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After Hezballah Kills a Dozen Children at a Park, Israel Launches Counterstrike Against Hezballah Commander in Beirut

They kill children, Israel kills the killer of children -- and Israel is the bad guy, of course.

Israel responds to Golan Heights attack with retaliatory airstrike in Lebanese capital

Quick Hit:

Israel launched an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs Tuesday, targeting a Hezbollah commander accused of orchestrating a deadly rocket attack in the Golan Heights that resulted in the deaths of 12 children.

Key Details:

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement that the airstrike targeted senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, also known as al-Hajj Mohsin, accused of orchestrating a rocket attack that killed 12 children in the Golan Heights, a disputed territory between Syria and Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed a "harsh" response to the attacks, with internal political pressure mounting following a civilian death in northern Israel due to a separate rocket attack on Tuesday.

...

According to a report by The Guardian, Israel carried out an airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr, also known as al-Hajj Mohsin. Shukr was blamed for a rocket attack over the weekend that tragically killed 12 children. The airstrike caused a loud blast heard across the Lebanese capital, with smoke rising from the area known as a Hezbollah stronghold.

In a statement, the IDF stated, "The IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, on the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians." While reports suggest Shurk was killed in the strike, it has yet to be independently confirmed.

In response to the escalating situation, American diplomatic efforts have intensified to prevent the conflict from expanding.

By which they mean: We're browbeating Israel while giving the green flag to our Terrorist Allies in Gaza and southern Lebanon.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized the importance of resolving the conflict through diplomatic means, stating, "While we've seen a lot of activity on Israel's northern border, we remain concerned about the potential of this escalating into a full-blown fight. And I don't believe that a fight is inevitable."

Catch covid you fat fuck.

Meanwhile Kamala Harris refuses to condemn Hezballah.

First, for background, when the antisemitic protest resulted in some of the more vile and disgusting Jew-hating imagery possible just down the street from the White House and the Congress, Harris waited an entire day to issue a carefully-worded statement decrying the antisemitism, but not calling for any criminal prosecution of those who engaged in the hate crimes. And this delayed statement came while her colleagues at DOJ and the District of Columbia were busy dropping the charges and releasing the perpetrators. So she has a track record of pausing before reacting...unless, of course, it's J6. In that scenario, there's no delay whatsoever.

The Saturday attack that struck a children's park where a soccer game was underway, Friday night Washington time, was claimed immediately by Hezbollah. When it turned out it was all Druze kids that were blown up, Hezbollah began to walk back the claim of responsibility, but it was too late. The whole world knows it was Hezbollah, and the whole world knows it was an Iranian missile that they used. As of Monday morning, more than two days later, here is the official response of Border Czar Kamala Harris.

[sound file of crickets]

Nothing. Nada. Bupkis. Now perhaps Border Czar Harris is too busy chasing down pro-abortion voters to be bothered by an escalation of the war against Israel literally a day after she weighed in.

Below: Paris learns that Diversity Is Our Strength. Specifically, they're enjoying a diversity of of opinion on whether or not people should cry out "Heil Hitler" and make Nazi salutes to Jewish athletes.

American Nazis should just declare that they're now Islamic -- the leftwing media will give them a pass and even make excuses for them!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:29 PM




Comments

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 30, 2024 03:29 PM (QNSds)

2 I haven't been positioned for success yet!

Posted by: Kamala at July 30, 2024 03:31 PM (Y8lzz)

3 And kamala harris is still silent on the dead Israeli children. She went to great lengths to condemn the killing "innocent palestinian children" but she is keeping her mouth shut when it comes to Israeli kids that are killed.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 30, 2024 03:31 PM (QNSds)

4 No new wars started under Trump. I guess world peace is weird.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 30, 2024 03:31 PM (u73oe)

5 FAFO baby.

Very FAFO.

Posted by: blaster at July 30, 2024 03:32 PM (xhfG9)

6 Rookie mistake...

Posted by: Nazdar at July 30, 2024 03:32 PM (9XWKq)

7 3 And kamala harris is still silent on the dead Israeli children. She went to great lengths to condemn the killing "innocent palestinian children" but she is keeping her mouth shut when it comes to Israeli kids that are killed.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 30, 2024 03:31 PM (QNSds)


Hey Michigan is on the line!

Posted by: blaster at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (xhfG9)

8 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is. Is it an ethnicity or religious sect or both?

Posted by: pookysgirl needs to be put some knowledge at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (dtlDP)

9 When were SecState and SecDef merged?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (sZ41d)

10 Tenth

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (sZ41d)

11 The French are accustomed to capitulating to Nazis.

Posted by: huerfano at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (VGOMa)

12 8 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is. Is it an ethnicity or religious sect or both?
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to be put some knowledge at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (dtlDP)

Religious sect

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (sZ41d)

13 Trump must win. This taking the sides with terrorist states must stop.

Posted by: Don Black at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (/7KEl)

14 Israel is killing children!

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (krQz2)

15 Wheels are coming off in Venezuela with Biden/Harris’ best bud, Maduro. Massive protests. It looks like a lot of policia have surrendered or walked off the job. Lots of surrenders with Maduro’s civilian gestapo.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (9PIn7)

16 Had to let the puppeh out. Would have been first otherwise, so I'm claiming Moral First!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (LxER7)

17 The French are accustomed to capitulating .
Posted by: huerfano at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (VGOMa)


fify

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (FCbAQ)

18 As did I. I'm not sure we were wrong. Biden never did step away. He wasn't even forced away. He was just incapacitated one day, probably in a semi-coma, and they just replaced him without his knowledge.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

========

He's doing Zoom calls to staffers he doesn't recognize, thinking they're fundraising calls, right this very moment!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 03:24 PM (GBKbO)
_____

Thought experiment: if Biden didn't have what I think was clearly a serious medical event or condition in the days before the coup -- a stroke, I think -- would they have been able to get him out? I don't think so, but we'll never know.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (iFTx/)

19 American Nazis should just declare that they're now Islamic -- the leftwing media will give them a pass and even make excuses for them!

========

"I hate Illinois Nazis," is going to become hate speech soon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (GBKbO)

20 11 The French are accustomed to capitulating to Nazis.
Posted by: huerfano at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (VGOMa)

Who are these “Nazis”?

Posted by: Prussians at July 30, 2024 03:35 PM (sZ41d)

21 Muh dick won't work.

Posted by: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at July 30, 2024 03:35 PM (v0R5T)

22 Israel could end the conflict in a year or so...permanently.

But the Junta wants more dead Jews.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:35 PM (oZhjI)

23 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 30, 2024 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

24 FFS What American NAZIs? You would have better luck finding hen's teeth. The truth is most Americans don't give a fuck about this never ending conflict between Muslims and Jews, anymore than they care about politics. They really just want it to all go away so they can get on with their lives. The sad part is that they'll never be able to escape any of this crap ever again because we've imported it here.

Posted by: DFCtomm at July 30, 2024 03:35 PM (50VAR)

25 The Left is wrong and/or lies about everything.

Up to and including the most vile of criminals and killers.

Why are they right about Ukraine?

Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 03:36 PM (8QYZy)

26 And I don't believe that a fight is inevitable.

bro, they're Muslim. They've been doing this for 1000+ years.

Posted by: brak at July 30, 2024 03:36 PM (NGHTx)

27 Is there any reference that demonstrated Hitler liked Soccer?

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:36 PM (FmapG)

28 15 Wheels are coming off in Venezuela with Biden/Harris’ best bud, Maduro. Massive protests. It looks like a lot of policia have surrendered or walked off the job. Lots of surrenders with Maduro’s civilian gestapo.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (9PIn7)

I was late but I have made a landing in Venezuela.

Posted by: MCMLXXXIX at July 30, 2024 03:37 PM (sZ41d)

29 Have another empanada, Senor Maduro.

Posted by: wth at July 30, 2024 03:37 PM (v0R5T)

30 After Hezballah Kills a Dozen Children at a Park, Israel Launches Counterstrike Against Hezballah Commander in Beirut

They kill children, Israel kills the killer of children -- and Israel is the bad guy, of course.


Israel needs to quit playing around. They kill children? You bomb a school or a children's hospital.

DON'T WANT NONE? DON'T START NONE.

Official motto.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 03:37 PM (HJPAp)

31 No one can accuse Lloyd Austin of being an "ableist."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2024 03:37 PM (PiwSw)

32 "While we've seen a lot of activity on Israel's northern border, we remain concerned about the potential of this escalating into a full-blown fight. And I don't believe that a fight is inevitable.

Through its weakness and fecklessness the Biden "Administration" creates instability and invites boldness from our enemies. Then they bitch and moan when the allies who were screwed over by their incompetence try to manage the situation as best they can.

Is that about right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 03:37 PM (nOjd9)

33 We swapped out spectators with Folger's Nazis to see if anybody notices.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 03:37 PM (krQz2)

34 The sad part is that they'll never be able to escape any of this crap ever again because we've imported it here.
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Alas, the cost of the empire of ghettoes.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (FmapG)

35 oh and the tiny little American gymnasts won team gold


so yay our side

Posted by: Don Black at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (/7KEl)

36 The last comment on the Heil Hitler tweet could have been left off. What are you doing Mr Mossoff besides tweeting?

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (B1dzx)

37 Keep in mind the left wing view of this sort of conflict.

Since the Jihadis are the "oppressed" literally anything they do is justified - from blowing up school children to raping rave dancers.

But since the Israelis are the "oppressors" literally nothing they do is justified so no matter how tightly Israel orchestrates a response it doesn't matter it is still wrong and unjustified.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (oZhjI)

38 Religious sect

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 30, 2024 03:34 PM (sZ41d)

Thanks. Normally I'd say "dankeschoen" but that might be seen as poor taste.

Posted by: pookysgirl's parents speak German at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (dtlDP)

39 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is. Is it an ethnicity or religious sect or both?
Posted by: pookysgirl


It's kinda both. It's a religious group, but they don't marry outside their faith. So, all genetically related.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (v6JzV)

40 16 Had to let the puppeh out. Would have been first otherwise, so I'm claiming Moral First!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Doesn't work that way. Consult the bylaws.

Posted by: Officious Azz at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (CV8a5)

41 Camp of the Saints needs to be added to those "You Are Here" diagrams with 1984, et al.

Posted by: Bert G at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (VARTN)

42 35 oh and the tiny little American gymnasts won team gold


so yay our side
Posted by: Don Black at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (/7KEl)

Better them than the PRC.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (sZ41d)

43 8 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is.

pretty certain those were the folks in that one babylon 5 episode that would periodically pick sides then duke it out until one or the other side one.

Posted by: anachronda at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (oY6Yp)

44 When were SecState and SecDef merged?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM


When obama was president that happened. State manages all military operations around the world now. That's how we got that unmitigated disaster when we pulled out of Afghanistan.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (QNSds)

45
I hate Illinois Nazis

Posted by: Jake Blues at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (+oR7L)

46 "Paris learns that Diversity Is Our Strength. Specifically, they're enjoying a diversity of of opinion on whether or not people should cry out "Heil Hitler" and make Nazi salutes to Jewish athletes."

So Hitler is cool now, bruh?

Imma go out on a limb and say it. I am reevaluating the man myself. I think Hitler might have had the right idea, just the wrong religion. Imagine how much better the world would be without the toxic perverted poison that is Islam. Is genocide really wrong if the targets really really deserve it?

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

47 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is.

they backed up Huey Lewis

Posted by: brak at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (NGHTx)

48
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized the importance of resolving the conflict through diplomatic means


"Here, doggie.... here, doggie..."

*picks up rock*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (y9nCu)

49 It's kinda both. It's a religious group, but they don't marry outside their faith. So, all genetically related.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (v6JzV)

So, Pentacostals then?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (FCbAQ)

50 Doesn't work that way. Consult the bylaws.

Posted by: Officious Azz at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM


We have bylaws? Next you will be telling me we have an HOA as well.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (QNSds)

51 45
I hate Illinois Nazis
---------------
Illinois has been renamed Pritzker Land.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (FmapG)

52 This illustrates all too well that the policies are a creation of Biden and Harris, and that the only thing changing with Biden stepping out, is the sign on the door.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (9PIn7)

53 Since the Jihadis are the "oppressed" literally anything they do is justified - from blowing up school children to raping rave dancers.

But since the Israelis are the "oppressors" literally nothing they do is justified so no matter how tightly Israel orchestrates a response it doesn't matter it is still wrong and unjustified.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:38 PM (oZhjI)
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Yes, that is a good illustration of how stupid they are.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (krQz2)

54 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized the importance of resolving the conflict through diplomatic means
________________

"War doesn't solve anything!"

The Nazis, the Fascists, the Bushido-obsessed Japanese, the Confederates, the Carthaginians, etc. would beg to differ.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (YqDXo)

55 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is. Is it an ethnicity or religious sect or both?
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to be put some knowledge at July 30, 2024 03:33 PM (dtlDP)

Both. They have served honorably in the IDF,

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (B1dzx)

56 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is.

It's much like a Druid, only different.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (nOjd9)

57
Lloyd Austin exudes diabetes.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (+oR7L)

58 >>When were SecState and SecDef merged?


About the same time the CIA was merged with both of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (LkLld)

59 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is.


