Biden's Invasionary Force of Illegals Would Together Make Up the Fourteenth Most Populous State in the Union

It's a conspiracy theory to say that Democrats are attempting to import Democrat voters through the open border, though.

Nearly 7.3 million migrants have illegally crossed the southwest border under President Biden's watch, a number greater than the population of 36 individual states, a Fox News analysis finds.
That figure comes from US Customs and Border Protection, which has already reported 961,537 border encounters in the current fiscal year, which runs from October through September.
If the current pace of illegal immigration does not slow down, fiscal year 2024 will break last year's record of 2,475,669 southwest border encounters -- a number that by itself exceeds the population of New Mexico, a border state.
The total number of southwest land border encounters since Biden assumed office in 2021 is 7,298,486, CBP data shows.
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Compared to the largest US states, the 7.3 million number is about 18.7% of California's population of 39 million, 23.9% of the state of Texas and its 31 million residents, 32.3% of the population of Florida and 37.3% of New York. It's more than half the size of Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio.

Were the number of illegal immigrants who entered the United States under President Biden gathered together to found a city, it would be the second-largest city in America after New York.
And the total does not include an estimated additional 1.8 million known "gotaways" who evaded law enforcement, which would make it bigger than New York.
Taken together, nearly 10 million migrants have crossed into the US illegally during the Biden administration, a record Biden's critics assert could only be achieved by intentionally refusing to enforce the law.
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The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment.

The border is under control, they perjured themselves.

As Texas reinforces the border, criminal border-crossers move west, to San Diego:

San Diego sees 500% increase in border apprehensions as crisis shifts west
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The San Diego Sector reports over 140,000 apprehensions in FY24, with more than 20,000 individuals from China -- marking a 500% increase compared to the previous fiscal year. These numbers highlight a significant shift in immigration patterns under President Biden's tenure and a shi
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The San Diego Sector has apprehended over 140,000 individuals, a notable increase from previous years.
Over 20,000 apprehensions from China, representing a dramatic 500% rise compared to the last fiscal year-to-date.
Under President Trump, apprehension numbers were lower, with policies focused on stricter border control and immigration enforcement.

David Strom points out that Biden has repeatedly said he can't close the border, not without Congress "helping" him close the border, by granting mass amnesty and work visas. (How does showering illegal border-crossers with more welfare and more inducements to break our laws help close the border?)

But now that his fake "presidency" is at stake, Biden begin saying "Oh wait, maybe there are some things I could do myself to shut down the flow of illegals..."

Biden's inconsistency [on executive power to close the border] stems from something darker, though--he is pivoting in an election year from a policy of open borders and active importation of illegal immigrants to one that he believes necessary to win an election. Everybody knows his goal is to reopen the border if he wins reelection.
We know this for many obvious reasons, the most prominent of which is his refusal to do anything to stanch the flow of illegals until it started hurting him with his constituents. He kept on insisting that the border was open solely because the Republicans refused to cooperate with his policies, and he could do nothing on his own.
Suddenly, that excuse has gone out the window. Not because he discovered any new principles in the law but because open borders threatened his reelection prospects. He is losing Black voters, and he needs them.

NBC "News" mentions some steps Biden is contemplating, which are well within his power to do (unlike, say, granting mass amnesty for student loans).

One thing he could do is just require those judging fake asylum claims to bring a little more skepticism to the proceedings than none at all:

Under the new policies, asylum officers would be instructed to raise the standards they use in their "credible fear interviews," the first screening given to asylum-seekers who are trying to avoid deportation for crossing the border illegally.

As you might guess, to be eligible for an asylum hearing at all (and to be "paroled" into the interior of the country while you wait eight years for that hearing), you have to explain that you have a "credible fear" of persecution. Every illegal currently meets this low threshold by simply lying. If their country isn't politically repressive, they'll say there's some criminal gang threatening them. They are required to provide zero evidence to show this "credible fear" is actually... credible.

And Biden can change that zero standard hearing with the stroke of a pen.

And Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be told to prioritize recently arrived migrants for deportation, in a "last in, first out" policy, the officials said.<
A congressional aide with knowledge of the deliberations said the Biden administration has yet to make a decision, but raising the bar on asylum and deporting more newly arrived migrants are considered "low hanging fruit" and actions that can be taken quickly.

Ohhhhh! It's "low-hanging fruit," now!

But I thought Biden couldn't do anything unless Congress granted a mass amnesty!

I doubt he'll do these things. But it's interesting that he admits that, like Dorothy, he had the power inside him all along.

Did you ask Joe what happened in January 2021 that caused border patrol to start releasing huge numbers of aliens into the United States??? https://t.co/nRHE8XPUoJ pic.twitter.com/VilVfyX2Zj
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) February 21, 2024

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

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Posted by: Jordan61 at February 22, 2024 03:31 PM (DRSnL)

2 yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 22, 2024 03:32 PM (R4t5M)

3 For every apprehension, there are probably at least 5-10 other getting through.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 22, 2024 03:32 PM (DRSnL)

4 Biden's Illegals -- Who I'm Going to Call "Joe's Chicos" -- Would Together Make Up the Fourteenth Most Populous State in the Union
—Disinformation Expert Ace
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By pure coincidence, FJB has also been rated as the 14th best POTUS of all time by an "independent" group of political scientists and academics.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2024 03:32 PM (7fElN)

5 In other news-

Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2024 03:33 PM (2WVgq)

6 I still don't know what law Congress repealed that made Remain in Mexico legal under Trump but impossible under Biden.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 22, 2024 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)

8 The Border Is Secure!

My Dog Won't Bite!

I Won't Do That Thing In Your Mouth Dr. Jill!

Posted by: Joe Biden, Liar at February 22, 2024 03:34 PM (2ijlT)

9 Illegals are causing havoc in all States now, not just the border ones. biden has do to something drastic about the border situation before summer or he is toast.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 22, 2024 03:34 PM (QNSds)

10 The total number of southwest land border encounters since Biden assumed office in 2021 is 7,298,486, CBP data shows.

That we know of......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 22, 2024 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)

11 >>5 In other news-

Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.
Posted by: Anna Puma

It could probably feed a family of four for a month or more.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 22, 2024 03:34 PM (eYF7X)

12 If only there was some way to stop the flow of illegals. It would have to big though. On the order of a giant beautiful wall.

BTW the Uniparty Answer to illegals has been the same for 60 years. Let them in, let them stay, pay for them and then die.

Posted by: ... at February 22, 2024 03:34 PM (isNfz)

13 more than the population of 36 states...

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 22, 2024 03:35 PM (CIS44)

14 US law has a very specific definition of treason

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort

Biden has brought our enemies into the country paying for their transportation through NGOs, forcing the border states to let them in, and then paying them to terrorize the population through government checks and again NGOs.

There is nothing stopping the GOPe from calling for Biden's prosecution for treason....well...besides a spine.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 22, 2024 03:35 PM (ibTVg)

15 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.
Posted by: Anna Puma

That's nothing.

Posted by: ... at February 22, 2024 03:35 PM (isNfz)

16 If the current pace of illegal immigration does not slow down, fiscal year 2024 will break last year's record of 2,475,669 southwest border encounters -- a number that by itself exceeds the population of New Mexico, a border state.
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One thing I have never seen estimated is what percentage of the total are "encountered." So what is that estimate? Does anybody talk about it? Do they estimate that 90% are "encountered?" 10%?

Because the numbers bandied about like this 2.5 million figure are the number of "encounters." What multiplier should be used to estimate the real total? 1.1 is quite a lot different than 1.75, etc.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 03:35 PM (HnUIn)

17 Dr Bandy X. Lee of Yale has pronounced Joey mentally fine for a man his age.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2024 03:35 PM (2WVgq)

18 The GOP has plenty of spine when it came to fighting Trump and after that DeSantis.

Posted by: ... at February 22, 2024 03:36 PM (isNfz)

19 Here you go, Ace.

https://tinyurl.com/mr2heyk4

"Shocking never-before-seen documents from an ongoing trial concerning allegedly stolen Eagles lyrics shine new light on an infamous night in 1980 when Don Henley was arrested after a teen overdosed at his home."

He's been lying about it for decades.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 22, 2024 03:36 PM (xPl2J)

20 >>8 The Border Is Secure!

My Dog Won't Bite!

I Won't Do That Thing In Your Mouth Dr. Jill!

Just the tip Ashley.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 22, 2024 03:36 PM (eYF7X)

21 But now that his fake "presidency" is at stake, Biden begin saying "Oh wait, maybe there are some things I could do myself to shut down the flow of illegals..."
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Trump did some things. Maybe Biden can ask around.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 03:36 PM (HnUIn)

22 let's face it, we need these people. remember in the old days when you had to mow your own lawn and if you went to a restaurant you had to help with the dishes afterwards?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 22, 2024 03:36 PM (B1FKF)

23 It pleases me greatly that California is getting this massive influx of illegals that would have gone through the Texas border.

I hope they can use their massively secure mail in balloting election system to voice their preference for this system to their government.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:37 PM (GBKbO)

24 "And Biden can change that zero standard hearing with the stroke of a pen."

Won't matter what standard is applied. I'll bet anyone any amounts of money that the asylum officers are leftwing hacks fully on board with facilitating the invasion. They'll rubber-stamp any bogus lie from these thieving rats and let them into the country.

I'm not sure anything can stop this horde, but something like "remain in Mexico" would be the only thing that stands any chance. If this vermin had to wait 8 years in Mexico for their hearing, they would soon disappear. But any system that allows them any chance of staying in American pending the hearing, is totally fucked.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 03:37 PM (iFTx/)

25 Suddenly, that excuse has gone out the window. Not because he discovered any new principles in the law but because open borders threatened his reelection prospects. He is losing Black voters, and he needs them.
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So HotAir now capitalizes "Black," too, do they>

Feh.

Anyway, he probably needn't worry. How many black voters are there as compared to black ballots in the machine districts?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 03:37 PM (HnUIn)

26

Everything that the Dems and Repubs are doing to force this country into default and destruction are helpfully labeled a conspiracy theory immediately by the entire media at the same time.

That's how corporate communications works.

Odd! LOLOLOL.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at February 22, 2024 03:37 PM (et1vG)

27 Lol

Speaking during a sentencing hearing for a Capitol attack defendant who’d previously pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and civil disorder, Walton also said that unlike Trump, former Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore “was a man about it” when he conceded the contested 2000 election.
Gore, then the incumbent vice president, conceded the 2000 election to George W. Bush after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Bush camp’s favor, ending a recount of the vote in Florida.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 03:37 PM (NYzgN)

28 >>>In other news-
Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

Unimpressed.

Posted by: Darrius "Sweetdick" Honeycum, Esq. at February 22, 2024 03:38 PM (KRtlO)

29 Don't forget kiddies,

Gruesome Newsome has promised free CaliCare for all these invaders.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2024 03:38 PM (2WVgq)

30 A wall costs too much for the GOP but 2 million encounters a year plus untold criminal mischief is a mere drop in the bucket.

Posted by: ... at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (isNfz)

31 As you might guess, to be eligible for an asylum hearing at all (and to be "paroled" into the interior of the country while you wait eight years for that hearing), you have to explain that you have a "credible fear" of persecution. Every illegal currently meets this low threshold by simply lying. If their country isn't politically repressive, they'll say there's some criminal gang threatening them. They are required to provide zero evidence to show this "credible fear" is actually... credible.
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I'd take a much harder line, but I am not in charge.

Political persecution in your homeland is not my problem. If you're fighting for what *I* want, I'm willing to listen. If you're not, I'm not. Mere persecution is not an adequate reason to entitle you to an "asylum" claim.

And gang violence? Sure. It sucks. The cartels that run your shit suck. That isn't my problem.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (HnUIn)

32 >>>https://tinyurl.com/mr2heyk4
"Shocking never-before-seen documents from an ongoing trial concerning allegedly stolen Eagles lyrics shine new light on an infamous night in 1980 when Don Henley was arrested after a teen overdosed at his home."
He's been lying about it for decades.

nice, thanks. I hate that f***in' guy. Pedophile.

