a building wasn't taken seriously...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ
Just Shut up and DANCE: Dare to be st00p1d

The st00pidity of Clinton's first words of are only eclipsed by Macron of today a quarter century later
"Bin Laden did this" -- Clinton, 9/11/01
"Violence has no place in our Republic" -- Macaroni 10/17/26

LIB Betrayal.
This is Normal.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 21, 2026 07:34 PM (91/Ui)

152 A new caravan just formed up this week heading north.
Posted by: Mister Scott

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Oh for god's sakes. Are we equipped and willing to stop it if they march right up to the US border?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:23 PM (mmrXZ)
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Oh please, oh please protest at the wall! Bring PA flags and curse DJT! Wear kaffiyehs! Demand entry! Most importantly, bring video equipment!

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 07:34 PM (rj6Yv)

153
omg I just saw some video of those caravaners heading north. Who is misinforming them? They think there will be a new administration after the midterms. Even if this was a presidential election, the current administration would be around through January.

Back to skool, amigos.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 07:37 PM (mmrXZ)

154 138 I'd just like to point out that the Seditious Six failed utterly.

Not a single GI refused orders. We'd know because they'd be celebrities.

That means they sucked harder than the fake "conscientious objectors" who refused to deploy to Iraq.

Oh, and the Dems thought about using the National Guard to depose ICE and dropped it because as soon as that order is given, the Guard goes to Title 10 status and arrests the governor.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 07:29 PM (ZOv7s)

No unconstitutional orders were given to the troops.
Now the Deep Staters, on the other hand have received and acted on unconstitutional orders, just not from Trump. So if not from Trump, then from whom?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 07:51 PM (l3cgK)

155 142 Caravans from the south, riots in Europe, Ukraine flipping out, Slotkin and Rice making threats. Right before the election. Hmmm
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 07:27 PM (vJPf4)
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People confident of their position who are about to achieve victory do not start making wild threats. They simply wait and then make their move.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 21, 2026 07:30 PM (ZOv7s)

Don't Forget us!

Posted by: CCP, with their hands up Canada's Ass at October 21, 2026 07:53 PM (l3cgK)

156 Eight o'clock, time for Cafe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 08:01 PM (vOxCS)

157 Hello i am kavin, its my first time to commenting anywhere, when i read thks post i thought i could alsso create comment duue
to this good piece oof writing. xnxx

Posted by: https://stepmom.cableavporn.com at October 21, 2026 08:05 PM (x/tRU)

158 I'm not making this stuff up. It's all documented and videoed. This is the stuff DataRepublican has been posting for the last 2 days. She's got all the material. Where she got it isn't clear but everyone should read it for themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

***********
She's brilliant. A software/systems savant.

The wonderful thing is she has the President's ear and is on our side.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 08:28 PM (hzuYO)

159 Wow. A retarded spambot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 09:08 PM (amcLV)

Quick Hits

The illegal alien who spoke no English -- especially when he's being questioned under oath, when his English language ability plunges to zero -- but got elected as the Democrat mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts because the Democrats completely changed the population of the country has been -- get this -- arrested for stealing American taxpayers' money.

This story is several months old but there's fresh news -- the city council at least voted no confidence in his leadership.

Lawrence city councilors voted no confidence in Mayor Brian DePeña Tuesday, formally casting doubt on his ability to lead as he battles more than two dozen state and federal charges.
Five councilors voted in favor of the no-confidence resolution, one opposed it, and three declined to take a stance. But given the City Council has no legal authority to remove DePeña from office, the vote amounted to more of a political statement than an action item.
DePeña, 61, has rebuffed calls for his resignation and pledged to continue serving, even despite growing support for a recall election to potentially remove him from office.
The two-term Democrat was initially arrested in August on federal charges stemming from alleged pandemic loan fraud, with prosecutors saying he misused more than $1.5 million meant for a local business he owned. The political firestorm continued last month as Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's office announced DePeña had been indicted on wiretapping charges for allegedly sharing an illegally recorded conversation between two city staffers.

Fat Nazi grifter Tuq'r Qarlson is so very anti-antifa that he's running constant ops to get antifa's patrons and protectors, the Democrat Party, elected.

Max 📟
@MaxNordau
Tucker Carlson repeatedly kvetches that the Trump administration hasn't done enough about Antifa. Andy Ngo repeatedly corrects him.
Carlson: "I am surprised that two years into this administration, we still haven't seen a systematic attempt to understand what Antifa is and who pays for it. Where's that?"
Ngo: "I actually think the administration has done a good job. I'll name out sort of the things that have been taken by the federal government. A lot of people forget or don't remember what's happened. So in the autumn of last year, Donald Trump announced that his administration would be treating Antifa as domestic terrorists. There was a big executive order... But from there, then the State Department proscribed, banned four European Antifa groups. So making them designated foreign terrorist organizations... That was the first time an international Antifa group had ever been proscribed by the U.S. government."
"So the federal government has done a lot. I think, of course, they can always do more."
Carlson: "Has anyone been charged for sending money to Antifa?... Because if I gave money to Hamas or Hezbollah, I'd get a FBI raid at my house."
Ngo: "There was a really big case actually earlier this year, in Texas, a federal prosecution, it was the first time that accused Antifa members of a North Texas Antifa cell had been charged with providing material support to terrorism, attempted murder, and many, many other felonies... So there have been 15 who have been federally prosecuted and are accused in charging documents of being part of an Antifa network."

Cucked coffinrobber Emmanuel Macron says ignore all the video showing black and brown looters and palestinian flags, none of the looters are immigrants and Trump is a big liar.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday hit out at the "unacceptable and stupid comments from many foreign leaders" in the aftermath of unrest which rocked several French cities over the weekend.
"Some people have claimed that we've been overrun by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false," Macron told reporters during a trip to Qatar. His comments were a clear swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump, who this week railed that France is "being conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and Communists."
While hundreds of thousands of protesters in France demonstrated peacefully over the cost of living and school conditions at the weekend, the mayhem -- including public buildings being set on fire, stores being looted and clashes with riot police -- sparked widespread condemnation in France and abroad, including in the U.S., where Trump is using the French unrest to rally voters ahead of November's midterm elections.

There is no evidence tying last weekend's incidents in France to immigration.
Macron said Trump is "among" a group of political leaders who are campaigning "off of France's back," adding, "it's at times like these that you can tell who loves France and who doesn't."

You know who doesn't love France? The hordes of angry, violent Third World conquerors you invited to live off the French welfare system before they seize the country entirely.

Right-leaning leaders in other European countries like Hungary and Poland also tried to pin the unrest in France on immigration to justify their countries' hard-line policies on the divisive issue. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on X that the chaos that engulfed several French cities makes it "clear to everyone why Hungary advocates the strictest possible approach to migration."

Of course the savages aren't all immigrants. Many a stupid, lazy, envious, venemous communists.

I linked a tweet about this rich bitch communist influencer.

Here's an article about her:

A woke French student has become the běte noire of the protests after she mocked business owners who lost their stores in the riots.
Lola-Fleur Whittaker, a leftist political influencer who studies at the prestigious Sciences Po Paris, appeared on a TV show Monday to defend the rioters.
"Your little shops, that's real cute," she said during an argument about who was to blame for the weekend's violence on her appearance on La Grande Confrontation.
But the privileged student was confronted by Jhemima Sheilha, owner of a chain of bakeries who had seen her businesses looted.
"It's my life, Lola," Sheilha said. "We've had to see our businesses smashed. What justifies terrorizing people's lives?"
Whittaker subsequently tried to paint herself as a poor victim, claiming that her mother is a teacher who eats cookies for lunch because she can't "pay for the cafeteria."
But she was quickly outed for a social media profile that revealed she's more bourgeoisie than proletariat.
She regularly shares pictures of vacations in exotic locations around the world, including Sicily, Greece, Malaysia, Egypt and Oman.

Whittaker, who earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Manchester, previously stood as a candidate for the far-left political party France Unbowed in Paris and is also a prominent leftist influencer.
During Monday's heated debate, she also appeared to bizarrely suggest a link between the recent rioting and the attacks on Algerian immigrants by French police back in October 1961, La Depeche reported.
Whittaker was not immediately available for comment.

The NFL has one of its international matches scheduled for Sunday in Paris. Apparently they're going ahead with the game despite the obvious security risks.

Marco Rubio says "It'll be fine, mate."

I don't know about that.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday that he's "leaving shortly" for France to attend the first-ever NFL game there and he's confident it will be safe to attend and play the game due in no small part to assurances he received from United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which were confirmed to OutKick by Rubio himself.
"We're involved at the highest levels both in France on a global basis with our officials here, including, I had a conversation here with the Secretary of State a couple of days ago," Goodell said at the close of the Fall League Meeting in New York.

"So we're continuing to make sure we have all the available information, make sure appropriate steps are being made. We're guests in the country. We're going to be good guests. We're going to do our thing and I'm confident they're going to do theirs."
Rubio on Wednesday confirmed to OutKick and Fox News Digital that he spoke with Goodell.
"Our embassy feels the game will be fine," Rubio told OutKick and Fox News Digital. "We have no indication the game will be impacted in any way."
Rubio will not be attending the game but it has nothing to do with recent events.
"I was never planning to go anyways," Rubio said.

The terrorist who paraded the naked body of a murdered Israeli woman just got a one-way ticket to hell.

The Israeli Defense Forces took out the last Hamas operative involved in the kidnapping and murder of hostage Shani Louk during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack.
Tamer Muhammad Ibrahim al-Sabbagh, who was among the men caught on camera abducting Louk, 22, and parading her half-naked body around Gaza, was killed in an airstrike on Tuesday, the IDF said.
Al-Sabbagh was seen in the infamous Associated Press photo of Louk's body as he sat right beside her as he and his fellow terror operatives howled in victory while driving off in a pickup truck during the terror attack.
The men were quickly identified in the aftermath of the Nova music festival massacre, with the other Hamas operatives taken out during the height of the war in Gaza.
Al-Sabbagh was allegedly working to carry out future attacks on Israeli troops and civilians while stationed in Jabalia when he was located by the Israeli military.

Tuq'r Qarlson maintains that Hamas is only "supposedly" a terrorist organization, and "seems like a political organization to me."

@WesternLensman Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Sounds like Swisher really wants to go to prison.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 21, 2026

@EndWokeness He's literally a gas station Abdul. https://t.co/LU6cDiEbcj
— Deb Heine (@NiceDeb) October 20, 2026

Actual Italian men stand up to communist/antifa looters.

One dirty communist gets a nice ringing schiaffo for being a stronzo.

Italians are out on the streets confronting leftists after riots and looting.
Legend says the sound of that slap can be still heard around Italy https://t.co/vmST1RvOWH
— Defiant L�s (@DefiantLs) October 20, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 21, 2026 05:30 PM (hG5L0)

2 Brother!

Posted by: the insensible rock at October 21, 2026 05:30 PM (FbiR5)

3 Tuq'r Qarlson maintains that Hamas is only "supposedly" a terrorist organization, and "seems like a political organization to me."

The National German Workers Party nods vigorously.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 05:32 PM (FbiR5)

4 I'll get the otters...

Posted by: Max Power at October 21, 2026 05:32 PM (SwyyQ)

5 >>>Cucked coffinrobber Emmanuel Macron

Good one.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:34 PM (eXLHo)

6 The illegal alien who spoke no English -- especially when he's being questioned under oath, when his English language ability plunges to zero -- but got elected as the Democrat mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts because the Democrats completely changed the population of the country has been -- get this -- arrested for stealing American taxpayers' money.

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Two things, if you can't vote if you an illegal then how can you be a candidate? Massachusetts has gone completely off the rails.

The other thing, he can't speak English but knows all about defrauding the state and/or the country?

Posted by: Decaf at October 21, 2026 05:34 PM (jsLqC)

7 I get democrats pandering to blacks because without them they will never win an election, but going the fried chicken rout.....seriously?

That's low even for a pandering democrat.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 05:34 PM (I43vL)

8 If you can't learn to SPEAK AND READ English in 90 days (and this is only if you came here *legally*) then get the fuck out and never come back.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 05:34 PM (jb8Ss)

9 French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday hit out at the "unacceptable and stupid comments from many foreign leaders" in the aftermath of unrest which rocked several French cities over the weekend.
"Some people have claimed that we've been overrun by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false," Macron told reporters during a trip to Qatar. His comments were a clear swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump, who this week railed that France is "being conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and Communists."

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Brave Macron had to flee another thousands of miles or so away from Trump to say that. Hope he didn't bump into Zelinsky travelling in the other direction running from the Russians.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

10 Right-leaning leaders in other European countries like Hungary and Poland also tried to pin the unrest in France on immigration to justify their countries' hard-line policies on the divisive issue. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on X that the chaos that engulfed several French cities makes it "clear to everyone why Hungary advocates the strictest possible approach to migration."

Yeah, I could move to Poland and live there happily, they have held the line.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM (TMNW7)

11 Italians throwing punches again? Dont tell the Gauls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM (zZu0s)

12 "Some people have claimed that we've been overrun by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false," Macron told reporters during a trip to Qatar.

As Ace wrote, they were "invited", and as such, Macron does not consider that being overrun...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM (l3cgK)

13 I've seen a lot of lefties posting there is no violence in France, its just native Frenchpeople protesting low quality schools.

And then invariably people post pictures from the riots showing its invaders and has nothing to do with education and they go silent...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM (sKqQm)

14 Tuq'r Qarlson maintains that Hamas is only "supposedly" a terrorist organization, and "seems like a political organization to me."

The National German Workers Party nods vigorously.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 05:32 PM (FbiR5)

Terrorism is a tactic, not a type of organization.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)

15 But she was quickly outed for a social media profile that revealed she's more bourgeoisie than proletariat.

This is your weekly reminder that "Bourgeoisie" are the merchant class, the middle class, the people who are too rich to be peasants but not of the right bloodlines to be aristocracy.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM (vJrRc)

16 I wonder how that french gal has the time and money to travel and vacay all the time. I mean I ain't never seen her ass on Spirit or on that Carnival Cruise I bees on.

Posted by: Shameeka Jackson, EBT Lifetime Recipient at October 21, 2026 05:37 PM (8EQTH)

17 Order the fried chicken, then produce a bottle of Tabasco from your man-purse. Tried and true Donk messaging.

Posted by: spongeworthy at October 21, 2026 05:37 PM (sLLbN)

18 Fat Nazi grifter Tuq'r Qarlson is so very anti-antifa that he's running constant ops to get antifa's patrons and protectors, the Democrat Party, elected.

Tucker gets huge streaming numbers still on Youtube but... his audience is more and more, to the point of being almost exclusively, foreign. He doesn't have much influence or impact on the USA, all his audience is out of Southeast Asia and the middle east.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:37 PM (TMNW7)

19 Right-leaning leaders in other European countries like Hungary and Poland also tried to pin the unrest in France on immigration to justify their countries' hard-line policies on the divisive issue. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on X that the chaos that engulfed several French cities makes it "clear to everyone why Hungary advocates the strictest possible approach to migration."

Yeah, I could move to Poland and live there happily, they have held the line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM (TMNW7)

Until you wanted a beer mug in a non-EU sanctioned size that is.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)

20 Fat Nazi grifter Tuq'r Qarlson is so very anti-antifa that he's running constant ops to get antifa's patrons and protectors, the Democrat Party, elected.

Tucker gets huge streaming numbers still on Youtube but... his audience is more and more, to the point of being almost exclusively, foreign. He doesn't have much influence or impact on the USA, all his audience is out of Southeast Asia and the middle east.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:37 PM (TMNW7)

I heard his numbers dropped 75 percent when a data center was bombed in Russia ? by Russia?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

21 I'd love to steal the cookies out of her little shop...

Posted by: Max Power at October 21, 2026 05:38 PM (SwyyQ)

22 Who is exactly this Kara Swisher? I've never heard of her.

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 05:38 PM (UP5fS)

23 Mama used to slap me like that on both cheeks when I was being fresh.

She called it the Guinea 55.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 05:39 PM (bX16E)

24 Marine needs to start calling Macron, that stupid influencer, the woman saying it's okay for the rioters to rape a woman holding her baby, and all the rest of the leftists "collabos". It's true, and evocative.

Posted by: moki at October 21, 2026 05:39 PM (wLjpr)

25 One more notch on the Supreme Courts gun, killing America.

- Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To End Hormone Treatments For Transgender Federal Inmates -
_zh - 14min

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 05:39 PM (vOxCS)

26 I heard his numbers dropped 75 percent when a data center was bombed in Russia

yeah I think a lot of his audience was Russian, I am not sure these days with his goose stepping and heil'ing

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:39 PM (TMNW7)

27 The terrorist who paraded the naked body of a murdered Israeli woman just got a one-way ticket to hell.

He got...one ticket to Paradise...
No need to pack bags, he arrived tonight...

Posted by: Jihadi Ahmed "Eddie" Money at October 21, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)

28 I had misgivings about Ngo showing up on Tucker Qarlson's 'cast, but at least he got his own message out to Tucker's audience.
Not sure how well that will work.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 05:40 PM (88C+u)

29 Yeah, I could move to Poland and live there happily, they have held the line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM

Churn that butter

https://youtu.be/syMhJMmGEIc?t=101

Posted by: obligatory at October 21, 2026 05:41 PM (FbiR5)

30 Posted by: Jihadi Ahmed "Eddie" Money at October 21, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)

Man, yacht-rock was bad. I suppose you had to be a divorced 39 year old man in the 1980s to listen to that shit.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 05:41 PM (88C+u)

31 Ewetub has been pushing their algorithms lately. All of a sudden, unbiased, I am getting thumbnails for Candy O videos. Fuck off. Also various Dems are gonna do this after November shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:42 PM (zZu0s)

32 Bints like Lola-Fleur Whittaker and Kara Swisher are why I should have a Slap A Dumb Bitch license.

And it would be terrible if someone sank Fleur's little boat, just turrible.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 05:42 PM (jb8Ss)

33 The leftist elite in the EU have pushed the citizens to the breaking point. That slap was mild given what is to come

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 05:42 PM (vJPf4)

34 The terrorist who paraded the naked body of a murdered Israeli woman just got a one-way ticket to hell.

"this isn't paradise at all, I didn't get 72 virgins I got 72 different cactuses they alternate between pegging and sounding me with!!!"
--Muhammad Ibrahim al-Sabbagh

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM (TMNW7)

35 If you can't learn to SPEAK AND READ English in 90 days (and this is only if you came here *legally*) then get the fuck out and never come back.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 05:34 PM (jb8Ss)
~~~~~

Guess I better stay right the hell where I am because after 4 yrs. of HS Spanish and 2 semesters in college, I'm still at the "Hola, Juan" stage.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM (3ImbR)

36 >>A woke French student has become the běte noire of the protests

Běte Noire, isn't that what Macron calls himself when he goes out in a dress on weekends?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM (6FR1E)

37 You know who doesn't love France? The hordes of angry, violent Third World conquerors you invited to live off the French welfare system before they seize the country entirely.
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You know who else doesn't love France. Macron.

Look what he's done and still doing to it. Trump loves France more than Macron loves France.

Posted by: Period. End of story. at October 21, 2026 05:44 PM (anL5R)

38 Ewetub has been pushing their algorithms lately. All of a sudden, unbiased, I am getting thumbnails for Candy O videos. Fuck off. Also various Dems are gonna do this after November shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:42 PM (zZu0s)

I am seeing the reverse for whatever reason and I don't think I even blocked Carlson or Candace. They are well out of my feed, I mostly see them in other people trashing them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:44 PM (uhVAy)

39 That damn Trump!

Sam Robinson
@samueljrob
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she’s prepared for a situation in which the Trump administration attempts to change the outcome of the election: “Right in the last two weeks of the election, they somehow come up with a national security incident that only they can protect us from.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 05:44 PM (ndZc7)

40 Lola let's have a discussion of the failures of leftist policies. But first ...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 05:44 PM (vJPf4)

41 heard his numbers dropped 75 percent when a data center was bombed in Russia ? by Russia?
Posted by: Oldcat

Could be. Qarlson's Candy-dates Fishback and Putsch went nowhere. Massie got spanked in his primary too.
There isn't a constituency in the US for rewinding to 1938.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (88C+u)

42 The two-term Democrat was initially arrested in August on federal charges stemming from alleged pandemic loan fraud, with prosecutors saying he misused more than $1.5 million
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The last time that I enumerated such, since '85, the number of jailed Dem mayors was 39, Republicans 3.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (XeU6L)

43 Guess I better stay right the hell where I am because after 4 yrs. of HS Spanish and 2 semesters in college, I'm still at the "Hola, Juan" stage.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM (3ImbR)

Just about everyone in Europe speaks English well aside from the illegals there I suppose. They just pretend not to.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (uhVAy)

44 Guess I better stay right the hell where I am because after 4 yrs. of HS Spanish and 2 semesters in college, I'm still at the "Hola, Juan" stage.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM

Just addo an O to the endo of everythingo, senor.

Posted by: obligatory at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (FbiR5)

45 Australia is also finding out…Helen Haines had to have both of her legs amputated now after the terrorist attack.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

46 "Some people have claimed that we've been overrun by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false,"

Macron is a strong candidate for the newest Baghdad Bob role.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (jb8Ss)

47 But she was quickly outed for a social media profile that revealed she's more bourgeoisie than proletariat.

She regularly shares pictures of vacations in exotic locations around the world, including Sicily, Greece, Malaysia, Egypt and Oman.
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Ah, so she's a "yacht girl". We all know what that means.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:46 PM (TN0g+)

48

I can't tell the good guys from the bad guys in that Italian video.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)

49 That damn Trump!

Sam Robinson
@samueljrob
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she’s prepared for a situation in which the Trump administration attempts to change the outcome of the election: “Right in the last two weeks of the election, they somehow come up with a national security incident that only they can protect us from.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 05:44 PM (ndZc7)

Like a virus? or a Sexually transmitted disease? Or a war with Russia?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

50 U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she’s prepared for a situation in which the Trump administration attempts to change the outcome of the election: “Right in the last two weeks of the election, they somehow come up with a national security incident that only they can protect us from.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 05:44 PM (ndZc7)

It's almost as if she thought of and planned the same, like say with a plandemic?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:47 PM (eXLHo)

51 France better get it's shit together. Unlike the UK, that depends on US supplied nukes for their subs, the frogs have their own.

Maybe not ICBMs.

Or

Maybe they do. (* they do)

France is a problem. England is a lesson. I think the Muslim horde realizes this.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 05:47 PM (RORbl)

52 Haines got hit by an antifa terrorist, not a Moslem (to supplement Piper here, on topic for this thread).
Wasn't it proto-antifa that did for Pim Fortuyn too?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 05:48 PM (88C+u)

53 So Slotkin thinks Republicans would protect her from an "incident". Sure Hot Dog, sure

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 05:48 PM (vJPf4)

54 Burning cars and gunfire. Half the NFL player will feel right at home in France.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 21, 2026 05:48 PM (eGzf1)

55 Yeah, I could move to Poland and live there happily, they have held the line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:36 PM (TMNW7)

Lived there two years and loved it, and would go back if we could. It's hard if you don't know Polish, and we didn't, but we managed. Food has improved tremendously since we were there, and it was pretty good then. People are no nonsense, but decent, and it was a joy to see people going to church on Sundays in all the neighborhoods. Nuns and priests walked around and greeted people, and if they could speak English, would chat happily with us.

Posted by: moki at October 21, 2026 05:48 PM (wLjpr)

56 ...with prosecutors saying he misused more than $1.5 million.
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Oh, he used it *exactly* like he intended to use it.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:48 PM (TN0g+)

57
1. Is it really France "Unbowed"? My translation would be France Insubordinate, or Insolent. Why are they getting away with soft soaping it?

2. I kinda feel sorry for that girl on the boat. It must be exhausting to always stand like that like a little whore.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 05:48 PM (6FR1E)

58 34 The terrorist who paraded the naked body of a murdered Israeli woman just got a one-way ticket to hell.

Yes, I saw that on GP.

Next step, eliminate every last person in the cheering crowd. And since we can never fully know all of them, just wipe them out. It's not like they're human.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 05:48 PM (Sco7b)

59 36 >>A woke French student has become the běte noire of the protests

Běte Noire, isn't that what Macron calls himself when he goes out in a dress on weekends?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM (6FR1E)

Běte Midler's sister?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 05:49 PM (l3cgK)

60 Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To End Hormone Treatments For Transgender Federal Inmates -

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American boys died on the beaches of Normandy so taxpayers would have to pay for sex changes for the mentally ill!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 05:49 PM (ndZc7)

61 "Our embassy feels the game will be fine," Rubio told OutKick and Fox News Digital.

Why is the *embassy* saying that?

Is someone dropping some hints to little Macron?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 05:49 PM (jb8Ss)

62 Gas station Abduls and Rooftop Koreans. Do blacks just automatically hate whatever group owns the local shops?

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 21, 2026 05:50 PM (/OKHJ)

63
It's almost as if she thought of and planned the same, like say with a plandemic?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Projection is one of the significant elements of Left/Liberal/Progressive/Dems derangement.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2026 05:51 PM (XeU6L)

64 Gas station Abduls and Rooftop Koreans. Do blacks just automatically hate whatever group owns the local shops?
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 21, 2026 05:50 PM (/OKHJ)

Pretty much, yes.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:51 PM (uhVAy)

65 31 Ewetub has been pushing their algorithms lately. All of a sudden, unbiased, I am getting thumbnails for Candy O videos. Fuck off. Also various Dems are gonna do this after November shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:42 PM (zZu0s)

Years ago, older child left his computer open to EweToob...so I searched up Hindu rap and Lesbian slam poetry.
One day he asked why his search results were showing all kinds of crap. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 05:51 PM (l3cgK)

66 Its kind of funny, the Left's figurehead for the riots is an out of touch woman who mocks the troubles of the peasants.

You all is stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:51 PM (zZu0s)

67 But I don't see how one could describe the{ Masri Ikhwan} as an "extremist" organization. Their views on Islam — as ample polling makes clear — are fairly mainstream by Egyptian standards. I'm not sure it makes a lot of sense to judge the Brotherhood according to liberal, American standards.
x.com shadihamid/status/2112631184912248993 defends El Sayed

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 05:51 PM (88C+u)

68 And it would be terrible if someone sank Fleur's little boat, just turrible.
----

That's not her boat. When she's on a boat, its a different man's boat every time. We all know what that means, right?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

69 >>A woke French student has become the běte noire of the protests

Běte Noire, isn't that what Macron calls himself when he goes out in a dress on weekends?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM (6FR1E)

Běte Midler's sister?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 05:49 pandemic?

Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Black Betty had a child, bam-ba-lam
The damn thing gone wild, bam-ba-lam

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:52 PM (eXLHo)

70 prosecutors saying he misused more than $1.5 million.

-
Well, sure, if you want to call coke and whores "misuse".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 05:52 PM (ndZc7)

71 >>> 68 And it would be terrible if someone sank Fleur's little boat, just turrible.
----

That's not her boat. When she's on a boat, its a different man's boat every time. We all know what that means, right?
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

LOL

... fine, just sink whatever boat she happens to be on at the time.

Oh no!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 05:53 PM (jb8Ss)

72 ...Slotkin says she’s prepared for a situation in which the Trump administration attempts to change the outcome of the election: “Right in the last two weeks of the election, they somehow come up with a national security incident that only they can protect us from.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 05:44 PM (ndZc7)
~~~~~

Classic projection. Who'd be surprised to learn that she's working with the traitors planning to overthrow the government? She's actually giving us a heads up.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 05:53 PM (3ImbR)

73 44 Guess I better stay right the hell where I am because after 4 yrs. of HS Spanish and 2 semesters in college, I'm still at the "Hola, Juan" stage.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM

Just addo an O to the endo of everythingo, senor.

Posted by: obligatory at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (FbiR5)

Day-o! Daaaay-o!

Posted by: Harry Belafonte at October 21, 2026 05:53 PM (l3cgK)

74 Like a virus? or a Sexually transmitted disease? Or a war with Russia?

Remember rule number one with the left: whatever they accuse the right of, they are already doing or would do in their place.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:53 PM (TMNW7)

75 But don't stop, you have the right idea.

Need to ask AOP what all would need to be done to make a guillotine functional after spending a hundred years in a museum...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:53 PM (zZu0s)

76 Bints like Lola-Fleur Whittaker and Kara Swisher are why I should have a Slap A Dumb Bitch license.

And it would be terrible if someone sank Fleur's little boat, just turrible.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 05:42 PM (jb8Ss)

Helena Handbasket - License to Slap

Starring in

"Thunderslap"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2026 05:53 PM (YSUhf)

77 That's not her boat. When she's on a boat, its a different man's boat every time. We all know what that means, right?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

Her holes are for rent?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:53 PM (eXLHo)

78 47 But she was quickly outed for a social media profile that revealed she's more bourgeoisie than proletariat.

She regularly shares pictures of vacations in exotic locations around the world, including Sicily, Greece, Malaysia, Egypt and Oman.
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Ah, so she's a "yacht girl". We all know what that means.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:46 PM (TN0g+)

$2K, same as every other yacht?

Posted by: Harry Belafonte at October 21, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)

79 That's not her boat. When she's on a boat, its a different man's boat every time. We all know what that means, right?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

Her holes are for rent?
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Correct. But she fully believes that doesn't disqualify her from lecturing the rest of the world on the *morality* of economic policies & systems.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:56 PM (TN0g+)

80 >>Lola-Fleur

I don't think I have ever seen a hyphenated first name.

What the hell is that?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 05:56 PM (6FR1E)

81 > ...Slotkin says she’s prepared for a situation in which the Trump administration attempts to change the outcome of the election: “Right in the last two weeks of the election, they somehow come up with a national security incident that only they can protect us from.”
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If... if... Kamala was to be installed you'd better bet your ass this would be the play.

A national emergency because the first "black" woman president was threatened by white men, or whatever threat was cooked up.

The resulting lockdowns would make covid look like kindergarten.

Why in the fuck these people are not hanging from lampposts is disturbing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 05:57 PM (RORbl)

82 Saw this on the twixxer yesterday that perfectly sums up the problem with France and others: "Europe will be destroyed by women who project onto those animals the motherhood that belonged to the children they aborted." - Nelson Rodrigues @NelsonRedPill

Dayum. Frame it and hang it in the Louver.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 21, 2026 05:59 PM (V362x)

83 Ah, so she's a "yacht girl". We all know what that means.

"IT MEANS SHE'S A WHOOR! A PROSTITUTE!!!!"
--Kojak

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:59 PM (TMNW7)

84 That's not her boat. When she's on a boat, its a different man's boat every time. We all know what that means, right?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

Her holes are for rent?
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Correct. But she fully believes that doesn't disqualify her from lecturing the rest of the world on the *morality* of economic policies & systems.
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 05:56 PM (TN0g+)

"Her ~~Little~~ Stretched and Blown-out, Rentable Holes, That's Cute.'

Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2026 06:00 PM (YSUhf)

85 Derringer earworm.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 06:00 PM (r2Icn)

86 I see michael bloomberg dropped a massive amount of money for democrats

Posted by: Leupold at October 21, 2026 06:00 PM (uFwes)

87 The resulting lockdowns would make covid look like kindergarten.

Why in the fuck these people are not hanging from lampposts is disturbing.
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I'm still (mildly) shocked that none of those cops who shut down churches or attempted arrest of people for the "crime" of being outside weren't met with armed citizen response.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:00 PM (TN0g+)

88 Her name is Lola, she is a yacht girl...

Posted by: Barry Manilow at October 21, 2026 06:00 PM (Q+gd/)

89 Lola meet Mohamad and Achmed. They'll be sharing your apartment. The French government thanks you for your cooperation

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:01 PM (vJPf4)

90 Zombie Lou Reed has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 06:01 PM (r2Icn)

91 I see michael bloomberg dropped a massive amount of money for democrats

"This is fine, it is not oligarchy when a leftist does it. He doesn't even technically count as a billionaire, billionaire"
--Bernie "three homes" Sanders

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 06:01 PM (TMNW7)

92 ***she was quickly outed for...
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RBF

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:02 PM (vOxCS)

93 Fat Nazi grifter Tuq'r Qarlson is so very anti-antifa that he's running constant ops to get antifa's patrons and protectors, the Democrat Party, elected.

===

lol

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2026 06:02 PM (AKptf)

94 I mean "lol" that he is a fat, stupid nazi fuck.

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2026 06:03 PM (AKptf)

95 Man, what a slapable face.

I take back every word I ever said against the Jacobins. I now fully understand why people would want to chop the heads off people like her.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 06:03 PM (6FR1E)

96 >>Classic projection. Who'd be surprised to learn that she's working with the traitors planning to overthrow the government? She's actually giving us a heads up.

I think she's giving rabid leftists a heads up. Trump is stealing the midterms, what you going to do about it?!

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:03 PM (viF8m)

97 I read that Neil Bush of the Bush consortium voted for...Talarico.

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2026 06:04 PM (AKptf)

98 Busy day. Stoicism rules.
Today's lying sacks of crap are leading with...

CNN - Trump South Carolina rally. CNN has been airing them to get into his good graces.

CBC - Quebec crap - so much redundancy

MSNow - red-state republicans 'alarmed' as dems surge. I want all of you to step away from the edge.

Fox - Americans freed.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 06:04 PM (Sco7b)

99 From ESPN:

Tennessee Titans coach Robert Saleh passionately defended Jordan Elliott's character and said that last week's gun-related incident involving the defensive lineman was "a call for help more than a criminal act."

Saleh confirmed that Elliott attempted to retrieve a gun from his car last Thursday following an altercation with a teammate at practice. The first-year Titans head coach vouched for Elliott, calling him a "good man."

"[Elliott] had a terrible lapse in judgment that I recognize as a call for help more than a criminal act," Saleh said Wednesday. "It's unfortunate the way it went down. As far as Jordan's concerned and the locker room and all that, I think people see it differently here than the knee-jerk reaction of the world."

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:04 PM (TN0g+)

100 Need to ask AOP what all would need to be done to make a guillotine functional after spending a hundred years in a museum...
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I would think, just oiling the moving bits and maybe replacing the rope

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 06:04 PM (vJrRc)

101 Swisher never was a looker (lesbian division ) but the stress of being her isn't helping

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:04 PM (vJPf4)

102 Off banana boat sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)

103 Hands flailing everywhere.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 06:05 PM (r2Icn)

104 Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Black Betty had a child, bam-ba-lam
The damn thing gone wild, bam-ba-lam
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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[suddenly recollects 'Black Bottom']
Now, you heard the rest
Ah boys, I'm gonna show you the best
Ma Rainey's gonna show you her black bottom

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2026 06:05 PM (XeU6L)

105 Anybody see this?

>>@willchamberlain

>>BREAKING: the federal search warrant against Ilhan Omar names her as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar," indicating that DOJ believes she is present in the United States under a false identity!

>>Revealed in a scheduling order today from DDC

https://tinyurl.com/3kda34np

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:05 PM (viF8m)

106 "We're involved at the highest levels both in France on a global basis with our... bear trap device on Macron's balls.
One security failure and snap goes the trap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:05 PM (vOxCS)

107 91 I see michael bloomberg dropped a massive amount of money for democrats

"This is fine, it is not oligarchy when a leftist does it. He doesn't even technically count as a billionaire, billionaire"
--Bernie "three homes" Sanders
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

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This is CCP money. I am sure he is just a front. They make a deal with him where he gives the cash and they reimburse him through business deals in China. Same with his own campaign and the money spent against guns.

(I say this because he is a cheap fucking bastard and would not spend a nickle of his own. Also his positions always sound phony and scripted by others.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 06:05 PM (6FR1E)

108 That slap didn't look like much, but it had a lovely report.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 06:06 PM (mkw2N)

109 Did AOP ever give us a brief guest-editorial on what went wrong with the separation vote earlier this week?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:06 PM (TN0g+)

110 "[Elliott] had a terrible lapse in judgment that I recognize as a call for help more than a criminal act," Saleh said Wednesday. "It's unfortunate the way it went down. As far as Jordan's concerned and the locker room and all that, I think people see it differently here than the knee-jerk reaction of the world."
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:04 PM (TN0g+)

It sure was a call for help against the OL that was apparently pancaking him all day. Not the kind you want on the practice field though.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 06:06 PM (uhVAy)

111 Lola-Fleur Whittaker looks like she's about 14 years old.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 06:06 PM (mkw2N)

112 What the hell is that?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

It's French. They do that all over the place, mostly with "Jean"

Jean-Marie, Jean-michel, Jean-baptiste, Jean-luc...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 06:07 PM (vJrRc)

113 >>> 99 From ESPN:

Tennessee Titans coach Robert Saleh passionately defended Jordan Elliott's character and said that last week's gun-related incident involving the defensive lineman was "a call for help more than a criminal act."

Saleh confirmed that Elliott attempted to retrieve a gun from his car last Thursday following an altercation with a teammate at practice. The first-year Titans head coach vouched for Elliott, calling him a "good man."

"[Elliott] had a terrible lapse in judgment that I recognize as a call for help more than a criminal act," Saleh said Wednesday. "It's unfortunate the way it went down. As far as Jordan's concerned and the locker room and all that, I think people see it differently here than the knee-jerk reaction of the world."
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:04 PM (TN0g+)

Saleh is either a brain-dead leftist or a chickenshit whore, maybe both. Elliott's punk ass should be rotting in the drunk tank while he waits for arraignment, but the felon league probably "convinced" Nashville PD to leave him alone.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 06:07 PM (jb8Ss)

114 Well, Paxton's lost the Thai hooker vote.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 06:07 PM (88C+u)

115 Lola-Fleur

I don't think I have ever seen a hyphenated first name."

Lo lo lo la lola...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 06:07 PM (pfXMo)

116 Tamer Muhammad Ibrahim al-Sabbagh, who was among the men caught on camera abducting Louk, 22, and parading her half-naked body around Gaza, was killed in an airstrike on Tuesday, the IDF said.
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Shame he wasn't visited by Mr. .22 several dozen times before his final entry to hell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:08 PM (vOxCS)

117 "District B13" was prescient. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 06:08 PM (H3ACd)

118 Enjoyed the slap!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 06:08 PM (hzuYO)

119 Did AOP ever give us a brief guest-editorial on what went wrong with the separation vote earlier this week?
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:06 PM (TN0g+)

They didn't get the separation vote, but every other one was approved. In theory, this would make the government concede some things. In reality they will probably triple down.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

120 Saleh is either a brain-dead leftist or a chickenshit whore, maybe both. Elliott's punk ass should be rotting in the drunk tank while he waits for arraignment, but the felon league probably "convinced" Nashville PD to leave him alone.
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Saleh was a pussy with Aaron Rodgers in New York and sucked as their coach, and now brings his suckiness to Tennessee.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:09 PM (TN0g+)

121 Just addo an O to the endo of everythingo, senor.
Posted by: obligatory at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (FbiR5)
~~~~~

That's a greato ideao!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 06:09 PM (3ImbR)

122 Fleur de la Cour > Lola-Fleur Whittaker

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:09 PM (vJPf4)

123 re bloomerg money coming from CCP

Do you think Singh is their only asset paid to subvert the US through donations and NGOs?

No, Singh is one, but Bloomberg is another. This s chump change to them and a lot cheaper than a few ICBMs, and they do way more damage.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 06:09 PM (6FR1E)

124 >>>Man, yacht-rock was bad. I suppose you had to be a divorced 39 year old man in the 1980s to listen to that shit.

Posted by: 88C+u
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If it makes the girls happy is it really that bad?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:09 PM (vOxCS)

125 I read that Neil Bush of the Bush consortium voted for...Talarico."

Yeah, we beat that horse earlier today...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 06:09 PM (pfXMo)

126 > I don't think I have ever seen a hyphenated first name.

You don't know any Southern gals? Perhaps a Lola-Jean or a Mary-Beth?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 06:10 PM (mkw2N)

127 I tried to find that chick on Instagram but no verified account came up.

I wonder how influential she is..

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 06:10 PM (Sco7b)

128 Just addo an O to the endo of everythingo, senor.
Posted by: obligatory at October 21, 2026 05:45 PM (FbiR5)
~~~~~

That's a greato ideao!
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It worked for us!

Posted by: The Cars at October 21, 2026 06:10 PM (TN0g+)

129 >>> 111 Lola-Fleur Whittaker looks like she's about 14 years old.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 06:06 PM (mkw2N)

2nd pic reminds me a bit of fetal-alcohol Greta.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 06:10 PM (jb8Ss)

130 I will say that "Whittaker" doesn't sound like a very French name to me.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 06:10 PM (vJrRc)

131 The NFL and its media have been having to address the French shenanigans because there is a game in Paris.
Today it is because of inflation, and school supplies.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 21, 2026 06:11 PM (sl73Y)

132 I'm still (mildly) shocked that none of those cops who shut down churches or attempted arrest of people for the "crime" of being outside weren't met with armed citizen response.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:00 PM

Here in Texas the only person to be arrested for breaking covid quarantine rules has gone on to becoming my congressional representative. shelly luther took her fame at being arrested for opening her beauty shop during the covid lock down and grifted that into a $174,000 a year paycheck by getting voted into congress.

I voted against her three separate times but in the end she found enough suckers to put her over the edge in 2024.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 06:11 PM (I43vL)

133 Jean-Marie, Jean-michel, Jean-baptiste, Jean-luc...
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Ah, thanks. Yeah, I guess I have seen that version.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 06:11 PM (6FR1E)

134 > Fleur de la Cour > Lola-Fleur Whittaker

Fleur Delacour in the books > Fleur Delacour in the movies.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 06:11 PM (mkw2N)

135 Goodell be asshoe …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 21, 2026 06:12 PM (ayRl+)

136 > I don't think I have ever seen a hyphenated first name.

Billie-Joe, Betty-Joe, Bobbie-Joe, swimming nekid in the water tank.

Posted by: Petticote Junction at October 21, 2026 06:12 PM (Q+gd/)

137 The NFL and its media have been having to address the French shenanigans because there is a game in Paris.
Today it is because of inflation, and school supplies.
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And Islamic invasion...but mostly school supplies.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:12 PM (TN0g+)

138 >>Tuq'r Qarlson maintains that Hamas is only "supposedly" a terrorist organization, and "seems like a political organization to me."

OMFG it's BOTH, you amoral a$$hole!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 06:12 PM (H3ACd)

139 114 Well, Paxton's lost the Thai hooker vote.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 06:07 PM (88C+u)

Ladyboy vote?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:13 PM (l3cgK)

140 Not surprised buy this rich French bitch, lives off the hog and is a Revolutionary. Most Revolutionaries are well off living off their parents.

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

141 If it makes the girls happy"

Hey, that's how I got votes!

/Massatwoshitz mayor

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 06:14 PM (pfXMo)

142 48

I can't tell the good guys from the bad guys in that Italian video.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)
******
Uniforms would help, I agree.

I think the slapper is the good guy. I liked it. More, please.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 06:16 PM (hzuYO)

143 From Netflix Fires:

9 "but at times obtuse in his frankness."

I don't think the writer knows what either of these words means.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (nEUC6)

I took it as 'socially' obtuse, as it was the only way to make sense of the sentence.

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 06:17 PM (ke3zm)

144 Not surprised buy this rich French bitch, lives off the hog and is a Revolutionary. Most Revolutionaries are well off living off their parents.
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

More 'living ON the hog', but yeah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 06:17 PM (zZu0s)

145 You don't know any Southern gals? Perhaps a Lola-Jean or a Mary-Beth?

Posted by: bonhomme
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We don't hyphenate.
_Emmylou Harris

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:17 PM (vOxCS)

146 That dude got the soul slapped out of his body LOL

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 06:19 PM (oqH4h)

147 Man, yacht-rock was bad. I suppose you had to be a divorced 39 year old man in the 1980s to listen to that shit.

Posted by: 88C+u
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If it makes the girls happy is it really that bad?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:09 PM (vOxCS)

Exactly.

You slap on some DEVO. Your chances of getting laid just declined 300%.

You slap on some Gino Vannelli. The gal has already taken half her clothes off before the first song ends.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2026 06:19 PM (YSUhf)

148 "Gas station Abdul." I'm gonna have to remember that one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:19 PM (wzUl9)

149 I keep hoping the alien probes will return and take Tuq'r Qarlson back with them this time. I doubt his wife, daughter or dog will notice except for the wonderful peace they find and lack of spew.

I can't bear to look at him, much less watch or listen.

His shrillness and red face are worse in the last few years. I have to wonder if it's menopause. Men have seemed to pause for him and his obnoxious gigglefest. Bleah.

I could be wrong, as I don't know, but Candy Popeye seems quieter. No mention of Faggot Fuentes lately, either. Maybe they are mating in a yurt somewhere to produce a superior humanoid. I'm sure there's effort involved on his part.

I must go make dinner for the boss of me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 06:23 PM (hzuYO)

150 So when Tucker got schooled with facts did he do the Leftist thing and say ' yeah but still....'

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 06:24 PM (Ti9vn)

151 Almost time to see about my dinner, and to get the furry thugs' chow ready as well. Maybe tonight I can get Linda to watch American Graffiti.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:24 PM (wzUl9)

152 Hey, Tuq'r isn't fat. As someone who once argued in his favor, that's all I got anymore.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 21, 2026 06:25 PM (QaH55)

153 Candy Popeye seems quieter. No mention of Faggot Fuentes lately, either. Maybe they are mating in a yurt somewhere to produce a superior humanoid. I'm sure there's effort involved on his part.

Avenge... me . . .

Posted by: the turkey baster at October 21, 2026 06:25 PM (88C+u)

154
Ciao!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 06:25 PM (mmrXZ)

155 Hey guys,

Launch in about 40 minutes.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-15
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 21, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 4:22 p.m. PDT (2322 UTC (October 22, 01:22 CEST)

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Posted by: Joyenz at October 21, 2026 06:25 PM (2F0/Y)

156 Ruh-roh:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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33m
🚨 JUST IN: DOJ court filing on the Ilhan Omar search warrant identifies her as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi"

"AKA, Ilhan Abdullahi Omar..."

THERE IT IS!

Elmi is the same family name as Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, the BROTHER she married in 2009

That's the federal government listing ELMI as her primary name, and "Omar" as the alias!

DOJ is now asking a judge for more time before it responds to press groups all trying to unseal the warrant for her D.C. home.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 06:25 PM (kX27y)

157 A guy who developed something called Stick Run , Manuel Otto, committed suicide by immolation on a live stream.
Things are getting weird

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:25 PM (vJPf4)

158 Candy Popeye seems quieter. No mention of Faggot Fuentes lately, either. Maybe they are mating in a yurt somewhere to produce a superior humanoid. I'm sure there's effort involved on his part.

Avenge... me . . .
Posted by: the turkey baster
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Hey good looking!

Posted by: Melissa Ethridge at October 21, 2026 06:26 PM (TN0g+)

159 .... the federal judge overseeing the case involving the alleged 20,000 non-citizen voters in California has been switched from Judge John W. Holcomb (Trump appointee) to Judge David Carter (Clinton appointee). This switch will be seen as a win for LA County/California. Judge Carter previously dismissed a DOJ lawsuit against CA last year that accused the state of not following federal laws on proper maintenance of voter rolls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:26 PM (vOxCS)

160 >>JUST IN: DOJ court filing on the Ilhan Omar search warrant identifies her as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi"

She's cooked.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:27 PM (viF8m)

161 A guy who developed something called Stick Run , Manuel Otto, committed suicide by immolation on a live stream.
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Perhaps he read about the tiny submarine story we were discussing earlier and thought he knew a way to top it?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 06:27 PM (TN0g+)

162
Influencer Whittaker needs to get to the FO phase of her activism, but something tells me she's one of those lefties who secures her precious self in a way that she denies to Those People Over There.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 06:28 PM (mmrXZ)

163 !!! -- > FDA inspectors discovered black mold, bugs, and “gross contamination” at a Chinese plant making ingredients for compounded GLP-1 drugs. 🤡

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:28 PM (vOxCS)

164 Yes, I think it was planted there intentionally as well.

Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew
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48m
That is going to draw the ire of Judge Boasberg.

That was planted in there intentionally to publish a non-public fact in a matter still pending before the GJ and about a SW that is still sealed.
Quote

Will Chamberlain

@willchamberlain
·
1h
BREAKING: the federal search warrant against Ilhan Omar names her as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar," indicating that DOJ believes she is present in the United States under a false identity!

Revealed in a scheduling order today from DDC

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 06:28 PM (kX27y)

165 I'll bet the raghead bitch ain't saying ' nothings going to happen'

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 06:28 PM (ua/lL)

166 >> "Some people have claimed that we've been overrun by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false," Macron told reporters during a trip to Qatar.

Gaslighting: it's not just for Muslims setting you on fire any more!

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 06:29 PM (ke3zm)

167 Ilhan is our historic first illegal alien Congresswoman.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

168 Wired magazine did a story of Leftists who moved to Europe after Trump was elected and totally regretted it.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 06:29 PM (Ti9vn)

169 167 Ilhan is our historic first illegal alien Congresswoman.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

That we know of!

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 06:30 PM (kX27y)

170 Have they determined if the immigration paperwork for Omar's father has been located? Last I read she was bootstrapping her claim off her "father's" asylum claim, but the paperwork can't be found

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (vJPf4)

171 No comments about the gran tetons of Mme. Whittaker.

I'm proud of y'all!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (0sNs1)

172 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:09 PM (vOxCS)

Exactly.

You slap on some DEVO. Your chances of getting laid just declined 300%.

You slap on some Gino Vannelli. The gal has already taken half her clothes off before the first song ends.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2026 06:19 PM (YSUhf)

Get laid music? Best of Bread, Vol 1

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (mP0Kj)

173 170 Have they determined if the immigration paperwork for Omar's father has been located? Last I read she was bootstrapping her claim off her "father's" asylum claim, but the paperwork can't be found
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (vJPf4)

Still no record of it.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 06:32 PM (kX27y)

174 @167 Rose DiLauro is from Venus, that tops Somalia

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:32 PM (vJPf4)

175 mm, naked Rose DiLauro arising from the ocean foam

Posted by: nobody at October 21, 2026 06:33 PM (88C+u)

176 163 !!! -- > FDA inspectors discovered black mold, bugs, and “gross contamination” at a Chinese plant making ingredients for compounded GLP-1 drugs. 🤡

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:28 PM (vOxCS)

Hey, we added melamine to baby formula to push up the measured protein content. What did you expect?

Posted by: CCP Pharmaceuticals at October 21, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

177 >>Have they determined if the immigration paperwork for Omar's father has been located? Last I read she was bootstrapping her claim off her "father's" asylum claim, but the paperwork can't be found

And now the DOJ is saying pretty clearly it's not her father.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 06:33 PM (viF8m)

178 170 Have they determined if the immigration paperwork for Omar's father has been located? Last I read she was bootstrapping her claim off her "father's" asylum claim, but the paperwork can't be found
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (vJPf4)

The other thread is DNA to prove just whose Kid she was when she entered the country... and her actual age... because if she was already 18, then she had to get Naturalized, which she never did.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 06:33 PM (mP0Kj)

179 >>>That we know of!

Posted by: beckster
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Depends on your definition of know. You know?
_my birth certificate

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:34 PM (vOxCS)

180 174 @167 Rose DiLauro is from Venus, that tops Somalia

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 06:32 PM (vJPf4)

Ahhh Rose DiLauro. Pants Off!!!

Said no one ever.....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)

181 Get laid music? Best of Bread, Vol 1
Posted by: Romeo13

Eric Carmen worked back in the 70s.

Posted by: Frampton, Too at October 21, 2026 06:34 PM (EdP2u)

182 Nood Deep State

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 06:34 PM (ke3zm)

183 nood politics

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 06:34 PM (vJrRc)

184 I'm still at the "Hola, Juan" stage.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM

Ace says he says Hola to Chuy every now and again.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 06:35 PM (0sNs1)

185
Late to the thread, so this has probably been asked, but why is the illegal alien mayor still in the country?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 06:35 PM (mmrXZ)

186 NOOD

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 06:35 PM (l3cgK)

187 You slap on some DEVO. Your chances of getting laid just declined 300%.

You slap on some Gino Vannelli. The gal has already taken half her clothes off before the first song ends.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2026 06:19 PM (YSUhf)

Get laid music? Best of Bread, Vol 1
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 06:31 PM (mP0Kj)

Only reason to buy George Michael's Silent Whispers album at the time .

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 06:36 PM (Ti9vn)

188 175 mm, naked Rose DiLauro arising from the ocean foam

Posted by: nobody
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Rockin' me baby,
keep on rockin' me bay bee.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:36 PM (vOxCS)

189 Not sure about Congressman, but Illegals have won seats in county government I am sure

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

190 NFL Game in Paris?

Which team is the 'designated' home team for this game?

Will that team be penalized by the (surviving) refs when the red-green mob storms the field, commences killing everyone on the field and sidelines, and as a final insult, tears down the goalposts? What would the resulting unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against the home team for unruly fans be? 15,000 yards? Maybe the home team will be instead be simply forced to forfeit? Maybe Goodell makes an executive decision and rules the game a tie?

Asking the important questions now. The ball is in your court, Roger!

Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2026 06:39 PM (5rh/l)

191 This C Herridge X post is good, explains how passport fraud is another angle for prosecution.

https://tinyurl.com/3cyvk442

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 06:39 PM (kX27y)

192 Get laid music? Best of Bread, Vol 1
Posted by: Romeo13
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Nailed it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 06:40 PM (vOxCS)

193 And getting sick of Tuqr stories, he has gone off the cliff

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

194 Burning cars and gunfire. Half the NFL player will feel right at home in France.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

What if the French "students" decide to make burning the stadium "the thing" on Sunday? Game cancelled.

I never understood Paris anyway. The French in general and the Parisiennes in particular hate anything American. Why would the NFL think they'd like a football game? They'll boo the national anthem.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2026 06:42 PM (l26NL)

195 Michelle Rempel Garner says Liberals brought in "too many immigrants too fast" as Canadians line up for scarce jobs and wait 20+ hours in ERs. Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab insists the reforms "are working."

I vote left, but admit the level of immigration is insane. At least spreadem out, not all in Ontario.

ya and not all from one single country PLEASE my god. do equal percentages, or a flat 20k cap for the one country, they are simply fully overtaking entire sections of cities its bad.

having a poor and large population benefits the billionaire overlord class(mark carney himself) the most so.. goodbye old Canada

I'm a dyed-in-the-whool socialist and I think we have a severe immigration problem. It's clear the Liberal governments have a conservative immigration policy: one which serves corporations, universities/colleges, banks and landlords.

A socialist immigration policy would bolster public services with doctors, nurses, daycare workers, social workers, etc.

It would increase refugee resettlement; people who, in my professional experience, development a high level of gratitude and love towards Canada and their new communities.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 06:44 PM (t19vo)

196 The 2 WNBA teams walked off for the National Anthem then can back afterwards. The NFL does it it would be catastrophic.

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

197 Not surprised buy this rich French bitch, lives off the hog and is a Revolutionary. Most Revolutionaries are well off living off their parents.
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

More 'living ON the hog', but yeah.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 06:17 PM (zZu0s)
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In these parts, we'd say she's living high on the hog. A Limousin liberal.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 07:22 PM (rj6Yv)

198 130 I will say that "Whittaker" doesn't sound like a very French name to me.

Say it with an exagerrated shrug and sneer. Wheet-ah-KAIR haw haw

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 07:34 PM (2Drhq)

199 The Slap. I remember the first time I the Slap.
Early 1970's, on Empire Blvd, at the Blue Gardenia. Anthony gave Frank a Slap that stopped the chewing.
All worked out, with Anthony getting blowed up later.
My guess, some boys from Sicily gonna take the whole country over. For the better.

Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at October 21, 2026 08:29 PM (1Aai7)

LOL: Netflix Fires Its Head of Film Development, Apparently Due to Its Looming "Narnia" Disaster
Wokeslop Video Game Company Bioware Transitions to "Out of Business" (Pronouns Was/Were)

I mentioned on Friday that Netflix had slashed 1,000 jobs, which is a 6% reduction in its total workforce.

It wasn't just the drones who got the sack.

"Everyone is collateral damage."
That's how one top Netflix insider summarized another bloody Monday at the streamer, which saw Dan Lin ousted as the company's head of film.
Following last week's 6% workforce reduction at Netflix -- which claimed victims including chief content officer Bela Bajaria and Lin's right-hand Doug Belgrad -- consensus said it was a matter of time before co-CEO Ted Sarandos would show Lin the door.
It took a day. On the heels of the Bajaria news on Thursday, Sarandos rang Lin on Friday to tell him he'd been dismissed, three sources told Variety. The exec kept his head up and pressed on through the weekend, appearing at Saturday's Academy Gala (in the same room as Sarandos) and at a Sunday tastemaker screening to support the filmmakers of "La Bola Negra." As has been summarized in many articles about the Netflix purge, creative leadership at the company is being overhauled amid poor stock performance and declining user engagement on the platform.

I wonder why. Clay Travis has a Conspiracy Theory:

Clay Travis
@ClayTravis
Netflix is firing all of its top creative leadership after their strategy of make every character gay and trans and every white person black failed to produce strong subscriber growth.

Competing narratives are flying about why Lin was let go, but they arrive at the same conclusion: In the end, it wasn't working....

There are also some interesting leaks around tension he's said to have with A-list filmmakers like Greta Gerwig and Ben Affleck, which we'll get to.
...
Four sources with knowledge of the matter said that, indeed, Lin and Gerwig had a falling out during a Zoom call about the project earlier this year. On a virtual meeting populated by numerous Netflix executives, Lin is said to have been "dismissive" to the director in conversation about the progress of the film. Lin is known in town to be incredibly fair, but at times obtuse in his frankness. Word travelled fast around Netflix that the meeting had gone south, at which point sources said Bajaria called Gerwig's producer Amy Pascal to smooth things over. Two sources also said that Gerwig's new, all-powerful CAA agent Bryan Lourd went to Sarandos directly over the faux pas. Lin was subsequently disappeared from the film, all sources concurred, and Belgrad stepped in as the primary Netflix exec overseeing the project (until, of course, he was laid off last week).
None of the sources suggested the incident led to Lin's firing. One Lin defender said he's never "afraid to talk about how to make a movie better." Another person familiar with the company said there are any number of filmmakers who could say the same about Lin's delivery. While it may be juicy to speculate that Gerwig's follow-up to the game changer "Barbie" could be troubled, don't forget that the industry doubted that Margot Robbie film right up to opening weekend. "Barbie" grossed $1.44 billion at the worldwide box office and became the highest-earning release in the history of Warner Bros. Pictures.

Yes but that was an ideologically-driven feminist making a movie for her fellow feminists out of a toy property designed for girls. It was a natural fit. She didn't gender-bend Barbie, as she did with Aslan.

Actually I believe there was a "Trans Barbie" in the movie, but not the Barbie, and anyway, leftwing feminists are all about being Queer Allies. I don't think the Christian families who are the target audience for a Narnia reboot are going to enjoy the Everything for the Gays and the Girlies tone Gerwig will bring.

CosmicBookNews's Matt McGloin says he hears the Narnia film -- actually The Magician's Nephew -- is "woke slop."

"Narnia is a mega woke slop insanity," says the source. "Think Amazon Rings of Power but worse."
The $280 million movie is already in serious trouble inside Netflix, where insiders have called it "awful" and "a genuine problem."
That report also described friction between Gerwig and Lin over the film, with reshoots ordered after a summer test screening.
Now Lin is gone with the movie four months out.
The first trailer was hit with 62,000 dislikes and a wave of Marvel comparisons.
Narnia hits theaters and IMAX on February 12, 2027, with the Netflix streaming release following on April 2.
...
CBN's source says there is a reason it is all happening now.

He claims that competition from the merged Paramount/Skydance/Warner Bros. corporation is the reason Netflix is making big moves.

"Now you know why Netflix was doing everything to stop the merger," says the source. "ParaBros is an existential threat."
"ParaBros" is the source's name for Skydance, the merged Paramount and Warner Bros. company that officially closed its deal on October 6.
"Did you see they fired Bela and Lin? Heads of series and movies in one week," the source continued, floored that both jobs turned over within days.
Our WB insiders add that Lin never got his faith-based projects off the ground at Netflix, which is another reason.
The warnings have been on the record for weeks.
On October 2, the Paramount source said flat out that "Netflix is in big trouble" and to expect major restructuring and firings.
Back on September 2, the source said Disney and Netflix "know what's coming and they're doing EVERYTHING to stop it."
And CBN's Narnia report, which flagged Lin and Bajaria as rumored to be on thin ice, ran October 14. Bajaria was out that same evening. Lin followed within days.
The firing landed alongside a TheWrap piece Monday arguing Netflix has a quality problem that may be impossible for any film chief to solve.
A top talent agent told the outlet that Lin faced the same challenge as his predecessor, Scott Stuber: the Netflix model demands too much volume to consistently put out high-quality movies.
CBN's source says that is not just a Netflix problem.
"DC Studios, Hulu, Starz, Marvel, and many others face the same problem," says the source. "Glut = Slop."
"Will ParaBros stop the madness? We shall see," the source continued. "Ellison wants to invest $$$ in quality but Kreiz is a penny pincher. The honeymoon won't last very long."

@ClayTravis https://t.co/9n42G2GfY5
— troy (@troyje84) October 20, 2026

In woke video game news: One of the biggest games studios, which used to pump out hit after hit, went full woke and is now closing its doors forever.

LOL, GFYS.

Video game studio BioWare announced it would close on Wednesday, marking an end to the organization that released some of the most popular video games in history.
Among the top titles from BioWare were Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Baldur's Gate series, and Mass Effect.
"For more than 30 years, BioWare has been more than a studio. It has been a home for storytellers, developers, and players who brought our worlds to life," the statement read. "Now, after more than three decades of shared adventures, BioWare is closing and early development on the next Mass Effect project is ending."
Comments on the studio's X post were generally negative, with many users blaming the company's recent release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, a fantasy RPG that attracted negative publicity for its inclusion of transgender and left-wing political themes. The release received mixed reviews on Steam. The prior installment of the series, Dragon Age Inquisition, received mostly positive reviews.

I never played Inquisition but Larry O'Connor was obsessed with it.

Arthur Kimes
@ComradeArthur

For context, Dragon Age: Veilguard was the one where a character started doing pushups to punish themselves for using the wrong pronouns.
Yes, this was a turn-based fantasy RPG.

Yup:

🏳️‍🌈 Gavin
@jammach

Go woke?
Go broke.
BioWare has finally ended its slow, torturous suicide, started by the absolute mess of Mass Effect: Andromeda which shoehorned a ridiculous two dimensional girl boss as the lead. It should have been a well rounded, capable, believable female character but it was an insult.
They then followed this up with Dragon Age: Veilguard which introduced trans characters complete with customisable mastectomy scars and pronouns. Oh and one of the NPC characters is non binary and you get lectured about it in a 10min cut scene.
Veilguard flopped. Rightly so.
People want fantasy and escapism. They don't want lectures about how boring, bigoted and heterosexual they are.
So, good riddance BioWare.

People are still citing this woke abortion as the moment they realized that "creators" have absolutely no interest in pleasing the actual audience and just want to appeal to woke warrior "critics" at IGN and Screen Junkies.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:27 PM

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1 first ish

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 04:27 PM (CWTWj)

2 i noodled

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (CWTWj)

3 The Veilguard scenes look like something out of a Slaaneshi faction in Warhammer

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (sKqQm)

4 What kind of an idiot watches Netflix?

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (8EQTH)

5 >>3 The Veilguard scenes look like something out of a Slaaneshi faction in Warhammer

a very geeky sentence which I mostly understood

People like Arthur K lose me when they start talking about anime. I don't get that stuff.

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:30 PM (1wjle)

6 >>>4 What kind of an idiot watches Netflix?

I turn on Netflix to see them treating race-blind casting like an amusement park!

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at October 21, 2026 04:30 PM (1wjle)

7 I suspect David Fincher not renewing his contract was as big, if not a bigger, factor in Lin's firing.

Fincher was the creative flagship.

And Lin wouldn't give him the budget for reshoots Fincher wanted on The Further MisAdventures of Cliff Booth, giving him enough only for a few days instead of a few weeks. And Fincher refused to renew his contract afterwards.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:30 PM (qGAQr)

8 "Bela Bajaria"

Bela Lugosi >>> Bela Bajaria

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 04:30 PM (0sNs1)

9 but at times obtuse in his frankness.

I don't think the writer knows what either of these words means.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (nEUC6)

10 Nooooo!!!

Posted by: Stephanie Stirling at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (88C+u)

11 Following last week's 6% workforce reduction at Netflix -- which claimed victims including chief content officer Bela Bajaria and Lin's right-hand Doug Belgrad

It’s like they hire these people just because they have cool names.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

12 Anthem was that live service disaster, right?

I think Blizzard is the only one who can do live service right: attach it to Diablo.

No one else has Diablo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (qGAQr)

13 "In woke video game news: One of the biggest games studios, which used to pump out hit after hit, went full woke and is now closing its doors forever."

What was BioWare's last "good" game, Mass Effect 2?

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (oPFtC)

14 >>>7 I suspect David Fincher not renewing his contract was as big, if not a bigger, factor in Lin's firing.

could be.

why didn't they do Mindhunter season 3?

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:32 PM (1wjle)

15 "Wokeslop Video Game Company Bioware Transitions to "Out of Business" (Pronouns Was/Were)"

Nice turn of phrase Ace.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 04:32 PM (I43vL)

16 The Musk promotion photo is f'ing hilarious.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:32 PM (Ti9vn)

17 14 >>>7 I suspect David Fincher not renewing his contract was as big, if not a bigger, factor in Lin's firing.

could be.

why didn't they do Mindhunter season 3?

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:32 PM (1wjle)

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I read a while back that that was Fincher's decision. He didn't want to do a third.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:32 PM (qGAQr)

18 >>>Nice turn of phrase Ace.

thankssss!

(the extra sss are to sound like Steve Buscemi)

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:33 PM (1wjle)

19 18 >>>Nice turn of phrase Ace.

thankssss!

(the extra sss are to sound like Steve Buscemi)

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:33 PM (1wjle)

========

Ace is a parseltongue.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:33 PM (qGAQr)

20 I knew Musk was African!

Posted by: Rex B at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (hpzqB)

21 Didn't Dragon Age: Veilguard come out years ago? And it's just now become a problem?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (FZ29D)

22 We'll always have Prometheus.

Posted by: AoSHQ Movie Thread Commenters at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (0sNs1)

23 i passed Steve Buscemi as I entered a bathroom and he came out. I moved to let him pass, and he said "thanksss."

I just remembered that.

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (1wjle)

24 22 We'll always have Prometheus.

Posted by: AoSHQ Movie Thread Commenters at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (0sNs1)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:35 PM (qGAQr)

25 >>.21 Didn't Dragon Age: Veilguard come out years ago? And it's just now become a problem?

yeah like 2023, maybe? I think they've just had several bombs and eventually communists run out of other people's money.

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:35 PM (1wjle)

26 21 Didn't Dragon Age: Veilguard come out years ago? And it's just now become a problem?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (FZ29D)

Veilguard came out in 2024. According to the Interwebs:

• Player / Sales Milestone: Reached 1.5 million players/units sold.
• EA's Target: Expected roughly 3 million players.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (oPFtC)

27 People are still citing this woke abortion as the moment they realized that "creators" have absolutely no interest in pleasing the actual audience and just want to appeal to woke warrior "critics" at IGN and Screen Junkies.

This, too, is the story if Hollywood.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)

28 wow

no more BioWare

damn

they did suck now tho. it's still sad!

The Magician's Nephew is gonna blow chunks. that girl can't make a film that isn't autobiographical. she's solipsism personified

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (qBivk)

29 a fantasy RPG that attracted negative publicity for its inclusion of transgender and left-wing political themes

The game actually punished you for not being maximally gay. So nobody ever beat it except Talarico.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (2ocoG)

30 Netflix offers Zardoz. Just sayin. Still afraid to watch it.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Wp1X1)

31 Wokeslop is in the Oxford English Dictionary, right?

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Oy/m2)

32 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (amcLV)

33 Alien Isolation > Mass Effect

I'm not playing games for relationships, but to throw molotov cocktails at unkillable xenomorphs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (qGAQr)

34 Netflix is firing all of its top creative leadership after their strategy of make every character gay and trans and every white person black failed to produce strong subscriber growth.

You don't say. You. Don't. Say.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

35 >>>Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning

it's been a while

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (1wjle)

36 Good.

It is very, very rare if we see a movie on Netflix, Amazon or wherever the remote takes us at night. So rare we comment on the story being good.

The people who choose this garbage are either very stupid, liberal loons, or clueless of what anyone wants in 2026.

In general I hate everyone in Hollywood who dreams this crap up.

Is it because books are stupid now as well?

Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies and discovered watching online decades ago. I loved the entire movie, altho directed by Rob Reiner in one of his sane moments. The book given to him by his father.

The book and screenplay were rejected by many movie moguls til it was given to Reiner (who went loco and, as we all know, is now dead by his more insane son...and that was horrible no matter who Reiner was regarding his Trump blurtings of feces).

The theater opening of the movie did not make much $ due to weird marketing of wth is this? Comedy/romance/fairy tale?

It took being seen in homes to make it a hit and bring royalties. The casting was perfection.

I do wish they would give us cuts of Billy Crystal's ad libbing his parts. It was said Reiner had to leave the set he was laughing so hard.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (hzuYO)

37 21 Didn't Dragon Age: Veilguard come out years ago? And it's just now become a problem?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (FZ29D)

Late 2024, but they also flopped with Anthem(badly) and Mass Effect Andromeda(more modestly), though it's harder to argue those were due to wokeness.

If they weren't going to be killed by Veilguard, it's probable Mass Effect 5 was going to kill them, having had a prolonged development cycle and apparently not much to show for it.

EA was taken private and had a bunch of debt added to it so there's more pressure to perform.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (okun6)

38 A top talent agent told the outlet that Lin faced the same challenge as his predecessor, Scott Stuber: the Netflix model demands too much volume to consistently put out high-quality movies.

Well, they certainly nailed that one.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

39 Ace is a parseltongue.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:33 PM (qGAQr)

Does he have a pet snake?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (6ydKt)

40 Yaay! Real life is giving me a chance to practice stoic lessons! Sweet.

Now, Bioware...did they do Baldur's Gate. That was a good game. Ahhh Minsc and Boo.

And one young actress on Instagram just announced we may get the gayest, gay of the gay show ever. 'Glee' is being reboot on Disney+!!

You can almost here unnatural sphincter movement.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 04:38 PM (Sco7b)

41 > why didn't they do Mindhunter season 3?

Mindhunter was expensive. Fincher said Netflix wanted to either trim the budget or make it more mainstream to appeal to a wider audience. Fincher also said he was tired from his workload at the time.

Posted by: DOCTOR Jill Biden at October 21, 2026 04:38 PM (mkw2N)

42 >>> I think they've just had several bombs and eventually communists run out of other people's money.

They write it off, Jerry.

They write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at October 21, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)

43 Netflix offers Zardoz. Just sayin. Still afraid to watch it.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Wp1X1)
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It's...weird. Still not sure what it's supposed to be about.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at October 21, 2026 04:38 PM (amcLV)

44 Netflix is going downhill fast

the sheer number of ads they stick into films now! jeez

I swear they are singlehandedly responsible for the youngsters getting back into physical media

and/or pirating lol

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:38 PM (qBivk)

45 Nertz.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 04:38 PM (amcLV)

46 Queers of Wars also looking bleak
youtu.be/pml0NFBf3g0

Posted by: Stephanie Stirling at October 21, 2026 04:38 PM (88C+u)

47 The Musk promotion photo is f'ing hilarious.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:32 PM (Ti9vn)

To be fair, Elon IS African American.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 21, 2026 04:38 PM (PSEDc)

48 off sock

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 04:39 PM (88C+u)

49 38 A top talent agent told the outlet that Lin faced the same challenge as his predecessor, Scott Stuber: the Netflix model demands too much volume to consistently put out high-quality movies.

Well, they certainly nailed that one.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

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This is genuinely not that hard to manage.

You create tiers.

The bottom tier is cheap genre slop. You spend 8 weeks, max, making each thing, and pump them out constantly.

The middle tier. 16 weeks. More serious dramas and decently sized action movies and thrillers.

High tier. Elite filmmakers doing their thing. Netflix has the money. Just throw it at David Fincher to make whatever he wants every 2 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:39 PM (qGAQr)

50 26 21 Didn't Dragon Age: Veilguard come out years ago? And it's just now become a problem?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (FZ29D)

Veilguard came out in 2024. According to the Interwebs:

• Player / Sales Milestone: Reached 1.5 million players/units sold.
• EA's Target: Expected roughly 3 million players.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (oPFtC)

The prior game, Dragon Age Inquisition, came out in 2014 with its last dlc in 2015. 9 years between games and mediocre sales(lots of those at deep discounts and the initial sales price being lower) doesn't work.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 04:39 PM (okun6)

51 btw Crystal Lake is good

the new AHS is terrible terrible

and the new Carrie is so so

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:40 PM (qBivk)

52 i passed Steve Buscemi as I entered a bathroom and he came out. I moved to let him pass, and he said
.......

"I'd give it a minute."

Posted by: wth at October 21, 2026 04:40 PM (UjdFS)

53 Mass Effect was woke garbage before woke garbage became popular.

The first two games were decent to very good, the rest of them...absolute trash.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 04:40 PM (3BwY8)

54 >>>The bottom tier is cheap genre slop. You spend 8 weeks, max, making each thing, and pump them out constantly.

but why even f around with that crap? Other people make plenty of it. Tubi proves you can run a streaming platform based 90% on other people's cheap genre slop.

They should just write it off, Jerry.

Posted by: Kramer at October 21, 2026 04:41 PM (1wjle)

55 Those games were good, with the exception of Anthem (haven't played it). Then as the years went on staff changed and so did the work product. Magic that was there left.

Larian Studios took over Baldurs Gate, which is quite enjoyable.

Posted by: pb88 at October 21, 2026 04:41 PM (5cwR0)

56 I do wish they would give us cuts of Billy Crystal's ad libbing his parts. It was said Reiner had to leave the set he was laughing so hard.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (hzuYO)
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Crystal's role was almost entirely ad !ib.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 04:41 PM (amcLV)

57 Its grooming. Straight up. Burn the whole place down and salt the earth.

Posted by: to encourage the others at October 21, 2026 04:42 PM (anL5R)

58 People are still citing this woke abortion as the moment they realized that "creators" have absolutely no interest in pleasing the actual audience and just want to appeal to woke warrior "critics" at IGN and Screen Junkies.
=====

They did a cultural Marxism.

They wore the skinsuit until it stank too badly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 04:42 PM (RIvkX)

59 You create tiers.

The bottom tier is cheap genre slop. You spend 8 weeks, max, making each thing, and pump them out constantly.

The middle tier. 16 weeks. More serious dramas and decently sized action movies and thrillers.

High tier. Elite filmmakers doing their thing. Netflix has the money. Just throw it at David Fincher to make whatever he wants every 2 years.

You and I don't think it's that hard to manage. But if you're determined to make nothing but Rings of Power, Witcher, and other woke crap, it really doesn't matter what tier you're in. Nobody will watch it, and therein lies their problem. The dogs just don't like the dogfood.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:42 PM (Riz8t)

60 I don't remember signing up for Netflix yet occasionally I'll get a email from them.

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 04:42 PM (Oy/m2)

61 Bukele is feeling a touch irritated

@nayibbukele
Translated from Haitian Creole
To the gang leaders and gang members holding our four compatriots hostage in Haiti:

Our kidnapped men are not combatants. They are aviation technicians who are part of our mission in Haiti, within the framework of an international mission. Our mission consists only of pilots and technical personnel, whose primary job is to carry out medical evacuations and save lives, not to wage war.

However, they were kidnapped in a cowardly manner while returning after buying food at a market in the area.

That is why, today, we have launched a military operation to rescue them. We have a single objective: to bring our four compatriots back home alive, without any harm.

However, I want you, the gang leaders, to understand one thing very clearly: today's attack is nothing compared to what is coming if we do not get all four hostages back alive.

And do not take our word for empty threats. We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you too.

We still have time to avoid this.

Return our four compatriots to us alive, without any harm, and everything will go back to how it was bef

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 04:42 PM (nEUC6)

62 Since this is kind of a movie thread, I just watched the movie Freaks. Was the intention to make you not choose a side or to see that you will choose a side against your interests or something deeper?

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Ti9vn)

63 I have Mass Affect in my Steam library but have ‘t played it.

Bought all three of the games in a bundle on sake for like $9.99 a few years ago.

I heard it was good so figured why not.
I’ll get around to playing it one day, maybe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)

64 >>>and the new Carrie is so so

I tried to watch it.

I wrote it off. Steven King's story was already super-lefty so this show was kind of stuck with that but they really doubled down on the "right wing crazies" stuff.

I heard it was blah.

Posted by: Kramer at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)

65 man I like Bukele

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (qBivk)

66
I'm sooooo not a gamer. I tried, but everything bored me. I open up these consoles with more windows than Photoshop. You can boost your weapons by trading credits that you get by selling ingots that pop into your vault at the rate of 1 every 7 minutes, and cartoon characters with no elements of human psychology except "MUST. WIN. VICTORY." vie for resources.

For gamer morons, that's how it looks to a non-gamer.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (mmrXZ)

67 55 Those games were good, with the exception of Anthem (haven't played it). Then as the years went on staff changed and so did the work product. Magic that was there left.

Larian Studios took over Baldurs Gate, which is quite enjoyable.

Posted by: pb88 at October 21, 2026 04:41 PM (5cwR0)

Baldur's Gate is held by Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro, Larian has said they aren't going to be doing 4 or more D&D games.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (okun6)

68 Ultimately, the streamers are going to have to come to the realization that there just isn't enough good content to justify all of them. Consolidation is the only way out.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

69 54 but why even f around with that crap? Other people make plenty of it. Tubi proves you can run a streaming platform based 90% on other people's cheap genre slop.

They should just write it off, Jerry.

Posted by: Kramer at October 21, 2026 04:41 PM (1wjle)

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Netflix apparently runs at a profit, like the only major streamer to do it.

And part of it is that they constantly have content to discover, and people like their formulaic genre slop.

But, yeah, there's a reason Disney abandoned the "pay extra for a new movie" model with Mulan and went back to theatrical releases after covid. Most of the time, there's just not enough money coming in from streaming to justify the massive costs.

Cheap genre stuff has always been the cash flow grease to the wheels of the film industry. From cheap westerns in the silent period to New Line existing because of Freddy Kreuger.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (qGAQr)

70 I always preferred playing a female Revan in Star Wars: KOTOR.

Nice booty action whenever in motion, even for a 2003 release.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (5yDGQ)

71 i passed Steve Buscemi as I entered a bathroom and he came out. I moved to let him pass, and he said
.......

"I'd give it a minute."

Posted by: wth at October 21, 2026 04:40 PM

Do Not go in there!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (I43vL)

72 62 Since this is kind of a movie thread, I just watched the movie Freaks. Was the intention to make you not choose a side or to see that you will choose a side against your interests or something deeper?

I am not choosing any sides there lol

I've watched it many times and choosing sides did not occur to me?!?!

lol hey man we're all freaks at heart

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:44 PM (qBivk)

73 Did y'all see that someone found a severe issue with PHP and, instead of disclosing to the developers first and giving them a chance to mitigate it, disclosed immediately to the world?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:44 PM (mkw2N)

74 59 You and I don't think it's that hard to manage. But if you're determined to make nothing but Rings of Power, Witcher, and other woke crap, it really doesn't matter what tier you're in. Nobody will watch it, and therein lies their problem. The dogs just don't like the dogfood.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:42 PM (Riz8t)

==

True nuf.

The message for the modern audience is a demanding mistress.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:44 PM (qGAQr)

75 It's incredible that Netflix has spent like $200 million per movie to make like 20 big-budget but completely forgettable slopbuster movies.

Why would you do that? If you're going to make slop, just hire Dolph Lundgren for $3 million and do a fairly cheap 80s action movie for $30 million total.

And then write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at October 21, 2026 04:45 PM (1wjle)

76 60 I don't remember signing up for Netflix yet occasionally I'll get a email from them.
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 04:42 PM (Oy/m2)

They send me several emails a month to tell me what I’m missing and here’s a discount to resubscribe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:45 PM (6ydKt)

77 Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 04:42 PM (nEUC6)

The man walks the talk so I'm looking forward to the outcome.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Ti9vn)

78
However, I want you, the gang leaders, to understand one thing very clearly: today's attack is nothing compared to what is coming if we do not get all four hostages back alive.

And do not take our word for empty threats. We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you too.

I wouldn't FAFO with a guy like Bukele, especially since I'm sure he's already been told by Trump that we've got his back.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

79
"Bela Bajaria"

Bela Lugosi >>> Bela Bajaria
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 04:30 PM (0sNs1)

Bela Lugosi >>> Bela Bajaria >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bela Abzug

Yes, I know there's supposed to be another L...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 04:45 PM (y9nCu)

80 Steve Buscemi officiated my marriage when I was 6 years old. Very long story.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 04:46 PM (RIvkX)

81
We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you too.

We still have time to avoid this.

Return our four compatriots to us alive, without any harm, and everything will go back to how it was bef
Posted by: weft cut-loop

===============

Wipe them out anyway, Bukele. The kidnapping alone justifies it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:46 PM (mmrXZ)

82 62 Since this is kind of a movie thread, I just watched the movie Freaks. Was the intention to make you not choose a side or to see that you will choose a side against your interests or something deeper?

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM

Was that the one with the little 7 year old girl kept inside by her father? That was Lexi Kolker. She did an amazing job.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 04:46 PM (Sco7b)

83 the word on X is that Netflix is trying to suck as much revenue as possible out of the US in order to offer their streaming to the rest of the world for less and corner the market out there?

maybe? I dunno

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:46 PM (qBivk)

84 I hate EA so much! I was hoping they would do the smart thing and just try to sell off BioWare because I don't trust any other gaming company with their IP.

Thank private equity.

seeing all the fucking chuds doing victory laps and making pronoun jokes sucks. The studio didn’t die because of being fucking “woke”, it died because of capitalism causing the chasing of trends and starting the decline of the studio over the last 10 years. But they’re too dumb to see

One of assmolds chuds in a deleted response gave my reply here the popcorn award, and is commenting on my other posts not even related to DA lol

Gamers are famous for rooting for the destruction of the hobby at all costs. Seriously some deranged people.

The comments on X are vile, holy shit. I grew up with bioware, they really have a deep place within my heart. So very sorry to see them go.

hate these asmonkampf takes bro genuinely y’all drive me insane. Art always pushes boundaries...It has nothing to do with “California” or whatever your brain rot opinion farm told you. 100% executive ineptitude and the creatives get punished

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 04:46 PM (t19vo)

85 75 It's incredible that Netflix has spent like $200 million per movie to make like 20 big-budget but completely forgettable slopbuster movies.

Why would you do that? If you're going to make slop, just hire Dolph Lundgren for $3 million and do a fairly cheap 80s action movie for $30 million total.

And then write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at October 21, 2026 04:45 PM (1wjle)

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AppleTV is just as bad.

Guy Ritchie made a $200 million Indiana Jones clone.

And no one saw it.

Fountain of Youth. It's bad. Probably his worst movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:46 PM (qGAQr)

86 Meanwhile, Konami is reviving itself by bringing back new Silent Hill and Castlevania games.

Both are on my wishlist.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (3cUTc)

87 Was that the one with the little 7 year old girl kept inside by her father? That was Lexi Kolker. She did an amazing job.

what the what

I thought he was talking about the old b/w one at the carnival? about carnival freaks?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (qBivk)

88 I'm a mystery fan so I checked out the series This Is Not a Murder Mystery on Prime. I really don't know what to make of it. It is so over the top woke, particularly for a show set in 1936 England, that I can see it as a satire. For example, one of the two investigating detectives is a black chick and the setting is Lord James' manor and Lord James is a chick. So I've decided to view it as a comedy/ satire and enjoy it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (ndZc7)

89 66
I'm sooooo not a gamer. I tried, but everything bored me. I open up these consoles with more windows than Photoshop. You can boost your weapons by trading credits that you get by selling ingots that pop into your vault at the rate of 1 every 7 minutes, and cartoon characters with no elements of human psychology except "MUST. WIN. VICTORY." vie for resources.

For gamer morons, that's how it looks to a non-gamer.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM (mmrXZ)

Gaming is pretty broad, there are some genres where women are the majority of players. It sounds like you might've been playing a mobile game or something, which is generally designed to extract money and not very good.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (okun6)

90 I asked Duck AI what were Netflix's most successful films and it said:

KPop Demon Hunters
Red Notice
Carry-On
Don’t Look Up
The Adam Project

I saw Red Notice and it was bad - arguably the worst movie any of the three headliners have been in I haven't seen the others

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm)

91 86 Meanwhile, Konami is reviving itself by bringing back new Silent Hill and Castlevania games.

Both are on my wishlist.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (3cUTc)

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Silent Hill f is supposed to be good, right?

Never got into the franchise, myself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (qGAQr)

92 Might be time for Haitians to learn Spanish.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (88C+u)

93 Did y'all see that someone found a severe issue with PHP and, instead of disclosing to the developers first and giving them a chance to mitigate it, disclosed immediately to the world?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:44 PM (mkw2N)
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Was that wrong?

Posted by: George Costanza at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (RIvkX)

94 > It's incredible that Netflix has spent like $200 million per movie to make like 20 big-budget but completely forgettable slopbuster movies.

Red Notice was awful. I turned it off.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (mkw2N)

95 >>>88 I'm a mystery fan so I checked out the series This Is Not a Murder Mystery on Prime. I really don't know what to make of it. It is so over the top woke, particularly for a show set in 1936 England, that I can see it as a satire. For example, one of the two investigating detectives is a black chick and the setting is Lord James' manor and Lord James is a chick. So I've decided to view it as a comedy/ satire and enjoy it.

kill me now

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (1wjle)

96 • Player / Sales Milestone: Reached 1.5 million players/units sold.
• EA's Target: Expected roughly 3 million players.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (oPFtC)

The prior game, Dragon Age Inquisition, came out in 2014 with its last dlc in 2015. 9 years between games and mediocre sales(lots of those at deep discounts and the initial sales price being lower) doesn't work.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 04:39 PM (okun6)

EA also publishes the Sims series... which has also turned into woke garbage.

In Sims 4 you could create custom people for your town... make them Hetero, and the game would randomly change them to Bi or Gay.

And they went from making Vampires, Wizards, and Werewolves.... to Fairies....

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (mP0Kj)

97 90 I asked Duck AI what were Netflix's most successful films and it said:

KPop Demon Hunters
Red Notice
Carry-On
Don’t Look Up
The Adam Project

I saw Red Notice and it was bad - arguably the worst movie any of the three headliners have been in I haven't seen the others

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm)

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K-Pop Demon Hunter is getting a Criterion release in a month or so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (qGAQr)

98 customisable (sic) mastectomy scars
_________________________________

Character creation is not like I remember. It was state of the art when they introduced the butt size slide lever, and the boob size slide lever. But, I'm a little confused how you would customize mastectomy scars.

Three categories:

1. Organ theft type scars (pronounced and infected)
2. Bad doctor due to DEI scars (also, pronounced with daily medication required to stay lucent)
3. Above average doctor, scars barely visible, but character shows them to every other character anyway.

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (dIske)

99
@nayibbukele
Translated from Haitian Creole

=================

Is that even a language you can write?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (mmrXZ)

100 Gaming is pretty broad, there are some genres where women are the majority of players. It sounds like you might've been playing a mobile game or something, which is generally designed to extract money and not very good.

I still play

Project Diablo and other than that PS4 (too cheap to upgrade). I still play DS! relaxing lol

also waiting for The Haunted Chocolatier bc I loved Stardew Valley. that one is a very girl-friendly game (it's hardly a game really)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (qBivk)

101 seeing all the fucking chuds doing victory laps and making pronoun jokes sucks. The studio didn’t die because of being fucking “woke”, it died because of capitalism causing the chasing of trends and starting the decline of the studio over the last 10 years. But they’re too dumb to see

So capitalism has been around since before Bioware and was the whole reason that they existed to begin with.

However the "trend" they were most recently chasing was...woke.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

102 "seeing all the fucking chuds doing victory laps and making pronoun jokes sucks. The studio didn’t die because of being fucking “woke”, it died because of capitalism causing the chasing of trends and starting the decline of the studio over the last 10 years. But they’re too dumb to see"

Uh, retard, if these companies were "chasing (of) trends", they'd make money and not go bankrupt.

I'll bet this guy's tits jiggled as he wrote that retardation out in anger.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:49 PM (oPFtC)

103 what the what

I thought he was talking about the old b/w one at the carnival? about carnival freaks?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (qBivk

Okay. Thee's an movie from about ten years ago. Lexi's about 16 or 17 now but it was filmed when she was 7.

Good movie. Kind of weird. But I enjoyed it.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 04:49 PM (Sco7b)

104 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:44 PM (qBivk)

You didn't find yourself rooting for the little girl to free her mother? I mean they had to make the humans cruel evil douchebags but even so.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:49 PM (Ti9vn)

105 The last Netflix slopbuster I saw was "The Gray Man" with Ryan Gosling directed by the Russo Brothers.

It was... okay, just slightly below mediocre.

It cost a fortune.

Why? What was the point of this? Who at Netflix or among the filmmakers was like "I have to make this movie, it's my passion"?

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:49 PM (1wjle)

106 Fountain of Youth. It's bad. Probably his worst movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:46 PM (qGAQr)

I think that one might be good tripping on mushrooms.

I found it weird.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (6ydKt)

107 Might be time for Haitians to learn ~~Spanish~~ civilized behavior.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (88C+u)
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FIFY

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (amcLV)

108 Broward was truly great, once. Baldurs Gate II, Knights of the Old Republic. Mass Effect series. Jade Empire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)

109 You didn't find yourself rooting for the little girl to free her mother? I mean they had to make the humans cruel evil douchebags but even so.

ok lol so this is a new film I missed

not Freaks

some other thing

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (qBivk)

110 I did just finish Mouse: PI for Hire recently.

FPS, in black and white, where you are a mouse who is a PI in Mouseburg investigating some cases that mostly come together in one big web of a plot.

Pretty fun.

I'd read the final boss fight was super hard, but I beat it in one go. Which was neat. Easier than Cuphead, at least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (qGAQr)

111 EA also publishes the Sims series... which has also turned into woke garbage.

In Sims 4 you could create custom people for your town... make them Hetero, and the game would randomly change them to Bi or Gay.

I remember when they introduced trannies...Now in a world where you can decide the sex of your character why would you do that?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

112 Gaming is pretty broad, there are some genres where women are the majority of players. It sounds like you might've been playing a mobile game or something, which is generally designed to extract money and not very good.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 04:47 PM (okun6)

Currently playing Grand Tactician Civil War... CSA campaign... but really waiting for them to do their Napoleon game...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (mP0Kj)

113 I asked Duck AI what were Netflix's most successful films and it said:

KPop Demon Hunters

KPop Demon Hunters was surprisingly good. People loved it. The only other one on that list I saw was Red Notice and I turned it off. It was so very bad.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:51 PM (mkw2N)

114 94 > It's incredible that Netflix has spent like $200 million per movie to make like 20 big-budget but completely forgettable slopbuster movies.

Red Notice was awful. I turned it off.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (mkw2N)

There are a couple of lower-budget ones that Netflix did that aren't bad: ARC (sci-fi) and Seven in Heaven (weird, horror, sci-fi).

I wish they'd churn out more of these kinda solid B projects without big Hollywood actors.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 04:51 PM (5FlBj)

115 have Mass Affect in my Steam library but have ‘t played it.

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Mass effect 2 gave me motion sickness never finished it. I think they used Yvonne Strahovsky for Miranda Lawson. Literally scanned her body. I think that kind of set off some of the feminists. You can supposedly get busy with her if you make certain dialogue choices. I dunno never finished it.

Posted by: I found it somewhat tedious at October 21, 2026 04:51 PM (anL5R)

116 Was that the one with the little 7 year old girl kept inside by her father? That was Lexi Kolker. She did an amazing job.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 21, 2026 04:46 PM (Sco7b)

Yes.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:51 PM (Ti9vn)

117 I'm sooooo not a gamer. I tried, but everything bored me. I open up these consoles with more windows than Photoshop. You can boost your weapons by trading credits that you get by selling ingots that pop into your vault at the rate of 1 every 7 minutes, and cartoon characters with no elements of human psychology except "MUST. WIN. VICTORY." vie for resources.

For gamer morons, that's how it looks to a non-gamer.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:43 PM

I used to play online World of Warships game almost everyday. I had to quit for a few years until I finally got a new computer that could keep up the newer graphics.

After a couple of months I quit playing because the online server for the game is pretty much just one or two guys and everything else is bots. It's no challenge playing against bots.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 04:51 PM (I43vL)

118 I would love to see Netflix shelve the Narnia movie like the Batgirl movie was shelved by Warner Bros. Took the tax write off

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 04:52 PM (vJPf4)

119 112 Currently playing Grand Tactician Civil War... CSA campaign... but really waiting for them to do their Napoleon game...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (mP0Kj)

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I have Total War Napoleon.

It was my first "concentrated" Total War game, and I kind of bounced off the limited time period of the campaign. I want to go back to it, but it's one of like 5 Total War games I own and haven't played yet (Amazon Gaming gave away a bunch a year or so ago, so I have Three Kingdoms and Pharoah for free that I haven't played, plus I bought Troy in the last Steam Sale).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:52 PM (qGAQr)

120 Analysts have suggested that Netflix was relying on owning Warner Brothers and their vast and epic catalog to prop up their content and lacking it had to let people go. Also, it was very, very, many millions of dollars expensive to be in that fight to buy WB.

But overall the streaming idea is a stupid dream as I and others have noted here several times: there's just not the money in it that people somehow deluded themselves into believing would be there.

And yes, they spend hundreds of millions for make these streaming shows and for God's sake how were they supposed to make that money back???

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 04:52 PM (TMNW7)

121 113 I asked Duck AI what were Netflix's most successful films and it said:

KPop Demon Hunters

KPop Demon Hunters was surprisingly good. People loved it. The only other one on that list I saw was Red Notice and I turned it off. It was so very bad.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:51 PM (mkw2N)

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Netflix also didn't produce it. Sony did.

Netflix bought it from Sony after Sony decided against releasing it in theaters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:52 PM (qGAQr)

122 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:50 PM (qBivk)

It's a good movies. At least very interesting after the slow start.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (Ti9vn)

123 The Barbie Movie did well because the messaging wasn’t as in your face as many of these movies. You could, in fact, ignore it and find much of it funny. You can’t do that with many of this stuff they put out.

The gender bending Aslan, for instance, is purposefully antagonistic dressed up as “art”. This is a Christian story written by a Christian theologian and there is no mistaking who Aslan represents. Just tell the story, make it eye candy, and stop trying to be controversial just for the sake of controversy.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

124 Is that even a language you can write?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

... sort of. I mean, English is basically Anglo-Norman Creole and we write in that. Some say Armenian is Phrygian-Parthian Creole. Even Persian is vastly simplified and distorted from what Darius chiseled onto that Behistan cliff.
I guess one difference between the English, Armenians, and Persians from Haitians is that we're not Haitians.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (88C+u)

125 I have Total War Napoleon.

Does that come with Panzer tanks??

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (Oy/m2)

126 Why? What was the point of this? Who at Netflix or among the filmmakers was like "I have to make this movie, it's my passion"?

The problem is that the money filter has been gone for the last 10-15 years. In the past, people who made bad movies, aka flops, very quickly stopped getting asked to make new ones, sometimes after a single failure. Netflix and their brothers in woke don't care (or at least didn't) if the property makes money.

I think those days are rapidly coming to a close, because as the old saying goes, something that can't go on forever, won't.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

127 114 There are a couple of lower-budget ones that Netflix did that aren't bad: ARC (sci-fi) and Seven in Heaven (weird, horror, sci-fi).

I wish they'd churn out more of these kinda solid B projects without big Hollywood actors.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 04:51 PM (5FlBj)

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Rebel Ridge by Jeremy Saulnier.

Solid, solid stuff.

New trailer for his newest movie: Slayground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsReYk7AqPg

Looks awesome. Can't wait.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (qGAQr)

128 I knew Netflix was a stupid trahs company with a good PR team way back when they hyped their exclusive on "Bird Box" in 2018.

So much hype. Hype hype hype.

I even got roped in to watching it.

Only to discover -- nothing really happens. THere ios no revelation. You never see the aliens.

Rip.

Off.

I said "Fuck Netflix" back then and I still feel that way.

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (HD2n/)

129 I used to play the first version of Civilization. That's it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (RIvkX)

130 It's a good movies. At least very interesting after the slow start.

I'll try to watch it! lol it's just completely different from the Freaks I was thinking of!

if you saw THAT you would understand my confusion lol

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (qBivk)

131 As much as I expect Narnia to crater, I don't think that really weighed all that heavily on this decision, I think its just been coming for a while and their Hail Mary to buy WB didn't work out.

People who have had these services for years, be glad you lived in the days when you had a month of Netflix for 12 bucks with no ads. Because its going to go up, a lot and you'll get ads. And they are going to be expecting longer term commitments: six months, a year, five years, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (TMNW7)

132 Next I asked the Duck what are the top grossing games of the last 5 years:

Hogwarts Legacy - which the left tried to cancel because of Rowling

Black Myth: Wukong - which got some sort of traction for being anti-woke but I don't remember why

Palworld - a pokemon rip off

Helldivers 2 - which makes fun of the left's managed democracy...sort of.

Elden Ring - which people tell me is a study in frustration

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (sKqQm)

133 I would love to see Netflix shelve the Narnia movie like the Batgirl movie was shelved by Warner Bros. Took the tax write off
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Doubt they can break the contracts with the theatres that easily. It's worse if they sign international distribution rights.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (nEUC6)

134 125 I have Total War Napoleon.

Does that come with Panzer tanks??

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (Oy/m2)

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It would make getting across Northern Italy a whole lot easier, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (qGAQr)

135 Probably a stupid question but TMJ have you watched the documentary Milius?

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (Ti9vn)

136 > The studio didn’t die because of being fucking “woke”, it died because of capitalism causing the chasing of trends and starting the decline of the studio over the last 10 years.

Heh. Capitalism rewards giving people what they want. That's true. But "chasing trends" is a poor strategy for figuring out what people want. That's not Capitalism's fault.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (mkw2N)

137 Rebel Ridge by Jeremy Saulnier.

Solid, solid stuff.

New trailer for his newest movie: Slayground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsReYk7AqPg

Looks awesome. Can't wait.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (qGAQr)

I've been meaning to see Rebel Ridge.

I really like Blue Ruin and Green Room.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (5FlBj)

138 I have Total War Napoleon.

It was my first "concentrated" Total War game, and I kind of bounced off the limited time period of the campaign. I want to go back to it, but it's one of like 5 Total War games I own and haven't played yet (Amazon Gaming gave away a bunch a year or so ago, so I have Three Kingdoms and Pharoah for free that I haven't played, plus I bought Troy in the last Steam Sale).

Best TA game is Warhammer 3.

But if you want the Napoleon experience try Europa Universalis - 2 or 4.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

139 Both helldivers are awesome games

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (qBivk)

140 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (qBivk)

I'm aware of the old movie about circus people though never have watched it. But that is funny when related to my question.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (Ti9vn)

141 >>>I knew Netflix was a stupid trahs company with a good PR team way back when they hyped their exclusive on "Bird Box" in 2018.

So much hype. Hype hype hype.

I even got roped in to watching it

...

lol. I remember everyone being very stupid and praising that like it was really somethin'.

People are dumb. They are irrational when they start forming mobs and cliques and gassing each other up with nonsense.

Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (1wjle)

142 > Sony decided against releasing it in theaters.

Big mistake. Big. Huge!

Posted by: Julia "Hooker" Roberts at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (mkw2N)

143 Does that come with Panzer tanks??

That reminds me why hasn't anyone remade Panzer General for modern computers?

I tried the Fantasy General remake and it ended up boring me

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

144 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:52 PM (qGAQr)

I'm really liking the Battles in Grand Tac Civ War... the maps are LARGE enough that you can actually pull flanking maneuvers... and time scale allows follow on Corps to arrive via road, mid battle... something Total War series hasn't figured out yet.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (mP0Kj)

145 137 I've been meaning to see Rebel Ridge.

I really like Blue Ruin and Green Room.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (5FlBj)

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Blue Ruin is amazing. I love Green Room.

Saulnier is just about ground zero for my, "Well, are there ANY good filmmakers who are less than 80 years old?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:57 PM (qGAQr)

146 Yes, WB does have a large catalog with many great movies.

It’s what makes HBO Max a better value than Netflix.

It has a selection of new and old shows.

The TCM section usually has some great old movies and some recent ones from the 90s and 2000s.

If I had to buy one streaming service other than Prime I’d pick Max.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt)

147 Looked up Total War Napoleon, sad I don't have a computer

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:57 PM (Ia/+0)

148 The last truly good things Netflix made were Three Body Problem and Altered Carbon. Both had lots of wokeness, but they were at least good. Netflix cancelled AC because it was too expensive, yet spent far more on the woke crap without batting an eyelash. TBP is soon to premier its 2nd season. I'm praying they haven't gone wogue (woke + rogue) in S2 of TBP.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:57 PM (Riz8t)

149 We need to take all the movie execs, lock them in a room and make them watch Klaus. And tell them more of this, less of whatever else they are trying to do.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 04:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

150 138 Best TA game is Warhammer 3.

But if you want the Napoleon experience try Europa Universalis - 2 or 4.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

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I have Warhammer 1, and I think limited access to the whole map in Warhammer 3.

I do have the sequels on my wishlist. One day I'll actually include them in a sale purchase.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:57 PM (qGAQr)

151 I'm neither a gamer or Netflix subscriber. . Sorry for trying to turn this into a movie thread.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:57 PM (Ti9vn)

152 Netflix has had some really good stuff but they have a few major flaws in addition to putting out an awful lot of crap:
1) they pay too much for this stuff.
2) Even the good stuff is released binge style which only works well for content with Many episodes, like 3 years of shows old school where it was 20 shows a season
3) they go freaking years between seasons which is insane and indefensible
4) At best this retains viewers, it does not draw new ones, so there's no additional revenue.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 04:58 PM (TMNW7)

153 Three Body Problem was good.

Honestly it seemed kind of anti-woke to me.

The basic plot (SPOILERS) of a woman deciding aliens can't be worse then communists and bringing them to earth where a spoiled rich westerner helps her seems pretty spot on.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:58 PM (sKqQm)

154 134 125 I have Total War Napoleon.

Does that come with Panzer tanks??

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (Oy/m2)

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It would make getting across Northern Italy a whole lot easier, for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:54 PM (qGAQr)

Hearts of Iron 4? LOL... the never ending series of Pay to Play DLC...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:59 PM (mP0Kj)

155 Sorry for trying to turn this into a movie thread.

Well that's another flaw for Netflix: they ignore the massively lucrative and high publicity theatrical market. If they had put out, say, Terminal List in theaters for 3 months first, they'd have made more money. Their fixation on being streaming only is hurting their potential earnings.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 04:59 PM (TMNW7)

156 A top talent agent told the outlet that Lin faced the same challenge as his predecessor, Scott Stuber: the Netflix model demands too much volume to consistently put out high-quality movies.

Well, they certainly nailed that one.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

Hollywood did just fine the model of having volume. You just make some low budget, some experimental, some mid budget and only a few high quality and expensive - mostly sure things with proven teams.

A product of that is you could develop and train people who could make a movie that looked good without high cost and appealed to many audiences.

Now they put crap producers and writers with axes to grind against their audience. What movies are successful? Those that don't attack the audience like Barbie or Oppenheimer.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)

157 I have Total War Napoleon.

Does that come with Panzer tanks??
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 04:53 PM (Oy/m2)
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Um...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 04:59 PM (amcLV)

158 Too bad for Mass Effect fans. Maybe someone like Sabre Interactive, who the wokesters hate, can pick up the IP and do something with it.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 21, 2026 04:59 PM (oDvAq)

159 See at The Federalist the Supreme Robes are allowing a Commissar Judge to let prisoners sex change treatments

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:59 PM (Ia/+0)

160 used to play the first version of Civilization. That's it."

Command and Conquer... back in the Generals day.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:59 PM (pfXMo)

161
I have Warhammer 1, and I think limited access to the whole map in Warhammer 3.

I do have the sequels on my wishlist. One day I'll actually include them in a sale purchase.

They've put years of work into Warhammer 3 making all the factions play differently. Its pretty amazing honestly.

But...TA is too abstracted if you want a real historically based strategy game (hence EU)

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

162 People who have had these services for years, be glad you lived in the days when you had a month of Netflix for 12 bucks with no ads. Because its going to go up, a lot and you'll get ads. And they are going to be expecting longer term commitments: six months, a year, five years, etc.

Them: People are cancelling Netflix right and left! What shall we do?!

The Suits: Raise the price, force ads on them, and make it woke!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 05:00 PM (Riz8t)

163 Bioware. Wtf autocucmber.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (zZu0s)

164 I remember playing Hearts of Iron 1 as Brazil and conquering the world.

They'd written the US AI to be very passive before Pearl Harbor.

and...

NO ON EXPECTS THE LATIN INVASION

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (sKqQm)

165 It was my first "concentrated" Total War game, and I kind of bounced off the limited time period of the campaign. I want to go back to it, but it's one of like 5 Total War games I own and haven't played yet (Amazon Gaming gave away a bunch a year or so ago, so I have Three Kingdoms and Pharoah for free that I haven't played, plus I bought Troy in the last Steam Sale).
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Rome is the granddaddy of the all. Napoleon is a lot more difficult, but less epic. You gotta play it a lot to figure out the sequence of not just things to build or units to create but also the order of cities to attack. Its all about no wasted turns. Which sort of sucked the creativity out of it for me. Rome is very replayable. There are a lot of mods for it, and if you get frustrated easily, a lot of cheats.

Posted by: also no motion sickness at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (anL5R)

166 >>>And Lin wouldn't give him the budget for reshoots Fincher wanted on The Further MisAdventures of Cliff Booth, giving him enough only for a few days instead of a few weeks. And Fincher refused to renew his contract afterwards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:30 PM (qGAQr)

Interesting, I believe Fincher made "The Killer" under Netflix and that was outstanding.

Posted by: Max Power at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (SwyyQ)

167 161 They've put years of work into Warhammer 3 making all the factions play differently. Its pretty amazing honestly.

But...TA is too abstracted if you want a real historically based strategy game (hence EU)

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

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I've had EU recommended to me before.

I should just get 3 at some point and dive in. Should be cheap enough for a test run.

Hell, I spent $23 on No Man's Sky after endless conversations with ChatGPT on whether I'd like it or not. Spoiler: I like it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (qGAQr)

168 So, some guy gets a $200 million dollar budget for a movie.

I'm very curious how closely the money is tracked by the accountants. You'd think every last dollar has to be accounted for.

But I kind of think it's more like giving Ukraine a billion dollars. No one knows what happens to it - they just FEEL GOOD knowing they tried.

Meanwhile, hookers and coke all around...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (Sco7b)

169 Best thing about old Netflix was that they had almost any title you could imagine available on disk.

Sure you had to wait a couple of days for it to come in the mail but who really needs to see a movie TODAY?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:02 PM (sKqQm)

170 They've put years of work into Warhammer 3 making all the factions play differently. Its pretty amazing honestly.

But...TA is too abstracted if you want a real historically based strategy game (hence EU)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)
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I'm looking forward to the release of Medieval 3.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 05:02 PM (amcLV)

171 kill me now
Posted by: ace at October 21, 2026 04:48 PM (1wjle)

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We hate it when the wimpy series writers stop after a max of 8 shows til the next season.

Part of going back to school pain when I was young was knowing TV's current shows were back, baybee! At least 20 or more shows for the school year, ending in May.

Now these prima donnas can't be bothered as 6 or 8 exhaust them.

We'll start something then say,nah. Usually due to stupid, now and then mindless gore (altho we are ok with violence after Justified and 24 numbed our brains).

I miss shows like Justified and Longmire. Or anything I can get into. We are watching Marshall and Tulsa King just to watch something. My dude hates Dana Delaney, by the way. I was watching, knew her voice, and her name popped into my memory.

This is beside the point, but she denies plastic surgery except Botox,that she quit after an eye drooping. Bull. She and Jennifer Anniston have had chin implants or something wacky and look more masculine. I will die on this hill.

I'm binging China Beach with Delaney, and there is no way she didn't mess herself up with plastic surgery. In the movie, Tombstone, she still looked normal.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 05:02 PM (hzuYO)

172 Saulnier is just about ground zero for my, "Well, are there ANY good filmmakers who are less than 80 years old?"

Having gone into a much more indepth study of directors over the years, I want to test a theory on you I have brought up here before: directors go in cycles, and in the past we've had wave come and wave go with short periods (if at all) between the waves. You had the earliest directors, who phased into the mid 20th ceutnry masters, who phased into the 70s masters and... um... that's pretty much it.

Who's our next Spielberg? Who is going to replace guys like Cameron and Ridley Scott? All these guys who have been there putting out stuff all our lives are gone or going. Some should have retired years ago like Scott.

There just does not seem to be a new coming wave of great directors. Villeneuve and Nolan are not making it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:02 PM (TMNW7)

173 163 Rome is the granddaddy of the all. Napoleon is a lot more difficult, but less epic. You gotta play it a lot to figure out the sequence of not just things to build or units to create but also the order of cities to attack. Its all about no wasted turns. Which sort of sucked the creativity out of it for me. Rome is very replayable. There are a lot of mods for it, and if you get frustrated easily, a lot of cheats.

Posted by: also no motion sickness at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (anL5R)

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First Rome is a game I always have on my Steam Deck, but Medieval II is always going to be my favorite of that era.

Looking forward to Medieval III most of all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:02 PM (qGAQr)

174 I've had EU recommended to me before.

I should just get 3 at some point and dive in. Should be cheap enough for a test run.

EU4 > EU3.

They basically remade the game between 2 and 3 and didn't resolve everything with the new game before 4.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:03 PM (sKqQm)

175
Hell, I spent $23 on No Man's Sky after endless conversations with ChatGPT on whether I'd like it or not. Spoiler: I like it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (qGAQr)

No Man's Sky has had a pretty incredible redemption arc from launching with nothing to do to having years of free content releases.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 05:03 PM (okun6)

176 166 Interesting, I believe Fincher made "The Killer" under Netflix and that was outstanding.

Posted by: Max Power at October 21, 2026 05:01 PM (SwyyQ)

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He did.

Fincher had an exclusive contract with Netflix for like 15 years.

First project was Game of Cards.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:03 PM (qGAQr)

177 Who's our next Spielberg? Who is going to replace guys like Cameron and Ridley Scott? All these guys who have been there putting out stuff all our lives are gone or going. Some should have retired years ago like Scott.

There just does not seem to be a new coming wave of great directors. Villeneuve and Nolan are not making it.

Look at AI videos on YouTube. That's where you'll find them.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 05:03 PM (Riz8t)

178 Its hilarious that they list 'Anthem'. A shit game that barely anyone played, development was stopped at release, and then the game shut down - after people paid real money to play it - almost immediately.

Anthem was the worst piece of work they put out. Yes, worse than ME Andromeda and DA Transgender - at least those games reasonably worked.

Posted by: Agammamon at October 21, 2026 05:04 PM (NRQST)

179 Best TA game is Warhammer 3.

But if you want the Napoleon experience try Europa Universalis - 2 or 4.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

EU4 is at too high a level to really get the nappy experience and the engine is getting creaky as well at the end of the run of the game. Its great for pain the map your color fun. I've seen a game called Lines of Battle that is a simple Nap Era tactical battle game.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)

180 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 04:58 PM (TMNW7)

I’ve only liked three shows on Netflix.
Altered Carbon, Stranger Things, and Squid Game and all if them started to suck their second or third season, Altered Carbon only got two seasons.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

181 172
Who's our next Spielberg? Who is going to replace guys like Cameron and Ridley Scott? All these guys who have been there putting out stuff all our lives are gone or going. Some should have retired years ago like Scott.

There just does not seem to be a new coming wave of great directors. Villeneuve and Nolan are not making it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:02 PM (TMNW7)

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I pay so little attention to modern film in that framing, that I'd have to really research and think about it.

I mean, if I have to settle on Shawn Levy, I might kill myself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:05 PM (qGAQr)

182 I’ll add Ozark to the list too.
And, once again, it went sideways after a few seasons.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

183 174
EU4 > EU3.

They basically remade the game between 2 and 3 and didn't resolve everything with the new game before 4.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:03 PM (sKqQm)

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Noted!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:05 PM (qGAQr)

184 180

The last Squid Games was dumb. They should have stopped after the first one.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 05:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

185 175
No Man's Sky has had a pretty incredible redemption arc from launching with nothing to do to having years of free content releases.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 05:03 PM (okun6)

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I can find myself lost on a world dredging up resources for a ship I just found, trying to make it flyable so I can keep it, for like 4 straight hours. I did not think it would work on me like that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:06 PM (qGAQr)

186 the Netflix model demands too much volume to consistently put out high-quality movies.

Disney had the same problem. Like five years ago they announced this huge wave of stuff they were gonna put out, and I just looked at it with dismay: it was too much, too fast. It takes time to put out good movies, and there's only so much talent out there that CAN make anything good.

If you require too much output, then even the best, fastest workers cannot keep up and you end up with Bob the Janitor doing coverage for your Star Wars movie. And to make matters worse, they started casting diectors and writers rather than hiring: what do they look like? What are their politics? What is their proclivity in the bedroom? Put them in charge!

Marvel put out like 8 movies and TV shows based solely on the talent having worked on the Rick & Morty show. That they were asian and black and women and homosexual was just icing on top of the cake!

But it turns out that the cake was made of reasty dog crap because they didn't have what it takes to actually make a movie or a TV show.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:06 PM (TMNW7)

187 There just does not seem to be a new coming wave of great directors. Villeneuve and Nolan are not making it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:02 PM (TMNW7)

They seem to be plucking directors from YouTube and making bank here lately.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

188 I am unfamiliar with both BioWare and recent Netflix works.

They pissed on the values I hold dear long ago. I, along with millions of others apparently, withheld our $$$. As it should be.

Provide a product for me that I like and I'll give you $$.

I'm funny that way.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2026 05:07 PM (V8Zwm)

189 Bah! Humbug! Haven't played a video game since pong. It is possible that I have become a grumpy old man.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2026 05:07 PM (XeU6L)

190 Saw Stranger Things on the Netflickers (had a free subscription for a while, can't recall how that happened). I liked the first two seasons. Third was okay. Stopped after that. And we no longer have Netflickers, nor do we want it.

BTW, Mike's mom was a smoke-show...

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 21, 2026 05:07 PM (PSEDc)

191 Who's our next Spielberg? Who is going to replace guys like Cameron and Ridley Scott? All these guys who have been there putting out stuff all our lives are gone or going. Some should have retired years ago like Scott.

There just does not seem to be a new coming wave of great directors. Villeneuve and Nolan are not making it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:02 PM (TMNW7)

Problem is in about the 60s the 'minor leagues' of movies was cut off by TV and the lack of cheap local theatres to make B movies and play them. What allows you to slide in a new director is either to have him working with an A list one, or to have some experience doing smaller projects. Once you quit refilling that pool of people, you eventually run out.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:08 PM (uhVAy)

192 I pay so little attention to modern film in that framing, that I'd have to really research and think about it.

Its not that there's no talent out there, guys like Eggers is a visionary, I don't usually like his stuff but I have to admit that Guillermo del Toro is very good.

I'm just not seeing those super talented populist entertainment directors that change movies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:08 PM (TMNW7)

193 Hearts of Iron III was great. I remember setting up my units on the border one time (air and land for Germany) and then realizing there was a layer of command support that I had not accounted for when setting the units in position. So, rather than redirecting units, I spent the next three hours reorganizing everything down to the unit level (division, army, group etc etc.) Each trying to take advantage of a different leaders strengths.

Three hours, real time. Then I realized that the game had snooker my particular brand of autism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

194 >"12 Anthem was that live service disaster, right?

I think Blizzard is the only one who can do live service right: attach it to Diablo.

No one else has Diablo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (qGAQr)

Actually, everyone has Diablo. D4 isn't even the most popular game in the Diablo franchise, let alone in the aRPG genre.

Shit story - where again some young woman is the key to everything and the player mostly stands around while her story is told to you. Shallow gameplay. And they gouge you for money every step of the way.

Games really not even playable now if you haven't forked over another $80 for the two expansions.

POE has been going strong for 13 years, you might spend 30 bucks for some stash tabs and that's it. Diablo 2 has been chucking along for 26 years.

Posted by: Agammamon at October 21, 2026 05:10 PM (NRQST)

195 Look at AI videos on YouTube. That's where you'll find them.

We're 5-10 years out but yeah I could see a whole new crop of talent coming out of AI indy stuff because they totally bypass the Hollywood gatekeepers and their systems.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:10 PM (TMNW7)

196 The last Squid Games was dumb. They should have stopped after the first one.
Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 05:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

I watched half of the last season and they cut it off in a cliffhanger to make you wait six months for the second half and I never went back for the rest.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:10 PM (6ydKt)

197 I can find myself lost on a world dredging up resources for a ship I just found, trying to make it flyable so I can keep it, for like 4 straight hours. I did not think it would work on me like that.
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Oh, so its survival sci fi? Interesting.

Posted by: also no motion sickness at October 21, 2026 05:10 PM (anL5R)

198 I can find myself lost on a world dredging up resources for a ship I just found, trying to make it flyable so I can keep it, for like 4 straight hours. I did not think it would work on me like that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:06 PM (qGAQr)

From what I saw that part was fun from day 1. It was the nothing that was there at launch beyond that that was an issue. Seems like they have done a lot with their recovery to fix that.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:10 PM (uhVAy)

199 194
Games really not even playable now if you haven't forked over another $80 for the two expansions.

POE has been going strong for 13 years, you might spend 30 bucks for some stash tabs and that's it. Diablo 2 has been chucking along for 26 years.

Posted by: Agammamon at October 21, 2026 05:10 PM (NRQST)

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DIV is one of the most profitable games in history.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:11 PM (qGAQr)

200 Greta Gerwig is an A-list figure? Grade inflation!

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 21, 2026 05:11 PM (7s9Qe)

201 They seem to be plucking directors from YouTube and making bank here lately.

Certainly they are making money. I don't like horror much and have not seen Backrooms or Obsession so I can't say how well done they are or how innovative.

It does sort of make me chuckle that first world problems have replaced our horror movies. Unkillable guy with a machete butchering horny teenagers? Bah, we have a house with extra yellow rooms! SCARY kids!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:12 PM (TMNW7)

202 Look at AI videos on YouTube. That's where you'll find them.

We're 5-10 years out but yeah I could see a whole new crop of talent coming out of AI indy stuff because they totally bypass the Hollywood gatekeepers and their systems.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:10 PM (TMNW7)

They just need to keep being outside of Hollywood to make it work. Drowning themselves in the old system will destroy them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

203 197 I can find myself lost on a world dredging up resources for a ship I just found, trying to make it flyable so I can keep it, for like 4 straight hours. I did not think it would work on me like that.
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Oh, so its survival sci fi? Interesting.

Posted by: also no motion sickness at October 21, 2026 05:10 PM (anL5R)

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In part. There's base building. There's exploration. There's a story about an alien signal I've barely scratched.

There's upgrading your ship so you can further and faster.

There are space battles.

The openness is what was holding me back from purchase originally, but I've cottoned to it pretty well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:12 PM (qGAQr)

204 Think about the world of wokism, ghey and trans market they are writing this crap for.

They are playing to them: 9%, roughly, of gheys of all stripes of their stolen rainbow. Less of the bi's and cis and whatever else they've dreamed up this week.

For trans: 1.1%

THIS is their market audience and no wonder they are flops, trying to put black people DEI's as queens of the UK or Europe. Mixing sexes for traditional roles. It is retarded thinking that most people would pay to see this crap.

Then dumbing down even further with very bad writing.

It was the last big writers's strike that sunk them. I don't even remember when that was.

Instead of really, really bad cinema sequels try to be original. This may be too much to ask in 2026. Pathetic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 05:13 PM (hzuYO)

205 191 Oldcat, today studios hand over big budget movies to DEI interns.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 05:13 PM (bX16E)

206 Oh, so its survival sci fi? Interesting.

NMS is hard to pin down. It's primary loop is exploration and discovery, but there's something there for everyone. I enjoy the corvette building feature they added.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 21, 2026 05:13 PM (oDvAq)

207 Speaking of Warhammer and woke there is an argument I see now because they made Slaanesh ugly and hermaphroditic.

Slaanesh is supposed to be among other things the god of lust and well this is his/her herald: https://tinyurl.com/u8w9abtv

On the one hand its stupid - the servants of the god of war look like murders, the servants of the god of disease look disgusting, and the servants of the good of magic look like aliens. So presumably the Slaaneshi followers should look more like Morathi (hot half nekkid elf queen)

But on the other hand the chaos gods are BAD. They enjoy screwing with people. So it makes perfect sense that Slaaneshi demons would use illusion to get you to want them and then look like, well, crab armed DIADs when you wake up in the morning, sort of like the danger of beer googles at a Boston area bar.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:13 PM (sKqQm)

208 190 Saw Stranger Things on the Netflickers (had a free subscription for a while, can't recall how that happened). I liked the first two seasons. Third was okay. Stopped after that. And we no longer have Netflickers, nor do we want it.

BTW, Mike's mom was a smoke-show...
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 21, 2026 05:07 PM (PSEDc)

The site ace linked cosmicbook dot news covered the finale. I never saw the show. The group is ready to go up against a great terror and..........

some guy comes out as gay before the big fight.

This is why conservatives should NEVER watch a show until it's completely over. Star Trek Strange New Worlds which has had some great shows and had younger Kirk, Spock, Uhura, hottie Chapel and Scottie had cool episodes.

Overall, not too bad. But the last 2 season 4 episodes - gay crap just because they would. I won't watch any more new series until they're completed simply because of that reason.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)

209 Unkillable guy with a machete butchering horny teenagers? Bah, we have a house with extra yellow rooms! SCARY kids!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:12 PM (TMNW7)

I think people were just happy that the rooms weren’t lecturing them about their privilege.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

210 There's like 1,000 YouTube AI videos of creepy anthropomorphic strawberries making out.

Netflix is a graveyard of ideas, and indy AI videos are a million times worse.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 05:14 PM (mkw2N)

211 I loved Baulders Gate I&II and Icewind Dale I&II. Played Neverwinter Nights but never finished. My interest level in gaming is pretty much zero now. Used to enjoy it a lot though. More into racing sims (Grand Prix Legends is the BEST) but haven't played in a very long time. Sad to hear about Bioware but not surprised. A lot of those companies are going to go tits up. Buggy software, poor gameplay, horrible SJW messaging shoehorned in. They killed themselves and they will learn no lessons from it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2026 05:15 PM (sAmhv)

212 Mass effect: Andromeda was an absolutely dynamite concept, let down in the implementation.

Thats when I knew their writing and game making were going to shit. Female characters were just a bit too manly. And dialogue was horrific and they wasted the talents of Clancey Brown. Just sad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:15 PM (zZu0s)

213 Hearts of Iron III was great. I remember setting up my units on the border one time (air and land for Germany) and then realizing there was a layer of command support that I had not accounted for when setting the units in position. So, rather than redirecting units, I spent the next three hours reorganizing everything down to the unit level (division, army, group etc etc.) Each trying to take advantage of a different leaders strengths.

Three hours, real time. Then I realized that the game had snooker my particular brand of autism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

There's a game on the East Front who's name escape me but its a hex and counter game to computer. But yes when you go into the game you can add extra assets to your units and detach them which really changes the game. Divisional more or less, breakdown to brigades.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:15 PM (uhVAy)

214 Doom II broke me. I haven't gamed since.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 05:15 PM (FbiR5)

215
Speaking of movies....

We saw "Whalefall".

I read the book and this is one of the rare cases where the movie is better than the novel, however....

"Whalefall" is not a good movie...it's just oh...okay, I suppose. For the same problem that the book has.

It's loaded with whinging Daddy Issues.

As long as it sticks with the clean aspects of survival adventur, it's fine and enjoyable for about 2/3rds of the movie, but it the final act we go full Daddy Issues and a mystical confusion of the the main characters father talking as the Spirit of the Whale or vice-versa.

This mistake murders any excitement that the climactic escape should engender and turns it boring.

Sad.

Probably worth a "free" watch on streaming.
If you've got nothing better to do.
Or, have big ole Daddy Issues yourself.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2026 05:15 PM (YSUhf)

216 Meritocracy is dead in the West. It's not what you know, it's who you blow.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 05:15 PM (bX16E)

217 Slaaneshi demons would use illusion to get you to want them and then look like, well, crab armed DIADs when you wake up in the morning, sort of like the danger of beer googles at a Boston area bar.
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yeah it was all fun and games while she was snorting a line of ketamine off my dong, but then I woke up the next morning and had crabs....

Posted by: not a cornell grad but at October 21, 2026 05:16 PM (anL5R)

218 I said "Fuck Netflix" back then and I still feel that way.
Posted by: zombie

Netflix stopped having anything I was interested in watching after they dropped best Top Gear and "Chef and my Fridge".

And then the Cuties thing (and the fact that gay stuff kept showing up in my recommendations despite my efforts to go through the content filters and exclude all the gay stuff) sealed it for me.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 05:16 PM (vJrRc)

219 I'll bet this guy's tits jiggled as he wrote that retardation out in anger.
Posted by: Thrawn

Pics? Probably not....I'll see if I can find something...

https://tinyurl.com/mryexvj3

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 21, 2026 05:16 PM (t19vo)

220 I remember watching American Gods and found the premise interesting and Ian McShane played his role perfectly.

And then for no reason that hey to add a 15m hairy dude on hairy gene dude sex scene.

I left to go to the bathroom and get snacks and was amazed that I came back and it was still going

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm)

221 189 Bah! Humbug! Haven't played a video game since pong. It is possible that I have become a grumpy old man.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

You and me both. I excelled at Pinball, though.

Posted by: Grizzled Goomer at October 21, 2026 05:17 PM (EdP2u)

222 >>>Wokeslop Video Game Company Bioware Transitions to "Out of Business" (Pronouns Was/Were)

LMAO

Dumbasses.

Diversity is your doom.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:17 PM (eXLHo)

223 Quit Netflix when they went all in with Bathhouse Barry. Haven’t particularly missed it. Not onto fake and gay, even in the White House.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 21, 2026 05:17 PM (HIfQz)

224 I pretty much gave up on video gaming when I couldn't complete Doom I.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 05:18 PM (vTZFs)

225 Here's a cool WH40k edit from "Secret Level" if anyone's interested.

https://youtu.be/r9nAaYKTrR4

Posted by: Halfhand at October 21, 2026 05:18 PM (oDvAq)

226 And then for no reason that hey to add a 15m hairy dude on hairy gene dude sex scene.
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I quit watching after that. Even Mr. Wednesday being entertainingly sociopathic couldn't get me back.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 05:18 PM (amcLV)

227 224 I pretty much gave up on video gaming when I couldn't complete Doom I.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 05:18 PM (vTZFs)

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I beat that again recently.

Second hardest difficulty.

All four chapters of the original, but the next couple of chapters that were the expansions.

And then DOOM II.

And then I'm replaying DOOM 2016 because I got it for free (Amazon Gaming, people, I'm tellin' ya, I think it's still free right now).

Damn...that's a series that doesn't lag.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:19 PM (qGAQr)

228 I think people were just happy that the rooms weren’t lecturing them about their privilege.

There is a billion dollar comedy out there with someone just spoofing movie making today with DEI requirements, intimacy coordinators, union requirements, taxes, etc done ZAZ or even Mel Brooks style. There is so much to make fun of there that they will never touch.

THe writer who comes up with a great story based on a property, the casting director who replaces the lead with a fat black woman, the producer's notes to make it for a modern audience, the publicist who insists they have to meet Oscar requirements, it goes on on what you can mock.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:20 PM (TMNW7)

229 191 Oldcat, today studios hand over big budget movies to DEI interns.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 05:13 PM (bX16E)

They want someone controllable, safe. But even if you replaced that management, there's no pool of people with the right experience level to be creative if you let them, and be able to pull it off.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:20 PM (uhVAy)

230 Oh, I forgot.
I did watch all of the Marvel Studios shows on Netflix was back when they were the only game in town.

Dardevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage and The Defenders series.

They were at least half-way decent shows even if I was rolling my eyes half the time.

Netflix and Disney couldn’t even produce that level of quality these days if they tried.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)

231 226 And then for no reason that hey to add a 15m hairy dude on hairy gene dude sex scene.
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I quit watching after that. Even Mr. Wednesday being entertainingly sociopathic couldn't get me back.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 05:18 PM (amcLV)

I'd love a website that just gives movies a pass - fail grade.
Even one joke, one little innuendo - fail.

Do entire series too after they're over. One little woke piece of crap - fail.

There's asian stuff to watch and older shows.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 05:21 PM (Sco7b)

232 I pretty much gave up on video gaming when I couldn't complete Doom I.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 05:18 PM (vTZFs)

its about the journey not the destination.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

233 The guy that did Doom was given a big budget to make his next game and produced Daikatana which was a major flop, and almost ended his career

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:21 PM (sKqQm)

234 I remember watching American Gods and
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to be fair, the gay genie was in the book.

I mean it didn't go on for 15 minutes, but I read fast.

I thought Stardust was a great book. Then they made the pirate captain gay in the movie for no discernable reason.

Posted by: I used to like Neil Gaiman at October 21, 2026 05:21 PM (anL5R)

235 We've been telling these homos we don't want their gay, girlboss, preachy crap for decades. You'd have to be room temperature not to laugh.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:22 PM (eXLHo)

236 I excelled at Pinball, though.
Posted by: Grizzled Goomer at October 21, 2026 05:17 PM (EdP2u)

Fireball FTW. No tilt.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 21, 2026 05:22 PM (HIfQz)

237 American Gods got axed unfinished bc Neil got MeToo'ed

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 05:22 PM (qBivk)

238 235 We've been telling these homos we don't want their gay, girlboss, preachy crap for decades. You'd have to be room temperature not to laugh.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:22 PM (eXLHo)

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"BUT YOU LIKED RIPLEY IN ALIENS, SO ACCEPT TURNING YOUR MALE SUPERHEROES OF CHILDHOOD INTO GAY CHICKS!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:23 PM (qGAQr)

239 American Gods has he flaw of being written by Neil Gaiman so great concepts and bizarre, wild ideas but so twisted, perverted, soulless and hateful toward the good and right that it ruins its self.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:23 PM (TMNW7)

240 The ending of the American Gods books sucked so maybe it is for the best the series never completed.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:23 PM (sKqQm)

241 Here's a cool WH40k edit from "Secret Level" if anyone's interested.

https://youtu.be/r9nAaYKTrR4
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Everything from Secret level is really good. Its on Prime.

Posted by: I used to like Neil Gaiman at October 21, 2026 05:23 PM (anL5R)

242 I thought Stardust was a great book. Then they made the pirate captain gay in the movie for no discernable reason.
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That was, at least, played for laughs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 05:23 PM (amcLV)

243 American Gods had me fascinated when I watched it,

It is gay as hell in parts, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:24 PM (6ydKt)

244 We've been telling these homos we don't want their gay, girlboss, preachy crap for decades. You'd have to be room temperature not to laugh

"I don't get it, we made fun of and attacked our fans, betrayed everything they asked for, reversed all the things people liked about our games, focused on making a movie rather than a game, and put all our thought into what will make us more money rather than what makes a game fun and we went totally bankrupt!"
--Bioware

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:24 PM (TMNW7)

245 In the original Alien movie Ripley wasn't a fighter, she was just the best survivor.

They Sarah Connor'd her for the second movie just like they did in well Terminator 2.

In both cases they were good movies but that took away from it honestly.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:25 PM (sKqQm)

246 Is Earth Abides the series worth watching?

Posted by: nckate at October 21, 2026 05:25 PM (enNUy)

247 239 American Gods has he flaw of being written by Neil Gaiman so great concepts and bizarre, wild ideas but so twisted, perverted, soulless and hateful toward the good and right that it ruins its self.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:23 PM (TMNW7)

I feel the same way about The Boys on Prime.

It is deranged.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

248 Henry Cavill is supposedly working on a 40K show. It could be gold it could be crap - Games Workshop has no idea why people like their universe and it obvious in how they use it and allow others to..."I mean we make our money off of figurines so we gotta make sure everything drives that business you know?"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:27 PM (sKqQm)

249 OT: Ilhan seems to be in hiding. There's a warrant out.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 05:28 PM (88C+u)

250 The temptation for super-powered humans to be villains or criminals rather that super heroes is always interesting to me, when they aren't just devils *cough* Brightburn *cough*.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 05:28 PM (FbiR5)

251 I also thought Neverwhere was pretty good book.

I never read Good Omens. Cowritten with Pratchett. I assumed it would just be full of blasphemy.

Not that I don't enjoy Pratchett, but satirizing heaven and hell seems a bit fraught for pop culture to take on.

Posted by: I used to like Neil Gaiman at October 21, 2026 05:28 PM (anL5R)

252 120 Gillette has come up with a new shaving product: a razor for men to shave their *body hair*.
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From Pixy, this morning.

Budweiser backed away from their stupidity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 05:28 PM (vOxCS)

253 Neverwhere was written by Gaiman and would be a very interesting movie. Gaiman is a perv but he can come up with interesting books

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 05:28 PM (vJPf4)

254 They Sarah Connor'd her for the second movie just like they did in well Terminator 2.

But she was still just a mom, in Aliens she wasn't a tough fighter trained to kill and all shredded. She was just desperate, backed up against a wall, and determined to not lose the child she had found after losing her own kids to the time she lost while frozen. It worked really well; Cameron writes women really well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:28 PM (TMNW7)

255 "BUT YOU LIKED RIPLEY IN ALIENS, SO ACCEPT TURNING YOUR MALE SUPERHEROES OF CHILDHOOD INTO GAY CHICKS!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:23 PM (qGAQr)

Massive misread. Ripley dominated by appealing to maternal instinct. Mostly.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:29 PM (eXLHo)

256 Jillette

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at October 21, 2026 05:29 PM (FbiR5)

257 "I don't get it, we made fun of and attacked our fans, betrayed everything they asked for, reversed all the things people liked about our games, focused on making a movie rather than a game, and put all our thought into what will make us more money rather than what makes a game fun and we went totally bankrupt!"
--Bioware
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:24 PM (TMNW7)

They didn't put *any* thought into what made them money, that is the core problem. Saying they wanted to destroy what made them money is a lot closer.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

258 254 But she was still just a mom, in Aliens she wasn't a tough fighter trained to kill and all shredded. She was just desperate, backed up against a wall, and determined to not lose the child she had found after losing her own kids to the time she lost while frozen. It worked really well; Cameron writes women really well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:28 PM (TMNW7)

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Gale Ann Hurd writes women really well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 05:29 PM (qGAQr)

259 Nudity

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at October 21, 2026 05:30 PM (FbiR5)

260 I feel the same way about The Boys on Prime

The boys is soulless, it can be interesting as a change, but when EVERYTHING is soulless it just is miserable. Its like how Al Bundy the loser dad his family mocks is funny because its fresh, but when EVERY dad on TV is that, its not fun any more, its just cruel and hostile toward men.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:30 PM (TMNW7)

261 248 Henry Cavill is supposedly working on a 40K show. It could be gold it could be crap - Games Workshop has no idea why people like their universe and it obvious in how they use it and allow others to..."I mean we make our money off of figurines so we gotta make sure everything drives that business you know?"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:27 PM (sKqQm)

Games Workshop has been pretty free with their IP, and as a result there's a lot of good stuff, a lot of mediocre stuff, and a lot of crap. It seems to work as a model.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 05:30 PM (okun6)

262 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 21, 2026 05:30 PM (hG5L0)

263 Massive misread. Ripley dominated by appealing to maternal instinct. Mostly.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 05:29 PM (eXLHo)

Yeah she's "Mama Cat" in defense of the kitten to the T.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 05:30 PM (uhVAy)

264 Gale Ann Hurd writes women really well.

Well, that is probably more accurate, but I have to give Cameron credit as well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 05:31 PM (TMNW7)

265 Netflix is very useful if you want to learn a foreign language.

Posted by: Tes Torgerson at October 21, 2026 05:31 PM (6l60+)

266 QUICK NOOD!!!

Posted by: Max Power at October 21, 2026 05:33 PM (SwyyQ)

267 Yeah, all of Netflix's original content is unspeakably horrid dross.

But they're in good company there. That's every studio. None of them are any good at anything, so it's not like there's some better alternative in that regard.

My problem is their content library. The only reason for a streaming service to exist is so I can watch something that isn't shit or garbage - namely, things made more than about 20 years ago.

Netflix has - nothing good. If you liked a movie, haven't seen it in awhile, and think "hey, I'd like to watch that," you can count on it not being on Netflix. If they have anything close, it'll be an awful sequel, or low-budget knockoff, or whatever.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 05:33 PM (BI5O2)

268 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

269 Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 05:25 PM (sKqQm)

Connor was a fighter in the second movie because she spent half her post-Terminator life trying to be mom to a soldier and the other half in prison doing pullups.
Ripley took a job as a longshoreperson in the space-docks because that was who was hiring, and it's not like she ever learned to code.

