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Know the Op: The Entire Machinery of the Left Wing, Including Me-Again Kelly, Is All-In on Thomas Massie
Gee what could have these hard-left communists so jazzed about a "conservative libertarian," I wonder?
The New York Times now loves Thomas Massie, SuperConservative.
Insurrection BarbieThe article was written by Massie's New Bestie, leftwing California Democrat Ro Khanna, the man Massie's been traveling the country with spreading Epstein slop-lies.
@DefiyantlyFree The glowing NYT article hailing Massie as a Republican hero. lol. I said this months ago, the left and to counterfeit right love each other.
Thomas Massie is a man of character. He is the type of Congressman our founders envisioned. I hope his constituents will see the courage, independence and sincere love of country he brings to the job. https://t.co/pT1zrYd4be via @NYTOpinion
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) May 14, 2026
Massie supporters don’t understand this, but the fact that @AnaKasparian wants Massie to win is part of a trend in support for Massie that Republican voters in Massie’s district can sense and are alarmed by. https://t.co/XfmIKXlfsf
— John William Sherrod (@jwsherrod) May 15, 2026
Cynical Publius#Accurate.
@CynicalPublius Massie is not a conservative. He does NOTHING to support or advance conservatism. He is a toxic narcissist who revels in whatever attention he can create for himself. He does not sponsor bills that anyone else supports. He purposely, deliberately and repeatedly undermines the MAGA agenda you, me and every other Trump voter supports. He allies himself with Ro Khanna, a literal Marxist. Why? Ego. He is a snake oil salesman who pretends to support conservatism while his every action serves only to support the Democrat agenda. He is a snake oil salesman who cons the rubes. And you are a rube. Scram, rube.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GF at May 15, 2026 01:30 PM (iVUs+)
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 15, 2026 01:31 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Mo Mo Mo at May 15, 2026 01:31 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Mo Mo Mo at May 15, 2026 01:31 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 15, 2026 01:31 PM (mZy46)
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 01:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:32 PM (GD0B3)
I had a perm before it was cool. Yeah. That's how I rolled.
Posted by: Thomas Massie at May 15, 2026 01:32 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:32 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:32 PM (xBVv0)
Medium rare. HAHAHAHAH!!
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:33 PM (GD0B3)
The weekend is here
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 01:33 PM (Ia/+0)
He knows the names of 20 powerful pedophiles aligned with Epstein and refuses to say their names on the House floor like he promised.
All Massie is interested in doing is protecting the rest of the Epstein power structure.
I couldn't vote for Massie because of his pro-pedophile moves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:33 PM (xBVv0)
Massey isn’t an independent. He is a democrat who ran as a republican to win.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 01:34 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 01:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Wow....sounds GOP
Massie is not a conservative.
He does NOTHING to support or advance conservatism.
He is a toxic narcissist who revels in whatever attention he can create for himself.
He does not sponsor bills that anyone else supports.
He purposely, deliberately and repeatedly undermines the MAGA agenda you, me and every other Trump voter supports
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)
It would be worth slapping "every American" in the face just to get one in on her. What a slappable face that bint has.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (0MFDl)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Assistant Head Carny at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: The New York Times, Now With More Dog Rape! at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 01:36 PM (n3VHW)
He also said that bringing the National Guard to DC would lead to terrible results because it would infringe on the rights of repeat criminals of having guns without consequences.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:36 PM (xBVv0)
Interesting platform, Dems.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 01:34 PM (dK+Kv)
In fairness, it's been their platform for 34 years now.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 01:36 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: wth at May 15, 2026 01:36 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (jehhT)
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The one poll of the primary shows him losing.
Could be wrong. We'll see.
But the olds are against him and the olds are the ones who vote in primaries.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (xBVv0)
@CynicalPublius
Massie is not a conservative.
He does not sponsor bills that anyone else supports.
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Ah, so it's a publish-or-perish brownie point.
"I authored 50 bills!"
Still a shade better than Kamala....
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (Fi81e)
And just like McCain if he were to then go on as the R standard bearer the FNM would still call him a racist NAZI...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Severely conservative Massie at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: car cry at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (wBRco)
It's almost like a version of David French where Massie is just SO Libertarian and a slave to smaller government he find himself aligning with socialists on every vote and issue.
Posted by: Leupold at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (dKyqC)
"In the new poll, Quantus Insights showed Gallrein moving ahead of Massie, 53% to 45% — an eight-point margin. The same pollster previously showed Massie ahead 47% to 38%.
The recent survey was conducted on May 11 and 12 among 908 likely GOP primary voters, with a reported weighted margin of error of 3.3%.
Compared with the initial poll, Gallrein has moved to a +8 in May, up from Massie’s +9 in April, a net swing of nearly 17 points toward Gallrein since last month."
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: Ripley at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (GUOwU)
Kasparian , wasn't that the friendly ghost?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (gu0hJ)
It's almost like a version of David French where Massie is just SO Libertarian and a slave to smaller government he find himself aligning with socialists on every vote and issue.
Posted by: Leupold at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (dKyqC)
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His principles against raising the debt ceiling are so strong that he voted to raise the debt ceiling under Biden.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (xBVv0)
Thomas Massie is the John Thune of John McCains, with a splash of Rand Paul.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (IifOV)
Just pathetic.
@amuse
@amuse
PRIMARY: The prediction markets think Rep Thomas Massie will have two more years to block the president’s agenda.
https://tinyurl.com/yf3hew9j
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 01:39 PM (NpAcC)
The most recent public poll (Quantus Insights, May 11-12, 2026; 908 likely GOP primary voters, ±3.3% MoE) shows Gallrein leading Massie:
• Gallrein: 48.3%
• Massie: 43.1%
• Undecided: 7.6% (with leaners favoring Gallrein ~52% to 23%) courier-journal.com
Some versions of this poll (including head-to-head or with leans) show Gallrein up by about 8 points (e.g., 53%-45%). This represents a significant shift from earlier surveys. thehill.com
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 01:39 PM (p4NUW)
Interesting platform, Dems.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 01:34 PM (dK+Kv)
That's been their platform ever since the phrase "The Religious Right" was uttered.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:39 PM (FpHTM)
I was informed yesterday, via a text, that we should vote early, and especially that we should vote for John Cornyn.
Votes with Trump 99% of the time.*
Worked to build the wall & backed Border Patrol.**
Fighting to ban sharia law nationwide.***
* I'm kind of interested how he votes with Trump. Does he travel to Florida to vote with him?
** Yep. Leading the charge to reopen the government and fund the Border Patrol. Who can forget that visual of him on his horse, waving his hat, urging his
*** First I've heard of this.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 01:39 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 01:39 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:39 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl still having Aztec fun at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (XJ22o)
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I think politicians generally had much more favorable press treatment in decades past. They had a lot of “cover” for their indiscretions. Everyone knew JFK was a poonhound, but it was (mostly) kept out of the press. But Hoover, longtime Director of the F.B.I., had a dossier quite thick and voluminous. Consequently he was unfirable, by JFK, and anyone else for that matter.
Marilyn Monroe’s death, the crime scene was described as among the worst fake suicides the police detective had ever seen. Judith Exner, etc etc.
They were very powerful then, as now, but the dynamic has changed in many different ways. They pulled out all the stops to get rid of Nixon, after he won the largest Electoral College and Popular vote in history. He didn’t win because of his good looks and charming personality.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (p9bn0)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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As far as primaries go, almost no one is all that loyal to their local congressmen. I would wager most of the population doesn't even know who that is.
But the people that vote in primaries know who Trump is and can see Massie is just a turd in the punch bowl.
Posted by: Leupold at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (dKyqC)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
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Krysinger was a man of such character ...
He was willing to work against the president of his own party....
...And later shill for re-districting scams of his opposing party and promote their supremacy in the mid-term elections.
Where do you find a man with those kind of scruples?!
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)
It's stochastic. They are not necessarily targeting any one person, but just letting all moderate Rs know that if they try just a little bit harder, their Lefty friends will write op-eds for them in the NYT. They will get the big bookings and donors and book deals.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 01:41 PM (0MFDl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (gu0hJ)
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After the funeral concludes, I might relate that to John McCain....
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (gu0hJ)
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Rand Paul still attacks Fauci all the time in between his meaningless votes that don't change anything.
Rand Paul > Thomas Massie
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:41 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2026 01:41 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (gu0hJ)
They're the same picture.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 01:42 PM (dK+Kv)
So this is an actual person, not a Star Wars character?
Posted by: car cry at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (wBRco)
Every new star wars character has to have a new ridiculous headdress. For Ro Khanna I propose dreadlocks made out of red licorice shaped into the form of two giant soup ladles.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 15, 2026 01:42 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 01:41 PM (0MFDl)
And invitations to those parties where they get to choose between "Dead Girl or Live Boy".
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:42 PM (FpHTM)
https://is.gd/q8NafF
From "The Hill"
Texas Children’s Hospital will create the nation’s first “detransition clinic,” fire five physicians and pay the state $10 million under an unusual settlement announced Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).
Sounds like the five pro-trans docs were coding gender dysphoria fraudulently (e.g. "precocious puberty" or suchlike, and Paxton is using that as leverage to twist some arms. Good. I hope it takes hold and propagates to other children's hospitals.
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM (I0N4X)
No. The DNC is funding Thomas Massie's opponent in the primaries. Both party, R and D and Israel first. Nothing matters more than Israel to most of congress
Are we pretending Massie Bad™ now because of decent dems supporting him? Because id take a republican endorsed by Ro Kanna over any "republican" endorsed by Trump or Miss Lindsey Graham
We need more like Thomas Massie types in Congress. He has the balls to go against the grain. Get back to fiscal conservatism.
"Rep. Thomas Massie claims three billionaires are funding a 6 million dollars super PAC campaign against him for opposing foreign aid, particularly to Israel, and voting against wars." Bummer, maybe he shouldnt have helped give the wealthy all this power. Supporting Citizens United, you reap what you sow; of course now that it's working against him he's all for reform
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: wth at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: banana Dream
So vivid. Hard to unsee.
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM (z/XCs)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:44 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: bob
They will even stop calling them racist for a few weeks, until next election.
Posted by: Ripley at May 15, 2026 01:44 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:44 PM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 15, 2026 01:44 PM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Harun at May 15, 2026 01:45 PM (IuIym)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM (ycI94)
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Wow, one who almost gets it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:45 PM (Fi81e)
Where they could, Democrats undermined elections and gerrymandered to get their preferred candidate. Where they couldn’t, they used subversives like Massie to get the job done.
And he’s not the only one on Congress.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 15, 2026 01:45 PM (lMONC)
"A lobby that is far more concerned with a foreign country..."
I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO
Posted by: David Duke and the other Donks in the KKK at May 15, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)
Oh, and Spencer Pratt is killing it with the ads. The Star Wars one with Kamala holding the bottle with a blank look on her face is priceless.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 15, 2026 01:46 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: connected and litigious at May 15, 2026 01:46 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:44 PM
This actually sounds hysterical.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 01:46 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 01:46 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM (N8ZBc)
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Thus,
stochtastic + terrorism > stochastic + terrorism
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:47 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (gu0hJ)
They're the same picture.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 01:42 PM (dK+Kv)
Is there?
Posted by: John mcstain at May 15, 2026 01:47 PM (Escyj)
If R voters fall for that shit, we're dumber than I thought and PROPER f*cked going forward.
That spackle faced twat hasn't said anything even REMOTELY conservative, ever. Once, she veered close to figuring out how shitty and evil her side is, but she quickly corrected herself.
She's on the f*cking Young Turks ferchryssakes........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:47 PM (5bGGs)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 01:47 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (apsfW)
If he had spent the weeks leading up to the final vote actively working to be part of the drafting process, selling his vote and the mysterious 10 other GOPers he said he had lined up to block the bill to demand cuts to specific programs, I would have been on his side.
Instead, he waited until the last minute and complained that it didn't fix the debt and spent too much money on deportations.
He's, at best, a troll in Congress. That's cheap and far from a necessity.
I'd take a mindless drone that just votes with leadership every time, even if leadership is pushing crap I don't like. At least that back bencher wouldn't annoy me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: InZona at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (xI3lH)
Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (Q+gd/)
But slumber is so peaceful.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (fkeut)
It is very likely that there was no one named "Muhammad" in 7th century Arabia.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)
......
We only send our best. We have so many.
Posted by: wth at May 15, 2026 01:43 PM
There is iron in the words of wth for all Americans (and Communist Chinese) to see.
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at May 15, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)
Ponder:
Would Massie need a NYT glowing endorsement if he was winning Republican primary voters?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 01:49 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Zombie Joh McCain at May 15, 2026 01:49 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: InZona at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (xI3lH)
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He gets some nice headlines this month.
In a year, a year of riots an unrest and decaying services, we'll get new headlines about the city being billions in the hole again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (xBVv0)
But he ended up drunk (again) though plowed his limousine into the Reflecting Pool, with a stash of hookers in the back. He got caught.
Edward M. Kennedy (D) Mass. didn’t even have a valid driver license when Mary Jo suffocated in the back of his Cadillac. The whole thing was an atrocity, but he was never punished in any way to speak of.
It’s weird to think Joseph Kennedy Sr. was still alive through all that. He saw Joe Jr. Killed in WWII, JFK and RFK murdered in the 60s and ole Ted discredited to cap off 1969. Sandwiched between the Moon Landing, Woodstock, and Charlie Manson’s “Family” rituals.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (p9bn0)
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You bend 'em, we mend 'em!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (apsfW)
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It's more than 10 miles from my house.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)
It'd take a mindless drone that just votes with leadership every time, even if leadership is pushing crap I don't like. At least that back bencher wouldn't annoy me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (xBVv0)
Like it or not, Congressional Rs need to realize that their job is to give DJT everything that he wants. Not try to get the NYT to like them.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (xBVv0)
_____________________
I think this should offend me. And, I'd probably be offended, but I forgot what we were talking about. I wrote it down, but the tablet and pen are on the dining room table and my knees are acting up. So, I'll just stay here in my orthopedic recliner and watch Lawrence Welk reruns.
Posted by: Orson at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (Q+gd/)
I am waiting for the buzzword of the week to come around to 'ministerial'. Its a cool word.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (apsfW)
Posted by: InZona at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (xI3lH)
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Has he offset the $4 billion grant from the State of New York?
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:51 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: connected and litigious at May 15, 2026 01:51 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)
Well a bit more. He is north of us here in lexington along the Ohio.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 01:51 PM (apsfW)
Jeebus, he looks like the seediest hobo who is "struggling to maintain his dignity".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 01:52 PM (s9VOe)
For the record this is the kind of thing right leaning pols are supposed to do. Lord knows Dem pols do it incessantly.
But finding a right leaning pol willing to fight a little dirty is a pleasant surprise...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: That Guy who always says "This is a distraction from the Epstein Files." at May 15, 2026 01:52 PM (0sNs1)
It is very likely that there was no one named "Muhammad" in 7th century Arabia.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)
Well, there damn sure ain't no creator or god named allah, so that stands to reason.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:52 PM (5bGGs)
No muff too tough!
Posted by: connected and litigious at May 15, 2026 01:51 PM (cS1cw)
Sandra Fluke?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 01:52 PM (apsfW)
Hoe Rhanna is exactly as his name states.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (s9VOe)
We need more like Thomas Massie types in Congress. He has the balls to go against the grain. Get back to fiscal conservatism.
This sounds like what I used to hear from Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski. He still says it but I can no longer listen to it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (FpHTM)
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Ideologues who actually work within the system to advance their goals at levels that are possible are useful.
They don't need to be rubber stamps, but in the world where everything is done with omnibus bills, they need to be there in the pits, advancing what they can, making the process just 1/435th better.
"I'll only vote for this if you cut this $10 billion program." That's useful.
"I have been removed from this process completely and won't vote for it until you tear up the work and achieve my pipedreams," is not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (Q+gd/)
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It's not that new. They were accusing Carlson of "stochastic terrorism" several years before he was fired by Fox.
It's just that it should apply to targets of the SPLC, when people get killed and the left doesn't want it to.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (Fi81e)
So this is an actual person, not a Star Wars character?
Posted by: car cry at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (wBRco)
Every new star wars character has to have a new ridiculous headdress. For Ro Khanna I propose dreadlocks made out of red licorice shaped into the form of two giant soup ladles.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 15, 2026 01:42 PM (3uBP9)
This is why I come here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (dK+Kv)
Koran
Burma
Ceylon
Siam
Peking
The old spelling conventions are best, usually. Who the fuck calls it “Myanmar” or whatever? Just stop already.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (p9bn0)
It would be worth slapping "every American" in the face just to get one in on her. What a slappable face that bint has.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (0MFDl)
No, she isn't.
She's the one that went on a rant about people who voted for Trump crying "I AM BETTER THAN YOU" while working on a show named for the group that Genocided her Armenian ancestors in WWI.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (8avO+)
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You bend 'em, we mend 'em!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (Dv3i1)
Where they gonna get the viable testicles from?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (5bGGs)
Massie has the enthusiastic endorsement of the hanta virus, on that you can depend!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Orson at May 15, 2026 01:50 PM (dIske)
One of the list of things my grandmother watched.
She'd watch Empty Nest, 60 Minutes, Lawrence Welk, and Game Show Reruns (mostly Wheel of Fortune). And that was about it.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (FpHTM)
@amuse
PRIMARY: The prediction markets think Rep Thomas Massie will have two more years to block the president’s agenda.
https://tinyurl.com/yf3hew9j
Posted by: redridinghood
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Prediction markets have been worthless in tracking races. They only tend to become accurate when actual voting results become known.
They are thinly traded, prone to vast swings from any new information, and susceptible to being bought. They are inferior to polling which is pretty crappy anyway.
Frankly we would be better off banning such betting markets as like Venezuela, an Army Sgt used his inside information to bet on Maduro being captured and got caught after.
"A U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, has been charged with using classified information to profit from bets on the prediction market Polymarket regarding the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro."
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)
Go look at how Fetterman votes. Then look at what he states. They are largely two different things.
You can argue, rather factually and forcefully some of the things he has voted for are the worst parts of the Democrats agenda. He actually believes in many of the same things he criticizes some in his party for- it’s just a matter of degrees and methods.
Now go back and look at all the people who have embraced him, even saying he should join Republicans.
Really?
Anyone who says that is part of the op or very poorly informed and reasoned.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 15, 2026 01:54 PM (lMONC)
Posted by: connected and litigious at May 15, 2026 01:51 PM (cS1cw)
Sandra Fluke?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 01:52 PM (apsfW)
Her muff is too tough. It's callused over in there.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 01:54 PM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 01:54 PM (s9VOe)
Two nits here...
1) DJT mostly advances conservative ideas, but they should be focused on what right leaning voters want. He is a decent proxy but occasionally he has his own ideas at odds with the right leaning public (eg H1Bs)
2) Republican "mavericks" aren't trying to make the NYT like them, they are trying to get $$$ from the NGO/government complex.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (5bGGs)
Where are they going to get viable breast tissue for the detranstioning Pooners?
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (FpHTM)
Is Kasparian the one who ruined gaming?
Sarkesian, IIRC
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 01:54 PM (s9VOe)
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I believe Sarkesian has bigger boobs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (xBVv0)
PRIMARY: The prediction markets think Rep Thomas Massie will have two more years to block the president’s agenda.
Yes, because when I want to know which way the wind is blowing, I go to Draft Kings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (5bGGs)
I also don't care enough to look it up.
A simple eyeroll when it is used is all it warrants.
Posted by: Reforger at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (ZFqKB)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (0pOPf)
This sounds like what I used to hear from Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski. He still says it but I can no longer listen to it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (Cqx++)
Didn't he vote with Dems to pass a spending hike?
Its easy to vote down spending when everyone else will vote it up and you still get your cut.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (8avO+)
It is very likely that there was no one named "Muhammad" in 7th century Arabia.
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Zero contemporaneous evidence, accounts or any such thing that every other person of his supposed statute has proof of to support.
There's more proof of the Anunnaki than some prophet named Muhammad.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (73/SM)
Is Kasparian the one who ruined gaming?
Sarkesian, IIRC
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 01:54 PM (s9VOe)
Three people ruined gaming.
Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn, and John Walker "Brianna Wu" Flynt.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (FpHTM)
Sandra Fluke?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 01:52 PM (apsfW)
No one wants a clap implant.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (5bGGs)
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The Koran is an incoherent load of garbage. But something kick started that bloodthirsty cult. I figure it was a 7th century Arab warlord, with more intelligence, charisma, bloodlust and sexual perversions than the average warlord, until I hear otherwise at least.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 01:54 PM
I did not know that.
Posted by: Paolo at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (0sNs1)
Three people ruined gaming.
Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn, and John Walker "Brianna Wu" Flynt.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:55 PM (FpHTM)
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Slay the Spire 2 getting review bombed because Sarkeesian is just in the credits entertains me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: davidt
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Ancient Greek philosophical movement, no? 'Stochasticism'. AKA Guesswork.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)
If you want to know how China, Russia and a bunch of well heeled Marxists feel, look at the prediction markets.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (lMONC)
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To be clear, that is my take, reading between the lines.
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 01:57 PM (I0N4X)
Bunch of randos popping off.
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)
If you want to know how China, Russia and a bunch of well heeled Marxists feel, look at the prediction markets.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (lMONC)
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They match conventional wisdom and polling more often than not.
Because prediction markets have no special knowledge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:57 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 15, 2026 01:57 PM (YlWIZ)
How many of the people using the new and approved buzz-word, 'stochastic,' actually know what it means?
Posted by: davidt
They most certainly do NOT know what it means, but they believe that by slapping it in front of "terrorism" creates the scariest of all scary brushes with which they can slap tar on their MAGA tar babies.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 01:57 PM (s9VOe)
Would Massie need a NYT glowing endorsement if he was winning Republican primary voters?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Unfortunately for Massie,
Kentucky primaries are closed--from Ballotpedia,
"Before a person shall be qualified to vote in a primary, he or she: (b) Shall have been a registered member of the party in whose primary he or she seeks to vote on December 31 immediately preceding the primary; and (c) Shall have remained continuously registered as a member of that party in whose primary he or she seeks to vote between December 31 immediately preceding the primary and the date set for the primary. (2) In the case of a new registration made after December 31 immediately preceding the primary, a voter shall have registered and remained continuously registered as a member of the party in whose primary he or she seeks to vote from the date of registration until the date set for the primary."
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)
You could fill books with what left leaning pundits don't know.
Here is a fun one to ask lefties...where do social welfare policies like government healthcare come from originally?
You might get an answer of "some European social Democracy" or "The USSR" or even "Marx"
But the real answer is...Otto Von Bismark of Imperial Germany. He was explicitly buying the support of the "working class" to head off calls for political reform. And the German aristocrats had no problem taxing businesses to bribe the hoi polloi with essentially their own money....
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:56 PM (xBVv0)
Honestly, the most obnoxious figure in gaming right now is Alyssa "Rottencunt" Mercante.
Jim "Commander Stephanie" Sterling is getting up there, too.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:58 PM (FpHTM)
It's an old story, Lib/Con says something vaguely conservative/lib, midwits flock to praise the convert.
Avenatti for President. (shakes head)
Posted by: connected and litigious at May 15, 2026 01:58 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2026 01:48 PM (Q+gd/)
Well, duh! It's that really peaty stuff you have in the Booze Locker that nobody will touch...
Posted by: Brewingfrog at May 15, 2026 01:58 PM (TREW9)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:59 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Congressional GOP for the most part aren't using theirs, maybe they could be persuaded to give them up for a good cause?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 01:59 PM (Dv3i1)
/i]
67% of polymarket profits go to .5% of the accounts.
That's either mass bet fixing or perhaps some people with smart Bots betting on poorly allocated bets but I think the former...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 02:00 PM (0MFDl)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:59 PM (GD0B3)
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I believe so.
They also said that Dems would take the House until either mid-October or literally election night, depending on which one you look at.
And then the defenders of prediction markets will be like, "It said it was 50/50 and we got essentially a 50/50 Congress, so it's so accurate."
As accurate as a coin flip.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:00 PM (xBVv0)
Congressional GOP for the most part aren't using theirs, maybe they could be persuaded to give them up for a good cause?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 01:59 PM (Dv3i1)
"Are you a cuck? Would you like your balls to have a chance at REAL manhood? Well, here's your chance....."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 02:00 PM (5bGGs)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 02:01 PM (GD0B3)
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"a stick aimed at by archers", turned into "random" by German statistician Ladislaus Bortkiewicz in 1917.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e)
There's a not insignificant number of rural "blue Republican voters" who've got more money than common sense who'll vote for Massie because he's embracing his TDS.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 02:01 PM (jehhT)
If R voters fall for that shit, we're dumber than I thought and PROPER f*cked going forward.
That spackle faced twat hasn't said anything even REMOTELY conservative, ever. Once, she veered close to figuring out how shitty and evil her side is, but she quickly corrected herself.
She's on the f*cking Young Turks ferchryssakes........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:47 PM (5bGGs)
Her exposure aside from those "terminally online" is very low, and her opening her yap is gonna turn off everyone outside of deep blue areas.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (4KUe5)
I am aware and familiar with "stochastic" being used in the context of statistics. However,
stochastic /stō-kăs′tĭk/
adjective
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by conjecture; conjectural.
2. Involving or containing a random variable or process.
"Stochastic terrorism" is a faux term of the sort beloved by academic frauds who sport Smart Girl Glasses and huff one anothers' farts in lecture halls and conferences held in tony locations to which they travelled on the taxpayers' dollars.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:42 PM (FpHTM)
Isn't that the motto of the trans-cult child mutilators?
Posted by: Or is it the other way around? at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (gu0hJ)
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Well and accurately said.
Massie is a skank fcuker which , by itself, may make him less of an asshole but, still, he is a congenital asshole who would do well to shut his alleged genius mouth once in a while.
Posted by: Voter theater. at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (SB3TO)
Posted by: That Guy who always says "This is a distraction from the Epstein Files."
and an excuse for the gals to keep their shirts on.
Posted by: guy who always yells: "Show us yer tits!" at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (N8ZBc)
There's a not insignificant number of rural "blue Republican voters" who've got more money than common sense who'll vote for Massie because he's embracing his TDS.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 02:01 PM (jehhT)
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We'll find out in a few days, but Indiana seems to be an indication that when Trump wades into state politics, especially rural state politics, his voice carries sway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:53 PM (5bGGs)
Those guys are right fucked. The ones who were put on hormones and puberty blo kers are probably also fucked. Some shit cannot be fixed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:03 PM (zZu0s)
A lobby that is far more concerned with a foreign country
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Not that I give a fuck but am I to surmise she is talking about Israel here?
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 02:03 PM (fkeut)
Because prediction markets have no special knowledge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
The few that I have bothered to track show really bad large swings which is not how the electorate processes information. So fake volatility and not that useful in prediction as a derivation of a derivation. E.g. the betting market is derivative of polling and news coverage (at best or donors are worst), which is derivative of the real absolute but unknown voter preferences.
So actual votes are better information than polling/news which is better information than betting markets.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Fi81e)
According to Ballotpedia, 41.66% of KY voters are still registered Democrats. Democrats almost never can reach that vote total in the state anymore, so a lot of those are Blue Dog types. As Whig noted earlier, KY has closed primaries.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: Reforger at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (ZFqKB)
Posted by: davidt
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OK, I feel this might be directed at me.
I was reluctant to use it, but it was applicable. I do not like the word though. I know it from chemistry and think technical words should stay in their field and not be corrupted by common use.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (0MFDl)
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 02:03 PM (fkeut)
Its always the Jooos.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:02 PM (qrzX6)
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They don't do honesty.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: davidt
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I think it is just another way of saying "bespoke"
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (I0N4X)
As accurate as a coin flip.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:00 PM (xBVv0)
I maintain that prediction markets simply measure current media hype, and have no relationship at all to what may or may not happen - especially now it’s been shown that more than half of what’s published on the net is put out by bots, algorithms, and AI.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:05 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Kirk Lazarus at May 15, 2026 02:05 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Hobo Philosopher at May 15, 2026 02:05 PM (IBLCq)
Posted by: davidt
Not many. Remember when 'gravitas' suddenly became the way to attack Republicans?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 02:05 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (7T8ei)
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (f5ZdA)
I think it is just another way of saying "bespoke"
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (I0N4X)
Excuse me sir, do you mind if I becrap on your bespoke shoes?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: Hobo Philosopher at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (IBLCq)
Got it...
sort of
Posted by: Reforger at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (ZFqKB)
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Greek archers would use a stick as a target.
So, I guess the idea is that it's not easy to hit, so you probably miss it more than hit it. It's "anybody's guess", I guess.
Not sure why statistics glommed on to that idea.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (/+uur)
Pretty much. When something stupid happens in gaming, it's almost always her now.
Critical Drinker had a Crash and Burn the other day about Froskurin (or however you spell that). I forgot she existed, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (OyOhQ)
Posted by: Hobo Philosopher at May 15, 2026 02:05 PM (IBLCq)
KY, TN
200,221 whatever it takes.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM
Pegging and Poop >>>>>>>>>>>> Penguins and Poop
Posted by: J. Random Commenter at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (N4kCY)
They pulled out all the stops to get rid of Nixon, after he won the largest Electoral College and Popular vote in history. He didn’t win because of his good looks and charming personality.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 01:40 PM (p9bn0)
Didn't help that Nixon let Haldeman hire some of the most incompetent disloyal backstabbing cockholsters in the GOP to serve in the White House staff. Dean was a coward who couldn't keep his mouth shut. Liddy was a Nazi-loving dickhead (read his memoirs, he openly admits it), Hunt's big claim to fame was being a major player in the Bay of Pigs while at CIA etc.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 02:05 PM (8avO+)
Ah, 2000. When Dick Cheney became the embodiment of a Roman Manly virtue.
Fucking idiots.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:08 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (I0N4X)
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I be spoked.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 15, 2026 02:08 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 02:08 PM (GD0B3)
Thanks a lot. I may never get the knot out of my tongue from trying to say that out loud.
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 02:08 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 15, 2026 02:08 PM (CWTWj)
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Better idea:
A program for high school students to identify welfare fraud and get to keep any money found for their college education.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (xBVv0)
I know it from chemistry and think technical words should stay in their field and not be corrupted by common use.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
That's so cis het, "bob" (if that is your real name).
The theft of trans / cis from chemistry by the groomers has pissed me off beyond all knowing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (s9VOe)
So, I guess the idea is that it's not easy to hit, so you probably miss it more than hit it. It's "anybody's guess", I guess.
Not sure why statistics glommed on to that idea.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)
What did they call the guys who ran into the enemy formations with the stick?
Posted by: Reforger at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (ZFqKB)
As far as I'm concerned, here in flyover country, he can fuck off like all of the rest.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (D1E+2)
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Not that I give a fuck but am I to surmise she is talking about Israel here?
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 02:03 PM (fkeut)
It sure ain't Burkina Faso or St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (8avO+)
She immediately turned to the Epstein files and how Trump was implicated.
I just can’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (Dg7ng)
Eh so does my state. Means nothing. Dems register as Reps to vote for the most left wing candidates running on the gop primary.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Naive assumptions of outcomes like that often perform better than expert prognostications. Our media and experts are today what shamans would have been to our primitive societies.
Back when I did empirical work, you always used a naive assumption to test whether your 'predictions' improved on results of the naive assumption or not.
No or little improvement shown from a predictive model then essentially all the bloviating emissions derived from your model is descriptive, not predictive. All sorts of logical fallacies then beloved by political and media commentariats are then created. The universe laughs at the feeble predictions of mankind.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)
At least Liddy didn't turn on Nixon and took his medicine right?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (4ljtY)
Hmmm, I wonder whether the pegging or the pooping hurts him more?
Both probably. Because of the pegging.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (s9VOe)
It gets me from Trans/Cis Alpine Gaul provinces.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 02:11 PM (8avO+)
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This is Kentucky. The same state that kept voting for Mitch McConnell for Senate for 40 years.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 15, 2026 02:11 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2026 02:11 PM (mkw2N)
Stochastic statistics?
Thanks a lot. I may never get the knot out of my tongue from trying to say that out loud.
Posted by: muldoon
Try these:
homoscedastic statistics and heteroscedastic statistics
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:11 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Reforger at May 15, 2026 02:09 PM (ZFqKB)
Hockey Forwards?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:12 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 02:12 PM (N8ZBc)
Got it...
sort of
Posted by: Reforger at May 15, 2026 02:04 PM (ZFqKB)
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Greek archers would use a stick as a target.
So, I guess the idea is that it's not easy to hit, so you probably miss it more than hit it. It's "anybody's guess", I guess.
Not sure why statistics glommed on to that idea.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)
I would've figured it was in relation to the spread around the target.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at May 15, 2026 02:12 PM (okun6)
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SCIENCE!
Posted by: Guy from Thomas Dolby song at May 15, 2026 02:12 PM (Dv3i1)
To me, this confirms that Trump is something special, unlike most Republican politicians before him who were just stringing people along.
Posted by: PG at May 15, 2026 02:13 PM (DLFjo)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 15, 2026 02:13 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Reforger
>Pikers? They were the bleeding edge.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 02:13 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 15, 2026 02:11 PM (IifOV)
And Rand Paul.
And Democrat governors.
It’s a wacky state politically.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:13 PM (f5ZdA)
When you devise a strategy you have to account for the likelihood that some of your components will miss their target.
Thus a "stochastic strategy" (like "terrorism") probably indicates a strategy that accounts for misses.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)
1. The Left brought it into the conversation by constantly accusing the Right of inciting stochastic terrorism. A notable case was with Palin and her "target" map.
2. But remember, the Left always accuses you of what they are doing. This is always on their minds because this is one of their many weapons. They understand that to move a culture you don't move each individual, you create an environment where those on the edge flip.
The specifically do this to encourage people to do unacceptable things, like terrorism. To inflame the crowd until windows get broken. That is their strategy all the way back to the 60s, and probably the Froggy revolution, and Bolshies before that.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 02:13 PM (0MFDl)
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This is Kentucky. The same state that kept voting for Mitch McConnell for Senate for 40 years.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 15, 2026 02:11 PM (IifOV
I get it.
But senators from all those other states kept making McConnell their leader.
We may need to consider the possibility that they all more or less stink on ice.
Brother, won't you consider opening your heart up to a lot more hate?
Posted by: Hobo Philosopher at May 15, 2026 02:14 PM (IBLCq)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 15, 2026 02:13 PM (PV+Zw)
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The bill spent too much money on immigration enforcement. It was central to his critique of it.
Also, he's pro-pedophile because he refuses to name the 20 powerful men attached to Epstein that he knows of and had said he would name on the House floor but has refused to do it. He's refusing to do it in order to protect powerful pedophiles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:14 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (y9nCu)
At least Liddy didn't turn on Nixon and took his medicine right?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (qrzX6)
Yep. That's pretty much the only thing admirable about Liddy, he understood omerta, and practiced it. At least until he finished his prison term and Nixon got his pardon, then he started running his mouth as well.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 02:14 PM (y9nCu)
When that got too easy to hit, we tied it to a string and set it to swinging.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 02:14 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: Panic Whores at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Heroq
Too late to register. Part of the issue is that new voters have to register about 4 weeks before an election. Massie did not become a cause celebre for Dems until now.
It will be down to whichever political team can get turnout now and greater GOP turnout at this point is likely to be fatal to Massie. That is why he is going so hard negatively on Gallrein. You do that to depress turnout by raising Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) for less active voters to get them to stay home.
This situation is usually the political death of incumbents because frankly, most do not deserve reelection in the first place, including Massie.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (E4rtv)
wsj today had an op ed by khanna in which he called for the fed gov't to spend $63 billion a year for 3 years to guarantee lots of college grads working for the gov't. a program you know will never end
Posted by: gnats local 678
Time to unlimber the cannons and begin blasting away at the Feral gubmint with DOGE Eleven: NOW We're Coming For YOU!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 02:11 PM (8avO+)
Gaul on our side of the Alps. Gaul on the other side of the Alps from us.
Mediterranean= Mare Nostrum= Our Sea.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (zZu0s)
I can't think of a better person to represent me.
Posted by: Orson at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (dIske)
When I was a kid we'd use a small onion, pulled from the garden, as an archery target.
When that got too easy to hit, we tied it to a string and set it to swinging.
Posted by: garrett
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And then you tied it to your belt?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: PaleRider
He loves the spotlight. There have been a lot of bills or resolutions that passed 430-1. Shit like naming post offices. Guess who the 1 was? Massie of course.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 15, 2026 02:07 PM (OyOhQ)
It was originally spelled "Foreskin" (not joking). She eventually changed it to "Froskurinn" because, well.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 02:16 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: zombie Leonard Nimoy at May 15, 2026 02:16 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 15, 2026 02:17 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)
It was the style at the time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:17 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 02:17 PM (Cqx++)
That's basically the gist of it anyway. It's mostly that David Throne idiot. His commercials are toxic garbage.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 15, 2026 02:17 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 02:17 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 02:13 PM (0MFDl)
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Exactly. As I said they accused Tucker of it, because Tucker was warning about the very real, evident, trend of "replacement theory". But when some shooter reacted to the same thing, it was supposedly Tucker, with his "'racist' replacement theory" which "caused the violence".
They don't say the same thing about announcing Trump as an "existential threat"--which arguably is quite a bit more than the sap who the elites imported to replace you.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:18 PM (Fi81e)
Them old greek homos that stole the maths from africa
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 15, 2026 02:18 PM (Kt19C)
When I was a kid we'd use a small onion, pulled from the garden, as an archery target.
When that got too easy to hit, we tied it to a string and set it to swinging.
Posted by: garrett
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And then you tied it to your belt?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)
Dangling about 3 inches under the crotchal region.
Posted by: Aim small, miss small, hit small at May 15, 2026 02:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: the lower
My state rep is a “Republican” who campaigned for Biden. She was identified as a leftist whore didn’t matter she won her primary easily. Because conservatives ignore local elections in my area. Leftists register as Republicans and get people like her elected.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:19 PM (f5ZdA)
I first saw that in "Dersu Uzala" (1975).
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 02:19 PM (N8ZBc)
How many of the people using the new and approved buzz-word, 'stochastic,' actually know what it means?
Posted by: davidt
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Zeitgeist
Paradigm
Methodology
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)
I haven't heard it in my area in years.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2026 02:19 PM (mkw2N)
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This jingle is known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 02:19 PM (Dv3i1)
When that got too easy to hit, we tied it to a string and set it to swinging.
Posted by: garrett
We used little green army men that we sniped with a .22
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 02:19 PM (abIsI)
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McConnell owned and ran the elections in KY for 40 years too. He made damn sure his opponents, both D and R, where "less than optimal." At any cost.
His influence is over, but the money's still there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 02:20 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: PaleRider
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He voted for all that shit including debt limits under Biden. He ain't principled. And his flying monkey squad on X has been wreaking havoc on any negative posts about his record. Nasty critters and I think he has some bots amplifying it from foreign bot farms. They have subverted Community Notes on X as well. Not organic.
His supporters are the same Stormfront types that show up here on occasion when their precious assholes in office are targeted. Luap Nor nasties that have morphed into groypers that are more anti-Semitic than they are for any set of principles.
The simple rule on politicians is if you are acting as a defense attorney for any of them excusing their misdeeds, stop. At least consider that you can justify some assholes simply by comparing them as the lesser of evils rather than proclaiming their sanctity.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)
It would be worth slapping "every American" in the face just to get one in on her. What a slappable face that bint has.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 01:35 PM (0MFDl)
No, that's Anita Sarkeesian and that lovely person just got together with CDPR to make sure Witcher 4 tanks.
I'd already passed on it because they turned Ciri from Witcher 3 into Cyril Beefcheeks (made her look like a dude cosplaying as her)
Kasparian is the female r*tard from the lefty r*tard show 'The Young Turds'.
Posted by: Nelly at May 15, 2026 02:20 PM (6+ehB)
Paradigm
Methodology
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)
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Syzygy.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:21 PM (Fi81e)
https://tinyurl.com/5acppk7f
Whadya know, it was a grift.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 02:21 PM (abIsI)
This is accurate and you can see it play out in real time
Start: Trump is literally Hitler and wouldn't a good person do anything to stop Hitler?!?
Mid Point: Lefty tries to shoot Trump and fails
Immediate Response: Obviously this is a false flag to generate sympathy!
Slightly Slower Response: And why are our people so bad at shooting?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 02:22 PM (BI5O2)
Congressmen who write no legislation, complain endlessly, chase news stories, have sex with staffers, and slash at anyone between them and microphones are rare in DC?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
I believe that the vast majority of those in Congress do next to nothing while in office. That is not to say that they fail to strut around at election time bleating about all the activities that they undertook on behalf of YOU, the little voters. But activities are not accomplishments and, were we to push them on what were their accomplishments, they'd stammer and stutter themselves to death up there on the stage.
"What is it, you'd say, that you DO there?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 02:22 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: muldoon
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It's kind of the opposite.
In chemistry, things react until the reach the stochastic state, at which point the reaction goes both ways (this is an oversimplification.)
So the stochastic state gets some on one direction, and some in the other. At random. It is like raising the temperature knowing that some molecules will be on the "edge" and will randomly pop off.
You don't know which molecules (bespoke) but you know some will because conditions are right.
This applies to terrorism from the left, because by calling Trump Hitler enough times, several people got to thinking it would be a good idea to take him out.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 02:22 PM (0MFDl)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 02:14 PM (y9nCu)
One thing about talk radio I hate is no rewind.
I was working and Liddy was on after Rush. I'm half assed listening and that fucker said something that made my mind go and I was standing there thinking 'you fucking killed Kennedy'.
Then I really looked into it. I think he was tortured in Prison not for what he knew about Nixon, or maybe so, but for what he knew about Kennedy.
Posted by: Reforger at May 15, 2026 02:22 PM (ZFqKB)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: PaleRider
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Ron Paul got so much accomplished in that way!
</sarcasm>
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:22 PM (Fi81e)
The simple rule on politicians is if you are acting as a defense attorney for any of them excusing their misdeeds, stop. At least consider that you can justify some assholes simply by comparing them as the lesser of evils rather than proclaiming their sanctity.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)
Not just anti-semitic, but now thanks to the ChudTheBuilder controversy, also "exterminate all blacks" types.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 02:23 PM (iXqHn)
Maybe a third? Bitch be busy.
Mass Effect 4?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 02:23 PM (gKWVE)
She's mostly famous for being Dry Humped by a Homeless guy in LA, while curbing her dog.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 02:23 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)
I’ve noted for years that the weather service’s yearly hurricane count prediction has never outperformed what would be obtained by throwing darts at a board with a range of likely numbers on it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 02:23 PM (AnnNE)
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Any time a politician says he wants to “do Something” it means less freedom and higher taxes. If every congressman did nothing the country would be much better off.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:24 PM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 02:23 PM (iXqHn)
I saw a clip of some random choad goblin screaming the n bomb at random black people on the street. Guessing that was this guy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I guess the inverted crucifixion with a small fire lit under their heads is out then.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 02:24 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 02:24 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 02:16 PM (I0N4X)
I am no expert by any means but this whole thing seems so contradictory to actual good medicine and good science that it's hard to believe this is allowed anywhere as within the standard of care. The "studies" they try to cite in support of this are sketchy at best, with tiny sample sized and Texas sharpshooter type reasoning. Researchers are deliberately blocked from gathering data to conduct longitudinal studies on patients who got chopped, and to the extent we do have any longitudinal studies, they apparently show when read in the most favorable light, the results are at best neutral, i.e. had no significant measurable ameliorative effect. Even the Euros and the Scandis who the left worship so much have shut this shit down as far as kids go. It's not medicine or science, it's a butcher cult.
Posted by: Standard of carve at May 15, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Gonah Joldberg at May 15, 2026 02:24 PM (Cjger)
Posted by: Thomas Massie at May 15, 2026 01:32 PM (IifOV)
I had pizza before it was cool.
Posted by: Burned my tongue at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I guess the inverted crucifixion with a small fire lit under their heads is out then.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
I'm right here.
Posted by: Tree of Woe at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)
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We have civil discussions about whether killing Baby Adolph is "justified".
You can justify killing Baby Hitler, to a good number of people.
Probably the blue-button-pushers!
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: the lower depths
You would be correct. Especially in closed primaries, the primaries have more party activists that are more leftist in Democrat and more to the right in GOP. There is a reason that Massie is running ads claiming he is a big Trump supporter in KY while he poses for the NYT's crowd.
And from what I've garnered, he is not liked nor influential in Congress doing minimal work and notably ran on term limits (3 to be exact) but blew past that to be trying for his 8th term.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 02:19 PM (abIsI)
We'd put firecrackers in model airplanes and throw them up in the air. Flak!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 02:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 02:26 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (I0N4X)
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It is stochastically applied.
</stochastic-comments>
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:27 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: the lower depths at May 15, 2026 02:25 PM (Dg7ng)
How do you think the cucks in SC got elected? Or the ones in Indiana. Or how do you think a deep red state like Utah sends Romney to the senate. It’s with left wingers who vote in primaries that’s how.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 02:27 PM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: Can we build it? YES WE CAN at May 15, 2026 02:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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A lot of people and organizations make predictions more for the publicity than they do for accuracy. No one rarely, if ever, holds them to account so why not?
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 15, 2026 02:24 PM (zZu0s)
That's his general schtick, yeah. He'd been posting on social media that he was hoping that one would take a swing at him so that he could shoot them.
And one finally did. And he shot him.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 02:27 PM (iXqHn)
I think there exist computer chips that use quantum fluctuations in their own guts to generate truly stochastic numbers. "Chip-based Quantum Random Number Generators".
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 02:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: St. John Bender at May 15, 2026 02:28 PM (tGvPi)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 02:29 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
Did someone say predictions???
Posted by: Jean Dixon at May 15, 2026 02:29 PM (2WIwB)
Kamala Harris Wants to Pack the Court, End the Electoral College, and Open Up the Senate to Save Democracy Democrat Politicians
She's losing the Crazy Race to AOC, and needs to change that.
Last week, she began demanding the DNC release its suppressed "autopsy" of her 2024 blowout loss. I assume she wants to be released because she knows it was a whitewash which excused her for any responsibility for the loss and blamed all on Muh Racism and Muh Misogyny. Though apparently the reason it was suppressed is that it blames... ... Joe Biden, who the Democrats have of course decided to blame all their woes on, now that he's gone.
A new poll shows the top choices for the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in 2028. The May 12 poll, released by Atlas Intel, found U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., leading among Democrats, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the top choice for a majority of Republicans. The national poll showed 26% of Democrats would vote for Ocasio-Cortez for president in two years, with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at 22.4% and California Gov. Gavin Newsom at 21.2%. Former Vice President Kamala Harris came in fourth place at 12.9%.
Coconut Kamala grabbed clicks by proposing a slate of anticonstitutional measures to rig elections even harder for Democrats:
To make matters worse, the DNC is facing continued calls to release its internal autopsy of the party's sweeping setbacks in the 2024 election, when Democrats lost the presidency and Senate majority and fell short in winning back control of the House. Among those calling on the DNC to make public their report on what went wrong for the Democrats in 2024 is former Vice President Kamala Harris, the party's presidential nominee two years ago. Harris, who is mulling making another White House bid in 2028, recently told donors she believes the DNC should make the autopsy public. The news was first reported by NBC News and confirmed by Fox News Digital. A source with knowledge said that Harris had not discussed the autopsy with DNC Chair Ken Martin, and that the former vice president did not know in advance about Martin's decision in December to keep the 2024 election postmortem under wraps. Martin ordered the report soon after he was elected DNC chair early last year. ... There was controversy surrounding the report as it was being compiled, after reports last summer said the autopsy would skip analyzing whether then-President Joe Biden should have run for re-election in 2024 and would pass on judging key decisions made by Harris and her team, after she replaced Biden as the party's nominee with just over three months to go until the 2024 election.
... "They are spiking an autopsy of the election that gave us Trump 2.0. If party leaders won't take the steps required to rebuild ourselves into a winning coalition, we will take it into our own hands," former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg warned in a social media post at the time. ... A person familiar with the DNC's strategy told Fox News Digital because of all the attention on the autopsy, "they are going to be forced to release something."
Pat Adams
@PatAdams96 10h Kamala Harris is now calling for Democrats to hold a "No Bad Idea Brainstorm" where they discuss: - Abolishing the Electoral College
- Packing the Supreme Court
- Making Puerto Rico and D.C. states "We've got to neutralize these red states from cheating!"
Kamala wants to brainstorm with Democrats to pack the supreme court, make DC and Puerto Rico a state, and abolish the Electoral College.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 14, 2026
These are the people screaming “DeMoCrAcY” pic.twitter.com/iVxeFe1Jne
WATCH: @GovRonDeSantis is taking aim at Kamala Harris over proposals to pack the Supreme Court and abolish the Electoral College, calling the moves an attempt to "deviate from founding principles."
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) May 14, 2026
"They've suffered a series of losses over many, many cycles, none more dramatic… pic.twitter.com/zfUBd8gFXM
Pretty telling that when someone says we’ve got to get “fraudsters” out of the country, it’s immediately assumed that’s Democrats. https://t.co/fBwfCvsM6o
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 14, 2026
Q: "Which foreign country do you consider to be the US's "greatest adversary?"
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 19, 2026
Kamala Harris in 2024: "I think there's an obvious one in mind which is Iran. Iran has American blood on their hands." pic.twitter.com/G10WzkoXV2
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Nazdar at May 15, 2026 12:26 PM (NcvvS)
lol, truly the Idiot Queen.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:26 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 12:26 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (OYsYV)
Demand the Court be expanded to 13 now.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 12:26 PM (73/SM)
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If SCOTUS is going to be political, then it should be elected.
The body politic should have a direct say in it.
9 from every state.
Oral arguments should be amusing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:28 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 15, 2026 12:28 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:29 PM (xBVv0)
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Tough but fair.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (OYsYV)
Kamala Harris makes Kamala Harris slightly nauseous.
Though usually only on late lunches when she plays fast and loose with the "beer before liquor" rule.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (EynyL)
Demand the Court be expanded to 13 now.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 12:26 PM (73/SM)
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If SCOTUS is going to be political, then it should be elected.
The body politic should have a direct say in it.
9 from every state.
Oral arguments should be amusing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:28 PM (xBVv0)
Two words.
Thunderdome.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (dK+Kv)
Kamala Harris never has this problem.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: 496 at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (j7INY)
Posted by: Milky Loads at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (gKWVE)
*shakes head sadly*
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at May 15, 2026 12:31 PM (gxokI)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 15, 2026 12:31 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:31 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:31 PM (Gqar
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Remember, the GOPe has lost no power at all in the past decade and they will force Jeb Bush on us.
It's science.
All is lost.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:32 PM (xBVv0)
So maybe we should beat them to the punch.
*******
Murkowski, Cassidy, McConnell, Tillis etc. would never let it happen.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 12:32 PM (NpAcC)
Kamala wants a "no bad idea" roundtable. Ok Dems commit sepaku. Good idea
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 12:32 PM (gu0hJ)
That would require a Constitutional Amendment. Which would give the Dems the opportunity to screw it up or subvert it.
Changing the size of the Court (or the number of Representatives) only requires a Congressional vote and Presidential signature.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (j7INY)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:31 PM (Gqar
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Remember, the GOPe has lost no power at all in the past decade and they will force Jeb Bush on us.
It's science.
All is lost.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:32 PM (xBVv0)
You hang around the Morning Report a lot, don’t you?
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Weakly Reader at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (oftw2)
LOL. I have the same reaction to AO-C who doesn't appear to have a drinking problem like Kamala . She's just stupid.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (wn0/z)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (AnnNE)
Did *anybody* ever think she was viable? Why?
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (N8ZBc)
I mean, Dear Lord...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 15, 2026 12:34 PM (wtvvX)
Demand the Court be expanded to 13 now.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026
Right! Let’s do it. We should stop allowing Dems to believe we won’t act on their dumb ideas, too. It’s sad they have such faith in our high road. Looking at you, Thune.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 12:34 PM (hftzA)
Every time the Democrats are in power, they tell us we have to send money now to sendmoneynow.com to keep the Democrats from packing the Supreme Court.
Every time the Republicans are in power, any thought of setting the size of the Supreme Court to a specific number (nine does seem to work pretty well…) disappears as if the problem never existed.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 15, 2026 12:34 PM (EXyHK)
It is time for the GOP to not just move forward with the SAVE act, not just throwing people in jail for vote fraud, not just arresting pols allowing non-citizens to vote (even in local elections) but so start packing court NOW...oh and start combining New England into two states.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (n3VHW)
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She's fallen behind in one poll, the most recent one.
With the weirdest of crosstabs by a polling firm that seems like it wants to burn its own credibility to the ground (Atlas Intel).
She's led every other poll (especially by other good ones like Harvard-Harris) since March. She's led every national poll since February.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (gnNyN)
Pols have to be in their state to speak to donors, and they have to only raise money from residents of their district. That would fix a lot.
I now go make crepe. (recipe says to mix ingredients, and then rest for an hour. I don't think I will exert myself too much mixing, but I will be back shortly to rest anwyay.)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (0MFDl)
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (wn0/z)
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20 years ago I was aware of Kamala and was scared she would end up president someday (I was aware of her... I didn't know how stupid she was).
Now I'm worried AOC will run and win. The young kids all love her.
Posted by: 496 at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Bert G at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (VARTN)
I mean...everyone acknowledges it.
Remember after 2020 when the Atlantic ran an article crowing about their efforts to "fortify" the election?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (Gqar8)
1. A million dollar a year minimum wage for everybody.
2. Free condoms, drugs, needles and booze for EVERYBODY!
3. A $100,000 US fine if upon meeting her, you don't tell her how smart she is, how pretty she is and how she has such nice hair.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ripley at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (GUOwU)
He paused a second, and confidently said “Yes”. Hm. Crazy, but that’s what you’re up against.
Imagine if there were Global Elections. Would allowing China and India to decide everything be a good idea? I have had somewhat better luck with that analogy.
At one level, Democracy is exceedingly idiotic. Churchill might have saved Western Civilization, but he was wrong on Democracy.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (zXS73)
Posted by: mr tmz at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (rJ48h)
I think this idea has merit, but as of right now we still can't stop foreigners from giving substantial funds to Democrats and that is already illegal...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)
https://is.gd/DoBINy
That retarded headline is currently up at Brietbart.
Let me show you how to improve, Brietbart:
Watch Xavier Becerra Mansplain to Latina Journalist How to Do Her Job on T.V.
Why use the PC non-word Latinx, and then defeat the whole point of the stupidity by adding "Female" immediately after it?
Posted by: No Name Today at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (AnnNE)
This redistricting fight is letting state-level RINOs show their asses in very public ways that will end up being advantageous in future years, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:25 PM (xBVv0)
THIS.
To me, the seats won/lost in the 2026 midterms are only superficially important.
De-RINO-ing the right and skullfucking the left in 2030 are the actual targets.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (iNUL3)
Most of the guys at the local men's only club.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)
I don't think storms can occur in a mind that's a vacuum.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Very good! Not perfect, but very good.
Posted by: Venezuela, The 51st State at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (wn0/z)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I assume no one is looking to them for leadership, just someone they can feel proud of themselves for voting for them, and all the real decisions are made by hard-core partisan experts who will really run things behind the scenes.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (Dv3i1)
Jerry-built: Refers to something that was poorly or cheaply constructed from the very beginning.
What is the derivation of that? Being... uh... 29, my only familiarity with "Jerry" is from TV and movies where it was a semi-slur for "German." But whatever anybody thinks of Germans, nobody associates them with poor engineering and construction.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: ShainS at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (nyTxL)
Be nice if we passed, oh I don't know, some election integrity legislation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega
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They aren't stupid, they are corrupt and the center of that corruption is the US Senate and the GOP caucus there. House GOP caucus too in a lesser degree. Far too many GOP officeholders are a) stealth Democrats, b) out to get generational wealth out of their offices, c) loathe the very people that elect them. These are the Country Club Republicans of yore, now called RINOs.
In fact, the ones that are a) actually conservative, b) honest and not trying to grab wealth for themselves, c) actually like their constituents, are the RINOs. They don't represent the big donors which is the ultimate problem with the GOP.
Democrats are crazed evil criminals.
So we, the average voter with intelligence and morals are repeatedly stuck voting between corrupticans and Demoncrats.
Is there any wonder that when Trump swept down the escalator, he created his own massive constituency in the GOP from the disaffected base voters.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (CWTWj)
Yes. It’s a very good idea, but the enforcement mechanism has to be worked out first on existing laws, or it will mean massive funding imbalances at the local level favoring Democrats.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (EXyHK)
Hillary in 28 It's really the right time
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 12:39 PM (gu0hJ)
We faced number one team and lost by 5 but scored 5 earned runs against them, which is better offense than the number two team.
Little's pitching was off due to a few reasons*, he struck out in the first inning, dived to dodge a high inside pitch in his second at bat, then subsequently crushed an RBI double for some "payback." The guys kept their heads up and played hard, if not messy, which is all you can ask for. In the end, it's a 1 run game if we clean up our fielding and errors.
* He's got a bit of a cold, probably did too many pushups, so his muscles were fatigued, and it was really cold, the combo of which resulted in his pitches running uncharacteristically high in the zone and slow.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (AnnNE)
Hahahahahahahahahahahahhah. Go fuck yourself.
Posted by: Minnesota at May 15, 2026 12:39 PM (iNUL3)
I don’t want to jinx it by saying it, but in 2028 we may be looking at the first 50 state win ever by any political party.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:33 PM (AnnNE)
Let's not get greedy. I'll settle for 1984 Election II: Electric Boogaloo
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 12:39 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
My faves are Kukla, Fran, and Ollie, and Ding-Dong School. Miss Francis saw me in her magic mirror last week.
Posted by: Scranton Joe at May 15, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)
Probably for many, the very last one too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (gKWVE)
LOL! He gets to forever wear that title because he was chosen for, what, one day? Two? And the DNC gets to forever be linked inextricably to him. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (kU0PQ)
Democrats need a "message" because Trump is controlling way too much narrative. And Democrats have NOTHING to sell.
This is their way believe it or not of deploying a message *and* projecting strength. Otherwise they have no identity at all other than being weak and ineffective. Not to mention a bunch of annoying complainers and hecklers.
Also I suspect they have to keep their mental patients engaged and this is their way of keeping them riled.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: Bert G at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (VARTN)
Well, she wouldn't need any makeup to do a Thriller reboot.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (wtvvX)
https://tinyurl.com/4252huh7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (n3VHW)
English guy out for a night with his mates has a few beers and gets into a conflict with a Punjabi.
Punjabi guy stabs him 4 times and the police get called.
The police arrest the English guy for racially abusing the Punjabi and bleeds out while the police are figuring out what to do.
The Punjabi was Sihk and had used his ceremonial knife. You aren't allowed to carry a large knife in Britain (I assume most Sihks nominally carry unsharpened knives to meet their religious obligations).
Out of the 4 knife wounds one was to the face - so there is no way the cops didn't notice it, and two were to the back of the legs so there is no way for the Punjabi to argue it was self defense.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (CWTWj)
Pete Buttgiggle campaign promise
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (W2Pud)
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All aboard, hahahahahaha
Ayy
Crazy, but that's how it goes
Millions of people living as hoes
Maybe it's not too late
To forget how to love and learn how to hate
Posted by: ShainS at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (iERP6)
Bad Idea - doing your own dental work.
Posted by: Mr. Skullhead at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (+IsEU)
Since she grew up as the child of an Indian research scientist and an American-Jamaican professor, I'm going with "fake."
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (vTZFs)
Be nice if we passed, oh I don't know, some election integrity legislation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 15, 2026 12:38 PM (XV/Pl)
Or, I dunno, maybe a Dynasty centered around a certain family.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (Gqar8)
Holy Cow!
Just how insane do you have to be to want any of these four to be Preezy.
This is just sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (iJfKG)
He paused a second, and confidently said “Yes”. Hm. Crazy, but that’s what you’re up against.
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It's not fair that the rest of America isn't yet enjoying the utopia that comes with NY and LA governance.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 12:43 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)
They are so busy trying to outdo each other in their remarks to cater to the tiniest of interest groups, that they have lost sight of what is real.
So yes, they are dangerous indeed.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 12:43 PM (2WIwB)
My guess: it comes from a bastardization of “jury-rigged”, which is a temporary—not necessarily poorly-constructed—solution until a better one can be implemented:
jury (1), adj, as in jury mast and jury-rigged, occurs earliest in jury mast, a temporary mast…
—Eric Partridge, Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (EXyHK)
A Sikh robbed and stabbed an 18 year old university student multiple times. Police show up. The attacker claimed the university student had used racist language toward him. The police handcuffed the student, who soon bled to death.
The student's phone was later found in the Sikh's pocket.
http://tiny.cc/g9i3101
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (iERP6)
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Eliminate filibuster. Stack Supreme Court through bare majority in Senate, signed by Dem president.
New SCOTUS takes case that challenges constitutionality of Electoral College.
New SCOTUS rules that Electoral College is unconstitutional because reasons (Jackson writing majority opinion).
I mean...they'd have to take the Senate first which is a whole mountain to climb over the next few years and survive the cataclysm that will be the 2030 census in addition to winning the presidency.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (xBVv0)
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Enjoy your KFC at home Steve.
Posted by: WisRich at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (G0vdT)
47 I have discussed the EC with a bog standard liberal whack job - “Would you want NYC and LA to decide all our elections?”
He paused a second, and confidently said “Yes”. Hm. Crazy, but that’s what you’re up against.”
It always amazes that people think this is some new idea, when all of this was argued out at great length during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. The big states, notably New York, wanted direct election from the start. The small population members said “no way, we’re not joining any union if this is the deal, and there’s 9 of us and only 4 of you.”
Why don’t we allow direct election of the President? Because now, as then, this Union breaks up and is over if any group tries it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (AnnNE)
Yup. And it's easy!
Posted by: The Equal Rights Amendment at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (iERP6)
Posted by: 496 at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (iERP6)
I don't believe this is accurate.
States can apportion their electors however they want. If they all agree to deliver their electors to the winner of the popular vote, that's still in keeping with the constitution.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 12:45 PM (iNUL3)
Its just random chance that every district has a blue majority.
Their new defense?
They gerrymandered New England like 20 years ago so it doesn't count.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 12:45 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Kamalawannadingdong at May 15, 2026 12:45 PM (Escyj)
Has Coconut Jane now got Ozempic face?
Her cheeks are all hollowed out.
Or if it just bad plastic surgery?
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 12:45 PM (iJfKG)
Pols have to be in their state to speak to donors, and they have to only raise money from residents of their district. That would fix a lot.
I now go make crepe. (recipe says to mix ingredients, and then rest for an hour. I don't think I will exert myself too much mixing, but I will be back shortly to rest anwyay.)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (0MFDl)
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Id throw in no over the air political advertising.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (Vh9CX)
Do the wrong thing for long enough, and it transforms into precedent.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (EXyHK)
States can apportion their electors however they want. If they all agree to deliver their electors to the winner of the popular vote, that's still in keeping with the constitution.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 12:45 PM (iNUL3)
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It's not.
Any state that assigns its electors out of alignment with their voters is in violation of the constitution. They gave their voters a choice, and then they deny the voters their choice.
It's not even not giving the people a vote and having electors chosen by the state legislature (SC did this until after the Civil War).
The NPV compact is facially unconstitutional.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (xBVv0)
Do the wrong thing for long enough, and it transforms into precedent.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (EXyHK)
Like Social Security or Income Tax
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I wonder if they understand Kamala did not win the popular vote.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (xBVv0)
And here's me, learning a thing.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (iNUL3)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (OYsYV)
The contact high is so strong that just a video will do it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (ExV1e)
English guy out for a night with his mates has a few beers and gets into a conflict with a Punjabi.
Punjabi guy stabs him 4 times and the police get called.
The police arrest the English guy for racially abusing the Punjabi and bleeds out while the police are figuring out what to do.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)
England don't exist anymore. Its an enslaved island, its occupants pussified, and god damn the king.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (gm9Sb)
Sing Along with Mitch is good TV...."Happy days are here again, the skies above are clear again!!"
Posted by: Joemarine at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (y171U)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (xBVv0)
The ridiculousness of finding the Constitution to be unconstitutional aside, the process would then be to amend the Constitution so that it is no longer unconstitutional.
Or an Article 5 convention, which would be political chaos on a level that we have never seen in America.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (iERP6)
Posted by: KaMaLa ThE dAy DrUnK at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I wonder if they understand Kamala did not win the popular vote.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (hftzA)
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2024 was an aberration and Trump cheated (it's impossible to win all the swing states, dontchaknow, therefore Trump cheated, especially in NC).
Therefore it is not eligible for analysis when it comes to how elections can happen in America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:48 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (iERP6)
I don't believe this is accurate.
States can apportion their electors however they want. If they all agree to deliver their electors to the winner of the popular vote, that's still in keeping with the constitution.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
Nope. All compacts between states, including the Popular Vote scheme require approval of Congress. It is in the Constitution. So state A cannot make a binding agreement with state B over electoral votes without Congress approving it.
Same as making DC a state. It requires a constitutional amendment and the Dems tried that in the 1970's at the peak of their power, they failed to get the number of states to ratify.
Article I, Section 10, Clause 3:
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded,. . .
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)
I'm old enough to remember when Bernie received a fortification of "muh precious democracy" from the Dems. It will happen to her, too.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 15, 2026 12:48 PM (5yDGQ)
Problem is she is brutally brutally bad off script so they would just run the Obama Biden Playbook and keep her hidden except to throw bombs.
But I would still expect it to not be a woman. If it is and we are talking a legitimate GE and not a phony one, then she's the one to back.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 12:48 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 12:39 PM (y9nCu)
I’m thinking of 1972 - Dems tried to cater to the hippie crowd and went hard left with McGovern. Complete failure , which is probably why the Deep State went into action to wipe out all the effects of that election.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:48 PM (AnnNE)
Or an Article 5 convention, which would be political chaos on a level that we have never seen in America.
Posted by: The Equal Rights Amendment at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (iERP6)
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The left has entered Calvinball territory, and it will deem a SCOTUS ruling enough.
They will not be held to questions of process that slow them down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:49 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)
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Not to worry, comrades ... are you ready for:
Hunter Biden 2028 -- The Bantam Menace!
Posted by: ShainS at May 15, 2026 12:49 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)
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So, a dark-skinned, female Joe Biden, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:49 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 12:50 PM (Av6i5)
Come to the Supreme Court and "laah"?
This primary is going to be a big code-switching contest between her and AOC.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 12:50 PM (XJ22o)
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That reminds me of a story out of Portland. Black guy randomly stabs a white guy who was just minding his own business, white guy says the magic "n" word (and probably a few four letter words), jury finds stabber not guilty due to white guy's racist language.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 12:50 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 15, 2026 12:50 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: The Equal Rights Amendment
More likely to be a wet squib. Convention can propose amendments but ratification by 3/4 of the states is still required for any proposed amendments. The fear of the extra-constitutional runaway Convention is there but nowadays more likely to simply fail.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)
Hunter Biden 2028 -- The Bantam Menace!
Posted by: ShainS at May 15, 2026 12:49 PM (nyTxL)
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Hunter hates Obama and doesn't make it a secret.
Hunter entering the race would be...fascinating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:50 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 12:50 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)
Interesting reminder.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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A good pair of riding boots, jodhpurs, crop and appropriate top with some ribbons. That would do it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:51 PM (riU3n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 15, 2026 12:52 PM (BMD3P)
The NPV is one of the most likely vectors for a real civil war.
Imagine the following...the state legislators of enough states to get to 270 EVs agree.
In the '28 or a future election the R candidate wants 270+ EVs but loses the popular vote based on fraud from CA.
Now VA, PA, or whatever states joined the NPV but won by the Republican have their state government send a slate of electors for the Democrat.
The current R congress rejects those Dem electors and acknowledges an alternate slate of R electors.
Both the R and D candidate declare victory. Then we get a 5-4 decision one way or other from the SC and the losing side decides to not back down...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 15, 2026 12:52 PM (BMD3P)
Sucking cock and taking it in the butt for Our Democracy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I wonder if they understand Kamala did not win the popular vote.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 12:46 PM (hftzA)
I wonder if they realize that if the president were decided on popular vote that Republicans would then spend time and money in ca and NY to siphon off more red voters. Its not like this is done in a vaccuum.
Be funny if they forced that shit through and lost anyway.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (Escyj)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (Av6i5)
Be funny if they forced that shit through and lost anyway.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (Escyj)
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The ICE raids in NYC alone would be worth it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Ahh...I think I see the problem.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)
President Trump to host 9 hour prayer ceremony for country to get back to it's Christian roots.
The stove fan is going so I don't know if MS Now thinks this is an amazing idea or a kick-ass amazing idea.
CNN - a reckoning on how Congress handles sexual harrassment claims.. Nothing will happen.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (Sco7b)
Or an Article 5 convention, which would be political chaos on a level that we have never seen in America.
Posted by: The Equal Rights Amendment at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (iERP6)
Although I’m not opposed to an Article V convention, I don’t think that many realize that the inevitable result would be 3 or 4 successor states, all with their own constitutions.
The Republic of Greater Texas would be one of them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (Gqar8)
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We are getting a different class of Sikhs than we used to. We're getting all the sick Sikhs these days.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (riU3n)
I just read a terrible story out of Britain....
I'm ambivalent. Sad for the dead guy, but I'm not even sure where I misplaced my Giveashitometer, considering that this all happened in Limeystan.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (E2lD7)
Holy
Shit
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (Av6i5)
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There were a handful of alsorans who never had a serious shot.
The most prominent was DeSantis, but it was mostly people like Mark Sanford.
Trump won so easily that he should have run unopposed and everyone should have realized it a year earlier and saved their money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 12:47 PM (snZF9)
Berserker be preachin'!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: zombie at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 12:32 PM (NpAcC)
A vibrant, Democrat leaning, SCOTUS is vital to the well being of the country. -- GOPe
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)
Interesting reminder.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv)
South Carolina did not get the memo.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (zXS73)
It is the best one we've tried. IFF you have a moral and religious people who are adequately, properly educated. Of course, if you have that populace you can get almost any form of government and have it be good. But you can only sustain a free republic if the people are wise and motivated to use that wisdom.
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (kU0PQ)
Neither did Biden or probably Obama in '12. Well, if you only count living citizens.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)
Trump won so easily that he should have run unopposed and everyone should have realized it a year earlier and saved their money./i]
Honestly it is probably a good thing DeSantis ran.
If the Dems had murdered Trump in Butler I'd rather him then Haley (which is I assume what Biden was gunning for)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)
Same as making DC a state. It requires a constitutional amendment and the Dems tried that in the 1970's at the peak of their power, they failed to get the number of states to ratify.
Article I, Section 10, Clause 3:
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded,. . .
Posted by: whig
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Dems get back in power, common law and Constitutional and the Republic are out the window.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:56 PM (riU3n)
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 12:57 PM (hftzA)
It is the best one we've tried. IFF you have a moral and religious people who are adequately, properly educated. Of course, if you have that populace you can get almost any form of government and have it be good. But you can only sustain a free republic if the people are wise and motivated to use that wisdom.
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (kU0PQ)
You have identified the problem quite well.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:57 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (qBdHI)
Neigh! I think she looks better with age!
Posted by: John kerry at May 15, 2026 12:57 PM (Escyj)
If we abolish the Electoral College, there is no incentive for red states to not report 100% of their votes for the Republican.
(Because blue states a) refuse to limit cheating and b) reported up to 110%+ participation in some precincts in 2020.)
See TX. vs. PA for why the Supreme Court says that's legal for states to do.
Population of states that voted for Trump: 186.4 million
Population of states that voted for Harris: 150.9 million
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 12:57 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)
Adam smith (WA-9) has had his District changed three different times in the last 15 years just to keep him in office, and to open up a GOP safe district to take over by the dems.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 12:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (iERP6)
They might. But they're certainly counting on the people not knowing.
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 12:57 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: That's why they want our guns at May 15, 2026 12:58 PM (qUkBO)
I don't expect they'd see any problem with telling "the Trump court" to go pound sand on any policy initiative they really wanted.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
I’m pretty sure that legitimate votes would no longer matter under a national popular vote system. It would just be a matter of who could manufacture the most fraudulent votes from Dead Moose Junction or bleed them from the walls of the fifty-third precinct.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 15, 2026 12:58 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 12:57 PM (hftzA)
The goatee is a nice addition.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 15, 2026 12:58 PM (Escyj)
They will not be held to questions of process that slow them down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Which is why I think it likely a future president, perhaps Trump, perhaps someone later will have some nasty choices in front of them.
Democrats in office and their leftist core of activists are busy nailing their standard to the mast and refusing any institution that blocks them from total power. The other 3/4's of the US population has to decide whether to fight (hopefully politically) to crush this group or acquiesce (some might say submit) to the coup.
Not sanguine that the Dem leftists can be forced back in their box without a lot of drama, pain, and losses now.
And that is because normal Dem types are out declaring that they want us dead and justify seizing power by any means possible.
Use time left to us wisely because I don't think this current crop of violent and evil Democrats will stop short of ACW II.
Whether it is something like the Time of Troubles or much worse, it is out there and foreign countries like Qatar, China, etc. are egging it on to bring us down.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:58 PM (E4rtv)
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded,. . .
So if a D Congress says "Sure, PVC is cool with us," then what?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 12:59 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:42 PM (iERP6)
____
NO, IT DOESN'T.
Posted by: Chief Justice Affirmative Action Jackson at May 15, 2026 12:59 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (Gqar
The presence of Fort Sumter was a de facto invasion of South Carolina's sovereignty.
Or something stupid like that...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:59 PM (iERP6)
I think a large majority are recognizing the con, and will vote their popular beliefs instead of submitting to the commie DEI insanity.
Just say NO, to 2+2=5
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2026 12:59 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 12:53 PM (qBdHI)
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And?...
Posted by: Jean Francois Kerry at May 15, 2026 12:59 PM (affD0)
One of my great disappointments in recent years is that red states responded to the voter fraud with some moderate vote security measures.
Want to really fix vote fraud? Have a red county dump enough votes at 3 AM to take an election away from a Democrat for once
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:00 PM (JA4sW)
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Please oh please oh please oh please put your eggs in the David Hogg basket.
PLEASE!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:00 PM (JA4sW)
I still don't know why DeSantis ended his campaign when he did. It was sudden and not clear at all. So she ended up with second most delegates and would have had the argument for being the nom. I think that was the plan.
To have her be the nom and get steamrolled by Kamala.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 01:00 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: JROD at May 15, 2026 01:00 PM (Qc7+O)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (Gqar
The presence of Fort Sumter was a de facto invasion of South Carolina's sovereignty.
Or something stupid like that...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 12:59 PM (iERP6)
All of that because they needed someone to cook their breakfasts and do the sweaty stuff.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 01:01 PM (Gqar8)
I'd like to see an electoral college system at the state level as well. That would preserve the voice of the conservative non-urban residents, which is why it will never be allowed. Can you imagine how different the country would be if they'd done that at the beginning?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 01:01 PM (lFFaq)
Population of states that voted for Harris: 150.9 million
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
I think it is going to matter more which side is willing to exercise power to stop their opponents more than population size. It has become a matter of national will just like the Cold War was except in a much weaker and less cohesive US when engaged in an internal struggle.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)
There were a handful of alsorans who never had a serious shot.
The most prominent was DeSantis, but it was mostly people like Mark Sanford.
Trump won so easily that he should have run unopposed and everyone should have realized it a year earlier and saved their money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:54 PM (xBVv0)
You overlooked the awesome vote getting machine that was Mike Pence.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 01:01 PM (AnnNE)
Its not hurting them as much as people might expect and I think the reason goes to the core of how leftwing people decide to vote.
Whatever issues and positions they claim to care about they actually don't. They want two things out of their vote: getting told my their betters they voted right, and getting PAID.
Nothing else matters, so supporting tranny grooming, important rape gangs, or throwing people in concentration camps for not getting the clot shot? All good as long as they get their Biden/Obama dollars and a gold star from the FNM...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: The Glass Ceiling at May 15, 2026 01:02 PM (4ljtY)
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 19, 2026
This is why she's now 'persona non grata.'
Owebama gave Iran BILLIONS of our money. She said they're the enemy.
NO ONE goes against the Chocolate Jesus. NO ONE!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:03 PM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Piper
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Her eyebrows are in the middle of her forehead and they are using a filter. The whole image is mechanically softened.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:03 PM (riU3n)
Interesting that Biden's people picked her but I guess they were mostly forced to based on his statement he was going to pick a black woman
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm)
"It's not our fault we're losers that nobody but other losers like--it's the Electoral College: It's racist an' shit and that's why we keep losing!"
I mean, do they even math how they're going to get to the 75% of states to pass the Constitutional Amendment?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 01:04 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison"
There is a whole industry around running losers.
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 01:05 PM (vFG9F)
In the right light she is not bad for a politician. But my God what an ugly human being she is. You know she has a lengthy trail of underlings and colleagues going back years who despise her to the core. I don't mean a few I mean most. Just a wretched seeming person who talks like a retard on top of everything else which makes her perfidy worse.
That takes away attractiveness points bigtime. It's like how a just better than average chick with the right attitude and nice hair can seem super cute.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 01:05 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: Oddbob
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Then allowed. But it would also take a president's signature according to Cuyler v. Adams, 449 U.S. 433 (1981).
It would still be treading the line constitutionally but I think if Congress and the President agreed to do it, then the Court would acquiesce. Wrongly, but I think they would invoke political question over it.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)
These maniacs are f**** dangerous, and they are going to regain power one day.
Be nice if we passed, oh I don't know, some election integrity legislation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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I'm hoping that by the time they retake DC, they'll be substantially changed. Someone will have purged them of the hard socialists same as Bill Buckley reportedly purged the conservative movement of the John Birchers.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 01:06 PM (XJ22o)
Use time left to us wisely because I don't think this current crop of violent and evil Democrats will stop short of ACW II.
Whether it is something like the Time of Troubles or much worse, it is out there and foreign countries like Qatar, China, etc. are egging it on to bring us down.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:58 PM (E4rtv)
If the left acts badly enough, we can find our own Bukele to take care of them. But the left is disorganized and stupid; they’re more of a disease than anything else.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 01:06 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 01:07 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 15, 2026 01:07 PM (mZy46)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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I hear he won the fly vote.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:07 PM (E4rtv)
I mean, do they even math how they're going to get to the 75% of states to pass the Constitutional Amendment?
If we did elections as straight up popular vote, the big blue shitties would hold their counts until they knew how many to produce and then do so. Every single election.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)
Interesting reminder.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv)
South Carolina did not get the memo.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:55 PM (Gqar
They told the garrison to leave. The garrison refused. Presto, change-o. Invasion!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 01:08 PM (iNUL3)
The second half calls into question whether "political solutions" will in any way shape or form forfend disaster. I do not believe they can.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 15, 2026 01:08 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:08 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 01:08 PM (fkeut)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 01:09 PM (N8ZBc)
Interesting that Biden's people picked her but I guess they were mostly forced to based on his statement he was going to pick a black woman
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm)
Joke was on him. She ain't black.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:09 PM (JA4sW)
Posted by: melodicmetal
David Hogg is a Temu Shia LeBoef.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 15, 2026 01:09 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:09 PM (riU3n)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (N8ZBc)
she is an attractive woman. She is 61. She is just annoying.
Posted by: Piper
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Obama called her "by far the best looking attorney general in the country."
It would be funny if her Republican opponent found some context to repeat this line in a campaign or debate.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (XJ22o)
The number of criminals, the loss of a lot of fed government money and the general incompetence of the inner city governments will lead to hell. Add in the illegals congregating in "sanctuary cities" and boom!
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (gu0hJ)
"She's so accomplished!"
"She's such a powerful speaker!"
Etc., etc.
Yes, yes, give in to that stupidity:
1) she's never won a contested race since her first win
2) Davos happened, no matter how many of them pretend it didn't
3) fundraising from fools is not a measure of actual, broad appeal.
4) she still ain't black. No matter how many black churches she "preachifies" at with a sudden, new-found Southern accent and cadence.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 15, 2026 01:07 PM (mZy46)
David Hogg is the Wesley Crusher of Game of Thrones?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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The lesson of such things is that the perceived losing side ALWAYS seeks foreign alliances. South damn near got it with the UK and France except the people of those countries strongly opposed it. US got it with France in the Revolutionary War with UK and plenty of foreign interference in the French and Russian Revolutions, and Spanish Civil Wars.
We have not seen a civil war yet in a nuclear power but the potential here is pretty awful. Swalwell was a canary in the coal mine with their hideous thinking. To them, it is better to destroy the US than for them to lose power forever.
Never underestimate fanaticism as a factor.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:09 PM (riU3n)
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Jackson actually gave into SC.
He backed down from the conflict and got Congress to reopen the debate on tariffs that were the source of SC's beef in the 1830s.
This gave SC the impression that it had veto power over federal policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (xBVv0)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
JUST NOW: Rep. STEVE COHEN (D-TN) is DROPPING OUT of his reelection campaign, after his cheated-in racially-drawn Tennessee district got removed
Cohen, who has been in the discriminatory seat for 2 DECADES, is officially DONE
Temu Obama Hakeem is having another horrible Friday!
9R-0D map taking full effect, time to replace him with a Republican.
The rest of the South needs to finish strong. KEEP REDRAWING.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 01:11 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 01:11 PM (4ljtY)
David Hogg picking drunk fights in New Orleans bars. I'd buy that for a dollar.
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 01:11 PM (N8ZBc)
"They are spiking an autopsy of the election that gave us Trump 2.0. If party leaders won't take the steps required to rebuild ourselves into a winning coalition, we will take it into our own hands," former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg warned in a social media post at the time.
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I'm not sure what this means. What exactly is he threatening?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 01:11 PM (XJ22o)
She looks like Joe Camel.
She is not attractive in any way.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 01:11 PM (4ljtY)
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She was a Waffle House 6 forty years ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:12 PM (xBVv0)
First I ever heard of the civil war almost starting 30 years earlier was reading Democracy in America as an adult. There is a lot of history schools don't teach.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 01:12 PM (lFFaq)
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Before Trump came in, we were *1* SCOTUS voteaway from the idea that the Congress could compel economic action as part of regulation of commerce.
RGB's argument to Roberts, who was the swing vote was: Aw C'mon!
Roberts "tax" fig leaf, saved us from that.
We've been close before. If the Dems win again, we will be close again.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:12 PM (Fi81e)
That was one of the most surreal part of the campaign.
When she ran for Senate the FNM profile Kamala as the most important Indian (dot) pol in the country, which was arguably true. Her mother was Indian and she had a collection of Indian groups pushing her.
And then when Biden needed her to be black, well, her father was half black so she was suddenly no longer Indian!!!
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 15, 2026 01:12 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:12 PM (riU3n)
The number of criminals, the loss of a lot of fed government money and the general incompetence of the inner city governments will lead to hell. Add in the illegals congregating in "sanctuary cities" and boom!
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Dunno. Not up to me whether we get a Boogaloo this summer. You would have to ring up Soros and his ilk.
A floating criminal Democrat population is always capable of igniting a place whenever their paymasters on the left want it so.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:12 PM (E4rtv)
Rake it all in, honey, and take the money and run.
She acknowledges that she don't want the job. Unless she wants to burn down the country. I don't believe that she's that evil.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:13 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026
Oh for sure. She has a very ugly heart. She believes strongly in her own BS, which is always problematic. I think it takes some level of narcissism to be a politician. She is off the charts. .
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 01:13 PM (p4NUW)
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Slavery is preferable to freedom; better dead than racist.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 01:13 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm)
I think you will find he made that statement because she was already chosen. It softened the blow because otherwise it would have been a huge surprise that made zero sense.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 01:13 PM (fkeut)
She is not attractive in any way.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 01:11 PM (4ljtY)
I have to agree here.
Where she may've been decent in the days of her leaving makeup imprints on Willie Brown's crotch, she hit a wall a long time ago and I'm just not into jowls on a woman.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:13 PM (JA4sW)
I imagine in a real civil war scenario the Dems get aid and soldiers from: China, the EU, and Canada.
We get...maybe...Japan.
And India could decide to pick either side or none.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)
the autopsy would skip analyzing whether then-President Joe Biden should have run for re-election in 2024 and would pass on judging key decisions made by Harris and her team, after she replaced Biden
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That's like doing an autopsy on someone who died of multiple organ failure and not analyzing the heart, brain, and liver.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 01:14 PM (XJ22o)
She is not attractive in any way.
Well, you gotta compare within peer groups. She's much better looking than, say, Dick Cheney.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 01:14 PM (vTZFs)
But full of bile, wine, and STDs on the inside...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Pete, Following The Bouncing Ball at May 15, 2026 01:15 PM (oftw2)
She looks like Joe Camel.
She is not attractive in any way.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026
I was wondering if that would summon you, lol. When I said we, you knew I meant you. But if this is the only thing we fight about, we are good.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 01:15 PM (p4NUW)
And then when Biden needed her to be black, well, her father was half black so she was suddenly no longer Indian!!!
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)
Her dad was 1/2 Jamaican black, so not one ounce of African American black in her.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:15 PM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 12:57 PM (hftzA)
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Always agreed.
I think it's my artist self-training that allows me to appreciate form totally apart from personality.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)
Jackson actually gave into SC.
He backed down from the conflict and got Congress to reopen the debate on tariffs that were the source of SC's beef in the 1830s.
This gave SC the impression that it had veto power over federal policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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Say what you will.
A lesser man than Jackson and we would have had war.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:16 PM (riU3n)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)
GOP won’t even pass a voter ID bill.
All you need to know about the two parties.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 01:16 PM (f5ZdA)
I do enjoy some properly prepared Kale. Not gonna lie.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2026 01:16 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)
Say what you will.
A lesser man than Jackson and we would have had war.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:16 PM (riU3n)
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Jackson should have hung John C. Calhoun in 1832.
Had he, we might have avoided the Civil War.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:17 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 01:01 PM (AnnNE)
Did someone say vote getting machines?
Posted by: ACME Machines -Dominion Division at May 15, 2026 01:17 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 01:17 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:15 PM (JA4sW)
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The Jamaican's get their blackness from Africa, though, don't they? It's from the African slaves imported to work on the plantations, I believe.
She's probably approximately as black of the "White Hispanic", George Zimmerman.
But she filled Biden's DEI niche.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:17 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 01:17 PM
Judge Ito hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:18 PM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 01:14 PM (XJ22o)
It was Covid. Duh.
And Hantavirus.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 01:18 PM (iNUL3)
He backed down from the conflict and got Congress to reopen the debate on tariffs that were the source of SC's beef in the 1830s.
This gave SC the impression that it had veto power over federal policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Like most things, it was a compromise. Jackson really did not want to start an earlier Civil War and South Carolina got a political reconsideration of the Tariffs of Abomination. It would be as if you are blaming your namesake for not going to Hartford and arresting all the New Englanders involved in that Secession Conference in the War of 1812.
Usually if you put down a marker that the political game is no longer to be tolerated, like Charles II trying to arrest his parliamentary opposition, then the only recourse by those resisting is violence.
Same goes for international affairs. Whether the cause for violence is righteous or not is the judgment of history, not the participants at the time.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:18 PM (E4rtv)
Didn't rest after, but cooked strait away. Wasn't at all tired -- I must by much stronger the the Frenchies.
My crepe was a little lumpy though, so I'll give them that.
(Sorry, I had to finish the joke I started above.) Apologies to all who had to read this.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 01:18 PM (0MFDl)
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Note...with 53 Senators.
And 80% popular support. Which means at least 1/3 of D votes want it too. I honestly don't know what Thune is thinking. I mean, I suspect some things but I don't know.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 01:19 PM (vTZFs)
Ebola outbreak has killed 65 in Africa. WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:19 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 15, 2026 01:19 PM (BMD3P)
"I'm gonna pick a black woman." Picks her. End of "is she black" conversation because their whole side will play along anyway.
Except Trump didn't care. He stood in a room full of blacks and challenged it outright. Such gigantic balls.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 01:20 PM (fkeut)
Note...with 53 Senators.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)
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Note: Cloture vote used to be a vote when people decide that everybody understood their position and there was no more need for discussion.
This is in no way what goes on any longer in the Senate. 90% of Senators know which way they would vote, so we should have a 90% cloture vote, if the Senators were honest.
When 60% of the Senate is pretty sure about how they'd vote, the simple majority wins.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:20 PM (Fi81e)
1) she's never won a contested race since her first win
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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AOC? She has. In fact, she beat another hot Dem Latina.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 01:20 PM (XJ22o)
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Note...with 53 Senators.
And 80% popular support. Which means at least 1/3 of D votes want it too. I honestly don't know what Thune is thinking. I mean, I suspect some things but I don't know.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 01:19 PM (vTZFs)
The only thing I can think of is that he’sgeting paid off somehow.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 01:20 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 01:19 PM (vTZFs)
He is bought and paid for. Period.
He has the opportunity to pass the most sought after law by the populace in generations and the asshole his f*cking sitting on his hands.
He needs to be put to pasture ASAP. He's a RINO of the highest order and should be punished for it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:20 PM (JA4sW)
" ... and Republicans can't do anything to stop us!"
Every red state will leave the Union under your ideas.
And all your ranting and protest and votes will do fuck-all to stop them.
And your precious cities will starve in the dark long before you muster an army.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 01:21 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 01:21 PM (LxER7)
Something else for the media to spasm over.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 15, 2026 01:19 PM (BMD3P)
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That's like saying piranha in the Amazon.
But yeah, the media is going to keep at it until they give the dems the next mask mandate crisis.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 01:21 PM (2WIwB)
Eliminate vote fraud and in '26 the GOP gets the house (by more then 40 seats), and a 60+ majority in the Senate.
Thune gets replaced by a MAGA type as majority leader and the new GOP congress goes and does a bunch of things that Thune's clients don't want - like restricting H1Bs ...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
Same goes for international affairs. Whether the cause for violence is righteous or not is the judgment of history, not the participants at the time.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:18 PM (E4rtv)
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All I know is that SC objected to tariffs passed by Congress, and their tantrum led to Congress taking up the issue again.
This victory created the fire-eaters who, alongside Calhoun (who, of course, died before the war), led the charge towards secession instead of compromise.
As much as the Missouri Compromise, I blame Jackson for the Civil War.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 01:21 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: 18-1
I think it might have been more that no one really wanted to fight and die for the Biden junta as the leaders could hardly come out of the shadows and reveal they had been running ole Pudding brain's administration. I think the left is angry and united enough now to simply blow through the institutions and customs preventing open warfare.
Trump is putting an intolerable toll on their illegal immigration operations and remember, the Democrats in the Civil War acted before Lincoln and Congress could put any restraints on their spread of slavery.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:22 PM (E4rtv)
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Makes sense.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 01:19 PM (vTZFs)
The only thing I can think of is that he’sgeting paid off somehow.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 01:20 PM (Gqar
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Or the pictures are really damning.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 01:22 PM (2WIwB)
Something else for the media to spasm over.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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What slaughtered Christians?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:23 PM (riU3n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 15, 2026 01:24 PM (BMD3P)
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2026 01:24 PM (f5Y1D)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:09 PM (JA4sW)
25% - Not Black.
50% - The most feral wide nosed Gorilla to ever murder an innocent white person.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 01:25 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:15 PM (JA4sW)
I disagree
Posted by: Willie Brown at May 15, 2026 01:25 PM (fkeut)
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aw...
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3)
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LOL, remember when President Otto Penn, via a tweet, "deemed" the Equal Rights Amendment passed?
And all the lefties couldn't rub that donkey shit on themselves fast enough, all squirting out in glee?
See also cartel judges citing the dissent of SCOTUS opinions as binding authority.
Yup. Rules mean jack shit to them.
But somehow, all their plans rely upon everyone else following the rules ...
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 01:25 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 01:19 PM (vTZFs)
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This is how you know you're living in a lip-service "democracy" : The ~50% of politicians prattling on about "democracy" can't allow a 80% publicly-supported idea to pass.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 15, 2026 01:26 PM (BMD3P)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 01:15 PM (JA4sW)
She's African by injection.
- W. Brown
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 01:26 PM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2026 01:24
See my comment on this somewhere up there.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 01:26 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2026 01:27 PM (f5Y1D)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 01:22 PM
I'm tanned. Rested. Ready!
Posted by: Kamala! 2028! 2032! David Hogg! 2036! at May 15, 2026 01:27 PM (0sNs1)
What was so hilarious, such pronouncements from on high are actually highly fucking illegal. Numerous, myriad Federal laws are very clear on this.
Absolutely illegal every which way to Sunday. But of course the cucks in government can’t be bothered by such trivialities.
This was not the design or intent of “Affirmative Action”, by the way, an end run around the 1964 civil rights law passed by Congress.
It’s been queered to force completely unqualified “minorities” into positions they are not remotely qualified. This is considered progress. Cultural Regression more like it.
I guarantee there are highly qualified black females that would be a great addition to the Courts. But, they aren’t brain dead Liberals, thus they are excluded. Discriminated against, you might say.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 01:27 PM (p9bn0)
Posted by: Mo Mo Mo at May 15, 2026 01:27 PM (vFG9F)
"Well I be from Jamaica. Lordamercy."
"What part of Jamaica?"
"Right neer de beech. BoyEEEEE!!!"
Posted by: And then she sucked Samson's dick at May 15, 2026 01:28 PM (TbWk/)
Texture like sunlight
Lays me down, with my mind she runs
Throighout the night, without a fight
Never a frown with Golden Brown
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 15, 2026 01:28 PM (wBaIH)
It's like they went to a retard store and there was a sale on super retards and they bought as many as they could.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 01:28 PM (qrzX6)
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Leftism, including it's fascist variant, is nihilistic.
As long as nothing is definitely true, get what you want.
And when you can you dress it up as what a majority of citizens at least should want. Because non-nihilists have some sort of "principle", and it's important to justify what you want under something that looks like a "principle".
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:29 PM (riU3n)
My point was really that she had been presented as America's most important India pol when she was 50% Indian ethnically, but somehow became black overnight when she was only 25%.
Now I don't care. Black, Indian, White, whatever, she supports terrible things politically. But if we are playing the media's game about the importance of race she's Indian not Black. Hell, she's as much white as she is black.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mo Mo Mo at May 15, 2026 01:27 PM (vFG9F)
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She's as Beautiful as a Foot.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:30 PM (gu0hJ)
AI sez "The opposite of a nihilist is someone who believes life has inherent meaning, purpose, or objective value, often described as an existentialist, affirmist, or essentialist." IDNKT!
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 01:30 PM (N8ZBc)
It's like they went to a retard store and there was a sale on super retards and they bought as many as they could.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 01:28 PM (qrzX6)
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I couldn't have said it better.
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2026 01:30 PM (f5Y1D)
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Don't let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you!
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 01:30 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 01:31 PM (p9bn0)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 01:32 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:28 PM
Nihilists! F*** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Axeman, at least it's an ethos.
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at May 15, 2026 01:32 PM (0sNs1)
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It's ironic that the "Father of the Democratic Party" was so much closer in almost every way to the "tyrant" they accuse Trump of being.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 01:33 PM (Fi81e)
My point was really that she had been presented as America's most important India pol when she was 50% Indian ethnically, but somehow became black overnight when she was only 25%.
Now I don't care. Black, Indian, White, whatever, she supports terrible things politically. But if we are playing the media's game about the importance of race she's Indian not Black. Hell, she's as much white as she is black.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
She's black when it is perceived to giver her status.
Same thing with a certain half-white queer former president who is the most absurd Oreo in public life.
Posted by: Blacker Than Shaun King at May 15, 2026 01:33 PM (nlMtB)
Buttgiggle - incompetent mayor and sec of transportation
Newsom - pretty boy, incompetent, grifter
Kamala - drunk and stupid
And yet the Dem sheep will vote for any one of e
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 01:33 PM (gu0hJ)
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We were also one vote away from gutting the 1st Amendment.
"Fake news" was coined by Hillary as laying the groundwork for FEC and FCC regulations on all news and news commentary.
I guarantee hidden in those agencies are reams of rules that would require licensing, registration and KYC on all news/new-related websites.
By 2020, it would be basically illegal to say or write anything conservative.
They would have rolled to super-majorities in Congress on that.
And Garland was that vote.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 01:37 PM (73/SM)
“I' think it’s okay for us to be a bit transactional, too,'” Harris said. “'And just say, I’m going to get mine also!'”
Also Kamala Harris, this time to her, er, "political mentor" Willie Brown: "Our relationship was transactional and the transaction is over."
Brown's long string of young female protegees who got plum commission appointments and the like when their transactions were over was an open secret among Left politicians in the San Francisco Bay Area. Traces could be seen in the media, but very little actual reporting was done.
Posted by: Peter B at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (VTbl0)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Clancy wrote a book in that vein, 'Rainbow Six'. Synopsis:
" Horizon Corporation's CEO John Brightling as part of his secret radical environmentalist plot, "the Project". Viewing humanity as a "disease" for causing environmental destruction, Brightling plans to wipe out nearly all of humanity using a modified strain of the Ebola virus"
Scary shit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:38 PM (XeU6L)
Oh come-on! You cannot blame former POTUS Joey Biden for losing Kamala's election. Joe wasn't even mentally there. And that was the purpose of the Biden administration's handlers.
They used Biden's autopen to change our citizens' government that our ancestors fought for dearly. They had free reign over destroying our U.S. government to make it Socialist. A Democracy (mob rule) is a path to Socialism, whereby a Republic as defined by our citizens' Constitution of the U.S. gives a balanced statistical weighting to all States' citizens.
"A Republic, if you can keep it.", Benjamin Franklin, 1787
Posted by: John at May 15, 2026 01:41 PM (0DsdP)
Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at May 15, 2026 01:42 PM (GL+EM)
He paused a second, and confidently said “Yes”. Hm. Crazy, but that’s what you’re up against.”
It always amazes that people think this is some new idea, when all of this was argued out at great length during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. The big states, notably New York, wanted direct election from the start. The small population members said “no way, we’re not joining any union if this is the deal, and there’s 9 of us and only 4 of you.”
Why don’t we allow direct election of the President? Because now, as then, this Union breaks up and is over if any group tries it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 12:44 PM (AnnNE)
we need something like that at the state level - cities and burbs can dominate the rest of the state otherwise. Look at the Gerrymanders where none of them think twice of totally disenfranchising the rural areas at the national level.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 01:47 PM (8avO+)
It's like they went to a retard store and there was a sale on super retards and they bought as many as they could.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 15, 2026 01:28 PM (qrzX6)
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I couldn't have said it better.
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2026 01:30 PM (f5Y1D)
The power brokers need the retards to be the front men, so the dumber the better.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 15, 2026 01:49 PM (8avO+)
THE MORNING RANT: Buck Shots – 5/15/2025
Despite the setback, Mr. Vince voiced confidence about the eventual success of electric flight, adding: “This is a vital frontier in the move to net zero, green living, whatever you choose to call it- and it’s absolutely doable.”I have zero confidence in “the eventual success of electric flight,” but I have every confidence that promoters of electric flight will continue to bring new ideas to market to fleece the same “socially responsible” investors again and again.
Fair Access to Banking: Capital One is responding to demands and requests from various federal agencies regarding “fair access to banking,” including those resulting from Executive Order 14331 “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” which directed government agencies to review financial institutions’ policies and practices for providing, maintaining, or discontinuing financial products or services to certain clients or potential clients, and a civil lawsuit filed by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust and several affiliated corporate entities against Capital One, which is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.As documented in a widely distributed piece titled Capital One Flags Debanking Fight in Quarterly Filing, ”the Trump Organization sued Capital One, alleging the bank closed some 300 Trump-linked accounts because it believed ‘the political tide at the moment favored doing so.’” I’ve no doubt that the money center banks received inappropriate pressure from the Biden administration to help crush Trump and other political adversaries of the Obama’s puppet regime. But I also doubt that the executives pushed back at all. In fact, I believe they were glad to be an enforcement arm of the government’s vendetta against Trump and his supporters. When Donald Trump publicly shamed Bank of America CEO for his complicity in debanking conservatives, Brian Moynihan could only sputter about “over-regulation,” because he could not deny the well-documented fact that BofA debanked conservatives without ever providing a reason. There really need to be consequences for what was quite literally fascist behavior between big banks and the federal government.
The electric vehicle revolution was supposed to conquer the elements; instead, the elements conquered it. The industry has spent billions optimizing aerodynamics and fast-charging curves, but the latest data from the AAA exposes a significant problem: electric and hybrid vehicles are still fundamentally failing the temperature test. When the mercury drops to 20°F, electric vehicles lose an agonizing 39 percent of their driving range and suffer a 35.6 percent collapse in overall efficiency. For the everyday commuter, this is not merely a logistical headache; it is a direct financial penalty.20° temperatures are common well into the South. Temperatures far below 20° are a normal part of winter in much of the country. An EV that loses about half of its range in a mid-winter cold snap is just simply not an option for tens of millions of drivers. But as AAA points out, the catastrophic loss of range in freezing weather is also very expensive, because so much more charging is necessary. The additional electricity usage costs on average $32 per 1,000 miles above normal for those who can charge at home. If forced to use public chargers, the cost is an additional $77 per 1,000 miles. Despite all this, General Motor’s CEO Mary Barra stated in an interview two weeks ago with Fox News’ Brian Baier that she is still committed to an all-EV future and that “EVs are the end game.” GM’s board has got to take action soon to relieve the company of Barra’s deluded eco-agenda and put a competent auto person back in charge.
Round Rock, Texas - Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved changing the jurisdiction of Dell Technologies’ state of incorporation from Delaware to its home state of Texas.Delaware was sitting on a gold mine but (pardon the mixed metaphor) it decided to kill the golden goose by letting activists in judicial robes go on political vendettas against corporations not sufficiently obedient to the left.
Waymo going the wrong way on Oltorf. This is at the Congress intersection on Friday ��Aaron Martinez @fox7austin pic.twitter.com/UK6WGf6BdX
— Chris Walker (@WalkerATX) May 11, 2026
Meanwhile, in Dallas a Waymo at a red light decided that rather than wait for the light to turn green, it would just slowly creep into the intersection until traffic cleared enough for it to fully enter the intersection, despite the red light.