Posted by: Darrius at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (KRtlO)

33 29 Don't forget kiddies,

Gruesome Newsome has promised free CaliCare for all these invaders.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2024 03:38 PM (2WVgq)

========

In completely unrelated news:

CA sees a swing of nearly $200 billion regarding their budget surplus towards a deficit.

For some reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (GBKbO)

34 If journalist about "The Great Replacement" in an opinion column, banned for life; & lucky if no death threats.

There is nothing ON EARTH that enrages the left like mentioning what is obviously happening.

We're losing the country our fathers bequeathed us.

But how often do you read about the demographic consequences of the open border?

People are afraid to mention it. That simple.

Posted by: mnw at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (NLIak)

35 The illegals are given paperwork when "processed" that permits them to get a "Real ID" driver's license.

I saw the paperwork when I got my license renewed yesterday. These are the documents permitted by the Kentucky DMV:

Resident/citizenship documents
Valid and unexpired documents issued by the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services.

Permanent Resident Card
Form I-551

Conditional Permanent Resident Card
Certificate of Naturalization
Form N-550 or Form N-570

Certificate of Citizenship
Form N-560 or Form N-561i
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I believe the documentation requirements are national, so this might not be just KY.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 22, 2024 03:40 PM (Q4IgG)

36 30 A wall costs too much for the GOP but 2 million encounters a year plus untold criminal mischief is a mere drop in the bucket.
Posted by: ... at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (isNfz)

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A wall costs too much, but if you don't fund Ukraine with $100 billion then Putin will invade Wyoming by winter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:40 PM (GBKbO)

37 1) How do you know how many illegals crossed? Just a best guess.

2) "The total number of southwest land border encounters since Biden assumed office in 2021 is 7,298,486, CBP data shows." That would make it almost as many as are in Hong Kong right now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:40 PM (ynpvh)

38 Don Henley, "it was the end of the innocence."

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2024 03:40 PM (2WVgq)

39 Can't we just tell the Democrats that they aren't yet "future Democrats", but only "potential Democrats." So they're just clumps of votes, and we can do what we like to them. The decision should be between the state they enter, and her doctor. Does she want to carry the parasite?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 22, 2024 03:40 PM (1bNHn)

40 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

-

The same people who are going to account for every Global Warming variable still don't know how snakes work.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 22, 2024 03:40 PM (qs1Py)

41 36 30 A wall costs too much for the GOP but 2 million encounters a year plus untold criminal mischief is a mere drop in the bucket.
Posted by: ... at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (isNfz)

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A wall costs too much, but if you don't fund Ukraine with $100 billion then Putin will invade Wyoming by winter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:40 PM (GBKbO)

does he plan to have his throne on Devil's Tower?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:41 PM (ynpvh)

42 All I know is that red states need to quadruple the number of illegals they ship to NY. Bury those commies in illegals.

Posted by: weew at February 22, 2024 03:41 PM (/uwTS)

43 A wall costs too much, but if you don't fund Ukraine with $100 billion then Putin will invade Wyoming by winter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finish

Only Wyoming? Did Nebraska slow him down?

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 22, 2024 03:41 PM (CIS44)

44 I've had this nick and email for twenty years.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2024 03:41 PM (cf/0E)

45 A 500% increase in illegals entering California is like a tiny ray of sunshine in a dark, dark world.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 22, 2024 03:41 PM (woPEM)

46 40 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.
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The same people who are going to account for every Global Warming variable still don't know how snakes work.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 22, 2024 03:40 PM (qs1Py)

"Okay, has the intern measured that anaconda we found"?
"Um, no, he seems to be missing..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:41 PM (ynpvh)

47 43 A wall costs too much, but if you don't fund Ukraine with $100 billion then Putin will invade Wyoming by winter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finish

Only Wyoming? Did Nebraska slow him down?
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 22, 2024 03:41 PM (CIS44)

=======

He's going the other way.

Had to plow through giant masses of Chinese nationals in CA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:42 PM (GBKbO)

48 If journalist about "The Great Replacement" in an opinion column, banned for life; & lucky if no death threats.

I love how the Great Replacement is both a racist conspiracy theory AND the topic of one of the most influential books on political strategy by two of the top Democrat insiders (The Coming Democrat Majority)

Posted by: 18-1 at February 22, 2024 03:42 PM (ibTVg)

49 I guess the "gmail goin' " rumor is BS. I thought as much since I email people with AOL suffixes.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2024 03:42 PM (cf/0E)

50 Ohhhhh! It's "low-hanging fruit," now!

But I thought Biden couldn't do anything unless Congress granted a mass amnesty!

I doubt he'll do these things. But it's interesting that he admits that, like Dorothy, he had the power inside him all along.
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I expect some token action that prevents last year's record from being broken, likely with an assist from their partners south of the border (that is, the cartels).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 03:42 PM (HnUIn)

51 We’re being invaded with illegal aliens, and cyber-attacked by comms hacking. And we know who’s doing this.

‘I used to know these things before I was civilized.’
-Lone Watie

Posted by: Eromero at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (xUcws)

52 "Initial Screening"

The law says that *all* candidates for asylum must appear at one particular border crossing and not come from any place that is not an adjacent country.

So if they followed the law only Mexicans even make it into the process at all.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (eoQWY)

53 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

"Hey, Jim, I've got your next assignment ready. Give me a call."
-- Marlin Perkins

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (9yWhg)

54 50 Ohhhhh! It's "low-hanging fruit," now!

But I thought Biden couldn't do anything unless Congress granted a mass amnesty!

I doubt he'll do these things. But it's interesting that he admits that, like Dorothy, he had the power inside him all along.
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I expect some token action that prevents last year's record from being broken, likely with an assist from their partners south of the border (that is, the cartels).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 03:42 PM (HnUIn)

Or BP agents handing out tokens for free room, board, and cash cards.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (ynpvh)

55 50 I expect some token action that prevents last year's record from being broken, likely with an assist from their partners south of the border (that is, the cartels).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 03:42 PM (HnUIn)

=========

"We fixed the border."
-the message

"We believe you! Even though, I'm pretty sure, the border wasn't broken to begin with."
-DU

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

56 Services for the illegals will have to be rolled back in the blue cities. If not, services will have to be cut even more for legal residents. So, you have a twofer, riots in the inner city because services have been cut and The MLK Center has to close, and riots involving the newbies because they want their free shit.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (0EOe9)

57 I've been building cynicism faster than Sarah Conner between T1 and T2.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (cf/0E)

58 53 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

"Hey, Jim, I've got your next assignment ready. Give me a call."
-- Marlin Perkins

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (9yWhg)

Nuh uh. Not gunna do it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (ynpvh)

59 Where is the poll of illegals that says they will vote for Democrats? I mean, did the Progressives run out of dead people who vote? These are the most talked about people ever.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (as3uC)

60 He is losing Black voters, and he needs them.
......

When you've lost Black Santa...

Posted by: wth at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (v0R5T)

61 28 >>>In other news-
Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

Unimpressed.
Posted by: Darrius "Sweetdick" Honeycum, Esq. at February 22, 2024 03:38 PM (KRtlO)
__________

My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hun

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

62 But how often do you read about the demographic consequences of the open border?
People are afraid to mention it. That simple.
Posted by: mnw at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (NLIak)

Oh! You can mention it but, like the homosexual sodomites, affirmative action smooth brains and strong women with short hair who beat up men twice their size, doing so in public means your life is destroyed, your assets seized and Fani Willis and Letita James will use tax payer funds to send you up river to your own personal Oz.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (2ijlT)

63 56 Services for the illegals will have to be rolled back in the blue cities. If not, services will have to be cut even more for legal residents. So, you have a twofer, riots in the inner city because services have been cut and The MLK Center has to close, and riots involving the newbies because they want their free shit.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (0EOe9)

Get some Eritreans, and things gonna be lit!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (ynpvh)

64 > The border is under control, they perjured themselves.

This is why people hate lawyers and bureaucrats. According to their bullshit, self-serving definition, the border IS under control. The vast majority of people crossing get very minimally "processed" and given a seven years in the future asylum hearing date. Bingo bango, job's done. Let's just ignore all of the got-aways that don't even get processed.

To any honest, normal person, the border's obviously not under control.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (6OrcJ)

65 There is nothing ON EARTH that enrages the left like mentioning what is obviously happening.

We're losing the country our fathers bequeathed us.

But how often do you read about the demographic consequences of the open border?

We aren't losing it to the illegals, we are losing it to the so called 'elites'

People are afraid to mention it. That simple.
Posted by: mnw at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (NLIak)

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (eoQWY)

66 General Moral Question - should we feel sorry for Americans that hire illegals and then get murdered or looted by them?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (DyHJQ)

67 Joe can completely shut down the border and crow he's done something just in time for the "election". Doesn't matter.. 10' s of millions are already here. The plan is complete...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (Akjoo)

68 In San Diego, there are a whole bunch of Recruits that would benefit from live fire exercises. Just sayin'.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (lXCUP)

69 58 53 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

"Hey, Jim, I've got your next assignment ready. Give me a call."
-- Marlin Perkins

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (9yWhg)

Nuh uh. Not gunna do it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (ynpvh)
________

I'd do it. I had snakes as pets, including a boa.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

70 They are flooding across the northern border as well. Northern NY has a lot and one can only hope they get lost in the Adirondack winter. My city here in mid Hudson looks like Tegucigalpa. The average male in my city has gotten several inches shorter in recent years. Now get off my lawn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (byGob)

71 "We believe you! Even though, I'm pretty sure, the border wasn't broken to begin with."
-DU
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

Put me some nollege. What or who is DU?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (as3uC)

72 69 58 53 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

"Hey, Jim, I've got your next assignment ready. Give me a call."
-- Marlin Perkins

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (9yWhg)

Nuh uh. Not gunna do it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (ynpvh)
________

I'd do it. I had snakes as pets, including a boa.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

26 ft Anaconda probably weighs in at over 500 lbs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (ynpvh)

73 Where is the poll of illegals that says they will vote for Democrats? I mean, did the Progressives run out of dead people who vote? These are the most talked about people ever.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (as3uC)
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The Dems don't need the *votes* of illegals...They just need enough warm bodies to make a semi-plausible claim that 100% of everyone living in their district voted for FJB.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2024 03:47 PM (7fElN)

74 Well, he looks like an alien invader, so let's call him Freek!

Posted by: Mr. and Mrs. Vonk at February 22, 2024 03:47 PM (woPEM)

75 > Services for the illegals will have to be rolled back in the blue cities. If not, services will have to be cut even more for legal residents.

They're already cutting services for legal residents. Big chunks of VA services are gone. Lots of those underprivileged kids programs, services, and buildings are now all serving illegals.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2024 03:47 PM (6OrcJ)

76 72 69 58 53 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

"Hey, Jim, I've got your next assignment ready. Give me a call."
-- Marlin Perkins

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (9yWhg)

Nuh uh. Not gunna do it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (ynpvh)
________

I'd do it. I had snakes as pets, including a boa.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

26 ft Anaconda probably weighs in at over 500 lbs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (ynpvh)

440 lbs according to the article.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:47 PM (ynpvh)

77 Also more people than Hong Kong which is ranked at 104 most populous nation.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 22, 2024 03:47 PM (++4z6)

78 >>> Biden's Invasionary Force of Illegals Would Together Make Up the Fourteenth Most Populous State in the Union

Only the ones they bagged, tagged, and released... nobody knows how many got through without being bagged.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2024 03:48 PM (+kG3o)

79 RNC Research
@RNCResearch
1h

Arrive at the airport extra early — "because asylum seekers illegally released by the Dept. of Homeland Security are waiting on standby for seats," NBC El Paso reports.