A Muslim offshoot with some Christian influence. Over the years they've emphasized how Muslim they are when they are worried about getting killed by Jihadis but they don't really consider themselves to be so.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (oZhjI)

60 I love the way the media excludes the past history of Fuad Shukr. If the name sounds familiar (probably doesn't) it's because he was a central figure in the bombing of the US Marine base in Beirut in 1983 that killed 241 US military personnel and wounded countless others.

How in the hell he was still walking around breathing for over 40 years post bombing is disgusting.

Posted by: Orson at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (dIske)

61 We have bylaws? Next you will be telling me we have an HOA as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (QNSds)

I hate HOA Nazis!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (LxER7)

62 Druze and Klingon languages are from the same roots.

Posted by: Barney Babbel at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (CV8a5)

63 Imagine how much better the world would be without the toxic perverted poison that is Islam. Is genocide really wrong if the targets really really deserve it?
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

By man ? Yes.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (B1dzx)

64 51 45
I hate Illinois Nazis
---------------
Illinois has been renamed Pritzker Land.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Pritzker Nazis?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 03:42 PM (VNX3d)

65 A Muslim offshoot with some Christian influence. Over the years they've emphasized how Muslim they are when they are worried about getting killed by Jihadis but they don't really consider themselves to be so.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (oZhjI)


That doesn't work out too well. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Salman Rushdie at July 30, 2024 03:42 PM (PiwSw)

66
they are like muslims who are libertarians
or something

Posted by: Don Black at July 30, 2024 03:42 PM (/7KEl)

67 I'm finding that I enjoy the killing of Hamas and Hezbollah far more entertaining than the Olympics could ever be.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 30, 2024 03:42 PM (wBaIH)

68 When were SecState and SecDef merged?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Shortly after WWII?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (6WCwE)

69 We have bylaws? Next you will be telling me we have an HOA as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
......

Damn.
*pushes car from front lawn to backyard*

Posted by: wth at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

70
Pritzker Nazis?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 03:42 PM (VNX3d)
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Nazi Pricks

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (krQz2)

71 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is.
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20 bucks same as in town

Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (8QYZy)

72 Maduro finally took that stupid star jacket off and is giving a speech surrounded by his cabinet, trying to look imperious. The military don’t look convinced.

Posted by: EveR at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (Z/h4+)

73 I would think that the French would not tolerate "Heil Hitler."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (+H2BX)

74 I hate Illinois Nazis
---------------
Illinois has been renamed Pritzker Land.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:40 PM (FmapGb)
****
Look away
Look away
Pritzker Land

Posted by: torabora at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (+DrMC)

75 With the world on fire we have an elderly dementia patient and a hair brained ninny at the helm. Also, we have a Pentagon/JCOS that are more concerned with pronouns and being inclusive than defending our nation, and/or prosecuting a war with a military in tatters.

Well I feel better. So secure.

Posted by: Cheri at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (oiNtH)

76 I think picking off commanders one at a time, while emotionally satisfying for the Israelis, is a bad policy that only guarantees a forever war where nothing ever changes. Commanders are a dime a dozen in the arab world, this guy goes down, 100 murderous idiots will be clamoring for his job by nightfall.

If you’re going to fight a war, then fight a war.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (rGH6a)

77 About the same time the CIA was merged with both of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (LkLld)

Christians In Action???

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (sZ41d)

78 On Israel: We don't want this to escalate into a full blown fight.

On Ukraine: Send more money and weapons!

How, in the hell, are people in this country still stupid enough to support anything our government does?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (KbCG3)

79 If you’re going to fight a war, then fight a war.

the rest of the world won't let them

Posted by: brak at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (NGHTx)

80 76 I think picking off commanders one at a time, while emotionally satisfying for the Israelis, is a bad policy that only guarantees a forever war where nothing ever changes. Commanders are a dime a dozen in the arab world, this guy goes down, 100 murderous idiots will be clamoring for his job by nightfall.

If you’re going to fight a war, then fight a war.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (rGH6a)

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I would imagine that their military is in no state to open a second front incursion into Lebanon. Pinpoint strikes is probably the best they can do.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (GBKbO)

81 so. smart military blog:

how does IDF make these pinpoint strikes over enemy territory?

stealth aircraft? cruise missile?

Posted by: Don Black at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (/7KEl)

82 would think that the French would not tolerate "Heil Hitler."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2024 03:43 PM (+H2BX)

Why not ? Vichy French

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (B1dzx)

83 The Druze have huge cemeteries. They bury more people than anyone else.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (v6JzV)

84 68 When were SecState and SecDef merged?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

When Madeline Albright & William Cohen had a threesome with Janet Reno

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (+oR7L)

85 I'm finding that I enjoy the killing of Hamas and Hezbollah far more entertaining than the Olympics could ever be.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 30, 2024 03:42 PM (wBaIH)


The synchronized swimming competition with live mines is going to be lit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (nOjd9)

86
How, in the hell, are people in this country still stupid enough to support anything our government does?


2016: You can't elect Trump he'll start WWIII!

2019: We are impeaching Trump for not starting WWIII

Posted by: Democrats at July 30, 2024 03:45 PM (oZhjI)

87 Imagine how much better the world would be without the toxic perverted poison that is Islam. Is genocide really wrong if the targets really really deserve it?
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (iFTx/)
_________________

Imagine a world with no Islam, no socialism/communism, no perversion.

Wow.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:45 PM (YqDXo)

88 78 On Israel: We don't want this to escalate into a full blown fight.

On Ukraine: Send more money and weapons!

How, in the hell, are people in this country still stupid enough to support anything our government does?


practice.

Posted by: anachronda at July 30, 2024 03:45 PM (oY6Yp)

89 OT: OMG. The city is having their "White Linen Night" this Saturday, where (insane) people ooze around in the slimy heat and stagger into downtown art galleries for free glasses of wine and bits of cheese, while pretending to appreciate the "art." I have a horrible feeling Miss Linda will want to go.

It's gonna feel like 95 degrees even after the sun goes down. Noooo!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2024 03:45 PM (J2vNu)

90 Wait, we targeted Druze???

Druze???

I said let's get some JEWS!!!! How long have you people been here?

Posted by: Hezbollah Leader at July 30, 2024 03:45 PM (8QYZy)

91 Lloyd Austin exudes diabetes.
Posted by: Frank Barone
.......

and body odor. Horrible body odor.

Posted by: wth at July 30, 2024 03:46 PM (v0R5T)

92 87 Imagine a world with no Islam, no socialism/communism, no perversion.


there's a song in there somewhere.

Posted by: anachronda at July 30, 2024 03:46 PM (oY6Yp)

93 The synchronized swimming competition with live mines is going to be lit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (nOjd9)
_______________

Throw in some piranhas and you've really got something.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:46 PM (YqDXo)

94 Nazi salutes in Paris? So I assume the French have surrendered and will soon collaborate?

Posted by: Jack at July 30, 2024 03:46 PM (trLbb)

95 Imagine a world with no Islam, no socialism/communism, no perversion.

Wow.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara


Won't happen until a certain former carpenter returns.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (v6JzV)

96 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is.

This lack of clarity could be is a sign of macular degeneration.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (w9Wax)

97 No country can win a war if they cannot manufacture the munitions. Trusting the USA to supply you is a losing bet.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (+H2BX)

98
Throw in some piranhas and you've really got something.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:46 PM (YqDXo)


Sharks with frickin laser beams

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (IyPmt)

99 93 The synchronized swimming competition with live mines is going to be lit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (nOjd9)
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Throw in some piranhas and you've really got something.
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Otters. Lots of Otters.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (FmapG)

100 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ...

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WHAT? I thought he'd gone AWOL and was chest-feeding his colon or something.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (9TOt4)

101 o. smart military blog:

how does IDF make these pinpoint strikes over enemy territory?

stealth aircraft? cruise missile?

==

ring , ring

"Ahlan ?"

Posted by: runner at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (V13WU)

102 72 Maduro finally took that stupid star jacket off and is giving a speech surrounded by his cabinet, trying to look imperious. The military don’t look convinced.


praying that's his last speech, ever.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (s3qiR)

103 When the Byzantines first encountered Muslims they thought they were just another group of Eastern Christian/Jewish heretics.

And...since we don't actually know what early Islam was really like they could have been correct.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (oZhjI)

104 Trusting the USA to supply you is a losing bet.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (+H2BX)

Trusting the USA to do anything but screw the pooch has become a losing bet.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (d3mKp)

105 there's a song in there somewhere.

Posted by: anachronda at July 30, 2024 03:46 PM (oY6Yp)
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John Lennon's poxy song about having no possessions. Where did he get whacked? NYC. Why was he there? To escape the UK's brutally confiscatory taxes.

You've got to laugh.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (YqDXo)

106 Wait, we targeted Druze???

Druze???

I said let's get some JEWS!!!! How long have you people been here?
Posted by: Hezbollah Leader


I thought it was "get Cruz." I was gonna ask if you meant Ted or Penelope.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (v6JzV)

107 We have to worry about the Israeli backlash to the Hezbollah actions.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (d9LQi)

108 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized the importance of resolving the conflict through diplomatic means

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It worked out well for Neville Chamberlain.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (mupln)

109 "Won't happen until a certain former carpenter returns."

Never heard of the Three Days of Darkness?

The end is not yet. We are in a Babylonian Captivity of sorts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (+H2BX)

110 praying that's his last speech, ever.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (s3qiR)


Me too

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (IyPmt)

111 Can you imagine that if these terrorists had killed a dozen childless cat ladies, the uproar?

Posted by: Boswell at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (K+UlC)

112 111 Can you imagine that if these terrorists had killed a dozen childless cat ladies, the uproar?
Posted by: Boswell at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (K+UlC)

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Childless cat ladies are our future.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (GBKbO)

113 Won't happen until a certain former carpenter returns.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus


Norm Abram?

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (HJPAp)

114 Democrats triangulating on who not to piss off in their witches brew of supporters; Islamists, alphabet people, donors.... so. many. decisions.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (Q4IgG)

115 Has Fox called Venezuela for Maduro?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (d9LQi)

116 76 I think picking off commanders one at a time, while emotionally satisfying for the Israelis, is a bad policy that only guarantees a forever war where nothing ever changes. Commanders are a dime a dozen in the arab world, this guy goes down, 100 murderous idiots will be clamoring for his job by nightfall.

If you’re going to fight a war, then fight a war.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Unwise to do a two front war-Biden's Dog probably has better info than we do but the Israelis have not finished mopping up in Gaza and are still discovering (unfortunately bodies last week) where hostages are. Internal politics probably demands hostages be accounted for first along with the remnants of Ham Ass fighters before turning into a complicated invasion of S. Lebanon.

But in the interim, killing commanders of Hezbollah causes disruption in the chain of command and newer commanders may not have the rapport nor experience that the older ones do. Useful if you are planning to invade in the near future.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (qdbNv)

117
Keep in mind the left wing view of this sort of conflict.

Since the Jihadis are the "oppressed" literally anything they do is justified - from blowing up school children to raping rave dancers.

But since the Israelis are the "oppressors" literally nothing they do is justified so no matter how tightly Israel orchestrates a response it doesn't matter it is still wrong and unjustified.
Posted by: 18-1

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Which removes it as an election issue, too. Calling out Hamas or Hezbollah for killing Jewish kids is like commending an employee for their "merit" and "hustle." Up-side down world.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (T3es0)

118 Trusting the USA to do anything but screw the pooch has become a losing bet.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (d3mKp)

Dunno. We're pretty good at theft and corruption.

Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (8QYZy)

119 I haven't followed what's going on with Maduro, other than "irregularities" of large proportion regarding the actual voting totals/persons. Isn't the other guy even worse than Maduro?

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (mupln)

120 The people the Jihadis killed on Oct 7 where mostly leftists. But...unfortunately for them they were Jewish leftists and most of the left hates Jews...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (oZhjI)

121 Childless cat ladies are our future.

Teach them well and let them lead the way.

Posted by: Jack at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (trLbb)

122 France should have permitted more Vietnamese immigrants and fewer Muslims.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (rJ48h)

123 Adjustment, made it mist be. Yes.

Posted by: Eromero at July 30, 2024 03:50 PM (LHPAg)

124 Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:48 PM (IyPmt)

Happy b-day miss donna, hope it's a great one and you don't think too much about politics.

Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 03:50 PM (8QYZy)

125 Thought of a new olympic sport.

Last Man in the Pool.

You start the competition on day one . No floating allowed.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 03:50 PM (B1dzx)

126 The Druze have huge cemeteries. They bury more people than anyone else.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (v6JzV)



They must be aces on a Bobcat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 03:50 PM (nOjd9)

127 No country can win a war if they cannot manufacture the munitions. Trusting the USA to supply you is a losing bet suicidal.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (+H2BX)

FIFY.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:50 PM (YqDXo)

128 France should have permitted more Vietnamese immigrants and fewer Muslims.
Posted by: mr tmz


But you only need so many nail salons.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (v6JzV)

129
Happy b-day miss donna, hope it's a great one and you don't think too much about politics.
Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 03:50 PM (8QYZy)


Thank you...It's hard not to

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (IyPmt)

130 Looks like the "Project 2025" attempt to grift off of the Trump campaign is in trouble.
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Breaking911
@Breaking911
JUST IN: Trump campaign issues statement after director of Project 2025 steps down

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (Q4IgG)

131

You see, Democrats don't hate jews; they hate Israel's policies.