�� WAYMO ROBOTAXI CAUGHT RUNNING RED LIGHT IN DALLAS
— The Dallas Express News (@DallasExpress) May 12, 2026
Video shows the self-driving vehicle crossing through traffic at Irving Boulevard and Inwood Road. No injuries reported. @Waymo says it is addressing the incident and that safety remains its highest priority.… pic.twitter.com/Zjsud5zX67
Also in Austin, Waymos were seen driving into flooded roads, and then stopping in the flooded roadways. Video is at this link. Even more terrifying, during heavy rains in San Antonio in late April, a Waymo drove into floodwaters and was swept away! Fortunately the Waymo was unoccupied at the time. “Waymo temporarily suspends San Antonio operations after vehicle swept away by floodwaters” [Fox 7 Austin – 4/21/2026] Waymo suspended service in San Antonio, and it has finally issued a broader recall due to its self-driving cars’ inability to identify standing water on roadways. “Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after glitch allowed some vehicles to ‘drive into standing water’” [CNBC – 5/12/2026] I will not be getting in a self-driving taxi any time in the near future. [buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 11:01 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)
I know, I know, they knew this going into the mandates and it is designed to make cars obsolete.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 11:03 AM (X8xt3)
Heh. That's a regular Maryland driver trick.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 11:03 AM (LxER7)
Headline: 'Smart Cars' Not So Smart, Experts
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at May 15, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)
-- EVs
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)
Eh, just a minor software bug, nothing that can't be hotpatched!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 11:06 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: City, State & Federal Government at May 15, 2026 11:07 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 11:08 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:09 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 11:09 AM (jjoN6)
"A fool and their money are soon parted."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:10 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)
General Motor’s CEO Mary Barra stated in an interview two weeks ago with Fox News’ Brian Baier that she is still committed to an all-EV future and that “EVs are the end game.”
General Motor’s CEO Mary Barra
The Kathleen Kennedy of Kars!
Motto: Make them unusable and gay!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:10 AM (iJfKG)
Prove me wrong. BILLIONS of dollars have disappeared with this bullshit. Where did it go?
Left wing destructional coffers. Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:10 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (FpHTM)
Good, there should be consequences.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 11:12 AM (X8xt3)
That money won't launder itself just as the kickbacks don't kick themselves back.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 11:12 AM (T7fic)
They based their legal system on those orange Monopoly cards? Did Biden draw the get out of jail free card?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 15, 2026 11:12 AM (w/O5Q)
Why are EVs the "endgame?"
In addition to that, could you explain to me all the downsides of going full EV?
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 11:13 AM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Lizzy
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As I say; "A mobile society is difficult to subjugate."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 11:13 AM (jehhT)
Shut. Them. Down.
Learn to test.
Otherwise, F*ck off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:13 AM (JA4sW)
https://tinyurl.com/322hbvzk
And that is as good as it gets.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 11:15 AM (q7IhF)
There will be functioning and safe nuclear powered air craft before electric ones
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 11:16 AM (gu0hJ)
https://tinyurl.com/4u5wmswb
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)
Uh oh....the video shows the Airstream trailer.
TMZ is gonna be pissed........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:16 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 11:17 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)
Meanwhile, I thank all you human guinea pigs who are willing to help iron the bugs out today to make my dream come true.
Posted by: No Name Today at May 15, 2026 11:17 AM (8mulE)
Posted by: Asking the awkward questions at May 15, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Charge board members with criminal conspiracy to violate civil rights. That will get their attention.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 15, 2026 11:18 AM (rJ48h)
But yeah he told me in winter if it gets below freezing they’re a major pain in the ass. The battery will lose 10% or more a day just sitting. Driving with heat on also kills range as much as 25% as soon as the heater is on.
When the leases end he’s going back to ICE cars.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 11:18 AM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 11:01 AM (jehhT)
*****
An electric plane built in the UK? Electric + UK is no bueno. Put a gun to my back, yeah I'd get on it, otherwise no thanks!
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 15, 2026 11:19 AM (7lGtY)
But the engineers keep closing the bugs as "Works As Implemented".
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 11:19 AM (aZ9eR)
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Simplest Solutions Are Best - a limerick
Electric planes haven't yet soared
So it's back to the old drawing board
For this venture to succeed
I'll tell you what you need
A really, really long extension cord!
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 11:19 AM (I0N4X)
Prove me wrong. BILLIONS of dollars have disappeared with this bullshit. Where did it go?
Left wing destructional coffers. Period.
Posted by: Sponge
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Watermelon strategy, green on the outside, commie red on the inside. The founder of Earthday killing his lover and putting her in a trunk while escaping to France should be a clue.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)
GM’s board has got to take action soon to relieve the company of Barra’s deluded eco-agenda and put a competent auto person back in charge.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton
I volunteer as tribute. The new 2028 Chevy Impala will have the exterior of the 1967 Chevy Impala, with everything under the skin representing the last 60 years of vehicle improvements in engineering, horsepower, suspension, and comfort.
I won't be able to produce enough of them.
*stares meaningfully at Dodge in a direct challenge*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2026 11:19 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 11:17 AM
*****
Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Really big rubber bands at May 15, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)
>We, and the (IC) developed hydrogen/electric drones in the '90s. They could almost stay in perpetual flight off of collecting water vapor. That would a stupid thing to do for a commercial reason.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 11:19 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 11:20 AM (Cqx++)
17 September 2025.
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They went down in flames... 🔥🔥
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 11:20 AM (jehhT)
I’m not wedded to the idea of petroleum or gasoline. I resent these implications, it is highly offensive. The truth is always a bit more simple than the usual suspects would have you believe.
They like to muddy the waters, to try and make it look deep. The energy density in a gallon of diesel or gasoline is truly remarkable. Nothing else comes even close, in terms of cost. Petroleum, coal, gas and oil, are what makes modern life possible and largely drudgery free.
We no longer have to beat our laundry out with a stick down by the river. Refrigeration and food preservation, transportation, heating in subzero weather means we don’t have to stock up whole forests two years in advance to heat our homes.
Oil or natural gas is used in many products to make plastics. And fertilizer, to grow our crops.
What these MFers have been planning to do is outlaw your ability to survive, near as I can tell. This is a top down thing, that nobody has asked for.
How are those rechargeable snow plows working out in North Dakota?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:20 AM (ds7a/)
For a city taxi service? Sure, why not? But when I think about the trips I take in my car, I would be uncomfortable driving an EV on many of them.
I think the EV craze is going to shrink, and be focused on city taxis, and the ultra-high performance (at an ultra-high price) that electric motors can provide.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 11:21 AM (iERP6)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 11:21 AM (fkeut)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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Is Lucas Electric UK(of Lucas) involved in it?
"The poor reputation stemmed from several engineering and material choices:
Material Degradation: British manufacturers persisted with cotton-insulated wiring long after competitors switched to plastic, leading to frequent short circuits in wet conditions.
Design Flaws: Lucas often used generators with rubbing brushes that wore out, and implemented complex systems where a single failure (like a burnt-out tail lamp) could disable the entire ignition.
Corrosion: The use of disparate metals in electrical contacts accelerated corrosion, exacerbated by poor weatherproofing in classic British car bodies."
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)
Ah, it'll be fine once they can source 2000 mile long extension cords.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:22 AM (vTZFs)
That's why I called things like Solyndra "funds for friends". Under Obama que bono was *always* a direct crony or their relative. It was less clear where the money was going under Biden, so I suspect it was directly to the Bidens and Obama.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 11:22 AM (lFFaq)
"Dykes and fairys, creeps and hairys, tell me where is sanity "
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 15, 2026 11:22 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 11:22 AM (fkeut)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (FpHTM)
it is hard enough to carry plastic bags to pick up after standard-sized dogs.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:23 AM (rbvCR)
TMZ is gonna be pissed........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:16 AM (JA4sW)
It shows a snippet of his TMZ appearance too. I lol'ed.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Lithium batteries burn even better, hotter, and longer than petrol products. Plus produce more hazardous combustion gases. Win Win.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)
They work well inside warehouses or running around between buildings of a big plant.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (aZ9eR)
Have we considered the obvious; the Waymo decided it hated its job and committed suicide?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (Kt19C)
Wasn't there supposed to be a "new" Chevelle SS or was that just more AI clickbait?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (vTZFs)
With the government giving them clout
We'll have electric jetliners, no doubt
You'll fly without care
Way up in the air
At least, till the battery runs out!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:25 AM (iJfKG)
Mobile and armed is the despair of wannabe tyrants everywhere. They will *never* stop trying to destroy those attributes.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 11:25 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Should be warm enough for the batteries to use them up there in July.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 11:27 AM (UeLv+)
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 11:27 AM (vFG9F)
Lead-acid is a mature technology, and heavy, but still have a lot going for them. A fully charged lead acid battery will not freeze down to 50 below zero.
Batteries are a chemical reaction, and like all (most?) chemical reactions are temperature dependent. As the temperature goes down the charging voltage must increase to compensate.
At the same time, their ability to supply current goes down as the temperature decreases.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:27 AM (ds7a/)
They work well inside warehouses or running around between buildings of a big plant.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM
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Hey, I've got an idea! Use them at golf courses! And retirement villages!
Sssshhhh... don't tell anybody. I've got to call my investor buddies.
Posted by: Greedy capitalist at May 15, 2026 11:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 11:28 AM (Pk3sT)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 11:28 AM (Pk3sT)
No electric motors. Pulled by a robot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:28 AM (JA4sW)
Board members definitely need to start being held accountable for CEO policies. CEOs serve at the discretion of the board so the board needs to start showing some discretion instead of rubber stamping things.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 11:29 AM (lFFaq)
High heat also affects EV battery life.
Any stats on that? Cuz hot, long summers are more of a concern than cold winters in the SW and South.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:29 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 11:29 AM (I0N4X)
It shows a snippet of his TMZ appearance too. I lol'ed.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (2RJDy)
Heh.
I listened to the song more than watching the video. Will have to rewatch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:29 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 11:30 AM (gu0hJ)
Thermodynamics out front could have told you that.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 11:30 AM (D1E+2)
Why are EVs the "endgame?"
In addition to that, could you explain to me all the downsides of going full EV
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 1
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I think she's a true believer, expecting a Democrat comeback.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 11:30 AM (UeLv+)
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I’m waiting for the first Robot police officer to pull over the “self driving” car. Shouldn’t be long now.
Who gets the ticket? Some corporation shell company nobody knows where. Besides, nobody knows where the ticket revenue goes either.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:30 AM (qgiNH)
Electric rickshaws.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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No electric motors. Pulled by a robot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cance
Here me out. The passenger has a cattle prod. The motive power is supplied by lefty progtards and the passenger gets to zap the treasonous little shit as often as he/she desires.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2026 11:31 AM (QVmho)
They just need to tow a tender that has a big diesel generator on it. Sort of like a steam locomotive.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 11:31 AM (wn0/z)
Posted by: Darin Zimmerman at May 15, 2026 11:31 AM (55jmf)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 11:22 AM (lFFaq)
Zero Interest Rate was another element, all it required was to borrow money to invest, and all you had to do is not lose money to make bank against the inflation. A corporation would be negligent to not to borrow in those conditions. It was no longer how much value you created, it was how much money you had access to by borrowing.
It turned everything financialized, and made everything crap since the only goal was to make money, not make products that were useable or plan for the future (which was doomed due to inflation eating all the investments and savings)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:32 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)
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Whig: Lucas wasn't called the Prince of Darkness for no reason.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 15, 2026 11:32 AM (7lGtY)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 11:32 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm not too surprised about that. I don't have actual data¹ but it seems reasonable to assume that the majority of fatal accidents are caused by well below-median skilled drivers. Waymo only has to be fair-to-middlin' to beat that. Though TBF, the examples above are not.
¹ i.e. I could be making up sh*t but it's plausible-sounding sh*t
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:33 AM (vTZFs)
High heat also affects EV battery life.
Any stats on that? Cuz hot, long summers are more of a concern than cold winters in the SW and South.
Posted by: naturalfake
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That is one of the reasons that sodium ion batteries (and Tesla also experimenting with aluminum based batteries) were developed. They weigh more but charge faster, less problems with them burning/shorting, and in theory, cheaper production. Sodium based batteries also have a bigger temperature variance for retaining charge. They degrade a lot less at colder and hotter temps than lithium.
But lithium is already being mass produced and has economies of scale behind it.
But for something like stationary sources like powerwalls, etc. sodium has a lot of advantages over lithium.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)
It's a technology pushed by people who never took a science or engineering course. They just assumed that technical progress would eliminate the problems before EVs became really widespread.
I wish I had a dollar for every story I've read that announced a "breakthrough" in battery technology. I'm still waiting. I don't doubt things will improve, probably dramatically, over the next decade or so, but you don't build a consumer product around tech until it has been proven for awhile. Wishing, assuming, and hoping is not an industrial strategy.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:33 AM (vTZFs)
They work well inside warehouses or running around between buildings of a big plant.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM
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Right-o. I drove an electric forklift many decades ago in a factory that made printing presses. That factory no longer exists in America
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 11:33 AM (UeLv+)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
They just need a small wood/coal fired furnace in the back seat, so they don't have to depend on the electric.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2026 11:34 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Darin Zimmerman at May 15, 2026 11:31 AM (55jmf)
NOT the ICE's fault............
ICE's LOVE cold weather. It's why one significant upgrade for any engine is the Cold Air Intake...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:34 AM (JA4sW)
I'm not too surprised about that. I don't have actual data¹ but it seems reasonable to assume that the majority of fatal accidents are caused by well below-median skilled drivers. Waymo only has to be fair-to-middlin' to beat that. Though TBF, the examples above are not.
¹ i.e. I could be making up sh*t but it's plausible-sounding sh*t
Posted by: Oddbob
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Waymo does not have the habit of drinking while driving nor smoking ganga. That right there puts them up from a lot of urban drivers.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)
No need to apologize. That's an interesting point I hadn't heard before.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: naturalfake
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According to my lefty Aunt Marge
Electric air travel will be large
But the problem, you see
Is that flights won't be free
You ain't going nowhere with "No charge!"
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 11:36 AM (I0N4X)
That may be a per capita issue. As well as a "yet" issue. Better question is how many accidents/fleet compared to the same among human-driven taxis.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 11:36 AM (lFFaq)
As I commented a few days ago in regard to autonomous semi trucks, it hasn't happened yet but the first law suit is going to be a banger.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:36 AM (vTZFs)
They just need a small wood/coal fired furnace in the back seat, so they don't have to depend on the electric.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2026 11:34 AM (vbXSk)
Top Gear put a fireplace in a car once...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:36 AM (JA4sW)
You know it’s bad when you look back on COVID fondly…The deaths notwithstanding, which were a tragedy. But when I look back on COVID, compared to today, the COVID times almost seemed better.
We had telework. Under Biden the agencies had decent leadership. Interest rates were low.
Yea masks sucked, but all in all, compared to today… just feels like times are even worse and there’s no a global pandemic to blame for it.
I don’t know… am I crazy for feeling this way? I only post this because I was sitting here in the office, following RTO, on Friday looking out the window at a sunny day, and we were talking about the new hantavirus, and I just thought “damn my life was better under COVID…”
Even with the anxiety due to the pandemic, many people had more time to spend with family and relax…Americans are overworked, and I think that is where the biggest difference is felt.
Covid days were awesome! I’m an introvert so I loved it. My productivity was at an all time high and I even got a bunch of awards.
COVID reminded us to slow down and enjoy what we have! But they assholes just didn’t want us to be peaceful for too long……
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 11:37 AM (JCZqz)
A backhoe.
It's a little known fact that the Laurentian Shield in Canada is composed entirely of old windmill blades left over from a previous civilization.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)
Yes, high heat is not good. Charging voltage needs reduced at anything above standard temps. As it gets cold, internal resistance makes it like trying to recharge a brick.
You’ll see say, 14.5 volts as a standard voltage for alternators under load. But at Zero and below, it’s a hardly a float charge.
Without temperature compensation for charging, you’re wasting a LOT of time, and likely damage through under or over charging.
Interestingly it isn’t ambient temperature to be concerned, but the internal batt temp. With a 50 pound chunk of lead, this takes about 2 days to catch up.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:37 AM (qgiNH)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 11:34 AM"
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Afterwards come see me for a snack.
Posted by: Robot waitress at the donut shop at May 15, 2026 11:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: naturalfake
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According to my lefty Aunt Marge
Electric air travel will be large
But the problem, you see
Is that flights won't be free
You ain't going nowhere with "No charge!"
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 11:36 AM (I0N4X)
Nice!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:38 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (vTZFs)
I think it was clickbait.
I want a 2027 Ford Falcon.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:38 AM (rbvCR)
But for something like stationary sources like powerwalls, etc. sodium has a lot of advantages over lithium.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)
But TV shows tell me that you can simply stuff electrodes in lemons and power your jam box without a problem!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:38 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
>Not much. The just bury it in a bone yard with a front end loader. They're not recycled.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 11:38 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Heh. They would stroke out on nuclear batteries. Those do have a pretty damn good power to weight ratio even with shielding. At one time, US was looking at small reactors to power planes and used a derivation of that technology to produce small nuke-electric generators to power our unmanned spacecraft like Voyager I and II.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)
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All the robot cars have to do is flash a little robot cleavage.
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 11:39 AM (I0N4X)
COVID reminded us to slow down and enjoy what we have! But they assholes just didn’t want us to be peaceful for too long……
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 11:37 AM (JCZqz)
You think the world basically implementing Martial Law and locking you in your home is peace?!?
I can't imagine having this mindset..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:40 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:38 AM (rbvCR)
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A Ranchero version of that would be nice too!
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 15, 2026 11:40 AM (7lGtY)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:41 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:24 AM (vTZFs)
I know they brought the Impala back and BOY HOWDY was that thing a piece of shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:41 AM (JA4sW)
I can't imagine having this mindset..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Fed employees were still getting paid, and got to work from home! Fuck all you private sector peons!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 11:41 AM (JCZqz)
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All the robot cars have to do is flash a little robot cleavage.
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 11:39 AM (I0N4X)
When Futurama becomes reality.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:41 AM (JA4sW)
They misspelled "committed to doing whatever keeps the taxpayer cheese rolling in"
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 11:42 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 11:42 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 11:37 AM (JCZqz)
You think the world basically implementing Martial Law and locking you in your home is peace?!?
I can't imagine having this mindset..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:40 AM (JA4sW)
No. They think locking YOU in your home is peaceful for them.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 11:42 AM (iNUL3)
Covid days were awesome! I’m an introvert so I loved it. My productivity was at an all time high and I even got a bunch of awards.
COVID reminded us to slow down and enjoy what we have! But they assholes just didn’t want us to be peaceful for too long……
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 11:37 AM (JCZqz)
COVID
The Disease For Lazy Assholes and Day Drunks!!!
Warning: Do not get Covid if you are allergic to Covid.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:42 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (FpHTM)
They did that already but just stubbornly refuse to call them anything but mules.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 11:42 AM (zafwz)
Posted by: Sponge
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There are a lot of ways to generate current. Some are more pleasant, cheaper, and practical than others (like carbon based fuels aka fossil fuels).
Seem some geniuses figuring out how to use power generated by natural body motion moving about to power a smart suit.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)
Why? Is there some new combination of elements?
FWIW, batteries aren't fuel. Ever.
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 11:44 AM (XuXeR)
FWIW, batteries aren't fuel. Ever.
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 11:44 AM (XuXeR)
But they WILL light on fire.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:44 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Bumqueesha and Otis at May 15, 2026 11:44 AM (oftw2)
Unite the Kingdom marchers will want to be on the lookout for a J6 setup.
Expect agitators, and be prepared for them.
Step away from agitators. Don't engage. Film them. Livestream them.
This message from Starmer indicates he and the regime thugs who pass for cops in Britain today will stop at nothing.
https://is.gd/4Lzuze
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge
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There are a lot of ways to generate current. Some are more pleasant, cheaper, and practical than others (like carbon based fuels aka fossil fuels).
Seem some geniuses figuring out how to use power generated by natural body motion moving about to power a smart suit.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)
The Return of the Self Winding Watch.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)
lol
Whoever first assessed COVID as a Karen's wet dream, collect your money at the window.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 11:44 AM (dK+Kv)
My idea about to be presented to the Canadian government for massive amounts of funding to save Gaia is for solar powered and wind turbine powered airplanes!!
It'll be filled with hydrogen too. There's other Gaia saving details too. The dollars will soon fly in...
The best part - Greta will be my commercial spokeswoman if her and her hot biologically female friends make it through the casting couch auditions.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 15, 2026 11:44 AM (Sco7b)
But oil is renewable. Earth just continues to make it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:45 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: muldoon
>Hack their code so that when they see red and blues, they crash into a crowd of pedestrians or take out a grammar school. But I like the plumped-up titties idea.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 11:45 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 11:45 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:34 AM (JA4sW)
Yup. Air is denser, so combustion is better. And cooling demand is less.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 11:46 AM (iERP6)
They use Hydrogen and Oxygen, to provide electricity, and charge batteries.
The product of this process is Fresh Water. Perfect!
The Apollo program, one of the contractors claimed their tanks for hydrogen or oxygen , something like that, the insulation was so good it would take an ice cube hundreds of years to melt.
Cold beer, indefinitely, plenty of power, and fresh water.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:46 AM (qgiNH)
Yup. Air is denser, so combustion is better. And cooling demand is less.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 11:46 AM (iERP6)
More oxygen per square inch makes bigger boom.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:47 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 11:47 AM (v71Ni)
Posted by: whig
If you're talking about radiothermal generators, the Soviets used 'em too...they just weren't as circumspect about shielding and containment. (Though to be fair they were largely deployed in isolated spots in Siberia in this way, so...)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 15, 2026 11:47 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Winsome, Losesome at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM (oftw2)
Chevy has a long and not so glorious history of reusing model names. In the mid-70s I had a Corvair with a "Monza" name plate. I got tired of trying to explain it. On the other hand: "Mustang" Mach-E. Heh. Hehheh. Bwahahahahaha!
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 11:47 AM (v71Ni)
There are so many Tesla's in my town, Tesla put a service center here.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:34 AM (JA4sW)
Yup. Air is denser, so combustion is better. And cooling demand is less.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 11:46 AM (iERP6)
You said there wouldn’t be any science!
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: man
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Room temperature super conductor would help a lot for all sorts of applications including batteries. And they are slowly getting there.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 11:47 AM (v71Ni)
There are so many Tesla's in my town, Tesla put a service center here.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM (JA4sW)
Still a novelty item here.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:49 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM (vTZFs)
Being a huge Mustang fan since childhood, the Mach-E is blasphemy and whomever came up with it should be drawn and quartered.
It's a f*cking Electric Escape. Or Edge. NOT a f*cking Mustang. You can't just throw the 3 light taillights on a vehicle and call it a Mustang.
Assholes........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:34 AM (JA4sW)
Yup. Air is denser, so combustion is better. And cooling demand is less.
That assumes all other things are othconstant, ceteris paribus. Darin Zimmermann's comment at #77 is talking about a system in which something has been added to the fuel.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
They're plentiful in the Houston suburbs at the moment. Seeing a fair number of cybertrucks as well. Not sure how well they work 9 months of the year when AC is necessary to comfort.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (lFFaq)
You said there wouldn’t be any science!
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM
No math. And he did not use math to get there. Well, that we saw, anyway.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)
No need to apologize. That's an interesting point I hadn't heard before.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
Yes, a lack of heat costs in operating efficiency, but you can mitigate that by covering your radiator, and still the time to "recharge" your ICE is minutes.
Stuck on a freeway in cold temps, needing heat in the passenger compartment as wall as losing battery range is a good way to end up with a dead car in the e-lane, in winter, while tow trucks are at max business already.
Not to sound like a 1%er, but I don't let my car get below half tank in winter just for that type of nightmare.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 11:51 AM (zafwz)
Posted by: tubal
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Piezoelectric power generated through shoes while walking. So your smart suit could be superpowered by going to a clogging festival.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)
You said there wouldn’t be any science!
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM
No math. And he did not use math to get there. Well, that we saw, anyway.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (JA4sW)
Sneaky, oblique Math!!
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Darin Zimmerman at May 15, 2026 11:31 AM (55jmf)
I think it's more driving through the deep ash of your burned-out cities.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 11:51 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: man
I'm glad you weren't around when people were trying to figure out the ICE. There's nothing new about carbon and hydrogen.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 15, 2026 11:52 AM (EneHm)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
STILL leading to the fact that the inefficiencies aren't caused by the ICE, but the government mandated fuel additives that makes it exponentially less efficient.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:52 AM (JA4sW)
Not anytime soon, though. Outlawing petroleum is not the way to do this. Market forces will take care of this.
When something comes along that can replace “fossil fuels” that is better, cheaper, more available, etc, then we will see that happen.
Cars replaced horses fairly quickly, but note well they didn’t have to outlaw horses. And investors gleefully poured money into common stock. Some of the folks who got in early with Ford really cleaned up. Government didn’t subsidize any of that.
See the difference now? You can’t force people to buy shit that doesn’t work, there is no infrastructure or grid, the base load supply generation isn’t there, and on and on and on. It may well destroy certain large automakers.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:52 AM (qgiNH)
A backhoe.
It's a little known fact that the Laurentian Shield in Canada is composed entirely of old windmill blades left over from a previous civilization.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)
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I hate these.enormous Cuisinarts for birds. And I despise the people who put them up. California would crucify a rancher who harmed a bird, but subsidize all these windmills.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 11:52 AM (vmHN+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:48 AM (JA4sW)
Not an EV but suddenly I'm seeing a lot of Land Rover Defenders around here.
No idea why, unless there's a crazy great sale going on..
Almost everyone I've ever met (not that many) who had a Land Rover kind of hated it because of the constant repairs. Liked the drive, hated the constant repairs.
Any moron with a LRD or knowledge care to expound on this mystery.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:53 AM (iJfKG)
"The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft are powered by Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs), often described as nuclear batteries. Each probe carries three Multi-Hundred Watt (MHW) RTGs that generate electricity through the natural radioactive decay of plutonium-238 oxide spheres, converting heat into power via the Seebeck effect without using moving parts or nuclear fission chains.
Power Source: The RTGs contain approximately 4.5 kg of plutonium-238 per unit, which decays and releases heat.
Mechanism: Thermocouples create electricity from the temperature difference between the hot plutonium fuel and the cold vacuum of space.
Current Output: The total electrical power has declined from about 470–474 watts at launch to roughly 225 watts as of recent years, decreasing by approximately 4 watts per year.
Lifespan: Due to the 87.7-year half-life of plutonium-238, the RTGs are expected to provide enough power for at least one science instrument into the 2030s, after which mission controllers will progressively shut down non-essential systems. "
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)
You didn't complete the meme.
"Otherwise it's just sparkling facts."
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 11:53 AM (vTZFs)
Assholes........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (JA4sW)
I was in a car accident (which was totally my fault) and the owner of the Mustang II was screaming at me about his beautiful car in the middle of the intersection. I was so close to telling him it was an Escort with a V6, but I didn't want a fight.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:53 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
Right. Which means the problem isn't with the ICE engine itself but with government overreach.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 11:54 AM (lFFaq)
Any moron with a LRD or knowledge care to expound on this mystery.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:53 AM (iJfKG)
Every year, my tax lady asks if we've bought anything significant in the last year........including a car.
They. Just. Write. It. Off.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:54 AM (JA4sW)
It’s only science if it comes from Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Tyson was on Coast to Coast AM last night. I turned off the radio and went to sleep.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2026 11:54 AM (Cqx++)
Sure, but as he points out, they put those additives in when it's getting really cold. They are presumably put in for a reason related to that cold. It's not like ethanol, which is put in because Chuck Grassley benefits from it.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:55 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:47 AM
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*ahem*
Cubic inch.
Posted by: The immutable laws of physics at May 15, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)
They use Hydrogen and Oxygen, to provide electricity, and charge batteries.
The product of this process is Fresh Water. Perfect!
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:46 AM (qgiNH)
The problem is that the creation, storage, and distribution of hydrogen and oxygen is so energy intensive (and potentially unsafe versus petroleum fuels) as to be cost prohibitive for anything other than space flight.
We did a little project in undergrad whereby we designed a process that steam reformed petro fuels to create hydrogen for a similar fuel cell construction, by which electricity presumably was to be used to charge batteries and run electric motors for locomotion.
It was a nice idea for an academic project, which would never pencil out in reality, because as any engineer knows, any form of energy conversion has losses, and all the systems used adds complexity (failure modes) and weight. Thus, you could never really approach energy conversion and usage efficiencies of a diesel IC powered vehicle of similar purpose.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 11:57 AM (dK+Kv)
My wife has a 7 year old Acura, and gets bombarded with calls and junk mail trying to get her to sell it back to the dealer from whom she bought it.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)
No idea why, unless there's a crazy great sale going on..
Almost everyone I've ever met (not that many) who had a Land Rover kind of hated it because of the constant repairs. Liked the drive, hated the constant repairs.
Any moron with a LRD or knowledge care to expound on this mystery.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:53 AM (iJfKG)
Because it is less expensive than a Ford Bronco?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:57 AM (rbvCR)
(just got here.)
Edward Ring did a piece in American Greatness on term limits. He makes some good points -- some of which I tried to make in an email to you a couple years back.
You should read that.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 11:57 AM (0MFDl)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
STILL leading to the fact that the inefficiencies aren't caused by the ICE, but the government mandated fuel additives that makes it exponentially less efficient.
Posted by: Sponge
Blame Clean Air Act revisions in the early 90's that mandated oxygenating fuel additives to reduce smog. They tried MTBE first which created an environmental disaster and then settled on alcohol.
And that became obsolete when the newer OBD II era ECU (engine combustion and emission computers) came about on vehicles--mandated about 1996.
Yet the stupid requirement lives on because it more or less mandates US drivers subsidize corn farmers in farm states for a worthless oxygenating additive that raises your gas prices seasonally when refineries have to produce the boutique blends for a nonexistent problem today.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)
@Breaking911 1h
Dozens of empty Waymo vehicles took over an Atlanta neighborhood, circling a cul-de-sac for hours without any passengers inside.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 15, 2026 11:57 AM (diia5)
I was in a car accident (which was totally my fault) and the owner of the Mustang II was screaming at me about his beautiful car in the middle of the intersection. I was so close to telling him it was an Escort with a V6, but I didn't want a fight.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:53 AM (rbvCR)
Were I would've mourned greatly the loss of my prized Mustang (Yes, even the Mustang II, the original Fox body), I would likely not have yelled at you, regardless of fault.
One, if it's such a prized possession, you shouldn't be out driving it like that.
Two, there are strong odds the dude didn't do any of the work on the vehicle himself and was just a wealthy asshole that bought the car and had it restored.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:58 AM (JA4sW)
The issue becomes a dormant ICE vehicle that potentially sits for months without being driven. I had that before. An old, Chevy Silverado pickup. It would sit for weeks or months on end without even being started. Things started to fall apart anyway... probably due to it just sitting outside all that time and never being driven.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 11:58 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:55 AM (Gqar
I get people knocking on my door about my 1995 Ford Ranger.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:53 AM (iJfKG)
Every year, my tax lady asks if we've bought anything significant in the last year........including a car.
They. Just. Write. It. Off.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:54 AM (JA4sW)
Heh.
You're probably right.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 11:59 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 15, 2026 11:59 AM (BW+Gb)
*ahem*
Cubic inch.
Posted by: The immutable laws of physics at May 15, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Then why does the NHRA measure humidity as "Water grains per pound of air?" HUH Mr. Smarty Pants?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 12:00 PM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Bulg
>Didn't Fauci say, "I am science."? He should be locked up just for saying that.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:00 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 11:55 AM (Gqar
The reason being is you'd then need a new '26 Highlander.
If you fall for it, get the Grand Highlander Hybrid Max, so you can preen about being green but in reality the combo of motors on full tilt will take that behemoth to 60 in 5.3 seconds.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 12:01 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 15, 2026 11:59 AM (BW+Gb)
By that time they wil all be compartmentalized into 15 minute People Hives. Brave New World.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:01 PM (Gqar8)
I get people knocking on my door about my 1995 Ford Ranger.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)
THIS.
My '96 is really popular, as wore out and shitty as it is. But I love it and drive it almost every day.
I'm sure I piss people off because I drive it like a friggin go cart.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 12:01 PM (JA4sW)
1. Ed Ring on term limits, specifically CA
https://amgreatness.com/2026/05/13/
trump-may-wish-to-reconsider-supporting-term-limits/
2. Hot Air, and the blob in EU
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/05/13/
why-the-european-right-keeps-rising-n3814847
The second makes the point about the danger of power shifting to the unelected blob, and I think it is a related point. I think term limits will move the US in that (wrong) direction.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 12:01 PM (0MFDl)
Posted by: We hope you enjoyed the ride! at May 15, 2026 12:01 PM (TbWk/)
That sounds like a bad knockoff of Hitchcock's The Birds.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 12:02 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 12:01 PM (0MFDl)
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Outlawing congressional staff would do mountains more for our government than term limits.
Congress must manage their own calendars, write their own bills, and answer their own calls.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:02 PM (xBVv0)
The issue becomes a dormant ICE vehicle that potentially sits for months without being driven. I had that before. An old, Chevy Silverado pickup. It would sit for weeks or months on end without even being started. Things started to fall apart anyway... probably due to it just sitting outside all that time and never being driven.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 11:58 AM (jehhT)
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And Nature has a vote. Mice and squirrels love to get under the hood or near the gas tank and chew your cables and hoses.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 12:02 PM (SVeHj)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)
I would call for Trump to be King forever were he to end the f*cking ethanol mandates...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 12:03 PM (JA4sW)
Congress must manage their own calendars, write their own bills, and answer their own calls.
_-_
...or just use AI.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 15, 2026 12:03 PM (i8gur)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)
I would call for Trump to be King forever were he to end the f*cking ethanol mandates...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 12:03 PM (JA4sW)
Why do you hate the Midwest Farmer??
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar8)
Exactly. Why would I trade in a 6 year old vehicle that's paid off for a new loan? I hope by now I've blocked all the outgoing numbers for the dealer who's been asking.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 12:04 PM (lFFaq)
The product of this process is Fresh Water. Perfect!
Posted by: Common Tater
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Hydrogen is PITA to deal with on a large scale. Even the mighty Toyota has been messing around with direct hydrogen combustion (exhaust is hot water vapor plus NOx from what I remember) for decades .
No infrastructure for it, requires gobs of energy to break the bonds of water to generate hydrogen on a large scale (Nukes are the easiest way to do that), energy density is bad unless you liquefy and store under considerable pressure, and it tries to escape and leak all the time from fuel lines and storage.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 11:58 AM (jehhT)
There are car show after car show on TV where a dude or 2 go to a junkyard, find a car and make it run, usually without TOO much trouble, after it sitting for a decade or 3.
You're not doing that with an electric car. You're spending $60k and replacing the batteries, which usually requires ripping the entire thing apart just to get to them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 12:05 PM (JA4sW)
_-_
Gotta love that, "I bet I can lower your payment" line of crap.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 15, 2026 12:05 PM (i8gur)
Why do you hate the Midwest Farmer??
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:04 PM
Farmers should make food, not fuel.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 12:05 PM (JA4sW)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
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New Car Dealers make all their money from financing nowadays with some of it from their service shops.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 12:05 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 12:06 PM (aYs8h)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 15, 2026 11:59 AM (BW+Gb)
By that time they wil all be compartmentalized into 15 minute People Hives. Brave New World.
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:01 PM (Gqar
*sings*
In the Year 2525
you'll live inside a Human Hive
Use a car with electricity to drive
That runs out of power beyond mile five
Woah oh oh!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 12:06 PM (iJfKG)
_-_
If you are not an urbanite, you might never encounter it.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 15, 2026 12:07 PM (i8gur)
Delaware made huge money by being friendly to business. A New York company could set up their headquarters in Delaware and pay almost no taxes.
Now Nevada and Texas are competing.
What else does Deleware have to sell if not being business friendly?
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 15, 2026 12:07 PM (c232c)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)
The production of hydrogen and oxygen is straightforward electrolysis of water. But it is expensive and requires cheap electricity, which, if you have it, you'd be better off cutting out the inefficient and potentially unsafe (relatively) hydrogen/oxygen production/storage loop and just charging EV batteries cheaply.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:08 PM (dK+Kv)
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What, I don't get my long-awaited Jetson's air car?
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 12:08 PM (qBdHI)
Why do you hate the Midwest Farmer??
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:04 PM
Farmers should make food, not fuel.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 12:05 PM (JA4sW)
Ah. Thought it might be their seed corn caps. The old joke is “why do farmers always wear their seed corn caps backwards? So the bill doesn’t get in the way when they look in the mailbox for their government subsidy checks.”
Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 12:04 PM (lFFaq)
Same here, but my blind spot isn't trade in value guarantee, but offers of 0% for 60.
There's something about free money that makes me want to spend it. Even on something I don't need yet.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 12:09 PM (zafwz)
Sure, the new map made his win nearly impossible, but without even incumbency on his side, GOP should be able to win while barely spending anything.
Coulda happened in Mississippi, too, but oh well, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:09 PM (xBVv0)
Congress must manage their own calendars, write their own bills, and answer their own calls.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:02 PM (xBVv0)
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Yes, but is that possible? Won't they just get around it anyway.
I am against term limits, mostly because it will only empower the blob -- The Deep State, and The Party. The Party has too much power already. Look at CA, or the national Dems. Everything is controlled by the interests of The Party.
You see it at the local level on up, where to get elected as lowliest city council, you need approval of The Party. and to raise money, or move up, or do anything.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 12:09 PM (0MFDl)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 12:05 PM (qBdHI)
Got room under there?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:09 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 12:04 PM (lFFaq)
When I get cold calls from car salesmen, I try to recruit them for working for the state tax agency. Collection agents need phone and data entry skills, and the willingness to do cold calls, incoming and outgoing. Revenue (and Consumer and Business Services) are always hiring, and having the basic skills is a good leg up. And there are benefits .
I get a lot of thoughtful salesmen, and I seem to get taken off the phone lists.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 12:09 PM (rbvCR)
I'd say that power to the unelected blob is already a problem here. Pols come and go, but staffers stay, and *they* are the ones who control everything all but the most independent pol sees and hears. They are often the ones writing the legislation as well. And they all went through poli-sci programs at big-named schools under the same leftist professors. Until the staffers are changed out as well there will be little point in term limits.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 12:10 PM (lFFaq)
That version of the rant monkey always makes me wonder why no scientists are making dogs large enough to be rideable.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (FpHTM)
You ever seen a Leonberger?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 12:10 PM (y9nCu)
I am against term limits, mostly because it will only empower the blob -- The Deep State, and The Party. The Party has too much power already. Look at CA, or the national Dems. Everything is controlled by the interests of The Party.
You see it at the local level on up, where to get elected as lowliest city council, you need approval of The Party. and to raise money, or move up, or do anything.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 12:09 PM (0MFDl)
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It's as possible as term limits to implement. Both require constitutional amendments, and both would probably never pass anyway.
But in terms of the day to day reality of being a Congress critter...well, if it's too hard to manage, that should help weed out a bunch of do nothing dullards, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:11 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 12:05 PM (qBdHI)
Got room under there?
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More room, and cleaner, than The Barrel!
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 12:11 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: The Whine Guy
>Credit fraud, extortion, money laundering, the Biden Legacy?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:11 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:11 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 12:09 PM (rbvCR)
I always interrupt them mid sales pitch with 20 questions about who they are, what company, what are they selling, to quickly get to "not interested, thanks."
It's kind of like a sport at this point.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:11 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 12:12 PM (gu0hJ)
I see you answered much more succinctly while I was typing. I like your idea of just getting rid of all the staffers.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 12:12 PM (lFFaq)
That version of the rant monkey always makes me wonder why no scientists are making dogs large enough to be rideable.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (FpHTM)
You ever seen a Leonberger?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 12:10 PM (y9nCu)
Got one at In N Out, double double.
Posted by: It was OK. Kinda furry. at May 15, 2026 12:12 PM (TbWk/)
Sounds like he got the message that Swalwell didn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Polliwog
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Exactly, but the only real power the voters have is to "vote the bums out" and term limits would remove that one power.
We need term limits on staffers.
Term limits on politicians only removes the voters only check on their power, and only incentive they have to do as we ask. churn the pols and the staff get even more power.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 12:13 PM (0MFDl)
Proposed state motto: "Delaware. We're not Jersey."
Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 12:13 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 12:14 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 12:10 PM (y9nCu)
Got one at In N Out, double double.
Posted by: It was OK. Kinda furry. at May 15, 2026 12:12 PM (TbWk/)
Nice comment. Was hoping for a Barack sock though
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 12:14 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 12:12 PM (gu0hJ)
Proves without a doubt that that was a "gerryrigged" district...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2026 12:14 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
He is a nasty vicious and stupid partisan for the Dems. The folks in Memphis can do far better than that evil clown, but the pols in Memphis that have run that city into the ground on purpose might differ.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 12:12 PM (gu0hJ)
Proves without a doubt that that was a "gerryrigged" district...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2026 12:14 PM (FtULh)
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Well, going from D+30 to R+20 has implications.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:15 PM (xBVv0)
The de-banking fascist stuff of course fits perfectly with that, and the key point Buck makes (though it's speculation) is that the executives involved didn't miss a step in complying with the Third World authoritarian instructions from The Party. Amazing, unless you're too young to remember a different country.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 15, 2026 12:15 PM (U/Byj)
THOSE cars are FAGS!!!
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (JA4sW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:15 PM (xBVv0)
Indeed...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (FtULh)
I only brought this up because BT did rant in favor long ago. I will go now. thanks founding father and immature amphibian for the discussion.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (0MFDl)
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I'm really enjoying spending more time with my private sector!
Posted by: Pam Blondi at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (2Ez/1)
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Must be the whales.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (ndZc7)
Ooh! I'll have to try and remember to do that.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (lFFaq)
Critical knowledge incoming:
People often mix up three highly related phrases, but they each have slightly different meanings and origins according to Merriam-Webster:
Jury-rigged: The oldest term (dating back to the late 1700s), originating as a nautical phrase for improvised, makeshift repairs made on a ship using only available materials.
Jerry-built: Refers to something that was poorly or cheaply constructed from the very beginning.
Jerry-rigged: An amalgamation of the first two terms. It is an accepted, widely used variant of "jury-rigged" to mean something is thrown together hastily
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
Did a quick read about the Leonberger.
Sounds like in snow drift proportions of shed hair most of the year if you owned one.
Otherwise they sound great if short lived.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
And the chef's kiss is that the likely new Congress critter representing most of Memphis will be a black Republican. She has run without success for a couple of goes I think.
Something similar may happen in SC with a black Republican dropping out of the SC Lt. Gov race to go after Clyburn's new district. That might be why SC gov. decided to go ahead and do that.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 15, 2026 12:17 PM (k9OZB)
Fun fact:
The first cars were electric and people realized over 150 years ago, electric cars suck and are impractical.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 15, 2026 12:17 PM (XV/Pl)
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Must be the whales.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 12:16 PM (ndZc7)
Commies turn everything to poo.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:17 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
The irony of a non-black D bitching about the loss of black representation while representing that so called black district...
The politics of race could offer hours of amusement for a brace comedian
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 12:18 PM (zafwz)
This description can now be applied to a large swath of elected Dems at the federal level, which wasn't always the case. It's repulsive and scary. I know one who has shown himself to be cheap trash (and substantively speaking, stupid) like Cohen. Amazing if you knew the guy since before his political start.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 15, 2026 12:18 PM (U/Byj)
Something similar may happen in SC with a black Republican dropping out of the SC Lt. Gov race to go after Clyburn's new district. That might be why SC gov. decided to go ahead and do that.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)
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I just can't wait for TN Democrats to call the new black female representative of Memphis an Aunt Jemima.
Should be amusing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:18 PM (xBVv0)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 15, 2026 12:17 PM (k9OZB)
Some have speculated that temps get lower at higher altitudes. Guess we'll never actually know that though.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 12:19 PM (zafwz)
The "NY Post" had a good headline for today , it has a picture of Xi Jinping and President Trump shaking hands with the caption: "Why can't XI be friends?"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 12:20 PM (OYsYV)
WTF?
Anyway, hilarious. I told him my impression was the company wasn't long for the world anyway. He had banged his head against the wall arguing with the insurance company and the car company over paying for the damage.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 15, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Put the congress critters and Senators back to being based in their home states rather than DC. Use DC only as a ceremonial meeting place for joint sessions like State of the Union.
That would move the staffs back to home states rather than DC. At the same time, move all the various government agencies out of DC and across the country.
They actually considered such dispersal plans seriously during the height of the Cold War for maximum government survivability.
With modern comtech and video conferencing, little need to actually be in DC anymore.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 12:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
Same applies to DExit. Trivially easy and relatively cheap to change states of incorporation.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 15, 2026 12:23 PM (dK+Kv)
If you have an electorate that won't enforce existing term limits (called elections), some process "fix" won't actually fix anything.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 15, 2026 12:23 PM (U/Byj)
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Per a subscription news letter, Ford is still pursuing electric vehicles and electric power storage. Electric power storage sounds like batteries.
Appears that Stellantis is staying out of this tar pit and continuing to offer the hemi.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:24 PM (riU3n)
That would move the staffs back to home states rather than DC. At the same time, move all the various government agencies out of DC and across the country.
They actually considered such dispersal plans seriously during the height of the Cold War for maximum government survivability.
With modern comtech and video conferencing, little need to actually be in DC anymore.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
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The ceremonial meeting point could be a warehouse outside Lebanon, Kansas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:24 PM (xBVv0)
Didn't get an autograph.
From either.
The monkey, OR the dog...
Posted by: UncleJefe at May 15, 2026 12:24 PM (gAuAm)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 12:24 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Nazdar at May 15, 2026 12:25 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 12:24 PM (abIsI)
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This redistricting fight is letting state-level RINOs show their asses in very public ways that will end up being advantageous in future years, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:25 PM (xBVv0)
Lots of cars have electrical wires with soy based plastic sheathing. I personally know several people who have had rodents chew up their electrical harness and had to replace the harness.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)
-- EVs
Posted by: Lizzy
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Rainstorm water in the Hill Country can move mountains and kill anything.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:25 PM (riU3n)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 12:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Weasel at May 15, 2026 12:26 PM (ei1sX)
The ceremonial meeting point could be a warehouse outside
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 15, 2026 12:26 PM (abIsI)
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Belatedly saw your inquiry into my snake bite a couple days ago -- thanks!
I'm good to go -- after a couple hours in an "our own Personal ER Room" for observation (UNNECESSARY as I was willing to hang out in the Waiting Area) -- and the ER Doctor trying to persuade me to stay for 8 hours on the off chance of it had been a "Mojave Rattler" ... I'm like, "I'm ALREADY afraid of The Bill!"), as we haven't had health insurance since DeathCare in 2012.
Was likely a non-venomous gopher (AKA bull) snake, as I've seen half a dozen the past three months on the roads and trails.
But I really am "That Guy" who will likely die because I refuse to go to a doctor. I would have blown it off and continued hiking after being bit (hey I'm still emotionally 19 and immortal!) if not for the pickleball players -- and particularly a retired nurse who guilted me into going to The ER with her.
Wifey did some quick research last night on anti-venom treatments: it said to be prepared to pay a minimum of $10,000! WTAF? Now I hate killing ANY wildlife, but Imma gonna bust a virtual cap in any potentially venomous snake I see going forward
Posted by: ShainS at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (nyTxL)
And what's the current (projected) scoreboard, D/R, with all the redistricting that has actually been done?
I see GA is going ahead - what's the prospective gain there, R+2?
And yes I'm an indolent f**k who always asks others for info I can get myself. It's a lifestyle and constitutionally protected.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
The irony of a non-black D bitching about the loss of black representation while representing that so called black district...
The politics of race could offer hours of amusement for a brace comedian
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 12:18 PM (zafwz)
He was exhibit A on how this had nothing to do with black representation and everything to do with dems holding on to power. If dems had a conscience they would be embarrassed.
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: rhomboid
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Our degraded class of politicians simply reflect a degraded elite. The ruling class in the West has degraded itself to the point that it is no longer fit to produce the politicians needed for self government.
That is why I think it likely the West will end up turning authoritarian--because our ruling classes are greedy, power and status hungry, and evil. That leads to oppression of the general population who then either revolt leading to a despot or they welcome a despot to remove the ruling class wholesale.
Either way, this sort of elite ends up on the trash heap when times get bad. Until the whole cycle begins all over. Aristotle described the whole cycle millennia ago.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)
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They were favored by Females, to a degree. Before the advent of the electric starter, hand cranking the engine was difficult. Women lacked the upper body strength to do it, generally. So did a lot of males, if the engine got out of tune. And that was in the summer.
Kettering developed the first mass produced electric starter, partially because a good friend of his died after being a gentleman cranking over a stranded motorist. She forgot to retard the ignition timing, the engine backfired, and set the crank handle into his jaw at high velocity, breaking it. Kickback.
It became infected (pre antibiotic days) and he died.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 12:29 PM (zXS73)
And yes I'm an indolent f**k who always asks others for info I can get myself. It's a lifestyle and constitutionally protected.
Posted by: rhomboid
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For 2028 cycle in Georgia, won't affect 2026. GA Primary date is May 19th this year and Kemp dragged his feet on it despite snapping to for federal court orders to redistrict.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)
I'm allowed to be armed.
I'm carrying escape tools (window breaker, seatbelt cutter, etc.).
I am somewhere I know my around on foot to some extent.
The vehicle has a "stop moving right now and let me out" switch. (Or I do.)
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I think the warehouse used in Footloose is available.
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (U/Byj)
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lmfao
In many ways, this too is the story of ShainS ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 15, 2026 12:31 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: whig at May 15, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)
But that's not how it's supposed to work in America. If you have a ruling class, you don't have self-government.
But the problem is as you identify - our entire electorate has been degraded such that it doesn't produce many real leaders and so it falls to a group of people who want to run things to do so. And, in the process, leaves it to that group to produce government officials.
We get better government when we bring it back onto our own shoulders. "Our" being the average American citizen.
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 12:35 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 15, 2026 12:25 PM (xBVv0)
THIS.
To me, the seats won/lost in the 2026 midterms are only superficially important.
De-RINO-ing the right and skullfucking the left in 2030 are the actual targets.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 12:36 PM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 12:37 PM (iNUL3)
"literally fascist behavior between big banks and the federal government."
Don't forget they are using taxpayer monies, or, we are the backstop to failure.
Posted by: Danimal28 at May 15, 2026 01:21 PM (mNOhh)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Pietro Gabrini
Comments
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)
A caramel macchiato? Tastes like toffee
Or perhaps a cappuccino? Rich and frothy
Wakes up. Scratches. Looks around.
Hey! Look at what I found
I'll just help myself to Diogenes' coffee
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (I0N4X)
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Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)
The gift that keeps on giving.
I nominate this for Comment of the Week.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)
I want to scream out 'Show me your tits!' for some reason.
In Japanese.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)
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Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (g8Ew
Their hair isn't straight or dark enough to be Glorious Nihonjin.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:36 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:37 AM (X8xt3)
I think calling it "Grand" is a bit of a stretch. No way two Panamax tankers could pass each other in that dinky little thing, like they'll be able to do from Anchorage all the way to New Orleans in the Grand North American Dignity Canal.
I suggest they rename it the Junior Wopper Canal.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 09:37 AM (BI5O2)
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (EneHm)
He wanted to visit her grand Canal.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Pk3sT)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)
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Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (LxER7)
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Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
The nice thing about the Carlson cruise is after your tryst with a swabbie, you can claim it was a demon that tore up your backside.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bring out your dead! at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)
"I'm Queen of the Human Waste and Filth Filled Canals of This Town!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (uEmCf)
If only there was a place you could go to search a vast array of data to find such info quickly and easily........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (EneHm)
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Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)
so ya didn't whaler in Boston?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)
wasn't me.
Never been to Boston.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (Dv3i1)
barkeep gal at the tavern calls some folks "jabronys."
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Al Gore's Amazing Internet at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)
If only there was a place you could go to search a vast array of data to find such info quickly and easily........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Indeed! That would be such a marvel!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (s9VOe)
Yes, I would hang this one. It's relaxing.
Posted by: JTB at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (yTvNw)
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Posted by: lin-duh
Already?! Last year Hampton was partially under construction... had just assumed things would be back to normal by now.
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 15, 2026 09:44 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at May 15, 2026 09:44 AM (uNwvV)
Posted by: And Huge Manatees!! at May 15, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)
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Wait, are you telling me that sometimes commentors are making up concerts they claimed to have seen?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: dantesed at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: The Male Gaze at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (LxER7)
The kid in the boat looks sad because he wanted to trim her sails.
Posted by: dantesed
He could fondle her painter.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM
The Fillmore is all you need, but if you want more, CBD spent a lot of time of time in Berkeley, and can give you the 411.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (0sNs1)
I met a girl from Venice
and she went to school in France
and I saw her Grand Canal
at the Alpha Kappa dance.
Wasn't me!
No, no child, it wasn't me
Posted by: Chuck Berry at May 15, 2026 09:47 AM (U3fVU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:47 AM (Pk3sT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (6C3mT)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Semprini? at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: She's a fine girl at May 15, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Oh wait, that's not it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (ynpvh)
Oh? Guess again!
Posted by: The Otters at May 15, 2026 09:49 AM (LxER7)
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No poop deck. But that's not needed since the canal is easily accessed.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:49 AM (Dv3i1)
You can't be too careful. They never hit an iceberg with her on the lookout.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 09:49 AM (T7fic)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2026 09:50 AM (6C3mT)
Why I never wanted to make contact with the water at my local marina where all the live-aboards were.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 15, 2026 09:50 AM (9yZMF)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:50 AM (gtcuf)
Side effects include vomiting, diarrhea, and cannibalism.
Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at May 15, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)
Ole Susanna had some interesting lyrics.
Posted by: Boss Moss
"My Darling Clementine" larfs:
Light she was, and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine;
Herring boxes without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (s9VOe)
But I've never been to me.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)
It isn't gerrymandering because...we didn't gerrymander it recently. We did it years ago so it doesn't count.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg
Yeah, I knew the Alpen Mountain Guineas yodeled, but not the ones at sea level.
Posted by: Rico-la! at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (oftw2)
Jeremy Clarkson said of the Mediterranean Sea: "Glistening blue.....which is amazing considering how many turds are in it."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM
The Fillmore is all you need, but if you want more, CBD spent a lot of time of time in Berkeley, and can give you the 411.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (0sNs1)
I could probably name an infinite number of venues where I've seen the infinite number of bands.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)
Where did they put all the dirt from digging out the canals?
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (T7fic)
It isn't gerrymandering because...we didn't gerrymander it recently. We did it years ago so it doesn't count.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)
"The Constitution is, like, over 100 years ago, like, man....."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)
And trabbled down de riber,
De lectric fluid magnified,
And killed five hundred...
Oh, my.
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (0sNs1)
I could probably name an infinite number of venues where I've seen the infinite number of bands.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (g8Ew
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Fillmore, Red Rocks, Greek Theater, Hollywood Bowl
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)
There once was a gal named Sue Dennis
Who navigated through peril and menace
They're creepy and bizarre
When viewed from afar
The eerie canals of Venice
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 09:55 AM (I0N4X)
Oh, I didn't know that's how it worked. Given that slavery started in 1619, I guess that means it should have been allowed to continue in 1861.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 09:55 AM (Riz8t)
I need someone to provide a list of Deep Cut West Coast Concert Venues so I can finally join in on the "I saw ___ open for..." jokes.
Posted by: XTC
Oh, c'mon, the pairing of performing groups is imaginary, why can't the location be imaginary, too? That's how I roll.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:56 AM (s9VOe)
I first learned the External Auditory Meatus in a Comparative Anatomy class in college. Funny how some terms stick with you.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I'm the Internet. I'm here to help at May 15, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)
"She took the foot bridge, way 'cross the water
Though she weighed two ninety-nine;
The old bridge trembled and disassembled --
Dumped her into the foamy brine."
"Hey you, sailor, way out in your whaler
With your harpoon and your trusty line!
If she shows now, yell, "There she blows now!"
It just may be chunky Clementine!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)
___
You may want to toss in the occasional creative venues, like for when the band first started out, such as the gymnasium at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro district.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (sKqQm)
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Nope. The use of real but obscure venues is an integral part of the trope.
Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (6C3mT)
Oh, c'mon, the pairing of performing groups is imaginary, why can't the location be imaginary, too? That's how I roll.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:56 AM (s9VOe)
Style guide says it's supposed to be 'some random sample of a comment' opened for 'an actual band' at 'an actual venue' in some random year.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: save the wails at May 15, 2026 09:59 AM (LOZbR)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
I always tell people not to go to Europe during winter. Depressing only starts to describe it.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (g8Ew8)
Style guide says it's supposed to be 'some random sample of a comment' opened for 'an actual band' at 'an actual venue' in some random year.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Yeah, well, that's just an opinion, man.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Gotta go measure for and then order some landscaping bricks.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 10:01 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)
Portraits and still lifes — Bleah.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 15, 2026 10:01 AM (GD2xa)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 09:33 AM (op/7n)
She is not piloting, she is just sounding.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 10:01 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)
That's the old style guide. There been numerous updates since.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:02 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM
____
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at May 15, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes
*********
I have to apologize for putting that title on that limerick. I was thinking of the 'eary' canal.
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Willie Brown at May 15, 2026 10:02 AM (0sNs1)
Heh, same
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 10:03 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:03 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 10:04 AM (lq9TY)
+++++++
Now do Off-Broadway plays.
Posted by: Snooty Theatre Critic at May 15, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM
Well, usage of the Oxford Comma is strongly encouraged, and yet we see how seldom that is taken seriously.
Posted by: AoSHQ Style Guide at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (0sNs1)
I remember seeing A Gaggle of Googolplexes at the Mandelbrot Set in '97
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (sKqQm)
+++++++
Now do Off-Broadway plays.
Posted by: Snooty Theatre Critic at May 15, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Those are mostly gay and lame.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (ynpvh)
Maxine Waters mom was my date!!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 10:08 AM (gtcuf)
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and that pales in comparison to the apostrophe abuse
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:08 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:08 AM (ynpvh)
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and that pales in comparison to the apostrophe abuse
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:08 AM (ZxPkt)
global apostrophic onanism?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ynpvh)
Just one? Usually those guys are more ambitious than that.
Anyway, I'll go with kettle-cooked. NO bbq flavor, NO ruffles, NO f'n Pringles!
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
Also Salem OR, and Billings MT which have wildly different winters.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)
Must've been at the Red Room bar!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM
If you'd taken the AP class, you'd have compared Montgomery's tubercles.
Posted by: J. Random Moron at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (0sNs1)
Just one? Usually those guys are more ambitious than that.
Anyway, I'll go with kettle-cooked. NO bbq flavor, NO ruffles, NO f'n Pringles!
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (N8ZBc)
Tortilla or Potato?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (ynpvh)
Maxine Waters mom was my date!!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog.
Yeah, li'l Maxine was too young to get into the Cotton Club. But since she was my date, they let us in!
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (Dv3i1)
And...do these people even know how the US was founded?
The last time the government tried to seize everyone's muskets through "common sense gun control" it led to the Revolutionary war
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (N8ZBc)
Tortilla or Potato?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (ynpvh)
Ketchup flavoured potato chips.
Surprisingly good!
They'd have to be!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Webb Hubble, hung like a gnat at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: Don Black
*************
Punctuality
It’s always’ been my st'anding philo’sophy
While working on my auto’biography
Wh'en writing form’s posses’sive
I find it mo'st e'xpres’sive
To mis'pla'ce all my s'pare apo’strophe's.
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: ballistic at May 15, 2026 10:13 AM (oqH4h)
Reminds me of when I dated your mother Chelsea.
Posted by: Webb Hubble, hung like a gnat at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (mC7bQ)
Hillary Rotten Cooch we called her...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 15, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)
Surprisingly good!
They'd have to be!
=====
Smuckers has entered the comments.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (2OYwF)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (N8ZBc)
The broken nitrogen is no bueno...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:16 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)
https://youtu.be/j6eFNRKEROw
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:17 AM (ynpvh)
"If you’re talking military service, then the Brown Bess or the Charleville – as standard military arms – would be more like the M16 of its day,” Hlebinsky told the DCNF, referencing the standard infantry rifle family issued by the United States military since the Vietnam War. “However, it is important to note that those designs were based on the original AR-15 patents.”
The AR-15 is even more special than I expected thought!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 10:18 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:18 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: t-bird
Dunno, but in NYC, Ellis Island was originally 2 acres. Fill from subway tunnel construction boosted that to the present 27 acres.
Posted by: Phil McCavity at May 15, 2026 10:19 AM (oftw2)
At Politico: "Silicon Valley Wants to Put Chip in Your Brain"
That asshole. No!
Chip can go fuck himself.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM
While I was walking along rhe waterfront on Naxos, I snapped a pic of Diogenes Pizzeria and Diogenes Cafe and Bar. Just because.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 10:20 AM (xLei+)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:18 AM
Business is down, and they said it would help with branding.
Posted by: The Barrel at May 15, 2026 10:21 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: muldoon
One needs a place to wipe their ass.
Posted by: Gotta Go! at May 15, 2026 10:21 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:21 AM (I0N4X)
I got a tapeworm lavre residing in my brain.
I named him "Al".
Posted by: RFK Jr. , Worm Brain at May 15, 2026 10:22 AM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
**********
Heh! Nice!
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (k4n+U)
Now it's a movie AND a gun thread. You're welcome.
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)
Hot Pork Rind opened for Sucking Piglets at the Ramrod Park in Austin, TX. Didn't go to that concert.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (fkeut)
At Politico: "Silicon Valley Wants to Put Chip in Your Brain"
That asshole. No!
Chip can go fuck himself.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG)
There's a term for putting Chip in your brain...
https://youtu.be/ZrjTFTAY3nI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Dr_No at May 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)
I thought that was New York and Michigan nursing homes
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 10:25 AM (fkeut)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM
Cool pics you can view at the NoVaMoMe. Baggage weight limits, and all that...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 10:25 AM (xLei+)
Posted by: Don Black
*************
This is about me innit?
Posted by: La'shondra at May 15, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Now it's a movie AND a gun thread. You're welcome.
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (N8ZBc)
What gets me is in anime, and tv, often when a bullet is show coming at someone, it's the entire cartridge. There was an episode of "Forensic Files" where they showed the animation prepared for the court...and yes, the entire cartridge was shown going through the wall. What did the perp use, a slingshot?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:26 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)
Hot Pork Rind opened for Sucking Piglets at the Ramrod Park in Austin, TX. Didn't go to that concert.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (g8Ew
Chicharrones.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (R11M+)
What always gets me is bad gun handling. Ooodles of it in movies. Makes my hair stand up.
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:28 AM (N8ZBc)
What always gets me is bad gun handling. Ooodles of it in movies. Makes my hair stand up.
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:28 AM (N8ZBc)
What ever do you mean?
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ynpvh)
This is a thing with me: I like the light, fluffy, crispy pork rinds. I do not like the hard, crackling bits.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)
https://youtu.be/ZrjTFTAY3nI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ynpvh)
That's like a...oh, I don't know...3rd tier movie, but still-
a lot of fun to watch.
I wind-up watching it once a year on streaming if there's nothing better on.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Dr_No
No, silly, that was Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald.
Posted by: I Own A Raccoon Coat at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ynpvh)
This is a thing with me: I like the light, fluffy, crispy pork rinds. I do not like the hard, crackling bits.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)
When my wife was alive, she loved the chicharrones en salsa verde I would make...she'd place them in corn tortillas and eat them that way...
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at May 15, 2026 10:31 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:31 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 10:31 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
**********
Weren't the Dum Dums in Roger Rabbit drawn that way?
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:31 AM (I0N4X)
What gets me is in anime, and tv, often when a bullet is show coming at someone, it's the entire cartridge. There was an episode of "Forensic Files" where they showed the animation prepared for the court...and yes, the entire cartridge was shown going through the wall. What did the perp use, a slingshot?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:26 AM (ynpvh)
Or the stupid pali grandma.
"Those evil Joos shoot these boolets at my house!"
*holds up two intact 5.56 rounds*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (y9nCu)
+++
Or how you can magically create a tunnel entrance by just painting it on the side of a large boulder.
Posted by: My six year old self at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)
He was good in "The Challenge" a made for tv movie. No mustache.
Posted by: Zombie Darren McGavin at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (mC7bQ)
no one wears hearing protection, and no one experiences even temporary hearing loss
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (2RJDy)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:35 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:36 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (2RJDy)
https://youtu.be/Co6UNX7fqj4
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at May 15, 2026 10:36 AM (ynpvh)
"Those evil Joos shoot these boolets at my house!"
*holds up two intact 5.56 rounds*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (y9nCu)
Reminds me of that old "All Your Fakes Are Belong To Us" yootoob bit.
Wonder if that's still available....
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:36 AM (LxER7)
Posted by: 496 at May 15, 2026 10:37 AM (sOtuf)
It just me or what?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (N8ZBc)
Here's the thing about TV and movie gunfights:
no one wears hearing protection, and no one experiences even temporary hearing loss
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (ZxPkt)
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
YES, I'LL TAKE THE CRAB CAKES!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Errr, sir? I asked if you wanted cream in your coffee...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 10:39 AM (z2aPa)
My ears still ring, 40 years later...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:39 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Are you talking about the Yellow Pages?
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 10:39 AM (2RJDy)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: tankdemon
Boston Whaler. > Boston Acoustics
Posted by: Karen Bass at May 15, 2026 10:40 AM (rgnea)
It just me or what?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (f5ZdA)
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At the local level (where I am) I haven't really seen any promotions for big events related to the 250th. At the national (media) level, I haven't seen squat.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 15, 2026 10:41 AM (cWLG3)
It just me or what?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (f5ZdA)
Where do you live?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:41 AM (g8Ew8)
Off to conquer Constantinople
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)
Instanbul
Posted by: They Might Be Giants at May 15, 2026 10:42 AM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 15, 2026 10:42 AM (zBgIx)
Off to conquer Constantinople
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)
Instanbul
Posted by: They Might Be Giants at May 15, 2026 10:42 AM (2RJDy)
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That's nobody's business but the Turks
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Smart alec at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)
Have fun storming the castle!
- IYKYK
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (N8ZBc)
This is horrifying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 15, 2026 10:44 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:35 AM (N8ZBc)
Another dumb leftard though
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 10:45 AM (fkeut)
We celebrate Independence Day.
Posted by: Polite cough at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (cWLG3)
It just me or what?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (f5ZdA)
I suspect this is just the media and their Democrat buddies and cucks,
trying to without anything from Trump that could be considered positive.
If The Coconut had won, it'd be all red,
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)
@HQNewsNow
JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.”
-
Works for me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: ballistic at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (oqH4h)
Ha! I actually just finished watching The Sopranos earlier this week. First time watching it. Not sure if I'll rewatch.
Posted by: Doof at May 15, 2026 10:47 AM (5L7BE)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:48 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (uEmCf)
Not just West Coast. Kinetic Playground was a short-lived Chicago venue, and camper van beethoven was an actual band.
Dudes memory is in full wayback machine mode.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 10:48 AM (zafwz)
JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.”
They're killing conservatives. I think jailing liberals is quite measured and restrained, considering.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 10:50 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
Palm trees grow naturally in Ireland, despite the fact that the southernmost point of thst country is further north than any state except Alaska.
That Gulfstream ain't no joke.
Posted by: They Might Be Giants at May 15, 2026 10:50 AM (2RJDy)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 15, 2026 10:50 AM (YZ0Fo)
Did you know that Johann Pachelbel had a son, Charles Theodore Pachelbel, who left Europe in the 1730’s and emigrated to the American Colonies, settling first in Boston before taking up permanent residence in Charleston, S.C., where he was active in the local musickal scene?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:50 AM (LxER7)
Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice
Student funding in California is now a RECORD HIGH! Since Governor Newsom took office, it’s increased 66%— reaching $28,282 per student as the state makes historic investments in public education.
-
But not this.
PoIiMath
@politicalmath
"In California, only 28% of Black fourth graders read at or above basic level, for instance, compared to 52% in Mississippi"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)
@HQNewsNow
JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.
That was in response to a guy at the event yesterday saying the illegal Allen fraudsters should go to gitmo
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 15, 2026 10:51 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: The Male Gaze at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Just in comparison with those birthing hips and the family buffet up top
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 10:51 AM (zafwz)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:52 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)
Dudes memory is in full wayback machine mode.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 10:48 AM (zafwz)
Camper Van Beethoven opened for Bach To The Future at the Zoo Amphitheater in '84.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:52 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or is it Gilligan's Island? at May 15, 2026 10:53 AM (cz4n2)
@HQNewsNow
JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.”
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Works for me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)
It's more fake news via editing.
JD calls for "the Fraudsters". ie. the foreign looters to be deported and imprisoned.
Speaking of JD..."Scrubs" reruns are on hulu. They're still funny.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:53 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
Did he man the cannon during the Revolution?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)
Thank you for yourbattention to this matter.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 10:54 AM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:54 AM (LxER7)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ynpvh)
The worst chicharrones are the ones they fry in cottonseed or peanut oil instead of lard.
You know, so it is heart-healthy.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 10:54 AM (rbvCR)
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Fraudsters, Democrats, tomayto, tomahto.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:55 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:55 AM (iJfKG)
Hampton Inn has no rooms. I'll either stay in the new Airbnb or in Mexia. No worries.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 15, 2026 10:57 AM (EneHm)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I like the art today. I'd hang it.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 10:59 AM (2WIwB)
We celebrate Independence Day.
Posted by: Polite cough at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)
THIS!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 11:00 AM (iERP6)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 15, 2026 11:00 AM (OUMaO)
FINED, imprisoned, deported, or you know, capital punishment?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)
but...
It's more fake news via editing.
JD calls for "the Fraudsters". ie. the foreign looters to be deported and imprisoned.
I'm failing to see the difference and/or what might be objectionable.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 11:01 AM (T7fic)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:02 AM (ds7a/)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Concur.
Posted by: RI Red at May 15, 2026 11:02 AM (Edxq2)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)
I believe you are correct. The Continental Congress approved the motion to claim Independence on July 2, and Jefferson's Declaration was accepted and signed by Hancock on the 4th.
Note: the fact that Jefferson was pretty much the least accomplished and youngest member of the committee selected to write the Declaration was as much a reason as his skill in turning a phrase that he was selected to do the writing. Kind of like how in high schools across the country, the nerd is the one doing all the work while the jocks and pretty girls party.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 11:02 AM (2RJDy)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I like the art today. I'd hang it.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 10:59 AM (2WIwB)
Who's gonna tell him why it's gone.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 11:03 AM (zafwz)
My parents had these cool reproduction aged parchments of historical documents framed on the wall at my boyhood home. The Declaration and Constitution, “10,000 Reward!!!” for JW Booth, things like that. Not sure where they got them, probably s&H green stamps, or in boxes of Breeze or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:07 AM (ds7a/)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 11:09 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (JA4sW)
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I was already voting for him. Now with this news I’ll vote for him twice.
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 11:12 AM (f5ZdA)
Posted by: Lester Fahrner at May 15, 2026 01:10 PM (+IxaW)
The Morning Report — 5/ 15/26
Good morning kids. Considering what's going on in the world, and how it has a direct impact right here at home, this story seems to be fading away far too quickly.
Authorities reported a bomb at an Alabama dam that posed “an unprecedented threat” during routine repairs on Tuesday. Mobile’s water and sewer agency alerted the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office after discovering a grenade-like improvised explosive device underwater at the federally designated Converse Reservoir dam, according to local media reports. The nearby Daphne Search and Rescue Team, Mobile Police Department (MPD), Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and FBI bomb squad also responded to the scene.(RELATED: Trump DOJ Hits DC Pipe Bomb Suspect With Terror Charges) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was also notified of the discovery. The Converse Reservoir is a 3,600-acre lake that “is the source of all drinking water and most raw water” for the Mobile area, according to the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS). Officials have not released information on anyone potentially responsible for placing the bomb or how it happened. The Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and safely detonated the device, Advance Local reported. . . . . . “This is an unprecedented threat, and we are fortunate that this device was discovered before it could cause serious damage to our water supply or harm to individuals,” MAWSS Director Bud McCrory said, NBC 15 reported. “We are grateful for the professionalism and competency of our law enforcement partners — as well as the quick thinking of our contractors and divers — in identifying this device and safely destroying it.” Agencies are working to boost security around the dam, multiple outlets reported.While this is indeed an "unprecedented threat," not to minimize the disaster that could have happened had the explosive detonated and the dam was actually breached, given our pre-Donald Trump non-existent border and immigration control, and the proclivities of our global adversaries/rivals and let's face it enemies, imagine a more sophisticated device planted at the base of Hoover Dam? I suppose, that is I pray, that the security in and around the Dam and other highly sensitive sites would be extremely tight. And yet, experience should teach us that assuming this to be the case would be most unwise. And lest we forget, there are those among us who are not foreigners, by birth anyway, who seek our destruction for various and sundry ideological reasons.
The man accused of starting the Palisades fire, one of the costliest disasters in U.S. history, was motivated by a resentment for the rich and viewed Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, as a Robin Hood-like figure, according to court documents detailing evidence gathered by federal prosecutors. In a court brief filed last week, authorities say a forensic review of his computer showed Jonathan Rinderknecht searched “Free Luigi” and “reddit lets kill all billionaires” in December 2024.I was thinking perhaps a whacko Red/Green enviro-communist, but anything that advances, in their twisted minds the cause of anti-Americanism and freedom is fair game. By any means necessary, right? Also, Iran is on the verge of economic collapse with the regime not far behind it and Red China's economy and society are also not necessarily in tip-top shape either, despite the propaganda to the contrary... though certainly not nearly in as critical a condition as Iran. The latter have exported terrorism around the globe since Jimmy Carter midwifed them into the world 47 years ago, while China has followed the Soviet model of infiltrating our society to bring us down from within going back even farther. Mao's cultural revolution was not limited to the confines of China, as has been plainly evident for quite some time now.
Rinderknecht, 30, is accused of starting the Lachman fire in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 1, 2025, which smoldered underground for a week before exploding into the deadly Palisades fire.
“A police station operating in New York City at the direction of the Chinese government has been exposed, its sinister purpose disrupted, and its founder held accountable for blatantly disregarding the law and our country’s sovereignty.” – U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. . . . Lu faces up to 10 years in prison for acting as an illegal foreign agent and an additional 20 years for obstruction of justice. His conviction underscores growing concerns about Chinese influence operations on U.S. soil. It also highlights the CCP’s global strategy to suppress dissent and exert its power far beyond its borders. On Tuesday, the National Pulse reported on Eileen Wang, the Democrat mayor of Arcadia, California, pleading guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government.Lest we forget Eric Swalwell, NYC pol Grace Meng, Dianne Feinstein's chauffeur the Confucius institute's on college campuses all over America and on and on. Not to mention the massive tracts of farmland as well as real estate abutting sensitive military installations and far too many Chinese nationals employed in our defense and tech sectors as well as research facilities, stealing our secrets. And of course, unleashing germ warfare on us...
The recent indictment of former senior NIAID official David Morens has ripped the lid off the COVID-era corruption machine. Now, against the backdrop of the United States Senate investigation on COVID origins, North Carolina taxpayers and families also deserve to know whether their flagship public university played any role in the research that may have sparked the entire disaster.And suddenly, we have an outbreak of the Hantavirus on a US-bound cruise ship, just as we may be on the verge of toppling Iran, boxing in the Red Chinese and maybe even toppling the Cuban communists and liberating that island gulag after 66 years. Our enemies abroad and especially in our midst can't have that, now can they. Not with two crucial elections in November and then 2028 in the balance...
Ralph Baric, a world-renowned virologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, by all accounts collaborated for years with Shi Zhengli at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology on bat coronaviruses capable of infecting humans. NIH grants under Anthony Fauci helped fund that work -- including controversial gain-of-function experiments that many experts now believe helped create the conditions for the pandemic. As a state-supported institution -- with Chapel Hill as North Carolina’s flagship campus -- UNC owes its citizens full transparency. There are reports of public information requests being either ignored or stonewalled. Who was paid what, and why? Where did the money flow in from, and where did it finally land? What was the actual result of the research conducted in Chapel Hill -- a scientific breakthrough in a bottle, or harm to millions?
Leaving the investigation in the hands of the United States Senate is not enough.
On April 1, 2026, The MV Hondius, a Dutch-registered cruise ship, departed from Ushuaia, a city in southern Argentina. Between April 6 and April 28, a number of passengers became sick, with the first reported death on April 11. On May 2, an outbreak of hantavirus was officially reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). Hantavirus is carried by rodents and there are currently no targeted treatments or widely available vaccines. Consequently, the 18 American passengers have been put into quarantine. Sixteen of the passengers are being monitored at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, while the other two passengers are at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. One of the passengers has been placed in biocontainment due to testing positive for the Andes virus, a hantavirus subtype. The passengers reportedly range from their late 20s to their 80s. Early symptoms typically include fatigue, fever, and muscle aches, especially in the larger muscles of the hips, thighs, and back. Hantavirus symptoms typically occur between one and eight weeks after exposure... “The risk of hantavirus to the general public remains very, very low,” said Admiral Brian Christine, Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).But the risk to Democrats, Leftists and globalists is existential, should they lose the next two elections. Have a great weekend.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Mobile’s water and sewer agency alerted the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office after discovering a grenade-like improvised explosive device underwater at the federally designated Converse Reservoir dam, according to local media reports. The nearby Daphne Search and Rescue Team, Mobile Police Department (MPD), Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and FBI bomb squad also responded to the scene.
Bomb Planted Near Mobile’s Water Supply And We Barely Know Anything
- AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
- Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Cooper described an Iranian regime whose military-industrial base, proxy network, naval forces, and command structure had all been severely battered during the nearly six-week kinetic phase of the conflict. (Call me when Islam goes extinct - jjs)
CENTCOM Chief: Iran’s Forces ‘Severely Degraded,’ Terror Proxies ‘Cut Off’ — ‘Every Objective for Epic Fury Met’
- Iran will not abandon its nuclear ambitions until the US breaks Tehran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz and restores real leverage
How to Persuade Iran to End War . . . and Give Up Its Nuclear Program. CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - “In a post on Instagram, UW Divest News, a pro-Palestinian group, urged students to protest the Turning Point USA chapter event with Cole”
Detransitioner Chloe Cole Cancels Talk at U. Washington After Alleged Threats From Antifa
- Unsurprisingly, Democrats are willing to eliminate black-majority congressional districts through redistricting in order to gain more political power, a new poll finds. Democrat politicians and pundits have long claimed that any proposed shift away from race-based gerrymandering is racist, repeatedly weaponizing the issue to smear Republicans
Democrats Tell Pollsters They’d Happily Ditch Black Districts To Get More Power "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - Banks’ departure follows that of several top leaders within DHS. In March, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem departed the agency and was subsequently replaced by Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin. Later that month, CBP Commander Gregory Bovino announced his retirement from the Border Patrol. A short time later, Todd Lyons, the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced his retirement effective May 31.
DHS Shakeup Continues: Border Patrol Chief Banks Resigns
- “This is an illegal alien who raped an underage American,” Gill said.
Rep. Brandon Gill: Fairfax County Democrat Prosecutor Helped Illegal Alien Sex Offender Evade Prison THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE - The committee’s findings expose significant vulnerabilities in Minnesota’s government programs, calling for stronger oversight and accountability measures. The report has sparked calls for federal investigations and for increased fraud prevention efforts in future legislative sessions.
Final Walz Fraud Report Criticizes ‘Culture of Tolerance’ for Abuse.
- HealthSplash owner Brett Blackman was convicted by a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida for his part in the scheme that officials said generated fake doctors’ orders and prescriptions to defraud Medicare and other benefit programs, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday.
DOJ: Man Convicted in $1 Billion Medicare Fraud Scheme Targeting ‘Sick and Elderly’
- Yes, we should be skeptical of Newsom’s crony-run diaper giveaway, and here’s why. . .
California’s Government Diaper Dispensary Serves Fraudsters, Not Families
- There will also be a nationwide six-month moratorium on all new Medicare enrollments by providers of hospice and home care.
J.D. Vance Announces Suspension of $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Maybe you can just ignore activist judges after all.
Ignorance Is Bliss: Can the Trump Administration Get Away with Just Ignoring the Orders of Activist Judges? WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - The answer ought to make Western leaders think — and plan. But it won’t.
Before Oil, How Did Islamic States Get Rich?
- This not the first case of its kind in Europe. In April this year, Italy deported Ali Kashif, an imam of Pakistani origin, after he was filmed endorsing child marriage. Citing passages from the Qur’an, Kashif claimed that girls could be married after their first menstrual cycle. In another case in Britain, a 52-year-old Muslim admitted to facilitating child marriage as part of an Islamic Nikah ceremony. It is a crime to arrange or facilitate a marriage involving anyone under 18 in England, even with parental consent.
Imam Sentenced for Decade-Long Campaign of Rape and Abuse Against Women and Girls. OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - Devastating testimony from Australia’s Jews.
Australian Woman Pressured to Use Less “Identifiably Jewish” Name at Work
- Karol Markowicz:This week’s silence should be humiliating. It should be clarifying. It should, at last, wake up those Jews on the left who care at all about self-preservation — or that of their children. It’s long past time to leave this one-sided alliance behind.
Face it, Jewish liberals: You have no friends on the left SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - The motion for a stay was granted “pending filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court.”
Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks $83M Payment to E. Jean Carroll From Trump FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Douglas Murray: Nicholas Kristof raped my dog. At least that is what I have heard, from an anonymous source. A source who is intensely hostile to the New York Times columnist. And that’s good enough for me. Now I come to think of it, my pet pug has had a strange look on his face lately. As it happens, the rumor that I have just attempted to spread is far less lurid and fanciful than the one that the New York Times chose to spread around the world this week.
The New York Times feeds anti-Jew hatred with a horrific lie
- Hamas prison-rape-dog propagandist’s dad also defended Vichy war criminal, then committed suicide after decades of nightmares
Times Columnist Kristof’s Father Fought on Nazi Side in World War II - Hamawy, who's the favorite in the Democrat primary for an open New Jersey House seat, was close with Omar Abdel-Rahman for years, and was a defense witness at the sheikh’s sensational 1995 trial
Left-Wing Wikipedia Editors Fight To Keep Democrat Adam Hamawy’s Ties to ‘Blind Sheikh’ Offline Even Though House Candidate Testified to Their Friendship in Court
- The Seattle Times ‘reporter’ spent thousands of words examining the dissenter while refusing to examine the dissent.
In Its Hit Piece On Me, The Seattle Times Proves I’m Right About Obergefell* * * * * - The New York Times reported Wednesday Andreessen Horowitz has funneled over $115 million to midterm election efforts, making the company the highest known political contributor. Soros, the liberal billionaire and longtime Democratic donor, has so far reportedly contributed nearly $103 million, followed by MAGA ally Elon Musk at $85 million.
Tech Overlords Beat Out George Soros In Midterms Spending THE ECONOMY, STUPID - The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday advanced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, more commonly known as the Clarity Act, a bill that would establish clear rules of the road for the burgeoning crypto industry. The bill advanced out of the committee 15-9, with two Democrats, Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), voting for the bill. President Donald Trump has made making America the capital of the crypto industry a key priority of his second term in office.
Exclusive — Sen. Cynthia Lummis: Enact Clarity Act Before Elizabeth Warren Tries to ‘Kill’ Crypto Industry
- The official demise of Spirit Airlines on May 2 provides the perfect illustration
Spirit Airlines proves bad antitrust policy has consequences. RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - Secretary Rollins published a statement on X amplifying Heartland Impact's video on Pathways to Dairy Net Zero. In the thread, Secretary Rollins warned that the initiative would "burden small farms with costly compliance," criticized "radical ESG mandates disguised as sustainability," and declared that "ESG mandates have no place in American agriculture."
Heartland Impact Thanks USDA Secretary Rollins for Spotlighting Threat of Pathways to Dairy Net Zero CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - Under Gavin Newsom, state prisoners are turning taxpayer-funded tablets into personal sex machines.
Watching Porn on California’s Death Row - The question of whether Nowak hurled racial slurs at Digwa does not seem very relevant to the question of whether Digwa allegedly stabbed a stranger to death. I fail to see how murder could ever constitute a proportional response to heckling. And I question the wisdom of arresting a dying man because he might have said something racist.
British Police Reportedly Arrest Stabbing Victim After Alleged Attacker Plays Race Card ABORTION - Justice Thomas dissented, describing the mail distribution system for mifepristone as a "criminal enterprise."
Supreme Court Issues Major Decision On Abortion Pill, Deals Blow To Pro-Life Fight SECOND AMENDMENT - The Associated Press posted a short video that appeared to highlight what it called a lack of regulation of flintlock muskets Thursday morning.
You’ll Never Guess The Gun Corporate Media’s Worrying About Now
- They noted that suppressors are regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA), yet the city of D.C. goes beyond such regulation by actually banning them. Moreover, the DOJ claimed DC’s suppressor ban cannot survive the Bruen (2022) test.
Trump DOJ Expands Lawsuit Against DC: Now Targeting Suppressor Ban Too THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH - Virginia Democrats have accidentally made a case against the months-long ‘election season’ they prize. What if SCOTUS took them up on it?
SCOTUS Could Do The Funniest Thing And Mandate A Single Election Day At Jay Jones’ Request DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan got into a heated exchange with Descano after his office removed his immigration policy from his website weeks prior to the hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement. Descano said his campaign promises are not actually his policies.
Left-Wing Prosecutor Says Voters ‘Obtuse’ If They Expect Him To Keep Campaign Promises
- During Democrat Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson’s absence, the Florida Democrat missed major votes like extending FISA surveillance authorities. Wilson’s official social media account also reused at least one photo of the congresswoman that was originally uploaded back in October.
83-Year-Old Democrat Absent For Dozens Of Consecutive Votes
- Look up at the sky: Professional social justice warriors who hate rich people might be passing overhead at this very moment, bound for Cancún or Dubai on a private jet.
Gavin Newsom’s Former Chief of Staff Pleads Guilty, And The Plea Agreement Is Kind Of Amazing POLITICS - That marks a striking reversal from an earlier April 6–7 survey by Quantus, which showed Massie leading Gallrein by 9 points.
Trump-Backed Challenger Leads Thomas Massie in New GOP Primary Poll
- The city of Los Angeles doesn’t have much of a political machine. But it has an incompetent mayor who is not only a poor administrator but also a bad politician.
Spencer Pratt Can Win Because Angry People Vote. Just Ask Former Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic
- California Democrats are fractured, unpopular, and vulnerable, giving Republicans their best chance in decades to make the Golden State competitive again.
Reflections on the California Governor Race
- While speaking on a call with the group known as Win with Black Women, the California leftist suggested her party should hold a “no bad idea brainstorm” in which participants consider implementing radical proposals such as court-packing and granting statehood to Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. once Democrats retake power.
Dem Frontrunner Floats Packing SCOTUS, Nuking Electoral College As 2028 Platform
- This rapidly developing trend in Republican-heavy states is not about independence: It’s about big-government policies being deliberately repackaged for voters who have grown skeptical of the liberal brand. And the left is using party labels to mask what should be a genuine debate about policy direction.
Beware Democrats’ sneaky ‘independent-in-name-only’ midterm gambit
- In a crowded field in the race for South Carolina’s next governor, Reddy now stands out, which alone makes what he says worth considering.
South Carolina’s Rom Reddy sent out the most fascinating campaign flyer ever FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - “Founding father Benjamin Franklin published the sayings of Confucius in his colonial newspaper, and today’s sculpture recognizing that ancient Chinese sage is carved into the face of the United States Supreme Court very proudly,” Trump said. “The appreciation ran in both directions. Chinese admirers of President George Washington gifted a stone tablet honoring his memory to adorn the Washington Monument. It bears the words of a Chinese official who called the great general and statesman, ‘a hero among men,'” he added.
Trump, Xi Toast U.S.-China Relations at Historic Beijing Banquet
- ...“Let me be blunt, folks, this is the most striking I have ever heard a Chinese leader speak directly to a U.S. president."
Xi escalated Taiwan rhetoric during Trump China meeting
- China is not the rising power and America is not the declining power.
The Biggest Lie About China Just Fell Apart In Public
- President Donald Trump turned Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “declining nation” line into a clean political contrast. Xi meant it as a warning about American weakness. Trump treated it as a diagnosis of Joe Biden’s years in power.
Trump Flips Xi’s America-in-Decline Line Back on Biden
- In a separate incident on Thursday, a female White House staffer was trampled by Chinese reporters.
Secret Service Agent, Chinese Security Get Into Standoff During Trump Visit
- The situation in Cuba may be at or near a breaking point. Many experts — real ones whom I trust and learn from regularly, not just whoever the MSM could dig up — are calling today the "beginning of the end" of the regime that has been in power for 67 years.
Cuba Falling: There's a Lot Going On Right Now. This Could Be the Breaking Point. ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . AND HISTORY - On Monday, the EU sanctioned Israel. On Tuesday, it invited the Taliban.
EU Sanctions Israel, Welcomes Taliban
- God’s promise is never up for negotiation.
Israel’s Original Sin is Surviving DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - Lu faces up to 10 years in prison for acting as an illegal foreign agent and an additional 20 years for obstruction of justice. His conviction underscores growing concerns about Chinese influence operations on U.S. soil. It also highlights the CCP’s global strategy to suppress dissent and exert its power far beyond its borders. On Tuesday, the National Pulse reported on Eileen Wang, the Democrat mayor of Arcadia, California, pleading guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government.
Man Convicted of Running Chinese Secret Police Station in NYC. HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - So far, 11 passengers have tested positive for Andes strain, with 3 in critical condition. An expert asserts that assurances of low risk to general public is “calm-mongering.”
CDC Official Dusts Off Familiar ‘Six Feet’ Playbook Regarding Hantavirus
- Enrollment for both programs is up.
Media Lies About Obamacare And Medicaid Debunked ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - By viewing interstellar comet 3I/Atlas when it was between the Jupiter probes Europa Clipper and Juice (on their way to Jupiter) in November 2025, the science teams for both were able to get a 360 degree view of the comet in ultraviolet wavelengths.
Europa Clipper and Juice make simultaneous UV light observations of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas
- The pharmaceutical company United Therapeutics Corporation has purchased space on an unspecified number of future Varda’s recoverable capsules so that it can manufacture pulmonary drugs in space.
Pharmaceutical company to use Varda’s capsules to manufacture heart drugs in space CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - "I’ve never felt better. When you can be yourself, you’re happier."
Nicki Minaj Reveals The Reason She Finally Came Out As MAGA
- Collectivist pressure is how the Left keeps everyone in line.
Actor Refuses to Push Politics, Triggering ‘The View’
- After Kittle regaled fans on the spider that frightened his wife in their bathroom and how he eliminated the threat, PETA jumped in and noted it was not amused at all by the tale of marital crisis, and they ripped into the seven-time Pro Bowler, the New York Post reported.
PETA Takes Swat at 49ers Star George Kittle for Killing a Spider
- John Ondrasik keeps emotional promise to survivor of savage Oct. 7 Hamas attacks
Christian Toto: This Five for Fighting Musical Duet Will Melt Your Heart
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hans O'Lo at May 15, 2026 07:11 AM (Kcw7x)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 07:13 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TALACHULITNA at May 15, 2026 07:15 AM (JwHz5)
Mobile’s water and sewer agency alerted the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office after discovering a grenade-like improvised explosive device underwater at the federally designated Converse Reservoir dam, according to local media reports.
"Miller! That useless git!"
"What? It didn't work!"
"Yes I know it didn't work!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:15 AM (HdYcL)
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 50 overcast degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It's not supposed to get much warmer or clearer, so the view out of my window is basically the view I'll have all day.
I had a pretty lousy couple of days, so am hoping to feel better and get more editing done today. Decided to try and change my mood by book shopping; got a few interesting ones, but that's a topic for the Book Thread.
And, not that it would come as any surprise to anyone with even the least knowledge of her, Althouse also thinks Karen Bass getting hit in the face with a tomato is encouraging violence.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:16 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:17 AM (Nx5jP)
Hahahaha. Right. The college swindlers need the money.
Posted by: Why Are They Here? at May 15, 2026 07:18 AM (mC7bQ)
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FFS
Here's a thought: bomb the fuck out of them until they surrender.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)
Did she get hit in the head with an actual tomato or that was on a Spencer Pratt video?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:19 AM (Nx5jP)
And, not that it would come as any surprise to anyone with even the least knowledge of her, Althouse also thinks Karen Bass getting hit in the face with a tomato is encouraging violence.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:16 AM (qRla/)
America's Wine Mom. The Whitest White Woman in the World.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:21 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 07:21 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:21 AM (HdYcL)
I’m liking my new 9/80 work schedule because I’m off today. Luxurious sleep-in until 6:30 plus a 3-day weekend
New job has prevented me from commenting much but I’ll say I’ve been immaturely impatient with the Iran situation. I don’t like talk of negotiating and deals. Slowly strangle them to death please and rid the world of that evil regime. Loved Trump saying yesterday something like: My only concern is they can’t have a nuke; economic considerations don’t come into play with that. Amen
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 15, 2026 07:21 AM (2mApq)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 07:22 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 07:23 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:24 AM (qRla/)
===== FFS
Here's a thought: bomb the fuck out of them until they surrender.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)
Yes, the article and its title are idiotic in their dissonance/pointlessness. I offer it as an object lesson only.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2026 07:24 AM (x0n13)
Margaret Dumont was quite a good actress and looking at her photos when younger shows a smiling and delightful looking woman.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:25 AM (Nx5jP)
She was reacting to the Pratt video.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:25 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 15, 2026 07:26 AM (Ctg2W)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:24 AM (qRla/)
Carter was introduced to us by Buck Throckmorton, and it turns out he's a lurker here and fan.
Others like Robert Spencer and Michael Walsh I personally contacted. And author Harry Stein is a dear friend.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2026 07:26 AM (x0n13)
Althouse Commenters: The Marx Brothers
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:21 AM (HdYcL)
Hardly. More like the Ritz Brothers.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:27 AM (qRla/)
Margaret Dumont was quite a good actress and looking at her photos when younger shows a smiling and delightful looking woman.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:25 AM (Nx5jP)
And contrary to the received wisdom that she didn't have a clue, she knew exactly what was going on and played her part to perfection.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:27 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:25 AM (Nx5jP)
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Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/qqMzuDJq764
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 07:27 AM (i2Ycu)
I didn't see that one. X videos are not working for me now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:27 AM (Nx5jP)
They want war, let them have one.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 07:27 AM (jjoN6)
Anyway, it's a great example of the predicament we're in. When a Leftist shoots Kirk or Trump or whomever next (we'll find out soon!), it's understandable - the target's incendiary rhetoric is to blame.
When a Righty makes a silly video about imaginary people throwing imaginary tomatoes at a Leftist, it's incitement to violence - a crime.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 07:28 AM (BI5O2)
She looked like she was having fun a lot of the time, and I think she enjoyed working with the Marx brothers
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:28 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:25 AM (Nx5jP)
Groucho always had nice things to say about her, noting that she was a perfect foil because she really didn't have a sense of humor and didn't understand the Marx comedy style.
IIRC, she either had a bad marriage or made bad investments and ended up nearly bankrupt at her death.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:29 AM (qRla/)
I write with high-end fountain pens unironically. I use a straight razor and badger-hair brush when I shave. My boots are on their third sole.
I love the shit out of technology, but sometimes the old ways are the best ways.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 07:30 AM (iNUL3)
Trivia question:
What was the name of Wing CDR Guy Gibson's labrador retriever in the movie "The Dam Busters?"
Hint, It's not politically correct!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2026 07:30 AM (x0n13)
I agree with you and I'm sorry I wasn't around at the time because I would have enjoyed talking with her.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:30 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Just Wondering at May 15, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Pure DARVO; we know who was doing the murdering and raping on October 7th...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 07:31 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:32 AM (qRla/)
What was the name of Wing CDR Guy Gibson's labrador retriever in the movie "The Dam Busters?"
Hint, It's not politically correct!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2026 07:30 AM (x0n13)
The RAF recently removed that dog's headstone, #4MuhJusticez.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 07:32 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 15, 2026 07:32 AM (Cqegx)
That's to bad about her end and I am not required to take Groucho's word that she was kind of a dim bulb without a sense of humor .😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:33 AM (Nx5jP)
I write with high-end fountain pens unironically. I use a straight razor and badger-hair brush when I shave. My boots are on their third sole.
I love the shit out of technology, but sometimes the old ways are the best ways.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 07:30 AM (iNUL3)
My brother!
Of course, if you really want to go old school, you could be like me and use a dip pen. :-)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:34 AM (qRla/)
Every state would go to mail-in ballots to be sent in on that singular day or the Democrats would ensure chaos at all Republican polling locations. The people who fetishize one day voting need to give it up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 15, 2026 07:35 AM (0N4FZ)
Unless they get sexual pleasure out of being called perverts.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:36 AM (1Ff7Z)
Oh, I know this one! His name was-
Account blocked for 30 days
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 07:37 AM (jjoN6)
I've decided to skip over his posts. That probably annoys him more than if someone was irritable.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:37 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 07:38 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:37 AM (Nx5jP)
Sometimes you don't notice who the poster is until you've read most of it. Just shake my head. They service evil and that's it. They change no minds. Maybe they're getting paid by someone?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:39 AM (1Ff7Z)
Iran is reaching the point where it will have to plug its wells which will freeze its oil industry. Not capping will make it worse. Once done, it will take many months to reverse this to get the oil back flowing -- I've been hearing permanent degradation so you have to drill again. China would be hardest hit, after Iran.
So expect Xi to end his support for the Mullahs and cut an oil deal with us.
Art of the Deal, Baby!
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 15, 2026 07:39 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
The pages are all stuck together on his Mother Jones magazines.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 15, 2026 07:40 AM (F8sQr)
Rochester! No, uh, Quindarius!
Posted by: Rhymes with bigger at May 15, 2026 07:41 AM (vFG9F)
... that boy jus' ain't right in the head ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 15, 2026 07:41 AM (VyBeY)
"Miller! That useless git!"
"What? It didn't work!"
"Yes I know it didn't work!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:15 AM (HdYcL)
*sits under tree*
*calmly puffs on pipe*
All in good time.
Posted by: Miller at May 15, 2026 07:42 AM (wVcYX)
I expect he's getting paid . I can't think of any other reason to go on site whose politics you don' embrace unless they were doing it like the conservative liaison from one of those left wing sites who brings their ramblings here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:43 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 15, 2026 07:43 AM (VyBeY)
That dog is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.
Posted by: Randolph Duke at May 15, 2026 07:43 AM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:37 AM (Nx5jP)
Sometimes you don't notice who the poster is until you've read most of it. Just shake my head. They service evil and that's it. They change no minds. Maybe they're getting paid by someone?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:39 AM (1Ff7Z)
Yeah, it'd be easier if the nic came before the post. You could just slide over without bothering.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 07:44 AM (ExV1e)
They arrested the victim while he was still alive...seems the police department and the individual police should be sued to within an inch of their lives, and then those police involved in handcuffing the dying victim should be sent to PMITA prison for being accessories to murder...
But in the UK will that happen? Naw, not with their sycophantic support of muzzie murderers and rapists.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 07:44 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:45 AM (Nx5jP)
Now there is a doc that needs to meet Luigi
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 15, 2026 07:45 AM (/+uur)
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Maybe she rode off into the sunset. Or joined the ghost riders in the sky.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 07:45 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:43 AM (Nx5jP)
Especially as the CoB changes his words. I wonder if they ever come back to read the responses or not? If they have a handler who checks on them, you'd think the yummy yummy pebbles would convince the money person that they're wasting their time posting here.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:46 AM (1Ff7Z)
Wilson is missing, but I believe there was a Maxine Waters sighting yesterday. Her wig appears more alive than she is.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 07:46 AM (gu0hJ)
Art of the Deal, Baby!
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 15, 2026 07:39 AM (dtajH)
Pretty much.
https://youtu.be/VF_23hUnvbc
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)
Do they want to continue to follow Trotsky's figurative path to exile in Mexico City and a bullet in the head, when they're no longer considered useful?
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 15, 2026 07:46 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:47 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:34 AM (qRla/)
I took a run at dip pens, but found them lacking in the 'portability' category. I'm on the run so regularly that being able to cap and carry a pen is vital to me.
I know that cursive is practically witchcraft these days, but having clean, Spencerian script pour out of a fountain pen? People sometimes just watch me take down notes in meetings. I've begun to see it as hilarious instead of creepy.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 07:47 AM (iNUL3)
If that ever happened, nobody would read my posts!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:49 AM (qRla/)
One of the few things Mrs fd keeps me around for is spider getter. I don't kill them, they just go for a little swim.
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 07:49 AM (vFG9F)
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And ugly.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 07:49 AM (ndZc7)
The EU bureaucracy is full of anti-semites hell bent on cementing their dhimmi status.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 07:49 AM (ynpvh)
It might have held some insight into who or where it was assembled and maybe by what sort of person/group. IOW, was it sophisticated or not?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 07:49 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 07:31 AM (ynpvh)
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Ya know what else we Israelis did?
https://tinyurl.com/27td27et
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 07:49 AM (i2Ycu)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:50 AM (1Ff7Z)
Of course they would.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:50 AM (Nx5jP)
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 07:52 AM (aYs8h)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:52 AM (Nx5jP)
That's why you should send all your in-home spiders to your local PETA office...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 07:52 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: OrangeEnt Retired at May 15, 2026 07:53 AM (1Ff7Z)
The answer for this problem involves a lot of bodies being dropped off at the local landfill and their families charged for disposal.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 07:53 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 07:54 AM (aYs8h)
Posted by: Rabbit of Caerbannog at May 15, 2026 07:54 AM (Qc7+O)
What's a "Friday?"
Posted by: OrangeEnt Retired at May 15, 2026 07:53 AM (1Ff7Z)
*sighs in exasperation*
It's the day the garbage goes out, silly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:54 AM (HdYcL)
What's a "Friday?"
Posted by: OrangeEnt Retired at May 15, 2026 07:53 AM (1Ff7Z)
*sighs in exasperation*
It's the day the garbage goes out, silly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:54 AM (HdYcL)
That's Monday eve for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 07:54 AM (ynpvh)
Before Oil, How Did Islamic States Get Rich?
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Everyone needs to read it. Should be taught in schools. (it won't be, I know, I know....)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 07:54 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip"
My school project fell out of the canoe.
Posted by: Clock Boy at May 15, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 07:54 AM (aYs8h)
Could be.
Went out into the backyard after hearing a metallic sounding clank. Found brass knuckles.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
I write with high-end fountain pens unironically. I use a straight razor and badger-hair brush when I shave. My boots are on their third sole.