"If you aren't at the boarding gate when agents start to fill empty seats, you could be bumped."

https://tinyurl.com/33e4t5dw

Posted by: redridinghood at February 22, 2024 03:48 PM (NpAcC)

80 77 Also more people than Hong Kong which is ranked at 104 most populous nation.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 22, 2024 03:47 PM (++4z6)

Hong Kong, Like Taiwan is a part of China, so doesn't count.--CCP

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:48 PM (ynpvh)

81 But the 'replacement theory' is just a conspiracy theory.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)

82 Need to spread them around though.

Census dot gov: The framers of the Constitution of the United States chose population to be the basis for sharing political power, not wealth or land.

“Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers…”

- The Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 2.

The census asks questions of people in homes and group living situations, including how many people live or stay in each home, and the sex, age and race of each person. The goal is to count everyone once, only once, and in the right place.

>For Apportionment
>Redistricting
>To Benefit Your Community

The results also inform how federal funding is allocated to more than 100 programs, including Medicaid, Head Start, block grant programs for community mental health services, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP.

>Business Decisions

Interesting. Can see the importance of population shift, distribution.

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (GshMh)

83 Self correction,
Not bagged, tagged, and released....

Just catch and release.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (+kG3o)

84 Listen Fat, the border is just as secure as the waistband on my Depends.

Posted by: Joe D. Mensha at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (lZVy/)

85 76 72 69 58 53 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.

"Hey, Jim, I've got your next assignment ready. Give me a call."
-- Marlin Perkins

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (9yWhg)

Nuh uh. Not gunna do it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:44 PM (ynpvh)
________

I'd do it. I had snakes as pets, including a boa.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

26 ft Anaconda probably weighs in at over 500 lbs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (ynpvh)

440 lbs according to the article.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:47 PM (ynpvh)
________

I still would. Never been afraid of any kind of snake, or indeed any reptile. We used to wade out into fetid swamps in shorts and bare feet to catch alligator snappers . . . with our bare hands. Maybe we were nuts.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

86 81 But the 'replacement theory' is just a conspiracy theory.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)

👍

Posted by: CIA at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (ynpvh)

87 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.
Posted by: Anna Puma

***
That sounds like the name for a mad scientist villain on Jonny Quest. Not to mention the springboard for a plot!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (J2vNu)

88 Illegals don't need to vote in order to bump the population of blue states high enough to get another seat in Congress/moar electoral votes

Posted by: weew at February 22, 2024 03:50 PM (/uwTS)

89 So, so many consequences from "81 million "ballots" "counted"".

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not Kill at February 22, 2024 03:50 PM (gxokI)

90 No borders
Workers of the World unite

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 03:50 PM (fwDg9)

91 ...considering taking action to make it harder for border...blah...blah...blah

Fuck you Administration. Just fuck you.

America can recover from most of the Dem bullshit levied on us in the last three years: Inflation, unemployment, race, green nonsense, but uncontrolled illegal immigration will kill us. If just 1 in 20 of those 7.3 million picks up a gun and kills only three Americans each, that's over a million dead.
So fuck you democrats.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 22, 2024 03:50 PM (W/lyH)

92 Vonk vonk on the head.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 22, 2024 03:50 PM (woPEM)

93 66 General Moral Question - should we feel sorry for Americans that hire illegals and then get murdered or looted by them?
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (DyHJQ)

Should we feel sorry for people who keep cobras in their houses as pets then get bit?

Posted by: A question the question question at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (PMYn/)

94 Elric Blades, you’re nuts. Did you make a nice Snappin’Turtle Purlow?

Posted by: Eromero at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (xUcws)

95 I still would. Never been afraid of any kind of snake, or indeed any reptile.
Posted by: Elric Blade

Salmonella

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (9yWhg)

96 There is nothing stopping the government from closing the border to new invaders or sending the ones already here home.

Nothing.

The government wants them here. And if you get murdered, robbed, or raped, well, you probably deserved it you white supremacist you...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (ibTVg)

97 Snakes are on the whole, pretty chill. Don't step on em, they leave you alone.

Spitting Cobras might be an exception.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (eoQWY)

98 'let's face it, we need these people. remember in the old days when you had to mow your own lawn and if you went to a restaurant you had to help with the dishes afterwards?
Posted by: gnats local 678'

Interesting observation. I went to my local truckstop the other night at 03:00 as I am wont to do, and the very decent Black male kid running the place went out of his way to inform me that he was the only server, and there was one cook, also Black, and therefore if we expected to get a meal quickly he was very sorry but that would not happen. He was a truly good kid. He refused to serve burned coffee, made fresh, the cook came out and kind of shrugged. What was he to do. Food only cooks so fast.
It was fine, the meal was excellent and the kid discounted the order for the wait, but I just added up the total and tipped him the difference in cash.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (9yXr+)

99 OT
I am still on a Mike Benz kick
Tucker interviewed him recently (#75) and it is worth a listen.

Here is an 8 min. talk that is also very good (in spite of the stupid walking selfie style.)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1731832436261007567

That should link to the top of a thread that covers a lot of his points, but I want to draw attention to Tweet #17 where he highlights some of the TIP report text.
https://twitter.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1605365736326987778

The TIP was created by the IC - The Transition Integrity Project - and it was essentially the blueprint for the US color revolution carried out in 2020. They game planned several election scenarios, and the necessary reactions from the "blob" to maintain control and insure a Biden victory.

I bring it up because I am sure the same thing is going on today. That is, a 2024 TIP report with scenarios and plans of attack. This sentence caught my eye:

"If anything, the scale of recent demonstrations has increased the stakes for the Democratic Party to build strong ties with grassroots organizations and be responsive to the movement's demands.

It explains Biden sucking up to the palestinian terrorists. (pixy. tbc)

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at February 22, 2024 03:52 PM (htMBs)

100 Is NYC still planning on giving each illegal a debit card with $10K on it? No restrictions.

Or is that another Internet hoax...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 22, 2024 03:52 PM (Q4IgG)

101 General Moral Question - should we feel sorry for Americans that hire illegals and then get murdered or looted by them?
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 03:45 PM (DyHJQ)

Should we feel sorry for people who keep cobras in their houses as pets then get bit?
Posted by: A question the question question at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (PMYn/)

No and no.

I will pray for mercy on their soul, but that's about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 22, 2024 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)

102 97 Snakes are on the whole, pretty chill. Don't step on em, they leave you alone.

Spitting Cobras might be an exception.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (eoQWY)

Would Llamas lost in a spitting contest to them?

Posted by: CIA at February 22, 2024 03:52 PM (ynpvh)

103 off Gov't sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:52 PM (ynpvh)

104 100 Is NYC still planning on giving each illegal a debit card with $10K on it? No restrictions.

Or is that another Internet hoax...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 22, 2024 03:52 PM (Q4IgG)

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If I drive up there, pretend to speak only Hungarian or something, and demand my $10,000 debit card, will they give me one?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:52 PM (GBKbO)

105 America can recover from most of the Dem bullshit levied on us in the last three years: Inflation, unemployment, race, green nonsense, but uncontrolled illegal immigration will kill us. If just 1 in 20 of those 7.3 million picks up a gun and kills only three Americans each, that's over a million dead.
So fuck you democrats.
Posted by: Diogenes

Been down this road before. The backlash will be epic.

Posted by: Native Americans at February 22, 2024 03:53 PM (lZVy/)

106 95 I still would. Never been afraid of any kind of snake, or indeed any reptile.
Posted by: Elric Blade

Salmonella
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (9yWhg)

That's a kind of fish.

Posted by: Not a reptile at February 22, 2024 03:53 PM (PMYn/)

107 If I drive up there, pretend to speak only Hungarian or something, and demand my $10,000 debit card, will they give me one?

Hungarian you say?

No.

Posted by: The government at February 22, 2024 03:53 PM (ibTVg)

108 "We believe you! Even though, I'm pretty sure, the border wasn't broken to begin with."
-DU
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

Put me some nollege. What or who is DU?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 22, 2024 03:46 PM (as3uC)

Democratic Underground. A site for the poor, oppressed leftist.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 03:53 PM (eoQWY)

109
If I drive up there, pretend to speak only Hungarian or something, and demand my $10,000 debit card, will they give me one?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 03:52 PM (GBKbO)

Click talk.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 22, 2024 03:53 PM (Zz0t1)

110
99 cont.

I suggest looking over the TIP, and listening to the linked talks. I am doing so now and trying to think of what scenarios are being game planned for 2024, and what we can expect as a response.

I post it here on the border/riot thread because I think this is part of it.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at February 22, 2024 03:54 PM (htMBs)

111 Snakes are on the whole, pretty chill. Don't step on em, they leave you alone.
Posted by: Oldcat

Sea snakes are incredibly venomous, but so docile that divers can handle them and not get bitten.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:54 PM (9yWhg)

112 "NBC "News" mentions some steps Biden is contemplating..."

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Wiping his own arse would be a good start.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 22, 2024 03:54 PM (dGCAG)

113 If I drive up there, pretend to speak only Hungarian or something, and demand my $10,000 debit card, will they give me one?

My hovercraft is full of eels

Posted by: Bouncy bouncy at February 22, 2024 03:54 PM (PMYn/)

114 migrants --> wetbacks

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 03:54 PM (f871o)

115 Everyone knows that the Junta canceled Trump's wall and sold off uninstalled components as scrap.
Less known is that he stood down an Army division that was constituted for the sole purpose of 'fortifying' the border. Mostly the wall but other measures too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2024 03:55 PM (+kG3o)

116 https://www.youtube.com/live/cCfV0OGWwww?feature=shared

In other news, my County Commissioner chairman is starting to give a lecture about bureaucrats, which is getting me rock hard. Not sure where it will end up going, but thought I would link it. This is from this morning.

Start at the 25 minute mark.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 22, 2024 03:55 PM (ufFY8)

117 I'm still skeptical Trump can win, but if he does, please just put the US military on the border.

Its clear he's never going to get a real wall built, but seems almost "checkmate" to be Commander in Chief and call this an invasion. I guess Dems could defund the military, but that's a tall order.

Posted by: Blago at February 22, 2024 03:55 PM (ezQ9h)

118 111 Snakes are on the whole, pretty chill. Don't step on em, they leave you alone.
Posted by: Oldcat

Sea snakes are incredibly venomous, but so docile that divers can handle them and not get bitten.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:54 PM (9yWhg)

tourist: "Is that snake poisonous"
park ranger: "No"
::: tourist plays with snake, get bitten :::
park ranger: "But it IS venomous"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:55 PM (ynpvh)

119 Snakes are on the whole, pretty chill. Don't step on em, they leave you alone.

Spitting Cobras might be an exception.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024

***
There are other venomous snakes that are aggressive. The fer-de-lance, I think, and the bushmaster (? not sure). Rattlesnakes I understand will stay away from you if you don't step on them. I was never inclined to test that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 03:56 PM (J2vNu)

120 Thanks, Perfesser.
The Dems don't need the *votes* of illegals...They just need enough warm bodies to make a semi-plausible claim that 100% of everyone living in their district voted for FJB.

So, they can be found on goggle street view. Totally legit for sure.

Still DU gets by me. A school? A person? A job? An adjective?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 22, 2024 03:56 PM (as3uC)

121 > I still would. Never been afraid of any kind of snake, or indeed any reptile.

Eh? You'd feel no fear swimming around with eight foot alligators? You'd walk past a rattling rattlesnake without a twinge of fear?

Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2024 03:56 PM (6OrcJ)

122 94 Elric Blades, you’re nuts. Did you make a nice Snappin’Turtle Purlow?
Posted by: Eromero at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (xUcws)
________

No, it was catch and release. We only did it for fun. Had competitions to see who could catch the biggest. My brother won that with capture of probably the biggest alligator snapper I've ever seen. No way was that ingenious. It barely fit in one of those huge shopping carts. But I've eaten turtle before. It's tasty.

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

123 Oh, I guess it's daytime. Off to Dems on Substack.

'Because....the Rs are committing so many crimes...DOJ can't keep up. And then...we all know the DOJ doesn't want to appear weaponized by the Ds. But when a large percentage of Rs are commiting crimes...it's hard not to look that way. The DOJ needs to focus on the law and not appearances.'