Why can't you stupid Republicans understand that?

Posted by: literally worse than hitler at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (Ysv6b)

132 122 France should have permitted more Vietnamese immigrants and fewer Muslims.
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I've never met an unhappy Vietnamese. Muslims are 50/50 at best.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (FmapG)

133 Childless cat ladies are our future.

Teach them well and let them lead the way.
Posted by: Jack at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (trLbb)

I think this should be a plank at the DNC convention!

Posted by: Boswell at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (K+UlC)

134 Israel should take advantage of the political distractions over here and clean out Gaza and Lebanon.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (vWeTL)

135 I envision Lloyd Austin wandering around the Pentagon in soiled underwear and clutching a dram of Thunderbird in a chipped coffee mug bellowing "We wuz Kangs!"

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (wBaIH)

136 Yes, happy birthday, Donna. The drinks are on you, right?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (v6JzV)

137
I would imagine that their military is in no state to open a second front incursion into Lebanon. Pinpoint strikes is probably the best they can do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (GBKbO)

Yeah, I sadly agree, and I also think they know that while they could win a war with Hezballah, it would be far more devastating to Israel than the war with Hamas has been. Erdogan has been making noises about entering the war on Hezballahs side, and while no one believes that nonsense, it is true that Turkey has a huge number of sophisticated drones and other military assets (they’ve been supplying Ukraine) and it’s expected that they will make these available to Hezballah. The IDF would be facing a level of sophistication in weaponry they’ve never faced before.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (rGH6a)

138 Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (IyPmt)


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)

139 The media and democrats are generating a new narrative: Trump is dissatisfied with Vance and may replace him. This supports previous narrative about the "weird and creepy" Vance.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (d3mKp)

140 114 Democrats triangulating on who not to piss off in their witches brew of supporters; Islamists, alphabet people, donors.... so. many. decisions.
Posted by: Martini Farmer a
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Diversity is never really a strength in a country because as you get more and more diverse, the central government must become more and more coercive and manipulative and in turn the subject groups get more and more demanding. Empires require quite different governing structures than nation-states and usually collapse much sooner historically speaking.

Hapsburg Empire implosion post WWI is a perfect example. They went to war in part to try to be cohesive in fighting the Russians and Serbs and instead collapsed into its component parts.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (qdbNv)

141 136 Yes, happy birthday, Donna. The drinks are on you, right?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (v6JzV)


LOL.. Sure

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (IyPmt)

142 France should have permitted more Vietnamese immigrants and fewer Muslims.
Posted by: mr tmz


But you only need so many nail salons.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

"You hav girlfrieeeend? No - yo feet, they ugly! I fix - only $6 mor."

Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (6WCwE)

143 But you only need so many nail salons.
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Shrimp boats are hiring.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (FmapG)

144 American Nazis should just declare that they're now Islamic -- the leftwing media will give them a pass and even make excuses for them!

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"The actual threat is anti-Nazi backlash from those white-ring Nazis! REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (9TOt4)

145 U.S. influencer goes to West Bank to talk to people about Hamas. You'll never guess what he finds out.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8rmtn9

You will. You will guess.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (Y8lzz)

146 We just gave Ukraine another 1.7 billion to add to the 200 billion we’ve given them since the Russian invasion.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (B1dzx)

147 1936 Berlin Olympics: "Heil Hitler!"
May 1940: Hitler wins the Tour de France riding Panzers

2024 Paris Olympics: "Heil Hitler!"
2024 and beyond: Wonder what the Muzzie lovers will do for their encore.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (N39Ws)

148 I think this should be a plank at the DNC convention!

Posted by: Boswell at July 30, 2024 03:51 PM (K+UlC)

The DNC convention will be full of karens and beta males. shudder.

Posted by: IC - #FJB at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (ZtyUu)

149 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)


Thank you... Glad to hear the good news on Mrs. Sponge

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (IyPmt)

150 praying that's his last speech, ever.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (s3qiR)

Friend’s wife just got her mother out last year. They are scared for family and friends. Maduro has no limits when pursuing “justice”, per them.

Posted by: EveR at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (Z/h4+)

151 I haven't followed what's going on with Maduro, other than "irregularities" of large proportion regarding the actual voting totals/persons.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (mupln)
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They've got Dominion there, too?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (YqDXo)

152 135 I envision Lloyd Austin wandering around the Pentagon in soiled underwear and clutching a dram of Thunderbird in a chipped coffee mug bellowing "We wuz Kangs!"
Posted
Reminds me of Idi Amin.

Posted by: Eromero at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (LHPAg)

153 The Left admire the Nazis too, make no mistake about it. But I think their real inspiration in this country is the Khmer Rouge.

Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (8QYZy)

154 "If you wondered what you would have done in 1936 Berlin, you're doing it now."

Posted by: Braenyard at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (vWeTL)

155 "Israelis are literally not allowed into Palestine; they're not allowed into the West Bank. However, I'm not Israeli, I'm an American Jew, and it doesn't say ‘Jew’ on my passport. So, I was told, ‘As long as you don't say you're Jewish, you know, they're not going to kill you on the spot,’" Fox told Fox News Digital.


No one is allowed in 'palestine' because it doesn't exist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

156 There are way more "American NAZIs" drawing a salary from Uncle Sugar then there are people that believe Hitler was a good guy...well excluding the ones that worship Allah.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (oZhjI)

157 Moderate and understandable freakout over the Susquehanna poll of PA. This is one of the polls that keeps the Trump average down. If it wasn't for this poll you would see a PA average closer to the GA average.

Anyway from X:

"Last 3 Pennsylvania polls from Susquehanna…

Biden +8
Biden + 5
Harris + 4

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have actually been seeing their support in Pennsylvania erode as the year goes on."

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (hSmAl)

158
Pritzker Nazis?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf


Pritzker is an unfunny General Burkhalter.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (63Dwl)

159 Happy Birthday Donna!

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (N39Ws)

160 135 I envision Lloyd Austin wandering around the Pentagon in soiled underwear and clutching a dram of Thunderbird in a chipped coffee mug bellowing "We wuz Kangs!"
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He and Miley did a number on Fts Lee, Bragg, Benning, and Polk.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (FmapG)

161 Friend’s wife just got her mother out last year. They are scared for family and friends. Maduro has no limits when pursuing “justice”, per them.

Posted by: EveR at July 30, 2024 03:53 PM (Z/h4+)
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One of my baseball buddies is from Venezuela. His sister committed suicide there because she couldn't get anything to eat.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (YqDXo)

162 Not the only place you can see Nazi symbology. You can also see it in Ukraine by the Azov and other Bandera groups.

When Zelensky visited Canada they fished up some SS dude from WWII living there and called him a hero.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (n7h9X)

163 The media and democrats are generating a new narrative: Trump is dissatisfied with Vance and may replace him. This supports previous narrative about the "weird and creepy" Vance.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (d3mKp)

Because what mentally competent Party wants to give up the all-important, winning majority "childless cat lady" vote!

Posted by: Boswell at July 30, 2024 03:55 PM (K+UlC)

164 Muslims: Hitler didn't kill the Jews...the Jews made all that up

Also Muslims: Its a shame Hitler didn't finish the job.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:55 PM (oZhjI)

165 159 Happy Birthday Donna!
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (N39Ws)


Thank you

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:55 PM (IyPmt)

166 There is no dispute about the Golan Heights. The Arabs used the Golan Heights to stage an attack on Israel. Israel rousted the Arabs, took the Golan Heights and kept them, due to the Golan Heights being necessary for Israeli security.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 30, 2024 03:55 PM (tT6L1)

167 The synchronized swimming competition with live mines is going to be lit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 03:44 PM (nOjd9)
_______________

Throw in some piranhas and you've really got something.
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Otters. Lots of Otters.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (FmapG)
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Candiru, I need you too

Posted by: Rejected Ric Okasek lyrics at July 30, 2024 03:55 PM (Ad8y9)

168 They continued to hold the French Open during the Nazi occupation.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 03:56 PM (B1dzx)

169 OT: OMG. The city is having their "White Linen Night" this Saturday..

So, Tom Wolfe cosplay?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 30, 2024 03:56 PM (/y8xj)

170 This is not good.

@Julio_Rosas11
·
1h
From a DC law enforcement source: They have received intelligence that Tren de Aragua has officially given the green light to their members to target US law enforcement.

TDA is a violent gang from Venezuela that now has members in the US due to the Biden-Harris border crisis.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 03:56 PM (LkLld)

171 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized the importance of resolving the conflict through diplomatic means

What a maroon. The only diplomacy that terrorists speak is pallets of cash and/or weapons marked USA.

Posted by: Cheri at July 30, 2024 03:56 PM (oiNtH)

172 Hapsburg Empire implosion post WWI is a perfect example. They went to war in part to try to be cohesive in fighting the Russians and Serbs and instead collapsed into its component parts.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (qdbNv)
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Also Yugoslavia.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:57 PM (YqDXo)

173 170 This is not good.

@Julio_Rosas11
·
1h
From a DC law enforcement source: They have received intelligence that Tren de Aragua has officially given the green light to their members to target US law enforcement.

TDA is a violent gang from Venezuela that now has members in the US due to the Biden-Harris border crisis.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 03:56 PM (LkLld)

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More anarchic violence in an election year? Well, that won't reflect well on the party in power.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 03:57 PM (GBKbO)

174 Happy Birthday Donna! 🎂 🎁

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (PiwSw)

175 This makes my stomach hurt.

Make no mistake, Kamala’s dumb speech was emboldening and shows how much of an idiot she is. But no one who matters is saying anything about that and her culpability.

Posted by: Piper at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (PRqXW)

176 The Austro-Hungarians had 11 different languages on their currency.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (v6JzV)

177 >>>I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is. Is it an ethnicity or religious sect or both?

Yes.

I went to Beirut and met the then-leader of the Druze and while I asked a bunch of times "what are the druze, anyway? What do they believe?," no one ever gave me an answer.

They're not Christian but also not Muslim, I guess. I guess they're also their own ethnicity.

Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (KRtlO)

178
More anarchic violence in an election year? Well, that won't reflect well on the party in power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 03:57 PM (GBKbO)



We're all in on Harris, big boy.

Posted by: Sissy White Guys for Cock and Harris at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

179 From a DC law enforcement source: They have received intelligence that Tren de Aragua has officially given the green light to their members to target US law enforcement.

TDA is a violent gang from Venezuela that now has members in the US due to the Biden-Harris border crisis.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 03:56 PM (LkLld)

LE should hunt them all down.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (B1dzx)

180 Lloyd Austin obviously believes the only good Jew is a dead Jew.

Of course, that makes him no different than any other Deep State denizen.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (tT6L1)

181 Druze Beliefs

The Epistles of Wisdom is the foundational and central text of the Druze faith.[32] The Druze faith originated in Isma'ilism (a branch of Shia Islam),[33] and was influenced by Christianity,[34][35] Gnosticism, Neoplatonism,[34][35] Zoroastrianism,[36][37] Gandharan Buddhism, Manichaeism[38][39] Pythagoreanism,[40][41] and other philosophies and beliefs, creating a distinct and secretive theology based on an esoteric interpretation of scripture, which emphasizes the role of the mind and truthfulness.[20][41] Druze believe in theophany and reincarnation.[42]

Back in the 80s when we were in Lebanon I got the idea they were more Christiany, but it seems they are a split off from Islam very early and are not prone to the same world view anymore.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (n7h9X)

182 TDA is a violent gang from Venezuela that now has members in the US due to the Biden-Harris border crisis crime.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 03:56 PM (LkLld)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (YqDXo)

183 U.S. influencer goes to West Bank to talk to people about Hamas. You'll never guess what he finds out.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8rmtn9

You will. You will guess.
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (Y8lzz)
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Palis are also very stupid. That's a Jewish guy who tried to pass himself off in Gaza as an Italian. It worked. Except he looks like the most Jewish guy who ever lived. Sounds like one too. If the Gaza rats believed this guy was Italian, they are dumb. Very dumb.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

184 He and Miley did a number on Fts Lee, Bragg, Benning, and Polk.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (FmapG)
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And Hood. It's Fort Julio Iglecias or something. My nephew was a wee bit angry about that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Misunderstanding Comments for Humorous Effect at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (Ad8y9)

185 Oops.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (YqDXo)

186 174 Happy Birthday Donna! 🎂 🎁
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (PiwSw)


Thank you... You're all so kind

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (IyPmt)

187 But you only need so many nail salons.
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Shrimp boats are hiring.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM


Way too easy......

Posted by: Bubba Gump Shrimp Company at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (QNSds)

188 A Syrian Antifaette in Portland whines:

Building right across the street from where some of my family lives was bombed by Israel in Beirut like 30 minutes ago. I actually lived in that building for some time. It’s gonna be impossible to know if everyone is ok for a bit. Fucking hell 💔💔💔💔💔

Fuck these colonizing genocidal bastards.

Family is ok 🖤🙏 they happened to be in the village for a family gathering and miraculously no one was there when it happened. This is all still very heartbreaking.