I love the shit out of technology, but sometimes the old ways are the best ways.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 07:30 AM (iNUL3)
I'm honored that 2 threads later, someone is still looking at my ONT
Posted by: Doof at May 15, 2026 07:55 AM (5L7BE)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 07:56 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Doof at May 15, 2026 07:55 AM (5L7BE)
I read it every morning. Truly.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 07:56 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 07:56 AM (Zz0t1)
I mean, at a minimum they could have ascertained the name of the wing commander's dog. Since that's so dam important to us.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 15, 2026 07:56 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 07:57 AM (ndZc7)
I certainly hope the FBI is constantly monitoring that shithole that is Reddit. Seems they're posting some pretty insidious shit over there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 07:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:58 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Mister Scott
Inferior breakfast repast. The Muffin is the "Prince of Foods".
Posted by: Zombie F.Z. at May 15, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)
Sounds...kinda disgusting. Other than the pan seared beef filet.
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 07:59 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 07:59 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Zombie F.Z. at May 15, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)
But not the muffin top.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:59 AM (1Ff7Z)
Who wants to bet that once Trump exits politics the political violence will drop immediately? Regardless of how popular Reddit is or isn’t.
When you call for violence, like Trump continues to do, don’t be surprised when it is met with violence from the other side. Trump is solely responsible for the political violence in this country. He has been fanning the flames for 10 years.
Trump suggested we rake the forest and then defunded the USDA and US Forest Service. Why would CA want to follow national recommendations?
No one ever said climate change causes forest fires. What scientists say is climate change is causing fires to spread farther, burn longer, and makes them harder to put out, making them much more dangerous.
You really think some rando that allegedly started a fire a week prior to the Palisades fire holds the blame more than 8-month no rain/drought period? Is that what you believe?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 07:59 AM (ycI94)
Democrat Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson’s absence
She is being held hostage by hantavirus. This is known.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:00 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Doof
Me too. I'm less prone to nausea in the morning.
Posted by: Phil Phenergan at May 15, 2026 08:01 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Doof at May 15, 2026 07:55 AM (5L7BE)
Just the comments.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)
https://youtube.com/shorts/GS9YOcvf8kE
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 15, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:02 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Doof at May 15, 2026 07:55 AM (5L7BE)
If the English language pisses that Chinese broad off so much, go back to China. Enjoy whatever the 'new flu' is this year.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:02 AM (Zz0t1)
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Pure DARVO; we know who was doing the murdering and raping on October 7th...
The same people perpetrating the Strategic Insanity here.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace
Palestinians elected Hamas because they promised to make the buses run on time -- Bill Clinton'06
t would be wrong to cut off contact with the terror group just because they may have killed people "in a way that we hate." -- Bill Clinton'06, still partying hardy with Epstein.
Epstein was invited to the WH 17 times, two of which involved conversations including topics about M.Lewinsky. Gee, ever wonder?
The Clinton Global Catastrophe needs you to believe in the unreal, the Fabricated, and OUTRAGEOUSLY UNTRUE -- that he knew nothing about Jeffie's playtime, let alone his (clinton's) self portrait in blue dress...
Remember who did this:
"to leave now we would send a message to terrorists and other potential adversaries around the world that they can change our policies by killing our people. It would be open season on Americans."
-- Bill Clinton '93
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 15, 2026 08:02 AM (8lw9i)
Posted by: Cowboy Up! at May 15, 2026 08:02 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:03 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 07:59 AM (gu0hJ)
Maybe they got a tip.
Maybe it was planted, didn't go off, and was found during routine maintenance. The fact that it's called routine suggests it's done, or scheduled to be done, regularly.
Not everything is a conspiracy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)
Yes, the article and its title are idiotic in their dissonance/pointlessness. I offer it as an object lesson only.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2026 07:24 AM (x0n13)
Time for something to happen, since Iran has now told Trump to go piss up a rope, they’re not gonna negotiate shit, ever.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:03 AM (AnnNE)
That's Monday eve for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 07:54 AM (ynpvh)
I should do that, but most times, I wait till Tuesday morning and rush out in a panic to get the cans to the curb on time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Time for something to happen, since Iran has now told Trump to go piss up a rope, they’re not gonna negotiate shit, ever.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:03 AM (AnnNE)
The fact that we don't have dark ops going on assassinating IRGC everywhere saddens me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)
This made me laugh like an idiot:
https://tinyurl.com/27wbyxym
A meme that perfectly encapsulates the LA mayoral race.
BONUS! It's funny cuz it's true.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 08:04 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:05 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 08:05 AM (z2aPa)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)
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Yes, very true...Okay, which Moron went over there and posted again?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:05 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Cowboy Up! at May 15, 2026 08:02 AM
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They belong in B.O.'s lieberry.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 15, 2026 08:06 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:07 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)
That's what they want you to think!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 08:07 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:05 AM (YCxFk)
They just won the Super Bowl. They're for sale.
That in of itself shows you what a shithole they're trying to do business in.
Were anyone to buy them, it would be for well below market and they would be moved IMMEDIATELY.
Maybe Idaho would like to be known for something more than just potatoes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jack Carter, 1970 at May 15, 2026 08:07 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 08:08 AM (z2aPa)
Seattle Seahawks are for sale, and there are not many takers. Billionaires, even on the left, are wary of Seattle and Wash state politics
Posted by: Jonah
Buy 'em and move 'em to Vancouver. The one in Washington state.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:08 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 15, 2026 08:08 AM (zBgIx)
Posted by: Clem n Skeeters Alabammy Fishing Guide Services at May 15, 2026 08:08 AM (Qc7+O)
Howard Stern called those cowboy hats "Dam Buster Dog Hatin Hats".
Robin thought that was hilarious. Maybe give them to Hakeem Jeffries.
Posted by: Beetlejuice at May 15, 2026 08:08 AM (mC7bQ)
Epstein was a well known cigar aficionado.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)
@Tim_Walz
The House Boot Licker [Steve Scalise] Caucus is officially up and running.
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Sumbitch didn't have the common courtesy to die when he was shot.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 08:09 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)
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OTOH everything actually is a conspiracy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cowboy Up! at May 15, 2026 08:02 AM (oftw2)
Maybe the hats are like the hats in "Meet the Robinsons"...Frederica is being controlled through them by some even bigger idiot...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:09 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: CapeFear at May 15, 2026 08:09 AM (803OQ)
Seahawks have the best GM in football, But Paul Allen's sister has no clue
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:09 AM (YCxFk)
Robin thought that was hilarious. Maybe give them to Hakeem Jeffries.
Posted by: Beetlejuice
Well, he IS all hat and no cattle.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:10 AM (s9VOe)
A meme that perfectly encapsulates the LA mayoral race.
BONUS! It's funny cuz it's true.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 08:04 AM (iJfKG)
Watched a video last night were TMZ was attacking Pratt because he did a video talking about 'living in an Airstream' where his house used to be. Turns out, he doesn't. His home was burned. There's an Airstream there, but he hasn't slept there. He stays in a hotel. He stays with relatives. He's not stayed in the trailer. The trailer is where his home was. It took weeks to get the electricity connected to the trailer. It took weeks to get water connected to it.
But TMZ is calling him a liar because he implied he's living in the trailer when he isn't.
They want to use semantics to prevent LA from being corrected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:05 AM (YCxFk)
They just won the Super Bowl. They're for sale.
That in of itself shows you what a shithole they're trying to do business in.
Were anyone to buy them, it would be for well below market and they would be moved IMMEDIATELY.
Maybe Idaho would like to be known for something more than just potatoes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Would a good name for a sports team be the Idaho Spudshooters?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:11 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)
It's illegal for us to use assassination because we're better than that. Much preferable to kill tens of thousands of grunts than to off one asshole.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)
Since droughts and no-rain periods have occurred regularly in Southern California since the end of the last ice age, yes that person deserves blame. The city that refused to take reasonable precautions for a natural condition that occurs regularly is far more to blame.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:12 AM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:12 AM (s9VOe)
Fire victims frustrated after Palisades reservoir that was empty during fire is dry again
https://tinyurl.com/35pnpa2d
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 08:13 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 08:13 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)
It's illegal for us to use assassination because we're better than that. Much preferable to kill tens of thousands of grunts than to off one asshole.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)
Besides, the CIA likes killing Americans for the sake of protecting
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:13 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:13 AM (RHGPo)
It's also a reality TV show starring 32 quarterbacks and 32 head coaches.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 15, 2026 08:13 AM (x0n13)
Seahawks have the best GM in football, But Paul Allen's sister has no clue
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:09 AM (YCxFk)
I don't care where the money goes, should someone pony up to buy them. I just don't think they'll sell because even tho they're winning, they're for sale. Seattle is unlivable. I pray for Nurse constantly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (gu0hJ)
-Fight Trump
-Stand up to Trump
-Abolish ICE
-Services for Illegals
-My opponent is a Republican and likes Trump
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)
MVP, Kenneth Walker III, to the Chiefs
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (ynpvh)
I didn't see that one. X videos are not working for me now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:27 AM (Nx5jP)
Here, someone put it up on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/u6CTtdX8VcA
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (Sy6m/)
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This guy came out of nowhere. I'm being bombarded with Rom Reddy ads, but I get nervous voting for someone I don't know much about and whose agenda hasn't really been put to the test. I was leaning Ralph Norman, but I'm uncertain at this point. That is, other than not voting Nancy Mace.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 07:50 AM (1Ff7Z)
If she's not dead, my money's on her pulling a "Lloyd Austin".
Either way, her staff's desperately trying to keep her from losing her seat.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2026 08:15 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 08:15 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:13 AM (RHGPo)
They want you to look into their eyes while they take off their clothes for money...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:15 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 08:15 AM (z2aPa)
- Republicans have organized hearings that they cast as being opposed to sharia
- Muslim groups say such hearings cast Muslims as outsiders
- Democrats say such hearings are a distraction used by Republicans
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:15 AM (RHGPo)
--
IMHO:
head lice + crab lice >>> Congress (most especially the GOPe)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)
I didn't see that one. X videos are not working for me now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:27 AM (Nx5jP)
Here, someone put it up on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/u6CTtdX8VcA
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (Sy6m/)
The one guy looks like Hugh Jackman...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:17 AM (ynpvh)
hasanabi
@hasanthehun
we all know israel did this [rape dogs], the reporting is reliable- backed by decades of palestinian testimony. the point isn’t to successfully change minds. it’s to punish dissent.
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If you can't trust decades of palestinian testimony, who can you trust?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 08:17 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2026 08:15 AM (/HDaX)
That's what I'm thinking. But, seat's up again in November anyway. Do they have someone waiting in the wings to take the seat?
Pretty sure it's a safe district.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 08:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:14 AM (gu0hJ)
Pratt mentioned that too. TMZ was hellbent on sticking to "you're a liar and never lived in the trailer" for 5 minutes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX)
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Sounds good to me. What's the problem?
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:19 AM (gu0hJ)
we all know israel did this [rape dogs], the reporting is reliable- backed by decades of palestinian testimony. the point isn’t to successfully change minds. it’s to punish dissent./i]
1. What's a palestinian?
2. When has anyone declaring themselves said 'palestinian' ever told the truth about anything?
3. You abuse dogs, you piece of shit. PETA should've euthanized you a long time ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: callsign claymore at May 15, 2026 08:19 AM (/6r4m)
Posted by: Cowboy Up! at May 15, 2026 08:02 AM*
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Much like the burning during urination.
Posted by: Gonorrhea! at May 15, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:19 AM (RHGPo)
Bring back stocks!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:20 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:19 AM (RHGPo)
But Elizabeth Warren should be the leader of the free world.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)
He wasn't traded by the Seahawks. He was a free agent and decided not to re-sign with Seattle.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 15, 2026 08:20 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)
The "One World Government" types have decided that Islam and Shari'ah is the fastest way to get there.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 08:20 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:20 AM (RHGPo)
The Dallas Cowpersons go "yep"...
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)
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Much Like The Burning During Urination.
Posted by: Gonorrhea! at May 15, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Totally organic.
But I bet there's also a 80%+ overlap between those and the "release the Epstein files" clowns.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 08:22 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)
The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to recruit others to commit violent attacks against Jews and racial minorities, including one plot that would have involved dressing as Santa Claus to hand out poisoned candy to children.
... the quest for neo-Nazi news now has CNN trolling Eastern Europe
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:22 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 15, 2026 08:23 AM (xAP/Y)
we all know israel did this [rape dogs], the reporting is reliable- backed by decades of palestinian testimony.
Seeing as said testimony was provided by folks who claimed to be from a country that never existed, why would we grant it any credence whatsoever?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:23 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: SMOD
Loved her song "Cod'ine". Not a happy song, but it has been covered by many artists, including Donovan. Buffy lived through and conquered opioid addiction.
Posted by: Fur Dixon at May 15, 2026 08:23 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Most people at May 15, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:24 AM (RHGPo)
Public stocks, with vendors selling copious quantities of rotten produce nearby.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:24 AM (s9VOe)
Bonds? Annuities? Roth IRAs?
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)
Cattle futures!
Posted by: The BEast of Chappaqua Flats at May 15, 2026 08:24 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:19 AM (RHGPo)
But Elizabeth Warren should be the leader of the free world.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Her recipes in the "Pow Wow Chow" cookbook are totes authentic Native American, like:
Cold Omelets with Crab Meat...
Crab with Tomato Mayo Dressing...
Mexican Oatmeal Soup...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:24 AM (ynpvh)
If we had a real media, they'd be asking why those houses have not been rebuilt yet.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 08:25 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:25 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:26 AM (X8xt3)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at May 15, 2026 08:26 AM (53oGX)
In the world of Jasmine and MSNOW, KBJ, Sotomayor and Kagan are all famously down-the-middle, non-partisan actors.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:26 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 07:56 AM (jjoN6)
I have a pseudo-fondness for spiders, since they prey on what I loathe. Sort of like how Gay Race Communists feel about Mohammadans, I presume.
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 08:27 AM (Sy6m/)
The Number of Americans Who Believe Israel Is an Ally is Plummeting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 08:27 AM (ndZc7)
Shouldn't you be out securing a street corner on which you can bang your tin cup for handouts, Jasmine?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:27 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:27 AM (gu0hJ)
So you admit that the negotiations had, and have, zero chance of success. That they’re just a show, a kabuki theater performance. I agree, and have maintained that since they began.
But I think that displaying weakness and lack of resolve does nothing for the rest of the world, or for America’s standing in it. Iran has used the time to execute hundreds of its internal opponents, and dig in even deeper. The war could have been over by now, but for the last month of inactivity.
But we’re in luck, Iran is going to force Trump to start fighting again whether he wants to or not.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:28 AM (AnnNE)
If we had a real media, they'd be asking why those houses have not been rebuilt yet.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 08:25 AM (jjoN6)
That was what Pratt was trying to say. The trailer is where his home was. They burned it down. His address is where the trailer is. His mail goes to that address. He's registered to vote at that address is. Just like all the other burned down homes in the Palisades. That's his home.
But he's a liar that shouldn't be taken seriously because he doesn't actually sleep in the trailer parked there.
Is it optics? Sure. Does his point still stand? Absolutely.
Now, I think we'd be pounding the same point against Bass should her home have burned down and she put a $80,000 Airstream in it's place and said that was her home, but we wouldn't have the power of the media behind us like she does against him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 07:56 AM (jjoN6)
I have a pseudo-fondness for spiders, since they prey on what I loathe. Sort of like how Gay Race Communists feel about Mohammadans, I presume.
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 08:27 AM (Sy6m/)
Sometimes baby Daddy Long Legs end up in my shower...I grab them and toss them out of the shower, otherwise they drown and get washed down the drain...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:28 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
+++++
Sez who?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)
-Fight Trump
-Stand up to Trump
-Abolish ICE
-Services for Illegals
-My opponent is a Republican and likes Trump
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I've lamented this, how so few Rs have any counter.
And so many just want the lazy crutch of "I support Trump."
Reality is, Rs need to figure out a counter themselves.
And a valid post-Trump platform.
I'd also note Dems will just pivot to "undo Trump" post-Trump. They'll be campaigning against him for the next decade.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 08:28 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)
Logic is not taught in public schools, for this reason.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 08:28 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 08:29 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:27 AM (gu0hJ)
Oklahoma!
Posted by: Rodgers and Hammerstein at May 15, 2026 08:29 AM (wVcYX)
The Committee acted in bad faith by subpoenaing an Agency officer for testimony today without notifying CIA, despite having already obtained closed-door testimony from the individual previously. The witness testifying today is not appearing as a whistleblower in pursuit of the truth, but instead in response to the subpoena issued by Chairman Paul.
This proceeding amounts to nothing more than dishonest political theater masquerading as a congressional hearing. As the CIA has already assessed, COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab leak, and efforts to undermine that conclusion are disingenuous.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:29 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)
April 30th was Oatmeal Raisin cookie day...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:30 AM (ynpvh)
In the world of Jasmine and MSNOW, KBJ, Sotomayor and Kagan are all famously down-the-middle, non-partisan actors.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:26 AM (RHGPo)
But Justice Roberts ASSURES me there are no right wing or left wing judges. Only judges.
What gives?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: redridinghood
Finally, a day I can support wholeheartedly!
Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at May 15, 2026 08:31 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)
There are plenty of others.
As has been discussed here, Congressional staffers more or less run things in Congress.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 08:31 AM (jehhT)
What gives?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Not Jasmine. She's and out and out taker, like all Dims.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:31 AM (s9VOe)
Totally normal that 20% of the largest county in Virginia could be deported.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:31 AM (RHGPo)
Not Jasmine. She's and out and out taker, like all Dims.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 08:31 AM (s9VOe)
She's a loudmouthed, obnoxious, insignificant twatwaffle who will soon be out of a job.
Nicely done, Texas. Keep it up. We're headed in the right direction!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)
189000000/94500=2000
I would love to sell generic 90 dollar tablets for $2k
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 15, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)
It's easy when you deny the existence of your soul and have no morals.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)
While to many it may seem like the usual political bias reporting or just having fun riffing on the loyal opposition, but there sure are a hell of a lot of "Brownshirts" running amok that Progtards let slide by.
Recently the "Soros" DAs are getting some print again. Again because oppo has long pointed out these fuckers are letting their brownshirts walk with winks and nods, no coordination needed before the crime. Just a confederation, fellow travelers on the same path, the "Blob".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:33 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:33 AM (gu0hJ)
189000000/94500=2000
I would love to sell generic 90 dollar tablets for $2k
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 15, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)
Ace did a post on that yesterday. All so the inmates can watch porn and groom kids outside the prison walls.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Many homebuilders, such as Bloomfield Homes in Celina, TX offered access to FHA loans for H-1B visa holders through their preferred lenders until May of 2025, when Trump had HUD shut these lending practices down
Some of these FHA loans offered 100% financing through a combination of a standard FHA loan and access to State assisted first time homebuyer grants for the 3% downpayment
Yes, you read that correctly, your tax dollars funded home-buying grants for non-US Citizens during the Biden administration
Is it just a coincidence that home prices began falling at a rapid pace in Celina, TX almost immediately after Trump shut this program down?
How many people bought a brand new home with zero money down at peak 2022-2024 pricing?
You won’t see an impact at a national level, but you WILL see it in certain markets with a lot of H-1B tech workers and new construction
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:34 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)
Jamie Raskin asks why ICE can't just "pick up" criminal illegals from jail before they are released.
Who is going to tell this moron that Democrats are REFUSING cooperation and instead releasing the criminals back into communities?
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Sweet!
Free knuckles...
Unless it was supposed to be some weird threat.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (fkeut)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Loudmouthed, obnoxious, insignificant twatwaffles at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Who is going to tell this moron that Democrats are REFUSING cooperation and instead releasing the criminals back into communities?
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (RHGPo)
When you're part of 'the party of lies,' it doesn't really matter, now does it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)
They misspelled "Newsome approved a 189 Mil payoff that will send donations to his campaigns"
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Loudmouthed, obnoxious, insignificant twatwaffles at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)
It's good to know SOMEONE reads my comments.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)
"I tried like 7 trillion passwords lmfao."
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)
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I will never understand how we take any of these people at their word on anything. They are activists. They lie. That includes playing dumb to go along with their actual dumbness.
Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 08:38 AM (fkeut)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 08:38 AM (wVcYX)
"I tried like 7 trillion passwords lmfao."
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)
This is why crypto is and will always be shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Eromero at May 15, 2026 08:38 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)
______
Suicidal empathy is the only option. Vote Democrat!
-Jewish Liberals
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 08:39 AM (Dv3i1)
“Immigration into the welfare state threatens social cohesion! The fact is: More and more immigrants are pushing into our social welfare system – and are bringing the system to its limits and to the brink of collapse,” CSU Member of Parliament Stephan Mayer told Bild on Tuesday, as quoted by Junge Freiheit.
Bas, in return, has called this notion a lie from “right-wing extremists.”
“Every statistic refutes her. The immigration into Germany’s social systems is verifiably documented and one of the main reasons why the Federal Republic is heading toward state bankruptcy,” Springer posted on X last week.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)
During a bizarre Hot Topics segment, the women of The View discussed whether or not it’s alright to save seats for others in public places. Goldberg, 70, quickly took over the conversation and specifically called out Christians who save seats for other people in church.
“To me, here’s the biggest reason you don’t want to do that, is because you want people to be on time,” Goldberg said of saving seats in church. “You don’t want them to start thinking, oh, somebody’s going to hold this for me, and you don’t have to work on getting your behind out of there to get there on time. Don’t do that!”
“If you’re at a place and you see all these empty seats, I’m telling you now, if you come down, I’m gonna be in your chair, because I paid just like you paid,” she continued.
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Apparently you have to pay to go to the Church of Satan.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 08:40 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 08:40 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 08:40 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)
Leftists are rabid, insane idiots that are already on board with all of these assholes. Who are they getting other than the standard? I don't think their influence is growing or gaining strength.
They're recycling all the same idiots.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (AnnNE)
Posted by: man at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)
Valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Stan at May 15, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (AnnNE)
I just find it incredibly odd there are no images of the device.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)
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>>If we had a real media, they'd be asking why those houses have not been rebuilt yet.
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Since when does TMZ fact check campaign ads???
The whole conversation misses the point, as designed.
Sounds like Bass wants to play the Obama game of getting political foes eliminated by technicalities so you don't have to beat them on election day.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:42 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)
****
It's always the last one you try.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Because it would be stupid to keep trying after you find it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:43 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:42 AM (X8xt3)
Exactly.
It's the left wing media doing it's job as it's told.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: SMOD
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That was the COVID-19 that was first detected in the fall of 2019.
The COVID-19 during the following election season and early Biden Junta Reign was not known until the spring of 2020.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (/lPRQ)
Nithya Raman: “We need to ban the normals from cooking hamburgers.”
The right vs. left paradigm perfectly illustrated.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)
It's only Gerrymandering when the other side does it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (ynpvh)
Speaking of stocks...
After going kookoobananas optimistic last week,
this week it's settled into a vaguely pessimistic groove.
Well..boo on you, manic-depressive market!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (iJfKG)
Too expensive to play football in the Third World, and that includes most American cities
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
She is in a coma. or Dead. or both
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)
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Yes, the article and its title are idiotic in their dissonance/pointlessness. I offer it as an object lesson only.
....
Time for something to happen, since Iran has now told Trump to go piss up a rope, they’re not gonna negotiate shit, ever.
NewMoon/NewWorld:
1. Debank Iran/Replace their Currency with digital civilian only
2. Debank Kharg/Replace Kharg Island with Freeport/Cuba
3. Debank LIBs/Indict for sedition and material support to enemy combatants
4. Indict Brennan/let his compromatee's drop ship the canoe
5. Spencer Pratt/FIFA'26Security/Olympics'28/ElectionMonitoring -- why is it even close?
6. Make Air Travel Great Again
-- arrive at the gate 10minutes before and make your flight!
-- end LIB gate-rape/Strategic Insanity and Collective Punishment
-- end 2.5oz travelsize, except for LIBs willing to settle for less
LET'S GO BRANDON.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-IceAgentChuckie
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (RkOXN)
Posted by: SMOD
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That was the COVID-19 that was first detected in the fall of 2019.
The COVID-19 during the following election season and early Biden Junta Reign was not known until the spring of 2020.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (/lPRQ)
It was knows in October, so should have been named COVIO-19...sounds like a rapper.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (ynpvh)
Because that is where this is the biggest issue: in church!
When was the last time Whoopie as in church?
Srsly
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (GD0B3)
Britney Spears Seen “Barking and Carrying Knife” at Restaurant After Leaving Rehab
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (ndZc7)
That was the COVID-19 that was first detected in the fall of 2019.
The COVID-19 during the following election season and early Biden Junta Reign was not known until the spring of 2020.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (/lPRQ)
I had covid over Thanksgiving 2019. Likely caught it from a friends daughter who was sick at the same time.
Had a cough through January.
They announced it was a thing in February 2020.
"Huh. That shit sounds familiar."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: naturalfake
Manic Depression's a frustrating mess!
Posted by: Jimi Jendrix at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (oftw2)
Britney Spears Seen “Barking and Carrying Knife” at Restaurant After Leaving Rehab
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 08:45 AM (ndZc7)
Great pub for that rehab.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)
The "One World Government" types have decided that Islam and Shari'ah is the fastest way to get there.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 08:20 AM (iXqHn)
There is a technique high performers use called A/B testing, where instead of just going with what they like themselves, they will try multiple things and see the response. (I think Scott Adams talked about that.) Well, I would call it throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, but I'm not selling books.
My point is, I think that the Davos set is indifferent to which horse gets them to that finish line of enslaving the globe, so long as they reach it; and they will keep on sponsoring all of the horses, so that no matter which one gets there first, they win.
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (Sy6m/)
245 Tom Servo, go ahead on and recount for me the times I have advocated for negotiations to be anything other than one piece of the war.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 08:40 AM (z2aPa)
I can’t, which is why I find it puzzling that you are supporting them now. The blockade is all well and good, but Iran is getting too much from the rail lines from Pakistan and air support from Russia and China for that to break the regime anytime soon.
I know the visit to China was in part to convince them to stop supporting Iran so heavily, but I find it difficult to believe the Chinese will ever play straight with us on anything, no matter what Xi promised.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (AnnNE)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:43 AM
+++
Kinda like when you find your car keys.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Manic Depression's a frustrating mess!
Posted by: Jimi Jendrix at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (oftw2)
Love that song. Seal and Jeff Beck did a phenomenal version of it on the Jimi Hendrix tribute CD.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:47 AM (YCxFk)
Psalm 137
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
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The only time I try to forget Jerusalem is when the annual property tax bill comes in the mail.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 08:47 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (gu0hJ)
Too expensive to play football in the Third World, and that includes most American cities
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (YCxFk)
Soccer and Basketball
Fun Third-World Poverty Sports In Which You Can Use The Severed Head Of An Enemy, If You Don't Have A Ball!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (iJfKG)
Animal extremist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ripped into 49ers tight end George Kittle after he told fans on social media how he killed a spider.
“Spiders are tiny compared to the average human, let alone an NFL player, and have a lot more to fear from us than we do from them, so there’s no need for unnecessary roughness,” PETA senior vice president Lisa Lange said, reprimanding the NFL player.
“PETA is urging George Kittle to drop the unsportsmanlike conduct and adopt a live and let live approach when it comes to uninvited arachnid guests,” the organization added.
Kittle had described the invading arachnid as about the “PETA is urging George Kittle to drop the unsportsmanlike conduct and adopt a live and let live approach when it comes to uninvited arachnid guests,” and mentioned that he killed the creature with a rehab slant board.
For her part, wife Clair called Kittle her “knight in shining armor” and praised him for his response to the “disgusting” bug.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: . Chillin the most at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (Sv8TC)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:47 AM (YCxFk)
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Is no one heteropolar anymore?!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:47 AM (YCxFk)
I think she has drug induced psychosis because that's what hollywood does to people. Especially when their parents don't pay attention to what's happening to their kids because they're too busy counting the $$$$.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (GD0B3)
You can have my burger flipper and tongs when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
Posted by: Chuck Schumer, Grillmaster at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (wVcYX)
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Was that wrong?
Should she not have done that?
Posted by: The Costanza Defense at May 15, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:49 AM (gu0hJ)
Had a cough through January.
They announced it was a thing in February 2020.
"Huh. That shit sounds familiar."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Damn bro, you really take that FIRST thing seriously, huh?
Posted by: Doof at May 15, 2026 08:49 AM (5L7BE)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Jonah at May 15, 2026 08:47 AM (YCxFk)
Britney is bi, eh?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (ynpvh)
Fun Third-World Poverty Sports In Which You Can Use The Severed Head Of An Enemy, If You Don't Have A Ball!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM (iJfKG)
Big damn head!
Posted by: Billy Fish, Rifleman Majendra Bahadur Gurung wishing you many good lucks! at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:41 AM (AnnNE)
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I just find it incredibly odd there are no images of the device.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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It was 'grenade like'.
About 1 pound, roundish, lumpy, with a spoon stuck on top. A soup spoon.
You may note these inspection drivers never tell you about all the guns they recover. There have been stories where divers are searching for a gun a perp fessed up that he tossed over a bridge or guardrail... they find other guns. I think there was a Florida story where they were looking for a missing person or body in a certain area.. didn't find him/her but found two others.
Speaking of... did the find Savanahh's mom yet or are they still just finding old Indians, homeless, and mob hit victims?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Doof at May 15, 2026 08:49 AM (5L7BE)
It is a way of life.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Thank you for the news and links, J.J. happy birthday, nice to know we share that today.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (QVmho)
Rain period is measured Oct - Mar.
Thats why they take a final reading of the Sierra snowpack on 1-Apr to determine X% of average precipitation above/below.
SoCal is a Fukin Desert. Of course it's dry AF during those months. Its called SUMMER. Typically the hottest time of the year!!
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (ItWcy)
Posted by: SciVo
When I moved to Maryland, my wife told me about a German Christmas tradition to have a spider ornament on our tree for good luck. Now back then we were broke and the internet was not going to be as good at finding things. But we did have a spider in the house. I figured "She lives and is left alone."
About three months later, the moth problem in our house was solved permanently. Spiders are on my no kill list because of that.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 08:51 AM (jjoN6)
I saw Barking and Carrying Knife open for the Rolling Stones at the Altamont Free Concert in '69.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)
Speaking of... did the find Savanahh's mom yet or are they still just finding old Indians, homeless, and mob hit victims?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (/lPRQ)
She's still missing. Savannah is doing something somewhere, but I have no interest since there's still thousands of children missing from the child trafficking rings that ran rampant during the Biden administration.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Free knuckles...
Unless it was supposed to be some weird threat.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:36 AM (/lPRQ)
Nah, also heard footsteps that appeared to be in a hurry. Took the knuckles out into the desert and tossed them. Joey Knuckles, I mean.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 08:52 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: dantesed at May 15, 2026 08:52 AM (Oy/m2)
Rain period is measured Oct - Mar.
Thats why they take a final reading of the Sierra snowpack on 1-Apr to determine X% of average precipitation above/below.
SoCal is a Fukin Desert. Of course it's dry AF during those months. Its called SUMMER. Typically the hottest time of the year!!
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (ItWcy)
With the occasional Thunderstorm in July and August...but those tend to cause fires as much as rain...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:52 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2026 08:50 AM (QVmho)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at May 15, 2026 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Being enjoyed by all the neighborhood birds!
Two crows have officially designated it as "best place to dip dumpster finds before eating. Five stars!"
Ongoing issue: bees slip in and drown. I've have to check it for paddling bees to rescue them.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:53 AM (X8xt3)
Perhaps, she has had a stroke and can't write as fast as she used to be able. Frankly, she doesn't look well.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)
...
The "One World Government" types have decided that Islam and Shari'ah is the fastest way to get there.
...
There is a technique high performers use called A/B testing, where instead of just going with what they like themselves, they will try multiple things and see the response. (I think Scott Adams talked about that.) Well, I would call it throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, but I'm not selling books.
...
My point is, I think that the Davos set is indifferent to which horse gets them to that finish line of enslaving the globe, so long as they reach it; and they will keep on sponsoring all of the horses, so that no matter which one gets there first, they win.
Without Indicting the the TOO BIG TO JAIL politico's duJour are simply the the shock absorbers sustaining the delusion of real and obvious choice, that if you want to save the world, you have to save yourself first.
DARVO/DAVOS/DAVROS....
is if there's a difference. MORE!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBGavinsRealityBomb
And the dust will become atoms, and the atoms will become NOTHING.
LET'S GO BRANDON!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 15, 2026 08:54 AM (Z/edZ)
Perhaps, she has had a stroke and can't write as fast as she used to be able. Frankly, she doesn't look well.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)
Women weren't meant to slurp woman juice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: . Chillin the most at May 15, 2026 08:48 AM
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It's right there on Al Gore's Amazing Internet™ for anyone to see.
Posted by: Including the Gubmint at May 15, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: davidt at May 15, 2026 08:55 AM (Q+gd/)
Doesn't Jay Jones know a single election day would be rayciss, anti-democratic, and playing into Trump's plan to steal the Midterm Elections? Also, women, children, minorities, the elderly, the dead, and illegals would be hurt the most!
Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2026 08:55 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: dantesed at May 15, 2026 08:52 AM (Oy/m2)
They did the same with worry over MonkeyPox until it turned out it was almost 100% a gay "poke you in the pustulant ass" thing. My wife's auntie was so worried and asked if she should get the vaccine...the only thing I could think (but now say), is, either she doesn't realize how it's transmitted, or she's into some very kinky things that I neither need nor want to know...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 08:55 AM (ynpvh)
Had a cough through January.
They announced it was a thing in February 2020.
"Huh. That shit sounds familiar."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)
My father, who was 85 and in good health in Phoenix, died from a sudden and severe respiratory infection in December 2019. First sign of a cough until death was only 7 days, and he went to the hospital within 24 hours of the first symptoms.
Hospital certificate as to cause of death listed “unknown virus” as cause of death. They tested the virus in his system against the 27 most common respiratory viruses known at the time, and it matched none of them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:55 AM (AnnNE)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:56 AM (gu0hJ)
I am faced with the same dilemma as young Michael Banks.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 08:56 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:56 AM (X8xt3)
Hospital certificate as to cause of death listed “unknown virus” as cause of death. They tested the virus in his system against the 27 most common respiratory viruses known at the time, and it matched none of them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 08:55 AM (AnnNE)
Most sincere condolences for your loss, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)
"It's been an incredible visit," Trump told reporters from an ornate pavilion overlooking a lake and landscaped gardens inside the compound.
Posted by: Muh Boogeyman at May 15, 2026 08:57 AM (KEmnX)
What about the melee between the two security staffs that was reported?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 08:58 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)
Ahhhhh..........Bach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (gu0hJ)
Testing our security.
I want Trump and team out of China as soon as possible.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)
Had a cough through January.
They announced it was a thing in February 2020.
"Huh. That shit sounds familiar."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Definitely not COVID but has this weird upper sinus / ear infection in fall 2019. Two antibiotics and two anti Virals... eventually went away but have a touch of vertigo to this day.
Kind of kept an eye out for any news that this respiratory disease "COVID" would have any effect on sinus. Nada.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Yet another ferner that should be banned from American politics.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (Pk3sT)
WOOHOO!!!
Posted by: Lizzy
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I recently learned that when food manufacturers use the word 'chocolatey', it means 'not actual chocolate'
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)
Under federal law, flintlock muskets fall into the definition of “antique firearms” under the language of 18 USC 921(16), which exempts them from many of the regulations and laws at the federal level, as well as in most states. In a caption for the video posted on X Thursday morning, the AP noted that while a musket could fire a projectile at 1,000 feet per second, it was exempt from gun regulations under federal law.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)
Let's call the whole thing off.
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (gtcuf)
I am faced with the same dilemma as young Michael Banks.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 08:56 AM (wVcYX)
CoinStar takes 12 cents out of every dollar as its user fee, I think.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (ebJJx)
What's a Nithya Raman?
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
The worst Ramen Ever!
It's made with dog shit and old, worn-out communist tropes.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (iJfKG)
Indian Commie who got involved in local politics maybe 1 minute after arriving in the US?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (u82oZ)
CoinStar takes 12 cents out of every dollar as its user fee, I think.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (uEmCf)
Geez. Just take it to the bank. They'll address it and give you full value.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (gtcuf)
Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
POWERFUL! Eric Church going viral for his UNC commencement speech, and it’s pure fire.
“People who tend to their faith in ordinary seasons don’t come undone in extraordinary ones. Tend to your faith… not just when you’re broken. Call your people. Show up when it costs you something. The person you choose to share your life with is the most important decision you’ll make outside of your faith. The world doesn’t need another cover song — it needs an original.”
https://tinyurl.com/bdwjbtwt
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)
But that's not important right now.
Posted by: Airplane! at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (Pk3sT)
Wait, what????
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:56 AM (X8xt3)
Her plan to prevent fires is to ban personal grills in LA.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (iNUL3)
Late enough to force any redraws onto an insanely compressed timeline, but just early enough for states to still attempt redistricting before the primaries.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)
Yikes.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:02 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 08:58 AM (gKWVE)
Of the closet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
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On the town?
Of this world?
Of his mind?
Carry on.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 09:02 AM (ebJJx)
... DOGE lives
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)
The campaign's own materials don't call for a ceasefire or two-state solution. They call for the dismantling of Israel itself, framing the U.S. as a 'fascist, imperialist, genocidal settler state' and erasing Israel's name entirely from their literature.
The U.S. leads all nations with 187 events planned."
FLLOW THE MONEY ! DEPORT!!
Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)
Her plan to prevent fires is to ban personal grills in LA.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (iNUL3)
When you can just ban liberals hellbent on killing billionaires.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)
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Was that wrong?
Should she not have done that?
Posted by: The Costanza Defense
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Aspiring Rapper
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 09:03 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I saw on X that no items from China were allowed on AF1 for the flight home
they literally had a bin, and anything you got while in China had to be tossed in before boarding
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt)
We had the same thing here in Houston. And they were stealing medical research. They ended up burning the building down to hide everything.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 15, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)
My BIL caught it, but said it wasn't COVID...gave it to his brother who was infectious, but not yet sick...that 2nd BIL shared driving with my wife who was with my FIL. After their return trip home, we all went out to eat, and I saw 2nd BIL was sick, told him NOT to touch anything, we would serve him food from the lazy susan. Wife flew out a day later, even though I told her not to. Yup, both BIL's got it, wife got it (was stuck in Dubai in a hotel room for a week before flying back home--missed the rest of her trip), I caught it from wife, younger son caught it from me.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:03 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2026 07:59 AM (ycI94)
Don't start nuthin', won't be nuthin', dumb-ass.
Posted by: Will Smith at May 15, 2026 09:04 AM (5rh/l)
I'm going to guess that her efforts do not include curbing any homeless encampments where they cook over haphazard open flames?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:04 AM (X8xt3)
Wait, what????
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:56 AM (X8xt3)
Don't forget the people who are trying to Gain of Function on those ticks that make you deathly allergic to meat.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:04 AM (uEmCf)
Stepped down.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (Pk3sT)
I thought it was that his term had expired.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 09:04 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 09:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:00 AM (uEmCf)
I knew it was steep but wooof! IIRC, there is one branch of a bank I use in the area that has/had a CoinStar in its lobby. It's connected to the bank and if you deposit your pile into your bank account rather than taking a payout, the scalping is avoided, or least least minimized. I'll have to call them and check if it's still there.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:04 AM (wVcYX)
Not Headless Body in Topless Bar, but still good
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 09:05 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:05 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:04 AM (X8xt3)
Can't have them starving. The government will provide them the grills.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)
Yikes.
And "Table syrup" means no actual maple.
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:05 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:06 AM (Pk3sT)
THe real money is in fraudulent entitlement payments.
Global peace is impossible without changing the human genome.
A US led military helping keep regional peace is a sound investment. As opposed to totalitarian wannabes in the rest of the world.
Read some history and human genetics. I can help with suggestions.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at May 15, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)
Wait, what????
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 08:56 AM (X8xt3)
Her plan to prevent fires is to ban personal grills in LA.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (iNUL3)
Well, that and probably being an insane Indian vegetarian.
Years ago, I knew a couple who liked to grill and BBQ in the summer.
Their Indian neighbors, the wife specifically, kept coming over every time they used their grill to complain that the smell was making them sick and poisoning them...
So....yeah...
3rd World a-holes want normal American people to get rid of their BBQ and dogs.
Just spitballing here but there are other countries they could live in.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 09:06 AM (iJfKG)
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At least she recognizes who the "normals" are. And self identifies as "other."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2026 09:07 AM (jehhT)
Yikes.
And "Table syrup" means no actual maple.
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:05 AM (gtcuf)
Well, yeah. It's made from tables.
It's right there in the name.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 09:08 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 09:08 AM (gu0hJ)
Imagine bragging about things that your are uninformed on.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 15, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM (gtcuf)
The safe removal of all enriched uranium from Venezuela sends another signal to the world of a restored and renewed Venezuela. Thanks to President Trump’s decisive leadership, the teams finished in months what would have normally taken years.
National Nuclear Security Administration
May 8, 2026
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM (Pk3sT)
Oh, that is devilishly ingenious! I'll tie up the self-checkout stand for quite a while. *rubs hands with glee*
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Someone has to ask at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 08:44 AM (RHGPo)
-
At least Chuck Schumer is safe.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 09:10 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 15, 2026 09:10 AM (BNA0v)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:04 AM (X8xt3)
I should have been more precise.
Her plan to stop fires is to ban personal grills in lieu of cleaning out the homeless encampments like Pratt wants to do.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 09:10 AM (iNUL3)
Of course she did!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:10 AM (X8xt3)
A lot, but not as much as my Google files. That needed a new Data Center in Utah.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:11 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:12 AM (RHGPo)
1) if anyone deserved to be raped by dogs, it the Palestinians.
2) my only problem with the Palestinian genocide is it's not happening.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2026 09:12 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:12 AM (Pk3sT)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:01 AM
++++
I'll tell you what you DON'T do.
You don't use them to buy a calzone!
https://youtu.be/S4XNcTQT-yY
Posted by: Kramer at May 15, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM (gtcuf)
But I put that on my French Toast, since CBD says Maple syrup shouldn't...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:12 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)
*gay, lez, whatever
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:05 AM (Dv3i1)
This was all decided last year. Remember when Texas was warned that 2 or 3 Districts in Dallas area were illegal? They were using 28% black and 29% Hispanic to create a Minority District. I think this was last June or July.
SO yes the Minority sat on this for about a year.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 15, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Someone has to ask at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM
Mr. and Mrs. Raman, at a guess.
- Someone had to answer
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 09:13 AM (xLei+)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:13 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:14 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: This Will Not Stand! at May 15, 2026 09:14 AM (oftw2)
Global Peace between Great Powers armed with nuclear weapons, maybe.
But not in global society. Not in points of contact with Islam and anyone else. Not with China and the world. Not with Russia and Ukraine. Not with Sudan, Nicaragua, Cuba, Spain...
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Someone has to ask at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM
Their other daughter is Nunya.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 09:14 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:13 AM (0sNs1)
Not a smidge, an iota; nay, not even a whiff.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:15 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Someone has to ask at May 15, 2026 09:09 AM
Their other daughter is Nunya.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 09:14 AM (iNUL3)
Last name Business?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:15 AM (ynpvh)
@GovKathyHochul
In three days, the @LIRR may be shut down by a strike, one that has been needlessly encouraged and accelerated by my personal stupidity.
Nobody wins in a strike: it would hurt both @LIRR
commuters and workers who rely on paychecks to support their families.
The MTA has been at the table and ready to negotiate. The unions must stay at the table to reach a deal.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:13 AM
We're still hunting for it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 09:15 AM (xLei+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 09:16 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:14 AM (gtcuf)
What is Scrapple?
Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at May 15, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Yum at May 15, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 08:07 AM (gu0hJ)
I bet all my quatloos the DNC has a team working the pros and cons of when Billy Jeff and FJB should die. Along with death-assistance planning. The whens are relative to the '26 and '28 elections. And relative to each other. I'm confident the team's current recommendation is FJB first. Soon after the '26 election. Get those memories swept under the rug quickly, in the dead of winter, six months before candidates begin announcing they are running. Billy Jeff? I don't have a prediction today.
Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2026 09:16 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)
I'd like to know how big it was. What, exactly, does "grenade-like" mean.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Madge at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:15 AM
Hmmm. That's odd. Usually, at this point, there's at least been a soupçon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM (0sNs1)
@amuse
@amuse
PRIMARY: The prediction markets think Rep Thomas Massie will have two more years to block the president’s agenda. #BET
https://tinyurl.com/2efrryer
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM (NpAcC)
___
"Social Justice" isn't justice
"Public servants" aren't.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:18 AM (Pk3sT)
Ok Dems , commit sepaku. Good idea
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 09:18 AM (gu0hJ)
It's not so bad. The employees are mostly just normies who only work there because they happened to be hiring. I just ignore the hippie maskhole customers.
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:18 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)
They're still playing there even though Jerry won't remove the AT&T logo from the stadium?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)
Notice Billy Jeff stays away from Hillary.
He has information that could put her in jail. And visa versa. Spousal immunity is a good thing for him.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)
Huh.
Rousey VS Carano
Aren't both of the gals past their sell-by date for getting punched in the face multiple times?
I don't get this unless, they're both wearing sexy, teddy lingerie and having a pillow fight in a tub of lime jello...in which case-
Get Ready to Rumbleeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 09:18 AM (iJfKG)
___
Hell yeah it is!
-Leo Varadkar "Taoiseach" of the Emerald Isle, Honorary Leprechaun and Globalist Replacement Migration Hater of the Irish
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)
@amuse
@amuse
PRIMARY: The prediction markets think Rep Thomas Massie will have two more years to block the president’s agenda. #BET
https://tinyurl.com/2efrryer
I'm thinking not, but if by some chance the Dems can cheat him in he should be removed from any committees he is on and ignored... Which of course won't happen....
Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2026 09:19 AM (1+tWj)
“To me, here’s the biggest reason you don’t want to do that, is because you want people to be on time,” Goldberg
Showing up on time is a white supremacy construct Whoopie. Get with the program.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 15, 2026 09:19 AM (ItWcy)
… while this may reduce fraud by the “anti-fraud units”, it feeds into actual Medicaid fraud.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Yum at May 15, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)
One of my favorites: "Real Imitation, Fresh Frozen, Jumbo Shrimp"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:20 AM (ynpvh)
Showing up on time is a white supremacy construct Whoopie. Get with the program.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 15, 2026 09:19 AM (ItWcy)
I'm betting it's been decades Whoopi's been on time for anything.
Don't you know who she is?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:20 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:15 AM
Hmmm. That's odd. Usually, at this point, there's at least been a soupçon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM
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I'm not here.
Posted by: Scintilla at May 15, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)
It causes cancer. -- Michael Douglas
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)
How, exactly, do you teach a dog to rape?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
___
"Social Justice" isn't justice
"Public servants" aren't.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 09:17 AM (qRla/)
Paid Volunteers...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:21 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:21 AM (gtcuf)
For one thing, the device did not seem nearly large enough to do damage to the reservoir.
Another thing, there was no apparent way for anyone to explode the device ... or maybe they wanted to plant it first, then connect a detonator later?
But there are so many infrastructure vulnerabilities, that we should maybe consider not bringing in hordes of terrorists (mostly Islamists, but also pregnant Chinese women) to terrorize and subvert our "Christian based nation".
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2026 09:21 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)
That would be against the Geneva convention... Cruel and inhuman treatment ... Of dogs
Posted by: It's me donna at May 15, 2026 09:22 AM (1+tWj)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:22 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:22 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:22 AM (wVcYX)
Indeed. If you can eat it in one sitting, it's "Single Serving"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:24 AM (ynpvh)
My thought would be, just like any other training. Start them young on rape dummies dressed in Antifa gear, then move them up to bound Antifa members, then to unbound, fat ones, then to full-on, skateboard swinging pedophile Leftist rioters.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 09:24 AM (BI5O2)
While B.C.’s human rights code notionally protects people on the basis of political belief, this didn’t help a Simon Fraser University political science professor who was denied a job over his lack of support for DEI. Indeed, the tribunal decided in April not to give the matter a hearing.
Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)
FIFA is an acting community devoted to how butterfly kisses can fell strong soccer players.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Heh at May 15, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: CapeFear at May 15, 2026 09:24 AM (803OQ)
Another thing, there was no apparent way for anyone to explode the device ... or maybe they wanted to plant it first, then connect a detonator later?
Posted by: illiniwek at May 15, 2026 09:21 AM (vbXSk)
I agree. Until we learn more about this, my assumption will be that it was an amateurish attempt at building something that goes bang, for reasons that are more stupid than evil.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 09:25 AM (iERP6)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:25 AM (gtcuf)
FIFA is an acting community devoted to how butterfly kisses can fell strong soccer players.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)
So THAT'S where LeBitch James learned to ruin the game of basketball........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:25 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Heh at May 15, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Didn't we have a commenter here with the callsign Fun Size?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 09:25 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 09:26 AM (tVXn/)
Didn't we have a commenter here with the callsign Fun Size?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 09:25 AM (iNUL3)
In my wife's petite youth, she was considered "fun sized."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 09:26 AM (tVXn/)
It doesn't mean she's still not going to let things to go to hell, all while trying to figure out how to bilk more from the NY taxpayer........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Delurker
"Spinners"
Posted by: Joe Francis at May 15, 2026 09:28 AM (oftw2)
Huh.
Rousey VS Carano
Aren't both of the gals past their sell-by date for getting punched in the face multiple times?
I don't get this unless, they're both wearing sexy, teddy lingerie and having a pillow fight in a tub of lime jello...in which case-
Get Ready to Rumbleeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 09:18 AM (iJfKG)
So past their prime that they have to beg Jake f***ing Paul for a paycheck.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:28 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 09:28 AM (z2aPa)
Of course, if you really want to go old school, you could be like me and use a dip pen. :-)"
Good man! Love mine. And Shelby Foote wrote all his stuff, including the Civil War trilogy with a dip pen.
Posted by: JTB at May 15, 2026 09:30 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:18 AM (gtcuf)
Does Whole Foods deliver live cattle and hogs to your home?
Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2026 09:30 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: gKWVE
I think he's out of being Fed Chair. He plans to stay on the Board.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)
And when Awkward Questions were being asked about why it was showing up in little boys and dogs, the story was buried under concrete.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (jjoN6)
All sorts of reservoirs in the news today. Interesting.
Especially reservoirs of idiocy.
Posted by: KT at May 15, 2026 10:13 AM (7vIsy)
The MV Hondius sailed from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, 2026, on an "Atlantic Odyssey" expedition. Its route included very remote places including the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, and Saint Helena, before heading to its intended final destination, Praia, Cape Verde, where it was scheduled for arrival on May 4th.
The ship was only rerouted to Tenerife in the Canary Islands early May 2026 as Cape Verdean authorities refused to let the passengers disembark due to the severity of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on board.
A 70-year-old Dutch man fell ill in April & died aboard the ship on April 11 when the vessel was near the remote British territory of Saint Helena. His death was 1st thought to be natural.
On May 2, a woman passenger died onboard the ship. (There is little information other than an she was an unidentified German woman.) Other passengers became ill but some ports denied entry. The MV Hondius finally arrived at Tenerife on May 10th.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 15, 2026 11:42 AM (NFX2v)
So three passengers of the polar cruise died over about two weeks time; two confirmed, one probable. The Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius carried a total of 147 to 150 passengers and crew members. 😬
Odd, so very odd. So much for the polar excursions for exotic bird & animal watching. (And, in this case, U.S. passengers from CA, NY, NH, NC, OR, UT, Washington, and GA, AZ, TX and VA.)
BTW, Getting to Ushuaia, Argentina—often called "The End of the World"—from the United States requires a combination of commercial flights and a layover in Buenos Aires. However, there are direct nonstop flights from Praia (RAI) to the US, Rhode Island's T. F. Green International Airport (PVD). For travel to other US cities, i.e., Boston, NY, or D.C., there are one-stop flights primarily with TAP Air Portugal, connecting via Lisbon. (AI Overview + 4)
Good weekend! 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 15, 2026 11:42 AM (NFX2v)
and
chrisrabb
This Friday, May 15, @aoc will join the people of Philadelphia to rally to send @chrisrabb to fight for Medicare for All, housing for all, and an affordable society for all of us in the U.S. Congress.
Join us there — RSVP at the link in our bio.
Go, Philly, Go! /s
Motto should be: Always broke, don't know where the $ went, a sanctuary city & anti-ICE.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 15, 2026 11:50 AM (NFX2v)
Daily Tech News 15 May 2026
Top Story
- AMD has announced FSR 4 upscaling support for Radeon RX 6000 and 7000 cards. (Tom's Hardware)
A year after it was released for the 9000 series, and eight months after the source code for a version that worked on RX 6000 and 7000 cards was accidentally leaked.
This is good news for owners of older AMD graphics cards - and also for Xbox and PlayStation owners, which use custom versions of those older graphics designs. In fact Sony has announced its own release of FSR 4 technology for the PlayStation 4.
It may be the console contracts that held AMD back from announcing FSR 4 for older cards for so long. They could have released a beta driver for PCs, but for consoles it has to just work.
The update will be out for the RX 7000 range in July; RX 6000 owners will need to wait until early next year.
Tech News
- Cerebras, the company that makes the world's largest CPUs - the chips are literally the size of a dinner plate - has launched its IPO and is now valued at $66 billion. (The Register)
Cerebras has been around for a decade and has been shipping working silicon for years, so this valuation isn't vapour. It's just a lot of money.
- The open source and right-to-repair community has declared
waswar on leading 3D printer maker Bambu Labs. (Tom's Hardware)
At the core of this is Bambu's move to restrict access to its open-source software.
- Subnautica 2 is out and has already sold a million copies. (WCCFTech)
In two hours.
I think it may be a success.
Disclaimer: Do not the tempo.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 04:31 AM (cSctv)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 15, 2026 04:33 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Ray's Cyst
****
Ummm, ok. (slowly backs out of room, locks door)
Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 04:35 AM (cSctv)
And are you still up? Or are you already up?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (hxQxn)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 15, 2026 04:39 AM (f87vz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 04:40 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 04:42 AM (rZCVI)
And are you still up? Or are you already up?
Posted by: Florida Peasant
I work midshift, so I'm up all night, even on days off.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 15, 2026 04:44 AM (f87vz)
I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?
And are you still up? Or are you already up?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (hxQxn)
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Almost noon here. But Pixy has it worse!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 04:48 AM (i2Ycu)
https://tinyurl.com/4a7z9n9f
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 04:48 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 15, 2026 04:48 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Accomack at May 15, 2026 04:59 AM (T8bqm)
Rocky Road Blues
https://youtu.be/J5s94RXnAOI
"I don't always listen to the Lenne Brothers Band but when I do so do my neighbors."
The Lenne Brothers rhythm section is absolutely relentless. That's how it's done when it's done right.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2026 05:01 AM (glnUu)
I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?
And are you still up? Or are you already up?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (hxQxn)
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Almost noon here. But Pixy has it worse!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
+++
I'm never online at this hour. But I'm in France for a few days. And it's 11 AM here. Riding a high speed train from Paris to Saarbrucken Germany.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 05:03 AM (hxQxn)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 05:07 AM (KQNgH)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 05:03 AM (hxQxn)
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Peasants ain't what they used to be!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 05:09 AM (i2Ycu)
https://tinyurl.com/hd77jnj8
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 05:11 AM (rZCVI)
This was the right choice at the time as Sony had a dominant position and shipping dev kits out several months before Microsoft meant most games, including ones developed at Microsoft owned studios, didn't utilize the full feature set of the new Xbox generation. This continued to this day. these features weren't things to be implemented during a port. If it wasn't in the engine from the start, it didn't exist thereafter. So if it wasn't in the PS5 baseline, it wasn't going to be used on Xbox or PC. At the same time, Microsoft didn't make the capital investment in their own and third party tools to make it easy for devs to incorporate those features. The indifference was baffling.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 05:11 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 15, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 05:12 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026 05:16 AM (O7YUW)
So I'm converting it all to PDF. I'm expecting it will all fit on a single BD-R. Two, at most. Then she'll buy some archival quality discs, make several copies to stash, and get back a big portion of her space. It makes for a good under the table gig for me.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 05:18 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: fluffy at May 15, 2026 05:22 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 05:25 AM (i2Ycu)
And are you still up? Or are you already up?
Early to bed, early to rise.
Still moving too fast for wisdom to catch me.
Posted by: fluffy at May 15, 2026 05:26 AM (V0/Sp)
If I were that company, I wouldn't suddenly want to be past-tense and no longer in the present. That's kinda final.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026 05:28 AM (O7YUW)
Yes. Sometimes not too much , but I'm up by 4:45 most weekdays to be with my husband who drives a school bus and needs to be out by just after 6:00
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 05:34 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
Kindest error correction I've ever seen.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 15, 2026 05:35 AM (BLOW1)
I work in games. Xbox software sales are in legit danger of being lower than Steam on Linux the way things have trended. And there aren’t high expectations now that the whole Xbox division is being replaced with H1Bs like the rest of Microsoft was a while back. So it remains to be seen if third parties even bother with the new FSR.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 15, 2026 05:35 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 05:03 AM
Ditto. Been in Greece the last two weeks. Just boarded the flight home. See y'all back in the eastern time zone for my regularly scheduled commenting.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 05:38 AM (KQNgH)
...right-to-repair community has declared was on
should probably be
...right-to-repair community declared WAR on
use of caps is obviously up to you.
same as it ever was
Posted by: Whiskey Mike at May 15, 2026 05:42 AM (l5vxg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 05:46 AM (IYIYn)
It's basic math. The range of supported end user systems multiplies by several times. The ROI for implementation is greatly improved.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 05:48 AM (/0z9K)
And are you still up? Or are you already up?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (hxQxn)
Yes. I'm a natural night owl; I have never been able to just sleep the whole night through, so I basically take several long naps spread throughout night and day that add up to enough. Still up, already up, what's the difference?
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 05:51 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 05:56 AM (iMotb)
Try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub747pprmJ8
This one's more famous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 15, 2026 05:57 AM (ITs37)
I wonder that too sometimes, depending on the night and how badly I'm sleeping.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026 05:58 AM (O7YUW)
Bacon.
Eggs.
Coffee.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026
***
If only it were that simple --!
Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers on this Friday! 75 nasty F. here, and I have a workout on my morning schedule. Well, maybe I can cheat and make it a short session.
Linda is having her hair cut, and we need to visit Whole Foods and Walmart while out there. She has been seeing on the 'Net that the 5W-30 grade of auto engine oil may get hard to find in upcoming months -- could that be true? And if so it would be smart of me to stockpile at least one change worth, six quarts.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)
What do you call that music? Rap?
Uggh.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 06:00 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 06:01 AM (cSctv)
Back in early March our older Kwikset front door lock with the touch buttons died. So I upgraded to the WiFi enabled Kwikset Halo line to enjoy the remote monitoring and operating capabilities that they offered.
Don't bother.
in 70 days we went through two complete replacements due to battery life of 2-3 weeks.
The house meets every requirement for the WiFi environment, but the locks burn through batteries like nobodies business.
And just to clear up Kwikset's idea that the lock is misaligned, and causing excess drain on the power train....we have an identical lock on the kitchen door, but we ONLY use the manual lever to lock and unlock it from the inside at night. The power train never operates which would place a drain on the batteries.
And guess what....same three week battery life.
Later today the third lock gets shipped back to Kwikset with their warranty shipping label, and I'm done with them.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 06:04 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:05 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:06 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 06:07 AM (iMotb)
Life has been getting full, and time seems to be flying by this year.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 06:08 AM (iMotb)
If:
- The USB stick has enough capacity to hold the contents of that hard drive
- The Drive isn't encrypted (It needs to be decrypted so you can access the contents.) If it IS encrypted (like with Microsoft's Bitlocker) then you'll need the access key in order to put it into another windows machine and access it before you copy the contents to a USB stick.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:08 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 06:08 AM (i2Ycu)
Including the female three star that was let go by Trump earlier in the term.
And she has a chip on her shoulder, and a desire to be elected to office and get even with him
Then we have this Rom Reddy guy who wants to appear to be the everyman candidate.
Successful business man, well polished campaign. But his latest tv ads sound like a Mike Rowe voice over, but closer listening makes me think he is using AI to have it sound like Mike Rowe. Seems shady.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 06:12 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:12 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 06:12 AM (i2Ycu)
We both got caught up in life, and not walking in the morning as much. So we each put some of the weight back on. But we are working on getting it back off.
Our son closes on his first house in 10 days, so that has been exciting for us.
Overall....doing well, just getting older.
And you?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 06:15 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 06:17 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:17 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 06:19 AM (PFs9e)
Psalm 9:1
Posted by: Marcus T at May 15, 2026 06:19 AM (WTWWW)
Dagny occasionally emerges when I call her. The motivation, not so much.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)
WiFi circuitry drains batteries because it's got to transmit and receive signals through the internal radio and that tends to use a fair amount of power.
I see this all the time with my Kindle. If I want it to last a decent amount of time, I put it into Airplane mode.
It's just a bad design for a lock.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)
First stop was the Xfinity store to pick up a new modem as our current one said "I'm tired, boss" after three years. Dinner was an Indian/Italian fusion restaurant and we had a chicken tikka pizza. Dessert was Coldstone Ice Cream. So life ain't bad.
Got home and set up the router. Took close to half an hour but all things are working normally at Chateau Pax.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2026 06:24 AM (jjoN6)
I'm due to look at another, much more reasonably priced, this afternoon, and I have another, a 1955 ranch, I want to line up. The first would need carpet replaced by laminate in a couple of rooms; the second would need refinishing of the wood floors . . . and a shower arm and head added to the bathtub. I'd have thought even in 1955 people wanted a shower feature in their bathrooms.
On the good side, at 9:30am yesterday Terre Haute had a temp of 53 -- in mid-May! -- and only 70 at 3:30 in the afternoon. Sounds amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 06:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)
Okay, size shouldn't be the issue. I guess the machine the hard drive is in isn't working otherwise you'd just be sticking in a USB stick and copying the files you want?
If it's in a Windows 10 or 11 machine, then the big question is:
"Is it encrypted with Bitlocker?"
If it is, then retrieve the Bitlocker Recovery Key so you can access it in another Windows machine:
This guy talks about how to do that:
https://youtu.be/ktPiFWBoIU0
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026 06:27 AM (O7YUW)
Is Tehran burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)
Don't know, but we're considering indicting Raul Castro for shooting down a couple of planes in '96.
Sounds like a good idea to me, but should have waited until we're about to take over. Then, hang him. Old or not.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 15, 2026 06:27 AM (1Ff7Z)
I guess the real pisser of it is the claims of 6 months of battery life.
As they were suggesting that I might need an extender. placed a mesh node within 6 foot of each of the locks to see if closer proximity might help.
Both locks report strong wifi signal.
The tp-link Deco ap reports strong signal.
The locks are both on my IoT wifi band.
And.....two to three weeks at best.
I just installed a Schlage unit yesterday.
Let's see how that works out.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 06:28 AM (iMotb)
Ben Had, yes, if, Allah willing, the dang drive is not Bitlocked.
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 06:29 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:17 AM
Ah, but only one month to NoVaMoMe 2026!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 06:29 AM (xLei+)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:32 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 15, 2026 06:35 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 06:36 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:39 AM (z2aPa)
The Lego Movie, with slightly modified theme song lyrics:
https://tinyurl.com/38z2ss8p
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 06:40 AM (i2Ycu)
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 06:43 AM (vFG9F)
It's being reported that the IED was a “grenade-type” explosive device which was detonated without incident.
Agencies responding to the discovery by the dive team included Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, FBI Bomb Squad, Mobile Police Department Explosive Ordinance Detail, ALEA Bomb Squad, and the Daphne Search and Rescue Team.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 15, 2026 06:44 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)
Boy F. saw the box and decided it was recycling and dumped it.
Yesterday, I looked for my CPAP supplies. They were not there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 06:45 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Halfhand at May 15, 2026 06:46 AM (9yZMF)
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 06:47 AM (vFG9F)
Good for AMD (finally).
They were catching a lot of flack over FSR 4 only being available for the 9000 series.
Everybody knew that their claim that it wouldn't work on older GPUs because they didn't have FP8 processing cores was a lie because AMD released the source code accidentally last year and it had a INT8 version that works on older hardware.
So people compiled the code it for 6000 & 7000 series Radeons and voila! it worked. The GPUs took a little performance hit but if that trade-off was good enough for better upscaling, gamers went with it.
AMD was being called out on this for months, especially by Hardware Unboxed, so at least they've done the right thing now. Say what you will (and I've said a lot) about Nvidia's antics & pricing, but at least they support most new features going back three generations when they update.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 06:47 AM (6ydKt)
Everybody loved Bambu's product & software stack for years.
Right up until Bambu decided to lock down their machines like they think they're Apple.
Tech companies never learn.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 06:50 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:05 AM (z2aPa)
If this is regarding an earlier conversation that I vaguely recall, then you can remove the hard drive from a laptop and put it in an enclosure that turns it into an external USB drive. This does not work if what died was the hard drive, but it does if other parts are dying first. The key is to look up your specific model of laptop and make sure that you are getting the right kind of enclosure for that specific type and size of hard drive.
For example, my last laptop had the video die, first for the built-in screen and then also for the HDMI port. It was a very cheap model, so I basically had to destroy it to get the SATA HDD out, but now it sits in a Sabrent enclosure with a USB cable and an on/off switch. It's amazing how cheap it was, and it would also have worked for a SSD instead.
I think this is my model, but they also have them with aluminum enclosures and AC power adapters. This worked fine for retrieving my data:
amazon.com/dp/B00OJ3UJ2S/
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 06:50 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:52 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Ben Had"
It's certainly possible if that's all that's wrong with it. Are you pretty sure the drive is bad?
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:58 AM (z2aPa)
Successful business man, well polished campaign. But his latest tv ads sound like a Mike Rowe voice over, but closer listening makes me think he is using AI to have it sound like Mike Rowe. Seems shady.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2026 06:12 AM (iMotb)
I was over at my brother's the other night and they watch Live 5 News.
There must've been 5 or 6 different candidate ads on within the space of 30 minutes, it was all personal injury lawyers and governor candidates during the ad breaks. I couldn't keep up with them. I think most were Republican but not all of them had their party.
Funnily enough I didn't see one Nancy Grace ad.
Is she even running for governor anymore?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 06:58 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 06:59 AM (vFG9F)
In two hours.
I think it may be a success.
*****
I liked the first one a lot. I've read too many early reports that this one may be a Wokefest. I'll wait before purchase.
Posted by: Biergood at May 15, 2026 06:59 AM (PwgSL)
Posted by: Ben Had"
Your biggest challenge would be to get that all-in-one PC opened up. A new drive would be $100-$150. If you would like to try I can assist.
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2026 07:02 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 06:58 AM (z2aPa)
If you use software like Clonezilla you can copy the entire hard drive onto a new drive and install it. You'll need an enclosure like SciVo mentioned, or some other kind of USB to Hard Drive connector to be able to copy the files.
With Windows, you'll need something like that to make sure it copies the files correctly. If you do it this way, you shouldn't need to re-install Windows and everything should open up just like off the original hard drive.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 07:02 AM (6ydKt)
!יום ירושלים שמח
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 07:04 AM (RIvkX)
The quest to recreate Dutch's show record is, sadly, grinding to a halt. I can account for 568 of his 579 Grand Champion points but can't find any more shows where he finished in the ribbons. Unless he was shown outside the scope of states I searched (TX, LA, AR, MS). There were the odd occasions (National Specialties, AKC National, Borzoi Club of Greater Omaha) but I can't recall any others. I'd have to ask Her Majesty, who likely doesn't remember either and right now has no time to talk to me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 07:04 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 06:19 AM (PFs9e)
If you have an older machine, you might just need to close other programs/browser tabs to free up enough working memory. Videos on X can be finicky that way, and the people encoding them for upload tend to have machine with higher specs themselves and wouldn't notice the problem. For an example of finicky, with my last laptop before this one, I couldn't play WeirdDave's X videos embedded, but it was close enough that opening them in their own tabs would do the trick.
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 07:05 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 07:06 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 07:09 AM (z2aPa)
It keeps locking me out of my lurker account because I don't login in enough and it becomes 'suspicious activity' as soon as I do.
Now I can't even click on an embedded image in a post to enlarge it and see it all when it's cropped.
Apparently you've got login to do that now.
Elon is determined to make some money off that place one day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 07:09 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 07:11 AM (Nx5jP)
Which video? The only rap that I've ever cared about was the song "Maximizor" on the techno (rave) group T99's album "Children Of Chaos".
The entire album is at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdPyIvMyEI
but the only song that you might want to listen to the lyrics is "Maximizor" which starts at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdPyIvMyEI&t=504s
"Politicians, they're makin' me sick. They're all the same; gimme money quick!" later "Maybe someday the sun will shine in your face all the time" (Well, ESL for rhyme)
"After beyond" isn't bad.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 15, 2026 07:11 AM (ITs37)
Their printers can be run in lan mode, bypassing their cloud services.
Also Guzman is a bit of a dick.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 15, 2026 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at May 15, 2026 07:12 AM (Kcw7x)
I had a pretty lousy couple of days, so am hoping to feel better and get more editing done today. Decided to try and change my mood by book shopping; got a few interesting ones, but that's a topic for the Book Thread.
And, not that it would come as any surprise to anyone with even the least knowledge of her, Althouse also thinks Karen Bass getting hit in the face with a tomato is encouraging violence.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 15, 2026 07:15 AM (qRla/)
Boy F. saw the box and decided it was recycling and dumped it.
Yesterday, I looked for my CPAP supplies. They were not there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 06:45 AM (RIvkX)
Why are some people so reluctant to use words? And I mean grown adults without speech impediments, who would rather assume they know, when they do not always know. I have had this difficulty with my dad my whole life, where he would frequently rather risk making my day worse than communicate first before doing something.
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 07:26 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: fluffy at May 15, 2026 07:30 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 07:39 AM (kU0PQ)
Apparently you've got login to do that now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 07:09 AM (6ydKt)
I've been noticing that for weeks now.
Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 07:41 AM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 02:10 PM (R11M+)
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - May 14, 2026 [Doof]
From Pure Nature
What won't they charge a fee for anymore? All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant Implements ‘Vomit Fee’ to Prevent Greedy Patrons from Overeating
Sushi Toro, a restaurant in Gelves, Spain’s Sevilla region, has been getting a lot of attention because of its decision to charge people extra if they end up vomiting on the premises due to overeating. Apparently, the eatery had seen many incidents of vomiting related to overeating in recent months and decided to do something about it. “If a client throws up as a result of having eaten too much, the restaurant reserves the right to charge them an extra fee to cover damages,” a sign posted by Sushi Toro reads. The Spanish restaurant explained that the growing number of vomiting incidents affects other diners, service, management and hygiene in the establishment, so they basically had no other choice but to implement the vomiting fee to discourage overeating.The late John Pinette would never have been charged this fee!
Do you have any unique "all you can eat" places in your neck of the woods? Here in central MD, there are still some places that offer all you can eat steamed crabs. What are your favorite / least favorite "AYCE" places that you've ever been to? ----- People who still write things down on paper may not be resisting technology — they're preserving a thinking process that lets the mind hear itself
We live in an age where digital tools promise to make everything faster, more efficient, more connected. Yet here's what's fascinating: some still carry physical notebooks. Perhaps, they're not behind the times. Perhaps, they've discovered what neuroscience suggests - that the act of writing by hand does something to our brains that typing simply cannot replicate. *** Here's the trap we've fallen into: we've confused speed with effectiveness. Typing can be fast, but speed does not always mean depth. A person can type an entire paragraph quickly and still realize afterward that they were barely present for the thought itself. *** How many browser tabs do you have open right now? How many notifications are waiting on your phone? Our digital tools are designed to fragment our attention. Every app, every platform, every device is optimized to pull us in multiple directions at once. We've become so accustomed to this fractured state that we've forgotten what focused thinking feels like. A blank page and a pen offer something radical in this context: constraint.Many here at AOSHQ are definitely fond of old school stuff and ways. I personally feel like I employ a good blend of new tech vs older methods. Where do you fall on this spectrum?
----- Any "arachnidiots" out there? This is for you! How to avoid the horror of walking through a spiderweb, according to the National Park Service
It’s a downright creepy feeling. You’re striding confidently down what seems to be a clear, open path, and then you feel it. Stretchy filaments dragging across your skin, your clothes—even worse, your face. The more you try to backtrack and flail your way out of it the more you feel like Frodo wrapped in Shelob the spider’s deadly web, your luckier friends snickering like orcs ready to take you back to Mordor. Long story short, walking through a spiderweb is awful. However, according to the National Park Service (NPS), there are ways to avoid the frustrating encounter. The first tip they list is sticking to the road most traveled. Since spiders are more likely to build their sticky and intricate homes near greenery, walking along the center of the trail can lessen your chances of becoming an arachnid home wrecker.That word I mentioned above - arachnidiot - is a Sniglet (Rich Hall, HBO's "Not Necessarily The News"). A Sniglet is any word that isn't in the dictionary, but should be. Here's Rich with one installment of Sniglets
I use some Sniglets still to this day.
Twinch - The movement a dog makes with its head when it hears a high-pitched noise. Flannister - The plastic yoke that holds a six-pack of beer or soda together. Blivett - To turn one's pillow over and over, looking for the cool spot. More Sniglets here! ----- Speaking of language stuff
This has got to be the funniest video about the English language.
— Greatex (@cloudighodaro) May 14, 2026
For real English is crazy. pic.twitter.com/zvmXwPU54g
----- Moron approved behavior
This man ordered 165 pool noodles from Walmart. When they arrived through FedEx, there was a little surprise. They had been individually boxed.
— Suzee Q (@SusieM414141) May 13, 2026
You just know that Walmart employee is paid by the hour. 😆😆
And the FedEx driver got to unload an entire truck in one place, and… pic.twitter.com/xrYW52YksG
DJ Doof - This Date In Music History Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com On this date in 1976: 33 year-old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while tuning a guitar which was not properly earthed.
Born on this date in 1966: American rock musician Mike Inez, best known for his role as the bassist of Alice in Chains since 1993.
Born on this date in 1962: C.C. Deville, lead guitarist from American rock band Poison
Tonight's ONT brought to you by tradeoffs
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*views fluorescent lights and suspended ceiling*
*sighs disapprovingly*
Good evening again, Hordians.
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Can't write for more than a few seconds without the shaky hand starting. Type type type.
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Even at company parties, I skim for some bits. Then hit the open bar. *winky emoji*
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Five, but that's because I work in a very peculiar fashion. Two are for a project I'll work on tomorrow so they're on a minimized browser. The other three are all AoS. One tab the for the front page and another two for this thread - one for reading, one for posting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 10:08 PM (ExV1e)
*views fluorescent lights and suspended ceiling*
*sighs disapprovingly*
Good evening again, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:06 PM (HdYcL)
To be fair, that is only in the restroom. I have hung sconces and chandeliers out here. And put bows on the moose out front.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:08 PM (OoFl2)
Pinette was a very funny guy. Died too soon
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 10:09 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)
Howdy SF!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: pookysgirl: American, not American't at May 14, 2026 10:09 PM (Wt5PA)
She needs a strong injection of American Vitamin C and D to help her language skills.
... and relax a bit.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)
For real English is crazy."
We may need to set up an AI generated OnlyFans thing for Billie Thailish. The monetization might cover a Superfund designation for shelf remediation and still contribute to the Ewok's laser hair removal and rainy day fund.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 14, 2026 10:10 PM (w/O5Q)
Five, but that's because I work in a very peculiar fashion. Two are for a project I'll work on tomorrow so they're on a minimized browser. The other three are all AoS. One tab the for the front page and another two for this thread - one for reading, one for posting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 10:08 PM (ExV1e)
I work on 4 ONTs every week. The number of tabs I have open at any given time is ridiculous!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
She needs a strong injection of American Vitamin C and D to help her language skills.
... and relax a bit.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)
English language video girl is kind of annoying.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (y171U)
@AAGDhillon
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At Yale Medical School, a black applicant is 29 times more likely to be invited to interview than an Asian with equally strong academics.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)
We have a similar problem here.
At least at the better buffets. A certain class of people want to get their money's worth and will make multiple trips to the restroom to purge and then go eat more.
This is not an issue at Golden Corral as nobody wants to taste that twice.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 14, 2026 10:07 PM (lIUtq)
Tomorrow should be clear for you. I'll be working then golfing. One of those things I'm good at. The other not so much.
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
At least at the better buffets. A certain class of people want to get their money's worth and will make multiple trips to the restroom to purge and then go eat more.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Vomitorium for the win!
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 14, 2026 10:15 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Damn sure has a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of her garage.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
During the Biden administration, H-1B visa holders were buying houses with 97-100% financing. 97% would come from the FHA, with the rest coming from state first-time home buyer programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:15 PM (/+uur)
English is messy. Russian seemed a lot more orderly when I seriously studied it.
I wonder to what extent this kind of thing reflects or influences national character.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 14, 2026 10:16 PM (1pJhn)
It is interesting that you AND Dino offer or surmise we might be "whelmed". Is there badness in under or overwhelming?
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:16 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Damn sure has a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of her garage.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
I can fix her.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 14, 2026 10:16 PM (1pJhn)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 10:17 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Joyenz at May 14, 2026 10:17 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 10:18 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:18 PM (NWIIQ)
Excellent content. Wondering whether we need to institute a vomit fee in Club ONT...
Posted by: TRex - vomit fee collector dino at May 14, 2026 10:18 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Count de Monetl
Missing are the other people who left all those footprints in the sand.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
+++++
I have one of those 3X5 wire bound paper memo books I can carry with me, and will jot down notes from phone calls, doc appts. etc.
Very handy.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)
76k per child
The ipad were a much better deal
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (/+uur)
I filled the tank in my plugin hybrid back on March 25th. Since then, I have put over 600 miles on it, all on electric. The fuel gauge is still.on "full". Since it's 12 hours of sunshine this time of year, all the power has come from my solar.
Next week, I have to take a trip (Dr) down to Phoenix, so I'll be using gas, with zero range anxiety.
There are cases for a plugin.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (LzRih)
Three fingers of Bourbon and a cigar it is.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (gpQ8/)
Excellent content. Wondering whether we need to institute a vomit fee in Club ONT...
Posted by: TRex - vomit fee collector dino at May 14, 2026 10:18 PM (cCn4/)
Perhaps we could use it for JQ's Christmas bonus fund?
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
*types* *deletes* joke about God getting tired of carrying commies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: TRex - ADD dino at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:21 PM (snZF9)
People who still write things down on paper may not be resisting technology — they're preserving a thinking process that lets the mind hear itself
___________
Her Majesty still keeps a daytimer, which I call her auxiliary brain.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:21 PM (HdYcL)
Now, a lot of people think “Well, I’ll install a Polarized plug, and everything will be fine”.
Nope. It doesn’t work that way. With a regular plug, you’ve a 50/50 chance of a “hot” chassis, depending on which way the plug is inserted into the outlet. (Also, the house or mains wiring must be installed correctly too, all the way back to the pole)
If excessive hum occurred in operation, you’d flip the plug in the outlet. What you want ordinarily is a condition where the chassis is not “hot” in operation.
But this means the chassis will be “hot” when the device is turned off. Most people do not expect this, or they think something is “wrong” with it. Nope, that’s how they wired stuff back then.
Avoid water pipes, and cement floors in stocking feet.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nsv7s)
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
For less than a dollar a day, you too can sponsor an ONT poster. They use incredible amounts of electricity, and sift through the dark spaces of the internet to find suitable content.
Please help them today.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nwbXw)
***
I feel seen.
Posted by: TRex - ADD dino at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (cCn4/)
4 on the phone right now. At home, I have found brave has a handy tool to group and organize them. So food, music, games, women.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Found out a little over five hours ago that I'm safe from my company's layoffs this time.
Three fingers of Bourbon and a cigar it is.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:20 PM (oqH4h)
____________
Praise God. Relax.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (HdYcL)
The Chinainian female would get old real fast. Chillax, sweetheart.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Damn sure has a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of her garage.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I can fix her.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
That level of feisty would be fun!
For about a week.
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nsv7s)
*makes sign of Cross to ward off the Black wizardry of Electricity and Transmissions.*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM
***
What happens for those tabs that involve women eating ice cream while playing battleship and listening to Iron Maiden?
Posted by: TRex - inquisitive dino at May 14, 2026 10:25 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:25 PM (nsv7s)
I can fix her.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
That level of feisty would be fun!
For about a week.
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
___________
The Dragon Lady from Terry and the Pirates. Likely to kill you horribly, but... Yum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: TRex - inquisitive dino at May 14, 2026 10:25 PM (cCn4/)
You could make a separate tab for that. Call it Battleship Maiden.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
https://lightslategrey-octopus-
73872.hostingersite.com/inquire
comments appreciated
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Count de Monetl at May 14, 2026 10:04 PM (wVcYX)
I never understood that scenario. How would there be hills/mountains in the vicinity of New York Harbor even thousands of years later? There wouldn't have been time. It just seemed misplaced to me. Like created by someone who'd never actually been to the east coast and didn't understand plate tectonics. Not that I do, either, but I don't see that sort of topography developing in the timeframe PotA is set in.
While I'm on the subject, the ending in the second Billy Jack movie, 'The Trial of Billy Jack' was stupid also, with the N. Guard shooting up the school. GIVE ME A BREAK!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
Wouldn't take that long. She ain't that good looking. Probably makes that annoying high pitched whine when having se.... uh, nevermind.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Sir Galahad at May 14, 2026 10:27 PM (vSvIl)
a cool thing about that vid is, it's not lip sync, which you see a lot of on youtube
Chris Isaak cover
https://youtu.be/yr8CRgMSACs
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Estelle Costanza at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
English was invented so Norman soldiers would have a way to chat up Saxon barmaids.
Or maybe vice-versa.
That's why literally everything is a double entendre, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: mikeski thinks you do at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
Missing are the other people who left all those footprints in the sand.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
That's a regular conformity beach. Was there no rebel who would walk a sinusoidal path there?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:29 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nsv7s)
I also think people back then were more aware of the risks of electrical shocks.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 10:29 PM (y171U)
Please help them today.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026
You need to add on the Sarah McLachlan music accompanied note that things get so desperate he turns to me for content.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:29 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:25 PM (nsv7s)
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I have a Club Car that we converted from the old lead-acid batteries to new LiFePO4 ones and the range is between 50-60 miles.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:30 PM (oqH4h)
Or it would be full if I hadn't drained it over the winter.
The battery is charged.
I would calculate the mpg, but you know - no math!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:30 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: buddhaha at May 14, 2026 10:30 PM (LzRih)
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:30 PM (oqH4h)
you got crak in my meth
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)
But Liz Claman wins the contest, because big rack.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 14, 2026 10:31 PM (nwbXw)
Posted by: Joemarine
The dangers of things in general.
They didn't live in a time when your Weedwhacker would have a warning label that it's not to be used as an eyebrow trimmer.
Posted by: mikeski prefers the hedge trimmers, anyway at May 14, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
I filled the tank in my plugin hybrid back on March 25th. Since then, I have put over 600 miles on it, all on electric. The fuel gauge is still.on "full". Since it's 12 hours of sunshine this time of year, all the power has come from my solar.
Next week, I have to take a trip (Dr) down to Phoenix, so I'll be using gas, with zero range anxiety.
There are cases for a plugin.
Posted by: buddhaha
I have run numbers for myself more than one.
Payback period for me is - never.
First time I ran numbers my kids would have died of old age before it broke even.
For others who are going to buy an extra new car anyway - knock yourself out.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
My wife bought me a Kindle Scribe for Christmas a few years ago, when they first came out. The absolute best present - I've ditched all my paper notebooks. Writes like a standard notebook, you can save the content on files like a computer. I can PDF and send my pages via email. The absolute best.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 10:32 PM (1B2PI)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:33 PM (nsv7s)
Claudine Longet downhill skiing invitational postponed until next season.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:33 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 14, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)
https://youtu.be/47bv1Edp28U
Problem was, he wasn't evading Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:34 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 10:34 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 14, 2026 10:16 PM (1pJhn)
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No French.
Posted by: Estelle Costanza at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 10:32 PM (1B2PI)
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All the paper-like e-tablets are IMO freaking amazing. I use a ReMarkable every day for work and it's a great bridge between actual writing and being able to digitize it for work stuff.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (A5RD0)
Evening, ma'am. Indeed, Doof is the hostest with the mostest ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 10:36 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Shady Maple Smorgasbord
https://tinyurl.com/3rrua6zz
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 10:38 PM (dIske)
https://youtu.be/yr8CRgMSACs
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)
Great version! I saw Chris Isaak live a year or 2 ago. Outstanding performance. If you have a chance to see him - do it!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
Is she Ghosting (casoer) us?
hahahahah
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:38 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:35 PM (A5RD0)
Evening, ma'am. Indeed, Doof is the hostest with the mostest ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 10:36 PM (t2oSI)
Many thanks to you both for the kind words!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
About 1990 I bought this really cool old school leather bound blank Journal with nice heavy paper. Fucker looks like the kind of thing made for Lewis & Clark. It’s still completely blank.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:39 PM (nsv7s)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 10:32 PM (1B2PI)
Cali prison would have bought you a 359 ipad for 2050
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:40 PM (/+uur)
Wrong item. Item destroyed in transit, right item, wrong color/size, etc.
Walmart sucks.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:41 PM (abIsI)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Raymond Babbitt at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:22 PM (nsv7s)
I also think people back then were more aware of the risks of electrical shocks.
Posted by: Joemarine
Often exposed wiring (knobs and tubes). Kind of sort of insulated with maybe tar and cotton. Sometimes you just 'plugged in' by reaching up and connecting with an alligator clip or wire hook.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (/lPRQ)
I do both methods. For many things, I have paper, or printed copies, and digital on my laptop, and just in case, I have thumb drive back ups. For some important paper items, I have the main copies in a file cabinet, and also copies in a lock box, which I've shown to my siblings, in case I die.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)
Ridiculous looking hat shopping?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:43 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:41 PM (abIsI)
better than getting buttfucked and murdered if you go there
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:43 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: LRob in OK
Let's see here...
0 miles divided by 0 zero gallons...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (/lPRQ)
What the hell did scientists expect. Even AD&D's Dungeon Master's Guide had a chart explaining that mixing potions could mess you up
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (gKWVE)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (/+uur)
_______________________
You just have to get creative. Insist that the bear would not recognize your chosen pronouns. Once that's established you can pretty much dispatch them any way you desire.
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (dIske)
Please help them today.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026
You need to add on the Sarah McLachlan music accompanied note that things get so desperate he turns to me for content.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:29 PM (OoFl2)
I have no shame!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (oq9dX)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (/+uur)
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
Another whelmed ONT customer!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Grayman27 at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (AvoqE)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses[/i
I try and slip a pork chop into one of my hiking partners backpacks before setting off.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
The real reason soldiers in 'Nam hated taking point.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)
Someone throw him a flotation device.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
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So would you say you're Very Satisfied? or Extremely Satisfied?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (RIvkX)
Wife loves reading on her iPad. Good for her, but I have to put on blinders, because I go to bed early and she reads late into the night. iPad screens are white hot bright. You can almost hear it. HMMMMMMMMM
The compromises of being married.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Case
You bogarted the margins again!
Posted by: Shaggy's Rancid Bong Water at May 14, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses[/i
I try and slip a pork chop into one of my hiking partners backpacks before setting off.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:47 PM (abIsI)
I suppose you could offer to take the bear to an all you can eat buffet, and leave him there...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Count de Monetl at May 14, 2026 10:04 PM (wVcYX)
I never understood that scenario. How would there be hills/mountains in the vicinity of New York Harbor even thousands of years later? There wouldn't have been time. It just seemed misplaced to me. Like created by someone who'd never actually been to the east coast and didn't understand plate tectonics. Not that I do, either, but I don't see that sort of topography developing in the timeframe PotA is set in.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 10:26 PM (QGaXH)
Nuclear weapons make great earth movers. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
Another whelmed ONT customer!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:46
I am printing it out so we can hang it on the wall with the other compliments.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses at May 14, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)
I just have to outrun the Cal Park Rangers
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (/+uur)
On the other hand, sometimes …. you get what you pay for. WalMart el-cheapest coffee, was undrinkable. And I’m not picky. Store brand Chili, had a Bad Experience with that, I think it was Hy-Vee store brand. “Hey, it’s 25c cheaper! Let’s try it”. How bad can it be? Maybe it will be good enough?
Well it you need new underwear, you haven’t saved any money, right?
I ordered a re-furbed I-phone from one of their WalMart contracted sellers. Worked great. Stellar battery, which was really my main concern. Lasted for years.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (CmJfJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (MciYk)
Heart Full of Soul or Soul Full of Heart? It doesn't make a bit of difference. This is the problem with pop culture -- which also rhymes "yacht" with "apricot."
And don't get me started on the lyrics to "Missionary Man."
Catchy tunes, but the songs are not written by or for English majors.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 10:51 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 10:45 PM (NWIIQ)
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So would you say you're Very Satisfied? or Extremely Satisfied?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Case, DON'T ANSWER. It's a trap!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:52 PM (XJ22o)
Three fingers of Bourbon and a cigar it is.
Posted by: ballistic
Glad for you. I'm toasting you with some cheap wine.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 10:52 PM (0Htd1)
a good pen is a nice thing to have
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Today was the 53rd anniversary of the launch of Skylab back in 1973. It was launched with a modified Saturn V meant for the cancelled Apollo 18 mission.
The launch had some malfunctions. A micro-meteoroid shield/sun shade deployed and broke off, which caused one of the two solar panels to partially deploy. The 2nd stage separation retros then blew that off. Without the sun screen it was in danger of overheating, and then underpowered.
They managed to fix it, and the guy who worked out the plan for that won some distinguished service award.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)
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What the hell did scientists expect. Even AD&D's Dungeon Master's Guide had a chart explaining that mixing potions could mess you up
Posted by: gKWVE
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These 'Scientists' think they leared that college.
Most kids figure that out in HIGH School.
Posted by: Shaggy's Rancid Bong Water at May 14, 2026 10:53 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (f87vz)
So would you say you're Very Satisfied? or Extremely Satisfied?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Srsly, I fill out those things when prompted (I'm talking about Adobe apps), and I report details about crashes (which are frequent!) and tell them they can contact me about it and here's my email address.
Where's my prize? I never get it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (XJ22o)
And don't get me started on the lyrics to "Missionary Man."
Catchy tunes, but the songs are not written by or for English majors.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (XJ22o)
You want songs from well-read lyricists? Start with Rush and Iron Maiden!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Cutting the yard with my riding lawnmower. Running fine, cut the front yard, excellent. Did two laps in the back and it stopped. It didn't chug, or cough, or make any clanging sound; nothing. It just stopped running.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop
Chinian girl is the result of a successful brain transplant. Latina brain in Chinese body.
Posted by: mikeski and/or Abby Normal at May 14, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 10:55 PM (nzPxx)
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Opened Tuna pouches should be excellent for attracting kitties. You know, the really Big kitties. Felis concolor. They like cardboard boxes, too.
Don’t Do This! Just something I’ve mused upon. Which invariably means, in all likelihood, some asshole has already done this.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:55 PM (CmJfJ)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
Is tripping one of your group still allowed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
In a group of two, yes.
Posted by: mikeski leaves no witnesses
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This is the origen of that old camping joke of tying the new guy's leg to a tree with a long rope while he is sleeping.
Posted by: Shaggy's Rancid Bong Water at May 14, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:56 PM (oq9dX)
You want songs from well-read lyricists? Start with Rush and Iron Maiden!
Posted by: Doof
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Yayy! Thanks for the rec.
"Can't Find My Way Home" and "Baker Street" are examples of songs with great lyrics.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:56 PM (XJ22o)
The Chicomian girl complaining about English is so satisfying somehow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (abIsI)
A so-called "death cap" in the amplifier... very common in vintage tube amps. If the cap failed, the chassis could go to full mains voltage. Since everything is often "grounded" to the chassis, or connected through something that's "grounded" to the chassis (e.g. the ring of the guitar jack), it is a Very Bad Thing.
If you've got one of these vintage workhorses, make sure it's been modified to remove the death cap. Keeping everything 100% original isn't worth the risk of death.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (IG3/x)
Look who the cat dragged in!
Howdy theee!
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Good evening to you, madam. Kinda surprised anyone remembered, given my infrequent and erratic posting. Took some time away after retiring from fed gov last October. Seems nothing’s changed here at horde HQ!
Posted by: Grayman27 at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (AvoqE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (f87vz)
She is actually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Why would state laws override federal laws on federal land/parks???
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (XV/Pl)
A Koine, or some call it, "a rather brutal creole".
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (oq9dX)
Is he (whoever he is) still commenting under that nic? He's maybe a little too trusting about his pens.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (1pJhn)
On this date in 1976: 33 year-old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while tuning a guitar which was not properly earthed.
A so-called "death cap" in the amplifier... very common in vintage tube amps. If the cap failed, the chassis could go to full mains voltage. Since everything is often "grounded" to the chassis, or connected through something that's "grounded" to the chassis (e.g. the ring of the guitar jack), it is a Very Bad Thing.
If you've got one of these vintage workhorses, make sure it's been modified to remove the death cap. Keeping everything 100% original isn't worth the risk of death.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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That's awful. At the same time, it seems there's a joke about it going to "eleven."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Grayman27 at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (AvoqE)
Just too many absent friends
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (f87vz)
She is actually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Her delivery was annoying to me though. I could overlook for awhile.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:50 PM (XJ22o)
Somewhere, Carly Simon is scowling.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Ohio Lurker at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (OgbKj)
Nuclear weapons make great earth movers. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)
When I think of that now, I always think of one of the best lines in Futurama. Fry is in New New York, and he finds out that there’s a secret city underneath it inhabited by mutants. One of them shows him their church, and Fry exclaims “Wow! So you guys really do worship an old atomic bomb as a god?” And the mutant guide replies “Yeah, but it’s mostly a C and E thing.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (AnnNE)
I personally have several devices, and this is because there isn't really one that can do everything. I've got a smartphone, a Kindle Fire, a Kindle Scribe, a Surface 8, and a Dell laptop. I need all of them to take care of my reading and note-taking needs, and that's because each one isn't quite the right size to take care of it all. I can check emails on my smartphone, but it's too small for me to write long responses, etc. I can do a lot on my laptop, but I obviously can't lug it around with me everywhere as it's too heavy. Turns out the more tech they make, the more tech you need. Or at least I do.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 11:01 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:01 PM (nzPxx)
Well it you need new underwear, you haven’t saved any money, right?
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Posted by: Common Tater
Chili?
Recent BOGO sale on Wendy's chili.
So I got four cans. Two with beans, two "all beef".
In the "all beef" they used fat instead of beans to make up the volume. Nasty. You'll be using as much TP as a four woman household... each sitting.
The bean chili was pretty good for a can. Maybe the best canned chili I have had. Probably the same shit they sell in the restaurants, just that one comes in bigger cans.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
State law overrides federal law as to the possession and using pf firearms unfortunately. Reason # 999 why I avoid CA at all costs.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:02 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)
Or in Relf's case, going to 240.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 11:03 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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There's a Navy video on building docks and ports in difficult and out of the way places using small sequential nuclear charges.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:04 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)
Hmm... I thought Dave Thomas came up with the idea of selling chili to use up unsold burger patties.
Kinda like the way the Ore-Ida people invented tater tots to use up the scraps of potato left over from cutting fries.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 11:05 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:02 PM (abIsI)
If I recall correctly, State Law does Not override Reservation law, which can lead to some interesting situations.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:05 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:05 PM (CmJfJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Maybe one of the two hundred and twenty seven safety switches. Over the years I think every one of mine has failed and been bypassed... except the clutch pedal.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)
>People don't respect or understand proper grounding. There's a whole section of the electrical code devoted to grounding. It saves lives, prevents fires and property damage.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (D1E+2)
I'm here to do whatever I can
Be it early morning, late afternoon
Or at midnight, it's never too soon
To want to please you, to want to keep you
To want to do it all, all for you
I want to be your, be your rubber ball
I want to be the one, you love most of all, oh yeah
Lyrics.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)
Project Plowshare.
Had the unfortunate side effect of leaving a lot of residual radiation, but it definitely worked.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Try not to get blown off a mountain.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Don't judge me at May 14, 2026 11:07 PM (TbWk/)
Today was the 53rd anniversary of the launch of Skylab back in 1973. It was launched with a modified Saturn V meant for the cancelled Apollo 18 mission.
The launch had some malfunctions. A micro-meteoroid shield/sun shade deployed and broke off, which caused one of the two solar panels to partially deploy. The 2nd stage separation retros then blew that off. Without the sun screen it was in danger of overheating, and then underpowered.
They managed to fix it, and the guy who worked out the plan for that won some distinguished service award.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)
I remember when it happened and being annoyed that the mission would get messed up. The space era was a great time for us little kids.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 11:07 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:08 PM (CmJfJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Did you pay the subscription?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ohio Lurker at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (OgbKj)
Prayers up
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 11:08 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Easily Entertained at May 14, 2026 11:08 PM (oftw2)
The space era was a great time for us little kids.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 11:07 PM (y171U)
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Waking up early for the three-hour launch broadcast.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 11:09 PM (HdYcL)
"Heard"? Are they singing strippers?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 11:10 PM (0Htd1)
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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When the old man died that was it; just like Vanguard.
Loved the old Dollar Menu; Baked Potato, chili, Jr. Wendy, salad, a long list and the portions were small but all kinds of food. Yum.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:11 PM (nzPxx)
catch you at twilight's last twirling
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 11:12 PM (ZxPkt)
If you've got one of these vintage workhorses, make sure it's been modified to remove the death cap. Keeping everything 100% original isn't worth the risk of death.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (IG3/x)
Very familiar with the death cap. Most of my vintage marshall amps were modded to get rid of it. The anal vintage homos would probably scream over that, but tough shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:13 PM (snZF9)
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Agreed. Here and otherwise. I have a list of friends and extended family (with let’s call it acute conditions) that I pray for each day. Going on several years now (I suspect the influence of my guardian angel). I “lost” my first one last summer. Granted his condition was advanced and sudden, but it still struck home. God’s will be done. His plan, not mine. Doubt that explanation suffices for Monty’s wife and kids. May the Holy Spirit sustain them.
Posted by: Grayman27 at May 14, 2026 11:13 PM (AvoqE)
"Heard"? Are they singing strippers?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 11:10 PM (0Htd1)
They should make a mark, and strip the paint off all of the cars.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 11:13 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Youtube Videos Help at May 14, 2026 11:14 PM (oftw2)
I remember watching 12 during the Moonwalk. They had brought a Color videocon camera for live Television. Alan Bean was on the job. For about two seconds, we saw the surface of the Moon in glorious Living Color. But inadvertently the camera was pointed into the Sun, and that as they say, was the end of that. Oops.
John Young rarely fucked up. But he got his boots tangled up in some cables on one of the high dollar ALSEP deals, lunar temperature or seismic or something, and ripped the cable from the pin connector. Oops. “Charlie … uh-oh”
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:14 PM (CmJfJ)
The space era was a great time for us little kids.
Posted by: Joemarine
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There were 2-way speakers in every classroom.
They stopped classes and broadcast the launches over the school system.
'Course we said a prayer and pledged allegiance everyday too.
_Better dead than red
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:15 PM (nzPxx)
"Heard"? Are they singing strippers?
Posted by: nerdygirl
Well, they're all just working their way through college. Perhaps they'd like to present their doctoral theses.
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)
-SFGate
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High-speed rail CEO will be hanged 'in our lifetime'
-SFsycho
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
Had the unfortunate side effect of leaving a lot of residual radiation, but it definitely worked.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 14, 2026 11:06 PM (IG3/x)
I remember reading a great plan to dig a sea level canal across Nicaragua with buried h-bombs, all at once. It would have worked, too, but for some reason the Nicaraguans would never agree to letting about 1/3 of their country get nuked. They just didn’t see why we thought that was so cool.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:16 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Yeah, think I'm putting an air conditioner in the garage before I start digging.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 11:18 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: moki at May 14, 2026 11:21 PM (wLjpr)
Don’t want to remove this, you want to replace them with a poly film cap, like anything else. It won’t fuck up your tone.
The OG waxed foil/paper capacitors short out is all. That’s why they are dangerous as “X” or “Y” installations across the line.
Nearby lightning strikes do neat things to these, you can tell when an old radio or whatever got hit by lightning, these caps are just gone, with maybe a whisp of smoke and innards and bare leads
You’ll get a shock if you are grounded in certain situations, but the current will be limited by the capacitor across the line.
You
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:22 PM (ds7a/)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (0CU3H)
Definitely old school depending on the subject. The only time I move away from old school is when something new school is absolutely 100% better.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)
-SFGate
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Better hurry up, I'm already 29.
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 11:23 PM (oq9dX)
I think of you often, sweet man and I hope
You are well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:44 PM (A5RD0)
Appreciate that more than I can say, ma'am. The kids and I are enduring as best we can as a family. Hope you're doing well also.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 14, 2026 11:25 PM (t2oSI)
I keep a PAA (personal analog assistant-- aka "pen and paper") in my bag at all times. Memory is sketchy at my advanced-29 age LOL.
Breezy here and cool enough to be unpleasant for yard work. Bah. Glad I got a lot of stuff done earlier this week!
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nerdygirl
>The wind took two steel deck chairs and tossed them into the yard like cardboard. Luckily it goes, not unlike a tornado or hurricane.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 11:27 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: JML at May 14, 2026 11:27 PM (EtRph)
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)
Get Back!
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Why would state laws override federal laws on federal land/parks???
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 14, 2026 10:58 PM (VCgbV)
I was wondering about that too. Suppose the poster meant California State Parks? Or does poster mean National Parks located in California (Yosemite, Joshua Tree, etc)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 11:28 PM (QGaXH)
Planes in the air for months at a time. Stupid, in oh so many ways. They did try to make some test engines, without a lot of promise, and that was about as far as it got.
The amount of shielding required on a plane, to protect the crew from radiation, was one huge problem. Weight. And the practical problems of Maintenance and Inspection - on an aircraft that stays in the air all the time.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:28 PM (ds7a/)
One of my proudest moments as a father.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 14, 2026 11:30 PM (1B2PI)
Oh. Is my redneck showing? Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
-SFGate
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Better hurry up, I'm already 29.
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 11:23 PM (oq9dX)
The CEO must be a 35 year old turtle, who's father is 160.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 11:34 PM (qx7Zg)
I spent a lot of time refurbing the Generator system on my old Ford. Now most people aren’t too mechanical, and they just slap a GM 1-wire alternator on.