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 03:56 PM (9yXr+)

124 117 I'm still skeptical Trump can win, but if he does, please just put the US military on the border.

Its clear he's never going to get a real wall built, but seems almost "checkmate" to be Commander in Chief and call this an invasion. I guess Dems could defund the military, but that's a tall order.

Posted by: Blago at February 22, 2024 03:55 PM (ezQ9h)

He still needs consent from Congress at some point if it's declared an "invasion", since that more than implies "war".

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:57 PM (ynpvh)

125 Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.
Posted by: Anna Puma

***
That sounds like the name for a mad scientist villain on Jonny Quest. Not to mention the springboard for a plot!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 03:49 PM (J2vNu)

The crazy wheelchair dude with his pet Pterodactyl in the Amazon keeps the population of giant snakes down.

Turok the Terrible, I think. Don't remember the scientists name.

Doctor Zin make the robot giant spy spider.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 03:57 PM (eoQWY)

126 The border is under control, they perjured themselves.

------------

I love how on the one hand they say they can't close the border, and then like in the fraud "border bill" say but they'll close it after letting in 5000 illegal aliens each day.

It's almost as if they have open contempt for we citizens or something. Almost.

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 03:57 PM (eJpJx)

127 Should we feel sorry for people who keep cobras in their houses as pets then get bit?
Posted by: A question the question question at February 22, 2024 03:51 PM (PMYn/)
_____________

Did you read about that guy who kept two Gila monsters as "pets," and died when one of them bit him?

Darwin was right.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 03:57 PM (f871o)

128 Wait there's more.

'It is as if we need Big Bird and Sesame Street to do a skit/presentation on corruption, obstructive politics, Hofstadter fear & paranoia politics, and how Russian Propaganda works within the R party.'

This is a real post. I am not typing this myself.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 03:57 PM (9yXr+)

129 I still would. Never been afraid of any kind of snake, or indeed any reptile.
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Eh? You'd feel no fear swimming around with eight foot alligators? You'd walk past a rattling rattlesnake without a twinge of fear?
Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2024 03:56 PM (6OrcJ)

Was it here or somewhere else I saw recently, a guy with a pet Gila Monster. It bit him. He died.

Some things are not pets. Or sex partners. Or both.

Sickos.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (dGCAG)

130 Illegals don't need to vote in order to bump the population of blue states high enough to get another seat in Congress/moar electoral votes

--

Here's a crazy notion. People here illegally should not be counted in regard to the apportionment congressional seats.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (mupln)

131 There are other venomous snakes that are aggressive. The fer-de-lance, I think, and the bushmaster (? not sure). Rattlesnakes I understand will stay away from you if you don't step on them. I was never inclined to test that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 03:56 PM (J2vNu)
______________

I understand that timber rattlers are quite aggressive.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (f871o)

132 There are other venomous snakes that are aggressive. The fer-de-lance, I think, and the bushmaster (? not sure). Rattlesnakes I understand will stay away from you if you don't step on them. I was never inclined to test that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 03:56 PM (J2vNu)

I've seen them a few times on hiking trails in SoCal sunning themselves. The trails are usually wide enough to avoid the warning if you pay attention.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (eoQWY)

133 128 Wait there's more.

'It is as if we need Big Bird and Sesame Street to do a skit/presentation on corruption, obstructive politics, Hofstadter fear & paranoia politics, and how Russian Propaganda works within the R party.'

This is a real post. I am not typing this myself.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 03:57 PM (9yXr+)

If the "Russian Propaganda" is created by Dems, does that mean the Dems work for the Russians?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (ynpvh)

134 The reptile with the coolest name is the chuckwalla (lizard).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (9yWhg)

135 128 Wait there's more.

'It is as if we need Big Bird and Sesame Street to do a skit/presentation on corruption, obstructive politics, Hofstadter fear & paranoia politics, and how Russian Propaganda works within the R party.'

This is a real post. I am not typing this myself.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 03:57 PM (9yXr+)

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So, is it a crime to be in opposition to a war between Ukraine and Russia? I'm unclear.

Also, the DOJ pursuing crimes against Trump for classified document handling while not pursuing Biden is supposed to be proof that the DOJ is really trying hard to not look like an attack dog for Biden?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

136 35: they keep moving back the date on when “Real ID” is mandatory so I count that as total bullshit.

It is also laughable to see signs at airports and other places decrying human smuggling when the same government that whines about that encourages it at every turn.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (m6dV4)

137 'They're fools, all these Putin agents on the Republican side of Congress. Our (source) correctly sees their next threat to democracy in the U.S. -- not just following the bread crumbs laid out by Putin's operatives, but also "Reworking the nation to impose Christian nationalism."

Putin has his cohort of eastern orthodox old men in long skirts and chains of jewelry, just as U.S. Republicans have their orange heavily made-up fat man, as well as their much younger Howdy Doody speaker of the House pushing his group hatred and religio-nationalism scripts.'

Posted by: Dems on Substack at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (9yXr+)

138 O/T, but did anyone already mention this boner-inducing news tidbit?

‘It’s Apocalyptic’: Vice Staffers Brace For Worst After Anonymous Tip Warns Site Will Be Deleted Entirely

https://tinyurl.com/yhd9y89u

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (wtvvX)

139 He still needs consent from Congress at some point if it's declared an "invasion", since that more than implies "war".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
____

So the 35k+ US troops in German, still at war with Nazi Germany? Or the 54k troops in Japan?

But it would be illegal to somehow put US troops on our own border? Just not seeing this at all.

Posted by: Blago at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (ezQ9h)

140
The Dems don't need the *votes* of illegals...They just need enough warm bodies to make a semi-plausible claim that 100% of everyone living in their district voted for FJB.

The more bodies the more Representatives in Congress.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (63Dwl)

141
Here's a crazy notion. People here illegally should not be counted in regard to the apportionment congressional seats.

Legally they shouldn't be. The constitution says it counts citizens and those under US law. Obviously illegals aren't or they would not be here...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (ibTVg)

142 He still needs consent from Congress at some point
_____________

Now THERE'S a quaint notion.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (f871o)

143 133 If the "Russian Propaganda" is created by Dems, does that mean the Dems work for the Russians?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (ynpvh)

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"Listen, just because the CIA started the lies that led to the creation of a document used to lie about an elected president, doesn't mean that Russia wasn't behind the whole thing."
-The Modern Left

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

144 134 The reptile with the coolest name is the chuckwalla (lizard).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (9yWhg)

Weren't there shoes with a similar name from Australia back in the early-mid 70's?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:01 PM (ynpvh)

145 I warned people about this

Posted by: Don Black at February 22, 2024 04:01 PM (geLO8)

146 142 He still needs consent from Congress at some point
_____________

Now THERE'S a quaint notion.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (f871o)

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You'd think a president would need consent from Congress when they choose to simply not enforce laws, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

147 @127 Gila monster bites usually aren't fatal but this dumb ass gets a Darwin award for bad luck and choices. He also had a bunch of spiders that his girlfriend insisted be taken away with the reptiles. He won't miss them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 22, 2024 04:02 PM (byGob)

148 It is also laughable to see signs at airports and other places decrying human smuggling when the same government that whines about that encourages it at every turn.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (m6dV4)

Last time I flew they confiscated a bottle of hair gel.

I should have given it to my sex slave, she could have carried it on without being checked.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 22, 2024 04:02 PM (dGCAG)

149 Other points

- Which countries are emptying prisons, ala Mariel Boatlift?

- The ones we have to worry about are the ones not identified. The gotaways, and unknown unknowns.

- The recent bill included a provision for "non-adversarial" adjudication of asylum claims. That is, invader lies and judge believes with no skepticism. That is clearly a Dem wishlist item that they will keep pushing for to take control out of hands of any future admin and put it into the hands of liberal queer judges.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at February 22, 2024 04:02 PM (htMBs)

150 I think I see now why Team Biden is not so concerned about Abbott opposing them. They just said "eh, California's easier, we'll just bring them all in over there."

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2024 04:02 PM (sjOE7)

151 Following Barky Sundowner is using his pen, he wiped out sbillions of student loan and game a small portion to me, and you

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 04:02 PM (S5315)

152 'What keeps President Biden from calling out the National Guard to override Gov Abbot's border actions as did President Eisenhower's deployment of the Guard to Little Rock?'

'It's time to end the tyranny of the repugnican idiots in Washington. They have done Putin's bidding for much too long. They need to be forced out of office immediately. We need to abolish the Electorial College, get rid of Merrick Garland and put someone in Justice that has the balls to actually prosecute crimes and criminals, expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices and institute a 12-year term limit for SC Justices and remove every single repugnican from office - from the federal level all the way down to dog catcher. Enough is enough. This nonsense has got to stop already.'

Posted by: Dems on Substack at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (9yXr+)

153
You'd think a president would need consent from Congress when they choose to simply not enforce laws, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

Joe is out there bragging about defying SCOTUS and paying student loans and nary a peep

Posted by: It's me donna at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (Akjoo)

154 Ha, five or so minutes later they went into closed session for two hours, came back, and proceeded to put the county administrator on paid administrative leave.

Then recessed until next week.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (ufFY8)

155 A "shoot in sight" policy would staunch the flow within minutes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (NYzgN)

156 134 The reptile with the coolest name is the chuckwalla (lizard).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (9yWhg)

Peacock Mantis Shrimp is pretty cool. It's claws can hit so hard it has the same energy release as a .22 bullet in flight.
Thing is, it's not a peacock, nor a mantis, nor a shrimp.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (ynpvh)

157 All I know is that red states need to quadruple the number of illegals they ship to NY. Bury those commies in illegals.
Posted by: weew at February 22, 2024 03:41 PM (/uwTS)

I'm tired of that strategy. Red states need to start shipping them back to Mehico. Use barges that can hold a couple of thousand at a time. Let them off in Acapulco.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (BdMk6)

158 144 134 The reptile with the coolest name is the chuckwalla (lizard).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (9yWhg)

Weren't there shoes with a similar name from Australia back in the early-mid 70's?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:01 PM (ynpvh)

Perhaps you're thinking of chucktaylas...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (wtvvX)

159 So now it's a reptile thread.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 04:04 PM (9yWhg)

160 Hey, we can finally get our website!

Posted by: The Virginia Institute of Catapult Engineers at February 22, 2024 04:04 PM (9UlRk)

161 159 So now it's a reptile thread.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 04:04 PM (9yWhg
___________

[Raises eyebrow]

-- Sleestaks

Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

162 139 He still needs consent from Congress at some point if it's declared an "invasion", since that more than implies "war".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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So the 35k+ US troops in German, still at war with Nazi Germany? Or the 54k troops in Japan?

But it would be illegal to somehow put US troops on our own border? Just not seeing this at all.

Posted by: Blago at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (ezQ9h)

Probably Congressional authority granting the posting of them and for funding them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:05 PM (ynpvh)

163 159 So now it's a reptile thread.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 04:04 PM (9yWhg)

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Is this the same or different from a Tay Tay thread?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

164 *-What we need to do is pass a law that says illegal aliens can NEVER gain the right to vote.

Posted by: vic at February 22, 2024 04:05 PM (A5THL)

165 I've seen them a few times on hiking trails in SoCal sunning themselves. The trails are usually wide enough to avoid the warning if you pay attention.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (eoQWY)
__________________

We have practiced on a baseball field that has dense, high (~ 3') ground cover on one side. There are signs warning people not to pursue foul balls in the ground cover because there are rattlesnakes in it. That might be crap, but it's easy to believe, as a local dog park abutting a canyon regularly features rattlesnakes coming up out of the canyon.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:05 PM (f871o)

166
So the 35k+ US troops in German, still at war with Nazi Germany? Or the 54k troops in Japan?

23k+ in South Korea

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2024 04:05 PM (63Dwl)

167 So now it's a reptile thread.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus'

Technically...