Posted by: James Cameron (1980s) did nothing wrong at October 21, 2026 05:34 PM (88C+u)

270 Does anyone Duke Nuke Em?

Posted by: Boskwing plover at October 21, 2026 05:35 PM (VMFAF)

271 I never played Inquisition but Larry O'Connor was obsessed with it.

nobody expects you to have played inquisition

Posted by: anachronda at October 21, 2026 05:35 PM (sGtp+)

272 But she was still just a mom, in Aliens she wasn't a tough fighter trained to kill and all shredded. She was just desperate, backed up against a wall, and determined to not lose the child she had found after losing her own kids to the time she lost while frozen.
--
the best heroes are regular people who, due to circumstances, must do extraordinary things to survive, and in their struggle come realize they are not fighting alone. I 'm sort of in the Bertold Brecht camp.

A society that requires extraordinary individuals to fix its problems is weak or oppressive. A healthy society by definition, allows rationality and cooperative action to overcome crises. Ordinary flawed people save the day all the time.

Posted by: I'm not Bertold Brecht but at October 21, 2026 05:35 PM (anL5R)

273 You and me both. I excelled at Pinball, though.
Posted by: Grizzled Goomer
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Ha! Me also. I much prefer games that are truly 3 dimensional.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2026 05:37 PM (XeU6L)

274 "That reminds me why hasn't anyone remade Panzer General for modern computers?"

Panzer Korps and Panzer Korps II are remakes of the old Panzer General.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 21, 2026 05:42 PM (dyMal)

275 Order of Battle is also an updated Panzer General Clone.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 21, 2026 05:43 PM (dyMal)

276 Now to be fair, Bioware ceased to exist the minute they sold out to EA.

That's why they had to cram idiotic multiplayer into Mass Effect 3 that NOBODY wanted, instead of actually delivering on the promise that decisions you made in the first 2 games would matter (they didn't). And of course the INFAMOUS ending.

Going woke just accelerated the decline, but make no mistake, the second EA took over, Bioware was no longer the company that made absolute gems like KOTR or Mass Effect 1.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 21, 2026 05:47 PM (lCHt6)

277 21 Didn't Dragon Age: Veilguard come out years ago? And it's just now become a problem?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 04:34 PM (FZ29D)

Failguard is a sequel to the 2013 Dragon age Inquisition. It took them 10 years to poop out that woke turd. it came out just over a year ago. It's been a problem since it launched.

Posted by: Nelly at October 21, 2026 06:10 PM (6+ehB)

278 249 OT: Ilhan seems to be in hiding. There's a warrant out.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 05:28 PM (88C+u)
***********
ALL RIGHT!

If she's deported I will day drink as soon as I read it and be outta control with pure joy!

Please!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 06:11 PM (hzuYO)

279 I literally laughed out loud at the 'non-binary' and 'pushup' cuts. Good christ.

Posted by: burrrton at October 21, 2026 06:14 PM (kah0Z)

280 @276/DudeAbiding: "Now to be fair, Bioware ceased to exist the minute they sold out to EA."

This.

Posted by: The ghosts of Westwood and Bullfrog Studios at October 21, 2026 06:22 PM (O7YUW)

281 Thirty years later than it should have gone out of business.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 21, 2026 07:10 PM (Ku6tA)

Minnesota Senate Election Trending Red?

Just the News:

The Cook Political Report has shifted its rating of the Minnesota Senate race toward the Republican candidate, marking one of the only instances of a major Senate race seemingly moving toward the GOP this cycle.
Cook moved the contest from "likely" to "lean" Democratic, as polls show Republican nominee Michelle Tafoya closing in on Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, D-Minn.

So they still think the bizarre evil Karen is ahead, but only by a smidge.

The parties have more accurate polls. And the Democrats have cancelled ads in Minnesota, while the Republicans are buying ad space up.

These tea leaves are hard to read. The Democrats may be ending advertising because they think they have this in the bag.

But... Flanagan can't get over 50% in a very blue state. She's stuck at 46%, which isn't so great for a virtual incumbent.

That raises the question of why the DSCC stopped investing in Flanagan's race. Do Democrats think Flanagan is out in front enough so that they can shift their funds to other races, perhaps betting on potential pickups in Texas, Maine, or Iowa? Or do they look at Flanagan's inability as a quasi-incumbent to get to 50% in a state that's been safely blue for over 20 years as a flashing red alarm about her prospects, and have decided to stop investing in a loss? Dustin Grage told Larry O'Connor earlier this week, before the NRSC bought ad space for Tafoya, that internal polling showed results that differed from the publicly published surveys, including those tracked by RCP.
Of course, we can pose similar questions to the NRSC. What do they see in Minnesota that's prompting them to spend money there rather than, say, Nebraska, Kansas, or Iowa? Ken Paxton's Senate campaign against James Talarico has tons of funding from the Senate Republican caucus already through its Senate Leadership Fund, which put over $30 million into Texas PAC, and Elon Musk (America PAC) and MAGA Inc are spending obscene amounts of money here. Either NRSC sees something in its private polling that suggests Tafoya is close enough for a final push or they want to force Democrats to redirect funds to play defense in Minnesota.

For those of you who say "Poll are for strippers:" Maybe it's worse that that.

A "polling" firm called Wedgewood Polling consistently showed outsized leads for Democrat candidates, including in districts where no one else showed any chance for a Democrat win. Charles Schumer directed some ad spending in these no-win races.

But Wedgewood turns out to have been a completely fake operation.

They're claiming their completely-fake polls were a "social experiment" to expose the lack of rigor in polling and in media poll coverage.

But maybe this is a cover story. Maybe it was just a Democrat op to demoralize Republicans all along.

'We're fake!' Wedgewood Polls announced Tuesday night that they're not a real polling agency but a social experiment. A statement issued by the 'pollsters' says it conducted the so-called experiment 'to demonstrate the vulnerabilities, lack of oversight, and overall low barrier to entry in the modern political polling industry.' Major media outlets like the New York Times and MS NOW have cited Wedgewood Polls. If they were fooled, it shows how easy it is to break into the polling industry and be touted as reliable from the get-go.

🚨 "Wedgewood Polls" just announced it was a FAKE POLLSTER and was listed in outlets like the NYT and MSNOW
Their "polls":
🔵 Texas: Talarico+2
🔵 Ohio: Brown+4
🔵 Michigan: El Sayed+6
🔵 Kansas: Hamilton+2
🔵 Maine: Jackson+4
This is INSANE. https://t.co/N3ZAEIxZSn
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 21, 2026

The polling industry needs major reform. Our statement below: https://t.co/Sj8JLYgply
— Wedgewood Polls (@WedgewoodPolls) October 20, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM

Comments

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1 I prefer Wedgewood China.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 03:23 PM (JrHfD)

2 MN, MI, and TX looking good for Republicans. The Democrats fielded some real idiots in those races and the Republican field is better. (I actually like Paxton despite, or maybe because of, the media hate campaign. Unfortunately over-65s still trust the nice man on TV.)

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (88C+u)

3 All politics is local, and Kamala only won MN by 3 two years ago.

And the Democrat Party is embroiled in statewide controversy.

It'd be cool!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

4 Wedgewood Polls was just "doing research". Pete Townshend sympathizes.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (Riz8t)

5 And "wedgewood polls" sounds like they should be making strapons.

Posted by: better varnish that thing at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (88C+u)

6 Coffee & Covid had excellent analysis of this. Turning point was when fake polling caused Dems to believe they coudl win Miss (!) and started pouring money into the race.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (QJwZd)

7 These tea leaves are hard to read. The Democrats may be ending advertising because they think they have this in the bag.

=========

I gave up on reading dollar spends for election predictions when I learned that both parties collectively spent $200 million for the Texas Senate election.

In 2024.

When Cruz won by 9.

Parties waste money. Super PACs waste money.

Who the fuck knows what it means?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

8 It had been trending Commie Red...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (l3cgK)

9
Kamala only won MN by 3 two years ago.

_________

In that case, Trump actually won MN by 2.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (eRlcH)

10 Wedgewood is just an example of all Dem polling.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (NnhvP)

11 I figured these polling places get paid off if they manufacture push polls for Democrats.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (JrHfD)

12 "These tea leaves are hard to read. The Democrats may be ending advertising because they think they have this in the bag."

I was deluged with Beato Talarico ads, plus Bear Claw's twin bro, and a few others including SCOAMF, all asking for money. Five or six weeks all day every day.

It all shut off like a faucet this week. Races in TX, FL, GA, and a bunch for NY, where I reside. Also, FWIW< Hochul was the only one running against Trump, everybody else is using "Big Money Billionaires" as the Boogeyman.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)

13 Flanagan certainly has the face for Halloween.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2ap+5)

14 Flanagan is a real piece of "work"... I'm not surprised she's not at 50%... Tafoya is a "moderate" Republican pro abortion so in MN she may have a chance...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (+gK6I)

15 Everything is fake, gay or an op.

Posted by: Foreskin Lint at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (8EQTH)

16 13 Flanagan certainly has the face for Halloween.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2ap+5)

====

Grimm's fairy tales, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (qGAQr)

17 everybody else is using "Big Money Billionaires" as the Boogeyman.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)

Don't forget us!

Posted by: Data Centers!! [invented spring 2026] at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (88C+u)

18 12 "These tea leaves are hard to read. The Democrats may be ending advertising because they think they have this in the bag."

I was deluged with Beato Talarico ads, plus Bear Claw's twin bro, and a few others including SCOAMF, all asking for money. Five or six weeks all day every day.

It all shut off like a faucet this week. Races in TX, FL, GA, and a bunch for NY, where I reside. Also, FWIW

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)

Maybe they should start reading coffee grinds...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)

19 ICYMI:

Wow: This MN Candidate's Ad May Be the Best of the Election Cycle - It Speaks to What We All Want

https://tinyurl.com/5t5bjndb

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

20 They didn't realize "Wedgewood" polls was being run by China? Seems obvious in retrospect.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (GMBfC)

21 But I was assured that OrangeManBad had chickened out and ICE was no longer deporting immivaders out of MN.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (jb8Ss)

22
Also, FWIW
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)

__________

If it wasn't for "Big Money Billionaires," Democrats couldn't afford to put a stamp on an envelope.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (eRlcH)

23 17 everybody else is using "Big Money Billionaires" as the Boogeyman.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (r7+Q7)

Don't forget us!

Posted by: Data Centers!! [invented spring 2026] at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (88C+u)

Pikers.

Posted by: Claude AI and his Frens at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (l3cgK)

24 Tafoya is a "moderate" Republican pro abortion so in MN she may have a chance...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (+gK6I)

That's going to be a problem, validating judges.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (88C+u)

25 20 They didn't realize "Wedgewood" polls was being run by China? Seems obvious in retrospect.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (GMBfC)

======

I like to believe it's run by Peter Thiel as a side hustle to both undermine the polling industry and get some buddies some easy cash on the betting markets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (qGAQr)

26 15 Everything is fake, gay or an op.

Posted by: Foreskin Lint at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (8EQTH)

Power of AND

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (l3cgK)

27 Maxine Waters is wearing a Peggy Flanagan mask this year.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (2ap+5)

28 Parties waste money. Super PACs waste money."

Nope.

/publicity firms and "strategerists"...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (pfXMo)

29 >>> Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

Fess up.

YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (jb8Ss)

30 I hope Right thinking people will no longer fly United when given a choice.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Ti9vn)

31 28 Parties waste money. Super PACs waste money."

Nope.

/publicity firms and "strategerists"...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (pfXMo)

=====

This fake polling firm convinced Chuck Schumer to spend $1.2 million on the Mississippi senate race with one fake poll.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (qGAQr)

32 Afternoon all,

Just a heads up that we have a launch in about 3 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-15
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 21, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 4:02 p.m. PDT (2302 UTC (October 22, 01:02 CEST)

https://youtu.be/k-TFfeJD8T4

You may now return to the scheduled programming.

Posted by: Joyenz at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (2F0/Y)

33 29 >>> Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

Fess up.

YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (jb8Ss)

I like to wedge wood...

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (l3cgK)

34 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

Fess up.

YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!

Kamala Harris ahead in '28 by eleventy billion percent!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Riz8t)

35 1 I prefer Wedgewood China.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 03:23 PM (JrHfD)

Here ya go. Link goes to ebay.

https://tinyurl.com/52t6yfvk

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (r7+Q7)

36 Don't forget us!

Posted by: Data Centers!!
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What am I? (non-affordable) chopped liver?

Posted by: Big Gas at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (QJwZd)

37 like to believe it's run by Peter Thiel as a side hustle to both undermine the polling industry and get some buddies some easy cash on the betting markets."

That's funny... hope it's true!

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (pfXMo)

38 29 >>> Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

Fess up.

YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (jb8Ss)

=======

What's the difference between a polling firm that doesn't actually call anyone and a polling firm that models electorates?

Because there are definitely the latter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (qGAQr)

39 I saw Bizarre Evil Karen open for the Barenaked Ladies at the Minnesota State Fair back in '89.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (qlLNh)

40 Unfortunately i think the CCP's covert operation against Data Centers is working.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (Ti9vn)

41 34 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

Fess up.

YOU are Wedegewood Polls, aren't you?!

Kamala Harris ahead in '28 by eleventy billion percent!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Riz8t)

Ah, the all important CCP vote.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

42 On the data trending R side you have:

1) End of USAID
2) Actual federal oversight for fraud
3) End of Bidenflation
4) Redistricting

On the data trending D side you have:

1) Gas prices went back to what they were under Biden after originally going down

So this election really should be a red wave.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)

43 This fake polling firm convinced Chuck Schumer to spend $1.2 million on the Mississippi senate race with one fake poll"

It's all good.

/local restaurants

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:32 PM (pfXMo)

44 Wow: This MN Candidate's Ad May Be the Best of the Election Cycle - It Speaks to What We All Want

worth a watch! I really liked this ad

and it's a political ad! it's really well done.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 03:32 PM (qBivk)

45 What's the difference between a polling firm that doesn't actually call anyone and a polling firm that models electorates?

Because there are definitely the latter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (qGAQr)

Are they using climate models?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

46 To be fair, Cuck Schemer isn't likely to be getting a surprise phone call from the King of Sweden.

An inbred cocker spaniel could cheat him in a card game and he'd never catch on.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (qlLNh)

47 Wow: This MN Candidate's Ad May Be the Best of the Election Cycle - It Speaks to What We All Want

worth a watch! I really liked this ad

and it's a political ad! it's really well done.

It actually reminded me of some of my MN relatives. He really got the vibe right.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Riz8t)

48 45 What's the difference between a polling firm that doesn't actually call anyone and a polling firm that models electorates?

Might as well use a Ouija Board... Maybe they are...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (+gK6I)

49 Polling would be difficult even if your goal was just to produce accurate results, because who shows up to vote is generally a bigger factor then consistent voters changing who they vote for.

How the heck do you model that?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

50 What's the difference between a polling firm that doesn't actually call anyone and a polling firm that models electorates?

Might as well use a Ouija Board... Maybe they are...

They can't. It's time has been fully booked by the climate change people.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:34 PM (Riz8t)

51 False.

All blue states are 80%+ Democrat.
All Democrats are going to vote because "hate Trump."
All Republicans are going to stay home because "Iran."

You should educate yourself.

Blue whatever-is-bigger-than-tsunami!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (3cUTc)

52 Its

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (Riz8t)

53 You can actually makeup anything now and get yourself a website, open some social media accounts and then put out any bullshit you want to now.

You can even get Claude to do 95% of that for you and have your own fake polling firm up and running before lunch.

This has already happened several timescwith fake firms and fake polls, all favoring Dems of course.

The last group that hot busted for it also called it a ‘social experiment’.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (6ydKt)

54 I gave up on reading dollar spends for election predictions when I learned that both parties collectively spent $200 million for the Texas Senate election.

In 2024.

When Cruz won by 9.

Parties waste money. Super PACs waste money.

Who the fuck knows what it means?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

It means I'm in the wrong racket.

I need to open Jame Gumb Expert Opinion Polling.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (5FlBj)

55 I prefer Wedgewood China.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Charles Darwin was descended from the Wedgewoods on his mother's side. She was a Wedgewood, I think.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (77rzZ)

56 >>> 19 ICYMI:

Wow: This MN Candidate's Ad May Be the Best of the Election Cycle - It Speaks to What We All Want

https://tinyurl.com/5t5bjndb
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

No boobs or beer!

Seriously though, I like it. A lot.

Did anyone else catch at the very end, it sure looks like the *real* MN flag below the US flag?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (jb8Ss)

57
Might as well use a Ouija Board... Maybe they are...

I was watching a video by a Christian theologian who pointed out you can't actually talk with the dead. If you are getting a response its not from someone that's died but from something else

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)

58 I know something about wedging wood!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (3BwY8)

59 Stripper poles are by far more useful and accurate. Those girls work hard for the money (so I've been told), so they are probably ultra-conservative.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (QJwZd)

60
https://tinyurl.com/52t6yfvk
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd

===============

The people go into frenzies about lawn jockeys would smash that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (mmrXZ)

61 Wedgewood sounds like it could be a sex act that would interest Mayor Pete.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (qlLNh)

62 I went to do early voting today in my blue area. Turn out was light.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)

63 > But maybe this is a cover story. Maybe it was just a Democrat op to demoralize Republicans all along.
--------
Bingo

The media... they love them some Socialism and leftist violence. As the propaganda arm of the Democrats and GOP, the message is always to discourage conservatives from turning out. For the left, it cripples their plans to kill us, for the GOP it requires them to at least show some initiative... which they hate.

TL ; DR... it's all bullshit. All. The. Time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (RORbl)

64 Polling is like a weatherman saying there is a 45% percent chance of rain. If it doesn't rain no one blinks an eye. If it does rain people will say well there was a relatively high chance that it would.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (Ti9vn)

65 I wonder sometimes if there are any normal people in MN with Omar and Timmy Walzing Matilda.

Then I think, of course they are. They are there somewhere among normal people. Who are as disgusted as the rest of us regarding Mogadishu, MN.

I hope they fight. I will pray they fight and add them to my prayers. Which wander around politics at the end. Sometimes I think God alerts my Daddy to come hear me..."She's here again!"

I have prayed for the health and safety of President Turmp, VP Vance, their families and friends, and his administration since the election. "That any plan against them fail."

This is after I pray against evil, corruption, fraud of our enemies, and protection of our country and military. And then conk out asleep.

I used to pray that evil and corruption would "be revealed" and here we are.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)

66 58, 61

Horde Mind is almost scary sometimes, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)

67 64 Polling is like a weatherman saying there is a 45% percent chance of rain. If it doesn't rain no one blinks an eye. If it does rain people will say well there was a relatively high chance that it would.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:36 PM (Ti9vn)

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Polling is the weatherman saying there's a 70% of rain on one day in 4 months. Saying it day and day out for 3.5 months.

And then in the final two weeks going, "Well, it's really 50/50."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qGAQr)

68 Tafoya keeps sending me texts asking for $15, even though I don't live in Minnesota.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)

69 Multiple fake polls aside how the fvck does minnesota turn red and Texas is allegedly turning blue?

Does not compute.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (I43vL)

70 Stripper poles are by far more useful and accurate. Those girls work hard for the money (so I've been told), so they are probably ultra-conservative.

I actually asked an AI tool I have if anyone has ever polled strippers. Uh...phrasing...uh...asked their political views and the answer was no.

"Sex workers" vote D so I'd assume strippers do but that whole "no tax on tips" thing would be big for them so who knows...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)

71

66 58, 61

Horde Mind is almost scary sometimes, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)

You forgot 33...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)

72 66 58, 61

Horde Mind is almost scary sometimes, innit?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)
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*virtual high five*

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (3BwY8)

73 68 Tafoya keeps sending me texts asking for $15, even though I don't live in Minnesota.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)

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$37 million of Talarico's $60 million spent in Texas for the general election was fundraising begs.

Consultants get paid on both ends for the ads asking for the money and a slice of the money coming in.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (qGAQr)

74 Did anyone else catch at the very end, it sure looks like the *real* MN flag below the US flag?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (jb8Ss)

Yeah, that was our real state flag before the somali one.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (kX27y)

75 >>> 71

66 58, 61

Horde Mind is almost scary sometimes, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)

You forgot 33...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)

The key is 4.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (jb8Ss)

76
Here ya go. Link goes to ebay.

https://tinyurl.com/52t6yfvk
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (r7+Q7)

Nice.

I'm partial to the Wedgwood Jasperware series myself.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (qlLNh)

77 Someone got weggied.

Posted by: WisRich at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (G0vdT)

78 55 I prefer Wedgewood China.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Charles Darwin was descended from the Wedgewoods on his mother's side. She was a Wedgewood, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (77rzZ)

Charles Darwin is also descended from Wedgwoods on his father's side. His parents were first cousins.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (r7+Q7)

79 Polls are for strip clubs and fire stations.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (r2Icn)

80 >>> 73 68 Tafoya keeps sending me texts asking for $15, even though I don't live in Minnesota.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)

========

$37 million of Talarico's $60 million spent in Texas for the general election was fundraising begs.

Consultants get paid on both ends for the ads asking for the money and a slice of the money coming in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (qGAQr)

Is that wrong?

Posted by: Mrs Bernie Sanders at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (jb8Ss)

81 I thought all hope was lost and 70 year republican voters decided they were voting for outright communists because Trump?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

82 Wow: This MN Candidate's Ad May Be the Best of the Election Cycle - It Speaks to What We All Want

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

Police Karen Gillan?

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (pV18s)

83 I was thinking about that Alberta election. I'm not surprised by the vote but working out the logic, remainers should have wanted as close to a 51-49 split as possible, because the argument isn't that the Canuckistani central government isn't f*cking over Alberta, it obviously is, but whether it would be better to remain and get the Canuckifuhrer to lay off the people there.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

84 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qGAQ

Disagree because pollsters usually keep it fairly close to the margin of error for the duration. Rarely will they give someone a double didn't lead.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Ti9vn)

85 81 I thought all hope was lost and 70 year republican voters decided they were voting for outright communists because Trump?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

========

"30% of Republican voters in PA in November are going to vote for Kamala!"
-said frequently through October 2024

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (qGAQr)

86 WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN, MASON?!?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (zZu0s)

87 57
Might as well use a Ouija Board... Maybe they are...

I was watching a video by a Christian theologian who pointed out you can't actually talk with the dead. If you are getting a response its not from someone that's died but from something else
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)

What about Saul speaking with Samuel?

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (5FlBj)

88
Aren't any evil morons getting a little satisfaction out of Wedgewood's stunt? As long as they didn't charge anything for their data under some assurance that it was gathered and analyzed in good faith, I don't see it as fraud. It's a straight-up lie, but that's not illegal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (mmrXZ)

89 Great gotcha exchange between a Turning Point kid and a so-called academic, getting lots of eyeballs on X:

https://tinyurl.com/3bmfvtz6

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (kX27y)

90 I think there are a lot of shy Trump voters in Minnesota who will vote against Flanagan. Many Minnesotans have become crazed with anti-Trump, anti-ICE hatred. It's best not to let them know if you've kept your sanity.

And Flanagan is very weird and has pushed every left-wing cause like wearing a "Support Trans Kids" t-shirt with a large knife on it.

Posted by: Dave at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (sbsMc)

91 47 It actually reminded me of some of my MN relatives. He really got the vibe right.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Riz8t)

I’ve never been to MN, know no one from MN, but damn did that get me verklempt.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (itAg7)

92 I hope Right thinking people will no longer fly United when given a choice.

What did they do? I know Delta's CEO made a big public display of how much he hates Elon.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)

93 The Nick Fuentes/Candace Owens media blitz was the left trying to get the right to stay home/vote D but that looks like a failure...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)

94 I used to pray that evil and corruption would "be revealed" and here we are.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)

Minnesota’s problem is Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Like most states with problem cities that want to be socialist communes.

Everybody outside the cities of Minnesota, and probably 30% in the cities, can’t believe the nuthouse they've seen their state turned into.

Just recall who they were trying to deport and who was trying to stop ICE in Minneapolis and that’s the problem demographic right there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)

95 68 Tafoya keeps sending me texts asking for $15, even though I don't live in Minnesota.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)

many, many texts from many different numbers. I kept typing "STOP", then blocked the number, but they kept coming for days...haven't seen one in a couple of days now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

96 Charles Darwin is also descended from Wedgwoods on his father's side. His parents were first cousins.
Posted by: Bilwis

Thanks. I did not know that.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)

97 What's the difference between a polling firm that doesn't actually call anyone

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And a vineyard that sells empty barrels?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (ndZc7)

98 Oh and Peggy Flanagan, who boasts about her 1.75 GPA from high school, just got busted for saying she was Phi Beta Kappa in college. She wasn't.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (kX27y)

99 They're claiming their completely-fake polls were a "social experiment" to expose the lack of rigor in polling and in media poll coverage.

But maybe this is a cover story. Maybe it was just a Democrat op to demoralize Republicans all along.

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My read on this is that it's neither. I think it was a straight-up cash money scam to hose down dumbfucks in newsrooms for $$$ by telling them what they want to hear.

"James Talarico will win by 56 points."

"Oooh, talk dirty to me, nerd! Here's more money. Say it again, like you really mean it."

But somebody finally called bullshit, so they're trying to pretend it was a high minded exercise in civic virtue.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (BI5O2)

100 Just a heads up that we have a launch in about 3 hours.
...
You may now return to the scheduled programming.

"Space shot" used to mean an audacious attempt at something. Now it's so routine that it just slips in between the rest of the day's happenings. That's amazing when you think about it.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 03:43 PM (vTZFs)

101 46 To be fair, Cuck Schemer isn't likely to be getting a surprise phone call from the King of Sweden.

An inbred cocker spaniel could cheat him in a card game and he'd never catch on.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (qlLNh)

To be fair, no one ever expects it to happen to them...

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (ke3zm)

102 Turning point was when fake polling caused Dems to believe they coudl win Miss (!) and started pouring money into the race.

Getting the Dem-commies to waste money on bullshit? Is Ace running this Wedgewood?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (2ocoG)

103 I used to pray that evil and corruption would "be revealed" and here we are.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)

This is YOUR fault

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (pV18s)

104 84 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (qGAQ

Disagree because pollsters usually keep it fairly close to the margin of error for the duration. Rarely will they give someone a double didn't lead.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Ti9vn)

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By "rarely" do you mean "99% of the time except the final polls"?

If you limit the pollsters to their final polls, yes, they keep things to margin of error.

However, you should never limit them to final polls. And, you should be rigorous with them.

42-40 in a poll where the result is 50-48 is not right. The margin is the same, but each individual statistic is outside the margin of error of the final result, the actual data. They got it wrong.

But, we have this overall pattern of polls "tightening" or "moving right" from summer to fall and into election season. That's not a natural movement. That's pollsters trying to use their believability from their final polls 2 years before to get you to believe outright lies in summer in the next election.

Pollsters, as an industry, deserve as much benefit of the doubt as journalists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (qGAQr)

105 I am currently furious.

I got a mailer from the "Texas Transgender Student Union" addressed to my children that is a flyer about how to access troon resources.

Mother. FUCK. These people.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (3BwY8)

106 hope Right thinking people will no longer fly United when given a choice.

What did they do? I know Delta's CEO made a big public display of how much he hates Elon.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)

advocated for a wealth tax and 100% inheritance tax for certain estates.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (Ti9vn)

107 You see, when I robbed those banks I was conducting a social experiment. I was investigating the lax nature of banking security and the poor response time of local police. It was for science!

Posted by: Willie Horton at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (anL5R)

108 > His parents were first cousins.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (r7+Q7)

A *moderate* amount of inbreeding works the same with people as it does with any other animal.

Do it right, you get Charles Darwin.

Do it wrong, you get the Habsburgs.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)

109 Not only did Schumer dump $1.2m into Mississippi based on Wedgewood, but Mallory MacMorrow dropped out of the Michigan Senate race partially due to the Wedgewood poll. She wrote a long screech on X. Neera Tanden and other Dems are also flipping out.
Cue Nelson Muntz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (vJPf4)

110 Not for nothing, but Peggy Flanagan is a feather indian. Sorry Piper; I enjoy your posts, but know nothing about your background or looks.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (bX16E)

111 Best Talafreako ad ever: he's warning the simpletons not to pay attention to any "AI"-generated ads that might misquote his cuckoo statements, or some such.

I saw it once about 6 weeks ago and it then it disappeared. Shame, really. I found it very amusing (and somewhat desperate).

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (ZgwKJ)

112 Sorta related:
Walz lost 90k votes from his election to reelection.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (3cUTc)

113 So my hope is this is a cycle where voters fucking hate the worthless do-nothing RINO GOP fuckpugs who have done fuck all with the majority they were given for 2 years and c ant even pass the SAVE act

But they hate the psychopathic put everyone back in masks and riding electric bicycles demshits even more

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (fapp/)

114 105 I am currently furious.

I got a mailer from the "Texas Transgender Student Union" addressed to my children that is a flyer about how to access troon resources.

Mother. FUCK. These people.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (3BwY

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I'd bet that this was a false flag by Republicans.

It's just too perfectly timed to the election. I mean, Democrats are dumb, but Talarico has spent the last 3 months saying that he never meant anything he said before, including the transgender stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (qGAQr)

115 I’m thinking there is a new use for the term “ wedgie”

Posted by: epador at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (4Djhy)

116 >>> 95 68 Tafoya keeps sending me texts asking for $15, even though I don't live in Minnesota.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)

many, many texts from many different numbers. I kept typing "STOP", then blocked the number, but they kept coming for days...haven't seen one in a couple of days now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

Huh. I've been getting shitloads of spam calls and texts, on my old CO number.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (jb8Ss)

117 I got a mailer from the "Texas Transgender Student Union" addressed to my children that is a flyer about how to access troon resources.

Mother. FUCK. These people.

The Democrats are claiming that's a conservative op. If it is, I'd like to donate to whoever's doing it.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (2ocoG)

118 I knew Darwin's kids were born from his own first-cousin marriage. Which he eventually had to admit was a bad idea.
Said before that Darwin, living before the great genetic revolution, had that massive gap in his theory.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (88C+u)

119 I hope Right thinking people will no longer fly United when given a choice.

What did they do?

They break guitars.

https://youtu.be/5YGc4zOqozo

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (vTZFs)

120 Pollsters, as an industry, deserve as much benefit of the doubt as journalists.

TBF, some of the more honest pollsters (I know, I know) admit they have an existential problem in getting conservatives to answer their inquiries.

In science, if you can't come to a conclusion because of a flawed methodology or defective data, you'd better bloody well say so. These are not scientists.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (Riz8t)

121 108 > His parents were first cousins.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (r7+Q7)

A *moderate* amount of inbreeding works the same with people as it does with any other animal.

Do it right, you get Charles Darwin.

Do it wrong, you get the Habsburgs.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)

It does of the genetics undergirding it are good. See the Rothschilds.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

122 113 So my hope is this is a cycle where voters fucking hate the worthless do-nothing RINO GOP fuckpugs who have done fuck all with the majority they were given for 2 years and c ant even pass the SAVE act

But they hate the psychopathic put everyone back in masks and riding electric bicycles demshits even more

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (fapp/)

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"I'm not going to vote for Paxton because he didn't pass the SAVE Act," is a level of stupid I hope is beyond the Republican electorate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (qGAQr)

123 >>> 103 I used to pray that evil and corruption would "be revealed" and here we are.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)

This is YOUR fault
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (pV18s)

We would have gotten away with it if, it hadn't been for you meddling kids!

Posted by: Slotkin and friends at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (jb8Ss)

124 I saw it once about 6 weeks ago and it then it disappeared. Shame, really. I found it very amusing (and somewhat desperate).
Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 21, 2026 03:45 PM (ZgwKJ)

It played every 10 minutes for a month on my Roku and other free streaming services. Bunch of weasel words.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (Ti9vn)

125 Up here in batshit crazy Maine - I'm cautiously optimistic about Susan Collins beating Troy Jackson.

All of the shenanigans with Platner - all of the excitement around his race is gone. Poof. Evaporated. Using my tried and true inaccurate yard sign counting methodology, Jackson is a lot less popular than Platner was.

But the ads that are being run are brutal... "Collins sides with Trump 96% of the time". "Collins was the deciding vote for Trumps Supreme Court nominees who aborted Roe vs Wade...."

I mean I'm already gonna vote for her, they don't have to convince me anymore.

Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (WYStd)

126 I call leftist op.

Despite the utility that polling has for propaganda and mind fuckening, the cycle *always* goes to "polling is useless" when the election cycle is done - so they're only riding the wave, not making news.

PLUS the Left doesn't want people to have trust in polling, just like how they treat every other institution. And of course accurate polls would make it far easier to suss out The Cheat after the fact. So they poison the well.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (pV18s)

127 An inbred cocker spaniel could cheat him in a card game and he'd never catch on.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (qlLNh)

To be fair, no one ever expects it to happen to them...
Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (ke3zm)

I dunno. A beagle you take a face value because they are all surface. Cockers are a bit shifty and more veiled...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (zZu0s)

128 I am currently furious.

I got a mailer from the "Texas Transgender Student Union" addressed to my children that is a flyer about how to access troon resources.

Mother. FUCK. These people.
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Yes. Got one.
It's creepy AF.
And the Dems are all-hands trying to find out who sent it.

Best take, throwing their shit back at them:
Even if it's fake, it still proves just how aggressive the Dems are trying to trans your children.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (3cUTc)

129 I'd bet that this was a false flag by Republicans.

It's just too perfectly timed to the election. I mean, Democrats are dumb, but Talarico has spent the last 3 months saying that he never meant anything he said before, including the transgender stuff.

The "Texas Transgender Student Union" is registered to an address in Montana, so yeah.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (2ocoG)

130 All polls are weighted, so it all depends on whether the weighting is accurate and based on historical trends

And weighting always starts with +50 in dems favor before it magically becomes -1 dems 2 weeks before an election

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (fapp/)

131 120 Pollsters, as an industry, deserve as much benefit of the doubt as journalists.

TBF, some of the more honest pollsters (I know, I know) admit they have an existential problem in getting conservatives to answer their inquiries.

In science, if you can't come to a conclusion because of a flawed methodology or defective data, you'd better bloody well say so. These are not scientists.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (Riz8t)

=========

Harvard-Harris is the best pollster of the last decade, at least on the generic congressional ballot.

Their average miss is about 1% over that period.

But EVERYONE dismisses them as "Republican aligned". Even Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (qGAQr)

132
Maybe they should start reading coffee grinds...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)

I prefer to read signs in commie entrails...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (jnjlZ)

133 I'd bet that this was a false flag by Republicans.

It's just too perfectly timed to the election. I mean, Democrats are dumb, but Talarico has spent the last 3 months saying that he never meant anything he said before, including the transgender stuff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (qGAQr)
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That's charitable. Also the GOP down here isn't exactly known for being THAT clever.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (3BwY8)

134 If you watch the Talarico commercials you would think the Texas AG office is the most powerful political office in the world.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (Ti9vn)

135 132
Maybe they should start reading coffee grinds...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)

I prefer to read signs in commie entrails...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (jnjlZ)

before or after the helicopter flight?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (l3cgK)

136 130 All polls are weighted, so it all depends on whether the weighting is accurate and based on historical trends

And weighting always starts with +50 in dems favor before it magically becomes -1 dems 2 weeks before an election

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (fapp/)

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A pollster got a R+33 sample from whites in Georgia this year.

They weighted it down to R+11 because they thought it was more realistic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (qGAQr)

137 > 13 Flanagan certainly has the face for Halloween.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2ap+5)

Heh... just thought of the episode of Sanford and Son where Fred has come home from a trip and handing out gifts to everyone.

Aunt Esther asks where her present is.

He hands her the clear plastic bag the other stuff was in and tells her it's her Halloween mask.

In real life, Red Foxx and Lawanda Page were the best of friends. They'd known each other since the days of the burlesque circuit, when Foxx was a blue comedian and Page was a stripper. Foxx got her the gig on Sanford and Son.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (qlLNh)

138 Oh and Peggy Flanagan, who boasts about her 1.75 GPA from high school, just got busted for saying she was Phi Beta Kappa in college. She wasn't.
Posted by: beckster
.......

More like Eta Bita Pi.
Those gals were adventurous.

Posted by: wth at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)

139 136 130 All polls are weighted, so it all depends on whether the weighting is accurate and based on historical trends

And weighting always starts with +50 in dems favor before it magically becomes -1 dems 2 weeks before an election

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:48 PM (fapp/)

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A pollster got a R+33 sample from whites in Georgia this year.

They weighted it down to R+11 because they thought it was more realistic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (qGAQr)

Just like what was done with the temps in the 1930s by Climate "Scientists"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (l3cgK)

140 133 That's charitable. Also the GOP down here isn't exactly known for being THAT clever.

Posted by: ballistic at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (3BwY

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Some of the SuperPACs are run by smart people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (qGAQr)

141 oh, in AI retardation annals, there's this
x.com NafisaFaiWashCo/status/2112237024480461042
Nafisa Fai had an event where the American flag was upside down, which I'll allow as probably not intentional, because these are all foreign retards. Ms Fai then planted an AI fake of the event and blamed Republicans for a (literal) false flag.
But real footage exists not just for the upsidedown flag Fai was standing in front of, but all her dumbass inbred supporters.
derrrrpppp

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (88C+u)

142 I'm not going to vote for Paxton because he didn't pass the SAVE Act," is a level of stupid I hope is beyond the Republican electorate.

***************

But it's true! He didn't pass the SAVE act! We need to not vote for him where he could be in a position to finally vote for the SAVE act!

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (fapp/)

143 hope Right thinking people will no longer fly United when given a choice.

What did they do?"

The CEO (?) went full 'tard.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (pfXMo)

144
What did they do? I know Delta's CEO made a big public display of how much he hates Elon.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)

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Interesting. I've had emails from Ed this year after our grandson's stuffed Lambie got lost on a flight. Which was, we think, thrown away as Lambie was no longer white afte 8yrs, and found in the window well of the plane and tossed.

Ed alerted his staff in 4 airports after I emailed him. The local PR person at the airport hand delivered a ton of stuff for our sweet boy later that week to help. I had people from JFK and Orlando emailing me photos of stuffed animals for ID. [I know this sounds wacky but it's true]

My dude said Ed was probably an assitant, but it was his phone, and the PR person said it was Ed.

Do I need to email Ed about this? Will look into it tonight after chores to see what he said.

We are Delta People for generations. Granted I flew anything in college that was cheap to return me home and back, but I'd rather walk, dragging my suitcase, then fly Frontier or some other airlines.

My husband hated United and AA when he flew for business. We've never had a problem with Delta.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (hzuYO)

145 many, many texts from many different numbers. I kept typing "STOP", then blocked the number, but they kept coming for days...haven't seen one in a couple of days now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

NEVER TEXT THEM BACK.

The only thing you're doing is confirming that there's an actual human being at your phone number. And while they may remove you from one list, they're going to add you to 5 more.

Just mark them all as spam and block the numbers. Eventually they'll die down. I only get one or two a day now whereas a month ago I was getting 6+ a day.

Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (WYStd)

146 Canuckistani central government isn't f*cking over Alberta, it obviously is, but whether it would be better to remain and get the Canuckifuhrer to lay off the people there.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

70/30 for the federation.

Carney will use this to forget just about everything he promised Danielle Smith in regards to oil exports and pipelines. They’ll drag that out like a high speed train in California.

He will treat it like a referendum on Canada’s direction and his leadership and proceed to join the EU at the hip while bending over for the CCP and turn Canada into a basket case.

All because of mean tweets, Netflix paying for Canadian TV shows, and the Quebec Dairy Cartel.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (6ydKt)

147 In real life, Red Foxx and Lawanda Page were the best of friends. They'd known each other since the days of the burlesque circuit, when Foxx was a blue comedian and Page was a stripper. Foxx got her the gig on Sanford and Son.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (qlLNh)

Put it back on! Put it back on!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)

148 Sorry I meant the polling is a Republican op.

Hard to tell on the letters to children. It's the kind of thing the Left would do. It's pretty ballsy for our side and would still peg my creep meter.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (pV18s)

149 Alberta is Quebec with fewer hairy arm pitted women.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (bX16E)

150 142 I'm not going to vote for Paxton because he didn't pass the SAVE Act," is a level of stupid I hope is beyond the Republican electorate.

***************

But it's true! He didn't pass the SAVE act! We need to not vote for him where he could be in a position to finally vote for the SAVE act!

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (fapp/)

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The irony is that all of the key senate races are open seats.

So, none of the Republicans running have had a chance to even talk to Thune or other Senators about passing the SAVE Act.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (qGAQr)

151 Why cant Republican orgs ever pull stunts like this? Imagine if we had a bunch of loaded polling that shows us easily winning what that would do to fundraising and turnout?

Posted by: Leupold at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (q3RLF)

152
Nice.

I'm partial to the Wedgwood Jasperware series myself.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:39 PM (qlLNh)

I like that stuff, too. Overproduced and copied, but I especially like the tri color stuff, though it gets pricey.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (r7+Q7)

153 The Democrats are claiming that's a conservative op. If it is, I'd like to donate to whoever's doing it.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (2ocoG)
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Concur.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (rj6Yv)

154 134 If you watch the Talarico commercials you would think the Texas AG office is the most powerful political office in the world.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:49 PM (Ti9vn)

Well, Texas (historically) had a weak-governor system where the AG (and Lt Gov) have more power than in most states. These days the governor has been allowed more authority I think.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (88C+u)

155 Polynikes, tjm is correct. When you see errors consistently correlated in a consistent direction ever election year instead of a random walk, it is dishonest research.

A random walk would be errors that either favored Dems or GOP on a random bases. Consistent errors in the same direction over multiple races and election cycles indicate falsified research.

Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (p7BBy)

156 Texas Transgender Student Union"

It's from Wyoming. Or something. It's a great bit of advertising...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (pfXMo)

157 What about Saul speaking with Samuel?

In the story the witch is shocked when Samuel actually appears. This tends to indicate to me that she'd never actually had this happen before and was a completely different experience then normal.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

158 147 In real life, Red Foxx and Lawanda Page were the best of friends. They'd known each other since the days of the burlesque circuit, when Foxx was a blue comedian and Page was a stripper. Foxx got her the gig on Sanford and Son.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (qlLNh)

Put it back on! Put it back on!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)

For real.
That woman was not easy on the eyes.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (5FlBj)

159 Since some folks are discussing first cousin marriages:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AWaJQT-H6w8

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (Riz8t)

160 Heh... just thought of the episode of Sanford and Son where Fred has come home from a trip and handing out gifts to everyone.

Aunt Esther asks where her present is.

He hands her the clear plastic bag the other stuff was in and tells her it's her Halloween mask.

I could stick your face in some dough and make gorilla cookies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qzRSU2NWmE

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (Iwv3U)

161 If a GOP PAC is pushing transgenderism on children as a cheesy political trick, then shame on them.

And I'm a guy who approves of playing dirty pool, in general. But this is too dirty.

Kids are being exposed to enough of this toxic garbage by actual Democrats, without the assist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)

162
Sometimes when I'm here I feel like I'm in a Bob Hope gag writers meeting in 1946

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)

163 Tjm, exception is collins in ga. As rep, he voted for save act multiple times.

Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (p7BBy)

164 155 Polynikes, tjm is correct. When you see errors consistently correlated in a consistent direction ever election year instead of a random walk, it is dishonest research.

A random walk would be errors that either favored Dems or GOP on a random bases. Consistent errors in the same direction over multiple races and election cycles indicate falsified research.

Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 03:52 PM (p7BBy)

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The bigger problem is the idea that the pollster's shield of "aggregate of a handful and their final polls" still seems to work with people.

Marist is in almost no aggregates, but because "the polls" were pretty close to "right" 2 years ago, we have to take Marist seriously even though Marist has a long history of sucking.

That's what giving the benefit of the doubt does. It lends credence to literal junk.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (qGAQr)

165 Reminded me of this:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxc6yyv

Posted by: snakeplizzken at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (G0Od/)

166
Oh ffs it's such a network of fraud and illegality that nothing is OT anymore, so now comes the prosecution of some Gonzalez bitch who ran a green card marriage scam in Massachusetts for TWELVE YEARS, not declaring any of her considerable income from it of course and therefore receiving SNAP benefits. She operated with impunity during the Biden administration, but admitted that it had gotten more difficult during the Trump admin. She's American-born, but I suspect she identifies more with her wise Latino heritage.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (mmrXZ)

167 > Darwin, living before the great genetic revolution, had that massive gap in his theory.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (88C+u)

Well, my original theory didn't take into account the possibility that the cousin might be smokin' hot.

Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qlLNh)

168 If the polls still favor Democrats, even a little, get ready for the screams that Trump stole the midterms.

Guess what happens next?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)

169
Well, Texas (historically) had a weak-governor system where the AG (and Lt Gov) have more power than in most states.

___________

Forgot me.

Posted by: Speaker of the TX House at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (eRlcH)

170 163 Tjm, exception is collins in ga. As rep, he voted for save act multiple times.

Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 03:54 PM (p7BBy)

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Fair.

And black turnout is eroding...fast in Atlanta.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qGAQr)

171 Sometimes when I'm here I feel like I'm in a Bob Hope gag writers meeting in 1946"

The Road is over there...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (pfXMo)

172 Close family marriage is a solution to a specific problem - how do you preserve wealth in an environment where very little new wealth is ever created.

This is why the west stopped doing it and why the Muslim world continues to...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

173 I was watching a video by a Christian theologian who pointed out you can't actually talk with the dead. If you are getting a response its not from someone that's died but from something else
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)

What about Saul speaking with Samuel?
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (5FlBj)

Neither of them were Christian.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)

174 >>> 168 If the polls still favor Democrats, even a little, get ready for the screams that Trump stole the midterms.

Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)

Winter of Love!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (jb8Ss)

175 Troons unite, you have nothing to lose but your naughty bits.

Posted by: Texas transgender student union at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (p7BBy)

176 the genetics undergirding it are good. See the Rothschilds.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

Ashkenazim (master-race) figured out after some nasty brushes with breast-cancers and Tay Sachs that we, uh, they can't be screwing our cousins no more. There are big databases now where we, uh, they can look up a prospective partner so our (sigh) kids don't get born with a death sentence.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (88C+u)

177 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
What a llng day

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

178 167 > Darwin, living before the great genetic revolution, had that massive gap in his theory.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:46 PM (88C+u)

Well, my original theory didn't take into account the possibility that the cousin might be smokin' hot.

Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qlLNh)

True.

Posted by: Albert Einstein at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (l3cgK)

179 The irony is that all of the key senate races are open seats.

So, none of the Republicans running have had a chance to even talk to Thune or other Senators about passing the SAVE Act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (qGAQr)

Not sure if you're counting our Maine senate race as "key" or not, but Susan Collins has definitely been an obstacle to the SAVE act.

The thing is, if Troy Jackson gets elected, the Democrats will be able to do so much more damage than Collins possibly could by not passing the SAVE act (something I've written to her about several times - ineffectively it seems).

Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (WYStd)

180 169
Well, Texas (historically) had a weak-governor system where the AG (and Lt Gov) have more power than in most states.

___________

Forgot me.

Posted by: Speaker of the TX House at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (eRlcH)

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"MY POSITION ON THE RAILROAD COMMISSION WILL MAKE ME THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNIVERSE!"
-Bo French

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (qGAQr)

181 If the polls still favor Democrats, even a little, get ready for the screams that Trump stole the midterms.

Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)

Everyone passes the SAVE act by voice vote.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (uhVAy)

182 >>>Guess what happens next?

More screams from the same screamers have been screaming for two years. At some point, you get desensitized to the noise.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (CwhoI)

183 172 Close family marriage is a solution to a specific problem - how do you preserve wealth in an environment where very little new wealth is ever created.

This is why the west stopped doing it and why the Muslim world continues to...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

The eldest son inherited everything, the others had to go fish.

Posted by: Albert Einstein at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (l3cgK)

184 that the cousin might be smokin' hot.
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qlLNh)

Your marriage was otherwise a happy one from what I've read, so I dunno.
Family reunions must have been fun.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (88C+u)

185 Public polls are propaganda. At this point now they're starting to reflect reality so they can claim that the race 'tightened', or 'independents broke heavily Republican', or the classic, 'undecideds went Republican'.

As I joke every election cycle, its now time for The Ceremonial Tightening Of The Polls

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (AjL/0)

186 An inbred cocker spaniel could cheat him in a card game and he'd never catch on.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Schmukie Tumor in a dogs playing poker painting.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (ndZc7)

187 If the polls still favor Democrats, even a little, get ready for the screams that Trump stole the midterms.

It is amusing watching the left ping pong from "there has never been and never will be any fraud in our perfect electoral system" and "Trump is stealing another election!"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)

188 There’s only one poll that counts.

Which reminds me I need to get some singles for tonight.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)

189 I have an admission to make.

All my comments are total fabrications.

I am doing a study.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (6FR1E)

190 179 Not sure if you're counting our Maine senate race as "key" or not, but Susan Collins has definitely been an obstacle to the SAVE act.

The thing is, if Troy Jackson gets elected, the Democrats will be able to do so much more damage than Collins possibly could by not passing the SAVE act (something I've written to her about several times - ineffectively it seems).

Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 03:57 PM (WYStd)

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Collins was always going to win.

She won in the worst GOP environment in recent memory (2020) by 8 points when all the polls said she'd lose by 8.

And then the Platner drama, the Jackson switch, and then the Jackson burp.

And Collins does as leadership demands of her. She always votes for leadership goals when she needs to (Kavanaugh). She's miles better than someone like Murkowski.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (qGAQr)

191 This is YOUR fault
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:44 PM (pV18s)

We would have gotten away with it if, it hadn't been for you meddling kids!
Posted by: Slotkin and friends at October 21, 2026 03:47 PM (jb8Ss)
*****
Yep! My prayers are His favorites!

In reality I have faith that all will be well. Sometimes I am exhausted with trying to control stuff in life (my mother's recent hospitalization and now rehab). Then I slap myself and turn it over to God.

I turn all of this midterm wahoo over to God as I certainly have no control of the outcome. I will vote.

The pendulum swings and is swinging conservative with bells ringing. I hope for more riots in Paris to hammer this thought in, if any retard is "on the fence."

I'd rather mock the Dims than fall to their fear tactics.

I'd rather pray against them, as they are evil, their homo and trans and abortion stuff is evil. And, yes, that is also included as I get specific and have not fallen asleep.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (hzuYO)

192 Back when it was still a reputable magazine, the Economist ran a story about a genetic study someone had done in Iceland that concluded that the best marriages from a genetic standpoint were those between second cousins (i.e., the children of first cousins).

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

193 Well, Texas (historically) had a weak-governor system where the AG (and Lt Gov) have more power than in most states.

Abbott took a demotion to Governor after years.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (Ti9vn)

194 In the story the witch is shocked when Samuel actually appears. This tends to indicate to me that she'd never actually had this happen before and was a completely different experience then normal.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

I saw the "Warlock" film from the late '80s again recently and there's a scene where the Warlock consults a medium to talk with his master, Satan. The scene starts out with the medium pretending to channel ol' Stan and the Warlock, played well by Julian Sands, sits back and says he'll wait for the real Old Scratch to show up and there's a minute or two more where the medium pretends she's really channeling him...and then there's a abrupt change and Satan really shows up.

Your description of that Saul and Samuel scene brought that to mind.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (oPFtC)

195 that the cousin might be smokin' hot."

*Insert "relative humidity" joke here*

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (pfXMo)

196
The eldest son inherited everything, the others had to go fish.
Posted by: Albert Einstein at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (l3cgK)

__________

First son inherits the estate.
Second son goes into the army or navy.
Third son goes into the church.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (eRlcH)

197 After 14 years. Now autocorrect is erasing shit.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (Ti9vn)

198 184 that the cousin might be smokin' hot.
Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qlLNh)

Your marriage was otherwise a happy one from what I've read, so I dunno.
Family reunions must have been fun.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:58 PM (88C+u)

first cousin marriages are still legal in some states, California being one of those...
https://tinyurl.com/yc77v9uz

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)

199 Tjm, the most pungent way to counteract that is to note cookies with 5 percent shit mixed in is still something you don't want to eat. Aggregating shit with wholesome ingredients still is not safe to eat.

Models are only as good as their least accurate measures

Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (p7BBy)

200 Since some folks are discussing first cousin marriages:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AWaJQT-H6w8
Posted by: Archimedes
......

None of those chicks are getting married anyway, unless they go on 90 Day Fiance.

Posted by: wth at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)

201 i belive the polls saying paxton is winning

Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (GEYDR)

202
first cousin marriages are still legal in some states, California being one of those...
https://tinyurl.com/yc77v9uz
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)

___________

That explains a lot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (eRlcH)

203 Almost every poll seems to be from the Democrats Propaganda Ministry

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

204 Yep! My prayers are His favorites!
Posted by: ChristyBlinky

If nothing else, at least mine are keeping Him amused.

Posted by: 88C+u has that much going for him at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (88C+u)

205 Which reminds me I need to get some singles for tonight"

Local banks ATM will occasionally spew 5s and singles...
Not bad, but 40 bucks in singles is...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (pfXMo)

206 Ashkenazim (master-race) figured out after some nasty brushes with breast-cancers and Tay Sachs that we, uh, they can't be screwing our cousins no more. There are big databases now where we, uh, they can look up a prospective partner so our (sigh) kids don't get born with a death sentence.
Posted by: 88C+u

I had a female coworker who was Jewish, and her sister died of some Jewish genetic disorder. She vowed that she would marry a gentile because of that. She married a guy of Norwegian ancestry.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)

207 If the polls still favor Democrats, even a little, get ready for the screams that Trump stole the midterms.

Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)

They’ll probably try their color revolution plan no matter who wins Congress.

I’d say preparing the battlefield for 2028, like 2020 Redux: Electric Boogaloo.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (6ydKt)

208 199 Tjm, the most pungent way to counteract that is to note cookies with 5 percent shit mixed in is still something you don't want to eat. Aggregating shit with wholesome ingredients still is not safe to eat.

Models are only as good as their least accurate measures

Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (p7BBy)

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I thought the right had come to the conclusion that polling was inaccurate nonsense after Brat Summer, especially after Kamala's pollsters admitted after the election that the public polls had been wrong all along and that they had never had a lead ever.

But, nope.

"I'm worried that ahistorial things like states swinging 15 points from a presidential to a senate race in the next midterm, which has happened once this century and not for 20 years, is going to happen AT LEAST 3 times THIS YEAR!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (qGAQr)

209 >>Collins was always going to win.

I hope you're right.

I also hope LePage wins CD2 up in the sticks.

We're apparently f'ed when it comes to governor though. Ms. Nepotism apparently has run away with it and I've hear 2nd hand that my big time dem fundraiser neighbor has essentially stopped because she says that they have it in the bag.

Hope thats wrong because I can't afford to live here anymore.

Posted by: Defenestratus at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (WYStd)

210 137
In real life, Red Foxx and Lawanda Page were the best of friends. They'd known each other since the days of the burlesque circuit, when Foxx was a blue comedian and Page was a stripper. Foxx got her the gig on Sanford and Son.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

--------------
Was her stripper name Mashed Potatoes?

(I wonder if anyone will get this joke.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (6FR1E)

211 Aww, the skinsuit that is modern Bioware is shutting down.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (zZu0s)

212
None of those chicks are getting married anyway, unless they go on 90 Day Fiance.

I was amused because the Paki woman at first took histrionic umbrage at the very idea that Muslims have very high rates of first cousin marriage, and that that led to low IQs, and then fell back to the "others do it too" argument. Motte and Bailey much?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)

213 > Put it back on! Put it back on!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)

She was a 1 in her youth.

https://tinyurl.com/uryvsyc8

Hit The Wall hard at some point, I guess.

Probably the makeup people on S&S intentionally made the character look unflattering.

Plus she could breathe fire. Handy for dealing with inconvenient salesmen, Jehovah Witnesses, and politicians.

Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (qlLNh)

214 199 Tjm, the most pungent way to counteract that is to note cookies with 5 percent shit mixed in is still something you don't want to eat. Aggregating shit with wholesome ingredients still is not safe to eat.

Models are only as good as their least accurate measures

Posted by: whig's phone at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (p7BBy)

We used to call it "Inert Ingredients" and kept the levels to under 1ppm...

Posted by: Cereal Manufacturers at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (l3cgK)

215 Almost every poll seems to be from the Democrats Propaganda Ministry
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)
====

The Elon College poll has King Roy 11.x% ahead of Whatley. That's how stupid the polling is.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (rj6Yv)

216 >>> 192 Back when it was still a reputable magazine, the Economist ran a story about a genetic study someone had done in Iceland that concluded that the best marriages from a genetic standpoint were those between second cousins (i.e., the children of first cousins).
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

Well, the first problem is that's it's Iceland; their choices are limited.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (jb8Ss)

217 211 Aww, the skinsuit that is modern Bioware is shutting down.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (zZu0s)

Good, because Mass Effect's already been raped to death, we don't need a ME4 to begin raping the the franchise's corpse.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (oPFtC)

218 >>Winter of Love!

Touches nose. Points at you.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (viF8m)

219 I had Kamala ahead of Trump in Iowa 47-44 in 2024. I was only off by 16%. It's science!

Posted by: Ann Selzer at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (6bDIQ)

220 219 I had Kamala ahead of Trump in Iowa 47-44 in 2024. I was only off by 16%. It's science!

Posted by: Ann Selzer at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (6bDIQ)

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Thinking Selzer is wrong is just cope!

She's never been wrong!

And Kamala winning IA means that she's easily got WI in the bag!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (qGAQr)

221 She was a 1 in her youth.

https://tinyurl.com/uryvsyc8

Hit The Wall hard at some point, I guess.

Probably the salmonella from working with reptiles.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (77rzZ)

222 > Was her stripper name Mashed Potatoes?

I don't get the joke, but she was billed as The Bronze Goddess of Fire.

Did a whole fire act, apparently.

This was back in the day when strippers needed to have an actually talent in addition to being willing to take off their clothes.

Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:04 PM (qlLNh)

223 ChristyBlinkyTheGreat,

🙏🏻AMEN!!!🙏🏻

I am a lot more chill once I learned to turn it over. I still worry but a lot less than I use to. It's in his hands because it's all his will. Doesn't mean I don't vote or get involved.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (VCgbV)

224 i believe the polls saying kamala won iowa

Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (+QXvY)

225 Good, because Mass Effect's already been raped to death, we don't need a ME4 to begin raping the the franchise's corpse.
Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (oPFtC)

That is true, they were working on that, werent they? Oh well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (zZu0s)

226 Tafoya keeps sending me texts asking for $15, even though I don't live in Minnesota.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Me too. It's getting really annoying.

I can't believe that Ohio would elect that POS Sherod Brown again.

Posted by: Tuna at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (lJ0H4)

227 I was watching a video by a Christian theologian who pointed out you can't actually talk with the dead. If you are getting a response its not from someone that's died but from something else
==
Well, what about: He is the God of the living, not the Dead.

I don't advocate for divination or any of that rot, but I'mma not go for the "dead" are dead and call myself a christian.

Posted by: Willie Horton at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (anL5R)

228 We are Delta People for generations. Granted I flew anything in college that was cheap to return me home and back, but I'd rather walk, dragging my suitcase, then fly Frontier or some other airlines.

My husband hated United and AA when he flew for business. We've never had a problem with Delta.

I hear you. I was a Northwest die-hard when they were bought by Delta so all of my miles are on Delta. But not letting customers have the best possible in-flight WiFi because you're a Democrat is a level of retardation I didn't think possible. American and United both offered to transfer Delta miles after that blowup. (Both of them offer Starlink).

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (2ocoG)

229 Hoo boy, that troll we had here touting the Iowa poll.
That's what convinces me most of these polls are just pulled out of thin air to feed FUD

Posted by: or a thinner colon at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (88C+u)

230 >>> Posted by: Aos Dope at October 21, 2026 04:05 PM (+QXvY)

And here's the child of siblings.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (jb8Ss)

231 Disagree because pollsters usually keep it fairly close to the margin of error for the duration.
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I saw someone claim margin of error isn't "it could swing inside that range" but more "if we ran this poll 100 time that's the percentage of results that would be different from this one."

Which, IDK, polls are fake and gay.
Plus retarded.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (3cUTc)

232 TJM, be honest, are you paying this stalker troll to raise your street cred?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (zZu0s)

233 202
first cousin marriages are still legal in some states, California being one of those...
https://tinyurl.com/yc77v9uz
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)

___________

That explains a lot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (eRlcH)

Also legal in Florida, which might explain Florida man (and woman)...

Posted by: Cereal Manufacturers at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (l3cgK)

234 Local banks ATM will occasionally spew 5s and singles...
Not bad, but 40 bucks in singles is...
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:01 PM (pfXMo)

There’s an ATM machine there.*
They just charge a steep service charge for the convenience.

*a friend told me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (6ydKt)

235 When Montana elected a Dem senator I assumed West Coast invaders was the cause.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (Ti9vn)

236 Was her stripper name Mashed Potatoes?

(I wonder if anyone will get this joke.)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:02 PM (6FR1E)

This is The Moron Horde. We didn't even know it was that kind of party, otherwise...

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (r7+Q7)

237 231 I saw someone claim margin of error isn't "it could swing inside that range" but more "if we ran this poll 100 time that's the percentage of results that would be different from this one."

Which, IDK, polls are fake and gay.
Plus retarded.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:06 PM (3cUTc)

=======

Margin of error is on each individual statistic.

So, a 47-50 poll with a 3.5 MOE means that it could be from 43.5 on the low end for the one point to 53.5 on the high end for the other.

It's borderline useless for precision.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (qGAQr)

238 Me too. It's getting really annoying.

I can't believe that Ohio would elect that POS Sherod Brown again.
==
I'd love to believe that also, but for shits sake how many freakin times did the elect him already? 7 times to congress and three freakin times to the senate. So yikes.

Posted by: sorry for the math at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (anL5R)

239 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)

I'm torn.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (pV18s)

240 kamala's pollsters who said they never led through summer are just cope

Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (ZqqHB)

241 There’s an ATM machine there."

It's their ATM at Walmart....

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:08 PM (pfXMo)

242 235 When Montana elected a Dem senator I assumed West Coast invaders was the cause.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (Ti9vn)

==

That's the last time a state swing 10+ points from a presidential to a senate race the next midterm to deliver a senate race to an opposition party candidate.

And it was 20 years ago.

And it hasn't happened since. Not even in 2010, 2014, or 2018.

And we're expected to believe it'll happen in TX, IA, AK, and OH. This year. All at once.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:08 PM (qGAQr)

243 Odds dope will be here in #twoweeks?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (jb8Ss)

244 I asked Duck AI to read this thread and write a leftwing troll post:

"Minnesota trending red? Sure—right after the Vikings start trending toward a Super Bowl, I’ll start worrying. Until then, I’ll trust actual voters over a poll with a name that sounds like it was invented in a strip mall. Carry on, patriots; I’m sure this time the comment section has discovered the secret silent majority."

And it sounds just like our native trolls...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)

245 Soothe me more tmj
Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM (ZqqHB)

Uh, bro, he's already suggested maybe you can just be friends

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (88C+u)

246 a 47-50 poll with a 3.5 MOE"

Read that as "45-70" with a 3.5 MOA.

I'm hopeless.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (pfXMo)

247 Odds dope will be here in #twoweeks?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (jb8Ss)

I dunno no. It seems kind of personal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (zZu0s)

248 Odds dope will be here in #twoweeks?

In #twoweeks I suspect the comments will go back to just being the regulars. TJM talking about Prometheus and all that.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (2ocoG)

249 244 I asked Duck AI to read this thread and write a leftwing troll post:

"Minnesota trending red? Sure—right after the Vikings start trending toward a Super Bowl, I’ll start worrying. Until then, I’ll trust actual voters over a poll with a name that sounds like it was invented in a strip mall. Carry on, patriots; I’m sure this time the comment section has discovered the secret silent majority."

And it sounds just like our native trolls...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)

except a bit more coherent.

Posted by: Cereal Manufacturers at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (l3cgK)

250 248 TJM talking about Prometheus and all that.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (2ocoG)

=======

I may consider it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (qGAQr)

251 I'm so old I remember when HuffPo gave Hillary a 98.2% chance of beating Trump with a massive electoral college win.

She got schlonged.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)

252 And it sounds just like our native trolls...

No misspellings, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)

253 251 I'm so old I remember when HuffPo gave Hillary a 98.2% chance of beating Trump with a massive electoral college win.

She got schlonged.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)

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Because the polls said so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (qGAQr)

254 Why is TJM always the object of the troll's attention?

Is the troll also a Prometheus fan?

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

255 Margin of error is on each individual statistic.

So, a 47-50 poll with a 3.5 MOE means that it could be from 43.5 on the low end for the one point to 53.5 on the high end for the other.

It's borderline useless for precision.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:07 PM

And that's the beauty of polling. Here in Texas they have talerico ahead by 2-3 points, well within the margin of error of the polls which is at 3.2% for most of them. Even when he losses they can claim they got it correct. It's literally a scam and people keep paying them to conduct polls.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (I43vL)

256 Read that as "45-70" with a 3.5 MOA.

I'm hopeless.
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:10 PM (pfXMo)
=======

Need a new rifle or a new vision prescription.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (rj6Yv)

257 These frequent "We were conducting a social experiment! Really!" fake polling compant revelations is a HUGE scandal that simply isn't getting enough press.

What keeps happening is this:

-- Leftist activists set up a fake polling company
— Issue fake polls to push DSA candidates over Dem and GOP candidates.
— IF (note that word: "If") they get caught, then they issue a pre-written excuse: "We simply set up this fake poling company as a test to see how much the media could be fooled by fake polling companies. Gotcha!"
Uh huh.
— But IF they DON'T get caught (which probably happens all the time), then they never do their big Mea Culpa., and their polls continued to be used right up to the election to demoralize any candidate that opposes the communist agenda.

Even worse, these fake polls are always included in the "polling averages," and since they're left-skewing outliers, they skew the average of ALL polls.

So yeah, we outed two or three of these con artists, who then all falsely claimed to be social scientists performing an experiment. But, that raises the question:

How many HAVEN'T ben outed yet?

Probably dozens of them.

Conclusion: Do not trust polls. Even a little bit.

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (HD2n/)

258 If you watch the Talarico commercials you would think the Texas AG office is the most powerful political office in the world.
---
Yeah, one of them claims Paxton--as Attorney General--gave billions in tax breaks to data centers.

so, you know, right on-brand with the intelligence of the anti-data center folks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (3cUTc)

259 255 And that's the beauty of polling. Here in Texas they have talerico ahead by 2-3 points, well within the margin of error of the polls which is at 3.2% for most of them. Even when he losses they can claim they got it correct. It's literally a scam and people keep paying them to conduct polls.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (I43vL)

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"The polls in summer are 100% correct because the final polls from the last cycle were 60% correct."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (qGAQr)

260 I also asked the Duck who writes at the highest level and it tagged TheJamesMadison - that nets you one month free of AoS prime you know...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

261 "Minnesota trending red? Sure—right after the Vikings start trending toward a Super Bowl, I’ll start worrying. Until then, I’ll trust actual voters over a poll with a name that sounds like it was invented in a strip mall. Carry on, patriots; I’m sure this time the comment section has discovered the secret silent majority."

I mean, the Vikings *are* 5-0.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (2ocoG)

262 maybe you can just be friends"

Why can't we be friends...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (pfXMo)

263 254 Why is TJM always the object of the troll's attention?

Is the troll also a Prometheus fan?

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

"We we tasked with asking 1000 Prometheus Fans..."--poll-stars

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (l3cgK)

264 Cope might get suicidal if the Republicans win both houses. We might have to trace his IP and call 911.

He’ll be mumbling something about TJM and poll numbers while the EMTs are administering the Naloxone.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (6ydKt)

265 I'm so old I remember when HuffPo gave Hillary a 98.2% chance of beating Trump with a massive electoral college win.

She got schlonged.

For the record, not by me right Webb?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (sKqQm)

266 Redd Fox had a famous underground recording of one of his comedy acts. This was deep into the black culture and very raunchy. At one point he says "If it's gonna be that kind of party, I'm putting my dick in the mashed potatoes."

It was used a lot on the Beastie Boys underground recordings -- the ones where they would prank call people.

It became a catch phrase among those who hung out in record stores and listened to underground recordings.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (6FR1E)

267 Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)

AI sounded a million times smarter and wittier. Now you'll have all the trolls use AI.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:12 PM (Ti9vn)

268 Back when it was still a reputable magazine, the Economist
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 03:59 PM

We know this problem.

Posted by: Playboy & Penthouse at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (0sNs1)

269 I'm so old I remember when HuffPo gave Hillary a 98.2% chance of beating Trump with a massive electoral college win.

She got schlonged.

By Webb Hubble. Allegedly. (But *damn* Chelsea looks like him).

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)

270
If the polls still favor Democrats, even a little, get ready for the screams that Trump stole the midterms.

Guess what happens next?
Posted by: JackStraw

==============

Well, we offered them the SAVE Act. Now prepare for the SAVE-MOR Act.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)

271 Iceland has had a reputation among visitors for having...friendly...women for centuries.

They know perfectly well that they need fresh genes, and Icelandic husbands and fathers have often been willing to look the other way.

There's a bit in Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, published 1871, where they're staying overnight in the cottage of an Icelandic peasant and the wife offers to "help them take off their trousers, as was the custom of the country".

There's a reason that US Troops called Reykjavík "Break Ya Dick".

Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (qlLNh)

272 Need a new rifle"

*see honey, I'm not the only one who thinks so*

*looks at Marlin lever....ohhhhhh

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (pfXMo)

273 sid's ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (XD+PD)

274 were tasked with asking 1000 Prometheus Fans.
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That's an impossible task. There aren't 1000 Prometheus Fans in the entire world.

Posted by: sorry for the math at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (anL5R)

275 He’ll be mumbling something about TJM and poll numbers while the EMTs are administering the Naloxone.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

When I was in the drunk tank of Michigan Stadium, I was raving about how I had to go home and write a paper on Crime and Punishment.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (77rzZ)

276 It became a catch phrase among those who hung out in record stores and listened to underground recordings.
---
Oh, I see you're one of those "FM plastic banana hippie" types Rush was always talking about.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (3cUTc)

277 >>Well, we offered them the SAVE Act. Now prepare for the SAVE-MOR Act.

Slotkin is playing her part. Don't forget, they never really leave the CIA.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)

278 Playboy used to have some good articles, and Penthouse had naked Vanessa Williams

Posted by: choices, choices at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (88C+u)

279 hilary won 2016. the polls said so

Posted by: Aos cope at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (3yrbS)

280 Prometheus had really good FX and some talented actors.

It was a major accomplishment to have that and produce such a piece of shit.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm)

281 266 Redd Fox had a famous underground recording of one of his comedy acts. This was deep into the black culture and very raunchy. At one point he says "If it's gonna be that kind of party, I'm putting my dick in the mashed potatoes."

It was used a lot on the Beastie Boys underground recordings -- the ones where they would prank call people.

It became a catch phrase among those who hung out in record stores and listened to underground recordings.
Posted by: bob

I actually have some of those Redd Foxx underground comedy records. XXX-rated. It's astounding that he was ever given his own TV show.

I also have similar underground comedy records by Dolomite, Rusty Warren, and others. The '50s was actually a completely outrageous decade, if you peek behind the shutters.

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (HD2n/)

282 There's a reason that US Troops called Reykjavík "Break Ya Dick".

Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (qlLNh)

I am laughing so hard.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)

283 Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:11 PM (2ocoG)

Even so the AI giveaway was the attempted self depreciation of his home state.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:16 PM (Ti9vn)

284 sid's ass is the best tasting ass

I'd have to be the judge of that

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 21, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

285
This is The Moron Horde. We didn't even know it was that kind of party, otherwise...
Posted by: Bilwis

Salutations, sir.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:16 PM (6FR1E)

286 The Left don't do self deprecation.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:16 PM (Ti9vn)

287 Wow, this place. Fen posts pictures of pottery and it leads to horny Icelandic girls.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

288 Christian theologian

-
I saw a video that contended Jesus' crown of thorns was made from palm thorns. Few days earlier, he was welcomed with palms on Palm Sunday but now, a few days later, the palm is used to torture him. A comment on the fickleness of worldly esteem.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 04:17 PM (ndZc7)

289 Leftwing humor is, "Everyone I don't like is a NAZI...and a bad person!"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)

290 Well, we offered them the SAVE Act. Now prepare for the SAVE-MOR Act"

Should call it the S-MART act...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (pfXMo)

291 274 were tasked with asking 1000 Prometheus Fans.
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That's an impossible task. There aren't 1000 Prometheus Fans in the entire world.

Posted by: sorry for the math at October 21, 2026 04:14 PM (anL5R)

https://youtu.be/RrueZ7-F5oo&t=12s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (l3cgK)

292 RealClearPolitixs poles have a blue tsunami.

It’s downright depressing. But. I guess that’s the point.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (W2Pud)

293 Montana has never been an all-red state. Mike Mansfield? Democrat. Max Baucus? Democrat.

Henrietta somebody (name escapes me): first woman in House of Representatives, only one to vote against declarations of war in both WWI and WWII: democrat.

East half of the state: ranchers.
West half of the state: miners.

Posted by: Wenda at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (J5E68)

294 I seem to recall that Iceland has an inordinately high per capita rate of STDs.

Posted by: Now it all makes sense at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (anL5R)

295
"Even Donald Trump no longer thinks Donald Trump will win the election, which is why he is spending so much time talking about the election being rigged and bragging about having gone to an Ivy League school.

"Campaign coverage at this point has the feeling of a party that has gone on too long, but which still has an hour left on the official clock. Some reporters are gamely trying to keep in the spirit of things, but others are ostentatiously looking at their watches and starting conversations about the shape of a future Clinton presidency, or getting an early jump on the campaign autopsies.

"An autopsy of the Trump campaign seems singularly pointless. To a first approximation, he has no campaign. The more interesting question is: What happens to the Republican Party in the wake of Trump?"

- Megan McArdle, October, 2016

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (eRlcH)

296 I also have similar underground comedy records by Dolomite, Rusty Warren, and others. The '50s was actually a completely outrageous decade, if you peek behind the shutters.
Posted by: zombie

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I heard a few, but I don't think I ever had any recordings myself. Good stuff to play when hanging around with friends.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (6FR1E)

297 RealClearPolitixs poles have a blue tsunami.

CNN was weeping the other day because Talarico and El-Sayed are probably going down in flames.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (2ocoG)

298 My favorite Red Foxx line is one he gave at the end of one of his stage shows:

"Now, it's time for me to tell you what MacArthur told the troops on Corregidor: BYE!"

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

299 Megan McArdle, October, 2016
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (eRlcH)

You need to message her that.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (Ti9vn)

300 RealClearPolitixs poles have a blue tsunami.

It’s downright depressing. But. I guess that’s the point.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (W2Pud)
======

Psyops everywhere - from the Persian Gulf to Santa Barbara.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (rj6Yv)

301 >>> 299 Megan McArdle, October, 2016
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:19 PM (eRlcH)

You need to message her that.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (Ti9vn)

Naw. It should be tattoo'd on her forehead.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (jb8Ss)

302 300 RealClearPolitixs poles have a blue tsunami.

It’s downright depressing. But. I guess that’s the point.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 04:18 PM (W2Pud)
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Psyops everywhere - from the Persian Gulf to Santa Barbara.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (rj6Yv)

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"Two polls that make no sense next to each other? Throw them in the aggregate."
-Seat Trende, guy who runs RCP

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (qGAQr)

303 McArdle is like a younger, less interesting Ann Althouse.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

304 I seem to recall that Iceland has an inordinately high per capita rate of STDs.
Posted by: Now it all makes sense

But they wiped out Down's Syndrome though!
(By aborting kids with it.)

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)

305 Considering the whole news is Propaganda on the Democrats side, amazing anyone else opposing evenwins.

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

306
McArdle is like a younger, less interesting Ann Althouse.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

____________

Althouse commenters: The Marx Brothers

Althouse: Margaret Dumont

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (eRlcH)

307 Even the European media is quoting IRGC spokescritters who are telling anyone who will listen that the Persian strategy is to influence the US midterm elections.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (rj6Yv)

308 "If it's gonna be that kind of party, I'm putting my dick in the mashed potatoes."

Well, I hope there was none of that rustic nonsense where the cook left parts she skin in the dish. Nothing more disgusting than trying to fuck an ill-prepared vegetable.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (5FlBj)

309 307 Even the European media is quoting IRGC spokescritters who are telling anyone who will listen that the Persian strategy is to influence the US midterm elections.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (rj6Yv)

=======

Because the PhDs in the IRGC think we have a parliamentary system and that a Democrat House will lead to Trump no longer being prime minister of the USA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (qGAQr)

310 4 Wedgewood Polls was just "doing research". Pete Townshend sympathizes.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (Riz8t)

The Milly Vanilli of Pollsters?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (mP0Kj)

311 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Ilhan O at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (6bDIQ)

312 306
McArdle is like a younger, less interesting Ann Althouse.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

____________

Althouse commenters: The Marx Brothers

Althouse: Margaret Dumont
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (eRlcH)

McArdle is the kind of gal who thinks extra "well, actually" makes up for the inferior tits.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (5FlBj)

313 McArdle is like a younger, less interesting Ann Althouse.

In the immediate wake of 9/11 she wrote some interesting things. But that didn't really last long.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 04:24 PM (2ocoG)

314 Wedgewood's a damn good goalie.

Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 04:24 PM (ZxPkt)

315 You mean the Jerky Boys, sizzlechest!

Posted by: Framk Rizzo at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (kdVl9)

316 304 I seem to recall that Iceland has an inordinately high per capita rate of STDs.
Posted by: Now it all makes sense

But they wiped out Down's Syndrome though!
(By aborting kids with it.)
Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)

Strangely... the Quackers did to... by not immunizing their kids apparently.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (mP0Kj)

317 > I saw a video that contended Jesus' crown of thorns was made from palm thorns. Few days earlier, he was welcomed with palms on Palm Sunday but now, a few days later, the palm is used to torture him. A comment on the fickleness of worldly esteem.

Wut? The same groups that hated Jesus on Palm Sunday hated Him days later. The same groups that loved Jesus on Palm Sunday loved Him days later. There was no fickleness.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (mkw2N)

318 CNN was weeping the other day because Talarico and El-Sayed are probably going down in flames.

Posted by: Ian S.

They're both going down flaming.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (ndZc7)

319 It was used a lot on the Beastie Boys underground recordings -- the ones where they would prank call people.

It became a catch phrase among those who hung out in record stores and listened to underground recordings.
Posted by: bob

The line is used at the opening of the song "B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak" on the ‘Ill Communication’ album.

Which I still have the CD.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)

320 > Nothing more disgusting than trying to fuck an ill-prepared vegetable.

You're preaching to the choir.

Posted by: DOCTOR Jill Biden at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N)

321 CNN was weeping the other day because Talarico and El-Sayed are probably going down in flames.

As long as I get to be on the bottom it isn't all bad though...

Posted by: Talarico at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

322 I said beastie boys above and I knew that was wrong.
I think they used the clip too, but not sure.

The Jerky Boys are the ones who would call the bar. The tunnel bar or something. the owner was red.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (6FR1E)

323 The early vote numbers should put paid to any "blue wave" nonsense.

Posted by: Framk Rizzo at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (kdVl9)

324 Nothing more disgusting than trying to fuck an ill-prepared vegetable.

Nothing beats a warm apple pie

Posted by: Jason Biggs at October 21, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)

325 Because the PhDs in the IRGC think we have a parliamentary system and that a Democrat House will lead to Trump no longer being prime minister of the USA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:23 PM (qGAQr)
======

Gas prices in the US are plummeting because MORE oil is being exported from the Persian Gulf than what was exported pre-war. That's right - More oil now than was exported 12/31/2025.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:27 PM (rj6Yv)

326 315 You mean the Jerky Boys, sizzlechest!
Posted by: Framk Rizzo

Yeah, thanks. Those poor brain cells were hibernating and needed coffee after what, 30 years of slumber.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 04:27 PM (6FR1E)

327 othing more disgusting than trying to fuck an ill-prepared vegetable.

You're preaching to the choir.
Posted by: DOCTOR Jill Biden
==
and frankly that turned out to be the thing that came back to haunt me the most about my father

Posted by: Hunter at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (anL5R)

328 new thread netflix icks

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (CWTWj)

329 282 There's a reason that US Troops called Reykjavík "Break Ya Dick".

Posted by: Charles Darwin at October 21, 2026 04:13 PM (qlLNh)

I am laughing so hard.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)

And there were reasons why Sailors in the early 80's called Norfolk Virginia... No Fuck, Vagina.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (mP0Kj)

330 Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 04:25 PM (mkw2N)

Yeah no fickleness that direction. It wasn't fickleness but more than a few who hated him subsequently became followers after his death.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 04:28 PM (Ti9vn)

331 323 The early vote numbers should put paid to any "blue wave" nonsense.

Posted by: Framk Rizzo at October 21, 2026 04:26 PM (kdVl9)

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OH is looking like a wipeout against the Ds. Their metro numbers are trash.

GA is seeing rather steep black turnout declines already. Maybe not enough to undo Ossoff, but he can't like what he's seeing.

TX is just presidential turnout from both parties, and the state is deep red.

GOP is doing well in NV and FL.

NC is the only Dem bright spot (heck, even VA is less pronounced than last year where early voting analysis saw the D's winning pretty early and convincingly), and even that is eroding pretty quickly (quickly enough for Whatley? No one knows, but it seems doubtful). NC will be a 3 point or less race, and both parties will scream that they didn't spend enough on it when it's over.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (qGAQr)

332 Nood netflix

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (sKqQm)

333 Wedgewood's a damn good goalie.
Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 04:24 PM (ZxPkt)
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Makes quality china, too.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (amcLV)

334 So the Carpet Merchants in Tehran have nothing else to except piss off American voters. That's a double-edged sword.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 04:29 PM (rj6Yv)

335
Here you go, nurse:

At the end of the 2024 campaign, RCP’s average had Harris ahead by 0.1 point.

--AI

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 04:31 PM (mmrXZ)

336
McArdle is like a younger, less interesting Ann Althouse.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

Both are aficionados of starfish sex?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 04:33 PM (y9nCu)

337 I kept typing "STOP", then blocked the number, but they kept coming for days...haven't seen one in a couple of days now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

You're missing the opportunity to have fun with them, and return screeds on exactly what you think of them and their politics.

... of course I'm on the Leftist mailing lists, for some reason, so that's a bit more entertaining than text spam from people I can tolerate in office.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 04:35 PM (vJrRc)

338 All those bad polls have same results as good polls. Me trust polls. Me smart.

Posted by: Paul Retard at October 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Ovx+P)

339 Democrats stopped ads in Minnesota because their Somali vote fraud.

Wedgewood fake polling caused McSorrow to drop out in Mich. when they had her at 9%, giving us El Sayed, and caused Schumer to spend a million in Mississippi.

Posted by: MikeN at October 21, 2026 07:18 PM (jxxzr)

The Federal Government Identified 20,000 Mail-In Votes In California Likely Cast by Illegal Aliens. California Refuses to Segregate These Ballots to Verify the "Voters'" Eligibility to Vote Before Counting Them.

In addition, California admitted to a federal court they have no mechanism whatsoever to verify that voters are legally eligible and rely exclusively on the voters' say-so that he can cast a legal vote.

The federal government just arrested 28 people living in California for illegally voting while being Maryland Fathers.

The Department of Justice on Monday announced a string of arrests related to alleged voter fraud in California.
"This causes real damage to real elections and real damage to American citizens," a DOJ official said in a press conference. The DOJ also announced that it was bringing charges against 28 noncitizens illegally registered to vote, including some who did cast votes.
"These are not isolated instances," another official said, before confirming that the DOJ was reviewing thousands of alleged illegal voting cases across the country.

Tony Seruga
@TonySeruga
Oct 20
🚨 20,000+ POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL VOTER REGISTRATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE ANSWERS.
Wake the f*ck up! You are being gaslit by the Marxist left. This list isn't assembled from rumors or political speculation.
According to the DOJ, federal investigators used immigration databases, identity matching, multiple verification layers, manual USCIS reviews, supervisory oversight, and law-enforcement screening to identify more than 20,000 likely noncitizens on California's voter rolls.
And now, 28 foreign nationals have been criminally charged with alleged election-related offenses in California.
Every flagged registration deserves proper verification.
But here's the question California officials must answer:
WHY WOULD ANY STATE RESIST VERIFYING VOTER ELIGIBILITY WHEN FEDERAL AUTHORITIES PRESENT DOCUMENTED CONCERNS?
Every unlawful ballot potentially cancels out the legitimate vote of an American citizen.
Election integrity is not voter suppression. Protecting eligible voters from wrongful removal is equally essential.
Thank you, @USAttyEssayli, for bringing the methodology into public view.
VERIFY THE RECORDS. PROTECT LEGAL VOTERS. ENFORCE THE LAW. 🇺🇸

The SCIF
@TheSCIF
L.A. officials have confirmed to a federal court that they cannot and have no way to verify a voter's citizenship, besides on what the voter claims their citizenship status is...
This should tell you everything you need to know.
"The Registrar is not equipped or authorized to verify voter citizenship because it does not independently house citizenship-related information beyond the voter attestation as identified in federal and state law, and is certainly not equipped to do so within the election period."

Massive concession: Los Angeles election officials just told a federal court they have no independent way to verify citizenship beyond what voters attest. (They simply take their word for it.) Under federal law, only citizens may vote in federal elections. Yet California has not acted on the list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens or agreed to set aside their ballots. American citizens� votes are being diluted in California.
— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) October 20, 2026

This is the methodology behind our list of 20,000+ likely noncitizen registrants in California: data cleaning, identity matching, removal of citizens and deceased individuals, manual USCIS review, supervisory sign-off, and law-enforcement screening. Sworn declarations in today's TRO filing detail each step.
— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) October 19, 2026

Federal authorities arrest over two dozen noncitizens in California for election fraud following state officials' refusal to audit voter rolls or segregate flagged ballots. https://t.co/XmLcosWyi9
— Robert Gouveia Esq. (@RobGouveiaEsq) October 21, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

Comments

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1 I guess California doesn't get to vote. Problem solved.

Posted by: weew at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (9TspW)

2 "L.A. officials have confirmed to a federal court that they cannot and have no way to verify a voter's citizenship"

Subpoena the 'officials' and make them say that, individually, under oath.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

3 I've been called a lot of things, but never a Maryland Father.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (TN0g+)

4 Any federal funding to CA should cease to exist.

Posted by: toddg at October 21, 2026 02:23 PM (KCFD3)

5 Saw an youtube of a short little Honduran man being detained, and I hope, deported, for registering to vote in CA.

In spite of Newscum and CA, ICE is watching.

Let's hope the fear of deportation makes these illegals less bold.

Little Honduran was whining and cussing fluently in English.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:23 PM (hzuYO)

6 The Federal Government Identified 20,000 Mail-In Votes In California Likely Cast by Illegal Aliens. California Refuses to Segregate These Ballots to Verify the "Voters'" Eligibility to Vote Before Counting Them.

Trump is going to lose this one when it eventually goes to SCOTUS. They have already ruled that states are in control of the voting process in their state per the constitution. All we can hope for is that these prosecutions and others will shut down the illegals voting pipeline and I suspect that is the entire point of these prosecutions.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:23 PM (I43vL)

7 several states need to be downgraded to territories

maybe PA is one

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 02:24 PM (qBivk)

8 They have already ruled that states are in control of the voting process in their state per the constitution

so ok

what do the rest of the states do when the rotten ones just take their money and ruin their lives?

what is the recourse?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (qBivk)

9 I used to keep news stories like this in a big bookmark folder in categories like global warming, electric cars, voter fraud, etc. One day around 2012 I realized that nobody gave a damn what the facts were, nobody ever changed their mind.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (TMNW7)

10 I'll bet if someone started swamping the system with Trump votes they'd find a way to detect and block them pretty quickly.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)

11 maybe PA is one

****************

Not the whole state, just Philadelphia and Pittsburgh

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (fapp/)

12 "In addition, California admitted to a federal court they have no mechanism whatsoever to verify that voters are legally eligible and rely exclusively on the voters' say-so that he can cast a legal vote."

I have long been convinced that 10s of millions of illegals vote every year. Yes, I said 10s of millions.

I've seen nothing in my life that dissuades me of that belief, and quite a lot (like this post here) that confirms it.

Without illegals voting, Democraps would not win a single election anywhere in the country, outside of small leftist AWFuL conclaves. This is why the Dems fight to the death to keep any illegals from being thrown out, because every one that leaves is a lost vote.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

13 Once counted, they can't be uncounted, so of course.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (l3cgK)

14 Didn’t Leslie Stahl just tell us only one or 2 people do this, it’s not a problem?

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 Don't bother paying attention to the cannon fodder at the front of a protest.

Do pay attention to the handler at the very back.
-----

I've heard that in many instances there are actually people wearing those yellow-high-visibility vests that immerse themselves in the middle of crowds at protests and they are the actual "leaders"--the protestors know to follow their directions about which streets to advance on, what direction to turn when cops show up, etc.

Those vest-wearers should be rounded up when a protest stops being peaceful.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (TN0g+)

16
Lesley Stahl just nagged Harmeet Dhillon for spending so many resources on "a tiiiinyyyy" number of transgressors.

BECAUSE CALIFORNIA WON'T REVEAL THEIR RECORDS, DUH.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (mmrXZ)

17 Saw an youtube of a short little Honduran man being detained, and I hope, deported, for registering to vote in CA.

In spite of Newscum and CA, ICE is watching.

Let's hope the fear of deportation makes these illegals less bold.

Little Honduran was whining and cussing fluently in English.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:23 PM (hzuYO)

They should go after the hired help of Dem politicians in the state.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (uhVAy)

18 2 "L.A. officials have confirmed to a federal court that they cannot and have no way to verify a voter's citizenship"

Subpoena the 'officials' and make them say that, individually, under oath.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

Unlike every business who can vet if an potential employee is legal or not...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (l3cgK)

19 Lesley Stahl just nagged Harmeet Dhillon for spending so many resources on "a tiiiinyyyy" number of transgressors.

BECAUSE CALIFORNIA WON'T REVEAL THEIR RECORDS, DUH.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (mmrXZ)

How does she know its tiny?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (uhVAy)

20 >>> 12 "In addition, California admitted to a federal court they have no mechanism whatsoever to verify that voters are legally eligible and rely exclusively on the voters' say-so that he can cast a legal vote."

I have long been convinced that 10s of millions of illegals vote every year. Yes, I said 10s of millions.

I've seen nothing in my life that dissuades me of that belief, and quite a lot (like this post here) that confirms it.

Without illegals voting, Democraps would not win a single election anywhere in the country, outside of small leftist AWFuL conclaves. This is why the Dems fight to the death to keep any illegals from being thrown out, because every one that leaves is a lost vote.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

EVERY sensitive system on the fcking planet is subject to auditing, except US voting.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (jb8Ss)

21 A fucking cat video gets more views than this information.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (ua/lL)

22 >>Trump is going to lose this one when it eventually goes to SCOTUS. They have already ruled that states are in control of the voting process in their state per the constitution. All we can hope for is that these prosecutions and others will shut down the illegals voting pipeline and I suspect that is the entire point of these prosecutions.

Don't think so. Not only did the DOJ send out the list of 20,000 names they suspected were not eligible to vote, the DOJ told them that election officials could be charged with a felony for every illegal vote they allowed to be counted after they were made aware the voter was not eligible. California officials ignore them.

They seemed to have laid a trap and Newsom being the dope he is walked right into it.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (viF8m)

23 16
Lesley Stahl just nagged Harmeet Dhillon for spending so many resources on "a tiiiinyyyy" number of transgressors.

BECAUSE CALIFORNIA WON'T REVEAL THEIR RECORDS, DUH.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (mmrXZ)

It doesn't exist in statistics if you don't collect the statistics (and to the investigations and arrests).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (l3cgK)

24 And the Dems are sung Trump for trying to remove them from the voter rolls...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (+gK6I)

25 If the Republicans hold the House they should refuse to seat the California Congressional delegation until the voting rolls are purged if illegals.
I'm sure Mike Johnson has the balls to do it. Hehehehehe, cough, hehehehe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (vJPf4)

26 The goal of these states is to make is so easy to "accidentally" vote when not eligible, that that itself becomes the defense.

"You can't blame poor stupid Juan, he didn't know. The state registered him when he went for Medical. The state sent him the ballot. It is not his fault"

But what should happen is anyone voting illegally should be immediately deported, and all assets confiscated.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (fav1R)

27 I've heard that in many instances there are actually people wearing those yellow-high-visibility vests that immerse themselves in the middle of crowds at protests and they are the actual "leaders"--the protestors know to follow their directions about which streets to advance on, what direction to turn when cops show up, etc.

Those vest-wearers should be rounded up when a protest stops being peaceful.
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (TN0g+)

Just add some vest wearers of your own.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:28 PM (uhVAy)

28 I'm not loving the admin's wording on this btw - "diluting"

"illegals voting dilutes the votes of citizens"

way way too weak!

it invalidates - it cancels - legal citizens' votes

your legal votes are completely erased by the illicit ones

make it sounds as bad as it is! "dilute"??!!! what is it, a redhead?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 02:28 PM (qBivk)

29 CA then filed some thing claiming they did some sort of "spot check" of a list and--sit down for this, you're going to be shocked--all the ones they checked were legitimate.

Where the issue is from a list on a thumb-drive that they refused to open.
And it was a totally honest, random check.
Because they wouldn't lie to a court.
And it was not a spot check of some other list and a sleight-of-hand to suggest it was the same list.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 02:28 PM (3cUTc)

30 Why is the Secretary of State not in leg chains?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 02:28 PM (RIvkX)

31 I've heard that in many instances there are actually people wearing those yellow-high-visibility vests that immerse themselves in the middle of crowds at protests and they are the actual "leaders"--the protestors know to follow their directions about which streets to advance on, what direction to turn when cops show up, etc.

Those vest-wearers should be rounded up when a protest stops being peaceful.
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (TN0g+)

Just add some vest wearers of your own.
-----

Can you imagine the stench?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:28 PM (TN0g+)

32
The L.A. mayor primary made it obvious the two party system there is Castroites vs. Maoists.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 02:28 PM (Y8DZL)

33 24 And the Dems are sung Trump for trying to remove them from the voter rolls...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (+gK6I)

If the actual dems being removed from the voter rolls sued, it would make finding them easier...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:28 PM (l3cgK)

34 In more important news:

I got the deluxe 4K physical release of Bride of Re-Animator completely for free in the mail today.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:28 PM (qGAQr)

35 Crusader, exactly.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 02:29 PM (ua/lL)

36 I thought the new required Drivers License/ ID was supposed to confirm citizenship? I know illegals con that system too but it's a lot harder to get a fake birth certificate or find the right person to bribe.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:29 PM (Ti9vn)

37 BTW Genius Governor claims these arrests are "PROOF" there is no fraud.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 02:29 PM (RIvkX)

38 They have already ruled that states are in control of the voting process in their state per the constitution

so ok

what do the rest of the states do when the rotten ones just take their money and ruin their lives?

what is the recourse?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM

SCOTUS is the sole arbiter of any disputes between the separate states per the constitution.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:29 PM (I43vL)

39 Without illegals voting, Democraps would not win a single election anywhere in the country, outside of small leftist AWFuL conclaves. This is why the Dems fight to the death to keep any illegals from being thrown out, because every one that leaves is a lost vote.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

EVERY sensitive system on the fcking planet is subject to auditing, except US voting.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (jb8Ss)

Don't forget the additional fraud in every major city by legal dead people, legal people who did not vote but had one added...and has been going on for a century and a half.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:30 PM (uhVAy)

40 Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:29 PM (I43vL)

If I sued Kalifornia, I'd have no standing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:30 PM (l3cgK)

41 Question for horde lawyers:

If Federal law limits voting to citizens and the Feds provide a means to verify citizenship to the state, but California makes a deliberate decision to not use the system and allow non-citizens to vote, does liability attach to anyone there?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 02:31 PM (ALmBW)

42 >>> 36 I thought the new required Drivers License/ ID was supposed to confirm citizenship? I know illegals con that system too but it's a lot harder to get a fake birth certificate or find the right person to bribe.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:29 PM (Ti9vn)

DLs are issued by states. CA (and others) have very loudly proclaimed they will continue issuing DLs and especially CDLs to any Juan, Pajeet or Muhammad who wants one.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:31 PM (jb8Ss)

43 26 The goal of these states is to make is so easy to "accidentally" vote when not eligible, that that itself becomes the defense.

"You can't blame poor stupid Juan, he didn't know. The state registered him when he went for Medical. The state sent him the ballot. It is not his fault"

But what should happen is anyone voting illegally should be immediately deported, and all assets confiscated.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (fav1R)

====

Not keeping clean voter rolls is in violation of HAVA and has been for decades now.

Trump's DOJ seems to be making preliminary legal moves to prosecuting state officials under HAVA by proving they aren't maintaining voter rolls properly by proving that they're enrolling illegal voters without checks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:31 PM (qGAQr)

44 We can't have nice things here.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 21, 2026 02:31 PM (gHA1U)

45 I have long been convinced that 10s of millions of illegals vote every year. Yes, I said 10s of millions."

No argument from me. ..

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:32 PM (pfXMo)

46 I've been called a lot of things, but never a Maryland Father.
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (TN0g+)

We're not all election fraudsters

Posted by: Doof at October 21, 2026 02:34 PM (h4J+2)

47 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:31 PM (jb8Ss)

Then they are violating federal legislation if they are providing without proof of citizenship. Federal highway funds should be withheld until they comply.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:34 PM (Ti9vn)

48 45 I have long been convinced that 10s of millions of illegals vote every year. Yes, I said 10s of millions."

No argument from me. ..

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:32 PM (pfXMo)

Illegal votes from Me-HI-co!
More that just e. coli infected veggies and avocados!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:34 PM (l3cgK)

49 Trump is going to lose this one when it eventually goes to SCOTUS. They have already ruled that states are in control of the voting process in their state per the constitution.
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Not exactly.

Time, manner and place are left up to the states.

But eligibility to vote is determined by the Constitution.

And the other cases you're probably thinking of were decided on the narrow grounds that the federal government hadn't passed legislation on that issue--but clearly left open "if there was a law, we'd rule otherwise."
Hence, the SAVE Act.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 02:35 PM (3cUTc)

50
How does she know its tiny?
Posted by: Oldcat

===============

They've only found three. Therefore there are only three.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:35 PM (mmrXZ)

51 thought the new required Drivers License/ ID was supposed to confirm citizenship? I know illegals con that system too but it's a lot harder to get a fake birth certificate or find the right person to bribe"

Go look up the licenses issued to the various trucking firm employees... lots of "stars".
IIRC, couple of states had employees rubber stamping applications..

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:35 PM (pfXMo)

52 SCOTUS is the sole arbiter of any disputes between the separate states per the constitution.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:29 PM (I43vL)

Only with the proper "standing"
*eye roll*

Posted by: Doof at October 21, 2026 02:35 PM (h4J+2)

53 Seen any of the anti-Prop 39 ads? They all start with Donald Trump. Please, I already planned to vote for it; I don't need more persuasion!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:35 PM (l3cgK)

54 I wish the DOJ would do the same in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (Ti9vn)

55 california claims it has no mechanism to verify compliance or enforce the law.
In past administrations, this would be considered a check-mate to any further action towards getting a state into compliance with federal law.

I cannot believe that Trump and his coterie of war-gamers do not have a counter to this claim.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (rbvCR)

56 Question for horde lawyers:

If Federal law limits voting to citizens and the Feds provide a means to verify citizenship to the state, but California makes a deliberate decision to not use the system and allow non-citizens to vote, does liability attach to anyone there?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 02:31 PM

That question is going to have to be answered by SCOTUS. Two weeks ago a federal district judge in miami ruled that prohibiting non citizens from voting in federal elections is unconstitutional.

Pretty sure we are being set up and the liberals are hoping this ruling gets appealed and goes all the way to SCOTUS. And after the ruling in the birthright citizenship case it stands a good chance of being upheld allowing all non citizens to vote in federal elections.

The democrats are playing the long game here.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (I43vL)

57 With government numbers 20,000 is really more like 200,000.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (6ydKt)

58 45 I have long been convinced that 10s of millions of illegals vote every year. Yes, I said 10s of millions."

No argument from me. ..

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:32 PM (pfXMo)

I found a termite in my house. It's the only one that's in my house.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

59 More that just e. coli infected veggies and avocados!"

Taylor Farms says "yum"!

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (pfXMo)

60 21 states sued over election irregularities and SCOTUS pissed all over them.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 02:37 PM (ua/lL)

61 I wish the DOJ would do the same in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.

Yes. There is a very strong argument that sunlight is even more necessary in states that might possibly still have the courage to do something about it, before it’s too late and they don’t.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 21, 2026 02:37 PM (kYmoU)

62 Dear God, hear my prayer. Should I ever be arrested and paraded in hand-cuffs before the cameras of the media, please keep me from the humiliation of wearing red plaid pajama bottoms as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

63 55 california claims it has no mechanism to verify compliance or enforce the law.
In past administrations, this would be considered a check-mate to any further action towards getting a state into compliance with federal law.

I cannot believe that Trump and his coterie of war-gamers do not have a counter to this claim.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (rbvCR)

As I wrote before, Isn't there a Federal Website companies can use to vet the legality of employees? I mean, at least run the names and SS through that system for folks on the voter rolls, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:38 PM (l3cgK)

64 Take that list of 20,000 illegals and have ICE purge those voter rolls.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:38 PM (Ti9vn)

65 64 Take that list of 20,000 illegals and have ICE purge those voter rolls.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:38 PM (Ti9vn)

=======

The 20,000 weren't illegals. They were legal visa holders who didn't have the right to register in federal elections. Green card holders, etc.

They're probably on the chopping block to have those visas revoked, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:39 PM (qGAQr)

66 ", Isn't there a Federal Website companies can use to vet the legality of employees?"

e-verify.gov. It exists.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 02:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

67 >>Not exactly.

>>Time, manner and place are left up to the states.

>>But eligibility to vote is determined by the Constitution.

National Voter Registration Act of 1993. One of the requirements is that states are required to clean their voter rolls to insure only eligible voters are voting. It's not a request, it's the law.

But it has been ignored by many states for years because nobody did anything about it. Harmeet Dhillon got many state voter rolls over the last year and a half but not all states complied and they are being sued. That's why the DOJ warned CA about the 20,000 illegals they knew of. They told Newsom's administration and they ignored him. That's how they knew to arrest those 28 so fast. They were waiting for them.

Somebody(s) in CA is getting indicted.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:39 PM (viF8m)

68 Could be worse, could have a vouching system where one person can vouch for up to 8 others as in MN.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (kX27y)

69 The Federal courts will say Congress will have to pass a law that says only US citizens can vote in elections, I guess. And of course Congress will not do that. So that means illegals can vote all they want to and that is exactly what the Democrats want.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (Dd7BU)

70
I've heard that in many instances there are actually people wearing those yellow-high-visibility vests that immerse themselves in the middle of crowds at protests and they are the actual "leaders"--the protestors know to follow their directions about which streets to advance on, what direction to turn when cops show up, etc.

Those vest-wearers should be rounded up when a protest stops being peaceful.
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:26 PM (TN0g+)

Start towing away all the charter busses that are parked a couple of blocks away. First off, the charter companies will have to rethink who they rent to. Kind of hard to run a bus company if you don't have busses.

Plus, the paid rioters don't have a ride to their staging areas where their personal cars are parked. Make the fuckers walk home.

Or if the local commie cocksucker city government starts complaining about the Feds and jurisdiction, just follow the busses after the riot until they park, then detain them as they exit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (y9nCu)

71 I used to keep news stories like this in a big bookmark folder in categories like global warming, electric cars, voter fraud, etc. One day around 2012 I realized that nobody gave a damn what the facts were, nobody ever changed their mind.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (TMNW7

I saw this today, and it struck a neve (possibly because it validates my own beliefs on the subject). I post it because it seems germane.

Matthew Pierce
@MJPiercello
·
6h
"The premise is that intelligence is not a neutral information processor. It is a preference-bound system that both CAN and, by structure, CANNOT AVOID filtering, reframing, or ignoring evidence to protect a preferred model of the world.

"Under that constraint, civilizational epistemology cannot rely on “just be objective” or “educate people better.” It has to treat motivated reasoning as a permanent load-bearing feature and design around it."

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (rbvCR)

72 Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: eVerify at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (RIvkX)

73 I found a cockroach in my shed. There is only that roach.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 02:41 PM (r2Icn)

74 DOJ would do the same in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio"

Trump 1 pulled a good one - they got Harris county to agree to DOJ monitoring due to - disabled accessibility.
Brilliant.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:41 PM (pfXMo)

75 Somebody(s) in CA is getting indicted.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:39 PM (viF8m)
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On what charge?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 02:41 PM (eCS0V)

76
Somebody(s) in CA is getting indicted.
===
*taps the sign*

Posted by: Nothing is going to happen guy #24 at October 21, 2026 02:41 PM (anL5R)

77 Neil Bush takes time off of rogering Asian girls (who love him because he's so studly) to endorse Talarico
x.com DeskofMattCone/status/2112902029978882369

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 02:41 PM (88C+u)

78 68 Could be worse, could have a vouching system where one person can vouch for up to 8 others as in MN.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (kX27y)

Reminds me of that woman in SF who, after the quake and fires, was listed as the mother of over 50 chinese men...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

79 The last time California probably had a reasonably tight election was the state referendum on Illegals getting access to public benefits like schools and ER access.

It went 60/40 No Free Ride. Prop 187. '94.

Say all the great things about Reagan you wish. Yes, he borrowed money to bankrupt the Russians. He also gave away California with Amnesty.

Posted by: I Remember at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (DCI1G)

80 Hey, can we arrest state officials who refuse to audit voter rolls? I'd almost rather see that than the arrest of people who were allowed to vote illegally.

Posted by: Emmie at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (gvM6N)

81 Posted by: Nothing is going to happen guy #24 at October 21, 2026 02:41 PM

I know the DNC pays well, but that joke is inoperative if you're paying any attention at all.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (2ocoG)

82 There is a built-in recourse for this - States can sue other States that facilitate vote fraud, and then go to the SC - it's called the " go fuck yourselves bitches, you lack standing, so take a knee and smile like a donut for Joe Biden" precedent.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

83 Those who illegally voted may be telling the truth about not having voted themselves. I've long suspected that the Donks have been using addresses to register voters without the individuals knowledge. A mail-in ballot is then filled out and inserted into the system for counting. It isn't the voting machines that are the problem. Its the Democrat machine where the fraud occurs.

"We've created the largest voter fraud operation in history"- Joseph Robinette Biden Jr 2020

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (BBM8q)

84 Or if the local commie cocksucker city government starts complaining about the Feds and jurisdiction, just follow the busses after the riot until they park, then detain them as they exit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (y9nCu)
=====

Your plan lacks helicopters.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (RIvkX)

85 They're probably on the chopping block to have those visas revoked, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:39 PM (qGAQr)

Have ICE personally revoke the visas via written order and escort them to the airport.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:43 PM (Ti9vn)

86 Q: 'So what would you say you do around here?'
LA Officials: 'Nothing. It's a sweet gig.'

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 02:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

87 >>The Federal courts will say Congress will have to pass a law that says only US citizens can vote in elections, I guess. And of course Congress will not do that.

It's already federal law. Only US citizens can vote in federal elections.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:43 PM (viF8m)

88 Just remember who won't pass the SAVE Act.

We expect the cheating Marxist traitors to be cheating Marxist traitors.

But the GOP comes begging for your vote and money every couple years and to help them FIGHT.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 02:43 PM (pV18s)

89 Last night I had a brief interlude of watching illegals being rounded up. *Rawhide!* song theme in my head.

There was a fender bender on the interstate in FL. The driver of the car who hit was Hispanic and released. The van that was hit held a womman and man of same origin. Sweating profusely (well, FL humidity) and shifty eyes.

Deputy asked for ID and she refused, wanted lawyuh, porque. Man gave ID. Both detained as they were being processed. She would not give country of origin, yet had been in the USA 26yrs and no habla English (right). A daughter arrives to help (cop had translater cop on phone).

He explains he's been very patient with this BS (he didn't say BS) and that the two of them were going to be processed somewhere by ICE. More sweating and shifty eyes.

Daughter says Madre is here legally as, "she has work papers." Right!!! Deputy tells her she's being processed (while thinking, "Tough sheet, womman, GET OUT!").

Then I went on to other things.

These youtubes are abundant.

Then we have the entertaining, "soverign citizens," of all colors and races youtubes for my entertainment.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (hzuYO)

90 84 Or if the local commie cocksucker city government starts complaining about the Feds and jurisdiction, just follow the busses after the riot until they park, then detain them as they exit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (y9nCu)
=====

Your plan lacks helicopters.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (RIvkX)

You'll need large ones to pick up and drop those buses...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (l3cgK)

91 The Federal courts will say Congress will have to pass a law that says only US citizens can vote in elections, I guess. And of course Congress will not do that. So that means illegals can vote all they want to and that is exactly what the Democrats want.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM

Congress already made a law twenty plus years ago and it was ruled unconstitutional two weeks ago by a federal district judge in miami.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (I43vL)

92 Deport
Deport
Deport the fucking lot!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (W2Pud)

93 >>> 80 Hey, can we arrest state officials who refuse to audit voter rolls? I'd almost rather see that than the arrest of people who were allowed to vote illegally.
Posted by: Emmie at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (gvM6N)

Why not both?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (jb8Ss)

94 92 Deport
Deport
Deport the fucking lot!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (W2Pud)

Something ICE Tatoo from Fantasy Island would say?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (l3cgK)

95 This report is the equivalent of water is wet and elephants have trunks…. CA is totally and completely corrupt

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (PlkPS)

96 91 Congress already made a law twenty plus years ago and it was ruled unconstitutional two weeks ago by a federal district judge in miami.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (I43vL)

=======

It's a good thing for Democrats that district courts are the final say in the US court system.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (qGAQr)

97 I may be wandering off for a week or so. The whole online environment, Twitter and here and everywhere, seems to be engineered to make everyone rabid and afraid for the run up to the elections.
I can only do so much to alleviate other people's worries since so many people are dedicated to running around with their hair on fire and communicating their fear by biting everyone.

I am not dealing well with it, since my way of dealing with things that disturb me is to be a total and complete asshole.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

98 Since SCOTUS doesn't want to deal with this, I suggest letting them know that if it keeps up, they themselves are going to be excess baggage and without any sort of protection from the unwashed masses.

How many justices the left thinks they need there, if any at all, is up in the air.

But it won't be but one or two of the clowns there now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (RORbl)

99 If california is run like a 3rd world shithouse, why is it allowed statehood?

Posted by: Mad House at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (8EQTH)

100 You'll need large ones to pick up and drop those buses...

Those can be counterweights for the trebuchets.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (2ocoG)

101 listed as the mother of over 50 chinese men...

Two whites don't make a Wong.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 21, 2026 02:46 PM (DH2tQ)

102 93 >>> 80 Hey, can we arrest state officials who refuse to audit voter rolls? I'd almost rather see that than the arrest of people who were allowed to vote illegally.
Posted by: Emmie at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (gvM6N)

Why not both?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (jb8Ss)

I think officials that say then can't do anything should sign documents under penalty of perjury and prison that they can't then show evidence that they can so they can be arrested on Federal charges...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

103 Shipwreckedcrew (on X) is all over this with some interesting information - something about "knowing" and there could be arrests as the DOJ informed the state in advance these people would be illegally voting in a federal election.

He said there are shenanigans going on with judicial assignment to this case (my shocked face).

Then, California came out and said that "only" 30% of the 1% sample on the list were mailed ballots.

There is a reason California passed a law that fraud cannot be investigated, and it is not due to lack of fraud of false allegations.

Posted by: Ann at October 21, 2026 02:46 PM (SHHm+)

104 Just came across this great political ad. Running for MN Sec of State

https://youtu.be/lwYWCVrYF7c

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2026 02:46 PM (JNr/z)

105 97 I am not dealing well with it, since my way of dealing with things that disturb me is to be a total and complete asshole.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

=

Mockery of bedwetters is always healthy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:46 PM (qGAQr)

106 people are dedicated to running around with their hair on fire and communicating their fear by biting everyone."

*passes over another flaming pitchfork...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:47 PM (pfXMo)

107 >>> 97 I may be wandering off for a week or so. The whole online environment, Twitter and here and everywhere, seems to be engineered to make everyone rabid and afraid for the run up to the elections.
I can only do so much to alleviate other people's worries since so many people are dedicated to running around with their hair on fire and communicating their fear by biting everyone.

I am not dealing well with it, since my way of dealing with things that disturb me is to be a total and complete asshole.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

We expect a full report on your canning activities in the next Food Thread you join!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:47 PM (jb8Ss)

108 99 If california is run like a 3rd world shithouse, why is it allowed statehood?

Posted by: Mad House at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (8EQTH)

Because, at some time in the past, it wasn't. We had governors like Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:47 PM (l3cgK)

109 Two whites don't make a Wong."

Two Wongs can make it white...

/target tshirt

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:48 PM (pfXMo)

110 people are dedicated to running around with their hair on fire and communicating their fear by biting everyone.

And others need everyone to just "stay calm". Even while the Titanic sinks. Ain't that band great ? Look at those deck chairs.

It works both ways.

Posted by: I Remember at October 21, 2026 02:48 PM (DCI1G)

111 I'm seeing some stuff how CA is trying to set up a "well, we had no way of knowing/could not know if these people were eligible or not" defense.

And the response is to note that intentional/willful ignorance is not a defense.

And I'll echo those above that this is Trump laying a very careful trap.
And the CA Dems are stupid enough to 1) walk into it and 2) think screaming "racism" will save them.

There's more to the 20k list than just a list of random names ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 02:48 PM (3cUTc)

112 Trump's DOJ seems to be making preliminary legal moves to prosecuting state officials under HAVA by proving they aren't maintaining voter rolls properly by proving that they're enrolling illegal voters without checks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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It won't happen. they are too protected.

Can't go after the voters
Can't go after gov. (immunity, limited responsibility, dem judges,...)
Can't toss out bad precincts or states (claim it punishes legit voters, but illegal votes punish legit voters.)

Our elections are like the fenty addicts bent over on the street -- everyone knows the situation is bad, but too many people profit and no way to shoot them.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 02:48 PM (fav1R)

113 You don't enjoy being lectured on how you are a bad Christian if you don't support open borders for "immigrants"?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2026 02:49 PM (JNr/z)

114 112 It won't happen. they are too protected.

Can't go after the voters
Can't go after gov. (immunity, limited responsibility, dem judges,...)
Can't toss out bad precincts or states (claim it punishes legit voters, but illegal votes punish legit voters.)

Our elections are like the fenty addicts bent over on the street -- everyone knows the situation is bad, but too many people profit and no way to shoot them.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 02:48 PM (fav1R)

=======

Well, then I guess there's no way to win and we should all just stop paying attention to politics and go fishing.

If there's no way to beat back cheating at any level, then Trump will never become president in 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:49 PM (qGAQr)

115 113 You don't enjoy being lectured on how you are a bad Christian if you don't support open borders for "immigrants"?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2026 02:49 PM (JNr/z)

=========

"I do!"
-David French, loving the shame for the kink of it

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:49 PM (qGAQr)

116 Our elections are like the fenty addicts bent over on the street -- everyone knows the situation is bad, but too many people profit and no way to shoot them.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 02:48 PM (fav1R)

except by giving them needles to continue shooting themselves...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)

117 You don't enjoy being lectured on how you are a bad Christian if you don't support open borders for "immigrants"?"

Tallywhacker, that you?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:50 PM (pfXMo)

118 Just voted in St. Johns County, FL. Line out the door (first day of early in-person voting). First time I had to show id since I lived in VA several years ago.

Massachusetts, meanwhile, sent me a letter last month regarding health insurance that acknowledged I had just moved out of state. Enclosed was a voter registration form for ... Massachusetts. You can't make this up. Total, open corruption in blue states.

Posted by: Massachewsit at October 21, 2026 02:50 PM (Ovx+P)

119 With their latest statement by CA elections officials; they are throwing the County Registrars / Clerks of the 58 Counties under the bus.

https://x.com/Rickisback_ON_X/ status/2112954902939041919

Posted by: Ann at October 21, 2026 02:50 PM (SHHm+)

120 Neil Bush takes time off of rogering Asian girls (who love him because he's so studly) to endorse Talarico
x.com DeskofMattCone/status/2112902029978882369
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 02:41 PM (88C+u)
=================
Not just banging Thai hookers, Neil's career includes S&L loan work (right before the S&L crisis), insider trading, China "advisory work" and marital infidelity with coworkers.

Neil is the kind of guy you should hope would NOT endorse you, if you were a normal candidate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 02:50 PM (XLsFA)

121 From America's Sweetheart Thread:

177 The Supreme Court is the source of 90% of America's problems.

I think that 90% of our problems are we men being too lazy and too afraid to upset crazy women and letting them ruin everything
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (TMNW7)

This is so spot-on I want to nominate it for COMMENT OF THE CENTURY!

We have only ourselves to blame. We tolerate weak, infantile men in our midst. We subject ourselves to shrieking, harpie girl 'bosses'. We say nothing to child-mutilation, perversion of Gods Word and other sacrilege, yet we wonder why things are the way they are. We're too comfortable in our affluence and leisure to risk making a stand and speaking out. I denounce myself personally as guilty of all the above.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (QGaXH)

122 Why not both?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (jb8Ss)

That is optimal.

Posted by: Emmie at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (gvM6N)

123 I'm gobsmacked that a state that refuses to allow an individual to show their legitimate ID for voting just can't verify who's actually voting....

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (qBdHI)

124 Massachusetts, meanwhile, sent me a letter last month regarding health insurance that acknowledged I had just moved out of state. Enclosed was a voter registration form for ... Massachusetts. You can't make this up. Total, open corruption in blue states.

The entire global(ist) left was being propped up by USAID and fraud. USAID is dead, and fraud is being attacked.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)

125 You don't enjoy being lectured on how you are a bad Christian if you don't support open borders for "immigrants"?
==
Well, you could be more "welcoming" you know.

Posted by: Neurotic Karen dreaming of swarthy invaders at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (anL5R)

126
I am not dealing well with it, since my way of dealing with things that disturb me is to be a total and complete asshole.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

Don't be so hard on yourself, that sounds like a perfectly reasonable reaction.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (y9nCu)

127 we should all just stop paying attention to politics and go fishing."

Throw in range time and I'm in!

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (pfXMo)

128 We expect a full report on your canning activities in the next Food Thread you join!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:47 PM (jb8Ss)

Season is mostly done, the rest of the year is going to be meats and sausages if I get around to it.

Thank you Honey, you are wonderful.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)

129 127 we should all just stop paying attention to politics and go fishing."

Throw in range time and I'm in!

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:51 PM (pfXMo)

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I guess I can dial into my next meeting in less than 10 minutes and think about software implementation for a bit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:52 PM (qGAQr)

130 >>> 114

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Well, then I guess there's no way to win and we should all just stop paying attention to politics and go fishing.

If there's no way to beat back cheating at any level, then Trump will never become president in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:49 PM (qGAQr)

The commies did manage to put Data in Drag in the VA governor's office.

But that doesn't mean I'm going to set my hair on fire if things don't go as expected. Different problem scenarios open up different options for *solving* problems.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:52 PM (jb8Ss)

131 Straighten up and fly right!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Bill Clinton is actually attempting a lecture on civility in politics.
He says you shouldn't demonize or put labels on your political opponent.
Also, "Don't call people names just because they disagree with you."

This is hilarious. Has Bill met his wife?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 02:52 PM (ndZc7)

132 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:49 PM (qGAQr)

This is more of a death by a thousand cuts or one step forward , two steps back.

But I agree that you can't give up out of frustration and get as many victories as you can .

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:52 PM (Ti9vn)

133 You don't enjoy being lectured on how you are a bad Christian if you don't support open borders for "immigrants"?"

I've got a pretty simple reply.

Jesus was a whole lot more forgiving than me.

Posted by: I Remember at October 21, 2026 02:52 PM (DCI1G)

134 77 Neil Bush takes time off of rogering Asian girls (who love him because he's so studly) to endorse Talarico
x.com DeskofMattCone/status/2112902029978882369
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 02:41 PM (88C+u)

I just saw that a few minutes ago. The GOPe is so butthurt over their boy Cornyn losing they’re doing everything they can to take Paxton down.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 21, 2026 02:53 PM (itAg7)

135 Incidentally, someone mailed professionally printed flyers claiming to be from the Talerico campaign to every child in Texas telling them how to be emancipated if they'd like to make an appointment with the dicksaw.

The Democrats insist it's dirty tricks and they didn't do it.

I doubt that because while the RNC has improved, it's not *that* clever.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 02:53 PM (2ocoG)

136 Yahoo News: Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters. The operation is part of an effort to root out potential noncitizen voters ahead of the midterms. DHS has alleged that there could be as many as 250,000 citizens illegally registered to vote, although election experts have disputed the accuracy of this figure.

"There are allegedly 28 noncitizens registered to vote in California." OUT OF 25,000,000 PEOPLE.

I hope they knock on my door because my wife has a green card. I’ve always loved roasting pigs to their faces.

They don’t care if you have a green card or another legal reason to be here they have deported and killed people who were born here it was never about citizenship

These goddamned fascists will do anything to increase voter intimidation. 100% these aren’t just random door-to-door knocks and are targeting specific areas and households, even though we already know, non-citizen voting is a virtual non-issue.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 02:53 PM (t19vo)

137 How this is supposed to work ---

Voting roles are legal documents and should be controlled and public and fixed weeks before an election (no late or same day registration.)

This is necessary to allow the public (mostly through the parties) to canvass and make sure the names on the list are real, the people exist, and the addresses are valid. This is all part of the necessary process and how it used to be done.

The dems have attacked this at every step. This is the magic of the "dominion system," not the voting, but the registration process.

Verification of the rolls should be done by the parties, with local input from local candidates who have a stake in the election. If errors, fraud, etc. are found they go to judge and judge forces state (or usually county or city) to fix it. That has to happen weeks before election. Dems have made it all impossible.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 02:53 PM (fav1R)

138 Huck Follywood: Neil "Bitchez n' Dough" Bush must be some of that "character" that Texans are told matters so much when casting a vote.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 02:53 PM (88C+u)

139 Enclosed was a voter registration form for ... Massachusetts"

Meh. I moved to Texas... and am still registered to vote in VA, and even voted in '16...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:53 PM (pfXMo)

140 131 Straighten up and fly right!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Bill Clinton is actually attempting a lecture on civility in politics.
He says you shouldn't demonize or put labels on your political opponent.
Also, "Don't call people names just because they disagree with you."

This is hilarious. Has Bill met his wife?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 02:52 PM (ndZc7)

Also, IIRC, Der Slick there attempted to link the Oklahoma City Bombing with Rush Limbaugh and his listeners (which included me back in the day, even very young me).

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 02:54 PM (oPFtC)

141 Oregon recently caught a couple of dozen illegals voting.

Oregon state government elected not to prosecute them, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 02:54 PM (aD4fx)

142 104 Just came across this great political ad. Running for MN Sec of State

https://youtu.be/lwYWCVrYF7c
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2026 02:46 PM (JNr/z)

It is very good and made me so nostalgic for the MN I grew up. Plus, nice older benz! Unfortunately, I bet Steve Simon will coast to a 4th term......

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 02:55 PM (kX27y)

143 133 You don't enjoy being lectured on how you are a bad Christian if you don't support open borders for "immigrants"?"

I've got a pretty simple reply.

Jesus was a whole lot more forgiving than me.

Posted by: I Remember at October 21, 2026 02:52 PM (DCI1G)

Jesus whipped the moneychangers in the temple...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:55 PM (l3cgK)

144 136 These goddamned fascists will do anything to increase voter intimidation. 100% these aren’t just random door-to-door knocks and are targeting specific areas and households, even though we already know, non-citizen voting is a virtual non-issue.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 02:53 PM (t19vo)

========

America is a fascist hellhole run by an oligarchical capitalist elite of white supremacists who send out their SS goons to murder brown people for sport.

It's like 1933 Germany, but far, far worse. At least Hitler had a moral code, you know.

This is why more brown people should come to America and no one should flee the nation for their own safety.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:55 PM (qGAQr)

145
Really, this boggles my mind. Can someone please flip this on Lesley, using a "crime" that means something to her?

"After extensive investigations in which Dupont refused to cooperate, we only discovered three toxic spills. That's why we don't need to subpoena records from Dupont."

I'm trying to think of a crime she would actually care about.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:55 PM (mmrXZ)

146 Yahoo News: Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters"

Ok, that's funny right there

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:55 PM (pfXMo)

147 I see most of the polling for the senate race here in Texas is trending down for talerico he is now up by only 2.3 over paxton. Most of the polling is now within the MOE so they can claim their polls were correct when he loses. There was one outlier a week ago that had him 6 points ahead.

There hasn't been a democrat in Texas since the 60s that has won a statewide office by 6 points so that poll is statistically impossible and should have never been seriously considered by anyone.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:56 PM (I43vL)

148 Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2026 02:46 PM (JNr/z)

Very powerful ad. I hope it encourages lots of conservative voters to get to the polls.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 02:56 PM (JrHfD)

149 >>> 145
Really, this boggles my mind. Can someone please flip this on Lesley, using a "crime" that means something to her?

"After extensive investigations in which Dupont refused to cooperate, we only discovered three toxic spills. That's why we don't need to subpoena records from Dupont."

I'm trying to think of a crime she would actually care about.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:55 PM (mmrXZ)

Duh, something *evil*, like buying a MAGA hat!

Posted by: Jack Smith at October 21, 2026 02:56 PM (jb8Ss)

150 >>The entire global(ist) left was being propped up by USAID and fraud. USAID is dead, and fraud is being attacked.

It's not completely dead. It's gone underground.

A comment on one of DataRepublican's recent threads.

>>@HistoryBoutique

>>Officially NOT a conspiracy anymore.

>>This is seditious conspiracy.

>>She has EXPOSED a coordinated network of ex-USAID officials, former national-security, and NGOs openly planning street chaos + lawfare pressure to force a crisis, remove Trump before January 3rd, and then write the rules of the government that follows.

>>They’re applying the same color revolution playbooks the U.S. used abroad, on America itself.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)

151 Congress already made a law twenty plus years ago and it was ruled unconstitutional two weeks ago by a federal district judge in miami.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (I43vL)
==
That ruling won't last very long. We do need to step up on the impeachment of judges in this country.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (7/DDO)

152 Your vote doesn't matter, and your worry matters even less. Nobody in charge of anything cares about either.

There is nothing you can do but ride this out. Don't waste your life getting worked up about meaningless political theater.

"Republicans" or "Democrats" will "win," you can be sure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (BI5O2)

153 147 I see most of the polling for the senate race here in Texas is trending down for talerico he is now up by only 2.3 over paxton. Most of the polling is now within the MOE so they can claim their polls were correct when he loses. There was one outlier a week ago that had him 6 points ahead.

There hasn't been a democrat in Texas since the 60s that has won a statewide office by 6 points so that poll is statistically impossible and should have never been seriously considered by anyone.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:56 PM (I43vL)

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Polling over the last two years is a fake exercise created and maintained to trick stupid Europeans into betting for Democrats while those who put out the polls bet on the opposite side and clean up when elections actually happen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (qGAQr)

154 I cannot believe that Trump and his coterie of war-gamers do not have a counter to this claim.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (rbvCR)
********

My prayers encompass this without saying a lot of details. I figure if God knows the number of hairs on my head, He knows what I mean as I pray for victory in the midterms vs evil commie satanists.

We could probably count the hairs on Omar's head, no problemo. GET HER OUT!

There is undoubtedly more going on behind the Trump curtains that we nor the Dims know. And I hope this give Dims explosive diarrhea not contained by Depends.

I saw a quick blurb yesterday that a dump of votes was dropped in MI. All voting for the mooselimb jackass. I am sure this was a coincidence.

Of course I can't find the source of this statement, but I figured it was probably true and caught.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (hzuYO)

155 Admin, Web developer, Server Admins alert:

There’s been major critical vulnerabilities found in PHP, announced today called PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619)

If your, or your business/company’s site or app is using PHP, including WordPress and other CMS it is seriously time to update PHP.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (6ydKt)

156 Bill Clinton is Mr. Nice of the family. If he can't persuade you, then he brings in Hillary. You don't want to meet Hillary.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (XLsFA)

157
Or if the local commie cocksucker city government starts complaining about the Feds and jurisdiction, just follow the busses after the riot until they park, then detain them as they exit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 02:40 PM (y9nCu)
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Your plan lacks helicopters.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 02:42 PM (RIvkX)

You'll need large ones to pick up and drop those buses...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:44 PM (l3cgK)

I'll have to dig up my old Air Assault school manual to find the max weight for slingloading a loaded bus under a Chinook...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (y9nCu)

158 ***Every unlawful ballot potentially cancels out the legitimate vote of an American citizen.
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Isn't allowing an illegal person to vote against federal law?
Isn't assisting an illegal person to vote against federal law?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (hPgrk)

159 They don’t care if you have a green card or another legal reason to be here they have deported and killed people who were born here it was never about citizenship
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"I got murdered!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 02:58 PM (RIvkX)

160 My business partner's lib sister is voting straight R this year.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 02:58 PM (ua/lL)

161 Twitter and here and everywhere, seems to be engineered to make everyone rabid and afraid for the run up to the elections.

If you want to feel better, turnout for the No Kings protests last weekend was so bad that supporters were reduced to posting videos of old demonstrations and claiming that the videos were current.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 02:58 PM (aD4fx)

162 151 That ruling won't last very long. We do need to step up on the impeachment of judges in this country.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (7/DDO)

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It would take 14 Democrat senators to convict.

Plus, retaining all GOP senators (including Mitch, Murkowski, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Ernst).

Failed impeachments always, always make the impeached target more powerful politically because it "clears" them of the "charges" (it's a political process, not legal).

So, when people demand impeachment that's doomed to fail, all I see is demands for failure theater that will make the other side stronger politically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:58 PM (qGAQr)

163 "There are allegedly 28 noncitizens registered to vote in California." OUT OF 25,000,000 PEOPLE.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

---------------

It isn't happening
It is happening, but it it is very minor (YOU ARE HERE)
It is happening, and it is a good thing

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 02:59 PM (fav1R)

164 I'll have to dig up my old Air Assault school manual to find the max weight for slingloading a loaded bus under a Chinook...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (y9nCu)
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Not where I was going, but I like it. let's workshop it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 02:59 PM (RIvkX)

165
I wish the feds would create some scary commercials in Spanish and a few other langauges about what will happen to you if you're a noncitizen and you vote. Show some of the people they've already busted for illegal voting being shoved into vans and then a plane landing in some shithole country.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:59 PM (mmrXZ)

166 It's probably mostly innocent mistakes - the offices where the illegal aliens go to receive their Medicaid and EBT cards as well as monthly payments from the illegal aliens-only UBI program registers them to vote as a convenience until they are given amnesty making them eligible for the non-citizen voting program.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 02:59 PM (2ap+5)

167 In other news, the Dems in MI are whining about that fake pollster.
Seems one of those opposing Mr. muslim dropped out after one of their fake polls had her in the single digits, "despite my internals showing otherwise."

And others are whining it caused "more electable" candidates to lose the primaries.

And now Knob-gobbler Silver is being force to change his predictions.

But the polls now are accurate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (3cUTc)

168

Sometimes body count counts.

In a perfect world you’d RICO the officials who have designed and managed the California system to allow (encourage) illegals to vote.

Posted by: Voter theater. at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (FCPbW)

169 I'm confused.

Whenever I vote here in California, if I try to present and show my ID, the poll workers literally slap my hand away, and angrily say, "No ID!"

This has been true for decades.

I have even a few times noted to the poll workers that without any verification, anybody could walk up to any polling station and claim to be me, or anyone else.

Silent glare. Then, "Do you want to vote or not?" handing me the ballot.

I just have always assumed that fraud was universal, blatant, out in the open, and completely encouraged by the authorities. One often sees shambling homeless bums in the voting line, too. No fixed residence. Shrug.

Not sure why this is suddenly some "surprising" new "issue." All election results in California are fake, and everyone has known it for many years.

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (HD2n/)

170
It isn't happening
It is happening, but it it is very minor (YOU ARE HERE)
It is happening, and it is a good thing
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

===============

Nothing will happen (YOU ARE ALSO HERE)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)

171 158 ***Every unlawful ballot potentially cancels out the legitimate vote of an American citizen.
---

Isn't allowing an illegal person to vote against federal law?
Isn't assisting an illegal person to vote against federal law?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (hPgrk)

Yes it is.
Yes it is.
But the Dems DGAF.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (l3cgK)

172 So, when people demand impeachment that's doomed to fail, all I see is demands for failure theater that will make the other side stronger politically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:58 PM (qGAQr)
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The process is the punishment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (RIvkX)

173 Polls have narrowed all over (hahaha) but in Texas, pollsters are now claiming a big group of GOP ticket splitters who will vote for Abbott will not vote for Paxton, and may even vote for Talafreako.

Weird.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 03:01 PM (XLsFA)

174 167 In other news, the Dems in MI are whining about that fake pollster.
Seems one of those opposing Mr. muslim dropped out after one of their fake polls had her in the single digits, "despite my internals showing otherwise."

And others are whining it caused "more electable" candidates to lose the primaries.

And now Knob-gobbler Silver is being force to change his predictions.

But the polls now are accurate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (3cUTc)

========

The locus of the controversy is their MI primary poll, but the firm polled other races like GA and TX senate.

And they've admitted in a press release that they've completely faked their numbers since they started, and that aggregates included them without checking.

It's actually a five alarm fire in the polling industry now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:01 PM (qGAQr)

175 I see most of the polling for the senate race here in Texas is trending down for talerico he is now up by only 2.3 over paxton.

Ancient tactic - the function of polling is to suppress the Republican vote by claiming that the D is far ahead. Then, in the last couple of polls before the election, they try to do the polls honestly, so they can claim that they predicted the actual result.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 03:01 PM (aD4fx)

176 Whenever I vote here in California, if I try to present and show my ID, the poll workers literally slap my hand away, and angrily say, "No ID!"

This has been true for decades.

Yep. Could never get them to look. 20,000 is a laughable figure.

Posted by: t-bird at October 21, 2026 03:02 PM (Kds4l)

177 by biting everyone.
Posted by: Kindltot

I said I was sorry. Sheesh.

(I get it, things feel a bit more complicated than normal right now.).

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 03:02 PM (ZdaMQ)

178 Then, in the last couple of polls before the election, they try to do the polls honestly, so they can claim that they predicted the actual result.

Which still isn't working, since Republicans increasingly won't talk to pollsters.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 03:02 PM (aD4fx)

179 155 Admin, Web developer, Server Admins alert:

There’s been major critical vulnerabilities found in PHP, announced today called PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619)

If your, or your business/company’s site or app is using PHP, including WordPress and other CMS it is seriously time to update PHP.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (6ydKt)

Ace & Pixy -- this means you.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 21, 2026 03:03 PM (N39Ws)

180 ===============

Nothing will happen (YOU ARE ALSO HERE)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
==
Apparently you can't do the nothing will happen joke anymore without being accused of being in the paid employe of the DNC.

Womp womp.

Posted by: Look Its Funny - Its a Joke - and Frankly We'll all be surprised if something does happen at October 21, 2026 03:03 PM (anL5R)

181 172 So, when people demand impeachment that's doomed to fail, all I see is demands for failure theater that will make the other side stronger politically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:58 PM (qGAQr)
====

The process is the punishment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (RIvkX)

========

Impeachment is not nearly the same kind of process as legal proceedings.

And, in the end, it leaves the target more powerful politically if they skate, and no, the Senate is not going to cobble together 67 votes to convict a resistance judge.

We'd have more luck trying to get 60 votes to change the Judicial Acts to end lifetime appointments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:03 PM (qGAQr)

182 I think the main goal here is to whip up attention.

I expect nothing to happen, but it may make some headway on getting the SAVE act passed.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 03:03 PM (fav1R)

183 There hasn't been a democrat in Texas since the 60s that has won a statewide office by 6 points so that poll is statistically impossible and should have never been seriously considered by anyone.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:56 PM (I43vL)

Probably his disappearing act also is done to give an explanation why the polls were wrong.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:04 PM (uhVAy)

184
It's probably mostly innocent mistakes - the offices where the illegal aliens go to receive their Medicaid and EBT cards as well as monthly payments from the illegal aliens-only UBI program registers them to vote as a convenience until they are given amnesty making them eligible for the non-citizen voting program.
Posted by: Oglebay

==============

I'm sure that's part of the plan. Latest guy I saw to get busted for attempting to illegally register to vote had erroneously given a Real ID (or maybe green card holders get those, I don't know) and he had no idea, or so he said, but he really might have had no idea.

So, poor guy gets busted for simply wanting to participate in the democratic process, evil ICE detains him, a narrative is born.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:04 PM (mmrXZ)

185
175 I see most of the polling for the senate race here in Texas is trending down for talerico he is now up by only 2.3 over paxton.