I just like to mess around with old tech, just to learn how they really work. Alternators replaced Generators fairly quickly, and for good reasons. But they can be made to work just fine. But they need maintenance and adjustment, servicing.
If you read the automotive repair boards, it’s a wonder how all those millions got across fucking town even once, with carburetors, generators, drum brakes, points & condenser ignition .. Impossible, clearly.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:35 PM (ds7a/)
-SFGate
......
Better hurry up, I'm already 29.
Posted by: wth
The CEO must be a 35 year old turtle, who's father is 160.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
They said "our." I figured they were pregnant.
Posted by: mikeski didn't bother to verify gender at May 14, 2026 11:36 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 14, 2026 10:54 PM (f87vz)
She is actually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Her delivery was annoying to me though. I could overlook for awhile.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 10:59 PM (qrzX6)
Yeah...but somewhere out there is a guy who's just about had it with her s***....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 11:37 PM (QGaXH)
Oh. Is my redneck showing? Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
Yup, from space.
I on the other hand have the common decency to use black foam pipe insulation. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (AnnNE)
Compliance and Ethics? Or the EU CE?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 14, 2026 11:41 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard
Guess? Electrical. Lotta vibration on lawnmowers. Maybe just a connector came loose, maybe the seat switch needs adjustment.
Good luck, and let us know!
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ohio Lurker"
***As another long time lurker who's occasionally asked here for prayers, I know you'll get help.
Posted by: Cosda at May 14, 2026 11:42 PM (Q9J8w)
Wandered off to soak up some vid. Some PJ Watson, the bow-tie History Guy, Cowboy Kent Rollins, & other.
Including my two regular science gals, Aussie astrophysicist Dr. Becky, and the amusing German physicist Sabine Hoffensfloffer or something. I enjoy their videos, even though half the time I'm utterly lost as to what they're talking about.
Some things I do know what they're talking about make me sigh, though.
Hossenfelder really buys into the whole "renewable" energy and electric vehicles credo, as well as the threat or menace of climate chaos.
Becky gets distressed that the US budget for NASA has been big on exploration (Moon, Mars missions) but has greatly shrunk for scientific research and NSA. Her favorite projects and friends may not be able to belly up to the US taxpayer trough.
Sad face for both of them, but it seems to this non-physicist that they're not really getting the whole picture on those subjects. At least Sabine is not opposed to nuke energy. They're kinda cute & funny for semi-libs.
Tonight's Sabine & Becky vids if you wanna check 'em out.
youtu.be/d96WHYOHoU8
youtu.be/0pvL-JkR0Ns
Now to ONT content..
Posted by: mindful webworker - Pluto IS TOO a planet because it is :) at May 14, 2026 11:44 PM (tcCok)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 11:45 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Berserker
Oh, but the colors can coordinate with the chair pads!
I'll have you know, that I found some gorgeous *turquoise* color pool noodles at the
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)
Hard pass.
Posted by: torabora at May 14, 2026 11:48 PM (acu8T)
I spent a lot of time refurbing the Generator system on my old Ford. Now most people aren’t too mechanical, and they just slap a GM 1-wire alternator on.
I just like to mess around with old tech, just to learn how they really work. Alternators replaced Generators fairly quickly, and for good reasons. But they can be made to work just fine. But they need maintenance and adjustment, servicing.
If you read the automotive repair boards, it’s a wonder how all those millions got across fucking town even once, with carburetors, generators, drum brakes, points & condenser ignition .. Impossible, clearly.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:35 PM (ds7a/)
Yeah, thats one area where new tech is great. Mechanical voltage regular on a car? Kiss my ass with that shit, give me solid state. Old harleys up to 1969 used generators, points, and mechanical voltage regulators. They actually work fine, although they do make the parts to update them. The generators with a solid state regulator are pretty much problem free. The electronic ignitions are great, although guys will carry the original point plate just in case.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:48 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
Oh, but the colors can coordinate with the chair pads!
I'll have you know, that I found some gorgeous *turquoise* color pool noodles at the dollar.. uh, buck-and-a-quarter.. um, dollar-and-a-half(!) store just the other day. And lovely blue & green, patterned "duct" tape at wally world.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)
I'm a harley dude and metal guitar player. In my world black *IS* color coordinated. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
Black gets hot in the sun. Besides, why would you want to cover up the CHROME chair frames?
You *do* have chrome chair frames, right?
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
It wasn't easy returning them either.
Mid 1980's....
Posted by: torabora at May 14, 2026 11:55 PM (acu8T)
You *do* have chrome chair frames, right?
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
Mine are red to match my car. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ
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Do they have colored Flex Tape for patching the above ground pool?
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 11:58 PM (oq9dX)
Among the many things my family calls me, lol, I'm called the duct tape queen.
Lots of stuff can be fixed with duct tape.
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Berserker
Ah. Well, it's settled then. I tip my hat to you...
Can't argue with red & black!
https://youtu.be/iLm-N6uMmpQ
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ohio Lurker at May 14, 2026 11:00 PM (OgbKj)
I've walked that valley. Prayers for her, her kids, and you..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 15, 2026 12:04 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: wth
Good question! I don't know. They do make "clear."
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons
>Everything can be fixed with 90mph gorilla tape. They've perfected it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:06 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 15, 2026 12:07 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)
Skip if you remember me saying this before.
Years ago during the depth of winter, the power was not steady and the battery back-up was dead. Since I couldn't use the computer in those conditions, I took a shirt-pocket size blank book and started doing some initial sketches for a story I'd had in the back of my mind for a long time. I was thinking of, ultimately, a graphic novel (comic) format.
Years previously I'd outlined some plot, but it just didn't work, so I stuck it in the file cabinet and the back burner of my brain.
That winter, the opening of the story began as sketches in that little notebook. Shortly, though, my mind started feeding me story faster than I could illustrate. I went to handwriting text and to my surprise I filled several legal pads. What I published online was very much that first draft (including the introductory sketches).
I could tell the big difference between typing and handwriting as far as creativity. Different parts of the mind.
Alas, my hands no longer hold a pen well, so, other stories are trapped inside.
Invulnerable
https://bit.ly/invul
Posted by: mindful webworker - a kid had a strange power at May 15, 2026 12:08 AM (tcCok)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (D1E+2)
Thats some bad ass shit. Works great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)
Oh. Is my redneck showing? Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
I use them for that purpose when I rent a boat for a day of lake fishing..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 15, 2026 12:14 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 12:05 AM (D1E+2)
I don't recommend it for flyaway hair.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 15, 2026 12:15 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)
They fabricated tail fins, side-scoops and a hood scoop out of cardboard from work, applied them with duct tape, and gave it all a rattle-can paint job.
From a (long!) distance, looked not too bad.
Up close-- laughter unto TEARS!
It was total "riceboi" but without the fancy pinstripes. (Unless they added some later?)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:19 AM (3ek7K)
Many here at AOSHQ are definitely fond of old school stuff and ways. I personally feel like I employ a good blend of new tech vs older methods. Where do you fall on this spectrum?
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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I've been writing lately and using a pen and paper. Sick of burning my eyes out in front of a monitor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 15, 2026 12:20 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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I've been writing lately and using a pen and paper. Sick of burning my eyes out in front of a monitor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I've been living in a stump, clothed in ferns and eating nothing but raw squirrels. I've never felt more alive.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2026 12:23 AM (UoKXn)
Posted by: four seasons
I'm sure of it! I was getting some OT on weekend shift & they were all so excited to see him drive the "project" to work one day. 20-somethings, dudes... such energy!
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: 496 at May 15, 2026 12:33 AM (G/LYz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 12:34 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:37 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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I used to know a very good handyman, long passed now, who said that he could fix anything except the crack in your ass or a broken heart.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 12:37 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: four seasons at May 15, 2026 12:38 AM (3ek7K)
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Yeah, pretty sure about that. Best luck, I've been running it without the hood since I bashed it into the truck. Hopefully, debris knocked a wire loose. - best case scenario.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:39 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:40 AM (PHjsi)
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Fully charged Dust Buster. Animals HATE the sound of a vacuum cleaner. The air being sucked in generates sound frequencies they can't stand (and that we can't hear.) A leaf blower, otoh, just blows air loudly, it doesn't produce the vacuum noise effect...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 15, 2026 12:41 AM (BlDQE)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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and thin gauge bailing wire
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:42 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: ShainS -- Sufferer of IED (Intermittent Explosive Disorder) at May 15, 2026 12:43 AM (7QH/s)
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Fully charged Dust Buster. Animals HATE the sound of a vacuum cleaner. The air being sucked in generates sound frequencies they can't stand (and that we can't hear.) A leaf blower, otoh, just blows air loudly, it doesn't produce the vacuum noise effect...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 15, 2026 12:41 AM (BlDQE)
Best bear defense? A crippled hiking partner.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 12:43 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 15, 2026 12:44 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Braenyard
Oh, wow... glad it's running cooler. Yeah, plastic connectors get brittle over time & 'bashing' it might've skinned/pulled on a wire or several? Again: good luck!
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
They fabricated tail fins, side-scoops and a hood scoop out of cardboard from work, applied them with duct tape, and gave it all a rattle-can paint job.
From a (long!) distance, looked not too bad.
Up close-- laughter unto TEARS!
It was total "riceboi" but without the fancy pinstripes. (Unless they added some later?)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
We did that to a friend who had a 1962 Imperial sitting in his driveway. We decked it out to look like a tug boat. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 12:48 AM (snZF9)
Pretty uneventful trip. Sunshine, warm and windy. Saw a sign that we thought said I-25 closed from Buffalo to Casper (turns out only to light campers) so we took a side road. Delightful drive, only hitch was we had to stop for a few minutes as a huge herd of sheep was driven past us. Saw many antelope.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 12:48 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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For that reason, a Raven .25 is often quoted as a bear defence, if hiking with a partner. Go for the knee.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 12:51 AM (XeU6L)
IRGC throwing digs at China: “Those who betray in secret will be exposed.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 12:56 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Berserker
Hahaha! Yep, it was a boat alright...
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 12:51 AM (XeU6L)
Neighbor lady in AJ has a Jennings .25, much the same thing. But the chrome plating is pretty.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 12:58 AM (jNLDj)
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/LQiOA7euaYA
Rick Beato - Top 20 Greatest Vocal Intros Of All Time
https://youtu.be/olJhaLrLEqI
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 12:59 AM (Sy6m/)
If you had Tom Massie and the New York Times on your bingo card, well done.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2026 12:59 AM (UoKXn)
I think it's funny that muzz will lie and lie, but get oh so offended if it happens to them.
Boohoohoo...
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2026 12:59 AM (UoKXn)
He should endorse the toilet from Married, With Children. Then you could buy a Massie-Ferguson toilet. An implement to be reckoned with.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:01 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Berserker
Hahaha! Yep, it was a boat alright...
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
It was funny. We hung old tires along the side, we made registration numbers with electrical tape. We made a semi enclosed bridge with cardboard on the roof and stuck lawn in it. We even made an anchor from tin foil. He was less than amused. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:02 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)
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Ready Kilowatt is getting antsy. Contractors building neighborhoods with their own electrical system - that doesn't fail and doesn't increase the price when the weather turns rough - will put Big Energy on its heels.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:04 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:02 AM (snZF9)
It's not a classic tug boat if it doesn't have a woven rope fender on the bow.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:04 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 01:07 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:08 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:10 AM (jNLDj)
https://youtu.be/olJhaLrLEqI
And he doesn't do "Renegade" by Styx???
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2HJore6jYE
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 15, 2026 01:14 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:14 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:15 AM (PHjsi)
I intend to be there a little before noon and go back a about three hours later for more if supplies have lasted.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 01:19 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions
>You're good if you scrub your underpants on a river rock twice a week. Splash river water on your face and rub your teeth with a finger. The cave women will be kicking down the buffalo skin door.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:20 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:15 AM (PHjsi)
Yep. Have never pushed this car to top speed. Engine was overhauled 1980-something. It does not burn any oil, and leaks only a tiny amount. Car came to me in fine shape, so I want to preserve it. This exact car, in fact. 20 year old pic, from before I owned it, but it still looks like this:
https://tinyurl.com/3nsz5k5x
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:22 AM (jNLDj)
If you had Tom Massie and the New York Times on your bingo card, well done.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
The Babylon Bee can't parody the NYT's like the NYT's can.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 15, 2026 01:22 AM (f87vz)
>They were awesome. Don't know if they are still around.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:23 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You should be there by morning.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
The National Institutes of Health removed UNC virologist, Ralph Baric, from all his NIH grants. And UNC put Baric on administrative leave.
This all took place last year,...exposed it all in...investigation that delved into Baric’s career, his past lobbying efforts of the federal government to keep taxpayer money pouring into his UNC lab, and Baric’s manipulations of public opinion to shut down speculation that the pandemic started because of the dangerous virus research that he pioneered in collaboration with Shi Zhengli at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
https://tinyurl.com/48y282pu
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (PHjsi)
Got off on a tangent watching some videos about the Skylab repair, such as this quite long one, but well worth it if you have the time:
https://is.gd/jIWBmx
They're speaking with Charles Lewis, one of the engineers on that. At one point, one of them says "Now, you didn't have any images to see what the damage was, you only had sensor/telemetry data".
Lewis said, "We did have an image. It was very faint, but we did have one and enough said about that."
I assume that means they had some classified spy satellite or other "national technical means" images taken for them. It's nice to know the spooks will give NASA a hand when needed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You should be there by morning.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
. . . but I don't think he's coming up from San Antone'
Posted by: George Strait at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (X5Jzz)
Yet they already had some of their big hits before New Wave became a thing, the Mods to Punk's rockers. Similarly, Blondie had a number of hits before they became considered New Wave. Then there's Sparks, the brothers Ron and Russell Mael (which in turn inspired inter-dimensional mercenaries Ron and Russell Post in Matt Howarth's 'Those Annoying Post Brothers' and related comics) who first started performing under the name Half-Nelson in 1968! They had a big jump in US popularity during the New Wave era but much older than most trying to make a name for themselves then.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
Hah! Get the reference, but the old eyelids are too heavy to drive all night. I am in a cozy motel, and am about 5 minutes away from lights out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 01:28 AM (0nHVk)
I was reading something about Baric a while back. He should be in jail with the key thrown away at the least. Some were trying to get the NC legislature to do some hearings and investigate and maybe strip him of his funding and punish UNC and all that.
They chickened out and wouldn't touch it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:29 AM (jNLDj)
Hello Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Someone had to do it. Should have nic'd Geo. Strait
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:29 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:29 AM (XeU6L)
Well, I'm not broke down south of Dallas, so there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:31 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:10 AM (jNLDj)
New wave sounds about right, or in their case weird wave.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:34 AM (snZF9)
Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:35 AM (jNLDj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:29 AM (XeU6L)
Well, I'm not broke down south of Dallas, so there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2026 01:31 AM (jNLDj)
But where will you be when that sun is high in that Texas sky?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 01:35 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
. . . but I don't think he's coming up from San Antone'
Posted by: George Strait
>I know a guy who loves to karaoke that song. Total fag. Can't sing. Sometimes it's hard to be tolerant.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:36 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 01:36 AM (QGaXH)
****
You have a Daytona and a Lark?! Isn't it a rule that if you have more than three Studebakers then you have to open a car museum?
Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 01:37 AM (cSctv)
https://is.gd/jIWBmx
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
I was looking at space stuff on you tube and this popped into my side bar. This was pretty frigging interesting. Kinda goes along with the ancient civilizations stuff we were talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQRjst2vNGo
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 01:40 AM (snZF9)
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You have a Daytona and a Lark?! Isn't it a rule that if you have more than three Studebakers then you have to open a car museum?
Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 01:37 AM (cSctv)
Not in Canada....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 01:40 AM (QGaXH)
Cloobeck has the same tastes as Bezos. His bride to be, Adva Lavie.
https://tinyurl.com/r96e96ce
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:40 AM (PHjsi)
Compare that to 25 years ago, when my then employer had me take a rented cargo van up to San Francisco (the company offices were across the street from the rental place in Pasadena) to pick up four internet kiosks for an event. Each in its case was the size of a typical adult coffin. I set out from my place about 3 AM, got into SF around 8 AM, met the folks from the kiosk company and went to lunch with them, then found myself in San Francisco in early afternoon with nothing to do. I'd already covered the touristy stuff long ago. Couldn't think of anybody to call who wouldn't be working on a weekday, and didn't want to do any spending that wasn't covered by the company. So I headed home. I was back by early evening and called my boss to let him know. He was very surprised, as he expected I'd get a room for the night.
Such a round trip same day didn't faze me back then.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 01:40 AM (/0z9K)
They chickened out and wouldn't touch it.
Posted by: publius
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Maddening. What are legislatures and investigative bodies for?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 15, 2026 01:42 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: publius
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Maddening. What are legislatures and investigative bodies for?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 15, 2026 01:42 AM (XJ22o)
Rubber stamping, rubber chickens, and rubber stamping rubber chickens.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 15, 2026 01:43 AM (qx7Zg)
Thanks. I remember some of the stuff about how they knew about Uranus and Neptune. That ties in with that, what do they call it, Dogone tribe that knew about Sirius B.
The "mainstream" argues that just can't be, because no humans could've known about all that, so it just can't be possible. In the Dogone case, they argued it was 20th Century cultural contamination.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 01:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Epobirs
>Now my eyes get tired and I need to take a break. Plus, nowadays you need to keep your head on a swivel for the fucking drivers going 90mph and the random wildlife.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:45 AM (D1E+2)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJUS0cW9wjs
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 01:48 AM (PHjsi)
This gal knows her limitations! Don't like it, but can't change it. *sigh*
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 15, 2026 01:56 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 15, 2026 01:58 AM (CHHv1)
This gal knows her limitations! Don't like it, but can't change it. *sigh*
Posted by: JQ
>The worst drivers are the ones traveling a distance less than twenty miles from one exit to the other at 90mph. Crazy fools making millions of dollars per minute.
They're saving the world.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 01:59 AM (D1E+2)
Why is AOP on the road? On the lam?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 01:36 AM (QGaXH)
Ha! I searched thru the last few ONT's for 'Alberta' and found where AOP wrote he was going on the road to meet up with a car club doing Rte 66. Too bad he's not following it to the end.
Hope he gets his kicks.....
Good night everybody....don't forget to tip your waitress....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 15, 2026 02:00 AM (QGaXH)
I have been reading upthread, JQ and Bers those car conversions made me laugh out loud.
Braenyard, that article about Ralph Baric set my teeth on edge. Richard Burr smells to high heaven too.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 02:03 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Epobirs
Back then is in the rear view mirror & getting further back by the day.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 15, 2026 02:06 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mindful webworker - getting to be 100 should be easier at May 15, 2026 02:12 AM (tcCok)
Argentina = Argentinian
Brazil = Brazilian
Mexico = Mexican
Then you get stuff like:
Spain = Spaniard
France = French
Switzerland = Swiss
But it does it extend to aliens:
Ballchin = Ballchinian
You just have to remember the odd demonyms and deal with it, you cute little Chinian.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 15, 2026 02:15 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 02:16 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 02:16 AM (0nHVk)
Ah, lovey, seeing the other motorists. Where's the adventure in that?
Posted by: Mr. Magoo at May 15, 2026 02:25 AM (XgKR7)
Bers, you got me looking at exoplanets in Lyra.
Look up Kepler-442b. 1200 ly away. K5V star. Super earth, 2.36 earth masses, 1.34 earth radii. Semimajor axis 0.41 au, period 112.3 days. Eq temp -41F.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 02:28 AM (w6EFb)
I didn't want to get a hotel, as hubby was already beginning to get "unpredictable" and very cranky. It was bad enough that he needed me to stop for every rest area he saw, and then wanted to eat about every hour or two! The snacks I brought just weren't satisfying enough. (although it was our usual road-food fare from earlier days.)
Those freaking digital speed-limit signs on I-80! And the continuous line of semis... At least the line of oncoming headlights helped me determine the road layout in the middle of deep, dark nowhere!
Just a few days with friends, and then had to turn around and do it all again. At least the end of that trip was in familiar territory, even though late at night.
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 15, 2026 01:58 AM (CHHv1)
You should read some of the interviews with Tina Weymouth. She explains his bizarre self pretty clearly. Particularly after she birthed her son. Dude wasn't acting. He was just plain odd.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 15, 2026 02:34 AM (DwqWV)
youtube.com/watch?v=vQRjst2vNGo
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Well, that's a bedtime story.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 02:37 AM (U9zWQ)
Maddening. What are legislatures and investigative bodies for?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 15, 2026 01:42 AM (XJ22o)
Rubber stamping, rubber chickens, and rubber stamping rubber chickens.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Think I'll steal that.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 02:37 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 02:41 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 02:28 AM (w6EFb)
People from that planet would be very strong. They probably could leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 15, 2026 02:45 AM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 02:46 AM (U9zWQ)
Posted by: Braenyard
Would love to have done that! We had to cross mountains, though. Limited number of road choices, and some of the "back roads" quite iffy.
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 02:55 AM (/0z9K)
"Wanna see something *really* scary?"
AAAUUGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
Posted by: JQ at May 15, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)
He has since become a citizen, probably after the sheer volume of people pointing out the problem.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 02:58 AM (/0z9K)
Kasie Hunt: "Do you still talk to employees at the FBI regularly?"
Comey: "I do... They're under siege."
Why is an indicted man still in contact with the very same people who could be tasked with investigating him?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:10 AM (U9zWQ)
Now if you want to read an interesting but quite complex topic, look up the habitability considerations for G vs K vs M stars. K stars are much longer lived than G. But there are other considerations.
K stars may be the best overall, but some think G is the best. M, red dwarfs are bad because of the violent flares. Planets would have to be very close and those periodic flares would be a killer.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at May 15, 2026 03:11 AM (w6EFb)
Shame that Millicent was strangled in its crib by the major credit card companies. A lot of how things have worked online and how revenue was derived would possibly be very different today if there were a convenient way to transfer truly micro amounts of value to sites like this. A million pennies isn't a trivial amount of money.
Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 03:12 AM (/0z9K)
"I want to thank you very much. This has been an incredible visit. I think a lot of good has come of it.
We've made some fantastic trade deals, great for both countries. He's a man I respect greatly. He's become really a fan.
We've known each other now 11 years, almost 12 years, it's a long time. And we've settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn't have been able to settle. And the relationship is a very strong one.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:23 AM (U9zWQ)
Why is an indicted man still in contact with the very same people who could be tasked with investigating him?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
>Why would a man who took an oath for this country, a law man, talk about siege? This is your conspiracy, right here. Comey needs to be sentenced for his crimes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 15, 2026 03:24 AM (D1E+2)
We want that to end. We don't want them to have a nuclear weapon. We want the straits open...
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Lay siege on China without laying siege and with much respect we play 'let's make a deal'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:25 AM (U9zWQ)
We're going to lay it on the line and we're going to have – you're going to walk away hopefully very impressed, like I'm very impressed with China.
And I just want to end by saying thank you very much. It's been really a great couple of days. Thank you very much."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:35 AM (U9zWQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 03:38 AM (U9zWQ)
Its time to get up
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 03:44 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 03:53 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Why would a man like Mayorkas take an oath to protect our borders and then do everything he could to let in as many illegals as possible? And why is he a free man instead of sitting in a prison cell somewhere?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:16 AM (hxQxn)
Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 04:18 AM (Ia/+0)
https://iotwreport.com/
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 04:25 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 04:31 AM (cSctv)
Undercover Elephant Cafe
In Tokyo, the cyberpunk future arrived in 1981
by hiro tanaka
New haircut.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/2LFAFgVaZM
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 9, 2026
Overnight time-lapse photography of the earth's rotation pic.twitter.com/vCpiMKUyoo
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The best mornings in Yosemite are ones where you are treated to low fog in the valley pic.twitter.com/GIihiKF8Vi
— Brandon Yoshizawa (@bay_photography) May 14, 2026
Unconditional love.. 🥺
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Never give up.. pic.twitter.com/kZLCJMJI7z
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)
I'd need to go to the Swiss mountains right afterward to detox.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)
I bugged out of work a little early and just got home. Beautiful out here o the beach. 62, partly sunny and windy.
I wish the pollen counts would go down though. Everyone has a runny nose and stuffed ears and is sneezing. Even the dogs and cats.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 07:43 PM (A5RD0)
There's something profoundly mystical about it.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 07:44 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 07:45 PM (lSIaC)
142 Buy cheap computer fan (Amazon $2) and mate it to one of the million transformers you have. Make a little box for the fan and place it in an appropriate position to cool the laptop. Even if you have a brand new one it will extend its life.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 07:45 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)
So they can hide in cherry trees.
Must work great, I've never noticed an elephant in a cherry tree
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 07:46 PM (lSIaC)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 07:46 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at May 14, 2026 07:48 PM (nVdR7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:48 PM (dSKRp)
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 07:50 PM (8jVAy)
*thrun is a word my Dad's best friend used instead of thrown. An homage to my dear departed Pop.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 07:51 PM (0aYVJ)
eating all the gum drops he can see
Posted by: banana Dream at May 14, 2026 07:51 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)
>>> I will ask my resident expert when he gets home.
Posted by: pookysgirl has to live with the aftermath at May 14, 2026 07:51 PM (Wt5PA)
That doesn't seem to work either, but thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:51 PM (dSKRp)
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I still want to know what “instrument” they use in old Western movie soundtracks. It’s intended to sound like boot spurs being spun, if that makes sense. But I doubt that’s what they are.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 07:52 PM (1cMxB)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m)
by hiro tanaka
Sure, Just look for the sign, you cannot miss it.
All I can see is the little white triangle on her heinie.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 07:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)
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That was one of the “selling points” psychologists claimed when L.S.D. first came on the scene, a way to study Schizophrenia, since the effects are very similar. Maybe, they surmised, Schizophrenia is a defect where similar compounds are produced by the brain. Strangely enough, they found that L.S.D. has almost no effect whatsoever when administered to Schizophrenics. (Your tax dollars at work again)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 07:56 PM (1cMxB)
eating all the gum drops he can see
Posted by: banana Dream at May 14, 2026 07:51 PM (3uBP9)
The 1960s music class songbook...which reminds me that there was a song about marching to Pretoria. Bet they don't sing that one at school anymore.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)
I know what you mean. It's in the Good the Bad and the Ugly. I don't know what it is. Sounds like some kind of spinning noisemaker, like a rotor inside a wheel.
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 07:58 PM (1wjle)
Unlike penguins, who do nothing to eliminate mosquitos.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 07:59 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:00 PM (1cMxB)
Posted by: a Zen mastur at May 14, 2026 08:01 PM (VHUov)
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Eh, probably a rounding error as far as numbers are concerned.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:02 PM (1cMxB)
Just ignore the creepy shadow people. After me,
"That motherfucker ain't real!"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 08:02 PM (/lPRQ)
If you live in an area where you can attract Marten or Swallows, they eat an insane number of mosquitos.
Simply building the right nesting box for them will do amazing things to the insect population around your yard.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 08:02 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 08:02 PM (zZu0s)
My deep sleep period is early on; then I wake up around 0100, then doze wake, doze wake, etc., until I get up for work at 0630.
Seems to work because I never feel tired or groggy during the day.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 08:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Not a Tech guy, but I have a similar problem. There is a solution.
The cause is your internet browser, like Safari, is not up to date. X will not play on older OSs. You can update your OS, or:
after the x in the address, type cancel. xcancell should allow it to play.
It is part of forcing people to upgrade, and I deplore it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 08:03 PM (u82oZ)
Would be willowed, but is was in FO mode, reading a book.....
How that's pronounced "Knak o tish" is beyond me.
Posted by: man
That is exactly how it is pronounced.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 14, 2026 08:04 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)
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A hunker is not a squat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:04 PM (ZOv7s)
Grasshopper, when you meditate under the waterfall, be like the capybara.
Posted by: a Zen master at May 14, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)
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That’s it! Always used to add a dramatic accompaniment or whatever. Something Bad is About To Happen. Whatever it is, I’d like to have it, and carry it with me, so I could deploy that very special audio effect at suitable times and places. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:05 PM (1cMxB)
by hiro tanaka
Here's another one."
Both those look Photoshopped, or AI. But I could be wrong. Which means the cyberpunk future is now, when I can't tell if anything is real or not.
Posted by: zombie at May 14, 2026 08:05 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)
I remember that song. Sang it in school, in Cody, Wyoming. Weird.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 08:05 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 08:06 PM (gKWVE)
Heart Transplant.
The favoring of an alternate invader of South Africa, because of racism, over the Boer, has destroyed an industrial country.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 08:06 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 08:07 PM (D1E+2)
Could be or it could legit be something to do with your particular computer or browser. Try changing x.com in the URL bar to xcancel.com.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 14, 2026 08:07 PM (vTZFs)
"Your memories are false; they have been planted."
- Major Motoko Kusanagi, Public Security Section 9.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 08:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 08:09 PM (IEV/x)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 08:09 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 08:10 PM (viF8m)
Is anemia part of why the population is declining in Japan?
Unrealistic expectations or something?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 08:10 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 08:11 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 08:11 PM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 08:05 PM (0aYVJ)
It is weird. Middle American elementary school kids singing a song about the Boer War (?). I guess it was the international songs portion, though. Because now I remember Balalalaika in there, too.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 08:11 PM (zYpTz)
Hm. Sounds strangely…. familiar somehow, but I just can’t put my finger on it. Oh well, I’m sure it’s probably nothing.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:12 PM (1cMxB)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 08:10 PM (viF8m)
I'd love to see it. Hell, I'd love to visit the RSA. But it is such a bloody mess.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 08:12 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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yeah I bailed on that almost instantly
don't want those pictures in my head
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZxPkt)
Cherish your family.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 08:14 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 08:09 PM (snZF9)
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I watched it a few times. The more I watch it, the more "demonic" those shadowy figures get.
The one that looks like it's sitting in a patio chair is particularly gruesome, because it does look like *something* is occupying that chair...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 08:14 PM (gnNyN)
Beautiful country. But I have no desire to go back now. Place is going feral.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 08:15 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:15 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: a Zen mastur at May 14, 2026 08:01 PM
* scribbles notes *
Posted by: Primus at May 14, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at May 14, 2026 08:15 PM (V6/y0)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:16 PM (1cMxB)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:16 PM (/+uur)
Those blossoms are nasty, stain any surface worse than olives from olive trees. But very purty when they're all blooming at once, big lavender balls of color.
Typically they peak first week of June here. Not this time.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 14, 2026 08:16 PM (U/Byj)
As long as our ancestors were roaming around and hunting, it didn't matter if someone heard the spirit of the bison calling to him. If you could channel your insanity to going totally primal against a bear, that was good enough for the tribe. Being a little weird about the gods of the crop didn't even matter all that much if you were in a primitive neolithic village.
It did matter if you were piloting a ship from Knossos to Sicily. Or tallying ledgers in Canaan.
hopefully this doesn't blow the margins -
dwarkesh.com/p/david-reich-2
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:15 PM (77rzZ)
We did the same to but Marching to Poland
Posted by: Hilter Youth Camper at May 14, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:16 PM
Roll over, Beethoven?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:15 PM (77rzZ)
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YMCA day camp actually sang Christian songs. We even sang "Taps" at the end of the day.
The counselors liked to sing the "C.I.T. Song" from "Meatballs."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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insert the word cancel in front of the x as in xcancel,
do not disturb anything else. Press enter.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 08:19 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Hilter Youth Camper at May 14, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)
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It's no "Marching Through Georgia."
Posted by: The Western Armies at May 14, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 08:16 PM
* smiles *
Posted by: zombie Ea-nasir at May 14, 2026 08:19 PM (0sNs1)
I shot him in my pajamas
*admirer*
nice garaminals
wait what no
No its an elephant
Posted by: Hilter Youth Camper at May 14, 2026 08:20 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:21 PM (/+uur)
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.
We’re marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:22 PM (/+uur)
I think the return of testosterone to Japan will rapidly take care of their falling birth rate. A proud people are a productive people.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 08:22 PM (kqNni)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 08:11 PM (zYpTz)
We also sang old slave songs. I remember one:
" O Mr. Moon, moon, bright and shiny moon, won't you come from behind that tree...
My life's in danger, but I'm scared to run
there's a man behind me with a big shotgun..."
Seriously, weird. As a kid it was just another thing they made us do in school. I hated school. All of it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 08:23 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Common Tater
I'm not a big Western guy, but I did
A cabasa, if you just spun it rather than using it like an inside-out maraca?
https://youtu.be/weMXR0xtEXA
A vibraslap? (Yeah, I know, but that's what it's called. Run with it, Morons.)
https://youtube.com/shorts/XK98Oc-SdHw
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 08:23 PM (VHUov)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 08:23 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 08:24 PM (pZEOD)
Apparently, it's a Spanish Civil War version of "Starship Troopers," a film meant to convey one message and ends up conveying the opposite. I can't find the whole thing streaming for free at the moment, but I'm watching for it. These things usually come around.
I'm feeling rather bullish at the moment. I think Antifa is going to make a play and get absolutely routed. The networks have been mapped, the groundwork laid, and we know that their bench is very thin. NGO money is drying up. Without that, Soros and Co. have to make direct contributions, which is problematic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)
It’s intended to sound like boot spurs being spun, if that makes sense. But I doubt that’s what they are.
I know what you mean. It's in the Good the Bad and the Ugly. I don't know what it is. Sounds like some kind of spinning noisemaker, like a rotor inside a wheel.
Posted by: ace
The ratchet?
https://youtu.be/rkYJh5KinOA
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 08:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 08:24 PM (pZEOD)
We know about Ea-Nasir because he tried to rook a fellow Semite.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 14, 2026 08:25 PM (ceJ0R)
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Who on earth would ever think that natural selection ceased? I mean, except for the dead, their choices are limited.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 08:25 PM (nzPxx)
Cherish your family.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky
I hear you, Pug.
My boys and I were visiting friends in Marion,MT. We sat out in the yard and watched dozens of migrating hummingbirds dive bomb each other trying to get to the feeders. They were amazing. We made all kinds of commentary while watching. It was hilarious.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 08:26 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 08:22 PM (kqNni)
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I've said for two decades that the rebirth of the warrior spirit will also cause the Japanese to make babies again. Women want strong men, and the Japanese are some mean hombres when they want to be.
Glad they are on our side this time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)
I did manage to buy some fancy grape jelly, in anticipation that I would not neglect to buy more peanut butter. I try never to be at Zero balance, there’s maybe enough on hand for one sandwich. (I am out in the sticks, resupply is too far to be convenient).
Other than making toast, is Grape jelly good for anything else?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:27 PM (1cMxB)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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If you've never read the work around here you don't spend much time reading other comments.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 08:27 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
We also sang old slave songs. I remember one:
" O Mr. Moon, moon, bright and shiny moon, won't you come from behind that tree...
My life's in danger, but I'm scared to run
there's a man behind me with a big shotgun..."
Seriously, weird. As a kid it was just another thing they made us do in school. I hated school. All of it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
At the tiny grade school I went to, the music teacher had a "TV theme songs" songbook.
I liked singing the Greatest American Hero song.
In retrospect, it was amazingly weird that we sang the MASH theme song. Didn't think anything of it at the time; I just thought it was neat that it had lyrics 'cuz they weren't on TV.
Posted by: mikeski is now 29 and not at all painless at May 14, 2026 08:27 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
But double the guard at Pearl Harbor, just in case.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 08:28 PM (kqNni)
The dog is stalking the cat which is stalking a bird. The dog is in. Snoeflake may have a gift tomorrow. My yard sound like an aviary.
For now....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 08:29 PM (Sco7b)
Total mayhem. Middle kid (recently promoted to Staff Sergeant) took the bat with a tennis racket. I caught it in a towel, and we brought it to animal control to see if a round of shots were in order. Nope, but it was the end of the bat.
Siding and roof repairs last summer solved the problem (or so we hope).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)
But double the guard at Pearl Harbor, just in case.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
We have satellites and much better radar now.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 08:30 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: mikeski is now 29 and not at all painless at May 14, 2026 08:27 PM (VHUov)
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I remember the moment I realized the TV show was based on a movie and the movie was...weird.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Not sure why you even bothered to respond. Oh, well.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 14, 2026 08:31 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 08:28 PM (kqNni)
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Those sneaky krauts are up to something...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 08:32 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:32 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Common Tater
Boot spurs spinning? Really? It's supposed to be the sound of a revolver's cylinder being spun.
Posted by: The Foley Tech at May 14, 2026 08:32 PM (5QSoL)
It kinda worked. When the July Rising took place, only 1/3 of them joined the rebellion.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:33 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 08:34 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)
It is the only song I remember from grade school. Why that song? I guess it is a little catchy. We must have sang it a lot.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 14, 2026 08:35 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 08:35 PM (u82oZ)
*flicks invisible dust from sleeve*
Good evening, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:32 PM (HdYcL)
You missed a spot.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 08:36 PM (lSIaC)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 08:34 PM (XV/Pl)
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...and Jack Ryan
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 08:37 PM (gnNyN)
Went to Mass today, even though the Obligation for Ascension Thursday is transferred to Sunday. It was a bit odd to go and see a completely different bunch of people than at the 7:00 Sunday Mass I habitually attend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:38 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 14, 2026 08:38 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:41 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:05 PM (1cMxB)
There is a video of the Danish Symphony playing music from the Good, Bad, Ugly. it might show what they use for that sound.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 08:41 PM (8avO+)
So edgy, so now.
What is this, 1991? I'm surprised he didn't compare himself to Turner and Hooch.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 08:41 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 08:42 PM (ZxPkt)
Otherwise I should have done a number of things today.
But I didn't.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
You accomplish more in a morning than most people do all day.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 08:45 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 08:34 PM (XV/Pl)
It's amazing to think of even a such thing as an iconic character.
Has there been one deployed since the Pedowood Devolution of 2015? The last one I can think that remotely fits is John Wick and he was still 2014.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 08:45 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 08:46 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: George Of The Jungle at May 14, 2026 08:47 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Common Tater
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My aunt had this clamshell thing, hinged with two matching sides that had a shape similar to a pot pie tin and long wire handles; only just the right size to line with a piece of bread. Line the two halves with bread and fill with peach preserves or your favorite. Fold together and hold over a flame from your range until the bread was toasted.
mmmm good
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 08:47 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)
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We had that songbook too! I remember one about the Erie Canal -- "Low bridge, everybody down, low bridge 'cause we're comin' to a town ..."
Gotta see if I can gurgle that book on the intertubes .
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 14, 2026 08:47 PM (kpS4V)
But, like going to a conference, or a big party, and being around a lot of discussion and engaging in discussion for hours. At the end when I go to bed alone then my mind won't shut up and I hear all this background ambient discussion in my head for a while before falling sleep. Not really full coherent speech, but streams of words and phrases that I've heard over the day mixed and mashed together.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 14, 2026 08:47 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:38 PM (HdYcL)
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Welcome to my parish! We've got the Daily Mass early risers, the ones that go to the school Mass, and then each segment on Sunday, plus the Saturday Vigil crowd.
I've done them all, and right now I'm the 11 o'clock Sunday because my friend is going to that one. But once OCIA starts, we'll be at the 10 o'clock at the 'student location.' I know that one well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 14, 2026 08:48 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 08:48 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 08:48 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Don Black
That Somali asshat that the Koreans are putting in prison was recently booted out of Japan. They probably regret not just lopping his head off.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 08:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 08:45 PM (vE0+H)
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Justine Bateman observed that culture basically stopped in the Aughts. Nothing has changed. No new trends in music, films, fashion. It got gay and conformist, but it all has the same washed out colors, terrible blurry CGI, and the films are all diverse and nihilist. Things might be breaking open again. Here's hoping.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Phrasing!
hinged with two matching sides that had a shape similar to a pot pie tin and long wire handles; only just the right size to line with a piece of bread. Line the two halves with bread and fill with peach preserves or your favorite. Fold together and hold over a flame from your range until the bread was toasted.
mmmm good
Posted by: Braenyard
They make cast-iron ones for campfire cooking.
* searches *
Apparently they're called "pie irons."
I enjoyed using them as a kid when we went camping; I just didn't know they had a proper name. Apple pie filling with cinnamon-raisin bread. The breakfast of champions.
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 08:52 PM (VHUov)
mmmm good
Posted by: Braenyard
LOL
I think that was a "hobo pie" maker.
Supposed to be used over a camp fire.
Sounds like you got your merit badge for urban camping in Auntie's kitchen.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 08:52 PM (/lPRQ)
NEW: 7 years ago, on this day, Joe Biden predicted a Republican “epiphany” where the party abandons Trump after 2020.
Many primary voters bought into it. But the prophecy failed.
Now Democrats are moving on to a more combative style of politics.
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Comity is dead.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 14, 2026 08:47 PM (3uBP9)
Some intense version of Random Synapse Firings. Everyone gets those every night as they are falling asleep, it's one of the stages - the night I learned about them (long time ago) I started being able to hear them.
I only get the thing you get when I'm around particular people, like ones who are extremely and annoyingly talkative, for a long part of a day. Then it's like I have a tape recording of them in my brain that has to unwind.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 08:52 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: The Foley Tech
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Spurs 'cling', as one walks on the porch going into the saloon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 08:53 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Adrienne Barbeau at May 14, 2026 08:53 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 14, 2026 08:53 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 14, 2026 08:47 PM (kpS4V)
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For a lark, I typed in garbled lyrics of a camp song I vaguely remembered from 1979 and it popped right up. Quite popular, tons of variations in verses, and yet millions sang it while slathering themselves in Deep Woods Off and drinking Hawaiian punch out of a can with a pull tab.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 08:56 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 08:42 PM (ZxPkt)
Way up firm and high?
Posted by: Bob Seger at May 14, 2026 08:56 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 08:52 PM (vE0+H)
I see it as an auditory version of the visual phenomenon where you are traveling 100s of miles through west Kansas, nothing but flat wheat fields, and then you stop at a hotel for the night you will see continual movement, like things spinning, in your peripheral vision for hours.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 14, 2026 08:58 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ray's Cyst
>The pink ones will definitely stomp a mudhole into you and demand recompense.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 08:58 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 08:58 PM (kqNni)
Supposedly, this is what schizophrenic hallucinations look and sound like.
Doubly on-topic music.
https://youtu.be/M2NllMn1HpI
Posted by: mikeski at May 14, 2026 08:58 PM (VHUov)
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Really.Yeah, I think that’s supposed to be spurs, that’s kinda what it evokes. You might be right. But.
Why didn’t they just spin a revolver cylinder, then?
There’s also the “rattle snake” sound effect they use. And the “buzzing” feedback sound, when they show the Sun in the Desert. No water. Hot. You’re gonna Die.
Another oddity in shows, whenever they do a time countdown, or have a clock ticking, it’s always off, way too slow or too fast. Weird.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:59 PM (Iwnxp)
I noticed something happened in the 90's too but there was at least still a life and a creativity to things. Then suddenly in 2015, as if it was planned (it was), media got infiltrated and overtaken almost wholesale. For a few years before that we were saturated with black black black black, and in 2015 it "coincidentally" became women women women in preparation for the inevitable ascent of Hillary.
It wasn't just a cultural cliff push, it was supposed to appear that Hillary herself had done it. Trump knocked all the pieces off the table but they kept their weight on the culture as the primary purpose of post-2015 "entertainment" was to not let our society rally around or remotely agree on *anything*. Not one thing. Not one news story. Not anything.
Best way to do that is exactly what they did. Woke entertainment was never about teaching, it was about bifurcation. As normal opponents, going along with it meant you are aiding the divide. Similarly, in trying to stop it, you are aiding the divide. Either way "they" get their divide.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:00 PM (vE0+H)
Everything is stacked against him and he won't leave.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 08:58 PM (kqNni)
___________
"I say, bobbies, you won't apprehend me alive!"
*fires seltzer water*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:01 PM (HdYcL)
I think this was a Saturday morning cartoon back in the 1980s. Ralph Bakshi, maybe?
I didn't get it, but the kids loved it.
😃🫠😶🌫️🤯
Posted by: mindful webworker - Or maybe I'm thinking of Scooby Doo at May 14, 2026 09:02 PM (tcCok)
Posted by: Cid at May 14, 2026 09:02 PM (vFG9F)
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The Celebrated, venerable Tonka Toaster! Accept no substitutes.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:03 PM (Iwnxp)
"That motherfucker ain't real!"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
It's the Punkin Heads comin' at me that scare me so.
Posted by: Gimme, Gimme, Shock Treatment! at May 14, 2026 09:03 PM (oftw2)
*fires seltzer water*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:01 PM (HdYcL)
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Wooster without the Jeeves.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 14, 2026 08:47 PM (kpS4V)
I think it's entirely possible that I could find one here in Mama's basement. She has at least two boxes of sheet music and songbooks. I have a lunchtime project for tomorrow.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 09:03 PM (zYpTz)
"Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America. The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats."
What was being done there was the classic - "There are those who say your girlfriend is a dirty slut whore. Well I dispute that wholeheartedly!"
And you only come away from that thinking one thing.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:03 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Blutarski,
He's doing what he's told.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2026 09:05 PM (NGvkg)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Or maybe I'm thinking of Scooby Doo at May 14, 2026 09:02 PM (tcCok)
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Hot Take: Bakshi's LotR is better than Peter Jackson's.
Fight me.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 09:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:06 PM (Iwnxp)
And you only come away from that thinking one thing.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:03 PM (vE0+H)
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"There are those who claim I never had sex with a woman, and while they are technically correct, they are on the wrong side of history!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Cid
No. Just no.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2026 09:08 PM (NGvkg)
I think this was a Saturday morning cartoon back in the 1980s. Ralph Bakshi, maybe?
I didn't get it, but the kids loved it.
😃🫠😶🌫️🤯
Posted by: mindful webworker - Or maybe I'm thinking of Scooby Doo at May 14, 2026 09:02 PM (tcCok)
H.R. Pufnstuf.
Posted by: Sid & Marty Krofft at May 14, 2026 09:08 PM (wVcYX)
America: learn from this! do not let it happen here!
*narrator voice* It's not looking good...
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:09 PM (0aYVJ)
The Borzoi breeder injured at a field event at our National Specialty is recovering. A dog slammed into her at full speed, breaking her leg above and below the knee, fracturing vertebrae in her neck and back in the fall and causing a concussion. The fancy has responded nobly, seeing that the dogs she brought with her are being taken care of.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:09 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:09 PM (Iwnxp)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 09:10 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Sid & Marty Krofft at May 14, 2026 09:08 PM (wVcYX)
See also: Lidsville, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Being a kid back then was trippy, and we didn't even need the drugs!
I love you, drugs!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)
"That motherfucker ain't real!"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Oh, so you've watched Jacob's Ladder too?
Posted by: Count de Monetl for Tim Robbins at May 14, 2026 09:11 PM (wVcYX)
My Grandpa put grape jelly on his grits.
__________
Butter. That's all. Lots and lots of butter.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:11 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 09:12 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:12 PM (HdYcL)
Tom Selleck would have been a much better Indian Jones. Suck on that, Mr. Ford.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:13 PM (0aYVJ)
My Grandpa put grape jelly on his grits.
__________
Butter. That's all. Lots and lots of butter.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:11 PM (HdYcL)
Fig preserves, but didn't make a habit of it.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 09:13 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Cid
No. Just no.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2026 09:08 PM (NGvkg)
Not Old Bay?
Posted by: Count de Monetl at May 14, 2026 09:13 PM (wVcYX)
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No, the divide goes back much farther than that. If I had to make an arbitrary divide, one might say the LA Riots, OJ Simpson era, and the “Fuck Da Police, Kill Whitey” era of Rap. Of course one might point to the 1960s race riots as well.
Obie and his handlers most definitely put it into Maximum Overdrive, no doubt about that. Absolutely rancid people from that perspective
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:14 PM (Iwnxp)
And as much as he’s a horrible human being , Alec Baldwin was great as Jack, and should have stayed in the role
Posted by: browndog tacking on the carpet at May 14, 2026 09:16 PM (TTAGa)
No, the divide goes back much farther than that. If I had to make an arbitrary divide, one might say the LA Riots, OJ Simpson era, and the “Fuck Da Police, Kill Whitey” era of Rap.
__________
The Simpson acquittal was a shock. It was like, we don't care what the evidence is.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:16 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:13 PM (0aYVJ)
Dang. You could be right. Selleck was/is three years younger than Ford.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 09:16 PM (gKWVE)
And you only come away from that thinking one thing.
Posted by: ...
That BO was a racist homo muslim who hated everything America stood for?
A little google-foo back then was all it took to find that before Hillary even dropped out. Try that now with "AI" intercepting all your searches.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 09:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2026 09:17 PM (NGvkg)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:17 PM (Iwnxp)
And as much as he’s a horrible human being , Alec Baldwin was great as Jack, and should have stayed in the role
Posted by: browndog tacking on the carpet at May 14, 2026 09:16 PM (TTAGa)
Yeah, sucks to admit it, but I agree. Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:18 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Common Tater
Grilled PB&J in a regular pan is pretty damn good. The peanut butter is like napalm - scalding hot and sticky. Use caution when eating.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 09:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Some like cream and sugar.
Others like butter, salt and pepper.
I am in the latter camp.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:20 PM (0aYVJ)
And as much as he’s a horrible human being , Alec Baldwin was great as Jack, and should have stayed in the role
Posted by: browndog tacking on the carpet at May 14, 2026 09:16 PM (TTAGa)
Yeah, sucks to admit it, but I agree. Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:18 PM (0aYVJ)
Red October was good and he was good. Then he became crazy and killed some people.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 09:20 PM (LHPAg)
I talk myself into it, in my head
I have a mantra that I recite to myself
describing the process of falling asleep
step by step
I almost never reach the end
this mental recitation displaces random 'noise' in my head, and I zonk out
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 09:20 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:13 PM (0aYVJ)
It would have been interesting- as long as they did not have him shave the mustache. He looks right weird without it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 09:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:21 PM (Iwnxp)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 09:22 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:09 PM (Iwnxp)
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Most actors are airheads. You identify the with their characters, and respect them for that. In Old Hollywood, great efforts were made to make that their only public profile.
But those days are dead, and actors think they are smart and can Change Minds and their fans will Do As They Say.
No. Abolutely not. All you are doing is humiliating yourself. Shut up already.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Some like cream and sugar.
Others like butter, salt and pepper.
I am in the latter camp.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:20 PM (0aYVJ)
First the negative Nelly 2 names thing and now sugar on grits? My ancestors are going to have to pox your house. 🤣
Grits and oatmeal, butter and salt / pepper. Cream of wheat may have sugar / maple syrup.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 09:24 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 09:21 PM (zZu0s)
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His screen test was interesting. Ford was basically stoic, and he was modeled on Gary Cooper.
Selleck was much more animated and charismatic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 09:21 PM (zZu0s)
Heh. When we were kids my Dad shaved his mustache. We all freaked out. He grew it right back.
See also: Sam Elliot. He has the turtle lip.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: pookysgirl, passing on experiences at May 14, 2026 09:25 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 09:25 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 09:26 PM (5yqx7)
Obie and his handlers most definitely put it into Maximum Overdrive, no doubt about that. Absolutely rancid people from that perspective
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:14 PM (Iwnxp)
Yeah I know what you mean. But if you look at the 70s, 80s and 90s most people just didn't give a fuck about race. Look at all the wildly admired figures of those decades.
I'm not saying the fault lines weren't there, or even partially exposed - OJ was a good shot at us, you're right, but it didn't have the effect that 2004, Obama, Trayvon, BLM, etc did.
Look at how we all united in 2001. Scared the hell out of our betters. And of course I don't mean "everyone". Holy shit the libs were saying we deserved it while the towers were still smoldering.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:26 PM (vE0+H)
And then …. you’ll still be hungry AF in about an hour.
Oatmeal cookies are pretty damn good though.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:27 PM (Iwnxp)
My Flyers got swept by the Hurricanes and I just heard a report of what these guys were playing with. MCL tear, fractured ribs, fractured foot, broken nose, upper body injury, elbow ligament strain, etc.
Most of them didn't miss a game. Nothing tougher than a hockey player.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky
>The worst part of that movie was when Alec "The Killer" Baldwin mocked the Ukrainian captain's accent with a fake Scottish quotation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (GD0B3)
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Dying is easy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
Nicely played, sir. But should have socked George Burns.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (vTZFs)
I'm more than certain that a number of the outspoken pedowooders are doing scripted alphabet work.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (vE0+H)
See also: Sam Elliot. He has the turtle lip.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)
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When I was in college, my father shaved his mustache. He'd had it since before I was born.
I retaliated by growing one. I looked like Freddy Mercury.
It's in my graduation photo. Happily, he decided to return to form, and I shaved mine off. To be fair, I was also big into WW I at the time, and of course a trimmed mustache was regulation.
My wife abhors them, so my choices are beard or clean shaven. Since I retired from the Guard, beard it is.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (5yqx7)
Selleck was much more animated and charismatic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Brendan Fraser captured the Selleck model in the Mummy movies. Man, I love those. I often joke that the best Indiana Jones movie was The Mummy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:29 PM (HdYcL)
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Before they had both fallen, I had logged on to the Iowa Student Computer Association (ISCA) bulletin board. That was exactly the consensus.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:30 PM (Iwnxp)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (vE0+H)
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Maybe, but a lot of them are just soft-headed poseurs. They are in the twilight of their careers, have no faith and so they do what they think will make them popular with their dying peers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 09:31 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:28 PM (0aYVJ)
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Yes, Selleck was masculine but also could vent frustration and express more emotion. Ford was stoic. That's not bad, but he really never had that much range. Lots of deadpan delivery. People mistook that for depth and profundity. They were wrong.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)
do not disturb anything else. Press enter.
Posted by: Braenyard
Um, at least the example is correct.
Bah. Inman vid is age restricted. Hate it when that happens. Anyway, thanks for the cafe, ace.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
Follow the
xcancel has been a factor in my never signing up for x.
Posted by: mindful webworker - cancelx won't work, duuude. at May 14, 2026 09:34 PM (tcCok)
Posted by: Bob-Tail Nag at May 14, 2026 09:34 PM (oftw2)
I called Grandma on the phone to get her recipe when I was about 7 or 9, I was waiting for her to get her recipe card, she just started rattling it off from memory. Couldn’t believe it.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:34 PM (Iwnxp)
Hey, you! I said I was in the latter camp: salt, butter and pepper.
So there.
My Dad and Grandpa also taught me that salt and pepper on sliced termaters is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:36 PM (Iwnxp)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 09:37 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Blutarski
As I commented recently, the Japanese are talking about re-arming, and Germany wants to have the biggest military in Europe by 1939!
Italy has some catching up to do. Meloni better start making the trains run on time.
Posted by: mindful webworker - was it over when... at May 14, 2026 09:37 PM (tcCok)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 09:38 PM (GD0B3)
Hey, you! I said I was in the latter camp: salt, butter and pepper.
So there.
My Dad and Grandpa also taught me that salt and pepper on sliced termaters is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May
Don’t tell anyone, but I actually don’t like tomatoes. My family thinks I am crazy.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 09:38 PM (hftzA)
With brown sugar and whole milk.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 09:39 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Hirsute and Hisute at May 14, 2026 09:39 PM (oftw2)
211 Oatmeal really should only be eaten by horses.
Posted by: Bob-Tail Nag at May 14, 2026 09:34 PM (oftw2)
I think the definition of oats in the first dictionary by Samuel Johnson said:
Oats (n), a common grain fed by the English to their horses, and by the Scots to their children.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 09:40 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 09:38 PM (hftzA)
My family is also pretty evenly split on olives (not the gross black ones in cans) and mushrooms. I love both. Dad hated mushrooms. I did not know I liked them until I moved out of his house.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:42 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:42 PM (Iwnxp)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:43 PM (Iwnxp)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 09:44 PM (XV/Pl)
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Before they had both fallen, I had logged on to the Iowa Student Computer Association (ISCA) bulletin board. That was exactly the consensus.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Two Qs
- Who is this 'we'?
- Why don't you just gak yourself if your guilty?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 09:44 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: pookysgirl, SKS fan at May 14, 2026 09:45 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 09:45 PM (Iwnxp)
They should take the weekend and make a nuke to set the project off right.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)
The North Tulsa race riot of 1929 has entered the chat.
Posted by: mindful webworker - or is that too far back? at May 14, 2026 09:48 PM (tcCok)
the elevation plays hell with flatland cooking times
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 09:50 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Common Tater
These are the people who subsist on rotten cabbage and brewing dregs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 09:50 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/564e4jp6
Posted by: pookysgirl, SKS fan at May 14, 2026 09:45 PM (Wt5PA)
Yup. My bride loves my beard. But I keep it trimmed, mostly. Without a beard I look like a huge toddler.
My son's wife also likes his beard. I am still insanely happy for them. A match made in heaven.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:51 PM (0aYVJ)
Sounds like you got your merit badge for urban camping in Auntie's kitchen.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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My food merit badge was in foil packing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 09:53 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 09:53 PM (gu0hJ)
"Germany wants to have the biggest military in Europe by
Posted by: mindful webworker - just a cigar at May 14, 2026 09:55 PM (tcCok)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 14, 2026 08:25 PM (ceJ0R)
Just insert "cancel" in the URL, to turn x.com into xcancel.com. That also allows reading the thread of replies without an X account.
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 09:55 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:51 PM (0aYVJ)
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I could only grow "leave beards" for a long time, and my wife was happy when it became the norm. I have a heavy beard, and shaving it was always time-consuming. Now that I'm out, I'm saving a fortune on razors, since I'm only trimming around the edges.
That being said, I clip it short in the summer, down the stubble and also buzz my hair, and then let both grow out during the winter.
When I first got out, I let everything grow out, and went to a retirement with a long beard, long hair, and the loudest Hawaiian shirt I could find, complete with shorts and sandals. My chief wept with laughter when he saw me.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Common Tater
These are the people who subsist on rotten cabbage and brewing dregs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Good insight as to why we are what we are and
they are what they are.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 09:56 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 09:53 PM (gu0hJ)
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He's really good in the Jesse Stone movies.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 14, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 09:53 PM (gu0hJ)
I love that movie!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 09:58 PM (0aYVJ)
Vincent d'Onofrio had a brief cameo as Orson Welles, and he looked just like him, but they dubbed Orson-for-life Maurice LeMarche's voice.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 14, 2026 09:58 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: pookysgirl, passing on experiences at May 14, 2026 09:25 PM (Wt5PA)
I see scintillating scotomas, they are zigzag flashing visual patterns. The start out really small, then grow larger and eventually go past my field of vision.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 09:59 PM (y171U)
Vincent d'Onofrio had a brief cameo as Orson Welles, and he looked just like him, but they dubbed Orson-for-life Maurice LeMarche's voice.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 14, 2026 09:58 PM (kpS4V)
interesting. Did not know that.
You know who did a great Orson Wells impression?
John Candy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 09:37 PM (zZu0s)
Get to the TX MoMee this year, I have a Source.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 14, 2026 10:01 PM (Ra+Eb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 10:02 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 10:03 PM (D1E+2)
Never cared for oatmeal.
Grits are good, sweet or salty.
I like Rice Cream Cereal, which can be either way like grits. And it's not beyond my culinary skills to make it. Add some of MiladyJo's home-made sunflower butter. Mmm.
Posted by: mindful webworker - breakfast or snack at May 14, 2026 10:03 PM (tcCok)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 14, 2026 10:04 PM (Ra+Eb)
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 10:05 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)
"Bach in Black" silly. The kids played "Bach in Black"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 10:10 PM (rbvCR)
https://tinyurl.com/564e4jp6
Posted by: pookysgirl, SKS fan at May 14, 2026 09:45 PM (Wt5PA)
There are some pictures out there of what Trump would look like with a shaved head and beard.
It is half way between "older Popeye" and "about ready to tear you in half"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 10:19 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 10:42 PM (rbvCR)
Including my two regular science gals, Aussie astrophysicist Dr. Becky, and the amusing German physicist Sabine Hoffensfloffer or something. I enjoy their videos, even though half the time I'm utterly lost as to what they're talking about.
Some things I do know what they're talking about make me sigh, though.
Hossenfelder really buys into the whole "renewable" energy and electric vehicles credo, as well as the threat or menace of climate chaos.
Becky gets distressed that the US budget for NASA has been big on exploration (Moon, Mars missions) but has greatly shrunk the budget for scientific research and NSA. Her friends and fellow scientists may not be able to belly up to the trough.
Sad face for both of them, but it seems to this non-physicist that they're not really getting the whole picture on those subjects. At least Sabine is not opposed to nuke energy. They're kinda cute & funny for semi-libs.
Tonight's Sabine & Becky vids if you wanna check 'em out.
youtu.be/d96WHYOHoU8
youtu.be/0pvL-JkR0Ns
Posted by: mindful webworker - Pluto IS TOO a planet because it is :) at May 14, 2026 11:39 PM (tcCok)
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 01:05 PM (R11M+)
The Fairfax County, VA Soros Prosecutor Is Grilled by Congress for Making Charging Decisions Based on a Criminal's Immigration Status -- Letting Illegals Off on Light Charges So They Don't Get Deported
This guy is a literal menace to public safety.
He was summoned to Congress because he has openly proclaimed that he discriminates against American citizens in his charging decisions, letting illegal alien criminals off with minor charges or none at all.
Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano was aware of an illegal immigrant's violent past and still elected to set him free, new Freedom of Information Act filings show. Abdul Jalloh, who has been arrested more than 30 times, allegedly murdered 41-year-old mother Stephanie Minter on Feb. 23. Minter's body was found at a bus stop in Hybla Valley, Va. with "multiple stab wounds to the upper body" according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Jalloh entered the country illegally in 2012 and, according to records, is a violent repeat offender. Fairfax County Police Major Jeff Mauro emailed Jenna Sands, the Fairfax County Chief Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney and Descano's second-in-command, to protest Jalloh's release from police custody. Mauro cited Jalloh's "extensive criminal history," including stabbing several people and sexually assaulting a woman. "Mr. Jalloh is one of the repeat (and violent) felony offenders I expressed concern about when we met," Mauro wrote in the email. "He has an extensive criminal history--he has stabbed multiple people, sexually assaulted at least one woman, and committed numerous other criminal offenses. Furthermore, his behavior appears to be escalating and becoming more violent and explosive." Mauro explained that he was "concerned that it is not a question of if, but rather when he will maliciously wound (or worse) again." According to records posted on X, Fairfax County police encountered the man 178 times. Jalloh attacked an elderly person, stabbed an individual in the head and raped a woman after choking her. Despite Jalloh's violent criminal history, Sands told affiliate NBC Washington, "In multiple cases, we were unable to move forward with prosecution because victims could not be located or contacted, despite considerable effort from our police department to bring them to court." An email posted to X shows, however, that Fairfax Deputy Police Chief Brooke Wright explicitly requested "prosecuting without a victim in court" due to the circumstances of the case, which Wright says, "she was on board with."
... Deputy Assistant Secretary of DHS Lauren Bis called on Virginia Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger to not release violent criminals without notifying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "We are calling on Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger and Virginia's sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this murderer and violent career criminal from their jail without notifying ICE," Bis said. "This illegal alien's murder of an innocent, beautiful American woman came less than 24 hours before Governor Spanberger's demonization of ICE law enforcement. This heinous criminal is a perfect example of why we need cooperation from sanctuary jurisdictions and the importance of third country removals for the safety of the American people." Virginia Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger has denied this request, according to a statement from Spanberger's spokesperson, which WJLA reporter Nick Minock read in a video to X.
That's a euphemistic way to say: When Harmeet Dhillon opened a civil rights investigation into his discriminatory charging practices, he deleted the statement about it on the website, to hide the evidence.
Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano and Sheriff Stacey Kincaid will be testifying before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement, as will Cheryl Minter, whose daughter Stephanie was killed in February, at a bus stop along Route 1 in Hybla Valley. Abdul Jalloh, a 32-year-old immigrant from Sierra Leone will stand trial for Minter's murder. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice began an investigation of Descano. In a letter to Descano, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon said the DOJ is investigating whether his office violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Safe Streets Act, which both "prohibit recipients of Federal financial assistance from discriminating based upon race, color, or national origin."
... The policy in question was adopted by Descano's office in 2020 as part of its guidelines for plea bargaining. It instructs assistant Commonwealth's attorneys to "consider immigration consequences where possible" and states that "prosecutors shall consider ... the collateral immigration consequences of the specific crime(s) the defendant is charged with." The webpage detailing the policy is no longer publicly available on his office's website.
Good Lord. No wonder they're flocking to his jurisdiction to do their murders and child rapes.
After the launch of the Justice Department investigation, Descano said his policies reflect the community he serves, in which "three in ten residents of Fairfax County are immigrants."
Except he doesn't. This is perjury. When asked about the promises he made during his campaign to let illegal aliens off with light charges or no charges at all, he claimed he was just joshin' and no one would take campaign promises seriously. Except... that he actually honored this promise, letting one dangerous illegal alien felon off after another.
Cheryl Minter has said if Jalloh had been prosecuted earlier, her daughter would still be alive. She is hopeful the hearing will prompt changes and is working with groups attempting to remove Descano from office. ... "Let me be absolutely clear. My office does not provide sanctuary or safe harbor to undocumented immigrants," according to Descano's written remarks. "We routinely prosecute immigrants who commit crimes and we will continue to do so."
Some clips below. One clip shows Descano claiming that his key campaign promise was and is a lie. His supporters in the room gasp at this claim. He needs to go to prison.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, tussled with high-profile Soros-backed Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Stephen Descano over soft-on-crime policies that critics said let illegal immigrant criminals back on the street.
... Jordan began by pressing Kincaid on why she "let" illegal immigrant suspect Marvin Morales-Ortiz out of her jail: "Because the guy beside you wouldn't prosecute him, right?" ... Jordan then turned to Descano, questioning changes to language on his website about considering immigration consequences in charging decisions. Descano said the excerpt was part of a "campaign" statement and not an actual law enforcement policy, leading Jordan to incredulously ask whether people should believe his campaign statements will translate into policies upon election. "That's not what I'm saying," Descano countered. "This is almost laughable," said Jordan. "This is your policy. You said it right here. You told the voters, if you elect me, I will take into account immigration consequences when making, charging and pleading [decisions]." Descano's exchange with next Republican to ask questions, Rep. Jeff Van Drew of South Jersey, also quickly escalated into near-shouting. ... He called the conditions in sanctuary jurisdictions "bizarro world" and asked the prosecutor if communities are safer when illegal immigrant criminals are deported or when they are released. "Well, sir, that's not --" Descano began before Van Drew cut him off. "Yes or no -- I'm asking the questions." "You're a human being. You're sitting next to a woman who lost her daughter. Can you tell me if illegal criminals are removed from the country; if we're safer," Van Drew said, prompting a fiery response from Descano: "To suggest I don't care about what happens in my community..." he began before more crosstalk ensued. "Dammit, answer my question," Van Drew eventually fumed. "Explain to the lady next to you (Cheryl Minter). Abdul Jalloh was charged in your county more than 40 times. Not four times. 40 times. Your office dropped the charges in almost every single case. That's fact. We have it documented. We can look at it your own. Fairfax County Police Department wrote your office [in] May 2025 saying he had shown a, quote, 'blatant disregard for human life and was a danger to the community' and that if he wasn't detained and deported, he would seriously hurt someone or kill someone," Van Drew said. "The very man went out and then killed someone. So the question is, couldn't've we done better there?" Another panelist also elicited occasional rifts with the lawmakers. Libertarian analyst David Bier of the Cato Institute often defended the idea of counties making their own decisions about whether to cooperate with federal law enforcement. Part of Bier's opening statement drew some eyebrows on X, as he appeared to suggest as much as 20% of Fairfax County's population is deportable -- when trying to argue against mass deportation.
Brutal exchange for Descano here. Jordan pins him down on his website saying for years that he will consider immigration status when making prosecutorial decisions, then suddenly being deleted weeks before the hearing.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 14, 2026
Descano says anyone who thought his campaign rhetoric would… https://t.co/xYaU0HbjEw
Jason Miyares calls out the sanctuary policies of Fairfax County and the victims who have been harmed and killed as a result of them while Fairfax DA Steve Descano sits next to him visibly uncomfortable and shaking his head. pic.twitter.com/LBABcAXVqw
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 14, 2026
🚨 WOW! Rep. Brandon Gill just unleashed FURY on the Democrat Fairfax, Virginia prosecutor for protecting an illegal alien child R*PIST, to his FACE
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 14, 2026
"Well, sir, the charge refers to underage s*x..."
GILL: OK, so an illegal alien R*PED an underage person and YOUR OFFICE REDUCED… pic.twitter.com/V3vkka81Uj
This Steve Descano guy is a menace to society. If you look him up you will find story after story of violent criminals going free, either because of his policies or because of his incompetence.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) May 14, 2026
In 2022 a man who confessed to sod*mizing an 11 year old boy and who was facing life… https://t.co/t4JCOUSBxr pic.twitter.com/NwvgvtDFou
Jason Miyares, former Republican Virginia AG until they voted in the guy who called for the murder of a Republican rival's children, explained something I didn't know. You know how the left keeps demanding that ICE get "federal judicial warrants" to arrest illegal aliens who commit state crimes? That's legally impossible -- no one can get a federal judicial warrant to make an arrest for a state crime. Federal arrest warrants are for federal crimes only. So they're just straight-up lying to the public -- what they want is 'no arrests of illegals for deportation at all," but they don't want to admit that to swing voters, so they pretend they're in favor of a "middle ground position" that is legally impossible.
Law Enforcement Legal DefenseThat exchanbe is here.
@LELDF
Damning question from McClintock about Descano dropping charges against an illegal immigrant who tried to rape a 4 year-old girl. REP. McCLINTOCK: I understand he was later taken into custody by ICE and deported. I'm just curious, did you notify ICE of that release? DESCANO: We did not call ICE. McCLINTOCK: The 4-year-old's mother had to call to get him out of your community. McCLINTOCK: Mr. Miyares, we keep hearing from Sheriff Kincaid among others that they'd be happy to respond to a federal judicial warrant to honor a detainer request. Well, is a federal judicial warrant possible to obtain in a state crime? MIYARES: No, it's not--and they know this. MCCLINTOCK: And if deportation is a civil matter, how does one get a federal judicial warrant? MIYARES: You can't. Again, they know this. McCLINTOCK: So they're basically lying to the public. They're counting on the public not understanding that what they're asking for is legally impossible. MIYARES: It's legally impossible. Yes, Mr. Chair.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gKWVE, rippin' off south park at May 14, 2026 06:40 PM (gKWVE)
See, if someone told him "Hey don't release murderers if they may get deported." I'm sure he would have followed orders,
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 06:41 PM (Sco7b)
That was the explicit policy of Portland's Soros DA as well - until he got voted out of office.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 14, 2026 06:42 PM (aD4fx)
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I'll take "Things that shouldn't happen" for $1,000, Alex.
Posted by: Crusader at May 14, 2026 06:43 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Preferably solitary at May 14, 2026 06:43 PM (TbWk/)
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Wrong place, wrong time. Or something. Oh, well.
-the Left
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 06:46 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
Minter's body was found at a bus stop in Hybla Valley, Va. with "multiple stab wounds to the upper body" according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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Wrong place, wrong time. Or something. Oh, well.
-the Left
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Was she wearing provocative clothing?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 06:46 PM (Cqx++)
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Fixed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 06:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Abdul Jalloh at May 14, 2026 06:48 PM (tNSHm)
Descano: "I can't believe people are so obtuse that they don't recognize the difference between a campaign statement and office policy."
(spaces)
https://x.com/greg_price11/ status/2054958152047587652
Posted by: Ann at May 14, 2026 06:49 PM (SHHm+)
Made it safely to Texas...
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 06:49 PM (XuXeR)
There would no longer be any *state* crimes....they'd automatically be federal crimes, yes?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 06:50 PM (gnNyN)
He really is like some kind of Bond villain.
But, in the end, the people of Fairfax county voted for this and they obviously need to learn this lesson the hard way like so many other American cities and counties.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Lenient Lou at May 14, 2026 06:51 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ann I. Diot, Fairfax, VA, Afraid to Go Outside Because It's Raining Machetes at May 14, 2026 06:51 PM (qUkBO)
So first they replace you, then they persecute you because the invaders want you dead.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 06:52 PM (MHebd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 06:52 PM (ZeH0U)
There would no longer be any *state* crimes....they'd automatically be federal crimes, yes?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 06:50 PM (gnNyN)
They should just make it a federal crime to egregiously refuse to enforce state law as a state public servant. No matter what the law is.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)
Pretty much, yeah. They believe the "immigrants gooder" garbage.
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 06:52 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 06:53 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at May 14, 2026 06:53 PM (vFG9F)
Again and again, and again and again and again...
There is no way that all of this is *not* intentional.
*need more bourbon*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 06:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 06:54 PM (gu0hJ)
That doesn't mean I meant to do that. Idiot.
Now vote for me again so I can keep doing that thing.
Posted by: (in your mouth) at May 14, 2026 06:55 PM (Ot/FD)
So first they replace you, then they persecute you because the invaders want you dead.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 06:52 PM (MHebd)
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Old and Busted: preference cascade
New Hotness: you're a third-class citizen!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 06:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 06:56 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Case at May 14, 2026 06:57 PM (NWIIQ)
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 06:57 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Cqx++)
Ask your doctor if Jalloh shots are right for you. Don't take Jalloh shots if you are allergic to Jalloh shots.
Posted by: Boswell at May 14, 2026 06:58 PM (j10i6)
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How many votes do illegals get?
Lol, just kidding.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 06:59 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 06:59 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 14, 2026 07:00 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 07:01 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 07:01 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 06:59 PM (2WIwB)
I doubt we would ever know, to be honest. Bubba is a pretty clever fellow, as I recall. And there are alligators, bears, and feral hogs....
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 14, 2026 07:01 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Methos at May 14, 2026 07:02 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 07:02 PM (CWTWj)
Wrong place, wrong time. Or something. Oh, well.
-the Left
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Was she wearing provocative clothing?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
That is exactly where my brain went. Some lefty progtard (BIRM) has very definitely said that and blamed the deceased victim.
Not gonna say it, but we all know how this ends.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 14, 2026 07:02 PM (QVmho)
And then send in Bubba.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 14, 2026 07:02 PM (DwqWV)
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He's a judge and he admits this treason.
Why isn't he in jail?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 07:02 PM (nzPxx)
WOW.
Posted by: Max Power
Meanwhile, looking over at the SAVE Act . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 07:02 PM (gKWVE)
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Wrong place, wrong time. Or something. Oh, well.
-the Left
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Was she wearing provocative clothing?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
She was asking for it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2026 07:03 PM (+aHIC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:03 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)
Do we drill it? Do we mine it? Where does it come from? Meanwhile, back at the ranch, taxpayers are getting fucked.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 07:04 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Sid at May 14, 2026 07:04 PM (yCozx)
Posted by: JackStraw
Everything for the Party. Nothing before the Party.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 07:05 PM (YZ0Fo)
I mean, impeachment, removement from office, and disbarment should be the minimum. We have so many different ways to nail lawyers if they do wrong, we can prevent them from ever working as a lawyer again. We need that for judges, too.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:05 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:06 PM (eloIc)
Surely we can find evidence down in Venezuela?
If that is presented, it will kneecap any resistance propaganda against Trump's NICE policies.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 07:06 PM (MHebd)
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 07:06 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at May 14, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Savile at May 14, 2026 07:06 PM (Sma6t)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:06 PM (eloIc)
It's almost like citizens considering and reimagining the legal system like a mafia. Yeah, your criminal street thugs are the flunkies that do the most direct action, but to stop the rot, you have to climb the ladder to get to the leadership. Abandoning the victims and treating them like expendable sh*t is going to force them to interpret the official, State leadership as mob actors and legitimate targets. For Justice. Because Law has become an ass.
This is a very dangerous game Mr. Prosecutor is playing. He's setting up an almost inevitable environment.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 14, 2026 07:07 PM (oji8u)
Or am I missing something....hummmm.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:07 PM (eloIc)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 14, 2026 07:08 PM (QVmho)
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This is how an enemy and a conqueror sounds and behaves to a population. This guy is not American, his words and actions are telling us who he is.
Posted by: Decaf at May 14, 2026 07:08 PM (Z8tay)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:09 PM (eloIc)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 07:09 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Cid at May 14, 2026 07:09 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 14, 2026 07:01 PM (DwqWV)
I know! Exciting isn't it?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 07:09 PM (2WIwB)
There are so many people on board with this and multiple other leftist disasters. A whole ecosystem of people who tell each other this is great, and the way it must be.
I've tried to understand the mental process involved in cheering on something this monstrous and suicidal, and I have concluded that I can't understand it. I can't put myself in their shoes at all. So, I'm not going to try. They have to be stopped. None of them are going to be reached or talked out of it. Forced to stop, coerced.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 14, 2026 07:09 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:09 PM
You say that like it's a Bad Thing.
Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at May 14, 2026 07:10 PM (0sNs1)
nment.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel
That's the idea.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2026 07:10 PM (+aHIC)
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Wrong place, wrong time. Or something. Oh, well.
-the Left"
More like "At a bus stop? who cares about some peon that has to ride the bus". --arrogant AFWL
Posted by: PaleRider at May 14, 2026 07:10 PM (PV+Zw)
Unless your keyboard is dying LOL. I am in the process of transferring things to a new laptop because they keyboard in this one is a disaster, its old, and the fan died. If you saw what my comments looked like before editing you'd think was was retarded. Well, more retarded.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:10 PM (5yqx7)
"Modern" civilization has pretty much broken the links between actions and consequences...
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:10 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:09 PM (eloIc
There's a religion like that?
What was it? Tip of my tongue.
All news were all China today.
Words were said.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 07:11 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 07:11 PM (Ia/+0)
"We need to have more public transport, the poors shouldn't even HAVE cars"
--same AWFL in a different conversation
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:11 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:11 PM (eloIc)
Sheriff Kincaid opening statement
https://youtu.be/rv481BnCo2c?t=2960
A bit later Sheriff Kincaid explains what she really means
https://youtu.be/rv481BnCo2c?t=5165
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 14, 2026 07:12 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:10 PM (5yqx7)
You're the second one today on computer life support.
Both served well!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 07:12 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Cid
And I got hanta-virus from faux fauchi's faux coocher!
It was glorious! Now my breath smells like my mother's.
Totally not sid the troll
Posted by: not sid - at May 14, 2026 07:12 PM (QVmho)
And protected from their actions.
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:12 PM (XuXeR)
Soros has a lot to answer for. When his time comes, I'd hate to be him.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 14, 2026 07:13 PM (IifOV)
I wrote a book and like 24 short Champions adventures on this bad boy, its served me well indeed. But its pretty wore out and time to retire.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:13 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Decaf at May 14, 2026 07:13 PM (Z8tay)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 14, 2026 07:14 PM (jYRYu)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:14 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 14, 2026 07:07 PM (oji8u
The American people will tolerate a lot, but when they have had enough, they will snap.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 07:14 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 14, 2026 07:15 PM (oji8u)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:15 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: J. Random Moron at May 14, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:16 PM (XuXeR)
If you saw what my comments looked like before editing you'd think was was retarded. Well, more retarded.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Dude. I finally got so embarrassed by my egregious typos while commenting commando without autocucomber, that i turned that stuff back on. totes embarrasing.
Swearsies, I did finally pass 3rd grade in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Fourth time was the charm. I asked the teacher out to dinner! Even promised to pick her up in the farm truck.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 14, 2026 07:17 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Frid at May 14, 2026 07:17 PM (AphQx)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 07:17 PM (gu0hJ)
It would amuse me if they can prosecute him as an accessory to murder
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 14, 2026 07:17 PM (vJrRc)
Sounds... Greek.
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:18 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:19 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 07:20 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Skip
Same as it ever was with the enemy within (aka traitors).
For thousands of years even.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 07:20 PM (/lPRQ)
My 3rd and 4th grade teachers was the only beautiful one I ever had. She was gorgeous, kinda hippy dippy (I remember her playing the guitar as we sang songs by Gordon Lightfoot and folk singers). She drove an early 70s gold firebird and she was a dream.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:21 PM (5yqx7)
When you see a woman heading up a police or fire department, it is virtually guaranteed that she got her job because she is woke and utterly unqualified for the job.
Sorry, but its true.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 07:21 PM (guGkK)
Surprised Canada doesn't already emulate some of Europe and demand abortion if ultrasound or other tests show the fetus has some costly issue.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 14, 2026 07:23 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:23 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 07:23 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 07:24 PM (3ek7K)
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Ohhhhhhhhhh. I think I see the problem.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 07:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 07:24 PM (4ljtY)
This Is Sparta!
(And yes, was practiced in many parts of the world)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:24 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 07:24 PM (gu0hJ)
I don't know about the girls, but the dad could legally kill his son at any age without needing to show cause, at least up until the end of the Republic LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:25 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Your Honor, I think he's enjoying this.
Posted by: the skeeved-out bailiff at May 14, 2026 07:25 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 07:25 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 14, 2026 07:25 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:25 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Decaf
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When you say taken over by criminals; I think taken over by Democrats. Same native criminal class here.
Posted by: whig at May 14, 2026 07:26 PM (E4rtv)
My vote...
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:26 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)
Wouldn't even move the needle.
The Road to their Communist Utopia is paved with the bones of the sacrificed they were willing to accept, along the way.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 07:27 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:27 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 07:28 PM (z2aPa)
The Khmer Rouge showed the way...
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 07:28 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: It's A Swindle, A Swindle at May 14, 2026 07:28 PM (Sma6t)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:10 PM (5yqx7)
I've prolonged my laptop's life by using a wireless keyboard. My laptop keyboard refuses to perform on 7, 0, o, b, and s, among others. A little $20 wireless keyboard has kept the laptop functional for another year, so far.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 07:29 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 07:28 PM (z2aPa)
It's the Comanche way.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 07:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 07:29 PM (Cqx++)
Our laws, the Constitution etc., are not a Smorgasbord.
You don’t get to pick and choose what laws you like or don’t like. You took an oath upon assumption of office.
If you don’t want to perform your responsibilities in a faithful and diligent manner (that’s what you expected to do, and are paid to do)
Find another line of work. Motherfucker
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 07:30 PM (1cMxB)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 07:30 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 14, 2026 07:30 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 07:31 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 14, 2026 07:32 PM (WF/xn)
I actually have one and if it were not for the fan stopping I probably would have used it instead. But having popped laptops open in the past and messed with the guts inside, its not worth it. They never quite go together the same way away and its too easy to bust super fragile components, even if you can get them back together again properly.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 07:32 PM (5yqx7)
Surprised Canada doesn't already emulate some of Europe and demand abortion if ultrasound or other tests show the fetus has some costly issue.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 14, 2026 07:23 PM (PV+Zw)
In Rome the head of the family could demand a son kill himself for shaming the family, or kill them themselves. The Head of the Senate did it once when his son ran from a disastrous battle that destroyed his comrades.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 07:33 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 07:34 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 14, 2026 07:34 PM (zYpTz)
A lot of criminal activities are run from prisons.
Giving them access to the internet is stupid.
They will be accessing people's bank accounts, etc.
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)
*looks down and ponders broken guitar, wishes he'd done type/delete*
Sorry...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 14, 2026 07:36 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: torabora at May 14, 2026 07:37 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Cow Demon
You misspelled 'shot' as an invader as soon as one foot got over the line.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 07:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Flowing endlessly past the Colossus of Joseph McCarthy.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 07:38 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: Wally at May 14, 2026 07:38 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: moki at May 14, 2026 07:40 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 07:43 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026 07:43 PM (lCppi)
A lot of criminal activities are run from prisons.
Giving them access to the internet is stupid.
They will be accessing people's bank accounts, etc.
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)
Perhaps this is a feature and not a bug
Posted by: moki at May 14, 2026 07:43 PM (wLjpr)
Then elected officials have to offer rebuttal evidence in a court of law that they lied or else broke their campaign promises.
I had to type it out but now it looks pretty feeble. I guess that’s why the guy who says nothing will happen always says nothing will happen.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 14, 2026 07:44 PM (jYRYu)
That’s not new, but a variant on “We can’t deport 20 million illegal aliens!”
What this kind of failure theater is intended to invoke in the mind of the reader is left unsaid; therefore, we can’t deport any illegal aliens.
They start with the conclusion first, and then work backwards and try to queer the facts to fit their twisted worldview, that’s why they always sound bugnuts crazy
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 07:48 PM (1cMxB)
That’s not new, but a variant on “We can’t deport 20 million illegal aliens!”
What this kind of failure theater is intended to invoke in the mind of the reader is left unsaid; therefore, we can’t deport any illegal aliens.
They start with the conclusion first, and then work backwards and try to queer the facts to fit their twisted worldview, that’s why they always sound bugnuts crazy
Posted by: Common Tater
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Stalin and Mao say 20 million are amatuer numbers.
Pol Pot says let us talk about percentages.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 07:52 PM (/lPRQ)
Preferential treatment voids equal application of laws, but to FACOR ILLEGALS is peak Democrat retarded
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 14, 2026 11:16 PM (XLfSN)
Citizens gathered signatures to remove a school board member. The process is this is then argued in court by the DA. Well Steve Descano told the judge there is no case and that was the end of the process. Sometimes they were able to get him to recuse, and he was replaced by another Soros DA in a nearby county, who again dropped the case.
When this happened in Loudoun they got Buta Biberaj to recuse and it was sent to a nonSoros DA, and the school board resigned. Republicans briefly held the school board majority.
Posted by: MikeN at May 14, 2026 11:26 PM (yo+o1)
Pedro Pascal Knows Exactly How to Advertise a Boy's Science Fantasy Movie: Kissing a Man on the Lips on National TV
Chris Gore wrote that Disney changing Star Wars (and Marvel) from a boys brand to a girls brand was the costliest mistake in entertainment history.
But they didn't change it to a girls brand. They changed it to a gay brand.Pedro Pascal kisses Stephen Colbert during his interview. pic.twitter.com/vVyw7GjJCl
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) May 13, 2026
Pedro Pascal Promotes The Mandalorian and Grogu by Kissing Stephen Colbert On The Mouth
— Geeks + Gamers (@GeeksGamersCom) May 14, 2026
"For many online, the moment immediately became meme material. But it also raised another question entirely: how exactly is this helping promote The Mandalorian and Grogu to mainstream Star… pic.twitter.com/umktjyWjww
Various projections have the upcoming LucasFilm production earning over $80 million in its domestic opener, compared to the $84 million that 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story made on its way to being a massive flop for the franchise. That would indeed be concerning, at least on the surface. However, the reported budget for The Mandalorian movie is far more frugal than expected and reveals that Disney is smartly trimming the fat where it can.Knowing that the movie was shot entirely in the Volume to save money will make my moviegoing experience all the richer. Consume product, get excited for next product.
Unfunny Blackface Performer Jimmy Kimmel is meanwhile astounded that Disney hasn't fired his money-losing ass yet, and that makes all of us.
Even by Jimmy Kimmel's standards, it's been quite the crazy ride for ABC's late-night host since he was last on stage in New York for a Disney upfront presentation. "Have to admit, I've been through so much bullsh*t this year, it actually made me appreciate this bullsh*t," the upfronts veteran told Disney brass, stars and assembled ad buyers Tuesday at this year's gathering at the Javitz Center. Which is why the self-described "bad boy of data and measurement solutions" added today, "I cost our company a lot of money this year, billions." Introduced by Ryan Seacrest, Kimmel hit the stage today to big applause and unsheathed his satire swords fast, furious and funny. "It is very possible that no employee in the history of any company has cost their employer more," he said right at the drop. "Hiring me 24 years ago, just from a purely mathematical standpoint, was the worst personnel decision that Disney Corporation has ever made. Not even the captain of the Exxon Valdez did more damage."They say that "jokes" are funny if they have a sound basis in accounting and mathematics, which this one does. So Jimmy Kimmel was finally "funny" in stating the truth.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:39 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:40 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2026 05:40 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:41 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: The Ravens at May 14, 2026 05:43 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:43 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: We're such homophobes at May 14, 2026 05:43 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Big Alfredo at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (Vdukr)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:43 PM (CWTWj)
Not onscreen anyway...
Posted by: Meet me in the undressing room at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (Sco7b)
"hey let's draw attention to our movie."
"How?"
"Two ever so slightly heterosexual men awkwardly smooching on late night TV?"
"..... but what does that have to do with the Force?"
"You really want to know?"
"Ewww."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Polka will never die at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (5wrqf)
Poor baby Yoda.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (Sco7b)
Test him for monkeypox.
Posted by: And his little dog too at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (vFG9F)
And by "lips" we mean 'asshoe"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (z2aPa)
pedro is not even slightly heterosexual.
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (1wjle)
Pinhead won.
While the dark side may be powerful, Pinhead is the full, endless powers of hell.
Nerds in the comments disputed that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Crusader at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (guGkK)
Still going strong , ( the movie opened at Easter) " "A Great Awakening" by Sight and Sound productions and about the friendship between 18th English evangelist George Whitefield ( who travelled all over the colonies ) and Benjamin Franklin who was a Deist, but who promoted Whitefield appearances in his Philadelphia paper.
I highly recommend it .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (AQXU4)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (kqNni)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 05:45 PM (z2aPa)
Unless you're talking about testing for gram-negative bacteria, yeah, none whatsoever.
Posted by: Well-versed-a in the MRSA at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Tom Swift, he said turgidly at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (wVcYX)
"Hiring me 24 years ago, just from a purely mathematical standpoint, was the worst personnel decision that Disney Corporation has ever made. Not even the captain of the Exxon Valdez did more damage."
Finally. Something that Kimmel and I 100% agree upon.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (y9nCu)
It's like the kid who would eat pencil erasers for a quarter just to get attention. And quarters. We know you don't actually want to eat erasers. You're just weird, and sad.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (Ot/FD)
The season two finale was a big wet fan service kiss to the fanboys and fan girls, portending great things to come and then season three rolls around and the dropped an upper decker and are continuing to drop upper deckers.
Everyone associated with Star Wars needs to be black balled right out of Hollywood.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (XV/Pl)
Can't wait for "Mandaloroan and Groku Part II -- The Molested Strikes Back"
Posted by: 29Victor at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (CWTWj)
liberal men have a rule that if a gay guy flirts with your or wants to kiss you you are obligated to LARP as a homosexual or else you're being rude and bigoted
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (gu0hJ)
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That's what makes it all the more puzzling--they almost certainly didn't even speak to each other after the segment was over. BOTH "men" were far more interested in flying the middle finger to most of America than they were in representing their "for profit" entities, and neither of those "for profit" entities will rebuke them even privately for what they did.
Posted by: Crusader at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (73/SM)
I will bet money that Peedro has done sick sh*t the Grogu puppet between takes.
Posted by: Nelly at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 05:49 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 05:49 PM (4ljtY)
Btw, Ira Einhorn, the Founder of Earth Day, did not murder and stuff his girlfriend’s body in a wall. He stuffed her body in a large trunk, which he kept in his closet.
Foul liquids began dripping from the ceiling of the downstairs apartment, resulting in complaints to the super, eventually he was arrested. Real class act.
Arlen Specter was also on the Warren Commission.
What does “no true scotsman” mean anyhow? He said this in reference to some sort of congressional atrocity, and never did figure out what the fuck he was on about.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 05:49 PM (Ek1Ps)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:49 PM (guGkK)
Are you sure about that?
Are you sure about that?
Posted by: Tim Robinson at May 14, 2026 05:49 PM (1wjle)
258 208 Look at congressional biographies from 150 years ago. They were farmers, merchants, newspaper editors, factory owners, lawyers who actually practiced law. The got elected, spent a couple of terms and went back to doing what they did.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (HdYcL)
I never trusted that guy. Smersh, neither.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 05:49 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 05:49 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:49 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:50 PM (CWTWj)
Upper decker? Let me just google that...
Posted by: Polka will never die at May 14, 2026 05:50 PM (5wrqf)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 05:50 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Sweating to the oldies at May 14, 2026 05:51 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 14, 2026 05:51 PM (Svk38)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (73/SM)
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I wouldn't bet the farm on that...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 05:51 PM (gnNyN)
Spoiler alert: she has a baby in space during an intergalactic dog fight.
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 05:51 PM (q177U)
Sorry, lesbos Kirk and Spock aren't happening.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (JD2/E)
Sorry, lesbos Kirk and Spock aren't happening.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (Sco7b)
Uhura and Rand on the other hand...
Posted by: Excuse me I'll be in my bunk at May 14, 2026 05:53 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 05:53 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Men on Film at May 14, 2026 05:53 PM (wVcYX)
The season two finale was a big wet fan service kiss to the fanboys and fan girls, portending great things to come and then season three rolls around and the dropped an upper decker and are continuing to drop upper deckers.
Everyone associated with Star Wars needs to be black balled right out of Hollywood.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (XV/Pl)
Agreed, compared to the rest of modern Star Wars, The Mandalorian was closest to the original vision.
I only watched the first two seasons.
The de-aged Luke cameo at the end of season 2 was pretty good.
Never went back to watch the third season after I saw some reviews and clips and realized they destroyed it.
I doubt if I'll ever see this new movie.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:53 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 05:53 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 14, 2026 05:54 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 05:54 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:54 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 14, 2026 05:54 PM (Q/FnY)
In gravy!
Posted by: English cuisine is weird at May 14, 2026 05:55 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 05:55 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (guGkK)
As a class, I pretty much hate homosexuals & lesbians, now. It’s all clear to me now. I used to think they were very strange, though harmless, except of course around teens and children. I know better now.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (Ek1Ps)
The first episode where he escapes the pit and is taken in by the Sand People was OK, but it was all downhill from there.
The rainbow-colored space scooter gang was the funniest (not intentionally) part of the whole series.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (T6aVk)
I don't even know what a Madalorian is , having never seen the first movie.
Mandalorians are the stupidest scifi clan/species/boy band ever to fire up a hyperdrive. I mean, not being allowed to take off your helmet? You'd last about a week or so before you were eaten by a womp rat because you were too weak to defend yourself. You'd be starving and going into heat stroke from lack of water.
Not to mention the gawdawful stench wafting off your body because you couldn't wash. Even the most incompetent Imperial Stormtrooper would know you were trying to sneak up on them because your eyes would be watering. Even worse with the female Mandos, with your reeking queef-stench.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: pahound at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (jvxI2)
Posted by: Joemarine
Or a test pattern.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (JD2/E)
Posted by: Crusader at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (TN0g+)
They are leading, even herding the company right over the cliff. Making a profit is about 20th on their list of priorities.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 05:57 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 14, 2026 05:57 PM (FkkAb)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 05:57 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:57 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Doc Severinsen at May 14, 2026 05:58 PM (wVcYX)
I doubt if I'll ever see this new movie.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:53 PM (6ydKt)
Yeah, i was shocked by the end of Season 2 but i enjoyed it. I actually refused to watch Season 3 because Gina Carano got fired for that whole r*tard kerfuffle about her twitter pronouns. I caught bits and pieces on Nerdrotic about the stupid sh*t they were doing during season 3 and was glad i had dropped out.
No way i'm seeing this d*mn movie. Can't stand Peedro. Sanctimonius annoying, no talent wanker.
Posted by: Nelly at May 14, 2026 05:58 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 05:58 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 05:57 PM (4NO2D)
He's gayer than Liberace's interior decorator.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:58 PM (guGkK)
liberal men have a rule that if a gay guy flirts with your or wants to kiss you you are obligated to LARP as a homosexual or else you're being rude and bigoted
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (1wjle)
Some months ago at the side hustle I was complemented on my eyes.
BY A DUDE.
I wanted to reflexively throw up.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:59 PM (T6aVk)
Make the Dems the gayer Bud Light.
I'm sure it'll help greatly with the blacks and hispanics.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)
Spoiler alert: she has a baby in space during an intergalactic dog fight.
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 05:51 PM (q177U)
It is a universal law that all Fantastic 4 movies must fail. If they had produced a great movie, a meteor would have struck the theatre opening night.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:00 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Cicero"
Communal shower like in that bug movie but no chicks just guys who shoot but never hit anything.
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:00 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 06:00 PM (FtULh)
>BY A DUDE.
Well. You are gay, now.
Enjoy.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 06:00 PM (4ljtY)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:00 PM (D1E+2)
No way i'm seeing this d*mn movie. Can't stand Peedro. Sanctimonius annoying, no talent wanker.
Posted by: Nelly at May 14, 2026 05:58 PM (6+ehB)
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A known and consistent problem in Hollywood is that they cannot keep the woke out of their shows. Season 1 and maybe Season 2 might be good (relatively), but sooner or later the wokeness will take over and ruin the IP.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 14, 2026 05:54 PM (Q/FnY
Mr. Brain’s pork faggots are really good.
Posted by: Az at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (1wjle)
Some months ago at the side hustle I was complemented on my eyes.
BY A DUDE.
I wanted to reflexively throw up.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:59 PM (T6aVk)
Maybe he was just a rogue organ transplanter wanting to steal one or both of them. It might make you feel safer.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: kingsman at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (bXbFr)
I think you're allowed to take it off, just not in front of other people.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Barry O at May 14, 2026 06:02 PM (3d4aC)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 06:02 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:00 PM (8avO+)
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The ironic thing is if that actually happened, we'd see four survivors from the meteor impact who developed super powers.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 06:02 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:02 PM (bXbFr)
Well. You are gay, now.
Enjoy.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 06:00 PM (4ljtY)
I am happy, in fact.
Keep the money coming . I’m going to be 29 sooner than even I think.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:02 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:57 PM (guGkK)
They are gunned down before it becomes necessary.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:02 PM (8avO+)
Pinhead won.
While the dark side may be powerful, Pinhead is the full, endless powers of hell.
Nerds in the comments disputed that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (73/SM)
Stupid. Vader is limited by the amount of Force that he can channel. Pinhead is limited only by his imagination and flicker of morality he still possesses.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:03 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 05:51 PM (q177U)
AND A WEDDING when Alba was Invisible Woman.
The IP for Fantastic Four just knows how to pander to teenage dudes.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 06:03 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 14, 2026 06:03 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (y9nCu)
Some of the Mandalorians, depending on their creed or faction they followed, were allowed to remove their helmet in private.
They just weren't allowed to remove them in front of any sentient being.
Other creeds left it up to the individual to choose if they took their helmets off in front of others.
I don't think it was a hard and fast rule that they were never allowed to show their faces, it was more of a ceremonial thing for most of them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:04 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:48 PM (73/SM)
Sure. Cuz if there's one guy you know has never sipped penis, it's Stephen Colbert.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 06:04 PM (4NO2D)
Wait. Do Imperial Stormtroopers shower regularly?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:57 PM (guGkK)
Probably not too often, but at least it's an option, since they can remove their armor.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 06:05 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 06:05 PM (g7RBA)
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Who spends all his time going on adventures with a child.
Yes Grogu is technically older than Mando, but he can't talk and is clearly wildly immature.
Posted by: Methos at May 14, 2026 06:05 PM (vSvIl)
Btw, Ira Einhorn, the Founder of Earth Day, did not murder and stuff his girlfriend’s body in a wall. He stuffed her body in a large trunk, which he kept in his closet.
The first Earth Day was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:05 PM (T6aVk)
Sorry, lesbos Kirk and Spock aren't happening.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (Sco7b)
Uhura and Rand on the other hand...
Posted by: Excuse me I'll be in my bunk at May 14, 2026 05:53 PM (TbWk/)
Ebony and Ivory
Seeking out and exploring new sex forms
Going boldly where no man has gone before
Oh Lord, why don't we?
Posted by: Gene Roddenberry McCartney Wonder at May 14, 2026 06:05 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:03 PM (ExV1e)
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Canonically, Vader's suit was specifically designed by the Emperor himself to limit Vader's ability to tap into the Dark Side of the Force, thus preventing Vader from becoming a serious threat to the Emperor. That's why Vader tried to recruit Luke to his side--he needed Luke's raw ability with the Force in order to challenge the Emperor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 06:05 PM (gnNyN)
Thank God I have Cable and wat6ch sports and old-time western movies with Clint Eastwood, Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott and Robert Taylor !!
Colbert is such an Oxygen Thief !!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson at May 14, 2026 06:06 PM (3d4aC)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (JD2/E)
They made a sequel to Empire?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:06 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:03 PM (ExV1e)
Vader has lost more limbs than I have lost contact lenses. Get real.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)
Seems a bit homophobic of him.....
Posted by: Ktgreat at May 14, 2026 06:06 PM (33LJY)
Imagine taking off your helmet after a long day, glancing up and seeing a bird looking at you through the window. DAMMIT!
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 06:06 PM (mkw2N)
———
Space Shuttle commanders started padlocking the hatch once in orbit, as a matter of routine. A “mission specialist” (non astronaut) wigged out on one flight and started making cryptic statements to ground control and crew members. He could have killed the entire crew by opening the hatch in space. Ordinarily we don’t anticipate things like that, because it’s too weird.
And that, as they say, is that.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 06:07 PM (ITaab)
Pedro we already knew about.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 06:07 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (vFG9F)
Not a cow demon or a snake spirit, WHICH MUST BE SWEPT AWAY.
Posted by: Mao at May 14, 2026 06:07 PM (T6aVk)
BY A DUDE.
I wanted to reflexively throw up.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:59 PM (T6aVk)
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"I’ll tell you buddy, I'd be the luckiest guy alive if that did it for me."
Posted by: Melvin at May 14, 2026 06:07 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 14, 2026 06:07 PM (Svk38)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:04 PM (bXbFr)
That's right! I forgot about that last scene up in the lookout tower. Denzel tuned him up. I enjoyed that scene almost as much as Ruby Rose getting smoked by John Wick in the first movie.
Posted by: Nelly at May 14, 2026 06:07 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:56 PM (T6aVk)
We need ace's Ewok "Prepare your anus" meme on this one.
Posted by: Sweating to the oldies at May 14, 2026 05:51 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Jackson at May 14, 2026 06:08 PM (3d4aC)
Next we'll see NBA players sucking each other cocks at half court.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:08 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:03 PM (ExV1e)
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Canonically, Vader's suit was specifically designed by the Emperor himself to limit Vader's ability to tap into the Dark Side of the Force, thus preventing Vader from becoming a serious threat to the Emperor. That's why Vader tried to recruit Luke to his side--he needed Luke's raw ability with the Force in order to challenge the Emperor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 06:05 PM (gnNyN)
That's a...very stupid canon, IMO
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM
When I dispute things in the comments here, I get told to shut up.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (g7RBA)
Seems a bit homophobic of him.....