Posted by: Salamander United Front at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (9yXr+)

168 I'm tired of that strategy. Red states need to start shipping them back to Mehico. Use barges that can hold a couple of thousand at a time. Let them off in Acapulco.

Biden would respond by charging the Red State governors with human trafficking and kidnapping.

They threatened to do this with Abbott and DeSantis but every illegal they went to the blue states did it voluntarily.

Now...that does NOT mean the red state governors shouldn't do as you say...but that's what the response would be...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (ibTVg)

169 Congressional authority
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I love oxymorons.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (f871o)

170 146 142 He still needs consent from Congress at some point
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Now THERE'S a quaint notion.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:00 PM (f871o)

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You'd think a president would need consent from Congress when they choose to simply not enforce laws, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

I think the word is impeachment

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (ynpvh)

171 The reptile with the coolest name is the chuckwalla (lizard).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (9yWhg)

His wife's been cheating on him and now he's a cuckwalla.

Posted by: Spreading that cloaca all over town she is at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (PMYn/)

172 -- Sleestaks
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 22, 2024 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

Beware of them.

Posted by: blaster at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (xhfG9)

173 A "shoot in sight" policy would staunch the flow within minutes.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (NYzgN)

^^^^THIS x 1 million.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (ufFY8)

174 Gila monster bites usually aren't fatal but this dumb ass gets a Darwin award for bad luck and choices. He also had a bunch of spiders that his girlfriend insisted be taken away with the reptiles. He won't miss them
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 22, 2024

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The GMs bite and then hang on, chewing the venom into the bite, I believe I've read. That can't be good.

There's a creepy short story by Steinbeck about a biologist in the Monterey, CA, area -- pre-WWII -- who has a certain number of snakes in glass tanks. a woman comes to him and wants to buy one, and then watch it kill and eat something. It's oddly suspenseful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (J2vNu)

175 ‘It’s Apocalyptic’: Vice Staffers Brace For Worst After Anonymous Tip Warns Site Will Be Deleted Entirely

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They're eliminating Vice? Just wait'll Satan hears about this!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 22, 2024 04:07 PM (FVME7)

176 Ohhhhh! It's "low-hanging fruit," now!

Bootyjuice?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at February 22, 2024 04:07 PM (pT2wV)

177 Congressional authority
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I love oxymorons.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara'

Then you'll love us!

Posted by: Military Intelligence at February 22, 2024 04:07 PM (9yXr+)

178 167 So now it's a reptile thread.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus'

Technically...
Posted by: Salamander United Front at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (9yXr+)

Splitters!

Posted by: United Front of Salamanders at February 22, 2024 04:07 PM (PMYn/)

179 Here's a crazy notion. People here illegally should not be counted in regard to the apportionment congressional seats.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Caught and released is a Grey area, arrested but not convicted.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2024 04:07 PM (+kG3o)

180 Cottonmouths are not to be fooled with.

A mamma Cottonmouth will defend her nest and chase your ass even though they tend to be shy and avoid you if they can.

But there is always that one guy who has to fuck around and find out.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 22, 2024 04:07 PM (2ijlT)

181 I’m wondering which of Coyote Joe’s focus groups will get the higher paying high tech jobs, the Spanglish or the Engrish?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 22, 2024 04:08 PM (thA9J)

182 Since she's from a country that takes its border extremely seriously, this leggy Asian is genuinely astounded that Europe and US permit this:
http://tiny.cc/jxdzwz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:08 PM (HnUIn)

183 But it's interesting that he admits that, like Dorothy, he had the power inside him all along.

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"I'm old, I poop, and I pee
I got the magic power of pen and phone in me"

[With apologies to Triumph]

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:08 PM (ywZXi)

184 If I get my math right, 7.3M is enough to shift 8 representatives in the House, or so.

Posted by: Bitblt at February 22, 2024 04:08 PM (a6Ysq)

185 158 144 134 The reptile with the coolest name is the chuckwalla (lizard).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (9yWhg)

Weren't there shoes with a similar name from Australia back in the early-mid 70's?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:01 PM (ynpvh)

Perhaps you're thinking of chucktaylas...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 22, 2024 04:03 PM (wtvvX)

No, shitty shoes. Were brown fuzzy things. Parents made me wear a pair, but when I walked in some water, the soles fell off.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:08 PM (ynpvh)

186 SNEKS!!!!!!

Sneks bad!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (W/lyH)

187 I recall seeing a summary of Gila Monster fatalities, there's only about 20 ever recorded. And most of them were generally some guy catches one, takes it into a bar and says "Watch! Ythis thing is so slow that I'll bet ya I can hit it on the nose and it can't even bite me!" (Yep somebody really did win that Darwin Award)

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (sjOE7)

188 I am running for Vice President because I looked up vice in the dictionary, and I want to be President of it!

Posted by: Jethro Bodine at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (xhfG9)

189 We're the True Reptilians!

Posted by: United Salamander Front at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (dGJ9h)

190 The Wall Street Journal editorial board says that if the Republicans don't give more of our possessions to the Ukraine, the Republicans will own whatever disasters unfold henceforth. No mention of Democrat refusal to take any steps that would reduce the southern border invasion.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (ogTiX)

191 My favorite reptile story was when Sharon Stone bought her hubby a tour of the Komodo dragon exhibit at a zoo. The reptile bit her husband's foot, leading to infection and a couple of toes being amputated. I think she dumped him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (byGob)

192 164 *-What we need to do is pass a law that says illegal aliens can NEVER gain the right to vote.

Posted by: vic at February 22, 2024 04:05 PM (A5THL)

No problem!
Biden: "you're all citizens now! Vote! My pen says so!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (ynpvh)

193 Can’t we just air drop in millions of poisonous reptiles at the border?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (++4z6)

194 Ha, so San Diego is getting it good and hard more than usual.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 22, 2024 04:10 PM (ufFY8)

195 The GMs bite and then hang on, chewing the venom into the bite, I believe I've read. That can't be good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (J2vNu)

I heard they have to flip over to poison since their fangs are on the bottom jaw and they lack the injector muscles snake have to squirt poison out the fangs, have to use a gravity feed. Though possibly chewing might work some in.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:10 PM (eoQWY)

196 @147 Why the hell would you want Gila monsters as pets? Or spiders, for that matter, or rattlesnakes?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:10 PM (f871o)

197 Biden would respond by charging the Red State governors with human trafficking and kidnapping.

They threatened to do this with Abbott and DeSantis but every illegal they went to the blue states did it voluntarily.

Now...that does NOT mean the red state governors shouldn't do as you say...but that's what the response would be...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (ibTVg)

It looks like a perfect time for states to tell DC to fuck off.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (BdMk6)

198 Sharon Stone bought her hubby a tour of the Komodo dragon exhibit at a zoo. The reptile bit her husband's foot, leading to infection and a couple of toes being amputated.

Might have been worth it in her prime.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (ufFY8)

199 180 Cottonmouths are not to be fooled with.

A mamma Cottonmouth will defend her nest and chase your ass even though they tend to be shy and avoid you if they can.

But there is always that one guy who has to fuck around and find out.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 22, 2024 04:07 PM (2ijlT)

The three snakes we were taught as South Texas kids NOT to fuck around with were Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes and Cottonmouths.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (wtvvX)

200 195 The GMs bite and then hang on, chewing the venom into the bite, I believe I've read. That can't be good.

The assistant managers are far worse.

Posted by: Wait, what are we talking about? at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (PMYn/)

201 I caught a chuck walla in Arizona once when I was a kid - they're big and aggressive! My brother and I got into a cardboard box and it kept trying to jump up the sides and bite our fingers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (sjOE7)

202 190 The Wall Street Journal editorial board says that if the Republicans don't give more of our possessions to the Ukraine, the Republicans will own whatever disasters unfold henceforth. No mention of Democrat refusal to take any steps that would reduce the southern border invasion.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (ogTiX)

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Why is there no call for Zelenskyy to negotiate a ceasefire and end the bloodletting?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (GBKbO)

203 It's too late, baby.
It's too late, baby.

It's too late.

Posted by: Carole King at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (nvKZ7)

204 I am running for Vice President because I looked up vice in the dictionary, and I want to be President of it!
Posted by: Jethro Bodine'

I will play your eulogy in your cement pond, in interpretative flute and my codpiece, as we are name brothers.

Posted by: Jethro Tull at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (9yXr+)

205 Ha, so San Diego is getting it good and hard more than usual.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 22, 2024 04:10 PM (ufFY

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San Diego is getting inundated with wetbacks right now.

Thanks, Joe!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (f871o)

206 167 So now it's a reptile thread.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus'

Technically...

Posted by: Salamander United Front at February 22, 2024 04:06 PM (9yXr+)

Does Tetrapod Thread work better? At least it has alliteration.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (ynpvh)

207 Living in Arizona as a native, and near a mountain range, I've seen one Gila Monster "in the wild" once in my life. As a kid.

Seen just about everything else, but they are rare in the wild. Very unsettling to see one, like an alien species.

Posted by: Blago at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (wMRY8)

208 I've seen them a few times on hiking trails in SoCal sunning themselves. The trails are usually wide enough to avoid the warning if you pay attention.
Posted by: Oldcat

100%

The first time you hear it, you know exactly what it is.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (FxH7T)

209 BTW...has anyone seen who the City of San Francisco installed (with a unanimous consent by the Board of Supervisors) to head the Election Commission?

Did you have a non-citizen Chinese National on your bingo card?

Posted by: Orson at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (dIske)

210 205 San Diego is getting inundated with wetbacks right now.

Thanks, Joe!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (f871o)

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And they don't have to go far for state benefits, either.

CA budget is gonna be fun to watch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

211 179 Here's a crazy notion. People here illegally should not be counted in regard to the apportionment congressional seats.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Caught and released is a Grey area, arrested but not convicted.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 22, 2024 04:07 PM (+kG3o)

They did not use to be counted but CA got the law changed,

Posted by: vic at February 22, 2024 04:13 PM (A5THL)

212 14
This here is also my entire analysis of the situation.
Letting in foreign invaders is about the clearest example of treason that I can think of.
Someone should ask the Ukraine slobberers what if Zelenskyy had let 7 million Russians into Ukraine, what would that make him?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 22, 2024 04:13 PM (jbnUc)

213 *I will play your eulogy in your cement pond*

Not while I'm a-makin' my lye soap!

Posted by: Granny at February 22, 2024 04:13 PM (dGJ9h)

214 Since she's from a country that takes its border extremely seriously, this leggy Asian is genuinely astounded that Europe and US permit this:
http://tiny.cc/jxdzwz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:08 PM (HnUIn)

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No armpit hair.

/Would not bang.

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (ywZXi)

215 190 The Wall Street Journal editorial board says that if the Republicans don't give more of our possessions to the Ukraine, the Republicans will own whatever disasters unfold henceforth. No mention of Democrat refusal to take any steps that would reduce the southern border invasion.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 22, 2024 04:09 PM (ogTiX)

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Why is there no call for Zelenskyy to negotiate a ceasefire and end the bloodletting?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (GBKbO)

He made it illegal to negotiate for peace a month or so after he backed out of the negotiations in the first month or two. After Boris Johnson of the UK came in and made him stop.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (eoQWY)

216 Sharon Stone bought her hubby a tour of the Komodo dragon exhibit at a zoo. The reptile bit her husband's foot, leading to infection and a couple of toes being amputated.
Might have been worth it in her prime.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop'

I've had to explain to a number of people, including my own daughter, that in my Balkan involvement over the years, that the area was destabilized for decades due to a Greek monarch dying from an infectious monkey bite.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (9yXr+)

217 182 Since she's from a country that takes its border extremely seriously, this leggy Asian is genuinely astounded that Europe and US permit this:
http://tiny.cc/jxdzwz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:08 PM (HnUIn)

APPROVED.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (wtvvX)

218 No armpit hair.

/Would not bang.
Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (ywZXi)
++++
If you were trying to surprise me, it worked. Unexpected.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (HnUIn)

219 210 CA budget is gonna be fun to watch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

Even as we speak CA is going to dc for federal dollars.