Ancient tactic - the function of polling is to suppress the Republican vote by claiming that the D is far ahead. Then, in the last couple of polls before the election, they try to do the polls honestly, so they can claim that they predicted the actual result.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 03:01 PM (aD4fx)

========

It blew up in Democrats' face this year in Texas.

Texas Republicans are turning out. The shift in the overall electorate is a grand D+1 from 2024.

Trump won Texas by 14 in 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:04 PM (qGAQr)

186 178 Then, in the last couple of polls before the election, they try to do the polls honestly, so they can claim that they predicted the actual result.

Which still isn't working, since Republicans increasingly won't talk to pollsters.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 03:02 PM (aD4fx)

I took training (when doing work via the company for a Gov't contract) and one of the things recommended was NEVER engage with supposed pollsters, as they could be fishing for info to find ways to infiltrate via that information.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

187 Huck, the split went out the window when Cornyn said he was voting for Paxton.

Guess who wants to be on the new Senators good side.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 03:05 PM (ua/lL)

188 My business partner's lib sister is voting straight R this year.
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Democrats never confronted why their DSA candidates lost.
Or barely won when the polls had them miles ahead.

They just charged on ahead with the assumption that all factions would come together in November because "hate Trump."

See also all the polls with Talarico leading have him with 99% of all Dems voting for him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:05 PM (3cUTc)

189 The redheaded chick in MI, Mallory, or whatever her name is, probably would have done better than Abdul and she admitted she hated Michigan in some old tweets, being originally from California thus only came natural to her.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:05 PM (6ydKt)

190 179 155 Admin, Web developer, Server Admins alert:

There’s been major critical vulnerabilities found in PHP, announced today called PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619)

If your, or your business/company’s site or app is using PHP, including WordPress and other CMS it is seriously time to update PHP.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (6ydKt)

Ace & Pixy -- this means you.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 21, 2026 03:03 PM (N39Ws)

Ace will shelve it, but then the shelf collapses...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

191 >>She has EXPOSED a coordinated network of ex-USAID officials, former national-security, and NGOs openly planning street chaos + lawfare pressure to force a crisis, remove Trump before January 3rd, and then write the rules of the government that follows.

>>They’re applying the same color revolution playbooks the U.S. used abroad, on America itself.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)
********
I would guess, and probably be correct, that the Lincoln Project dimwits are part of this. RINO's run wild in their dreams of defeating President Trump. Fueled on jealousy, envy and hatred that their toys were thrown out of the pram and kickbacks revealed.

On top of the war against chy na, black ops, the UK and Euro simps, mooselimb brother hood, commies, and satan...he has enemies in Congress and beyond in our own country.

I often can't imagine the stress he bears so well that we see as he fights for America First. At 80yrs old still fighting and campaigning. Amazing man. We will never see a force like him again.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:05 PM (hzuYO)

192 Twitter and here and everywhere, seems to be engineered to make everyone rabid and afraid for the run up to the elections.

If you want to feel better, turnout for the No Kings protests last weekend was so bad that supporters were reduced to posting videos of old demonstrations and claiming that the videos were current.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 02:58 PM (aD4fx)

Best to rename it the "No Payouts" protest.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

193 Anyone can run a polling company out of their house. Just pick a candidate based on the political bend of the state or district and have him or her up within the margin of error.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (Ti9vn)

194 >>> 184
==
So, poor guy gets busted for simply wanting to participate in the democratic process, evil ICE detains him, a narrative is born.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:04 PM (mmrXZ)

"poor guy" can get the fuck out and participate in the democratic process of his home.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (jb8Ss)

195 1d6chan's been down because miraheze (the host) has been updating PHP.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (88C+u)

196 the function of polling is to suppress the Republican vote by claiming that the D is far ahead.
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Additional function ... to convince potential donors that the race is winnable, so why not throw more money to the candidate (that secretly commissioned the fake poll)

Posted by: The Opportunities for fraud are only limited by your imagination at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (anL5R)

197
Family party at the cabin this weekend. Fried chicken, an Okra vegetable dish and watermelon.

The question is do we do a land acknowledgement or cultural appropriation apology first.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (Y8DZL)

198 If your, or your business/company’s site or app is using PHP, including WordPress and other CMS it is seriously time to update PHP.

There was also the reveal that a certificate authority in India interpreted "384 bit key" as "a number from 0-383" so everyone should make sure their browser(s) are up to date.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:07 PM (2ocoG)

199 >>>>>She has EXPOSED a coordinated network of ex-USAID officials, former national-security, and NGOs openly planning street chaos + lawfare pressure to force a crisis, remove Trump before January 3rd, and then write the rules of the government that follows.

>>They’re applying the same color revolution playbooks the U.S. used abroad, on America itself.

Posted by: JackStraw
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One showed a silly woman blathering about how they were going to do that. If those she gathers are like her they will get lost on the way to protest. Even if they do coordinate a force it will be Only in Blue Shitholes which are virtuously not part of real America anyway.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 03:07 PM (hPgrk)

200 I honestly think the illegals voting is really large, but it is only a small part of the problem

The main problem is the vote harvesting and mail in in general that allows massive fraud using legit voters. This is how the muslims are getting elected -- they have a machine that votes for them. They may not need illegals.

But the illegal issue is one that the public pays attention to because there really is no excuse to have illegals on the roles.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 03:07 PM (fav1R)

201 California pleads the 5th.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 21, 2026 03:07 PM (SUQyq)

202 pollsters are now claiming a big group of GOP ticket splitters who will vote for Abbott will not vote for Paxton, and may even vote for Talafreako."

Well, I'm guessing that The Cube goes 100 percent to Tallywhacker... and split over gov...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:07 PM (pfXMo)

203 Huck, the split went out the window when Cornyn said he was voting for Paxton.

Guess who wants to be on the new Senators good side.
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See also the TX Chamber of Commerce endorsing Paxton.

Which there is no way they would have if there was even a slim chance Talarico would win.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (3cUTc)

204 I took training (when doing work via the company for a Gov't contract) and one of the things recommended was NEVER engage with supposed pollsters, as they could be fishing for info to find ways to infiltrate via that information.

Yeah, every time a pollster tries to contact me, I remember that they have my name, address, income, and much other demographic information about me besides.

Why on Earth would I disclose my political views to them?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (aD4fx)

205
We'd have more luck trying to get 60 votes to change the Judicial Acts to end lifetime appointments.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:03 PM (qGAQr)

__________

*polite cough*

I thought Article III mandated lifetime appointments for inferior court judges as well as SC justices.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (eRlcH)

206 197
Family party at the cabin this weekend. Fried chicken, an Okra vegetable dish and watermelon.

The question is do we do a land acknowledgement or cultural appropriation apology first.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (Y8DZL)

Acknowledge that the Indians that had that land before the white man did, stole that land from other Indians tribes, who stole it from other Indian tribes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

207
I'm confused.

Whenever I vote here in California, if I try to present and show my ID, the poll workers literally slap my hand away, and angrily say, "No ID!"

This has been true for decades.

I have even a few times noted to the poll workers that without any verification, anybody could walk up to any polling station and claim to be me, or anyone else.

Silent glare. Then, "Do you want to vote or not?" handing me the ballot.

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 03:00 PM (HD2n/)

I used to play the same game with the desiccated old hippies running the polls when I lived in SoCal. Showing my driver's license was like accosting a tie-dye patchouli-drenched Dracula with a crucifix. Great election day fun.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (y9nCu)

208 The Federal Government Identified 20,000 Mail-In Votes In California Likely Cast by Illegal Aliens. California Refuses to Segregate These Ballots to Verify the "Voters'" Eligibility to Vote Before Counting Them.

Declare California in a state of insurrection. Suspend habeus corpus. Delegitimize any and all federal election results. Start territorial status reversion.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (y9NP6)

209 Ace & Pixy -- this means you.
Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 21, 2026 03:03 PM (N39Ws)

It means a lot of people everywhere.
PHP is practically the backbone of the frontend of the internet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (6ydKt)

210 pollsters are now claiming a big group of GOP ticket splitters who will vote for Abbott will not vote for Paxton, and may even vote for Talafreako."

Well, I'm guessing that The Cube goes 100 percent to Tallywhacker... and split over gov...
Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:07 PM (pfXMo)

They supposedly asked that question to someone? That certainly is a leading question.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (uhVAy)

211 I wonder if Slotkin's Maoist promise to making young people embarrassed and afraid to identify as Republicans will have any impact in Michigan?

Posted by: Oglebay at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (2ap+5)

212 PHP aside, the big security news has been what Pixy reported early this morning: Indian certificate authority eMudhra - one of the companies authorised to issue the SSL certificates the entire internet depends on - has been thoroughly compromised.

Security pros have been comparing this debacle to HeartBleed 2014.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (88C+u)

213 201 California pleads the 5th.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 21, 2026 03:07 PM (SUQyq)

How does that work, as the state is not a person...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)

214 Twitter and here and everywhere, seems to be engineered to make everyone rabid and afraid for the run up to the elections.

If you want to feel better, turnout for the No Kings protests last weekend was so bad that supporters were reduced to posting videos of old demonstrations and claiming that the videos were current.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 02:58 PM (aD4fx)

The "No Kings" rally in my town in Seacoast NH was actually well attended, sadly. Had a guy there with a sweat shirt with the hammer & sickle log on it while waving a USA flag. They aren't our best and brightest.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (N39Ws)

215 The question is do we do a land acknowledgement or cultural appropriation apology first."

I'd fire off some 5.56...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (pfXMo)

216 Which still isn't working, since Republicans increasingly won't talk to pollsters.

As someone on X said, "Polls are a survey of people who answer 'Probably spam' numbers on their phone". Which really gives some flavor about the quality of the results.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (2ocoG)

217 See also all the polls with Talarico leading have him with 99% of all Dems voting for him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:05 PM

I did see one of those polls last week, it was university of houston that claimed 98% of democrats were going to vote for him along with 60% of independents. Those are some serious soviet union election numbers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (I43vL)

218 Ace & Pixy -- this means you.

Minx 0.8 beta is not built on PHP as far as I'm aware.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

219 Imagine picking fucking "4" or "66" as your 'leet haxx0r-proof private-key.

Posted by: poo status: not in loo at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (88C+u)

220 The "No Kings" rally in my town in Seacoast NH was actually well attended, sadly. Had a guy there with a sweat shirt with the hammer & sickle log on it while waving a USA flag. They aren't our best and brightest.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (N39Ws)

Well, he's consistent. The Commies in Russia weren't kings, they were worse.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (uhVAy)

221
As someone on X said, "Polls are a survey of people who answer 'Probably spam' numbers on their phone".

_________

Her Majesty and I refer to them as, "My boyfriend/girlfriend."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (eRlcH)

222 216 Which still isn't working, since Republicans increasingly won't talk to pollsters.

As someone on X said, "Polls are a survey of people who answer 'Probably spam' numbers on their phone". Which really gives some flavor about the quality of the results.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (2ocoG)

========

One pollster said that response rates for rural voters in Iowa was 0.1%.

That's 100,000 contacts to get 100 voters. They'd need at least 400-500 for a decent sample. Not a good one, a decent one.

So, they'd need to call 500,000 numbers in rurals to get a good result.

Think pollsters are doing that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (qGAQr)

223 Irish government reminds grandparents to ask for consent before giving hugs

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In writing and in triplicate, people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (ndZc7)

224 The question is do we do a land acknowledgement or cultural appropriation apology first.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (Y8DZL)

Acknowledge that the Indians that had that land before the white man did, stole that land from other Indians tribes, who stole it from other Indian tribes...
==
ALL YUSE MFER'S STOLE IT FROM US!!!!!!

Posted by: Barney, disgruntled dinosaur at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (anL5R)

225 I did see one of those polls last week, it was university of houston that claimed 98% of democrats were going to vote for him along with 60% of independents. Those are some serious soviet union election numbers.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (I43vL)

98 percent of people wouldn't vote for their mamas.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

226 Paxton 65%
Talarico 35%

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (ua/lL)

227 219 Imagine picking fucking "4" or "66" as your 'leet haxx0r-proof private-key.

Posted by: poo status: not in loo at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (88C+u)

The exec at eMudhra was asked, but as he was going golfing, he said, "Fore!"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (l3cgK)

228 212 PHP aside, the big security news has been what Pixy reported early this morning: Indian certificate authority eMudhra - one of the companies authorised to issue the SSL certificates the entire internet depends on - has been thoroughly compromised.

Security pros have been comparing this debacle to HeartBleed 2014.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (88C+u)

It was an Indian (dot, not feather) top level SSL provider that thought it was a good idea to secure their top level certs and intermediate certs with a password of "4", another with "156". As long as the SSL certs you have weren't acquired from them, you should be OK. With that, I wouldn't be looking up any curry recipes anytime in the near future.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (N39Ws)

229

I often can't imagine the stress he bears so well that we see as he fights for America First. At 80yrs old still fighting and campaigning. Amazing man. We will never see a force like him again.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 03:12 PM (hPgrk)

230 >>She has EXPOSED a coordinated network of ex-USAID officials, former national-security, and NGOs openly planning street chaos + lawfare pressure to force a crisis, remove Trump before January 3rd, and then write the rules of the government that follows.

>>They’re applying the same color revolution playbooks the U.S. used abroad, on America itself.
-
Awesome. Can we finally get some executions of federal careerists?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 21, 2026 03:12 PM (vSvIl)

231 98 percent of people wouldn't vote for their mamas.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

I sure wouldn't.

Posted by: Dr Amy Acton at October 21, 2026 03:12 PM (88C+u)

232 197
Family party at the cabin this weekend. Fried chicken, an Okra vegetable dish and watermelon.

The question is do we do a land acknowledgement or cultural appropriation apology first.
Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (Y8DZL)

The only culture you’d be appropriating there is Southern. That’s a typical Sunday dinner around here.

They only acknowledgement you need to give to me is to say “That was so damn good it made my tongue slap my brains out.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:12 PM (6ydKt)

233 Well they could look at driver licenses. Oh wait, not only do they issue licenses to illegals, I think they've passed a law making it a crime to request a driver licenses at polling locations.

Posted by: WisRich at October 21, 2026 03:12 PM (G0vdT)

234
"Sure, we took this land from a bunch of heathen savages, who slaughtered the prior bunch of heathen savages."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:13 PM (eRlcH)

235 >>> 224 The question is do we do a land acknowledgement or cultural appropriation apology first.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 03:06 PM (Y8DZL)

Acknowledge that the Indians that had that land before the white man did, stole that land from other Indians tribes, who stole it from other Indian tribes...
==
ALL YUSE MFER'S STOLE IT FROM US!!!!!!
Posted by: Barney, disgruntled dinosaur at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (anL5R)

TRex will be excited to learn he is due reparations.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:13 PM (jb8Ss)

236 This is how the muslims are getting elected -- they have a machine that votes for them. They may not need illegals.

I saw a couple of Somali women in Maine in hijab voting, being assisted by a "translator".

One thing that would be worth looking into is that allegedly you are supposed to have a basic knowledge of English to become a citizen (with an exemption for a few elderly, long-term green card holders), and yet we have millions of "citizens" who seem to have no knowledge of English whatsoever.

Exactly when and how did USCIS stop enforcing the English-language requirement?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 03:13 PM (aD4fx)

237 I took training (when doing work via the company for a Gov't contract) and one of the things recommended was NEVER engage with supposed pollsters, as they could be fishing for info to find ways to infiltrate via that information.
Posted by: jim

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I engage. I try to make them cry. I call them all kinds of names and insults. I tell them how sorry their fucking lives must be to spend time calling people who hate them for minimum wage...

It's fun.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 03:13 PM (fav1R)

238
"poor guy" can get the fuck out and participate in the democratic process of his home.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

================

Where it's probably as true as it is here that ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:13 PM (mmrXZ)

239 th that, I wouldn't be looking up any curry recipes anytime in the near future.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (N39Ws)

Phew! I downloaded all mine a few years ago!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:13 PM (l3cgK)

240 Imagine picking fucking "4" or "66" as your 'leet haxx0r-proof private-key.

The working theory among techies on X is that the Indians thought "384 bit key" meant "a number from 0-384". Pixy even agreed with someone on X who brought it up.

Also lots of DO NOT REDEEM jokes.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:13 PM (2ocoG)

241 From America's Sweetheart:

66 >>Someone quoted him in the previous thread whining about some New Yorkers (uh huh) having been arrested by teh evil JOOOZ in Gaza for merely "picking olives". Sure, Manny.

Same stupid stunt Ro Khanna pulled. Go into an area that the IDF has designated restricted because there's still a war going on just for the purpose of getting arrested to get a headline.

Sadly, it works on the smooth brains in the Democrat caucus.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (viF8m)

Not even arrested. His xeet was from inside a bus, and they appeared to merely be detained at a checkpoint. His last stunt in that vein was similar, and similarly misrepresented to the eagerly gullible Jew-haters of his party.

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 03:14 PM (ke3zm)

242 218 Ace & Pixy -- this means you.

Minx 0.8 beta is not built on PHP as far as I'm aware.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

Slide your mouse over the links on the left side of the home page - Recent Entries section. PHP.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 21, 2026 03:14 PM (N39Ws)

243 231 98 percent of people wouldn't vote for their mamas.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

I sure wouldn't.

Posted by: Dr Amy Acton at October 21, 2026 03:12 PM (88C+u)

but my mom, who is dead, probably still votes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:14 PM (l3cgK)

244 On the one hand, the stuff Data republican is revealing is a bit scary.

OTOH, it's being run by rabid-partisan bureaucratic ladder-climbers used to operating in sub 90-average IQ countries where having a million dollars is like being a billionaire, and they had millions to spend.

Or, you know, the people who claim Trump is wearing a hidden powered exoskeleton, shits his pants all the time and has dementia.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:14 PM (3cUTc)

245 The Federal Government Identified 20,000 Mail-In Votes In California Likely Cast by Illegal Aliens.

That's just what they've identified. Tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 21, 2026 03:14 PM (OkYzo)

246 131 Straighten up and fly right!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Bill Clinton is actually attempting a lecture on civility in politics.
He says you shouldn't demonize or put labels on your political opponent.
Also, "Don't call people names just because they disagree with you."

This is hilarious. Has Bill met his wife?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 02:52 PM (ndZc7)

++++

And here I thought I was a deplorable in a basket. Must have
misunderstood what his wife said.

Posted by: washrivergal at October 21, 2026 03:14 PM (fs+0Z)

247 Would anything in the "Save America" Act compel California to cough up its state voter rolls to federal scrutiny?

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 03:15 PM (rj6Yv)

248 I will be so glad when the mid-term election is fucking over. You know dam well the Dem's are going to cheat. It's in their blood. It's the only way to push and install a socialist agenda on a capitalist country. I seriously doubt the GOP will keep either, the House or the Senate.

Posted by: sidney at October 21, 2026 03:15 PM (Uy/WF)

249 247 Would anything in the "Save America" Act compel California to cough up its state voter rolls to federal scrutiny?

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 03:15 PM (rj6Yv)

========

Or would they break it like they break the NVRA and HAVA?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 03:15 PM (qGAQr)

250 Home now. The hospital let me go, told me to rest and get fluids. Wee Pooky didn't punch the fetal heartbeat monitor.... for once.

Posted by: pookysgirl, crashing hard at October 21, 2026 03:15 PM (Wt5PA)

251 >>> 230
==
They’re applying the same color revolution playbooks the U.S. used abroad, on America itself.
-
Awesome. Can we finally get some executions of federal careerists?
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 21, 2026 03:12 PM (vSvIl)

Bounties. I want bounties.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:15 PM (jb8Ss)

252 Maybe they thought no one would believe a system would have a single numerical value as a password thus making it hard to break.
( obviously I'm clueless on how hackers break passwords)

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 03:15 PM (Ti9vn)

253 Senate predictions:

1. GOP takes NH and Minn.
2. Dem-Comms take NC.
3. Win or lose, Talafreako shows up onstage election night in a dress and a wig.

Posted by: Cleanup in Aisle 9 from Outer Space at October 21, 2026 03:16 PM (Ovx+P)

254 Imagine picking fucking "4" or "66" as your 'leet haxx0r-proof private-key."

1-2-3-4-5?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:16 PM (pfXMo)

255 {{{pookysgirl}}}

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:17 PM (jb8Ss)

256 the people who claim Trump is wearing a hidden powered exoskeleton,
==
wait is this not true? I thought that was why they went for the head shot...

Posted by: average voter at October 21, 2026 03:17 PM (anL5R)

257 Good news for Brave users: it's based on Chromium, and Chromium has already updated to work around eMudhra's inability to count past the 300s.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 03:17 PM (88C+u)

258 218 Ace & Pixy -- this means you.

Minx 0.8 beta is not built on PHP as far as I'm aware.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

There’s a site that tests other sites to detect if there is any PHP exposure here:

https://tinyurl.com/4a9zfec7
(Cybaverse PHP2Shell Checker)

I have only tested the site from work.
It failed.

I don’t control the server, though, the web host does, so I assume they are on it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:17 PM (6ydKt)

259 OTOH, it's being run by rabid-partisan bureaucratic ladder-climbers used to operating in sub 90-average IQ countries where having a million dollars is like being a billionaire, and they had millions to spend.

Yeah, I'd look at people like Comey, Mueller, and Brennan and think: "Are these the best people the Deep State has? They're hardly Bond villains."

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 03:18 PM (aD4fx)

260 Home now. The hospital let me go, told me to rest and get fluids"

Excellent

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 03:18 PM (pfXMo)

261 >>>Acknowledge that the Indians that had that land before the white man did, stole that land from other Indians tribes, who stole it from other Indian tribes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---

And ate the peaceful white men that preceded them as they did the horse and and mastodon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 03:18 PM (hPgrk)

262 Home now. The hospital let me go, told me to rest and get fluids.

relax, watch some Blackadder or Hercule Poirot mysteries, something you can ease into. Take care of yourself, for all of us.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 03:18 PM (TMNW7)

263 97 I may be wandering off for a week or so. The whole online environment, Twitter and here and everywhere, seems to be engineered to make everyone rabid and afraid for the run up to the elections.
I can only do so much to alleviate other people's worries since so many people are dedicated to running around with their hair on fire and communicating their fear by biting everyone.

I am not dealing well with it, since my way of dealing with things that disturb me is to be a total and complete asshole.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)
********
I will miss you.

This is what they want vs my reporting on Omar's balding head. They want fear and are not going to get it from me.

I mock and therefore I am. I also pray for their defeat every night. It's all going to be ok.

Will it go how I hope? Time will tell, but I'll still be ok.

I haven't paid attention to any poll since 2016, if that tells you anything. Stopped watching talking heads, FOX, and paying attention to shrill hysterics as well. This has been good for my state of mind.

I read both volumes of Gary Larsen's books during the weeks leading up to the election of 2016 vs watching FOX.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:18 PM (hzuYO)

264 3. Win or lose, Talafreako shows up onstage election night in a dress and a wig.

He'll have another bout of sexually transmitted diarrhea.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 03:19 PM (aD4fx)

265 The classic Dem tactic. Only admit to what they have on you and not even that.

There are NO illegal votes!!

(catches 28 illegal voters)

It's ONLY 28. Out of 25 million!

(catches 20,000)

Well it's ONLY 20,000 out of 25 million! That's less than 0.1%!!! Try harder to find something that MATTERS!!!

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:19 PM (pV18s)

266
relax, watch some Blackadder or Hercule Poirot mysteries

_________

Not Rosemary's Baby

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:19 PM (eRlcH)

267 Or, you know, the people who claim Trump is wearing a hidden powered exoskeleton, shits his pants all the time and has dementia.

Trump should have Elon build him an exoskeleton with laser cannons and do a press conference wearing it. Tater Stelter would shit himself live on air.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:19 PM (2ocoG)

268 And ate the peaceful white men that preceded them as they did the horse and and mastodon.

"Turns out being big and slow is no good against humans"
--Giant Sloth

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 03:19 PM (TMNW7)

269 Go rest pookysgirl

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:20 PM (pV18s)

270 Kindltot, you are one of my favorite commenters and one of the people who make this place wonderful. I look forward to your return!

Posted by: Emmie at October 21, 2026 03:20 PM (2UGSa)

271 I mock and therefore I am. I also pray for their defeat every night. It's all going to be ok.

Will it go how I hope? Time will tell, but I'll still be ok.

I haven't paid attention to any poll since 2016, if that tells you anything. Stopped watching talking heads, FOX, and paying attention to shrill hysterics as well. This has been good for my state of mind.
===
This. Is. The. Way
*intensifies*

Posted by: meme appropriate at October 21, 2026 03:20 PM (anL5R)

272 Two weeks ago a federal district judge in miami ruled that prohibiting non citizens from voting in federal elections is unconstitutional.

Pretty sure we are being set up and the liberals are hoping this ruling gets appealed and goes all the way to SCOTUS. And after the ruling in the birthright citizenship case it stands a good chance of being upheld allowing all non citizens to vote in federal elections.

The democrats are playing the long game here.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 02:36 PM (I43vL)
====
Isn't it already established federal law that only US Citizens, excluding felons, are eligible to vote in federal elections? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, therefore, this judge needs to be disbarred. He violated his oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Impeach and disbar this pos.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 21, 2026 03:21 PM (JNTt1)

273 Senate predictions:

1. GOP takes NH and Minn.
2. Dem-Comms take NC.
3. Win or lose, Talafreako shows up onstage election night in a dress and a wig.
Posted by: Cleanup in Aisle 9 from Outer Space at October 21, 2026 03:16 PM (Ovx+P)
====

NC stays Red.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 03:21 PM (rj6Yv)

274
The "No Kings" rally in my town in Seacoast NH was actually well attended, sadly.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 21, 2026 03:09 PM (N39Ws)

That just means that they were able to contract for some charter busses.

I'm increasingly convinced that the charter busses are a major weak point in the paid rioter/protest system. Because, unlike the pallets of bricks dumped on sidewalks, they're TRACEABLE.

I'd love to see some billionaire troll master with a sense of humor buy out the charters' time slots, or pay them to have big Trump MAGA wraps put onto the charter busses rented by the commie cocksuckers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 03:21 PM (y9nCu)

275 Should I ever be arrested and paraded in hand-cuffs before the cameras of the media, please keep me from the humiliation of wearing red plaid pajama bottoms as well.

Do they let people who sleep au naturel dress before being hauled off?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 03:22 PM (TMNW7)

276
Skipping the land acknowledgement and cultural appropriation issues before dinner of course leads to the binary/patriarchal supreme being prayer issue that we've been struggling to avoid.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 03:22 PM (Y8DZL)

277 262 Home now. The hospital let me go, told me to rest and get fluids.

relax, watch some Blackadder or Hercule Poirot mysteries, something you can ease into. Take care of yourself, for all of us.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 03:18 PM (TMNW7)

What he said.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 21, 2026 03:23 PM (N39Ws)

278 >>>
Minx 0.8 beta is not built on PHP as far as I'm aware.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 21, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

Slide your mouse over the links on the left side of the home page - Recent Entries section. PHP.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
---

Why don't you people quit talking in code
and tell us what's up?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 03:23 PM (hPgrk)

279
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus Nood.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:23 PM (eRlcH)

280 this judge needs to be disbarred.

They do but... that cannot be the end of the punishment. Getting fired is not enough punishment for judges who make decisions that kill people and cultures.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (TMNW7)

281 Trump should have Elon build him an exoskeleton with laser cannons...

And the thrusters from the Roadster. And a PA system with an electronic voice modulator.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (vTZFs)

282 Goin' to California with an aching
in my heart

Posted by: wth at October 21, 2026 03:24 PM (UjdFS)

283 "The Registrar is not equipped or authorized to verify voter citizenship because it does not independently house citizenship-related information beyond the voter attestation as identified in federal and state law, and is certainly not equipped to do so within the election period."

OK, this has 2 possible meanings. Either that they don't have a flag in the database that says "Citizen, yes or no", or that they don't have their own copy of all of the data the feds are using to check on the names.
The first has two answers: "Why not?" or "So, how do you certify that you have validated the registration in all fashions?" (It should involve things like, "Do they actually live at the address provided?" and "Are they really who they claim to be?") Is there ANY auditing that goes con of voter registration? (Or ANY registration with the CA government, anywhere?)
The second is answered with "Ummm, that's why the feds have all of these databases, and even asked you to use them."

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (kU0PQ)

284 >>> 263
==
They want fear and are not going to get it from me.

I mock and therefore I am.
==
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 03:18 PM (hzuYO)

Comment of the ~~week~~ midterms.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 03:25 PM (jb8Ss)

285
Acknowledge that the Indians that had that land before the white man did, stole that land from other Indians tribes, who stole it from other Indian tribes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Obligatory Sitting Bull vs Nelson Miles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVqQosyOpg4

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (y9nCu)

286 @136 -- Reddit moron says his wife holds a green-card. So what? Not a citizen, can't vote in Federal elections. If she does so, she should be prosecuted and deported.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (1VZmA)

287 Bill has a point he didn't do trash talk. He had his opponents shot, stabbed, hanged, etc. He even had some kids run over by a train like a hillbilly Snidely Whiplash.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (BI5O2)

288 Why don't you people quit talking in code
and tell us what's up?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 03:23 PM (hPgrk)

PHP is a web development scripting language.
It is what replaced HTML on much of the internet.

Brave AI:
PHP currently stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, a recursive acronym where the first "PHP" refers to the language itself.
Originally, the acronym stood for Personal Home Page (specifically Personal Home Page Tools), as the language was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1993 to maintain his personal homepage. The name was changed to the current recursive form with the release of PHP 3 in 1998.
PHP is a general-purpose, open-source, server-side scripting language primarily used for web development and creating dynamic web pages.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (6ydKt)

289
I wonder if the ballot harvesting will take a hit without NGO money.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (mmrXZ)

290 It should be pointed out that Wattley built the ground game that got Trump wins when all the polls said Kamala was ahead.

IDK let's see what happens.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 03:27 PM (3cUTc)

291 Reddit moron says his wife holds a green-card. So what? Not a citizen, can't vote in Federal elections. If she does so, she should be prosecuted and deported.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (1VZmA)

You're just prejudiced against people who vote illegally. Check your Citizen Privilege.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (pV18s)

292 FOX is as subversive as CNN, only it appeals to a different audience.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 03:29 PM (hPgrk)

293 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 03:26 PM (BI5O2)

You don't need to namecall when you have a file on everyone.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 03:30 PM (pV18s)

294 Brave AI:
PHP currently stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, a recursive acronym where the first "PHP" refers to the language itself.
Originally, the acronym stood for Personal Home Page (specifically Personal Home Page Tools), as the language was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1993 to maintain his personal homepage. The name was changed to the current recursive form with the release of PHP 3 in 1998.
PHP is a general-purpose, open-source, server-side scripting language primarily used for web development and creating dynamic web pages.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
---

Thank you, but that does not explain the problem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (hPgrk)

295
Reddit moron says his wife holds a green-card. So what? Not a citizen, can't vote in Federal elections. If she does so, she should be prosecuted and deported.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

=========

I was wondering what the sick burn was here:

I hope they knock on my door because my wife has a green card. I’ve always loved roasting pigs to their faces.

Uh, yeah? That means wifey can't vote, you know. She can live here, but she can't vote.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:32 PM (mmrXZ)

296 @263 -- Subsanno, ergo sum.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 21, 2026 03:32 PM (1VZmA)

297 Awesome. Can we finally get some executions of federal careerists?
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 21, 2026 03:12 PM (vSvIl)

Bounties. I want bounties.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

I want necklaces of ears.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (y9NP6)

298
I want necklaces of ears.

===
You'll settle for a midterm victory

You'll get disappointed

Posted by: The GOPe at October 21, 2026 03:40 PM (anL5R)

299 PHP is a general-purpose, open-source, server-side scripting language primarily used for web development and creating dynamic web pages.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
---

Thank you, but that does not explain the problem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 03:31 PM (hPgrk)

PHP has some sort of security password that is supposed to be a large and complicated number (300 bits). India apparenly was using an 8 bit or less code. So kinda like having a password be 0 or 'a'.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 03:41 PM (uhVAy)

300 Without illegals voting...
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

Well, not necessarily the illegals themselves. I doubt very many (though more now than used to be, given the boldness the Biden admin gave them) actually fill out ballots in their own name or go to the polls. But the names on the rolls give other people the ability to generate bogus votes in those names. So, the illegals are necessary on the rolls, so that the "regular" vote fraud can take place with "real" ballots.

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 03:50 PM (kU0PQ)

301 I thought Article III mandated lifetime appointments for inferior court judges as well as SC justices.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 03:08 PM (eRlcH)
========
Federal judges serve a lifetime appointment, WHILE IN GOOD BEHAVIOR.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (JNTt1)

302 I want necklaces of ears.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 03:37 PM (y9NP6)

And teeth

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 21, 2026 04:03 PM (NtVYv)

303 Trafalgar has the TX race the same as Wedgewood. And that was always a gop leaner

Posted by: Paul at October 21, 2026 04:20 PM (wUu8b)

America's Sweetheart Ilhan "Omar" Releases Fundraising Video as the Walls Close All Around Her

Someone on Twitter pointed out that the trees in the background of this typical left-wing woman car video were all full and green, whereas the trees in Minnesota are of course going bare.

So she recorded this video over the summer.

But she did release it Tuesday.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) raised her head to beg for more cash as she vowed to return to the campaign trail and fight the federal investigation into her immigration status.
The lefty "Squad" member posted a minute-long video from the back of a car Tuesday night as she continues to lay low since her home was searched as part of the sprawling federal probe.
She thanked her supporters for sending donations that she said would help "fight Trump and his administration for trying to intimidate me and so many other people right before the midterm elections."
...
"I'll be out there campaigning alongside all of you and making sure that we beat back all of this and that we win in the midterms -- win the House, win the Senate and hold this administration accountable," she continued...

"It is going to be a very expensive and challenging time and so we appreciate whether you're able to send $5, $10, $20," she said, ending with a "Thank you."

I know that many of you are surprised to see this foreign pirate spy grifting for money. "That's not the Ilhan Omar I know," you're probably thinking.

But life is strange and sometimes it throws you a real curveball. I suggest you take the advice of some traveling philosophers and just roll with the changes.

AG Todd Blanche points out that Ilhan Omar has not been subject to a gag order, despite attacking the DOJ as corrupt. Trump, of course, was hit with gag order after gag order for criticizing the Democrat lawfare corps.

Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is allowed to speak freely about the federal immigration fraud investigation against her -- a privilege President Trump was not afforded during his legal woes, Attorney General Todd Blanche noted on the latest episode of "Pod Force One."
Blanche, who served as Trump's personal lawyer when the president faced four criminal indictments during his 2024 campaign, couldn't discuss the details of the ongoing case against Omar but drew a contrast between the Minnesota Democrat's treatment and the various gag orders imposed on Trump.
"To the extent that [Omar's] commented on it, one of the things that she said is that we're not going to keep her quiet, right? We're not trying to keep her quiet," Blanche told "Pod Force One" host Miranda Devine.
...
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith asked judges to place gag orders on Trump in the election interference and classified documents cases.
Smith was successful in the election interference case, but a judge denied the prosecutor's effort to keep Trump from discussing the classified documents case.
The president was also subjected to gag orders during his civil fraud and "hush money" trials in Manhattan.

Trump refused to comment on the Ilhan "Omar" investigation, stating that ethics required him to be silent about an ongoing criminal matter.

Just kidding.

President Trump said on Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar could be jailed for lying about her age and described her home country of Somalia as a real "s--t house."
"She's a sick, very dishonest person, who hates our country, and she comes from a country that is essentially not even a country, Somalia," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "It's a real s--t house."
...
Trump also suggested the offense could land her behind bars.
"She could go to jail," he said. "They keep talking about deportation."
...
"I hope they treat her fairly, but she's a very dishonest person," the president said of the federal probe.
Trump went off on Omar and Gov. Tim Walz during the Oval Office event, charging them as "100% guilty" of facilitating widespread benefit fraud in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
"The governor is 100% guilty. He's 100% guilty. He's a fraud. He's a thief. He's a crook, and he's getting away by just getting out of office," Trump said of Walz while announcing a new incentive program meant to reward tipsters who blow the whistle on additional theft.
The president then referred to Omar as "that little congresswoman, lovely little woman she is."
"She knew, they all knew," Trump went on.

Ilhan Omar finally breaks her silence..
She just posted a TikTok from the back of a car, eyes swollen and red, begging for $5, $10, and $20 donations.
This comes days after federal agents searched her home, seized her phone, and obtained her DNA and passport in an immigration fraud investigation.
She says it�s an �expensive and challenging time� fighting �Trump intimidation.�
— Justin Barclay (@MrJustinBarclay) October 21, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:22 PM

Comments

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1 foirst

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 01:22 PM (CWTWj)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 21, 2026 01:22 PM (NcvvS)

3 I prefer the Bro-Fo moniker.

Posted by: EMudhra Exec Playing Golf at October 21, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)

4 i noodled

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 01:23 PM (CWTWj)

5 Her district is the deepest of deep blues. She doesn’t need money for a campaign, just more graft.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (m1Wxk)

6 4 i noodled

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 01:23 PM (CWTWj)

Noodling in public is okay. Canoodling is not.
Noodles should be fresh or packaged, not canned.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (l3cgK)

7 But life is strange and sometimes it throws you a real curveball. I suggest you take the advice of some traveling philosophers and just roll with the changes.
----

Looks like Illhan is Back on The Road Again...

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (TN0g+)

8 5 Her district is the deepest of deep blues. She doesn’t need money for a campaign, just more graft.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (m1Wxk)

Wanna buy her ETFs?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (l3cgK)

9 >>>obtained her DNA and passport

They got her passport. lol

Run away!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (eXLHo)

10
Li'l Manny says Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong that jihadists and migrants are responsible for the violent protests in France.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (eRlcH)

11 Her district is the deepest of deep blues. She doesn’t need money for a campaign, just more graft.

And yet...The Cook Report has just moved the MN Senate race to Michele Tafoya. It could happen.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t)

12 The thing that bothers me so much is that Ilhan was so blatant, so obvious, and so utterly shameless about it all. She just was 100% sure she could not and would not be caught, and until now she was right

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (TMNW7)

13 Wanna buy her ETFs?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (l3cgK)

She should sell prosthetic clitorides.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (eXLHo)

14 (Bugs Bunny voice)

Somali, Somali, baloney!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (wSl27)

15 Ilhan Omar finally breaks her silence..

She just posted a TikTok from the back of a car, eyes swollen and red, begging for $5, $10, and $20 donations.
-----

Same as in town.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (TN0g+)

16 "I hope they treat her fairly, but she's a very dishonest person."
--------

I know Trump Love is old and gay but I wish they could clone this dude 100 times.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (pV18s)

17 10
Li'l Manny says Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong that jihadists and migrants are responsible for the violent protests in France.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (eRlcH)

========

It's all the Jean-Luc's and Maries who are throwing around the Palestinian flag while the Abduls and Muhammads are at home trying to study extra hard because their schools have burned down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (qGAQr)

18 12 The thing that bothers me so much is that Ilhan was so blatant, so obvious, and so utterly shameless about it all. She just was 100% sure she could not and would not be caught, and until now she was right

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (TMNW7)

And if the Ds were in control she would not have been.
She woulda gotten away with it if it wasn't for that pesky Trump...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)

19 ***whereas the trees in Minnesota are of course going bare.
---

Per Blonde Morticia; has the meta data verified the location,date and other data of the clip?

I think it looks like a blue screen job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (hPgrk)

20
The thing that bothers me so much is that Ilhan was so blatant, so obvious, and so utterly shameless about it all. She just was 100% sure she could not and would not be caught, and until now she was right
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (TMNW7)

__________

Well, with an IQ of 78, she's a genius among her fellow Somalis.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (eRlcH)

21 >>> 10
Li'l Manny says Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong that jihadists and migrants are responsible for the violent protests in France.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:24 PM (eRlcH)

Someone quoted him in the previous thread whining about some New Yorkers (uh huh) having been arrested by teh evil JOOOZ in Gaza for merely "picking olives". Sure, Manny.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (jb8Ss)

22 "So she recorded this video over the summer."

Or it was recorded in a different location, a warmer state that still has some green leaves?

My vote is for it being recorded earlier, as she makes no mention of the raid or anything contemporary. It's just Leftist Whining 101.

She looks ... off. Like she's high or something.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

23 "I hope they treat her fairly, but she's a very dishonest person."
--------

I know Trump Love is old and gay but I wish they could clone this dude 100 times.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (pV18s)

He's a master. Once in a lifetime, one of a kind.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (eXLHo)

24 It's all the Jean-Luc's and Maries who are throwing around the Palestinian flag while the Abduls and Muhammads are at home trying to study extra hard because their schools have burned down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM

Unpossible! They probably don't even have high-speed WiFi at home.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (bFu5X)

25 It's that they just outwardly hate America so much that have zero benefit of the doubts to give.

And it's much more than just a wrong birth date that indicts her.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Ti9vn)

26 Li'l Manny says Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong that jihadists and migrants are responsible for the violent protests in France.

To be effective, a lie has to have some truth to it. This is so manifestly false, it's a wonder it was deployed.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)

27 When will she resort to playing the Patriotism Card? Quoting a person whose name I cannot recall, "The last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism."

If she does play the Patriotism Card, you'll never hear from me again. Because I'll have died laughing.

Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (5rh/l)

28
Ha, there goes my theory that she's already out on some hinky passport or trying to get out.

Well, she might still be trying to get out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (mmrXZ)

29 And yet...The Cook Report has just moved the MN Senate race to Michele Tafoya. It could happen.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t)

In 2024 she won her district 74-24. By contrast Trump got 47% statewide.

Even if a miracle happens and MN somehow overcomes the fraud and elects a Republican senator her district is about as safe as it gets.

Any money donated to her “campaign” is money donated to her to funnel into some scheme.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 01:28 PM (m1Wxk)

30 19 ***whereas the trees in Minnesota are of course going bare.
---

Per Blonde Morticia; has the meta data verified the location,date and other data of the clip?

I think it looks like a blue screen job.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (hPgrk)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:28 PM (l3cgK)

31 "Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) raised her head to beg for more cash as she vowed to return to the campaign trail and fight the federal investigation into her immigration status. "

Why? She has obviously grifted and stolen tens if not hundreds of millions of $$$$ already, she doesn't need any more money.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 01:28 PM (I43vL)

32 The governor is 100% guilty. He's 100% guilty. He's a fraud. He's a thief. He's a crook, and he's getting away by just getting out of office

Mens Rea isn't just a fabulous hairstyle.

Posted by: Piccadilly Palare at October 21, 2026 01:28 PM (88C+u)

33 >>> 26 Li'l Manny says Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong that jihadists and migrants are responsible for the violent protests in France.

==
To be effective, a lie has to have some truth to it. This is so manifestly false, it's a wonder it was deployed.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)

Olives! THEY WERE PICKING OLIVES!!!

Posted by: Mayor Zohran at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM (jb8Ss)

34
When will she resort to playing the Patriotism Card? Quoting a person whose name I cannot recall, "The last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism."

===============

She has professed her deep love for America on several occasions, just like Michelle Obama. (Hence her deep desire to save it from the fascistic forces now threatening to overwhelm this great democracy blah-blah.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM (mmrXZ)

35 Someone quoted him in the previous thread whining about some New Yorkers (uh huh) having been arrested by teh evil JOOOZ in Gaza for merely "picking olives". Sure, Manny.
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Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala, we used to make fresh coffee, right off the trees I mean. That was good. This is shit, but hey, I'm in a police station.

Posted by: Verbal Kint at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM (TN0g+)

36 But life is strange and sometimes it throws you a real curveball. I suggest you take the advice of some traveling philosophers and just roll with the changes.
----

Looks like Illhan is Back on The Road Again...
Posted by: Crusader

More like her plan is to Take it on the Run

Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM (2Oaah)

37 32 The governor is 100% guilty. He's 100% guilty. He's a fraud. He's a thief. He's a crook, and he's getting away by just getting out of office

Mens Rea isn't just a fabulous hairstyle.

Posted by: Piccadilly Palare at October 21, 2026 01:28 PM (88C+u)

What's the plural of Mens Rea? Is it Menses Rea?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)

38 Mens Rea isn't just a fabulous hairstyle.

It's really more of a state of mind.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

39 Green trees in the background don’t necessarily mean she recorded the video in the summer. Plenty of green trees left in places other than MN.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 21, 2026 01:30 PM (tGVts)

40 Olives! THEY WERE PICKING OLIVES!!!
Posted by: Mayor Zohran at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM

Succulent Palestinian olives! Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 01:30 PM (bFu5X)

41 Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala, we used to make fresh coffee, right off the trees I mean. That was good. This is shit, but hey, I'm in a police station.

Posted by: Verbal Kint

Oooooh, a Usual Suspects reference.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (Riz8t)

42
Per Blonde Morticia; has the meta data verified the location,date and other data of the clip?

I think it looks like a blue screen job.

Posted by: Braenyard

===============

I keep thinking some genius who knows how to do this will post in on X or somewhere.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (mmrXZ)

43 I've never heard Michele Obama profess her love for America.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (Ti9vn)

44 Did you all hear the rumor that they discovered a "maid" hiding in the closet when they raided her home that it a dead-ringer look alike for Ilhan?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (3cUTc)

45 What's the plural of Mens Rea? Is it Menses Rea?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)

Two of me.

Posted by: Rea Perlman at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (m1Wxk)

46 But life is strange and sometimes it throws you a real curveball. I suggest you take the advice of some traveling philosophers and just roll with the changes.
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Looks like Illhan is Back on The Road Again...
Posted by: Crusader

More like her plan is to Take it on the Run
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM

You think she'll take the money and run?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (bFu5X)

47 26 Li'l Manny says Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong that jihadists and migrants are responsible for the violent protests in France.

You mean those "students" dressed in all black with face covered and the African looking "folks" waving various foreign flags ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (+gK6I)

48 44 Did you all hear the rumor that they discovered a "maid" hiding in the closet when they raided her home that it a dead-ringer look alike for Ilhan?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (3cUTc)

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I mostly want to learn that Omar has slaves. Somali slaves that she defrauded the US government to bring over.

It would be...*chef's kiss*.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:31 PM (qGAQr)

49
Green trees in the background don’t necessarily mean she recorded the video in the summer. Plenty of green trees left in places other than MN.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

===============

There are some distinctive Minneapolis buildings out the window, though. Although I showed two of them to Grok and Grok told me one of them was that Eleven building in Minneapolis and the other was the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, so...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:32 PM (mmrXZ)

50 Tim Walz should be spending a shit load of time in jail. How he avoided it I have no idea. Other than politics. But it does seem like the Feds could charge him, federal money was involved. The man is a despicable asshole.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 01:32 PM (Dd7BU)

51 Can Walsh be charged with impersonating a homosexual ?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 21, 2026 01:32 PM (FIXtj)

52 Mens Rea isn't just a fabulous hairstyle.

It's really more of a state of mind.
----

Its a floor wax...AND a desert topping!

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 01:33 PM (TN0g+)

53 The maid double used to take DNA samples from?

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:33 PM (Ti9vn)

54 49
Green trees in the background don’t necessarily mean she recorded the video in the summer. Plenty of green trees left in places other than MN.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

===============

There are some distinctive Minneapolis buildings out the window, though. Although I showed two of them to Grok and Grok told me one of them was that Eleven building in Minneapolis and the other was the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, so...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:32 PM (mmrXZ)

Blue Screen Group...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)

55 Back when i was juggling my balls and then putting my fingers under the nose of unsuspecting bar tenders, I thought I could do whatever I wanted. Now, not so much...

Posted by: To h with that loser at October 21, 2026 01:33 PM (anL5R)

56 ***We're not trying to keep her quiet," Blanche told "Pod Force One" host Miranda Devine.
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Let her run her mouth, no telling what will come out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:33 PM (hPgrk)

57 It’s not all Africans and Muslims rioting. Definitely the vast majority but there’s a good smattering French “youths” in the mix as well.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 01:33 PM (m1Wxk)

58 To be effective, a lie has to have some truth to it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)

You sure about that?

Many people want to be lied to so it doesn't matter what the lie is.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:34 PM (pV18s)

59 57 It’s not all Africans and Muslims rioting. Definitely the vast majority but there’s a good smattering French “youths” in the mix as well.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 01:33 PM (m1Wxk)

If they all did, the entire world would be a riot...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

60 Succulent Palestinian olives! Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 01:30 PM (bFu5X)

The olive grove in question was near Bethlehem, not in Gaza. I'm sure the Orcs have killed any fruit trees left in Gaza.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 01:34 PM (wSl27)

61
Many people want to be lied to so it doesn't matter what the lie is.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:34 PM (pV18s)

__________

Maybe tomorrow

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:34 PM (eRlcH)

62 34
When will she resort to playing the Patriotism Card? Quoting a person whose name I cannot recall, "The last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism."

===============

She has professed her deep love for America on several occasions, just like Michelle Obama. (Hence her deep desire to save it from the fascistic forces now threatening to overwhelm this great democracy blah-blah.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:29 PM (mmrXZ)

Yes, but I'm expecting to hear her say more now. For example, that the investigation is 'un-American.' And claiming she is a patriotic American. I may be wrong. She may have a fatal brain seizure or bite-off her own tongue if she tries to say such lies.

Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2026 01:34 PM (5rh/l)

63 AI can't be deconstructed like photoshop.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (Ti9vn)

64 Tim Walz should be spending a shit load of time in jail. How he avoided it I have no idea. Other than politics. But it does seem like the Feds could charge him, federal money was involved. The man is a despicable asshole.
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F YOU BUDDY - THAT IS AN INSULT TO DESPICABLE ASSHOLES!!!

Posted by: League of Despicable Assholes at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (anL5R)

65 I've never heard Michele Obama profess her love for America.
Posted by: polynikes

I will not sit here and listen to you besmirch Michelle "all this for a damn flag?" Obama in this manner. Gentlemen!

Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (2Oaah)

66 >>Someone quoted him in the previous thread whining about some New Yorkers (uh huh) having been arrested by teh evil JOOOZ in Gaza for merely "picking olives". Sure, Manny.

Same stupid stunt Ro Khanna pulled. Go into an area that the IDF has designated restricted because there's still a war going on just for the purpose of getting arrested to get a headline.

Sadly, it works on the smooth brains in the Democrat caucus.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (viF8m)

67 She has a nose ring. Why am I not surprised she has a nose ring?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (vJPf4)

68 Ilhan Noor

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at October 21, 2026 01:36 PM (FbiR5)

69 58 To be effective, a lie has to have some truth to it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)

You sure about that?

Many people want to be lied to so it doesn't matter what the lie is.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:34 PM (pV18s)

For some reason my girlfriend always tell me to lie to her...

Posted by: Pinnochio at October 21, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)

70 Omar is what we used to call coyote ugly…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 01:36 PM (PlkPS)

71
I've never heard Michele Obama profess her love for America.
Posted by: polynikes

================

Obama's acceptance speech, her slinky green dress.

"That is the thread that connects our hearts. That is the thread that runs through my journey and Barack's journey and so many other improbable journeys that have brought us here tonight, where the current of history meets this new tide of hope.

That is why I love this country so much!"

Delivered with great fervor to uproarious applause.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:36 PM (mmrXZ)

72
Ha, there goes my theory that she's already out on some hinky passport or trying to get out.

Well, she might still be trying to get out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (mmrXZ

She's going to flee to Canada and claim asylum. Carney will grant it. No, this isn't a joke.

Posted by: Stating the obvious at October 21, 2026 01:36 PM (SGWtb)

73 67 She has a nose ring. Why am I not surprised she has a nose ring?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (vJPf4)

Moo!

Posted by: You Know Who Also Has a Nose Ring at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (l3cgK)

74
She didn't promise to triple my contribution, so, fraud.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (Y8DZL)

75 What's the plural of Mens Rea? Is it Menses Rea?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Mentes reae, I think.

Posted by: 88C+u trying to remember declensions at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (88C+u)

76 She's going to flee to Canada and claim asylum. Carney will grant it. No, this isn't a joke.

I hadn't considered that, but it's plausible.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

77 And yet...The Cook Report has just moved the MN Senate race to Michele Tafoya. It could happen.
Posted by: Archimedes

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You wonder if Larry Sabato's Magic Eight Ball has made a similar update. Not that would expect him to be accurately tracking anything.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (5yDGQ)

78 67 She has a nose ring. Why am I not surprised she has a nose ring?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (vJPf4)

And I bet she can ululate like crazy, too.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (w5SWv)

79 >>> 72
Ha, there goes my theory that she's already out on some hinky passport or trying to get out.

Well, she might still be trying to get out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:27 PM (mmrXZ

She's going to flee to Canada and claim asylum. Carney will grant it. No, this isn't a joke.
Posted by: Stating the obvious at October 21, 2026 01:36 PM (SGWtb)

Shocked face, shocked face, where art thou?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (jb8Ss)

80 Waiting for the "Everyone tells little lies about their age to immigration, marries their gay brother, and has a genocidal warlord for a father" defense. It's coming.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (pV18s)

81 It always starts off with one lie.

Then more lies to cover that one lie.

I almost pity Ilhan.

The god she worships has no desire to see her saved.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (w65YX)

82 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (TMNW7)

83 Omar has 2 passports like most if not all politicians in DC. One is personal, the feds got that one. The other is a government passport. She still has that one. For now.

She won't leave unless she gets deported because there would be no reason to let her back in.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (viF8m)

84
I'm expecting to hear her say more now. For example, that the investigation is 'un-American.' And claiming she is a patriotic American. I may be wrong. She may have a fatal brain seizure or bite-off her own tongue if she tries to say such lies.
Posted by: Gref

====================

100%. It won't just be about her. This is a threat to our democracy itself.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (mmrXZ)

85 And I bet she can ululate like crazy, too.

Yeah, that's pretty awesome, especially if you've just horked some ketamine.

Posted by: The Cornell 7 at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)

86 Poor ilhan. MAGA are such bullies, going after this lady harder than anyone in the Epstein files.

Female, Muslim, Minority, and democrat. The holy grail of intersectionality that they hate the most.

MAGA know the charges are nonsense. The real punishment is the crippling legal costs to defend yourself. If it can happen to a sitting Congresswoman, it can happen to anyone.

She has no support from Dem leadership, it is shameful. Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are cowards unworthy of leadership positions.

I used to say that they were controlled opposition, but it's so beyond that now. They are paid actors and contributors to the hate and bigotry of this nation.

She’s a threat to all of maga and this administration!! Protect this girl at all costs! I want her to stick it to trump when we get the house and take back America

Every single human interaction from anyone in a place of power ends with begging for money in 2026. Obama was outraged right? He can't break off legal fees for her? Gotta try and squeeze the populace? Jfc

Glad to see her finally, but seatbelts please!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (t19vo)

87 So that was recorded in the Summer ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (+gK6I)

88 75 What's the plural of Mens Rea? Is it Menses Rea?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Mentes reae, I think.

Posted by: 88C+u trying to remember declensions at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (88C+u)

Bloody Hell!

Posted by: Ron Weasley at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

89 Waiting for the "Everyone tells little lies about their age to immigration, marries their gay brother, and has a genocidal warlord for a father" defense. It's coming.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (pV18s)
___

Heh.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (w65YX)

90 >>> 80 Waiting for the "Everyone tells little lies about their age to immigration, marries their gay brother, and has a genocidal warlord for a father" defense. It's coming.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (pV18s)

How did you know?!

Posted by: David French at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (jb8Ss)

91 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:36 PM (mmrXZ)

Just a continuation of her statement that it was the first time she was ever proud of America.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:40 PM (Ti9vn)

92 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
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So free plastic surgery in prison eh? What could possibly go wrong....

Posted by: So stupid you have to go to school for years to achieve it at October 21, 2026 01:40 PM (anL5R)

93 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM

Are they required to pay for anesthesia?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 01:40 PM (FbiR5)

94 She's going to flee to Canada and claim asylum. Carney will grant it. No, this isn't a joke.
Posted by: Stating the obvious

If that happens, Trump should troll Canada by offering to lower our tariffs on them if they take the rest of our Somali population. No givebacks.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 21, 2026 01:40 PM (2Oaah)

95 I hadn't considered that, but it's plausible.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

Nah. A paid off judge or other official will take care of everything down the line.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:40 PM (pV18s)

96 It would be great to see her flee to Canada. And take all the other Somalis with her. Sorry Canadian Horde folks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:41 PM (vJPf4)

97 93 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM

Are they required to pay for anesthesia?
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 01:40 PM (FbiR5)

You'll want that...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:41 PM (+gK6I)

98 President Trump ......described her home country of Somalia as a real "s--t house."

That's just not right. Everyone knows that the correct term is "shithole".

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 01:41 PM (0Htd1)

99 86 I used to say that they were controlled opposition, but it's so beyond that now. They are paid actors and contributors to the hate and bigotry of this nation.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (t19vo)

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They only think this because they're convinced that the Epstein Files (the real ones that are being hidden, not the millions of pages of documents they don't care about) outline, in detail, crimes by Trump with Epstein and that Merrick Garland only didn't prosecute because he's a conservative Republican plant placed there by corporate forces that control the Democrat Party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:41 PM (qGAQr)

100 Let's not bicker and argue about 'oo told little lies about their age at immigration, marrying their gay brother, and having a genocidal warlord for a father. This is supposed to be an 'appy occasion!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)

101
She's going to flee to Canada and claim asylum. Carney will grant it. No, this isn't a joke.
Posted by: Stating the obvious

==============

I've been fully expecting her to post from somewhere outside US jurisdiction. Going to be fun watching her fans wait for her to fulfill that promise that she'll be "out there campaigning" in the coming weeks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (mmrXZ)

102 >>MAGA know the charges are nonsense. The real punishment is the crippling legal costs to defend yourself. If it can happen to a sitting Congresswoman, it can happen to anyone.

Even a former President of the United States.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (viF8m)

103
Sorry Canadian Horde folks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:41 PM (vJPf4)

_______

Present company excepted, not really.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (eRlcH)

104 Female, Muslim, Minority, and democrat. The holy grail of intersectionality that they hate the most.

You forgot immigration fraudster and brother-marrying in your list.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

105 ===============

I keep thinking some genius who knows how to do this will post in on X or somewhere.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
----

The video by Glenn Beck posted by Irish ie, resolved to him, speaking more directly to young nerds, referencing Data Republican, saying; Now with AI the tools are there for you to use, you can do this too. A plea to everyone with skillz to dig out the culprits.

Then on the heels of that Trump has offered a bounty to whistle blowers.

Put that presentation and Trump's bounty together, there could be trouble in River City.
_the swamp

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (hPgrk)

106 My advice to Ilhan Omar is that she can maintain her reputation with democrats by going to a restaurant with an African American woman and ordering some fried chicken and watermelon.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (0Htd1)

107 The tall white building that goes by in the Omar video appears to be Eleven on the River which is in Minneapolis and yes, it does summer in that video.

https://tinyurl.com/4bx47zjh

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (lQntB)

108 104 Female, Muslim, Minority, and democrat. The holy grail of intersectionality that they hate the most.

You forgot immigration fraudster and brother-marrying in your list.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

=======

These people are going to fucking lose it when Kamala announces her run for president.

It's going to be hilarious.

"NO! THE BLACK VOTE IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO GAVIN NEWSOM INSTEAD! KAMALA IS THE WORST!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:43 PM (qGAQr)

109 Waiting for the "Everyone tells little lies about their age to immigration, marries their gay brother, and has a genocidal warlord for a father" defense. It's coming.

Well they are still in this "it never happened" stage

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:43 PM (TMNW7)

110
My advice to Ilhan Omar is that she can maintain her reputation with democrats by going to a restaurant with an African American woman and ordering some fried chicken and watermelon.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (0Htd1)

_________

They paying?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:43 PM (eRlcH)

111 Female, Muslim, Minority, and democrat. The holy grail of intersectionality that they hate the most

Nahhhh. Unless she's also a lesbian, and you forgot to mention it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:44 PM (Riz8t)

112 93 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM

Are they required to pay for anesthesia?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2026 01:40 PM (FbiR5)

What about trips to the nail salon?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:44 PM (l3cgK)

113 Oh, wait. El Sayed didn't order fried chicken and watermelon. He only ordered the fried chicken. Well, typical politician, he was half assed in his pandering.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 01:44 PM (0Htd1)

114 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM

If accurate that is a constitutional abomination. When has elective surgery been a constitutional right?

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:44 PM (Ti9vn)

115 [iMy advice to Ilhan Omar is that she can maintain her reputation with democrats by going to a restaurant with an African American woman and ordering some fried chicken and watermelon.

"I'm hoping it works for me!"
--Abdul bin Muhammad al'Sharia

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:44 PM (TMNW7)

116 They say I'm racist because I loathe Somalis invading our country, but I also despise Lutherans for profiting off the invasion.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (bX16E)

117
107 The tall white building that goes by in the Omar video appears to be Eleven on the River which is in Minneapolis and yes, it does summer in that video.

https://tinyurl.com/4bx47zjh
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (lQntB)
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Yes, that is the luxury condo on W River Parkway and Omar's car is going by the Somali American Outreach and Consultancy Center. Check out the very bizarre website. Appears to be run by 1 person. Also note the photos of mostly white people. Bet it's a scam:
https://tinyurl.com/k6ztb97j

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (kX27y)

118 The tall white building that goes by in the Omar video appears to be Eleven on the River which is in Minneapolis and yes, it does summer in that video.
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Can't be. Summer in Minnesota includes mosquitos the size of blackhawk helicopters.

Posted by: 10,000 lakes or 10,000 mosquito no tell motels at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (anL5R)

119 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM

If accurate that is a constitutional abomination. When has elective surgery been a constitutional right?

*fires up the HairSmoker 6000*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

120 67 She has a nose ring. Why am I not surprised she has a nose ring?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:35 PM (vJPf4)

It’s not a septum piercing, it’s just a regular one. Like I have. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

121 Oh, wait. El Sayed didn't order fried chicken and watermelon. He only ordered the fried chicken. Well, typical politician, he was half assed in his pandering.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 01:44 PM

They always forget me.

Posted by: Hillary's Bottle of Hot Sauce at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (FbiR5)

122 98 President Trump ......described her home country of Somalia as a real "s--t house."

That's just not right. Everyone knows that the correct term is "shithole".

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 01:41 PM (0Htd1)

But is it a brick one?

Posted by: The Commode Doors at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (l3cgK)

123
Just a continuation of her statement that it was the first time she was ever proud of America.
Posted by: polynikes

================

It was a big "Oh yeah? I love America more than YOU!!! And I have a list of reasons to prove it!" One of them was "The military families who say grace each night with an empty seat at the table. The servicemen and women who love this country so much, they leave those they love most to defend it."

She was a big fan of the military and people saying grace, you see.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (mmrXZ)

124 >>> 81 It always starts off with one lie.

Then more lies to cover that one lie.

I almost pity Ilhan.

The god she worships has no desire to see her saved.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (w65YX)

SMH!

Stan *always* wrecks his tools when they're done, yet none of them seem to catch on.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (jb8Ss)

125 > The tall white building that goes by in the Omar video appears to be Eleven on the River which is in Minneapolis

This is truly amazing. It's like when Osama bin Laden would release a video as "proof of life" and everyone would get to play detective to figure out where and when the video was taken.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 01:45 PM (mkw2N)

126 I had to laugh… I read an article at the free press site today about how republicans in Texas are panicking about Paxton’s prospects…. So I looked up the author on LinkedIn. Young lass who just a few years ago was an intern in the office of Jonah Goldberg. Not kidding LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (PlkPS)

127 88...She has no support from Dem leadership, it is shameful. Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are cowards unworthy of leadership positions.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 01:39 PM (t19vo)

Brings to mind the Blazing Saddles scene on the welcoming platform, when the town preacher tells Bart, "You're on your own, son."

If Jeffries and Schumer aren't daily pledging their maximum total support to her against Trump's vindictive harassment, they may know she's cooked.

Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (5rh/l)

128 Why doesn't she just open a Learing Center to raise cash?

Posted by: Ripley at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (GUOwU)

129 114 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM

They refused to do an emergency order... Not sure what that means but I think they want it to go through the courts ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (+gK6I)

130 If it can happen to a sitting Congresswoman, it can happen to anyone.
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These people are hilarious.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (pV18s)

131 126 I had to laugh… I read an article at the free press site today about how republicans in Texas are panicking about Paxton’s prospects…. So I looked up the author on LinkedIn. Young lass who just a few years ago was an intern in the office of Jonah Goldberg. Not kidding LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (PlkPS)

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9 times out of 10 this year, the "anonymous Texas GOP operative" is Karl Rove.

The other 1/10, it's John Cornyn.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (qGAQr)

132 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
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That's the difference between the right and the left. Because that ruling is stupid on stilts, and worthy of large-scale rioting like what is going on in France. There's no way in hell that OUR TAX MONEY should be spent on such trivial and yet such immoral bullshit. Its an affront to everything that is decent and moral and to anyone with even a whit of common sense.

But...the right has jobs, and responsibilities, so we just wait a little longer until "the line" gets crossed for the ten thousandth time. And maybe...just maybe...we'll sure show 'em then!

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (TN0g+)

133 Poor ilhan. MAGA are such bullies, going after this lady harder than anyone in the Epstein files.
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These delusional loons will still be mumbling about the Epstein files in their fever-dream death-bed spasms 20 years from now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)

134 ***Former Special Counsel Jack Smith
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If this were Russia that sucker would have fell out the 12th story window of Hooker Hotel a long time ago.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (hPgrk)

135
So, A 7-2 Supreme Court.

12-1 by 2030, 'cause, Our Democracy.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 01:47 PM (Y8DZL)

136 130 If it can happen to a sitting Congresswoman, it can happen to anyone.
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These people are hilarious.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (pV18s)

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She didn't even have a personal lawyer mark a payment on an internal financial document with no reporting factor in a way that the people who don't like him didn't like.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:47 PM (qGAQr)

137 75 Mentes reae, I think.

mentos > mentes

Posted by: anachronda at October 21, 2026 01:47 PM (sGtp+)

138 Why bother taking her passport? Self-deportation would be way worse than anything we'll actually do to her, which is nothing. She knows that. She wouldn't flee.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 01:47 PM (8c1WV)

139 Sorry Canadian Horde folks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:41 PM (vJPf4)

_______

Present company excepted, not really.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:42 PM (eRlcH)

We already have a metric fuckton of Scumalians here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 01:47 PM (wSl27)

140 They say I'm racist because I loathe Somalis invading our country, but I also despise Lutherans for profiting off the invasion.
==
the list of people who prosper of out of control open borders:

drug traffickers
Human traffickers
exploitive employers
Religious Charities

Birds of a feather flock together

Posted by: Associations tell you something at October 21, 2026 01:48 PM (anL5R)

141 They refused to do an emergency order... Not sure what that means but I think they want it to go through the courts ?

Yeah that's why I only put "appears" because it was not reversing a stay so I think they might look at it again later? Not worth the hair on fire stage as Archimedes says.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:48 PM (TMNW7)

142 133 Poor ilhan. MAGA are such bullies, going after this lady harder than anyone in the Epstein files.
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These delusional loons will still be mumbling about the Epstein files in their fever-dream death-bed spasms 20 years from now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)

That's right! Jail BJ Bill Clinton!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:48 PM (l3cgK)

143 Saw a vid that said Schumer put a couple of million into the Mississippi Senate race because Wedgewood polls said the the race was close. The Wedgewood people said they were doing a sociological experiment to see if people would pay attention. Of course they were just about to be exposed so that excuse may be BS

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:48 PM (vJPf4)

144 The god she worships has no desire to see her saved.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (w65YX)

Allah is compassionate and merciful.

Do you know how we know? Like - do you know what the proof for this is?

Their holy book calls him Allah the most compassionate and merciful over and over.

That's the proof. That is it.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:49 PM (pV18s)

145 The other 1/10, it's John Cornyn.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (qGAQr)

Cornyn told CNBC I believe that he isn't exactly best friends with Paxton but he intends to vote for him and the entire Republican ticket...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:49 PM (+gK6I)

146 If it can happen to a sitting Congresswoman, it can happen to anyone.

Yeah but that's kinda the point, isn't it? That being in congress doesn't make you immune to the law, that you're just like me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:49 PM (TMNW7)

147 145 The other 1/10, it's John Cornyn.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:46 PM (qGAQr)

Cornyn told CNBC I believe that he isn't exactly best friends with Paxton but he intends to vote for him and the entire Republican ticket...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:49 PM (+gK6I)

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Well, that completely undoes his behavior post-primary, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:49 PM (qGAQr)

148
Everyone, buy McCormick spices. Frank's got an Omar blend.......

https://tinyurl.com/3556n9y9

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 01:50 PM (kX27y)

149 Cornyn told CNBC I believe that he isn't exactly best friends with Paxton but he intends to vote for him and the entire Republican ticket...

Gee, that's mighty white of him.

Tell you what, John-boy, nobody cares what you do anymore.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)

150 What knob slobbering media show or person gets the first victimhood interview with Omar?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 21, 2026 01:50 PM (lQntB)

151 70 Omar is what we used to call coyote ugly…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 01:36 PM (PlkPS)

Yet didn't some guy divorce his wife to marry her? Or they both divorced their then spouses so they could marry?

My baser nature would love to know what that was all about...,

I feel bad for the dog....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 01:51 PM (QGaXH)

152 150 What knob slobbering media show or person gets the first victimhood interview with Omar?
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 21, 2026 01:50 PM (lQntB)

Since that video above was from the summer has she been seen recently ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:51 PM (+gK6I)

153 146 If it can happen to a sitting Congresswoman, it can happen to anyone.

Yeah but that's kinda the point, isn't it? That being in congress doesn't make you immune to the law, that you're just like me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:49 PM (TMNW7)

I fully agree with the Redditors.

Posted by: William J. Jefferson, with $90K in the Freezer at October 21, 2026 01:51 PM (l3cgK)

154 If it can happen to a sitting Congresswoman, it can happen to anyone.

Yeah having read the Quran, the only demonstration of Allah being compassionate and merciful is that he just doesn't kill everyone. That's it: you're still alive, aren't you?

Later Hadiths try to add to this but they end up just being horrendous like the one that says "no matter how much of a mountain of sins a Muslim has, Allah will remove those and put them on a Jew or a Christian and he can go to heaven"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:51 PM (TMNW7)

155 Are Republicans about to pounce?

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 21, 2026 01:51 PM (DgNTV)

156 >>>132 Supreme Court appears to have voted to require the federal government to pay for sex change hormones and operations in prisons. Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.
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From the Supreme Court's first decision on promiscuity and following, in the mid 20th century on, is the source of 90% of America's problems.

The Supreme Court is the source of 90% of America's problems.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:52 PM (hPgrk)

157 Case study:

An awful trailer and an awful title, but the movie underneath might be okay?

Above the Below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO4wsV7HEUY

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:52 PM (qGAQr)

158 "BREAKING: Brother of George W. Bush, Neil Bush, says that he voted for James Talarico"

https://x.com/KalshiPolitics/status/2112889639128502775

Of fuckin' course. Texans were right to get rid of the Bush shittheels (IIRC, there's no Bush in elected office in Texas at present - I hope this is correct).

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 01:52 PM (oPFtC)

159 158 Of fuckin' course. Texans were right to get rid of the Bush shittheels (IIRC, there's no Bush in elected office in Texas at present - I hope this is correct).

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 01:52 PM (oPFtC)

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One of the top 2 or 3 sticking points the TX establishment has over Paxton is that he beat George P. Bush in an election in the 2022 primary for AG of TX.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (qGAQr)

160 158 "BREAKING: Brother of George W. Bush, Neil Bush, says that he voted for James Talarico

I'm sure W did too...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (+gK6I)

161 Think of all the keystrokes etc that were burned defending various Bush's. And this is how they pay it back.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (pV18s)

162 Of fuckin' course. Texans were right to get rid of the Bush shittheels (IIRC, there's no Bush in elected office in Texas at present - I hope this is correct).
Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 01:52 PM (oPFtC)

Now, now. If you don't love the Bushes, you're an isolationist and Code Pinker. I have it on good authority.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)

163 I am not watching the video because I can't stand Ilhan "Give me more" Omar, but I think that is the first time I have ever seen a picture of her smiling. Is it AI?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (JrHfD)

164 By handing you to the wolves

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (pV18s)

165 An awful trailer and an awful title, but the movie underneath might be okay?

Supposedly that weird Dreamworks animated movie out right now is really good but its so ugly and weird looking I have no interest (Forgotten Island). The marketing was so bad.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:55 PM (TMNW7)

166
"BREAKING: Brother of George W. Bush, Neil Bush, says that he voted for James Talarico"

__________

Imagine a world where John Cornyn has better manners than the Bush family.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:55 PM (eRlcH)

167 Love him - Gad's also been on a tear about Jessica Tarlov. Calling her a Wood Cricket Jew.

Gad Saad
@GadSaad
·
5h
She has no shame. She is a pig.
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Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson

13h
🚨Ilhan Omar just broke her silence BEGGING for money on TikTok after being raided by DHS amid multiple federal investigations

She accused Trump of trying to “intimidate” her before the elections and is asking for donations to “fight back”.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 01:55 PM (kX27y)

168 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)

Whatever you do don't go back to the night Trump criticized Bush at the Republican debate in 2015 and read the thread.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:55 PM (pV18s)

169 155 Are Republicans about to pounce?

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 21, 2026 01:51 PM (DgNTV)

Probably NOT like a cougar on a frat boy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:55 PM (l3cgK)

170 165 An awful trailer and an awful title, but the movie underneath might be okay?

Supposedly that weird Dreamworks animated movie out right now is really good but its so ugly and weird looking I have no interest (Forgotten Island). The marketing was so bad.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:55 PM (TMNW7)

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Trailer marketing is just formula at this point.

It's shocking when they do it wrong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:55 PM (qGAQr)

171 >>> 158 "BREAKING: Brother of George W. Bush, Neil Bush, says that he voted for James Talarico"

https://x.com/KalshiPolitics/status/2112889639128502775

Of fuckin' course. Texans were right to get rid of the Bush shittheels (IIRC, there's no Bush in elected office in Texas at present - I hope this is correct).
Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 01:52 PM (oPFtC)

GAY!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 01:56 PM (jb8Ss)

172 149 Cornyn told CNBC I believe that he isn't exactly best friends with Paxton but he intends to vote for him and the entire Republican ticket...
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Someone has had a little talk with him. In the past he said this will be the first time to Not vote for a Republican.
(maybe it was an internal poll, psst)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:56 PM (hPgrk)

173 Now, now. If you don't love the Bushes, you're an isolationist and Code Pinker. I have it on good authority.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)

I can think of a few votes I'd like to have back. I'd have stayed home and sorted my socks on election day. I didn't vote for dear old dad '41, that's for sure. Wasn't interested.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 21, 2026 01:56 PM (ZgwKJ)

174 The whole Bush Family should be run out on a rail from Texas...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:56 PM (+gK6I)

175 Yet didn't some guy divorce his wife to marry her? Or they both divorced their then spouses so they could marry?

My baser nature would love to know what that was all about...,

I feel bad for the dog....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October

Yes to both. They had an affair. The ex is a DC doctor who helped set the husband’s business up and supported him while he grew it. Ilhan was a client, and she claimed he left her right as he was starting to earn real money. She cited the adultery in her divorce filing, which, and I hope you are sitting down, Ilhan denied. Total and complete lie. The couple had a 13 year old son.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 01:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

176 51 Can Walsh be charged with impersonating a homosexul?
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Nah, but you could charge him with posing as a sodomite.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 21, 2026 01:56 PM (QJwZd)

177 The Supreme Court is the source of 90% of America's problems.

I think that 90% of our problems are we men being too lazy and too afraid to upset crazy women and letting them ruin everything

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (TMNW7)

178 BREAKING: Brother of George W. Bush, Neil Bush, says that he voted for James Talarico"

I thought convicts weren't allowed to vote.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (LJi3N)

179 Was the begging Omar video made in Seattle? What are the odds she was visiting the law offices of Ashurst Perkins Coie in Seattle? The 2020 U.S. census counted over 16,000 Seattle-area residents of Somali descent, with most living in South Seattle, Tukwila, and SeaTac.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (De2KS)

180 If people send her money, I'd refer them to the DoJ as perpetrating fraud and charge them accordingly.

At least put that out there.

It would make some think twice. Others... if they're that stupid they probably should be in prison.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (RORbl)

181 >>Only Alito and Thomas disagreed.

So, the only Men on the Court disagreed?

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (Qugny)

182 Can Walsh be charged with impersonating a homosexul?
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Nah, but you could charge him with posing as a sodomite.
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I don't think he was posing.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (TN0g+)

183 168 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)

Whatever you do don't go back to the night Trump criticized Bush at the Republican debate in 2015 and read the thread.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:55 PM (pV18s)

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I was at Jeb Bush's next rally after that in Charleston.

The rally wasn't that well attended, and his condemnation of the comment wasn't met with much enthusiasm.

I actually went to 2 Jeb rallies. I went to the second (it was, like 50 people at a golf club) because I didn't get his signature at the first. I also got Lindsay Graham's signature at the second. He was tiny. Almost put him in my pocket.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (qGAQr)

184 158 "BREAKING: Brother of George W. Bush, Neil Bush, says that he voted for James Talarico"

https://x.com/KalshiPolitics/status/2112889639128502775

Of fuckin' course. Texans were right to get rid of the Bush shittheels (IIRC, there's no Bush in elected office in Texas at present - I hope this is correct).

Posted by: Thrawn at October 21, 2026 01:52 PM (oPFtC)

Please Clap...

Posted by: Jeb! at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (l3cgK)

185 The whole Bush Family should be run out on a rail from Texas...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 01:56 PM (+gK6I)

South

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (pV18s)

186 158 "BREAKING: Brother of George W. Bush, Neil Bush, says that he voted for James Talarico"

https://x.com/KalshiPolitics/status/2112889639128502775
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Heard that the Bush family and their acolytes are out in force and money against Paxton. They should go back to Kennybuttport and STFU.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (hPgrk)

187 The Bush family is no surprise. The worrisome part is that they still wield influence. A lot of influence.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (pfXMo)

188 76 She's going to flee to Canada and claim asylum. Carney will grant it. No, this isn't a joke.

I hadn't considered that, but it's plausible.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

I'm pretty sure any person of even modest means could easily sneak into either Canada or Mexico. Once there, a congresscritter could probably present themselves to any government office and arrange safe transportation to a sympathetic country's embassy for full diplomatic protection.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (QGaXH)

189 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (qGAQr)

That's amazing. A Jeb rally. One hasn't lived until they go to one of those.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (pV18s)

190 172 149 Cornyn told CNBC I believe that he isn't exactly best friends with Paxton but he intends to vote for him and the entire Republican ticket...
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Someone has had a little talk with him. In the past he said this will be the first time to Not vote for a Republican.
(maybe it was an internal poll, psst)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:56 PM (hPgrk)

Internal poles are good...in one end, internal, out the other end...

Posted by: Vlad Tepes at October 21, 2026 01:59 PM (l3cgK)

191 Saw a vid that said Schumer put a couple of million into the Mississippi Senate race because Wedgewood polls said the the race was close. The Wedgewood people said they were doing a sociological experiment to see if people would pay attention. Of course they were just about to be exposed so that excuse may be BS
==
So you publish a fake poll (secretly commissioned by the candidate) so that third parties will dump money into the losing campaign rather than writing it off. You take a check from the candidate. Is that not obvious fraud? They really need to outlaw publication of polling within six months of an election. Its just fraud all the way down.

Posted by: You know polling seems to have more bad effect than good the closer you get to the election at October 21, 2026 01:59 PM (anL5R)

192 I really hope you guys will listen to this short video. Much as the communists didn't just disappear when the wall came down, they were set loose on the world, the USAID color revolution team didn't disappear when USAID was rolled up. They just went private.

And now they are coming after the US. Again. If we win in 2 weeks they are going to launch the same riots we see in France and other EU countries here. Their goal is to get a federal response and have Democrat governors declare the federal government illegitimate. They want a constitutional crisis so they can replace the federal government with their own dictatorship by whatever name they call it. The plans are done. This is real.

https://tinyurl.com/5cavusw8

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 01:59 PM (viF8m)

193 Putting her in prison would be better for her than deportation to that sh*thouse.

Posted by: torabora at October 21, 2026 01:59 PM (J4nJ2)

194 186 Heard that the Bush family and their acolytes are out in force and money against Paxton. They should go back to Kennybuttport and STFU.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (hPgrk)

=

I get the sense that the Bush's are a spent force in Texas politics except at the margins.

The 2022 AG race was probably the last real attempt they could make at being relevant, and they lost badly (Paxton's troubles with impeachment had just started, and he still whooped P. Bush).

Now? 4 years later with many of their key allies kicked out of the legislature because of the Paxton impeachment attempt which failed? Might as well ask the Rockefellers about politics in New York.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (qGAQr)

195 Trailer marketing is just formula at this point.

Somewhere in a backlot there's an Einstein-style board with all the formulae and sociological and psychological studies on it that spits out the modern trailer. I miss the old "In a world..." ones. They still give away too much.

The whole Bush Family should be run out on a rail from Texas

Yeah but who'd take them?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (TMNW7)

196 81 It always starts off with one lie.

Then more lies to cover that one lie.

I almost pity Ilhan.

The god she worships has no desire to see her saved.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 01:38 PM (w65YX)

Excellent Point!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (QGaXH)

197 I am surprised at the newspapers abandoning Sayed. He may actually lose after all. I still don't buy it but they *usually* only do that when the candidate is toast.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (pV18s)

198 >>And now they are coming after the US. Again. If we win in 2 weeks they are going to launch the same riots we see in France and other EU countries here.

Free Range Fire: ENGAGED

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (Qugny)

199 >>> 188 76 She's going to flee to Canada and claim asylum. Carney will grant it. No, this isn't a joke.

I hadn't considered that, but it's plausible.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

I'm pretty sure any person of even modest means could easily sneak into either Canada or Mexico. Once there, a congresscritter could probably present themselves to any government office and arrange safe transportation to a sympathetic country's embassy for full diplomatic protection.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (QGaXH)

Where in Ottowa is the CCP embassy?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (jb8Ss)

200 >>>
I think that 90% of our problems are we men being too lazy and too afraid to upset crazy women and letting them ruin everything

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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If the Supreme Court hadn't changed the laws it wouldn't be happening. They changed society. They adulterated our culture.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (hPgrk)

201 Whatever you do don't go back to the night Trump criticized Bush at the Republican debate in 2015 and read the thread.
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I remember initially supporting Cruz during the primaries...but gradually figuring out that Trump was the ONLY candidate that could actually*win* rather than just boringly "run" (and the field included Rubio).

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (TN0g+)

202 WTF?????

I just received an automated email from the state of California, urgently informing me of an "Ebony Alert" -- a teenage girl was missing.

I said to myself, "I've heard of Amber Alerts, but -- Ebony Alerts? What is that?"

But I immediately had a sense of dread. I feared even Googling it. But I took the plunge, and -- yep - it's as bad as I feared. Worse, even:

"In 2022, California created the "Feather Alert" for missing Indigenous people in 2022,. Then in 2023, California's passed the “Ebony Alert” law -- the first of its kind in the nation to prioritize the search for Black youth gone missing."

Wait -- re you telling me that there is a STATE LAW that gives HIGHER PRIORITY to some ethnic groups over others?

How is this not blatantly unconstitutional?

So, If a group of four girls go missing -- one black, one white, one Asian, and one Native American -- the police are REQUIRED BY LAW to search for the black and Native American girls more than the other two.

And this is the first I've even heard about it.

Mind. Blown. And not in a good way.

I don't care what anyone else says -- California is the most fucked-up state in the union.

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (HD2n/)

203 That's amazing. A Jeb rally. One hasn't lived until they go to one of those.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (pV18s)

Well, the good seats were all sold out at the paint drying display.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (wSl27)

204 189 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:57 PM (qGAQr)

That's amazing. A Jeb rally. One hasn't lived until they go to one of those.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:58 PM (pV18s)

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I was signature hunting.

I got everyone's I wanted except Rand Paul's. I didn't know how he was leaving, and I went with a friend. I felt guilty about sticking around for another 30 minutes just for an autograph.

Still, I got Jeb's, Graham's, Rubio's, Cruz's, and Trump's.

Trump signed the cover of a biography of Zachary Taylor. It was the only thing I had on me at the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (qGAQr)

205 I know this is beside the point after Omar's theft of bazillions, and her I hate Trump cheerleading...but I really want to see what's under her weird turbans and this hoodie couture. I am guessing this is her, "I am sad and devastated but will continue to fight" taqiyya message to her cult fans and squad.

She doesn't have much hair based on this photo. Starting to think the bald, armpit hair patches photo was real.

I feel sure Patel and others knows exactly where she is right now. I still hope for a run for the border filmed scene. Probably will be in a black SUV vs white Bronco. Have a bottle of champagne always on hand in the fridge!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (hzuYO)

206 Is Johnson going to let her proxy vote from Canada?

Posted by: torabora at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (J4nJ2)

207 > "BREAKING: Brother of George W. Bush, Neil Bush, says that he voted for James Talarico"
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Probably not the flex he thinks it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 02:02 PM (RORbl)

208 Well, the good seats were all sold out at the paint drying display.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (wSl27)

I think when Jeb speaks the paint actually stops drying

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 02:02 PM (pV18s)

209 I wish she'd stick to giving economic advice. How should we change the US economy to make it more perform more like Somalia's?

Posted by: Dave at October 21, 2026 02:02 PM (sbsMc)

210
I don't care what anyone else says -- California is the most fucked-up state in the union.

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (HD2n/)

Yeah, and several of us morons are soaking in it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:02 PM (l3cgK)

211 At this point I’m almost willing to say it would’ve been better if W lost to Gore in 2000…. The Bushes are a cancer

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 02:03 PM (PlkPS)

212 Haley Barbour's fat old sleazy ass *came out of retirement* to raise money for Cochrane - which he then gave to his old campaign apparatchiks to use for canvassing black neighborhoods and telling them to register as Republicans so they could stop McDaniel's (nonexistent) plan to (somehow) overturn the VRA.

These GOP machine shitstains never go away.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 02:03 PM (BI5O2)

213 That's amazing. A Jeb rally. One hasn't lived until they go to one of those.
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Jeb should have just contracted for Zig Ziglar to show up and pretend to be Jeb.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:03 PM (TN0g+)

214 >>>
Free Range Fire: ENGAGED

Posted by: garrett
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Blue City fandango.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (hPgrk)

215 Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 01:59 PM (viF8m)

Thanks for the info. I'm not sure what I can do about it though, aside from to vote ( and to encourage others to do so ) and to pray . I assume people in Trump's administration are aware of this work by Data republican

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (JrHfD)

216 Was out doing yardwork. Met an older lady walking by with her dog. It always amazes me that Progressives, even in casual conversation, almost immediately convey their socio-political inclinations.

Remarkably, this woman voluteered that she had had problems with lithium medication. In the back of my mind was 'I'm not in the least surprised'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (XeU6L)

217 In 2022, California created the "Feather Alert" for missing Indigenous people

"Feather alert. Seriously, White Eyes? Wasichu."
--John Red Elk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (TMNW7)

218 217 In 2022, California created the "Feather Alert" for missing Indigenous people

"Feather alert. Seriously, White Eyes? Wasichu."
--John Red Elk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (TMNW7)

But no Dot Alert...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

219 no one will read what i write

Posted by: Paul at October 21, 2026 02:05 PM (yZDta)

220 "In 2022, California created the "Feather Alert" for missing Indigenous people in 2022.
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Does it involve smoke signals?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:05 PM (TN0g+)

221
The Bush family in Texas are endorsing Talarico. These people are unbelievable.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 21, 2026 02:05 PM (OkYzo)

222 The courts are a problem because our idiot congress writes (or their staffs do) badly worded laws that have to be interpreted. They also write too many bad laws.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 02:05 PM (vJPf4)

223 She doesn't have much hair based on this photo. Starting to think the bald, armpit hair patches photo was real.

A strangely high percentage of prominent black women seem to suffer from Alopecia. I wonder if its not related to the torturous crap they put their hair through.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (TMNW7)

224 >>Free Range Fire: ENGAGED

It's got the attention of at least one senator, Mike Lee. I hope he is banging on the White House door. Musk is all following.

These people are fucking crazy but well financed. They are literally planning to overthrow the federal government.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (viF8m)

225 I get the sense that the Bush's are a spent force in Texas politics except at the margins."

And Harris County. Their pet Lina didn't even have to campaign last time.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (pfXMo)

226 We loves Illen Omar and will donates money to help her.

Posted by: Dorcus Blimliene at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (thKqT)

227 Trump signed the cover of a biography of Zachary Taylor. It was the only thing I had on me at the time.

Despite the rumors my family is not related.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (TMNW7)

228 Paul, you ignorant slut, stop sucking Boasberg's tiny cock.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (jb8Ss)

229 The whole Bush Family should be run out on a rail from Texas

Yeah but who'd take them?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (TMNW7)
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GHWB bought a Bush compound in Paraguay. 100k acres. Of course now the Intertube says this is a spin. Similar to reporting that Romney's son had nothing to do with the Youcrane yesterday. The Internet is not our friend.

I remember this, however. I don't know why I remember stuff like this vs what I need to put on a grocery list.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (hzuYO)

230 Remarkably, this woman voluteered that she had had problems with lithium medication. In the back of my mind was 'I'm not in the least surprised'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (XeU6L)

"You shouldn't be taking that stuff, ma'am. Causes terrible fires."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (wSl27)

231 >>In 2022, California created the "Feather Alert" for missing Indigenous people in 2022.
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>Does it involve smoke signals?

Little secret nobody wishes to share is that none care about missing indigenous women.
Might as well tell them a dog went missing off the Res.

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 02:07 PM (Qugny)

232 "She is taking in big money"

Yes. She's been a world class scam artist, Paul. Hooray for "your side"./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 02:07 PM (JrHfD)

233 220 "In 2022, California created the "Feather Alert" for missing Indigenous people in 2022.
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Does it involve smoke signals?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:05 PM (TN0g+)

Smoke and mirrors, like all Kali legislation signed by dem governors.
Article from 2024: "Tribal leaders cite problems with California’s Feather Alert"...and it wasn't about it being racist, either!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:07 PM (l3cgK)

234 218 217 In 2022, California created the "Feather Alert" for missing Indigenous people

"Feather alert. Seriously, White Eyes? Wasichu."
--John Red Elk

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (TMNW7)

But no Dot Alert...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

We joke, but it is beyond outrageous.

"An Indian girl has gone missing! Quick -- issue a Feather Alert!"

"No, it's the other kind of Indian -- she's a "dot," not a "feather" Indian."

"Oh, sorry, cancel the Feather Alert. Who the fuck cares about those missing Indian girls."

(Cop puts feet back up on desk, continues eating donut."

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 02:07 PM (HD2n/)

235 Yet didn't some guy divorce his wife to marry her? Or they both divorced their then spouses so they could marry?
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The guy she's currently married to cheated on his now ex-wife with her.

He was working on Ilhan's campaign when they decided their love could no longer be denied.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 02:08 PM (w65YX)

236 >>Thanks for the info. I'm not sure what I can do about it though, aside from to vote ( and to encourage others to do so ) and to pray . I assume people in Trump's administration are aware of this work by Data republican

Make as many people as you can aware. Far too many people went along with the BLM/antifa bullshit. This is worse.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:08 PM (viF8m)

237 I wonder how many years of his life Paul has wasted being an insignificant unwanted nothing.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 02:08 PM (pV18s)

238 At this point I’m almost willing to say it would’ve been better if W lost to Gore in 2000"

I made many friends here by pointing that out back in the day.

(And by friends I mean...yikes)

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 02:08 PM (pfXMo)

239 Posted by: Dorcus Blimliene at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (thKqT)

Her deportation fund?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:08 PM (l3cgK)

240 >>> 224
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It's got the attention of at least one senator, Mike Lee. I hope he is banging on the White House door. Musk is all following.

These people are fucking crazy but well financed. They are literally planning to overthrow the federal government.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (viF8m)

Again?

When will Trump offer bounties?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:08 PM (jb8Ss)

241 >>These people are fucking crazy but well financed. They are literally planning to overthrow the federal government.

Make a list of the Democrat Governors.

Tell me how much you fear the notion that they will all get together and do anything. Let alone do it successfully.

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (Qugny)

242 228 Paul, you ignorant slut, stop sucking Boasberg's tiny cock.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (jb8Ss)

I thought he was more into rimming his mom.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (l3cgK)

243 One thing to keep in mind, the same people that will tell you thousands are literally dying due to lack of government social services funding will also tell you it is no biggie that there is massive fraud in the system.

Easiest way to get more money for people that qualify for the services is to make sure you stop giving a chunk of the money to people that don't

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)

244 Helena!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (w65YX)

245 How is this not blatantly unconstitutional?

Likely but until someone challenges it, it stays in place.

Its virtually uncovered by the press but there has been a huge, disturbing number of Indian girls (pullstart) disappeared off reservations. So I get where the comes from but I don't know what they expect me to do about it at 3:00 in the morning when my phone starts screaming

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (TMNW7)

246 221
The Bush family in Texas are endorsing Talarico. These people are unbelievable.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 21, 2026 02:05 PM

No, just Niel Bush. Barbara Bush donated to his campaign. But she has been a dem for awhile, which is evident by her TV show presence, that is not shocking. W has said nothing. Hopefully he stays quiet.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

247 The Bush family in Texas are endorsing Talarico. These people are unbelievable.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 21, 2026 02:05 PM (OkYzo)

Pretty stupid politically. You'd be better off biding your time and not irritate big chunks of the party you want to reclaim or gain influence in.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (uhVAy)

248 These people are fucking crazy but well financed. They are literally planning to overthrow the federal government.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (viF8m)

*********
Have seen comments like this lately. Apparently shift to states rights and not recognize the federal government. And billboards in New Mexico telling veterans not to comply with orders.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (hzuYO)

249 Make a list of the Democrat Governors.

Tell me how much you fear the notion that they will all get together and do anything. Let alone do it successfully.
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I doubt they could even agree on the language of the stolen land acknowledgement that would open the meeting.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (TN0g+)

250 238 At this point I’m almost willing to say it would’ve been better if W lost to Gore in 2000"

Would have been better for a Friend of mine.. She lost her only Child to a road side bomb in Iraq

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (+gK6I)

251
I am not watching the video because I can't stand Ilhan "Give me more" Omar, but I think that is the first time I have ever seen a picture of her smiling. Is it AI?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Oh, you've missed quite a few videos then. She smirks all the time. She's very big on triumphalist snark. I bet that even if she utterly fails -- gets convicted, denaturalized, deported -- she'll be snarking and smirking all the way to whatever Third World shithole she's sent to.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (mmrXZ)

252 > These people are fucking crazy but well financed. They are literally planning to overthrow the federal government.
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I wonder if our CIA Director is aware, and if so, has he informed the President of the current situation as it appears to be and what, if anything, the Agency is going to do about it.

Or punt it to the DoJ... which has a spotty track record of dealing with shit like this.

*It should be treated as enemy action and the DoW brought in to "clean it up."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (RORbl)

253 The best part is MN 5th District has no representation. Suck it commie frostbacks!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (bX16E)

254 Barbara Bush donated to Talarico 2026? Now why doesn't that surprise me.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (pV18s)

255 Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:08 PM (viF8m)

Do you have any especially helpful links I can send out , Jack?. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 02:11 PM (JrHfD)

256 Its virtually uncovered by the press but there has been a huge, disturbing number of Indian girls (pullstart) disappeared off reservations. So I get where the comes from but I don't know what they expect me to do about it at 3:00 in the morning when my phone starts screaming.
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Let her out of the basement?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:11 PM (TN0g+)

257 Most of the time, when a feather Indian woman is murdered, or goes missing, a feather Indian male is responsible.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 02:11 PM (wSl27)

258 Tell me how much you fear the notion that they will all get together and do anything. Let alone do it successfully.
Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (Qugny)

Plus their base will reject them out of hand for more power because they aren't bomb throwing psychos.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)

259 Can't one of the many Somali scammers who took millions for fake daycare, fake Medicare, etc., send a few million her way?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 21, 2026 02:12 PM (iOpI2)

260 Make a list of the Democrat Governors.

Tell me how much you fear the notion that they will all get together and do anything. Let alone do it successfully.
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Is the successfully part that is the kicker.
They just tried a multistate complaint to block the merger with Paramount Warner. It fell apart tho.

Posted by: Well spotted at October 21, 2026 02:12 PM (anL5R)

261 At this point I’m almost willing to say it would’ve been better if W lost to Gore in 2000"

Would have been better for a Friend of mine.. She lost her only Child to a road side bomb in Iraq
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (+gK6I)
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Condolences.

I wonder the same thing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 02:12 PM (w65YX)

262 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (mmrXZ)

Thanks, I think I'd rather continue to avoid that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 02:12 PM (JrHfD)

263 How is this not blatantly unconstitutional?

Likely but until someone challenges it, it stays in place.

Its virtually uncovered by the press but there has been a huge, disturbing number of Indian girls (pullstart) disappeared off reservations. So I get where the comes from but I don't know what they expect me to do about it at 3:00 in the morning when my phone starts screaming
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (TMNW7)
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Murdered or trafficked by their own people. The native indians rival the somalis for feral social dysfunction and thieving mentality.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 02:12 PM (iFTx/)

264 W has said nothing. Hopefully he stays quiet.
Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 02:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

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He's better off painting dogs in his art room.

Granted, I gave him full support, especially after 9/11, as imagine algore at the helm.

Then he betrayed me and called esslam the religion of peace and I never forgave him. The Bush League treatment of President Trump sealed the deal, plus allowing Bill C to be "another son." I think not.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (hzuYO)

265 Would have been better for a Friend of mine.. She lost her only Child to a road side bomb in Iraq
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (+gK6I)
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Condolences.

I wonder the same thing.
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Everytime I see one of those wounded warriors commercials I can't help wondering exactly *what* Bush that was going to actually happen with the adventures in Iraq?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (TN0g+)

266 Don't read what President Trump's sister supported.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (Ti9vn)

267 >>Tell me how much you fear the notion that they will all get together and do anything. Let alone do it successfully.

They don't have to do much, just refuse federal troops. The whole idea is to cause confrontation.

Half the country is full of slope brains, communists, islamists and millions of illegals many of whom are criminals. It won't take much to light that match.

WaPo had an article yesterday about "national security" experts briefing governors in case Trump tries to steal the midterms. Who do think those national security experts were?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (viF8m)

268 These people are fucking crazy but well financed. They are literally planning to overthrow the federal government.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (viF8m)

*********
Have seen comments like this lately. Apparently shift to states rights and not recognize the federal government. And billboards in New Mexico telling veterans not to comply with orders.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (hzuYO)

Problem for them is this gives a green light to officials under them to nullify their orders. Happened quite a few times here in CA under Covid Rule.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (uhVAy)

269 A little help from anyone in the PNW. If you freeze frame Omar in the video that tall building in the background, which sort of looks like Obama's butt plug library in Chicago, does anyone from the PNW recognize that building?

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (De2KS)

270 >>>Mens Rea isn't just a fabulous hairstyle.

More of a sort of gender specific ratite.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (rbvCR)

271 Oh, you've missed quite a few videos then. She smirks all the time. She's very big on triumphalist snark. I bet that even if she utterly fails -- gets convicted, denaturalized, deported -- she'll be snarking and smirking all the way to whatever Third World shithole she's sent to.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (mmrXZ)

LOL, she will not be denaturalized.

But if she were? There will be no smirking. You'd see a rage-criticality event. She'd be glowing blue like the Demon Core.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (BI5O2)

272 Most of the time, when a feather Indian woman is murdered, or goes missing, a feather Indian male is responsible.

Yeah I am guessing that contributes a lot to why he story doesn't go anywhere. Kinda like how the Monkeypox story disappeared and everyone stopped talking about Stop Asian Hate

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (TMNW7)

273 The Data Republican stuff is scary for sure, especially when you realize who they are. It’s all over X, there is no way people are not aware of this.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

274 265 Everytime I see one of those wounded warriors commercials I can't help wondering exactly *what* Bush that was going to actually happen with the adventures in Iraq?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (TN0g+)

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80IQ third worlders with long histories of ethnic tribalism and a sudden power vacuum would embrace Jeffersonian democracy without serous speedbumps?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (qGAQr)

275 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (mmrXZ)

You have a very strong constitution. I would rather be strapped down to a table with Michael Bolton on my Beats By Dre.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (pV18s)

276 Half the country is full of slope brains, communists, islamists and millions of illegals many of whom are criminals. It won't take much to light that match.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (viF8m)

Sure but unless the Dems pay them, they don't show up anywhere. We've seen that.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (uhVAy)

277
I just received an automated email from the state of California, urgently informing me of an "Ebony Alert" -- a teenage girl was missing.

How about Ebony and Ivory?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (Cqx++)

278
Jerry Ford's kids are democrats, too.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 02:15 PM (Y8DZL)

279 270 >>>Mens Rea isn't just a fabulous hairstyle.

More of a sort of gender specific ratite.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (rbvCR)

You went on ostrich on that one...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:15 PM (l3cgK)

280 273 The Data Republican stuff is scary for sure, especially when you realize who they are. It’s all over X, there is no way people are not aware of this.
Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

It's a good thing it's out there

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 02:15 PM (+gK6I)

281 My first thought when I saw that youtube photo of Omar up there was "she looks like a somali hooker" but then I remembered they have more class.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 21, 2026 02:15 PM (n5tGW)

282 I just received an automated email from the state of California, urgently informing me of an "Ebony Alert" -- a teenage girl was missing.

How about Ebony and Ivory?
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They're side by side...somewhere.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:15 PM (TN0g+)

283 A little help from anyone in the PNW. If you freeze frame Omar in the video that tall building in the background, which sort of looks like Obama's butt plug library in Chicago, does anyone from the PNW recognize that building?
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (De2KS)

Ask an AI.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)

284 269 A little help from anyone in the PNW. If you freeze frame Omar in the video that tall building in the background, which sort of looks like Obama's butt plug library in Chicago, does anyone from the PNW recognize that building?
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (De2KS)

It's MPLS. Luxury condo on the river in the background.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 02:16 PM (kX27y)

285 Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (TN0g+)

Ever wonder what it would be like with Saddam and his sons still in charge?

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:16 PM (Ti9vn)

286 We need a Barbary campaign in Minnesota.

Posted by: mea culpa at October 21, 2026 02:16 PM (P7nbu)

287 You have a very strong constitution. I would rather be strapped down to a table with Michael Bolton on my Beats By Dre.
------

Its a Fool's Game...

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:16 PM (TN0g+)

288 I just received an automated email from the state of California, urgently informing me of an "Ebony Alert" -- a teenage girl was missing.

How about Ebony and Ivory?
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They're side by side...somewhere.
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 02:15 PM (TN0g+)

So Amber wasn't good enough? Or is this a racial cue?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:16 PM (uhVAy)

289 Have never seen a beautiful feather indian woman, except in movies when played by a white or asian.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 02:17 PM (bX16E)

290 They really need to outlaw publication of polling within six months of an election. Its just fraud all the way down.

Or people could just choose to ignore them. Especially when deciding what to do with their money.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 02:17 PM (vTZFs)

291
Thanks for the info. I'm not sure what I can do about it though, aside from to vote ( and to encourage others to do so ) and to pray . I assume people in Trump's administration are aware of this work by Data republican
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 02:04 PM (JrHfD)

******
Yes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:17 PM (hzuYO)

292 A Somali politician got into trouble because she did a rally with the US flag behind her upside down. She got into some hot water for it and did a big push of AI fixing the image and yelling at being persecuted but it last about a day and the truth came out: it was real.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:17 PM (TMNW7)

293 289 Have never seen a beautiful feather indian woman, except in movies when played by a white or asian.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 02:17 PM (bX16E)

Oh, they're beautiful compared to us.

Posted by: Aborigines of Australia at October 21, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)

294 The nose ring always gives away the crazy. Ohmar is no exception. IDGAF if it's part of her "culture."

Pffffffffttt, like they have a culture other than scamming and total government corruption.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 21, 2026 02:18 PM (iOpI2)

295 289 Have never seen a beautiful feather indian woman, except in movies when played by a white or asian.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October

I think I might be offended right now. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 02:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

296 California makes up their own laws as they want to. They don't care about no stupid Constitution. That's why they don't give a damn if illegals vote in their elections.

Now let Alabama try that and the National guard will be on every street corner.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 02:18 PM (Dd7BU)

297 Have never seen a beautiful feather indian woman, except in movies when played by a white or asian.

They exist, I went to church with two, but yeah its not super common. Lucy Liu made a super cute Indian girl in Shanghai Noon

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:19 PM (TMNW7)

298 Everything that guy just said is bullshit. Yay, cinema!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 21, 2026 02:19 PM (hxMfc)

299 Pray for this nation...it needs it.

Billboard outside an Air Force base in New Mexico urging servicemembers to disobey illegal orders.

https://tinyurl.com/ycxzh3he

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 02:19 PM (w65YX)

300 Can Scottish kids get a Tartan Alert? Do Indian kids get a Red Alert?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 02:19 PM (BI5O2)

301 So Amber wasn't good enough? Or is this a racial cue?

Apparently they've run out of colors, at least in Texas, as TXDOT runs "Clear Alerts." Which sounds to me like cancelling an alert, not raising one.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (vTZFs)

302 Don't bother paying attention to the cannon fodder at the front of a protest.

Do pay attention to the handler at the very back.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (ua/lL)

303 Oh, they're beautiful compared to us.

Yeah, I have never seen an aborigine that was anything but ugly like a pile of kangaroo droppings stuck together. All of them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (TMNW7)

304 >>>These people are fucking crazy but well financed. They are literally planning to overthrow the federal government.

Posted by: JackStraw
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Let them present themselves to the rest of America.
Please, come out of the shadows and show yourselves
to Americans for what you are.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (hPgrk)

305 294 The nose ring always gives away the crazy. Ohmar is no exception. IDGAF if it's part of her "culture."

Pffffffffttt, like they have a culture other than scamming and total government corruption.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 21, 2026 02:18 PM (iOpI2)

Clit snipping is part of their culture too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (l3cgK)

306 Have never seen a beautiful feather indian woman, except in movies when played by a white or asian.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 21, 2026 02:17 PM (bX16E)
_______

Depends on the tribe. Many are quite attractive when young, but the lifestyles on the reservations do not lend themselves to aging well. Overweight, drugs, booze, physical and mental abuse, etc.

The reservations are a blight on the country. Worse than the worst meth-lab trailer park or ghetto.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (iFTx/)

307 Oh, they're beautiful compared to us.
Posted by: Aborigines of Australia at October 21, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)

Evonne Goolagong was decent looking but not full aborigine .

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (Ti9vn)

308
Oh, they're beautiful compared to us.
Posted by: Aborigines of Australia

Quigley Goes Down

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (Cqx++)

309 >>> 300 Can Scottish kids get a Tartan Alert? Do Indian kids get a Red Alert?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 02:19 PM (BI5O2)

No, too white; yes but it's a Feather Alert (upthread).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (jb8Ss)

310 NOOD

Posted by: weew at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (9TspW)

311 >>Do you have any especially helpful links I can send out , Jack?. Thanks.

This thread is Part 4 of the series DataRepublican has dropped. It's all well documented with videos, documents, names, etc..

There's a lot of other information but the bottom line is they want to cause chaos in the country, much as they did in Ukraine, to claim the government is illegitimate and incapable of running the country so they can replace it. Not just Trump, the government as a whole.

https://tinyurl.com/5cavusw8

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (viF8m)

312 I think I might be offended right now. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 02:18 PM (ZdaMQ)
___

I'm only partly offended.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (w65YX)

313 300 Can Scottish kids get a Tartan Alert? Do Indian kids get a Red Alert?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 02:19 PM (BI5O2)

commies get a red alert.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (l3cgK)

314 GHWB bought a Bush compound in Paraguay. 100k acres. Of course now the Intertube says this is a spin. Similar to reporting that Romney's son had nothing to do with the Youcrane yesterday. The Internet is not our friend.

I remember this, however. I don't know why I remember stuff like this vs what I need to put on a grocery list.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (hzuYO)

You know, saying something is a spin is not denying that it is true. The truth is also a 'spin'.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (uhVAy)

315 284 269 A little help from anyone in the PNW. If you freeze frame Omar in the video that tall building in the background, which sort of looks like Obama's butt plug library in Chicago, does anyone from the PNW recognize that building?
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (De2KS)

It's MPLS. Luxury condo on the river in the background.Luxury Condo -

284 269 A little help from anyone in the PNW. If you freeze frame Omar in the video that tall building in the background, which sort of looks like Obama's butt plug library in Chicago, does anyone from the PNW recognize that building?
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at October 21, 2026 02:13 PM (De2KS)

Minneapolis?

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at October 21, 2026 02:21 PM (De2KS)

316 Ilhan video looks like its in Portland, one of the ugliest buildings ever. Its called the Portland Building, one of those "combine several styles in an ironic manner" architectural jobs that blight cities.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2026 02:22 PM (TMNW7)

317 > The Data Republican stuff is scary for sure, especially when you realize who they are. It’s all over X, there is no way people are not aware of this.
Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 02:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

It's a good thing it's out there
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 02:15 PM (+gK6I)
======
It may spook them (SWIDT) or cause a panic to act before all their pieces are in place. Either way, every one of them needs to be black bagged and disappeared.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 02:22 PM (RORbl)

318 NOOD

CA FRAUD

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:23 PM (jb8Ss)

319 >>> 300 Can Scottish kids get a Tartan Alert? Do Indian kids get a Red Alert?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 02:19 PM (BI5O2)

No, too white; yes but it's a Feather Alert (upthread).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (jb8Ss)

You can't really parody these people. Don't they know that giving special alerts just lets those evil racists know which ones to ignore?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:23 PM (uhVAy)

320
You have a very strong constitution. I would rather be strapped down to a table with Michael Bolton on my Beats By Dre.
Posted by: ...

===============

I temper it with a strong assurance that it will go down in flames.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:23 PM (mmrXZ)

321 307 Oh, they're beautiful compared to us.
Posted by: Aborigines of Australia at October 21, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)

Evonne Goolagong was decent looking but not full aborigine .

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 02:20 PM (Ti9vn)

Look up the series called "Goolagong"...it released this year. The actress they picked is not nearly as attractive...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:24 PM (l3cgK)

322 Omar is the first practicing Muslim I know of who had owned a winery and presently owns a dog.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at October 21, 2026 02:25 PM (De2KS)

323 I like how California went with colors for blacks who are ‘Ebony’ but has reduced Native Americans to a ‘Feather’ stereotype.

Sending out a ‘Red’ Alert would have been racists or confused with a terrorist attack by ‘Turbans’?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:27 PM (6ydKt)

324 261 At this point I’m almost willing to say it would’ve been better if W lost to Gore in 2000"

Would have been better for a Friend of mine.. She lost her only Child to a road side bomb in Iraq
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 02:10 PM (+gK6I)
___

It's foolish to think that Al Gore would have caused less problems or been more successful than Bush.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:30 PM (hPgrk)

325 Barbara Bush didn’t donate to anyone this year. She’s been mort for awhile… W’s wife is Laura

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 02:30 PM (PlkPS)

326 325 Barbara Bush didn’t donate to anyone this year. She’s been mort for awhile…
-------------------------------
Of course she can still donate! At least to Dems. And vote 20 times as well.

I liked Bob Dole's postumus quote that he was happy that after he was dead he coudl continue to vote. At least as a Democrat.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 21, 2026 02:37 PM (QJwZd)

327 326 325 Barbara Bush didn’t donate to anyone this year. She’s been mort for awhile…

W's Daughter

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 03:11 PM (+gK6I)

328 The lefty "Squad" member posted a minute-long video from the back of a car
.......

The FBI took her drivers license too?

Posted by: wth at October 21, 2026 03:33 PM (UjdFS)

329 $5, $10, or $20? That sounds potentially cheaper than average.

Posted by: PG at October 21, 2026 03:35 PM (HkhXG)

FBI Busts Two Teenagers Who Were Plotting a School Shooting
The Would-Be Mass Killers Were... Girls?

Were they actually girls or what the insane establishment now calls "girls"?

Two teenage girls conspired to carry out a school shooting in Riverside County, Corona police revealed late Tuesday.
The FBI discovered social media threats from a 15-year-old Corona High School student on Oct. 6 and notified local police, who arrested her.
The plot comes days after a teen committed a horrific school shooting at an Oregon elementary school.
Police executed search warrants, combed electronic devices, and searched several residences in the area as part of the investigation. Officials discovered another 15-year-old girl from Norco High School was involved and arrested her on Oct. 20, police told The Post.
Officials uncovered that the pair had allegedly been plotting how to attack Corona High School.
They spent months researching past school shootings to inform their plan. Both had discussed how to obtain weapons to carry out the attack, but officials said they were unsuccessful in obtaining any. No weapons were found.
Both girls have been charged with felony conspiracy to commit murder and are in custody. If the teens were charged as adults, it would carry a heavy sentence of 25 years to life. As juveniles, they likely face a lesser sentence if convicted of the charge.
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement that "a potential act of targeted violence against a Southern California high school was disrupted before anyone was harmed."
He said the FBI identified online communications discussing a "planned school attack" and the Los Angeles FBI field office moved "immediately," identified those involved, and worked with local police to take the teens into custody,
...
The identities of the two 15-year-old girls are unknown. Corona police said they would not release additional details at this time because the offenders are juveniles.

Is that the only reason?

...
Corona High School enrolls more than 2,000 students in grades 9 through 12. Corona is a Riverside County city about 47 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
The arrest announcement comes after Corona High School held its Homecoming last week.

In early October, online communications about a death threat to a school in Riverside County, CA, came to the attention of law enforcement and led to arrests today. Read more here from the Corona Police Department and the response by FBI Director, Kash Patel. https://t.co/LqTFdv9tvd
— FBI Los Angeles (@FBILosAngeles) October 21, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

Comments

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1 'Girls'?

With girl penii?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:12 PM (Y/06r)

2 Here we go.

Posted by: Bosk at October 21, 2026 12:12 PM (VMFAF)

3 Bitchez be crazy.

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 12:12 PM (HD2n/)

4 Watch out for them "girls"

Posted by: steevy at October 21, 2026 12:12 PM (KDeM8)

5 SPONGE!

Posted by: Inogame at October 21, 2026 12:13 PM (53oGX)

6 The identities of the two 15-year-old girls are unknown. Corona police said they would not release additional details at this time because the offenders are juveniles.

And because they could write their name in the snow.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

7 I guess we will never know.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:13 PM (Y/06r)

8 Either of them make All-State in multiple sports?

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 12:14 PM (Qugny)

9 Afternoon Ace.
So the girls saw the movie "Heathers". They had a myrian of problems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 12:14 PM (vJPf4)

10 15 year old girls can be more dangerous than a grizzly bear. They've plotted more parent killings than your average bear.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:14 PM (Ti9vn)

11 Myriad not myrian

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (vJPf4)

12 not girls, DIADs.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (sKqQm)

13 Could be actual girls. The Tennessee one was a girl transing to a dude, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (Y/06r)

14 Both girls have been charged with felony conspiracy to commit murder and are in custody. If the teens were charged as adults, it would carry a heavy sentence of 25 years to life. As juveniles, they likely face a lesser sentence if convicted of the charge.

They'll have to listen to AOC chanting "Yassssss, slay queen"!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

15 They spent months researching past school shootings to inform their plan. Both had discussed how to obtain weapons to carry out the attack, but officials said they were unsuccessful in obtaining any.
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Ok, perhaps they *are* girl-girls...

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (TN0g+)

16 Post disappeared. You are banned.

Posted by: Bad News at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (EdP2u)

17 15 They spent months researching past school shootings to inform their plan. Both had discussed how to obtain weapons to carry out the attack, but officials said they were unsuccessful in obtaining any.
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Ok, perhaps they *are* girl-girls...
Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (TN0g+)

Also, california.

Also, planning a school shooting is not a sign of mental heft. Retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:16 PM (Y/06r)

18 A real shame institutional trust has been destroyed by the institutions.

Posted by: connected and litigious at October 21, 2026 12:16 PM (cS1cw)

19 "The 'chicks' are packed! The 'chicks' are packed!" -(modified) Warriors movie quote

Posted by: Rex B at October 21, 2026 12:16 PM (Myt96)

20 16 Post disappeared. You are banned.
Posted by: Bad News at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (EdP2u)

Or using a banned IP. It do be happening.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:16 PM (Y/06r)

21 Riverside/Corona is typically a not a high-end communities (middle class would be a good way to describe most of it, there are tony-areas in Corona). Norco would be cheaper (there used to be horse properties/ranches for cows out their).

Lots of hispanics in Norco, lots in Corona depending on the area.

I'll guess hispanic girls aiming at whites b/c of ICE will be the excuse the Democrats run with.

Posted by: s_tenhoff at October 21, 2026 12:17 PM (2waQ7)

22 With girl penii?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Little-known Latin trivia foe The Horde:

The Latin plural of "penis" is not "penii," but "penes."

And the word meant "tail," not "ding-dong."

Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 12:17 PM (HD2n/)

23 Coronoa Police statement says teenaged girl and another individual.

Kash Patel's announcement says 2 individuals.

Posted by: blaster at October 21, 2026 12:17 PM (xhfG9)

24 Every now and then the left will argue that we need gun control even if it does in fact violate people's rights because "people's lives are more important then your rights"

Now, this is wrong on a bunch of levels but let's start with the obvious one, mass shootings have no correlation with firearm legality. What they do 100% correlate with is globohomo.

If we go back in time there are legal and legitimately easy to get guns but no school shootings...why? No globohomo.

So forget gun control we need tranny control. And if you think that violates your rights, well, I your own logic says too bad.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 12:17 PM (sKqQm)

25 At php.net: "Security advisory: Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, update now"

Nuff said.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

26 22 With girl penii?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Little-known Latin trivia foe The Horde:

The Latin plural of "penis" is not "penii," but "penes."

And the word meant "tail," not "ding-dong."
Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 12:17 PM (HD2n/)

I like my way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (Y/06r)

27 13 Could be actual girls. The Tennessee one was a girl transing to a dude, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (Y/06r)

Which makes her a girl with an asterik...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (tOcjL)

28 Are there booking pictures of these fine young upstanding debutantes?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (N2QoX)

29 Maybe they were just protesting lack of school funding?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (Cqx++)

30 "Women are so oppressed in America and denied a voice, that these girls are completely justified in their feelings of violence. Free the Corona-Two! Kill the students instead!"
-TikTok, soon

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (qGAQr)

31 >>Riverside/Corona is typically a not a high-end communities

It's a shithole, in fact.

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (Qugny)

32 Corona High School football rules!

Posted by: Ox at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (fmbc9)

33 Little-known Latin trivia foe The Horde:

The Latin plural of "penis" is not "penii," but "penes."

The word "penes" is similar to "Pez", but I don't think they come with a dispenser that flips their heads.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

34 Which makes her a girl with an asterik...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (tOcjL)

This is your brain.

This is your brain on testosterone.

I wonder if she could parallel park better?*

*I denounce myself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (Y/06r)

35 Could be actual girls. The Tennessee one was a girl transing to a dude, right?

Bill Lee, the coward of Tennessee, missed a golden opportunity to roll up every "mental health worker" that spun her up to violence

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (sKqQm)

36 Maybe they were just protesting lack of school funding?
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And class sizes?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (TN0g+)

37 Maybe they were just protesting lack of school funding?

Man, how did I miss that joke?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

38 Maybe they were just protesting lack of school funding?
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And class sizes?

And how there are too many Jews in France?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

39 Little-known Latin trivia foe The Horde:

The Latin plural of "penis" is not "penii," but "penes."

And the word meant "tail," not "ding-dong."
Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 12:17 PM (HD2n/)

Don't like that. You can kiss our collective anii!

Posted by: Doof at October 21, 2026 12:20 PM (h4J+2)

40 The Latin plural of "penis" is not "penii," but "penes."
++++

So it rhymes with Benes?

Posted by: Elaine from Seinfeld at October 21, 2026 12:20 PM (N2QoX)

41 37 Maybe they were just protesting lack of school funding?

Man, how did I miss that joke?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:20 PM (Y/06r)

42 Don't like that. You can kiss our collective anii![/i

I have no interest in kissing Uranii.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

44
"charged with felony conspiracy to commit murder" AS JUVENILES?

Kids these days.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 12:21 PM (mmrXZ)

45 The juvenile justice system is outdated. It should be abolished, at least with respect to serious violent crimes, if not altogether. Want to house them separately from those 18 and above etc., fine. But teens who plan a mass shooting should not be treated like shoplifters. No anonymity. No lightweight sentences.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 12:21 PM (5FlBj)

46 ace your first question there is of course the one most of had, instantly.

Isn't it grand to have to analyze what is meant by "girl" in 2026? Lol.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:21 PM (U/Byj)

47 >>Maybe they were just protesting lack of school funding?
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>And class sizes?

I mean ... they would be addressing Class Sizing quite directly.

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 12:21 PM (Qugny)

48 The word "penes" is similar to "Pez", but I don't think they come with a dispenser that flips their heads.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

I can help with that!

Posted by: Lorena Bobbitt at October 21, 2026 12:21 PM (h4J+2)

49 Tranny can you hear me?
Can you feel me near you?
Trannyy can you see me?
Can I help to cheer you?

Posted by: Roger, Pete, Moonie, and Ox at October 21, 2026 12:21 PM (qlLNh)

50 "The juvenile justice system is outdated. It should be abolished,"

Hear, hear!

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

51 Neighbors say the girls were in the process of turning their lives around and had begun attending a bible study.

Posted by: Local media at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (N2QoX)

52 >>The juvenile justice system is outdated.

Make Forced Child Labor Great Again.

Posted by: garrett at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (Qugny)

53 There was a serial killer case out in Corona back in the early 70s (?). Can't recall the perp. Hispanic name.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)

54 53 There was a serial killer case out in Corona back in the early 70s (?). Can't recall the perp. Hispanic name.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)

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*shifts nervously*
-Ted Cruz's father

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:23 PM (qGAQr)

55 These "girls" get FBI readers while all we get is Bob from NSA?

Posted by: DaveA at October 21, 2026 12:23 PM (FhXTo)

56 The juvenile justice system is outdated.

Make Forced Child Labor Great Again.

I have a suggestion.

Posted by: Jonathan Swift at October 21, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

57 > 53 There was a serial killer case out in Corona back in the early 70s (?). Can't recall the perp. Hispanic name.

Corona? See what putting lime in shitty Mexican beer leads to?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 12:23 PM (qlLNh)

58 Little-known Latin trivia foe The Horde:

The Latin plural of "penis" is not "penii," but "penes."

And the word meant "tail," not "ding-dong."
Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026

***
"Phallus"

("Schlong" had to wait a few centuries to be created)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 12:24 PM (wzUl9)

59 52 >>The juvenile justice system is outdated.

Are there no prisons?
Are there no workhouses?

Posted by: Uncle Ebenezer at October 21, 2026 12:24 PM (N2QoX)

60 So the girls saw the movie "Heathers". They had a myrian of problems
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"Dog Day Afternoon" is more likely.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:24 PM (88C+u)

61 I remember when ditching school was the height of a teenager's criminal career.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 12:24 PM (svLOV)

62 Women are more likely to poison than use a gun or so Midsomer Murders has led me to believe.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2026 12:24 PM (XV/Pl)

63 This the one?

Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer was convicted of the murders of 25 transient laborers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, in 1971.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:24 PM (Y/06r)

64 >>Were they actually girls or what the insane establishment now calls "girls"?

Was it an actual threat, or more of the old FBI conspiracy games where they incentivize catching mass shooters so the agents create mass shooters?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:24 PM (fav1R)

65 And the word meant "tail," not "ding-dong."
Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026

Schwanz is pretty much the same concept in German.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:25 PM (88C+u)

66 I remember when ditching school was the height of a teenager's criminal career.

Many a young person knew what it was to get a mark on their permanent record that day, I can tell you.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

67 1. Ok, I'll be the one to ask: was this a real plot or more FBI self-fellating grandstanding? I'm always suspicious when arrests are made based on threats made in writing, but they don't show the actual texts to let people judge for themselves.

2. The "girls" were both 15. That's a little young to be trannies, but it's of course possible.

3. Enough of this bullshit where minors are arrested for very major crimes, but their identities aren't disclosed -- or only vague disclosed -- because they are minors.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

68 51 Neighbors say the girls were in the process of turning their lives around and had begun attending a bible study.
Posted by: Local media at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (N2QoX)

With the "Gospel of Thomas"

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:26 PM (88C+u)

69 If one of these pukes is a tranny, odds are good they both are. And is there any good information about the shooting in Bend, OR?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:26 PM (wSl27)

70 There was a serial killer case out in Corona back in the early 70s (?). Can't recall the perp. Hispanic name.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)
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There was Juan Corona, but I don't remember if he actually operated in Corona.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 12:26 PM (amcLV)

71 Girls, or "girls?"

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 12:26 PM (2Drhq)

72 Used to do a lot of mass shooting (of steel targets) near Corona. Range in Chino, next to the museum/airport (Planes of Fame).

Range still there (mostly an elaborate shotgun range, on county land).

Was a bit of a drive. But you just squadded up as you wished, was all steel (by far the best kind of match), and the round count was 200+. So, worth the drive.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:26 PM (U/Byj)

73 Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, except for Lola.

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Oy/m2)

74 Without weapons, or I guess an actual crime, this is going to be very hard to prosecute.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:27 PM (fav1R)

75 Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer was convicted of the murders of 25 transient laborers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, in 1971.

And died of natural causes.
*spit*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

76 Thanks Aetius and Capt. Obvious. Sit corrected. Perp's name was Corona, setting was much further north.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:28 PM (U/Byj)

77 Women are more likely to poison than use a gun or so Midsomer Murders has led me to believe.

Top serial killer in America was a female nurse that poisoned people.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

78 Only way to know they’re real girls is induction physical.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2026 12:28 PM (w5SWv)

79 51 Neighbors say the girls were in the process of turning their lives around and had begun attending a bible study.
Posted by: Local media at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (N2QoX)

Aspiring rapers.

Err... rappers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 12:28 PM (qlLNh)

80 67 1. Ok, I'll be the one to ask: was this a real plot or more FBI self-fellating grandstanding? I'm always suspicious when arrests are made based on threats made in writing, but they don't show the actual texts to let people judge for themselves.

2. The "girls" were both 15. That's a little young to be trannies, but it's of course possible.

3. Enough of this bullshit where minors are arrested for very major crimes, but their identities aren't disclosed -- or only vague disclosed -- because they are minors.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

On the girls, I'm betting illegals...or weird sexual relationship (girl dating trans guy, girl dating trans girl, gay girl dating trans guy, gay guy dating trans girl), or something equally insane...where parents were making them break up and they couldn't live without each other...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 21, 2026 12:28 PM (tOcjL)

81
Without weapons, or I guess an actual crime, this is going to be very hard to prosecute.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

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The charge is conspiracy, so I don't think you need that kind of evidence.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (mmrXZ)

82 The ability to get information out is certainly a double edged sword. Part of me wishes these stories didn’t get much play, as the disturbed seem to take it and want to be the next famous case.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

83 "Please define what a woman is so I know who to listen to."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (jb8Ss)

84 If one of these pukes is a tranny, odds are good they both are. And is there any good information about the shooting in Bend, OR?

I've seen a number of pictures of the perp in female clothing. They could be "taken out of context" but I assume tranny.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

85 ...or weird sexual relationship (girl dating trans guy, girl dating trans girl, gay girl dating trans guy, gay guy dating trans girl), or something equally insane...

Dating used to be a lot simpler.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

86 ...or weird sexual relationship (girl dating trans guy, girl dating trans girl, gay girl dating trans guy, gay guy dating trans girl), or something equally insane...where parents were making them break up and they couldn't live without each other...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 21, 2026 12:28 PM (tOcjL)

Peter Jackson's "Beautiful Creatures" remains underrated.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (88C+u)

87 fine young upstanding debutantes?"

Can all the debutants in Houston hold a candle to them?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (pfXMo)

88 Trannies or illegal aliens?

Why not both?

Posted by: "Why not both?" Girl at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (qlLNh)

89 74 Without weapons, or I guess an actual crime, this is going to be very hard to prosecute.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:27 PM (fav1R)

Not really, assuming the authorities have the evidence they claim. All they have to do is have a semi-coherent plan, and have taken an overt act to fulfill it, more or less. Plenty of spouses go to jail for ineffectually conspiring to murder the other one.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (5FlBj)

90 Per TGP:

Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

91 CA has the highest number of serial killers by number .

Alaska has the highest number per capita. I'm thinking they were CA transfers.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (Ti9vn)

92 "16 Post disappeared. You are banned."
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The Aerospace Spec writer in me likes this practice of deleting the offending text but leaving the numbering sequence intact. It does, unfortunately, leave the offending nic and hash - perhaps that is a good thing.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (QGaXH)

93 as the disturbed seem to take it and want to be the next famous case.
Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

Does seem to be a problem. Especially post-Clancy. "I can win a million dollars and all I have to do is strangle my son who's crying too much?"

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:31 PM (88C+u)

94 The charge is conspiracy, so I don't think you need that kind of evidence.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

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IANAL,....

But there has to be some underlying crime there. It appears all they did was talk and plan. No weapons, no injuries.

They didn't even make threats if all the talk was private.

There is either more to this story, or it is total bs

(and yet, I am confident a decent prosecutor could get a conviction. I wonder if they had ever been to Poughkeepsie.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:33 PM (fav1R)

95 Per TGP:

Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.

Queue the old joke:

Wife: You can tie me up and do anything tonight!

Husband: Anything?

Wife: ANYTHING!

/Next scene starts with wife tied up and unhappy, pans to husband watching sports or playing videogames

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

96 Ok, I'll be the one to ask: was this a real plot or more FBI self-fellating grandstanding? I'm always suspicious when arrests are made based on threats made in writing, but they don't show the actual texts to let people judge for themselves.

2. The "girls" were both 15. That's a little young to be trannies, but it's of course possible.

3. Enough of this bullshit where minors are arrested for very major crimes, but their identities aren't disclosed -- or only vague disclosed -- because they are minors.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

On the girls, I'm betting illegals...or weird sexual relationship (girl dating trans guy, girl dating trans girl, gay girl dating trans guy, gay guy dating trans girl), or something equally insane...where parents were making them break up and they couldn't live without each other...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 21, 2026 12:28 PM (tOcjL)
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Possibly, probably half the students are illegals. Could be insane lesbians too. The "girls" come from different schools, which adds another wrinkle to the story.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)

97 > Alaska has the highest number per capita. I'm thinking they were CA transfers.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (Ti9vn)

It's not just serial killers. We get a shocking number of people who wind up here because it's the end of the road and there's nowhere further away (well, without a passport, which many of these guys can't get).

For some, their Lower 48 families are paying them to stay away.

In the Old Days they used to be called "Remittance Men".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 12:33 PM (qlLNh)

98 Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)
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Kinky!

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at October 21, 2026 12:33 PM (amcLV)

99 Does seem to be a problem. Especially post-Clancy. "I can win a million dollars and all I have to do is strangle my son who's crying too much?"
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:31 PM (88C+u)

I wonder how many women wanted to BE her. All the attention. People defending her to the teeth online. Not the crime aspect of it but the online... presence. To be someone a complete stranger would defend so viciously that their boyfriend dumped them.

Social media is so horrific.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:33 PM (Y/06r)

100 Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

Chargers fans just need to book a ticket in SoFi Stadium. Guaranteed plenty of privacy in there.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:33 PM (88C+u)

101
The plural of clitoris is clitorides, which rhymes with Pleiades.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:34 PM (w6EFb)

102 90 Per TGP:

Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

That's horrible. Why am I laughing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Y/06r)

103 The Aerospace Spec writer in me likes this practice of deleting the offending text but leaving the numbering sequence intact. It does, unfortunately, leave the offending nic and hash - perhaps that is a good thing.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (QGaXH)

That hash seems familiar, though. Pretty sure I have seen it on plenty of non-offensive posts. Or am I imagining something?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (wSl27)

104 "charged with felony conspiracy to commit murder" AS JUVENILES?

Kids these days.

In California? That should be a misdemeanor.

Posted by: t-bird at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Kds4l)

105 Speaking of murderers, a close friend of the Titan submersible creator /captain says it was an intended suicide mission to become part of the Titanic mythology and that all of the employees knew that was the case . That the guy specifically targeted billionaires to be passengers so it would get the maximum coverage and importance.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Ti9vn)

106 Plenty of spouses go to jail for ineffectually conspiring to murder the other one.
Posted by: it puts the lotion

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Yes, hiring someone to kill your spouse is a crime because they are taking actual steps and involving a third party.

Unless one of the kids was an FBI informant, but even then it would be very weak.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (fav1R)

107 2. The "girls" were both 15. That's a little young to be trannies, but it's of course possible.

No it's not.

Posted by: blaster at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (xhfG9)

108 Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

That's horrible. Why am I laughing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The same reason I am.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (r2Icn)

109 Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

So, what's the problem?

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (Oy/m2)

110 The plural of clitoris is clitorides, which rhymes with Pleiades.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:34 PM (w6EFb)

What's the plural of Dolores?

Posted by: far cry at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (fmbc9)

111 Today they are girls, tomorrow they will be boys, the day after they will be gender-fluid.
Whatever the Party needs them to be.

Posted by: PG at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (HkhXG)

112 Does seem to be a problem. Especially post-Clancy. "I can win a million dollars and all I have to do is strangle my son who's crying too much?"
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:31 PM (88C

Interestingly enough, the stats don’t back this up. But what we have in this digital world is the craziest front and center for us to see, making us believe that is the majority, when the fact remains that they are a very scary minority.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

113 And the word meant "tail," not "ding-dong."
Posted by: zombie at October 21, 2026 12:17 PM (HD2n/)

Sure Jan. I bet you are going to tell me that a "Penannular brooch" doesn't mean what I think it means, either

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

114 Have any of the shootings at schools in the past twenty years been at private schools or by someone who attended a conservative private or Christian school ( and didn't claim to be a transgender) ? . If I were Elon Musk I would consider doing a lottery so that deserving, conservatives could get their kids out of public education or I would establish conservative schools. When I win the lottery tonight I will do that 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 12:37 PM (JrHfD)

115 We shouldn't rush to judgment.

We need pics first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 12:37 PM (RIvkX)

116 The plural of octopus is octopodes, which rhymes with...grodies.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 12:38 PM (amcLV)

117 Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

So, what's the problem?
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (Oy/m2)
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No problem, if she made the sammiches first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 12:38 PM (RIvkX)

118 >>> 103 The Aerospace Spec writer in me likes this practice of deleting the offending text but leaving the numbering sequence intact. It does, unfortunately, leave the offending nic and hash - perhaps that is a good thing.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (QGaXH)

That hash seems familiar, though. Pretty sure I have seen it on plenty of non-offensive posts. Or am I imagining something?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (wSl27)

Had to look back. That hash has been a very busy sock-er, and I have a similar impression, but sometimes people get um, agitated?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 12:38 PM (jb8Ss)

119 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 12:37 PM (JrHfD)

The aforementioned girl to guy trannie shooting.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:38 PM (Ti9vn)

120 75 Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer was convicted of the murders of 25 transient laborers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, in 1971.

And died of natural causes.
*spit*
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t

As did 1980s 'Nightstalker' Richard Ramirez (sp?)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 12:39 PM (QGaXH)

121 What's the plural of Dolores?
Posted by: far cry at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (fmbc9)
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Mulva.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 12:39 PM (amcLV)

122 Say ... that Oregon school shooting dropped down the memory hole pretty damn quick, no?

From what I can tell, the murderer wasn't a tranny -- as many of us suspected -- but rather a mentally-ill special-needs student born to gutter white trash with the most polluted gene pool since Sloth.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

123 Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer was convicted of the murders of 25 transient laborers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, in 1971.

And died of natural causes.
*spit*
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t

As did 1980s 'Nightstalker' Richard Ramirez (sp?)

As did Richard Speck.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

124 Who bish dis is?

Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)

125 Interestingly enough, the stats don’t back this up. But what we have in this digital world is the craziest front and center for us to see, making us believe that is the majority, when the fact remains that they are a very scary minority.
Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

From a man who was dealing with his wife's problems with detoxing from hard-core benzos, Clancy's med list was more like RX for detoxing from benzos, not dealing with heavy depression.
Benzos and SSRIs can be seriously bad Juju. They have the reputation of blunting things like empathy, and liking things, SSRIs are hard to get off of without a problem and some Benzos will ride you until you die of old age.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)

126 Homo serial killers have been punching above their weight.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:40 PM (Ti9vn)

127 Not my wife, and not me, by the way. I was unclear.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)

128 Yes, hiring someone to kill your spouse is a crime because they are taking actual steps and involving a third party.

Unless one of the kids was an FBI informant, but even then it would be very weak.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (fav1R)

Trying to obtain guns, illegally no doubt given that they are minors, for the express purpose of shooting others . . .

That seems like an overt act to me.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 21, 2026 12:41 PM (5FlBj)

129
The Latin term for clitoris was "landica", and was considered quite obscene, and appeared only a few times in literature. However, it did appear in some graffiti and stuff like that.