Posted by: Ktgreat at May 14, 2026 06:06 PM (33LJY)
If he was known to be gay, he couldn't get leading man roles, such as they are.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (JD2/E)
They made a sequel to Empire?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:06 PM (ExV1e)
There are six Star Wars movies and a seventh there shall never be.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (Svk38)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM
When I dispute things in the comments here, I get told to shut up.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (g7RBA)
Shut up Wesley.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: washrivergal at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (xjfHr)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (g7RBA)
Shut the fuck up, Wesley.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)
Invite Big Mike on his show and give it/they/them a BJ ???
Posted by: Jackson at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (3d4aC)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:08 PM (D1E+2)
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As if I need another reason to not watch the NBA.
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:08 PM (D1E+2)
They will be full on buttfucking and if you show any disapproval, you WILL be arrested.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (T6aVk)
And that, as they say, is that.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 06:07 PM
In Rod We Trust.
https://youtu.be/T8Sqf52sjas
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Bandit Mandalorian, pursued across the cosmos by a Texas county sheriff at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (T6aVk)
Five. Drop the one with Jar Jar, I dropped the entire series from that one.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:11 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (Svk3
That would be funny. Urban Dredd is one true dredd.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:08 PM (D1E+2)
They will be full on buttfucking and if you show any disapproval, you WILL be arrested.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (T6aVk)
That's probably less gay then the sport today.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:11 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Preparing For Pride Month at May 14, 2026 06:11 PM (T6aVk)
>> There are six Star Wars movies and a seventh there shall never be.
Rogue One is pretty good, it should be part of cano n as it directly leads into A New Hope.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 06:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NikeAjax at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (X5FXP)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I tried to give Netflix another chance with their new multipart Lord of the Flies. Not fifteen minutes into it, the character that helps Piggy throughout the movie (kinda the main character) is now...a dot Indian. Lord knows what other horrors I escaped by turning it off.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (kqNni)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (T6aVk)
Now I understand why some dude complimented your eyes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Peter Dinklage is playing all the Hobbits.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (JD2/E)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (CyFyf)
Waitll the WNBA copies it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)
And that, as they say, is that.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Despite it being a common theme in sci-fi.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Jackson at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (3d4aC)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (zZu0s)
I thought his son (with what, two writing credits to his name) was writing it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 06:05 PM (gnNyN)
That's a...very stupid canon, IMO
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (xcxpd)
The world building in Star Wars has always been a joke.
Desert planet, hollow planet with oceans, jungle planet
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (zZu0s)
I thought his son (with what, two writing credits to his name) was writing it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (T6aVk)
both
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:04 PM (bXbFr)
That's true, although it was impossible to buy him as a former spec ops operator. I know they don't all look like super Billy Badass, but he's just too...soft.
Posted by: Yeah, I know, phrasing at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (TbWk/)
Report: British student stabbed by Sikh man dies because police cuffed him on suspicion of being racist instead of treating stab wound
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You can't be too careful.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM
Forest Moon.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (4NO2D)
And that, as they say, is that.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Despite it being a common theme in sci-fi.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (/lPRQ)
In 2001 it was even automated.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:14 PM (8avO+)
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There are three.
There was never a Star Trek television series that followed the original. All 6 of the original Star Trek movies were fair to middling, and there never were any follow-ups of any kind.
Posted by: Crusader at May 14, 2026 06:14 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Probably the WNBA too.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 06:14 PM (JD2/E)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)
One of the best actors working, honestly
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:10 PM (CyFyf)
Waitll the WNBA copies it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)
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Brittney Griner is going to be one lucky dude.
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 06:11 PM (XV/Pl)
It’s…OK.
(I have friends who will swear up and down Solo was a masterpiece.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (T6aVk)
BY A DUDE.
Correct answer: Thanks. I had to fight a hobo for them. Say, those are pretty nice too...
Posted by: Oddbob at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (snZF9)
Grogu, come here and shine my helmet.
Posted by: This is the ghey, er, way at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (TbWk/)
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Disney holds employees accountable as much as the government holds it's employees accountable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 06:16 PM (RIvkX)
Only in the last 3 minutes.
Posted by: pahound at May 14, 2026 06:16 PM (jvxI2)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 06:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 06:17 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:17 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Dr_No at May 14, 2026 06:17 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (T6aVk)
both
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (8avO+)
And that is demonic convergence.
LOTR was never my thing. I like Sci fi more than fantasy. But LOTR fans have done NOTHING to deserve that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:17 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (snZF9)
Grogu, come here and shine my helmet.
Posted by: This is the ghey, er, way at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (TbWk/)
Nice lightsaber! Most impressive.
Posted by: Ghey Wars at May 14, 2026 06:18 PM (wVcYX)
Only in the last 3 minutes.
Posted by: pahound at May 14, 2026 06:16 PM (jvxI2)
Well, that’s a whole new meaning to fouling a player…
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:19 PM (T6aVk)
Desert planet, hollow planet with oceans, jungle planet
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (8avO+)
YOU FORGOT ABOUT FROZEN PLANET!!!
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 06:20 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (T6aVk)
His son (an actual screenwriter supposedly) is 'helping'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
It was "meh" at best and, coincidentally, the last new Star Wars anything I've watched. Didn't even see it in theaters, I rented it off RedBox and it took me two days to get through it.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 06:20 PM (JD2/E)
"Looters, Shooters, and Poofters"
Posted by: goatexchange at May 14, 2026 06:20 PM (xHuLt)
I'm so glad I don't watch movies. I have no clue what yall are talking about.
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 06:12 PM (3ek7K)
Me, too.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 06:20 PM (LHPAg)
Only in the last 3 minutes.
Posted by: pahound at May 14, 2026 06:16 PM (jvxI2)
Well, that’s a whole new meaning to fouling a player…
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:19 PM (T6aVk)
Palming the ball(s) will be encouraged.
Posted by: Ghey Wars at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: kingsman at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: This is the ghey, er, way at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (TbWk/)
Nice lightsaber! Most impressive.
Posted by: Ghey Wars at May 14, 2026 06:18 PM (wVcYX)
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I see your Schwartz is as big as mine.
Posted by: Dark Helmet at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (z2aPa)
I SO badly want you to be right on that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
And a damned fine job of it you're doing, if I may say so.
And I may
Posted by: MkY at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Paul at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (oJFvH)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 06:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Only in the last 3 minutes.
Posted by: pahound at May 14, 2026 06:16 PM (jvxI2)
Except during the playoffs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (8avO+)
YOU FORGOT ABOUT FROZEN PLANET!!!
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 06:20 PM (q177U)
A desert planet is impossible?
(Look around)
Posted by: Mars at May 14, 2026 06:22 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Roy at May 14, 2026 06:22 PM (qwype)
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 06:22 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:23 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 06:23 PM (gu0hJ)
the question is whether they can support multicellular life
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 06:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 06:23 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:09 PM (T6aVk)
There is only one Star Wars movie. One.
Posted by: goozer at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (BAs8w)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (Gbx3O)
Me too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)
Only in the last 3 minutes.
Posted by: pahound at May 14, 2026 06:16 PM (jvxI2)
Except during the playoffs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)
The cockpit scene in Airplane! with co-pilot "Roger Murdoch" will have to be re-written.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 06:15 PM (z2aPa)
I SO badly want you to be right on that.
______________________________________
When will the Mad Muzzie Maior of NYC begin introducing the gays who love him and 'all things Palestine!' to the miracle of flight when they flap their arms after being tossed off the roof of a 10-story building? Muzzies don't play 'gay' …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (ayRl+)
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Both Dredds are Dredds in their own way.
Both are good Dredds.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (73/SM)
This morning The Detective from 1968 was on Movies!, a Sinatra film from 1968 *. It featured a plot about a gay murder and the gay subculture in NYC as of '67-'68. The film made the subculture, secret and shameful then, look creepy and disturbing.
Which it was, and is.
* It's of course the first movie made from one of Roderick Thorp's novels about Joe Leland, the war hero/former cop/private eye. (Though the film made Sinatra's Leland into an NYPD cop.) The other novel became . . . Die Hard! The odd coincidence is that Lloyd Bochner is in Detective -- you know him from the "To Serve Man" Twilight Zone -- and his son Hart was in Die Hard twenty years later.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 06:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Crusader at May 14, 2026 06:14 PM (TN0g+)
What is this “Star Trek”?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:25 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 06:25 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (wVcYX)
Tell your old man to blow Walton in the near up and down for 45 mins!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:26 PM (snZF9)
Me too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s
I had Yoda explaining what hapoened to him as a child affected his adult speech patterns permanently.
In Yoda's words.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (Sco7b)
Republicans could likely pick up TWO MORE SEATS in GA, making the map 11R-3D
But here's the catch: Kemp is making the maps effective in 2028—NOT 2026.
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Will somebody please rid us of these RINO's.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (abIsI)
209 203 now do after EBITDA
Its even more direct than that. I use the "only McDonalds in town" analogy. Sure you make money if you're the only McDonalds in town. That doesn't mean you're running your business correctly, or that you're maximizing profits, or your odds of long-term survival. It just means you one of the only (or the few) choices anyone recognizes...for the moment.
Posted by: Crusader at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (TN0g+)
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster called a special session Thursday for state lawmakers to tackle redistricting ahead of the midterm elections.
A new map is expected to eliminate the state’s only majority-minority district, which is held by Rep. James Clyburn, a key Democratic power broker.
“I have issued an Executive Order calling the General Assembly back for an extra legislative session to address the state budget and congressional districts,” McMaster said Thursday evening on X. He said the special session would begin Friday morning.
Well I’m glad McMaster did the right thing.
We’ll see how it goes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 06:23 PM (gu0hJ)
So nothing would change?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (T6aVk)
It took me six-and-half decades; but, butt ... I just found proof that the United States is the most important country on Earth. Ace-dot-mu-nu et al only have interesting stories to report between 8 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday.
.
Go ahead ... prove my rule with your exceptions.
Posted by: Marooned at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (kt8QE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (gu0hJ)
As if that's going to bring back House Atreides.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (73/SM)
Both are good Dredds.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (73/SM)
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Diane Lane or Olivia Thirlby?
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:28 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 06:29 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026 06:29 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 06:29 PM (3ek7K)
I wonder what the dems will come up with tomorrow.
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026
***
Don't forget "Guam might tip over."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:30 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:28 PM (CyFyf)
Damn, tougher than expected at first glace.
Diane Lane, but Thirlby is damn hot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 06:30 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 14, 2026 06:30 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
I got out before they made it mandatory.
Posted by: Michael Jordan Channeling Bob Hope at May 14, 2026 06:31 PM (JD2/E)
As if that's going to bring back House Atreides.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (73/SM)
I thought it was Superman who flew around earth to reverse time?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:31 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:28 PM (CyFyf)
Damn, tougher than expected at first glace.
Diane Lane, but Thirlby is damn hot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)
Yeah, Diane lane all the way.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:31 PM (snZF9)
And Jackie was funny.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:32 PM (wzUl9)
I wonder what the dems will come up with tomorrow.
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026
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Don't forget "Guam might tip over."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:29 PM (wzUl9)
Michelle Obama is the new Jackie O.
Michelle has the most amzing toned arms.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 06:32 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:31 PM (6ydKt)
All the cool kids in sci-fi are doing it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:32 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:33 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:28 PM (CyFyf)
Damn, tougher than expected at first glace.
Diane Lane, but Thirlby is damn hot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)
Yeah, Diane lane all the way.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:31 PM (snZF9)
Peak Diane Lane??? Damn!
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:33 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 06:33 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:33 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026
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In the first Chris Reeve film, yeah. The Enterprise in TOS did a slingshot around the Sun to get back to the 23rd Century from our 1960s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:33 PM (wzUl9)
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1) it may be out of his hands as the calendar won't let the ledge compete in time
2) if not 1, then I don't see how he can prevent them from making it 2026. I mean, is he going to veto it?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 06:33 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:13 PM (8avO+)
YOU FORGOT ABOUT FROZEN PLANET!!!
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 06:20 PM (q177U)
A desert planet is impossible?
(Look around)
Posted by: Mars at May 14, 2026 06:22 PM (T6aVk)
You forgot the ICE planet that just LOOKS like ICE but it is SALT with red under it to look cool. Where the Asian woman driver collides with her true love so they can die together.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:33 PM (8avO+)
But Tjirlby had it going on in that movie. Which considering the gore and she was in a leather jackets and sweaty all the time was a pretty big accomplishment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 14, 2026 06:34 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:30 PM (D1E+2)
Al looks like crap. I saw him a few times on MSNow.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)
Both are good Dredds.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 06:24 PM (73/SM)
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Diane Lane or Olivia Thirlby?
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:28 PM (CyFyf)
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Can I just go with a bottle.of 14 year Glenmorangie and a good book?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 06:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:35 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 14, 2026 06:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 14, 2026 06:35 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 06:30 PM (D1E+2)
Al looks like crap. I saw him a few times on MSNow.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)
Obviously not crappy enough, he still breaths.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:36 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: John Thune at May 14, 2026 06:36 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 14, 2026 06:36 PM (FxH7T)
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Both Dredds are Dredds in their own way.
the real dredd is the friends we made along the way
Posted by: anachronda at May 14, 2026 06:36 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:33 PM (wzUl9)
Ahh I didn’t know they did in in TOS.
They did it again in Star Trek IV: Save the Whales.
Which is what I was thinking of.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:37 PM (6ydKt)
indeed.
Posted by: chatgpt, voicing your youtube videos at May 14, 2026 06:37 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: anachronda at May 14, 2026 06:36 PM
STREETCAR!
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 06:37 PM (4NO2D)
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Will somebody please rid us of these RINO's.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 06:27 PM (abIsI)
The Supremes might make him use them now, because the race based ones are unconstitutional. That would be hilarious.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:38 PM (8avO+)
When will the Mad Muzzie Maior of NYC begin introducing the gays who love him and 'all things Palestine!' to the miracle of flight when they flap their arms after being tossed off the roof of a 10-story building? Muzzies don't play 'gay' …
Posted by: Dr_No
Reminds me of Jack Palance in The Silver Chalice.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 06:38 PM (Cqx++)
indeed.
Posted by: chatgpt, voicing your youtube videos at May 14, 2026 06:37 PM (oY6Yp)
They didn't it was usually a stunt guy.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:38 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:31 PM (6ydKt)
All the cool kids in sci-fi are doing it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 06:32 PM (snZF9)
It's just a jump to the left,
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 06:38 PM (LHPAg)
don't forget opening the bomb bay in space!
Posted by: anachronda at May 14, 2026 06:38 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026
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I think he was referencing/intertwining at least three different movies with his comment, for comedic effect. Or, I don't know what I'm talking about.
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:39 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:39 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:39 PM (6ydKt)
well, once they give up maintenance is somebody else's problem.
Posted by: anachronda at May 14, 2026 06:40 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Turn 2 at May 14, 2026 06:
Happens to me all the time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 06:20 PM (zZu0s)
I think his son is an 'ass-piring' screenwriter; i don't think he had any actual movie credits. This whole thing being given to him felt like a reward for the network ending his sh*tty show but blaming the President for it.
Posted by: Nelly at May 14, 2026 06:41 PM (6+ehB)
They did it again in Star Trek IV: Save the Whales.
Which is what I was thinking of.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026
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There was a throwaway line in another TOS episode about something they didn't define called a "Light-speed Breakaway FActor" that let them go intentionally back in time. A better story springboard was the Guardian of Forever, though. If you can do time travel anytime you want, it becomes a lot less compelling a story element.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:41 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 14, 2026 06:41 PM (eFIEZ)
don't forget opening the bomb bay in space!
Posted by: anachronda at May 14, 2026 06:38 PM (oY6Yp)
I nearly had!
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:42 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:41 PM (wzUl9)
The first time, they accidentally went back and popped out low about Earth in the 60s. They were intercepted by a fighter and beamed out the pilot when their tractor messed with his plane. They were going to keep him with them, but then they found out his son was gonna do something notable so they developed the slingshot so they could 'undo' their encounter with his plane.
They went back on purpose with the Gary 7 Teri Garr episode using the slingshot thing and the others.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Ben Had
Fertility clinics there have that in their basic info pamphlet.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 06:50 PM (/lPRQ)
But somehow these yo yos can't even steal the good stuff, without layering on the shit.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:16 PM (eloIc)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 05:57 PM (4NO2D)
He's gayer than Liberace's interior decorator.
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His brother is a trans and went full feminization surgery, face and everything and local I think paid for it all… so there’s that
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 14, 2026 09:37 PM (5J2lM)
Bizarre Democrat Congresswoman Frederica Wilson Is Missing, and Her Staff May Be Covering Up For Her Absence
Before getting to that: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's congressional seat was eliminated by Ron DeSantis in what many are calling a mercy killing.
Just to prove how important it is to Democrats that blacks have their very own black-only districts, for Muh Representation, Schultz has decided to "appropriate" a majority black district for herself. This is the seat currently represented by the black female Democrat who stole $5 million in taxpayer funds for covid. Who is also running again: Because this is the Party of Looters and Shooters. Politico, but via Ed Morrissey:Five candidates are vying to be the Democratic nominee in the solidly blue congressional district, and more are considering jumping in -- including Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, one of the country's most recognizable Democrats whose current path to reelection has been made more uncertain after Florida Republicans' mid-decade redistricting. Her possible candidacy has generated vocal opposition from existing candidates -- all of whom are Black -- who argue that the seat was held by a Black lawmaker for more than three decades and should be represented by someone who shares their experiences. As one may imagine, voters in the new district are unhappy with both choices:"This is a majority Black primary electorate and a working class district that needs someone to fight for them -- and they don't have stability and representation," said civil activist Elijah Manley, one of the candidates who has openly criticized Cherfilus-McCormick and Wasserman Schultz. "Now there's a war to decide who will be the voice for these people. ... The people here just want stability, and in order to have stability, they need someone who understands their community and what they need." Candidate Luther Campbell, a former 2 Live Crew member who won a landmark free-speech Supreme Court case over sexually explicit material in one of his albums, called it "ludicrous" that Cherfilus-McCormick was running again. "Focus on your case, and then if you win in your case, then this seat is always up for every two years," he said. He also criticized Wasserman Schultz as "appalling" for considering a run, arguing she would be trying to "take a Black seat." "I am upset with Debbie Wasserman Schultz. I am upset with Sheila McCormick," he said. "I'm upset with these people because they are playing with people's lives."
On to the missing fashion plate Frederica Wilson. If you're wondering where you've heard that name: She's the Hat Clown Grifter.
The only non-proof of life her staff has offered was a canned statement about a Supreme Court case and DNC pablum in her twitter feed.
Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) missed the last 43 House votes and hasn't been seen for a month -- that's maybe not the most disturbing part of the story. The eight-term incumbent is probably best known for her collection of hats -- usually sparkly ones -- is 83 years old, and so it's natural to fear the worst. Wilson's last recorded House vote was on April 17, and House reporter Jaime Dupree noted on BlueSky Wednesday that she "missed all 10 votes on Wednesday in the House," bringing the total to 43 consecutive missed votes over the last four weeks.
See the link for more. Steven Greene's best guess is that she has had a major health event, but her staff is covering that up so that no Democrat files to challenge her before the deadline expires. Speaking of Democrat congresswomen who might have suffered a severe neurological incident:
But when the congresswoman in question goes missing in action for a month, and that somebody on Wilson's staff just keeps going as though nothing were wrong, well, that's disturbing. When they also photo from last year as though it's new, that's when the paranoia kicks in. My attempts to reach her office via phone and email received no response. Whatever happened, it looks like Wilson's staff are in lockdown mode.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 04:38 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 04:39 PM (Yvd2Y)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 04:39 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 04:40 PM (Yvd2Y)
Our "betters" certainly aren't.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 04:40 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 04:40 PM (CWTWj)
Or Rehabs????
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 04:40 PM (4KUe5)
I mean... That's all I got.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 04:40 PM (Yvd2Y)
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Abducted?
Maybe she just went home...like Elvis.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (gnNyN)
last time I saw teeth like that they had a Quint in them
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (1wjle)
“We were DOGE before DOGE,” Newsom said, repeating another favorite line. “I just didn’t do it with a chainsaw.”
Posted by: beckster at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (kX27y)
Congress as well ( He's from
NJ) for about 70 days because of a health concern. Why don't these people or their staff explain why they're gone?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (IYIYn)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (0N4FZ)
She's the one that argued in the past Osama Bin Laden was popular because he built free day cares so women could work.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: La'Tavia Jada Marshall, Hood Rat at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Mayor Larry Vaughn at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (CNl8/)
I think I read something about birth control hormones being present in the water supply.
"Abortions in the water," good Lord.
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 04:40 PM (Yvd2Y)
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Abducted?
Maybe she just went home...like Elvis.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (gnNyN)
That movie was the best explanation for the people we have in power today.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (N1DT3)
"We have evidence that the earth is flat. That should concern you as Secretary of the Environment."
Posted by: Congressetta at May 14, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 14, 2026 04:44 PM (oX+Ku)
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at May 14, 2026 04:44 PM (Wt5PA)
True? I have no idea
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)
F off, Gavin
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (4KUe5)
[Nose grows an inch long]
Now, it is true that the congresswomen is ill... slightly ill.
[Nose continues to grow longer and longer, à la Pinocchio]
But she's just fine. She's currently at her office, trying on hats, free to pursue a life of religious fulfillment.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (CwhoI)
I mean... That's all I got.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (N1DT3)
I've heard of birth control pills getting into the water system as a potential problem. Could be where she's coming from.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: logprof at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (jo6FO)
Her streak of uncanny wins is only bested only by Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: brak at May 14, 2026 04:47 PM (sCxmP)
One could argue that her constituents don't care either, given they voted for her in the first place.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at May 14, 2026 04:47 PM (CwhoI)
Steven Greene's best guess is that she has had a major health event, but her staff is covering that up so that no Democrat files to challenge her before the deadline expires.
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The Ali Khamenei Jr. trick!
Posted by: Congressetta at May 14, 2026 04:48 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 04:48 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: logprof at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (jo6FO)
It launched a thousand ships trying to get away from her.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)
Supposedly voted for her.
Posted by: Some Dem Vote Mule at May 14, 2026 04:48 PM (sKqQm)
ATTA BOY, LUTHER!!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 04:48 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 04:48 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at May
They voted for the hats. She just came with.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 04:48 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 04:48 PM (D1E+2)
It is my observation that the phrase "civil activist" is an oxymoron.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 04:49 PM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 04:49 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at May 14, 2026 04:46 PM (CwhoI)
That's a weird way to spell "facing eternal judgment."
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at May 14, 2026 04:50 PM (Wt5PA)
OT but is it true Greeks may boycott the Odyssey movie for having a black woman play Helen of Troy? Or are they upset because it's an ugly woman playing her?
Posted by: logprof
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I was asking about that in the Hollywood thread t'other day. You'd think Greek actors and proud Greek citizens would be mad.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 04:50 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 04:50 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 04:51 PM (D1E+2)
Patty Murray is to intelligence what flour is to a spice cabinet.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Patty Murray is to intelligence what flour is to a spice cabinet.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)
Far less useful and wholesome
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 04:51 PM (xcxpd)
Murray has long been renowned for being stupid. I won't say she's the stupidest senator, not so long as Maize Hirono is alive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:51 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (4KUe5)
****
I've said it before; Lee Zeldin is an unsung hero of this administration. He takes no sh!t and gives it back to those congressional midwits without mercy. He's a stand up guy.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 14, 2026 04:51 PM (uTpz1)
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The whore peddler from Hawaii makes a pretty strong case for that title.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 04:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
Like not having any?
No one knows what “health” means.
Anyway, this sounds suspiciously like what happened in Kay Grainger’s case. Her staff covered up the fact that the last six months of her term she was nowhere to be found. IIRC during that time she was in assisted living.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 04:52 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 04:53 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:53 PM (HdYcL)
as long as those EBT cards are full every month
Posted by: brak at May 14, 2026 04:53 PM (sCxmP)
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 04:53 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 04:49 PM (guGkK)
MacArthur Park is frightening in the dark...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 04:53 PM (xcxpd)
This is one of the more insidious circular arguments to have gained currency in recent years.
The argument can certainly be made that schoolchildren (for example) need to have role models. “Teachers who look like us”.
OK, but does not this same principle hold true with young white children? They are almost exclusively “educated” by female neurotics and anti-make whack jobs. It is incorporated into the curriculum.
Boys are treated as a kind of defective species of girl, to be emasculated, drugged, and increasingly be transitioned into transvestites or homosexualists for purposes of buggery and other sex deviate purposes.
Notice the implication here. Only black individuals can properly represent blacks in a given congressional district?
If so, does it not follow that whites can only be properly represented by whites? This is simply rancid, Tribal politics. No way around it, and done specifically and with malice aforethought. It is offensive in the extreme.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 04:54 PM (uGukK)
Diane Feinstein was effectively a vegetable for the last months of her term. And not one of the good vegetables like bok choy. No, she was iceberg lettuce.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sorry, thats the UK at May 14, 2026 04:54 PM (zZu0s)
1) they can be effectively vacant for months
2) they can be effectively represented by a white man or woman
3) the can be effectively represented for two-score and 7 years by the same person; who can only hand those strenuous duties off to their eldest offspring. No kings, though.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 04:54 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026 04:55 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:55 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 04:55 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)
Brussel Sprouts. Something not even bacon and onion can improve.
Posted by: Sorry, thats the UK at May 14, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Deep Purple at May 14, 2026 04:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at May 14, 2026 04:56 PM (1qbhR)
Posted by: Dr. Christmas Jones at May 14, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)
--
Mazie Hirono filed suit against the makers of scratch-n-sniff because the strawberries tasted like paper and glue.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 04:56 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 14, 2026 04:57 PM (xJ3Zs)
Anyone know the whereabouts of Otto Penn since the Biden "administration" disbanded?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 04:57 PM (guGkK)
Any party with Pete Buttigieg is the party of Looters, Shooters, and Neuters.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026 04:58 PM (lCppi)
That's what Zeldin thinks she's asking. He asks her twice to clarify. Murray is just repeating the talking points on the paper in front of her, so she can't confirm or deny that's what she's talking about. She just starts insisting she's asking about claims in the NYTimes article and right wing activists say there's abortion in the water.
I looked into the article yesterday and activists are claiming the Trump admin EPA is trying to develop abortifacient detection so they can something something which then leads to abortion crackdowns.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 04:58 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 04:40 PM (Yvd2Y)
Art Bell fans know the aliens tossed her back. Couldn't locate a brain anywhere near her.
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
A bunch of my HS buds are Greek. They are mad as hell.
Manos
Papadopolus
Kalagitdis
Tsgournis
Ifantiedes
Karasarides
and many more but I ran out of vowels.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (Kyh8Y)
There's a sizable list of broken-down legislators who won't leave
Carter Glass ,(VA): senile decay
Karl Mundt (SD): stroke
Jim Murray (WA): terminally gaga
Carl Hayden (AZ): walked into a phone booth and said, "Up."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: UGAdawg at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (4MsaP)
http://bit.ly/42ASe5q
Posted by: Half Dozen at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (EYvpB)
Any party with Pete Buttigieg is the party of Looters, Shooters, and Neuters.
And wheezy gaspy pooters
Posted by: Polka will never die at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (5wrqf)
I'm sorry, America.
Posted by: fly gal at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (TopPz)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (0N4FZ)
Sounds like you are talking about Kay Grainger. She did that at the end of her term.
Congress clearly is not run like the TX HR. There, you show up or the Speaker has the cops bring you to the floor. Hence the theater of Dem State Reps leaving the state when throwing tantrums.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:00 PM (T6aVk)
She was abducted by aliens.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 04:40 PM (Yvd2Y)
You tricked us into taking her! We're bringing her back!
Posted by: The Grays at May 14, 2026 05:00 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 14, 2026 05:00 PM (qKHx2)
yeah man, you showed him.
Quick! Punch that baby, she has your lollipop!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (73/SM)
I didn't even miss her. Nobody did. That's how important they are.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (wn0/z)
I'm sorry, America.
Posted by: fly gal at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (TopPz)
Lemme guess - they will leave the Senate once they assumed room temperature?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (T6aVk)
Granted,the last 3 days are a blur in the horror of norovirus. I really did forget about the Rhinestone Brokeback Mountain Racist Qween of FL.
I assume this has either been noro (a stomach virus enhanced somehow by chy na) or cholera. Wicked, my friends.
To top off our week my husband discovered a pipe leaking into a corner of the basement. Which is a living area or "in law apt." In this house it is a do whatever you want space of a pool table, fooseball table, grand's winter play area, and art mixed with a man cave library.
The drain from the kitchen sink/dishwasher a floor above is the blame as a pipe cracked. Sheetrock will need to be replaced in places. The recovery people are here now (probably MS-13). Drying it out. Won't be repaired til we are back in town...because yes, we are going out of town soon.
I am healthy enough to recognize the hell upon our house today. Therefore improving vs wanting to die quietly.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (WONhk)
If that's what she was asking, it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do, but the way she butchered the question, she sounds completely insane. I'm willing to bet she has no idea what ppm and ppb mean.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: Too soon? at May 14, 2026 05:02 PM (Svk38)
She has no idea what she's talking about. She's reading talking points from her paper. She hasn't even read the article.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 05:02 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Anna Beth at May 14, 2026 05:02 PM (Y03RW)
and many more but I ran out of vowels.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 04:59 PM (Kyh8Y)
Fookers.
*checks cookie jar for vowels*
Posted by: The Welsh at May 14, 2026 05:03 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026 04:58 PM (lCppi)
Hey! She’s from FL!
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:03 PM (T6aVk)
Not long enough, unfortunately. My God.
Posted by: GuyManDude at May 14, 2026 05:03 PM (Cjger)
Posted by: The Grays at May 14, 2026 05:00 PM (y9nCu)
I TOLD YOU we should have took the Sweeney human! But no, you all said 'We need one of their leaders!'- as if this retarded dried up piece of Europa bait could possibly be a 'leader'.
Instead, I have to try to find clips from Euphoria season 3 on the humans primitive communications network!
Posted by: The Other Gray at May 14, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 14, 2026 05:04 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 14, 2026 05:04 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:05 PM (HdYcL)
wasn't another guy in 2 Live Crew called "Luke Skyyyywalker" or something?
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 05:05 PM (1wjle)
And if you're put in prison.... bonus.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 05:06 PM (jehhT)
So, Gov Newsome was correct in the fact the "Biological Males" can have babies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will be drinking pure Cat piss from now on so that I do not get the unconscious idea of getting an abortion.
Also sounds like General Ripper was right in the fact that Public Water is stealing our precious bodily fluids !!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at May 14, 2026 05:06 PM (u9jq/)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:01 PM (T6aVk)
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%<&@ whir spin clunk thump gigga gigga *#?<
Posted by: Mitch McConnell's pre-frontal cortex at May 14, 2026 05:06 PM (TopPz)
Posted by: ace at May 14
That was Luther. Uncle Luke. Luke Skyyywalker
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 05:06 PM (YZ0Fo)
Who was the guy who inconveniently had a dead girl in the trunk?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:06 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:06 PM (lSIaC)
Posted by: A Bag of Hammers at May 14, 2026 05:06 PM (Svk38)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:05 PM (HdYcL)
Letterman, but he's not exactly 'normal'. Let me check with Kuato.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)
I will be drinking pure Cat piss from now on so that I do not get the unconscious idea of getting an abortion.
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Stick to bourbon
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:07 PM (HdYcL)
ah.
Peak 2LiveCrew: The F*** Shop.
https://youtu.be/2589PkL5VZ0?si=7CBCcik_lrr7DFdz
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 05:07 PM (1wjle)
I could imagine it. A staffer tried to brief her on FDA research into fluoride effects on miscarriages and the like, and the troglodytic, swampy gnarl of stumps and cypress knees and dead lizards that only just barely manages to provide enough cognitive power together to expel noisy air past her dumb fucking gullet in a strange facsimile of human speech somehow managed to brutally forge that concept into "Abortions In The Water". And then off she went to do a politics with it. The fucking frump.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 05:07 PM (Ot/FD)
Y'know, someone could always call the police to do a welfare check.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 14, 2026 05:07 PM (vJrRc)
A new novel by Carl Hiassen.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 14, 2026 05:08 PM (qKHx2)
OK, but does not this same principle hold true with young white children? They are almost exclusively “educated” by female neurotics and anti-make whack jobs. It is incorporated into the curriculum.
It does not hold true for white children, racist.
Say! ARE YOU A BLACK TEACHER? We have a job for you as a BLACK TEACHER!!!
Posted by: Dallas ISD at May 14, 2026 05:08 PM (T6aVk)
Abortions across the sky
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 05:08 PM (gtcuf)
Abortion is birth control and there is no birth control but abortion, I guess.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 14, 2026 05:09 PM (vJrRc)
Y'know, someone could always call the police to do a welfare check.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 14, 2026 05:07 PM (vJrRc)
____________
*staff look at each other*
*shrug*
*resume surfing porn*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:09 PM (HdYcL)
ah.
Peak 2LiveCrew: The F*** Shop.
https://youtu.be/2589PkL5VZ0?si=7CBCcik_lrr7DFdz
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 05:07 PM (1wjle)
Not “Me So Horny”?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:09 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 05:10 PM (1wjle)
CNN is reporting that she is voting by mail which legal according to Hakeem Jeferies .....
Posted by: Jackson K. at May 14, 2026 05:10 PM (u9jq/)
But every time its an official who is busted for corruption, abuse of funds, and generally being outrageously crooked it keeps being a black woman over and over and over again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 05:10 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 05:10 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Jackson K. at May 14, 2026 05:10 PM (u9jq/)
Wonder if the same kind of thing is going on now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 05:11 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 05:11 PM (1qbhR)
Posted by: B-Cup Barry at May 14, 2026 05:11 PM (oftw2)
Wonder if the same kind of thing is going on now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 05:11 PM (AnnNE)
__________
Might be dead. Can't discount that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:12 PM (HdYcL)
That's a name you don't here in Da Hood much anymore.
It's been supplanted by F'redRika
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 05:12 PM (gtcuf)
Jesus fucking Christ.
Posted by: far cry at May 14, 2026 05:13 PM (wBRco)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 14, 2026 05:07 PM (vJrRc)
____________
*staff look at each other*
*shrug*
*resume surfing porn*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Lol. Not them, obviously.
Someone else. A concerned citizen, perhaps. Maybe someone from her district
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 14, 2026 05:13 PM (vJrRc)
Abortions across the sky
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 05:08 PM (gtcuf)
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Deep Purple's new album "Abortion In The Water"?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 14, 2026 05:13 PM (sxFm4)
The black women who get busted think they can get away with it, so they do.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 05:13 PM (1qbhR)
__________
Stick to bourbon
++++++++
Confirmed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 05:14 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 14, 2026 05:14 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Al in St. Louis at May 14, 2026 05:14 PM (pKne7)
Why did I have to call your name like four times, F-Red Rika? You done messed up, F-Red Rika!
Posted by: Substitute teacher at May 14, 2026 05:14 PM (gtcuf)
Okay, I had to try to figure out what the hell that moron was talking about. "Abortions in water", WTF?
Apparently some pro-life groups, somewhere at some point were worried about some of the abortion-inducing drugs getting in the water supply.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 05:15 PM (w6EFb)
They have a new single, just popped up in my youtube recs. It's not bad!
Posted by: Substitute teacher at May 14, 2026 05:15 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: ruralcounsel at May 14, 2026 05:15 PM (u9OdC)
That's a name you don't here in Da Hood much anymore.
____________
Years ago, I stopped for breakfast at a diner in NC. The cashier, a black lady, had a name tag that said "Cassandrea". "What a magnificent name!" I thundered. "Oh, you say that so nice," she replied.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:16 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 14, 2026 05:16 PM (diia5)
That stupid story is an IQ test.
For those who don't know. Murray started off as a community activist. Murray claims in those days she met with a state legislator about saving a preschool program. The legislator told her he wouldn't help and that Murray couldn't possibly save the program because Murray is, "Just a mom in tennis shoes."
Murray has been using this "Just a mom in tennis shoes" as her campaign slogan since the mid-80s. I don't believe for a second it happened the way Murray says it did.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 05:16 PM (mkw2N)
Okay, I had to try to figure out what the hell that moron was talking about. "Abortions in water", WTF?
I thought Democrats loved abortions ???
So, what is Patty Murry's problem ???
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 14, 2026 05:16 PM (X7dyz)
Someone else. A concerned citizen, perhaps. Maybe someone from her district
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 14, 2026 05:13 PM (vJrRc)
___________
Maybe someone she owes money to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:17 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026 05:17 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Tom Servo
LOL. I was going to suggest the same thing. The staffers don't want lose their phony baloney jobs.
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 14, 2026 05:17 PM (qFwJc)
Make it a hard and fast rule, no excuses. If you don't show up, you're no longer have a job. Go ahead and run in the special election to replace yourself if you want, but don't come back unless you win it. No exemptions for medical treatments (speculate if you wish as to whether I am still a wee bit peeved about John McCain's Obamacare betrayal.)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:17 PM (lSIaC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 05:06 PM (guGkK)
Some new musician named D4vd.
Her body was found in the frunk of his Tesla that he just left on the side of a road in L.A.
The girl, his suspected girlfriend, was 14, but either twelve or thirteen when he started dating him.
I saw some clips on YT about the case.
Really sick guy who is probably going to be in jail for a few decades.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 14, 2026 05:18 PM (X7dyz)
41 years if you count her days as a member of the school board and the WA Senate.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 05:18 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)
DeSantis should note there is a district not being represented and should do an investigation. It's likely medical and even though she is voting by mail, it's not really her voting.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 05:19 PM (n5tGW)
Wasn't it nice when McConnell gave Elizabeth Warren and the entire AWFL Karen class a soundbite, "nevertheless she persisted"
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 05:19 PM (1qbhR)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 05:11 PM (1qbhR)
Given the shit metal was taking at the time (I’m looking right at you, TIPPER!!!) I supported 2 Live Crew out of solidarity. San Antonio tried to ban them. Hogwild Records announced they were selling “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” anyway.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:19 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 05:19 PM (gtcuf)
33. Years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 14, 2026 05:16 PM (diia5)
And still with the exact same haircut and jacket.
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026 05:19 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 05:20 PM (3ek7K)
About that....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 05:20 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:17 PM
It's not like he had stage IV untreatable cancer and stuck around just long enough to fvck over Trump or anything.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 05:20 PM (0N4FZ)
Wasn't it nice when McConnell gave Elizabeth Warren and the entire AWFL Karen class a soundbite, "nevertheless she persisted"
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 05:19 PM (1qbhR)
Ohhhhhhh. All this time I thought they were saying "sheep are cysted".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 05:21 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 05:21 PM (UjdFS)
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"Fundamentally non-serious" selection.
Posted by: Crusader at May 14, 2026 05:21 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Wally at May 14, 2026 05:21 PM (0e5Te)
33. Years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 14, 2026 05:16 PM (diia5)
And still with the exact same haircut and jacket.
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2026 05:19 PM (lCppi)
Haircut is the same, but she's been bleaching her hair blonde for years. A lot of people forget she's a natural brunette.
And she wears trainer-type shoes and pantsuits every day.
Posted by: Vendette at May 14, 2026 05:21 PM (pJK38)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)
I don't want age limit laws (would hit Trump) but clearly people don't demand decent candidates at the primary levels (too often when they try the old fogey's DC buddies work to thwart the will of the people and help their geriatric buddies hang on to power)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 14, 2026 05:22 PM (PV+Zw)
Make it a hard and fast rule, no excuses. If you don't show up, you're no longer have a job. Go ahead and run in the special election to replace yourself if you want, but don't come back unless you win it. No exemptions for medical treatments (speculate if you wish as to whether I am still a wee bit peeved about John McCain's Obamacare betrayal.)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:17 PM (lSIaC)
In Canada, you cannot be in the Senate past 75. We may need to do something like that here Constitutionally.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:22 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Abortion in the water? The fuck's that even mean? at May 14, 2026 05:22 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 14, 2026 05:23 PM (W6hxS)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 05:23 PM (z2aPa)
That's terrible. Poor girl
I did think when I read too quickly and just saw the first line of the post "Some new musician named D4vd" that it was the start of a limerick.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:23 PM (AQXU4)
Was linked up with 2 younger guys by the starter at Hayne's Point golf course back a few months after Murray first took office. One of them was a staffer for Murray. I said I'd just worked in the Senate for years not long before, and asked what she was like. "She's stupid". Other stranger and I cracked up. He offered a few anecdotes. He was already trying to switch bosses in the Senate.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 14, 2026 05:24 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:24 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Prickly Pete Salmonella at May 14, 2026 05:24 PM (dFG8E)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 05:24 PM (gtcuf)
Jesus fucking Christ.
Posted by: far cry at May 14, 2026 05:13 PM (wBRco)
So they voted her IN at 67 in a funny hat?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 05:24 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 05:25 PM (gtcuf)
And fembots in the sky
Posted by: Polka will never die at May 14, 2026 05:25 PM (5wrqf)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 05:25 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 05:20 PM (0N4FZ)
The one time he actually showed up to a session in months. He could have resigned and allowed the governor to name a replacement with enough time before the next election that he could actually take advantage of being an incumbent. Instead, bith Arizona Senators now are Democrats.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:25 PM (lSIaC)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:25 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:22 PM (T6aVk)
That's just because they get a cold by then and the doctors do a Kevorkian on them.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 05:25 PM (8avO+)
Look at congressional biographies from 150 years ago. They were farmers, merchants, newspaper editors, factory owners, lawyers who actually practiced law. The got elected, spent a couple of terms and went back to doing what they did.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Or the monologue from the quiz bowl guy in Billy Madison.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (gu0hJ)
Jerbs.
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:24 PM (XuXeR)
This place. I first read this and thought 'is he trying to say Jews?' Then thought about it. Jobs. I agree.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (zZu0s)
“We were DOGE before DOGE,” Newsom said, repeating another favorite line. “I just didn’t do it with a chainsaw.”
Posted by: beckster
......
On May 14, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a revised 2026-27 state budget proposal totaling $349.4 billion.
That's some serious frugality there, bub.
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (XuXeR)
Yeah being black and female kinda gives you two forcefields of defense against any criticism. The ultimate example is the quadriplegic, black, transgender "model" recently revealed. Talk about tip of the oppression olympics pyramid.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 05:27 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:25 PM
It's not like they vote any different than mccain did in his last term.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 05:27 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 05:27 PM (Cqx++)
Okay, I had to try to figure out what the hell that moron was talking about. "Abortions in water", WTF?
I thought Democrats loved abortions ???
So, what is Patty Murry's problem ???
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 14, 2026 05:16 PM (X7dyz
Aborted fetal remains flushed into the sewer system, and, 'next day' abortion pills same system.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 05:27 PM (LHPAg)
On December 20, 1948, Laurence Duggan, the president of the Institute of International
Education and a respected expert on Latin America, jumped from the sixteenth floor of a New York office building. Two weeks earlier, the writer Isaac Don Levine, who had accompanied Whittaker Chambers to his 1939 meeting with Adolf Berle, testified before the committee that Chambers had identified Duggan as being a member of a six-man Communist apparatus that had been passing on top secret government documents.
Asked when the other five members would be named Mundt responded, “We’ll name them as they jump out of windows.” LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ITaab)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:28 PM (XuXeR)
I mean... That's all I got.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (N1DT3)
IIRC it was demonstrated that artificial hormones and other endocrine disruptors were in the water supply and was causing hermaphroditism and sterility in a frog population. There have been a number of studies finding at least trace amounts of estradiol and other synthetic estrogens in tap water - even a 2008 EPA study found this. The issue is how much there is and at what levels it would cause endocrine disruption in humans. Aquatic creatures like fish and frogs are more vulnerable since they're smaller and literally soaking in it.
Posted by: Patty Murray is gay and retarded at May 14, 2026 05:28 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Prickly Pete Salmonella
Too late. MEOW
Posted by: her cats at May 14, 2026 05:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Paul Ryan at May 14, 2026 05:29 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (HdYcL)
In Lincoln's era the Republicans would rotate 2 years at the one district that was majority GOP so that more party members would get some time in DC.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 05:29 PM (8avO+)
The point of the Big Lie is that it's monstrous. It's beyond proportion or reason. It's something no one would ever lie about out of simple human decency.
It's not merely to say the most preposterously untrue thing you can think of saying just to be a dick.
A small lie, bigly told, only makes you look like a fucking imbecile.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 05:29 PM (Ot/FD)
Nah huh...
/transmuslim of color
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:29 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 05:30 PM (gu0hJ)
or did Downer Debbie's house move districts?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 14, 2026 05:30 PM (mP0Kj)
Don't drink the water. Fish... well, you know.
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:31 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 05:31 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 05:27 PM (LHPAg)
Pretty sure Kermit Gosnell was doing that, and it would not shock me to find it a relatively routine practice at abortion abattoirs to reduce costs.
Posted by: Legitimate biowaste disposal ain't cheap at May 14, 2026 05:31 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Tonypete
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By the water
In the river
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RHZEzVUBPk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 05:31 PM (nzPxx)
Wilson started her career as an elementary school principal.
__________
*shakes head sadly*
Those poor, poor kids.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:31 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: muldoon at
The woods!
Wait no. That's a different joke.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 05:32 PM (YZ0Fo)
I did think when I read too quickly and just saw the first line of the post "Some new musician named D4vd" that it was the start of a limerick.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:23 PM (AQXU4)
His most famous song is titled "Romantic Homicide".
I've yet to give it a listen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 14, 2026 05:32 PM (DsA2n)
To the Retardos of Redditt, they look at these dullards, dim-wits and dunces and gush at their brilliance, wisdom and accomplishments.
To them, Trump has dementia but Patty confusing "abortion in the water" is a "haha! She wrecked him!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 05:32 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:32 PM (XuXeR)
I've yet to give it a listen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)
Lol, what, "Exhibit B" was too on the nose for him?
What the hell, man.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 05:33 PM (Ot/FD)
I've never heard any rumors that there was any "abortifacient" actually being put in anyone's water supply. Murray just had to smear "those far right conservative crazies", but ended up making herself the Crazy Person.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2026 05:33 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 05:34 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 05:34 PM (XuXeR)
http://tiny.cc/69g3101
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 05:34 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 05:31 PM (I0N4X)
Shriners?
Posted by: They never parade anymore... at May 14, 2026 05:34 PM (TbWk/)
Don't drink the water. Fish... well, you know.
Posted by: man
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All the AI's say that bottled (purified by reverse osmosis) goes through a membrane that filters out all drugs and crap like that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 05:34 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 05:35 PM (z2aPa)
The current fairy tale is the notion that winning an election, one is “deemed” to have passed a background investigation.
Note further well, this arrangement does not preclude the spooks from hoovering up all your past indiscretions and blackmailable activities and holding it over you now that one has been elected.
There are many, many examples of this historically. A pol will make a speech, vote a certain way and then … they change their tune. Suck up to your overlords. Give impassioned speeches why funding needs to be increased, and why, they really need a new headquarters.
Weird, huh?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 05:35 PM (ITaab)
Its the idea that people believe because they are convinced that nobody would attempt a lie like that, that the corruption is so obvious that it can't REALLY be corruption, nobody would be so blatant.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 05:35 PM (5yqx7)
Remember PA Senator Arlington Spectre who flipped from GOP to D, while fighting cancer (iirc) at the end of his career just to hold onto power. Not only didnt resign, but abandoned his party so that he remained in the majority party after it flipped.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 05:35 PM (4KUe5)
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Well, sure. That would be fine, except water treatment plants don’t use reverse-osmosis. Way too expensive, I expect. Even this technique has problems with soap, and detergents iirc.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 05:38 PM (ITaab)
"Abortions in the water," may cast a wide net since so many "Plan B" chemical abortion kits are in circulation. You know, "Abortions in the water."
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 14, 2026 05:38 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 05:34 PM (nzPxx)
I wouldn't bet on that since almost all bottled water is municipally sourced. Some of them may use certain filtration/purification processes but I'd need chromatographic proof of that claim.
Posted by: I'll get my estrogen right from the tap, thanks at May 14, 2026 05:39 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 05:39 PM (wVcYX)
Wilson is sooo fricken old her real hair turned gray and fell out decades ago.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 05:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Diane Feinstein was effectively a vegetable for the last months of her term. And not one of the good vegetables like bok choy. No, she was iceberg lettuce.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)
Pretty much my first thought...vegetative state...or should we start calling it a vegan state?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 05:40 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (HdYcL)
That's how our founders planned it. They were the best and smartest guys in the country at the time. Their kind is gone now, maybe a handful left.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 05:41 PM (LHPAg)
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Polymarkets have him up 60% to Gallerian's 30%. FWIW
That's not Hiroshima post bombing.
I can't vote for his opponent, out of my district, but Massie's got a better than 75% chance at winning.
Maybe things will "settle down" over the next few days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 05:41 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)
Iceberg's OK if it has blue cheese dressing and bacon on it. Otherwise, meh.
Posted by: Romaine is better at May 14, 2026 05:41 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: GuyManDude at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (Cjger)
And source it fer sure.
So, the fertility docs believe hormones in drinking water can at least have an effect on pregnancy.
Posted by: MkY at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 05:34 PM (nzPxx)
I wouldn't bet on that since almost all bottled water is municipally sourced. Some of them may use certain filtration/purification processes but I'd need chromatographic proof of that claim.
Posted by: I'll get my estrogen right from the tap, thanks at May 14, 2026 05:39 PM
Chuck Norris water comes straight out of a well on property he owned. They claim the water is over 23,000 years old. It's expensive but I am pretty sure it is drug free.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)
Iceberg's OK if it has blue cheese dressing and bacon on it. Otherwise, meh.
Posted by: Romaine is better at May 14, 2026 05:41 PM (TbWk/)
No Russian dressing!
Posted by: Major Kong at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (wVcYX)
He also represented IrA Einhorn the killer who stuffed his girlfriends body in a wall. Got him a low bail and Einhorn skipped the country.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 05:43 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (1wjle)
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I literally laughed out loud at this one
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 05:43 PM (nvRZF)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (lSIaC)
Posted by: I'll get my estrogen right from the tap,
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Big titties are popular these days.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (nzPxx)
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (T8bqm)
Posted by: They never parade anymore...
>Al bedoo-ing this scooter thing and throwing out candy. The never fucked with the law.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (lSIaC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 05:46 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:26 PM (HdYcL)
I never trusted that guy. Smersh, neither.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (LHPAg)
It is voted on annually.
It would constitute their sole lawful income.
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:47 PM (T8bqm)
And source it fer sure.
So, the fertility docs believe hormones in drinking water can at least have an effect on pregnancy.
Posted by: MkY at May 14, 2026 05:42 PM (q6tQZ)
I remember chatting with my oldest sister decades ago and she made some comment about not having got pregnant yet. I asked her "you stop taking birth control yet?" She said no.
A few months later she did and was pregnant 20 minutes later.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Beverly at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (reMys)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (lSIaC)
I think Congress should in general be keeping tabs on these people seriously. They have an important job to do. If they are sick or dead, we need to take steps.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 05:54 PM (8avO+)
/spit
Posted by: Beverly at May 14, 2026 05:55 PM (reMys)
Like Biden: start out an idiot, and it’s all downhill from there…
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 14, 2026 06:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Liquid regret wrapped in blanket dismay;
But, the water's 100 proof;
So, the baby goes *poof*;
In truth, they were only in it for the lay.
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 06:17 PM (dIske)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 05:44 PM (lSIaC)
Term limits are a lazy solution that will encourage more laziness. Being lazy is how we got here. No to term limits.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 06:35 PM (T6aVk)
In fairness, she was this stupid when she was a state senator.
If Rod Chandler hadn't shit the bed during the televised debate in '92, we wouldn't have been stuck with this idiot for the last 34 years.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at May 14, 2026 06:46 PM (pE12i)
Likely she meant mifepristone (a drug that causes abortions) is in wastewater. Maybe the EPA is studying that, I mean, why not? We have all sorts of problems with drugs reaching water systems.
She too stupid to even discuss the topic she cares about intelligently.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:23 PM (eloIc)
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Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 07:26 PM (eloIc)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 14, 2026 11:03 PM (XLfSN)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 14, 2026 11:09 PM (XLfSN)
Minnesota House Report Faults Walz for Engineering the Looting of Taxpayer Funds; Gavin Newsom Spent $189 Million to Give Prisoners Brand-New Free iPads So That They Can Jerk Off to Porn All Day
So they don't have to work, are given free room and board, and they can cruise the internet all day and jack themselves off to porn twice a day.
And it costs taxpayers close to $200 million. Oh -- and they also have sex chats with women outside of prison and use the tablets to sexually groom children. This is "punishment"? Chris Rufo:Under Governor Gavin Newsom, California has sought to transform its massive prison system into a Nordic-style rehabilitation program. Newsom has placed a moratorium on all executions, transferred condemned prisoners to facilities across the state, dismantled San Quentin State Prison's death row, and turned the notorious prison into a therapeutic center, with art, classrooms, a café, and podcast studios. As part of this transformation, the Newsom administration approved a $189 million contract to provide new digital tablets--generic, flat-screen devices in a plastic shell--to every inmate in the state prison system, at "no cost" to offenders. The administration heralded the effort to replace inmates' old tablets--which were piloted in 2018 and given to nearly all prisoners by 2023--as a step toward "digital equity" for "justice impacted" individuals, who could, in theory, use the devices to contact their families, consume "educational" content, and "learn new technology." In reality, taxpayer-funded tablets have also been used for more lurid endeavors. In this exclusive City Journal investigation, we contacted dozens of death-row inmates, who told us that prisoners in the state system use such devices to watch pornography and have explicit sexual conversations. Some prisoners, according to a former high-ranking California corrections official, use their tablets to groom minors. Though the state has claimed to regulate explicit content, the inmates told us that users can easily evade detection. When reached for comment, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the tablets were "tightly controlled education tools" that provided inmates with "access to the Bible, education, and reentry resources that actually reduce crime."LOL. Except if they get their hands on the password to turn off parental controls, which I imagine gets sold to them for $10.
But inmates told us a different story. For some, the devices have become personal sex machines. In the words of one inmate, California's death row is populated with desperately "horny" criminals who see the tablets as a way to satisfy their basest fantasies and desires--all thanks to the California taxpayer. In the 1980s, a rapist and serial murderer named Robert Maury earned the nickname "the Tipster Killer" for calling in anonymous tips identifying the locations of the dead bodies he left behind. During this period, he killed a woman by strangling her with a nylon clothesline, strangled and killed another two women, and brutally raped a fourth before he was caught by authorities. Now, Maury is living at a state prison facility in Stockton, California, where he has viewed pornography on his taxpayer-funded digital tablet. In an interview, Maury told us inmates can receive "nude pictures" and watch pornography through their devices. In his case, he claimed to have received a topless photo from a 22-year-old German psychology student who was "hoping that I would share my story with her for her class project." After the student sent the photo, Maury said he "flirted" with her "for a while." Maury said another way that inmates can watch pornography is through the video chat application. In this scheme, he explained, an inmate can call someone on the outside, that person can "put porn on their TV," and the inmate can "watch with them." Maury specified that he has never explicitly asked anyone to broadcast pornography in this manner, but when it happens, he "just say[s] cool and thank you." ... "I would bet my pension that there's a vast amount of childhood pornography on the tablets," said the former official. "There are probably several thousand [children] that are currently being groomed." ... Meantime, despite the obvious risks, Governor Gavin Newsom is moving full-speed ahead with his initiative to "reimagine our prison system" and turn San Quentin into "the nation's most innovative rehabilitation facility." Newsom has offered no indication that he will reverse course on the free tablet program. In fact, the new vendor contract allows for four one-year extensions, which could push its total cost to $315 million. At least one Democratic legislator is demanding that the state make inmates' messages free of charge. Eckenrod, who anticipated the dark side of "digital equity," believes California has opened the floodgates to abuse. "We created a pathway for them to reach out and groom folks," he said. "There are going to be victims that didn't need to have been victims because of these decisions."Read the whole thing. The Party of Looters and Shooters continues showing its ass in Minnesota.
Final Walz fraud report rips 'culture of tolerance' as Minnesota taxpayers face billions in alleged losses
84-page report follows two dozen hearings and hundreds of whistleblower tips about state government malfeasance
A comprehensive final report released Tuesday by the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee concluding its work for the current session takes aim at a "culture of tolerance" under Gov. Tim Walz that it says allowed serial fraudsters to fleece taxpayers for billions of dollars. The 84-page final report, which follows two dozen hearings and hundreds of whistleblower tips, paints a grim picture of state government malfeasance, incompetence and the active suppression of internal warnings. The committee concluded that the scale of fraud in Minnesota is "massive and unprecedented," costing taxpayers an estimated $300 million in federal meal program fraud and up to $9 billion in Medicaid fraud. The report asserts that the total amount stolen across multiple programs, including childcare and SNAP, is significantly higher than previously believed. The report cited several examples of what it characterizes as Walz failing to act on fraud, including a situation, reported by Fox News Digital, where he "tried to blame a court order" for failing to stop payments to the Feeding Our Future fraudsters. However, the presiding judge later issued a public statement clarifying that he never ordered the state to resume payments, asserting that the Walz administration did so voluntarily.
Investigators identified a recurring "business model" used by criminals to fleece taxpayers, which involved low barriers to entry, the use of shell companies and the payment of kickbacks to enroll recipients. The report specifically links the Feeding Our Future scandal to earlier unaddressed fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), suggesting that the failure to stop one led directly to the explosion of the other. The report alleges that Governor Walz created a culture that enabled fraud by failing to hold officials accountable despite years of credible whistleblower reports and audits. It claims the administration "ignored and consciously downplayed" shocking levels of fraud across more than a dozen Medicaid waiver programs and prioritized "compassion over compliance." While the committee uncovered numerous findings highlighting the severity of the fraud, they found themselves consistently facing opposition from Democrats, including earlier this month when Democrats on the committee blocked an effort to subpoena Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar for information on her alleged ties to the convicted fraudsters in the Somali community.
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A midterm that tips the balance of power within the MN legislature towards the Republican Party could be interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 03:32 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 03:32 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 03:32 PM (N1DT3)
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Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 03:33 PM (Sy6m/)
But we have a fabulous selection of restaurants in the Twin Cities!
-- an actual 'sota tard conversing in my presence earlier this year
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 03:33 PM (s9VOe)
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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 03:33 PM (N1DT3)
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Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 03:34 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 03:34 PM (viF8m)
146 Memes are art, so I must express my concern that Ace is misusing one in the sidebar. (Or is it a meta?) Here I present the original source: a gaming tournament with money on the table, where tempers flare, and a young gent with a strong sense of propriety is startled to realize that the short, stocky bloke he was about to scuffle with is a sheila:
KIT 15 ShinBlade "Who Bitch This Is?!"
youtube.com/watch?v=1Sfs9h3bIDg
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 10:20 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 03:35 PM (Sy6m/)
And it costs taxpayers close to $200 million.
Hell, I'd do it for free!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 03:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:36 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:36 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:36 PM (gu0hJ)
Hell, one of the job sites I worked at jammed all wireless for the work-release employees. No social media.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 03:37 PM (D1E+2)
Wait, is this prison, or fully state funded college?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 14, 2026 03:37 PM (JCZqz)
Bleah, I can just hear Walz's response.
"Yer daarn too-tin' we're tolerant! Tolerance is what they lack and we have. You know what else we are? Welcoming! Another thing they seem to think is so bad."
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 03:37 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:36 PM (aobjm)
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You might be surprised to learn that all of this fraud is already illegal and making another law won't make it more illegal.
The source of many of our problems as a nation aren't a surfeit of laws but a surfeit of enforcement of the existing laws.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 03:37 PM (rJ5No)
So they don't have to work.
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"You say that like it's a bad thing."
/Xavier Baccera
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:37 PM (tSA2R)
Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at May 14, 2026 03:38 PM (kug1A)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 03:34 PM (viF8m)
A trivial server could be used to control what educational and work content they wanted the prisoners to see. Or movies and whatnot.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)
Kill them before they kill you and get an iPad and porn as a reward.
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:38 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:38 PM (Dd38x)
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"Hey, we're not ALL women!"
/obligatory Hunter Biden
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:39 PM (tSA2R)
Wait, is this prison, or fully state funded college?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 14, 2026 03:37 PM (JCZqz)
In prison they at least pretend to educate you.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:39 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:36 PM (8avO+)
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Of course they did.
The graft must flow!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 03:39 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Dave at May 14, 2026 03:39 PM (sbsMc)
And I am sure this has been legitimately studied and there is irrefutable data and evidence of this, right?
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:40 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Jackson K. at May 14, 2026 03:40 PM (u9jq/)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 14, 2026 03:40 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (+3UD9)
==
She is not as stupid. Probably more malevolent. So you gain competence, but not in a good way.
Posted by: my kingdom for a fork at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (HdYcL)
Because taxpaying, law-abiding citizens are not the priority of Democrats.
Anywhere in any state.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (73/SM)
>>I, for one, am not really worried about Donquavious and Tyrone loading up the hooptie to conduct a drive-by with muzzle-loading firearms.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (oqH4h)
****
A comment that so in your face funny shant be ignored. Gracias ballistic!!
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (uTpz1)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (tSA2R)
You might be surprised the states have been telling the feds to stick it up their ass when they make dimple requests for information. Furthermore that states go to friendly judges when the money gets cut off by the Feds- and the states win with phony injunctions.
The rules aren’t clear and not a single budget has been reduced by the amounts of fraud. Not one. In fact the spending bills increased the budgets.
Why is that I wonder?
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (aobjm)
Well, im sure he's chastised. He'll have to comfort himself with the millions he took.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s)
Check out Mississippi’s new “welcome” sign
https://tinyurl.com/t976kxcn
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (ndZc7)
$2,000? That is a lot of fluffing overhead.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (+3UD9)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (UjdFS)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the tablets were "tightly controlled education tools" that provided inmates with "access to the Bible, education, and reentry resources that actually reduce crime."
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The Bible?!?!? Separation of church and state!!! REEEEEEE!!!!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (HdYcL)
And it costs taxpayers close to $200 million.
Arguably prison is the utopia the left wants to live in:
Everyone has exactly the same material goods
Everyone has free healthcare
No one works
There is no free speech
And plenty of dude on dude sex.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Zombie Senator Howell Heflin, AL at May 14, 2026 03:42 PM (cWLG3)
I think every program in California, maybe in most states is set up to charge the taxpayers 5-10 times the actual value of whatever freebie they are giving to whomever to allow them to skim 80-90% off the top.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 14, 2026 03:43 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 14, 2026 03:40 PM
The tablets are only $200 each, the maintenance contract for the tablets runs $1800 apiece. That's the way it normally goes. The maintenance contract money goes to political cronies to cash in on.
They then do only minimal maintenance for a year or so.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 03:43 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 03:43 PM (q177U)
"digital equity" is why prisoners are getting iPads? That it's even a thing is nutty. What other kinds of "equity" do we need to achieve out there? Just throw out an adjective or a noun, I guess.
Meanwhile, someone pointed out that the iPad distribution works out to $2000 per unit. You can buy them in bulk for $400. Whose beak is getting wet to the tune of $1600 per?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 03:43 PM (XJ22o)
"Taxpayers. Tell me how my ass taste."
- - - - - - Walz Daddy
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)
The US hasn't had a deficit of laws, it hasn't had men willing to enforce them.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)
But yeah, totally let her run your state, Minnedunces.
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:44 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 03:44 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (+3UD9)
You used a nether region torture device and the Maha Rushie's name in the same sentence. That should be a punishable offense!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 03:44 PM (5L7BE)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:44 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: brak at May 14, 2026 03:44 PM (sCxmP)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 03:45 PM (7ogkA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 03:37 PM (rJ5No)
The source of many of our problems as a nation is the willingness of TPTB to punish law abiding folk in the face of commonly known criminal, or at least negligent, behavior on the part of government employees.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 03:45 PM (ExV1e)
You cannot hate democrats enough.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 03:45 PM (2WIwB)
Sure we are throwing some Somali retards in jail...which is a good start, but we have no shortage of Somali retards. Hell, we probably have enough native born retards to keep the Government-NGO complex going for as long as the left wants...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)
Make the worthless shits work everyday.
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 03:36 PM (3ek7K)
You asked for it............
https://youtu.be/f5lYNgCVwFo
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)
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California needs a reaming.
Some years ago, Cuyahoga county had about 350 officials indicted for crooked dealings. It forced the cockroaches back into the shadows. LA county could use the same. Here is started with some whistleblowers and some wiretaps and expanded exponentially for about 3 years.
Posted by: yes its crooked, why no one does anything about it I dunno at May 14, 2026 03:46 PM (anL5R)
Johnny Somali is stuck in a detention cell for the next six months and sleeping by the poop hole in the floor.
He may be stuck longer than that now his lawyer ha quit and a public defender assigned.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 03:46 PM (+3UD9)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 03:46 PM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: bassboat at May 14, 2026 03:46 PM (mxEar)
Klobuchar looks like a person who is confused by trying to make a cup of coffee.
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That's what staffers are for.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 03:46 PM (HdYcL)
Hochul just handed Mandummy $8 billion state taxpayer dollars.
Gee, where did that come from? Did she have that in her dresser drawer? Nickels from the couch.
Every taxpayer in NY, those who are left anyway, should wear the states official uniform, a gimp suit.
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:47 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 14, 2026 03:33 PM (61TgR)
'Gaylord' is a name
Just sayin'
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 03:47 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:36 PM (8avO+)
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My dad always said, you want to be set, get a government contract.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: my kingdom for a fork at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (anL5R)
On the plus side, every restaurant in Minneapolis will stock combs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 03:47 PM (ExV1e)
Our streets and highways should be pristine but I never see any clean up crews from jail anymore
It just doesn't make any sense
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 14, 2026 03:47 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)
The point of the things the government does is to make money for its employees and clients.
And overpaying for items is a classic form of graft...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 03:48 PM (+3UD9)
So...Hate Fraud?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 03:48 PM (2WIwB)
For every 100 hours of manual labor, they earn 10 minutes of restricted internet access.
On a shared desktop computer.
And if they misbehave, those privileges are revoked. The first time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 03:48 PM (HjfbW)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 03:48 PM (ZLe8E)
Because taxpaying, law-abiding citizens are not the priority of Democrats.
Anywhere in any state.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (73/SM)
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"The First Amendment governs issues related to pornography for prisoners, h8r, as it protects Freedom of Ejaculation. Courts have consistently held that prisoners do not lose all Constitutional Rights, including First Amendment protections, upon incarceration.
That's the Fact, Jack-Off!"
/
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:48 PM (tSA2R)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 14, 2026 03:49 PM (Vh9CX)
He may be stuck longer than that now his lawyer ha quit and a public defender assigned.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 03:46 PM (+3UD9)
Good.
He FA, hope he FO's good and hard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wifi, me worry? at May 14, 2026 03:49 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 03:49 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 03:49 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 03:49 PM (+3UD9)
Califorma talks like a fag and its shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 03:50 PM (gtcuf)
The point of the things the government does is to make money for its employees and clients.
And overpaying for items is a classic form of graft...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)
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I read somewhere the state paid 2K for each device. Can buy for $400. So someone's getting the $1,600 difference.
Posted by: beckster at May 14, 2026 03:50 PM (kX27y)
"Are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?"
Posted by: Boswell at May 14, 2026 03:51 PM (V7158)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 03:45 PM (7ogkA)
You asked for it...........
https://youtu.be/JKEItVNlYXI?t=10
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:51 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 14, 2026 03:49 PM (Vh9CX)
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https://tinyurl.com/4ydhzpev
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 03:51 PM (cWLG3)
"Are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?"
Posted by: Boswell at May 14, 2026 03:51 PM (V715
__________
Out: Workhorse
In: Wankhouse
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 03:51 PM (HdYcL)
Oh, they filed a report, you say? Faulted him, you say?
Well, im sure he's chastised. He'll have to comfort himself with the millions he took.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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lol, not another REPORT?! (Image of Walz holding up his hands in horror)
I agree, he has nothing to fear -- but I keep saying, I don't think he got the millions. He's that stupid. And lazy. Just look the other way and pontificate lefty talking points. I think he mainly wants to be popular, which may be why he stood out to Kamala.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 03:52 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 03:52 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:52 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 03:52 PM (+3UD9)
*glances at face colander ready and waiting*
Soon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 03:53 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Boswell at May 14, 2026 03:53 PM (V7158)
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:53 PM (aobjm)
Our streets and highways should be pristine but I never see any clean up crews from jail anymore
It just doesn't make any sense
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 14, 2026 03:47 PM (61TgR)
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U.S. District Clown Judge Bozoberg has ruled that any kind of Prisoner Work is Cruel and Unusual Punishment. I mean, they ACTHUALLY KILLED Cool Hand Luke with Eggs! Watch a porno movie sometime .."
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:54 PM (tSA2R)
*sigh*
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 03:54 PM (J45CI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)
On the plus side, every restaurant in Minneapolis will stock combs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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I giggled.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 03:54 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Sorry, thats the UK at May 14, 2026 03:55 PM (zZu0s)
1-800-Mish-4-Migrants
Posted by: Sorry, thats the UK at May 14, 2026 03:55 PM (zZu0s)
877-White-Poon
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:56 PM (Zz0t1)
Do they get Zoom access as well? Because that activity is better on a Zoom meeting.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at May 14, 2026 03:57 PM (0sNs1)
How dare we treat prisoners with a modicum of dignity! What’s with the uptick of rightoids posting shitty news articles here?
It’s not a gulag. I know two people who got 10+ for weed possession In the 00s. Theyre not child rapists. They deserve some humanity
Here in WI the jails have tablets and the internet is paywalled heavily and you can only buy movies, tv, games, and phone time, huge scam to drain money off inmates for private equity with kickbacks to the jails themselves to incentivise usage. Very gross stuff, very gross narrative of prisoners being "coddled" and not EXPLOITED.
I mean, if I was going to die, I'd want one last wank
Seems we've got some fully boosted Kamala voters here...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 03:57 PM (JCZqz)
I’m afraid either that time has passed, or entire districts and states of people are just dunces.
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 03:58 PM (aobjm)
Maybe we will be working on that together
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Yeah, that shit seems free compared to what Newsom does with tax dollars.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)
Also, why do they have access to the interwebs at all? Chain gangs, cleanup crews, etc. Put these jackoffs to work and stop this insanity.
Posted by: turambar at May 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Q0yOR)
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The lack of Crayons, Play-Doh, and a Safe Rape-Space is a literal crime.
I'm so triggered & shaking so hard right now that I just lost a so-called tooth!
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:59 PM (tSA2R)
On the general topic of Minnesota fraud, I bet Ilhan has done a splendidly Hillaryesque job of keeping her fingerprints off the evidence. Throwing her out will depend entirely on her fraudulent immigration and citizenship applications. What's stalling the State Department, the DoJ?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 03:59 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 03:57 PM (JCZqz)
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European streets became safer than Muslim streets because Europe spent a millennia killing the 1% of the population that committed crimes every year.
I suspect similar things happened in Japan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 03:59 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 03:59 PM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 03:59 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Tim Walz at May 14, 2026 04:00 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Congress at May 14, 2026 04:00 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 04:00 PM (Zz0t1)
On the general topic of Minnesota fraud, I bet Ilhan has done a splendidly Hillaryesque job of keeping her fingerprints off the evidence. Throwing her out will depend entirely on her fraudulent immigration and citizenship applications. What's stalling the State Department, the DoJ?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 03:59 PM (XJ22o)
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It seems like she hasn't kept her hands off it at all.
The fake winery was in her own husband's name.
There is a level of stupid arrogance about Omar.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:00 PM (rJ5No)
Federal prisons in Pennsylvania, and across the country, began providing access to tablets, primarily through the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), which began rolling out tablets for purchase through commissaries in 2022.
In addition to the federal system, Pennsylvania state facilities (DOC) and local jails (like Philadelphia) have their own, separate tablet programs. (Apps for video visitations, phone calls. Free access to books, music, educational lessons, etc.)
Transformational yoga classes also available.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 04:00 PM (NFX2v)
For my part I'll be honest I think there should be alternatives to prison especially for young/non-violent offenders.
But...they have to be focused on punishment.
Remembers years ago some young man in Singapore vandalized some cars and they caned him? That is s smart way to punish someone. Old school America would put him in a box paying for his food and healthcare and new America just asks him not to do it again.
But Singapore? No government dollars and the young man learned his lesson.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 04:01 PM (LQf4v)
Do they get Zoom access as well? Because that activity is better on a Zoom meeting.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin
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Holy fvk this topic is bringing out teh funny!
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 04:01 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 04:01 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Tim Walz at May 14, 2026 04:00 PM (0sNs1)
How you didn't win all the football by constantly dialing up the pick 6, I'll never know.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 03:59 PM (XJ22o)
She was 13 when she came to this country. That's an uphill battle.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Big Penguin at May 14, 2026 04:02 PM (0sNs1)
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I've never seen a MOAR Accurate & Honest Leftist Life-Meaning and Personal Mission Statement.
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 04:02 PM (tSA2R)
Former BLM Activist Labels Group a “Scam,” Insists Systemic Racism in America Isn’t Real
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 04:02 PM (ndZc7)
She was 13 when she came to this country. That's an uphill battle.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ExV1e)
She married her brother at 13? Seems.......islhamic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 04:02 PM (Zz0t1)
James Bond auditions have apparently started. I guess that means that Dune Part Three is mostly done (at least from an editing perspective, lots of CG to finish in the next 7 months), so Villeneuve has some extra time to review audition tapes, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:03 PM (rJ5No)
When do the death threats for this person start, or have they already?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 04:03 PM (LQf4v)
I hope several people who really don't like Newsom are keeping a record of all his fiscal stupidity as Governor, so that when is considered as a candidate for President he can absolutely be torpedoed out of the water.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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(Taps chin...) You maaayyyyy have an idea there. We'll add it to the list of things to consider.
Posted by: Republican National Committee at May 14, 2026 04:03 PM (XJ22o)
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I just got a great idea for a new Mini-Pad!
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 04:03 PM (tSA2R)
Posted by: Hang 'em High! at May 14, 2026 04:03 PM (oftw2)
Fuck that; give them teaspoons.
Posted by: Butch at May 14, 2026 04:04 PM (nts+A)
James Bond auditions have apparently started. I guess that means that Dune Part Three is mostly done (at least from an editing perspective, lots of CG to finish in the next 7 months), so Villeneuve has some extra time to review audition tapes, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:03 PM (rJ5No)
You should send him a link to your YouTube page.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 04:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (tSA2R)
She was 13 when she came to this country. That's an uphill battle.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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You're right, and she was 17 when she became a US citizen.
HOWEVER, as an adult, she assisted others in obtaining citizenship fraudulently.
Posted by: Republican National Committee at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Republican National Committee at May 14, 2026 04:03 PM (XJ22o)
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The last time Newsom led any poll at all was March, and that was just for CA's primary race for president. The last time he led a national poll was February.
Harris has won them all except the most recent which was won by AOC (done by Atlas Intel which has such weird crosstabs that's it's probably bullshit).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (rJ5No)
Woops, RNC sock off.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 04:04 PM (Zz0t1)
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I'd make a decent Bond.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (rJ5No)
I'd make a decent Bond.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (rJ5No)
DOOO EEEET!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 04:07 PM (Zz0t1)
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I just got a great idea for a new Mini-Pad!
Posted by: ShainS
I put pads in boy's restroom!!! Tampons too!
Posted by: Confused Pedo Governor Walz at May 14, 2026 04:07 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: saar at May 14, 2026 04:07 PM (lexfv)
Could you imagine you're a MN taxpayer, the roads are shit, schools all fucked up, taxes going up and up, raising gas taxes and fees with bullshit reasoning.
And your faggot Governor and his psycho hosebeast wife with their insane demented fellow travelers are literally sending billions of your tax dollars to Somalia.
Fucking crazy.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 14, 2026 04:07 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (Ot/FD)
De plane boss!!!
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 04:08 PM (ZLe8E)
Could you imagine you're a MN taxpayer, the roads are shit, schools all fucked up, taxes going up and up, raising gas taxes and fees with bullshit reasoning.
And your faggot Governor and his psycho hosebeast wife with their insane demented fellow travelers are literally sending billions of your tax dollars to Somalia.
Fucking crazy.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 14, 2026 04:07 PM (et1vG)
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Apparently CO passed a ballot initiative to force the state government to spend transportation taxes on...transportation.
And the state legislature has responded by starting the process to pass a law that lets them spend transportation money anywhere they want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:08 PM (rJ5No)
The last time Newsom led any poll at all was March, and that was just for CA's primary race for president. The last time he led a national poll was February.
Harris has won them all except the most recent which was won by AOC (done by Atlas Intel which has such weird crosstabs that's it's probably bullshit).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Sounds doable to me.
Although it would be hilarious if his Dem primary opponents started beating him up with facts about California.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 04:09 PM (XJ22o)
The last time Newsom led any poll at all was March, and that was just for CA's primary race for president. The last time he led a national poll was February.
Harris has won them all except the most recent which was won by AOC (done by Atlas Intel which has such weird crosstabs that's it's probably bullshit).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM
The media has already picked donkey chompers as their champion to win the democrat primary in 2028. Just like they did for harris in 2020 before she dropped out without getting a single vote.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 04:09 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (rJ5No)
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"Mad. James Mad."
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 04:10 PM (tSA2R)
Although it would be hilarious if his Dem primary opponents started beating him up with facts about California.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 04:09 PM (XJ22o)
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Newsom rose when he decided to make the redistricting fight about himself.
Democrats then went on to lose the redistricting fight.
Most Democrats will forget that by the time it gets to voting, but that's just proof of his staying power: he doesn't have it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:10 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (rJ5No)
DOOO EEEET!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 04:07 PM (Zz0t1)
"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Madison, I expect you to.... wait... bro... you actually wanna watch Todo sobre mi Madre? I don't technically have to kill you until tomorrow."
"Oh, just turn on the laser and let's get this over with."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 04:09 PM (0N4FZ)
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The media seems to be mostly just "not-Kamala" just like they became "not Bernie, but please not Biden" in 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:11 PM (rJ5No)
Make the worthless shits work everyday.
Posted by: four seasons
THIS!!! Fucking cocksuckers should be worked til they're too exhausted to jerk off
Posted by: John Thune at May 14, 2026 04:12 PM (Rg/DB)
force the state government to spend transportation taxes on...transportation.
And the state legislature has responded by starting the process to pass a law that lets them spend transportation money anywhere they want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:08 PM (rJ5No)
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Tax cows need to know their place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:12 PM (HdYcL)
"No, Mr. Madison, I expect you to.... wait... bro... you actually wanna watch Todo sobre mi Madre? I don't technically have to kill you until tomorrow."
"Oh, just turn on the laser and let's get this over with."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Ot/FD)
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Almodovar is a wonderful cinematic talent!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:12 PM (rJ5No)
I don't believe violent offenders can be "rehabilitated" at all. Whatever switch in their brains that failed to prevent them from raping or murdering is not going to magically not fail after a couple of years in stir with or without porn. It would be great if rehabilitation worked, but it generally doesn't. Prison protects us, and needs to stop protecting the criminals who deserve to be there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 14, 2026 04:12 PM (DwqWV)
Democrats take acting lessons to appear more normal:
https://tinyurl.com/4252huh7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 04:12 PM (LQf4v)
Could you imagine you're a MN taxpayer, the roads are shit, schools all fucked up, taxes going up and up, raising gas taxes and fees with bullshit reasoning.
And your faggot Governor and his psycho hosebeast wife with their insane demented fellow travelers are literally sending billions of your tax dollars to Somalia.
Fucking crazy.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 14, 2026 04:07 PM (et1vG)
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Apparently CO passed a ballot initiative to force the state government to spend transportation taxes on...transportation.
And the state legislature has responded by starting the process to pass a law that lets them spend transportation money anywhere they want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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100% this kind of shyte. And will the voters re-respond by voting the bums out?
As for Minnesota or at least Minneapolis, when was the last time they even saw paved roads, low gas prices, and decent schools? Recently enough to miss them? Doubt it. Do they even know what life is supposed to be like?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 04:12 PM (XJ22o)
Megyn Kelly said Demi Moore should be "shamed" for looking anorexic.
Pot calling the kettle black.
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 04:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 04:13 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 04:13 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 14, 2026 04:13 PM (Rg/DB)
Posted by: Ed Buck, Sodomite at May 14, 2026 04:14 PM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 04:09 PM (0N4FZ)
I have no problem with this, just as I had no problem with Kamala being picked.
Please, please run AOC.
Really, I mean it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 14, 2026 04:14 PM (DwqWV)
No matter how much of a corrupt fuck up Newsome is, no matter how much criticism he receives from the Donk commie cocksuckers themselves, on election day, those same Donks will walk into the voting booth, look at the GOP candidate and cry out "EWWWWW! REPUBLICANS HAVE COOTIES!" before proudly voting for him.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 04:15 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:15 PM (Ot/FD)
https://tinyurl.com/ms8vtfpj
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 04:15 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 04:15 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:15 PM (Ot/FD)
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Our Man in Charlotte.
The Film Critic of North Carolina. (The Tailor of Panama)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:15 PM (rJ5No)
And conservatives are johnny-come-lately, swooping in to vulture their work and claim credit.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 04:16 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 04:17 PM (ZLe8E)
And conservatives are johnny-come-lately, swooping in to vulture their work and claim credit.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 04:16 PM (73/SM)
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Fine. Democrats are responsible.
May they gleefully take credit when fraudsters are deported, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:17 PM (rJ5No)
And conservatives are johnny-come-lately, swooping in to vulture their work and claim credit.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
They misspelled perpetrating.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 04:17 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 04:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
I don't get it.
Posted by: Confuzzled at May 14, 2026 04:17 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Don Black
......
He's all plum tuckered out. Been working too hard lately.
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 04:17 PM (UjdFS)
I think as a former Dem and an acting teacher for kids and teens I'd be a good choice.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (LQf4v)
I'm guessing most have no idea about google earth/ street view. Too many American city streets are crap
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:06 PM (Ot/FD)
I think "Losing Admiral at Trafalgar"
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (8avO+)
The Somewhere-Between-Oakland-and-Vegas Athletics play in a minor league park. Somehow it makes their games charming.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 04:16 PM (73/SM)
Well the evidence probably was just sitting there on a desk. Under a printer.
Posted by: Reforger at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (ZFqKB)
>Are looking for some DEI twink, or will this one be masculine? Stay tuned.
I'll wait for the free streaming on this one.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 04:19 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 04:17 PM (ZLe8E)
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Here's the NYT's story on it:
https://is.gd/e02Gcc
They treat it reasonably seriously.
Why did they promote Kamala calling him a racist in a debate later that year?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:19 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 04:20 PM (XuXeR)
>Are looking for some DEI twink, or will this one be masculine? Stay tuned.
I'll wait for the free streaming on this one.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 04:19 PM (D1E+2)
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All the rumors have centered around white men in their 20s and 30s for the last like 3 years.
We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:20 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)
She's hated him for a long time.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)
I think I just hit the floor with the absurdity of all absurdities.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (qBdHI)
Fingers..... and teeeeeth!!!
Posted by: Karen Bass at May 14, 2026 04:21 PM (6QeR0)
We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:20 PM (rJ5No)
All the actors I see in that age group look like they'd have trouble holding their power girlfriend's purse for them.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 04:21 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 04:21 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 04:21 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Joan Greenwood at May 14, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)
Really, I mean it.
Posted by: tcn in AK
That's how we felt in 2015...it didn't work out as planned.
Posted by: Hillary and MSM at May 14, 2026 04:22 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 04:21 PM (8avO+)
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Most recent name I've seen bandied about is Jacob Elordi.
6'5 feet tall.
Played Frankenstein's monster in del Toro's Frankenstein last year. Also Healthcliff in Wuthering Heights earlier this year.
He'd be interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:22 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (HdYcL)
Going to a local minor league park is often a nice experience - you're right there on the field, they try to make it a bit more fun, no tv time outs.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 04:23 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 04:16 PM (73/SM)
I'm rapidly becoming numb to the idiocy of idiots.
Of course they think that. Why wouldn't they think that? They're idiots. Thinking idiotic things is handled entirely by their autonomous nervous system. They couldn't *not* think idiotic things any more than they could stop their own hearts just by thinking about it.
"How stupid do you have to be to....." There. Right there. That guy. That stupid. You can't even be angry about it. They're not rational actors. They're like pocket calculators with busted crystals in the display. 2+2 is never going to read out 4. Their hardware is broken. Throw it out and get on with your life.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:23 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Joan Greenwood at May 14, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)
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Directed by Alexander Mackendrick.
Quit filmmaking because he hated the business side. Started teaching at CalArts.
Taught James Mangold, director of Ford v. Ferrari.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:23 PM (rJ5No)
That's a basketball college, right?
Posted by: toby928(c)
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No, Khan's sidekick on Fantasy Island
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 04:24 PM (7ogkA)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Can anyone see voter registration by individuals or town in NJ?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 04:24 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Oldcat at May
1$ beer night.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 04:24 PM (YZ0Fo)
6'5 feet tall.
Played Frankenstein's monster in del Toro's Frankenstein last year. Also Healthcliff in Wuthering Heights earlier this year.
He'd be interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:22 PM (rJ5No)
Bond was a stretch at not standing out as a spy. Being to tall to fit through doors makes that worse.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 04:24 PM (8avO+)
I'm guessing most have no idea about google earth/ street view. Too many American city streets are crap
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (XuXeR)
Because most of these cities are the same. Look in the really nice neighborhoods and it's all fresh macadam, repaved every 2-3 years. In the hood, the last time a CalTrans vehicle drove down one of those streets was in 1998, because the apprentice paver went down to Cesar Chavez Blvd to buy a dime bag during lunch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 04:24 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 04:25 PM (0Htd1)
And conservatives are johnny-come-lately, swooping in to vulture their work and claim credit.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
I was putting together a fairly common post of lots of little dumb comments mostly excusing the fraud, or downplaying the severity, when I stumbled across that monument to mirror-universe logic. I had to share...it's actually one of the more frightening examples, to me, of how we'll never reach a large number of people with reality.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 04:25 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:25 PM (Ia/+0)
I think I just hit the floor with the absurdity of all absurdities.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 04:18 PM (qBdHI)
It's not fair that a prison system as wealthy as America's is could still have a fap gap.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:26 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 04:25 PM (JCZqz)
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When it's proven in court that Fulton County Democrats invented 300,000 ballots in 2020 to steal the election for Biden, it's going to be evidence that MAGA steals elections because Brad Raffenspurger, former SoS of GA, is a Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:26 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
That's a lot of Lysol.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 14, 2026 04:27 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
It is a known fact on Reddit that election fraud doesn't exist, but when it does, it's too little to influence the election, but when it does, Republicans do it.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 04:29 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 04:24 PM (NFX2v)
Probably, Hey com'on . I'd do a better job at convincing people to be more normal than Pete Buttigieg - who according to the link - is doing this - encouraging candidates how to relate to the working class .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 04:29 PM (LQf4v)
It is a known fact on Reddit that election fraud doesn't exist, but when it does, it's too little to influence the election, but when it does, Republicans do it.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 04:29 PM (JCZqz)
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Trump stole NC because it's impossible for him to have run so far ahead of the state level Republicans who all lost.
Literally impossible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:30 PM (rJ5No)
Minor League games are a great outing for kids
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:25 PM (Ia/+0)
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The games can be more interesting as well. Five walks in a row, little league homers, guys forgetting how many outs there are, more exciting manager-umpire arguments.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:30 PM (HdYcL)
I'm 6'5". I fit through doors. Airplane seats, some cars, hotel showers, and plenty of other things can be annoying though.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 04:30 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:26 PM
In fairness, I believe that Raffen HAS been rigging elections.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 04:30 PM (4NO2D)
Minor League games are a great outing for kids
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:25 PM (Ia/+0)
Especially minor league HOCKEY. Teach those kids about fisticuffs and the dangers of missing dental bridgework.
Side note: Fresno Falcons hockey is starting up again after almost 20 years. I used to go to the games in the 90s to watch the fights before I moved down to SoCal.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 04:31 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
We still have rural communities without high-speed internet, forced to jack it to JPEGs and GIFs like animals...or, you know, do their barnyard animals...it's an outrage!
Posted by: Leftists of America at May 14, 2026 04:31 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 14, 2026 04:31 PM (KzB8o)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:26 PM
In fairness, I believe that Raffen HAS been rigging elections.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 14, 2026 04:30 PM (4NO2D)
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The fact that he's a virulent Trump hater isn't important, though. All Republicans are MAGA now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:31 PM (rJ5No)
Notice nobody's pushing for Poon Equity?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:32 PM (HdYcL)
Literally impossible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Think of all the billions of NeverTrumpers and Nikki Haley voters!!!!
Posted by: Leftists of America at May 14, 2026 04:32 PM (JCZqz)
Especially minor league HOCKEY. Teach those kids about fisticuffs and the dangers of missing dental bridgework.
____________
Enlarged vocabulary as well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:32 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 04:32 PM (HdYcL)
Poonequity is the saddest stripper name.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:33 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 04:34 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 04:19 PM (rJ5No)
No idea. Was that supposed to be enough to do him in?
Treating it seriously is not enough. That could be just to get the story out of the way. You have seen enough Democrat operations to know what it's like when they decide to take someone down. The media is not separate from the DNC.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 04:37 PM (vE0+H)
WTF is wrong with leftists that they just can't recognize how screwed up so many supposed victims are and just excuse away criminality, drug use, corruption, degenerate lifestyle, etc... that is the source of their problems. How big of blinders do you have to have not to see the obvious? By my mid 20's I was able to see the world as it is, not as it should be or we are forced by the narrative to pretend it to be. There is something seriously wrong with people that believe these progressive fantasies well into adulthood. Phony, misplaced compassion will be the downfall of this country.
Posted by: Ripley at May 14, 2026 04:39 PM (GUOwU)
In other Dreaded REPORTS of States and Others Violating Things news, the DoJ has determined that Yale, in addition to UCLA, has been discriminating against white and Asian applicants to med schools. Just a result of an investigation, mind you. No penalties in sight.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 14, 2026 04:39 PM (XJ22o)
$189 million. $1,000 per tablet, call it. 189,000 tablets. Yeah?
This ain't about prisoners or tablets or fap gaps or anything. It's about money going from taxpayer to Connected Persons.
Betcha maybe ten, twenty actual devices make it to a prison in any way shape or form, if at all. And are then promptly commandeered by the staff anyway.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:41 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 04:09 PM (0N4FZ)
The funniest part is that she’s not even all that well known or followed outside of NYC. But the leftist media is concentrated there, so they’ve decided to make her the Next Big Thing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)
She's hated him for a long time.
Posted by: Oldcat
>I would have grabbed Me-Again's pussy and made her chirp like a bearcat.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 04:43 PM (D1E+2)
The funniest part is that she’s not even all that well known or followed outside of NYC. But the leftist media is concentrated there, so they’ve decided to make her the Next Big Thing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 04:42 PM (AnnNE)
She's already been the Next Big Thing for ten damn years now.
She took her prime years of being a New Politician and pissed them away doing sweet fuck all outside of self promotion, coat-tail riding, and dicking around on social media all day.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 04:44 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 04:45 PM (T8bqm)
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 04:58 PM (Sy6m/)
A "Grenade-Type IED" Discovered by Divers at Base of Alabama Dam
A group of divers conducting routine maintenance on a dam in Mobile, Ala., discovered a hidden explosive device underwater, the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) announced on Wednesday. Multiple outlets described the explosive as "grenade type-IED," which authorities retrieved and later detonated safely, NBC 15 reported. "This is an unprecedented threat, and we are fortunate that this device was discovered before it could cause serious damage to our water supply or harm to individuals," MAWSS Director Bud McCrory said in a statement. ... Authorities referred the discovery to the Department of Homeland Security. As of press time, they have not identified a suspect or motive for the device's placement near the dam.I could take a guess if you're looking for a place to start.
🚨WHAT THE HELL?!!!!
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) May 14, 2026
Divers doing a ROUTINE maintenance check at the Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile, AL...
...just found an underwater IED!!!!
Apparently a grenade-type bomb was sitting submerged at the bottom of a dam that holds an entire city's DRINKING WATER.
It took… pic.twitter.com/Rh5VQMspcU
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They're just doing their part to prevent the backlash against muslhams because that shit happens all the time here in America.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
That IED was placed there by hantavirus, sources say.
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Posted by: mr tmz at May 14, 2026 02:37 PM (rJ48h)
You see what happens when you begin redistricting in an election year, MAGA?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:37 PM (s9VOe)
It could be the muzzies, it could be China, it could be Cuba, it could be Venezuela, it could even be any crazy enviro-"mentals".
It could be Iran (subset of muzzies).
That's what happens when you let an election get stolen by people who hate your country.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 02:37 PM (N1DT3)
Who personally set it up accompanied by underage girls in bikinis and before he left for China.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 02:38 PM (n3VHW)
"Damn the torpedoes. Err grenades", said Farragut, "Four bells, Captain Drayton, go ahead. Jouett, full speed."
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 14, 2026 02:38 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: JROD at May 14, 2026 02:37 PM (IlL6s)
cherry bomb or m-80 dynamite is traditional as a fish tenderizer.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:38 PM (8avO+)
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Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 14, 2026 02:35 PM (v1okb)
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Thanks God Sponge has changed his nic to "Spunk!"
/I know, don't give him any ideas ... ;-)
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:38 PM (tSA2R)
I suspect the intent was to get it sucked into one of the treatment conduits, in a much more confined space.
They will keep trying.
LA gets nearly all it's drinking water via miles-long aqueducts.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 02:38 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)
You made Karen Bass a-skeered and this close to PRIDE month?
You see what powers you are provoking MAGA?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 02:37 PM (N1DT3)
You forgot to mention trannies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Zombie Alistair MacLean at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (v1okb)
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (tSA2R)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM (SZRzo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Ye at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Ugh, I needed a timeout ..
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (tSA2R)
I was going to ask........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: That Guy who intones, sonorously, "Nothing will happen." at May 14, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 02:41 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 02:41 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM
Wasn't that a Lancaster?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (jg54c)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (v1okb)
It is odd. Maybe a test? Blow it up, see what response and damage is?
But then, why leave it until the maintenance guys were off break and actually working?
Otoh, could have been planted by some asshole who got deported/arrested/hospitalized/killed before he could do anything.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)
1. routine inspection, or was there a tip?
2. Was it real explosive? was it enough to do harm?
3. How were they (they = evil perps who wanted to blow up the dam) going to set it off? Wires? Special sonographic remote coms link? It is not at all easy to set off an underwater explosive.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (MHebd)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM (SZRzo)
From the Tick mythos: It could be the Midnight Bomber what Bombs at Midnight, or it might be the Idea Guys who take over infrastructure and holds them hostage, but their masks muffle their voices nobody can understand what their demands are.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+)
Bloody right it does!
The Dam buster Squadron
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: seems a little hysterical at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (rxRAc)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 02:41 PM (0N4FZ)
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They did say they safely detonated it.
Posted by: WisRich at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: bob (moron
Lake sharks.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM
Wasn't that a Lancaster?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)
yes they were. Stolen valor by Mosquito pilots.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Bob at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (8fcNE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM (gu0hJ)
Bouncing Betty from a Lancaster.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (Ot/FD)
WTF, man?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Oh, Suzanna! at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: JROD at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (+oHAL)
2nd is some other Leftists
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 02:44 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (YZ0Fo)
Has anyone interrogated the local Crows?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)
When I was in Missouri in the early 80s with family on vacation, we went fishing. The book of rules was a little pamphlet and "don't go blowin' up fish with no explosives, now" was one of the few rules.
"what are the odds that they just happened to be doing routine maintenance and found an IED?" There is something strange about this story
Yeah something about this is just... odd.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:44 PM (5yqx7)
All I see is, what are they trying to distract us from? More fraud? More migrant facilities? More perversion?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 02:44 PM (MHebd)
Posted by: The Tick at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (ZFqKB)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Common Tate
I dunno. The thing is built like a brick shithouse... of cement.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)
I'll bet it was those Australian nitwits who film themselves dropping things from a height and then larf like low IQ hyenas when they disintegrate upon hitting the ground.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (rxRAc)
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 02:46 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: pawn at May 14, 2026 02:46 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Hakeem Jeffries, Racist at May 14, 2026 02:46 PM (mC7bQ)
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It's 45 feet thick at the top and 660 feet at the base.
Not to mention the thousands of tons of water pushing on it.
The plane would leave a black mark and that's about it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 02:46 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Common Tate
I dunno. The thing is built like a brick shithouse... of cement.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)
Probably can visualize it as a mosquito hitting a car windshield at 80 mph.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: seems a little hysterical at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM (MHebd)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM (CNl8/)
That's what I'm guessing. I seem to recall similar stories in the past.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (5yqx7)
There are some dudes who go fishing off bridges with powerful magnets and they find all sorts of devices, including unexploded ordnance all the time.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (8avO+)
Years ago at work at one of our NC plants, a guy brought a handgun onto the site.. "No pew-pews on site" was one of the rules.
He got caught and fired when he tried to take his pew-pew off the site.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM (w6EFb)
A Dad's Army?
Posted by: Lance Corporal Jones at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (wVcYX)
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there would be some noise.
you might hear it from inside the dam even.
Posted by: seems a little hysterical at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM (5yqx7)
The news is trash, of course, but they are calling it an "IED", not just a grenade. But also, the news is trash. So. You know. I don't know.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 02:49 PM (qrzX6)
I have great memories of my dad taking me fishing there and catching a two pound bass.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 02:49 PM (2Ez/1)
" On target, On target, On target... Grenades away! Break right! "
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 02:49 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM (CNl8/)/i]
Yusef Islam should be kept under 24/7 surveillance.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM
That is what I was trying to articulate in my post #56.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 02:49 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM (CNl8/)
LONG string........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 02:36 PM (Ot/FD)
TikTok prank.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)
has ACME painted on the side, totally legit.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (8avO+)
And you find you left the BIG FREAKING underwater IEDs at home and just have a little pussy grenade devise.
It had to be a Monday...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (NpAcC)
The Junior Explosive Watersports Society?
Oh, no!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (Ot/FD)
Yeah that's what I was thinking of. Its fun to watch how law enforcement deal with these guys
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (5yqx7)
has ACME painted on the side, totally legit.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (8avO+)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Wyle E. Coyote at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)
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its not any grenade its an IED! Four M 80s shrinkwrapped with a water proof fuse sticking out!!!
Posted by: seems a little hysterical at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM (anL5R)
Dude had the IED in his cargo pants' pocket. As he walked along the top of the dam, he reached into his pocket to get some change to buy ice cream when, "Oopsie!", the IED tumbled out of his pocket and sank to the bottom of the dam.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (NpAcC)
Mobile is known by its nickname, "Big Jerusalem"
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: seems a little hysterical at May 14, 2026 02:47 PM
Never meanin no harm
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day they were born
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:45 PM
That is what I was trying to articulate in my post #56.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 02:49 PM (0N4FZ)
But threw in on purpose to blow the dam...or not?
Posted by: Nova Local at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM (tOcjL)
Think about how many factory fires occur that seem to be making something critical and it just is sort of forgotten.
Posted by: Leupold at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (diia5)
That is a dirty little secret about grenades. They are dangerous but not as deadly as shown on TV and movies. The explosion is more a burst of dust than a ball of fire, and the primary damage is the shrapnel, not the explosion.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (5yqx7)
Was it on the upstream side or downstream side of the dam?
* ponders the implications of my profound question *
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 02:41 PM (0N4FZ)
Then say "grenade," not "grenade-type IED." Sounds like someone at least put minimal effort to put together ("improvised") some explosive, which would detonate after being thrown ("grenade-type," fuse in progress as it left the hand).
These are the same ignorant asshats that call a couple rifles, a handgun, and a couple hundred rounds an "arsenal."
My guess is kids/townies f'ing around with fireworks/blackpowder/tannerite that didn't explode and settled near where it was initially thrown. I'd be surprised if it was anything more significant (like ANFO) or restricted (like commercial explosives) than that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: mea culpa at May 14, 2026 02:53 PM (FtJk4)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 02:38 PM (73/SM)
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"The 1974 film Chinatown is directly inspired by the real-life California Water Wars and the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Screenwriter Robert Towne drew from the history of civil engineer William Mulholland, who secretly orchestrated the diversion of water from the Owens River in the Owens Valley, over 200 miles away, to feed the growing needs of Los Angeles.'
I grew up in Las Vegas in the '60s and '70s -- and Lake Mead (created by the construction of Hoover dam in the mid-30s) --supplies 90 percent of Las Vegas' drinking water Lake Mead is currently experiencing a dire water supply situation, with levels near historic lows and approximately 175 feet below maximum capacity. As of mid-2026, the reservoir sits at an elevation of roughly 1,058 feet (about 35% capacity), having dropped nearly 10 inches since March 1, 2026.
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:53 PM (tSA2R)
Going old school...
Damn, they were a great bank though...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 14, 2026 02:53 PM (Sco7b)
Yeah that's what I was thinking of. Its fun to watch how law enforcement deal with these guys
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (5yqx7)
They seem way more tolerant of the dudes who use sonar boats to find missing persons who drove cars into lakes. You'd think with all those billions of waste a state could chip in for a few small boats and 1000 dollar devices for this. Or a region of several states.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:54 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Wyle E. Coyote
To be honest, his lawsuit in the new movie against ACME makes sense. That stuff almost never worked for him.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:54 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 02:54 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: AOC, Bernie, Ratshita Tlaib, and thier ilk. at May 14, 2026 02:54 PM (JNTt1)
Speaking of which I need to get a few onto this weekends order.
Posted by: Reforger at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (ZFqKB)
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (aZ9eR)
* ponders the implications of my profound question *
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (s9VOe)
I'd think divers would be on the "inside" side.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (8avO+)
Speaking of adult beverages, didja see this little contretemps?
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Dirtbag MD) cross-examined Kash Patel about his alleged excessive drinking and $ pulls out Hollen's $7000 bar tab.
LMFAO! Kash Patel just absolutely EVISCERATED Dem. Sen. Chris Van Hollen to his FACE for having drinks with Kilmar Abrego Garcia
“The only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang-banging RAPlST was YOU!”
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Van Hollen responded, "Glasses were placed in front of us but we did not drink them."