Posted by: vic at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (A5THL)

220 Border patrol should hand out fliers (in Arabic, Mandarin and Xhosa) informing our invaders that $10K each awaits them if they move to NYC.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (ogTiX)

221 159 So now it's a reptile thread.
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Sure to become a reptile movie thread. Give it ten minutes.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (woPEM)

222 The three snakes we were taught as South Texas kids NOT to fuck around with were Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes and Cottonmouths.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 22, 2024 04:11 PM (wtvvX)

In OK it's rattlers, coral snakes, cottonmouths, and copperheads.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 22, 2024 04:15 PM (BdMk6)

223 Sure to become a reptile movie thread. Give it ten minutes.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (woPEM)
++++
Does Godzilla count?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:15 PM (HnUIn)

224 The reptile with the coolest name is the chuckwalla (lizard).
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 03:59 PM (9yWhg)
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Oh, yeah?

Posted by: Komodo Dragon at February 22, 2024 04:15 PM (7fElN)

225 San Diego is getting inundated with wetbacks right now.

Thanks, Joe!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (f871o)

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And they don't have to go far for state benefits, either.

CA budget is gonna be fun to watch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM

No worries, biden is gonna bail them out. Remember there are still billions of $$$$ just sitting there in covid relief money that has not been spent and congress gave the federal government 100% complete control of where and how it is spent.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 22, 2024 04:15 PM (QNSds)

226 196 @147 Why the hell would you want Gila monsters as pets? Or spiders, for that matter, or rattlesnakes?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Right now I am wondering why I have this very large polka dotted cat as a pet. He just bit me because I didn’t give him the hair tie on my wrist.

I am making him read the Commander stories so he knows what happens to furry creatures who use biting as a communication method.

Posted by: Piper at February 22, 2024 04:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

227 Saw at American Thinker ( If remember right this morning) NY is handing out $10,000 dollar debit cards.

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 04:16 PM (fwDg9)

228 The Wall Street Journal editorial board says that if the Republicans don't give more of our possessions to the Ukraine, the Republicans will own whatever disasters unfold henceforth. No mention of Democrat refusal to take any steps that would reduce the southern border invasion.
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"We can't stop burning pallets of money in Ukraine because you can't prove it's not working!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 22, 2024 04:16 PM (cSaKW)

229 I saw a video of San Diego where about 20 illegals were in a zodiac boat and came ashore like a standard military amphibious landing and then headed for a safehouse.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 22, 2024 04:16 PM (MeG8a)

230 More and more I just think a 3rd party might make sense. The way we have America divided down the middle, no problem gets solved anymore because no one is willing to cross the aisle because they don't want to leave the tribe.

Deep down, 90% of America has a very big problem with the border situation. But they aren't going to leave their party over it and elect those nasty Republicans that want to take away abortions, etc.

A 3rd party might just create new coalitions of people that attack problems instead of just making sure the "other guy" gets defeated.

Posted by: Blago at February 22, 2024 04:16 PM (wMRY8)

231 100%

The first time you hear it, you know exactly what it is.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (FxH7T)

Some think cats hiss to mimic snakes to startle other predators. And cats have a huge hard-on for snakes.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (eoQWY)

232 Perhaps we could sent the illegals to China to finish their McMansions, which are currently rotting.

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=57280

Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (CsUN+)

233 The three snakes we were taught as South Texas kids NOT to fuck around with were Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes and Cottonmouths.

Since there are only four venomous snakes in South Texas, one wonders why you were OK with f*cking around with Copperheads.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (sNc8Y)

234 Saw at American Thinker ( If remember right this morning) NY is handing out $10,000 dollar debit cards.
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 04:16 PM (fwDg9)
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It sure would be a shame if the 50-100 ultra high net worth individuals who make NYC's government possible left.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (HnUIn)

235 Boys today who never go to boy scout camp will never know what they're missing. Our camp had a smallish reptile house with local snakes and lizards in aquariums. They had one big constrictor, and they'd post on the door the times they were going to give it a nice live juicy rat. Building was always packed when they did, every kid there was dying to watch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (sjOE7)

236 And they don't have to go far for state benefits, either.

CA budget is gonna be fun to watch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (GBKbO)
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California's budget is a shambles already, with a projected deficit of a measly $38 billion, and a recent decline in revenue collection that promises to increase that number.

California had a budget surplus during the Trump years because of a windfall from capital gains taxes. Being California, Newsom & Co. pissed away that windfall, and now is looking at some very hard times. But they're still building HIGH. SPEED. RAIL., so there's that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (f871o)

237 163 159 So now it's a reptile thread.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 22, 2024 04:04 PM (9yWhg)

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Is this the same or different from a Tay Tay thread?

depends. can she unhinge her jaw and swallow a rodent?

Posted by: V at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (sGtp+)

238 Marshall Mathers informed me that the Komodo dragoness can reproduce without the male.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (ogTiX)

239 218 No armpit hair.

/Would not bang.
Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (ywZXi)
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If you were trying to surprise me, it worked. Unexpected.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:14 PM (HnUIn)

This is definitly a TMI-level-event from ShainS. I guess he likes them hirsuite?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (ynpvh)

240 Sure to become a reptile movie thread. Give it ten minutes.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis,

"Buzzards gotta eat, same as the worms."

Posted by: Name the movie and context at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (htMBs)

241 234 ++++
It sure would be a shame if the 50-100 ultra high net worth individuals who make NYC's government possible left.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (HnUIn)

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"Don't worry, I assured them that we wouldn't use arbitrary law enforcement on non-crimes against them as long as they didn't object to anything we did. I'm pretty sure it worked."
-Governor Hochul

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (GBKbO)

242 226

I am kidding, of course. I would never get rid of either of my kitty boys. Even if I can’t have nice things because of them.

Posted by: Piper at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

243 Does Tetrapod Thread work better? At least it has alliteration.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)'

Off to Switzerland with you, and don't come back until you are irrelevant and we've consolidated our power and your weak sauce Pod-ism will be liquidated and you will die in obscurity in New York City, your only legacy alligators in the sewers of that Capitalist bastion of inequity.

Posted by: The Marxist-Leninist (M-L) Maoists of Cypress Hill at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (9yXr+)

244 For the record, half of California's income taxes are paid by the top 1% of taxpayers. How hard would it be for that 1% to decamp for Texas or Florida?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (f871o)

245 Living in Arizona as a native, and near a mountain range, I've seen one Gila Monster "in the wild" once in my life. As a kid.

Seen just about everything else, but they are rare in the wild. Very unsettling to see one, like an alien species.

Posted by: Blago at February 22, 2024 04:12 PM (wMRY

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There's a great video on YouTube from a couple of years ago IIRC of an actual coyote chasing an actual roadrunner somewhere down in The Valley -- with the latter managing to escape at the end.

Only in Arizona ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (ywZXi)

246 236 California had a budget surplus during the Trump years because of a windfall from capital gains taxes. Being California, Newsom & Co. pissed away that windfall, and now is looking at some very hard times. But they're still building HIGH. SPEED. RAIL., so there's that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (f871o)

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I'm pretty sure I remember reading that the budget surplus arose because Newsom pushed the state's debts onto municipalities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (GBKbO)

247 So now it's a reptile thread.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus'
.......

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Anita Dunn at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (v0R5T)

248 244 For the record, half of California's income taxes are paid by the top 1% of taxpayers. How hard would it be for that 1% to decamp for Texas or Florida?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (f871o)

Can't the same be said for the federal government's income taxes?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (N39Ws)

249 Right now I am wondering why I have this very large polka dotted cat as a pet. He just bit me because I didn’t give him the hair tie on my wrist.

I am making him read the Commander stories so he knows what happens to furry creatures who use biting as a communication method.
Posted by: Piper at February 22, 2024 04:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

How dare you insult him while he is conducting anti-snake operations? One was constricting your wrist right in front of him!

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (eoQWY)

250 Marshall Mathers informed me that the Komodo dragoness can reproduce without the male.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (ogTiX)
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Feminists are green with envy.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (f871o)

251 226 196 @147 Why the hell would you want Gila monsters as pets? Or spiders, for that matter, or rattlesnakes?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Right now I am wondering why I have this very large polka dotted cat as a pet. He just bit me because I didn’t give him the hair tie on my wrist.

I am making him read the Commander stories so he knows what happens to furry creatures who use biting as a communication method.

Posted by: Piper at February 22, 2024 04:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

Cats and turtles.
The turtles were a "gift" (who the hell does that!?)
Wife wanted me to get the kids a pet. Was supposed to be ONE KITTEN, turned out to be an old black cat and an 8-month-old kitten.
The Son was kicked out at 18 and took old cat, so wife says, "It's not good for the other cat to be alone", so get a 3-month old she-kitten.
Son comes back. Now have three cats.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:20 PM (ynpvh)

252 Can't the same be said for the federal government's income taxes?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (N39Ws)
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I think so. But they can't escape Federal income tax as easily as they can state income tax.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:20 PM (f871o)

253 If I drive up there, pretend to speak only Hungarian or something, and demand my $10,000 debit card, will they give me one?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Little Hungary in NYC was at about 116th next to Columbia University.

Posted by: Miklos knew Hungarian would come in handy at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (v+0wn)

254 241
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"Don't worry, I assured them that we wouldn't use arbitrary law enforcement on non-crimes against them as long as they didn't object to anything we did. I'm pretty sure it worked."
-Governor Hochul
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (GBKbO)

Also Governor Hochul -
1) I love you
2) The check is in the mail
3) I promise not to..............

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (N39Ws)

255 229 I saw a video of San Diego where about 20 illegals were in a zodiac boat and came ashore like a standard military amphibious landing and then headed for a safehouse.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 22, 2024 04:16 PM (MeG8a)

Any of them zodiac killers?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (ynpvh)

256 252 I think so. But they can't escape Federal income tax as easily as they can state income tax.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:20 PM (f871o)

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Isn't that what bunkers in NZ are for?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

257 California had a budget surplus during the Trump years because of a windfall from capital gains taxes. Being California, Newsom & Co. pissed away that windfall, and now is looking at some very hard times. But they're still building HIGH. SPEED. RAIL., so there's that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (f871o)
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Yup. CA's "surpluses" are always windfalls. They tax the shit out of capital gains and when Silicon Valley and to a lesser degree Hollywood does well and people cash out shares, CA gets a nice big piece of it. The amount of stock-based compensation in Silicon Valley is huge, and the state gets a piece when those shares are sold. When cash-outs decline - or stock grants decline, or stock values decline - the state gets a much smaller windfall.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (HnUIn)

258 Why the hell would you want Gila monsters as pets? Or spiders, for that matter, or rattlesnakes?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I always wanted a Gila Monster wallet. You ever seen their skin? It has the cool round scales.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (htMBs)

259 >>>The three snakes we were taught as South Texas kids NOT to fuck around with were Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes and Cottonmouths.
Posted by: Tex Lovera

>In MT it’s diamondbacks and Democrats.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (thA9J)

260 Some think cats hiss to mimic snakes to startle other predators. And cats have a huge hard-on for snakes.
Posted by: Oldcat'

Fact. The Old Cat, the tortoiseshell, loves snakes. She loves everything about them and is furious when they die. She drags them in from outside, or from the basement and screams bloody murder: Bring it back to life! God she loves snakes.

I've watched her catch smaller ones and it's crazy. If you think cats play with mice, you ain't seen nothing.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (9yXr+)

261 233 The three snakes we were taught as South Texas kids NOT to fuck around with were Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes and Cottonmouths.

Since there are only four venomous snakes in South Texas, one wonders why you were OK with f*cking around with Copperheads.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (sNc8Y)

Just tell the meth-heads there snakes in TX that have copper. Easy pickin's!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (ynpvh)

262 Maybe all the illegals in California will enjoy riding the high speed rail between LA and SF.

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (i7Q7S)

263 I'm pretty sure I remember reading that the budget surplus arose because Newsom pushed the state's debts onto municipalities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (GBKbO)
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That's also true. A surge in capital gains taxes plus dumping liabilities onto municipalities led to the budget surplus, which has now gone poof!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (f871o)

264 California's budget is a shambles already, with a projected deficit of a measly $38 billion, and a recent decline in revenue collection that promises to increase that number.