Beirut in its entirety is beautiful, but Dahieh neighborhood is probably my favorite place there. The kindest most welcoming people, the best food you could imagine. The most talented artists. The bravest children. While most of my family is Syrian, we have a lot of Palestinians and Lebanese in our family too. Due to the economic crisis in Lebanon, many parts of Lebanon have been a bit hostile towards Syrian and Palestinians, especially refugees. Never ever experienced that in Dahieh.

Posted by: Google! at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (uxCna)

189 Happy Birthday Donna!
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (N39Ws)

Likewise from me. Many happy returns!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (h5SgU)

190 Crazy Ivan.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (QNSds)

191 Happy happy happy birthday, Donna!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (NH1wh)

192 A Muslim offshoot with some Christian influence. Over the years they've emphasized how Muslim they are when they are worried about getting killed by Jihadis but they don't really consider themselves to be so.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 30, 2024 03:41 PM (oZhjI)


I believe there are a number of nominally muslim ethniciies in Turkey as well, the keep their heads down and have their own languages. Similar to the Druze.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (D7oie)

193 I can't wait for Recreate'68 in Chicago.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (aD39U)

194 Hapsburg Empire implosion post WWI is a perfect example. They went to war in part to try to be cohesive in fighting the Russians and Serbs and instead collapsed into its component parts.
Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (qdbNv)

That’s a very good point. It would explain to why Egypt and China lasted so much longer as Empires than any of the others did - because they never allowed any outside cultures to enter and degrade their core cultures. (Everything falls in time, of course)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (wyMQY)

195 Happy 29th, Donna!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (tT6L1)

196 The lefty model for the US is Mexico. Then Venezuela. Then Cambodia.

Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (8QYZy)

197 184 He and Miley did a number on Fts Lee, Bragg, Benning, and Polk.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (FmapG)
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And Hood. It's Fort Julio Iglecias or something. My nephew was a wee bit angry about that.
------------
Yep. Missed that one. I constantly have to think what the new names are. I am not alone.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (FmapG)

198 Hapsburg Empire implosion post WWI is a perfect example. They went to war in part to try to be cohesive in fighting the Russians and Serbs and instead collapsed into its component parts.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (qdbNv)
_________________

Also Yugoslavia.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 03:57 PM (YqDXo)

They were having more trouble until the Italians defected to the Entente. All the many groups in the Empire were happy to fight the Italians.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (n7h9X)

199
Likewise from me. Many happy returns!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (h5SgU)


Thank you and Thank you Nurse

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (IyPmt)

200
TDA is a violent gang from Venezuela that now has members in the US due to the Biden-Harris border crisis.
Posted by: JackStraw


The only reason they're here is because the Republicans won't pass a border bill.
-The Talking Points

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (63Dwl)

201 I went to Beirut and met the then-leader of the Druze
Posted by: ace

Walid Jumblatt?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (v6JzV)

202 I saw Epistles of Wisdom open for Fountains of Wayne at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival in 2008.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (XV/Pl)

203 >>>If you wondered what you've have done in 1936 Berlin, you're doing it now.

harsh

Posted by: m at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (64Zez)

204 Also Yugoslavia.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
==========
Yugoslavia indeed. It was an abortion from the start and put historical enemies in the same state. Much like Iraq and other British/French/Portuguese colonies where the ethnicities and the maps are not congruent. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire and its coercive forces led directly to much of today's problems in the Middle East where state boundaries put historical enemies in the same state. Westphalian politics made those borders sacrosanct and Wilsonian self determination language made those borders absurb.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (qdbNv)

205 195 Happy 29th, Donna!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (tT6L1


Thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (IyPmt)

206 We're all in on Harris, big boy.

Posted by: Sissy White Guys for Cock and Harris at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)
_______________

It says a lot that the Harris campaign (with "White Dudes for Harris") has floated the idea of Buttplug for VP. Does that say anything about "White Dudes for Harris?" I think it does.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (YqDXo)

207 The Druze I worked with in SA would go to prayer occasionally. I thought they were some heretic branch of Islam. The asslifters really wouldn’t talk to him much.

It’s still as clear as mud.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (4Med0)

208 More anarchic violence in an election year? Well, that won't reflect well on the party in power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 03:57 PM (GBKbO)


Nope.

"This could all have been avoided if only the Republicans would have agreed to reasonable bipartisan reform of our broken immigration system."

-- The Biden Admin
-- The Kneepads Harris Campaign
-- The NY Times
-- The Washington Post
-- CNN
-- MSNBC
-- CBS
-- NBC
-- ABC
-- PBS
-- BBC

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (nOjd9)

209 The media and democrats are generating a new narrative: Trump is dissatisfied with Vance and may replace him. This supports previous narrative about the "weird and creepy" Vance.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 30, 2024 03:52 PM (d3mKp)

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

BREAKING: Trump Catches JD Vance Fucking Melania's Favorite Couch And Will Replace His VP Candidate With Cleveland's Norton Furniture Store Magnate Mark Brown.

Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (9TOt4)

210 Tren de Aragua has officially given the green light to their members to target US law enforcement.
......


Gee, I hope the FBI will be OK.

Posted by: wth at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (v0R5T)

211 wikipedia:


The Druze, who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn, are an Arab and Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion whose main tenets assert the unity of God, reincarnation, and the eternity of the soul.

Syncretic means "blending multiple faiths."

Most Druze religious practices are kept secret.[29] The Druze do not permit outsiders to convert to their religion. Marriage outside the Druze faith is rare and strongly discouraged. The Druze maintain Arabic language and culture as integral parts of their identity, and Arabic is their primary language.[30][31]

...
The Druze faith originated in Isma'ilism (a branch of Shia Islam), and was influenced by Christianity, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism, Zoroastrianism, Gandharan Buddhism, Manichaeism Pythagoreanism, and other philosophies and beliefs, creating a distinct and secretive theology based on an esoteric interpretation of scripture...

Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (KRtlO)

212 Can we draw a conclusion about how the Dems tend to be chummy with people who are not afraid of references to Nazis and Nazi imagery.

Probably not because we have not lawfully banned people who are American Nazis from voting in our party.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (krQz2)

213 It's Me Donna,

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
You write like an 'ette
That's why we like youuuuuu!

Have a great day

Posted by: Cheri at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (oiNtH)

214 Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (KRtlO)

The reason he probably didn’t answer is because their practices are somewhat secret. They are based on Abrahamic tenents . They marry only within their religion.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (B1dzx)

215 ---------------
He and Miley did a number on Fts Lee, Bragg, Benning, and Polk.
Posted by: Pudinhead
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You forgot a few:


Fort Benning,
Fort Bragg
Fort Gordon
Fort A.P. Hill
Fort Hood
Fort Lee
Fort Pickett
Fort Polk
Fort Rucker

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (XeU6L)

216 208 "This could all have been avoided if only the Republicans would have agreed to reasonable bipartisan reform of our broken immigration system."

-- The Biden Admin
-- The Kneepads Harris Campaign
-- The NY Times
-- The Washington Post
-- CNN
-- MSNBC
-- CBS
-- NBC
-- ABC
-- PBS
-- BBC
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (nOjd9)

========

"Also, the police are racist and should be defunded."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (GBKbO)

217 He and Miley did a number on Fts Lee, Bragg, Benning, and Polk.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (FmapG)
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And Hood. It's Fort Julio Iglecias or something. My nephew was a wee bit angry about that.
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Yep. Missed that one. I constantly have to think what the new names are. I am not alone.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (FmapG)


My GG Grandpa was in the unit that blew the middle section out of General "Bishop" Polk in the Atlanta Campaign.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (n7h9X)

218 Happy Birthday donna.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (LkLld)

219 >>>Walid Jumblatt?

yeah that's it. He gave me a bottle of Druze-made wine.

Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (KRtlO)

220 Have a great day
Posted by: Cheri at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (oiNtH)


Thank you

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (IyPmt)

221
Willowed:

[ Bashear's ] had a huge bump today in the betting markets. But he won't flip Kentucky and he's too mild mannered.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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He's a diehard leftist. A true believer and fellow traveler.


The Dims think he has the chops to cast serious shade on Vance's hillbilly lineage.

Yeah, a rich Daddy's boy, a born to the blood nullity is going to do that. Good luck with that wish cast, simps.

Understand that the appellation "weird" that they are trying to tar Vance with is their way of seeking to put down hillbillies as being "others". Vance should embrace it and make it clear what is their game. It's just another variation on "We elites know far better what is good for you rubes that you are ever capable of comprehending, so do not even think of casting us down from our exalted perches."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (uymY4)

222 Fort Rucker
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (XeU6L)

Who was Rucker? Never heard of him.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (n7h9X)

223 Austin is also planning on revoking MOH's from 7th Calvary troops.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (XeU6L)

224 In reference to the name topic in the last thread, I learned that the name "Sally" didn't exist except as a nickname for "Sarah".

Sarah -> Sally

And

Mary -> Molly

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (krQz2)

225 So big shocker the Southport attack was muzzie

Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (8QYZy)

226 A Syrian Antifaette in Portland whines:

She rioted and assaulted a woman wearing a sundress with mace three years ago.

Unfortunately for her, she chose to do this in a suburban county without a Soros DA, and despite putting off the trial for three years, the suburban prosecutors insist on pursuing charges.

Her trial is finally starting in a couple of weeks, and I have high hopes that she will be sentenced to state prison.

Posted by: ARC of History! at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (uxCna)

227 Damn I could write Wiki entries. Probably be just as questionable though😀

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (B1dzx)

228 Anyway from X:

"Last 3 Pennsylvania polls from Susquehanna…

Biden +8
Biden + 5
Harris + 4

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have actually been seeing their support in Pennsylvania erode as the year goes on."
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 30, 2024 03:54 PM (hSmAl)
______

I went to college in PA. Wasn't that far from Susquehanna U. I spent more than my share of weekends there. They had good parties and lots of hot party girls who liked to party. IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

229 I can't wait for Recreate'68 in Chicago.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (aD39U)
______________

Me either. I'm angling to get the folding chair concession there.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (YqDXo)

230 218 Happy Birthday donna.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (LkLld)


Thanks.. I feel so special.. I won't let it go to my head

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (IyPmt)

231 @216

>>"Also, the police are racist and should be defunded."

Ehh, by and large there are too many cops.

I mean, does NYC really need 30k cops to patrol that dump?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (XV/Pl)

232 Muzzie or tranny.i said it yesterday. It was obvious they were covering something up.

Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (8QYZy)

233 153 The Left admire the Nazis too, make no mistake about it. But I think their real inspiration in this country is the Khmer Rouge.
Posted by: ...
---------------------

Nah, that involves study, thought and knowledge. Nasty, mean and violent is the same no matter the language or the year.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (vWeTL)

234 I'll chime in too with a cheery Happy Birthday, Donna!

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (mupln)

235 Walid Jumblatt?

yeah that's it. He gave me a bottle of Druze-made wine.
Posted by: ace

How did you communicate with him? Do you speak Arabic, did he speak English, or did you use an interpreter?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (v6JzV)

236 I note that 'White Guys for Harris' is apparently OK and not RAAAAACIST (note, the stylebook guideline of 5 A's was followed)....

Can you imagine the outcry if there was a White Guys for Trump group?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (xaFKb)

237 231 Ehh, by and large there are too many cops.

I mean, does NYC really need 30k cops to patrol that dump?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (XV/Pl)

=========

I would guess yeah. It's a city of tens of millions of people. 30K actually feels kind of low.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (GBKbO)

238 If the Olympic Committee wants to support Muslims in France, you can bet that the closing ceremonies will be burning down Paris in its entirety. I'm not sure what will happen to the Parisians, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (VNX3d)

239 "Also, the police are racist and should be defunded."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (GBKbO)
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They know their constituency is going to get lost in the turn somewhere between those two.

And end up with both ideas.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (krQz2)

240 234 I'll chime in too with a cheery Happy Birthday, Donna!
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (mupln)


Thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (IyPmt)

241 It says a lot that the Harris campaign (with "White Dudes for Harris") has floated the idea of Buttplug for VP. Does that say anything about "White Dudes for Harris?" I think it does.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:01 PM (YqDXo)

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

If I was on Xwitter, I'd try to get the following trolling Hash Tag to go viral:

#GayWhitePedosForHarris

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (9TOt4)

242 A long time ago BK had a ham ‘n cheese sandwich called Yumbo. A snotty young cashier would not ring it up because I refused on principle to call a ham ‘n cheese sandwich Yumbo. I walked out, refused to play their name game. Now her crowd is destroying my history.

Posted by: Eromero at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (LHPAg)

243 The lefty model for the US is Mexico. Then Venezuela. Then Cambodia.
Posted by: ...
.......

I'm way ahead. I just had my bicycle tire repaired.