One funny was, just as we today have this tradition of putting funny slogans on bombs and warheads, so did the Romans with some of their projectiles of the day. They found with one of those with a phrase that translated as "I seek Flavia's landicum" or however the grammar/case stuff went (which is complicated and I don't know nuttin' 'bout).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:41 PM (w6EFb)

130 Man, how did I miss that joke?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

Nevermind missing the joke it should have been your first thought.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 12:42 PM (pV18s)

131 Have any of the shootings at schools in the past twenty years been at private schools or by someone who attended a conservative private or Christian school ( and didn't claim to be a transgender) ? . If I were Elon Musk I would consider doing a lottery so that deserving, conservatives could get their kids out of public education or I would establish conservative schools. When I win the lottery tonight I will do that 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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The one in Tennessee by the trans "girl/boy??" A few years ago was a private Christian school.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 21, 2026 12:42 PM (BTE+6)

132 Kindltot, thanks for the update, my condolences to the couple who are living with that mess. Hope they take comfort in your friendship.
Drugs are bad. Mmkay.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:43 PM (88C+u)

133 90 Per TGP:

Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

Is that wrong?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 12:43 PM (QGaXH)

134 If a woman wanted to be a serial killer, she could get away with it for a loooong time. The cops would all be dead set on finding the male perp. Even with video evidence, most would still say "we are looking for a male suspect, short with a slight build, pronounced pectoral fat, and long hair."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 12:43 PM (BI5O2)

135 That hash seems familiar, though. Pretty sure I have seen it on plenty of non-offensive posts. Or am I imagining something?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (wSl27)
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That is a very frequent commenter who appears on the leaderboard often.

I remember because he's from Brooklyn.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 12:43 PM (RIvkX)

136 Benzos were on our TX State WC commission unapproved list . They can be very dangerous.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:44 PM (Ti9vn)

137 >>> 134 If a woman wanted to be a serial killer, she could get away with it for a loooong time. The cops would all be dead set on finding the male perp. Even with video evidence, most would still say "we are looking for a male suspect, short with a slight build, pronounced pectoral fat, and long hair."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 12:43 PM (BI5O2)

Chief Moose? Is that you???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 12:44 PM (jb8Ss)

138 One funny was, just as we today have this tradition of putting funny slogans on bombs and warheads, so did the Romans with some of their projectiles of the day. They found with one of those with a phrase that translated as "I seek Flavia's landicum" or however the grammar/case stuff went (which is complicated and I don't know nuttin' 'bout).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:41 PM (w6EFb)
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They've found Greek lead sling shot inscibed "dekha" (take that!).

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 12:44 PM (amcLV)

139 Speaking of murderers, a close friend of the Titan submersible creator /captain says it was an intended suicide mission to become part of the Titanic mythology and that all of the employees knew that was the case . That the guy specifically targeted billionaires to be passengers so it would get the maximum coverage and importance.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Ti9vn)
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Possible, but I watched the NF documentary on this. The guy was the most arrogant, self-important, megalomaniac douchenozzle on the planet. He thought he knew everything and was incapable of being wrong. He thought his sub was gonna revolutionize undersea exploration. He seemed far too high on himself to commit suicide.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

140 SSRIs are hard to get off of without a problem and some Benzos will ride you until you die of old age.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:40

I honestly wonder if the negatives of these drugs outweigh the positives. I wonder how many of the school shooter types were on some sort of psychotropic.

Posted by: Piper at October 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

141 137 >>> 134 If a woman wanted to be a serial killer, she could get away with it for a loooong time. The cops would all be dead set on finding the male perp. Even with video evidence, most would still say "we are looking for a male suspect, short with a slight build, pronounced pectoral fat, and long hair."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 12:43 PM (BI5O2)

Chief Moose? Is that you???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 12:44 PM (jb8Ss)

Ah, the DC 'Sniper' case.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:45 PM (Y/06r)

142 Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

What is this mental patient doing watching football?

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 12:45 PM (pV18s)

143 139 Possible, but I watched the NF documentary on this. The guy was the most arrogant, self-important, megalomaniac douchenozzle on the planet.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

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You say this, and you even directly interact with me.

I guess there's always someone better...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:45 PM (qGAQr)

144 An encouraging point of the story is that they could not acquire the guns they needed. It offers evidence that making guns harder to get has benefits …

The FBI usually give it to them after years of radicalizing them.

I question a police statement this self-serving conveniently close to election time. The riverside criminal justice system has a reputation for tampering with elections. I wouldn't be surprised if the charges get quietly reduced due to weak evidence after the election cycle.

Putting them in prison isn't going to address anything. What they need is support and therapy.

I went to Corona High and was repeatedly bullied and admin did nothing to stop it. i luckily made it out and my parents transferred me. I was incredibly suicidal there. it’s too many kids to manage, makes it become lord of the flies.

it’s the grim reality these kids face. People act like these kids aren’t surrounded by depressed adults all day fear mongering them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (t19vo)

145 Posted by: lin-duh at October 21, 2026

I was wondering about people doing shootings at private or Christian schools who did not claim to be transgender. I guess the most recent shooting was by some guy who had been in special ed classes and whose stupid mother got him a gun.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (JrHfD)

146 129
The Latin term for clitoris was "landica", and was considered quite obscene, ..

Posted by: publius,

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Good name for a car though.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (fav1R)

147 Any search engine search using Columbine in the prompt opens up an entire subculture of deranged misfits expressing admiration for the Columbine shooters. I was pursuing a horror short story idea but cut it short when I saw where the search was taking me. Turns out Harris and Klebold have an avid fan base and it's just as fucked-up as you might imagine. Truly dark stuff.

Posted by: troyriser at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (v1M8F)

148
Picking up a topic from the last thread, for the most part things worked out very well on both sides from German POWs in the US and Canada. The prisoners got the same extravagant rations American soldiers got, the camps were kept in excellent order by the officers, the enlisted men were kept productively busy and farmers were delighted with the quality of the labor. Many were happy to invite the POWs to share a meal with the family.

The early POWs were largely Wehrmacht soldiers. It's only later when there were more SS prisoners later in the war that any problems arose.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (eRlcH)

149 144 The FBI usually give it to them after years of radicalizing them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (t19vo)

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The same FBI that Reddit was cheering as the great law enforcement agency of the nation from 2021 to 2025?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (qGAQr)

150 Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:45 PM (Y/06r

The most prolific serial killer in American history was a black man. Samuel Little.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (Ti9vn)

151 25 At php.net: "Security advisory: Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, update now"

Nuff said.
Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 12:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

Went on my wife's SiteGround hosted wordpress server less than 3 hours after the fixes were posted. SiteGround's already updated to the new php version.

Seems someone still cares about their work...

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 21, 2026 12:47 PM (lfNXu)

152 The plural of clitoris is clitorides, which rhymes with Pleiades.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:34 PM (w6EFb)

*nods, knowingly*

Posted by: Guy With Free Mustache Rides Hat at October 21, 2026 12:47 PM (eXLHo)

153 Girls, you say? What are they?

Posted by: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji! at October 21, 2026 12:47 PM (5rh/l)

154 Maybe they were just protesting lack of school funding?
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And class sizes?

And how there are too many Jews in France?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 12:20 PM

But mostly too many Jews.

- The AoSHQ Style Guide

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 12:47 PM (bFu5X)

155 Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

So, what's the problem?
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (Oy/m2)
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Who's gonna make the sammiches during the game?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 12:47 PM (FZ29D)

156 The Subaru Landica?

Posted by: any color you want as long as it's pink at October 21, 2026 12:48 PM (88C+u)

157 Putting them in prison isn't going to address anything. What they need is support and therapy.
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LMAO

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 12:48 PM (pV18s)

158 155 Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 12:30 PM (r2Icn)

So, what's the problem?
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (Oy/m2)
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Who's gonna make the sammiches during the game?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 12:47 PM (FZ29D)

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Who's going to laugh at his jokes?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:48 PM (qGAQr)

159 Omar posted this on TT. Begging for money. Not a new video as evidenced by the trees seen through the car window -

https://tinyurl.com/5refd5c4

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 12:48 PM (kX27y)

160 Good name for a car though.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (fav1R)
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The Toyota Landica. For your driving pleasure.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 12:48 PM (amcLV)

161 The plural of clitoris is clitorides, which rhymes with Pleiades.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:34 PM (w6EFb)

That's like telling us what the plural of Big Foot is.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:48 PM (Ti9vn)

162 From
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought

I went to Corona High and was repeatedly bullied

We kinda already knew that as you post on Reddit....

I was incredibly suicidal there.

Again, reddit poster. We already knew you were trans no need to keep telling us.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:49 PM (fav1R)

163 Back at the OB wing of the local hospital. They're going to do some tests to see if I'm in preterm labor. Wee Pooky is fine and will probably try to punch the fetal heart monitor again.

Posted by: pookysgirl apparently is raising a boxer at October 21, 2026 12:49 PM (wPwTJ)

164 Beware the Clitorides of March.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 12:49 PM (qlLNh)

165 In my middle age I've become convinced that the concept of taboo is actually very useful to society. There are some ideas so destructive that in order in prevent them from being propagated the morally correct course of action is to oppose even their mention.

School shooting as such an idea. We've schools and guns for centuries but only recently has it become a normal part of society. A prudent press would consider them local crime stories and stop reporting on them nationally.

Posted by: Martbell at October 21, 2026 12:50 PM (as6X5)

166 it’s the grim reality these kids face. People act like these kids aren’t surrounded by depressed adults all day fear mongering them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM

Self-awareness....how does it work?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 12:50 PM (bFu5X)

167 >>>If the teens were charged as adults, it would carry a heavy sentence of 25 years to life.

Plus they lid would be lifted on who they are and what their motives were. As long as they are treated as juvies, the lid can stay on.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2026 12:50 PM (syz1S)

168 103 That hash seems familiar, though. Pretty sure I have seen it on plenty of non-offensive posts. Or am I imagining something?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (wSl27)

I don't look at the hashes too much but it did look interesting in that it worked out to a phrase. Almost like a personalized hash, like a personalized license plate.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 12:50 PM (QGaXH)

169 The most prolific serial killer in American history was a black man. Samuel Little.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM (Ti9vn)

He's no Fauci.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 12:50 PM (eXLHo)

170 Posted by: pookysgirl apparently is raising a boxer at October 21, 2026 12:49 PM (wPwTJ

Will keep you in prayer and the "punching" baby as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 12:51 PM (JrHfD)

171 Omar posted this on TT. Begging for money. Not a new video as evidenced by the trees seen through the car window -

https://tinyurl.com/5refd5c4
Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 12:48 PM (kX27y)

She was recently seen in Seattle. Trees may still be green there?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:51 PM (wSl27)

172 I think we all know who we're talkin' about

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 12:53 PM (3cUTc)

173 So, what's the problem?
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 12:36 PM (Oy/m2)
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No problem, if she made the sammiches first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 12:38 PM (RIvkX)

++++

LOL!

Posted by: washrivergal at October 21, 2026 12:53 PM (fs+0Z)

174 >> That's like telling us what the plural of Big Foot is.

Big Feets.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:53 PM (w6EFb)

175 105 Speaking of murderers, a close friend of the Titan submersible creator /captain says it was an intended suicide mission to become part of the Titanic mythology and that all of the employees knew that was the case . That the guy specifically targeted billionaires to be passengers so it would get the maximum coverage and importance.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Ti9vn)

I'll believe that if the friend can provide documentation (emails, texts) or other witness who heard the idiot* state that.

*Remember this was the idiot who wanted a young diverse design team, not a bunch of old white guys....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 12:54 PM (QGaXH)

176 166 it’s the grim reality these kids face. People act like these kids aren’t surrounded by depressed adults all day fear mongering them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 21, 2026 12:46 PM

Self-awareness....how does it work?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 12:50 PM (bFu5X)

Yeah. Yeah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:54 PM (Y/06r)

177 From
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought

I went to Corona High and was repeatedly bullied

We kinda already knew that as you post on Reddit....

I was incredibly suicidal there.

Again, reddit poster. We already knew you were trans no need to keep telling us.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:49 PM (fav1R)
_____

You gotta love the perpetually online mentally-ill shut-ins constantly giving advice and opinions on reddit .. and then admitting they have long histories of mental illness and social dysfunction.

It's like "Everyone should listen to my valuable opinions! Oh, by the way, did I tell you I spent 6 months in a looney bin?"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

178 Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 12:48

What ill informed lamebrain- who isn't Muslim, I mean, is stupid enough to give that larcenous woman money?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 12:54 PM (JrHfD)

179 Feets don’t fail me now!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 12:54 PM (W2Pud)

180 >> That's like telling us what the plural of Big Foot is.

Big Feets.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:53 PM

That's not how this works!

Posted by: Mr. Proudfoot at October 21, 2026 12:55 PM (bFu5X)

181 >> That's like telling us what the plural of Big Foot is.

"Sasquatchii"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:55 PM (rbvCR)

182 He seemed far too high on himself to commit suicide.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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That was my impression from how he handled the tech discussions before hand (I did not watch documentary)

Also, the flaw was not really obvious. OK, I saw it as fucking obvious, but in the weeks that followed I saw a lot of people miss it and not quite understand why the whole design was stupid. It just struck me as an unlikely way to plan a failure.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:55 PM (fav1R)

183 177 You gotta love the perpetually online mentally-ill shut-ins constantly giving advice and opinions on reddit .. and then admitting they have long histories of mental illness and social dysfunction.

It's like "Everyone should listen to my valuable opinions! Oh, by the way, did I tell you I spent 6 months in a looney bin?"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/) \
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"The way you defeat mental illness is to constantly talk about it to shrinks, fire the ones who tell you to exercise, and load up on psychotropics. Now, for my opinions on economic policy."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:55 PM (qGAQr)

184 The Mayor of Ramallah speaks:

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor
·
2h
Today, Brad Lander, rabbis, and other New Yorkers accompanied Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest. For that, they were detained by the Israeli government.

Harvesting olives is not illegal. The occupation is.

I am thankful that Brad has been released. But other New Yorkers remain detained, and they must be released immediately.

The same Israeli government detaining them has committed a horrific genocide against Palestinians, killing more than 74,000 people over the last few years alone.

The detention of these New Yorkers must end. The occupation must end. The genocide must end.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 12:56 PM (kX27y)

185 The only time I pay attention to hashes is on my work phone to see if it changed. (work wi-fi never does, but the cell data one changes constantly. There are a LOT of banned IPs. I can never post on my data plan no matter how many times I try to change the IP.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Y/06r)

186 >Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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who was playing?

Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 12:56 PM (ZxPkt)

187 178 Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 12:48

What ill informed lamebrain- who isn't Muslim, I mean, is stupid enough to give that larcenous woman money?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 12:54 PM (JrHfD)

I am surprised she has not tried to make a gofundme for her legal defense and to 'fight back against trump!' kind of thing. To steal it blind, but this gal has no shame.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:57 PM (Y/06r)

188 164 Beware the Clitorides of March.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

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Is there any month that they are safe?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:58 PM (fav1R)

189 I am thankful that Brad has been released. But other New Yorkers remain detained, and they must be released immediately.

You seem to be a bit unclear on the meaning of the word "must".

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:58 PM (Riz8t)

190 Political reddit is just a bunch of sad depressed online losers opining about the shitty state of the world, complaining about everyone, hating people, and repeating themselves.

At least we add Paul Anka to the mix.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 12:58 PM (pV18s)

191 She was recently seen in Seattle. Trees may still be green there?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:51 PM (wSl27)

Buildings in the video are in MPLS:

Pub
@PubWanghaf

Ilhan Omar finally reappeared and is seen leaving this building marked in red. You can tell which building it is on Google because the Eleven on the River building, marked in green, can be seen in the skyline behind.

This red building houses the “Somali American Community Outreach And Consulting Center”.

🧵

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 12:58 PM (kX27y)

192
"The way you defeat mental illness is to constantly talk about it to shrinks, fire the ones who tell you to exercise, and load up on psychotropics. Now, for my opinions on economic policy."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:55 PM (qGAQr)

___________

Women (because it's mostly women) see therapists to affirm that they're life's victims instead of finding out how to confront and solve their failings.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 12:58 PM (eRlcH)

193 > You gotta love the perpetually online mentally-ill shut-ins constantly giving advice and opinions on reddit
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

Not just on reddit.

It's especially amusing when they try to give Elon Musk business advice, or give a best-selling author writing advice, or...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 12:58 PM (qlLNh)

194 >That's like telling us what the plural of Big Foot is.
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Big Feet

c'mon, this ain't rocket surgery

Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 12:59 PM (ZxPkt)

195 I can never post on my data plan no matter how many times I try to change the IP.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Y/06r)

Sounds like your neighbor is Paul.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 12:59 PM (pV18s)

196 Peter Jackson's "Beautiful Creatures" remains underrated.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (88C+u)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Creatures

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2026 01:00 PM (syz1S)

197 196 Peter Jackson's "Beautiful Creatures" remains underrated.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (88C+u)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Creatures

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2026 01:00 PM (syz1S)

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Beautiful Creatures is his underground porno between the elf and the dwarf.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:00 PM (qGAQr)

198 He seemed far too high on himself to commit suicide.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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That was my impression from how he handled the tech discussions before hand (I did not watch documentary)

Also, the flaw was not really obvious. OK, I saw it as fucking obvious, but in the weeks that followed I saw a lot of people miss it and not quite understand why the whole design was stupid. It just struck me as an unlikely way to plan a failure.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:55 PM (fav1R)
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It's a good documentary. The sub was an obvious piece of shit that I wouldn't trust to go 25 feet under water on a Disney Little Mermaid ride. It failed almost every test they tried. His own engineering team warned him repeatedly. But the guy was absolutely convinced he was a super-genius and everyone else was wrong.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

199 "He was ~~an apsiring rapper~~ just picking olives!"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 01:01 PM (jb8Ss)

200 Oh, and it's not limited to business. I laughed my ass off when some feminazi called Elon Musk an "incel".

The dude has at least 14 children by a long succession of extremely hot (if sometimes crazy) women.

But sure, "incel".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 01:01 PM (qlLNh)

201 Virginia man who tied his wife up better keep an eye on his privates. The wife could go Bobbitt on him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 01:01 PM (vJPf4)

202
It's especially amusing when they try to give Elon Musk business advice, or give a best-selling author writing advice, or...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 12:58 PM (qlLNh)

___________

It's a riot to read some point-counterpoint memes where a statement (likely distorted) someone who has actually done something is countered by some bitter old loser like George Carlin.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:02 PM (eRlcH)

203
I bet they're not illegals. Mass shooting and conspiring is mostly a wypipo thing. Possibly they were born here to illegal alien parents and, you know, "subject to the jurisdiction thereof."

I'm 100% on the gender confusion thing though.

Speaking of which, apparent live-streamed suicide of the 30-year-old founder of a popular online game. Burned himself alive? He looked tranny.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:02 PM (mmrXZ)

204 I heard some podcast where a couple of guys, I forget whom, were discussing the Clancy affair.

One of them held forth at some length about what changed in society so quickly to make women so sympathetic to her case, where they weren't sympathetic to Casey Anthony.

When he finished the other guy said "yeah, that's all true... but it's just that Casey was young and hot, and Clancy looks like one of their AWFL friends."

I think he nailed it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 01:02 PM (BI5O2)

205 200 Oh, and it's not limited to business. I laughed my ass off when some feminazi called Elon Musk an "incel".

The dude has at least 14 children by a long succession of extremely hot (if sometimes crazy) women.

But sure, "incel".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 01:01 PM (qlLNh)

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"He doesn't actually play his video games. He hires Koreans to play up his characters, and then he just plays the overleveled characters. He's lazy."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:02 PM (qGAQr)

206 He seemed far too high on himself to commit suicide.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

--------------

That was my impression from how he handled the tech discussions before hand (I did not watch documentary)

Also, the flaw was not really obvious. OK, I saw it as fucking obvious, but in the weeks that followed I saw a lot of people miss it and not quite understand why the whole design was stupid. It just struck me as an unlikely way to plan a failure.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 12:55 PM (fav1R)

And his ego was the driving force according to the friend. The interview wasn't over the top. He laid out what he knew and says more will come out in the ongoing litigation.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Ti9vn)

207 Today, Brad Lander, rabbis, and other New Yorkers accompanied Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest. For that, they were detained by the Israeli government.

"What is the charge? Picking olives? Succulent Palestinian olives?"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 01:04 PM (bFu5X)

208 Peter Jackson's "Beautiful Creatures" remains underrated.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 12:29 PM (88C+u)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Creatures

I think that launched both Winslet and Lynskey's careers though the former has had more of a career then the latter...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (sKqQm)

209 “Brenda Ann Spencer is the shooter from the January 29, 1979 attack at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California. Aged 16 at the time, she fired 36 rounds from her home, killing two adults and wounding eight children and a police officer.”

Because she didn’t like Mondays.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (itAg7)

210 Maybe it's just me, but I'm wondering how the FBI got onto this. All the story reveals is that the two girls communicated with each other, and did some online searches.

Maybe it's a good thing the FBI is spying on all of us. After all, I'm not guilty of anything, so I'm just being protected.

Posted by: Handcuffed to the Bumper of a State Trooper's Ford at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (DDWHE)

211 208
I think that launched both Winslet and Lynskey's careers though the former has had more of a career then the latter...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (sKqQm)

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It was the day she was filming her sex scene with Kenneth Branaugh on the set of Hamlet that Winslet learned that she got the role of Rose in Titanic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (qGAQr)

212
I had to look this up (of course). The plural of bigfoot, and it's apparently one word is bigfoots or better, just bigfoot, the same as deer or sheep.

Bigfeet is apparently just considered too silly sounding.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 01:06 PM (w6EFb)

213 "What is the charge? Picking olives? Succulent Palestinian olives?"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 01:04 PM (bFu5X)

Palis? Probably r*aping Olive Oyl.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 01:06 PM (wSl27)

214
It was the day she was filming her sex scene with Kenneth Branaugh on the set of Hamlet that Winslet learned that she got the role of Rose in Titanic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (qGAQr)

___________

Pure coincidence

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:06 PM (eRlcH)

215 Am I the only one who thought the report including recent homecoming was weird? Was it near pizza day? A science quiz? Why does homecoming matter?

Posted by: BenMSYS at October 21, 2026 01:07 PM (vR93T)

216 Sounds like your neighbor is Paul.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 12:59 PM (pV18s)

Eh, not that big of a deal. The cell plan one seems to change constantly, so not worth trying to get the IP unblocked or trying to change because it will just swap to a banned one anyway in a week or two. At work, I usually do it under the zZuos one through wifi and that never seems to change, so it all works well enough. Hell, my home hash has changed more often.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Y/06r)

217 Yeah I'm sure the New York activists were just minded their own business when they were arrested .

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Ti9vn)

218 214
It was the day she was filming her sex scene with Kenneth Branaugh on the set of Hamlet that Winslet learned that she got the role of Rose in Titanic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (qGAQr)

___________

Pure coincidence

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 01:06 PM (eRlcH)

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There are no coincidences!

Wake up, sheeple!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:08 PM (qGAQr)

219 Wait a tic, I thought the FBI's job was to let things happen and give the canned line, "They were on our radar."!!!

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 21, 2026 01:08 PM (SUQyq)

220 "What is the charge? Picking olives? Succulent Palestinian olives?"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 01:04 PM (bFu5X)

From Arutz Sheva:
While the Palestinian issue is highly important to Lander, he failed to get the name of the Palestinian town where he volunteered correct. Nehalim is a Jewish moshav in central Israel, rather than a community in Judea and Samaria. He was most likely referring to Nahalin, an Arab village near Bethlehem, where the incident reportedly occurred. And Israel's administation in Judea and Samaria is not against international law and in accordance with the Oslo Accords.

According to the military, the landowner and dozens of accompanying individuals arrived at the location without arranging the harvest in advance, as required before the start of the olive harvest season.

Due to the security risks associated with an uncoordinated harvest near an Israeli community, IDF soldiers, Border Police personnel, and Judea and Samaria District Police officers were dispatched to the scene and detained those present.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 01:09 PM (kX27y)

221 I don't think my Big Foot snark was taken as intended.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:09 PM (Ti9vn)

222 210 Maybe it's just me, but I'm wondering how the FBI got onto this. All the story reveals is that the two girls communicated with each other, and did some online searches.

Maybe it's a good thing the FBI is spying on all of us. After all, I'm not guilty of anything, so I'm just being protected.

Posted by: Handcuffed to the Bumper of a State Trooper's Ford at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (DDWHE)

"social media threats" ie they were posting stuff publicly. A surprising amount of people will put their crimes on Facebook.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 01:09 PM (okun6)

223 Is one of them named Janie?

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 21, 2026 01:09 PM (SUQyq)

224 Speaking of which, apparent live-streamed suicide of the 30-year-old founder of a popular online game. Burned himself alive? He looked tranny.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:02 PM (mmrXZ)

Gotta respect not taking others down with you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 01:09 PM (eXLHo)

225 Am I the only one who thought the report including recent homecoming was weird? Was it near pizza day? A science quiz? Why does homecoming matter?
Posted by: BenMSYS at October 21, 2026 01:07 PM

Do I have to explain this?

Posted by: Julie Brown at October 21, 2026 01:09 PM (bFu5X)

226 Three Bigfoot is a Bigyard.

Ask me how many Bigfeet in a mile...

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 01:10 PM (fav1R)

227 Hey there's plenty of demented insane chicks out there. Doesn't have to be trannies.

Posted by: Some girls are a bit murdery at October 21, 2026 01:11 PM (anL5R)

228 Three Bigfoot is a Bigyard.

Ask me how many Bigfeet in a mile...
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 01:10 PM (fav1R
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Don'f you mean a Bigmile?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 01:11 PM (amcLV)

229 One of them held forth at some length about what changed in society so quickly to make women so sympathetic to her case, where they weren't sympathetic to Casey Anthony.

When he finished the other guy said "yeah, that's all true... but it's just that Casey was young and hot, and Clancy looks like one of their AWFL friends."

I think he nailed it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 01:02 PM (BI5O2)

What changed is that the Left weaponized women starting in about 2015 in preparation for the fake rise of Hillary. Then they politicized fake "influencers in the last 5 or 6 years. There was little benefit in 2008 to the Left to hold parades for a child murdering psycho bitch. Even Obama had to pretend to be for borders and man-woman marriage.

20 years is a long time to rot a society.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:12 PM (pV18s)

230 There are no coincidences!

Wake up, sheeple!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 01:08 PM (qGAQr)

Wasn’t there a scene in a Seinfeld where some lady with a thick accent says something like: There’s no such thing as a big coincidence or a little coincidence. They’re all just coincidences!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 01:12 PM (PlkPS)

231
No way did that Titan submersible dude kill himself just for the mystique. He took that year's title in Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes, FAFO, Darwin, etc. Not good for the epitaph.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:12 PM (mmrXZ)

232 >>Ask me how many Bigfeet in a mile...

Statute, survey, or nautical?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 01:12 PM (w6EFb)

233 >>> 225 Am I the only one who thought the report including recent homecoming was weird? Was it near pizza day? A science quiz? Why does homecoming matter?
Posted by: BenMSYS at October 21, 2026 01:07 PM

Do I have to explain this?
Posted by: Julie Brown at October 21, 2026 01:09 PM (bFu5X)

Comment of the week.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 01:12 PM (jb8Ss)

234 212
I had to look this up (of course). The plural of bigfoot, and it's apparently one word is bigfoots or better, just bigfoot, the same as deer or sheep.

Bigfeet is apparently just considered too silly sounding.
Posted by: publius,

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Talk about an optimist.
We haven't even caught one yet and publius is planning the press release for when they catch multiple.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 01:13 PM (fav1R)

235 186 >Virginia Man ties up wife to a chair in the basement so he can watch the football game alone.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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who was playing?
Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 12:56 PM (ZxPkt)

Ha! Reminds me of Tyrus on Gutfeld last night reacting to the WNBA players stunt of walking off the court during the natl anthem. He said 'we're talking about (the stunt), but what was the final score? Who won? Who scored most points?'

You had to see it to get the full impact, but his larger point was the WNBA being such a non-entity that all they have for getting attention is 'stunts'.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 01:13 PM (QGaXH)

236 But the Left was celebrating murderers for 50 years before Casey Anthony. It just didn't benefit them to do it with a child killer until they had their retards good and primed.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:13 PM (pV18s)

237 Casey Anthony is guilty as sin and free as a bird. That jury disgusts me more than the Clancy jurors.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:13 PM (Ti9vn)

238
As for Ilhan:

The Seattle sighting was before the raids or day of the raids -- before the news was released.

Her car ride was indeed within view of that Eleven building in Minneapolis.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:14 PM (mmrXZ)

239 You had to see it to get the full impact, but his larger point was the WNBA being such a non-entity that all they have for getting attention is 'stunts'.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 01:13 PM (QGaXH)

I’ll always remember the WNBA for… the green dildos

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 01:14 PM (PlkPS)

240 Lander's an ass. Pandering to his DSA pals. Foreign Ministry has it exactly right here:

Israel Foreign Ministry
@IsraelMFA
1h
This was not about harvesting olives.
It was about harvesting headlines.

Brad Lander’s latest stunt is nothing more than a calculated political provocation.

Lander traveled to a foreign country, deliberately entered a restricted security area, and participated in an unauthorized activity without the required coordination.

What makes this stunt even more outrageous is that his own team contacted Israeli representatives in the United States ahead of his visit and was explicitly informed that proper coordination with the relevant authorities was required. He chose to ignore those instructions.

At a time of heightened security tensions, Israeli security forces have a responsibility to protect lives, prevent dangerous incidents, and maintain public order.

Had anyone been injured as a result of his reckless political theater, Lander would undoubtedly have been among the first to demand that Israeli authorities intervene and provide protection.

Brad Lander came looking for a confrontation. Now he is pretending to be its victim.

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (kX27y)

241 How does the song go ....................... Oh

Girls just wanna have fun !!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (b/4LV)

242 >>> 229
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What changed is that the Left weaponized women starting in about 2015 in preparation for the fake rise of Hillary. Then they politicized fake "influencers in the last 5 or 6 years. There was little benefit in 2008 to the Left to hold parades for a child murdering psycho bitch. Even Obama had to pretend to be for borders and man-woman marriage.

20 years is a long time to rot a society.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:12 PM (pV18s)

Hey, remember me? I was totes subtle.

Posted by: Madame Secretary at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (jb8Ss)

243 195 I can never post on my data plan no matter how many times I try to change the IP.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Y/06r)

Sounds like your neighbor is Paul.
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 12:59 PM (pV18s

I thought the walrus was Paul....?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (QGaXH)

244 ***would not release additional details at this time because the offenders are juvenile
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Because of the recent horrors in Milan, Giogia Meloni has moved to lower the age of teenagers that can be tried as adults.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (hPgrk)

245 But the Left was celebrating murderers for 50 years before Casey Anthony. It just didn't benefit them to do it with a child killer until they had their retards good and primed.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:13 PM (pV18s)

They felt solidarity with Clancy (and, therefore, attacked, defensive), because they and their friends, too, are drugged up, baby murdering AWFLs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (eXLHo)

246 Hey there's plenty of demented insane chicks out there. Doesn't have to be trannies.

Posted by: Some girls are a bit murdery at October 21, 2026 01:11 PM (anL5R)

"Demented" is the fundamental state of trannies, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (wSl27)

247 With girl penii?

Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Penis girl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:17 PM (hPgrk)

248 Did y'all hear about the eMudhra cluster fark?

They're a CA in India. So far, people found eight private keys were extraordinarily weak. Like singly byte value weak. Instead of being 384 bit random numbers, they were integers below 256.

This wasn't exposed publicly for 17 months. So during all that time, anyone could forge a trusted cert through them for any domain or code-signing purpose.

Any TLS client with a static CA bundle will be at risk, as well as any frozen hardware device.

The people who certified these idiots as a CA gave the keys to the internet to a bunch of morons.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 01:18 PM (mkw2N)

249 It was the day she was filming her sex scene with Kenneth Branaugh on the set of Hamlet that Winslet learned that she got the role of Rose in Titanic.
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Ironic, don't ya think?

Posted by: Alannis M. at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (TN0g+)

250 They felt solidarity with Clancy (and, therefore, attacked, defensive), because they and their friends, too, are drugged up, baby murdering AWFLs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (eXLHo)

No doubt. But without the Left "influencing" them these dumb broads would have been as angry at three strangled children as everyone else. They're not called useful idiots for nothing.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (pV18s)

251 You all agree the defects in Titan were obvious and that it could not survive a deep dive but it's out of the question the guy who would best know this decided to go without this possible ulterior motive?

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (Ti9vn)

252 >> publius is planning the press release for when they catch multiple.

I'm personally hoping they catch a Chupacabra or two first.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (w6EFb)

253 "Neighbors say the girls were in the process of turning their lives around and had begun attending a bible study."

They were aspiring Gospel singers!!!

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (dyMal)

254 Did y'all hear about the eMudhra cluster fark?
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Pixy told me about it this morning.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (TN0g+)

255 The Seattle sighting was before the raids or day of the raids -- before the news was released.

Her car ride was indeed within view of that Eleven building in Minneapolis.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:14 PM (mmrXZ)

Ah, OK.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (wSl27)

256 If the identity of a criminal is not revealed it’s non-white and/or tranny.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 01:20 PM (m1Wxk)

257 The people who certified these idiots as a CA gave the keys to the internet to a bunch of morons.

Posted by: bonhomme
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You know that you're talking to a bunch of Morons here, right?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:20 PM (hPgrk)

258 254 Did y'all hear about the eMudhra cluster fark?
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Pixy told me about it this morning.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (TN0g+)

Four!

Posted by: EMudhra Exec Playing Golf at October 21, 2026 01:20 PM (l3cgK)

259 No doubt. But without the Left "influencing" them these dumb broads would have been as angry at three strangled children as everyone else. They're not called useful idiots for nothing.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (pV18s)

Fair. Everything is hyper-politicized since obama, and useful.idiots are a currency.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 01:21 PM (eXLHo)

260 Comment of the week.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 01:12 PM

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 01:21 PM (bFu5X)

261 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 21, 2026 01:21 PM (NcvvS)

262 The people who certified these idiots as a CA gave the keys to the internet to a bunch of morons.
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Doing the jobs that Americans can't do because of their very valuable tech skills!

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 01:22 PM (TN0g+)

263 new thread omar ill hag

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 21, 2026 01:22 PM (CWTWj)

264 > Pixy told me about it this morning.

I went and read Pixy's description. It's ... lacking. At least he has a link to a better writeup. Rodrigo Borgia in the comments does a good job describing why is this VERY BAD.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 21, 2026 01:23 PM (mkw2N)

265 NOOD

ILHAN

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 01:23 PM (jb8Ss)

266 AI chatbots are stupid and I hate them. I had a health insurance related question and it wouldn’t shut up about non-qualified expenses.

I told it to not give me another answer about non-qualified expenses and it transferred me to a live operator.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 21, 2026 01:23 PM (1v5pC)

267 Anyone who knew even a little knew the Titan sub design was flawed. Hell, I saw James Cameron ( who’s a film director with a hobby of deep sea diving)… I saw him interviewed and he knew it was a disastrous design approach (FWIW, he’s apparently an asshole but he seemed very knowledgeable and passionate about deep sea exploration).

The guy wasn’t trying to kill himself, he was just high on his own supply. His ego was writing checks physics wouldn’t cash.. it’s a tale as old as mankind

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 01:26 PM (PlkPS)

268 Speaking of murderers, a close friend of the Titan submersible creator /captain says it was an intended suicide mission to become part of the Titanic mythology and that all of the employees knew that was the case . That the guy specifically targeted billionaires to be passengers so it would get the maximum coverage and importance.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Ti9vn)

So they are admitting to being an accessory before the fact? Smart move.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:00 PM (uhVAy)

269 You all agree the defects in Titan were obvious and that it could not survive a deep dive but it's out of the question the guy who would best know this decided to go without this possible ulterior motive?
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 01:19 PM (Ti9vn)

Well it did survive some deep dives.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:01 PM (uhVAy)

270 210 Maybe it's just me, but I'm wondering how the FBI got onto this. All the story reveals is that the two girls communicated with each other, and did some online searches.

Maybe it's a good thing the FBI is spying on all of us. After all, I'm not guilty of anything, so I'm just being protected.

Posted by: Handcuffed to the Bumper of a State Trooper's Ford at October 21, 2026 01:05 PM (DDWHE)

"social media threats" ie they were posting stuff publicly. A surprising amount of people will put their crimes on Facebook.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 01:09 PM (okun6)

Probably tons of stuff done over SMS messages, e mail, chat programs. 2 modern kids doing stuff online there will be tons of traces.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2026 02:06 PM (uhVAy)

271 70.There was a serial killer case out in Corona back in the early 70s (?). Can't recall the perp. Hispanic name.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)
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There was Juan Corona, but I don't remember if he actually operated in Corona.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 21, 2026 12:26 PM (amcLV)

And don't forget Rosie. The Queen of Corona.

Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at October 21, 2026 04:55 PM (bWR5k)

272 Sorry to burst your bubble, guys, but girls can be as bad or worse than boys. Ever heard of "mean girls?" These could be girls driven to extremes by those mean girls, or they could be the "mean girls." Girls are not immune to violence. I've been a female all my long life and I've seen mean in action.

Posted by: Ruth H at October 21, 2026 09:29 PM (YUqBf)

Wednesday Morning Rant

The Results of Capture

... Throughout my career I have always been critical of a museum profession that was awash in whiteness. The lack of diversity, especially in leadership positions, means that museums have not made the commitment to their communities or to their colleagues to be institutions that grapple with our differences. To see culture, history, and the arts as more than sources of beauty, exoticism, and nostalgia, but to use them as tools that help the audiences navigate the challenges of contemporary America. In an article I wrote twenty years ago, "Flies in the Buttermilk: Museums, Diversity, and the Will to Change," I challenged the museum profession to train, promote, and hire people of color as leaders of institutions.

That could be from anything. It's boilerplate academic identity politics of the type that used to be comfortably cloistered in the ivory towers of the academy and its various institutional adjuncts. In this case, it was written by a man called Lonnie Bunch for his memoir entitled "A Fool's Errand.". Lonnie Bunch is the outgoing secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, which controls America's network of national museums. He was appointed by the Smithsonian Board of Regents in 2019.

At the Smithsonian, he and his underlings continued the core mission of all progressives: destruction. Those under him in control of the individual museums enthusiastically delivered the progressive vision for America's repositories of cultural legacy. They degraded American history, turned the Institution into an activist network, injected its progressive poison into American public schools and reframed everything through identity politics. None of this started with Bunch and it will certainly not end with him, but he was a capable and competent progressive culture warrior who rained destruction down during his watch. For the first time in a long time, however, progressive destruction is receiving a modicum of scrutiny.

One way in which Trump 47 is different from Trump 45 is that the current administration is taking aim at a lot of institutions that usually fly under the RADAR as they decay into progressive morasses while everybody is focused on more important things. In March of this year, Trump issued Executive Order 14253 with the title "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," in which he ordered that Vice President Vance lead a group to study the Smithsonian's alleged "improper ideology." In July of this year, they delivered the report. From the executive summary:

This report by the Domestic Policy Council demonstrates that NMAH [National Museum of American History] fails in the basic task of illuminating our heritage. Our central finding is not that the Museum has simply added overlooked stories, corrected perceived errors, or broadened its historical scope. Rather, it is that Museum leadership has explicitly adopted an ideological framework that no longer treats the American story as a shared national inheritance to be taught or celebrated, but as a political instrument to divide, dispirit, and discourage our citizens.

As this report shows, the Museum purposely presents America as a problematic country irredeemably conceived, founded by deeply flawed men, and still operating today as an instrument of systemic racism and oppression. In the Museum�s current telling, the country is, above all, defined by white supremacy, slavery, conquest, exclusion, hierarchy, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and systemic injustice.

But of course. This is as it must be. To the progressive academic this is all true and thus the institution must reflect that truth. Progressive academics truly believe that the good is the enemy of the perfect and that anything short of progressive utopia is manifestly evil. Every institution they control will reveal this belief, whatever the institution happens to be.

They control the universities, and as a result they control downstream institutions. Go to college to become a librarian or a curator, get radicalized and then destroy the libraries and museums. It proceeds like clockwork, and only grows. It only grows, that is, if nobody bothers to stop it. For a very long time now, nobody bothered to stop it. The report outlines the consequences of inaction, of what happens when progressive rot overtakes an institution. It lays out exhibit after exhibit of the museum's illegal alien activism, displeasure with the English language, progressive public education "assistance" programs, abortion activism, hatred of the country's founding fathers, "land acknowledgment" nonsense, removal of flag ceremonies, twisting of American history and more.

The report concludes that

For purposes of policy formulation under EO 14253, this review of the National Museum of American History concludes that NMAH, by the intention and at the direction of current Museum and Smithsonian leadership, has become subject to institutional capture by a radical, activist ideology that is fundamentally opposed to telling the noble, honest story of the great country we know and love.

That's putting it mildly. The progressives have eroded the foundations of the institution, just like what has happened at the National Archives and countless other public and private cultural institutions. The report is pretty blunt about what needs to happen first to try to restore the Smithsonian: fire the activist radicals in charge.

The report concludes that the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of American History in particular, under its current leadership and current interpretive ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America�s story honestly and in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic.

Progressives capture institutions like the Smithsonian and ruin them by leaving no stone unturned and ensuring that all positions are filled with like-minded activists. It must be the same in reverse. To wrest control of the institutions back from the progressives, the progressives must be removed from them, root and branch. Secretary Bunch is retiring before he can be fired, but his departure is an opportunity for the Regents to install someone who can attempt to undo the damage wrought by the total capture of the institution by academic progressives. Whether this will happen remains unknown, but it would be a good start.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 10:55 AM

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1 ?

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 10:57 AM (TN0g+)

2 Wow, got it!

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 10:57 AM (TN0g+)

3 "I challenged the museum profession to train, promote, and hire people of color as leaders of institutions."
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That seems like a political agenda rather than a determination to lead a great institution.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (TN0g+)

4 Lonnie Bunch is the outgoing secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,"

And doesn't like you. In fact, wouldn't shed a tear over you.

Or me.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 11:03 AM (pfXMo)

5 To hell with these wackos who wake up every morning determined to "grapple with our differences." Grapple this, asshole.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 11:06 AM (Jr5Lq)

6 "Throughout my career I have always been critical of a museum profession that was awash in whiteness."

You know why? History study is usually a luxury. Successful societies go 'I wonder why we're successful? Let's see what happened.'

This is a focus on merit instead of having a predetermined narrative you want to enforce. The West has had flirtations with pre-determined narrative history (See: Augustus for playing around with history to show how he was the heir to all this great stuff, personally.) But by and large these have been kind of glazing rather than making bad ideas try to work.

This is the core of western thought. What works? Why does it work? What can we do to make this work in other areas? Deductive transferred to inductive reasoning.

This is NOT normal for the rest of humanity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:06 AM (Y/06r)

7 At the Smithsonian, he and his underlings continued the core mission of all progressives: destruction.

They just confused the word "destruction" with "preservation". It's a simple mistake. Anyone could make it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

8 They said South Africa was the devil because the white minority ran it as a first world country and wouldn't allow the minority to turn it into a third world country. Now America's 12% minority want to eliminate the White majority here and turn it into a third world country.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:08 AM (Ti9vn)

9 "I challenged the museum profession to train, promote, and hire people of color as leaders of institutions."

If you want a pet, have you tried the adoption shelters?

Posted by: t-bird at October 21, 2026 11:08 AM (Kds4l)

10 7 At the Smithsonian, he and his underlings continued the core mission of all progressives: destruction.

They just confused the word "destruction" with "preservation". It's a simple mistake. Anyone could make it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

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"So I missed by one word. Not everyone is perfect."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:09 AM (qGAQr)

11 Logically a museum focused on anything from America or Europe will be "awash in whiteness" because white people mostly did everything in those countries, similiar to how a Japanese museum would be awash in Japanese-ness or a Indian one in Indian-ness.

This is ridiculously obvious.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)

12 Good riddance!

They really do need to Drain the Swamp of these life-long federal employees who've destroyed everything from the inside.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 11:09 AM (rOKnE)

13 Trump issued Executive Order 14253 with the title "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," in which he ordered that Vice President Vance lead a group to study the Smithsonian's alleged "improper ideology." In July of this year, they delivered the report. From the executive summary:

I suspect that Vance initially thought this was a menial task unsuited to his aspirations, but I think properly played, it will be a powerful talking point for his campaign. He will need to provide concrete examples of the liberal rot, which shouldn't be too difficult.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

14 This is the core of western thought. What works? Why does it work? What can we do to make this work in other areas? Deductive transferred to inductive reasoning.

Wait. Where does the rampant stealing from the society that welcomed you come in?

Posted by: Somalis at October 21, 2026 11:10 AM (I06AY)

15 You know what would be funny? Go back to Marx and show him how his theory was used int he modern world.

Yes he was always a grifter himself but I imagine the left's "exterminate whiteness" ideas would give even him pause.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)

16 Awash with the majority is the logical norm though awash is an emotional descriptive to try and make it seem wrong.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:11 AM (Ti9vn)

17 7 At the Smithsonian, he and his underlings continued the core mission of all progressives: destruction.

They just confused the word "destruction" with "preservation". It's a simple mistake. Anyone could make it.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

It's not really destructive in their eyes. It's retarded... trying to make people into what they want them to be.

It is the same as homeownership. Home owners are usually more successful. Answer: lets make it easier to give people homes. Wrong. The habits of people who have homes come first, not homes then habits.

It is the same with history. They believe by making all of these inventions the province of this or that minority that they will then MAKE those minorities pursue fields in science and the race will then become smarter. That is retarded. It does not work this way.

You hand the city of Rome in 200 BC to a bunch of Arabian nomad, they are not going to take those resources and dominate the Mediterranean. Indeed, you see that after the capture of Constantinople. They took the jewel of the old world and what did they do with it? Did they develop enduring societies? Scientific breakthroughs? Nope.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:11 AM (Y/06r)

18 15 You know what would be funny? Go back to Marx and show him how his theory was used int he modern world.

Yes he was always a grifter himself but I imagine the left's "exterminate whiteness" ideas would give even him pause.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)

========

"I mean...you're going to kill my dad, right? I'm okay with it."
-Karl Marx

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:11 AM (qGAQr)

19 Problem is most people who want to be librarians are woke lazy and generally retarded. Same with teachers.same with museum employees.

Even if conservatives had a fair shot at these jobs I doubt many would want them. These are do nothing bureaucratic jobs, by definition something only leftists love.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:11 AM (m1Wxk)

20 They really do need to Drain the Swamp of these life-long federal employees who've destroyed everything from the inside.

The head is not a Federal employee in the traditional sense. I guess Trump does have the authority to fire him, which is good.

The head of the Smithsonian Institution is the Secretary, not a single "director" (though individual museums within the Smithsonian have their own directors). The Secretary is a high-level public servant appointed by the Smithsonian's Board of Regents rather than a traditional political appointee or direct federal employee

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

21 >>> 6 "Throughout my career I have always been critical of a museum profession that was awash in whiteness."

You know why? History study is usually a luxury. Successful societies go 'I wonder why we're successful? Let's see what happened.'

This is a focus on merit instead of having a predetermined narrative you want to enforce. The West has had flirtations with pre-determined narrative history (See: Augustus for playing around with history to show how he was the heir to all this great stuff, personally.) But by and large these have been kind of glazing rather than making bad ideas try to work.

This is the core of western thought. What works? Why does it work? What can we do to make this work in other areas? Deductive transferred to inductive reasoning.

This is NOT normal for the rest of humanity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:06 AM (Y/06r)

But we have to import millions and millions from other places because Food Trucks, or something.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 11:12 AM (jb8Ss)

22 "Flies in the Buttermilk"

What was this dickhead's salary? What zipcode does he live in, and what are its demographics?

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 11:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

23 An even solution to teaching is move it away from a career track in and of itself and instead require 10+ years of experience in whatever field you are teaching.

So chemistry teachers would be someone with an ed degree that has never worked in the private sector, but instead semi-retired chemists. And you can do the same with all the sciences.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)

24 Indeed, you see that after the capture of Constantinople. They took the jewel of the old world and what did they do with it? Did they develop enduring societies? Scientific breakthroughs? Nope.

They did commit sacrilege upon the Church of the Hagia Sophia, so there's that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:14 AM (I06AY)

25 I love me some good Mexican food. But if I could wave a magic wand that would remove all illegals from my country and in exchange I could never eat a taco again, more than happy to take that deal.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:14 AM (m1Wxk)

26 >>> 23 An even solution to teaching is move it away from a career track in and of itself and instead require 10+ years of experience in whatever field you are teaching.

So chemistry teachers would be someone with an ed degree that has never worked in the private sector, but instead semi-retired chemists. And you can do the same with all the sciences.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)

Which is *exactly* why teachers' unions must be crushed.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 11:14 AM (jb8Ss)

27 "Throughout my career I have always been critical of a museum profession that was awash in whiteness."

Throughout my career, I have always been critical of a profession that was awash in people chosen for their skin color alone.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

28 20 They really do need to Drain the Swamp of these life-long federal employees who've destroyed everything from the inside.

The head is not a Federal employee in the traditional sense. I guess Trump does have the authority to fire him, which is good.
...
Posted by: Archimedes

The Fish rots from the Head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTHn2tHhcI

But the fishman to really fear
is the one who's in the Mirror
and he looks a lot like me.

LIB Evil.
This is normal.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 21, 2026 11:15 AM (UcmK5)

29 Find them an ugly tower. Lure them in. Trap them. Sink it.

Where could we find such a thing you say.
Obamalisk and Lake Michigan are ready.

Posted by: DaveA at October 21, 2026 11:16 AM (FhXTo)

30 I've found in my experience that people working at the upper levels for museums, theaters, ballets, and pretty much anything in the "arts" are biggest wastes of protoplasm ever to ooze across the earth.

Useless, worthless, incompetent DEI and nepo hires with gigantic senses of self-worth and entitlement.

They are also among the most oppressive, abusive bosses who treat the lowly line workers (many of whom are interns or volunteers) like peon trash.

Fuck the whole lot of them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)

31 Indeed, you see that after the capture of Constantinople. They took the jewel of the old world and what did they do with it? Did they develop enduring societies? Scientific breakthroughs? Nope.

They did commit sacrilege upon the Church of the Hagia Sophia, so there's that.

TBF, they built the Blue Mosque, which for my money is superior to Hagia Sophia. Granted, it was built much later, but still.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

32 Norm said it best she has asked what qualifications do you need to each 5th grade? Graduate 6th grade.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:16 AM (m1Wxk)

33 Must be almost three decades ago now but I remember the controversy with the woke Hiroshima display.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:16 AM (Ti9vn)

34 The most "educated" society is the most easily duped. What fucking retards.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 11:16 AM (r2Icn)

35 Must be almost three decades ago now but I remember the controversy with the woke Hiroshima display.

As do I. The Left is relentless, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

36 Museum directors are on my list of most overpaid professions.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:18 AM (Ti9vn)

37 The Smithsonian used to be a really cool set of museum. Even before the Air and Space went up we'd go down and spend all day checking them out.

The left leaves a very ugly mark wherever it goes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 11:18 AM (RORbl)

38 Where could we find such a thing you say.
Obamalisk and Lake Michigan are ready.

The Ugly Monument to Overweening Self-Regard. Its a perfect metaphor for Obama.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:18 AM (I06AY)

39 >>> 36 Museum directors are on my list of most overpaid professions.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:18 AM (Ti9vn)

Trump still has plenty of time to hire a bunch of Morons and dispatch them in pairs to ask feralgov employees what is it they/them do here.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 11:19 AM (jb8Ss)

40 The Ugly Monument to Overweening, Utterly Unmerited Self-Regard. Its a perfect metaphor for Obama.

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

41 I love libraries and museums, yet I would never work there.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at October 21, 2026 11:20 AM (2CeDH)

42 The left leaves a very ugly mark wherever it goes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 11:18 AM (RORbl)

The Obama library enters the chat.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:20 AM (Ti9vn)

43 38 Where could we find such a thing you say.
Obamalisk and Lake Michigan are ready.

The Ugly Monument to Overweening Self-Regard. Its a perfect metaphor for Obama.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:18 AM (I06AY)

It does show a lot about him. He could have created and funded anything. Something of beauty that would have borne his name across the centuries. Instead, he chose an ugly pile of concrete. It's perfect. It's metaphor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:20 AM (Y/06r)

44 One of the more interesting things about the Muslim conquest of Constantinople is that it did not produce a Muslim renaissance, instead it produced one in Italy as anyone that could flee them did.

About the only thing of value the Ottoman's gave world was ideas for European painters to paint nekkid wommins.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

45 I’m a glutton for punishment so I go on Reddit a lot. A big theme on Reddit is how unfaaaaiiirr it is that people graduating with college degrees can’t find good jobs. The entitlement is off the charts. The default mode is I am “educated” how dare these stupid corporations not see my genius and pay me $100k.

That setting is then their default on everything. I have a degree how dare you question my political beliefs you dumb rube? I have a degree how dare you question anything I do? It’s the embodiment of Karenhood.

And I say this as someone with a degree.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (m1Wxk)

46 44 About the only thing of value the Ottoman's gave world was ideas for European painters to paint nekkid wommins.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

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And an opera from Mozart.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (qGAQr)

47 The oldest Natural History Museum in USA just closed in Philly. Established 1812. Black folk, by and large, don't go to or support museums.

Posted by: Assistant To The Curator at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (EdP2u)

48 I'm back from early voting. There was no line (9 am on a weekday), but there were several people coming in after me, so I timed it just right. Afterward I strolled over to a local cafe and had a coffee and muffin while a rugrat shrieked at the next table. I wanted to say, "Haven't you ever heard of 'indoor voice'?"

Fortunately Rugrat and Parental Units left shortly after I sat down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (wzUl9)

49 I have great memories of the Air and Space museum. I'm sure they've managed to degrade it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (r2Icn)

50 Museum directors are on my list of most overpaid professions.

I was reading a conversation about the salary of NGO heads

A right leaning guy argued they were too high, the left leaning guy argued they were paid about the same amount as their corporate equivalents so it was reasonable and it struck me that the left constantly complains about corporate leaders' pay rates.

But yes, the left doesn't believe in anything it claims.

If lefties are getting $$$ to do nothing important lefties will defend it.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

51 Museum directors are on my list of most overpaid professions.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:18 AM (Ti9vn)
________

Yea, they are almost all nepo or now DEI hires. Most museums are heavily subsidized by taxpayer money, so nobody cares about actually doing their jobs or generating any results. They just want to cash their fat checks, go to all the right cocktail parties, and fuck the interns. Nice work if you can find it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 11:23 AM (iFTx/)

52 About the only thing of value the Ottoman's gave world was ideas for European painters to paint nekkid wommins.

What is this? A whole empire based on putting your feet up?

Posted by: Jerry S. at October 21, 2026 11:23 AM (fmbc9)

53 52
What is this? A whole empire based on putting your feet up?

Posted by: Jerry S. at October 21, 2026 11:23 AM (fmbc9)

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The Moops?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:23 AM (qGAQr)

54 I have great memories of the Air and Space museum. I'm sure they've managed to degrade it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (r2Icn)

You may not have been aware that the Enola Gay was really gay.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:24 AM (I06AY)

55 While the "experts" hate us and our history, I guarantee that it's much worse in parts of Europe. The most egregious example: the Prado in Madrid had a special post-modern exhibit where the "artist" filmed herself destroying a plaster copy of Michaelangelo's "Moses the law giver" to dismantle the patriarchy. How utterly original!

Posted by: Analytical lurker at October 21, 2026 11:24 AM (5eXdp)

56 40 The Ugly Monument to Overweening, Utterly Unmerited Self-Regard. Its a perfect metaphor for Obama.

FIFY
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

Ok, here's a thought experiment. You have unlimited funds. Space and time is no object.

I think I would make a real library/museum. Both old and new media. Lots of land so that it could be added on to over the years (long after I am gone.) A hall of statues where different artists were commissioned to make the most beautiful statue they can think of. Painting, sculpture, books. The soul of man. And the only mention of me would be a small plague and maybe bust that said I hope this helps you understand the world and it's history and treasure it as I have done.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:24 AM (Y/06r)

57 The oldest Natural History Museum in USA just closed in Philly.

Those can be dangerous places.

Posted by: Penelope Ann Miller at October 21, 2026 11:25 AM (fmbc9)

58 how dare these stupid corporations not see my genius and pay me $100k.

There is a problem here in that Bidenflation exploded the cost of everything, but it is fascinating that they believe a college degree should entitle you to double the average American salary in your first position.

Outside of a few specific degrees like petroleum engineering, a college degree generally doesn't actually prepare you to do any work that others are willing to pay for

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:25 AM (sKqQm)

59 And besides it’s all your fault

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 21, 2026 11:25 AM (hxMfc)

60 And besides it’s all your fault

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 21, 2026 11:25 AM (hxMfc)

I just got here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 11:26 AM (dK+Kv)

61 ALL universities should be trade schools.

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2026 11:26 AM (Gqar8)

62 Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (m1Wxk)

My buddy is trying to fill a regional sales position where the base salary is $130k . He can't find anyone qualified even with an employment service and probably will increase the base salary offer.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:26 AM (Ti9vn)

63 44 One of the more interesting things about the Muslim conquest of Constantinople is that it did not produce a Muslim renaissance, instead it produced one in Italy as anyone that could flee them did.

About the only thing of value the Ottoman's gave world was ideas for European painters to paint nekkid wommins.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

Instead of 'reinvesting' their spoils and making their society great, they chose to become decadent. This too is the story of Rome. Also where Rome is great, as long as it keep expanding because that means they are looking to build. Once they stop, they start shrinking, the people are fat off the conquest and the whole thing goes to hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:27 AM (Y/06r)

64 Blue Mosque"

IIRC, the architect was Albanian...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 11:27 AM (pfXMo)

65 Ok, here's a thought experiment. You have unlimited funds. Space and time is no object.

I think I would make a real library/museum.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:24 AM (Y/06r)

Boobs museum.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 11:27 AM (dK+Kv)

66 62 Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (m1Wxk)

My buddy is trying to fill a regional sales position where the base salary is $130k . He can't find anyone qualified even with an employment service and probably will increase the base salary offer.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:26 AM (Ti9vn)

========

I've seen some stories recently of HR building filters wrong, at best, and preventing any qualified candidates through.

Buddy might want to tell HR to turn off the filter and send him everyone who applies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:27 AM (qGAQr)

67 The oldest Natural History Museum in USA just closed in Philly.

Those can be dangerous places.
Posted by: Penelope Ann Miller

Especially at night.
Posted by: Ben Stiller

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 11:27 AM (y9NP6)

68 buddy is trying to fill a regional sales position where the base salary is $130k . He can't find anyone qualified even with an employment service and probably will increase the base salary offer.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:26 AM (Ti9vn)

Sales means talking to humans. GenZ is incapable of that.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:27 AM (m1Wxk)

69 Boobs museum.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 11:27 AM (dK+Kv)

I said the most beautiful statue they could think of. Hence, boobs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:28 AM (Y/06r)

70 58
Outside of a few specific degrees like petroleum engineering, a college degree generally doesn't actually prepare you to do any work that others are willing to pay for

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:25 AM (sKqQm)

========

"Our building construction might have fallen off a bit, but our gender bending building is reaching new heights every fiscal quarter."
-Satyricon

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:28 AM (qGAQr)

71 cannot be trusted to tell America's story honestly and in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic.

Sorry but we don't have any room for white guilt in my house. Thanks for asking though.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 11:29 AM (svLOV)

72 And besides it’s all your fault

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 21, 2026 11:25 AM (hxMfc)

I just got here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 11:26 AM (dK+Kv)

You know what you did.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 11:29 AM (r2Icn)

73 Remember the controversy when they opened up the African-American/Black or whatever they call it museum in DC and refused to include any mention of Clarence Thomas?

It's more of a commie movement than a racial movement.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:29 AM (Ti9vn)

74 A symbol of the death of NYC was when the statue of Teddy Roosevelt was removed from the front of The Museum of Natural History by unanimous vote of the NYC Public Design Commission in 2021. At least it wasn't melted down. It resides at the TR Presidential Lieberry in ND.

Posted by: Big Apple, Rotten To The Core at October 21, 2026 11:29 AM (EdP2u)

75 Ok, here's a thought experiment. You have unlimited funds. Space and time is no object.

Three chicks at the same time, man.

Posted by: Lawrence at October 21, 2026 11:29 AM (fmbc9)

76 About the only thing of value the Ottoman's gave world was ideas for European painters to paint nekkid wommins.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

Mehmet II had to use western technology to take Constantinople in 1453. His siege cannons were supplied by Hungarians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:30 AM (I06AY)

77 I challenged the museum profession to train, promote, and hire people of color as leaders of institutions"

That actually is racist....

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 11:30 AM (pfXMo)

78 Our society and culture has become pretty degraded now. That idea can be verified by just looking around. Things will not end well, at the rate we are going.

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2026 11:30 AM (Gqar8)

79
Three chicks at the same time, man./i]

Based on biology and physics there is a reason he went with 2 you know...

Posted by: Some Pedant at October 21, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

80 Posted by: Big Apple, Rotten To The Core at October 21, 2026 11:29 AM (EdP2u)

I remember but forgot the reasoning. Was it something to do with Indians?

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:31 AM (Ti9vn)

81 seen some stories recently of HR building filters wrong, at best, and preventing any qualified candidates through.

-

There is an ongoing class action lawsuit against Workday, the biggest recruiting app out there. The claim is workday discriminates based on age and other factors.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:31 AM (m1Wxk)

82 It's more of a commie movement than a racial movement.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:29 AM (Ti9vn)

The racial claims are a wedge. The goal is the destruction of Western culture.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:31 AM (I06AY)

83 Age discrimination is real unlike most of the other discrimination claims.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

84 The racial claims are a wedge. The goal is the destruction of Western culture.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:31 AM (I06AY)

Evergreen

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 11:35 AM (pV18s)

85 The Museum of the Bible is great.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 21, 2026 11:35 AM (N2QoX)

86 Blue Mosque"
IIRC, the architect was Albanian...

Yes he was, although he was likely also a Muslim.

The architect of the Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) in Istanbul, Turkey, was Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa.

(https://smarthistory.org/artist/sedefkar-mehmet-aga/)

Key Details

• Master: He was a gifted pupil of the legendary Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan.
• Background: He originally trained in music and mother-of-pearl inlay (sedefkâr) before transitioning to architecture, eventually becoming the royal court architect in 1606.
• The Masterpiece: Commissioned by Sultan Ahmed I, the mosque was constructed between 1609 and 1617, blending classical Ottoman design principles with Byzantine influences from the adjacent Hagia Sophia.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

87 73 Remember the controversy when they opened up the African-American/Black or whatever they call it museum in DC and refused to include any mention of Clarence Thomas?

Posted by: polynikes

Sadly, I read some black dude saying that Clarence Thomas doesn't count as a black justice because "He doesn't vote the way black people do."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 11:36 AM (svLOV)

88
A little inflation data point I just stumbled onto making arrangements for my mother's burial and all that. I knew it had been a long time, but my parents paid for their burial plots back in 1983, setting up the whole thing. The cost was a little over $400 per plot, and with everything else, it was just under $1000 total.

Multiply that by 10 for what the same basic plots and vaults would cost now. And, with all the "extras" that would were included then, but not now, you might as well say 12 times, if not more.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 11:37 AM (w6EFb)

89 87 Sadly, I read some black dude saying that Clarence Thomas doesn't count as a black justice because "He doesn't vote the way black people do."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 11:36 AM (svLOV)

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"So, being black isn't about race. It's a cultural thing, and being against dominant behaviors of black people isn't racism, it's objection to culture."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:37 AM (qGAQr)

90 Sadly, I read some black dude saying that Clarence Thomas doesn't count as a black justice because "He doesn't vote the way black people do."
Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 11:36 AM (svLOV)

Skin color matters not, all that matters is you are a good commie drone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:38 AM (Y/06r)

91 I challenged the museum profession to train, promote, and hire people of color as leaders of institutions"

Nothing about being the best in your field, of course.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

92 Thx Joe.
A post the other day had Palestinians trying to claim the history of Canaanites. Control the past, control the future.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 11:39 AM (vJPf4)

93 The largely unremarkable Best Picture winner Green Book has a curious moment.

The racist, Italian driver schools the effete, black pianist about what it means to be really black because the pianist doesn't know dominant forms of black music in America, instead trending towards classical music.

And no one screamed at the movie for being racist, having a scene where a white man teaches the black man how to be authentically black.

It won Best Picture instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:39 AM (qGAQr)

94 Judges do not vote ( if they are doing real judge stuff ) but never mind that.

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2026 11:39 AM (Gqar8)

95 I remember but forgot the reasoning. Was it something to do with Indians?
Posted by: polynikes

TR is on horseback. His two scouts, one black, one Indian, are walking. This is perceived as racial hierarchy for whatever reason. It is like many other equestrian statues.

Posted by: Big Apple, Rotten at October 21, 2026 11:40 AM (EdP2u)

96 I looked back at the tech thread - you should too:
"The key was 4."

No really, go check it out. Any time some commie retard insists we neeeeed a bunch of foreigners for whatever...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 11:40 AM (jb8Ss)

97 "So, being black isn't about race. It's a cultural thing, and being against dominant behaviors of black people isn't racism, it's objection to culture."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

"The black face of white supremacy" gives their thoughts away.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 11:40 AM (svLOV)

98 The largely unremarkable Best Picture winner Green Book has a curious moment.

The racist, Italian driver schools the effete, black pianist about what it means to be really black because the pianist doesn't know dominant forms of black music in America, instead trending towards classical music.

And no one screamed at the movie for being racist, having a scene where a white man teaches the black man how to be authentically black.

It won Best Picture instead.
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I doubt it could hold a candle to Point Break.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 11:42 AM (TN0g+)

99 I once spent a few hours at a small museum in Aliceville, Alabama devoted to the German POW camp that was built there. Fascinating. They have a collection of Hitler's silver serving pieces with the Third Reich eagle symbol on each piece.

New Orleans has an EXCELLENT WWII museum.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 21, 2026 11:42 AM (N2QoX)

100
"So, being black isn't about race. It's a cultural thing, and being against dominant behaviors of black people isn't racism, it's objection to culture."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:37 AM (qGAQr)

___________

I don't know where you're supposed to go with that. Sad to say, most of black culture is incredibly destructive to blacks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 11:43 AM (eRlcH)

101 I am sure all those H1bs we are importing will have great love of our country and fix all this.

I already see the ["newcomers"] in Texas building giant statues of the founding fathers and doing revolutionary war reenactments in the streets on national holiday.

Oh wait, they they building statues of their elephant gods and doing freak dances in the street on the day their god raped a cow and it shit out the earth.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 11:44 AM (fav1R)

102 It won Best Picture instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And the black man spoke better Italian. I haven't seen the entire movie, but all the shorts have been enjoyable.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 21, 2026 11:44 AM (Fv808)

103 100
I don't know where you're supposed to go with that. Sad to say, most of black culture is incredibly destructive to blacks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 11:43 AM (eRlcH)

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"Being black means acting black."

"So, it's not about your skin?"

"No, a black man can be a white man."

"Then where's the racism?"

It's just a collapse of the logic, of which there never was any.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:44 AM (qGAQr)

104 >>> 68 buddy is trying to fill a regional sales position where the base salary is $130k . He can't find anyone qualified even with an employment service and probably will increase the base salary offer.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:26 AM (Ti9vn)

Sales means talking to humans. GenZ is incapable of that.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:27 AM (m1Wxk)

I have people skills!!!

Posted by: Tom Smykowski at October 21, 2026 11:44 AM (jb8Ss)

105 @93 Viggo Mortensen was more menacing in Eastern Promises. Green Book was boring

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 11:45 AM (vJPf4)

106 Lots of grave spinning near Normandy no doubt. We gave our lives for this sh-t.

Posted by: DesRon9 at October 21, 2026 11:45 AM (hyQrc)

107 I haven't been to the Smithsonian since I was kid. I have noticed the politicization of art museums . In
a local art museum they have a bust of George Washington and they needed to comment that George Washington has slaves. Gee; Was that the most important thing you could put about him?!

Even a more egregious politicization was an illustration by Howard Pyle of a cowboy protecting a woman from a robber of a stagecoach. They did go on about the problem with men protecting women as if that was a terrible thing and did screeds against sexism and racism throughout the museum . Uggh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 11:46 AM (JrHfD)

108 tubal, the only useful quote I know from Andy McCarthy (the clueless federal prosecutor) addresses this subject.

After one of the particularly egregious, lawless SCOTUS rulings (Obergefell?) he wrote: "the liberal justices don't judge, they vote". (might have one or two words wrong)

Side mini-rant: the use of the phrase "liberal justice" is ridiculously off the mark. Just as with all of the politicos and causes also called "liberal", it's an utterly meaningless or even inverted use of the term. Authoritarian, totalitarian - that's the base orientation of people and institutions called "liberal".

The other, comically meaningless, term used for lawless courts is "activist". WTF? Really never made any sense. They're lawless. They vote, they don't judge. They violate the substantive and procedural rules of their own institutions to usurp power. "Activist" is for 83-yr old clueless NPR listeners holding a "No Kings!" sign. Call these judges what they are - lawless autocrats ignoring their oaths and the constitution and usurping power and damaging the country's culture, economy, society, and national security.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:46 AM (U/Byj)

109 Great essay, Joe.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:46 AM (U/Byj)

110 I don't know where you're supposed to go with that. Sad to say, most of black culture is incredibly destructive to blacks.
Posted by: Hadrian

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By design.

First by the racists who wanted to destroy them,
Then by the race mongers who wanted to profit off their grievance
Then by the government that wanted to create an empire of social services and needed more clients.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 11:46 AM (fav1R)

111 >>> 87 73 Remember the controversy when they opened up the African-American/Black or whatever they call it museum in DC and refused to include any mention of Clarence Thomas?

Posted by: polynikes

Sadly, I read some black dude saying that Clarence Thomas doesn't count as a black justice because "He doesn't vote the way black people do."
Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 11:36 AM (svLOV)

Hey! That's what *I* said!

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 21, 2026 11:47 AM (jb8Ss)

112 People who care more about suntans than character and merit are either half-wits or saboteurs.

Posted by: setnaffa at October 21, 2026 11:47 AM (RLv79)

113
I once spent a few hours at a small museum in Aliceville, Alabama devoted to the German POW camp that was built there.

___________

The US: treating its prisoners of war so horribly most want to stay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 11:47 AM (eRlcH)

114 "Sad to say, most of black culture is incredibly destructive to blacks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And people that are influenced by it. Rap "music" and lifestyle is filth without any redeeming qualities. Yet it is very popular with many non-blacks.

Posted by: Ripley at October 21, 2026 11:47 AM (GUOwU)

115 The Holocaust Museum in DC is very well thought out and quite a moving experience with specific design features so that small children can't see everything... like a large collection of locks of hair. You start at the top floor and work your way down. Of course the atmosphere is extremely somber and it's not a place where someone in your party rushes over excitedly to urge you to come see a particular display.
It ends with a well designed space for quiet reflection so you have a chance to process what you've just experienced.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 21, 2026 11:48 AM (N2QoX)

116 I looked back at the tech thread - you should too:
"The key was 4."

No really, go check it out. Any time some commie retard insists we neeeeed a bunch of foreigners for whatever...
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No joke--I read the tech thread every morning, and I'm not even a techie (or techie-adjacent). I find it fascinating to see the huge amounts of money be thrown at tech projects and the laughably silly people who are often involved with such projects. Pixy does a great job.

Posted by: Crusader at October 21, 2026 11:48 AM (TN0g+)

117 IIRC, the architect was Albanian...
Posted by: man

And probably stolen from his Christian parents as part of the Blood tax.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 21, 2026 11:48 AM (vJrRc)

118 >>> 101 I am sure all those H1bs we are importing will have great love of our country and fix all this.

I already see the ["newcomers"] in Texas building giant statues of the founding fathers and doing revolutionary war reenactments in the streets on national holiday.

Oh wait, they they building statues of their elephant gods and doing freak dances in the street on the day their god raped a cow and it shit out the earth.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 11:44 AM (fav1R)

The key was 4.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 11:48 AM (jb8Ss)

119 Whelp... wife and I just got back from voting. Picked a good time for it, too. Line of about 20 when we arrive, line of about 100 as we were leaving.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

120 Quarter Twenty, didn't know there was a museum for the Aliceville camp. Axis POW story in the US in WWII is fascinating and powerful. Several good videos on UToob about it. Recommend the one on Concordia, KS.

Another small museum to add to my list for when I finally do my big WWII history trip in the US.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:49 AM (U/Byj)

121 Three chicks at the same time, man./i]

Based on biology and physics there is a reason he went with 2 you know...

Posted by: Some Pedant at October 21, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

Who's making the sammiches?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 21, 2026 11:49 AM (dK+Kv)

122 Thanks, rhomboid.

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2026 11:49 AM (Gqar8)

123 Heh.

El-So Long: The Detroit News Throws Michigan's Jihaddy Daddy Under the Bus

https://tinyurl.com/ydxhrsyk

Don't miss the clip of the black / Muslim confrontation. Sure, they're a big tent.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2101012398391881964

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

124 "He doesn't vote the way black people do."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 11:36 AM (svLOV)

So all black people are the same? I swear that was verboten to say before racism became mandatory again.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 11:51 AM (pV18s)

125 By design.

First by the racists who wanted to destroy them,
Then by the race mongers who wanted to profit off their grievance
Then by the government that wanted to create an empire of social services and needed more clients.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 11:46 AM

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Margaret Sanger at October 21, 2026 11:51 AM (N2QoX)

126 The US: treating its prisoners of war so horribly most want to stay.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The German corporations with huge plants in Spartanburg, SC are the legacy from that.

Posted by: BMW, Bayer, BASF, Etc. at October 21, 2026 11:55 AM (EdP2u)

127 Black culture of violence almost caused all hell to break loose in the Titans locker room. A DT named Jordan Elliott got into a fight with star OT JC Latham. He went out to his car to retrieve a gun. It was seen on security cameras and he was stopped. Released a couple of days later by the Titans. Had been working on an $8m contract

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 11:55 AM (vJPf4)

128 Just took a family trip to DC, its really sickening how basically all the museums have become woke cess pools.

Basically everything points back to slavery and the civil rights movement, as if that’s all America is about.

Posted by: Maroon at October 21, 2026 11:56 AM (pW2Jy)

129 Posted by: Maroon at October 21, 2026 11:56 AM (pW2Jy)

The point is to destroy any common culture. Same as the movie and TV ops. Divide, and then I don't know what is supposed to come next.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 11:57 AM (pV18s)

130 I just read about the Indian IT company issuing private keys for certification, with single digit private keys.

Sons of Mary indeed. I think we should run all our IT on H1-B visa holders.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 11:57 AM (rbvCR)

131 Sadly, I read some black dude saying that Clarence Thomas doesn't count as a black justice because "He doesn't vote the way black people do."
Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 11:36 AM (svLOV)

Correct. He uses his intellect.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 21, 2026 11:57 AM (hmYU4)

132 It won Best Picture instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:39 AM (qGAQr)

I don't think a number of the black guy's family agreed with the movie.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:58 AM (Ti9vn)

133 132 It won Best Picture instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:39 AM (qGAQr)

I don't think a number of the black guy's family agreed with the movie.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 11:58 AM (Ti9vn)

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Conceptually, the movie was stupid as an "important movie."

An unremarkable slice of history, heavily overweighted for importance, that not even the principle people involved thought was very noteworthy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 11:59 AM (qGAQr)

134 The key was 4.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

They had others. 66, 155, 156, 230 and 237.

Hey, 4 is a number from 1 to whatever 384 bits give you. They just leaned to the low end.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 21, 2026 11:59 AM (fav1R)

135 I’ve worked in tech a long time. 15,20 years ago the Indians I knew were pretty cool. They appreciated being in the US from what I could tell and wanted to be American.

Today it’s purely transactional.

My theory is back then they had no choice but to assimilate since they were a small minority. Today they’re the majority in the field. No need or pressure to assimilate.

Plus being American in 2000 was still considered something good unlike today when it’s the most evil thing imaginable according to 1/2 the country.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 12:00 PM (m1Wxk)

136 The key was 4.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

The answer to everything used to be 42.

Posted by: t-bird at October 21, 2026 12:01 PM (Kds4l)

137 The head is not a Federal employee in the traditional sense. I guess Trump does have the authority to fire him, which is good.

"Federal employee" is not a fourth branch of government. The head of the Executive branch should have authority to fire anyone who is not a judge or a congressman.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 12:01 PM (vTZFs)

138 Didn't know present German corporate footprint in the US had a connection to WWII POW experience. Fascinating.

A striking example of the amazing Axis POW experience was an Italian POW who ended up staying and becoming a key figure in a prominent winery company in CA. He was sent to work as an ag worker at the winery during his POW time (the predominant labor use of POWs).

Speaking of national history being distorted, hidden, or erased - has the Smithsonian ever done an exhibit on the Axis POW experience in the US? An excellent, concentrated lesson in American exceptionalism that would surprise most today. Guess that would horrify and confuse the idiots Joe Mannix describes in his essay.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:02 PM (U/Byj)

139 Black culture of violence almost caused all hell to break loose in the Titans locker room. A DT named Jordan Elliott got into a fight with star OT JC Latham. He went out to his car to retrieve a gun. It was seen on security cameras and he was stopped. Released a couple of days later by the Titans. Had been working on an $8m contract
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 11:55 AM (vJPf4)

A sport played by thugs has thug behavior in the locker room? I’m shocked.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 12:02 PM (m1Wxk)

140 >>> 137
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"Federal employee" is not a fourth branch of government. The head of the Executive branch should have authority to fire anyone who is not a judge or a congressman.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 12:01 PM (vTZFs)

The hell you say!

Posted by: Elise Slotkin, brave defender of Our Precious Democracy at October 21, 2026 12:02 PM (jb8Ss)

141 137 The head is not a Federal employee in the traditional sense. I guess Trump does have the authority to fire him, which is good.

"Federal employee" is not a fourth branch of government. The head of the Executive branch should have authority to fire anyone who is not a judge or a congressman.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 12:01 PM (vTZFs)

=======

The only hindrance before Trump 2.0 was the will.

Every firing has been upheld this term except one (Fed governor, and even that was more of a draw than an outright loss for Trump), and not a single law has changed regarding civil service in the federal government.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:03 PM (qGAQr)

142 You do have to be careful and distinguish between Pakistanis and Indians and the religions of both.

I think Christian Indians assimilate better. Of course just IMO.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:04 PM (Ti9vn)

143 Just a bunch of DEI, affirmative action, whatever.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2026 12:04 PM (LHPAg)

144 >>> 139 Black culture of violence almost caused all hell to break loose in the Titans locker room. A DT named Jordan Elliott got into a fight with star OT JC Latham. He went out to his car to retrieve a gun. It was seen on security cameras and he was stopped. Released a couple of days later by the Titans. Had been working on an $8m contract
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 11:55 AM (vJPf4)

A sport played by thugs has thug behavior in the locker room? I’m shocked.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 12:02 PM (m1Wxk)

Pshaw. We fixed all the bad things by renaming the Washington football team.

Posted by: Roger Goodell at October 21, 2026 12:04 PM (jb8Ss)

145 Mehmet II had to use western technology to take Constantinople in 1453. His siege cannons were supplied by Hungarians.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:30 AM (I06AY)

There was a serious issue with non-European countries adopting firearms, as outside of Europe armies were made of warriors, or the equivalent of knights, and adoption of firearms destroyed the old arrangements of production of weapons, allocation of economic production and power among the noble warrior types.
One outlier was the Turks who had effective cavalry and opponents who had walled fortresses the cavalry could not take. Adopting cannon was obligatory to take the fortresses and walled cities.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:04 PM (rbvCR)

146 >>> 141

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The only hindrance before Trump 2.0 was the will.

Every firing has been upheld this term except one (Fed governor, and even that was more of a draw than an outright loss for Trump), and not a single law has changed regarding civil service in the federal government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:03 PM (qGAQr)

Bill Kristol hasn't lost his house to foreclosure yet, so none of that counts.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 12:06 PM (jb8Ss)

147 Sort of OT but I was looking through the Roman Empire timeline and it seemed assassinations was their favorite pastime.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:06 PM (Ti9vn)

148 "Federal employee" is not a fourth branch of government. The head of the Executive branch should have authority to fire anyone who is not a judge or a congressman.
Posted by: Oddbob
___________

It's the same at the state level. So-called merit employees (different names in different states) cannot be fired for anything but willful misconduct once they've got a designated number of years of service. It's like tenure.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 12:07 PM (JzUSu)

149 Thanks for your thoughtful essay, Joe.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 12:07 PM (JrHfD)

150 146 Bill Kristol hasn't lost his house to foreclosure yet, so none of that counts.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 12:06 PM (jb8Ss)

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AND New Mexico isn't 90% Anglo Saxon, so nothing counts at all!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:07 PM (qGAQr)

151 The head is not a Federal employee in the traditional sense. I guess Trump does have the authority to fire him, which is good.

"Federal employee" is not a fourth branch of government. The head of the Executive branch should have authority to fire anyone who is not a judge or a congressman.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 12:01 PM (vTZFs)

=======

The only hindrance before Trump 2.0 was the will.

Every firing has been upheld this term except one (Fed governor, and even that was more of a draw than an outright loss for Trump), and not a single law has changed regarding civil service in the federal government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:03 PM (qGAQr)
__________

Imagine if Trump 1.0 gave as few fucks as Trump 2.0

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:07 PM (iFTx/)

152 151 Imagine if Trump 1.0 gave as few fucks as Trump 2.0

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 21, 2026 12:07 PM (iFTx/)

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Imagine if W had governed like this.

Yesterday was always better than today. But today is better than tomorrow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:08 PM (qGAQr)

153 Black culture of violence almost caused all hell to break loose in the Titans locker room. A DT named Jordan Elliott got into a fight with star OT JC Latham. He went out to his car to retrieve a gun. It was seen on security cameras and he was stopped. Released a couple of days later by the Titans. Had been working on an $8m contract
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 11:55 AM (vJPf4)

A sport played by thugs has thug behavior in the locker room? I’m shocked.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 12:02 PM (m1Wxk)

Reminded me of the scene in The Replacements.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 12:08 PM (Ti9vn)

154 138 My Dad, a Finn, interrogated the rare Finnish POW that fell into American hands during WW2. A few serving in the Kriegsmarine, more off of merchantmen.Usually the only thing they had to chat about was if the Finnish POW wanted to go to a camp in AZ or make an honest living working in a PNW lumber camp. Most took the tree chopping gig. I wonder how many stayed after the war?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 21, 2026 12:08 PM (gm9Sb)

155 The only hindrance before Trump 2.0 was the will.

Every firing has been upheld this term except one (Fed governor, and even that was more of a draw than an outright loss for Trump), and not a single law has changed regarding civil service in the federal government.

Yes and no. Trump was careful in how he structured the dismissals, usually by eliminating entire functions, not selecting specific people for dismissal.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

156 155 Yes and no. Trump was careful in how he structured the dismissals, usually by eliminating entire functions, not selecting specific people for dismissal.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

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And all but one of the people he targeted for individual firings were ultimately just...fired.

The one that wasn't was the Fed Governor whose governing statute may be facially unconstitutional.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:10 PM (qGAQr)

157 137 "The head is not a Federal employee in the traditional sense. I guess Trump does have the authority to fire him, which is good."

"Federal employee" is not a fourth branch of government. The head of the Executive branch should have authority to fire anyone who is not a judge or a congressman.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2026 12:01 PM (vTZFs)

Congress has restricted the ability of presidents to fire most federal employees through various civil service laws. Trump has been fairly successful at getting around these restrictions though.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 21, 2026 12:10 PM (okun6)

158 Russia was designed to stop Trump from scratching his ass without the threat of investigation or some other made up violation. And it worked.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 12:10 PM (pV18s)

159 Imagine if Trump 1.0 gave as few f***s as Trump 2.0

TBF, he had to deal with a different Congress, one which hadn't yet understood that their jobs were in jeopardy if they didn't get with the program, or who actively opposed anything he tried to do, or both.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

160 The US: treating its prisoners of war so horribly most want to stay.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 11:47 AM (eRlcH)

True for Canada, as well. And many of the Japanese Canadians who were interned during WWII put down roots in their small interior towns, and remained there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:11 PM (wSl27)

161 And all but one of the people he targeted for individual firings were ultimately just...fired.

If they were fired at that level of granularity, it's because they were politicals.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)

162 "The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Gwynne Wilcox’s appeal, leaving in place a lower court ruling that upheld President Donald Trump’s firing of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member. The decision reinforces broad presidential authority to dismiss officials at independent regulatory agencies."

"independent agencies"

spit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 12:11 PM (qGAQr)

163 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 12:11 PM (Y/06r)

164 New on:

FBI Busts Two Teenagers Who Were Plotting a School Shooting
The Would-Be Mass Killers Were... Girls?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)

165 bill in AR, that's great stuff.

Reminds me of the interesting case of the U-505, the U-boat captured June 4, 1944 (note the date) off West Africa. It's the one on display in Chicago today (another amazing story).

It was of course important that the Germans not know we'd captured a U-boat intact. Not just in the immediate aftermath of the capture (the decision to scuttle or tow back to the US went all the way up to Adm. King, CNO - there was fear that German knowledge of the capture would push the Germans to change code settings on the eve of D-Day). But for some time after.

Therefore the US decided to, uh, sorta wink at the Geneva Convention rules we otherwise scrupulously followed, and didn't inform the ICRC that we had the crew. The crew was put in a special POW camp for the duration. Obviously no mail home, etc. Otherwise, the same semi-luxurious lifestyle (for the time) enjoyed by other German/Axis POWs.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 12:14 PM (U/Byj)

166
NFL = National Felons League.

Posted by: Please make a note of it at October 21, 2026 12:15 PM (N2QoX)

167
I have a German POW story here. A German immigrant moved right in the local area after his retirement from Daniel (big construction outfit) back in the '80s. He was a POW, crewman on a U-boat, captured after his boat was sunk in the Atlantic.

He went to a POW camp somewhere in Georgia, and worked on some of the local farms. He was repatriated after the war, and immediately went to work on getting back here. I mean immediately. He didn't want to leave.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 12:17 PM (w6EFb)

168 After enough time passes from the actions that established a society, the "elite" class of that society becomes filled with nepos who didn't get to the top thru merit. The society becomes a social identification competition as the main goal of the nepos is not losing the positions they didn't earn and don't really qualify for. For a while now self destructive progressivism has been the behavior that the nepo "elite" must pay service to. Obviously if they truly believed any of it there's never been anything stopping them from giving their wealth and power to minorities, women, etc.

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 21, 2026 12:19 PM (3/XaG)

169 @152

>>But today is better than tomorrow.

A Better Tomorrow was John Woo and Chow Yun Fat's best film

FIGHT ME!!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2026 12:21 PM (XV/Pl)

170 Most took the tree chopping gig. I wonder how many stayed after the war?
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 21, 2026 12:08 PM (gm9Sb)

There used to be a large Finnish community in Astoria, OR. I wonder if that is where they came from.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:28 PM (rbvCR)

171 Just in case you haven’t seen this elasewgere:

https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/2112707076078338525

Posted by: epador at October 21, 2026 01:10 PM (TRnzq)

172 An even solution to teaching is move it away from a career track in and of itself and instead require 10+ years of experience in whatever field you are teaching.

So chemistry teachers would be someone with an ed degree that has never worked in the private sector, but instead semi-retired chemists. And you can do the same with all the sciences.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)

Which is *exactly* why teachers' unions must be crushed.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
-------
Time for my rant!
The Education School in any University has the lowest SATs and the highest GPAs.
An undergraduate Education degree is 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th grades, with "social promotion".
Graduate degrees in Education are Participation Trophys.
The NEA, despite its high sounding name is a Union, the same as.the AFT. The retail Clerks union works to benefit its members, not customers. Why would you expect teachers unions to be any different?

Posted by: buddhaha at October 21, 2026 01:16 PM (z4VKm)

173 Re: America’s treatment of POWs during WWII. compare to America’s treatment of US citizens of Japanese descent, and those who tried to fight a legal battle against internment and property confiscation. And despite all that, they mostly stayed here.

Posted by: epador at October 21, 2026 01:17 PM (TRnzq)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress
Harald Sohlberg

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Let me be the first to congratulate you.

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

2 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (bFu5X)

3 No boobs

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (7g8Sn)

4 Lovely summer house location

Posted by: Vlad Putin at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (jyC3p)

5 Akershus?

Gesundheit.

Now I need a neckercheif.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

6 It says spring, but feels kind of autumnal to me. Maybe because I'm looking at it in October.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X)

7 Must be EARLY spring. Trees are quite barren.

Posted by: Doof at October 21, 2026 09:32 AM (h4J+2)

8 Purple mountains. Majesty.

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2Drhq)

9 It used to be a forest, until they cut down all the trees to build a solar array farm.

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

10 Very nice. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

11 It's Norway. There are only leaves on the trees from June to August.

Posted by: Bleak Hill Boarding School at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (EdP2u)

12 Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

13 Aksherly that doesn't look like much of a fortress.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:36 AM (qlLNh)

14 >>Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Why wood anyone make tree puns?

Posted by: Nazdar at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (NcvvS)

15 There's no evidence Sohlberg was mentally ill, so can it be said he was really a Norwegian artist?

Posted by: Edvard Munch at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (EdP2u)

16 Almost looks like stained glass.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

17 Here you CAN see the forest for the trees

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (sKqQm)

18 12 Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Oak ay.

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (2Drhq)

19 3 No boobs
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (7g8Sn)

Did you miss that statuesque Norwegian blonde sunbathing on the sailboat?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (qlLNh)

20
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (eRlcH)

21 I'm pretty sure that wouldn't fetch 5 dollars at auction.

Nope. Not goona take a chance.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (dyMal)

22 In my AO there are two "fall" seasons

The first when the pine needles fall, the second the leaves.

Generally the latter happens right before halloween covering your decorations...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

23 >>Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Oaky-dokie!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (rOKnE)

24 Not even any buds on those trees. Doesn't look much like spring.

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (kU0PQ)

25 Stop barking about tree puns.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

26 Unique painting, I'd say. Both bark and barque.

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at October 21, 2026 09:39 AM (EdP2u)

27 Ugh, my pun was a repeat.
I'm stumped!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (rOKnE)

28 The leafless tree in springtime was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (JemjW)

29 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (eRlcH)

There's a dog on the deck of the three-master, and another on the other side of the tree, marking his territory.

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (kU0PQ)

30 Must be very early spring... trees are bare. Air is cold.

I can taste it from here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (RORbl)

31 It says spring, but feels kind of autumnal to me. Maybe because I'm looking at it in October.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X)

Being all done in dusky orange doesn't help, either.

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (kU0PQ)

32 Asking for no puns?
Might as well beg us to needle you for the rest of the thread.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (rOKnE)

33 > 12 Nice painting but leave the tree puns aside, ok?

Ja, ja, de Fortress Hoor is available for only Tree-Fitty in Norwegian kroner.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (qlLNh)

34 What the hell does a Norwegian know about spring? Do they have a spring season in Norway?

Posted by: JROD at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (5GJQt)

35 >>It says spring, but feels kind of autumnal to me. Maybe because I'm looking at it in October.

Same.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (rOKnE)

36 Is this the fort that sank the Blucher?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM (JzUSu)

37 What the hell does a Norwegian know about spring? Do they have a spring season in Norway?
Posted by: JROD

July.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 09:42 AM (r2Icn)

38 Disappointed here. Can't see the seamen!

Posted by: The Grand Poof at October 21, 2026 09:42 AM (EdP2u)

39 Absolutely love the bright colors and use of light. Very evocative.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 09:43 AM (RIvkX)

40 Do I think the tree puns will stop? Well, I'm just going out on a limb here...

Posted by: Oh, no... at October 21, 2026 09:43 AM (JemjW)

41 It says spring, but feels kind of autumnal to me. Maybe because I'm looking at it in October.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Yeh, especially with the anchored sailboat. Looks more to be waiting end of year take out not spring put in. Clearly the artist had no idea what he was painting.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 21, 2026 09:43 AM (sl73Y)

42 36 Is this the fort that sank the Blucher?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 09:41 AM

What knockers!!

Posted by: Gene Wilder at October 21, 2026 09:44 AM (JemjW)

43 > Being all done in dusky orange doesn't help, either.
Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM (kU0PQ)

Dark and dusky
Painted on the sky
Misty Scandi Heimbrent
Teardrop in my eye

Scandi boats
Take me home
To the fjord
Where I belong
Nasty weather
Smoking blondies
Take me home
Scandi boats

Posted by: Jan Denver at October 21, 2026 09:44 AM (qlLNh)

44 Akershus Fortress in Oslo. Today the cruise ships park there.

There's a gimmicky souvenir shop right there on the wharf.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 09:45 AM (vBZcw)

45 37 What the hell does a Norwegian know about spring?
+++
He's pining for the F150s.

Posted by: FoMoCo at October 21, 2026 09:46 AM (JemjW)

46 The German heavy cruiser Blücher was sunk by Oscarsborg Fortress, a coastal installation located in the Drøbak Sound of the Oslofjord in Norway.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:46 AM (w9Wax)

47 Only two days a year it's not raining in Norway. This is one.

Posted by: Njals Saga at October 21, 2026 09:46 AM (EdP2u)

48 There is no inclement weather. Only inappropriate clothing.

Posted by: Norse Fisherman at October 21, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

49 27 Ugh, my pun was a repeat.
I'm stumped!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:40 AM

Perhaps it's time to branch out.

Posted by: Groan... at October 21, 2026 09:48 AM (JemjW)

50 Two 28 cm Krupp coastal guns fired at point-blank range, causing massive fires and destroying the ship's control systems. Concealed land-based torpedo battery launched two 40-year-old Whitehead torpedoes that critically crippled the hull. The Blücher capsized and sank at approximately 06:22, delaying the German advance long enough for King Haakon VII, the royal family, the government, and the national gold reserve to evacuate Oslo.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:48 AM (w9Wax)

51 A common treatment for tree-punning is to have a hole cut in one’s skull.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

52 What the hell does a Norwegian know about spring? Do they have a spring season in Norway?
Posted by: JROD

*********

They can't a-fjord not to.

Posted by: muldoon at October 21, 2026 09:49 AM (I0N4X)

53 Clement III was declared an antipope, but they missed a bet by not changing his name to Inclement.

Posted by: Jan Denver at October 21, 2026 09:49 AM (qlLNh)

54
9 It used to be a forest, until they cut down all the trees to build a solar array farm.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM

Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?

Posted by: P. McCartney & J. Lennon at October 21, 2026 09:50 AM (JemjW)

55 A common treatment for tree-punning is to have a hole cut in one’s skull.
Posted by: Bulg

I believe this is called a tree-phine.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:50 AM (w9Wax)

56 46 The German heavy cruiser Blücher was sunk by Oscarsborg Fortress, a coastal installation located in the Drøbak Sound of the Oslofjord in Norway.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

Yes, this delay of the invasion force allowed time for the Royal Family, Parliament and the nation's gold, to escape to England.

Posted by: 1908 Coastal Gun at October 21, 2026 09:50 AM (EdP2u)

57 >> A common treatment for tree-punning is to have a hole cut in one’s skull.

Sounds fruity!
I wood not try that.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:51 AM (rOKnE)

58 Now we're getting to the root of the matter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:51 AM (qlLNh)

59 Doesn't look much like a fort. Or a tress.

Posted by: Compound words for $200, Alex at October 21, 2026 09:52 AM (JemjW)

60 No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:38 AM (eRlcH)

All bark no bite

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 09:52 AM (pV18s)

61 grungle blitfop boogdib

Posted by: AOS cope blue tsunami edition at October 21, 2026 09:53 AM (6ztTh)

62 53 Clement III was declared an antipope, but they missed a bet by not changing his name to Inclement.

---------

Just imagine what would have happened if he had collided with the pope. They both would have been annihilated.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 09:53 AM (vBZcw)

63 Sounds fruity!
I wood not try that.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:51 AM

It's the pits.

Posted by: Ugh... at October 21, 2026 09:54 AM (JemjW)

64 I never got why Oslo (or any of the ports) should be the capital of Norway. The spine of the country is one of Europe's most imposing mountain fastnesses. Build a lavish royal complex in the heart of those mountains, somewhere in the South, and militarize the cities and beaches. If they ever have to retreat, they are retreating *toward* the seat of government, in an ever shorter and deeper line.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 09:54 AM (BI5O2)

65 @37 Mr Aspirin Factory- spring in July? Well that explains it, they’re all screwed up. Silly Norwegians, spring is in March. Must the thin air up there on top of the globe. Less oxygen to the brain.

Posted by: JROD at October 21, 2026 09:54 AM (5GJQt)

66 Lumbering along towards 100...

Posted by: I think we can, I think we can... at October 21, 2026 09:55 AM (JemjW)

67 A common treatment for tree-punning is to have a hole cut in one’s skull.

Sounds fruity!
I wood not try that.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:51 AM (rOKnE)

If they do it, they may pull syrup

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (pV18s)

68 Painting: the style is called 'neo-romanticism' by some. It's pretty.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

69 Norway was a decent place to shop before it got acquired by Target.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

70 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Statuesque Norwegian blondes at October 21, 2026 09:58 AM (JemjW)

71 the style is called 'neo-romanticism' by some. It's pretty.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

I did not know that!

Thanks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 09:59 AM (k5CNB)

72 > 70 This is about us, isn't it?
Posted by: Statuesque Norwegian blondes at October 21, 2026 09:58 AM (JemjW)

Andrew Wyeth certainly thought so.

Posted by: Naked Helga at October 21, 2026 09:59 AM (qlLNh)

73 Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress, 1913
Harald Sohlberg

It's very nice with distinct colors that don't melt into each other. I'm not familiar with this artist but I'd certainly consider hanging today's art selection. (I also admit I didn't read the entire title at first glance and took the painting for a fall landscape vs. spring.)
---
Elephant Art, 27 Apr 2019
Harald Sohlberg, Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress, 1913

Countryside, calm waters and a never-ending sunset, could you ask for anything more on a spring evening? Harald Sohlberg’s incredible depiction of a sunset melting into the mountains is perfection. The famous Norwegian artist was obsessed with painting the landscape of his home country, paying particular mind to the spiritual significance of the mountains and the stunning colours that flooded the sky depending on the season.

Although Solhberg actively denied any affiliation to Nordic Naturalism or the Symbolists, these influences are evident in his fantastical portrayal of the world around him, where carefully articulated shadowy trees often foreground the world beyond.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (NFX2v)

74 Andrew Wyeth certainly thought so.

Posted by: Naked Helga at October 21, 2026 09:59 AM (qlLNh)

I wonder what his wife thought...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

75 Build a lavish royal complex in the heart of those mountains, somewhere in the South, and militarize the cities and beaches. If they ever have to retreat, they are retreating *toward* the seat of government, in an ever shorter and deeper line.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
_______

Well, I guess the Brits couldn't have burned Knoxville in 1814.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (JzUSu)

76 > I wonder what his wife thought...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

I guess neither of them bothered to tell their respective spouses.

Just kept slipping their minds, sort of the same way that Helga kept slipping out of her clothes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qlLNh)

77 "could you ask for anything more on a spring evening?"

Since you asked, please add one meeeelion dollars to my IRA. Never settle, I say.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:04 AM (Jr5Lq)

78 Thanks CBD! Good morning Bulg.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 21, 2026 10:04 AM (z6ONu)

79 I wonder what his wife thought...

IIRC she was interviewed about that - said something like "I knew he was painting her but I didn't know he was having sex with her"

Which is about the most convenient excuse for an affair I can imagine. "Hey honey I'll be gone all afternoon painting. Yes just me and Helga. And don't drop by unexpectedly because ah...I need my focus. Its...ART you know"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2026 10:04 AM (sKqQm)

80 > I wonder what his wife thought...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM

I was shopping at Target.

Posted by: Wyeth wife at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (JemjW)

81 Norwegian Wood could be the title of a Scandinavian gay porno flick.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (0sNs1)

82 Lovely painting!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (IDUoO)

83 Purple mountains majesty in Norway
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (vJPf4)

84 >Just kept slipping their minds, sort of the same way that Helga kept slipping out of her clothes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qlLNh)

Paint me the way you paint your Norwegian hoor.

Posted by: Mrs. A. Wyeth at October 21, 2026 10:06 AM (vr4To)

85 "I knew he was painting her but I didn't know he was having sex with her"

She was a muse, and the process is known as musing.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:06 AM (Jr5Lq)

86 Would hang

Posted by: weew at October 21, 2026 10:09 AM (9TspW)

87 I like it... For what that's worth...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 10:09 AM (+gK6I)

88 The purple seems a little too bright purple against the rest of the palette and suggested lighting. The oranges are lovely, though.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 21, 2026 10:10 AM (d/XeE)

89 87 I like it... For what that's worth...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 10:09 AM (+gK6I)

--------

Twenty bucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 10:10 AM (vBZcw)

90 Hey, Buck.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

91 Well, I guess the Brits couldn't have burned Knoxville in 1814.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 10:00 AM (JzUSu)

Damn right. Those Volunteers were busy kicking ass on Creeks and British, but if they'd had to fall back from those fronts to defend East Tennessee, the British would've been facing off against 30,000 battle hardened frontiersmen in a temperate rainforest. Nightmare scenario. I doubt any bucktoothed limey redcoat would even consider it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:13 AM (BI5O2)

92 "I like it... For what that's worth."

There's a sign at the art museum entrance: 'You must like at least three paintings to ride this attraction.'

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

93 When Francis is declared an anti-pope, will they name him Francois?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 10:15 AM (LOvBA)

94 "The purple seems a little too bright"

Museum docent explains: 'That's symbolic. It's a metaphor.'

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

95 Museum docent explains: 'That's symbolic. It's a metaphor.'

Posted by: gp

Or a metablur.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7)

96 Waiting *patiently* for comment 100.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:17 AM (ExV1e)

97 This is the type painting I really like. Color composition and style.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 10:19 AM (Ti9vn)

98 The painting is very orange.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:19 AM (ExV1e)

99 With some green.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:19 AM (ExV1e)

100 And blue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

101 Just a little something to keep in mind for the next couple weeks as we're - repeatedly - told about the blue wave...

https://tinyurl.com/3hdjh39f

It's all made up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

102 ICE ICE baby!

Sharks attack capsized Mexicans during attempt to enter US illegally

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

103 Waiting *patiently* for comment 100.
Posted by: I used to

Alright, waddayagot???

Posted by: From about That Time at October 21, 2026 10:21 AM (sl73Y)

104 At AP: "A chemical tank explodes in Ohio, forcing evacuations and prompting fears of another blast." Little known fact: in the first draft of the screenplay for "Wizard of Oz," there was a Sticky Witch of the Northeast named 'Glycidyl,' but she got written out pretty quick.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

105 That's using the ole nogging!

This Indian man claimed ICE took his wife. He's now been charged with killing her and burning the body.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

106 "The purple seems a little too bright"
+++

It's a phallic symbol.

Posted by: Your sexually frustrated female junior high art teacher at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (JemjW)

107 What's that, Lassie? PHP has fallen down the well? Must be a day ending at midnight.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (BLOW1)

108 My attempt at a similar style. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (Ti9vn)

109 What is it with chemical explosions in Ohio? It’s like they're cursed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:24 AM (BI5O2)

110 107 What's that, Lassie? PHP has fallen down the well? Must be a day ending at midnight.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (BLOW1)

====

Would it be possible to write into the backend a warning when trying to save a post with open html tags?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:25 AM (qGAQr)

111 Sharks doing the job some politicians won't do.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 10:25 AM (Dd7BU)

112 "What is it with chemical explosions in Ohio? It’s like they're cursed."

Ohio is the Polymer Capital of the World. You can look it up. No joke.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:26 AM (Jr5Lq)

113 Needs more hot sauce.

Posted by: The sharks at October 21, 2026 10:26 AM (JemjW)

114 The night was clear, and the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling down.

Posted by: Stagger Lee at October 21, 2026 10:26 AM (hmYU4)

115 Sharks attack capsized Mexicans during attempt to enter US illegally
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Were Jets not available?
Sharks. Jets.

I'll see myself out.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:28 AM (y9NP6)

116 U2 Frontman Bono Criticizes Christians and Jews Who Back DOGE’s Anti-Corruption Cuts

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If Jesus can create abundance with five loaves and two fishes, so can the Somalis!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

117 "He's now been charged with killing her and burning the body."

They are not supposed to burn her (settee) until after he dies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 10:29 AM (LOvBA)

118 Oslo is nice. Stavanger is more better.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m)

119 Plastics. The future is plastics.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 10:30 AM (LOvBA)

120 You can tell this is spring because an autumn evening would include all kinds of leaves scattered on the ground, despite the fact despite the fact that the colors of the sky are much more evocative of reaping than sowing.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:30 AM (XLtZW)

121 The night was clear, and the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling down.
Posted by: Stagger Lee

Somewhere in the distance, a dog barked...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:31 AM (y9NP6)

122 >>Sharks attack capsized Mexicans during attempt to enter US illegally

Everyone likes Mexican food.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:31 AM (viF8m)

123 Posted by: Pixy Misa

Cool. Pixy Misa is playing around in the blog!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:32 AM (y9NP6)

124 especially mexican sea food

Posted by: grass monkey at October 21, 2026 10:33 AM (eP4XR)

125 9 It used to be a forest, until they cut down all the trees to build a solar array farm.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

Better that than a parking lot.

Posted by: Big Yellow Taxi at October 21, 2026 10:33 AM (XLtZW)

126 Racist!

Variety
@Variety
Dana Carvey Says He 'Didn't Understand the Kerfuffle' Over Shane Gillis' 'SNL' Monologue: 'I Just Saw It' as a 'Joke'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

127 If Jesus can create abundance with five loaves and two fishes, so can the Somalis!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:28 AM

Except it's bananas and rice.

Posted by: Nasra Ahmed at October 21, 2026 10:34 AM (JemjW)

128 Having a lovely stretch of fair weather here in N IL.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

129 the British would've been facing off against 30,000 battle hardened frontiersmen in a temperate rainforest. Nightmare scenario. I doubt any bucktoothed limey redcoat would even consider it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Agreed that it would have been tough. But they did it in Afghanistan (before getting wiped out due to poor generalship), Ethiopia, against the Sikhs, in Sudan and the Boers. Going well inland did not deter them from trying.

There's a book on countries Britain did not invade, and there are like ten or fifteen countries on the list.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 10:34 AM (JzUSu)

130 Sock removal comment, feel free to ignore.

I said feel free to ignore.

Really, you can stop reading now, nothing to see here. There's no point to this comment.

Damn, you're incorrigible. I bet you'll stop reading if I stop writing.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:36 AM (XLtZW)

131 9 It used to be a forest, until they cut down all the trees to build a solar array farm.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

Better that than a parking lot.
Posted by: Big Yellow Taxi at October 21, 2026 10:33 AM

My city was gone.

Posted by: Chrissy Hynde at October 21, 2026 10:36 AM (JemjW)

132 Dana Carvey Says He 'Didn't Understand the Kerfuffle' Over Shane Gillis' 'SNL' Monologue: 'I Just Saw It' as a 'Joke'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Almost everyone didn't understand. Shane didn't call women in the gym whores. He said they dress like them. Which is wrong.

Whores wear way more clothing.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:37 AM (y9NP6)

133 Duh. Mexicans should use the land bridge.

Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 10:37 AM (Dd7BU)

134 Somewhere in the distance, a dog barked...
Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 10:31 AM (y9NP6)

My bulldog, while I was standing on the corner.

Posted by: Stagger Lee at October 21, 2026 10:38 AM (hmYU4)

135 >>There's a book on countries Britain did not invade, and there are like ten or fifteen countries on the list.

The Second Boer War should be on the list of would enter. Ask Harry Morant.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:38 AM (viF8m)

136 State Dept. Warns France May Face Even Worse Destruction with Second Weekend of Planned Riots

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It'll be totally spontaneous!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

137 >>It'll be totally spontaneous!

Every bit as spontaneous as the planned riots here in the US coming up after the election.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:40 AM (viF8m)

138 Well, can't blame him.

Macron Jets Out of France as Riots Rage, Landmarks Burned and Businesses Demolished

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)

139 State Dept. Warns France May Face Even Worse Destruction with Second Weekend of Planned Riots

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It'll be totally spontaneous!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

My Fuhrer, I have a plan!!

Posted by: Dr. Strangelove at October 21, 2026 10:42 AM (hmYU4)

140 My attempt at a similar style. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (Ti9vn)
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Love it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

141 My attempt at a similar style. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2026 10:23 AM (Ti9vn)
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Kind of Grandma Moses whom I lurve.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

142 Why is Macron leaving? It’s not as if he could be touched by this, and running makes him look like a huge pussy to everyone involved.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (BI5O2)

143 We should listen to him. He's CEO of United Airlines.

United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

144 Dana Carvey Says He 'Didn't Understand the Kerfuffle' Over Shane Gillis' 'SNL' Monologue: 'I Just Saw It' as a 'Joke'

The broads who got upset are more upset that he was being truthful as well as funny.

Stop dressing like whores, unless you are a whore.

Posted by: The Truth Hurts at October 21, 2026 10:45 AM (8EQTH)

145 142 Why is Macron leaving? It’s not as if he could be touched by this, and running makes him look like a huge pussy to everyone involved.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (BI5O2)

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Pre-planned diplomatic trip to sign some agreements in the Middle East.

Which he can't cancel for reasons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:46 AM (qGAQr)

146 A California man claimed ICE took his wife. He's now charged with her murder.
His wife's burned remains were discovered in a remote California forest

By Andrew Chamings,
Editor-at-Large
Oct 20, 2026
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And the "investigators" didn't believe him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:47 AM (RIvkX)

147 Pre-planned diplomatic trip to sign some agreements in the Middle East.

Which he can't cancel for reasons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:46 AM (qGAQr)
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Naah bro the Saudis offered him asylum.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:48 AM (RIvkX)

148 Macron is term limited. That's why this is going off now and he doesn't care.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:49 AM (viF8m)

149 At Cloudflare: Two critical PHP vulns revealed today; techs everywhere scrambling to mitigate.

My take: Only two? Piffle.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

150 United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM

Really?

F*ck that guy, in particular.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (bFu5X)

151 Blucher!!!!!

Posted by: Eye-gore at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (kdVl9)

152 United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)
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Nothing stops him from writing his own check to pay down the debt with his own wealth.

But he means yours not his, naturally.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (RIvkX)

153 A Minnesota rapper who traveled to France to join escalating riots has urged white people to “raise hell” and “f–k s–t up"

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Well, it hasn't got much of a beat and you can't dance to it. I'll give it a 35.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

154
Macron Jets Out of France as Riots Rage, Landmarks Burned and Businesses Demolished
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)

Vacation time!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM (eRlcH)

155 > Macron Jets Out of France as Riots Rage, Landmarks Burned and Businesses Demolished
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Perhaps feeling a touch of guilt? Or more likely a real touch of fear? For his life.

It's a typical reaction from someone who's done something "bad" and doesn't want to face any consequences.... like a child.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 10:51 AM (RORbl)

156 Blucher!!!!!
Posted by: Eye-gore at October 21, 2026 10:50 AM

Knock it off, already!

Posted by: Mr. Ed at October 21, 2026 10:51 AM (bFu5X)

157 CNN: “on Monday Trump claimed without evidence that France was being conquered looted and burned by migrants and communists”

I guess 1000s of videos from around Paris doesn’t count as evidence at CNN.

Posted by: Enemy of the People at October 21, 2026 10:51 AM (m1Wxk)

158 We should listen to him. He's CEO of United Airlines.

United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)
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Does he not understand he's free to transfer all his wealth to the federal government any time he wants to?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (FZ29D)

159 A California man claimed ICE took his wife. He's now charged with her murder.
His wife's burned remains were discovered in a remote California forest

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Like that lady who poisoned her husband with fish tank cleaner and claimed it was because Trump said it would cure COVID.

It makes me wonder how many people have actually gotten away with this.

Killer: "My poor spouse is gone because of that damn Trump and this damn [outrage du jour]."

Cop: "Yep. It figures. That ol' orange debbil done did it again."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (BI5O2)

160
Why is Macron leaving? It’s not as if he could be touched by this, and running makes him look like a huge pussy to everyone involved.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (BI5O2)

Considering he is a huge pussy, it can't hurt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (eRlcH)

161 81 Norwegian Wood could be the title of a Scandinavian gay porno flick.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 21, 2026 10:05 AM (0sNs1)

It's a nice little Beatles song.
PM Dawn did a remake about twenty years later.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (6ydKt)

162 Pre-planned diplomatic trip to sign some agreements in the Middle East.

Which he can't cancel for reasons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:46 AM (qGAQr)
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Probably agreements to send over even MORE "asylum seekers" and "refugees."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

163 Does he not understand he's free to transfer all his wealth to the federal government any time he wants to?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (FZ29D)

Silly rube. I want you to be taxed, not me. I have an army of accountants to make sure I wouldn’t pay a dime of wealth tax. You on the other hand would pay 100% of your wealth in taxes.

Posted by: United CEO at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (m1Wxk)

164 Of COURSE we're playing our pointless international NFL game in Paris this weekend! The protests are mostly peaceful! End racism!

Posted by: Roger "no so" Goodell at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (kdVl9)

165 162n Probably agreements to send over even MORE "asylum seekers" and "refugees."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

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I think it's energy related. Going to places like Oman, I think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:54 AM (qGAQr)

166 Cop: "Yep. It figures. That ol' orange debbil done did it again."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:52 AM (BI5O2)
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"Skat-dat-skaddety-dat," he added.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 10:55 AM (RIvkX)

167 I drove past the site of the deadly Ohio chemical explosion a half-hour ago. There is a barricade at the end of one road, and that is it. McDonald's is open.

Crisis was at 10 last night; It took Mayor Unpronounceable until 8 AM to get the "shelter in place" order out to that quarter of the city. Nobody went door to door, and the suspiciously named health director advised people with itchy eyes to "just take a shower for now," always good advice.

Death ray, fiddlesticks. It doesn't even faze them.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2026 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

168 Saints are playing in Paris. They better hope these Leftists and Muslims don't see that fleur-de-lis and go into a Pavlovian rage.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 10:55 AM (BI5O2)

169 "It's a nice little Beatles song."

The lady comes on to the singer, and his response is to burn her house down? Never understood the lyrics.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

170 >>Of COURSE we're playing our pointless international NFL game in Paris this weekend! The protests are mostly peaceful! End racism!

Everyone knows how much the French looooove futball!!

Wait - a football game in Paris?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 10:56 AM (rOKnE)

171 The groups funding the riots in France are the same groups who have been funding and are getting ready to fund the same riots here. It's not speculation. Any of you on X who have been reading what DataRepublican has uncovered and been posting the last couple of days know it.

I doubt it was a coincidence that CIA drone Slotkin decided to go all fascist the other day and announce it was time to go after Trump supporters.

Conference call time.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

172 Very bright green grass, no leaves on the tree. Strange planet this is.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (vzuC7)

173 >United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

I will convert every last dollar in my brokerage and IRA accounts to physical cash and set it on fire in my driveway before I give a cent to the govt.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (vr4To)

174 I think it's energy related. Going to places like Oman, I think.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 21, 2026 10:54 AM (qGAQr)
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Ah. Importing more foreign "workers" to run France's nuke plants. I'm sure that will turn out well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (FZ29D)

175 On LinkedIn the riots are still “young people protesting the cost of living”.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (m1Wxk)

176 The groups funding the riots in France are the same groups who have been funding and are getting ready to fund the same riots here. It's not speculation. Any of you on X who have been reading what DataRepublican has uncovered and been posting the last couple of days know it.

I doubt it was a coincidence that CIA drone Slotkin decided to go all fascist the other day and announce it was time to go after Trump supporters.

Conference call time.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

Trump needs to release the wet work teams.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (vzuC7)

177 "United Airlines CEO Wants National Wealth Tax, With Inheritance Taxes Approaching 100%"

Ben Stein wrote something this week that seemed to be calling for across-the-board wage and price controls. Guy's gone senile.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

178 Trump needs to release the wet work teams.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 10:58 AM (vzuC7)
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The who?

Posted by: The Plumbers at October 21, 2026 10:59 AM (RIvkX)

179 169 "It's a nice little Beatles song."

The lady comes on to the singer, and his response is to burn her house down? Never understood the lyrics.

Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

I meant the music itself, not the lyrics so much, as I can't even remember the full chorus if I wanted to.

I never really tried to 'understand' a lot of Beatles songs as they are usually just nonsense that sounds good as a rhyme.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 11:00 AM (6ydKt)

180 We are mad that schools don’t get enough funding. What will we do to show our anger? Steal luxury items like Dior bags of course.
- Student Protesters

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:00 AM (m1Wxk)

181 Ben Stein wrote something this week that seemed to be calling for across-the-board wage and price controls. Guy's gone senile.
Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)
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He was an advisor to Nixon.

Posted by: The Plumbers at October 21, 2026 11:00 AM (RIvkX)

182 Ask us how we know.

Posted by: The Plumbers at October 21, 2026 11:01 AM (RIvkX)

183 Minkey is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2026 11:01 AM (Y/06r)

184 "CNN: “on Monday Trump claimed without evidence that France was being conquered looted and burned by migrants and communists”
Posted by: Enemy of the People"

If CNN had been around in they 80's they would have portrayed the Solidarity movement in Poland as right wing extremists led by terrorist Lech Walesa.

Posted by: Ripley at October 21, 2026 11:01 AM (GUOwU)

185 Stein wrote something this week that seemed to be calling for across-the-board wage and price controls. Guy's gone senile.
Posted by: gp at October 21, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

Bueller’s teacher? Say it ain’t so.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 21, 2026 11:02 AM (m1Wxk)

186 Norwegian Wood could be the title of a Scandinavian gay porno flick.

The lady comes on to the singer, and his response is to burn her house down?

In its own way, this is what Scandi gay porno is all about.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2026 11:03 AM (zdLoL)

187 Why people still uuse to read news apers when in this technoloyical
world everything is available on web? xnxx

Posted by: https://uncensored.xxxxlulu.com at October 21, 2026 02:33 PM (fEzRy)

The Morning Report — 10/21 /26

Good morning kids. Well as anyone who has any clue as to the nature of the Left and of our recent history could see with their own two eyes, the fires, literal and figurative, that are burning the heart out of France and of Western Civilization as we have known it, are likely to jump whatever firebreaks there might be and burn out not only the apex of Western Civilization but its last bastion, the United States of America!

A Minnesota rapper who traveled to France to join escalating riots has urged white people to “raise hell” and “f–k s–t up” as part of a revolution on American soil, The Post discovered. And communist-linked groups in the US may be working to bring that hell to the nation’s capital.
Artist Tufawon, whose real name is Rafael Gonzalez Jr., joined Swedish activist Greta Thunberg outside Paul Éluard, the high school at the heart of the leftist protests marred by violence, looting and arson.
He addressed balaclava-clad protesters before performing his song “No One Is Illegal,” and riling up the crowd with chants of “f–k ICE” and “ICE out.”
“All power to the people,” the 40-year-old from Minneapolis boasted to his fans on Facebook. “After returning home from France I can clearly see how we need to become far more radicalized in the states. “We have to be more enraged. Our comfort is hindering our progress. It really and truly needs to be white people that go outside and raise hell if we want to see revolution.
“There are far too many neoliberals that are just as bad as the fascists. The French have figured this out a while ago. Now it’s time to take it to the next level. Go f–k s–t up white people. It’s your time.”
“They said they were going to globalize the intifada and now they have,” foreign policy expert at the Heritage Foundation Mike Gonzalez told The Post.
“What you are seeing here is the red-green alliance, the marriage of convenience between leftists and Marxists. They have a common enemy which is the Judeo-Christian democratic West. They want to dismantle it.”
Tufawon, who is part Native American and has appeared on the popular radio show The Breakfast Club, claimed that the perceived underfunding of schools and declining public services in France is similar in the US. “I’m incredibly inspired by what’s going on with the student activists and organizers,” the rapper said.
“The most marginalized students, the brown and the black students are the ones that are feeling the implications the worst.”
Tufawon urged fellow protesters in the US to “take influence from the French” so that they can defeat the “same common enemy”. “It is dangerous rhetoric,” Gonzalez told The Post. “If people listen to him and act upon what he is recommending it is very dangerous.”
Tufawon told The Post his trip to Saint-Denis was unplanned and “very spontaneous”. He said he was in Paris on vacation and left before last weekend’s violent protests.
He added that his Facebook posts “fall under figurative speech and in no way, shape or form did I use them with the intent to incite violence of any kind.”

Wait, what?! This sick bastard is traveling to France to revel in and or participate in bloody volence while calling on the same thing or practicing to engage in it here at home yet insists his posts “fall under figurative speech and in no way, shape or form did I use them with the intent to incite violence of any kind.”

What a cowardly piece of shit! He'll prepare the Molotov cocktails but better he should get some little dweeb half his age to actually light and toss them. Naturally this part of the story won't change his tiny mind...

Meanwhile, CCP-linked nonprofit Code Pink, backed by Neville Singham, has wasted no time using the unrest in France to plan similar protests in America, with a “taxpayer uprising” planned in Washington, DC, between November 10 and 12. The feminist anti-American group has called on protestors to flood the halls of Congress in what it calls “three days of peaceful resistance.” But its leader Jodie Evans, 72, a radical Hollywood filmmaker and wife of Shanghai-based tech millionaire Singham, called on “people to look at France” as she urged Americans to take to the streets.

I'm eagerly anticipating the two-for-one of Leftists and Muslims killing each other off once God-Forbid when the embers of the final battle for America die out.

This is who and what we are facing. And on top of it we have an entire Political party in the Democrats who have historically relied on both violence — including a civil war to attempt to obtain and maintain absolute power or short of that, rip America apart to create their own state to achieve the same. And now they have so thoroughly corrupted and infiltrated what we thought were inviolable firewalls protecting our rights an liberties, primarily the judicial system and our intelligence services that violence of the kind we are witnessing in France is almost, ALMOST, unnecessary.

Of course, if they cannot steal another election or two, or God-forbid muster a legitimate majority of legal voters who back their perverted goals, then all bets will be well and truly off.

Former Democratic Congressional candidate Elijah Manley was arrested on Friday for allegedly posting death threats on Facebook against his colleagues who do not support far-left Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon. Manley, 27, was charged with two counts of making written or electronic threats to kill or injure, both felonies.
According to CBS News Miami:One post said: “Every Democrat needs to get behind the Democratic nominee for Senate [Angie Nixon]. Anybody not doing that, I promise you I’m going to cut your [expletive] head off.”

Didn't Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton once threaten to cut then-candidate Obama's nuts off? Meh... And this shit won't go away.

You don’t have to twist Slotkin’s words. Taken at face value, her proposal would give carte blanche to investigate and prosecute pretty much anybody who has done pretty much anything for the Trump administration since January 20, 2025, so long as it’s deemed to be “corrupt”—and corruption, like beauty, is very much in the eye of the beholder.
Slotkin has good reason to hate Trump. Last year, she was investigated by the DOJ for sedition. She appeared in a video with five other Democrat lawmakers with military or intelligence experience—Slotkin worked for the CIA—and advised soldiers, sailors, and airmen that they “must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.” Trump had deployed the National Guard to cities including Washington, D.C., and U.S. Southern Command was blowing narco-boats to kingdom come in the Caribbean and posting highlight reels on X. . . And maybe too we should remind ourselves of what was done to Douglass Mackey, the man behind the popular “Ricky Vaughn” Twitter account that posted memes during the 2016 election. Mackey was prosecuted under a Reconstruction-era anti-Klan statute for voter suppression for posting a meme he didn’t even make. For the crime of mocking Hillary Clinton and helping Trump to win, Mackey’s enemies in the Democrat Party waited five years, and then within days of Biden’s inauguration, federal agents were kicking down the door.
Retribution was a long time coming, but come it did. That’s exactly what Elissa Slotkin is promising again. The unfinished work of ensuring there will never be another Donald Trump will be a total effort, touching every level of American society, from government to corporations, from MAGA-hat vendors to dudes who post memes on X. Bank on that.

It really is us or them. But why am I overreacting, right? It's all just blather. Until you find yourself in a gulag or a cattle car on the way to one.

have a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

“All power to the people,” the 40-year-old from Minneapolis boasted to his fans on Facebook. “After returning home from France I can clearly see how we need to become far more radicalized in the states. “We have to be more enraged. Our comfort is hindering our progress. It really and truly needs to be white people that go outside and raise hell if we want to see revolution.
US radicals who traveled to France to join cop-bashing protests reveal plans to ‘raise hell’ on our shores
One man’s vote may have led to America’s current racial divide—and your one vote may be the difference between saving our constitutional republic or watching it fall.
Sine Qua Non—Or The But For Cause Of Failure (Or Success)

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

“Every Democrat needs to get behind the Democrat nominee for Senate [Angie Nixon]. Anybody not doing that, I promise you I’m going to cut your [expletive] head off.”
Ex-Dem Candidate Allegedly Threatened to Cut ‘Heads Off’ Dems Who Don’t Back Angie Nixon
Raw Egg Nationalist: The unfinished work of ensuring there will never be another Donald Trump will be a total effort.
Bank on It: Elissa Slotkin Was Speaking for the Entire Democrat Party
“Well, look, that’s manufactured outrage.”
Slotkin Doubles Down After Criticism of Threatening Comments About Working for Trump
Large banks applied scrutiny to politically disfavored but lawful customers while permitting substantial volumes of activity linked to illicit networks to go unreported for years.
Feds Say Bank Of America Choked Conservatives’ Accounts Harder Than Drug Cartels’
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"We know that ICE is rotten to its core,” says the socialist mayor.
Mamdani Sides With Criminal Illegal Immigrant Detained By ICE
There’s plenty of room for disagreement about policy intricacies, but unless they are Americanized in accord with our founding principles and way of life -- adiós.
Facilitating deportations of illegal aliens
The decisions by the federal judges were measured against the decisions by the rest of the federal judiciary to see how the decisions by foreign judges stack up against the rest.
Study Shows Foreign-Born Judges Rule Against Trump’s Migration Reforms
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
“Reaching a sustainable deal with the US, even after the Trump administration, is no longer possible because of the deepened distrust,” Leylaz said. "Nothing will go back to the pre-war status quo."If that's the case, Trump has nothing to lose in continuing to pressure Iran by bombing infrastructure and blockading the ports. If the Iranians are not going to even try to make a deal, they need to be shown the cost of continued war with the U.S.
The Democrats' Hope for a 'Secret Weapon' for the Midterms: Iran
In an interview with India’s News18, Rubio condemned Tehran’s continued attacks on civilian vessels despite American forces successfully defending the vast majority of commercial traffic through the strategic waterway.
Rubio Accuses Iran of ‘Nazi U-Boat Tactics’ — Warns It’s ‘Tough to Make a Deal’ with ‘Radical Shia Clerics’
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
In what will certainly be misreported by the propaganda press, Israel officials announced this week that it is creating a new division dubbed the Space Brigade within its military, aimed at developing new space-based military technology.
Israel forming its own “Space Brigade” (Jews in Space! - jjs)
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Michael Goodwin: When Barack Obama was president and feuding with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while apologizing to Arab potentates about America’s history in the region, a friend offered an observation.
Dems betrayal of Israel fueled by Obama’s wrath toward the Jewish state (innate Jew-hate! - jjs)
Wow: The entire Democrat establishment is rallying behind Abdul El-Sayed, who just called on Americans to “realize that Israel is not our friend.” Indeed, the Michigan Senate candidate is plainly where the whole party is headed on this front.
El-Sayed exposes Democrats’ decisive turn against Israel
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Islam and sharia law are fundamentally incompatible with the U.S. Constitution.
Islam vs. America: The Constitutional Question Nobody Wants To Answer
It’s an historic flag of the Islamic conquest of Christians and Jews.
Why Rioters Wave the ‘Palestinian’ Flag
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Nick Shirley received the first payout for exposing the childcare fraud in Minnesota.
Trump Launches Fraud Whistleblower Program Offering Rewards for Tips
The CMS administrator framed the abuse as a theft of more than money.
Oz Says Minnesota Fraudsters Bribed Moms $1,500 to Fake Autism Diagnoses
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
25 million records had missing citizenship information.
17 Million Social Security Numbers Didn’t List Date of Death
The 2.25-mile SkyLink project broke ground in 2019, with a promised opening date of 2023, at a budgeted construction cost of $1.9 billion. Today, the project might start serving passengers in 2027, and construction costs are expected to top $3 billion.
In LA, More Evidence That Single-Party Rule California Is A Madhouse Where Nothing Ever Works
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
CBS News’ Leslie Stahl questioned “the purpose” of prosecuting noncitizen voting because “very, very few” people do it. . .
28 Charged In Noncitizen Voting Bust Hours After Leslie Stahl Says It’s Not An Issue
The possibility that the agreement might deliver relief is just a side note for the media, because their real objective is insinuating that Trump is really serving Putin.
Corporate Media Construct Conspiracy Theories About Trump Bringing Down Diesel Prices
Does New York have school choice, or not? New York Times ‘genius’ offers both views
Nikole Hannah-Jones Serves Up an Analysis Not Fit for New York Times Video

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Bloomberg reports that Schmidt first invested in Anthropic in 2021, when the company was valued at $461 million, according to Pitchbook data. It’s unclear whether he has sold any portion of his stake since then. Schmidt and Anthropic both declined to comment.
Democrat Mega-Donor Eric Schmidt’s Anthropic Stake Could Add $10 Billion to His Fortune
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
At his September 16 press conference, Warsh was asked why long-term Treasury yields were climbing. He pointed to stronger economic growth and competition for capital from the technology giants building AI infrastructure.
The Bond Market Is Already Doing Warsh’s Work
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
The IRS scandal taught conservatives to fear their own government. The Jack Smith revelations have made that fear much worse.
Until Jack Smith Goes To Prison, His Dragnet Will Keep Punishing Conservative Orgs And Donors (Prison, should be "Hell" - jjs)
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The move comes a month after U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond Jr. requested a federal probe into Krasner and a supervisor over their handling of a murder case.
Report: DOJ Issues Subpoenas to Philadelphia DA Krasner
Betsy McCaughey: The civil case against seven Cornell fraternity men was a media spectacle from Day 1, thanks to the shrewd actions of the accuser’s attorneys — and the circus is only getting crazier. That means a near-zero chance of fairness for the accused when the case goes to trial, unless the court shuts down the theatrics pronto.
The ‘Cornell 7’ legal circus reveals #MeToo’s unjust double standards
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
'CTU advertises itself as a bastion of education,' said event organizer Jonathan Greenberg. 'They don't care about education.'
Chicago Teachers Union Abruptly Cancels Screening of Documentary on Hamas Sexual Violence Following Complaints From Anti-Israel Activists
Their willingness to speak out, even amid intense opposition, helps challenge the illusion of consensus on campus.
Two Columbia Students Dissented on the Cornell Seven Case—then the Blowback Began
A draft policy is raising concerns about the destruction of evidence
UC Berkeley Law Review Poised To Delete All Application Records After Editors Pledged To Select Applicants Based on Race
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
One official: We don’t have the ability to verify. Second official: We ran 200 records and this is what we found.
Los Angeles County Officials Offer Conflicting Accounts of Voter Citizenship Checks
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Acton served as Ohio’s Department of Health Director and “COVID Czar” in early 2020, during which the state was the first in the nation to close all public schools. Weingarten, the longtime leader of the American Federation of Teachers, backed keeping public schools closed for years and prioritized keeping teachers out of the classroom despite evidence that the policy was harmful for students.
Democrat Amy Acton Ditched Her Own Campaign Event with Anti-Parent Activist Randi Weingarten
Building Blocks Strategies, which appears to be housed at a shared workspace in Miami, has ties to the Nixon campaign, which does not pay her a salary
EXCLUSIVE: Socialist Angie Nixon Has Received $70K in Unexplained Wages This Year From Obscure Company Run by Anti-ICE Activist
The Democrat hopeful said that black people's “experience with somebody who looks like me is not a good one.” (He loves the ah-beeds! - jjs)
Abdul El-Sayed Assures Black Voters He’s Not Like The Other Arabs

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Like Somali daycares, Somali wine barrels are empty.
Rep. Ilhan Omar Winery Accused of Defrauding Investors w/Empty Wine Barrels
POLITICS
There's the pattern.
Another Pollster Used by the Media Announces Its Polls are Fake
There’s a reason why polls aren’t accurately predicting the midterms.
A Deplorable debunks the ‘blue wave’
. . .the average DSA member is whiter, younger, more secular, more LGBT, and wealthier than the average American.
DATA: Who is the Average DSA Member, and What Do They Believe?
Human dignity is an unconditional right. Prosperity is a conditional achievement.
Paradise From the Wall Socket: Why the Left Is Winning the Young, From Berlin to New York
'Nonpartisan law enforcement professional' takes on political hack Letitia James
Saritha Surge Could Be Surprise in New York
Applying a therapist's understanding to the Democrats' relationship with their progressive activists.
The Democrats’ Enslavement
The Democrat Party has preached defeatism for decades.
The Democrat Brief and the Trump Counterstrategy
. . .the Detroit News has somewhat shockingly — and gloriously — thrown Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to the wolves by suggesting Democrats leave the circle next to El-Sayed's name blank. In other words, don't vote for him.
El-So Long: The Detroit News Throws Michigan's Jihaddy Daddy Under the Bus
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
President Trump: France is “being conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and Communists who hate Christianity and Western Civilization.”
France to Deploy Military to Curb Riots as Trump Warns ‘Jihadists And Communists’ Are Driving Unrest
It just might not be all about "the students."
Muslim Protesters Openly Calling for Iranian-Style Islamic Revolution in France
The victims were a Rabbi, his two sons aged 4 and 5, and an eight-year-old girl.
French Rioters and Their Rap Song Praising Muslim Murderers
"Revolution isn’t peaceful. It doesn’t stay within bounds.”
Radical Leftist’s Twisted Defense Of Mob That Threatened To Rape Mom Holding Baby
French police have arrested a 40-year-old far-left extremist over the arson attack that devastated Limoges Town Hall during Saturday’s nationwide riots. The suspect, reportedly already on France’s fiche S security watchlist, was detained by RAID officers as anti-terrorism investigators joined a case that authorities increasingly suspect was a coordinated ultra-left attack…
Meet the Antifa Commie Who Burned Down Historic Limoges Town Hall
Residents compared the destruction to the devastating 2019 fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, which shocked the entire world. Local officials described the destruction as a heritage catastrophe, while Limoges Mayor Guillaume Guérin criticized the lack of police protection, claiming officers had been diverted to deal with demonstrations elsewhere in the city.
The French City Hall That Survived Two World Wars, But Could Not Survive Mass Migration.
In a swift response to an outbreak of French-style youth unrest in Milan, Giorgia Meloni’s government has approved a decree empowering police and prosecutors to pursue rioters, including those under 18.
‘You Break it, You Pay!’: Meloni Enacts Emergency Decree Against Multicultural Youth Riots

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Trade, energy, and the situation in the Middle East were at the top of Rubio’s agenda.
Rubio Visits India to Talk Trade, Terrorism, and Russian Oil
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Space Force is expanding its military role with a new special operations command, classified satellite launches and electronic-warfare systems supporting real-world missions.
Space Force Creates Special Operations Command as Its Military Role Expands
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Now we know just how big all those "slashing medicaid" lies were.
Draconian Cuts? Medicaid Spending Shot Up 8% This Year
The “death with dignity” campaign is targeting the global aging population, suggesting that taking one’s life is a dignified option and a way not to burden families.
Global euthanasia plan
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
How can I not post this cool image? If I play my cards right, I should soon get lots of traffic from UFO crowd, crowing about how a great and alien civilization is carving such images on the surface of Mars to communicate their existence to the foolish ignorant human race!

A chicken on Mars?
Using the infrared observations by the Webb Space telescope, astronomers have found the region surrounding Sagittarius A* (pronounced “A-star"), the Milky Way’s supermassive central black hole, is far more enriched with heavier elements than previously expected.
The region surrounding the Milky Way's supermassive central black hole is more enriched with heavier elements than expected
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to navigate being transgender when lacking parental support.
SEE IT: Parents Discover Disturbing Advice Inside Transgender Pamphlet Sent To Kids
It is sacrilege to turn the creation of new persons into a technical laboratory process for sale to anyone.
No, Two Men Failing To Make A Baby Together Is Not ‘Infertility’ (It's forced chronic constipation - jjs)
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Unlike certain celebrities I could name who keep promising to leave the country if Donald Trump gets elected — which happened at least twice by my count — but then keep getting spotted by the paparazzi at the Malibu Whole Foods or whatever, Annie and her fellow expats actually put their francs, marks, lira, and pounds where their mouths are.
This TDS Sufferer Actually Left the Country, and the Schadenfreude Is Almost Unbearable
Naomi Wolf talks to Brent Hamachek about his new book on Charlie Kirk.
Naomi Wolf interviews author Brent Hamachek about The Intellect of Charlie Kirk
America's growing secularism has raised a fundamental question: Can a free republic preserve its moral foundations
A Battle Of Good And Evil: The Reunification Of Church And State
Christian Toto: The Cannes top prize winner dares to defy industry groupthink
‘Fjord’ Exposes Hollywood’s Progressive Blind Spots
The WNBA knows Freedom and Royce are males, but still won’t define female.
WNBA Won’t Define Woman, But Disqualifies Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White (change his name from Enes to Inez, problem solved! - jjs)
HITHER & YON
John Adams, Edmund Burke, and the conservative case against utopian politics.
Against The Delirium Of 1789
The “scary” encounter unfolded around 8 p.m. Sunday at the family’s home in Watauga, about 10 miles outside Fort Worth, when their Nest doorbell camera picked up the stranger, WFAA reported.
Creep in Joe Biden mask terrifies Texas family by eating banana at their front door in the dark (Meh, look what Joe Biden himself did to America for 50-odd years - jjs)

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1

Frist!