California had a budget surplus during the Trump years because of a windfall from capital gains taxes. Being California, Newsom & Co. pissed away that windfall, and now is looking at some very hard times. But they're still building HIGH. SPEED. RAIL., so there's that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (f871o)

They used to pretend to follow the balanced budget law by various lies, not sure if they got rid of it or just increased the amount of lies. I would not trust any number coming from them.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (eoQWY)

265 Isn't that what bunkers in NZ are for?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (GBKbO)
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No, the bunkers are to prevent being literally eaten once the god-kings of postmodernity blow up something *really* important.

The bunker types don't care about taxes. They're rich enough to avoid most of them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (HnUIn)

266 Danger noodles!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (CILaN)

267 California had a budget surplus during the Trump years because of a windfall from capital gains taxes. Being California, Newsom & Co. pissed away that windfall, and now is looking at some very hard times. But they're still building HIGH. SPEED. RAIL., so there's that.

IIRC, they also had state-level climate change and stem cell initiatives. I wonder how those are going / went.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (CsUN+)

268 247 So now it's a reptile thread.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus'
.......

This is about me, isn't it?
.....
Hey, I'm the one they call Serpenthead!

Posted by: James Carville at February 22, 2024 04:23 PM (dGJ9h)

269 238 Marshall Mathers informed me that the Komodo dragoness can reproduce without the male.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (ogTiX)

Parthogenic reproduction. Some critters can do that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:23 PM (ynpvh)

270 Watching the Military Heroes channel on Roku, channel #479. It's got an all day 15 years later 9/11 documentary on.

TV guide says Crusaders, but it's 9/11.

I was overseas when this happened so it is kinda first time viewing for me. Had snuck out of a meeting in Rome to give Smash a call and the 2nd plane hit while we were on the phone.

Had to stay in Eurpope until the airlines opened back up and we could get home. Very surreal time for me.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 22, 2024 04:23 PM (MsrgL)

271 251 The Son was kicked out at 18 and took old cat, so wife says, "It's not good for the other cat to be alone", so get a 3-month old she-kitten.
Son comes back. Now have three cats.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

That is how it works! Good thing they are so cute.

Posted by: Piper at February 22, 2024 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

272 233 The three snakes we were taught as South Texas kids NOT to fuck around with were Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes and Cottonmouths.

Since there are only four venomous snakes in South Texas, one wonders why you were OK with f*cking around with Copperheads.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (sNc8Y)

They were (supposedly) more seen up in the Central Texas Hill Country. Not that I wouldn't have jumped out of my skin if I had ever seen one...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 22, 2024 04:23 PM (wtvvX)

273 There's probably an increase in Arizona as well. lets hope those poisonous and deadly desert critters stay active.

Posted by: InZona at February 22, 2024 04:23 PM (qz1Fg)

274 Some think cats hiss to mimic snakes to startle other predators. And cats have a huge hard-on for snakes.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (eoQWY)

The hiss plus the showing of fangs is a good case for that. And yes. Snakes are a cat's favorite thing.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (BdMk6)

275 Parthogenic reproduction. Some critters can do that.
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That's just fapping.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (Hpgos)

276 Snakes on a plane.

Posted by: It's a reptile movie at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (dGJ9h)

277 263 I'm pretty sure I remember reading that the budget surplus arose because Newsom pushed the state's debts onto municipalities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (GBKbO)
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That's also true. A surge in capital gains taxes plus dumping liabilities onto municipalities led to the budget surplus, which has now gone poof!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (f871o)

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So, odds on Newsom dumping this new deficit on the municipalities again?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (GBKbO)

278 Maybe all the illegals in California will enjoy riding the high speed rail between LA and SF.
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (i7Q7S)
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You mean between Merced and Chowchilla. That's where HIGH. SPEED. RAIL. is actually being built. Now people know where Chowchilla is.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (f871o)

279 > California had a budget surplus during the Trump years because of a windfall from capital gains taxes. Being California, Newsom & Co. pissed away that windfall, and now is looking at some very hard times. But they're still building HIGH. SPEED. RAIL., so there's that.

They pissed away something like a $48 billion dollar surplus. Now they're in the hole by $20 something billion.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (6OrcJ)

280 If he wins, Trump on day one needs to talk like he's going yo start rounding up every illegal. Even if he knows he legally can't, just say it every chance you get so that they run back to they country, fearful of the consequences of staying.

It's the way Democrats do things, promise shit you know you can't do, then do it anyway, and Trump needs to play the same game, since we already know from his actions that Ron would have.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (jW3Ta)

281 It sure would be a shame if the 50-100 ultra high net worth individuals who make NYC's government possible left.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:17 PM (HnUIn)

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They could emulate California and just keep forcing them to pay New York State income taxes even though they reside elsewhere.

* Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (ywZXi)

282 244 For the record, half of California's income taxes are paid by the top 1% of taxpayers. How hard would it be for that 1% to decamp for Texas or Florida?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (f871o)

if they're Leftist assholes, they should be made to stay and enjoy the ride.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (ynpvh)

283 That is how it works! Good thing they are so cute.
Posted by: Piper at February 22, 2024 04:23 PM (ZdaMQ)
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LOL.

More than that, cats are useful. If you have a cat, you're unlikely to have mice. Cats are cruel, soulless killing machines that pursue death of other creatures as an end of its own. The only reason they don't kill *us* is that they're too small.

Sure, cats are cute and petting them is nice, but cats are working animals.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (HnUIn)

284 265 No, the bunkers are to prevent being literally eaten once the god-kings of postmodernity blow up something *really* important.

The bunker types don't care about taxes. They're rich enough to avoid most of them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (HnUIn)

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You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

285 "How hard would it be for that 1% to decamp for Texas or Florida?"

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Honestly, if you have several hundred million, none of the mandates and misery there impact you. Of course that is why you end up supporting all the idiotic left wing ideas.

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (i7Q7S)

286 245
...There's a great video on YouTube from a couple of years ago IIRC of an actual coyote chasing an actual roadrunner somewhere down in The Valley -- with the latter managing to escape at the end.

Only in Arizona ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:19 PM (ywZXi)

Did the coyote hit any painted underpasses, or get hit with a boulder or anvil from above?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (ynpvh)

287 249 @oldcat - Sabi says thank you for supporting him.

Posted by: Piper at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

288 Any of them zodiac killers?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:21 PM (ynpvh)
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I'm sure we'll find that out long after the event...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (7fElN)

289 272 233 The three snakes we were taught as South Texas kids NOT to fuck around with were Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes and Cottonmouths.
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Nearly put my hand into a cottonmouth's fangs. Then I noticed the pink hidden amongst the leaves. Fuckers don't run like most snakes.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (Hpgos)

290 You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
++++
Send me 1% of your royalties.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (HnUIn)

291 Fact. The Old Cat, the tortoiseshell, loves snakes. She loves everything about them and is furious when they die. She drags them in from outside, or from the basement and screams bloody murder: Bring it back to life! God she loves snakes.

I've watched her catch smaller ones and it's crazy. If you think cats play with mice, you ain't seen nothing.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (9yXr+)

As a kid we used to catch snakes for fun and let them go a bit later, but once we put one down near Tigger our cat and in a flash that snake was launched feet into the air by a couple of swats. He'd caught the odd mouse or bunny baby before, but he was on a mission. We had to block him off and let the snake go well away from there.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (eoQWY)

292 You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

Dig in.

I get it.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (KbCG3)

293 Beware of tunnel entrances painted on the side of large rocks.

Posted by: From my childhood at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (dGJ9h)

294 Did the coyote hit any painted underpasses, or get hit with a boulder or anvil from above?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (ynpvh)
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No, but he did have Acme rocket skates.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (0gvpA)

295
Out: Big Penguin.
In: Big Reptile.

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (ywZXi)

296 More than that, cats are useful. If you have a cat, you're unlikely to have mice. Cats are cruel, soulless killing machines that pursue death of other creatures as an end of its own. The only reason they don't kill *us* is that they're too small.

Sure, cats are cute and petting them is nice, but cats are working animals.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (HnUIn)
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And they will happily chow down on our soft tissue if we expire before they do.

Given all that, I still love my little bundles of furry joy...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (7fElN)

297 278 Maybe all the illegals in California will enjoy riding the high speed rail between LA and SF.
Posted by: Jay in PA at February 22, 2024 04:22 PM (i7Q7S)
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You mean between Merced and Chowchilla. That's where HIGH. SPEED. RAIL. is actually being built. Now people know where Chowchilla is.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (f871o)

I read that as Chinchilla.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (ynpvh)

298 They were (supposedly) more seen up in the Central Texas Hill Country. Not that I wouldn't have jumped out of my skin if I had ever seen one...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 22, 2024 04:23 PM (wtvvX)

Copperheads are harder to see than rattlers. At least rattlers give a warning that you're too close. Copperheads don't.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (BdMk6)

299 Out: Big Penguin.
In: Big Reptile.
Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (ywZXi)
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They're in cahoots!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (HnUIn)

300 You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.

Make sure to include giant mutant cats.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (CsUN+)

301 278 You mean between Merced and Chowchilla. That's where HIGH. SPEED. RAIL. is actually being built. Now people know where Chowchilla is.

godzilla > chowchilla

Posted by: anachronda at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (sGtp+)

302 290 You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Send me 1% of your royalties.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (HnUIn)

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What's 1% of 0?

My books don't make any money because you people don't spread the word of my brilliance wide enough!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (GBKbO)

303 You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

This is one of the vignettes in World War Z. The book. Not the movie.

Posted by: blaster at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (xhfG9)

304 You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Send me 1% of your royalties.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (HnUIn)

There's a strange SF book I remember where a WWII cargo ship is sunk underwater but the people on board hold out in sealed parts of the ship and live on for generations.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (eoQWY)

305 Illegals are causing havoc in all States now, not just the border ones. biden has do to something drastic about the border situation before summer or he is toast.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 22, 2024 03:34 PM (QNSds)

C'mon, man. Everybody knows that's not true. He can do whatever the f he wants and still get re-elected.

Posted by: InZona at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (qz1Fg)

306 "You mean between Merced and Chowchilla. That's where HIGH. SPEED. RAIL. is actually being built. Now people know where Chowchilla is."

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Ah, I forgot who was in charge for a second there and so of course you are correct and it is Merced.

What is so funny about this is that a mere 10 years ago, progressives were the "smart" ones because of the "professorial" Obama and all the good governance in blue states with their big economies.

They're really self-revealed in such a short time.

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (i7Q7S)

307 300 Make sure to include giant mutant cats.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (CsUN+)

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*changes to giant mutant dogs*

Completely original idea.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (GBKbO)

308 Sure, cats are cute and petting them is nice, but cats are working animals.
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You haven't met my cat named Big Fat Cat. She mostly eats and sleeps. Then she awakes to tell me she's hungry.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (Hpgos)

309 244 For the record, half of California's income taxes are paid by the top 1% of taxpayers. How hard would it be for that 1% to decamp for Texas or Florida?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (f871o)

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Pat Riley wants to implement a wealth tax in Cali and, if you try to leave, an exit tax. The US also charges an exit tax if you leave and renounce your US citizenship. I don't think you have to pay it if the total value of everything you own is <$2 million ($4 million for married couples). Cali would presumably be similar - charge top tax rate on everything unless total value < some tmodest threshold.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (ogTiX)

310 There's a strange SF book I remember where a WWII cargo ship is sunk underwater but the people on board hold out in sealed parts of the ship and live on for generations.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (eoQWY)
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CO2 toxicity has entered the chat

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (HnUIn)

311 303 This is one of the vignettes in World War Z. The book. Not the movie.
Posted by: blaster at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (xhfG9)

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The funniest bit in the book.