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Happens to me all the time. I sit down and somebody is shoving margaritas in my face.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM
Not because a grenade can't take out a damn.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: zombie at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 02:48 PM (Ot/FD)
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I mean in literal terms anything that's not purpose-manufactured as a weapon but has been rigged to go boom is an improvised explosive device. That could be anything from the artillery shells that the Iranians used to kill Americans in Iraq, or a milk jug full of black powder with a fuse stuck in it.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 02:56 PM (oqH4h)
Judge said that Alberta failed to consult with indigenous people.
"Hey, do you folks to whom we apologize for telling you to seek somewhere else to live mind if we vote to unhitch this here wagon from the Pakis and the Frogs overrunning this here land?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:56 PM (s9VOe)
Its like the Salton Sea, formed by human activity and dying out. Its not some kind of environmental catastrophe, its just stuff going back to normal.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:56 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Weasel at May 14, 2026 02:56 PM (ei1sX)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 02:38 PM (73/SM)
Thar cross earthquake faults.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 14, 2026 02:56 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (gu0hJ)
That's literally what the referendum is for.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:56 PM (8avO+)
They also get a lot of people digging up old tractor parts, steam engine parts, mining equipment, etc. They often look like bombs, but aren't.
My guess is that this was an old piece of junk that they could not identify, knew it was nothing, but blew it because, why not. (also, hey get OT and hazard pay.)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 02:57 PM (MHebd)
Yeah that's what I was thinking of. Its fun to watch how law enforcement deal with these guys
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:50 PM (5yqx7)
It's quite a mixed bag. The responding cops can be quite professional, or they can be stupid dick-swinging assholes. The magnet fishers are unfailingly polite in all circumstances.
Posted by: Some people just want to start shit at May 14, 2026 02:57 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (gu0hJ)
Does the law specifically say they must? I don't think it does.
This is just more communist bullshit oppressing the people.
FIGHT, Alberta. FIGHT. F*ck Ottawa in the fartclam with a barbed mace.
Posted by: Wyle E. Coyote at May 14, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)
Also he still paid for them- with taxpayer money. I don't give a fuck if he shoved it up his ass (it would be on brand.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:36 PM (zZu0s)
Mark Rober is at it again!
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (oX+Ku)
At a venue like that, maybe, but I don't buy that they were newly formed teetotallers. The pearl clutching by the debauched perverts in congress over the idea that someone might -- horrors -- drink alcohol is hilarious to behold.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (5yqx7)
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Happens to me all the time. I sit down and somebody is shoving margaritas in my face.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)
if this was a problem, I'd suggest not meeting IN THE BAR.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (gu0hJ)
I grew up in Las Vegas in the '60s and '70s -- and Lake Mead (created by the construction of Hoover dam in the mid-30s) --supplies 90 percent of Las Vegas' drinking water Lake Mead is currently experiencing a dire water supply situation, with levels near historic lows and approximately 175 feet below maximum capacity. As of mid-2026, the reservoir sits at an elevation of roughly 1,058 feet (about 35% capacity), having dropped nearly 10 inches since March 1, 2026.
Posted by: ShainS
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What's going on? Why has the capacity dropped?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (XJ22o)
Van Hollen responded, "Glasses were placed in front of us but we did not drink them."
Calm down, Chris, PRIDE Month will get here soon enough and then you can get plastered on your ass with all and sundry.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 02:38 PM (73/SM)
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I think it was Buck Throckmorton who mentioned Water and Power by William L. Karl. My wife and I are in the middle of the book and it is the story of the Owens Valley aka Las Angeles aqueduct. Very interesting.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 02:59 PM (GPa4z)
Why has the capacity dropped?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl
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Not capacity, but volume.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:59 PM (XJ22o)
This is just more communist bullshit oppressing the people.
FIGHT, Alberta. FIGHT. F*ck Ottawa in the fartclam with a barbed mace.
Posted by: Wyle E. Coyote at May 14, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Just hold the referendum any how. Elections are for everyone.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:59 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (gu0hJ)
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"WELL, DUH! Alberta is, after all, ON STOLEN LAND!" Hence, they have NO STANDING!"
-- U.S District Clown Judge, Defacto POTUS, and Defacto Canadian PM Bozoberg
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:59 PM (tSA2R)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl
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Not capacity, but volume.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:59 PM (XJ22o)
OK. WHY HAS THE CAPACITY DROPPED?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 03:00 PM (dK+Kv)
What's going on? Why has the capacity dropped?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl
On the downlow weed farming in the glens of the Rocky Mountains, man!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 03:00 PM (s9VOe)
Yeah the good cops are very clear right away. Its great seeing them be human "I don't realy know what to do about a metal box full of dynamite you found at the bottom of the river, guess I'll call my boss."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 03:00 PM (5yqx7)
The New Deal was the beginning of History!
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 03:00 PM (aZ9eR)
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I know right. I mean between the fraud, sexual harassment/assault, payoffs, drunkenness and drug abuse, who could possibly take them seriously on something like this. Its as if Ted Kennedy never existed?
Posted by: seems a little hysterical at May 14, 2026 03:01 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (XJ22o)
Could be more people tapping it upstream, or drought overall, and of course Vegas is using water like a drunken sailor.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:01 PM (8avO+)
Is there an official process to how a province leaves the nation? If not, what does a judge have to do with this to begin with?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 03:01 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 14, 2026 03:01 PM (CNl8/)
Who knows?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 03:00 PM (dK+Kv)
Capacity is same. Water in the basin is much less than formerly.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (8avO+)
What, is it me and 1400 of my closest friends?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)
I was a kid in the Philippines in the 80s. They had PSAs on television about leaving military gear alone. Every rainy season, some idiot would blow themselves up with a WWII grenade or mine they scooped out the mud.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (mkw2N)
Isn't a hand grenade the last "lure" in an Alabama tackle box when fish aren't hitting all the others?
Posted by: JROD at May 14, 2026 02:37 PM (IlL6s)
Du Pont Lure. Effective in smaller bodies of water.
We occasionally got our hands on a few military artillery simulators and took them out to the lakes on Ft Richardson. Tape a rock to the sim so that it doesn't float, pull the igniter string and toss in the water. Harvest your defiled trout and vacate the area, just in case there were MPs patrolling the training areas.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: DNC Bombing Coordinator at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (aZ9eR)
--617 Squadron
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (3eJIy)
Posted by: JROD
By hand: noodling
By grenade: kaboodling
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (ndZc7)
Is there an official process to how a province leaves the nation? If not, what does a judge have to do with this to begin with?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 03:01 PM (5yqx7)
There is. Just like in our case the procedure is: Win your Civil War you dopes.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:03 PM (8avO+)
Mark Rober is at it again!
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (oX+Ku)
Rip Taylor.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s)
Lake Mead (created by the construction of Hoover dam in the mid-30s) ... is currently experiencing a dire water supply situation, with levels near historic lows
Pardon my pedantry, but I'm willing to bet that the really, really historical lows occurred before the dam was built in the first place.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 03:03 PM (s9VOe)
Who knows?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (NFX2v)
You just gonna sit there holding it or are you gonna fish?
Posted by: Just the Punchline at May 14, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:04 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Nancy Drunkard Pelosi at May 14, 2026 03:04 PM (mkw2N)
Quote unquote. Do not ever use their Official Nomenclature willingly people. People tend to do this almost unconsciously, which is rather the point.
Think critically. Besides, whatever word or words are Officially Received Wisdom and considered acceptable, preferred or even desirable - that will change, and the New Words will become Old Words, and no longer acceptable by the usual suspects.
It’s an insidious form of control really, Fuck them.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 03:04 PM (+oHAL)
I was a kid in the Philippines in the 80s. They had PSAs on television about leaving military gear alone. Every rainy season, some idiot would blow themselves up with a WWII grenade or mine they scooped out the mud.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (mkw2N)
In Russia they still have groups go out to find dangerous objects and missing bodies from WWII battles.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:04 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:05 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (XJ22o)
No one should need more than 7 rounds to defend themselves in an emergency.
Posted by: Democrats at May 14, 2026 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 03:05 PM (XWPh2)
I assume there's some standardization going on, you know
Posted by: just sayin' at May 14, 2026 03:05 PM (/JT24)
It’s an insidious form of control really, Fuck them.
==
Decimate . . .
Posted by: that's when the fight started officer at May 14, 2026 03:05 PM (anL5R)
The two "most likely" groups I'd suspect are our swarthy Middle Eastern cultural enrichment tribes or the Chinese.
The Muslims because of course they'd blow shit up and the Chinese because they've purportedly had the US power grid, water supply, cellular and every other infrastructure network sabotaged with the shit they've been selling us for decades.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 03:06 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:06 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 03:06 PM (5yqx7)
Pardon my pedantry, but I'm willing to bet that the really, really historical lows occurred before the dam was built in the first place.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 03:03 PM (s9VOe)
Certainly before the river cut the gorge in the uplifted land in the first place.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:06 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:06 PM (gu0hJ)
LMMFAO
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 03:07 PM (BI5O2)
Like a basket of tortilla chips, the bar just put out (your usual) drinks for you?
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 03:07 PM (f4tQo)
Posted by: Sponge
A point others have made around here is that magnet-fishers pull up ordnance all the time.
It used to be a fun activity in redneck world to chuck grenades into ponds and scoop out the dead fish. It's very illegal but drunks gonna do drunk shit.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 03:07 PM (XWPh2)
Yeah its not like every one of them is a guy sitting around figuring out a new way to build one. They all have to have some kind of Anarchist Cookbook that they share.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 03:07 PM (5yqx7)
Rebel News:
https://tinyurl.com/yknr3s9c
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 03:07 PM (n3VHW)
It was those Amish scamps! I just know it!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 03:08 PM (s9VOe)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
The US Senate has just ADVANCED a whopping 49 Donald Trump appointees in one fell swoop, 51-46
That includes US ATTORNEYS across America, crucial for law and order!
Get them fully confirmed ASAP
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 03:08 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (XJ22o)
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"Human-Caused Climate Change! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"
Actually, primarily caused by a prolonged megadrought in the American Southwest; we're now in Northern AZ for the past 13 years, and the usual summer monsoon seasons and winter snows the past 5 years have been quite below average and disappointing.
But my understanding is that these things come in cycles --especially correlated with sunspot cycle minimums and maximums (Solar Cycles).
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:08 PM (tSA2R)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:04 PM (OoFl2)
Glad you're OK -- This would NOT be an acceptable excuse for missing a deadline for Sunday's ONT fashion segment!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 03:08 PM (5L7BE)
Posted by: Formerly known as Puyallup Diogenes at May 14, 2026 03:09 PM (2WIwB)
Yeah its not like every one of them is a guy sitting around figuring out a new way to build one. They all have to have some kind of Anarchist Cookbook that they share.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 03:07 PM (5yqx7)
"Dammit Mehmet! This device is exactly like the one Assam Made last month! Its not improvised at all!
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:09 PM (8avO+)
Water is a non-compressible fluid. Assuming it was big enough, the placement might have worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 03:09 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)
That’s right, it is possible that it is “normal” for the weather & climate to be much drier than we are accustomed
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 03:10 PM (+oHAL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:10 PM (gu0hJ)
The US Senate has just ADVANCED a whopping 49 Donald Trump appointees in one fell swoop, 51-46
Maybe someone warned Thune that he's on shaky legal ground holding "pro forma" sessions and that his shiny toy could be taken from him.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 03:10 PM (XWPh2)
- Shit my Sergeant told me.
Posted by: Formerly known as Puyallup Diogenes at May 14, 2026 03:09 PM (2WIwB)
He knew his audience.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 03:10 PM (dK+Kv)
But my understanding is that these things come in cycles --especially correlated with sunspot cycle minimums and maximums (Solar Cycles).
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:08 PM (tSA2R)
What?!? No way.
The sun has NO BEARING on the Earth's climate. Not possible.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:10 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:04 PM (OoFl2)
Glad you're OK -- This would NOT be an acceptable excuse for missing a deadline for Sunday's ONT fashion segment!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 03:
Oh my gosh. I am laughing.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:11 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 03:11 PM (73/SM)
such sticklers for IED IP, amirite?
Posted by: just sayin' at May 14, 2026 03:11 PM (/JT24)
SHHHHHH! Everyone QUIET!!!!!
Doof is here.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Oh, crap! What's he want now?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 03:11 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 03:00 PM (dK+Kv)
Capacity is same. Water in the basin is much less than formerly.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:02 PM (8avO+)
HE STARTED YELLING BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS ABOUT THE VOLUME.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 14, 2026 03:11 PM (N1DT3)
Oh, crap! What's he want now?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 03:11 PM (s9VOe)
Pickleball recruiting?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 03:00 PM (dK+Kv)
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LOL!
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (l/++U)
I'm sure when they let us know, it's going to be very thrilling.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (BI5O2)
Yeah its not like every one of them is a guy sitting around figuring out a new way to build one. They all have to have some kind of Anarchist Cookbook that they share.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 03:07 PM (5yqx7)
*side eyes*
My lips are sealed.
Posted by: Ahmed, the Clockboy at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (wVcYX)
The sun has NO BEARING on the Earth's climate. Not possible.
==
I know right. Its like 93 million miles away. I mean seriously, a fire 93 million miles away can heat the earth, really? really?
Posted by: rosie o dumbell at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (anL5R)
My son was addicted to magnet fishing youtube channels for a while. He was pushing really hard for us to buy a powerful magnet and do some trawling. I have no idea how he got hooked on that topic.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:10 PM (gu0hJ)
As the esteemed expert Sam Kineson said about World Hunger: "We have Deserts in America!!! WE JUST DONT LIVE IN THEM!!! AaaaAAAAAAAAAAA! Get your stuff, we'll make ONE TRIP"
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (8avO+)
Doof is here.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)
Don't be SCEEEERED!
Posted by: Doof at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (5L7BE)
Posted by: Max Power at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (q177U)
My son was addicted to magnet fishing youtube channels for a while. He was pushing really hard for us to buy a powerful magnet and do some trawling. I have no idea how he got hooked on that topic.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (mkw2N)
it has its attractions.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (8avO+)
At a venue like that, maybe, but I don't buy that they were newly formed teetotallers. The pearl clutching by the debauched perverts in congress over the idea that someone might -- horrors -- drink alcohol is hilarious to behold.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (5yqx7)
If memory serves, all Congressional booze for their offices is sourced from the same liquor store. I'm sure they have records that can be made public.
One of the quiet truths about an Army headquarters in garrison is that there's a shitload of really, REALLY good booze locked up in the Commanding General's office, paid for with Army funds. Not as much for his use, but so the CG can entertain Congressional fact-finding groups when they visit. Because Congressmen do NOT drink booze from the well, only the good stuff.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 14, 2026 03:01 PM (CNl8/)
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True. I used to drive up to Page twice a week (for work over 10 years) before retiring couple months ago.
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (tSA2R)
Are the indigenus people of Alberta not allowed to vote?
Posted by: Reforger at May 14, 2026 03:14 PM (ZFqKB)
Posted by: kingsman at May 14, 2026 03:14 PM (ehY6c)
I'm sure when they let us know, it's going to be very thrilling.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (BI5O2)
I blame Minecraft as a gateway game.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)
They didn't care and promised millions of gallons more than the river ever had to the surrounding states to get the approval.
That's why Lake Meade is drying up--it's not "climate change."
It's reversion to norm.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 03:14 PM (73/SM)
Taxpayer Funded = Unlimited Resources
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 03:14 PM (RIvkX)
Bonduelle Americas Establishes Philadelphia as Its U.S. Growth Hub
Albeit temporarily. But it also has two huge warehouses in southern NJ where lovely farms and farm stands used to dominate, and a packing operation in Roebling, NJ.
A 'Type B Corporation' (See Ben & Jerry's)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (NFX2v)
Supreme Court unanimously rules trucking companies can be sued for hiring unsafe drivers: "An extinction event for 30-50% of all freight brokers"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (ndZc7)
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Dynamite maybe. Grenades have always been VERY closely controlled, and difficult to source. Army authorities take a very dim view of this, and Leavenworth looms. No self respecting good ole boy would waste a Grenade in the pond.
Dynamite, on the other hand, used to be on the shelf at the hardware store, as God intended, for stump removal, road clearing, etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (+oHAL)
My son was addicted to magnet fishing youtube channels for a while. He was pushing really hard for us to buy a powerful magnet and do some trawling. I have no idea how he got hooked on that topic.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (mkw2N)
it has its attractions.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (8avO+)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE MAGNETS ATTRACT THINGS!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (y9nCu)
Probably a ruse by the supply section, better check the evaporation rate.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (NFX2v)
I'd like to see Ben & Jerry's bankrupt and shuttered.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM (gu0hJ)
203 @EricLDaugh
The US Senate has just ADVANCED a whopping 49 Donald Trump appointees in one fell swoop, 51-46
Maybe someone warned Thune that he's on shaky legal ground holding "pro forma" sessions and that his shiny toy could be taken from him.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 03:10 PM (XWPh2)
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They did this a few months ago, too.
Full recess requires a floor vote.
I guarantee you there are at least 5 GOP Senators who wouldn't vote for a full recess. There are probably 20.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: International Order of Anarchists Local 531 at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM (7ogkA)
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:17 PM (p4NUW)
One of the quiet truths about an Army headquarters in garrison is that there's a shitload of really, REALLY good booze locked up in the Commanding General's office, paid for with Army funds. Not as much for his use, but so the CG can entertain Congressional fact-finding groups when they visit. Because Congressmen do NOT drink booze from the well, only the good stuff.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (y9nCu)
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* The old television series "China Beach" and Marg Helenberger's character "K.C.The Base & Officer-Primarily Prostitute" has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:17 PM (tSA2R)
Why do people think they should say anything they want on social media ?This "Florida woman" said on Tik Tok that Trump/ MAGA supporters should be shot on sight. My first question is : unless they're wearing MAGA hats how would she know? Thanks to the great state of Florida she was arrested:
https://tinyurl.com/nhfrcd8m
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 03:17 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM (gu0hJ)
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And Nat King Cole was born in Alabama!
There are no coincidences! Wake up, sheeple!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 03:17 PM (rJ5No)
Supreme Court unanimously rules trucking companies can be sued for hiring unsafe drivers: "An extinction event for 30-50% of all freight brokers"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (ndZc7)
"An extinction event"...
How about we bring them up on criminal charges, as well?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 03:17 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 03:17 PM (XWPh2)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 03:18 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 03:17 PM (N1DT3)
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You'd be surprised what's legal in business as long as you don't know that illegality was happening.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 03:18 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 14, 2026 03:18 PM (4q/mG)
Supreme Court unanimously rules trucking companies can be sued for hiring unsafe drivers
——-
You mis-spelled “Illegal Aliens”.
Why was this ever in question? Why does it require the Supreme Fucking Court to grok this? What sort of assclown prohibited such lawsuits to begin with?
This isn’t a “victory” but a small step at righting a wrong that should never have happened
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 03:18 PM (+oHAL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 03:19 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: International Order of Anarchists Local 531
🤣
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:19 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 14, 2026 03:20 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM
Montgomery is about 2 and a half hours away from Mobile, though.
Posted by: Piper at May 14, 2026 03:20 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 03:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (NFX2v)
I'd like to see Ben & Jerry's bankrupt and shuttered.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)
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Old & Busted: Cherry Garcia.
New Hotness: Cherry-Pop Incarceria.
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 03:21 PM (tSA2R)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 03:21 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 03:06 PM (gu0hJ)
I can't stop laughing.
I nominate this for "Comment of the Week" contention.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Beer at May 14, 2026 03:21 PM (UjdFS)
Supreme Court unanimously rules trucking companies can be sued for hiring unsafe drivers: "An extinction event for 30-50% of all freight brokers"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM
This is why walmart and other big companies hire and vet their own truck drivers. You don't get to drive for walmart without drug testing, a background check and a verifiable minimum number of miles driven. I tried to get in once but I did not have the minimum number of logbook miles of experience.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 03:21 PM (0N4FZ)
The Associated Press
@AP
A musket from 1776 can fire a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000 feet per second.
Imagine what that can do to a human body. Yet under federal and most state laws, it’s exempt from gun regulations. Many antique or replica guns aren’t considered firearms and even convicted felons can own them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 03:22 PM (ndZc7)
Bonduelle Americas Establishes Philadelphia as Its U.S. Growth Hub
Albeit temporarily. But it also has two huge warehouses in southern NJ where lovely farms and farm stands used to dominate, and a packing operation in Roebling, NJ.
A 'Type B Corporation' (See Ben & Jerry's)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (NFX2v)
Someday we will be exporting Champaigne to them.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:22 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 14, 2026 03:21 PM (0N4FZ)
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Dolley's granddaddy drove for Wal-Mart for 20 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 14, 2026 03:22 PM (rJ5No)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 03:13 PM (y9nCu)
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Congressturds can bring booze from wherever. However there are a couple of liquor stores that are convenient to the Capitol complex either on the House or Senate side.
Schneider's is on the Senate side and is probably the one you're thinking of. It is in fact a really damn nice liquor store. If you're hunting for a rare bourbon or wildly expensive bottle of wine, chances are they have it. They also carry all the cheap stuff, too.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 03:23 PM (oqH4h)
Paul the Pud-Puller obviously doesn't remember that Al Qaeda had a terrorism manual and one of the recommended actions within the US was lighting fires above Southern California during the wildfire season. And it was reported at the time.
I'm pretty sure that several of the really nasty fires from 10-15 years ago were likely AQ arson.
So yeah, a hotbed of mohammedan terrorism.
https://tinyurl.com/4cecy3j2
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 03:23 PM (y9nCu)
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IRCA, 1986 provided the affirmative defense for companies hiring Our Precious Foreigners. A good, strong Republican bill sponsored by Alan Simpson.
The GOP. Ain't it Grand?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 03:23 PM (BI5O2)
https://is.gd/ZYc4oT
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 03:20 PM (w6EFb)
Photoshop would be a lot simpler.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:24 PM (8avO+)
Imagine if one of their new rooms gets the "Charlie Hebdo" treatment, a good ol enrichment of culture as it were..
You think they'd identify a motive, or still claim Islam is peaceful?
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 14, 2026 03:24 PM (61TgR)
Hitler placed it there.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 03:21 PM (D1E+2)
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And ge had a ball doing it!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 03:24 PM (i2Ycu)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:15 PM (NFX2v)
I'd like to see Ben & Jerry's bankrupt and shuttered.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Unilever got tired of their stunts, spinning Ben & Jerry's off into a new company TMICC. The BoD of TMICC isn't putting up with too much of their crap either. Ben Cohen is begging them to sell the Ben & Jerry's brand he feels the BoD is stifling his mission. Prick had no problem cashing the huge check he got from UniLever though.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 14, 2026 03:24 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: International Order of Anarchists Local 531 at May 14, 2026 03:16 PM (7ogkA)
Look for the Union label!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)
Nobody in Alabama drinks water anyway.
Posted by: Beer at May 14, 2026 03:21 PM (UjdFS)
Of course not. Fish fuck in water.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 03:24 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (GPa4z)
@AP
A musket from 1776 can fire a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000 feet per second.
Imagine what that can do to a human body. Yet under federal and most state laws, it’s exempt from gun regulations. Many antique or replica guns aren’t considered firearms and even convicted felons can own them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 03:22 PM (ndZc7)
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I, for one, am not really worried about Donquavious and Tyrone loading up the hooptie to conduct a drive-by with muzzle-loading firearms.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
You might be surprised. German Hafthohlladung (Panzerknacker): A magnetic anti-tank grenade issued in 1942 capable of penetrating 508 mm (20 inches) of concrete.
That's for an 80+ year old device. Newer AT grenades are rare, but potent. You don't have to blow a damn in one go, but even a small hole or crack can grow rapidly as water rushes through and erodes it.
That said....still unlikely a single AT grenade would pierce enough concrete on a major dam to do that.
Posted by: Military Moron at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (BI5O2)
Why do people think they should say anything they want on social media ?This "Florida woman" said on Tik Tok that Trump/ MAGA supporters should be shot on sight. My first question is : unless they're wearing MAGA hats how would she know? Thanks to the great state of Florida she was arrested:
https://tinyurl.com/nhfrcd8m
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
She's an idiot. In September 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Desiree Doreen Segari (41, of Sarasota, Florida) for transmitting in interstate commerce a true threat to injure the person of another in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c).
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: brak at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (sCxmP)
And little towns all around this land
Because you can't starve us out
And you can't make us run
'Cause one of them old boys made his own IED.
And we say "grace" and we say "Ma'am"
And if you ain't into that we don't give a damn.
Posted by: HW Jr. at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (wVcYX)
How about we bring them up on criminal charges, as well?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 03:17 PM (N1DT3)
When your business model requires hiring unqualified people for below-market costs, then going out of business should be the least of their worries
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (rbvCR)
I'm pretty sure that several of the really nasty fires from 10-15 years ago were likely AQ arson.
So yeah, a hotbed of mohammedan terrorism.
https://tinyurl.com/4cecy3j2
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 03:23 PM (y9nCu)
We had a fire chief fire bug doing it on his own in the 80s or something. Was on a true crime show I saw. When they caught him about 2/3 of the total annual fire count stopped.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 03:26 PM (7ogkA)
If its not otherwise nefarious, I guess that redistricting really pissed off an idiot.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 03:27 PM (n5tGW)
I’ll come and get it next week.
Posted by: That Guy at May 14, 2026 03:27 PM (egaJw)
The AP is taking Bong Hits again.
Muzzleloaders, Black Powder firearms - the .36 Navy Colt revolver for example - it’s true they are not considered firearms under Federal Law
Guess what? There are these geographical legal entities called States. They classify them as “Dangerous Weapons” and they will throw yer ass in fucking Jail if they deem necessary.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 03:27 PM (+oHAL)
Posted by: Military Moron at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (JCZqz)
still think it was some dumb kid who found Granpa's stash and decided to make it boom.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 03:27 PM (rbvCR)
Imagine what that can do to a human body. Yet under federal and most state laws, it’s exempt from gun regulations. Many antique or replica guns aren’t considered firearms and even convicted felons can own them.
Fuck yeah.
Posted by: Martha Stewart contemplating a new career of armored car heists at May 14, 2026 03:27 PM (wBRco)
Posted by: pookysgirl, Adam Baldwin fan at May 14, 2026 03:27 PM (Wt5PA)
That's for an 80+ year old device. Newer AT grenades are rare, but potent. You don't have to blow a damn in one go, but even a small hole or crack can grow rapidly as water rushes through and erodes it.
That said....still unlikely a single AT grenade would pierce enough concrete on a major dam to do that.
Posted by: Military Moron at May 14, 2026 03:25 PM (JCZqz)
A magnetic AT grenade would not stick to concrete. And actual tanks aren't made of concrete. A puzzler.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 03:28 PM (8avO+)
Lot of momentum. Hurts when it hits.
...
Like Stacey Abrams at a Golden Corral.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)
DEMS ARE RELEASING CRIMINALS!!! WTF!!! DON"T THEY REALIZE HOW STUPID THIS IS?!?!?!?!@?#?@!#$
Yes, Matt. They do.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at May 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Cjger)
Posted by: GuyManDude at May 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Cjger)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 03:29 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 03:30 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 03:30 PM (HdYcL)
All in good time.
*puffs pipe*
Posted by: Miller at May 14, 2026 03:31 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 14, 2026 03:31 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Depends on the state. In some, antiques are still firearms but blackpowder, even modern ones, are not, in others both black powder and antiques are considered firearms, and some states don't regulate either.
Lots of gotchas under firearm laws--local, state, and federal that can easily make one a felon without even knowing it. ATF has a compiled volume of local ordinances and state firearm laws that comes out on a regular basis . Then you add the federal laws on top of it. For example, are black powder pistols considered a ghost gun if you put a cylinder on it that allows you to fire centerfire cartridges? In such edge cases, the normal way for people is to ask the ATF questions and get a response. However, that response is NOT binding on the agency.
From ATF,
The primary resource for these laws is the State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms (ATF P 5300.5), which is currently in its 36th Edition as of January 15, 2026.
https://tinyurl.com/ATF-register-of-state-laws
Posted by: whig at May 14, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Miller at May 14, 2026 03:32 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (gu0hJ)
The Alberta Premier should say that they're going ahead with the election, that the judge can fuck all the way off, and that the judge's attitude shall appear prominently in the advertising in favor of a yes vote.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 03:32 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 03:32 PM (Sy6m/)
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Movie trivia. So far as I know, the only movie to show the Hafthohlladung in action is the 1993 Kraut movie Stalingrad.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 03:34 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 14, 2026 03:37 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Clock Boy at May 14, 2026 03:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at May 14, 2026 04:11 PM (qPikq)
This was discovered after she died and over 80yrs of living there in MS. My mother called her cousin, the police chief, who quietly sent the bomb squad without fanfare or the news. They quietly boomed it away from the old lady neighborhood.
My father was vetoed by my brothers and mother of his idea to simply throw it in his 10 acre lake. We imagined someone expecting a large mouth bass on the line vs the boom of a lifetime.
This sounds different, however, as it would have been a surprise but not have impacted drinking water.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 14, 2026 04:17 PM (WONhk)
Beginning of the End? Top Starmer Minister Resigns and Blasts Him as a Failed Leader, Demands a Contest for a New PM
Is this enough? Well, I saw Carl Benjamin laughing at Labour's plight-- Labour was decimated in the council elections, and Starmer is a toxic failure, but Starmer is basically acting like the Joker, insisting that he will remain PM and that the rest of the party can go hang if they don't like it.
I even heard -- I can't find a cite -- that Starmer had threatened to call a snap election if Labour tries to replace him. There must be a general election by 2029, but the government can call for a new election anytime it likes, a so-called "snap" election. So Starmer is basically threatening -- if this claim is true -- that if Labour tries to depose him, he will call for a quick election that will surely result in the near-extinction of Labour at the national parliamentary level. That aside, pressure is building. I don't know who Wes Streeting is and I'm pretty sure I'd punch you if you tried to tell me. That's how much I don't care about this cuck. But apparently he's a Health Minister and a big macher in the party. And now he's jumped off of Starmer's sinking ship, and called for a leadership contest. Which isn't the same as a national general election, it would just be the current parliament voting for a new PM. So Starmer would, if this actually happens, be replaced by another Labour twat, possibly this Streeting cuck.David ShawYeah I don't know. Starmer insists that he's the Indispensable Man and that the country would collapse without his weak spindly arms wrapped around the nation in hug that is supposed to be paternal but you can feel his tiny feeble erection poking you in the thigh.
@David90shaw 4h 🚨 BREAKING: It is finally over. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has officially resigned and delivered the final blow to Keir Starmer. In a brutal resignation letter, Streeting told the Prime Minister directly that it is now clear he will not lead the party into the next election. He is openly demanding a "battle of ideas" to decide what comes next and has called on Starmer to facilitate the transition. The Cabinet mutiny has officially succeeded. The Starmer era is finished.
GB PoliticsStarmer responded with a letter once again declaring that he's just too successful to be replaced and he will continue "delivering" hot sexy "change" to the UK, whether the UK wants it or not.
@GBPolitcs 🚨BREAKING: Wes Streeting to Keir Starmer in his resignation letter: "It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election and that Labour MPs and Labour Unions want the debate about what comes next to be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism. It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates. I support that approach and I hope that you will facilitate this."
Politics UK(1214 members? I don't know what that means, given that I assume only MPs vote.) Relatedly, Tommy Robinson is planning a big "United the Kingdom" rally this Saturday. Supposedly, 750,000 people are expected to attend. But Starmer is refusing visas to most of his invited foreign speakers. Meanwhile, any terrorist "cleric" can come to the UK to fundraise for Hamas and Hezballah and even the IRGC, which continues to be a perfectly legal organization in the UK.
@PolitlcsUK 5h 🚨 NEW: Labour members voting intention: Starmer vs Streeting:
Starmer: 53%
Streeting: 23% Starmer vs Burnham:
Burnham: 61%
Starmer: 28% Starmer vs Miliband:
Miliband: 46%
Starmer: 39% Starmer vs Rayner:
Rayner: 45%
Starmer: 41% Via @LabourList, 1214 members
I save children & I get BANNED❌
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForUSA) May 12, 2026
muslims rape children & they’re ALLOWED✅
The weak English are willing to lose their culture, heritage & religion to show they are tolerant of those invading, replacing & raping them.@Keir_Starmer & @ShabanaMahmood protect rapist muslims &… https://t.co/JdsOrryjZ5 pic.twitter.com/yliCIvhUPl
Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10 This Government is entirely wrong to ban foreign commentators from speaking at Robinson's rally on Saturday I will be formally challenging the Home Office, again, on the decision to prevent these individuals from entering. I won't be there myself, but many patriots will be and they deserve to hear lawful views in order to decide for themselves if they agree or not. That is free speech. Islamist extremists are personally welcomed by the Prime Minister, yet this group is banned. It stinks.
He welcomed the Devil to N10, and shook his hand, a hand which cut off heads and held them up for photos with glee. pic.twitter.com/BPBNPAFuUC
— boadicea (@Boudicca_uk_ua) May 12, 2026
Girl, 11, ‘sexually assaulted by Afghan migrant who somehow got into school toilets while another man pinned her down’ https://t.co/MYBuwmROh0
— The Sun (@TheSun) May 14, 2026
Samantha Smith
@SamanthaTaghoy Jan 27 "How do you plan to meet the sexual needs of 600 men?" Asks a resident in Crowborough, where hundreds of migrants are set to be moved. "I don't" replied a Home Office rep. Recently, an Afghan asylum seeker who raped a 15-year-old girl blamed his crime on "cultural differences". When a teenage girl was raped for years by a gang of Pakistani-Muslim men, they told her time and time again that "this is what white girls are for". Multiple asylum seekers have had their sentences reduced by British judges, claiming PTSD or "past trauma" from their home countries as the reason they raped little girls. Baroness Louise Casey warned that a significant proportion of those committing sexual offences in Britain are migrants seeking asylum. Many of the men arriving on British shores come from cultures that see women as inferior. As property. As objects of sexual desire. And they view white girls even worse. White girls are fair game, sluts, whores, and morally compromised purely for the colour of their skin. We aren't racist for calling out their vile crimes. We aren't far-Right for demanding justice for the innocent girls who suffered and were silenced "for the sake of diversity". And aren't wrong for pointing out the obvious concerns with relocating swathes of fighting-age men to sleepy English towns and villages, where our womb and children are completely unprotected. Imagine if group of white men raped a little Pakistani girl for years and told her she deserved it because 'this is what Muslim girls are for'. Imagine the outrage. The cries of 'Racism!' and 'Islamaphobia!' But when it's little white girls being systematically targeted and brutalised, society stays silent and accuses anyone who speaks against it of being bigoted extremists. Why is it acceptable when the races are reversed? Why are our politicians more concerned with condemning the "far-Right bandwagon jumpers" who dare to call out the vulnerability of little British girls instead of... ...protecting those girls?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 01:29 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 01:29 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:29 PM (oqmRa)
Posted by: H at May 14, 2026 01:29 PM (6Km86)
Ah, the Samson gambit. Seems apropos, although Samson had actual muscles, not, you know, overcooked pasta.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:29 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)
He is greeting a Barbarian like an honored guest.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 01:29 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 01:29 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 01:30 PM (UEOBX)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 01:30 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: night lifted at May 14, 2026 01:30 PM (kJmLc)
So this is liberal-on-liberal action? And the winner will be a liberal?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 01:30 PM (XJ22o)
I suggest releasing the sheep and goats.
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 01:30 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 01:31 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at May 14, 2026 01:31 PM (wrEn7)
Funny stuff, Ace
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 01:31 PM (xcxpd)
I can never unsee the clip of Starmer giving a heavy bag what for.
https://is.gd/ug9MCQ
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:31 PM (Riz8t)
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OK, this could be a great opportunity to be funny AF. If any of them are black, Tommy should have them put on some shirts from losing Super Bowl teams, and have them hop a boat from Calais and drive up to the rally.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 01:32 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 01:32 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 01:33 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: night lifted at May 14, 2026 01:33 PM (kJmLc)
It’s dead Jim - Bones McCoy examining the UK zombie
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 14, 2026 01:34 PM (yz/88)
We elect men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise.
Posted by: C.S. Bonhomme at May 14, 2026 01:34 PM (mkw2N)
Short battle. No ammunition on either side.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 01:30 PM (O7YUW)
Plenty of misfires from moldy powder extracted from their wigs.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 01:34 PM (qx7Zg)
Usually if it's about the individual and not the party, its something specific that a "new guy" fixes. Like Biden having dementia.
But Starmer is not fatally flawed as a personality, and he's doing exactly what Labour voters wanted.
Posted by: Leupold at May 14, 2026 01:34 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:34 PM (oqmRa)
England needs riots.
The kind where the bobbies don't get to go home to their families that night.
Or their pension and villa in Spain.
Everything else is theater.
So, it'll be rallies then ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 01:35 PM (73/SM)
I suggest releasing the sheep and goats.
Posted by: steevy at May 14, 2026 01:30 PM (YwEeS)
Give them female hormones
Posted by: night lifted at May 14, 2026 01:35 PM (kJmLc)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 01:35 PM (ziSwF)
The King and the land are one.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 01:35 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 01:36 PM (3ek7K)
One of them, I've forgotten which one, promised a reversal of Brexit, nationalization of industry, and more money for the NHS.
It's like the entire postwar period never happened.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:36 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 01:36 PM (FtULh)
WOW, they really took the "Make Me a Sammich" (sarcastic) meme, to a whole 'nuther grotesque and criminal level.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2026 01:36 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:36 PM (oqmRa)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 01:32 PM (YZ0Fo)
Correct.
And she had a few choice things to say about it, too.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:37 PM (Zz0t1)
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Not to worry, Crowborough Resident... You can castrate 600 dudes with a single knife, easy. Don't fret too much if it's not so sharp.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 01:37 PM (BI5O2)
The graveyard is full of indispensable men.
- Charles DeGaulle (in French, probably)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 14, 2026 01:38 PM (/jVpY)
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wee-nis, wee little penis
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 01:38 PM (73/SM)
Starmer vs Streeting:
Starmer vs Burnham:
Starmer vs Miliband:
Starmer vs Rayner:
I presume those are all other Labor members and -- at best -- would suck only slightly less than Starmer?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 14, 2026 01:38 PM (vTZFs)
I've been told that Lowe is the only acceptable candidate, and that Farage is a British RINO. Farage is the one who's built an actual party that has obliterated Labour and the Conservatives, so I'm willing to give him a chance before I condemn him.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)
Someone needs to do a deep look at his finances, and his "e" footprint. That dude is doing someone else's bidding, and it isn't someone with Britain's interests at heart.
Posted by: Actions speak louder at May 14, 2026 01:39 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:39 PM (oqmRa)
Starmer vs Streeting:
Starmer vs Burnham:
Starmer vs Miliband:
Starmer vs Rayner:
I presume those are all other Labor members and -- at best -- would suck only slightly less than Starmer?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 14, 2026 01:38 PM (vTZFs)
"You only suck as big as the cock inside your mouth."
- - - - - - Labour Party
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 14, 2026 01:40 PM (sFNX2)
That cited "success" is slightly different than saying "patients are now able to get appointments in less that a two weeks, and ambulances are arriving in time so you don't bleed out on your carpet." Stammer is a squish leftist who likes the being PM because his gay friends swoon over that. Governing? Nah, too much work.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 14, 2026 01:41 PM (glnUu)
"How do you plan to meet the sexual needs of 600 men?" Asks a resident in Crowborough, where hundreds of migrants are set to be moved.
"I don't" replied a Home Office rep.
That doesnt reflect the way the asshole said it.
He knew what they were asking, and that answer reflected that.
the UK government is giving up their young white girls to be raped and murdered by their favorite third world monster class.
I wonder if anything like this is happening here. Maybe not yet.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 14, 2026 01:41 PM (et1vG)
"I don't" replied a Home Office rep.
Recently, an Afghan asylum seeker who raped a 15-year-old girl blamed his crime on "cultural differences".
When a teenage girl was raped for years by a gang of Pakistani-Muslim men, they told her time and time again that "this is what white girls are for".
But Americans are evil and barbaric for having it set in stone (we wish) for gun ownership.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Yes, but only on a Tuesday, and only if it's Belgium.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Boss Moss at
If queer resigns. But labour has to have 20% support for a single candidate before than can even try and force that.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 01:42 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 14, 2026 01:38 PM (vTZFs)
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You might also have it backwards; meaning, those others will suck more. Two Tier Queer might be as good as Labour gets.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 14, 2026 01:42 PM (D7U4k)
Posted by: Weasel at May 14, 2026 01:42 PM (ei1sX)
We should be giving weapons to British patriots instead of the Kurds.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:42 PM (n5tGW)
I can't imagine the islham barbarians are just going to sit back and watch.........
I know they've had one before, but this time, they KNOW the government won't touch them for their violence.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 01:36 PM (FtULh)
Like an Alabama tick
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 14, 2026 01:43 PM (yz/88)
https://is.gd/ug9MCQ
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Its a lovely analogy for the state of GB as a nation. Hesitant, uncoordinated, weak and inappropriately dressed for the job at hand.
I mean seriously, Thatcher was more manly.
Posted by: Actions speak louder at May 14, 2026 01:44 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Weasel at May 14, 2026 01:42 PM (ei1sX)
Make Duels Great Again
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 14, 2026 01:45 PM (oX+Ku)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 01:45 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Keir at May 14, 2026 01:45 PM (rgnea)
I've been told that Lowe is the only acceptable candidate, and that Farage is a British RINO. Farage is the one who's built an actual party that has obliterated Labour and the Conservatives, so I'm willing to give him a chance before I condemn him.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)
Farage has a good number of flaws. But he is willing to do good things....so long as he gets all the glory and praise for it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 01:45 PM (xcxpd)
I can never unsee the clip of Starmer giving a heavy bag what for.
https://is.gd/ug9MCQ
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:31 PM (Riz8t)
Bigger pansy fag: Owebama lifting weights or Starmer hitting heavy bag.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 14, 2026 01:46 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:46 PM (oqmRa)
We should be giving weapons to British patriots instead of the Kurds.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:42 PM (n5tGW)
Maybe 1% would actually accept them. The rest would turn in the guns we give them to the governement.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 01:46 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: GF at May 14, 2026 01:47 PM (iVUs+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)
The JEF on a girl's bike in mom-jeans and a sped helmet.
No contest.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at May 14, 2026 01:47 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at May 14, 2026 01:47 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 01:47 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 01:47 PM (gu0hJ)
Kier Starmer is on it.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 01:47 PM (xkXS7)
That's mighty white of them
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 14, 2026 01:48 PM (Kt19C)
No contest.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at May 14, 2026 01:47 PM (Ot/FD)
To be fair, we've never seen Starmer navigate a gate with an umbrella or ride a bicycle.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:48 PM (Zz0t1)
"the country would collapse without his weak spindly arms wrapped around the nation in hug that is supposed to be paternal but you can feel his tiny feeble erection poking you in the thigh."
Funny stuff, Ace
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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That's why I prefer the ACE News Service!
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 01:48 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: bitter ukranian rentboys at May 14, 2026 01:48 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: UGAdawg at May 14, 2026 01:48 PM (7jQgB)
Rayner would certainly be worse. Miliband would be better, if you like leftovers reheated in the microwave. Surprised they did not poll for Shabana Mahmood, "the true future of Britain."
Posted by: John Thune at May 14, 2026 01:49 PM (wGerL)
The 2nd World War bankrupted Great Britain, there was a non-trivial percentage of those who wanted to make a peace deal or concession with the Nazis, including highly placed members in government.
But they stuck it out, and took horrible bombing casualties from the Luftwaffe, horrible merchant shipping losses from the U-boat campaign.
Rationing didn’t completely end there until 1954, they basically had another Depression. But they defended English culture.
What happened? How did this happen? Same questions could be asked about America too, I reckon.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 01:49 PM (UEOBX)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 01:50 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Ot/FD)
Starmer vs Streeting:
Starmer vs Burnham:
Starmer vs Miliband:
Starmer vs Rayner:
I presume those are all other Labor members and -- at best -- would suck only slightly less than Starmer?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 14, 2026 01:38 PM (vTZFs)
Think of it as the "F*ck you, have some more" options.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 14, 2026 01:50 PM (6YNz+)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 14, 2026 01:51 PM (0vB2I)
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Far right in the UK is 2010 Dems in the US.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 01:51 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: you will wear a baggie and like it at May 14, 2026 01:51 PM (anL5R)
I don't closely follow UK politics, but what is an alternative Labour leader promising to do different?
Posted by: Leupold
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Hence my question at #15, fellow horde-minder. I can imagine New Yorkers getting fed up with Mamdani, but why? Because he isn't socialist enough?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 01:51 PM (XJ22o)
Walls are closing in.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 01:52 PM (4G08c)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 01:52 PM (k8xm0)
Posted by: you will wear a baggie and like it at May 14, 2026 01:51 PM (anL5R)
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... and Death Camps, but mostly Death Camps.
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 01:52 PM (EvLur)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Farage is a no-go on remigration
Even Lowe uses the bs term "islamist" which is just a cover for the fact that the problem is not some, but the entire religion and everything connected to it.
Me, personally, I am at the ethnic cleansing stage of what I think needs to be done to save the West. Up to and including very busy Vlad-poles in every town square in the West to send the message home.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 01:52 PM (MHebd)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 01:52 PM (k8xm0)
Posted by: Kalel666 at May 14, 2026 01:53 PM (shVxk)
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The British are violent. The violent ones are named Mohammed, and they rape and stab everyone else named nigel or ginny.
Posted by: the population bomb wasn't what they thought it was at May 14, 2026 01:53 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 01:53 PM (k8xm0)
Sweden seems to be finally getting a clue, don't know if it's too late for them though.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:53 PM (n5tGW)
Hmmmm. Sounds like another politician I could mention. I have no problem with claiming credit if you're actually the one who made things happen, as both Trump and Farage have.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)
He's delivering the same kind of progressive, transgressive change to Britain that Obama's Pakistani boyfriend delivered to him after locking them in his bedroom together.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 01:53 PM (k8xm0)
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"I misread that as 'eye'."
/obligatory David French
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 01:54 PM (EvLur)
The 2nd World War bankrupted Great Britain, there was a non-trivial percentage of those who wanted to make a peace deal or concession with the Nazis, including highly placed members in government.
But they stuck it out, and took horrible bombing casualties from the Luftwaffe, horrible merchant shipping losses from the U-boat campaign.
Rationing didn’t completely end there until 1954, they basically had another Depression. But they defended English culture.
What happened? How did this happen? Same questions could be asked about America too, I reckon.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 01:49 PM (UEOBX)
Well the socialists took over immediately after the war. The rationing is a direct result of that, they were fucking EXPORTING food after the way but nothing was saved for the domestic market.
The Government went from a war footing against the Nazis to a war footing against traditional Britain. The Fabians had power and they had no intention of losing power, so they enacted all the policies and plots they had spent decades developing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 01:54 PM (xcxpd)
What happened? How did this happen? Same questions could be asked about America too, I reckon.
Posted by: Common Tater
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They are still fighting the last war.
They don't realize that tactics, and the enemy, have changed.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 14, 2026 01:54 PM (MHebd)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 01:55 PM (gu0hJ)
Gallrein takes the lead over Massie in latest Kentucky primary polling
Quantus Insights polled 908 likely GOP voters and found that Gallrein holds 48.3% of the voters’ support, while 43.1% support Massie. Just 7.6% of polled voters remained undecided, with the majority of those undecided voters leaning toward Gallrein. The pollster reported that while “the race remains competitive,” their survey “points to a clear advantage for Gallrein.”
https://is.gd/Wi7AaF
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:55 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: The Whine Guy
That guy talks all gay and his shit's retarded.
Posted by: Joe Mama at May 14, 2026 01:55 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 01:53 PM (k8xm0)
Vote Starmer and get it harder!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:55 PM (Zz0t1)
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This too, is the story of Obama.
Posted by: announcer voiceover at May 14, 2026 01:56 PM (anL5R)
Usually if it's about the individual and not the party, its something specific that a "new guy" fixes. Like Biden having dementia.
But Starmer is not fatally flawed as a personality, and he's doing exactly what Labour voters wanted.
yes, this would be a "Vibe Shift" only.
Posted by: ace at May 14, 2026 01:56 PM (1wjle)
At what point do the English become violent?
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Afaik, the last time we saw this in the West was the overthrow of Ceasusiescusu's (sp, I don't bother) regime in Romania. Romanians storming the walls and executing the despots. I don't see the Brits doing it. I don't know if they could march in numbers large enough to persuade Starmer to go... but then what? Another Labour prime minister for now.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 01:56 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 01:57 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 14, 2026 01:57 PM (k8xm0)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:57 PM (n5tGW)
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[Yeah, they're totally fucked:] "The year 1214 AD is historically significant primarily for the Battle of Bouvines on July 27, a decisive victory for French King Philip II Augustus over an alliance led by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and King John of England. This battle greatly enhanced the power and prestige of the French monarchy across Europe."
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 01:57 PM (EvLur)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:57 PM (n5tGW)
But with more death threats.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Maybe, but we won't know until he moves into #10.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 01:58 PM (Riz8t)
Gallrein takes the lead over Massie in latest Kentucky primary polling
Quantus Insights polled 908 likely GOP voters and found that Gallrein holds 48.3% of the voters’ support, while 43.1% support Massie. Just 7.6% of polled voters remained undecided, with the majority of those undecided voters leaning toward Gallrein. The pollster reported that while “the race remains competitive,” their survey “points to a clear advantage for Gallrein.
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Anytime one of the Massholes bleats about "printhiples", I have to restrain myself.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at May 14, 2026 01:58 PM (Cjger)
Muslims rape children & they’re ALLOWED✅
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This could be coming to a country near you.
Wiat, wut?
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 01:59 PM (EvLur)
If my daughter was being repeatedly harassed by foreign men and law enforcement refused to arrest anyone, I would take my daughter and leave. We would live in the car until we got on our feet. I don’t understand how agreeing to be the victim over and over again is acceptable. Do the English have no sense? Is there some sort of dignity in being oppressed?
I don’t get it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 02:00 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 02:00 PM (xkXS7)
Reform and others have to build up a shadow version of the service with professionals that are able to beat the London mob at their own game and then send them packing. Without this, no conservative PM will ever make a dent in the disaster.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 14, 2026 02:00 PM (diia5)
Speaking of Massholes, I see the gov of MA was asked about MA's state tax rate and wouldn't it lower the cost of living to reduce that tax
Her answer? No because we are going to still spend all that money so we'd just have to implement new taxes anyway.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:01 PM (sKqQm)
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Free Speech is a social construct tool of the white cisheteropatriarchical oppressor!
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:01 PM (EvLur)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:01 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 14, 2026 02:01 PM (7T8ei)
I don’t get it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 02:00 PM (W2Pud)/i]
I mean, how do you stand by and allow a teenager to be raped over and over?
If it's my kid, I'm going to prison for multiple homicide, gun or no gun.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)
I believe the issue here is working class kids without a dad are the ones being targeted.
The mom in question might not even have a car, and is very unlikely to be able to drive somewhere and live in one.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)
Feelings about foreign politicians.
I remember all the feelings about Trump. You never know until its already done.
Posted by: lounge singer at May 14, 2026 02:03 PM (anL5R)
This. And I would not stop until they made me famous.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 02:03 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove"
As long as there are bread and circuses for everyone I don't think a critical mass with large majority will ever develop. Same here regarding illegals.
Posted by: Ripley at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (GUOwU)
The mom in question might not even have a car, and is very unlikely to be able to drive somewhere and live in one.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)
Beg a man for help. Do whatever it takes. Your daughter is being raped, repeatedly. That is the worst thing that can happen to a woman. She will never be the same. She will be mentally damaged for the rest of her life.
Why is NO ONE stepping up to protect the innocent over there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (Zz0t1)
I know I am a broken record but it is NOT "tolerance" that is driving the Left to embrace Islam. It is cashola and the idea of power over the people they hate (let's call them "whites" and yes that includes their precious women who surprise the left doesn't give two fucks about having sold them out to trannies and now muslims).
I guess we have to pretend they are being tolerant or kind? But as usual that is only their excuse. The people we are up against are the lowest of the lowest of the low. And they only know how to deceive.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (0nHVk)
The Sun
@TheSun
Girl, 11, ‘sexually assaulted by Afghan migrant who somehow got into school toilets while another man pinned her down’
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"TBF, little white girl wasn't wearing a Burqa, so she deserved it, amirite?"
-- Barky Muslim Bros for Open Borders
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (EvLur)
Unfortunately, she was absorbed by the Borg.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (Cjger)
I don’t get it.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Neither do I. I can only conclude that virtually all of these girls were barely parented. Girls whose parents wanted them home by a certain time (like within 10 minutes of stepping off the subway) probably weren't gang-raped.
Some of the parents were supposedly outraged when they found out about it, but again, how were they not on the streets setting themselves and everything in sight on fire over it? It boggles the mind.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:06 PM (XJ22o)
I get what you are saying but...
You neighborhood is controlled by Muslim immigrants. They have the political offices, they either are the cops or control the cops.
So if you push them to investigate they'll arrest you - just like that father with the tranny-rape case in that VA school.
If you decide to go vigilante, the police who didn't investigate the rape of your daughter WILL immediately arrest you. And then if/when you get out "the brothers (Muslim)" will show up and beat you into a pulp with police approval. They have guns, and knives, and numbers. You aren't allowed anything to defend yourself with.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Because of the promises of violence against them for doing so and for good measure the Left ruining them and their families.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 02:07 PM (ZLe8E)
Poor-country people don't stand up for themselves. It doesn't even enter in to their brains that it could be an option. "Someone should do something". Indeed. Someone should. But once you're a poor-country people, that someone ain't gonna be you.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 02:07 PM (Ot/FD)
Now if only we could somehow have the same implosion to the Democrats in the US.
The only chan e of this happening is if the :"Democratic Socialist" party now taking over NY state picks up momentum and goes nationwide and steals all the Dems' voters from its left flank, just as the Greensdid in the UK from Labour.
Go Mamdani, go!
Posted by: zombie at May 14, 2026 02:07 PM (Av6i5)
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Leftism is just a secular Islam, They are simpatico in most of their policies and goals.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at May 14, 2026 02:07 PM (Cjger)
After the Southhampton attacks the British police arrested everyone that said anything about protecting British kids and gave them real jail time.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)
Never give up your weapons.
The sick shit is happening here in our country. We don't hear about because of the evil media suppresses the stories.
Protecting the invaders before we citizens is sick.
Posted by: four seasons at May 14, 2026 02:08 PM (3ek7K)
Oh, they are on the list too.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 02:09 PM (xkXS7)
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People on the dole in GB have substance abuse issues.
Posted by: lounge singer at May 14, 2026 02:09 PM (anL5R)
After the Southhampton attacks the British police arrested everyone that said anything about protecting British kids and gave them real jail time.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)
*types*
*deletes*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 02:09 PM (dK+Kv)
Why is NO ONE stepping up to protect the innocent over there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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A few people are, but British voters have long denied them the power to do much about it.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:09 PM (XJ22o)
This isn't a black pill it's an explanation for what is happening.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 02:09 PM (ZLe8E)
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For saying things.
don't say, just do.
Posted by: let that be a lesson to all at May 14, 2026 02:10 PM (anL5R)
I get what you are saying but...
You neighborhood is controlled by Muslim immigrants. They have the political offices, they either are the cops or control the cops.
So if you push them to investigate they'll arrest you - just like that father with the tranny-rape case in that VA school.
If you decide to go vigilante, the police who didn't investigate the rape of your daughter WILL immediately arrest you. And then if/when you get out "the brothers (Muslim)" will show up and beat you into a pulp with police approval. They have guns, and knives, and numbers. You aren't allowed anything to defend yourself with.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)
Pretty much. And your family will have a giant target painted on them by the government, the cops, the "activists," and the Muslims. So while you're serving life without possibility of parole, they're getting harassed, beaten, ticketed, stalked, arrested, vandalized, robbed, and raped.
Posted by: It's evil and terrible but there it is at May 14, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)
But dumping that mincing ass is all the justification I need to support anyone who will take him down
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 14, 2026 02:10 PM (EFVbm)
The Sun
@TheSun
Girl, 11, ‘sexually assaulted by Afghan migrant who somehow got into school toilets while another man pinned her down’
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"TBF, little white girl wasn't wearing a Burqa, so she deserved it, amirite?"
-- Barky Muslim Bros for Open Borders
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (EvLur
Crusade is the word.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 02:10 PM (DdBJf)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)
One would need to learn to be stealth, travel at night and crack skulls one or 2 at a time.
Sorry, but I'm not sitting back while my family is raped by goatf*cking desert turds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)
I guess we have to pretend they are being tolerant or kind? But as usual that is only their excuse. The people we are up against are the lowest of the lowest of the low. And they only know how to deceive.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (ZLe8E)
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Okay, granted that I'm a little "out of it" for some reason today -- but this brought to mind the great '79 film "Midnight Express," based on a true story by Billy Hayes.
There are certain great films that I never want to see again ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:13 PM (EvLur)
Posted by: Wally at May 14, 2026 02:13 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Sponge
Their lives are tied to the state. And the state can seize their bank accounts, deny services, turn off their phone, and seize their property. All without a judge.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 14, 2026 02:13 PM (diia5)
......
Word. On that subject I recommend:
"Night of the Cooters", a 1990 science fiction short story by Howard Waldrop. F*ckin hilarious.
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 02:13 PM (UjdFS)
But the British government is no longer remotely a democratic or free one, and will not allow itself to be changed by traditional methods. And it uses the nominal appearance of these methods to trap people in the system.
So Joe Average demands change on social media or in a speech at the pub...and gets arrested. He doesn't realize the time for traditional speeches is just about over. Now in old Britain he'd slowly move into politics and advocacy but now he'll be lucky to get any job when he gets out...
Sure he could go 1776 on his government but neither he nor the culture there is ready for that.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:14 PM (sKqQm)
if the :"Democratic Socialist" party now taking over NY state picks up momentum and goes nationwide and steals all the Dems' voters from its left flank, just as the Greensdid in the UK from Labour.
Go Mamdani, go!
Posted by: zombie
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Iiiiiii dunno, zombie. The DSA is full of sweet promises, and the teenaged and illegal voting set seems to adore them. Beware what you ask for...
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:14 PM (XJ22o)
And your family will have a giant target painted on them by the government, the cops, the "activists," and the Muslims. So while you're serving life without possibility of parole, they're getting harassed, beaten, ticketed, stalked, arrested, vandalized, robbed, and raped.
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Rather than begging her sons to give in to save their lives, this remarkable mother stayed by their side. She spoke to them in her native language, encouraging them to endure the horrific deaths by reminding them of God's promise of the resurrection. She told them not to fear a mortal king because the Creator of the universe would eventually give them back their lives and breath.
Posted by: let that be a lesson to all at May 14, 2026 02:14 PM (anL5R)
This isn't a black pill it's an explanation for what is happening.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 02:09 PM (ZLe8E)
Indeed. On top of all the lawfare, stormtrooper raids, defamation, propaganda, unlawful surveillance, and everything else they've tried to kill him not once, not twice, but three times. That we know about. So it's an eminently fair question.
Posted by: What can man do faced with such reckless hate at May 14, 2026 02:14 PM (TbWk/)
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Retired Pastor Convicted By Irish Court for Reading Bible Passage Near Abortion Mill
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Damn mouthy bastard!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:14 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: It's evil and terrible but there it is at May 14, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)
The real kick-in-the-nuts? This whole rotten state of affairs is literally Normal. That's all how things are supposed to be. That is the default state of affairs.
A society where that kind of maddening, corrupt, Kafkaesque shit isn't taken for granted, but actually stands out as a bad thing that shouldn't have ever been allowed in the first place, is incredibly rare and incredibly difficult to create.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 02:14 PM (Ot/FD)
Sorry, but I'm not sitting back while my family is raped by goatf*cking desert turds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)
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Ditto. Their bodies would NEVER be discovered.
Per my frequent refrain here: "Those who make criminal justice impossible will make vigilante justice inevitable."
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:15 PM (EvLur)
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Would it surprise you to find out no, it wouldn't?
Posted by: michael vick at May 14, 2026 02:16 PM (anL5R)
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Retired Pastor Convicted By Irish Court for Reading Bible Passage Near Abortion Mill
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It's almost as if they're a Death Cult ... or something.
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 02:16 PM (EvLur)
Although I think they know the only way they can accomplish what they want is to get rid of all the Christians. Demonic dumbasses are too single minded to realize they are fighting a battle they can NEVER win.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 02:17 PM (ZLe8E)
grow the roses of success.
Posted by: PM Keir Starmer at May 14, 2026 02:17 PM (wVcYX)
Look at what Trump had to go through just to ATTEMPT to do normal things. And he's a fucking world famous billionaire. How is the average normal person expected to stand up and be counted against this meat grinder?
This isn't a black pill it's an explanation for what is happening.
Posted by: ...
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It's not just a lack of formal power IMO. As 18-1 said #160, the culture is lacking.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:18 PM (XJ22o)
WOW! Rep. Brandon Gill just unleashed FURY on the Democrat Fairfax, Virginia prosecutor for protecting an illegal alien child R*PIST, to his FACE
"Well, sir, the charge refers to underage s*x..."
GILL: OK, so an illegal alien R*PED an underage person and YOUR OFFICE REDUCED those charges to misdemeanor! And YOU offered him a 90-day suspended jail sentence!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:18 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 02:18 PM (4KUe5)
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They don't define "win" the way we do. Ultimately, they are seeking to create hell on earth. That isn't a win, unless you are demonic.
Posted by: michael vick at May 14, 2026 02:19 PM (anL5R)
1) if anyone deserved to be raped by dogs, it's the Palis
2) my only problem with the Palestinian genocide is it's not happening.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 02:19 PM (73/SM)
The banality of evil.
British pols get easy re-election and graft.
British cops get to deal with normies that just surrender instead of jihadis that will try to kill you and their nice early retirements.
The Jihadis get they jizya, to rape and beat infidels, and to spread Islam.
Literally everyone wins...outside of the British subjects.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)
GILL: OK, so an illegal alien R*PED an underage person and YOUR OFFICE REDUCED those charges to misdemeanor! And YOU offered him a 90-day suspended jail sentence!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:18 PM (ndZc7)
He was billed as a RINO when he ran. So far, he's turned into a vote I do NOT regret casting.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)
Its a good start. And a real test will be whether the locals stand with whoever did it or roll over on him.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 02:21 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 14, 2026 02:21 PM (xvV+O)
Costco presents, the wine bucket!
http://tiny.cc/8sf3101
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 02:21 PM (mkw2N)
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Well, if the chief of police is named Nigel, or Mohammed probably will tell the tale.
Posted by: michael vick at May 14, 2026 02:22 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 02:22 PM (4KUe5)
Costco presents, the wine bucket!
http://tiny.cc/8sf3101
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 02:21 PM (mkw2N)
Seems pouring that into a wine glass would be problematic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
You did the glass in the bucket.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 02:23 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 02:23 PM (YZ0Fo)
Hakeem Jeffries’ rhetoric:
"Crush their souls."
"We're not going to unilaterally disarm. Not now, not ever."
"We are in an era of maximum warfare everywhere, all the time."
"Republican policies are doing violence to the American people."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:23 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)
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You could hang a water dipper from the side.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
You did the glass in the bucket.
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nah, let me show you
*face first as if bobbing for apples*
Posted by: Awfl at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (anL5R)
http://tiny.cc/8sf3101
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 02:21 PM (mkw2N)
NH is about to get its first Costco. Sadly, they won't be able to sell liquor as the State of NH has the monopoly on all liquor sales.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (N39Ws)
Meanwhile, in Leusden, Netherlands, a 110 person facility just built to house refugees, over the wishes of the town’s residents, was sr on fire.
Posted by: Lizzy
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A few months ago, some local Brits also burned an "asylum" hotel -- with the asylees in it. No one was killed iirc, but maybe a few people were singed. Factionalism on the rise?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (+oHAL)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 02:25 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 02:22 PM (4KUe5)
Tommy Robinson had a muslham hit put out on him, published in one of their shitmagazines they produce. He was told that he couldn't use weapons of any kind to protect himself in public, the cops wouldn't protect him and the only thing he had was whatever non-weapon weapon was available in his house should they break in. They wouldn't even tell him what magazine/website the threat was posted on because he'd likely be arrested for going to it.
The UK is f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:25 PM (Zz0t1)
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Some people will give up the children easier than their dog. When they get them to give up their dogs without a fight, they know they can do whatever they want.
Posted by: I'mma let you wear your towel, but don't tell me what to do at May 14, 2026 02:26 PM (anL5R)
Unlawful Enemy Combatants, technically speaking.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 02:26 PM (+oHAL)
You could hang a water dipper from the side.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (GPa4z)
"Wine is just better when you have to use a ladle."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 02:27 PM (jCuBf)
But first Keir will have to take some young guy's hog leg out of his mouth.
Posted by: England Is A Fag Country at May 14, 2026 02:27 PM (mC7bQ)
"Thune Has Tried Nothing To Pass The SAVE Act And He's All Out Of Ideas"
Hey now. I came here to chew bubblegum and play with myself, and I'm all out of bubblegum!
Posted by: John Thune at May 14, 2026 02:29 PM (7OmJ3)
http://tiny.cc/8sf3101
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 02:21 PM (mkw2N)
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AI lol
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 02:29 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 02:27 PM (jCuBf)
This kid would kick Starmer's ass, no question.
https://youtu.be/sejBrODtIV0?t=15
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:29 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (GPa4z)
"Wine is just better when you have to use a ladle."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)
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Good enough for Jesus, good enough for me.
Posted by: WisRich at May 14, 2026 02:29 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM
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He was caught between the moon and New York City.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 02:29 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)
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I think you are right. My sweet girl will be 14 on June 1 and anyone who questions her status as the good girl is asking for a stomping. And my wife will see that they get it, too.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 02:30 PM (GPa4z)
Thank God that could never happen in this country!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wreck
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Perfectly good point. We left Iryna Zarutska to the mercies of a psycho and the magistrate who let him go.
And that idiot woman who didn't report the psycho who assaulted her in the subway, who eventually did kill a guy by shoving him down a flight of stairs. "A part of me didn't want another black man to go to jail" she explained.
It's a Western problem, with different degrees of severity depending on where you are.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:30 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 02:30 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
It's crazy. But it's true.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 02:31 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at May 14, 2026 02:32 PM (MCnMe)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)
When your country has a king, but the king has no power and answers to the actual king.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)
"Thune Has Tried Nothing To Pass The SAVE Act And He's All Out Of Ideas"
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Kamala’s on it!
Kamala Harris is now calling for Democrats to hold a “No Bad Idea Brainstorm” where they discuss:
- Abolishing the Electoral College
- Packing the Supreme Court
- Making Puerto Rico and D.C. states
“We’ve got to neutralize these red states from cheating!”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:33 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)
Same question about Merkel. Russia?
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 14, 2026 02:34 PM (dtajH)
One of the most bizarre parts of leftwing feminism is that it emasculates local men and then replaces them with avidly anti-feminist men from abroad.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 14, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)
How'd he get to be PM anyways? I didn't vote for him.
Posted by: Constitutional Peasant Dennis' Girlfriend at May 14, 2026 02:36 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 14, 2026 02:18 PM (XJ22o)
That is true but I would fervently argue part of the culture lack is not only that people have lives to attend to (and protect) but the way the veil has been cast - that Trump has tried desperately to lift - has left the civilized world operating under an impression that normal is normal and everything is fine.
It's not the frog in the pot as such anymore, because the boil is quite rapid and violent. It's like the frog is in the boiling pot but has on these mesmerizing VR glasses of a big beautiful pond.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 02:36 PM (ZLe8E)
- Abolishing the Electoral College
- Packing the Supreme Court
- Making Puerto Rico and D.C. states
“We’ve got to neutralize these red states from cheating!”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy
Someone should tell her those are old bad ideas. The base wants fresh new stuff. Like violence, lots of it.
Posted by: Ripley at May 14, 2026 02:36 PM (GUOwU)
The muslhams don't even rank.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Ditto. Pity the muzzie who tries to take away or otherwise harm my pets. It will prove to be a very painful fools errand.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 14, 2026 02:36 PM (N39Ws)
If you don’t have a car, you put on a backpack with a toothbrush and a change of underwear, have your daughter do the same and WALK out of there if you have to. Leave. Go To the countryside. Get a job. Make it work. You have to have one friend somewhere who will help you and your daughter.
Move. Don’t be a whiney ass victim. The daughters need to feel protected. You don’t have to get your own ass thrown in jail to do that.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 02:37 PM (1PzR6)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 14, 2026 02:39 PM (qrzX6)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 02:40 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Lizzy
Actually, that was over-reported. From the video I saw, the protesters were shooting off fireworks, but one of the caught the bushes on firein front of the center. As far as I could tell it wasn't intentional arson, and the building itself didn't burn (or burn much). It;'s just that the bushes in flames in front of the building made for a "compelling" photo.
Posted by: zombie at May 14, 2026 02:42 PM (Av6i5)
http://bit.ly/42ASe5q
Posted by: Half Dozen at May 14, 2026 02:43 PM (EYvpB)
then go even harder for entire swathes of culture whose teachings and exclamations state that they want me dead. go ahead, i won't be offended.
Posted by: cmeat at May 14, 2026 02:44 PM (R11M+)
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Dirtbag MD) cross-examined Kash Patel about his alleged excessive drinking and $ pulls out Hollen's $7000 bar tab.
LMFAO! Kash Patel just absolutely EVISCERATED Dem. Sen. Chris Van Hollen to his FACE for having drinks with Kilmar Abrego Garcia
“The only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang-banging RAPlST was YOU!”
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Van Hollen responded, "Glasses were placed in front of us but we did not drink them."
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Happens to me all the time. I sit down and margaritas magically appear.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 02:49 PM (ndZc7)
I don't know who Wes Streeting is and I'm pretty sure I'd punch you if you tried to tell me. That's how much I don't care about this cuck.
Happy, vindictive, mean as a badass honey badger Ace is Best Ace.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 02:51 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: cmeat at May 14, 2026 02:58 PM (R11M+)
Startled Starmer of the Surprise Colonoscopy in a darkened elevator is going to be dragged out of #10 and I hope I don't miss it.
Can someone put a Go Pro on Larry the Cat of #10? Otherwise who knows what is going on in there?
Why isn't Rupert going to man up and be at the rally? William Wallace did not hide...I realize he was Scots and fighting the damn Brits, but stay with me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 14, 2026 04:25 PM (WONhk)
And that head-chopper needs to be castrated, chained to a stake, and burned alive.
Posted by: Beverly at May 14, 2026 05:21 PM (reMys)
Trump Cancels $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to Fraud and Piracy Ridden State of California
The Party of Looters & Shooters.
Yeah this is just foreigners and other pirates signing up to be paid what they are supposed to do for free -- care for their family members. "I provided three meals last week to my elderly father." Yeah you're fucking supposed to, jackass. The taxpayer isn't on the hook for buying McDonald's three times (and you charging the taxpayer $200 per "service rendered."
One Nation Under Fraud: Trump administration uncovers massive welfare, citizenship abuses
The cost to taxpayers identified by Vice President JD Vance's task for targeting government benefit programs is mounting, and no plausible explanations are forthcoming.
The Trump administration's work to pare back waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government has reportedly exposed a vast network of taxpayer-fleecing scams, abuses of immigration, and of the citizenship process across all corners of the United States. The story involves resettled refugees soaking up federal paychecks to run home healthcare and childcare businesses, transnational criminal organizations exploiting food benefit programs, and scammers using fake student profiles to make off with millions in federal student loans. It also involves non-monetary forms of fraud, especially in immigration -- legal and illegal alike. Minnesota's Somali community just the start ... Recent public reports indicate that federally-funded state government programs beyond just Minnesota are ripe for exploitation and fraud. In a sweeping investigation, the Daily Wire and a researcher from the Capital Research Center found that Ohio spent billions of federal dollars on "personal services" payments to home healthcare companies with dubious credentials. These funds are frequently used to compensate individuals for performing non-medical tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and "companionship" for their own family members. Because these services are conducted inside private residences without supervision, it can be difficult to verify actual service delivery.
They've cancelled $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California due to Newsom deliberately allowing widespread looting of the American treasury, gay "news" network NBC complains.
The investigation found a surge in dubious home health companies that appear to exist solely to bill the government. In Columbus, the reporters found a single windowless office building that houses 94 different companies that have collectively billed taxpayers $66 million over a few years. Many of the business owners lacked medical training or had criminal records, the outlet reported. There is evidence that this type of fraud is specifically encouraged by the way federal government programs are set up. For example, the Office of Refugee Resettlement runs a program that helps new immigrants develop "microenterprises," like home healthcare companies, "to help generate an income and achieve self-sufficiency." Welfare fraud a top priority The Trump administration has made hunting down this type of welfare fraud a top priority. President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this year establishing a national task force to combat such fraud and appointed Vice President JD Vance to lead it. ... California and Ohio were apparently only the tip of the iceberg. On Wednesday, the task force announced that it would be halting $1.4 billion in federal funding for home health and hospice providers across the entire United States. Vance also issued an ultimatum to all 50 states on Wednesday, demanding they show that they are adequately protecting against fraud in federally funded Medicaid programs, or risk losing that funding. "Today, we are sending, across 50 Medicaid programs, letters that will require them to show that they are effectively and aggressively prosecuting Medicaid fraud in their states," Vance said at a press conference. "These letters are the first step. The first effort to try to force these states to get serious about prosecuting fraud." "We're a generous country. We're generous people. I love that about this country," the vice president added. "But part of that generosity is that it extends to our fellow Americans. We cannot give Medicare and Medicaid benefits to everybody all over the world."
Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California and is threatening to suspend federal funding to all states if they don't aggressively prosecute fraud in their Medicaid programs. As part of his role as the fraud czar, Vance said that the administration is targeting California because the state isn't taking fraud seriously. "There are California taxpayers and American taxpayers who are being defrauded because California isn't taking its program seriously, but also you have people who have been prescribed medications that they don't even need. They've had drugs put into their bodies that they don't need because fraudsters have actually encouraged false prescriptions and false administration of medications," Vance said at the White House. The move is similar to the one the administration took in February suspending Medicaid payments to Minnesota.Hello. Happy Thursday. Crowey dropped in to grab the last of the turned ground beef. He carried it off to his nest.
In January Gavin Newsom ridiculed Dr. Oz for looking into hospice fraud in Los Angeles. Newsom claimed that he had the fraud under control and that Dr. Oz's investigation was purely political.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) May 13, 2026
Today Oz announced that they shut down 800 fraudulent hospice businesses around LA and… pic.twitter.com/KIPWdMZquK
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GF at May 14, 2026 12:22 PM (iVUs+)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 14, 2026 12:22 PM (7/NKC)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 12:24 PM (oqmRa)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 14, 2026 12:23 PM (7/NKC)
LOL... Maybe Ace needs to get out more...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 12:24 PM (CXoJb)
Ace, you can do better. How about “Dewey Crowe”?
Posted by: RI Red at May 14, 2026 12:24 PM (jkyX4)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 12:25 PM (qBdHI)
Don’t you know we need you now?
We can’t fight alone against the monster.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 12:25 PM (vm3gl)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:25 PM (xcxpd)
How nice.
Blow DC up and start over. Metaphorically. That shit is irreparable.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:25 PM (bss/y)
Child advocates and lawmakers are furious with Gov. Gavin Newsom as California’s pediatric hearing aid program has spent tens of millions of dollars on administrative fees while delivering only a few hundred hearing aids.
Nearly five years after Newsom pushed lawmakers toward a state-run alternative instead of requiring private insurers to cover pediatric hearing aids, California’s Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program had around 300 active enrolled members despite spending almost $23 million, according to a report delivered last month to a state Senate budget committee. That works out to about $76,000 per person.
Michelle Marciniak, founder of Let California Kids Hear, told The Post that the governor’s office has dropped the ball.
Posted by: beckster at May 14, 2026 12:25 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 12:26 PM (oqmRa)
That came from a crow in a Mark Lawrence Book I read last week. 'The Book That Wouldn't Burn'.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:26 PM (xkXS7)
And audits must occur in every program.
No wonder we are 33 Trillion dollars in debt.
Makes me sick 🤢.
Posted by: Czech Chick at May 14, 2026 12:26 PM (rg/w7)
That came from a crow in a Mark Lawrence Book I read last week. 'The Book That Wouldn't Burn'.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:26 PM (xkXS7)
Mark Lawrence is not subtle
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:27 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: The Ravens at May 14, 2026 12:27 PM (CXoJb)
Crooked politician to crime boss who wants the govt to look the other way: Paying me off is just the cost of doing business.
They're the same picture.
Posted by: Pam from the Office Meme at May 14, 2026 12:27 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:27 PM (N8ZBc)
Look for anything small and mylar type reflective.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:27 PM (xkXS7)
You know one of the easiest ways to stop a bunch of this? Make it "50 states under fraud" by cutting off the national money flow. Return to federalism and the Constitution, and let the states fund these vote-buying schemes with their own taxpayer funds. Then a lot of problems with the national gov't fade into insignificance.
Posted by: GWB at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)
and you charging the taxpayer $200 per "service rendered."
Should have gone to town for that handjob for a $180 savings.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (y9nCu)
I bemoan the intrusion of AI into areas where it is not needed, not welcome, and only provides a false sense of "work" being done.
But this is a prime area where an AI can be programmed to successfully sift through massive piles of disparate data to ID trends and flag accounts for further human investigation and screen applicants based on common fraud patterns and data such as duplicate addresses.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (ewuvP)
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Posted by: Harsh but fair at May 14, 2026 12:29 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 12:29 PM (qBdHI)
>And audits must occur in every program.
Heavy Handed Punishment for the misappropriation of Federal Funds.
Ultra Heavy Handed.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:29 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 12:29 PM (Ea/Qv)
Doombird. Pesty. Blackie. Deathdiver. Names befitting a corvid.
Feathered Final Harvester
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)
Should have gone to town for that handjob for a $180 savings.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (y9nCu)
Well, which would you prefer: Ellie May or a DMV employee?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 12:30 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 12:30 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)
Then will come the Murder of Crows.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 12:30 PM (n5tGW)
Beef Stroganoff without the stroganoff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (xcxpd)
But this is a prime area where an AI can be programmed to successfully sift through massive piles of disparate data to ID trends and flag accounts for further human investigation and screen applicants based on common fraud patterns and data such as duplicate addresses.
It really isn't hard to ferret out the fraud; a kid with a phone did it in an afternoon. It isn't that they can't, it's that they don't want to.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)
Doombird. Pesty. Blackie. Deathdiver. Names befitting a corvid.
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:27 PM (N8ZBc)
Russell.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (dK+Kv)
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Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (mkw2N)
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The poor then sold half of those diapers for pennies on the dollar - unreported cash to Mahmood, who put them on sale in his bodega.
Posted by: Its the economy stupid at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (anL5R)
Any government worker that signed off on any approval should be fired and fined.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (z2aPa)
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And he won't even have the company of 1960s Tippi Hedren to help him through the trauma.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 12:32 PM (qBdHI)
WHAT ABOUT THE GAY TRANS BLACK WOMEN!!!
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (et1vG)
They can fight the crows for the rotten meat
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:32 PM (xcxpd)
I assume that's one reason they are trying to get a lot of this done this summer
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 14, 2026 12:33 PM (g8Ew8)
Begun, the Tippi Hedren vs. Suzanne Pleshette war has.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: huerfano at May 14, 2026 12:33 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Crow conspiracy at May 14, 2026 12:33 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:33 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 12:33 PM (n5tGW)
Do you know it's male? How do you tell a boy crow from a girl crow? I assume it didn't let you make a close inspection.
Posted by: No Name Today at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (8mulE)
I believe those who are saying that if we eliminated fraud over the last fifty years we would have no national debt. Start dumping the names of the people getting the money and their not for profits. Ban any who received money fraudulently and their not for profits from ever receiving another government cent. Use civil lawsuits as criminal cases have much higher standards of guilt
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (gu0hJ)
Any government worker that signed off on any approval should be fired and fined.
THIS would be a real game changer. Make them pay a price for graft and there will be a lot less of it.
And ideally make them also pay back, personally, all the money stolen.
You gave $2M for a tranny opera in Peru? Ok, here is your bill for $2M. You only actually got $100K after the rest was filtered around? Oh well, say goodbye to all of your assets now and in the future
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: davidt at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Creeping Death.
He can have his own theme song.
https://youtu.be/X8OeBZQn3_w
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Any new party immediately gets banned from everything for racism or whatever. Even if it doesn't get banned which it will if it gets remotely viable, it gets branded by the media and fake viral SNL and once that happens forget it.
And even if the best happens and it becomes viable you have one or more cycles like what's going on in UK where it merely splits the right and leaves a weakened left still hanging on by default.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (ZLe8E)
Just let that sink in and remember they don’t require proof of citizenship for enrollment.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (wvJdC)
I firmly believe the fraud was coordinated from state and federal government. Biden relaxed fraud detection systems. Fraud investigators in multiple states reported they found issues, but were either ignored or outright told to stop looking into issues. To use a conspiracy theory phrase, at a minimum they let it happen on purpose.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 14, 2026 12:35 PM (Vh9CX)
Sure, the lawsuit would have no prayer. It would be dismissed with prejudice right out of the box. BUT, when filed the amount of fanfare that could be produced through proper promotion, countrywide events etc. would do the next best thing. It would make the issue known to everyone, and present Govt. (and politicians) with an even worse reputation than they have now.
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 12:35 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 14, 2026 12:35 PM (1JqMh)
Posted by: BChasm Phone at May 14, 2026 12:35 PM (PmAgA)
https://youtu.be/X8OeBZQn3_w
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Ahhh....back before they sucked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (n3VHW)
This morning a big ass crow landed in it and just stared at me through the window.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (viF8m)
Sometimes gutting something and wearing it like a skin suit is the smart play.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
These are the same assholes who outlawed plastic straws, grocery sacks, water bottles, etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (UEOBX)
Motor Voter wasn't signing up enough illegals?
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Your declaration is just.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (dK+Kv)
Do you know it's male? How do you tell a boy crow from a girl crow? I assume it didn't let you make a close inspection.
Posted by: No Name Today at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (8mulE)
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If it can tell the difference between cubic zirconia and a real diamond it's a female crow.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (Ea/Qv)
That's the kind of nic that true lovers give each other. Kinda dopey-smitten-cute name you say when you rub beaks.
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Waste, Fraud, Abuse at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (oftw2)
I wonder if we are going to see the DOJ step in "last minute" and take over the state election offices in these blue states in order to stop illegals from voting.
It would be hilarious and amazing to watch "blue states" return more then half their actual citizen votes for GOP candidates...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (xcxpd)
Just let that sink in and remember they don’t require proof of citizenship for enrollment.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (wvJdC)
It'll be a bitch when they become Central America and there's no one around to earn any money to pay taxes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: DaveA at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (FhXTo)
==
I once met a woman who was a Russian doctor for years before coming here. Basically, when it gets to the point that most people realize there is rampant fraud and stealing, almost everyone starts doing it because if you don't you can't survive. People don't do their jobs unless you bribe them, basically. It sounded like an insane hellscape.
Posted by: Crow conspiracy at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (anL5R)
I HATE arborvitaes. They...just assume a right to take over one's yard.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Napster. Memberberries.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)
Just you wait, Ace. In another few weeks you'll be trapped inside a phone booth surrounded by hundreds of the bastards.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (oqmRa)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 12:29 PM (qBdHI)
Huh uh. Republicans will pass laws preventing that. Just you wait and see. It'll happen. Yessiree. They'll bee rolling up their sleeves.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (4KUe5)
Yep. They're spending $0.50 per diaper on that boondoggle. You don't even have to go to a discount store to do far better than that. You can easily find diapers at $0.17 each without going to Costco or Sam's or WalMart or looking for sales. Any random grocery store has them at that price.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (mkw2N)
Why...its like the CA government's actual job is funneling state funds to connected insiders...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: The DNC at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (E/qck)
The places where immigrants are stealing from the system makes the most news but they're not the only ones doing it. Government workers are never going to diligently ensure that money is being spent reasonably and properly because it isn't their money.
People vote for these programs on the basis that it makes them good people but charity cannot involve taking from others at gunpoint so that it can be distributed as you see fit. These programs are immoral. They are harmful. And they encourage poor behavior.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:39 PM (xkXS7)
Under the Junta spending doubled.
All of that was stolen every single dollar.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Inisfree at May 14, 2026 12:39 PM (3g6r+)
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 12:39 PM (I89WZ)
66 Those funds had to ba approved through government agencies.
Any government worker that signed off on any approval should be fired and fined.”
Here’s the trick - EVERY government official signed off on them. There aren’t any good ones worth keeping.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 12:39 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 12:40 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: davidt at May 14, 2026 12:40 PM (Q+gd/)
May we be of assistance?
Posted by: Bamboo at May 14, 2026 12:40 PM (E/qck)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 12:40 PM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Burnt Toast And A Rotten Egg at May 14, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (4KUe5)
Disappointing Hanger of Shelves.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:41 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (xcxpd)/i]
You asked for it........
https://youtu.be/U5Jz5Y5fl5c
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 14, 2026 12:41 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (4KUe5)
>Disappointing Hanger of Shelves.
Unlicensed Pilot of Vespas.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (3ZUWJ)
But we can’t have nice, functional things like this when we import masses from failed states. Their culture is scamming.
We’re racists for noticing this reality. Sorry you think it’s mean. Truly, it’s mean to the people who should be getting these benefits.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (4KUe5)
I like it. Of course I don't get a final vote on the name. It reminds me of Aleister (sp?) Crowley who was an English oddball and into dark arts.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)
Do I get paid a bonus for finding fraud? No, I do not. They gots to fill out a form, they filled out the form. It's reparations. -- Gubment worker
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (ExV1e)
Makes good people do the wrong thing for the right reason.
How many times has there been a disaster and everyone is wondering who to give to and we find so many of the 'charities' really use like 60-80% of funds collected just to maintain their own internal bureaucracy?
This was different when people donated things like actual food or time and work. Those are tangible things that it is harder to graft. But they are also more difficult, which is what people take advantage of.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)
A common point people make to socialists is there is nothing stopping them from pooling their money and living commune/socialist style. The answer to that is usually some variant on "but then we couldn't take YOUR money".
Well, in a thread I was reading earlier I saw a completely new answer to the point...
Socialists aren't and shouldn't go form their own communes because it would be so great people outside the commune would get the benefits and free riders are wrong and evil.
Yep. That's a take I guess. What are these benefits others would get? Unsaid. Why free riding is a problem when a non-socialist would get it from a socialist group instead of the real world reverse? Also unsaid
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: beckster at May 14, 2026 12:25 PM (kX27y)
But, honestly, how many hearing aids do poor people really need? How much of the supposed number against which they're comparing "a few hundred" is really needy?
Remember as you look at this fraud, that a huge part of the problem is them defining "needy" so broadly that, in reality, most of the people who "need" this help DON'T EVEN EXIST. It's not that a lot of daycares, or medicaid helpers, or school lunch kids, or desperately poor deaf kids are not receiving the money to which they're supposedly entitled because someone is committing fraud. No, the problem is that those kids, those poor people, never really existed in the first place.
You've been gaslit. On homeless people. On hungry kids. On poor sick people. They have weaponized your compassion to a great extent by lying about how many of these folks there really are.
Posted by: GWB at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (kU0PQ)
Gov of Ohio Mike DeWine: Fraud is just the cost of doing business.
Fraud is just the things we do together.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (Cqx++)
We are also looking into this. Crows have been known to re-sell this for shiny objects.
Posted by: JD Vance at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (E/qck)
100% normal and standard in large parts of Asia and India. Government has their hand all the way up your butt and you can't do basic things without handing out bribes to a dozen government officials. That's not even to get special treatment. That's to get them out of your way so you can do things on your own like run your business.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Crow conspiracy at May 14, 2026 12:43 PM (anL5R)
Cliffless is no way to go through life.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:37 PM (xkXS7)
He didn't want to do 'One' because he felt it a ballad and ballads were for fagz.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Heckle and Jeckle
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Heckle and Jeckle are magpies, not crows.
Posted by: GWB at May 14, 2026 12:43 PM (kU0PQ)
--
As the SC Senate Majority leader would opine, it'll just make for a more "robust" Democrat party!
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 12:43 PM (qBdHI)
Much, much worse.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (affD0)
Any government worker that signed off on any approval should be fired and fined.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (z2aPa)
I followed the rules given to me to approve funds. You cain't punish me for following rules. -- Gubment worker
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (OIn/d)
I do think the government should offer bounties for identifying fraud, hell even for government employees because in the long term it will pay for itself.
But you only get the $$$ if it either leads to a conviction and/or the money being clawed back
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)
As soon as the Dems are back in charge, they celebrate the fraud as they're in on it.
Posted by: Sharpie at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (qEChX)
Gov of Ohio Mike DeWine: Fraud is just the cost of doing business.
Fraud is just the things we do together.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (Cqx++)
^My nomination for Comment of the Week
Posted by: Gref at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (4KUe5)
So far they haven’t cut one of the budgets by the amount of fraud that’s been discovered. Not one.
They also haven’t tightened up the rules and conditions for providing the states these funds.
They just stand there at press conferences and take credit for fraud the agencies discovered.
Every dollar of fraud they find should result in a budget reduction. Nope says congress.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (wvJdC)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (OIn/d)
'Mind if we all dance with your wife?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)
A Musical Companion of Southern Harmonies?
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:39 PM (xkXS7)
I mean, it sounds good to me.
And thanks, Sponge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (xcxpd)
While the feds were funding this without question, they couldn't find a penny for Americans freezing in tents over the winter in North Carolina.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (73/SM)
==
50% OF THE POPULATION IS GAY!!! HATER!!!!
Posted by: Love is Love at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 12:38 PM (4KUe5)
>Disappointing Hanger of Shelves.
Unlicensed Pilot of Vespas.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:42 PM (xkXS7)
Toter of Humorously Homosexual Haversacks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (BaZnq)
Heckle and Jeckle are magpies, not crows.
Posted by: GWB at May 14, 2026 12:43 PM (kU0PQ)
Don't care. Ace isn't trying to attract magpies, now is he......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)
They're free to also register under their real address, but that's up to them.
Posted by: NYS at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (E/qck)
If any dollar I spent at word is incorrectly allocated I *will* be fired. And if it was stolen in any sense I *will* be prosecuted.
Government workers SHOULD be held to a higher standard.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)
The Free Rider Problem exists outside of Socialism as well as inside of it.
The Laffer Curve is an example of such.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:46 PM (xkXS7)
As soon as the Dems are back in charge, they celebrate the fraud as they're in on it.
Posted by: Sharpie at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (qEChX)
This guy gets it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:46 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 12:45 PM (BaZnq)
not brandon lee?
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 14, 2026 12:46 PM (578V/)
So Alastair.
Is he pretentious, fruity crow?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:25 PM (bss/y)
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" sounds about right for a crow.
Posted by: far cry at May 14, 2026 12:46 PM (+IsEU)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (xcxpd)
My pleasure.
I find them a very underrated and underappreciated band.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Unwinding it all would be a crisis the federal government couldn't survive, and many cities would burn.
It's an insurmountable problem at this point. The options are:
1.) Let the corruption take its course and slowly destroy the country.
2.) Put a stop to it, and instantly destroy the country.
Door #1 is the easier one, and so it's the one everyone will choose.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 12:46 PM (BI5O2)
I see plenty of fat kids in my area. I've yet to meet any that look they'd missed meal.
And honestly when I go into blue areas the kids are fatter then in my neighborhood.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: moki at May 14, 2026 12:47 PM (wLjpr)
Nice.
I got to interview them for Seconds Magazine back in 1990. Really nice guys. Had dinner with the brothers and then spent the evening with them and the band prior to them playing a show at The Chance Theatre in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:47 PM (xkXS7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 14, 2026 12:48 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 12:48 PM (BaZnq)
We have a Wisteria that is trying to take over our back yard. We chopped it to a nub at the end of last summer and it's already looking like it needs a trim.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Vengeance at May 14, 2026 12:48 PM (wvJdC)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)
I see plenty of fat kids in my area. I've yet to meet any that look they'd missed meal.
And honestly when I go into blue areas the kids are fatter then in my neighborhood.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)
I watch Homestead Rescue on occasion. It always amazes me how many homesteaders they come across where the woman/wife is morbidly obese. I mean, HOW?
You have no food........your homestead is failing. Y R U FAT?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:48 PM (Zz0t1)
__
what psychopath would not celebrate their successful theft of countless billions.
Posted by: you will know them by their fruits at May 14, 2026 12:48 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: moki at May 14, 2026 12:47 PM (wLjpr)
That's when you strike! Gotta play the long game.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 12:49 PM (dK+Kv)
Cut off a type of benefit, make all participants re-enroll, and audit the entire thing before the money spigot it turned back on.
No illegals. No refugees. No immigrant.
NO MORE MONEY.
Self-deportation if this doesn’t work for you.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 12:49 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)
Just like Stacey Abrams at a Golden Corral.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:49 PM (bss/y)
Much, much worse.
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:44 PM (xkXS7)
_____
Frankly I have always thought that public whippings make an excellent deterrent.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at May 14, 2026 12:50 PM (OIn/d)
A way to look at this is "how many goods and services does this area produce that other people will pay for?"
My neighborhood has people that work in corporate offices, run small businesses, and works as cops or nurses.
Now go into your average FSA urban area. Outside of a few small business types (maybe phones maybe drugs probably both) who is providing a good or service? And yet no one is going hungry there are they?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Counting Crows at May 14, 2026 12:50 PM (BaZnq)
https://tinyurl.com/msnz8zs5
JK. about the spare time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 12:50 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ)
Karl Marx actually started out being a pretty standup guy, but he soon rejected any sort of religion, indeed becoming quite anti-theist, to the extreme. What happened?
His writings, those that are available (many are not) upon close inspection lend credence to the theory he fell in with occult or Satan worshipping crowd.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (UEOBX)
Here's an example.
Neighbourhood Crow Swoops At Woman
https://tinyurl.com/y6d5hnt5
Here's another:
This is why you never mess with a crow...
https://tinyurl.com/yy5dnw7a
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (bss/y)
I've been taking care of my MS disabled wife for over 2 decades and never asked for a cent. When she got bad enough that I couldn't leave her at home alone while I went to work I retired to care for her full time.
My State, Michigan, has I program to pay you for doing this but it is not for me because I don't feel right about getting paid for what I vowed when we married. Plus the whole thing is setup that you have to join the SEIU and pay their dues, which funds the Left. Screw that.
Posted by: geoffb at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (OtD+j)
I watch Homestead Rescue on occasion. It always amazes me how many homesteaders they come across where the woman/wife is morbidly obese.
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Sounds like an easy fix - wifeproof the livestock and crops. Put a shock collar on her that keeps her away from the food.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (BI5O2)
Me, i would say his first name is 'The'.
Or you could call him Eric. Like Eric Draven?
Posted by: Nelly at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Counting Crows at May 14, 2026 12:50 PM (BaZnq)
I SAID NOT TO SAY IT!
LOL. Fuck you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (bss/y)
You remember in The Hobbit how the Hobbits would basically eat all the time?
Well...there are people that really live like that. I assume in the case you mention, Mrs BigBones has a stash of food she isn't sharing with the rest of the family.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Dread at May 14, 2026 12:52 PM (JujKB)
Billions for everyone.
Pennies for Americans.
If you're not angered by the fraud, it's 'cause you're benefiting from it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 12:52 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 14, 2026 12:52 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:52 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Vengeance
Sell everyrhing you own and give it to the starving children in India.
You’re so full of fake irony. Fuck off.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 12:53 PM (W2Pud)
Remember the people telling us that millions are literally starving and dying of simple health issues because the government isn't spending enough have responded to the MN and CA fraud cases by yawning and claiming it is no big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 12:53 PM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 12:53 PM (gu0hJ)
This is why you never mess with a crow...
https://tinyurl.com/yy5dnw7a
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (dIske)
There are monkeys at a tourist location somewhere that have learned the value of objects people are carrying. They've figured out that hats and sunglasses aren't worth very much, they they'll hold iPhones hostage for a meals worth of food.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:53 PM (Zz0t1)
Pennies for Americans.
If you're not angered by the fraud, it's 'cause you're benefiting from it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 12:52 PM (73/SM)
I do find it hilarious that the dems are perfectly fine with the drug companies charging outrageous prices for JUST America to make up for the loss by selling the same drugs for cheap to the world.
Ass clowns.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y)
We’ve been feeding tens of millions here with no gratitude. It’s become a huge theft/scam machine, while the rest of us struggle with higher food prices. Meanwhile, the birds are appreciative and beautiful.
I say feed more birds and fewer scammers.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 12:53 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: GOP Cucks of South Gayrolina at May 14, 2026 12:54 PM (qUkBO)
This is hilarious, yall got to watch this.
"Any they/thems in the audience?"
https://tinyurl.com/2ebpn78b
Posted by: Robert at May 14, 2026 12:54 PM (ERsao)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Ebonica Hoe at May 14, 2026 12:55 PM (SVtX9)
If you really wanted to take care of the world's poor there is no issue with growing the food, the problem is getting it to them and out of the hand's of their governments.
But just permanently sending food to a poor area is a bad idea as then the population will grow with no economic means to support it.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)
I thought he did as a means of getting attention and shocking people, not because he really believed it , but thanks for the info. I didn't know Marx was into that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 12:55 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Counting Crows at May 14, 2026 12:50 PM (BaZnq)
I really can't express how much you suck. There aren't enough words in the English language to explain it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:55 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 12:56 PM (n3VHW)
180 Just search out "Crow Harrasses" on YouTube and you get a whole library of people like Ace, who thought it was a good idea to gain the attention of a crow:
Here's an example.
Neighbourhood Crow Swoops At Woman
https://tinyurl.com/y6d5hnt5
Here's another:
This is why you never mess with a crow...
https://tinyurl.com/yy5dnw7a
Posted by: Orson at May 14, 2026 12:51 PM (dIske)
---
"You've been swooped, mate..."
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLLdGiVT1A1/
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 12:56 PM (Ea/Qv)
Posted by: Counting Crows at May 14, 2026 12:50 PM (BaZnq)
I really can't express how much you suck. There aren't enough words in the English language to explain it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:55 PM (Zz0t1)
*fistbump* Ear Cancer. Worse than Bonnie Tyler. FAR worse.
And yet it was played once an hour on every station for like a fucking decade. Fucking shrill voiced hippy dipshits.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:57 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: District Court Judge Mike Hunt at May 14, 2026 12:57 PM (4G08c)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 12:57 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 14, 2026 12:57 PM (rIC7X)
———
What “business” are you talking about, exactly? You ain’t doing business. That’s the dirty little secret here. You’re not supposed to notice.
At any rate Fraud, Waste, and Abuse is precisely why so many retail outlets - Grocery stores particularly - fail. It is ridiculous, but they add insult to injury and try to blame it on Whitey. Fucking Democrat clowns
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 12:57 PM (UEOBX)
Send them all back, and cut-off food aid. They'll probably figure out how to feed themselves. And if they don't the problem is solved anyway.
None of these foreigners would help us.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 12:58 PM (BI5O2)
They are fine with it because they want the cost of healthcare in the US to be much higher than elsewhere. They want that so that people who're incapable of even first-order analysis will clamor for single-payer healthcare. Which gives the Democrats more power. Untouchable power.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)
And honestly when I go into blue areas the kids are fatter then in my neighborhood.
Posted by: 18-1
I don't like being outdoors, Smithers. For one thing, there are too many fat children.
Posted by: Montgomery Burns at May 14, 2026 12:58 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 12:57 PM (GPa4z)
Yeah, strange. I wonder if they have graphical dioramas. Most of these retards can't read their OWN language.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (bss/y)
And yet it was played once an hour on every station for like a fucking decade. Fucking shrill voiced hippy dipshits.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:57 PM (bss/y)
And they NEVER SHUT UP. The entire song. You can't hear anything but that shitty voice droning ON and ON and ON and ON for 4 minutes.
Tactical nuke. Do the world a favor....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (W2Pud)
As a taxpayer you funded:
An NGO to find them
An NGO to bring them here.
An NGO to get them on welfare
An NGO to give them a lawyer
Then federal, state, and local welfare for them until they die
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)
There is an answer but we're unlikely to implement it and I'd get banned for suggesting it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Reforger at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (ZFqKB)
When you facilitate the fraud, you DO have it under control...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 01:00 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:00 PM (oqmRa)
1. Fraud happens.
2. Because democrats actually target and prosecute white collar crimes, California auditors and attorneys find the fraud.
3. California prosecutes the fraud.
4. Journalists report on fraud.
5. Right wing culture war slop warriors read the articles put out by journalists.
6. Said slop warriors claim to have found the fraud and that democrats have done nothing about it.
7. Nothing happened in red states because they don't prosecute fraud.
8. Repeat the cycle.
This happens because republicans always run on promising to balance the budget, but they can't do it without shutting down popular programs. The solution is to claim that there is trillions in fraud and that they are always just 2 weeks away from discovering it and finally balancing the budget, and they would have already done it if it weren't for the dastardly democrats.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 01:00 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 01:00 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 01:01 PM (gu0hJ)
Where did you get that idea?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 01:02 PM (UEOBX)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 14, 2026 01:02 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: RI Red at May 14, 2026 12:24 PM (jkyX4)
Dang, i wish i thought of that. That character was a bit of a turd though. I still like Eric Draven Better. 1994, not the new weird tattoo face sh*t.
Posted by: Nelly at May 14, 2026 01:02 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (W2Pud)
I'm so sorry.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:02 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 14, 2026 01:02 PM (cZMme)
Shaniqua and LaTrell from the hood ain’t spending no time prepping healthy meals when they can buy fast food instead. Same goes for Jethro in the trailer park.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 01:02 PM (4G08c)
Did you know that Yemen has also been waging a war on Egypt since the 1970’s?
Maybe flooding their country with food has enabled them to spend more money and effort on the things that has resulted in their societal dysfunction? Maybe they would make peace if the UN wasn’t propose their population, enabling them to have far greater than replacement reproduction of young warriors?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 01:02 PM (4KUe5)
You can bet it would stop quickly, and I would vote for that useful application of our tax dollars.
Posted by: The Crow at May 14, 2026 01:02 PM (aZ9eR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (W2Pud)
Yeah. Me too.
August and Everything After holds a special place in my heart.
Posted by: Reforger at May 14, 2026 01:03 PM (ZFqKB)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 14, 2026 01:03 PM (cZMme)
From reading about his friend the witch, Sybil Leek, who talks about him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 01:04 PM (n3VHW)
1) Aid is a weekly food basket which you come get or if handicapped someone will bring to you.