Posted by: wth at July 30, 2024 04:05 PM (v0R5T)

244
Who was Rucker? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Oldcat
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One of Bedford's officers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:05 PM (XeU6L)

245 I went to Beirut and met the then-leader of the Druze
Posted by: ace

What, no motorcycle noises at the end?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 30, 2024 04:05 PM (FCbAQ)

246 Druze are arabs.

Posted by: runner at July 30, 2024 04:05 PM (V13WU)

247
I will never understand why Israel doesn't nuke Kharg Island, Iran. One nuke, low civilian casualties. Iran goes back a century in progress.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 30, 2024 04:05 PM (RKVpM)

248 Venezuelan gangs are threatening American law enforcement? Awwwww. I am so sorry that is happening to you.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 04:05 PM (d9LQi)

249 The lefty model for the US is Mexico. Then Venezuela. Then Cambodia.
Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (8QYZy)


Cambodia got better, all they had to do is get invaded by Vietnam and have Pol Pot's genocidal regime collapse under the twin hammers of the invasion and starvation.
Pol Pot actually died in freedom, hiding in the jungle in a tent surrounded by the remnants of his government.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (D7oie)

250 >>>
How did you communicate with him? Do you speak Arabic, did he speak English, or did you use an interpreter?

he spoke english. I went on a junket (arranged by Lee Smith) to Beirut in 2007, after the assassination of their president by Syrians. I met Christopher Hitchens there, who was also on the junket. Neat trip.

Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (KRtlO)

251 Reading lots on Marxism , he was all out against Jews, and came from them. They still are anti- Jewish and has been picked up by the Cultural Marxists

Posted by: Skip at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (fwDg9)

252 If the Olympic Committee wants to support Muslims in France, you can bet that the closing ceremonies will be burning down Paris in its entirety. I'm not sure what will happen to the Parisians, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (VNX3d)

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

We're gonna need MOAR white flags for the natives ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (9TOt4)

253 A Syrian Antifaette in Portland whines:

She rioted and assaulted a woman wearing a sundress with mace three years ago.

Unfortunately for her, she chose to do this in a suburban county without a Soros DA, and despite putting off the trial for three years, the suburban prosecutors insist on pursuing charges.

Her trial is finally starting in a couple of weeks, and I have high hopes that she will be sentenced to state prison.

Posted by: ARC of History! at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (uxCna)
_________________

How about this beauty?

Woman kicked off flight after berating Trump supporter

https://tinyurl.com/2yone3v4 (YT)

She was going - or trying to go - to Portland. Color me surprised.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (YqDXo)

254
I wonder if Alex Stein plans on trolling the DNC.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (Ysv6b)

255 One of Bedford's officers.
-----

Oops, one of Forrest's officers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (XeU6L)

256 Ehh, by and large there are too many cops.

I mean, does NYC really need 30k cops to patrol that dump?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (XV/Pl)

=========

I would guess yeah. It's a city of tens of millions of people. 30K actually feels kind of low.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 04:04 PM (GBKbO)

Actually they have one of the highest ratios cop to citizen if not the highest.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (B1dzx)

257 >>Venezuelan gangs are threatening American law enforcement? Awwwww. I am so sorry that is happening to you.

Think it will end with cops?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (LkLld)

258 My GG Grandpa was in the unit that blew the middle section out of General "Bishop" Polk in the Atlanta Campaign.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (n7h9X)

Mine was in the Atlanta Campaign, too. Saw action at Kennesaw Mountain and Peach Tree Creek.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 30, 2024 04:07 PM (LxER7)

259 Ehh, by and large there are too many cops.

I mean, does NYC really need 30k cops to patrol that dump?
Posted by: Thomas Bender


That's just NYCPD. Add in Transit Cops & Harbor Patrol.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 04:07 PM (HJPAp)

260 247
I will never understand why Israel doesn't nuke Kharg Island, Iran. One nuke, low civilian casualties. Iran goes back a century in progress.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
=====
Possibly because it would piss off world powers like China and cause major disruption in world oil markets affecting Euroland, China, and Asia.

Ironically Putin might not mind as much due to spiking oil revenues and perhaps dropping sanctions.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:07 PM (qdbNv)

261 Who was Rucker? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (n7h9X)
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he prefers the nickname Hootie.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Misunderstanding Comments for Humorous Effect at July 30, 2024 04:07 PM (Ad8y9)

262 @237

>>I would guess yeah. It's a city of tens of millions of people. 30K actually feels kind of low

Close, there 8.3M people, and probably 0.125pct of the population causing the vast overwhelming majority of the crime, and there would be far less crime if they, you know, actually locked people up.

Which they don't.

But you label a payment to a lawyer as a payment to a lawyer and look out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:07 PM (XV/Pl)

263 I accidentally insulted a Hezballah leader. I didn't realize he was Hezballah and I asked him, basically, why don't the rest of the Lebanese just fucking kiill all the Hezballah scumbags.

Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (KRtlO)

264 256 Actually they have one of the highest ratios cop to citizen if not the highest.
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (B1dzx)

=======

Considering the craziness of cities, I assert that the high ratio is probably appropriate.

It's also probably deeply corrupted and not at all efficient, but NYC seems kind of messy in general.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (GBKbO)

265 A Syrian Antifaette in Portland whines:

Building right across the street from where some of my family lives was bombed by Israel in Beirut like 30 minutes ago. I actually lived in that building for some time. It’s gonna be impossible to know if everyone is ok for a bit. Fucking hell 💔💔💔💔💔

Fuck these colonizing genocidal bastards.

Family is ok 🖤🙏 they happened to be in the village for a family gathering and miraculously no one was there when it happened. This is all still very heartbreaking.

----------------------
This coincidence makes you wonder if his fam tipped off the Israelis in the first place.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (n7h9X)

266 lefty model for the US is Mexico. Then Venezuela. Then Cambodia.
Posted by: ... at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (8QYZy)

Cambodia got better, all they had to do is get invaded by Vietnam and have Pol Pot's genocidal regime collapse under the twin hammers of the invasion and starvation.
Pol Pot actually died in freedom, hiding in the jungle in a tent surrounded by the remnants of his government.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2024 04:06 PM (D7oi

Watched a pretty good suspense movie about
Cambodia recently.

City of Ghosts.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (B1dzx)

267 ..and JD Vance is wiping the floor with Kamala H. yet again...(rally in Nevada). he is really good at it !

Posted by: runner at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (V13WU)

268 Reading lots on Marxism , he was all out against Jews, and came from them.
_____________

He actually was a raving anti-Semite, despite being the son of a rabbi (IIRC). He also had some choice comments re Mexicans and blacks. All down the memory hole now.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (YqDXo)

269 A Syrian Antifaette in Portland whines:

She rioted and assaulted a woman wearing a sundress with mace three years ago.
---

That must've been one hella ugly dress.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (FCbAQ)

270 Who was Rucker? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Oldcat

He was big for a while with the Blowfish.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (v6JzV)

271 263 I accidentally insulted a Hezballah leader. I didn't realize he was Hezballah and I asked him, basically, why don't the rest of the Lebanese just fucking kiill all the Hezballah scumbags.
Posted by: ace

Jeepers ace.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (yyEWD)

272 223 Austin is also planning on revoking MOH's from 7th Calvary troops.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (XeU6L)

Uh, how can Austin revoke a Medal approved by a President?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (xaFKb)

273 I accidentally insulted a Hezballah leader. I didn't realize he was Hezballah and I asked him, basically, why don't the rest of the Lebanese just fucking kiill all the Hezballah scumbags.
Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (KRtlO)
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Do you come with your very own fatwa? Because that sounds fatwa worthy.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (tT6L1)

274
Manichaeism Pythagoreanism

They know all the angles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (63Dwl)

275 I saw Epistles of Wisdom open for Fountains of Wayne at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival in 2008.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:00 PM (XV/Pl)

Somebody mention balloons.

Posted by: Mark kelly at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (LleUA)

276 Woman kicked off flight after berating Trump supporter

https://tinyurl.com/2yone3v4 (YT)

She was going - or trying to go - to Portland. Color me surprised.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
........

Childless cat lady.

Posted by: wth at July 30, 2024 04:10 PM (v0R5T)

277 "Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 30, 2024 04:10 PM (NtVYv)

278 accidentally insulted a Hezballah leader. I didn't realize he was Hezballah and I asked him, basically, why don't the rest of the Lebanese just fucking kiill all the Hezballah scumbags.
Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (KRtlO)

I remember you postings about your trip. With Hitchens right?

It was pretty scary iirc.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:10 PM (B1dzx)

279 Think it will end with cops?
Posted by: JackStraw

You think the cops would give a shit if it was happening to you?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 04:10 PM (d9LQi)

280 ..and JD Vance is wiping the floor with Kamala H.
Posted by: runner
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They're gonna need some disinfectant.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:10 PM (XeU6L)

281 263 I accidentally insulted a Hezballah leader. I didn't realize he was Hezballah and I asked him, basically, why don't the rest of the Lebanese just fucking kiill all the Hezballah scumbags.
Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (KRtlO)

"Oh! Ha ha, my apologies sir, I didn't realize. Let me rephrase that:

So why don't the rest of the Lebanese just fucking kill all you scumbags?""

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 30, 2024 04:10 PM (BAEGB)

282 Ironically Putin might not mind as much due to spiking oil revenues and perhaps dropping sanctions.
Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:07 PM (qdbNv)

Even more Ironically, the sanctions are propping up the price of oil now, and the West buys Russian oil through third parties at an even higher price even now.

Yes, we are funding both sides in the Ukraine war.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:10 PM (n7h9X)

283 269 A Syrian Antifaette in Portland whines:

She rioted and assaulted a woman wearing a sundress with mace three years ago.
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That must've been one hella ugly dress.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
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They were probably wearing the same dress to a social function. I denounce myself automatically here.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:11 PM (qdbNv)

284 Manichaeism Pythagoreanism

They know all the angles.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (63Dwl)
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Oh, do they now?...

We'll be waiting for them...

Posted by: Hounds of Tindalos at July 30, 2024 04:11 PM (7fElN)

285
Sissy White Guys for Cock and Harris
, but Mostly Cock

Jeez, does no one here follow the AoSHQ Style Guide any more?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 30, 2024 04:11 PM (uymY4)

286 OMG. The city is having their "White Linen Night" this Saturday..
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So, Tom Wolfe cosplay?
Posted by: Oddbob at July 30, 2024


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I wonder how many of the locals have actually read him. I'd dress like him if I had such a suit, and if it weren't so damn hot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2024 04:11 PM (J2vNu)

287 >>You think the cops would give a shit if it was happening to you?


Around here they would. Small town, cops tend to look out for the citizens here. Go figure.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 04:11 PM (LkLld)

288 If Star Trek is any guide, there are no Arabs in the future.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (aD39U)

289 Fort Rucker
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:02 PM (XeU6L)

Who was Rucker? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Oldcat

For some reason, I thought he might have created the Rucksack.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (VNX3d)

290 If, God Willing, Trump actually wins, he should change the names of all the military bases back.

Posted by: ARC of History! at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (uxCna)

291 ***
I wonder how many of the locals have actually read him. I'd dress like him if I had such a suit, and if it weren't so damn hot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2024 04:11 PM (J2vNu)

Wolfe was my law school graduation speaker. Ripped multi-culti and p.c. to shreds. The faculty were....uncomfortable.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (LxER7)

292
Uh, how can Austin revoke a Medal approved by a President?
Posted by: Romeo13
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You'll have to search 'medal of honor revoked'. TinyUrl is giving me fits. You'll easily find it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (XeU6L)

293 How about this beauty?

Woman kicked off flight after berating Trump supporter

https://tinyurl.com/2yone3v4 (YT)

She was going - or trying to go - to Portland. Color me surprised.

How about the airline "coffee, tea, or me" girls working for Delta & Jet Blue wearing palestinian pins supporting hamassholes? Story came out back in May.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (N39Ws)

294 Who was Rucker? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Oldcat

He was big for a while with the Blowfish.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (v6JzV)

Brigadier under Forrest for the CSA apparently.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (n7h9X)

295 250 Cool! I wonder if Hitchens ever lurked here.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (v6JzV)

296 They know all the angles.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (63Dwl)
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Oh, do they now?...

We'll be waiting for them...
Posted by: Hounds of Tindalos at July 30, 2024 04:11 PM (7fElN)
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Let me be the first to appreciate this.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (krQz2)

297 Uh, how can Austin revoke a Medal approved by a President?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (xaFKb)


What President?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (D7oie)

298 Star Trek is any guide, there are no Arabs in the future.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (aD39U)

There had to be some belly dancing in an episode Had to be.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (B1dzx)

299 Who was Rucker? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Oldcat
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He was big for a while with the Blowfish.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024


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Darius or Darrius Rucker? He had a couple of modern "country" singles a few years back too. "Rock Me Like a Wagon Wheel" was one title, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (J2vNu)

300
If Star Trek is any guide, there are no Arabs in the future.
Posted by: G'rump928


Spaceballs confirms this, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (Ysv6b)

301 Austin is also planning on revoking MOH's from 7th Calvary troops.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (XeU6L)

Uh, how can Austin revoke a Medal approved by a President?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2024 04:09 PM (xaFKb)
________________

Black Democratium. There's nothing it can't do.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:14 PM (YqDXo)

302 If, God Willing, Trump actually wins, he should change the names of all the military bases back.
Posted by: ARC of History!
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The Army resisted, but...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:14 PM (XeU6L)

303 My little town had maybe 8 cops, maybe 15, when you add the sheriff's department. The one cop nobody messed with was a guy who left The Bronx in the 1970s. He was sick of it all. Moved to Wyoming. His son was my good friend. Very NY. Accent and everything.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Misunderstanding Comments for Humorous Effect at July 30, 2024 04:14 PM (Ad8y9)

304 Even more Ironically, the sanctions are propping up the price of oil now, and the West buys Russian oil through third parties at an even higher price even now.