But also set in the opening days of the Zombie apocalypse, not hundreds of years after...an event where their cracked philosophies have gone even madder.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (GBKbO)

312 Huge expansions of community, in-home services on the horizon for seniors "aging in place" & Americans with special needs, thanks to government healthcare being built back better.

Kills a bunch of birds with one stone, including a considerable number of now undocumented immigrants without substantial education aiding those within certain government programs once trained, i.e., CNAs, etc.

Immigration into the US has been used several times in past decades to expand medicine, especially nursing & technician pools, when staffing was at critical levels. There were nurses from India and the Philippines for many years who came into the country, and then nurses from nations such as Somalia, legally immigrating most often as children & then receiving nursing certificates &/or degrees in country.

Integrity of such programs could be quite iffy with the current lack of decent immigration controls for several years. It also doesn't solve the problem that about 40% of those entering the country via 'non-traditional' immigration are well educated but almost none of the entrants are well vetted, nor can many ever be.

"But at least they'll be able to work."

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (GshMh)

313 More than that, cats are useful. If you have a cat, you're unlikely to have mice. Cats are cruel, soulless killing machines that pursue death of other creatures as an end of its own. The only reason they don't kill *us* is that they're too small. Sure, cats are cute and petting them is nice, but cats are working animals.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)'

I'm sure that's why the tortoiseshell I ended up with has attacked me for no reason multiple times. She gets bored and needs a kill, so she goes for the nearest thing regardless of size. Little bitch has clawed me literally in my sleep, when I rescued her from certain death as a kitten.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (9yXr+)

314 302 290 You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Send me 1% of your royalties.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (HnUIn)

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What's 1% of 0?

My books don't make any money because you people don't spread the word of my brilliance wide enough!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:27 PM (GBKbO)

Tax on unrealized gains will fix that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (ynpvh)

315 So, odds on Newsom dumping this new deficit on the municipalities again?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:24 PM (GBKbO)
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It's a lead pipe cinch, if he can get away with it. Assuming there's anything left he can dump on them.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (f871o)

316 ADL says the tranny shooter in Nashville isn't a left-wing extremist because she used the word, "faggots." Using that word is anti-LGBTQ, therefore the tranny shooter is not on the left.

http://tiny.cc/rydzwz

Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (6OrcJ)

317 Did the coyote hit any painted underpasses, or get hit with a boulder or anvil from above?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (ynpvh)

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Heh, unfortunately not.

Somebody could have some fun #DeepFaking that video with ACME Accoutrements.

I saw the ACME Accoutrements open for ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Boycott New York & other Blue Shithole Cities #TruckersForTrump at February 22, 2024 04:30 PM (ywZXi)

318 "Ohhhhh! It's "low-hanging fruit," now! But I thought Biden couldn't do anything unless Congress granted a mass amnesty!"

Give me total amnesty and $80B to protect Ukraine borders ... or we'll send your kids to die fighting Russia.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 22, 2024 04:30 PM (Cus5s)

319 304 You know...I've been toying with a post-apocalypse story that hinges on rich people in bunkers a couple of centuries after a collapse.

I've been considering it in more general terms, but this might be the real hook I need to dig in properly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Send me 1% of your royalties.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:26 PM (HnUIn)

There's a strange SF book I remember where a WWII cargo ship is sunk underwater but the people on board hold out in sealed parts of the ship and live on for generations.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (eoQWY)

Wouldn't Oxygen be a problem?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:30 PM (ynpvh)

320 There's a strange SF book I remember where a WWII cargo ship is sunk underwater but the people on board hold out in sealed parts of the ship and live on for generations.
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This has not been explored on Oak Island. We're talking at least 2 years of discovery.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 04:30 PM (Hpgos)

321 Twilight Zone: The Shelter.

https://youtu.be/r7B1M_ygNK4

Posted by: Rod Serling at February 22, 2024 04:30 PM (dGJ9h)

322 Nood. Not on Biden's dog, but that has to be coming.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 22, 2024 04:31 PM (Dm8we)

323 There's a strange SF book I remember where a WWII cargo ship is sunk underwater but the people on board hold out in sealed parts of the ship and live on for generations.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (eoQWY)
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What was the MacGuffin that allowed them to survive? I'd assume a WWII-era ship had a complement entirely of men. Where did they get replacement oxygen? How did they expel waste materials underwater? Food? Clean water?

Interesting idea, but it breaks down quite a bit with just a few questions...Difficult enough to write a story like this set in space or an alien world with more advanced technology.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2024 04:31 PM (7fElN)

324 319 There's a strange SF book I remember where a WWII cargo ship is sunk underwater but the people on board hold out in sealed parts of the ship and live on for generations.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:28 PM (eoQWY)

Wouldn't Oxygen be a problem?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 22, 2024 04:30 PM (ynpvh)

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"Thank God we invented the... you know, whatever device."
-Thank You for Smoking

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures at February 22, 2024 04:31 PM (GBKbO)

325 I'm sure that's why the tortoiseshell I ended up with has attacked me for no reason multiple times. She gets bored and needs a kill, so she goes for the nearest thing regardless of size. Little bitch has clawed me literally in my sleep, when I rescued her from certain death as a kitten.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (9yXr+)
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Yup. Mine goes for my feet when they move under a blanket. I shift in bed and BAM. He then gets kicked away and goes somewhere else. He doesn't hold it against me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:31 PM (HnUIn)

326 316 ADL says the tranny shooter in Nashville isn't a left-wing extremist because she used the word, "faggots." Using that word is anti-LGBTQ, therefore the tranny shooter is not on the left.

http://tiny.cc/rydzwz
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So blacks that call other blacks niggers are conservatives?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 04:32 PM (Hpgos)

327 These asylum officers better start having a credible fear of the gallows when a tribunal finds them guilty of treason for facilitating the invasion that collapsed the nation into civil war.

Posted by: Minuteman at February 22, 2024 04:32 PM (AxA6M)

328 For the record, half of California's income taxes are paid by the top 1% of taxpayers. How hard would it be for that 1% to decamp for Texas or Florida?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:18 PM (f871o)

A whole lot easier if they just got together and hired Louie the Torch and sent him to Sacramento.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 22, 2024 04:33 PM (W/lyH)

329 In other news-

Dr. Freek Vonk has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon that measures 26ft long.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2024 03:33 PM (2WVgq)

Don't tease me like that!

Posted by: Pete Bootygag at February 22, 2024 04:33 PM (tkR6S)

330 What is so funny about this is that a mere 10 years ago, progressives were the "smart" ones because of the "professorial" Obama
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Whose transcripts were a more closely guarded secret than the plans for nuclear weapons, so you KNOW he stunk out loud on those transcripts. "Professorial" my ass.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 22, 2024 04:34 PM (f871o)

331 What's 1% of 0? My books don't make any money because you people don't spread the word of my brilliance wide enough!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finishing up the Best Pictures'

I found with writing my own books that 1) I'm crazy and nobody wants to read my general ramblings and 2) they are on subjects nobody wants to read about.
But the very small print runs, using that term very loosely, have been bizarrely influential on actual published books by other people. I've handled the copies of very small print runs to influential people who were influenced by them.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 04:34 PM (9yXr+)

332 And gang violence? Sure. It sucks. The cartels that run your shit suck. That isn't my problem.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 03:39 PM (HnUIn)

And the longer this continues, the richer and stronger the cartels become. Soon the southwest US will becomes a narco-terrorist state and it will be your problem.

Posted by: InZona at February 22, 2024 04:35 PM (qz1Fg)

333 So blacks that call other blacks niggers are conservatives?
Posted by: Pudinhead'

Whoah, is this SMH in a different nic?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 04:35 PM (9yXr+)

334 Leftists think they are holy to Leftism, but they are as mean to Race and sex its just they can't show it

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2024 04:35 PM (fwDg9)

335 There was some chatter about allowing some of the illegals to attain citizenship by enlisting.

I will say this; the US Army had/has a program for foreign nationals to enlist. It was called "Military Accessions Vital To National Interest (MAVNI) Program." Originally it was supposed to enlist people with certain language skills, medical skills and the like.

The foreign national had to be a "legal alien" to be considered.

It was something of a disaster as many legal aliens who were part of the program went "missing" after enlisting. Some were never found.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 22, 2024 04:35 PM (Q4IgG)

336 Dr Bandy X. Lee of Yale has pronounced Joey mentally fine for a man his age.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2024 03:35 PM (2WVgq)

There's another one who needs all her previous publications scrutinized for plagiarism.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 22, 2024 04:36 PM (tkR6S)

337 CA has a largely captive population of ultra wealthy people. Hollywood and Silicon Valley (and the financiers of Silicon Valley)

I know several rich people in CA, and all they want to do is get enough money to go to an even nicer part of CA. They just view it as a luxury good. Like buying a Range Rover even though it depreciates like crazy and will be in the shop all the time.

Posted by: Blago at February 22, 2024 04:37 PM (wMRY8)

338 Illegals don't get their own senators yet (unless they tip the scales in a close election state), but they get their own Representatives in many places. Chicago for example ... if they have an area with 600,000 illegals, they get two reps instead of one (for the legal Hispanics). Because illegals count (for assigning representatives), even if they can't vote.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 22, 2024 04:39 PM (Cus5s)

339 As a "fun" point to consider, by the current SC take on people illegally in the US, Alaska would get credit in the census for any Japanese military personal invading it in WWII...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 22, 2024 04:40 PM (ibTVg)

340 I'm sure that's why the tortoiseshell I ended up with has attacked me for no reason multiple times. She gets bored and needs a kill, so she goes for the nearest thing regardless of size. Little bitch has clawed me literally in my sleep, when I rescued her from certain death as a kitten.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 22, 2024 04:29 PM (9yXr+)
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Yup. Mine goes for my feet when they move under a blanket. I shift in bed and BAM. He then gets kicked away and goes somewhere else. He doesn't hold it against me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 22, 2024 04:31 PM (HnUIn)

Feet are cat sized so are easy to imagine are prey when in the hunting crazies. Cats can be very imaginative to burn energy, my lady cat will tear through the house, pounce, stare in several directions, jump again, then dart to the top of a cat tree or chair. I'm sure there was an epic story going on in her head.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:41 PM (eoQWY)

341 Illegals don't need their own Senators or Representatives.

They'll be replacing them soon enough.

Imagine being some leftist dork in Congress all in on letting the illegals run roughshod over the border. Only to be booted out of office by one of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 22, 2024 04:41 PM (Q4IgG)

342 What was the MacGuffin that allowed them to survive? I'd assume a WWII-era ship had a complement entirely of men. Where did they get replacement oxygen? How did they expel waste materials underwater? Food? Clean water?

Interesting idea, but it breaks down quite a bit with just a few questions...Difficult enough to write a story like this set in space or an alien world with more advanced technology.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2024 04:31 PM (7fElN)

Its been a while but the writer, James White wasn't totally off the wall. They could get at the cargo and it was a transport carrying military supplies which would last a while for a small group. If they had power (and they had to) electrolysis might do for oxygen. They had enough answers that I finished the book.

The framing was that near the end they are found by a water breathing race who landed on earth and contact them to be used as a bridge to contacting the rest of humans generations on. Book is by James White. The Watch Below.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:49 PM (eoQWY)

343 There's a strange SF book I remember where a WWII cargo ship is sunk underwater but the people on board hold out in sealed parts of the ship and live on for generations.
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This has not been explored on Oak Island. We're talking at least 2 years of discovery.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 22, 2024 04:30 PM (Hpgos)

I remember reading about Oak Island in an old library book in the 70s. It was an old story of fraud and stupidity even then,

Posted by: Oldcat at February 22, 2024 04:51 PM (eoQWY)

344 Nothing will happen. the Dept of IN Justice will not pursue it.

Posted by: vic at February 22, 2024 06:23 PM (A5THL)

345 The invaders have to go back. ALL of them, every single one. This is OUR COUNTRY.

Posted by: H von Dach at February 22, 2024 06:48 PM (03Uyc)

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