2) Your citizenship status is checked each time when you get the food.
3) Any non-citizen applying is sent home immediately legally present or no
4) Any bureaucrat that gives food aid to a non citizen gets 1m in prison/$1000 fine per food package.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 01:04 PM (RnjC7)
Inspector is happy to hear they got back together. He likes blues and, being partially deaf, appreciated the fact the singers enunciated.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 01:04 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Reforger at May 14, 2026 01:03 PM (ZFqKB)
I just can't hate my heart that much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 01:04 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 12:57 PM (GPa4z)
Like USAID, the pipeline leads directly to the DNC via cutouts, 501C3s, 501C4s, and dem donors. It's a massive operation to loot the treasury, and Trump is genius for going after their money, which why they have no qualms about animating their crazies to try and shoot him.
We are at war, and only Trump seems to understand this.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (dK+Kv)
Doombird. Pesty. Blackie. Deathdiver. Names befitting a corvid.
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:27 PM (N8ZBc)
Russell.
Many years ago, my dear departed wife rescued an injured crow. We kept him for several months and were able to return him to the wild. His name would probably get us thrown into jail today - S*mb*
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (/enuJ)
Posted by: The Crow at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (aZ9eR)
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (4G08c)
Wow, what an incredible ability to invert reality...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)
3. 2 is merely a conspiracy to commit murder.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (dK+Kv)
Did you know that Yemen has also been waging a war on Egypt since the 1970’s?
The USSR turned the tide in WWII because of food/industrial aid from the US. They were able to draft 2X as many men as anyone else because they didn't need to farm.
We've essentially done the same thing with various Islamist countries nominally because, oops, we didn't know the impact of giving jihadis enough food that they didn't need to grow their own...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 01:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Won't You Hep? at May 14, 2026 01:06 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 01:06 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (n5tGW)
Crazy talk. What you need to do is start a campaign to get that song banned so nobody else can ever hear it and device for themselves whether they like it or not. Same with tv shows and movies don’t like.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 01:06 PM (4G08c)
Wow, what an incredible ability to invert reality...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
It's exactly what happened here in Minnesota, too!
Posted by: Governor Tim Walz at May 14, 2026 01:06 PM (JCZqz)
Inspector is happy to hear they got back together. He likes blues and, being partially deaf, appreciated the fact the singers enunciated.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 01:04 PM (lFFaq)
The reunion was actually facilitated by Howard Stern, of all shitbag douchewaffles........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: The Crow at May 14, 2026 01:05 PM (aZ9eR)
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When I see .410 shells in the bucket, I know there's a badass on the clays course.,
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 01:07 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: The Crow at May 14, 2026 01:07 PM (aZ9eR)
Mrs. Jones is even better.
We got a thing going on.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)
***
You'll be hearing from my Lawyers...
Posted by: Billy Paul at May 14, 2026 01:08 PM (affD0)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)
I don't know, but everything below that is an attempted murder...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 01:08 PM (ynpvh)
Society of the Golden Dawn was spawned by new age spiritualists with dubious ideas and practices. Alistair from one story was in a power struggle to become the leader, took their worship place over, and immediately changed the locks.
Not sure if he truly was 'the dangerous man in England,' but he definitely garnered attention.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 01:08 PM (+3UD9)
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 01:08 PM (mkw2N)
I think he'd give his left nut to really sound as raspy and 'authentic' as he puts on.
My two cents.
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 01:08 PM (RnjC7)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 01:06 PM (YZ0Fo)
It's why the Minneapolis mayor had to choke down the disgusting somali food on tv with a smile on his face, because, by design, the kickbacks from the fraud go right back to the DNC and politicians.
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 14, 2026 01:09 PM (cZMme)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 14, 2026 01:09 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Nav Gewsom at May 14, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: GOP at May 14, 2026 01:09 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: My Compassion Metre Is Broken at May 14, 2026 01:10 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:10 PM (oqmRa)
LULz
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:10 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: connected and litigious at May 14, 2026 01:11 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 01:11 PM (f4tQo)
Posted by: Ripley at May 14, 2026 01:11 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: The Crow
Uh...yeah! Deport those lying, cheating foreign scum! In fact, they aren't just responsible for "A lot of these scams," I think they're responsible for ALL of them! Have you SEEN the YouTube videos of India?!?! Awful, awful place. Definitely don't want them bringing that culture here! Block them, and increase numbers brought from other nations instead!
Posted by: Somalis at May 14, 2026 01:11 PM (JCZqz)
......
That's cruel. Don't be poisoning the wildlife.
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 01:12 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:10 PM (oqmRa)
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Awesome
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 01:12 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 14, 2026 01:12 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 14, 2026 01:12 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: The Crow at May 14, 2026 01:07 PM (aZ9eR)
Saw a YouTube vid of Indians in Canada pulling a neat scam. In this college town (forgot where) there’s a place where college students can go and eat for free. So this one Indian decided he’d buy a sweatshirt with the college logo and pretend to be a student and eat free whenever he wanted. And he boasted about it on social media saying look how gullible these Canadians are.
Other Indians started doing the same and it became a thing.
Eventually it got out and the scam was stopped. I think student ID is bow required. And the original scammer supposedly was fired from his job when it all came out.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 01:12 PM (4G08c)
They need to revamp the entire program.
Posted by: The Crow at May 14, 2026 01:13 PM (aZ9eR)
'Mrs. Jones' is so awful that I just assumed I had some sort of listening defect, where everybody else thought it wonderful, and I for some reason wasn't capable hearing/ appreciating properly.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 01:13 PM (7ogkA)
Mrs. Jones is even better.
We got a thing going on.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)
***
You'll be hearing from my Lawyers...
Posted by: Billy Paul
If lovin' you is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
Posted by: Luther Ingram at May 14, 2026 01:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: just sayin' at May 14, 2026 01:14 PM (/JT24)
———
They eat too much. It takes willpower to put the fork down. 2000 calories a day, the RDA, is based on a sort of mythical ideal person who is moderately active after work.
My favorite propaganda in action, whenever the “news” websites has a story or article about EBT and the rest of it, they usually show something like a shopping cart - a small one, though, and it’s chock full of Brussel Sprouts and Soy “Milk” and. Broccoli Florets. It is hilarious.
I used to watch these 350 pound SOBs waddle up to the register with a huge shopping cart FULL of steaks, chops, ground beef. More meat than I’ve consumed in years, seems like. It’s unreal. If they aren’t stealing directly, it’s indirectly. BAMN
Luxury SUV parked right up front. Handicapped spot. “Would you like some help getting that out to the car” the clerk asks. Poor dears!
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 01:14 PM (UEOBX)
http://tiny.cc/7rf3101
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 01:14 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 01:14 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 14, 2026 01:14 PM (1JqMh)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 01:15 PM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: My Compassion Metre Is Broken at May 14, 2026 01:10 PM (oftw2)
Go? Pfffft. What is this 2011?
They order it in via DoorDash and pay an extra $15 per meal covered by your tax dollars, for the convenience.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 01:15 PM (4G08c)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 01:15 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: The Crow at May 14, 2026 01:15 PM (aZ9eR)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 01:16 PM (Wmh88)
Do you know it's male? How do you tell a boy crow from a girl crow? I assume it didn't let you make a close inspection.
Posted by: No Name Today at May 14, 2026 12:34 PM (8mulE)
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Wouldn't the girl crow have crow boobs?
/And now it's a crow boobs thread ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 01:16 PM (I89WZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 01:17 PM (+3UD9)
less than 20 called to complain
That seems a bit high, but maybe not all 20 were legit, or some called twice.
Posted by: just sayin' at May 14, 2026 01:17 PM (/JT24)
Lytvynchuk was beaten by locals after throwing the rock and has now been taken into custody.
They should've finished the job......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 01:17 PM (abIsI)
And you would take the word of a witch? Think about it.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 01:17 PM (UEOBX)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2026 01:17 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: just sayin' at May 14, 2026 01:18 PM (/JT24)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 14, 2026 01:18 PM (oqmRa)
Posted by: Common Tater
Glinda, sure. Elphaba, nah.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 14, 2026 01:18 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: just sayin' at May 14, 2026 01:18 PM (/JT24)
/And now it's a crow boobs thread ...
Posted by: ShainS
OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH
Posted by: Girl Crow feeding her young at May 14, 2026 01:18 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 01:19 PM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 01:19 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 01:16 PM (Wmh8
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* golf clap *
Crow Geste?
/An excellent movie ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 01:20 PM (I89WZ)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 14, 2026 01:20 PM (0ZXaJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 12:59 PM (bss/y)
Further evidence that they are simply cutouts who are instructed by the pols and promised a cut for whatever level of pretense their willing to enact. Why do I suspect that in this case its *90%* for "the big guy"?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 01:20 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:20 PM (Zz0t1)
LOL.
Axios has an article "crowing" about their GOP friends saving their bacon on redistricting, complete with an AI photo of a dying donkey being lifted up/rescued:
https://is.gd/a2vdYf
Your GOP, folks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 01:20 PM (+3UD9)
Posted by: wth at May 14, 2026 01:21 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Oglebay at May 14, 2026 01:21 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 01:22 PM (gu0hJ)
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former top aide Dana Williamson pled guilty to federal fraud and tax charges after reaching a deal with prosecutors.
Williamson, who was Newsom’s chief of staff from 2022 and 2024 and a top Sacramento power broker, appeared at Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse in Sacramento Thursday to enter her guilty plea to counts of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, subscribing to a false tax return and making false statements.
Williamson was arrested in November 2025 in what prosecutors called a scheme to bilk $225,000 from a dormant campaign account to pay for personal expenses.
Posted by: beckster at May 14, 2026 01:22 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Good to know he's done at least one good thing in his life.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 01:22 PM (lFFaq)
==
Tip toeing around war powers act.
Posted by: not that they should but it seems they are at May 14, 2026 01:22 PM (anL5R)
May we be of assistance?
Posted by: Bamboo at May 14, 2026 12:40 PM
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Wait your turn
Posted by: Kudzu at May 14, 2026 01:23 PM (1Au9i)
This year the govt will spend $6.5T.
And keep in mind 1970 was the height of the Cold War and Vietnam. And yet in a time of relative peace, somehow the govt today spends more than twice what it spend then.
It’s insane.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 01:23 PM (4G08c)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 01:19 PM (Cqx++)
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lol
I'm envisioning a crossover film with Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry and Brandon Lee called "Crow Magnum Force."
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 01:23 PM (I89WZ)
Something similar happened to me when I misgendered a tranny in the "gayborhood" last year.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 14, 2026 01:23 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 14, 2026 01:24 PM (Wmh88)
“Crime doesn’t pay”. Bullshit.
Scamming the system to such a large degree also contributes to the ultimate collapse of the infrastructure, undermines the currency, creates chaos and anarchy, racial strife, and enriches crooked politicians. Cloward-Piven with Updates.
What’s not to like, really, if you are fomenting Revolution?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 01:24 PM (UEOBX)
Wait your turn
Posted by: Kudzu at May 14, 2026 01:23 PM (1Au9i)
Had a bud who had a band. Went to an open mic night at this hole in the wall in Dallas. They had a house band that took up most of the time. He kept walking up and asking when their turn to take the stage would be. The singer douche kept telling him to "wait your turn."
When they finally took the stage, before he started the first song he said "Hi there. We're Wait Your Turn."
The douche wasn't very happy about that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)
==
Well, he's not wrong about that. (heh)
So if you have campaign funds, and somebody else embezzles them and kicks some back to you so you can wet your beak is that wrong? Should I have not done that?
Posted by: crow politician at May 14, 2026 01:25 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 01:25 PM (+3UD9)
Posted by: zombie Robert Redford at May 14, 2026 01:26 PM (wXgT/)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 01:26 PM (+3UD9)
>>It’s insane.
At a bare minimum, 30pct of any local, state, or federal budget is straight graft and corruption.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 01:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Costco presents, the wine bucket!
http://tiny.cc/8sf3101
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2026 01:27 PM (mkw2N)
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So, I guess taking a tire iron to a baby harp seal would also be frowned upon?
What if i just nibble out its eyes.
Posted by: crow magnon at May 14, 2026 01:28 PM (anL5R)
the Star Bar in '01.
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 01:28 PM (I89WZ)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 14, 2026 02:04 PM (FpP3s)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 14, 2026 02:27 PM (xvV+O)
==
Tip toeing around war powers act.
Posted by: not that they should but it seems they are at May 14, 2026 01:22 PM (anL5R)
This is prosecuting the war. They have a 'fort' we don't want to send troops to take. We have cut off their supply line in terms of oil trade. Eventually they will run out of money to pay their troops.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 14, 2026 02:27 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 14, 2026 02:30 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: creeper at May 14, 2026 02:34 PM (80oeU)
There are a lot of people who.use the "in-home services" provision to care for relatives who.are neither scammers nor leeches on the body politic.
One I know personally uses this money to be able to care for her relative who has frequent grand mal seizures. She couldn't hold a full.time job because of the requirement to rush home to check for no serious damage (Once, the patient had to go into the emergency room for stiches when they split their head open falling. Another time, collapsed outdoors in the rain in 40° weather which could result in hypothermia). She had to be available. With that money, she found a part-time position which allows her to leave work , take care of the issue, then return. With both sources of income, it's about equivalent to a full-time job and they're managing.
Let's get rid of the fraud and leave the.program for genuinely needy.
Incidentally, the seizure patient worked for 36 years - and paid taxes - before the seizures started.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 14, 2026 02:52 PM (LzRih)
Posted by: garrett at May 14, 2026 12:27 PM (xkXS7)
A pack of Pop Tarts.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 14, 2026 04:33 PM (w6EFb)
The Morning Rant: Thune Needs To Go!
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Tuesday “We don’t have the votes to get rid of the filibuster” as his defense for why he won’t get the SAVE America Act passed. Lucky for Thune, he doesn’t need to “get rid of the filibuster” to pass the SAVE America Act, but he already knows that — he just doesn’t want to pass the legislation at all.
If the good people of South Dakota approve of this clown's transparent attempt to supplant a wildly popular bill with his own belief in the correctness of our obviously broken voting systems, then perhaps it is time to revoke its statehood. But my guess is that the people who voted for him are just as disappointed. Cui Bono? Who benefits from our country's slide into 3rd world sh*thole status, courtesy of illegal voting? The Democrat junta obviously. But why would Thune support the continuation of this destruction of our constitutional republic and its conversion into a majority-rule "democracy" without any of the checks and balances that have defended our freedoms for 250 years? Is it as simple as Thune's desire for the status quo, which makes his life quite easy, but will ultimately destroy our republic? If so, he might be even sleazier and amoral than the typical senator, and that is saying a lot. PS. For a taste of a different sort of politician, listen to Jeff Carter, candidate for Nevada State Treasurer on the CutJibNewsletter podcast! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated! And...Yeah...I was in a meeting that ran late!
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Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 14, 2026 11:41 AM (Kt19C)
Jesus had a fence to stain today
Posted by: r hennigantx
Jesus is out standing in his field.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (abIsI)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (xcxpd)
If so, he might be even sleazier and amoral than the typical senator, and that is saying a lot.
Thune thinks it is 1996 or so.
But Jesus said to him, “No one having laid the hand upon the plow and looking to the things behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Beans, the Magical Fruit at May 14, 2026 11:43 AM (2fUyU)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:43 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (abIsI)
Left?
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:43 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 14, 2026 11:43 AM (2UnvF)
Yes, the leftists want to rule the country and the "conservatives" want to enrich themselves and their cronies, but ALL of them want to avoid blame first and foremost.
That's why they do everything they can to pass responsibility off to bureaucrats and judges.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 11:43 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 14, 2026 11:44 AM (2fUyU)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (abIsI)
Left?
Posted by: r hennigantx
Prolly lettuce.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:44 AM (abIsI)
Posted by: Advo at May 14, 2026 11:44 AM (jO4mz)
What has the vaunted United States Senate done for us lately? Remember, they are the self-described "greatest deliberative body on the planet!"
Uh, they've deliberated?
Jeez, there's no pleasing some people!
As has always been the case, activities are not accomplishments.
Politicians never understand that. Nor do too many voters.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:44 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: The person who always says that at May 14, 2026 11:44 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 11:44 AM (UEOBX)
The problem is they do too much....stealing, robbing, raping, molesting, gerrymandering, bribing and grifting, all the while growing more and more greedy as they enter their 80s.
John McCain comes to mind.
Posted by: They Shoot Senators Don't They? at May 14, 2026 11:45 AM (mC7bQ)
Who has the GOPe queued up to run for Cocaine Mitch's seat in Kentucky?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:46 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 11:46 AM (BpO1e)
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 11:46 AM (y9nCu)
For most pols, doing nothing is far more likely to lead to reelection than doing something that will anger some portion of the populace, and since reelection is their top priority, we get what we now have. I give you John Cornyn.
That will continue as long as people allow it to, and it looks like people are finally tired of Cornyn. Perhaps the good people of SD will finally wake up, but I doubt it. They like that their guy heads the Senate.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (xcxpd)
*fistbump*
I'm just thankful Elric allowed me this one........
🙄
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: CBD
Yeah, when I take a long dump, I call it going to "the office", too.
Posted by: Here I Sit, All Broken-Hearted at May 14, 2026 11:47 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 11:47 AM (ZLe8E)
That will continue as long as people allow it to, and it looks like people are finally tired of Cornyn. Perhaps the good people of SD will finally wake up, but I doubt it. They like that their guy heads the Senate.
They do, until they don't. Ask Tom Daschele.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:47 AM (s9VOe)
Uh, they've deliberated?
Jeez, there's no pleasing some people!
So we're completely ignoring chin scratching and pud pulling?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)
That's why they do everything they can to pass responsibility off to bureaucrats and judges.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 11:43 AM (N1DT3)
You're absolutely right. Congress is the reason we have the seemingly immovable deep state. They don't want any responsibility for anything but money and title.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (g8Ew8)
If so, he might be even sleazier and amoral than the typical senator, and that is saying a lot.
Thune thinks it is 1996 or so.
But Jesus said to him, “No one having laid the hand upon the plow and looking to the things behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (/+uur)
Most of our "rulers" are so detached from reality that nothing except kicking them out of Washington will wake them up. (And most will go back to be a different kind of parasite, a lobbyist.)
"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re inside, you look around. What do you see? Business people, teachers, lawyers, carpenters... these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it."
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (abIsI)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 14, 2026 11:43 AM (2UnvF)
But they have a taxpayer funded sexual assault fund, so there's that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)
That'll lear 'em!
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (+rmlS)
So we're completely ignoring chin scratching and pud pulling?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)
And sleeve rolling. Don't forget the sleeve rolling.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:49 AM (77rzZ)
So we get new ones.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 11:50 AM (ZLe8E)
And remember, "reaching across the aisle" counts as an Arm Day
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:50 AM (s9VOe)
That'll lear 'em!
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (+rmlS)
Without the 17th Amend we would have about 65 (R)s with an average tenure of around 8 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:50 AM (/+uur)
And remember, "reaching across the aisle" counts as an Arm Day
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:50 AM (s9VOe)
reach around>reaching across
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:51 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)
And...Yeah...I was in a meeting that ran late!
You just need to tell the boss to stop wasting everyone's time and wrap it up so that you can get back to your desk to post on AoS. Let him know where the real priorities lie.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 11:51 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)
They used to make a great waitress sammich
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:52 AM (/+uur)
If so, he might be even sleazier and amoral than the typical senator, and that is saying a lot.
The really sad thing, and I'm sure Thune knows it, is-
that the Democrats are so insane and so...what?...bloodthirsty, and straight up communist now, and the numbers so close in the Senate and House that-
we literally can't vote for the Democrat to boot his sorry ass out of office as well as his fellow sorry asses by voting for the Democrat.
If he's not primaries out, he stays.
Refusing to support his voters, his party, and his country,. What a bought and paid for scumbag puppet.
He can't get ass cancer soon enough.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 11:52 AM (iJfKG)
You just need to tell the boss to stop wasting everyone's time and wrap it up so that you can get back to your desk to post on AoS. Let him know where the real priorities lie.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 11:51 AM (y9nCu)
Afterall........
AoS Benefits Package > Actual Paying Job
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: GOP at May 14, 2026 11:52 AM (abIsI)
Thune needs to go, absolutely. Replaced by Senator Murkowski
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 11:53 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: CBD
Ace talked your ear off about his crow, didn't he?
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 11:53 AM (KAw7u)
In selecting an appropriate visual symbol of the Senate in its founding period, one might consider an anchor, a fence, or a saucer. Writing to Thomas Jefferson, who had been out of the country during the Constitutional Convention, James Madison explained that the Constitution's framers considered the Senate to be the great "anchor" of the government. To the framers themselves, Madison explained that the Senate would be a "necessary fence" against the "fickleness and passion" that tended to influence the attitudes of the general public and members of the House of Representatives. George Washington is said to have told Jefferson that the framers had created the Senate to "cool" House legislation just as a saucer was used to cool hot tea.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 11:53 AM (Cqx++)
53R Senators and we can't get a basic vote protection measure.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)
You just need to tell the boss to stop wasting everyone's time and wrap it up so that you can get back to your desk to post on AoS. Let him know where the real priorities lie.
You need to develop the old sage schtick:
"I recall the time we last tired [ the current thing under discussion ]. Back in '98 it was, I think. Why, I remember ..."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:54 AM (s9VOe)
53R Senators and we can't get a basic vote protection measure.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)
It's why we'll never have nice things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)
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Honestly? The color of their lapel pin.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 11:55 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 11:56 AM (gu0hJ)
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In hospice?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:56 AM (/lPRQ)
You're absolutely right. Congress is the reason we have the seemingly immovable deep state. They don't want any responsibility for anything but money and title.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 14, 2026 11:48 AM (g8Ew
And access to ambitious nubile young blonde blue-blood staffers in their first year out of college, while they're winding down the "bi until graduation" phase.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 11:56 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)
Saw a pic of her. She looks like she could drop dead at any moment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)
They don't write legislation, they don't have spirited debates, and they spend as little time in the Senate chamber as possible. It's 6-year job security and they simply don't give a fuck to do anything other than fundraise and eat nice meals and get drunk with their colleagues and the lobbyists buying the drinks.
Doing real, actual work is foreign to most of them because a lot of them haven't had an actual job in 30+ years, if ever.
Especially once you get into leadership like Thune, you know you're on easy street until you finally decide to retire much too late (Mitch) or just drop dead while in office, so you have even less incentive to do anything more than jack shit.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 11:56 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 14, 2026 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 11:57 AM (gu0hJ)
Another ‘Missing’ Lawmaker? 83-Year-Old Democrat Rep. Frederica Wilson Hasn’t Voted in Nearly One Month – Missed 43 Straight Votes
Isn't she the rhinestoned cowboy outfit foo?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:57 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 11:56 AM (y9nCu)
Fixed on behalf of Foley and Hastert.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 11:58 AM (KAw7u)
The only threat to their jobs is a successful primary challenge, which is virtually unheard of.
Posted by: Jose at May 14, 2026 11:58 AM (V6W16)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 11:56 AM (y9nCu)
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We called Saxby Chambliss' staff "The Stable" because he kept his office packed with young fillies.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 11:58 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 11:57 AM (gu0hJ)
Also known as 'gagging on a cock.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 11:59 AM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 12:00 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 12:00 PM (Cqx++)
Thune needs to be put out on his ear.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at May 14, 2026 12:00 PM (/Jufz)
Enjoy what may be the speed bump years of Trump.
All the 250th hullaballoo has a weird taste.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 14, 2026 12:01 PM (U/Byj)
If the Army needs 100 new tanks the Treasury just writes them a check or prints off the money to give them. But the lawmakers who permit this will take every dime from the taxpayers to further the con and line their pockets.
To the tune of $38 trillion. So far.
The GOP operates with a very low level of plausible deniability. Unlike the Democrats who don't give a fuck what you think about them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 12:01 PM (jehhT)
To the tune of $38 trillion. So far.
The GOP operates with a very low level of plausible deniability. Unlike the Democrats who don't give a fuck what you think about them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 12:01 PM (jehhT)
Of which, likely $30t is fraud.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 11:53 AM (KAw7u)
People say things but...
No, the Vice President cannot declare the Senate to be in recess. The authority to recess the Senate lies with the Senate itself, typically exercised by unanimous consent or a majority vote, not with the Vice President.
While the Vice President serves as the President of the Senate and presides over its sessions, their role is largely ceremonial in day-to-day operations. Senate rules and precedents establish that decisions about adjournment or recess are made by the body through unanimous consent or formal motion.
Some sources clarify that the Vice President, as Presiding Officer, can influence legislative timing post-cloture but this does not extend to declaring a recess. The Senate’s ability to control its own proceedings is protected under Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution, which grants each chamber the power to determine its rules and adjournments.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:04 PM (ExV1e)
Doesn't 250 generally signal the end times of a Republic
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:04 PM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 12:04 PM (gu0hJ)
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Unfortunately, it's all too true. It's very hard to unseat these vermin via the primaries. Most especially in states like mine, SC, where the primary is a free-for-all. The only way we'll likely ever be rid of POS's like Lindsay Graham is if he decides to leave or if he dies.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 12:04 PM (qBdHI)
The Democratic youth movement continues on
Noon news
MSNow - China - Americans pissed about inflation - business leaders on trip
CNN - Xi warns Trump on Taiwan
Fox - Outnumbered . Emily - SPLC education shit
CBC - major investments to double electricity by 2050! Take that America!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 12:05 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 12:05 PM (iJfKG)
https://tinyurl.com/mne9bdjb
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:05 PM (N8ZBc)
If I had to guess... they think that Democrat control of the country will have no negative effect on them or theirs and they don't care about anyone else.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 12:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:07 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 14, 2026 12:07 PM (I89WZ)
86 The only threat to their jobs is a successful primary challenge, which is virtually unheard of.”
Look at all the shit that’s been thrown at Paxton for daring to do that. You need to find someone with a real DGAF attitude to do that, and it’s hard.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 12:08 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 14, 2026 12:08 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Tits On A Bull at May 14, 2026 12:08 PM (mC7bQ)
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It never has before... and no, they don't give a shit about you or me. Unless we're not paying our fair share of taxes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 12:08 PM (jehhT)
When you're inside a system and don't want to do something, and come up with all manner of excuses to not do that task you were hired to do...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 12:09 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 12:10 PM (ynpvh)
It's time.
I don't want to hear any complaining from the Trump administration about these treacherous dicklickers. I don't want to hear it from their voters, either.
Everyone knows what the GOP is. Leave or keep getting punched in the eye.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 12:10 PM (BI5O2)
90 The GOPe and Thune are very short sighted. Do they think that if Trump and MAGA goes away (not happening) that everything will go back to uniparty happiness?”
Very much like the Conservatives/Tories in England. They decided it was better to suicide their own party than to make any real changes. Probably because they had it all set up so that they could take the money and run even if everything all went to shit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 12:10 PM (AnnNE)
Senator Russell wasn’t too objectionable? And Karl Mundt. For Reps, I like H.R. Gross
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 12:11 PM (UEOBX)
Isn't she the rhinestoned cowboy outfit foo?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:57 AM (s9VOe)
*zombie Glen Campbell perks up*
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 14, 2026 12:11 PM (g8Ew8)
It's time.
I don't want to hear any complaining from the Trump administration about these treacherous dicklickers. I don't want to hear it from their voters, either.
Everyone knows what the GOP is. Leave or keep getting punched in the eye.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 12:10 PM (BI5O2)
And how do you keep them out of the new party? What mechanism prevents their infiltration?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 12:11 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 12:10 PM (ynpvh)
They need to kill Murkowski, Collins, Paul, and Tillis... Figuratively of course...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 12:12 PM (CXoJb)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 12:00 PM (Cqx++)
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I initially read that as "cats."
Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at May 14, 2026 12:12 PM (I89WZ)
How does a Republican majority in this senate differ from a Democrat minority?
The democrat minority gets what it wants.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 14, 2026 12:15 PM (xvV+O)
In South Dakota state politics, Senator John Thune has traditionally maintained a policy of public neutrality in intra-party primary matchups, choosing instead to focus his political support on local defense, agricultural infrastructure, and law enforcement groups. (AI Overview)
And this appears to be the last Senate press release Thune/his office posted that discusses the SAVE Act: Recent Press Releases, Thune on DHS Funding and SAVE America Act Progress
“[H]opefully we’ll have cooperation from Democrats to end the government shutdown.” March 24, 2026
In part, “Overwhelming support for the SAVE America Act, the Democrats said – Chuck Schumer said out here last week – that they support voter ID.
Well, we’re going to give them an opportunity to evidence that by putting it up for a vote.
Later, I’ll be filing an amendment that would require photo ID, and we’ll see what the Democrats do."
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Fooled again? Nah.
He knows the dems would likely take photo i.d. but they can often be obtained through state Department of Motor Vehicles, or equivalent commissions or agencies, without verification of birth & U.S. citizenship.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 12:15 PM (NFX2v)
Good God man, get a job.
Posted by: Mr. Lebowski at May 14, 2026 12:15 PM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 12:16 PM (vm3gl)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:44 AM (s9VOe)
That lack of understanding was what led Miss80sBaby to leave the HQ in 2016. She was in DC and kept telling us the pols hadn't betrayed us because they were having meetings. It didn't matter how often we explained to her that meetings that didn't result in action were theater, she believed we were being wildly unfair to want Trump and his, hopefully creative, destruction of the status quo.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 12:17 PM (lFFaq)
Any views on the Republican candidates running for Nevada Attorney General, Danny Tarkanian and Adriana Guzmán-Fralick?
Posted by: JROD at May 14, 2026 12:17 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 12:11 PM (ynpvh)
Leadership.
Trump and his loyalists need to start a new Party, with a new name, and appeal to all MAGA voters to leave the GOP. And appeal to LIV moderate Dems to do the same.
Invite a short list of MAGA friendly Republicans to the Party. Explicitly banish any unnamed elected Republican to the outer reaches, never to be acknowledged as a human being, let alone a candidate.
Run fresh blood in every primary the incumbent does drop out of (many will, they are hopeless in a fight against MAGA). Where they don't, bankroll the fuck out of the race against him.
Put MAGA names on every ballot in 2028, even if it's an unknown.
Nail these fuckers to the wall.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 12:17 PM (BI5O2)
Good God man, get a job.
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You can't crowbar these people out. They have it easy. They have it made. They know it. Their job is not to represent, preserve and protect America and Americans. It's to swell their net worth, and make sure they remove themselves in all manners from the consequences of laws they make (or fail to make).
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 12:18 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: ShainS
And the quadruple chin.
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 14, 2026 12:19 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: ShainS
And the quadruple chin.
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 14, 2026 12:19 PM (W5mpo)
Turkey wattle
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 12:20 PM (CXoJb)
Posted by: gp at May 14, 2026 12:21 PM (N8ZBc)
You can't crowbar these people out. They have it easy. They have it made. They know it. Their job is not to represent, preserve and protect America and Americans. It's to swell their net worth, and make sure they remove themselves in all manners from the consequences of laws they make (or fail to make).
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 12:18 PM (qBdHI)
They have a mostly "no-show" job that pays them a good wage and gives them opportunity for incredible graft that enhances their retirement fund handsomely.
Why would they NOT want to keep it for decades?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 12:22 PM (Zz0t1)
GOP Senators are not interested in fighting for legislation.
They are interested in being Senators. The office is the goal, not what good they might do with it.
a US Senator's goal is to be re-elected in perpetuity, for the balance of his natural life.
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 12:23 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 14, 2026 12:23 PM (wBaIH)
NOOD
Trump Cancels $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to Fraud and Piracy Ridden State of California
NOOD!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 12:24 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 12:26 PM (Ea/Qv)
Trump and his loyalists need to start a new Party, with a new name, and appeal to all MAGA voters to leave the GOP. And appeal to LIV moderate Dems to do the same.
Invite a short list of MAGA friendly Republicans to the Party. Explicitly banish any unnamed elected Republican to the outer reaches, never to be acknowledged as a human being, let alone a candidate.
Run fresh blood in every primary the incumbent does drop out of (many will, they are hopeless in a fight against MAGA). Where they don't, bankroll the fuck out of the race against him.
Put MAGA names on every ballot in 2028, even if it's an unknown.
Nail these fuckers to the wall.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 12:17 PM (BI5O2)
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I was disappoint that Trump -- or those adjacent to him like his sons -- never organized or created a MAGA Party or similar Org back in 2015, even were its mission the vetting & training of MAGA Candidates going forward.
I remember the book "One Minute Manager" and its advice that the top priority of a good (nay great) manager is to train replacements able to do the job themselves should the need ever arise.
Posted by: ShainS at May 14, 2026 12:31 PM (I89WZ)
Any new party immediately gets banned from everything for racism or whatever. Even if it doesn't get banned which it will if it gets remotely viable, it gets branded by the media and fake viral SNL and once that happens forget it.
And even if the best happens and it becomes viable you have one or more cycles like what's going on in UK where it merely splits the right and leaves a weakened left still hanging on by default.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:33 PM (ZLe8E)
And even if the best happens and it becomes viable you have one or more cycles like what's going on in UK where it merely splits the right and leaves a weakened left still hanging on by default.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:33 PM (ZLe8E)
The GOP is the most important part if the Democrat Party. If you kill it, the rest of the Party will die too. Yes, it may take a little while. But the system can't survive without a controlled opposition Party.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)
Here's wacko Pennsylvania's current system, in brief:
Voters generally do not need to provide ID unless they are voting in a district for the first time.
Under the SAVE Act, a Pennsylvania driver’s license (including a REAL ID) would no longer suffice on its own to register to vote, as these IDs do not legally prove U.S. citizenship. Citizens would need an ORIGINAL birth certificate or U.S. passport to register.
Civic organizations urge rejection of the bill, warning that requiring in-person documentary proof of citizenship would dismantle Pennsylvania’s popular online voter registration program used by millions.
It also doesn't want to use a fed data base to id non-citizens on voting lists.
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Original birth certificates stay in government vaults. A passport or RealID, requires a CERTIFIED birth certificate.
That is an official, state-issued copy of that record. It bears an embossed or raised state seal and an authorized signature, and it is the only version accepted for legal purposes like passports, driver's licenses, and employment.
See usa dot job/birth certificate.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 12:47 PM (NFX2v)
find money from the CCP and membership in the SDMMM.
Posted by: noyfb at May 14, 2026 02:32 PM (PW3Q+)
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Posted by: JackWayne at May 14, 2026 03:12 PM (wo2xp)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Edward Laning
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The two dudes riding the hook across the sky would've been fired immediately for having fun on the job.
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Too many Why Peepoh!
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Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)
Right? No one appears to be reaching down, in between their legs and easing the seat back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm sorry, but all this, this, busy-ness has the look of a clusterfuck in action.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:34 AM (s9VOe)
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Posted by: Minecraft at May 14, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Yes, standing water will stop those mosquitoes!
Trust the science.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:35 AM (gtcuf)
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Posted by: Commissar
Henry B. Swap sent Mike Mulligan down there to get him out of his hair.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Petey Palindrome at May 14, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Delurker
HA! I haven't read that word in a long time.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 09:36 AM (Kyh8Y)
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Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 09:37 AM (ZxPkt)
Kind of looks like one of those paintings that was done in the 30s as a works project for a train station wall. A bit less overtly commie, the people have faces.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 09:38 AM (bss/y)
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Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 09:39 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Don Black
So...you're saying it accurately conveys the reality of the canal project? So brilliant.
Posted by: Gay Art Critic at May 14, 2026 09:39 AM (JCZqz)
This could be the future, too. I remember one Moron's plan for a glorious national canal project. Plenty of trannies EBT layabouts and unrepentant illegals available for rehabilitative work programs...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
That would be the Great North American Dignity Canal, completely excavated by hand and entirely at sea level (we don't need no stinking locks!), from our Atlantic Coast to our Pacific Coast.
I regret that I do not recall the name of the Moron here who was its staunchest proponent.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:39 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I believe the lovely ladies who negotiate that are just off-frame.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 09:40 AM (W0KIM)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
There was the one by Edmund Morris that was well-received. Unlike his biography of Reagan.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)
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Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 09:41 AM (Kyh8Y)
The two dudes riding the hook across the sky would've been fired immediately for having fun on the job.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
And that does look a little Van Halen-ish music video at that. I wonder . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)
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Posted by: Gref at May 14, 2026 09:42 AM (5rh/l)
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
by David McCullough
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:42 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 14, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:43 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Delurker
Speak softly and carry two hats.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:43 AM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)
Well it is Panama.
Posted by: I can barely see the road from the heat coming off it at May 14, 2026 09:44 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:43 AM (ZLe8E)
Judges would have also accepted any film re-released by George Lucas.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Sponge
Black WOMEN there Sponge.
Please, get our history right.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 09:46 AM (Kyh8Y)
We can do it. We have the unskilled labor out the wazzoosky.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)
You DICK!!!!
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli
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Damn. Looks like he finally got the banhammer.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 09:46 AM (XvL8K)
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Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 09:46 AM (XvL8K)
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Oh, I'm sure he'll be back under a new nic/hash, like the Yellow Fever infected mosquito that spawned him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 09:48 AM (gnNyN)
This must be the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 09:48 AM (E/qck)
Please, get our history right.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 09:46 AM (Kyh8Y)
I'll get it right next time, I promise.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)
The Rinky-Dink - a limerick
You've got to keep your skating rink clean
With a slippery and ultra smooth sheen
So don't buy a phony
Get a genuine Zamboni
It's truly a nice machine!
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 09:49 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 09:49 AM (I0N4X)
As my nephew, a hard and tireless worker in the construction trades, is fond of saying, "Pick up that shovel and get to work, college boy!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:49 AM (s9VOe)
This must be the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 09:48 AM (E/qck)
It's not the Chattanooga Choo Choo?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 14, 2026 09:49 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 09:50 AM (mkTSO)
This must be the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Posted by: t-bird
Maybe. But the Panama Canal was eventually finished.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 09:50 AM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: Limerick Lover at May 14, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Oh, I'm sure he'll be back under a new nic/hash, like the Yellow Fever infected mosquito that spawned him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 09:48 AM (gnNyN)
Trolls are nothing if not persistent.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
But I could be mistaken.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 09:50 AM (A5RD0)
Hah! Good catch. It's like the artist got to the bottom of the painting and forgot to finish it.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:51 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: PennDOT at May 14, 2026 09:52 AM (E/qck)
Posted by: Sponge
Where else was I going to bury them?
-- Teddy Brewster
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)
I believe it was Uncle Palpatine who expressed hopes and dreams for the Dignity Canal.
But I could be mistaken.
Posted by: nurse ratched
I think that you remember correctly, nurse
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:53 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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TR himself wrote a book on the naval history of the War of 1812. Never read it, but it was apparently well received.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 09:54 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: The More You Know at May 14, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)
But I could be mistaken.
I express hopes and dreams for the Fudge Tunnel!
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at May 14, 2026 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
He also wrote one about American westward expansion.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)
The folks in the background at upper left are digging the canal. What are these clowns doing -- building the ski flying hill?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:55 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: The More You Know
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And this dictated the maximum beam on our battleships. It was a significant consideration in ship designs.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 09:57 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 14, 2026 09:57 AM (SQt8a)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
The President's there. They gotta look busy.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)
"Damn! That's the fifth shovel that I've broken this week!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:58 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Ole Buzzard at May 14, 2026 09:59 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 09:59 AM (z2aPa)
Lotsa layaboutin' and sharin' sage advice goin' on hereabouts.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:59 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:58 AM (s9VOe)
I was tending a burn pile a while back using some metal rakes collected when cleaning out my dad's shop. They were old, of course, but ended up going through 4 of them before the fire was burned down to not needing constant attention.
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at May 14, 2026 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
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You sure that's not a marketing term for wide-screen TV … ?
Posted by: Dr_No at May 14, 2026 10:00 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 09:59 AM (z2aPa)
Add baseball players and that about covers it.
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 10:01 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 09:59 AM (z2aPa)
....walk into a bar.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)
You have to give the firm that won the shovel handles concession a lot of credit -- never had so much balsa wood been introduced to a market and in at such a great volume.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 10:02 AM (s9VOe)
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The same thing was done with the Irish and Italians in New Orleans when the New Basin Canal was dug … ask me how I know.
Posted by: Dr_No at May 14, 2026 10:02 AM (ayRl+)
Skeeters - a limerick
I certainly don't mean to scare ya
But go ahead, go to Panama, I dare ya
Meet members of class Insecta
You'll win the Tropical Trifecta
Dengue, Yellow fever and malaria
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X)
I certainly don't mean to scare ya
But go ahead, go to Panama, I dare ya
Meet members of class Insecta
You'll win the Tropical Trifecta
Dengue, Yellow fever and malaria
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X)
Thread winner.
Every damn time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Did they kick the Chinese out yet?
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:04 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 10:05 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Eromero
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They're actually below average in that regard, at least as compared to the other latin american countries. Rod Carew and Mariano Rivera in the HOF. That's it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 10:05 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 10:06 AM (s9VOe)
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The same thing was done with the Irish and Italians in New Orleans when the New Basin Canal was dug … ask me how I know.
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Wasn't it after Katrina, or during the hurricane, stories started to appear about caskets floating down streets after the flooding dislodged them from the ground?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 10:06 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Eromero
Don't forget about me!
-- Zombie John McCain
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 14, 2026 10:08 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)
Don't forget about me!
-- Zombie John McCain
Posted by: Bulg
Is it break time at the Neverending Funeral, John?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 10:09 AM (s9VOe)
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that was Poltergeist
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:11 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 10:11 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JTB at May 14, 2026 10:11 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 10:11 AM (W0KIM)
(as we approach America's 250th Birthday Celebration):
Walmart has their Marketside uncured Angus beef franks.
Minimal ingredients; no preservatives or colorings.
Tastes like hot dogs are supposed to; like I remember as a youth.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 10:12 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 10:12 AM (W0KIM)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:13 AM (EuUgR)
Posted by: mea culpa at May 14, 2026 10:14 AM (It7TO)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 14, 2026 10:14 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:15 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nurse ratched
You know you'd be the first one in line for Otter 841: The Musical.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 14, 2026 10:16 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:13 AM (EuUgR)
Succinct. To the point.
*makes note "never ask nurse to a musical"*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tuna at May 14, 2026 10:18 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)
Today I learned...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 14, 2026 10:18 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
Geezer Goof Update!
We played a four person team best ball round. They redid the scoring and my team came in second. My winnings jumped from $6 to $16!
Woohoo!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:18 AM (2WIwB)
Woohoo!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:18 AM (2WIwB)
Did THAT cover your bar tab?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: cmeat at May 14, 2026 10:19 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
I bet he's out singing "Snow, Snow, Snow" at the retired general's ski lodge.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:19 AM (2WIwB)
KIT 15 ShinBlade "Who Bitch This Is?!"
youtube.com/watch?v=1Sfs9h3bIDg
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 10:20 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)
Why yes. Yes it did!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:20 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at May 14, 2026 10:21 AM (0sNs1)
Why yes. Yes it did!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:20 AM (2WIwB)
Good to know you're a cheap date.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Similar to the Russia/Ukraine war where it just disappears from the discussion.
Posted by: Jose at May 14, 2026 10:22 AM (V6W16)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:13 AM
Perhaps you otter not to go?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 10:22 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Glenn at May 14, 2026 10:22 AM (kCvJX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Had to drive. So just two beers.
Although two beers might help my driving. (On the course of course)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:23 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: cmeat at May 14, 2026 10:23 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 10:24 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 14, 2026 10:24 AM (kpS4V)
Had to drive. So just two beers.
Although two beers might help my driving. (On the course of course)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:23 AM (2WIwB)
I've had $16 worth of swing lube before the 4th hole. Let's not talk about the aiming fluid that come into play on the back 9.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Glenn at May 14, 2026 10:22 AM (kCvJX)
ABBA The Musical was cringe-worthy. Especially when Pierce Brosnam sings.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:24 AM (2WIwB)
Although two beers might help my driving.
Posted by: Diogenes
Fine. Rub it in.
-- Tiger Woods
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:25 AM (snZF9)
Although two beers might help my driving.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:23 AM
But would they help your putting?
Drive for show, putt for dough.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 10:25 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 10:25 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Aren't fly-swatters better at that sort of thing?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 10:26 AM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)
Now that more like it when it's just match play. But when we team up, I try to lowkey the Fore Fluid.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:26 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2026 10:26 AM
Compared to penguins, yes.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 10:26 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)
In the basement actually.
Posted by: Teddy Brewster at May 14, 2026 10:26 AM (rbvCR)
Everyone knows Fermi achieved the first sustained atomic pile reactor, at the University of Chicago at the Stagg Field squash court.
Hardly anyone knows why he performed the experiment there, constructed by football player labor.
Because, the government contracted firm, during the war in 1942, was on Strike.
Fermi said “Screw that, we’ll make it ourselves.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:27 AM (UEOBX)
Posted by: Palindromes are easy at May 14, 2026 10:27 AM (Ot/FD)
In the basement actually.
Posted by: Teddy Brewster at May 14, 2026 10:26 AM (rbvCR)
I prefer the crawl space.
Posted by: John Wayne Gacy at May 14, 2026 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Rum Dum at May 14, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)
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Cancer is our friend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
And Israel is stronger with a large, vibrant domestic Muslim community!
Posted by: Self Hating Jew at May 14, 2026 10:29 AM (JCZqz)
Drive for show, putt for dough.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Never understood that, probably because it usually took me 3 - 5 shots to get to the green.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 10:29 AM (XvL8K)
Were we a serious party, he would've been punched in the face shortly after uttering such unmitigated nonsense.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 10:12 AM (W0KIM)
Sluggy Freelance webcomic had a minor plot device as the Broadway musical version of "Battlestar Galactica"
The opening number about the destruction of the Human fleet at the hands of the Cylons was the only part shown in the one frame, and it was beautifully drawn, the burning ships were represented by dancers wearing giant spaceship head-dresses. On fire, natch.
Posted by: Teddy Brewster at May 14, 2026 10:30 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 10:29 AM (XvL8K)
That's what they mean by "the show must go on".
And on.
And on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 14, 2026 10:30 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 14, 2026 10:24 AM (kpS4V)
Certainly resembles Benton, just not as colorful
Posted by: javems at May 14, 2026 10:30 AM (KQJzy)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 10:30 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: nurse ratched
For the most part yeah. They talk, then they sing, then they talk, then they sing. Its like watching a movie thats broken up with commercials. Great they're done singing...uh..wtf were they talking about before that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:30 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Purple Martins at May 14, 2026 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)
I blew up the dikes to keep all the colored folks in the 13th ward and slaving away at my Messina restaurants for minimum wage, a uniform and a shift meal. Hahahahahaha!
Posted by: Zombie Dick Cheney, Big Boss Man at May 14, 2026 10:31 AM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: Profit! at May 14, 2026 10:31 AM (oftw2)
I blew up the dikes to keep all the colored folks in the 13th ward and slaving away at my Messina restaurants for minimum wage, a uniform and a shift meal. Hahahahahaha!
Posted by: Zombie Dick Cheney, Big Boss Man at May 14, 2026 10:31 AM (mC7bQ)
George Bush hates black people.
Posted by: Ye at May 14, 2026 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Zombie Dick Cheney, Big Boss Man at May 14, 2026 10:31 AM (mC7bQ)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE YOU KNOW HIS DAUGHTER ET CETERA CETERA
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at May 14, 2026 10:32 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:32 AM (vBziE)
And on.
And on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
_________
And I made regular use of foot wedge.
Yes yes, winter rules.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 10:32 AM (XvL8K)
But conservatives ignore primaries while leftists mobilize for primaries, so this will continue.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 10:33 AM (4G08c)
I regret that I do not recall the name of the Moron
May have been a Berserker idea?
Posted by: DaveA at May 14, 2026 10:33 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Ideally, the musical numbers should reinforce what they were talking about, and advance the plot.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)
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I think we decided not to use three names no mo’ here.
Tom Benton. Marty King, etc
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 10:34 AM (UEOBX)
Ideally, the musical numbers should reinforce what they were talking about, and advance the plot.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)
Mom and dad are arguing. Mom says something incredibly hurtful.
Dad breaks into a rendition of "Hell's Bells."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)
Exactly.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 10:35 AM (snZF9)
Google maps shows me a clever cheat code they used- dam a river to fill up half the country with a lake they could traverse. The locals were probably less enthused by this.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 10:36 AM (E/qck)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Abbott and Costello-Cheap Skates at May 14, 2026 10:37 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: pawn at May 14, 2026 10:38 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Man overboard drill.
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Did they assign a pointer? Because you can't handle an MOB drill without a pointer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 10:39 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Men Without Hats at May 14, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:40 AM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 14, 2026 10:40 AM (PSEDc)
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The French started it and completely fucked it up. America said, "step aside, froggies" and rolled up its sleeves.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 10:40 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Cicero
I thought the French canal was in Nicaragua.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:41 AM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Cicero
_________
Weren't they taking an entirely different route? Through Nicaragua or something?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 10:41 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:40 AM (+3UD9)
You take the gigs you can get when first starting out.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 10:40 AM (6/7Fs)
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Sounds familiar.
Posted by: Vietnam at May 14, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)
And a big Panama with a purple hat band
Posted by: Dodie Stevens at May 14, 2026 10:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:42 AM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Modern History Textbooks at May 14, 2026 10:43 AM (4G08c)
Posted by: Modern History Textbooks at May 14, 2026 10:43 AM (4G08c)
This has already been established. It was black WOMEN.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)
Fragnesia is the fourth local privilege escalation bug
Do not take Fragnesia if you are allergic to Fragnesia.
If competing with Pharma for made up names slows the AIpocalpyse I'm all for it.
Posted by: DaveA at May 14, 2026 10:43 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Bulg
*********
Heh! Yep. Typical spring storm up at 8000+ feet. Total of about 10-12 inches , completely gone within 36 hours. The drought conditions had the ground so dry that it sucked the moisture right dow.
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 10:43 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 10:44 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 10:44 AM (ZLe8E)
LMFAO!! Hakeem Jeffries just had a schizophrenic MELTDOWN on camera as his party gets pummeled in redistricting, and can no longer benefit from race-drawn seats
"The GHOSTS of the Confederacy has afflicted the United States Supreme Court majority, and is INVADING and HAUNTING the nation right now!"
"We know this unprecedented assault on black political representation, the likes of which we have not seen since the Jim Crow era."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:45 AM (+3UD9)
And a big Panama with a purple hat band
Posted by: Dodie Stevens
I'll take "Who is Huggy Bear" for $400 Alex.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 10:45 AM (BkMTu)
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 10:46 AM (4G08c)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Actually most of the regulars are looking around enjoying the scenery.
It’s the damn tourists who have their faces in their phones.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:46 AM (VYFTW)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Petey Palindrome at May 14, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)
I knew someone was going to post this before me!
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 10:46 AM (y171U)
"We know this unprecedented assault on black political representation, the likes of which we have not seen since the Jim Crow era."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)
Redistricting is only good when they get a majority, you see.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:48 AM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 10:33 AM (4G08c)
Or leftist Democrats cheat in primaries and leftist Republicans cheat in primaries. That would look like what you describe.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 10:48 AM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Dooley at May 14, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)
"Bully! Just bully!
I can't wait until we complete the marvel of American engineering and ingenuity! It will
be marvelous...Bully!
Until some future Democrat President with peanut breath gives it away.
Not bully...not bully at all."
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 10:48 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)
Just like elections are always 100% secure except when they lose.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 10:48 AM (ZLe8E)
- H. Jeffries (D-NY)
"I'm seeing a lot of talk from my colleagues on the Left, too, as we shift towards this reinvigorated talk about Jim Crow and the past of this country, and as someone who is a direct descendant of a slave, as someone whose great-great-grandfather was born on a plantation, I can assure you: slavery is over. Jim Crow is dead. When I go anywhere, I don't see any 'whites only' signs. I don't, I promise you. I am a Black man that represents a White-majority district in Texas. The great-great-grandson of a man born on a plantation that stands before you today as a proud, conservative Republican from Texas."
- W. Hunt (R-TX)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 14, 2026 10:48 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 10:49 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 14, 2026 10:50 AM (W0KIM)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:50 AM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Creepy Joe at May 14, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: gKWVE
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But mostly his comings.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 10:50 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:51 AM (+3UD9)
Tennessee woman takes abortion pill on Mother's Day at "gender reveal" party as friends shout "kill it!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 14, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)
Race means jack shit to these people, power means everything.
Posted by: ballistic at May 14, 2026 10:51 AM (oqH4h)
Redistricting to eliminate lines separating blacks and whites in voting districts is Jim Crow, how, exactly?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:51 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: cmeat at May 14, 2026 10:23 AM (R11M+)
Isn't that what women do every 28 days?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 14, 2026 10:52 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: cmeat at May 14, 2026 10:23 AM (R11M+)
Isn't that what women do every 28 days?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 14, 2026 10:52 AM
Here and I thought it was a type of pasta.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Absolute ghouls.
At least the innocent baby gets to go to heaven. Unlike its mother and her friends.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)
The French canal was in Panama, the US canal was supposed to be in Guatemala, but between volcanoes, the French surveying and the US getting involved in the Panamanian revolution against Colombia, it was Panama
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 10:54 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Beans, the Magical Fruit at May 14, 2026 10:54 AM (2fUyU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
I sincerely hope this is fake...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 10:54 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 10:54 AM (+3UD9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
This pains me to my core.
Where it's good those with this mindset aren't procreating, I wish they would make that decision PRIOR to getting pregnant and just avoid the whole baby murder thing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:55 AM (ZxPkt)
Man overboard drill.
Whatever. It’s a beautiful day on the water.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 14, 2026 10:32 AM (vBziE)
Whoa.
After they pull him out of the water, I bet that guy never sits next to Nurse again.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2026 10:55 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Synchrony at May 14, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
No, it's you guys who keep forgetting the parties flipped!!!! All the bad stuff Democrats did before 1970 is actually the Republicans' fault. (We still get credit for FDR and the good stuff)
Posted by: Retarded Leftist at May 14, 2026 10:57 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 10:33 AM (4G08c)
Or leftist Democrats cheat in primaries and leftist Republicans cheat in primaries. That would look like what you describe.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 10:48 AM (ZLe8E)
If you blame bad outcomes on cheating, you’ll never change things.
Turnout for primaries in my county is 25-30%. Turnout for president trial elections is 70-75%. Trump got 65% of the vote in 2024. It’s very conservative.
Leftists use turnout to their advantage. They even campaign on this issue saying your vote matters a lot because so few people vote in primaries. They are well organized and well funded. And so we have a 65-35 area with a hard left mayor, a hard left city council, and a state reps who crow about how they expanded “access to health care and education”.
It’s not cheating. It’s their side shows up ours doesn’t.
When turnout is so low if a majority of the minority leftists shows up they win. They do this over and over. For county seats, for city council for mayor and for state reps.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 10:57 AM (4G08c)
Lefties won't let the US build a transcontinental oil pipeline to avoid this.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 14, 2026 10:57 AM (y171U)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 10:58 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot
I was wondering about that. Guatemala is wide for a Central-American country.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)
Lefties won't let the US build a transcontinental oil pipeline to avoid this.
Posted by: Joemarine
Wait until there's a spill and all the penguins are covered in oil. Then they'll whoop and holler.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:02 AM (X8xt3)
What is needed is Freedom Riders and other hucksters to unracist the Yankee Northeast.
Yee-Haw! At them Blue Bellies Boys!
Posted by: The SPLC at May 14, 2026 11:03 AM (mC7bQ)
I saw the other day that "Barack Obama: The Musical" is touring now. Apparently it's pure cringe from start to finish, including a song about how hot and bothered he gets about Big Mike.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 14, 2026 11:03 AM (2ocoG)
Moloch is very, very pleased with your sacrifice!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mike Mulligan at May 14, 2026 11:04 AM (rgnea)
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Did they assign a pointer? Because you can't handle an MOB drill without a pointer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 10:39 AM
That's sexist.
First, it could be a woman overboard.
Second, it could be a setter, not a pointer.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2026 11:04 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 14, 2026 11:03 AM (2ocoG)
Makes retching sounds
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2026 11:05 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 11:05 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 11:05 AM (4G08c)
Whyyyyyyyyyyy?
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 11:05 AM (4G08c)
Homos need jobs too.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 11:06 AM (4G08c)
'A man, a plan, a canal, Nicaragua'?! What morons.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2026 11:06 AM (E/qck)
Posted by: Ian S.
___________
He said red, yellow, black or white / All are equal in his sight. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 11:06 AM (XvL8K)
Whyyyyyyyyyyy?
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 11:05 AM (4G08c)
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Come on! You didn't think the movie needed more singing an dancing?
Posted by: Zombie Richard Simmons at May 14, 2026 11:06 AM (cWLG3)
- H. Jeffries (D-NY)
Why do these Northeast pols think they have any say in what happens in the South? STFU and mind your own state, jerk!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:07 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: The NYT at May 14, 2026 11:08 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
Whyyyyyyyyyyy?
Like Hollywood, apparently Broadway is dealing with an idea-and-talent drought. Millennial writers: Hey, let's make a musical based on my favorite movie when I was 11!!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:09 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
He must've been running in flip flops again.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
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Who wants to do a wellness check?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 11:10 AM (cWLG3)
Run bulls run.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 11:10 AM (4G08c)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
I just arrived.
I think they're just screwing with us since the missing ONT which I'd find funny. Deprogram us a bit...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 11:11 AM (Sco7b)
>>@maybedanielleee
A bomb has dropped on the logistics industry!
- - - - - -
>>@scotus_wire
🚨 The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal law does not shield freight brokers from state negligence lawsuits when they hire unsafe trucking companies
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:11 AM (X8xt3)
30 They tried to contain the malaria outbreaks by placing he hospital bed legs in buckets of water.
Yes, standing water will stop those mosquitoes!
Trust the science.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:35 AM
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The water was intended to be a barrier to scorpions and other vermin, and it works for that. The role of mosquitos in spreading yellow fever and malaria was unknown, and the doctor who correctly saw a link was initially treated as a crank. I believe yellow fever is credited with destroying the earlier French effort at a canal, and most likely would have doomed the American project as well.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 14, 2026 11:12 AM (azNOR)
All of New England, which votes 40% GOP has no GOP seats. And that’s good and democratic.
TN which votes 35% Dem has no Dem seats. That’s bad and racist and fascist.
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 11:13 AM (4G08c)
🚨 The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal law does not shield freight brokers from state negligence lawsuits when they hire unsafe trucking companies
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:11 AM (X8xt3)
"Uh oh........"
- - - - - - - JB Hunt and Swift
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 11:13 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
I'm here to help if he needs a plausible excuse.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 11:13 AM (qPkgH)
Posted by: World Mosquito Association at May 14, 2026 11:15 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
________
Cut his heel, had to cruise on back home.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 11:15 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:11 AM (X8xt3)
Pleasing to tell Me sir. Will this impact my driving abilities?
- Sanjay the trucker
Posted by: Heroq at May 14, 2026 11:15 AM (4G08c)
Someone was just saying yesterday that the brokers needed to feel repercussions for hiring companies that use illegals as drivers. Didn't know there was a case being heard about exactly that.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:15 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Justin Pearson Y'all at May 14, 2026 11:15 AM (sFNX2)
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 11:15 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 11:17 AM (gu0hJ)
- - - - - - - JB Hunt and Swift
"I know, saaaaaar!"
-- No Given Name Trucking (#8776)
https://tinyurl.com/ys5hspuw
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:17 AM (X8xt3)
- Sanjay the trucker
Na, yous bees good honey. Here be your new lycense just all yall be carefuls out dere!
Posted by: La'Toya Washington, DMV License Technician 1 at May 14, 2026 11:17 AM (mC7bQ)
Rather the tourists covered in oil...
Posted by: man at May 14, 2026 11:15 AM (XuXeR)
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Still, there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on.
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffet at May 14, 2026 11:18 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:19 AM (X8xt3)
Here she comes, full blast and top down
Hot shoe, burning down the avenue
Model citizen, zero discipline
Don't you know she's coming home to me?
You'll lose her in the turn
I'll get her, ah!
Panama
Panama
Panama
Panama
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:19 AM (/+uur)
https://youtu.be/c9z33lasnkU
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 10:55 AM (ZxPkt)
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Even better.
https://tinyurl.com/rv4dm79e
Posted by: WisRich at May 14, 2026 11:19 AM (G0vdT)
I read a fascinating, and horrifying, book about Yellow Fever years ago. The vaccine is important, especially since it's impossible to eradicate the disease without destroying every tropical rainforest on earth, but it also has some nasty side effects and they've never been able to improve it.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:19 AM (lFFaq)
It's the swayback horse of construction sites.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 11:19 AM (qPkgH)
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffet at May 14, 2026 11:18 AM (JkO4W)
Its my own damn fault
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:19 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 14, 2026 11:21 AM (sFNX2)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 11:21 AM (cWLG3)
Old men in tank tops cruising the gift shops
Checking out the chiquitas down by the shore
They dream about weight loss, wish they could be their own boss
Those three day vacations become such a bore
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:21 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Anopheles Mosquitos at May 14, 2026 11:21 AM (MDua2)
Posted by: Eromero at May 14, 2026 11:21 AM (tCqza)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:22 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 14, 2026 11:22 AM (sFNX2)
Posted by: Martin Tell at May 14, 2026 11:21 AM (sFNX2)
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Winter is the worst, when vast swaths of land in the north are covered in racism (aka snow).
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 11:22 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 11:23 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Parrothead Joe at May 14, 2026 11:23 AM (mC7bQ)
‘We lost track of 243 violent criminals.’
hahahaha
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:23 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: No Name Today at May 14, 2026 11:23 AM (8mulE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 11:25 AM (cWLG3)
Checking out the chiquitas down by the shore
They dream about weight loss, wish they could be their own boss
Those three day vacations become such a bore
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:21 AM (/+uur)
This sounds like Steely Dan
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 11:25 AM (rbvCR)
‘We lost track of 243 violent criminals.’
hahahaha
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The worst part is, all of them promised to be good.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 11:25 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:22 AM (/+uur)
Interesting. It makes me wonder if finding a solution to Yellow Fever was prioritized over malaria or if malaria is just much harder to find a solution for since it isn't a bacteria or virus.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:26 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
My first take was that it was one the great worker commie propaganda pieces.
Even got some graves for fallen heros in the foreground.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:26 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:26 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 11:23 AM (Sco7b)
There are still Democrats in office, so we're far from Utopia.
If this was really Utopia, then why do I still own an umbrella?
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 11:26 AM (qPkgH)
Being here, wondering about the morning rant, WE BECOME THE MORNING RANT!
In the art thread!!
Think about it....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 11:26 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 11:27 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:27 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 14, 2026 11:25 AM (JkO4W)
Heck, if they promised to be good, no need to even bother keeping track of them.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 11:27 AM (qPkgH)
Checking out the chiquitas down by the shore
They dream about weight loss, wish they could be their own boss
Those three day vacations become such a bore
- - -
Shrinking in the sea so cold
Topless ladies look away
A he-man in a sudden shower
Shelters from the rain
You wish you had a motor boat
To pose around the harbour bar
And when the sun goes off to bed
You hook it up behind the car. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:28 AM (X8xt3)
Over at the Genesius Times:
BREAKING: Hantavirus Kills Two in Meth Lab Explosion
BREAKING: Skydiver Who Forgot Parachute Dies from Hantavirus
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:28 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 11:25 AM (rbvCR)
HE sings this verse in about half the concerts I have seen.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:28 AM (/+uur)
And that was before the islamocommie became mayor.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:28 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)
hahahahaha
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:27 AM (/+uur)
Not quite.
Grabby Abby didn't veto the massive union raises to balance the budget. She vetoed the massive union raises because they went into effect during her term - she wants them to into effect after she leaves so she can't be blamed for the inevitable consequences of destroying Virginia's economy.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 14, 2026 11:29 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 11:27 AM (BI5O2)
Those guys are FAGS!!!
Posted by: Deadheads at May 14, 2026 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:30 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 11:30 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:26 AM (lFFaq)
Malaria is caused by a plasmodium that changes its surface proteins to avoid the immune response. Current treatments tend to be palliative, but fairly effective. The problem is that shifting coat.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 11:31 AM (rbvCR)
No, Alferd, you stay home, we'll call you if we need you. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:31 AM (X8xt3)
So she may well be stupid, but is definitely malicious.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:31 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 11:31 AM (cWLG3)
https://tinyurl.digital/18b0jd
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 14, 2026 11:31 AM (w/O5Q)
Being here, wondering about the morning rant, WE BECOME THE MORNING RANT!
In the art thread!!
Think about it....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 11:26 AM (Sco7b)
Wow, man. That's soooo freaky.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 14, 2026 11:31 AM (g8Ew8)
I am certain there's an Epic Rap Battle for that
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 11:32 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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IIRC one or the earlier American engineers didn't like walking in the mud so had good drainage work done in the main campus. Took care of 90% of the mosquito transmission problems right there even if the disease vector wasn't known yet.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 11:32 AM (/lPRQ)
I guess monkey isn't coming today?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
It's MAYONNAISE!
-- penguin with a white "mustache"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:32 AM (s9VOe)
So she may well be stupid, but is definitely malicious.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:31 AM (lFFaq)
Yup.
She's trying to hang another governor and another general assembly with the tax increases which this bill would implement.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 14, 2026 11:32 AM (iNUL3)
Reed died of Malaria
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:22 AM (/+uur)
Burst appendix.
One of Walter Reed's Army Medical Corps colleagues deliberately allowed himself to be bitten by an infected mosquito to prove the mosquito theory and it killed him. Another of his colleagues caught yellow fever and survived, but it damaged his heart which caused his death several years later.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 11:32 AM (y9nCu)
but the woman driver died on the scene from
Hantavirus.
Posted by: GenesiusTimes at May 14, 2026 11:32 AM (OYsYV)
https://tinyurl.digital/18b0jd
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 14, 2026 11:31 AM (w/O5Q)
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I hope the Monkey has found Jesus and is currently having all the facial hardware removed.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 11:33 AM (cWLG3)
Do you have Apple TV?
If so, check out "Widow's Bay".
The story concerns the new mayor of the small island Widow's Bay whop wants to convert it into the next Martha's Vineyard. However-
The locals are dragging their feet because "bad things" happen there and the island has now awakened once again.
The start is a slow burn uneasy comedy that builds nicely every episode until you get the wonderfully clever horror of Episode 4. It's really well done.
If WB keeps topping itself at this pace, it may be the best thing on streaming evah!
Who knows but we'll see.
If you like creepy but not particularly bloody horror, check this one out, you'll love it.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 11:33 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Not anymore. He done underwent some changes in latitudes.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 11:33 AM (XvL8K)
That was my impression. Malaria seems to be both more survivable than yellow fever and *much* harder to effectively prevent.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:34 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 11:33 AM (iJfKG)
You're not my mom! You can't tell me what to do!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
An Art Thread that rolls up 666 comments would be downright unnatural
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:35 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 11:27 AM (BI5O2)
I have spent my entire life watching people pretend by acting in a certain way they can fit in and be content. Some of them are just joiners who have no real basis in life, and some are desperately trying to pretend they are normal, and some are trying to bury their own pain by being someone else.
A lot of them are really irritating, and tragically lost in their own lives, but as long as they don't threaten me or dribble anything on me . . . AND TURN THE VOLUME DOWN AFTER 10PM DAMMIT . . . I don't really care.
Even I am wound up in the pageantry of who I want to be, I think it keeps me from being the monster I could be if I didn't care.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 11:36 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2026 11:32 AM (y9nCu)
That's giving your all to prove yourself......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (zBgIx)
It was the third straight annual drop
WOnder what the Border has to do with this?
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (/+uur)
-- penguin with a white "mustache"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:32 AM (s9VOe)
He told the mechanic it was ice cream.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (N1DT3)
No taxes on winnings in Canada...like it should be.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (abIsI)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 11:33 AM (iJfKG)
You're not my mom! You can't tell me what to do!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Sorry, Sponge.
We tried to keep it a secret, but-
I am your Father!!!!
*heavy asthmatic breathing*
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (iJfKG)
https://is.gd/jMINi5
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck
Could be a cop, not in uniform tho.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (sl73Y)
Edward Laning
FAPmuralimmigrants dot com: An Edward Laning Gallery
that documents many Laning paintings including -
Edward Laning
T.R. [Teddy Roosevelt] in Panama, 1939
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mrs. Mary Fife Laning
Also, there's 'A Federal Art Project Mural and the Immigrant Experience' which discusses in detail the Edward Laning, ["Disembarking"] panel from The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of America, 1935 - 1937
And, for example, currently for sale through various venues:
1939 ARTICLE ~ THEODORE ROOSEVELT in PANAMA ART ILLUSTRATION by EDWARD LANING
Condition: Used; $12 US
1939 T R in Panama Edward Laning Book Plate Art Print
US $36.25 obo
Wouldn't hang today's art selection but there are many interesting stories behind the artist and his paintings.
Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 11:38 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (Sco7b)
They just tax the f*ck out of you on everything else.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (N1DT3)
"Customer states..."
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 14, 2026 11:38 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:34 AM (lFFaq)
A lot of diseases have developed that way. Be survivable, so you can propagate better.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 11:38 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Nazdar at May 14, 2026 11:39 AM (NcvvS)
If you blame bad outcomes on cheating, you’ll never change things.
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Unless you work to stop the cheating!
I agree with you in principle but even considering "turnout" numbers this is way past sore loser talk. There is a reason R's aren't interested in stopping the cheat and it's because they benefit (and have benefitted) from it. If you have a more cogent explanation for that I'm all ears.
I certainly dont blame everything on the cheat. There is also the fact that leftard D's know their candidates will do what they say they're going to do and will represent them. We have no such thing on our side. Our candidates are skeevy and lie to us. Their candidates are skeevy and lie to everyone equally.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 11:39 AM (ZLe8E)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 14, 2026 11:39 AM (abIsI)
Sorry, Sponge.
We tried to keep it a secret, but-
I am your Father!!!!
*heavy asthmatic breathing*
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 11:37 AM (iJfKG)
Well then.
Sorry to disappoint.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 11:40 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Beavis at May 14, 2026 11:40 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Nazdar at May 14, 2026 11:40 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 11:40 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: From about That Time at May 14, 2026 11:40 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:41 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 14, 2026 11:38 AM (N1DT3)
That’s why Ebola never turned into the epidemic that was feared. It kills its victims too quickly, so it doesn’t get a chance to spread.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 11:41 AM (AnnNE)
Didn't Eric Swalwell's political career expire due to Yellow Fever? Ba-dum! Sssssss!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 11:41 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:34 AM (lFFaq)
Dengue is another nasty one, and the problem with the two is that it takes two infections on average to be fatal, the first one just acts like the flu and primes the body for a massive immune response for the second bout that carries you off.
I think some of the insights in Covid are leading some of the research into treatments for Yellow Fever and Dengue. Previously it was all prevention through inoculation, which is sort of a problem. I have heard stories about barracks of soldiers laid out for a couple of days after the Yellow Fever shot trying to recover.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 11:41 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 14, 2026 11:41 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 14, 2026 11:42 AM (iNUL3)
Posted by: Nun But The Brave at May 14, 2026 11:44 AM (oftw2)
Thanks. I particularly liked the one with the little kid in the Godzilla suit as well as Virginia's Governor and their plan to keep Republicans from voting.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 11:45 AM (n3VHW)
After brutal yellow fever outbreaks devastated Philadelphia in 1793 and 1798—forcing the national government to flee—the state built the Lazaretto on Tinicum Island. It was completed in 1799 and operated until the 1890s.
All ships bound for Philadelphia were required to stop at the Lazaretto. Passengers and crew were screened for infectious diseases like yellow fever and typhus, while infested cargo was fumigated or destroyed.
Sick individuals were brought ashore to the hospital. Despite the severity of the diseases, the facility managed an impressive survival rate (around 78% for yellow fever and 95% for typhus) largely due to palliative care and clean nursing.
Before Ellis Island, the Lazaretto served as the primary port of entry and a quarantine checkpoint for thousands of immigrants.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 11:45 AM (NFX2v)
_______________________________________
The same thing was done with the Irish and Italians in New Orleans when the New Basin Canal was dug … ask me how I know.
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Wasn't it after Katrina, or during the hurricane, stories started to appear about caskets floating down streets after the flooding dislodged them from the ground?
______________________________
Any time N.O. has a really heavy water load (e.g., hurricane, really bad storm, etc), it's not unusual to see 'Uncle Henry' pop outa the ground to say 'hello' again … then he's gotta be re-planted …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 14, 2026 01:16 PM (ayRl+)
The Morning Report — 5/ 14/26
State Sen. Shane Massey's (R-NC) first time talking to the president came last week when Trump called him to discuss how he wanted the redistricting to happen, the New York Times reported. The Republican leader of South Carolina's state Senate defied President Donald Trump and voted against a redistricting effort that could have slashed the state's only Democrat-led congressional district, arguing that "South Carolina is stronger when we have a vibrant Democratic Party." Contrary to Trump's wishes, Massey joined four other Republicans in voting against the proposal that would have allowed for the Senate to reconvene later this month for a redistricting effort.As a complete aside, regardless of the spelling, just what the hell is it with people named Massey, (the late great thespian Raymond, notwithstanding)?!
I am of course referring to RINO sex-pest Tom from Kentucky. Shane, the fucking problem and the reason that this nation is a red nether hair's breadth from plunging headlong into the abyss is because it has had to endure the very same "Vibrant" Democrat party and the fires of hell it has unleashed on us going back almost to the founding. In what insane version of reality is South Carolina better with James Clyburn anywhere within 10 billion light years from the levers of power? Ditto his entire party. And a hearty fuck you to this loathsome turd of a RINO too:
Republican Governor Tate Reeves has suggested that Mississippi will not redraw its congressional maps before the 2026 midterms.I suppose Tate Reeves and Shame, er ShaneMassey think Germany in 1933 was much more vibrant with the Nazis, eh fellas?! And here we are nearly 100 years later and we've got vibrancy out the wazoo!!! On the whole right now I'd rather NOT be in Philadelphia. . .
A Pennsylvania House candidate endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D., Md.), and other leading far-left figures has hailed notorious cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal as one of several "Black freedom fighters" and "elderly political prisoners" and called for his release from prison. Chris Rabb (D.), a five-term Pennsylvania state representative running to represent the state's Third Congressional District, cosigned a letter from the Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America last month urging Gov. Josh Shapiro (D.) to free the 71-year-old Abu-Jamal from prison, where the former Black Panther is serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.If Shapiro wants to burnish his prospects for the Democrat nomination in '28, dim as they are being white, male, non-homo, and mostly Jewish by birth, he will find some flimsy excuse to cut this animal loose. If they can steal a national election and create the Russia collusion hoax, surely they can fake exculpatory evidence. Be that as it may, the problem is in not recognizing who and what the enemy is, and our worst enemy is right in our midst. On a positive note, it was rather nice to see Chip Roy, whose record at least from what I have seen over the years has been spotty at best, come out with this statement:
Roy laid out Islam's growing foothold across the globe, including his home state of Texas, which has seen a surge in Muslim immigration and Islamic communities. . . "Over the past few years, Shariah-based legal institutions have taken root in American communities, and nowhere is this problem worse than in my home state of Texas," Roy said during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government hearing.Wow, bravo Chip Roy who absolutely gets it. That said the term Islamism is a dodge and camouflage. It's ISLAM, period full stop. Islamism perpetuates the lie that Islam itself is benign and only fringe elements are insane terrorists. That is of course a dangerous myth. I suppose to go full Robert Spencer and call it out for what it is would have been too much insofar as inviting the usual suspects to shout racist, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, etc. ad nauseam and be politically within third rail territory. Still, this is about as close to calling the proverbial spade a spade as I have yet to see any real American politician, declare. So at least it's something. On another bright note, to compare and contrast with the aforementioned RINO flunky sellouts, CBD and I had a fantastic conversation on the latest episode of the podcast with friend of the blog and now FRIEND Jeffrey Carter, a bright, outstanding patriot who is running for the office of Treasurer of the state of Nevada.
Linked here and in the sidebar and at the usual outlets listed at the bottom of the post. If we had more Jeff Carters running, and please God, winning, perhaps the term RINO would become extinct and then before long, Democrats along with them! Support Jeff Carter at Jefcarternv.com On these positive notes, I hope you all . . .
Have a good day.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- There can be only one. Choose a side.
Good vs. Evil
- Miranda Devine: Jihadis and cartels are targets of the new White House counterterrorism strategy, but so, too, are Antifa, Trantifa and other violent domestic left-wing anti-American groups. It’s a sharp departure from the Biden junta's sinister national strategy on counterterrorism that pretended groups like Antifa didn’t exist and instead targeted Catholics at traditional mass, parents questioning gender ideology at school-board meetings and Trump supporters who, Joe Biden told us repeatedly, were “ultra-MAGA,” “semi-fascist” domestic terrorists.
The Trump admin is going after violent leftists and their twisted ideology - He continued on to argue that “Republicans are stronger when the Democrat Party is vibrant and viable.” “You are. Competition makes you better, y’all,” he added.
Republican South Carolina Senate Leader Kills GOP’s Redistricting Effort: ‘Competition Makes Us Better’
- AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
- Iranian missiles and drones had targeted the UAE harder than any other country in the conflict, including civilian and energy infrastructure. Israel moved fast, while the system helped defend Emirati skies from Tehran's attacks. . .Netanyahu's office also revealed that he secretly visited the UAE during the war and met Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Al Ain on March 26. The meeting marked their first confirmed encounter and produced what Netanyahu's office called a historic breakthrough in relations.
The Abraham Accords Went to War, and Iran United Its Enemies
- Iran will put the UAE, and others, ‘through hell.’
Iranian Majles Member Warns of What Iran Will Do Once the U.S. Leaves* * * * * - Many sour on Iran conflict as it enters its third month with no clear solution in sight.
Voters Lukewarm On U.S.-Iran War, As Majority Oppose Use Of Ground Troops In Iran: I&I/TIPP Poll
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - Justice Thomas reminds us that the Declaration’s promise of God-given rights—not rule by progressive “experts”—made America worth striving to perfect.
Justice Thomas’ Defense of Inalienable Rights Vexes Progressives
- Democrats don’t want to accept responsibility for the consequences of their rhetoric.
Democrats Falsely Claim Trump Assassination Attempts Were Staged To Cover Up Their Own Domestic Terrorism "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is a non-binding United Nations framework adopted in 2018, supposedly intended to guide international cooperation on migration policy.
White House declares 'replacement migration will never be the standard' under Trump, rejects UN immigration pact
- White House officials have indicated that the surge will have a specific focus on cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration agents.
Hundreds of New ICE Officers to Deploy Across More than 40 States
- If convicted, the suspects could face the death penalty under Texas law. The case highlights ongoing concerns about violent crimes involving illegal immigrants and has reignited calls for the Trump administration to deliver mass deportations.
Illegals Face Execution for Shooting Pregnant Teen, Killing Unborn Baby. THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE - Speaking about findings across the nation the vice president has pledged to hold funds to fight fraud from states that would not fight it themselves.
Vance Threatens To Cut Funds To States That Ignore Medicaid Fraud After Daily Wire Investigation
- If found guilty, Mohamed faces up to 20 years in prison or a $100,000 fine. Notably, this is not the first time that Minnesota has been hit by a major welfare fraud scandal. Last week, it was reported that a co-defendant in Minnesota’s largest Medicaid fraud case had pleaded guilty as part of no-jail plea deal with the office of Minnesota’s Attorney General.
Minnesota Grocer Abdidwahid Mohamed Charged Over $1M EBT Fraud Scheme. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Speaking at an event this week, Bass floated her latest idea to further destroy and bankrupt what was once a great city…
Dem L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Proposes Free Teeth for Meth Addicts
- The politics of decay masquerading as virtue.
California and the Logic of Pathocracy
- Democrat Chris Rabb, running for an open seat in an overwhelmingly Democratic Philadelphia district, has even won the endorsement of the Philadelphia Inquirer
House Candidate Backed by Titty-Caca AOC, Van Hollen Hails Cop-Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal as Black Freedom Fighter and Political Prisoner
- It seems so long ago and far away [Steve, it was maybe last month —Editor] that New York City's Democratic Socialist Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, promised residents everything from free bus rides to universal child care to free groceries — because you just know that nobody was going to prosecute shoplifters at Mamdani's crony-run grocery stores.
Gooder and Harder, NYC: Mamdani's Plan to 'Nickel & Dime' You to Death
- The Department of Education launched a new risk assessment tool on April 26 to screen federal student aid applicants for fraud. Since the tool launched two weeks ago, the administration has found about 300,000 fraudulent applications that amounted to $60 million in student loans, officials told the Caller.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Intercepts $60 Million In Student Loan Fraud - “This is false – the CIA did not raid the DNI’s office,” Coleman wrote in a post, responding to a post in which Watters said, the CIA “JUST RAIDED TULSI GABBARD’S OFFICE.”
Report: CIA Takes JFK Assassination, MKUltra Files from Tulsi Gabbard WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Roy laid out Islam’s growing foothold across the globe, including his home state of Texas, which has seen a surge in Muslim immigration and Islamic communities. . . “Over the past few years, Shariah-based legal institutions have taken root in American communities, and nowhere is this problem worse than in my home state of Texas,” Roy said during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government hearing. (wow, Chip Roy gets it, but the "ism" is just a redundancy and camouflage- jjs)
Chip Roy Blames ‘Expansionist’ Legal Immigration For Rise In Islamism - Discrimination and serious breaches of hygiene rules.
The Woes of a Halal Restaurant in Lyon, France OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - "And he just like chimes in on our conversation, fucking drunk and belligerent ..."
Rand Paul’s Son Rants Against ‘Gays’ And ‘Jews’ During Alcohol-Fueled Antisemitic Rant FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - . . . The Center for Immigration Studies, a nonprofit that supports restricting immigration, found in 2024 that American taxpayers dole out nearly $70,000 per illegal alien over a lifetime.
Washington Post Worries Illegals Might Pay Their Own Legal Fees, While Immigration Costs Americans Billions THE ECONOMY, STUPID - In an interview with Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka on Monday, (US Trade Representative Katherine) Tai acknowledged that Trump’s tariff agenda, which brought in a record-breaking $200 billion in revenue last year alone, has won massive support from working-class communities that have borne the brunt of free trade for decades.
Biden’s Trade Ambassador: Trump’s Tariffs Strongly Backed by Blue-Collar Americans Left Behind by Free Trade CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - The theft ring is linked to more than a dozen home burglaries across the three states, prosecutors allege, and is accused of stealing about $1 million worth of cash, jewelry, firearms, precious metals, and rare coins. Prosecutors say the three Chilean illegal aliens traveled back and forth from Florida to Wisconsin and Minnesota via a rental car, while Watay organized the travel, Airbnbs for the trio to stay in, posted bail for them when necessary, and handled their financial transactions.
Chilean Illegal Aliens Indicted for Operating Million-Dollar Multi-State Burglary Ring AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS - North Carolina taxpayers and families deserve to know whether their flagship public university played any role in the research that may have sparked the COVID disaster.
What Role Did UNC play with COVID? EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - Teaching students to despise the nation that gave them everything.
History Books Designed to Reject America’s History
- "I’ve been a fan of Penn State since I was a teenager," Blackman told the Washington Free Beacon. He arrived on campus in August 2025, a 50 percent merit scholarship in hand, excited for game nights in Beaver Stadium and a three-year reprieve from the Texas heat. Then he sat through his first anti-racism class.
A Texas Military Vet Dropped Out of Penn State Law School Rather Than Submit to Its Mandatory Anti-Racism Course THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH - Opens up the door to massive numbers of illegal aliens and non-citizens voting.
NY to Automatically Register Medicaid Applicants to Vote
- Let’s face it, the debate show on the SAVE America Act was the plan all along. And Thune was the star of the ‘deliberative’ farce.
John ‘Failure Is Not An Option’ Thune Just Failed Election Integrity DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - David Wilkinson, a senior Obama White House adviser who leads Yale's Tobin Center for Economic Policy, is working as Spanberger's 'chief transformation officer'
'Moderate' Abigail Spanberger Taps Yale Leader Who Pushed COVID Masks for Two-Year-Olds To Serve in Her Cabinet - Billionaire Dem donor Stephen Cloobeck is arrested in LA weeks after turning back on Eric Swalwell
Billionaire 'bulldog' Dem donor’s accuser reveals shocking details of ‘vicious call’ that sparked arrest
- Cloobeck has historically been a powerful and reliable Democrat donor, donating more than $4 million in federal contributions since 2000. As such, these charges not only harm the now-dispersed Swalwell camp, but the Democrats’ campaign machine as a whole.
Former Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate, Swalwell Donor Arrested. POLITICS - The answer is fairly obvious. . . The state of the economy is always temporary, but socialism and support for terrorism are forever.
The Left Just Went All-In On Its Most Extreme Obsession Yet
- . . . like George Costanza and the Jerk Store, he’s already plotting his revenge in 2028. If you take a deep breath, you can smell the failure laced with no small amount of humiliation…
Hakeem Jeffries Concedes Defeat, Moves Gerrymander Battle to 2028 - Unlike other recent surveys that showed failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris as the fan favorite, this survey had the “Squad” member leading the pack with 26 percent support. Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg came in second place with 22.4 percent support, followed by 21.2 percent who chose California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Poll Shows Titty-Caca AOC Leading Field of Potential 2028 Democrat Candidates - “Today is not the end of the redistricting process—it is just the beginning!” he said on X. However, assuming any potential redistricting proposal for Mississippi will not take place until after the November midterms, Republicans will have to look to other states to shore up additional potential representation.
Mississippi Governor Backs Off Redistricting Before Midterms.
- Republican Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Rick Jackson’s company promoted an organization tied to Syrian refugee resettlement. Jackson, whose company reports over $3 billion in annual revenue, is pouring historic sums into Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary. He has also faced scrutiny over his company’s ties to foreign worker recruitment, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Governor Hopeful Tied To Syrian Refugee Resettlement Group
- Surrender Mike: the DC scold who lectures the Right.
Mike Pence, Pretend Lifeguard of Conservatism—Voters Already Left His Pool FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - Trump’s visit to Beijing is the first by an American president in nine years. The previous presidential visitor was also Trump, during his first term in 2017. In addition to a full military honor guard and band, the reception ceremony featured about three hundred Chinese students waving Chinese Communist and American flags while chanting “Welcome!” in Mandarin. Trump responded with his characteristic fist pump gesture:
Beijing Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump: Bright Lights and Hundreds of Children Greet President in China
- “He is not intimidated by Xi at all. He’s showing, kind of like a peacock or a lion, he’s showing his power,” Lillian Glass, a body language expert, said of Trump’s mannerisms.
‘Lion’-like Trump deploys ‘power move’ as he, Xi show ‘genuine affection’ during historic China summit: body language expert - Over the past two days, Cubans living in Havana have been enduring yet another over 30-hour-long blackout as the ailing communist regime finds itself unable to consistently provide power to the Cuban capital city. Cuban-focused outlets reported that residents of the Havana neighborhoods of Bahía, Marianao, Diez de Octubre, Nuevo Vedado, Luyanó, and others banged pots, set up campfires, and burned piles of trash that the ailing ruling regime has failed to properly dispose of during Tuesday night’s protests.
Heated Protests in Cuba After Yet Another 30-Hour Blackout in Havana
- Britain is fracturing along ethnic lines, steadily marching toward civil war along with the entire western world — including the United States.
Why Britain’s Elections Portend Trouble For America
- One word: immigration.
UK: Why the Landslide Victory for the Reform Party?
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT" - It went into Ukraine imagining a swift and decisive victory, but after four years, its energy and business sectors are increasingly fragile.
Russia Is Struggling Badly FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - Research on sex differences in intelligence is longstanding and empirically contested, yet discussing findings that favor men is often treated as taboo rather than science.
The Heresy of Sex Differences CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - On Tuesday, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Jordan Klepper welcomed actor Paul Dano to the set to promote his new movie, The Wizard of the Kremlin, which is a satirical film on Vladimir Putin’s rise to power. According to both Klepper and Dano, the film also has relevant insights for Trump’s America. Dano plays the part of Vadim Baranov, who is based on the real-life Vladislav Surkov. Surkov was a Putin advisor up until 2020 who helped shape and define what could be called Putinis
Daily Show Tries To Equate Trump's America To Putin's Rise To Power
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:32 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at May 14, 2026 07:33 AM (9U6Wl)
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Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:33 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 07:34 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 07:35 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:35 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 07:35 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 07:36 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 07:37 AM (HzRgz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 07:37 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 07:37 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ok, I'll be the one to ask at May 14, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)
The radical Muslim wants to kill you.
The moderate Muslim wants the radical Muslim to kill you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 07:35 AM (HdYcL)
STOLEN! Nailed it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2026 07:38 AM (x0n13)
Billionaire Dem donor Stephen Cloobeck is arrested in LA weeks after turning back on Eric Swalwell
For all they scream about "billionaires", Democrats sure seem to be pals with a boat-full of them. It's not unreasonable to think that they'll come out all right while you'll be considered a "billionaire".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 07:38 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Chris Rabb, Racist democrat at May 14, 2026 07:38 AM (mC7bQ)
All of the above!
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 07:38 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: The editors at Breitbart at May 14, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:40 AM (n3VHW)
Disrespect?
Posted by: Paul at May 14, 2026 07:40 AM (w1mp4)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 07:40 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)
The Abraham Accords left the reception hall and walked into combat. Tehran wanted fear, but it may have created the regional alliance it feared most.
Trump is the Greatest Peacemaker in the last 200 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:41 AM (/+uur)
How horrible. Maybe you freaks should run to safer countries and be protected from this evil privilege.
No seriously; GTFO and we'll gentrify our entire country the moment the last plane hauls you people away.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:41 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 07:37 AM (2GVsD)
Libertarians are just DINOs
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:42 AM (/+uur)
That tells me he really is in his heart, a libertine democrat, but can't win office like that. Anyone who thinks the current iteration of the D party is needed and necessary for good government tells me he's either delusional or an enemy.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 07:42 AM (1Ff7Z)
Following China trip and the inevitable restart of hostilities, Trump should give an address and explain that we've been at war for the last 47 years and have basically never responded in kind.
Preach a bit of patience and explain the shitty JCPOA Obama gave away and Iran's response against their neighbors.
What's 3-5 months compared to the next 30-50 years.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 14, 2026 07:43 AM (FxH7T)
Posted by: Granny Clampett at May 14, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)
Hope he listens to you.
You two lovebirds have a great day. Here school is almost over for the year. Summer beckons.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Halfhand at May 14, 2026 07:44 AM (9yZMF)
He's a dem with an R behind his name, i.e., the enemy.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 07:45 AM (BkMTu)
The last meeting logistic flight out of Chinese airspace, then we shall see. I view renewed strikes as inevitable.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)
I told my Federal Senator the French and Italians fought harder in WWII than the GOPe today.
I was rebuked.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)
The Abraham Accords left the reception hall and walked into combat. Tehran wanted fear, but it may have created the regional alliance it feared most.
Trump is the Greatest Peacemaker in the last 200 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:41 AM (/+uur)
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
I don't expect anything permanently good to come out of the AA, with a rare exception or 2.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 07:47 AM (RkR9o)
Sounds like a line of text from some literary work by CS Lewis. Or Tolkien.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Watching the vid of Raskin cross examining the HS student about Islam makes the blood boil. The kid held up very well and Dean Cain was spot on calling Raskin a "douchebag".
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 07:47 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:48 AM (rZCVI)
Since I refuse to subscribe to DW, what is the "most extreme obsession"?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)
RE: Chip Roy and the Texas runoff elections in May (early voting starts Monday):
The attack ads/postcards/texts/phone calls have been unleashed. Holy Hell!
Yet, only one type has gone deeply negative - the GOPe type. The good guys seems to hardly even mention their opposite number.
Chip Roy's record IS spotty at best, charitably speaking. He won't be getting my vote.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 07:49 AM (wVcYX)
Holy Hell, that was a thing of beauty to read. Now I feel the need to tell my Senators that I wish they fought for Americans with the zeal and passion they have for illegal aliens.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:49 AM (BpO1e)
Iran is reaching the point where it will have to cap its wells which will freeze its oil industry. Not capping will make it worse. Once done, it will take many months to reverse this to get the oil back flowing.
China hardest hit, after Iran.
Thus, winning one war and preventing another without our having to pay a butcher's bill.
Expect Xi to agree in private to push Iran to give up its uranium stockpile.
Art of the Deal, Baby!
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 14, 2026 07:50 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Wearing white after Labor Day if I had to guess.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:50 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Guy who always says "It's garbage"" at May 14, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)
@TMZ
Would you consider Spencer Pratt's campaign ad misleading now that it's revealed that he lives in one of LA's premier hotels rather than the trailer on his lot? 🤔
Yes, tell the truth!
6.5%
No, his house is gone!
93.5%
hahahahaha
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 06:59 AM (/+uur)
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I read that the reason Pratt moved from his trailer to a hotel is because of the death threats he we getting. He has a full security team guarding him 24 x 7.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 07:50 AM (RkR9o)
Nothing more infuriating than a quisling RINO
At least with the AOC’s of the world you know what to expect. I’d rather someone attack me frontally than pretend to be my friend and stab me in the back….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 14, 2026 07:51 AM (yz/88)
I was rebuked.
Don't forget us!
Posted by: Denmark, Lasted About 6 Hours at May 14, 2026 07:51 AM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 07:51 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
I'm glad that he has a security team. It's terrible that he needs one just for speaking his mind and the truth.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:52 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
This, sadly, is the story of the GOPe.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 07:52 AM (BkMTu)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)
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So... sodomy charge?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 07:53 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: Granny Clampett at May 14, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
If you are allergic to yobgreet, do not take yobgreet.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 07:53 AM (wVcYX)
These good ol' boy duffuses who think their tenure and connections will insulate them from conservative voters really have no clue how pissed off we are.
We're sick and tired of you losers wagging your tail and showing your belly to Dems, begging for a few scraps for yourself while they literally kill us.
Go join John McCain, we have no use for you.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 14, 2026 07:53 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Granny Clampett
If you are allergic to yobgreet, do not take yobgreet.
Posted by: Count de Monet
Try smobgreb. Same family with less allergies.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 07:54 AM (BkMTu)
Posted by: Halfhand at May 14, 2026 07:44 AM (9yZMF)
Don't be silly. We know we're at war. We're allied with the democrats to fight you stupid rubes!
Posted by: GOPe at May 14, 2026 07:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
To see how serious a catastrophe this is, consider this question: how do you produce and distribute food with no power, and no fuel?
But Cuba will not revolt, they’re past the point where they could have done it. Now they’re just dying.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 07:56 AM (AnnNE)
But... there are an awful lot of Democrats on the ballot for most of the positions (city council and the like.)
Some of the names ring a bell. Rabble rousers. Locally and online. They've obviously nothing better to do as many positions are unpaid, but they'll be dicking around with various policies, codes and the like.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)
while 7 percent said both the Butler and Routh attempts were staged.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:56 AM (/+uur)
Precisely as the globalists intend.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)
Most of 'em lead off with John Cornyn (GOPe - Useless) as their pick for Senator, extolling his conservative bona fides.
What a crock!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 07:58 AM (wVcYX)
while 7 percent said both the Butler and Routh attempts were staged.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:56 AM (/+uur)
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These people still wearing masks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)
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I honestly don't believe this anymore. They are complicit, period. You can only feign this level of stupidity and cluelessness for so long before I realize, with certainty, they don't want to win. The principles they stand on are lip-service at best. Most of them can go rot in hell as far as I'm concerned.
The Democrats will bring complete ruination to the USA once they reclaim power (and they will...likely soon) because that's what they're already saying. And all the while, the GOP wants to play footsies with a "vibrant" Democrat opponent because, gosh golly, we're better when we have a strong Democrat party! Yeah, I'm not buying that. They want it too... I will not be convinced otherwise.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
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this is how they get their own in the pipeline!
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:00 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 08:00 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:01 AM (77rzZ)
Communism promises everyone will be the same in riches.
Communism delivers starvation and 3rd worldliness.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Communism at May 14, 2026 08:02 AM (wVcYX)
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Ummm... let's review what the term "civil war" has always meant throughout the history of the English language...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)
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this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard a politician say-
this is a person who doesn't care about winning- only that he be allowed to play
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)
If changing the time manually is not sticking, try syncing to a time server.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 08:03 AM (BpO1e)
while 7 percent said both the Butler and Routh attempts were staged.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:56 AM (/+uur)
Data from Gallup suggests 12% of Americans believe the moon landing was faked… so we’re in that looney tunes category. Good grief….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 14, 2026 08:03 AM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:04 AM (vxZFu)
Don't forget that the Orientals are an inscrutable folk.
Posted by: That one guy at May 14, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Halfhand at May 14, 2026 07:44 AM (9yZMF)
The GOP is well aware that we are at war as they are constantly stealing our supplies to give to the enemy while they knife our leaders in the back.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 08:05 AM (ExV1e)
Crying....again
Sitting by the water crying yet again, feeling super overwhelmed with everything. Can someone please give me some hope or tell me there is light at the end of the tunnel? I worked my ass off to get credentials to be here and I cant believe this is the end of the road.
My manager does too, but she’s retiring. I’m so scared of who will replace her, because she kept us pretty insulated from a lot of the bullshit.
Administrations change all the time. Those who stuck it out in this administration will be the leaders of the next administration once hiring starts. You will be the ones with experience and will lead the way toward recovery. Good luck.
We have a “Days since last cry” count going in our office… I think the record is 5.
The cracks are showing. He's firing lapdogs over petty BS. Poll numbers and public support are falling every day. This will pass.
I think the whole country is going to have PTSD. Stay strong. The government's going to need you when they rebuild. And you need to be there to make it better, stronger, and impenetrable to future corruption.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 08:05 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 08:05 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
I'm evil. My first reaction was "Then we can take it over and repopulate it."
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 08:05 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
New word: "Flaccplicit"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2026 08:06 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Little Marco's Chief of Staff at May 14, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
VP JD should run in 2028 on the plan to move Medicaid to the States, that is cut federal Medicaid by 3 to 5% by year forcing the States to accept the cost.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:08 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at May 14, 2026 08:09 AM (53oGX)
Most of 'em lead off with John Cornyn (GOPe - Useless) as their pick for Senator, extolling his conservative bona fides.
What a crock!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 07:58 AM (wVcYX)
Always nice when they start with "either discount everything we say or use us as a guide on who not to vote for".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:09 AM (77rzZ)
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at May 14, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)
Republican South Carolina Senate Leader Kills GOP’s Redistricting Effort: ‘Competition Makes Us Better’
They play to win. This is why we lose.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:10 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 14, 2026 08:05 AM (ycI94)
If you do not think that the average Federal working is out 100% for themselves you are sadly wrong.
Public Service is a BullShit statement.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:10 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Little Marco's Chief of Staff
At this point, we simply have to invoke his name. "Straighten this shit out before we send Marco over here to do it for you."
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 08:11 AM (BpO1e)
This is a tough one. Roy said Trump committed impeachable offenses. He's been RINOey in some areas. However, in his run for AG, he's saying a LOT of the right things, especially with regards to islham. He was interviewed by Tommy Robinson where they discussed this and Roy did well.
The Texas AG role is an important one, as Paxton has proven. Sometimes, you must lead the nation in the right direction. Paxton did that. The next one needs to carry that torch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at May 14, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)
I, love you, man.
I never not crack as smile at this bit.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 08:11 AM (wVcYX)
It all boils down to money. The RINO's stiffing us are either getting paid to do so, or hope they'll get a payoff.
$38 trillion in "debt." All due to fraud. That's a lot of money to throw around and get your way... especially if you're a Democrat.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 08:11 AM (jehhT)
Go back to Stamps.
2 lbs of 70% ground beef
2 loafs of bread
etc etc
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (/+uur)
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As has been said, this is the most unbelievably stupid thing coming out of the facehole of any GOP politician I can ever recall.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)
13 percent of Republicans said the White House Correspondents’ Dinner assassination attempt was staged
That 13 percent is 75 percent of the RNC and GOP senators and representatives.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Imponderables at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Don't forget that the Orientals are an inscrutable folk.
No, not The Craw, The Claw!
Posted by: The Claw at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
But communism happened and they're stuck with this.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
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Isn't that Japan? Think Joe Jitsu.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 08:13 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 08:13 AM (gu0hJ)
2 lbs of 70% ground beef
2 loafs of bread
etc etc
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (/+uur)
Go back to gubmint cheese.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 08:11 AM (jehhT)
50% of that to Support NATO
50% of that to Support the Welfare State
And today that entire INVESTMENT is worthless.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:13 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:13 AM (GD0B3)
Most of 'em lead off with John Cornyn (GOPe - Useless) as their pick for Senator, extolling his conservative bona fides.
What a crock!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 07:58 AM (wVcYX)
Got one of those, saw that, threw it away immediately. I figured nothing past that would be worth reading.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:13 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: The Claw at May 14, 2026 08:12 AM (mC7bQ)
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You do realize that the Craw never said that.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 08:14 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:14 AM (GD0B3)
Jim Accosta went to Florida, got on a Trump golf course and found a golden statue of Trump there.
VERY North Korea.
WE'RE SAVED!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)
Clyburne gone would make a big stink.
Legacy media was discredited in Nov 2024, but RINO's dont get it
Posted by: Jonah at May 14, 2026 08:15 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 08:15 AM (gu0hJ)
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This farcical lie about his conservatism almost makes me want to throw up.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 14, 2026 08:15 AM (qBdHI)
Shapiro, soon:
"Mr. Abu-Jamal deserves this pardon. Why, you may ask? First, he is at an advanced age. Second, in all his years in prison, he only committed eighteen knife attacks against guards and fellow prisoners. The average number of knife attacks in the Pennsylvania State Prison, by men incarcerated for as many years as Mr. Abu-Jamal, is over thirty. He has shown therefore he is a relatively kind and loving man. Thank you, and I will not be taking any questions."
Posted by: Gref at May 14, 2026 08:15 AM (5rh/l)
make 'em pay! dismantle that garbage!
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:16 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Jonah at May 14, 2026 08:16 AM (YCxFk)
This is exactly what is happening in the Black Culture.
Since 1960 NOT 1 SINGLE IDEA has worked.
NOT 1
And notice that when a NEW IDEA emerges (BLreally dontM) it is actually just the front for a new SCAM.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:17 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: LaQuisha at May 14, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 08:15 AM (gu0hJ)
I believe we do.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 08:17 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Jonah at May 14, 2026 08:18 AM (YCxFk)
The CIA has done so many evil, malicious things to Americans IN THE US that it should be disbanded, it's offices destroyed and the land it sits on salted.