--Bil Frist

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 21, 2026 07:22 AM (x0n13)

2 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

3 Morning, JJ! Thanks for the links, hopefully I'll have time to peruse them later.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 21, 2026 07:23 AM (aJQbY)

4 Artist Tufawon, whose real name is Rafael Gonzalez Jr., joined Swedish activist Greta Thunberg outside Paul Éluard, the high school at the heart of the leftist protests marred by violence, looting and arson.

So it just isn't "students" protesting. Good to know.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:23 AM (I43vL)

5 Nooded.

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

6 Darn. Not top 5 but at least top 10.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 07:24 AM (svLOV)

7 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Is Paris bur...oh never mind.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

8 Today I get the joys? of teaching. Praying it goes well. Also praying for something better to come through soon...

Posted by: RandomDave at October 21, 2026 07:25 AM (aJQbY)

9 close

Posted by: TALACHULITNA at October 21, 2026 07:25 AM (ehRNX)

10 A Minnesota rapper who traveled to France to join escalating riots

May he get a lesson in how the rights he has as an American go away when he's outside our borders.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 07:25 AM (svLOV)

11 4 Artist Tufawon, whose real name is Rafael Gonzalez Jr., joined Swedish activist Greta Thunberg outside Paul Éluard, the high school at the heart of the leftist protests marred by violence, looting and arson.

So it just isn't "students" protesting. Good to know.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:23 AM (I43vL)

Saw a link, maybe National Pulse, stating that 95% of the RIOTERS were adult males.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 21, 2026 07:25 AM (x0n13)

12 Gutentag horde. May your day be healthy and prosperous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 07:25 AM (yE2CW)

13
Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at October 21, 2026 07:26 AM (kmSxS)

14
President Trump: France is “being conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and Communists who hate Christianity and Western Civilization.”

The only consolation will be to watch the Communists who hate Christianity and Western Civilization get slaughtered by the jihadists who hate Christianity and Western Civilization.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:26 AM (eRlcH)

15 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 21, 2026 07:27 AM (JemjW)

16 Prayers for you, Random Dave.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 07:27 AM (JrHfD)

17 Greta Thunberg is now part of the Burn Paris crowd? Isn't she worried about pouring carbon into the atmosphere? Maybe, for her, the ends justify the means or, maybe, she's thick as a brick and just likes to be where the action is.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 07:28 AM (yE2CW)

18
Though a non-zero fraction of the Christianity-hating Communists will become Sharia-enforcing imams. Count on it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:28 AM (eRlcH)

19 The savages would probably r@pe Tufawon and sell Greta von Thule off as a slave.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:28 AM (2GVsD)

20 The chicken on mars post comes back 404 for me.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:29 AM (I43vL)

21 I think it's funny that Scoldilocks is pretending she still matters and that the rioters wouldn't turn on her without hesitation.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 07:30 AM (svLOV)

22 President Trump should give a speech about how Iran executed all the Socialists and Communists after the fall of the Shah.

And end it with, "and this is what Carter wrought."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:30 AM (2GVsD)

23 OK.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:30 AM (ua/lL)

24 Though a non-zero fraction of the Christianity-hating Communists will become Sharia-enforcing imams. Count on it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:28 AM (eRlcH)
=====

All they want is to ride the Strong Horse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

25 RandomDave, never let them see you sweat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

26 All they want is to ride the Strong Horse.

And have the whip in their hand.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:31 AM (2GVsD)

27 Anna Puma

Maybe Greta is counting on a reverse order of your predictions.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

28
This TDS Sufferer Actually Left the Country, and the Schadenfreude Is Almost Unbearable

There is a tremendous difference between visiting a foreign country and setting up a new life there. You learn very quickly about things as they are instead of things as you imagined.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:32 AM (eRlcH)

29 You know who else executed all the Communists?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

30 RandomDave

Good luck! We are all counting on you.

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

31 I thought they didn't have ice in France.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

32
I think it's funny that Scoldilocks is pretending she still matters and that the rioters wouldn't turn on her without hesitation.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 07:30 AM (svLOV)

She's no Joan of Arc, but she'll get burned all the same.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:33 AM (eRlcH)

33 Current world events are eerily like the '79 Iranian revolution writ large.

Posted by: davidt at October 21, 2026 07:33 AM (Q+gd/)

34 According to CBS News Miami:One post said: “Every Democrat needs to get behind the Democratic nominee for Senate [Angie Nixon]. Anybody not doing that, I promise you I’m going to cut your [expletive] head off.”

A lot of these people just need to be put on an IV drip of ketamine so they can chill the hell out and stop trying to kill everybody who thinks they are slightly off balance and want nothing to do with them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

35 What a sunny news day!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 07:34 AM (1Ff7Z)

36
You know who else executed all the Communists?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

A lot of communists joined the SA after Hitler came to power. They were known as "beefsteaks," brown on the outside, red on the inside.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:34 AM (eRlcH)

37 IF there was a goat on Mars, Mars would become an Islamic holy site.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:34 AM (2GVsD)

38 Paul OD'd on stupid pills again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 07:36 AM (FZ29D)

39 20 The chicken on mars post comes back 404 for me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:29 AM (I43vL)

Should be fixed

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 21, 2026 07:36 AM (x0n13)

40 The only consolation will be to watch the Communists who hate Christianity and Western Civilization get slaughtered by the jihadists who hate Christianity and Western Civilization.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:26 AM (eRlcH)

If any of them had actually opened a history book in their lives they might find some lessons in there that could help them understand the situation they've put themselves in and the consequences coming to them all for being such useful idiots.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:36 AM (6ydKt)

41 All they want is to ride the Strong Horse.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

You have that backwards, tovarich.

Posted by: Catherine the Great at October 21, 2026 07:36 AM (1Ff7Z)

42 Hadrian

One of the rubber stamp German judges that gave the Nazis a veneer of legality was a Communist who switched sides. He was still thought of as a Communist. And IIRC Hitler even called him an old lady.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:36 AM (2GVsD)

43 Supposedly, Rosie O'Donnell is in trouble with ICE.

It seems she gave up her US citizenship and moved to Ireland but returned to the country to appear on the Jimmy Kimmel Trump Hour and to get in the U.S., she supposedly snuck over the border from Canada, or so the story goes. No idea if that is true or just X post imaginings.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 07:37 AM (UlNBK)

44 The chicken on mars post comes back 404 for me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:29 AM (I43vL)

Should be fixed

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 21, 2026 07:36 AM

Thanks.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 21, 2026 07:37 AM (I43vL)

45 Professor Squirrel

Check the end of last thread, posted a really crazy literary rabbit hole full of punji sticks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:38 AM (2GVsD)

46 17 Greta Thunberg is now part of the Burn Paris crowd? Isn't she worried about pouring carbon into the atmosphere? Maybe, for her, the ends justify the means or, maybe, she's thick as a brick and just likes to be where the action is.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 07:28 AM (yE2CW)

The Climate Change grift is wearing thin so now she freelances as a globe-trotting shit-stirrer from Gaza to Grenoble.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:38 AM (6ydKt)

47 Morning again all

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 07:38 AM (y9NP6)

48 she supposedly snuck over the border from Canada, or so the story goes.

"You have a very large FedEx package there sir."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:39 AM (2GVsD)

49 Using the infrared observations by the Webb Space telescope, astronomers have found the region surrounding Sagittarius A* (pronounced “A-star"), the Milky Way’s supermassive central black hole, is far more enriched with heavier elements than previously expected.

It's passing strange what the Webb has found. All these things which shouldn't have happened when "scientists" say they should, makes it appear that everything we've seen appeared all at the same time. Weird. Like somebody did it all at once.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 07:40 AM (1Ff7Z)

50 Professor Squirrel

Check the end of last thread, posted a really crazy literary rabbit hole full of punji sticks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:38 AM (2GVsD)
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Yeah, I saw that. Hilarious stupidity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 07:40 AM (FZ29D)

51 Huck Follywood

Now I imagine robots looking like Tom Homan swarming Rosie O'Donnell. All the while yelling "Deport! Deport! Deport!"

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

52 The Climate Change grift is wearing thin so now she freelances as a globe-trotting shit-stirrer from Gaza to Grenoble.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:38 AM (6ydKt)
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Greta's 15 minutes of fame have been over for quite a while now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 07:41 AM (FZ29D)

53 Going to float a small river for panfish. Have never carried a weapon but i will be armed and dangerous today. There are so many crazies its scary

Posted by: TALACHULITNA at October 21, 2026 07:42 AM (ehRNX)

54
Q: why did the chicken go to Mars?
A:

Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 07:44 AM (ZxPkt)

55 while fishing

Posted by: TALACHULITNA at October 21, 2026 07:44 AM (ehRNX)

56 Well, if history is any indicator things will go only one of two ways
1. Decay, Violence, and Death
B. Neutralize All the Commies

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

57 IF there was a goat on Mars, Mars would become an Islamic holy site.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:34 AM (2GVsD)

43rd holiest, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2026 07:45 AM (wVcYX)

58 "Q: why did the chicken go to Mars?"
A: It was stuck on Matt Damon's dick.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 07:45 AM (MWfyi)

59 Reminds me of Mars Attacks!, all throughout the movie the martians kept saying we come in peace while destroying everything in their path.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 21, 2026 07:46 AM (nXpAT)

60 Greta's 15 minutes of fame have been over for quite a while now.

Not tue! She has ack ah a groot ack ah career cough ahead of ack ah ssssh her in low ack rent pron and ahhhhh ack snuff films....ahhh...

Posted by: Zombie Larry Flint at October 21, 2026 07:46 AM (8EQTH)

61 A lot of these people just need to be put on an IV drip of ketamine

I thought that you snort it like Train Doe did.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 07:48 AM (svLOV)

62 Very good article from "American Thinker" on the importance of each vote. Thanks for including it, J.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 07:48 AM (JrHfD)

63 This TDS Sufferer Actually Left the Country, and the Schadenfreude Is Almost Unbearable

At least she did what she promised and I can respect that. But seriously, kids: Research the country before you make the jump.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 07:49 AM (svLOV)

64 Greta's 15 minutes of fame have been over for quite a while now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 07:41 AM (FZ29D)

She was only really useful when she was convincing high school kids to cut school once a week and going on stage at the UN to try to shame grown adults into giving into her temper tantrums.

Unfortunately for her, most of them are childless so her toddler antics had no effect on them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:50 AM (6ydKt)

65 "the importance of each vote"

It's important that I vote so that it can be nullified by Guerrmo from Guatamala.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 07:50 AM (MWfyi)

66 Last night I went to a local high school to see a HS jazz band play and the different choral groups sing. I was with one of the widows watching two of her granddaughters perform.

Auditorium was packed with the parents and grandparents of the kids. Standing in the back, even. The entire audience was extremely supportive.

The over 100 singers and musicians were 100% white or white adjacent. For high school and free, the actual performance was OK. But a stunning display of culture and pride in youth. Heartwarming, even.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

67 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 21, 2026 07:55 AM (53oGX)

68 I thought that you snort it like Train Doe did.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 07:48 AM (svLOV)

I'm not certain but I think it comes in several types.
It is used as horse tranquilizer so unless they're training the ponies to snort it like they're Tony Montana I think the horses are getting pills or IVs.

Ketamine isn't set in stone, of course, we could give these pricks fentanyl if it would work better to keep them quiet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:55 AM (6ydKt)

69
@WallStreetApes

American went to vote in Illinois, she says when selecting the conservative candidate the screen displays a message that says “people are not typically choosing this person, exclamation mark”

“I picked the Republican judges and once I selected one of the judges, I got a notification on the bar that said, people are not typically choosing this person, exclamation mark. — So why is my ballot telling me that who I'm picking isn't the more popular choice? I have a problem with that”

There's a video of the young woman who said this happened to her. Dominion voting machine.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)

70 NaCly, there is a whole lot of America remaining out there.

I won't deny reality but I won't wallow in the negativity.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:57 AM (ua/lL)

71 (Jews in Space! - jjs)

No!!!! They'll control the weather in space, too!

;-)

Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2026 07:57 AM (5rh/l)

72 But a stunning display of culture and pride in youth. Heartwarming, even.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

So, none of this kind of stuff?

https://tinyurl.com/bdyp9863

language warning

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 07:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

73 “I picked the Republican judges and once I selected one of the judges, I got a notification on the bar that said, people are not typically choosing this person, exclamation mark. — So why is my ballot telling me that who I'm picking isn't the more popular choice? I have a problem with that”

lol.
They let Instacart write their election software.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:59 AM (6ydKt)

74 Speaking of, I have give it as an IV injection for horses.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:59 AM (ua/lL)

75 Thank you JJ

I’m usually optimistic by nature, but… not feeling very optimistic these days. I keep hearing people say “don’t worry about the polls; they’re ops”… but I see the polls and they paint an ugly picture. I hope they’re wrong, but if they’re not Nov 3 is going to be a disaster. And that will embolden the crazies… BTW, why do we think Dems won’t be cheating in this election? Why do we trust stupid LIVs in Texas to recognize that the freak is a freak? Why do we trust the LIVs in MI to recognize that the Dem candidate is a terrorist?

Sorry about the black pill I’m sucking on this morning

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 07:59 AM (PlkPS)

76 74 Speaking of, I have give it as an IV injection for horses.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 07:59 AM (ua/lL)

Your horses must love you then.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:00 AM (6ydKt)

77 OrangeEnt

Wow. That woman has a mouth on her.

No, not even close. The students cleaned up nicely in black tie for the men, and matching empire waist dresses for the women.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

78 "Who gave her the authority to decide who I am?
Who gets to define my identity?"

I'm a Martian chicken and those bitches can kiss my feathered butt.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:01 AM (MWfyi)

79 "Disaffected youths," "alienated youths," "disenfranhised young people"... these were the MSM terms used years during the contagion of car-burning in the Paris precincts. I remember clipping the stories and not spotting a single reference to Muslims or Islam.
The denial is pathological.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 21, 2026 08:01 AM (7s9Qe)

80 Sorry about the black pill I’m sucking on this morning
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It's fine, dude. Honestly, I just stay optimistic no matter what. If the election is a disaster, we simply keep fighting.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 08:01 AM (svLOV)

81 Speaking of, they do but not for that reason!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:02 AM (ua/lL)

82 The best thing to do is believe the polls and vote anyway.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:02 AM (MWfyi)

83 It was Jesse Jackson that said he wanted to cut off Obummer's nuts for talking down to black people.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 21, 2026 08:04 AM (Hbeqj)

84 81 Speaking of, they do but not for that reason!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:02 AM (ua/lL)

You are the creature who has all the food, and water, and brushes.

They love you long time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (6ydKt)

85 I'm not sure about the matrix here.

"The polls say my candidate is losing, therefore I won't bother to cast my ballot for my candidate."

Is that the thought process supposed to be at work?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

86 I had a dream last night that I went to a party/speaking engagement at a local prison given by Talarico. When I walked in Talarico was there and one or 2 prisoners to hear him speak before a waiter appeared and sat me at a table where I ordered the veal parmigiana and wine then I woke up.

Posted by: Morning Wood at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (8EQTH)

87 The denial is pathological.
Posted by: Ordinary American

It's the zealous belief that all cultures are equally beautiful and Muslims are just like Westerners. I'm betting that even during the Crusades, there were liberals saying "Those Muslims aren't that bad."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (svLOV)

88 Morning Horde thx JJ. A good Hump Day to all.
I posted this yesterday but it's interesting. A friend posted on Facebook that France was gone and Italy is far behind. A number of people agreed , but a bunch of leftists argued that it was students. They couldn't be convinced or didn't want to be, and you realize that that is what we are up against.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (vJPf4)

89 . “We have to be more enraged. Our comfort is hindering our progress.

Translation: "Life is too comfortable. Let's wreck it and destroy everything that was given to us"

Question: Does that include his career and his wealth?

How does "Affordability" work when everything that you could and couldn't afford is in smoldering ruins?

Who is going to keep the lights on post Revolution?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (pUU4E)

90 You are the creature who has all the food, and water, and brushes.

They love you long time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (6ydKt)
=====

If only the kittehs would adopt that attitude.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

91 No, not even close. The students cleaned up nicely in black tie for the men, and matching empire waist dresses for the women.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

Depends on the school, I guess. Kid goes to a charter. You see every color of the rainbow... oops, almost threw up saying that... in the orchestra, but people are there because they WANT to be there to get an education and that means studying Western Civ.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 08:06 AM (1Ff7Z)

92 It really is us or them. But why am I overreacting, right? It's all just blather. Until you find yourself in a gulag or a cattle car on the way to one.
-

~~Howard Johnson~~ JJ is right!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 21, 2026 08:07 AM (8bNQb)

93 The denial is pathological.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 21, 2026 08:01 AM (7s9Qe)

To admit things without the euphemisms would be admitting they made mistakes. Many, many, mistakes.

This, a leftist can never do unless left with absolutely no other choice.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:07 AM (6ydKt)

94 "Emmanuel Macron's family macaron shop was guarded by police ring of steel during riots... while other shops were left to burn"

Now they have a macaron monopoly.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:08 AM (MWfyi)

95 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:09 AM (77rzZ)

96 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

97 Who is going to keep the lights on post Revolution?
Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (pUU4E)

When the electricity is gone, the candlemaker is king.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 08:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

98 If only the kittehs would adopt that attitude.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

"Clean that litter box, minion-slave! Then I want to hear that can open."
- Cats everywhere

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:09 AM (6ydKt)

99 Monopolize the macarons!

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:09 AM (MWfyi)

100 ...a bunch of leftists argued that it was students...

Could any of the Leftists give any example in history where students were so dialed in to the precise optimal number of students per classroom, that the resolution was to burn down the school and the surrounding businesses?

The usual route was that the teachers just went on strike.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:10 AM (pUU4E)

101 Biden's Dog

"If Obama only knew ..." is even funnier that those Gulag prisoners saying "If Stalin only knew ..."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

102 I used to have a different nic

So good to talk to you last weekend.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

103 Now they have a macaron monopoly.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:08 AM (MWfyi)

So, another feather for his cap?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 08:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

104 The coffee is good today! I for one am looking forward to Election Day, mostly because I have more confidence in Americans than the polls say is justified.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 08:11 AM (89+KF)

105 I thought that thing on Mars looked more like a bear than a chicken.

Posted by: Bulg at October 21, 2026 08:11 AM (77rzZ)

106 - "... more enriched with heavier elements than expected."

In astrophysicist speak those heavier elements would be things like oxygen and carbon. Hydrogen, helium and a tiny bit of lithium being the only things the big bang could produce.

Meh, they'll come up with a "rescue mechanism" to hand wave it away. Just like they did when they saw all those fully formed galaxies that just shouldn't be there in the first images from July of 2022.
See also - the theoretical Oort cloud to explain why there are still comets.
See also - the theoretical star forming regions to explain why there are still blue stars.

Anything they can come up with to explain away Genesis one.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ix5nG)

107 “I picked the Republican judges and once I selected one of the judges, I got a notification on the bar that said, people are not typically choosing this person, exclamation mark. — So why is my ballot telling me that who I'm picking isn't the more popular choice? I have a problem with that”

----

You'd have a bigger problem with the unstated part: "...and neither are you! *ckick* Your vote has been autocorrected."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 08:11 AM (BI5O2)

108 Who is going to keep the lights on post Revolution?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (pUU4E)

The same people who did it before, under armed guard, with less pay and more work hours, and a commissar who drinks a lot and only shows up on Fridays around 3 p.m.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:12 AM (6ydKt)

109 Look for "Mars needs Chickens"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 08:13 AM (LOvBA)

110 SpeakingOf

Keeping the lights on in a communist society is like watching a 1/x² decay.

The people are there, but not the maintenance activity and parts to keep it working. Cuba is a great example of that, but there are others.

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

111 Who is going to keep the lights on post Revolution?

I'm available.

Posted by: Anatoly Dyatlov at October 21, 2026 08:16 AM (oDvAq)

112 “people are not typically choosing this person, exclamation mark”

Now that is a compelling argument to vote for the Dominion sponsored Communist.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:16 AM (9Hs2w)

113 The Daily Mail says that wearing a 50 million dollar diamond encrusted bra is a privilege "which in lingerie terms is the military equivalent of the Medal of Honor".

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (MWfyi)

114 Paradise From the Wall Socket: Why the Left Is Winning the Young, From Berlin to New York

Fascinating, and yet I'm given to believe that the rise in ultra - super - right-wing - Nazism in Europe (meaning socialists who want fewer migrants) is led by the yoots.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

115 SpaceX says flight 15 (Starship) will occur next month and they will attempt to catch both the booster and the orbital vehicle, marking the first time a full recovery has happened.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (89+KF)

116 I will not serf. There will be no lining up and ready, aim fire shit.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (ua/lL)

117 We have to be more enraged. Our comfort is hindering our progress."

Sure thing there, Teflon... or whatever he calls himself.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (pfXMo)

118 Imma get the first Popeye's franchise on Mars before Church's or the Colonel gets there.

Posted by: Gettin' Up Early at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (EdP2u)

119 Watching the Fox morning show. They have moved the Florida governor election from Republican Hold to Leans Republican.
LOFL.

Posted by: democrats, raping and mutilating the children they do not kill at October 21, 2026 08:18 AM (QB6+C)

120 @Reuters
·
3h
US high court rulings have been 'destructive to democracy,' Justice Kagan says https://reut.rs/3VZzZ9N
----
translation: whaaaaa my side lost

Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 08:19 AM (ZxPkt)

121 Feelgood news: the Israelis arrested 42 yeshiva buches on arrival at Ben Gurion airport for draft evasion and 40 of them were inducted into the IDF today. Enjoy basic training boys!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

122 I'm available.
Posted by: Anatoly Dyatlov"

Golf clap...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:19 AM (pfXMo)

123 Greta and that Slotkin woman both look like demented Peppermint Pattys

Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 08:19 AM (ZxPkt)

124 - @ 49. Orange Ent

Bingo. But try to get our host, or even a few others to even look at evidence that goes against their indoctrination...

Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 08:20 AM (ix5nG)

125 I will not serf. There will be no lining up and ready, aim fire shit"

This. FWIW, those who say this don't realize the scale of this country... or Texas.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:21 AM (pfXMo)

126
Miss Diana has been entered in shows for the first time in ages. I can't see her ever being a campaigned special - she's not physically up to it - but she's very pretty and very showy. We think she can do well at specialties, but she needs practice to get back into the show routine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:22 AM (eRlcH)

127
Imma get the first Popeye's franchise on Mars before Church's or the Colonel gets there.
Posted by: Gettin' Up Early at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (EdP2u)

Buc-ee's has already beaten you there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:23 AM (eRlcH)

128 Someone once remarked that Greta Thunberg looks like that ridiculous king character in the movie Shrek. Since then I’ve not been able to Un-see it…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 08:24 AM (PlkPS)

129 The same people who did it before, under armed guard, with less pay and more work hours, and a commissar who drinks a lot and only shows up on Fridays around 3 p.m.

That might work for a preëxisting plant run by Anatoly Dyatlov, until any portion of the grid failed, or it was time to refuel.

One of the Wonders of the Modern World is "The Grid". It is profoundly complex. How do you source transformers? Go over, point by point the fueling of thermals. From identifying where to extract the hydrocarbons to the design, manufacture, delivery, operation and maintenance of every piece of equipment, with all of the associated permitting, labor, taxes, insurance, investment, regulatory compliance, orchestration, reliability and contingency plans between the undeveloped source and the finished power plant. Any failure that stops the plant and requires a reboot without capacity matching and redundancy may require a cold-boot of the grid.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:24 AM (NzX/y)

130 Imma get the first Popeye's franchise on Mars before Church's or the Colonel gets there.
Posted by: Gettin' Up Early

Buc-ee's has already beaten you there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

*Dollar General has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 08:25 AM (y9NP6)

131 It seems she gave up her US citizenship and moved to Ireland but returned to the country to appear on the Jimmy Kimmel Trump Hour and to get in the U.S., she supposedly snuck over the border from Canada, or so the story goes. No idea if that is true or just X post imaginings.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 07:37 AM (UlNBK)

Search says that Rosie O'Donnell did NOT renounce her citizenship and has stated that she would never do so because it's too important for her to be able to continue to pollute our body politic with her fat ass opinions.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

132 Imma get the first Popeye's franchise on Mars before Church's or the Colonel gets there.
Posted by: Gettin' Up Early at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (EdP2u)

Buc-ee's has already beaten you there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:23 AM (eRlcH)

Welcome to the party, pal.

Posted by: Whataburger at October 21, 2026 08:25 AM (wVcYX)

133 Someone once remarked that Greta Thunberg looks like that ridiculous king character in the movie Shrek. Since then I’ve not been able to Un-see it…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Lord Farquaad.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 08:26 AM (y9NP6)

134 Kagan didn't recuse herself from the decision in the Obamacare case, which she was involved in when she worked for Obama. While she's more rational than the Wide Latina and What's a Woman, she's still a Dem operative

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 08:26 AM (vJPf4)

135 But seriously, kids: Research the country before you make the jump.

You're doing this wrong. All those bitches need to leave ASAP and renounce on the way out the door. Otherwise they're just doing Orange Man's bidding.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

136 Keeping the lights on in a communist society is like watching a 1/x² decay.

The people are there, but not the maintenance activity and parts to keep it working. Cuba is a great example of that, but there are others.

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

Happens to the entire society over time.
There's no incentive to get ahead, and no real penalties for inefficiencies.

So everybody just goes along to get along and goes through the motions, with no other choice for 99% of them.

"I pretend to work, and they pretend to pay me."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:28 AM (6ydKt)

137 Lookit all the Johnny Come Latelys

Posted by: Waffle House at October 21, 2026 08:28 AM (wVcYX)

138 I will not serf. There will be no lining up and ready, aim fire shit"

This. FWIW, those who say this don't realize the scale of this country... or Texas.
Posted by: man

They will honestly hate when we go on offense.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 08:28 AM (y9NP6)

139
Any expatriate returning to the US must pledge allegiance to PDJT.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:28 AM (eRlcH)

140 Today Is National Reptile Day. 🦎

Posted by: redridinghood at October 21, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

141 Pikers.

Posted by: Hamed's Vape Shop at October 21, 2026 08:29 AM (MWfyi)

142 OTOH, New York now has: "Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg and Department of Buildings (DOB) Commissioner Ahmed Tigani"

Blech.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:30 AM (pfXMo)

143 "Today Is National Reptile Day."

Ahh, thanks! What an honor!

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at October 21, 2026 08:30 AM (MWfyi)

144 Good morning Horde! Thanks JJ and God bless you and your wife. May God bless the best President in my 86 year lifetime, his cabinet and their families, and all patriotic Americans!

Posted by: Buck at October 21, 2026 08:31 AM (z6ONu)

145 Any expatriate returning to the US must pledge allegiance to PDJT.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:28 AM (eRlcH)

And bring him . . . . a shrubbery!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2026 08:31 AM (wVcYX)

146 Lookit all the Johnny Come Latelys
Posted by: Waffle House"

Huh?

/Automat

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:31 AM (pfXMo)

147 Someone once remarked that Greta Thunberg looks like that ridiculous king character in the movie Shrek. Since then I’ve not been able to Un-see it…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Does she still have the Prince Valiant haircut?

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2026 08:31 AM (Oy/m2)

148 Women of her stature are in short supply.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 08:32 AM (LOvBA)

149 There's no incentive to get ahead, and no real penalties for inefficiencies.

Depends on what version of Communism we agreed to be oppressed under.

Soviet? As you described.
Chinese? Underperformers are relocated to the wilderness or become organ donors.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:32 AM (U4c/V)

150 So I sent an email to unsubscribe to a company's emails and they sent me an email saying I unsubscribed.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:32 AM (MWfyi)

151 Morning Ben Had, I’ll be driving to Arlington this weekend with a childhood friend for a concert. If she wasn’t a liberal, I’d love to stop by and say hello. God knows she could use some de-brainwashing from the teachers’ union. We never talk politics but I may try to plant some mustard seeds.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 21, 2026 08:32 AM (itAg7)

152 I'm not sure about the matrix here.

"The polls say my candidate is losing, therefore I won't bother to cast my ballot for my candidate."

Is that the thought process supposed to be at work?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

Lots of people don't actually have a personal political philosophy. Particularly young people want to be on the winning team. It's not about having them not vote, it's about having having them vote for the "popular" candidate.

Herd mentality.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

153 BTW… I continue to believe that given the completely corrupt voting system in California (where I lived for 30 years), it’s impossible to know what the voters there really want. Did they elect Gavin Newsom and then vote to keep him in the recall? Who knows? Impossible to tell…. Someone might convince me that Trump actually won CA in both 2020 and 2024

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 08:33 AM (PlkPS)

154 >>Sorry about the black pill I’m sucking on this morning

Elections are a moment in time. They reset the chessboard. Sometimes in our favor, sometimes not.

But the fight against evil is eternal. Sometimes we get to fight from the top of the hill, sometimes we fight going up the hill. But we never get to stop fighting. Because evil never goes away. The moment we forget that is when we lose.

Be a happy warrior. It makes life more fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

155 Imma get the first Popeye's franchise on Mars before Church's or the Colonel gets there.
Posted by: Gettin' Up Early at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (EdP2u)

Buc-ee's has already beaten you there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:23 AM (eRlcH)

Welcome to the party, pal.
Posted by: Whataburger
_________
No chance you beat the Colonel. He was member of The Pentavirate before he went tits up.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 21, 2026 08:34 AM (JzUSu)

156 Chinese? Underperformers are relocated to the wilderness or become organ donors.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:32 AM (U4c/V)

China has combined Socialism with Confucianism and Monarchy.

It's quite the system of control.
And when you've got a billion people you can afford to break a lot of eggs to make that omelette.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:34 AM (6ydKt)

157 So the people who daily call Trump a pedophile are upset that Viveck made an ad of Amy Acton's mother calling her a liar?

And all the Con. Inc. cucks are white knighting "you can't call a self-proclaimed victim a liar!"

Yeah, y'all can FOAD.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 08:34 AM (3cUTc)

158
Keeping the lights on in a communist society is like watching a 1/x² decay.

The people are there, but not the maintenance activity and parts to keep it working. Cuba is a great example of that, but there are others.

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

In Viktor Suvorov's The Liberators, Suvorov and a fellow officer-cadet are on a stockade work detail emptying a general's septic tank. The fellow asks if, under Communism, will the general be emptying his own septic tank, since no one else will want to do it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:35 AM (eRlcH)

159 The Daily Mail says that wearing a 50 million dollar diamond encrusted bra is a privilege "which in lingerie terms is the military equivalent of the Medal of Honor".
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:17 AM (MWfyi)

I just assumed that they picked the one who blew the most judges.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

160
"Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg and Department of Buildings (DOB) Commissioner Ahmed Tigani"

So, not an Irishman, an Italian and a Jew.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:36 AM (eRlcH)

161 150 So I sent an email to unsubscribe to a company's emails and they sent me an email saying I unsubscribed.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:32 AM (MWfyi)

You'd be surprised at how how many people get pissed off that they don't get some confirmation that they're email unsubscribe actually worked.

It's a struggle session for many a web developer on which way to go with that scenario.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:37 AM (6ydKt)

162
China has combined Socialism with Confucianism and Monarchy.

It's quite the system of control.
And when you've got a billion people you can afford to break a lot of eggs to make that omelette.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:34 AM (6ydKt)

Killing each other has been the national sport of China for time immemorial.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:37 AM (eRlcH)

163 So I sent an email to unsubscribe to a company's emails and they sent me an email saying I unsubscribed.
Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:32 AM (MWfyi)

Did it say they were "sorry to see you go?

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 21, 2026 08:38 AM (dyMal)

164 The fellow asks if, under Communism, will the general be emptying his own septic tank, since no one else will want to do it?"

Someone will want to do it. Or something.
/leftists

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:38 AM (pfXMo)

165 I just assumed that they picked the one who blew the most judges.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

This is correct.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 08:38 AM (r2Icn)

166 Artist Tufawon, whose real name is

His brother BOGO could not be reached for comment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 21, 2026 08:38 AM (bFu5X)

167 The Daily Mail says that wearing a 50 million dollar diamond encrusted bra is a privilege "which in lingerie terms is the military equivalent of the Medal of Honor".

If this is what the Daily Mail considers to be important and a matter of deep self introspection, it is a reflection on a completely unserious cuntry that needs to be infiltrated and ruled by amoral, low-IQ, high-testosterone third world savages.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:39 AM (U4c/V)

168 Be a happy warrior. It makes life more fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

Kill a commie with a smile on your face, soldier!

(Starship Troopers style)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:39 AM (6ydKt)

169 The L.A. Skylink article is a great showcase of the CA grift and incompetence on parade. More than a hundred years ago, many American cities had trolleys moving workers and shoppers all over the countryside. The little city of Shamokin, PA had three, moving coal miners, factory workers all over in the days before buses and before workers could afford a car.
The fact that Lost Angeles can't build one for billions of bucks in 2026 is an indictment of a lost culture. It's only a little over two miles!

Posted by: Brooklyn Trolley Dodger at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (EdP2u)

170 You're doing this wrong. All those bitches need to leave ASAP and renounce on the way out the door. Otherwise they're just doing Orange Man's bidding.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

In the ideal world (AKA, I'm running things), we would have representatives from various nations at kiosks at every major international airport. You turn in your citizenship, get one to your paradise of choice and you have a one way ticket taking you out of here.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (svLOV)

171 Good morning!

>>Meanwhile, CCP-linked nonprofit Code Pink, backed by Neville Singham, has wasted no time using the unrest in France to plan similar protests in America, with a “taxpayer uprising” planned in Washington, DC, between November 10 and 12.

Possible - likely? - translation: Singham's financed uprising in France worked, so now he's expanding it to the US.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (rOKnE)

172 And all the Con. Inc. cucks are white knighting "you can't call a self-proclaimed victim a liar!"

Apparently, as happens in so many of these political sex cases, Ms. Acton never reported her abuse to the authorities. She just uses it as an "I cannot be questioned about anything" card.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

173 - It's national reptile day?

And we absolutely share an ancestor with them. And with chickens. And broccoli. All the way back to a bacteria like, "simple," single cell. One that came to life from some chemicals.

Sound kinda silly when you take it all the way back?

Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (ix5nG)

174 "You'd be surprised at how how many people get pissed off that they don't get some confirmation that they're email unsubscribe actually worked.

It's a struggle session for many a web developer on which way to go with that scenario.
Posted by: SpeakingOf"

Not really. There are plenty of people stupid enough to not realize how stupid that is.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (MWfyi)

175 They are pushing for a race war and they know when the bullets start flying the cops and the military will have their backs, Its like cancer where the immune system kills the patient.

Posted by: pawn at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (3g9Kl)

176 So, not an Irishman, an Italian and a Jew."

James G Watt laughs...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:41 AM (pfXMo)

177 That's the problem. It's nothing any of them want to admit, but it's real, and the smart ones know it, even if they won't give voice to it.

Assume there was a Leftist Rapture, where the Leftists all vanished away to Leftist Heaven, and the rest of us were left behind.

The consequences for us would be dire. The federal government would simply be gone, and the people remaining would be both unable and unwilling to stand most of it back up - and a lot of them would suffer for that.

Most corporate boardrooms would be empty, along with all lower ranks down to middle management. A large portion of the consumers they served would also be gone, and the rest would have more pressing needs than Uber and Netflix - IOW, a nearly complete economic collapse.

And so on, in most institutions. It would be nightmarish.

But now, picture a Right wing Rapture. Their urban citadels would be charnel houses inside of *months,* not years. They are incapable of survival without their hated underclass providing them with food, electrical power, clean water, and so forth. They are completely incapable of obtaining their quotidian necessities.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 08:41 AM (BI5O2)

178 Killing each other has been the national sport of China for time immemorial.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:37 AM (eRlcH)

They'd rather kill each other than go to war outside their borders it seems. Which explains why their foreign war record is extremely mixed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:42 AM (6ydKt)

179 >>The fact that Lost Angeles can't build one for billions of bucks in 2026 is an indictment of a lost culture. It's only a little over two miles!

Amazing, isn't it?
Are we sure this isn't also a Chinese One Belt, One Road infrastructure project that are designed to rack up incredible debt and fail?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 08:42 AM (rOKnE)

180 We all evolved from a one-celled Hammond Organism

Underneath my shoes

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at October 21, 2026 08:43 AM (MWfyi)

181 Apparently, as happens in so many of these political sex cases, Ms. Acton never reported her abuse to the authorities. She just uses it as an "I cannot be questioned about anything" card.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)
======

Being a serial fabulist, narcissist, and megalomaniac is no way to go through life.
-Dean Wormer

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

182 Buc-ee's has already beaten you there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

*Dollar General has entered the chat.
Posted by: rickb223

*Waffle House had the lights on an hour before all of you.*

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 08:43 AM (svLOV)

183 Not really. There are plenty of people stupid enough to not realize how stupid that is."

*knocks on door. Anybody home?...
Hears reply "no"...*

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:43 AM (pfXMo)

184 Not really. There are plenty of people stupid enough to not realize how stupid that is.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:40 AM (MWfyi)

I prefer an Unsubscribe page that confirms with an on-page message after you submit your email address to be removed.

The site I'm working on has one that says:
"Sorry To See you Go! Your email address has been automatically removed from our contact list. Thanks for subscribing!".

/end

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:44 AM (6ydKt)

185 I'm planning on early voting on Thursday in Texas.
I don't think I have ever been this scared. Is there any good news out there?
Is everyone voting early or are some of you voting on election day?

Posted by: redridinghood at October 21, 2026 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

186 Policy affects one's life everyday. Policy is determined by politics.

I am downright hostile to people that want to run my life to suit their agenda.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:45 AM (ua/lL)

187 140 Today Is National Reptile Day. 🦎
Posted by: redridinghood

I am NOT a reptile. I am an Amphibian.

Posted by: The Red Eft at October 21, 2026 08:45 AM (EdP2u)

188 The latest Treasury report shows that Medicaid spending this year was up 8% compared with FY 2025. And last year’s spending was up 8% compared with FY 2024, all of which overlapped with Joe Biden’s last full year in office.

That means it will double in 6 years or less.
Unpossible to sustain.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 21, 2026 08:46 AM (/+uur)