Yes, we are funding both sides in the Ukraine war.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Probably more to the point is that we are not going balls to the wall domestically to frack and develop our own resources. Neither is Euroland despite having quite a few areas that fracking could be productive for nat gas at least.

That puts a spike in Putin's and Iran's activity far more than any 'sanctions' on their behavior.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:14 PM (qdbNv)

305 Woman kicked off flight after berating Trump supporter

https://tinyurl.com/2yone3v4 (YT)

She was going - or trying to go - to Portland. Color me surprised.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
........

Childless cat lady.
Posted by: wth at July 30, 2024 04:10 PM (v0R5T)
______

Holy shit. She looks exactly like an older version of that "screeching lady" meme. And just as insane. Good that I heard a lot of claps as she was taken off the plane. LOLGF.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 04:14 PM (iFTx/)

306 If Star Trek is any guide, there are no Arabs in the future.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (aD39U)
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Doctor Bashir.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at July 30, 2024 04:14 PM (3Fz6p)

307 Star Trek is any guide, there are no Arabs in the future.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024
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There had to be some belly dancing in an episode Had to be.
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024


***
In "Wolf in the Fold," the Jack the Ripper episode.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2024 04:14 PM (J2vNu)

308 For some reason, I thought he might have created the Rucksack.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (VNX3d)


Nah. That was invented by a guy named Bergen.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (D7oie)

309 I accidentally insulted a Hezballah leader. I didn't realize he was Hezballah and I asked him, basically, why don't the rest of the Lebanese just fucking kiill all the Hezballah scumbags.
Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (KRtlO)


I could see how that might have led to an awkward silence.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (nOjd9)

310 Very NY. Accent and everything.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

How could he live there without fine Italian food, Delis, and bagels.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (qdbNv)

311 Star Trek is any guide, there are no Arabs in the future.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (aD39U)

There had to be some belly dancing in an episode Had to be.
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (B1dzx)

She was green, so not Arab.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (n7h9X)

312 Wolfe was my law school graduation speaker. Ripped multi-culti and p.c. to shreds. The faculty were....uncomfortable.


holy hell I was at that (not for my grad obviously)

I was about to say it was the best graduation speech I have EVER heard!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (s3qiR)

313 If Star Trek is any guide, there are no Arabs in the future.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (aD39U)
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They solved a lot of problems.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (krQz2)

314 How about the airline "coffee, tea, or me" girls working for Delta & Jet Blue wearing palestinian pins supporting hamassholes? Story came out back in May.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 30, 2024 04:13 PM (N39Ws)
_______________

Apparently Spirit Airlines should be renamed "Ghetto Airways" because of all the fights that erupt in the departure lounges and in flight.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (YqDXo)

315 Around here they would. Small town, cops tend to look out for the citizens here. Go figure.
Posted by: JackStraw

When it comes down to it, when the regime asks them to stomp their boot on your throat, they will ask "How hard?"

All of the Capitol police went along with the J6 entrapment.

All of the FBI stands behind their regime thuggery.

Your local cop buddies will be no different.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (d9LQi)

316 @287

>>Around here they would. Small town, cops tend to look out for the citizens here. Go figure.

All cops whether they are in a big city or a small town are agents of the state and will do what the people paying their salaries tell them to do.

As a law abiding citizen, my only interaction with cops is when they are giving me a bullsh*t traffic ticket.

Otherwise, I really have no use for cops.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (XV/Pl)

317 I went to college in PA. Wasn't that far from Susquehanna U. I spent more than my share of weekends there. They had good parties and lots of hot party girls who liked to party. IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

Boswell spawn got recruited at a ton of these "chicks and gays" schools in PA for golf - Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Layfette, Frankin Marshall, Lehigh, etc - they had a lot in common - mostly chicks and gays - no real guys.

I made her play at a college that had mostly dudes, engineering or finance dudes - she's dating one now after graduation...so, you kind of have to war game out these things...

Posted by: Boswell at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (K+UlC)

318 Here's the DHS memo announcing the targeting of cops by the Venezuelan gang members. NYC, Albuquerque, Denver and Chicago seem to be the top targets.

https://tinyurl.com/3zrujrjy

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (LkLld)

319 I could see how that might have led to an awkward silence.
Posted by: Cicero
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Ice could be broken by the universal peacemaker language in honky tonks, "Pork rinds anyone?"

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (qdbNv)

320 For some reason, I thought he might have created the Rucksack.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 04:12 PM (VNX3d)

Nah. That was invented by a guy named Bergen.
Posted by: Kindltot

Some of my jokes are too small. Oh, well, there's always next time.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (VNX3d)

321 How did Ace find himself rubbing elbows with a Hezbollah leader?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (d9LQi)

322 43 8 I'm not clear on what exactly a Druze is.

pretty certain those were the folks in that one babylon 5 episode that would periodically pick sides then duke it out until one or the other side one.

Posted by: anachronda at July 30, 2024 03:39 PM (oY6Yp)


Purple!

Posted by: goozer at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (aWAkn)

323 Sorry ace . I missed your post explaining your trip. Can’t believe it was 17 years ago. Time flies at ludicrous speed.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (B1dzx)

324 And always let Star Trek be your guide!

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (krQz2)

325 How did Ace find himself rubbing elbows with a Hezbollah leader?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 04:16 PM (d9LQi)


You've seen Lawrence of Arabia, right?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:17 PM (aD39U)

326 Beirut in its entirety is beautiful, but Dahieh neighborhood is probably my favorite place there. The kindest most welcoming people, the best food you could imagine. The most talented artists. The bravest children. While most of my family is Syrian, we have a lot of Palestinians and Lebanese in our family too. Due to the economic crisis in Lebanon, many parts of Lebanon have been a bit hostile towards Syrian and Palestinians, especially refugees. Never ever experienced that in Dahieh.
Posted by: Google! at July 30, 2024 03:59 PM (uxCna)

Yeah, last time I was in Ruit I was getting shot at, and picking up dead Marine Bodies.

F yourself.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2024 04:17 PM (xaFKb)

327 I made her play at a college that had mostly dudes, engineering or finance dudes - she's dating one now after graduation...so, you kind of have to war game out these things...
Posted by: Boswell
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Wise father. She'll thank you later.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:17 PM (qdbNv)

328
How did Ace find himself rubbing elbows with a Hezbollah leader?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy


You can't swing a dead cat in Syria without hitting a hezbollah leader.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (Ysv6b)

329 MOH revocation info:
http://tiny.cc/14wbzz

"Pentagon Reviewing 20 Medal of Honor"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (XeU6L)

330 And Kamala is a Cultural Marxist

Posted by: Skip at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (fwDg9)

331 I went to college in PA. Wasn't that far from Susquehanna U. I spent more than my share of weekends there. They had good parties and lots of hot party girls who liked to party. IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

Boswell spawn got recruited at a ton of these "chicks and gays" schools in PA for golf - Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Layfette, Frankin Marshall, Lehigh, etc - they had a lot in common - mostly chicks and gays - no real guys.

I made her play at a college that had mostly dudes, engineering or finance dudes - she's dating one now after graduation...so, you kind of have to war game out these things...


ok wait wait wait wait

you got Lehigh wrong! very very wrong

but the rest yeah. F&M used to be a "teachers college" and is still mostly ed and nursing

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (s3qiR)

332 321 How did Ace find himself rubbing elbows with a Hezbollah leader?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
========
Day job probably is my guess but the specifics are mentioned above.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (qdbNv)

333 Of course, there is no one willing to ask Lloyd if his priorities are screwed up.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (tT6L1)

334 Ace is the real Most Interesting Man in the World.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (v6JzV)

335 ace that is a cool story bro

miss Hitchens a ton

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 30, 2024 04:19 PM (s3qiR)

336 I went to college in PA. Wasn't that far from Susquehanna U.


Susquehanna U?

Slowly I turned...

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 04:19 PM (HJPAp)

337 Apropos of nothing, I am watching Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

It is better than a stick in the eye, I guess. Mostly it has always been funny to see apes acting like humans, stupid humans mostly.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:19 PM (aD39U)

338 Of course, there is no one willing to ask Lloyd if his priorities are screwed up.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (tT6L1)
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Or if his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at July 30, 2024 04:19 PM (3Fz6p)

339 holy hell I was at that (not for my grad obviously)

I was about to say it was the best graduation speech I have EVER heard!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (s3qiR)

That was back when the student body was mostly conservative, of course. Place has gone to blazes since then.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 30, 2024 04:19 PM (LxER7)

340 How did Ace find himself rubbing elbows with a Hezbollah leader?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
*
You can't swing a dead cat in Syria without hitting a hezbollah leader.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024


***
"You leave the cat alone!"

"I never touched the cat!"

Posted by: John & Blanche Bickerson at July 30, 2024 04:19 PM (J2vNu)

341 Ace is the real Most Interesting Man in the World.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:18 PM (v6JzV)
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He doesn't always ride a Vespa....

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (krQz2)

342 Woman kicked off flight after berating Trump supporter

https://tinyurl.com/2yone3v4 (YT)

She was going - or trying to go - to Portland. Color me surprised.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara


Clip is from 7 years ago....

No doubt, she is still just as crazy 🤪🤪🤪

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (SRRAx)

343 That puts a spike in Putin's and Iran's activity far more than any 'sanctions' on their behavior.
Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:14 PM (qdbNv)

Sanctions are never going to beat a continental power overflowing with resources and land borders to all of Asia. Our 'elites' can't read a map, or learn from history.

Oft Forgotten Sanction: In 1941 FDR put sanctions on Japan for the war in China and occupying Indochina. This accelerated the war to a time when we were hardly prepared for it and led to us being on the back foot for a year or so until the Essex Carriers came on line.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (n7h9X)

344 That was back when the student body was mostly conservative, of course. Place has gone to blazes since then.


has it? well not as much as Penn

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (s3qiR)

345
How did Ace find himself rubbing elbows with a Hezbollah leader?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy


Slowly ... sensuously ... and aroused

No???

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (uymY4)

346 Yeah.

Lehigh isn't chicks and gays.

It's chicks and drunks and jocks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (BAEGB)

347 As a law abiding citizen, my only interaction with cops is when they are giving me a bullsh*t traffic ticket.

Otherwise, I really have no use for cops.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
==========
I've always had a better experience with deputies than town cops. Deputies have bosses that are elected directly by the people and that tends to sand off the rough edges.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (qdbNv)

348 miss Hitchens a ton
Posted by: BlackOrchid


Yeah. Except for his militant atheism, he was fun to read.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (v6JzV)

349
My friend and I got "can't swing a dead cat" and "nothing to shake a stick at" confused. Somehow it turned into to "nothing to swing a dead stick at."

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (Ysv6b)

350 Apropos of nothing, I am watching Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

It is better than a stick in the eye, I guess. Mostly it has always been funny to see apes acting like humans, stupid humans mostly.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:19 PM (aD39U)

Is that the latest? Isn’t the latest a girl power theme? I assume from the previews I saw. I’m jaded though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (B1dzx)

351 Next they will take away Pacific war MOHs because the racists killed Japanese...

Posted by: steevy at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (HJ9BW)

352 >>All of the Capitol police went along with the J6 entrapment.

Actually, they didn't. One of the top whistleblowers was a J6 cop and he walked off the force that day and has been dropping information on X ever since. He also left the Democrat Party and is now a Trump supporter. Says he has some big stuff dropping soon, we'll see.

His name is Tarik Johnson.

Day I had my heart attack 2 cops were the first to arrive at my house. Beat the ambulance. Stayed with my dog till my buddy got here to pick him up. I have no issue with the locals.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (LkLld)

353 I accidentally insulted a Hezballah leader. I didn't realize he was Hezballah and I asked him, basically, why don't the rest of the Lebanese just fucking kiill all the Hezballah scumbags.
Posted by: ace at July 30, 2024 04:08 PM (KRtlO)

I could see how that might have led to an awkward silence.
Posted by: Cicero


If the scumbag was smart, he'd have said, "I'm not with them >>>"

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 04:21 PM (HJPAp)

354 Taylor Swift 'in shock' after horrific UK stabbing, as police say 3rd child dies
LONDON -- A third young girl has died following a stabbing spree at a children's Taylor Swift-themed event in the United Kingdom, police said Tuesday, as the pop star reacted on social media saying she was "in shock."

Couple other news links....but no name or description of the attacker. And the motive is still "unknown". Poor Taylor...she'll never know how to help prevent another attack.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 30, 2024 04:21 PM (ycI94)

355 Clip is from 7 years ago....

No doubt, she is still just as crazy 🤪🤪🤪

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at July 30, 2024 04:20 PM (SRRAx)
______________

Yep. Stay away from her on November 6th.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:21 PM (YqDXo)

356 GF went to Susquehanna U.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 30, 2024 04:21 PM (BAEGB)

357 Very NY. Accent and everything.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

How could he live there without fine Italian food, Delis, and bagels.
Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:15 PM (qdbNv)
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Based on my visits with the family, they loved venison, antelope, elk.

But I get your point. They were an interesting family. Had land west of town and a really beautiful Appaloosa stallion. Dude went all-in on getting out da city.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Misunderstanding Comments for Humorous Effect at July 30, 2024 04:21 PM (Ad8y9)

358 ...Sounds like one too. If the Gaza rats believed this guy was Italian, they are dumb. Very dumb.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 30, 2024 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

Saw this early this morning and the story I read said he put on his most masculine outfit.