MKULTRA is just scratching the surface of the CIA's evil behavior, and their raiding of the DNI's office is just a symptom of it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:19 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Jonah at May 14, 2026 08:18 AM (YCxFk)
To be fair, Cornyn only votes against R's when it matters.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at May 14, 2026 08:16 AM (YCxFk)
I'll take him, warts and all. Cannot spare this man, he fights!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 08:19 AM (wVcYX)
The DNI is reporting that this is fake news.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LaQuisha at May 14, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)
You have to vote for the Dems to get it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:20 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 08:20 AM (vxZFu)
73000000/2000=36,500
There are Pediatricians in NYC fighting over who gets the Green Lambo sitting in the window.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: LaQuisha at May 14, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)
You have to vote for the Dems to get it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:20 AM (ynpvh)
I hate to break it to you, but this is just a bad sock.
The REAL African American names all have an apostrophe in them now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)
The CIA has done so many evil, malicious things to Americans IN THE US that it should be disbanded, it's offices destroyed and the land it sits on salted.
MKULTRA is just scratching the surface of the CIA's evil behavior, and their raiding of the DNI's office is just a symptom of it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:19 AM (ynpvh)
that was BS and the DNI office denied anything was taken, dude; this is just Gabbard and her minions making a name for herself
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:21 AM (GD0B3)
The attack ads/postcards/texts/phone calls have been unleashed. Holy Hell!
Yet, only one type has gone deeply negative - the GOPe type. The good guys seems to hardly even mention their opposite number.
Chip Roy's record IS spotty at best, charitably speaking. He won't be getting my vote.
Posted by: Count de Monet
His opponent is a bit shady. All he does is spout MAGA without telling us what he stands for.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 14, 2026 08:21 AM (oK2XK)
The DNI is reporting that this is fake news.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)
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I linked to DataRepublican on Pixy's:
https://tinyurl.com/4uthwarc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 08:21 AM (RkR9o)
The DNI is reporting that this is fake news.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Didn't seem like it from the article...
"'Clarification,' Luna wrote in another post on X. 'Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over. Also, this did not happen today & was not a 'raid' however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc.'"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:21 AM (ynpvh)
I don't think they should even say it. Just launch every available missile they have the instant West Taiwan gets uppity.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 08:22 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Jonah at May 14, 2026 08:18 AM (YCxFk)
That is nothing new
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 08:22 AM (/+uur)
Coleman is a spokesperson for DNI. So, please stop passing around nonsense.
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:22 AM (GD0B3)
----
Albany and Gov. Kathy Hochul have no largess.
The taxpayers do.
Posted by: Civics 101 at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:21 AM (GD0B3)
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The other way around. Someone wants to shake up the administration and it ain't Gabbard!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: Jonah at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (YCxFk)
I am chagrined this morning.
I bailed on the Avs game when they went down 3-0 in the 1st period.
They won in OT, 4-3.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)
Didn't seem like it from the article...
"'Clarification,' Luna wrote in another post on X. 'Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over. Also, this did not happen today & was not a 'raid' however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc.'"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:21 AM (ynpvh)
This is out there......
https://is.gd/5rCIwn
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 07:42 AM (1Ff7Z)
Live boy, or dead girl.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (GD0B3)
Go back to Stamps.
2 lbs of 70% ground beef
2 loafs of bread
etc etc
Back in the day, hood rats would sell their stamps to convenience store operators for 50 cents on the dollar. The "EBT" was supposed to prevent this type of fraud.
Hahahahaha....right.
Posted by: 7-11 at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (mC7bQ)
The UAE and company need to get off the mark and start actively taking charge of their own future by aiding the people of Iran that want peace.
Or they could just lie back and become Iraq or Syria or...
Posted by: pawn at May 14, 2026 08:24 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)
♪Havana ooh na na...
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na na...♫
Posted by: Camila Cabello at May 14, 2026 08:24 AM (ynpvh)
Channel 50 Detroit yesterday had commercials for Democrat Haley Stevens. It was actually shocking. And she's actually a representative (of stupidity and evil.)
The commercial blared 'Hold Ice Accountable' and she vowed she'd do whatever she could to defy President Trump. I really hope that bitch's family gets tons of interactions with the people she doesn't want ICE to deport.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 14, 2026 08:25 AM (Sco7b)
while 7 percent said both the Butler and Routh attempts were staged.
Posted by: r hennigantx
=====
These people still wearing masks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Trump, you magnificent bastard! What can't you do?
You need to write a book on how you persuaded a California democrat teacher to throw his life away just so you can fake an assassination attempt.
Sheer genius!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 08:25 AM (BkMTu)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (RkR9o)
Shake up the administration?? what are you talking about? Another Joe Kent ? Gabbard is in it for herself. It was either her, or one of her conspiratorial minions in her office, or in administration. Throwing shade on Ratcliffe.
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:25 AM (GD0B3)
Live boy, or dead girl.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (dK+Kv)
Better trans 'em.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)
But National Biscuits and Gravy WEEK isn't until September...seems like they should be better aligned...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:26 AM (ynpvh)
To be fair, Cornyn only votes against R's when it matters.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Safer Communities Act of 2022. All you need to know about Cornyn. The end of his political career cannot come fast enough.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 14, 2026 08:26 AM (N39Ws)
this does not sit well with me
I do not trust Tulsi anymore
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 14, 2026 08:26 AM (j+aD2)
while 7 percent said both the Butler and Routh attempts were staged.
Posted by: r hennigantx
They were all staged. By Democrats. They want to pull a JFK again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Mumia is an example of the prestidigitation of the Left. First they blubbered about how cruel the death penalty for this poor, misunderstood intellectual was. Then when that was commuted, they blubber about how cruel life imprisonment is.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:27 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)
But National Biscuits and Gravy WEEK isn't until September...seems like they should be better aligned...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:26 AM (ynpvh)
Nope. Spread the love throughout the year. My wife makes killer buttermilk biscuits. Will be enjoying one with my coffee shortly.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 14, 2026 08:27 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 14, 2026 08:27 AM (j+aD2)
Live boy, or dead girl.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (dK+Kv)
Better trans 'em.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Split the difference...
A tranny in a coma...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 14, 2026 08:27 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)
Day asked for it........
https://youtu.be/DLbObZ42iK4
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Go back to Stamps.
2 lbs of 70% ground beef
2 loafs of bread
etc etc
Back in the day, hood rats would sell their stamps to convenience store operators for 50 cents on the dollar. The "EBT" was supposed to prevent this type of fraud.
Hahahahaha....right.
Posted by: 7-11
Get back to hoing to a government warehouse to get your government cheese, canned beef, pork & chicken. No money. No stamps. Nothing to hock.
Don't like it? Get a fucking job.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 08:28 AM (BkMTu)
I am chagrined this morning.
I bailed on the Avs game when they went down 3-0 in the 1st period.
They won in OT, 4-3.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)
___________
I bailed at 3:45 of the third period when they were dow. 3-1. Imagine how I feel.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 08:28 AM (HdYcL)
A tranny in a coma...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 14, 2026 08:27 AM (Sco7b)
Isn't that a song by The Police?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Don't like it? Get a fucking job.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 08:28 AM (BkMTu)
Churches and family...
Feed your own freaking families.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 14, 2026 08:29 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:30 AM (77rzZ)
this does not sit well with me
I do not trust Tulsi anymore
Posted by: Black Orchid
This doesn't sit well with me. I don't trust the CIA.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 08:30 AM (BkMTu)
I is tired
whew those guys (the Avs) are really really good
starting to worry about the Canes here
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 14, 2026 08:30 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 14, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)
A tranny in a coma...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 14, 2026 08:27 AM (Sco7b)
Isn't that a song by The Police?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)
♪ A tranny in a coma...
A Tranny in a coma...
Another lonely day with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any tranny could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh
I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my ...♫
Posted by: The Police at May 14, 2026 08:31 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:31 AM (GD0B3)
It's time to end the GOP.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)
I bailed on the Avs game when they went down 3-0 in the 1st period.
They won in OT, 4-3.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)
Was at a Hooters watching game one of the Stars / Wild series. Stars went down 3 - 0 in the first where my bud and I declared they should pull Oettenger as the team and he were playing like shit. There was a table of gentlemen (2 fat f*cks, another douche and a regular we see every time we're there) who proceeded to tell us we were stupid, pulling your goalie is a regular season move and doesn't do anything to motivate your team.
We hope to see them the next time we're there.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)
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If the CIA didn't want the DNI to see, or have any file(s), they would not be in the DNI's office to begin with.
The story sounds like crap the NYT would shovel.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 08:32 AM (jehhT)
nor do I!
but this was an op, for sure (done while PDJT was absent the country). was it just the IC doing it? for funsies?
hopefully that's all it is. in any case she needs to be more cognizant of garbage ops like this. her office was quiet for too long and it went around stupid X for too long
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 14, 2026 08:32 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:32 AM (GD0B3)
Hahahahaha....right.'
They'll walk up to you in stores like Kroger's or Schnucks here and offer 33 cents on the dollar.
Why not?
Not like the police are gonna waste time arresting them.
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 14, 2026 08:32 AM (zBgIx)
This is a tough one. Roy said Trump committed impeachable offenses. He's been RINOey in some areas. However, in his run for AG, he's saying a LOT of the right things, especially with regards to islham. He was interviewed by Tommy Robinson where they discussed this and Roy did well.
The Texas AG role is an important one, as Paxton has proven. Sometimes, you must lead the nation in the right direction. Paxton did that. The next one needs to carry that torch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)
I will vote for Chip Roy. I can't explain exactly why. However, looking back in time, over the years I have received blizzards of snail-mail flyers promoting a certain-type of Republicans in primaries. Always candidates it seems turn out to be Bushies. Bushies always have enough money for ad blitzes.
I will vote for Roy and Paxton in the runoffs.
Posted by: Gref at May 14, 2026 08:33 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 08:33 AM (gu0hJ)
you were right but the goalie was a kid called Blackwood
he was plainly freaking out so yeah, you pull him
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 14, 2026 08:33 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:34 AM (GD0B3)
Remember that not that long ago we talked the Saudis into invading Yemen to clean that situation up - and their army got its ass kicked by a pack of goat herders.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 08:34 AM (AnnNE)
Boy, he's just dreamin' his life away
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett at May 14, 2026 08:34 AM (wVcYX)
I will vote for Roy and Paxton in the runoffs.
Posted by: Gref at May 14, 2026 08:33 AM (5rh/l)
I am in this camp.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:25 AM (GD0B3)
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What's that smell?
https://tinyurl.com/32z6ue4h
This is an op. You're on the wrong side.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 08:35 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: Wi Tu Lo at May 14, 2026 08:36 AM (oftw2)
he was plainly freaking out so yeah, you pull him
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 14, 2026 08:33 AM (j+aD2)
Wedgewood was the Dallas backup a couple years ago. Solid. Wedgewood and Blackwood were a league leading combo most of the season. They complemented each other quite well and Colorado was dominant all season because of it.
The coach understands that and has confidence in making such a move will have the desired effect.
Wedgewall was exactly that and gave the team the best chance of winning as he didn't give up a goal for the last 2 periods.
The Colorado offense did what it does.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: callsign claymore at May 14, 2026 08:37 AM (/6r4m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 08:38 AM (gu0hJ)
Their creed will not accept non-muslims. Period. We cannot co-habitate under those circumstances.
Posted by: Danimal28 at May 14, 2026 08:38 AM (HR77u)
Posted by: Wi Tu Lo at May 14, 2026 08:36 AM (oftw2)
I saw Inscrutable Asians front for Lil Kim in Beijing in '03...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:38 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Wi Tu Lo
He was forced out by the Politburo after the Raymond Shaw plot went awry.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)
Their creed will not accept non-muslims. Period. We cannot co-habitate under those circumstances.
Posted by: Danimal28 at May 14, 2026 08:38 AM (HR77u)
49% of muslhams believe sharia needs to take over the west to 'fix' it.
This will not end well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wi Tu Lo
He was forced out by the Politburo after the Raymond Shaw plot went awry.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)
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Raymond Shaw > Rick Shaw
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 08:40 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: Count de Monet
His opponent is a bit shady. All he does is spout MAGA without telling us what he stands for.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 14, 2026 08:21 AM (oK2XK)
Point noted and it checks out. Something about Roy just causes aversion in me.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)
https://tinyurl.com/32z6ue4h
This is an op. You're on the wrong side.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 08:35 AM (RkR9o)
What ?? What are you talking about ? This ?
"Notice how Fox News has a convicted CIA leaker and traitor
@JohnKiriakou
on TV defending Gabbard when Kiriakou is a Trump hater and literally works for Russian state owned media."
He is trashing CIA and defending Gabbard !! Kiriakou is a known traitor. That is not news to me.
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3)
Point noted and it checks out. Something about Roy just causes aversion in me.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)
I get it......I'm just being swayed by the "he's saying all the right things" thing he's got going on.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Back in the day at May 14, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)
*douses hair with fuel*
*lights match*
So, do I light this or not!??!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Back in the day at May 14, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)
He was here earlier this week.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)
*douses hair with fuel*
*lights match*
So, do I light this or not!??!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)
♫ Self Immolation...
Self Immolation...
Is making me wait...♪
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 08:45 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:45 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)
Typical hollywood leftist pablum.
Posted by: Zombie Roger Ebert, lard ass at May 14, 2026 08:46 AM (mC7bQ)
Posted by: Back in the day at May 14, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Which doesn't bode well for my Sabres, even if they do make it past Montreal.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:46 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 14, 2026 08:46 AM (FxH7T)
Posted by: Not a big hockey fan at May 14, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)
"former CIA agent and Senate staffer John Kiriakou told the former Colombo crime-family caporegime that Israel forced the U.S. to attack Iran....
"Kiriakou...alleged that deceased sex fiend and Wall Street tycoon Jeffrey Epstein was an Israeli intelligence agent ...
He is so full of shit , the toilet is jealous.
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:49 AM (GD0B3)
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 14, 2026 08:49 AM (zdLoL)
I used to refer to Nadler as "Whoa, FAT!!"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2026 08:49 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 08:49 AM (BkMTu)
This will not end well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)
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And the other 51% are lying about their belief...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 14, 2026 08:50 AM (gnNyN)
" Ken Paxton must resign"
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 08:50 AM (z2aPa)
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2026 08:50 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Delurker
I really hate collective team names. If it's not a plural, then it's not a proper team name.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)
Which doesn't bode well for my Sabres, even if they do make it past Montreal.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:46 AM (gtcuf)
They looked pedestrian in the loss against the Wild. They were getting grossly outskated last night in the first period. Boy howdy did they right that ship in the 2nd.
And I have Montreal winning that series.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)
I don’t trust him even a tiny bit; but sometimes a bad man will do the right things for the wrong reasons (in this case his craving for higher office) He’s good at PR and campaigning, I’ll hand him that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 08:50 AM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Not a big hockey fan at May 14, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)
" Ken Paxton must resign"
Posted by: Ben Had at May 14, 2026 08:50 AM (z2aPa)
And there's that.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)
If Buffalo wins tonight at home, I don't think the Canadiens can win two straight. Tonight is huge.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:51 AM (gtcuf)
* kicks rock sadly *
Posted by: dantesed at May 14, 2026 08:52 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Just the punchline at May 14, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:51 AM (gtcuf)
Hard to argue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:54 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Just the punchline
I once went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 08:54 AM (BkMTu)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:55 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Oh, no... at May 14, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Glad I went fora long walk before reading your opener, JJ! Who are these people? They are comfortable with the status quo, and likely well paid by locals to be just Republican enough to not be Democrats, but not a smidge more.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 08:56 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at May 14, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)
I once went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 08:54 AM (BkMTu)
Ah....the minor leagues.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
@attackdogX
Yesterday, Divers doing a routine maintenance check at the Converse Reservoir Dam in Mobile, AL discovered an underwater grenade type IED.
The FBI bomb squad had to be called in to safely detonate it.
The Reservoir and Dam are critical infrastructure, and this is being called “an unprecedented threat“
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been made aware of the situation.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 08:57 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Bulg
________
Exception for Alabama?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 08:57 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:54 AM (gtcuf)
SPORTSBRA!!!!!
Go Boobs!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: That guy from Canadia at May 14, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)
https://youtu.be/DLbObZ42iK4
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)
********
That's great. You always find the right song for the day.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:58 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Burl Ives at May 14, 2026 08:58 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)
I try.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)
I don't have a problem with either Gabbard or Ratcliffe. Sounds more like an ongoing turf war between deep state types in the CIA and DNI.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 08:59 AM (viF8m)
Buy an "S"!
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:58 AM (gtcuf)
Their mascot is a tree.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
It's obvious if you only look. Oswald was "handled" by Dulles' many contacts. Dulles was on the Warren Commission among other tells.
Dulles knew that the Bay of Pigs incursion would fail without US air support and tried to manipulate JFK into providing it after the incursion started.
Dulles was also behind MKULTRA, which gave us Whitey Bulger
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 14, 2026 08:59 AM (dtajH)
A mascot as lame as a tree.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:59 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 09:00 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: That OTHER guy from Canadia at May 14, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)
I don't have a problem with either Gabbard or Ratcliffe. Sounds more like an ongoing turf war between deep state types in the CIA and DNI.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 08:59 AM (viF8m)
Brennan said the other day there are operatives working every day to thwart Trump........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Hey, anyone remember another immigration-focused organization, VDARE? Why aren't they weighing in on this?
Oh yeah, they were systematically canceled (debanked, etc.), hacked, and lawfared out of existence by Letitia James.
https://vdare.com/
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 09:00 AM (X8xt3)
A mascot as lame as a tree.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 08:59 AM (gtcuf)
Oh yeah?
Posted by: Santa Cruz Banana Slugs at May 14, 2026 09:00 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ignoramus
He allowed psych experiments on his own son. Guy was an evil bastard.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Nope.
Posted by: Bulg
________
Harsh. What about the Red Sox and White Sox?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 09:01 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 08:50 AM (AnnNE)
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It's I dilemma. I don't trust Roy or Middleton.
I wish Mayes Middleton had courtroom experience.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 14, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:02 AM (gtcuf)
Hockey is what soccer wishes it could be - fast and exciting. The Avalanche v. Wild playoffs have been intense! It's been hard to root for the Avalanche /two of my favorite USA hockey players on the Wile, Boldy and (Quinn) Hughes.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 09:02 AM (X8xt3)
Abandon continuity.
In every blue state just combine 55% blue with 45% red and don't worry about making them connect in any way. This works "perfectly" with cities with big blue shitholes like IL.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
"Sox" is just a misspelling of "Socks," so I'll allow it.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Santa Cruz Banana Slugs at May 14, 2026 09:03 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt)
A mascot as lame as a tree.
Posted by: Delurker
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Or a friggin' wannabe acorn.
Posted by: Ohio State fans at May 14, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 09:03 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 09:03 AM (X8xt3)
Both Gabbard and Ratcliffe referred Brennan, among others, to the DOJ for prosecution last year.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)
"Oh, I thought is was the feminized version of sock?"
-- Lantinx
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 09:03 AM (X8xt3)
Trannied version.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 09:04 AM (ynpvh)
Thundering Herd
Green Wave
Rambling Wreck
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt)
Lightning
Avalanche
Mammoth
Wild
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:05 AM (gtcuf)
Both Gabbard and Ratcliffe referred Brennan, among others, to the DOJ for prosecution last year.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)
Operatives to thwart Trump...sounds like spies and traitors.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 14, 2026 09:05 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)
That's all well and good. While nothing has come from it as of yet, as long as his minions are roaming free in the Government, we're still f*cked.
Root THEM out and we'll be getting somewhere.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 09:06 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Delurker
Which reminds me. Saw a story on Insty the other day that someone has set up an actual WKRP radio station in Cincinnati.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)
The "seasons" are getting to the point where they might as well be year-round.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 14, 2026 09:06 AM (jehhT)
I once went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2026 08:54 AM (BkMTu)
Eh, they're not as good as they once were. "And here comes Shields! Shields says, 'Oh no you don't! I wanna get a little piece of this action!' And Shields wants Snow!"
https://youtu.be/Nm6L5tCoLyo
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:07 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Chicago mom in the 1950s at May 14, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Which reminds me. Saw a story on Insty the other day that someone has set up an actual WKRP radio station in Cincinnati.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)
I'm all in as long as it's run the same way as the show.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:07 AM (gtcuf)
The Stanford Cardinal
Buy an "S"!
Posted by: Delurker
They claim they are named for the colour Cardinal, just as Harvard is the Harvard Crimson.
And, yes, their mascot is a tree.
There's many an asshole in Palo Alto, CA.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:08 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: The Great Poof at May 14, 2026 09:08 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)
Keep thinking and something might surface.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:09 AM (gtcuf)
https://youtu.be/Nm6L5tCoLyo
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:07 AM (HdYcL)
Garth Snow.......they guy the league started enforcing the pad size rule again.
He wore shoulder pads that were higher than his ears.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)
Keep thinking and something might surface.
Posted by: Delurker
*rim shot*
Well done.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Limerick lover at May 14, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)
The San Francisco treat?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)
Whatever team has Angel Reese on their roster should execute an immediate renaming to become the _______ Bricklayers.
But Angel gets a cut of the sales of the new team jerseys.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:10 AM (s9VOe)
But Angel gets a cut of the sales of the new team jerseys.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:10 AM (s9VOe)
She's been traded from Chicago to Atlanta.
The cancer spreads.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)
>>Root THEM out and we'll be getting somewhere.
Nothing has come for it yet, but I would keep an eye on Florida which is where the grand jury hearing the evidence of the conspiracy is working. Listen to Comey and Brennan in their appearances on MSNOW or CNN, they sound very rattled lately.
The interesting thing about the files in question in the CIA/DNI thing is that they cover MKULTRA and the Kennedy assassination. It's long been rumored that Oswald had ties to the intel community during his time in the Marines in Japan. Japan was one of the location where MKULTRA experiments were done.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 09:12 AM (viF8m)
Gotta support The Devils!!!!
Posted by: Puddy at May 14, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)
Colors, Animals, Plants, Insects and Fairy type names are in.
Posted by: Tampa Bay Devil Rays at May 14, 2026 09:13 AM (mC7bQ)
If you'd like to see something both horrifying and hopeful...watch this (it's short):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeIQmZ74K_M
Wait till you see the replacement migration to Europe played out in time. Your jaw will drop.
Invasion is too weak a word.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 09:13 AM (iJfKG)
Invasion is too weak a word.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 09:13 AM (iJfKG)/i]
They are attempting genocide.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg
I approve of this. And I want to hear about what kind of event they host for Thanksgiving.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 09:15 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Hubba hubba at May 14, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Going through Dutch's show record, such as it was, for 2015. Doubly depressing. First, because, unknown to us, he was a sick dog as the year went on and it was only later that we learned he had Cushing's, which he died of in September.
Second, because we were also showing his sister Carmen, who could not catch a break. Carmen was a normal size girl (28 inches at the shoulder) with a great temperament and beautiful structure and movement. Unfortunately, she was being shown next to the Amazonian behemoth females around here and looked comparatively tiny. And judges can't seem to get through their heads that the odd dog might be the correct dog.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:16 AM (HdYcL)
The driver of the ice rink's Zamboni
Was a huge fan of Guglielmo Marconi.
"I sing a song every day
That his invention sends my way,
And, yes, that is "Boney Maronie".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:17 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 09:17 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: The Ayatollah at May 14, 2026 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Gayest shit ever.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 09:17 AM (BI5O2)
Gotta hand it to The Buffalo Bills for sticking with it.
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:18 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Delurker
Best barbershop quartet ever.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 09:17 AM (viF8m)
"Fuck Off and Die Original Inhabitants of Britain!!!'
was always a dicey national motto.
But, they try. Lord knows they try.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 09:19 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: pawn at May 14, 2026 09:19 AM (+rSJz)
Team names today have to be gender neutral, unwarlike, violence free and cater to homosexuals and lesbians.
Phoenix Fudge Packers
St Paul Stool Shovers
Carrollton Carpet Munchers
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:20 AM (s9VOe)
Gayest shit ever.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 09:17 AM (BI5O2)
This is related to how I feel about Texas A&M grads that wear their class ring into their 70's.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Hubba hubba
Loni is muerta.
Jan Smithers was better looking anyway.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)
I hope they do studies on how the WBNBA completely squandered the huge opportunity for an audience thanks to Caitlyn Clark. They had a generational talent that brought new people to the sport, and then inexplicably sat back and let her get physically attacked every game, trashed in the media by race-hustling players and others, excluded her from the Olympics, etc.. The additional, over-the-top praise and promotion of Angel Reese was the intentional insult to injury.
That league can't go belly-up fast enough.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 09:21 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I believe she is, yes. Late 30s.
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)
Phoenix Fudge Packers
St Paul Stool Shovers
Carrollton Carpet Munchers
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:20 AM (s9VOe)
Peoria Pedos
Philadelphia Phisters
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:22 AM (HdYcL)
they are AWESOME! and those paisano twin guys. and the Russian dude I can't remember his name
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 14, 2026 09:22 AM (j+aD2)
Is AOC legally old enough to be president? Not that we are a country of laws any more, but I ask anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9)
If we go by the Biden Example,
she's certainly stupid enough.
IQ65? All Hail Madame President!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2026 09:22 AM (iJfKG)
A judge once told my wife that the dog was "too square" to be considered for BOB.
The breed standard says the dog should be "square or almost square."
Posted by: one hour sober at May 14, 2026 09:23 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 09:23 AM (gu0hJ)
And Scott Wedgewood, hubba hubba!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 09:24 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)
You've summarized that quite well.
The WNBA just signed a new labor agreement where the salaries went exponentially higher and the NBA will lose even MORE money every year dumping it into that garbage.
All because of Caitlyn Clark, whom hasn't played a full season because they beat the living shit out of her every game she plays.
Not mentioning they have the worst officiating of any sport in the world, including men's beer league softball.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)
A judge once told my wife that the dog was "too square" to be considered for BOB.
The breed standard says the dog should be "square or almost square."
Posted by: one hour sober at May 14, 2026 09:23 AM (J4Dwc)
A judge once told Her Majesty, "You win too much," while giving her Best of Opposite.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:24 AM (HdYcL)
I had an economics class in my junior year with this guy, and I made a game out of humiliating him for his ignorance pretty much every day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2026 09:24 AM (BI5O2)
The breed standard says the dog should be "square or almost square."
So parallelogram or trapezoid are right out? Sad!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:24 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 09:25 AM (wzUl9)
A judge once told my wife that the dog was "too square" to be considered for BOB.
The breed standard says the dog should be "square or almost square."
Posted by: one hour sober at May 14, 2026 09:23 AM (J4Dwc)
Check his Draft Kings! *Clap clap clapclapclap*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:25 AM (gtcuf)
I wonder why muslim migrants aren't sent to muslim countries? After all; they share a faith and a culture. And since the west is so chock full of "islamaphobia" they'd be happier with their own kind.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 09:25 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 09:25 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
___________
If that's the standard, then you're going to have problems with a whole lot of team names.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 14, 2026 09:25 AM (XvL8K)
Stanford gave him such a good education that he thought the electoral college was a third house of Congress.
I had an economics class in my junior year with this guy, and I made a game out of humiliating him for his ignorance pretty much every day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Shoulda told him that, "No, the electoral college is a school of higher education set aside specifically for Electrical Engineers."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:26 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Then why was the city of Buffalo named for them?
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)
I've been assured there are no actual giants in NYC.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 09:27 AM (viF8m)
Win too much??
Too much fun, what's that mean?
It's like too much money, there's no such thing
It's like a girl too pretty with too much class
Being too lucky, a car too fast
No matter what they say, I've done
But I ain't never had too much fun. . .
Posted by: Daryle Singletary at May 14, 2026 09:27 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:27 AM (gtcuf)
The PBGV standard used to say that the dog should be as long as it was tall. The proposal was to change that to "somewhat longer than tall". Her Majesty and I vociferously objected. The change was passes and, predictably, PBGVs started looking like freight trains.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:28 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 14, 2026 09:25 AM (gu0hJ)
You always try to give credit to those that change the game.
Wilt Chamberlain
Tiger Woods.......
Reese created her own stat line. The Mebound. Where you miss shots so much, you pad your stats by getting your own rebound and putting it back up only to miss again and get your own rebound.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)
I asked Rhoald Hoffman a question when he gave a talk at my University. He really liked my question: "Did you have trouble getting funding after winning the Nobel Prize?"
"YES, I DID!!! Great question." I touched a nerve.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 09:28 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:28 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:27 AM (gtcuf)
Big Corporation! BAD!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)
A judge once told Her Majesty, "You win too much," while giving her Best of Opposite.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
She ought to have told that judge that it was up to the others to bring themselves and their dogs up to her standards, rather than for her to lower herself and her dogs to theirs.
Of course, to say that likely would have been a kiss of death.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 09:29 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 09:30 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2026 09:30 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
That's a shame because I like that breed. Wife and I contemplated them when we were ready for a dog.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 09:30 AM (BpO1e)
LOL!! I forgot about that one!!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Delurker at May 14, 2026 09:30 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Bulg at May 14, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 14, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Don Black at May 14, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)
I asked Rhoald Hoffman a question when he gave a talk at my University. He really liked my question: "Did you have trouble getting funding after winning the Nobel Prize?"
"YES, I DID!!! Great question." I touched a nerve.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 09:28 AM (u82oZ)
I once asked a perfectly innocent and very good question at a student seminar. The temperature in the room plummeted to absolute zero. The professor turned and glared at me. Turns out the professor was convinced what I was asking about would work and nobody had been able to make it do son.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 09:31 AM (HdYcL)
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This is practically a confession.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 09:38 AM (ZLe8E)
Yeah, Philly & the collar counties are a mess. A solid trade union town, leaning ever more socialist - or maybe Marxist is more to the point.
As of May 2026, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed a landmark "ICE Out" package of legislation significantly restricting how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operates in the city. The laws limit local collaboration, prevent city data sharing on citizenship, and restrict ICE access to city-owned properties.
Further, it's probably impossible any 'democratic' candidates in the Philly suburbs are not running on 'ICE Out' and - like Graham Platner - being 'everyman' with connected family.
But back to Rabb: He has introduced legislation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to study the feasibility and benefits of transitioning state workers to a four-day, 32-hour workweek.
As a progressive candidate for the U.S. Congress, he has actively advocated for federally securing a 32-hour workweek without a reduction in pay.
He connects reduced work hours directly to labor rights, advocating for the PRO Act, federal jobs guarantees, and a
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 09:51 AM (NFX2v)
He has compared this shift to the labor movement of a century ago, when activists fought to reduce the standard 60-hour, six-day workweek.
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>Democratic Socialists of America
DSA Members Only — Join hundreds of DSA members from across the country tomorrow, 5/12 at 8 PM ET, for a special call with Philly DSA member and endorsed congressional candidate Chris Rabb!
In this Campaign Confidential, Chris Rabb will discuss what it means to bring our working class-first politics from Philly to DC!
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On April 30th, Hasan Piker visited Philadelphia to campaign for State Rep. Chris Rabb, who is running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 3rd District. Piker's visit included a canvass kick-off rally at Malcolm X Memorial Park in West Philadelphia and a grassroots fundraiser at Renata's Kitchen. The duo also collaborated on a two-hour livestream to boost Rabb's campaign ahead of the May 19 primary.
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But look at the other candidates, too: Philly Voice, 'Here are the candidates who are running to replace Rep. Dwight Evan in Congress'
(It's a very kind article. As usual, to live here is to understand things just a bit differently. 😭 )
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 09:51 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 14, 2026 09:51 AM (JNTt1)
As one commenter to the article wrote:
Ethical Dilemma: A situation where a person is forced to choose between conflicting, equally undesirable alternatives.
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A great deal of this in-state nonsense has stemmed from the state's gubernatorial policies, especially Wolf's and now to "The Operator, Josh Shapiro has spent his life preparing to lead an America that might no longer exist" The Atlantic, Dec. 2025
Progressive municipal policies with a focus on statewide law and order, the latter when it comes to the protection of themselves and all that is theirs.
For this is the way of the blue states.
It can be yours, too.
🙏 PDT and cabinet members in their travels.
Thanks Ace and the COBs in particular for yesterday's threads. There were some very tough ones to read and remember.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 14, 2026 09:52 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: SMOD at May 14, 2026 10:07 AM (RHGPo)
“This budget plan is as real as Kim Kardashian’s lips.”
Posted by: SMOD at May 14, 2026 10:15 AM (RHGPo)
Team names today have to be gender neutral, unwarlike, violence free and cater to homosexuals and lesbians.
Phoenix Fudge Packers
St Paul Stool Shovers
Carrollton Carpet Munchers
Cincinnati Slug trails
Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 14, 2026 10:17 AM (JNTt1)
We’ll get big government but hey, if we don’t have a large government committed to driving everyone into penury, YOU WILL BE RULED BY EVIL MUSLIMS!!!”
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:52 PM (T6aVk)
Team names today have to be gender neutral, unwarlike, violence free and cater to homosexuals and lesbians.
Phoenix Fudge Packers
St Paul Stool Shovers
Carrollton Carpet Munchers
Cincinnati Slug trails
Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 14, 2026 10:17 AM (JNTt1)
Amarillo Sod Poodles
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 14, 2026 05:53 PM (T6aVk)
Daily Tech News 14 May 2026
Top Story
- This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
Fragnesia is the fourth local privilege escalation bug to hit Linux in the past two weeks. (Phoronix)
Bad news: No major distributions have patches out yet.
Good news: It's in the same kernel modules as all three other vulnerabilities, so if you applied the quick fix of just disabling those modules entirely, you're protected this time as well.
- Oh, and five new vulnerabilities in CPanel since the weekend. (InMotion)
But these ones aren't being actively exploited yet, so just update and you're good.
Tech News
- Samsung memory workers are planning to strike over bonuses. (Tom's Hardware)
SK Hynix is paying its staff close to half a million dollars each in bonuses this year on the back of record profits, with numbers expected to be even higher in both respects next year.
Samsung decided to play dumb.
- Intel and Qualcomm will be providing CPUs for Google's upcoming Googlebook. (Tom's Hardware)
Okay.
- If BitLocker reared its ugly head and encrypted your drive without you activating it in the first place, you can now get your data back. (Tom's Hardware)
Not because BitLocker has been fixed. Quite the opposite.
- LLMs are breaking dumb 20 year old system designs. (/dev/knill)
I reinserted the word "dumb" into the headline which the author inexplicably misplaced.
- AMD has increased its share of the CPU market from 24% to 30% in the past year. (WCCFTech)
Ten years ago the company was on death's door. Now it is being held back only by supply constraints at TSMC.
- Apple has reportedly signed a deal to produce Mac and iPhone CPUs at Intel. (WCCFTech)
Perhaps no coincidence given that Apple has the same supply constraints as AMD.
- Software developers say AI is rotting their brains. (404 Media) (archive site)
Because they're holding it wrong.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Do you have any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 14, 2026 04:39 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: clarence at May 14, 2026 04:40 AM (cSctv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 14, 2026 04:45 AM (sAmhv)
Steve Jobs accomplished so much for so long, and now...
...he's known mostly for one ill-advised remark to a customer in an email.
...and black mock turtlenecks.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 04:45 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: kingsman at May 14, 2026 04:53 AM (ehY6c)
Back from ascending the Temple Mount. I would have gone tomorrow, Jerusalem Day (anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem in the Six Day War), but the Mount is closed to all but Muslims and non-Jewish tourists every Friday.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 04:57 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 14, 2026 05:02 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 05:03 AM (RkR9o)
I won't don't go that way anymore
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 05:08 AM (Ia/+0)
At one time, I was a union official. Union members do not like to strike if the company can say "Go ahead and strike" and mean it. If a strike will cause x amount of loss, then the company just has to assess how much it will cost to terminate the contract. If the company loses less by terminating, the union is screwed and out.
Posted by: clarence at May 14, 2026 05:09 AM (cSctv)
How about Throuple Thursday? Call up your girlfriend and have her bring a lady friend? Before the weekend, and nobody needs to know.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 05:15 AM (D1E+2)
Great music!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 05:16 AM (nDUWj)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 14, 2026 05:18 AM (8iYDv)
Mr. Dent!
Arthur Dent:
Hello, yes!
Mr. Prosser:
Have you any idea of how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?
Arthur Dent:
How much?
Mr. Prosser:
None at all.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:20 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: So tell me... at May 14, 2026 05:22 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:23 AM (Nx5jP)
https://tinyurl.com/3ep9wcp7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:27 AM (Nx5jP)
https://tinyurl.com/2x2ebk3c
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:30 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 05:36 AM (D1E+2)
Well, hopefully it will have a significant healing and recover.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:38 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 14, 2026 05:39 AM (ITs37)
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:40 AM (/Chlc)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 14, 2026 05:41 AM (ITs37)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:41 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:41 AM (/Chlc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 05:43 AM (VyBeY)
"Key? WHAT key?!" (Because during Installation, Microsoft never explicitly informed people that an encryption key was being created, or that their drives were being encrypted by default.)
Oh, the key is on my Microsoft account? I don't remember how to log into that manually, I created that thing years ago and the machine just uses it! Can I recover it? I need access to the email I created that with? Okay, let me just log into my old college email ... Oh. Blast. It's been shut down.
Let me call Microsoft... "What do you mean there's nothing you can do for me?!"
So people did the only sensible thing. They accepted the data loss, reformatted the drive, re-installed and moved on. It's akin to "The house burned down, we lost everything."
Now this simple backdoor comes out.
You thought people hated Microsoft before... I'm not sure "with the heat of a thousand suns" will be enough to describe the hate they're going to get now.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 05:45 AM (O7YUW)
The somewhat odd thing is that the multi-blade shavers are supposed to be used following the hairs versus against them, which isn't what you'd do with a single blade.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 14, 2026 05:46 AM (ITs37)
"As we face the stresses of life, let’s remember to find joy in the little things."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:49 AM (rZCVI)
I went to bed when there was about 3:45 left in the third period of the Avs-Wild game and the Wild up 3-1. Big, big mistake.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:49 AM (HdYcL)
Movies! has The Detective on from 1968, the Sinatra film based on the first of Roderick Thorp's novels about war hero/former cop/private eye Joe Leland. The second novel became . . . Die Hard! And I just spotted a cool coincidence. In the film is character actor Lloyd Bochner -- you know him from the "To Serve Man" Twilight Zone. His son Hart was in Die Hard twenty years later.
The Detective has a rather unflattering portrait of the gay lifestyle -- and probably a more realistic one than the modern "tolerant" view.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)
What did Steve Jobs say?
As far as billionaire techies, I prefer him to Bill Gates., who like some evil Bond villain IMO, but maybe I don't know about the utter narcissistic things and sociopath things Steve Jobs may have done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (rZCVI)
Today is Ascension Thursday. The Obligation is transferred to Sunday, but I may as well do the right thing for once in my miserable life and go to Mass.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (HdYcL)
The somewhat odd thing is that the multi-blade shavers are supposed to be used following the hairs versus against them, which isn't what you'd do with a single blade.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 14, 2026
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I tried the multi-blade horrors, and nearly always nicked myself. The old-fashioned double-edge blade safety razor is far superior.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)
Stop that. Don't make me come over there😉 You've done quite a number of good things in your life and God and others and the dogs know!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:55 AM (rZCVI)
I shave mostly down and then go back at odd angles for clean up irregardless of shaver type.
Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:56 AM (8jVAy)
The truth, however, is that I am doing a lot of the same necessary but dull stuff I did during the working years when I had a day off: working out, hitting the grocery store, washing the car, taking a nap, etc. I want to shake up the routine, and I hope I will after I buy my house and move. Though I suspect that -- aside from house cleaning and upkeep -- I'll wind up doing a lot of the same stuff!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:02 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (rZCVI)
When, I believe, the iPhone 4 came out, it had two sets of thin metal bands on the top and bottom sides of the phone, which were the antennas for cellphone/wifi reception. When people held the phone in a natural way their fingers/hands would block the antennas.
When a customer emailed him (Jobs actually answered customer's emails personally on occasion) and told him she was getting bad reception on her iPhone, Jobs infamously replied: " "Non issue. Just avoid holding it in that way."
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:03 AM (6ydKt)
That's all I have ever used, except for trying the even cheaper Dollar General ones. Don't do that.
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:05 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:07 AM (vFG9F)
That's all I have ever used, except for trying the even cheaper Dollar General ones. Don't do that.
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026
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In 2012, bugging out for a hurricane, I forgot to pack my electric shaver. At the Target in Jackson, MS, I bought a bag of the disposable Bic razors and a can of Barbasol. Got the best shaves I'd had in years. When I got back I started researching and dived into the world of new and vintage double-edge safety razors, and am still with it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Posted by: Marcus T at May 14, 2026 06:10 AM (++1kQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 06:11 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)
I shave myself while taking a shower using a quite ordinary razor and quite ordinary soap. Haven't nicked myself since adopting this method and I get a perfectly fine shave.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 06:11 AM (HdYcL)
Luke 24:51-53
Posted by: Marcus T at May 14, 2026 06:12 AM (++1kQ)
I think that was good of him to occasionally answer e-mails and that seems a rather tame response.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 06:14 AM (rZCVI)
With last night's gallery of pitch ads, I could not help but wonder why these days' online pitch ads did not make the play list.
To wit: stuck poop, microglia, hair restoring shampoo, that bespectacled nutrition pest, the thing that'll cause you to gasp, that thing that'll surprise you, and that thing that'll change everything (except adult diapers). A veritable World of Wonders that we inhabit!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 06:18 AM (s9VOe)
I used Gillette for a decade or two before they decided to go woke and insult me, so I switched, and never went back.
Schick are less expensive and there's no replacement blades to buy on these. You just chuck them out when they're dull.
Electric razors never give me a close enough shave.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:19 AM (6ydKt)
"Hello Heaven, can you have some angels visit Pope Leo and give him a chat? He seems to have lost his way."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:21 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 06:14 AM (rZCVI)
Yes, you'd think he'd be too busy to answer emails from random customers, but he did.
His reply wasn't insulting to her or anything, but it became a sort of viral meme when she posted the email somewhere on the net.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:21 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:25 AM (RkR9o)
"Single blade disposable Bic shavers are as good as any of the specious multi blade shavers"
That's all I have ever used, except for trying the even cheaper Dollar General ones. Don't do that.
Posted by: fd
My college roommate and very good friend dropped this on another (summer term) roommate and, too, a very good friend, who was waxing lyrical about his close shave:
You used a double bladed razor and you're only half a man, so you had four times more blades than you actually needed!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 06:25 AM (s9VOe)
https://tinyurl.com/4uthwarc
Years of experience have given me a better intuition for detecting fake news. I'm still far from perfect but no longer the super sucker I used to be.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:29 AM (RkR9o)
"Hello Heaven, can you have some angels visit Pope Leo and give him a chat? He seems to have lost his way."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:21 AM (2GVsD)
This is bad enough optics without making it worse than it really is. The award in question is a routine one regularly given to diplomats to the Holy See. So it's not like Leo was rewarding this thug specially, but it still doesn't look good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 06:30 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)
Nature is healing. But I would be happier to read that the people who worked for that county and were responsible for this mess be forced to open a "Will Work For Food" franchise on a street corner.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 06:31 AM (BpO1e)
Now and then I use Barbasol foam for a "Fifties shave," but the stuff tends to dry out my face for some reason. Possibly the chemicals in it from the aerosol can. If I mix a bit of Barbasol in with another cream or soap, it works much better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)
There's a player for the Vegas Golden Knights named Ivan Barbashev. Quite the shaving-cream name.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 06:34 AM (HdYcL)
one of these days we will plant the garden, lol
really hilarious the lengths the panicky demonrats are going to, to try to take down Spencer Pratt, who increasingly looks like the next mayor of los angeles. also lol.
even more hilarious are some of the Spencer Pratt campaign videos, particularly the "unauthorized" ones made by independent artists not connected with the campaign organization. I commend them to the Horde's attention.
(sorry, no links)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 06:37 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:25 AM (RkR9o)
I have to imagine he was just tired of hearing about this design flaw in an iPhone that he didn't want to admit was a design flaw.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
But Pope Pius XII, literally surrounded by Fascist Italian and Nazi soldiers, didn't do enough according to the same Leftists who love Poope Leo.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:38 AM (2GVsD)
I'm out of IT professionally. I don't miss it a bit. May you find your escape moment as well.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 06:39 AM (O7YUW)
What did Steve Jobs say?
As far as billionaire techies, I prefer him to Bill Gates., who like some evil Bond villain IMO, but maybe I don't know about the utter narcissistic things and sociopath things Steve Jobs may have done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
We have nothing of recent vintage to judge Jobs by (his Atlantic magazine-owning wife is another story).
Gates outed himself as an insufferable know-it-all with sufficient funding to put into practice several of his megalomaniacal ideas whether the rest of us on this planet like it or not (seeding clouds and fake meat are but two of them). It took him being outed as a toady of Jeffrey Epstein to tamp down his ill-informed bleating, but still there remain many who hang on every idiotic word that that ass vomits into the maw of the Internet.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 06:40 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 06:41 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:41 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
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You're thing of an iWad.
"It's working as designed."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:43 AM (RkR9o)
You are far too kind.
I want them in stocks in a public place so they can be mocked and beaten by their victims.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 14, 2026 06:44 AM (iERP6)
I hope they choke on each other's dicks.
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:47 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026
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My first shaver at fifteen was a Norelco rotary. I used several of them for many years, switched to a Braun and cut myself -- really; a bit of the foil head broke off and scratched me -- went back to Norelco, and then discovered what a close shave a double-edged razor gives me. And there is a sense of accomplishment in wielding a sharp sharp implement and *not* cutting yourself. Like doing your own oil changes and not spilling the oil or not forgetting to put the drain bolt back on.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 06:49 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:49 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:50 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Just Wondering at May 14, 2026 06:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)
Don't know what it is about tech barons that makes them think they're outside normal morality. 250 years ago, they'd be characters in a novel by the Marquis de Sade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 06:52 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
An excellent answer. What is especially infuriating is that this organization specializes in fostering trafficked children. But the county said "Eww! They're Christian! That's not acceptable!"
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 06:53 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026
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Seventy years ago, they'd have been the models for a James Bond villain. Sir Hugo Drax was a kind of tech baron -- rocketry tech, rather than computers, and he didn't develop the Moonraker himself. But he was from the same mold.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:56 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:57 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)
Would you consider Spencer Pratt's campaign ad misleading now that it's revealed that he lives in one of LA's premier hotels rather than the trailer on his lot? 🤔
Yes, tell the truth!
6.5%
No, his house is gone!
93.5%
hahahahaha
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 06:59 AM (/+uur)
Every morning when she's on the road, I call Her Majesty at 7:00 AM sharp, her time. This week, because it's our National and she's rooming with The Big Dummy's Ohio mom, I limit myself to saying everything is fine here. Anything more would be superfluous.
I seem to suffer from the disorder of either 1) not saying anything or 2) talking too much. The first, in any case, is preferable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 07:02 AM (HdYcL)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 07:06 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Chris at May 14, 2026 07:06 AM (qbQ6d)
After some errands yesterday I logged on to AOShq and kept getting an error message to change my time and time zone which has never happened before. I just logged on and it happened again. Do I have a virus doing this?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 07:07 AM (O8Thy)
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 07:08 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Mollly k. at May 14, 2026 07:10 AM (j/yko)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 07:11 AM (VyBeY)
I read that Karen "Big-Mouthed Billy" Bass has the sadz and the scaredz because the superb campaign ad in which she appears as The Joker has her character getting pelted in the face repeatedly by tomatoes. It is traumatic for her since the red tomato parts resemble blood and the act of them having been thrown at her is terroristic murder.
Frantically playing her victim cards, she is.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 07:13 AM (s9VOe)
For something that we are told doesn’t work .. they spent 30+ years with it. “We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again”. Watch what they do, not what they say. “It doesn’t work” is exactly what they would want people to think.
It’s all part and parcel of the same. Manipulation of attitudes and beliefs, I think we’ve all seen enough evidence of wind-up toys over the years.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 07:15 AM (vxZFu)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 07:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 07:15 AM (VyBeY)
Check your time settings on the computer. Go to settings and enter "date and time" if it's wrong. There is an option to manually change it or you can sync it to a time server.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:15 AM (BpO1e)
Necco Wafers are still on the market for those who have an urge to chew on chalk.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 07:17 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:18 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: NR Pax
Thank you. Yes I did that yesterday and noticed the option for time and zone settings were set to manual so I set them to automatic. Again this morning I was back in good old Serbia. I've changed the zone setting back to manual. Maybe that will do it.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 07:18 AM (O8Thy)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 07:19 AM (vxZFu)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026
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Well, I have a "Commander Riker" style beard, so the chin is not an issue -- and less real estate to shave. But I suspect the throat would present some problems.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Blutarski,
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Is your clock radio playing "i got you babe?"
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 14, 2026 07:22 AM (gpQ8/)
Hey, you can adapt to the weather and you probably don't have a lot of neighbors bothering you.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:23 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: 2009Refugee
When I pulled my pants on this morning, I heard the laptop say "Svim vear! Veddy nice!" It's weird.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 07:24 AM (O8Thy)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 07:30 AM (O8Thy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:30 AM (looXz)
A small stroke of fate
By a crystal clear lake
All or nothing at stake
The world spins in time
History speaks in rhyme
fin
Posted by: clarence at May 14, 2026 07:32 AM (cSctv)
JJS
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 07:32 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:32 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 07:33 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
I couldn't remember his name. Thanks. Yes, indeed, a true hero!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 07:41 AM (n3VHW)
Wednesday Night ONT - May 13, 2026 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace and Megyn free zone. Please. Will you be smarter after reading this ONT? Will you be better looking? Will you be more fun at parties? Will you lose weight? Will you be wealthier? Will you be more fashionable? If you skip the content, you'll never know![Top photo: Billy Mays is buried in Mt. Cavalry cemetery in McKees Rocks, Pittsburgh]
Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Does anyone read the disclaimer? Does anyone click on the lurking link? Is everyone whelmed?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 10:12 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: mindful webworker - rude but not abusive at May 13, 2026 10:13 PM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: TRex - pitchman dino at May 13, 2026 10:14 PM (Gk7QD)
Posted by: alpine_beer at May 13, 2026 10:14 PM (van9r)
Posted by: Caf at May 13, 2026 10:14 PM (qS/Xm)
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This is a Tucker, Candace and Megyn free zone. Please.
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M'kay.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2026 10:15 PM (qx7Zg)
I did notice the distinct absence of Pocket Fishermen onboard.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:15 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 13, 2026 10:15 PM (snZF9)
Thereby explaining why it was such a poorly received breakfast cereal.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 13, 2026 10:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 13, 2026 10:15 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: alpine_beer at May 13, 2026 10:16 PM (van9r)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 13, 2026 10:16 PM (6lIrI)
"But wait, there's more!"
"Buy One, Get One Free! Just pay additional shipping and handling."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 13, 2026 10:15 PM (snZF9)
Don't look up "cracked open" on urban dictionary.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 13, 2026 10:17 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 13, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)
Also hilarious to a tiny part of the upper Midwest where a "snuggie" was what kids called a "wedgie."
Posted by: mikeski at May 13, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
I think that sort of direct advertising approach was frowned upon at some point. They had a lot of Swag, too. Flashlights and Neato stuff. Being a little kid in 1950s U.S.A. must have been pretty cool.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 10:18 PM (HhTfM)
Mike and Bob are two names that make folks say, I can trust this guy.
Posted by: Pugsly Jameson Mahonowitz at May 13, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: TRex - pitchman dino at May 13, 2026 10:14 PM (Gk7QD)
At least you reached the launch button and ... Kaboom! An ONT!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2026 10:19 PM (qx7Zg)
https://youtu.be/djv53DDUapQ
Posted by: mindful webworker - rude but not abusive at May 13, 2026 10:20 PM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 13, 2026 10:20 PM (Xqite)
Space Patrol used to advertise Wheat Chex and Rice Chex, they would have Military Test pilots from Muroc and such talk about “staying in good condition” and being sure to eat Wheat Chex and Rice Chex, too.
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Unfortunately, you'd get the same nutritional value from eating shredded newspaper as from breakfast cereal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 10:21 PM (HdYcL)
Thanks for the ont.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 13, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (Cqx++)
232 Things Ellen Page/Achilles couldn't do:
Lift a shield
Use a spear
Have PIV with Briseis
Have PIB with Patroclus.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2026 05:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (BWL9y)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 13, 2026 10:20 PM (Xqite)
Do not try to be first, Grasshopper. When you are ready, it will happen.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Dr. T at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (JkO4W)
Love the Pittsburgh scanner. Those crazy folks bring pep to ordinary lives!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 13, 2026 10:23 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 13, 2026 10:23 PM (YtM2U)
Used to get a chuckle out of the Popeil pocket fisherman. For those people to lazy to have a real fishing pole
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 13, 2026 10:23 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: gKWVE always thought Groening sucked at May 13, 2026 10:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 13, 2026 10:23 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 13, 2026 10:23 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 13, 2026 10:20 PM (Xqite)
Do not try to be first, Grasshopper. When you are ready, it will happen.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (ExV1e)
Yeah, it's as much luck as anything. Sidebar is the real prize.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 13, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)
Mercury's superior conjunction is tomorrow, and here's some SOHO images showing the little booger diving into the Sun:
https://is.gd/T2Cfd6
Note how fast it's moving. It just so happens that this occurs close to perihelion (May 1
this time, so Mercury is really hauling ass. It will pop over the evening side of the sun and try to join the Venus-Jupiter conjunction, but we likely won't be able to see it as it will be too low on the horizon.Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 13, 2026 10:24 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 13, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)
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*** Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky has entered the chat ***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 13, 2026 10:25 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 13, 2026 10:25 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 13, 2026 10:26 PM (Cqx++)
Sarah, former Duchess of York, also appeared on QVC post-divorce when she was looking for ways to make money.
Posted by: Vendette at May 13, 2026 10:26 PM (1ieqq)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 13, 2026 10:26 PM (gKWVE)
Strip District. 1931 Smallman Street - Novo Asian Food Hall. Caller says the employee from Kungfu Chicken is beating someone up. Not sure what caller expected.
Dude stole the punchline! You can't be the setup man and the funny guy! That's not how this works!
Posted by: mikeski at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)
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I remember. The truckstop gig didn't pan out and she was desperate.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: TRex - pitchman dino at May 13, 2026 10:14 PM (Gk7QD)
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Sounds like you could use the Dino Arm Extenders (patent pending), just perfect for the busy TRex on the go!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (gnNyN)
Girthy tonight, mercy buck ups!
Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (Zgji7)
Julienne, allumette, or French cut is a culinary knife cut in which the food item is cut into long thin strips, similar to matchsticks. Common items to be julienned are carrots for carrots julienne, celery for céléris remoulade, potatoes for julienne fries, or cucumbers for naengmyeon. Trimming the ends of the vegetable and the edges to make four straight sides makes it easier to produce a uniform cut. A uniform size and shape ensures that each piece cooks evenly and at the same rate.…
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 13, 2026 10:28 PM (ZVgZ4)
Used to get a chuckle out of the Popeil pocket fisherman. For those people to lazy to have a real fishing pole
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 13, 2026 10:23 PM (gu0hJ)
I always wondered just who would need one of those. Yeah, going to my office job on the 457th floor of mondo tower in the city and I just have to find a lake somewhere among 180,000 sq acres of pavement to fish. Everybody else who is that serious about fishing would have a real pole and tackle in their car because they're not in the frigging city.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 13, 2026 10:28 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Joemarine at May 13, 2026 10:28 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:28 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: pookysgirl has a simple sense of humor at May 13, 2026 10:29 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: XTC at May 13, 2026 10:29 PM (6Uni8)
Posted by: Wally at May 13, 2026 10:30 PM (0e5Te)
Sarah, former Duchess of York, also appeared on QVC post-divorce when she was looking for ways to make money.
Posted by: Vendette at May 13, 2026 10:26 PM (1ieqq)
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You'd think they were among the superwealthy, but most of the royals are comically impecunious. This, coupled with low intelligence and lack of business sense, is how they end up courting people like Epstein and Arab thugs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 10:30 PM (HdYcL)
*doot de doot de doot-doot doot*
all y'all sushi fools gettin' yo ass-kicken
Posted by: gKWVE at May 13, 2026 10:30 PM (gKWVE)
I do like his bit about folks moving across the Rockies. Denver folks looked up and said "Fuck it."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 13, 2026 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)
I'd settle for a flunkie.
Posted by: Cicero
We got a factory-refurb toady. That work?
Posted by: minions R us at May 13, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
...and a breakfast cereal. Don't forget that.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 13, 2026 10:31 PM (bufu1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 13, 2026 10:32 PM (bufu1)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (VCgbV)
Congrats to your kid!
Posted by: moki at May 13, 2026 10:32 PM (wLjpr)
I'd settle for a flunkie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:28 PM (JkO4W)
A good henchmen would be useful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 13, 2026 10:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1)
The spawn got promoted to Aide de Camp in JROTC tonight.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (VCgbV)
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Does he ride on a horse and wear a helmet with a plume? Or am I mixing that up with something else?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)
https://youtu.be/iswHPKP5sEU?t=325
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 13, 2026 10:35 PM (rCMWO)
Somebody should have told them about PBS.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 13, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 13, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)
I'd settle for a flunkie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:28 PM (JkO4W)
Best is, I know a guy *adjusts tie* *pops cuffs*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Still Cranky at May 13, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
Likewise. Figure nine minutes was enough. Thought maybe it was Monday when those slacker COBs post late. Went off to fix our beverages for dinner. Still got #2, though.
Posted by: mindful webworker - you can be next at May 13, 2026 10:36 PM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 13, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)
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Tote bag sales are exempt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:36 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 10:37 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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She and the are no horses, helmets, or plumes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 13, 2026 10:38 PM (VCgbV)
“This ain’t no Bass tournament! It’s a Bass tournament!” and the inevitable “You’re in my water”.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 10:39 PM (vxZFu)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 13, 2026 10:39 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: TRex - pitchman dino at May 13, 2026 10:14 PM (Gk7QD)
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Sounds like you could use the Dino Arm Extenders (patent pending), just perfect for the busy TRex on the go!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (gnNyN)
TRex is about to go looking for Waldo, to use him as a waldo, or remote arm.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1)
Forgot about that one. It was a Ron Popeil product (Ronco).
Posted by: Joemarine at May 13, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)
The spawn is aiming for the Corps at A&M.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 13, 2026 10:41 PM (VCgbV)
"Dr." John Kellogg was into extreme enemas and colon obsession: He believed most diseases stemmed from a "dirty colon" and "auto-intoxication." The sanitarium had an "enema room" with machines delivering up to 15 quarts (about 14 liters) of water per minute. He pushed for 4+ bowel movements daily, yogurt drinks, and even yogurt enemas.
via Grok.
Not near as much fun as Jell-o wrestling or Mazzola parties though.
Kellogg was way into kink. Like M Gandhi too. Pervs.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 10:42 PM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: Dr. T at May 13, 2026 10:22
I was thinking similar. Tho really, it's sad Trump is doing the same. I understand he's just dealing with reality, better than most president's have.
Americans better not forget China is not our friend. I'm sure Trump hasn't.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 13, 2026 10:43 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1)
Forgot about that one. It was a Ron Popeil product (Ronco).
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Ron really missed the boat when he didn't call the product Go Flock Yourself.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:43 PM (JkO4W)
Hey, has anyone seen tankdemon tonight? He's late.
Posted by: mindful webworker - he'll have some lame clever excuse at May 13, 2026 10:43 PM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 13, 2026 10:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 10:45 PM (RIvkX)
Eating yogurt, fine.
Power washing your colon with it seems .... I do not get what it is supposed to do.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 13, 2026 10:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 10:47 PM (vxZFu)
https://t.ly/wFxjz
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Ron missed the boat on that one. There was a Cleveland late night horror movie show that was hosted by "Big Chuck and Little John" maybe in the 80's. Little John was a midget. One of their skits was a take off of Janitor in a Can with Big Chuck wheeling out a 55 gal drum and Little John popping out of it with a broom.
Ron P - similarly, the Pocket Fisherman should have have a little dude pop out of your pocket with a short spinning outfit.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 10:48 PM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Entailed estates where the real estate goes with the title and can't in some cases be used as collateral for loans. King/Queen and Prince of Wales have substantial wealth tied to their estate earnings (a big chunk of London for example provides rental earnings to the King/Queen) but a lot of Earls from ancient families with large estates are probably wealthier than the lesser royals like Edward and his clan.
Working royals of which the list is shrinking, get official protection paid for by the crown and I think the King gets an allowance from Parliament (or did) to help offset personnel costs to run the palaces.
Posted by: whig at May 13, 2026 10:49 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr Microphone at May 13, 2026 10:50 PM (vxZFu)
Her name was Lisa, a cutie with a funny accent. They left Manhattan and moved to the countryside.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bought a tractor at May 13, 2026 10:51 PM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: Common Tater
Sheeeeeeet!!
Douglas got nothing on me!!
-- James Howard Marshall II, married Anna Nicole Smith in 1994.
He was 89; she was 26.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 10:51 PM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 10:52 PM (Kyh8Y)
1] Do you feel like doing something?
2) I don't think so, Patti, honey. It's too friggin' hot out. What did ya have in mind?
1) My ex-husband is away with his new gf so I was gonna go over to his place, shut off the AC, and leave a dead possum on his couch.
2) Lemme just change.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 10:51 PM (Kyh8Y)
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A typical May-Bronze Age romance.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:53 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 10:54 PM (vxZFu)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 10:47
To top it off she was his 4th wife. He didn't know how to pick em, just like he didn't know how to pick the right legal decision. Longest serving SC Justice at 36 yrs. Clarence Thomas is closing in on that record.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 13, 2026 10:54 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 13, 2026 10:43 PM (55Qr6)
China is asshoe!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 13, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)
William O. Douglas was a despicable person. FDR was considering him for VP in 1944. God was looking out for the US when Truman was chosen instead.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 10:56 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Common Tater
Douglas had four wives and was pretty much an unsociable, lazy, and a general PITA to his fellow justices and insisted after he resigned that he could take senior status. He tried to get his clerks reassigned to him and tried to sit in on the hearing of Gregg v. Georgia. It took all eight other justices backing CJ Burger excluding Douglas from any access to Scotus for Douglas to finally realize his career was over.
Posted by: whig at May 13, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 10:58 PM (HdYcL)
Who are they? That's the million dollar question.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 13, 2026 10:58 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 13, 2026 10:59 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
Nice. I was a fan of Rosemary DeCamp.
Posted by: Delighted And Dilapitated at May 13, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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He was old and sour at the end and I think FDR dangled that VP slot to a lot of folks but really liked his current VP at the time, Wallace the commie symp, for VP as did Eleanor.
It took FDR's chief of staff Leahy, his chief military advisor Pa Watson, and his chief political advisor Byrnes along with key members of Congressional leadership to push off Wallace and replace him with Truman.
Posted by: whig at May 13, 2026 11:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mindful webworker - bought a tractor at May 13, 2026 10:51
Farm living is the life for me...
Green Acres we are there!
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 13, 2026 11:01 PM (55Qr6)
I was playing air drums to Rush in my car, but a drumstick flew out the window. I had to switch to Def Leppard.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: whig at May 13, 2026 10:49 PM (E4rtv)
While royal properties have security, only Chuck, Camilla, William, Kate, George, Charlotte, and Louis get 24/7 personal security. The other working royals get personal security when they are doing engagements, otherwise they don't have any. So when Harry and Meghan complain that they should have full-time security paid for by the British government, they are demanding a special security status that is better than the relatives who actually perform royal duties.
Posted by: Vendette at May 13, 2026 11:01 PM (1ieqq)
Posted by: Wet Willie at May 13, 2026 11:02 PM (oftw2)
I was playing air drums to Rush in my car, but a drumstick flew out the window. I had to switch to Def Leppard.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)
I'd give you a hand for that, but, well, y'know ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 13, 2026 11:03 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 13, 2026 11:03 PM (3/XaG)
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Well he married his third wife when she was 23 and they divorced after 3 years and then he married his 4th wife when she was 22 and he was 67. They stayed married until he died at 80. Interestingly he only had 2 kids from his first marriage. Per Wikipedia
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 13, 2026 11:03 PM (VCgbV)
Another “live ghost” was apparently Admiral Richard Byrd, the famous polar explorer.
For some reason he had an office at the old DC Post Office building, which many many years later was used by the Fibbies for telephone surveillance.
Guards, color coded entry passes, nothing seemed to stop him from wandering where he had no right to be. The agents would look up and there was Admiral Byrd. They figured he was just lonely and wanted to talk. They finally got him evicted, and then they sort of missed the old bastard.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 11:03 PM (vxZFu)
Yeah. What a kook, eh?😲
Posted by: mindful webworker - oh, look, it's mask season again at May 13, 2026 11:03 PM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 13, 2026 10:27 PM (VCgbV)
Outstanding, and congratulations, Spawn and proud parents & family!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 13, 2026 11:04 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at May 13, 2026 11:04 PM (wwlYu)
Posted by: A Place For Mom at May 13, 2026 11:07 PM (oftw2)
I'd settle for a flunkie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:28 PM (JkO4W)
A good henchmen would be useful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 13, 2026 10:34 PM (zZu0s)
Best I can do is a low wit lackey.
Posted by: Rick Harrison at May 13, 2026 11:07 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2026 11:07 PM (77rzZ)
Because I’m a giver. Like that.
Posted by: Gunslinger at May 13, 2026 11:07 PM (HZfH/)
“How do you think I feel? I have to live with her!”
FDR, to Hoover, after he explained the latest surveillance peccadillos about Eleanor.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 11:09 PM (vxZFu)
I need an aide de camp.
I'd settle for a flunkie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 13, 2026 10:28 PM (JkO4W)
A good henchmen would be useful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 13, 2026 10:34 PM (zZu0s)
Best I can do is a low wit lackey.
Posted by: Rick Harrison at May 13, 2026 11:07 PM (wVcYX)
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Those of us with courtiers and equerries laugh at you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 11:09 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: wth at May 13, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 11:10 PM (vxZFu)
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You have more of the specifics than I and I think you are correct. The Queen and now the King have been paring back royal expenses on the taxpayers for years now fearing to be seen as expensive welfare ornaments of the state.
Visible security used to be a lot higher for the royals back in the time where Princess Anne was nearly abducted and the IRA was running around committing terrorism. Course, it is also a task for MI-5 and 6 to keep tabs on the royals as terrorist targets and their loyalty oath is specifically to the Crown.
It is not clear yet exactly how much sway the King/Queen still retains with the security services but it is probably higher than any other department in government. The people that know aren't talking.
Posted by: whig at May 13, 2026 11:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Count de Monetl at May 13, 2026 11:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: whig at May 13, 2026 11:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 13, 2026
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Best I can do is a low wit lackey.
Posted by: Rick Harrison at May 13, 2026
***
"Harmony? Harmony has -- minions??"
(-- Buffy, giggling madly at being told the vacuous Mean Girl vampire Harmony actually has lackeys)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 13, 2026 11:13 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nerdygirl
......
Don Lemon uses that stuff, but first he tapes off his forehead.
Posted by: wth at May 13, 2026 11:14 PM (oq9dX)
I was playing air drums to Rush in my car, but a drumstick flew out the window. I had to switch to Def Leppard.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
More of a problem for the guy driving right behind you.
Posted by: because of all the pedals at May 13, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Farmer
Hey, Farmer. Back on the 10th, I had a comment with the tag line "legally, morally, spiritually criminal," and you replied, "you are not a criminal."
Thanks, but I wanted to clarify, however belatedly, that was not meant to refer to me.😒
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#c42392811
#c42392922
Posted by: mindful webworker - rascally maybe but not (very) illegal at May 13, 2026 11:14 PM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 13, 2026 10:59 PM (2WIwB)
The camera never did her justice. Saw her a few times at the Malibu farmers market back in the day. She was gorgeous, and this was long after those Thighmaster commercials..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 13, 2026 11:15 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 13, 2026 11:15 PM (IF74s)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 13, 2026 11:15 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 13, 2026 11:16 PM (RkR9o)
Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2026 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
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As an aside, I have a vicarious association with this fellow:
https://shorturl.at/twSd7
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 13, 2026 11:17 PM (XeU6L)
Tony Randall had two after age 75.
Posted by: A Place For Mom at May 13, 2026 11:07 PM (oftw2)
I feel bad for my younger kids, who are caboose babies to a caboose baby. It doesn't help that my siblings have essentially cut me off (supposedly because Pooky got a service dog, but I'm not buying it).
Oh well, church friends have practically adopted my kids. One family that's heavily involved in praise team has called Pookette an honorary family member because she often sings with them. Her science teacher is always willing to help me out with getting her places or keeping her in contact with me. Another couple is without grandkids, so they watch Lil Pooky and he adores them.
Posted by: pookysgirl is blessed at May 13, 2026 11:17 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 13, 2026 11:17 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 11:18 PM (HdYcL)
I'm lined up for video chat tours of two properties in Terre Haute tomorrow morning and afternoon. One is more than I really want to spend; the second is well priced. My first choice is a brick 3-BR that *looks* to need only the carpet replaced in the master bedroom. "Looks," I say, because of course the pics on the website are always more flattering than the reality. (Well, usually; you should see some of the dumps in this zip code -- not even pro lighting and artful framing can make them look good.)
Off to bed in a bit for me. Howzabout choo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 13, 2026 11:18 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Count de Monetl at May 13, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: That's A Lotta Damage at May 13, 2026 11:19 PM (jpwHT)
-- James Howard Marshall II, married Anna Nicole Smith in 1994.
He was 89; she was 26.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 10:51 PM (Kyh8Y)
There was a lot going on with that, the legal fight about it went on for years; the case was legendary in Texas legal circles. I suspect the old man did it not just for fun but also to screw with his son. His son was incredibly pissed off about this and sued the old man to try to stop it. He made it clear that he just wanted the old man to go to a nursing home and sit in a corner til he died, which makes me feel a lot more sympathetic towards the old man who wanted to buy himself a big boobied stripper.
This case went on so long that the old man died, and then Nicole died, and just when he was about to win the son died of a heart attack. (Reminiscent of Bleak House; everyone who began the case was dead by the time it ended)
The heir to the estate ended up being a 2 year old infant child of Anna Nicole. I imagine the managers of it have been living the high life for the 19 years since.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 13, 2026 11:19 PM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 13, 2026 11:20 PM (ch1zv)
Posted by: Count de Monetl
......
No but I'm going to Bedazzle them.
Posted by: wth at May 13, 2026 11:21 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 13, 2026 11:21 PM (NZPfR)
...
He was old and sour at the end and I think FDR dangled that VP slot to a lot of folks but really liked his current VP at the time, Wallace the commie symp, for VP as did Eleanor....
This is but nothing in comparison with what is happening now... in California among the LIB BASSholes, and firestarting BASStards -- the fact that the polls could even be close is reason enough for Federal Oversite of the election counts. and that needs to be started now.
CA/FIFA-2026, the unexpected disaster that only a failure of imagination could overlook being staged to make Bass the hero she never was, and doesn't deserve to be.
LIB's believe they can fake reality, just as they would fake the character of their own Candidats. Watch as it unfolds.
Trump needs to redeploy the national guard to sweep the streets if Homeland Security constraints can't (and won't) be met.... tikTok.
LET'S GO BRANDON.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WotHapToAmericanDream
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 13, 2026 11:22 PM (puGMy)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 11:22 PM (vxZFu)
Can it core a apple?
Posted by: Chef of the Future at May 13, 2026 11:23 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 13, 2026 11:21 PM
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You're welcome!
Posted by: TRex - chef dino at May 13, 2026 11:25 PM (Gk7QD)
>>@jsolomonReports
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6m
>>Breaking: DNI denies reports CIA 'raided' Tulsi Gabbard's office to seize documents related to JFK, MK Ultra
Posted by: JackStraw at May 13, 2026 11:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2026 11:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 13, 2026 10:26 PM (gKWVE)
You mean Stalker? Possibly the most radioactive movie ever filmed?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 13, 2026 11:26 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg
Speaking of...
If I yawn in the presence of a deaf person, do they think I'm screaming?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 13, 2026 11:27 PM (2WIwB)
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Went to a very nice restaurant with Mrs. BD here in Jerusalem the other night. My tuna steak was served with an unusual side of julienne fried potatoes.
Now, I haven't eaten potato sticks for decades. But the packaged ones aren't hot out of the deep fryer like these. Surprisingly yummy and fun to eat!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 13, 2026 11:27 PM (RkR9o)
Terra Haute in Indiana or is there one in Kansas? If you're looking to duck snow, Kansas is probably your better bet.
Posted by: pookysgirl's KC brother rarely deals with snow at May 13, 2026 11:28 PM (Wt5PA)
https://youtu.be/DKXp5uw_YZ8
And has 300K views. Way more popular than most of what I listen to.....
Posted by: mikeski was a hipster before it was cool at May 13, 2026 11:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 13, 2026 11:32 PM (ch1zv)
Minnesota is a good team, but not their year.
Posted by: muldoon at May 13, 2026 11:34 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Nemo at May 13, 2026 11:34 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 13, 2026 11:34 PM (kVlSR)
Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes
Unless you're in the Swiss alps, then they think you're yodeling.
Relevant:
https://youtu.be/OGkA8Eh1-Po?t=36
Posted by: mikeski at May 13, 2026 11:37 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 13, 2026 11:40 PM (FGAbQ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)
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Picture fish sticks, but made out of potatoes.
Posted by: Mrs. Paul at May 13, 2026 11:42 PM (6/7Fs)
FDR, to Hoover, after he explained the latest surveillance peccadillos about Eleanor.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 13, 2026 11:09 PM (vxZFu)
After reading about FDR's bout of non-typical polio myelitis after his failed campaign for Cox' VP in 1920, I have come to the conclusion that Eleanor tried to poison him with Arsenic over him taking yet another mistress
Posted by: Kindltot at May 13, 2026 11:43 PM (rbvCR)
Minnesota is a good team, but not their year.
Posted by: muldoon at May 13, 2026 11:34 PM (I0N4X)
The Wild only had to get through three more minutes with a 3-1 lead and then it would be back to MN for game 6, but nope. Lousy way to get sent to the golf course.
Posted by: Vendette at May 13, 2026 11:44 PM (1ieqq)
Posted by: whig at May 13, 2026 11:01 PM (E4rtv)
Interesting. What was the reason? Was Wallace his VP for the other three terms?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 11:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)
They are sticky
Posted by: Kindltot at May 13, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Been blowin' like a banshee here, too. Forecast says breezy next couple days as well but not quite as harsh. Glad it's cooler, though. Yesterday was 90ish! Too early for that noise...
Posted by: JQ at May 13, 2026 11:51 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ladyl at May 13, 2026 11:52 PM (D6+4s)
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 13, 2026 11:55 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 13, 2026 11:19 PM (AnnNE)
(puts Bleak House back on the shelf, unread)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 11:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 13, 2026 11:55 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 13, 2026 11:57 PM (W5mpo)
Posted by: JQ at May 13, 2026 11:59 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 13, 2026 11:25 PM (viF8m)
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Yes - always wise to wait a few and see what the truth is. At the same time, I'm Anna Paulina Luna issued a preservation order related to the seizure so there may be something to this. Who's running the CIA, anyway?
Posted by: 496 at May 13, 2026 11:59 PM (DiYkG)
Posted by: RandomDave at May 13, 2026 11:59 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl
I thought they were invented to punish children.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 14, 2026 12:01 AM (qivay)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
John Nance Garner (VP is worth a warm bucket of ...) for FDR's first eight years. Garner was a former speaker of the house and was not an FDR fan. Largely sidelined by FDR.
Replaced by Wallace on the ticket for the 1940 election. Wallace served one term and replaced by Truman on the ticket for the 1944.
Posted by: whig at May 14, 2026 12:02 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 12:03 AM (Mmfyv)
Posted by: Ladyl at May 13, 2026 11:52 PM (D6+4s)
Well frigging hello stranger. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 12:03 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 14, 2026 12:04 AM (jrgJz)
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Friend saw q bobcat stalking some wild turkeys. Deer are taunting the doggies. Spring is in the air.
tuekeys, Deer raunting the sooGs. Ir is ibdeed spribftime.
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:04 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl
I thought they were invented to punish children.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)
Low protein and high carbs seems to be a road to diabetes I would think.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 12:05 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: 496
Almost asked to see your tits... nevermind.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 14, 2026 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:06 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 14, 2026 12:07 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: whig at May 14, 2026 12:08 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:06 AM (I0N4X)
I was afraid you'd had a stroke.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 14, 2026 12:08 AM (DwqWV)
Like eating a wicker chair. Blecch.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:10 AM (I0N4X)
Like eating a wicker chair. Blecch.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)
Shit I remember them. My grandmother always had them. They were big enough that you thought if you added milk they would swell up and become a bale of hay. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 12:11 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Lady Sansa Stark . . . at May 14, 2026 12:13 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:06 AM (I0N4X)
Thats what it looks like if I take my eyes off the keyboard while I'm typing. I look at what I type and end up deleting the whole thing. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:13 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Common Tater
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It's a great story. The kid flunked out of UNC, his mother told him that if he wasn't going to be in school, then he was going to work. Having been rejected by the Army (flat feet), he went looking for work.
As fate would have it, he was at the U.S. Employment Office while an Army lieutenant was there with a quota for clerk positions. Asked if he might be interested in cryptography, Phillips showed enthusiasm. So, it was off to Arlington Hall and the SIS.
18 year old kid. The rest is history.His mother ran a gift shop about 1/2 mile from here. I bought this house from the estate of his aunt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 14, 2026 12:14 AM (XeU6L)
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Where can you get them?
Posted by: Katie Porter at May 14, 2026 12:14 AM (JkO4W)
Thanks. It seemed strange that Wallace would have been picked if they already suspected his loyalties.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 12:15 AM (1Ff7Z)
Abandon continuity.
In every blue state just combine 55% blue with 45% red and don't worry about making them connect in any way. This works "perfectly" with cities with big blue shitholes like IL.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:16 AM (sKqQm)
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Where can you get them?
Posted by: Katie Porter at May 14, 2026 12:14 AM (JkO4W)
You might be better off with those gigantic hay rolls I see in various farm country.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 12:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:04 AM (I0N4X)
Ha! I didn't notice it was wrong. I understood what you typed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 12:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: JQ
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You're supposed to add milk, banana and sugar first.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 12:18 AM (FGAbQ)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:18 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 14, 2026 12:19 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)
Tell me about it.
Posted by: Pinocchio's Date at May 14, 2026 12:19 AM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Berserker
Yeah. Except they didn't absorb much milk. And didn't matter how much sugar you put on, it would just sink to the bottom of bowl. Crunch crunch crunch, and then swill the milk-syrup afterward. Once was enough, but did 2 or 3 times because sometimes there was nothing else. Grandma usually cooked a decent breakfast, when she was able to shop before we arrived.
Remember the commercials for *most* (Kelloggs' I believe) cereals?
"Part of this complete breakfast!" and camera pans the table full of food: Milk, O.J., bacon & eggs, toast, bowl of cereal...
Yeah. Riiiiiight. LOL. Cereal became a substitute for all those other things.
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
I thought it was OK for a 4 YO.
Posted by: pawn at May 14, 2026 12:20 AM (+rSJz)
Make of that what you will. You filthy minded swine.😁
Posted by: buddhaha at May 14, 2026 12:21 AM (LzRih)
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2026 12:22 AM (33y12)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 12:24 AM (FGAbQ)
Yes - always wise to wait a few and see what the truth is. At the same time, I'm Anna Paulina Luna issued a preservation order related to the seizure so there may be something to this. Who's running the CIA, anyway?
The Mouse (Rat actually) that would Roar, but he's too big to Jail, MKUltra/Havana Syndrome. Don't tell the Emperor he's naked.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 14, 2026 12:24 AM (Xnp0N)
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:27 AM (vE0+H)
Yes, sort of the same idea as from the show Mad Men and the more recent Mass Formation Psychosis in relation to Covidmania.
Yes yes have a Manchurian Candidate is great for a Nat Sec agency, but instead being able to manipulate a population...CONSISTENTLY...via mass media/color revolutions is almost as good.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2026 12:29 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 14, 2026 12:30 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: 18-1
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...and more fun.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 12:31 AM (FGAbQ)
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AOP ought to be checking in soon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 12:34 AM (FGAbQ)
As I have alluded many times there is no reason for the same exact message to be pumped out on every single story every single time UNLESS you are attempting to manipulate the populace. What a waste if you just wanted your followers to be able to win internet arguments, or previously, misinform them for bar conversations.
I've watched the psy ops in real time. They are definitely real. They didn't tear a relatively racially harmonious country apart at the racial seams over the course of like 7 years by accident. And the race psy op was of course just one of many.
Hell, we are all subjected to it ourselves. The stories ace posts are routinely the shit they want us talking about. A year or so ago it was all tranny all the time. Now it's muslims and jew hate. In the not too distant future it will be Medical Assistance in Dying.
Trump, the best single individual message driver in modern history, can only break through like half the time when in any other reality he would be able to dictate the news cycle for the entire world most of the time.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:34 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: muldoon
I hope you've learned your lesson. Stick to limericks and don't attempt haiku.
tuekeys, Deer raunting,
raunting, raunting the sooGs. Ir
is ibdeed spribftime.
Posted by: mindful webworker - ibdeeb ibdeebitubly at May 14, 2026 12:35 AM (Cfy2X)
Recalling our Sphinx and pyramid discussion here a few nights ago, I was just reading that the Egyptian antiquities authority have a given a group permission to start excavating a site believed to be the Great Labyrinth. It's at Hawara.
Herodotus described it as being more impressive than the pyramids themselves, with thousands of rooms and monuments and crap like that.
Ground penetrating radar and other techniques found large undeground structures. The problem is the water table is pretty high there and some of it is probably flooded.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 12:39 AM (w6EFb)
tuekeys, Deer raunting,
raunting, raunting the sooGs. Ir
is ibdeed spribftime.
Posted by: mindful webworker - ibdeeb ibdeebitubly
Perfectly cromulent.
Posted by: zombie Lewis Carroll at May 14, 2026 12:40 AM (VHUov)
Wins still blowing like a bastard here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2026 12:41 AM (uwLB4)
Yes yes have a Manchurian Candidate is great for a Nat Sec agency, but instead being able to manipulate a population...CONSISTENTLY...via mass media/color revolutions is almost as good.
The question is not the Rat, but the Pied Piper who leads the pack. This is TRUMP's big chance to indict Brennan, and let his liabilities drop ship another canoe.
This whole situation is exactly like the over-the-top villainy and mass-manipulation we see in Doctor Who, only now it’s real; this is insane, monstrous, and also grimly fascinating --- MORE!
LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
tikTOK. the mi6e run up the clock, and all the kings men couldn't put him back together again; he wuz pushed!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 14, 2026 12:45 AM (CH7Ow)
Trump, the best single individual message driver in modern history, can only break through like half the time when in any other reality he would be able to dictate the news cycle for the entire world most of the time.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:34 AM (vE0+H)
Trump has apparently taken over the "Post big splash on Thursday that is panicked over on Friday, hits the talk shows for Sunday, and is only refuted on Monday, leaving two days to gnaw on obsessively it until it is Thursday again for the rinse and repeat"
Just like the MFM did all during COVID
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 12:46 AM (rbvCR)
...'s hat.
Posted by: mindful webworker - you cannot petition the Lord with prayer -zombie Jim Morrison at May 14, 2026 12:46 AM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
I ate a fuck ton of cereal as a kid. It was one of my favorite things. Capt crunch, lucky charms, frosted flakes, frankenberry, booberry, count chocula, life, just to name a few, and there were many. Even frigging kaboom once or twice. Mom would bring home the usual, and usually one of something I didn't try to see how I liked it. I was never sick as a kid, still don't get sick. Maybe all the vitamins in the shit actually worked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 12:46 AM (snZF9)
I hadn't noticed because believe it or not I only pay passing attention to the "news". Very interesting!!!
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:47 AM (vE0+H)
It was nip and tuck for a while, but my Kung Fu was superior.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2026 12:48 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 14, 2026 12:49 AM (CHHv1)
I like it now, but I don't eat it often because it takes as much or more cooking than eggs.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 12:49 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 12:50 AM (rbvCR)
I spent the first half of my life eating tons of the shit - one of the few things that went down easy in undiagnosed Crohns. And the last 10 or so years practically none at all. I miss it as a guilty pleasure but my body doesn't miss the sugar and whatever else it was.
I actually quite like Alpen now when I do have cereal.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:51 AM (vE0+H)
She keeps us safe from things that go bump in the night. And FedEx delivery guys.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Malinois should come with ear plugs for their hoomans at May 14, 2026 12:52 AM (Cfy2X)
222 CANADA COURT THROWS OUT PETITION FOR ALBERTA INDEPENDENCE VOTE
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AOP ought to be checking in soon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 12:34 AM (FGAbQ)
Is there a single person anywhere surprised by that? It’s like all government structures; you can vote your way in, but you gotta shoot your way out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 12:53 AM (AnnNE)
The only thing about the sheer amount of eggs I eat - mostly but not all egg white, is the desire for bacon to go with it. Which by the way some amazing soul here recommended from Aldi. Forget the brand name but it's thick cut and it's the best packaged bacon around.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 12:53 AM (vE0+H)
Well. Someone got excited. It is a moving song though:
Hootie & The Blowfish - Let Her Cry (Official Music Video) [HD]
https://youtu.be/1aVHLL5egRY
Madden was the bassist of pop rock band Maroon 5 from their founding until his departure in 2020. My feelings about them are all over the place; "Sugar" has a fun video with them crashing weddings as the surprise musical guest, while I will take a hand off the wheel in heavy traffic to change the station when "Moves Like Jagger" comes on. But "Animals" (off their fifth studio album V in 2014) is a notable entry in the entertaining genre of videos about stalkers:
Maroon 5 - Animals
https://youtu.be/qpgTC9MDx1o
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 12:54 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 12:56 AM (rbvCR)
...'s hat.
Posted by: mindful webworker - you cannot petition the Lord with prayer -zombie Jim Morrison at May 14, 2026 12:46 AM (Cfy2X)
According to a recently-passed Alberta law, they can. That entire petition effort was because the law permits it. Unilateral Declaration of Independence, here we come!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2026 12:56 AM (uwLB4)
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
Herodotus described it as being more impressive than the pyramids themselves, with thousands of rooms and monuments and crap like that.
Ground penetrating radar and other techniques found large undeground structures. The problem is the water table is pretty high there and some of it is probably flooded.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 12:39 AM (w6EFb)
That sounds interesting. I have dozens and dozen of books on ancient egypt. Even though the supposed date of the start of it all is somewhere around 3200-3100 BC (Dynasty 0), a lot of it was already formed, like the writing and hieroglyphs and some of the culture, as if it was based on something before it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 12:57 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2026 12:56 AM (uwLB4)
Do it! Slap that twink Carney like Reform did Der Starmer. I know somebody who might not like it, but too bad!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 12:59 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 12:56 AM (rbvCR)
Never seen them but will look.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 14, 2026 01:03 AM (ME2ul)
Posted by: Berserker
Young'n. In my cereal days, it was Sugar Smacks, Sugar Pops, Cocoa Krispies or Cocoa Puffs. Rice Krispies, Cheerios, Kix, or Alpha-Bits were okay, with enough spoonfuls if sugar.
Just looked up cereals of the early 1960s. Some of those had cereals I mostly never heard of. Like some weird stuff called Kaboom…
Posted by: mindful webworker - honeycomb woncha be my baby at May 14, 2026 01:05 AM (Cfy2X)
But that would place the original sphinx as a pre-dynastic construction. Much older than thought; but in turn it explains why the Giza plateau became so revered.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 01:05 AM (AnnNE)
A few hours later we were in the Giant supermarket up across from the National Cathedral getting stuff for a cookout, and VP Mondale walks down the aisle towards us (deserted store, August weekday afternoon) and we trade jokes about cheese prices (this is 1978, so, inflation).
My friend's now a bit amazed, giving me a look. "Oh, typical day here" I joke and immediately start laughing.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 14, 2026 01:12 AM (U/Byj)
Got a room in the nearby Econolodge. desk clerk says those Motel 6's have both been closed for half a year. Nickelfuckers in corporate should not be taking bookings for inoperative motels. Going to have to call the nickelfuckers in Wilmington tomorrow. If they refuse to refund me, I will dispute the charge with credit card co.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2026 01:15 AM (uwLB4)
Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)
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Since they're thinner that a shoe lace, they fry through and through. Nothing but fried potato crunchiliciousness!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 01:16 AM (RkR9o)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 01:17 AM (FGAbQ)
Young'n. In my cereal days, it was Sugar Smacks, Sugar Pops, Cocoa Krispies or Cocoa Puffs. Rice Krispies, Cheerios, Kix, or Alpha-Bits were okay, with enough spoonfuls if sugar.
Just looked up cereals of the early 1960s. Some of those had cereals I mostly never heard of. Like some weird stuff called Kaboom…
Posted by: mindful webworker - honeycomb woncha be my baby at May 14, 2026 01:05 AM (Cfy2X)
Yup, did all of those too. There's some of them in the house as I speak. Alpha-bits were good, so were sugar pops, or corn pops as they call them now.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 01:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2026 01:15 AM (uwLB4)
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Next time, watch your 6.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 01:18 AM (RkR9o)
Not sure if you're still up...from the earlier Trump/liar wench story...
The B-26 'Flak Bait' is undergoing a complete restoration at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
Extraordinarily famous. The most famous medium bomber of WW II.
So much respect for your sister's FIL. God Bless Them All.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at May 14, 2026 01:20 AM (rV5eW)
Crappy! But that's an easy refund from the CC company.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2026 01:22 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 01:17 AM (FGAbQ)”
The Great Pyramid at Teotahuacan, larger in mass than the Great Pyramid of Giza, stands in a city that was abandoned a thousand years before the Aztecs ever rose to power.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 01:22 AM (AnnNE)
He is tall.
Rows of cheerleaders waving pom-poms and chanting in unison militarily. (Don't be the first to stop waving and chanting!) Secret Service guys with their heads on swivels; probably as nervous as a long-tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
Saw the impressive list of bigwigs in Trump's entourage. Reminded me of… the many top-tier passengers on the Titanic. I saw Vance did not go with them. Always good to keep a backup in case of emergencies.
God bless 'em all 'til they get back on US soil!!
Posted by: mindful webworker - Chy-nah is asshoe at May 14, 2026 01:22 AM (Cfy2X)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 01:25 AM (AnnNE)
But that would place the original sphinx as a pre-dynastic construction. Much older than thought; but in turn it explains why the Giza plateau became so revered.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 01:05 AM (AnnNE)
Thats been my argument for years. If there was one thing the egyptains didn't have it was a problem with scale. The head is way too small. It also has serious visible water erosion, and there wasn't water like that in the area since 10,000 BC, so yeah, that fucker is serious old. Also, when paleo-astronomers using computer models wound the clock back to 10,500 BC to see what the sky looked like back then the sphinx was staring at the constellation Leo as it came up over the horizon.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 01:25 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 01:05 AM (AnnNE)
There are some archeologists who think it was a Jackal head, having to do with the orientation it has.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 01:26 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard
Awiens....
Posted by: Cute Fuzzy Kittuh at May 14, 2026 01:28 AM (sAmhv)
I was just playing around with Stellarium, using JPL's DE441 long term high precision ephemerides, and ran the clock back to the magic date, ~10, 500 BC.
Precession changed the relative sky greatly. The vernal equinox in the proleptic Julian was in *June*. I set the date to the equinox, here at my coordinates. And there at sunrise, the sun was just under LEO, (the Sphinx would've been facing there).
And looking due South, there Orion was, right at the Meridian. Due to precession, Orion was much farther South, and Rigel wouldn't have been visible here at 35N. Orion would've been a little higher at Giza, which is ~30N.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2026 01:32 AM (uwLB4)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 01:25 AM (snZF9)
That’s great. I’ve been watching some stuff on Gobekli Tempe and Karahan Tepe which is even older. And although there’s much that’s not understood, it’s clear that at least some early cultures were beginning to develop some serious construction skills about 11,000 years ago (the age of Karahan Tepe)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 14, 2026 01:33 AM (AnnNE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 14, 2026 01:17 AM (FGAbQ)
The pyramids at Tenochtitlan predate the Aztecs, and Cuzco predates the Incas.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 01:35 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 01:41 AM (snZF9)
It just blew my mind how different the sky would've looked 12,000 years ago. There was some proper motion of the stars, but not all that much. The big difference was the location of the pole, and the equator.
But at any rate, standing at Giza around then, you would seen the Sphinx facing it's counterpart in the sky due east, and Orion (Osiris) was culminating. Now, there's a theory (dismissed as coincidence) that the slightly offset layout of the Pyramids corresponds to Orion's belt stars, Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka.
There you go, they would've been right there, closer to the horizon at that magic equinox rising moment in 10,500 BC.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 01:43 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 01:48 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: publius
Israel was pretty good at draining swampland. They could probably take care of it.
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 14, 2026 01:48 AM (W5mpo)
Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah
It's not small, no no no
Honeycomb's got a big big bite
Big big taste and a big big bite
Someone bought a new car with those lyrics.
Posted by: Dark Lihuixtzichatl at May 14, 2026 01:51 AM (W5mpo)
Posted by: m at May 14, 2026 01:52 AM (6wpGE)
Or it's the dain bramage talking here. Or the rum.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 14, 2026 01:53 AM (U/Byj)
Or it's the dain bramage talking here. Or the rum.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 14, 2026 01:53 AM (U/Byj)
Its the same shit. I remember the change to corn pops.
Name Evolution: Introduced as "Corn Pops" (1950), changed to "Sugar Corn Pops" (1951), then "Sugar Pops," back to "Sugar Corn Pops" (197
, and finally "Corn Pops" in 1984.Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 01:55 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 01:57 AM (snZF9)
Good to hear about Flak Bait. I need to focus on Lt. Fred (we'll call him here) and his mission diary and seeing if I can put together a multi-media thing once a big family related task is past. Think I recall he was one of three to pilot that plane. Had no idea it was so famous.
I went once with him, when he and BIL were visiting DC to attend Arlington burial for BIL's uncle - who was one of the small group of elite sub skippers who operated in the Sea of Japan during the war. Quite a bit of WWII history with that family my sister married into.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 14, 2026 01:58 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 14, 2026 02:02 AM (U/Byj)
She had to turn her local phone back is before she checked in for her flight, so I am currently waiting for her to text or call me, or I will have to take it on faith that she made her flight.
Last time she missed her flight, and wasn't that a fun day for me
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 02:02 AM (rbvCR)
Just looked at from 30N, Giza's latitude.
Orion was on the damned horizon. Rigel and Saiph were just above the horizon when the equinox was rising.
I can run it back a few more hundred years and get Orion centered on the meridian. At 10,500 it's a little to the left and not centered.
But, the alignment of the pyramids to be exact would've had to be then, if Bauval and company's precise calculations were correct, I think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Remember the ancient mantra, "As above, so below".
Well, the Giza complex would've been honoring that beautifully at that ancient date. Which corresponds to Younger-Dryas cataclysms....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)
She says it never happened...
But it has already been picked up by foreign press.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 14, 2026 02:11 AM (mP0Kj)
How did the hipster burn the roof of his mouth?
He ate pizza...
...before it was cool.
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 02:14 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: muldoon at May 14, 2026 12:04 AM (I0N4X)
Ha! I didn't notice it was wrong. I understood what you typed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 14, 2026 12:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
I thought it was hayfever, his fingers were stuffed up
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 02:22 AM (Sy6m/)
"Friend of mine got tickets for some entertainer named Gallager. Yeah, front row seats. Can't wait."
"
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 02:22 AM (dDXqG)
Or it's the dain bramage talking here. Or the rum.
Posted by: rhomboid
Probably the rum.
You're thinking of Sugar Smacks with the "big individual kernel."
Posted by: mikeski loved those at May 14, 2026 02:28 AM (VHUov)
Sledge-o-matic!
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)
so I guess the CIA is running a secret cartel war in Mexico.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 02:30 AM (rbvCR)
Well, the Giza complex would've been honoring that beautifully at that ancient date. Which corresponds to Younger-Dryas cataclysms....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah I think Giza is waaaay older than they say.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 02:30 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: mikeski loved those at May 14, 2026 02:28 AM (VHUov)
"beer nuts for kids"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 02:31 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)
music.youtube.com
I guess this is some sort of thing like Pandora? About which I know basically nothing, but Son uses it a lot.
Not sure how to get a short link from it yet.
Like, here's ai spirited cut
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1t0u6EimFP0
googly is still
Tomorrow morning looks to be busy early. Don't care for busy early mornings. Just want to drink coffee and read the Morning Report.
G'nite, y'all. 💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - do you click here? at May 14, 2026 02:33 AM (Cfy2X)
It just blows me away looking at this in Stellarium.
Imagine standing at Giza, looking due South a bit North of the complex. At any sidereal time roughly 18:00, when the equinox is rising on the horizon, there you would see Orion on the horizon, due south, with the pyramids being ducks in a row corresponding to the belt stars right above. Great pyramid = Alnitak, Khafre = Alnilam, and the other one = Mintaka.
And the Sphinx looking due east right at Leo.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 02:37 AM (w6EFb)
----Send NUDES!
Of course that could be a problem. "Um, is that the pudenda . . . Or a nose?"
"Izzat hardwood, or bamboo?"
"ooh, yeah, shake that . . . OK, stop please"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 02:40 AM (rbvCR)
so I guess the CIA is running a secret cartel war in Mexico.
Posted by: Kindltot
LoL! Yea, pretty much. It's like watching the msm or listening to a democrat/gope. Just assume that you're being lied to. Saves time.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 14, 2026 02:45 AM (sAmhv)
That's a lot of smashed watermelons.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 02:48 AM (ERDLG)
Imagine standing at Giza, looking due South a bit North of the complex. At any sidereal time roughly 18:00, when the equinox is rising on the horizon, there you would see Orion on the horizon, due south, with the pyramids being ducks in a row corresponding to the belt stars right above. Great pyramid = Alnitak, Khafre = Alnilam, and the other one = Mintaka.
And the Sphinx looking due east right at Leo.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 02:37 AM (w6EFb)
I was always interested in just what civilization was around it when that happened. I think of the Sumerians. Popped in out of nowhere 1000 years before egypt as we know it and seemingly fully formed with a base 60 math system. I mean, where the hell did these ancient civilizations get their ideas from?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 02:51 AM (snZF9)
----Send NUDES!
Of course that could be a problem. "Um, is that the pudenda . . . Or a nose?"
"Izzat hardwood, or bamboo?"
"ooh, yeah, shake that . . . OK, stop please"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 02:40 AM (rbvCR)
I would ask for a death star.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 02:52 AM (snZF9)
Rhomboid,
Not the same as Washington Nearsider...
A couple of my brothers are serious Military Aviation buffs, they go into scary amount of detail on these things. The scale model building community goes nuts on the tiniest details. They are involved through that, though several of us (family) have serious Aerospace and General Aviation backgrounds. One brother has decades in USAF, then National Air Guard duty.
Having said all that, 'Flak Bait' is a hallowed piece of history, and it will finally get its full historical glory in our lifetime.
I almost always comment too late, Mountain Time Zone, and always looking at threads way to late at night.
Cheers!
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at May 14, 2026 02:54 AM (rV5eW)
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For the sake of your civilization, do not put Democrats in control of immigration
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 02:57 AM (HrRkK)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2026 02:51 AM (snZF9)
It is 5 x 12.
It is explained to me that 12 is the number you get by adding up all the joints in your four fingers on one hand, and 12 is more readily divisible than 10. And 60 is counting to twelve five times - the fingers and thumb on the other hand. It allows you to do finger math instead of grabbing an abacus or counting bones.
They needed the finger math because they also invented banking.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 03:00 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 03:01 AM (0KeBN)
60 is a "superior highly composite number", and you can look up the precise definition of that. Basically, it means it has a shit ton of integer divisors, which is highly useful.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 03:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 03:05 AM (0nHVk)
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Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 03:05 AM (0nHVk)
Good luck!
Posted by: m at May 14, 2026 03:12 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 03:12 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: clarence at May 14, 2026 03:14 AM (cSctv)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 03:05 AM (0nHVk)
Good luck!
Posted by: m at May 14, 2026 03:12 AM (
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Before and after pictures. They help show your progress, keep the momentum. Ask me how I know
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 03:15 AM (oafeN)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 14, 2026 03:00 AM (rbvCR)
You can do two digits of base 10 (counting to 100) with your fingers, using the left hand as a tens place and the thumb as a five.
Also, if you make two fists and put them with curled pointer fingers next to each other, your knuckles are the months with 31 days, and the gaps between are the ones with 28 or 30 (though going from left to right, the year ends on the knuckle of your right ring finger).
Posted by: SciVo at May 14, 2026 03:20 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: clarence at May 14, 2026 03:14 AM (cSctv)
Math is being committed in this thread.
!!!
Posted by: m at May 14, 2026 03:20 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 03:21 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby
Ah, the distractions! Which lead to reminiscing, which then lead to "mission creep"... as you try to decide where things should go, as *pitching into the trash* seems such a waste...
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 14, 2026 03:26 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)
And then, somehow-- the papers disappeared after lil bro visited one summer. Asked him. Got an "I don't know"
Grrrrrrr
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
Hey, has anyone seen tankdemon tonight? He's late.
Posted by: mindful webworker - he'll have some lame clever excuse at May 13, 2026 10:43 PM (Cfy2X)
Sorry I'm late, the old mansion I was exploring wasn't quite as abandoned as I thought it was.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 14, 2026 03:45 AM (2RJDy)
My tiles are all jammed...
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 03:45 AM (rdVOm)
Grrrrrrr
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
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I am so sorry. I pray the papers turn up.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 03:50 AM (V9lCV)
And another wild thing. Now, when Leo rises, it's angled up relative to the horizon. But, back in 10,500 BC, due to precession (this was about one half a precession cycle back), Leo was flat on the horizon when it rose.
So, the Lion was sitting horizontally right above the horizon line, crouching.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 14, 2026 03:53 AM (w6EFb)
I suspect that lil bro grabbed them and didn't want to 'fess up. He's always been that way. *shrug*
Less for me to worry about, right? (trying to look on the bright side)
Posted by: JQ at May 14, 2026 03:54 AM (rdVOm)
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Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
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NOOD!
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