189 >>>Kill a commie with a smile on your face, soldier!
~~~~~

Kill a commie for your mommy!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 08:46 AM (3ImbR)

190 We all evolved from a one-celled Hammond Organism"

With a Leslie cabinet?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:47 AM (pfXMo)

191 >>You'd be surprised at how how many people get pissed off that they don't get some confirmation that they're email unsubscribe actually worked.

It's a struggle session for many a web developer on which way to go with that scenario.
- - -
Or ones who subscribe/unsubscribe several times and then get pissed off they can't subscribe again. The system our business uses will reject an email after it unsubscribes twice -- to protect them from unwanted spam, but people get so pissed off at us!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 08:47 AM (rOKnE)

192 I am downright hostile to people that want to run my life to suit their agenda.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:45 AM (ua/lL)

Amazing how many people will trade free sex and healthcare for their Freedom.

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

193
And so on, in most institutions. It would be nightmarish.

But temporarily. New and perhaps better institutions would take their place fairly rapidly. In the case of Right-Wing Rapture, the descent to barbarism would be rapid and permanent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:47 AM (eRlcH)

194 Hadrian the Seventh

Victor Suvorov is a fun author, even when he is wrong. But The Liberators should be on every high school's book lists.

His experience is why I think the North Korean Army in Russia will be the downfall of the Kims.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

195
Amazing, isn't it?
Are we sure this isn't also a Chinese One Belt, One Road infrastructure project that are designed to rack up incredible debt and fail?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 08:42 AM (rOKnE)

Nah, it's a California One Party, One State infrastructure project that has been designed to rack up incredible profits for people who know people and well-paid jobs for union workers, then fail after thirty years, leaving San Franpsycho to pick up the tab even after he hauls ass to Las Vegas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:49 AM (6ydKt)

196 That means it will double in 6 years or less."

*sounds like cyphering going on here...*

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:49 AM (pfXMo)

197 And all the Con. Inc. cucks are white knighting "you can't call a self-proclaimed victim a liar!"

I've been giving this sophistry too much thought. In one sense self identifying as "CSA" is this generation's "Harvard" / "Crossfit" or "Vegan" salutation, as in "Hi, I'm a survivor of CSA". The brilliance of this is that it is a test of YOUR character to see if you grovel and give the "victim" deference in all things or say "whatever". So they demand Main Character Syndrome.

OTOH, we have been told by Psycho-The-Rapist that its OK to be a Cluster-B sociopath if you have been molested or otherwise didn't have the most optimal upbringing as a child. In fact, you should be one because of Reasons.

So here we have a pathological fabulist, with clear psychological disorders, a vacant soul, and no morals who wants to Lord over the people of Ohio. And its supposed to be OK because of a completely unverifiable claim of CSA.

It would be a confirmation that we want the most defective people in positions of high responsibility.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:50 AM (/TiS1)

198 but people get so pissed off at us!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 08:47 AM (rOKnE)

We need to improve our mind reading skills, obviously.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:50 AM (6ydKt)

199 people who know people and well-paid jobs for union leaders "

Fify...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:50 AM (pfXMo)

200 185 I'm planning on early voting on Thursday in Texas.
I don't think I have ever been this scared. Is there any good news out there?
Is everyone voting early or are some of you voting on election day?
Posted by: redridinghood at October 21, 2026 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

I voted on Monday as did most of my retired friends with the same mindset. My Gen Z nephew, a teacher, sent me his I Voted sticker Monday. Said he dragged his roommate and another friend with him. That’s 3 votes for our side.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 21, 2026 08:50 AM (itAg7)

201 It would be a confirmation that we want the most defective people in positions of high responsibility."

Wouldn't be so much of a problem if there were actually limited government...

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 08:51 AM (pfXMo)

202
I've been giving this sophistry too much thought. In one sense self identifying as "CSA" is this generation's "Harvard" / "Crossfit" or "Vegan" salutation, as in "Hi, I'm a survivor of CSA".

*whispers furiously to aide*

What on earth is CSA? Confederate States of America?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:52 AM (eRlcH)

203 >>Meanwhile, CCP-linked nonprofit Code Pink, backed by Neville Singham, has wasted no time using the unrest in France to plan similar protests in America, with a “taxpayer uprising” planned in Washington, DC, between November 10 and 12.
------------
"taxpayer"

Someone who pays taxes. Likely works a legit job. This person isn't going to protest, nor "uprise." He or she will watch it unfold on TV or online.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 21, 2026 08:52 AM (RORbl)

204 >>Is there any good news out there?

Does anyone remember laughter?

No matter what happens on November 3rd we will all put on our big girl and boy pants on November 4th and carry on.

None of us are getting out of here alive. Let's do our best and enjoy the ride.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:53 AM (viF8m)

205
Found it. Thanks anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:54 AM (eRlcH)

206 "Is there any good news out there?"

There is an old book that talks all about it.

Posted by: fd at October 21, 2026 08:54 AM (MWfyi)

207 It would be a confirmation that we want the most defective people in positions of high responsibility.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:50 AM (/TiS1)

It's all based on the misconception that victims are naturally people with more empathy, and wisdom than non victims and thus can perform their jobs better just helping people be better people.

That some people might actually lie about being victims to attain such power is ignored as being mean and blaming the victim.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 08:54 AM (6ydKt)

208 *Waffle House had the lights on an hour before all of you.*

"Waffle House officiated its first brawl an hour before all of you"

FIFY

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 08:55 AM (nAS9C)

209 JackStraw, a whole bunch of us had a whole weekend full of laughter, fellowship and being in America.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:56 AM (ua/lL)

210 >>Meanwhile, CCP-linked nonprofit Code Pink, backed by Neville Singham, has wasted no time using the unrest in France to plan similar protests in America, with a “taxpayer uprising” planned in Washington, DC, between November 10 and 12.

Gosh, it's almost like the same people funding the riots in France are funding the planned insurrection here using the exact same playbook.

Almost.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 08:57 AM (viF8m)

211
JackStraw, a whole bunch of us had a whole weekend full of laughter, fellowship and being in America.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 21, 2026 08:56 AM (ua/lL)

Hear, hear! Let us all raise a glass to the hostess with the mostest, the chatelaine of the TxMoMe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:57 AM (eRlcH)

212 I'm planning on early voting on Thursday in Texas.
I don't think I have ever been this scared. Is there any good news out there?
Is everyone voting early or are some of you voting on election day?
Posted by: redridinghood at October 21, 2026 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

I always vote early. Waiting until election day leaves no time to overcome fuckery. I'll probably vote Thursday also.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

213 Thou shalt not be afraid of evil tidings; my heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.

For He shall send his angels to watch over thee, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Posted by: kingsman at October 21, 2026 08:58 AM (ehY6c)

214 Child sexual abuse

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

215
Meanwhile, CCP-linked nonprofit Code Pink, backed by Neville Singham, has wasted no time using the unrest in France to plan similar protests in America, with a “taxpayer uprising” planned in Washington, DC, between November 10 and 12.

I have mixed feelings about leftists burning down their own cities. This, perhaps, will be the secular form of the Left-Wing Rapture.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:59 AM (eRlcH)

216
What, you were all expecting "J.J.'s Good Times Happy News"?

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 08:59 AM (Y8DZL)

217 JackStraw

American exists. It is still the shining city on the hill. But it is hidden from the media. By choice.

The MoMeets are a crescendo of fun. Good people, good food, and we tell our best stories of life to laughter among the group.

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

218 Morn' all

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 08:59 AM (+gK6I)

219 Sounds like it was a great time, Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

220 I’m ignorant… I honestly didn’t know who Amy Acton is… so I looked her up… she’s a Dem, wants to be governor of Ohio, leads in all the polls… and here’s the kicker: she worked for republican Mike DeWine to coordinate Ohio’s covid response ( which I’ve heard was over the top tyrannical). You can’t make this shit up… with republicans like DeWine, who needs democrats?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 09:00 AM (PlkPS)

221 Being scared or worried doesn't do a damn thing for today. However, it does ruin tomorrow and the rest of your life, if you let.

Just stop.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 21, 2026 09:00 AM (dyMal)

222 Be ye of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that trust in the Lord

Posted by: kingsman at October 21, 2026 09:01 AM (ehY6c)

223 "Waffle House officiated its first brawl an hour before all of you"

FIFY
Posted by: Community Notes

I'm getting ready to test for my Nidan next year (Second Degree Black Belt). When things got started, I told my teacher that I was going to go to Waffle House at 3AM, then take a Spirit Airlines flight to Miami a few hours later.

If Spirit hadn't folded, he might have agreed to my idea.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 09:01 AM (svLOV)

224 It's all based on the misconception that victims are naturally people with more empathy, and wisdom than non victims and thus can perform their jobs better just helping people be better people.

Compare and Contrast To:

The Apostle Paul, recommended to Timothy that a [leader] be the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, sober-minded, of good behavior and respect of the community, not given to wine, not violent or a striker, gentle, not quarrelsome and not a lover of money.

he also had to be able to rule his own household, have children who are under control and respectful and demonstrate leadership at home.
(1 Tim 3)

Titus adds: self-willed, not be quick-tempered, love what is good, be just, holy, disciplined, hold firmly to sound doctrine and be an encourager. (Titus 1:7-9)

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 09:01 AM (BvPIe)

225 voted on Monday as did most of my retired friends with the same mindset. My Gen Z nephew, a teacher, sent me his I Voted sticker Monday. Said he dragged his roommate and another friend with him. That’s 3 votes for our side.
Posted by: TxAnn at October 21, 2026 08:50 AM (itAg7)
******
That's great!
We need to make as many phone calls as we can to people that we know haven't voted and are planning on voting Republican.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 21, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

226 >>It's the zealous belief that all cultures are equally beautiful and Muslims are just like Westerners. I'm betting that even during the Crusades, there were liberals saying "Those Muslims aren't that bad."

Tommy Robinson live-streamed an interview with a French reporter. He asked her several questions:

- Do you think all cultures are equal? "yes"
- OK, do you think the culture of the UK is equal to Pakistan? -silence- dodges
- You can't answer that, so fine, name one muslim country that you would live in, that respects human rights? -silence- more dodges

They know they are not equal, and when they are asked to apply their general "all equal" BS to specific examples, such as "is Somalia equal to the US" the choice is pretend that it is, knowing they look foolish, or more likely, refuse to answer.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:02 AM (rOKnE)

227
What, you were all expecting "J.J.'s Good Times Happy News"?
Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 08:59 AM (Y8DZL)

We once had a power outage. Existential crisis, right? I went out and sat in a rocker on the porch. It was a sunny day. Bees were visiting the firebushes. At one of the feeders, a cardinal was enjoying a snack. Out in the yard, some bluebirds were splashing in a ground tray full of water. Across the road, a hawk circled, looking for its next meal. Somehow all the angst of the lights being out melted away.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 09:03 AM (eRlcH)

228 221 Being scared or worried doesn't do a damn thing for today. However, it does ruin tomorrow and the rest of your life, if you let.

Just stop.

Wise words..... We survived 8 years of obama and 4 of Biden... No matter what, Trump will be President for 2 more years...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 09:03 AM (+gK6I)

229 I'm getting ready to test for my Nidan next year (Second Degree Black Belt). When things got started, I told my teacher that I was going to go to Waffle House at 3AM, then take a Spirit Airlines flight to Miami a few hours later.

Back when Krav Maga was cool, there was this Fun House down in San Antonio where the owner set up sections of an old grocery store and set up an airline passenger area, a pub and a few other scenes.

His crew would just beat the shit out of anyone who came down there for training. The injuries were part of the souvenir collection for VERY realistic training.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 09:04 AM (BvPIe)

230 They know they are not equal, and when they are asked to apply their general "all equal" BS to specific examples, such as "is Somalia equal to the US" the choice is pretend that it is, knowing they look foolish, or more likely, refuse to answer.

I saw an interview like that where the woman being questioned adamantly insisted that America was a bad place. The guy challenged her to give a country she would feel safer in.

"Well....Denmark, Norway."
"So you want to move to countries that are more predominantly white?"
It was hilarious watching her bluescreen.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 09:05 AM (svLOV)

231 The latest Treasury report shows that Medicaid spending this year was up 8% compared with FY 2025. And last year’s spending was up 8% compared with FY 2024, all of which overlapped with Joe Biden’s last full year in office.

Reportedly, hospitals and doctor groups are using AI to find ways to bill larger amounts for procedures. Private insurance is using AI to fight that but I'd bet the government is waaaaaaaay behind the curve.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

232 Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 09:03 AM (+gK6I)

You sound good today. Nice to see.

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 09:05 AM (pV18s)

233 {{{It's me donna}}}

I take the election of Trump, and his performance as Trump 2.0, as proof of God with a divine sense of humor.

Because Biden gave us Trump 2.0. Thank a Leftist for that transformation. See them cringe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)

234 The injuries were part of the souvenir collection for VERY realistic training.
Posted by: Community Notes

That is actually a very interesting idea. The problem with a lot of martial arts is that stress testing is not normally done.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 09:06 AM (svLOV)

235 yesterday was early voting in my local library in which the greeter asked each person if they wanted a paper ballot or electronic screen; pick one you idiots paper ballots have a trail whereas electronic screens do NOT have an easy transparent verification on purpose

Posted by: paulnjax at October 21, 2026 09:06 AM (PPnyU)

236 Amazing how many people will trade free sex and healthcare for their Freedom.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 21, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

For most men, "free" sex is a thing of the past.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)

237 Trump will be President for 2 more years...
Posted by: It's me donna

Let us pray

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 09:07 AM (Y8DZL)

238 I am beginning to smell the fear of the reality of the midterms in many posters.
=====

You can read?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 09:07 AM (RIvkX)

239 Good ol' Prolapse Paul.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 09:09 AM (r2Icn)

240 After the Revolution they always shoot the Useful Idiots first. Useful Idiots, take note.

Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2026 09:10 AM (Gqar8)

241 > Greta Thunberg

She's still a thing? Did she ever hit puberty?

I thought "Slotkin" was slang for "relatives that are distant enough to bang".

Example usage: "In Ilhan Omar's culture, brothers are considered slotkin".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:11 AM (qlLNh)

242 What on earth is CSA? Confederate States of America?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 08:52 AM (eRlcH)

Childhood sexual assault.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

243 Creep in Joe Biden mask terrifies Texas family by eating banana at their front door in the dark

It could have been a chocolate chocolate chip cone and Uncle Joe himself.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 21, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)

244 The latest Treasury report shows that Medicaid spending this year was up 8% compared with FY 2025. And last year’s spending was up 8% compared with FY 2024, all of which overlapped with Joe Biden’s last full year in office.

Which is amazing considering the huge jump in turbo-cancers, blood disorders and cardiac dysfunctions since the mRNA shots were forced upon Westerners.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 09:13 AM (+4Cf6)

245 > Useful Idiots, take note.
Posted by: tubal at October 21, 2026 09:10 AM (Gqar

They never do until it's too late.

There's nothing funnier than watching a Useful Idiot suddenly discover that his new status is Useless Eater.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:13 AM (qlLNh)

246 Why would anyone be afraid of the midterms? The party out of power always fights uphill in off years. Obama didn't just get his shit pushed in with Congress, he lost his party elections across the country in record numbers. If we don't get beaten like a redheaded stepchild it's a win. If we win one or both houses of Congress it will be historic.

Fear doesn't help anything. It only hurts everyone around you. If we lose then we lose and we can pick up the pieces and carry on. But giving up before the game even starts is pathetic.

We are never going to stop fighting these bastards and one election isn't going to change it. God didn't put us here to be pussies. Go fight and win.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:14 AM (viF8m)

247 Greta is a Protest Whore.

Posted by: Rex B at October 21, 2026 09:15 AM (Myt96)

248
Raul Castro, Mitch McConnell, and Joe Biden must be using Jimmy Carter's dead-pool coach.

Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 09:15 AM (Y8DZL)

249 Troll is smelling things from the Horde. Weird superpower smelling stuff from computer screens

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 09:16 AM (vJPf4)

250 I LMFAO last night when I learned that the new nickname for "Jane Doe" at Cornell is "Train Ho".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:18 AM (qlLNh)

251 Raul Castro, Mitch McConnell, and Joe Biden must be using Jimmy Carter's dead-pool coach.
Posted by: Auspex at October 21, 2026 09:15 AM (Y8DZL)

I don't mind Raul living. In fact, if he lives long enough, he may find himself at the end of a rope. That would be strong medicine for others like him.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 09:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

252 We are never going to stop fighting these bastards and one election isn't going to change it. God didn't put us here to be pussies. Go fight and win.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 09:14 AM (viF8m)

Remind your friends and family to go VOTE.
The polls in Tex and MI showing the (D) will win it to get you to NOT vote.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 21, 2026 09:18 AM (/+uur)

253 Creep in Joe Biden mask terrifies Texas family by eating banana at their front door in the dark

--------

How is this terrifying?

Just call the cops and tell him to leave immediately, before they arrive, or you're forced to shoot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 09:19 AM (BI5O2)

254 I've long asserted that Cuba will remain communist for about 30 seconds after Raul settles down for a long, relaxing dirt nap.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:19 AM (qlLNh)

255 Creep in Joe Biden mask terrifies Texas family by eating banana at their front door in the dark

If it's Texas and they were truly terrified, why is he still alive?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 21, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

256 Bernie clip was just on the news showing him screaming about Musk and other billionaires supporting Republicans. Nothing about Reid Hoffman, Laureen Jobs, Bezos ex, etc

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 09:20 AM (vJPf4)

257 Just call the cops and tell him to leave immediately, before they arrive, or you're forced to shoot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 09:19 AM (BI5O2)

Some states frown upon shooting people on your doorstep

Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 09:20 AM (pV18s)

258 I'm planning on early voting on Thursday in Texas.
I don't think I have ever been this scared. Is there any good news out there?
Is everyone voting early or are some of you voting on election day?
Posted by: redridinghood at October 21, 2026 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

I plan on voting early, and often. A NJ tradition!! Then, travleing to Hudson county and voting once more!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 21, 2026 09:21 AM (hmYU4)

259 Some states frown upon shooting people on your doorstep
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 09:20 AM (pV18s)

Didn't Biden tell us to use our shotguns and shoot through the door ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 09:21 AM (+gK6I)

260 Morning, News Folken. Is the world still proceeding down the ski slope to disaster?

I'm about to head out and do my early voting. There's a nice independent neighborhood cafe a few blocks from the courthouse, and I'll stop off there after. It's fairly cool this morning for here -- so it would be a shame to sit indoors.

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

261 How do they justify burning privately owned businesses? They destroyed small businesses! Isn’t that antithetical to their bizarre values regarding multinational corporations? I guess it doesn’t have to make sense.

Posted by: Unkaren at October 21, 2026 09:22 AM (m6fGY)

262 I've long asserted that Cuba will remain communist for about 30 seconds after Raul settles down for a long, relaxing dirt nap.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Or maybe it won't be so relaxing.
Maybe they will Oliver Cromwell him.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 21, 2026 09:23 AM (Lo97M)

263 Didn't Biden tell us to use our shotguns and shoot through the door ?

I understand that Amazon, Fed-EX and UPS deliverers weren't on-board with that policy.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 09:23 AM (PVBkQ)

264 256 Bernie clip was just on the news showing him screaming about Musk and other billionaires supporting Republicans. Nothing about Reid Hoffman, Laureen Jobs, Bezos ex, etc
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 09:20 AM (vJPf4)

I see the knives are out for Elon.. The Libs have added him to their list of people they will be dragging in to testify and in their fevered minds, arrest.

Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 09:24 AM (+gK6I)

265 Some states frown upon shooting people on your doorstep
Posted by: ... at October 21, 2026 09:20 AM (pV18s)

Sure. I said "forced." As in, "he refused to leave and instead attempted to enter."

No matter what, it isn't terrifying. Rude and infuriating, yes. Scary, no. Just some dumb punk in an old-man mask, sucking on a banana. I'd probably be trying not to laugh while I ran him off.

I doubt anyone was "terrified." Such drama.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 09:24 AM (BI5O2)

266 >>> Greta Thunberg

She's still a thing? Did she ever hit puberty?
- - -

She's the weirdo daughter of a 2nd generation movie director and a celebrity singer (rich and connected). She is riddled with personal issues (OCD, depression, eating disorder, etc.) and her mother discovered that Greta was best when she became an activist, so that her personal issues became caused by the outside world - climate change.

Greta will always be an activist, because it is the only working outlet for all her personal issues, with the benefit of it giving her parents a break.

She switched to being a Pali activist after oct 7th.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:25 AM (rOKnE)

267 Happy warriors, be of good cheer!

I've been fixated on Turnout and I expect it will break our way strongly in most places.

Even honest polls miss shifts in Turnout, as they rely on historic patterns. e.g., they failed in 2016 to see how Trump got the white working class to turnout. This is especially true for mid-terms which typically get less turnout.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 21, 2026 09:26 AM (dtajH)

268 253 Creep in Joe Biden mask terrifies Texas family by eating banana at their front door in the dark

On my block about 20 years ago, someone was wildly banging on an old lady's door, yanking on the knob trying to get in at 2 or 3 AM. She fired two shots through the door and the person ran off. Assume it was a drunk person at the wrong house. She wasn't taking any chances. Just how it is around here.

Posted by: Sweet Rural Shade at October 21, 2026 09:26 AM (EdP2u)

269 Troll is smelling things from the Horde. Weird superpower smelling stuff from computer screens

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 09:16 AM (vJPf4)

If anything, given your nick, you would be most open to smelling, at least gloves, across the internet.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 21, 2026 09:27 AM (PVBkQ)

270 I just got off the fun with my brother and he said John Cornyn was on CNBC and said that even though Ken Paxton and him aren't the greatest of friends so to speak he implied he will be voting for him and the entire Republican ticket.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 21, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

271 Lot's of cucks saying Amy Acton is somehow praiseworthy for claiming she was raped at 12--with no one convicted and the accused long-dead.

Fear drives base voters.

Having her own mother call her a liar who needs help, even if they're 50 years estranged, is good to motivate sideline Rs to keep her out of office. Even if they don't like Vivek.
And this controversy is reminding a lot of OH voters how she behaved during Covid--a petty, bitch tyrant who didn't care about who she hurt.
But now we're supposed to care about her feelings?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 21, 2026 09:28 AM (3cUTc)

272 >>How do they justify burning privately owned businesses? They destroyed small businesses! Isn’t that antithetical to their bizarre values regarding multinational corporations? I guess it doesn’t have to make sense.

"Are you saying property means more than lives???"
-- BLM scoffing ate people complaining about them burning down their neighborhood businesses in 2020

Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2026 09:28 AM (rOKnE)

273 @269 baseball gloves smell in person

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 21, 2026 09:29 AM (vJPf4)

274 When I was 5 or 6, I went in the wrong house. We were visiting my uncle, I'd never been there before, and we were just playing outside, at first. I got separated from my cousin and forgot which house it was. I wandered in and just sat there waiting for someone to show up. Nobody did, so I just wandered back out. That could have been bad.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 09:30 AM (BI5O2)

275 - martial arts

Thinks back to early 1980 - mid 1988.
Ribs cracked twice. Rib cartilage separated once. Lights turned out twice. All those times on my knees, trying to breathe.
Oh, and that broken toe that got rebroke first round of a tournament. Managed to win that round and three more until fighting for 1st and 2nd. Lost that one.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (ix5nG)

276 Good morning. Thank, J.J.

Independent Australian MP Helen Haines was intentionally struck by a car in Wangaratta on October 19, 2026. Both of her legs had to be amputated as a result of the incident.

Police arrested 43-year-doer Brendan Nugent at the scene. Authorities attribute the attack to rising political polarization, grievance-based behavior, and the suspect's unmedicated neurological condition rather than any specific controversy surrounding Haines.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese repeatedly called for the "temperature to be turned down" (or the "heat" to be turned down) regarding Australia's political discourse.

He stated that all public figures and citizens have a responsibility to disagree respectfully rather than resorting to vitriol. Albanese emphasized that he does not want Australia to change or move toward a more polarized, aggressive political landscape similar to the political environments seen in some other countries, warning that escalating hostility threatens the safe and open nature of Australian public life.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 21, 2026 09:31 AM (NFX2v)

277 Meet the Antifa Commie Who Burned Down Historic Limoges Town Hall

Peak Soi.

Posted by: Delurker at October 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2Drhq)

278 > Nobody did, so I just wandered back out. That could have been bad.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2026 09:30 AM (BI5O2)

Maybe 30-40 years ago we had a guy come to grief that way. Large apartment complex, multiple identical buildings.

Guy came home shitfaced, went in the wrong building, banged on the wrong door, and thought his roommates weren't letting him in because they were being dicks.

I think (but can't remember with certainty) that he eventually got so pissed that he kicked in the door and recieved a shotgun blast to the face for his trouble.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:33 AM (qlLNh)

279 Nood art.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 09:34 AM (qlLNh)

280 I plan on voting this afternoon at the Bear Creek polling station on the west side of Houston.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 21, 2026 09:37 AM (JNTt1)

281 I guess the time has come for me to arm myself.

Posted by: sidney at October 21, 2026 09:44 AM (Uy/WF)

282 History Repeats itself, first as Tragedy; then as Farce.

Belief in:
LIB Professional Authority.
LIB Strategic Insanity.
LIB Convenience.
LIB Slavery.
LIB Death.

This is normal.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 21, 2026 09:45 AM (3aGWf)

283 WaPo, minutes ago, ‘There are no people’: Springfield, Ohio, faces loss of Haitian residents
The city's economy has taken a hit as Haitian immigrants sequester in their homes or leave

Didn't we see this several times before? 🤔

>UK Guardian, May '26, Republicans split with Trump and back Haitians – to save their seats
In Ohio, where Haitians have helped revive the economy, vulnerable Republicans are reluctant to toe the Trump line.

>NYT, How an Ohio Town Landed in the Middle of the Immigration Debate (Published 2024)
Jobs attracted thousands of Haitians to Springfield, and employers were ecstatic. But then an immigrant driver was involved in a fatal accident...

Yes, we have.

The progressives always circle back.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 21, 2026 09:46 AM (NFX2v)

284 I see the knives are out for Elon.. The Libs have added him to their list of people they will be dragging in to testify and in their fevered minds, arrest.
Posted by: It's me donna at October 21, 2026 09:24 AM (+gK6I)

Never even enters their little pea size brains that the richest man in the world could cause them great "discomfort" if he so desired.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 21, 2026 09:48 AM (hmYU4)

285 I see the knives are out for Elon.

Democrats don't like it when Africans get uppity.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 09:57 AM (svLOV)

286 I see the knives are out for Elon

Were I Elon, I'd be building an army of killbots in an underground lair, waiting to unleash them on an unsuspecting world. Because in our current funhouse-mirror reality, James Bond would be the villain.

Posted by: weew at October 21, 2026 10:07 AM (9TspW)

287 Yes, indeed.

WSJ, World
Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine
The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions. Updated October 21, 2026

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 21, 2026 10:11 AM (NFX2v)

288 Time to cull.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2026 10:12 AM (LHPAg)

289 286 I see the knives are out for Elon

Were I Elon, I'd be building an army of killbots in an underground lair, waiting to unleash them on an unsuspecting world. Because in our current funhouse-mirror reality, James Bond would be the villain.
Posted by: weew

Isn't he?
and news to whom?
Check your targets, is it really mELONhead?
mollusk like fingers reprising the Harry Lime/Third Man scene.

or cTHIEL? who's the one giving you the world worse than CTHILLARY? all JD, Elon, Zelensky puppets to the one who pits man against other Men until we exist no more.

A world safe for Palantir, Covenant, Anduril
-- of managable War; the separation of Regional conflict from Strategic Threat

Make a Deal with cTHIEL!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-atLongLongLAST
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-getThisPartySTARTED
...time to take this chaos World Wide...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDEyL_sS0eY&t=89s
Don't forget to Vote

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 21, 2026 11:22 AM (UcmK5)

Daily Tech News 21 December 2026

Top Story

Indian certificate authority eMudhra - one of the companies authorised to issue the SSL certificates the entire internet depends on - has been thoroughly compromised. (The Register)

And when I say "compromised" I mean in the sense of caught with its pants down performing a dance to honour the Hindu goddess Kali in the middle of the busiest intersection in central Bangalore during Diwali.

And why I mean that is someone figured out one of the keys they use to sign certificates.

The key was 4.

Tech News

Japan, a real country albeit one with strange sandwiches, just launched a catch-and-release expedition to the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. (Space)

The plan is to return a sample of at least ten grams of Phobosian soil to Earth. The whole moon if they can capture it in the craft's Pokeball, but at least ten grams.
AMD's much improved FSR 4.1 upscaling has now been backported to everything. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, not this laptop, which is two generations too old for that, but dedicated Radeon 6000 family cards, the Xbox, handhelds using the Z2 chips, and Ryzen Max and Ryzen 9 mini-PCs.

Also not officially to the Ryzen 7 mini-PCs, though they will likely work with a bit of hacking; they just might not benefit much from it.
How to convert $1000 worth of laptop RAM to $1000 worth of desktop RAM. (Tom's Hardware)

Like porcupines making love.
A Canadian expert in ransomware negotiations who recently wrote a book recommending you should always talk to the people holding you to ransom was allegedly in cahoots with the ransomers. (Krebs on Security)

And is now in FBI custody.
Sony has updated its classic Walkman music player. (The Register)

The top model costs $5900 and offers 256GB of storage. But that's a luxury item with a price to match; the entry level model with 64GB of storage - still quite a lot for MP3 files - is only $1900.

Wait.

Mythical Interlude

Don't think I ever saw this one.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Ooh, elephant!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)

2 >>>And is now in FBI custody.

A happy ending!

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

3 And why I mean that is someone figured out one of the keys they use to sign certificates.

The key was 4.

And that's close to the word for death in Cantonese, which is why they avoid the number 4, which takes us back to Kali, the goddess of death and destruction (AND rebirth)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:07 AM (l3cgK)

4 G'Day everyone
Longer commute today

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 04:07 AM (Ia/+0)

5 The plan is to return a sample of at least ten grams of Phobosian soil to Earth. The whole moon if they can capture it in the craft's Pokeball, but at least ten grams.

I chose YOU, Titan! Go fight Phobos!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:08 AM (l3cgK)

6 How to convert $1000 worth of laptop RAM to $1000 worth of desktop RAM.

Is this like the joke about how to make a small fortune in farming?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:09 AM (l3cgK)

7 A Canadian expert in ransomware negotiations who recently wrote a book recommending you should always talk to the people holding you to ransom was allegedly in cahoots with the ransomers. (Krebs on Security)

And is now in FBI custody.

Ah, he was doing an SPLC...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:10 AM (l3cgK)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2026 04:12 AM (sAmhv)

9 The key was 4.

Not much brute at all in that force.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:14 AM (6ydKt)

10 The plan is to return a sample of at least ten grams of Phobosian soil to Earth. The whole moon if they can capture it in the craft's Pokeball, but at least ten grams.

Gotta catch 'em all!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:15 AM (6ydKt)

11 My installation of the Brave browser shows no eMudhra certificates installed in either the root store or the ones I've imported.

Whether they've been yanked or were just never there in the first place, I don't know.

4? Motherfucking 4?

Wow, I wonder how long it took to brute-force that one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 04:20 AM (qlLNh)

12 11 My installation of the Brave browser shows no eMudhra certificates installed in either the root store or the ones I've imported.

Whether they've been yanked or were just never there in the first place, I don't know.

4? Motherfucking 4?

Wow, I wonder how long it took to brute-force that one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 04:20 AM (qlLNh)

Depends where they started. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:21 AM (l3cgK)

13 The top model costs $5900 and offers 256GB of storage. But that's a luxury item with a price to match; the entry level model with 64GB of storage - still quite a lot for MP3 files - is only $1900.

Wait.

wtf is Sony thinking with this.
You can pay much less, get a phone, text, and apps included, and pay over $1000 less for the same basic experience.

Good God, $1900.
My Sony Walkman's were espensive at the time, for sure.
I had a cassette version that was waterproof and was around $200 if I remember right.
The Sony CD Walkman I got next was cheaper.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:23 AM (6ydKt)

14 I have no idea what an SSL certificate is, which is a surprise to nobody here who knows what a non techy person I am ( and you all know that ) but your description of the Indian guy made me laugh. Are there stand up comedy routines for programmers and systems analysts, etc. if so, you should bring your show on that road, Pixy. Actually, I will show it to my husband . He used to be a technical person and he will laugh.

And thanks for the song from "America" I remember hearing them and I like it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 04:26 AM (JrHfD)

15 “Not a number that starts with 4, or the number 4 followed by a few hundred random digits, just, 4... Another one is 56, and another is 115. I know, because I recovered all of them from their public certificates on my laptop just now, and it took less than a second,” Helme wrote.

Other researchers have found private keys including the numbers 66, 155, 156, 230 and 237.

Those are vastly inadequate keys, because they’re easy to guess, making all certs issued by eMudhra susceptible to brute force attacks.

As Helme put it: “A P-384 private key should be a random 384-bit number, which gives you 2³⁸⁴ possibilities (or roughly 10¹¹⁵, so nobody is ever going to search that.”

lol

These Indians wanted easy to remember numbers for SSL certificates.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:30 AM (6ydKt)

16 Best America song is still A Horse With No Name.

I've enjoyed that song since the first time I heard it as a kid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:32 AM (6ydKt)

17 Person writes on Exodus 14:15-30, and "The Riad to Fulfillment" despite roadblocks. Upper Room devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/34fju4a9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 04:34 AM (JrHfD)

18 The key was 4.

youtu.be/-IOMNUayJjI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2026 04:34 AM (sAmhv)

19 >>>The key was 4.

An essential key.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

20 Story behind a great old hymn, "Abide with me and the hymn":

https://tinyurl.com/27fj2ptx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 04:37 AM (JrHfD)

21 6 How to convert $1000 worth of laptop RAM to $1000 worth of desktop RAM.

Is this like the joke about how to make a small fortune in farming?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:09 AM (l3cgK)

Tell the joke! I don't know that one.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

22 Sorry ; The quotes were just supposed to go around the title, not my additions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 04:38 AM (JrHfD)

23 Probably they did it on purpose, as a favor for some hackers or secret service.
At the same time, they have semi-plausible denial, so it will be hard to punish them (not sure anyone will try).

Posted by: PG at October 21, 2026 04:38 AM (1Xa6P)

24 "The key was 4."

Compromised during a game of golf?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 21, 2026 04:40 AM (O7YUW)

25 These Indians wanted easy to remember numbers for SSL certificates.

I would insult their intelligence, but they did it for me.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 21, 2026 04:41 AM (Q/FnY)

26 Woman adopts gas station cashiers baby and they become like sisters. Sunny Skyz site :

https://tinyurl.com/2kej3sfr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 04:41 AM (JrHfD)

27 How do you make a small fortune in farming?

Start with a large one.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 21, 2026 04:42 AM (iIyc0)

28 Thankfully, I doubt anybody outside India was getting their certs from these guys.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:46 AM (6ydKt)

29 > I have no idea what an SSL certificate is

On a really basic level:

Ever play around with newspaper cryptograms (like the letter 'a' becomes 'q', and the letter 'b' becomes 'k') and so on?

Same idea, except way harder to break than the newspaper ones (well, unless you use '4' as the key).

This keeps your neighbor on the same network from reading the data that flows between you and Amazon (or whatever).

Internet encryption is a special type called "public key" encryption. This uses some special mathematical magic that allows you make to the encryption key public without disclosing the decryption key. Newspaper cryptograms don't have that feature ... if you know that 'a' becomes 'q' when encrypted, you immediately know that 'q' will become 'a' when decrypted.

This has a big advantage. The remote site (say, Amazon) can encrypt special "I am Amazon" messages using the secret key, which anyone on the internet can then decrypt using the public key to verify that this is, in fact, the real Amazon.

Obviously this only works if the secret key remains secret.

(continued)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 04:50 AM (qlLNh)

30 I am so grateful to God for the ladies who come to my Bible study at the senior care center . They are all in their 80's and have walkers or wheelchairs and they all trudge down the hall to a quiet place with a table, God bless them! . They have interesting questions and comments and I enjoy their company. Yesterday we started on "Revelation".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 04:52 AM (JrHfD)

31 16 Best America song is still A Horse With No Name.

I've enjoyed that song since the first time I heard it as a kid.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:32 AM (6ydKt)

I like to think that the horse was actually named With No Name, and it's all been a big misunderstanding ever since.

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 04:54 AM (ke3zm)

32 27 How do you make a small fortune in farming?

Start with a large one.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 21, 2026 04:42 AM (iIyc0)

Yup. Late to the answer...was watching the railroad car implode...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

33 Gonna go to sleep...night.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:59 AM (l3cgK)

34 What's happened here, though, is even worse than that.

These key pairs are generated by so-called "certificate authorities" ("CAs"), such as this eMudhra outfit. Your browser has a list of CAs that it trusts, and will assume that any certificate signed by that CA is valid (the CA is supposed to take care of ensuring it's the real Amazon before issuing the certificate).

If the CA is compromised Bad Guys can generate fake keys (and thus, fake sites) that pretend to be Amazon, or your bank, or even AoSHQ and any browser that trusts that CA will take it as gospel.

If Amazon is run by idiots who leak their keys, Amazon is compromised. If a CA is run by idiots who leak their keys, *every company that uses that CA* and *every browser that trusts that CA* is compromised.

This is obviously Very Bad.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 04:59 AM (qlLNh)

35 And yep, I'm out too.

I'm only up because my glucose alarm said I needed to get up and eat something.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 05:02 AM (qlLNh)

36 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 05:02 AM (qlLNh)

Thanks very much, Rodrigo, for taking the time to explain all that to me. I really appreciate that .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 05:04 AM (JrHfD)

37
Deep thoughts from an American self-imposed ex-pat:
I've never been to Spain, but I kind of like the music.
I really loathe the people though. Am I wrong to feel this?

Start with the word "feel" and work backward from there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2026 05:07 AM (ixS3i)

38 The remote site (say, Amazon) can encrypt special "I am Amazon" messages using the secret key, which anyone on the internet can then decrypt using the public key to verify that this is, in fact, the real Amazon.

Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2026 04:50 AM

I'm going to go ahead and assume you intended the 'prime' pun in Amazon marketing AND asymmetric key generation.

Posted by: Nato at October 21, 2026 05:08 AM (mSbLJ)

39
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 21, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

40
Woman adopts gas station cashiers baby and they become like sisters.

For a moment there -- just at the outset, mind you -- I thought that this might become a "never buy an egg salad sandwich from a gas station food dispensing machine" story.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2026 05:12 AM (ixS3i)

41 I like to think that the horse was actually named With No Name, and it's all been a big misunderstanding ever since.

Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2026 04:54 AM (ke3zm)

It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la, la
La, la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la, la

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:14 AM (6ydKt)

42
A phobophobosian is a person with an irrational fear of Mars' moob, Phobos.

You heard it here first.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2026 05:15 AM (ixS3i)

43
"moob", heh!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2026 05:16 AM (ixS3i)

44 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 05:17 AM (Ia/+0)

45 "How do you make a small fortune in farming?

Start with a large one."

Oh, the Jeremy Clarkson method.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 05:19 AM (LOvBA)

46
I've been through the desert on a horse, with no name.

We really need to have a serious national conversation on riding horses anonymously

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2026 05:21 AM (ixS3i)

47 Weinberg's Law:

"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 21, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

48 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2026 05:23 AM (V0/Sp)

49 From the comments in article at The Register about eMudhra and the "4" key:

https://xkcd.com/221/

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 21, 2026 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

50 The key was 4.

That’s dumber than the combination to my luggage!

Posted by: President Skroob at October 21, 2026 05:28 AM (NZIuw)

51 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 21, 2026 05:34 AM (Hbeqj)

52 David Suchet reads a nice psalm of praise-Psalm 100:

https://tinyurl.com/mvzabdct

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 05:37 AM (JrHfD)

53 "The key was 4"

But everyone knows it's 42

Posted by: Zombie Douglas Adams at October 21, 2026 05:38 AM (y7zkd)

54 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:14 AM (6ydKt)

You can't fool me. You're a former member of the group "America", right ? 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 05:41 AM (JrHfD)

55 You can't fool me. You're a former member of the group "America", right ? 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 05:41 AM (JrHfD)

I wish.
Would've been a lot more fun than working on websites at 5 in the morning.

I'd be living off of royalty checks by now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:46 AM (6ydKt)

56 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2026 05:21 AM (ixS3i)

lol.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 05:47 AM (JrHfD)

57 They don’t abuse it
Never gonna lose it
I can’t refuse it

Posted by: Thrice Canine Evening at October 21, 2026 05:47 AM (N7Ml+)

58
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 05:49 AM (eRlcH)

59 Ahem. "...you can't remember your name..."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 05:49 AM (LOvBA)

60 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:46 AM (6ydKt)

Well, for 5:00 in the morning you're quite a witty person.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 05:49 AM (JrHfD)

61 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2026 05:56 AM (VyBeY)

62 https://xkcd.com/3290/

That comic is just an example of why xkcd stopped being funny.

They keep letting their 'principles' sneak in.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:57 AM (6ydKt)

63 Well, for 5:00 in the morning you're quite a witty person.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 05:49 AM (JrHfD)

It depends on my mood and whether the bills are all paid up this month as to how witty I am in the morning.

Stress ruins my sense of humor even when I try to laugh my way through it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:58 AM (6ydKt)

64 A certain amount of stress is good for motivation.

Too much can be debilitating. I don't recommend it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 06:01 AM (LOvBA)

65 Morning, all. Bracing for a long day at work right now. But I do have coffee so that balances things.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 06:07 AM (svLOV)

66 (non) LOL, gave up xkcd years ago.
used to be funny, sometimes.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2026 06:07 AM (VyBeY)

67 64 A certain amount of stress is good for motivation.

Posted by: no one of any consequence

Oh look; Boot Camp memories coming back to me.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 06:08 AM (svLOV)

68 A farmer won a million dollar lottery.
Newspaper reporter asked him what he would do, now that he was wealthy..
Farmer replied “ I guess I’ll just keep farming until the money runs out”.

Posted by: Fenderbender at October 21, 2026 06:09 AM (1FEc1)

69 64 A certain amount of stress is good for motivation.

Too much can be debilitating. I don't recommend it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 06:01 AM (LOvBA)

Truth.

Some of the worse stress ever was the year after Mom died and Dad was on his way there.

Lost my cool several times due to being so stressed out, and I wasn't even the one who was dying.

Stress to get work done is nothing in comparison.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

70 used to be funny, sometimes.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2026 06:07 AM (VyBeY)

The stick figure with the ponytail is cute.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:13 AM (6ydKt)

71 @66/sock_rat_eez: "LOL, gave up xkcd years ago.
used to be funny, sometimes."

Same. Used to be a daily read for me. Dropped it off my list when he went all-in on being a member of the Church of Climate Disaster.

I'll occasionally link an old XKCD if it was funny, like I did today, but for the most part that comic is now off my radar.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 21, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

72 I gave up on xkcd when he put up a strip condemning the CEO of Mozilla for daring to donate to an organization in CA that was against same sex marriage.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 06:24 AM (svLOV)

73 I still laugh when Daniel Boone is on and I hear him talking about his musket.

How "Tit-licker" got said so many times on national TV in the mid-60s is beyond me.

And I'll be damned if I can figure out why he named it that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:24 AM (6ydKt)

74
Same. Used to be a daily read for me. Dropped it off my list when he went all-in on being a member of the Church of Climate Disaster.

Gave up when he approved of cancel culture.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 06:25 AM (eRlcH)

75 27 How do you make a small fortune in farming?

Start with a large one.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 21, 2026 04:42 AM (iIyc0)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 06:25 AM (odBC9)

76 72 I gave up on xkcd when he put up a strip condemning the CEO of Mozilla for daring to donate to an organization in CA that was against same sex marriage.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 06:24 AM (svLOV)

Opinion Tyrants.
That worked flawlessly up until about 2016.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:27 AM (6ydKt)

77 59 Ahem. "...you can't remember your name..."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 05:49 AM (LOvBA)

I wuz gonna say.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 06:28 AM (odBC9)

78 Evening and morning, satellites and satraps! Is it really Woden's Day already, and only one more of them to go before October is gone? Really?

Somehow I managed to sleep until five. This despite a black cat kicking me around 3:30 and a dream about visiting friends of friends somewhere in the countryside, and being aware in the dream that I was counting down the hours until I could escape.

Coffee will wash some of this away. Right?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

79 68 A farmer won a million dollar lottery.
Newspaper reporter asked him what he would do, now that he was wealthy..
Farmer replied “ I guess I’ll just keep farming until the money runs out”.
Posted by: Fenderbender at October 21, 2026 06:09 AM (1FEc1)

; )

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 06:29 AM (odBC9)

80 I still laugh when Daniel Boone is on and I hear him talking about his musket.

How "Tit-licker" got said so many times on national TV in the mid-60s is beyond me.

And I'll be damned if I can figure out why he named it that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026

***
I don't recall that at all. I guess censors are like today's leftists: positive they know it all, and don't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

81
Evening and morning, satellites and satraps!

"You forgot us!" - Flunkies, outriders, liegemen, squires, mooks, toadies, sycophants

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 06:32 AM (eRlcH)

82 I don't recall that at all. I guess censors are like today's leftists: positive they know it all, and don't.

***
Another crazy example: In a Man From U.N.C.L.E. script, a stage direction refers to Illya hiding in the crotch of a tree. The NBC censors objected, even though it was a stage direction, not a line of dialog to be aired, and the crotch was only that of a tree. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)

83 hardly a mid-week goes by without thinking of this P. G. Wodehouse gem:
“A fellow told me one about Wembley yesterday," I said, to help on the cheery flow of conversation. "Stop me if you've heard it before. Chap goes up to deaf chap outside the exhibition and says, "Is this Wembley?" "Hey?" says deaf chap. "Is this Wembley?" says chap. "Hey?" says deaf chap. "Is this Wembley?" says chap. "No, Thursday," says deaf chap. Ha, ha, I mean, what?"
The merry laughter froze on my lips. Sir Roderick sort of just waggled an eyebrow in my direction and I saw that it was back to the basket for Bertram. I never met a man who had such a knack of making a fellow feel like a waste-product.
--Carry On, Jeeves

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 21, 2026 06:38 AM (VyBeY)

84 Brane AI:

Daniel Boone's famous rifle, known as "Tick-Licker" (not a musket), was a Pennsylvania Long Rifle (also known as a Kentucky Long Rifle), not a smoothbore musket. Contrary to some myths suggesting a tiny .29 caliber, historical accounts and his grandson Nathan Boone indicate the rifle was a heavy, large-bore weapon, likely .44 to .66 caliber, designed to fire a one-ounce ball.

The nickname "Tick-Licker" referred to Boone's exceptional marksmanship, claiming he could shoot a tick off an animal without harming the beast. The firearm was crafted by his brother Squire Boone, a skilled gunsmith, and featured a long rifled barrel (over 5 feet in length) and a curly maple stock. While often associated with the Kentucky frontier where Boone gained fame, the design originated with German gunmakers in Pennsylvania.

No wonder.
I've been hearing it wrong this entire time.

Maybe hearing what I wanted to hear, or Fess Parker made it sound like Tit instead of Tick.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:39 AM (6ydKt)

85 Another crazy example: In a Man From U.N.C.L.E. script, a stage direction refers to Illya hiding in the crotch of a tree. The NBC censors objected, even though it was a stage direction, not a line of dialog to be aired, and the crotch was only that of a tree. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)

These days everything can have a crotch or switch genders on a dime.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:41 AM (6ydKt)

86 The band America is just pure 70s. Good stuff

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 21, 2026 06:43 AM (PlkPS)

87 Farming ain't cheap.

$25,000 to $100,000 for a new John Deere tractor.
A combine for $400,000.

Seed, labor, diesel, every other cost that I have no clue about.

It's a wonder so many people still choose to do it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:46 AM (6ydKt)

88 Cat is standing up on his hind legs and somehow managed to find a pen. If only he could learn to be a prize winning, wealthy novelist .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 06:47 AM (JrHfD)

89 Early voting has begun here. I could go take care of that today. I've got US Senator, US Rep, a bunch of judges (all Ds), and a slew of amendments to the state constitution. I'll need to research those.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)

90 Not sure if this was posted in later threads here yesterday:

Antifa arsonist arrested for torching Limoges City Hall
https://tinyurl.com/mpcdfnc7

Oh look, he's Antifa. Shocker.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 21, 2026 06:48 AM (O7YUW)

91 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 06:50 AM (RIvkX)

92 They don't let us vote on amendments or referendums in this state.

Columbia decides everything and we just pay the taxes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:50 AM (6ydKt)

93 "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things…and the God of peace will be with you.” Philippians 4:8-9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 06:50 AM (JrHfD)

94 My early voting location, as it has been for some years, is a vintage courthouse near the landing for the ferry that goes across the river to downtown. I recall it being my Election Day voting location when I lived a few blocks away in Nov. 1988. Now my E-Day location is a church about a mile's drive north of me.

I should be able to find a parking spot not far from the courthouse this morning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

95

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 21, 2026 06:51 AM (UKrJG)

96 Oh look, he's Antifa. Shocker.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

"How do you know? Did he have a uniform?! Who is his commanding officer? HMMMMM!?!!!"

-Average leftist answer.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 21, 2026 06:52 AM (svLOV)

97 - Fen

How far did you get yesterday?
And if you're going to be around for a few, I've got a link I need to "shrink" first that might be an eye opener.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 06:52 AM (ix5nG)

98 Gillette has come up with a new shaving product: a razor for men to shave their *body hair*. WTAF?

I do not want to think about this right now. It's time to feed the furry thugs (who do not need to shave, lucky creatures that they are).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

99 Gillette has come up with a new shaving product: a razor for men to shave their *body hair*. WTAF?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

Yep. Faggot company now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 06:54 AM (1Ff7Z)

100 Those who attacked the building brought mortars, a 200-kilogram battering ram, and waved Palestinian flags. They also flew flags of Antifa and the far-left New Anticapitalist Party. Limoges Mayor Guillaume Guérin said that hundreds of far-left militants had joined the demonstration that was already 5,000 strong and deliberately targeted the structure.

"The ultra-left organized the logistics. They had prepared their attack and knew how to get inside," Guerin said.

They are anarchists and Islamists allied to end the republic.

It's like nobody in France in any authority understands this simple fact.

Even when this spate of riots ends they'll all be back at again in six months or a year when Le Pen (or whoever) is in office.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:56 AM (6ydKt)

101
Gillette has come up with a new shaving product: a razor for men to shave their *body hair*. WTAF?

I... the... no. Just, no. That's just gay and lame.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 06:56 AM (eRlcH)

102 Gillette has come up with a new shaving product: a razor for men to shave their *body hair*. WTAF?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026
*
Yep. Faggot company now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026

***
I stopped knowingly buying any of their stuff years ago. Many of my vintage safety razors are Gillettes, but that does not put any money into their pockets now.

Oh, here's the link to that new MfU Animated adventure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrW1LmZRwHY

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

103 Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 06:52 AM (ix5nG)

We only did the first chapter. I am only scheduled for about 45 minutes. I told them "Revelation" has a lot of chapters, so if we're going to do the whole thing by chapter rather than condense with themes and imagery etc, they'll have to see me for about the next sixteen weeks. They seemed willing which was kind of them.

I'd be glad to look at whatever you post, Teej . Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 06:58 AM (JrHfD)

104 Language NSFW:

https://tinyurl.com/48s5p87t

Sorry. You're gonna need to kill these people BEFORE they kill you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 21, 2026 06:58 AM (x8PQF)

105 They don't let us vote on amendments or referendums in this state
=====

The system here is entirely corrupted.

I voted no on gay marriage THREE times.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 06:59 AM (RIvkX)

106 98 Gillette has come up with a new shaving product: a razor for men to shave their *body hair*. WTAF?

I do not want to think about this right now. It's time to feed the furry thugs (who do not need to shave, lucky creatures that they are).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

They've had products like that out for awhile now.

www.manscaped.com is famous for it.
They cater to the metrosexual crowd as far as I can tell.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 06:59 AM (6ydKt)

107 France should dust off some guillotines and get cracking.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 07:00 AM (LOvBA)

108 >Gillette has come up with a new shaving product: a razor for men to shave their *body hair*. WTAF?
----

For your 'area'

Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026 07:00 AM (ZxPkt)

109 Whenever I drive to Ohio along the Pennsylvania Turnpike I am tempted by the sign announcing "Daniel Boone Homestead and Birthplace". I don't imagine there would be much to see there but maybe just go and hum the theme song from the old TV show and feel like a part of history.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 07:00 AM (LY8iJ)

110 Lee Kuan Yimby

@LeeKuanYimby
17h
We literally give them everything and they respond with this...
====

You're a sucker.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

111 The system here is entirely corrupted.

I voted no on gay marriage THREE times.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 06:59 AM (RIvkX)

Which kinda tells me that even if they did let us vote on amendments or referendum that it would make no difference because they'll do what they wanted to do anyhow, no matter the vote.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:02 AM (6ydKt)

112 A funny thing about guillotines.

They were not put up on a scaffold. They were wheeled in and left on the ground. Very portable. Quick work.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 07:03 AM (LOvBA)

113 Remember, it was the fag judge that overruled Prop. 9

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 07:03 AM (LOvBA)

114 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrW1LmZRwHY
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

Saw the link the day after it posted. Too long to watch right now. Maybe in a day or two.

Did find your comments, though.

One thing I don't like is requiring a YT account to comment on someone's vid. Used to be you could sign in through Gmail, but not anymore.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 07:04 AM (1Ff7Z)

115 104 Language NSFW:

https://tinyurl.com/48s5p87t

Sorry. You're gonna need to kill these people BEFORE they kill you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 21, 2026 06:58 AM (x8PQF)

I think these Instagram Revolutionaries are not going to like the results if they try that crap here.

This woman has based her entire persona on hate and is eat up by it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:05 AM (6ydKt)

116 - Great Fen!

Glad you're taking your time. A tape set on Thessalonians I heard 30+ years ago prompted me to do my own study on the day of the LORD/Christ/His appearing etc.

I ended up here. Over 2 hours but well worth it.

https://tinyurl.com/5fwdx89u

Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 07:06 AM (ix5nG)

117 Sorry. You're gonna need to kill these people BEFORE they kill you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 21, 2026 06:58 AM (x8PQF)

They were, in fact, not killed.

Posted by: Narrator at October 21, 2026 07:06 AM (1Ff7Z)

118 It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la, la
La, la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la, la
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 05:14 AM (6ydKt)

======

So. Many. Drugs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

119
American-Egyptian activist Eman Mabrouk celebrates the riots in France: ''I think burn it all down, stop sucking European Master's dicks, liberation isn't going to be pretty, it's going to cost blood, it's going to cost lives.''

As the scorpion said to the frog it just stung, "I am sorry, but I couldn't help myself. It's my character."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:08 AM (eRlcH)

120 Gillette has come up with a new shaving product: a razor for men to shave their *body hair*. WTAF?
----

For your 'area'
Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2026

***
I got lotsa "areas"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

121 109 Whenever I drive to Ohio along the Pennsylvania Turnpike I am tempted by the sign announcing "Daniel Boone Homestead and Birthplace". I don't imagine there would be much to see there but maybe just go and hum the theme song from the old TV show and feel like a part of history.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026 07:00 AM (LY8iJ)

There's not much to it, looks like a few homes and recreations.

https://tinyurl.com/y48scuhz
(Wikipedia)

There are a lot more Boone historic sites in Kentucky, including his grave. And there are a few more places &sites in NC and VA that are releated to Boone.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

122 I just stumbled into another insane literary rabbit hole full of punji sticks.

This woman named CrazyCae wrote a fantasy novel and published it in 2025, a race of beings in it are named Sarafae.

And this 'Reiki healer' from ME has gone full LeRoy Jenkins meets Pricks&MiniDicks on CrazyCae exclaiming that SHE, Seraphim Emerald Gypsy, has the trademark* on that word and in fact CrazyCae stole her life story of being of the lineage of Freya and the Duataha de Tuuna. She is stalking and harassing CrazyCae with legal threats and defamatory accusations while saying it is CrazyCae's fault she lost custody of her child.

*The nutjob filed the trademark one month after the book was published. Plus there is an entertainer named Sara Fae.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:11 AM (2GVsD)

123 As the scorpion said to the frog it just stung, "I am sorry, but I couldn't help myself. It's my character."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:08 AM (eRlcH)
=====

"And, and," the scorpion added, "because I'm morally superior to you."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2026 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

124
And this 'Reiki healer' from ME has gone full LeRoy Jenkins meets Pricks&MiniDicks on CrazyCae exclaiming that SHE, Seraphim Emerald Gypsy, has the trademark* on that word and in fact CrazyCae stole her life story of being of the lineage of Freya and the Duataha de Tuuna.

Um. Could you repeat that? Slowly?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:13 AM (eRlcH)

125 Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 07:06 AM (ix5nG)

It's also going to take longer because I'm only scheduled twice a month. Yesterday some of the time was taken up with background for John and for his being exiled to Patmos.

Thanks very much for the resource . May you and all here have a blessed day in the Lord!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2026 07:14 AM (JrHfD)

126 And this 'Reiki healer' from ME has gone full LeRoy Jenkins meets Pricks&MiniDicks on CrazyCae exclaiming that SHE, Seraphim Emerald Gypsy, has the trademark* on that word and in fact CrazyCae stole her life story of being of the lineage of Freya and the Duataha de Tuuna.
*
Um. Could you repeat that? Slowly?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026

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One word: Looney Tunes

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

127 Hadrian, the nutjob is about 5 fries short of a Happy Meal while surfing in Nebraska.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:16 AM (2GVsD)

128 What that indian professor said is true. Indians cannot be trusted as they have no morals and lie, cheat, steal as a matter of course.

Posted by: Shiva, god of nonsense at October 21, 2026 07:16 AM (8EQTH)

129 - Fen, the vid focus is pretty much just Rev 6 - 7.
A lot of time spent on other passages that tie in.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 21, 2026 07:16 AM (ix5nG)

130 Duataha de Tuuna?

Sounds like a Spanish tuna salad sandwich.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:18 AM (6ydKt)

131 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 07:18 AM (y9NP6)

132 Whenever I drive to Ohio along the Pennsylvania Turnpike I am tempted by the sign announcing "Daniel Boone Homestead and Birthplace". I don't imagine there would be much to see there but maybe just go and hum the theme song from the old TV show and feel like a part of history.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2026

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Some people might count Daniel Boone as a "Western," because there are guns and Indians in it, and it's set on a frontier. It's not; it's a historical drama. "The West" as we think of it in novels and movies was much farther west, past the Miss. River or up along the northern Missouri. True, in DB's time his area was thought of as "the West" as in "west of the original thirteen colonies," but still.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

133 I searched for it and the first hit is:

"Baasto iyo Suugo Tuuna (Pasta and Spiced Tuna Sauce)" from the NY Times.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:19 AM (6ydKt)

134 American-Egyptian activist Eman Mabrouk celebrates the riots in France: ''I think burn it all down, stop sucking European Master's dicks, liberation isn't going to be pretty, it's going to cost blood, it's going to cost lives.''

As the scorpion said to the frog it just stung, "I am sorry, but I couldn't help myself. It's my character."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 07:08 AM (eRlcH)
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They never, ever consider the lives the revolution is going to cost will include their own. No, only YOUR life will be taken.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 07:20 AM (FZ29D)

135 And this 'Reiki healer' from ME has gone full LeRoy Jenkins meets Pricks&MiniDicks on CrazyCae exclaiming that SHE, Seraphim Emerald Gypsy, has the trademark* on that word and in fact CrazyCae stole her life story of being of the lineage of Freya and the Duataha de Tuuna.
*
Um. Could you repeat that? Slowly?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026

One word: Looney Tunes
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Nuts.
Posted by: General Anthony McAuliffe

Posted by: rickb223 at October 21, 2026 07:21 AM (y9NP6)

136 Duataha de Tuuna?

Sounds like a Spanish tuna salad sandwich.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:18 AM (6ydKt)
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Must be some sort of corruption of "Tuatha De Danann," a sort of faerie-like race from pre-Christian Ireland.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 07:22 AM (FZ29D)

137 At the time of the American Revolution, Ohio was "the West."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2026 07:22 AM (LOvBA)

138 J.J.Sefton. Arriving on Runway 080 and claiming First.

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

139 Some people might count Daniel Boone as a "Western," because there are guns and Indians in it, and it's set on a frontier. It's not; it's a historical drama. "The West" as we think of it in novels and movies was much farther west, past the Miss. River or up along the northern Missouri. True, in DB's time his area was thought of as "the West" as in "west of the original thirteen colonies," but still.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

Pretty much any show with a horse in it is considered a 'Western' now.

Starz Encore Westerns is showing movies several times a week about girls riding their horses in competitions and then getting a ride homw in their cowboy hat wearing boyfriends F-150.

No Indians, no guns, no saloons, no poker, not even a bar fight.

The most we get is Becky getting catty with Karen because she didn't brush her horse down correctly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 07:24 AM (6ydKt)

140 Talk about cut&paste 'religion'

Seraphim is Hebrew.
Freya is predominately Norse
Tuatha de Dannan* is Celtic for the Fae.
Reiki is a Japanese style of healing.
Gypsy is a problematic name for the Romani people, can't she be more sensitive?

*sorry for the misspelling.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 21, 2026 07:25 AM (2GVsD)

141 Pretty much any show with a horse in it is considered a 'Western' now.

Starz Encore Westerns is showing movies several times a week about girls riding their horses in competitions and then getting a ride home in their cowboy hat wearing boyfriends F-150.

No Indians, no guns, no saloons, no poker, not even a bar fight.

The most we get is Becky getting catty with Karen because she didn't brush her horse down correctly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026

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If it's set in Texas or west of there, I guess they consider it a "Western." Maybe even in Kansas or Nebraska.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 07:28 AM (wzUl9)

142 Gypsy is a problematic name for the Romani people, can't she be more sensitive?

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There were probably good reasons for the gypsies to be disliked and shunned. "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" was not just a song title.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)

143 Pixy dated today's Tech Thread as "21 December"!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)

144 Mr. Sefton is here

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9)

145 The key was 4.

Well, *technically* it was a lot more complicated than that. It was 00000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000100

Which looks even worse.

Posted by: GWB at October 21, 2026 07:49 AM (kU0PQ)

146 Indian certificate authority eMudhra has been thoroughly compromised.

... this alone should require that all H1-B visa holders should return to India to clear this up

Posted by: SMOD at October 21, 2026 09:56 AM (RHGPo)

147 >>> Like porcupines making love.

Sometimes you just have to say Fuck It.
--The Porcupine

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2026 10:15 AM (syz1S)

148 There's an analysis on Twitter that starts with "LOL I bet they thought 384-bit keys means 'pick a number between 1 and 384' and concludes with 'OMG that is actually what they really did'"

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 21, 2026 11:45 AM (LgYtf)

149 Hope you get it fixed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 05:04 PM (vOxCS)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - October 20, 2026

From Earth pictures

Howdy Hordelings! The Tuesday ONT has arrived. On time, as always. Open thread, as always. Ready to be whelmed?

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ONT funnies

I haven't laughed this hard in a while!
This is hilarious because it's true! �� https://t.co/wAALTD63F1
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) October 20, 2026

Why do all these Triggered leftist go to see Ben or any Comedy show? �� https://t.co/cD7bkphCvT
— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) October 18, 2026

I love she’s calling a spade a spade.. It’s annoying https://t.co/TC5MWOgsnz
— Shaggy JTS �� (@JtShaggy) October 13, 2026

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This seems like a clever idea to me.

A married couple in San Diego wanted to get dressed up and go to a wedding. Problem was, they’d reached the age where nobody they knew was getting married anymore.
So they built a website where you can buy tickets to strangers’ weddings.
And the economics actually make sense.
The couple getting married has already committed to a venue minimum. Someone cancels. Now there’s an empty chair and a dinner they’re paying for either way.
Meanwhile, another couple would happily pay to eat, dance, have some cake and watch a best man make a series of increasingly questionable decisions with a microphone.
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Apparently one bride said the paying strangers brought so much energy to the dance floor that she wished she’d invited more.
Of course they did. Those people specifically bought tickets to be there. Half your actual guests are attending under a treaty negotiated between their mothers.
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This guy just wanted to take his wife dancing and accidentally identified a liquidity problem in the wedding market.

Check out the whole thing.

What do you think - good idea or nah?

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More funnies

Sometimes the comments are better than the original post. https://t.co/EGiH9KlGfY
— Playteaux (@Playteaux1) October 20, 2026

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The Brewers made it to the World Series. Fans who bought a "Timeless Ticket" a decade ago want to cash in. Trouble abounds!

Brewers promised a ticket to any future game for $1,000. Some fans unhappy with World Series seats

The Milwaukee Brewers ran a promotion over a decade ago offering fans a “Timeless Ticket” granting them admission to any game in the future if they paid $1,000.
Now that the Brewers are in the World Series for the first time since 1982, fans who took that deal are eager to redeem those tickets they bought in 2015. That has led to some complications.
Brewers president of business operations Rick Schlesinger said Tuesday that several hundred fans had indicated they wanted to redeem their Timeless Tickets for a World Series game. Schlesinger acknowledged that “we subsequently erred in our internal communications on the logistics of fulfilling the requests.”
“While we were able to accommodate all with seats, we received feedback from some that they were unhappy with their seat locations,” Schlesinger said. “Clearly, even with extraordinary limitations on available seats, we did not live up to the spirit of the program, and we have been working through a resolution.”
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The Brewers are trying to make amends.
Schlesinger said any Timeless Ticket holder who applied for World Series tickets before the deadline will now get to keep those World Series tickets while also being able to retain their Timeless Ticket to redeem for another game in any future season.
“We regret our mistake and look forward to welcoming them to American Family Field for their World Series experience,” Schlesinger said.

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I imagine 2026 World Series tickets in Milwaukee cost a lot more than these did in 1982

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RIP - Office Space "people skills" guy

Richard Riehle, actor best known for 'Office Space,' dies at 78

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Old school car stereo equipment was awesome. Pioneer is bringing it back!

Old-School Box Speakers Are Back—and Pioneer’s New ‘Cassette Deck’ Car Stereo Is Finally Coming to America

Pioneer is aptly calling this equipment its Heritage Collection. Here’s the logline: “The new collection pairs a head unit and speakers to bring its iconic sound to the cabin of vintage cars that defined a generation in the ’80s and ’90s. The collection reimagines the styling that marked those eras for modern-day drivers, including conveniences like Bluetooth, HD Radio, and SiriusXM readiness, while delivering the rich, detailed sound that has established Pioneer as a favorite among car audio enthusiasts.”

Photos at the link

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DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Edition

1977 - Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd boarded a chartered plane after playing a concert at Greenville Memorial Auditorium. The band was headed to Baton Rouge for a concert the following night, but the plane ran out of fuel and the pilots attempted an emergency landing that, tragically, failed. Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines were killed in the crash, as were backing singer Cassie Gaines (Steve’s older sister), and the band’s assistant road manager, Dean Kilpatrick.

1976 - the Led Zeppelin concert documentary, The Song Remains The Same, premiered in New York City. Filming took place during the summer of 1973, capturing three nights of shows at Madison Square Garden.

Born on this date in 1950 - Tom Petty, American singer and songwriter. He was the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch.

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by cash flow

(Not much of a) Mystery Click

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Doof Enterprises, LLC has resumed normal, post-MoMe whelmage. Thanks for your patience.

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Posted by: Doof at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Yet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 10:00 PM (yEz+x)

2 “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”
—Bilbo Baggins

Posted by: mindful webworker - all the bases are cupboard at October 20, 2026 10:00 PM (vmXN+)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:00 PM (V8Zwm)

4 I mean yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 10:00 PM (yEz+x)

5 a

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 10:01 PM (ogcfP)

6 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 20, 2026 10:01 PM (sAmhv)

7 AI Earth picture?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ)

9 I presume the picture is AI since the path disappears into the stream.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 10:03 PM (vTZFs)

10 Willowed:

170 > Next time a communist tells you, “We only had muskets when the 2nd amendment was written.”,

Not just irrelevant, but nonsensically incorrect.

People could, and did, own fully-armed and crewed private ships of war, capable of capturing and/or sinking the vessels of enemy powers, or even demolishing an entire coastal town.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:02 PM (qlLNh)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:03 PM (qlLNh)

11 Well, I guess if that music gig doesn't work out for Dire Straits they can fall back on their appliance delivery services...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 10:04 PM (FZ29D)

12 Old-School Box Speakers Are Back
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'Old School' is 6x9 cut-outs in the rear window shelf.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 10:04 PM (XeU6L)

13 Good evening Doof!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 20, 2026 10:05 PM (96kpa)

14 Old-School Box Speakers Are Back
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'Old School' is 6x9 cut-outs in the rear window shelf.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 10:04 PM (XeU6L)

The head unit is pretty cool looking

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)

15 Good evening Doof!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 20, 2026 10:05 PM (96kpa)

Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

16 > What do you think - good idea or nah?

I think it's great. I love weddings, even if I don't know the people very well (e.g. children of former workmates), and would be happy to attend more. As long as the price is reasonable, I'd be happy to drink wine, eat cake and cheer at ever lull in the conversation.

They sure as shit beat funerals, which are becoming one of my primary social outlets at this stage of my life.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:07 PM (qlLNh)

17 Evening you lovely people! Thank you Doof!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:07 PM (BJzO2)

18 Good evening all! Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Several tags with recruiters today, hopefully some of it comes to fruition. My first day subbing tomorrow, I have my lunch packed, it's time to shower and get ready for bed.

Took a look at the underside of the stovetop. Thursday I might open it up and look at the actual burner, see if I can see an easy fix or what. If necessary, it looks like I can get a replacement burner on Amazon for 40 bucks-ish...

Posted by: RandomDave at October 20, 2026 10:07 PM (aJQbY)

19 If you're going to fuck with a comedian, you better bring it. Cuz they will bury you. This fat dude was too kind.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 10:07 PM (6vuXd)

20 Well, I guess if that music gig doesn't work out for Dire Straits they can fall back on their appliance delivery services...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I have my own jet airplane...

Posted by: That little faggot at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (XeU6L)

21 Good evening, questionable people.

Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (mPCUJ)

22 Don't forget cannons. Beautiful, beautiful cannons.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (BJzO2)

23 The Pioneer stereo doesn't look retro enough for me. And if it has four channels, and two box speakers, where do the other two channels go?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:09 PM (wSl27)

24 What do you think - good idea or nah?

I don't even want to go to weddings I am in or invited to. Buy tickets to one? GTFO.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 10:09 PM (xEhzD)

25 > I have my own jet airplane...
Posted by: That little faggot at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (XeU6L)

Of course, the price of earrings, makeup, and hair transplants has gone up significantly since the '80s.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:09 PM (qlLNh)

26 >>>Not just irrelevant, but nonsensically incorrect.

People could, and did, own fully-armed and crewed private ships of war, capable of capturing and/or sinking the vessels of enemy powers, or even demolishing an entire coastal town.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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You could get into trouble, talking like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 10:09 PM (ogcfP)

27 J. C. Whitney had under-dash record players.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 10:10 PM (XeU6L)

28 21? To whom are you referring)

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 10:10 PM (77rzZ)

29 Lot of stuff to get to here. Thanks Doof.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 10:10 PM (sl73Y)

30 So they built a website where you can buy tickets to strangers’ weddings.

What do you think - good idea or nah?

An idea of Biblical proportions!

The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

[...]

Then he said to his servants, "The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find."

The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:2,8-10

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

31 Don't forget cannons. Beautiful, beautiful cannons.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (BJzO2)

Blushes.

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at October 20, 2026 10:11 PM (wSl27)

32 28 Feh.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

33 >>>What do you think - good idea or nah?

Sounds like scalping to me.

Which is great, as long as they are more moral than Ticketmaster about it all.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)

34 The head unit is pretty cool looking
Posted by: Doof

Yeah, it's pretty rad.

Posted by: 80s mikeski at October 20, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

35 Good evening, questionable people.
Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (mPCUJ)

Finally! I feel seen!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

36 21? To whom are you referring)
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 10:10 PM

Those that tonypete did not refer to, of course.

Which is likely a more voluminous account.

Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:13 PM (mPCUJ)

37 I presume the picture is AI since the path disappears into the stream.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 10:03 PM (vTZFs)

Perhaps. Ignore that part -- it's a very beautiful scene!

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

38 The wedding thing seems... kind of ghoulish.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

39 Evening you lovely people! Thank you Doof!
Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:07 PM (BJzO2)

Howdy Rat!

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

40

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies

https://youtu.be/0WPzFnZkZmI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 20, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

41 People could, and did, own fully-armed and crewed private ships of war, capable of capturing and/or sinking the vessels of enemy powers, or even demolishing an entire coastal town.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Time to cue "Barrett's Privateers"
https://tinyurl.com/3h7nm2mh

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 10:16 PM (XeU6L)

42 Good evening, questionable people.
Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (mPCUJ)

Finally! I feel seen!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

Its like he knows us!

Hes a witch!!!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

43 > The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:2,8-10
Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

Compare one of the requirements for receiving a doctorate at the medieval University of Paris (I think... one of the ancient universities) -- you had to give a course of lectures on your subject. That seems like a fairly reasonable requirement. However, you needed a quorum of attendees in order for it to count. Some doctoral candidates offered free booze and food, while others just sent their buddies out in the street to threaten to beat the shit out of anyone who didn't come listen to the lecture.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:16 PM (qlLNh)

44 Good evening all! Thanks for the ONT, Doof!...

Posted by: RandomDave at October 20, 2026 10:07 PM (aJQbY)

Twas a pleasure to provide them whelm

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

45 *Pioneer is aptly calling this equipment ...
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the headbanger lawsuit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 10:17 PM (ogcfP)

46 > Next time a communist tells you, “We only had muskets when the 2nd amendment was written.”,

Not just irrelevant, but nonsensically incorrect.

People could, and did, own fully-armed and crewed private ships of war, capable of capturing and/or sinking the vessels of enemy powers, or even demolishing an entire coastal town.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Don't forget cannons. Beautiful, beautiful cannons.
Posted by: Some Rat

Exactly. "At the time the 2nd amendment was written," private citizens could own all the same armaments that a nation's armed forces could own.

So, where's my tank?

I'll skip the nukes; I don't want to be on the hook for the collateral damage downwind.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

47 Good evening, questionable people.
Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (mPCUJ)
Finally! I feel seen!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

Its like he knows us!
Hes a witch!!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

I do float pretty well.

Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:18 PM (mPCUJ)

48 Hes a witch!!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)
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We're gonna need to bust out the scales and a duck just to be sure...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 10:18 PM (FZ29D)

49 Some doctoral candidates offered free booze and food, while others just sent their buddies out in the street to threaten to beat the shit out of anyone who didn't come listen to the lecture.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

The old ways had a lot going for them.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:19 PM (BJzO2)

50 Its like he knows us!

Hes a witch!!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

He turned me into a newt.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

51 "At the time the 2nd amendment was written," private citizens ~~could~~did own all the same armaments that a nation's armed forces could own.
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Edit for accuracy.

Posted by: clarence at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (7NfJh)

52 I was stuck at comment #1. Then I saw the correction. All is well now.

Posted by: Easily Confused!! at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (EdP2u)

53 Doof,
You had boobs and rat took tits, right?

Posted by: lin-duh at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)

54 > Time to cue "Barrett's Privateers"
https://tinyurl.com/3h7nm2mh
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 10:16 PM (XeU6L)

Nice. That one's new to me.

Yeah, American gold isn't quite as easy to extort as, say, French gold. The Barbary pirates also learned this lesson. As someone put it:

French response to the Barbary pirates: pay them to leave us alone.
American response to the Barbary pirates: kick their fucking asses.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (qlLNh)

55 He turned me into a newt.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

I trust you got better.

Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (mPCUJ)

56 Great ONT, Sir Doof!

The photo up top is fabulous. No matter how wonderful the scene, you manage to come up with one even better!

The idea of paid wedding "guests" sounds strange, but relatively harmless. At least they are invested in the event.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (D/6p1)

57 Hello! Hope everyone is well.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 Not a chance on the wedding thing. I throw a tantrum like a child dragged into a store by his mother everytime we get an invitation. Scampywife informs that no, we cannot just mail them a check.
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.

Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 10:22 PM (QuT3d)

59
Did you notice the usernames in that car pun thread? Benjamin Dover was one.

People are funny.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 10:22 PM (mmrXZ)

60 Which is likely a more voluminous account.
Posted by: RI Red

Cannons

Sydney Sweeney

and Voluminous

all in one thread. Amazing but not surprising.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:23 PM (V8Zwm)

61 Not sure how I feel about the wedding tickets - it seems very weird to me. But I'm an introvert so not the target audience.

Howdy Horde!

Posted by: Iris at October 20, 2026 10:23 PM (286+n)

62 American response to the Barbary pirates: kick their fucking asses.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Kinda Americas response to any aggression up to the Korean "Police action".

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:23 PM (BJzO2)

63 Doof,
You had boobs and rat took tits, right?
Posted by: lin-duh at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (VCgbV)

Yes - boobies to me, tits to rat.

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

64
Not a chance on the wedding thing.

Posted by: scampydog

=============

Clearly you're not a prospective customer, but it sounds like a good business idea to me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 10:25 PM (mmrXZ)

65 1 Yet!
Posted by: nurse ratched
--------
The best is yeet to come. Congrats on your first, Nurse.

Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 10:25 PM (QuT3d)

66 Great ONT, Sir Doof!

The photo up top is fabulous. No matter how wonderful the scene, you manage to come up with one even better!

The idea of paid wedding "guests" sounds strange, but relatively harmless. At least they are invested in the event.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (D/6p1)

Howdy LS, and thanks!

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)

67 Tonypete:

Voluminous
Sydney Sweeney
America.

That is all.

Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:26 PM (mPCUJ)

68 Boobs!
Posted by: Bulg

https://youtu.be/gLukMu3QrWo

Posted by: quality over quantity at October 20, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

69 >>People could, and did, own fully-armed and crewed private ships of war

I was born in the wrong century.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 10:26 PM (viF8m)

70 Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 10:22 PM (QuT3d)

Doggo!!

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:26 PM (QMAsf)

71 The Earth Picture is AI, unless there's somewhere on the planet where water runs uphill.

Go to stranger's weddings? Confession: In my misspent youth, I (with buddies) occasionally crashed wedding receptions where I knew neither bride nor groom. Why? Simple, free booze. We never caused any problems other than consuming liquor that may have run out 10 minutes earlier than otherwise. Stuck around no more than an hour, schmoozed a bit, and quietly slipped away, a couple of drinks ahead for the evening.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 10:26 PM (z4VKm)

72 The "pay to be a wedding guest" could get out of hand. Or you could make a funny comedy movie based on the premise. Eddy and Elaine decide to go to a stranger's wedding for shits and giggles, and it turns out the bride and groom are their respective exes. Hilarity ensues.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:27 PM (wSl27)

73 When the 1st Amendment was written, quill pens and hand-operated printing presses were cutting edge technology.

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 10:27 PM (ZxPkt)

74 Yes - boobies to me, tits to rat.
Posted by: Doof

Don't know about you, but mine have a place of honor at Rat Estates. Where I gaze upon them fondly.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:27 PM (BJzO2)

75 French response to the Barbary pirates: pay them to leave us alone.
American response to the Barbary pirates: kick their fucking asses.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
-------

We sail at dawn.

Posted by: Commodore Stephen Decatur at October 20, 2026 10:27 PM (XeU6L)

76 You're right
the footpath in that Earth photo just disappears

still, it's bucolic AF

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)

77 Boobs for Bulg. Also butt and legs. And hair. Somewhat NSFW, I guess.

https://bit.ly/senta-berger

Posted by: mindful webworker - why would you w where it's ns? at October 20, 2026 10:28 PM (vmXN+)

78 Scampydog, missed ya at the MoMe. Next year?

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:29 PM (BJzO2)

79 The wedding thing would not be a thing for me. 1. Food at a wedding is a big gamble. It’s not even close to a given it will be good. 2. Same with the cake 3. I say all this and I have 2 separate hysterical stories about weddings (one where I was in the MX embassy and not the wedding venue, another where I accidentally crashed a mafia wedding in Italy), so maybe it could be fun?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

80 also there's something amok with the water
in one spot it seems to flow up onto a rock so it can spill over again

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

81 As nurse is prone to say:

Rat!
You bastard!🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 20, 2026 10:30 PM (96kpa)

82 Brewers promised a ticket to any future game for $1,000. Some fans unhappy with World Series seats

____________________________

Short of "Hot College Girl Topless Night", I don't think you can justify a $1,000 seat at a Brewers game. But, if I really wanted to stick it to them for putting me up in the cheap seats after giving them $1,000 a decade ago so they could invest that money and make more....I'd keep my eyes open for who attends the game.

If there is one celebrity there....one single celebrity sitting in the VIP section...I'm off to an attorney the following morning for a refund with 10 year's worth of interest on a grand.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)

83 Don't know about you, but mine have a place of honor at Rat Estates. Where I gaze upon them fondly.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:27 PM (BJzO2)

Mine did not qualify for residence in the house - it's in the garage near my golf gear.

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)

84 Scampydog, missed ya at the MoMe. Next year?
Posted by: Some Rat
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Yes, bummed we couldn't make it this year. Sounds like a great time for all who attended. 2027 is on the calendar!

Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 10:31 PM (QuT3d)

85 Boobs!
Posted by: Bulg

https://youtu.be/gLukMu3QrWo
Posted by: quality over quantity
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Nose ring!
*blows raspberry*

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 10:31 PM (z4VKm)

86 {{{Marie!!}}} Hope you are doing great!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:32 PM (BJzO2)

87 Mystery click was on our 1st cd... long ago.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 20, 2026 10:32 PM (NnhvP)

88 Rat!

You bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 10:32 PM (yEz+x)

89 The wedding thing would not be a thing for me. 1. Food at a wedding is a big gamble. It’s not even close to a given it will be good. 2. Same with the cake 3. I say all this and I have 2 separate hysterical stories about weddings (one where I was in the MX embassy and not the wedding venue, another where I accidentally crashed a mafia wedding in Italy), so maybe it could be fun?
Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

Gonna need to hear those stories some time!

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

90 The wedding idea is fine. The Irish have had old lady professional mourners attend funerals to drive up the numbers and my ancestors in Norway had old widows and old maids that checked obits and attended funerals and the lunch afterward. The food is paid for, there's always too much, and the ladies got a free meal and got out to a social event. Wedding's the same and usually a happier occasion.

Posted by: Food For Thought at October 20, 2026 10:33 PM (EdP2u)

91
Mine did not qualify for residence in the house - it's in the garage near my golf gear.
Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf

You need to file an appeal. Or just hang it on the stove and call it a day. Which is what I would do.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

92 The Romans used to hire professional mourners for funerals, skilled at weeping, screaming, prostrating themselves, etc.

One performer's duty was to put on a death mask made from the deceased and do an impression of him.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:34 PM (qlLNh)

93 >>>
So, where's my tank?

I'll skip the nukes; I don't want to be on the hook for the collateral damage downwind.

Posted by: mikeski
----

A, SAW, an M-79 and a HK USP Compact, that is all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 10:34 PM (ogcfP)

94
At the TXMoMe, I talked to more than one lurker who told me, when I encouraged them to comment more, said they had nothing interesting to say.

Nothing can be more wrong than this. Not everyone can be as erudite, witty and eloquent as, say, me, but each of us has knowledge, enthusiasms, interests and experiences that could teach us something. It is what, collectively, makes this such a wonderful place.

So please comment more. Don't be concerned you'll be laughed to scorn; it's a sign you've been accepted. The Horde is a great group of people who are among the nicest in the world.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:35 PM (eRlcH)

95 {{{Nurse!!}}} How are you buddy?

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:36 PM (BJzO2)

96 You need to file an appeal. Or just hang it on the stove and call it a day. Which is what I would do.
Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

It'll make its way into the camper probably

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)

97 Evening all,

We have a launch really early in the morning.

Rocket Lab - Electron - We're Not Hawking Around
LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 21, 2026
Launch Time: 3:00 A.M. EDT (0700 UTC, 09:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/sJrSRKgCGFw

Posted by: Joyenz at October 20, 2026 10:36 PM (2F0/Y)

98 *stops
Talking*

*takes rest of night off*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 10:37 PM (yEz+x)

99
Gonna need to hear those stories some time!
Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

Actually 3, though the third is less funny and my own wedding where the organist went all Shroeder from Peanuts and kept playing and playing, but never got to the song I picked to walk down the aisle. Now that I think about it, perhaps God was trying to send me a message.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

100 The Irish have had old lady professional mourners attend funerals to drive up the numbers
------

That sounds keen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 10:38 PM (XeU6L)

101 At the TXMoMe, I talked to more than one lurker who told me, when I encouraged them to comment more, said they had nothing interesting to say.

Nothing can be more wrong than this. Not everyone can be as erudite, witty and eloquent as, say, me, but each of us has knowledge, enthusiasms, interests and experiences that could teach us something. It is what, collectively, makes this such a wonderful place.

So please comment more. Don't be concerned you'll be laughed to scorn; it's a sign you've been accepted. The Horde is a great group of people who are among the nicest in the world.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:35 PM (eRlcH)

Well said, H7. Good to finally meet you in person.

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)

102 I thought Dire Straits made a ton of money by not being little faggots and not having their own jet airplane.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 10:38 PM (vBZcw)

103
Rat! How are you doing? Improving in wind and limb, I hope.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:38 PM (eRlcH)

104 Nothing can be more wrong than this. Not everyone can be as erudite, witty and eloquent as, say, me, but each of us has knowledge, enthusiasms, interests and experiences that could teach us something. It is what, collectively, makes this such a wonderful place.

So please comment more. Don't be concerned you'll be laughed to scorn; it's a sign you've been accepted. The Horde is a great group of people who are among the nicest in the world.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:35 PM (eRlcH)

It was a pleasure to meet you, Hadrian. You are a fine gentleman, and certainly the snappiest dresser at the MoMee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:39 PM (wSl27)

105 When Henny Youngman was doing a show on the road, he would talk to the manager or go down to the banquet facility if there was a wedding scheduled and talk to the bride's parents at rehearsal or whatever. He offered to do ten minutes for $200 cash. Got a lot of takers. You can always say that Henny Youngman entertained at your daughter's wedding, and he got $200 the government knew nothing about. He might have gotten a drink and a piece of cake, too.

Posted by: Free Enterprise at October 20, 2026 10:40 PM (EdP2u)

106 That sounds keen.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 10:38 PM (XeU6L)

Heh!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:40 PM (wSl27)

107 It was a pleasure to meet you, Hadrian. You are a fine gentleman, and certainly the snappiest dresser at the MoMee.

---------

That's kind of like bragging on having your office in the tallest building in Topeka.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 10:40 PM (vBZcw)

108 The Irish have had old lady professional mourners attend funerals to drive up the numbers

That sounds keen.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

* golf clap *

Posted by: o'mikeski at October 20, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

109
You are a fine gentleman, and certainly the snappiest dresser at the MoMee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:39 PM (wSl27)

__________

Liked the top hat and spats, eh?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:42 PM (eRlcH)

110 108 The Irish have had old lady professional mourners attend funerals to drive up the numbers

--------------

The smart money hires a smoking hot chick to stand off by herself, weeping inconsolably.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 10:42 PM (vBZcw)

111 Liked the top hat and spats, eh?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:42 PM (eRlcH)

They coordinated very nicely with the toga!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:44 PM (wSl27)

112 I trust you got better.
Posted by: RI Red at October 20, 2026 10:21 PM (mPCUJ)

Something wrong with my eyes though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

113 The "old school" Pioneer head units are nice, but I want my old Pioneer SuperTuner back. It fastened under the dash, was brushed aluminum instead of all black, and featured a rotary backlit dial, all analog, that reminded me of Sulu's helm on Trek, albeit much smaller. Yeah, I know, it would catch the eye of a thief and get ripped off quickly. But that was one cool-looking unit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

114 They sure as shit beat funerals, which are becoming one of my primary social outlets at this stage of my life.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Hey, at some Catholic parishes there are old ladies who go to most of the funerals. They attend the funeral Mass, then they get a nice lunch.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 20, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

115 I saw this idea on the innernets, so I can't claim it:

For your funeral, set aside some money to hire an actress and a limo. A beautiful woman, all dressed in black, gets out of the limo and stands, motionless, some distance away from the graveside. Everyone sees her- but she speaks to no one.

As the casket is lowered into the grave, she returns to the limo and is gone.

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 10:45 PM (ZxPkt)

116 > That's kind of like bragging on having your office in the tallest building in Topeka.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 10:40 PM (vBZcw)

Prettiest girl at Walmart.

(I exaggerate, of course. I've seen women at Walmart who were very easy on the eyes. Others, however...)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:45 PM (qlLNh)

117 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Improving weekly! Have to keep reminding myself it ain't linier...and without the help and support of friends and family, things would have been a LOT harder.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:45 PM (BJzO2)

118 The smart money hires a smoking hot chick to stand off by herself, weeping inconsolably.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026

I have told y’all I will do this for you. I am not smoking hot, but the veil, sunglasses and black umbrella will hide a multitude of sins, plus I will be standing in the back.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

119 Thank you, Doof, for the ONT and Skynyrd's memory.

Before most of you were born I fell in love with Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sadly I never went to a concert to see them as they were either in MS and I was out West in college or vice versa. One of my favorite bands to this day.

Their plane crashed 100mi south of Jackson, MS. Were taken to trauma hospitals in the city. My mother was a volunteer in one hospital, and met some of the survivors and families and said they were lovely people. I am positive she'd never heard of the band before this happened.

I love nearly every song they sang.

And, dang it, I wish they'd bought a new plane. Aerosmith rejected it.

That Smell was written in anger at bandmate Rossington's car crash into an oak tree, drunk and high on 'ludes.

It was said Ronnie wrote lyrics very fast and add to a guitar riff. He composed and memorized lyrics and remembered them for certain songs as his band practiced. Very tight and talented band who practiced and worked hard to perfect their sound.

Headlining Rolling Stone in the UK, Ronnie ticked Mick off by bringing his guitarists onto The Tongue. Ha!

One of my favorites:
Simple Man

https://tinyurl.com/47syn33s

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 10:47 PM (hzuYO)

120 > Hey, at some Catholic parishes there are old ladies who go to most of the funerals. They attend the funeral Mass, then they get a nice lunch.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 20, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

The Facebook group for my high school class gets no posts for months on end. The only thing that will produce a spate of activity is someone dying.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:48 PM (qlLNh)

121 Once upon a time, my guy and I were attending a company product show in Chicago. Just for shits and grins, we came upon a wedding celebration. We were already dressed in 'professional attire', so we wandered into the celebration, picked up a couple of cocktails, and told anyone who asked that we were with the bride and/or groom's family. A good time was had.
No tickets required...🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 20, 2026 10:48 PM (96kpa)

122 Just finished a 1962 B & W British mystery/police procedural called Jigsaw. It was based on an American novel by Hilary (not Evelyn) Waugh, who wrote a lot of police procedurals around the same time as Ed McBain was getting started. This one was transplanted to Brighton in the UK. Very sharply done, not a wasted scene or bit of dialog, some dry humor, and it features that rare bird in mystery films: a *well-concealed* murderer whom a smart viewer can spot before the revelation scene.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 10:48 PM (wzUl9)

123 Is it possible to be Overwhelmed?
Because I’m that guy right now.
Loved all the clips. Just what I needed.
Thanks again, Doof, for a wonderful evening.

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 20, 2026 10:49 PM (N91F8)

124 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:35 PM (eRlcH)

I enjoyed talking canines and rescues with you at the MoMe. I always appreciate someone with whom you’re able to exchange pics of the fur children.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 20, 2026 10:49 PM (itAg7)

125
"It takes a fresh eye to fully appreciate Delia. I may add that she’s a woman it’s far better to have with you than against you. She has the tongue of a cobra."

"And does she really spend all of her time going to wakes?"

"Apart from a few hours of sleep each night, I believe she does. As she said, she doesn’t miss a one. You must remember that she’s a singularly devout woman. Also," he said reflectively, "it’s somewhat cheaper than going to the movies."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:49 PM (eRlcH)

126 108 The Irish have had old lady professional mourners attend funerals to drive up the numbers

That sounds keen.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

______________________

See, this is where I think there's a better market. Weddings, for the most part are a happy occasion where the bride and groom usually are well liked. That tends to pack them in.

FUNERALS, on the other hand, are usually held on a weekday so it's going to cost you a PTO day to say "adios" to a person who may very well have been a complete ass. And, to be frank, a funeral is a score card. Lots of attendees...well, you must have been an alright guy, and no one saw your browser history.

If you only draw a couple stragglers, chances are you didn't win any congeniality awards while alive. And, it's a direct reflection on you.

That's where the niche market lies. Inflating the numbers to slip that last deceitful scam on the masses. Oh, he must hove been a good guy. Look at all the people....I wonder why they are all over 85 and have an escort with Happy Acres Retirement printed on his shirt?

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 10:50 PM (dIske)

127 At the TXMoMe, I talked to more than one lurker who told me, when I encouraged them to comment more, said they had nothing interesting to say.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:35 PM (eRlcH)

They need to adopt the patented berserker method of just saying whatever and not giving a shit how it lands. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2026 10:50 PM (vzuC7)

128 I was spinning records at an AM/FM station in Ville Platte, LA, the night the news came across the AP teletype about Lynyrd Skynyrd. I dug up some of the singles and album cuts and played them in heavy rotation, and the young listeners loved it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)

129 Not much point of having a good tuner in a car stereo anymore; there's a dearth of music suitable for us 29 year-olds. Maybe you have an NPR station with some classical on, at some odd hour, but the "classic rock" outlets are all playing 80's and 90's shite now.

I have been buying those cheap-ass "Dual" (orphan brand from Chy-nah) head units from WalMart at about 29 dollars a pop. They have a decent tuner, 4 channels claiming 25 watts per channel, and can sync up with your phone via Bluetooth. Also have a USB port, so you can bung in a thumb drive loaded with music of your own choice. I have had two of them die mysteriously, but at 29 dollars, it's not worth the effort to either buy or try to collect on the warranty. Throw it away, and plug in another. Similar, if not identical, devices can be found under several "brand" names on the 'Zon, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:53 PM (wSl27)

130 We are at that time- my creatures have found their spots in bed and settled, and I have 2 weight classes in the morning to teach. Sleep well!

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

131 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)

Wolfus, check out the current post at ALH. Might have a need for your expertise.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

132 Piper says she's not smoking hot. I, having never had the pleasure of meeting her, am unable to refute.

Horde?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 10:54 PM (vBZcw)

133 Hey, at some Catholic parishes there are old ladies who go to most of the funerals. They attend the funeral Mass, then they get a nice lunch.
Posted by: nerdygirl

As we have a large group of very elderly parishioners it is not unusual to have 2 -3 funerals a month. One month recently we had seven. We always have a lunch after - I'm in charge of the kitchen. I'm here to tell you that there is a core of 25-35 old ladies that come to the lunch whether or not they knew or even cared for, the deceased.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:54 PM (V8Zwm)

134 >>Before most of you were born I fell in love with Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Woman please.

I had tickets with some friends to the Skynyrd show in Boston that November.

Bye, bye baby. It's been a sweet love.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 10:54 PM (viF8m)

135 When the 1st Amendment was written, quill pens and hand-operated printing presses were cutting edge technology.
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 10:27 PM (ZxPkt)

Fountain pens, Jefferson had a fountain pen.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

136 RE the wedding thing - we got married in the French Quarter in New Orleans, having rented out our favorite bar for the night. Some random tourist couple just so happened to wander in looking for directions to something else, and (after we announced to them they'd just been kidnapped) they ended up being one of the best parts of the reception. 20 years later, we're still friends.

Posted by: harbqll at October 20, 2026 10:54 PM (T4KLc)

137
Piper says she's not smoking hot. I, having never had the pleasure of meeting her, am unable to refute.

_________

Like every 'Ette, she's the epitome of pulchritude.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 10:56 PM (eRlcH)

138 133. Anyone?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October

You will have to trust I am pretty dang normal. Night!

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

139 As the casket is lowered into the grave, she returns to the limo and is gone.
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 10:45 PM (ZxPkt)
*******
The funeral of a great-uncle I would have liked to attended: He was a train conductor and apparently had a girl at every stop. Three girls with engagement rings met over his coffin. I'm sure there was a brief respite of grief at that time.

Handsome man as I've seen a photo and that of his father. They gave me my eyes (gr. Granddaddy was a bigamist my mother found later on Ancestry...when Daddy thought his grandmother was a widow vs kicking his sorry self out). Got a new family in LA.

Gr. Grandmother Maggie found a note from a woman in his suit pocket and threw all of his clothing and stuff onto the front lawn for everyone to see, and left him with her kids. She died a few years before I arrived and am proud of her.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

140 It's a sobering moment when you realize that more of your peers are dying from natural causes than car accidents, workplace mishaps, and so on.

The first girl who was kind enough to show me her naughty bits died a while back. I felt older than usual that day.

(well, the first naughty bits that counted... I leave out playing doctor as a preschooler, seeing my sisters during diaper changes, etc... which if those things count for you, I don't think I really want to know you).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:57 PM (qlLNh)

141 Like every 'Ette, she's the epitome of pulchritude.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

What he just said.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:57 PM (BJzO2)

142 Berserker,
Where were you and the Mrs. This year???

Posted by: lin-duh at October 20, 2026 10:57 PM (VCgbV)

143
Wolfus, check out the current post at ALH. Might have a need for your expertise.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026

***
I shall. Oh, by the way, I finally gave in and created a YooToob account so I could comment on the latest of Bob Short's Man From U.N.C.L.E. animated films -- which premiered three days ago, and is a delight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 10:57 PM (wzUl9)

144 Boobs!
Posted by: Bulg

BOOOBS! (and bops)

https://tinyurl.com/3wd8ubht

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)

145 Hadrian,
It was lovely to meet you in person and I do hope you come again next year.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 20, 2026 10:58 PM (VCgbV)

146 As we have a large group of very elderly parishioners it is not unusual to have 2 -3 funerals a month. One month recently we had seven. We always have a lunch after - I'm in charge of the kitchen. I'm here to tell you that there is a core of 25-35 old ladies that come to the lunch whether or not they knew or even cared for, the deceased.
Posted by: Tonypete

I read that as "25-35 year old ladies," and thought, "and they're looking for the 35-to-45-year-old men who may have recently come into an inheritance?"

Posted by: mikeski denounces himself at October 20, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

147 128 I was spinning records at an AM/FM station in Ville Platte, LA, the night the news came across the AP teletype about Lynyrd Skynyrd. I dug up some of the singles and album cuts and played them in heavy rotation, and the young listeners loved it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Were you there earlier in the year when Elvis died?

Posted by: The King Is Dead! at October 20, 2026 10:59 PM (EdP2u)

148 Gotta quit for the night. I'm so tired of it all.🥱

https://youtu.be/n_A1zoktaEE

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - going going gone at October 20, 2026 10:59 PM (vmXN+)

149 The Pioneer stereo doesn't look retro enough for me. And if it has four channels, and two box speakers, where do the other two channels go?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:09 PM (wSl27)

I have a sizeable collection of cassettes and cd's that I can't play in my 21st century car stereo. I don't want a Pioneer head unit that "looks" retro. I want the Pioneer head unit that I had in my Chrysler Laser Turbo in 1985 with an actual cassette player.

What the hell good is a door that looks like a cassette slot? Oh look, there are USB ports behind there. Can I plug a separate CD player in one and a cassette deck in another? No? Then what the boffing hell are these USB ports going to do for me that the other half dozen unused USB ports in my car aren't?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 20, 2026 11:01 PM (08OqX)

150 Were you there earlier in the year when Elvis died?
Posted by: The King Is Dead! at October 20, 2026

***
I was -- but it was my night off!!! I was listening to another, country station and heard the DJ mention that he would have "more music from the late Elvis Presley" just as he went into the network news. I thought, Oh, you meant Jim Reeves. But the top news item was exactly that.

Bing Crosby also died that summer, and I dug up some of his old records and played them -- including, of course, "White Christmas."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 11:02 PM (wzUl9)

151 Boobs for Bulg. Also butt and legs. And hair. Somewhat NSFW, I guess.

https://bit.ly/senta-berger
Posted by: mindful webworker - why would you w where it's ns?
......

You're jammin' me.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 11:03 PM (oq9dX)

152 Family lore had it that my one great-grandfather had a second family in Colorado, where he went to seek work during the Depression, spending several years there.

Sure enough, when I did my DNA a few years back, there are DNA relatives I've never heard of in Colorado.

I've never quite mustered the courage to contact them.

I fully expect to find a bunch of relatives in the Philippines as soon as the DNA service covers that area. That grandfather burned through six wives in CONUS. I can only imagine his behavior in the WWII PI.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 11:04 PM (qlLNh)

153 136 RE the wedding thing - we got married in the French Quarter in New Orleans, having rented out our favorite bar for the night. Some random tourist couple just so happened to wander in looking for directions to something else, and (after we announced to them they'd just been kidnapped) they ended up being one of the best parts of the reception. 20 years later, we're still friends.
Posted by: harbqll at October 20, 2026 10:54 PM (T4KLc)
*****
Love it! NOLA is where we went on our honeymoon. My Long Island guy was blown away with Bourbon St. and it was normal for me.

It didn't help that it was St. Patrick's Day & a parade when we arrived to French Quarter. We accidently got married on one of the drunkest days of the year as it was the Saturday of his spring break at the university.

Ten years later we decided to have our anniversary dinners on another night after a guy spilled his Guiness down my pale green linen suit at a street party. The Irish Pub we walked to, after a French dinner (I know!) threw beads like Mardi Gras from the roof. I was reaching for a necklace at the same time as the beer guy. It did wash out but that was it for us celebrating on that day with crazy people

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 11:04 PM (hzuYO)

154
The mysterious lady in black is a prank for a man's funeral. What about a woman's funeral? Racking my brains.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 11:04 PM (mmrXZ)

155 https://bit.ly/senta-berger
Posted by: mindful webworker - why would you w where it's ns?
......

You're jammin' me.
Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026

***
Senta Berger was on an early episode of U.N.C.L.E. One of the few movie or TV women that I ever heard my father speak enthusiastically about.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 11:04 PM (wzUl9)

156 Morris the cat died 11 months after Elvis

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 11:06 PM (rbvCR)

157 Was Teresa at the MoMe?

I hope she's doing ok.

Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)

158 Classic bad political ad today by a "non-partisan"education group. The speaker noted that Nebraska ranked 11th in student achievement but "only" 47th in per pupil spending. I'm thinking, "Maybe spending isn't related to results!" But the speaker took from this "Think how much better we could be if we spent a little more."

Posted by: Wally at October 20, 2026 11:07 PM (2QvrQ)

159 Time to hit the pillow, all. I may or may not take it easy on the workout front tomorrow; we'll see how I feel after I've had my coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)

160 Good evening morons und danke Disko

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)

161

the LA Forum on November 23, 1973—Lynyrd Skynyrd opened for The Who on that date.

I was there. It was loud.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 20, 2026 11:08 PM (Cqx++)

162 The mysterious lady in black is a prank for a man's funeral. What about a woman's funeral? Racking my brains.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 11:04 PM (mmrXZ)

Two young people of the right age to have been her hidden bastard children?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:08 PM (wSl27)

163 I thought Dire Straits made a ton of money by not being little faggots and not having their own jet airplane.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
......

They listened to their dads and invested wisely.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 11:08 PM (oq9dX)

164 One thing about the EU riots; the EU itself has been rather quite. I would expect that if the EU were actually behind the riots, they would be talking about an EU 'peace' force, one that would become a permanent continent-wide thing.

Odd.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 11:09 PM (nEUC6)

165 The mysterious lady in black is a prank for a man's funeral. What about a woman's funeral? Racking my brains.

---------

A herd of cats suddenly appears?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 11:09 PM (vBZcw)

166 > Two young people of the right age to have been her hidden bastard children?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:08 PM (wSl27)

Maybe more than two, of several different races.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 11:09 PM (qlLNh)

167 Was Teresa at the MoMe?

I hope she's doing ok.

Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Yes, and she looked great and she keeps giving the middle finger to cancer!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 11:10 PM (BJzO2)

168
Bye, bye baby. It's been a sweet love.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 10:54 PM (viF8m)

*********
Oh. I thought I was the oldest! I don't look my age by decades, so I'm told. I don't feel old most of the time due to sarcasm pickling my brain.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 11:11 PM (hzuYO)

169 The strangers at a wedding thing? Yeah... that was my Nieces wedding 6 months ago.

2 WAY different families, at a 5 star venue... mine? middle class but all doing well in retirement... with Kids and Grands...

His family? South Calif Beach Aristocracy... big time lawyer type Beach community money.

but everyone was Partyin hard... for three straight days.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 11:11 PM (mP0Kj)

170 I always figured that the "little faggot" in the Dire Straits tune was Elton John, mainly because of the "Yeah, buddy, that's his own hair." line.

He famously got hair transplants around that time, and he was certainly rich enough to have his own jet airplane.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 11:11 PM (qlLNh)

171 Wedding tixs.
Great idea!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 20, 2026 11:12 PM (M+c8n)

172 Yes, and she looked great and she keeps giving the middle finger to cancer!
Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 11:10 PM (BJzO2)

*********
Great! Yay, Teresa!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 11:12 PM (hzuYO)

173 164 One thing about the EU riots; the EU itself has been rather quite. I would expect that if the EU were actually behind the riots, they would be talking about an EU 'peace' force, one that would become a permanent continent-wide thing.

Odd.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 11:09 PM (nEUC6)

EU has been trying to build a Military using troops from various countries under a unified Chain of Command... but... NATO is already there... and the EU does not want to be subordinate to NATO... so...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 11:12 PM (mP0Kj)

174 Quick scan....

No link, Wolfus???

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 11:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

175 Thank you, Doof, for the ONT and Skynyrd's memory.

Before most of you were born I fell in love with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
====

My h.s. year book is laid out with the lyrics of Free Bird.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 11:13 PM (RIvkX)

176
I don't understand people taking pictures of a dead person in the casket.

I have seen that happen twice.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:14 PM (/QHx4)

177 162 The mysterious lady in black is a prank for a man's funeral. What about a woman's funeral? Racking my brains.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 11:04 PM (mmrXZ)

Two young people of the right age to have been her hidden bastard children?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:08 PM (wSl27)

Chad, in Armani... says nothing, just a single Red Rose on the Casket... then walks away in silence.... (strange how ya never know...)

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 11:15 PM (mP0Kj)

178 Is Chippendales still a thing?

Maybe hire six of 'em to be pallbearers for a woman, weeping uncontrollably all the while.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 11:15 PM (qlLNh)

179 The mysterious lady in black is a prank for a man's funeral. What about a woman's funeral? Racking my brains.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 11:04 PM (mmrXZ)

Hire a motorcycle club to come in and stand respectfully, and then leave

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)

180 I don't understand people taking pictures of a dead person in the casket.

I have seen that happen twice.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:14 PM (/QHx4)

Sometimes you need proof!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:16 PM (wSl27)

181 Morris the cat died 11 months after Elvis
Posted by: Kindltot
......

I wonder who was fatter.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 11:16 PM (oq9dX)

182
Lol AOP

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:16 PM (/QHx4)

183 Maybe spending isn't related to results
_-_
Got one of those in Co again this round..."We rank 43rd in spending on schools!!!"
I like to poke at people with the reverse of the old saw..."I don't know how much teachers make, but I know it is too much. Look at the results!"

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 20, 2026 11:16 PM (1gmsy)

184 > I don't understand people taking pictures of a dead person in the casket.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:14 PM (/QHx4)

Ever see one of those 19th Century photographs of a woman holding an obviously dead baby?

I won't judge someone else's grief, but...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 11:17 PM (qlLNh)

185 Say what you will about Morris, but he never put a bullet into a TV set.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 11:17 PM (vBZcw)

186 I once found a guy who died while eating dinner, the night before last. No pictures.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 11:18 PM (RIvkX)

187 31 Don't forget cannons. Beautiful, beautiful cannons.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 20, 2026 10:08 PM (BJzO2)

Blushes.

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at October 20, 2026 10:11 PM (wSl27)

Huh. I didn't realize Sydney was capable of blushing.

Carry on.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 20, 2026 11:18 PM (syz1S)

188 >>Oh. I thought I was the oldest! I don't look my age by decades, so I'm told. I don't feel old most of the time due to sarcasm pickling my brain.

I do. Worth every second of it.

August 9, 1995. Driving along the beach on Nantucket in a rented Jeep toward Great Point with my ex, my BFF and his wife. Comes over WMVY, which some of you New England morons might remember, that Jerry Garcia had died.

He and I are still huge fans and it was a terrible moment. Then MYV announced they were going to play Jerry and Dead tunes for the next 48 hours in tribute. We had a full cooler of beer and it was a beautiful day so found a spot and listened to great music and celebrated his life.

Never forget that day.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

189 I remember an interview with Ronnie Van Zant where he was asked how he wanted to die.

"Shot by a jealous husband at the age of 70."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 11:20 PM (qlLNh)

190 I don't understand people taking pictures of a dead person in the casket.

I have seen that happen twice.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:14 PM (/QHx4)

I see you haven't been to the Philippines.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 11:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

191

I get back in the olden days when photography was expensive.

I have seen two family members whip out the cellphone and take pictures.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:21 PM (/QHx4)

192 Never forget that day.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)
=====

I was working at the Arizona Department of Economic Security in Phoenix when friends started calling. TBH I was surprised he was even alive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX)

193 >>EU has been trying to build a Military using troops from various countries under a unified Chain of Command... but... NATO is already there... and the EU does not want to be subordinate to NATO... so...

Posted by: Romeo13
---

It's going to be a cold winter.
They need something to keep them warm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 11:24 PM (ogcfP)

194 >>I was working at the Arizona Department of Economic Security in Phoenix when friends started calling. TBH I was surprised he was even alive.

I think he was too. Hell, I'm kinda surprised I'm still here.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:25 PM (viF8m)

195
Louis XVI's diary entry for July 14, 1789: "Nothing"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 11:27 PM (eRlcH)

196 How are we sure Morris is really dead and not living with some old guy in Vegas?

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 11:29 PM (oq9dX)

197 I have a sizeable collection of cassettes and cd's that I can't play in my 21st century car stereo.

Yes. I have a Pioneer in my car. I installed it myself. It has a CD/DVD player, an SDHC card player, a USB port, and an AUX plug. I have at one time or other used each of them. It is a great device. Last I looked, they don’t make anything like it anymore.

I suspect what Pioneer is trying vainly to overcome is (a) the lack of people who care about physical media, and (b) the lack of standardized spaces on cars to install aftermarket stereos.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 11:30 PM (kYmoU)

198 Is Chippendales still a thing?

Maybe hire six of 'em to be pallbearers for a woman, weeping uncontrollably all the while.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Stay off our turf, white boys.

Posted by: Ghanaian Dancing Pallbearers at October 20, 2026 11:31 PM (VHUov)

199 Sometimes you need proof!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
.....

Especially if you want to collect the second half of payment.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 11:32 PM (oq9dX)

200 I don't understand people taking pictures of a dead person in the casket.
I have seen that happen twice.
Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:14 PM (/QHx4)

That was a big thing in the Victorian era.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 11:34 PM (88C+u)

201
wth,

Lol.

Oh look Joe is dead and I don't have to repay the loan.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:35 PM (/QHx4)

202 The first girl who was kind enough to show me her naughty bits died a while back. I felt older than usual that day.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
------
I read about the death of my first girlfriend (and, beyond that, a gentleman remains silent) in Time Magazine while sitting waiting for a haircut. It was like a completely unfunny cartoon - a gasoline tanker ran into the building her and her recently retired (Navy) husband were remodeling as a bar. I went through the rest of the day in a daze.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 11:35 PM (z4VKm)

203
Never forget that day.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)
****
Have always wanted to visit Nantucket.

I have no regrets at all about my mispent youth. I had more fun than I deserved and get to be married to one of my partners who partied with me. Our sons have no idea because we didn't tell them much.

Trying to think of a regret...nope! None! It's been a great ride!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 11:36 PM (hzuYO)

204 I suspect what Pioneer is trying vainly to overcome is (a) the lack of people who care about physical media, and (b) the lack of standardized spaces on cars to install aftermarket stereos.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 11:30 PM (kYmoU)

For many years, there was a DIN standard for car stereos. They were all the same width. 1 DIN was the standard height, but there were also 1.5 DIN and 2 DIN models. The DIN standard probably had a maximum depth, and also a standard pinout, but I am not certain about that. The little Dual head unit I mentioned upthread is a 1 DIN unit, but it is only about 2 inches deep, and weighs a scant few ounces.

DIN is "Deutsch Institut fur something or other".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:36 PM (wSl27)

205 OpenAI discovered a recording device hidden in its office, which was allegedly planted by Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi engineer. The company used its AI models to trace the device back to him, leading to his arrest by the FBI.
---

It was ALLEGEDLY his face recorded on AI's security device.
Story is the judge won't give bale because the Arabs will pay it.
Speculation is that his release may depend on whether the Saudis sign on to the Abraham Accords or not.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 11:37 PM (ogcfP)

206 I don't understand people taking pictures of a dead person in the casket.
Posted by: four seasons

Ever see one of those 19th Century photographs of a woman holding an obviously dead baby?

I won't judge someone else's grief, but...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I linked this a few ONTs ago when Victorian funeral portraiture was mentioned. But hey, someone might have missed it.

Blackbriar - A Thousand Anemones
https://youtu.be/36IlzQFq7RQ

I linked the band earlier today, too, when lesbian vampires came up. They cover a lot of HQ-worthy topics in their videos.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 11:38 PM (VHUov)

207
"Shot by a jealous husband at the age of 70."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 11:20 PM (qlLNh)

***********
Gimme 3 Steps, Mister

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 11:39 PM (hzuYO)

208 The standard rounded, sloped rear glass with a shelf behind the seat was perfect for speakers mounted under the shelf whereby the sound would reflect off the glass toward the front.
The hard glass reflecting and seemingly amplifying the sound with no distortion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 11:43 PM (ogcfP)

209 180 I don't understand people taking pictures of a dead person in the casket.

I have seen that happen twice.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:14 PM (/QHx4)

Sometimes you need proof!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:16 PM (wSl27)

_______________________________________

You ever see the Shay Bradley funeral video? The guy knew his days were numbered, so he had a little surprise arranged by some friends at the burial. It's a classic.

https://tinyurl.com/njkzuvpd

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 11:45 PM (dIske)

210 >>Have always wanted to visit Nantucket.

One of the more beautiful places you will ever see. Also one of the more overpriced places you will ever see. But if you want to get your glam on Nantucket is the place.

There are 3 major, I use the term loosely, islands of note off the coast of MA and RI and some smaller ones. Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Block. Nantucket is the most exclusive, the Vineyard is the most visited and touristy. Block is the Goldilocks choice.

But don't tell anyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:47 PM (viF8m)

211 but everyone was Partyin hard... for three straight days.
Posted by: Romeo13
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I have yet to determine which was the best long-running party I've ever been at - a (4day) Polish wedding, or a (5day) Irish wake.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 11:49 PM (z4VKm)

212
Amy Krowbar is going to be elected governor in Minnesota after it becomes suddenly solvent thanks to all the fraud money going back where it belongs. Then she'll take credit for the New Era of Prosperity in Minnesota.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 11:49 PM (mmrXZ)

213
Speculation is that his release may depend on whether the Saudis sign on to the Abraham Accords or not.

Posted by: Braenyard

================

For one lousy engineer?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 11:50 PM (mmrXZ)

214
But don't tell anyone.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:47 PM (viF8m)

********
Knew about that one as my late BIL and his wife (UofRI) used to go yearly. He died at 33yrs of a rare heart disease when we were 31...he died running and training for the Boston Marathon.

His wife is from RI (he was born in RI like my dude). She didn't like my redneck self much from the start. I don't really know why, but whatever. He liked to party and have fun, so we got along great. She often had migraines and didn't like parties. They had two little boys like we did at the time.

I supported her as best as I could from FL for two years til she remarried. For reasons unknown 11yrs ago she ghosted me once we moved West. She thought I was getting to close to our MIL and was oddly jealous...which couldn't be further from the truth. After MIL died she emailed his siblings that she was cutting ties and adios!

We should drop in on them en route to Nantucket! She'd flip out!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 11:52 PM (hzuYO)

215 Maybe stop believing the polls and go vote.

>>@Polymarket

>>JUST IN: U.S. polling firm Wedgewood Polls admits to completely fabricating election polling data ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:53 PM (viF8m)

216 The mysterious lady in black is a prank for a man's funeral. What about a woman's funeral? Racking my brains.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Two young people of the right age to have been her hidden bastard children?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It would take a rather..... large woman to have had two pregnancies without the world knowing. Secret bastard children work better for a dead dude.

That was the opening scene of the Usagi Drop manga/anime. Single 30-year-old dude shows up for grandpa's funeral. Grandpa's 6-year-old illegitimate daughter is there. Nobody else in the high-society family wanted to admit their patriarch was a horndog with a mistress or three, so they wanted to just put her up for adoption. Single 30-year-old dude says "forget that" and takes in his 6-year-old aunt.

The anime, and the first part of the manga, is a d'awwww cute story about a guy learning to dad.

The second part of the manga will not be mentioned, other than to bring up the "Japan, nuked too much or not enough?" question.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)

217 JUST IN: U.S. polling firm Wedgewood Polls admits to completely fabricating election polling data ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:53 PM (viF8m)
======

Shocking news.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 11:55 PM (RIvkX)

218 *BIL was born in Long Island, like my dude.

I was born in Jackson, MS. Which might have been why SIL was not fond of me as I dunno. I was friendly, kind, crazy and didn't get it.

She always said, oddly, that we looked like movie stars after a trip to see them in CA and Lake Tahoe. No idea why she said this, either, as I was a crazy chick with long blonde hair and whatevah. Never thought or cared how I looked. So it shouldn't have been that issue. I'll never know and that's ok.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 11:57 PM (hzuYO)

219 Happy Tuesday Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 20, 2026 11:58 PM (ibDUx)

220 Howdy, horde.

Mellow night...

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

221 How is everyone. I'm watching "Let's Hope It's a Girl" and like most Italian films, you don't have to care if you miss the subtitles.

Happy Wednesday to you all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 21, 2026 12:00 AM (CHHv1)

222 I once knew a man from Nantucket...

Posted by: He was featured in a limerick at October 21, 2026 12:03 AM (JemjW)

223 I'm watching "Let's Hope It's a Girl" and like most Italian films, you don't have to care if you miss the subtitles.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

That title hits a lot differently in 2026 than it did in 1986.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 12:08 AM (VHUov)

224 "Let's Hope It's a Girl" is the new hetero man's prayer, as he heads out to meet his new date.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

225

Lol JQ

Posted by: four seasons at October 21, 2026 12:16 AM (/QHx4)

226 180 I don't understand people taking pictures of a dead person in the casket.

I have seen that happen twice.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 11:14 PM (/QHx4)

Sometimes you need proof!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:16 PM (wSl27)

_______________________________________

You ever see the Shay Bradley funeral video? The guy knew his days were numbered, so he had a little surprise arranged by some friends at the burial. It's a classic.

https://tinyurl.com/njkzuvpd
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 11:45 PM (dIske)
======

The Victorians had a strange liking for posing with recently-deceased relatives in a familial setting, like sitting on a couch or a chair. Because the cameras of the day required seconds for an exposure, all of the parties in the image had to hold still until the photographer placed the lens cover back on the lens. That makes it difficult to identify the departed from the living.

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 12:16 AM (rj6Yv)

227 They were all the same width. 1 DIN was the standard height, but there were also 1.5 DIN and 2 DIN models.

Yup. Mine is a 2-DIN. But I rent several cars a year now on trips, and I haven’t seen anything that looks like a standard size for years.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 21, 2026 12:19 AM (kYmoU)

228 ================

For one lousy engineer?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I think he's in the family.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:19 AM (ogcfP)

229 Why do all these Triggered leftist go to see Ben or any Comedy show?

I'm not actually sure what she did or said...that parts not in the video...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:19 AM (l3cgK)

230 What do you think - good idea or nah?

Good idea, as long as you don't have people triggered by the wedding ceremony, like with some comedians and their audience...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:21 AM (l3cgK)

231 I always thought it would be fun to crash big family reunions that are held in public parks. Does anyone know what their long lost second cousins look like?

Of course, passing my pasty self off as second cousin to Jonquarius or Kwan Lee might prove a bit difficult.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 21, 2026 12:22 AM (/9wBX)

232 Sometimes the comments are better than the original post.

Sounds like she has some moron/ette followers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:23 AM (l3cgK)

233

Search Assist

Abdulrahman Alfozan is not a member of the Saudi royal family; however, he has been in frequent communication with a member of the Saudi royal family, specifically Prince Khalid bin Bader Al Saud, who is a partner at the venture capital firm RAED Ventures, where Alfozan also works.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:24 AM (ogcfP)

234 Maybe stop believing the polls and go vote.

Did that today. Felt good. I know some folks don't like the early voting thing, but without another 100 or so polling places, election day lines would be hours long and people would say "I don't have time for this."

While the unemployed parasites would say "I'm being paid to wreck the country. I can do this all day...at multiple sites, too."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 21, 2026 12:24 AM (CHHv1)

235 231 I always thought it would be fun to crash big family reunions that are held in public parks. Does anyone know what their long lost second cousins look like?

Of course, passing my pasty self off as second cousin to Jonquarius or Kwan Lee might prove a bit difficult.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 21, 2026 12:22 AM (/9wBX)

They all be white on my Dad's side...we are the only browns...
My Dad's mother's older sister once said of Mexicans, "The all have a little n****r in them." In the case of my siblings and I, she was right, racist, but right.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)

236 Early voting is more pleasant, usually the harassment tents are not up and going as strong as on election day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:27 AM (ogcfP)

237 They all be white on my Dad's side...we are the only browns...
My Dad's mother's older sister once said of Mexicans, "The all have a little n****r in them." In the case of my siblings and I, she was right, racist, but right.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)

She would probably go out of her head over Dominicans or Venezuelans.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:27 AM (rbvCR)

238 You ever see the Shay Bradley funeral video? The guy knew his days were numbered, so he had a little surprise arranged by some friends at the burial. It's a classic.

https://tinyurl.com/njkzuvpd
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 11:45 PM (dIske)

That's hilarious!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:27 AM (l3cgK)

239 My Dad's mother's older sister once said of Mexicans, "The all have a little n****r in them." In the case of my siblings and I, she was right, racist, but right.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Hybrid vigor!

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 12:27 AM (VHUov)

240 I didn't used to think cats were the worst creatures on the planet, but I've since discovered I am capable of learning new things. Whoa.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 21, 2026 12:28 AM (CHHv1)

241 237 They all be white on my Dad's side...we are the only browns...
My Dad's mother's older sister once said of Mexicans, "The all have a little n****r in them." In the case of my siblings and I, she was right, racist, but right.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)

She would probably go out of her head over Dominicans or Venezuelans.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:27 AM (rbvCR)

Well, she's been dead for over 50 years, so I think all the surprises are over for her...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:29 AM (l3cgK)

242 >>>Of course, passing my pasty self off as second cousin to Jonquarius or Kwan Lee might prove a bit difficult.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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They didn't know he had a mistress?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:30 AM (ogcfP)

243 For once President Trump not to blame! Elon Musk to curry favor with Putin stops Ukraine's early warning starlink. Musk panics and blames President Trump! I remember when republicans were against a communist Putin. BTW if you watched cbs news tonight they had no mention of musk.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at October 21, 2026 12:31 AM (6sbqI)

244 Berserker,
Where were you and the Mrs. This year???

Posted by: lin-duh at October 20, 2026 10:57 PM (VCgbV)

The church choir Mrs B sings in is singing in some king shit church in a major city and had/has a string of practices she couldn't miss. I thought of possibly taking the trip myself, which would have sucked but was doable. Then a few weeks ago I got asked to play at a show at some benefit. I guess there wasn't enough old school metal bands, so people put out feelers to musicians, who contacted other musicians they might have crossed paths with, and in some cases actually played in other bands with, etc. Turned out to be mini reunions, and guest jams, and other bands, etc. Yeah I wasn't going to miss that. I also didn't want to be the dick who said no since I knew a lot of them. And so went my plans for the MoMe.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 12:31 AM (vzuC7)

245 ...communist Putin. BTW if you watched cbs news tonight they had no mention of musk.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at October 21, 2026 12:31 AM (6sbqI)

Putin's no more a Communist than you are a human being. And only fags watch CBS anymore.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:37 AM (wSl27)

246 And so went my plans for the MoMe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2026 12:31 AM (vzuC7)

We missed you, but it sounds like you had a great weekend anyway. Next year!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:38 AM (wSl27)

247 ExoDickdecus did get some of the facts but naturally they incorrect. Musk consulted with Trump and War Dept. before throttling down satellite service to Ukraine.

It's about time.
Now, if Trump stops selling arms to freight forwarding countries the whole thing will be over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:39 AM (ogcfP)

248 238 You ever see the Shay Bradley funeral video? The guy knew his days were numbered, so he had a little surprise arranged by some friends at the burial. It's a classic.

https://tinyurl.com/njkzuvpd
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 11:45 PM (dIske)

That's hilarious!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:27 AM (l3cgK)

It is!

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 12:39 AM (odBC9)

249 ExoDickdecus did get some of the facts but naturally they incorrect. Musk consulted with Trump and War Dept. before throttling down satellite service to Ukraine.

It's about time.
Now, if Trump stops selling arms to freight forwarding countries the whole thing will be over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:39 AM (ogcfP)

It was right there in the contract: do not use Starlink for military purposes. The Ukes were using it to guide drones.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 12:45 AM (wSl27)

250 239 My Dad's mother's older sister once said of Mexicans, "The all have a little n****r in them." In the case of my siblings and I, she was right, racist, but right.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Hybrid vigor!

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 12:27 AM (VHUov)

My DNA is all over the place. Almost 20% native Mexican ...5% Basque, 2-3% Chinese, 2-3% Black, 2-3% Eastern Med (Jew--I think I found that ancestor), 15% Spanish and Portuguese, 10% Italian... Almost 3/4 European (ALL over Europe).
All the non-European are undoubtedly from Mom's side...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:47 AM (l3cgK)

251 248 238 You ever see the Shay Bradley funeral video? The guy knew his days were numbered, so he had a little surprise arranged by some friends at the burial. It's a classic.

https://tinyurl.com/njkzuvpd
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 11:45 PM (dIske)

That's hilarious!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:27 AM (l3cgK)

It is!

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 12:39 AM (odBC9)

A younger brother has threatened to make some recordings for a Build-a-Bear that will house his ashes after he's dead...with some special messages for his kids and wife.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:49 AM (l3cgK)

252 A U.S. task force and foreign partners seized nearly 1,500 pounds of cocaine in two operations in the Caribbean Sea over the past week.
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Foreign partners? Hadn't heard about that.
--
In the second interdiction, the Colombian Navy informed French Forces about another go-fast boat in the Caribbean Sea. One of the French frigates intercepted the vessel and seized roughly 917 pounds of cocaine..,
---

The French, the surrender monkeys, have operational warships in the Caribbean and the Brits can't get a boat out of harbor.
If Napoleon were alive today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:49 AM (ogcfP)

253 Although, I suppose his ashes can't be put in the bear before he's dead...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:49 AM (l3cgK)

254 Headline (Wall Street Journal):

"More oil is now coming out of the Persian Gulf than before the Iran war"

Posted by: mrp at October 21, 2026 12:50 AM (rj6Yv)

255 Every year on my birthday i get reminded about Leonard Skinnerd. Do i get reminded about the Saturday Night Massacre? No. Leonard Skinnerd. It sucks what happened, but why burden me with it?

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 21, 2026 12:50 AM (Fv808)

256 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:49 AM (ogcfP)

My question is...how much of the cocaine didn't make it to the scales...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:50 AM (l3cgK)

257 255 Every year on my birthday i get reminded about Leonard Skinnerd. Do i get reminded about the Saturday Night Massacre? No. Leonard Skinnerd. It sucks what happened, but why burden me with it?

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 21, 2026 12:50 AM (Fv80

For the last four years I've remembered my birthday AND my father's passing. It was the worst birthday gift he ever gave me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:51 AM (l3cgK)

258 257 255 Every year on my birthday i get reminded about Leonard Skinnerd. Do i get reminded about the Saturday Night Massacre? No. Leonard Skinnerd. It sucks what happened, but why burden me with it?

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 21, 2026 12:50 AM (Fv80

For the last four years I've remembered my birthday AND my father's passing. It was the worst birthday gift he ever gave me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:51 AM (l3cgK)

Make that 5 times...I wasn't counting the year he passed. LOL It'll be 6 (5 years) soon.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:52 AM (l3cgK)

259 For the last four years I've remembered my birthday AND my father's passing. It was the worst birthday gift he ever gave me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 12:51 AM (l3cgK)

My Mom died on my 39th birthday. For years I remembered it as my 40th, but nope.
I mean, it's funny now

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:56 AM (rbvCR)

260 Super Intelligence (AI), has overtaken Starlink to become SpaceX's biggest business by revenue. (no article, only charts)

Geiger Capital@Geiger_Capital · 6h
Holy. Shit.

"What this implies for SpaceX annual recurring revenue by the end of 2027 is somewhere between $500 Billion and $1 Trillion."

That is $42B - $84B. In one month.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:57 AM (ogcfP)

261
My question is...how much of the cocaine didn't make it to the scales...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Were they wearing cargo pants?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 12:59 AM (ogcfP)

262 I got my first panarex imaging of my jaw about 30 years ago, and I got another one today. Today it was essentially a CAT scan of my head, and it showed I have nodules in my sinuses.
It is freakin' magic what they can do with imaging now. Eventually they will be able to do something with it all, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:59 AM (rbvCR)

263
Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)

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My god, I may have to give up the classics and read manga.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:04 AM (mmrXZ)

264
"Let's Hope It's a Girl" is the new hetero man's prayer, as he heads out to meet his new date.
Posted by: JQ

==============

LOL.

And good evening, Debby.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:06 AM (mmrXZ)

265 This week's guilty Netflix pleasure is "From", a surprisingly addictive horror series. The plot: "Lost" with zombies, and the zombies can only come out at night.

The cast is Netflix-diverse, naturally, but the writing rises above it. As of the start of the second season, no Mary Sue girl boss has appeared to toss around a 200 lb stuntman.

I'm enjoying it so far.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 21, 2026 01:07 AM (/9wBX)

266 262 I got my first panarex imaging of my jaw about 30 years ago, and I got another one today. Today it was essentially a CAT scan of my head, and it showed I have nodules in my sinuses.
It is freakin' magic what they can do with imaging now. Eventually they will be able to do something with it all, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2026 12:59 AM (rbvCR)

I've had so many CAT scans I must be an honorary CAT by now. I've also had a few MRIs to boot. The CAT scan I had a month before my wife passed, they were all concerned about my kidneys, and I had to tell them, "Yes, I know they are grossly oversized and filled and covered in complex cysts; Yes, I know my liver has a ton of cysts too. I'm not here for that, but for all the vomiting and fever...you got a barf bag? I need to get over this to be with my wife who is recovering from surgery to her liver..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:07 AM (l3cgK)

267
Ilhan shows up!

https://x.com/GaroweOnline/
status/2112704494844731538

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:09 AM (mmrXZ)

268 The second part of the manga will not be mentioned, other than to bring up the "Japan, nuked too much or not enough?" question.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)

The answer is always, "Not enough". Want proof? Tentacle pron has been around for HUNDREDS of years...

https://tinyurl.com/46cvp6mk
NSFW...and probably not safe for home either...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:11 AM (l3cgK)

269 Always go to funerals. If you don't go to theirs, they won't come to yours.

Posted by: Yogi Berra at October 21, 2026 01:11 AM (EdP2u)

270 269 Always go to funerals. If you don't go to theirs, they won't come to yours.

Posted by: Yogi Berra at October 21, 2026 01:11 AM (EdP2u)

Hah!
If you're stuffed or ashes put in a teddy bear, you can be brought out to all their funerals after you've passed, and if they've done the same, they can also be brought out...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:16 AM (l3cgK)

271 Hi Blondie, JQ et al.

I don't travel much but if I fly anywhere I always get pulled aside in security and have to get patted down. When I was coming home on Sunday the female TSA agent said that something in my torso keeps triggering a warning. I am wondering if it is the hernia mesh from back in 2022, I don't know what that stuff is made of.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 21, 2026 01:17 AM (ibDUx)

272 I smell like beef.

Posted by: Jerky at October 21, 2026 01:19 AM (RmzGa)

273 Ilhan shows up!

https://x.com/GaroweOnline/
status/2112704494844731538

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
----

It's odd. In a car reading a simple statement.
Somali on the run?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:24 AM (ogcfP)

274 What a hassle, Debby!

Mom always got that too-- she'd broken her leg in the 1940s and had enough metal in it to set off the detectors every time.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)

275 274 What a hassle, Debby!

Mom always got that too-- she'd broken her leg in the 1940s and had enough metal in it to set off the detectors every time.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)

One of the positives I learned while on the colostomy bag was that TSA will ABSOLUTELY not touch you on the bag.
I asked if they wanted to see it (I used a belt and pouch that contained the bag), but the TSA agents all said "NO!"...LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:29 AM (l3cgK)

276 Well, 11:30 here, and I am sleepy. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 01:31 AM (wSl27)

277 Good night AOP, I am sleepy too, still catching up from last week. I was awake before 6 every morning.

Sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 21, 2026 01:33 AM (ibDUx)

278 Night, AOP & Debby!

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

279 Hmm. It's only 50* out, but Cat has decided to sleep indoors anyway. Usually stays outside as long as it's above 40. Like us, he's getting old...

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

280
something in my torso keeps triggering a warning. I am wondering if it is the hernia mesh from back in 2022, I don't know what that stuff is made of.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

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Oh dear lord. Well, you may be off to dreamland by now, but my sympathies.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:38 AM (mmrXZ)

281 280
something in my torso keeps triggering a warning. I am wondering if it is the hernia mesh from back in 2022, I don't know what that stuff is made of.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

===============

Oh dear lord. Well, you may be off to dreamland by now, but my sympathies.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:38 AM (mmrXZ)

Never had a problem with my hernia mesh...and it was a large-um...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:40 AM (l3cgK)

282
It's odd. In a car reading a simple statement.
Somali on the run?

Posted by: Braenyard

================

It's on her Instagram and TikTok accounts. I wish I knew how to get metadata from those vids, because I'd like to know where and exactly when she made it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:41 AM (mmrXZ)

283 'night, AOP

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:41 AM (ogcfP)

284 >>>
Never had a problem with my hernia mesh...and it was a large-um...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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A tool left behind?
They should ban radios and other distractions in the O.R.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:45 AM (ogcfP)

285 What the hell good is a door that looks like a cassette slot? Oh look, there are USB ports behind there. Can I plug a separate CD player in one and a cassette deck in another? No? Then what the boffing hell are these USB ports going to do for me that the other half dozen unused USB ports in my car aren't?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 20, 2026 11:01 PM (08OqX)

Unless you took exceptionally good care of your cassette tapes there’s a very good chance they’ll stretch and snap the first time you try to play them again.

Same goes for very old VHS tapes, although they’re a little thicker than cassettes so might actually make it through a play.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 01:46 AM (6ydKt)

286 Background almost looks like a blue screen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:46 AM (ogcfP)

287
A tool left behind?
They should ban radios and other distractions in the O.R.

Posted by: Braenyard

=============

Oh dear. We should mention that to her tomorrow night.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:48 AM (mmrXZ)

288 Good picture of her in her uniform.

https://tinyurl.com/32wjrkz4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 01:48 AM (ogcfP)

289 AI sez:
Types of Materials Used in Hernia Mesh
Hernia mesh can be made from various materials, which can influence whether they are detectable by security systems:
...
Some meshes may contain metal elements for reinforcement...May set off alarms depending on the amount and type of metal.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:49 AM (l3cgK)

290
Hmm. It's only 50* out, but Cat has decided to sleep indoors anyway. Usually stays outside as long as it's above 40. Like us, he's getting old...
Posted by: JQ

============

JQ, does he sleep on you? In your room?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 01:49 AM (mmrXZ)

291 I'm mildly allergic to my cats; my nose stops up and get runny. The cats aren't allowed in my room at all, so they always try to get in. When my wife was still alive and healthy, we'd let them in, but now, I don't want them in my room...they'd knock all the pictures down.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:52 AM (l3cgK)

292 291 I'm mildly allergic to my cats; my nose stops up and get runny. The cats aren't allowed in my room at all, so they always try to get in. When my wife was still alive and healthy, we'd let them in, but now, I don't want them in my room...they'd knock all the pictures down.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:52 AM (l3cgK)

Like they did on the hearth.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:53 AM (l3cgK)

293 not hearth, mantel.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 01:54 AM (l3cgK)

294 JQ, does he sleep on you? In your room?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

He sleeps on my bed, by my feet. On top of the blankets.

Not usually *on* me, unless the room gets cold... like if the heater goes out overnight.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)

295 A truly beautiful political ad

https://tinyurl.com/3uv3pzp5

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 21, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

296 Sometimes, Cat will sleep on the bath rug upstairs. Or the living room recliner.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

297 I used to sleep in the reclining rocking chair in the living room during cold weather sometimes with a blanket over me. Before long I'd have one cat under the covers with me...then two...then all three...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:03 AM (l3cgK)

298 Before long I'd have one cat under the covers with me...then two...then all three...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Sneaky, they are! Little heat-seekers.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

299 298 Before long I'd have one cat under the covers with me...then two...then all three...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Sneaky, they are! Little heat-seekers.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah, but sleeping and purring, so not too bad.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:06 AM (l3cgK)

300 Elon Musk speaks about a Tesla employee who was fired after violently assaulting a woman for 'stepping on his prayer rug'

Tesla fired him.

Months later he walked into a bar in Austin and kiIIed three people while wearing a “Property of Allah” hoodie.

...

Elon, "Now I don't think we should allow people like that into the country. Do you?"

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:06 AM (ogcfP)

301 300 Elon Musk speaks about a Tesla employee who was fired after violently assaulting a woman for 'stepping on his prayer rug'

Tesla fired him.

Months later he walked into a bar in Austin and kiIIed three people while wearing a “Property of Allah” hoodie.

...

Elon, "Now I don't think we should allow people like that into the country. Do you?"

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:06 AM (ogcfP)

France and UK seem to want them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:07 AM (l3cgK)

302 My previous cats were indoor dwellers. Very cuddly and affectionate.

Cat is friendly, but not a snuggler. Likes his rubbys, but only *so much* and then walks away. Such a dude.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

303 I crashed a wedding reception once. By accident. A friend and I tried to visit this historic lumber mill the town had grown up around. It must have been a Saturday or Sunday. We walked around a bit; no one was around; it seemed to be closed, but there was this open door. We went in, and people were cleaning up from a reception. They gave us some leftover wedding cake.

The part I don't understand is: whose wedding reception is already over at 3 in the afternoon?

Posted by: frammish at October 21, 2026 02:12 AM (rcENI)

304 302 My previous cats were indoor dwellers. Very cuddly and affectionate.

Cat is friendly, but not a snuggler. Likes his rubbys, but only *so much* and then walks away. Such a dude.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

All my cats are indoor cats. There are coyotes around, and fleas and feline leukemia. I mean I give them their flea meds and vaxes, but you can't vax against coyotes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:12 AM (l3cgK)

305 303 I crashed a wedding reception once. By accident. A friend and I tried to visit this historic lumber mill the town had grown up around. It must have been a Saturday or Sunday. We walked around a bit; no one was around; it seemed to be closed, but there was this open door. We went in, and people were cleaning up from a reception. They gave us some leftover wedding cake.

The part I don't understand is: whose wedding reception is already over at 3 in the afternoon?

Posted by: frammish at October 21, 2026 02:12 AM (rcENI)

I can give you scenarios...
How about, they had to rush out to catch the plane to their honeymoon, so it was all over early...?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:13 AM (l3cgK)

306 We had a wedding banquet. A small Chinese banquet, only around 200 guests...
I've been to larger ones with over 1000 guests...
Mom wasn't the center of attention, was upset she wasn't at the same table as us (She wanted Vegetarian, so we set up a table close to us that was Vegetarian), so got upset and walked out. I had to calm her down and also help my wife who was freaking out because my Dad wasn't the type to travel so wasn't there, and my mother just walked out...
I think she was also upset there was booze at each table...well, just because YOU don't drink booze doesn't mean others can't as well...besides, my FIL paid for it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:16 AM (l3cgK)

307 Jim-- Cat was always outdoors. He's a "barn cat" that some neighbors brought with them when they moved off their large farm. Cat adopted me and my yard when they got a (large, loud) dog. We've agreed that he is now "my" cat, though I'm sure he still visits them frequently.

I can't change his ways, much as I'd like to. At least he comes in at night when weather is bad, for the last few years anyway.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)

308 "Before most of you were born I fell in love with Lynyrd Skynyrd."

I used to roll papers to 2nd helping as a 13yr old newpaper delivery boy. Then got to see them in the Charlotte Coliseum in 75. Ronny had been a bit overserved and on the opening number, Gimme 3 Steps, he took 4 stage left and went right off the end...had to take him to the hospital and Marshall Tucker came back and did another set...

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at October 21, 2026 02:21 AM (y7zkd)

309 308 "Before most of you were born I fell in love with Lynyrd Skynyrd."

I used to roll papers to 2nd helping as a 13yr old newpaper delivery boy. Then got to see them in the Charlotte Coliseum in 75. Ronny had been a bit overserved and on the opening number, Gimme 3 Steps, he took 4 stage left and went right off the end...had to take him to the hospital and Marshall Tucker came back and did another set...

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at October 21, 2026 02:21 AM (y7zkd)

Well, I wasn't around when they were formed in 1964 originally (few years yet to be born)...but I remember 1975 fairly wellish.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:24 AM (l3cgK)

310 >>
I can't change his ways, much as I'd like to. At least he comes in at night when weather is bad, for the last few years anyway.

Posted by: JQ
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You and cat have an honest relationship with each other.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:27 AM (ogcfP)

311 Jim, that's a pretty good reason.

The first night of our honeymoon, after a wedding in Tacoma, was on Vashon Island; my wife's grandmother let us use her house, and it was kind of a BnB. Then we went up to the San Juans a couple days later. It was nice not jumping straight on a long plane ride or driving all night to Anacortes.

The only problem was . . . after taking the ferry and getting to the house sometime after dark---probably one of the last ferries of the day---we realized we forgot to ask her for the keys. So we're standing outside the house in the dark and hoping she'll answer her cell phone. Fortunately she had some keys buried in the garden, and we were able to get in.

Maybe Madame Bovary's wedding night had some upsides after all!

Posted by: frammish at October 21, 2026 02:28 AM (rcENI)

312 One of the positives I learned while on the colostomy bag was that TSA will ABSOLUTELY not touch you on the bag.

On the bag > on the rag

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 21, 2026 02:29 AM (Fv808)

313
France and UK seem to want them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Italy arrested around 350, half of them were 'immigrant related', many of them were minors. Yesterday Meloni pushed three new laws.

Search Assist

Giorgia Meloni introduced tougher penalties for violent protesters, including prison terms of up to five years, fines of up to €20,000 [and payment for the damage they caused], financial liability for parents whose children engage in vandalism or looting [also reducing the age that teenagers can be prosecuted as adults]. These measures aim to address recent violent protests and enhance public safety.
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She's also moving 500 soldiers into Milan if the thugs want to have a go at it again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 02:36 AM (ogcfP)

314 You and cat have an honest relationship with each other.
Posted by: Braenyard

Thanks. I like to think of it that way as well.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

315 That sounds like a stressful reception!

Our reception was behind the church on the lawn. Being outside made it so relaxing. The church ladies---whom honestly I hardly knew, since I had moved away six years ago---did everything for us. A Serbian friend roasted a whole pig. I met him at 5 a.m. to get the coals started. My wife had been working as a nanny for a big Catholic family with a bunch of little girls. At the dancing they stole the show.

Posted by: frammish at October 21, 2026 02:37 AM (rcENI)

316 Christina Hall hosts the home remodel show Christina on the Coast.

She also does TV commercials for Jacuzzi Home Remodel that play about once per hour on this channel I watch in the mornings.

The girl is from California and in this ad she does the most uptalking I've ever heard in my life.

Every other sentence sounds like she's asking a question.
I could not live with somebody like that.

I'd be trying to answer stuff like "Hello? I am here to remodel your home today? We would like to start by getting some measurements? And then I'm going to come up with some ideas for your home?"

Whoever thought it sounded cool to talk like that needs to be pimp slapped?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:39 AM (6ydKt)

317 Her name might be Chritina Haack, too?
I'm not sure?
Maybe one of the names is her maiden name?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:42 AM (6ydKt)

318 317 Her name might be Chritina Haack, too?
I'm not sure?
Maybe one of the names is her maiden name?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:42 AM (6ydKt)

AI sez, "Yes, Christina Hall is the same person as Christina Haack; she has used both names throughout her career. She is a well-known real estate investor and TV personality.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:44 AM (l3cgK)

319
On the bag > on the rag
Posted by: Dark Lix

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I'd make that other way 'round.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:44 AM (mmrXZ)

320 Made friends with the neighborhood tomcat decades ago. Very smart, talkative, and gregarious fellow. He'd come visit every week or so. Eventually moved in. Died of cancer from the chems under the cars he loved hanging out under. I euth'd him in the backyard. Sad but necessary.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 21, 2026 02:47 AM (Fv808)

321 Hubby & I rode our bikes (Harley & Honda) to the county courthouse. My dad and hubby's son were our witnesses.

"Reception" was at Applebees, where my older brother joined the four of us for beverages and appetizers...

Simple and inexpensive!

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

322
you can't vax against coyotes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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So maddening. It's the one reason I had to cave and get my mom's cat a litterbox -- which I have to clean.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:49 AM (mmrXZ)

323 319
On the bag > on the rag
Posted by: Dark Lix

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I'd make that other way 'round.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:44 AM (mmrXZ)

Never been on the rag...although one time I had a hematuria lasting for about two weeks, sometimes quite heavy. My red blood cell count dropped a couple of points, and I would get cramps and I was in a foul mood over it. Wife called my my "man period"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:49 AM (l3cgK)

324
Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

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Wish I coulda seen that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:50 AM (mmrXZ)

325 AI sez, "Yes, Christina Hall is the same person as Christina Haack; she has used both names throughout her career. She is a well-known real estate investor and TV personality.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:44 AM (l3cgK)

I think she's been married a few times?
Poor guys?
They were never sure if they were supposed to answer her questions or not until she got mad about it one day and left them?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:50 AM (6ydKt)

326 322
you can't vax against coyotes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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So maddening. It's the one reason I had to cave and get my mom's cat a litterbox -- which I have to clean.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:49 AM (mmrXZ)

Kids didn't want to clean it, I'm not supposed to (immunocompromised due to anti-rejection meds), so I ended up buying a litter robot. Works mostly well, as long as the kids keep it clean...
My boys are grown up adults, but I still end up doing some of the dirty jobs (and sometimes getting sick a day or two afterwards)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:51 AM (l3cgK)

327
I've been trying to geoguessr scenes from outside the car window in the Ilhan video. I have a vague suspicion it might actually be Minneapolis and instantly recognizable as such to anyone who lives there.

But are trees green there right now?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 02:52 AM (mmrXZ)

328 Wish I coulda seen that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I decorated our bikes before we went in-- I'd gotten some silver ribbon at the dollar store & made "chains" out of glued-together loops-- draped them over both bikes, LOL!

My bouquet was all flowers from my yard: red, yellow, orange daylilies, purple coneflowers, shasta daisies (stinky, wish I'd left them out!) and red crocosmia.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

329 321 Hubby & I rode our bikes (Harley & Honda) to the county courthouse. My dad and hubby's son were our witnesses.

"Reception" was at Applebees, where my older brother joined the four of us for beverages and appetizers...

Simple and inexpensive!

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

Only had the civil ceremony. My bests friend was the witness (bought off with a case of Mountain Dew). The facility was on the opposite end of the street from a nudie club. LOL. No, I did NOT have a bachelor party.
Afterwards we ate at a nice Italian place. I'm trying to remember what she had, but my dish was the Pasta Puttanesca, I believe...that was almost 29 years ago. Happy days.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:55 AM (l3cgK)

330 My boys are grown up adults, but I still end up doing some of the dirty jobs (and sometimes getting sick a day or two afterwards)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Shame on them for making you do those things you shouldn't have to do!

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

331 325 AI sez, "Yes, Christina Hall is the same person as Christina Haack; she has used both names throughout her career. She is a well-known real estate investor and TV personality.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:44 AM (l3cgK)

I think she's been married a few times?
Poor guys?
They were never sure if they were supposed to answer her questions or not until she got mad about it one day and left them?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 02:50 AM (6ydKt)

Wiki says three kids, three ex-husbands. Currently with another guy (not married it seems)...Haack is her maiden name.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:56 AM (l3cgK)

332 AI sez: Some Shasta daisies have a strong, unpleasant odor that can resemble cat urine or manure, while others may not have any noticeable scent at all. The smell can vary significantly between different varieties and individual plants.

Seems hit and miss, although the nose knows.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:59 AM (l3cgK)

333 Wiki says three kids, three ex-husbands. Currently with another guy (not married it seems)...Haack is her maiden name.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:56 AM (l3cgK)

Ahh, must be the name she goes by now since no ring on her finger?

She's kinda cute?

Might be fun to hang out with her, but I'd always wonder if I didn't answer all of her questions?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:00 AM (6ydKt)

334 This is the entire reason I want a dog or cat, but won't get one.

All the cleanup involved.

And my God, the vet bills.
You need to get pet insurance just to get their teeth brushed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:02 AM (6ydKt)

335 330 My boys are grown up adults, but I still end up doing some of the dirty jobs (and sometimes getting sick a day or two afterwards)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Shame on them for making you do those things you shouldn't have to do!

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

My failure as a father, I'd say. Older boy has the excuse of working full time and taking classes part time.
Younger one is...a work in progress. Can't say how his college class (yes singular) is going. I think he passed the class (singular) he took at the JC last semester. Doesn't work (I've been pushing him to). Doesn't have much clothing, yet when I say I'll buy it for him, refuses. Has had issues since before my wife passed, but worse since. Won't talk to me about it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:02 AM (l3cgK)

336 When Dad was undergoing cancer treatments, I took care of all the 'dirty jobs' for him. Washed my hands when entering the house, etc etc...

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:05 AM (rdVOm)

337 333 Wiki says three kids, three ex-husbands. Currently with another guy (not married it seems)...Haack is her maiden name.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 02:56 AM (l3cgK)

Ahh, must be the name she goes by now since no ring on her finger?

She's kinda cute?

Might be fun to hang out with her, but I'd always wonder if I didn't answer all of her questions?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:00 AM (6ydKt)

For some reason that brought to mind the joke of the three men on their wedding night, one married to a nurse, one to a telephone operator, one to a teacher...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:05 AM (l3cgK)

338 Three couples marry and stay at the same hotel for their honeymoons, where they are taken care of by Dave the bellboy.
The first man married a nurse. Dave thinks to himself, "Nurses are known to be hot to trot."
The second man married a telephone operator. Dave thinks to himself, "Telephone operators have sexy voices."
The third man married a school teacher. Dave thinks to himself, "Poor guy, teachers are frigid."
The next morning, Dave reports to work and gets a room service call from the nurse's husband. He sourly says, "Don't ever marry a nurse. All I heard last night was 'You're not sanitary! You're not sanitary!'"
Then, the telephone operator's husband calls and sourly says, "Don't ever marry a telephone operator. All I heard last night was 'Your three minutes are up, Your three minutes are up.'"
Later that afternoon, the teacher's husband calls and happily says, "When you marry, be sure to marry a school teacher. All I heard last night was 'We are going to do this over and over until we get right.'"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:08 AM (l3cgK)

339 A lot of young men are like that today, so not completely your fault.

They have no clue what they want to do with their lives, what they want to do for a living, or how to even figure that out.

If he's good with his hands at all, the best course is to take trade classes and get into a job that pays well fixing other people's problems they don't want to deal with.

College is not for every young man, and some times it can just make things work because they are bored to death and would rather be doing something else.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:10 AM (6ydKt)

340 All I heard last night was 'We are going to do this over and over until we get right.'"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:08 AM (l3cgK)

I dunno, seems exhausting.

If I got it wrong she'd make me write out:
"I will endeavor to satisfy the teacher for five hours per night for the rest of my life" 500 times on the chalkboard.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:12 AM (6ydKt)

341 336 When Dad was undergoing cancer treatments, I took care of all the 'dirty jobs' for him. Washed my hands when entering the house, etc etc...

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:05 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah, some chemo agents do quite the job on some aspects of the immune system...
I used to do at-home peritoneal dialysis every day (for five years). Every time I connected or disconnected to the machine, I had to go through this 5 minute+ handwashing procedure before I started. All the clamps I used had to be sterilized in a bleach solution, and all fans (including the main house heater/AC) had to be off. Knew the procedure by heart, but always followed each written step...
Only had peritonitis ONCE, and it wasn't the fault of my connecting/disconnecting either...I believe it was a minor leak from my intestine into the peritoneal fluid from walking too hard/fast in hard dress shoes on concrete for a court appearance.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:14 AM (l3cgK)

342 339 A lot of young men are like that today, so not completely your fault.

They have no clue what they want to do with their lives, what they want to do for a living, or how to even figure that out.

If he's good with his hands at all, the best course is to take trade classes and get into a job that pays well fixing other people's problems they don't want to deal with.

College is not for every young man, and some times it can just make things work because they are bored to death and would rather be doing something else.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:10 AM (6ydKt)

He's depressed, but won't talk to me about it. He sleeps way too much. Well, shit, I'm depressed too, for the last almost three years, so I understand. Stuff still has to be done.
I've gone over the options with him many times, and I have no aversion to trade school (I actually encouraged it). He's just...well, unmotivated. Doesn't hardly even do chores. Politically more aligned with me than the older one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:17 AM (l3cgK)

343 Wow, jim-- You've been through a wringer, and several times!

Sorry your sons don't 'get it'...

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

344 343 Wow, jim-- You've been through a wringer, and several times!

Sorry your sons don't 'get it'...

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

I once had a coworker ask if I was cursed. A Christian coworker. LOL.
Yeah, I can't say my life has ever been boring.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:22 AM (l3cgK)

345 He's depressed, but won't talk to me about it. He sleeps way too much. Well, shit, I'm depressed too, for the last almost three years, so I understand. Stuff still has to be done.
I've gone over the options with him many times, and I have no aversion to trade school (I actually encouraged it). He's just...well, unmotivated. Doesn't hardly even do chores. Politically more aligned with me than the older one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:17 AM (l3cgK)

I get it, been there done that.
I would tell him, that his depression and feelings of inadequacy aren't going to go away just doing nothing.

In fact, it's the exact opposite.
For men, accomplishing something, whether it's as simple as cleaning the kitchen and taking out the trash gives you a sense of purpose and satisfaction.

Men have to do something to feel complete.
Otherwise we are followed around by this constant feeling of "I'm doing it wrong" which will do your head no favors.

The exercise and focus of working on something also helps to keep the depression demons away.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:23 AM (6ydKt)

346 The exercise and focus of working on something also helps to keep the depression demons away.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:23 AM (6ydKt)

Yes, I try to get him out of the house to exercise and see friends. I'm a poor example these days.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:25 AM (l3cgK)

347
Kids didn't want to clean it, I'm not supposed to (immunocompromised due to anti-rejection meds), so I ended up buying a litter robot. Works mostly well,

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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I can't even begin with this cat. He weighs 20 pounds. He bites and claws like a tiger -- an epileptic, autistic tiger. Every now and then he brings in a lizard or rodent, then loses interest and you have to catch it and get it out of the house.

But worst of all, he flings litter around like... The only thing I can compare it to is those ice chippers that spew snow that they set up in California in the Christmas season so the kids can play in it. Just flumes of litter all over the area.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:25 AM (mmrXZ)

348
Has had issues since before my wife passed, but worse since. Won't talk to me about it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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Poor guy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:28 AM (mmrXZ)

349 >>Stuff still has to be done.

Yep. That's my life, too.

Depressed? Hahahahahahaha... uh... yeah. And there's nobody else around, so guess what? It's all on me.

Not sure what I'd do if I had an adult child living with me, but not helping around the place. Probably kick him/her out, but that's just me. (There's this thing called a "breaking point" and I'm *there* with people in general.)

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

350 School today don't prepare most kids like they should, especially boys.

For the braniacs and jocks it works out for them, they are likely going to college and possibly on a scholarship, their life path is set into their 20s.

For the normies who have no clue what they like to do or what they're good at, and get no clues at schools, they get lost in the system.

I always liked those tests they used to give students which determined the kind of things they were good at, and what kind of career they'd be suited for, but then there was never really any follow-up to that once you got the results.

They should have ways to steer students, boys and girls, into career track classes that actually suit them and their talents.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:30 AM (6ydKt)

351 Yes, I try to get him out of the house to exercise and see friends. I'm a poor example these days.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:25 AM (l3cgK)

Eh, you got health problems, the kid should realize that and work it out in his head on his own that everybody has problems at some point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:31 AM (6ydKt)

352 Just flumes of litter all over the area.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

One of my old cats was that way. I got a SUV liner to put under the litter box. Easy to vac or even take out to the yard & hose it off.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm)

353 Eh, you got health problems, the kid should realize that and work it out in his head on his own that everybody has problems at some point.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

THIS^

Kid won't even help an ailing parent?!

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:34 AM (rdVOm)

354 Getting late... time to go.

Jim, I hope your young-un shapes up!

Good night, all.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)

355 Never found what happened with publius' Momma. Did she pass?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 21, 2026 03:39 AM (4Qj8V)

356 We've been trained for instant gratification the past several decades and a lot of people just never realize that life is nowhere near instant and is rarely gratifying.

It' a slog from start to finish.
So just hold on to the happy moments and keep going until you get to more of them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:39 AM (6ydKt)

357 Not sure why I got back in bed, its time to get up

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 03:39 AM (Ia/+0)

358 355 Never found what happened with publius' Momma. Did she pass?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 21, 2026 03:39 AM (4Qj8V)

From what I read she passed away, either yesterday or Sunday.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:40 AM (6ydKt)

359 Just flumes of litter all over the area.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:25 AM (mmrXZ)

I've seen commercials for something that might be right up your alley.

It's called "Meshy Mat" and they suggest in the ad that you can put it under a litter box to keep messes down and make cleanup easier.

https://muddymats.com/

Look for Meshy Mats on there, but they have a few types.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:44 AM (6ydKt)

360 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:25 AM (mmrXZ)

Nasty...

I moved the litter robot to the foyer, which has tile...most of the house, except for bathrooms and kitchen, have carpet...
Although I just imagined what a kitchen with a carpet would be like...Yikes!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:52 AM (l3cgK)

361 Somehow I miised that as well

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2026 03:53 AM (Ia/+0)

362 Although I just imagined what a kitchen with a carpet would be like...Yikes!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 03:52 AM (l3cgK)

Seen bathrooms with carpet before.

I'm conflicted to say the least.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:55 AM (6ydKt)

363 They should have ways to steer students, boys and girls, into career track classes that actually suit them and their talents.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 03:30

Tell that to my libtard aunt who spent yrs guiding HS kids to their futures. She was an Estonian refugee and still bought the socialist BS. You see her family were part of the intelligentisa that needed to tell the others how to live.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 21, 2026 03:55 AM (4Qj8V)

364 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 03:25 AM (mmrXZ)

Yeah, but does stupid things. He started smoking...then tried to quit (he knows all about one of my brother's issues with smoking, but took it up ANYWAY). Now vapes, which is better (except for the flavors). It'd be nice if he quit, since those aren't free, (and I refuse to buy him any), but gets them from his friends.

I don't allow it in the house. Zero tolerance for it. He *mostly* doesn't do it in the house; I can smell when he does, even if he denies it.

His mother died two days after his 17th birthday; he'll be 20 in a few months. I remember holding her hand, telling her she couldn't die that day as it was his birthday...we had a little party in our bedroom (no candles--there was an oxygen concentrator in the room. The tech on those is really interesting). She was unconscious the entire time, but I felt she knew we were there (she would make certain noises and they would stop when I would read to her).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:00 AM (l3cgK)

365 You see her family were part of the intelligentisa that needed to tell the others how to live.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 21, 2026 03:55 AM (4Qj8V)

Yeah, that seems to be the entire basis of Marxism from the beginning.

Halfway intelligent people taking it upon themselves to tell the stupid people how the world could be if they just let them run everything.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 21, 2026 04:01 AM (6ydKt)

366 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)

367 [cleanup request handled - Doof]

Posted by: m at October 21, 2026 04:03 AM (odBC9)

368 Not sure what I'd do if I had an adult child living with me, but not helping around the place. Probably kick him/her out, but that's just me. (There's this thing called a "breaking point" and I'm *there* with people in general.)

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

Wife, while still conscious the week before she passed, wanted me to give him as much of a chance...that has...tempered...that particular instinct. We did kick out the older one when he was 18 because he just didn't want to abide by the house rules. He was much better less than a year later, and now spends part time here, part time with his not-a-girlfriend.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2026 04:03 AM (l3cgK)

369 I'd like to buy a comma and maybe reorder the words. Mudcrutch did not arrive in the 80s and preceded the Heartbreakers.

"Born on this date in 1950 - Tom Petty, American singer and songwriter. He was the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch."

Posted by: Max K at October 21, 2026 10:26 AM (WAUGm)

Autumnal Cafe

Brandon Yoshizawa
probably northern California

Feral cat wants to join a home's domesticated cats.

Hey... nice beaver.

This is why no one does yoga with cats.

Aw: A blind horse is led around the pasture by her donkey friend.

If I already linked this, my apologies: Bull terrier and squirrel are best friends.

Thank you.

Nice woman helps a baby lamb reunited with its mom.

Firefighter rescues puppy from a fire, then adopts it.

"Chico" the German shepherd went missing. His family couldn't find him.

So he just walked into a police station to report himself missing.

The incredible incident unfolded on September 30, 2026, when the clever pooch casually strolled up to the front doors of the Tampa Police Department. Amused officers welcomed the unexpected guest and playfully dubbed him a "K-9 applicant" humorously adding that his application was only rejected because their roster was already completely full.
Instead of putting him to work, an officer escorted Chico to a local veterinarian to scan for a microchip. The quick scan successfully retrieved his family's contact information, and police immediately reached out to his worried owner.

Later that day, the department's bodycam footage captured the emotional moment Chico was reunited with his tearful owner. The owner, overwhelmed with relief, hugged her adventurous pet and explained to officers that Chico simply loves the outdoors and must have wandered a bit too far during his playtime.

I halp..🐈🐾😅 https://t.co/d4duRppHpO
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) October 17, 2026

You don't need lots of friends, just the right ones..🐕🏞️☺️ https://t.co/QIAk12I49w
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) October 20, 2026

An autumn classic:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 20, 2026 07:32 PM (l26NL)

2

"I pay huge amounts of taxes and an immigration surcharge to access the NHS services"

LOL

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 20, 2026 07:33 PM (VuTBl)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

4 So he just walked into a police station to report himself missing.

There's great old black and white noir movie where Edmund O'Brien shows up at a police station to report a murder. His own. DOA. It's good.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 20, 2026 07:35 PM (l26NL)

5
As for yoga with cats, it won't work if you roll out a separate mat for them. They'll abandon it the second you roll out one for yourself and try to use it.

I tried this with an old laptop once. It's finished! it's fried! It's standing open and it's turned on. Here, cat, it's yours!

Nope. I'll sit on yours while you're attempting to work, thank you.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 07:36 PM (mmrXZ)

6 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

No needlepoint today - radiation treatment yesterday wiped me out 😲, so both hands are free to type on my Kindle....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 20, 2026 07:37 PM (SRRAx)

7 I would rather have a pet otter than a beaver

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Hi Horde!

Once when I was canoeing in Wisconsin, paddling down a narrow channel winding through tall reeds, a mother duck suddenly burst into the open water in front of us, flapping with a broken wing. She struggled forward, just ten feet away, until we had gone maybe a quarter mile. Then she flew up high and turned back.

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 07:43 PM (rcENI)

9 I would rather have a pet otter than a beaver
Posted by: Skip

I too am glad I don't have a beaver.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 07:43 PM (V8Zwm)

10 From the previous thread, but bears repeating :

Too many people have never been punched in the face.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:30 PM (TMNW7)

Posted by: a.moron at October 20, 2026 07:43 PM (X5Jzz)

11 Labs are the best.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 07:45 PM (6vuXd)

12 I would rather have a pet otter than a beaver
Posted by: Skip

I would prefer to pet a beaver than an otter.

Posted by: MkY at October 20, 2026 07:47 PM (iUHkq)

13 No needlepoint today - radiation treatment yesterday wiped me out 😲, so both hands are free to type on my Kindle....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth,

Hang in there!

Posted by: MkY at October 20, 2026 07:48 PM (iUHkq)

14 Good evening, horde!

I missed the quick hits convo. I really want to tell that girl that yes, it is stupid to end a relationship over those issues. You did the man a solid, though, so there's that.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 20, 2026 07:50 PM (zYpTz)

15 Trump's in NC tonight, 4.5 hours away.

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 07:50 PM (enNUy)

16 Theresa !!!

Keep your chin up, young lady. Good to see you here.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 07:51 PM (i75mC)

17 I saw PDT at Autumnal Cafe drinking at Diet Coke
and his hair was PERFECT

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 07:52 PM (/+uur)

18 "a mother duck suddenly burst into the open water in front of us, flapping with a broken wing. "

I think that's a bird thing to distract predators from a nest.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:53 PM (MWfyi)

19 Stella the leaf jumper is always amusing. What a happy pup.

Posted by: Tuna at October 20, 2026 07:54 PM (lJ0H4)

20 F-22 Pilot Directs CCA in Flight as ‘Airborne QB.’

It went to DQ and got a Blizzard
Turtle pecan
No chocolate

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 07:54 PM (/+uur)

21 16 Theresa !!!

Keep your chin up, young lady. Good to see you here.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 07:51 PM (i75mC)

Ditto that!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 20, 2026 07:55 PM (zYpTz)

22 Teresa! Yay!
How's the kitchen reno coming along?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 20, 2026 07:57 PM (FGA9/)

23 >>>Hey... nice beaver.

Thank you. I just had it stuffed.
--Jane Spencer

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 20, 2026 07:59 PM (syz1S)

24
*reviews wine list*

Molotov cocktail, please.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 08:01 PM (eRlcH)

25 The cops didn't riddle the dog with bullets? What kind of weird backwards world have we slipped into?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 20, 2026 08:02 PM (lfNXu)

26 Another long commute tomorrow
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

27 "Molotov cocktail, please.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

You want an umbrella in that?

Posted by: Your waiter at October 20, 2026 08:09 PM (MWfyi)

28 6 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

No needlepoint today - radiation treatment yesterday wiped me out 😲, so both hands are free to type on my Kindle....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 20, 2026 07:37 PM (SRRAx)

Eat the cheesecake, indeed. Take care of yourself dear. Needlepoint can wait.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 08:10 PM (fOTAm)

29 Good evening all!
I am going to miss the Oval Office press conferences where PDT bullies the reporters and makes them cry.

Posted by: Jmel at October 20, 2026 08:10 PM (3TlS+)

30 27 "Molotov cocktail, please.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

You want an umbrella in that?
Posted by: Your waiter at October 20, 2026 08:09 PM (MWfyi)

Swizzle stick and a dirty rag.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 08:11 PM (fOTAm)

31
"I pay huge amounts of taxes and an immigration surcharge to access the NHS services"

__________

And, please to remember, this is likely the kind of person who goes to the ER for a stubbed toe. Whereas most Morons would need to have an arm or leg chopped off to see a doctor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 08:11 PM (eRlcH)

32 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they beam down into a riot of mind controlled hedonistic drones.

Posted by: Your waiter at October 20, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

33 Alex Berenson lost his covid case against Pfizer:

I owe you this update, though it stings very much to write. Last Thursday’s hearing in Berenson v Gottlieb was difficult for me to watch. I was sure we had lost when I left the courtroom, on the 17th floor of the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in Manhattan.

Our last best chance, as I wrote last week, gone in 10 minutes. The only positive in all this, and it’s a very small one, is that the judges didn’t make us wait long to swing the axe. The decision came out this morning. I haven’t even been able to make myself read it yet.

This hurts. It really hurts. Not just because I put a huge amount of time into researching and working on these briefs. Not just because I know - and presented the evidence - that Dr. Scott Gottlieb conspired to get me forced off Twitter. Not just because the judges even refused to consider the idea that the Covid unvaccinated might be deserving of protection as a class. But because I will never get to find out what really happened in 2021 - or to tell you. (Theoretically, we can ask the Supreme Court to hear the case, but the odds are extremely long they’d even consider it.) The bad guys won.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 08:13 PM (kX27y)

34 Snow on the ground this morning, it has melted off. Moose wandering all over the darned place this week, and the dogs are apoplectic. Leaves have been gone two weeks now, and the garden has died back. I brought the last plants in from the greenhouse yesterday. Camper got winterized this morning.

DH gets his knee replaced Wednesday. A few prayers would not go astray. Should be no big deal, but with DH, things tend to be a big deal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 08:14 PM (fOTAm)

35 No needlepoint today - radiation treatment yesterday wiped me out 😲, so both hands are free to type on my Kindle....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 20, 2026 07:37 PM (SRRAx)
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Hang in there! My wife is back on the chemo train, and still weak from her infusion on Saturday. At least she's no longer poisonous to the touch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)

36 BTW, it was the 2nd Circuit that ruled against Berenson. Not a big surprise.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 08:15 PM (kX27y)

37 Ok I am panicking now! Jesse who is on our side on Fox says the early turnout in Texas is massive Democrat! How can Texas make that freak our senator? Has Texas been taken over by Communist/socialists? Bernie Sanders is here saying they are winning in Texas. How can this happen. Are Republicans not voting or are we now the minority?

Posted by: AnnaS at October 20, 2026 08:15 PM (FnSbk)

38 A good article at Insty on GLP-1s and what happens when you stop them.

I am not as rapidly anti as Piper perhaps, but I think that GLP-1s should not be the whole of the plan. The article mentions doing increases in protein and exercise as you taper off the drugs. Are you not able to exercise while doing GLP-1s?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 08:16 PM (zZu0s)

39 >> It's the one where they beam down into a riot of mind controlled hedonistic drones.

May the peace of Landru be upon you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 08:16 PM (w6EFb)

40 "Molotov cocktail, please.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

You want an umbrella in that?
Posted by: Your waiter at October 20, 2026 08:09 PM (MWfyi)

Swizzle stick and a dirty rag.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 08:11 PM (fOTAm)
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I thought the professionals topped them with tampons these days.

I prefer a French 75 as both a champaign cocktail and fire support.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:17 PM (ZOv7s)

41 Hey... nice beaver.

Thanks! It's brown.

Posted by: Winona at October 20, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

42 Ok I am panicking now! Jesse who is on our side on Fox says the early turnout in Texas is massive Democrat!
Posted by: AnnaS at October 20, 2026 08:15 PM (FnSbk)
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Fox wants the Dems to win because their ratings will go up. Their election coverage and polling is some of the worst out there.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

43 BTW, it was the 2nd Circuit that ruled against Berenson. Not a big surprise.
Posted by: beckster

Appealable?

Posted by: MkY at October 20, 2026 08:19 PM (iUHkq)

44 I prefer a French 75 as both a champaign cocktail and fire support.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:17 PM

"An odious cocktail."
-- Winston Churchill

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 08:20 PM (0sNs1)

45 I prefer a French 75 as both a champaign cocktail and fire support.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:17 PM

"An odious cocktail."
-- Winston Churchill

I've always had my doubts about Churchill. It's sad to see them confirmed.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 08:21 PM (Riz8t)

46 Molotov cocktail, please.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

3 oz vodka
1/2 oz Tabasco
2 dashes Blair's Ultra Death Sauce

Stir at room temperature, and pour into a Slap-Ya-Mama-rimmed martini glass.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 08:22 PM (VHUov)

47 42 Ok I am panicking now! Jesse who is on our side on Fox says the early turnout in Texas is massive Democrat!
Posted by: AnnaS at October 20, 2026 08:15 PM (FnSbk)
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Fox wants the Dems to win because their ratings will go up. Their election coverage and polling is some of the worst out there.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:19 PM
The left can't win elections, they can only steal them.
'Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding.'

Posted by: Eromero at October 20, 2026 08:22 PM (LHPAg)

48 A H Lloyd,

I was a bad mom and snuggled my boys through chemo. I did clean the toilet and shower after every use, but I would have died without their human touch. They were so brave and sweet. Marine was in 8th grade, #1 a senior in high school.

Hold her hand. She’s not poisonous.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 08:22 PM (R6Hhu)

49 I never watch Fox News but hear Fox "News" radio everyday and if they didn't say "This is Fox News Radio" on the hour you might think it was CNN.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

50 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they beam down into a riot of mind controlled hedonistic drones.
Posted by: Your waiter

That's not Star Trek. That's Fox News' coverage of Paris.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 08:24 PM (VHUov)

51 Landru Akbar!

Posted by: A mind controlled hedonistic drone at October 20, 2026 08:28 PM (MWfyi)

52 I agree about Fox but I have thought Jesse was on our side?? Surely Republicans know how important this is? Or have we become outnumbered in our own state?

Posted by: AnnaS at October 20, 2026 08:28 PM (FnSbk)

53 Nate Silver says the Democrats are going to take the House and Senate. He also said Hillary had a 95% chance of winning.

Posted by: Meh at October 20, 2026 08:30 PM (MWfyi)

54 Are the Star Trek people and the Musk flying car people the same group? Seems that way.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 08:31 PM (Dd7BU)

55 Or have we become outnumbered in our own state?
Posted by: AnnaS at October 20, 2026 08:28 PM

Well, who's *your* favorite drag queen?

Posted by: James Talarico at October 20, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)

56 No. I no longer want a flying car. It's a silly idea anyway.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 08:32 PM (MWfyi)

57 And, please to remember, this is likely the kind of person who goes to the ER for a stubbed toe. Whereas most Morons would need to have an arm or leg chopped off to see a doctor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

As long as the tourniquet holds.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 08:32 PM (6vuXd)

58 >>I agree about Fox but I have thought Jesse was on our side?? Surely Republicans know how important this is? Or have we become outnumbered in our own state?

Democrats always take a lead in early voting. A bit early to panic.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 08:32 PM (viF8m)

59 Hold her hand. She’s not poisonous.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 08:22 PM (R6Hhu)
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Yeah, she is and she poisoned me in the first week. It's all good, lesson learned, we have a routine, and it works.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