Mmm-k.

He also sounds gay. I think he was very lucky to escape alive.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (JCLJi)

359 Yep. Stay away from her on November 6th.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:21 PM (YqDXo)


On December 7th she attacked Pearl Bailey.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (aD39U)

360 I believe the stabber is Rwandan.

Posted by: steevy at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (HJ9BW)

361 GF went to Susquehanna U.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

George Foreman?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (v6JzV)

362 "I met Christopher Hitchens there, "
--

dog

Posted by: Braenyard at July 30, 2024 04:23 PM (vWeTL)

363 Oft Forgotten Sanction: In 1941 FDR put sanctions on Japan for the war in China and occupying Indochina. This accelerated the war to a time when we were hardly prepared for it and led to us being on the back foot for a year or so until the Essex Carriers came on line.
Posted by: Oldcat
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FDR wanted WWII to happen and he purposefully undercut the peace party in Japan's efforts to play nice for a time.

Course German leaders were stupid and fell for the controlled leak of the Rainbow Five plan just before Pearl Harbor. Had they not declared war on the US, it would have been difficult for FDR to get popular support to do so on Germany as Americans were much more pissed off at Japan for its sneak attack.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:23 PM (qdbNv)

364 GF went to Susquehanna U.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

George Foreman?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (v6JzV)

Sure it wasn't Wassamatta U?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:23 PM (n7h9X)

365 I believe the stabber is Rwandan.
Posted by: steevy at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (HJ9BW)



So you're saying it's a cultural thing then. Probably best we stay out of it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2024 04:23 PM (nOjd9)

366 361 GF went to Susquehanna U.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

George Foreman?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (v6JzV)

Aww dammit now I just pictured George Forman trying to say "Susquehanna" and I can't stop giggling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 30, 2024 04:24 PM (BAEGB)

367 Yep. Stay away from her on November 6th.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:21 PM (YqDXo)

On December 7th she attacked Pearl Bailey.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (aD39U)
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A day that will live in infantry!

Posted by: President Charlie Foxtrot at July 30, 2024 04:24 PM (krQz2)

368 @347

>>I've always had a better experience with deputies than town cops. Deputies have bosses that are elected directly by the people and that tends to sand off the rough edges.

Unfortunately, every 5-10 years I do something that puts me in the crosshairs of a meathead cop who is jonesing to hand out a ticket.

I got a bullsh*t ticket on Friday with a mandatory court appearance on Dec. 11th in f**king Weehawken.

Christmas in Weehawken is going to be grand.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:24 PM (XV/Pl)

369 Send it:

@visegrad24
BREAKING:

Venezuelan Army Captains Javier and Juan Carlos Nieto Quintero send a message to all soldiers:

“It’s time to make the right decisions at a historical moment (… It’s evident we have a new president-elect"

Time for the army to intervene 🇻🇪

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 30, 2024 04:24 PM (IG4Id)

370 Isn’t the latest a girl power theme?

Halfway through and maybe that is starting. Nova can talk, apparently. She just doesn't want to.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:24 PM (aD39U)

371 MOH revocation info:
http://tiny.cc/14wbzz

"Pentagon Reviewing 20 Medal of Honor"
Posted by: Mike Hammer


The natives should get restless.

What they are saying is, "We gave out medals erroneously. The 7th Cav only fought the junior junior varsity team. Not the big boys. Only reason the JJV won was superior numbers. Not tactics".


Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 04:24 PM (HJPAp)

372 Fox News liberal Neil Cavuto attacks Senator Kennedy for calling Kamala Harris a "ding-dong," lecturing him that he needs to stop making fun of the "surging" Harris
Obviously this leftwing propagandist -- and covid misinformation peddler -- has never once demanded a Democrat lay off the nasty attacks on Trump!
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Weird.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:25 PM (krQz2)

373
My friend and I got "can't swing a dead cat" and "nothing to shake a stick at" confused. Somehow it turned into to "nothing to swing a dead stick at."
Posted by: Soothsayer


That's right up there with "Spilled milk under the bridge" from John Huld in "Margin Call".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 30, 2024 04:25 PM (uymY4)

374 If Hitler had been smart, he would have declared war on Japan on December 8th, for attacking an Aryan nation.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (aD39U)

375 I got a bullsh*t ticket on Friday with a mandatory court appearance on Dec. 11th in f**king Weehawken.

Christmas in Weehawken is going to be grand.
Posted by: Thomas Bender


Geez. 5 months? Get it dismissed because of "right to a speedy trial".

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (HJPAp)

376 On December 7th she attacked Pearl Bailey.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:22 PM (aD39U)
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A day that will live in infantry!
Posted by: President Charlie Foxtrot at July 30, 2024 04:24 PM (krQz2)

No, that would be Beetle Bailey!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (FCbAQ)

377 FDR wanted WWII to happen and he purposefully undercut the peace party in Japan's efforts to play nice for a time.

Course German leaders were stupid and fell for the controlled leak of the Rainbow Five plan just before Pearl Harbor. Had they not declared war on the US, it would have been difficult for FDR to get popular support to do so on Germany as Americans were much more pissed off at Japan for its sneak attack.
Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:23 PM (qdbNv)

Kinda dumb for him to do it when we were unprepared and unable to respond. A sneak attack that is blown to hell by our naval heros is just as much an act of war as one that sinks our battleships.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (n7h9X)

378 Based on my visits with the family, they loved venison, antelope, elk.

But I get your point. They were an interesting family. Had land west of town and a really beautiful Appaloosa stallion. Dude went all-in on getting out da city.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Lot to like about living in the country but tradeoffs exist. Some people cannot slow down enough to match the pace of country life nor deal with everyone knowing everyone else's business. Plus, it can be difficult for outsiders to tolerate existing power and social structures and essentially start again.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (qdbNv)

379 Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:23 PM (qdbNv)

Not according to Churchill who was doing everything he could to get FDR in the war including a bit of subterfuge.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (B1dzx)

380
Did we ever learn the fate of the man who attempted to coup turkey's shitty "leader" eardeworm?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (Ysv6b)

381 Christmas in Weehawken is going to be grand.
Posted by: Thomas Bender


Just stay away from that Burr guy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:27 PM (v6JzV)

382 Who was Rucker? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Oldcat

The park guy

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 30, 2024 04:27 PM (FxH7T)

383 "American Nazis should just declare that they're now Islamic..."

Well, Islamists are Nazi-aligned, so if the shoe fits, throw it, I guess.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 30, 2024 04:27 PM (MZ+PY)

384 @375

>>Geez. 5 months? Get it dismissed because of "right to a speedy trial".

Trying, the ticket is not in the system yet, probably will be the 1st week of August.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:28 PM (XV/Pl)

385 If Hitler had been smart, he would have declared war on Japan on December 8th, for attacking an Aryan nation.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (aD39U)

he'd already declared Japan was an Aryan nation.

Besides, the US had been at war with him in the Atlantic for some years at the time. We hunted subs halfway across the Atlantic at that time.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:28 PM (n7h9X)

386 Fox News liberal Neil Cavuto attacks Senator Kennedy for calling Kamala Harris a "ding-dong," lecturing him that he needs to stop making fun of the "surging" Harris
________________

She's not a ding-dong.

She's a ho-ho.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:28 PM (YqDXo)

387 Lot to like about living in the country but tradeoffs exist. Some people cannot slow down enough to match the pace of country life nor deal with everyone knowing everyone else's business. Plus, it can be difficult for outsiders to tolerate existing power and social structures and essentially start again.
Posted by: whig


Slow assed drivers piss me off, but I have no problem going 10 mph behind a tractor pulling a plow.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 04:28 PM (HJPAp)

388 Cavuto...sheesh.

Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at July 30, 2024 04:29 PM (Z8Yh2)

389 That's got to hurt...


Interesting As Fuck

@interesting_aIl
Flies can accidentally twist their own head off.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 30, 2024 04:29 PM (TGPs7)

390 My friend and I got "can't swing a dead cat" and "nothing to shake a stick at" confused. Somehow it turned into to "nothing to swing a dead stick at."
Posted by: Soothsayer

That's right up there with "Spilled milk under the bridge" from John Huld in "Margin Call".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 30, 2024 04:25 PM (uymY4)
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Jack Aubrey: ...but we will know the pudding by its fruit.

Stephen Maturin: Might one also prove the tree by eating?

Jack Aubrey: What a fellow you are, Stephen. No one would eat a tree.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (3Fz6p)

391 Besides, the US had been at war with him in the Atlantic for some years at the time. We hunted subs halfway across the Atlantic at that time.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:28 PM (n7h9X)

The Merchant Marines , the unsung heroes of WW2.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (B1dzx)

392
Aren't we way overdue for "scientists" to "discover" "water" on Mars, again?

And another "discovery" of a "complete dinosaur skeleton?"

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (Ysv6b)

393 Fox News liberal Neil Cavuto attacks Senator Kennedy for calling Kamala Harris a "ding-dong," lecturing him that he needs to stop making fun of the "surging" Harris
________________

She's not a ding-dong.

She's a ho-ho.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:28 PM (YqDXo)

surging sounds more foul than what the Reps call her, Cavuto.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (n7h9X)

394 For impatient intolerant city folk, I invite all of them to keep their asses in their Hives....

Posted by: tubal at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (pw8Ee)

395 "American Nazis should just declare that they're now Islamic..."

Well, Islamists are Nazi-aligned, so if the shoe fits, throw it, I guess.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 30, 2024 04:27 PM (MZ+PY)
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A match made in hell, because Hitler thought that Islam was more befitting a volkish Germany than Christianity.

Before the Muzzies loved Hitler, Hitler loved the Muzzies.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (krQz2)

396 Sidebar item: Sen. John Kennedy of LA vs. Neil Cavuto regarding Knee-Pads as "a ding-dong" and "a member of the "loon wing of the Democrat Party."

Once in a great while, Lousy-ana does something right.

Posted by: John & Blanche Bickerson at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (J2vNu)

397 Codfish.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (7Qv0C)

398 Kinda dumb for him to do it when we were unprepared and unable to respond. A sneak attack that is blown to hell by our naval heros is just as much an act of war as one that sinks our battleships.
Posted by: Oldcat

FDR was a politician playing war and deemed himself a naval expert due to granddaddy and his brief stint as asst secretary to the Navy. He ordered the fleet sent to Pearl Harbor over the protests of Admiral Kimmel and staff. FDR and co thought the initial blow would be the Philippine Islands, not Pearl and by staging the fleet at Pearl, it would send a 'message' that the PI were not to be fooled with as succor would follow rapidly.

It is an act of fate that had the Japanese not take out the oil farms at Pearl during the attack and that the carriers were off doing training.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (qdbNv)

399 Hitler wasn't getting much out of the Tripartite Pact. Italy was using more German resources than they were helping and, after getting their asses kicked in Manchuria, Japan wasn't pressuring Russia and holding down the Siberian units so that Hitler could take Moscow.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (aD39U)

400 I haven't followed what's going on with Maduro, other than "irregularities" of large proportion regarding the actual voting totals/persons.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 30, 2024 03:49 PM (mupln

Maduro: used lawfare to remove his opponent from the ballot, denied security/tried to assassinate by cutting brake lines, threw opponents’ supporters in jail, denied poll-watchers admittance, delayed results, and more. Sound familiar?

Posted by: EveR at July 30, 2024 04:31 PM (Z/h4+)

401 Of course, Hitler made things way easier for FDR when he declared war on us even though he was not obligated to do so by treaty.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:31 PM (v6JzV)

402 Also, Hitler was a big fan of the left-forgiven Margaret Sanger.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:31 PM (krQz2)

403
Son and daughter both graduated from Pennsylvania colleges. Son decided to skip any sort of graduation ceremony. Thanks - I appreciate.

Daughter however thought her 'rents would enjoy being berated at her graduation by a black man for an hour because they personally decided to withhold treatment from black men inflicted with syphilis for half a century before her parents were born.

I know, the math doesn't quite work, but it's close. Like horseshoes, close is worth some points.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 30, 2024 04:31 PM (RKVpM)

404 Sidebar item: Sen. John Kennedy of LA vs. Neil Cavuto regarding Knee-Pads as "a ding-dong" and "a member of the "loon wing of the Democrat Party."

Once in a great while, Lousy-ana does something right.

Posted by: John & Blanche Bickerson at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (J2vNu)

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He should be calling her Kamalamadingdong.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 30, 2024 04:32 PM (9TOt4)

405 396 Sidebar item: Sen. John Kennedy of LA vs. Neil Cavuto regarding Knee-Pads as "a ding-dong" and "a member of the "loon wing of the Democrat Party."