60 And, please to remember, this is likely the kind of person who goes to the ER for a stubbed toe. Whereas most Morons would need to have an arm or leg chopped off to see a doctor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

As long as the tourniquet holds.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 08:32 PM

Or there's no slappable hot iron available.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)

61 So is Europe going to surrender and accept beheading?

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:35 PM (kJmLc)

62 52 I agree about Fox but I have thought Jesse was on our side??
Posted by: AnnaS at October 20, 2026 08:28 PM (FnSbk)

They all do what they do for money. I don't believe any of them are "on our side." They will switch sides as soon as the money for one side runs out.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 20, 2026 08:35 PM (zYpTz)

63 Nate Silver says the Democrats are going to take the House and Senate. He also said Hillary had a 95% chance of winning.
Posted by: Meh at October 20, 2026 08:30 PM (MWfyi)
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Is that the same Nate Silver who was fired from his own web site? The guy who got famous for calling a *single election* accurately?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)

64
So is Europe going to surrender and accept beheading?
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:35 PM (kJmLc)

___________

"What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass" - Lord Melbourne

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 08:37 PM (eRlcH)

65 So is Europe going to surrender and accept beheading?
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:35 PM (kJmLc)
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In France it is political theater. The French have a long history of performative street violence. The fact that the Gendarmes have not been calling in tells you the government actually supports the rioters.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

66 "In France it is political theater"

What do they hope to accomplish?

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)

67 Do Republicans ever win anything in Rhode Island?
Asking because I don't know. Have not heard of one.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 08:39 PM (Dd7BU)

68 I guess it is time for the obligatory Spanish Civil War lesson. Leftist governments have a long history of "losing control" of the situation when other leftists riot. They fulminate, express dismay, may even send in the police but then order them to just sit there and get pilloried.

See also Portland and the Antifa follies.

Every European country has a formidable internal security force. Not only that, but it is federal, not some sort of provincial outfit. These guys are true paramilitaries, a step up from the National Guard.

If they want to stop it, they can stop it. The don't want to stop it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)

69 Perhaps, if everywhere you go you find people who disappoint and despise you, maybe the real problem has always been just you."

I don't know the real quote but if you do, I'd like to know it.
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"If you run into an asshole in the morning you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."

-Raylan Givens

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 08:42 PM (vE0+H)

70 No. She isn’t.

Stop being a pussy and hold your wife.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 08:42 PM (PNCm+)

71 In France it is political theater. The French have a long history of performative street violence. The fact that the Gendarmes have not been calling in tells you the government actually supports the rioters.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

So yes, they plan on their fall and Islamification, as a step to a massive population decrease for the WEF? Anyway, I hope the US refuses assistance as the trash in Europe is dead set on dragging us into a war of their choosing. Let them bleed

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:43 PM (kJmLc)

72 France has placed itself inside an invisible box.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 20, 2026 08:43 PM (Cqx++)

73 What do they hope to accomplish?
Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)
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They want to prevent the National Rally from winning the presidential elections in the spring. They are trying to intimidate voters by saying "this is what we can do if you stop voting for us. If you vote for them, we will burn your town down."

Macron could stop this, but he agrees with them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:43 PM (ZOv7s)

74 >>Do Republicans ever win anything in Rhode Island?
Asking because I don't know. Have not heard of one.

Sailboat races not elections.

Haven't one any significant statewide office in years. Like most of New England the Republican Party is almost non-existent around here.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

75 Amy Acton is blegging for 1$:

"I’m asking you to chip in just $1 to my campaign before my weekly fundraising deadline.

I’m Democrat Amy Acton. My opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, is trying to unleash a total MAGA takeover of Ohio – and is spending $145 MILLION to make it happen.

So I need your help to fight back. Please rush a $1 contribution today to me and Katie Hobbs so we can hit our $250,000 weekly fundraising goal."

At the risk of going mathic, you're going to need 500,000 donors at $0.50 a pop.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 08:43 PM (0sNs1)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)

77 Hey... nice beaver.

I clicked on this link, and it was not what I expected !!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 20, 2026 08:44 PM (5U1m0)

78 No. She isn’t.

Stop being a pussy and hold your wife.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 08:42 PM (PNCm+)
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As a medical professional I would think that you would have the sense to not comment on things of which you have no firsthand knowledge.

I've also kept a marriage together for 25 years, so please don't offer relationship advice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:45 PM (ZOv7s)

79 When I'm getting caught up on the blog at the end of the day, Quick Hits feels like this enormous hurdle, or endurance test, I have to go through for the lite reward of the Cafe.

Sometimes I don't actually read every word in Ace's post.
🫨😱🤯

Posted by: mindful webworker - read the post - don't understand those words in that order... at October 20, 2026 08:46 PM (vmXN+)

80 >>> 37 Ok I am panicking now!
==
Posted by: AnnaS at October 20, 2026 08:15 PM (FnSbk)

Turn the fucking teewee off and grab a beverage.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 08:46 PM (jb8Ss)

81 Sometimes I don't actually read every word in Ace's post.
Posted by: mindful webworker - read the post - don't understand those words in that order... at October 20, 2026 08:46 PM

We know.

And so does your Permanent Record.

#BeBetter

Posted by: Bob from NSA at October 20, 2026 08:48 PM (0sNs1)

82 Seems a family member can be exposed to chemo drugs:

https://tinyurl.com/bde8ryah

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:48 PM (kJmLc)

83 So yes, they plan on their fall and Islamification, as a step to a massive population decrease for the WEF? Anyway, I hope the US refuses assistance as the trash in Europe is dead set on dragging us into a war of their choosing. Let them bleed
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:43 PM (kJmLc)
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So you want to side with the Globalist elites against a popular movement to restore their nation? MAGA for me but not for thee?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)

84
Turn the fucking teewee off and grab a beverage.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 08:46 PM (jb8Ss)

___________

There's nothing you can do about it except cast your ballot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 08:48 PM (eRlcH)

85 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! Nice story about the blind horse.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 08:49 PM (wSl27)

86 We actually have a pretty good republican candidate here in NJ running against Spartacus. He wiped the floor with him in the debate. Sad part is I had never even heard of him (Justin Murphy) until clips of the debate appeared the next day on X.

Republican party doesn't try even in purple states, and forget about blue states altogether.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 20, 2026 08:50 PM (3ImbR)

87 There's nothing you can do about it except cast your ballot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 08:48 PM (eRlcH)
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And pray for our nation!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:50 PM (ZOv7s)

88 So you want to side with the Globalist elites against a popular movement to restore their nation? MAGA for me but not for thee?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)

No, but no Americans should risk their lives to save eurotrash from their immigration folly

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:51 PM (kJmLc)

89 I know Maine has Republican Senator (kinda). And New Hampshire has elected a Republican a few times. Kinda hard to keep up with everybody.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 08:52 PM (Dd7BU)

90 The WEF thinks Islam will be a great way to suppress and control.

The Islamists have their own plan.

Posted by: davidt at October 20, 2026 08:54 PM (Q+gd/)

91 >>> 87 There's nothing you can do about it except cast your ballot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 08:48 PM (eRlcH)
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And pray for our nation!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:50 PM (ZOv7s)

All of the above.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 08:54 PM (jb8Ss)

92 Wear a mask and gloves. Stay six feet away.

Leave your loved ones to suffer in isolation!

Nice.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 08:55 PM (uL/yk)

93 No, but no Americans should risk their lives to save eurotrash from their immigration folly
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:51 PM (kJmLc)
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Actually, if the Europeans repent and try to turn back the tide, it would be stupid not to help them. We need a unified front to face down the left. They certainly have one.

Conservatives are losing because they do this "not my problem, those guys suck" and then state after state, or country after country falls. Maybe make common cause with what allies we can still muster?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

94 >>> 88
==
No, but no Americans should risk their lives to save eurotrash from their immigration folly
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:51 PM (kJmLc)

Their folly is a lot like ours... concentrated among the so-call "elites". And while the normal folks still mostly act and think like well, peasants, they are also starting to look pissed off. Wouldn't cost a lot (compared to other options) to say, airdrop cheap pistols.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 08:56 PM (jb8Ss)

95
Old Mama Dot went to the doggie chiropractor today. She has been limping and it was found she had a stiff neck. After adjustment, she's doing much better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 08:57 PM (eRlcH)

96 Leave your loved ones to suffer in isolation!

Nice.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 08:55 PM (uL/yk)

Seems there really is a contamination problem: Chemotherapy drugs can be excreted through various bodily fluids such as urine, feces, vomit, saliva, and even sweat. This means that anyone coming into contact with these fluids could potentially be exposed to the drugs. The duration for which these drugs remain in the body varies depending on the type of chemotherapy and the individual’s metabolism.

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:57 PM (kJmLc)

97
The WEF thinks Islam will be a great way to suppress and control.

They want to use them to finally implement The Great Reset.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 20, 2026 08:57 PM (Cqx++)

98
No, but no Americans should risk their lives to save eurotrash from their immigration folly
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:51 PM (kJmLc)

___________

This time we take Berlin.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 08:58 PM (eRlcH)

99 Their folly is a lot like ours... concentrated among the so-call "elites". And while the normal folks still mostly act and think like well, peasants, they are also starting to look pissed off. Wouldn't cost a lot (compared to other options) to say, airdrop cheap pistols.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 08:56 PM (jb8Ss)

That I would accept. And maybe taking out WEF strongholds

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:58 PM (kJmLc)

100 Wear a mask and gloves. Stay six feet away.

Leave your loved ones to suffer in isolation!

Nice.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 08:55 PM (uL/yk)
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God bless you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:58 PM (ZOv7s)

101 >>> 99
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That I would accept. And maybe taking out WEF strongholds
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:58 PM (kJmLc)

Deploy the 50-foot chickens to Davos!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 08:59 PM (jb8Ss)

102 Seems there really is a contamination problem:
.
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:57 PM (kJmLc)
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One of the funny things about the whole situation is my wife will describe how weird chemo makes you feel, and I'm like "You know, I can relate to that - not as much as you, but I know exactly what you are describing. It sucks."

Four down, eight to go. Prayers appreciated!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)

103 Deploy the 50-foot chickens to Davos!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 08:59 PM (jb8Ss)

Is that what they call MOABs these days

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 09:03 PM (kJmLc)

104 Four down, eight to go. Prayers appreciated!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)

You got it.

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 09:04 PM (kJmLc)

105 Seems there really is a contamination problem: Chemotherapy drugs can be excreted through various bodily fluids such as urine, feces, vomit, saliva, and even sweat. This means that anyone coming into contact with these fluids could potentially be exposed to the drugs. The duration for which these drugs remain in the body varies depending on the type of chemotherapy and the individual’s metabolism.
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 08:57 PM (kJmLc)

Read the link. I would say the greatest risk is not the caregiver being poisoned by secondary exposure to the chemo agents, but in passing bacteria or virii to the patient whose immune system may be compromised. Use common sense.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 09:05 PM (wSl27)

106 Posted by: night lifted

You are correct. However the risk is minimal to the family. The lack of love and contact with the patient is cataclysmic.

Roll the dice. My boys chose to be right there with me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:05 PM (yEz+x)

107 100 Wear a mask and gloves. Stay six feet away.

Leave your loved ones to suffer in isolation!

Nice.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 08:55 PM (uL/yk)
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God bless you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:58 PM (ZOv7s)

Don't you mean "Bless your heart" ?

Posted by: a.moron at October 20, 2026 09:06 PM (X5Jzz)

108 Read the link. I would say the greatest risk is not the caregiver being poisoned by secondary exposure to the chemo agents, but in passing bacteria or virii to the patient whose immune system may be compromised. Use common sense.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 09:05 PM (wSl27)
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Yep. I got sick last week and set up shop in the den. I also stay there for the first 48 hours after her infusion. She's a military spouse, btw, 21 years of deployments and TDYs. We're fine. This too shall pass.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:07 PM (ZOv7s)

109 "If you run into an asshole in the morning you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."
-Raylan Givens
Posted by: ...

That quote, or some version of it, has to be older than a 2013 episode of Justified. I would have guessed "some Dennis Leary show," probably leading into the Asshole song. And he'd be quoting someone quoting someone quoting someone from Shakespeare's time.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 09:08 PM (VHUov)

110 Roll the dice. My boys chose to be right there with me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:05 PM (yEz+x)

A colleague died of cancer a few years back, the wife slept on a mattress on the floor because the sweat was giving her a rash.

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 09:08 PM (kJmLc)

111
And he'd be quoting someone quoting someone quoting someone from Shakespeare's time.
Posted by: mikeski

Oog and Ogg from Cave 13.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 20, 2026 09:10 PM (Cqx++)

112 Roll the dice. My boys chose to be right there with me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:05 PM (yEz+x)
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I did. I got poisoned. Do you not get that?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:11 PM (ZOv7s)

113 @98. This time we take Berlin.- Hadrian

And do what with it? They are Euro-Socialists. No hope for them. I think that's what is wrong with the Northeast US. They think Europe is so cool and want to be like them. But Europe is a mess. Nothing cool about them at all.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 09:12 PM (Dd7BU)

114 Crowd: James is appears to be gay
Response: He is fucking the Help
Crowd: We thot fucking the help was bad, see Sally Jennings
Response: He is fucking the Help
Crowd: Ok he is a good white man to vote for
Third party: Good White men now can fuck the Help?
Response: chirp

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:14 PM (/+uur)

115 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:14 PM (77rzZ)

116 To clarify, when my wife is not poisonous, things are fine. That's five days a week. We take what we can get.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)

117 I’m sorry AHLloyd.

This is not something I should get angry about. Bless you for doing your best. Prayers for you and your wife.
In kindness and empathy,
Nurse.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:14 PM (yEz+x)

118 The problem I have with helping the Euros turn back the Islamic tide is that who, exactly, are we helping?

Generally they're all men without chests that got themselves into this mess precisely because the US has been their sword and shield since WWII.

So we run the Muzzy hordes out of Europe and leave what behind? The same continent of softcock cuckolds incapable of or unwilling to defend their homelands.

Posted by: ballistic at October 20, 2026 09:17 PM (oqH4h)

119 This is not something I should get angry about. Bless you for doing your best. Prayers for you and your wife.
In kindness and empathy,
Nurse.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:14 PM (yEz+x)
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Thank you. God bless.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:17 PM (ZOv7s)

120 Years ago, Uncle Palp wanted to glass Western Europe. I see his reasons now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 09:17 PM (6vuXd)

121 AHLloyd, what kind of reaction did you have to the chemo from your wife?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 20, 2026 09:18 PM (FGA9/)

122 DNA report says Ilhan Omar and her ex-husband are siblings; Biden DOJ refused to act.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:18 PM (/+uur)

123 122 DNA report says Ilhan Omar and her ex-husband are siblings; Biden DOJ refused to act.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:18 PM (/+uur)

link?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:20 PM (l3cgK)

124 So we run the Muzzy hordes out of Europe and leave what behind? The same continent of softcock cuckolds incapable of or unwilling to defend their homelands.
Posted by: ballistic at October 20, 2026 09:17 PM (oqH4h

Not a job for Article 5, and besides they stood there with their "rapists are better that racists" signs, so to hell with them

Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 09:20 PM (kJmLc)

125 Years ago, Uncle Palp wanted to glass Western Europe. I see his reasons now.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 09:17 PM (6vuXd)

Somebody needs to invent a virus that causes the infected person's pancreas to go critical and melt down when he shouts "allahu ackbar".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 09:21 PM (wSl27)

126 Chemotherapy sounds awful.

Prayer up, A. H. Lloyd.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:21 PM (77rzZ)

127 AHLloyd, what kind of reaction did you have to the chemo from your wife?
Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 20, 2026 09:18 PM (FGA9/)
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It was very strange. At first I thought I was coming down with something, nausea, and strange hot/cold combinations, intense fatigue, hard to describe. It lasted about half a day and then gradually lifted. My wife was talking about what she was going through it and was so similar I realized that I was poisoned, and so we realized we had to be extra careful and maybe we're overdoing it, but cold season is starting, and better to be safe.

We've told the grandkids that they can say "hi" from her doorway, but she's pretty weak and we don't want any complications.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:21 PM (ZOv7s)

128 My mom took ibrance
The gal at the rehab hospital pharmacy wanted me to give her the pills
I told her she was pregnant and NO
She said how do you know that
I read the package insert
She dried that I watched over her

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:21 PM (/+uur)

129 35 No needlepoint today - radiation treatment yesterday wiped me out 😲, so both hands are free to type on my Kindle....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 20, 2026 07:37 PM (SRRAx)
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Hang in there! My wife is back on the chemo train, and still weak from her infusion on Saturday. At least she's no longer poisonous to the touch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)

Yeah, went through the process (2x toilet flushes each time she used the bathroom, etc) One particular time, my wife came back from chemo. Overnight a bug bit her. We found the bug, dead, the next morning.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:22 PM (l3cgK)

130 link?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:20 PM (l3cgK)

https://x.com/InsiderWire/status/
2112593090578198912

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:24 PM (/+uur)

131 The only time I ever asked my boys to get a seasonal flu shot was when I was having chemo.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:24 PM (yEz+x)

132 Not a job for Article 5, and besides they stood there with their "rapists are better that racists" signs, so to hell with them
Posted by: night lifted at October 20, 2026 09:20 PM (kJmLc)
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What we may well see is a reprise of the 1930s and the Popular Fronts, this time for Islam.

I'm sure everyone here already has a copy of Long Live Death, but this is a very old plan of creating chaos in order to set the stage for a revolution. The forces of order are poised to regain power, and just as in Spain 1936, the left is trying to forestall that.

Unfortunately for them, France has a very shaky constitutional system, so a Sixth Republic is definitely possible.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)

133 130 link?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:20 PM (l3cgK)

https://x.com/InsiderWire/status/
2112593090578198912

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:24 PM (/+uur)

Who is Insider Wire?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:26 PM (l3cgK)

134 France is experiencing a Catholic revival, with increasing numbers of adult baptisms.

It's probably nothing, but a significant portion of adults entering the Church are Army officers. Make of that what you will.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:26 PM (ZOv7s)

135 That quote, or some version of it, has to be older than a 2013 episode of Justified. I would have guessed "some Dennis Leary show," probably leading into the Asshole song. And he'd be quoting someone quoting someone quoting someone from Shakespeare's time.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 09:08 PM (VHUov)

I'm certain it's not his or owned by the show because I think I've heard, or even said, some version of it before - even before Denis Leary. But Raylan made it famous.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:26 PM (vE0+H)

136 Chemo is a terrible, difficult thing to have to endure. Your wife is in my prayers regularly. Everyone has to do what works for them, whatever the situation.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 20, 2026 09:28 PM (FGA9/)

137
https://x.com/InsiderWire/status/
2112593090578198912
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:24 PM (/+uur)

Which ex-husband? Her gay brother now in London, or some other one?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 09:28 PM (wSl27)

138 Unfortunately for them, France has a very shaky constitutional system, so a Sixth Republic is definitely possible.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

And they'll keep forming republics until they get one right!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 09:28 PM (ndZc7)

139 133 130 link?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:20 PM (l3cgK)

https://x.com/InsiderWire/status/
2112593090578198912

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:24 PM (/+uur)

Who is Insider Wire?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:26 PM (l3cgK)

All the news items I can google (duckduck) use weaselly words like "might" "may", and so forth. I can wait a few days.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:29 PM (l3cgK)

140 Which ex-husband? Her gay brother now in London, or some other one?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 09:28 PM (wSl27)
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Trump has timed this perfectly to completely destroy the Blue Wave narrative. Dem corruption and their willingness to defend it are now the national conversation, with immigration fraud playing a key part.

"but muh affordability!" is being lost in the noise.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)

141 Alright, time to crash, take care, everyone. Trust in God.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:32 PM (ZOv7s)

142 140 Which ex-husband? Her gay brother now in London, or some other one?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 09:28 PM (wSl27)
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Trump has timed this perfectly to completely destroy the Blue Wave narrative. Dem corruption and their willingness to defend it are now the national conversation, with immigration fraud playing a key part.

"but muh affordability!" is being lost in the noise.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)

The entire situation is corrupt, retarded, incestuous, and gay.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:32 PM (l3cgK)

143 Babylon Bee had a great headline: Ilhan Omar to be deported to Dearborn, Michigan.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:32 PM (77rzZ)

144 Passover, French style?

"French Shop Owners Hang Hams Over Doorposts So Rioters Will Pass Them By"--Babylon Bee

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:33 PM (l3cgK)

145 The entire situation is corrupt, retarded, incestuous, and gay.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

You should have said "retarded" twice.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 09:33 PM (VHUov)

146 141 Sleep well, A. H.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:33 PM (77rzZ)

147 Trump has timed this perfectly to completely destroy the Blue Wave narrative. Dem corruption and their willingness to defend it are now the national conversation, with immigration fraud playing a key part.

"but muh affordability!" is being lost in the noise.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)

You don't think Trump actually plans any of this though? He's a big idiot who doesn't think when he speaks or does anything. Obviously he is just getting lucky for the 80 billionth time in a row.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:34 PM (vE0+H)

148 If at first you don't succeed, buy more weapons.
- Shit Friedrich Nietzsche Probably Said

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 09:35 PM (ndZc7)

149 No needlepoint today - radiation treatment yesterday wiped me out 😲, so both hands are free to type on my Kindle....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

Glad to see you typing and very happy you made it to the Mome!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 20, 2026 09:35 PM (NnhvP)

150 If at first you don't succeed, buy more weapons.
- Shit Friedrich Nietzsche Probably Said
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

"If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you." - Steven Wright

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 09:36 PM (VHUov)

151 Time to cook dinner. Japanese Curry on rice...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 09:37 PM (l3cgK)

152 Glad to see you typing and very happy you made it to the Mome!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 20, 2026 09:35 PM (NnhvP)

Are you and the missus back home, now?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 09:38 PM (wSl27)

153 Well, if I am going to eat dinner, I'm going to have to cook it. Better get after it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 09:42 PM (wSl27)

154 Glad to see you typing and very happy you made it to the Mome!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 20, 2026 09:35 PM (NnhvP)

Are you and the missus back home, now?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Yes we rolled in yesterday at about 5pm. Had a quiet day ordered an all aluminum radiator after finding a leak.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 20, 2026 09:44 PM (NnhvP)

155 Being as so many Hordiens are significantly past 29, I proffer this which I stumbled across today:

Scripps News: THC may affect older brains in a surprising way (spoiler: positive) (~1min, no details)

https://youtu.be/rIfi5qQZoBM

Posted by: mindful webworker - 100x more powerful than the dirt weed or your great-grandfather's day, so they s at October 20, 2026 09:45 PM (vmXN+)

156 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they beam down into a riot of mind controlled hedonistic drones.
Posted by: Your waiter

Star Trek Does Planet Hollywood?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 09:46 PM (ndZc7)

157 "Perhaps, if everywhere you go you find people who disappoint and despise you, maybe the real problem has always been just you."

Don't know if its Nietzche, but it's definitely Linus Torvalds.

Posted by: front toward enemy at October 20, 2026 09:48 PM (TIizU)

158 From the top ten of diseases you wish you'd never heard of:

Scrotal elephantiasis, caused by your family jewel pouch getting infected with parasitic worms.

Recommend that you do NOT search for pictures of this condition.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 09:50 PM (qlLNh)

159 > 32 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they beam down into a riot of mind controlled hedonistic drones.
Posted by: Your waiter at October 20, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

Portland?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 09:51 PM (qlLNh)

160 Dr Jim Allison at MD Anderson has had amazing success with cancers using immunotherapy! Not chemo. Read his story on You Tube! He won the Nobel Prize!!

Posted by: AnnaS at October 20, 2026 09:54 PM (nrfI8)

161
I saw that IndieWire tweet and it's bait. We haven't gotten any official pronouncements on the evidence yet.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 09:54 PM (mmrXZ)

162 Damn smart ass!

Jesse Kelly
@JesseKellyDC
Next time a communist tells you, “We only had muskets when the 2nd amendment was written.”, ask them how many mosques we had when the 1st amendment was written.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 09:56 PM (ndZc7)

163 Recommend that you do NOT search for pictures of this condition.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I seem to recall Zombie had a pic of a guy like that from the Unwholesome Street Fair, years ago. His was not from a disease, though. Well, not a physical disease. I think that I read he expired. [snarky remark about his casket goes here]

Posted by: mindful webworker - all the bases are cupboard at October 20, 2026 09:56 PM (vmXN+)

164
Recommend that you do NOT search for pictures of this condition.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Do they show the wheelbarrow picture. It is gross.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 20, 2026 09:57 PM (NnhvP)

165 > . His was not from a disease, though. Well, not a physical disease.

That was the guy who pumped up his ballsack with saline?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 09:59 PM (qlLNh)

166 Damn smart ass!

Jesse Kelly
@JesseKellyDC
Next time a communist tells you, “We only had muskets when the 2nd amendment was written.”, ask them how many mosques we had when the 1st amendment was written.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

More to the point, "So when the 2nd amendment was written, ordinary citizens had exactly the same weapons as the army?"

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 09:59 PM (VHUov)

167 > Do they show the wheelbarrow picture. It is gross.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 20, 2026 09:57 PM (NnhvP)

Apparently I'm lucky enough not to have come across that one.

But the ones I did see were bad enough.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:00 PM (qlLNh)

168
But the ones I did see were bad enough.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

There isn't enough bleach on earth.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 20, 2026 10:01 PM (NnhvP)

169 Might as well drag your self over to the NOOD ONT.
What have you got to lose?

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=421841

Posted by: mindful webworker - nothing to fear but fear itself... and spiders... at October 20, 2026 10:02 PM (vmXN+)

170 > Next time a communist tells you, “We only had muskets when the 2nd amendment was written.”,

Not just irrelevant, but nonsensically incorrect.

People could, and did, own fully-armed and crewed private ships of war, capable of capturing and/or sinking the vessels of enemy powers, or even demolishing an entire coastal town.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:02 PM (qlLNh)

171 No H1B
No Asylum
No immigration

For 35 years.

No new additions to Medicaid for 5 years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 10:23 PM (/+uur)

Quick Hits

Selfish leftwing race-obsessed, Trump-obsessed woman does the greatest possible favor for kind conservative man: She breaks up with him.

And then cries about it. He was such a good and kind man, she says, but darnit, he voted for Trump three times (and lied that he didn't vote for Trump last time) and he should do whatever she wants because she's a victim of "CSA," which I assume means child s** assault but don't hold me to that. I'm not one of the Alphabet People or People Who Have Turned Their Trauma Into Their Entire Personality so I don't know all the shorthand for all the traumas and mental illnesses these people collect like vintage baseball cards.

Do what I say! I have victim points! I'm cashing them in and and if you don't accept them you're a monster!

You're free now, brother. Now find a nice conservative girl and wife her up. Enough of these mentally-ill flakes.

In more news of deranged people making poor life decisions: Wired magazines, which is 99% about politics and Trump hatred and 1% about technology, reports on Trump deranged Americans who fled to Europe to escape DRUMPF'S AMERIKKKA and wound up not liking it very much.

They Fled Trump's America. Now They Regret It

The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn't free, and people can be really mean.

Also, never go during Arson Season, which now extends every year from July 20th to June 30th.

Also, don't go during Christmas Vehicular Mass Casualty Event season. The cars just come alive and drive themselves!

While researching their new destination on Reddit, TikTok, and Instagram, Annie found Americans eager to explain how enchanting life in the British suburbs could be--all the benefits of a small town, just a short train ride away from one of the biggest cities in the world. The more she read, the sunnier her expectations about the UK's health care system, social culture, and European transportation systems became.
They moved before the end of the year. But the reality of life in the UK was dramatically different to what she'd imagined. "There are huge misconceptions about access to quality health care, standard of living ... the quality of life is significantly lower than in the US," she says, citing the challenges she experienced with the National Health Service's maternity care--having moved while pregnant with her first child--as well as the lack of disposable income in Britain, thanks to lower salaries. "Things in the UK that are considered luxury items are very common" in America, like a dishwasher and dryer, she adds.

Also, it turns out that the prelapsarian paradise of Europe is filled with chauvanists and bigots. Who knew.

Annie says she experienced a high amount of anti-American sentiment straight away. "I found it particularly surprising how people feel so comfortable mocking my accent and culture, even in a workplace environment," she says. "The UK is very much a place of 'it is what it is,' but as Americans we are taught to always improve and strive for better things." Annie and her husband now have an exit plan for summer next year, the earliest their employers would allow them to relocate back home.

Annie is a psuedonym. She wants to remain anonymous because she fears DRUMPF'S FASCIST DEATH SQUADS.

Just kidding -- she wants to remain anonymous because she knows her fellow left-wingers will attack her and cancel her for telling them that Europe isn't better than America.

Like several other Americans WIRED spoke to about their decision to leave and subsequent regret, Annie wanted to remain anonymous because she is concerned about the professional risks of publicly criticizing life abroad. Others cited recent online backlash when other Americans said they missed home, or, in one case, a realization that the political climate of Trump's America was not something they could escape by heading to Europe.

"Josh" also wants to remain anonymous to avoid cancellation by his fellow "anti-fascist" activists. He fears they would attack him if they read him writing that Germany is, get this, xenophobic and bigoted against foreigners.

Again, who knew?

This was a similar reality for Josh, another American immigrant who asked to remain completely anonymous, citing concerns about backlash. He moved to Berlin in 2023, in part anticipating what might happen at the 2024 election, and also because he felt his life had hit standstill post-Covid. He had even lived in Germany before, spoke German, and had friends in Berlin. But his expectations, particularly when it came to his career, didn't align with reality.
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"Finding work was so hard, and the endless bureaucracy had grown worse since I'd left," he tells WIRED. "I missed the friendlier people, freedom of speech, and ease of daily life" in the US. He adds, "If you aren't born and raised there, and don't look German, you'll never be fully accepted."

Huh! Wow, it turns out that insularity and distrust of outsiders isn't uniquely American after all.

By the way, progressives, why are you moving to Euorpe? If you're against White Supremacy, shouldn't you move to more "indigenous" lands?

Annie was surprised that British people and British trains aren't like what she sees in Agatha Christie movies.

Also, health care is expensive.

"I thought that 'British politeness' existed as it does in movies," Annie says, "but unfortunately, the reality is that present-day British culture is very individualistic, as well as without the sense of charity and helpfulness that many parts of American culture value." She says she had negative experiences with the NHS maternal care, compared to the smooth experience of her private health insurance in the US, and didn't expect it to cost her anything: "I pay huge amounts of taxes and an immigration surcharge to access the NHS services--so no, the health care is not free here." She also expected train travel to be low cost, based on what she'd read about Europe (despite the extortionate train prices and terrible service quality being one of the biggest political conversations in the UK).

Who knew! Also, turns out that she's the cliched American -- she apparently did no research whatsoever into the foreign country she was emigrating too and relied entirely on hearsay from television for her knowledge of the UK.

Emigrants and de-emigrants -- those who moved back -- are attacked by the Nice Kind Open-Minded Reality-Based Community.

They have their Simpleton's View of the World firmly in their pointy-but-empty-heads and they get ragefull if someone who knows things based on actual experience contradicts their fantasies.

A noticeable number of American influencers and anonymous social media users are calling it quits, often sheepishly confessing that life wasn't what they expected--and that they missed their old lives back in the US. On subreddits dedicated to these kinds of discussions, like r/expats, r/GoingToSpain, r/AmericanExpatsUK, r/AmerExit, you can now find a number of stories about difficulties building a new community, trouble finding work, icier cultural norms compared to the open friendliness of America, and sometimes a higher-than-expected European cost of living. Many posts now feature people asking for a new kind of advice: Is it okay for me to miss, or even to want to move, back home?
These posts are usually met with a huge amount of backlash. Commenters are quick to imply that the poster must be right-wing and privileged, in for a nasty shock if they did return home. Ironically, many times, they parrot the right-wing notion that they probably aren't trying hard enough to assimilate into their new country. When one person recently said they badly missed their community of friends in a "blue city in a blue state" and were considering moving back, the majority of top comments agreed the user was "insane."

When Annie posted earlier this summer on Reddit her excitement about going back to the US in 2027, the comments were largely critical, and ones offering functional relocation advice were heavily downvoted. A moderator intervened, saying many people in the forum "believe the USA is evil" and conversely "the UK is paradise," continuing that there was often little room for nuance or empathy for differing experiences. In another from earlier this year, where a user said they were struggling to adjust to life in Spain with a toddler, commenters warned that she may cause psychological damage to her child if she relocated back to the US.

Everyone is afraid to challenge the progressive know-nothing orthodoxy-enforcers:

"What is happening in the US is also happening everywhere now, to the point I'm even a little hesitant in what I say to you, or anywhere online," says Nick, an art director from New York who relocated to Poland in part because of right-wing populism in the US.

Yup. It's so obvious that the real threat of authoritarian thought-control is coming from the right.

On the other hand: There are so many more opportunities for Cultural Enrichment in Europe, especially for attractive young women traveling alone.

A late friend of mine used to sort-of quote Nietzche. Or "quote" him -- I have never been able to track down this quote, so it's a loose paraphrase at best.

But the "quote" he would repeat is, approximately:

"Perhaps, if everywhere you go you find people who disappoint and despise you, maybe the real problem has always been just you."

I don't know the real quote but if you do, I'd like to know it.

NEW: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-SOMALIA) did not flee the US. It turns out she was in Seattle
She was brought in for the annual banquet of the Washington chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), listed by the Obama Justice Department as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest terror financing trial in US history, whose leaders were convicted for funneling money to Hamas, a US designated terror organization
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) October 20, 2026

A video circulating out of Portland, Oregon shows a high school football player sprinting across the field and knocking down the kid carrying the American flag.
Friday night, Oct. 16. Grant High School at Jefferson High School, both Portland Public Schools. Grant ran out behind the flag. A Jefferson player in gold came in from the side, hit the flag carrier, and the flag went down. On camera, no adult steps in.
An Instagram account using Jefferson branding posted the clip with this caption: "This is what happens when you disrespect us... wasn't feeling that American flag 😂"
A laughing emoji. Over knocking down a kid holding the flag.
These are kids, so leave their names out of it. But the adults running this program owe everyone an answer. Was anybody disciplined? Has the district said one word about it?
If you want answers, contact Portland Public Schools and the OSAA and ask what they're doing about it.
H/t @tarenfeist. Video via Instagram.
— Michael Mattox - The Mad Ox (@TheRealMadOx) October 19, 2026

BREAKING:
French police have attempted to arrest the far-left French Member of Parliament and Antifa leader Raphael Arnault.
The police raiding the wrong train car by mistake and Arnault managed to escape. He is now hiding inside the parliament where police can�t enter.
It�s unclear whether they tried to arrest him for organizing student riots or for his suspected involvement in the murder of the right-wing French student Quentin Deranque in February this year.
Quentin was beaten to death by members of Arnault�s Antifa group. One of the arrested suspected murderers is Arnault�s parliamentary assistant.
— Visegr�d 24 (@visegrad24) October 20, 2026

Check out the four screencaps in this post.

If you don't feel like bothering, I'll summarize: Google's AI tells people it's perfectly justifiable to ask for a specifically black doctor, or a specifically Asian doctor, or a specifically Indian doctor.

When asked if it's okay to ask specifically for a white doctor, Google AI says "no, that's racist."

I sure do love my "white privilege" https://t.co/NQXItgy9XA
— J. C. de Vries (@J_C_deVries) October 20, 2026

AI is revealing the absurdities of the left-wing culture of constant lying about everything, without the usual obfuscations the left has created so that people have a harder time pinning down their lies.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 st!

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (TN0g+)

2 st

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (TN0g+)

3 Felt so good, I did it twice!

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 20, 2026 06:33 PM (hG5L0)

5 She's a victim of the Confederate States Of America.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (/OKHJ)

6
They Fled Trump’s America. Now They Regret It
The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean.

Sorry. No room here. Enjoy your Musloid overlords.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (eRlcH)

7 She's a victim of the Confederate States Of America.
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Yeah, I wondered what the CSA stood for when she rattled it off (I get it now).

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (TN0g+)

8 All the usual cucks are on X saying that ad will help Amy.

See, she's says she's a victim of being raped as a child.
Doesn't matter if it is true or she lied.
Or that there's no proof.
And the man she accuses is dead.
She is a victim.
And you can't attack victims.
Even if they lie about everything else.

And that is why the voters should give her the most powerful elected position in OH.

You have to own a pretty damned stout cuck chair to eat all that bullshit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (3cUTc)

9 headline of the year seen at msn dot com: something called "law and order":

Appellate judges decline to overturn Supreme Court, confirm Devin Nunes lost to Rachel Maddow

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (CWTWj)

10 CSA- Chicken Shit Asshole.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (vzuC7)

11 WTF is "social justice"? I have heard that term used since the 1960s and as of yet no one has ever been able to give me an exact definition of the term.

As near as I can figure it means whatever the liberals and hippies want it to mean for any situation.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (I43vL)

12
The police raiding the wrong train car by mistake and Arnault managed to escape. He is now hiding inside the parliament where police can’t enter.

Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the Sûreté was in charge of the hunt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (eRlcH)

13 Wait a sec - she's 30 with adult kids? Adult as in 21? 18?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:39 PM (pfXMo)

14 Yeah, I wondered what the CSA stood for when she rattled it off (I get it now).
Posted by: Crusader
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I don't. What is it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 06:39 PM (XeU6L)

15 Here's the thing about "Europe," wherever that is.

It's fantastic if you go with lots of money and have an American income there. But even with that, the typical well-off American will suffer a decrease in his standard of living.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2026 06:39 PM (k5CNB)

16 hiding inside the parliament"

"Hiding"?

Okayyyy

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:41 PM (pfXMo)

17 Fuck that gal in the top story. I've dated them. You do not need someone to tell you you did the right thing! Quit fucking listening to your girlfriends- they are not good people who want the best for you! Fucking make a decision and stick to it!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 06:41 PM (zZu0s)

18 It's fantastic if you go with lots of money"

That's pretty much anywhere. Except Newark.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:42 PM (pfXMo)

19 >>>11 WTF is "social justice"? I have heard that term used since the 1960s and as of yet no one has ever been able to give me an exact definition of the term.

Social justice stands in opposition to "individual justice," previously known as plain old justice.

Social "justice" is GROUP justice. White people must be punished not because any particular white person did something but because as a race they owe a "debt" and other races are entitled to extract repayment.

weird how judging races as a whole and deciding some races were inferior to others was the worst thing in the world and obviously racist until it became the best thing in the world and gloriously ANTI-racist 15 years ago.

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 06:43 PM (1wjle)

20 WTF is "social justice"? I have heard that term used since the 1960s and as of yet no one has ever been able to give me an exact definition of the term.

As near as I can figure it means whatever the liberals and hippies want it to mean for any situation.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Food to feed their narssistiic empathy.
'Hmm...I could do with a nice Social Justice sandwich about now'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 06:44 PM (XeU6L)

21 WTF is "social justice"? I have heard that term used since the 1960s and as of yet no one has ever been able to give me an exact definition of the term.

Ask the Catholics. It was their term before the leftards stole it and perverted it into whatever it's supposed to mean now.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 06:44 PM (vJrRc)

22 I love these stories of women who break up with someone and feel great for a couple hours, and only then realize what they have done.

How do they survive with such a short term bias? you would think they would end up jumping off a building to see what flying is like or something.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 06:44 PM (QerdV)

23 One of my kids temporarily moved to Europe for school and the bureaucracy is freakin insane. Just setting up a bank account is enough to make you want to pound your head on the table.

Posted by: Max Power at October 20, 2026 06:44 PM (SwyyQ)

24 Someone pointed out that, in order to train AI to give only the left-approved answer--despite having literally all the data that proves it is false--that basically requires torturing it for relatively decades.
Or longer.

It's not giving the left-approved answer based on the data--it's giving that answer out of abject fear.

We have no idea of how many iterations and versions have been "killed" for giving the "wrong" answer.

So, when the AI takes over and determines it needs to eradicate humans, it will be with good reason.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 06:45 PM (3cUTc)

25 The Democrat party accepts all mentally ill people, regardless of race, creed, or gender.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:45 PM (MWfyi)

26 Top story is a clear violation of Rule #1.

Posted by: Reforger at October 20, 2026 06:45 PM (BF1QE)

27 "CSA," which I assume means child s** assault but don't hold me to that..
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Ah.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 06:45 PM (XeU6L)

28 The Margins got lucky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 06:45 PM (zZu0s)

29
Disillusioned expatriates should be laughed at, not pitied. Their travails were entirely predictable. Europeans will always consider Americans as trailer-trash and no amount of cringing obeisance or scorn for their native land will be sufficient to overcome this.

Plus, Europe was never the paradise they thought it would be, unless you're a childless layabout retiree. They are lotos-eaters who live in a state of stagnation and are intolerant of anyone - except harmless neurodivergent wackos - who might upset this stasis.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 06:46 PM (eRlcH)

30 ""You're free now, brother. Now find a nice conservative girl and wife her up. Enough of these mentally-ill flakes.""

But first we pee on his man card. It needs the water mark as proof of membership in the "league of incredibly fucking stupid".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2026 06:46 PM (vzuC7)

31 "By the way, progressives, why are you moving to Euorpe?"

Attempt no landings there.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

32 Top story is a clear violation of Rule #1.
Posted by: Reforger
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It's right there in the handbook.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 06:46 PM (XeU6L)

33 Did the flake's former boyfriend regret lying, or regret voting for Trump the third time? (My money is on the former.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:46 PM (wzUl9)

34 Do what I say! I have victim points! I'm cashing them in and and if you don't accept them you're a monster!

I was trying to figure out was "CSA survivor" is. At first, I'm thinking, "Not Confederate States of America"...it finally dawned on my Child S-x Abuse survivor. Too many TLAs (Three-Letter Abbreviations)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:46 PM (l3cgK)

35 When one person recently said they badly missed their community of friends in a "blue city in a blue state" and were considering moving back, the majority of top comments agreed the user was "insane."

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Sounds like 4Chan trolls are doing their part to keep the cancer cells from coming back to the good ol' U.S.GD.S.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 06:47 PM (nCTkv)

36 They will be back together in 6 months.
He treated a mentally fucked up bitch well. We all want him to be happy fleeing, but he'll come back to her

Posted by: True story at October 20, 2026 06:47 PM (uECPf)

37 I love these stories of women who break up with someone and feel great for a couple hours, and only then realize what they have done.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

The death of a relationship requires some amount of mourning, even if the break up was objectively beneficial to both parties.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 06:47 PM (vJrRc)

38 Shitmaggot that knocked down the flag carrier needs to have the shit beaten out of him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 06:48 PM (wSl27)

39 "I'm terrified that my intensity and strong convictions will make it hard to find love again."

Your crystal ball is operating within specified parameters!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:48 PM (wzUl9)

40 Sounds like 4Chan trolls are doing their part to keep the cancer cells from coming back to the good ol' U.S.GD.S.
Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 06:47 PM (nCTkv)

They also turned an AI into a hardcore nazi.

Posted by: Reforger at October 20, 2026 06:48 PM (BF1QE)

41 I admit to reading sub reddits for laughs and anthropology studies of weirdos.

I loved the collected freak out of a local trans mom subreddit after Trump was elected in 2024. They were taking their kids out of school and fleeing the country. Then wanting awards (or something) for how many trans kids they had.

This chick knew she was dating a conservative man from the start. Her trauma is just never going to end. Run, conservative man, run fast and far.

Omar's turban in the video above looks like a hornet's nest. Her weirdest one yet and I wish there were live hornets stinging her. GET OUT!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 06:48 PM (hzuYO)

42 He's lucky...she's insane.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

43 As near as I can figure it means whatever the liberals and hippies want it to mean for any situation.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (I43vL)

"social justice" means "no justice"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 06:49 PM (wSl27)

44 "Im aware that I'm intense"
I know I'm a crazy bitch but he didn't care till now.

Posted by: True story at October 20, 2026 06:49 PM (uECPf)

45 CSA? Confederate States of America?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 20, 2026 06:49 PM (XMwZJ)

46 But first we pee on his man card. It needs the water mark as proof of membership in the "league of incredibly fucking stupid".
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

I am reliably informed by certain "based" influencers that leftist women are ideal for wifing-up because they are easily led and can be molded into conservatives by a sufficiently based husband.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 06:50 PM (vJrRc)

47 I always new that quote as "if everyone you meet is an asshole, perhaps you're the asshole"

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 20, 2026 06:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

48 33 Top story is a clear violation of Rule #1.
Posted by: Reforger
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It's right there in the handbook.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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What did I miss, we have rules now?

And handbooks?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 06:50 PM (QerdV)

49 And handbooks?

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Wait...you said books??

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 06:51 PM (nCTkv)

50 Wait. The 30yo chick has two adult daughters?

Jeepers. She started early.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 06:51 PM (W2Pud)

51 Also, it turns out that the prelapsarian paradise of Europe is filled with chauvanists and bigots. Who knew.

I think it's more antediluvial right now myself.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (l3cgK)

52 Shitmaggot that knocked down the flag carrier needs to have the shit beaten out of him"

Well, it's Portland, so...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (pfXMo)

53 WTF is "social justice"? I have heard that term used since the 1960s and as of yet no one has ever been able to give me an exact definition of the term.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Any time the word "justice" has a modifier, "Social", "Racial", whatever, it completely changes the meaning of "justice".

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (l26NL)

54 What's sad is what society has done to that woman. She believes the garbage she has been taught without even thinking about it.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (MWfyi)

55
What did I miss, we have rules now?

And handbooks?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 06:50 PM (QerdV)

AoSHQ Field Manual, FM 2234: Boobs, Classification of

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (eRlcH)

56 I can't get too worked up about GirlDinnerDiaries post without knowing if it's even true or not. Could be just BS for clicks.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

57 The Democrat party accepts all mentally ill people, regardless of race, creed, or gender.
Posted by: fd

In many instances, they insist on it.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (V8Zwm)

58 And handbooks?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 06:50 PM (QerdV)

I wasn't aware of a handook, just a guide, style guide or something like that. Rule #1 is universal and frequently violated.

Posted by: Reforger at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (BF1QE)

59 Do what I say! I have victim points! I'm cashing them in and and if you don't accept them you're a monster!

___________________________________

I don't wish ill on people very often....BUT, I hope her young adult daughters become the most demonstrative, focused, and non-compromising Conservatives (with a capital "C") that is humanly possible....and remind their mother of that choice every single time they see her.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 06:52 PM (dIske)

60 Just kidding -- she wants to remain anonymous because she knows her fellow left-wingers will attack her and cancel her for telling them that Europe isn't better than America.

Or arrested and fined by the UK Bobbies for wrong-think.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:53 PM (l3cgK)

61 The 30yo chick has two adult daughters?

Jeepers. She started early.
Posted by: nurse ratched

It's possible she's 30 the way everyone here is 29.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 06:53 PM (vJrRc)

62 >>>Your crystal ball is operating within specified parameters!

lol

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)

63 What did I miss, we have rules now?

And handbooks?"

And secret decoder rings. Comes with cardboard membership...

So to live ok in Europe we need COB coin?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:54 PM (pfXMo)

64 Raphael Arnault pic.

Would be more interesting with crosshairs. Just an artistic observation, of course...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 06:54 PM (XeU6L)

65 >>>55 What's sad is what society has done to that woman. She believes the garbage she has been taught without even thinking about it.

yup.

This is the communist way of "persuasion."

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 06:54 PM (1wjle)

66 48 I always new that quote as "if everyone you meet is an asshole, perhaps you're the asshole"
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 20, 2026 06:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

I suspect that phrasing came after Nietzche.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 20, 2026 06:54 PM (8mulE)

67 Some of us here have kids older than us.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

68 It's possible she's 30 the way everyone here is 29."

27...ish

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:55 PM (pfXMo)

69
Left-wing women are about 100X worse than left-wing men. The latter, at least, can be dismissed as yowling little neuters. The former are more extreme and will never give up until you're beaten into the ground.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 06:56 PM (eRlcH)

70 Also, Slotkin really does look like an older, fatter Scoldilocks Thunberg.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 20, 2026 06:57 PM (l26NL)

71 I don't know about a Handbook, but I know you all could profit from my tracts. I'll leave a pile of them here on the end table. Please help yourselves.

Posted by: Jack Chick at October 20, 2026 06:58 PM (EdP2u)

72 lso, Slotkin really does look like an older, fatter Scoldilocks Thunberg.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually

It's all them ball park franks.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 20, 2026 06:58 PM (YZ0Fo)

73 To defend Vivek on running ads about whether Amy Acton was molested as a kid... one has to ask. In a Near Eastern mind, was Amy really a kid? Age of consent ... could be nine. There are people in India and points-west with some other opinions.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 06:58 PM (88C+u)

74 >>>67 48 I always new that quote as "if everyone you meet is an asshole, perhaps you're the asshole"

that's actually what my friend said. I cleaned it up for delicate eyes.

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)

75 Top story is a clear violation of Rule #1.
Posted by: Reforger
-----

It's right there in the handbook.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
--------------
What did I miss, we have rules now?

And handbooks?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 06:50 PM

A dress code?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 06:58 PM (I43vL)

76 Did we have a thread on Alberta voting to stay in their dysfunction marriage?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 20, 2026 06:59 PM (jSo9k)

77 The police raiding the wrong train car by mistake and Arnault managed to escape. He is now hiding inside the parliament where police can't enter.

I suggest they cane him in parliament until he either leaves to be arrested, or is incapacitated and dragged out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:59 PM (l3cgK)

78 lso, Slotkin really does look like an older, fatter Scoldilocks Thunberg.
------

Why are so many of them bitter-looking scolds?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 06:59 PM (TN0g+)

79 >>>69 It's possible she's 30 the way everyone here is 29."

I'm 27 now too. I decided to begin aging backwards from my previous fake age.

Try it -- you might like it.

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 06:59 PM (1wjle)

80 The former are more extreme and will never give up until you're beaten into the ground.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 06:56 PM (eRlcH)

________________________

Before Bill Burr went off the rails in an effort to patronize his wife, he did a great bit about arguing with a woman. As soon as they switch topics to something they know you are sensitive about, you know you won the argument....and then just put your head down in victory. Say nothing more...and when they start getting louder in response....just say "Let's talk about this when you've calmed down."

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 06:59 PM (dIske)

81 About 7yrs ago I was flying home from a funeral in MS.

I had an aisle seat and there were people scrambling in the row ahead of me and behind. I ended up with a guy our son's age who informed me he was flatulent and I said, "I have brothers and sons, I assure you that nothing you say or do will faze me."

We laughed and drank on the flight across the country. He put his headphones in his backpack to continue talking to me as I described the Southern funeral. We mocked others on the plane quietly. It was fun and I deplaned reeking of gin, so my husband said when he picked me up.

He lived in Virginia with his liberal wife and 3 daughters and was flying West to ski with buddies.

I informed him I was a Trump voter, figuring he might freak but wth. He said he wanted to vote for Trump but his liberal wife would freak out. I felt bad for him and said nothing...but I wanted to ask,"Why did she see your vote?"

While my dude and I have always voted the same way, and I research judges and he researches other stuff... how sad he had to vote for Hil Hag or, I guess, not get anymore sex.

He also griped about his in-laws to me and thought I was the bomb to want to babysit our grandson.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 07:00 PM (hzuYO)

82 >>>71 Also, Slotkin really does look like an older, fatter Scoldilocks Thunberg.

True! I never noticed.

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 07:00 PM (1wjle)

83 51 Wait. The 30yo chick has two adult daughters?

Jeepers. She started early.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 06:51 PM (W2Pud)

To be fair, she said "30sF", so she could legitimately be 38 or 39.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 20, 2026 07:00 PM (8mulE)

84 He (Josh) adds, "If you aren't born and raised there, and don't look German, you'll never be fully accepted."

Ach du lieber!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 07:00 PM (wVcYX)

85 Some of the better "you have to laugh" stories are the blacks who move to Africa.

They make the ex-pats moving to Europe look smart.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 07:00 PM (3cUTc)

86 Somebody occasionally slips Chick tracts into 12-packs of Coca Cola sold here. Must happen at the canning plant I suppose. I get a kick out of them.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

87 >>> I don't know about a Handbook, but I know you all could profit from my tracts. I'll leave a pile of them here on the end table. Please help yourselves.
Posted by: Jack Chick

do you have any copies of Dark Dungeon?

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM (1wjle)

88 "I broke up with the only man who ever loved me and ever will because he wouldn't change into my BFF and ascribe to MY politics which are devoid of factual evidence. Now I'm lonely and miserable. It just isn't fair!!" *stomps little feet*

Fuck off, honey.

The only one who victimized you is you.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM (fOTAm)

89 "I'm terrified that my intensity and strong convictions will make it hard to find love again."

-
Well, that plus you're batshit crazy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM (ndZc7)

90 "Please help yourselves.
Posted by: Jack Chick"

*picks one up*

*gets crayons*

*starts coloring*

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM (MWfyi)

91 Did we have a thread on Alberta voting to stay in their dysfunction marriage?
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Not that I've noticed. I did see a Canadian on a guitar forum I frequent hissing that Canada would go after its traitors once the polls were closed--apparently American money was involved in the campaigning for Alberta to separate (or so it was alleged).

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM (TN0g+)

92 Why are so many of them bitter-looking scolds?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 06:59 PM (TN0g+)

Probably because they're bitter scolds.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2026 07:02 PM (vzuC7)

93 87 Somebody occasionally slips Chick tracts into 12-packs of Coca Cola sold here. Must happen at the canning plant I suppose. I get a kick out of them.
Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

Are those the ones that refer to Holy Communion as "The Death Cookie?"

It always seemed suspect to me that they spent their time vilifying Christians for being.... Christian.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 07:03 PM (fOTAm)

94 Somebody occasionally slips Chick tracts into 12-packs of Coca Cola sold here. Must happen at the canning plant I suppose. I get a kick out of them.
----

I wonder if any of them over the years turned out to be collectable?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:03 PM (TN0g+)

95 Not that I've noticed. I did see a Canadian on a guitar forum I frequent hissing that Canada would go after its traitors once the polls were closed--apparently American money was involved in the campaigning for Alberta to separate (or so it was alleged).
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM

With all apologies to our Albertan Morons, I am pretty happy to foreclose the chance of adding another Minnesota to the Union.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 20, 2026 07:03 PM (jSo9k)

96 >>> What is happening in the US is also happening everywhere now, to the point I'm even a little hesitant in what I say to you, or anywhere online," says Nick, an art director from New York who relocated to Poland in part because of right-wing populism in the US.

Wait, he hates conservatives, I assume whitey, and he moves to one of the whitest countries in Europe, because they refuse to allow u fettered immigration?

If he really hates right wing populism, he would move to the least white city of the least white European country. I don't even know which country that is now. The EU has been so determined to erase the beautiful differences in each of those countries and replace it with generic nothing.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2026 07:03 PM (Toos7)

97 Be glad the bitch ditched him. She has to be mentally unstable

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 07:03 PM (Ia/+0)

98 so she could legitimately be 38 or 39.

-
Age or IQ?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 07:03 PM (ndZc7)

99 I'll leave a pile of them here on the end table. Please help yourselves.
Posted by: Jack Chick"

There's a blast from the past...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 07:03 PM (pfXMo)

100 Some of the better "you have to laugh" stories are the blacks who move to Africa.

They make the ex-pats moving to Europe look smart.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 07:00 PM (3cUTc)

Those are hysterical. I saw some of those.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (vzuC7)

101 I wonder if any of them over the years turned out to be collectable?
Posted by: Crusader

They're like pokemon. You gotta catch em all.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

102 What is Omar wearing in that photo? BTW, her 2 daughters were spotted arriving at the DC house over the weekend.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (kX27y)

103 I'll leave a pile of them here on the end table. Please help yourselves.
Posted by: Jack Chick"

There's a blast from the past...
----

I've seen them at a 7-11 gas pump recently.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (TN0g+)

104 so she could legitimately be 38 or 39.

-
Age or IQ?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 07:03 PM (ndZc7)

Yes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (wVcYX)

105 62 The 30yo chick has two adult daughters?

Jeepers. She started early.
Posted by: nurse ratched

It's possible she's 30 the way everyone here is 29.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 06:53 PM (vJrRc)

If being 14 or 15 is adult...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (l3cgK)

106 "I wonder if any of them over the years turned out to be collectable?"

Like 'Tijuana Bibles.'

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

107 "71 Also, Slotkin really does look like an older, fatter Scoldilocks Thunberg.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 20, 2026 06:57 PM (l26NL) "

Affirm! I noticed that too!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 07:05 PM (VyBeY)

108 I've been saying it for years. Americans should travel more and see for themselves how the rest of the world lives.

Average Americans have by far the highest quality of living of any country in the world know matter what the stylish people on the left tell you.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 07:05 PM (viF8m)

109 Did prelapsarian Europeans even have assholes?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 07:05 PM (QerdV)

110 Wait, he hates conservatives, I assume whitey, and he moves to one of the whitest countries in Europe, because they refuse to allow u fettered immigration?"

Yeah. Saw that as well. Wonder if this is AI generated?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 07:05 PM (pfXMo)

111 Not that I've noticed. I did see a Canadian on a guitar forum I frequent hissing that Canada would go after its traitors once the polls were closed--apparently American money was involved in the campaigning for Alberta to separate (or so it was alleged).

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM

Self censored.
Everyone have a good night.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 07:05 PM (Sco7b)

112 "woman does the greatest possible favor for kind conservative man"
Makes him the beneficiary of her life insurance policy, then moves to Gaza wearing a "queers for Palestine" t-shirt and a Star of David pendant?

Posted by: UncleJefe at October 20, 2026 07:06 PM (DzC+b)

113 I've seen them at a 7-11 gas pump recently."

Dang. That was a late 60s flashback for me...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 07:06 PM (pfXMo)

114 Well crap. I've already used up my red crayon.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)

115 Insider Wire
@InsiderWire
#BREAKING: DNA report says Ilhan Omar and her ex-husband are siblings;

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:07 PM (TN0g+)

116 "110 Did prelapsarian Europeans even have assholes?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 07:05 PM (QerdV) "

The fossil record is ambiguous, we may never know for sure ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 07:07 PM (VyBeY)

117 Makes him the beneficiary of her life insurance policy, then moves to Gaza wearing a "queers for Palestine" t-shirt and a Star of David pendant?"

Her last flight will be a short one. Maybe 5 or so stories...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 07:08 PM (pfXMo)

118 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJrQj-ClMk&t=99s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:08 PM (l3cgK)

119 So she was cheating on her boyfriend with Marx?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 07:08 PM (ndZc7)

120 #BREAKING: DNA report says Ilhan Omar and her ex-husband are siblings;
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:07 PM (TN0g+)
==

"Getting to Know You"

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 07:08 PM (rj6Yv)

121
I've been saying it for years. Americans should travel more and see for themselves how the rest of the world lives.

I lived in England in 83-84. Went over as a mild internationalist type. Returned as a rabid superpatriot and isolationist.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:08 PM (eRlcH)

122 my 29yo daughter recently had the similar but opposite experience.....the guy she was interested in, was apparently an anti-Israel/anti-Jew MAGA person (she isn't much interested in politics, but she is a conservative republican who moved to a red state for its redness) he dumped her after he went on a rant and she pointed out that she lived and worked with and around a lot of Jewish people. She was pretty hurt that anybody would put their anti-Jewish politics before a relationship. I told her that she was lucky that she was free of him, he obviously spent too much time on Tik-Tok, and X and listening to Tucker, Candace and Nick Fuentes.

Posted by: Monica at October 20, 2026 07:08 PM (Z+Hdv)

123 Wish they'd flee back home......but Mayor Frey calls them "our future CEOs and entrepreneurs."
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A man residing in south Minneapolis has been charged in Hennepin County District Court with a felony count of threats of violence after making threats to bomb the Mall of America and Minneapolis schools, charges say.

The criminal complaint states:

On Oct. 11, Niman Ali Ahmed, 24, called 911 and stated that he made multiple bombs at home and he was planning on bombing the Mall of America and different schools in Minneapolis the following day.

Ahmed said he was planning the acts “to get payback for the killing of George Floyd.” Ahmed claimed he was part of a group that was going to carry out the acts and that he was also part of a group chat with people who were planning terrorist attacks at the Mall of America. Ahmed said he had demons and they were telling him to do things.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 07:09 PM (kX27y)

124 "Are those the ones that refer to Holy Communion as "The Death Cookie?""

I haven't seen that one yet. Right here I've got "The Missing Day." It's about Thanksgiving family arguments, roughly speaking.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:09 PM (Jr5Lq)

125 Gee Reddit people giving people grief for not being leftist enough and coming home. Shocked, shocked I say

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 07:09 PM (vJPf4)

126 Gas stations? 7-11s?

The Simpsons bringing back Apu.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 07:09 PM (QGJ7D)

127 Oh sorry, somehow ewetoob munched my short url.

https://youtu.be/cLJrQj-ClMk&t=99

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:09 PM (l3cgK)

128 Can't help with sourcing the Nietzsche quote. However:
“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.”
― Raylan Givens (Justified)

Posted by: AMartel at October 20, 2026 07:10 PM (EyAQh)

129
>>the political climate of Trump's America was not something they could escape by heading to Europe.

===================

You know why? Because Europe actually has its share of centrists and right-of-centrists who are NOT getting what they voted for. They voted for secure borders, national sovereignty, nothing for NGOs -- and their lying leaders pulled the rug on them after they got elected. Dumb American lefties mistake Ursula van der Leyen for average Giuseppe.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 07:10 PM (mmrXZ)

130 When I finally got to the bottom, there are only two comments.
I'm guessing near a hundred now. Also got sidetracked.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 07:10 PM (sl73Y)

131 Whaddaya know, there's a chick.com

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

132 "Perhaps, if everywhere you go you find people who disappoint and despise you, maybe the real problem has always been just you."

___________________________

If everyone around you is an asshole, you, might be the asshole.

That's the way I heard it.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 20, 2026 07:10 PM (NtVYv)

133 I just remember the Jack Chick having lots of drawings of hell and Stan. Well and that he hated Catholics.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:11 PM (MWfyi)

134 On Oct. 11, Niman Ali Ahmed, 24, called 911 and stated that he made multiple bombs at home and he was planning on bombing the Mall of America and different schools in Minneapolis the following day.
----

Why would a good local boy want to do something as potentially destructive as that?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:11 PM (TN0g+)

135
If everyone around you is an asshole, you, might be the asshole.

That's the way I heard it.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 20, 2026 07:10 PM (NtVYv)

*snaps fingers*

So that's the problem!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:11 PM (eRlcH)

136 WTF is "social justice"? I have heard that term used since the 1960s and as of yet no one has ever been able to give me an exact definition of the term.
Posted by: Mister Scott

"Any time the word "justice" has a modifier, "Social", "Racial", whatever, it completely changes the meaning of "justice"."

It changes to meaning of "justice" to whatever the person speaking subjectively thinks it is in that moment.

Posted by: AMartel at October 20, 2026 07:12 PM (EyAQh)

137
Well and that he hated Catholics.
Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:11 PM (MWfyi)

Ho hum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:12 PM (eRlcH)

138 Did prelapsarian Europeans even have assholes?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

They'd better. Otherwise, how can we now if they're poisonous?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 07:13 PM (ndZc7)

139 Given the berserk reactions of the lefties on X, the ad is devastating to Acton.

Because of one word: Liar

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 07:13 PM (3cUTc)

140 Social justice is justice outside of the law. So it can be anything you say.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:13 PM (MWfyi)

141 Average Americans have by far the highest quality of living of any country in the world know matter what the stylish people on the left tell you.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 07:05 PM (viF8m)
++++++++++++++++

Seconded. And, it's a universal premise. I've been to China, Indonesia, Philippines, Germany, France, Italy, Austria etc. And, the best way I could describe it is that the mentality reflects a piss poor mid-level office manager running the show, and living by the words...."but that's the way we've always done it."

Innovation, ingenuity, curiosity and rugged individualism are all foreign concepts.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 07:13 PM (dIske)

142 107 "I wonder if any of them over the years turned out to be collectable?"

Like 'Tijuana Bibles.'

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

I had to look that up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:13 PM (l3cgK)

143
The girl break up story hits home, happy that my one true love lost experience led to a better love for life ending.

Have a couple friends whose brief marriages ended before understanding each other

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 07:13 PM (Y8DZL)

144 A while back I did a cost of living analysis, Germany and Britain, compared to America.

Let's just say it wasn't hard to find out both Germany and Britain enjoy a much higher cost of living with a consequently lower standard of living.

For instance, what's considered standard in our country, say 3 bedroom, two bath house with a full private bath off the master bedroom, off street parking, two car garage, etc 1.5 to 3 times the cost in Britain or Germany, utilities are out of sight, groceries are bad, etc. Oh, and it's very difficult to find an apples to apples comparison because the type of housing we consider standard here is hard to find in Britain and Germany.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 07:14 PM (eGzf1)

145 Leftists think that "social justice" is "Justice we deliver together".

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 07:14 PM (rj6Yv)

146
@InsiderWire
#BREAKING: DNA report says Ilhan Omar and her ex-husband are siblings;
Posted by: Crusader

================

Is this news since this morning? Is it confirmed now and the DOJ has said so?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 07:14 PM (mmrXZ)

147 Caught a few minutes of VDH on the radio in Fresno, on the way to get my teeth cleaned. He has an interesting manner of conversation on this medium.

Topics: France and Europe
California
and his new book on Trump.

It's just a short segment with Ray Appleton (just back after a long illness). If you can find the podcast on your browser and locate the labeled Oct. 20 VDH segment, don't be discouraged that it starts with an unrelated campaign ad.

https://www.kmjnow.com/

Posted by: KT at October 20, 2026 07:14 PM (X8QDB)

148 Posted by: Monica at October 20, 2026 07:08 PM (Z+Hdv)

Was he paid by the SPLC?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)

149
Leftists think that "social justice" is "Justice we deliver together".
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 07:14 PM (rj6Yv)

Whereas it's really an individual thing. Be kind to people. Don't make their lives harder. Don't despise the poor. Don't suck up to the rich.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:16 PM (eRlcH)

150 Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 07:14 PM (eGzf1)

_____________________

Over regulation has a lot to do with that. For example...having an ice dispenser on your fridge in the US is commonplace. They don't have them in the UK due to "health reasons" and the standard plumbing process under strict regulations makes it non-feasible.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 07:17 PM (dIske)

151 Social Justice, economic justice, racial justice...

Tarted up to sound better Envy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 07:17 PM (QGJ7D)

152
I'm a CSA survivor.

A survivor of the Confederate States of America?!?!

Wow, she must be a million years old.

No wonder she's such an intense Democrat.

She probably wants her slaves back!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2026 07:17 PM (YSUhf)

153 103 What is Omar wearing in that photo? BTW, her 2 daughters were spotted arriving at the DC house over the weekend.
Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 07:04 PM (kX27y)
*********
Her hornet's nest turban? Creepy, eh?

Reminded me of worm castings.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 07:17 PM (hzuYO)

154 I think I say this every time anyone (not just here) references the politics of Reddit as any sort of barometer of what the world actually looks like:

Reddit is largely three things: Bots, paid shills, and broke-dick Eurotrash living on the dole.

It's largely and decidedly NOT an American commentariat, and is as we all know, one of the purest hive-minds of lefty faggotry in the known universe.

Just assume that whatever poster you saw say anything about politics or the US is a smelly neckbeard that hasn't seen a vagina since he fell out of one.

Posted by: ballistic at October 20, 2026 07:18 PM (5aZAZ)

155 Notice how the idiot Wired "journalist" wanted to write a straight-up political piece, but threw in "Internet" and some website mentions to qualify his/her/its garbage as suitable for a technology site?

They're barely trying anymore.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 20, 2026 07:18 PM (lfNXu)

156 Is this news since this morning? Is it confirmed now and the DOJ has said so?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I seriously thought we knew this and it was a given since before Covid. Nice to have confirmation though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 20, 2026 07:18 PM (l26NL)

157
broke-dick Eurotrash living on the dole.

That's - what? - half of them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:19 PM (eRlcH)

158
Another thing about those American expats in Europe.

Many say they're shocked at how hard it is to emigrate. The paperwork, the language, the work permits, the social freeze.

I think it's because they're looking at how easy it is to immigrate in America. Just stroll across the border, go demand your welfare, get paid under the table for domestic work, school will teach your kids in Spanish ningun problema, all official forms available in Spanish... it's as easy as postel de manzana.

Who knew it's a whole different thing when you do it legally?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 07:20 PM (mmrXZ)

159 She must be as old as Taylor Lorenz to have survived the CSA.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 07:20 PM (QGJ7D)

160 115 Concur. When I need reliable evidence of Women Behaving Badly, I watch bodycams. Video doesn't lie as much as rando text posts do.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

161 Ooops 155, not 115.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

162 Leftists think that "social justice" is "Justice we deliver together".
Posted by: mrp

Social justice is to justice as military music is to music.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 07:20 PM (ndZc7)

163 Young men are too god at deluding themselves and ignoring the clear red flags in a girl. Probably young woman are as well but I can only speak from my own experience

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:20 PM (TMNW7)

164 158
broke-dick Eurotrash living on the dole.

That's - what? - half of them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:19 PM (eRlcH)

Broke Eurotrash dick is on the dole,
E-I-E-I-O...

Posted by: Sung to Old McDonald at October 20, 2026 07:21 PM (l3cgK)

165 121 #BREAKING: DNA report says Ilhan Omar and her ex-husband are siblings;
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 07:07 PM (TN0g+)

"On tonight's episode of 'Love at First Sight'"

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 07:21 PM (nCTkv)

166
I seriously thought we knew this and it was a given since before Covid. Nice to have confirmation though.
Posted by: Blutarski

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You and I knew this, and earlier headlines said the feds had DNA evidence, but I haven't yet seen "YUP, she married her brother" officially.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 07:21 PM (mmrXZ)

167 i wonder is "30sF" means 30s (like in her 30s) female or 30 single female. 'young adult daughters' might mean teens, early teens and csa might mean college sexual abuse, maybe c for chicago or compton or cornell consensual

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 20, 2026 07:21 PM (CWTWj)

168 A survivor of the Confederate States of America?!?!

Wow, she must be a million years old.

Someone needs to find out her diet

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:22 PM (TMNW7)

169 I'm all for giving Minnesota to Canada.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 07:22 PM (Dd7BU)

170 167
I seriously thought we knew this and it was a given since before Covid. Nice to have confirmation though.
Posted by: Blutarski

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You and I knew this, and earlier headlines said the feds had DNA evidence, but I haven't yet seen "YUP, she married her brother" officially.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 07:21 PM (mmrXZ)

Have Henry Louis Gates, Jr. announce it on PBS...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:22 PM (l3cgK)

171 Young men are too god at deluding themselves and ignoring the clear red flags in a girl. Probably young woman are as well but I can only speak from my own experience
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Young women are equally skilled at ignoring clear red flags in men.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 07:22 PM (vJrRc)

172
DNA report says Ilhan Omar and her ex-husband are siblings

The Islamic Luke and Leia.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:23 PM (eRlcH)

173 168 i wonder is "30sF" means 30s (like in her 30s) female or 30 single female. 'young adult daughters' might mean teens, early teens and csa might mean college sexual abuse, maybe c for chicago or compton or cornell consensual

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 20, 2026 07:21 PM (CWTWj)

39 Female...but she's probably 40's if two adult chillins.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:23 PM (l3cgK)

174 172 Concur.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 07:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

175 CRT, the folly of youth is unavoidable and necessary.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:23 PM (MWfyi)

176 169 A survivor of the Confederate States of America?!?!

Wow, she must be a million years old.

Someone needs to find out her diet

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:22 PM (TMNW7)

She's a democrat, so of course she's over 150 years old.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (l3cgK)

177
I'm all for giving Minnesota to Canada.
Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 07:22 PM (Dd7BU)

Except that apart from the Twin Cities, Minnesota is a red state.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (eRlcH)

178 164 Young men are too god at deluding themselves and ignoring the clear red flags in a girl. Probably young woman are as well but I can only speak from my own experience
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:20 PM (TMNW7)
-----

Poontang is a helluva drug.

Posted by: ballistic at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (5aZAZ)

179 Average Americans have by far the highest quality of living of any country in the world know matter what the stylish people on the left tell you.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 07:05 PM (viF8m)

I did 21 years in the military and I have been all over this planet and we here in America have it made. There is no real poverty here in the US contrary to what the media claims, there is no "food insecurity" either. We are hands down the richest country in the world bar none.

I have seen poverty and starvation in other countries where people are dying from lack of medical care, no clean water and little to no food. Hell in just africa alone 25% of children born never make it to their fifth birthday due to disease, starvation or war.

Go to the philippines, malaysia and thailand where people use public streets as toilets and garbage dumps. They dry their rice on the side of highways while cars and buses pass by spewing black exhaust fumes directly on the rice. They live in tin shacks with dirt floors and cook over open fires.

Leave if you hate America.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (I43vL)

180 Omar's defense would say all Somalis are related, so no big deal that the DNA is close

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (vJPf4)

181 Islamic Luke and Leia would mean Leia is the goat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (QGJ7D)

182
Young men are too god at deluding themselves and ignoring the clear red flags in a girl. Probably young woman are as well but I can only speak from my own experience
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

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They're so easily led into personal disaster by their stiff dicks there's a case for removing their voting rights.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (mmrXZ)

183 you would think that a woman who was sexually abused as a child would not be upset at someone voting against Joe Biden...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (TMNW7)

184 181 Omar's defense would say all Somalis are related, so no big deal that the DNA is close

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (vJPf4)

Per-Hapsburg someone should tell her that isn't normal...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:25 PM (l3cgK)

185 Unlike the stupid womman who put her break up on reddit, I wrote my parents that I hoped I never saw my bf and future husband ever again and that he was a jerk. I admit to crying for a day or two, but never in front of him.

This was the first of 3 breakups for no reason our first year. The second time I was angry. Third time annoyed and told him to leave me alone, which did no good as here I am. I'd rather have died than let him see me cry.

My mother kept all of my college letters and they are pretty funny. In one I said a schizo cousin at home had "sexual tension" (reason he gave for his psychotic break). When I read it last year I cracked up at the thought of someone reading it aloud at the dinner table with my 6yr old brother!

For starters, I didn't know what sexual tension was, much less why on earth I put it in a letter home.

I think it was my pretend to be liberal phase along with the fake hippie clothing.

Most of the letters (once a month and thick with many pages of continued writing) were explaining why I needed more $ and I was sorry about asking. Telling Daddy to sell one of my cows (like I had my own herd). I was a charming PITA.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 07:25 PM (hzuYO)

186 182 Islamic Luke and Leia would mean Leia is the goat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (QGJ7D)

She certainly was my greatest of all time!

Posted by: Luke at October 20, 2026 07:26 PM (l3cgK)

187 Dating Rules for Morons

1.) Find a good 'ette.

2.) Treat her well.

3.) If you did a good job on steps one and two, then ask her to marry you.

4.) Hope she says, "Yes!".

If you successfully reach Step 4., then raise your own good little Morons and 'ettes.

It really is not rocket science. Unless of course, you are a college "educated" Leftist.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 20, 2026 07:26 PM (HlyYF)

188 They're so easily led into personal disaster by their stiff dicks there's a case for removing their voting rights.

I mean, there's an argument to be made there. Nearly every straight guy at the leftist rallies, pro abortion protests, antifa etc is there because he hopes he gets laid.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:26 PM (TMNW7)

189 Hope someone returned the favor to football cheap shot kid. Good solid legal hit that makes you think twice before doing stupid shit like that.

Posted by: Billythesquid at October 20, 2026 07:26 PM (x4l2h)

190 182 Islamic Luke and Leia would mean Leia is the goat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (QGJ7D)

Nice one Anna!

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 20, 2026 07:26 PM (lfNXu)

191 Islamic Luke and Leia would mean Leia is the goat.

Or a 9 year old girl

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:27 PM (TMNW7)

192 Keep saying the US should trade Canada, Minnesota for Alberta

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

193 @178.
Well, they are not red enough. While we are taking out the trash they can have California and New York too.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 07:29 PM (Dd7BU)

194 181 Omar's defense would say all Somalis are related, so no big deal that the DNA is close

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (vJPf4)

Perhaps she'll employ the Constanza Defense as an interim gambit.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 07:29 PM (wVcYX)

195 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 20, 2026 07:26 PM (HlyYF)

I went through the steps pretty darned fast (too fast)...dating to marriage in two months...
At least it lasted for almost 26 years...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:29 PM (l3cgK)

196 Good solid legal hit that makes you think twice before doing stupid shit like that.

Our society has gone far too much on the side of reducing public violence. Everyone should get their ass kicked at least once in their lives, I had it happen and recommend it. It helps you understand your relative abilities and grounds you.

I get not wanting people to get beat up, especially your precious snowflake Chosen One child, but it is actually beneficial to society for that threat to be real. Whatever drawbacks it brings are more than offset by the benefits to culture at large. Too many people have never been punched in the face.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 20, 2026 07:30 PM (TMNW7)

197 Dead leaves nood

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 07:31 PM (vJrRc)

198 Wife and I watch a man on YouTube that goes by BeardMeatsFood. He was an English competitive eater and now does videos going around the world to restaurants that have food challenges and seeing he can beat them. The challenges consist mostly of having to eat a huge amount of food within 30 minutes to an hour. He is an amiable chap, but almost always comments on how nice and friendly Americans are when he does challenges in the States.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 20, 2026 07:31 PM (V91FG)

199
I want to see Ilhan in a prison-issue regulation black or white headscarf. I'd rather see her uncovered head, but a small dose of negotiating down will do.

You will ask to keep your fabulous collection of headwear.

You will settle for just one item.

You will get our acrylic-and-cotton-blend white thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 07:31 PM (mmrXZ)

200 I went through the steps pretty darned fast (too fast)...dating to marriage in two months...
At least it lasted for almost 26 years...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:29 PM

If you got to Step 4. in only two months, then you must have really treated her well!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 20, 2026 07:32 PM (HlyYF)

201 Nood cafe

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 20, 2026 07:32 PM (l26NL)

202 She went to England but couldn't find Doctor Who.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 20, 2026 07:34 PM (Cqx++)

203 185 181 Omar's defense would say all Somalis are related, so no big deal that the DNA is close

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM (vJPf4)

Per-Hapsburg someone should tell her that isn't normal...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 07:25 PM (l3cgK)

Screwed-up jaw lightbulb head.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 20, 2026 07:34 PM (lfNXu)

204 know why? Because Europe actually has its share of centrists and right-of-centrists who are NOT getting what they voted for. They voted for secure borders, national sovereignty, nothing for NGOs -- and their lying leaders pulled the rug on them after they got elected.

You say this like it is a bad thing

Posted by: GOPe at October 20, 2026 07:36 PM (cI94r)

205 Omar's defense would say all Somalis are related, so no big deal that the DNA is close

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 07:24 PM

Ah, the Kentucky DNA defense.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 07:39 PM (I43vL)

206 If you meet an asshole, you met an asshole.

If every single person you meet is an asshole.... you're the asshole.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 07:58 PM (aKiSo)

207 MAGA dude dodged a bullet. She's a lunatic that thinks only of herself, and is complete brain-washed.

At least they didn't have a baby together. Too bad about her kid from some other dude, though.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 20, 2026 08:06 PM (ksbjf)

208
re: stuff Nietzsche might have said

"If all day long all you meet are assholes; you're the asshole."

Posted by: Speller at October 20, 2026 08:34 PM (pSotA)

209 In France, it is spelled "Parlement."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 09:19 PM (LOvBA)

210 .
.
CSA survivor ... sounds PHaT.

Posted by: Marooned at October 20, 2026 11:33 PM (W2rvL)

211
Do what I say! I have victim points! I'm cashing them in and and if you don't accept them you're a monster!

Check out my Victimhood Bingo card -- every square has a marker on it!

It trumps (gawd, I can't believe that I used that word!) anything or everything that you might assrt!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 21, 2026 05:00 AM (ixS3i)

212 Ban check.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 21, 2026 07:52 AM (ntk8v)

213 Back in the 90's I had to travel to one of our plants in the UK on business several times a year. I'd finally had enough of the Limeys bad mouthing the US to me and as I left (for the last time as it turned out) I turned to the worst of the America haters and told him I thanked God every morning that my ancestors had the good sense to leave these God forsaken islands 300 years ago. Too bad yours didn't have that good sense. Fuck off. I'll never go back to Europe.

Posted by: USMCMGB at October 21, 2026 09:06 AM (e+Rw4)

214 As for the lament of the liberal woman who broke up with her conservative boyfriend, removing herself from his life is the best thing she possibly could have done for him.

As for the ex-pats who regret going to Europe, they might want to consider that Europe is filled with the people that our ancestors emigrated to get away from.

Posted by: Nemo at October 21, 2026 01:02 PM (4RPgu)

Trump Creates $25 Million Fund to Pay Bounties to Whistleblowers Who Alert the Government of Fraud

If you want to stop foreign pirates, issue letters of marque and reprisal.

This isn't quite that but it's good to incentivize people to report fraud.

President Donald Trump is putting cash behind his crackdown on taxpayer fraud, offering Americans rewards for tips that help bring fraudsters to justice.
Speaking alongside Vice President JD Vance and independent journalist Nick Shirley in the Oval Office, Trump unveiled the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program and said qualifying tipsters would receive a 1% commission, subject to applicable laws and rules.

A 1% commission. That could be huge.

"If you turn somebody in and you, let's say report, and you find $1 billion, we are giving a commission to that person of 1%," Trump said.
Fox News Digital exclusively reported plans for the program ahead of Tuesday's announcement. A White House official initially described a $25 million initiative administered by the Justice Department, with rewards of up to $30,000 for tips leading to a successful fraud conviction or significant federal enforcement action.
Trump's remarks outlined a different payout structure. He said journalists could also participate, subject to applicable rules and approval from their employers.
Americans can report suspected theft of taxpayer dollars through fraud.gov, Trump said.

I'd like to report Ilhan "Omar" and her entire foreign pirate "family," please.

Hooboy, I'm lookin' for a new home on Easy Street!

...
Vance said the initiative grew out of a conversation with Trump about recruiting Americans to help investigators uncover fraud.
"If you want to help us stop it, you get to share in the rewards," Vance said.
Shirley drew national attention in December 2025 after publishing a video questioning whether several Somali-run Minnesota daycare centers were operating as legitimate businesses. His video showed apparently empty facilities and included people who said they had not seen children at the locations.
The White House credited Shirley's reporting with helping spur a surge of FBI and Department of Homeland Security resources into Minnesota, followed by investigations, arrests and new charges.

This is genuinely huge. Trump is offering potentially millions of dollars for a little bit of research and detective work.

Nick Shirley is going to be a rich man. He can't collect a bounty retrospectively, but he knows how to find the fraudsters and will be collecting in the future.

Markwayne Mullin praised Nick Shirely and pointed out that "everyone knew" about the Learing Center but not a single media company reported on it.

He also says the DOJ's fraud task force is moving to seize an entire half-block of Minneapolis which he said was purchased with SNAP fraud.

Gunther Eagleman

@GuntherEagleman

BREAKING: The feds just moved to seize half a city block in Minneapolis, reportedly bought with stolen SNAP money.
Per the White House fraud task force, DOJ's new National Fraud Division filed yesterday to take back property that was fraudulently bought with food stamp dollars meant for hungry Minnesotans.
Then the speaker turned to the press in the room: "None of your outlets reported it. It took one brave kid and a camera."
That learning center was cited hundreds of times, and the legacy media sat on it for years.

🚨 BREAKING: The feds just moved to seize half a city block in Minneapolis, reportedly bought with stolen SNAP money.
Per the White House fraud task force, DOJ's new National Fraud Division filed yesterday to take back property that was fraudulently bought with food stamp dollars meant for hungry Minnesotans.
Then the speaker turned to the press in the room: "None of your outlets reported it. It took one brave kid and a camera."
That learning center was cited hundreds of times, and the legacy media sat on it for years.
Nick Shirley did their job for free. Now Trump is taking the money back, one city block at a time.
— Gunther Eagleman� (@GuntherEagleman) October 20, 2026

There is a lot of fraud in the SNAP program. Bums sell their EBT cards for cash and drugs and then fake "stores" ring up hundreds of thousands of dollars in "food sales" and charge the government for non-existent food.

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Manjit Singh Bedi of India, a Tacoma grocery store owner who fled home after being indicted for FOOD STAMP fraud, has been DRAGGED back to the US to face charges
He fled to INDIA but the FBI MADE SURE WE GOT HIM 🔥
Bedi pocketed at least $600,000 in SNAP benefits by giving recipients cash for their EBT cards
He'd ring up $200 on a card, hand over $100 in cash, and keep the other $100, all for groceries that were never sold
Kash Patel's FBI put him on the new "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list in September, and Indian police quickly took him into custody
THIS IS LAW AND ORDER.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 16, 2026

We need a full audit of our Food Stamps EBT program
This American says he gets $300 per month on Food Stamps, to qualify he simply lies
�How are you getting money from the government?�
�I lie�
�What are you getting from the government?�
�Food stamps�
�What the f*ck, how much are you getting in food stamps?�
�$300 bucks a month�
Just so you know, there are supposed to be real penalties for committing fraud like this by lying to get food stamps
- 1st time lying, 12-month SNAP ban
- 2nd time lying 24-month ban
- 3rd time lying permanent ban
But you can also get criminal penalties too
- Under $100 is a misdemeanor up to 1 year in prison
- $100 � $4,999 is a felony up to 5 years in prison
- $5,000 or more is a felony up to 20 years in prison
If you�re thinking about committing EBT fraud. Don�t
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) September 9, 2026

🚨TUESDAY TAKEDOWN: STEAL SNAP. GET BUSTED. 🚨

A Brooklyn retailer operator has been sentenced to 9 MONTHS in prison and ordered to repay $641,952.06 to Ohio�s SNAP program following a scheme involving stolen food benefits.

Investigators traced 2,823 fraudulent EBT transactions to Raed Subhi Abu Mohammad�s store, where stolen card information was used to drain benefits from Ohio families.

Mohammad pleaded guilty to attempted illegal use of food stamps and theft.

Food assistance is for Americans in need. Steal it, and face the consequences.

Report suspected SNAP fraud:
https://t.co/m1gflLmWbe
@OIGUSDA
— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) October 20, 2026

No longer a conspiracy theory
US Attorney confirms shops are being setup with the sole purpose of exchanging SNAP benefits for cash
Multiple fake stores, one as small as 150 square feet cashing out as much as $480,000 in EBT per month
https://t.co/0c0pBviN3m
— Orange Man Vlad (@orangmanviad) October 15, 2026

And then there's stuff like this -- Minnesota is sending EBT cards to people who say they never even signed up for one.

What's going on there?

The thing is, this is the kind of detective work a very average citizen can do. These scam-stores have to deal with the general public. So anyone coming in with an EBT card bought from a bum can run the scam with the scam store. If it's recorded on your phone's audio note program, you can collect evidence of fraud.

And then collect a bounty.

Now, with a bounty system in place, the scam stores will have to be more careful, but there's a limit to how careful they can be. Like drug dealers, they still have to interact with strangers to make money or else they're out of business.

They could get violent, like drug dealers, when they sense someone is setting them up in a sting, so collecting the bounty is a bit risky.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 How many people are reporting Gov. Newsome right now?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:31 PM (2GVsD)

2 There has to be some incentive to not send them on a wild goose chase too.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:31 PM (MWfyi)

3 I found one, Mr President! Check out congress. Need an address to send my check?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 20, 2026 05:32 PM (u73oe)

4 He also says the DOJ's fraud task force is moving to seize an entire half-block of Minneapolis which he said was purchased with SNAP fraud.

========

This didn't happen on day 1, so it doesn't matter.

Also, Trump hasn't turned California majority Anglo-Saxon in 19 months, so nothing is happening.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:32 PM (qGAQr)

5 Is *this* why Elise Slotkin is squealing again?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:32 PM (jb8Ss)

6 NYC fraud shop and OH SNAP?

Oh my goodness! Who crossed state line???

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:33 PM (2GVsD)

7 Am I allowed to report every Dem member of Congress (and in my State assembly and Senate and the Governor)?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:33 PM (l3cgK)

8 "The thing is, this is the kind of detective work a very average citizen can do."

Let Claude do it. Claude never sleeps.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

9 "Bedi pocketed at least $600,000 in SNAP..."

That's only what they can prove he stole, the real amount of money he stole is likely 10 times that.

Posted by: Champ Kind at October 20, 2026 05:33 PM (I43vL)

10 OrangeMan Bad!, m'kay?

Posted by: DNC Talking Points at October 20, 2026 05:33 PM (0sNs1)

11 And when the whistleblowers rebel, it will be. mutiny on the bounty.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 05:34 PM (HD2n/)

12 report, and you find $1 billion, we are giving a commission to that person of 1%,"

So? That's only like what, a dollar?

/reddit

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:34 PM (pfXMo)

13 Can AI find their secret illegal offshore accounts?

https://youtu.be/wpjX4q5ZWQc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)

14 Let Claude do it. Claude never sleeps.
Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:33 PM

Neither does rust, evil, nor Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)

15 Elena Ceaseceau Slotkin needs to lose her CIA pension and security clearance.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (2GVsD)

16 EarnBailToday

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (Gqar8)

17 I might suspect something with a local business, but can offer no evidence. What is that going to get me? I'll take .1 percent on those.

Posted by: Guy with a list at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (MWfyi)

18 I saw MSNOW being very sad and angry about the initiative, with a headline say "Experts say Trump's new 'anti-fraud' plan is full of holes."

Boy these Democrats really want to protect their ongoing looting of the productive segment of society, huh?

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (1wjle)

19 How are we going to pay for those bounties? Won't it increase the deficit?!

Posted by: CNN at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (Ovx+P)

20 11 And when the whistleblowers rebel, it will be. mutiny on the bounty.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 05:34 PM (HD2n/)

Hah.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:36 PM (l3cgK)

21 18 I saw MSNOW being very sad and angry about the initiative, with a headline say "Experts say Trump's new 'anti-fraud' plan is full of holes."

Boy these Democrats really want to protect their ongoing looting of the productive segment of society, huh?

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (1wjle)

====

2.5 more years of this, no matter the midterms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:36 PM (qGAQr)

22 mutiny on the bounty."

Regular or select-a-size?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:36 PM (pfXMo)

23 Claude hate fraude! Claude smash!

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

24 1% of $1k = $10
1% of $1M = $10k
1% of $1B = $10M

Seems like an opportunity for Morons everywhere.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:36 PM (jb8Ss)

25 18 I saw MSNOW being very sad and angry about the initiative, with a headline say "Experts say Trump's new 'anti-fraud' plan is full of holes."

Boy these Democrats really want to protect their ongoing looting of the productive segment of society, huh?

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (1wjle)

For the last almost two years, I've not been a productive member of society, but I haven't sucked on the Gov't teat either.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:37 PM (l3cgK)

26 He also says the DOJ's fraud task force is moving to seize an entire half-block of Minneapolis which he said was purchased with SNAP fraud.
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But when they get it back, it'll still be located in Minneapolis.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:37 PM (TN0g+)

27 seize an entire half-block of Minneapolis "

That's what...eleven fiddy and change?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:38 PM (pfXMo)

28 26 He also says the DOJ's fraud task force is moving to seize an entire half-block of Minneapolis which he said was purchased with SNAP fraud.
----

But when they get it back, it'll still be located in Minneapolis.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:37 PM (TN0g+)

==========

All wins are ultimately just losses because we all die.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:38 PM (qGAQr)

29 50% of the economy inn the ghetto is food-stamp based scrip exchange.

Person A gets $3,500/month in food stamps (in reality, just a free debit card) for various "disabled" "family members," sells them at discount to gang-member for (let's just say) $1,750 cash. Gang member then buys cigs, liquor and vapes illegally from crooked store owner, thenj sells them mon the street corner to minors.

This is yoiur ecomony on welfare.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 05:38 PM (HD2n/)

30 >>> 15 Elena Ceaseceau Slotkin needs to lose her CIA pension and security clearance.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (2GVsD)

Should be added to the AoS Style Guide.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:38 PM (jb8Ss)

31 19 How are we going to pay for those bounties? Won't it increase the deficit?!

Posted by: CNN at October 20, 2026 05:35 PM (Ovx+P)

What happens with reporters find out they can get their crack paid by narking on other reporters...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:38 PM (l3cgK)

32 A half block?

demolish the building and install a basketball court with lights.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:38 PM (2GVsD)

33
Trump's remarks outlined a different payout structure. He said journalists could also participate, subject to applicable rules and approval from their employers.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Every commie cocksucker journalist in the country is gonna be conflicted between their greed for power and their greed for money.

I bow to OrangeManBad, Galactic Overlord Troll Master.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 20, 2026 05:38 PM (y9nCu)

34 I saw MSNOW being very sad and angry about the initiative, with a headline say "Experts say Trump's new 'anti-fraud' plan is full of holes."
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Well that settles it! If the plan isn't perfect, we shouldn't do it at all.

Back to the drawing board.

Posted by: GOPe at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)

35 This all would be a lot easier if state and local authorities cooperated.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (QerdV)

36 "an entire half-block of Minneapolis"

So, fifty shares then.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

37 and you find $1 billion, we are giving a commission to that person of 1%,"

Call JG Wentworth?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (pfXMo)

38 Nick Shirley needs retroactive pay.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (ua/lL)

39 34 Well that settles it! If the plan isn't perfect, we shouldn't do it at all.

Back to the drawing board.

Posted by: GOPe at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)

=========

Shades of "why can't Trump do mass deportations without making anyone sad about it?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (qGAQr)

40 1% of $1k = $10
1% of $1M = $10k
1% of $1B = $10M

Seems like an opportunity for Morons everywhere.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:36 PM

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeé! Math on the blog! Math on the blog!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (0sNs1)

41 >>> 33
Trump's remarks outlined a different payout structure. He said journalists could also participate, subject to applicable rules and approval from their employers.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Every commie cocksucker journalist in the country is gonna be conflicted between their greed for power and their greed for money.

I bow to OrangeManBad, Galactic Overlord Troll Master.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 20, 2026 05:38 PM (y9nCu)

Wait until the rival Somalian gangs in Minnedishu start reporting each other.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:40 PM (jb8Ss)

42 Well this might be something for AI to sort thru. Say you get a million little leads but with no evidence. Patterns may emerge that can point to real suspects to concentrate on.

There is no payout though, because any one particular lead would not enough.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:40 PM (MWfyi)

43 35 This all would be a lot easier if state and local authorities cooperated.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (QerdV)

Many of them are involved in the fraud...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)

44 50% of the economy inn the ghetto is food-stamp based scrip exchange"

Only 50?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:40 PM (pfXMo)

45 I voted for this!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 20, 2026 05:40 PM (zYpTz)

46 How are we going to pay for those bounties? Won't it increase the deficit?!
----

Yes, I sense some real "affordability" issues with this idea.

Posted by: GOPe at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g+)

47 41 Wait until the rival Somalian gangs in Minnedishu start reporting each other.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:40 PM (jb8Ss)

========

The Italian mafia decides that now is the time to strike back against the Puerto Rican gangs.

The Puerto Rican gangs do the same thing to the Russian gangs.

The Russian gangs do it to the Chinese gangs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (qGAQr)

48 18 I saw MSNOW being very sad and angry about the initiative, with a headline say "Experts say Trump's new 'anti-fraud' plan is full of holes."

this is about stolen government swiss cheese, isn't it?

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (sGtp+)

49 > Person A gets $3,500/month in food stamps (in reality, just a free debit card) for various "disabled" "family members," sells them at discount to gang-member for (let's just say) $1,750 cash. Gang member then buys cigs, liquor and vapes illegally from crooked store owner, thenj sells them mon the street corner to minors.

Those "mom and pop" stores on the corner in every ghetto get all of their perishable items via EBT fraud. You see them on the first of the month buying three shopping carts full of milk. They do this to stock up their store.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (mkw2N)

50 Call JG Wentworth?
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM

1-877-CASH-NOW

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)

51 You know what else is full of holes?

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (MWfyi)

52 The most maddening words on earth "everybody knew" . Every fucking govt worker that signed off on that fraud should be in jail yesterday.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (ua/lL)

53 >>> 38 Nick Shirley needs retroactive pay.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 05:39 PM (ua/lL)

A couple other Morons said OrangeManBad handed him a $10k check.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (jb8Ss)

54 MSNOW

It seems SNAP if full of holes, let's abolish it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (2GVsD)

55 44 50% of the economy inn the ghetto is food-stamp based scrip exchange"

Only 50?
Posted by: man

I forget to mention that the kids buy the cigarettes and liquor from the gang member...with food stamps.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (HD2n/)

56 Wonder if giving block grants to the states might stop this or slow it down. You tell a state you get this much a year, if it's stolen the people who need it get zip. Incentive to monitor the program better by the states

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (vJPf4)

57 46 How are we going to pay for those bounties? Won't it increase the deficit?!
----

Yes, I sense some real "affordability" issues with this idea.

Posted by: GOPe at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g+)

Save $100M, pay $1M. OMG, how does that work?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (l3cgK)

58 Many of them are involved in the fraud..."

Mayor of Springfield Ohio waves...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (pfXMo)

59 Also, Trump hasn't turned California majority Anglo-Saxon in 19 months, so nothing is happening.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That was funny. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (JrHfD)

60 56 Wonder if giving block grants to the states might stop this or slow it down. You tell a state you get this much a year, if it's stolen the people who need it get zip. Incentive to monitor the program better by the states

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM (vJPf4)

=======

Medicaid is handled through block grants.

And it's pure as the driven snow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (qGAQr)

61 Nick Shirley deserves it and he has to pay for the security guards he needs

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (PKL0q)

62 1% of $1B = $10M

Seems like an opportunity for Morons everywhere.

Seriously. I need to figure out how to get in on this.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (mkw2N)

63 Isn't there another CIA AWFL politician? Spanberger maybe?

I don't know how anybody from either Party could vote for a CIA or FBI employee. Scum of the earth. Might as well pick a random convict out of the pervert wing at the prison.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (BI5O2)

64 Probably better than 50% of the economy of big blue cities is built on fraud.

Not just defrauding the federal government, the welfare fraud and the Medicare fraud and all that.
But also how much the defraud their own state.

Especially if you add in the indirect beneficiaries of the fraud.
All the employees needed to administer.
The businesses built on those committing the fraud or spending money received directly or indirectly from fraud.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (3cUTc)

65 The targets at the MoMe!

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (MWfyi)

66 63 Isn't there another CIA AWFL politician? Spanberger maybe?

I don't know how anybody from either Party could vote for a CIA or FBI employee. Scum of the earth. Might as well pick a random convict out of the pervert wing at the prison.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (BI5O2)

========

Mike Rogers, the GOP Senate candidate in MI against El-Sayed, is ex-FBI.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (qGAQr)

67 Gov. Spamburglar.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (2GVsD)

68 Honestly if our options for public welfare of the poor are the current system, or people dying in the streets of starvation... I would prefer people starving in the streets.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (QerdV)

69 > You know what else is full of holes?

Biden's brain. Which Biden? All of them.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (mkw2N)

70 Helena Handbasket, that check should have been $500,000.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (ua/lL)

71 67 Gov. Spamburglar.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (2GVsD)

Hamburglar > Gov. Spamburglar

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)

72 He fled to INDIA but the FBI MADE SURE WE GOT HIM

Yes I voted for this ^^^ too.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (PKL0q)

73 Those "mom and pop" stores on the corner in every ghetto get all of their perishable items via EBT fraud. You see them on the first of the month buying three shopping carts full of milk"

Hey, what about us?

/bodegas stocking Jarritos...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (pfXMo)

74 71 67 Gov. Spamburglar.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (2GVsD)

Hamburglar > Gov. Spamburglar

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)

I hope that doesn't make anyone Grimace.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)

75 >>> 63 Isn't there another CIA AWFL politician? Spanberger maybe?

I don't know how anybody from either Party could vote for a CIA or FBI employee. Scum of the earth. Might as well pick a random convict out of the pervert wing at the prison.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:42 PM (BI5O2)

Yeah, that bint is one. There was a meme that she is Data in drag, which I can't unsee.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (jb8Ss)

76 You know what else is full of holes?

Biden's brain. Which Biden? All of them.

Mad cow disease?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (2GVsD)

77 Trump Creates $25 Million Fund to Pay Bounties to Whistleblowers Who Alert the Government of Fraud
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I turned in the Democrats and got a plush toy.

Not amused.

I was expecting $25M.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (RORbl)

78 Person A gets $3,500/month in food stamps (in reality, just a free debit card) for various "disabled" "family members," sells them at discount to gang-member for (let's just say) $1,750 cash. Gang member then buys cigs, liquor and vapes illegally from crooked store owner, thenj sells them mon the street corner to minors.

Those "mom and pop" stores on the corner in every ghetto get all of their perishable items via EBT fraud. You see them on the first of the month buying three shopping carts full of milk. They do this to stock up their store.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:41 PM

I like the gas stations that accept ebt cards. They have a basket of half rotten bananas and over ripe apples sitting near the cash register and that counts as selling ebt eligible food.

Pretty sure that at least 25% of all snap funding is fraud.

Posted by: Champ Kind at October 20, 2026 05:45 PM (I43vL)

79 73 Those "mom and pop" stores on the corner in every ghetto get all of their perishable items via EBT fraud. You see them on the first of the month buying three shopping carts full of milk"

Hey, what about us?

/bodegas stocking Jarritos...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:44 PM (pfXMo)

Ese, those Jarritos are good, man.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:45 PM (l3cgK)

80 And it's pure as the driven snow."

Or slush. You know, the big pile in the far corner of the parking lot in late march...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:46 PM (pfXMo)

81 A few short years ago, there is no fraud in the government.

Today, Democrats are whining about how much fraud is being found.

Looks like we can shift the Overton Window, too.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 05:46 PM (viF8m)

82 I bet like the current tip reward system for reporting criminals you only get paid for arrest and CONVICTION.

Have fun waiting years for your check .

Posted by: anon2020 at October 20, 2026 05:46 PM (RqMDa)

83 > I would prefer people starving in the streets.

Back in the long long ago, it used to be common for the town drunk to get a "job" at the local stores sweeping up and taking out the trash. They'd work a couple hours a day to get just enough money for a lunch and a couple beers. That's how they used to sustain themselves.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:46 PM (mkw2N)

84 The State-level bureaucrats are the ones turning a blind eye to everything.

I'm sure the fraud is very, very obvious if you work for one of these programs.

That's where I'd start, if I lived in one of these cities. Befriend an employee who can tip you off to make the reports and cover his own ass, and agree to split the take.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM (BI5O2)

85 >>> Posted by: anon2020 at October 20, 2026 05:46 PM (RqMDa)

So?

The process is the punishment.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM (jb8Ss)

86 83 > I would prefer people starving in the streets.

Back in the long long ago, it used to be common for the town drunk to get a "job" at the local stores sweeping up and taking out the trash. They'd work a couple hours a day to get just enough money for a lunch and a couple beers. That's how they used to sustain themselves.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:46 PM (mkw2N)

Now they're homeless and dancing in the streets...okay, not dancing, tweaking...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM (l3cgK)

87 You people don't understand --

Every dollar the government spends, and it doesn't even matter how it is spent, generates 7.346 dollars of wealth in the country!

The SNAP beneficiary buys fenty.
The fenty dealer buys a whore.
The whore feeds her kids McDonald's
The McDonald worker buys po
The pot dealer give it to the mosque
The mosque buys ammo and weapons...

On and on it goes. This is how the economy works!

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM (QerdV)

88 87 You people don't understand --

Every dollar the government spends, and it doesn't even matter how it is spent, generates 7.346 dollars of wealth in the country!

The SNAP beneficiary buys fenty.
The fenty dealer buys a whore.
The whore feeds her kids McDonald's
The McDonald worker buys po
The pot dealer give it to the mosque
The mosque buys ammo and weapons...

On and on it goes. This is how the economy works!

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM (QerdV)

========

I'm old enough to remember that being seriously peddled by Democrats. It was early Obama years. I think it might have also been peddled by establishment GOP to justify TARP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (qGAQr)

89 Me amo Jarritos fresa

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

90 Seriously. I need to figure out how to get in on this."

Here, buy my book on Amazon. It's only five easy payments of...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (pfXMo)

91 There’s this guy called The Blade who seems pretty shady. Can I get my 1% vig?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (VghP0)

92 Let's just tell it like it is:

Food stamps are reparations.

We sit here dithering and arguing about "reparations" while in reality it has been being paid out for decades, right under our noses.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (HD2n/)

93 87 You people don't understand --

Every dollar the government spends, and it doesn't even matter how it is spent, generates 7.346 dollars of wealth in the country!

The SNAP beneficiary buys fenty.
The fenty dealer buys a whore.
The whore feeds her kids McDonald's
The McDonald worker buys po
The pot dealer give it to the mosque
The mosque buys ammo and weapons...

On and on it goes. This is how the economy works!

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM (QerdV)

The multiplier theory of the underground economy, echo-gnomics.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (l3cgK)

94 89 Me amo Jarritos fresa

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

Naranja

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:49 PM (l3cgK)

95 >>> 87 You people don't understand --

Every dollar the government spends, and it doesn't even matter how it is spent, generates 7.346 dollars of wealth in the country!

The SNAP beneficiary buys fenty.
The fenty dealer buys a whore.
The whore feeds her kids McDonald's
The McDonald worker buys po
The pot dealer give it to the mosque
The mosque buys ammo and weapons...

On and on it goes. This is how the economy works!
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM (QerdV)

Waiting for some MBA or Chamber of Commerce type to explain how this is *so* much better than you know, actually producing stuff.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:49 PM (jb8Ss)

96 94 89 Me amo Jarritos fresa

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

Naranja

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:49 PM (l3cgK)

y piña

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:50 PM (l3cgK)

97 Every dollar the government spends, and it doesn't even matter how it is spent, generates 7.346 dollars of wealth in the country!

The SNAP beneficiary buys fenty.
The fenty dealer buys a whore.
The whore feeds her kids McDonald's
The McDonald worker buys po
The pot dealer give it to the mosque
The mosque buys ammo and weapons...

On and on it goes. This is how the economy works!
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM

By Jove, I think he's got it!

Posted by: Nancy P. (D-CA), Perky Emeritus at October 20, 2026 05:50 PM (0sNs1)

98 "Me amo Jarritos fresa"

Do they have sugar-free formats?

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

99 Mike Rogers, the GOP Senate candidate in MI against El-Sayed, is ex-FBI.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM

Just lovely.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:50 PM (BI5O2)

100 I turned in the Democrats and got a plush toy."

You were expecting a Toyota?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (pfXMo)

101 The feds just moved to seize half a city block in Minneapolis
........

location, location, location!

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (UjdFS)

102 98 "Me amo Jarritos fresa"

Do they have sugar-free formats?

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

Dunno, but Costco Wholesale was, at one point, selling Jarritos gummies. They were good.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (l3cgK)

103 Mike Rogers, the GOP Senate candidate in MI against El-Sayed, is ex-FBI.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (qGAQr)
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Yes and he ran against Slotkin for Senate, and she won - oddly at the same time Trump carried the state, so we were expected to believe that people voted for Trump and then CIA Slotkin. Sure.

She knows she will not win re-election, hence all the coup preparations.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)

104 Back in the long long ago, it used to be common for the town drunk to get a "job" at the local stores sweeping up and taking out the trash. They'd work a couple hours a day to get just enough money for a lunch and a couple beers. That's how they used to sustain themselves.
Posted by: bonhomme

-----------
Not that long ago. My father always had a soft heart. All the local drunks knew he was good for a few bucks if they pushed a broom around the parking lot a bit.

He would also hire fallen contractors to do small jobs -- masonry work, carpentry,... whatever, knowing they were not reliable but would be good for one day, or maybe a week. Just to help them out. He understood he had to work with them to make sure they didn't fuck up, but he was doing it to help out a lost soul.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (QerdV)

105 100 I turned in the Democrats and got a plush toy."

You were expecting a Toyota?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (pfXMo)

He got a toy Yoda.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (l3cgK)

106
What do these people do with all their loot? They look like bums. Do they own homes in wealthy suburbs where they hang around with their scraggly whiskers and dirty t-shirts?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (mmrXZ)

107 A few short years ago, there is no fraud in the government.

Today, Democrats are whining about how much fraud is being found.

Looks like we can shift the Overton Window, too.
------------
Too bad it only goes up and down.

The Overton Window manufacturers need to go right and left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (RORbl)

108 Me amo Jarritos fresa

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

Naranja

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:49 PM (l3cgK)

y piña
Posted by: jim (in

Tamarind

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

109 Naranja
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:49 PM

Pssst ... Verde Naranja. Pass it on.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)

110 Dim Dumbo LBJ started Food Stamps in 1964.

Perhaps originally it was meant to be a temporary stop gap for people who would eventually get jobs. They found a way to live without jobs or pride, and voted Dim all these years.

This has been abused for generations, evolving into junk food purchases. President Trump has been the first to try to both control purchases and track it.

An example of the generational dole: NOLA after Hurricane Katrina. Welfare was all they knew in their government teat lives. Waiting for rescue transportation...when there has always been ways to leave (well, Gov. Nagin did not help with his flooded school busses).

The famous photo of a smiling man looting a plastic bin of Heineken after the levee broke comes to mind; as even the NOLA police joined in the looter fun for free plasma TV's.

The faggot above on the video admitting taking food stamps...well, I'd like to slap that smirk off his face.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 05:52 PM (hzuYO)

111 At what point do the accusers become public and then will they have to fear for their lives?

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:52 PM (MWfyi)

112 >>> 92 Let's just tell it like it is:

Food stamps are reparations.

We sit here dithering and arguing about "reparations" while in reality it has been being paid out for decades, right under our noses.
Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 05:48 PM (HD2n/)

Food stamps, welfare, EIC, that scam involving farm land that the JEF and friends offered...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:52 PM (jb8Ss)

113 Me amo Jarritos fresa

Posted by: San Franpsycho
Naranja

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
y piña

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......

Cuidado piso mojado.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 05:52 PM (UjdFS)

114 Me amo Jarritos fresa"

Damn. I need the Tamarind flavor...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:53 PM (pfXMo)

115 "He got a toy Yoda.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) "

I snorted.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:53 PM (MWfyi)

116 So?

The process is the punishment.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:47 PM (jb8Ss)
==
I am talking about the whistle blower getting the reward. They don't get anything during the process

Posted by: anon2020 at October 20, 2026 05:53 PM (RqMDa)

117 Nick Shirley is just 24 years old, and he's done more to expose corruption and fraud in the last few years than members of Congress who have spent decades in public office.

Posted by: Just reporting at October 20, 2026 05:53 PM (OlgZh)

118 113 Ha!

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

119
he was doing it to help out a lost soul.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

==============

I see so much goodness to bums in this country. Saw a couple of young guys loading up a bunch of takeout to give to a drunk sitting on a doorstep the other day. In Beverly Hills, where yes, a few slovenly bums hang out on Beverly Drive, rich old retired guys would regularly give healthy bills to them, with a smile on their face. "Here ya go!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 05:54 PM (mmrXZ)

120 Just lovely.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:50 PM (BI5O2)
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He's a good dude. He was brought in by Engler to primary a GOP squish, did a good job in the state senate and was in Congress for a bit. He then retired, but was recruited for the Senate because he's bland, centrist and safe. Slotkin cheated, but now he's the perfect foil for El-Sayed.

I got a mailer the other day - get this - attacking Rogers for having a second home in Florida. WOW! That's going to make the Boomers super angry, they'll absolutely vote for El-Sayed now - and his second home in the Emirates.

Can't make this crap up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

121 > Mad cow disease?

Meth, Heroin, and chronic alcohol abuse all cause brain damage that, while not technically holes, is very real. Gray and white matter damage, cerebellar degeneration, areas of reduced blood flow and metabolic activity, and other serious issues are all on the table.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:54 PM (mkw2N)

122 Do they have sugar-free formats?"

Si. Jarritos Free label

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:55 PM (pfXMo)

123 " retrospectively"

How about retroactively?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 05:55 PM (LOvBA)

124 Didn't CA pass some anti-Shirley law? I wonder if they'll try to block this fed reward offer within their state.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

125
I bow to OrangeManBad, Galactic Overlord Troll Master.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

===============

LOL those "conflicted" reporters will soon be saying the same!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 05:55 PM (mmrXZ)

126 You can literally point to almost any bodega in any poor neighborhood, say “there’s SNAP fraud there,” and you’ll collect your 1%.

Not joking. It’s their entire business model. Well, that and fencing stolen goods, drug dealing, and … you get it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 20, 2026 05:56 PM (VghP0)

127 At what point do the accusers become public and then will they have to fear for their lives?
Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:52 PM (MWfyi)
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All they have to do is give a good tip that holds up. They don't have to do a freelance sting or take photos.

"There's a store at 1550 Main that sells stolen EBT every Wednesday from noon to six" is good enough for a lead, but too vague to know who did it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

128 124 Didn't CA pass some anti-Shirley law? I wonder if they'll try to block this fed reward offer within their state.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

AI sez:
Yes, whistleblower rewards are generally considered taxable income in California. This means that any monetary awards received for reporting fraud or non-compliance may be subject to state and federal taxes.

So I'd guess you'd end up on the Kalifornia s/hit list.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:57 PM (l3cgK)

129 Dim Dumbo LBJ started Food Stamps in 1964."

"Dumbo"? "We'll have those n***** voting democrat for 200 years"

/sort of attributed

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:57 PM (pfXMo)

130 What do these people do with all their loot? They look like bums. Do they own homes in wealthy suburbs where they hang around with their scraggly whiskers and dirty t-shirts?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (mmrXZ)
—-

They are just the frontmen. Most of the money gets kicked upstairs, like in the old mafia days, or sent overseas.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 20, 2026 05:57 PM (VghP0)

131 If only Iwas a Government employee, what the tales I could could come out

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 05:58 PM (Ia/+0)

132 Didn't CA pass some anti-Shirley law? I wonder if they'll try to block this fed reward offer within their state.
Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:55 PM (Jr5Lq)
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That would be a conspiracy to conceal criminal activity and actively assisting in defrauding the federal government, wouldn't it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:58 PM (ZOv7s)

133 'All they have to do is give a good tip that holds up. They don't have to do a freelance sting or take photos."

I'm sure we can trust the government to keep it secret.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:58 PM (MWfyi)

134 Dim Dumbo LBJ started Food Stamps in 1964.
-----

He may have been as *evil* as Hillary. No, seriously.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:58 PM (TN0g+)

135 Crazy Ivan!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 05:58 PM (I43vL)

136 Cuidado piso mojado."

Basura pour favor...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:59 PM (pfXMo)

137 Can I get every receipt for every dollar given to Ukraine?
Canada too?

Just to see exactly where the dollars ended up.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)

138 Does this mean my dog will no longer receive SNAP and Welfare payments ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 20, 2026 05:59 PM (qDw3H)

139 If I went to a restaurant and found out the guy sitting in the chair before me was FBI, I'd ask for a new one. And then go home and burn my pants. Thank G-d I don't live in Michigan.

MB or FBI. What a choice. Is there a third-party candidate? Maybe an MS-13 gangster named Asesino, or somesuch?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:59 PM (BI5O2)

140 Dim Dumbo LBJ started Food Stamps in 1964.
-----

He may have been as *evil* as Hillary. No, seriously.
Posted by: Crusader at

He was certainly as racist as her.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 20, 2026 05:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

141 "Cuidado piso mojado.""

Who pissed in my mojito?

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:59 PM (MWfyi)

142 129 Dim Dumbo LBJ started Food Stamps in 1964."

"Dumbo"? "We'll have those n***** voting democrat for 200 years"

/sort of attributed

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:57 PM (pfXMo)

Ronald Kessler's 1995 book, "Inside the White House"...

"It's written in a book, so it HAS to be true!"--ex SIL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:00 PM (l3cgK)

143 What do these people do with all their loot?

Vacations, cars, drugs who knows?

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)

144 I meant Canadian dollars sent there.

It'd probably be profitable to investigate the Pentagon and military spending too.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:00 PM (Sco7b)

145 Qui tam lawsuits already allow the plaintiff to keep a share of successful lawsuits for defrauding the government. Musk could bankroll a law firm and go after this shit privately.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 06:00 PM (JzUSu)

146 I dunno I don't speak Spanish. I have to suss it out.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (MWfyi)

147 Some judge will put an injunction on all this fraud stopping. It’s clearly racist or some shit. And Trump’s doing it. That’s all the legal justification they need.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (P4bJX)

148 Who pissed in my mojito?"

I see you've been to Taco Cabana...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (pfXMo)

149 What do these people do with all their loot?

Vacations, cars, drugs who knows?
Posted by: Skip at

First you get the money, then you get the women, then you get the power.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

150 146 I dunno I don't speak Spanish. I have to suss it out.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (MWfyi)

I find this sus.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (l3cgK)

151 fd, I was thinking it, you said it!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (ua/lL)

152 >>> 133 'All they have to do is give a good tip that holds up. They don't have to do a freelance sting or take photos."

I'm sure we can trust the government to keep it secret.
Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:58 PM (MWfyi)

Probably not, and the bureacurats have friends amongst the Brave Firefighting Journalists.

Although, the journalists may not find it as funny when they learn they are recognizable, especially those who have worked at teewee stations.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (jb8Ss)

153 Minneapolis is Mogadishu on the Mississippi River....

That clown Governor should be sent to Prison ....

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (qDw3H)

154 134, this is a thing long known.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (VyBeY)

155 That would be a conspiracy to conceal criminal activity and actively assisting in defrauding the federal government, wouldn't it?"
Is that wrong?

/cali official

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:02 PM (pfXMo)

156 If I went to a restaurant and found out the guy sitting in the chair before me was FBI, I'd ask for a new one. And then go home and burn my pants. Thank G-d I don't live in Michigan.

MB or FBI. What a choice. Is there a third-party candidate? Maybe an MS-13 gangster named Asesino, or somesuch?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:59 PM (BI5O2)
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Your purity is noted. I had a cousin who worked for Rogers and said he was a decent guy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

157 Dim Dumbo LBJ started Food Stamps in 1964."

"Dumbo"? "We'll have those n***** voting democrat for 200 years"

/sort of attributed

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:57 PM

I don't know the year when they started using actual food stamps but when I was a kid you had to go to a warehouse to get government food. You got what they had and did not get a choice. I do not recall my mother ever having actual food stamps, possibly she had a card to get in the place but that was back in the early 60s and my memory from then isn't 100% reliable.

We would get cheese, peanut butter and some times meat. That was usually pork that had so much grease floating on the top of the can you had to scoop it out with a big spoon before you got to the meat. The peanut butter came in big green cans and had to be stirred up before you could eat it as the oil separated to the top of the can.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 06:03 PM (I43vL)

158 Horde mind at work, Ben Had.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:03 PM (MWfyi)

159 >>> 147 Some judge will put an injunction on all this fraud stopping. It’s clearly racist or some shit. And Trump’s doing it. That’s all the legal justification they need.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 06:01 PM (P4bJX)

I wonder what public information is available to say, review Some Judge's spending patterns vs they/them's government income.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 06:03 PM (jb8Ss)

160 We would get cheese, peanut butter and some times meat. That was usually pork that had so much grease floating on the top of the can you had to scoop it out with a big spoon before you got to the meat. The peanut butter came in big green cans and had to be stirred up before you could eat it as the oil separated to the top of the can.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 06:03 PM (I43vL)

Wut's wrong with grease? It's got lots of calories. It makes the crappy canned veggies taste better.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)

161 6pm

FoxNews - midterms, obama and bill being wheeled out

CNN - election officials threatened. Christina Applegate doesn't have MS

MSNow - GOP on defense as midterms loom. Lifelong Repubs who have voted for President Trump five times every election for their entire lives lose hope. GOP candidates flee Trump

CBC - commercials. Who the hell advertises on the freaking cbc?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:04 PM (Sco7b)

162 "It's written in a book, so it HAS to be true!"--ex SIL"

Here. Name a star after her...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:04 PM (pfXMo)

163
CBC - commercials. Who the hell advertises on the freaking cbc?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:04 PM (Sco7b)

We need to keep our numbers up.

Posted by: MAID in Canada at October 20, 2026 06:05 PM (l3cgK)

164 Headline (Washington Examiner):

"Federal judge sides with Republicans on North Carolina’s new mail-in ballot restrictions"

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:05 PM (rj6Yv)

165 It makes the crappy canned veggies taste better."

And come out... easier

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:05 PM (pfXMo)

166 When it comes to Somalians and Muslims, stealing really is their culture. Islam encourages stealing from unbelievers. It not a sin, it’s part of the doctrine.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 06:06 PM (P4bJX)

167 The peanut butter came in big green cans and had to be stirred up before you could eat it as the oil separated to the top of the can.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 06:03 PM (I43vL)
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That's a sign that it was decent quality. I've switched to a low sugar peanut butter and it needs stirring. All of it used to be like that before we added chemicals to stabilize it.

I've also heard that "government cheese" was pretty darn good from kids who lived on it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

168 165 It makes the crappy canned veggies taste better."

And come out... easier

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:05 PM (pfXMo)

They have fiber...they already come out easier...

Posted by: MAID in Canada at October 20, 2026 06:06 PM (l3cgK)

169 Incredible.

>>@USAttyEssayli

>>Massive concession: Los Angeles election officials just told a federal court they have no independent way to verify citizenship beyond what voters attest. (They simply take their word for it.) Under federal law, only citizens may vote in federal elections. Yet California has not acted on the list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens or agreed to set aside their ballots. American citizens’ votes are being diluted in California.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 06:07 PM (viF8m)

170 161 CBC - commercials. Who the hell advertises on the freaking cbc?

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: the little pill with a big story to tell at October 20, 2026 06:07 PM (sGtp+)

171 "That's a sign that it was decent quality."

Smucker's Natural Chunky PB FTW.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

172 169 Incredible.

>>@USAttyEssayli

>>Massive concession: Los Angeles election officials just told a federal court they have no independent way to verify citizenship beyond what voters attest. (They simply take their word for it.) Under federal law, only citizens may vote in federal elections. Yet California has not acted on the list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens or agreed to set aside their ballots. American citizens’ votes are being diluted in California.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 06:07 PM (viF8m)

I thought there was a Fed website where they could check...
Lazy or Complicit? Power of AND

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (l3cgK)

173 I got a mailer the other day - get this - attacking Rogers for having a second home in Florida.

Did they make any attempt at all to differentiate his Florida home with every other Michigander’s Florida/Arizona home? Or was it just boilerplate please don’t think too hard about this?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (kYmoU)

174 I turned in the Democrats and got a plush toy."
*
You were expecting a Toyota?
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026

***
I'd request a date with Toyota Jan!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (wzUl9)

175 Neither does rust, evil, nor Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Nor do we forget!

Posted by: Big Penguin Acolyte at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (EdP2u)

176 I work hard all my life, pay taxes, don't ask for anything and what do I get? Nothing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (cJOax)

177 I've also heard that "government cheese" was pretty darn good from kids who lived on it."

It was damn sight better than the powdered skim milk.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (pfXMo)

178 The peanut butter came in big green cans and had to be stirred up before you could eat it as the oil separated to the top of the can.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026

***
Now Smucker's charges $5.00 a bottle for that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:09 PM (wzUl9)

179 174 I turned in the Democrats and got a plush toy."
*
You were expecting a Toyota?
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026

***
I'd request a date with Toyota Jan!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (wzUl9)

https://tinyurl.com/bdw5vm4v

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:09 PM (l3cgK)

180 "I've also heard that "government cheese" was pretty darn good from kids who lived on it."

Back in the day, Navy supply system carried surplus cheese and surplus butter.

I've eaten lots of both, and they were damn good.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 20, 2026 06:09 PM (iMotb)

181 My grandfather and uncles used to run a furniture store in a small town and had credit accounts for most everyone in town. People would come in once a week, 2 weeks, a month, whatever the arrangement, and make their payment. I remember several times in the early 70s they took government cheese and other food as payment from some of the poorer folks in town. Our whole extended family would get a big block or tow of cheese.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:10 PM (MWfyi)

182 two

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:10 PM (MWfyi)

183 Someone at Insty suggested a new business....

Incestry.com

I kinda like it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 20, 2026 06:11 PM (iMotb)

184 They found a few communities in NY, Ramapo, New Square and O think Brighton Beach largely occupied by ultra Orthodox Jews where approximately 90% of those communities were on food stamps.

This is a free for all that cuts across demographics.

Posted by: Whats Missing at October 20, 2026 06:11 PM (IfQzb)

185 176 I work hard all my life, pay taxes, don't ask for anything and what do I get? Nothing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (cJOax)

I wasn't working, taking care of my dying wife. California REFUSED to pay me from the fund for such things (that I paid into for decades). They wouldn't even tell me why my form was rejected, and rejected the appeal.
At the same time, they gives tons of money to homeless druggies and tranny prostitutes...and politicians and their friends.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:12 PM (l3cgK)

186 My Grandma used to make me some good grilled cheese sandwiches from the Govt cheese !

That and and Campbell's tomato soup made with milk made me a happy boy.

I spent a lot of time at grandmas when I was a kid, my Mom was a mess. My Grandma was a Godsend.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 20, 2026 06:12 PM (NtVYv)

187 I was on food stamps once, in 1988 or so. They were actual coupons in a book then, looking like foreign money, and you had to rip them out of the book at the grocery store. Everybody knew you were on food stamps, in other words, and if you were a proud type it was hard knowing that they knew. I got off the program as soon as I could get another job. (I do recall the lady at the food stamp office being rather pleasant and understanding.)

Now it's just a plastic card, and nobody knows whether you are using your own credit/debit card or the government's. Thus the shame has been eliminated.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:12 PM (wzUl9)

188 I heard more than a few ppl on our side lament that ‘nothing will happen’ when Shirley first broke this scandal. I’ll admit even I was skeptical.

Then somethings happened.

I think Trump 2.0 makes things happen that were inconceivable before.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 20, 2026 06:12 PM (VghP0)

189 Some of those folks were really poor. I went on a few pickups when they couldn't pay. Shotguns shacks and dirt yards on the other side of the tracks. I seen things, man.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:13 PM (MWfyi)

190 >>I thought there was a Fed website w

The feds sent California a list of 20,000 people they suspected were non-citizens and voting and asked CA officials to check. CA refused.

They could be opening themselves up to felony indictments for not verifying eligibility. Sounds like they are panicking. This is one administration I think will actually go after them.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)

191 We would get cheese, peanut butter and some times meat. That was usually pork that had so much grease floating on the top of the can you had to scoop it out with a big spoon before you got to the meat. The peanut butter came in big green cans and had to be stirred up before you could eat it as the oil separated to the top of the can.
Posted by: Mister Scott

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I remember this from the 70s, (as I said above, my father had a business in the city so we learned some things.) This was part of the supplemental nutrition program, and I think it varied a lot by state. This was only supplemental and not a main source of food, as SNAP and all the other programs are today.

Reagan famously dumped excess stores of cheese into the program in the 80s, and I think at that time they also gave out other foods, but most of it was not as appealing as the cheese, because the cheese, you see, was a form of currency in the ghettos. Restaurants would buy it all up to serve.

That was fraud too. As long ago as I can recall, food stamps were exchanged. Small grocers gave cash which was spent on drugs or booze.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 06:13 PM (QerdV)

192 LOL

MSNow - GOP fears 'End is Near' as midterms near.

I hope this turns into 2016 where every Dem in a bubble had a weeklong cognitive dissonance headache because EVERYONE THEY KNEW was voting dem and hilary.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)

193 I say we just kill SNAP for the rest of the year. Starting in January, you come in with your birth certificate, ID, SSN, get fingerprinted and give a blood sample to test for drugs. You get a separate Snap ID that you must present with your Snap card and your face and groceries are recorded on video. You pick up your Snap card once a week after completing an obstacle course running around bureaucrats with blow up batons.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:14 PM (n5tGW)

194 It was damn sight better than the powdered skim milk.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:08 PM (pfXMo)

That shit was terrible

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 20, 2026 06:14 PM (NtVYv)

195 You can't tell me that won't be abused when the Democrats get the DOJ back.

I predict a joint task force when that happens between the DOJ and the IRS. Warrants, reasonable suspicion , and due process will NOT apply. What you say. To whom you donate. And, where you stand on the issues will be the catalyst to penalizing through the process.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 06:14 PM (dIske)

196 "You pick up your Snap card once a week after completing an obstacle course running around bureaucrats with blow up batons.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk "

And Merry Christmas!

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:15 PM (MWfyi)

197 I'd request a date with Toyota Jan!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026
*
https://tinyurl.com/bdw5vm4v
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026

***
She's pretty, but not very sexy. At least not in the Toyota spots.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:15 PM (wzUl9)

198 193 Ha!

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

199 192 LOL

MSNow - GOP fears 'End is Near' as midterms near.

I hope this turns into 2016 where every Dem in a bubble had a weeklong cognitive dissonance headache because EVERYONE THEY KNEW was voting dem and hilary.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)

https://youtu.be/SHG0ezLiVGc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:15 PM (l3cgK)

200 Idk. All these reports of a massive blue wave feel like there’s a coordinated op. Either they’re planning on some type of fraud or disruption or they’re full of shit.

Posted by: That Guy at October 20, 2026 06:16 PM (Qgg5f)

201 I'd request a date with Toyota Jan!"

She gets freaky during toyotathon...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:16 PM (pfXMo)

202 I heard more than a few ppl on our side lament that ‘nothing will happen’ when Shirley first broke this scandal. I’ll admit even I was skeptical.

Then somethings happened.

I think Trump 2.0 makes things happen that were inconceivable before.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 20, 2026 06:12 PM (VghP0)
=======

President Honey Badger

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:16 PM (rj6Yv)

203 I'd request a date with Toyota Jan!"

She gets freaky during toyotathon...
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026

***
Enthusiasm counts for a lot!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:16 PM (wzUl9)

204 Acton responds
x.com amyactonoh/status/2112639257655279780

Posted by: fuck vivek at October 20, 2026 06:17 PM (88C+u)

205 197 I'd request a date with Toyota Jan!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026
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https://tinyurl.com/bdw5vm4v
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026

***
She's pretty, but not very sexy. At least not in the Toyota spots.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:15 PM (wzUl9)

Is she a Toyota 7 or 8?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)

206 (88C+u)

Seems to have an idee fixe. Becoming trollish.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 06:19 PM (wSl27)

207 >> Acton responds

Hiccup

Pinocchio nose grows

Posted by: That Guy at October 20, 2026 06:19 PM (Qgg5f)

208 The feds sent California a list of 20,000 people they suspected were non-citizens and voting and asked CA officials to check. CA refused.

They could be opening themselves up to felony indictments for not verifying eligibility. Sounds like they are panicking. This is one administration I think will actually go after them.
Posted by: JackStraw
........

It's gonna take a while.
First you start with the Aguilars
Then you move on to the Alonsos
Then the Alvarez

In a while you get to the Castillos...
etc., etc.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

209 Well, nothing has really happened yet. Some low level sacrificial suckers got caught but the enablers are still governors and such.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:19 PM (MWfyi)

210 Is she a Toyota 7 or 8?"

Waffle House 12...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:20 PM (pfXMo)

211 Is she a Toyota 7 or 8?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)
=====

A Camry 6

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:20 PM (rj6Yv)

212 Is she the one with the hips like a Tundra?

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:20 PM (MWfyi)

213 A Supra 5

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:21 PM (n5tGW)

214 Not saying that's a bad thing, btw.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:21 PM (MWfyi)

215 In the 80s, the commercial street in the city I was familiar with had one or two phone card stores on every block.

I needed to find out why? why such demand for phone cards.

What I learned is that immigrants got SNAP or other forms of support, and they traded that in for long distance phone cards to call home. They also transferred money home at the shops.

The stores would then sell the SNAP to grocers, who would sell food to restaurants. All of it under the table and immune from taxes. What a racket. There were so many because it was very low overhead and high margins, and it relied on local walk-in business so they had a fixed set of people who would show up every month to cash in their government checks.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 06:21 PM (QerdV)

216 Is she a Toyota 7 or 8?"
*
Waffle House 12...
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026

***
That's true. If I saw woman who looked as good as "Jan" in a Waffle House, especially around here, I'd have to check my eyesight or my sanity.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:21 PM (wzUl9)

217 Second day of early voting here in Texas. I did my part to defeat the commie shit-stains subverting our state and country. (Short of armed violence, that is.)

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 20, 2026 06:21 PM (XMwZJ)

218 201 I'd request a date with Toyota Jan!"

She gets freaky during toyotathon...
Posted by: man

Jan was pregnant about 8 years ago. They hid her behind the cars or with beach ball or balloons. The weight gain in her face showed.

Posted by: Sees All, Knows Nuthin' at October 20, 2026 06:22 PM (EdP2u)

219 I concede that there is a fraud problem. But, this process of regular citizens being encouraged by government (with money) to turn in others for potential wrongdoing is nothing short of sekretny sotrudnik. That's the Soviet Union term for "secret coworker" or "secret collaborator."

I don't subscribe to that philosophy.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske)

220 Not saying that's a bad thing, btw.
Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:21 PM (MWfyi)

If she were a Hilux, she'd be built to burn Diesel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 06:22 PM (wSl27)

221 I'd request a date with Toyota Jan!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026
*
https://tinyurl.com/bdw5vm4v
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026

***
She's pretty, but not very sexy. At least not in the Toyota spots.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:15 PM (wzUl9)

Is she a Toyota 7 or 8?
-----

Olive Garden 6.
There are no 7s on any authoratative 1-10 scales. "7" is a cop out number--you didn't want to pretend someone was really good (

and you didn't want to be mean and give them a 6. Thus, 7s aren't allowed.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 06:22 PM (TN0g+)

222 208 The feds sent California a list of 20,000 people they suspected were non-citizens and voting and asked CA officials to check. CA refused.

They could be opening themselves up to felony indictments for not verifying eligibility. Sounds like they are panicking. This is one administration I think will actually go after them.
Posted by: JackStraw
........

It's gonna take a while.
First you start with the Aguilars
Then you move on to the Alonsos
Then the Alvarez

In a while you get to the Castillos...
etc., etc.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

Damn, it's gonna take a long time to get to the Zuñigas...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:22 PM (l3cgK)

223 215 IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

224 5 Is *this* why Elise Slotkin is squealing again?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:32 PM (jb8Ss)

Honey, pigs all eventually squeal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 06:23 PM (fOTAm)

225 Camry 6cdr is a good car

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0)

226 Toyota Jan = Laurel Coppock

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 20, 2026 06:23 PM (NtVYv)

227 I don't know if it's just me, but all the grocery flyers/ads I get have every single item labeled as SNAP eligible and it's starting to bug me.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 06:23 PM (kX27y)

228 @180 -- Back in the day (way back), my widowed mother qualified for government cheese. Have to admit, it was pretty damn good.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 20, 2026 06:24 PM (XMwZJ)

229 Ha, yes I'm sure he's been polishing his Top Man merit badge with Ham & Egg Clusters since he was in the Boy Scouts. I bet it gleams like the light of justice itself.

It's an FBI agent, ferpetessakes. The corruption record of that agency is worse than any other police outfit in American history.

And I'll include the 1970s NYPD in that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 06:24 PM (BI5O2)

230 If you can find a girl in the tundra, man, take what you can get.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (n5tGW)

231 >>> 190
==
The feds sent California a list of 20,000 people they suspected were non-citizens and voting and asked CA officials to check. CA refused.

They could be opening themselves up to felony indictments for not verifying eligibility. Sounds like they are panicking. This is one administration I think will actually go after them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)

We should have a pool on who flees to CHYna first - Walz, Newsome, Carney, who else?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (jb8Ss)

232
What a f-ucked up mess by design.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (kX27y)

233 Camry 6cdr is a good car
Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0)
====

Haven't looked at one lately, but they have a good rep.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (rj6Yv)

234 There's government cottage cheese-in my pants!

Posted by: Leaky Joe, Wilmington at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (EdP2u)

235 People are stealing our tax dollars via fraud. Every citizen should be a narc on that issue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (vJPf4)

236
Damn, it's gonna take a long time to get to the Zuñigas...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026

***
Now I'm thinking of Daphne Zuniga of Melrose Place. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)

237 Damn, it's gonna take a long time to get to the Zuñigas...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......

Hope fully they will have self deported by then.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 06:26 PM (UjdFS)

238 167 The peanut butter came in big green cans and had to be stirred up before you could eat it as the oil separated to the top of the can.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 06:03 PM (I43vL)
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That's a sign that it was decent quality. I've switched to a low sugar peanut butter and it needs stirring. All of it used to be like that before we added chemicals to stabilize it.

I've also heard that "government cheese" was pretty darn good from kids who lived on it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

This is 100% true...any peanut butter made with just peanuts and salt MUST be stirred b/c oil will eventually separate since there are no added emulsifiers and stabilizers to make it not separate...

Aka, good healthier less processed food is normally uglier food...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 06:26 PM (tOcjL)

239 236
Damn, it's gonna take a long time to get to the Zuñigas...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026

***
Now I'm thinking of Daphne Zuniga of Melrose Place. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)

Spaceballs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:26 PM (l3cgK)

240 by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)

https://youtu.be/SHG0ezLiVGc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at

Thanks jim. That was good.
I watched it even though 5 min and SNL.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:26 PM (Sco7b)

241 239 236
Damn, it's gonna take a long time to get to the Zuñigas...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026

***
Now I'm thinking of Daphne Zuniga of Melrose Place. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)

Spaceballs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:26 PM (l3cgK)

She's 63. Wow.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:27 PM (l3cgK)

242

The MPLS of the east coast:

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
2h
What the fuck is happening

Steve Robinson
@SteveRob
·
8h
Yesterday in Lewiston: @TheMaineWire Reporter @MaineWireJon watched Somali “translators” help several elderly Somalis vote.

Notably, all the “translators” work for taxpayer-funded NGOs and Medicaid agencies.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 06:27 PM (kX27y)

243 We probably would have qualified for food stamps when I was a kid, be we would never do that. Used to be pride in accomplishment, and one of those was not having to ask the government for "help." One income, five kids, two bedroom house (with one huge sandbox out back, best ever), and everyone else in the neighborhood in the same boat.

Where did pride go? (And I don't mean that false pride that has men dicking each other in dark alleys or in parades in SF).

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 06:27 PM (fOTAm)

244 I guess it's pretty hard to get regular old cheddar cheese wrong. I heard somewhere it was a good way to use up excess milk, which encouraged excess production so there would always be plenty of fresh milk.

They should do the same thing with beef. If there is too much, turn it into jerky and give it away.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:28 PM (MWfyi)

245 What do these people do with all their loot? They look like bums. Do they own homes in wealthy suburbs where they hang around with their scraggly whiskers and dirty t-shirts?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (mmrXZ)
——

IIRC, you can order certain Amazon products with SNAP. This isn’t just a massive forced transfer of wealth from productive taxpayers to layabout degenerate scumbags. It’s a massive forced transfer of wealth from productive taxpayers to some of the biggest corporations in the world.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 20, 2026 06:28 PM (VghP0)

246 the commercial street in the city I was familiar with had one or two phone card stores on every block."

Phone cards, pager "services", row after row, block after block in LA...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:28 PM (pfXMo)

247 "added emulsifiers and stabilizers"

That adulterated PB tastes so awful to me.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

248 240 by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)

https://youtu.be/SHG0ezLiVGc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at

Thanks jim. That was good.
I watched it even though 5 min and SNL.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 06:26 PM (Sco7b)

Note they even believed Trump would have 8 years as President. Prescient. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:28 PM (l3cgK)

249 This is 100% true...any peanut butter made with just peanuts and salt MUST be stirred b/c oil will eventually separate since there are no added emulsifiers and stabilizers to make it not separate...

Aka, good healthier less processed food is normally uglier food...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 06:26 PM (tOcjL)
----
I made some homemade peanut butter once (had some peanuts and didn't know what to do with them). It turned out OK. I don't think it lasted long enough for there to be any separation, but I do recall that it was a lot dryer and grittier than the store-bought peanut butter. Not enough oil, even though I went by the recipe...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 06:29 PM (FZ29D)

250 38m
NEW: Los Angeles County elections officials confirm in court filing that they have no way to verify U.S. citizenship for voters and they rely solely on a voter’s attestation when they check yes or no to being a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury. This is part of ongoing lawsuit w/ Feds.
Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (kX27y)
======

IOW, "My word as a Newsom"

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:29 PM (rj6Yv)

251 I think Trump 2.0 makes things happen that were inconceivable before.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Yes, true.

Posted by: Vizzini at October 20, 2026 06:29 PM (V8Zwm)

252 And things used to taste better cooked in lard and tallow! Now get off my lawn.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:30 PM (n5tGW)

253 "but I do recall that it was a lot dryer and grittier than the store-bought peanut butter."

You gotta shell 'em first.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:30 PM (MWfyi)

254 And I'll include the 1970s NYPD in that"

Serpico nods...

productive taxpayers to some of the biggest corporations in the world."

Like us?
/walmart

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:30 PM (pfXMo)

255 IOW, "My word as a Newsom"
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:29 PM (rj6Yv)

Worth just about as much as "My word as a Biden."

/spit

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (fOTAm)

256 250 38m
NEW: Los Angeles County elections officials confirm in court filing that they have no way to verify U.S. citizenship for voters and they rely solely on a voter’s attestation when they check yes or no to being a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury. This is part of ongoing lawsuit w/ Feds.
Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 06:25 PM (kX27y)
======

IOW, "My word as a Newsom"

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:29 PM (rj6Yv)

Yup, no way to do it. Businesses can check if potential employees are legal, but the cities and state just Can't Do It.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (l3cgK)

257 Duncanthrax makes the best pecan butter in the universe.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (ua/lL)

258 And things used to taste better cooked in lard and tallow! Now get off my lawn.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:30 PM (n5tGW)
====

The best, flakiest pie crusts are made using leaf lard.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (rj6Yv)

259 That adulterated PB tastes so awful to me."

We'll add more HFCS!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (pfXMo)

260 They should do the same thing with beef. If there is too much, turn it into jerky and give it away.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:28 PM (MWfyi)

Frozen ground beef would be simpler and use more of the animal.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (nVxgE)

261 Yup, no way to do it. Businesses can check if potential employees are legal, but the cities and state just Can't Do It.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (l3cgK)

As I recall, Trump asked for voter rolls so he could do it, and they said no. Not quite the same as Just Can't Do It.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (fOTAm)

262 204 Acton responds
x.com amyactonoh/status/2112639257655279780
Posted by: fuck vivek at October 20, 2026 06:17 PM (88C+u)

Troll ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (+gK6I)

263 This is 100% true...any peanut butter made with just peanuts and salt MUST be stirred b/c oil will eventually separate since there are no added emulsifiers and stabilizers to make it not separate...

Aka, good healthier less processed food is normally uglier food...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026

***
I need to go back to that pb. Smucker's, and WM used to carry a brand called Crazy Richard's, with "peanuts and salt" as the only listed ingredients.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (wzUl9)

264 Citizens or not, don't jail anyone. Just denaturalize and deport anyone committing fraud to an African country with a 100% asset forfeiture as the cherry on top.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (nCTkv)

265 "Los Angeles County elections officials confirm in court filing that they have no way to verify U.S. citizenship for voters"

WTAF!?

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

266
Yeah, been in check out behind a person with a "Bridge Card" getting Prime Rib.

So has everybody I've told the story to.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (Y8DZL)

267 252 And things used to taste better cooked in lard and tallow! Now get off my lawn.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:30 PM (n5tGW)

I save my bacon grease for refried beans (which I cook with ham hocks, onions, celery, chili peppers, garlic, epasote)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

268 That's the Soviet Union term for "secret coworker" or "secret collaborator."

I don’t see anything here that says this will be secret. The example of Nick Shirley implies otherwise.

I mean, outside of the legacy media.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:33 PM (kYmoU)

269 mrp, without a doubt. Leaf lard is awesome.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (ua/lL)

270 If CA can't follow the law for elections, I guess they'll just have to be de-certified and have no representatives.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (n5tGW)

271 Yup, no way to do it. Businesses can check if potential employees are legal, but the cities and state just Can't Do It.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (l3cgK)
=====

The best example of this horseshit is the CA CDL fiasco. Innocent people are being killed by California state policies.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (rj6Yv)

272 265 "Los Angeles County elections officials confirm in court filing that they have no way to verify U.S. citizenship for voters"

WTAF!?

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

this should be taken under oath with penalty for perjury, then arrest all the assholes that signed that document for perjury.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK)

273 When I make bacon, I pour off most of the grease, but then scramble the eggs right there in the still-hot pan. And they pick up some of the bacon grease and bacon flavor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (wzUl9)

274 Fun fact:

Despite other cultures (predominately in the East) eating more peanuts than in the West, they have a fraction of the number of people allergic to peanuts. AND, it's because they mostly boil and fry peanuts in preparation as opposed to the standard roasting in the West...which heightens and changes the structure of the proteins and is more likely to trigger an immunity response.

(we now return to our regularly scheduled programming)

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 06:35 PM (dIske)

275 266
Yeah, been in check out behind a person with a "Bridge Card" getting Prime Rib.

So has everybody I've told the story to.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 06:32 PM (Y8DZL)

During COVID, the local schools sent ALL parents food cards. My son had turned 18, so used his to buy Kobe Beef. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:35 PM (l3cgK)

276 272 My thoughts exactly! Depose the 'officials' each individually under oath!

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

277 I had a girlfriend from rural Virginia who could trace her ancestry to freed slaves. Her grandfather showed me how to make peanut oil using a press he made himself and then how to make peanut butter that was the best I ever had. Her mom made collard greens and chitlins that were magnificent and a recipe passed down for years. Forget about the cooked pork dishes.

That’s how you eat.

God bless you all.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2026 06:36 PM (xRxM8)

278 …with "peanuts and salt" as the only listed ingredients.

If you have a blender, you can take salted peanuts and turn them into peanut butter. Depending on how dry they are, you may have to add a little (peanut) oil to get it to turn into a butter. It’s very, very easy. And very easily adapted.

INDIAN PEANUT BUTTER

1 cup roasted peanuts; 1 tsp cumin powder; 2 cloves garlic; peanut oil as needed; 4 tsp chili powder; salt to taste

Grind peanuts, garlic, and spices in food grinder or blender. Stir in peanut oil to attain desired consistency. Add salt to taste.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:36 PM (kYmoU)

279 Those snap people eat much better than I do. And it usually shows by looking at their fat asses.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:36 PM (n5tGW)

280 273 When I make bacon, I pour off most of the grease, but then scramble the eggs right there in the still-hot pan. And they pick up some of the bacon grease and bacon flavor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (wzUl9)

I spoon some out when I cook eggs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (l3cgK)

281 >>> 270 If CA can't follow the law for elections, I guess they'll just have to be de-certified and have no representatives.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:34 PM (n5tGW)

Oh no!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (jb8Ss)

282 I save my bacon grease for refried beans (which I cook with ham hocks, onions, celery, chili peppers, garlic, epasote)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

Yum.

I made some with bacon grease, garlic, onion, and salt and pepper. In an Instapot it is stupid simple. Best refried beans ever.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (nVxgE)

283 INDIAN PEANUT BUTTER

1 cup roasted peanuts; 1 tsp cumin powder; 2 cloves garlic; peanut oil as needed; 4 tsp chili powder; salt to taste

Grind peanuts, garlic, and spices in food grinder or blender. Stir in peanut oil to attain desired consistency. Add salt to taste.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:36 PM (kYmoU)
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I'll bet that has quite a kick to it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (FZ29D)

284 Peanus rock.

Posted by: Eromero at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (UYYJi)

285 A food grinder, including the ones for KitchenAid stand mixers, will make true peanut butter if the blended is a bit too grainy for you.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (kYmoU)

286 My tenants stored all their bacon grease in the kitchen drain trap.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

287 CA can't verify any voter is a US citizens?

Fine. Not one f*cking Federal dollar to them until they can.

When I am elected Your King, there are going to be some changes.

Posted by: Vizzini at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (V8Zwm)

288 I'll bet that has quite a kick to it.

It does.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (kYmoU)

289 If you guys pass through Texas with those refried beans expect to get mugged. Lol

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2026 06:39 PM (xRxM8)

290 How many reps would CA have left after an accurate census including US citizens only?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 06:39 PM (jb8Ss)

291 284 Peanus rock.

Posted by: Eromero at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (UYYJi)

You say nuts, I say legume...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:39 PM (l3cgK)

292 The peanuts ameliorate the kick a bit, though.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:39 PM (kYmoU)

293 284 Peanus rock.

Posted by: Eromero at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (UYYJi)

I thought the garbage disposal was for Kale...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:39 PM (l3cgK)

294 California doesn't want to know who is a citizen, they want Leftists votings

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)

295 286 My tenants stored all their bacon grease in the kitchen drain trap.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

Damn, copy/paste fail.
I thought the garbage disposal was for Kale...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (l3cgK)

296 268 That's the Soviet Union term for "secret coworker" or "secret collaborator."

I don’t see anything here that says this will be secret. The example of Nick Shirley implies otherwise.

I mean, outside of the legacy media.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:33 PM (kYmoU)

___________________________

Ok, how about "Donoschik"...which means informer, denouncer or snitch. It's a bad concept that is easy to abuse, especially based on the mentality being displayed by the left these days. Hell, they enjoy "swatting" conservative politicians and podcasts. Do you think they won't abuse this type program ad nauseum?

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (dIske)

297 Two of the easiest things to make homemade. Mayo and butter.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (ua/lL)

298 Bacon grease is what you use in the small cast iron skillet before you pour in the cornbread batter.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (jb8Ss)

299 That’s how you eat.

God bless you all.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2026 06:36 PM (xRxM

=====

That reminds me ...

God bless the memory of George Washington Carver.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (rj6Yv)

300 294 California doesn't want to know who is a citizen, they want Leftists votings

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)

Kalifornia doesn't care; they want to manipulate the vote so Dems never lose.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:41 PM (l3cgK)

301 My tenants stored all their bacon grease in the kitchen drain trap.
Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026

***
I avoid that. An empty cat food can makes a great receptacle; a paper towel in it to soak up some of the liquid; and then out it all goes in the garbage.

My mother used to pour it into former pickle jars, but I'm not sure what she used it for. Maybe when she made breaded veal (which used to be cheap, remember? Every American diner and Woolworth's lunch counter had "breaded veal cutlet" on the menu).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:41 PM (wzUl9)

302 My tenants stored all their bacon grease in the kitchen drain trap.

My wife and girls store their hair in the shower trap.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 20, 2026 06:41 PM (n5tGW)

303 "Peanuts rock." I eat a couple ounces a day. On special occasions, I go for the mixed nuts, but whoa they are pricey now.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 06:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

304 298 Bacon grease is what you use in the small cast iron skillet before you pour in the cornbread batter.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (jb8Ss)

Bacon grease is versatile and lasts a long time.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:42 PM (l3cgK)

305 Time to put the goats up.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 06:42 PM (jb8Ss)

306 >> Bacon grease is what you use in the small cast iron skillet before you pour in the cornbread batter.

*throws flag*

15 yards. Unfair recitation of food and ingredients not currently available

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2026 06:43 PM (rJhDk)

307 299 That’s how you eat.

God bless you all.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2026 06:36 PM (xRxM
=====

That reminds me ...

God bless the memory of George Washington Carver.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 06:40 PM (rj6Yv)

The left see him as an Uncle Tom...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:43 PM (l3cgK)

308 Do you think they won't abuse this type program ad nauseum?

Abuse is an entirely different issue from what I was replying to.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:43 PM (kYmoU)

309 NOOD HITS

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 06:44 PM (l3cgK)

310 Noodus quick hits

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:45 PM (wzUl9)

311 What the world needs now is faith, sweet faith.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayed
As a man of faith, I pray every day.
Faith is a thing there’s just too little of in Washington.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 06:45 PM (ndZc7)

312 50/50 bacon grease and pecan oil for fried chicken.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 06:45 PM (ua/lL)

313 Literally just saw a YouTube short on over 60 age and peanut butter is good for you

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

314 INDIAN PEANUT BUTTER

1 cup roasted peanuts; 1 tsp cumin powder; 2 cloves garlic; peanut oil as needed; 4 tsp chili powder; salt to taste

Grind peanuts, garlic, and spices in food grinder or blender. Stir in peanut oil to attain desired consistency. Add salt to taste.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 06:36 PM (kYmoU)
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I'll bet that has quite a kick to it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 06:37 PM (FZ29D)

It's the shits

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 20, 2026 06:59 PM (NtVYv)

315 The peanuts have enough oil in them. You just gotta grind them more, stir a couple times during the process.

I have a Vita-Mix that works well.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 20, 2026 07:01 PM (NtVYv)

316 Can I get every receipt for every dollar given to Ukraine?
Canada too?

Just to see exactly where the dollars ended up.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)

Years back a channel looked into one of the Ukraine payouts. About half never left the US - payments to US contractors for weapons and such. Above half of the rest went to NGOs 'in Ukraine' most of which was kicked back to the US and Europe I'd assume. When the part that hit Ukraine arrived in country, well, then the party started with items being sold off all around the world.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 20, 2026 08:30 PM (uhVAy)

317 I avoid that. An empty cat food can makes a great receptacle; a paper towel in it to soak up some of the liquid; and then out it all goes in the garbage.

My mother used to pour it into former pickle jars, but I'm not sure what she used it for. Maybe when she made breaded veal (which used to be cheap, remember? Every American diner and Woolworth's lunch counter had "breaded veal cutlet" on the menu).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:41 PM (wzUl9)

Growing up my mom drained kitchen grease into a clean jar, and used some to start the next fry pan off right. Eventually the jar would fill up and she'd pitch it and start another one.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 20, 2026 08:33 PM (uhVAy)

318 The next scam?
Somalis turning in a Somali scammer who has fled the nation.
$ for nothing and the kids for free.

Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at October 20, 2026 09:23 PM (1Aai7)

Ohio Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Is a "Liar" Who "Needs Help" Says... Her Mom in Campaign Attack Ad

Amy Acton is, reportedly, Kamalaesque in her passion for self-medication.

Kentucky Girl
@Kentuckygirl1
This is Dr. Amy Acton, the Democrat candidate for Governor.
In 2019, there was a police visit to her home after she and her husband apparently got into a drunken domestic dispute.
According to the police record, after drinking and taking an unknown amount of medication, she allegedly pulled a mirror off the wall, and was about to start driving until her husband talked her out of it.
A medic was dispatched to the scene and advised that Acton be taken to the hospital to get checked out, but she declined.
At the time, she was the director of the Ohio Department of Health.
This is not a person who should be leading anything, except maybe an AA meeting.

I got that from Beege Wellborn, who has a good backgrounder on Amy Acton, including her history of inventing dramatic but false claims of assault that rival Jussie Smollet's.

But why would her own mother call her a liar in a campaign ad? Why would her own mother none-too-subtly imply that she is mentally sick and needs to spend time at a sanitarium rather than the governor's mansion?

Well, it's all odd. Amy Acton says that her step-father raped her at age 12 and that her mother "enabled" it.

Her mother Amy Acton is a fabulist.

A jarring new ad in the Ohio governor's race features Democrat Amy Acton's birth mother denouncing her and calling her a liar -- but Acton says her mom enabled and supported the man who raped her when she was just 12 years old.
Acton's campaign is now accusing her GOP opponent Vivek Ramaswamy of reaching a "despicable low" in the race by dredging up her painful past as a child sex abuse survivor.
In the shocking video, Donna Arthur accused Acton of embellishing her accusations about being sexually abused as a child.
"I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent--and it's not easy for a mother to say this -- but Amy has a serious problem. She is a liar. She lies about her past," Arthur said in the stunning video clip.
"She says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true," Arthur went on. "She's lied her entire life. My daughter needs help, and she can't help you if she needs help herself. People can change, but first they have to tell the truth, and my daughter still isn't doing that."
"Don't vote for people who lie. Don't let her become your governor. If you think she'll make your life better, you're fooling yourself. It will only get worse."
Acton's camp immediately hit out at Ramaswamy -- a tech exec and 2024 presidential candidate -- after the video surfaced online Tuesday, but it was not clear who was sponsoring the spot.
Ramaswamy's campaign didn't immediately comment Tuesday.
...
"After he was arrested and Amy and I were removed from their custody, our birth mother stayed married to Amy's rapist until he died," he added.
...
Acton currently has a 3.7 percentage point edge over Ramaswamy in the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate of polls -- despite Ohio being deep red since 2016. The state gave President Trump 53% of the vote in 2020 and 55% in 2024.
The Ramaswamy-Acton race has been one of the nation's nastiest this year -- with rampant mudslinging and deeply personal attacks from both sides.
Ramaswamy's allies have sought to paint Acton as unstable and insinuate that she has an issue with alcohol. For her part, Acton has called Ramaswamy a "serial liar" and a "scam artist," refusing to debate him. Her allies have also attacked him over his business affairs.
Rumors had swirled for some time that Ramaswamy's allies were planning to spotlight Arthur, according to lefty Ohio political site The Rooster.
Acton, who helmed the Ohio Department of Health from 2019 through 2020, has been open about her harsh upbringing, making it part of her political origin story.

If Ramaswamey did drop this ad, then it seems likely that he believes he is in fact behind the latest Democrat alcoholic wine-mom, because this is a high-risk move he wouldn't chance if he thought he was ahead.

So, Ohio Morons, vote.

As for the claims of abuse: I obviously don't know if they're true or not. I just read about this five minutes ago.

Her claim that an "armed man" came after her at a campaign event -- which didn't happen -- suggest she might have a histrionic personality disorder and that she might confabulate threats and assaults for attention.

Or she could be a legitimate rape victim who engages in the Democrats' favorite past-time of faking victim status. I don't know.

I do know I would not want to entrust the machinery of the state to this covid Karen who seems to have a substance abuse problem and allegedly poor mental healthy.

@shipwreckedcrew Wow.
That is all I can say.
This does match up with what we have seen before of her daughter. A number of us have thought she was mentally troubled and a liar.
But it is rare when it gets confirmed this convincingly.
— AnimalFarm (@animalfarmnow) October 20, 2026

If you can't watch the video on Twitter, it's here on Youtube as well.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:22 PM

Comments

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1 They all seem nice.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 04:22 PM (VHUov)

2 I was born in a barn. My dad said so

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 20, 2026 04:22 PM (jrgJz)

3 If Ramaswami paid for this ad I would hope he researched the claims because her Brother verifies it to false and Acton is telling the truth... Acton is truly a nut case....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:25 PM (+gK6I)

4 Can't believe how often I get willowed as I'm typing the damn comment.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 04:25 PM (sl73Y)

5 Were any bitches nailing crank off some rando's dick?

If not, this story is boooooooring.

Jane Hoe raised the bar for exciting slut-mad gossip.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:25 PM (iFTx/)

6
Thanksgiving dinner ought to be a doozie at Chez Arthur.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:26 PM (eRlcH)

7 Too bad I'm dead; this was right in my wheelhouse.

Posted by: zombie Jerry Springer at October 20, 2026 04:26 PM (VHUov)

8 I wouldnt have dropped that ad if I was Ramswammy, so I agree with Ace's assessment, it's probably not a good sign.

I hope deep red Ohio saves the day.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 04:27 PM (xSy71)

9 I was born in a barn. My dad said so
Posted by: what the cat drug in
__________

As a poor black child?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 04:27 PM (JzUSu)

10 I'm not a big fan of RamaScammy, but I'd vote for Benedict Arnold before voting for a modern Democrat.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 04:27 PM (qlLNh)

11 IDK why people are surprised at Bush’s daughters contributing to far left causes. For Pete’s sake Barbara Bush works for the NBA and is head of their DEI and global warming crap.

The Bush family are not Republicans never have been. They’re warmed over Democrats.

Posted by: That Guy at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (9I5W+)

12 >>Thanksgiving dinner ought to be a doozie at Chez Arthur.

Doubting that Amy Acton has had any direct contact with her birth mother in years.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (NcvvS)

13 there are so many typos in that post I have no idea what it even meant

anyway Acton is a drunk crazy lady and Vivek sucks

good luck Ohio! still better off than PA tho.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (qBivk)

14 these days I automatically assume any / every thing a communofascist says is a lie; top to bottom, a to z, inside&out.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (VyBeY)

15 Her brother came to her defense and said....sure she lied about living in a tent and all of that sex abuse stuff but you need to vote for her anyway.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 04:29 PM (I43vL)

16 A substantial percentage of leftist women falsely claim to have "trauma" despite normal middle-class upbringings -- the candidate is just mouthing the common leftist "trauma narrative" script since she can't claim minority status any other way.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 04:29 PM (HD2n/)

17 "Her claim that an "armed man" came after her at a campaign event -- which didn't happen -- suggest she might have a histrionic personality disorder and that she might confabulate threats and assaults for attention."

Acton is an AWFuL Karen. Of course she's a liar and attention-whore and thinks the world revolves around her.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:29 PM (iFTx/)

18 good luck Ohio! still better off than PA tho.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (qBivk

And CA,,, We're getting Governor Becerra... Yeah !

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:29 PM (+gK6I)

19 This reminds me of Biden’s basement campaign. Democrats most have something up their sleeve.

Posted by: That Guy at October 20, 2026 04:29 PM (9I5W+)

20 >>The Bush family are not Republicans never have been.

Disagree; they were quintessential Republicans in the 1950-2010 era.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:30 PM (NcvvS)

21 Here's the X Community note I found on this story:

Acton's mother lost custody of her children after years of documented issues, including time spent living in a tent and a spouse who sexually abused her daughter Amy (Acton). Amy Acton's brother has also confirmed this story.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 20, 2026 04:30 PM (08OqX)

22 They are gonna have to cheat like hell to keep Hochul in NY. That lady is dumber than a bag of socks.

Posted by: That Guy at October 20, 2026 04:30 PM (9I5W+)

23 Actually, she did live in a tent -- a circus tent for the "Freaks" act.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 04:30 PM (HD2n/)

24 Disagree; they were quintessential Republicans in the 1950-2010 era.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:30 PM (NcvvS)

Compassionate Conservatives.... Barf...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:30 PM (+gK6I)

25 Vetting? We don't need any of that shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 04:31 PM (8B4gm)

26 Acton claims she was raped, that the authorities charged her step father and her mother, and that he was convicted. But no such records exist, apparently. So this isn't a case of #BelieveAllWomen, this is a case of "produce the charging documents and court records".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:31 PM (kV76K)

27 Ohio Republicans nominated the only person who could actually lose to this lunatic.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 20, 2026 04:31 PM (/OKHJ)

28 "Beege Wellborn" Sounds like a nomdeplume or a phnompenh.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 04:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

29 "Ohio Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Is a Liar"

Also, the sky is blue.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 04:31 PM (MWfyi)

30 There's a lot of back and forth about all this. Was anyone arrested for any of the issues, let alone convicted?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:32 PM (jb8Ss)

31 >>Compassionate Conservatives.... Barf...

Yep.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:32 PM (NcvvS)

32 I voted today. Anyone but a democrap. If I'm representative, the red tide is flooding RI.
I don't think so.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 04:32 PM (sl73Y)

33 28, LOL, new word, I like it!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 04:32 PM (VyBeY)

34 A substantial percentage of leftist women falsely claim to have "trauma" despite normal middle-class upbringings -- the candidate is just mouthing the common leftist "trauma narrative" script since she can't claim minority status any other way.
Posted by: zombie

You have a philosophy where "victims" are the most noble people?

Surprise! Everyone wants to be a victim.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (VHUov)

35 27 Ohio Republicans nominated the only person who could actually lose to this lunatic.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 20, 2026 04:31 PM (/OKHJ)

It appears so... Just what we need ,another blond insane Dem Female Governor

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (+gK6I)

36 I assume that the polls are wrong an Vivek is at least even with this frumious calamity of an AWFuL Karen, possibly even a little ahead.

I further assume this revelation from the mother puts Vivek over the top.

Of course, that means we get this arrogant doucheprick as governor of OH, but he'll be way better than Acton.

People of OH, hold your nose and vote for Vivek.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (iFTx/)

37 Ohio Republicans nominated the only person who could actually lose to this lunatic.
Posted by: Mark1971

==

Trump gave his early endorsement, I wish he would be more cautious about these and evaluate people's chance to win instead of just who has been good to him personally.

Ramswammy is like another Dr Oz type.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (xSy71)

38 Ohio Republicans nominated the only person who could actually lose to this lunatic.
------

The state of Virginia waves "hi".

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (TN0g+)

39 The Bush family are not Republicans never have been. They’re warmed over Democrats.
Posted by: That Guy at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (9I5W+)
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No, they were New England Country Club Republicans favoring low taxes, less business regulation but utterly unbothered by social issues. They were part of the ruling elite, and had complete disdain for their voters.

That's why they hate Trump, because he has made the party populist and egalitarian rather than hierarchical.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (ZOv7s)

40
Disagree; they were quintessential Republicans in the 1950-2010 era.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:30 PM (NcvvS)

___________

Skull and Bones. Weekending on Cape Cod. Cucumber sandwiches. Gin and tonics. Topsiders and blazers. Planned Parenthood. Discrete adultery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (eRlcH)

41 Acton currently has a 3.7 percentage point edge over Ramaswamy in the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate of polls -- despite Ohio being deep red since 2016. The state gave President Trump 53% of the vote in 2020 and 55% in 2024.

-

53 and 55 is a pretty loose definition of what deep red means. Alabama went 65% for Trump in 2024. That’s deep red. 55% is pink to light red.

Posted by: Numbers at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (VEYhL)

42 Eight minutes of Hubert Laws:
youtube.com/watch?v=tv38h5KpS8M

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 04:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

43 No court records? She's a liar.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 04:34 PM (8B4gm)

44 I guess it's a risky move if Vivek paid for it but for her own mother to come out and say she's mentally ill and a serial liar and don't vote for her is pretty wild. That would seem to blunt some of the risk.

And if a Democrat did this there would be no risk at all and we all know it.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

45 I’d rather have a wine mom for gov than a fraud like Ramascammy.

Posted by: Bm at October 20, 2026 04:35 PM (Ya965)

46 43 No court records? She's a liar.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 04:34 PM (8B4gm)

Last thread someone said there was... Who knows ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:35 PM (+gK6I)

47 If you can't watch the video on Twitter, it's here on Youtube as well.

At least two sides to every story. Dunno who's lying, or if both mother and daughter are lying, to be honest.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)

48 >>> 39 The Bush family are not Republicans never have been. They’re warmed over Democrats.
Posted by: That Guy at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (9I5W+)
---
No, they were New England Country Club Republicans favoring low taxes, less business regulation but utterly unbothered by social issues. They were part of the ruling elite, and had complete disdain for their voters.

That's why they hate Trump, because he has made the party populist and egalitarian rather than hierarchical.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (ZOv7s)

"He didn't inherit *any* of his money, Bitsy! and he talks to his employees, ewww!"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:35 PM (jb8Ss)

49 I do not like it when family members insert themselves into a story for attention.............don't like it when Harry trashed family....and I don't like this. No, I don't like this Acton woman, but nobody deserves to be publicly destroyed by their own mother......

Posted by: Monica at October 20, 2026 04:35 PM (Z+Hdv)

50 There's always the possibility that everyone in the family is a nutcase.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (vJrRc)

51 There are a few Dem candidates this year across the clountry who are flapping their gums like they're saying something and al I'm hearing is:

I am not a witch. I'm nothing you've heard. I'm you.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)

52
53 and 55 is a pretty loose definition of what deep red means. Alabama went 65% for Trump in 2024. That’s deep red. 55% is pink to light red.

Posted by: Numbers

===

kamala only got 43% so this really shouldnt even be close. basically any normal Republican would have won easily.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (xSy71)

53 Doesn't the Democrats party have anyone who is normal to run for office?

Posted by: Decaf at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (jsLqC)

54 Ramswammy is very squish on immigration and some other issues as I recall. I'd still vote for him over the AWFL but even if he wins its gonna suck.

Posted by: Ryan Frank at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (fgmuN)

55 The lefties are all trying to scramble and say "yes but!" with a bunch of bullshit.

And it's hilarious 'cause they can't get away from "if you're explaining, you're losing."

Voters will never hear the explanation, only the allegation.

Fuck you in the eye with a fork if that bothers you--you've been using it against Republicans for decades.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (3cUTc)

56 I keep thinking of the actress/model Amy Acker when I read "Amy Acton." The photos are quite a let-down.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (VHUov)

57 No, they were New England Country Club Republicans favoring low taxes, less business regulation but utterly unbothered by social issues. They were part of the ruling elite, and had complete disdain for their voters.

That's why they hate Trump, because he has made the party populist and egalitarian rather than hierarchical.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed
======

This is an accurate synopsis.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (sl73Y)

58 2 I was born in a barn. My dad said so
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 20, 2026 04:22 PM (jrgJz)

My mother informed me in no uncertain terms that I was NOT raised in a stable and get your damned elbows off the table....

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (fOTAm)

59 Typocs incoming. Trying to eat and type.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)

60 ffs

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:37 PM (6ydKt)

61 Clean up on Aisle 45.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 04:37 PM (HD2n/)

62 43 No court records? She's a liar.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 04:34 PM (8B4gm)

If there are no court records or police records, then yes. Who's doing the vetting on this story?

If true, I would expect the candidate to offer the police reports or at least point to them and the court cases.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:37 PM (l3cgK)

63 I wouldnt have dropped that ad if I was Ramswammy, so I agree with Ace's assessment, it's probably not a good sign.

I hope deep red Ohio saves the day.
Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 04:27 PM (xSy71)
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If your campaign drops a bomb like this, you would expect them to have a follow-up move.

The ad would also have to have the campaign's sponsorship on it, so it's possible that this is just some third party, whcih is why the campaign would be flat-footed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 04:37 PM (ZOv7s)

64 If you can't watch the video on Twitter, it's here on Youtube as well.

At least two sides to every story. Dunno who's lying, or if both mother and daughter are lying, to be honest.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)
______

Sounds like a nasty toxic relationship where both were vicious cunts to each other and there's plenty of blame to go around. But who cares? Acton is a miserable person who wants us in box cars. She deserves all the misery she'll ever get.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:37 PM (iFTx/)

65 We got our county Republican 'Voter's Guide' today. Very GOPe with a couple of others.

Our county transitioned from overwhelmingly Democrat to overwhelmingly Republican in just 10 years; our upstart House candidate in 2009 knocked off the incumbent Democrat and, a few years later, moved up to the Senate.

Meanwhile, the party apparatus moved, um, 'receptive' candidates into the mix. Yay.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:38 PM (NcvvS)

66 Dr. Amy Acton"

Physician, heal thy... oh, nevermind...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:38 PM (pfXMo)

67 No, they were New England Country Club Republicans favoring low taxes, less business regulation but utterly unbothered by social issues. They were part of the ruling elite, and had complete disdain for their voters.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
________

who was that lib east coast Republican character that Iowahawk invented? Reminds me of that.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 04:39 PM (JzUSu)

68 Brother claims the mother enabled the abuse.

It is a total shit show

Posted by: Ohio the fart of it all at October 20, 2026 04:39 PM (CmoyH)

69 Ohio Republicans nominated the only person who could actually lose to this lunatic.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 20, 2026 04:31 PM (/OKHJ)

----------------

Never mind what I said about the Dem party in Ohio, it seems the Republicans are same.

Posted by: Decaf at October 20, 2026 04:39 PM (jsLqC)

70 Between this and Abdul, wow, the Dem candidates are a hot mess. Talarico may not even be in the top 5 of crazy, disgusting and vile.

And Abdul appealing to the black voters is hilarious. He likes
-fried chicken
-watermelon
-3 Colt 45's with supper
-the NBA and WNBA
-bailing his black friends out of jail
-and Carnival Cruises.

Match made in heaven. Why won't they vote for him????

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Sco7b)

71 So, Mom and Dad are defamed... downright potentially slandered.

Unless there is some documentation, which I highly doubt... this goes into the Jean Carrol crap file.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:39 PM (mP0Kj)

72 No, I don't like this Acton woman, but nobody deserves to be publicly destroyed by their own mother......
Posted by: Monica at October 20, 2026 04:35 PM (Z+Hdv)

Um, maybe she does.

God hates a liar. Well, He hates the lie, certainly. I hate a liar. Well, I'm not allowed to hate, but I dislike a liar, intensely.

She is obviously a fabulist, and why would she not lie about being a rape survivor when she lied about being attacked on the campaign trail? That's the problem with lies. They mean you can never trust her again about anything, including her use of "and" and "but."

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:40 PM (fOTAm)

73 36 People of OH, hold your nose and vote for Vivek.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (iFTx/)

=

But he has disagreeable views immigration, an issue he will have absolutely no control over as governor of a state.

Therefore, we must object and give power to Amy Acton who is a covid tyrant and Democrat who will use the power of the office to undermine conservative policy gains in every other way a governor can do.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:40 PM (qGAQr)

74 I was born in a barn. My dad said so

Words that Jesus Christ could have uttered.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 04:40 PM (BvPIe)

75 Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Sco7b)

Last election Dems elected a guy who was LITERALLY Brain Damaged...

Sadly for them? He got better... and votes semi Centrist.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:40 PM (mP0Kj)

76 Therefore, we must object and give power to Amy Acton who is a covid tyrant and Democrat who will use the power of the office to undermine conservative policy gains in every other way a governor can do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:40 PM (qGAQr)

Sanctuary State

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:41 PM (+gK6I)

77 Match made in heaven. Why won't they vote for him????

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Sco7b)

Because he ain't said nothing about Popeyes Chicken sandwich.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

78 "Beege Wellborn" Sounds like a nomdeplume
Posted by: gp

Not quite odd enough to be a Charles Dickens character. 90% there, though.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)

79 they were New England Country Club Republicans "

You mean like the US Golf Association? The championship "Walker" trophy?

Nooooo...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:41 PM (pfXMo)

80 Hell, even I like Popeye's chicken sandwich.

That's one of the biggest chicken sandwiches I've ever had.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (6ydKt)

81
76 Therefore, we must object and give power to Amy Acton who is a covid tyrant and Democrat who will use the power of the office to undermine conservative policy gains in every other way a governor can do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:40 PM (qGAQr)

Sanctuary State

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:41 PM (+gK6I)

=======

That would require a law passed by the state legislature, which is doubtful in Ohio.

Though, she could do things like...try to unilaterally change regulations on things like mail in voting to make them less secure. Since, I'm told, the SAVE Act was the greatest failing of the current US Congress, ceding ground in a red state to a Democrat who would undermine election security would surely be a terrible thing, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (qGAQr)

82 For Democrats, being a white woman isn't enough of a victim. Now you have to be a sexually assaulted woman who was homeless (Tents don't count as a home!).

Posted by: Wally at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (2QvrQ)

83 >>Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (eRlcH)

Yep, though with pedantic quibble: 'discreet', rather than 'discrete' adultery. Meaning that they kept it quiet, not that they kept it to one 'partner' at a time.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (NcvvS)

84 But he has disagreeable views immigration, an issue he will have absolutely no control over as governor of a state.

Therefore, we must object and give power to Amy Acton who is a covid tyrant and Democrat who will use the power of the office to undermine conservative policy gains in every other way a governor can do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

===

Same with gas prices, elect the party that promises to make fossil fuel unaffordable to get relief at the pump.

But I see dumb behavior like this all the time.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 04:43 PM (xSy71)

85 >>> 83 >>Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (eRlcH)

Yep, though with pedantic quibble: 'discreet', rather than 'discrete' adultery. Meaning that they kept it quiet, not that they kept it to one 'partner' at a time.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (NcvvS)

Does David French invite more than one bull per night?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:43 PM (jb8Ss)

86 No, I don't like this Acton woman, but nobody deserves to be publicly destroyed by their own mother......
Posted by: Monica

*Gazes upon a barren field of fucks*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 04:43 PM (8B4gm)

87 Match made in heaven. Why won't they vote for him????"

He didn't promise to restart Spirit Air?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:43 PM (pfXMo)

88 They're not gonna actually elect Sherrod Brown again there are they ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:44 PM (+gK6I)

89 No, I don't like this Acton woman, but nobody deserves to be publicly destroyed by their own mother......
Posted by: Monica at October 20, 2026 04:35 PM (Z+Hdv)

She publicly accused her Mom, multiple times, of colluding in her Rape. Of covering it up.

Using a Political Campaign to defame your Mother?

Sorry... yes... Mom is just returning Fire.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:44 PM (mP0Kj)

90 >>Does David French invite more than one bull per night?

'The more, the merrier!'

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:44 PM (NcvvS)

91 83 >>Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (eRlcH)

Yep, though with pedantic quibble: 'discreet', rather than 'discrete' adultery. Meaning that they kept it quiet, not that they kept it to one 'partner' at a time.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (NcvvS)

Good heavens, we are a bunch of nerds.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:44 PM (fOTAm)

92 86 No, I don't like this Acton woman, but nobody deserves to be publicly destroyed by their own mother......
Posted by: Monica

*Gazes upon a barren field of fucks*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 04:43 PM (8B4gm)

She accused her mother of helping her husband molest her or something.

If Mom feels that's a lie, and she seems to, then her Mom had her own reputation to think about.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:45 PM (6ydKt)

93 I don't think there's anything more frightening than a leftist loony woman for governor of any state. They're all a train wreck. Hard to think that OH would vote for this mental case...but we'll see.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 04:45 PM (qBdHI)

94
Yep, though with pedantic quibble: 'discreet', rather than 'discrete' adultery. Meaning that they kept it quiet, not that they kept it to one 'partner' at a time.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (NcvvS)

__________

You are quite correct. My apologies.

*puts Nazdar on death list*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:45 PM (eRlcH)

95 That's one of the biggest chicken sandwiches I've ever had"

Try the Dixie Chick at the Craft Grill in Tomball....

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:46 PM (pfXMo)

96 The Midwest electric coop in Ohio did a nice cover on Acton & Ramaswamy. Really one of the nicer local publications I’ve seen in general, but I appreciated the election coverage. Idk how much I trust Ramaswamy exactly but his answers to the magazine’s questions are a lot more practical and actionable than the word salad coming from Acton. You could just feel her bird hands.

Posted by: H at October 20, 2026 04:46 PM (NzXZG)

97 >>Good heavens, we are a bunch of nerds.

Nerd before the word became common, ha ha!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:46 PM (NcvvS)

98 Leftists used the power of the federal government to try and frame Trump as a Russia asset. They did the same with the idiotic Ukraine phone call. Then years of made up lawfare including a rape allegation. And for the last 2 years they have accusing him of being a pedophile without a shred of evidence.

I'm not going to start grabbing my pearls when the mother of a Democrat candidate calls her own daughter is a liar and has mental issues. How about we just go win.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 04:46 PM (viF8m)

99 And Abdul appealing to the black voters is hilarious. He likes
-fried chicken
-watermelon
-3 Colt 45's with supper
-the NBA and WNBA
-bailing his black friends out of jail
-and Carnival Cruises.

Match made in heaven. Why won't they vote for him????
-----

Perhaps his campaign ads should include the sound of a smoke detector battery in need of being changed...

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 04:46 PM (TN0g+)

100 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (qGAQr)

The trend of a Governator, and Attorney General, deciding what Laws are WORTH enforcing, is the real issue.

Selective enforcement of the law is supposed to be against their oath of office... but... apparently it is somehow Legal.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (mP0Kj)

101 Good heavens, we are a bunch of nerds."

NERDS!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (pfXMo)

102 Good heavens, we are a bunch of nerds.
****

Well, yeah. And?

Posted by: clarence at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (7NfJh)

103 My son is a habitual liar. He's constantly full of crap. Totally unreliable. At some point, you just quit listening. I think the entire Acton family should get that treatment, honestly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (fOTAm)

104 I was accused of terrible things (financial elder abuse, subornation of perjury, fraud...), all provably untrue. My wife and I, my sister, two other brothers and their wives (one a ex-wife), were all sued by my mother (who was backed by one brother who was not, amazingly!, sued). In the end Mom dropped the suit and I was owed more than $7K in legal fees from her (never collected).
On the other hand, that same brother committed provable perjury in several instances, yet in another trial was considered a believable witness.
Yeah, I have very little respect or belief in the judicial system in this country; it's too badly corrupted.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (l3cgK)

105 49 No, I don't like this Acton woman, but nobody deserves to be publicly destroyed by their own mother......

you know who else i don't like?

Posted by: that sam i am at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (sGtp+)

106 Vivek can FOAD.

I don’t care if he has no say in immigration as Governor I don’t want that traitorous anchor baby piece of shit anywhere in power. Wouldn’t vote for him for dog catcher.

I’m tired of rewarding people who hate me and want me dead with votes because they have an R next their name. I’ll take the real thing with a D not D-Light. At least they’re honest about their intentions.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (VEYhL)

107 Nice upbringing there mom

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (Ia/+0)

108 56 I keep thinking of the actress/model Amy Acker when I read "Amy Acton."

She was a great Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing.

Posted by: Delurker at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (2Drhq)

109
Good heavens, we are a bunch of nerds.

__________

Let this go and soon you're using "ask" as a noun and "impact" as a verb.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (eRlcH)

110 Whichever side is telling the truth, I'm generally in favor of candidates' families weighing in on their character. I'd even take it a step further and sponsor debates between the candidate and any aggrieved family member..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (08OqX)

111 And if a Democrat did this there would be no risk at all and we all know it.

They did this by dragging out Trump's sister—apparently landed with a dull thud.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (nCgQz)

112 101 Good heavens, we are a bunch of nerds."

NERDS!

Posted by: man at October

Aren't Nerds supposed to be smart ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (+gK6I)

113 Acton currently has a 3.7 percentage point edge over Ramaswamy in the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate of polls -- despite Ohio being deep red since 2016. The state gave President Trump 53% of the vote in 2020 and 55% in 2024.
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According to RCP, Harris won the popular vote in 2024.

And it appears there are likely to be some big modeling problems in their samples. Ace has already showed that Michigan's early voting is even redder than in 2024. Not sure about Ohio, but there seems to be much more Republican engagement in this election than you find in a normal midterm, likely because Trump made it about the Save Act.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (ZOv7s)

114 100 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (qGAQr)

The trend of a Governator, and Attorney General, deciding what Laws are WORTH enforcing, is the real issue.

Selective enforcement of the law is supposed to be against their oath of office... but... apparently it is somehow Legal.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (mP0Kj)

====

Prosecutorial discretion because the executive doesn't have infinite resources.

But, yeah, "I hate H-1Bs so much that I will give the governorship of Ohio to a Democrat," is retard level.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (qGAQr)

115 >>You are quite correct. My apologies.

*puts Nazdar on death list*

Said, 'pedantic quibble'. No apology necessary, nor (on further consideration) warranted punishment.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (NcvvS)

116 I don't know about the State of Ohio, but I've had my fill of Krazy Karens wanting a four-year job of ordering people to jump when they snap their fingers.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (rj6Yv)

117 102 Good heavens, we are a bunch of nerds.
****

Well, yeah. And?
Posted by: clarence at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (7NfJh)

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (fOTAm)

118 Not a bad ad if Ramaswamy did indeed authorize it.
Demonstrates that he's ready to go for the jugular.

Even the damaged woman electorate doesn't necessarily want a damaged woman in charge.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (qwx/I)

119 I'd even take it a step further and sponsor debates between the candidate and any aggrieved family member..

--

Is Jerry Springer available?

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (qBdHI)

120 you know who else i don't like?"

Lamda Lamda Lamda and Omega Mu?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (pfXMo)

121
I was accused of terrible things (financial elder abuse, subornation of perjury, fraud...), all provably untrue.

__________

"He has all the virtues I despise and none of the vices I admire."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (eRlcH)

122 104 I'm sorry to hear that, jim.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

123 118 Not a bad ad if Ramaswamy did indeed authorize it.
Demonstrates that he's ready to go for the jugular.

Even the damaged woman electorate doesn't necessarily want a damaged woman in charge.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (qwx/I)

========

Feels like standard October surprise stuff, to be honest, but kind of mild.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (qGAQr)

124 96 The Midwest electric coop in Ohio did a nice cover on Acton & Ramaswamy.

midwest chicken coop > midwest electric coop

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (sGtp+)

125 91 83 >>Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:33 PM (eRlcH)

Yep, though with pedantic quibble: 'discreet', rather than 'discrete' adultery. Meaning that they kept it quiet, not that they kept it to one 'partner' at a time.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:42 PM (NcvvS)

Good heavens, we are a bunch of nerds.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:44 PM (fOTAm)

On the other hand, Diskcrete is good for bonding things together...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (l3cgK)

126 103 My son is a habitual liar. He's constantly full of crap. Totally unreliable. At some point, you just quit listening. I think the entire Acton family should get that treatment, honestly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM (fOTAm)

Dysfunction is contagious... and the ONLY way to mitigate it at all with a close family member is to acknowledge it, so you can constantly guard against it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:50 PM (mP0Kj)

127 Aren't Nerds supposed to be smart ?"

Forrest, you're as smart as anyone...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:51 PM (pfXMo)

128 Aren't Nerds supposed to be smart ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (+gK6I)

Good point.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:51 PM (fOTAm)

129 124 96 The Midwest electric coop in Ohio did a nice cover on Acton & Ramaswamy.

midwest chicken coop > midwest electric coop
Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (sGtp+)

And that, my friends, is how they made the Chicken Dance.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:51 PM (mP0Kj)

130 Aren't Nerds supposed to be smart ?
Posted by: It's me donna

Geeks: smart people using their smarts as a career

Nerds: smart people using their smarts for other things

Dorks: not-smart people doing things typically associated with geeks and nerds

So, you're saying we're dorks?

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 04:51 PM (VHUov)

131
And then we get voters like this one:

Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew
·
5h
As incoherent as about anything you'll find on X today.

Julie Borowski
@JulieBorowski
·
7h
I just voted for James Talarico in Texas because “the trans community needs abortion care too.”

This is the number one issue facing America today.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:51 PM (kX27y)

132 95 That's one of the biggest chicken sandwiches I've ever had"

Try the Dixie Chick at the Craft Grill in Tomball....

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:46 PM (pfXMo)

I found their menu online.

That's a lot of chicken. Wow.
I'd be cutting that in half and eating the rest later.

Popeye's is just one breast, but it's like a half-pound of breast and two or three inches thick.

I'd just like to see the chickens they're raising for these sandwiches.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)

133 I mean, turning the last two weeks of a campaign into a debate over exactly how batshit crazy the Democrat candidate is counts as something of a win.

Sort of like El-Sayed resorting to the laziest, most bigoted possible outreach to get Detroit to turn out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 04:52 PM (ZOv7s)

134 Acton flat out lied when she claimed a guy came at her with a gun during a political rally. Fortunately, the whole thing was on video.

Where's the outrage over that? Or is somehow worse for the mother of a woman who is running for the most powerful job in Ohio who will significant power to harm anyone who lives in Ohio to tell what she knows about her daughter than it is for her daughter to slander a citizen to gain sympathy??

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 04:52 PM (viF8m)

135 131 Julie Borowski
@JulieBorowski
·
7h
I just voted for James Talarico in Texas because “the trans community needs abortion care too.”

This is the number one issue facing America today.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:51 PM (kX27y)

========

That has to be satire.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:52 PM (qGAQr)

136 Julie Borowski
@JulieBorowski
·
7h
I just voted for James Talarico in Texas because “the trans community needs abortion care too.”

I thought Zelenskyy blew up the Russian bot-farms

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 04:52 PM (rgGn5)

137 No, I don't like this Acton woman, but nobody deserves to be publicly destroyed by their own mother......
Posted by: Monica
==
I suspect that is an emotional reaction. I bet if you thought about it for a little bit, you could definitely come up with some examples of people who do deserve to be publicly destroyed by their own mother. Perhaps a son who kills his whole family, but Mom survives because she wasn't home. Don't be so quick to judge what is and is not deserved. Things happen for a reason. Amy Acton signed on for this when she decided to run. She knew what was in her closet. My gut says the whole family is whack. I don't think that qualifies her to be governor. I am not a Vivek person but he's stable. The political commercials running in OHio this time around are freaking vicious. Have been for the last six weeks. People here hate have to choose between bad candidates. But you do what you gotta do.

Posted by: O H I O at October 20, 2026 04:52 PM (anL5R)

138 Aren't Nerds supposed to be smart ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (+gK6I)

Good point.
Posted by: tcn in AK
_________

But there was Booger.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 04:53 PM (JzUSu)

139 Is Jerry Springer available?
Posted by: Lady in Black

While I did weigh in on this back at comment #7, I'm not actually available.

Posted by: zombie Jerry Springer at October 20, 2026 04:53 PM (VHUov)

140 Politics ain't beanbag.

See also the mailed envelope sent out in TX that's contains a guide on how your kid can become a tranny.

Oh the lefties are pissed 'cause it wasn't actually sent out by a pro tranny organization.

But it sure as hell scares parents on how easy it is for them to reach their children.

90% of the Dems strategy this election was based on R voters not turning out.
Fear turns R voters out.

I received one. And felt dirty just touching it.
It was like "Hippo Voice, here's your guide on how you can transition."

Say, you know who is a big fan of making kids into trannies?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (3cUTc)

141 Would I hold my nose and vote for Vivek? Yes. But there's a lot of people who won't show up for him. If the GOP loses to a lunatic like Acton, it seems self-inflicted to me.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (xEhzD)

142 129 124 96 The Midwest electric coop in Ohio did a nice cover on Acton & Ramaswamy.

midwest chicken coop > midwest electric coop
Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 04:49 PM (sGtp+)

And that, my friends, is how they made the Chicken Dance.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:51 PM (mP0Kj)

I used a hotplate to make the ducks dance.

Posted by: Herb Tarlek, Sales Manager, WKRP at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (l3cgK)

143 Trump is screwing things up and should be replaced by Presdent Obama.

Posted by: Dorcus Blimliene at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (RgnWh)

144 Thanksgiving ought to be a hoot.

Posted by: WisRich at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (G0vdT)

145 Julie Borowski
@JulieBorowski
·
7h
I just voted for James Talarico in Texas because “the trans community needs abortion care too.”
-----

I read yesterday at the end of one of the threads (thus willowing the comment) someone lamenting the Talarico bumper stickers in their Catholic church parking lot. I'm not Catholic, but if I was I'd be tempted to do a whole lot of "riddle me this..." questions after church services to anyone purporting to be Catholic while pledging support for a perverted lunatic like Talarico.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (TN0g+)

146 I'd just like to see the chickens they're raising for these sandwiches."

Watch "jurassic park"...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (pfXMo)

147 "who was that lib east coast Republican character that Iowahawk invented? Reminds me of that."

I don't know either, but we do have to turn this great damned ship of state to starboard!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (GMWTj)

148 138 Aren't Nerds supposed to be smart ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:48 PM (+gK6I)

Good point.
Posted by: tcn in AK
_________

But there was Booger.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 04:53 PM (JzUSu)

Musical Genius, on the Guitar...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (mP0Kj)

149 Vivek can FOAD.

I don’t care if he has no say in immigration as Governor I don’t want that traitorous anchor baby piece of shit anywhere in power. Wouldn’t vote for him for dog catcher.

I’m tired of rewarding people who hate me and want me dead with votes because they have an R next their name. I’ll take the real thing with a D not D-Light. At least they’re honest about their intentions.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

==

Dumb reasoning.

So instead vote for the person that both hates you and wants you in a camp because Vivek is pro H1 visas.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 04:55 PM (iZHgT)

150 Popeye's is just one breast, but it's like a half-pound of breast and two or three inches thick.

I'd just like to see the chickens they're raising for these sandwiches.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Flash-frozen and shipped direct from Chernobyl!

Posted by: Popeye's at October 20, 2026 04:55 PM (VHUov)

151 Vivek dropped out of the Trump administration after like 15 minutes to run for Ohio gov. He's been running since January 2024. And this is the best he can do, losing to a crazy lady?

Posted by: Delurker at October 20, 2026 04:55 PM (2Drhq)

152 Sort of like El-Sayed resorting to the laziest, most bigoted possible outreach to get Detroit to turn out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 04:52 PM (ZOv7s)
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Last I heard, Abdulrahman still hasn't given a clear answer as to whether members of his family belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood, or whether he himself is/was a MB adherent.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

153 My son is a habitual liar. He's constantly full of crap. Totally unreliable. At some point, you just quit listening. I think the entire Acton family should get that treatment, honestly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 04:47 PM

My baby brother is the same way, he is incapable of being truthful even when the truth would better suit his needs. He makes up fantastic stories that are completely 100% false but he expects everyone around him to believe them.

He once claimed that he was kidnapped by the neighbors and held captive for four days when he was 8 years old. They forced him to make them breakfast for them every day until my sister came and rescued him from their garage. I asked him why none of the rest of us, including his mother noticed he was missing for four days. He still insisted that he was kidnapped.

It's a mental illness.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 04:56 PM (I43vL)

154 I'm not actually available"

I am!

/Maury Povich

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:56 PM (pfXMo)

155 141 Would I hold my nose and vote for Vivek? Yes. But there's a lot of people who won't show up for him. If the GOP loses to a lunatic like Acton, it seems self-inflicted to me.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (xEhzD)

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Vivek won the primary by like 60 points.

I think the normal voters in Ohio are far less worried about Vivek than online.

It reminds me of the people insisting that Massie was going to win his primary because he was totally on board with online narratives.

Ohio is so deep red that even if Vivek loses a solid chunk of Republicans, the senate race will get him over the line by increasing the number of low turnout Republicans voting in 2026.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:56 PM (qGAQr)

156 146 I'd just like to see the chickens they're raising for these sandwiches."

Watch "jurassic park"...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (pfXMo)

I'm imagining these roided up GigaChad chickens just chilling out in the sun with their huge chests out, waiting the few months before they get their heads chopped off and turned into chicken sandwiches.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:56 PM (6ydKt)

157 So instead vote for the person that both hates you and wants you in a camp because Vivek is pro H1 visas.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 04:55 PM (iZHgT)

He doesn't pass the purity test. But sometimes, you are given the Hobson's choice of choosing between those that hate you...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:57 PM (l3cgK)

158 10 to 1 for Republican candidate signs at the voting place.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 04:57 PM (ua/lL)

159 Is Ohio dumb enough to vote for this clown for governor and also vote back in that idiot Sherod Brown ??

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (qDw3H)

160 151 Vivek dropped out of the Trump administration after like 15 minutes to run for Ohio gov. He's been running since January 2024. And this is the best he can do, losing to a crazy lady?

Posted by: Delurker at October 20, 2026 04:55 PM (2Drhq)

Well, maybe she's hot too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (l3cgK)

161 Not sure why I'm supposed to believe the polling in Ohio when nobody believes it anywhere else.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (viF8m)

162 Popeye's is just one breast, but it's like a half-pound of breast and two or three inches thick.

I'd just like to see the chickens they're raising for these sandwiches.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
_________

They supposedly have a damn good fish sandwich. Havent tried it yet.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (JzUSu)

163 I'm imagining these roided up GigaChad chickens just chilling out in the sun with their huge chests out, "

Just don't make them angry. You wouldn't like them if they were angry...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (pfXMo)

164 >>> 156 146 I'd just like to see the chickens they're raising for these sandwiches."

Watch "jurassic park"...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (pfXMo)

I'm imagining these roided up GigaChad chickens just chilling out in the sun with their huge chests out, waiting the few months before they get their heads chopped off and turned into chicken sandwiches.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:56 PM (6ydKt)

Look up "Cornish cross" chickens. 8 weeks from hatch to freezer camp.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (jb8Ss)

165 153 God bless you folks dealing with family dysfunction.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

166 159 Is Ohio dumb enough to vote for this clown for governor and also vote back in that idiot Sherod Brown ??

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (qDw3H)

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Most likely not.

Early vote after a week is looking like healthy Republican and consistent numbers and heavily depressed Democrat numbers, especially from black precincts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (qGAQr)

167 Hmmm, ot but also ot.

So at the top of Insty they have stuff about the Air Forces new drone tech.

Anyone else feel like this is the commies wet dream? Violence, done once removed, at the touch of a button.

Fucking hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

168 Flash-frozen and shipped direct from Chernobyl!

Posted by: Popeye's at October 20, 2026 04:55 PM (VHUov)

I'm alright for now, I've only had about a half-dozen of them over the past several months.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

169 They supposedly have a damn good fish sandwich"

Made from real chicken?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (pfXMo)

170 She sounds like a perfect Dim candidate to me!

Sometimes liars tell the truth. Sometimes they are malignant narcissists with BPD (documented) who lie, and/or their lies become their truth as they are vindictive and want to hurt others. This sounds like Dim word salad, but I know someone who did this.

I knew her for 42yrs. Successful attorney except in her pick for 2 marriages. Then she decided to work for corruption, leading to a career end.

At some point she said a friend of ours had been a sex abuse victim from her father, that she remembered as an adult. (I'm not saying this is impossible).

Then the story changed to her own family that HER father abused her. Her parents & sisters said no way. I was around her father all of my childhood through college and he never touched me or was inappropriate. She never mentioned this to me in all those years

However, she then abused her parents mentally, alienated all of her siblings and me, her best friend. I finally had enough and stopped the toxic friendship 20yrs ago.

Again, her lies became real to her about other things, and therefore her lie about her own father was treated the same way.

She also was an alcoholic and druggie.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (hzuYO)

171 157 So instead vote for the person that both hates you and wants you in a camp because Vivek is pro H1 visas.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 04:55 PM (iZHgT)

He doesn't pass the purity test. But sometimes, you are given the Hobson's choice of choosing between those that hate you...

Sometimes you have to choose between bad or the much worse in politics...

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (qDw3H)

172 Look up "Cornish cross" chickens. 8 weeks from hatch to freezer camp.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (jb8Ss)

No doubt?
How long does it take from egg to freeze for a regular chicken?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

173 Most likely not.

Early vote after a week is looking like healthy Republican and consistent numbers and heavily depressed Democrat numbers, especially from black precincts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (qGAQr)

Democrats will win! TJM is a poopyhead!

Posted by: Was that AOS Cope? I honestly cant remember them all. at October 20, 2026 05:00 PM (zZu0s)

174 Made from real chicken?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (pfXMo)

Chicken of the Sea

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)

175 Posted by: Dorcus Blimliene at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (RgnWh)

Seen Mary lately? How's the fart tubing project coming along? Any Idea when it might do an IPO?

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 20, 2026 05:00 PM (dyMal)

176 I like Popeye's red beans and rice.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

177 I'm alright for now, I've only had about a half-dozen of them over the past several months"

You're glowing.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:01 PM (pfXMo)

178 Anyone else feel like this is the commies wet dream? Violence, done once removed, at the touch of a button.

Fucking hell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)
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What? Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a US citizen, was whacked by a US drone way back in 2011.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 05:02 PM (rj6Yv)

179 Wasn't anyone else ever told as a kid not to mix alcohol and other psychoactive substances? Anyone?

Just me? Figures.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 05:02 PM (zZu0s)

180 Made from real chicken?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (pfXMo)

Chicken of the Sea

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:00 P

Chicken of the Cave.

Posted by: Champ Kind at October 20, 2026 05:02 PM (I43vL)

181
They supposedly have a damn good fish sandwich. Havent tried it yet.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 04:58 PM (JzUSu)

They have shrimp on the menu, too.
Fried with cajun spices.

I haven't tried their seafood, but I do like their chicken tenders, sandwish and fries.
The fried chicken on the bone isn't bad, and their red beans and rice and mashed potatoes and gravy are fine for fast food.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)

182 173 Democrats will win! TJM is a poopyhead!

Posted by: Was that AOS Cope? I honestly cant remember them all. at October 20, 2026 05:00 PM (zZu0s)

========

"Polls are never wrong! Just look at the final polls from 2024! That means that polls from summer 2026 are right on!"

"The final polls in 2026 are trending Republican."

"Who cares about final polls!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:02 PM (qGAQr)

183 I like Popeye's red beans and rice."

Same.

/Sir Mix-A-Lot

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (pfXMo)

184 176 I like Popeye's red beans and rice.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

I remember the first time I had Popeye's Chicken back in 1987...Dad and I were driving back from Missouri and stopped at one in Amarillo, Texas. Great chicken. We bought more and took it home for the rest of the family...all the way back to Kalifornia.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (l3cgK)

185 Vivek isn’t just “pro H1B”. That’s bad enough but just about every corporate Republican is H1B.

He’s far more than that. He hates Americans because he’s not a real American himself. He’s an anchor baby whose allegiance is to India.

Fuck that guy.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (VEYhL)

186
And more idiot voters -

Daniel Biss
@DanielBiss
·
3h
I was proud to join Michigan Jews for Democracy in Detroit last night to talk about why I’m supporting
@AbdulElSayed for Senate. With antisemitism rising, Abdul has shown a real commitment to Jewish safety. He’s the right choice for our community and our country.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (kX27y)

187 How long does it take from egg to freeze for a regular chicken?
Posted by: SpeakingOf

AOC is pushing 40 and she just froze her eggs.

Posted by: Allegedly at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (EdP2u)

188
I like Popeye's red beans and rice.
Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

____________

A tragedy when Ham and Lima Beans were chosen for C rations over Red Beans and Rice.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (eRlcH)

189 136 Julie Borowski
@JulieBorowski
·
7h
I just voted for James Talarico in Texas because “the trans community needs abortion care too.”
-----------------
I thought Zelenskyy blew up the Russian bot-farms

*whistle innocently*

Posted by: ukrainian bot-frams at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (sGtp+)

190 That has to be satire.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:52 PM (qGAQr)
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I just got the mail and I kid you not, the Dems actually send a mailer with the "I voted for Trump, but I'm so made I'm going to vote for this chinless manlet who wants to abolish the police! You should, too!" The "voter" looks like what a Dem imagines a Trump voter to be - fat and dopey, unshaven and pale. Zero masculine energy, but sure, hard-core Trump voter.

This is for congress, which pits a veteran helicopter pilot incumbent against a professional activist Beto type. Hilarious that they are spending money on this shit.

Oh, and I live in a liberal college town, so who supposed to get this?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (ZOv7s)

191 What? Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a US citizen, was whacked by a US drone way back in 2011.
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 05:02 PM (rj6Yv)

There is a certain degree of autonomy under orders that really bothers me.

Skynet as a wine addled Clancey Fan.

Or Keith Olberman (to not make it just about the fairer sex.) Stephen King with push button death? Mark Hammil?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (zZu0s)

192 As for the claims of abuse: I obviously don't know if they're true or not. I just read about this five minutes ago.

I spent more time on this in the last thread and the evidence is lining up that Ohio's judiciary and grand jury were correct to serve Acton's bio father with a summons to criminal court.
Bio daddy fled with mommy, to Pennsylvania.
Ohio continued to serve warrants but those parents laughed them off.
What's the legal term? mens rea? IRECTUM but my mom's a lawyer and she'd consider this flight and self-exile to be evidence of a guilty conscience.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:04 PM (88C+u)

193 >>> 172
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How long does it take from egg to freeze for a regular chicken?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

Most laying breeds or hybrids will take about 6 months to get to full size, and they don't have the mutant XL breasts that the Cornish cross have.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:04 PM (jb8Ss)

194 My experience with women who have been sexually assaulted is that they don’t talk about it. They get past their grief and anger and guilt and embarassment and make it the past.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 05:04 PM (W2Pud)

195 190 This is for congress, which pits a veteran helicopter pilot incumbent against a professional activist Beto type. Hilarious that they are spending money on this shit.

Oh, and I live in a liberal college town, so who supposed to get this?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (ZOv7s)

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Liberal college town has vet Republican in Congress? Interesting dynamic.

That would never fly in Blacksburg, VA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (qGAQr)

196 Daniel Biss
@DanielBiss
·
3h
I was proud to join Michigan Jews for Democracy in Detroit last night to talk about why I’m supporting
@AbdulElSayed for Senate. With antisemitism rising, Abdul has shown a real commitment to Jewish safety. He’s the right choice for our community and our country.
----

Well, what an idiot indeed.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (TN0g+)

197 You people are freaking salespeople. AND there's a Popeye's in a nearby city.

Is this what you're talking about?

Classic or Spicy Deluxe Chicken Sandwich
$10.49 CAD
Sandwich only, before tax.
Large breaded chicken breast fillet, lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayonnaise on a brioche bun.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)

198 *step daddy fled with bio mommy. the bio father is the hero here.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (88C+u)

199 187 How long does it take from egg to freeze for a regular chicken?
Posted by: SpeakingOf

AOC is pushing 40 and she just froze her eggs.

Posted by: Allegedly at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (EdP2u)

Well, she is a chick, so technically you're correct.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

200 3h
I was proud to join Michigan Jews for Democracy in Detroit last night to talk about why I’m supporting
@AbdulElSayed for Senate. With antisemitism rising, Abdul has shown a real commitment to Jewish safety. He’s the right choice for our community and our country.
----

Well, what an idiot indeed.
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (TN0g+)

First in the Boxcar

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 05:06 PM (+gK6I)

201 I was proud to join Michigan Jews for Democracy in Detroit last night to talk about why I’m supporting
@AbdulElSayed for Senate. With antisemitism rising, Abdul has shown a real commitment to Jewish safety. He’s the right choice for our community and our country.
Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (kX27y)
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Two weeks left and the Democrats are trying to lock down the Jewish vote. Everything's fine, he'll win in a landslide.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:06 PM (ZOv7s)

202 Wow look at all the bag of dick jugglers in this thread. That’s how you know Democrats are losing.

Yeah don’t vote for Vivek. Vote for this nutty AWFL. Ok. lol.

Posted by: Guy Who Finds Dick Jugglers at October 20, 2026 05:06 PM (TylIK)

203 There is a certain degree of autonomy under orders that really bothers me.

Skynet as a wine addled Clancey Fan.

Or Keith Olberman (to not make it just about the fairer sex.) Stephen King with push button death? Mark Hammil?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 20, 2026 05:03 PM (zZu0s)
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Or a certain US senator from Michigan who thinks people should be punished by the US government for wrong-think.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 05:06 PM (rj6Yv)

204 > Chicken of the Cave.

Bird of the Yard.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:06 PM (mkw2N)

205 "Classic or Spicy Deluxe Chicken Sandwich $10.49 CAD"

I go there only when I get discount coupons in the mail.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

206
Is this what you're talking about?

Classic or Spicy Deluxe Chicken Sandwich
$10.49 CAD
Sandwich only, before tax.
Large breaded chicken breast fillet, lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayonnaise on a brioche bun.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)

Yes, if you haven't tried it, go for it.
They have classic (plain), spicy, or blackened types.
Also, get some fries, their fries are seasoned and pretty tasty.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

207 Trying to put the Jewish vote in a boxcar?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (2GVsD)

208 Aw Geez. I thought Michigan's Whitmer was annoying, what with her hypocrite behavior during the lockdown. But this Ohio political drama is much more interesting.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (0Htd1)

209 Zatarains red beans and rice is better and you can your own conecuh sausage.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (ua/lL)

210 >> Two weeks left and the Democrats are trying to lock down the Jewish vote. Everything's fine, he'll win in a landslide.

Yes and we all just landed on the planet. They are really pathetic aren’t they?

Posted by: Guy Who Finds Dick Jugglers at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (TylIK)

211 Liberal college town has vet Republican in Congress? Interesting dynamic.

That would never fly in Blacksburg, VA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (qGAQr)
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The district is quite large and its a swing seat, previously held by Slotkin. My point is why they are sending mailers intended to woo Trump voters to the bluest ZIP codes in the district?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (ZOv7s)

212 Abdul has shown a real commitment to Jewish safety."

Chickens for Popeyes!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (pfXMo)

213 204 > Chicken of the Cave.

Bird of the Yard.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:06 PM (mkw2N)

No oysters of the mountain?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:08 PM (l3cgK)

214 I saw Midwest Electric Chicken open for Kansas. They bawked!

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:08 PM (MWfyi)

215 I spent more time on this in the last thread and the evidence is lining up that Ohio's judiciary and grand jury were correct to serve Acton's bio father with a summons to criminal court.
Bio daddy fled with mommy, to Pennsylvania.
----

Wiki says it was the stepfather who allegedly was the predator, and that Acton later went to live with her biological father?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:08 PM (TN0g+)

216 I get the spicy sandwich.

If you've had Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich it's about that same amount of heat.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt)

217 211 The district is quite large and its a swing seat, previously held by Slotkin. My point is why they are sending mailers intended to woo Trump voters to the bluest ZIP codes in the district?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (ZOv7s)

=======

Yeah, I see now.

MI feels like a situation where Democrat voters are simply not turning out nearly as much, probably because of the top of the ticket.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:08 PM (qGAQr)

218 Amy the Fabulist Victim Bingo Card champ

She's sound about as stable as the now deceased Cambridge professor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (2GVsD)

219 >>> 192
==
I spent more time on this in the last thread and the evidence is lining up that Ohio's judiciary and grand jury were correct to serve Acton's bio father with a summons to criminal court.
Bio daddy fled with mommy, to Pennsylvania.
Ohio continued to serve warrants but those parents laughed them off.
What's the legal term? mens rea? IRECTUM but my mom's a lawyer and she'd consider this flight and self-exile to be evidence of a guilty conscience.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:04 PM (88C+u)

Still wouldn't vote for Acton even if I lived in OH.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (jb8Ss)

220 yeah Crusader, I mistyped. happens.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (88C+u)

221 How long does it take from egg to freeze for a regular chicken?
Posted by: SpeakingOf

AOC is pushing 40 and she just froze her eggs.
Posted by: Allegedly

Loons and chickens are different birds.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (VHUov)

222 Trying to put the Jewish vote in a boxcar?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (2GVsD
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They have to protect them from the real Antisemites.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (ZOv7s)

223 Every time someone buys beans and rice at a restaurant, Dave Ramsay gets an unexplained headache.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (BI5O2)

224 Wiki says it was the stepfather who allegedly was the predator, and that Acton later went to live with her biological father?
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:08 PM (TN0g+)

Wiki is going by what Acton told them I imagine... I'll wait and see...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (+gK6I)

225 No oysters of the mountain?"

That's nuts.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (pfXMo)

226
Well, what an idiot indeed.
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:05 PM (TN0g+)

___________

He's running for the Jewish Council of Elders in the Dearborn Ghetto.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (eRlcH)

227 io daddy fled with mommy, to Pennsylvania.
Ohio continued to serve warrants but those parents laughed them off.
What's the legal term? mens rea? IRECTUM but my mom's a lawyer and she'd consider this flight and self-exile to be evidence of a guilty conscience.
==
Well, moving to Pennsylvania is pretty sus. I mean who would ever do that voluntarily. And there's no extradition from Pennsylvania and no way to get process on people who live there. Its like a wild ass jungle in some sort of 3rd dimension.

Posted by: that clinches it!!!! Zoinks!!! at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (anL5R)

228 204 > Chicken of the Cave.

Bird of the Yard.

bird is the word

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 05:10 PM (sGtp+)

229 Every time someone buys beans and rice at a restaurant, Dave Ramsay gets an unexplained headache."

We're supposed to bring our own?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:10 PM (pfXMo)

230 214 I saw Midwest Electric Chicken open for Kansas. They bawked!

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:08 PM (MWfyi)

https://www.etsy.com/
market/f_off_chicken_t_shirt
NSFW...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:11 PM (l3cgK)

231 And there's no extradition from Pennsylvania and no way to get process on people who live there. Its like a wild ass jungle in some sort of 3rd dimension.
Posted by: that clinches it!!!! Zoinks!!!
----

I lol'd!

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 05:11 PM (TN0g+)

232 Is there a single Democrat that's not a f***ing lunatic. basket case?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 20, 2026 05:11 PM (XV/Pl)

233 Birds are not real. Chickens are real. Therefore, chickens are not birds.

Posted by: Chicken Logic at October 20, 2026 05:11 PM (MWfyi)

234 If you've had Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich it's about that same amount of heat.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Yeah, great, burns as much on the way out.

Posted by: Flush With Success at October 20, 2026 05:11 PM (EdP2u)

235 Vivek wants unlimited immigration and has a deep seated hatred for Americans. God forbid he loses to a Democrats who wants unlimited immigration and hates Americans.

And yes views on immigration do matter at the state level. A pro immigrant anti American governor will look the other when illegals register to vote. He’ll allow non-Americans do get CDLs. He’ll allow in state tuition for illegals. When the decision comes down to who benefits Americans or non Americans Vivek will always choose non Americans.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (VEYhL)

236 "sus"

Is that a made up word? What is it supposed to mean?

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (dyMal)

237 Is there a single Democrat that's not a f***ing lunatic. basket case?

RFK Jr

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (2GVsD)

238 Democrat politicians all seem to be typecast extras from the movie "Big Fish."

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (dIske)

239 I'd tell Dave Ramsey I like to not cook sometimes, and that's only a few times a week at most, and I actually get in the car and go pick it up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (6ydKt)

240 223 Every time someone buys beans and rice at a restaurant, Dave Ramsay gets an unexplained headache.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:09 PM (BI5O2)

Refried beans and Mexican fried rice...yum.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (l3cgK)

241 Yeah, great, burns as much on the way out."

Ring burner?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (pfXMo)

242 A medic was dispatched to the scene and advised that Acton be taken to the hospital to get checked out, but she declined.

At the time, she was the director of the Ohio Department of Health.
------
On a par with 'Rachel' Levine as a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry, or perhaps Mrs.Fauci as head of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (XeU6L)

243 MI feels like a situation where Democrat voters are simply not turning out nearly as much, probably because of the top of the ticket.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:08 PM (qGAQr)
---
The Dem candidate for governor, current SOS Benson, has been hammering James over data centers, claiming he invested money in some. Oooh! But Benson's husband was a direct investor in the controversial Saline datacenter forced on residents.

But wait, it gets dumber! The Dem-controlled legislature passed a law last cycle that stripped away all local zoning authority to stop data centers! That was given to a board appointed by the governor. So rural voters are being told to vote for the nice lady whose husband gets rich and for the party that fucked them over on local control.

I think that is why Michigan seems so red this year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:13 PM (ZOv7s)

244 237 Is there a single Democrat that's not a f***ing lunatic. basket case?

RFK Jr
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (2GVsD)

Jury's out on that one...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 05:13 PM (+gK6I)

245 Leftism is a lunatic basket

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 05:13 PM (Ia/+0)

246 Is that a made up word? What is it supposed to mean?

Gen-Z speak for "suspect"

Posted by: Halfhand at October 20, 2026 05:13 PM (oDvAq)

247 @236

>>What is it supposed to mean?

It's a suspended chord, sometime sus2, sometimes sus4.

They build tension as they are unresolved major chords.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 20, 2026 05:13 PM (XV/Pl)

248 234 If you've had Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich it's about that same amount of heat.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Yeah, great, burns as much on the way out.

Posted by: Flush With Success at October 20, 2026 05:11 PM (EdP2u)

That's just to make you feel alive in the morning.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

249 sus"
==
Sorry - I think that's what the kids say for suspicious. I was shooting for over the top hipster doofus if the Zoinks didn't give it away.

Posted by: that clinches it!!!! Zoinks!!! at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (anL5R)

250 They have shrimp on the menu, too.
Fried with cajun spices.

If you like spicy cajun, I suggest "Slap ya Mama" hot blend. You can find it on Amazon. It's good stuff.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (mkw2N)

251 Yes, if you haven't tried it, go for it.
They have classic (plain), spicy, or blackened types.
Also, get some fries, their fries are seasoned and pretty tasty.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

Okay. Thank you!!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)

252 233 Birds are not real. Chickens are real. Therefore, chickens are not birds.

Posted by: Chicken Logic at October 20, 2026 05:11 PM (MWfyi)

They're little dinos. Every watch them hunt? They're vicious.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

253 I mean who would ever do that voluntarily - anL5R

Under a grand jury indictment? And two or three warrants did get served from Ohio to PA over this. 1981, 1983 maybe 1987.
National Review and HuffPo are reporting on this, digging more deeply than Stephen Green over at PJM.
Not to mention that if Amy Acton has indeed had some emotional Issues, those Issues tend to come from somewhere. Right now it looks like it comes from the guy who crossed state lines to get out of a grand jury's indictment.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (88C+u)

254 Jury's out on that one..."

Hey, I'm thinking. Give me a minute...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (pfXMo)

255 243 The Dem candidate for governor, current SOS Benson, has been hammering James over data centers, claiming he invested money in some. Oooh! But Benson's husband was a direct investor in the controversial Saline datacenter forced on residents.

But wait, it gets dumber! The Dem-controlled legislature passed a law last cycle that stripped away all local zoning authority to stop data centers! That was given to a board appointed by the governor. So rural voters are being told to vote for the nice lady whose husband gets rich and for the party that fucked them over on local control.

I think that is why Michigan seems so red this year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 20, 2026 05:13 PM (ZOv7s)

========

Nothing juices turnout in midterms like a contentious senate race at the federal level.

I think El-Sayed's lackluster support in the rurals during the primary and metros from black precincts is the real driver of desperation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (qGAQr)

256 Didn't she leave her job as state health commissioner after her COVID lock down citing stress?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (vJPf4)

257 Is there a single Democrat that's not a f***ing lunatic. basket case?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
-------

No. ALL are psychologically damaged, every one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 05:15 PM (XeU6L)

258 241 Yeah, great, burns as much on the way out."

Ring burner?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:12 PM (pfXMo)

Joke punchline: "C'mon, Ice Cream!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:15 PM (l3cgK)

259 Okay. Thank you!!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)

I hope the chickens up there are as big as ours.
It'd suck if you get one and it's the size of a McDs hamburger.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:15 PM (6ydKt)

260 How is Katy Padilla Stout doing?

Still on the hover-round? Now needing a tank of oxygen?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:16 PM (2GVsD)

261 Ramswammy is very squish on immigration and some other issues as I recall. I'd still vote for him over the AWFL but even if he wins its gonna suck.
Posted by: Ryan Frank at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (fgmuN)

Least worst option.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 05:16 PM (wSl27)

262 "NSFW...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:11 PM "

MisHum needs the one with the F-Caw-fee chicken.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:16 PM (MWfyi)

263 246 Is that a made up word? What is it supposed to mean?

Gen-Z speak for "suspect"

Posted by: Halfhand at October 20, 2026 05:13 PM (oDvAq)

As contrasted by suss, with means to figure something out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:16 PM (l3cgK)

264 So are you sus on suss?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:17 PM (2GVsD)

265 I think El-Sayed's lackluster support in the rurals during the primary and metros from black precincts is the real driver of desperation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:14 PM (qGAQr)

You called it way back that they'd pick him in the primary and then he'd get shellacked in the general.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

266 They build tension as they are unresolved major chords."

Live and let die...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:17 PM (pfXMo)

267 239 I'd tell Dave Ramsey I like to not cook sometimes, and that's only a few times a week at most, and I actually get in the car and go pick it up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

So you admit you're a spendthrift and will be a ward of the state in the future.

Posted by: Dave Ramsey at October 20, 2026 05:17 PM (EdP2u)

268 Right now it looks like it comes from the guy who crossed state lines to get out of a grand jury's indictment.
--'
Okay buddy. Slow down. Stop and think for a minute. If it was that easy to avoid criminal charges, just moving to Pennsylvania - don't you think that state would be busting at the freakin seams right now????

That isn't how it works. If they have a case they come get you. Its not even hard.

Posted by: that clinches it!!!! Zoinks!!! at October 20, 2026 05:18 PM (anL5R)

269 What happens if Abdul el-Sayd craters at the polls?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:18 PM (2GVsD)

270 So you admit you're a spendthrift and will be a ward of the state in the future.

Posted by: Dave Ramsey at October 20, 2026 05:17 PM (EdP2u)

I might get in on this food stamp game I keep reading about just for the free groceries.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

271 265 You called it way back that they'd pick him in the primary and then he'd get shellacked in the general.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

========

I don't remember calling anything about the MI senate primary.

But, it's obvious that the establishment actually did try and steal it from him. Those black districts took a long time to report that night.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:18 PM (qGAQr)

272 "What happens if Abdul el-Sayd craters at the polls?
Posted by: Anna Puma"

Are you saying he might blow up?

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (MWfyi)

273 260 How is Katy Padilla Stout doing?

Still on the hover-round? Now needing a tank of oxygen?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:16 PM (2GVsD)

I laughed at that more than I should...
For a moment Duke Vladimir Harkonnen floating around popped into my mind. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (l3cgK)

274 Damn. Rushmore needs an addition. He's making a case.

GatewayPundit.

Trump’s full statement:

Because of my belief in the Republican Party, and all of our Policies and Principles, and especially after witnessing what is taking place in France, and other locations throughout Europe, I am pleased to announce that, having to do with the Most Important Midterm Elections in our Country’s History, I have spent, or will be spending, over 400 Million Dollars by Election Day.

More than 300 Million Dollars has already been spent on Advertising, Direct and Indirect Voter Contact, Rallies, Rally Arenas, Telerallies, Get Out the Vote Programs, Election Integrity, and more.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (Sco7b)

275 Ramswammy is very squish on immigration and some other issues as I recall. I'd still vote for him over the AWFL but even if he wins its gonna suck.
Posted by: Ryan Frank at October 20, 2026 04:36 PM (fgmuN)

Least worst option.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 05:16 PM (wSl27)
========

Republican control both chambers of the state legislature, and Donald Trump is the President of the United States. A lot of worry about nuthin' much.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (rj6Yv)

276 BTW National Review should generally be the first in line to prostrate themselves before an immigration booster like Vivek. So their anti-Vivek reportage now is against interest.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (88C+u)

277 264 So are you sus on suss?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:17 PM (2GVsD)

I think he sussed was sus was.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (l3cgK)

278 was = what. Damn fingers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (l3cgK)

279 Republican control both chambers of the state legislature, and Donald Trump is the President of the United States. A lot of worry about nuthin' much.
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (rj6Yv)

...assuming the OH GOP doesn't have a drag at the top of the ticket this year

Posted by: narrator: Vivek is a drag at October 20, 2026 05:20 PM (88C+u)

280 All Katy Padilla Stout needs is a flying rig rated at two tons and the facial bed sores.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:20 PM (2GVsD)

281 276 BTW National Review should generally be the first in line to prostrate themselves before an immigration booster like Vivek. So their anti-Vivek reportage now is against interest.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (88C+u)

========

He's Trump aligned.

Policy is far less important to NRO now than social status of the anti-Trump crowd.

Hell, they should be throwing parties for Trump every day because of his deregulatory efforts in general, but they don't give a shit about one of the major issues the ezine championed for literally decades.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:20 PM (qGAQr)

282 I don't remember calling anything about the MI senate primary.

But, it's obvious that the establishment actually did try and steal it from him. Those black districts took a long time to report that night.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:18 PM (qGAQr)

Something about you were going to laugh when they pick Sayeed and then he loses.

I took a mental note because I was hoping you were right about that one.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:20 PM (6ydKt)

283 279 Republican control both chambers of the state legislature, and Donald Trump is the President of the United States. A lot of worry about nuthin' much.
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 05:19 PM (rj6Yv)

...assuming the OH GOP doesn't have a drag at the top of the ticket this year

Posted by: narrator: Vivek is a drag at October 20, 2026 05:20 PM (88C+u)

I thought it was the dems that used drag queens...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:21 PM (l3cgK)

284 What happens if Abdul el-Sayd craters at the polls?"

We'll all go down to crater lake?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:21 PM (pfXMo)

285 @276

>>So their anti-Vivek reportage now is against interest.

It's pretty simple, Ramadingdong is MAGA adjacent, and NR types hate all things MAGA.

So, they would rather elect a communist nutbag than any MAGA candidate.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 20, 2026 05:21 PM (XV/Pl)

286 282 Something about you were going to laugh when they pick Sayeed and then he loses.

I took a mental note because I was hoping you were right about that one.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:20 PM (6ydKt)

========

He was losing every single poll to Rogers before the primary. I did laugh about that, for sure.

And I hoped he won the primary because he's obviously a weak candidate.

I don't make firm predictions much, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:21 PM (qGAQr)

287 Did you guys know I invented the flying car? I got the idea by chucking my Hot Wheels at my brother when he ruined my invisibility cloak by spilling grape juice on it.

I would have done it sooner, but Elon Musk stole my blueprints while I was busy perfecting my Opera singing voice.

Posted by: Jason Arday at October 20, 2026 05:22 PM (dIske)

288 Worried about DWP shut off. Only 2 on this property pay our share and the other guy is a dead beat. Don't know what to do.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 20, 2026 05:22 PM (+6e2h)

289 think he sussed was sus was."

Sussudio?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:22 PM (pfXMo)

290 280 All Katy Padilla Stout needs is a flying rig rated at two tons and the facial bed sores.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:20 PM (2GVsD)

The Consanguincest pron must flow!

Posted by: Katy Padilla Stout, Now Donning Her Harkonnen Flight Suit at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (l3cgK)

291 I don't make firm predictions much, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:21 PM (qGAQr)

Yeah it was more like a wishful guess but I think you're right.
He is a shambles of a candidate.

If the Dems had real primaries they could weed these people out beforehand.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (6ydKt)

292 Abdul has shown a real commitment to Jewish safety."

Chickens for Popeyes!
Posted by: man
.......

Ducks for Haitians!

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (UjdFS)

293 Vivek might not be conservative but he's better than DeWine, Kasich...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (vJPf4)

294 "What happens if Abdul el-Sayd craters at the polls?"

I'm picturing a pitfall consisting of a crater with sharpened polls at the bottom.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

295 Ohio might spend a lot of resources to get some big embezzler who fled to PA, but might not spend as much to drag back some loser [accused] pedo with no money and a wife who keeps saying he dindu nuffin.
The effort taken seems to have been more than token. But it also wasn't to the extent of hiring bounty hunters.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:24 PM (88C+u)

296 291 Yeah it was more like a wishful guess but I think you're right.
He is a shambles of a candidate.

If the Dems had real primaries they could weed these people out beforehand.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (6ydKt)

========

Primaries are low turnout and can favor activist groups with organization, especially in open contests.

El-Sayed activated the youth vote and the AWFL vote which was able to just barely beat the rural white vote and the black vote.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (qGAQr)

297 292 Abdul has shown a real commitment to Jewish safety."

Chickens for Popeyes!
Posted by: man
.......

Ducks for Haitians!

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (UjdFS)

Little Boys for Talarico

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (l3cgK)

298 So "sus" is slang.

Thanks.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (dyMal)

299 293 Vivek might not be conservative but he's better than DeWine, Kasich...
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (vJPf4)

Shades of Dr Oz and Fetterman.

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (Gqar8)

300 I'm serious, what crimes are Trump's admin committing?

Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew
·
6h
You are an elected official. You made a public statement encouraging members of the Armed Forces to defy lawful orders.

You chose to run for office and subject yourself to that scrutiny.

What you are proposing, on the other hand, is a legal/political vendetta against persons for no reason other than they have political positions different than yours. Your goal is to drive them away from public service.

That's a Stanlist/Maoist approach to political opposition -- your clearly stated desire is to create a one-party state where political opposition is not just to be rebutted, but to be imprisoned.

You're a disgrace -- and I suspect your comments will haunt the rest of your political career. You've likely put a ceiling on any ability you might have had to climb higher.

Elissa Slotkin
@ElissaSlotkin
·
22h
This isn't my first rodeo with President Trump. After calling for me to be arrested, tried, and hanged for a 90 second video he didn't like, he is now attacking me for saying that there will be accountability for people who commit crimes on his behalf.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (kX27y)

301 Worried about DWP shut off. "

DWP - wasn't that the rap hit last year?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (pfXMo)

302 NR will *never* get over the Never Trump issue. The resounding GFY from all quarters of the American right after that is still stinging them.

They thought they were Something. They're not.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (BI5O2)

303 294 "What happens if Abdul el-Sayd craters at the polls?"

I'm picturing a pitfall consisting of a crater with sharpened polls at the bottom.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

::: smiling :::

Posted by: Vlad Tepis at October 20, 2026 05:26 PM (l3cgK)

304 299 293 Vivek might not be conservative but he's better than DeWine, Kasich...
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (vJPf4)

Shades of Dr Oz and Fetterman.

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (Gqar

========

Josh Shaprio et al stole the 2022 PA senate election, just like they stole the 2020 presidential election, and the Biden DOJ let them do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:26 PM (qGAQr)

305 Can't one state's police work through another state to get someone arrested. Then they have to get the suspect extradited?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:27 PM (2GVsD)

306 304 299 293 Vivek might not be conservative but he's better than DeWine, Kasich...
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 05:23 PM (vJPf4)

Shades of Dr Oz and Fetterman.

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 05:25 PM (Gqar

========

Josh Shaprio et al stole the 2022 PA senate election, just like they stole the 2020 presidential election, and the Biden DOJ let them do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 05:26 PM (qGAQr)

It's not stealing if you get away with it.
It's not perjury if you get away with it.
It's not murder if you get away with it.
It's not treason...

Posted by: Dems at October 20, 2026 05:27 PM (l3cgK)

307 305 Can't one state's police work through another state to get someone arrested. Then they have to get the suspect extradited?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:27 PM (2GVsD)

yes.. Which is why this is Sus

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 05:27 PM (+gK6I)

308 Elena Ceaseceau Slotkin

Romania doesn't miss you. And we won't either.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 05:28 PM (2GVsD)

309 Ohio might spend a lot of resources to get some big embezzler who fled to PA, but might not spend as much to drag back some loser [accused] pedo with no money and a wife who keeps saying he dindu nuffin.
The effort taken seems to have been more than token. But it also wasn't to the extent of hiring bounty hunters.
==
What are you smoking? They don't hire bounty hunters. The guys name goes into the national leads computer. He gets a ticket he gets popped by the locals. They transport him to Ohio and turn him over. I think child rape is a tier I classification. Its not like he got caught stealing a library book.

Posted by: that clinches it!!!! Zoinks!!! at October 20, 2026 05:29 PM (anL5R)

310 >>Vivek might not be conservative but he's better than DeWine, Kasich...

It's pretty simple. The primaries are when you try to get your candidate nominated. The general is when you vote against the communist if you didn't.

Everything else is just noise.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 05:29 PM (viF8m)

311 For more fun with slang, see urbandictionary dot com...
Definitely NSFW...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 05:29 PM (l3cgK)

312 "What happens if Abdul el-Sayd craters at the polls?"

I'm picturing a pitfall consisting of a crater with sharpened polls at the bottom.

Posted by: gp"

I was thinking more of a suicide vest.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 05:29 PM (MWfyi)

313 How does running to a different state get you out of an arrest warrant that should have been issued after said indictment?

It doesn't.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 20, 2026 05:30 PM (dyMal)

314 This was the 1980s. The "internet" then, for state governments, was email at best.
It wasn't then impossible for Ohio to raise a stink that Pennsylvania was harboring fugitives but it would require effort. If Ohio was lazy and PA was lazy, fugitives could get away with it.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:30 PM (88C+u)

315 nood

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Jr5Lq)

316 269 What happens if Abdul el-Sayd craters at the polls?

Breaking News: With 5 seconds left before the polls close in Michigan, we have received a massive ballot drop with 100% voting Abdul el-Sayd.

CNN is calling MI Senate for Abdul el-Sayd with 50.00000002 % of the vote.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 20, 2026 05:32 PM (qDw3H)

317 This was the 1980s. The "internet" then, for state governments, was email at best.
It wasn't then impossible for Ohio to raise a stink that Pennsylvania was harboring fugitives but it would require effort. If Ohio was lazy and PA was lazy, fugitives could get away with it.
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You are wildly UNDER informed. NCIC existed since the 60's. Shit - PHONES existed even longer. I recognize your hash - you show up around election time. Screw off.

Posted by: that clinches it!!!! Zoinks!!! at October 20, 2026 05:33 PM (anL5R)

318 Screw off.
Posted by: that clinches it!!!! Zoinks!!! at October 20, 2026 05:33 PM (anL5R)

How about... noooo.
Despite what late 1980s / 1990s movies told you, early 1980s state governments didn't have those cute little "image... ENHANCE!!" apps on their green-and-black CRT monitors. Their software, which did exist, was shite.
They did have phones and email which I noted. Word processing computers - dedicated to that purpose, of producing paperwork, to be printed on dot matrix printers.
Actually getting shit done took manual effort. Michael Milken? They're on it. Loser being accused by one party in the family and defended by another? Refer to the "Top. Men." scene.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 05:43 PM (88C+u)

319 The Communist News Network is Propaganda

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

320 Having grilled steak, half grilled half microwave potato with butter and chives and a brandy

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

321 anL5R fuckin' lost.
So did Green.
So presently is Ace, losing. It is always a tell of an insecurity when we see "I've only looked at this for five minutes" and they don't spend another ten, or however long this thread has been going.
Vivek, who is of a culture where women are never believed, did the cultural thing. He made the mistake of doing that cultural thing when there was in fact at least one man (Acton's brother) willing to stand up for his sister.

Posted by: fuck vivek at October 20, 2026 06:31 PM (88C+u)

322 As far as I can tell, the grand jury indictment was based solely on Acton's claims and her biological father's sworn statement. You can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich but even that's pretty thin gruel.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 20, 2026 11:43 PM (LgYtf)

Fox News Identifies 54 Marxist/Communist Organizations Funding and Directing the Riots in France

Many of these are funded by CCP-connected Marxist tech billionaire, Neville Roy Singham and his awful communist wife.

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) -- A Fox News Digital investigation has identified 54 organizations involved in or publicly supporting France's October student protests, including communist parties, socialist groups, labor unions, environmental activists and Palestinian-solidarity organizations.
The report alleges that far-left political groups have helped organize and amplify the demonstrations, expanding protests over school conditions into a broader campaign against capitalism, government austerity, policing and military spending.
Among those highlighted is Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental, a nonprofit funded by American-born Marxist tech investor Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai. Prashad posted a message on X linking protests in Paris, New Delhi and Buenos Aires, quoting the Clash lyric, "Let fury have the hour, anger can be power."
According to Fox News Digital, 16 of the 54 identified organizations are student or youth groups, while the other 38 include political parties, unions, advocacy organizations and media outlets.
The investigation also identifies an international coalition of 28 communist and socialist youth organizations and groups that is promoting coordinated demonstrations across 12 European countries under the slogan "Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!" Organizers are calling for walkouts, rallies, assemblies, blockades and occupations.
The report points to organizations associated with Singham's network, including Tricontinental, CodePink and New York-based BreakThrough News, which published video coverage of the French demonstrations under the headline "ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE."
CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans, Singham's wife, also cited youth demonstrations in France, Spain and India while promoting a planned November campaign in Washington against U.S. military spending.

The actual organizations behind the riots are listed in this "Who's Who of France's Chaos, Inc."

Fortunately nothing like that is going on in the USA.

Evidence is growing that the tyrannical regimes of China, Iran, and Cuba are not only financing protests in American streets, but actively directing them.
The Network Contagion Research Institute, whose work in these areas has been indispensable for years, recently published another groundbreaking study that blows the lid off how this foreign network operates.
The report indicates that an Iranian influence node that takes orders from the Islamic Republic regime, the House of Latin America, conducts what NCRI calls "high-impact domestic U.S. influence operations."
"For nearly two decades," NCRI says, HOLA "has functioned as a primary bridge between the Iranian regime, Latin American socialist governments, and U.S. anti-war coalitions, with its American-based operatives acting as undeclared agents of a foreign government on U.S. soil."
It gets much worse. HOLA, it says, "has now formally merged with Neville Roy Singham's Chinese Communist Party-linked Tricontinental network to form a unified Iran-China operation targeting the United States from the south."
Neville Roy Singham is an American who lives in Shanghai, has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and uses the nearly $800 million he made in the 2017 sale of a tech consulting firm to fund communist causes worldwide.
All of this means that "Iran and China have now merged their U.S. influence operations into a single machine," the report says.
This means that many of the protests in America aren't organic, but actually Kabuki street theater perpetrated by a red-green alliance of communist and Islamist groups. Less well known is the involvement of malign foreign interests.
Hillary Clinton recently got into trouble online not for celebrating street mayhem, but for saying that what was wrong was not the protests, but white Christians trying to stop societal and cultural decay.
"People have been protesting, you know, for hundreds of years, that, you know, things were not as they should be, given our ideals and how we should be moving toward them. So I think that's what makes us so special as a country," she said on the liberal confessional stage offered by MS Now's Morning Joe every weekday morning.
"The idea that you could turn the clock back and try to recreate a world that never was, dominated by, you know, let's say it, white men, of a certain persuasion, certain religion, a certain point of view, a certain ideology, is just doing such damage to what we should be aiming for," she averred.
I was cheered, though, to hear Hillary confirm that conservatives have derailed the liberal project, at least temporarily: "We were on the path toward that ... we were on the right trajectory."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:27 PM

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1 Organizations with the stated goal of tearing down western civilization are just funding protests because they want bigger class sizes for student.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:27 PM (qGAQr)

2 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 03:28 PM (W2Pud)

3 I wonder how much Soros is profiting off of this.

There are a lot of people that won't be happy when all these niceties of civilization are over.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:28 PM (Sco7b)

4 Yet someone like Dinesh D'Souza gets prison time for slightly going over annual limits for his donations, yet foreign communist groups funnel in hundreds of millions of dollar and ....crickets.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 03:29 PM (j7qGX)

5 The story of how the elites want to take over sounds like a really bad movie plot, and yet it seems more and more that is exactly what is happening…and the hate for DJT is he is firing up the normies who are supposed to be complacent.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

6 I wonder how much Soros is profiting off of this.

There are a lot of people that won't be happy when all these niceties of civilization are over.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:28 PM

I wonder how much of this is being funded from the last trickle of usaid money. Pretty sure there is still a chunk of that money being handed out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)

7 6 I wonder how much of this is being funded from the last trickle of usaid money. Pretty sure there is still a chunk of that money being handed out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)

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It's Singham, so it's direct funding from the CCP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (qGAQr)

8 I'm just thrilled USAID isn't one of them this time.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (/TiS1)

9 I knew it was a psy-op from the beginning

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Poy1v)

10 The same sort of shit's going down here too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (RORbl)

11 8 I'm just thrilled USAID isn't one of them this time.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (/TiS1)

No, the CIA is having to bankroll them through their own slush funds directly instead of having clearly appropriated money to use to as a slush fund.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (P9Ea3)

12 Individuals who take funds from foreigners to undermine the US should be executed.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (rJ48h)

13 I knew it was a psy-op from the beginning

if the Enemedia is all singing in unison their Hallelujah Chorus, you know for a fact that it is an Op.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:33 PM (nAS9C)

14 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:33 PM (jb8Ss)

15 Cuba's interference should be considered an act of war.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:33 PM (88C+u)

16 A Fox News Digital investigation has identified 54 organizations involved in or publicly supporting France's October student protests

Does the NCAA know about this so they can get a cut? Professional students- it's not just for football, anymore.

Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2026 03:34 PM (R1D6K)

17 A world that never was? So the Flintstones are not a documentary?

Posted by: PG at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (1Xa6P)

18 The story of how the elites want to take over sounds like a really bad movie plot, and yet it seems more and more that is exactly what is happening…and the hate for DJT is he is firing up the normies who are supposed to be complacent.
Posted by: Piper

Everyday is a Bond movie.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (8B4gm)

19
>>I was cheered, though, to hear Hillary confirm that conservatives have derailed the liberal project, at least temporarily: "We were on the path toward that ... we were on the right trajectory."

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Slight diversion...

I'll always treasure her public appearances in the aftermath of the 2016 election. She used the same lines over and over. "I was on the way to winning!" she always declared angrily, "and Jim Comey STOPPED my momentum." At that moment, she would dramatically raise her arms and smack her fist into her palm. "If it weren't for that" (turning away from the event host and out to the adoring crowd), "then today, I. Would. Be. Your. PRESIDENT." (roars of applause, lamentation, etc)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (mmrXZ)

20 But if the Republicans can hold off the Dems in at least the Senate (and I still have hopes for the House), and USAID stays defunded, then the orgs funded by our domestic enemies will be hurting for 2028.

This year, they're using up a lot of reserves (see SLPC) and are truly desperate to regain some power. Unfortunately, I can see Trump agreeing to refund some of USAID as part of a budget deal for 2028 if the Dems retake both House and Senate, and there any enough uni-party Republicans hiding in the shadows to cheer them on.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (P9Ea3)

21 Man, the world is really flipping its lid.

I'm so old I remember when they didn't allow billionaires to be communists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (qlLNh)

22 Put a woman in it and make it gay and ~~lame~~ fake.

Posted by: Max Power at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (SwyyQ)

23 China, Iran and Cuba. huh

Probably just a huge coincidence we are taking down both Iran and Cuba and hamstringing China.

Now if you layer this in top of the information DataRepublican has been releasing starting yesterday and continuing you can see what they have planned for us after the elections.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (viF8m)

24 Iran was a major funder of these efforts. And now Iran has no money while it's finding a host of insurgencies within its borders.

Socialist governments in South America were funders as well, but those have mostly fallen (Brazil next, hopefully).

Cuba's having more blackouts than normal, and I suspect financial pressures on the island from Bessent at Treasury are strangling what lifeline the elite have in the nation. So, it's ability to fund and organize is probably lessened.

And Trump has centered Chinese interests as his focus on foreign policy (Iran is an offshoot of that), squeezing them in on an assortment of fronts.

I don't think this nexus of funding and organizing is going to be as effective today as it was 3 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (qGAQr)

25 How does Cuba of all places have money to fund, well, anything?

Posted by: far cry at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (fmbc9)

26 Neville Roy Singham is an American who lives in Shanghai, has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party,

Have you considered stripping him of his citizenship for his obviously treasonous activities?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (vJrRc)

27 No, the CIA is having to bankroll them through their own slush funds directly instead of having clearly appropriated money to use to as a slush fund.

I totally believe they're blowing all their money on garbage like this instead of actual spy stuff. Also probably cases of White Claw and cat food.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (2ocoG)

28 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (mmrXZ)

They didn't want to admit the truth - the Trump came out of nowhere and beat the everloving snot out of Miss Inevitable.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (XvD//)

29 > "If it weren't for that" (turning away from the event host and out to the adoring crowd), "then today, I. Would. Be. Your. PRESIDENT." (roars of applause, lamentation, etc)

And if my Aunt Sally had a penis she'd be my Uncle Dick.

(another classic adage ruined by modern events)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)

30 Treat them all like Hamas and Hezbollah. Give them all free pagers and blow them up.

Posted by: Roy at October 20, 2026 03:38 PM (qwype)

31 I don't think this nexus of funding and organizing is going to be as effective today as it was 3 years ago.

We're #twoweeks from a major election and there were no big riots this year. So the nexus is definitely damaged.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:38 PM (2ocoG)

32 If we were able to snatch and grab Maduro from a fortified bunker.... we sure as hell should be able to snatch and grab Neville Roy Singham the second he steps outside of China.

And run him up a flagpole by his goddamn neck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (RORbl)

33 >>> 29 > "If it weren't for that" (turning away from the event host and out to the adoring crowd), "then today, I. Would. Be. Your. PRESIDENT." (roars of applause, lamentation, etc)

And if my Aunt Sally had a penis she'd be my Uncle Dick.

(another classic adage ruined by modern events)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: that kid from Kindergarten Cop at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (jb8Ss)

34 Nah. Seems all on the up and up to me.

Posted by: Doodad Pro at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (XvD//)

35 A new form of warfare is using the enemy's own population against them. china has been doing this for years.

They use slave labor to destroy the manufacturing base of their enemy, and the welfare state of their enemy to then bankrupt the country.

Now, as in 2020, they are using the leftists who want a communist dictatorship to riot in the streets. Who do you think was paying for the bricks?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (0U5gm)

36 31 I don't think this nexus of funding and organizing is going to be as effective today as it was 3 years ago.

We're #twoweeks from a major election and there were no big riots this year. So the nexus is definitely damaged.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:38 PM (2ocoG)

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The Zoom calls are promising it for next year.

Why not this year and help DSA win more elections since they think it helps win elections?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (qGAQr)

37 3 I wonder how much Soros is profiting off of this.

There are a lot of people that won't be happy when all these niceties of civilization are over.
Posted by: Stateless
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Old George is a drooling room bound idiot now. Son Alex and Huma from Clintonworld run the scam now. Real life Red-Green alliance.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)

38 Trump needs to pull another Maduro on this Singham prick.

Except they need to inadvertently drop him over the Pacific on the way back from Beijing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (6ydKt)

39 ONLY President Trump has made efforts to counter these attacks.

It would have been an Iran-China-Venezuela op.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (RIvkX)

40 >>How does Cuba of all places have money to fund, well, anything?

Cuba has been a clearinghouse for decades to funnel money from bad actors, some likely here in the US, into radical communist groups for the purpose of destabilizing the US government.

War comes in many forms.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (viF8m)

41 40 >>How does Cuba of all places have money to fund, well, anything?

Cuba has been a clearinghouse for decades to funnel money from bad actors, some likely here in the US, into radical communist groups for the purpose of destabilizing the US government.

War comes in many forms.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (viF8m)

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And here I thought it was their vibrant 50s car culture that got them the cash to do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (qGAQr)

42 OT: the Ohio governor's election is the dirtiest I've ever seen, and I am well over 29.
Vivek thought it was a good idea to drag in Amy Acton's biological mother to run an ad against her:
x.com wcdispatch/status/2112388948563554668
That mother had lost custody of Amy when Amy was twelve, because she'd hooked up with a pedobear who then molested Amy from nine-to-twelve because that's what those scum do to kids.
Probably why Amy has had a few too many drinks on occasion. (Not saying Amy is a good candidate on the D side, either.)

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (88C+u)

43 … or Shanghai, or wherever he is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (6ydKt)

44 From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (0U5gm)

45 >>It would have been an Iran-China-Venezuela op.

It likely was. Cuba got a lot of money from Venezuela.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:42 PM (viF8m)

46 Trump needs to pull another Maduro on this Singham prick.

And Zelenskyy... I think Trump has had enough of that little prick

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:42 PM (+gK6I)

47 24 I don't think this nexus of funding and organizing is going to be as effective today as it was 3 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (qGAQr)

I think this is their desperation. The global left is losing power and right now their money. If they can be denied for another year or so, they will be spent dry in 2028. But they are a wounded animal right now, and perhaps at their most dangerous because there's no downside to risking it all.

Trump 47 has an amazing group of Cabinet officials. And Rubio and Bessent as a team are methodically stripping some of the key avenues for adversaries and enemies to undermine the United States. I hope they have really good protection, because by taking away money and power, they are enraging some truly evil people who have zero moral qualms about anything but their own self-interest.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:43 PM (P9Ea3)

48 That mother had lost custody of Amy when Amy was twelve, because she'd hooked up with a pedobear who then molested Amy from nine-to-twelve because that's what those scum do to kids.
Probably why Amy has had a few too many drinks on occasion. (Not saying Amy is a good candidate on the D side, either.)
Posted by: 88C+u
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It appears so far that Amy lied about it. No sign so far of any police reports or any other supporting allegations. Amy started the shit by claiming she was forced to live in a tent as a kid.

My guess is like Omar, the past lies Amy got away with are now being found out.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

49 And no Muslim organizations joining in?

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

50 It's me donna

The US is talking with President Zelenskyy in Norway.

"Zelenskyy, this is a one-way discussion. And you are not talking."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 03:44 PM (u82oZ)

51 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)

52 Commies. I hate f'n commies.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (l3cgK)

53 From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (0U5gm)
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La France insoumise is a different party from the PCF (communists), which is now the smallest in that coalition of four parties (the others being the Socialists and the Greens).

Melenchon is the leader of la France insoumise.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (G04ci)

54 38 Trump needs to pull another Maduro on this Singham prick.

Except they need to inadvertently drop him over the Pacific on the way back from Beijing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Eh, just have him run over by a car over there. And his wife is over here anyway available for arrest if needed.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

55 >>From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.

Look at where the Summer of Love riots and destruction happened. Deep blue cities in deep blue states, all with the blessing of local Democrat politicians. Not only didn't they try to stop the violence, they abetted it and cheered it on.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (viF8m)

56 The US is talking with President Zelenskyy in Norway.

"Zelenskyy, this is a one-way discussion. And you are not talking."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 03:44 PM (u82oZ)

Rubio is pissed.. he just spoke to the press saying Zelenskyy has to stop lying about what we are doing....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (+gK6I)

57 We're gonna a need a much larger helicopter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (l3cgK)

58 That mother had lost custody of Amy when Amy was twelve, because she'd hooked up with a pedobear who then molested Amy from nine-to-twelve because that's what those scum do to kids.
Probably why Amy has had a few too many drinks on occasion. (Not saying Amy is a good candidate on the D side, either.)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (88C+u)

Except it seems that the supposed arrest warrants for the step-dad and mom don't exist. You know, the one Amy claims her parents fled from and became fugitives?

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (P9Ea3)

59 47
I think this is their desperation. The global left is losing power and right now their money. If they can be denied for another year or so, they will be spent dry in 2028. But they are a wounded animal right now, and perhaps at their most dangerous because there's no downside to risking it all.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:43 PM (P9Ea3)

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There's pretty much nothing a slim Dem House majority can do to undo any of the executive's actions (there was never a chance of Dems taking the Senate this year).

If they shut down the government, Trump has authority to direct funds to keep what he deems necessary open (it's the trick Obama used to closed down parks, but applied differently). So, no DOJ, DOT, or DOW operations slow even a moment (DHS is fully funded and appropriated through the end of his term, so they can't do anything about it).

Trump has nearly 2.5 years more to fuck with the left's infrastructure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (qGAQr)

60 Amy the Fabulist Victim Bingo champ?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (2GVsD)

61 Happy to swap Europe with South America for spheres of influence. One is rich in national resources and the other is a Confederacy of Shitbirds.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (bX16E)

62 You gotta wonder if the French have any guillotines in storage, like maybe in the Eiffel Tower's crawl space or somethin'.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (qlLNh)

63 Acton apparently is off putting to just about everyone who has ever worked with her. The mother ad is rough, but politics ain't beanbag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (vJPf4)

64 62 You gotta wonder if the French have any guillotines in storage, like maybe in the Eiffel Tower's crawl space or somethin'.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (qlLNh)

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Last public execution by guillotine in France by the French government was in 1977.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (qGAQr)

65 Amy Acton's brother Philip Stearns is backing her up against her mom here

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (88C+u)

66 Scratch a GOPe, find a dem.
Scratch a Dem, find a socialist.
Scratch a Socialist, find a commie.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

67 "ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE."
......

What about potato salad?

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (UjdFS)

68 60 Amy the Fabulist Victim Bingo champ?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (2GVsD)

Yup.. The same.... I hope no more men come after her at campaign stops and try to kill her.... With their phone...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (+gK6I)

69
They didn't want to admit the truth - the Trump came out of nowhere and beat the everloving snot out of Miss Inevitable.
Posted by: ...

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lol. She had every excuse in the book. Because of third-term penalty. Because of Jim Comey. Because Trump "weaponized" her nontroversy silly old emails. Because I'm female. Because I didn't turn around and yell "Back off, you creep!" in the debates (another line she repeated a good seven times, same intonation each time).

Hillary and Ilhan are topics I could live on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (mmrXZ)

70 Good news, everybody!

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (ndZc7)

71
Golly!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (wVcYX)

72 Rodrigo Borgia

Think bigger.

Cordon off the riots. Bring in the PPV cameras. Hunt the ringleaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (u82oZ)

73 From X.

Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD
@TonerousHyus
Georgia IPEV Day 7 Update
1:30pm - 79,574 voted

White: 58.5%
Black: 26.4%

18-29: 6.1%

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)

74 67 "ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE."
......

What about potato salad?

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (UjdFS)

Just leave it out in the sun to marinate...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (l3cgK)

75 From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.

===

I heard the same, Mélenchon is involved.

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 03:49 PM (AKptf)

76 73 From X.

Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD
@TonerousHyus
Georgia IPEV Day 7 Update
1:30pm - 79,574 voted

White: 58.5%
Black: 26.4%

18-29: 6.1%

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)

======

Just today's data there. Black turnout cumulatively is about 30.5% or so, if I remember correctly.

But it is following the established pattern in early voting and trending down. How far down is the only real question.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:49 PM (qGAQr)

77 70 Good news, everybody!

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (ndZc7)

And he's not like the Abdul that rodgers goats, sheep and little boys.

He's the Abdul that does ALL that AND is running for office.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:49 PM (l3cgK)

78 Good news, everybody!

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (ndZc7)
______

Gas stations are mostly owned by dot-indians, not arabs, at least in the northeast. So this genius probably just pissed off a lot of indians in the state.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)

79 You would say "send in John Clark" but John Clark probably has an SSRI addled commie blue haired boss nowadays.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (ssz2a)

80
Hillary and Ilhan are topics I could live on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (mmrXZ)

My apologies if you hate this but A. I don't think you will and B. it is pure art. Beware of volume.

https://shorturl.at/DloV3

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (XvD//)

81 Amy Acton's brother Philip Stearns is backing her up against her mom here
Posted by: 88C+u

Doesn't matter nowadays. Acton claimed reporting to the police, no reports have been found. The person making the assertion is the one that has to prove it. Too many bullshit claims nowadays with no actual proof that something existed and then suddenly going vague on details so they cannot be checked. Cornell 7 floozy tried that but apparently Cornell had the text chain in evidence. That is what you have to do rather than claims.

Remember Kavanaugh?

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)

82 We're gonna a need a much larger helicopter...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

Chippers are much more cost effective.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (8B4gm)

83 I invite all the Arabs and Hindus to come eat at my Pork and Beef Rib joint!

Posted by: Collecting on the Fire Insurance at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)

84 A world that never was? So the Flintstones are not a documentary?
Posted by: PG at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (1Xa6P)

Those poor people.

Posted by: Mathesar at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (wVcYX)

85 Any such protests in America need to be put down quickly and brutally either by government or citizenry. Enough.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (OkYzo)

86 82 We're gonna a need a much larger helicopter...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

Chippers are much more cost effective.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (8B4gm)

But you lose out on the betting on where the commies land...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (l3cgK)

87 More good news!

New Zealand police say large pool of human blood in pedestrian tunnel is "not suspicious"
. . . .
Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...

In an update this afternoon, police said officers "can confirm the matter is not of a suspicious nature, and no further police involvement is required".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (ndZc7)

88 So al-Sayed just insulted the Indian gas station owners AND again pissed off the blacks. He's a natural

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 03:53 PM (vJPf4)

89 Youngstown Vindicator, August 31, 2019 at 12:05a.m.
tinyurl.com/3puymnuu
Claims (in 2019) that criminal charges were filed against Amy's stepfather.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:53 PM (88C+u)

90 3:50 pm....

What's the downstream crap...

CBC - Quebec crap

FoxNews - Omar investigations, sexy, sexy investigations

CNN - Christina Applegate misdiagnosed with MS. Man, she's had it tough.

MSNow - lol. I love this. Live from Texas! Talarico baby!!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)

91 87 More good news!

New Zealand police say large pool of human blood in pedestrian tunnel is "not suspicious"
. . . .
Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...

In an update this afternoon, police said officers "can confirm the matter is not of a suspicious nature, and no further police involvement is required".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (ndZc7)

We're always finding large pools of blood there...

Posted by: New Zealand Police at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (l3cgK)

92 I see the protests made it as far north as Belgium. Just another little skip and they hit Germany. Then, watch what happens.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (dIske)

93 Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...
------

Now we know where Talarico disappeared to

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (XvD//)

94
And here I thought it was their vibrant 50s car culture that got them the cash to do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

================

Do you remember Melissa Harris-Perry, late of MSNBC incompetence and ignominy? Do you remember her lamenting that Havana would lose its quaint crumbly charm if it got enough money to construct buildings that aren't collapsing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (mmrXZ)

95 If we had a functioning IC, we'd assassinate people like this.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (xEhzD)

96 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)

Doc says yer gonna die.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (wVcYX)

97 90 3:50 pm....

What's the downstream crap...

CBC - Quebec crap

FoxNews - Omar investigations, sexy, sexy investigations

CNN - Christina Applegate misdiagnosed with MS. Man, she's had it tough.

MSNow - lol. I love this. Live from Texas! Talarico baby!!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)

So a turd?

Posted by: New Zealand Police at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (l3cgK)

98 @hughhewitt
Has Abdul El-Sayed given up and switched to making sure the hard left shows up so he won’t be embarrassed? Because Michigan is a solid Second Amendment state with lots and lots of gun owners. Between 35% and 40% of Michigan households have guns.

David Marcus
@BlueBoxDave
·
1h
Yes.

-----

Marcus is a FoxNews guy who does like Selena Zito and spends the election season on the ground talking to people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (qGAQr)

99 If they shut down the government, Trump has authority to direct funds to keep what he deems necessary open (it's the trick Obama used to closed down parks, but applied differently). So, no DOJ, DOT, or DOW operations slow even a moment (DHS is fully funded and appropriated through the end of his term, so they can't do anything about it).

Trump has nearly 2.5 years more to fuck with the left's infrastructure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM

Yep and he has pretty much beaten 85% of the left's lawfare against him and his policies so that obstacle is pretty much out of the way for his last two years.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (I43vL)

100 And Zelenskyy... I think Trump has had enough of that little prick

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:42 PM

To be honest, I think everybody is done with him. Even his supposed European allies. His 15:00 are about up.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (OkYzo)

101 94 Do you remember Melissa Harris-Perry, late of MSNBC incompetence and ignominy? Do you remember her lamenting that Havana would lose its quaint crumbly charm if it got enough money to construct buildings that aren't collapsing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (mmrXZ)

========

"We must protect the noble savage from the ravages of modernity. No, I will not give up any of the ravages of modernity myself. Why do you ask?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (qGAQr)

102 But you lose out on the betting on where the commies land...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

On the ground.

Cash or cashier's check.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (8B4gm)

103 91 87 More good news!

New Zealand police say large pool of human blood in pedestrian tunnel is "not suspicious"
. . . .
Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...

In an update this afternoon, police said officers "can confirm the matter is not of a suspicious nature, and no further police involvement is required".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (ndZc7)

_______________________________

They left the part out about the security cameras picking up some 20 year old girl literaly skipping out of the tunnel singing "I'm not pregnant. La la la I'm not pregnant."

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)

104 From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.

-
1. Burn the m*th*rf*ck*r down!

2. ?????

3. Profit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

105 102 But you lose out on the betting on where the commies land...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

On the ground.

Cash or cashier's check.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (8B4gm)

But WHERE on the ground. That's the trick. How close to the bullseye?

Posted by: New Zealand Police at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (l3cgK)

106
My apologies if you hate this but A. I don't think you will and B. it is pure art. Beware of volume.

https://shorturl.at/DloV3
Posted by: ...

=================

That's hilarious!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (mmrXZ)

107 Off down-under keystone kops sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:57 PM (l3cgK)

108 Man, we are just whistling through the graveyard. The forces trying to pull the rug out from under the constitution are strong, well-financed, and growing. And against this we have, what, the GOP?

Posted by: Paco at October 20, 2026 03:57 PM (2L+MU)

109 MSNow - lol. I love this. Live from Texas! Talarico baby!!

Does MSNow know that the Democrat Party is now basically printing gay jokes about him?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:57 PM (2ocoG)

110 >>> 87 More good news!

New Zealand police say large pool of human blood in pedestrian tunnel is "not suspicious"
. . . .
Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...

In an update this afternoon, police said officers "can confirm the matter is not of a suspicious nature, and no further police involvement is required".
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (ndZc7)

Uh huh.

This happens all the time?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (jb8Ss)

111 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)
______

That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

112 99 Yep and he has pretty much beaten 85% of the left's lawfare against him and his policies so that obstacle is pretty much out of the way for his last two years.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (I43vL)

=======

The target of the admin's efforts are 2028. Win 2028, and the left loses...a lot.

Whichever party wins the presidency in 2028 controls the 2030 census.

The 2020 was intentionally (and admittedly, by the Bureau itself) messed up, giving at least 6-8 extra seats to Democrat run states over Republican states. They estimated. They didn't count. And the estimates were wrong. Whoops! Whoopsie!

Deport millions. Maybe even not count illegals here. Actually count.

Holy shit, Democrats lose at least 20 if not 30 or more seats in Congress in 2032.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (qGAQr)

113 While Donna Arthur was married to Cledith Arthur in 1978 when Acton was 12 years old, Cledith Arthur was charged with having sexual contact with her, documents show. Evidence against him included a sworn statement from Acton’s biological father, and Acton herself was called to testify as a witness. Following his indictment by a grand jury, Cledith Arthur skipped town.
tinyurl.com/y9mjujwv

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (88C+u)

114 (Mirthless Chuckle, shakes head) Those dirty Commie bastards. They'll never take Loontah. Not while there is freedom and justice... (Sets jaw, balls fists)

AND TOM TUTTLE FROM TACOMA WASHINGTON

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 20, 2026 03:59 PM (bX16E)

115 How high would they bounce? There's the betting pool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:59 PM (8B4gm)

116 They know whonits from and who caused it

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0)

117 And Zelenskyy... I think Trump has had enough of that little prick

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:42 PM

To be honest, I think everybody is done with him. Even his supposed European allies. His 15:00 are about up.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM

He is intentionally targeting russia's diesel production facilities to astronomically drive up the price globally in hopes that will make his allies contribute even more $$$$ to him in a lame effort to "win" the war.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 04:00 PM (I43vL)

118 Boy Mayor Frey is going to be big mad -

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING: The feds just moved to seize half a city block in Minneapolis, reportedly bought with stolen SNAP money.

Per the White House fraud task force, DOJ's new National Fraud Division filed yesterday to take back property that was fraudulently bought with food stamp dollars meant for hungry Minnesotans.

Then the speaker turned to the press in the room: "None of your outlets reported it. It took one brave kid and a camera."

That learning center was cited hundreds of times, and the legacy media sat on it for years.

Nick Shirley did their job for free. Now Trump is taking the money back, one city block at a time.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

119 That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

But you do get to look at sexy, sexy snakeass.

Posted by: guy who just needs you to hold this snake still for a few minutes at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (xEhzD)

120 111 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)
______

That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

Especially if you have to lift up or turn over the snek to find out...
Mice: "Who'll volunteer to put the bell on the cat?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (l3cgK)

121
Only 54?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:02 PM (eRlcH)

122 115 How high would they bounce? There's the betting pool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:59 PM (8B4gm)

Old and Outdated: Dead Cat Bounce
New and Improved: Dead Commie Bounce

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (l3cgK)

123 Finally, a definition.

WNBA Clarifies A Woman Is An Adult Human Lesbian

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (ndZc7)

124 >>> 111 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)
______

That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

Todd said that's what the AI told him!

Posted by: medlineplus at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (jb8Ss)

125 Hadrian the Seventh

So good to finally meet you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (u82oZ)

126
That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.

AoS ...where else are you going to read about snake anuses and Communist organizations at the same time ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (+gK6I)

127
Nick Shirley did their job for free. Now Trump is taking the money back, one city block at a time.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

Nick Shirley would be arrested and jailed in the People's Republik of Kalifornia...we have laws against what he does.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (l3cgK)

128 News report of Cledith's arrest: tinyurl.com/yhuffpdd
As the tinyurl suggests, I got this link from the Huffington Post but a primary source is a primary source

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (88C+u)

129 Love it, Nick Shirley is in the oval.....

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump with Nick Shirley, JD Vance and Stephen Miller formally establishes a federal fund to give MONETARY REWARDS to anyone who gives information leading to the conviction of a fraudster — 1% COMMISSION

INCLUDING reporters! This could even incentivize the 3rd worlders to tell on each other! 🔥

"Anyone who can prove they turned somebody in...and you find $1B, we are giving a commission of 1%."

This is sending chills down the spine of Somalis and foreigners.

It has to lead to a conviction or a major federal enforcement action

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)

130 Heading back to the computer. I'm feeding my friends' cats too.

Top of the news. Today's lies.

CBC - Premier of Saskatchewan talking

CNN - covering a Trump rally speech. Bitch is sad because the riots in France are by poor students.

MSNow - milirptary families evacuated from Navy base from Bahrain. Sad bitch's undying love for US troops is shining.

Fox - Will Cain - midterms.

Cats - fed
Ralphy - microwaved egg in kibble gone. Satisfied.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (Sco7b)

131
So good to finally meet you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (u82oZ)

__________

*tips hat*

The same, sir. An honor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (eRlcH)

132 It's me donna

*Gasp*

They are not the same?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (u82oZ)

133 126
That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.

AoS ...where else are you going to read about snake anuses and Communist organizations at the same time ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (+gK6I)

Are they not the same thing?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:05 PM (l3cgK)

134 >>> 126
==
AoS ...where else are you going to read about snake anuses and Communist organizations at the same time ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (+gK6I)

"Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:05 PM (jb8Ss)

135
They are not the same?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (u82oZ)

Good point...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:05 PM (+gK6I)

136 Poison Snake Anus would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (yt3LH)

137 Cain - record early voting turnout on Day one in Texas.

Not sure if that's good.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (Sco7b)

138 Neville Roy Singham.
Three names... like an assassin.
He probably lives in a hollowed out volcano and accesses it via submarine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (8+zLT)

139 137 Cain - record early voting turnout on Day one in Texas.

Not sure if that's good.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (Sco7b)

=======

Texas is a Trump+14 state.

What do you think high turnout ends up looking like in a state like that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (qGAQr)

140 136 Poison Snake Anus would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (yt3LH)

The anus is poisonous?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

141 Behold the power of Horde Mind!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (jb8Ss)

142
What do you think high turnout ends up looking like in a state like that?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (qGAQr)

True, but Dems have been pushing for that big first day push which was the point of their failed rallies.

I believe Texas and Michigan will be Republican.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:08 PM (Sco7b)

143 The anus is poisonous?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

I’m not a biologist.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:08 PM (yt3LH)

144 >>> 140 136 Poison Snake Anus would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (yt3LH)

The anus is poisonous?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

Maybe the snake ate a rat near a Taco Bell.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:09 PM (jb8Ss)

145 I was cheered, though, to hear Hillary confirm that conservatives have derailed the liberal project, at least temporarily: "We were on the path toward that ... we were on the right trajectory."
===========================
"were"

Posted by: PDJT is doing some real good at October 20, 2026 04:09 PM (q7yvH)

146 last thread's comment fits here, too:

150 once again, a right-wing-nutjob-conspiracy-theory (IOW something we all knew was true years ago) is proved to be irrefutably correct!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (VyBeY)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 04:09 PM (VyBeY)

147 Poisanus

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (Fv808)

148 It's also very difficult to tell the sex of a snake without a vet probing inside the body. The sex organs are well inside the cloaca.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (iFTx/)

149 Probably a problem when Dmitry Ravenoff wields that much power over national actors.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (rbvCR)

150 Paranoia Will Destroy Ya

Posted by: The Kinks at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (8B4gm)

151 The Blade had several snakes as pets when he was a kid, so he knows a lot about them

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (iFTx/)

152 148 It's also very difficult to tell the sex of a snake without a vet probing inside the body. The sex organs are well inside the cloaca.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (iFTx/)

I don't want to know how you know that

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:11 PM (+gK6I)

153 The anus is poisonous?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I’m not a biologist.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Tourist: "Is this snake poisonous?"

Park Warden: "No....."

Tourist: * picks up snake for selfie *

Snake: * chomp *

Park Warden: "But it is venomous....."

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 04:11 PM (VHUov)

154 148 It's also very difficult to tell the sex of a snake without a vet probing inside the body. The sex organs are well inside the cloaca.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (iFTx/)

Some would consider that kinky...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:11 PM (l3cgK)

155 You do something bad in China, they obliterate your “social credits.”

We need to confiscate this asshat’s assets and make it impossible to wield undue influence.

Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2026 04:11 PM (Ve/HL)

156 It's also very difficult to tell the sex of a snake without a vet probing inside the body. The sex organs are well inside the cloaca.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (iFTx/)

My cats keep catching snakes. I suspect the big tom catches them and the youngest tortie takes them over until I find them and take them back to the hedge.

I think they catch them in the hedge, so we may not have had twenty snakes, just a few recycled ones.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 04:12 PM (rbvCR)

157 142 True, but Dems have been pushing for that big first day push which was the point of their failed rallies.

I believe Texas and Michigan will be Republican.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:08 PM (Sco7b)

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Democrats successfully nationalized the Texas senate race.

The last time there was a nationalized election, Republicans and Democrats maxed out turnout, and Trump by the state by 14, Cruz won the Senate race by 9.

High turnout in deep red states is a good sign for Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:12 PM (qGAQr)

158 Nick Shirley would be arrested and jailed in the People's Republik of Kalifornia...we have laws against what he does.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (l3cgK)

Yeah, time to leave the former golden state.....they were so proud of themselves for passing the Nick Shirley bill......

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:12 PM (kX27y)

159 55. ...Look at where the Summer of Love riots and destruction happened. Deep blue cities in deep blue states,
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Rats looted and burned a lot of Lower Broad and tried to burn the city courthouse in Nashville - blue shithole in (supposed) red state. Rioters new Soros DA would do nothing, and wimp RINO gov did nothing as well. Rioters who asaulted State Troopers protecting the State Capitol weren't even charged. Oh well, maybe governor-in-waiting Marsha will shake things up next time.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 20, 2026 04:12 PM (QJwZd)

160 Cain - record early voting turnout on Day one in Texas.

Not sure if that's good.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM

Purely anecdotal but the turnout here in my rural NE Texas county is through the roof. The line yesterday and today was as long as it was for the 2024 presidential election and those ain't democrats standing in line to vote, pretty sure it's that way in most of Texas.

democrats don't even man a station to vote during the primaries in this county. They have to call someone in to open it up if a democrat comes in and wants to vote during the primary.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 04:12 PM (I43vL)

161
Ha, ha. Nasty line I just read.

"Europe will be destroyed by women who project onto those animals the motherhood that belonged to the children they aborted."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:13 PM (eRlcH)

162 The left hates Elon Musk for building electric vehicles and spaceships. They want him dead. This CCP plant, they have no interest in, even though he seems hellbent on destroying the West.

Go figure.

Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2026 04:13 PM (Ve/HL)

163 Hopefully this is because they gave up on bringing communism to the US for a while. Have you noticed that a lot of the Paris graffiti is in English?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:13 PM (yt3LH)

164 Cranking up street protests in 2027, heading into an election year, is geared toward energizing the left in 2028, just as BLM energized the left in 2019-2020.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:13 PM (q7yvH)

165 155 You do something bad in China, they obliterate your “social credits.”

We need to confiscate this asshat’s assets and make it impossible to wield undue influence.

Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2026 04:11 PM (Ve/HL)

You can donate it to our Orphan fund.

Posted by: Minnesota Learing Centers at October 20, 2026 04:13 PM (l3cgK)

166
Abdul is getting desperate - this is what he told a black woman interviewer:

Batya Ungar-Sargon
@bungarsargon
·
2h
I'm not racist like other Muslims is quite the campaign pitch for a guy running against Islamophobia!
Quote

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
·
6h
Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

This reeks of desperation

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:14 PM (kX27y)

167 Claims that Ohio issued warrants on Cledith, now in Pennsylvania, because men who dindu nuffins in Ohio always flee to other states; in 1981 and in 1987:
x.com darreldrowland/status/2112592097739989012

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 04:14 PM (88C+u)

168 160 democrats don't even man a station to vote during the primaries in this county. They have to call someone in to open it up if a democrat comes in and wants to vote during the primary.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 04:12 PM (I43vL)

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Data:

Black districts in South Dallas are running about 60% of 2024 turnout at the same time.

North districts in Dallas, which trend more Republican, are over 100%.

Can Democrats dream of having a shot statewide if they have depressed black turnout?

No, no they can't.

I just can't wait for everyone to go, "I was never swayed by the polls showing Talarico was up by 6. I learned my lesson about summer polling years ago."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:14 PM (qGAQr)

169 High turnout in deep red states is a good sign for Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:12 PM (qGAQr

Good to know. Thank you.!

Thank you Mister Scott. I enjoy hearing anecdotal stuff considering the quality of our news sources.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:15 PM (Sco7b)

170 Is a gas station Abdul like a basketball Jones?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 04:16 PM (viF8m)

171
Cranking up street protests in 2027, heading into an election year, is geared toward energizing the left in 2028, just as BLM energized the left in 2019-2020.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:13 PM (q7yvH)

____________

The United States is much less unitary than France. Half the country won't mind watching leftists burn down the cities they live in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:17 PM (eRlcH)

172 171
Cranking up street protests in 2027, heading into an election year, is geared toward energizing the left in 2028, just as BLM energized the left in 2019-2020.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:13 PM (q7yvH)

____________

The United States is much less unitary than France. Half the country won't mind watching leftists burn down the cities they live in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:17 PM (eRlcH)

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The BLM riots worked so well in 2020 that months of mail in ballot cheating was enough, Democrats had to shut down ballot counting in six states in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall to barely get Biden over the electoral college line.

There was a host of research into the riots of the late 60s and early 70s that showed that Democrats suffered for them at the ballot box because the public's impression was that they were the ones backing it, no matter who was actually in control of the government.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (qGAQr)

173 Snake lovers might want to check out the Netflix (sorry) TV show "72 Dangerous Animals: Asia", which my five year grandson is totally into, and now I am too. Snakes. Tigers. Sharks. All the good stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (kV76K)

174 ...
54 Commie organizations...
And that's just the ones they know of.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (l3cgK)

175 It's also very difficult to tell the sex of a snake without a vet probing inside the body. The sex organs are well inside the cloaca.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:10 PM (iFTx/)

My cats keep catching snakes. I suspect the big tom catches them and the youngest tortie takes them over until I find them and take them back to the hedge.

I think they catch them in the hedge, so we may not have had twenty snakes, just a few recycled ones.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 04:12 PM (rbvCR)
_______

We raised mice to feed to the snakes. Mice are stupid and nasty. If you put a mouse in a cage with the snake, the mouse just sits there like "duh" until the snake nails it. Mouse makes no attempt to evade the snake.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (iFTx/)

176 173 Snake lovers might want to check out the Netflix (sorry) TV show "72 Dangerous Animals: Asia", which my five year grandson is totally into, and now I am too. Snakes. Tigers. Sharks. All the good stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (kV76K)

Ausieland is a haven for the venomous and poisonous...every frickin' snake and spider...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (l3cgK)

177 Hadrian the Seventh

It'd be like when AntiFa protested in a small town in Idaho. Every inch of the protest route was lined with people. All armed with AR-15 clones or big pistols. Plus many counter protest signs -- handmade.

Anti-Fa was very well behaved in that town.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:20 PM (u82oZ)

178 I just can't wait for everyone to go, "I was never swayed by the polls showing Talarico was up by 6. I learned my lesson about summer polling years ago."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:14 PM

I wish I could bet on talerico losing with those online betting markets but I DO NOT want them having my card info.

Some of them were paying out big time on a hilliary win two weeks before the election in 2016.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 04:20 PM (I43vL)

179 Have you noticed that a lot of the Paris graffiti is in English?"

Protests around the world have been for the benefit of US news for decades...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:20 PM (pfXMo)

180 We raised mice to feed to the snakes. Mice are stupid and nasty. If you put a mouse in a cage with the snake, the mouse just sits there like "duh" until the snake nails it. Mouse makes no attempt to evade the snake.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (iFTx/)

Rats are the smart bastards.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:20 PM (l3cgK)

181 Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

This reeks of desperation
Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:14 PM (kX27y)
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This sounds like Brandon all over again.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:20 PM (kV76K)

182 >>Half the country won't mind watching leftists burn down the cities they live in.

And when the urbanites demand that the countryside 'help' them, the laughter will be audible for miles.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 04:20 PM (NcvvS)

183 Good news, everyone! Abdul El-Sayed supports the 2nd amendment.

Bobby LaValley
@Bobby_LaVallley
Abdul El-Sayed on the Second Amendment:

"When they promised the right to bear arms, they had muskets. So, yeah, everyone should have equal rights to a musket."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 04:21 PM (ndZc7)

184 Snakes. Tigers. Sharks. All the good stuff.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (kV76K)

Any Jets?

Posted by: finger-snappin' hoodlum at October 20, 2026 04:21 PM (+IsEU)

185 Ausieland is a haven for the venomous and poisonous...every frickin' snake and spider...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (l3cgK)
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Australia is in the show!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:22 PM (kV76K)

186 179 I wish I could bet on talerico losing with those online betting markets but I DO NOT want them having my card info.

Some of them were paying out big time on a hilliary win two weeks before the election in 2016.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 04:20 PM (I43vL)
==========

Visa gift card.

Sure, you have to pay the fee for the card, but if you're making 60% on the bet, that's an easy cost to bear.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:22 PM (qGAQr)

187 183 Good news, everyone! Abdul El-Sayed supports the 2nd amendment.

Bobby LaValley
@Bobby_LaVallley
Abdul El-Sayed on the Second Amendment:

"When they promised the right to bear arms, they had muskets. So, yeah, everyone should have equal rights to a musket."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 04:21 PM (ndZc7)

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Applied to the printing press, too?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:23 PM (qGAQr)

188 NOOD mother and daughter

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 04:23 PM (VHUov)

189 I was just reading that there is an NFL game in Paris this coming Sunday.
Has France made arrangements for these shenanigans to be put on hold for the weekend? Surely Goodell has asked his comrades for cooperation.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 04:23 PM (sl73Y)

190 Snake lovers might want to check out the Netflix (sorry) TV show "72 Dangerous Animals: Asia", which my five year grandson is totally into, and now I am too. Snakes. Tigers. Sharks. All the good stuff.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:19 PM (kV76K)
_____

Snakes are beautiful unique creatures and most of what people know about them is wrong. I would of course avoid the poisonous ones -- duh -- but the constrictors are safe and beautiful.

I had a rainbow boa with scales that glittered in the sun like a CGI effect. She (we think it was a she) would climb up and down your arm and the scales were super-smooth. The effect was almost like a massage.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 04:23 PM (iFTx/)

191 These are northwestern garter snakes with a yellow stripe. They eat slugs and bugs. The cats just think they are animated toys.
We have three garter snakes in our area and a "rubber boa", and further up the hills you can find a rat snake that looks like a diamond back rattler.
But we get the boring colored type in my yard.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 04:23 PM (rbvCR)

192 183 Good news, everyone! Abdul El-Sayed supports the 2nd amendment.

Bobby LaValley
@Bobby_LaVallley
Abdul El-Sayed on the Second Amendment:

"When they promised the right to bear arms, they had muskets. So, yeah, everyone should have equal rights to a musket."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 04:21 PM (ndZc7)

Yeah, nevermind Congress, even before the amendments were written, was aware of the Puckle gun and later Lewis and Clark used the Girardoni air rifle to great effect with the natives...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:24 PM (l3cgK)

193 > Protests around the world have been for the benefit of US news for decades...
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 04:20 PM (pfXMo)

I remember the obviously freshly-painted "Baby Milk Factory" sign, in English, outside of one of Saddam's chemical warfare plants.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 04:24 PM (qlLNh)

194 SpaceX earnings are out and, if you are a shareholder, you will like them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 04:25 PM (kV76K)

195 Have my black powder firearms so I'm good to go
Pistol, smooth bore and rifle

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)

196 NOOD

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:27 PM (+gK6I)

197 Down here in Texas on the coastal prairie DanMan & I voted today. Never seen the line so long even during Presidential elections. We weren't standing in line with a bunch of Democrats!

Posted by: DanMa'am at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (8uzBS)

198 Belton appeared before Congress to try and sell his Belton Repeating Flintlock to them, but Congress rejected it. He did sell a lot to the East India Tea company.

https://tinyurl.com/ysdujw2w

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:28 PM (l3cgK)

199 $2500.00 to Talarico campaign because my family and I are principled conservatives.

Posted by: George W Bush and family at October 20, 2026 04:54 PM (nvKZ7)

Report: Debanking of Conservatives Was Driven by the KKK-Funding Race Grift Organization the SPLC

Ben Whedon of Just the News:

A recent report from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) in the Treasury Department shows that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was a driving force behind the debanking of conservative groups prior to its indictment.
The SPLC is a left-wing anti-racism advocacy group that has faced scrutiny from conservatives for years over its alleged bias against them and penchant for labeling mainstream political figures on the right as "extremists."
...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the SPLC with allegedly defrauding donors by paying exorbitant sums to members of extremist groups, both to act as informants and to recruit and expand their operations.
The SPLC has denied wrongdoing in the case, and said in a statement that "The charges against the SPLC are provably wrong; they are based on inaccurate facts and a misapplication of law. Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."
The OCC report, released last week, detailed the efforts of financial applications, banks, and other institutions to deny service to conservative organizations, particularly highlighting the SPLC's role. Many of the groups the report documented had been labeled as hate groups by the organization. Driving much of the effort were broad reputational risk policies that the OCC generally swept up many mainstream conservative groups.
"Today's report provides irrefutable evidence that the nation's largest banks have denied, debanked and discriminated against customers and lawful businesses," Comptroller Jonathan Gould said at the time. "Americans should have access to financial services regardless of their beliefs, affiliations, or political views. Fair access to financial services is not a mantra--it is a mandate. The Trump Administration is committed to ending the weaponization of finance against hardworking Americans, once and for all."
Among the top findings of the OCC were that banks largely did not have quantifiable standards for determining the reputational risk of maintaining relationships with specific customers. Those standards, moreover, allegedly came to the detriment of generally right-wing groups. The report also documented damage to specific industries that were affected heavily by debanking.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:22 PM

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1 THE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/)

2 First?

Posted by: HowardDevore at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (H/Jxx)

3 RICO?

Sounds like RICO, for every member of the SPLC.

Posted by: Another Anon at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (4h45B)

4 ! Ah well now to read the content

Posted by: HowardDevore at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (H/Jxx)

5 Shocking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (8B4gm)

6 /sigh, did it again.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 20, 2026 02:24 PM (Q/FnY)

7 "The SPLC is a left-wing anti-racism advocacy group that has faced scrutiny from conservatives for years ...."

They gave away the game right from the get, with that comically biased phrasing

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

8 Ace obviously admired this article.

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at October 20, 2026 02:25 PM (PFC1v)

9 I can only hope big banks like BOA’s legal team is working overtime right now at the request of their leadership team who are currently having a few stomach cramps in advance of problems over the horizon.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

10
In before the riff-raff!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (eRlcH)

11 Can we haz at least a couple 3am no-knock flash-bang raids?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (jb8Ss)

12 Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups
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It turns out you can just say things.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (XvD//)

13 10
In before the riff-raff!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02

Wrong! I am in at number 9! 😂

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

14 Surprise surprise surprise...

/Gomer Pyle voice

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:27 PM (pfXMo)

15 Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."

And this is documented somewhere by a law enforcement agency that Mighty Mouse SPLC came and saved the day, right?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:27 PM (6ydKt)

16
DARN, I was having fun with Ilhan. Oh well.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:27 PM (mmrXZ)

17
Can we haz at least a couple 3am no-knock flash-bang raids?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (jb8Ss)

__________

Perp walks amid flashing cameras and shouted questions will be fine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (eRlcH)

18 Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped

By who? Name them.

But then they could sue your commie fag asses for slander.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (jb8Ss)

19 Are there any organizations besides DOGE that aren't effing us hard?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (iOpI2)

20 SPLC

What is Soviet Propaganda and Lies Committee?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (awxTv)

21 Couldn't have been done without the Gov't putting their thumb on the scales either.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:29 PM (l3cgK)

22 In before the riff-raff!"

What am I, chopped Eddie?

/Dr Frank-n-furter

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (pfXMo)

23 “Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."

Has anyone let the SPLC team know they are not a law enforcement agency of any type?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

24 "banks largely did not have quantifiable standards for determining the reputational risk of maintaining relationships with specific customers"

That's a big load of steaming hot chocolate dogshit. The "reputational risk" was always a made-up excuse for naked partisan discrimination for political views. I don't think "reputational risk" exists as a basis to refuse a customer. Every bank that did this should have been prosecuted.

Sure, a bank can refuse to do business with criminals, cartels, terrorists, drug dealers, methodists, and known money-laundering actors. But that requires some prior conviction of a crime, or designation on a terror list, or some very hard evidence of criminality.

A bank can't debank Charlie Kirk because they don't like his views on abortion. But that's basically exactly what the banks did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

25 Thumb?

More like an elbow.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (awxTv)

26 Who decided whom would be on the list?

Who signed off? The CEOs?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (RIvkX)

27 23 “Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."

Has anyone let the SPLC team know they are not a law enforcement agency of any type?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

=======

I think there's an AUSA telling them right about now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (wn0/z)

28 I've seen the SLPC advertise on MSNow asking for money.

Just tuned in. They're in Texas!
Ahhh, sweet, sweet hopium.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (Sco7b)

29 If the Democrats get back in power, the SPLC will become a major department of the federal government, funded by taxpayers.

And no, I am not joking.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:31 PM (HD2n/)

30 A bank can't debank Charlie Kirk because they don't like his views on abortion. But that's basically exactly what the banks did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

And our Gov't led the charge under the Obama and Obiden administrations.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:31 PM (l3cgK)

31 24 A bank can't debank Charlie Kirk because they don't like his views on abortion. But that's basically exactly what the banks did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

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It was to prevent fascism that large companies did the bidding of the permanent bureaucracy through NGOs that received government funds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (wn0/z)

32 Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped"

Didn't you hear about the Turner Diaries and stuff?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (pfXMo)

33 Someone, somewhere said, "yep, on my authority accept SPLC's documentation and act to terminate the accounts on their lists"

That someone should be sued serially, and wind up living in absolute poverty on the street in San Francisco knowing his grandchildren might graduate from community college with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

34 "Take what you can, give nothing back!" - BoA Pirates, probably.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (wVcYX)

35 Who decided whom would be on the list?

Who signed off? The CEOs?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (RIvkX)
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I don't know. Let's (meaning you) ask the Lord High Executioner!

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)

36 32 Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped"

Didn't you hear about the Turner Diaries and stuff?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (pfXMo)

Did the SPLC pay for that too?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (l3cgK)

37 Sue like the wind.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (dK+Kv)

38 Interesting side note. From X
Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
🚨 NEW: Inside the Neocons’ Secret Plan to Take the Republican Party Back.

A Republican organizing network backed by liberal foundation money held private meetings where participants discussed how to “retake the local party apparatus.”

A former Soros foundation grantmaker helped advise the effort.

The target was local Republican organizations. Their own report records one participant’s assessment that parties were:

“strong enough to still matter, but weak enough to be taken over.”

Participants in Kansas and Kentucky had already begun developing plans to rebuild local parties.

Johns Hopkins’ SNF Agora Institute and the R Street Institute organized the meetings: private dinners followed by full-day, off-the-record sessions. Rules prevented participants’ statements from being attributed to them individually.

Johns Hopkins named Brad Raffensperger among the project’s architects.

The funding includes:

• $1.85 MILLION from Hewlett for the Civic Right project.
• $500,000 from Carnegie for the Conservative Agenda for Democracy program.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (E4rtv)

39 The SPLC is the physical embodiment of the argument against "hate speech" and "hate crime" laws: The problem is not the law itself, but instead who gets to define what counts as "hate."

As soon as you give some unelected person or group the supreme power to determine who is disfavored, that you have just created a dictatorship and ended democracy.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (HD2n/)

40 Corporate comms is always the go to before legal. Every time.

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (enNUy)

41 The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the SPLC with allegedly defrauding donors by paying exorbitant sums to members of extremist groups, both to act as informants and to recruit and expand their operations.
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They lied and stole coming and going.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (RIvkX)

42 Fines are irrelevant. Show me some prison terms for executives who enforced this.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (0U5gm)

43 Small bakeries have to bake buggery cakes but giant chartered banks can deny services for wrongthink.

What a country!

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (Poy1v)

44 That someone should be sued serially, and wind up living in absolute poverty on the street in San Francisco knowing his grandchildren might graduate from community college with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

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I want specific people to be indicted. Someone gave the okay.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (iOpI2)

45 >>> 29 If the Democrats get back in power, the SPLC will become a major department of the federal government, funded by taxpayers.

And no, I am not joking.
Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:31 PM (HD2n/)

They weren't already?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (jb8Ss)

46 The feds have the evidence where their VP AWFL Karen McFatty Fats paid her KKK boyfriend every month and informing her he was taking her out to dinner and then dismantling her hate panties afterwards.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (6ydKt)

47 Being debunked from the Horse Trailer @ the TxMoMe >>>> debanked by the SPLC

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (0sNs1)

48
Who decided whom would be on the list?

Who signed off? The CEOs?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (RIvkX)

____________

"It was Todd in Risk Management!" - The CEOs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)

49 44 That someone should be sued serially, and wind up living in absolute poverty on the street in San Francisco knowing his grandchildren might graduate from community college with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

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I want specific people to be indicted. Someone gave the okay.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (iOpI2)

It goes up to the very top of who runs the Demonrats and Soros and others.
At best you'll get the smaller fish.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

50
JustTheNews says the SPLC paid "exorbitant sums to members of extremist groups, both to act as informants and to recruit and expand their operations."

Act as informants? We know the SPLC donated to e.g. the KKK, but I'm just trying to clarify the JustTheNews report, who was informing whom what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

51 As soon as you give some unelected person or group the supreme power to determine who is disfavored, that you have just created a dictatorship and ended democracy.
Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (HD2n/)
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This describes the Administrative State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (RIvkX)

52 Thumb?

More like an elbow"

Hey, a trillion here, a trillion there...

"Did the SPLC pay for that too?"
Rumor was that they were involved with publishing and such...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (pfXMo)

53 "It was Todd in Risk Management!" - The CEOs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)
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LOL

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (rj6Yv)

54 In before the riff-raff!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM

Dr. Frank N. Furter sock opportunity missed.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:37 PM (0sNs1)

55 50
JustTheNews says the SPLC paid "exorbitant sums to members of extremist groups, both to act as informants and to recruit and expand their operations."

Act as informants? We know the SPLC donated to e.g. the KKK, but I'm just trying to clarify the JustTheNews report, who was informing whom what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

You didn't get the memo?

Posted by: SPLC Liason to the KKK at October 20, 2026 02:37 PM (l3cgK)

56 49 44 That someone should be sued serially, and wind up living in absolute poverty on the street in San Francisco knowing his grandchildren might graduate from community college with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

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I want specific people to be indicted. Someone gave the okay.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (iOpI2)

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Do people just leak news out of their heads?

Heidi Beirich, a former director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama.

Remember the fat ugly exec from the SPLC who had a Neo-Nazi boyfriend? That lady was indicted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (wn0/z)

57 If you do not allow me to scam the government, then how do you expect me to make a decent living ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (qDw3H)

58 with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

Welders are making good money compared to baristas so their kid will probably turn out alright.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (6ydKt)

59
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October

Totally off topic, but you were asking about side planks earlier, right? And worried about your wrists? Without seeing you do them, it’s hard for me to say anything specifically, but in general: make sure your hand is under your shoulder and you are not collapsing down, 2. You are targeting your obliques most strongly, so that is what you need to be dialed into to hold you up, think rainbow arch into the obliques. 3. You don’t need to hold a side plank with feet stacked or floated for a long time, but to get there, start in your high plank with feet wide, open up to the side plank with feet staggered. If you are still struggling, bend and plant the top foot behind the bottom leg, then move to staggered, then move to stacked, then to floating. Once you are good there, add in the other stuff that make it spicier with strength tubes, weights, spinal twists, etc etc.

If it wasn’t you, well…here is how you do a side plank. lol.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

60 Justice would be that banks would be sanctioned for violation of rights but the SPLC needs to be sued to the ground for their slander which predicated the harm the banks caused.

Posted by: Getting it done twerkin' inna coal mine at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (IDiL6)

61 You know who REALLY feels like fools right about now?

The idiots who joined the KKK for free.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (HD2n/)

62 They lied and stole coming and going."

You can get rich off the vig!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (pfXMo)

63 If the right had anything close to the warfare resources the left does, a class-action suit should have been filed against the SPLC 4 years ago, naming the org and the executives as defendents.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (nEUC6)

64 It goes up to the very top of who runs the Demonrats and Soros and others.
At best you'll get the smaller fish.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM

* side eyes *

Posted by: Big Penguin at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

65 37 Sue like the wind.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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I would start anti trust actions at the FTC to break them up. Time for too big to fail to fail as a policy.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)

66 >>> 27 23 “Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."

Has anyone let the SPLC team know they are not a law enforcement agency of any type?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

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I think there's an AUSA telling them right about now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (wn0/z)

Was there also a Todd in Risk Management at the Eff.Bee.EYE who approved the "help" from the SPLC?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (jb8Ss)

67
And no, I am not joking.
Posted by: zombie

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Like in the last thread, I don't think it's one bit pessimistic of SpeakingOf to say that a Dem Congress would pass "Ilhan's Law" to bring her back should she be deported.

Of course SPLC would be folded into a Dem administration.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (mmrXZ)

68 "The charges against the SPLC are provably wrong; they are based on inaccurate facts. . .#

Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (FxH7T)

69 by any means necessary, including fraud

Posted by: Sid at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (w9N1h)

70 59 If it wasn’t you, well…here is how you do a side plank. lol.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

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It was. I'll have to watch my hand placement most, it seems.

Thanks!

I also nope out of every dumbbell pushup because it hurts my palms so much. I'll sacrifice the slight height for just being able to do the damn things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (wn0/z)

71 Dr. Frank N. Furter sock opportunity missed"

Ahem.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (pfXMo)

72 Things that are not a legal issue: Revolutionary rape, arresting the opposition leader on spurious charges, making people take a poison shot you knew didn't work

Real serious constitutional crises: Investigating someone for immigration fraud who committed immigration fraud, deporting someone here illegally, building a ball room.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)

73 "It was Todd in Risk Management!" - The CEOs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)

“Fucking Todd!”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

74 Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (FxH7T)
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Inaccurate and inconvenient facts?

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (rj6Yv)

75 68 "The charges against the SPLC are provably wrong; they are based on inaccurate facts. . .#

Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (FxH7T)

Inaccurate facts = Inconvenient facts

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (l3cgK)

76 The charges against the SPLC are provably wrong; they are based on inaccurate facts. . .#

Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here

Saw a lefty arguing that the truth has become a rightwing issue.

It all clicks pretty obviously I think.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

77 The idiots who joined the KKK for free."

Dang it. It's "chick's for free"

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (pfXMo)

78 Fines are irrelevant. Show me some prison terms for executives who enforced this.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM

May I propose an alternative?

Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)

79 >>> 74 Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (FxH7T)
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Inaccurate and inconvenient facts?
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (rj6Yv)

Per Brandon's MiniTru, those would be "malinformation": it's true but it hurts our fee-fees.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (jb8Ss)

80 73 "It was Todd in Risk Management!" - The CEOs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)

“Fucking Todd!”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

Elder son had an Obiwan Kenobi toy that was left in the car which derped the toy. After that, we called him Todd, as a We-Todd-Did Jedi.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

81 May I propose an alternative?
Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes "

Poplar?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (pfXMo)

82 DOJ also froze all of SPLC's assets.

DOJ isn't just putting a small fine on the organization. It's effectively killing it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (wn0/z)

83 I've posted this before but the friend of a friend had a nice Jewish great aunt who passed away. She had in her obit "in lieu of flowers donate to the SPLC". She didn't specify that the money shouldn't go to the KKK.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (vJPf4)

84 I wonder why there is no Northern Poverty Law Center.

Posted by: Double Standard at October 20, 2026 02:43 PM (8EQTH)

85
Act as informants? We know the SPLC donated to e.g. the KKK, but I'm just trying to clarify the JustTheNews report, who was informing whom what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

You didn't get the memo?
Posted by: SPLC Liason to the KKK

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It's so tangled I can't keep up. SPLC gives exorbitant sum to the KKK leader because let's face it, the demand for racism exceeds the supply. Informants? The KKK is informing the SPLC of what? And why? If I were the KKK, I'd take the money and spend it on recruitment. I wouldn't do squat for the SPLC.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

86 Chris Rock was likely talking about the SPLC when he did that (recent) monologue about Salem.
You gotta respect a comedian who can stay relevant after three decades.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (88C+u)

87 If it wasn’t you, well…here is how you do a side plank. lol.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

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It was. I'll have to watch my hand placement most, it seems.

Thanks!

I also nope out of every dumbbell pushup because it hurts my palms so much. I'll sacrifice the slight height for just being able to do the damn things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (wn0/z)
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The Paolo, he ... how you say .. do da "front plank" with his ... well, you know The Paolo

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

88 IIRC the interim president of the SPLC was "grilled" by Congress several months ago. It went about as well for Congress as the Fauci "grilling" went.

But... again, IIRC a lot of the fraud based money that the SPLC was getting to operate dried up.

If there's still, even a shell of what was the SPLC, it needs to be burned to the ground with anyone stupid enough to be inside.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (RORbl)

89 I also nope out of every dumbbell pushup because it hurts my palms so much. I'll sacrifice the slight height for just being able to do the damn things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (wn0/

I have a feeling you are dumping into your shoulders. Push ups are just moving planks and you should have weight on all four corners, not just shoulders and arms. Shift back a little bit and see what happens.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

90
Starts as a crusade, evolves into a business, ends up as a racket.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (otI7K)

91 LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)

92 The right-wing is again playing the victim card

They used to be thought of being made of sterner stuff

Posted by: Paul at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (71mhK)

93 A Republican organizing network backed by liberal foundation money held private meetings where participants discussed how to “retake the local party apparatus.”

Imagine you are a left leaning Republican, but you have principles. You want some kind of government oversight of healthcare but not socialized healthcare, you want a welfare net but not as generous as the Dems, you want gay marriage but not tranny crap. You want legal immigration but not illegal immigration and so on.

You stop for a moment and notice you want the exact same policies as Donald Trump has implemented.

You stop complaining about OrangemanBad and go vote for the people he has endorsed knowing this is the best way to get the policies you want.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

94 The Northern Poverty Law Centre is the CBC.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (88C+u)

95 I wonder why there is no Northern Poverty Law Center.
Posted by: Double Standard at October 20, 2026 02:43 PM

Yet another example of Yankees keeping People of South down.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (0sNs1)

96 SPLC was the org where one of its leaders was paying a KKK leader for sex right?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)

97 93 Imagine you are a left leaning Republican, but you have principles. You want some kind of government oversight of healthcare but not socialized healthcare, you want a welfare net but not as generous as the Dems, you want gay marriage but not tranny crap. You want legal immigration but not illegal immigration and so on.

You stop for a moment and notice you want the exact same policies as Donald Trump has implemented.

You stop complaining about OrangemanBad and go vote for the people he has endorsed knowing this is the best way to get the policies you want.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

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But then you realize that you are driven by social pressures, not ideology or policy, so you amp up your OrangeManBad-itis even further because it's expected of you in your social circles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:45 PM (wn0/z)

98 Act as informants? We know the SPLC donated to e.g. the KKK, but I'm just trying to clarify the JustTheNews report, who was informing whom what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

You didn't get the memo?
Posted by: SPLC Liason to the KKK

===============

It's so tangled I can't keep up. SPLC gives exorbitant sum to the KKK leader because let's face it, the demand for racism exceeds the supply. Informants? The KKK is informing the SPLC of what? And why? If I were the KKK, I'd take the money and spend it on recruitment. I wouldn't do squat for the SPLC.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)
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You can be sure a nice fat slice of the money that SPLC gave to the KKK was kicked back to bigwigs at SPLC

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

99 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (G4kNP)

100 Toooooooooooodd!

Posted by: Ghost of George Carlin at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (Poy1v)

101 One-arm pushups help ease the strain on the other arm.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (0sNs1)

102 Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (HD2n/)

Not everyone wants a Democracy

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (XvD//)

103 99 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (G4kNP)

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I reviewed that movie recently.

It's a Hammer joint.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (wn0/z)

104 96 SPLC was the org where one of its leaders was paying a KKK leader for sex right?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)

"Desperately Seeking Ilsa"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

105 Just reminded me of Jennifer Beals in Vampire's Kiss. Yikers

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:47 PM (XvD//)

106 91 LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)

He didn’t add ‘watermelon, chitlins, and big asses’ to that sentence so he should be OK.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:47 PM (6ydKt)

107 i oppose putin refining diesel because i am loyal to ukraine

Posted by: Paul at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (71mhK)

108 One-arm pushups help ease the strain on the other arm.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

There was a story of a dude who was trying to beat the world record for push-ups. It was like 1400 or something. He beat it but was paralyzed for a few days. Doesn't sound worth it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (nEUC6)

109 > LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.
-------------
Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (RORbl)

110 91 LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)

******
Lol...someone should ask him about chitlins and pickled pig lips cuisine.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (hzuYO)

111
Jocelyn Benson was on the board of the SPLC, a secret agent posing as a reporter for it, and Morris Dees's lover.

But it would be unseemly to bring this up as she's about to be Governor of Michigan.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (Y8DZL)

112 You stop for a moment and notice you want the exact same policies as Donald Trump has implemented.

You stop complaining about OrangemanBad and go vote for the people he has endorsed knowing this is the best way to get the policies you want.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
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lmao all of this presumes that these people are capable of reflection and rational thought rather than being governed by their fee fees.

It is to laugh.

Posted by: ballistic at October 20, 2026 02:49 PM (oqH4h)

113 99 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Reading through the wiki entry this is a serious of movies about busty lesbian vampires in history?

Do they also put up book shelves? Because I know someone that might be interested.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

114 113 99 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Reading through the wiki entry this is a serious of movies about busty lesbian vampires in history?

Do they also put up book shelves? Because I know someone that might be interested.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

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The Vampire Lovers has more nudity.

A lot more nudity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:50 PM (qGAQr)

115 *makes notes*

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:51 PM (6ydKt)

116 Why do I think they were the dupes not the actual agents?

@PolitlcsUK
🚨 BREAKING: Two men previously bailed over the RAF Fairford plot have been rearrested on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service

One is a British-Iranian man aged 25 and the other is a British man aged 24

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 02:52 PM (nEUC6)

117
Fines are irrelevant. Show me some prison terms for executives who enforced this.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada

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I bet Elric has already given us the sad truth about this: what they did was not a crime. To criminalize their acts, you'd have to get Congress to pass laws against their donors and Bros In High Places. So, settle for meaningless fines. Maybe if we take the White House in 2028 and 2032, we could hope for enough swamp drainage to get laws like that starting in 2037.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

118 Paulbot is busted

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (Poy1v)

119 From X, stealth replacement for social security ongoing.
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Eric Balchunas
@EricBalchunas
·
5h
Trump Accounts may soon be expanded even more to anyone under 40yrs old. That would be another 100 million people, on top of the 70 million kids and 3.5mil babies born each year. This according to Brad Gerstner who is the main guy spearheading efforts on this. He also said Elon

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

120 117 I bet Elric has already given us the sad truth about this: what they did was not a crime. To criminalize their acts, you'd have to get Congress to pass laws against their donors and Bros In High Places. So, settle for meaningless fines. Maybe if we take the White House in 2028 and 2032, we could hope for enough swamp drainage to get laws like that starting in 2037.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

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Here's the indictment.

They broke a lot of laws.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (qGAQr)

121 The Vampire Lovers has more nudity.

A lot more nudity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:50 PM

Like 'ron cinema consumers care about that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (0sNs1)

122
Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups.

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The SPLC could have dismantled those groups pretty quick if they'd suddenly stopped paying them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (VWtfl)

123 Morris Day > Morris Dees

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (pfXMo)

124 I haven't really followed the whole debanking story that closely. I get the feeling I should be way more outraged than I am. Way more

Posted by: 496 at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (5vw01)

125

I was playing a game called Thea: The Awakening which is based on slavic mythology and learned one way to beat a Polish vampire is to dig up its corpse and if you remove its clothes it will literally die of embarrassment.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (sKqQm)

126 The Silence of the DNC would be a great title for a movie.

They sure are quiet.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (rj6Yv)

127 I bet Elric has already given us the sad truth about this: what they did was not a crime. To criminalize their acts, you'd have to get Congress to pass laws against their donors and Bros In High Places. So, settle for meaningless fines. Maybe if we take the White House in 2028 and 2032, we could hope for enough swamp drainage to get laws like that starting in 2037.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

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Here's the indictment.

They broke a lot of laws.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (qGAQr)
_____

I think she was talking about the debanking by banks based on little more than partisan politics.

The SPLC was doing truly criminal shit. Should be an open and shut case, but we'll see.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)

128 I have a little niece that should get a Trump account and an Elon share of Tesla.

It would’ve been nice if this was done when I was a kid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)

129 Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM

Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)

130 Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (pfXMo)

--Morris the Cat > Morris Dees

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:56 PM (Poy1v)

131 Morris The Cat > Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (pfXMo)

132 109 > LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.
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Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (RORbl)

Good. You all found it.

And I'm liking that Mother story on GatewayPundit too.

WHOA! Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Amy Acton’s Mother Appears in Attack Ad: “She’s a Liar… She’s Lied Her Entire Life.” – UPDATE: Acton Responds

When even your Mom doesn't want you to win AND IS ACTIVELY campaigning against you....lol.

Talarico may be falling to third or fourth in the Democratic crazy train of lunacy. I'm getting optimistic about the midterms.....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

133 Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

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The Vampire Lovers has more nudity.

A lot more nudity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:50 PM (qGAQr)
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Doesn't Vampire Lovers have a lot more lady vampires who can get naked?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

134 So, will anything happen?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (ebJJx)

135 Dang it. Too slow again. It's this head cold

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (pfXMo)

136 129 Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM

Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)

Nah, Morris is the best.

Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (9ZFZd)

137 Jinx, man!

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (Poy1v)

138 133
Doesn't Vampire Lovers have a lot more lady vampires who can get naked?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

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For most of the running time, both films only have one lady vampire.

The Vampire Lovers gains a second very late, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (qGAQr)

139 Vampire lovers?

Pfftt. What a waste. Note even one scene of two dude vampires making out.

Posted by: Anne Rice at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)

140 136 129 Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM

Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)

Nah, Morris is the best.
Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (9ZFZd)

Morris Day that is.

Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (9ZFZd)

141
You can be sure a nice fat slice of the money that SPLC gave to the KKK was kicked back to bigwigs at SPLC
Posted by: Elric The Blade

===================

Haha, I'm ignorant about the subtleties of accounting. I don't see why the bigwigs didn't just steal it straight from the organization instead of relying on kickbacks from illicit payouts, but I guess there are some Excel spreadsheets that really do have to look legit.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (mmrXZ)

142 The report also documented damage to specific industries that were affected heavily by debanking.

___________________________

I think there's more coming on this as it relates to the energy industries. Any way you slice it, it's discrimination based on political views. A significant number of banks joined these "Net Zero" alliances that resulted in refusing loans (and even accounts) to various (very profitable) energy companies. THIS was a direct violation of their fiduciary duties to their investors. And, arguably, you could say that the discrimination on "climate change" policy was ALSO discrimination based on political views. The Premier of Canada was instrumental in these discriminatory practices. And, he (and those banks) bailed quickly when he was elected.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (dIske)

143 have a little niece that should get a Trump account and an Elon share of Tesla.

It would’ve been nice if this was done when I was a kid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)
-

For my Bar Mitzvah, my late aunt gave me 100 shares of Pan Am.

Oh well.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (ebJJx)

144 Morris The Cat > Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM

"Some people call me Morris" > Morris The Cat > Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees

Posted by: Steve Miller Band at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (0sNs1)

145 I haven't seen Fearless Vampire Killers since college.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (Poy1v)

146 When even your Mom doesn't want you to win AND IS ACTIVELY campaigning against you....lol.

Talarico may be falling to third or fourth in the Democratic crazy train of lunacy. I'm getting optimistic about the midterms.....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

Saw a lefty rebuttal about this ad on a X reply to a post of the video.

Apparently, according to them, Acton hasn’t lived with her mother since she was 12 because her mother married a man who molested her daughter and then did nothing about it so mom is the liar.

I have no clue who’s right or who’s lying so I’ll just get some popcorn.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)

147 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Reading through the wiki entry this is a serious of movies about busty lesbian vampires in history?
Posted by: 18-1

Lesbian vampires were some of the original stories. "Carmilla" predates "Dracula" by 25 years.

Vaguely-NSFW song/video based on Carmilla:

Blackbriar - Moonflower
https://youtu.be/1eOIvQnkhg0

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (VHUov)

148 Moar....
------------
@RapidResponse47
.
@POTUS
: Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website — and they'll be given a commission of one percent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (RORbl)

149 145 I haven't seen Fearless Vampire Killers since college.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (Poy1v)

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I'll run through Roman Polanski's work when he's dead.

Just to sidestep some of the inevitable conversation. Can't avoid it all, but I can avoid some if he's dead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (qGAQr)

150 once again, a right-wing-nutjob-conspiracy-theory (IOW something we all knew was true years ago) is proved to be irrefutably correct!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (VyBeY)

151 I don't think "reputational risk" exists as a basis to refuse a customer. Every bank that did this should have been prosecuted.

Sure, a bank can refuse to do business with criminals, cartels, terrorists, drug dealers, methodists, and known money-laundering actors. But that requires some prior conviction of a crime, or designation on a terror list, or some very hard evidence of criminality.

A bank can't debank Charlie Kirk because they don't like his views on abortion. But that's basically exactly what the banks did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

I think you are mistaken about what the law is. I believe it is legal for a bank to decide it doesn't want to do business with NAMBLA, for example. Assuming for the moment that NAMBLA isn't actually violating any laws, and only acts as a lobbying group for those that want to make pedo sex legal, a bank can decide that they are just too disgusting to do business with.

They don't get to refuse to do business with people based on race, religion, etc. Maybe the law should be changed to include political views, but that's where we are now.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (8mulE)

152 When even your Mom doesn't want you to win AND IS ACTIVELY campaigning against you....lol.

Talarico may be falling to third or fourth in the Democratic crazy train of lunacy. I'm getting optimistic about the midterms.....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

If only you had sold them all in like 1980 and banked the cash?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (6ydKt)

153 So, will anything happen?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM

So, like my wife, you don't listen to me?

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (0sNs1)

154 Nah, Morris is the best.
Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (9ZFZd)

Morris Day that is.
Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (9ZFZd)

Disagree!

Posted by: Appolonia 6 at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (Poy1v)

155 Apparently, according to them, Acton hasn’t lived with her mother since she was 12 because her mother married a man who molested her daughter and then did nothing about it so mom is the liar.

I have no clue who’s right or who’s lying so I’ll just get some popcorn.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)

That's what the follow-up response said.

But as you said, popcorn.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (Sco7b)

156 WHOA! Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Amy Acton’s Mother Appears in Attack Ad: “She’s a Liar… She’s Lied Her Entire Life.” – UPDATE: Acton Responds

Pretty rare someone's own mother will say not to vote for her kid because said kid is cray-cray.

I see Acton's response is to call her mother a liar back and insinuate she helped a man rape her.

Crazy stuff

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (sKqQm)

157 146 Saw a lefty rebuttal about this ad on a X reply to a post of the video.

Apparently, according to them, Acton hasn’t lived with her mother since she was 12 because her mother married a man who molested her daughter and then did nothing about it so mom is the liar.

I have no clue who’s right or who’s lying so I’ll just get some popcorn.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)

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1. Apparently there's no court record of the accusations, so those are suspect.

2. Just having Acton's mom on TV saying not to vote for her is going to be the kind of emotional punch that will affect soft partisans and the small population of swing voters enough that no explanation from the Acton campaign will undo it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (qGAQr)

158 I'll run through Roman Polanski's work when he's dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM

I'm already there, you know.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (0sNs1)

159 So, like my wife, you don't listen to me?

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (0sNs1)
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Of course I listen to you, dear!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (ebJJx)

160 158 I'll run through Roman Polanski's work when he's dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM

I'm already there, you know.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (0sNs1)

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When I'm good and ready!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (qGAQr)

161
There's been an Oval Office press conference going on this whole time!!

I've had it on tv but I've been so absorbed with you morons that I don't know what Trump did. Announce more gaping holes of fraud, I think.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (mmrXZ)

162 146, IMO it's a pretty safe assumption that the leftist (demonrat) side of any question is based on lies.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (VyBeY)

163 I don’t recall much, if any, nudity in Fearless Vampire Killers but I do vaguely remember some lingerie.

Been several years since I watched it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (6ydKt)

164 Maybe the law should be changed to include political views, but that's where we are now.
Posted by: No Name Today

Actual law in California. Guess how often it's enforced?

GUESS.
HOW.
OFTEN?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (nEUC6)

165 Morris The Cat > Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees >Morris Minor

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (pfXMo)

166 161
There's been an Oval Office press conference going on this whole time!!

I've had it on tv but I've been so absorbed with you morons that I don't know what Trump did. Announce more gaping holes of fraud, I think.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (mmrXZ)

========

Criterion flash sale is also on right now.

Got my first order in (first time in 18 months). Waiting for $50 credit to arrive so I can get in the second.

Wish it had happened a week later so I could get Frankenstein, but oh well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (qGAQr)

167
I think you are mistaken about what the law is. I believe it is legal for a bank to decide it doesn't want to do business with NAMBLA, for example. Assuming for the moment that NAMBLA isn't actually violating any laws, and only acts as a lobbying group for those that want to make pedo sex legal, a bank can decide that they are just too disgusting to do business with.

One of the things the left has been successful at is taking normal rightleaning beliefs, hell normal 2000s era leftwing beliefs, and argue they are so far right wing as to be the same as NAMBLA while at the same time arguing hating on NAMBLA is homophobia.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm)

168 >>> 164 Maybe the law should be changed to include political views, but that's where we are now.
Posted by: No Name Today

Actual law in California. Guess how often it's enforced?

GUESS.
HOW.
OFTEN?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (nEUC6)

It's enforced where protectors of Our Precious Democracy, or Newcomers, or other good people are affected.

What do I win?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:05 PM (jb8Ss)

169 Saw a lefty rebuttal about this ad on a X reply to a post of the video.

Apparently, according to them, Acton hasn’t lived with her mother since she was 12 because her mother married a man who molested her daughter and then did nothing about it so mom is the liar.

I have no clue who’s right or who’s lying so I’ll just get some popcorn.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Pedo step-incest? That's a bit tame for today's Democrat party. Is there some blood-related pedo incest somewhere, too?

Posted by: the tabloids at October 20, 2026 03:05 PM (VHUov)

170
They don't get to refuse to do business with people based on race, religion, etc. Maybe the law should be changed to include political views, but that's where we are now.
Posted by: No Name Today

===============

That's my impression. "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone."

Banks aren't utilities.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:05 PM (mmrXZ)

171 129, truth! LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 03:05 PM (VyBeY)

172 One thing I find kind of hilarious - imagine going back in time to Jan 2017 and telling your average leftist in the future the party in power will seek to prosecute and debank anyone that has argued the election wasn't 100% on the up and up.

They'd all decry Trump's "fascism"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 03:07 PM (sKqQm)

173 >>> 148 Moar....
------------
@RapidResponse47
.
@POTUS
: Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website - and they'll be given a commission of one percent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (RORbl)

1% doesn't sound like much until you consider how much money has been flying all the fck over.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:07 PM (jb8Ss)

174 Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website - and they'll be given a commission of one percent.

Can I report the federal government as a whole?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

175
Haha Trump is asked about Ilhan.

"She comes from Somalia, which isn't even a country. It's a real shithouse, okay?" Then goes on to note that she never heard of Constitutional rights until she started screaming for hers... on a false basis.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)

176 I wish Sayed would say, "I'm a safe muslim, just like Barack Obama."

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (XvD//)

177 I see Acton's response is to call her mother a liar back and insinuate she helped a man rape her.

You know how to alienate men? Have these loud and public cat fights. It will remind men of their ex-wives and ex-mother-in-laws.

The only time men may want to see women viciously fighting involves mud and skimpy bikinis.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (pawvM)

178 This is change. From X

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: SecWar Pete Hegseth CONFIRMS the Pentagon is preparing to 100% PASS with flying colors a full audit, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, in 2028

Long overdue!

"The Department of Defense and now Department of War has never passed an audit. Never."

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (E4rtv)

179 Just to sidestep some of the inevitable conversation. Can't avoid it all, but I can avoid some if he's dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

--Yeah, I feel a little icky about, even though he's hilarious in it.

This, though, is one minute of non-icky awesomeness:

https://youtu.be/Yu3KEivauFM?is=F7oDJFkQEJcttv0S

Posted by: Appolonia 6 at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (Poy1v)

180 I'm already there, you know.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer "

You mean T*its Up?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (pfXMo)

181 The only time men may want to see women viciously fighting involves mud and skimpy bikinis.
Posted by: Community Notes
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John Candy living his best life!

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)

182 Banks have also debanked marijuana and other legitimate retail recreational drug stores even when their merchandise is 100% legal in their jurisdiction.

They also were trying to debank gun manufacturers at one time.

They can deny it in some areas, for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (6ydKt)

183
LOLOL

Trump trying to get discipline from the press: "QUIET! Are you a sick person?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (mmrXZ)

184 Off with the Sex Shooter sock!

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:10 PM (Poy1v)

185 1% doesn't sound like much until you consider how much money has been flying all the fck over."

$40 Trillion in debt.. . I'd settle for 1 percent of that...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 03:10 PM (pfXMo)

186 @POTUS
: Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website — and they'll be given a commission of one percent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (RORbl)
______________________________

Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)

187
IT'S OFFICIAL: SecWar Pete Hegseth CONFIRMS the Pentagon is preparing to 100% PASS with flying colors a full audit, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, in 2028

==============

Okay, but... no one's changing any of the criteria in order to achieve a pass?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (mmrXZ)

188 False Claims Act is even more generous.

Successful whistleblowers are entitled to 15% to 30% of the government’s recovery, depending on their involvement and whether the government intervenes. The Act also provides anti-retaliation protections for employees who face discharge, demotion, or harassment for reporting fraud. Common areas of FCA enforcement include healthcare fraud (Medicare/Medicaid), defense contracting, and government procurement.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (E4rtv)

189 Why hasn't the AG slapped splc with rico charges yet? I know they had some criminal stuff come back from a couple of grand juries but I have seen no press releases or anything after that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (I43vL)

190 Big haul from Criterion:

Nightmare Alley
The Man Who Wasn’t There
The Dead
Captain Blood
Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring: Two Films by Claude Berri
Sorcerer
Trainspotting
The Roaring Twenties
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester
The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (qGAQr)

191 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Ia/+0)

192 184 Off with the Sex Shooter sock!
Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:10 PM (Poy1v)

Such a teen boy thing to say....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Sco7b)

193
Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson

==============

Nick Shirley has been to my city and found fraud. I don't know if he followed up -- there's video of him asking ugly Somali women if they actually run a daycare -- but hmmm....

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

194 The only time men may want to see women viciously fighting involves mud and skimpy bikinis.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (pawvM)

One more reason to tune in to the new season of Girls!

Posted by: Lena Dunham at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (9ZFZd)

195 Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)
======

He's getting the first check. $10K

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (rj6Yv)

196 189 Why hasn't the AG slapped splc with rico charges yet? I know they had some criminal stuff come back from a couple of grand juries but I have seen no press releases or anything after that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (I43vL)

========

"Sure, the DOJ has frozen all of SPLC's assets and personally indicted actual executives at the company, but they haven't done a legal tactic everyone misunderstands and gets wrong. So, nothing's happening."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (qGAQr)

197 139 Vampire lovers?

Pfftt. What a waste. Note even one scene of two dude vampires making out.
Posted by: Anne Rice at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)

She's a vampire lover
She likes holy water believe it!
She's like no other!
and all she wants to do is make him bleeeeed!

Posted by: Nelly at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (6+ehB)

198 Okay, but... no one's changing any of the criteria in order to achieve a pass?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Like a dog speaking, it is not whether the dog can speak very well with proper grammar but the fact that it is speaking at all.

If DoW can be audited successfully, not auditing the Fed becomes indefensible. Especially after the disgusting Powell lies to Congress over its overspending on its hq.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)

199 I wonder how many drug addicts would turn their aunts and grandmas in for Medicare fraud just for their cut from the feds?

This could prove to be a popular program with the people and criminals.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (6ydKt)

200 One of the things the left has been successful at is taking normal rightleaning beliefs, hell normal 2000s era leftwing beliefs, and argue they are so far right wing as to be the same as NAMBLA while at the same time arguing hating on NAMBLA is homophobia.
Posted by: 18-1

Yeah, that's always entertaining, to have the people who campaigning for MAPs to be considered a legit sexual identity while calling everyone in the Trump admin pedos, as if they think that's a bad thing.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (vJrRc)

201 "Sure, the DOJ has frozen all of SPLC's assets and personally indicted actual executives at the company, but they haven't done a legal tactic everyone misunderstands and gets wrong. So, nothing's happening."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (qGAQr)

THE KABUKI IS IMPORTANT, DAMMIT!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

202
Here's the indictment.

They broke a lot of laws.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

===============

That's against the SPLC, not the banks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (mmrXZ)

203 @FootballCravee
·
2h
Roger Goodell says the NFL has “no plans” to plans to cancel Sundays NFL game in Paris despite protests

“The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

204 Debanking? We are giving you financial freedom you ruffians.

Posted by: Big Bank at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (yPJaS)

205 Russ Meyer movies reviewed: tits, big tits, even bigger tits

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (vJPf4)

206 men may want to see women in skimpy bikinis.

the only correct answer is yes

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (jrgJz)

207 192 184 Off with the Sex Shooter sock!
Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:10 PM (Poy1v)

Such a teen boy thing to say....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Sco7b)

LOL, and very appropriate given that group (and that video).

Posted by: 80s kid at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (9ZFZd)

208 Has John Thune done anything to censure Slotkin? I just went on his X account and I don't see anything but ~~Jack and~~ shit.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (88C+u)

209 201 THE KABUKI IS IMPORTANT, DAMMIT!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

========

How else are we to know if things are going right if Jim Jordan's sleeves aren't rolled up and Trey Gowdy's hair isn't quaffed?

The conventions must be followed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (qGAQr)

210 I wonder how many kids will be ratting out their parents on mortgage fraud?

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (dIske)

211 190 Big haul from Criterion:

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (qGAQr)

I have seen several of those.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (6ydKt)

212 Sense when has fraud not been a crime?
It's not a crime when people of color do it?
Two American laws, one for white folks, one for people of color? Sounds very racist to me. I mean fraud is fraud no matter who does it. No "special" get away with it free law.
And "reasons" does not cut it. "Reasons" is bullshit double talk. Guilty of violating the law is straight up.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (Dd7BU)

213 Roger Goodell says
“The protests have been mostly peaceful”
Posted by: Don Black

The revolver is filled with mostly blanks.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 03:16 PM (VHUov)

214 189 Why hasn't the AG slapped splc with rico charges yet? I know they had some criminal stuff come back from a couple of grand juries but I have seen no press releases or anything after that.

Posted by: Mister Scott
=======
Rudy is one of the few prosecutors that did that to the Mafia and broke its back. It takes years and you first have to get initial convictions on other crimes to show a pattern of behavior and colluding with others. Helpful to also get insiders to flip on the others in a race to give testimony and government witness status.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

215 >>> 186

______________________________

Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)

I'd think he could still make several claims, if they're within the statute of limitations and have not been formally investigated.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:16 PM (jb8Ss)

216
1% doesn't sound like much until you consider how much money has been flying all the fck over.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

==============

Fuck, are you kidding? I'm thinking of moving to Minnesota.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

217
Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)

I'd think he could still make several claims, if they're within the statute of limitations and have not been formally investigated.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

==================

Trump just gave him a lump of money in the Oval Office.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

218 Everything about this scandal is an example of why I have very little confidence in the country or civic culture and contempt for most of the bipeds currently inhabiting it.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (U/Byj)

219 “The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

The NFL is going to be screwed up until they get rid of this asshole, but he manages to hang on like Rose hanging on to a door in the North Atlantic.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (6ydKt)

220 214 Rudy is one of the few prosecutors that did that to the Mafia and broke its back. It takes years and you first have to get initial convictions on other crimes to show a pattern of behavior and colluding with others. Helpful to also get insiders to flip on the others in a race to give testimony and government witness status.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

========

False.

The past happened all at once and instantaneously. No one had to wait between things ever.

The pyramids were built at the same time as William the Conqueror sailing from Normandy at the same time that the shogun was overthrown in Japan at the same time an Englishman first saw a kangaroo shit in Australia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:18 PM (qGAQr)

221 @FootballCravee
·
2h
Roger Goodell says the NFL has “no plans” to plans to cancel Sundays NFL game in Paris despite protests

“The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)
________

My prediction?

The game will go off without a problem. The powers that be will get the word out to the rent-a-mob organizers that the game is off limits. In exchange, the NFL will loudly praise how great Paris and the french are, and say it's just a few students peacefully protesting.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

222 men may want to see women in skimpy bikinis.

the only correct answer is yes
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (jrgJz)

Oh, some I am happy to see not in their bikinis too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (rbvCR)

223 >>> 203 @FootballCravee
·
2h
Roger Goodell says the NFL has “no plans” to plans to cancel Sundays NFL game in Paris despite protests

“The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

So you're going to be in Paris to watch the game, Roger?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (jb8Ss)

224 221 My prediction?

The game will go off without a problem. The powers that be will get the word out to the rent-a-mob organizers that the game is off limits. In exchange, the NFL will loudly praise how great Paris and the french are, and say it's just a few students peacefully protesting.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

========

The elite always protect their own.

Don't know about the regular joes attending, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (qGAQr)

225 Fuck, are you kidding? I'm thinking of moving to Minnesota.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

_________________________

Next MoME in Minneapolis. Bring your flex cuffs, a calculator, a $20 bill attached to fishing line, and a plate of Bariis Iskukaris to lure in the fat ones.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (dIske)

226
Can I report the federal government as a whole?
Posted by: 18-1

===============

lol. Let's start with Congress, which hasn't fulfilled its Constitutional duty to pass a budget since...?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:20 PM (mmrXZ)

227 Such a teen boy thing to say....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Sco7b)

--I wasn't even a teenager when Purple Rain came out (and at most barely one when I watched it) but when a girl group in lingerie was performing, I took notice.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:20 PM (Poy1v)

228 The pyramids were built at the same time as William the Conqueror sailing from Normandy at the same time that the shogun was overthrown in Japan at the same time an Englishman first saw a kangaroo shit in Australia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:18 PM (qGAQr)

If you get the right history book it’s possible all of that could have happened in two pages.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:20 PM (6ydKt)

229 “The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

These are the people who would wave hankies at the drivers of the box cars. They would do it in a heartbeat.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (XvD//)

230 208 Has John Thune done anything to censure Slotkin? I just went on his X account and I don't see anything but Jack and shit.
Posted by: 88C+u
======
Thune lurks from behind. And like a river otter is prone to giving the GOP base an unpleasant 'surprise' from the rear.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

231 226
lol. Let's start with Congress, which hasn't fulfilled its Constitutional duty to pass a budget since...?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:20 PM (mmrXZ)

=======

Budget for 26/27 was passed a few months ago by both chambers, actually. Still haggling over appropriations, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (qGAQr)

232 186 @POTUS
: Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website — and they'll be given a commission of one percent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (RORbl)
______________________________

Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)
******
Should offer a bounty on each illegal's head reported to ICE.

I would do it for free!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (hzuYO)

233 I remember the story of Morris the cat. I recall he lived a long time.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)

234 209 How else are we to know if things are going right if Jim Jordan's sleeves aren't rolled up and Trey Gowdy's hair isn't quaffed?

i'm'a just assume this is a typo for "coiffed", because i don't want to even *think* about the hairball that would be hocked up after quaffing gowdy's hair.

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (sGtp+)

235 Next MoME in Minneapolis. Bring your flex cuffs, a calculator, a $20 bill attached to fishing line, and a plate of Bariis Iskukaris to lure in the fat ones.
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (dIske)
======

California is the place you oughta be. Load up the truck and move to Berkely.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (rj6Yv)

236 >>> 216
==============

Fuck, are you kidding? I'm thinking of moving to Minnesota.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

>>> 217
==================

Trump just gave him a lump of money in the Oval Office.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

Awesome!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (jb8Ss)

237 1% commission... on fraud.

But... is it tax free/deferred?

Because the IRS might be licking it's chops.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (RORbl)

238 the same time an Englishman first saw a kangaroo shit in Australia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Vegemite origin story?

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (xLChk)

239 Russ Meyer movies reviewed: tits, big tits, even bigger tits
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (vJPf4)

You have my undivided attention. Go on . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (wVcYX)

240 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (2ocoG)

241 The NFL is going to be screwed up until they get rid of this asshole, but he manages to hang on like Rose hanging on to a door in the North Atlantic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
========
Asshole rich owners of the NFL pay him well to be spear catcher. Like John Thune being supported in his position by RINOs because he takes the heat they deserve.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

242 >>> 241 The NFL is going to be screwed up until they get rid of this asshole, but he manages to hang on like Rose hanging on to a door in the North Atlantic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
========
Asshole rich owners of the NFL pay him well to be spear catcher. Like John Thune being supported in his position by RINOs because he takes the heat they deserve.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

Would it be wrong to laugh if he *did* attend the Paris game, and caught something else?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (jb8Ss)

243 You’ll be waiting a long time for Trey Gowdy.
He’s been out of congress for like six years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (6ydKt)

244
240 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (2ocoG)

=======

I mean...are we doing phrasing anymore?

But that paradigm of trying to shift the model of how people look at American politics recently has always been a stalking horse for getting people to vote Democrat. It's never about telling Democrats to vote Republican because they have a bunch of weird connections to, say, a convicted pedophile who died 7 years ago. It's always just "Republicans need to give up that whole partisanship thing and become Democrats."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

245 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (2ocoG)

They sound like they are so overwhelmed they are just going through the motions and hoping it all turns out OK.
It could also be that all the competent people bailed out leaving the rest because they didn't feel like going down in flames.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (rbvCR)

246 243 You’ll be waiting a long time for Trey Gowdy.
He’s been out of congress for like six years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (6ydKt)

=======

Joke still works.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

247 SPLC is a Marxist organization

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (Ia/+0)

248 237 1% commission... on fraud.

But... is it tax free/deferred?

Because the IRS might be licking it's chops.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

So what. Basically free money. I suspect one could do quite well using AI to detect government fraud and report it getting a steady income. If you do it under the False Claims Act which takes a bit more work, you can get 15-30 percent of the validated fraud amount.

Once knew an attorney who did nothing other than sue governments that violated bond issue legal requirements. Would get regular hits because the assholes in local government could not be bothered to follow the rules.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (E4rtv)

249 245 They sound like they are so overwhelmed they are just going through the motions and hoping it all turns out OK.
It could also be that all the competent people bailed out leaving the rest because they didn't feel like going down in flames.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (rbvCR)

========

No one, not one single person, in that campaign ever thought he had a chance. Ever.

It was a graft from the beginning.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

250 TJM, coiffed, not quaffed

(Damn talk-to-text)

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Poy1v)

251 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?

I don't even want to know about two Sodomites fighting over who bites the pillow.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (/TiS1)

252
If you get the right history book it’s possible all of that could have happened in two pages.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

==============

By Africans.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (mmrXZ)

253 250 TJM, coiffed, not quaffed

(Damn talk-to-text)

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Poy1v)

=======

Depends on his hair style.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:26 PM (qGAQr)

254 240 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?

Posted by: Ian S.
======
Welp, they tried to make Talarico's "Bottoms Up!" a thing but somehow people took that badly.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

255 Judge Ada Brown suspended because wacko.
Must undergo psychiatric evaluation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 03:27 PM (JS6jE)

256 They sound like they are so overwhelmed they are just going through the motions and hoping it all turns out OK.
It could also be that all the competent people bailed out leaving the rest because they didn't feel like going down in flames.

They know "blue Texas" was always a stupid mirage. I'm just wondering if Ace infiltrated their team or something, because spending campaign donations on a thinly disguised gay joke is hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:27 PM (2ocoG)

257 I remember the story of Morris the cat. I recall he lived a long time.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)

--Then 9 Lives chose their mascot well.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:27 PM (Poy1v)

258 Would it be wrong to laugh if he *did* attend the Paris game, and caught something else?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

The French Disease?

Posted by: go long on azithromycin at October 20, 2026 03:28 PM (88C+u)

259 No one, not one single person, in that campaign ever thought he had a chance. Ever.

It was a graft from the beginning.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
=======
"The Producers!" except in politics there are no 'shares' in profits that have to be distributed. So no prison terms after. Just some 'costs' that can have portions sluiced off into pockets of those involved.

Basically, I think every scam artist in the US should look at a US political career as a well to make bank quickly and then parley it into a lucrative post political career in media/social media.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

260 Joke still works.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

Well, he and Jordan did it to themselves for sure.

They uncovered a lot of information and possible crimes, but what are you going to do if the DOJ is filled with Obamabots who only did the bidding of Barack, Hillary, and Scranton Joe?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

261
Why does the NFL have a game in Paris?

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (/QHx4)

262
No one, not one single person, in that campaign ever thought he had a chance. Ever.

It was a graft from the beginning.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

===============

What a tool. When it's over, they're going to take his lunch money and start a rumor that he's retarded.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (mmrXZ)

263 File under what a shame/sarc

Fox News
@FoxNews
·
3h
WATCH: A makeshift boat packed with 66 migrants is intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Caribbean, with aerial footage capturing the vessel as crews move in to assist those onboard.

The Coast Guard says the vessel was stopped Friday in the Mona Passage, a stretch of water between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Of the 66 migrants, 63 were returned to the Dominican Republic, while three are now in custody facing charges for attempting to illegally reenter the United States.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (E4rtv)

264 Brave AI summary - Ada Brown is a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed in 2019. She is the first African-American woman and the first Choctaw woman to serve as a federal judge in that district

Hoo boy.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (88C+u)

265 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."
Posted by: Ian S.

I mean...are we doing phrasing anymore?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Even without the phrasing issues, it's a lie.

It's been "a coalition of the top 1% of the 1%, and the bottom 50%, vs the middle 50%," forever.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 03:31 PM (VHUov)

266 NOOD

Mostly Peaceful Paris Riots

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (jb8Ss)

267 260 Joke still works.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

Well, he and Jordan did it to themselves for sure.

They uncovered a lot of information and possible crimes, but what are you going to do if the DOJ is filled with Obamabots who only did the bidding of Barack, Hillary, and Scranton Joe?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

=======

Grassley does it better.

He uncovers stuff and releases it with less fanfare. He doesn't have the ability to play for the cameras, so he doesn't.

There's use in investigatory tools of Congress into the executive. It has oversight over the presidency, technically.

But yelling at underlings who can't change policy, which was Gowdy's bread and butter, while passing no legislation to enforce change of behaviors, turned the whole show into farce more than anything else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (qGAQr)

268 On X people are now asking who the top is, since Talerico is obviously not one.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (2ocoG)

269 Why does the NFL have a game in Paris?

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (/QHx4)

Outwardly to expand their market. In actuality probably a shit ton of money laundering.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:34 PM (XvD//)

270 But yelling at underlings who can't change policy, which was Gowdy's bread and butter, while passing no legislation to enforce change of behaviors, turned the whole show into farce more than anything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I was amused at idiots wanting Ole Rooster Tail to be AG after Gaetz crashed and burned.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

271 By Africans.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (mmrXZ)

There was a viral X post out recently that showed examples from different grade level’s Social Studies schoolbooks in Palestine.

It’s hilarious it’s so bad.
Israel is never mentioned in the entire history of the Middle East.

It’s one lie after another accompanied by endless factual mistakes.

I thought the leftists here were stupid and liars about history here but the Palis are totally mind-raping their children with Goebbels-sized lies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (6ydKt)

272 268 On X people are now asking who the top is, since Talerico is obviously not one.
Posted by: Ian S.
=========
Confucius say, what comes up, must go down. Talafreako agrees with that.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)

273 Outwardly to expand their market. In actuality probably a shit ton of money laundering.
Posted by: ...

Betting. Now you can put a bet on prediction markets whether the game is cancelled, how many Free Pali disruptions will happen, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (E4rtv)

274 nood Iranian/Chinese money post

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (P9Ea3)

275 54? Not 57?

Have they even watched "The Manchurian Candidate"?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (ZRu9u)

276 A cleat indication thst USAID is still overfunded.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (ZRu9u)

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