Once in a great while, Lousy-ana does something right.
Posted by: John & Blanche Bickerson
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Kennedy talks purty but votes (or doesn't show up) like Glitch (or Glitch's staff) tells him to when essential.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:32 PM (qdbNv)

406 Couple other news links....but no name or description of the attacker

I thought we had a name yesterday. Along with the fact that he was "originally from Cardiff" despite having a higher than usual number of vowels in his name.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 30, 2024 04:32 PM (/y8xj)

407 Whoa! Look at the size of this crowd in Caracas in support of opposition leader Machado:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4yrwwp

Posted by: IrishEi at July 30, 2024 04:32 PM (3ImbR)

408 George Foreman:
https://youtu.be/_NZL7WTm3iQ?t=367

Posted by: Braenyard at July 30, 2024 04:32 PM (vWeTL)

409 Fox News liberal Neil Cavuto attacks Senator Kennedy for calling Kamala Harris a "ding-dong," lecturing him that he needs to stop making fun of the "surging" Harris

I liked the commenter who called Kamala a "hare-brained ninny".

I assume that "ninny" is a shortening of the word "nincompoop", but no doubt some idiot on the left will say that it has racial undertones. I must look into this, as I really want that phrase to stick to her like glue....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at July 30, 2024 04:32 PM (SRRAx)

410 Aren't we way overdue for "scientists" to "discover" "water" on Mars, again?

And another "discovery" of a "complete dinosaur skeleton?"
Posted by: Soothsayer


On Mars? Wouldn't that be the shit?

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 04:33 PM (HJPAp)

411 Besides, the US had been at war with him in the Atlantic for some years at the time. We hunted subs halfway across the Atlantic at that time.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:28 PM (n7h9X)

The Merchant Marines , the unsung heroes of WW2.
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (B1dzx)

I played for a while in an insanely complicated WWII War in the Pacific game - every boat, every pilot named and you have to sail supplies across the ocean on your own routed convoys. Puts the theatre into perspective, and you always need more shipping and engineers. I was in early 43 one day per turn.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:33 PM (n7h9X)

412 I thought we had a name yesterday. Along with the fact that he was "originally from Cardiff" despite having a higher than usual number of vowels in his name.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Son of refugees from Rwanda. That region has seen its share of deaths via the blade.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:33 PM (qdbNv)

413 On Mars? Wouldn't that be the shit?
Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 30, 2024 04:33 PM (HJPAp)


The Face on Mars is actually a mile tall statue that has fallen on it's back.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:33 PM (aD39U)

414 The excuse the SS is going with is that they "failed to imagine the threats that the president faced".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 04:34 PM (d9LQi)

415
GF went to Susquehanna U.
Posted by: Warai-otoko


I tip my hat to her.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2024 04:34 PM (63Dwl)

416 @407

>>Whoa! Look at the size of this crowd in Caracas in support of opposition leader Machado:

Well, it's all going to come down to who the people with the guns are going to get behind, ie the military and the cops.


Let us pray Maduro meets a Mussolini Ending.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2024 04:34 PM (XV/Pl)

417
I liked Ghosts of Mars.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:34 PM (Ysv6b)

418 Jack Aubrey: What a fellow you are, Stephen. No one would eat a tree.

FU, mister smart guy.

Posted by: Zombie Ewell Gibbons at July 30, 2024 04:34 PM (/y8xj)

419 I liked the commenter who called Kamala a "hare-brained ninny".

I assume that "ninny" is a shortening of the word "nincompoop", but no doubt some idiot on the left will say that it has racial undertones. I must look into this, as I really want that phrase to stick to her like glue....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at July 30, 2024


***
No connection with "pickaninny" that I know of.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2024 04:34 PM (J2vNu)

420 ------
Kennedy talks purty but votes (or doesn't show up) like Glitch (or Glitch's staff) tells him to when essential.
Posted by: whig
----------------------

That's a sad thing to hear.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 30, 2024 04:35 PM (vWeTL)

421 Aren't we way overdue for "scientists" to "discover" "water" on Mars, again?

And another "discovery" of a "complete dinosaur skeleton?"
Posted by: Soothsayer


On Mars? Wouldn't that be the shit?
Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods

The dinosaurs came from Mars first, and made their own spaceships piloted by velociraptors. The cooks were brontosaurus, which created some issues with the carnivores.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2024 04:35 PM (VNX3d)

422 Along with the fact that he was "originally from Cardiff" despite having a higher than usual number of vowels in his name.
Posted by: Oddbob


Ah. Dutch, then.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 30, 2024 04:35 PM (v6JzV)

423 It is a failure of the UK to assimilate to the Rwandan culture.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 30, 2024 04:35 PM (d9LQi)

424 Fox News liberal Neil Cavuto attacks Senator Kennedy for calling Kamala Harris a "ding-dong," lecturing him that he needs to stop making fun of the "surging" Harris
Obviously this leftwing propagandist -- and covid misinformation peddler -- has never once demanded a Democrat lay off the nasty attacks on Trump!
---
Weird.
Posted by: Axeman

Someone should ask Cavuto is it okay to call her Hitler, racist, dictator, fascist, rapist?

Posted by: Cheri at July 30, 2024 04:35 PM (oiNtH)

425 I liked Ghosts of Mars.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:34 PM (Ysv6b)
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One of the few movies where Statham plays a pansy.

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:36 PM (krQz2)

426 Lot to like about living in the country but tradeoffs exist. Some people cannot slow down enough to match the pace of country life nor deal with everyone knowing everyone else's business. Plus, it can be difficult for outsiders to tolerate existing power and social structures and essentially start again.
Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:26 PM (qdbNv)

yeah. But my friend's dad was cool as hell, until someone did something stupid (keep in mind, my town did not have a murder for 30 or 40 years). he was not some het-up city cop bent on serving justice to the hicks. he was sick of NYC, and just wanted a paycheck for his family. To this day, he is one of the best men I have ever met.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Misunderstanding Comments for Humorous Effect at July 30, 2024 04:36 PM (Ad8y9)

427 420 ------
Kennedy talks purty but votes (or doesn't show up) like Glitch (or Glitch's staff) tells him to when essential.
Posted by: whig
----------------------

That's a sad thing to hear.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 30, 2024 04:35 PM (vWeTL)

In the end, it's a club, and you ain't in it....

Posted by: tubal at July 30, 2024 04:36 PM (pw8Ee)

428 They jive on molesting children but what will they do with the trannies?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at July 30, 2024 04:36 PM (J8LnB)

429 You might want to tell Abdul company is coming.

@TreyYingst
·
27m
Israeli jets flying over Tel Aviv. Headed north.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2024 04:36 PM (LkLld)

430 Someone should ask Cavuto is it okay to call her Hitler, racist, dictator, fascist, rapist?

Posted by: Cheri at July 30, 2024 04:35 PM (oiNtH)
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Can you say that she'll outlaw sanity?

Call out her flying monkeys?

Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:37 PM (krQz2)

431 Kennedy talks purty but votes (or doesn't show up) like Glitch (or Glitch's staff) tells him to when essential.
Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:32 PM (qdbNv)

His lifetime voting record sucks but he has been solid lately.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:37 PM (B1dzx)

432 I'm old enough to remember when Kamala was our first Indian-American Senator.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:37 PM (aD39U)

433 Before she became black.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:38 PM (aD39U)

434 Let us pray Maduro meets a Mussolini Ending.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I hope they shake out his pockets along with Chavez's daughter before they get rid of the trash. Chavez and Maduro have stolen billions from the people of Venezuela and both destroyed civil society and the economy in that country while looting it. Even the really old time Latin American caudillos did it better--they did not care much what the people did or said so long as you did not directly challenge the regime. They did far less damage than these modern Commie dictators who turn society and the economy into walking corpses.

Jeanne Kirkpatrick was right back in the day. There are dictators and then there are murderous thug Commie dictators that despoil everything they touch.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:38 PM (qdbNv)

435 Barrons: A source close to Hezbollah told AFP that senior commander Fuad Shukr, who is leading the group's operations against Israel in south Lebanon, survived an Israeli strike in the group's southern Beirut stronghold. 2 hours ago

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 30, 2024 04:38 PM (NFX2v)

436
There's an episode of Star Wars: Voyager in which they encounter highly-advanced aliens who evolved from Earth dinosaurs...but denied their dinosaur ancestry because they were evolution-denying religious zealots [Christians].

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:38 PM (Ysv6b)

437 Nood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2024 04:38 PM (PiwSw)

438 .

NOOD

Secret Service Agent Email: I Will Not Be Silent Until The Top Five "Leaders" Responsible for This Catastrophe Have Resigned, Which They Already Should Have Done

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2024 04:38 PM (O7YUW)

439 I understand what Cavuto was getting at. He doesn't want anybody causing the sympathy vote to improve from wine moms who might stay home otherwise. Even though he knows she is an idiot.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 30, 2024 04:39 PM (pohLc)

440 Hitler wasn't getting much out of the Tripartite Pact. Italy was using more German resources than they were helping and, after getting their asses kicked in Manchuria, Japan wasn't pressuring Russia and holding down the Siberian units so that Hitler could take Moscow.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 30, 2024 04:30 PM (aD39U)

The Japanese got their asses kicked an Nonmonhan in Mongolia in a border dispute. They pushed aside light forces and stayed there until the Russians brought in reinforcements, artillery, and tanks and just crushed them. Samurai swords and courage didn't compensate.

After that they avoided getting involved with Russia. They should have done the same with the US because pretty much the same thing happened once the Americans got into production.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:39 PM (n7h9X)

441 I liked the commenter who called Kamala a "hare-brained ninny".

I assume that "ninny" is a shortening of the word "nincompoop", but no doubt some idiot on the left will say that it has racial undertones. I must look into this, as I really want that phrase to stick to her like glue....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at July 30, 2024

***
No connection with "pickaninny" that I know of.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2024 04:34 PM (J2vNu)


Oops....

***slinks off, looking for another well-turned phrase***

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at July 30, 2024 04:39 PM (SRRAx)

442
One of the few movies where Statham plays a pansy.
Posted by: Axeman


Yep.
In the movie 13, he is not a good guy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 30, 2024 04:39 PM (Ysv6b)

443 Let us pray Maduro meets a Mussolini Ending.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

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That sounds interesting!

What's that?

Posted by: Al Gore at July 30, 2024 04:39 PM (krQz2)

444 His lifetime voting record sucks but he has been solid lately.
Posted by: polynikes
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Congress is not doing much at all. The important votes were 2020-2022.

Posted by: whig at July 30, 2024 04:40 PM (qdbNv)

445 One of the few movies where Statham plays a pansy.
Posted by: Axeman at July 30, 2024 04:36 PM (krQz2)

He plays an incompetent gung ho spy in the comedy Spy.

That movie is a hidden gem.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2024 04:40 PM (B1dzx)

446 Spirit Airlines is Waffle House with wings!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 30, 2024 04:40 PM (wBaIH)

447 >>Fox News liberal Neil Cavuto attacks Senator Kennedy for calling Kamala Harris a "ding-dong," lecturing him that he needs to stop making fun of the "surging" Harris

The fat giggler always tries to pretend on the Fox set that he's impervious to his critics - but then proceeds to read people who write criticisms on the air and denigrates them while giggling like a ten-year-old. This is always a sure sign of a thin skinned, immature man - albeit one with a thinly encased overstuffed sausage interior.

Posted by: Boswell at July 30, 2024 04:40 PM (K+UlC)

448 I thought we had a name yesterday. Along with the fact that he was "originally from Cardiff" despite having a higher than usual number of vowels in his name.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 30, 2024 04:32 PM (/y8xj)
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From Wogistan by way of Cardiff is what they meant.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 30, 2024 04:40 PM (YqDXo)

449 Barrons: A source close to Hezbollah told AFP that senior commander Fuad Shukr, who is leading the group's operations against Israel in south Lebanon, survived an Israeli strike in the group's southern Beirut stronghold. 2 hours ago
Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 30, 2024 04:38 PM (NFX2v)

Of course, for some reason he isn't saying so himself on camera....

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:40 PM (n7h9X)

450 They jive on molesting children but what will they do with the trannies?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at July 30, 2024 04:36 PM (J8LnB)

Eunuchs? Guard the Harem.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 04:42 PM (n7h9X)

451 Whoa! Look at the size of this crowd in Caracas in support of opposition leader Machado:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4yrwwp
Posted by: IrishEi

Wow. Good day for enterprising street vendors to be slinging those tacos and Presidente Machado T-shirts. That's a big crowd considering the population of Venezuela is only 28 million.

Posted by: Cheri at July 30, 2024 04:43 PM (oiNtH)

452 Let us pray Maduro meets a Mussolini Ending.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

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That sounds interesting!

What's that?

Posted by: Al Gore at July 30, 2024 04:39 PM (krQz2)

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[Important Safety Tip:] Imagine every chakra in your body exploding at the speed of light ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 30, 2024 04:44 PM (9TOt4)

453 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at July 30, 2024 05:04 PM (/y8xj)

454 97 No country can win a war if they cannot supply the munitions. Trusting the USA to supply you is a losing bet.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (+H2BX)

FIFY

Posted by: Logisticians at July 30, 2024 05:29 PM (sZ41d)

455 Nope.

"This could all have been avoided if only the Republicans would have agreed to reasonable bipartisan reform of our broken immigration system."


Broken, which means untested and untried.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 30, 2024 05:31 PM (sZ41d)

456 97 No country can win a war if they cannot supply the munitions. Trusting the USA to supply you is a losing bet.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2024 03:47 PM (+H2BX)

FIFY
Posted by: Logisticians at July 30, 2024 05:29 PM (sZ41d)

We can't supply ourselves in a shooting war.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 30, 2024 06:02 PM (n7h9X)

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